List of wars involving Russia
The following is an incomplete list of armed conflicts and wars fought by Russia, by Russian people, from antiquity to the present day. It also includes wars fought outside Russia by Russian military.
Novgorodian and Kievan Rus'
Grand Principality of Moscow (1283–1547)
Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721)
Conflict | Russia (and its allies) | Opponent(s) | Result |
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Siege of Kazan (1552) Location: Tatarstan ![]() Qolsharif and his students defend their madrassa and the Qolsharif mosque |
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Victory
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Tatar Rebellion (1552–1556) Location: Tatarstan |
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Tatar rebels | Victory
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Ivan the Terrible's Swedish War (1554–1557) Location: Karelia |
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Inconclusive |
Russian conquest of Astrakhan (1556) Location: Astrakhan |
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Astrakhan Khanate | Victory
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Livonian War (1558–1583) Location: Northern Europe ![]() Russia troops besiege Narva in 1558 |
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Defeat |
Astrakhan Expedition (1568–1570) Location: Astrakhan and Azov |
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Victory
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Ivan the Terrible's Crimean War (1570–1572) Location: European Russia |
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Victory
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Russian conquest of Siberia (1580–1762) Location: Siberia ![]() Yermak's Conquest of Siberia |
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Khanate of Sibir (until 1598) Native Siberians |
Victory
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Boris Godunov's Swedish War (1590–1595) Location: Northern Europe |
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Inconclusive |
Polish invasions of Russia (1605–1618) Location: Russia ![]() The Poles surrender the Moscow Kremlin to Prince Pozharsky in 1612 |
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Inconclusive
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Bolotnikov Rebellion (1606–1607) Location: Russia ![]() Bolotnikov's battle with the Tsar's army at Nizhniye Kotly near Moscow |
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Rebels under Ivan Bolotnikov | Victory
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Ingrian War (1610–1617) Location: Russia ![]() Depiction of Russian troops in 1611 |
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Defeat |
Smolensk War (1632–1634) Location: Smolensk Russian troops storm Smolensk |
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Defeat |
Alexis I's Persian War (1651–1653) Location: North Caucasus |
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Inconclusive |
Sino–Russian border conflicts (1652–1689) Location: Heilongjiang and Amur ![]() Russian fort under attack by Chinese troops |
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Defeat |
First Northern War (1654–1667) Location: Eastern Europe |
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Victory |
Second Northern War (1656–1658) Location: Northern Europe ![]() Russian troops besiege Riga in 1656 |
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Inconclusive |
Moscow Uprising (1662) Location: Moscow ![]() Copper Riot in Moscow |
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Muscovite insurgents | Victory
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First Bashkir Rebellion (1662–1664) Location: Bashkortostan |
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Bashkir rebels | Inconclusive Political defeat
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Solovetsky Monastery uprising (1668–1676) Location: Solovetsky Islands ![]() Voivode Meshcherinov puts down the Solovki Rebellion |
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Raskol rebels | Victory
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Razin's Rebellion (1670–1671) Location: Russia ![]() Razin's rebels in Astrakhan |
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Cossacks under Stepan Razin | Victory
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Feodor III's Turkish War (1676–1681) Location: Ukraine |
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Indecisive[3] |
First Streltsy Rebellion (1682) Location: Moscow ![]() A scene from the uprising: The Streltsy take away Natalia Naryshkina's brother; young Peter the Great tries to console his mother, while Sophia watches the whole scene in satisfaction |
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Streltsy regiments | Defeat
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Great Turkish War (1683–1700) Location: Eastern Europe ![]() Russian troops capture Azov |
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Victory |
Second Streltsy Rebellion (1698) Location: Russia ![]() Execution of the Streltsy in Red Square |
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Streltsy regiments | Victory
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Great Northern War (1700–1721) Location: Europe Russian troops assault the island fortress of Nöteborg ![]() Russian troops capture Narva |
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Victory Victory against Sweden Defeat against Turkey |
Third Bashkir Rebellion (1704–1711) Location: Bashkortostan and Tatarstan |
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Bashkir rebels | Military victory Political defeat
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Bulavin Rebellion (1707–1708) Location: Southern Russia |
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Victory
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Peter the Great's Khivan War (1717) Location: Khanate of Khiva |
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Defeat
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Kazakh-Russian conflicts (1717–1847) Location: Kazakhstan |
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Victory
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Russian Empire (1721–1917)
Conflict | Russia (and its allies) | Opponent(s) | Result |
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Persian Expedition of Peter the Great (1722–1723) Location: Caucasus and northern Iran |
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Victory |
War of the Polish Succession (1733–1738) Location: Poland and Rhineland Depiction of the Siege of Danzig by Russian and Saxon forces in 1734 |
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Indecisive |
Russo–Austro–Turkish War (1735–1739) Location: Eastern Europe |
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Victory
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Fourth Bashkir Rebellion (1735–1740) Location: Bashkortostan |
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Bashkir rebels | Victory
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War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748) Location: Europe |
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Inconclusive
Victory against Sweden |
Seven Years' War (1756–1763) Location: Europe ![]() Russian troops in Kolberg in 1761 |
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White peace
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Koliyivshchyna Rebellion (1768–1769) Location: Ukraine Camp of Haidamakas |
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Haidamaky | Victory
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War of the Bar Confederation (1768–1772) Location: Poland The Bar Confederates pray before the Battle of Lanckorona |
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Victory |
Catherine the Great's First Turkish War (1768–1774) Location: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Mediterranean ![]() Destruction of the Turkish fleet in the Battle of Chesma |
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Victory |
Pugachev's Rebellion (1773–1775) Location: Russia ![]() Russian Cossack troops march during the rebellion |
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Victory
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Catherine the Great's Second Turkish War (1787–1792) Location: Eastern Europe ![]() Russian troops storm the fortress of Ochakov |
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Victory |
Catherine the Great's Swedish War (1788–1790) Location: Finland, western Sweden and Baltic Sea ![]() Russian fleet during the Battle of Vyborg Bay |
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Inconclusive |
Catherine the Great's Polish War (1792) Location: Poland |
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Victory |
Kościuszko Uprising (1794) Location: Poland |
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Victory
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Persian Expedition of Catherine the Great (1796) Location: North Caucasus and South Caucasus |
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Withdrawal |
War of the Second Coalition (1799–1802) Location: Europe ![]() Suvorov victorious at the Battle of Trebbia |
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Withdrawal (in 1799)
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War of the Third Coalition (1803–1806) Location: Europe ![]() Capture of a French regiment's standard by the cavalry of the Russian Guards |
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Defeat |
Alexander I's Persian War (1804–1813) Location: North Caucasus, South Caucasus and northern Iran ![]() Russian troops storm the fortress of Lankaran |
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Victory |
War of the Fourth Coalition (1806–1807) Location: Eastern and Central Europe |
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Defeat |
Alexander I's Turkish War (1806–1812) Location: Romania, Moldova, Caucasus and Black Sea ![]() Russian Fleet after the Battle of Athos |
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Victory |
Finnish War (1808–1809) Location: Finland and Sweden |
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Victory |
War of the Fifth Coalition (1809) Location: Central Europe |
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Victory (limited involvement) |
French invasion of Russia (1812) Location: Russia ![]() |
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Victory
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War of the Sixth Coalition (1813–1814) Location: Europe ![]() Russian Bashkir troops in Paris in 1814 |
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Victory |
War of the Seventh Coalition (1815) Location: Europe |
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Victory |
Caucasian War (1817–1864) Location: Caucasus ![]() Imam Shamil surrenders to Russian forces |
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Victory
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Decembrist revolt (1825) Location: Saint Petersburg ![]() Decembrists at the Senate Square |
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Decembrist rebels | Victory
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Nicholas I's Persian War (1826–1828) Location: South Caucasus and northern Iran ![]() Russian and Persian troops clash near Elisabethpol |
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Victory |
Battle of Navarino
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Victory |
Nicholas I's Turkish War (1828–1829) Location: Balkans and Caucasus ![]() Russian troops besiege Kars in 1828 |
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Victory |
November uprising (1830–1831) Location: Poland ![]() Russian and Polish forces clash during the Battle of Ostrołęka |
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Victory
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Second Turko–Egyptian War (1839–1841) Location: Syria and Lebanon |
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Victory
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Russian conquest of Central Asia (1839–1895) Location: Central Asia ![]() Russian troops cross the Oxus at Sheik Arik on 30 May 1873 |
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Victory
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Gurian Rebellion (1841) Location: Georgia |
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Gurian rebels | Victory
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Shoorcha rebellion (1842) Location: Tatarstan and Ulyanovsk |
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Tatar, Mari and Chuvash peasants | Victory
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Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (1848–1849) Location: Hungary ![]() Hungarian troops surrender to the Russians at Világos |
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Victory
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Crimean War (1853–1856) Location: Crimea, Balkans, Caucasus, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea and Far East ![]() Russian troops and French zouaves engaged in hand-to-hand combat at Malakhov Kurgan |
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Defeat |
Mahtra Rebellion (1858) Location: Estonia |
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Estonian peasants | Victory
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Bezdna Revolt (1861) Location: Tatarstan |
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Peasants | Victory
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January uprising (1863–1864) Location: Poland Russian troops in Warsaw during the uprising |
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Victory
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Polish Rebellion in Siberia (1866) Location: Siberia |
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Polish political exiles | Victory
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Alexander II's Turkish War (1877–1878) Location: Balkans and Caucasus ![]() Russian crossing of the Danube in June 1877 |
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Victory
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Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) Location: China ![]() Russian officers in Manchuria during the rebellion |
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Victory |
Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) Location: Manchuria, Korean Peninsula and Yellow Sea ![]() Russian cavalry in a reconnaissance mission during the Battle of Mukden |
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Defeat |
Russian Revolution of 1905 (1905–1907) Location: Russia ![]() A barricade erected by revolutionaries in Moscow |
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Victory
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Persian Constitutional Revolution (1905–1911) Location: Iran ![]() Russian flag over Arg of Tabriz |
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Iranian constitutionalists | Victory
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First World War (1914–1918) Location: Europe and Asia ![]() Russian troops going to the front ![]() Attack of Russian cavalry ![]() Russian trenches in the forests of Sarikamish |
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Central Powers: | Defeat
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Central Asian Revolt (1916–1934) Location: Central Asia ![]() Soviet troops on Turkestan front in 1922 |
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Victory
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Russian SFSR (1917–1922)
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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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August Uprising (1924) |
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Victory
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Tatarbunary Uprising (1924) |
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Defeat
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Sino-Soviet conflict (1929) |
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Victory
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Soviet–Japanese border conflicts (1932–1941) |
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Victory |
Islamic Rebellion in Xinjiang (1937) |
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Victory
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Spanish Civil War (1937–1939) |
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Defeat
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Invasion of Poland (1939) |
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Victory
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Winter War (1939–1940) |
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Moscow Peace Treaty
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Occupation of the Baltic states (1940) |
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Victory
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Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina (1940) |
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Victory
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World War II (1941–1945) |
Allies of World War II |
Axis powers | Victory
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Guerrilla war in the Baltic states (1944–1956) |
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Victory
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First Indochina War (1946–1954) |
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Victory
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Korean War (1950–1953) |
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Ceasefire (limited involvement)
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Hungarian Revolution (1956) |
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Victory
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Operation Trikora (1961-1962) |
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Indonesian political victory[9][10] Dutch military victory[11][9]
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Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968) |
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Victory
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Zhenbao Island Incident (1969) |
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Status quo ante bellum Strategic Victory[12]
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War of Attrition (1969–1970) |
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Inconclusive
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Eritrean War of Independence (1974–1991) |
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Withdrawal (limited involvement) |
Angolan Civil War (1975–1991) |
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Stalemate (limited involvement)
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Ethio-Somali War (1977–1978) |
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Victory
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Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989) |
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Defeat[14]
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Russian Federation (1991–present)
Conflict | Russia (and its allies) | Opponent(s) | Result |
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Georgian Civil War (1991–1993) Location: Georgia |
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Victory
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War in Abkhazia (1991–1993) Location: Abkhazia |
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Victory
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Transnistria War (1992) Location: Transnistria ![]() PMR trucks on the bridge between Tiraspol and Bendery |
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Victory
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East Prigorodny Conflict (1992)
Location: North Ossetia-Alania |
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Victory
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Tajikistani Civil War (1992–1997)
Location: Tajikistan |
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Stalemate
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First Chechen War (1994–1996)
Location: Chechnya ![]() A Chechen militiaman takes cover behind a burned-out Russian BMP-2 armoured vehicle |
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Defeat[16]
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War of Dagestan (1999)
Location: Dagestan ![]() Russian federal Spetsnaz forces in Dagestan |
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Victory
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Second Chechen War (1999–2009)
Location: Chechnya |
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Victory
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Russo-Georgian War (2008)
Location: Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia |
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Victory
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Insurgency in the North Caucasus (2009–2017)
Location: North Caucasus ![]() FSB Spetsnaz members during an anti-terrorist operation in Mskhachkala, Dagestan |
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Victory
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Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present)
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Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War (2015–present)
Location: Syria ![]() Preparation of an aircraft of the Russian Air Force for combat sorties in Syria |
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Victory
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See also
Notes
References
- ↑ Janet Martin. Treasure of the Land of Darkness: The Fur Trade and Its Significance for Medieval Russia. Cambridge University Press, 2004. P. 115
- ↑ Vilhelm Ludvig Peter Thomsen. The Relations Between Ancient Russia and Scandinavia, and the Origin of the Russian State. Cambridge University Press. 2010. P. 25
- ↑ David R. Stone, A Military History of Russia: From Ivan the Terrible to the War in Chechnya, (Greenwood Publishing, 2006), 41.
- ↑ Jelavich, Barbara (1983). History of the Balkans: Twentieth century. Cambridge University Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-521-27459-3.
- ↑ J.D. Legge, 402
- ↑ Geoffrey Jukes (1 January 1973). The Soviet Union in Asia. University of California Press. pp. 173–. ISBN 978-0-520-02393-2.
- ↑ "Indonesia and the U.S.S.R". The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 May 1965. p. 2. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ Kurt London (1974). The Soviet Impact on World Politics. Ardent Media. pp. 153–. ISBN 978-0-8015-6978-4.
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- ↑ Soedjati Djiwandono, Konfrontasi Revisited, p. 135.
- ↑ "Operation Trikora – Indonesia's Takeover of West New Guinea". Pathfinder: Air Power Development Centre Bulletin. Air Power Development Centre (150): 1–2. February 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Exploring Chinese History :: Politics :: Conflict and War :: Soviet Aggression". Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ↑ Kuisong p.29
- ↑ "Soviet Defeat in Afghanistan". GlobalSecurity.org.
- ↑ "9. Вооруженные формирования в зоне конфликта". Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ↑ "Why the Russian Military Failed in Chechnya". Foreign Military Studies Office.
- ↑ Quinn, Rob (12 December 2017). "Putin Announces Russian Withdrawal From Syria". Newser.com. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ↑ "Assad and Putin Meet, as Russia Pushes to End Syrian War". New York Times. 21 November 2017.
- ↑ "How Russian special forces are shaping the fight in Syria". Washington Post. 29 March 2016.
- ↑ "Syrian Expands Territorial Control Fourfold in Two Years With Russian Help". Sputnik News.