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In the immediate post-World War One period, Skalat was seized by local Ukrainian activists, who declared that the town was part of West Ukrainian People's Republic. Polish - Ukrainian tension escalated, and climaxed in the Polish–Ukrainian War. On April 23, 1919, Ukrainian activists murdered a popular Roman Catholic parish priest from Skalat, Rev. Walerian Raba, and on July 16, 1919, the town was captured by the Polish Army.
In 1923 Skalat became the seat of a county in the Tarnopol Voivodeship.
Tarnopol Voivodeship was an administrative region of interwar Poland (1918–1939)
There is also a Map in wikipedia where you can see, that Skalat is near the border to USSR (Ucraine).
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SKALAT (Pol. Skałat), town in *Tarnopol district, Ukraine. Formerly within Poland[...]reverting to Poland between the two world wars.[...]As a result of Skalat's proximity to the Russian border,[...]
When the town passed to Soviet rule (1939–41),[...]
You see, the town is near the border and changed the ruler.