It's a modern clean city for the 80s !

@Andris-ml4oo

3 ай бұрын

Did you not see the run-down buildings right in the center?

In the late 1980s, Poland was undergoing significant political changes, marked by the emergence of the Solidarity movement and the gradual unraveling of communist rule. However, it's important to note that Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader of the Soviet Union at the time, was not directly involved in Polish affairs but his policies had an indirect impact on the political landscape in Eastern Europe. Mikhail Gorbachev implemented a series of reforms in the Soviet Union during the mid to late 1980s, known as perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (openness). These reforms aimed at revitalizing the Soviet economy and allowing more political openness. Gorbachev's policies had a ripple effect throughout the Eastern Bloc, including Poland. In 1988, Poland was still under communist rule, led by the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR). However, the government was facing increasing pressure from the Solidarity movement, a trade union and social movement led by Lech Wałęsa. Solidarity had been formed in the early 1980s and had been initially suppressed by the government through martial law. However, by the late 1980s, the authorities were compelled to engage in negotiations with Solidarity due to domestic and international pressure. In 1988, Gorbachev's reforms and the changing political climate in the Soviet Union contributed to a more permissive atmosphere in Eastern Europe. The Soviet Union under Gorbachev signaled that it would not intervene militarily in the affairs of its satellite states, allowing for more independence in their domestic policies. In Poland, this led to the Round Table Talks in 1989, a series of negotiations between the government and Solidarity. These talks eventually led to a semi-free election in June 1989, in which Solidarity emerged victorious. This marked a turning point, leading to the end of communist rule in Poland and the beginning of a process of political and economic transformation. While Gorbachev was not directly involved in Poland's internal affairs in 1988, his policies of openness and restructuring indirectly influenced the political climate, contributing to the eventual fall of communism in Poland and other Eastern European countries.

Great documentary. Keep doing this great work

Rare and brilliant piece of documentary!

Rozkradają Polskę - entry level.

@lucasworktv

Ай бұрын

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Beautiful narration!

@paulciaro158

11 ай бұрын

I disagree. The guy seems like the ultimate grovelling sycophant and highly unlikeable. The good thing is you know from 50 meters away that this guy can't be trusted.

@blinski1

8 ай бұрын

@@paulciaro158 WTF?

@skullmaster6888

Ай бұрын

@@blinski1jobless Italian who supports communism... leave him be

Still Poland was the least oppressive regime out of all communists countries. They knew they can't push it too much with the Poles. Stalin once said "imposing communism on Poland is like fitting a saddle onto a cow.” and rightly so the collapse of communism started in Poland

@paulciaro158

11 ай бұрын

Alright, Poles are exceptional if you say so. Happy now?

@Martek127

11 ай бұрын

@@paulciaro158 You have some serious issues. My advice to you is go see a doctor

@Sant2409

11 ай бұрын

Ooo, yeah, you can't push it too much with Poles...LOL If it can't be pushed too much with the Poles, then why in the first place Poland became communist country or to turn Poland into communist country is not classed as "they can't push it too much with the Poles"?)) Your Poland was partitioned several times in the past by Austria, Prussia, Russia. In 2 WW Germans f@cked you in 1 month and if your politicians do not stop their bullsh&t behavior then Poland will be f@cked and partitioned again!! And who knows, this time it might be done FOREVER!!!

@valm9462

11 ай бұрын

by definition what soviets did was not communism. it's mislabeling made you think that crapitalism is "the best option" because crapitalism can't by itself hide it's problems.

@olasek7972

11 ай бұрын

⁠@@paulciaro158What a stupid comment, who said anything about “exceptionalism”? Comrade, I smell a Russian troll in you.

Bardzo dziękuję

Brilliant brilliant documentary 👍👍

What's the name of the music at minute 34:08

@brucewampler2893

8 ай бұрын

It is the theme from Love Story, named "Where Do I Begin?"

5:17 seven telephones on his desk. And common citizens in socialist countries had to wait years after applying for one.

@paulciaro158

9 ай бұрын

That's not true about common citizens. It is obvious you didn't live in Poland in that period.

@user-gq8rw6hf9v

7 ай бұрын

@@paulciaro158but you didnt either🙄🤣🤣

@kubamajchrzak1127

7 ай бұрын

​@@user-gq8rw6hf9vnie kłam, ja bym powiedział, że nie każdemu szybko się nie poszczęściło z telefonem, a ty piszesz kłamliwie, przedstawiasz to tak jakby nikt nie mielą telefonu - tylko nieliczni i wybrani

@przemekkozlowski7835

5 ай бұрын

@@paulciaro158 I lived in Poland at the time and my parents were on a waiting list for a phone line for about 6 years by the time we left Poland for the West. My grandmother had a phone but she waited a good decade before getting it. I remember my mother going over to the neighbors to use their phone line to call her mother. The neighbors let her use the phone because she let them have her alcohol ration coupons (my parents were non-drinkers).

@Form44208

4 ай бұрын

@@paulciaro158 Been to Poland, Yugoslavia, Romania and other socialist countries in the 1970's and 1980's. Yes there was often a long wait for a phone. The governments didn't want people to have phones. It's easier to control people when they can't easily communicate. In Romania you needed a license to own a typewriter. Cars were also hard to get and you needed to be on a waiting list for a long time.

That time was a disaster

Poland is a country that was under ideological oppression from WWII to the 1990's. But now it is a better country!

@dicdicd1767

7 ай бұрын

You don't know what you are talking about!

@carolineleiden

6 ай бұрын

The Poles just voted Duda into power, and they are giving away the country to the Brussels kleptocrats. They wanted the EU money, but they will get migrants, woke, climate taxes and corruption.

@nopeoppeln

4 ай бұрын

@@dicdicd1767I mean he isn’t wrong

@ocelovesrdce8206

2 ай бұрын

No.

@nopeoppeln

2 ай бұрын

@@ocelovesrdce8206 kolejny kurwa znawca Polski się znalazł, pewnie zza oceanu XD

Reagan sanctions costed Poland at least 60 billion $. That's the outcome.

5:40, "the Polish economy is like....."

17:42

16:10 😁🤙 )

Pena que é em inglês

We didn’t kiss on the lips that’s just that one farm!

It is like living in the west now: you cannot say what you want 😂

@davedays504

5 ай бұрын

How?

@lukei6255

5 ай бұрын

@@davedays504 try this: building 7, 6 millions, moon landing...

@davedays504

5 ай бұрын

@@lukei6255 ppl literally talk abt all these conspiracy theories no problem on platforms literally everyone has heard of the moon landing conspiracy theory so how do u not have the freedom of speech? Freedom of speech does not mean the freedom from correction

So kissing on the lips and walking around in the underwear must be Polish tradition I guess 😊

@darek4488

9 ай бұрын

In communal gardens it was exactly like that and it still occasionally is.

@blinski1

8 ай бұрын

That's how people in Europe greet each other. And that was not underwear, that was sunbathing costume. Jeesh.

@marciecorda5209

2 ай бұрын

No, its NOT

Long Live Socialist Poland

@skullmaster6888

Ай бұрын

😂

вранье!

@nopeoppeln

4 ай бұрын

twoja stara

In Sweden we joke about D people all the time An example: Poland agent: ”Hello i am an agent from Poland ” ” I have Documents thats with me thats top qualified” Other agent ”Okey where is it?” Poland agent: ”Its here in my document bag!” ”Look here!!!” Other agent ”But thats an plastic bag” 😂😂😂

@lukei6255

8 ай бұрын

In Sweden you also shelter the ukrainian Jew Stefan Michnik (Schechter) who as a communist judge was murdering Polish people in the 1950s.