THE IMPACT OF THE CRIMEAN WAR 1853-56

Question 1

where did the Ottoman (Turkish) empire stretch form?

Answer 1

the middle east across the Black Sea into the Balkans.

Question 2

what had caused the Turks to declare war?

Answer 2

Nicholas I’s attempts to increase Russian influence there.

Question 3

when did the Turks declare war?

Answer 3

October 1853.

Question 4

who did the British and French enter the war with and why?

Answer 4

defending the Turkish to protect their trading interests.

Question 5

whom and where got defeated and when?

Answer 5

Russia at Balaclava in October 1854.

Question 6

when did Alexander II become tsar?

Answer 6

march 1855.

Question 7

what added the final humiliation to Russia and why?

Answer 7

the concluding treaty of Paris by preventing Russian warships from using the Black Sea in peacetime.

Question 8

when was the concluding treaty of Paris?

Answer 8

1856.

Question 9

give three things that the crimean war had revealed in Russias military?

Answer 9

1. outdated technology.
2. poor transport.
3. inadequate leadership.