The Crimean War (1853–56) was fought mainly on the Crimean Peninsula between Russia and Britain, France, and the Ottoman Empire. It arose from the conflict of great powers in the Middle East and was more directly caused by Russian demands to exercise pr
Crimea, autonomous republic, southern Ukraine. The republic is coterminous with the Crimean Peninsula, lying between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. In 2014 Russia covertly invaded and illegally annexed Crimea, a move that was denounced by the interna
CNN: “Before-and-after satellite imagery below shows the damage done to the hard-hit eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut over the past year.” Mapping Russia’s Military Presence in Crimea Published on12 May 2023byJonathan Crowe Journalists working for Radio Liberty’s Crimean Realities project ha...
Panmunjom was a village just north of the de facto border between North Korea and South Korea, where the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement that ended the Korean War was signed.KoreaType: region Description: region in East Asia Categories: nation, historical country and divided territory Location: ...
[Maps: Navigating and Manipulating], which opened last month, gathers together contemporary art and antique maps from their respective collections to explore the question of truth and perspective in maps. One example:a “serio-comic map” from the Crimean war(in Dutch).Another video, also in ...
Crimean Peninsula - Sudak, the Clan fishing site Cro-Magnon Shelter Cueva Covalanas in Cantabria, Spain Cueva de El Mirón in Cantabria, Spain Cueva del Pindal Cuina Turcului - a rock shelter in the Iron Gates gorges of the Danube Cussac Cave - Grotte de Cussac Cyclades Art Cycling down ...
The political map of Europe has been continually evolving, especially in the 20th century following two World Wars and the end of the Cold War. Today, the European Union (EU) is a dominant political entity, consisting of 27 member countries that voluntarily entered into a union to enhance eco...
The population was 2,257 at the 2000 census. The community is named after a Russian fort of Malakoff (Malakhov kurgan), which played a pivotal role during the siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean war. The community was formerly known as "Caney Creek" and "Mitcham Chapel." An application...
A weather map is a map that displays a variety of meteorological features to be used in research and weather reporting and forecasting. Weather maps have been used since the mid-1800s. During the Crimean War of 1853 to 1856 it was shown by a French scientist that a weather map showing a...
It was occupied by Ottomans between 1853-1856 during the Crimean War. It became part of Black Sea Governorate in 1896. Elizabeth Pilenko, later named as a saint in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, was the mayor during the Russian Revolution. It became part of Kuban-Black Sea Oblast in 1920....