The Lublin Committee was also known as which group, later transforming into the Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland recognized by the USSR in 1945?

• A. Lublin Committee
• B. Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland
• C. Polish Committee of National Liberation
• D. Home Army

Answer: (C)

This question tests knowledge of the wartime Polish leadership backed by the Soviets and how it evolved into a Soviet-recognized government. The Lublin Committee is the English name for the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego, or the Polish Committee of National Liberation. This body was established to govern liberated areas of Poland and to lay the groundwork for a new government under Soviet influence. It eventually transformed into the Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland, which the USSR recognized in 1945 as the legitimate Polish government. The Home Army, by contrast, was the underground resistance loyal to the government-in-exile, not the Soviet-backed body that became the recognized government.