Crimean War - History
Crimean War
The Crimean war (1853 - 1856) was the war conflict between Russian Empire on one side and allied forces of British, French, Ottoman Empires and Sardinia Kingdom on another. In Russia, this war is also known as the Eastern War, and in Britain it is sometimes called the Russian War.
The reason for the Crimean war was Turkey’s refusal to meet Russian Tsar’s demands that the Orthodox clergy in Palestine be restored and that the Russian Tsar to be allowed to support Orthodox Christians living in Turkey.
The number of the countries involved in the conflict, massive war casualties, and remote territories of battlefields made the Crimean War known as one of the bloodiest wars of XIX century, the mother of all contemporary wars as they called it.
Despite being in the center of the conflict, Crimea was not a single battlefield territory for this war. The Crimean war took place on the Crimean Peninsula (mostly in Sevastopol), but there were smaller campaigns in Anatolia, Caucasus, the Baltic Sea and even the Pacific Ocean and the White Sea. On this website you will find information solely about Crimean Campaign.
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Battles of the Crimean War / Key points of the Crimean War
Crimean War - Battles of the Crimean War / Key points of the Crimean War
Crimean War - Battle of the Alma River, September 20, 1854
Crimean War - Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade, October 25, 1854
Crimean War - Battle of Inkerman, 5 November 1854
Crimean War - Winter of the Crimean War
Crimean War - Battle of Eupatoria, 17 February 1855
Crimean War - Assault of Malakoff Hill, June 18, 1855
Crimean War - Battle of the Chernaya River, 16 August 1855
Crimean War - The End of the War
Crimean War - Results of the Crimean War
Crimean War Personalities
Crimean War - Dasha Sevastopolskaya
Crimean War - Florence Nightingale
Crimean War Attractions
Historical Boulevard – Former 4th Bastion in the Crimean War
Panorama Museum - Defense of Sevastopol 1854-1855
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