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Crimean War

Meaning of "Crimean War" in the English dictionary

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Crimean War


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Crimean War is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CRIMEAN WAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Crimean War

Ottoman Empire Total dead est. 95,000-175,300 French Empire Total dead: 95,000 of which: 10,240 killed in action; 20,000 died of wounds; c. 60,000 died of disease British Empire Total dead: 21,097 of which : 2,755 killed in action; 2,019 died of wounds; 16,000-16,323 died of disease Kingdom of Sardinia 2,050 died from all causes Total: 130,000 dead: 25,000 killed in action 16,000 died of wounds 89,000 died of disease v t e Russo-Ottoman Wars ▪ 1568–70 ▪ 1676–81 ▪ 1686–1700 ▪ 1710–11 ▪ 1735–39 ▪ 1768–74 ▪ 1787–92 ▪ 1806–12 ▪ 1828–29 ▪ 1853–1856 ▪ 1877–78 ▪ 1914–18 Russo-Crimean Wars The Crimean War : 7 was a conflict in which Russia lost to an alliance of France, Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia. While neutral, the Austrian Empire also played a role in defeating the Russians. The immediate issue involved the rights of Christians in the Holy Land, which was controlled by the Ottoman Empire. The French promoted the rights of Catholics, while Russia promoted those of the Orthodox.

Definition of Crimean War in the English dictionary

The definition of Crimean War in the dictionary is the war fought mainly in the Crimea between Russia on one side and Turkey, France, Sardinia, and Britain on the other.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CRIMEAN WAR

Crime Squad · crime wave · crime writer · crime-buster · crime-fighting · Crimea · Crimean

WORDS THAT END LIKE CRIMEAN WAR

American Civil War · Anglo-Boer War · First World War · Franco-Prussian War · French and Indian War · Great War · Gulf War · Iran-Iraq War · Korean War · Mexican War · Peloponnesian War · Revolutionary War · Russo-Japanese War · Second World War · Seven Years´ War · South African War · Spanish-American War · Spanish Civil War · Trojan War · Yom Kippur War

Synonyms and antonyms of Crimean War in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Crimean War» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CRIMEAN WAR

Find out the translation of Crimean War to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Crimean War from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Crimean War» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

克里米亚战争
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

Guerra de Crimea
570 millions of speakers
en

English

Crimean War
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

क्रीमियन युद्ध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حرب القرم
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Крымская война
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

Guerra da Criméia
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ক্রিমিয়ার যুদ্ধের
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

guerre de Crimée
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Perang Crimean
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Krim-Krieg
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

クリミア戦争
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

크림 전쟁
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Perang Krimea
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chiến tranh Crimean
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கிரிமிய போர்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

क्राइमीन युद्ध
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Kırım Savaşı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

Guerra di Crimea
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Wojna krymska
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Кримська війна
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Războiul Crimeei
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Κριμαϊκού πολέμου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Krimoorlog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Krimkriget
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Krimkrigen
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRIMEAN WAR»

Discover the use of Crimean War in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Crimean War and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Crimea
Orlando Figes' major new book reimagines this extraordinary war, in which the stakes could not have been higher and which was fought with a terrible mixture of ferocity and incompetence.
Orlando Figes, 2011
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“The” Ottoman Crimean War: (1853 - 1856)
This book analyzes the Crimean War from the Ottoman perspective based mainly on Ottoman and Russian primary sources, and includes an assessment of the War s impact on the Ottoman state and Ottoman society.
Candan Badem, 2010
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Crimean War
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
John Sweetman, 2014
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British Military Intelligence in the Crimean War, 1854-1856
This book demonstrates that intelligence was a fundamental part of the Crimean War and also that this war forms a significant chapter in the history of British intelligence.
Stephen M. Harris, 1999
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Crimea: The Great Crimean War, 1854-1856
A definitive history of the Crimean War includes coverage of the Charge of the Light Brigade and Florence Nightingale, and identifies a link between its developments and twentieth-century mass warfare as well as the current affairs of ...
Trevor Royle, 2004
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The Crimean War: British Grand Strategy against Russia, 1853–56
One of the key tasks for the future is to reintegrate the Crimean War with the wider nineteenth century. In this respect ]John Grainger's The First Pacific I-Var: Britain and Russia, 1854-1856 provided encouraging links between the war waged in ...
Professor Andrew Lambert, 2013
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The Crimean War: a clash of empires
2004 marks the 150th anniversary of the Crimean War and this volume covers the events from the complex causes of the war and the declaration of war by Turkey in 1853, through the involvement of Britain and France in 1854 and the war itself ...
Ian Fletcher, Natalʹi︠a︡ Anatolʹevna Ishchenko, 2004
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The Crimean War and its Impacts on Britain and Europe
The majors works used for this paper are David Wetzel’s The Crimean War and Paul W. Schroeder’s Austria, Great Britain and the Crimean War. 1 David Wetzel.
Christian Pfeiffer, 2005
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The Russian Army of the Crimean War, 1854-56
This book details the forces that served the Tsar in the defence of the Crimea, with chapters on Army organization, the Army of the Caucasus, the Imperial Navy, army life, tactics and Russian heroes.
‎1991
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The Crimean doctors: a history of the British medical ...
A comprehensive medical history of the Crimean War, this work assesses the role of the British doctors 6 Army, navy and civilian 6 while taking account of the contemporary state of medicine and surgery, as well as the limited ...
John A. Shepherd, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRIMEAN WAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Crimean War is used in the context of the following news items.
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War Was Hell
We can see that the conditions in a Western Front field hospital haven't changed much since the Crimean War; for that matter, a crane shot of ... «North Bay Bohemian, Jul 15»
2
WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO
... at 10 a.m. Session Two covers the growth of the Ottoman Empire, Russia and the Crimean War and the founding of the Turkish Republic. $10 ... «Florida Weekly, Jul 15»
3
How Greece Became European
During the Crimean War of the 1850s, the Greeks sought to ally with the Russians, seeing in them a more stable ally than Britain and France (in ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»
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Flat 24 that was an asylum AND a home to a Duran Duran star goes …
It was built to house girls orphaned in the Crimean War and its walls have seen everything from MI6 interrogations to Duran Duran jamming ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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My Home Town: Why some people will never live in the city
The Greens own Crimea House, purpose built for the destitute British soldiers returned from the Crimean War (1853-56) and living on the ... «Geelong Advertiser, Jul 15»
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Doctor's Diary: The prophets of doom are warning us about the …
... reporting of the newsworthy stretches all the way back to when Florence Nightingale was ministering to the wounded of the Crimean war. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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We don't need a carnival to celebrate 1965 Indo-Pak war – we need …
The photographer who took pictures of the Crimean War, for instance, was sent at Prince Albert's instance, to counter traumatic stories of the ... «Scroll.in, Jul 15»
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What did Mary Seacole ever do for us as black people?
To them she was simply the unsung hero of the Crimean War and did more than any other black person ever to relieve the suffering of British ... «The Voice Online, Jul 15»
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Cunard sails into the history books
Echoing Cunard's efforts for the Crimean War, the liner was refitted as a troopship. When her namesake the Queen Mary 2 arrives in Boston this ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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'Anarchism could help to save the world'
Peter Alexeyevich Kropotkin, born in 1842, came of age in troubled times. Humiliated by his defeat in the Crimean war in 1856, Alexander II set ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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