Ƙin da Turkiyya ta yi na aiwatar da shawarar da taron Konstantinoful ya yi ya baiwa Rasha damar da ta daɗe tana jira ta cimma manufofinta na dogon lokaci dangane da daular Usmaniyya .Da yake da suna a kan gungumen azaba, Rasha ta shelanta yaki da Ottoman a cikin Afrilu 1877. Yakin Russo-Turkiyya rikici ne tsakanin Daular Ottoman da kawancen da Daular Rasha ke jagoranta, gami da Bulgaria, Romania , Serbia, da Montenegro .^{[35 <]} > Rasha ta kafa gwamnatin wucin gadi a Bulgaria.Kawancen da Rasha ke jagoranta sun yi nasara a yakin, inda suka mayar da Daular Usmaniyya har zuwa kofar Konstantinoful, lamarin da ya kai ga shiga tsakani na manyan kasashen yammacin Turai.A sakamakon haka, Rasha ta yi nasarar da'awar larduna a cikin Caucasus, wato Kars da Batum, sannan kuma ta mamaye yankin Budjak.Mahukuntan Romania, Serbia, da Montenegro, wanda kowannensu ya sami yancin kai na wasu shekaru, a hukumance ya ayyana yancin kai daga Daular Usmaniyya.Bayan kusan ƙarni biyar na mulkin Ottoman (1396-1878), Mulkin Bulgeriya ya zama wata ƙasa mai cin gashin kanta ta Bulgaria tare da goyon baya da shiga soja daga Rasha.