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Crimean War
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Alexander II
Dmitrievich Mikhail
Gorchakov
Turgenev Ivan Sergeyevich
Events
Abolition Serfdom
Battle Eupatoria
Battle Traktir Ridge
Commander in Chief Crimea
Commander Russian Field
Operation Allied Assault
Publication Turgenev
Succession Alexander II
Russia
1855
Abolition of Serfdom
Alexander II
Appoints a committee to draw up a decree for the abolition of serfdom
Battle of Eupatoria
Gorchakov
17th Feb Eupatoria
Defeated by the
Turks
& the Allied siege line draw closer
Battle of Traktir Ridge
Gorchakov
16th Aug Traktir Ridge
Ends in
Russia
n defeat & the last hope for relieving Sevastopol
Commander in Chief Crimea
Dmitrievich, Mikhail
Appointed
Commander
-in-Chief of the
Russia
n forces in the
Crimea
in place of the disgraced
Prince
Menshikov
Appointed
Commander
-in-Chief of the
Russia
n forces in the
Crimea
in place of the disgraced
Prince
Menshikov
Commander Russian Field
Gorchakov
Appointed
Commander
of the
Russia
n forces, replaces Menshikov
Appointed
Commander
of the
Russia
n forces, replaces Menshikov
Operation Allied Assault
Gorchakov
7th June
Part of the
Russia
n outer defences are seized, there are 8,500
Russia
n casualties
Publication of Turgenev
Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich
Publication
of, "A Month in the Country"
Succession of Alexander II
Alexander II
Moscow
Succeeds
as
Tsar
of
Russia
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