ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Crimean War in some ways was the first modern technological conflict, according to The Institution of Engineering and Technology. For the first time, soldiers used rifles that were mass-produced in factories, and landed on coastlines in armored assault vessels.

Detailed explanation-2: -Florence Nightingale’s most famous contribution came during the Crimean War, which became her central focus when reports got back to Britain about the horrific conditions for the wounded at the military hospital on the Asiatic side of the Bosporus, opposite Constantinople, at Scutari (modern-day Üsküdar in Istanbul).

Detailed explanation-3: -The official cause of the war was a dispute between the Russian Czar, Nicholas I and the Ottoman Emperor, Abdulmejid I, over which empire would have authority over Orthodox Christians living in Ottoman territory. This religious dispute was a pretext for European powers to project power against each other.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Crimean War marked a turning point for the Russian Empire. The war weakened the Imperial Russian Army, drained the treasury and undermined Russia’s influence in Europe. The empire would take decades to recover.