List of wars involving Russia

See also: List of battles 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'

Main articles: Rus'–Byzantine wars and Caspian expeditions of the Rus'

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
830s	Paphlagonian expedition of the Rus'	Novgorodian Rus'	Byzantine Empire	Unclear
860	Rus'–Byzantine War (860)	Novgorodian Rus'	Byzantine Empire	Unclear
907	Rus'–Byzantine War (907)	Kievan Rus'	Byzantine Empire	Victory
920–1036	Rus'-Pechenegs' campaigns	Kievan Rus'	Pechenegs	Different results. Eventually victory.
941	Rus'–Byzantine War (941)	Kievan Rus'	Byzantine Empire	Defeat
944/945	Rus'–Byzantine War (944/945)	Kievan Rus'	Byzantine Empire	Victory
964–965	Sviatoslav's campaign against Khazars	Kievan Rus'	Khazar Khaganate	Victory. Destruction of the Khazar Khaganate.
967/968–971	Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria	Kievan Rus'	Byzantine Empire	Defeat
981	Vladimir the Great's campaign on Cherven Cities	Kievan Rus'	Duchy of Poland	Victory
985	Vladimir the Great's campaign against Volga Bulgaria	Kievan Rus'	Volga Bulgaria	Military victory, then agreement.
987	Rus'–Byzantine War (987)	Kievan Rus'	Byzantine Empire	Military victory. Agreement. Baptism of Vladimir and further Christianization of Kievan Rus'.
1022	Yaroslav the Wise's attack on Brest	Kievan Rus'	Duchy of Poland	Defeat
1024	Rus'–Byzantine War (1024)	Kievan Rus'	Byzantine Empire	Defeat
1030	Yaroslav the Wise's campaign against Chud	Kievan Rus'	Chud	Victory. Estonian tribes start pay tribute to Rus.
1030–1031	Yaroslav the Wise's campaign on Cherven Cities	Kievan Rus'	Duchy of Poland	Victory
1043	Rus'–Byzantine War (1043)	Kievan Rus'	Byzantine Empire	Defeat
1055–1223	Rus'-Cumans' campaigns	Kievan Rus'	Cumans	Different results. Mostly victories.
1147	Bolesław IV the Curly's raid on Old Prussians	Bolesław IV the Curly Kievan Rus'	Old Prussians	Bolesław IV the Curly's victory
1223–1240	Mongol invasion of Rus' (see also List of Tatar and Mongol raids against Rus')	Vladimir-Suzdal Principality of Kiev Galicia-Volhynia Novgorod Republic Smolensk Turov and Pinsk Rostov Chernigov Ryazan Pereyaslavl	Mongol Empire	Defeat. Principalities of the Russian State became vassals of the Mongol Empire.

Grand Principality of Moscow (1283–1547)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1368–72)	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Principality of Tver	Inconclusive Treaty of Lyubutsk
Muscovite–Volga Bulgars war (1376)	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Volga Bulgaria	Victory
Battle of the Vozha River	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Golden Horde	Victory
Battle of Kulikovo	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Golden Horde	Victory
Siege of Moscow (1382)	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Golden Horde	Defeat
Ulugh Muhammad's Campaign (1438–1445)	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Khanate of Kazan	Defeat Capture of the Grand Prince Creation of a buffer state
Qasim War (1467–1469)	Grand Duchy of Moscow Qasim Khanate	Khanate of Kazan	Victory Kazan releases all ethnic Christian Russians enslaved in the past four decades
Battle of Shelon (14 July 1471)	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Novgorod Republic	Victory Novgorod is integrated into the Grand Principality in 1478
Great stand on the Ugra river (8 October 1480)	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Golden Horde	Victory End of Mongol rule
Capture of Tver (1485)	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Principality of Tver	Victory End of the Principality of Tver
Siege of Kazan (1487)	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Khanate of Kazan	Victory The Kazan Khan is imprisoned and replaced by his half-brother
First Muscovite-Lithuanian War (1492–1494)	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Victory
Russo-Swedish War (1495–1497)	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Sweden	Inconclusive
Second Muscovite-Lithuanian War (1500–1503)	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Livonian Order	Victory
Russo-Kazan War (1505–1507)	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Khanate of Kazan	Inconclusive
Third Muscovite-Lithuanian War (1507–1508)	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Crimean Khanate	Inconclusive
Fourth Muscovite-Lithuanian War (1512–1522)	Grand Duchy of Moscow Livonian Order	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland Crimean Khanate	Victory
Fifth Muscovite-Lithuanian War (1534–1537)	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland Crimean Khanate	Indecisive

Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721)

Conflict	Russia (and its allies)	Opponent(s)	Result
Siege of Kazan (1552) Location: Tatarstan Qolsharif and his students defend their madrassa and the Qolsharif mosque	Russia	Khanate of Kazan	Victory Annexation of Kazan into Russia
Tatar Rebellion (1552–1556) Location: Tatarstan	Russia	Tatar rebels	Victory Crushing of the rebellion
Ivan the Terrible's Swedish War (1554–1557) Location: Karelia	Russia	Sweden	Inconclusive Treaty of Novgorod
Russian conquest of Astrakhan (1556) Location: Astrakhan	Russia	Astrakhan Khanate	Victory Russian annexation of Astrakhan
Livonian War (1558–1583) Location: Northern Europe Russia troops besiege Narva in 1558	Russia Livonia	Livonian Confederation Denmark–Norway Sweden Poland–Lithuania (before 1569 the Polish–Lithuanian union)	Defeat Truce of Jam Zapolski Treaty of Plussa
Astrakhan Expedition (1568–1570) Location: Astrakhan and Azov	Russia	Turkey Crimean Khanate	Victory Treaty of Constantinople (1570)
Ivan the Terrible's Crimean War (1570–1572) Location: European Russia	Russia	Crimean Khanate Turkey	Victory Crimean invasion of Russia repelled
Russian conquest of Siberia (1580–1762) Location: Siberia Yermak's Conquest of Siberia	Russia Cossacks pro-Russian native Siberians	Khanate of Sibir (until 1598) Native Siberians	Victory Russian annexation of Siberia
Boris Godunov's Swedish War (1590–1595) Location: Northern Europe	Russia	Sweden	Inconclusive Treaty of Teusina
Polish invasions of Russia (1605–1618) Location: Russia The Poles surrender the Moscow Kremlin to Prince Pozharsky in 1612	Russia Sweden (1609–1610)	Poland–Lithuania	Inconclusive Russian independence secured Truce of Deulino
Bolotnikov Rebellion (1606–1607) Location: Russia Bolotnikov's battle with the Tsar's army at Nizhniye Kotly near Moscow	Russia	Rebels under Ivan Bolotnikov	Victory Crushing of the rebellion
Ingrian War (1610–1617) Location: Russia Depiction of Russian troops in 1611	Russia	Sweden	Defeat Treaty of Stolbovo
Smolensk War (1632–1634) Location: Smolensk Russian troops storm Smolensk	Russia	Poland–Lithuania	Defeat Treaty of Polyanovka
Alexis I's Persian War (1651–1653) Location: North Caucasus	Russia	Persia	Defeat
Sino–Russian border conflicts (1652–1689) Location: Heilongjiang and Amur Russian fort under attack by Chinese troops	Russia Cossacks	China Korea	Defeat Treaty of Nerchinsk
First Northern War (1654–1667) Location: Eastern Europe	Russia Cossack Hetmanate	Poland–Lithuania Crimean Khanate	Victory Truce of Andrusovo
Second Northern War (1656–1658) Location: Northern Europe Russian troops besiege Riga in 1656	Russia	Sweden	Inconclusive Treaty of Valiesar Treaty of Cardis
First Bashkir Rebellion (1662–1664) Location: Bashkortostan	Russia	Bashkir rebels	Inconclusive Political defeat Russian government forced to accept Bashkir demands
Razin's Rebellion (1670–1671) Location: Russia Razin's rebels in Astrakhan	Russia	Cossacks under Stepan Razin	Victory Crushing of the rebellion
Feodor III's Turkish War (1676–1681) Location: Ukraine	Russia	Turkey Crimean Khanate	Indecisive Treaty of Bakhchisarai
Great Turkish War (1683–1700) Location: Eastern Europe Russian troops capture Azov	Russia (from 1686) Austria Poland–Lithuania Cossack Hetmanate	Turkey Crimean Khanate	Victory Treaty of Constantinople
Great Northern War (1700–1721) Location: Europe Russian troops assault the island fortress of Nöteborg Russian troops capture Narva	Russia Denmark–Norway (1700, 1709–) Saxony (1700–6, 1709–) Poland–Lithuania (1700–4, 1709–) Cossack Hetmanate (1700–8) Prussia (1715–) Hanover (1715–) Great Britain (1717–19)	Sweden Holstein-Gottorp Poland–Lithuania (1704–09) Turkey (1710–4) Cossack Hetmanate (1708–09) Great Britain (1700, 1719–21)	Victory Victory against Sweden Treaty of Nystad Defeat against Turkey Treaty of the Pruth
Third Bashkir Rebellion (1704–1711) Location: Bashkortostan and Tatarstan	Russia	Bashkir rebels	Military victory Political defeat Russian government forced to accept some Bashkir demands
Bulavin Rebellion (1707–1708) Location: Southern Russia	Russia	Don Cossack rebels	Victory Crushing of the rebellion
Peter the Great's Khivan War (1717) Location: Khanate of Khiva	Russia	Khanate of Khiva	Defeat Russian invasion of Khanate of Khiva repelled
Kazakh-Russian conflicts (1717–1847) Location: Kazakhstan	Russia Bashkirs Cossack rebels	Kazakhstan Kyrgyz tribes Khanate of Khiva	Victory Annexation of Kazakhstan to Russia

Russian Empire (1721–1917)

Conflict	Russia (and its allies)	Opponent(s)	Result
Persian Expedition of Peter the Great (1722–1723) Location: Caucasus and northern Iran	Russia Cossack Hetmanate Armenia Georgia	Persia Turkey	Victory Treaty of Saint Petersburg
War of the Polish Succession (1733–1738) Location: Poland and Rhineland Depiction of the Siege of Danzig by Russian and Saxon forces in 1734	Poland under Augustus III of Poland Russia Austria Saxony Prussia	Poland under Stanisław Leszczyński France Spain Sardinia	Indecisive Treaty of Vienna
Russo–Austro–Turkish War (1735–1739) Location: Eastern Europe	Russia Cossack Hetmanate Austria	Turkey Crimea	Victory Russian victory Austrian defeat Treaty of Niš
Fourth Bashkir Rebellion (1735–1740) Location: Bashkortostan	Russia pro-Russian Bashkirs	Bashkir rebels	Victory Crushing of the rebellion Establishment of Orenburg
War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748) Location: Europe	Austria Britain Hanover Russia (1741–43, 1748) Dutch Republic Saxony (1743–45) Sardinia	Prussia (1740–42) (1744–45) Spain (1740–1746) France Bavaria (1741–45) Saxony (1741–42) Naples and Sicily Genoa Sweden (1741–43)	Inconclusive Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle Victory against Sweden Treaty of Åbo
Seven Years' War (1756–1763) Location: Europe Russian troops in Kolberg in 1761	France Austria Spain Sweden Russia (1756–1762) Saxony	Prussia Britain Hanover Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Portugal Hesse-Kassel Schaumburg-Lippe Iroquois Confederacy	White peace Treaty of Saint Petersburg Defeat of Russia's former allies
Koliyivshchyna Rebellion (1768–1769) Location: Ukraine Camp of Haidamakas	Russia Poland–Lithuania	Haidamaky	Victory Crushing of the rebellion
War of the Bar Confederation (1768–1772) Location: Poland The Bar Confederates pray before the Battle of Lanckorona	Russia	France Bar Confederation	Victory Treaty of Kuçuk Kainarji First Partition of Poland
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	Russia	Turkey Crimea	Victory Treaty of Kuçuk Kainarji
Pugachev's Rebellion (1773–1775) Location: Russia Russian Cossack troops march during the rebellion	Russia	Rebels under Yemelyan Pugachev Turkey	Victory Crushing of the rebellion
Catherine the Great's Second Turkish War (1787–1792) Location: Eastern Europe Russian troops storm the fortress of Ochakov	Russia	Turkey	Victory Treaty of Jassy
Catherine the Great's Swedish War (1788–1790) Location: Finland, western Sweden and Baltic Sea Russian fleet during the Battle of Vyborg Bay	Russia	Sweden	Inconclusive
Catherine the Great's Polish War (1792) Location: Poland	Russia Targowica Confederation	Poland–Lithuania	Victory Second Partition of Poland
Kościuszko Uprising (1794) Location: Poland Battle of Szczekociny	Russia Prussia	Poland–Lithuania	Victory Crushing of the uprising Third Partition of Poland
Persian Expedition of Catherine the Great (1796) Location: North Caucasus and South Caucasus	Russia	Persia	Withdrawal
War of the Second Coalition (1799–1802) Location: Europe Suvorov victorious at the Battle of Trebbia	Austria Holy Roman Empire Britain Russia (until 1799) French Royalists Portugal Two Sicilies Turkey	France Spain Denmark-Norway Polish Legions French client states	Withdrawal (in 1799) French victory in 1802
War of the Third Coalition (1803–1806) Location: Europe Capture of a French regiment's standard by the cavalry of the Russian Guards	Austria Russia United Kingdom Sicily Naples Portugal Sweden	France French client states	Defeat Peace of Pressburg
Alexander I's Persian War (1804–1813) Location: North Caucasus, South Caucasus and northern Iran Russian troops storm the fortress of Lankaran	Russia	Persia	Victory Treaty of Gulistan
War of the Fourth Coalition (1806–1807) Location: Eastern and Central Europe Russia troops clash with French troops at the Battle of Eylau	Prussia United Kingdom Saxony Sweden Russia Sicily	France French client states Spain Confederation of the Rhine Bavaria Württemberg Italy Naples Polish Legions	Defeat Treaties of Tilsit
Alexander I's Turkish War (1806–1812) Location: Romania, Moldova, Caucasus and Black Sea Russian Fleet after the Battle of Athos	Russia	Turkey	Victory Treaty of Bucharest
Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812) Location: Baltic Sea and Barents Sea	Russia	United Kingdom	Inconclusive Treaty of Orebro
Finnish War (1808–1809) Location: Finland and Sweden	Russia	Sweden	Victory Treaty of Fredrikshamn
War of the Fifth Coalition (1809) Location: Central Europe	France Confederation of the Rhine Italy Spain Warsaw Russia	Austria United Kingdom Sicily Sardinia	Victory (limited involvement) Treaty of Schönbrunn
French invasion of Russia (1812) Location: Russia General Raevsky leading a detachment of the Russian Imperial Guard at the Battle of Saltanovka	Russia	France French client states	Victory French invasion repelled Destruction of Napoleon's Grand Army
War of the Sixth Coalition (1813–1814) Location: Europe Russian Bashkir troops in Paris in 1814	Austria Prussia United Kingdom Sweden Russia Spain Portugal Sicily Sardinia	France French client states	Victory Treaty of Fontainebleau Treaty of Paris
War of the Seventh Coalition (1815) Location: Europe	Austria Prussia United Kingdom Russia Hanover Nassau Brunswick Sweden United Netherlands Spain Portugal Sardinia Sicily Tuscany Switzerland French Royalists	France Naples	Victory Treaty of Paris
Caucasian War (1817–1864) Location: Caucasus Imam Shamil surrenders to Russian forces	Russia Mingrelia Guria	Caucasian Imamate Circassia Big Kabarda (until 1825) Abkhazian insurgents Kazi-Kumukh Dagestan free people Avaria (1829–1859) Svaneti	Victory Annexation of North Caucasus into Russia Surrender of Imam Shamil
Decembrist revolt (1825) Location: Saint Petersburg Decembrists at the Senate Square	Russia	Decembrist rebels	Victory Crushing of the revolt
Nicholas I's Persian War (1826–1828) Location: South Caucasus and northern Iran Russian and Persian troops clash near Elisabethpol	Russia	Persia	Victory Treaty of Turkmenchay
Battle of Navarino Part of the Greek War of Independence (1827) Location: Greece Russian squadron bombarding the Ottoman fleet	United Kingdom France Russia	Turkey Egypt Tunisia	Victory
Nicholas I's Turkish War (1828–1829) Location: Balkans and Caucasus Russian troops besiege Kars in 1828	Russia	Turkey	Victory Treaty of Adrianople
November uprising (1830–1831) Location: Poland Russian and Polish forces clash during the Battle of Ostrołęka	Russia	Poland	Victory Crushing of the uprising
Second Turko–Egyptian War (1839–1841) Location: Syria and Lebanon	Britain Austria Russia Turkey	Egypt France Spain	Victory Egypt renounced its claim to Syria
Russian conquest of Central Asia (1839–1895) Location: Central Asia Russian troops cross the Oxus at Sheik Arik on 30 May 1873	Russia	Kazakhstan Bukhara Khiva Kokand Turkmen tribes Kyrgyz tribes Afghanistan	Victory Russian annexation of Central Asia
Gurian Rebellion (1841) Location: Georgia	Russia	Gurian rebels	Victory Crushing of the rebellion
Shoorcha rebellion (1842) Location: Tatarstan and Ulyanovsk	Russia	Tatar, Mari and Chuvash peasants	Victory Crushing of the rebellion
Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (1848–1849) Location: Hungary Hungarian troops surrender to the Russians at Világos	Austria Croatia Serbian Vojvodina Serbian volunteers pro-Habsburg Hungarians Slovak National Council Transylvanian Romanians Chief Rus' Council Czech volunteers Bohemian and Moravian volunteers Transylvanian Saxons Russia	Hungary Hungarian Slovenes pro-Hungarian Slovaks Rusyns Zipser Germans Hungarian Germans Croats from Western Hungary and Međimurje Šokac and Bunjevac people Banat Bulgarians Polish legions German legion Viennese legion Italian legion	Victory Crushing of the revolution
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	Russia	France Turkey Britain Sardinia	Defeat Treaty of Paris
Mahtra Rebellion (1858) Location: Estonia	Russia	Estonian peasants	Victory Crushing of the rebellion
Bezdna Revolt (1861) Location: Tatarstan	Russia	Peasants	Victory Crushing of the revolt
January uprising (1863–1864) Location: Poland Russian troops in Warsaw during the uprising	Russia	Polish, Lithuanian and Ukrainian insurgents	Victory Crushing of the uprising
Polish Rebellion in Siberia (1866) Location: Siberia	Russia	Polish political exiles	Victory Crushing of the rebellion
Alexander II's Turkish War (1877–1878) Location: Balkans and Caucasus Russian crossing of the Danube in June 1877	Russia Bulgarian volunteers Romania Serbia Montenegro	Turkey	Victory Treaty of San Stefano Treaty of Berlin Reestablishment of the Bulgarian state De jure independence of Romania, Serbia and Montenegro from Turkey Annexation of Kars and Batum to Russia
Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) Location: China Russian officers in Manchuria during the rebellion	Eight-Nation Alliance: Japan United Kingdom Russia France United States Germany Austria-Hungary Italy	Yìhéquán China	Victory
Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) Location: Manchuria, Korean Peninsula and Yellow Sea Russian cavalry in a reconnaissance mission during the Battle of Mukden	Russia	Japan	Defeat Treaty of Portsmouth
Russian Revolution of 1905 (1905–1907) Location: Russia A barricade erected by revolutionaries in Moscow	Russia	Revolutionaries Peasants Industrial workers Separatists Saint Petersburg Soviet Moscow City Duma Chita Republic SR RSDLP	Victory Crushing of the revolution
Persian Constitutional Revolution (1905–1911) Location: Iran Russian flag over Arg of Tabriz	Persia Russia (from 1906)	Iranian constitutionalists	Victory Russian occupation of Northern Iran until Russian Revolution
World War I (1914–1918) Location: Europe and Asia Russian troops going to the front Attack of Russian cavalry Russian trenches in the forests of Sarikamish	Allies: France British Empire Russia Italy United States Serbia Montenegro Belgium Japan Romania Portugal Hejaz Greece Armenia Nejd and Hasa Siam	Central Powers: Germany Austria-Hungary Turkey Bulgaria	Victory Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (terminated after eventual Allied victory)
Central Asian Revolt (1916–1934) Location: Central Asia Soviet troops on Turkestan front in 1922	Russian Empire (until 1917) Russian SFSR Turkestan ASSR Kirghiz ASSR Soviet Union (from 1922)	Basmachi Khiva Bukhara Afghanistan	Victory Crushing of the revolt

Russian SFSR (1917–1922)

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Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Russian Civil War (1917–1922)	Russian SFSR Far Eastern Republic Mongolian Communists Makhnovshchina Left SR Green armies	White Movement Mountain Republic Makhnovshchina Left SR Green armies British Empire Empire of Japan Czechoslovakia Greece United States France Serbia Romania Italy China Mongolia	Victory Victory for the Red Army in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, South Caucasus, Central Asia, Tuva, and Mongolia Victory for pro-independence movements in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland
Ukrainian War of Independence (1917–1921)	Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR Makhnovshchina	Ukrainian People's Republic West Ukrainian People's Republic German Empire (1918) Poland (1920–1921) Hetmanate of Ukraine White Movement German Empire (1917–1918) Romania (1918) Poland (1918–1919) France (1919) Greece (1919)	Victory Formation of the Ukrainian SSR
Kazakhstan Campaign (1917–1920)	Russian SFSR	Alash Autonomy White Movement	Victory Incorporation of Kazakhstan into the Soviet Union
Finnish Civil War (1918)	Russian SFSR Red Guard	White Guard Germany	Defeat Independence of Finland
Latvian War of Independence (1918–1920)	Russian SFSR Latvian SSR	Latvian Army Estonia Lieven Poland Lithuania Supported by the Allied Powers VI Reserve Corps: Baltische Landeswehr Freikorps merged into the West Russian Volunteer Army in September 1919	Defeat Independence of Latvia
Estonian War of Independence (1918–1920)	Russian SFSR Commune of Estonia	Estonia Latvia United Kingdom White Movement Finnish, Danish, and Swedish volunteers Baltische Landeswehr	Defeat Independence of Estonia Tartu Peace Treaty
Lithuanian–Soviet War (1918–1919)	Russian SFSR LBSSR	Republic of Lithuania Saxon Volunteers	Defeat Expulsion of Bolshevik forces from Lithuania
Georgian-Ossetian Conflict (1918–1920)	Russian SFSR Ossetian rebels	Transcaucasian Federation Georgia	Defeat Crushing of the Ossetian rebellion
Polish–Soviet War (1919–1921)	Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR	Poland Ukraine	Defeat Peace of Riga
Turkish War of Independence (1919–1923)	Turkey Russian SFSR	Greece United Kingdom Armenia	Victory Overthrow of the Ottoman sultanate Establishment of the Republic of Turkey
Invasion of Azerbaijan (1920)	Russian SFSR Azerbaijan SSR	Azerbaijan	Victory Overthrow of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic government
Invasion of Georgia (1921)	Russian SFSR Armenian SSR Azerbaijan SSR Turkey	Georgia	Victory Establishment of the Georgian SSR
February Uprising (1921)	Russian SFSR	Armenia	Victory Re-annexation of Yerevan by Bolshevik forces
Battle of Mountainous Armenia (1921)	Russian SFSR Turkey Azerbaijan SSR	Armenia	Defeat Republic of Mountainous Armenia united with Armenian SSR
East Karelian Uprising (1921–1922)	Russian SFSR	Forest Guerrillas Finnish volunteers	Victory Crushing of the uprising

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Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
August Uprising (1924)	Soviet Union	Damkom	Victory Consolidation of Soviet rule in Georgian SSR
Tatarbunary Uprising (1924)	Soviet Union	Kingdom of Romania	Defeat Crushing of the Soviet-inspired rebellion
Urtatagai conflict	Soviet Union	Emirate of Afghanistan	Peace treaty Afghanistan forced to restrain Basmachi border raids Urtatagai is captured, then ceded back to Afghanistan
Sino-Soviet conflict (1929)	Soviet Union	Republic of China	Victory Upholding of the provisions of 1924 agreement
Afghan campaign of the Red Army (1929)Part of the Afghan Civil War (1928–1929)	Soviet UnionIn support of: Amānullāh Khān	Basmachi Saqqawists	Mixed Reduction of Basmachi offensive capabilities Failure to restore Amanullah Khan as king of Afghanistan
Afghan campaign of the Red Army (1930)	Soviet Union	Basmachi	Victory
Chechen uprising of 1932	Soviet Union	Chechen rebels	Victory Uprising suppressed
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts (1932–1941)	Soviet Union Mongolia	Empire of Japan Manchukuo	Victory Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact
Islamic Rebellion in Xinjiang (1937)	Xinjiang Soviet Union White Movement	Republic of China	Victory Establishment of the rule of Sheng Shica's regime over the whole territory of Xinjiang province
Spanish Civil War (1937–1939)	Republicans Supported by: Soviet Union Mexico	Nationalists Germany Italy	Defeat End of the Second Spanish Republic Rise of Francoist Spain
Invasion of Poland (1939) (Part of World War II)	Germany Soviet Union Slovak Republic	Poland	Victory Division of Polish territory between Third Reich, Soviet Union and Slovakia
Winter War (1939–1940) (Part of World War II)	Soviet Union	Finland	Victory Moscow Peace Treaty Cession of the Gulf of Finland islands, Karelian Isthmus, Ladoga Karelia, Salla, and Rybachy Peninsula, and lease of Hanko to the Soviet Union Expulsion of the Soviet Union from the League of Nations
Occupation of the Baltic states (1940) (Part of World War II)	Soviet Union	Estonia Latvia Lithuania	Victory Occupation of the Baltic states by the Red Army
Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina (1940) (Part of World War II)	Soviet Union	Romania	Victory Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina annexed to the USSR, creation of the Moldovan SSR
World War II (1941–1945)	Allies of World War II	Axis powers	Victory Destruction of the Third Reich Dissolution of Japanese and Italian Empires Creation of the United Nations
Guerrilla war in the Baltic states (1944–1956)	Soviet Union	Estonia Latvia Lithuania	Victory Defeat of national partisans
Guerrilla war in Ukraine 1944-1953 (Part of World War II from 1944-1945)	Soviet Union	Ukrainian Insurgent Army	Victory Defeat of national partisans
Soviet–Japanese War (1945) (Part of World War II)	Soviet Union Mongolia	Empire of Japan Manchukuo	Victory Karafuto Prefecture is annexed by the Soviet Union and incorporated into Sakhalin Oblast. Kuril Islands annexed to the Soviet Union Liberation of Manchuria, Inner Mongolia and northern Korea, and collapse of Japanese puppet states there. Partition of the Korean Peninsula. Manchuria and Inner Mongolia are returned to China.
First Indochina War (1946–1954)	Việt Minh Pathet Lao Khmer Issarak Supported by: Soviet Union	France  • French Indochina Vietnam (1949–1954) Cambodia (1953–1954) Laos (1953–1954)	Victory Vietnam is partitioned between North (controlled by Việt Minh) and South (controlled by the State of Vietnam). Geneva Conference Departure of the French from Indochina. State of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia gain official independence.
Korean War (1950–1953)	North Korea China Soviet Union	United Nations South Korea United States United Kingdom	Ceasefire (limited involvement) Establishment of the Korean DMZ Minor territorial changes
Vietnam War (1955–1975)	North Vietnam Viet Cong and PRG Pathet Lao GRUNK (1970–1975) Khmer Rouge China Soviet Union North Korea	South Vietnam United States South Korea Australia New Zealand Laos Cambodia (1967–1970) Khmer Republic (1970–1975) Thailand Philippines	Victory Withdrawal of American forces from Indochina North Vietnamese victory over South Vietnam Dissolution of the Republic of Vietnam Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia South Vietnam is annexed by North Vietnam
East German Uprising (1953)	Soviet Union East Germany	East German demonstrators	Victory Uprising suppressed
Hungarian Revolution (1956)	Soviet Union ÁVH	Revolutionaries	Victory Crushing of the revolution
Operation Trikora (1961–1962)	Indonesia Soviet Union (Air and Naval support)	Netherlands Netherlands New Guinea	Indonesian political victory Dutch military victory New York Agreement Western New Guinea ceded to the United Nations then ceded to Indonesia
Nicaraguan revolution (1961-1990)	FSLN EPS Supported by: Libya Soviet Union China Cuba Bulgaria Romania (until 1989) Czechoslovakia (until 1989) Poland (until 1989) Mexico Iraq East Germany (until 1989) Chile (1970–1973)	Somoza government National Guard Contras (1981–90) Supported by: United States Israel Saudi Arabia Honduras Chile (since 1973) Brazil Paraguay Argentina (1961–83) Panama West Germany Pakistan Philippines Imperial State of Iran (until 1979) Islamic Republic of Iran (Indirectly, since 1979)	Victory •FSLN military victory in 1979 Overthrow of Somoza government Insurgency of the Contras Electoral victory of the National Opposition Union in 1990 FSLN retained most of their executive apparatus
Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968)	Soviet Union Bulgaria East Germany Hungary Poland	Czechoslovakia	Victory Moscow Protocol Soviet military presence in Czechoslovakia until 1991
Zhenbao Island Incident (1969)	Soviet Union	China	Status quo ante bellum Strategic Victory Tactical Soviet victory Strategic Soviet victory: Ceasefire Agreement Signed. 1991 Sino-Soviet Border Agreement
War of Attrition (1969–1970)	Egypt Soviet Union	Israel	Inconclusive Both sides claimed victory Continuation of Israeli occupation of Sinai
Eritrean War of Independence (1974–1991)	Ethiopia Cuba (until 1989) Soviet Union (until 1990) South Yemen	ELF EPLF	Withdrawal (limited involvement) Independence of Eritrea after the fall of the communist government in Ethiopia
Angolan Civil War (1975–1991)	MPLA Cuba Soviet Union SWAPO MK	South Africa UNITA FNLA FLEC	Stalemate (limited involvement) Three Powers Accord Withdrawal of all foreign forces from Angola Independence of Namibia
Ethio-Somali War (1977–1978)	Ethiopia Cuba South Yemen Soviet Union	Somalia WSLF	Victory Somalia broke all ties with the Second World except for China and Romania
Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989)	Soviet Union Afghanistan	Afghan Mujahideen	Withdrawal Failed Soviet attempt to quell Afghan Mujahedeen insurgency Geneva Accords of 1988 Withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan Continuation of the Afghan Civil War

Russian Federation (1991–present)

Conflict	Russia (and its allies)	Opponent(s)	Result
Georgian Civil War (1991–1993) Location: Georgia	Georgia Russia	Zviadists	Victory Zviadist revolt crushed
War in Abkhazia (1991–1993) Location: Abkhazia	Russia Abkhazia	Georgia	Victory Abkhazia gained de facto independence
Transnistria War (1992) Location: Transnistria PMR trucks on the bridge between Tiraspol and Bendery	Transnistria Russia	Moldova	Victory Transnistria gained de facto independence
East Prigorodny Conflict (1992) Location: North Ossetia-Alania	Russia North Ossetia-Alania	Ingush militia	Victory Expulsion of ethnic Ingush from Prigorodny by Ossetian militia
Tajikistani Civil War (1992–1997) Location: Tajikistan Russian Spetsnaz troops dismount an APC during the war	Tajikistan Russia Uzbekistan	United Tajik Opposition Taliban factions	Stalemate United Nations-sponsored armistice
First Chechen War (1994–1996) Location: Chechnya A Chechen militiaman takes cover behind a burned-out Russian BMP-2 armoured vehicle	Russia Chechen Opposition	Ichkeria Mujahideen	Defeat Withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechnya Khasav-Yurt Accord De facto independence of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, but de jure it remained a part of the Russian Federation
War of Dagestan (1999) Location: Dagestan Russian federal Spetsnaz forces in Dagestan	Russia Dagestan	IIPB	Victory Start of the Second Chechen War
Second Chechen War (1999–2009) Location: Chechnya	Russia Chechnya	Ichkeria Caucasian Front Mujahideen	Victory Russia regained control over Chechnya
Russo-Georgian War (2008) Location: Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia Russian BMP-2 from the 58th Army in South Ossetia	Russia South Ossetia Abkhazia	Georgia	Victory Expansion of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Insurgency in the North Caucasus (2009–2017) Location: North Caucasus FSB Spetsnaz members during an anti-terrorist operation in Makhachkala, Dagestan	Russia Chechnya Dagestan Ingushetia Kabardino-Balkaria North Ossetia-Alania	Caucasus Emirate ISIL (from 2015)	Victory Defeat of Islamists
Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present) Location: Ukraine and Crimea Pro-Russian militants with Russian vehicles in Sloviansk	Russia Crimea Donetsk Luhansk	Ukraine	Ongoing Russian annexation of Crimea Minsk II
Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War (2015–2019) Location: Syria Preparation of an aircraft of the Russian Air Force for combat sorties in Syria	Russia Syria Iran Hezbollah	ISIL Ahrar al-Sham Tahrir al-Sham Syrian opposition Qatar Saudi Arabia Turkey	Ongoing Preservation of the Syrian government headed by Bashar al-Assad. Syrian Armed Forces recapture more than 30,000 square kilometres of area, including Latakia, Aleppo and Palmyra, break the three-year-long siege of Deir ez-Zor and take control of that city

See also

• History of Russia
• Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
• Military history of Russia