Open AccessПольские граждане на Северном Кавказе в 30–40-е годы ХХ в: статус, расселение, социальное обеспечение
Author(s) -
Сергей Линец
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
acta polono-ruthenica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2450-0844
pISSN - 1427-549X
DOI - 10.31648/apr.4883
Subject(s) - world war ii , refugee , soviet union , human settlement , political science , clothing , politics , government (linguistics) , displaced person , economic history , spanish civil war , cold war , first world war , economy , geography , history , ancient history , law , archaeology , economics , linguistics , philosophy
This article examines the complex political interrelations between the USSR and Poland just before and during World War II. The innocent hostages of these interstate relations proved to be thousands of Polish citizens. With the beginning of World War II from the territory of Western Ukraine and Western Belarus, refugees were displaced to different regions of the Soviet Union and they were later settled there as temporary residents. Some of Poles found themselves in the North-West Caucasus where, as ordered by the Soviet government, they were settled in towns and rural settlements. As the archive documents attest, the local administrations created quite acceptable (given the wartime conditions) circumstances of life for the Polish arrivals. They had the opportunity of getting a job and their families were provided with food, fuel, clothes and footwear. With the end of the war, the Polish citizens received the opportunity to return to their home country at their own free will.