Eastern Poland

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Eastern Poland is the historically contested eastern region of the Polish state, which before and during World War II was home to many Poles who were later deported to the Soviet Union.

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Label Occurrences
eastern Poland 39
Eastern Poland canonical 7

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
borderChangedSignificantlyDuring Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact period
World War II
containsHistoricalRegion Kresy
country Poland
deportationsOccurredIn 1940
1941
historicallyContestedBy Austro-Hungarian Empire
German Empire
Poland
Russian Empire
Soviet Union
historicallyIncludedCity Białystok region
linked to: Podlasie

Lwów
Polesie region
linked to: Polesia

Wilno
isRememberedFor Soviet deportations of Poles
loss of prewar Polish eastern territories
locatedIn Central Europe
overlapsWith Kresy Wschodnie
linked to: Kresy
partOf Second Polish Republic
postWarBordersShiftedTo west
postWarTerritoriesNowIn Belarus
Lithuania
Ukraine
postWarTerritoriesTransferredTo Soviet Union
preWarPopulationIncluded Belarusians
Jews
Lithuanians
Poles
Ukrainians
sawDeportationOf Polish citizens to Kazakhstan
Polish citizens to Siberia
Polish citizens to other parts of the Soviet Union
wasAffectedBy Soviet NKVD operations
linked to: NKVD

Soviet collectivization policies
Sovietization of institutions
wasAnnexedBy Soviet Union
wasAnnexedIn 1939
wasAnnexedUnder German–Soviet Frontier Treaty
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
wasOccupiedBy Soviet Union
wasOccupiedDuring Soviet invasion of Poland (1939)
World War II
wasSiteOf Soviet political repression
mass deportations to the Soviet Union
population transfers during World War II
wasSubjectOf Polish–Soviet border negotiations after World War II

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Referenced by (46)

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Army Group Centre operationalArea eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Włodawa locatedIn eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Lublin locatedIn eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Eastern Bloc includedTerritory Eastern Poland
Podlasie locatedIn eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Majdan Tatarski district of Lublin locatedInAdministrativeTerritory eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Zamość region Eastern Poland
Lublin Voivodeship locatedIn eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Rury Jezuickie partOf eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Kock locatedIn eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Siedlce–Ostrołęka railway line locatedIn eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Eastern Front of the Polish–Soviet War involvesTerritory eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Boykos traditionalRegion Eastern Poland
Terespol locatedInRegion eastern Poland
subject linked to: Terespol (Poland)
linked to: Eastern Poland
Węgrów locatedIn eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Festival of Three Cultures locatedIn eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
LWL region eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Lublin University of Technology regionServed eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Medical University of Lublin locatedIn eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Lublin Airport servesRegion eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Expressway S17 locatedIn eastern Poland
subject linked to: expressway S17
linked to: Eastern Poland
Carnaval Sztukmistrzów region Eastern Poland
Juliusz Osterwa Theatre locatedIn eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Lublin Museum locatedIn eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Expressway S19 locatedIn eastern Poland
subject linked to: expressway S19
linked to: Eastern Poland
Expressway S19 regionServed eastern Poland
subject linked to: expressway S19
linked to: Eastern Poland
Kurów locatedIn eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Officer Cadet School of Artillery in Chełm region eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Podlaskie Voivodeship belongsToRegion Eastern Poland
Armia Ludowa areaOfOperations eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Majdan Tatarski locatedInRegion eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Polish Polesie locatedIn eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Lubartów locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Międzyrzec Podlaski locatedIn eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Włodawka River locatedIn eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Bystrzyca River locatedIn eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Dorohusk locatedIn eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Huczwa River locatedIn eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Stadion Górnika Łęczna geographicRegion eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Lublinianka Lublin region eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Chełm locatedIn eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Łęczna locatedIn eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Nałęczów locatedIn eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland
Belorussian strategic offensive operation location eastern Poland
linked to: Eastern Poland