Image: România în starea ce 'ĭ a creat Congresul din Berlin, Bobârnacul, 21 sept 1878

Description: România în starea ce 'ĭ a creat Congresul din Berlin ("Romania as she has been left by the Congress of Berlin"), engraving in Bobârnacul magazine. Bitter commentary on the Berlin Treaty, which recognized Romania's emancipation from the Ottoman Empire, but made her subject to several conditions - including a territorial exchange with Russia. The Budjak, or (southern) Bessarabia, was lost, and Romania had to settle for the territory of Dobruja. At the time, the Romanian public was outraged by the exchange, deeming it unfair and dangerous. Romania, shackled by the "Berlin Treaty points", is being robbed and subdued: a hand, marked "Russia", takes away her crown, marked "Bessarabia"; the large weight hanging from her noose is "Dobruja". The scene is witnessed by stern-looking European statesman (in the front row, Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov of the Russian Empire; and Otto von Bismarck of the German Empire).
Title: România în starea ce 'ĭ a creat Congresul din Berlin, Bobârnacul, 21 sept 1878
Credit: Bobârnacul, 60/1878 (accessible through DacoRomanica (Bucharest City Library))
Author: unknown/uncredited
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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