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===Up to 1939===
===Up to 1939===
[[File:Galicia.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Austrian Galcia]]
A powerful underground Ukrainian nationalist movement rose in Poland in the 1920s and 1930s, led by the Ukrainian Military Organization and the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] (OUN). The movement attracted a militant following among students and harassed the Polish authorities. Legal Ukrainian parties, the Ukrainian Catholic Church, an active press, and a business sector also flourished in Poland. Economic conditions improved in the 1920s, but the region suffered from the Great Depression in the 1930s. In 1939, as a result of the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop[p Pact]] when Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland, Galicia and Volhynia were annexed to Soviet Ukraine.
====Diplomacy====
====Diplomacy====
In the years following the end of [[World War I]] and the [[Polish-Soviet War]], Poland had signed alliances with many [[Europe]]an powers. The most important were the military alliance with [[France]] signed on February 19, 1921 and the defensive alliance with [[Romania]] of March 3, 1921. The alliance with France was a major factor in Polish inter-war foreign relations, and was seen as the main warrant of peace in [[Central Europe]]; Poland's military doctrine was heavily influenced by this alliance as well.
In the years following the end of [[World War I]] and the [[Polish-Soviet War]], Poland had signed alliances with many [[Europe]]an powers. The most important were the military alliance with [[France]] signed on February 19, 1921 and the defensive alliance with [[Romania]] of March 3, 1921. The alliance with France was a major factor in Polish inter-war foreign relations, and was seen as the main warrant of peace in [[Central Europe]]; Poland's military doctrine was heavily influenced by this alliance as well.