Operation Vistula
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Operation Vistula was a 1947 forced resettlement campaign by communist Poland that deported tens of thousands of Ukrainians and Lemkos from their ancestral southeastern borderlands to the country’s western and northern territories.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-insurgency operation
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forced population transfer ⓘ resettlement campaign ⓘ |
| affectedRegion |
Bieszczady region
NERFINISHED
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Low Beskids NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanok region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| apologyYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| carriedOutBy | Polish security forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| codeName | Akcja "Wisła" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Ukrainian minority organizations in Poland ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | April 28 ⓘ |
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| destinationRegion |
Lower Silesia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Masuria NERFINISHED ⓘ Recovered Territories of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Pomerania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | 1947-07-31 ⓘ |
| executedBy |
Ministry of Public Security of Poland
NERFINISHED
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Polish Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish communist authorities ⓘ |
| humanRightsAssessment | considered an ethnic cleansing by many historians ⓘ |
| legalBasis | decision of the Polish communist government ⓘ |
| location |
northern territories of Poland
ⓘ
southeastern Poland ⓘ western territories of Poland ⓘ |
| longTermEffect |
assimilation pressure on Ukrainian minority in Poland
ⓘ
disruption of Greek Catholic and Orthodox church structures in southeastern Poland ⓘ |
| method |
forced resettlement
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mass deportation ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Vistula River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfDeportedPersons | about 140000 ⓘ |
| officialReason |
elimination of support base for UPA
ⓘ
fight against Ukrainian Insurgent Army ⓘ |
| partOf | post-World War II population transfers in Central and Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Soviet influence over Poland
ⓘ
Stalinist period in Poland ⓘ |
| recognizedAsWrongdoingBy |
Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Polish Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Polish–Ukrainian relations
NERFINISHED
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Ukrainian Insurgent Army NERFINISHED ⓘ postwar border changes between Poland and the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| result |
destruction of traditional Ukrainian and Lemko communities in southeastern Poland
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dispersion of Ukrainian and Lemko population in Poland ⓘ |
| startDate | 1947-04-28 ⓘ |
| targetedEthnicGroup |
Boykos
NERFINISHED
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Lemkos NERFINISHED ⓘ Ukrainians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1947 ⓘ |
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