Curzon Line

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The Curzon Line was a proposed demarcation line between Poland and Soviet Russia after World War I that later served as the basis for the post–World War II eastern border of Poland.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Curzon Line canonical 3
Curzon Line A 1
Curzon Line B 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf demarcation line ⓘ
international border proposal ⓘ
alternativeName Curzon boundary ⓘ
approximateTo modern Poland–Belarus border ⓘ
modern Poland–Lithuania border in part ⓘ
modern Poland–Ukraine border ⓘ
basedOn ethnic distribution of populations ⓘ
basisFor Poland–Soviet Union border after World War II ⓘ
consideredBy Allied powers after World War I ⓘ
follows ethnographic boundary between Poles and non‑Poles ⓘ
hasVariant Curzon Line A ⓘ
linked to: Curzon Line

Curzon Line B ⓘ
linked to: Curzon Line
historicalRegion Eastern Borderlands (Kresy) ⓘ
influenced post–World War II eastern border of Poland ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Europe ⓘ
namedAfter George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston ⓘ
Lord Curzon ⓘ
passesNear Białystok ⓘ
Brest ⓘ
linked to: Brest (Belarus)

Grodno ⓘ
linked to: Hrodna

Lwów (Lviv) ⓘ
linked to: Lwów
politicallySignificantFor Belarus ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
proposedBy Allied Supreme Council ⓘ
British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
proposedDuring Paris Peace Conference ⓘ
proposedIn 1919 ⓘ
recognizedDeFactoIn Potsdam Conference outcomes ⓘ
Yalta Conference discussions ⓘ
relatedToEvent Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Treaty of Riga ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
separates Poland ⓘ
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR

Second Polish Republic ⓘ
Soviet Russia ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Union
subjectOf diplomatic correspondence in 1919–1920 ⓘ
territorial disputes between Poland and Soviet Russia ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
usedAsReferenceBy Soviet Union in 1939 ⓘ
Soviet Union in 1944 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Belarus → wasDividedBy → Curzon Line ⓘ
Polish–Soviet border agreement of 1945 → appliesToTerritory → Curzon Line region ⓘ
linked to: Curzon Line
Curzon Line → hasVariant → Curzon Line A ⓘ
linked to: Curzon Line
Curzon Line → hasVariant → Curzon Line B ⓘ
linked to: Curzon Line
Polish–Soviet border → replacedBy → Curzon Line–based border ⓘ
linked to: Curzon Line
Polish–Soviet border → relatedTo → Curzon Line ⓘ