Strzelec Janowa Dolina
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Strzelec Janowa Dolina - a defunct Polish
sports club, located in the settlement of Janowa Dolina
in the Volhynian Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic
. It had numerous departments, including the most popular - soccer. Its team was in 1937 the Champion of Polish part of Volhynia, participating in the qualifiers to the Polish Football League (see: Lower Level Football Leagues in Interwar Poland
. Exact date of Strzelec's foundation is unknown, perhaps it was some time in the early 1930s.
In September 1939, following German and Soviet aggression (see: September 1939 Campaign), Volhynia was occupied by the Red Army
. Strzelec then ceased to exist.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
sports club, located in the settlement of Janowa Dolina
Janowa Dolina
Bazaltove was a model settlement for workers of the Polish State Basalt Quarry, located in the Volhynian Voivodeship, in the Kostopol County of the Second Polish Republic. The name comes from Polish king Jan Kazimierz Waza, who reportedly hunted in the Volhynian forests, and after hunting — rested...
in the Volhynian Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic
Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland refers to Poland between the two world wars; a period in Polish history in which Poland was restored as an independent state. Officially known as the Republic of Poland or the Commonwealth of Poland , the Polish state was...
. It had numerous departments, including the most popular - soccer. Its team was in 1937 the Champion of Polish part of Volhynia, participating in the qualifiers to the Polish Football League (see: Lower Level Football Leagues in Interwar Poland
Lower Level Football Leagues in Interwar Poland
In interbellum Poland, there was not a national, Second Division, as we know it today . For example, on Sunday, September 26, 1937 in Częstochowa, a conference of A-Class teams took place, during which the possibility of creation of the Second League was discussed...
. Exact date of Strzelec's foundation is unknown, perhaps it was some time in the early 1930s.
In September 1939, following German and Soviet aggression (see: September 1939 Campaign), Volhynia was occupied by the Red Army
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...
. Strzelec then ceased to exist.