Treaty of Adrianople

The Treaty of Adrianople ended the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829, signed in Edirne, then known as Adrianople, after Russian armies had crossed the Balkans and approached Constantinople. Russia gained the mouth of the Danube and territory on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, and the Ottoman Empire accepted Russian control of Georgia and parts of Armenia. The Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia were put under Russian protection, and Serbia received autonomy. The treaty also opened the straits of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles to merchant ships and recognised the Greek autonomy that had come from the war of independence. It showed the growing weakness of the Ottoman Empire, the sick man of Europe, and increased the rivalry of the great powers over its territories.

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