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Eric D. Halsey
Apr 26, 20223 min read
159 The Knife, the Gavel, and the Noose
An assassin comes for Stefan Stambolov, triggering a major political shakeup in Bulgaria as Prince Ferdinand begins the search for a...
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Eric D. Halsey
Mar 30, 20221 min read
158 A Royal Ruckus and the Panitsa Plot
Both Serbia and Austria-Hungary face dramatic changes in their royal families as Russia continues its campaign to overthrow and replace...
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Eric D. Halsey
Mar 27, 20222 min read
157 Rebels and Railways
As Ferdinand and Stambolov settle into their roles running the country, their opponents foreign and domestic continue to try and take...
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Eric D. Halsey
Feb 28, 20221 min read
156 The Stambolovshtina Begins
As Ferdinand searches for a man to lead his first government, there seems to be only one possible candidate. With his appointment as...
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Eric D. Halsey
Feb 27, 20221 min read
155 Coronation
Ferdinand has finally accepted and Bulgaria finally has a monarch once again. But that doesn't mean his becoming Prince of Bulgaria will...
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Eric D. Halsey
Jan 30, 20222 min read
154 Ferdinand Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Bulgaria's newly elected Grand National Assembly scours Europe for a suitable monarch while the great powers find themselves on the brink...
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Eric D. Halsey
Jan 29, 20222 min read
153 "Friendly Advice"
In the aftermath of Stambolov's counter-coup, the new regency tries to repair relations with Russia. However, Tsar Alexander III has his...
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Eric D. Halsey
Dec 28, 20212 min read
152 The Fall of Alexander Battenberg
Despite his military and political victories, nothing seems enough to save Alexander Battenberg from his bad relationship with the Tsar...
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Eric D. Halsey
Dec 27, 20212 min read
151 The Serbo-Bulgarian War, Part 2
After turning back the initial Serbian attack, Bulgarian forces enter Serbia. But while the Bulgarian army is advancing in the field,...
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Eric D. Halsey
Nov 29, 20211 min read
150 The Serbo-Bulgarian War, Part 1
The Serbian declaration of war came as a shock to Bulgaria, who now has to rush its soldiers from the Ottoman border to meet the...
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Eric D. Halsey
Nov 29, 20212 min read
149 Unification
As Bulgarian unification with Eastern Rumelia rushes ahead, forcing politicians and royals alike to quickly adapt, Bulgaria waits to see...
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Eric D. Halsey
Oct 30, 20213 min read
148 Some Kind of Normalcy
After years of chaos, some level of stability finally comes to Bulgarian politics. However, while this allows the government in Sofia to...
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Eric D. Halsey
Oct 26, 20212 min read
147 A punch in the nose
Now that every possible faction in Bulgaria's chaotic political system has angered every other faction, it seems only two things can now...
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Eric D. Halsey
Sep 27, 20213 min read
146 Burned Bridges Everywhere
Now that Prince Alexander's coup has in theory given him everything he wanted, the question of what he can do with his new power remains....
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Eric D. Halsey
Sep 25, 20214 min read
145 The Bomb and the Coup
As a far-off assassination rocks Bulgaria, Prince Alexander finally sees an opening to achieve his aims to govern as he wishes. However,...
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Eric D. Halsey
Aug 31, 20213 min read
144 The Liberals Get Their Chance
As the Liberal Party finally get the chance to govern, it quickly makes enemies at home and abroad. Political fights get ugly and...
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Eric D. Halsey
Aug 30, 20213 min read
143 Politics at its best and worst
As Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia each face the many problems associated with their new independence, they take very different approaches....
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Eric D. Halsey
Jul 26, 20212 min read
142 An Inauspicious Start
In this episode, we dive into the first Bulgarian political factions and the complex political environment into which the young Prince...
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Eric D. Halsey
Jul 23, 20211 min read
141 A Constitution and a Prince
In this episode, Bulgaria's Constituent Assembly begins the work of agreeing on a Constitution and finding a foreign prince. As this...
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Eric D. Halsey
Jun 21, 20213 min read
140: Hope and Despair
Even as the ink on the Treaty of Berlin is drying, Bulgarians are up in arms about its provisions. Soon, new uprisings are planned,...
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