Historical place archive

Poland in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Poland in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records3 event labels2 people1787–1947

Historical events in Poland

1787

1787
Reballion of Polish
Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov · Revolution of Russia

Suppresses the Polish revolt

1787
Reballion of Polish
Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov · Military

Suppresses the Polish revolt

1945

27 March 1945
Arrest of Sixteen Polish Leaders
Joseph Stalin · NKVD (Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs)

Soviet security authorities arrest sixteen Polish underground leaders invited to talks on implementing the Yalta political settlement.

1947

19 January 1947
Polish Election and Yalta Commitments
Joseph Stalin · Government of Russia

Poland holds elections under a Soviet-dominated political system, intensifying Western claims that Yalta's free-election commitments were not fulfilled.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Russia and Poland. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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