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Provisional Government of National Unity
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<p>The Provisional Government of National Unity was a <a href="/facts/Puppet_government/cNDM9tpK">puppet government</a> formed by the decree of the <a href="/facts/State_National_Council/NPCpkfIL">State National Council</a> (<i>Krajowa Rada Narodowa</i>, KRN) on 28 June 1945 as a result of reshuffling the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet</a>-backed <a href="/facts/Provisional_Government_of_the_Republic_of_Poland/zjMyMr6C">Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland</a> established by the <a href="/facts/Polish_Workers%2527_Party/3ImIqdr8">Polish Workers' Party</a> (<i>Polska Partia Robotnicza</i>, PPR) through inclusion of politicians from the close political sphere of <a href="/facts/Stanis%25C5%2582aw_Miko%25C5%2582ajczyk/PVmInAk4">Stanisław Mikołajczyk</a>, the former prime minister of the <a href="/facts/Polish_government-in-exile/zmK5lw9a">Polish government-in-exile</a> based in London. Inclusion of the latter group provided an excuse for the Western allies to approve tacitly the <i><a href="/facts/Fait_accompli/HTTL2efy">fait accompli</a></i> of Poland becoming part of the Soviet sphere of influence, and to legitimise the Warsaw government while withdrawing their recognition of the <a href="/facts/Polish_government-in-exile/zmK5lw9a">Polish government-in-exile</a>. The puppet government became known as the "Lublin Committee" or the "Lublin Poles" or the "Lublin Government", and it garnered the recognition of all Allied governments at the time. </p>