This map, published in pamphlet form in late 1945 by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, depicts Joseph Stalin drawing a saw line to mark the new border separating Ukraine and Poland.
The Ukrainian Insurgent Army was an organisation that operated from 1942 onwards in pursuit of Ukrainian independence, initially against Nazi Germany and later against the Red Army once the war had swung in favour of the Allies.
This propaganda map was published after the Yalta Conference, at which, among other things, Winston Churchill accepted the demand for a new border between Poland and Ukraine. This caused great discontent in Poland, as it saw part of its territory lost after a war that it had not started. It also seemed insufficient to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, since, in their view, Stalin had only managed to secure part of Ukraine's historical territories.
The illustration shows how the Curzon Line, which had been used after the First World War as a temporary border between Poland and the Soviet Union, was taken as the new border. Thus, Lviv became part of Ukraine, but historical claims remained on the Polish side, such as the cities of Przemyśl and Chełm.
The text accompanying the map delves into anti-Soviet sentiment, with sarcastic references not only to a border standardised, but also to the redistribution of crops, iron and coal, as well as the assertion that Stalin “He also wonderfully balanced the population density, sending the surplus to Siberia. And he balances the heads too, those that rise too high.
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