Kyiv offensive

When

24 Apr 1920 – 13 Jun 1920

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

50.45° N, 30.52° E

Description

attempt by Poland, led by Józef Piłsudski, to seize central and eastern Ukraine from Soviet control

Part of the Polish–Soviet War

The 1920 Kiev offensive was a major part of the Polish–Soviet War. It was an attempt by the armed forces of the recently established Second Polish Republic led by Józef Piłsudski, in alliance with the Ukrainian People's Republic led by Symon Petliura, to seize the territories of modern-day Ukraine which mostly fell under Soviet control after the October Revolution as the Russian Soviet Republic.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Polish and allied Ukrainian forces capture Kiev in the Kiev offensive of the Polish-Soviet War (7 May)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début de l’opération Kiev, offensive polonaise en Ukraine”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Russian Civil War7 Nov 1917 · Civil war · Deaths 9,000,000
• Polish-Soviet War14 Feb 1919 · Interstate war · Deaths 300,000