Bulgaria marks on March 3 its National Holiday, the anniversary of its liberation from Ottoman rule.
138 years ago, in a tiny town near Istanbul named San Stefano, a peace treaty was signed bringing Bulgaria back to the political map.
The treaty was a result of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, known in Bulgaria as the Liberation War. Russia moved to declare war on the Ottoman Empire in the spring of 1877 using as an occasion the atrocities against the Bulgarian population during the April Uprising of 1876.
At the time, both the United States and Europe were able to read about the …read more
Source: Novinite
