This unusual border has a rich backstory tied to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and later, the Second Polish Republic and the Soviet Union.
Born on August 27, 1935 in Luck then part of the Wolyn Voivodeship within the Second Polish Republic. First born child of father Bronislaw and mother Helen (Platek) Jablonski. Chester’s childhood was ...
On March 18, 1921, the Treaty of Riga sealed an uneasy peace between Soviet Russia and the Second Polish Republic following the Polish-Soviet War. The conflict was nominally a Polish victory over the ...