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Communist rule in Poland was established in three stages. First, the Party attained absolute hegemony over the political sphere. Second, all economic decision making, except in private agriculture, was placed under central control. Finally, a cultural offensive was launched to take ideological and organisational charge of science, education, the arts and the youth movements.
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Kersten, K. (1999). The Terror, 1949–1954. In: Kemp-Welch, A. (eds) Stalinism in Poland, 1944–1956. International Council for Central and East European Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27680-6_5
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