Armed conflicts between Poland (including the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) and Russia (including the Soviet Union and Kievan Rus') include:
Russian victory - 18
Polish victory - 18
Inconclusive/Victory for either Pro or Anti-Russian forces - 9
Date | Conflict | Poland and allies | Russia and allies | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
981 | Vladimir the Great Polish campaign[1] | Kievan Rus' | Duchy of Poland | Rus victory[2] |
1018 | Bolesław I's intervention in the Kievan succession crisis | Duchy of Poland
Sviatopolk I Vladimirovich |
Kievan Rus' | Victory for Poland and Sviatopolk |
1030–1031 | Yaroslav the Wise invasion in Poland[3] | Kievan Rus' | Duchy of Poland | Rus' victory[4]
|
1069 | Bolesław II the Bold's expedition to Kiev (1069–1071) | Kingdom of Poland | Kievan Rus' | Polish Victory |
1076–1077 | Bolesław II the Bold's expedition to Kiev | Kingdom of Poland | Kievan Rus' | Polish victory |
1135 | Ruthenian raid on Poland | Kingdom of Poland | Kievan Rus' | Ruthenian Victory |
1136 | Polish raid on Kievan Rus | Kingdom of Poland | Kievan Rus' | Polish victory |
1182–1183 | War for Brest | Kingdom of Poland | Kievan Rus' | Polish Victory |
1194 | Battle of Drohiczyn | Kingdom of Poland | Kievan Rus' | Polish victory |
1205 | Battle of Zawichost | Kingdom of Poland | Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia | Polish victory |
1245 | Battle of Jarosław | Kingdom of Poland | Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia | Ruthenian victory |
1280 | Campaign of Leo I of Galicia | Kingdom of Poland | Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia | Polish victory |
1340–1392 | Galicia–Volhynia Wars | Kingdom of Poland | Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia | Polish victory |
1506 | Polish–Russian War | Kingdom of Poland | Principality of Moscow | Polish Victory[5] |
1508 | Glinski rebellion | Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Kingdom of Poland |
Rebels
Tsardom of Russia |
Polish/Lithuanian victory |
1507-1508 | Lithuanian-Muscovite war | Grand duchy Of Lithuania
Kingdom of Poland |
Principality of Moscow | Indecisive |
1512–1522 | Lithuanian–Muscovite War | Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Kingdom of Poland |
Principality of Moscow | Moscow state victory[6]
|
1534–1537 | Muscovite-Lithuanian War[7] | Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Kingdom of Poland |
Principality of Moscow | Peace treaty(Favorable outcome for Russia)[8]
|
1561–1570 | Lithuanian–Muscovite War | Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Kingdom of Poland |
Principality of Moscow | Russian victory |
1568–1572 | Livonian War | Tsardom of Russia | Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Kingdom of Poland |
Polish/Swedish/Dano-Norwegian victory
•Livonia, Courland and Semigallia to Poland–Lithuania. |
1605–1606 | 1st Dimitriad | Tsardom of Russia | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Russian supporters |
Temporary Polish-Lithuanian victory
|
1609 | 2nd Dimitriad | Tsardom of Russia | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Russian supporters |
Polish/Lithuanian victory |
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 victory
|
1654–1667 | Russo-Polish War | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Khanate Cossack allies | Tsardom of Russia Cossack allies | Russian Victory
|
1704–1706 | Civil war in Poland | Warsaw Confederation
Sweden |
Sandomierz Confederation
Russia |
Victory of the Warsaw Confederation |
10 October 1733 – 3 October 1735 | War of the Polish Succession (1733–1735)[1] | Poland loyal to Stanisław I France |
Poland loyal to Augustus III Russian 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 |
3 March 1813 – 30 May 1814 | War of the Sixth Coalition | France and its multiple allies, including Duchy of Warsaw | Russian Empire
and allies |
Coalition victory
|
29 November 1830 – 21 October 1831 | November Uprising | 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 |
1866 | Baikal Insurrection | Siberian Legion of free Poles | Russian Empire | Russian 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 Ober OstSupported 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-Nazi victory |
1944 – 1953 | Anti-communist resistance in Poland (1944–1953) | Cursed soldiers | Soviet Union Polish People's Republic |
Communist victory |
1956 | Polish October | Soviet Union | Polish People's Republic | Anti-Stalinist 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.