Causes of the Crimean War and its Defeat.

The Crimean War began in 1853. The only positive moment in it was the Battle of Sinop. The rest of the battles were lost. There were several reasons for the start of the war between Russia and Turkey. First, Turkey sought to limit Russia’s dominance in the Balkan territories. She closed the Bosphorus and Dardanelles to the Russian Empire in order to weaken its economic development. Russia set goals for the liberation of the Balkan peoples from the oppression of the Ottoman Empire. Western countries sought to limit Russian influence in the market.