With the Nikopol garrison eliminated, the Russians were free to march on to Plevna.
Before Osman could reach Nikopol, the Russian vanguard had taken the city in the Battle of Nikopol (16 July) and Osman settled on Plevna to the south.
Bulgarian railroad workers named the town after the city of Pleven in Bulgaria.
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Plevna was founded in 1909 along the Milwaukee Road transcontinental rail line known as the Pacific Extension.
Continue in a northerly direction along Fore Street to the junction with Plevna Road which is close to Edmonton Green.
The Romanian Army won the battles of Grivitsa and Rahova, and on 28 November 1877 the Plevna citadel capitulated, and Osman Pasha surrendered the city, the garrison and his sword to the Romanian colonel Mihail Cerchez.
The brook is culverted under Edmonton Green to emerge at Plevna Road, where it runs alongside of the Pymmes Brook Trail.
The Pleven Panorama, another landmark dedicated to the events of the Siege of Plevna, is located in Skobelev Park.
Upon arrival, Varvara is reunited with Pyotr, and Fandorin delivers his message: the Turkish army is advancing towards the Bulgarian town of Plevna, which sits on the road to Sofia and must be taken so the Russian army can easily advance through Bulgaria and into Turkey.