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Bismarck, however, in an attempt to delay a rapprochement between Russia and France, proposed renewing the League of the Three Emperors. In 1879, Austria-Hungary and Germany concluded an alliance against Russia. Russia resented Bismarck’s support of Austria-Hungary during the Russo-Turk-ish War (1877–78) and especially during the revision of the Peace Treaty of San Stefano (1878). In 1875 the alliance was seriously weakened. 11 (23), 1873, Germany joined the alliance, marking the beginning of the League of the Three Emperors. The agreement could be dissolved only two years after one of the parties gave notice (art. Gor-chakov, an agreement was signed by Franz Josef I and the tsar at Schönbrunn, outside Vienna.
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On May 25 (June 6), 1873, during a visit to Vienna by Tsar Alexander II and Russia’s minister of foreign affairs, A. Austria-Hungary, however, apprehensive about being drawn into a war against Great Britain, agreed only to conclude a treaty on mutual consultations in the event of changes in world power. Bismarck, the German chancellor, stipulated that the convention, which was in effect a military alliance, would enter into force only after Austria-Hungary joined it. According to the terms of the agreement, both sides were bound to send the ally an army of 200,000 in the event of an attack by a European power. Petersburg by William I, Russia and Germany drew up a military convention. Austria-Hungary hoped to secure Germany’s support in the event of a conflict with Russia in the Balkans and at the same time to come to terms with Russia on a division of spheres of influence in that area. Germany, employing pressure and threats against France, was interested in improving relations with Russia. The strained relations between England and Russia in Central Asia and the Middle East forced Russia to seek a rapprochement with Germany and Austria-Hungary.
#The league of three emperors 1873 series#
(in German, Dreikaiserbund), a diplomatic understanding based on a series of agreements concluded between Russia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary in 1873,1881, and 1884.