Sermons of the Crimean War

THE CRIMEAN WAR (1853–56) STARTED AS A LOCALIZED DISPUTE between the Russian and Ottoman Empires over the protection of Orthodox subjects of the Sultan living in the Danubian principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia (part of modern-day Romania). Fearing Russian expansion after its early success at t...

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Published inOrthodox Christianity in Imperial Russia p. 72
Main Author Mara Kozelsky
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Indiana University Press 03.09.2014
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ISBN9780253013132
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Summary:THE CRIMEAN WAR (1853–56) STARTED AS A LOCALIZED DISPUTE between the Russian and Ottoman Empires over the protection of Orthodox subjects of the Sultan living in the Danubian principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia (part of modern-day Romania). Fearing Russian expansion after its early success at the Battle of Sinope (30 November 1853), England and France joined sides with the Ottoman Empire by March of 1854. Their entrance shifted the primary theater of war to the Crimean peninsula and entailed protracted violence for more than a year. One of ten wars between Russia and the Ottoman Empire from the reign
ISBN:9780253013132
0253013135