What significant unification occurred in 1885?
Eastern Rumelia
Western Rumelia
Northern Rumelia
Southern Rumelia
Answer
Eastern Rumelia, a province of the Ottoman Empire, unified with Bulgaria in 1885. This significant event marked the expansion of Bulgarian territory and the strengthening of the Bulgarian nation-state. The unification was a result of growing nationalist sentiment among the Bulgarian population and the support of Russia, which had recently defeated the Ottoman Empire in the Russo-Turkish War.
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