Communist Workers Party of Poland
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Polish Communist Party
Komunistyczna Partia Polski |
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| Founded | 1918 |
| Dissolved | 1938 |
| Ideology |
Communism, Marxism–Leninism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | Communist International |
| Colours | Red |
The Communist Party of Poland (Polish: Komunistyczna Partia Polski, KPP) was a communist party in Poland. It was a result of the fusion of Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL) and the Polish Socialist Party – Left in the Communist Workers Party of Poland (Komunistyczna Partia Robotnicza Polski, KPRP).
The KPRP was founded on 16 December 1918 as the result of the fusion of the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL) and the Polish Socialist Party-Lewica (Left) on the basis of the program of the former group. Elections for the Workers Councils which sprang up in 1918 revealed that the new party had a level of support almost equal to that of the Polish Socialist Party (PPS). However this support was undermined by both national feeling and due to the party being driven underground by reactionary legislation. The KPRP would be illegal for the rest of its life but took part, in the shape of Józef Unszlicht, in the founding of the Communist International in March 1919.
Despite the immense difficulties facing the new party the KPRP promoted the unification of the trade union movement and opposed the war against Soviet Russia on the country's eastern frontier. Clashes in this unsettled region became a full-scale war with Russia in April 1920 as Józef Piłsudski, in alliance with Symon Petliura, launched a successful attack into the Ukraine. This was successfully repulsed and the Red Army advanced to the gates of Warsaw only to be pushed back in its turn and defeated on the banks of Vistula. The war ended with the Peace of Riga in March 1921.
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