Crimean War

GPTKB entity
AI-created image of Crimean War
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Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:war
gptkbp:alliedWith Ottoman Empire, United Kingdom, France, Sardinia (Allies)
gptkbp:casualties over 500,000 total deaths
gptkbp:cause Russian expansionism
decline of the Ottoman Empire
dispute over Christian holy sites in the Holy Land
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:France
gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkb:Sardinia
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:endDate 1856
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Russo-Turkish_War_(1877–1878)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Crimean War
gptkbp:location gptkb:Balkans
gptkb:Baltic_Sea
gptkb:Black_Sea
gptkb:Caucasus
gptkb:Crimea
gptkbp:mediaCoverage gptkb:William_Howard_Russell_(war_correspondent)
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Alma
gptkb:Battle_of_Balaclava
gptkb:Battle_of_Inkerman
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Great_Redan
gptkb:Siege_of_Sevastopol
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Charge_of_the_Light_Brigade
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Florence_Nightingale
gptkb:Lord_Raglan
gptkb:Louis-Napoléon_Bonaparte
gptkb:Omar_Pasha
gptkb:Tsar_Nicholas_I
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkbp:photographed gptkb:Roger_Fenton
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Russo-Turkish_War_(1828–1829)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Eastern_Question
gptkb:Holy_Land
Black Sea neutrality
decline of Russian influence in Europe
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance first war to use modern technologies such as railways and telegraphs
led to military and medical reforms in Britain
notable for poor medical care and high casualties
first war to be extensively documented by journalists and photographers
gptkbp:startDate 1853
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_(1856)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Victorian_era
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3