Crimean War Commemorative Column

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Overview: Battle of Alma, (September 20, 1854), victory by the British and the French in the Crimean War that left the Russian naval base of Sevastopol vulnerable and endangered the entire Russian position in the war. It is generally considered the first battle of the Crimean War.

Overview: The Battle of Inkerman was fought during the Crimean War on 5 November 1854 between the allied armies of Britain and France against the Imperial Russian Army. The battle broke the will of the Russian Army to defeat the allies in the field, and was followed by the Siege of Sevastopol. The role of troops fighting mostly on their own initiative due to the foggy conditions during the battle has earned the engagement the name "The Soldier's Battle."

Overview: The Battle of the Chernaya (also Tchernaïa; Russian: Сражение у Черной речки, Сражение

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, August 22, 2023

2. Alma side

у реки Черной, literally: Battle of the Black River) was a battle by the Chyornaya River fought during the Crimean War on August 16, 1855. The battle was fought between Russian troops and French and Piedmontese troops. The Chyornaya River is on the outskirts of Sevastopol. The battle ended in a Russian retreat and a victory for the French and Piedmontese.

Overview: The siege of Sevastopol (at the time called in English the siege of Sebastopol) lasted from October 1854 until September 1855, during the Crimean War. The allies (French, Sardinian, Ottoman, and British) landed at Eupatoria on 14 September 1854, intending to make a triumphal march to Sevastopol, the capital of the Crimea, with 50,000 men. Major battles along the way were Alma (September 1854), Balaklava (October 1854), Inkerman (November 1854), Tchernaya (August 1855), Redan (September 1855), and, finally, Malakoff (September 1855). During the siege, the allied navy undertook six bombardments of the capital, on 17 October 1854; and on 9 April, 6 June, 17 June, 17 August, and 5 September 1855.

The siege of Sevastopol is one of the last classic sieges in history. The city of Sevastopol was the home of the Tsar's Black Sea Fleet, which threatened the Mediterranean.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, August 22, 2023

3. Inkermann (Inkerman) side

The Russian field army withdrew before the allies could encircle it. The siege was the culminating struggle for the strategic Russian port in 1854–55 and was the final episode in the Crimean War.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, August 22, 2023

4. Tchernaia (Chernaya) side

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, August 22, 2023

5. Sebastopol side

circa 1910

6. Square des Arts et Métiers postcard

The commemorative column is shown in here, with the difference being that when this photo was taken the column was still topped by a bronze statue of “Victory crowning the French flag”, created by Gustave Crauk in 1864. The statue was removed and melted down during the German occupation in WW II.