Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule

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The Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule marks the late 19th-century end of nearly five centuries of Ottoman domination and the re-establishment of a Bulgarian state, achieved largely through the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
political event ⓘ
ally Bulgarian volunteers ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
cause European Great Power rivalry in the Balkans ⓘ
decline of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
rise of Bulgarian national revival ⓘ
commemoratedBy Liberation Day (Bulgaria) ⓘ
commemoratedOn 3 March ⓘ
country Bulgaria ⓘ
endTime 1878 ⓘ
follows Bulgarian National Revival ⓘ
hasDuration nearly five centuries of Ottoman domination ended ⓘ
influenced Bulgarian independence declaration of 1908 ⓘ
Unification of Bulgaria (1885) ⓘ
involvedGroup Bulgarian revolutionary committees ⓘ
Bulgarian volunteer corps (Opalchentsi) ⓘ
involvedMilitaryLeader Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (the Elder) ⓘ
Osman Pasha ⓘ
Tsar Alexander II of Russia ⓘ
location Balkan Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Balkans

Danube River region ⓘ
linked to: Danube region

Pleven ⓘ
Plovdiv ⓘ
Shipka Pass ⓘ
Sofia ⓘ
mainConflict Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 ⓘ
mediatedBy Treaty of Berlin (1878) ⓘ
Treaty of San Stefano ⓘ
opponent Ottoman Empire ⓘ
partOf Balkan national liberation movements ⓘ
Eastern Question ⓘ
precededBy Ottoman conquest of the Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
result creation of Eastern Rumelia as an autonomous province ⓘ
creation of the Principality of Bulgaria ⓘ
end of Ottoman rule over most of Bulgaria ⓘ
international recognition of Bulgarian autonomy ⓘ
re-establishment of Bulgarian statehood ⓘ
significance laid foundations for modern Bulgarian state ⓘ
marked the end of nearly five centuries of Ottoman domination in Bulgarian lands ⓘ
significantEvent April Uprising of 1876 ⓘ
Battle of Shipka Pass ⓘ
Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 ⓘ
Siege of Pleven ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Plevna

Treaty of Berlin (1878) ⓘ
Treaty of San Stefano ⓘ
startTime 1877 ⓘ
timePeriod late 19th century ⓘ

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St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia → commemorates → Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule ⓘ
April Uprising (1876) → followedBy → Liberation of Bulgaria ⓘ
linked to: Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule
Crossing of the Danube (1877) → relatedTo → Liberation of Bulgaria ⓘ
linked to: Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule
Battle of Gorni Dubnik → relatedTo → Liberation of Bulgaria ⓘ
linked to: Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule
Bulgarian volunteer forces (Opalchentsi) → associatedWithEvent → Liberation of Bulgaria ⓘ
linked to: Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule