The Treaty of Berlin was signed on the 13th of July, 1878, at the close of the Berlin Congress, which was constituted by the representatives of the six Great Powers and Turkey. The Treaty of SanStefano, previously concluded between Turkey and Russia, was modified by the Berlin Treaty, which resulted In the division of Bulgaria into two parts, Bulgaria proper and Eastern Rumelia, the cession of parts of Armenia to Russia and Persia, the independence of Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro, the transference of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Austrian administration, and the retrocession of Bessarabia to Russia. Greece was also to have an accession of territory. The British representatives were Beaconsfield, Salisbury, and LordOdo Russell. By a separate arrangement previously made between Britain and Turkey, the former got Cyprus to administer. Research Treaty of Berlin
Odo William Leopold Russell (Baron Ampthill) was a British diplomat. He was born in 1829 at Florence and died in 1884. Privately educated, he acquired fluency in Italian, German and French and later began his diplomatic career in 1849 working as attache at Vienna. After working at the foreign office from 1850 until 1852, he filled various diplomatic posts until 1870 in Paris, Vienna, Constantinople, Washington and Rome. From 1858 until 1870 he was the unofficial minister at the Vatican. In 1870 he became assistant under-secretary for foreign affairs, and in October 1871 was appointed ambassador at Berlin. In 1872 he was made a privy councillor and in 1881 raised to the peerage as the first BaronAmpthill. Research Odo Russell
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