Russian President Vladimir Putin and Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov visiting the Church of the Nativity of Christ on the Shipka mountain pass during the Russian president's official visit to Bulgaria in March 2003. Shipka was the site of the crucial battle of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, which liberated Bulgaria from the Ottoman yoke, and now is a national shrine.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War, Politics
- Location: Bulgaria
- Event date: 03.03.2003
- Date published: 01.01.2008
- Author: Sergey Velichkin
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3543x2662px, 4.2Mb