Russo-Polish Wars
The following wars between the Russian Tsarist Empire and Poland-Lithuania are referred to as Russian – Polish wars , also Polish – Russian wars in the narrower sense . The respective monarch is indicated as regent at the time of peace:
Surname | Duration | ended by | Russian regent | Polish regent | Result |
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Livonian War | 1558-1582 | Treaty of Jam Zapolski, 1582 | Ivan IV | Stephan Báthory | Successful defense against Russian expansion in Livonia; the duchy of Courland and Zemgale comes under Polish suzerainty |
Polish-Russian War | 1609-1618 | Treaty of Deulino, 1618 | Michael I. | Sigismund III. Wasa | Largest extension of Poland-Lithuania to the east |
Smolensk War | 1632-1634 | Peace of Polanów, 1634 | Michael I. | Władysław IV. Wasa | Status quo ante , Russia's minimal territorial gains to the disadvantage of Poland-Lithuania |
Russo-Polish War 1654–56, 1658–67 | 1654-1667 |
Treaty of Niemież, 1656 Treaty of Andrussowo, 1667 Peace of 1686 |
Alexei I. Sofia Alexeyevna |
John II Casimir John III. Sobieski |
Revision of the Treaty of Deulino , large Russian territorial gains to the disadvantage of Poland-Lithuania with simultaneous stabilization of the Polish-Russian border until the First Partition of Poland in 1772; final reversal of the military balance in favor of Russia |
Russo-Polish War | 1792 | Entry of the King to the Targowica Confederation, 1792 , Second Partition of Poland, 1793 | Catherine II | Stanislaus II Poniatowski | Repeal of Poland's liberal May constitution of 1791 , expansion of Russia (and Prussia) at the expense of Poland-Lithuania |
See also
- Russo-Lithuanian Wars (14th to 16th centuries)
- Confederation of Bar (1768–1772)
- Polish Wars (Napoleon's Wars against Russia: 1806/07, 1812/13)
- Polish uprising (several uprisings against Russian rule)
- Polish-Soviet War (1920)
- Soviet occupation of eastern Poland
- November uprising