Crimean War

The Crimean War lasted from 28 March 1854 until 1856. It was fought between Russia and an alliance of the United Kingdom, France, and the Ottoman Empire, joined somewhat tardily by Piedmont-Sardinia.

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• Beryl Bainbridge's novel Master Georgie is set in the Crimean War.
• Crimean War medalsOttoman medals
• George MacDonald Fraser's novel Flashman at the Charge (1986) likewise.
• Stephen Baxter's novel Anti-Ice starts with the siege of Sebastopol, which is shortened dramatically by a new Anti-Ice weapon. The book asks the question - what if nuclear weapons had existed in Victorian times?
• Florence Nightingale
• Mary Seacole
• Roger Fenton, Crimean War photographer
• Timothy (tortoise), naval mascot.
• Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels, including The Eyre Affair, are set an alternate 1985 England where the Crimean War is still being fought.
• Leo Tolstoy wrote a few short sketches on the Siege of Sebastobol, collected in The Stebastobol Sketches. The stories detail the lives of the Russian soldiers and citizens in Sebastobol during the siege. Because of this work, Tolstoy has been called the world's first war correspondant.
• List of Crimean War Victoria Cross recipients
• History of Europe
• History of the Balkans
• Crimean War Memorial