There was a time when large numbers of Poles in the Soviet Union lost their lives simply because of their origin and surname. One of the elements of the “Great Terror” unleashed by Stalin in 1937-1938 was the so-called “Polish Operation”, in which NKVD officers, on suspicion of espionage, mu
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was the first communist state in history. The decision to create it was taken on 30 December 1922.
On December 5, 1867, Józef Piłsudski was born at the manor house in Zułów.
Years ago, Poles, like Ukrainians today, did not want to be a Russian colony. They dreamed of their own independent country.