The Reichstadt agreement was an agreement made between the Austrian Empire

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The Austrian Empire was a modern era successor empire, which was centered on what is today's Austria and which officially lasted from 1804 to 1867. It was followed by the Empire of Austria-Hungary, whose proclamation was a diplomatic move that elevated Hungary's status within the Austrian Empire...

 and Russia

Russia

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 in July 1876, who were at that time in an alliance with each other and Germany

Germany

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 in the League of the Three Emperors

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, or Dreikaiserbund.

Terms of the agreement

The Balkan Christians would gain a measure of independence

Austria would allow Russia to make gains in Bessarabia

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 and the Caucasus

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Russia would allow Austria to gain Bosnia

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What did this mean for the Balkans?

This effectively meant that Austria was assuring Russia that she would stay neutral in the event of a war between Russia and the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

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. It also meant that the Austrians and the Russians were agreeing on how the Balkans

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will be split up in the event of a Russian victory.