{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/ae214237-27e8-43d6-b343-3c5facba584a/63669f02825b41001210b9c0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"73.2 Russo-Turkish War 1877-78","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/620e4d74bbc3136c1d1225d9/1667669563506-c7a18f009735c45495af17104bfd5a07.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In April 1876 news spread across Europe of appalling atrocities being committed in Bulgaria, by Turks against local uprisings. These occurred soon after similar events elsewhere in the Balkans region – in Bosnia and Serbia. The strongest reaction came from Russia where widespread sympathy for their fellow Slavs led to a nationwide surge in patriotism</p><p><br></p><p>A new sultan in Constantinople, Abdul Hamid II, rejects any concessions, leading to war</p><p><br></p><p>www.patreon.com/historyeurope</p><p>www.historyeurope.net</p><p><br></p><p>Music composed by Frederic Chopin - Mazurkas in C sharp minor</p><p>Picture - The Batak massacre carried out by Ottoman irregular troops in Bulgaria in 1876</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Carl Rylett"}