Tag: Crimean War

The First Annexation of Crimea 1784

The First Annexation of Crimea 1784

Catherine the Great was determined to expand the Russian Empire’s hegemony. Russian-Turkish War A decisive moment in the fate of Crimea was the outcome of the Russian-Turkish War that lasted from 1768 to 1774. Russians had been destabilizing Crimean tartars for years and an overstretched and weakened Ottoman Empire was easily defeated by Russian forces. […]

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Crimean War 1853-1856

Crimean War 1853-1856

Russia against an alliance of European powers The Crimean War took place from October 1853 to February 1856. It was a conflict which involved Russia against an alliance of Britain, France, the Ottoman Empire, Sardinia and the Austrian Empire. The Crimean War was fought mostly in the Crimean Peninsula. It began as Russia pursued an […]

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