Crimean War

October 16, 1853 – March 30, 1856 · Sevastopol

Result Allied victory

War in which the Ottoman Empire, Britain, France and Sardinia defeated Russia, mainly in the siege of Sevastopol in Crimea. It checked Russian expansion toward the Mediterranean.

On the map Overview Contemporaries

Allies

Russia

Other

Ottoman Empire

United Kingdom

France

Kingdom of Sardinia

Russian Empire

Greece

George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen belligerent leader

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston belligerent leader

Napoleon III Emperor of the French, Sent the largest allied army

Abdülmecid I belligerent leader

Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora belligerent leader

Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud military commander

Ömer Lütfi Pasha military commander

Alexander II of Russia Emperor of Russia, Made peace at the Congress of Paris

Nicholas I of Russia Emperor of Russia, Led Russia into the war; died in 1855

Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov military commander

Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov military commander

Nikolay Muravyov-Karsky military commander

Ivan Paskevich military commander

Mikhail Vorontsov military commander

Florence Nightingale nurse, Led nursing at the Scutari military hospital

Strength and losses

Strength: 673,900
Deaths: 165,363

Ottoman Empire Strength 235,568 · Killed c. 45,000 · Deaths 45,400

Kingdom of Sardinia Strength 21,000 · Deaths 2,166

France Killed c. 95,000

United Kingdom Killed c. 22,000

Strength: 889,000–1,774,872

Russian Empire Killed c. 100,000

Killed: c. 264,200

Units

British Army of the East (1854–1856) French Army French Army of the East (1854–1856) French Foreign Legion Modern Ottoman Army Ottoman army on the Danube (1853–1855) Royal Marines Royal Sardinian Army French Baltic expeditionary corps (1854) Sardinian Expeditionary Corps (1855–1856) 1st (UK) Division 2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom) 3rd (UK) Division 4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) History of the British 1st Division (1809–1909) O Battery (The Rocket Troop) Royal Horse Artillery Kars garrison (1855) French Navy Ottoman Navy Royal Navy British Baltic Fleet (1854–1855) British Black Sea Fleet (1854–1856)

Russian army in the Crimea (1854–1856) Russian army on the Danube (1853–1854) Russian Separate Caucasus Corps (1853–1856) Imperial Russian Navy Baltic Fleet Black Sea Fleet Pacific Fleet (Russia)

Egyptian Army Egyptian Navy

Battles 23

Key events

Battle of Sinop November 30, 1853 · Russian victory
Siege of Silistra (1854) May 15 – June 23, 1854
Siege of Petropavlovsk August 18–28, 1854 · Russian victory
Battle of the Alma September 20, 1854 · Allied victory
Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) October 17, 1854 – September 11, 1855 · Allied victory
- Battle of Balaclava October 25, 1854 · Indecisive
  - Thin Red Line (Battle of Balaclava) October 25, 1854 · British victory
  - Charge of the Light Brigade October 25, 1854 · Russian victory
Battle of Balaclava October 25, 1854 · Indecisive
- Thin Red Line (Battle of Balaclava) October 25, 1854 · British victory
- Charge of the Light Brigade October 25, 1854 · Russian victory
Battle of Inkerman November 5, 1854 · Anglo-French victory
Battle of Eupatoria February 17, 1855 · Ottoman victory
Siege of Kars (1855) June 1 – November 29, 1855 · Russian victory
Battle of the Chernaya August 16, 1855 · Allied victory
Battle of Malakoff September 8, 1855 · French victory
Battle of Kinburn (1855) October 17, 1855 · Anglo-French victory

1853 5 events

Battle of Oltenița November 4, 1853 · Ottoman victory
Battle of Akhaltsikhe (1853) November 13, 1853 · Russian victory
Battle of Sinop November 30, 1853 · Russian victory
Battle of Başgedikler December 1, 1853 · Russian victory
Battle of Cetate December 31, 1853 – January 6, 1854 · Inconclusive

1854 10 events

Åland War 1854 – 1856 · Anglo-French victory
1854 bombardment of Odessa April 22, 1854 · Franco-British victory
Siege of Silistra (1854) May 15 – June 23, 1854
Battle of Kurekdere August 6, 1854 · Russian victory
Battle of Bomarsund August 8–16, 1854 · Anglo–French victory
Siege of Petropavlovsk August 18–28, 1854 · Russian victory
Battle of the Alma September 20, 1854 · Allied victory
Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) October 17, 1854 – September 11, 1855 · Allied victory
- Battle of Balaclava October 25, 1854 · Indecisive
  - Thin Red Line (Battle of Balaclava) October 25, 1854 · British victory
  - Charge of the Light Brigade October 25, 1854 · Russian victory
Battle of Balaclava October 25, 1854 · Indecisive
- Thin Red Line (Battle of Balaclava) October 25, 1854 · British victory
- Charge of the Light Brigade October 25, 1854 · Russian victory
Battle of Inkerman November 5, 1854 · Anglo-French victory