The issue of migration of the civilian population in the work of the Mixed Commission on Repatriation in 1921–1924
https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2024-4-157-168
Abstract
The article examines the activities of the Mixed Commission for Repatriation in 1921–1924, highlights the main problems in its functioning. The work of the commission was in close connection with the existing state of the Soviet-Polish relations. The tension in establishing diplomatic ties between the parties greatly influenced the general course of repatriation. Attention is drawn to the fact that from the very beginning of the work of the Mixed Repatriation Commission, the reluctance of the Polish side to resolve controversial issues was revealed. Disagreements began when the parties started discussing the issue of personal exchange, which, in accordance with the additional protocol to the agreement of February 24, 1921, was to be carried out in the first place. The article shows the process of cooperation of the Mixed Commission for Repatriation with the bodies involved in improving the economic and sanitary conditions of the repatriates – with the branches of the Red Cross Society, the Central Directorate for the Evacuation of the Population (Tsentrevak) of the RSFSR.
About the Author
Olga N. Borovskaya
Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus
Olga N. Borovskaya, Cand. of Sci. (History), associate professor,
bld. 1, Academicheskaya St., Minsk, Belarus, 220072.
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Borovskaya O.N. The issue of migration of the civilian population in the work of the Mixed Commission on Repatriation in 1921–1924. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin Series "Political Science. History. International Relations". 2024;(4):157-168. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2024-4-157-168
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