Kars (Turkey) History Siege, 1855
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Name (Hebrew)
קארס (טורקיה) היסטוריה מצור, 1855
Name (Latin)
Kars (Turkey) History Siege, 1855
Coordinates
43.1 43.1 40.616667 40.616667 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Crimean War, 1853-1856 Campaigns Turkey
Sieges Turkey
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q815157
Library of congress:
sh2001005977
Sources of Information
- Work cat: Williams, W.F. The siege of Kars, 1855, defence and capitulation, c2000:pref. (In 1855, while the British Army was fighting alongside the French and Turkish armies in the Crimean War, a little-known but serious siege was taking place in the eastern corner of Turkey. The British were giving assistance to the Turkish Army at the siege of Kars.)
- Britannica, WWW site, 30 May 2001(Kars, after withstanding a siege by Iranians in 1731 and successfully resisting the Russians in 1807, fell to the Russians in 1828 and 1855)
- Crimean War Research Society, WWW site, 30 May 2001Chronology of the events of the Crimean War, 1853-1856 page (Kars listed in 1855)
- Archive editions WWW site, 30 May 2001:Caucasian boundaries p. 2 (Key historical features, 1853-55 Russian campaign and siege of Kars)