title: Russia's Military Strategy and Lessons of the War
abstract: This chapter argues that the outcome of the Crimean War was ultimately influenced by factors unrelated to the events in the Black Sea. The outcome of the war and the outcome of the siege of Sevastopol had different reasons that should not replace each other. Russian-Austrian and Russian-Prussian bilateral alliances, conventions and mutual obligations concluded in the 1830s worked successfully during the crises of 1839–1841 and 1848–1850. However, they failed during the crisis that began in 1852.