Funny in the context of Putin so often citing historical rights.
Negative_Big6775 on
Can we all agree that the treatment of Poles and Poland after the war was unfair? Vilnius and the Vilnius region, inhabited primarily by Poles, were awarded to Lithuania because it was the “historical capital of Lithuania” (despite the fact that the only people who mattered in Lithuania were the nobility, who considered themselves Lithuanians and Poles). Lviv, with its ethnic mix in the countryside and 600 years of control under some form of Polish state, was then awarded to Ukrainians because “Ukrainians dominated the countryside” (their number, depending on the location, ranged from 40-60%). Everyone simply wanted to get rid of the Poles to satisfy their own grievances, avoiding the supposedly single dividing line. At least in return, we received a mono-ethnic state and didn’t have to worry about Russians, as in Ukraine or the Baltic states.
Plus_Calligrapher_93 on
Inflanty were also Polish, and very briefly Czech republic and german Pommerania
ClockworkOrdinator on
KOMU TO PRZESZKADZAŁO
Bogus007 on
The largest extension IS NOT POLISH TERRITORY ALONE, you Polish nationalist, but the result of the union between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish crown – whereby Lithuania added the largest part of territory jfyi.
GWahazar on
Interesting fact: intersection of all historical territories of Poland from its beginning to nowadays is empty.
altonbrushgatherer on
Does widać zabory apply here?
blinkinbling on
The map title says it is territories of Kingdom of Poland, which is not the same as Poland.
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Funny in the context of Putin so often citing historical rights.
Can we all agree that the treatment of Poles and Poland after the war was unfair? Vilnius and the Vilnius region, inhabited primarily by Poles, were awarded to Lithuania because it was the “historical capital of Lithuania” (despite the fact that the only people who mattered in Lithuania were the nobility, who considered themselves Lithuanians and Poles). Lviv, with its ethnic mix in the countryside and 600 years of control under some form of Polish state, was then awarded to Ukrainians because “Ukrainians dominated the countryside” (their number, depending on the location, ranged from 40-60%). Everyone simply wanted to get rid of the Poles to satisfy their own grievances, avoiding the supposedly single dividing line. At least in return, we received a mono-ethnic state and didn’t have to worry about Russians, as in Ukraine or the Baltic states.
Inflanty were also Polish, and very briefly Czech republic and german Pommerania
KOMU TO PRZESZKADZAŁO
The largest extension IS NOT POLISH TERRITORY ALONE, you Polish nationalist, but the result of the union between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish crown – whereby Lithuania added the largest part of territory jfyi.
Interesting fact: intersection of all historical territories of Poland from its beginning to nowadays is empty.
Does widać zabory apply here?
The map title says it is territories of Kingdom of Poland, which is not the same as Poland.