Congress of Berlin

The Congress of Berlin was a conference held in Berlin in 1888 to reoganize the Balkans following the Russo-Turkish War.


History

The Ottomans and Russians fought a series of twelve land wars across the 1700s and 1800s. They are all collectively known as the Russo-Turkish Wars.

The Russo-Turkish War of 1878 erupted in the context of significant ethnic and religious upheaval in the Balkans.

Serbia and Montenegro declared war against the empire in June 1876.

Covertly, Alexander II and Franz Joseph I bargained for a redivision of the Balkans. Austria would occupy Bosnia and Herzegovina; Russia would annex [[ The war itself was a clear victory for Russia, and they enforced their war goals in the Treaty of San Stefano.

The Congress of Berlin was a diplomatic intervention, because the terms of that peace treaty would have imbalanced European international relations. The Treaty of Berlin walked back several war goals


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