✦ History

Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)

October 17, 1854 – September 11, 1855

Result Allied victory

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

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Battles 1

October 25, 1854
Battle of Balaclava Indecisive Battle of Balaclava FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, François Certain de Canrobert, Pavel Liprandi

Key commanders

Russia 7

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 Pavel Liprandi military commander

Allies 7

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