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Facts

Date March 30, 1856
Participants France • Ottoman Empire • Russia • Sardinia • United Kingdom
Context Russo-Turkish wars

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July 6, 1770 - July 7, 1770
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July 21, 1774
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January 9, 1792
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May 18, 1812
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September 14, 1829
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Crimean War
October 4, 1853 - February 1, 1856
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Treaty of Paris
March 30, 1856
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Siege of Pleven
July 20, 1877 - December 10, 1877
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Treaty of San Stefano
March 3, 1878

Key People

Karl Vasilyevich, Count Nesselrode
Karl Vasilyevich, Count Nesselrode
Russian foreign minister
Abdülmecid I
Abdülmecid I
Ottoman sultan
Orlov, Aleksey Fyodorovich, Prince
Aleksey Fyodorovich, Prince Orlov
Russian prince

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