30th of March 1856: The Russian Empire signs the Treaty of Paris, under the terms of which the Black Sea was to be demilitarised and Russia was to cede the Danube Delta to the Ottoman vassal state of Moldavia. The former condition particularly precipitated a sharp decline of Russian power in the region, not to be recovered until the aftermath of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-'78.
I do not have any background information on this song, aside from its purported Crimean War-era origin. I have uploaded the song primarily because I could not find it anywhere on KZitem. Pardon the black bars; image editing mistake.
Audio from sketchy Russian MP3 site that I have forgotten the name of
Picture from commons.wikime...
Негізгі бет Любезный друг, уведомляю (Dear Friend, I'm Notifying), Russian Crimean War Song
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