![]() If Germany, Russia and Austria-Hungary should follow they had to industrialize more. Japan and USA was also on the move after US victory over Spain and Japans victory over Russia in 1905. England was the biggest imperialist power before 1914, but France and Russia was not far behind. From 1875 to 1945 the world was characterized three features: An economic and military system with multipolar power, colonial expansion and militaristic state capitalism. the imperialist powers controlled directly the colony states and their economy. Until 2 nd world war imperialism meant the same as colony rule, i.e. ![]() The Crimean War, famed for the «Charge of the Light Brigade» (miscommunication and errors led to a British light cavalry was sent against a different artillery battery, the assault ended with high British casualties and no decisive gains), would fundamentally alter the balance of power in Europe and set the stage for World War One. Because of battles, population exchanges, and nationalist movements incited by the war, the present-day states of Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, and regions such as Crimea and the Caucasus all changed in small or large ways due to this conflict. Most of the fighting took place for control of the Black Sea, with land battles on the Crimean peninsula in southern Russia. Russia survived, gained a new appreciation for its religious diversity, and launched a reform program with far-reaching consequences. The Christians were granted a degree of official equality and the Orthodox gained control of the Christian churches in dispute. The longer-term causes involved the decline of the Ottoman Empire, and the unwillingness of Britain and France to allow Russia to gain territory and power at Ottoman expense. The French promoted the rights of Catholics, while Russia promoted those of the Orthodox. ![]() The immediate issue involved the rights of Christians in the Holy Land, which was controlled by the Ottoman Empire. While neutral, Austria played a minor role in stopping the Russians. This was a conflict in which Russia lost to an alliance of France, Britain, the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia. To understand the current crises in Ukraine and Crimea with the interference of EU, NATO and the US and Russia’s response one have to go back in history, at least to the Crimean war in 1853-6. ![]()
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