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Post-Soviet conflicts are a number of conflicts which engulfed the countries of the former Soviet Union in the years after its breakup. Some of these conflict ended in a stalemate or without a peace treaty, and are referred to as frozen conflicts.
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| War | Start | End | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osh riots (1990) | 1990 | 1990 | Ethnic conflict between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks. |
| Civil war in Tajikistan | 1992 | 1997 | Began when ethnic groups from the Garm and Gorno-Badakhshan regions, which were underrepresented in the ruling elite, rose up against the national government of President Rahmon Nabiyev, in which people from the Leninabad and Kulyab regions dominated. The war ended with the signing of the "General Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and National Accord in Tajikistan" and the "Moscow Protocol".[1] |
| 2010 South Kyrgyzstan riots | 2010 | 2010 | Clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in southern Kyrgyzstan, primarily in the cities of Osh and Jalal-Abad, in the aftermath of the ouster of former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev on April 7. |
| War | Start | End | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Prigorodny conflict | 1992 | 1992 | Inter-ethnic conflict in the Eastern part of the Prigorodny district. |
| First Chechen War | 1994 | 1996 | Russian troops invaded after Chechnya declared independence, but withdrew in 1996 leading to a de-facto Chechen independence. |
| Invasion of Dagestan (1999) | 1999 | 1999 | The Islamic International Brigade invaded the neighbouring Russian republic of Dagestan in support of the Shura of Dagestan separatist movement. |
| Second Chechen War | 1999 | 2009 | Russia restores federal control of Chechnya. |
| Civil war in the Republic of Ingushetia | 2007 | — | Separatist insurgency in Ingushetia. |
| Insurgency in the North Caucasus | 2000 | — | Separatist insurgency in Chechnya, Dagesta, and other parts of the North Caucasus region. |
| War | Start | End | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–1992 South Ossetia War | 1991 | 1992 | The separatist conflict leads to South Ossetia's de facto independence. |
| Georgian Civil War | 1991 | 1993 | Inter-ethnic and intranational conflicts in the regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. |
| War in Abkhazia (1992–1993) | 1992 | 1993 | Abkhaz separatism leads to the de-facto independence of Abkhazia from Georgia. |
| War in Abkhazia (1998) | 1998 | 1998 | Ethnic Georgians launched an insurgency against the Abkhazian secessionist government. |
| 2004 Adjara crisis | 2004 | 2004 | A popular revolt ousted the autocratic ruler Aslan Abashidze, Adjara is reintegrated into Georgia. |
| 2008 South Ossetia war | 2008 | 2008 |
| War | Start | End | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagorno-Karabakh War | 1988 | 1994 | Ethnic Armenian separatism leads to the de-facto independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. |
| 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt | 1991 | 1991 | Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev. |
| War of Transnistria | 1992 | 1992 | Transnistria, which is de facto independent from Moldova, has declared independence in 1990, due to its majority Russian-speaking population fearing union with Romania. A ceasefire between Transnistrian forces and Moldovan forces has been in place since 1992, enforced by the presence of Russian forces in Transnistria.[2] |
| 1993 Russian constitutional crisis | 1993 | 1993 | Political stand-off between the Russian president and the Russian parliament that was resolved by using military force. |