Great Eastern Crisis (1875–78) | |||||||||
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Serbian soldiers attacking the Ottoman army at Mramor, 1877 |
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Romania German Empire French Third Republic |
Supported by: United Kingdom |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Alexander II Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich Mikhail Loris-Melikov Mikhail Skobelev Iosif Gurko Ivan Lazarev Carol I of Romania Alexander of Battenberg Prince Nikola Kosta Protić |
Abdul Hamid II Ahmed Pasha Osman Pasha Suleiman Pasha Mehmed Pasha Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha Ahmed Eyüb Pasha Mehmed Riza Pasha |
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Strength | |||||||||
Russian Empire – 185,000 in the Army of the Danube, 75,000 in the Caucasian Army |
Ottoman Empire – 281,000 | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
Russian Empire – 15,567 killed, Bulgaria – 2,456 dead and wounded |
30,000 killed, 90,000 died from wounds and diseases |
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