title: Making borders stick: population transfer and resettlement in the Trans-Curzon territories, 1944-1949.
abstract: "Designed in 1919-20 by the British mediator Lord Curzon as an armistice proposal between the then warring powers Poland and Soviet Russia, the Curzon Line served to identify the maximum territorial reach of Soviet political influence in Europe....[The author discusses] a program of resettlement which would target communities on both sides of the new border, a policy eventually affecting some 1.4 million individuals...." The implementation and impact of this population exchange are described.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kordan
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D005061:Europe, Eastern; D011044:Poland; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012942:Social Sciences; D014586:USSR; D014857:Warfare
keywords: Border Crossing; Demographic Factors; Demographic Impact; Demography; Developed Countries; Eastern Europe; Europe; Historical Demography; Historical Survey; International Migration; Migration; Migration Policy; Poland; Policy; Political Factors; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Research Methodology; Retrospective Studies; Settlement And Resettlement; Social Policy; Social Sciences; Studies; Ussr; War