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Elections to the People's Assemblies of Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia
Elections to the People's Assemblies of Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia, which took place on October 22, 1939, were an attempt to legitimize the annexation of the Second Polish Republic's eastern territories by the Soviet Union following the September 17 Soviet invasion of Poland in accordance with the secret protocol of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. Only one month after these lands were occupied by the Red Army, the Soviet secret police and military led by the Party officials staged the local elections in an atmosphere of state terror.[1] The referendum was rigged. The ballot envelopes were numbered and often handed over already sealed. By design, the candidates were unknown to their constituencies which were brought to the voting stations by armed militias.[1] The results were to become the official legitimization of the Soviet takeover of what is known today as the Western Belorussia and the Western Ukraine.[2] Consequently, both Assemblies voted for incorporation of all formerly Polish voivodeships into the Soviet Union.[3]
- ^ a b Jan T. Gross (1997). Sovietisation of Poland's Eastern Territories. Berghahn Books. pp. 74–75. ISBN 1571818820. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Jan Tomasz Gross (2002). Revolution from abroad. Princeton University Press. p. 71. ISBN 0-691-09603-1.
- ^ Geoffrey Roberts (2006). Stalin's wars: from World War to Cold War, 1939-1953. Yale University Press. p. 45. ISBN 0-300-11204-1.
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انتخابات الجمعيات الشعبية في غرب أوكرانيا وغرب بيلاروسيا Arabic Volby do shromáždění lidové západní Ukrajiny a západního Běloruska v roce 1939 Czech 서벨라루스 및 서우크라이나 인민회의 선거 Korean Wybory do Zgromadzeń Ludowych Zachodniej Ukrainy i Zachodniej Białorusi 1939 Polish Республиканские выборы в СССР (1939) Russian
