Arta (regional unit)
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Arta is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Epirus region. Its capital is the town of Arta.
Congress of Berlin
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The Congress of Berlin was a diplomatic conference to reorganise the states in the Balkan Peninsula after the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878), which had been won by Russia against the Ottoman Empire. Represented at the meeting were Europe's then six great powers: Russia, Great Britain, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Germany; the Ottomans; and four Balkan states: Greece, Serbia, Romania and Montenegro. The congress concluded with the signing of the Treaty of Berlin, replacing the preliminary Treaty of San Stefano which had been signed three months earlier.
Anton von Werner's painting, Congress of Berlin (1881), depicting the final meeting at the Reich Chancellery on 13 July 1878. Bismarck (representing Germany) is shown in the centre, between Gyula Andrássy (Austria-Hungary) and Pyotr Shuvalov (Russia). On the left are Alajos Károlyi (Austria-Hungary), Alexander Gorchakov (Russia) (seated) and Benjamin Disraeli (Great Britain).
Bismarck manipulates the emperors of Austria, Germany & Russia like a ventriloquist's puppets.
Allegorical depiction of Bulgarian autonomy after the Treaty of Berlin. Lithograph by Nikolai Pavlovich
Greek Delegation in the Berlin Congress