In Vanilla, Russia has a decision to declare itself the Defender of Eastern Christiandom- giving it a prestige-adding modifier. PDM has an entire event chain devoted to the Crimean War, expanding on what exists in Vanilla Victoria II (which is, admitted, not very much). Peace ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1856, which unified Moldavia and Wallachia into Romania- an Ottoman vassal. the first real setback for the great Russian Empire. It began when France attempted to exert authority over Christian holy sites inĭeclare itself the true "Defender of Eastern Christians" and intervene in 1853, bringing the French (and the British, who feared losing influence over the Levantine trade routes to India) to bear and starting a three-year war that ended in Russian defeat.
Historically the Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Sardinia. Detail of Franz Roubaud's panoramic painting The Siege of Sevastopol (1904)
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