Rok 1956 w stosunkach polsko-jugosłowiańskich

Abstract

The events of 1956 were decisive for the entire region of Central and Eastern Europe. The XX Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (KPZR) and the secret paper presented by Khrushchev, gave the foundation to modify their communist policies for the countries of the Eastern bloc. In particular, it was seen in Poland, where Wladyslaw Gomulka came to power after the Eighth Plenum of the Polish United Workers’ Party (PZPR). The results of the Polish October gave further impetus to the development of Polish-Yugoslav relations that were slowly and steadily developing since Stalins death in 1953. We can say that from the beginning of 1956 those relations were not normalized but developed on the base ofa number of cultural and commercial agreements. The PZPR was the first party the Union of Communists of Yugoslavia (ZKJ) regulated its relation with and began its intergovernmental cooperation. The purpose of this article is to characterize Polish-Yugoslav relations in the light of political changes in 1956 with implications for the next few years.