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The Crimean War alliance is presented as a financial trap: British and French support helped the Ottomans militarily but saddled them with debt and foreign tax administration.
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Crimean WAR
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...why was that in the 19th century, Turkey entered into the Crimean War against Russia. And Turkey could not defeat Russia, so the French..."
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Jiang presents the post-Napoleonic peace, the 1848 Revolutions, and the later return to interstate war as a historical pattern showing elites choosing external conflict when internal unrest becomes threatening.
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"...1853, Russia attacked the Ottoman Empire. And this led to the Crimean War. The British and the French feared Russian expansionism. And so they..."
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"And so from now on, a third of all revenue, tax revenue, that the Ottoman Empire generated would go directly to the French and..."
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"Right. So, I think that in the future, global conflict will be less and less likely. And the reason why is nuclear weapons, right?..."
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"...let's just go to war. And that's why you had the Crimean War, and then you had the Franco -Parsian War, and then you..."
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"...why was that in the 19th century, Turkey entered into the Crimean War against Russia. And Turkey could not defeat Russia, so the French..."
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"This is why we did the Crimean war. Against the Russians as well. In the mid 19th century. But now when you push Russia..."
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"...in Europe, in Russian history, because that's when Russia loses the Crimean War to the Ottoman Empire backed by the French and the British...."
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"But in 1853 and 1856, after Russia loses the Crimean War, Russia understands that It is backward and agricultural compared with Europe. So Alexander..."
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"...Okay? The Crimea. And this will lead to something called the Crimean War in 1854. Okay? So, Peter the Great, again, he wins because..."
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"...no more wars in Europe, okay? Until maybe 1856 during the Crimean War, okay?"
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