Crimean War

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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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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

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The Grenadiers battleHonour Crimean War
subject surface form: Grenadier Guards
Alma conflict Crimean War
William John Codrington conflict Crimean War
Jacky Fisher militaryConflict Crimean War
7th Dragoon Guards participatedIn Crimean War
6th Inniskilling Dragoons conflict Crimean War
Thin Red Line conflict Crimean War
British Light Brigade conflict Crimean War
British Heavy Brigade conflict Crimean War
Bombardment of Bomarsund conflict Crimean War
international commission for navigation of the Danube foundedAfterEvent Crimean War
subject surface form: International Commission for Navigation of the Danube
Bombardment of Sveaborg conflict Crimean War
8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars servedIn Crimean War
subject surface form: 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire majorConflict Crimean War
subject surface form: Russian Empire
Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire majorConflict Crimean War
subject surface form: Ottoman Empire
Gordon Highlanders conflict Crimean War
4th Light Dragoons conflict Crimean War
Nightingale hasNotableAssociation Crimean War
The Lady with the Lamp hasContext Crimean War