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The Report of the Special Commission KC KP (b)B. About the Results of Investigation carried out in Result of the Letter to 'Prawda's Editors about the Situation in Bialystok

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Gnatowski M.
Studia Podlaskie
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2007
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vol. 17
321-352
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The document in publication is a classified report by the special commission appointed in February 1940 by KC KP(b)B following a letter written by a reader addressed to editors of the newspaper 'Prawda' (Truth). In this letter the reader described a very difficult situation of the Bialystok inhabitants, particularly in such fields as a supply of necessities, and indicated lack of care and interest by local authorities as well as abuses by the party, police and army officials.The Commission admitted the reader's complaint and carried out a detailed evaluation of the situation in the city as well as the conduct of local authorities. The report presents the situation in such areas as: business and fight against profiteering, abuses committed by local officials, housing situation, problems of a large group of refugees in the city. It points out the need to eliminate shortages and proposes making appropriate decisions. The document contains rich facts and descriptions of the situation in the city. Moreover, in contrast to official documents, it admits that the situation of Bialystok's inhabitants got considerably worse after joining the USSR.
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New Soviet documents on attitudes of the population and the Polish Underground Independence Movement in Bialystok district in 1940-1941

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Gnatowski M.
Studia Podlaskie
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2006
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vol. 16
397-470
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A collection of published materials contains 18 documents from the Soviet archives created by local organs of USSR's secret police that have been kept confidential until now. They concern various forms of the population attitudes against the Soviet policy aiming at sovietization and russification of Poland's eastern territories seized by the military aggression of 1939. These documents confirm the existence of strong resistance against the Soviet policy and various forms of activity of the Polish Underground, including military actions. NKVD and NKGB reports on agents operations aiming at liquidation of the Underground dominate among the documents, as well as reports on anti-soviet activity of intelligentsia, hostile speeches made during numerous events, holiday celebrations, local authorities election or activity connected with reclaiming land in excess of the established level from kulaks. These documents contain many facts and descriptions of events, some of them in detail, as well as evaluation of these events by the authorities.
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