The Crimean War was a decisive turning point in European history, marking the end of the Vienna settlement, and the beginning of a new system.

📜 Siege of Vienna: Charge of the Winged Hussars - Leopold knew it was time to get the Holy Roman Empire involved if he wanted to keep Vienna, but it wouldn't be as simple as asking for a favor ...

The emerging crisis pitting ethnic Russians seeking integration with Moscow and Crimean Tatars who wish to remain in Ukraine is emblematic of the smoldering tensions that have been a fact of daily ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1683 siege of Vienna by the Ottoman Army.

📜 Siege of Vienna: Opening Bombardment - Mehmed IV wanted to live up to, and even surpass, the legacy of his forefather Mehmed II, who had secured the Ottomans' inheritance to the Roman Empire ...

The fierce fighting on the Crimean Peninsula -- and particularly around the strategic port city of Sevastopol -- is one of the most dramatic and impressive pages of the Soviet Union's struggle ...

Well-known Crimean Tatar rights lawyer Emil Kurbedinov announced that his team of lawyers were planning a legal battle to protect the Khan's Palace from an "unjustified attack on the historical ...

Crimean Tatars say the firm picked by Russia-appointed authorities on annexed Crimea is causing irreparable damage to a 16th-century palace on the Ukrainian Peninsula.

The Crimean War was a decisive turning point in European history, marking the end of the Vienna settlement, and the beginning of a new system.