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Five Polish cavalry officers in uniform sit on horseback in a courtyard in Warsaw, Poland, with soldiers and historic buildings in the background. Józef Piłsudski Antique map from 1902 showing Russia in Europe, including Poland and Finland, with detailed borders, cities, rivers, and neighboring regions. The map uses fine lines and muted colors to distinguish territorial boundaries and geographic features as they appeared in the early twentieth century. Several Polish soldiers in uniform sit and rest beside a makeshift tent in a grassy field, with a line of horses and more men visible in the background. Russian infantry soldiers lie prone in a grassy field with rifles and bayonets aimed forward, with a village of wooden houses in the background, Poland, World War I. World War I; Compiègne, France Władysław Sikorski Map highlighting Poland's territory from 1921 to 1939, shaded in pink, with present-day cities such as Warsaw, Krakow, Lwow (Lviv), Vilnius, Gdansk, and Lublin marked. Surrounding cities like Riga, Minsk, Moscow, Kyiv, Vienna, and Budapest are also shown for geographic context. Major rivers such as the Vistula, Bug, and Dnieper are labeled. A group of Russian prisoners in long coats stand behind a barbed wire fence at a military camp in Arys, East Prussia during World War I, with guards nearby.
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Five Polish cavalry officers in uniform sit on horseback in a courtyard in Warsaw, Poland, with soldiers and historic buildings in the background.
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Add new Web site: BBC Audio - The Forum - Cavalry and code-breaking: The Polish-Soviet war. Aug 07, 2026
Add new Web site: CUNY Academic Works - The Russo-Polish War, 1919-1920: A Bibliography of Materials in English (PDF). Feb 28, 2025
Add new Web site: Institute of National Remembrance - The Polish-Soviet War of 1920. Aug 29, 2024
Add new Web site: Boot Camp and Military Fitness Institute - What was the Polish-Soviet War (1918-1921)? Apr 26, 2024
Add new Web site: Army University Press - Russo Polish War. Jan 19, 2024
Add new Web site: CORE - Unfulfilled Ambition: The Polish-Soviet War, 1919?1920. Oct 26, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Polish-Soviet War 1920-1921. Sep 15, 2023
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw. Jul 21, 2023
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - 1919-1920 - Russo-Polish War. Mar 17, 2023
Add new Web site: 1914-1918 online - International Encyclopedia of the First World War - Polish-Soviet War 1920-1921. Jan 17, 2023
Standing entry replaced by new article. Aug 26, 2020
Video of Russo-Polish war added. Jan 25, 2011
Article revised and updated. Jun 09, 2008
Added new Web site: World History - Russo-Polish War.
  • Gaurav Shukla
 Jun 07, 2007
Added new Web site: History Central - Russo-Polish War.
  • Gaurav Shukla
 Jun 07, 2007
Added new Web site: Execulink Telecom - The Polish-Russian War and the Fight for Polish Independence.
  • Gaurav Shukla
 Jun 07, 2007
Added new Web site: Zum Internet - Russo-Polish War.
  • Gaurav Shukla
 Jun 07, 2007
Added new Web site: The Polish Institute - The Russo-Polish War.
  • Gaurav Shukla
 Jun 07, 2007
Added new Web site: George Mason - Lenin and the First Communist Revolutions, VI.
  • Gaurav Shukla
 Jun 06, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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