Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
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| File:Plevna monument.jpg Plevna Monument near the walls of Kitai-gorod | |||||||||
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File:Romanov Flag.svg Russian Empire Serbia Serbia Romania Romania File:Samara flag.png Bulgarian volunteers Montenegro | File:Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
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Russian Empire Mikhail Skobelev Russian Empire Mikhail Loris-Melikov Russian Empire Joseph Gourko Russian Empire Ivan Lazarev Romania Carol I of Romania Serbia Kosta Protić |
Ottoman Empire Ahmed Muhtar Pasha Ottoman Empire Osman Pasha Ottoman Empire Suleiman Pasha Ottoman Empire Mehemet Ali Ottoman Empire Veisel Pasha | ||||||||
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 .
