Just as the aristocracy of St. Petersburg hesitated over whether a military coup should be enacted against Golitsyn's temporary government, over a thousand kilometers away in the Crimean Peninsula, the Russian Imperial Army was plunging into an unprecedented crisis.
There are two reasons for the crisis facing the Russian Imperial Army. The first is the recent series of crushing defeats suffered by the Russian Army.
The current Russian Army has not only lost Bakhchisaray but has also had its retreat from Simferopol cut off by the French Empire through the occupation of the Guard Village. (Simplified version)
[The French consistently attracted reinforcements from Simferopol's garrison using three divisions (the Second, Third, and Fifth Divisions) in a strategy of encirclement to intercept support, and subsequently deployed the First and Fourth Divisions to land at Alushta, flanking to the rear of Simferopol at the Guard Village, severing their retreat.
