The ‘stab in the back’ that wasn’t: Why Stalin sent the Red Army into Poland As Germany destroyed Poland in 1939, the USSR faced a choice between intervention and allowing Hitler to move farther east On September 17, 1939, Soviet troops crossed into eastern Poland. By that time, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was about to collapse under the assault of Nazi forces. Soon, the Soviet military moved westward to meet the advancing Germans. Moscow and Berlin established a demarcation line according to which the USSR acquired parts of eastern Poland. Today, these territories belong to Belarus, Ukraine, and Lithuania. This event still sparks debates both in Russia and Europe, and particularly in Poland. In Ukraine and Lithuania, political discourse has taken a surprising turn, suggesting that while the... Read more>>>
Польша и Чехословакия: история раздела и территориальных споров
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