Research Problems Related to the Activities of the Warsaw Committee of the Communist Party of Poland, 1918–1938 Cover Image

Problemy badawcze zagadnienia działalności Komitetu Warszawskiego KPRP/KPP 1918–1938
Research Problems Related to the Activities of the Warsaw Committee of the Communist Party of Poland, 1918–1938

Author(s): Elżbieta Kowalczyk
Subject(s): Political history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: Communist Party of Poland;communism;historiography;Russian archives;Polish archives;Party History Department at the Polish Workers’ Party

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the author assesses the current state of research on the Polish communist movement. She pays special attention to the role played by Polish Workers’ Party structures such as the Party History Department, which existed and operated in the years 1946–1957 at the Polish Workers’ Party Central Committee. She explores two major problems faced by communist researchers. One is related to the availability of and access to primary sources, specifically the archival collection from Russian archives related to this subject. Another issue is the difficulties of analysing and interpreting party-generated sources.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 102-115
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish