Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kukundwa muhondo yeCrimea muna 1856 kwakanga kwanyadzisa vaRussia uye kwakawedzera chishuvo chavo chokutsiva. Kusanzwisisana pakati pehurumende dzeRussia neBritain kwakakura mukati menguva yepakati pezana remakore. Chifo cha 1815 pakanga pane hondo inotonhora yendangariro pakati peRussia inodzokera shure neBritain ine rusununguko. VaRussia vakabetsera Austria kudzvinyirira noutsinye kumukira kworusununguko kweHungary
muna 1849 kuchishungurudza kwevaBritain. Vatungamiriri veRussia vakanzwa kuti kunzwira tsitsi kworudzi rwavo muma1820 kwakabvumira ruregerero kupararira muMadokero. Vakazvidza shanduko dzorusununguko dzomuma1830 muFrance, Belgium, Europe yapakati; chakaipisisa pane zvose kwakanga kuri kumukira kwairwisana neRussia uko kwakanga kunofanira kupwanywa muPoland. Makwikwi matsva ezvematongerwe enyika uye ezvoupfumi akawedzera kusawirirana mukupera kwema1850, sezvo vaBritain vakatamira kumisika yeAsia. Kudzvinyirirwa kwakaitwa neRussia kupandukira kwemadzinza munharaunda yeCaucasus kwakasunungura mauto kuti aite mishandirapamwe yekuwedzera pesvedzero yeRussia muCentral Asia, iyo vaBritain vakatsanangura sekutyisidzira kwenguva refu Humambo hweBritain muIndia. Pakanga pane ruvengo rwakasimba rwevakuru uye ruzhinji kune kutyisidzira kwakadzokororwa kweRussia kuHumambo hweOttoman nechinangwa chekudzora materu anobatanidza Gungwa Dema neMediterranean.