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List of wars involving the Principality of Moscow

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This is a list of wars involving the Principality of Moscow (1263–1547), also known as Muscovy.[a]

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Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
1281–1293/4[2] Vladimir-Suzdal war of succession (1281–1293) [ru] Nogai forces[4]
Dmitry of Pereslavl[4]
Mikhail of Tver[4]
Daniel of Moscow[4]		 Tode Mongke (1281–1287)[5]
Tokhta forces[4]
Andrey of Gorodets[4]
Theodore the Black[4]
Rostov princes[4]		 Tokhta victory[4]
1296/8–1302[2] Struggle for Pereslavl-Zalessky[2] Daniel of Moscow[2]
Mikhail of Tver[2]

Tokhta[2]

 Andrey of Gorodets[2]
Theodore the Black[2]
Konstantin of Ryazan[2]		 Muscovite–Tverian victory[2]
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[b]		 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)		 Volga Bulgaria Victory
1377 Battle on Pyana River
(part of the Great Troubles)		 Golden Horde Defeat
1378 Battle of the Vozha River
(part of the Great Troubles)		 Victory
1380 Battle of Kulikovo
(part of the Great Troubles[7])		 Rus' principalities:[8] Western part of the Golden Horde Victory for the Rus' principalities coalition[9]
  • Moscow replaced Tver as the most prominent of the northeastern Rus' principalities[9]
1382 Siege of Moscow
(part of the aftermath of the Great Troubles)		 Principality of Moscow Golden Horde Defeat[10]
1406–1408 Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1406–1408) [uk]
(part of the Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars)		 Grand Duchy of Lithuania Hungarian Treaty [uk] (1 September 1408)
1425–1453[12] Muscovite War of Succession[13] 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[12]
  • Younger lineage of Dmitry Donskoy gained the Muscovite throne[12][14]
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[15]
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 Khanate of Kazan Victory
1480 Great Stand on the Ugra River Golden Horde Debated[16][17]
  • Traditional Russian historiography: Muscovite victory, and the end of the Mongol-Tatar yoke in Russia[16][17]
  • 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[16][17]
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 Duchy of Lithuania Victory
1495–1497 Russo-Swedish War Sweden Inconclusive
1500–1503 Second Muscovite–Lithuanian War Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Livonian Order

 Victory
1505–1507 Russo-Kazan War Khanate of Kazan Inconclusive
1507–1508 Third Muscovite–Lithuanian War Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Crimean Khanate

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 Inconclusive
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Notes

  1. [a]
    The Principality of Moscow or Muscovy (1263–1547) evolved out of the Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal (existed 12th–13th century), and became the Tsardom of Russia in 1547.[1]
  2. [b]
    The title 'Grand Prince of Vladimir' was mostly titular by the early 14th century.

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