Original: The Crimean War, also known in Russia as the Oriental War (, Vostochnaya Voina) (October 1853Kinglake (1863:354)Sweetman (2001:7)–February 1856) was fought between the Russian Empire on one side and an alliance of France, the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Ottoman Empire on the other.
Simplified: The Crimean War (1853 1866), also called  the Eastern War, was a war fought between Russia and France, the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Ottoman Empire on the other side.