. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across i! i!lli Ulil II, IIII I III mil I M« I iiiliinHnii I II II null niiii J-^.^ iiiii;iiiiii;jiiiiiiiiii|||||i|||||| 496 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. Turkey wliicli tlie Porte rejected, Russia declared war against TurkeyApril 24, 1877, and immediately entered the Turkish dominions in Rou-mania and Armenia. The war lasted until March 3, 1878, when a treaty of peace wasmade at San Stefano, nea
. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across i! i!lli Ulil II, IIII I III mil I M« I iiiliinHnii I II II null niiii J-^.^ iiiii;iiiiii;jiiiiiiiiii|||||i|||||| 496 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. Turkey wliicli tlie Porte rejected, Russia declared war against TurkeyApril 24, 1877, and immediately entered the Turkish dominions in Rou-mania and Armenia. The war lasted until March 3, 1878, when a treaty of peace wasmade at San Stefano, near Constantinople. Many battles were foughtduring the war, and the losses were heavy on both sides; the severest bat-tles were those of the Shipka Pass and of Plevna. The fortune of warfluctuated, but on the whole the successes were on the side of Russia, and. RUINS OF THE MALAKOFF, SEBASTOPOL. her armies finally stood ready to enter Constantinople. Iler losses weresaid to have been fully one hundred thousand men, and the cost of thewar was six hundred million dollars. After the war came the Berlin Conference of 1878, which gave inde-pendence to some of the countries formerly controlled by Turkey, madenew conditions for the government of others, regulated the boundaries be-tween Russia and Turkey, giving the former several ports and districts ofimportance, and required the Porte to guarantee certain rights and privi-leges to her Christian subjects. England interfered, as she generally does,to prevent Russia from reaping the full advantages she expected from ARRIVAL AT SEBASTOPOL. 497 the war, and altogether the enterprise was a very costly one for the govern-ment of the Czar. A very good summary of the war, said the Doctor. Yon have dis-posed of an important phase of the Eastern Question with a brevity thatsome of the diplomatic w^riters wo
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