The museum’s collection contains a copy of the newspaper “Odesskiy vestnik” from 1854, which came to the museum in 1975 from the exchange fund of the library of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
Starting in 1827, “Odesskiy vestnik” was published in Odessa in Russian and French by order of the Governor-General of Novorossiya, Count Mikhail Vorontsov. In 1831, the Russian section was transformed into a separate newspaper, its editors being the writer and professor of Russian literature Mikhail Rozberg and the Russian statistician Alexander Troinitsky. The newspaper was issued until 1893, and during this time its editorial board, format and orientation changed more than once.
On the first page at the bottom, there is a message “News from Crimea”: ”… on September 1, an enemy fleet of 100 pennants appeared in sight of Sevastopol, followed by a huge number of transport ships, which settled along the western coast of the peninsula to Eupatoria. In the days following that, the landing of enemy troops was made from this fleet in the space between Eupatoria and the mouth of the Alma River.”
On August 11, 1854, the commander-in-chief of the Allied army, the French Marshal Saint-Arnaud ordered an expedition to Crimea. The army consisted of 28,000 French soldiers, as well as 27,000 English and about 7,000 Turkish ones. The Allied fleet consisted of 89 warships, 54 of which were steam-powered. The entire cargo was carried on 300 merchant ships.
On August 26, the French and Turkish troops sailed from the Turkish coast, and two days later they were joined by an English squadron near Snake Island. At 10 a.m. on September 1, enemy ships were sighted approaching Sevastopol. In the evening of the same day, it became clear that the Allied fleet was anchored in the area of Eupatoria. Following that, the Allies landed a landing party in Eupatoria in the evening — more than 3,000 people with 12 guns — and occupied the city without a fight.
By dawn on September 2, the Allied fleet was already south of Eupatoria. Under the protection of the warships, the troops began to land on the coast. The enemy troops numbered 62,000 people, they had 134 guns. The first major battle took place on September 8, 1854, at the Alma River. From this moment the siege of Sevastopol began, which lasted for months.
Starting in 1827, “Odesskiy vestnik” was published in Odessa in Russian and French by order of the Governor-General of Novorossiya, Count Mikhail Vorontsov. In 1831, the Russian section was transformed into a separate newspaper, its editors being the writer and professor of Russian literature Mikhail Rozberg and the Russian statistician Alexander Troinitsky. The newspaper was issued until 1893, and during this time its editorial board, format and orientation changed more than once.
On the first page at the bottom, there is a message “News from Crimea”: ”… on September 1, an enemy fleet of 100 pennants appeared in sight of Sevastopol, followed by a huge number of transport ships, which settled along the western coast of the peninsula to Eupatoria. In the days following that, the landing of enemy troops was made from this fleet in the space between Eupatoria and the mouth of the Alma River.”
On August 11, 1854, the commander-in-chief of the Allied army, the French Marshal Saint-Arnaud ordered an expedition to Crimea. The army consisted of 28,000 French soldiers, as well as 27,000 English and about 7,000 Turkish ones. The Allied fleet consisted of 89 warships, 54 of which were steam-powered. The entire cargo was carried on 300 merchant ships.
On August 26, the French and Turkish troops sailed from the Turkish coast, and two days later they were joined by an English squadron near Snake Island. At 10 a.m. on September 1, enemy ships were sighted approaching Sevastopol. In the evening of the same day, it became clear that the Allied fleet was anchored in the area of Eupatoria. Following that, the Allies landed a landing party in Eupatoria in the evening — more than 3,000 people with 12 guns — and occupied the city without a fight.
By dawn on September 2, the Allied fleet was already south of Eupatoria. Under the protection of the warships, the troops began to land on the coast. The enemy troops numbered 62,000 people, they had 134 guns. The first major battle took place on September 8, 1854, at the Alma River. From this moment the siege of Sevastopol began, which lasted for months.
