 Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Nokukurumidza kumukira kweBalkan kwakanga kwava kutanga kuderera. MuEurope, mapepanhau akanga akazara nemishumo yemauto eOttoman akanga auraya zviuru zvevaSlav. Kunyange muGreat Britain William Ewart Gladstone akabudisa nhoroondo yake yeutsinye hweOttoman mubhuku rake rinonzi Bulgarian Horrors and the Question of the East. Nokukurumidza, hondo itsva yeRussia neTurkey yakanga yatanga. Pasinei zvapo nokurwa zviri nani kupfuura zvavakanga vamboita, mauto eOttoman akanga akura akanga achiri asina kuenzana nemauto eRussia. Panguva ino pakanga pasina betsero inobva kunze kwenyika; zvamazvirokwazvo, marudzi mazhinji eEurope akatsigira hondo yeRussia, chero bedzi yakanga isingaswederi pedyo zvikuru neIstanbul. Mwedzi gumi nehafu gare gare apo hondo yakanga yaguma zera rokutonga kweOttoman muBalkan rakanga rapera. MuBalkans, uto reRussia, rapfuura Danube, rakatora Shipka Pass. Mauto eTurkey aOsman Pasha, pashure pokurwisana zvakaoma, akazviisa kuna Plevna. Pashure pacho, uto reRussia rakayambuka Makomo eBalkan, rikakunda mauto eTurkey akanga asara ndokusvika paConstantinople. MuCaucasus, mauto eTurkey akadzora kurwisa kweRussia, asi mushure mekukundwa paAladzha, akadzokera kuErzurum, mushure mezvo maRussia akatora Kars. PaGungwa Dema, ngarava dzeOttoman dzaiva nepfungwa huru, sezvo ngarava dzeRussia dzakanga dzisina kupora pashure peHondo yeCrimea. Pasinei neizvi, hondo dzomugungwa reBlack dzakanga dzisina kukosha. 