The War of 1853-1856 is often called the Crimean War. But the battle for Crimea was only an episode of a huge war. The confrontation of the Russian Empire with the combined forces of the allies - Britain, France, Turkey and the Kingdom of Sardinia - affected a huge territory: from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean. In fact, it was a war for world domination – a world war. What were the obvious and hidden causes of the great power confrontation that unfolded in the middle of the nineteenth century?
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