6 January 1854Advance to CetateJoseph Anrep
Advances toward Cetate with reinforcements, helping prompt the Ottoman withdrawal from the area.
Historical records for Russia in 1854, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Advances toward Cetate with reinforcements, helping prompt the Ottoman withdrawal from the area.
Defends Cetate through the renewed Ottoman assault until Russian reinforcements arrive.
Brings Russian reinforcements into the fighting around Cetate during the January engagement.
Directs Russian pressure against the fortified Ottoman bridgehead at Calafat.
Commands Russian forces during the campaign against Silistria before illness and injury end his active role.
After Russia ignores an Anglo-French ultimatum to withdraw from the Danubian Principalities, Great Britain and France formally declare war.
Rejects British complaints after Russian batteries fire during the flag-of-truce incident at Odessa.
Birth of Paul von Rennenkampf
Commands Russian land defences during the Anglo-French bombardment of Odessa.
Defeats an Ottoman force at Nigoiti, opening the way for a Russian advance toward Ozurgeti.
Besieges Silistria on the Danube.
Directs important Russian engineering work during the siege of Silistria and is fatally wounded.
Ends the unsuccessful Russian attempt to reduce the Ottoman position at Calafat.
Defeats the larger Ottoman corps at the Choloki River and captures its artillery.
Commands Russian troops during costly attacks on the Ottoman defences at Silistria.
Reinforces Russian forces during the fighting around Giurgiu as the Ottomans regain the initiative.
Takes part in Russian attempts to contain the Ottoman advance near Giurgiu.
Commands Russian troops opposing the Ottoman crossing and advance near Giurgiu.
Refuses the British surrender demand and helps organize the monastery's resistance during the bombardment.
Defeats the Ottoman Anatolian army at Kurekdere despite being substantially outnumbered.
Russia rejects conditions set by the Allies, the Vienna Four Points.
Russia rejects conditions set by the Allies, the Vienna Four Points.
Surrenders the isolated Bomarsund fortress after sustained Anglo-French land and naval attacks.
Organizes the Russian defence when the Anglo-French Pacific squadron attacks Petropavlovsk.
Repels the final Allied landing assault and preserves the Russian Pacific port.
Fails to oppose the Allied landing in Crimea.
Defeated by the Allied forces of France and Great Britain who cross the River Alma. Chooses to fight the French and British on the River Alma on their march to Sevastopol.
Is defeated by Allied forces on the River Alma.
Directs Russian forces while naval ships are scuttled and their guns and crews are used in Sevastopol's defence.
Leaves Sevastopol and marches to Bakhchisarai to join up with Russian reinforcements.
Oversees the Russian war effort as Sevastopol's defenders use naval guns and crews to strengthen the fortress.
The Allies land in the Crimea without any opposition from the Russian Commander.
Supports sinking ships to block Sevastopol harbour.
Is mortally wounded during the first major Allied bombardment of Sevastopol.
Directs Russian forces that seize Ottoman redoubts and threaten the British supply base at Balaclava.
Russian forces fail to break the Allied position linking Balaclava and Sevastopol.
Strengthens fieldworks around Sevastopol.
Develops rifle pits and fieldworks that strengthen the Russian defence of Sevastopol.
Extends fortifications around the Redan, Flagstaff Bastion and Malakoff during the siege.
Constructs the Russian fortifications to defend Sevastopol.
Menshikov attempts to break through the besieging troops. Loses 12,000 men compared to the British 3,300.
Fails to break the Allied siege lines at Inkerman.
Commands a Russian column attacking the Allied positions during the battle of Inkerman.
Leads one of the principal Russian columns attacking British positions at Inkerman and is killed in the fighting.
Birth of Alexander Samsonov
Commands the Russian fortress of Bomarsund before surrendering to the Anglo-French expedition.
Commands defensive positions around the Malakoff during the siege of Sevastopol.
Organises the naval contribution to Sevastopol's defence after the Allied landing in Crimea.
Crosses the Danube and besieges Silistria.
The Tsar sends his troops into Moldova and Wallachia (the "Danubian Principalities"), Great Britain, seeking to maintain the security of the Ottoman Empire, sends a fleet to the Dardanelles, where it joined another fleet sent by France.
The Tsar sends his troops into Moldova and Wallachia (the "Danubian Principalities"), Great Britain, seeking to maintain the security of the Ottoman Empire, sends a fleet to the Dardanelles, where it joined another fleet sent by France.
Serves with Russian forces during the unsuccessful campaign against the Ottoman fortress of Silistria.
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