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The Crimean War was a war fought on 1853-56 between the [[Tsarist Russia|Russian Empire]] on one side and an alliance consisting of the [[Victorian Britain|British Empire]], [[The French Colonial Empire|the French Empire]] (no not [[Napoleon Bonaparte|that empire]]), [[City State Era|the Kingdom of Sardinia]], and the Ottoman Empire (today's Turkey). It also count as the 13th of Russia's 16 wars with Turkey (the first stemming back to the mid 16th Century)
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* In ''Anti-Ice'' by [[Stephen Baxter]], the discovery of the titular [[Phlebotinum]] results in a sudden and explosive [[Fantastic Nuke|end]] to the Crimean War.
* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3Ak78uo0UA&feature=related The Trooper]'', one of [[Iron Maiden]]'s most famous songs, retells the Charge of the Light Brigade from the point of view of one of the British cavalrymen involved.
* Mentioned in an unusual context in [https://web.archive.org/web/20110226034500/http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=2006561&postcount=13 this] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|hilarious post]] on the discussion board of [[
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