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
Legends 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'
Principality of Moscow (1263–1547)
This is a list of wars involving the Principality of Moscow (1263–1547), also known as Muscovy.[a]
Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721)
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 | Russia | Livonian Confederation Denmark–Norway | Defeat |
1568–1570 | Astrakhan Expedition | Astrakhan and Azov | Russia | Turkey | 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
| 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 | Russia Sweden (1609–1610) | 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 | Russia | China | Defeat |
1654–1667 | First Northern War | Eastern Europe | Russia | Poland-Lithuania | 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 | Turkey | Indecisive[21] |
1683–1700 | Great Turkish War | Eastern Europe | Russia (from 1686) | Turkey | Victory
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1700–1721 | Great Northern War | Europe | Russia Denmark–Norway (1700, 1709–) | Sweden Holstein-Gottorp | Victory against Sweden |
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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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1717–1847 | Kazakh-Russian conflicts | Kazakhstan | Russia | Kazakhstan | Victory
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Russian Empire (1721–1917)
Russian Republic (1917)
Date | Conflict | Location | Russia and its allies | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1917 | October Revolution | Russia | Russia | Bolsheviks Petrograd Soviet Left SRs Red Guards | Defeat
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