Савецка-польская мяжа як фактар сацыяльна-эканамічнага і палітычнага развіцця беларускіх земляў у 1921 - 1939 гг.

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the analysis of the consequences of the division of Belarusian lands according to the Riga peace treaty. Before that these lands had been a single economic and cultural unity. Special attention is given to the direct influence of the border on the life primarily of the border lands. Drawing of the border is known to have led not only to the breaking of personal contacts of the population but also to the rupture of economic relations and to the formation of separate economies on the territories of Western Belarus and the BSSR. The border lands, constantly extended, acquired a special status which affected the everyday life of the people living there and the attitude of the authorities to them. The article analyses such issues as the crossborder movement of the population, the development of border guards and the customs service, restoration of the transport routes disrupted by the Soviet-Polish war and regulation of foreign trade, primarily, at the border.