Treaty of San Stefano

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
Download PDF Add to Bookshelf Tweet Report an Error
  • The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.1.1.01: Turkish Writing and Culture: Ottoman Period, 1453-1922.

By preliminary treaty of San Stefano between Russia and Turkey, Montenegro to be enlarged, with port of Antivari; Romania, Montenegro and Serbia to be independent; reforms to be undertaken in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria to be enlarged with a seaboard on Aegean and most of Macedonia; Russia to receive Ardaham, Kars and Batum, while Turkey to pay Russia a huge indemnity. This was adjusted in the Congress of Berlin, when Bulgaria was made an autonomous principality within the Ottoman Empire.

80 words

Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Treaty of San Stefano". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 January 2010 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5225, accessed 23 November 2024.]

5225 Treaty of San Stefano 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

Save this article

If you need to create a new bookshelf to save this article in, please make sure that you are logged in, then go to your 'Account' here

Leave Feedback

The Literary Encyclopedia is a living community of scholars. We welcome comments which will help us improve.