Prayer on St. Nikola 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.183Национален Военноисторически МузейNational Museum of Military History Sofia48ClothingArmed ForcesMilitary TechnologyWarInternational RelationsStateReligious PracticesShipka Saddle-60.131,-62.664PhotographPhotographer1902Dimitar AnastasovKarastoyanovKarastoyanov, Dimitar AnastasovHigh angle panorama shot of men in military uniforms with their accouterments and horses in back view. They are in ordered formation, facing in the direction of a monument in the background.The St. Nikola peak is one of the three mountain peaks (Shipka, Orlovo gnezdo), where a series of armed conflicts, collectively referred to as "The Battle of Shipka Pass", were fought between the Russians (aided by Bulgarian volunteers) and the Ottoman Empire during the Russo-Ottoman War of 1877 - 1878. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Russo-Ottoman War a historical re-enactment of the battles took place.Not specifiedNot specified203276187256BulgariaShipkaMountain Stara planina, peak St. Nikola, near peak Shipka