The Crimean War полностью

Press, the: and British public opinion campaign against Prince Albert censorship in France censorship free in Britain censorship in Russia effect of abolishing stamp duty in Britain false news reports influence of on British Politics influence on French foreign policy middle classes and in Britain and public opinion in Turkey reports of sufferings of troops war correspondents see also journalism; war correspondents by name (Chenery, Russell, Woods)

Priestley, Sgt (13th Lt Dragoons), first casualty of Crimea campaign

Prince, SS (supply ship), sunk in hurricane

Pristovoitov, Colonel, shortlived command of Soimonov’s Division

Protestants: the British character and church leaders and declaration of war Evangelicals with romantic views of Islam granted millet status by the Sultan missionary work in Ottoman Empire reaction to Orthodox rituals in Jerusalem see also Anglicans

Prussia: more reliable ally for Russia and Palmerston’s plans peace initiative (1853) war with Austrian Empire (1866) war with Denmark (1864) war with France (1870)

Pudovkin, Vsevolod, Admiral Nakhimov (film)

Pushkin, Alexander

Putiatin, Admiral Yevfimy Vasilyevich

Putin, Vladimir

Quarantine Battery (Sevastopol)

Quarry pits (Sevastopol)

Quarterly Review (journal)

Radcliffe, Capt William (20th Regt of Foot), letters home

Raglan, FitzRoy Somerset, Lord Raglan, C-in-C Crimea plans defence of London (1852) insistence on impractical uniform instructed to invade the Crimea (1854) refuses to carry out order to take Sevastopol and Perekop pre-landing conference with Saint-Arnaud at Alma unable to press on to Sevastopol wants immediate assault on Sevastopol advises against speaking to William Russell at Balaklava council of war with Canrobert and Omer Pasha initiates Light Brigade blunder warnings of weakness of British defences letter to Panmure about a Mamelon attack protests to Menshikov about Inkerman atrocities rejects encirclement of Sevastopol rejects Napoleon III’s field campaign Redan aftermath and death

railways: Balaklava Railway Euphrates Valley Railway in Russia

Rawlinson, Sir Henry, in Baghdad

Read, General, Chernaia river battle (1855)

Redan (Sevastopol) first British attack second British attack

Reeve, Henry

Reform Act (Great Britain 1832)

refugees: Orthodox Bulgarians Orthodox Christians from Bessarabia Polish Russians and Greeks in the Crimea Tatars

religion: British Protestantism clerical views of war in Britain importance of in Russia muscular Christianity Muslim troops at Silistria role of in fuelling wars Russian ‘weak neighbour’ policy and

religious toleration, in Turkey

religious wars: Nicholas I and Russia and Muslim neighbours see also Russo-Turkish wars

Resolute (supply ship), sunk in hurricane

Retribution, HMS (steam-frigate)

Rhodes, to go to Britain

Richelieu, Armand du Plessis, Duc de, Odessa

Ridiger, Gen Fedor, Count, on need for military reforms

Rifaat Pasha (Ottoman Foreign Minister)

Robertson, James (war photographer)

Rochebrune, François, ‘Zouaves of Death’

Roebuck, John MP, calls for a select committee to investigate the army

Romaine, William (Deputy Judge Advocate)

Romania Crimean War beginnings debated at Paris Peace Congress (1856) Organic Statute (Règlement organique) Russian response to 1848 revolution see also Danubian principalities; Moldavia; Wallachia

Romanian exiles, in Britain

Rose, Colonel Sir Hugh calls for naval support endorses Pélissier

Rosetti, Constantine (Romanian exile)

Roubaud, Franz, The Defence of Sevastopol (panorama)

Rowe, John, Storekeeper (army commisariat), brings in wounded

Rowlands, Capt Hugh (Derbys Regt)

Royal Marines, at Balaklava

Royal Navy: ability to threaten Russia attack on Odessa (1854) Baltic campaign (1854) Baltic campaign (1855) at Beykoz Bomarsund bombardment bombardment, of Sevastopol defence of invasion convoy fleet moved to Besika Bay (1833; 1849 & 1853) forces Russo-Turkish armistice (1878) helps quieten Constantinople demonstrations Kerch raid (1855) Naval Brigade, on shore artillery put on war footing (1853) sails to Alexandria (1840) see also Great Britain

Royal Patriotic Fund for the relief of soldiers wives

Rumelia (Bulgaria), massacre of Christians

Rumelian army (Ottoman): commencement of hostilities against Russia Stara Zagora (1853) strengthen’s Turkish forts on the Danube border terror tactics

Rumiantsev Library and Museum

Russell, Lord John alternative plan for Turkey represents Britain at Vienna Conference (1855)

Russell, William (Times war correspondent) report on the Kerch raid reports draw attention to bravery in the field upsets military establishment visits military cemeteries wounded found in Sevastopol