“The Polish Operation”. The genocide of the Polish people in the USSR in the years 1937–1938

The article is based on a rich and valuable literature presenting the tragic events occurred in the western part of USSR in the years 1937–1838, when more than hundred thousand people accused of spying for Poland were arrested and many of them were killed. The campaign against the Polish people was initiated by the official order number 00485 issued on 11 August 1937 and signed by the Soviet People’s Commissar for State Security Nikolai Yezhov.