List of armed conflicts between Poland and Russia
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This is a list of armed conflicts between Poland and Russia.
This list includes their predecessor states: Piast Poland, the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Kievan Rus', the Principality of Moscow, the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the Soviet Union:
- Polish or Polish–Lithuanian victory
- Russian, Soviet, or Muscovite victory
- Another result*
*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Poland or Russia in which the other intervened, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.
Piast Poland versus Kievan Rus'
This is a list of wars between Piast Poland and Kievan Rus', from the 10th to the 13th century.
- Polish victory
- Kievan Rus' victory
- Another result*
*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Piast Poland or Kievan Rus' in which the other intervened, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.
| Date | Conflict | Piast Poland and allies | Kievan Rus' and allies | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 981 | Vladimir the Great's Polish Campaign |  Civitas Schinesghe |
 Kievan Rus' |
Kievan Rus' victory[1] |
| 1013 | Bolesław the Brave's expedition to Kievan Rus[2] | Polish victory | ||
| 1017 | Yaroslav the Wise's raid of gord[3] | |||
| 1018 | Bolesław I's intervention in the Kievan succession crisis | Civitas Schinesghe Pro-Sviatopolk Kievan Rus' |
Pro-Yaroslav Kievan Rus' |
Temporary joint victory for Poland and Sviatopolk
|
| 1022 | Yaroslav the Wise's attack on Brest | Civitas Schinesghe |
Kievan Rus' |
Polish victory |
| 1030–1031 | Yaroslav the Wise invasion in Poland[4](German-Polish War) |  Kingdom of Poland |
Kievan Rus' victory[5]
| |
| 1065–1069[6] | Rebellion of Vseslav of Polotsk[6]
|
 Principality of Kiev Principality of Chernigov Principality of Pereyaslavl Kingdom of Poland (1069) |
 Principality of Polotsk |
Allied victory
|
| 1076–1077 | Kievan succession crisis[7]
|
Iziaslav Yaroslavich Bolesław II of Poland Boris Sviatoslavich |
Vsevolod Yaroslavich | Compromise |
| 1092 | Vasilko Rostislavich's raid on Poland[11] | Kingdom of Poland |
Kievan Rus' |
Kievan Rus' victory |
| 1120—1125 | Polish-Ruthenian war (1120—1125)
|
Polish victory[14][a] | ||
| 1142-1143 | Vsevolod's raid on Poland[15] | Kievan Rus' victory | ||
| 1163 | Polish raid on Rus'[16] | Polish victory | ||
| 1182–1183 | War for Brest | |||
| 1192 | Battle of Drohiczyn |
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland versus Principality of Moscow
| Date | Conflict | Poland and allies | Moscow and allies | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1507–1508 | Lithuanian-Muscovite War |  Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland |
 Principality of Moscow |
Disputed[17][18]
|
| 1512–1522 | Lithuanian–Muscovite War | Grand Duchy of Lithuania Crown of the Kingdom of Poland |
Grand Principality of Moscow |
Muscovite victory[19]
|
| 1534–1537 | Lithuanian-Muscovite War | Grand Duchy of Lithuania Crown of the Kingdom of Poland |
Principality of Moscow |
Inconclusive
|
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth versus Tsarist Russia
Polish states and rebels versus Russian Empire
| Date | Conflict | Polish states and allies | Russia and allies | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 October 1806 – 9 July 1807 | War of the Fourth Coalition |
|
Fourth Coalition:
|
French victory
|
| 24 June – 24 December 1812 | French invasion of Russia, pitched by Napoleon as the "Second Polish War" |  French Empire
|
 Russia  United Kingdom |
|
| 24 December 1812 – 30 May 1814 | War of the Sixth Coalition | France
|
Original coalition
After the Armistice of Pläswitz After the Battle of Leipzig After 20 November 1813 After January 1814 |
Coalition victory
|
| 29 November 1830 – 21 October 1831 | November Uprising |  National Government |
Russian Empire
|
Russian victory |
| 22 January 1863 – 18 June 1864/1865 | January Uprising |  Polish National Government
Supported by: |
 Russian Empire
Supported by: |
Russian victory |
| 1905–1907 | Revolution in the Kingdom of Poland |  Polish revolutionaries
|
Imperial Government
|
Imperial Government victory |
Second Polish Republic versus Soviet Union
| Date | Conflict | Poland and allies | Soviet Union and allies | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918/1919[h] – 18 March 1921 | Polish–Soviet War |
| ||
| 17 September – 6 October 1939 | Soviet invasion of Poland |  Poland |
 Soviet UnionCo-belligerent:  Germany |
Soviet victory
|
See also
- Hungarian Revolution of 1848
- Baikal Insurrection
- War of the Fourth Coalition
- Civil war in Poland (1704–1706)
- War of the Polish Succession
- Anti-communist resistance in Poland (1944–1953)
- Polish October
- Martial law in Poland
- History of the Russo-Turkish wars – Series of conflicts between 1568 and 1918
- List of wars and battles involving Galicia–Volhynia
- List of wars involving Kievan Rus'
- List of wars involving the Principality of Moscow
- List of wars involving Poland
- List of wars involving Russia
- List of wars involving Sweden
- List of wars involving Ukraine
- Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars – Series of wars between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Grand Duchy of Moscow – in most of which Kingdom of Poland was allied with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Poland–Russia relations
- Polish–Ottoman Wars
- Polish–Swedish wars
- Polish–Teutonic War – Military conflicts
- Russo-Swedish Wars
- Russo-Finnish wars
- Russo-Persian Wars – Series of conflicts between 1651 and 1828
Notes
- In the end, after the Battle of Wilichów, Bolesław III Wrymouth defeated Vladimirko Volodarovich
- 1609–1610
- To encourage Russia to join the anti-Swedish alliance
- They did not participate in active hostilities.
- The Duchy of Warsaw as a state was in effect fully occupied by Russian and Prussian forces by May 1813, although most Poles remained loyal to Napoleon.
- Dissolved after the Battle of Vitoria in June 1813
- Many member states defected after the Battle of Leipzig
- There is disagreement over the dates of the war. The Encyclopædia Britannica begins its "Russo-Polish War" article with the date range 1919–1920 but then states, "Although there had been hostilities between the two countries during 1919, the conflict began when the Polish head of state Józef Piłsudski formed an alliance with the Ukrainian nationalist leader Symon Petlyura (21 April 1920) and their combined forces began to overrun Ukraine, occupying Kiev on 7 May." Some Western historians, including Norman Davies, consider mid-February 1919 the beginning of the war.[37] However, military confrontations between forces that can be considered officially Polish and the Red Army were already happening by late autumn 1918 and in January 1919.[38] The city of Vilnius, for example, was taken by the Soviets on 5 January 1919.