And the The Welcome to Russian History Retold, episode 149, the Crimean War, the Crimean War, the Treaty and

the Aftermath. Last time we saw the end of the Crimean War. treaty and the aftermath.

Last time we saw the end of the Crimean War with the signing of the treaty of Paris.

Today we're going to go over some of the treaty and how it affected the combatants,

with particular emphasis of course, and how it changed the combatants, with particular emphasis, of course, and how it changed things

in Russia forever.

The far-reaching effects would eventually lead to the end of the Romanov dynasty.

The immediate reaction was jubilation in Vienna, Paris, London, Sardinia, and

Constantinople, with quite the opposite mood in St. Petersburg, as you would guess.

Well, what you're going to learn today is that while Russia was the clear loser,

the Allies didn't gain as much as they thought they would.

You could call it a Pyrrhic or hollow victory, but you have to take the long view of history because

some of the losses came many years after. Now if you remember the last episode,

I talked about the Russian victory at the Battle of Cars, which at the time

didn't seem to have much impact on the overall war.

What it did do was have a major impact on the peace negotiations.

So let's go to the negotiations which had a major impact on the future of each of the countries involved.

First off, who were the representatives to the negotiations?

Well, the Russians sent Prince Alexi Fyodorovich or Love and Philip Graf von Brunel, while the British St. Clerenden and Callie, the French

Waleski and Bourkeny, Austria St. Boel and Huebner, Turkey St sent Ali Pasha and Mehmede,

Shemel Bay with Sardinia, sending Count Kavor, and the Marquise de Villemarina.

The British arrived with position that it was their way or no way. This was met with a certain

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