The Crimean War: 150 years

Crimea, September 12, 2009.

A story about the preparation and holding of events dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Crimean War.

In the video: mourning events at the British, Turkish, Italian and French military cemeteries, reburial of war veterans, opening of memorials of the countries whose citizens died in the Crimean War, laying flowers, memorial rally at the “Stone of Reconciliation” in Sevastopol.

Comments: Leonid Zhunko, Head of Sevastopol City District State Administration; Dmytro Tabachnyk, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for Humanitarian Affairs; Prince Michael of Kent, Representative of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain; Viktor Chernomyrdin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Ukraine.

Reference: The Crimean War (1853-1856) was a military conflict between the Russian Empire and a coalition of the Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, France, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was caused by the rivalry of the great powers for control of the Balkans and the straits connecting the Black Sea with the Mediterranean. The war ended in russia's defeat, which was cemented by the Treaty of Paris in 1856.