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It was soon followed by the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878).[edit] Liberated BulgariaSamovodska Charshiya Street in the Old TownOn 7 July 1877, Russian general Joseph Vladimirovich Gourko liberated Veliko Tarnovo, ending the 480-year-rule of the Ottoman Empire. On 23 April 1876, the April Uprising marked the beginning of the end of the Ottoman occupation. The idea of the establishment of an independent Bulgarian church and nation motivated the 1875 and 1876 uprisings in town. Тhe political upsurge and spiritual development were discontinued in 1393 on 17 July, when after vigorous resistance to a 3-month siege Veliko Tarnovo was seized and the whole Bulgarian Kingdom was destroyed by the invader-The Ottoman Empire.
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