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Institute for Basic Problems of Marxism-Leninism

Polish think tank

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ6039185 ↗
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The Communist Party’s Institute for Basic Problems of Marxism-Leninism (Polish: Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Marksizmu-Leninizmu) was a Marxist think tank of the Polish United Workers' Party, existing from 1974 to 1984. In 1984 it was transformed into the Academy of Social Sciences (Akademia Nauk Społecznych).

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1974, 1984—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1974. The account is most persuasive where Institute, Basic and Problems can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Institute for Basic Problems of Marxism-Leninism” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.