Polish–Soviet War
February 14, 1919 – March 18, 1921
Result Polish victory
War from 14 February 1919 to 18 March 1921 between the Second Polish Republic and Soviet Russia. Poland, led by Jozef Pilsudski, sought to restore its pre-1772 borders, while Lenin's Russia viewed Poland as a corridor for spreading revolution into Europe; the war ended with the Treaty of Riga, which fixed Poland's eastern border.
Battles 15
1919
Operation Minsk
Polish victory
February 14, 1919
April 1919
January 3–25, 1920
April 24 – June 13, 1920
Kiev offensive (1920)
Red Army victory
Kiev offensive (1920)
Józef Piłsudski, Semyon Budyonny, Edward Rydz-Śmigły
April 25–27, 1920
Battle of Koziatyn
Polish victory
May 29–31, 1920
Battle of Wołodarka
Polish tactical victory
July 1920 – September 1920
August 12–25, 1920
Battle of Warsaw (1920)
Polish victory
Warsaw
Józef Piłsudski, Władysław Sikorski, Mikhail Tukhachevsky
August 13–16, 1920
August 17, 1920
Battle of Zadwórze
Zadviria
August 22, 1920
Battle of Białystok
Polish victory
August 30 – September 2, 1920
September 11–23, 1920
Battle of Kobryń (1920)
Polish-Belarusian victory
September 25, 1920
Key commanders
Soviet Russia 6
Poland and Ukraine 6
Poland 7
Józef Piłsudski
Commander-in-Chief of Polish forces, Directed the 16 August counteroffensive that decided the battle
Władysław Sikorski
belligerent leader
Edward Rydz-Śmigły
belligerent leader
Józef Haller
belligerent leader
Franciszek Latinik
belligerent leader
Tadeusz Jordan-Rozwadowski
military commander
Symon Petliura
military commander
