In 1923 Skalat became the seat of a county in the Tarnopol Voivodeship . It also was a garrison of Battalion Skalat of the Border Protection Corps . In 1939 , together with the suburbs of Mantiawa , Ksiezy Kat and Targowica , Skalat had a mixed Polish – Jewish – Ukrainian population of over 7,000 . During the initial phase of the Soviet Invasion of Poland , the Red Army units bypassed the town , heading towards Tarnopol . The Soviets did not enter Skalat until September 21 , 1939 , four days after the invasion . During the Volhynian massacre , Skalat was a shelter for Polish population of the countryside , which was attacked by Ukrainian nationalists . On March 22 , 1944 , the town was recaptured by the Red Army
Volhynian massacre
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
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