Question

The Russian empire was defeated in the Crimean War because

A) the Ottoman army was superior in arms and training.
B) Britain and France joined forces to prevent Russian expansion into the Ottoman empire.
C) Russian troops mutinied and demanded a new constitution.
D) the people of the Balkan peninsula resisted Russian advances.
E) the Russian troops were inadequately trained.

Answer 1

The Russian Empire was defeated in the Crimean War because Britain and France joined forces to prevent Russian expansion into the Ottoman Empire. Crimean War was a war in the 1850s in which Russia lost to an allegiance of France, the UK, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia.