Flashcard sets with a 'crimean war' term meaning '(1853-1856) conflict ostensibly waged to protect orthodox christians in the ottoman empire, in actuality to gain a foothold in the black sea. turks, britain, and france forced russia to sue for peace. the treaty of paris (1856) forfeited russia's right to maintain a war fleet in the black sea. russia also lost the principalities of wallachia and moldavia.'

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