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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 Plevna Monument near the walls of Kitai-gorod | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Russian Empire Serbia Romania Bulgarian volunteersMontenegro |
 Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Mikhail Skobelev Mikhail Loris-Melikov Joseph Gourko Ivan Lazarev Carol I of Romania Kosta Protić |
 Ahmed Muhtar Pasha Osman Pasha Suleiman Pasha Mehemet Ali Veisel Pasha | ||||||||
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Media
1877 panoramic map of the theater of military operations between Russia and Turkey in the war of 1877–1878
The Moni Arkadiou monastery
Territorial changes of the Ottoman Empire
- AMGorchakovbyBogatskycrop
Europe before the Balkan crisis
Nizhegorodsky Dragoons pursuing the Turks near Kars, 1877, painting by Aleksey Kivshenko
