Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Muna 1854, Hondo yeCrimea yakatanga pakati peUmambo hweRussia nesangano reFrance, Great Britain, Umambo hweSardinia, uye Umambo hweOttoman. Imwe yehondo dzokutanga dzeHondo yaiva Hondo yeAlma apo mauto eAllied akakunda mauto eRussia zvinogutsa. Kukombwa kweSevastapol kwakatevera nokukurumidza pashure pacho muna September 1854; kwaifanira kupfuurira kwegore rimwe chete pamutengo woupenyu hunopfuura 128 000, zvikamu zvitatu zvezvina zvacho zvakafa nechirwere. Mushure mekukombwa kweSevastopol, kurwa kwakapera uye musi wa 30 Kurume 1856, mushure memakore maviri ekuita, maRussia vakataurirana Chibvumirano cheRunyararo pa
Musangano weParis. Chibvumirano chacho chakaita kuti Gungwa Dema rive nharaunda isina kwayakarerekera, richirivharira ngarava dzose dzehondo, uye kurambidza masvingo uye kuvapo kwezvombo pamhenderekedzo dzaro. Hondo yeCrimea yakakonzera kuchinja kukuru muuto reBritain. Kutengeswa kwemakomisheni kwakaongororwa zvakanyanya munguva yehondo, kunyanya zvine chekuita neHondo yeBalaclava, iyo yakaona kurwiswa kwakashata kweLight Brigade. Uku kunzvera pakupedzisira kwakatungamirira kukubviswa kwokutengeswa kwemakomisheni.