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Episode 294, the Crimean War, a people's perspective.

Last time, we covered the people's perspective of the Russian Civil War.

Today, we continue our series on the three monumental events in Russian history,

this time being about the Crimean War.

In my opinion, the cataclysmic event that was the Russian Civil War began with Russia's

humiliating defeat in the Crimean War.

After Russia ousted Napoleon from its lands and defeated the French in 1814, Russia was considered

one of the world's leading powers.

Their defeat in Crimea exposed them as a real paper tiger and still a very

backwards nation. The impending defeat was said to have humiliated Zarnichlis the first so much that he died

heartbroken.

In today's episode, we'll again avoid going into the details of why the war started, who was involved in any

description of the battles that ensued. What we're going to focus on is how the

people who fought the war felt and what they experienced, as well as how the Russian people reacted to the events and eventual defeat.

It would lay the groundwork for the next episode in a series series A Russian Revolution, the people's perspective.

Within Russia there was a feeling of mistreatment by the Western powers of France, Great Britain, and Austria.

Through his ministers like Paskevich and Pagodin,

Zarnicless the first sought to rouse the Russian people into believing that it was an us versus

them situation much like Vladimir Putin is doing today. He also used a religious

argument that Russia had to protect its Orthodox

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