List of wars involving Russia

This is a list of wars involving the Russian Federation and predecessor states of Russia, from antiquity to the present day. It also includes wars fought outside Russia by the Russian military.

Novgorodian and Kievan Rus'

Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
907 Rus'–Byzantine War (907) Kievan Rus'  Byzantine Empire Victory[1]
920–1036 Rus'-Pechenegs' campaigns Kievan Rus' Pechenegs Different 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. 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 pay tribute to Rus.
1030–1031 Yaroslav the Wise's campaign on Cherven Cities Kievan Rus' Duchy of Poland Victory
1043 Rus'–Byzantine War (1043) Kievan Rus'  Byzantine Empire 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 Bolesław IV the Curly
Kievan Rus'
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
Principality of Kiev
Galicia-Volhynia
Novgorod Republic
Smolensk
Turov and Pinsk
Rostov
Chernigov
Ryazan
Pereyaslavl
Mongol Empire Defeat. Principalities of the Russian State became vassals of the Mongol Empire.

Grand Duchy of Moscow (1263–1547)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1368–72) Grand Duchy of Moscow Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Principality of Tver

Inconclusive
Muscovite–Volga Bulgars war (1376) Grand Duchy of Moscow Volga Bulgaria Victory
Battle on Pyana River Grand Duchy of Moscow Golden Horde Defeat
Battle of the Vozha River Grand Duchy of Moscow Golden Horde Victory
Battle of Kulikovo Grand Duchy of Moscow Golden Horde Victory
Siege of Moscow (1382) Grand Duchy of Moscow Golden Horde Defeat
Ulugh Muhammad's Campaign (1438–1445) Grand Duchy of Moscow Khanate of Kazan Defeat
Qasim War (1467–1469) Grand Duchy of Moscow Khanate of Kazan Victory
  • Kazan releases all ethnic Christian Russians enslaved in the past four decades
Battle of Shelon (14 July 1471) Grand Duchy of Moscow Novgorod Republic Victory
Great stand on the Ugra river (8 October 1480) Grand Duchy of Moscow Golden Horde Victory
  • End of Mongol rule
Capture of Tver (1485) Grand Duchy of Moscow Principality of Tver Victory
  • End of the Principality of Tver
Siege of Kazan (1487) Grand Duchy of Moscow Khanate of Kazan Victory
First Muscovite-Lithuanian War (1492–1494) Grand Duchy of Moscow Grand Duchy of Lithuania Victory
Russo-Swedish War (1495–1497) Grand Duchy of Moscow Sweden Inconclusive
Second Muscovite-Lithuanian War (1500–1503) Grand Duchy of Moscow Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Livonian Order

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

Crimean Khanate

Inconclusive
Fourth Muscovite-Lithuanian War (1512–1522) Grand Duchy of Moscow

Livonian Order

Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Crimean Khanate

Victory
Fifth Muscovite-Lithuanian War (1534–1537) Grand Duchy of Moscow Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Crimean Khanate

Indecisive

Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721)

Conflict Russia (and its allies) Opponent(s) Result
Siege of Kazan (1552)
Location: Tatarstan
Qolsharif and his students defend their madrassa and the Qolsharif mosque
Russia Khanate of Kazan Victory
  • Annexation of Kazan into Russia
Tatar Rebellion (1552–1556)
Location: Tatarstan
Russia Tatar rebels Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
Ivan the Terrible's Swedish War (1554–1557)
Location: Karelia
Russia Sweden Inconclusive
Russian conquest of Astrakhan (1556)
Location: Astrakhan
Russia Astrakhan Khanate Victory
Livonian War (1558–1583)
Location: Northern Europe
Russia troops besiege Narva in 1558
Russia
Livonia
Livonian Confederation
Denmark–Norway
Sweden
Poland–Lithuania

(before 1569 the Polish–Lithuanian union)

Defeat
Astrakhan Expedition (1568–1570)
Location: Astrakhan and Azov
Russia Turkey

Crimean Khanate

Victory
  • Treaty of Constantinople (1570)
Ivan the Terrible's Crimean War (1570–1572)
Location: European Russia
Russia Crimean Khanate Victory
  • The burning of Moscow by the Crimean Tatars in 1571
  • The defeat of the Crimean Tatars by the Russians at the Battle of Molodi in 1572
  • Preservation of independence of Russia and its conquests in the Volga region
Russian conquest of Siberia (1580–1762)
Location: Siberia
Yermak's Conquest of Siberia
Russia Khanate of Sibir (until 1598)
Native Siberians
Victory
  • Start of Russian annexation of Siberia
Boris Godunov's Swedish War (1590–1595)
Location: Northern Europe
Russia Sweden Inconclusive
Polish invasions of Russia (1605–1618)
Location: Russia
The Poles surrender the Moscow Kremlin to Prince Pozharsky in 1612
Russia
Sweden (1609–1610)
Poland–Lithuania Inconclusive
  • Russia preserve independence
  • Russia lost Smolensk
  • Vladislav Zhigimondovich remained a contender for the Russian throne
  • Truce of Deulino
Bolotnikov Rebellion (1606–1607)
Location: Russia
Bolotnikov's battle with the Tsar's army at Nizhniye Kotly near Moscow
Russia Rebels under Ivan Bolotnikov Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
Ingrian War (1610–1617)
Location: Russia
Depiction of Russian troops in 1611
Russia Sweden Defeat
Smolensk War (1632–1634)
Location: Smolensk
Russian troops storm Smolensk
Russia Poland–Lithuania Defeat
Alexis I's Persian War (1651–1653)
Location: North Caucasus
Russia Persia Defeat
Sino–Russian border conflicts (1652–1689)
Location: Heilongjiang and Amur
Russian fort under attack by Chinese troops
Russia
Cossacks
China
Korea
Defeat
First Northern War (1654–1667)
Location: Eastern Europe
Russia
Cossack Hetmanate
Poland–Lithuania

Crimean Khanate

Victory
Second Northern War (1656–1658)
Location: Northern Europe
Russian troops besiege Riga in 1656
Russia Sweden Inconclusive
First Bashkir Rebellion (1662–1664)
Location: Bashkortostan
Russia Bashkir rebels Inconclusive
Political defeat
  • Russian government forced to accept Bashkir demands
Razin's Rebellion (1670–1671)
Location: Russia
Razin's rebels in Astrakhan
Russia Cossacks under Stepan Razin Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
Feodor III's Turkish War (1676–1681)
Location: Ukraine
Russia Turkey

Crimean Khanate

Indecisive[3]
Great Turkish War (1683–1700)
Location: Eastern Europe
Russian troops capture Azov
Russia (from 1686)
Austria
Poland–Lithuania

Cossack Hetmanate

Turkey

Crimean Khanate

Victory
Great Northern War (1700–1721)
Location: Europe
Russian troops assault the island fortress of Nöteborg

Russian troops capture Narva
Russia
Denmark–Norway
(1700, 1709–)
 Saxony
(1700–6, 1709–)
Poland–Lithuania
(1700–4, 1709–)
Cossack Hetmanate (1700–8)
 Prussia (1715–)
Hanover (1715–)

 Great Britain (1717–19)

Sweden
Holstein-Gottorp
Poland–Lithuania (1704–09)
Turkey (1710–4)
Cossack Hetmanate (1708–09)

 Great Britain (1700, 1719–21)

Victory

Victory against Sweden

Defeat against Turkey

Third Bashkir Rebellion (1704–1711)
Location: Bashkortostan and Tatarstan
Russia Bashkir rebels Military victory
Political defeat
  • Russian government forced to accept some Bashkir demands
Bulavin Rebellion (1707–1708)
Location: Southern Russia
Russia Don Cossack rebels Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
Peter the Great's Khivan War (1717)
Location: Khanate of Khiva
Russia Khanate of Khiva Defeat
Kazakh-Russian conflicts (1717–1847)
Location: Kazakhstan
 Russia

Bashkirs
Cossack rebels

Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz tribes
Khanate of Khiva
Victory

Russian Empire (1721–1917)

Conflict Russia (and its allies) Opponent(s) Result
Persian Expedition of Peter the Great (1722–1723)
Location: Caucasus and northern Iran
 Russia
Cossack Hetmanate
Armenia
Georgia
Persia Victory
War of the Polish Succession (1733–1738)
Location: Poland and Rhineland
Depiction of the Siege of Danzig by Russian and Saxon forces in 1734
Poland under

Augustus III of Poland
 Russia
 Austria
 Saxony
 Prussia

Poland under

Stanisław Leszczyński
 France
 Spain
 Sardinia

Indecisive
Russo–Austro–Turkish War (1735–1739)
Location: Eastern Europe
 Russia

Austria

 Turkey Victory
Fourth Bashkir Rebellion (1735–1740)
Location: Bashkortostan
 Russia
  • pro-Russian Bashkirs
Bashkir rebels Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
  • Establishment of Orenburg
War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748)
Location: Europe
 Austria
 Britain
Hanover

 Russia (1741–43, 1748)
 Dutch Republic
 Saxony (1743–45)
 Sardinia

 Prussia
(1740–42) (1744–45)
Spain (1740–1746)
 France
Bavaria (1741–45)
 Saxony (1741–42)
Naples and Sicily
 Genoa

Sweden (1741–43)

Inconclusive

Victory against Sweden

Seven Years' War (1756–1763)
Location: Europe
Russian troops in Berlin in 1760
 France
 Austria
 Spain
 Sweden
 Russia (1756–1762)
 Saxony
 Prussia
 Britain
Hanover
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Portugal
Hesse-Kassel
Schaumburg-Lippe

Iroquois Confederacy

White peace
Koliyivshchyna Rebellion (1768–1769)
Location: Ukraine
Camp of Haidamakas
 Russia
Poland–Lithuania
Haidamaky Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
War of the Bar Confederation (1768–1772)
Location: Poland
Krakow capitulates to Suvorov
 Russia France

Bar Confederation

Victory
Catherine the Great's First Turkish War (1768–1774)
Location: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Mediterranean
Destruction of the Turkish fleet in the Battle of Chesma
 Russia  Turkey Victory
Pugachev's Rebellion (1773–1775)
Location: Russia
Russian Cossack troops march during the rebellion
 Russia Rebels under Yemelyan Pugachev
 Turkey
Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
Catherine the Great's Second Turkish War (1787–1792)
Location: Eastern Europe
Russian troops storm the fortress of Ochakov
 Russia  Turkey Victory
Catherine the Great's Swedish War (1788–1790)
Location: Finland, western Sweden and Baltic Sea
Russian fleet during the Battle of Vyborg Bay
 Russia Sweden Inconclusive
Catherine the Great's Polish War (1792)
Location: Poland
 Russia
Targowica Confederation
Poland–Lithuania Victory
Kościuszko Uprising (1794)
Location: Poland
 Russia
Prussia
Poland–Lithuania Victory
Persian Expedition of Catherine the Great (1796)
Location: North Caucasus and South Caucasus
 Russia Persia Withdrawal
War of the Second Coalition (1799–1802)
Location: Europe
Suvorov victorious at the Battle of Trebbia (1799)
 Austria
 Holy Roman Empire
 Britain
 Russia (until 1799)
French Royalists
Portugal
 Two Sicilies

 Turkey

France
 Spain
Denmark-Norway
Polish Legions

French client states

Withdrawal (in 1799)
  • French victory in 1802
War of the Third Coalition (1803–1806)
Location: Europe
Capture of a French regiment's standard by the cavalry of the Russian Guards
 Austria
 Russia
 United Kingdom
Sicily
Naples
Portugal
 Sweden
France

French client states

Defeat
Alexander I's Persian War (1804–1813)
Location: North Caucasus, South Caucasus and northern Iran
Russian troops storm the fortress of Lankaran
 Russia Persia Victory
War of the Fourth Coalition (1806–1807)
Location: Eastern and Central Europe
Russia troops clash with French troops at the Battle of Eylau
 Prussia
 United Kingdom
 Saxony
 Sweden
 Russia

Sicily

France

French client states

 Spain
Confederation of the Rhine
Italy
Naples

Polish Legions

Defeat
Alexander I's Turkish War (1806–1812)
Location: Romania, Moldova, Caucasus and Black Sea
Russian Fleet after the Battle of Athos
 Russia Turkey Victory
Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812)
Location: Baltic Sea and Barents Sea
 Russia  United Kingdom Inconclusive
Finnish War (1808–1809)
Location: Finland and Sweden
Russian troops cross the Gulf of Bothnia on ice
 Russia Sweden Victory
War of the Fifth Coalition (1809)
Location: Central Europe
France
Confederation of the Rhine
Italy
Spain
Warsaw
 Russia
 Austria
 United Kingdom
Sicily
 Sardinia
Victory (limited involvement)
French invasion of Russia (1812)
Location: Russia
General Raevsky leading a detachment of the Russian Imperial Guard at the Battle of Saltanovka
 Russia France

French client states

Victory
  • French invasion repelled
  • Destruction of Napoleon's Grand Army
War of the Sixth Coalition (1813–1814)
Location: Europe
Russian troops entering Paris in 1814
 Austria
 Prussia

 United Kingdom
 Sweden
 Russia
Spain
Portugal
Sicily
 Sardinia

France

French client states

Victory
War of the Seventh Coalition (1815)
Location: Europe
 Austria
 Prussia
 United Kingdom
 Russia
Hanover

Nassau
Brunswick
 Sweden
 United Netherlands
 Spain
Portugal
 Sardinia
Sicily
Tuscany
  Switzerland
French Royalists

France
Naples
Victory
Caucasian War (1817–1864)
Location: Caucasus
Imam Shamil surrenders to Russian forces
 Russia
Mingrelia
Guria
Caucasian Imamate
Circassia
Big Kabarda (until 1825)
Abkhazian insurgents
Kazi-Kumukh
Dagestan free people
Avaria (1829–1859)
Svaneti
Victory
Decembrist revolt (1825)
Location: Saint Petersburg
Decembrists at the Senate Square
 Russia Decembrist rebels Victory
  • Crushing of the revolt
Nicholas I's Persian War (1826–1828)
Location: South Caucasus and northern Iran
Russian and Persian troops clash near Elisabethpol
 Russia Persia Victory
Battle of Navarino
Russian squadron bombarding the Ottoman fleet
 United Kingdom
France
 Russia
 Turkey Victory
Nicholas I's Turkish War (1828–1829)
Location: Balkans and Caucasus
Russian troops besiege Kars in 1828
 Russia  Turkey Victory
November uprising (1830–1831)
Location: Poland
Russian and Polish forces clash during the Battle of Ostrołęka
 Russia Poland Victory
  • Crushing of the uprising
Second Turko–Egyptian War (1839–1841)
Location: Syria and Lebanon
Britain
Austria
Russia
Turkey
Egypt
France
Spain
Victory
  • Egypt renounced its claim to Syria
Russian conquest of Central Asia (1839–1895)
Location: Central Asia
Russian troops entering Samarkand in 1868
 Russia Kazakhstan
Bukhara
Khiva
Kokand
Turkmen tribes
Kyrgyz tribes
Afghanistan
Victory
  • Russian annexation of Central Asia
Gurian Rebellion (1841)
Location: Georgia
 Russia Gurian rebels Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
Shoorcha rebellion (1842)
Location: Tatarstan and Ulyanovsk
 Russia Tatar, Mari and Chuvash peasants Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
Hungarian Revolution of 1848 (1848–1849)
Location: Hungary
Hungarian troops surrender to the Russians at Világos
Austria

 Russia

Hungary

Polish legions
German legion
Viennese legion
Italian legion

Victory
  • Crushing of the revolution
Crimean War (1853–1856)
Location: Crimea, Balkans, Caucasus, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea and Far East
Russian troops and French zouaves engaged in hand-to-hand combat at Malakhov Kurgan
 Russia France
 Turkey
 Britain
 Sardinia
Defeat
Mahtra Rebellion (1858)
Location: Estonia
 Russia Estonian peasants Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
Bezdna Revolt (1861)
Location: Tatarstan
Russia Peasants Victory
  • Crushing of the revolt
January uprising (1863–1864)
Location: Poland
Russian troops in Warsaw during the uprising
Russia Polish, Lithuanian and Ukrainian insurgents Victory
  • Crushing of the uprising
Polish Rebellion in Siberia (1866)
Location: Siberia
Russia Polish political exiles Victory
  • Crushing of the rebellion
Alexander II's Turkish War (1877–1878)
Location: Balkans and Caucasus
Russian troops entering Adrianople
Russia
Bulgarian volunteers
Romania
Serbia
 Montenegro
Turkey Victory
Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901)
Location: China
Russian troops in Pekin
Eight-Nation Alliance:

 Japan
 United Kingdom
 Russia
France
 United States
 Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Italy

Yìhéquán
 China
Victory
Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)
Location: Manchuria, Korean Peninsula and Yellow Sea
Russian cavalry in a reconnaissance mission during the Battle of Mukden
 Russia  Japan Defeat
Russian Revolution of 1905 (1905–1907)
Location: Russia
A barricade erected by revolutionaries in Moscow
 Russia Revolutionaries Victory
  • Crushing of the revolution
Persian Constitutional Revolution (1905–1911)
Location: Iran
Russian flag over Arg of Tabriz
Persia
 Russia (from 1906)
Iranian constitutionalists Victory
World War I (1914–1918)
Location: Europe and Asia
Russian troops going to the front

Attack of Russian cavalry

Russian trenches in the forests of Sarikamish
Allied Powers:

 France
 British Empire

 Russia
 United States
 Italy
 Serbia
 Montenegro
 Belgium
 Japan
 Romania
 Portugal
 Brazil
Hejaz
 Greece
Armenia
Nejd and Hasa
 China
 Siam

Central Powers:

 Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Turkey
 Bulgaria

Defeat[4][5][6]

Allied Victory (without Russia)

Central Asian Revolt (1916–1934)
Location: Central Asia
Soviet troops on Turkestan front in 1922
Russian Empire (until 1917)
 Russian SFSR

 Soviet Union (from 1922)

Basmachi

Khiva
Bukhara
Afghanistan

Victory
  • Crushing of the revolt

Russian SFSR (1917–1922)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Russian Civil War
(1917–1922)
 Russian SFSR
 Far Eastern Republic
Mongolian Communists

Makhnovshchina
Left SR
Green armies

White Movement
Mountain Republic
Makhnovshchina
Left SR
Green armies

 British Empire
 Japan
 Czechoslovakia
 Greece
 United States
 France
 Serbia
 Romania
 Italy
 China


Mongolia

Victory
Ukrainian War of Independence
(1917–1921)
 Russian SFSR
Ukrainian SSR
Makhnovshchina
Ukrainian People's Republic

West Ukrainian People's Republic
 German Empire (1918)
Poland (1920–1921)


Hetmanate of Ukraine

White Movement
 German Empire (1917–1918)

Romania (1918)

Poland (1918–1919)

France (1919)
Greece (1919)

Victory
Kazakhstan Campaign
(1917–1920)
 Russian SFSR Alash Autonomy
White Movement
Victory
Finnish Civil War
(1918)
 Russian SFSR
Red Guard
White Guard
Germany
Defeat
  • Victory of White Guard in Finland
Latvian War of Independence
(1918–1920)
 Russian SFSR
 Latvian SSR
 Latvian Army
 Estonia
Lieven
 Poland
 Lithuania

Supported by the Allied Powers


VI Reserve Corps:

merged into the
West Russian Volunteer Army in September 1919

Defeat
  • Independence of Latvia
Estonian War of Independence
(1918–1920)
 Russian SFSR
Commune of Estonia
 Estonia
 Latvia
 United Kingdom
White Movement
Finnish, Danish, and Swedish volunteers

Baltische Landeswehr

Defeat
Lithuanian–Soviet War
(1918–1919)
 Russian SFSR
LBSSR
Republic of Lithuania
 Saxon Volunteers
Defeat
Georgian-Ossetian Conflict
(1918–1920)
 Russian SFSR
Ossetian rebels
Transcaucasian Federation
Georgia
Defeat
Polish–Soviet War
(1919–1921)
 Russian SFSR
Ukrainian SSR
Poland
 Ukraine
Defeat
Turkish War of Independence
(1919–1923)
Turkey
 Russian SFSR[7]
 Greece
 United Kingdom
 Armenia
Victory
Invasion of Azerbaijan
(1920)
 Russian SFSR
 Azerbaijan SSR
Azerbaijan Victory
Red Army invasion of Armenia
(1920)
 Russian SFSR Armenia Victory
Invasion of Georgia
(1921)
 Russian SFSR
 Armenian SSR
 Azerbaijan SSR
Turkey
Georgia Victory
East Karelian Uprising
(1921–1922)
 Russian SFSR Forest Guerrillas
Finnish volunteers
Victory
  • Crushing of the uprising

Soviet Union (1922–1991)

  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
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
August Uprising
(1924)
 Soviet Union Damkom Victory
Tatarbunary Uprising
(1924)
 Soviet Union

In support of:
Tatarbunary Revolutionary Committee

 Kingdom of Romania Defeat
  • Crushing of the Soviet-inspired rebellion
Urtatagai conflict
(1925-1926)
 Soviet Union Emirate of Afghanistan Peace treaty
  • Afghanistan forced to restrain Basmachi border raids
  • Urtatagai is captured, then ceded back to Afghanistan
Sino-Soviet conflict
(1929)
 Soviet Union  China Victory
  • Upholding of the provisions of 1924 agreement
Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1929)
Part of the Afghan Civil War (1928–1929)
 Soviet Union
In support of:
Amānullāh Khān
Basmachi

Saqqawists

Inconclusive
  • Reduction of Basmachi offensive capabilities
  • Failure to restore Amanullah Khan as king of Afghanistan
Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1930)  Soviet Union Basmachi Victory
Chechen uprising of 1932  Soviet Union Chechen rebels Victory
  • Uprising suppressed
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts
(1932–1941)
 Soviet Union
 Mongolia
 Japan
 Manchukuo
Victory
Islamic Rebellion in Xinjiang
(1937)
Xinjiang
 Soviet Union
White Movement
 China Victory
  • Establishment of the rule of Sheng Shica's regime over the whole territory of Xinjiang province
Spanish Civil War
(1937–1939)
Republicans
Supported by:
 Soviet Union
 Mexico
Nationalists
 Germany
 Italy
Defeat
Invasion of Poland
(1939) (Part of World War II)
 Germany
 Soviet Union
 Slovak Republic
Poland Victory
Winter War
(1939–1940) (Part of World War II)
 Soviet Union  Finland Victory
Occupation of the Baltic states
(1940) (Part of World War II)
 Soviet Union  Estonia
 Latvia
 Lithuania
Victory
Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina
(1940) (Part of World War II)
 Soviet Union  Romania Victory
World War II
(1941–1945)
Allied Powers:

 Soviet Union
 United States
 United Kingdom
 China
 France
 Poland
 Canada
 Australia
 New Zealand
 India
 South Africa
 Yugoslavia
 Greece
 Denmark
 Norway
 Netherlands
 Belgium
 Luxembourg
 Czechoslovakia
 Brazil
 Mexico

Axis Powers:

 Germany
 Japan
 Italy
 Hungary
 Romania
 Bulgaria
 Slovakia
 Croatia
 Thailand
 Manchukuo
 Mengjiang

Victory
Guerrilla war in the Baltic states
(1944–1956)
 Soviet Union  Estonia
 Latvia
 Lithuania
Victory
  • Defeat of national partisans
Guerrilla war in Ukraine
1944-1953 (Part of World War II from 1944-1945)
 Soviet Union Ukrainian Insurgent Army Victory
  • Defeat of national partisans
Soviet–Japanese War
(1945) (Part of World War II)
 Soviet Union
 Mongolia
 Japan
 Manchukuo
Victory
First Indochina War
(1946–1954)
Việt Minh
Pathet Lao
Khmer Issarak
Supported by:
 Soviet Union
France
   French Indochina
Vietnam (1949–1954)
Cambodia (1953–1954)
 Laos (1953–1954)
Victory
Korean War
(1950–1953)
 North Korea
 China
 Soviet Union
 United Nations
 South Korea
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Australia
 Belgium
 Canada
 France
 Philippines
 Colombia
 Ethiopia
 Greece
 Luxembourg
 Netherlands
 New Zealand
 South Africa
 Thailand
 Turkey
Ceasefire (limited involvement)
  • Establishment of the Korean DMZ
  • Minor territorial changes
Vietnam War
(1955–1975)
 North Vietnam
Viet Cong and PRG
Pathet Lao
GRUNK (1970–1975)
Khmer Rouge
 China
 Soviet Union
 North Korea
 South Vietnam
 United States
 South Korea
 Australia
 New Zealand
 Laos
Cambodia (1967–1970)
Khmer Republic (1970–1975)
 Thailand
 Philippines
Victory
East German Uprising
(1953)
 Soviet Union
 East Germany
East German demonstrators Victory
  • Uprising suppressed
Hungarian Revolution
(1956)
 Soviet Union
ÁVH
Revolutionaries Victory
  • Crushing of the revolution
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
(1968)
 Soviet Union
Bulgaria
 East Germany
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia Victory
Zhenbao Island Incident
(1969)
 Soviet Union  China Status quo ante bellum
Strategic Victory[8]
War of Attrition
(1969–1970)
 Egypt
 Soviet Union
 Israel Inconclusive
  • Both sides claimed victory
  • Continuation of Israeli occupation of Sinai
Eritrean War of Independence
(1974–1991)
Ethiopia
 Cuba (until 1989)
 Soviet Union (until 1990)
 South Yemen
ELF
EPLF
Withdrawal (limited involvement)
  • Independence of Eritrea after the fall of the communist government in Ethiopia
Angolan Civil War
(1975–1991)
MPLA
 Cuba
 Soviet Union
SWAPO
MK
 South Africa
UNITA
FNLA
FLEC
Stalemate (limited involvement)
Ethio-Somali War
(1977–1978)
Ethiopia
 Cuba
 South Yemen
 Soviet Union
Somalia
WSLF
Victory
Soviet–Afghan War
(1979–1989)
 Soviet Union
Afghanistan
Afghan Mujahideen Mujahideen-Allied Victory[10]

Russian Federation (1991–present)

Conflict Russia & allies Russia's opposition Outcome
Georgian Civil War (1991–1993)

Location: Georgia

Georgia
 Russia
Zviadists Victory
  • Zviadist revolt crushed
War in Abkhazia (1991–1993)

Location: Abkhazia

 Russia
 Abkhazia
 Georgia Victory
  • Abkhazia gained de facto independence
Transnistria War (1992)

Location: Transnistria

PMR trucks on the bridge between Tiraspol and Bendery
 Transnistria
 Russia
 Moldova Victory
  • Transnistria gained de facto independence
East Prigorodny Conflict (1992)

Location: North Ossetia-Alania

 Russia
 North Ossetia-Alania[11]
Ingush militia Victory
Tajikistani Civil War (1992–1997)

Location: Tajikistan

Russian Spetsnaz troops dismount an APC during the war
 Tajikistan
 Russia
 Uzbekistan
 Kazakhstan
 Kyrgyzstan
 Turkmenistan
 China
 India
UNMOT
United Tajik Opposition
Taliban factions
Victory
First Chechen War (1994–1996)

Location: Chechnya

A Chechen militiaman takes cover behind a burned-out Russian BMP-2 armoured vehicle
 Russia
  • Chechen Opposition
Ichkeria
Mujahideen
Defeat[12]
War of Dagestan (1999)

Location: Dagestan

Russian federal Spetsnaz forces in Dagestan
 Russia IIPB Victory
Second Chechen War (1999–2009)

Location: Chechnya

A farewell ceremony for the 331st Airborne Regiment of the 98th Airborne Division withdrawn from Chechnya
 Russia Ichkeria
Caucasian Front
Mujahideen
Victory
Russo-Georgian War (2008)

Location: Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia

Russian BMP-2 from the 58th Army in South Ossetia
 Russia
 South Ossetia
 Abkhazia
 Georgia Victory
Insurgency in the North Caucasus (2009–2017)

Location: North Caucasus

FSB Spetsnaz members during an anti-terrorist operation in Makhachkala, Dagestan
 Russia Caucasus Emirate
 ISIL (from 2015)
Victory
  • Defeat of Islamists
Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present)

Location: Ukraine (incl. Crimea)

Russian unidentified special forces take control of a Ukrainian military garrison in Crimea
Donetsk People's Republic militiamen checking with civilians in a cellar during the Battle of Ilovaisk (2014)
DPR elite Republican Guard troops during the 2018 Victory Day parade in Donetsk
 Russia  Ukraine Ongoing
Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War (2015–present)

Location: Syria

Two Tupolev Tu-22M3s bombing ISIL command posts and weapon warehouses in the Deir ez-Zor area, 2017
Sukhoi Su-30 pilot talking to a Russian Air Force technician in the Khmeimim Air Base
 Russia
 Syria
 Iran
Hezbollah
 ISIL
Ahrar al-Sham
Tahrir al-Sham
Syrian Opposition
Ongoing[13]

See also

Notes

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