17 February 1855Battle of EupatoriaPeter Dmitrievich Gorchakov
Defeated by the Turks and the Allied siege line draw closer.
Historical records for Russia in 1855, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Defeated by the Turks and the Allied siege line draw closer.
Becomes Tsar after the death of Nicholas I during the Crimean War.
Is killed by artillery fire while directing the defence of the Malakoff sector.
Commands Cossack forces resisting Allied landing parties around Taganrog.
Assists the Russian defence and civil response during the Allied attack on Taganrog.
Directs local Russian resistance during the Allied attack on Taganrog.
Part of the Russian outer defences are seized, there are 8,500 Russian casualties.
Commands Russian forces besieging Kars.
Dies after being wounded during the siege of Sevastopol.
Orders the Russian attempt to break the siege at the Chernaya River, which ends in defeat.
Fails in the last major attempt to relieve Sevastopol.
Commands Russian troops during the failed attempt to relieve Sevastopol at the Chernaya River.
Commands Russian troops during the unsuccessful attack on Allied positions at the Chernaya River.
Participates in the Russian attempt to relieve pressure on Sevastopol at the Chernaya River.
Commands a Russian corps in the attack at the Chernaya River and is killed during the fighting.
Ends in Russian defeat and the last hope for relieving Sevastopol.
Commands Russian troops during the final Allied assault period around the Malakoff.
Withdraws Russian forces to the north side of Sevastopol.
Continues defensive work before Russia abandons the south side.
Launches a major assault on the defences of Kars but suffers heavy losses.
Commands the Russian garrison at Kinburn during the Allied naval and amphibious attack.
Accepts the surrender of the starving Ottoman garrison after a prolonged siege.
Publication of "A Month in the Country"
Appointed Commander in Chief of the Russian forces in the Crimea in place of the disgraced Prince Menshikov
Appointed Commander in Chief of the Russian forces in the Crimea in place of the disgraced Prince Menshikov.
Appointed Commander of the Russian forces, replaces Menshikov
Directs naval personnel and defensive operations in Sevastopol before being mortally wounded.
Commands the Russian army investing the Ottoman fortress of Kars in the Caucasus.
Russian forces evacuate the southern side of Sevastopol after the French capture the Malakoff.
Succeeds as Tsar of Russia.
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