| Date from | 01 January 1853 |
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| Date to | 31 December 1856 |
| Collection type | Conflict |
| Scope note | The Crimean War (1853 to 1856) was fought between Imperial Russia on one side and an alliance of France, the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Ottoman Empire on the other. Most of the conflict took place on the Crimean Peninsula, with additional actions occurring in western Turkey, and the Baltic Sea region. |