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What if in 1878 the Ottoman province hadn´t been given to Austria for administration and military build up ? What geopolitical consequences would it have, if the country hadn´t been administrated by Austria for 30 years until 1908 , when it finally was annexed ? Would it have stayed formally Ottoman or could a greater Serbia want it to swallow in 1912 ? Imagine , no Sarajevo in Austrian territory wouldn´t have led to the visit of a certain Archduke in 1914 ...

edit: Well, it would possibly require for Russia to not occupy Bessarabia, too.
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