Date |
Conflict |
Combatant 1 |
Combatant 2 |
Result |
1281–1293/4 |
Vladimir-Suzdal war of succession (1281–1293) [ru]
|
Nogai forces Dmitry of Pereslavl Mikhail of Tver Daniel of Moscow |
Tode Mongke (1281–1287) Tokhta forces Andrey of Gorodets Theodore the Black Rostov princes |
Tokhta victory
|
1296/8–1302 |
Struggle for Pereslavl-Zalessky |
Daniel of Moscow Mikhail of Tver
Tokhta |
Andrey of Gorodets Theodore the Black Konstantin of Ryazan |
Muscovite–Tverian victory
|
1305–1485 |
Muscovite–Tverian wars [uk; ru] (series of short wars, mixed with other conflicts) |
Principality of Moscow |
Principality of Tver |
Victory
- Tver annexed by Moscow (1485)
|
1327 |
Tver Uprising of 1327 (part of the Muscovite–Tverian wars [uk; ru]) |
Golden Horde Ivan I Kalita of Moscow Alexander of Suzdal [uk; ru] |
Principality of Tver Grand Principality of Vladimir[lower-alpha 2] |
Golden Horde victory
|
1368–1372 |
Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1368–72) (part of the Great Troubles and the Muscovite–Tverian wars [uk; ru]) |
Principality of Moscow |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Principality of Tver |
Inconclusive
|
1376 |
Muscovite–Volga Bulgars war (part of the Great Troubles) |
Principality of Moscow |
Volga Bulgaria |
Victory |
1377 |
Battle on Pyana River (part of the Great Troubles) |
Principality of Moscow |
Golden Horde |
Defeat |
1378 |
Battle of the Vozha River (part of the Great Troubles) |
Principality of Moscow |
Golden Horde |
Victory |
1380 |
Battle of Kulikovo (part of the Great Troubles) |
Rus' principalities:[8]
|
Western part of the Golden Horde
|
Victory for the Rus' principalities coalition
- Moscow replaced Tver as the most prominent of the northeastern Rus' principalities
|
1382 |
Siege of Moscow (part of the aftermath of the Great Troubles) |
Principality of Moscow |
Golden Horde |
Defeat
|
1406–1408 |
Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1406–1408) [uk] (part of the Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars) |
Principality of Moscow |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania |
Hungarian Treaty [uk] (1 September 1408)
|
1425–1453 |
Muscovite War of Succession |
Younger Donskoy line Vasily II Vasilyevich Dmitry II Shemyaka (1434–9) Boris of Tver (c. 1438) Mäxmüd of Kazan (1445–8) Qasim Khan (1452–3) |
Older Donskoy line Yury Dmitrievich (1425–34) Vasily Kosoy (1434–6) Ulugh of Kazan (1437–45) Dmitry II Shemyaka (1439; 1445–53) Ivan of Mozhaysk [ru; uk] (1447–53) |
Vasily II victory
- Younger lineage of Dmitry Donskoy gained the Muscovite throne
|
1437–1445 |
Ulugh Muhammad's campaign (first Russo-Kazan war) (from Battle of Belyov to Battle of Suzdal) (connected with the Muscovite War of Succession) |
Younger Donskoy line Vasily II Vasilyevich Dmitry II Shemyaka (1437–9) |
Older Donskoy line Ulugh of Kazan Dmitry II Shemyaka (1439) |
Ulugh victory
|
1467–1469 |
Qasim War |
Grand Principality of Moscow
|
Khanate of Kazan |
Victory
- Kazan released all ethnic Christian Russians enslaved in the preceding four decades
|
1471 |
Battle of Shelon |
Grand Principality of Moscow |
Novgorod Republic |
Victory
- Novgorod Republic annexed by the Grand Principality of Moscow in 1478
|
1478 |
Siege of Kazan |
Grand Principality of Moscow |
Khanate of Kazan |
Victory
|
1480 |
Great Stand on the Ugra River |
Grand Principality of Moscow |
Golden Horde |
Debated
- Traditional Russian historiography: Muscovite victory, and the end of the Mongol-Tatar yoke in Russia
- Modern Western scholarly historiography: Insignificant non-battle, embellished in later accounts; Moscow retained formal relations with Tatar khanates and continued paying tribute to the Crimean Khanate for decades
|
1480-1481 |
Russian-Livonian War (1480-1481) |
Russia |
Livonian Confederation |
Victory |
1485 |
Capture of Tver (1485) [ru] (part of the Muscovite–Tverian wars [uk; ru]) |
Grand Principality of Moscow |
Principality of Tver |
Victory
- Principality of Tver annexed by the Grand Principality of Moscow
|
1487–1494 |
First Muscovite-Lithuanian War |
Grand Principality of Moscow |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania |
Victory |
1495–1497 |
Russo-Swedish War |
Grand Principality of Moscow |
Sweden |
Inconclusive |
1500–1503 |
Second Muscovite–Lithuanian War |
Grand Principality of Moscow |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Livonian Order |
Victory |
1505–1507 |
Russo-Kazan War |
Grand Principality of Moscow |
Khanate of Kazan |
Inconclusive |
1507–1508 |
Third Muscovite–Lithuanian War |
Grand Principality of Moscow |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Crimean Khanate |
Inconclusive |
1512–1522 |
Fourth Muscovite–Lithuanian War |
Grand Principality of Moscow
Livonian Order |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Crimean Khanate |
Victory |
1534–1537 |
Fifth Muscovite–Lithuanian War |
Grand Principality of Moscow |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Crimean Khanate |
Inconclusive |