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TheRacconigi Bargain (Italian:L'accordo di Racconigi, Russian:сделка в Раккониджи, also known in Russia as theRusso-Italian Agreement,Русско-итальянское соглашение) was a secret agreement between KingVictor Emmanuel III ofItaly and TsarNicholas II of theRussian Empire, concluded on 24 October 1909 at theCastle of Racconigi, in Italy.
Its terms included:
From Italy's point of view, the Racconigi Bargain facilitated Italy's preparations for theItalo-Turkish War two years later during which Italy conquered Tripoli and Cyrenaica.