What is the Crimean War?

Crimean War The war of the Crimea or the Eastern War, as the Russians call it, took place between Russia and the Ottoman Empire with the participation of many countries that sided with the Ottoman Empire, such as France, Britain, Egypt, Italy, and others, in 1853; Broke out on the territory of Crimea in the northern Black Sea. The reasons for the Crimean War Russia's greed to get the Crimea, as well as its dream of expansion, the establishment of a large state, for the ability to intervene in European politics. Russia's attempt to control the city of Constantinople, and the holy places in Palestine, under the pretext of protecting the Orthodox Jews all over the world. Russia's thirst for warm water. The aspirations of the great powers, and its quest for the division of the Ottoman state among themm. The economic ambitions of Russia, as it sought to secure control of strategic areas such as water parks such as Dardanelles, and the phosphorus, in order to ensure Russian trade and the passage of ships without obstacles. The outbreak of the Crimean War The war began when Russia imposed its control over the group of territories within the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans. Russia intended to weaken the Ottoman Empire. It offered to divide the Ottoman Empire into major European countries under religious cover; Restored the glory of the ancient Byzantine state, but the European countries thwarted the plan of Russia by pressing the Ottoman state to obtain privileges for Christian Catholics in the holy places where Russia was seeking to obtain privileges, the Ottoman state agreed to, which affected Russia sent a delegation to the Ottoman state asking for concessions in the area of ​​Palestine, and the European Catholic monks were removed from the head of the church, which raised the concern of France and Britain Of the growing influence of Russia, and the British End of the Crimean War Britain and France allied themselves with the Ottoman Empire in order to reduce Russian ambitions. The Ottoman Empire and the European countries were able to destroy the Russian fleet, prompting Russia to resort to a peaceful solution. The Treaty of Paris was signed, Any agreement between Russia and the Ottoman state, except with the participation of Britain and France as a major partner in any agreement, thus ending the war with the defeat of Russia before the Ottoman Empire, Britain and France.