Original: The Crimean War (pronounced or) (October 1853 â "February 1856) was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia.
Simplified: The Crimean War (1853 - 1856), 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.