List of wars involving the Principality of Moscow

This is a list of wars involving the Principality of Moscow (1263–1547), also known as Muscovy. __NOTOC__ Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result 1281–1293/4 Casus belli: death of Alexander Nevsky (1263). (summer–autumn 1293)(part of the Tokhta–Nogai war) Nogai forcesDmitry of Pereslavl Mikhail of TverDaniel of Moscow Tode Mongke (1281–1287) Tokhta forcesAndrey of Gorodets Theodore the BlackRostov princes Tokhta victory Vladimir, Moscow and Tver sacked, countryside devastated Dmitry of Pereslavl fled, died in 1294 Andrey of Gorodets became indisputed Grand Prince of Vladimir 1296/8–1302 Struggle for Pereslavl-Zalessky Daniel of Moscow Mikhail of Tver

Tokhta Andrey of Gorodets Theodore the BlackKonstantin of Ryazan Muscovite–Tverian victory Moscow sacked (1298) Moscow temporarily acquired Pereslavl-Zalessky (lost in 1340/1) 1305–1485 (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 ) Golden Horde Ivan I Kalita of Moscow Principality of Tver Grand Principality of Vladimir Golden Horde victory Aleksandr of Tver stripped of land holdings and later executed 1368–1372 Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1368–72)(part of the Great Troubles and the ) Principality of Moscow Grand Duchy of Lithuania Principality of Tver Inconclusive Treaty of Lyubutsk 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) Rus' principalities: Principality of Moscow (Dmitri Donskoy) Principality of Beloozero Principality of Yaroslavl Principality of Rostov Principality of Starodub Principality of Mologa Principality of Kashin Princes from Vyazma and Dorogobuzh Part of Upper Oka Principalities Lithuanian princes of Polotsk and Bryansk in exile Western part of the Golden Horde European mercenaries Victory for the Rus' principalities coalition Moscow replaced Tver as the most prominent of the northeastern Rus' principalities 1382 Siege of Moscow(part of the aftermath of the Great Troubles) Principality of Moscow Golden Horde Defeat Dmitri Donskoy forced to reaffirm allegiance to the Golden Horde, and resumed paying the tribute 1406–1408 (part of the Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars) Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1 September 1408) Lithuania receives Principality of Smolensk and Upper Oka Principalities Muscovy receives the cities of Kozelsk, Lyubutsk and Peremyshl 1425–1453 Muscovite War of Succession Younger Donskoy line Vasily II Vasilyevich Dmitry II Shemyaka (1434–9) Boris of Tver ( 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) (1447–53) Vasily II victory Younger lineage of Dmitry Donskoy gained the Muscovite throne 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 Ulugh captured Vasily II Vasilyevich (1445) Ulugh's successor Mäxmüd made Vasily II his vassal Dmitry Shemyaka seized Moscow in Vasily II's absence 1467–1469 Qasim War Grand Principality of Moscow Qasim Khanate Khanate of Kazan Victory Kazan released all ethnic Christian Russians enslaved in the preceding four decades 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 The Kazan Khan imprisoned and replaced by his half-brother 1480 Great Stand on the Ugra River Golden Horde Debated Traditional Russian historiography: Muscovite victory, and the end of the Mongol-Tatar yoke in Russia 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 1480–1481 Russian-Livonian War (1480-1481) Russia Livonian Confederation Victory 1485 (part of the ) 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 Kingdom of Poland Crimean Khanate Victory 1534–1537 Fifth Muscovite–Lithuanian War Grand Principality of Moscow Inconclusive

See also Armies of the Rus' principalities Landed Army List of wars involving Kievan Rus' List of wars and battles involving Galicia–Volhynia List of wars and battles involving the Golden Horde List of wars involving the Novgorod Republic List of wars and battles involving the Principality of Smolensk List of wars involving the Principality of Tver List of wars involving Lithuania List of wars involving the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth List of wars involving Russia Timeline of the Golden Horde

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(first published in Forschungen zur osteuropäischen Geschichte 25 (1978) Berlin.) (e-book).