crimean war define
Crimean War. (1853 - 1856) A war fought in East Europe on the Black Sea and on Crimea (Ukraine) between Russia and the Allies: Britain, France, Sardinia, and the Ottoman Empire.
The Crimean War (October 1853 â February 1856), also known in Russian historiography as the Eastern War of 1853â1856 (Russian: Ð²Ð¾ÑÑÐ¾ÑÐ½Ð°Ñ Ð²Ð¾Ð¹Ð½Ð°, Vostochnaya Voina), was a conflict in which Russia lost to an alliance of France, the United Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia.