The Crimean War Through Eyewitnesses' Eyes: Five Rare Books
The Crimean War was the first conflict covered in near real time. Five rare books from the MediaArhiv archive let you see it through the eyes of participants — read online for free.
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Florence Nightingale, the 'Angel of the Crimea': How One Woman Changed Military Medicine
Florence Nightingale arrived at Scutari in 1854 to find more soldiers dying of disease than of wounds. Two rare books in our archive tell her story — read online.
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The 'Potemkin Villages': Catherine II's Journey to Crimea, 1787
In 1787 Catherine the Great travelled to newly annexed Crimea — and Europe got the legend of the 'Potemkin village'. A rare book in our archive reconstructs the journey.
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