Treaty of Ayastefanos

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The Treaty of Ayastefanos was an 1878 peace agreement between the Russian and Ottoman Empires that ended the Russo-Turkish War and proposed a large autonomous Bulgaria, significantly reshaping the Balkans before being revised by the Congress of Berlin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty
historical event
international treaty
peace treaty
affectedCountry Bulgaria
Montenegro
Ottoman Empire
Romania
Serbia
affectedRegion Balkans
Ottoman Empire in the Balkans
surface form: Ottoman Balkans
alsoKnownAs Treaty of San Stefano
consideredAs Russian diplomatic victory
turning point in the Eastern Question
definedStatusOf autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia
surface form: Eastern Rumelia
endedConflict Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) campaigns
surface form: Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
grantedAutonomyTo Principality of Bulgaria
hasHistoricalImpactOn Bulgarian National Revival
surface form: Bulgarian national unification movement

subsequent Balkan nationalist movements
language French
Ottoman Turkish
Russian
locatedInPresentDay Turkey
Yeşilköy
opposedBy Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary

France
German Empire
United Kingdom
partOf Eastern Question
resultedIn Russian territorial gains in the Caucasus
creation of a large autonomous Bulgaria
recognition of de facto independence of Montenegro
recognition of de facto independence of Romania
recognition of de facto independence of Serbia
territorial losses for the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans
revisedAt Congress of Berlin
revisedBy Treaty of Berlin 1878
surface form: Treaty of Berlin (1878)
signedAfter Russian military advance to the outskirts of Constantinople
signedBy Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
signedIn Ayastefanos
San Stefano
signedNear Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople

Istanbul
signedOn 1878-03-03
stipulated demilitarization of certain Balkan areas
protections for Christian populations in the Ottoman Empire
war indemnity to be paid by the Ottoman Empire to Russia

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Treaty of San Stefano alsoKnownAs Treaty of Ayastefanos