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This is an incomplete list of wars and conflicts involving Russia since the Grand Duchy of Moscow (1283).

Grand Duchy of Moscow (1283–1547)

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents (excluding Duchy of Moscow) Outcome
Allies Enemies
8 October 1480 Great stand on the Ugra river The Golden Horde Victory, end of Mongol rule
1492 1494 First Muscovite-Lithuanian War Grand Duchy of Lithuania Victory
1495 1497 Russo-Swedish War (1495–1497) Sweden Inconclusive
1500 1503 Second Muscovite-Lithuanian War Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Livonian Order

Victory
1507 1508 Third Muscovite-Lithuanian War Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Crimean Khanate

Inconclusive
1512 1522 Fourth Muscovite-Lithuanian War Livonian Order Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Crimean Khanate

Victory
1534 1537 Fifth Muscovite-Lithuanian War Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Crimean Khanate

Indecisive

Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721)

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents (excluding Tsardom of Russia) Outcome
Allies Enemies
1558 1583 Livonian War Kingdom of Livonia Livonian Confederation Denmark–Norway Swedish Empire Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

(before 1569 the Polish–Lithuanian union)

Victory
1568 1570 Russo-Turkish War (1568–1570) Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire

Crimean Khanate

Victory
1590 1595 Russo-Swedish War (1590–1595) Swedish Empire Victory
1605 1618 Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618) Kingdom of Sweden (1609–1610) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Victory
1610 1617 Ingrian War Swedish Empire victory
1632 1634 Smolensk War Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth victory
1652 1689 Russian–Manchu border conflicts Cossacks Qing Empire

Joseon Dynasty

Victory
1654 1667 Russo-Polish War (1654–67) Ukrainian Cossacks Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Crimean Khanate

Victory
July 1656 21 June 1658 Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658) Swedish Empire Inconclusive
1676 1681 Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681) Ottoman Empire

Crimean Khanate

1686 1700 Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700) Habsburg Empire Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Cossack Hetmanate

Ottoman Empire

Crimean Khanate

Victory
1700 1721 Great Northern War Denmark Denmark–Norway (1700, 1709–)  Electorate of Saxony (1700–6, 1709–) Poland–Lithuania (1700–4, 1709–) Cossack Hetmanate (1700–8)  Prussia (1715–) Province of Hanover Hanover (1715–)

 Great Britain (1717–19)

Sweden Swedish Empire Holstein-Gottorp Poland–Lithuania (1704–9)  Ottoman Empire (1710–4) Cossack Hetmanate (1708–9)

 Great Britain (1700, 1719–21)

Victory against Sweden

Victory

Russian Empire (1721–1917)

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents (excluding Russian Empire) Outcome
Allies Enemies
1722 1723 Russo-Persian War Ukrainian Cossacks Georgia

Armenia

Safavid Persian Empire Victory
1733 1738 War of the Polish Succession Poland under     Augustus III of Poland  Russia  Habsburg Empire of Austria  Saxony  Prussia Poland under   Stanisław Leszczyński  France (Bourbons)  Spain (Bourbons)

 Kingdom of Sardinia

Indecisive
1735 1739 Russo-Austrian-Turkish War (1735–1739) Cossack Hetmanate (Protectorate of Russian Empire)

 Habsburg Monarchy

 Ottoman Empire Victory but Habsburg defeat
1735 1740 Bashkir Rebellion Bashkirs Victory
1741 1743 Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743)

Part of the War of the Austrian Succession

Sweden Sweden Victory
16 December 1740 18 October 1748 War of the Austrian Succession  Habsburg Monarchy  Great Britain Province of Hanover Hanover  Dutch Republic  Saxony (1743–45)

 Kingdom of Sardinia

 Kingdom of Prussia (1740–42) (1744–45) Spain Kingdom of Spain (1740–1746)  Kingdom of France Bavaria Bavaria (1741–45)  Saxony (1741–42) Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Naples and Sicily  Republic of Genoa

Sweden Sweden (1741–43)

Defeat
1744 1747 Chukchi War (1744-1747) Chukchis Victory
1756 1763 Seven Years' War
  • Russian involvement until 1762
 France  Habsburg Monarchy  Spain  Sweden

 Saxony

 Prussia  Great Britain Province of Hanover Hanover Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Portugal Hesse Hesse-Kassel Schaumburg-Lippe

Iroquois Confederacy

Truce with Prussia

Defeat of Russia's former allies

1768 1772 War of the Bar Confederation Kingdom of France Kingdom of France

Poland Bar Confederation

Victory
1768 1774 Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Victory
1787 1792 Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Victory
1788 1790 Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) Sweden Sweden Inconclusive
1792 Polish–Russian War of 1792 Targowica Confederates Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Victory
1796 Persian Expedition of 1796 Persian Empire Victory
1799 1802 War of the Second Coalition
  • Russia left the coalition in 1799
 Habsburg Monarchy  Holy Roman Empire  Great Britain Kingdom of France French Royalists Portugal  Two Sicilies

 Ottoman Empire

France French Republic  Spain Denmark Denmark-Norway Poland Polish Legions

French client states

Coalition defeat
1803 1806 War of the Third Coalition  Austrian Empire  United Kingdom Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Kingdom of Naples Portugal  Sweden France First French Empire

French client states

Defeat
1804 1813 Russo-Persian War (1804–1813) Persian Empire Victory
1806 1807 War of the Fourth Coalition  Prussia  United Kingdom  Saxony  Sweden

Sicily

France French Empire

Confederation of the Rhine

 Polish Legions

French client states  Spain

Defeat
1806 1812 Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Victory
21 February 1808 17 September 1809 Finnish War Sweden Sweden Victory
3 June 1809 15 July 1809 War of the Fifth Coalition
  • Galician campaign: minimal Russian involvement
FranceFrench Empire
Duchy of Warsaw
 Austria * Treaty of Schönbrunn
24 June 1812 14 December 1812 French invasion of Russia France French Empire French client states Austrian Empire Austria Kingdom of Prussia Prussia

Spain Spain

Victory
1813 1814 War of the Sixth Coalition  Austrian Empire  Prussia  United Kingdom  Sweden Spain Spain Portugal Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Sicily

 Sardinia

France First French Empire

French client states

Victory
20 March 1815 8 July 1815 War of the Seventh Coalition  Austrian Empire  Prussia  United Kingdom Province of Hanover Hanover Nassau Brunswick  Sweden  United Netherlands  Spain Portugal  Sardinia Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Sicily Tuscany Tuscany Switzerland Switzerland

Kingdom of France French Royalists

France First French Empire

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Naples

Victory
1826 1828 Russo-Persian War (1826–1828) Persian Empire Victory
20 October 1827 Battle of Navarino  United Kingdom

France France

 Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Eyalet of Egypt

Ottoman Empire Vilayet of Tunisia

Victory
1828 1829 Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Victory
29 November 1830 21 October 1831 November Uprising Poland Congress Poland Victory
1853 1856 Crimean War French Empire  Ottoman Empire  British Empire

 Kingdom of Sardinia

Defeat
22 January 1863 11 April 1864 January Uprising Polish, Lithuanian and Ukrainian insurgents Victory
1877 1878 Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Bulgarian volunteers Romania Romania Serbia Serbia

 Montenegro

Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Victory
2 November 1899 7 September 1901 Boxer Rebellion Eight-Nation Alliance:  Japan  United Kingdom France France  United States  Germany  Austria-Hungary

 Italy

Righteous Harmony Society

 Qing Empire

Victory
8 February 1904 5 September 1905 Russo-Japanese War  Principality of Montenegro  Empire of Japan Defeat
1914 1918 World War I Allies:

 France
 United Kingdom
 Russia
 United States
Beiyang government China
 Italy
 Japan
 Canada
 Australia
 New Zealand
 India
 South Africa
 Serbia
 Romania
 Belgium
 Greece
 Portugal
 Brazil

Central Powers:

 Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Ottoman Empire
 Bulgaria

Allied Victory

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1922)

Part of a series on the
History of Russia
PeriodsPrehistory  • Antiquity  • Early Slavs
Rus' people pre-9th century
    Rus' Khaganate
    Arthania
    Garðaríki

879–1240: Ancient Rus'
Novgorod Land 882–1136
Principality of Polotsk 987–1397
Principality of Chernigov 988–1402
Rostov-Suzdal 1093–1157
    full list...

1240–1480: Feudal Rus'
Novgorod Republic 1136–1478
Vladimir-Suzdal 1157–1331
Principality of Moscow 1263–1547
    full list...

1480–1917: Tsarist Russia
Tsardom of Russia 1547–1721
Russian Empire 1721–1917
     Russian America 1799–1867
     Grand Duchy of Finland 1809–1917
     Congress Poland 1867–1915
     Russian Manchuria 1900–1905
     Uryankhay Krai 1914–1921

1917–1923: Russian Revolution
Russian Republic 1917–1918
     General Secretariat of Ukraine 1917–1918
Russian SFSR 1917–1922
     Ukrainian SSR 1919–1922
     Byelorussian SSR 1920–1922
     Transcaucasian SFSR 1922–1922
Russian State 1918–1920
     Provisional Priamurye Govt. 1921–1923
    full list...

1923–1991: Soviet Era
Soviet Union 1922–1991
     Russian SFSR 1922–1991
     Karelo-Finnish SSR1940–1956
        full list...
Tannu Tuva1921–1944

since 1991: Modern Russia
Russian Federation 1991–present
     Republic of Tatarstan 1994–present
     Chechen Republic 2000–present
     Republic of Crimea 2014–present
     Donetsk People's Republic 2022–present
     Luhansk People's Republic 2022–present
     Kherson Oblast 2022–present
     Zaporizhzhia Oblast 2022–present
        full list... ^A Not internationally recognized.
^B Not fully controlled.
Timeline860–17211721–17961796–1855
1855–18941894–19171917–1927
1927–19531953–19641964–1982
1982–19911991–present
flag Russia portal
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Head of Government
Russian Civil War
(1917–1922)
 Russian SFSR
 Far Eastern Republic
Mongolian Communists

Makhnovshchina
Left SR
Green armies

Russia White Movement
Mountain Republic
Black Army
Left SR
Green armies

 Britain
 Empire of Japan
 Czechoslovakia
 Greece
 United States
 France
 Serbia
 Romania
 Italy
 China


Mongolia

Victory
Vladimir Lenin
Ukrainian War of Independence
(1917–1921)
 Russian SFSR
Ukrainian SSR
Makhnovshchina
UNR
ZUNR
Ukrainian State
Victory
Finnish Civil War
(1918)
 Russian SFSR
Red Guard
White Guard
German Empire Germany
Victory
Latvian War of Independence
(1918–1920)
 Russian SFSR
 Latvian SSR
Latvia LatviaLithuania Lithuania Victory
  • Independence of Latvia.
Estonian War of Independence
(1918–1920)
 Russian SFSR
Commune of Estonia
Estonia Estonia
Baltische Landeswehr
Victory
  • Independence of Estonia.
Lithuanian–Soviet War
(1918–1919)
 Russian SFSR LBSSR Lithuania Republic of Lithuania
 Saxon Volunteers
Victory
  • Bolshevik forces driven out.
Georgian-Ossetian Conflict
(1918–1920)
 Russian SFSR
Ossetian rebels
Transcaucasian Federation
Georgia
Victory
  • Ossetian rebellion crushed.
Polish–Soviet War
(1919–1921)
 Russian SFSR
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Ukrainian SSR
Poland Poland
 Ukraine
Victory
Invasion of Azerbaijan
(1920)
 Russian SFSR
 Azerbaijan SSR
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Victory
  • Overthrow of the ADR government.
Invasion of Georgia
(1921)
 Russian SFSR
 Turkey
Georgia Victory
February Uprising
(1921)
 Russian SFSR Armenia ARF Victory
  • Bolshevik forces recapture Yerevan.
East Karelian Uprising
(1921–1922)
 Russian SFSR Forest Guerrillas
Finland Finnish volunteers
Victory
  • Uprising put down.

Soviet Union (1922–1991)

Part of a series on the
History of Russia
PeriodsPrehistory  • Antiquity  • Early Slavs
Rus' people pre-9th century
    Rus' Khaganate
    Arthania
    Garðaríki

879–1240: Ancient Rus'
Novgorod Land 882–1136
Principality of Polotsk 987–1397
Principality of Chernigov 988–1402
Rostov-Suzdal 1093–1157
    full list...

1240–1480: Feudal Rus'
Novgorod Republic 1136–1478
Vladimir-Suzdal 1157–1331
Principality of Moscow 1263–1547
    full list...

1480–1917: Tsarist Russia
Tsardom of Russia 1547–1721
Russian Empire 1721–1917
     Russian America 1799–1867
     Grand Duchy of Finland 1809–1917
     Congress Poland 1867–1915
     Russian Manchuria 1900–1905
     Uryankhay Krai 1914–1921

1917–1923: Russian Revolution
Russian Republic 1917–1918
     General Secretariat of Ukraine 1917–1918
Russian SFSR 1917–1922
     Ukrainian SSR 1919–1922
     Byelorussian SSR 1920–1922
     Transcaucasian SFSR 1922–1922
Russian State 1918–1920
     Provisional Priamurye Govt. 1921–1923
    full list...

1923–1991: Soviet Era
Soviet Union 1922–1991
     Russian SFSR 1922–1991
     Karelo-Finnish SSR1940–1956
        full list...
Tannu Tuva1921–1944

since 1991: Modern Russia
Russian Federation 1991–present
     Republic of Tatarstan 1994–present
     Chechen Republic 2000–present
     Republic of Crimea 2014–present
     Donetsk People's Republic 2022–present
     Luhansk People's Republic 2022–present
     Kherson Oblast 2022–present
     Zaporizhzhia Oblast 2022–present
        full list... ^A Not internationally recognized.
^B Not fully controlled.
Timeline860–17211721–17961796–1855
1855–18941894–19171917–1927
1927–19531953–19641964–1982
1982–19911991–present
flag Russia portal
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results General Secretary of
the Communist Party
August Uprising
(1924)
 Soviet Union Damkom Victory
  • Consolidation of Soviet rule in Georgia.
Joseph Stalin
Sino-Soviet conflict
(1929)
 Soviet Union Taiwan China Victory
  • Provisions of 1924 agreement were upheld.
Islamic Rebellion in Xinjiang
(1937)
Taiwan Xinjiang
 Soviet Union
Russian Empire White Movement
Taiwan China Victory
  • Sheng Shica's regime established its rule over the whole territory of Xinjiang province.
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts
(1932–1941)
 Soviet Union
Mongolia Mongolia
 Empire of Japan
 Manchukuo
Victory
Invasion of Poland
(1939)
 Germany
Slovakia Slovakia
Soviet Union Soviet Union
Poland Poland Victory
  • Polish territory divided between Germany, the Soviet Union, Lithuania and Slovakia.
Winter War
(1939–1940)
Soviet Union Soviet Union  Finland Victory
Occupation of the Baltic states
(1940)
 Soviet Union  Estonia
 Latvia
 Lithuania
Victory
World War II
(1941–1945)
 Soviet Union
 United States
 United Kingdom
 China
 France
 Poland
 Canada
 Australia
 New Zealand
 India
 South Africa
 Yugoslavia
 Greece
 Denmark
 Norway
 Netherlands
 Belgium
 Luxembourg
 Czechoslovakia
 Brazil
 Mexico
 Ethiopia
 Germany
 Japan
 Italy
 Hungary
 Romania
 Bulgaria
 Finland
 Thailand
 Manchukuo
 Croatia
 Slovakia
Victory
Guerilla war in the Baltic states
(1944–1956)
 Soviet Union  Estonia
 Latvia
 Lithuania
Victory
  • Defeat of national partisans.
Korean War
(1950–1953)
 North Korea
 China
 Soviet Union
 United Nations
 South Korea
 United States
 United Kingdom
Ceasefire
Hungarian Revolution
(1956)
 Soviet Union
Hungary ÁVH
Revolutionaries Victory
  • Revolution crushed.
Nikita Khrushchev
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
(1968)
 Soviet Union
Bulgaria
 East Germany
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia Victory
Leonid Brezhnev
War of Attrition
(1969–1970)
 Egypt
 Soviet Union
 Israel Both sides claim victory
  • Continued Israeli occupation of Sinai
Eritrean War of Independence
(1974–1990)
Ethiopia Ethiopia
 Cuba
 Soviet Union
 South Yemen
ELF
EPLF
Defeat
  • Eritrea gains independence after communist withdrawal.
Ethio-Somali War
(1977–1978)
Ethiopia
 Cuba
 South Yemen
 Soviet Union
Somalia Somalia
WSLF
Victory
  • Somali withdrawal
  • Somalia breaks all ties with the Second World except for China.
Soviet War in Afghanistan
(1979–1989)
 Soviet Union
Afghanistan Afghanistan
Peshawar Seven
Tehran Eight
Withdrawal

Russian Federation (1991–present)

Part of a series on the
History of Russia
PeriodsPrehistory  • Antiquity  • Early Slavs
Rus' people pre-9th century
    Rus' Khaganate
    Arthania
    Garðaríki

879–1240: Ancient Rus'
Novgorod Land 882–1136
Principality of Polotsk 987–1397
Principality of Chernigov 988–1402
Rostov-Suzdal 1093–1157
    full list...

1240–1480: Feudal Rus'
Novgorod Republic 1136–1478
Vladimir-Suzdal 1157–1331
Principality of Moscow 1263–1547
    full list...

1480–1917: Tsarist Russia
Tsardom of Russia 1547–1721
Russian Empire 1721–1917
     Russian America 1799–1867
     Grand Duchy of Finland 1809–1917
     Congress Poland 1867–1915
     Russian Manchuria 1900–1905
     Uryankhay Krai 1914–1921

1917–1923: Russian Revolution
Russian Republic 1917–1918
     General Secretariat of Ukraine 1917–1918
Russian SFSR 1917–1922
     Ukrainian SSR 1919–1922
     Byelorussian SSR 1920–1922
     Transcaucasian SFSR 1922–1922
Russian State 1918–1920
     Provisional Priamurye Govt. 1921–1923
    full list...

1923–1991: Soviet Era
Soviet Union 1922–1991
     Russian SFSR 1922–1991
     Karelo-Finnish SSR1940–1956
        full list...
Tannu Tuva1921–1944

since 1991: Modern Russia
Russian Federation 1991–present
     Republic of Tatarstan 1994–present
     Chechen Republic 2000–present
     Republic of Crimea 2014–present
     Donetsk People's Republic 2022–present
     Luhansk People's Republic 2022–present
     Kherson Oblast 2022–present
     Zaporizhzhia Oblast 2022–present
        full list... ^A Not internationally recognized.
^B Not fully controlled.
Timeline860–17211721–17961796–1855
1855–18941894–19171917–1927
1927–19531953–19641964–1982
1982–19911991–present
flag Russia portal
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results President
War of Transnistria
(1992)
 Transnistria
 Russia
 Moldova Victory
  • Transnistria gains de facto independence.
Boris Yeltsin
East Prigorodny Conflict
(1992)
North Ossetia–Alania North Ossetia
 South Ossetia
 Russia
Ingush militia Victory
Civil War in Tajikistan
(1992–1997)
 Tajikistan
 Russia
 Uzbekistan
UTO
Afghanistan
Taliban
UN armistice
  • The UTO is promised 30% of the ministerial positions in Tajik government.
Georgian Civil War
(1993)
Georgia (country) Georgia
 Russia
Georgia (country) Zviadists Victory
  • Zviadist revolt crushed.
First Chechen War
(1994–1996)
 Russia Ichkeria
Mujahideen
Defeat
  • Chechnya's de facto independence.
War of Dagestan
(1999)
 Russia IIPB Victory
Second Chechen War
(1999–2009)
 Russia Ichkeria
Caucasian Front
Mujahideen
Victory
Russo-Georgian War
(2008)
 Russia
 South Ossetia
 Abkhazia
 Georgia Victory
  • Expansion of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Dmitry Medvedev
North Caucasus Insurgency
(2009–)
 Russia Caucasus Emirate
Mujahideen
Ongoing
  • Ongoing insurgency.
Intervention in Ukraine
(2014–)
 Russia
 Novorossiya
 Ukraine Ongoing
Vladimir Putin

See also

References

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