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Western Belorussia (1918–1939)

  • Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet UnionEarly in the morning of the 24th of August 1939, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed a ten-year non-aggression pact.
  • Soviet invasion of PolandThe Peace of Riga treaty signed on the 18th of March 1921 drew a new line between Poland and Soviet Russia. This agreement divided disputed territories after…
  • Curzon LineIn December 1919, the Supreme War Council published a map and description of a new border line. Lord Curzon, the British Foreign Secretary, had proposed this…
  • KresyThe Polish word kresy means borderlands, derived from the singular form meaning edge. This term first appeared in literature during the 19th century within…