Manoeuvre on Shipka 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.188 Национален Военноисторически Музей National Museum of Military History Sofia 53 Photography Records Clothing Armed Forces Military Technology War International Relations State Shipka Saddle -60.131,-62.664 Photograph Photographer 1902 Ivan Anastasov Karastoyanov Karastoyanov, Ivan Anastasov Dimitar Anastasov Karastoyanov Karastoyanov, Dimitar Anastasov High angle back view panorama shot of infantry and cavalry troops in formation. A photographer on a stepladder can be seen 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 205 275 195 252 Bulgaria Shipka 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.