BALAKLAVA

bələkläˈvə, section of the city of Sevastopol, in S Ukraine, on the Crimean peninsula. Fishing and limestone quarrying are carried on. In ancient times it was an important Greek commercial city. In the Middle Ages it belonged to the Genoese until it was taken (1475) by the Turks, who gave it its present name. In the Crimean War, Balaklava became famous for an allied victory (Oct., 1854) over the Russians and particularly for the charge of the Light Brigade, celebrated by Tennyson. On Oct. 25, through a disputed error in orders, the earl of Cardigan led an English light cavalry brigade of some 670 in a hopeless charge on a heavily protected Russian position, and more than two thirds of his men were killed or wounded. Balaklava was the capital of the former Balaklava dist. in the Crimean region until 1957, when it was incorporated into Sevastopol. There are ruins of a Genoese fortress (14th–15th cent.) in Balaklava.

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books on: Balaklava  - 205 results

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Mrs Duberly's War: Journal and Letters from the Crimea, 1854-6
Book by Frances Isabella Locek Duberly, Christine Kelly; Oxford University Press, 2007
Subjects: Crimean War, 1853-1856--Personal Narratives, British, Duberly, Frances Isabella Locke--1829-1903--Correspondence, Duberly, Frances Isabella Locke--1829-1903--Diaries
...sufferings of last winter. I rode down to Balaklava a day or two since; and while the memory...in common with every- thing else, Balaklava has changed. It is no longer a heap...blows until ones very heart grew cold. Balaklava was then filthy, naked, and starved...
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Tennyson in America: His Reputation and Influence from 1827 to 1858
Book by John Olin Eidson; The University of Georgia Press, 1943
Subjects: Literature, Comparative--American And English, Literature, Comparative--English And American, Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson--Baron--1809-1892
...are quoted. For Hope "The Charge at Balaklava", see op. cit. , pp. 79-86. For Meek "Balaklava", see his Songs and Poems of the South...popular it would become, Meek wrote "Balaklava" for the New Orleans Sunday Delta in...
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Surgeons at War: Medical Arrangements for the Treatment of the Sick and Wounded in the British Army during the Late 18th and 19th Centuries
Book by Matthew H. Kaufman; Greenwood, 2001
Subjects: Great Britain--Army--Medical Care--History--18th Century, Great Britain--Army--Medical Care--History--19th Century, Medicine, Military--Great Britain--History--18th Century, Medicine, Military--Great Britain--History--19th Century
...abandoned. The British then sailed to Balaklava, and the French withdrew to two small...counterattacked, resulting in the Battle of Balaklava, fought on October 25, 1854. The Russians...defensive perimeter of the Allied garrison at Balaklava, and quickly overcame the Turkish positions...
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A History of Modern England - Vol. 1
Book by Herbert Paul; Macmillan Company, 1904
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901
...1 The provisions were brought up from Balaklava. But they were stored in transports...dashed to pieces against the cliffs of Balaklava, and among them the Prince , the largest...Road, there was only a cart track from Balaklava, and this was made impassable by mud...
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Caran an T-Saoghail: The Wiles of the World : Anthology of 19th Century Scottish Gaelic Verse
Book by Donald E. Meek; Birlinn, 2003
Subjects: Scotland--Poetry, Scottish Gaelic Poetry--19th Century, Scottish Gaelic Poetry--19th Century--Translations Into English
...main points of encounter - Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman, and Sebastopol - became...battles were fought before it ended - Balaklava (25 October 1854), when the...attacked the British military base at Balaklava and 'the charge of the Light Brigade...
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journal articles on: Balaklava  - 13 results

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Lessons in Leadership: the Battle of Balaklava, 1854
Journal article by Anna Maria Brudenell; Military Review, Vol. 88, 2008
Subjects: Armed forces, Leadership, Light Brigade
...Lessons in Leadership: the Battle of Balaklava, 1854 by Anna Maria Brudenell THE CHARGE...25 October 1854, during the Battle of Balaklava in the Crimean War. The action has become...regiment and their leaders. The Battle of Balaklava The Battle of Balaklava was a Russian...
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The Use of Chloroform by British Army Surgeons during the Crimean War
Journal article by Henry Connor; Medical History, Vol. 42, 1998
Subjects: Anesthetics, Chloroform
...60 lbs on board, but which called at Balaklava on 2 September where 30 lbs were transferred...lbs on the John Masterman store ship in Balaklava harbour, which the army did not reach...were still in the Apothecarys Stores at Balaklava on 5 January 1855.43 Inventories of...
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Giving Voice to the Crimean War: Tennyson's "Charge" and Maud's Battle-Song
Journal article by Stefanie Markovits; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 47, 2009
Subjects: Crimean War, 1853-1856--Portrayals, Poets--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Works, Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron--Criticism and interpretation, Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron--Works, War poetry--Analysis
...charge of the Light Cavalry Brigade at Balaklava generated more poetry than any other...Tennyson) called a "valley of death" at Balaklava, as enemy guns showered them with...24) Poetry about this war (note that Balaklava here comes to symbolize the war more...
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The "Soft War" for Europe's East
Journal article by Bruce P. Jackson; Policy Review, 2006
Subjects: European Union--International trade, Putin, Vladimir--Political activity, Russia--International trade, Russia--Political aspects, Russian foreign relations, United States--Foreign policy
...murderously, to be the ordinating powers in the region. More than 150 years after the Charge of the Light Brigade up the slopes of Balaklava during the siege of Sevastopol, it is the region we are now beginning to call the Greater Black Sea that commands the attention...
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The Two Voices
Journal article by John M. Picker; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 41, 2003
Subjects: English literature, 1837-1901 (Victorian age)--Study and teaching, Literary research--Forecasts and trends, Relevance--Analysis, Victorian period literature, 1832-1901--Study and teaching
...Wars Bloodiest Battle." "The Charge of the Light Brigade," written in response to an 1854 London Times editorial on the Balaklava debacle, seems a not-too-distant poetic antecedent to the kind of memorable lyric that could, but likely will not...
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magazine articles on: Balaklava  - 14 results

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What David Cameron Can Learn from the Charge of the Light Brigade
Magazine article by David Blanchflower; New Statesman (1996), Vol. 140, February 7, 2011
Subjects: Battle of Balaklava, 1854, Cameron, David (British prime minister)--Economic policy, Financial crises--Influence, Global Economic Crisis, 2008---Management, Prime ministers--Economic policy
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Railways, Rifles and Telegraphs: The Birth of Modern Warfare
Magazine article by Amanda Foreman; New Statesman, Vol. 139, October 25, 2010
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Crimea: The Last Crusade (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...the 93rd Highlanders at the Battle of Balaklava in October 1854 would never have survived...Crimean Central Railway, running from Balaklava to the military camp above Sevastopol...brought down the wounded to be treated at Balaklava in what became known as "hospital trains...
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The Human Life Foundation: Great Defender of Life Dinner
Magazine article; Human Life Review, Vol. 33, Winter 2007
Subjects: Foundations, Speeches
...Agincourt. On this same date in 1854 the Light Brigade charged at Balaklava. Agincourt was a great day for those on the winning side...despite all odds, and to avoid the miscalculated valor of Balaklava. For these many years, the Human Life Review has had a strong...
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Photography at War
Magazine article by Jonathan Marwil; History Today, Vol. 50, June 2000
Subjects: Photography--19th century, War--Illustrations, photographs, etc.
...with two British army sappers. Five months later the trio, along with their pictures, were lost when their ship sank in Balaklava harbour during a hurricane. The army then sent out two officers trained in photography. Both survived the experience, but...
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The Age of Volunteering: Volunteering Isn't Just the Preserve of Elderly Matrons and Eager Young Students Taking a Gap-Year Break. Whether You're Keen to Get Away from Your Parents for a While, Need Some Respite from Your Office Routine or Looking to Spice Up Your Retirement, Do Yourself a Favour by Doing Someone Else One
Magazine article; Geographical, Vol. 75, September 2003
Subjects: Volunteerism--Analysis
...been a true force for change--from providing advice on the establishment of the Second World War submarine museum at the Balaklava Cold War Heritage Museum in Ukraine, to conducting insect surveys in a WWF partnership in the Cook Islands--in the course...
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newspaper articles on: Balaklava  - 53 results

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CHARGE of the BLAME BRIDGE; as the Bugle That Sent 'The 600' to Their Doom Is to Sound Again, Did a Scot Cause the Balaklava Bungle?
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 19, 2011
Subjects: Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron
...to Sound Again, Did a Scot Cause the Balaklava Bungle? Byline: by Jim McBeth ALL hell...charged the Imperial Russian Army at Balaklava in the Crimea, few of the cavalrymen...the maligned cavalryman when the brass Balaklava bugle that sounded the Charge will be...
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Hero of Thin Red Line; Memorial for Soldier, 98 Years On
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 30, 2009
Subjects: Battle of Balaklava, 1854, Soldiers--Appreciation
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Moonee Valley Comment Continued
Newspaper article; The Chronicle (Toowoomba, Australia), September 9, 2011
...4-1/4 len 12th (55.0) Magical Pearl 1600m Balaklava Balaklava Cup Aug 31. Won 2540m Flemington Open Hcp dead trk...len win (55.5) Candle, Silent Surround 1600m Balaklava Balaklava Cup Aug 31. Respect on current form. This...
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Eerie Similarities between Gettysburg, Crimean Charges
Newspaper article by William Forbes; The Washington Times, June 27, 1998
Subjects: Lee, Robert E.
...charged "into the valley of death" at Balaklava and won, in its failing, poetic immortality...to attack the strong enemy position at Balaklava. "Lord Raglan will have it," he explained...labeled with their failure in battle. At Balaklava, it fell to Lucans Light Brigade to...
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The Truth Revealed by One Woman in a Man's World
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), February 26, 2007
...fellow officers but also other ranks at Balaklava. On arrival, she hardly kept a low...While on board an ammunition ship off Balaklava that catches fire, she feels excitement...heels before the Gulf War. At camp in Balaklava, the officers organised horse races...
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encyclopedia articles on: Balaklava  - 4 results

 
 
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Balaklava
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BALAKLAVA b l kla v , section of the city of Sevastopol...its present name. In the Crimean War , Balaklava became famous for an allied victory...thirds of his men were killed or wounded. Balaklava was the capital of the former Balaklava...
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Campbell, Colin, Baron Clyde
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1792 1863, British general. He commanded troops in China (1842 46) and India (1847 54) and in the famous victory at Balaklava (1854) in the Crimean War. For his services in India in suppressing the Indian Mutiny (1857) he was created baron in...
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Cardigan, James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...JAMES THOMAS BRUDENELL, 7TH EARL OF 1797 1868, British general. In the Crimean War he led the disastrous cavalry charge at Balaklava (1854) that Tennyson immortalized in The Charge of the Light Brigade. The charge was made on a misunderstood order, and...
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Crimean War
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...by great stubbornness, gallantry, and disregard for casualties, remained localized. Famous episodes were the battles of Balaklava and Inkerman (1854) and the allied capture (1855) of Malakhov and Redan, which preceded the fall of Sevastopol. On the...


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