List of wars involving Russia
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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 | Location | Russia (and its allies) | Opponent(s) | Result |
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907 | Rus'–Byzantine War (907) | Kievan Rus' | ![]() |
Victory[1] | |
920–1036 | Rus'-Pechenegs' campaigns | Kievan Rus' | Pechenegs | Different results. Eventually victory. | |
941 | Rus'–Byzantine War (941) | Kievan Rus' | ![]() |
Defeat | |
944/945 | Rus'-Byzantine War (944/945) | Kievan Rus' | ![]() |
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' | ![]() |
Defeat | |
981 | Vladimir the Great's campaign on Cherven Cities | Kievan Rus' | ![]() |
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' | ![]() |
Military victory. Agreement. Baptism of Vladimir and further Christianization of Kievan Rus'. | |
1022 | Yaroslav the Wise's attack on Brest | Kievan Rus' | ![]() |
Defeat | |
1024 | Rus'–Byzantine War (1024) | Kievan Rus' | ![]() |
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' | ![]() |
Victory | |
1043 | Rus'–Byzantine War (1043) | Kievan Rus' | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat. Principalities of the Russian State became vassals of the Mongol Empire. |
Grand Duchy of Moscow (1263–1547)[]
Date | Conflict | Location | Russia (and its allies) | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1368–1372 | Lithuanian-Muscovite War | ![]() |
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Inconclusive | |
1376 | Muscovite-Volga Bulgars war | ![]() |
Volga Bulgaria | Victory | |
Battle on Pyana River | ![]() |
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Defeat | ||
Battle of the Vozha River | ![]() |
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Victory | ||
Battle of Kulikovo | ![]() |
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Victory | ||
1382 | Siege of Moscow | ![]() |
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Defeat | |
1438–1445 | Ulugh Muhammad's Campaign | ![]() |
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Defeat
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1467–1469 | Qasim War | ![]()
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Victory
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1471 | Battle of Shelon | ![]() |
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Victory
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1480 | Great stand on the Ugra river | ![]() |
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Victory
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1478 | Siege of Kazan | ![]() |
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Victory
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1492–1494 | First Muscovite-Lithuanian War | ![]() |
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Victory | |
1495–1497 | Russo-Swedish War | ![]() |
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Inconclusive | |
1500–1503 | Second Muscovite-Lithuanian War | ![]() |
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Victory | |
1505–1507 | Russo-Kazan War | ![]() |
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Inconclusive | |
1507–1508 | Third Muscovite-Lithuanian War | ![]() |
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Inconclusive | |
1512–1522 | Fourth Muscovite-Lithuanian War | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory | |
1534–1537 | Fifth Muscovite-Lithuanian War | ![]() |
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Indecisive |
Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721)[]
Date | Conflict | Location | Russia (and its allies) | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1552 | Siege of Kazan
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Tatarstan | ![]() |
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Victory
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1552–1556 | Tatar Rebellion | Tatarstan | ![]() |
Tatar rebels | Victory
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1554–1557 | Ivan the Terrible’s Swedish War | Karelia | ![]() |
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Inconclusive |
1556 | Russian conquest of Astrakhan | Astrakhan | ![]() |
Astrakhan Khanate | Victory
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1558–1583 | Livonian War
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Northern Europe | ![]() |
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Defeat
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1568–1570 | Astrakhan Expedition | Astrakhan and Azov | ![]() |
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Victory
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1570–1572 | Ivan the Terrible’s Crimean War | European Russia | ![]() |
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Victory
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1580–1762 | Russian conquest of Siberia
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Siberia | ![]()
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Khanate of Sibir (until 1598)
Native Siberians |
Victory
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1590–1595 | Boris Godunov’s Swedish War | Northern Europe | ![]() |
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Inconclusive
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1605–1618 | Polish invasions of Russia
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Russia | ![]()
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Inconclusive
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1606–1607 | Bolotnikov Rebellion
![]() Bolotnikov’s battle with the Tsar’s army at Nizhniye Kotly near Moscow |
Russia | ![]() |
Rebels under Ivan Bolotnikov | Victory
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1610–1617 | Ingrian War ![]() Depiction of Russian troops in 1611 |
Russia | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1632–1634 | Smolensk War Russian troops storm Smolensk |
Smolensk | ![]() |
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Defeat
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1651–1653 | Alexis I’s Persian War | North Caucasus | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1652–1689 | Sino–Russian border conflicts
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Heilongjiang and Amur | ![]() Cossacks |
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Defeat
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1654–1667 | First Northern War | Eastern Europe | ![]()
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Victory |
1656–1658 | Second Northern War
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Northern Europe | ![]() |
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Inconclusive |
1662–1664 | First Bashkir Rebellion | Bashkortostan | ![]() |
Bashkir rebels | Inconclusive
Political defeat
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1670–1671 | Razin’s Rebellion ![]() Razin’s rebels in Astrakhan |
Russia | ![]() |
Cossacks under Stepan Razin | Victory
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1676–1681 | Feodor III���s Turkish War | Ukraine | ![]() |
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Indecisive[3] |
1683–1700 | Great Turkish War
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Eastern Europe | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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1700–1721 | Great Northern War
Russian troops assault the island fortress of Nöteborg ![]() Russian troops capture Narva |
Europe | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
Victory against Sweden
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1704–1711 | Third Bashkir Rebellion | Bashkortostan and Tatarstan | ![]() |
Bashkir rebels | Military victory
Political defeat
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1707–1708 | Bulavin Rebellion | Southern Russia | ![]() |
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Victory
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1717 | Peter the Great’s Khivan War | Khanate of Khiva | ![]() |
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Defeat
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1717–1847 | Kazakh-Russian conflicts | Kazakhstan | ![]() BashkirsCossack rebels |
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Victory
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Russian Empire (1721–1917)[]
Date | Conflict | Location | Russia (and its allies) | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1722–1723 | Persian Expedition of Peter the Great | Caucasus and northern Iran | ![]() ![]() Armenia Georgia |
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Victory |
1733–1738 | War of the Polish Succession Rhineland Depiction of the Siege of Danzig by Russian and Saxon forces in 1734 |
Poland | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Indecisive |
1735–1739 | Russo-Austro-Turkish War | Eastern Europe | ![]()
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Victory
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1735–1740 | Fourth Bashkir Rebellion | Bashkortostan | ![]()
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Bashkir rebels | Victory
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1740–1748 | War of the Austrian Succession | Europe | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Inconclusive
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1756–1763 | Seven Years' War ![]() Russian troops in Berlin in 1760 |
Europe | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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White peace
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1768–1769 | Koliivshchyna Rebellion
Camp of Haidamakas |
Ukraine | ![]() |
Haidamaky | Victory
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1768–1772 | War of the Bar Confederation ![]() Krakow capitulates to Suvorov |
Poland | ![]() |
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Victory
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1768–1774 | Catherine the Great’s First Turkish War ![]() Destruction of the Turkish fleet in the Battle of Chesma |
Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Mediterranean | ![]() |
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Victory |
1773–1775 | Pugachev's Rebellion
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Russia | ![]() |
Rebels under Yemelyan Pugachev ![]() |
Victory
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1787–1792 | Catherine the Great’s Second Turkish War
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Eastern Europe | ![]() |
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Victory |
1788–1790 | Catherine the Great’s Swedish War
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Finland, western Sweden and Baltic Sea | ![]() |
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Inconclusive |
1792 | Catherine the Great’s Polish War | Poland | ![]() Targowica Confederation |
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Victory
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1794 | Kościuszko Uprising | Poland | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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1796 | Persian Expedition of Catherine the Great | North Caucasus and South Caucasus | ![]() |
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Withdrawal |
1799–1802 | War of the Second Coalition
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Withdrawal (in 1799)
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1803–1806 | War of the Third Coalition
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Europe | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat
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1804–1813 | Alexander I’s Persian War
![]() Russian troops storm the fortress of Lankaran |
North Caucasus, South Caucasus and northern Iran | ![]() |
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Victory |
1806–1807 | War of the Fourth Coalition
![]() Russia troops clash with French troops at the Battle of Eylau |
Eastern and Central Europe | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat
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1806–1812 | Alexander I’s Turkish War
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Romania, Moldova, Caucasus and Black Sea | ![]() |
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Victory
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1807–1812 | Anglo-Russian War | Baltic Sea and Barents Sea | ![]() |
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Inconclusive
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1808–1809 | Finnish War
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Finland and Sweden | ![]() |
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Victory |
1809 | War of the Fifth Coalition | Central Europe | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory (limited involvement) |
1812 | French invasion of Russia
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Russia | ![]() |
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Victory
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1813–1814 | War of the Sixth Coalition ![]() Russian troops entering Paris in 1814 |
Europe | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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1815 | War of the Seventh Coalition | Europe | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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1817–1864 | Caucasian War ![]() Imam Shamil surrenders to Russian forces |
Caucasus | ![]() Mingrelia ![]() |
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Victory
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1825 | Decembrist revolt
![]() Decembrists at the Senate Square |
Saint Petersburg | ![]() |
Decembrist rebels | Victory
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1826–1828 | Nicholas I’s Persian War ![]() Russian and Persian troops clash near Elisabethpol |
South Caucasus and northern Iran | ![]() |
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Victory |
1827 | Battle of Navarino
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Greece | ![]() ![]()
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Victory |
1828–1829 | Nicholas I’s Turkish War ![]() Russian troops besiege Kars in 1828 |
Balkans and Caucasus | ![]() |
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Victory |
1830–1831 | November uprising
![]() Russian and Polish forces clash during the Battle of Ostrołęka |
Poland | ![]() |
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Victory
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1839–1841 | Second Turko-Egyptian War | Syria and Lebanon | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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1839–1895 | Russian conquest of Central Asia
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Central Asia | ![]() |
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Victory
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1841 | Gurian Rebellion | Georgia | ![]() |
Gurian rebels | Victory
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1842 | Shoorcha rebellion | Tatarstan and Ulyanovsk | ![]() |
Tatar, Mari and Chuvash peasants | Victory
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1848–1849 | Hungarian Revolution of 1848
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Hungary | ![]()
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Victory
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1853–1856 | Crimean War
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Crimea, Balkans, Caucasus, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea and Far East | ![]() |
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Defeat
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1858 | Mahtra Rebellion | Estonia | ![]() |
Estonian peasants | Victory
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1861 | Bezdna Revolt | Tatarstan | ![]() |
Peasants | Victory
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1863–1864 | January uprising
Russian troops in Warsaw during the uprising |
Poland | ![]() |
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Victory
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1866 | Polish Rebellion in Siberia | Siberia | ![]() |
Polish political exiles | Victory
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1877–1878 | Alexander II’s Turkish War
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Balkans and Caucasus | ![]()
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Victory |
1897–1898 | Crete | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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1899–1901 | Boxer Rebellion
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China | Eight-Nation Alliance:![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
1904–1905 | Russo-Japanese War
![]() Russian cavalry in a reconnaissance mission during the Battle of Mukden |
Manchuria, Korean Peninsula and Yellow Sea | ![]() |
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Defeat
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1905–1907 | Russian Revolution of 1905
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Russia | ![]() |
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Victory
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1905–1911 | Persian Constitutional Revolution
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Iran | ![]() ![]() |
Iranian constitutionalists | Victory
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1914–1918 | World War I
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Defeat[4][5][6]
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1916–1934 | Central Asian Revolt
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Central Asia | ![]() ![]()
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Victory
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Russian SFSR (1917–1922)[]
Date | Conflict | Location | Russia (and its allies) | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1917–1922 | Russian Civil War | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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1917–1921 | Ukrainian War of Independence | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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1917–1920 | Kazakhstan Campaign | ![]() |
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Victory
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1918 | Finnish Civil War | ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat
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1918–1920 | Latvian War of Independence | ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat
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1918–1920 | Estonian War of Independence | ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat
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1918–1919 | Lithuanian–Soviet War | ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat
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1918–1920 | Georgian-Ossetian Conflict | ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat
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1919–1921 | Polish–Soviet War | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat
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1919–1923 | Turkish War of Independence | ![]()
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Victory
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1920 | Invasion of Azerbaijan | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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1920 | Red Army invasion of Armenia | ![]() |
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Victory
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1921 | Invasion of Georgia | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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1921 | Soviet intervention in Mongolia | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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1921–1922 | East Karelian Uprising | ![]() |
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Victory
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Soviet Union (1922–1991)[]
Date | Conflict | Location | Russia (and its allies) | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1924 | August Uprising | ![]() |
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Victory
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1924 | Tatarbunary Uprising | ![]() |
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Defeat
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1925–1926 | Urtatagai conflict | ![]() |
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Peace treaty
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1929 | Sino-Soviet conflict | ![]() |
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Victory
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1929 | Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1929)Part of the Afghan Civil War (1928–1929) | ![]() |
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Defeat
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1930 | Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1930) | ![]() |
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Victory | |
1932 | ![]() |
Chechen rebels | Victory
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1932–1941 | Soviet–Japanese border conflicts | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory | |
1936–1939 | Spanish Civil War | ![]()
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Defeat
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1937 | Islamic Rebellion in Xinjiang | ![]()
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Victory
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1939 | Invasion of Poland(Part of World War II) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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1939–1940 | Winter War(Part of World War II) | ![]() |
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Victory
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1940 | Occupation of the Baltic states(Part of World War II) | ![]() |
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Victory
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1940 | Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina(Part of World War II) | ![]() |
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Victory
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1941–1945 | World War II | Allied Powers:
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Victory
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1944–1956 | Guerrilla war in the Baltic states | ![]() |
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Victory
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1944–1953 | Guerrilla war in Ukraine(Part of World War II from 1944–1945) | ![]() |
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Victory
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1945 | Soviet–Japanese War(Part of World War II) | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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1946–1954 | First Indochina War | ![]()
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Victory
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1950–1953 | Korean War | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Ceasefire (limited involvement)
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1955–1975 | Vietnam War | ![]() ![]()
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Victory
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1953 | East German Uprising | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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1956 | Hungarian Revolution | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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1968 | Invasion of Czechoslovakia | ![]() ![]()
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Victory
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1969 | Zhenbao Island Incident | ![]() |
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Status quo ante bellumStrategic Victory[8] | |
1969–1970 | War of Attrition | ![]() ![]() |
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Inconclusive
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1974–1991 | Eritrean War of Independence | ![]()
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Withdrawal (limited involvement)
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1975–1991 | Angolan Civil War | ![]()
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Stalemate (limited involvement)
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1977–1978 | Ethio-Somali War | ![]()
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Victory
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1979–1989 | Soviet–Afghan War | ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat[10]
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Russian Federation (1991-present)[]
Date | Conflict | Location | Russia (and its allies) | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1991–1993 | Georgian Civil War | Georgia | ![]()
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Victory
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1991–1993 | War in Abkhazia | Abkhazia | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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1992 | Transnistria War
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Transnistria | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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1992 | East Prigorodny Conflict | North Ossetia-Alania | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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1992–1997 | Tajikistani Civil War
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Victory
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1994–1996 | First Chechen War
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Defeat[12]
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1999 | War of Dagestan
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Dagestan | ![]()
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Victory
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1999–2009 | Second Chechen War
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Victory
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2008 | Russo-Georgian War
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Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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2009–2017 | Insurgency in the North Caucasus
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North Caucasus | ![]()
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Victory
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2014–present | Russo-Ukrainian War
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Ongoing
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2015–present | Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War
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Ongoing[13][circular reference]
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2018–present | Central African Republic Civil War
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Ongoing |
2019 | Insurgency in Cabo Delgado | Mozambique | ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat
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2022 | 2022 Kazakh unrest | Kazakhstan | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Protesters | Ongoing
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See also[]
- 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 Belarus
- 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[]
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
- Wars involving Russia
- Lists of wars by country
- Military history of Russia
- Russia history-related lists
- Russian and Soviet military-related lists