✦ History

Part of Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

Siege of Plevna

July 20 – December 10, 1877 · Siege of Plevna

Result Russian coalition victoryFull results

Osman Pasha held Plevna against three Russian and Romanian assaults before he was starved out.

On the map Contemporaries

Ottoman Empire

Russia and allies

Ottoman Empire
Romania
Russian Empire
Osman Nuri Pasha military commander Edhem Pasha military commander Sefë Kosharja military commander
Carol I of Romania military commander Alexander II of Russia belligerent leader Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia military commander Iosif Gurko military commander Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (born 1831) military commander Mikhail Skobelev military commander Nikolai von Krüdener military commander Eduard Totleben military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
67,000
Casualties
68,340
Captured
43,340
Strength
130,000
Casualties
50,000

Units

Osman Pasha's army (Plevna, 1877)
Romanian army (1877–1878) Russian Army of the Danube (1877–1878) Gurko's Western Detachment (1877–1878) Skobelev's detachment (1877–1878)