Vencislav Chakov Bulgarian Volunteers in the Russo-Turkish war 1877-1878

 

Siege of Plevna. Third Battle

 Shipka heroes (US title: Heroes of Shipka) is a 1955 Soviet Union/Bulgarian co-production drama film. It tells the story of the famous Battle of Shipka Pass during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78. The production companies behind the film are Boyana Film, Bulgar Film and Lenfilm.

Battle at the River Skit, November 1877

 Been looking at some of the paintings of the Russo-Turkish war. This one I like.

War in the East: A Military History of the Russo-Turkish War 1877-78 Quintin Barry

 I believe this book has stimulated a lot of interest in the conflict. Looks like the Kindle edition is reasonably priced. Amazon

Russo-Turkish War figures

 There is a good Facebook group called 19th (1815-1914) Century Warfare and Wargames and the subject of the Russo-Turkish war came up and quite a few were doing it so I thought I would look at figures. This range of 28mms look good. Here

There is a good blog post here about Romanian army using these figures.

15mm Lancashire Games does them.  Also see Rank and File

Heroes of Shipka

Geroite na Shipka (Bulgarian: Героите на Шипка; Russian: Герои Шипки, Geroi Shipki; in English: Shipka heroes; US title: Heroes of Shipka) is a 1955 Soviet Union/Bulgarian co-production drama film. It tells the story of the famous Battle of Shipka Pass during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78. The production companies behind the film are Boyana Film, Bulgar Film and Lenfilm. The film won the Best Director Award at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. WIKI

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047021/
IMDB

The Turkish Gambit part 1

Thanks to Scott for noticing this recent (2005) Russian film set in the Russo-Turkish war is up in parts with English subtitles on Youtube. I've just watched the first half and it is quite entertaining - well worth it. The bumph reads
The film is based on the second book from the Adventures of Erast Petrovich Fandorin series of novels written by the Russian author Boris Akunin. The film takes place in 1877 during the Russian-Turkish war. Erast Fandorin has just escaped from Turkish prison and is trying to get on the Russian side as soon as possible to give important information about the upcoming attack of the enemy. On his way he meets Varvara Suvorova, a young lady who is going to see her fiancée - a soldier of the Russian army. Erast also knows that there is a spy somewhere in the Russian army, everyone is under suspicion...

Berdan rifle

Some Russian units in the Russo-Turkish war were armed with the Berdan rifle - developed by Hiram Berdan.

Bulgarians celebrate Shipka's 133rd

News item about the famous Russo-Turkish battle that launched a famous Soviet movie.

Even more Szathmari

Thanks to Boris for finding more from this Romanian photographer - some from the 1877-8 Russo-Turkish war. The portraits are interesting as he captures peasants and ordinary people as well as dignitaries.


http://www.biblacad.ro/catonline.html - mainly portraits

http://www.iphotocentral.com/search/detail.php/32/Szathmari/0/4872/1

http://punctum.ro/expozitii/carol-szathmari
two last links have 1877-78 shots

Russo-Turkish war Osprey

A few posts to celebrate the release of a load of figures in 1/72 scale by Strelets-R. I am guessing this book is a good start in the English language. Below is a clip from a movie - not sure which but a fairly good impression of warfare at that time.

Russo-Turkish war documentary 3 of 5

Russian language programme on the war of 1877-8. If, like me, you don't speak Russian there is enough going on visually to make it worth the while. There's clips from movies, old photos, reconstructions - all serves as an excellent introduction to the period. At the end a reenactor demonstrates the breechloader that the Russians were issued with. Part 1 here
Pictures of a Russo-Turkish war rifle here

Strelets-R Bashi Bazouks

Noticed these figures are about to be released - masters here. These are part of a wave of 1/72 figures for the Russo-Turkish war but I suspect they could be used for the Crimea. Should be a colourful addition. Box art here

Heroes of Shipka (1955)

Scene from this movie depicting the Russo-Turkish war.

Turkish troops at the defence of Silistria 1853-4

Troops at the siege which precipitated the Crimean War.

Russo-Turkish War - Romanians Crossing The Danube 1877

I don't know what movie this clip is from but it is pretty spectacular and is quite an impressive sequence that might appeal to you. It looks like it must have cost a fortune to make. I always thought armies broke their step when going over bridges to avoid their rhythm creating a shock wave...it looks like they're doing it alright here.