The Ukrainian War of Independence was a series of military conflicts between Ukrainian, Anarchist, Bolshevik, Central Powers forces of Germany and Austro-Hungary, the White Russian Volunteer Army, and the Second Polish Republic forces for control of the modern Ukraine, after the February Revolution in the Russian Empire. Also involved were foreign interventionists, in particular France and Romania. The struggle lasted from February 1917 to March ...
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The Ukrainian War of Independence was a series of military conflicts between Ukrainian, Anarchist, Bolshevik, Central Powers forces of Germany and Austro-Hungary, the White Russian Volunteer Army, and the Second Polish Republic forces for control of the modern Ukraine, after the February Revolution in the Russian Empire. Also involved were foreign interventionists, in particular France and Romania. The struggle lasted from February 1917 to March 1921 and resulted in the division of Ukraine proper between the Bolshevik Ukrainian SSR, Poland and Romania. The conflict is frequently viewed within the framework of Russian Civil War as well as the closing stage of the First World War.
During the First World War, Ukraine was in the front lines of the main combatants, the Entente-allied Russian Empire and Romania, and the Central Powers of the German Empire and Austro-Hungary. By the start of 1917, the Imperial Russian Army held a front line after the Brusilov Offensive which partially...
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