✦ History

Part of Russian Civil War, Polish–Soviet War

Kiev offensive (1920)

April 24 – June 13, 1920 · Kiev offensive (1920)

Result Red Army victory

The Polish army took Kyiv; Budyonny's 1st Cavalry Army broke through and forced it back.

On the map Contemporaries

Reds

Poland

Reds
Russia
Poland
Ukrainian People's Republic
Semyon Budyonny military commander
Józef Piłsudski military commander Edward Rydz-Śmigły military commander Symon Petliura military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
50,000
Strength
64,000

Units

1st Cavalry Army 25th Rifle Division
Ukrainian People's Army 16th Mechanised Division (Poland) 1st Legions Infantry Division 9th Infantry Division (Poland)

Before and after

Followed from
Treaty of Warsaw (1920) April 21, 1920

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