Treaty of Berlin 1878

To restore some order in the Balkans, Bismarck, the German Chancellor, was host to a Congress in 1878. It was decided that Serbia, like Rumania and Greece, would be independent. Bulgaria would become a state, but still officially remain in the Ottoman Empire. Similarly, Bosnia would become a state, but pass under Austrian rule. Russia acquired some Rumanian lands to keep it satisfied.

The Big Powers acquired something, (Britain got Cyprus), at Berlin but the Balkan peoples did not achieve any of their aims and remained bitter and aggressive, both towards the Turks and the Big Powers of Europe.

• The Eastern Question
• Map of the Balkans in 1871
• Map of the Balkans in 1878
• Map of the Balkans in 1914
• Big Power Ambitions in the Balkans
• The Balkans and the Alliance System
• The Bosnian Crisis
• The Balkan Wars and after
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