The Ukrainian War of Independence is a series of military conflicts between Ukrainian, Anarchist, Bolshevik, Central Powers forces of Germany and Austro-Hungary, the White Russian Volunteer Army, and the Second Polish Republic forces for control of the modern Ukraine, after the February Revolution in the Russian Empire.
Also involved are foreign interventionists, in particular France and Romania.
The struggle lasts from February 1917 to March 1921 and results in the division of Ukraine proper between the Bolshevik Ukrainian SSR, Poland and Romania.
The conflict is frequently viewed within the framework of Russian Civil War as well as the closing stage of the First World War.
