List of wars involving Russia

The Poles surrender the Moscow Kremlin to Prince Pozharsky in 1612.

This is an incomplete list of wars and conflicts involving Russia since end of the Tatar rule in 1480.

Grand Duchy of Moscow (1480–1547)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Great stand on the Ugra river (8 october 1480)		The Golden Horde	Victory End of Mongol rule
First Muscovite-Lithuanian War (1492-1494)		Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Victory
Russo-Swedish War (1495–1497)		Sweden	Inconclusive
Second Muscovite-Lithuanian War (1500-1503)		Grand Duchy of Lithuania Livonian Order	Victory
Third Muscovite-Lithuanian War (1507-1508)		Grand Duchy of Lithuania Crimean Khanate	Inconclusive
Fourth Muscovite-Lithuanian War (1512-1522)	Livonian Order	Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland Crimean Khanate	Victory
Fifth Muscovite-Lithuanian War (1534-1537)		Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland Crimean Khanate	Indecisive

Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Livonian War (1558-1583)	Tsardom of Russia Kingdom of Livonia	Livonian Confederation Denmark–Norway Swedish Empire Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (before 1569 the Polish–Lithuanian union)	Defeat Truce of Jam Zapolski Treaty of Plussa
Russo-Turkish War (1568–1570)	Tsardom of Russia	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate	Victory Treaty of Constantinople (1570)
Russo-Swedish War (1590–1595)	Tsardom of Russia	Swedish Empire	Victory Treaty of Teusina
Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618)	Tsardom of Russia Kingdom of Sweden (1609–1610)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Defeat but Russia independence Truce of Deulino
Ingrian War (1610-1617)	Tsardom of Russia	Swedish Empire	Defeat Treaty of Stolbovo
Smolensk War (1632-1634)	Tsardom of Russia	Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth	Defeat Treaty of Polyanovka
Russian–Manchu border conflicts (1652-1689)	Tsardom of Russia Cossacks	Qing Empire Joseon Dynasty	Defeat Treaty of Nerchinsk
Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)	Tsardom of Russia Ukrainian Cossacks	Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Khanate	Victory Truce of Andrusovo
Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658)	Tsardom of Russia	Swedish Empire	Inconclusive Treaty of Valiesar Treaty of Cardis
Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681)	Tsardom of Russia	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate	Victory Treaty of Bakhchisarai
Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700) Part of the Great Turkish War	Tsardom of Russia Habsburg Empire Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Cossack Hetmanate	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate	Victory Treaty of Constantinople (1700)
Great Northern War (1700-1721)	Denmark–Norway (1700, 1709–) Electorate of Saxony (1700–6, 1709–) Poland–Lithuania (1700–4, 1709–) Cossack Hetmanate (1700–8) Prussia (1715–) Hanover (1715–) Great Britain (1717–19)	Swedish Empire Holstein-Gottorp Poland–Lithuania (1704–9) Ottoman Empire (1710–4) Cossack Hetmanate (1708–9) Great Britain (1700, 1719–21)	Victory Victory against Sweden Treaty of Nystad Defeat against Ottoman Empire Treaty of the Pruth

Russian Empire (1721–1917)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)	Russia Ukrainian Cossacks Georgia Armenia	Safavid Persian Empire	Victory
War of the Polish Succession (1733-1738)	Poland under Augustus III of Poland Russia Habsburg Empire of Austria Saxony Prussia	Poland under Stanisław Leszczyński France (Bourbons) Spain (Bourbons) Kingdom of Sardinia	Indecisive Treaty of Vienna (1738)
Russo-Austrian-Turkish War (1735–1739)	Russia Cossack Hetmanate (Protectorate of Russian Empire) Habsburg Monarchy	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate (Ottoman protectorate)	Victory Victory but Habsburg defeat Treaty of Niš (1739)
Bashkir Rebellion (1735-1740)	Russia	Bashkirs	Victory
Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743) Part of the War of the Austrian Succession	Russia	Sweden	Victory Treaty of Åbo
War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)	Habsburg Monarchy Great Britain Hanover Dutch Republic Saxony (1743–45) Kingdom of Sardinia	Kingdom of Prussia (1740–42) (1744–45) Kingdom of Spain (1740–1746) Russia Kingdom of France Bavaria (1741–45) Saxony (1741–42) Naples and Sicily Republic of Genoa Sweden (1741–43)	Defeat Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)
Seven Years' War (1756-1763) Russian involvement until 1762	France Habsburg Monarchy Spain Sweden Russia Saxony	Prussia Great Britain Hanover Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Portugal Hesse-Kassel Schaumburg-Lippe Iroquois Confederacy	White peace Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1762) Defeat of Russia's former allies
War of the Bar Confederation (1768-1772)	Russia	Kingdom of France Bar Confederation	Victory Treaty of Kuçuk Kainarji
Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)	Russia	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate (Ottoman protectorate)	Victory Treaty of Kuçuk Kainarji
Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)	Russia	Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of Jassy
Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)	Russia	Sweden	Inconclusive
Polish–Russian War of 1792 (1792)	Russia Targowica Confederates	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Victory Second Partition of Poland
Persian Expedition of 1796 (1796)	Russia	Persian Empire	Victory
War of the Second Coalition (1799-1802) Russia left the coalition in 1799	Habsburg Monarchy Holy Roman Empire Great Britain Russia French Royalists Portugal Two Sicilies Ottoman Empire	French Republic Spain Denmark-Norway Polish Legions French client states	Coalition defeat
War of the Third Coalition (1803-1806)	Austrian Empire United Kingdom Russia Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of Naples Portugal Sweden	First French Empire French client states	Defeat Peace of Pressburg
Russo-Persian War (1804–1813)	Russia	Persian Empire	Victory
War of the Fourth Coalition (1806-1807)	Prussia United Kingdom Saxony Sweden Russia Sicily	French Empire Confederation of the Rhine Bavaria Württemberg Polish Legions French client states Spain	Defeat Treaties of Tilsit
Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)	Russia	Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of Bucharest
Finnish War (1808-1809)	Russia	Sweden	Victory Treaty of Fredrikshamn
War of the Fifth Coalition (1809) Galician campaign: minimal Russian involvement	French Empire Duchy of Warsaw Russia	Austria	Victory Treaty of Schönbrunn
French invasion of Russia (1812)	Russia	French Empire French client states Austria Prussia Spain	Victory
War of the Sixth Coalition (1813-1814)	Austrian Empire Prussia United Kingdom Sweden Russia Spain Portugal Sicily Sardinia	First French Empire French client states	Victory Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814)
War of the Seventh Coalition (1815)	Austrian Empire Prussia United Kingdom Russia Hanover Nassau Brunswick Sweden United Netherlands Spain Portugal Sardinia Sicily Tuscany Switzerland French Royalists	First French Empire Naples	Victory Treaty of Paris (1815)
Russo-Persian War (1826–1828)	Russia	Persian Empire	Victory Treaty of Turkmenchay
Battle of Navarino (1827) Part of the Greek War of Independence	United Kingdom First French Empire Russia	Ottoman Empire Eyalet of Egypt Vilayet of Tunisia	Victory
Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)	Russia	Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi
November Uprising (1830-1831)	Russia	Congress Poland	Victory
Crimean War (1853-1856)	Russia	French Empire Ottoman Empire British Empire Kingdom of Sardinia	Defeat Treaty of Paris (1856)
January Uprising (1863-1864)	Russia	Polish, Lithuanian and Ukrainian insurgents	Victory
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)	Russia Bulgarian volunteers Romania Serbia Montenegro	Ottoman Empire	Victory Treaty of San Stefano Treaty of Berlin (1878)
Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901)	Eight-Nation Alliance: Japan United Kingdom Russia France United States Germany Austria-Hungary Italy	Righteous Harmony Society Qing Empire	Victory
Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)	Russia Principality of Montenegro	Empire of Japan	Defeat Treaty of Portsmouth
World War I (1914-1918)	Allies: France United Kingdom Russia United States China Italy Japan Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Serbia Romania Belgium Greece Portugal Brazil	Central Powers: Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria	Defeat Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, terminated after eventual Allied victory

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1922)

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Early Slavs / Rus'	pre-9th century
Volga Bulgaria	7th–13th century
Khazar Khaganate	7th–10th century
Rus' Khaganate	9th century
Kievan Rus'	9th–13th century
Vladimir-Suzdal	12th–14th century
Novgorod Republic	12th–15th century
Mongol Yoke	13th–15th century
Grand Duchy	1283–1547
Tsardom of Russia	1547–1721
Russian Empire	1721–1917
Russian Republic	1917
Russian SFSR	1917–1922
Soviet Union	1922–1991
Russian Federation	1991–present

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Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Russian Civil War (1917–1922)	Russian SFSR Far Eastern Republic Mongolian Communists Makhnovshchina Left SR Green armies	White Movement Mountain Republic Black Army Left SR Green armies British Empire Empire of Japan Czechoslovakia Greece United States France Serbia Romania Italy China Mongolia	Victory Victory for the Red Army in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, South Caucasus, Central Asia, Tuva, and Mongolia. Victory for pro-independence movements in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland.
Ukrainian War of Independence (1917–1921)	Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR Makhnovshchina	UNR ZUNR Ukrainian State	Victory Most of Ukraine forms the Ukrainian SSR.
Finnish Civil War (1918)	Russian SFSR Red Guard	White Guard Germany	Defeat German hegemony until 11 November 1918.
Latvian War of Independence (1918–1920)	Russian SFSR Latvian SSR	Latvia Lithuania	Defeat Independence of Latvia.
Estonian War of Independence (1918–1920)	Russian SFSR Commune of Estonia	Estonia Baltische Landeswehr	Defeat Independence of Estonia.
Lithuanian–Soviet War (1918–1919)	Russian SFSR LBSSR	Republic of Lithuania Saxon Volunteers	Defeat Bolshevik forces driven out.
Georgian-Ossetian Conflict (1918–1920)	Russian SFSR Ossetian rebels	Transcaucasian Federation Georgia	Defeat Ossetian rebellion crushed.
Polish–Soviet War (1919–1921)	Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR	Poland Ukraine	Defeat Peace of Riga
Invasion of Azerbaijan (1920)	Russian SFSR Azerbaijan SSR	Azerbaijan	Victory Overthrow of the ADR government.
Invasion of Georgia (1921)	Russian SFSR Turkey	Georgia	Victory Establishment of the Georgian SSR.
February Uprising (1921)	Russian SFSR	ARF	Victory Bolshevik forces recapture Yerevan.
East Karelian Uprising (1921–1922)	Russian SFSR	Forest Guerrillas Finnish volunteers	Victory Uprising put down.

Soviet Union (1922–1991)

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History of Russia

Early Slavs / Rus'	pre-9th century
Volga Bulgaria	7th–13th century
Khazar Khaganate	7th–10th century
Rus' Khaganate	9th century
Kievan Rus'	9th–13th century
Vladimir-Suzdal	12th–14th century
Novgorod Republic	12th–15th century
Mongol Yoke	13th–15th century
Grand Duchy	1283–1547
Tsardom of Russia	1547–1721
Russian Empire	1721–1917
Russian Republic	1917
Russian SFSR	1917–1922
Soviet Union	1922–1991
Russian Federation	1991–present

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Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
August Uprising (1924)	Soviet Union	Damkom	Victory Consolidation of Soviet rule in Georgia.
Sino-Soviet conflict (1929)	Soviet Union	China	Victory Provisions of 1924 agreement were upheld.
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts (1932–1941)	Soviet Union Mongolia	Empire of Japan Manchukuo	Victory Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact
Islamic Rebellion in Xinjiang (1937)	Xinjiang Soviet Union White Movement	China	Victory Sheng Shica's regime established its rule over the whole territory of Xinjiang province.
Invasion of Poland (1939)	Germany Slovakia Soviet Union	Poland	Victory Polish territory divided between Germany, the Soviet Union, Lithuania and Slovakia.
Winter War (1939–1940)	Soviet Union	Finland	Victory Moscow Peace Treaty
Occupation of the Baltic states (1940)	Soviet Union	Estonia Latvia Lithuania	Victory Baltic states occupied by the Red Army.
Continuation War (1941–1944)	Soviet Union	Finland Germany	Victory Moscow Armistice, Lapland War
Lapland War (1944–1945)	Finland Soviet Union	Germany	Victory German retreat from Finnish territory.
World War II (1941–1945)	Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Mexico Ethiopia	Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Finland Thailand Manchukuo Croatia Slovakia	Victory Collapse of the Third Reich Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War
Guerilla war in the Baltic states (1944–1956)	Soviet Union	Estonia Latvia Lithuania	Victory Defeat of national partisans.
Korean War (1950–1953)	North Korea China Soviet Union	United Nations South Korea United States United Kingdom	Ceasefire Korean Demilitarized Zone established, minor territorial changes.
Uprising of 1953 in East Germany (1953)	Soviet Union East Germany	East German Demonstrators	Victory Uprising suppressed
Hungarian Revolution (1956)	Soviet Union ÁVH	Revolutionaries	Victory Revolution crushed.
Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968)	Soviet Union Bulgaria East Germany Hungary Poland	Czechoslovakia	Victory Moscow Protocol, Soviet military presence in Czechoslovakia until 1991.
War of Attrition (1969–1970)	Egypt Soviet Union	Israel	Both sides claim victory Continued Israeli occupation of Sinai
Eritrean War of Independence (1974–1990)	Ethiopia Cuba Soviet Union South Yemen	ELF EPLF	Defeat Eritrea gains independence after communist withdrawal.
Angolan Civil War (1975-2002)	MPLA SWAPO MK Cuba (1975-91) East Germany (1975-89) Soviet Union(1975-89) EO (1992-95) Tanzania Mozambique Portugal	UNITA FNLA FLEC South Africa (1975-89) Zaire (1975) Perez United States China	Victory Withdrawal of all foreign forces in 1989 Transition towards a multiparty political system in 1991/92 Dissolution of the armed forces of FNLA Participation of UNITA and FNLA, as political parties, in the new political system, from 1991/92 onwards, but civil war continues Jonas Savimbi killed in 2002 Immediate peace agreement and dissolution of the armed forces of UNITA in 2002 Resistance of FLEC continued beyond 2002
Ethio-Somali War (1977–1978)	Ethiopia Cuba South Yemen Soviet Union	Somalia WSLF	Victory Somali withdrawal Somalia breaks all ties with the Second World except for China.
Soviet War in Afghanistan (1979–1989)	Soviet Union Afghanistan	Peshawar Seven Tehran Eight	Withdrawal Geneva Accords, Soviet withdrawal, dissolution of DRA

Russian Federation (1991–present)

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History of Russia

Early Slavs / Rus'	pre-9th century
Volga Bulgaria	7th–13th century
Khazar Khaganate	7th–10th century
Rus' Khaganate	9th century
Kievan Rus'	9th–13th century
Vladimir-Suzdal	12th–14th century
Novgorod Republic	12th–15th century
Mongol Yoke	13th–15th century
Grand Duchy	1283–1547
Tsardom of Russia	1547–1721
Russian Empire	1721–1917
Russian Republic	1917
Russian SFSR	1917–1922
Soviet Union	1922–1991
Russian Federation	1991–present

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Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
War of Transnistria (1992)	Transnistria Russia	Moldova	Victory Transnistria gains de facto independence.
East Prigorodny Conflict (1992)	North Ossetia South Ossetia Russia	Ingush militia	Victory Ethnic cleansing of ethnic Ingush from the Prigorodny district by Ossetian militia.
Civil War in Tajikistan (1992–1997)	Tajikistan Russia Uzbekistan	UTO Afghanistan Taliban	UN armistice The UTO is promised 30% of the ministerial positions in Tajik government.
Georgian Civil War (1993)	Georgia Russia	Zviadists	Victory Zviadist revolt crushed.
South Ossetian War (1991-92)	Russia South Ossetia North Ossetia-Alania	Georgia	Victory South Ossetia became a de facto independent republic, but internationally was recognised as part of Georgia.
War in Abkhazia (1991-94)	Russia Abkhazia Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus	Georgia	Victory Abkhazia became a de facto independent republic, but internationally was recognised as part of Georgia.
First Chechen War (1994–1996)	Russia	Ichkeria Mujahideen	Defeat Chechnya's de facto independence.
War of Dagestan (1999)	Russia	IIPB	Victory Second Chechen War
Second Chechen War (1999–2009)	Russia	Ichkeria Caucasian Front Mujahideen	Victory Debellation of Ichkeria. Nine year insurgency.
Russo-Georgian War (2008)	Russia South Ossetia Abkhazia	Georgia	Victory Expansion of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
North Caucasus Insurgency (2009–)	Russia	Caucasus Emirate Mujahideen	Ongoing Ongoing insurgency.
Intervention in Ukraine (2014–)	Russia Novorossiya	Ukraine	Ongoing Annexation of Crimea. Minsk Protocol.

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Armed conflicts involving Russia (incl. Imperial and Soviet times)

Internal	Razin's Rebellion Bulavin Rebellion Pugachev's Rebellion Decembrist revolt Russian Civil War August Uprising Coup d'état attempt (1991) 1993 Russian constitutional crisis First Chechen War War of Dagestan Second Chechen War Insurgency in the North Caucasus

Pre-17th century	Muscovite–Volga Bulgars war (1376) Battle on Pyana River (1377) Battle of the Vozha River (1378) Lithuanian-Muscovite War (1492–94) Russo-Swedish War (1495–97) Lithuanian-Muscovite War (1500–03) Battle of the Siritsa River (1501) Lithuanian-Muscovite War (1507–08) Lithuanian-Muscovite War (1512–22) Lithuanian-Muscovite War (1534–37) Russo-Crimean Wars Russo-Kazan Wars Russo-Swedish War (1554–57) Livonian War Russo-Swedish War (1590–95) Polish–Muscovite War (1605–18) and the Time of Troubles Ingrian War Smolensk War Russo-Persian War (1651–53) Sino-Russian border conflicts (1652–89) Russo-Polish War (1654–67) Second Northern War Russo-Turkish War (1676–81) Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700)

18th–19th century	Great Northern War Russo-Turkish War (1710–11) Russo-Persian War (1722–23) War of the Polish Succession (1733–38) Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–39) War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48) Russo-Swedish War (1741–43) Seven Years' War Russo-Turkish War (1768–74) Bar Confederation Russo-Turkish War (1787–92) Russo-Swedish War (1788–90) Russo-Polish War (1792) Kościuszko Uprising Russo-Persian War (1796) War of the Second Coalition War of the Third Coalition Russo-Persian War (1804–13) War of the Fourth Coalition Russo-Turkish War (1806–12) Anglo-Russian War Finnish War War of the Fifth Coalition French invasion of Russia War of the Sixth Coalition War of the Seventh Coalition Caucasian War Russo-Persian War (1826–28) Russo-Turkish War (1828–29) November Uprising Hungarian Revolution of 1848 Crimean War January Uprising Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) Boxer Rebellion

20th century	Russo-Japanese War World War I Ukrainian–Soviet War Finnish Civil War Heimosodat Estonian War of Independence Latvian War of Independence Lithuanian–Soviet War Polish–Soviet War Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan Red Army invasion of Georgia Soviet–Japanese border conflicts Sino-Soviet conflict (1929) Soviet invasion of Xinjiang Xinjiang War (1937) Soviet invasion of Poland Winter War World War II Ili Rebellion First Indochina War Korean War Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Eritrean War of Independence War of Attrition Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia Sino-Soviet border conflict Vietnam War Ethio-Somali (Ogaden) War Soviet war in Afghanistan

Post-Soviet	War of Transnistria Nagorno-Karabakh War Georgian Civil War Civil war in Tajikistan Russo-Georgian War Russian military intervention in Ukraine Annexation of Crimea War in Donbass

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Lists of wars involving European countries

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Transnistria

Dependencies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Jersey Isle of Man Svalbard

List of wars involving Asian countries

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

List of wars involving Russia

Grand Duchy of Moscow (1480–1547)

Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721)

Russian Empire (1721–1917)

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1922)

Soviet Union (1922–1991)

Russian Federation (1991–present)

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References