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Stosunki społeczno-polityczne w Kodniu w latach 1918-1944

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Tłomacki A.

Radzyński Rocznik Humanistyczny

2018

vol. 16

issue 2

381-445

Artykuł przybliża najbardziej istotne aspekty życia codziennego mieszkańców Kodnia (pow. bialski, woj. lubelskie) i jego najbliższych okolic. Wykorzystane archiwalia i wybrana literatura przybliża wiele, nierzadko wyjątkowo ciekawych zdarzeń z życia ludności tej nadbużańskiej miejscowości; zarówno z perspektywy administracyjnej (Kodeń, jako siedziba gminy), jak i w kwestiach narodowościowo – wyznaniowych. W Kodniu w latach 1918-1944 mieszkali Polacy, Rusini/Ukraińcy oraz Żydzi.

The article describes the fate of the inhabitants of Kodeń (county: Bialski, province: Lubelskie) in the period from regaining independence in the first decade of January 1919, through a fiveyear period of German persecution, to the annexation of these lands by soldiers of the Red Army in July 1944. Discussed issues concern administrative and political-national topics. At that time, Poles, Ruthenians/Ukrainians and Jews lived in Kodeń. In the municipality of Kodeń (area 2320 ha) 1639 people lived in 09/30/1921 and 2544 in 07/01/1938. Despite the relatively small number of inhabitants, the political life in the commune was extremely turbulent. Kodeń in the 1920s was a poor settlement typical of south-eastern Podlasie. The basic source of income for the population were small, fragmented farms and about 50 craft and small shops. Even a dozen of wealthier farmers could not change their poverty. The lack of tradition of rational management, low agricultural culture and poor soils, in the majority of the Vth and VIth grade, were the cause of hunger especially in the pre-season. A relatively small, and at the same time the most significant social group in Kodeń, was intelligentsia and artisans. The core of the local social elite was created by teachers, clergy, doctors, commune officials, postmen and policemen. A part of craft workshops, a farm, a bakery, brickyards, mills and windmills belonged to the Polish population, unlike retail outlets, which in the vast majority were in Jewish hands. In the interwar period, Jews constituted the largest national minority in Kodeń. Their number was constant and did not exceed over 600 people. Only in the middle of 1939, it de-creased to 300. At the same time, 300 Russians and about 400 Ukrainians lived in the com-mune. They only dealt with agriculture and mostly did not engage into the social and political life of the village. Local authorities suspected Ukrainians of left-wing sympathies. In fact, from the middle of the 1930s, a significant part of them identified with the ideology pro-claimed by the leaders of the Nationalist Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, aimed at the establishment of the Great Ukraine. Since the defeat in September 1939, there were some significant socio-political chang-es in Kodeń’s commune. Germans brought Poles to the second-category inhabitants, favoring the Ukrainian community. In September 1942, over 400 years of Jewish history of had Kodeń ended, when Germans transported all of them into the ghetto in Międzyrzec Podlaski, from where they were moved to the concentration camp in Treblinka. The Germans’ extermination from the Lublin region by Soviet soldiers in the second half of July 1944, did not mean the liberation for its inhabitants. The inhabitants of Kodeń, with the tragic baggage of personal experiences from the period of German occupation, entered a new period of life, marked by great uncertainty and fear related to the rule of the next, the Soviet occupant this time.

Ludność polska w wieloetnicznych regionach Litwy, Łotwy i Białorusi

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Kowalski M., Instytut Geografii i Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania PAN

Studia z Geografii Politycznej i Historycznej

2013

vol. 2

The aim of the paper was to compare the situation of the Polish minority in the three bordering countries: Lithuania, Latvia and Belarus. Despite similar historical circumstances contemporary groups of Polish minority in the lands of former Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Polish Livonia living in the different socio-economic and political conditioning. This situation affecting their relations with other ethnic groups and state authorities. All of the researched areas – Vilnius region in Lithuania, Latgale region in Latvia, Hrodna region in Belarus – are multicultural. In all, owing to special circumstances of Eastern Slavic-Baltic ethnic borderland, a compact Polish ethnic area was formed. Despite the deportation and postwar emigration of Poles and despite that areas inhabited by them belong to three different states, the Polish population still represents a significant proportion of the population, affecting the local socio-cultural and political life. The analysis of census data and maps indicates the progressive decrease of the Polish population and retreat of Polish ethnic area. However, recent censuses show the vary – depending on the region – processes. In Lithuania the stabilization of the ethnical structure of the population is observed. Despite the hostile attitude of Lithuanian nationalists and state authorities that often remain under their influence, Polish population takes advantage of the civil rule of law to consolidate its assets. In Belarus further melting of Polish ethnic area is observed, associated with a decrease in the number of Poles, both in absolute and relative terms. This can be combined with both the difficult situation of the Polish population in the Soviet period (no schools and other Polish institutions), and the current socio-political situation in Belarus. Under Lukashenka’s dictatorial rule the Polish minority action is merely tolerated. Government support the policy of the tsarist and Soviet authorities, under which local Poles were considered as regional (Catholic) branch of the Belarusian people. Paradoxically, the relatively best situation concern the Polish population in Latvia, where Polish community is the least numerous, both in absolute and relative terms. The clear revival of Polish socio-cultural, and even increasing participation of Poles in some areas, can be observed. The Latvian authorities are positively oriented to the Polish socio-cultural initiatives, seeing the Polish movement as a counterweight to the demographic dominance of East Slavic population (Russians, Belarusians, and Ukrainians) in the south-eastern part of the country.

Pomimo podobnych uwarunkowań historycznych mniejszość polska, zamieszkująca tereny dawnego Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego i Inflant Polskich, w zależności od miejsca zamieszkania (Litwa, Łotwa, Białoruś) znajduje się w odmiennej sytuacji społeczno-gospodarczej i polityczno- -ustrojowej. Odciska się to na relacjach mniejszości polskiej z innymi grupami etnicznymi oraz władzami państwowymi. Analiza sytuacji sugeruje, iż pod wieloma względami najlepsze warunki dla pielęgnowania swojej odrębności (pomimo niewielkiej liczebności) ma mniejszość polska na Łotwie. Na przeciwległym krańcu, choć najliczniejsza, znajduje się mniejszość polska na Białorusi.

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1 Radzyński Rocznik Humanistyczny

1 Studia z Geografii Politycznej i Historycznej

1 Instytut Geografii i Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania PAN

1 Kowalski M.

1 Tłomacki A.

1 2018

1 2013

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Stosunki społeczno-polityczne w Kodniu w latach 1918-1944

Ludność polska w wieloetnicznych regionach Litwy, Łotwy i Białorusi