✦ History

Part of Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

Battle of Shipka Pass

July 17, 1877 – January 9, 1878 · Battle of Shipka Pass

Result Russo-Bulgarian victory

Russian troops took and held the Shipka Pass through the Balkan Mountains against Süleyman Pasha, then captured the Ottoman army at Sheynovo.

On the map Contemporaries

Russia and allies

Ottoman Empire

Russian Empire
Ottoman Empire
Nikolay Svyatopolk-Mirsky military commander Iosif Gurko military commander Fyodor Radetsky military commander Mikhail Dragomirov military commander Mikhail Skobelev military commander Nikolai Stoletov military commander
Mehmed Rauf Pasha military commander Suleyman Husnu Pasha military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
70,000
Casualties
13,500
Strength
60,000
Casualties
60,000

Units

Bulgarian Volunteer Corps (1877–1878) Gurko's Western Detachment (1877–1878) Russian VIII Corps (Shipka, 1877–1878) Dragomirov's 14th Infantry Division (1877) Skobelev's detachment (1877–1878)
Süleyman Pasha's army (1877–1878)