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Great Eastern Crisis

Great Eastern Crisis (1875–78)
Clash with Cherkessians.jpg
Serbian soldiers attacking the Ottoman army at Mramor, 1877
Date 9 July 1875 – 13 July 1878
(3 years and 4 days)
Location Balkans, Caucasus
Result Treaty of Berlin
Territorial
changes
Belligerents

 Russian Empire

Romania Romania
Bulgaria Bulgaria
 Montenegro
Serbia Serbia
Supported by:

 Austria-Hungary
 German Empire
 French Third Republic

 Ottoman Empire

Supported by:
 United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Russian Empire Alexander II
Russian Empire Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich
Russian Empire Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich
Russian Empire Mikhail Loris-Melikov
Russian Empire Mikhail Skobelev
Russian Empire Iosif Gurko
Russian Empire Ivan Lazarev
Romania Carol I of Romania
Bulgaria Alexander of Battenberg
Principality of Montenegro Prince Nikola
Serbia Kosta Protić
Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II
Ottoman Empire Ahmed Pasha
Ottoman Empire Osman Pasha
Ottoman Empire Suleiman Pasha
Ottoman Empire Mehmed Pasha
Ottoman Empire Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha
Ottoman Empire Ahmed Eyüb Pasha
Ottoman Empire Mehmed Riza Pasha
Strength

Russian Empire – 185,000 in the Army of the Danube, 75,000 in the Caucasian Army
Finland - 1,000
Romania – 66,000
Montenegro – 45,000
Bulgaria – 12,000
190 cannons

Serbia – 81,500
Ottoman Empire – 281,000
Casualties and losses

Russian Empire – 15,567 killed,
56,652 wounded,
6,824 died from wounds
Romania — 4,302 killed and missing,
3,316 wounded,
19,904 sick

Bulgaria – 2,456 dead and wounded

Serbia and Montenegro – 2,400 dead and wounded
30,000 killed,
90,000 died from wounds and diseases

 Russian Empire

Romania Romania
Bulgaria Bulgaria
 Montenegro
Serbia Serbia
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