Keyword: «crimean war of 1853-1856»

The article notes that the Crimean War of 1853-1856. in modern historical science receives assessments and interpretations that refer to the jingoistic perception of it in modern war literature and journalism. There are studies that deny obvious facts: the war was started by Russia, the army and navy were significantly inferior to the enemy troops in terms of equipment and weapons, the leadership of the troops was not always reasonable, the war ended with the defeat of the Russian Empire. The conclusion is made about the inadmissibility of forgetting historical facts.