Covering
the whole territory occupied by the Soviets in September, 1939, which was 77,606 square miles
the population figures according
to the 1931 census were.
|
Ethnicity |
Number of Persons |
Percentage |
|
Poles |
4,794,000 |
39.9% |
|
Ukrainians and Ruthenians |
4,139,000 |
34.4% |
|
Jews |
1,045,000 |
8.4% |
|
White Ruthenians |
993,000 |
8.5% |
|
Russians |
120,000 |
1.0% |
|
Lithuanians |
76,000 |
0.6% |
|
Germans |
85,000 |
0.7% |
|
Czechs |
32,000 |
0.3% |
|
Others |
728,000 |
6.0% |
The approximate estimate that eight years later, on August 31, 1939, the number of Polish citizens on this same territory was just over 13,000.000.
© Copyright 2003; Paul Havers