Russian-Turkish war: Russian and Bulgarian view. Collection of memories

In April 1876, an uprising broke out in Bulgaria, during the suppression of which Turkish troops committed mass killings of the civilian population, over 30 thousand people died.
The bloody reprisal stirred the whole of Europe. Charles Darwin, Oscar Wilde, Victor Hugo and Giuseppe Garibaldi spoke out in support of the Bulgarian. On April 24 (12), 1877, exhausting to the end of peace, Russia declared war on Turkey.
In a collection of memoirs prepared for the 140th anniversary of the beginning of the Russian-Turkish "liberation" war of 1877-1878, the memoirs of its participants-soldiers, officers, generals, sisters of mercy, etc., showing different aspects of life, were included Army and rear. For the first time, two views on the war - Russian and Bulgarian - are placed under one cover - which will allow the reader to better understand the events of one of the most famous wars of the Russian Empire