Congress of Berlin
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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
Bosnia and Herzegovina came under Austro-Hungarian administration in 1878, when the Congress of Berlin approved the occupation of the Bosnia Vilayet, which officially remained part of the Ottoman Empi
Congress of Berlin
…Dobruja. Serbia and Montenegro were also granted full independence but lost territory, with Austria-Hungary occupying the Sanjak of Novi Pazar along with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Britain took possession of Cyprus. Of the territory that remained within the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria was made a semi-independent principality, Eastern…
Illustration of Hadži Lojo preaching insurrection before the gates of Sarajevo
Austro-Hungarian forces storming Sarajevo
Béni Kállay, the Austro-Hungarian minister of finance in charge for governing Bosnia and Herzegovina
Safvet-beg Bašagić was installed as the first parliamentary president of the Muslim National Organisation