What the records say
- When
- 17 Jan 1878
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 42.00° N, 24.00° E
- Description
- 1878 battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Battle of Plovdiv (1878)
1878 battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
The Battle of Plovdiv, or Battle of Philippopolis, was one of the final battles of the 1877–1878 Russo-Turkish War.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Russo-Turkish War: Battle of Philippopolis – Russian troops defeat the Ottoman Empire”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht von Plowdiw ist eine der letzten Schlachten im Russisch-Osmanischen Krieg”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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