Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the de ...

(1853–1856) was a conflict between Russia and the alliance of France, Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia. Wars and conflicts involving Crimea include: * Crimean-Nogai Raids: slave raids on Russia and greater Poland organized by the Crimean Khanate * Russo-Crimean Wars between Russia and the Crimean Khanate ** Crimean campaigns of 1687 and 1689, part of these wars * Polish-Ottoman Wars often included Crimea * Crimean Campaign, a World War II German offensive * Crimean Offensive, a World War II Soviet offensive *

Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event took place in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity and is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War. The events in Kyiv th ...

, a part of the

Russo-Ukrainian war The Russo-Ukrainian War; uk, російсько-українська війна, rosiisko-ukrainska viina. has been ongoing between Russia (alongside Russian separatist forces in Donbas, Russian separatists in Ukraine) and Ukraine since Feb ...

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