Doctors' Memorial

Doktorska gradina is a city park in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, located between Oborishte and Shipka streets. It sits directly behind the National Library St. Cyril and St. Methodius and close to numerous historic monuments and government institutions. The park is named after a monument commemorating the medical personnel who died in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877 to 1878. Most of these doctors worked for the Russian Red Cross mission and died in the battles at Pleven, Plovdiv, Mechka, and Shipka. The monument itself was erected between 1883 and 1884 by the Russian architect Antoniy Osipovich Tomishko.