Ka cika wannan jumlar: A shekara ta 1854, an yi Yaƙin Crimea tsakanin Daular Rasha da wata ƙungiyar Faransa, Biritaniya, Masarautar Sardinia da Daular Ottoman. Ofaya daga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na farko na Yaƙin shine Yaƙin Alma inda sojojin haɗin gwiwa suka ci nasara da sojojin Rasha. Siege na Sevastapol ya biyo baya ba da daɗewa ba a watan Satumba na 1854; ya kasance har tsawon shekara guda a farashin fiye da rayuka 128,000, kashi uku cikin huɗu sun mutu daga cutar. Bayan kewaye a Sevastapol, fadace-fadace sun daina kuma a ranar 30 ga Maris, 1856, bayan shekaru biyu na aiki, 'yan Rasha sun tattauna yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya a
Majalisa ta Paris. Yarjejeniyar ta sanya Bahar Maliya a matsayin yanki mai tsaka tsaki, ta rufe shi ga duk jiragen ruwa na yaƙi, da kuma hana ƙarfafawa da kasancewar makamai a gabarta. Yakin Crimean ya haifar da manyan canje-canje da yawa a cikin Sojojin Burtaniya. Sayar da kwamitocin ya kasance cikin zurfin bincike a lokacin yakin, musamman dangane da Yaƙin Balaclava, wanda ya ga mummunan Charge na Light Brigade. Wannan binciken ya haifar da ƙarshen sayar da kwamitocin.