List of wars involving Russia

This is a List of wars and armed conflicts in Russia - a list of all armed conflicts in Russia and Russia in chronological order, from the 9th to the 21st century.

Russian troops 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 the Old Russian state, through the period of significant territorial growth of Russia in the 15th-20th centuries, marked by wars of conquest in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, the Volga region, Siberia, Central Asia and the Far East, to the world wars of the 20th century 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

Legends of results:

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

Novgorodian and Kievan Rus'[]

Date	Conflict	Russia (and its allies)	Opponent(s)	Result
907	Rus'–Byzantine War (907)	Kievan Rus'	Byzantine Empire	Victory^[1]
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^[2]
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.
1061	Sosols raid against Pskov	Kievan Rus'	Sosols	Defeat. Yaroslav the Wise’s conquests in Estonia are lost.
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 Duchy of Moscow (1263–1547)[]

Date	Conflict	Russia (and its allies)	Opponent(s)	Result
1368–1372	Lithuanian-Muscovite War	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Principality of Tver	Inconclusive Treaty of Lyubutsk
1376	Muscovite-Volga Bulgars war	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Volga Bulgaria	Victory
	Battle on Pyana River	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Golden Horde	Defeat
	Battle of the Vozha River	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Golden Horde	Victory
	Battle of Kulikovo	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Golden Horde	Victory
1382	Siege of Moscow	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Golden Horde	Defeat
1438–1445	Ulugh Muhammad's Campaign	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Khanate of Kazan	Defeat Capture of the Grand Prince Creation of a buffer state
1467–1469	Qasim War	Grand Duchy of Moscow Qasim Khanate	Khanate of Kazan	Victory Kazan releases all ethnic Christian Russians enslaved in the past four decades
1471	Battle of Shelon	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Novgorod Republic	Victory Novgorod is integrated into the Grand Principality in 1478
1480	Great stand on the Ugra river	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Golden Horde	Victory End of Mongol rule
	[ru]	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Principality of Tver	Victory End of the Principality of Tver
1478	Siege of Kazan	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Khanate of Kazan	Victory The Kazan Khan is imprisoned and replaced by his half-brother
1492–1494	First Muscovite-Lithuanian War	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Victory
1495–1497	Russo-Swedish War	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Sweden	Inconclusive
1500–1503	Second Muscovite-Lithuanian War	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Livonian Order	Victory
1505–1507	Russo-Kazan War	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Khanate of Kazan	Inconclusive
1507–1508	Third Muscovite-Lithuanian War	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Crimean Khanate	Inconclusive
1512–1522	Fourth Muscovite-Lithuanian War	Grand Duchy of Moscow Livonian Order	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland Crimean Khanate	Victory
1534–1537	Fifth Muscovite-Lithuanian War	Grand Duchy of Moscow	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland Crimean Khanate	Indecisive

Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721)[]

Date	Conflict	Location	Russia (and its allies)	Opponent(s)	Result
1552	Siege of Kazan Ivan IV enters the defeated Kazan	Tatarstan	Russia	Khanate of Kazan	Victory Annexation of Kazan into Russia
1552–1556	Tatar Rebellion	Tatarstan	Russia	Tatar rebels	Victory Crushing of the rebellion
1554–1557	Ivan the Terrible’s Swedish War	Karelia	Russia	Sweden	Inconclusive Treaty of Novgorod
1556	Russian conquest of Astrakhan	Astrakhan	Russia	Astrakhan Khanate	Victory Russian annexation of Astrakhan
1558–1583	Livonian War Russia troops besiege Narva in 1558	Northern Europe	Russia Livonia	Livonian Confederation Denmark–Norway Sweden Poland-Lithuania (before 1569 the Polish–Lithuanian union)	Defeat Truce of Jam Zapolski Treaty of Plussa
1568–1570	Astrakhan Expedition	Astrakhan and Azov	Russia	Turkey Crimean Khanate	Victory Treaty of Constantinople (1570)
1570–1572	Ivan the Terrible’s Crimean War	European Russia	Russia	Crimean Khanate	Victory The burning of Moscow by the Crimean Tatars in 1571 The defeat of the Crimean Tatars by the Russians at the Battle of Molodi in 1572 Preservation of independence of Russia and its conquests in the Volga region
1580–1762	Russian conquest of Siberia Yermak’s Conquest of Siberia	Siberia	Russia Cossacks pro-Russian native Siberians	Khanate of Sibir (until 1598) Native Siberians	Victory Start of Russian annexation of Siberia
1590–1595	Boris Godunov’s Swedish War	Northern Europe	Russia	Sweden	Inconclusive Treaty of Teusina Мutual territorial concessions
1605–1618	Polish invasions of Russia The Poles surrender the Moscow Kremlin to Prince Pozharsky in 1612	Russia	Russia Sweden (1609–1610)	Poland-Lithuania	Inconclusive Russia preserve independence Russia lost Smolensk Vladislav Zhigimondovich remained a contender for the Russian throne Truce of Deulino
1606–1607	Bolotnikov Rebellion Bolotnikov’s battle with the Tsar’s army at Nizhniye Kotly near Moscow	Russia	Russia	Rebels under Ivan Bolotnikov	Victory Crushing of the rebellion
1610–1617	Ingrian War Depiction of Russian troops in 1611	Russia	Russia	Sweden	Defeat Treaty of Stolbovo
1632–1634	Smolensk War Russian troops storm Smolensk	Smolensk	Russia	Poland-Lithuania	Defeat Treaty of Polyanovka
1651–1653	Alexis I’s Persian War	North Caucasus	Russia	Persia	Defeat
1652–1689	Sino–Russian border conflicts Russian fort under attack by Chinese troops	Heilongjiang and Amur	Russia Cossacks	China Korea	Defeat Treaty of Nerchinsk
1654–1667	First Northern War	Eastern Europe	Russia Cossack Hetmanate	Poland-Lithuania Crimean Khanate	Victory Truce of Andrusovo
1656–1658	Second Northern War Russian troops besiege Riga in 1656	Northern Europe	Russia	Sweden	Inconclusive Treaty of Valiesar Treaty of Cardis
1662–1664	First Bashkir Rebellion	Bashkortostan	Russia	Bashkir rebels	Inconclusive Political defeat Russian government forced to accept Bashkir demands
1670–1671	Razin’s Rebellion Razin’s rebels in Astrakhan	Russia	Russia	Cossacks under Stepan Razin	Victory Crushing of the rebellion
1676–1681	Feodor III��s Turkish War	Ukraine	Russia	Turkey Crimean Khanate	Indecisive^[3] Treaty of Bakhchisarai
1683–1700	Great Turkish War Russian troops capture Azov	Eastern Europe	Russia (from 1686) Austria Poland-Lithuania Cossack Hetmanate	Turkey Crimean Khanate	Victory Treaty of Constantinople Russia stopped paying regular tribute to Crimea
1700–1721	Great Northern War Russian troops assault the island fortress of Nöteborg Russian troops capture Narva	Europe	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 (1710–14) Cossack Hetmanate (1708–09) Great Britain (1700, 1719–21)	Victory Victory against Sweden Treaty of Nystad Defeat against Turkey Treaty of the Pruth
1704–1711	Third Bashkir Rebellion	Bashkortostan and Tatarstan	Russia	Bashkir rebels	Military victory Political defeat Russian government forced to accept some Bashkir demands
1707–1708	Bulavin Rebellion	Southern Russia	Russia	Don Cossack rebels	Victory Crushing of the rebellion
1717	Peter the Great’s Khivan War	Khanate of Khiva	Russia	Khanate of Khiva	Defeat Russian invasion of Khanate of Khiva repelled
1717–1847	Kazakh-Russian conflicts	Kazakhstan	Russia Bashkirs Cossack rebels	Kazakhstan Kyrgyz tribes Khanate of Khiva	Victory Annexation of Kazakhstan to Russia

Russian Empire (1721–1917)[]

Date	Conflict	Location	Russia (and its allies)	Opponent(s)	Result
1722–1723	Persian Expedition of Peter the Great	Caucasus and northern Iran	Russia Cossack Hetmanate Armenia Georgia	Persia	Victory Treaty of Saint Petersburg
1733–1738	War of the Polish Succession Rhineland Depiction of the Siege of Danzig by Russian and Saxon forces in 1734	Poland	Poland under Augustus III of Poland Russia Austria Saxony Prussia	Poland under Stanisław Leszczyński France Spain Sardinia	Indecisive Treaty of Vienna
1735–1739	Russo-Austro-Turkish War	Eastern Europe	Russia Cossack Hetmanate Austria	Turkey Crimea	Victory Russian victory Austrian defeat Treaty of Niš
1735–1740	Fourth Bashkir Rebellion	Bashkortostan	Russia pro-Russian Bashkirs	Bashkir rebels	Victory Crushing of the rebellion Establishment of Orenburg
1740–1748	War of the Austrian Succession	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
1756–1763	Seven Years' War Russian troops in Berlin in 1760	Europe	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
1768–1769	Koliivshchyna Rebellion Camp of Haidamakas	Ukraine	Russia Poland-Lithuania	Haidamaky	Victory Crushing of the rebellion
1768–1772	War of the Bar Confederation Krakow capitulates to Suvorov	Poland	Russia	France Bar Confederation	Victory Treaty of Kuçuk Kainarji First Partition of Poland
1768–1774	Catherine the Great’s First Turkish War Destruction of the Turkish fleet in the Battle of Chesma	Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Mediterranean	Russia	Turkey Crimea	Victory Treaty of Kuçuk Kainarji
1773–1775	Pugachev's Rebellion Russian Cossack troops march during the rebellion	Russia	Russia	Rebels under Yemelyan Pugachev Turkey	Victory Crushing of the rebellion
1787–1792	Catherine the Great’s Second Turkish War Russian troops storm the fortress of Ochakov	Eastern Europe	Russia	Turkey	Victory Treaty of Jassy
1788–1790	Catherine the Great’s Swedish War Russian fleet during the Battle of Vyborg Bay	Finland, western Sweden and Baltic Sea	Russia	Sweden	Inconclusive
1792	Catherine the Great’s Polish War	Poland	Russia Targowica Confederation	Poland-Lithuania	Victory Second Partition of Poland
1794	Kościuszko Uprising Battle of Praga	Poland	Russia Prussia	Poland-Lithuania	Victory Crushing of the uprising Third Partition of Poland
1796	Persian Expedition of Catherine the Great	North Caucasus and South Caucasus	Russia	Persia	Withdrawal
1799–1802	War of the Second Coalition Suvorov victorious at the Battle of Trebbia (1799)	Europe	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
1803–1806	War of the Third Coalition Capture of a French regiment’s standard by the cavalry of the Russian Guards	Europe	Austria Russia United Kingdom Sicily Naples Portugal Sweden	France French client states	Defeat Peace of Pressburg
1804–1813	Alexander I’s Persian War Russian troops storm the fortress of Lankaran	North Caucasus, South Caucasus and northern Iran	Russia	Persia	Victory Treaty of Gulistan
1806–1807	War of the Fourth Coalition Russia troops clash with French troops at the Battle of Eylau	Eastern and Central Europe	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
1806–1812	Alexander I’s Turkish War Russian Fleet after the Battle of Athos	Romania, Moldova, Caucasus and Black Sea	Russia	Turkey	Victory Treaty of Bucharest
1807–1812	Anglo-Russian War	Baltic Sea and Barents Sea	Russia	United Kingdom	Inconclusive Treaty of Orebro
1808–1809	Finnish War Russian troops cross the Gulf of Bothnia on ice	Finland and Sweden	Russia	Sweden	Victory Treaty of Fredrikshamn
1809	War of the Fifth Coalition	Central Europe	France Confederation of the Rhine Italy Spain Warsaw Russia	Austria United Kingdom Sicily Sardinia	Victory (limited involvement) Treaty of Schönbrunn
1812	French invasion of Russia General Raevsky leading a detachment of the Russian Imperial Guard at the Battle of Saltanovka	Russia	Russia	France French client states	Victory French invasion repelled Destruction of Napoleon’s Grand Army
1813–1814	War of the Sixth Coalition Russian troops entering Paris in 1814	Europe	Austria Prussia United Kingdom Sweden Russia Spain Portugal Sicily Sardinia	France French client states	Victory Treaty of Fontainebleau Treaty of Paris
1815	War of the Seventh Coalition	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
1817–1864	Caucasian War Imam Shamil surrenders to Russian forces	Caucasus	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
1825	Decembrist revolt Decembrists at the Senate Square	Saint Petersburg	Russia	Decembrist rebels	Victory Crushing of the revolt
1826–1828	Nicholas I’s Persian War Russian and Persian troops clash near Elisabethpol	South Caucasus and northern Iran	Russia	Persia	Victory Treaty of Turkmenchay
1827	Battle of Navarino Part of the Greek War of Independence Russian squadron bombarding the Ottoman fleet	Greece	United Kingdom France Russia	Turkey Egypt Tunisia	Victory
1828–1829	Nicholas I’s Turkish War Russian troops besiege Kars in 1828	Balkans and Caucasus	Russia	Turkey	Victory Treaty of Adrianople
1830–1831	November uprising Russian and Polish forces clash during the Battle of Ostrołęka	Poland	Russia	Poland	Victory Crushing of the uprising
1839–1841	Second Turko-Egyptian War	Syria and Lebanon	Britain Austria Russia Turkey	Egypt France Spain	Victory Egypt renounced its claim to Syria
1839–1895	Russian conquest of Central Asia Russian troops entering Samarkand in 1868	Central Asia	Russia	Kazakhstan Bukhara Khiva Kokand Turkmen tribes Kyrgyz tribes Afghanistan	Victory Russian annexation of Central Asia
1841	Gurian Rebellion	Georgia	Russia	Gurian rebels	Victory Crushing of the rebellion
1842	Shoorcha rebellion	Tatarstan and Ulyanovsk	Russia	Tatar, Mari and Chuvash peasants	Victory Crushing of the rebellion
1848–1849	Hungarian Revolution of 1848 Hungarian troops surrender to the Russians at Világos	Hungary	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
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	Russia	France Turkey Britain Sardinia	Defeat Treaty of Paris
1858	Mahtra Rebellion	Estonia	Russia	Estonian peasants	Victory Crushing of the rebellion
1861	Bezdna Revolt	Tatarstan	Russia	Peasants	Victory Crushing of the revolt
1863–1864	January uprising Russian troops in Warsaw during the uprising	Poland	Russia	Polish, Lithuanian and Ukrainian insurgents	Victory Crushing of the uprising
1866	Polish Rebellion in Siberia	Siberia	Russia	Polish political exiles	Victory Crushing of the rebellion
1877–1878	Alexander II’s Turkish War Russian troops entering Adrianople	Balkans and Caucasus	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
1897–1898		Crete	Cretan revolutionaries Kingdom of Greece British Empire France Italy Russian Empire Austria-Hungary (until April 12, 1898) German Empire (until March 16th, 1898)	Ottoman Empire	Victory Establishment of the Cretan State. Withdraw of Ottoman forces from Crete.
1899–1901	Boxer Rebellion Russian troops in Pekin	China	Eight-Nation Alliance: Japan United Kingdom Russia France United States Germany Austria-Hungary Italy	Yìhéquán China	Victory
1904–1905	Russo-Japanese War Russian cavalry in a reconnaissance mission during the Battle of Mukden	Manchuria, Korean Peninsula and Yellow Sea	Russia	Japan	Defeat Treaty of Portsmouth
1905–1907	Russian Revolution of 1905 A barricade erected by revolutionaries in Moscow	Russia	Russia	Revolutionaries Peasants Industrial workers Separatists Saint Petersburg Soviet Moscow City Duma Chita Republic SR RSDLP	Victory Crushing of the revolution
1905–1911	Persian Constitutional Revolution Russian flag over Arg of Tabriz	Iran	Persia Russia (from 1906)	Iranian constitutionalists	Victory Russian occupation of Northern Iran until Russian Revolution
1914–1918	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: France British Empire United Kingdom Canada Newfoundland Australia New Zealand India South Africa Russia United States Italy Serbia Montenegro Belgium Japan Romania Portugal Brazil Hejaz Greece Armenia Nejd and Hasa China Siam	Central Powers: Germany Austria-Hungary Turkey Bulgaria	Defeat^[4]^[5]^[6] Separate peace at Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Russian Civil War Allied Victory (without Russia) Paris Peace Conference
1916–1934	Central Asian Revolt Soviet troops on Turkestan front in 1922	Central Asia	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)[]

Date	Conflict	Russia (and its allies)	Opponent(s)	Result
1917–1922	Russian Civil War	Russian SFSR Far Eastern Republic Mongolian Communists Makhnovshchina Left SR Green armies	White Movement Mountain Republic Makhnovshchina Left SR Green armies British Empire 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
1917–1921	Ukrainian War of Independence	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
1917–1920	Kazakhstan Campaign	Russian SFSR	Alash Autonomy White Movement	Victory Incorporation of Kazakhstan into the Soviet Union
1918	Finnish Civil War	Russian SSR Red Guard	White Guard Germany	Defeat Victory of White Guard in Finland
1918–1920	Latvian War of Independence	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
1918–1920	Estonian War of Independence	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
1918–1919	Lithuanian–Soviet War	Russian SFSR LBSSR	Republic of Lithuania Saxon Volunteers	Defeat Expulsion of Bolshevik forces from Lithuania
1918–1920	Georgian-Ossetian Conflict	Russian SFSR Ossetian rebels	Transcaucasian Federation Georgia	Defeat Crushing of the Ossetian rebellion
1919–1921	Polish–Soviet War	Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR Byelorussian SSR Polrewkom	Poland Ukrainian nationalists	Defeat Peace of Riga
1919–1923	Turkish War of Independence	Turkey Russian SFSR^[7]	Greece United Kingdom Armenia	Victory Overthrow of the Ottoman sultanate Establishment of the Republic of Turkey
1920	Invasion of Azerbaijan	Russian SFSR Azerbaijan SSR	Azerbaijan	Victory Overthrow of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic government
1920	Red Army invasion of Armenia	Russian SFSR	Armenia	Victory Establishment of the Armenian SSR
1921	Invasion of Georgia	Russian SFSR Armenian SSR Azerbaijan SSR Turkey	Georgia	Victory Establishment of the Georgian SSR
1921	Soviet intervention in Mongolia	Russian SFSR Mongolian People's Party	Mongolia	Victory Provisional People's Government established
1921–1922	East Karelian Uprising	Russian SFSR	Forest Guerrillas Finnish volunteers	Victory Crushing of the uprising

Soviet Union (1922–1991)[]

Date	Conflict	Russia (and its allies)	Opponent(s)	Result
1924	August Uprising	Soviet Union	Damkom	Victory Consolidation of Soviet rule in Georgian SSR
1924	Tatarbunary Uprising	Soviet Union In support of: Tatarbunary Revolutionary Committee	Kingdom of Romania	Defeat Crushing of the Soviet-inspired rebellion
1925–1926	Urtatagai conflict	Soviet Union	Emirate of Afghanistan	Peace treaty Afghanistan forced to restrain Basmachi border raids Urtatagai is captured, then ceded back to Afghanistan
1929	Sino-Soviet conflict	Soviet Union	China	Victory Upholding of the provisions of 1924 agreement
1929	Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1929)Part of the Afghan Civil War (1928–1929)	Soviet UnionIn support of: Amānullāh Khān	Basmachi Saqqawists	Defeat The operation of the Red Army in Afghanistan did not change the situation in the country. Failure to restore Amanullah Khan as king of Afghanistan
1930	Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1930)	Soviet Union	Basmachi	Victory
1932	[ru]	Soviet Union	Chechen rebels	Victory Uprising suppressed
1932–1941	Soviet–Japanese border conflicts	Soviet Union Mongolia	Japan Manchukuo	Victory Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact
1936–1939	Spanish Civil War	Republicans Soviet Union Supported by: Mexico	Nationalists Germany Italy	Defeat End of the Second Spanish Republic Rise of Francoist Spain
1937	Islamic Rebellion in Xinjiang	Xinjiang Soviet Union White Movement	China	Victory Establishment of the rule of Sheng Shica’s regime over the whole territory of Xinjiang province
1939	Invasion of Poland(Part of World War II)	Germany Soviet Union Slovak Republic	Poland	Victory Division of Polish territory between Third Reich, Soviet Union and Slovakia
1939–1940	Winter War(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
1940	Occupation of the Baltic states(Part of World War II)	Soviet Union	Estonia Latvia Lithuania	Victory Occupation of the Baltic states by the Red Army
1940	Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina(Part of World War II)	Soviet Union	Romania	Victory Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina annexed to the USSR, creation of the Moldovan SSR
1941–1945	World War II	Allied Powers: Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Mexico	Axis Powers: Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Slovakia Croatia Thailand Manchukuo Mengjiang	Victory Collapse of the Third Reich Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War
1944–1956	Guerrilla war in the Baltic states	Soviet Union	Estonia Latvia Lithuania	Victory Defeat of national partisans
1944–1953	Guerrilla war in Ukraine(Part of World War II from 1944–1945)	Soviet Union	Ukrainian Insurgent Army	Victory Defeat of national partisans
1945	Soviet–Japanese War(Part of World War II)	Soviet Union Mongolia	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.
1946–1954	First Indochina War	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.
1950–1953	Korean War	North Korea China Soviet Union	United Nations South Korea United States United Kingdom Australia Belgium Canada France Philippines Colombia Ethiopia Greece Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand South Africa Thailand Turkey	Ceasefire (limited involvement) Establishment of the Korean DMZ Minor territorial changes
1955–1975	Vietnam War	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
1953	East German Uprising	Soviet Union East Germany	East German demonstrators	Victory Uprising suppressed
1956	Hungarian Revolution	Soviet Union ÁVH	Revolutionaries	Victory Crushing of the revolution
1968	Invasion of Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union Bulgaria East Germany Hungary Poland	Czechoslovakia	Victory Moscow Protocol Soviet military presence in Czechoslovakia until 1991
1969	Zhenbao Island Incident	Soviet Union	China	Status quo ante bellumStrategic Victory^[8] Tactical Soviet victory^[9] Strategic Soviet victory: Ceasefire Agreement Signed.^[8] 1991 Sino-Soviet Border Agreement^[8]
1969–1970	War of Attrition	Egypt Soviet Union	Israel	Inconclusive Both sides claimed victory Continuation of Israeli occupation of Sinai
1974–1991	Eritrean War of Independence	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
1975–1991	Angolan Civil War	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
1977–1978	Ethio-Somali War	Ethiopia Cuba South Yemen Soviet Union	Somalia WSLF	Victory Somalia broke all ties with the Second World except for China and Romania
1979–1989	Soviet–Afghan War	Soviet Union Afghanistan	Afghan Mujahideen	Defeat^[10] 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)[]

Date	Conflict	Location	Russia (and its allies)	Opponent(s)	Result
1991–1993	Georgian Civil War	Georgia	Georgia Russia	Zviadists	Victory Zviadist revolt crushed
1991–1993	War in Abkhazia	Abkhazia	Russia Abkhazia	Georgia	Victory Abkhazia gained de facto independence
1992	Transnistria War PMR trucks on the bridge between Tiraspol and Bendery	Transnistria	Transnistria Russia	Moldova	Victory Transnistria gained de facto independence
1992	East Prigorodny Conflict	North Ossetia-Alania	Russia North Ossetia-Alania^[11]	Ingush militia	Victory Expulsion of ethnic Ingush from Prigorodny by Ossetian militia
1992–1997	Tajikistani Civil War Russian Spetsnaz troops dismount an APC during the war	Tajikistan	Tajikistan Russia Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan China India UNMOT Austria Bangladesh Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Ghana Hungary Indonesia Jordan Nepal Nigeria Poland Switzerland Ukraine Uruguay	United Tajik Opposition Taliban factions	Victory United Nations-sponsored armistice
1994–1996	First Chechen War A Chechen militiaman takes cover behind a burned-out Russian BMP-2 armoured vehicle	Chechnya	Russia Chechen Opposition	Ichkeria Mujahideen	Defeat^[12] 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
1999	War of Dagestan Russian federal Spetsnaz forces in Dagestan	Dagestan	Russia Dagestan	IIPB	Victory Start of the Second Chechen War
1999–2009	Second Chechen War A farewell ceremony for the 331st Airborne Regiment of the 98th Airborne Division withdrawn from Chechnya	Chechnya	Russia Chechnya	Ichkeria Caucasian Front Mujahideen	Victory Russia regained control over Chechnya
2008	Russo-Georgian War Russian BMP-2 from the 58th Army in South Ossetia	Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia	Russia South Ossetia Abkhazia	Georgia	Victory Expansion of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
2009–2017	Insurgency in the North Caucasus FSB Spetsnaz members during an anti-terrorist operation in Makhachkala, Dagestan	North Caucasus	Russia Chechnya Dagestan Ingushetia Kabardino-Balkaria North Ossetia-Alania	Caucasus Emirate ISIL (from 2015)	Victory Defeat of Islamists
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 (incl. Crimea)	Russia Donetsk People's Republic Luhansk People's Republic	Ukraine	Ongoing Russian annexation of Crimea War in Donbas Minsk Protocol, an un-implemented ceasefire agreement
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	Russia Syria Iran Hezbollah	ISIL Ahrar al-Sham Tahrir al-Sham Syrian Opposition	Ongoing^[13]^{[circular reference]} Preservation of the Syrian government headed by Bashar al-Assad.^[14] 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^[15]^[16]
2018–present	Central African Republic Civil War Delivery of Russian BRDM-2 armored vehicles to Central African Republic, October 2020	Central African Republic	Russia Central African Republic Rwanda	Coalition of Patriots for Change	Ongoing
2019	Insurgency in Cabo Delgado	Mozambique	Mozambique Russia	Ansar al-Sunna Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Defeat Russians retread from Cabo Delgado after sustaining losses.^[17]
2022	2022 Kazakh unrest	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan Russia CSTO	Protesters	Ongoing CSTO peacekeeping mission

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.
^ Legvold, Robert (2007). Russian Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century and the Shadow of the Past. Columbia University Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-231-51217-6.
^ Mayayo i Artal, Andreu; Pellegrini, Alberto; Segura i Mas, Antoni (2019). Centenary of the Russian Revolution (1917–2017). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-5275-2465-1.
^ 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 978-1-78383-992-6.
^ 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.
^ Bloodshed and retreat from Mozambique for Putin’s private army the Wagner Group, 25 November 2019

[1] Janet Martin. Treasure of the Land of Darkness: The Fur Trade and Its Significance for Medieval Russia. Cambridge University Press, 2004. P. 115

[2] Vilhelm Ludvig Peter Thomsen. The Relations Between Ancient Russia and Scandinavia, and the Origin of the Russian State. Cambridge University Press. 2010. P. 25

[3] David R. Stone, A Military History of Russia: From Ivan the Terrible to the War in Chechnya, (Greenwood Publishing, 2006), 41.

[4] Legvold, Robert (2007). Russian Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century and the Shadow of the Past. Columbia University Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-231-51217-6.

[5] Mayayo i Artal, Andreu; Pellegrini, Alberto; Segura i Mas, Antoni (2019). Centenary of the Russian Revolution (1917–2017). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-5275-2465-1.

[6] 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 978-1-78383-992-6.

[jelavich-7] Jelavich, Barbara (1983). History of the Balkans: Twentieth century. Cambridge University Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-521-27459-3.

[ibiblio.org-8] "Exploring Chinese History :: Politics :: Conflict and War :: Soviet Aggression". Retrieved 26 December 2016.

[Kuisong_p.29-9] Kuisong p.29

[10] "Soviet Defeat in Afghanistan". GlobalSecurity.org.

[11] "9. Вооруженные формирования в зоне конфликта". Retrieved 26 December 2016.

[12] "Why the Russian Military Failed in Chechnya". Foreign Military Studies Office. Archived from the original on 15 October 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2016.

[13] Syrian Civil War

[newser-14] Quinn, Rob (12 December 2017). "Putin Announces Russian Withdrawal From Syria". Newser.com. Retrieved 18 December 2017.

[15] "Assad and Putin Meet, as Russia Pushes to End Syrian War". New York Times. 21 November 2017.

[16] "How Russian special forces are shaping the fight in Syria". Washington Post. 29 March 2016.

[17] Bloodshed and retreat from Mozambique for Putin’s private army the Wagner Group, 25 November 2019

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