Państwowe Gospodarstwo Rolne (State Farm, PGR) was a form of collective farming in People's Republic of Poland, similar to Soviet sovkhoz and to the East German Volkseigenes Gut. They were created in 1949 as a form of socialist ownership of agricultural land by the government. They were primarily formed on the Regained Territories - lands that Poland acquired from Germany after the Second World War - but existed throughout Poland.

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  • Państwowe Gospodarstwo Rolne (State Farm, PGR) was a form of collective farming in People's Republic of Poland, similar to Soviet sovkhoz and to the East German Volkseigenes Gut. They were created in 1949 as a form of socialist ownership of agricultural land by the government. They were primarily formed on the Regained Territories - lands that Poland acquired from Germany after the Second World War - but existed throughout Poland. Relatively inefficient and subsidized by the government, most PGRs went bankrupt quickly after the fall of communism and adoption of a market economy by Poland. Their land was taken over by the Agricultural Property Agency (Agencja Nieruchomości Rolnych), and their workers - 300 to 450 thousands people - joined the ranks of the unemployed. Due to PGRs being a significant - sometimes only - employer in certain rural areas, their fall led to visible problems in certain communities.
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  • March 2009
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  • Państwowe Gospodarstwo Rolne (State Farm, PGR) was a form of collective farming in People's Republic of Poland, similar to Soviet sovkhoz and to the East German Volkseigenes Gut. They were created in 1949 as a form of socialist ownership of agricultural land by the government. They were primarily formed on the Regained Territories - lands that Poland acquired from Germany after the Second World War - but existed throughout Poland.
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  • State Agricultural Farm
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