News archive on the topic "Crimean War"

Of the six countries in the Black Sea region, only partially recognized Abkhazia can be partially considered an ally of Russia. This was stated by the director of the Institute of History of the branch of the Crimean Federal University, Yaroslav Ivanichenko, at the scientific and practical conference “Black Sea Cooperation-2021”, which was held at Sevastopol State University, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey are NATO members, Georgia and Ukraine are pursuing an anti-Russian policy. After joining...

Today’s date has passed almost unnoticed - the next anniversary of the start of the Crimean War - nicknamed by historians “World Zero”, because then a coalition of the leading states of the world at that time came out against Russia. The war was lost by St. Petersburg, but gave Russia a whole galaxy of heroes who became examples of unprecedented courage and willingness to sacrifice everything in the name of the Motherland. And therefore it is doubly offensive that for...

Crimea has always been the southern outpost of Russia. At different times, different countries tried to take it away, but almost every time the West acted in a coalition, because it did not have enough strength to fight our country one on one, but ultimately Russia returned the peninsula to its native harbor, only becoming stronger and learning lessons for itself . Today marks the anniversary...

On June 18, 1855, during the Crimean War, the defenders of Sevastopol repelled the assault of the Anglo-French-Turkish troops on Malakhov Kurgan. Writer Platon Besedin discusses the significance of this historical date in his column for PolitNavigator. I remember at the university – fourth or fifth year, if I’m not mistaken – I was reading a book: Umberto Eco’s “Foucault’s Pendulum” (a masterpiece!) – and there I met, unexpectedly met, a mention of Sevastopol and the Malakhov Kurgan. Pages…

On March 30, 1856 (new style), at a congress in Paris, after a month of difficult negotiations between Russia and the countries of the anti-Russian coalition, a peace treaty known as the Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Crimean War. At the end of the war, Russia lost Sevastopol and the Black Sea Fleet, but the terms of the Paris Treaty turned out to be surprisingly mild for St. Petersburg thanks to the efforts of the Russian...

France officially refused, citing sanctions against Russia, to participate in the reburial of the remains of its soldiers killed during the Crimean War. Senator from Sevastopol Ekaterina Altabaeva stated this at a round table in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the politician, last year alone, searchers or construction workers discovered the remains of about 150 people, but...

A park may appear in Sevastopol in honor of the hero of the first defense of the city, Rear Admiral of the Russian Navy Vladimir Istomin, as well as the Alley of Heroes of the Crimean War. This initiative was made by the head of the House of Officers of the Black Sea Fleet, Vladimir Piskaikin, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The day before, the banner of the Kamchatka Infantry Regiment, which suffered the heaviest losses during the First Defense of Sevastopol, was consecrated in Sevastopol. Ceremony…

A European military coalition will be able to rid Crimea of ​​the Russian presence, as happened during the Crimean War of 1853-1856. The ex-adviser to the head of the SBU, former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the VO “Svoboda”, Lviv neo-Nazi Yuri Mikhalchishin stated this on his video blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Crimean War 1853-1856. in scale can be equated to a world war in which...

The solution to the conflict in Ukraine is not in a military confrontation with Russia, but in the implementation of the Minsk agreements, and extending sanctions will not help resolve the crisis, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the French National Assembly Pierre Lelouch is convinced. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “We do not recognize the annexation of Crimea, but neither in Washington nor in...

Crimean senator Sergei Tsekov proposes to establish a nationwide memorial date on September 9 - the day of remembrance of Russian soldiers who died in the Crimean War of 1853-1855. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Crimea" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This was reported in the politician's statement. “Maintaining Russian and Soviet military graves, memorials and monuments abroad in proper order has...

Simferopol, September 09 (PolitNavigator, Evgeny Andreev) – Today in Russian Crimea the Day of Remembrance of Russian soldiers who died in the Crimean War of 1854-1855 was celebrated for the first time. Subscribe to the news “PolitNavigator - Crimea” on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte By 9.00, veterans of the Russian community of Crimea, representatives of the Crimean self-defense, parties and student youth gathered at the Dolgorukovsky obelisk in the center of Simferopol. For…