The following is an incomplete list of armed conflicts and wars fought by Russia, by Russian people, from antiquity to the present day. It also includes wars fought outside Russia by Russian military.
Conflict | Russia (and its allies) | Opponent(s) | Result |
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Siege of Kazan (1552) Location: Tatarstan
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia | Khanate of Kazan | Victory- Annexation of Kazan into Russia
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Tatar Rebellion (1552–1556) Location: Tatarstan | {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia | Tatar rebels | Victory- Crushing of the rebellion
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Ivan the Terrible's Swedish War (1554–1557) Location: Karelia | {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia | {{Flagdeco|Sweden}} Sweden | Inconclusive |
Russian conquest of Astrakhan (1556) Location: Astrakhan | {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia | Astrakhan Khanate | Victory- Russian annexation of Astrakhan
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Livonian War (1558–1583) Location: Northern Europe
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia{{Clear}}Livonia | Livonian Confederation{{Clear}} Denmark–Norway{{Clear}} {{Flagdeco|Sweden}} Sweden{{Clear}}Poland–Lithuania{{Clear}} (before 1569 the Polish–Lithuanian union) | Defeat- Truce of Jam Zapolski
- Treaty of Plussa
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Astrakhan Expedition (1568–1570) Location: Astrakhan and Azov | {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia | {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} Turkey{{Clear}}Crimean Khanate | Victory- Treaty of Constantinople (1570)
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Ivan the Terrible's Crimean War (1570–1572) Location: European Russia | {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia | Crimean Khanate {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} Turkey | Victory - Crimean invasion of Russia repelled
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Russian conquest of Siberia (1580–1762) Location: Siberia
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia- Cossacks
- pro-Russian native Siberians
| Khanate of Sibir (until 1598) Native Siberians | Victory- Russian annexation of Siberia
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Boris Godunov's Swedish War (1590–1595) Location: Northern Europe | {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia | Sweden | Inconclusive |
Polish invasions of Russia (1605–1618) Location: Russia
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia Sweden (1609–1610) | Poland–Lithuania | Inconclusive- Russian independence secured
- Truce of Deulino
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Bolotnikov Rebellion (1606–1607) Location: Russia
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia | Rebels under Ivan Bolotnikov | Victory- Crushing of the rebellion
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Ingrian War (1610–1617) Location: Russia
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia | Sweden | Defeat |
Smolensk War (1632–1634) Location: Smolensk
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia | Poland–Lithuania | Defeat |
Alexis I's Persian War (1651–1653) Location: North Caucasus | {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia | Persia | Defeat |
Sino–Russian border conflicts (1652–1689) Location: Heilongjiang and Amur
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia Cossacks | {{flagicon|Qing dynasty}} China {{flagicon|Joseon Dynasty}} Korea | Defeat |
First Northern War (1654–1667) Location: Eastern Europe | {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia Cossack Hetmanate | Poland–Lithuania Crimean Khanate | Victory |
Second Northern War (1656–1658) Location: Northern Europe
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia | Sweden | Inconclusive- Treaty of Valiesar
- Treaty of Cardis
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First Bashkir Rebellion (1662–1664) Location: Bashkortostan | {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia | Bashkir rebels | Inconclusive Political defeat- Russian government forced to accept Bashkir demands
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Razin's Rebellion (1670–1671) Location: Russia
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia | Cossacks under Stepan Razin | Victory- Crushing of the rebellion
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Feodor III's Turkish War (1676–1681) Location: Ukraine | {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia | Turkey Crimean Khanate | Indecisive[3] |
Great Turkish War (1683–1700) Location: Eastern Europe
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia (from 1686) {{Clear}} Austria{{Clear}}{{flagicon image|Flaga Rzeczpospolitej Obojga Narodow.svg}} Poland–Lithuania{{Clear}}Cossack Hetmanate | Turkey{{Clear}}Crimean Khanate | Victory |
Great Northern War (1700–1721) Location: Europe
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia{{Clear}}{{Flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark–Norway{{Clear}} (1700, 1709–){{Clear}} {{flag|Electorate of Saxony|name=Saxony}}{{Clear}}(1700–6, 1709–){{Clear}} {{flagicon image|Flaga Rzeczpospolitej Obojga Narodow.svg}} Poland–Lithuania{{Clear}}(1700–4, 1709–){{Clear}} Cossack Hetmanate (1700–8){{Clear}} {{flag|Prussia|1701}} (1715–){{Clear}}{{Flagicon|Hanover|1692}} Hanover (1715–){{Clear}}{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} (1717–19) | {{Flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden{{Clear}} Holstein-Gottorp{{Clear}} {{flagicon image|Flaga Rzeczpospolitej Obojga Narodow.svg}} Poland–Lithuania (1704–09){{Clear}}Turkey (1710–4){{Clear}} Cossack Hetmanate (1708–09){{Clear}} {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} (1700, 1719–21) | Victory Victory against SwedenDefeat against Turkey |
Third Bashkir Rebellion (1704–1711) Location: Bashkortostan and Tatarstan | {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia | Bashkir rebels | Military victory Political defeat- Russian government forced to accept some Bashkir demands
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Bulavin Rebellion (1707–1708) Location: Southern Russia | {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia | Don Cossack rebels | Victory- Crushing of the rebellion
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Peter the Great's Khivan War (1717) Location: Khanate of Khiva | {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol (variant).svg}} Russia | {{flagicon image|Bandera de Khiva 1917-1920.svg}} Khanate of Khiva | Kazakh-Russian conflicts (1717–1847) Location: Kazakhstan | {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} Bashkirs Cossack rebels | {{flagicon image|Kazakh Khanate.svg}} Kazakhstan Kyrgyz tribes {{flagicon image|Bandera de Khiva 1917-1920.svg}} Khanate of Khiva | Victory- Annexation of Kazakhstan to Russia
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Conflict | Russia (and its allies) | Opponent(s) | Result |
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Persian Expedition of Peter the Great (1722–1723) Location: Caucasus and northern Iran | {{flagu|Russia}} Cossack Hetmanate Armenia Georgia | Persia {{flag|Ottoman Empire|name=Turkey}} | Victory- Treaty of Saint Petersburg
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War of the Polish Succession (1733–1738) Location: Poland and Rhineland
| Poland under {{flagicon image|Coat of Arms of Wettin kings of Poland.svg|size=15px|border=no}} Augustus III of Poland {{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Russia {{flag|Habsburg Monarchy|name=Austria}} {{flagcountry|Electorate of Saxony|name=Saxony}} {{flagcountry|Prussia}} | Poland under {{flagicon image|POL COA Wieniawa.svg|size=15px|border=no}} Stanisław Leszczyński {{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}} {{flagu|Spain|1701}} {{flag|Kingdom of Sardinia|name=Sardinia}} | Indecisive |
Russo–Austro–Turkish War (1735–1739) Location: Eastern Europe | {{flagu|Russia}}{{flagicon|Habsburg Monarchy}} Austria | {{flag|Ottoman Empire|1735|name=Turkey}}- {{flagicon|Crimea|tatar}} Crimea
| Victory- Russian victory
- Austrian defeat
- Treaty of Niš
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Fourth Bashkir Rebellion (1735–1740) Location: Bashkortostan | {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}}- {{flagicon|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} pro-Russian Bashkirs
| Bashkir rebels | Victory- Crushing of the rebellion
- Establishment of Orenburg
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War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748) Location: Europe | {{flag|Habsburg Monarchy|name=Austria}} {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|name=Britain}} {{flagicon|Hanover|1692}} Hanover {{flagu|Russia}} (1741–43, 1748) {{flag|Dutch Republic}} {{flagcountry|Electorate of Saxony|name=Saxony}} (1743–45) {{flag|Kingdom of Sardinia|1720|name=Sardinia}} | {{flag|Prussia|1701|name=Prussia}}{{Clear}} (1740–42) (1744–45){{Clear}} {{flagicon|Spain|1701}} Spain (1740–1746){{Clear}}{{flag|Kingdom of France|name=France}}{{Clear}}{{flagicon|Bavaria}} Bavaria (1741–45){{Clear}}{{flagcountry|Electorate of Saxony|name=Saxony}} (1741–42){{Clear}}{{flagicon|Two Sicilies}} Naples and Sicily{{Clear}}{{flag|Republic of Genoa|name=Genoa}}{{Clear}}{{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden (1741–43) | Victory against Sweden |
Seven Years' War (1756–1763) Location: Europe
| {{flagcountry|Kingdom of France|name=France}}{{Clear}}{{flag|Habsburg Monarchy|name=Austria}}{{Clear}}{{flagu|Spain|1748}}{{Clear}}{{flag|Sweden}}{{Clear}}{{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} (1756–1762) {{Clear}}{{flagcountry|Electorate of Saxony|name=Saxony}} | {{flag|Prussia|1750}}{{Clear}}{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|name=Britain}}{{Clear}}{{flagicon|Hanover|1692}} Hanover{{Clear}} Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel{{Clear}} {{flagicon|Portugal|1750}} Portugal{{Clear}}{{flagicon|Hesse}} Hesse-Kassel{{Clear}}{{flagicon image|Flagge Fürstentum Schaumburg-Lippe.svg}} Schaumburg-Lippe{{Clear}}Iroquois Confederacy | White peace- Treaty of Saint Petersburg
- Defeat of Russia's former allies
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Koliyivshchyna Rebellion (1768–1769) Location: Ukraine
| {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} Poland–Lithuania | Haidamaky | Victory- Crushing of the rebellion
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War of the Bar Confederation (1768–1772) Location: Poland
| {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} | {{flagicon|Kingdom of France}} France {{flagicon|Poland}} Bar Confederation | Victory- Treaty of Kuçuk Kainarji
- First Partition of Poland
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Catherine the Great's First Turkish War (1768–1774) Location: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Mediterranean
| {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} | {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} Turkey- {{flagicon|Crimea|tatar}} Crimea
| Victory |
Pugachev's Rebellion (1773–1775) Location: Russia
| {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} | Rebels under Yemelyan Pugachev {{flag|Ottoman Empire|name=Turkey}} | Victory- Crushing of the rebellion
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Catherine the Great's Second Turkish War (1787–1792) Location: Eastern Europe
| {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} | {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} Turkey | Victory |
Catherine the Great's Swedish War (1788–1790) Location: Finland, western Sweden and Baltic Sea
| {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} | {{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden | Inconclusive |
Catherine the Great's Polish War (1792) Location: Poland
| {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} Targowica Confederation | Poland–Lithuania | Victory- Second Partition of Poland
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Kościuszko Uprising (1794) Location: Poland
| {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} {{flagicon|Kingdom of Prussia}} Prussia | Poland–Lithuania | Victory- Crushing of the uprising
- Third Partition of Poland
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Persian Expedition of Catherine the Great (1796) Location: North Caucasus and South Caucasus | {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} | Persia | Withdrawal |
War of the Second Coalition (1799–1802) Location: Europe
| {{flag|Habsburg Monarchy|name=Austria}}{{Clear}}{{flag|Holy Roman Empire}}{{Clear}}{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|name=Britain}}{{Clear}}{{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} (until 1799){{Clear}}{{flagicon|Kingdom of France}} French Royalists{{Clear}}{{flagicon|Portugal|1750}} Portugal{{Clear}}{{flag|Two Sicilies}}{{Clear}}{{flag|Ottoman Empire|1453|name=Turkey}} | {{flagicon|France}} France{{Clear}}{{flagu|Spain}}{{Clear}}{{flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark-Norway{{Clear}}{{flagicon|Poland|state}} Polish Legions{{Clear}}French client states | Withdrawal (in 1799) |
War of the Third Coalition (1803–1806) Location: Europe
| {{flag|Austrian Empire|name=Austria}}{{Clear}}{{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} {{Clear}}{{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}{{Clear}}{{flagicon|Two Sicilies}} Sicily{{Clear}}{{flagicon|Two Sicilies}} Naples{{Clear}}{{flagicon|Portugal|1750}} Portugal{{Clear}}{{flag|Sweden}}{{Clear}} | {{flagicon|France}} France{{Clear}}French client states | Defeat |
Alexander I's Persian War (1804–1813) Location: North Caucasus, South Caucasus and northern Iran
| {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} | Persia | Victory |
War of the Fourth Coalition (1806–1807) Location: Eastern and Central Europe
| {{flag|Prussia|1803}}{{Clear}}{{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}{{Clear}}{{flagcountry|Electorate of Saxony|name=Saxony}}{{Clear}}{{flag|Sweden|1761}}{{Clear}}{{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} {{Clear}}Sicily | {{flagicon|France}} France{{Clear}}French client states{{flagu|Spain|1785}}{{Clear}} Confederation of the Rhine{{Clear}} - {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Bavaria|name=Bavaria}}{{Clear}}
- {{flag|Württemberg}}{{Clear}}
{{flagicon|Napoleonic Italy}} Italy{{Clear}}{{flagicon|Kingdom of Naples|1806}} Naples{{Clear}}Polish Legions | Defeat |
Alexander I's Turkish War (1806–1812) Location: Romania, Moldova, Caucasus and Black Sea
| {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} | {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} Turkey | Victory |
Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812) Location: Baltic Sea and Barents Sea | {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} | {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} | Inconclusive |
Finnish War (1808–1809) Location: Finland and Sweden | {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} | {{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden | Victory |
War of the Fifth Coalition (1809) Location: Central Europe | {{Flagicon|France}} France Confederation of the Rhine {{flagicon|Napoleonic Italy}} Italy {{flagicon|ESP|1785}} Spain {{flagicon image|Flag of Poland (1807–1815).svg|size=23px}} Warsaw {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} | {{flagcountry|Austrian Empire|name=Austria}} {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} Sicily {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Sardinia|name=Sardinia}} | Victory (limited involvement) |
French invasion of Russia (1812) Location: Russia
| {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} | {{Flagicon|France}} France French client states | Victory- French invasion repelled
- Destruction of Napoleon's Grand Army
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War of the Sixth Coalition (1813–1814) Location: Europe
| {{flag|Austrian Empire|name=Austria}} {{flag|Prussia|1803}} {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} {{flag|Sweden}} {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} {{flagicon|Spain|1785}} Spain {{flagicon|Portugal|1750}} Portugal {{flagicon|Two Sicilies}} Sicily {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Sardinia|name=Sardinia}} | {{flagicon|France}} France French client states | Victory- Treaty of Fontainebleau
- Treaty of Paris
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War of the Seventh Coalition (1815) Location: Europe | {{flag|Austrian Empire|name=Austria}} {{flag|Prussia|1803}} {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} {{flagicon|Hanover|1813}} Hanover {{flagicon image|Flagge Herzogtum Nassau (1806-1866).svg}} Nassau {{flagicon image|Flagge Herzogtum Braunschweig.svg}} Brunswick {{flag|Sweden}} {{flagu|United Kingdom of the Netherlands|name=United Netherlands}} {{flagu|Spain|1785}} {{flagicon|Portugal|1750}} Portugal {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Sardinia}} {{flagicon|Two Sicilies}} Sicily {{flagicon|Tuscany|habsburg}} Tuscany {{flagu|Switzerland}} {{flagicon|Kingdom of France}} French Royalists | {{flagicon|France}} France {{flagicon|Two Sicilies|1811}} Naples | Victory |
Caucasian War (1817–1864) Location: Caucasus
| {{flagicon|Russian Empire}} 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
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Decembrist revolt (1825) Location: Saint Petersburg
| {{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Russia | Decembrist rebels | Victory |
Nicholas I's Persian War (1826–1828) Location: South Caucasus and northern Iran
| {{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Russia | Persia | Victory |
Battle of Navarino- Part of the Greek War of Independence (1827)
Location: Greece
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} {{flagicon|France}} France {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} | {{flagcountry|Ottoman Empire|name=Turkey}}- {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} Egypt
- {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} Tunisia
| Victory |
Nicholas I's Turkish War (1828–1829) Location: Balkans and Caucasus
| {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} | {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} Turkey | Victory |
November uprising (1830–1831) Location: Poland
| {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} | {{flagicon|Poland}} Poland | Victory |
Second Turko–Egyptian War (1839–1841) Location: Syria and Lebanon | {{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} Britain {{Flagicon|Austrian Empire}} Austria {{Flagicon|Russian Empire}} Russia {{Flagicon|Ottoman Empire|1823}} Turkey | Egypt {{Flagicon|France}} France {{Flagicon|Spain|1785}} Spain | Victory- Egypt renounced its claim to Syria
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Russian conquest of Central Asia (1839–1895) Location: Central Asia
| {{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Russia | Kazakhstan Bukhara {{flagicon image|Bandera de Khiva 1917-1920.svg|size=23px}} Khiva Kokand Turkmen tribes Kyrgyz tribes Afghanistan | Victory- Russian annexation of Central Asia
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Gurian Rebellion (1841) Location: Georgia | {{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Russia | Gurian rebels | Victory- Crushing of the rebellion
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Shoorcha rebellion (1842) Location: Tatarstan and Ulyanovsk | {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} | Tatar, Mari and Chuvash peasants | Victory- Crushing of the rebellion
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Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (1848–1849) Location: Hungary
| {{flagicon|Austrian Empire}} 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
{{flagicon|Russian Empire}} 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
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Crimean War (1853–1856) Location: Crimea, Balkans, Caucasus, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea and Far East
| {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} | {{flagicon image|Flag of France.svg}} France {{flag|Ottoman Empire|name=Turkey}} {{flag|UKGBI|name=Britain}} {{flag|Kingdom of Sardinia|1848|name=Sardinia}} | Defeat |
Mahtra Rebellion (1858) Location: Estonia | {{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Russia | Estonian peasants | Victory- Crushing of the rebellion
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Bezdna Revolt (1861) Location: Tatarstan | {{flagicon image|Romanov Flag.svg}} Russia | Peasants | Victory |
January uprising (1863–1864) Location: Poland
| {{flagicon image|Romanov Flag.svg}} Russia | Polish, Lithuanian and Ukrainian insurgents | Victory |
Polish Rebellion in Siberia (1866) Location: Siberia
| {{flagicon image|Romanov Flag.svg}} Russia | Polish political exiles | Victory- Crushing of the rebellion
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Alexander II's Turkish War (1877–1878) Location: Balkans and Caucasus
| {{flagicon image|Romanov Flag.svg}} Russia Bulgarian volunteers {{flagicon|Romania}} Romania {{flagicon|Serbia|civil}} Serbia {{flagcountry|Principality of Montenegro|name=Montenegro}} | {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} 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
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Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) Location: China
| Eight-Nation Alliance:{{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}} {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} {{flagu|Russia}} {{flagicon|France}} France {{flagu|United States|1896}} {{flagcountry|German Empire}} {{flag|Austria-Hungary}} {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}} | {{flagicon image|Yihetuan flag.png}} Yìhéquán {{flag|Qing dynasty|name=China}} | Victory |
Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) Location: Manchuria, Korean Peninsula and Yellow Sea
| {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} {{flag|Principality of Montenegro|name=Montenegro}} | {{flag|Empire of Japan|name=Japan}} | Defeat |
Russian Revolution of 1905 (1905–1907) Location: Russia
| {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} | {{flagicon image|Socialist red flag.svg}} Revolutionaries- Peasants
- Industrial workers
- Separatists
- Saint Petersburg Soviet
- Moscow City Duma
- Chita Republic
- SR
- RSDLP
| Victory- Crushing of the revolution
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Persian Constitutional Revolution (1905–1911) Location: Iran
| {{flagicon image|Early 20th Century Qajar Flag.svg}} Persia {{flagu|Russian Empire|name=Russia}} (from 1906) | Iranian constitutionalists | Victory- Russian occupation of Northern Iran until Russian Revolution
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World War I (1914–1918) Location: Europe and Asia
| Allies:{{flagcountry|French Third Republic|size=22px}} {{flagu|United Kingdom|size=22px}}
{{flagicon|Russian Empire|size=22px}} Russia (until March 1918)
{{flagcountry|United States|1912|size=22px}}
{{flagicon|Republic of China (1912–49)|1912|size=22px}} China {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|size=22px}}
{{flagcountry|Empire of Japan|size=22px}}
{{flagu|Canada|1868|size=22px}}
{{flagu|Australia|size=22px}}
{{flagu|New Zealand|size=22px}}
{{flagcountry|British Raj|size=22px}}
{{flagcountry|Union of South Africa|1912|size=22px}}
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Serbia|size=22px}}
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Romania|size=22px}}
{{flagcountry|Belgium|size=22px}}
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|size=22px}}
{{flagcountry|Portugal|size=22px}}
{{flagcountry|Brazil|size=22px}}
| Central Powers:{{flag|German Empire|size=22px|name=Germany}} {{flagcountry|Austria-Hungary|size=22px}}
{{flag|Ottoman Empire|size=22px|name=Turkey}}
{{flag|Kingdom of Bulgaria|size=22px|name=Bulgaria}}
| Defeat - Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (terminated after eventual Allied victory)
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Central Asian Revolt (1916–1934) Location: Central Asia
| {{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Russia (until 1917) {{flag|Soviet Union}} (from 1917)- {{flagicon image|Flag of Turkestan ASSR (1919-1921).svg}} Turkestan ASSR
- {{flagicon image|Flag of Kirghiz ASSR (1920-25).svg}} Kirghiz ASSR
| {{flagicon image|Bandera del Turquestan.svg}} Basmachi Khiva Bukhara Afghanistan | Victory |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Russian Civil War (1917–1922) | {{flagu|Russian SFSR|1918|size=22px}} {{flag|Far Eastern Republic|size=22px}} {{flagicon image|Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1921-1924).svg|size=22px}} Mongolian Communists {{flagicon image|Black flag.svg|size=22px}} Makhnovshchina {{flagicon image|Red flag.svg|size=22px}} Left SR {{flagicon image|Darker green and Black flag.svg|size=22px}} Green armies | {{flagicon|Russia|size=22px}} White Movement {{flagicon image|Flag of the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus.svg|size=22px}} Mountain Republic {{flagicon image|Black flag.svg|size=22px}} Makhnovshchina {{flagicon image|Red flag.svg|size=22px}} Left SR {{flagicon image|Darker green and Black flag.svg|size=22px}} Green armies {{flagcountry|British Empire|size=22px}} {{flag|Empire of Japan|size=22px}}
{{flag|Czechoslovakia|size=22px}}
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|size=22px}}
{{flagu|United States|1912|size=22px}}
{{flagu|France|size=22px}}
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Serbia|size=22px}}
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Romania|size=22px}}
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|size=22px}}
{{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–49)|1912|size=22px}}
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
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Ukrainian War of Independence (1917–1921) | {{flagu|Russian SFSR|1918}} {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ukrainian SSR (1919-1929).svg}} Ukrainian SSR Makhnovshchina | {{flagicon image|Flag of Ukrainian People's Republic 1917.svg}} Ukrainian People's Republic {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ukranian State.svg}} West Ukrainian People's Republic {{flag|German Empire}} (1918) {{flagicon image|Flag of Poland.svg}} Poland (1920–1921) {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ukranian State.svg}} Hetmanate of Ukraine {{flagicon image|Flag of Russia.svg}} White Movement {{flag|German Empire}} (1917–1918) {{flagicon image|Flag of Romania.svg}} Romania (1918){{flagicon image|Flag of Poland.svg}} Poland (1918–1919) {{flagicon image|Flag of France.svg}} France (1919) {{flagicon image|Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg}} Greece (1919) | Victory- Formation of the Ukrainian SSR
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Kazakhstan Campaign (1917–1920) | {{flagu|Russian SFSR|1918|size=22px}} | {{flagicon image|Flag of the Alash Autonomy.svg}} Alash Autonomy {{flagicon|Russia|size=22px}} White Movement | Victory- Incorporation of Kazakhstan into the Soviet Union
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Finnish Civil War (1918) | {{flagu|Russian SFSR|1918}} Red Guard | White Guard {{flagicon|German Empire|1917}} Germany | Defeat |
Latvian War of Independence (1918–1920) | {{flagu|Russian SFSR|1918}} {{flag|Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic|name=Latvian SSR}} | {{flag|Latvia}}n Army {{flag|Estonia}} {{flagicon|Russia|White movement}} Lieven {{flag|Poland}} {{flag|Lithuania}}
Supported by the Allied Powers {{flagicon|German Empire}} VI Reserve Corps:- {{flagicon image|Baltic German.svg}} Baltische Landeswehr
- {{flagicon image|Eiserne Division.JPG}} Freikorps
merged into the
{{flagicon image|Flag of the West Russian Volunteer Army.svg}} West Russian Volunteer Army in September 1919 | Defeat |
Estonian War of Independence (1918–1920) | {{flagu|Russian SFSR|1918}} {{Flagicon image|Flag of CWP of Estonia.png}} Commune of Estonia | {{flag|Estonia}} {{flag|Latvia}} {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} {{flagicon|Russia}} White Movement Finnish, Danish, and Swedish volunteers {{flagicon image|Baltic German.svg}} Baltische Landeswehr | Defeat- Independence of Estonia
- Tartu Peace Treaty
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Lithuanian–Soviet War (1918–1919) | {{flagu|Russian SFSR|1918}}{{Clear}}{{flagicon image|Flag of the Lithuanian-Byelorussian SSR.svg}} LBSSR | {{flagicon|Lithuania}} Republic of Lithuania {{flag|Weimar Republic|name=Saxon Volunteers}} | Defeat- Expulsion of Bolshevik forces from Lithuania
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Georgian-Ossetian Conflict (1918–1920) | {{flagu|Russian SFSR|1918}} Ossetian rebels | {{flagicon image|Flag of the Transcaucasian Federation.svg}} Transcaucasian Federation {{flagicon image|Flag of Georgia (1918-1921).svg}} Georgia | Defeat- Crushing of the Ossetian rebellion
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Polish–Soviet War (1919–1921) | {{flagu|Russian SFSR|1918}} {{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR|1927}} Ukrainian SSR | {{flagicon|POL}} Poland {{flag|Ukrainian People's Republic|name=Ukraine}} | Defeat |
Turkish War of Independence (1919–1923) | {{flagdeco|Ottoman Empire|size=22px}} Turkey {{flagu|Russian SFSR|1918|size=22px}}[4] | {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|size=22px}} {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|name=United Kingdom|size=22px}} {{flagcountry|First Republic of Armenia|name=Armenia|size=22px}} | Victory- Overthrow of the Ottoman sultanate
- Establishment of the Republic of Turkey
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Invasion of Azerbaijan (1920) | {{flagu|Russian SFSR|1918|size=22px}} {{flag|Azerbaijan SSR|1920|size=22px|name=Azerbaijan SSR}} | {{flagicon|Azerbaijan|size=22px}} Azerbaijan | Victory- Overthrow of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic government
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Invasion of Georgia (1921) | {{flagu|Russian SFSR|1918}} {{flag|Armenian SSR|1922}} {{flag|Azerbaijan SSR|1920}} {{flagdeco|Ottoman Empire|size=22px}} Turkey | {{flagicon image|Flag of Georgia (1918-1921).svg}} Georgia | Victory- Establishment of the Georgian SSR
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February Uprising (1921) | {{flagu|Russian SFSR|1918}} | {{flagicon|Armenia|1918}} Armenia | Victory- Re-annexation of Yerevan by Bolshevik forces
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Battle of Mountainous Armenia (1921) | {{flagu|Russian SFSR|1918}} {{flagdeco|Ottoman Empire|size=22px}} Turkey Azerbaijan SSR | {{flagicon|Armenia|1918|size=22px}} Armenia | Defeat- Republic of Mountainous Armenia united with Armenian SSR
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East Karelian Uprising (1921–1922) | {{flagu|Russian SFSR|1918}} | Forest Guerrillas {{flagicon|Finland}} Finnish volunteers | Victory |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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August Uprising (1924) | {{flag|Soviet Union|1924}} | {{flagicon image|Flag of Georgia (1918-1921).svg}} Damkom | Victory- Consolidation of Soviet rule in Georgian SSR
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Tatarbunary Uprising (1924) | {{flag|Soviet Union|1924}} | {{flag|Kingdom of Romania}} | Defeat- Crushing of the Soviet-inspired rebellion
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Sino-Soviet conflict (1929) | {{flag|Soviet Union|1924}} | {{flag|Republic of China|size=23px}} | Victory- Upholding of the provisions of 1924 agreement
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Soviet–Japanese border conflicts (1932–1941) | {{flag|Soviet Union|1936}} {{flag|Mongolia|1924|size=23px}} | {{Flag|Empire of Japan|size=23px}} {{flag|Manchukuo}} | Victory- Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact
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Islamic Rebellion in Xinjiang (1937) | {{flagicon image|Flag of Xinjiang-Shicai 2.svg}} Xinjiang {{flag|Soviet Union|1936}} {{flagicon|Russian Empire|size=23px}} White Movement | {{flag|Republic of China|size=23px}} | Victory- Establishment of the rule of Sheng Shica's regime over the whole territory of Xinjiang province
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Spanish Civil War (1937–1939) | {{flagicon|Spanish Republic}} Second Spanish Republic {{flag|Soviet Union|1936}} {{flag|Mexico|1934–1968|size=23px}} {{flagicon image|Red star.svg}} Comintern{{-}}Volunteers | {{flagicon|Spain|1938}} Nationalist Spain {{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}} {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}} {{flag|Portugal}}{{-}}Volunteers | Defeat- End of the Second Spanish Republic
- Rise of Francoist Spain
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Invasion of Poland (1939) | {{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}} {{flagcountry|Slovak Republic (1939–1945)}}
{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} Soviet Union | {{flagicon|Poland|1928}} Poland | Victory- Division of Polish territory between Third Reich, Soviet Union and Slovakia
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Winter War (1939–1940) | {{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} Soviet Union | {{flag|Finland}} | 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
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Occupation of the Baltic states (1940) | {{flag|Soviet Union|1936}} | {{flagcountry|Estonia}} {{flagcountry|Latvia}} {{flagcountry|Lithuania}} | Victory- Occupation of the Baltic states by the Red Army
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Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina (1940) | {{flag|Soviet Union|1936}} | {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Romania}} | Victory- Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina annexed to the USSR, creation of the Moldovan SSR
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World War II (1941–1945) | Allies of World War II
| Axis powers | Victory- Destruction of the Third Reich
- Dissolution of Japanese and Italian Empires
- Creation of the United Nations
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Guerrilla war in the Baltic states (1944–1956) | {{flag|Soviet Union|1936}} | {{flagcountry|Estonia}} {{flagcountry|Latvia}} {{flagcountry|Lithuania}} | Victory- Defeat of national partisans
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First Indochina War (1946–1954) | {{flagicon|North Vietnam|1945}} Việt Minh {{flagicon|Laos}} Pathet Lao {{flagicon|Cambodia|1979}} Khmer Issarak {{flag|Soviet Union|1936}} {{flag|East Germany}} | {{flagicon|France}} France {{flag|French Indochina}} {{flagicon|Cambodia|1863}} Cambodia (1953–1954) {{flag|Kingdom of Laos|name=Laos}} (1953–1954) {{flagicon|South Vietnam}} State of Vietnam {{flagu|United States}} | 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.
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Korean War (1950–1953) | {{flag|North Korea}} {{flagu|China}}----Supported by: {{flag|Soviet Union|1936}} | {{Flag|United Nations}} {{flag|South Korea}} {{flagu|United States|1912}} {{flagu|United Kingdom}} | Ceasefire (limited involvement)- Establishment of the Korean DMZ
- Minor territorial changes
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Vietnam War (1955–1975) | {{flag>North Vietnam}}Khmer Rouge{{flagicon|Laos}} Pathet Lao{{flag|China|}}{{flag|North Korea|}}----Supported by:{{flag|Soviet Union|}} [1] [2]{{flag|Cuba}} [1] [4] [5]{{flag|Czechoslovakia}} [6] [7]{{flag|East Germany}} [8] [9]{{flag|Polish People's Republic}} [10] [11] [12]Other support{{flag|People's Republic of Bulgaria}} [12] [13]{{flag|Hungarian People's Republic}} [10] [12]{{flag|Socialist Republic of Romania}} [12] [14]{{flag|Kingdom of Sweden}} [15] [16] | {{flag>South Vietnam|}} {{flag|United States|}} [1] {{flag|Kingdom of Laos}}[1]{{flagicon|Cambodia}}Kingdom of Cambodia (1967–1970){{flag|South Korea|}}[1] [17] [2] {{flag|Australia|}} [1] [17] [2]{{flag|New Zealand|}} [1] [17] [2]{{flag|Thailand|}} [1] [17] [2]{{flag|Philippines|}} [1] [17] [2]{{flagicon|Cambodia|1970|}} Khmer Republic [1] [17] [2]----Supported by:{{flag|Taiwan}} [1] [18] [17] [2]Other support{{flagicon|Brazil}} Military dictatorship in Brazil [17] | Victory- Withdrawal of American forces from Indochina
- North Vietnamesevictory 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
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East German Uprising (1953) | {{flag|Soviet Union|1936}}{{-}}{{flag|East Germany|1949}} | East German demonstrators | Victory |
Hungarian Revolution (1956) | {{flag|Soviet Union|1955|size=22px}} {{Flagicon|Hungary|1949|size=22px}} ÁVH | {{flagicon image|Flag of the Hungarian Revolution (1956).svg|size=22px}} Revolutionaries | Victory- Crushing of the revolution
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Operation Trikora (1961-1962) | {{flag|Indonesia}} {{flag|Soviet Union}} (Air and Naval support)[5][6][7][8] | {{flagcountry|Netherlands}} Netherlands New Guinea | Indonesian political victory[9][10] Dutch military victory[11][9]- New York Agreement
- Western New Guinea ceded to the United Nations then ceded to Indonesia
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Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968) | {{Flag|Soviet Union|1955|size=23px}} {{flagicon image|Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg|size=23px}} Bulgaria {{flag|East Germany|size=23px}} {{flagicon image|Flag of Hungary (1957-1989).svg|size=23px}} Hungary {{flagicon image|Flag of Poland.svg|size=23px}} Poland | {{flagicon image|Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg|size=23px}} Czechoslovakia | Victory- Moscow Protocol
- Soviet military presence in Czechoslovakia until 1991
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Zhenbao Island Incident (1969) | {{flag|Soviet Union|}} | {{flagu|China}} | Status quo ante bellum Strategic Victory[12]- Tactical Soviet victory[13]
- Strategic Soviet victory: Ceasefire Agreement Signed.[12]
- 1991 Sino-Soviet Border Agreement[12]
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War of Attrition (1969–1970) | {{flagcountry|Egypt|1958|size=23px}} {{flag|Soviet Union|1955|size=23px}} | {{Flag|Israel|size=22px}} | Inconclusive- Both sides claimed victory
- Continuation of Israeli occupation of Sinai
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Eritrean War of Independence (1974–1991) | {{flagicon|Ethiopia|1975|size=23px}} Ethiopia {{flag|Cuba|size=23px}} (until 1989) {{flag|Soviet Union|1955|size=23px}} (until 1990) {{flag|South Yemen|size=23px}} | {{flagicon image|Flag of Eritrea (1952-1961).svg|size=23px}} ELF {{flagicon image|Flag of the EPLF.svg|size=23px}} EPLF | Withdrawal (limited involvement)- Independence of Eritrea after the fall of the communist government in Ethiopia
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Angolan Civil War (1975–1991) | {{flagicon image|Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (bandeira).svg|size=22px}} MPLA {{flag|Cuba|size=22px}} {{flag|Soviet Union|1955|size=22px}} SWAPO MK | {{flag|South Africa|1928|size=22px}} {{flagicon image|Flag of UNITA.svg|size=22px}} UNITA {{flagicon image|Bandeira da FNLA.svg|size=22px}} FNLA {{flagicon image|Flag of Cabinda.svg|size=22px}} FLEC | Stalemate (limited involvement)- Three Powers Accord
- Withdrawal of all foreign forces from Angola
- Independence of Namibia
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Ethio-Somali War (1977–1978) | {{flagicon image|Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987).svg|size=22px}} Ethiopia {{flag|Cuba|size=22px}} {{flag|South Yemen|size=22px}} {{flag|Soviet Union|1955|size=22px}} | {{flagicon|Somalia|size=22px}} Somalia {{flagicon image|Eti so76.svg|size=22px}} WSLF | Victory- Somalia broke all ties with the Second World except for China and Romania
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Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989) | {{Flag|Soviet Union|size=23px}} {{flagicon|Afghanistan|1987|size=23px}} Afghanistan | {{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} Afghan Mujahideen | Withdrawal[14]- Failed Soviet attempt to quell Afghan Mujahedeen insurgency
- Geneva Accords of 1988
- Withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan
- Continuation of the Afghan Civil War
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Conflict | Russia (and its allies) | Opponent(s) | Result |
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Georgian Civil War (1991–1993) Location: Georgia | {{flagicon|Georgia|1990|size=22px}} Georgia {{flagu|Russia|1991|size=22px}} | {{flagicon|Georgia|1990|size=22px}} Zviadists | Victory |
War in Abkhazia (1991–1993) Location: Abkhazia | {{flagu|Russia|1991|size=22px}} {{flag|Abkhazia|size=22px}} | {{flag|Georgia|1990|size=22px}} | Victory- Abkhazia gained de facto independence
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Transnistria War (1992) Location: Transnistria
| {{flag|Transnistria|size=22px}} {{flagu|Russia|1991|size=22px}} | {{flag|Moldova}} | Victory- Transnistria gained de facto independence
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East Prigorodny Conflict (1992)Location: North Ossetia-Alania | {{flagu|Russia|1991|size=22px}} {{flag|North Ossetia-Alania}}[15] | {{flagicon image|Flag of Ingushetia.svg|size=22px}} Ingush militia | Victory- Expulsion of ethnic Ingush from Prigorodny by Ossetian militia
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Tajikistani Civil War (1992–1997)Location: Tajikistan | {{flag|Tajikistan|size=22px}} {{flagu|Russia|1991|size=22px}} {{flag|Uzbekistan|size=22px}}
| United Tajik Opposition {{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban|size=22px}} Taliban factions | Stalemate- United Nations-sponsored armistice
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First Chechen War (1994–1996)Location: Chechnya
| {{flagu|Russia|size=22px}}- {{flagicon|Chechnya}} Chechen Opposition
| Ichkeria {{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg|size=22px}} Mujahideen | Defeat[16]- 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
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War of Dagestan (1999)Location: Dagestan
| {{flagu|Russia|size=22px}} | {{flagicon image|Flag of Majlis.png|size=22px}} IIPB | Victory- Start of the Second Chechen War
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Second Chechen War (1999–2009)Location: Chechnya
| {{flagu|Russia|size=22px}} | Ichkeria {{flagicon image|Flag of the Caucasian Emirate.svg|size=22px}} Caucasian Front {{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg|size=22px}} Mujahideen | Victory- Russia regained control over Chechnya
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Russo-Georgian War (2008)Location: Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia
| {{flagu|Russia|size=22px}} {{flag|South Ossetia|size=22px}} {{flag|Abkhazia|size=22px}} | {{flag|Georgia|size=22px}} | Victory- Expansion of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
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Insurgency in the North Caucasus (2009–2017)Location: North Caucasus
| {{flagu|Russia|size=22px}}- {{flag|Chechnya}}
- {{flag|Dagestan}}
- {{flag|Ingushetia}}
- {{flag|Kabardino-Balkaria}}
- {{flag|North Ossetia-Alania}}
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Caucasian Emirate.svg|size=22px}} Caucasus Emirate {{flag|ISIL|size=22px}} (from 2015) | Victory |
Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present)Location: Ukraine and Crimea
| {{flagu|Russia|size=22px}} {{flag|Republic of Crimea|name=Crimea}} {{flag|Donetsk People's Republic|name=Donetsk}} {{flag|Luhansk People's Republic|name=Luhansk}} | {{flag|Ukraine|size=22px}} | Ongoing- Russian annexation of Crimea
- Minsk II
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Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War (2015–present)Location: Syria
| {{flagu|Russia|size=22px}} {{flagdeco|Syria|1980}} Syria {{flag|Iran|size=22px}} Hezbollah {{flagu|China|size=22px}} {{flag|Lebanon|size=22px}} | {{flag|ISIL|size=22px}} {{flagicon image|Logo of Ahrar al-Sham.svg|size=22px}} Ahrar al-Sham {{flagicon image|Flag of Jabhat al-Nusra.jpg|size=22px}} Tahrir al-Sham {{flagicon image|Flag of Syria 2011, observed.svg|size=22px}} Syrian opposition {{flag|Qatar|size=22px}} {{flag|Saudi Arabia|size=22px}} {{flag|Turkey|size=22px}} | Victory- Preservation of the Syrian government headed by Bashar al-Assad.[17]
- 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[18][19][20]
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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. ^{{cite book| last = Jelavich| first = Barbara| title = History of the Balkans: Twentieth century| url = https://books.google.com/?id=Hd-or3qtqrsC&pg=PA131| year = 1983| publisher = Cambridge University Press| isbn = 978-0-521-27459-3| page = 131 }}
5. ^J.D. Legge, 402
6. ^{{cite book|author=Geoffrey Jukes|title=The Soviet Union in Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zqXgTC4XgSEC&pg=PA173|date=1 January 1973|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-02393-2|pages=173–}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19650513&id=KsVYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YucDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4490,4128105&hl=en|title=Indonesia and the U.S.S.R|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=13 May 1965|accessdate=19 February 2015|pages=2}}
8. ^{{cite book|author=Kurt London|title=The Soviet Impact on World Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M0wdcwufqFEC&pg=PA153|year=1974|publisher=Ardent Media|isbn=978-0-8015-6978-4|pages=153–}}
9. ^1 {{cite journal |last1=Platje |first1=Wies |year=2001 |title=Dutch Sigint and the Conflict with Indonesia 1950–62|journal=Intelligence and National Security |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=285–312 |doi= 10.1080/714002840}}
10. ^Soedjati Djiwandono, Konfrontasi Revisited, p. 135.
11. ^{{cite journal |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=February 2011 |title=Operation Trikora – Indonesia's Takeover of West New Guinea |journal=Pathfinder: Air Power Development Centre Bulletin |volume= |issue=150 |pages=1–2 |doi= |url=http://airpower.airforce.gov.au/publications/Details/443/150-Operation-TRIKORA---Indonesias-Takeover-of-West-New-Guinea.aspx |accessdate=19 September 2013}}
12. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.ibiblio.org/chinesehistory/contents/03pol/c04s05.html#1969%20Border%20Conflict|title=Exploring Chinese History :: Politics :: Conflict and War :: Soviet Aggression|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}
13. ^Kuisong p.29
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/afghanistan-1979-4.htm|publisher=GlobalSecurity.org|title=Soviet Defeat in Afghanistan}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.memo.ru/hr/hotpoints/ingushi/Chapt10.htm|title=9. Вооруженные формирования в зоне конфликта|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/documents/yrusfail/yrusfail.htm|publisher=Foreign Military Studies Office|title=Why the Russian Military Failed in Chechnya}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.newser.com/story/252747/putin-announces-russian-withdrawal-from-syria.html|title=Putin Announces Russian Withdrawal From Syria|first=Rob|last=Quinn|date=12 December 2017|website=Newser.com|access-date=18 December 2017}}
18. ^{{cite news|title=Assad and Putin Meet, as Russia Pushes to End Syrian War|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/world/middleeast/assad-putin-russia-syria.html|newspaper=New York Times|date=21 November 2017}}
19. ^{{cite news|title=How Russian special forces are shaping the fight in Syria|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/03/29/how-russian-special-forces-are-shaping-the-fight-in-syria/|agency=Washington Post|date=29 March 2016}}
20. ^{{cite web|url=https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201708251056779496-syria-terrirory-control-russian-help|title=Syrian Expands Territorial Control Fourfold in Two Years With Russian Help|agency=Sputnik News}}