By IRNA-Itar-Tass
Sofia : Sofia celebrated the 130th anniversary of its liberation in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878. The celebrations started on Friday with a religious service at the Holy Week Church and a wreath-laying ceremony at the monument to the Liberator Tsar.
On this day 130 years ago Russian troops led by General Iosif Gurko entered Sofia. Prior to that, the Turkish population of the city left it together with the Turkish army.
The taking of Sofia by the Russian army opened the way to Macedonia and Constantinople.
On March 3, 1878, the Peace Treaty of San Stefano was signed to put an end to the 500-year Ottoman rule and restore Bulgaria as a full- fledged state.
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