Historical re-enactment of the Battle of Shipka Pass - infantry battle. 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.186 Национален Военноисторически Музей National Museum of Military History Sofia 51 Clothing Armed Forces Military Technology War International Relations State Shipka Saddle -60.131,-62.664 Photograph Photographer 1902 Dimitar Anastasov Karastoyanov Karastoyanov, Dimitar Anastasov Low angle panorama shot of a hill, on the top of which are a group of men in military uniforms with accouterments is to be seen. Some of them have assumed a crouching position as they are firing their guns. 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 205 278 195 251 Bulgaria Shipka