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This is a list of wars and armed conflicts involving Russia and its predecessors in chronological order, from the 9th to the 21st century.. The Russian military and troops of its predecessor states in Russia took part in a large number of wars and armed clashes in various parts of the world: starting from the princely squads, opposing the raids of nomads, and fighting for the expansion of the ...
The military history of Russia has antecedents involving Kievan Rus' and the Rus' principalities that succeeded it, the Mongol invasion of the early 13th century, Russia's numerous wars against Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Sweden, and Ottoman Empire, Prussia (Seven Years' War), France (especially the Napoleonic Wars and the Crimean War).
The military history of the Russian Federation began with the establishment of the Russian Armed Forces following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. This was followed by its engagements in post-Soviet conflicts , from the ongoing war in Transnistria that started in 1990, after which many reforms were put in place during the late 1990s and the ...
Russian Federation: Ukraine: Russian victory: A referendum was held on Crimea becoming part of the Russian Federation: 2014-2022: War in Donbass: Donetsk People's Republic Lugansk People's Republic Russian Federation: Ukraine: Inconclusive: Creation of independent pro-Russian republics in Donbas, but uprising suppressed in Kharkiv and Odesa
This is a list of wars between Piast Poland and Kievan Rus', from the 10th to the 13th century. Polish victory Kievan Rus' victory Another result* *e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Piast Poland or Kievan Rus' in which the other intervened, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.
Chechen–Russian conflict: 1785: 2017: 232 years Warring States period: 453 BC: 223 BC: 230 years Muslim conquests of Afghanistan: 642: 870: 228 years Polish-Russian Wars: 1577: 1794: 217 years, 10 months, 2 weeks and 1 day Byzantine–Ottoman wars: 1265: 1479: 214 years [citation needed] Polish–Teutonic War: 1308: 1521: 213 years Roman ...
Battle Date Allies Enemies Second Chechen War (1999–2009) ; Battle of Grozny: 1999–2000 Russia Ichkeria Chechen Mujahideen: Battle for Height 776: 2000 Russia Ichkeria Chechen Mujahideen
The heavily armed men were Russian Armed Forces "volunteers" under the command of former GRU colonel Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin. [47] [77] He said that this action sparked the war in eastern Ukraine: "I'm the one who pulled the trigger of this war. If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out, like in Kharkiv or Odesa ...