Советско-польские войны. Военно-политическое противостояние 1918—1939 гг.

The book is devoted to the study of complex Soviet-Polish relations in 1918-1939, which began and ended with undeclared wars, the initiative of which came first from Warsaw and then from Moscow. In the second half of the 20th century, in Soviet historiography, these events were studied taking into account the political situation, and all the most complex topics were mentioned in passing, or even simply hushed up. Now there is an opportunity to take an unbiased look at Soviet-Polish relations in their dynamics. After 1918, Poland and the Soviet Union found themselves adversaries in the struggle for influence in Eastern Europe. The reader will learn about how the Soviet-Polish war of 1919-1920 arose, why the Red Army could not take Warsaw, how the Riga Treaty of 1921 was concluded and implemented. The Soviet-Polish rivalry in the 1930s is shown in detail. The main attention is paid to the beginning of the Second World War - the events of September 1939. The archival documents now available have made it possible to describe in detail and systematically the Polish campaign of the Red Army in 1939. The author believes that both Poland and the USSR defended their own truth, no matter how far-fetched it may seem to us now. The book is intended not only for specialists.