Russo-Polish War of 1919-1921
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Communism, Communists, Russian Revolution, Bolsheviks
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Eastern European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Baltic States, Belarus
- Date: 1919-1921
Article abstract: At issue: Polish independence; expansion of Soviet Russia; future of Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania. Result: Polish victory, end of Bolshevik expansion, independence of Poland.
Background
At the end of World War I (1914-1918), two new powers contested in eastern Europe: Poland, having reappeared on the map after being occupied for more than a century, and a new communist regime that had risen to power in Russia. The Poles had large plans, associated with Józef Piłsudski, to regain much of their former eastern territory—now Ukraine,...
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