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The Crimean War [d] was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom, and Sardinia-Piedmont from October 1853 to February 1856. [9]
The Battle of Sinop, or the Battle of Sinope, was a naval battle that took place on 30 November 1853 between Imperial Russia and the Ottoman Empire during the opening phase of the Crimean War (1853–1856). [5] It took place at Sinop, a sea port on the southern shore of the Black Sea (the northern shore of Anatolian Turkey). [5]
The Treaty of Paris of 1856, signed on 30 March 1856 at the Congress of Paris, brought an end to the Crimean War (1853–1856) between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the United Kingdom, the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia. [1] [2] The treaty diminished Russian influence in the region.
The Crimean War. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 978-1-844-15449-4. Lambert, Andrew (2016) [2011]. The Crimean War: British Grand Strategy against Russia, 1853–56 (2nd ed.). London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-409-41011-9. McGuigan, Ron (2001). 'Into Battle!' British Orders of Battle for the Crimean War, 1854–56. Bowdon, Cheshire: Withycut ...
It lasted about two years, a war known as the Crimean War. [2] In late 1853, the Egyptian ground forces participated in some of the fiercest battles on the Danube River, while the Egyptian fleet proceeded to maneuver on the coast of the Crimea, with the flags of the Ottoman Empire on its masts, waiting for the fighting to begin.
Charge of the Light Brigade by Richard Caton Woodville Jr.. The charge was made by the Light Brigade of the British cavalry, which consisted of the 4th and 13th Light Dragoons, the 17th Lancers, and the 8th and 11th Hussars, [1] under the command of Major General James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan.
The Crimean War was fought mainly on the Crimean Peninsula by Russia on one side and Great Britain, France, the Ottoman Empire and Piedmont-Sardinia on the other side for two main official reasons. One reason often communicated was the Russians' demand for both better treatment of and their right to protect the Ottoman Empire's Orthodox ...
Crimean War (1853–56) fought between Imperial Russia and an alliance consisting of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Second French Empire, the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Ottoman Empire. The majority of the conflict takes place around Crimea, on the northern coasts of the Black Sea.