A brilliant paper from Alexander Sutherland of @kcllnucsc.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social A very balanced presentation, discussing the pro- and anti-Azov cohorts of historians #CrimeanWar

While the Russians did make a determined effort to try and counter the British Flying Squadron in thr Sea of #Azov, with 50,000 soldiers deployed along the coast, the overall cost in lost animals, stores and buildings was immense #CrimeanWar

The Sea of #Azov campaign saw the birth of both the 19c gunboat and more inventive flating batteries. All of which were used to attack scores of coastal settlements #CrimeanWar

@warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kcllnucsc.bsky.social Kicking off now, Alexander Sutherland lecture is kicking off #CrimeanWar

This interdisciplinary organisation aims to formalise the community of scholars working around the world whose research specialisms reach across national boundaries, by offering a platform for promoting events and projects and the presentation of new work #CrimeanWar

The International Network for Crimean War Studies was founded in 2022 to foster communication between scholars around the globe who research this nineteenth-century conflict: its origins, impacts and legacies across a variety of disciplinary, geographical and cultural contexts #CrimeanWar

Also, welcome to Alexander Sutherland, who is currently completing his Masters dissertation @kcllnucsc.bsky.social on the Sea of Azov campaign, May-November 1855, under the great Prof Andrew Lambert #CrimeanWar

Welcome to our newest members and #CrimeanWar researchers Dr Niri Ragnvald Johnsen and Mark Markov of University of Southern Denmark and @sametogutlu.bsky.social of the University of Istanbul. All of whom are undertaking research on or around the war. Watch this space to for more going forward

Upcoming #CrimeanWar event in UK. On 12 February Alexander Sutherland (KCL Masters student) will present 'The Flying Squadron’: the Crimean War in the Sea of Azov campaign, May-November 1855' as part of the King’s Maritime History Seminars, Spring-Summer 2026.

Recent #CrimeanWar lecture in UK. On 12 December 2025 Dr Richard Bates (University of Nottingham) presented ‘Florence Nightingale: Myth and Celebrity’ at the UK National Army Museum.

New Member. We are very happy to welcome Prof Rasmus Glenthøj, Department of Culture and Language, University of Southern Denmark to the Network. His CRIMESCAN project is a very exciting and long-overdue look at the goings-on during and impacts of the #CrimeanWar

@sochistorywar.bsky.social @smh-historians.bsky.social @britjnlmilhist.bsky.social @bho.bsky.social @mhafhs.bsky.social @militaryhistorynow.bsky.social

It is with great pleasure that we can report that a dedicated #CrimeanWar project will soon begin at the University of Southern Denmark led by Rasmus Glenthøj. Running from 2026 to 2029 it will focus on #Scandinavia from 1852-9 Watch this space for more going forward.

I always find this gravestone for John Duggan, in St Mary's Drogheda, incredibly moving. One of the '600' who rode into the 'Valley of Death' as a 17th Lancer #otd 1854, he survived - but only just. John fought throughout #CrimeanWar & ended his days as Sexton of St Mary's, dying in 1881, aged 67.

@crimeanwar.bsky.social All thanks to @icuf.bsky.social, the RNSHS and Eastlink TV, you can now watch my 'Ireland, Atlantic Canada and the Crimean War' lecture from Halifax back in June 2025 at youtu.be/X5-voQRJNeM #CrimeanWar #Ireland

Ziyi Wang'ın Doğu Sorunu üzerine 2025 tarihli bu tezi Kırım Savaşı kitabıma referans veriyor. #KırımSavaşı #КрымскаяВойна #CrimeanWar Disruptions to diplomacy: the Eastern Question in the Concert of Europe, 1814-1856 - goo.gl/scholar/1n53Rw #ScholarAlerts @crimeanwar.bsky.social

BBC Türkçe'nin Kırım Savaşı üzerine haberinde ben de varım. @crimeanwar.bsky.social @mesutuyar.bsky.social @routledgehistory.bsky.social @otdmilhistory.bsky.social @globalmarhist.bsky.social www.bbc.com/turkce/artic...

Our (I & Alexander Morrison) article on Kars is out. The stronghold of strongholds: Kars and the Russian military, 1807-1878 @routledgehistory.bsky.social @crimeanwar.bsky.social @mesutuyar.bsky.social @mhafhs.bsky.social journals.openedition.org/chreecc/15443

@icuf.bsky.social @crimeanwar.bsky.social The third and final outing for my Dobbin-funded research this year. A great turnout for tonight's seminar, with lots of interesting questions. My thanks to the organisers at UCD History #CrimeanWar #Ireland #Canada

#OTD 12 May 1820 the amazing #FlorenceNightingale was born Today is also celebrated as #InternationalNursesDay, fittingly as she & other strong forward thinking women such as #MarySeacole are who we have to thank for modern day nursing and to whom we all owe so much! #WomenInSTEM

24th Feb 1915 - unveiling of the statue of #FlorenceNightingale, as part of the memorial to the Crimean War. Meet Florence and learn about her work at Scutari hospital and afterwards, and also learn about #MarySeacole. www.historyoffthepage.co.uk/virtual-lear...

My first draft of Chapter Two, Section One is done! #PhDLife #MarySeacole

@icuf.bsky.social @crimeanwar.bsky.social Back in Ireland after a brilliant research trip to Toronto & #Canada. Caught up with old colleagues, met new ones, undertook brand new research, presented and learnt a whole lot about how Nova Scotia & Halifax experienced the #CrimeanWar Thank you ICUF

@icuf.bsky.social @smuarts.bsky.social My sincerest thanks to the RNSHS Committee and Halifax Central Library for hosting my Dobbin-funded talk on #CrimeanWar #AtlanticCanada #Halifax last night

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Wishing a warm #Halifax welcome to historian @paulhuddie.bsky.social, Visiting Researcher this summer with our #GorsebrookResearchInstitute for Atlantic Canada Studies! Dr. Huddie is the founder/coordinator of @milwelfhist.bsky.social and @crimeanwar.bsky.social. #SMUHistory @historysmu.bsky.social

@hfxgov.bsky.social @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social @dalhistory.bsky.social @smuarts.bsky.social @icuf.bsky.social @crimeanwar.bsky.social If you are around Halifax on Wed 25 June, be sure to drop into the Central Library for my talk, as part of the RNSHS lecture series. Full details attached.

@icuf.bsky.social Well, my Dobbin-funded research trip to Canada is well under way. With some useful sermons discovered so far to help better understand how Canadians viewed and understood the #CrimeanWar and how that compared to Ireland and Britain. More to come

The 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders) disembarking at the port of Kerch in the Crimea on 22 May 1855, during the Sea of Azov campaign. British, French and Ottoman forces aimed to cut the Russian army's supply line coming into the Crimea via the Kerch Strait and Sea of Azov. #crimeanwar

6 June 1855: The Allies began the third bombardment of Sevastopol during the Crimean campaign. It enabled the British to advance and capture the Quarries in front of the Redan, and for the French to capture the Mamelon Redoubt ahead of a major assault on the Redan and the Malakov. #CrimeanWar

5 April 1854: The first troops of the British contingent sent to defend Turkey against Russia arrived at Gallipoli. The force consisted of the Rifle Brigade and the 7th and 11th Companies of the Royal Engineers under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown. #CrimeanWar

The August 1854 impact scarring at Bomarsund is incredible. 1. Scarring from the naval bombardment at the main fort. 2. Scarring from rifle and artillery fire from the French attack at Brännklint Tower. 3. Scarring from the artillery of the British Battery at Notvik Tower. #Åland #CrimeanWar

The Paddle Steamer HMS Lightning under Bartholomew Sulivan leading a Royal Navy squadron through the Ängösund in 1854, the key event that facilitated the assault and taking of Bomarsund. Photo on right the same view today. #Åland #Finland #CrimeanWar

#Balaklava #CrimeanWar The Charge of the Light Brigade. An interesting #Liverpool connection? Edward Seager was born in Wavertree, Liverpool on 11th June 1812. In 1832 he joined the Queens Own Irish Hussars. In 1854 he was a Lieutenant who led one squadron of the 8th Hussars

11 March 1854: Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier onboard the 131-gun steam-powered HMS Duke of Wellington led the first squadron of the Baltic Fleet out from Spithead. His orders from the Foreign Office: to stop Russian warships leaving the Baltic. #CrimeanWar

Notvikstornet, Finland, 2024. An iconic Russian fortress from the Crimean War on Åland. #bomarsund #åland #crimeanwar #photography #landscape #cloudporn #monochrome #blackandwhite #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #classicmono You buy the hi-res of this beautiful photo here: bildbanken.ax/image/2129

@crimeanwar.bsky.social @icuf.bsky.social @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social @cais-irish1973.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social Thanks to @smuarts.bsky.social for hosting my talk on Ireland, Canada and the Crimean War #CrimeanWar

@ssnci.bsky.social @crimeanwar.bsky.social @efacis.bsky.social @karlykehoe.bsky.social If you happen to be around #Halifax #NovaScotia on 4 April, drop into @smuarts.bsky.social to hear my preliminary talk on my @icuf.bsky.social -funded project #Ireland #Canada #CrimeanWar More to come on 25 June.

This is always a fascinating podcast series from @neilbuttery.bsky.social, and this episode is especially great as an #AlexisSoyer fan. open.spotify.com/episode/44Em... #foodhistory #CelebrityChefs #ReformClub #faminerelief #CrimeanWar

A big welcome to Hugh Small, who has just joined our little collective of #CrimeanWar scholars from around the world

New book on the history and culture of the Black Sea region and a chapter on the #CrimeanWar by Mara Kozelsky. @crimeanwar.bsky.social @globalmarhist.bsky.social www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

British satirical map from 1856 after the Crimean War The Crimean War was fought from 1853 to 1856 and is one of the most famous military defeats of the Russian Empire. The opponents were the Ottoman, British, French, Austrian empires, the Kingdom of Sardinia and some others. #History #CrimeanWar

Happy New Year! #Ottoman #British #French soldiers exchanged pieces of their uniforms and enjoying comradeship #CrimeanWar

@mesutuyar.bsky.social Congratulations on your move to Australia Mesut. If you are still interested in being a part of this network, please do drop me an email.

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#CrimeanWar + #Canada = ? To learn more, check out the forthcoming research by @paulhuddie.bsky.social Project entitled: 'Ireland, Canada and the Crimean War: imperial connectivity and shared experiences?' Watch this space (and @paulhuddie.bsky.social) for more details in 2025

Check out the #navalreserce #RoyalNavy #CrimeanWar research by @paulhuddie.bsky.social

If you'd like know about the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers, check out my previous research on this under-appreciated 19c naval reserve service: youtu.be/FJJobOWxRgk?...

For more on the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers, see also porttowns.port.ac.uk/rncv/ and snr.org.uk/recruiting-t...

@kejamieson.bsky.social @paulhuddie.bsky.social @britjnlmilhist.bsky.social Vestige of the Crimean War can, like so many global conflicts, be found all over the world. Like in...