List of armed conflicts involving Poland against Russia

"Polish-Russian War" redirects here. For the 2009 Polish film, see Polish-Russian War (film).

Armed conflicts between Poland (including the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland) and Russia (including the Soviet Union, the Russian Empire, the Tsardom of Russia and the Principality of Moscow) include:

  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'

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]	Civitas Schinesghe	Kievan Rus'	Polish victory
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 Poles left Kiev; acquired Cherven Cities Yaroslav ousted Sviatopolk from Kiev
1022	Yaroslav the Wise's attack on Brest	Civitas Schinesghe	Kievan Rus'	Polish victory
1030–1031	Yaroslav the Wise invasion in Poland[3](German-Polish War)	Kingdom of Poland	Kievan Rus'	Kievan Rus' victory[4] Kievan Rus' recovered the Cherven Cities
1065–1069[5]	Rebellion of Vseslav of Polotsk[5] Sieges of Pskov and Novgorod (1065–1067)[5] Battle on the Nemiga River (1067)[5] Kiev uprising of 1068[5] Intervention by Bolesław II the Bold (1069)[5]	Principality of Kiev Principality of Chernigov Principality of Pereyaslavl Kingdom of Poland (1069)	Principality of Polotsk	Allied victory Principality of Polotsk defeated (1067)[5] Brief Vseslav reign in Kiev (1068–May 1069)[5] Polish intervention (May 1069)[5] Restoration of Iziaslav I of Kiev (May 1069)[5]
1076–1077	Kievan succession crisis[6] Casus belli: death of Sviatoslav Yaroslavich (26 December 1076) Vsevolod besieged Iziaslav in Volyn (1077) Boris Sviatoslavich captured Chernigov, but Vsevolod ousted him (May 1077) Iziaslav recovered Kiev with Polish support (July 1077)[7][8][9]	Iziaslav Yaroslavich Bolesław II of Poland Boris Sviatoslavich	Vsevolod Yaroslavich	Compromise Iziaslav and Vsevolod concluded peace Iziaslav recovered Kiev with Polish help (July 1077)[7][8] Vsevolod retained Chernigov Sons of Sviatoslav exiled to Tmutorakan
1092	Vasilko Rostislavich's raid on Poland[10]	Kingdom of Poland	Kievan Rus'	Kievan Rus' victory
1120—1125	Polish-Ruthenian war (1120—1125) Kievan-Cuman raid on Poland (1120)[11] Battle of Wysokie (1122) Siege of Volodymyr (1123)[12] Battle of Wilichów (1124)	Kingdom of Poland	Kievan Rus'	Polish victory[13][a]
1142-1143	Vsevolod's raid on Poland[14]	Kingdom of Poland	Kievan Rus'	Kievan Rus' victory
1163	Polish raid on Rus'[15]	Kingdom of Poland	Kievan Rus'	Polish victory
1182–1183	War for Brest	Kingdom of Poland	Kievan Rus'	Polish victory
1192	Battle of Drohiczyn	Kingdom of Poland	Kievan Rus'	Polish victory

This section is an excerpt from List of wars between Piast Poland and Kievan Rus'.[edit]

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.

Crown of the Kingdom of Poland versus Principality of Moscow

See also: List of wars involving the Principality of Moscow and Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars

Date	Conflict	Poland and allies	Moscow and allies	Result
1507–1508	Lithuanian-Muscovite War	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Crown of the Kingdom of Poland	Principality of Moscow	Disputed Muscovy renounces claim to Liubech and cedes six border counties to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Lithuania renounces claims to territories lost as a result of the last war
1512–1522	Lithuanian–Muscovite War	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Crown of the Kingdom of Poland	Principality of Moscow	Muscovite victory[16] Muscovy captures Smolensk
1534–1537	Lithuanian-Muscovite War	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Crown of the Kingdom of Poland	Principality of Moscow	Peace treaty Muscovy gives Gomel Muscovy gains new fortresses Sebezh, Zavolochye and Velizh

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth versus Tsarist Russia

See also: List of wars involving the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Date	Conflict	Poland–Lithuania and allies	Russia and allies	Result
1561–1570	Polotsk War [ru]	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Crown of the Kingdom of Poland From 1569:  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Tsardom of Russia (or Muscovy)	Russian (Muscovite) victory
1577-1583	Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Principality of Transylvania	Tsardom of Russia (or Muscovy)	Polish–Lithuanian/Swedish/Dano-Norwegian victory Livonia, Courland and Semigallia to Poland–Lithuania.
1605	1st Dimitriad	False Dmitry 1  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Tsardom of Russia Russian supporters	Victory of False Dmitry 1
1606	Moscow uprising	False Dmitry 1  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Tsardom of Russia Russian supporters	Victory of Shuisky's coalition[17]
1607–1609	2nd Dimitriad	False Dmitry 2  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Tsardom of Russia Russian supporters	Government victory[18][19]
1609–1618	Polish–Muscovite War	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Tsardom of Russia	Polish–Lithuanian victory
Autumn 1632 – Spring 1634	Smolensk War	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Tsardom of Russia	Polish–Lithuanian victory Treaty of Polyanovka
1654–1667	Russo-Polish War	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Khanate Cossack allies	Tsardom of Russia Cossack allies	Russian victory Treaty of Andrusovo
18 May – 27 July 1792	Polish–Russian War of 1792	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Russian Empire	Russian victory Second Partition of Poland
24 March – 30 November 1794	Kościuszko Uprising	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Russian Empire  Kingdom of Prussia  Habsburg Monarchy	Russian victory Third Partition of Poland

Polish states and rebels versus Russian Empire

Date	Conflict	Polish and allies	Russia and allies	Result
1806-1807	War of the Fourth Coalition Siege of Danzig (1807)	France Confederation of the Rhine Etruria Holland Italy Naples Saxony (from 11 Dec 1806) Polish Legions Swiss Confederation Spain Polish rebels	Fourth Coalition: Prussia  Russia  United Kingdom Saxony (until 11 Dec 1806) Sweden Sicily	French-allied victory
24 June – 14 December 1812	French invasion of Russia, pitched by Napoleon as the "Second Polish War"	France Multiple allies, including Duchy of Warsaw	Russian Empire	Russian victory Beginning of the War of the Sixth Coalition
3 March 1813 – 30 May 1814	War of the Sixth Coalition	France Multiple allies, including Duchy of Warsaw	Russian Empire and allies	Coalition victory Creation of Congress Poland
29 November 1830 – 21 October 1831	November Uprising	Congress Poland	Russian Empire	Russian government 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	Polish revolutionaries	Russian Empire	Russian government victory

Second Polish Republic versus Soviet Union

See also: List of wars involving the Soviet Union

Date	Conflict	Poland and allies	Soviet Union and allies	Result
18 November 1918 – February 1919	Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919	Poland  Ukraine  Belarus  Estonia  Latvia  Lithuania  Romania White Movement Ober Ost Supported by  United Kingdom	Russian SFSR	Polish victory Start of the Polish-Soviet War
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 Peace of Riga
17 September – 6 October 1939	Soviet invasion of Poland	Poland	Soviet Union  Germany	Soviet-Nazi 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 wars in the 17th–19th centuryPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• 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 conflictsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Russo-Swedish Wars
• Russo-Finnish wars – series of wars between the USSR and FinlandPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• Russo-Persian Wars – Series of conflicts between 1651 and 1828

Notes

1. In the end, after the Battle of Wilichów, Bolesław III Wrymouth defeated Vladimirko Volodarovich