Początki działalności Konsulatu Generalnego RP w Kijowie po II wojnie światowej (1947−1949)

The article is about first period of diplomatic operation of Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Kyiv after the end of the Second World War. The Consulate, which has been set in 1946, was able to start its work at the beginning of ‘1948 (even though the first Polish diplomatic corps appeared in Kyiv in September the year before). That case shows fully dependence of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on their Moscow principals. In the article has been described questions of setting-by the Consulate, constructing its staff and their first tasks. What is more, on the grounds of documents of the secret Soviet services’ it has been shown some methods of invigilation the Staff ’s of the Consulate. The Author also described in short the relationships between the Consulate’s personnel and specific of everyday life.