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List of armed conflicts involving Poland against Russia

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Armed conflicts between Poland (including the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) and Russia (including the Soviet Union and Kievan Rus') include:

Date Conflict Poland and allies Russia and allies Result
1018 Bolesław I's intervention in the Kievan succession crisis Duchy of Poland

Sviatopolk I Vladimirovich

Kievan Rus' Victory for Poland and Sviatopolk
1069 Bolesław II's expedition to Kiev Kingdom of Poland Kievan Rus' Polish Victory
1577–1582 Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory during the Livonian War Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Tsardom of Russia Polish/Swedish/Dano-Norwegian victory
1605–1618 Polish–Muscovite War Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Tsardom of Russia Polish Victory
Autumn 1632 – Spring 1634 Smolensk War Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Tsardom of Russia Polish victory
1654–1667 Russo-Polish War Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Crimean Khanate
Cossack allies
Tsardom of Russia
Cossack allies
Russian Victory
10 October 1733 – 3 October 1735 War of the Polish Succession (1733–1735)[1] Poland loyal to Stanisław I

 France
Spain Spain
 Kingdom of Sardinia
 Duchy of Parma

Poland loyal to Augustus III

 Russian Empire
 Holy Roman Empire

Victory for forces (including Russia) supporting Augustus III of Poland
April 1768 – August 5, 1772 War of the Bar Confederation Bar Confederation
 France
 Russian Empire Russian victory
18 May – 27 July 1792 Polish–Russian War of 1792 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth  Russian Empire Russian victory
24 March – 30 November 1794 Kościuszko Uprising Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth  Russian Empire
 Kingdom of Prussia
 Habsburg Monarchy
Russian victory
24 June – 14 December 1812 French invasion of Russia, pitched by Napoleon as the "Second Polish War"  France and its multiple allies, including Duchy of Warsaw  Russian Empire Russian victory
29 November 1830 – 21 October 1831 November Uprising Poland Congress Poland  Russian Empire Russian government victory
15 March 1848 – 4 October 1849 Hungarian Revolution of 1848[2] Kingdom of Hungary  Austrian Empire

 Russian Empire

Russo-Austrian victory
22 January 1863 – 18 June 1864 January Uprising Polish National Government
and multicultural insurgents
Garibaldi Legion
 Russian Empire Russian government victory
1905–1907 Revolution in the Kingdom of Poland (1905–1907)3 Polish revolutionaries  Russian Empire Russian government victory
18 November 1918 – February 1919 Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919  Poland
 Ukraine
 Belarus
 Estonia
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 Romania
White Movement
German Empire Ober Ost
Supported by
 United Kingdom
 Russian SFSR Polish victory
14 February 1919 – 18 March 1921 Polish–Soviet War  Second Polish Republic
 Ukrainian People's Republic
 Russian SFSR
 Ukrainian SSR
 Byelorussian SSR
Polrewkom
Polish victory
17 September – 6 October 1939 Soviet invasion of Poland  Poland  Soviet Union
 Germany
Soviet victory
1944 – 1953 Anti-communist resistance in Poland (1944–1953) Cursed soldiers  Soviet Union
Polish People's Republic
Soviet victory
1989 Anti-communist "Solidarity" movement resistance  Poland  Soviet Union
Polish People's Republic
Polish victory

1 Originally a Polish civil war that Russia, among others, became involved in.
2 Originally a Hungarian revolution but was joined with Polish force on Hungarian side against Austria and Russia.
3 Part of the broader Russian Revolution of 1905.

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