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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox military conflict|combatant1=[[Ottoman Empire]]<br>[[France]]<br>[[United Kingdom]]<br>[[Sardinia-Piedmont]]|combatant2=[[Russian Empire]]|conflict=Crimean War|date=16 October 1853 – 30 March 1856|partof=the [[Russo-Turkish wars]]|place=[[Crimea]], North Caucasus, [[Balkans]], [[Black Sea]], [[Baltic Sea]], White Sea, Far East|image=Siege_of_Sevastopol_1855.jpg|caption=Siege of Sevastopol 1855 by Grigoryi Shukaev|result=Allied victory}}The '''Crimean War''' was a conflict fought between the [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)|Russian Empire]] and the [[Ottoman Empire (1299–1922)|Ottoman Empire]], with the latter backed by an alliance of [[French Republic|France]], the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]] and [[Sardinia-Piedmont]], lasting from October 1853 to February 1856. The primary cause of the war was an Anglo-Franco effort to weaken Russia to benefit their own [[Imperialism|imperialist]] expansion by strengthening the ailing Ottoman Empire as a counterweight against Russian expansion.<br />
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The war ended in a victory for the coalition with Russia forced to give up territories to the Ottoman Empire and make some consessions to other powers, most notably being the neutralization of the [[Black Sea]]. The war was [[reactionary]] in nature for both sides, founded in inter-imperialist competition leading to the needless suffering of the lower classes. The conflict also sped up reforms in [[Europe]], particularly weakening Imperial Russia enough to allow for [[Liberalism|liberal]] reforms.<ref>{{Citation|author=I. V. Bestuzhev-Lada|year=1979|title=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia|title-url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Crimean+War+of+1853%e2%80%9356|chapter=Crimean War of 1853–56}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:History of Russia]]<br />
[[Category:History of Turkey]]<br />
[[Category:Wars involving France]]<br />
[[Category:Wars involving Italy]]<br />
[[Category:Wars involving Russia]]<br />
[[Category:Wars involving the United Kingdom]]</div>General-KJ