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Crimean War

1853–1856 Eastern Europe Status: ended Casualties: ~500,000

Russia vs. an alliance protecting Ottoman territory. The siege of Sevastopol lasted 11 months. Florence Nightingale's nursing work and early war photography made it the first 'modern' war in media terms. Russia defeated.

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Belligerents

  • Russia
  • Ottoman Empire
  • Britain
  • France
  • Sardinia

Casualties

~500,000

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.