List of wars involving Russia
Part of a series on the |
||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
History of Russia | ||||||||||||||
![]() | ||||||||||||||
Prehistory • Antiquity • Early Slavs
Feudal Rus' (1097–1547) Mongol conquest • Vladimir-Suzdal Grand Duchy of Moscow • Novgorod Republic
Russian Revolution (1917–1923) February Revolution • Provisional Government
|
||||||||||||||
Timeline 860–1721 • 1721–1796 • 1796–18551855–1892 • 1892–1917 • 1917–1927 1927–1953 • 1953–1964 • 1964–1982 1982–1991 • 1991–present |
||||||||||||||
![]() | ||||||||||||||
This is a list of wars involving the Russian Federation and predecessor states of Russia, from antiquity to the present day. It also includes wars fought outside Russia by the Russian military.
Novgorodian and Kievan Rus'[edit]
Grand Duchy of Moscow (1263–1547)[edit]
Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721)[edit]
Conflict | Russia (and its allies) | Opponent(s) | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Siege of Kazan (1552) Location: Tatarstan ![]() Ivan IV enters the defeated Kazan |
![]() |
![]() |
Victory
|
Tatar Rebellion (1552–1556) Location: Tatarstan |
![]() |
Tatar rebels | Victory
|
Ivan the Terrible's Swedish War (1554–1557) Location: Karelia |
![]() |
![]() |
Inconclusive |
Russian conquest of Astrakhan (1556) Location: Astrakhan |
![]() |
Astrakhan Khanate | Victory
|
Livonian War (1558–1583) Location: Northern Europe ![]() Russia troops besiege Narva in 1558 |
![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (before 1569 the Polish–Lithuanian union) |
Defeat |
Astrakhan Expedition (1568–1570) Location: Astrakhan and Azov |
![]() |
![]() |
Victory
|
Ivan the Terrible's Crimean War (1570–1572) Location: European Russia |
![]() |
![]() |
Victory
|
Russian conquest of Siberia (1580–1762) Location: Siberia |
![]()
|
Khanate of Sibir (until 1598) Native Siberians |
Victory
|
Boris Godunov's Swedish War (1590–1595) Location: Northern Europe |
![]() |
![]() |
Inconclusive
|
Polish invasions of Russia (1605–1618) Location: Russia |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
Inconclusive
|
Bolotnikov Rebellion (1606–1607) Location: Russia |
![]() |
Rebels under Ivan Bolotnikov | Victory
|
Ingrian War (1610–1617) Location: Russia |
![]() |
![]() |
Defeat |
Smolensk War (1632–1634) Location: Smolensk |
![]() |
![]() |
Defeat |
Alexis I's Persian War (1651–1653) Location: North Caucasus |
![]() |
![]() |
Defeat |
Sino–Russian border conflicts (1652–1689) Location: Heilongjiang and Amur |
![]() Cossacks |
![]() ![]() |
Defeat |
First Northern War (1654–1667) Location: Eastern Europe |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
Victory |
Second Northern War (1656–1658) Location: Northern Europe ![]() Russian troops besiege Riga in 1656 |
![]() |
![]() |
Inconclusive |
First Bashkir Rebellion (1662–1664) Location: Bashkortostan |
![]() |
Bashkir rebels | Inconclusive Political defeat
|
Razin's Rebellion (1670–1671) Location: Russia |
![]() |
Cossacks under Stepan Razin | Victory
|
Feodor III's Turkish War (1676–1681) Location: Ukraine |
![]() |
![]() |
Indecisive[3] |
Great Turkish War (1683–1700) Location: Eastern Europe ![]() Russian troops capture Azov |
![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
Victory
|
Great Northern War (1700–1721) Location: Europe ![]() Russian troops capture Narva |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
Victory Victory against Sweden Defeat against Turkey |
Third Bashkir Rebellion (1704–1711) Location: Bashkortostan and Tatarstan |
![]() |
Bashkir rebels | Military victory Political defeat
|
Bulavin Rebellion (1707–1708) Location: Southern Russia |
![]() |
![]() |
Victory
|
Peter the Great's Khivan War (1717) Location: Khanate of Khiva |
![]() |
![]() |
Defeat
|
Kazakh-Russian conflicts (1717–1847) Location: Kazakhstan |
![]() |
![]() Kyrgyz tribes ![]() |
Victory
|
Russian Empire (1721–1917)[edit]
Russian SFSR (1917–1922)[edit]
Soviet Union (1922–1991)[edit]
- Victory
- Defeat
- Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)
- Ongoing conflict
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
---|---|---|---|
August Uprising (1924) |
![]() |
![]() |
Victory
|
Tatarbunary Uprising (1924) |
![]() In support of: |
![]() |
Defeat
|
Urtatagai conflict (1925-1926) |
![]() |
![]() |
Peace treaty
|
Sino-Soviet conflict (1929) |
![]() |
![]() |
Victory
|
Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1929) Part of the Afghan Civil War (1928–1929) |
![]() In support of: ![]() |
![]() |
Inconclusive
|
Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1930) | ![]() |
![]() |
Victory |
Chechen uprising of 1932 | ![]() |
Chechen rebels | Victory
|
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts (1932–1941) |
![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Islamic Rebellion in Xinjiang (1937) |
![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
Victory
|
Spanish Civil War (1937–1939) |
![]() Supported by: ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() |
Defeat
|
Invasion of Poland (1939) (Part of World War II) |
![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
Victory
|
Winter War (1939–1940) (Part of World War II) |
![]() |
![]() |
Victory
|
Occupation of the Baltic states (1940) (Part of World War II) |
![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory
|
Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina (1940) (Part of World War II) |
![]() |
![]() |
Victory
|
World War II (1941–1945) |
Allied Powers:
|
Axis Powers:
|
Victory
|
Guerrilla war in the Baltic states (1944–1956) |
![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory
|
Guerrilla war in Ukraine 1944-1953 (Part of World War II from 1944-1945) |
![]() |
Ukrainian Insurgent Army | Victory
|
Soviet–Japanese War (1945) (Part of World War II) |
![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() |
Victory
|
First Indochina War (1946–1954) |
![]() ![]() ![]() Supported by: ![]() |
![]() • ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory
|
Korean War (1950–1953) |
![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Ceasefire (limited involvement)
|
Vietnam War (1955–1975) |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory
|
East German Uprising (1953) |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
Victory
|
Hungarian Revolution (1956) |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
Victory
|
Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968) |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
Victory
|
Zhenbao Island Incident (1969) |
![]() |
![]() |
Status quo ante bellum Strategic Victory[8]
|
War of Attrition (1969–1970) |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
Inconclusive
|
Eritrean War of Independence (1974–1991) |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() |
Withdrawal (limited involvement) |
Angolan Civil War (1975–1991) |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stalemate (limited involvement)
|
Ethio-Somali War (1977–1978) |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() |
Victory
|
Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989) |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
Mujahideen-Allied Victory[10]
|
Russian Federation (1991–present)[edit]
Conflict | Russia & allies | Russia's opposition | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|
Georgian Civil War (1991–1993) Location: Georgia |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
Victory
|
War in Abkhazia (1991–1993) Location: Abkhazia |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
Victory
|
Transnistria War (1992) Location: Transnistria |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
Victory
|
East Prigorodny Conflict (1992)
Location: North Ossetia-Alania |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
Victory
|
Tajikistani Civil War (1992–1997)
Location: Tajikistan |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() |
Victory
|
First Chechen War (1994–1996)
Location: Chechnya ![]() A Chechen militiaman takes cover behind a burned-out Russian BMP-2 armoured vehicle |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
Defeat[12]
|
War of Dagestan (1999)
Location: Dagestan ![]() Russian federal Spetsnaz forces in Dagestan |
![]() |
![]() |
Victory
|
Second Chechen War (1999–2009)
Location: Chechnya |
![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory
|
Russo-Georgian War (2008)
Location: Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia |
![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
Victory
|
Insurgency in the North Caucasus (2009–2017)
Location: North Caucasus |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
Victory
|
Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present)
Location: Ukraine (incl. Crimea) ![]() Donetsk People's Republic militiamen checking with civilians in a cellar during the Battle of Ilovaisk (2014) |
![]() |
![]() |
Ongoing
|
Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War (2015–present)
Location: Syria |
![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Ongoing[13][circular reference]
|
See also[edit]
- History of Russia
- Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
- Military history of Russia
- List of wars involving Finland
- List of wars involving Poland
- List of wars involving Turkey
- List of wars involving Ukraine
- List of wars involving Kazakhstan
- List of wars involving Kyrgyzstan
- List of wars involving Tajikistan
- List of wars involving Uzbekistan
- List of wars involving Estonia
- List of wars involving Latvia
- List of wars involving Lithuania
- List of wars involving Moldova
- List of wars involving Azerbaijan
- List of wars involving Armenia
- List of wars involving Georgia (country)
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Legvold, Robert (2007). Russian Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century and the Shadow of the Past. Columbia University Press. p. 209. ISBN 9780231512176.
- ^ Mayayo i Artal, Andreu; Pellegrini, Alberto; Segura i Mas, Antoni (2019). Centenary of the Russian Revolution (1917-2017). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 9781527524651.
- ^ Cecil, Hugh; Liddle, Peter (1998). At the Eleventh Hour: Reflections, Hopes and Anxieties at the Closing of the Great War, 1918. Pen and Sword Books. p. 321. ISBN 9781783839926.
- ^ Jelavich, Barbara (1983). History of the Balkans: Twentieth century. Cambridge University Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-521-27459-3.
- ^ a b c "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. Archived from the original on 15 October 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ Syrian Civil War
- ^ 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.