Galician Soviet Socialist Republic (Galician SSR) existed from July 8, 1920 to September 21, 1920 during the Polish-Soviet War within the area of the South-Western front of the Red Army. July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... Polish-Bolshevik War Conflict Polish-Bolshevik War Date 1919–1921 Place Central and Eastern Europe Result Polish victory The Polish-Soviet War was the war (February 1919 – March 1921) that determined the borders between the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic and Second Polish Republic. ...

The Galician SSR was established and managed by the Galician Revolutionary Committee (Galrevkom), a Revolutionary Committee created under the patronage of the Soviet Russia. It was seated in Tarnopol in East Galicia, its presient was Vladimir Zatonsky (Volodymyr Zatonsky). The Galrevkom established administrative structure, Galician Ged Army, currency, education system, national languages (of equal status): Polish, Ukrainian, and Yiddish. Soviet Russia is sometimes used as a somewhat sloppy synonym to the Soviet Union — although the term Soviet Russia sometimes refers to Bolshevist Russia from the October Revolution in 1917 to 1922 (Although Russian communists officially formed RSFSR in 1918). ... Ternopil (Тернопіль in Ukrainian, Tarnopol in Polish, Ternopol in Russian) is a city in Western Ukraine, located at the banks of the Seret river. ... The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, or simply Galicia, was the largest and northernmost province of Austria from 1772 until 1918, with Lemberg (Lwów, Lviv) as its capital city. ... Yiddish (ייִדיש, Jiddisch) is a Germanic language spoken by about four million Jews throughout the world. ...

Galrevkom did not control the important area of East Galicia: Lviv area with its oilfields of Boryslav and Drohobych. Motto: Semper fidelis Oblast Lviv Oblast Municipal government City council (Львівська міська рада) Mayor City chairman Lyubomyr Bunyak Area 171,01 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 808,900 ? 4786/km² Founded City rights 13th century 1353 Latitude Longitude 49°51′ N 24°01′ E Area code +0322 Car plates  ? Twin... Drilling rig in a small oil field Near Sarnia, Ontario, 2001 An oil field is an area with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum (oil) from below ground. ... Boryslav as seen from the former castle hill Boryslav (Ukrainian: ; Polish Borysław) is a town in the Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine, on Tysmenitsa river (tributary of Dniester). ... Drohobych (Ukrainian: ; Polish: Drohobycz , German: Drohobytsch; Russian: ; Yiddish: דראָביטש) is a city in the Ukrainian Lviv Oblast. ...

Galician SSR was reoccupied by Poland on September 21, 1920.

A similar, but less elaborate activity, of Polrevkom, was related to the North-Western front of the Red Army.

Reference

• Davies, Norman, White Eagle, Red Star: the Polish-Soviet War, 1919-20, Pimlico, 2003, ISBN 0712606947. (First edition: St. Martin's Press, inc., New York, 1972)