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The Russian military and troops of its predecessor states in Russia took part in a large number of wars and armed clashes in various parts of the world: starting from the princely squads, opposing the raids of nomads, and fighting for the expansion of the territory of Kievan Rus'.
Most notably, Germany had occupied parts of European Russia, Great Britain held Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, Sevastopol, and the Crimea; France and Greece partly controlled Odessa; Italy and Great ...
When talking about enemies trying to invade and conquer Russia, we’re talking about a time span of roughly 1,000 years and several different “Russias”, including the Ancient Rus, the...
Georgia. Map showing Russian political and military influence or interference in Post-Soviet conflicts prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Abkhazia and South Ossetia (2008–present) Russian BMP-2 from the 58th Army in South Ossetia.
From Chechnya to Syria, via Ukraine, the Russia of Vladimir Putin has been involved in a string of wars since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Putin’s indiscriminate assault on Ukraine has got people thinking about history and which other nations have been invaded by or been in conflict with Russia. On the Reddit group Map Porn, a post captioned, “Countries Russia/USSR have invaded” included a map that showed exactly that.
31 mar 2022 · Flanked by Europe and Asia, Russia has experienced three major invasions in its history: by the Mongols in the 13th century, Napoleon in 1812, and Hitler in 1941. “In Russia, survival of the state itself has been a primary concern historically,” Carleton says. War permeates the broader culture, he says.