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  2. Polish–Soviet War - Wikipedia

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    "Polish–Soviet War" is the most common but other names include "RussoPolish War" (or "Polish–Russian War") and "Polish–Bolshevik War". [4] This last term (or just "Bolshevik War" (Polish: Wojna bolszewicka)) is most common in Polish sources. In some Polish sources it is also referred to as the "War of 1920" (Polish: Wojna 1920 roku). [N 2]

  3. Battle of Warsaw (1920) - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Warsaw (Polish: Bitwa Warszawska; Russian: Варшавская битва, Varshavskaya bitva), also known as the Miracle on the Vistula (Polish: Cud nad Wisłą), was a series of battles that resulted in a decisive Polish victory and complete disintegration of the Red Army in August 1920 during the Polish–Soviet War.

  4. File:Map of Europe in 1920, after the Paris Peace Conference ...

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  5. File:Blank map of Europe in 1920.svg - Wikipedia

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    Modifications: shifted borders to 1920. The original can be viewed here: Blank map of Europe - Atelier graphique colors.svg : . This creator of this map acknowledges that it may be inaccurate in the following way(s): The Caucasus are totally wrong .

  6. Kiev offensive (1920) - Wikipedia

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    The 1920 Kiev offensive (or Kiev expedition, Polish: wyprawa kijowska) was a major part of the Polish–Soviet War.It was an attempt by the armed forces of the recently established Second Polish Republic led by Józef Piłsudski, in alliance with the Ukrainian People's Republic led by Symon Petliura, to seize the territories of modern-day Ukraine which mostly fell under Soviet control after ...

  7. Treaty of Riga - Wikipedia

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    Poland was seen by the Soviets, who intended to extend the revolution westwards, as a land bridge to Western Europe. The Polish–Soviet War culminated in the Battle of Warsaw, won by the Poles. Further military setbacks persuaded Soviet Russia to enter into peace treaty negotiations. [4]

  8. Causes of the Polish–Soviet War - Wikipedia

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    In the aftermath of World War I, the map of Central and Eastern Europe had drastically changed. [2] The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (March 3, 1918), by which Russia had lost to Imperial Germany all the European lands that Russia had seized in the previous two centuries, was rejected by the Bolshevik government in November 1918, following armistice, the surrender of Germany and her allies, and the ...

  9. Operation Minsk - Wikipedia

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    Operation Mińsk was a military offensive of the Polish Army during the Polish–Soviet War.It resulted in the capture of Minsk from the Red Army around 8 August 1919. The victory allowed the Polish troops to advance further into Russian-controlled Lithuania and Belarus and thus to present the Bolsheviks with a military fait accompli.