Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis (Dec 2014)

Lenkijos šaulių sąjungos struktūra 1919–1939 metais | The Organisational Structure of the Polish Riflemen’s Union (1919–1939)

  • Waldemar Rezmer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15181/ahuk.v28i0.927
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28
pp. 159 – 180

Abstract

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The Riflemen’s Union (Związek Strzelecki) was a paramilitary organisation in the Second Polish Republic which oversaw the military training of young pre-military age people. Simultaneously, it was a civic education movement. The activities of the organisation covered all of Poland, and it also had structural subdivisions in Polish communities outside the country. The article discusses the circumstances of the foundation of the organisation, its relationship with the Polish army, the main features of its activities, organisational structure and principles of management, the staff, the composition of members, and the dynamics of their numbers.

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