Russo-Polish Wars

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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
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

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