Russo-Polish Relations; An Historical Survey

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1945. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. viii, 102 pages. Maps. Footnotes. Includes Introductory Note, Historical Survey (Sections 1-36), and Appendices on Polish Intervention in Russia (XVIIIth Century); Russian Intervention in Poland (XVIIIth Century); Eastern Galicia and the Peace Conference; Lord Curzon's Note of 11 July 1920; 1919-1920; Number of Poles east of the Curzon Line; Documents: Some of the Official Statements in April-May 1943 and January-February 1944; and Statement of the Crimean Conference. Also includes maps of The Western Lands and the Baltic; The Congress Kingdom of Poland, 1815-1914; Polish Ethnographical Map of Poland, 1909; Russian Ethnographical Map of Poland, 1914; Poland, 1921-1939; Polish Claims in 1919; and Redrawing of VIa. This survey was based on Sir John Maynard's report undertaken at the invitation of the Anglo-Soviet Public Relations Association. Sir John's death in December 1943 prevented him from completing it. The Editor was asked to prepare for publication such parts of Sir John's manuscript as had clearly been given final form and to supplement those passages with additional and connective material, bringing the account of events up to the spring of 1944. The Editor was a professor of Russian at the University of Birmingham and Lecturer in Slavonic Studies at the University of Oxford. This book is an able summary of 600 years of Russo-Polish relations--from the occupation of Lvov in 1340 to the Yalta Conference in 1944. The book is remarkable for its temperate and judicious statement of facts in understandable form regarding one of the most hotly controversial problems of international affairs. Although everyone may not agree with the interpretation, all will recognize the special usefulness of the book at this particular time. Supplementing Professor Konovalov's narrative are seven maps and about 50 pages of documents dealing with the high points of Russo-Polish relations beginning in the seventeenth century and concluding with the text of the Yalta declaration on Polish sovereignty. From Wikipedia: Poland–Russia relations have a long but often turbulent history, dating to the late Middle Ages, when the Kingdom of Poland and Kievan Rus' and later Grand Duchy of Muscovy struggled over control of their borderlands. Over centuries, there have been several Polish–Russian Wars, with Poland once occupying Moscow and later Russia controlling much of Poland in the 19th as well as in the 20th century, damaging relations. Polish–Russian relations entered a new phase following the fall of communism, 1989–1993. Since then, Polish–Russian relations have at times seen both improvement and deterioration. According to a 2013 BBC World Service poll, 19 percent of Poles view Russia's influence positively while 49 percent express a negative view. However, since the Russian annexation of Crimea, over 60-80% Poles are worried over the future conflict with Russia, given the fact Russia maintains control in Kaliningrad Oblast. Condition: Good / Good.

Keywords: Russo-Polish Relations, Eastern Galicia, Curzon Line, Military Intervention, Ethnography, Congress Kingdom of Poland, Peace Conference, Crimean Conference, National Borders

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