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.
The list includes:
Legend of results:

Kievan Rus'

DateConflictLocationRus and its alliesOpponentResult
830sPaphlagonian expedition of the RusʹRus' Khaganate''Byzantine Empireefn|name=veracity|The veracity of this conflict is in doubt.

Principality of Moscow (1263–1547)

Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721)

DateConflictLocationRussia and its alliesOpponentResult
1552Siege of KazanTatarstanFlag of Oryol.svg

Russian Empire (1721–1917)

Russian Republic (1917)

Russian SFSR (1917–1922)

Russia and the Soviet Union (1916–1934)

Soviet Union (1922–1991)

Russian Federation (1991–present)

DateConflictLocationRussia and its alliesOpponentResult for Russia

1991–1993

Georgian Civil War

Georgia

|1990