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Major Conflicts
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Napoleonj's Invasion of Russia
This is Significant because Russia got the victory over Napoleon and destroyed the French army. One of Russias first victorys. -
Russo-Japanese War
Russia lost this war witch balcend power in the continent of Asia. -
World War 1
This is important to Russia because this war had a devistating impact on Russia, the Romanovs, who had ruled Russia for just over 300 years, were no longer in charge of a Russia that had been taken over by Kerensky and the Provisional Government. -
WW2
This was significant because the fact that Russia with many other nations defeated the central powers and became one of the strongest countries in Europe and the world. -
Wars with Chechnya
The Chechnya war in 1940-1944 was a revolt against the Soviet authorities in the mountainous Chechnya. The first Chechen war was a conflict between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. They fought from December 1994 to August 1996.The second chechen war was led by the Russian Federation starting August 26 1999, in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade. -
Cold War
The Cold War was a continuing state of political conflict, military tension, wars, and economic competition between the powers of the Western world, led by the United States and its NATO allies, the communist world, led by the Soviet Union. -
Soviet Invasion In Afghanistan
The Soviet War in Afganistan was a 9 year war battle during the cold war, supporting the Marxist-Leninist government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. -
Russia's War with Georgia
Both countries of russia and georgia accused each other of building up their military's in the regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. On March 6, 2008 Russia announced that it would no longer participate in the Commonwealth of Independent States economic sanctions put on Abkhazia in 1996.
