Queen Victoria
wrote to her during the war, and after the peace spoke highly of her achievements abroad. The monarch sent her a personal letter and an engraved, enameled, and jeweled brooch designed by the...
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23 October 1853: The Sultan of Turkey declared war on Russia;...
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23 October 1853
The Sultan of Turkey declared war on Russia; Turkish troops subsequently moved into the Danubian Principalities. This conflict began the Crimean War.
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