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In Romania the war is called the Russo-Romanian-Turkish War (1877–1878) or the Romanian War of Independence (1877–1878). The Russian-led coalition won the war, pushing the Ottomans back all the way to the gates of Constantinople , leading to the intervention of the Western European great powers.
The first Russo-Turkish War (1568–1570) occurred after the conquest of Kazan and Astrakhan by the Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible. The Ottoman Sultan Selim II tried to squeeze the Russians out of the lower Volga by sending a military expedition to Astrakhan in 1569.
January 4 – Battle of Sofia: General Gourko liberates Sofia from Turkish rule (R) January 5 – Battle of Shipka Pass IV; General Gourko crushes Turks at Shipka Pass (R) January 17 – Battle of Philippopolis; Gourko routes Turkish forces and moves to within striking distance of Istanbul (R) [1]
Part of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878: View of one of the streets of Filipoppol (Plovdiv) after the liberation, January 1878: ... On 16 January 1878, ...
[1] [2] In the aftermath of the Russian victory against the Ottoman Empire in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, the major powers restructured the map of the Balkan region. They reversed some of the extreme gains claimed by Russia in the preliminary Treaty of San Stefano , but the Ottomans lost their major holdings in Europe.
The Battle of Kars was a Russian victory over the Ottoman Empire during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878).The battle for the city took place on November 17, 1877, and resulted in the Russians capturing the city along with a large portion of the Ottoman forces defending the city.
The 1878 Preliminary Treaty of San Stefano (Russian: Сан-Стефанский мир; Peace of San-Stefano, Сан-Стефанский мирный договор; Peace treaty of San-Stefano, Turkish: Ayastefanos Muahedesi or Ayastefanos Antlaşması) was a treaty between the Russian and Ottoman empires at the conclusion of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.
Thiolu İşkodra, Böğürtlen; Rusçuk Hizber, Hayreddin, Aziziye, Seyyar, Sofya, Islahat, Niş, Şehbaz-i Bahri, Vidin; Tutrakan Şevket Nüma; Silistre Semendire, Feth-ül Islam, Arkadi, Akka, Kılıç Ali's list includes fleet organisations of the Ottoman Navy during the Russo-Ottoman War of 1877–1878.