Military ceremony on Shipka peakVisualizing Family, Gender Relations, and the Body. The Balkans approx. 1860-1950Anelia KassabovaeditorCentre for Southeast European History, University GrazCentre for Information Modelling in the Humanities, University Grazo:vase.179Национален Военноисторически МузейNational Museum of Military History Sofia44ClothingArmed ForcesMilitary TechnologyWarInternational RelationsStateShipka Saddle-60.131,-62.664PhotographCourt photographer1902Ivan AnastasovKarastoyanovKarastoyanov, Ivan AnastasovDimitar AnastasovKarastoyanovKarastoyanov, Dimitar AnastasovOutdoor 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 specifiedNot specified177224120169BulgariaShipkaMountain peak in Stara planina.