Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
| Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) | |||||||||
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 Plevna Monument near the walls of Kitai-gorod |
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 Russian Empire Serbia Romania Bulgarian volunteersMontenegro |
 Ottoman Empire |
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| 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 |
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 had its origins in a rise in nationalism in the Balkans as well as in the Russian goal of recovering territorial losses it had suffered during the Crimean War.
