Trending Battles in Russia — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed battles on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Russian-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Battle of Kulikovo. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
603,303
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Battle of Kulikovo
1380 battle between Russian principalities and Golden Horde
62,443
views
views
2
Battle of Borodino
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
23,426
views
views
3
Normandy landings
1944 landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy
22,449
views
views
4
Battle of Stalingrad
1942 major battle of World War II
19,486
views
views
5
Battle of Moscow
1941 World War II campaign in Russia
16,369
views
views
6
Battle of the Ice
1242 battle during Northern Crusades
15,072
views
views
7
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941 Japanese surprise attack on the U.S
12,485
views
views
8
Battle of Bakhmut
battle in the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and 2023
12,329
views
views
9
Battle of Kursk
World War II battle that took place in 1943
11,895
views
views
10
Battle of Waterloo
1815 battle during the War of the Seventh Coalition
11,179
views
views
11
Battle for Height 776
2000 battle
10,213
views
views
12
Battles of Khalkhin Gol
1939 Soviet–Japanese battle in Mongolia
9,574
views
views
13
Battle of Kostiantynivka
2025-2026 battle in the Russo-Ukrainian war
9,509
views
views
14
Battle of Poltava
decisive battle in the Great Northern War between Tsardom Russia and the Swedish Empire in 1709
9,052
views
views
15
Brusilov Offensive
1916 battle on the Eastern Front during World War I
8,839
views
views
16
Battle of Verdun
1916 battle on the Western Front during the First World War
8,664
views
views
17
Attack of the Dead Men
1915 battle of World War I
8,534
views
views
18
Battle of Thermopylae
battle of 480 BCE during Persian invasion of Greece
7,957
views
views
19
Battle of Antonov Airport
battle in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
7,919
views
views
20
Battle of Lyman
military engagement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
7,690
views
views
21
Siege of Mariupol
battle in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
7,677
views
views
22
Battle of the Kalka River
1223 middle ages battle
7,370
views
views
23
Battle of the Somme
battle of the Western Front, World War I
7,028
views
views
24
Fall of Constantinople
1453 capture of the Byzantine capital by the Ottoman Empire
6,722
views
views
25
Battle of Grozny
1994 siege
6,659
views
views
26
Battle of Austerlitz
1805 battle during the War of the Third Coalition
6,627
views
views
27
Battle of Donbas
part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine since 2022
6,613
views
views
28
Siege of Sevastopol
siege during the Crimean War which lasted from September 1854 until September 1855
6,143
views
views
29
Battle of Vienna
1683 battle between the Christian European States and the Ottomans
6,094
views
views
30
Great stand on the Ugra river
standoff in 1480 between Muscovy and Great Horde
6,000
views
views
31
Battle of Grunwald
1410 battle between the Teutonic Knights and Poland–Lithuania
5,565
views
views
32
Battle in Berlin
1945 military operations in the city of Berlin near the end of World War II
5,320
views
views
33
Battle of the Neva
1240 battle
5,300
views
views
34
Battles of Rzhev
1942 series of Soviet Operations in World War II
4,981
views
views
35
Battle of Kiev
1941 battle resulting in a large encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev during World War II
4,868
views
views
36
Battle of Kupiansk
battle in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
4,843
views
views
37
Battle at the 12th outpost of the Moscow border detachment
1993 battle of Tajikistani Civil War
4,804
views
views
38
Battle for Hill 3234
1988 battle
4,726
views
views
39
Battle of Castle Itter
battle year 1945 in which U.S. infantry and armour, Wehrmacht Heer, French prisoners and Austrian partisans took Castle Itter from the occupying Waffen SS
4,517
views
views
40
Battle of Leipzig
major battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon (1813)
4,514
views
views
41
Battle of Debaltseve
battle in Debaltseve, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine that started in January 2015
4,464
views
views
42
Battle of Berlin
1945 last major offensive of the European theatre of World War Il
4,441
views
views
43
Battle of Stamford Bridge
1066 battle in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
4,371
views
views
44
Battle of France
Nazi German invasion of France in 1940
4,296
views
views
45
Tukhchar massacre
1999 massacre of Russian prisoners of war in Tukhchar, Dagestan, Russia
4,277
views
views
46
Charge of the Light Brigade
1854 charge of British light cavalry led by Lord Cardigan against Russian forces
4,265
views
views
47
First Battle of the Marne
1914 First World War battle
4,178
views
views
48
Battle of Hastings
battle which occurred on 14 October 1066
4,178
views
views
49
Battle of Tours
battle fought in 732 by Merovingian Franks against the Umayyad Caliphate
4,126
views
views
50
Battle of Molodi
1572 battle
4,063
views
views
51
Battle of Hostomel
battle in Hostomel, Ukraine
3,899
views
views
52
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
battle between a coalition of Germanic peoples and an Imperial Roman army, 9 BCE
3,849
views
views
53
Battle of Midway
1942 World War II naval battle
3,810
views
views
54
Battle of Jutland
1916 naval battle during World War I
3,785
views
views
55
Battle of Agincourt
1415 English victory in the Hundred Years' War
3,755
views
views
56
Battle of Ilovaisk
2014 Ukraine-Russia conflict
3,689
views
views
57
Black January
1990 massacre in Baku
3,579
views
views
58
Battle of Avdiivka
2022–2024 military engagement during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
3,540
views
views
59
Battle of Orsha
1514 battle
3,537
views
views
60
Battle of Mogadishu
battle fought on 3 and 4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia
3,454
views
views
61
Siege of Sloviansk
2014 siege during the Donbas conflict
3,442
views
views
62
Battle of Nicopolis
Ottoman victory and raising of the siege of the fortress of Nicopolis in September 1396
3,431
views
views
63
Battle of Prokhorovka
1943 battle during World War II
3,414
views
views
64
Battle of Narva
1700 battle of the Great Northern War
3,355
views
views
65
Battle of Kosovo
battle on 28th June 1389
3,295
views
views
66
Battle of Okinawa
1945 major battle of the Pacific War
3,288
views
views
67
Battle of the Caucasus
1942 World War II military campaign
3,285
views
views
68
Battle of Königsberg
1945 battle of the East Prussian Offensive in World War II
3,252
views
views
69
Action of 22 September 1914
1914 naval battle between the British and German navies during World War I
3,224
views
views
70
Battle of Trafalgar
1805 battle during the War of the Third Coalition
3,216
views
views
71
Battle of Marignano
1515 battle between Switzerland and France
3,174
views
views
72
Battle of Saule
1236 battle during Livonian Crusade
3,015
views
views
73
Battle of Smolensk
1941 battle during the second phase of Operation Barbarossa
3,008
views
views
74
Battle of Chasiv Yar
battle in the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2024
2,944
views
views
75
Battle of the Dnieper
1943 battle on the Eastern Front of World War II
2,922
views
views
76
Battle of Cannae
major battle of the Second Punic War (216 BCE)
2,910
views
views
77
Second Battle of Kharkov
May 1942 battle during World War II
2,892
views
views
78
Battle of Galicia
1914 battle in World War I
2,881
views
views
79
Vyazemsky operation
series of encirclement battles during Operation Typhoon
2,736
views
views
80
Battle of Paris
1814 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition
2,714
views
views
81
Battle of Gaugamela
decisive battle of Alexander the Great's invasion of the Persian Achaemenid Empire
2,660
views
views
82
Shelling of Orikhiv
battle during the Russian invasion of Ukraine since 2022
2,639
views
views
83
Battle of Mohács
1526 major battle in 16th-century Central Europe
2,605
views
views
84
Battle of Arsuf
1191 Christian Crusader victory against Saladin
2,591
views
views
85
Battle of Kadesh
battle between Egyptians and Hittites fought in 1274 BCE
2,580
views
views
86
Battle of Chesma
1770 battle
2,572
views
views
87
Battle of Berezina
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
2,569
views
views
88
Battle of Azovstal
battle in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
2,546
views
views
89
Siege of Petropavlovsk
1854 main operation on the Pacific Theatre of the Crimean War
2,528
views
views
90
Battle of the Maureaco Fields
battle between Romans and Huns in 451
2,522
views
views
91
Battle of Marathon
490 BCE battle in the Greco-Persian wars
2,520
views
views
92
Battle of Brody
tank battle between 23 and 30 June 1941
2,519
views
views
93
Battle of Maravar Pass
1985 battle
2,465
views
views
94
Battle of Tannenberg
1914 battle between Russia and Germany
2,451
views
views
95
Battle of Huliaipole
ongoing battle of the Russo-Ukrainian War
2,431
views
views
96
Siege of Jerusalem
Palestine municipality of Jerusalem
2,358
views
views
97
Russian invasion of East Prussia
1914 battle
2,345
views
views
98
Battle of the Kajaly River (1185)
Campaign of Igor Svyatoslavich of Novgorod-Seversky against Polovtsians
2,340
views
views
99
Operation Spark
1943 military operation
2,334
views
views
100
Battle of Alma
1854 first battle of the Crimean War
2,319
views
views