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 in | Orthodox Christianity in Imperial Russia p. 72 |
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Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
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United States
Indiana University Press
03.09.2014
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Online Access | Get full text |
ISBN | 9780253013132 0253013135 |
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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 |
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ISBN: | 9780253013132 0253013135 |