Polish–Soviet War

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military conflict war

The Polish–Soviet War (1919–1921) was a major post–World War I conflict between the newly re-established Poland and Soviet Russia that helped determine the borders of Eastern Europe and the fate of the region’s independence movements.

Aliases (8)

Battle of Warsaw (1920) ×1
Eastern Front (post–World War I) ×1
Eastern Front of the Polish–Soviet War ×1
Kiev offensive (1920) ×1
Polish counteroffensive of 1920 ×1
Polish–Bolshevik War ×1
Russo–Polish War (1919–1921) ×1
Soviet–Polish border conflicts ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military conflict → war →
alsoKnownAs	Polish–Bolshevik War → Russo–Polish War (1919–1921) →
belligerent	Latvia → Lithuania → Lithuanian–Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic → Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic → Second Polish Republic → Ukrainian People’s Republic → Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic →
cause	Bolshevik attempt to spread revolution westward → Polish attempt to secure eastern borders → collapse of Russian Empire → territorial disputes after World War I →
commander	Józef Piłsudski → Mikhail Tukhachevsky → Semyon Budyonny → Tadeusz Rozwadowski →
conflictBetween	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic → Second Polish Republic → Soviet Ukraine →
endDate	1921 →
estimatedCasualties	hundreds of thousands →
followedBy	interwar period in Eastern Europe →
frontType	multi-front land war →
influenced	borders of Second Polish Republic → borders of Soviet Union in the west →
involvedIndependenceMovement	Belarusian independence movement → Lithuanian independence movement → Polish independence movement → Ukrainian independence movement →
location	Eastern Europe → territories of former German Empire → territories of former Russian Empire →
majorBattle	Battle of Komarów → Battle of Warsaw (1920) → Battle of Zadwórze → Battle of the Niemen River → Kiev offensive (1920) →
partOf	interwar conflicts →
precededBy	World War I →
result	Polish victory → Treaty of Riga → establishment of Polish eastern border → halt of Soviet westward expansion → partition of Belarusian lands between Poland and Soviet Russia → partition of Ukrainian lands between Poland and Soviet Russia →
significance	decisive for shape of Eastern European borders after World War I →
startDate	1919 →
theatre	Eastern Front (post–World War I) →
treaty	Treaty of Riga →
treatyDate	1921-03-18 →

Referenced by (63)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Zadwórze → Battle of the Niemen River → Eduard Rydz-Śmigły → Georgy Zhukov → Ivan Konev → Józef Piłsudski → Lithuanian–Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic → Mikhail Shumilov → Polish Air Force → RKKA → Red Army → Semyon Budyonny → Soviet armed forces → Vasily Chuikov → Władysław Raczkiewicz → Władysław Sikorski →	conflict
Antoni Pająk → Bolesław Bierut → Semyon Budyonny → Semyon Timoshenko → Sergei Kamenev → Stanisław Ostrowski → Stanisław Wojciechowski → Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski →	participantIn
Bór → Henryk Sucharski → Merian C. Cooper → Michał Rola-Żymierski → Mikhail Tukhachevsky → Ukrainian People’s Republic → Władysław Anders →	participatedIn
Battle of Komarów ("Polish counteroffensive of 1920") → Battle of Zadwórze → Battle of the Niemen River →	partOf
Polish–Soviet War ("Russo–Polish War (1919–1921)") → Polish–Soviet War ("Polish–Bolshevik War") →	alsoKnownAs
Polish–Soviet relations → Polish–Soviet relations ("Soviet–Polish border conflicts") →	hasKeyConflict
Polish–Soviet War ("Battle of Warsaw (1920)") → Polish–Soviet War ("Kiev offensive (1920)") →	majorBattle
Joseph Stalin → Sergei Kamenev →	militaryConflict
Poland–Soviet Union non-aggression pact → Polish–Lithuanian War →	relatedTo
Gabriel Narutowicz → Russian Civil War →	significantEvent
Marshal of Poland →	associatedWithConflict
Virtuti Militari →	awardedDuring
Treaty of Riga →	concludedWar
Battle of Komarów →	conflictOf
Treaty of Riga →	endedConflict
Polish Army →	engagedIn
Second Polish Republic →	event
Cross of Valour (Poland) →	firstAwarded
Polish–Ukrainian War →	followedBy
Polish–Soviet relations →	hasKeyEvent
Interwar period →	hasPart
Polish–Romanian alliance →	relatedConflict
Zygmunt Berling →	servedIn
Battle of the Niemen River ("Eastern Front of the Polish–Soviet War") →	theater
Polish–Soviet War ("Eastern Front (post–World War I)") →	theatre
Polish Air Force checkerboard →	usedDuring
Soviet Ukraine →	wasBattlegroundIn