The Akkerman Convention was a treaty signed on October 7, 1826 between the Russian

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 and the Ottoman Empire

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s in the Budjak

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 citadel of Akkerman (present-day Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi

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, Ukraine

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). It imposed that the hospodar

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s of Moldavia

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 and Wallachia

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 be elected by their respective Divans for seven-year terms, with the approval of both Powers. It also provided for the retreat of Ottoman forces

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 from both Danubian Principalities

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 after their prolonged stay following military actions in 1821 (that were carried in response to the Filiki Etaireía in the Greek War of Independence

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), and Tudor Vladimirescu

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's uprising

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. The Ottomans also agreed to cede to Wallachia the control over the Danube

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 ports of Giurgiu

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, Brăila

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 and Turnu

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. The convention also tackled the Serbian question

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: in article 5, autonomy for the Principality of Serbia was given, and the return of lands removed in 1813. Serbs were also granted freedom of movement through the Ottoman Empire. Sultan

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 Mahmud II

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's repudiation of the convention triggered the Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829).