Treaty of Paris (1856)

Treaty of Paris
	The Congress of Paris by Edouard Dubufe, 1856, Palace of Versailles.
Type	Multilateral Treaty
Signed	30 March 1856
Location	Paris, France
Original; signatories	Austria; France; Prussia; United Kingdom; Sardinia; Ottoman Empire; Russia;
Ratifiers	France, United Kingdom, Ottoman Empire, Sardinia, Prussia, Austria, Russian Empire
Language	French

The Treaty of Paris of 1856, signed on 30 March 1856 at the Congress of Paris, brought an end to the Crimean War (1853–1856) between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the United Kingdom, the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The treaty diminished Russian influence in the region. It returned Sevastopol and other towns and cities in the south of Crimea to Russia, but prohibited Russia to establish naval or military arsenal on the coast of the Black Sea, that was made neutral territory, closing it to all warships and prohibiting fortifications and the presence of armaments on its shores.

The treaty also had Russia return to Moldavia part of its territory it had annexed in 1812 (to the mouth of the Danube, in southern Bessarabia). Russia lost any claim to influence the Danubian principalities and the Principality of Serbia, or to protect Christians in the Ottoman Empire.

^ ^a ^b Hertslet, Edward (1875). "General treaty between Great Britain, Austria, France, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia and Turkey, signed at Paris on 30th March 1856". The Map of Europe by Treaty showing the various political and territorial changes which have taken place since the general peace of 1814, with numerous maps and notes. Vol. 2. London: Butterworth. pp. 1250–1265.
^ ^a ^b Albin, Pierre (1912). "Acte General Du Congres de Paris, 30 Mars 1856". Les Grands Traités Politiques: Recueil des Principaux Textes Diplomatiques Depuis 1815 Jusqu'à nos Jours avec des Notices Historiques et des Notes. Paris: Librairie Félix Alcan. pp. 170–180.
^ "The Treaty of Paris signed". Presidential Library of Russia.
^ "The Treaty of Paris". Oxford Reference.
^ "Paris Peace Treaty (1856)". Oxford Public International Law.

[:2-1] Hertslet, Edward (1875). "General treaty between Great Britain, Austria, France, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia and Turkey, signed at Paris on 30th March 1856". The Map of Europe by Treaty showing the various political and territorial changes which have taken place since the general peace of 1814, with numerous maps and notes. Vol. 2. London: Butterworth. pp. 1250–1265.

[:3-2] Albin, Pierre (1912). "Acte General Du Congres de Paris, 30 Mars 1856". Les Grands Traités Politiques: Recueil des Principaux Textes Diplomatiques Depuis 1815 Jusqu'à nos Jours avec des Notices Historiques et des Notes. Paris: Librairie Félix Alcan. pp. 170–180.

[3] "The Treaty of Paris signed". Presidential Library of Russia.

[4] "The Treaty of Paris". Oxford Reference.

[5] "Paris Peace Treaty (1856)". Oxford Public International Law.

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The Congress of Paris by Edouard Dubufe, 1856, Palace of Versailles.
Type	Multilateral Treaty
Signed	30 March 1856 (1856-03-30)
Location	Paris, France
Original signatories	Austria France Prussia United Kingdom Sardinia Ottoman Empire Russia^[1]^[2]
Ratifiers	France, United Kingdom, Ottoman Empire, Sardinia, Prussia, Austria, Russian Empire
Language	French