[PAR] [TLE] Kresy [SEP] Kresy Wschodnie or Kresy (] , Eastern Borderlands, or Borderlands) was a region of the Second Polish Republic during the interwar period constituting nearly half of the territory of the state; where the ethnic Poles, being the largest group, were roughly equal in their number to the size of the national minorities (with notable exceptions).  Administratively, the territory of Kresy was composed of voivodeships of Lwów, Nowogródek, Polesie, Stanisławów, Tarnopol, Wilno, Wołyń, and the Białystok.  Today, these territories are divided between Western Ukraine, Western Belarus, and south-eastern Lithuania, with such major cities as Lviv, Vilnius, and Grodno no longer in Poland.  In the Second Polish Republic the term "Kresy" roughly equated with the lands beyond the so-called Curzon Line, which was suggested after World War I in December 1919 by the British Foreign Office as the eastern border of the re-emerging sovereign Republic following the century of partitions.  In September 1939, after the Soviet Union joined Nazi Germany in their attack on Poland in accordance with the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the territories were incorporated into Soviet Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania in the atmosphere of terror. [PAR] [TLE] Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939) [SEP] The Wilno Voivodeship (Polish: "województwo wileńskie" ) was one of 16 Voivodeships in the Second Polish Republic, with the capital in Wilno (now Vilnius, Lithuania).  It was created in 1926 and populated predominantly by Poles with notable minorities of Belarusians, Jews and Lithuanians.
[PAR] [TLE] Kresy [ SEP ] Kresy Wschodnie or Kresy ( ] , Eastern Borderlands , or Borderlands ) was a region of the Second Polish Republic during the interwar period constituting nearly half of the territory of the state ; where the ethnic Poles , being the largest group , were roughly equal in their number to the size of the national minorities ( with notable exceptions ) . Administratively , the territory of Kresy was composed of voivodeships of Lwów , Nowogródek , Polesie , Stanisławów , Tarnopol , Wilno , Wołyń , and the Białystok . Today , these territories are divided between Western Ukraine , Western Belarus , and south - eastern Lithuania , with such major cities as Lviv , Vilnius , and Grodno no longer in Poland . In the Second Polish Republic the term " Kresy " roughly equated with the lands beyond the so - called Curzon Line , which was suggested after World War I in December 1919 by the British Foreign Office as the eastern border of the re - emerging sovereign Republic following the century of partitions . In September 1939 , after the Soviet Union joined Nazi Germany in their attack on Poland in accordance with the Molotov – Ribbentrop Pact , the territories were incorporated into Soviet Ukraine , Belarus and Lithuania in the atmosphere of terror . [PAR] [TLE] Wilno Voivodeship ( 1926–1939 ) [ SEP ] The Wilno Voivodeship ( Polish : " województwo wileńskie " ) was one of 16 Voivodeships in the Second Polish Republic , with the capital in Wilno ( now Vilnius , Lithuania ) . It was created in 1926 and populated predominantly by Poles with notable minorities of Belarusians , Jews and Lithuanians .
Kresy was composed of several voivodeships, and when the Second Polish Republic lost Wilno, which present-day city did it contain?
Kresy was composed of several voivodeships , and when the Second Polish Republic lost Wilno , which present - day city did it contain ?
Vilnius, Lithuania
Vilnius, Lithuania