List of wars involving Russia

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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:

  • external wars
  • foreign intervention in domestic conflicts
  • anti-colonial uprisings of the peoples conquered during the Russian expansion
  • princely feuds
  • peasant uprisings
  • revolutions

Legend of results:

  Victory
  Defeat
  Another result; for example, a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, indecisive, civil or internal conflict, or result unknown
  Ongoing conflict

Kievan Rus'

Date Conflict Location Rus and its allies Opponent(s) Result
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
  • 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 and 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 to pay tribute to Rus'
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
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
  • Yaroslav the Wise's conquests in Estonia are lost
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 Curly
Kievan 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
  • The crusaders capture Baltic lands up to the borders of Kievan Rus' and Lithuania
1223–1240 Mongol invasion of Rus'(see also List of Tatar and Mongol raids against Rus') Mongol Empire Decisive defeat
  • The principalities of the Kievan Rus' became vassals of the Mongol Empire
1240–1242 Livonian campaign against Rus' (see also Northern Crusades) Kievan Rus'

Novgorod Republic

Kingdom of Sweden

Victory
  • Defeat of the Germans
  • Peace with Prince Alexander Nevsky
  • The waiving of claims on northern Rus'
1268 Battle of Wesenberg Denmark Denmark

Teutonic Order

Both sides claim victory

Principality of Moscow (1263–1547)

This is a list of wars involving the Principality of Moscow (1263–1547), also known as Muscovy.[b]

Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
1281–1293/4[4] Vladimir-Suzdal war of succession (1281–1293) [ru] Nogai forces[6]
Dmitry of Pereslavl[6]
Mikhail of Tver[6]
Daniel of Moscow[6]
Tode Mongke (1281–1287)[7]
Tokhta forces[6]
Andrey of Gorodets[6]
Theodore the Black[6]
Rostov princes[6]
Tokhta victory[6]
1296/8–1302[4] Struggle for Pereslavl-Zalessky[4] Daniel of Moscow[4]
Mikhail of Tver[4]

Tokhta[4]

Andrey of Gorodets[4]
Theodore the Black[4]
Konstantin of Ryazan[4]
Muscovite–Tverian victory[4]
1305–1485 Muscovite–Tverian wars [uk; ru]
(series of short wars, mixed with other conflicts)
Principality of Moscow Principality of Tver Victory
  • Tver annexed by Moscow (1485)
1327 Tver Uprising of 1327
(part of the Muscovite–Tverian wars [uk; ru])
Golden Horde
Ivan I Kalita of Moscow
Alexander of Suzdal [uk; ru]
Principality of Tver
Grand Principality of Vladimir[c]
Golden Horde victory
1368–1372 Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1368–72)
(part of the Great Troubles and the Muscovite–Tverian wars [uk; ru])
Principality of Moscow Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Principality of Tver

Inconclusive
1376 Muscovite–Volga Bulgars war
(part of the Great Troubles)
Principality of Moscow Volga Bulgaria Victory
1377 Battle on Pyana River
(part of the Great Troubles)
Principality of Moscow Golden Horde Defeat
1378 Battle of the Vozha River
(part of the Great Troubles)
Principality of Moscow Golden Horde Victory
1380 Battle of Kulikovo
(part of the Great Troubles[9])
Rus' principalities:[10] Western part of the Golden Horde Victory for the Rus' principalities coalition[11]
  • Moscow replaced Tver as the most prominent of the northeastern Rus' principalities[11]
1382 Siege of Moscow
(part of the aftermath of the Great Troubles)
Principality of Moscow Golden Horde Defeat[12]
1406–1408 Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1406–1408) [uk]
(part of the Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars)
Principality of Moscow Grand Duchy of Lithuania Hungarian Treaty [uk] (1 September 1408)
1425–1453[14] Muscovite War of Succession[15] Younger Donskoy line
Vasily II Vasilyevich
Dmitry II Shemyaka (1434–9)
Boris of Tver (c. 1438)
Mäxmüd of Kazan (1445–8)
Qasim Khan (1452–3)
Older Donskoy line
Yury Dmitrievich (1425–34)
Vasily Kosoy (1434–6)
Ulugh of Kazan (1437–45)
Dmitry II Shemyaka (1439; 1445–53)
Ivan of Mozhaysk [ru; uk] (1447–53)
Vasily II victory[14]
  • Younger lineage of Dmitry Donskoy gained the Muscovite throne[14][16]
1437–1445 Ulugh Muhammad's campaign (first Russo-Kazan war)
(from Battle of Belyov to Battle of Suzdal)
(connected with the Muscovite War of Succession)
Younger Donskoy line
Vasily II Vasilyevich
Dmitry II Shemyaka (1437–9)
Older Donskoy line
Ulugh of Kazan
Dmitry II Shemyaka (1439)
Ulugh victory
1467–1469 Qasim War Grand Principality of Moscow Khanate of Kazan Victory
  • Kazan released all ethnic Christian Russians enslaved in the preceding four decades[17]
1471 Battle of Shelon Grand Principality of Moscow Novgorod Republic Victory
  • Novgorod Republic annexed by the Grand Principality of Moscow in 1478
1478 Siege of Kazan Grand Principality of Moscow Khanate of Kazan Victory
1480 Great Stand on the Ugra River Grand Principality of Moscow Golden Horde Debated[18][19]
  • Traditional Russian historiography: Muscovite victory, and the end of the Mongol-Tatar yoke in Russia[18][19]
  • Modern Western scholarly historiography: Insignificant non-battle, embellished in later accounts; Moscow retained formal relations with Tatar khanates and continued paying tribute to the Crimean Khanate for decades[18][19]
1485 Capture of Tver (1485) [ru]
(part of the Muscovite–Tverian wars [uk; ru])
Grand Principality of Moscow Principality of Tver Victory
  • Principality of Tver annexed by the Grand Principality of Moscow
1487–1494 First Muscovite-Lithuanian War Grand Principality of Moscow Grand Duchy of Lithuania Victory
1495–1497 Russo-Swedish War Grand Principality of Moscow Sweden Inconclusive
1500–1503 Second Muscovite–Lithuanian War Grand Principality of Moscow Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Livonian Order

Victory
1505–1507 Russo-Kazan War Grand Principality of Moscow Khanate of Kazan Inconclusive
1507–1508 Third Muscovite–Lithuanian War Grand Principality of Moscow Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Crimean Khanate

Inconclusive
1512–1522 Fourth Muscovite–Lithuanian War Grand Principality of Moscow

Livonian Order

Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Crimean Khanate

Victory
1534–1537 Fifth Muscovite–Lithuanian War Grand Principality of Moscow Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Crimean Khanate

Inconclusive

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
  • The annexation of Kazan into Russia
1552–1556 Tatar Rebellion Tatarstan Russia Tatar rebels Victory
  • The rebellion is crushed
1554–1557 Ivan the Terrible's Swedish War Karelia Russia Sweden Inconclusive
1556 Russian conquest of Astrakhan Astrakhan Russia Astrakhan Khanate Victory
1558-1562 Ivan the Terrible's Livonian Campaign Livonia Russia Livonian Confederation Victory
  • Destruction of the Livonian state
  • Truce with Poland and Lithuania[20]
1562-1570 Russo-Lithuanian War Northern Europe Russia Polish–Lithuanian union Victory
1558–1583 Livonian War
Russia troops besiege Narva in 1558
Northern Europe Defeat
1568–1570 Astrakhan Expedition Astrakhan and Azov Russia Victory
  • Treaty of Constantinople (1570)
1570–1572 Ivan the Terrible's Crimean War European Russia Russia Crimean Khanate Victory
  • The Crimean Tatars burn Moscow in 1571
  • The Russians defeat the Crimean Tatars at the Battle of Molodi in 1572
  • The independence of Russia and its conquests in the Volga region preserved
1580–1762 Russian conquest of Siberia
Yermak's Conquest of Siberia
Siberia Russia Khanate of Sibir (until 1598)

Native Siberians

Victory
  • The start of Russian annexation of Siberia
1590–1595 Boris Godunov's Swedish War Northern Europe Russia Sweden Inconclusive
1605–1618 Polish invasions of Russia
The Poles surrender the Moscow Kremlin to Prince Pozharsky in 1612
Russia
Poland–Lithuania Inconclusive
  • Russia's independence preserved
  • Russia loses Smolensk
  • Vladislav Zhigimondovich remains 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
  • The rebellion is crushed
1610–1617 Ingrian War
Depiction of Russian troops in 1611
Russia Russia Sweden Defeat
1632–1634 Smolensk War
Russian troops storm Smolensk
Smolensk Russia Poland–Lithuania Defeat
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 Defeat
1654–1667 First Northern War Eastern Europe Russia Victory
1656–1658 Second Northern War
Russian troops besiege Riga in 1656
Northern Europe Russia Sweden Inconclusive
1662–1664 First Bashkir Rebellion Bashkortostan Russia Bashkir rebels Inconclusive; political defeat
  • The Russian government was forced to accept Bashkir demands
1670–1671 Razin's Rebellion
Razin's rebels in Astrakhan
Russia Russia Cossacks under Stepan Razin Victory
  • The rebellion is crushed
1676–1681 Feodor III's Turkish War Ukraine Russia Indecisive[21]
1683–1700 Great Turkish War
Russian troops capture Azov
Eastern Europe Victory
1700–1721 Great Northern War
Russian troops assault the island fortress of Nöteborg
Russian troops capture Narva
Europe
Victory against Sweden
Defeat by Ottoman Empire
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
  • The rebellion is crushed
1717 Peter the Great's Khivan War Khanate of Khiva Russia Khanate of Khiva Defeat
  • Russian invasion repelled
1717–1847 Kazakh-Russian conflicts Kazakhstan Victory

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 Persia Victory
1733–1738 War of the Polish Succession Rhineland
Depiction of the Siege of Danzig by Russian and Saxon forces in 1734
Poland Indecisive
1735–1739 Russo-Austro-Turkish War Eastern Europe  Russia

Habsburg monarchy Austria

 Ottoman Empire Victory
1735–1740 Fourth Bashkir Rebellion Bashkortostan  Russia
  • Russian Empire pro-Russian Bashkirs
Bashkir rebels Victory
  • The rebellion is crushed
  • Establishment of Orenburg
1740–1748 War of the Austrian Succession Europe
Inconclusive
Victory against Sweden
1756–1763 Seven Years' War
Russian troops in Berlin in 1760
Europe and North America
White peace
1768–1769 Koliivshchyna Rebellion
Camp of Haidamakas
Ukraine  Russia

Poland-Lithuania

Haidamaky Victory
  • The rebellion is crushed
1768–1772 War of the Bar Confederation
Krakow capitulates to Suvorov
Poland  Russia Victory
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  Ottoman Empire Victory
1773–1775 Pugachev's Rebellion
Russian Cossack troops march during the rebellion
Russia  Russia Victory
  • The rebellion is crushed
1787–1792 Catherine the Great's Second Turkish War
Russian troops storm the fortress of Ochakov
Eastern Europe  Russia  Ottoman Empire Victory
1788–1790 Catherine the Great's Swedish War
Russian fleet during the Battle of Vyborg Bay
Finland, western Sweden, and the Baltic Sea  Russia Sweden Sweden Inconclusive
1792 Catherine the Great's Polish War Poland  Russia

Targowica Confederation

Poland–Lithuania Victory
1794 Kościuszko Uprising
Battle of Praga
Poland Poland–Lithuania Victory
1796 Persian Expedition of Catherine the Great North Caucasus and South Caucasus  Russia Persia Victory
1799–1802 War of the Second Coalition
Suvorov victorious at the Battle of Trebbia (1799)
Europe 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 Defeat
1804–1813 Alexander I's Persian War
Russian troops storm the fortress of Lankaran
North Caucasus, South Caucasus and northern Iran  Russia Persia Victory
1806–1807 War of the Fourth Coalition
Russia troops clash with French troops at the Battle of Eylau
Eastern and Central Europe Defeat
1806–1812 Alexander I's Turkish War
Russian Fleet after the Battle of Athos
Romania, Moldova, Caucasus and Black Sea  Russia Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Victory
1807–1812 Anglo-Russian War Baltic Sea and Barents Sea  Russia  United Kingdom Inconclusive
1808–1809 Finnish War
Russian troops cross the Gulf of Bothnia on ice
Finland and Sweden  Russia Sweden Sweden Victory
1809 War of the Fifth Coalition Central Europe Victory (limited involvement)
1812 French invasion of Russia
General Raevsky leading a detachment of the Russian Imperial Guard at the Battle of Saltanovka
Russia  Russia Victory
  • The French invasion is repelled
  • Napoleon's Grand Army is destroyed and forced to retreat
1813–1814 War of the Sixth Coalition
Russian troops entering Paris in 1814
Europe Victory
1815 War of the Seventh Coalition Europe Victory
1817–1864 Caucasian War
Imam Shamil surrenders to Russian forces
Caucasus
Victory
1825 Decembrist revolt
Decembrists at the Senate Square
Saint Petersburg  Russia Decembrist rebels Victory
  • The revolt is crushed
1826–1828 Nicholas I's Persian War
Russian and Persian troops clash near Elisabethpol
South Caucasus and northern Iran  Russia Persia Victory
1827 Greek War of Independence
Russian squadron bombarding the Ottoman fleet
Greece  United Kingdom
France France
 Russia
 Ottoman Empire Victory
1828–1829 Nicholas I's Turkish War
Russian troops besiege Kars in 1828
Balkans and Caucasus  Russia  Ottoman Empire Victory
1830–1831 November uprising
Russian and Polish forces clash during the Battle of Ostrołęka
Poland  Russia Poland Poland Victory
  • The uprising is crushed
1839–1841 Second Turko-Egyptian War Syria and Lebanon Victory
  • Egypt renounces its claim to Syria
1839–1895 Russian conquest of Central Asia
Russian troops entering Samarkand in 1868
Central Asia  Russia Victory
  • The annexation of Central Asia into Russia
1841 Gurian rebellion Georgia  Russia Gurian rebels Victory
  • The rebellion is crushed
1842 Shoorcha rebellion Tatarstan and Ulyanovsk  Russia Tatar, Mari and Chuvash peasants Victory
  • The rebellion is crushed
1848–1849 Hungarian Revolution of 1848
Hungarian troops surrender to the Russians at Világos
Hungary Austrian Empire Austria

 Russia

Victory
  • The revolution is crushed
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 Defeat
1858 Mahtra Rebellion Estonia  Russia Estonian peasants Victory
  • The rebellion is crushed
1861 Bezdna Revolt Tatarstan Russia Peasants Victory
  • The revolt is crushed
1863–1864 January Uprising
Russian troops in Warsaw during the uprising
Poland Russia Polish, Lithuanian and Ukrainian insurgents Victory
  • The uprising is crushed
1866 Polish rebellion in Siberia Siberia Russia Polish political exiles Victory
  • The rebellion is crushed
1877–1878 Russo-Turkish War
Russian troops entering Adrianople
Balkans and Caucasus Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Victory
1897–1898 Cretan Revolt (1897–1898) Crete Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Victory
  • Establishment of the Cretan State
  • Withdrawal of Ottoman forces from Crete
1899–1901 Boxer Rebellion
Russian troops in Pekin
China Eight-Nation Alliance: Victory
1902–1906 Rebellion in Guria Georgia  Russia Gurian Republic Victory
  • The rebellion is crushed
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
1905–1907 Russian Revolution of 1905
A barricade erected by revolutionaries in Moscow
Russia  Russia Revolutionaries

Supported by:

Victory
1905–1911 Persian Constitutional Revolution
Russian flag over Arg of Tabriz
Iran
Iranian constitutionalists Victory
  • Russian occupation of Northern Iran until 1917
1914–1917 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 (see list) Central Powers: Defeat, later allied victory[22][23]
1917 February Revolution Russia  Russia Republicans:

Socialists:

Revolution succeeds

Russian Republic (1917)

Date Conflict Location Russia and its allies Opponent(s) Result
1917 October Revolution Russia Russia Revolution succeeds

Russian SFSR (1917–1922)

Date Conflict Location Russia and its allies Opponent(s) Result
1917–1922 Russian Civil War
1917–1921 Ukrainian-Soviet War (Ukrainian War of Independence) Victory
1917–1920 Kazakhstan Campaign  Russian SFSR Alash Autonomy

Russia White Movement

Victory
1918 Finnish Civil War Defeat
  • Victory of the White Guard in Finland; expulsion of Bolshevik forces and Finnish independence
1918–1919 Sochi conflict Georgia (country) Georgia Indecisive
1918–1920 Latvian War of Independence

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