Mara Kozelsky is Professor of History at the University of South Alabama. Her research examines the religious conflict and identities of Crimea, social and cultural aspects of the Eastern Question, and the role of religion in the Russia-Ukraine crisis. She is the author of Christianizing Crimea: Shaping Sacred Space in the Russian Empire and Beyond (2009).

The author describes in detail the taking of Kery and Berdyansk by an Allied expeditionary force in May 1855. In doing so...shows the consequences of arson and looting by the Allies for the civilian population.

• AcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration Introduction 1. Mobilizing the Home Front2. Crimea under Attack3. Tatars and Cossacks4. Civilians in the Line of Fire5. The Feeding Ground6. People's War, or War against the People?7. The Kerch Strait and the Azov Sea8. Between War and Peace9. Reconstruction10. Transformation NotesSelected BibliographyIndex

Mara Kozelsky is Professor of History at the University of South Alabama. Her research examines the religious conflict and identities of Crimea, social and cultural aspects of the Eastern Question, and the role of religion in the Russia-Ukraine crisis. She is the author of Christianizing Crimea: Shaping Sacred Space in the Russian Empire and Beyond (2009).

The author describes in detail the taking of Kery and Berdyansk by an Allied expeditionary force in May 1855. In doing so...shows the consequences of arson and looting by the Allies for the civilian population.

• AcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration Introduction 1. Mobilizing the Home Front2. Crimea under Attack3. Tatars and Cossacks4. Civilians in the Line of Fire5. The Feeding Ground6. People's War, or War against the People?7. The Kerch Strait and the Azov Sea8. Between War and Peace9. Reconstruction10. Transformation NotesSelected BibliographyIndex

Mara Kozelsky is Professor of History at the University of South Alabama. Her research examines the religious conflict and identities of Crimea, social and cultural aspects of the Eastern Question, and the role of religion in the Russia-Ukraine crisis. She is the author of Christianizing Crimea: Shaping Sacred Space in the Russian Empire and Beyond (2009).

The author describes in detail the taking of Kery and Berdyansk by an Allied expeditionary force in May 1855. In doing so...shows the consequences of arson and looting by the Allies for the civilian population.

• AcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration Introduction 1. Mobilizing the Home Front2. Crimea under Attack3. Tatars and Cossacks4. Civilians in the Line of Fire5. The Feeding Ground6. People's War, or War against the People?7. The Kerch Strait and the Azov Sea8. Between War and Peace9. Reconstruction10. Transformation NotesSelected BibliographyIndex