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 ye
Hondo yeAlma umo mauto eAllied akakunda zvinogutsa mauto eRussia. 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. Pashure pokukombwa paSevastopol, kurwa kwakapera uye musi wa30 March 1856, pashure pemakore maviri okuita zvehondo, vaRussia vakakurukura Chibvumirano Chorugare paCongress yeParis. 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.