Kresy

E60547

borderland historical region

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.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
Kresy canonical	7
Kresy Wschodnie	5
Lemkivshchyna	3
Polish eastern borderlands	2
Polish–Lithuanian borderlands	2
Ruthenia	2
Belsk	1
Kresy (Eastern Borderlands of Poland)	1
Kresy (eastern borderlands of Poland)	1
Kresy Wschodnie (Eastern Borderlands of Poland)	1
Kresy region	1
Kresy, Poland	1
Poland (1939)	1
Poland (historical; now Ukraine)	1
Poland–Soviet Union border	1
Polish-Lithuanian borderlands	1
Polish–Ukrainian borderlands	1
Ruthenian lands	1

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	First Czechoslovak Republic ⓘ surface form: Czechoslovakia (interwar period) Greater Romania ⓘ surface form: Romania (interwar period) Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Soviet Union (interwar period)
characteristic	multicultural ⓘ
containsCity	Brześć nad Bugiem ⓘ Hrodna ⓘ surface form: Grodno Lwów ⓘ Nowogródek ⓘ Pińsk ⓘ Stanisławów ⓘ Stanisławów ⓘ surface form: Tarnopol Wilno ⓘ Łuck ⓘ
country	Second Polish Republic ⓘ
culturalSignificance	important in Polish historical memory ⓘ
englishName	Eastern Borderlands ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Armenians ⓘ Belarusians ⓘ Jews ⓘ Lithuanians ⓘ Poles ⓘ Ukrainians ⓘ
event	Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland ⓘ surface form: Soviet invasion of Poland (1939) Territorial changes of World War II ⓘ surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kresy Wschodnie
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy Greek Catholics ⓘ surface form: Greek Catholicism Judaism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
timeOfAnnexation	1939 ⓘ 1944–1945 ⓘ
topicOf	Kresy literature ⓘ Polish romantic nationalism ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

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

Polish deportees in the USSR → locationOfOrigin → Kresy ⓘ

Operation Tempest in eastern Poland → historicalRegion → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kresy Wschodnie

Lwów → historicalRegion → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruthenia

Wilno → associatedWithRegion → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kresy Wschodnie

Heeresgruppe Süd → historicalRegionOfOperations → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poland (1939)

Mark Kac → placeOfBirth → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kresy, Poland

Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland → location → Kresy ⓘ

Lesser Poland → borders → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruthenia

Cossack Hetmanate → partOf → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruthenian lands

Wiszniew, Second Polish Republic → historicalRegion → Kresy ⓘ

Eastern Poland → containsHistoricalRegion → Kresy ⓘ

Eastern Poland → overlapsWith → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kresy Wschodnie

Stanisław Narutowicz → sphereOfInfluence → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polish-Lithuanian borderlands

Wilno Voivodeship → partOf → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polish eastern borderlands

Volhynian Voivodeship → borderRegionOf → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poland–Soviet Union border

Kresy → polishName → Kresy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kresy Wschodnie

Grodno Governorate → contains → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Belsk

Lemko heritage → associatedWith → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lemkivshchyna

Low Beskids → hasEthnographicRegion → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lemkivshchyna

5th Kresowa Infantry Division → namedAfter → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kresy region

Gorlice County → hasCulturalRegion → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lemkivshchyna

National Armed Forces → operationalArea → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polish eastern borderlands

Eastern Borderlands → historicalNameInPolish → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kresy Wschodnie

Eastern Borderlands → shortNameInPolish → Kresy ⓘ

Vishnevo → partOfHistoricalRegion → Kresy ⓘ

Polish Home Army District Lwów commanders → historicalRegion → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kresy Wschodnie (Eastern Borderlands of Poland)

Vilnius District of the Home Army → historicalRegion → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kresy (Eastern Borderlands of Poland)

Lublin Land → historicalAssociation → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polish–Lithuanian borderlands

Stanisławów → regionType → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kresy (eastern borderlands of Poland)

Gaps and Verges → authorCountryOfBirth → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poland (historical; now Ukraine)

Ignacy Chodźko → regionDepicted → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polish–Lithuanian borderlands

Brześć nad Bugiem → historicalRegion → Kresy ⓘ

Polish–Soviet border agreement of 1951 → geographicRegion → Kresy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polish–Ukrainian borderlands