Battle of Plovdiv (1878)

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Battle of Philippopolis
Monument in Plovdiv
Monument in Plovdiv
date January 17, 1878
place Plovdiv , Ottoman Empire ,
today Bulgaria
output Outstanding victory for the Russians
Territorial changes South Bulgaria
consequences Russian breakthrough to Istanbul
Peace treaty Peace of San Stefano
Parties to the conflict

Russian Empire 1858Russian Empire Russia

Ottoman Empire 1844Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire

Commander

General Gurko

Suleyman Pasha

Troop strength
12,000 6000
losses

1,300 dead or wounded

3,000 dead and 2,000 prisoners

The Battle of Plovdiv (Philippopel) ( Turkish Filibe Muharebesi ) was one of the last battles in the Russo-Ottoman War (1877-1878) .

After the destruction of the Ottoman army in the 4th Battle of the Shipka Pass, General Gurko and his troops advanced to southern Bulgaria. The last Ottoman fortress on the way to the Ottoman capital Istanbul was Plovdiv with the commander Suleyman Pasha . On January 17, 1878, a squadron of Russian dragoons under Captain Alexander Burago stormed the city. The resistance was strong, but the Russians outnumbered them. In order to prevent the further Russian advance and a conquest of Istanbul, the major European powers intervened, above all England. The Russian advance only stopped in the suburb of Yeşilköy .

The Peace of San Stefano followed . After the peace agreement, the new Russian Governor General Alexander Michailowitsch Dondukow-Korsakow of the Principality of Bulgaria made Plovdiv his capital.

See also

Individual evidence

  • Compton's Home Library: Battles of the World CD-ROM
  1. ^ FV Greene, The Russian Army and Its Campaigns in Turkey in 1877–1878 , Read Books, 2008, p. 359
  2. ^ Norman Tobias, The International Military Encyclopedia , Academic International Press, 2004, p. 19th
  3. ^ Stanley Sandler, Ground Warfare: An International Encyclopedia , ABC-CLIO, 2002, p. 690.

Coordinates: 42 ° 0 '  N , 24 ° 0'  E