Siege of Sevastopol
siege · 1854 AD
Siege of Sevastopol, a siege recorded 1854 AD: its site mapped, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.
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At a glance
- Kind
- siege
- Date
- 17 October 1854 AD
- War
- Crimean War
- Side 1
- United Kingdom — led by Lord Raglan, Aimable Pélissier
- Side 2
- Russia — led by Vladimir Kornilov, Pavel Nakhimov
- Result
- Allied victory; the city taken in September 1855
Recorded boundaries
| Period | Control | Confidence | Evidence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1854 AD | — | high confidence | no observation date recorded | — |
Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.
Sources
- Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century, (2007)