Operation Vistula

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Operation Vistula was a 1947 forced resettlement campaign by communist Poland that deported tens of thousands of Ukrainians and Lemkos from their ancestral southeastern borderlands to the country’s western and northern territories.

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Operation Vistula canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-insurgency operation
forced population transfer
resettlement campaign
affectedRegion Bieszczady region
Low Beskids
Sanok region
apologyYear 2002
carriedOutBy Polish security forces
codeName Akcja "Wisła"
commemoratedBy Ukrainian minority organizations in Poland
commemoratedOn April 28
country Poland
destinationRegion Lower Silesia
Masuria
Recovered Territories of Poland
Western Pomerania
endDate 1947-07-31
executedBy Ministry of Public Security of Poland
Polish Army
Polish communist authorities
humanRightsAssessment considered an ethnic cleansing by many historians
legalBasis decision of the Polish communist government
location northern territories of Poland
southeastern Poland
western territories of Poland
longTermEffect assimilation pressure on Ukrainian minority in Poland
disruption of Greek Catholic and Orthodox church structures in southeastern Poland
method forced resettlement
mass deportation
namedAfter Vistula River
numberOfDeportedPersons about 140000
officialReason elimination of support base for UPA
fight against Ukrainian Insurgent Army
partOf post-World War II population transfers in Central and Eastern Europe
politicalContext Soviet influence over Poland
Stalinist period in Poland
recognizedAsWrongdoingBy Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Polish Senate
linked to: Senate of Poland
relatedTo Polish–Ukrainian relations
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
postwar border changes between Poland and the Soviet Union
result destruction of traditional Ukrainian and Lemko communities in southeastern Poland
dispersion of Ukrainian and Lemko population in Poland
startDate 1947-04-28
targetedEthnicGroup Boykos
Lemkos
linked to: Lemko people

Ukrainians
year 1947

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Lemko heritage historicallyAffectedBy Operation Vistula
Lemko region experiencedEvent Operation Vistula
Boykos affectedBy Operation Vistula
Ukraine–Poland wasSceneOf Operation Vistula
Lemko people historicalEvent Operation Vistula
Lemko people persecutedDuring Operation Vistula