Lesson 5 - The Crimean War Flashcards
Who had Russia thought would support them when they destroyed the Ottoman fleet at Sinope?
Austria.
Why didn’t Austria support them?
Nicholas I had believed that Austria would support Russia because of their shared belief in autocracy and empire, and because Russia had rescued Franz Joseph in 1849 when Russian troops had crushed Hungarian revolutionaries. However, Austria distanced herself from Russia because Vienna feared that war on her borders would destabilise the fragile Habsburg Empire;
What else did Russia not calculate correctly?
Nicholas I had underestimated determination and military power of France, whom he
thought was unable to cooperate with Britain, her hereditary enemy.
When did Paris and London declare war on Russia?
March 1854
Why?
Because Russia wouldn’t leave the areas that she had taken.
What did Prussia and Austria urge Russia to do?
Leave the principalities
What did Austria agree with the Ottoman Empire?
A treaty that would see Austria occupy
Principalities for duration of war, in return for her support against Russia.
Did Russia leave the principalities?
Yes, in mid-June, Nicholas moved his troops out of Moldavia and Wallachia, on condition that Austrians would keep Ottomans, British and French out
