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I think there should be a distinction between those who were killed. and those who were deported. BTW, on many occasions those deportations actually saved the lives of their victims, especially when they were Jewish, that otherwise could have been killed by the Nazi who invaded these areas on 1941.

--- I don't know whether there is any reliable data on how ratio dead/survivors. And deported usually were not _saved_. Those who leave Kresy for seeking job etc were. --sozpen

A map is essential

This entry is all but unintelligible to the average non-Polish reader without a map. Remember, George W. Bush couldn't find Slovenia on the globe... --Wetman 05:57, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Perhaps you're right, I'll try to prepare something based on my Image:Poland 1939.png map, as soon as I finish my work on the Image:Rzeczpospolita.png project. [[User:Halibutt|Halibutt]] 06:37, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)

article's name

Would not the name Territories of the Second Polish Republic annexed by the Soviet Union be less amibiguous? The current name is more ambiguous as it may read either that these were territories of Poland (correct) or that these were the territories mostly populated by Poles (incorrect). --Irpen 16:46, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure if there is much confusion, this should be better explained in the article unless there is a need for disabig, I think.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 17:48, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Besides, Poland is and was the name of the state. "Second", "Third", "Fourth" and "Umpteenth Republic" are just short-hand names invented and used by journalists and, at times, historians. However, they have no official status and I'd discouraged their usage in article titles. //Halibu tt 19:28, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The territories was "annexed" by Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania. But in reality they where annexet by Poland in 1921 and no other stare recognized them as Polish. 2A02:AA1:1014:E8F1:3C9F:9BCA:1D58:9BE7 (talk) 19:22, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How about "Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union". Also complemented by "Territories annexed by Poland" for what happened following the WW1? --Irpen 19:32, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd keep the current title, but "Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union" seems fine as well. BTW, we might extend the scope of this article to territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union in the aftermath of WWI as well. //Halibu tt 20:19, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Which territories do you mean? They needed to be "of Poland" in the "beforemath" of the WW1. --Irpen 20:22, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Broken refs

Somebody might want to fix that:

Elżbieta Trela-Mazur (1997). Cite error: Invalid ref tag; name "Trela-Mazur" defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

Wettig 2008. Cite error: Invalid ref tag; name "wettig47" defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

--K.e.coffman (talk) 08:01, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Territories of Poland?

The territories was occupied from Ukraine and Belarus by Poland in 1921, after a war that Poland started in 1919. No other country recognised these territories as polish and that's why the defense pact with France and the UK wasn't applicable to when the USSR entered the territories and gave them back to Ukraine and Belarus. Is it really correct to call these areas parts of Poland? It implies that western Ukraine rightly belongs to Poland. 2A02:AA1:100D:A89F:8C0D:D59C:137C:9BA1 (talk) 23:08, 6 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with this. Suggestions on how to reword? Brusquedandelion (talk) 02:49, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]