Modern era · 1853 – 1856
Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom, and Sardinia from October 1853 to February 1856. Geopolitical causes of the war included the Eastern question (the decline of the Ottoman Empire), the expansion of Russia in the preceding Russo-Turkish wars, and the British and French preference to preserve the Ottoman Empire to maintain the balance of power…
- When
- 1853 – 1856
- Where
- Crimea
- Era
- Modern
Topics
People
Patrice de MacMahon1808 – 1893Third President of the French Republic (1808–1893)
Richard Francis Burton1821 – 1890British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890)
Before and after
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