At the Congress of Berlin, the major European powers revised the territorial and political terms imposed by the Russian Empire on the Ottoman Empire by the Treaty of San Stefano, which had ended the R
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). On the far right is the Ottoman delegation; showing from left to right,
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
The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 was a meeting of colonial powers that concluded with the signing of the General Act of Berlin, an agreement regulating European colonisation and trade in Africa duri
Congress of Berlin
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The conference of Berlin, as illustrated in Illustrirte Zeitung
Press cartoon published in L'Illustration on 3 January 1885, showing German Chancellor Bismarck about to partition Africa
The conference of Berlin, as illustrated in German newspaper Die Gartenlaube
Cartoon depicting Leopold II sharing the Congo