Nostalgia for the Polish People's Republic

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 Junak motorcycles, Ludwik laundry detergent,^[6] warm ice cream, zapiekanka sandwiches, Polo-Cockta cola, the soft drink podpiwek, and Grodziskie beer.