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The Crimean War, 1854 - 1856 Q71089

The Crimean War, 1854 - 1856 Q71089 — Crimea

The Crimean War, 1854 - 1856 The Crimean War 1854 - 1856: Roger Fenton: A morning conference for the allied commanders Lord Raglan, Omar Pasha and Marshal Pelissier.

Photograph by Fenton, Roger

Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont from October 1853 to February 1856. Geopolitical causes of the war included the "Eastern question", expansion of Imperial Russia in the preceding Russo-Turkish wars, and the British and French preference to preserve the Ottoman Empire to maintain the balance of power in the Concert of Europe.

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Part of the Crimean War