Crimean War

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19th-century conflict war

The Crimean War was a mid-19th-century conflict in which Russia fought an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, Britain, France, and Sardinia, noted for its brutal conditions, military blunders, and the emergence of modern nursing and war reporting.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Crimean campaign of 1854–1855 2
Crimean War (1853–1856) 1
Crimean War (through antecedent regiments) 1

Statements (93)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
cause Russian expansionist ambitions ⓘ
decline of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
dispute over protection of Christian holy places in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
concludedBy Treaty of Paris (1856) ⓘ
conflictBelligerent Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form: Second French Empire

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
conflictType European great-power war ⓘ
coalition war ⓘ
endTime 1856 ⓘ
estimatedDeaths hundreds of thousands ⓘ
followedBy Russo-Turkish Wars ⓘ
surface form: Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878
hasEffect development of professional nursing ⓘ
growth of public influence on war policy via the press ⓘ
increased prestige of the Ottoman Empire temporarily ⓘ
limited Russian naval presence in the Black Sea ⓘ
rise of modern battlefield medicine ⓘ
stimulated Russian reforms including emancipation of the serfs ⓘ
strengthened Anglo-French cooperation ⓘ
weakened Russian Empire ⓘ
hasPart Baltic campaign ⓘ
Battle of Alma ⓘ
Battle of Balaclava ⓘ
Battle of Inkerman ⓘ
Battle of Sinop ⓘ
Battle of the Chernaya ⓘ
Bombardment of Odessa ⓘ
Caucasus campaign ⓘ
Charge of the Light Brigade ⓘ
Danube campaign ⓘ
Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Sevastopol
involvedPerson Florence Nightingale (as nurse and organizer of medical care) ⓘ
surface form: Florence Nightingale

Leo Tolstoy ⓘ
Mary Seacole ⓘ
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon III

Queen Victoria ⓘ
Roger Fenton ⓘ
Sultan Abdülmecid I ⓘ
Alexander II of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Tsar Alexander II

Nicholas I of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Tsar Nicholas I

William Howard Russell ⓘ
knownFor Charge of the Light Brigade ⓘ
early use of photography in war ⓘ
emergence of modern nursing ⓘ
harsh conditions for soldiers ⓘ
high disease mortality ⓘ
logistical failures ⓘ
military mismanagement ⓘ
pioneering war reporting ⓘ
use of railways in military logistics ⓘ
use of telegraph in war reporting ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
location Baltic Sea ⓘ
Black Sea ⓘ
surface form: Black Sea region

Caucasus ⓘ
Crimea ⓘ
surface form: Crimean Peninsula

Danubian Principalities ⓘ
mainTheaterOfWar Crimea ⓘ
majorityOfDeathsCause disease rather than combat ⓘ
namedAfter Crimea ⓘ
notableCommander Admiral Pavel Nakhimov ⓘ
Aimable Pélissier ⓘ
Alexander II of Russia ⓘ
Lord Raglan ⓘ
surface form: FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan

Florence Nightingale (as nurse and organizer of medical care) ⓘ
François Certain Canrobert ⓘ
General Alfonso La Marmora ⓘ
Lord Raglan ⓘ
Mikhail Gorchakov ⓘ
Nicholas I of Russia ⓘ
Omar Pasha ⓘ
Prince Menshikov ⓘ
Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia ⓘ
notableEvent French and British fleets entering the Black Sea ⓘ
organization of the Nightingale nursing mission ⓘ
publication of critical reports in The Times ⓘ
opponent United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Russia vs. Britain

Russia vs. France ⓘ
Russia vs. Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Russia vs. Sardinia ⓘ
partOf Eastern Question ⓘ
Great Game ⓘ
precededBy Russo-Turkish tensions in the 1840s and early 1850s ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
startTime 1853 ⓘ
theater land warfare ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ
timePeriod mid-19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (95)

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

Life Guards → battleHonoursInclude → Crimean War ⓘ
Battle of Alma → campaign → Crimean War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimean campaign of 1854–1855
Battle of Balaclava → campaign → Crimean War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimean campaign of 1854–1855
3rd Infantry Division → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
Aimable Pélissier → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
Alexander II of Russia → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
Baltic campaign → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
Battle of Balaclava → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
Battle of Inkerman → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
Battle of Sinop → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
Battle of the Chernaya → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
Bombardment of Odessa → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
subject surface form: British Expeditionary Forces
Caucasus campaign → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
Colin Campbell → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
Danube campaign → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
Lord Raglan → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
Mikhail Gorchakov → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
Nicholas I of Russia → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
Ottoman Army → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
Admiral Pavel Nakhimov → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
subject surface form: Pavel Nakhimov
Prince Menshikov → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
Royal Marines → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
Royal Scots → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
Scots Guards → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
Sevastopol → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
Sultan Abdülmecid I → conflict → Crimean War ⓘ
Battle of Alma → conflictOf → Crimean War ⓘ
British Army → engagedIn → Crimean War ⓘ
Imperial Russian Army → engagedIn → Crimean War ⓘ
Light Dragoons → engagement → Crimean War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimean War (through antecedent regiments)
Royal Engineers → engagement → Crimean War ⓘ
RA → engagement → Crimean War ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Regiment of Artillery
Danubian Principalities → event → Crimean War ⓘ
subject surface form: Victoria Cross
Eastern Question → hasPart → Crimean War ⓘ
Foreign Legion → historicalConflict → Crimean War ⓘ