The Crimean War: How It Reshaped Geopolitics!

The Ottoman Empire is on the verge of extinction. Russia's Tsar Nicholas I is advancing to strike the ultimate blow. However, France and the United Kingdom interfere, igniting the Crimean War.
Russia's rivalry with the Turkic Peoples dates back to the early Middle Ages when the Kievan Rus fought multiple battles with surrounding Khanates. The present map of the Caucasus and Central Asia would be shaped by the ongoing battles between Russians and Turks. In the 18th century, their antagonism almost reached a permanent state of war as both peoples founded distinct governments. In the late 16th century, the Ottoman Empire's growth came to a standstill. Meanwhile, Russia has been engulfing significant swaths of Turkish land. The Ottoman Empire's demise was simply a matter of time by the mid-nineteenth century. In Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Russia appeared to be all-powerful. By the 1850s, Tsar Nicholas I was on a mission to assassinate the Sultan. However, if the Ottomans fell to Russian hands, Saint Petersburg would have complete control of the Eastern Mediterranean, which was unacceptable to most European powers. When Russia waged war on Constantinople, France, and the United Kingdom sided with the Sultan and engaged in the so-called Crimean War. This fight would be the first significant setback to the Congress of Vienna, which had been created in 1815, and it would forever alter the geopolitical relationships on the European Continent.