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.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Polish–Soviet War canonical 116
Soviet–Polish border conflicts 2
Battle of Warsaw (1920) 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
surface form: Polish–Bolshevik War

Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
surface form: Russo–Polish War (1919–1921)
belligerent Latvia ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
Lithuanian–Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Second Polish Republic ⓘ
Ukrainian People’s Republic ⓘ
Soviet Ukraine ⓘ
surface form: 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 SFSR ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Polish–Soviet War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Warsaw (1920)

Battle of Zadwórze ⓘ
Battle of the Niemen River ⓘ
Polish–Soviet War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 Polish–Soviet War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (post–World War I)
treaty Treaty of Riga ⓘ
treatyDate 1921-03-18 ⓘ

Referenced by (127)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joseph Stalin → militaryConflict → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Second Polish Republic → event → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Russian Civil War → significantEvent → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Polish–Soviet War → alsoKnownAs → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russo–Polish War (1919–1921)
Polish–Soviet War → alsoKnownAs → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish–Bolshevik War
Polish–Soviet War → majorBattle → Polish–Soviet War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Warsaw (1920)
Polish–Soviet War → majorBattle → Polish–Soviet War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiev offensive (1920)
Polish–Soviet War → theatre → Polish–Soviet War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (post–World War I)
Red Army → conflict → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Polish Army → engagedIn → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Interwar period → hasPart → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Polish Air Force → conflict → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski → participantIn → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Józef Piłsudski → conflict → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Gabriel Narutowicz → significantEvent → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Polish–Romanian alliance → relatedConflict → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Vasily Chuikov → conflict → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Soviet armed forces → conflict → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
RKKA → conflict → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Eduard Rydz-Śmigły → conflict → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Treaty of Riga → endedConflict → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Treaty of Riga → concludedWar → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Władysław Sikorski → conflict → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Georgy Zhukov → conflict → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Virtuti Militari → awardedDuring → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Battle of the Niemen River → conflict → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Battle of the Niemen River → partOf → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Battle of the Niemen River → theater → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Front of the Polish–Soviet War
Battle of Zadwórze → conflict → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Battle of Zadwórze → partOf → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Bolesław Bierut → participantIn → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Battle of Komarów → conflictOf → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Battle of Komarów → partOf → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish counteroffensive of 1920
Michał Rola-Żymierski → participatedIn → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Merian C. Cooper → participatedIn → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Polish Air Force checkerboard → usedDuring → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Semyon Timoshenko → participantIn → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Mikhail Tukhachevsky → participatedIn → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Semyon Budyonny → participantIn → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Semyon Budyonny → conflict → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Władysław Anders → participatedIn → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Cross of Valour (Poland) → firstAwarded → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Ivan Konev → conflict → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Ukrainian People’s Republic → participatedIn → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Stanisław Wojciechowski → participantIn → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Bór → participatedIn → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Władysław Raczkiewicz → conflict → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Stanisław Ostrowski → participantIn → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Antoni Pająk → participantIn → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian War → relatedTo → Polish–Soviet War ⓘ