Treaty of Paris (1856)

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international treaty multilateral treaty peace treaty

The Treaty of Paris (1856) was the peace agreement that ended the Crimean War, reshaped the balance of power in Europe, and neutralized the Black Sea to limit Russian naval influence.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Declaration of Paris (1856)	1
Peace of Paris (1856)	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ peace treaty ⓘ
affectedRegion	Bessarabia ⓘ Danubian Principalities ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty of Paris (1856) ⓘ surface form: Peace of Paris (1856)
category	1856 in international relations ⓘ Treaties of the Crimean War ⓘ Treaties signed in Paris ⓘ
cededTerritoryFrom	Russian Empire ⓘ
cededTerritoryTo	Bessarabia ⓘ surface form: Moldavia Wallachia ⓘ
concludedOn	1856-03-30 ⓘ
confirmed	neutralization of the Black Sea ⓘ
endedConflict	Crimean War ⓘ
established	international commission for navigation of the Danube ⓘ
followedBy	London Convention of 1871 ⓘ
guaranteed	independence and territorial integrity of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
hasNumberOfArticles	34 ⓘ
hasSignatory	Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Austrian Empire Second Empire of France ⓘ surface form: French Empire Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Sweden-Norway Ottoman Empire ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Ottoman Turkish ⓘ Russian ⓘ
limited	Russian naval power in the Black Sea ⓘ
modifiedBy	London Convention of 1871 ⓘ
neutralized	Black Sea ⓘ
partOf	European balance of power system ⓘ
placedUnderCollectiveGuarantee	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
prohibited	construction of fortifications on the Black Sea coast by Russia ⓘ maintenance of a war fleet in the Black Sea by Russia ⓘ maintenance of a war fleet in the Black Sea by the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
recognizedIndependenceOf	Ottoman Empire’s territorial integrity (collective guarantee) ⓘ
relatedTo	Eastern Question ⓘ
reshaped	balance of power in Europe ⓘ
restrictedNavalPresenceOf	Ottoman Empire in the Black Sea ⓘ Russian Empire in the Black Sea ⓘ
returnedTerritoryTo	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
signedAt	Paris ⓘ
signedInCountry	France ⓘ
signedOn	1856-03-30 ⓘ
strengthenedInfluenceOf	France in European diplomacy ⓘ Foreign relations of the United Kingdom (historical) ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom in European diplomacy
treatySubject	Black Sea neutralization ⓘ Crimean War settlement ⓘ navigation of the Danube ⓘ protection of Christians in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ status of Danubian Principalities ⓘ territorial adjustments in Europe ⓘ
weakenedInfluenceOf	Russian Empire in southeastern Europe ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Question → addressedBy → Treaty of Paris (1856) ⓘ

Treaty of Paris (1856) → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Paris (1856) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peace of Paris (1856)

Crimean War → concludedBy → Treaty of Paris (1856) ⓘ

Danubian Principalities → event → Treaty of Paris (1856) ⓘ

Congress of Paris (1856) → hasMainTreaty → Treaty of Paris (1856) ⓘ

Congress of Paris (1856) → legalInstrument → Treaty of Paris (1856) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Declaration of Paris (1856)

Sultan Abdülmecid I → signed → Treaty of Paris (1856) ⓘ

Caucasus campaign → treatyConcludingConflict → Treaty of Paris (1856) ⓘ