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title: "Treaty of Paris (1856)"
year: 1856
country: "France"
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startDate: "1856-03-30"
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# Treaty of Paris (1856)

> The Treaty of Paris ended the Crimean War and redrew European power balances, establishing the Concert of Europe as the mechanism for great-power diplomacy.

## Summary

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.

## Sources

- [Treaty of Paris (1856)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1856)) - Wikipedia

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