 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Yakagarwa neSoviet Union zvichitevera Chibvumirano cheMolotov-Ribbentrop cha 1939, yaive pasi pemitemo yakaoma yeNKVD. Jeri risina kupedzwa rakatorwa neNKVD muna December 1939 uye rakashandiswa nokuda kwevasungwa vezvematongerwe enyika vanobva kumativi ose ePoland yakatorwa neSoviet. Vasungwa vari pakati pe1500 ne3000 vaichengetwa imomo mumamiriro ezvinhu akaoma, nevasungwa vatsva vaiuya pashure pokunge vakare vaendeswa kuGulag nedzimwe jeri dzeSoviet. Muna 1940 vazhinji vevaPolish vomunzvimbomo vakasungwa ndokuendeswa kuGulags dzakasiyana-siyana dzeSoviet uye majeri muUSSR yose. Muna 1941, pashure pokutanga kweHondo yeSoviet neGermany, musi waJune 24 naJune 25, 1941, vasungwa vanenge 550 vejeri reDubno vakaurayiwa neNKVD yakanga ichidzokera kumashure apo vasere chete vavo vakapona. Panenge panguva iyoyo munharaunda yeguta uye yakapoteredza Lutsk neBrody hondo huru yetangi yakarwiwa. Muhondo yeBrody 1941 boka reGermany re1st Panzer pasi paEwald von Kleist rakakwanisa kuputsa kurwisa kweSoviet 9th uye 19th Mechanized Corps, uye 8th Mechanized Corps. 8th Corps Tank Group yakatora Dubno ndokuibata kwemazuva mashanu isati yatorwazve nemauto akasimba eGermanpasi paKonstantin Rokossovski, Nikolay Feklenko naDI Rybjasev, Mutungamiriri we8th Corps Tank boka aive brigade commissar N.K. Popel, zvichiteerana. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho taundi racho rakagarwa neGermany. Mukati mokugara, vaGermany vakaputika imba yeguta ine nhoroondo yomuzana ramakore rechi 18. 