CAPTIVE SOLDIERS OF THE POLISH 5
TH RIFLE DIVISION IN THE MINUSINSK UYEZD IN THE EARLY 1920S
R.V. Oplakanskaya
Keywords: Civil war in Siberia, White movement, foreign intervention, Polish 5th rifle division
Abstract
The article describes the group of prisoners-of-war from the Polish 5
th Rifle Division who lived in the Minusinsk Uyezd in the early 1920s. The group of Polish captives was characterized by social, cultural and political heterogeneity given the fact that in the pre-war period they belonged to three different countries – Austria-Hungary, Germany and Russian empire. The author analyzes educational level, social and professional status of representatives of this group; shows how their labour was used in the regional economy.
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