Provisional Government of National Unity

Republic of Poland
Rzeczpospolita Polska (Polish)
1945–1947
Anthem: "Mazurek Dąbrowskiego"
English: "Poland Is Not Yet Lost"
Polish People's Republic during the Cold War
Polish People's Republic during the Cold War
StatusSatellite state of the Soviet Union
CapitalWarsaw (de jure)
Łódź (de facto)
Common languagesPolish (official)
Silesian, Kashubian, German, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Rusyn, Romani, Lithuanian, Yiddish, Wymysorys
Religion
Catholic
Demonym(s)Pole, Polish
GovernmentUnitary Marxist–Leninist provisional government
President of KRN 
• 1947
Bolesław Bierut
Prime Minister 
• 1947
E. Osóbka-Morawski
History 
• Establishment
28 June 1945
19 February 1947
CurrencyPolish złoty
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland (Soviet-backed, otherwise unrecognised)
Polish government-in-exile (widely recognised)
Eastern territories of Allied-occupied Germany
Polish People's Republic (UN member, widely recognised)
Polish government-in-exile (limited international recognition)
Territory of Poland ceded to Soviet Union
Third Czechoslovak Republic
Today part ofPoland
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Ukraine
Belarus
Lithuania

The Provisional Government of National Unity (Polish: Tymczasowy Rząd Jedności Narodowej, TRJN) was a puppet government formed by the decree of the State National Council (Krajowa Rada Narodowa, KRN) on 28 June 1945 as a result of reshuffling the Soviet-backed Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland established by the Polish Workers' Party (Polska Partia Robotnicza, PPR) through inclusion of politicians from the close political sphere of Stanisław Mikołajczyk, the former prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile based in London. Inclusion of the latter group provided an excuse for the Western allies to approve tacitly the fait accompli of Poland becoming part of the Soviet sphere of influence, and to legitimise the Warsaw government while withdrawing their recognition of the Polish government-in-exile.