Historical memory of the events of the Crimean War of 1853–1856 in the Caucasus
Journal: Петербургский исторический журнал
Year: 2024

In the historical record of Russia spanning the 18th to the early 20th centuries, four wars stand out as particularly significant in terms of their reflection in the country’s collective memory. These are the Nor- thern War of 1700–1721, the Patriotic War of 1812, the Crimean War of 1853–1856, and the Russian-Turkish War of 1877–1878. The latter competed in commemorative terms with the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905. However, the First World War and the collapse of the empire interrupted the pr