CRIMEAN WAR & MEDIA

British Media Coverage of Crimean War

[Name of the institute]British Media Coverage of Crimean War

Introduction

Life is beautiful! Every individual on this earth has given one life to live. It should be lived with all the cheerfulness and happiness. In order to pursue true happiness individuals unite together and form families. Due to these families various businesses run and society progresses. Unfortunately, there are few factors that disrupt the peace and happiness of the families and peace of the society. One such factor is of war. Today, this world is in the fire of war. This element of war has affected various families and societies all over the globe. The phenomenon of war is not new. In history, there were many wars. The main reason due to which wars that occurred in history are not in the memory of people is that there was no media coverage of wars in past. The first war that received the exposure of media is reported to be Crimean war. The aim and objective of this paper is also to talk about this war of Crimean and media coverage that it received.

Crimean War

The Crimean War was a war between the Russian Empire, ruled by the dynasty of the Romanovs, and the alliance of the United Kingdom. The war took place between October 1853 and February 1856. Most of the conflict took place on the Crimean peninsula in the Black Sea. Under the treaties negotiated during the eighteenth century, France was the guardian of Roman Catholics in the Ottoman Empire, while Russia was the protector of Orthodox Christians. For years, Catholics and Orthodox monks vied for possession of the Basilica of the Nativity and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Palestine. During 1850 both sides made ??demands which the Sultan could not satisfy simultaneously. In 1853, Sultan leaned in favor of France, despite the vehement protests of the local Orthodox monks. The Tsar Russia, Nicholas I, sent a diplomat, Prince Menshikov, on a special mission to the Turkish government. By previous treaties, the Sultan Abd-ul-Mejid I was committed to defending the religion and the Christian Church, but Menshikov attempted to negotiate a new treaty, by which Russia could intervene when deemed inadequate protection of the Sultan (Taylor 2000, pp. 199).

At the same time, the British government sent an emissary, who learned to reach the demands of Menshikov. Through diplomacy, Lord Starford convinced the Sultan that rejected the treaty, which compromised the independence of Turkish citizens. Shortly after learning of the failure of its negotiator, the Czar sent his army into Moldavia and Wallachia, Ottoman territories in which Russia was known as a guardian of the Orthodox Church, on the excuse the lack of solutions by the Sultan to protect sacred places. Nicholas I believed that European powers would not object to the annexation done, especially because Russia had helped quell the Revolutions of 1848. So much for the reasons considered official (Russell 2009, pp. 99).

However, the real motives of this war were, as ...