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Polʹskie bežency v Krymu v pervoj polovine XX stoletiâ

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archival materialsCrimeaPolish refugeesthe first half of the 20th century

description

In the last few years Europe has been facing the problem of refugees. Nowadays there are 125 ethnic groups in Crimea. Poles constitute one of these groups, and it is not the smallest one. A part of the contemporary community of Crimean Poles are the descendants of Polish refugees who came to the peninsula in the first half of the 20th century. This article is based on an analysis of the data from Crimean archives referring to the given topic. Published materials may arise the interest not only of historians but can be also useful for the people willing re-establish family ties, as well as in the process of solving problems connected with the refugees, whose number in the contemporary world is still raising.