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The formal end to Tatar rule over Russia was the defeat of the Tatars at the Great Stand on the Ugra River in 1480. Ivan III (r. 1462–1505) and Vasili III (r. 1505–1533) had consolidated the centralized Russian state following the annexations of the Novgorod Republic in 1478, Tver in 1485, the Pskov Republic in 1510, Volokolamsk in 1513, Ryazan in 1521, and Novgorod-Seversk in 1522.
Russia maintains that all the Kuril Islands, including those that Japan calls the Northern Territories, are legally a part of Russia as a result of World War II, and the acquisition was as proper as any other change of international boundaries following the war. [31] [32]
This is a list of wars and armed conflicts involving Russia and its predecessors in chronological order, from the 9th to the 21st century.. 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 ...
The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War [n] in the Soviet Union and its successor states, and the German–Soviet War [o] in modern Germany, Ukraine, and parts of Western Russia, was a theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies, including the Soviet Union (USSR) and Poland.
At the end of World War II, most eastern and central European countries were occupied by the Soviet Union, [85] known as “European colonies”, while remaining independent though their politics, military, foreign and domestic policies were dominated by the Soviet Union.
Kyiv claimed earlier this week that its forces had captured about 1,000 square kilometers, or roughly 386 square miles, of Russian territory — almost as much as Moscow has seized in Ukraine this ...
Russian Revolution of 1905: A mutiny occurred aboard the battleship Potemkin. 25 June: Russian Revolution of 1905: The Potemkin sailors defected to Romania. 5 September: Russo-Japanese War: The Treaty of Portsmouth was signed, ceding some Russian property and territory to Japan and ending the war. 17 October
A common view is that the Soviet Union won the Kuril Islands during World War II and is entitled to keep them regardless of the prior history of the disputed territories. Many believe that taking these islands away from Japan was a just reward for the Soviet Union's sacrifices during World War II and for its agreement to enter the war against ...