How Did the Crimean War Affect Russian Identity?

The Crimea is one of many wars in which the Russians have been attacked as they see it by Eastern or Western powers who have overrun their territory and humiliated them. The Ukraine was an area where during this war the Russians were propagandizing and actively preparing the population to resist Western forces. It also fits into the pattern that leads ultimately to the mass deportation of the Crimean Tada population. And finally from reader and listener questions, the possimeter, how did it affect Russian identity and nationalism?