Historical place archive

Chernaya in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Chernaya in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

6 records1 event labels5 people1855–1855

Historical events in Chernaya

1855

16 August 1855
Battle of Chernaya
Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov · Crimean War

Orders the Russian attempt to break the siege at the Chernaya River, which ends in defeat.

16 August 1855
Battle of Chernaya
Nikolai Read · Crimean War

Commands a Russian corps in the attack at the Chernaya River and is killed during the fighting.

16 August 1855
Battle of Chernaya
Pavel Liprandi · Crimean War

Commands Russian troops during the failed attempt to relieve Sevastopol at the Chernaya River.

16 August 1855
Battle of Chernaya
Pavel Petrovich Liprandi · Crimean War

Commands Russian troops during the unsuccessful attack on Allied positions at the Chernaya River.

16 August 1855
Battle of Chernaya
Pavel Petrovich Liprandi · Crimean War

Participates in the Russian attempt to relieve pressure on Sevastopol at the Chernaya River.

16 August 1855
Battle of Chernaya
Peter Dmitrievich Gorchakov · Crimean War

Fails in the last major attempt to relieve Sevastopol.

Provenance

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