The culmination of conflict : the Ukrainian-Polish civil war and the expulsion of Ukrainians after the Second World War / Stephen Rapawy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rapawy, Stephen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

History.

Poland--Foreign relations--Ukraine--History.

Poland.

Ukraine--Foreign relations--Poland--History.

Ukraine.

Diplomatic relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

471 pages : illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Stuttgart : Ibidem-Verlag, 2016.

Summary:

As Germany and the Soviet Union engaged in colossal battles during World War II, a much smaller but vicious struggle was broke out in the borderlands of southeastern Poland, resurrecting longstanding ethnic and territorial conflicts between Poles and Ukrainians. During the war, both sides organized large partisan armies and sought to establish control over territory each deemed integral to their post war national visions. The violence reached a fever pitch in the years immediately following the war. This comprehensive study surveys Polish-Ukrainian relations dating back to the tenth century. Examining the development of this long-standing feud as part of a longer historical process tha has occured between the polish and Ukrainian ethinic groups in Europe, Rapawy takes into consideratrion centuries of ethnic strife, population shifts that resulted from ethnic conquests, and the formation of national states after the First world war on multi-ethnic territories as a pre-condition for the events that occured on the years following world war II. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter I An Overview of Polish-Ukrainian Relations Before World War I 31

The Rus' Period (981-1349) 31

Ukrainian Territories under Polish Rule (1349-1795) 36

Volhynia under Russian Rule 52

Ukrainians in Austrian Galicia 54

Chapter II The Interwar Years 67

World War I: Ethnic Conflicts and the Growth of Ukrainian Nationalism 68

The Polish-Ukrainian War: A Struggle for Independence 73

The Interwar Years 80

The Polish Nationalities Policy 82

Administrative Changes 85

Seizure of Ukrainian Church Property 88

Educational Restrictions 90

Fostering Regional Differences 94

The Growth of Ukrainian Opposition 97

Chapter III World War II, The Nationalist Movement, and the Ukrainian-Polish Civil War 113

The Ukrainian Central Committee (UTsK) 117

OUN Split: The Bandera and Mel'nyk Factions 125

The Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) 132

The Ukrainian-Polish Civil War 142

Formation of the Supreme Ukrainian Liberation Council (UHVR) 155

Chapter IV Prelude to Expulsion, 1944-1945 167

Establishment of the New Order 168

The Population Exchange Agreement 171

Polish Resistance to the Communist Regime 179

Ukrainian Reaction in the Transcurzon 181

Expansion of the Ukrainian Underground in the Transcurzon 186

UPA Tactics and Weapons 213

Battles in the Transcurzon, Continued Mayhem 216

Attitudes and Views on the Deportations 221

Photographs 229

Chapter V Expulsion to the East: Operation Rzeszów 235

The Final Drive to the East 271

Chapter VI Expulsion to the West: Operation Vistula 307

Preparations for Operation Vistula 308

Deportation to the West 337

Destruction of the Ukrainian Underground 351

Chapter VII Resettling the Dispossessed 379

Resettlements to Ukraine, 1944-1946 379

Famine in the Steppe 384

Resettlements in Poland's "Recovered Territories" (1947) 393.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-424) and index.

ISBN:

9783838208954

3838208951

OCLC:

927400882

Publisher Number:

99967804125