Kresy

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Kresy refers to the former eastern borderlands of the Second Polish Republic, historically multicultural regions that were annexed by the Soviet Union during and after World War II.

All labels observed (18)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf borderland
historical region
annexedBy Soviet Union
associatedWithEvent expulsion of Poles from the Eastern Borderlands
population transfers after World War II
borderedBy Czechoslovakia (interwar period)
Romania (interwar period)
linked to: Greater Romania

Soviet Union (interwar period)
linked to: Soviet Union
characteristic multicultural
containsCity Brześć nad Bugiem
Grodno
linked to: Hrodna

Lwów
Nowogródek
Pińsk
Stanisławów
Tarnopol
linked to: Stanisławów

Wilno
Łuck
country Second Polish Republic
culturalSignificance important in Polish historical memory
englishName Eastern Borderlands
ethnicGroup Armenians
Belarusians
Jews
Lithuanians
Poles
Ukrainians
event Soviet invasion of Poland (1939)
World War II border changes
historicalPeriod World War II
interwar period
historicalRegionOf Poland
historicalStatus lost territories of Poland
language Belarusian
Lithuanian
Polish
Ukrainian
Yiddish
locatedIn eastern part of the Second Polish Republic
nowInCountry Belarus
Lithuania
Russia
Ukraine
partOf Second Polish Republic
polishName Kresy Wschodnie
linked to: Kresy
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
Greek Catholicism
linked to: Greek Catholics

Judaism
Roman Catholicism
timeOfAnnexation 1939
1944–1945
topicOf Kresy literature
Polish romantic nationalism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (33)

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

Operation Tempest in eastern Poland historicalRegion Kresy Wschodnie
linked to: Kresy
Lwów historicalRegion Ruthenia
linked to: Kresy
Wilno associatedWithRegion Kresy Wschodnie
linked to: Kresy
Heeresgruppe Süd historicalRegionOfOperations Poland (1939)
linked to: Kresy
Mark Kac placeOfBirth Kresy, Poland
linked to: Kresy
Lesser Poland borders Ruthenia
linked to: Kresy
Cossack Hetmanate partOf Ruthenian lands
linked to: Kresy
Eastern Poland overlapsWith Kresy Wschodnie
linked to: Kresy
Stanisław Narutowicz sphereOfInfluence Polish-Lithuanian borderlands
linked to: Kresy
Wilno Voivodeship partOf Polish eastern borderlands
linked to: Kresy
Volhynian Voivodeship borderRegionOf Poland–Soviet Union border
linked to: Kresy
Kresy polishName Kresy Wschodnie
linked to: Kresy
Grodno Governorate contains Belsk
linked to: Kresy
Lemko heritage associatedWith Lemkivshchyna
linked to: Kresy
Low Beskids hasEthnographicRegion Lemkivshchyna
linked to: Kresy
5th Kresowa Infantry Division namedAfter Kresy region
linked to: Kresy
Gorlice County hasCulturalRegion Lemkivshchyna
linked to: Kresy
National Armed Forces operationalArea Polish eastern borderlands
linked to: Kresy
Eastern Borderlands historicalNameInPolish Kresy Wschodnie
linked to: Kresy
Polish Home Army District Lwów commanders historicalRegion Kresy Wschodnie (Eastern Borderlands of Poland)
linked to: Kresy
Vilnius District of the Home Army historicalRegion Kresy (Eastern Borderlands of Poland)
linked to: Kresy
Lublin Land historicalAssociation Polish–Lithuanian borderlands
linked to: Kresy
Stanisławów regionType Kresy (eastern borderlands of Poland)
linked to: Kresy
Gaps and Verges authorCountryOfBirth Poland (historical; now Ukraine)
linked to: Kresy
Ignacy Chodźko regionDepicted Polish–Lithuanian borderlands
linked to: Kresy
Polish–Soviet border agreement of 1951 geographicRegion Polish–Ukrainian borderlands
linked to: Kresy