Russian casualties of war lists deaths of Russian armed forces and Russian citizens caused by conflicts in which Russia was involved. The Soviet wars listed below also include deaths of all Soviet armed forces and all Soviet citizens caused by conflicts in which the Soviet Union was involved.

Conflict Start EndMilitary deadMilitary woundedCivilian deadTotal deadNote World War II 1939 19458,668,40015,685,59315,900,00025,568,400Krivosheev, G. FKrivosheev, G. F. (1997). Soviet Casualties and Combat Losses in the Twentieth Century. Greenhill Books. ISBN 978-1-85367-280-4.World War I191419181,700,000–2,254,3693,749,0001,140,0002,840,000–3,394,369Russia and the USSR in the Wars of the 20th CenturyCrimean War18531856450,015–630,000450,015–630,000Clodfelter, Kozelsky Russo-Ukrainian War 2014 Present489,000–629,000 (258,989 confirmed by names)1,000,000–1,200,000+236,066–629,000Mediazona, September 2026Napoleonic Wars18031815210,000150,000240,000–290,000450,000–500,000Seven Years' War17561763120,000120,000Russo-Japanese War1904190543,300–71,453146,03243,300–71,453 Polish–Soviet War 1918 191960,000102,00060,000Rummel p 55Rudolph J. Rummel (1990). Lethal Politics: Soviet Genocide and Mass Murder Since 1917. Transaction Publishers. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-56000-887-3. Retrieved 5 March 2011. Soviet–Afghan War 1979 198814,500–26,00053,75314,500–26,000Casualties of the War in Afghanistan"The Soviet War In Afghanistan" The Atlantic 8/2014 https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/08/the-soviet-war-in-afghanistan-1979-1989/100786/ First Chechen War 1994 19965,552–14,00052,00014,000Casualty Figures, Jamestown Foundation – first Chechen WarCasualty Figures, Jamestown Foundation, Archived August 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140814003203/http://www.cdi.org/russia/245-14.cfm Soviet–Japanese War 7 August 1945 2 September 19459,78019,5629,780When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped HitlerGlantz, David M. & House, Jonathan (1995), When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler, Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, ISBN 0-7006-0899-0, p. 300 Second Chechen War 1999 20096,029–11,0006,029"Defense and Security / PressPATROL"Defense and Security / PressPATROL / Media Monitoring Agency WPS". old.wps.ru. Soviet invasion of Poland 17 September 1939 6 October 19393,00020,0003,000Sanford pp. 20–24 Sanford, George(2005). Katyn and the Soviet Massacre Of 1940: Truth, Justice And Memory. London, New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-33873-5. Russo-Georgian War 7 August 2008 12 August 200816228365227"The Tanks of August"Tanks 2010, pp. 130–135. https://web.archive.org/web/20110128165000/http://www.cast.ru/files/The_Tanks_of_August_sm_eng.pdf

+Table by month of the official estimates of "Casualties of the Russian troops in Ukraine" numbers (from the General Staff of the AFU)Month and yearCumulativeMonthly netFebruary 20225,30028 February 2022 [...] Military personnel — [...] 5,300 people5,300March 202217,50031 March 202212,200April 202223,20030 April 20225,700May 202230,50031 May 20227,300June 202235,60030 June 20225,100July 202240,83031 July 20225,230August 202247,90031 August 20227,070September 202259,08030 September 202211,180October 202271,82031 October 202212,740November 202288,88030 November 202217,060December 2022105,96031 December 202217,080January 2023127,50031 January 202321,540February 2023149,24028 February 202321,740March 2023173,36031 March 202324,120April 2023190,51030 April 202317,150May 2023207,91031 May 202317,400June 2023228,34030 June 202320,430July 2023246,19031 July 202317,850August 2023263,02031 August 202316,830September 2023278,13030 September 202315,110October 2023300,81031 October 202322,680November 2023328,76030 November 202327,950December 2023359,23031 December 202330,470January 2024385,23031 January 202426,000February 2024413,76029 February 202428,530March 2024442,17031 March 202428,410April 2024468,72030 April 202426,550May 2024507,65031 May 202438,930June 2024542,70030 June 202435,050July 2024578,12031 July 202435,420August 2024614,95031 August 202436,830September 2024653,06030 September 202438,110October 2024694,95031 October 202441,890November 2024740,40030 November 202445,450December 2024789,55031 December 202449,150January 2025837,61031 January 202548,060February 2025874,56028 February 202536,950March 2025915,23031 March 202540,670April 2025951,96030 April 202536,730May 2025987,33031 May 202535,370June 20251,020,01030 June 202532,680July 20251,053,26031 July 202533,250August 20251,082,14031 August 202528,880September 20251,110,56030 September 202528,420October 20251,141,83031 October 202531,270November 20251,172,86030 November 202531,030December 20251,207,91031 December 202535,050January 20261,239,59031 January 202631,680February 20261,265,90028 February 202626,310March 20261,297,67031 March 202631,770April 20261,330,29030 April 202632,620May 20261,364,06031 May 202633,770June 20261,403,55030 June 202639,490July 20261,446,15031 July 202642,600August 20261,488,20042,050September 20261,533,97045,770

Russian troop KIAs are worse than WWI.15 June 2024 [...] Military personnel — [...] 525,150 people(525150-166000)/525150=.683 * casualties from the last calendar month The November 2023 monthly Russian troop casualties doubled the number from March 2022. Russia's ability to adjust its recruitment rates to match ongoing personnel losses remains a central factor in its long-term force sustainability.

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