✦ History

Part of Crimean War

Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)

October 17, 1854 – September 11, 1855 · Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)

Result Allied victory

The eleven-month allied siege of the Russian naval base, which ended when the French stormed the Malakoff.

On the map Overview Contemporaries

Allies

Russia

United Kingdom
France
Ottoman Empire
Kingdom of Sardinia
Russian Empire
Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora military commander Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud military commander FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan military commander François Certain de Canrobert military commander Aimable Pélissier military commander Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons military commander Charles George Gordon military commander
Alexander II of Russia belligerent leader Nicholas I of Russia belligerent leader Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov military commander Pavel Nakhimov military commander Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov military commander Eduard Totleben military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties
c. 54,000
Casualties
c. 103,000

Units

British Army of the East (1854–1856) French Army of the East (1854–1856) 2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom) British Black Sea Fleet (1854–1856)
Russian army in the Crimea (1854–1856)

Battles 1