List of wars involving Russia
This is a list of wars and armed conflicts in and involving Russia and its predecessors in chronological order, from the 9th to the 21st century.
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The Russian military and troops of its predecessor states in Russia took part in a large number of wars and armed clashes in various parts of the world: starting from the princely squads, opposing the raids of nomads, and fighting for the expansion of the territory of Kievan Rus'. Following the disintegration of Kievan Rus', the emergence of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and then the centralized Russian state saw a period of significant territorial growth of the state centred in Moscow and then St. Petersburg during the 15th to 20th centuries, marked by wars of conquest in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, the Volga region, Siberia, Central Asia and the Far East, the world wars of the early 20th century, the proxy wars of the Cold War, and today.
The list includes:
- external wars
- foreign intervention in domestic conflicts
- anti-colonial uprisings of the peoples conquered during the Russian expansion
- princely feuds
- peasant uprisings
- revolutions
Legends of results:
- Victory
- Defeat
- Another result; for example, a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, indecisive, civil or internal conflict, or result unknown
- Ongoing conflict
Kievan Rus'
Grand Duchy of Moscow (1263–1547)
Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721)
Date | Conflict | Location | Russia and its allies | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1552 | Siege of Kazan
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Tatarstan | ![]() |
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Victory
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1552–1556 | Tatar Rebellion | Tatarstan | ![]() |
Tatar rebels | Victory
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1554–1557 | Ivan the Terrible's Swedish War | Karelia | ![]() |
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Inconclusive |
1556 | Russian conquest of Astrakhan | Astrakhan | ![]() |
Astrakhan Khanate | Victory
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1558–1583 | Livonian War
![]() Russia troops besiege Narva in 1558 |
Northern Europe | ![]() |
Livonian Confederation
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Defeat |
1568–1570 | Astrakhan Expedition | Astrakhan and Azov | ![]() |
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Victory
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1570–1572 | Ivan the Terrible's Crimean War | European Russia | ![]() |
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Victory
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1580–1762 | Russian conquest of Siberia
![]() Yermak's Conquest of Siberia |
Siberia | ![]()
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Khanate of Sibir (until 1598)
Native Siberians |
Victory
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1590–1595 | Boris Godunov's Swedish War | Northern Europe | ![]() |
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Inconclusive
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1605–1618 | Polish invasions of Russia
![]() The Poles surrender the Moscow Kremlin to Prince Pozharsky in 1612 |
Russia | ![]()
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Inconclusive
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1606–1607 | Bolotnikov Rebellion
![]() Bolotnikov's battle with the Tsar's army at Nizhniye Kotly near Moscow |
Russia | ![]() |
Rebels under Ivan Bolotnikov | Victory
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1610–1617 | Ingrian War ![]() Depiction of Russian troops in 1611 |
Russia | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1632–1634 | Smolensk War ![]() Russian troops storm Smolensk |
Smolensk | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1651–1653 | Alexis I's Persian War | North Caucasus | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1652–1689 | Sino–Russian border conflicts
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Heilongjiang and Amur | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1654–1667 | First Northern War | Eastern Europe | ![]() |
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Victory |
1656–1658 | Second Northern War
![]() Russian troops besiege Riga in 1656 |
Northern Europe | ![]() |
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Inconclusive |
1662–1664 | First Bashkir Rebellion | Bashkortostan | ![]() |
Bashkir rebels | Inconclusive; political defeat
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1670–1671 | Razin's Rebellion
![]() Razin's rebels in Astrakhan |
Russia | ![]() |
Cossacks under Stepan Razin | Victory
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1676–1681 | Feodor III's Turkish War | Ukraine | ![]() |
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Indecisive[3] |
1683–1700 | Great Turkish War
![]() Russian troops capture Azov |
Eastern Europe | ![]() |
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Victory
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1700–1721 | Great Northern War
![]() Russian troops assault the island fortress of Nöteborg ![]() Russian troops capture Narva |
Europe | ![]()
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Victory against Sweden |
Defeat by Turkey | |||||
1704–1711 | Third Bashkir Rebellion | Bashkortostan and Tatarstan | ![]() |
Bashkir rebels | Military victory, political defeat
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1707–1708 | Bulavin Rebellion | Southern Russia | ![]() |
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Victory
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1717 | Peter the Great's Khivan War | Khanate of Khiva | ![]() |
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Defeat
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1717–1847 | Kazakh-Russian conflicts | Kazakhstan | ![]() |
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Victory
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Russian Empire (1721–1917)
Date | Conflict | Location | Russia and its allies | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1722–1723 | Persian Expedition of Peter the Great | Caucasus and northern Iran | ![]() |
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Victory |
1733–1738 | War of the Polish Succession Rhineland
![]() Depiction of the Siege of Danzig by Russian and Saxon forces in 1734 |
Poland | ![]() ![]() |
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Indecisive |
1735–1739 | Russo-Austro-Turkish War | Eastern Europe | ![]() |
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Victory
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1735–1740 | Fourth Bashkir Rebellion | Bashkortostan | ![]()
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Bashkir rebels | Victory
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1740–1748 | War of the Austrian Succession | Europe | ![]()
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Inconclusive |
Victory against Sweden | |||||
1756–1763 | Seven Years' War ![]() Russian troops in Berlin in 1760 |
Europe | ![]() |
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White peace
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1768–1769 | Koliivshchyna Rebellion
![]() Camp of Haidamakas |
Ukraine | ![]() |
Haidamaky | Victory
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1768–1772 | War of the Bar Confederation ![]() Krakow capitulates to Suvorov |
Poland | ![]() |
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Victory |
1768–1774 | Catherine the Great's First Turkish War![]() Destruction of the Turkish fleet in the Battle of Chesma |
Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Mediterranean | ![]() |
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Victory |
1773–1775 | Pugachev's Rebellion
![]() Russian Cossack troops march during the rebellion |
Russia | ![]() |
Rebels under Yemelyan Pugachev |
Victory
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1787–1792 | Catherine the Great's Second Turkish War
![]() Russian troops storm the fortress of Ochakov |
Eastern Europe | ![]() |
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Victory |
1788–1790 | Catherine the Great's Swedish War
![]() Russian fleet during the Battle of Vyborg Bay |
Finland, western Sweden, and the Baltic Sea | ![]() |
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Inconclusive |
1792 | Catherine the Great's Polish War | Poland | ![]() |
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Victory |
1794 | Kościuszko Uprising | Poland | ![]() |
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Victory
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1796 | Persian Expedition of Catherine the Great | North Caucasus and South Caucasus | ![]() |
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Victory |
1799–1802 | War of the Second Coalition
![]() Suvorov victorious at the Battle of Trebbia (1799) |
Europe | ![]()
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Withdrawal in 1799
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1803–1806 | War of the Third Coalition
![]() Capture of a French regiment's standard by the cavalry of the Russian Guards |
Europe | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1804–1813 | Alexander I's Persian War
![]() Russian troops storm the fortress of Lankaran |
North Caucasus, South Caucasus and northern Iran | ![]() |
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Victory |
1806–1807 | War of the Fourth Coalition
![]() Russia troops clash with French troops at the Battle of Eylau |
Eastern and Central Europe | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1806–1812 | Alexander I's Turkish War
![]() Russian Fleet after the Battle of Athos |
Romania, Moldova, Caucasus and Black Sea | ![]() |
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Victory |
1807–1812 | Anglo-Russian War | Baltic Sea and Barents Sea | ![]() |
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Inconclusive |
1808–1809 | Finnish War
![]() Russian troops cross the Gulf of Bothnia on ice |
Finland and Sweden | ![]() |
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Victory |
1809 | War of the Fifth Coalition | Central Europe | ![]() |
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Victory (limited involvement) |
1812 | French invasion of Russia
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Russia | ![]() |
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Victory
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1813–1814 | War of the Sixth Coalition ![]() Russian troops entering Paris in 1814 |
Europe | ![]()
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Victory |
1815 | War of the Seventh Coalition | Europe | ![]()
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Victory |
1817–1864 | Caucasian War ![]() Imam Shamil surrenders to Russian forces |
Caucasus | ![]() |
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Victory
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1825 | Decembrist revolt
![]() Decembrists at the Senate Square |
Saint Petersburg | ![]() |
Decembrist rebels | Victory
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1826–1828 | Nicholas I's Persian War ![]() Russian and Persian troops clash near Elisabethpol |
South Caucasus and northern Iran | ![]() |
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Victory |
1827 | Battle of Navarino
![]() Russian squadron bombarding the Ottoman fleet |
Greece | ![]() |
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Victory |
1828–1829 | Nicholas I's Turkish War ![]() Russian troops besiege Kars in 1828 |
Balkans and Caucasus | ![]() |
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Victory |
1830–1831 | November uprising
![]() Russian and Polish forces clash during the Battle of Ostrołęka |
Poland | ![]() |
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Victory
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1839–1841 | Second Turko-Egyptian War | Syria and Lebanon | ![]() |
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Victory
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1839–1895 | Russian conquest of Central Asia
![]() Russian troops entering Samarkand in 1868 |
Central Asia | ![]() |
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Victory
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1841 | Gurian rebellion | Georgia | ![]() |
Gurian rebels | Victory
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1842 | Shoorcha rebellion | Tatarstan and Ulyanovsk | ![]() |
Tatar, Mari and Chuvash peasants | Victory
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1848–1849 | Hungarian Revolution of 1848
![]() Hungarian troops surrender to the Russians at Világos |
Hungary | ![]()
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Victory
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1853–1856 | Crimean War
![]() Russian troops and French zouaves engaged in hand-to-hand combat at Malakhov Kurgan |
Crimea, Balkans, Caucasus, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea and Far East | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1858 | Mahtra Rebellion | Estonia | ![]() |
Estonian peasants | Victory
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1861 | Bezdna Revolt | Tatarstan | ![]() |
Peasants | Victory
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1863–1864 | January uprising
![]() Russian troops in Warsaw during the uprising |
Poland | ![]() |
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Victory
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1866 | Polish rebellion in Siberia | Siberia | ![]() |
Polish political exiles | Victory
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1877–1878 | Russo-Turkish War
![]() Russian troops entering Adrianople |
Balkans and Caucasus | ![]() |
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Victory
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1897–1898 | Cretan Revolt (1897–1898) | Crete | ![]()
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Victory
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1899–1901 | Boxer Rebellion
![]() Russian troops in Pekin |
China | Eight-Nation Alliance:
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Victory |
1902–1906 | Rebellion in Guria | Georgia | ![]() |
Gurian Republic | Victory
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1904–1905 | Russo-Japanese War
![]() Russian cavalry in a reconnaissance mission during the Battle of Mukden |
Manchuria, Korean Peninsula and Yellow Sea | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1905–1907 | Russian Revolution of 1905
![]() A barricade erected by revolutionaries in Moscow |
Russia | ![]() |
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Victory
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1905–1911 | Persian Constitutional Revolution
![]() Russian flag over Arg of Tabriz |
Iran | ![]()
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Iranian constitutionalists | Victory
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1914–1917 | World War I
![]() Russian troops going to the front ![]() Attack of Russian cavalry ![]() Russian trenches in the forests of Sarikamish |
Europe and Asia | Allied Powers:
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Central Powers: |
Defeat Allied Victory (without Russia)[4][5]
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1917 | February Revolution | Russia | ![]() |
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Defeat
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Russian Republic (1917)
Date | Conflict | Location | Russia and its allies | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1917 | October Revolution | Russia | ![]() |
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Defeat
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Russian SFSR (1917–1922)
Russia and the Soviet Union (1916–1934)
Date | Conflict | Location | Russia and its allies | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1916–1934 | Central Asian Revolt
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Central Asia | ![]()
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Victory
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Soviet Union (1922–1991)
Date | Conflict | Location | Russia and its allies | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1924 | August Uprising | ![]() |
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Victory
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1925–1926 | Urtatagai conflict | ![]() |
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Peace treaty
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1929 | Sino-Soviet conflict | ![]() |
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Victory
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1929 | Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1929) Part of the Afghan Civil War (1928–1929) |
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The Soviet Union failed to change the situation in the country | |
1930 | Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1930) | ![]() |
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Victory | |
1932 | Chechen uprising of 1932 | ![]() |
Chechen rebels | Victory
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1932–1941 | Soviet–Japanese border conflicts | ![]() |
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Victory | |
1934 | Soviet invasion of Xinjiang | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Stalemate
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1937 | Islamic Rebellion in Xinjiang | ![]() |
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Victory
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1939 | Soviet invasion of Poland (Part of World War II) | ![]() |
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Victory
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1939–1940 | Winter War (Part of World War II) | ![]() |
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Inconclusive
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1940 | Occupation and annexation of the Baltic states (Part of World War II) | ![]() |
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Victory
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1940 | Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina (Part of World War II) | ![]() |
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Victory
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1941–1945 | World War II | Allied Powers:
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Axis Powers:
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Victory
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1944–1956 | Guerrilla war in the Baltic states | ![]() |
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Victory
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1944–1953 | Guerrilla war in Ukraine (Part of World War II from 1944 to 1945) | ![]() |
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Victory
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1944–1953 | Anti-communist resistance in Poland (1944–1953) | ![]() |
Polish Underground State | Victory
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1945 | Soviet–Japanese War (Part of World War II) | ![]() |
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Victory
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1946–1954 | First Indochina War | ![]()
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Victory
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1950–1953 | Korean War | ![]() |
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Ceasefire
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1955–1975 | Vietnam War | ![]()
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Victory
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1953 | East German Uprising | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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1956 | Hungarian Revolution | ![]() |
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Victory
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1961–1968 | Vlora Incident | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Soviet-Warsaw Pact defeat
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1968 | Invasion of Czechoslovakia | ![]() |
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Victory
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1969 | Zhenbao Island Incident | ![]() |
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Victory (status quo ante bellum)[11]
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1969–1970 | War of Attrition | ![]() |
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Inconclusive
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1974–1991 | Eritrean War of Independence | ![]()
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Withdrawal (limited involvement) | |
1975–1991 | Angolan Civil War | ![]() |
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Stalemate (limited involvement)
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1977–1978 | Ethio-Somali War | ![]() |
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Victory
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1979–1989 | Invasion of Afghanistan | ![]() |
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Defeat
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Russian Federation (1991–present)
Date | Conflict | Location | Russia and its allies | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1991–1993 | Georgian Civil War | Georgia | ![]() Supported by |
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Victory
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1991–1992 | South Ossetian War | South Ossetia | ![]() |
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Victory
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1992–1993 | War in Abkhazia | Abkhazia | ![]()
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Victory
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1992 | Transnistria War
![]() PMR trucks on the bridge between Tiraspol and Bendery |
Transnistria | ![]()
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Victory
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1992 | East Prigorodny Conflict | North Ossetia-Alania | ![]() |
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Victory
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1992–1997 | Tajikistani Civil War | Tajikistan | ![]() ![]()
Supported by |
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Victory
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1994–1996 | First Chechen War
![]() A Chechen militiaman takes cover behind a burned-out Russian BMP-2 armoured vehicle |
Chechnya | ![]()
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Defeat[28]
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1999 | War of Dagestan | Dagestan | ![]() |
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Victory
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1999–2009 | Second Chechen War
![]() A farewell ceremony for the 331st Airborne Regiment of the 98th Airborne Division withdrawn from Chechnya |
Chechnya | ![]() |
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Victory
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2008 | Russo-Georgian War | Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia | ![]() |
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Victory
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2009–2017 | Insurgency in the North Caucasus
![]() FSB Spetsnaz members during an anti-terrorist operation in Makhachkala, Dagestan |
North Caucasus | ![]() |
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Victory
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2014–present | Russo-Ukrainian War
![]() Russian unidentified special forces take control of a Ukrainian military garrison in Crimea ![]() Donetsk People's Republic militiamen checking with civilians in a cellar during the Battle of Ilovaisk (2014) ![]() DPR elite Republican Guard troops during the 2018 Victory Day parade in Donetsk |
Ukraine | ![]() Supported by |
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Ongoing
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2015–present | Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War
![]() Two Tupolev Tu-22M3s bombing ISIL command posts and weapon warehouses in the Deir ez-Zor area, 2017 ![]() Sukhoi Su-30 pilot talking to a Russian Air Force technician in the Khmeimim Air Base |
Syria |
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Ongoing
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2018–present | Central African Republic Civil War
![]() Delivery of Russian BRDM-2 armored vehicles to Central African Republic, October 2020 |
Central African Republic | ![]() |
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Ongoing |
See also
- Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – Military forces of the Russian Federation
- History of Russia
- Military history of Russia – Aspect of history
- List of wars – Overview of and topical guide to war (Category:Lists of wars)
- List of wars involving Armenia
- List of wars involving Azerbaijan
- List of wars involving Belarus
- List of wars involving Estonia
- List of wars involving Finland
- List of wars involving Georgia (country)
- List of wars involving Kazakhstan
- List of wars involving Kyrgyzstan
- List of wars involving Latvia
- List of wars involving Lithuania
- List of wars involving Moldova
- List of wars involving Poland
- List of wars involving Tajikistan
- List of wars involving Turkey
- List of wars involving Ukraine
- List of wars involving Uzbekistan
Notes
- Disputed: see Russia's role in the War in Abkhazia
- The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which was headed by the Taliban and governed 90% of Afghanistan, officially declared their neutrality in the conflict, though several Taliban factions went on to fight on the side of the opposition nonetheless.[26]
- For further details, see Belarusian involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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