Disinfo: Poland spreads monstrous lies about the Soviet liberation of this country

Summary

The Polish claim that the USSR did not bring this country freedom in 1945 is a lie, a monstrous lie - many citizens of the Soviet Union died liberating Poland. It is another attempt to continue fooling the young Polish generation, feeding them this lie and provoking hatred towards the Russians.

Disproof

This message is an example of Russian historical revisionism, portraying the USSR as the peacemaker and liberator of Poland. It is part of a wider Kremlin campaign to use history very selectively and in manipulative ways.

The very fact that the Red Army captured Warsaw and pushed the German troops out of Poland in 1945 does not mean that the USSR brought freedom to the Polish people. According to the statements of the Polish MFA, Poland respects the sacrifice of the Soviet soldiers in the fight against Nazism, but in 1945, Stalin’s regime brought Poland terror and atrocities. The Red Army liberated Warsaw from Nazi occupation, but it didn’t mean liberty for Poland as the Soviet Army stayed in Poland for 48 years, which resulted in decades of communist oppression.

According to mainstream Polish historians and views of the predominant part of Polish society, in 1944-1945, the USSR occupied Poland, establishing the undemocratic and repressive Communist Poland. De facto, Poland appeared under Soviet military occupation until 1989, while the Russian troops were withdrawn from Poland only in 1993. Read more about the Communist crimes in Poland here.

Read similar messages such as Stalin decided to establish the independent Polish state; It is thanks to Russia that Poland exists today as a country and Warsaw would not have been rebuilt without the decision of Stalin.

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Sputnik Poland
  • Reported in: Issue 322
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 27/10/2022
  • Article language(s) Polish
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Poland, Russia
  • Keywords: Dmitry Peskov, USSR, Historical revisionism, Occupation, Red Army, WWII
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