Sevastopol

Located on the Crimean Peninsula, Sevastopol is a large port city located on the Black Sea. It is located in present-day Ukraine, though Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and has administered Sevastopol as a federal city. It is been a strategic city and naval base. It also is an important city for marine biology research and dolphin study and training in the twentieth century.

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Coordinates

Latitude: 44.605281000898
Longitude: 33.521528241690

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Timeline of Events Associated with Sevastopol

Date Event Manage
The start of the month Winter 1854 to Summer 1856

Florence Nightingale changes modern Nursing during the Crimean War

Florence Nightingale's volunteer nurse work during the Crimean war held lasting impresstions with the medical community. She proved that sanitation in hosptials and medical residence leads to quicker recovery and less deaths overall. With Nightingale's insight and planning, she created an enviroment of homes for the nurses assisting in the Crimean war. This was a safe place for the female nurses to live while they worked admist the harsh backdrop of war. Her knowledge and patience for the soldiers saved many lives and helped future generations progess with modern medicine. 

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Young, Arlene. “The Rise of the Victorian Working Lady: The New-Style Nurse and the Typewriter, 1840-1900.” BRANCH: Britain, Representation and Nineteenth-Century History. Ed. Dino Franco Felluga. Extension of Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net. Web. [Here, add your last date of access to BRANCH].

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