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Since the [[fall of the Soviet Union]], with [[Lithuania]], [[Ukraine]] and [[Belarus]] regaining independence, Polish-Russian border has mostly been replaced by borders with the respective countries, but there still is a 210&nbsp;km long border between Poland and the Russian [[Kaliningrad]] [[exclave]].<ref name="Prez">{{pl icon}} [http://www.prezydent.pl/x.node?id=44 Informacje o Polsce - informacje ogólne]. Page gives Polish [[PWN Encyklopedia]] as reference.</ref>
Since the [[fall of the Soviet Union]], with [[Lithuania]], [[Ukraine]] and [[Belarus]] regaining independence, Polish-Russian border has mostly been replaced by borders with the respective countries, but there still is a 210&nbsp;km long border between Poland and the Russian [[Kaliningrad]] [[exclave]].<ref name="Prez">{{pl icon}} [http://www.prezydent.pl/x.node?id=44 Informacje o Polsce - informacje ogólne]. Page gives Polish [[PWN Encyklopedia]] as reference.</ref>


===Deployment of US missile defense shield in Poland===
===Deployment of US missile defense shield in Poland and the South Ossetia War===
Poland–Russia relations saw a dramatic worsening in the middle of the [[2008 South Ossetia war‎]]. Poland had taken a leading role in the [[International reaction to the 2008 South Ossetia war|international community's response]] on the side of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and against Russia. A bilateral agreement between Poland and the [[United States]] was announced which would allow the US to install and operate an interceptor [[National missile defense|missile defense shield]], a move which Russia sees explicitly targeting it, prompting Russian president [[Dmitry Medvedev]] to state that it made Poland "a legitimate military target."<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Rice to visit Poland to sign missile shield deal |url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gLzVO9YmRVo2zJXJwfNJ0XQRZQWg |work= |publisher=[[Agence France-Presse|AFP]] |date=August 18, 2008 |accessdate=2008-08-18 }}</ref> A high-ranking Russian military official said, "Poland in deploying [the US system] opens itself to a nuclear strike."<ref>{{cite news |first=M K |last=Bhadrakumar |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=China seeks Caucasian crisis windfall |url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/JH19Ag01.html |work=[[Asia Times Online]] |publisher= |date=August 18, 2008 |accessdate=2008-08-18 }}</ref> One potential site for such planned anti-missile installations is near the village [[Redzikowo]] which lies about 50 miles west of [[Gdansk]], close to the [[Baltic Sea|Baltic]] coast.<ref>{{cite news |title=New round of US-Polish missile shield talks due this month: minister |url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ilIooUD4GuMxVdC8rScevZxpIWgw |work= |publisher=[[Agence France-Presse|AFP]] |date=August 16, 2007 |accessdate=2008-08-22 }}</ref> Russia later announced to set up missiles in [[Kaliningrad]], a city close to neighboring Poland.
Poland–Russia relations saw a dramatic worsening in the middle of the [[2008 South Ossetia war‎]]. Poland had taken a leading role in the [[International reaction to the 2008 South Ossetia war|international community's response]] on the side of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and against Russia. This has been interpreted by some as a Polish revival of the [[Prometheism]] movement. A bilateral agreement between Poland and the [[United States]] was announced which would allow the US to install and operate an interceptor [[National missile defense|missile defense shield]], a move which Russia sees explicitly targeting it, prompting Russian president [[Dmitry Medvedev]] to state that it made Poland "a legitimate military target."<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Rice to visit Poland to sign missile shield deal |url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gLzVO9YmRVo2zJXJwfNJ0XQRZQWg |work= |publisher=[[Agence France-Presse|AFP]] |date=August 18, 2008 |accessdate=2008-08-18 }}</ref> A high-ranking Russian military official said, "Poland in deploying [the US system] opens itself to a nuclear strike."<ref>{{cite news |first=M K |last=Bhadrakumar |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=China seeks Caucasian crisis windfall |url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/JH19Ag01.html |work=[[Asia Times Online]] |publisher= |date=August 18, 2008 |accessdate=2008-08-18 }}</ref> One potential site for such planned anti-missile installations is near the village [[Redzikowo]] which lies about 50 miles west of [[Gdansk]], close to the [[Baltic Sea|Baltic]] coast.<ref>{{cite news |title=New round of US-Polish missile shield talks due this month: minister |url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ilIooUD4GuMxVdC8rScevZxpIWgw |work= |publisher=[[Agence France-Presse|AFP]] |date=August 16, 2007 |accessdate=2008-08-22 }}</ref> Russia later announced to set up missiles in [[Kaliningrad]], a city close to neighboring Poland.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 03:27, 26 January 2010

Polish–Russian relations
Map indicating locations of Poland and Russia

Poland
Russia

Polish-Russian relations have a long history, dating to the late

fall of communism
in both countries around 1989-1993. Since then Polish-Russian relations have seen both improvement and deterioration, depending on various factors.

Historical

Muscovy and Russian Empire

Relations between Poland and Russia (

Polish-Muscovite War (1605–1618), Polish forces took Moscow[1] - an event that would become one of the many defining moments of the future Polish-Russian relations.[1][2][3] Muscovy, now transforming into the Russian Empire, was able to take advantage of weakening Commonwealth, taking over disputed territories and moving its borders westwards in the aftermath of the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667).[1] By the beginning of the 18th century, with the deterioration of the Commonwealth political system (Golden Liberty) into anarchy, Russians were able to intervene in internal Polish affairs at will, politically and militarily (Silent Sejm, War of the Polish Succession).[1] Around the mid-18th century, the influence of ambassadors and envoys from Russia to Poland, could be compared to those of colonial viceroys[4] and the Commonwealth was seen by Russians as a form of protectorate.[1][5][6] With the failure of the Bar Confederation, opposing the Russian influence, the First Partition took place in 1772; by 1795 three partitions of Poland erased Poland from the map.[1] As Nowak remarked, "a new justification for Russian colonialism gathered strength from the Enlightenment": Poland was portrayed by Russians as an anarchic, dangerous country: its Catholic and democratic ideas had to be suppressed by the more enlightened neighbors."[1]

Over

aftermath of the First World War would Poland regain independence (as the Second Polish Republic).[1]

Soviet Union

Immediately after regaining independence in 1918, Poland was faced with a war with the new

various Soviet repressions of Polish citizens, became another event with lasting repercussions on the Polish-Russian relations.[1][3]

After the

fall of the communist government in Poland in late 1989, although the Soviet Northern Group of Forces
would not leave Polish soil until the 1993.

Present

Modern Polish-Russian relations begin with the

fall of communism - 1989 in Poland (Solidarity and the Polish Round Table Agreement) and 1991 in Russia (dissolution of the Soviet Union). With a new democratic government after the 1989 elections, Poland regained full sovereignty,[1]
and what was the USSR became 15 newly independent states, including the Russian Federation.

Relations between modern Poland and Russia suffer from constant ups and downs.

EU-Russian relations[2][7] and various economic issues (ex. Russian ban on Polish food imports[8]).[7]

Since the

exclave.[9]

Deployment of US missile defense shield in Poland and the South Ossetia War

Poland–Russia relations saw a dramatic worsening in the middle of the

Gdansk, close to the Baltic coast.[12] Russia later announced to set up missiles in Kaliningrad
, a city close to neighboring Poland.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Andrzej Nowak, The Russo-Polish Historical Confrontation, Sarmatian Review, January 1997 Issue
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Richard Bernstein, After Centuries of Enmity, Relations Between Poland and Russia Are as Bad as Ever, New York Times, July 3, 2005
  3. ^
    School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
  4. ^ Hamish M. Scott, The Emergence of the Eastern Powers, 1756-1775: 1756-1775, Cambridge University Press, 2001, ISBN 052179269X, [1] Google Print, p.249]
  5. ^ Jerzy Lukowski, Hubert Zawadzki, A Concise History of Poland, Cambridge University Press, 2001, ISBN 0521559170, Google Print, p.84
  6. ^ Hamish M. Scott, The Emergence of the Eastern Powers, 1756-1775, Cambridge University Press, 2001, ISBN 052179269X, Gooble Print, p.181-182
  7. ^
    Warsaw Voice
    , 20 February 2008
  8. ^ a b Adam Grzeszak, Polish-Russian Relations: Bones of Contention Piling Up, Polityka, 2006
  9. ^ Template:Pl icon Informacje o Polsce - informacje ogólne. Page gives Polish PWN Encyklopedia as reference.
  10. ^ "Rice to visit Poland to sign missile shield deal". AFP. August 18, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-18. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  11. Asia Times Online. Retrieved 2008-08-18. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help
    )
  12. ^ "New round of US-Polish missile shield talks due this month: minister". AFP. August 16, 2007. Retrieved 2008-08-22.

External links

  • Dabrowski, Patrice M. Russian-Polish Relations Revisited, or The ABC's of "Treason" under Tsarist Rule, Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History - Volume 4, Number 1, Winter 2003, pp. 177-199 muse
  • Goldman, Minton F., Polish-Russian relations and the 2004 Ukrainian presidential elections., East European Quarterly, 12/22/2006
  • Oscar Halecki, Polish-Russian Relations: Past and Present, The Review of Politics, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jul., 1943), pp. 322-338, JSTOR
  • Library of Congress, On Polish-Soviet relations in the early 1990s
  • Lubecki, J. "In the Shadow of the Bear: Polish-Russian Relations 1999-2005" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois. 2008-05-08 allacademic
  • Why uneasy relations exist between Poles and Russians, Polish Culture Site
  • Cornelius Ochmann, Alexey Ignatiev, Petr Shopin, Polish-Russian Relations, Koszalin Institute of Comparative European Studies, working paper
  • Unge et al., Polish-Russian Relations in an Eastern Dimension Context
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