The Situation of the Ukrainian Minority in Poland in the Years 1945-1946 in the Light of Czechoslovack Military Sources
The Situation of the Ukrainian Minority in Poland in the Years 1945-1946 in the Light of Czechoslovack Military Sources

Summary/Abstract: In result of the shift of borders, which took place after World War II, the Republic of Poland lost south-eastern provinces to the benefit of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (UkSSR). Nevertheless, a significant Ukrainian minority, estimated between 500 and 700 thousand, remained within the borders of Poland. 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 until the end of 1946. In the years 1944-1946, 488,057 people were dislocated from Poland to Ukraine. At the same time 787 674 persons came 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.

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