The Crimean war is mostly kept in British cultural tradition. This is ironic since it is French who did most of the fighting during the Siege of Sevastopol. Nowadays this tradition is reflected mostly in local toponyms. British secondary school curriculum is very dull about this war. Teachers briefly mention it mainly with the emphasis on Florence Nightingale – the founder of the Red Cross who came to Balaclava to work in the local British military hospital