This is a list of wars involving Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakh and the predecessor states of Kazakhstan to the present day. It also includes wars fought outside Kazakhstan by the Kazakh military.
Legends of results:
Victory
Defeat
Stalemate
Ongoing conflict
Cumania (1025—1241)
After the fall of the Kimek-Kipchak confederation at the beginning of the 11th century. military-political hegemony on the territory of the former settlement of the Kimek, Kipchak and Cuman tribes passed into the hands of the Kipchak khans. The dynastic nobility of the Kipchaks who came to power began to take active steps in the southern and western directions, which led to direct contacts with the states of Central Asia and Southeast Europe.
Date | Conflict | Combatant I | Combatant II | Result for Kazakhstan | Khan |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1035 | Kipchak conquest of the Pontic-Caspian steppe | Cumania | Pechenegs Khazar tribes |
Victory | Bolush Khan |
1055-1223 | Russo-Kipchak Wars[1]
|
Cumania | Kievan Rus’ | Victory
|
|
1066 | Campaign against Kipchaks of Alp Arslan | Cumania | Seljuks | Defeat | Kafshud |
1070 | First Kipchak invasion of Hungary[2]
|
Cumania | Kingdom of Hungary | Victory | Sharukan |
1091 | Second Kipchak Invasion of Hungary
|
Cumania | Kingdom of Hungary | Defeat | Copulch Khan |
1117 | Kipchak Invasion of the North Caucasus[3] | Cumania | North Caucasian peoples | Victory | Otrok Khan |
1120 | Battle of Bardawi on Kura[4] | Cumania Kingdom of Georgia |
Seljuks | Victory | |
1121 | Battle of Didgori[4] | Cumania | Seljuk Empire |
Victory
| |
1222 | Battle of Sudak | Cumania Empire of Trebizond Kievan Rus’ |
Seljuks | Defeat | |
1123 | Sack of Tbilisi[4] | Cumania Kingdom of Georgia |
Seljuks | Victory
| |
Golden Horde (1242—1428)
The Golden Horde (Kipchak Khanate), self-designated as Ulug Ulus, lit. 'Great State' in Turkic, was originally a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire.
Kazakh Khanate (1465—1847)
Kazakh Khanate was established by Janibek Khan and Kerei Khan in 1465. Both khans came from Turco-Mongol clan of Tore which traces its lineage to Genghis Khan through dynasty of Jochids. The Tore clan continued to rule the khanate until its fall to the Russian Empire.
From 16th to 17th century, the Kazakh Khanate ruled and expanded its territories to eastern Cumania (modern-day West Kazakhstan), to most of Uzbekistan, Karakalpakstan and the Syr Darya river with military confrontation as far as Astrakhan and Khorasan Province, which are now in Russia and Iran, respectively. The Khanate was later weakened by a series of Oirat and Dzungar invasions. These resulted in a decline and further disintegration into three Juzes, which gradually lost their sovereignty and were incorporated to the expanding Russian Empire in the 19th century.
Kazakh Khanate (1465-1847)
Date | Conflict | Combatant I | Combatant II | Result for Kazakhstan | Khan/Leader | Kazakh losses | Enemy losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1468-1500 | Kazakh War of Independence | Kazakh Khanate Timurid Empire Khanate of Sibir |
Uzbek Khanate Nogai Horde Western Moghulistan |
Victory
|
? |
? | |
1499-1502 | Kazakh-Kalmyk War | Kazakh Khanate | Kalmyks | Victory | Burunduk Khan | ? |
? |
1503-1504 | First Kazakh-Uzbek War[5] | Kazakh Khanate | Khanate of Bukhara | Victory | Kasym Khan | ? |
? |
1505-1506 | Second Kazakh-Uzbek War[5] | Kazakh Khanate | Khanate of Bukhara | Victory | ? |
? | |
1509-1510 | Third Kazakh-Uzbek War | Kazakh Khanate | Khanate of Bukhara | Victory | ? |
? | |
1518-1520 | Kasym Khan's Nogai campaign | Kazakh Khanate | Nogai Horde | Victory
|
? |
? | |
1522-1538 | First Kazakh Khanate Civil War
|
Kazakhs | Kazakhs | Victory for Haqnazar Khan | Haqnazar Khan | ? |
? |
1541-1558 | Haqnazar Khan's Bukhara campaigns | Kazakh Khanate | Khanate of Bukhara | Victory | ? |
? | |
1557-1559 | Haqnazar's campaign against Dervesh Khan | Kazakh Khanate | Khanate of Bukhara | Victory | ? |
? | |
1563 | Haqnazar's War against Siberia | Kazakh Khanate | Khanate of Sibir | Victory | ? |
? | |
1569 | Conquest of the Nogai Horde | Kazakh Khanate | Nogai Horde | Victory | ? |
? | |
1577-1579 | Abdullah-Baba War | Kazakh Khanate |
Shaybanids of Turkestan | Victory | ? |
? | |
1580 | Tashkent Uprising | Kazakh Khanate | Shaybanids of Tashkent | Defeat | ? |
? | |
1603-1605 | Abd al-Ghaffar's Rebellion | Kazakh Khanate | Karakalpaks | Victory
|
Yesim Khan | ? |
? |
1603-1624 | Kazakh-Bukhara War | Kazakh Khanate | Khanate of Bukhara | Victory
|
? |
? | |
1607 | Yesim Khan conquest of Western Kazakhstan | Kazakh Khanate | Kalmyks | Victory | ? |
? | |
1643-1756 | Kazakh-Dzungar Wars | Kazakh Khanate | Dzungar Khanate Kalmyk Khanate |
Victory
|
Salqam Jangir Khan | ~1,000,000 killed | ~1,500,000 killed |
1648 | Siege of Balkh[6] | Victory
|
Salqam Jangir Khan | ? |
~150,000 Indians killed | ||
1687 | Battle of Altai | Kazakh Khanate | Kyrgyz people | Victory | Tauke Khan | ? |
~300 killed |
1690-1703 | Kazakh-Russian border clashes[7] | Kazakh Khanate | Tsardom of Russia | Victory
|
? |
~3,600 killed and captured | |
1703 | Kulugenev Ulus campaign | Kazakh khanate | Kyrgyz people | Victory
|
? |
? | |
1704-1711 | Bashkir rebellion of 1704–1711 | Bashkirs Supported by: Kazakh Khanate |
Tsardom of Russia | Victory | ? |
~40,000+ killed | |
First period of the XVIII century | Kazakh-Cossack War | Kazakh Khanate
|
Russian Empire Kalmyk Khanate |
Victory | Abul Khair Khan | ~350 killed and captured | ~16,600 killed and captured |
1756 | First Kazakh-Qing War | Kazakh Khanate |
Qing dynasty | Victory
|
Ablai Khan | ? |
~17,000 killed |
1757 | Second Kazakh-Qing War | Kazakh Khanate | Qing dynasty | Inconclusive
|
? |
? | |
1758-1760 | Third Kazakh-Qing War | Kazakh Khanate | Qing dynasty | Victory
|
? |
? | |
1760-1779 | Kazakh-Kyrgyz Wars | Kazakh Khanate | Kyrgyz Confederation | Victory
|
? |
~10,000+ killed | |
1765-1768 | Abylai Khan's Kokand campaign | Kazakh Khanate | Khanate of Kokand | Victory
|
? |
? | |
1771 | Kalmyk Exodus to Dzungaria | Kazakh Khanate
Supported by: |
Kalmyk Khanate | Victory
|
? |
~100,000 died and killed | |
1772 | Abylai-Catherine split | Kazakh Khanate | Russian Empire | Victory
|
? |
~638 killed | |
1773-1775 | Pugachev's Rebellion
|
Kazakhs and others | Russian Empire | Initial victory, later defeat | ? |
8,500 killed | |
1825-1836 | Sarzhan Sultan's Rebellion | Kazakh rebels | Russian Empire Khanate of Kokand (1832, 1836) |
Defeat
|
Sarzhan Qasymov | ~249 killed | ~22 killed and wounded |
1836-1838 | Isatai's Rebellion | Kazakh rebels from the Bukey Horde | Russian Empire Government of the Bukey Horde |
Defeat | Isatay Taymanuly | ? |
? |
1837-1847 | Kenesary's Rebellion
|
Kazakh Khanate |
|
Initial victory, later defeat | Kenesary Qasymov | ? |
15,000 killed 2,000 killed 1,000+ killed |
1839-1840 | Khivan campaign of 1839 | Khanate of Khiva Junior Jüz |
Russian Empire | Victory | Makhambet Otemisuly | ? |
~2,500 killed |
Kazakhstan in the Russian Empire (1848—1917)
In 1847, the khan's power in the Kazakh zhuzes was abolished, and the territory as an administrative unit was included in the Russian Empire.
Date | Conflict | Combatant I | Combatant II | Result for Kazakhstan | Leader | Kazakh losses | Enemy losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1847-1858 | Anti-Colonial Uprising | Kazakh rebels | Russian Empire | Inconclusive
|
Eset Kotibaruli | ? |
~80 killed |
1850-1868 | Russo-Kokand War | Russian Empire Senior Jüz |
Khanate of Kokand Kara-Kyrgyz Khanate Bukhara Emirate |
Victory
|
Tezek Sultan | Minor | Significant |
1851 | Ak-Mechet Raid | Kazakh rebels | Khanate of Kokand | Victory
|
Zhankozha Nurmuhameduly | ? |
? |
1854 | Ormon Invasion | Senior Jüz | Kara-Kyrgyz Khanate | Victory
|
Sawryk Batyr | ? |
? |
1856-1857 | Syrdarya Uprising
|
Kazakh rebels | Russian Empire | Initial victory, later defeat | Zhankozha Nurmuhameduly | ? |
? |
1858 | Anti-Khiva Uprising | Kazakh rebels Kyrgyz rebels |
Khanate of Khiva |
Victory | Eset Kotibaruli | ? |
? |
1863 | Qing invasion of Zhetysu | Qing dynasty | Victory
|
Tezek Sultan | ? |
? | |
1863 | Emba Raids | Aday tribe | Russian Empire | Victory
|
Unknown | ? |
? |
1868-1869 | Uprising in the Ural and Turgai Oblasts
|
Kazakh rebels | Russian Empire | Defeat | Seil Turkebaiuly Azbergen Munaytpasov Berkin Ospanuly |
~500 captured | ? |
1870 | Adayev uprising[9]
|
Aday tribe | Russian Empire | Initial victory, later defeat
|
Isa Tlenbaev Dosan Tazhiev Yerzhan Kulov Ermembet Kulov Kutzhan Orakov |
? |
? |
1873 | Khivan campaign of 1873 | Russian Empire | Khanate of Khiva | Victory
|
Eset Kotibaruli | 33 killed and 124 wounded | ~5,000+ killed |
1916-1917 | Central Asian revolt of 1916
|
Turkic tribal confederations[10] | Russian Turkestan | Defeat
|
Amankeldı İmanov | ~100,000–270,000 Central Asians (Turks, Tajiks) died from violence, famine and disease[12][13] | 2325 killed[14] 1384 missing[14] Total: 7,562 dead |
1917 | February Revolution
|
Kazakh rebels Bolsheviks |
Russian Empire | Victory
|
? |
? |
Alash-Orda (1917—1920)
Kazakhs, tired of almost a century of Russian colonization, started to rise up. In the 1870s-80s, schools in Kazakhstan massively started to open, which developed elite, future Kazakh members of the Alash party. In 1916, after conscription of Muslims into the military for service in the Eastern Froby during World War I, Kazakhs and Kyrgyzs rose up against the Russian government, with uprisings until February 1917.
The state was proclaimed during the Second All-Kazakh Congress held at Orenburg from 5–13 December 1917 OS (18-26 NS), with a provisional government being established under the oversight of Alikhan Bukeikhanov. However, the nation's purported territory was still under the de facto control of the region's Russian-appointed governor, Vassily Balabanov, until 1919. In 1920, he fled the Russian Red Army for self-imposed exile in China, where he was recognised by the Chinese as Kazakhstan's legitimate ruler.
Following its proclamation in December 1917, Alash leaders established the Alash Orda, a Kazakh government which was aligned with the White Army and fought against the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War. In 1919, when the White forces were losing, the Alash Autonomous government began negotiations with the Bolsheviks. By 1920, the Bolsheviks had defeated the White Russian forces in the region and occupied Kazakhstan. On 17 August 1920, the Soviet government established the Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic, which in 1925 changed its name to Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic, and finally to Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic in 1936.
Date | Conflict | Combatant I | Combatant II | Result for Kazakhstan | Leader | Kazakh losses | Enemy losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1918 | Capture of Semipalatinsk | Alash-Orda | Russian SFSR | Victory
|
Alikhan Bukeikhanov | ? |
? |
1918 | Rubtsovsk Front | Alash-Orda | Russian SFSR | Victory
|
? |
? | |
1918 | Night Attack at Gavrilovka[15] | Alash-Orda | Russian SFSR | Victory
|
? |
~100 massacred | |
1918 | Siege of Sergiopol | Alash-Orda | Russian SFSR | Victory | 7 killed and 20 wounded | ~200 soldiers killed and 100 civilians massacred | |
1918 | Battle of Makanchi | Alash-Orda | Russian SFSR | Victory
|
~40 killed | ~100 killed | |
1918 | Battle of Kyzyl-Aghach | Alash-Orda | Russian SFSR | Victory
|
? |
? | |
1918-1919 | Semirechye Front[16]
|
Alash-Orda | Russian SFSR | Victory
|
? |
? | |
1919 | Mariinsky uprising | Alash-Orda | Mariinsky rebels | Victory
|
? |
~3,000 killed | |
1919 | Anti-Insurgency Operation | Alash-Orda | Mariinsky rebels | Victory
|
? |
~4,000 killed | |
1919 | Spring offensive of the White Army
|
Alash-Orda | Russian SFSR | Victory | ? |
? | |
1919 | Turgai uprising[17]
|
Alash-Orda | Russian SFSR | Victory
|
? |
~337 killed | |
1919 | Battle of Uralsk | Alash-Orda | Russian SFSR | Victory
|
? |
~2000 killed and 2500 captured | |
1919-1920 | Ural-Guryev operation | Alash-Orda | Russian SFSR | Defeat
|
? |
? |
Soviet Age (1920—1991)
The Kazakh ASSR was originally created as the Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (not to be confused with Kirghiz ASSR of 1926–1936, on 26 August 1920 and was an autonomous republic within the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic.
At 2,717,300 square kilometres (1,049,200 sq mi) in area, it was the second-largest republic in the USSR, after the Russian SFSR. Its capital was Alma-Ata (today known as Almaty). During its existence as a Soviet Socialist Republic, it was ruled by the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR (QKP).
Date | Conflict | Combatant I | Combatant II | Result for Kazakhstan | Secretary/Leader | Kazakh losses | Enemy losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1916-1934 | Basmachi movement | RSFSR | Basmachi movement | Victory | Viktor Ivanovich Naneishvili Filipp Goloshchyokin Levon Mirzoyan |
Several hundred thousand Kazakh and Kyrgyz people killed or evicted with an unknown amount dying to famine according to Sokol.[18] | ? |
1920 | Tolstov's Winter March | Bolsheviks Aday tribe |
White army | Victory
|
Tobaniyaz Alniyazuly Khan (Aday tribe Khan) | ? |
~13,000 killed |
1921 | Kungrad campaign | Aday tribe | Khorezm People's Soviet Republic Basmachi movement |
Victory | ? |
? | |
1929-1932 | Adayev uprising | Aday tribe | Soviet Union | Defeat
|
~800 convicted | ? | |
1941-1945 | World War II |
Allied Powers: | Axis Powers: | Victory
|
Qazaqbaev Abdisamet | ~600 000 killed | ~12,000,000 killed |
1954 | Kengir Uprising | Soviet army | Kengir resistance | Victory
|
Panteleimon Ponomarenko | ~40 wounded | ~500–700 killed/wounded |
1959 | Workers' uprising in Temirtau | Law enforcement agencies of the Kazakh SSR | Rebellious builders (guests from other republics of the USSR) | Victory
|
Nikolai Belyaev | ? |
~11 killed and 32 wounded |
1979-1989 | Soviet-Afghan War | Soviet Union | Afghan Mujahideen | Defeat
|
Dinmukhamed Kunaev | 947 killed 1770 wounded |
192,579 casualties |
Republic of Kazakhstan (1991—present)
Kazakhstan was the last of the Soviet republics to declare independence during the dissolution of the Soviet Union from 1988 to 1991.
Date | Conflict | Combatant I | Combatant II | Result for Kazakhstan | President of Kazakhstan | Kazakh losses | Enemy losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1991-2022 | Kazakh-Russian ethnic conflicts | Kazakhstan | Russian separatists | Victory
|
Nursultan Nazarbayev | ? |
-2,000,000 displaced and dozens arrested |
1992-1997 | Tajikistani Civil War | CSTO | United Tajik Opposition Jamiat-e Islami (until 1996) Afghanistan (until 1996) Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (until 1996) Taliban factions |
Military stalemale
|
? |
? | |
1996-2001 | Afghan Civil War | Kazakhstan Islamic State of Afghanistan |
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan al-Qaeda Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan East Turkistan Islamic Party Tanzeem-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi Pakistan |
Military stalemale
|
? |
? | |
2002–present | Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa | Kazakhstan NATO |
Insurgents:
|
Ongoing
|
? |
1,230–1,367 militants killed in Somalia | |
2003-2011 | Iraq War | Kazakhstan United States MNF–I United Kingdom New Iraqi government Iraqi Kurdistan |
Iraq (2003) | Victory
|
? |
34,144-71,544 casualties | |
2011 | Counterterrorist Operation in the Temir region
|
Kazakhstan | Armed group of religious extremists | Victory
|
~5 killed | ~9 killed | |
2011 | Almaty Operation | Kazakhstan | Terrorists | Victory
|
? |
~5 killed | |
2012 | Kulsary Operation | Kazakhstan | Terrorists | Victory
|
? |
~5 killed, 1 wounded | |
2012 | Atyrau Operation | Kazakhstan | Terrorists | Victory
|
? |
~4 killed | |
2022 | Kazakh unrest
|
Government of Kazakhstan CSTO |
Kazakh Opposition | Ceasefire
|
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | Totally: 257 killed and 9,900 arrested |
See also
References
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