Silvapages

Congress of Berlin

~written by Matt Thompson

           Bismark’s emergency congress held in 1878 to prevent near war over the Treaty of San Stefano. The reconstruction of the treaty went against Russia and for Austria-Hungary and Britain. It included reforms such as Bulgaria being broken up into three parts with Macedonia being returned to the Turks. Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro gained independence, but less land than Russia promised. Greece, due to their support of Britain received land near Macedonia. Turks kept political control and most of land. Britain took Cyprus as their part and Austria gained Bosnia-Herzegovina and commercial deals with Serbia and Montenegro.