This is a list of wars involving the Novgorod Republic (1136–1478), also known as Republic of Novgorod, centred around the city of Veliky Novgorod.
*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside the Novgorod Republic, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | |
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1042–1228 | Finnish–Novgorodian wars | Novgorod Republic | Yem people | Novgorodian victory | |
1139–1142 | 1139–1142 Kievan succession crisis
| Viacheslav I of Kiev----Yurievichi
---- Novgorod Republic (repeatedly switched sides) | Olgovichi of Chernigov----Mstislavichi
---- Novgorod Republic (repeatedly switched sides) | Mixed results
| |
12th–14th century |
| Novgorod Republic | Vladimir-Suzdal | Mixed results | |
1146–1159 | 1146–1159 Kievan succession crisis
| Novgorod Republic (Mstislavichi) | Vladimir-Suzdal (Yurievichi) | Status quo ante bellum
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1169 | Siege of Novgorod (1170) (part of the 1167–1169 Kievan succession crisis) | Iziaslavichi of Volhynia | Coalition: | Iziaslavichi–Novgorodian military victory | |
1171–1173 | 1171–1173 Kievan succession crisis
| Kiev and allies
----- | Andrey's second coalition
----- | Kiev & Rostislavichi of Smolensk victory
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1212–1216 | Vladimir-Suzdal war of succession
| Principality of Rostov (Konstantin) Novgorod Republic (Mstislav) | Principality of Vladimir (Yuri) Pereslavl-Zalessky (Yaroslav) | Rostovian–Novgorodian victory | |
1228–1240 | Novgorod Republic | Unclear | |||
1240–1242 | Livonian campaign against Rus'
| Novgorod Republic Vladimir-Suzdal | Livonian Order Bishopric of Dorpat Denmark | Novgorodian–Suzdalian victory | |
1268 | Battle of Wesenberg (1268) | Novgorod Republic Pskov Republic Vladimir-Suzdal | Duchy of Estonia Bishopric of Dorpat Livonian Order | Disputed; probably a Livonian victory[1]
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12th–14th century | Swedish–Novgorodian Wars
| Novgorod Republic | Sweden | Mixed results | |
1456, 1471, and 1477–1478 | .
| Novgorod Republic | Principality of Moscow | Muscovite victory
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