To war. (Konstantin Savitsky, 1888)

Men from the Russian 140th Infantry Regiment (35th Infantry Division) halt during a march, summer 1877. (Pavel Kovalesvky, date unknown)

The Russian crossing of the Danube at Simnitza, June 27 1877. (Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburg, 1883)

Tsar Alexander II crossing the Danube. (Ivan Aivazovsky, 1878)

The storming of the fortress of Ardahan, May 17 1877. (Alexander Kivshenko, date unknown)

A Turkish steamer attacked by the Russian cutter Shutka on the Danube, 1877. (Alexey Bogolyubov, 1882)

Observing the actions around Ala Dagh, June 21 1877. (Simon Agopyan, 1910)

The defence of the citadel at Bayazid, June 1877. (Lev Lagar’o, 1891)

The entry of Grand Duke Nicholas into Tirnovo, July 1877. (Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburg, date unknown)

Before the attack – Plevna. (Vasily Vereshchagin, 1881)

After the attack – dressing station near Plevna. (Vasily Vereshchagin, 1881)

Site of the battle fought on July 18 1877 in front of the Krishin Redoubt near Plevna. (Vasily Vereshchagin, 1880)

Action between the Russian Vesta (left) and Turkish Vechta-Bulend in the Black Sea, July 1877. (Ivan Aivazovsky, 1877)

The assault on Shipka. (Cevat, 1911)

Defence of the Shipka Pass. (Alexander Kivshenko, date unknown)

Fighting around Shipka, August 1877. (Simon Agopyan, 1910)

The defence of the ‘eagle’s eyrie’, Shipka Pass, August 23 1877. (Andrei Popov, 1893)

Major-General Michael Skobelev. (Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburg, 1883)

The Russian grand battery at Plevna. (Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburg, 1880)

Night attack at Plevna. (Simon Agopyan, 1910)

The capture of the Grivitza Redoubt, Plevna, September 11 1877. (Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburg, 1885)

Defeated. Requiem. (Vasily Vereshchagin, 1878-79)

Episode from the Battle of Telis, October 24 1877. (V. Mazurovsky, 1888)

The Nizhny Novgorod Dragoons pursuing the Turks on the road to Kars during the fighting around the Yagni hills, October 3 1877. (Alexander Kivshenko, 1892)

The final battle at Plevna, December 10 1877. (Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburg, 1889)

Attack on a Turkish convoy, winter 1877/78. (Pavel Kovalesvky, date unknown)

The capture of the Turkish steamship Messina by a Russian ship on the Black Sea, December 13 1877. (Ivan Aivazovsky, 1877)

The Battle of Shenovo, January 8 1878. (Alexander Kivshenko, 1894)

Skobelev at Shenovo, January 8 1878. (Vasily Vereshchagin, 1878)

‘Back from the front’. (Sami Yetik, 1920)