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Berlin (TREATY OF a treaty signed July)

TREATY OF, a treaty signed July 13, 1878, at the close of the Berlin Congress, which was constituted by the representatives of the six Great Powers and Turkey. The treaty of San Stefano, previously concluded between Turkey and Russia, was modified by the Berlin Treaty, which resulted in the division of Bulgaria into two parts, Bulgaria proper and Eastern Rumelia, the cession of parts of Armenia to Russia and Persia, the independence of Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro, the transference of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Austrian administration, and the retrocession of Bessarabia to Russia. Greece was also to have an accession of territory. The British representatives were Lords Beaconsfield, Salisbury, and Odo Russell. By a separate arrangement previously made between Great Britain and Turkey, the former got Cyprus to administer.