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.179 Национален Военноисторически Музей National Museum of Military History Sofia 44 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 Outdoor panorama photograph taken in a hilly terrain. In the foreground a group of men in military uniforms are standing in front of two flags. A host of people is gathered on the hillside in the background. 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 177 224 120 169 Bulgaria Shipka Mountain peak in Stara planina.