THE OTTOMAN RUSSIAN WAR OF 1877-1878 FROM THE EYESIGHT OF V.VERASHAGIN

Abstract

The Ottoman-Russian war of 1877-1878 from the historical framework, can be regarded as a step taken to implement panslavist ideas that developed within the same period in Russia. Russia, in the name of the freedom of Balkan peoples, defeated the Balkan peoples and opened a war against the Ottoman State. Russia, which could not reach its goal in spite of its victory, still accelerated the destruction of the Ottoman state. Both countries suffered great losses in this battle. There is a human aspect as well as the historical frame of the war. Indeed, the purpose of this work is to convey the war, through the eyes of Vasili V.Verashagin, one of the leading painters of the 19th century who was directly involved in the war.