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 .