Polish-Soviet territorial exchange

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The Polish-Soviet exchange of territory in 1951 was the largest exchange of territory between the Republic of Poland and the Soviet Union . It covered an area of ​​480 square kilometers that were exchanged between the two countries.

Map with the exchanged areas, red = area ceded by Poland, green = area ceded by the Soviet Union

After Poland was shifted to the west in 1945, with the exception of the village of Medyka , which was returned to Poland in 1948 , the eastern border of Poland essentially remained. Due to the discovery of extensive coal deposits in the bend in the river Bugs , however, a strong interest arose on the Soviet side in the area between the Bug and the Solokija river . Negotiations with Poland took place under Soviet pressure, as a result of which on February 15, 1951 a treaty on the exchange of territory between the two states was signed. The following areas were swapped:

  • by the Soviet Union to Poland: Parts of the Oblast Drohobych with the city Ustrzyki Dolne ( Устрики Долішні Ustryky Dolischni ) and the gminas Czarna ( Чорна Chorna ), Lutowiska ( Шевченко Shevchenko ), Krościenko , Bandrow Narodowy , Bystre and Liskowate .

Bel / Белз (Bełz) Uhniv / Угнів (Uhnów), Chervonohrad / Червоноград (Krystynopol) Warjasch / Варяж (warez), Chorobriw / Хоробрів (Chorobrów), the urban-type settlement Schwyrka / Жвирка (Żwirka) and the following villages:

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