Nostalgia for the Polish People's Republic

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"Polish Harley Davidson", Junak bike, 1956–1965, also since 2010

In modern Polish culture there is nostalgia for some aspects of life in the Polish People's Republic (Polish: Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL), the communist period of the country's history between 1947 and 1989.[1][2][3][4]

As with other manifestations of communist nostalgia, for people who lived during the period of the PRL, the two major factors that cause PRL nostalgia are a dissatisfaction with the present and memories of a happily recollected past.[5]

Businesses were quick to respond to the phenomenon by renewing the manufacture of products from PRL times, such as warm ice cream, zapiekanka, Polo-Cockta, podpiwek, Grodziskie, Junak motorcycles, and Ludwik laundry detergent.[6]

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References

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  1. ^ Karolina Golinowska, "Nostalgia for the PRL in contemporary Poland"
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  3. ^ Renata Murawska, "Of the Polish People’s Republic and its Memory in Polish Film"
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  5. ^ Monika Prusik, Maria Lewicka, Nostalgia for Communist Times and Autobiographical Memory: Negative Present or Positive Past?, Political Psychology, Volume 37, Issue 5 October 2016 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  6. ^ "Products Create Market for Communist Nostalgia in Eastern Europe", Spiegel Online, February 28, 2005
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