History 16/03/20 country With which Russia fought the most
the History of Russia is the history of constant wars. Russian philosopher Ivan Ilyin wrote: “Soloviev has 1240 1462 for the year (222) — 200 wars and invasions. From the XIV century to XX-yy (525 years) Sukhotin has 329 years of war. Russia has fought two thirds of my life.”
Sweden
Wars: Since the middle of XVI century to the beginning of the XIX – 10 wars.
the History of Russian-Swedish confrontation began in the XII century. The Novgorod Republic and Sweden fought for control of the Eastern Baltic. In 1323 was signed Orehovicki peace Treaty, according to which Karelia was the area of influence of Novgorod and Finland – Swedish.
However, this was only the beginning of centuries of conflict. In 1377 Sweden conquered dependent Novgorod Western Karelia (Osterbotten). After 1478, the Novgorod Republic became part of the Russian state, struggle with the Swedes for the Eastern Baltic States have reached a new level.
In 1495 Ivan III went to war with Sweden for the Western Karelia. The struggle went on with varying success. Finally, in March 1497 for six years was concluded the First Novgorod truce. It confirmed the 1323 border, as well as the principle of free trade between Sweden and Russia. In March 1510 the truce was extended for another 60 years.
later, the tradition to fight with Sweden for the Baltic sea was continued by other Russian tsars. Ivan IV, Feodor I and Alexei Mikhailovich.
the dramatic changes in the distribution of forces of Russian-Swedish relations was made by Peter the First. After the Russian victory in the Northern war (1700-1721) Sweden lost its former power. She lost not only the territory ceded to Russia, but also a lot of land on the southern shore of the Baltic sea. Sweden remained the only Wismar and a small part of Pomerania. Also as a result of defeat in the Northern war of Sweden began the so-called “Era of liberty” – the period of weakening of the power of kings and reinforce the importance of Parliament.
in an effort to return lost during the great Northern war, the land, Sweden was repeatedly in conflict with the Russian Empire (the Russo-Swedish war of 1741-1743 Russo-Swedish war of 1788-1790 Russo-Swedish war of 1808-1809), but the conditions Friedrichskoog of peace, signed in September 1809 Sweden lost to Russia, the åland Islands, Finland and Lapland to the rivers Torniojoki and Mwanjali. Thus, Sweden as a result of wars with Russia, lost more than a third of its territory and lost its status as a great power.
Turkey
Wars: 12 wars for 241 years. On average, a Russian-Turkish war from the other separated by 19 years.
From the end of XVI century until the beginning of XX bloody war between the Ottoman and the Russian Empire went on. “Apple of discord” was the control of Northern black sea coast and North Caucasus, later for control in the South Caucasus, for the right of navigation on the Black sea and its Straits, but also for the rights of Christians in the Ottoman Empire.
In the First world war, following which the Ottoman Empire, divided between the Entente ceased to exist, the Russian Empire also addressed the issue of acquisition of Constantinople. Ironically, in the creation of the Turkish Republic, the Soviet Union took the most direct part. The centuries-old feud turned into economic and military support to the President of Turkey Kemal atatürk.
Poland
Wars: 10 wars, from 1018 to 1939.
Relations between Russia and Poland have always been strained. Primarily, this was due to the centuries-old neighborhood of two States, which constantly gave rise to territorial disputes. In all major European conflicts Russia has always had to deal with the revision of the Russian-Polish border. The most serious confrontation between Russia and Poland was from the beginning of the XVII century, from the time of Troubles and the Polish-LTLtion of the intervention. Until the late eighteenth century between Russia and Poland were the four wars that ended the second partition of Poland.
In 1815, Poland was part of the Russian Empire, but the poles and Russian confrontation has not stopped two Polish uprisings of the nineteenth century (1830, 1863) that forced Russia to take countermeasures. In 1832 was eliminated, the Polish Sejm was disbanded Polish army. In 1864 – imposed restrictions on the use of the Polish language and the movement of the male population. However, in Poland growing “Russophobia”.
After the revolution, the poles gained the coveted independence, during the Soviet-Polish war of 1919-1921 years they even managed to defend it, but less than 20 years later, in 1939, during the “liberation campaign of the red army” all the gains of the poles 20 years has been eliminated.
the History of wars
From other countries, whose history of wars with Russia has a long history, can be called Germany, with which our country has had three major wars, two of which were global.
Four Russian Empire was at war with France (war of 1805 -1807 years, the Patriotic war of 1812, the Crimean war), four times Russia and the Soviet Union entered the war against Japan, three times, in military conflicts with China.
a Similar thought was expressed by General Aleksei Kuropatkin. In 1900 he wrote in his Memorandum to Nicholas II: “During the last 200 years Russia was in a war 128 years and had 72 years of peace. Of the 128 years of the war – 5 years accounted for a defensive war and aggressive at 123”.
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