Sergiusz Leonczyk
After the end of the Polish-Bolshevik War, on 18 March 1921, a peace treaty between Poland, Russia and Ukraine was signed in Riga. Among the provisions of this treaty were points concerning the repatriation of the Polish population from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus to independent Poland. This repatriation officially lasted from 1921 to June 1924, but the last repatriates arrived in Poland as late as 1925. Unfortunately, not everyone was able to exercise their right to repatriation to their historical homeland.
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Seriusz Leonczyk is a professor at University in Siedlce.
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Polish version of the text – here: https://swiatsybiru.pl/pl/polacy-na-syberii-w-sowieckiej-rzeczywistosci-lat-20-i-30-xx-w/