Kryjówka Rebrowa
The place
Kryjówka Rebrowa ("Rebrowa Hideout") in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Ustrzyki Dolne/Lutowiska sector (Bieszczady, southeastern Poland, Ukrainian border, Poland), at 864 m altitude, in the Bieszczady range. Continuous Poland Bieszczady cluster (batches 220-348). Kryjówka ("secret hideout"), likely historically linked to the UPA, Ukrainska Povstanska Armiya (Ukrainian nationalist resistance, anti-Nazi 1942-45 then anti-Soviet 1946-56, using the Bieszczady forest zone as a refuge for 50,000 fighters, followed by Operation Vistula in 1947, the deportation of 140,000 Ukrainians from Poland to the west as part of post-war German-settlement resettlement policy), in a zone of beech-fir forests recognized as UNESCO primeval Carpathian beech forests in 2019 + Bieszczady National Park, 292 km², with Tarnica at 1,346 m the highest point in southern Poland + European bison (Bison bonasus), 200 individuals, reintroduced in 1963 + poloniny alpine meadows, heritage of the Hutsul-Boyko Ruthenians deported under Operation Vistula.
The setting
Podkarpackie Ustrzyki Dolne/Lutowiska Bieszczady SE Poland Ukrainian border Poland 864 m, continuous cluster batches 220-348, kryjówka UPA Ukrainian nationalist hideout 1942-45 anti-Nazi then 1946-56 anti-Soviet Bieszczady 50,000 Operation Vistula 1947 deportation of 140,000 Ukrainians from Poland westward post-war German settlement, beech-fir forests UNESCO 2019 primeval Carpathian + Bieszczady NP 292 km² Tarnica 1,346 m southern Poland + Bison bonasus 200 reintroduced 1963 + poloniny alpine meadows Hutsul-Boyko Ruthenians Vistula.
