the Crimean War
/ðə kraɪˌmiːən ˈwɔː(r)/
/ðə kraɪˌmiːən ˈwɔːr/
- a war fought by Britain, France and Turkey against Russia between 1853 and 1856 in the Crimea, a part of the Ukraine. Russia wanted power over Turkey, and Britain and France wanted to end Russia's power in the Black Sea. Most of the military action was around Sebastopol, the Russian navy base. It was the first war during which the European public were able to follow events as they happened, because of the invention of the telegraph (= a device for sending messages along wires by the use of electric current).
克里米亚战争：1853年至1856年间，英国，法国和土耳其在乌克兰的一部分克里米亚对俄罗斯发动了战争。俄罗斯希望对土耳其拥有权力，而英国和法国希望终止俄罗斯在黑海的权力。大部分军事行动都在俄罗斯海军基地塞巴斯托波尔附近。由于电报的发明（这是通过使用电流沿着电线发送信息的装置），这是欧洲公众第一次能够追踪事件的战争。