Russia goes to war with the Ottoman…

1876 CE to 1887 CE

Russia goes to war with the Ottoman Empire in early 1877, and by December its troops are nearing Constantinople.

Russia's nationalist diplomats and generals persuade Alexander II to force the Ottomans to sign the Treaty of San Stefano in March 1878.

The treaty creates an enlarged Bulgaria that stretches into the southwestern Balkans.

This development alarms Britain, which threatens war, and an exhausted Russia backs down.

At the Congress of Berlin in July 1878, Russia agrees to the creation of a smaller Bulgaria.

Russian nationalists are furious with Austria-Hungary and Germany, but the tsar accepts a revived and strengthened League of the Three Emperors as well as Austrian hegemony in the western Balkans.

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St Peterburg > St Petersburg Sankt-Peterburg Russia View →

People
Alexander II of Russia View →

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Christians, Eastern Orthodox View → Bulgaria, Ottoman View → Ottoman Empire View → Bosnia, Sanjak of View → Bosnia, Ottoman eyalet of View → Russian Empire View → Serbia, (Ottoman vassal) Principality of View → Austria-Hungary View → Bosnia, Ottoman viyalet of View → Herzegovina, Ottoman viyalet of View → Bulgaria (Ottoman vassal), Principality of View → Serbia, Principality of View → Serbia, Kingdom of View →

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Anglo-Russian Crisis View → Russo-Turkish War (1877-78) View → Congress of Berlin View →

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Conflict View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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