On 9 September 1855 after heavy fighting ended in a 349-day defense of Sevastopol. In connection with this event every year in Sevastopol remember and honor the fallen in the defense of the city and in the Crimean war of 1853-1856.
Crimean war, Eastern war — the war between the Russian Empire and a coalition of British, French, Ottoman empires and the Sardinian Kingdom. The fighting unfolded in the Caucasus, the principalities, the Baltic, Black, Barents and White seas, and in Kamchatka.
The greatest stress they have achieved in the Crimea. This military conflict was the first in history, which was documented by photographers.