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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...

Eric D. Halsey
Jan 29, 20222 min read
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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...

Eric D. Halsey
Dec 28, 20212 min read
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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,...

Eric D. Halsey
Dec 27, 20212 min read
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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...

Eric D. Halsey
Nov 29, 20211 min read
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149 Unification
As Bulgarian unification with Eastern Rumelia rushes ahead, forcing politicians and royals alike to quickly adapt, Bulgaria waits to see...

Eric D. Halsey
Nov 29, 20212 min read
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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...

Eric D. Halsey
Oct 30, 20213 min read
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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...

Eric D. Halsey
Oct 26, 20212 min read
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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....

Eric D. Halsey
Sep 27, 20213 min read
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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,...

Eric D. Halsey
Sep 25, 20214 min read
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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...

Eric D. Halsey
Aug 31, 20213 min read
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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....

Eric D. Halsey
Aug 30, 20213 min read
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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...

Eric D. Halsey
Jul 26, 20212 min read
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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...

Eric D. Halsey
Jul 23, 20211 min read
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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,...

Eric D. Halsey
Jun 21, 20213 min read
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139 Looking Back on Bulgarian Awakening, Part 2
This episode completes the recap of Season 6 by covering the years 1862-1878. In that time, reforms brought some greater prosperity to...

Eric D. Halsey
Jun 19, 20211 min read
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138 Looking Back on Bulgarian Awakening, Part 1
In this episode, we recap the years 1807 to 1862 as a series of wars and uprisings rapidly diminish Ottoman power and holdings in the...

Eric D. Halsey
May 30, 20211 min read
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137 The Congress of Berlin
After the San Stefano treaty provoked outrage in the capitals of Europe and a series of secret agreements for adjusting it were...

Eric D. Halsey
May 25, 20212 min read
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136 The Russo-Turkish War, Part 3
It's already clear who's going to win the war. What remains to be seen is who will win the peace. As Russian and Bulgarian troops rapidly...

Eric D. Halsey
Apr 28, 20214 min read
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135 The Russo-Turkish War, Part 2
After crossing the Danube to invade Ottoman Bulgaria, the Russian army makes rapid gains before being bogged down in intense fighting at...

Eric D. Halsey
Apr 27, 20217 min read
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A conversation about the history of US-Bulgarian Relations with Ambassador Mustafa
For this special episode, I was invited to have a chat with the US Ambassador to Bulgaria about the long history of connections between...

Eric D. Halsey
Apr 2, 20211 min read
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