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This is a list of the violent political and ethnic conflicts in the countries of the former Soviet Union following its dissolution in 1991. Some of these conflicts such as the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis or the 2013–2014 Euromaidan protests in Ukraine were due to political crises in the successor states. Others involved separatist ...
Pages in category "Conflicts in territory of the former Soviet Union" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside the Soviet Union, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Due to the post-Soviet conflicts, several disputed states with varying degrees of international recognition have emerged within the territory of the former Soviet Union. These include: Transnistria , an unrecognized Russian-backed state in eastern Moldova; and Abkhazia and South Ossetia , two partially recognized Russian-backed states in ...
List of post-Soviet conflicts. Add languages. Add links. Article; Talk; English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. ... List of conflicts in territory of the former ...
Ethnic conflicts in the former Soviet Union, and their potential for triggering serious interstate conflicts, posed a major threat to regional and international ...
According to the scholar Marcel H. Van Herpen, the end of the Soviet Union marked the end of the last European empire, and some authors called it the death of Russian colonialism and imperialism. [181] As the Soviet Union began to collapse, social disintegration and political instability fueled a surge in ethnic conflict. [182]
For all military conflicts involving Russia, see Category:Wars involving Russia. See also Category:Battles involving the Soviet Union. For military conflicts involving other former Soviet republics, see: Category:Wars involving Armenia; Category:Wars involving Azerbaijan; Category:Wars involving Belarus; Category:Wars involving Estonia