List of conflicts in territory of the former Soviet Union

This is a list of the crises and wars in the countries of the former Soviet Union following its dissolution in 1991. Those conflicts have different origins but two primary driving factors can be identified : ethnic and cultural tensions (which underlie many of the conflicts in the Caucasus and Central Asia), and Russian irredentism, meaning Russia's policies to restore its historical sphere of influence, much of which was lost after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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