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The article describes the position of the representatives of Polish cultural elite in BSSR from September 1939 to June 1941. The article reveals the complex process of their adaptation to the Soviet reality and their relations with the representatives of the Belarusian cultural elite. The author underlines the mutual interest towards cooperation from the sides of Polish and Soviet writers, theatrical figures, artists and also the causes for such cooperation. The article stresses the difference in evaluation of the achievements of Polish culture from the standpoints of Polish and Belarusian researchers, and also the difference in the assessment of the cooperation of the cultural elites with the Soviet authorities.