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[[File:Treaty of Andrinople 1829.png|thumb|275px|Territorial changes since the Treaty of Adrianople.<ref>H.E.Stier (dir.): Grosser Atlas zur Weltgeschichte, Westermann 1984, p.134, {{ISBN|3141009198}}.</ref>]]
The '''Treaty of Adrianople''' (also called the '''Treaty of Edirne''') concluded the [[Russo-Turkish War (1828–29)|Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29]], between [[Imperial Russia|Russia]] and the [[Ottoman Empire]]. The terms favored Russia which gained access to the mouths of the Danube and new territory on the Black Sea., The Treaty opened the Dardanelles to all commercial vessels, granted autonomy to Serbia, promised autonomy for Greece
The Ottoman Empire gave Russia access to the mouths of the [[Danube]] and the fortresses of [[Akhaltsikhe]] and [[Akhalkalaki]] in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. The Sultan recognized Russia's possession of Georgia (with [[Imeretia]], [[Mingrelia]], [[Guria]]) and of the Khanates of [[Erivan]] and [[Nakhichevan Khanate|Nakhichevan]] which had been ceded to the tsar by [[Persia]] in the [[Treaty of Turkmenchay]] a year earlier.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Tucker|editor1-first=Spencer C.|title=A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East|date=2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1851096725|quote="The Turks recognize Russian possession of Georgia and the khanates of Yerevan (Erivan) and Nakhichevan that had been ceded by Persia to Russia the year before."|page=1154|ref=harv}}</ref> The treaty opened the [[Dardanelles]] to all commercial vessels, thus liberating commerce for cereals, livestock and wood. However, it took the [[Treaty of Hünkâr İskelesi]] (1833) finally to settle the Straits Question between the signatories.
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