Military ceremony on Shipka peak Visualizing Family, Gender Relations, and the Body. The Balkans approx. 1860-1950 Anelia Kassabova editor Centre for Southeast European History, University Graz Centre for Information Modelling in the Humanities, University Graz o:vase.176 Национален Военноисторически Музей National Museum of Military History Sofia 41 Clothing Armed Forces Military Technology War International Relations State Shipka Saddle -60.131,-62.664 Photograph Court photographer 1902 Ivan Anastasov Karastoyanov Karastoyanov, Ivan Anastasov Dimitar Anastasov Karastoyanov Karastoyanov, Dimitar Anastasov Low angle outdoor panorama photograph of men wearing military uniforms and hats with cockades as they are standing and sitting on the ground. During the Russo-Ottoman War of 1877 - 1878, Shipka Peak in Stara planina was the site of a series of armed conflicts, collectively referred to as "The Battle of Shipka Pass", between the Russians (aided by Bulgarian volunteers) and the Ottoman Empire. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Russo-Ottoman War a historical re-enactment of the battles took place. Not specified Not specified 191 248 191 248 Bulgaria Shipka Mountain peak in Stara planina. Kassabova, Anelia (2012): Identities in frame. Photography and the Construction of a „National Body“ in Bulgaria (approx. 1860 to WW I). In: Hristov, Petko (Ed.): Migration and Identity. Historical, Cultural and Linguistic Dimensions of Mobility in the Balkans. Sofia: Paradigma, 81.