WI: Soviet victory in 1920 Battle of Warsaw?

I'm interested in the plausible butterflies of a Soviet victory at the Battle of Warsaw. In Poland at least it is regarded as an important victory that prevented the Soviet Union from sweeping into Central Europe and supporting nascent Communist uprisings.

So, what if the Soviets had managed to win in Warsaw? Their forces had managed to check the Polish counter attack or the counter attack never materialized? Would it have been the end for the Polish Republic?

What was interesting was that it seemed that several western powers were also interested in the Polish-Soviet war and a loss of Warsaw could have emboldened them. Perhaps an International coalition could have been formed.

I don't have the numbers so I am spit balling but I am not sure how far the Russian Soviet could have gone outside of Poland. Any plans for expanding into Centeal Europa would have required collaborative uprisings to help facilitate their victory.

Germany though could have been a prime target, weakened by WW1 and the reparations were just beginning a friendly communist uprising could have been the grounds for a Soviet intervention and a following Western intervention.

Or would it have been more likely Lenin would have just turned to the Central European states (Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Austria, and so forth)? He may have been able to get away with that and any Western Coalition may have allowed him-they being much less alarming targets than Germany.
 
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