A scholarly history of the Crimean War by historian Orlando Figes, whose combined casualty total across all combatants, independently arrived at by reference compiler Micheal Clodfelter, converges on 450,015 dead. This atlas records that convergence as its lower recorded bound: two independently compiled figures reaching a close total is a stronger basis than either alone, though the total still rests on national reporting of uneven quality, particularly disease deaths in field hospitals that went uncounted at the time.
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A scholarly history from a mainstream nonfiction publisher by a named, established historian of the period, its casualty total independently corroborated by a separate reference compiler. NotesCited for the convergent, independently corroborated lower bound of the Crimean War's total death toll.
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AuthorOrlando Figes
PublisherMetropolitan Books
Publication Year2010
Source Typeacademic monograph
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Wars & Conflicts, 2 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
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