The treaty ending this war demilitarized the Åland Islands, made the Black Sea neutral, and prevented Russia from claiming the right to protect the Christians in the Ottoman Empire.
Mary Seacole ran a hospital for soldiers injured on the front of this war, which William Howard Russell gained fame for reporting on. Tensions that led to this war increased when Russia insisted that another country follow the conditions of the Treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji, leading to fears that Russia was attempting to establish exclusive influence over that country in violation of the Straits Treaty. The treaty ending this war demilitarized the Åland Islands, made the Black Sea neutral, and prevented Russia from claiming the right to protect the Christians in the Ottoman Empire. For 10 points, name this war which saw the bloody Siege of Sevastopol, and pitted France and Great Britain against Russia in the namesake Ukranian peninsula from 1853 to 1856.
Mary Seacole ran a hospital for soldiers injured on the front of this war, which William Howard Russell gained fame for reporting on.
{Crimean} War