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.