crimea

Here’s a short film featuring the Crimean war memorial in Lancaster. It also features correspondence from Lancastrian soldiers, who served in the conflict. ‪ofBcoxk6XP4 Does anyone know of any other Crimean war memorials around Britain?

Did Alexius of Constantinople really give fleeing Anglo-Saxon rebels land in Crimea in the 1070s? Has there been any archaeological discoveries, or local traditions? Caitlin Green: The medieval 'New England': a forgotten Anglo-Saxon colony on the north-eastern Black Sea coast

Crimea, 1854 The Battle of Balaklava is remembered primarily for the Charge of the Light Brigade. However, there were other events in the battle that, militarily, were equally important. An important factor in the Battle of Balaklava was the terrain over which it was fought. Two valleys...

Hello everybody.I would like to know what is the best book about the uniforms of the british army during the war of Crimea.Thank you.

This is a fascinating topic. For the past centuries Crimean Peninsula was the focus of important events including wars, deportation of Crimean Tatars and recent annexation of Crimea. I am interested in the history of the relations between Turkey and Crimean Tatars, and possibly historic rights...

I would like to discuss a report presented by various sources including Wikipedia. I believe this is an important well-written document presenting solid evidences (perhaps for an international court) and finalizing author's view on the events in Ukraine (2013-2014). The main chapters of the...

The Crimean War 1853 to 1856, left 1/2 a million dead, maybe much more from disease. Admittedly, this is a cartoon assessment and I welcome correction.. I am positive that the European members of Historum are much more knowledgeable about this topic than I am and certainly, most...

What if Sweden had partaken in the Crimean War and regained Finland? The border would be set to what it was before the Finnish War. Interestingly enough Finnish National Awakening only really developed starting in the 1860s with the support of the Russian Government. In this universe Swedish...

This Crimea story it's very similar to the events that preceded the WWII, can this be the beginning of a new world conflagration?Where will Putin stop?Will the Lugansk/Slaviansk regions take the same course as Crimea?

The Tauri (/ˈtaʊəri/; Ταῦροι in Ancient Greek), also Scythotauri, Tauri Scythae, Tauroscythae (Pliny, H. N. 4.85) were a people settled on the southern coast of the Crimea peninsula, inhabiting the Crimean Mountains and the narrow strip of land...

Out of curiosity--what exactly do you think Crimea's economic, political, et cetera situation will be 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 years from now? Will Ukraine ever regain control of Crimea?

Little likbez. Territories of modern Eastern Ukraine and Kuban had never were Ukraine before XX century. In time of the Old Rus' they were so called Wild Fields, where the main population was Turkic origin, nomads. No Slavic inhabitants. Only so called Russian Tmutarakan principality existed in...

It seems that Goths of Crimea melted into Crimean Tatars, becoming assimilated by them - like many other historical White populations of Crimea. As the result of that, Crimean Tatars started to look more like White people, despite the fact that original Tatars were Mongoloids: Mongoloid -...

I've been following the Crimea problem for awhile. Russia has Officals annexed Crimea, and Ukraine is ready and willing to defend itself. But now, Obama and Putin have met, and a quote has grabbed my attention. " that a diplomatic solution will only be possible if Putin ends the build up of...

Let's say Ukraine attempts to take Crimea by force? Troops retaliate and Ukraine takes back Crimea. Russia retaliates. How bad could it get from there?

The initial British commander in the Crimea was Fitzroy Somerset 1st Baron Raglan (1788-1855), who has lost his arm at Waterloo - he subsequently died of dysentery partway through the Crimean War. As I understand it, he was one of a generation of old soldiers, most of them Napoleonic veterans...

I understand that there were some Greek colonies in Crimea, and I've seen it included in some maps of the Roman empire. How much influence did the Romans and the Greeks have on the lands north of the Black Sea? What sources are there that describe it? And what made them have an interest in those...

The Battle for the Crimea, October 1941-July 1942 4. The capture of the Crimea peninsula is of extreme importance for safe guarding our oil supplies from Rumania. - Fuhrer Directive No. 34 The Crimea peninsula lies in southern Ukraine, jutting off into the Black sea. It is connected to the...