Military defeat that turned into a victory for Russian diplomacy
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...