Russian Wars List (1263 to 2023): Check the list of Russia Wars from 1263 to 2023

“Right from the 13th century to 21 century, Russia has witnessed some of the bloodiest battles in Human History. Let’s have a look at the battles Russia has fought from 1263 to 2023”

With the outbreak of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in February last year, Russian troops are involved in yet another conflict. Russia is one country that has taken part in a large number of conflicts. Starting from the old Russian kingdoms opposing nomads’ raids to the modern Soviet Union/ Russian Federation, Russia has been a major battleground in eastern Europe.

Those students who are interested in Geopolitics should check the list of Russian Wars. This will give a boost to their general knowledge. In today’s post, we are going to provide the list of all wars in which Russia has been involved.

List of Wars of Russia from 13th Century to 21st century

As you might know, Russia is ruled by a large number of kings and empires over the year. Different empires have fought their own battles. There are 100s of battles in which the country have been involved. We can divide these wars or battles into the following groups.

Wars of Grand Duchy of Moscow From 1263 to 1547
Wars of Tsardom of Russia From 1547 to 1721
Wars of Russian Empire From 1721 to 1917
Wars of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic From 1917 to 1922
Wars of the Soviet Union From 1922 to 1991
Wars of Russian Federation From 1991 to Present

Now, let’s take a look at these wars in these groups in detail.

List of all Russian Wars

Wars fought by Grand Duchy of Moscow (Ruled Russia from 1263 to 1547)

List of All Wars of Grand Duchy of Moscow From 1263 to 1547
Wars and Dates	Opponents	Result
Lithuanian-Muscovite War 1368 to 1372	Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Inconclusive
Muscovite-Volga Bulgars war – 1376	Volga Bulgaria	Victory
Battle of Pyana river – 1376	Golden Horde	Defeat
Battle of the Vozha River – 1376	Golden Horde	Victory
Battle of Kulikovo – 1376	Golden Horde	Victory
Siege of Moscow – 1382	Golden Horde	Defeat
Ulugh Muhammad’s Campaign – 1438 to 1445	Khanate of Kazan	Defeat
Qasim War – 1467–1469	Khanate of Kazar	Victory
Battle of Shelon – 1471	Novgorod Republic	Victory
Great stand on the Ugra river – 1480	Golden Horde	Victory
Siege of Kazan – 1478	Khanate of Kazan	Victory
First Muscovite-Lithuanian War – 1492 to 1494	Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Victory
Russo-Swedish War – 1495 to 1497	Sweden	Inconclusive
Second Muscovite-Lithuanian War – 1500 to 1503	Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Victory
Russo-Kazan War – 1505 to 1507	Khanate of Kazan	Inconclusive
Third Muscovite-Lithuanian War – 1507 to 1508	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Crimean Khanate	Inconclusive
Fourth Muscovite-Lithuanian War – 1512 to 1522	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Crimean Khanate Kingdom of Poland	Victory
Fifth Muscovite-Lithuanian War – 1534 to 1537	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Crimean Khanate Kingdom of Poland	Indecisive

Wars fought by Tsardom of Russia (Ruled Russia from 1547 to 1721)

List of All Wars of Tsardom of Russia From 1547 to 1721
Wars and Dates	Opponents	Result
Siege of Kazan – 1552	Khanate of Kazan	Victory
Tatar Rebellion – 1552 to 1556	Tatar Rebels	Victory
Ivan the Terrible’s Swedish War – 1554 to 1557	Sweden	Inconclusive
Russian conquest of Astrakhan – 1556	Astrakhan Khanate	Victory
Livonian War – 1558 to 1583	Livonian Confederation, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Poland-Lithuania	Defeat
Astrakhan Expedition – 1568 to 1570	Turkey Crimean Khanate	Victory
Ivan the Terrible’s Crimean War – 1570 to 1572	Crimean Khanate	Victory
Russian conquest of Siberia – 1580 to 1762	Khanate of Sibir and Native Siberians	Victory
Boris Godunov’s Swedish War – 1590 to 1595	Sweden	Inconclusive
Polish invasions of Russia – 1605 to 1618	Poland-Lithuania	Inconclusive
Bolotnikov Rebellion – 1606 to 1607	Rebels under Ivan Bolotnikov	Victory
Ingrian War – 1610 to 1617	Sweden	Defeat
Smolensk War – 1632 to 1634	Poland-Lithuania	Defeat
Alexis I’s Persian War – 1651 to 1653	Persia	Defeat
Sino–Russian border conflicts – 1652 to 1689	China, Korea	Defeat
First Northern War – 1654 to 1667	Poland-Lithuania, Crimean Khanate	Victory
Second Northern War – 1656 to 1658	Sweden	Inconclusive
First Bashkir Rebellion – 1662 to 1664	Bashkir Rebels	Inconclusive, Political Defeat
Razin’s Rebellion – 1670 to 1671	Cossacks under Stepan Razin	Victory
Feodor III’s Turkish War – 1676 to 1681	Turkey, Crimean Khanate	Inconclusive
Great Turkish War – 1683 to 1700	Turkey, Crimean Khanate	Victory
Great Northern War – 1700 to 1721	Sweden, Hostein-Gottorp, Poland-Lithuania, Turkey, Cossack Hetmanate, Great Britain	Victory
Third Bashkir Rebellion – 1704 to 1711	Bashkir Rebels	Victory
Bulavin Rebellion – 1707 to 1708	Don Cossack Rebels	Victory
Peter the Great’s Khivan War – 1717	Khanate of Khiva	Defeat
Kazakh-Russian conflicts – 1717 to 1847	Kazakhstan Kyrgyz tribes, Khanate of Khiva	Victory

Wars fought by Russian Empire (Ruled Russia from 1721 to 1917)

List of All Wars of Russian Empire From 1721 to 1917
Wars and Dates	Opponents	Result
Persian Expedition of Peter the Great – 1722 to 1723	Persia	Victory
War of the Polish Succession Rhineland – 1733 to 1738	Poland	Indecisive
Russo-Austro-Turkish War – 1735 to 1739	Turkey, Crimea	Victory
Fourth Bashkir Rebellion – 1735 to 1740	Bashkir Rebels	Victory
War of the Austrian Succession – 1740 to 1748	Prussia, Spain, France, Sweden, Bavaria, Saxony, Genoa	Inconclusive
Seven Years’ War – 1756 to 1763	Prussia, Britain, Hanover, Portugal, Hesse-Kassel	White Peace
Koliivshchyna Rebellion – 1768 to 1769	Haidamaky	Victory
War of the Bar Confederation – 1768 to 1772	France	Victory
Catherine the Great’s First Turkish War 1768 to 1774	Turkey, Crimea	Victory
Pugachev’s Rebellion – 1773 to 1775	Rebels under Yemelyan Pugachev	Victory
Catherine the Great’s Second Turkish War – 1787 to 1792	Turkey	Victory
Catherine the Great’s Swedish War – 1788 to 1790	Sweden	Inconclusive
Catherine the Great’s Polish War – 1792	Poland-Lithuania	Victory
Kościuszko Uprising – 1794	Poland-Lithuania	Victory
Persian Expedition of Catherine the Great – 1796	Persia	Withdrawal
War of the Second Coalition – 1799 to 1802	France, Spain, Denmark-Norway, Polish Legions	Withdrawal
War of the Third Coalition – 1803 to 1806	France	Defeat
Alexander I’s Persian War – 1804 to 1813	Persia	Victory
War of the Fourth Coalition – 1806 to 1807	France, Italy, Spain, Bavaria, Naples	Defeat
Alexander I’s Turkish War – 1806 to 1812	Turkey	Victory
Anglo-Russian War – 1807 to 1812	United Kingdom	Inconclusive
Finnish War – 1808 to 1809	Sweden	Victory
War of the Fifth Coalition – 1809	Austria, UK, Sicily, Sardinia	Victory
French invasion of Russia – 1812	France	Victory
War of the Sixth Coalition – 1813 to 1814	France	Victory
War of the Seventh Coalition – 1815	France, Naples	Victory
Caucasian War – 1817 to 1864	Caucasian Imamate, Circassia, Kazi-Kumukh Dagestan, Avaria, Svaneti	Victory
Decembrist revolt – 1825	Decembrist rebels	Victory
Nicholas I’s Persian War – 1826 to 1828	Persia	Victory
Battle of Navarino – 1827	Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia	Victory
Nicholas I’s Turkish War – 1828 to 1829	Turkey	Victory
November uprising – 1830 to 1831	Poland	Victory
Second Turko-Egyptian War – 1839 to 1841	Egypt, France, Spain	Victory
Russian conquest of Central Asia – 1839–1895	Kazakhstan Bukhara, Khiva, Kokand Turkmen, Krygyz tribes, Afghanistan	Victory
Gurian Rebellion – 1841	Gurian rebels	Victory
Shoorcha rebellion – 1842	Tatar, Mari, and Chuvash	Victory
Hungarian Revolution of 1848 – 1848 to 1849	Hungary	Victory
Crimean War – 1853 to 1856	France, Turkey, Britain, Sardinia	Defeat
Mahtra Rebellion – 1858	Estonian Peasants	Victory
Bezdna Revolt – 1861	Peasants	Victory
January uprising – 1863 to 1864	Polish, Lithuanian and Ukrainian insurgents	Victory
Polish Rebellion in Siberia – 1866	Polish political exiles	Victory
Alexander II’s Turkish War – 1877 to 1878	Turkey	Victory
Boxer Rebellion – 1899 to 1901	Ottoman Empire	Victory
Russo-Japanese War – 1904 to 1905	Yìhéquán, China	Victory
Russian Revolution of 1905	Japan	Defeat
Persian Constitutional Revolution – 1905 to 1911	Revolutionaries	Victory
World War I – 1914 to 1918	Iranian constitutionalists	Victory
Central Asian Revolt – 1916 to 1934	Central Powers	Defeat

Wars fought by Russian SFSR (Ruled Russia from 1917 to 1922)

List of All Wars of Russian SFSR 1917 to 1922
Wars and Dates	Opponents	Result
Russian Civil War – 1917 to 1922	White Movement, Mountain Republic, Makhnovshchina, Left SR, Green Armies	Victory
Ukrainian War of Independence – 1917 to 1921	Ukrainian People’s Republic, West Ukrainian People’s Republic, German Empire, Poland	Victory
Kazakhstan Campaign – 1917 to 1920	Alash Autonomy, White Movement	Victory
Finnish Civil War – 1918	White Guard, Germany	Defeat
Latvian War of Independence – 1918 to 1920	Latvian Army, Estonia, Lieven, Poland, Lithuania	Defeat
Estonian War of Independence 1918 to 1920	Estonia, Latvia, UK	Defeat
Lithuanian-Soviet War 1918 to 1919	Republic of Lithuania, Saxon Volunteers	Defeat
Invasion of Azerbaijan 1920	Azerbaijan	Victory
Red Army Invasion of Armenia 1920	Armenia	Victory
Invasion of Georgia 1921	Georgia	Victory
Soviet Intervention in Mongolia 1921	Mongolia	Victory

Wars fought by Soviet Union (Ruled Russia from 1922 to 1991)

List of All Wars of Soviet Union 1922 to 1991
Wars and Dates	Opponents	Result
August Uprising – 1924	Damkom	Victory
Tatarbunary Uprising – 1924	Kingdom of Romania	Defeat
Urtatagai conflict – 1925 to 1926	Emirate of Afghanistan	Peace Treaty
Sino-Soviet conflict – 1929	China	Victory
Red Army intervention in Afghanistan – 1929	Basmachi Saqqawists	Inconclusive
Red Army intervention in Afghanistan – 1930	Basmachi	Victory
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts – 1932 to 1941	Japan, Manchukuo	Victory
Spanish Civil War – 1936 to 1939	Spanish Nationalists, Germany, Italy	Defeat
Islamic Rebellion in Xinjiang – 1937	China	Victory
Invasion of Poland – 1939	Poland	Victory
World War II – 1939 to 1945	Axis Powers	Victory
Guerrilla war in the Baltic states – 1944 to 1956	Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania	Victory
Guerrilla war in Ukraine – 1944 to 1953	Ukrainian Insurgent Army	Victory
Korean War – 1950 to 1953	United Nations, South Korea, US, UK, Australia, and other countries	Ceasefire
Vietnam War – 1955 to 1975	South Vietnam, US, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand	Victory
Hungarian Revolution – 1956	Revolutionaries	Victory
East German Uprising – 1953	East German Demonstrators	Victory
Invasion of Czechoslovakia – 1968	Czechoslovakia	Victory
Soviet–Afghan War – 1979 to 1989	Afghan Mujahideen	Defeat

Wars fought by Russian Federation (Ruled Russia from 1991 to present)

List of All Wars of Russian Federation 1922 to 1991
Wars and Dates	Opponents	Result
Georgian Civil war 1991 to 1993	Zviadists	Victory
War in Abkhazia 1991 to 1993	Georgia	Victory
Transnistria war 1992	Moldova	Victory
Tajikistani Civil War 1992 to 1997	United Tajik Opposition	Victory
First Chechen War 1994 to 1996	Ichkeria, Mujahideen	Defeat
War of Dagestan 1999	IIPB	Victory
Second Chechan war 1999 to 2009	Ichkeria, Mujahideen, Caucasian Front	Victory
Russo-Georgian War 2008	Georgia	Victory
Insurgency in North Caucasus	Caucasus Emirates	Victory
Russo Ukrainian War	Ukraine	Ongoing
Russian Military Intervention in the Syrian	Syrian Opposition	Ongoing
Central African Republic Civil War	Coalition of Patriots for change	Ongoing

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