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Napoleon invades Russia
• reduced French and allied forces in Europe
• wanted to remove the threat of Russian invasion of Poland
• many small battles took place including the battle at Smolensk, the Battle of Maloyaroslauets and the Battle of Borodino, where 70,000 people died
• Napoleonic Wars ended on December 14, 1812 when Russia sent the last of their troops -
Russo-Japanese War
1904-1905
• conflict between Japan and Russia
• fought for power in Korea and Manchuria
• began when Japanese launched a surprise attack on the Russian naval at Port Arthur
• Final battle was fought at Mukden
• 300,000 Russia men and 270,000 Japanese men
• General A.N. Kuropatkin withdrew his forces and later Japan took the land
• Peace conference was held from August 9- September 5, 1905
• Treaty of Portsmouth- Japan gained control of Liatung Peninsula and South Manchurian railroad and half of -
World War I
1914-1918
• Russia entered the war with the largest army
• 1,400,000 soldiers
• Army lead by General Sukhomlinov
• Germany declares war on Russia on August 1
• Russia attacked Germany in East Prussia
• Once Prussia was secure, Russia wanted to march on Berlin
• Many other invasions involving Russia
• October 26, 1917, Soviet Government ordered a decree of peace stating that they want all nations to be open for democratic peace
• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk on March 3, 1918 ending four years of fight -
World War II
1939-1945
• 1939- Hitler and Russia signed a non-aggression treaty meant to last ten years
• 1941- largest land attack in history, Operation Barbarossa
• Nazis attacked Russia
• Hitler believed that Russians were sub-human
• many Jews lived in Russia and Hitler wanted to get rid of them
• Russia defeated Germany at Stalingrad
• some say that it was the turning point of WWII
• approximately 20 million Russians died -
Cold War
1945-1960
• conflict between the U.S. and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies
• Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam and the Berlin Wall were some outcomes of the Cold War
• Started with disagreements between the two nations
• different forms of government- U.S. was democratic and Soviet Union was communist
• economics: U.S. wanted free-trade, Russia feared that trade with Western countries would influence its culture
• when Truman declared the Truman Doctrine
• both countries fought to make -
Invasion of Afghanistan
• Russian troops landed in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul
• Hazifuilan Amin wanted to rid of Muslim tradition
• made many people in Afghanistan mad
• many Muslims joined the Mujahideen-they wanted to overthrow Amin
• Russians said that they were asked to help the Mujahideen and that they weren’t invading the country
• In December, Russians shot Amin and replaced him with Babrak Kamal
• Kamal needed Russian military to stay in power
• Russians used gas and helicopter guns against Mujahdeen
• Mikhai -
First Chechen War
1994-1996
• War between Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ickeria
• Russia tried to gain control of the area of Chechnya
• Chechnya used guerrilla warfare against Russia
• Bori Yeltin’s government declared a ceasefire in 1996 and a peace treaty was signed one year later
• 5,500 Russians died -
Second Chechen War
• Launched by the Russian Federation when the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade led the Invasion of Dagestan
• Russian troops entered Chechen
• Russian military faced against Chechen separatists and they gained control over the Chechen capital
• More than 5,200 Russian causalities
• 25,000-50,000 Chechnya dead or missing -
Russia’s war with Georgia
• Still going on today
• Both countries accused each other of a military buildup
• Georgia launched a military offense on South Ossetia to reclaim territory
• Russia responded by sending troops into South Ossetia and launching air attacks against Georgia
• Both groups signed a ceasefire and Russia began to take troops out of Georgia
o However, Russian troops are still positioned in South Ossetia
