Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Yakagarwa neSoviet Union pashure peMolotov-Ribbentrop Pact ya1939, yakanga iri pasi pemitemo yakaoma yeNKVD. Jeri risina kupedzwa rakatorwa neNKVD muna December 1939 uye rakashandiswa nokuda kwevasungwa vezvematongerwe enyika vanobva kumativi ose ePoland yakatorwa neSoviet. Vasungwa vari pakati pe1500 ne3000 vaichengetwa imomo mumamiriro ezvinhu akaoma, nevasungwa vatsva vaiuya pashure pokunge vakare vaendeswa kuGulag nedzimwe jeri dzeSoviet. Muna 1940 vazhinji vevaPolish vomunzvimbomo vakasungwa ndokuendeswa kuGulags dzakasiyana-siyana dzeSoviet uye majeri muUSSR yose. Muna 1941, zvichitevera kutanga kweHondo yeSoviet neGerman, musi waJune 24 naJune 25, 1941, vasungwa vangasvika mazana mashanu nemakumi mashanu vejeri reDubno vakaurayiwa neNKVD ichidzokera kumashure apo vasere chete vavo vakapona. Panenge panguva iyoyo munharaunda yeguta (uye yakapoteredza Lutsk neBrody) hondo huru yetangi yakarwiwa. Muhondo yeBrody (1941) boka reGermany re1st Panzer pasi paEwald von Kleist rakakwanisa kuputsa kurwisa kweSoviet 9th uye 19th Mechanized Corps, uye 8th Mechanized Corps. 8th Corps Tank Group yakatora Dubno ndokuibata kwemazuva mashanu isati yatorwazve nemauto akasimba eGerman'(pasi paKonstantin Rokossovski, Nikolay Feklenko naDI Rybjasev, Mutungamiriri we8th Corps Tank boka aive brigade commissar N.K. Popel, zvichiteerana). Nokukurumidza pashure pacho taundi racho rakagarwa neGermany. Mukati
basa, vaGermany vakaputika imba yeguta ine nhoroondo yomuzana remakore rechi18.