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Soviet annexation of Western Ukraine, 1939–1940
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Soviet annexation of Eastern Galicia, Volhynia and Northern Bukovina
On the basis of a secret clause of the
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
, the
Soviet Union
invaded Poland on September 17, 1939
, capturing the
eastern borderland provinces
of
Poland
with little opposition. Lwów, present day
Lviv
, the principal city and cultural center of the region of
Galicia
, was captured and occupied by September 22. These provinces were inhabited by an ethnically mixed population, with
ethnic Ukrainians
dominant in rural areas, and Poles dominant in the cities. They now form the backbone of modern
Western Ukraine
.
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