Military history of Russia

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The military history of the modern-day Russian Federation starts with the first people to establish settlements, the Rus', who built Kiev, the Mongol invasion, the numerous wars against Turkey, Poland, Sweden, the Seven Years' War, France (especially the Napoleonic Wars), the Crimean War. The 20th century saw two world wars and the Cold War. Post 1991 it became the Military history of the Russian Federation.

It is covered by:

• The Military history of Rus' and other states leading up to Muscovy
• Military history of Imperial Russia
• Military history of the Soviet Union
• Military history of the Russian Federation

See also

• History of Russia
• Timeline of Russian history
• Timeline of Russian inventions and technology records

Further reading

• Fuller, William C. Strategy and Power in Russia 1600-1914 (1998) excerpts
• Riasanovsky, Nicholas V. and Mark D. Steinberg. A History of Russia (7th ed. 2004) 800 pages.
• Roberts, Geoffrey. Stalin's Wars: From World War to Cold War, 1939-1953 (2008) excerpt and text search
• Stone, David. A Military History of Russia: From Ivan the Terrible to the War in Chechnya excerpts