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What if the Ottoman Empire won its 1877-1878 war with Russia?

Would Russia try again to liberate the Balkans from Ottoman rule at some future point in time? Or would Russia have permanently ceded the Balkans to the Ottomans and focused on expansion elsewhere?

Also, without the spread of nationalism in southeastern Europe (Romania and the Balkans), would both the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary have been less vulnerable to break-up than they were in our TL?

Any thoughts on all of this?
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