Wars
Seven Years' War: Russia
Military successes without gains
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- 1756–1762 · Russia's participation
Russia joined the anti-Prussian coalition, and its troops achieved major successes, including the occupation of East Prussia. Peter III made a separate peace and returned the occupied possessions; Russia's outcome therefore cannot be reduced to a simple victory or defeat.
- Period
- 1756–1762
- Belligerents
- Russia, Austria, France and their allies — Prussia and its allies; this list refers to the European theatre
- Outcome
- Occupied territories returned to Prussia; no Russian territorial gains
- Settlement
- Treaty of St Petersburg, 1762
- Full war
- 1756–1763; Russian field campaigns began in 1757