Editing Plovdiv (section)

===Eastern Rumelia===
{{Main|Bulgarian unification}}
[[File:Plovdiv 1885 the graphic 3.jpg|thumb|left|Nebet Tepe, drawing from The Graphic – London, 1885]]
[[File:Plovdiv 1885 the graphic 1.jpg|thumb|right|Taat tepe, in Plovdiv, with the governor's palace and Maritsa river in the foreground. Drawing from The Graphic – London, 1885]]
According to the [[Treaty of San Stefano]] on 3 March 1878, the Principality of Bulgaria included the lands with predominantly Bulgarian population. Plovdiv which was the biggest and most vibrant Bulgarian city was selected as a capital of the restored country and for a seat of the Temporary Russian Government.<ref name="ocertsi">Очерци из историята на Пловдив (стр. 80 – Космополитен град. Махали и квартали в ново време)</ref> Great Britain and [[Austria-Hungary]], however, did not approve that treaty and the final result of the war was concluded in the [[Congress of Berlin]] which divided the newly liberated country into several parts. It separated the autonomous region of [[Eastern Rumelia]] from Bulgaria, and Plovdiv became its capital. The Ottoman Empire created a constitution and appointed a governor.<ref>[http://www.mfa.bg/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7915&Itemid=367 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, History and Geography]  [https://web.archive.org/web/20060220095752/http://www.omg.org/images/homepage/omg_banner3.gif Archived copy] at [[WebCite]] (20 April 2006).</ref>

In the spring of 1885, [[Zahari Stoyanov]] formed the Secret Bulgarian Central Revolutionary Committee in the city which actively conducted propaganda for the unification of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia. On 5 September, several hundred armed rebels from Golyamo Konare (now [[Saedinenie, Plovdiv Province|Saedinenie]]) marched to Plovdiv. In the night of 5–6 September, these men, led by Danail Nikolaev, took control of the city and removed from office the General-Governor [[Gavril Krastevich]]. A provisional government was formed led by [[Georgi Stranski]], and universal mobilization was announced.<ref>Аndreev, J. ''The Bulgarian Khans and Tsars'' (''Balgarskite hanove i tsare'', ''Българските ханове и царе''), Veliko Tarnovo, 1996, p. 322 {{ISBN|954-427-216-X}}.</ref> After the Serbs were defeated in the [[Serbo-Bulgarian War]], Bulgaria and Turkey reached an agreement that the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia had a common government, Parliament, administration, and army. Today, 6 September is celebrated as the Unification Day and the Day of Plovdiv.