1854 in Russia
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Nicholas I
Events
- February 27 â Britain sends Russia an ultimatum to withdraw from the Romanian provinces Moldavia and Wallachia.
- March 27 â Crimean War: The United Kingdom declares war on Russia.
- March 28 â France declares war on Russia.
- June 21 â Battle of Bomarsund in à land.
- August 16 â Battle of Bomarsund: Russian troops in the island of Bomarsund in à land surrender to FrenchâBritish troops.
- September 20 â Battle of the Alma: Menshikov's forces unsuccessfully defend a height above the Alma River from an allied infantry advance commanded by de Saint-Arnaud, Suleiman Pasha, and Lord Raglan.[1]
Births
- July 7 â Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov, poet, scientist and revolutionary (d. 1946)
