This is a list of wars involving the Principality of Moscow (1263–1547), also known as Muscovy.[a]
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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1281–1293/4[2] | Vladimir-Suzdal war of succession (1281–1293)
|
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 (series of short wars, mixed with other conflicts) |
Principality of Moscow | Principality of Tver | Victory
|
1327 | Tver Uprising of 1327 (part of the Muscovite–Tverian wars ) |
Golden Horde Ivan I Kalita of Moscow Alexander of Suzdal |
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 ) |
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[7]) |
Rus' principalities:[8]
|
Western part of the Golden Horde
|
Victory for the Rus' principalities coalition[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) (part of the Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars) |
Principality of Moscow | Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Hungarian Treaty
| (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 (1447–53) |
Vasily II victory[12]
|
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
|
1471 | Battle of Shelon | Grand Principality of Moscow | Novgorod Republic | Victory
|
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[15][16]
|
1485 | Capture of Tver (1485) (part of the Muscovite–Tverian wars ) |
Grand Principality of Moscow | Principality of Tver | Victory
|
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 |
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