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by Figes, Orlando


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  Totleben, E., Opisanie oborony g. Sevastopolia, 3 vols. (St Petersburg, 1863 – 78).

  Ubicini, A., Letters on Turkey, trans. Lady Easthope, 2 vols. (London, 1856).

  Urquhart, D., England and Russia (London, 1835).

  Vanson, E., Crimée, Italie, Mexique: Lettres de campagnes 1854 – 1867 (Paris, 1905).

  A Visit to Sebastopol a Week after Its Fall: By an Officer of the Anglo-Turkish Contingent (London, 1856).

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  Vyskochkov, L., Imperator Nikolai I: Chelovek i gosudar’ (St Petersburg, 2001).

  Warner, P., The Crimean War: A Reappraisal (Ware, 2001).

  Wirtschafter, E., From Serf to Russian Soldier (Princeton, 1990).

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  Index

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  Aaland Islands: British attack on Bomarsund Palmerston’s plans for

  Abdi Pasha, General, Commander of the Anatolian army

  Abdülmecid I, Sultan: attends British and French balls (1856) calls for help from Britain (1839) Islamic ultimatum Omer Pasha and reinauguration of Hagia Sophia mosque (1849) religious toleration Westernizing liberal reforms

  Aberdeen, George Hamilton-Gordon: 4th Earl agrees to send combined fleet to Black Sea calm response to Sinope counsels against war with Russia limited campaigns aimed for and the ‘newspapers’ objects to Palmerstons plans problems with defence of Muslims resigns (1855)

  Abkhazia, Russians eject Muslims

  Adampol (Polonezkoi), Polish settlement in Turkey

  Adams, Brigadier, at Inkerman

  Adrianople (Edirne) Treaty of (1829) captured by Russia (1878)

  Afghanistan: occupied by Great Britain (1838 – 42) Persian occupation of Herat (1837 – 57)

  Agamemnon, HMS

  Airey, Lt-Gen Sir Richard (Quartermaster General)

  Aksakov, Konstantin, shock at Russian retreat

  Alaska (Russian-America), purchased by USA

  Albert, Prince Consort to Queen Victoria accused of treason council of war with allied leaders (1855) develops Palmerston’s plans opinion of General Saint-Arnaud support for Austrian Four Point Plan

  Alexander I, Tsar protector of Poland (1815) ultimatum on behalf of Greeks

  Alexander II, Tsar amenable to negotiations attempt to prize Britain and France apart Chernaia river defeat Central Asia ambitions continues his father’s policies coronation delayed until Borodino anniversary demands major offensive from Gorchakov (July/August 1855) determined to fight on after Sevastopol and the exodus of Tatars fearful of war with Austria and the Franco-Austrian peace ultimatum direct discussions with Napoleon III Italian unification and fearful of spread of Italian nationalism keeps up pressure on Kars moves closer to Prussia serf emancipation army reforms fears British presence in the Caspian Sea Sevastopol Manifesto warns Serbia not to interfere in Balkan revolts seeks Russian settlement on Balkans and Tsargrad see also Alexander Nikolaevich, Tsarevich; Russia

  Alexander Nikolaevich, Tsarevich (later Alexander II) dismissal of Khrulev and Menshikov see also Alexander II, Tsar

  Alexander, Col James (14th Regt)

  Alexander Fort (Sevastopol)

  Algeria: conquest of by France fighting experience of French troops Yusuf’s Spahis

  Algiers, HMS

  Ali Pasha (Grand Vizier), and the Paris Peace Congress (1856)

  Alma, battle of (1854) storming of the Great Redoubt as reported in Russian press war graves

  anaesthetics: British opinions divided Pirogov and surgery for wounded

  Andrianov, Captain (10th Division)

  Anglicans: church leaders and declaration of war dilemma of defending Muslim Turks in Jerusalem missionary work in Ottoman Empire see also Protestants

  Anglo-French alliance: Czartoryski and Napoleon III and ultimatum to Tsar Nicholas (1854) lack of agreement over objectives colonial prejudice affects use of Turkish troops and Austrian intervention in Wallachia ‘robbed of victory’ allied siege strategy rethought (1855) troops committed to north-west Crimea council of war with allied leaders evacuation and clear up of Sevastopol installations expedition to China (1857) uncertainty after fall of Sevastopol (1855) allied armies in possession of Sevastopol (1855) see also British Army; France; French army; Great Britain

  Anglo-Persian War (1856 – 7)

  Anglo-Russian accord (1827)

  Anglophobia, in Russia

  Annesley, Ensign (later Colonel) Hugh, 5th Earl (Scots Fusilier Guards), wounded at Alma

  Anstey, Thomas, Urquhart ally in parliament

  Apuhktin, Aleksei, ‘A Soldier’s Song about Sevastopol’

  archaeological discoveries, Crimea

  Ardahan, cession of demanded by Stalin

  Argyll, George John Campbell, 8th Duke

  Armenians: emigrate to Transcaucasia new settlers in the Crimea

  armies, comparison of costs of belligerents

  army chaplains: André Damas (French army) British Army

  Arthur the Great (troop transport), transport of British sick and wounded

  artillery: allied bombardment of Sevastopol ineffective against Minié rifles at Inkerman Russian counter bombardment

  Assembly of Nobles (Sevastopol): used as hospital see also medical treatment

  Association for the Protection of Turkey and Other Countries …

  Astrakhan (Mongol khanate)

  atrocities: alleged after Balaklava alleged after Inkerman allied troops in Kerch Bashi Bazouks in Bulgaria in Constantinople (1821) Giurgevo religious justification for Tatar bands

  Attwood, Thomas

  Austria-Hungary: neutrality assured by future territorial gains Three Emperors’ League (1873) see also Austrian Empire

  Austrian army, in Wallachia (1854)

  Austrian Empire: armed neutrality in favour of allies benevolent neutrality with respect to Russia demands Napoleon III’s peaceful intentions demands Russian withdrawal from principalities direct talks with Russians fearful of Slav uprisings Four Points for Peace with Russia (1854) Franco-Austrian peace ultimatum hopes for alliance with Russia hoping to negotiate a peace Italian independence and military alliance with France and Britain mobilizes troops (1853 & 1854) motives for invading principalities negotiations with Britain and France Paris Peace Congress (1856) peace initiative, the Vienna Note (1853) ready to march into Serbia 1848 revolutions Russian foreign policy and Russian partition plans (1852) and Russian plans for Greece (1820s) steps back from war with Ottomans support from Gorchakov over revolution in Italy threatens to join anti-Russian alliance Triple Alliance (1856) and Tsar Nicholas’ Ottoman partition plans Vienna Conference (1855) war with French and Piedmontese (1859) war with Prussia (1866) wary of Russia in Slav lands see also Austria-Hungary

  Bakhchiserai Museum of the Alma reserve hospital

  Bakunin, Mikhail

  Bakunina, Ekaterina (nurse)

  Balaklava, British supply base

  Balaklava, battle of (1854)

  Balaklava helmets

  Balaklava Railway

 
Balkan League

  Balkan War (1853 – 4)

  Balkans: continuing conflict between Christians and Muslims Czartoryski’s plan hoped for Slav/Christian uprisings Nationalism pan-Slavism retreat of Austria Russia and Russian partition plans (1852) seeds of future wars status quo guaranteed by Three Emperors’ League (1873) theatre of war see also European Turkey

  Balta Liman, Act of (1849)

  Baltic campaign (1854)

  Baltic campaign (1855)

  Baltic provinces, of Russia, Palmerston’s plans for

  Bariatinsky, Prince Alexander I (viceroy of the Caucasus) fears British presence on the Caspian Sea

  Bariatinsky, Prince Vladimir I (Flag Lt to Adm Kornilov)

  Barrett, Jerry, Queen Victoria’s First Visit to Her Wounded Soldiers

  Bashi Bazouks atrocities cholera and retreat to Varna in French service at Giurgevo

  Bazancourt, César de

  Beaumont, Thomas Wentworth

  Beeton, Samuel, Our Soldiers and the Victoria Cross

  Belarus, Ruthenian (Uniate) Catholics

  Belgium, Russia and

  Belgrade, Turkish bombardment

  Bell, Col George (1st (Royal) Regt): complaint about uniforms letter to The Times

  Bell, George and James Bell (shipping company)

  Bell, John (sculptor), Guards’ Memorial (London)

  Bellew, Walter (assistant surgeon)

  Bem, General Jozef

  Berlin, Congress (1878)

  Bessarabia boundary debated at Paris Peace Congress (1856) boundary dispute with Moldavia and Franco-Austrian peace terms (1855) mobilization of Russian troops (1852) Palmerston’s plans for refugee problem (1820 – 21) riots and attacks on Christians

  Bezborodko, Count Alexander

  Bibescu, Prince Gheorghe of Romania

  Bineau, Jean (French Finance Minister), argues against war

  Bismarck, Otto von

  Black Sea: declared neutral by Paris Peace Congress (1856) no firm pledge from France on penal clauses related Paris Congress clauses annulled (1871) Russian fleet recommissioned

  Black Sea region: buffer zone Christian-Muslim relations crucial for Russian security and trade demilitarization of London Convention (1841) and religious and ethnic transmigration

  Blackwood’s Magazine, British commerce and

  Blakesley, Revd Joseph, letters to The Times

  Bloomfield, Pvt (Derbys Regt): recollections of Alma recollections of Inkerman

  Bludova, Antonina, Countess

  Blunt, John (Turkish language interpreter)

  Bond, Sgt (11th Hussars)

  Bondurand, Baron, military intendant to Marshal Castellane

  Borgo, Pozzo di

  Borodino, battle of (1812)

  Bosnia: pan-Slav movement and promised to Austria-Hungary revolts by Christians

  Bosquet, General Pierre François: at Balaklava at Inkerman orders attack on the Mamelon removed from command before Malakhov second Malakhov battle

  Botanov, Mikhail, in Sevastopol

  Bourqueney, Adolphe de (French ambassador in Vienna)

  Bright, John

  British Army: Anglo-Austrian force in Palestine (1840) Cardwell reforms catering (1855) chaplains commissariat bureaucracy Crimean veterans receive the Victoria Cross dependent on recruiting mercenaries drunkenness entertainments the Guards’ Memorial (London) officer corps opinion of the French opinion of Turkish soldiers other ranks letters home recruits soldiers wives in invasion fleet ‘Tommy Atkins’ uniforms

  British Army, Crimean timeline: unpreparedness for war at Varna cholera poor intelligence about Russian numbers sails for the Crimea officers avoid winter in Crimea officers better sheltered than men (winter 1854 – 55) officers and men question the war complaints of bad conditions scurvy march to Alma Light Brigade skirmish near Alma at Alma siege of Sevastopol at Balaklava Charge of Heavy Brigade Charge of Light Brigade at Inkerman lack of winter clothing or shelter cost of victory at Inkerman atrocities alleged in Kerch decline in morale, factors desertion rates winter (1854 – 55) desertions before the Redan assault Paxton’s huts Russian night raids and fraternization with Russian troops bombardment of Sevastopol assault on Vorontsov Ravine rifle pits capture of the Quarry Pits first attack on the Redan second attack on the Redan looting in Sevastopol Balaklava hand over (July 1856) return to Britain war graves war memorials see also Great Britain

  British Army, units and regiments: 1st Division 2nd Division 3rd Division 4th Division Heavy Brigade 4th Dragoons 4th Light Dragoons (Queen’s Own) 5th Dragoons 6th Inniskilling Dragoons 8th Hussars 11th Hussars 13th Light Dragoons 15th Kings Hussars 17th Lancers Scots Greys Guards Brigade Grenadier Guards Coldstream Guards Scots Fusilier Guards 93rd Highland Brigade Light Division 1st Royal Regiment 9th Foot 14th Foot 23rd (Royal Welsh) Fuslrs 30th Foot 77th Foot Derbyshire Regiment

  British and Foreign Review (journal)

  ‘British Hotel’ (Kadikoi)

  British Indian Army, Tsar Alexander’s fears

  Brotherhood of Sts Cyril and Methodius

  Brown, General Sir George (Light Division) assault on the Redan Kerch raids

  Bruat, Admiral Armand Joseph, abortive raid on Kerch

  Brunov, Baron (Russian ambassador in London)

  Bucharest: chaos and desertions in retreat (1854) provisional government declared (1848) Russian military headquarters (1853) Treaty of (1812)

  Bukhara khanate

  Bukhmeier, General, Sevastopol evacuation pontoon bridge

  Bulganak, river

  Bulgaria: Bashi Bazouk atrocities Circassians closer ties with Serbs and other Balkan Slavs Congress of Berlin resolutions Crimean Tatars lack of volunteers for Russian army massacre of Christians in Rumelia massacres of Muslims national church (Orthodox) possible support for Russians revolts by Christians Russian partition plans (1852) support from Russians against Turkey war dead

  Bulgarians, new settlers in the Crimea

  Bulwer, Henry

  Buol, Karl von, Count (Austrian Foreign Minister) offers peace terms to Russians too soft on Russia (Clarendon) meets with de Morny and Gorchakov (1855)

  Burgoyne, General Sir John RE council of war with allied leaders (1855) faulty judgements on Sevastopol siege at Inkerman plan to cut off supply routes to Sevastopol

  Butler, Elizabeth (née Thompson), Calling the Roll after an Engagement, Crimea

  Butler, Capt James (Ceylon Rifles), at Silistria

  Buzzard, Thomas (doctor with Turkish army)

  Cabrol, Jean (French army doctor)

  Calthorpe, Somerset, ADC to Raglan fraternization incident witnesses Turkish rout

  Cambridge, Prince George, Duke of, Lt-Gen at Alma at Inkerman recuperating from Inkerman resignation

  Cameron, Capt William (Grenadier Gds), letters home

  Campbell, Lady Charlotte, on a young Tsar Nicholas

  Campbell, Lt-Gen Sir Colin (93rd Highland Bde)

  Campbell, George John, Duke of Argyll

  Campineanu, Ion

  Canada, territorial claims by the United States

  Canning, George

  Canning, Stratford, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe agrees support for the Sultan appointment to St Petersburg refused by Tsar British fleet in the Dardanelles calls for break up of Russian Empire calls for decisive military action Circassian independence and comment on Poland at Paris (1856) on Constantinople riots (1853) conversation with Napoleon III Czartoryski and Hatt-i Hümayun decree invites hostility of Turks little influence on Turkish modifications to Vienna Note returns to Constantinople (1853) with the Sultan at a costume ball supports Palmerston (1853) sympathetic to expanding the war urges liberal reform in Moldavia and Wallachia urges Turks to protect Christians urges Turks to resist Russian demands urges Turks to toughen their stance Urquhart and and the Vienna Note warns of revolt against Westernizing policies

  Canrobert, General François (1st Division, later commander-in-chief) follows Napoleon III’s instructions at Inkerman leadership questioned plans
of assault in Sevastopol shelved until the sping protests to Menshikov about Inkerman atrocities disagreement with Raglan over the field plan (1855) the Kerch raid and resignation

  Caradoc, HMS

  Cardigan, Maj-Gen Thomas Brudenell, 7th earl (Light Bde commander)

 

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