Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–1878)

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The Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–1878) was a key Balkan conflict in which Serbia, backed by Russia and other Slavic supporters, fought the Ottoman Empire as part of the broader Eastern Crisis, contributing to the weakening of Ottoman control in the region and paving the way for Serbian independence and territorial expansion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Balkan conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Serbo-Turkish War (1876–1878) ⓘ
belligerent Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Principality of Serbia ⓘ
cause Serbian desire for territorial expansion ⓘ
Serbian support for uprisings in Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
weakening of Ottoman authority in the Balkans ⓘ
commandedBy Milan I of Serbia ⓘ
Serbian General Staff ⓘ
conflictBetween Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Principality of Serbia ⓘ
consequence Serbian territorial expansion in the south ⓘ
further decline of Ottoman power in Europe ⓘ
increased Russian influence in the Balkans ⓘ
international recognition of Serbian independence ⓘ
endDate 1878 ⓘ
endedBy Treaty of San Stefano ⓘ
armistice mediated by Russia ⓘ
followedBy Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
involves Bulgarian volunteers ⓘ
Ottoman Army ⓘ
Russian volunteers ⓘ
Serbian Army ⓘ
location Balkans ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
majorBattle Battle of Adrovac ⓘ
Battle of Aleksinac ⓘ
Battle of Veliki Izvor ⓘ
Battle of Đunis ⓘ
Battle of Šumatovac ⓘ
opposedByCommander Abdul Kerim Nadir Pasha ⓘ
Osman Nuri Pasha ⓘ
partOf Eastern Crisis ⓘ
Serbian struggle for independence ⓘ
precededBy Herzegovina Uprising (1875–1877) ⓘ
relatedTo Bulgarian April Uprising (1876) ⓘ
Eastern Question ⓘ
Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1876–1878) ⓘ
result Serbian military defeat but political gains ⓘ
internationalization of the Eastern Question ⓘ
weakening of Ottoman control in the Balkans ⓘ
settledBy Treaty of Berlin (1878) ⓘ
startDate 1876 ⓘ
supportedBy Montenegro ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Slavic volunteers ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Crisis of 1875–1878 → hasPart → Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–1878) ⓘ
House of Obrenović → notableEventDuringRule → Serbian–Ottoman Wars (1876–1878) ⓘ
linked to: Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–1878)
Milan I of Serbia → notableEvent → Serbian–Ottoman Wars (1876–1878) ⓘ
linked to: Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–1878)
Herzegovina Uprising → relatedTo → Serbian–Ottoman Wars (1876–1878) ⓘ
linked to: Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–1878)
Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–1878) → alsoKnownAs → Serbo-Turkish War (1876–1878) ⓘ
linked to: Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–1878)
Marche Slave, Op. 31 → subject → Serbo-Turkish War ⓘ
linked to: Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–1878)
Marche Slave, Op. 31 → historicalContext → Serbo-Turkish War (1876–1878) ⓘ
linked to: Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–1878)