Striker Jakub Świerczok made it 1-0 for Poland in the fourth minute of the game at the Municipal Stadium in the southwestern Polish city of Wrocław.
The Piast Gliwice player fired home from close range for his first international goal after being set up by Chicago Fire winger Przemysław Frankowski.
Photo: PAP/Maciej Kulczyński
Vyacheslav Karavaev drew Russia level 17 minutes later from a tight angle after a deep cross from Aleksandr Golovin and an apparent mistake by Poland goalkeeper Łukasz Fabiański.
Poland's Grzegorz Krychowiak (right) in action against Russia's Vyacheslav Karavaev (left) at the Municipal Stadium in Wrocław on Tuesday night. Photo: PAP/Maciej Kulczyński
Neither the hosts nor the visitors managed to tip the scale in their favour during the remainder of the game, which was played with around 20,000 fans in the bleachers as Poland eases lockdown restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Photo: PAP/Maciej Kulczyński
The Polish side went into the match missing a number of key players, including star striker Robert Lewandowski, who watched the game from the substitutes bench to save his strength ahead of Euro 2020.
Photo: PAP/Maciej Kulczyński
Poland are ranked 21st worldwide by football's governing body FIFA, while Russia are No. 38 in the FIFA table.
The Polish team last Monday started a 16-day training camp on home soil in the western town of Opalenica ahead of this month's European championships.
Poland kick off their Euro 2020 group-stage campaign with a fixture against Slovakia on June 14.
The Poles will next take on Spain on June 19 and then play Sweden four days later.
Ahead of the European tournament, which has been rescheduled from last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Poland will play another friendly on home turf, taking on Iceland on June 8.
Manager Paulo Sousa last month released a list of 26 players called up for the training camp, the two friendlies and the championships.
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Source: TVP Sport, PAP