Crimean war Flashcards
1
Q
Deaths
A
450000 deaths
Onlt 1/5 from the war
2
Q
Rifles
A
4% equipped with long range rifles
3
Q
Troops mobilised
A
60000 at one time
4
Q
Die of disease
A
1 in 5 members
5
Q
Treaty of paris
A
march 30th 1856
Russia was forced to give up territory, Bessarabia to Moldavia.
Give sevastapool to ottomans
humiliation
6
Q
turkey declares war
A
October 4th 1853
6
Q
Russian troops to Moldova
A
July 1853
7
Q
Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855):
A
35000 russian troops are killed
but 50000 from diesase eg) typhoid, russian failure to defend the port
Evacuate 1855
8
Q
Milyutin (war Ministers refroms)
A
-1874 Equal conscription -all men over the age of 20, with military service set to last for 6 years active duty
-standing 300000 - increase in consistency
