From October 1 to 20, 2020 took place the first major Franco-Russian archaeological project in Crimea and Sevastopol. Despite the international situation due to covid-19, Pierre Malinowski managed to organize one of the only international cooperation projects of 2020 in Crimea. For 3 weeks, the best French experts such as Michel Signoli from the CNRS worked with their Russian counterparts from the Academy of Sciences on a theme hitherto rather unknown, the Crimean War. Dozens of remains of French, English and Russian soldiers were found in Sevastopol, Inkermann and Alma.