Summary

The Habsburg Empire collapsed in 1918, and in its aftermath, a number of nation states emerged. The territory of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, after several years of wars and disputes, finally found itself within the borders of the Polish state. Such circumstances lasted until the outbreak of the Second World War. As a result, the former Galicia was partitioned – the western part remained within the Polish borders, while the eastern part was annexed by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Since 1991, it has been part of the Ukrainian state. Today, the Vistula River basin lies within the territory of Poland, and the Dniester basin is within Ukraine’s borders.