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:
*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'
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 Principality of Moscow gives Liubech and six border counties to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Lithuania renounces claims to lost territories as a result Lithuanian-Muscovite War (1500-1503) 1512–1522 Lithuanian–Muscovite War Grand Duchy of Lithuania Crown of the Kingdom of Poland Grand Principality of Moscow Muscovite victoryКарамзин Н. М. История государства Российского. — СПб.: Тип. Н. Греча, 1816—1829. — Т. 7. Muscovy Captures Smolensk 1534–1537 Lithuanian-Muscovite War Grand Duchy of Lithuania Crown of the Kingdom of Poland Principality of Moscow Inconclusive Grand Duchy of Lithuania gains Gomel Principality of Moscow gains Sebezh and Zawołocze
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth versus Tsarist Russia
Date Conflict Poland–Lithuania and allies Russia and allies Result 1562–1570 Crown of the Kingdom of PolandFrom 1569: Tsardom of Russia (or Muscovy) Russian (Muscovite) victory 1577–1582 Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Principality of Transylvania Polish–Lithuanian victory Livonia, Courland and Semigallia to Poland–Lithuania. 1605 1st DimitriadFalse Dmitry 1 Tsardom of Russia Russian supporters Victory of False Dmitry 1 1606 False Dmitry 1 Tsardom of Russia Russian supporters Victory of Shuisky's coalition 1607–1609 2nd Dimitriad False Dmitry 2 Tsardom of Russia Russian supporters Government victoryAfter the final defeat, he was killed by the Tatars in 1610 1609–1618 Polish–Muscovite War Polish–Lithuanian victory Truce of Deulino Poland–Lithuania gains Severia, Chernihiv and Smolensk Autumn 1632 – Spring 1634 Smolensk War Zaporozhian Cossacks Polish–Lithuanian victory Treaty of Polyanovka Russian failure to retake Smolensk. Russia receives Serpeysk 1654–1667 Russo-Polish War Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthCrimean KhanateCossack Hetmanate (1658–1659, 1660–1667 in Right-bank Ukraine)Duchy of Prussia (1654–1656)Овсій, Іван Олексійович. Зовнішня політика України від давніх часів до 1944 року: навч. посібник для студ. гуманітар. спец. вищих закладів освіти / І. О. Овсій . – Київ: Либідь, 1999. – 238 с. Дата обращения: 20 августа 2017. Архивировано из оригинала 13 октября 2017 года Tsardom of RussiaCossack Hetmanate Russian victory Truce of Andrusovo Russia gains control of left-bank Ukraine, Kiev and Smolensk. 18 May – 27 July 1792 Polish–Russian War of 1792 Targowica Confederates Russian victory Second Partition of Poland 24 March – 16 November 1794 Kościuszko Uprising Poland–Lithuania Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia (Habsburg Monarchy) Duchy of Courland Russo-Prussian victory Dissolution of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Third Partition of Poland
Polish states and rebels versus Russian Empire Date Conflict Polish states and allies Russia and allies Result9 October 1806 – 9 July 1807War of the Fourth Coalition Siege of Danzig (1807) France Confederation of the Rhine Etruria Holland Italy Naples Saxony Polish Legions Swiss Confederation Spain
Polish rebelsFourth Coalition: Prussia
Saxony Sweden Sicily Septinsular Republic French victory Treaties of Tilsit Treaty of Posen Prussia loses over half of its territory Creation of the Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of Westphalia 24 June – 24 December 1812 French invasion of Russia, pitched by Napoleon as the "Second Polish War" French Empire Duchy of Warsaw Italy Naples
Switzerland
French allies: Escalation of the conflict into the Sixth Coalition 24 December 1812 – 30 May 1814 War of the Sixth Coalition
Naples
Confederation of the Rhine Denmark–Norway (1813–1814) Original coalition
Spain
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Sardinia
After the Armistice of Pläswitz
After the Battle of Leipzig
Baden
After 20 November 1813
Netherlands
After January 1814
Denmark Coalition victory Creation of Congress Poland 29 November 1830 – 21 October 1831 November Uprising National Government Russian Empire Congress Poland Polish Loyalists Russian victory 22 January 1863 – 18 June 1864/1865 January Uprising Polish National Government Rebels from the pre-partition lands of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Garibaldi LegionForeign volunteers: French volunteers British volunteers Hungarian volunteers Supported by: Land and Liberty Dzyalynsky Committee Russian Empire Warsaw Vilna Kiev Supported by: Russian victory1905–1907 Revolution in the Kingdom of Poland Polish revolutionaries Worker militias Polish Socialist Party Combat Organization SDKPiL Bund Anarchists Imperial Government Russian Army Okhrana Polish reactionaries National-Democratic Party Stronnictwo Polityki Realnej (Real Politics Party) Imperial Government victory
Second Polish Republic versus Soviet Union
Date Conflict Poland and allies Soviet Union and allies Result 1918/1919 – 18 March 1921 Polish–Soviet War Poland retained control of modern-day Western Ukraine and Western Belarus (Kresy in interwar Poland) Soviet forces retained control of modern-day Eastern Ukraine and Eastern Belarus 17 September – 6 October 1939 Soviet invasion of Poland Co-belligerent: Germany Soviet victory Territory of Eastern Poland (Kresy) annexed by the Soviet Union
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
List of wars and battles involving Galicia–Volhynia
List of wars involving the Principality of Moscow
– in most of which Kingdom of Poland was allied with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Russo-Swedish Wars
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