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This is a list of wars and armed conflicts involving Russia and its predecessors in chronological order, from the 9th to the 21st century.
The Russian military and troops of its predecessor states in Russia 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 Kievan Rus'. Following the disintegration of Kievan Rus', the emergence of the Principality of Moscow and then the centralized Russian state saw a period of significant territorial growth of the state centred in Moscow and then St. Petersburg during the 15th to 20th centuries, marked by wars of conquest in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, the Volga region, Siberia, Central Asia and the Far East, the world wars of the early 20th century, the proxy wars of the Cold War, and today.
The list includes:
Legend of results:
Date | Conflict | Location | Rus and its allies | Opponent(s) | Result |
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830s | Paphlagonian expedition of the Rusʹ | Rus' Khaganate | Byzantine Empire | Victory[a] | |
860 | Siege of Constantinople (860) | Rus' Khaganate | Byzantine Empire | Victory[a] | |
907 | Rus'–Byzantine War (907) | Kievan Rus' | Byzantine Empire | Victory[1] | |
920–1036 | Rus'–Pecheneg campaigns | Kievan Rus' | Pechenegs | Various 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
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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 and agreement
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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
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1030–1031 | Yaroslav the Wise's campaign on Cherven Cities | Kievan Rus' | Duchy of Poland | Victory | |
1042–1228 | Finnish–Novgorodian wars | Kievan Rus' (until 1136) | Baltic Finnic peoples of Fennoscandia (Yem people) | Various results, mostly victories
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1043 | Rus'–Byzantine War (1043) | Kievan Rus' | Byzantine Empire | Defeat | |
1055–1223 | Rus'–Cuman campaigns | Kievan Rus' | Cumans | Various results, mostly victories | |
1061 | Sosols raid against Pskov | Kievan Rus' | Sosols | Defeat
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1132–1445 | Swedish–Novgorodian Wars | Kievan Rus' (until 1136) | Kingdom of Sweden
Kingdom of Norway (from 1319) |
Stalemate after the Black Death | |
1147 | Bolesław IV the Curly's raid on Old Prussians | Bolesław IV the CurlyKievan Rus' | Old Prussians | Victory | |
1203–1234 | Campaigns of Rus princes against the Order of the Sword (see also Livonian Crusade) | Livonian Brothers of the Sword | Defeat | ||
1223–1240 | Mongol invasion of Rus'(see also List of Tatar and Mongol raids against Rus') | Mongol Empire | Decisive defeat
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1240–1242 | Livonian campaign against Rus' (see also Northern Crusades) | Kievan Rus' | Victory
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1245 | Alexandr Nevsky Lithuanian campaign | Kievan Rus' | Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Victory | |
1268 | Battle of Wesenberg | Denmark | Both sides claim victory |
This is a list of wars involving the Principality of Moscow (1263–1547), also known as Muscovy.[b]
Date | Conflict | Location | Russia and its allies | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1552 | Siege of Kazan | Tatarstan | Russia | Khanate of Kazan | Victory
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1552–1556 | Tatar Rebellion | Tatarstan | Russia | Tatar rebels | Victory
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1554–1557 | Ivan the Terrible's Swedish War | Karelia | Russia | Sweden | Inconclusive |
1556 | Russian conquest of Astrakhan | Astrakhan | Russia | Astrakhan Khanate | Victory
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1558-1562 | Ivan the Terrible's Livonian Campaign | Livonia | Russia | Livonian Confederation | Victory
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1562-1570 | Russo-Lithuanian War | Northern Europe | Russia | Polish–Lithuanian union | Victory |
1558–1583 | Livonian War | Northern Europe | Defeat | ||
1568–1570 | Astrakhan Expedition | Astrakhan and Azov | Russia | Victory
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1570–1572 | Ivan the Terrible's Crimean War | European Russia | Russia | Crimean Khanate | Victory
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1580–1762 | Russian conquest of Siberia | Siberia | Russia
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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 | Russia | Sweden | Inconclusive
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1605–1618 | Polish invasions of Russia | Russia | Poland–Lithuania | Inconclusive
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1606–1607 | Bolotnikov Rebellion | Russia | Russia | Rebels under Ivan Bolotnikov | Victory
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1610–1617 | Ingrian War | Russia | Russia | Sweden | Defeat |
1632–1634 | Smolensk War | Smolensk | Russia | Poland–Lithuania | Defeat |
1651–1653 | Alexis I's Persian War | North Caucasus | Russia | Persia | Defeat |
1652–1689 | Sino–Russian border conflicts | Heilongjiang and Amur | Defeat | ||
1654–1667 | First Northern War | Eastern Europe | Russia | Victory | |
1656–1658 | Second Northern War | Northern Europe | Russia | Sweden | Inconclusive |
1662–1664 | First Bashkir Rebellion | Bashkortostan | Russia | Bashkir rebels | Inconclusive; political defeat
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1670–1671 | Razin's Rebellion | Russia | Russia | Cossacks under Stepan Razin | Victory
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1676–1681 | Feodor III's Turkish War | Ukraine | Russia | Indecisive[21] | |
1683–1700 | Great Turkish War | Eastern Europe |
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Victory
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1700–1721 | Great Northern War | Europe |
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Victory against Sweden |
Defeat by Ottoman Empire | |||||
1704–1711 | Third Bashkir Rebellion | Bashkortostan and Tatarstan | Russia | Bashkir rebels | Military victory, political defeat
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1707–1708 | Bulavin Rebellion | Southern Russia | Russia | Don Cossack rebels | Victory
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1717 | Peter the Great's Khivan War | Khanate of Khiva | Russia | Khanate of Khiva | Defeat
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1717-1731 | War with Abulhair | Kazakhstan and Siberia | Russia | Kazakh Khanate | Victory[22]
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Date | Conflict | Location | Russia and its allies | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1917 | October Revolution | Russia | Russia | Revolution succeeds
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Date | Conflict | Location | Russia and its allies | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1917–1922 | Russian Civil War |
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1917–1921 | Ukrainian-Soviet War (Ukrainian War of Independence) |
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Victory
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1917–1920 | Kazakhstan Campaign | Russian SFSR | Alash Autonomy |
Victory
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1918 | Finnish Civil War | Defeat
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1918–1919 | Sochi conflict | Georgia | Indecisive | ||
1918–1920 | Latvian War of Independence |
Supported by the Allied Powers VI Reserve Corps: merged into the West Russian Volunteer Army in September 1919 |
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 | Defeat
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1918–1920 | Georgian-Ossetian Conflict | Defeat
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1919–1921 | Polish–Soviet War | Defeat
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1919–1923 | Turkish War of Independence | Victory
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1920 | Invasion of Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan | Victory
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1920 | Invasion of Armenia | Russian SFSR | Armenia | Victory
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1921 | Invasion of Georgia | Georgia | Victory
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1921 | Soviet intervention in Mongolia | Mongolia | Victory
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1921–1922 | East Karelian Uprising | Russian SFSR | Victory
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Date | Conflict | Location | Russia and its allies | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1916–1934 | Central Asian Revolt | Central Asia |
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Victory
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This is a list of wars involving the Soviet Union (30 December 1922 – 26 December 1991).
*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside the Soviet Union, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.