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The Secret Serbian-Bulgarian Treaty Of Alliance Of 1904 And The Russian Policy In The Balkans Before The Bosnian Crisis, Kiril Valtchev Merjanski Jan 2007

The Secret Serbian-Bulgarian Treaty Of Alliance Of 1904 And The Russian Policy In The Balkans Before The Bosnian Crisis, Kiril Valtchev Merjanski

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The two Serbian-Bulgarian treaties, concluded simultaneously in 1904, and known in the literature under the common name of "The Secret-Serbian-Bulgarian Treaty of Alliance of 1904" are the specific topic of this thesis. These treaties between the Kingdom of Serbia and the Principality of Bulgaria contained political, military and economic provisions aimed not only against the Ottoman Empire (a common rival of both countries), but also against Austria-Hungary. A significant feature of these treaties was their obvious pro-Russian orientation, shaped in provisions like unification of the telegraphic systems of both countries with that of Russia as well as the requirement for …