RIGA, TREATY OF


Meaning of RIGA, TREATY OF in English

(1921) Treaty between Poland and Russia signed in Riga, Latvia, that ended the Russo-Polish War of 1919–20 and set their mutual border.

The treaty, which gave Poland parts of Byelorussia (Belarus) and Ukraine, lasted until World War II, after which a new treaty established a new border.

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