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Poland in March 1919, before the beginning of the Polish–Soviet War.
The Manifesto to the Polish working class of towns and villages by Felix Dzerzhinsky, in which the Provisional Polish Revolutionary Committee had announced its position for Polish SSR.

The Polish Soviet Socialist Republic,[a],[b] was a proposition by the Provisional Polish Revolutionary Committee to establish a constituent republic of the Soviet Union for the Polish population, that emerged during the Polish–Soviet War in 1920. The idea assumed the formation of the Soviet republic from the territory of Second Polish Republic, following the Soviet victory in the war, however it was never executed, as Poland won the war in 1921.[1][2]

History

The idea was proposed in 1920 by the Provisional Polish Revolutionary Committee during the Polish–Soviet War. It assumed the creation of the constituent republic of Soviet Union for Polish population from the conquered territories of the Second Polish Republic, following the Soviet victory in the war.[1][2]

The Provisional Polish Revolutionary Committee was formed by Communist Party of the Soviet Union, as a provisional government from territories of Poland conquered during the war. It announced its governance over the state on 30 July 1920, in Białystok, the first major city on the west from the Curzon Line.[3] The Committee announced its plan to create Polish SSR in its Manifesto to the Polish working class of towns and villages (Polish: Manifest do polskiego ludu roboczego miast i wsi) by Felix Dzerzhinsky, which was announced in Vilnius on 30 July 1920.[4] It stated, that the committee planned to create the Soviet republic following gaining the control in entire Poland.[2]

See also

Citations

Notes

  1. ^ Polish: Polska Socjalistyczna Republika Rad; Russian: Польская Советская Социалистическая Республика
  2. ^ Polish: Polska SRR; Russian: Польская ССР

References

  1. ^ a b "Tymczasowy Komitet Rewolucyjny Polski". encyklopedia.pwn.pl (in Polish).
  2. ^ a b c "Tymczasowy Komitet Rewolucyjny Polski" in Słownik historii Polski, Wiedza Powszechna, Warsaw, 1973, p. 504.
  3. ^ Witold Sienkiewicz: Niepokonani 1920, Demart 2010, 2011, ISBN 978-83-7427-587-3.
  4. ^ Sylwia Frołow: Dzierżyński. Miłość i rewolucja, Znak Horyzont, Kraków, 2014, p. 211.
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