Fill out the comparison table: Terms of the San Stefano Peace Treaty and Terms of the Berlin Congress

The difference between the terms of the San Stefano Treaty and the Berlin Conference is explained not by the anti-Russian conspiracy of European states, but by the inconsistency of Russia itself. In 1877, during the Constantinople Conference, Russia signed a written agreement with Austria-Hungary, guaranteeing its neutrality in exchange for the right to occupy Bosnia and Herzegovina and preventing the creation of a large Slavic state in the Balkans. At the conclusion of San StephenRussia “forgot” its obligations, which led to an aggravation of relations and gave rise to Austria-Hungary, supported by England, to demand a review of the terms of this agreement. With the mediation of Prussia, a Berlin conference was convened at which England and Austria demanded that Russia fulfill the conditions of the 1877 convention. As a result, the conditions of the Berlin Conference almost exactly corresponded to the conditions of the Russian-Austrian convention of 1877, and England occupied Cyprus under an agreement with Turkey, which pledged to protect Turkey from further Russian expansion in the Caucasus.