Eastern Borderlands of the Second Polish Republic

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historical region multiethnic territory

The Eastern Borderlands of the Second Polish Republic were the multiethnic eastern territories of interwar Poland, encompassing parts of present-day Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine, and serving as a major arena of political, military, and cultural conflict.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Eastern Borderlands of the Second Polish Republic canonical 2
Eastern Borderlands (Kresy) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
multiethnic territory ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kresy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kresy Wschodnie NERFINISHED ⓘ
annexationDate 1939 ⓘ
annexationEvent Soviet invasion of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
annexedBy Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy Republic of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Czechoslovak Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Second Polish Republic ⓘ
culturalSignificance site of multiethnic coexistence and conflict ⓘ
symbol of Polish eastern heritage ⓘ
endTime 1939 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Belarusians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
Lithuanians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Poles ⓘ
Russians ⓘ
Ukrainians NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
includesTerritoryOf present-day Belarus ⓘ
present-day Lithuania ⓘ
present-day Ukraine ⓘ
languageUsed Belarusian ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Ukrainian ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Europe ⓘ
interwar Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCity Grodno NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lwów NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nowogródek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stanisławów NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tarnopol NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vilnius NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Second Polish Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
post1945Status incorporated into Byelorussian SSR ⓘ
incorporated into Lithuanian SSR ⓘ
incorporated into Ukrainian SSR ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Greek Catholicism ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
startTime 1918 ⓘ
wasSceneOf Polish–Lithuanian conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polish–Soviet War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polish–Ukrainian conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ
interwar national minority conflicts ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

General Lucjan Żeligowski → regionOfActivity → Eastern Borderlands of the Second Polish Republic ⓘ
subject surface form: Lucjan Żeligowski
Volhynia massacres → historicalRegion → Eastern Borderlands of the Second Polish Republic ⓘ
Curzon Line → historicalRegion → Eastern Borderlands of the Second Polish Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Borderlands (Kresy)