List of wars between Piast Poland and Kievan Rus'

This article is about Piast Poland and Kievan Rus'. For Poland and Ukraine (including Galicia–Volhynia), see List of armed conflicts involving Poland against Ukraine. For Poland and Russia (including Muscovy), see List of armed conflicts involving Poland against Russia.

This is a list of wars between Piast Poland and Kievan Rus', from the 10th to the 13th century.

  Polish victory

  Kievan Rus' victory

  Another result*

*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Piast Poland or Kievan Rus' in which the other intervened, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.

Date	Conflict	Piast Poland and allies	Kievan Rus' and allies	Result
981	Vladimir the Great's Polish Campaign	Civitas Schinesghe	Kievan Rus'	Kievan Rus' victory[1]
1018	Bolesław I's intervention in the Kievan succession crisis	Civitas Schinesghe Pro-Sviatopolk Kievan Rus'	Pro-Yaroslav Kievan Rus'	Temporary joint victory for Poland and Sviatopolk Poles left Kiev; acquired Cherven Cities Yaroslav ousted Sviatopolk from Kiev
1022	Yaroslav the Wise's attack on Brest	Civitas Schinesghe	Kievan Rus'	Polish victory
1030–1031	Yaroslav the Wise invasion in Poland[2](German-Polish War)	Kingdom of Poland	Kievan Rus'	Kievan Rus' victory[3] Kievan Rus' recovered the Cherven Cities
1065–1069[4]	Rebellion of Vseslav of Polotsk[4] Sieges of Pskov and Novgorod (1065–1067)[4] Battle on the Nemiga River (1067)[4] Kiev uprising of 1068[4] Intervention by Bolesław II the Bold (1069)[4]	Principality of Kiev Principality of Chernigov Principality of Pereyaslavl Kingdom of Poland (1069)	Principality of Polotsk	Allied victory Principality of Polotsk defeated (1067)[4] Brief Vseslav reign in Kiev (1068–May 1069)[4] Polish intervention (May 1069)[4] Restoration of Iziaslav I of Kiev (May 1069)[4]
1076–1077	Kievan succession crisis[5] Casus belli: death of Sviatoslav Yaroslavich (26 December 1076) Vsevolod besieged Iziaslav in Volyn (1077) Boris Sviatoslavich captured Chernigov, but Vsevolod ousted him (May 1077) Iziaslav recovered Kiev with Polish support (July 1077)[6][7][8]	Iziaslav Yaroslavich Bolesław II of Poland Boris Sviatoslavich	Vsevolod Yaroslavich	Compromise Iziaslav and Vsevolod concluded peace Iziaslav recovered Kiev with Polish help (July 1077)[6][7] Vsevolod retained Chernigov Sons of Sviatoslav exiled to Tmutorakan
1092	Vasilko Rostislavich's raid on Poland[9]	Kingdom of Poland	Kievan Rus'	Kievan Rus' victory
1120—1125	Polish-Ruthenian war (1120—1125) Kievan-Cuman raid on Poland (1120)[10] Battle of Wysokie (1122) Siege of Volodymyr (1123)[11] Battle of Wilichów (1124)	Kingdom of Poland	Kievan Rus'	Polish victory[12][a]
1142-1143	Vsevolod's raid on Poland[13]	Kingdom of Poland	Kievan Rus'	Kievan Rus' victory
1163	Polish raid on Rus'[14]	Kingdom of Poland	Kievan Rus'	Polish victory
1182–1183	War for Brest	Kingdom of Poland	Kievan Rus'	Polish victory
1192	Battle of Drohiczyn	Kingdom of Poland	Kievan Rus'	Polish victory

See also

• List of wars involving Kievan Rus'
• List of wars and battles involving Galicia–Volhynia
• List of wars involving the Principality of Moscow
• Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars
• List of wars involving the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
• List of wars involving Poland
• List of armed conflicts involving Poland against Ukraine
• List of armed conflicts involving Poland against Russia

Notes

1. In the end, after the Battle of Wilichów, Bolesław III Wrymouth defeated Vladimirko Volodarovich

References

1. Щавелева Н.И. Древняя Русь в "Польской истории" Яна Длугоша М. 2004. с.230
2. Dimnik M. Yaroslav Vladimirovich (англ.) // Encyclopedia of Russian History / Ed.-in-Chief J. R. Millar. — New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004. — P. 1702. — ISBN 0-02-865907-4.
3. Королюк В.Д. Западные славяне и Киевская Русь в X—XI вв. — М.: Наука, 1964. — 383 с.
4. Martin 2007, p. 31.
5. Martin 2007, p. 57.
6. "Jak król Bolesław niewierne żony ukarał". CiekawostkiHistoryczne.pl (in Polish). 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
7. po/PAP (2011-12-24). "Trochę historii: 935 lat temu Bolesław Szczodry został królem Polski". Newsweek (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-09-01.
8. "Bolesław Śmiały i Stanisław ze Szczepanowa. Krwawa rozprawa króla z biskupem zdrajcą | HISTORIA.org.pl - historia, kultura, muzea, matura, rekonstrukcje i recenzje historyczne". HISTORIA.org.pl (in Polish). 2021-03-04. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
9. Pashuto 1968, p. 44.
10. Pashuto 1968, p. 151.
11. Pashuto 1968, p. 152.
12. "Zwycięskie wojny Polski z Rusią i Rosją na przestrzeni wieków | HISTORIA.org.pl - historia, kultura, muzea, matura, rekonstrukcje i recenzje historyczne". HISTORIA.org.pl (in Polish). 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2024-11-23. Rozwścieczony Bolesław w bitwie po Wilichowem zmiażdżył wschodniego władcę skutecznie wybijając mu z głowy walki z Polską.
13. Pashuto 1968, p. 153.
14. Pashuto 1968, p. 159.

Bibliography

• Karamzin, Nikolay (1824). История Государства Российского [History of the Russian state]. Volume II, Chapter IX.
• Martin, Janet (2007). Medieval Russia: 980–1584. Second Edition. E-book. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-36800-4.
• Pashuto, Vladimir (1968). Внешняя политика Руси [The foreign policy of Russia] (in Russian). Moscow: Наука.]