Crimean War
/kraɪˈmɪən/- a war (1853-1856) between Russia and an alliance of Great Britain, France, Sardinia, and Turkey. Russian aggression against Turkey led to war, with Turkey's European allies intervening to destroy Russian naval power in the Black Sea in 1854 and eventually capture the fortress city of Sebastopol in 1855 after a lengthy siege.克里米亚战争（1853-1856年发生的俄国同英、法、撒丁王国、土耳其联盟之间的战争; 俄国对土耳其的侵略导致了战争, 1854年土耳其的欧洲盟国干预摧毁俄国在黑海的海军力量, 经过长时期围攻, 于1855年最终占领了塞瓦斯托波尔这一要塞城市）。