Battle of Shipka Pass
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The Battle of Shipka Pass consisted of four battles that were fought between the Russian Empire, aided by Bulgarian volunteers known as opalchentsi, and the Ottoman Empire for control over the vital S
The Defence of the Eagle's Nest, Alexey Popov, 1893
Cannons on Shipka pass
The Shipka Monument
Siege of Plevna
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The siege of Plevna or Pleven, was a major battle of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, fought by the joint army of the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Romania against the Ottoman Empire. After the
Battle of Shipka Pass
…passes. In just over two weeks, Gurko had captured three important mountain passes but the main army was held up the day after Shipka Pass fell in the Siege of Pleven. Thus the defense of the pass was left to the Russian vanguard as well as Bulgarian volunteers. The Ottoman Army made two major attempts to retake the…
The capture of the Grivitsa redoubt, by Henryk Dembitzky (1881)
General Mikhail Skobelev on horseback, by Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburgsky
The artillery battle at Pleven. The battery of siege guns on the Grand Duke Mount, by Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburgsky
The Capture of the Grivitsa redoubt at Pleven, by Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburgsky