Crimean War
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The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom, and Sardinia from October 1853 to February 1856. Geopolitical causes of the war included th
Attack on the Malakoff, by William Simpson
The naval Battle of Navarino (1827), as depicted by Ambroise Louis Garneray.
Muhammad Ali of Egypt deposed the Ottoman governor and seized control of Egypt for himself
Russian siege of Varna in Ottoman-ruled Bulgaria, July–September 1828
The term Kingdom of Sardinia denotes the Savoyard state from 1720 to 1861. From 1720 to 1847, only the island of Sardinia proper was part of the Kingdom of Sardinia, while the other mainland possessio
Crimean War
…The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom, and Sardinia from October 1853 to February 1856. Geopolitical causes of the war included the Eastern question (the decline of the Ottoman Empire), the expansion of…
19th-century coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sardinia under the Savoy dynasty
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour
King Victor Emmanuel II meets Giuseppe Garibaldi in Teano, 26 October 1860.