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
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
The Russo-Turkish War was a conflict between the Ottoman Empire and a coalition led by the Russian Empire which included Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro. Precipitating factors included the Russian goa
Siege of Plevna
…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 Russian army crossed the Danube at…
Clockwise, from top left: the Action off Măcin, the Battle of Shipka Pass, the Battle of Tashkessen, the Siege of Plevna
Ottoman Empire in 1862
The Moni Arkadiou monastery
Herzegovinian Serb insurgents in 1875