Open AccessRelocation of people between Poland and the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic in the years 1944-1946 in the light of czechoslovack military sources
Author(s) -
Bohdan Halczak
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ìstoriko-polìtičnì problemi sučasnogo svìtu
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-2372
pISSN - 2519-4518
DOI - 10.31861/mhpi2017.35-36.173-181
Subject(s) - ukrainian , relocation , socialist republic , refugee , communism , political science , population , world war ii , government (linguistics) , economic history , the republic , emigration , émigré , law , history , sociology , demography , politics , philosophy , linguistics , theology , computer science , programming language
In the result of the shift of borders, occurring after World War II, the Republic of Poland lost its south-eastern provinces in favour of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (UkSSR). Nevertheless, a significant Ukrainian minority, estimated between 500 and 700 thousand, remained within the borders of Poland. In addition, a significant number of Poles remained on the Soviet side. On September 9th, 1944, Polish communist government and the government of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic concluded an agreement on the relocation of people.Officially,the relocation was supposed to be voluntary. In September 1945 the Polish army, against the provisions of the agreement of September 9th, 1944, started forced displacement of the Ukrainian population to UkSSR. The dislocation of the Ukrainian population to the USSR lasted till the late 1946’s. Throughout 1944-1946, 488,057people were dislocated from Poland to Ukraine. At the same time 787,674people moved from Ukraine to Poland. In order to avoid dislocation to the Soviet Ukraine, some Ukrainians moved to the Carpathian Mountains, and sought refuge in Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovak army and security services caught refugees and deported them back to Poland.
Keywords: Poland, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, the relocation of people, Czechoslovakia