📅 14 August 1920
Polish forces halted and pushed back the Red Army near Warsaw during the Polish-Soviet War. The conflict involved competing claims over Ukraine and Belarus, revolutionary strategy and the borders left...
📅 18 March 1921
Red Army troops captured Kronstadt after an assault across the ice. Thousands of rebels were killed, imprisoned or escaped to Finland. The suppression sharply narrowed the space for independent...
📅 11 June 1937
A secret military tribunal convicted Mikhail Tukhachevsky and other commanders of treason. The executions began a purge that removed experienced officers and spread fear through the armed forces.
📅 11 June 1937
A closed proceeding convicted Mikhail Tukhachevsky and other senior officers of treason; they were executed the next day. The military purge removed experienced commanders on the eve of war and spread...
📅 12 August 1920
Polish forces halted the Red Army’s advance toward Warsaw in a battle that reshaped the border struggle in Eastern Europe. The war involved competing national projects, revolutionary ambitions, and...
