Congress of Paris (1856)

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The Congress of Paris took place in 1856 for the purpose of making peace after the Crimean War. It was a peace conference maintain "the integrity of the Ottoman Empire". Also as a result of the conference Russia gave up the left bank of the mouth of the Danube River to Moldavia and gave up its claim to the special of Christians in the Ottoman Empire. Also Moldavia and Wallachia (which together later became Romania in 1858) along with Serbia were recognized as independent self-governing principalities under protection of the other European Powers. The congress also declared the Black Sea as neutral territory.

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