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After World War II, within the boundaries of Poland there remained 650–700 thousand of Ukrainians. Relocations on the power of the Agreement on exchange of population of 9 September 1944 involved approximately 480 thousand people of Ukrainian origin. In 1946, on the territory of the south-east Poland, the Ukrainian community was about 200 thousand people, out of whom more than 140 thousand were relocated to the areas of western and northern Poland, as a part of the „Vistula” campaign. Ethnic policy of the Polish authorities caused total disruption in social structures of the Ukrainian minority. Relocations carried out in 1947, as a part of the „Vistula” campaign, resulted in an intended and deliberate dispersion of the Ukrainian population throughout a great territory of western and northern Poland. On the power of edict of the government of 27 August 1949, the Ukrainian population was deprived of ownership of farms, from which they were relocated and by edict of 28 September 1949 the Treasury took over properties of the Greek Catholic Church and Ukrainian institutions and organizations. The policy of au-thorities that was aimed at cultural homogenization of the population living on the territory of Poland, actively prevented the Ukrainian community national-cultural revival.
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The article points to religion as a significant element of a nation’s culture and social consciousness influencing the preservation of the cultural identity of the Ukrainian minority, the community of which found itself in the European civilization circle within the Republic of Poland. The religious affiliation of the Ukrainian minority in Poland mainly regarded two rites: Greek Catholic and Orthodox. Since the beginning of its history the Greek Catholic Church, within the boundaries of the Polish state, has played the role of moral and intellectual support and promoted the statehood aspirations with the preservation of Ukrainian’s separate religious identity. The Orthodox Church in the Republic of Poland, dominated by the Russian influences, did not play a significant role in the development of Ukrainian minority’s national consciousness, yet both Churches contributed to the process of transformations in the social and politi-cal life of Ukrainians in Poland.
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