Syniak S. Polish paramilitaries on the Volhyn during 1921-1939.

The dissertation is dedicated to activities of polish paramilitaries on the Volhyn during 1921-1939. It has been proved that the activity of polish paramilitaries was playing prominent role in people's lives of that territory: The Settlers' Union, The Union of Disabled Militaries of Poland, The Riflemen's Association, The Legionary's Union of Polish Disabled Militaries, The Reservists' Association, The Union of Officers of Reserve, The Non-commissioned Officers' Association and The Polish Scouting and Guiding Association. Some main tasks that were established by polish paramilitaries on the Volhyn by the Polish government were: 1) to encourage conscripts to serve in the Polish Army; 2) to form a solid system of the national economy, which included territories that until recent times have been a part of the Russian Empire; 3) to establish a control over newly created borders with Soviet Ukraine, using military settlers' potential; 4) to solve a problem of the land shortage and the landlessness in the central voivodeships of the state; 5) the collecting of the intelligence information, a governmental support during the conscription.