The final provisions for Bulgarian liberation had…

The final provisions for Bulgarian liberation had fallen far short of the goals of the national liberation movement.

Large populations of Bulgarians remain outside the new nation in Macedonia, Eastern Rumelia, and Thrace, causing resentment that will endure well into the next century. (Bulgarians still celebrate the signing of the Treaty of San Stefano rather than the Treaty of Berlin as their national independence day.)

In late 1878, a provisional Bulgarian government and armed uprisings surfaces in the Kresna and Razlog regions of Macedonia.

The Turks, with British support, swiftly quell these uprisings.