Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 had its origins in a rise in nationalism in the Balkans as well as in the Russian Empire's goal of recovering territorial losses that it had suffered because of the Crimean War. Tsar Alexander II was fighting against the Ottoman Empire led by Abdul Hamid II .
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| File:Plevna monument.jpg Plevna Monument near the walls of Kitai-gorod | |||||||||
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22x20px Russian Empire Serbia23x15px Romania 21px Bulgarian volunteers Montenegro | 22x20px Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
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23x15px Mikhail Skobelev 23x15px Mikhail Loris-Melikov 23x15px Joseph Gourko 23x15px Ivan Lazarev 23x15px Carol I of Romania Kosta Protić |
23x15px Ahmed Muhtar Pasha 23x15px Osman Pasha 23x15px Suleiman Pasha 23x15px Mehemet Ali 23x15px Veisel Pasha | ||||||||
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Media
- MoniArkadiou2.JPG
The Moni Arkadiou monastery
- Territorial changes of the Ottoman Empire 1862.jpg
Territorial changes of the Ottoman Empire
- Europe 1871 map en.png
Europe before the Balkan crisis
- Le Monde Ilustré, no. 1022, 1876 - Battaille de Djunis - Bataillon de volontaires russes protégeant la retraite de l'armée serbe.jpg
Battle of Đunis on 17 October 1876
- Fight near Telish 1877.jpg
Attack of the Life Guards of the Hussar Regiment near the village of Telish
- Нижегородские драгуны, преследующие турок по дороге к Карсу во время Аладжинского сражения 3 октября 1877 года.jpg
Nizhegorodsky Dragoons pursuing the Turks near Kars, 1877, painting by Aleksey Kivshenko
Russian crossing of the Danube, June 1877, painting by Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburgsky, 1883
