Montenegrin-Bulgarian relations before and during the First Balkan War
Montenegrin-Bulgarian relations before and during the First Balkan War
Author(s): Aleksandar StamatovićSubject(s): History, Diplomatic history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Between Berlin Congress and WW I, Historical revisionism
Published by: Институт за исторически изследвания - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Montenegro; Bulgaria; Balkan Alliance; First Balkan War; relations;
Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with Montenegrin-Bulgarian relations before the First Balkan War that Montenegro and Bulgaria waged against Turkey together with their allies Serbia and Greece. Montenegrin-Bulgarian relations went from 1878 to 1912, mainly became better and better. These two states had no territorial or global conceptual conflicts of interest. Both were aware that they would have to go to war with Turkey to liberate the Balkans from five centuries of Ottoman occupation. This concept had an emotional character. Unlike the relations between the two countries, both were Slavic, so it was insisted on that detail, which was promoted by the mutual protector and ally Russia. The unfolding of events at the end of the First Balkan War, and immediately after it, as well as the fact that Montenegro was ethnically closer to Serbia than Bulgaria, committed it to go to war against Bulgaria in 1913, although Montenegro did not benefit from that war.
Journal: Bulgarian Historical Review / Revue Bulgare d'Histoire
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 3-4
- Page Range: 66-85
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English
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