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17: Reforms, Recentralization, Dissidence: 1950s-1970s

The Making of Modern Ukraine

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Ukrainian-Polish Relations in 2022 Are Much More Interesting Than They Look

The Ukrainians were demonized within Polish communism all the way through the 1980s. In post-89 period, both a president and a prime minister of Poland have had family members who were killed in Volenia. The conflict between Poles and Ukrainians was very real, but it was exploited by the communist regime.

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