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One of the biggest political problems in Central Europe in the first half of the twentieth was the lack of clear boundaries between the different ethnic groups. There were many linguistic islands, and mixed areas. This was conducive to ethnic conflicts and territorial disputes especially between the Poland and Russia and later the Soviet Union



After the Polish-Russian War 1919-1920, ending the division of Ukraine and Belarus, Poland still lived 3 250 000 Ukrainians and Belarusians 1 500 000, and in the Soviet Russia about 900 000 Poles. What would happen if in the early 20's, the Polish authorities decided to avoid these problems through the exchange of people from Soviet Russia. I assume that the range of Polish annexation of the east would be less than in reality so that the number of displaced populations were comparable :



As these changes have affected the policy of the Soviet Union to Poland?
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