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Regions - Eastern Borderland (Kresy)

Poland of the past - eastern boarderlands - regions of today Belarus, Ukraine and Lithuania

A Forgotten Odyssey star[offsite link]
This site is connected to ´A Forgotten Odyssey´, a recent documentary film by Jagna Wright and Aneta Naszynska. It deals with the forgotten tragedy of 1.7 million Polish citizens of various faiths and ethnicities (Polish, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Catholic, Orthodox, Jewish) deported from eastern Poland (Kresy) in 1940-42 to special labour camps in Siberia, Kazakhstan and Soviet Asia.

Eastern BorderLands of the II Polish Republic star[offsite link]
Very comprehensive website with maps, photographs, history, tradition and mythology of the Eastern regions.

Kresy - Albums with photographs and pictures star[offsite link]
Maps of Poland before WW II, albums with photos of people who lived there or were sent to Siberia, information about Polish evacuees to Iraq - worth to see!

Kresy-Siberia · Kresy-Siberia Discussion Group star[offsite link]
The "Kresy-Siberia Group" brings into contact people from countries around the world with a special interest in the tragedy of over one million Polish citizens of various faiths and ethnicities (Polish, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Catholic, Orthodox, Jewish, etc.) arrested or deported from eastern Poland (Kresy)

Lemkos - Ruthenians - People of Karpathians star[offsite link]
Very extensive website with resources available in many languages about Lemkos - Rusynes - Ruthenians - Ukrainians - people of Carpathian mountains.

Photographs and Maps from Polish Kresy star[offsite link]
Interesting website with photographs and maps of Polish Eastern borderland. InPolish

Polish Second Corps star[offsite link]
A history of the Polish Second Corps formed by deported Poles in Soviet Union.

Stalin´s Ethnic Cleansing star[offsite link]
Tales of the deported Poles from Eastern Poland.

Where the bisons stroll... star
The immense primeval forest is situated in the east of Poland, in Bialowieza National Park. The protected area offers its visitors extinct species of plants and animals. Among them the most popular are the Oak of Jagiello and European Bison.

Zaporoze (kozzaks) and Poland star[offsite link]
Check this interesting website to learn about the autonomy of Kozzaks and their relations to Poland.

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