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129 Disaster and Depression
As financial panic descends on the world, the BRCC works to overcome its setbacks and internal divisions as the Ottoman police work...

Eric D. Halsey
Jan 23, 20213 min read
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128 The Apostle
This episode covers the momentous and tragic events of 1872 and early 1873 as the Bulgarian Central Revolutionary Committee attempts to...

Eric D. Halsey
Dec 31, 20204 min read
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127 The Exarch
While more focus is generally put on published writings, we discuss the role of theater in Bulgarian culture during the mid 19th century....

Eric D. Halsey
Dec 30, 20205 min read
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126 An Exarchate and An Empire
Even as the Ottoman government finally steps in to grant Bulgarians their own church, the issue remains far from resolved. Meanwhile, war...

Eric D. Halsey
Nov 30, 20205 min read
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125 Bloody Buzludzha
As an experienced and well led band of cheta revolutionaries enters Bulgaria, what will they find? In this episode Bulgaria's...

Eric D. Halsey
Nov 26, 20206 min read
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124 Time of The Cheti
After years of writing, planning, and organizing, it's finally time for Georgi Rakovski to send bands of cheti into Bulgaria to begin...

Eric D. Halsey
Oct 27, 20204 min read
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123 Alliances, Confederations, and Empires
As Bulgarian revolutionaries prepare for greater action against the Ottomans, the Austro-Prussian War sends Europe into a tailspin,...

Eric D. Halsey
Oct 26, 20203 min read
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122 The "Model" Vilayet
As Midhat Pasha takes over the newly formed Danube Vilayet intent on modernizing and transforming it into a model for the Empire, far off...

Eric D. Halsey
Sep 24, 20202 min read
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121 Travel in 19th Century Bulgaria
This special episode is based on Marco Sholler's new book “This Unknown Land, how Geographers, Pharmacists, Novelists, Plant Hunters, War...

Eric D. Halsey
Sep 24, 20201 min read
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120 Drawing Lines
As Russia tries to position itself to set up a final agreement between advocates for an independent Bulgarian church and the...

Eric D. Halsey
Aug 31, 20204 min read
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119 Mutually Assured Excommunication
As the battle between supporters of an independent Bulgarian church and the Patriarchate heats up, the Uniate church becomes an even...

Eric D. Halsey
Aug 27, 20205 min read
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118 Balkan Smoke and Unifications
Tobacco and coffeehouses are growing in importance as markers of social status and places to plan political change. Meanwhile, two new...

Eric D. Halsey
Jul 24, 20203 min read
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117 Soft Power
Following Russia's defeat in the Crimean War, it's forced to change its geopolitical strategy in the Balkans. Shut out of the ability to...

Eric D. Halsey
Jul 24, 20203 min read
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116 In the European Style
As the Crimean War draws to a close, nothing much is changing and yet everything is changing. The war has helped bring even more European...

Eric D. Halsey
Jun 29, 20201 min read
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115 The Crimean War
With the outbreak of the Crimean War, Bulgarians rush to see how they can aid the Russian cause and appeal to the Tsar for assistance...

Eric D. Halsey
Jun 8, 20203 min read
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114 The End of The Concert
As the political fallout from the failed revolutions of 1848 reverberates throughout Europe, its impact finally reached Bulgaria as...

Eric D. Halsey
May 31, 20202 min read
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113 The Spring of Nations
After the Great Powers of Europe spend the post-Napoleonic decades suppressing revolutionary movements in Ottoman lands, they finally...

Eric D. Halsey
May 16, 20202 min read
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112 Tanzimat
As the young Abdulmejid I takes the throne, he has to immediately contend with the "Eastern Crisis" of 1840. Meanwhile, he launches the...

Eric D. Halsey
Apr 27, 20201 min read
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111 Rebellions All the Way Down
As the Bulgarian National Revival ramps up with more and more books being published, rebellions break out throughout the Balkans....

Eric D. Halsey
Apr 26, 20202 min read
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110 “The start of the Balkan tragedy”
In the aftermath of the fighting over Greece's independence, we take a moment to reflect on the stage being set for Bulgaria in the 19th...

Eric D. Halsey
Mar 10, 20201 min read
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