File:PL-RU war 1919 phase I.svg

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Germany
 
Latvia
 
Estonia
 
Poland (without disputed Vilnius and Suvalkai Regions)
 
Lithuania (de facto borders in 1921)
 
Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia
 
Free city of Gdańsk
 
Klaipėda Region (detached from Germany by the Treaty of Versailles)
 
Suvalkai Region (disputed between Poland and Lithuania)
 
Vilnius Region (disputed between Poland and Lithuania)

                     Curzon Line (December 1919)                      Latvian–Lithuanian–Polish – Soviet front line in January 1919                      German–Soviet front line in March 1918 during World War I (at the time of the treaty of Brest-Litovsk)                      Border of Lithuania (1945 – present)

Red arrows - Main directions of Soviet attacks following retreating German army

Note: all cities have their current names, except for three cities in the Kaliningrad Oblast as their names were radically changed after the World War II.

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Description Polish-Soviet & Lithuanian-Soviet & Latvian-Soviet Wars in 1919: Soviet attacks. The map shows incorrect borders between Poland and Germany. The borders shown would be later decreed by the Treaty of Versailles, which was not signed until June 28, 1919, and imposed still later.
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Source Self-made from scratch using Inkscape. Based on (2001) Lietuvos istorijos atlasas, Vaga: Vilnius, pg. 39
Author Renata3
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current03:53, 14 April 2008Thumbnail for version as of 03:53, 14 April 20085,416 × 4,237 (381 KB)Renata3 (talk | contribs)change colors
19:32, 6 April 2008Thumbnail for version as of 19:32, 6 April 20085,416 × 4,237 (376 KB)Renata3 (talk | contribs)== Legend == {| |- | width=25% valign=top| {{legend|#d35fbc|Germany}} {{legend|#e9afc6|Latvia}} {{legend|#e9c6af|Estonia}} {{legend|#9955ff|Poland (without disputed Vilnius and Suvalkai Regions)}} {{legend|#e580ff|Lithuania (''de facto'' borders in 1921

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