List of wars involving Russia

List of wars involving Russia

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.

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

Kievan Rus'

List of wars involving Russia

<table><thead><tr><th>Date</th><th>Conflict</th><th>Location</th><th>Rus and its allies</th><th>Opponent(s)</th><th>Result</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>830s</td><td>Paphlagonian expedition of the Rusʹ</td><td></td><td>Rus' Khaganate</td><td>Byzantine Empire</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>860</td><td>Siege of Constantinople (860)</td><td></td><td>Rus' Khaganate</td><td>Byzantine Empire</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>907</td><td>Rus'–Byzantine War (907)</td><td></td><td>Kievan Rus'</td><td>Byzantine Empire</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>920–1036</td><td>Rus'–Pecheneg campaigns</td><td></td><td>Kievan Rus'</td><td>Pechenegs</td><td>Various results; eventually victory</td></tr><tr><td>941</td><td>Rus'–Byzantine War (941)</td><td></td><td>Kievan Rus'</td><td>Byzantine Empire</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>944/945</td><td>Rus'-Byzantine War (944/945)</td><td></td><td>Kievan Rus'</td><td>Byzantine Empire</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>964–965</td><td>Sviatoslav's campaign against Khazars</td><td></td><td>Kievan Rus'</td><td>Khazar Khaganate</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>967/968–971</td><td>Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria</td><td></td><td>Kievan Rus'</td><td>Byzantine Empire</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>981</td><td>Vladimir the Great's campaign on Cherven Cities</td><td></td><td>Kievan Rus'</td><td>Duchy of Poland</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>985</td><td>Vladimir the Great's campaign against Volga Bulgaria</td><td></td><td>Kievan Rus'</td><td>Volga Bulgaria</td><td>Military victory, then agreement</td></tr><tr><td>987</td><td>Rus'–Byzantine War (987)</td><td></td><td>Kievan Rus'</td><td>Byzantine Empire</td><td>Military victory and agreement</td></tr><tr><td>1022</td><td>Yaroslav the Wise's attack on Brest</td><td></td><td>Kievan Rus'</td><td>Duchy of Poland</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1024</td><td>Rus'–Byzantine War (1024)</td><td></td><td>Kievan Rus'</td><td>Byzantine Empire</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1030</td><td>Yaroslav the Wise's campaign against Chud</td><td></td><td>Kievan Rus'</td><td>Chud</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1030–1031</td><td>Yaroslav the Wise's campaign on Cherven Cities</td><td></td><td>Kievan Rus'</td><td>Duchy of Poland</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1042–1228</td><td>Finnish–Novgorodian wars</td><td></td><td>Kievan Rus' (until 1136)</td><td>Baltic Finnic peoples of Fennoscandia (Yem people)</td><td>Various results, mostly victories</td></tr><tr><td>1043</td><td>Rus'–Byzantine War (1043)</td><td></td><td>Kievan Rus'</td><td>Byzantine Empire</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1055–1223</td><td>Rus'–Cuman campaigns</td><td></td><td>Kievan Rus'</td><td>Cumans</td><td>Various results, mostly victories</td></tr><tr><td>1061</td><td>Sosols raid against Pskov</td><td></td><td>Kievan Rus'</td><td>Sosols</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1132–1445</td><td>Swedish–Novgorodian Wars</td><td></td><td>Kievan Rus' (until 1136)</td><td>Kingdom of Sweden Kingdom of Norway (from 1319)</td><td>Stalemate after the Black Death</td></tr><tr><td>1147</td><td>Bolesław IV the Curly's raid on Old Prussians</td><td></td><td>Bolesław IV the CurlyKievan Rus'</td><td>Old Prussians</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1203–1234</td><td>Campaigns of Rus princes against the Order of the Sword (see also Livonian Crusade)</td><td></td><td></td><td>Livonian Brothers of the Sword</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1223–1240</td><td>Mongol invasion of Rus'(see also List of Tatar and Mongol raids against Rus')</td><td></td><td></td><td>Mongol Empire</td><td>Decisive defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1240–1242</td><td>Livonian campaign against Rus' (see also Northern Crusades)</td><td></td><td>Kievan Rus' Novgorod Republic</td><td>Kingdom of Sweden</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1245</td><td>Alexandr Nevsky Lithuanian campaign</td><td></td><td>Kievan Rus' Novgorod Republic</td><td>Grand Duchy of Lithuania</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1268</td><td>Battle of Wesenberg</td><td></td><td></td><td>Denmark Teutonic Order</td><td>Both sides claim victory</td></tr></tbody></table>

Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721)

List of wars involving Russia

<table><thead><tr><th>Date</th><th>Conflict</th><th>Location</th><th>Russia and its allies</th><th>Opponent(s)</th><th>Result</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1552</td><td>Siege of Kazan</td><td>Tatarstan</td><td>Russia</td><td>Khanate of Kazan</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1552–1556</td><td>Tatar Rebellion</td><td>Tatarstan</td><td>Russia</td><td>Tatar rebels</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1554–1557</td><td>Ivan the Terrible's Swedish War</td><td>Karelia</td><td>Russia</td><td>Sweden</td><td>Inconclusive</td></tr><tr><td>1556</td><td>Russian conquest of Astrakhan</td><td>Astrakhan</td><td>Russia</td><td>Astrakhan Khanate</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1558–1562</td><td>Ivan the Terrible's Livonian Campaign</td><td>Livonia</td><td>Russia</td><td>Livonian Confederation</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1562–1570</td><td>Russo-Lithuanian War</td><td>Northern Europe</td><td>Russia</td><td>Polish–Lithuanian union</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1558–1583</td><td>Livonian War</td><td>Northern Europe</td><td></td><td></td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1568–1570</td><td>Astrakhan Expedition</td><td>Astrakhan and Azov</td><td>Russia</td><td></td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1570–1572</td><td>Ivan the Terrible's Crimean War</td><td>European Russia</td><td>Russia</td><td>Crimean Khanate</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1580–1762</td><td>Russian conquest of Siberia</td><td>Siberia</td><td>Russia</td><td>Khanate of Sibir (until 1598) Native Siberians</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1590–1595</td><td>Boris Godunov's Swedish War</td><td>Northern Europe</td><td>Russia</td><td>Sweden</td><td>Inconclusive</td></tr><tr><td>1605–1618</td><td>Polish invasions of Russia</td><td>Russia</td><td></td><td>Poland–Lithuania</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1606–1607</td><td>Bolotnikov Rebellion</td><td>Russia</td><td>Russia</td><td>Rebels under Ivan Bolotnikov</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1610–1617</td><td>Ingrian War</td><td>Russia</td><td>Russia</td><td>Sweden</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1632–1634</td><td>Smolensk War</td><td>Smolensk</td><td>Russia</td><td>Poland–Lithuania</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1651–1653</td><td>Alexis I's Persian War</td><td>North Caucasus</td><td>Russia</td><td>Persia</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1652–1689</td><td>Sino–Russian border conflicts</td><td>Heilongjiang and Amur</td><td></td><td></td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1654–1667</td><td>First Northern War</td><td>Eastern Europe</td><td>Russia</td><td></td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1656–1658</td><td>Second Northern War</td><td>Northern Europe</td><td>Russia</td><td>Sweden</td><td>Inconclusive</td></tr><tr><td>1662–1664</td><td>First Bashkir Rebellion</td><td>Bashkortostan</td><td>Russia</td><td>Bashkir rebels</td><td>Inconclusive; political defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1665–1720</td><td>Dzungar–Russian conflicts</td><td>Southern Siberia</td><td>Tsardom of Russia</td><td>Dzungar Khanate</td><td>Defeat</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1665–1667</td><td>Dzungar conquest of Yenisei</td><td>Yenisei, Siberia</td><td>Tsardom of RussiaAltan Khanate</td><td>Dzungar Khanate</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1670–1671</td><td>Razin's Rebellion</td><td>Russia</td><td>Russia</td><td>Cossacks under Stepan Razin</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1676–1681</td><td>Feodor III's Turkish War</td><td>Ukraine</td><td>Russia</td><td></td><td>Indecisive</td></tr><tr><td>1683–1700</td><td>Great Turkish War</td><td>Eastern Europe</td><td></td><td></td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1700–1721</td><td>Great Northern War</td><td>Europe</td><td></td><td></td><td>Victory against Sweden</td></tr><tr><td>Defeat by Ottoman Empire</td></tr><tr><td>1704–1711</td><td>Third Bashkir Rebellion</td><td>Bashkortostan and Tatarstan</td><td>Russia</td><td>Bashkir rebels</td><td>Military victory, political defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1707–1708</td><td>Bulavin Rebellion</td><td>Southern Russia</td><td>Russia</td><td>Don Cossack rebels</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1716</td><td>Buccholz's expedition</td><td>Irtysh, Kazakhstan</td><td>Tsardom of Russia</td><td>Dzungar Khanate</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1717</td><td>Peter the Great's Khivan War</td><td>Khanate of Khiva</td><td>Russia</td><td>Khanate of Khiva</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1719–1720</td><td>Likharev's expedition</td><td>Lake Zaysan, Kazakhstan</td><td>Tsardom of Russia</td><td>Dzungar Khanate</td><td>Defeat</td></tr></tbody></table>

Russian Empire (1721–1917)

List of wars involving Russia

<table><thead><tr><th>Date</th><th>Conflict</th><th>Location</th><th>Russia and its allies</th><th>Opponent(s)</th><th>Result</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1722–1723</td><td>Persian Expedition of Peter the Great</td><td>Caucasus and northern Iran</td><td></td><td>Persia</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1723–1726</td><td>Kazakh–Kalmyk War (1723–1726)</td><td>Volga–Yaik interfluve, Northern Caspian region</td><td>Russian Empire</td><td>Kazakh Khanate</td><td>Peaceful agreement</td></tr><tr><td>1725–1778</td><td>Russian conquest of Chukotka</td><td>Chukotka</td><td></td><td>Chukchi people</td><td>Inconclusive</td></tr><tr><td>1733–1738</td><td>War of the Polish Succession Rhineland</td><td>Poland</td><td></td><td></td><td>Indecisive</td></tr><tr><td>1735–1739</td><td>Russo-Austro-Turkish War</td><td>Eastern Europe</td><td>Russia Austria</td><td>Ottoman Empire</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1735–1740</td><td>Fourth Bashkir Rebellion</td><td>Bashkortostan</td><td>Russia</td><td>Bashkir rebels</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1739–1741</td><td>Kazakh–Dzungar War (1739–1741)</td><td>Ishim, Syr Darya, Kazakhstan</td><td>Kazakh Khanate Russian Empire</td><td>Dzungar Khanate</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1740–1748</td><td>War of the Austrian Succession</td><td>Europe</td><td></td><td></td><td>Inconclusive</td></tr><tr><td>1741–1743</td><td>Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743)</td><td>Northern Europe</td><td>Russia</td><td>Sweden</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1743–1744, 1746–1747</td><td>Abul Khair–Neplyuyev conflict</td><td>Modern-day Kazakhstan and Russia</td><td>Russian Empire</td><td>Kazakh Khanate</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1756–1763</td><td>Seven Years' War</td><td>Europe and North America</td><td></td><td></td><td>White peace</td></tr><tr><td>1768–1769</td><td>Koliivshchyna Rebellion</td><td>Ukraine</td><td>Russia Poland-Lithuania</td><td>Haidamaky</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1768–1772</td><td>War of the Bar Confederation</td><td>Poland</td><td>Russia</td><td></td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1768–1774</td><td>Catherine the Great's First Turkish War</td><td>Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Mediterranean</td><td>Russia</td><td>Ottoman Empire</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1771</td><td>1771 Torghut migration</td><td>Volga river, Emba river, Yaik river, Or, Sagyz rivers, Aktobe Region, Turgai River, Karaganda Region, Lake Balkhash, Russia and Kazakhstan</td><td>Russian Empire</td><td>Kalmyk Khanate</td><td>Inconclusive</td></tr><tr><td>1773–1775</td><td>Pugachev's Rebellion</td><td>Russia</td><td>Russia</td><td></td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1787–1792</td><td>Catherine the Great's Second Turkish War</td><td>Eastern Europe</td><td>Russia</td><td>Ottoman Empire</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1783–1797</td><td>Syrym Datuly's rebellion</td><td>Kazakhstan</td><td>Russia</td><td>Kazakhs</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1788–1790</td><td>Catherine the Great's Swedish War</td><td>Finland, western Sweden, and the Baltic Sea</td><td>Russia</td><td>Sweden</td><td>Inconclusive</td></tr><tr><td>1792</td><td>Catherine the Great's Polish War</td><td>Poland</td><td>Russia Targowica Confederation</td><td>Poland–Lithuania</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1794</td><td>Kościuszko Uprising</td><td>Poland</td><td></td><td>Poland–Lithuania</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1796</td><td>Persian Expedition of Catherine the Great</td><td>North Caucasus and South Caucasus</td><td>Russia</td><td>Persia</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1799–1802</td><td>War of the Second Coalition</td><td>Europe</td><td></td><td></td><td>Withdrawal in 1799</td></tr><tr><td>1803–1806</td><td>War of the Third Coalition</td><td>Europe</td><td></td><td></td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1804–1813</td><td>Alexander I's Persian War</td><td>North Caucasus, South Caucasus and northern Iran</td><td>Russia</td><td>Persia</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1806–1807</td><td>War of the Fourth Coalition</td><td>Eastern and Central Europe</td><td></td><td></td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1806–1812</td><td>Alexander I's Turkish War</td><td>Romania, Moldova, Caucasus and Black Sea</td><td>Russia</td><td>Ottoman Empire</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1807–1812</td><td>Anglo-Russian War</td><td>Baltic Sea and Barents Sea</td><td>Russia</td><td> United Kingdom</td><td>Inconclusive</td></tr><tr><td>1808–1809</td><td>Finnish War</td><td>Finland and Sweden</td><td>Russia</td><td>Sweden</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1809</td><td>War of the Fifth Coalition</td><td>Central Europe</td><td></td><td></td><td>Victory (limited involvement)</td></tr><tr><td>1812</td><td>French invasion of Russia</td><td>Russia</td><td>Russia</td><td></td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1813–1814</td><td>War of the Sixth Coalition</td><td>Europe</td><td></td><td></td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1815</td><td>War of the Seventh Coalition</td><td>Europe</td><td></td><td></td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1817–1864</td><td>Caucasian War</td><td>Caucasus</td><td></td><td></td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1825</td><td>Decembrist revolt</td><td>Saint Petersburg</td><td>Russia</td><td>Decembrist rebels</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1826–1836</td><td>Uprising of Sarzhan Kasimov</td><td>Kazakhstan</td><td>Russia</td><td>Kazakhs</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1826–1828</td><td>Nicholas I's Persian War</td><td>South Caucasus and northern Iran</td><td>Russia</td><td>Persia</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1827</td><td>Greek War of Independence</td><td>Greece</td><td> United Kingdom France Russia</td><td> Ottoman Empire</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1828–1829</td><td>Nicholas I's Turkish War</td><td>Balkans and Caucasus</td><td>Russia</td><td>Ottoman Empire</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1830–1831</td><td>November uprising</td><td>Poland</td><td>Russia</td><td>Poland</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1836–1838</td><td>Bukey Horde uprising</td><td>Kazakhstan</td><td>Russia</td><td>Kazakhs</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1837–1847</td><td>Kenesary's Rebellion</td><td>Kazakhstan</td><td>Russia</td><td>Kazakhs</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1839–1841</td><td>Second Turko-Egyptian War</td><td>Syria and Lebanon</td><td></td><td></td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1839–1840</td><td>Khivan campaign of 1839</td><td>Central Asia</td><td>Russia</td><td>Khanate of Khiva</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1841</td><td>Gurian rebellion</td><td>Georgia</td><td>Russia</td><td>Gurian rebels</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1842</td><td>Shoorcha rebellion</td><td>Tatarstan and Ulyanovsk</td><td>Russia</td><td>Tatar, Mari and Chuvash peasants</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1842–1868</td><td>Russian conquest of Bukhara</td><td>Central Asia</td><td>Russia</td><td>Emirate of Bukhara</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1848–1849</td><td>Hungarian Revolution of 1848</td><td>Hungary</td><td>Austria Russia</td><td></td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1850–1868</td><td>Russian conquest of Kokand Khanate</td><td>Central Asia</td><td>Russia</td><td>Khanate of Kokand</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1853–1856</td><td>Crimean War</td><td>Crimea, Balkans, Caucasus, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea and Far East</td><td>Russia</td><td></td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1858</td><td>Mahtra Rebellion</td><td>Estonia</td><td>Russia</td><td>Estonian peasants</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1861</td><td>Bezdna Revolt</td><td>Tatarstan</td><td>Russia</td><td>Peasants</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1863–1864</td><td>January Uprising</td><td>Poland</td><td>Russia</td><td>Polish, Lithuanian and Ukrainian insurgents</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1866</td><td>Polish rebellion in Siberia</td><td>Siberia</td><td>Russia</td><td>Polish political exiles</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1868–1869</td><td>Uprising in the Ural and Turgai Oblasts</td><td>Kazakhstan</td><td>Russia</td><td>Kazakhs</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1870</td><td>Adai Rebellion</td><td>Kazakhstan</td><td>Russia</td><td>Kazakhs</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1873</td><td>Khivan campaign of 1873</td><td>Central Asia</td><td>Russia</td><td>Khanate of Khiva</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1877–1878</td><td>Russo-Turkish War</td><td>Balkans and Caucasus</td><td></td><td>Ottoman Empire</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1890</td><td>Kukunian Expedition</td><td>Unknown</td><td>Ottoman Empire Kurdish troops Russian Empire</td><td>Armenian Revolutionary Federation</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1897–1898</td><td>Cretan Revolt (1897–1898)</td><td>Crete</td><td></td><td>Ottoman Empire</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1899–1901</td><td>Boxer Rebellion</td><td>China</td><td>Mutual Defence Pact of Southeast China (after 1900)</td><td></td><td>Eight-Nation Alliance victory</td></tr><tr><td>1902–1906</td><td>Rebellion in Guria</td><td>Georgia</td><td>Russia</td><td>Gurian Republic</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1904–1905</td><td>Russo-Japanese War</td><td>Manchuria, Korean Peninsula and Yellow Sea</td><td>Russia</td><td>Japan</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1905–1907</td><td>Russian Revolution of 1905</td><td>Russia</td><td>Russia</td><td>Revolutionaries Supported by:</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1905–1911</td><td>Persian Constitutional Revolution</td><td>Iran</td><td></td><td>Iranian constitutionalists</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1911</td><td>Mongolian Revolution of 1911</td><td>Mongol heartland</td><td>Mongolian nationalists Supported by: Russia</td><td>China</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1914–1917</td><td>World War I</td><td>Europe and Asia</td><td>Allied Powers (see list)</td><td>Central Powers:</td><td>Defeat, later allied victory</td></tr><tr><td>1917</td><td>February Revolution</td><td>Petrograd, Russian Empire</td><td>Government: Monarchists:</td><td>Socialists: Liberals:</td><td>Revolutionary victory:</td></tr></tbody></table>

Russian Republic (1917)

List of wars involving Russia

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

Russian SFSR (1917–1922)

List of wars involving Russia

<table><thead><tr><th>Date</th><th>Conflict</th><th>Location</th><th>Russia and its allies</th><th>Opponent(s)</th><th>Result</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1917–1922</td><td>Russian Civil War</td><td>Eastern Europe to Central Asia and Far East</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1917–1921</td><td>Ukrainian-Soviet War (Ukrainian War of Independence)</td><td>Ukraine and Eastern Poland</td><td></td><td></td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1917–1920</td><td>Central Powers intervention in the Russian Civil War</td><td>Eastern Europe and Caucasus</td><td>Bolsheviks: Ukrainian Soviet Republics Makhnovshchina</td><td>Central Powers: Landeswehr Freikorps Bermontians Non-aligned Separatists: Estonia Latvia Lithuania Directorate of Ukraine Czechoslovak Legion Transcaucasian Republic Supported by: Allied Powers:</td><td>Pyrrhic Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1917–1920</td><td>Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War</td><td>Northwest Russia, Southern Russia, Russian Central Asia and Siberia</td><td>Bolsheviks: Central Powers (until 1918): Germany  Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria</td><td>Allied Powers:</td><td>Stalemate</td></tr><tr><td>1917–1918</td><td>Belarusian-Soviet conflict</td><td>Belarus</td><td></td><td></td><td>Temporary defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1917–1920</td><td>Kazakhstan Campaign</td><td>Kazakhstan</td><td>Russian SFSR</td><td>Alash Autonomy White Movement</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1918</td><td>Romanian intervention in Bessarabia</td><td>Moldavia and Bessarabia</td><td>Rumcherod (19–30 January) Odessa SR (30 January–8 March) Romanian Revolutionary Military Committee (Feb.) Moldavian Democratic Republic (pro-Bolshevik factions) Supported by: Soviet Russia Soviet Ukraine Odessa Committee for the Salvation of Bessarabia</td><td>Kingdom of Romania Moldavian Democratic Republic (anti-Bolshevik factions) Russian Republic Ukrainian People's Republic German Empire Austria-Hungary</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1918</td><td>Finnish Civil War</td><td>Finland</td><td></td><td></td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1918–1929</td><td>Heimosodat</td><td>Finland, Karelia, Estonia and Northern Russia</td><td>(Viena expedition and Petsamo expeditions)</td><td>United Kingdom (Estonian War of Independence)</td><td>Stalemate</td></tr><tr><td>1918–1920</td><td>Armenian–Azerbaijani war</td><td>Caucasus</td><td>Russian SFSR Turkish revolutionaries</td><td>Armenia</td><td>Stalemate</td></tr><tr><td>1918</td><td>German Caucasus expedition</td><td>Caucasus</td><td>Russian SFSRBaku Commune Centrocaspian Dictatorship  United Kingdom</td><td>German Empire Ottoman Empire</td><td>Inconclusive due to end of Caucasus campaign.</td></tr><tr><td>1918–1919</td><td>Sochi conflict</td><td>Georgia–Russia border</td><td></td><td>Georgia</td><td>Indecisive</td></tr><tr><td>1918–1919</td><td>German revolution of 1918–1919</td><td>Germany and Eastern Europe</td><td>Soviet Republics [Communists]: Supported by: Revolutionaries [Socialdemocrats]:</td><td>1918: German Empire 1918–1919: Weimar Republic</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1918–1919</td><td>Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919</td><td>Baltic region, East Slavic states, Southeast Europe and Central Europe</td><td>Russian SFSR Soviet Estonia Soviet Latvia Lithuanian-Byelorussian SSR Provisional Polish Revolutionary Committee Ukrainian SSR Finnish Red Guards</td><td>White Movement Estonia Latvia Lithuania Belarus Ukraine Poland  Romania  France  United Kingdom Ober Ost Finnish, Danish, and Swedish volunteers</td><td>Stalemate</td></tr><tr><td>1918–1920</td><td>Latvian War of Independence</td><td>Latvia</td><td></td><td>Supported by the Allied Powers VI Reserve Corps: merged into the West Russian Volunteer Army in September 1919</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1918–1920</td><td>Estonian War of Independence</td><td>Estonia</td><td></td><td></td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1918–1919</td><td>Lithuanian–Soviet War</td><td>Lithuania</td><td></td><td></td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1918–1920</td><td>Georgian-Ossetian Conflict</td><td>Georgia</td><td></td><td></td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1918–1922</td><td>Siberian intervention</td><td>Siberia, Sakhalin and Northern China</td><td>Russian SFSR Mongolian Communists Supported by: Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea</td><td>Allied Powers:  Japan Czechoslovakia  Poland United States  Italy  United Kingdom China  France Mongolia</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1918–20</td><td>Revolutions and interventions in Hungary</td><td>Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Croatia</td><td>Hungarian Republic Hungarian SR Slovak SR Supported by: Soviet Russia</td><td>Kingdom of Hungary Czechoslovakia Romania  State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Republic of Prekmurje Hutsul Republic Supported by: France</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1918–19</td><td>Hungarian–Romanian War</td><td>Transylvania and Bessarabia</td><td>Supported by:</td><td>Supported by:</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1918–19</td><td>Hungarian–Czechoslovak War</td><td>Hungary–Slovakia border</td><td>Supported by:</td><td> Czechoslovakia Hungarian anti-communists Supported by:  France  Romania</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1919</td><td>Khotyn Uprising</td><td>Bessarabia</td><td>Committee for the Salvation of Bessarabia  Ukrainian SSR Red Guard</td><td> Romania Ukraine</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1919</td><td>Bender Uprising</td><td>Bessarabia</td><td></td><td> Romania France</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1919–1921</td><td>Polish–Soviet War</td><td>Poland, Vilnius,Western Belorussia and Ukraine</td><td></td><td></td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1919–1923</td><td>Turkish War of Independence</td><td>Turkey and Caucasus</td><td></td><td></td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1920</td><td>Invasion of Azerbaijan</td><td>Azerbaijan</td><td></td><td>Azerbaijan</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1920</td><td>Invasion of Armenia</td><td>Armenia</td><td>Russian SFSR</td><td>Armenia</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1915–1921</td><td>Jungle Movement insurrection on Gilan</td><td>Iran</td><td>Persian SSR Supported by: Soviet Russia (since 1920)</td><td>Qajar Iran Russian Empire (1915–1917) British Empire</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1921</td><td>Invasion of Georgia</td><td>Georgia</td><td></td><td>Georgia</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1921</td><td>Red army incursion on Altay</td><td>Xinjiang (Chinese Turkestan)</td><td> China</td><td>White Movement</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1921</td><td>Soviet intervention in Mongolia</td><td>Mongolia, Tuva and Northern China</td><td></td><td>Mongolia Supported by: White Movement  China Supported by: Japan</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1921</td><td>Free City Incident</td><td>Russian Far East</td><td>Russian SFSR Korean Revolutionary Military Government Council</td><td>Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea</td><td>Victory</td></tr><tr><td>1921</td><td>1921 Persian coup d'état</td><td>Iran</td><td>Jangalis Simko Kurdish rebels Colonel Pesian's forces Supported by: Russian SFSR</td><td>Qajar Iran Persian Cossack Brigade Supported by: United Kingdom</td><td>Defeat</td></tr><tr><td>1921–1922</td><td>East Karelian Uprising</td><td>East Karelia</td><td>Russian SFSR</td><td></td><td>Victory</td></tr></tbody></table>

Russia and the Soviet Union (1916–1934)

List of wars involving Russia

Date	Conflict	Location	Russia and its allies	Opponent(s)	Result
1916–1934	Central Asian Revolt	Russian Turkestan	Russian Republic (1917) In cooperation with:	Supported by:	Soviet-Afghan victory

Russian Federation (1991–present)

List of wars involving Russia

Date	Conflict	Location	Russia and its allies	Opponent(s)	Result for Russia
1991–1993	Georgian Civil War	Georgia (mainly in Tbilisi and Western Georgia)	Pro-Shevardnadze forces Supported by: Russia	Pro-Gamsakhurdia forces Supported by: Chechen Republic of Ichkeria	Pro-Shevardnadzist victory
1991–1992	South Ossetian War	Tskhinvali Region, Georgia	South Ossetia Russia (1992)	Georgia	South Ossetian victory, see aftermath
1992–1993	War in Abkhazia	Abkhazia, Western Georgia	Abkhazia Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus Supported by: Russia	Georgia	Russian and Abkhaz victory
1990–1992	Transnistria War	Transnistria, Moldova		/ MoldovaSupported by: Romania	Russian–Transnistrian victory
1992–1997	Tajikistani Civil War	Tajikistan	/ Russia Uzbekistan / Kazakhstan / Kyrgyzstan Supported by:	Supported by	Armistice
1994–1996	First Chechen War	Chechnya and parts of Ingushetia, Stavropol Krai and Dagestan	Russia	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Chechen Mujahideen	Defeat
1999	War of Dagestan	Dagestan, Russia	Russia	Islamic Djamaat of Dagestan Chechnya	Russian victory
1999–2009	Second Chechen War	North Caucasus, mainly Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia Spillovers in Georgia, North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Karachay-Cherkessia Suicide attacks in Russia	Russia	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (1999–2007) Caucasus Emirate (2007–2009) Mujahideen Grey Wolves	Russian victory
2008	Russo-Georgian War	Georgia	Russia	Georgia	Russian, South Ossetian and Abkhaz victory
2009–2017	Insurgency in the North Caucasus	North Caucasian Federal District	Russia List	Caucasus Emirate (2009–16) List	Russian Victory
2014–present	Russo-Ukrainian War	Ukraine, Russia, and Black Sea (spillover into Romania, Poland, Moldova, and Belarus)	Supplied by: For details, see Russian military suppliers	Ukraine Supplied by: For details, see military aid to Ukraine	Ongoing
2015–present	Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus	North Caucasus (with spillover in other Russian territories), northern Azerbaijan and Georgia		Islamic State al-Qaeda Other Islamist groups and lone wolves	Ongoing as a hit-and-run campaign
2015–2024	Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War	Syria	Russia Iran Syrian Arab Republic Humanitarian support: Armenia Syrian Democratic Forces (2016–2017)	Syrian opposition Supported by: Syrian Democratic Forces (2017–present) Islamic State Al-Qaeda	Syrian opposition victory
2018–present	Central African Republic Civil War	Central African Republic (with possible spillover into East Region, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan)	Formerly: France (2013–2021)	Coalition of Patriots for Change (since 2020) MPC PRNC CMSPR (since 2024) Support: Defunct groups: RJ (until 2018) MNLC (until–2019) MLCJ (until 2022) RPRC (until 2022) UPC (until 2025) 3R (until 2025)	Ongoing
2021–present	Mali War	Mali			Ongoing
2024–present	Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso Russia (since 2024) Supported by:		Ongoing