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    The Curzon Line was a proposed demarcation line between the Second Polish Republic and the Soviet Union, two new states emerging after World War I. Based...
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    George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, FRS, FRGS, FBA (11 January 1859 – 20 March 1925), styled The Honourable...
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  • Vietnam. The Curzon Line was a demarcation line proposed in 1920 by British Foreign Secretary Lord Curzon as a possible armistice line between Poland...
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  • Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, where about 480,000 people behind the Curzon Line were moved eastward to the territory, which became a part of the Soviet...
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  • Curzon may refer to: Aria Curzon (born 1987), American actress Walter de Curzon Poultney (1845–1929), one of Baltimore, Maryland's most colorful and flamboyant...
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    basics on Poland's future borders. In the east, the British agreed to the Curzon line but recognised that the US might push for Lwów to be included in post-war...
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    Germany, the Oder–Neisse line became its western border, resulting in gaining the Recovered Territories from Germany. The Curzon Line became its eastern border...
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    rejecting the Curzon Line border. According to Jan Ciechanowski, "The [exiled] Polish Cabinet believed that by refusing to accept the Curzon Line they were...
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    said 'he could not depart from the Curzon Line; in spite of Churchill's post-Teheran reference to his Curzon Line policy as one 'of force', he still believed...
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    Russia. Poland’s eastern border was established about 200 km east of the Curzon Line, securing Polish control over parts of modern-day Ukraine and Belarus...
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    the Soviet Red Army invaded Eastern Poland, the territory beyond the Curzon Line that fell into the Soviet "sphere of influence" according to the secret...
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    annexed by the Soviet Union following the 1939 Soviet invasion east of the Curzon line remained in the Soviet Union after the war and are now in Ukraine and...
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    is an informal name for the territories of Poland to the west of the Curzon Line which used to have sizeable Ukrainian (and Rusyn) populations, including...
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    sculptures depicting the Radcliffe Line. India–Pakistan border Curzon line Indo-Bangladesh enclaves McMahon Line Durand Line Sykes-Picot Agreement Rajkahini...
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    was decided earlier in Yalta already. Some of the territory along the Curzon line, established by Stalin during the course of the war, was returned to...
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    democratic basis", was agreed to. The Polish eastern border would follow the Curzon Line, and Poland would receive territorial compensation in the west from Germany...
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    established a Polish–Soviet border about 250 kilometres (160 mi) east of the Curzon Line, incorporating large numbers of Ukrainians and Belarusians into the Second...
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    compromised version of the Curzon Line which was approved at the Spa Conference in Belgium was renamed by Namier as Curzon Line "B". Chicherin relayed this...
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    Lwów–Wilno line. In the Second Polish Republic, Kresy equated to historically Polish settled lands to the east of the notional Curzon line. Currently...
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    Conference permitted the Soviet Union to annex territories close to the Curzon Line (which almost coincided with all of their Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact portion...
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  • Poland's eastern border was established at about 200 km east of the Curzon Line, a British proposal for Poland's border, previously approved by the Entente...
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    refers to Germans living within the 1937 boundaries of Poland up to the Curzon line going East. In theory, that German ethnic population could have been...
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    large part to compensate Poland for losing the Kresy lands east of the Curzon line, a region that was annexed by the Soviet Union after the German invasion...
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    new prestige and more land. The Ukrainian border was expanded to the Curzon Line. Ukraine was also expanded southwards, near the area Izmail, previously...
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    in two areas. Territories of Poland annexed by Nazi Germany Curzon Line Oder-Neisse line Historical demographics of Poland Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)...
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  • considered to be a compensation for the former Polish territory east of the Curzon Line ("Kresy"), which had been annexed by the Soviet Union in 1939. In West...
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    east. The Soviet Union also took over the Polish provinces east of the Curzon Line, from which 2 million Poles were expelled; north-east Romania, parts...
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  • and Belarusians, with minorities of Poles and Jews (for numbers see Curzon Line). The total area, including the area given to Lithuania, was 201,000...
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    was requested. In this town, located near the Curzon Line, three Polish and one Ukrainian railway line converged. Polish requests were completely rejected...
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    Richardson Origins of the Sino-Indian War Borders of India Durand Line Curzon Line Radcliffe Line It is significant that the term "spheres" (of influence) was...
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