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Ukrainian–Soviet War
The
Ukrainian–Soviet War
of 1917–21 was a war between the
Ukrainian People's Republic
and the
Bolsheviks
. The war ensued soon after the
October Revolution
when Lenin dispatched the
Antonov
's
expeditionary group
to Ukraine and
Southern Russia
. Soviet historical tradition viewed it as an occupation of Ukraine by military forces of Western and Central Europe, including the
Polish Republic
's military. Modern Ukrainian historians consider it a
War of Independence
by the
Ukrainian People's Republic
against the
Russian Soviet Republic
.
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