Vrochenskii, M.,
Vyskochkov, L.,
Warner, P.,
Wirtschafter, E.,
Zaionchkovskii, A.,
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Aaland Islands: British attack on Bomarsund Palmerston’s plans for
Abdi Pasha, General, Commander of the Anatolian army
Abdülmecid I, Sultan: attends British and French balls (1856) calls for help from Britain (1839) Islamic ultimatum Omer Pasha and reinauguration of Hagia Sophia mosque (1849) religious toleration Westernizing liberal reforms
Aberdeen, George Hamilton-Gordon: 4th Earl agrees to send combined fleet to Black Sea calm response to Sinope counsels against war with Russia limited campaigns aimed for and the ‘newspapers’ objects to Palmerstons plans problems with defence of Muslims resigns (1855)
Abkhazia, Russians eject Muslims
Adampol (Polonezkoi), Polish settlement in Turkey
Adams, Brigadier, at Inkerman
Adrianople (Edirne) Treaty of (1829) captured by Russia (1878)
Afghanistan: occupied by Great Britain (1838 – 42) Persian occupation of Herat (1837 – 57)
Airey, Lt-Gen Sir Richard (Quartermaster General)
Aksakov, Konstantin, shock at Russian retreat
Alaska (Russian-America), purchased by USA
Albert, Prince Consort to Queen Victoria accused of treason council of war with allied leaders (1855) develops Palmerston’s plans opinion of General Saint-Arnaud support for Austrian Four Point Plan
Alexander I, Tsar protector of Poland (1815) ultimatum on behalf of Greeks
Alexander II, Tsar amenable to negotiations attempt to prize Britain and France apart Chernaia river defeat Central Asia ambitions continues his father’s policies coronation delayed until Borodino anniversary demands major offensive from Gorchakov (July/August 1855) determined to fight on after Sevastopol and the exodus of Tatars fearful of war with Austria and the Franco-Austrian peace ultimatum direct discussions with Napoleon III Italian unification and fearful of spread of Italian nationalism keeps up pressure on Kars moves closer to Prussia serf emancipation army reforms fears British presence in the Caspian Sea Sevastopol Manifesto warns Serbia not to interfere in Balkan revolts seeks Russian settlement on Balkans and Tsargrad
Alexander Nikolaevich, Tsarevich (
Alexander, Col James (14th Regt)
Alexander Fort (Sevastopol)
Algeria: conquest of by France fighting experience of French troops Yusuf’s Spahis
Ali Pasha (Grand Vizier), and the Paris Peace Congress (1856)
Alma, battle of (1854) storming of the Great Redoubt as reported in Russian press war graves
anaesthetics: British opinions divided Pirogov and surgery for wounded
Andrianov, Captain (10th Division)
Anglicans: church leaders and declaration of war dilemma of defending Muslim Turks in Jerusalem missionary work in Ottoman Empire
Anglo-French alliance: Czartoryski and Napoleon III and ultimatum to Tsar Nicholas (1854) lack of agreement over objectives colonial prejudice affects use of Turkish troops and Austrian intervention in Wallachia ‘robbed of victory’ allied siege strategy rethought (1855) troops committed to north-west Crimea council of war with allied leaders evacuation and clear up of Sevastopol installations expedition to China (1857) uncertainty after fall of Sevastopol (1855) allied armies in possession of Sevastopol (1855)
Anglo-Persian War (1856 – 7)
Anglo-Russian accord (1827)
Anglophobia, in Russia
Annesley, Ensign (
Anstey, Thomas, Urquhart ally in parliament
Apuhktin, Aleksei, ‘A Soldier’s Song about Sevastopol’
archaeological discoveries, Crimea
Ardahan, cession of demanded by Stalin
Argyll, George John Campbell, 8th Duke