What is Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)?
{{Infobox Military Conflict |conflict=Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) |image=Plevna monument.jpg |caption=Plevna Monument near the walls of [[Kitai-gorod]] |date= [[April 24]] [[1877]] – [[March 3]] [[1878]] |place= [[Balkans]], [[Caucasus]] |result=Russian Victory, [[Treaty of Berlin (1878)|Treaty of Berlin]] |territory=Reestablishment of the Bulgarian state; full independence of Romania, Serbia and Montenegro from Ottoman Empire |combatant1={{flag|Russian Empire|1858}}<br />{{flagicon|Serbia|1815}} [[Principality of Serbia|Serbia]]<br />{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Danubian Principalities|Romania]]<br />[[File:Samara flag.png|border|21px]] [[Opalchentsi|Bulgarian volunteers]]<br /> [[Princedom of Montenegro|Montenegro]] |combatant2={{flag|Ottoman Empire}}|commander1={{flagicon|Russian Empire|1858}} [[Mikhail Skobelev]]<br /> {{flagicon|Russian Empire|1858}} [[Mikhail Tarielovich Loris-Melikov|Mikhail Loris-Melikov]]<br />{{flagicon|Russian Empire|1858}} [[Joseph Vladimirovich Gourko|Joseph Gourko]] <br />{{flagicon|Russian Empire|1858}} [[Ivan Davidovich Lazarev|Ivan Lazarev]] <br /> {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Carol I of Romania]] <br />{{flagicon|Serbia|1815}} [[Kosta Protić]] |commander2={{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ahmed Muhtar Pasha]] <br />{{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Osman Nuri Pasha|Osman Pasha]] <br />{{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Suleiman Pasha (Turkish officer)|Suleiman Pasha]]<br />{{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Mehemet Ali (soldier)|Mehemet Ali]]<br />{{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Veisel Pasha]] |strength1= |strength2= |casualties1= |casualties2= }} 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 [[wikt:territory|territorial]] losses that it had suffered because of the [[Crimean War]]. [[Alexander II of Russia|Tsar Alexander II]] was fighting against the [[Ottoman Empire]] led by [[Abdul Hamid II]] . ==Related pages== * [[Constantinople Conference]] {{authority control}} [[Category:History of B