✦ History

Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

April 24, 1877 – March 3, 1878 · Plevna (Pleven), Bulgaria

Result Russian coalition victory, see

Russia, with Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, fought the Ottoman Empire after the Ottomans crushed uprisings in the Balkans. After the long siege of Plevna, Russian troops neared Constantinople, and the war led to independence for Romania, Serbia and Montenegro and an autonomous Bulgaria.

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Russia and allies

Ottoman Empire

Other

Romania
Serbia
Montenegro
Russian Empire
Greece
Ottoman Empire
Carol I of Romania belligerent leader Alexander II of Russia Emperor of Russia, Declared war on the Ottoman Empire Alexander III of Russia belligerent leader Iosif Gurko military commander Mikhail Loris-Melikov military commander Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia military commander Mikhail Dragomirov military commander Dmitry Milyutin military commander
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Arshak Ter-Gukasov military commander
Abdul Hamid II Ottoman Sultan, Ruled the Ottoman Empire during the war Ahmed Muhtar Pasha belligerent leader Osman Nuri Pasha belligerent leader Suleyman Husnu Pasha military commander

Strength and losses

Deaths
96,733–111,166

Romania Strength c. 114,000 · Wounded 3,316

Russian Empire Killed 15,567–30,000 · Wounded 56,652

Serbia Casualties 2,400

Strength
281,000
Killed
30,000
Deaths
90,000–120,000
Captured
110,000

Ottoman Empire Killed c. 165,000

Killed
c. 285,000

Units

Montenegrin army (1877–1878) Romanian army (1877–1878) Russian Army of the Danube (1877–1878) Bulgarian Volunteer Corps (1877–1878) Gurko's Western Detachment (1877–1878) Russian Imperial Guard in Bulgaria (1877–1878) Russian VIII Corps (Shipka, 1877–1878) Dragomirov's 14th Infantry Division (1877) Skobelev's detachment (1877–1878) Serbian army (1877–1878) 13th Army Corps (Russian Empire) 1st Army Corps (Russian Empire) 1st Guards Corps (Russian Empire) 2nd Army Corps (Russian Empire) 3rd Army Corps (Russian Empire) 4th Army Corps (Russian Empire) 5th Army Corps (Russian Empire) 6th Army Corps (Russian Empire) 7th Army Corps (Russian Empire) 9th Army Corps (Russian Empire) Russian Caucasus Corps (1877–1878) 5th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) Russian Naval Infantry Imperial Russian Navy
Modern Ottoman Army Osman Pasha's army (Plevna, 1877) Ottoman Anatolian army (1877–1878) Second Army (Ottoman Empire) Süleyman Pasha's army (1877–1878)
Egyptian Army

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Before and after

Ended by
Treaty of San Stefano March 3, 1878
Led to
Congress of Berlin June 13 – July 13, 1878

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