Significant1919 – 1921 · 2 years

Polish-Soviet War

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Poland · Ukraine · Belarus

Estimated casualties

100K – 300Kestimated dead

HEADLINE100K — the single figure used on the map

1919-1921. Soviet figures lower; Polish/Western estimates higher. Includes post-war ethnic violence.

SOURCEWikipedia: Polish-Soviet War 1919-1921

War establishing Polish independence and Soviet borders in Eastern Europe.

Belligerents2

Poland
Soviet Union

ON THE MAPSoviet Union (interwar)

Conflict graph

SUB-CONFLICTS · 8

Battle of Minsk1919
Battle of Vilna (2nd)1919
Battle of Berezina1920
Battle of Kiev1920
Battle of Nieman1920
Battle of Szczara1920
Battle of Vilna1920
Battle of Zamosc1920

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Polish-Soviet War (1919 – 1921). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/polish-soviet-war · Sources & methodology