NOUN
- a war in Crimea between Russia and a group of nations including England and France and Turkey and Sardinia; 1853-1856
How To Use Crimean War In A Sentence
- Fenton caught the essential loneliness of royalty in the Queen, together with the Prince Consort's tender solicitude - it was the time of the Crimean War.
- He was awarded the Crimean War Medal, three clasps and the Turkish Crimean War Medal.
- The Crimean War yielded inkwells made from Russian cannonballs, and the mainly naval Spanish-American war of 1898 produced souvenirs made from submarine cable cut while under fire, and artillery shells made into cigar cutters.
- Florence Nightingale is widely hailed as the founder of today's nursing profession, especially for her exploits in the Crimean War.
- Nevertheless the steep decline which her diplomatic status had suffered since the Crimean War was arrested.
- This stratagem was employed successfully both by the Tartars against the Genoese in the Crimean War of 1346, and in the Russo-Swedish Wars of 1710.
- But, as the Crimean War is taken to indicate, Nicholas's thoroughgoing opposition to any kind of reform ensured that Russia's military competence lagged behind that of its western counterparts.
- The award of honours for conspicuous gallantry came rather late, with the Victoria Cross during the Crimean War.
- Until the Crimean War, the Russian army was trained to fight battles like Borodino.
- He saw active service in the Crimean War as paymaster on HMS Gladiator, being awarded the Crimean War Medal, clasp Sevastapol.
