Mikhail Ivanovich Dragomirov was a Russian Imperial general and military writer of Ukrainian origin. His grandfather Ivan Antonovych Dragomirecki-Mockewicz after being granted a noble title in 1786, changed his name from Dragomirecki to the Russified form of Dragomirov.
Portrait by Ilya Repin
The crossing of the Danube at Zimnitza, circa 1877
The portrait of Dragomirov's daughter Sofia, by Ilya Repin
Dragomirov as a cossack chieftain (center) in painting by Ilya Repin
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
The Russo-Turkish War was a conflict between the Ottoman Empire and a coalition led by the Russian Empire which included Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro. Fought in the Balkans and in the Caucasus, it originated in emerging 19th-century Balkan nationalism. Additional factors included the Russian goals of recovering territorial losses endured during the Crimean War of 1853–1856, re-establishing itself in the Black Sea and supporting the political movement attempting to free Balkan nations from the Ottoman Empire.
Clockwise, from top left: the Action off Măcin, the Battle of Shipka Pass, the Battle of Tashkessen, the Siege of Plevna
The Moni Arkadiou monastery
Ottoman Empire in 1862
Herzegovinian insurgents in 1875
