BALACLAVA


Meaning of BALACLAVA in English

( also the Battle of Balaclava )

a battle in the Crimean War , fought in 1854 near the small town of Balaclava in the Ukraine. It is remembered for the Charge of the Light Brigade , in which the British army suffered heavy losses.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.