Editing Lida (section)

=== Interwar Poland ===
[[File:Lida. Ліда (1920-29).jpg|thumb|left|Bird's eye view of Lida in the 1920s]]
During [[World War I]] Lida was occupied by [[German Army (German Empire)|German troops]]. In 1919, the [[Red Army]] established [[Bolshevik]] power.

Polish troops, under General [[Józef Adam Lasocki]], reached the outskirts of Lida in early March 1919. On April 15, they resumed their advance, and on April 17 they [[Battle of Lida (1919)|captured Lida]], a screening operation to the [[Vilna offensive|taking of Vilnius]]. On 17 July 1920, the Red Army returned, but it was forced to retreat in August after their [[Battle of Warsaw (1920)|defeat at Warsaw]].
[[File:Lida, Vilenskaja-Rynak. Ліда, Віленская-Рынак (1930).jpg|thumb|Wileńska Street in pre-war Poland]]

On 30 September 1920, Polish and Russian troops fought in and around Lida during the [[Battle of the Niemen River]], as the [[Soviet 21st Rifle Division]] tried to assault Polish positions but was repulsed by the [[1st Lithuanian-Belarusian Division]]. The Poles took about 10,000 prisoners from the [[Soviet 3rd Army]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hetmanusa.org/niemnem2.htm |title=Battle Of Warsaw |publisher=Hetmanusa.org |access-date=2013-03-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425083023/http://www.hetmanusa.org/niemnem2.htm |archive-date=2012-04-25}}</ref><!--please note that the source uses the term 'battle at Lida'-->

By the [[Soviet-Lithuanian Treaty of 1920]], Lida was ceded by the Soviets to [[Lithuania]], but the treaty was not recognized by [[Second Polish Republic|Poland]]. In accordance with 1921 [[Riga Peace Treaty]], the town was awarded to Poland and was a [[powiat]] centre in the [[Nowogródek Voivodeship (1919–1939)|Nowogródek Voivodeship]]. According to the 1921 Polish census, the population was 65.8% [[Polish people|Polish]], 32.4% [[Jews|Jewish]] and 0.98% [[Belarusians|Belarusian]].<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Tom VII. Część I|year=1923|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|page=10}}</ref>

In 1927 were 24 factories in Lida, whose production grew rapidly in 1928. A new rubber goods factory started, employing almost 800 people. Lida was also an important garrison of the [[Polish Army]], with one infantry division and the 5th Corps of the [[Polish Air Force]] stationed there. In the 1930s, Lida was extensively expanded, dozens of new streets were built.<ref name=PA/>