Sikorski–Mayski agreement

The Sikorski - Maisky Agreement was an international treaty between the Polish government in exile in London and the Soviet Union during the Second World War to jointly combat the German Empire.

It was signed in London by the Polish Prime Minister Władysław Sikorski and Soviet Ambassador to Britain Ivan Maisky on 30 July 1941.

The agreement provided for the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and the establishment of a Polish army in the Soviet Union.

As a result of the Treaty, the Soviet leadership held in the USSR Polish citizens granted an "amnesty", whereby prisoners, detainees and deportees were released.

Finally, put the Sikorski - Maisky Agreement only an unsuccessful interlude between the common assault of Germany and the Soviet Union to Poland in September 1939 on the basis of the Hitler - Stalin pact and re- rupture of relations after the discovery of Soviet war crime of Katyn in 1943 dar.