Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)

Russo-Turkish War
Part of	the Great Eastern Crisis and the Russo-Turkish War
Russian Empireball wins!
Date	April 24th, 1877 - March 3rd, 1878 (10 months and 1 week)
Location	Balkans Caucasus
Causes	April Uprising of 1876 Herzegovina uprising
Result	Russian coalition victory, see aftermath
Territorial changes	Establishment of the Principality of Bulgariaball Independence of Romaniaball, Serbiaball and Montenegroball from the Ottoman Empireball Karsball and Batum Oblasts become part of the Russian Empireball, Britainball occupies Cyprusball, Austria-Hungaryball occupies Bosniaball Russian annexation of Southern Bessarabia from Romaniaball, Romanian annexation of Northern Dobruja Greek annexation of Thessalyball and Arta
Belligerents
Russian Empireball Grand Duchy of Finlandball Bulgarian Legion Romaniaball Serbiaball Montenegroball Kingdom of Greeceball Serbian rebels Greek rebels Supported by: Austria-Hungaryball Germanyball Franceball
Ottoman Empireball Egyptball Polish Legion Kurdish volunteers Albanian volunteers Circassian volunteers Caucasian rebels Abkhazian rebels Supported by: United Kingdomball
Commanders
Alexander II GD. Nikolai GD. Mikhail Dmitry Milyutin Iosif Gurko Mikhail Loris-Melikov Grigol Dadiani Prince Alexander Pyotr Vannovsky Mikhail Dragomirov Mikhail Skobelev Ivan Lazarev Eduard Totleben Nikolai Stoletov Carol I Milan I Kosta Protić Nikola I Kosmas Doumpiotis
Abdul Hamid II Ibrahim Edhem Pasha (until 1878) Ahmed Hamdi Pasha (1878) Kurt İsmail Pasha Ahmed Pasha Osman Pasha (WIA) Mehmed Şakir Pasha Suleiman Pasha Hasan Hüsnü Pasha Hüseyin Pasha Hobart Pasha Mehmed Pasha † Abdülkerim Pasha Ahmed Eyüb Pasha Deli Fuad Pasha Mehmed Riza Pasha Said Pasha Gerandiqo Berzeg Sheikh Ubeydullah Hassan Ismail Pasha
Strength
Russiaball: Initial: 185,000 in the Army of the Danube, 75,000 in the Caucasian Army Total: 260,000 in four corps
Ottoman Empireball: Initial: 70,000 in the Caucasus Total: 281,000 Spring of 1877 Olender: 490,000–530,000 Barry: 378,000
Casualties
Total: 96,733–111,166 dead Russiaball 15,567–30,000 killed 81,166 died of disease 56,652 wounded 1,713 died from wounds Romaniaball 4,302 killed and missing 3,316 wounded 19,904 sick Bulgarian Legion 2,456 killed and wounded Several thousand total military deaths (mostly disease) Serbiaball and Montenegroball 2,400 dead and wounded
Total: 90,000–120,000 dead Ottoman Empireball 30,000 killed 60,000–90,000 died from wounds and diseases 110,000 captured
Notes
500,000–1.5 million Turkish, Albanian and Jewish civilians displaced

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) was a conflict between Russian led coalition and Ottoman Empireball. Russiaball wanted revenge on Ottoman Empireball after the Crimean War and looked for opportunities to do it. Bulgarians and Serbians rebeled against Ottoman Empireball and Russian Empireball decided to help them.