TY - GEN N1 - p. 137-161 N2 - This article shows how the leaders of the Polish United Workers’ Party (PZPR) tried to incorporate the October Revolution into the Polish culture of remembrance. The author concentrates his attention on two round anniversaries (in 1957 and 1967) and describes the limits, zig-zags, and paradoxes of the official politics of memory conducted by the PZPR. He argues that although the Soviet leaders conceived the anniversaries of the October Revolution as a means of strengthening the friendship between the nations, in the case of Poland, they created an opportunity to advance arguments for easing Soviet domination. The author also points out that both the Soviet and Polish cultures of remembrances shared one feature in common: by the late 1960s, the theme of the Second World War started to overshadow all other events from the past, including first and foremost the October Revolution. L1 - http://rcin.org.pl/Content/116515/PDF/WA303_144452_A296-APH-R-120_Gajos.pdf M3 - Text J2 - Acta Poloniae Historica T. 120 (2019), Studies PY - 2019 EP - 161 KW - politics of memory KW - Polish People’s Republic KW - October Revolution KW - memory studies KW - Soviet Union KW - Gomułka, Władyslaw (1905-1982) KW - Poland - politics and government - 1945-1970 KW - collective memory - Poland- 1945- KW - collectvie memory - Soviet Union KW - Russia - 1917 (Revolution) - anniversaries A1 - Gajos, Bartłomiej A2 - Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Instytut Historii PAN VL - 120 CY - Warszawa SP - 137 T1 - Inconvenient Anniversary: October Revolution Day in the Polish People’s Republic, 1957–67 UR - http://rcin.org.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/116515 ER -