title: The evolution of the situation in the Black Sea in the forecasts of the military command of the Russian Empire in the early stage of the Crimean war (October 1853 – September 1854)
abstract: The purpose of this article is the analyses of the forecasts of the Russian military commanders about steps of Turkish and Anglo-French forces in the Black Sea area in the end of 1853 – first half of 1854 and the investigation of efforts of the Russian military command for defense of the Russian Black Sea coast from enemy landings in the early stage of the Crimean war. Due to the analyses of the official documentation and the personal sources (including the correspondence of the emperor Nicholas
journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)