| dc.description.abstract | Following the end of the Polish-Soviet war and the conclusion of the Riga
Treaty as of March 18 in 1921, Galicja (Małopolska) Wschodnia [Eastern Galicia
(Little Poland)] was placed within the boundaries of the Polish state. The province’s
national composition was mixed, whereby the Rusyn population (Ukrainian)
prevailed over the Polish one. In about 90% it was a rural region, with a very
high share of illiterate people which reached almost 80% in the case of Ukrainians.
The Ukrainians constituted 14,3% of Poland’s population according to the
national census of 1921 and 13,9% according to the census of 1931. Initially,
those where the areas where Komunistyczna Partia Galicji Wschodniej [Communist
Party of Eastern Galicia] was active (since February 1919), and then
Komunistyczna Partia Zachodniej Ukrainy [Communist Party of Western
Ukraine] (since October 1923) which was an autonomous district organization of
Komunistyczna Partia Polski [Communist Party of Poland]. There were also
legal Ukrainian revolutionary organizations, inter alia, Sel-Rob Jedność [Sel-Rob
Unity]. The relations between Polish and Ukrainian communists were not very
good, especially at the beginning, which is particularly focused upon in the present
paper. | pl_PL |
