Crimean War

American  

noun

1. a war between Great Britain, France, Turkey, and Sardinia on one side, and Russia on the other, fought chiefly in the Crimea 1853–56.

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Crimean War British  

noun

1. the war fought mainly in the Crimea between Russia on one side and Turkey, France, Sardinia, and Britain on the other (1853-56)

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Crimean War Cultural  

1. A war fought in the middle of the nineteenth century between Russia on one side and Turkey, Britain, and France on the other. Russia was defeated, and the independence of Turkey was guaranteed.

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Florence Nightingale came to prominence through her nursing service during the Crimean War. The poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, describes a battle in that war.

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In director Guillermo del Toro’s take on the classic fable Frankenstein, Elordi glows an undead white as the monster, his body a patchwork of human parts sawed off of Crimean War corpses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025

Analisa Lamola plays four parts including civil rights activist Rosa Parks, pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart and Mary Seacole, the Jamaican-born Crimean War nurse.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024

Roman Vilfand, the head of Russia’s national meteorological service, told RIA Novosti that a similar storm hit the region in November 1854 during the Crimean War and sank at least 30 ships.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

One of the earliest wars documented with photographs was the Crimean War, in the middle of the 19th century.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2023

During the Crimean War he was the correspondent of the Illustrated London News, and during the Austro-Italian War represented The Times in Vienna.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various