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[u][b]The Republic of Poland[/b][/u]

[i]An address by Józef Piłsudski,[/i]

Today is a day for revelry and rejoice. After a wait of over one hundred and fifty years, an independent Polish state with refined national boundaries and internationally recognized sovereignty has returned to the map of Europe. The doors of the east have been blasted open as far as we have deemed fit, and we have awakened the millions of our people waiting on the other side, ready to be welcomed back into their homeland. To want to, is to be able to—Poland has desired independence for as long as independence has been denied to her, and now, our desire is accomplished. For countless generations, Poland has been a nation divided and weak; today, Poland is a nation united and strong.

We must not rest on our laurels, however, and resign ourselves to mediocrity now that our nation has been forged. For once a blade has been forged, it must then be sharpened, and the blade of Poland is one that shall be sharpened to such a point that it shall sever any limb of any entity that would desire its destruction. To remain independent and proud, Poland must develop, and must learn from the lessons and the mistakes of its former oppressors. To be defeated and not submit, is victory; to be victorious and rest on one's laurels, is defeat. As much effort as our people put into the destruction of their oppressors shall now be put into the construction of their homeland, and we shall know as triumphant of a victory once again, as we build our Poland to ever greater heights, and ever stronger environs. Now that we have achieved peace, we must achieve prosperity.

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[u][b]The Treaty of Riga[/b][/center][/u]

[i]Article I.[/i] The state of hostilities between the Republic of Poland and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (henceforth referred to in this treaty as 'Soviet Russia' and considered as encompassing all other Soviet states) has ceased.

[i]Article II.[/i] The boundary between Poland and Soviet Russia is settled, with the mutually recognized border as represented in Figure A. Soviet Russia abandons all rights and claims to the territories situated west of the border. Poland reciprocally abandons all rights and claims to the territories situated east of the border.

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[i]Article III.[/i] Both parties pledge to respect each other's sovereignty, to abstain from interference in each other's internal affairs, and not to support organizations encouraging conflict against the other party's territorial integrity or political and social institutions.

[i]Article IV.[/i] A population transfer period extending two (2) years from the signing of this treaty shall be agreed to by both parties. During this transfer period, citizens of Soviet Russia that identify with Polish nationality shall not be hindered in any manner by the authorities of the Soviet states should they desire to voluntarily repatriate themselves to the Republic of Poland. Citizens of Poland that identify with Russian, Ukrainian or Belarusian nationality shall not be hindered in any manner by the authorities of the Republic of Poland should they desire to voluntarily repatriate themselves to Soviet Russia.

[i]Article V.[/i] Soviet Russia shall, in the spirit of equal legal standing between signatories, but also recognition of the hardships suffered by Poland during the extent of Tsarist Russian rule over the Polish homeland;
restore to Poland all objects of historical, ethnographic or scholarly value that have been removed from Poland since 1772,
support Poland in any ensuing border disagreements between Poland and a non-signatory that are in respect to the extent of the Polish homeland,
and ensure free intellectual development, use of national language and exercise of religion for Poles continuing to reside in Soviet Russia.

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[b]Signed by Józef Piłsudski, Chief of State of the Republic of Poland, and ratified by the Republic of Poland. [X]

Signed by Vladimir Lenin, Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR, and ratified by the Russian SFSR. [X][/b]