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The Bulgarian History Podcast — 234 episodes

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254 A Romanian Feast

2

253 The Flow of The Tide

3

252 Darkness Descends

4

251 A Deal Between Devils

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250 A Tightening Grip

6

249 The Death Knell of The Post-War Order

7

248 A Tidy & Disciplined Democracy

8

247 The First Test

9

History of The Lev

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246 The Adversary in The House

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245 To Reign and Govern

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244 Checkmate

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243 By Decree

14

242 Zveno's Strike

15

241 Storm Clouds Gather

16

240 Another Shot at Democracy

17

239 Love and Depression

18

238 Looking Back on The Experiment, Part 2

19

237 Looking Back on The Experiment, Part 1

20

236 Twilight of The Experiment

21

235 Under Pressure

22

234 Triumph of the Moderates?

23

233 The Terror

24

232 Holy Sunday

25

231 Strange Bedfellows

26

230 The September Uprising

27

229 The Agrarian Regime in Retrospect

28

228 The Long-Awaited Blow

29

227 A Brilliant Triumph

30

226 Blood on the Streets

31

225 A Drop in the Ocean

32

224 Knife Sharpening

33

Podcast Update + Q&A

34

223 Enemies Foreign and Domestic

35

222 Building the ‘Model Agricultural State’

36

221 ​​Looking Back on The National Catastrophes, Part 2

37

220 Looking Back on The National Catastrophes, Part 1

38

219 The Second National Catastrophe

39

218 Stamboliiski Takes Charge

40

217 The Dust Settles

41

216 Armistice and Abdication

42

215 The Peasant and the Tsar

43

214 Breakthrough

44

213 The Spoils

45

212 Eastern Victories?

46

211 The Balkan Verdun

47

210 The Romanian Collapse

48

209 War on Two Fronts

49

208 The End of the Balkan Stalemate

50

207 Occupation

51

206 A Dream Realized?

52

205 The Die Is Cast

53

204 The Bulgarian Summer

54

203 Settling Into Stalemate

55

202 The Great War Begins

56

201 Resistance and Acceptance

57

200 The Balkan Wars in Retrospect

58

199 The First National Catastrophe

59

198 One Against All

60

197 The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?

61

196 The Fortresses Fall

62

195 The War Resumes

63

194 The Chataldzha Armistice

64

193 A Wave Against the Rocks

65

192 The Great Race

66

191 Lost Victories

67

190 The Early Stages of The First Balkan War

68

189 Looking Back on The Calm Before the Storm, Part 2

69

188 Looking Back on The Calm Before the Storm, Part 1

70

187 The Balkan League

71

186 Return to Resistance

72

185 Back to Reality

73

184 The Death of a Principality and Birth of a Kingdom

74

183 Stamboliiski and the Young Turks

75

182 Snowballs, Bullets, and Wedding Bells

76

181 The Final Rupture

77

180 Massacres on Land and at Sea

78

179 The Year of Congresses

79

178 The World Shakes

80

177 The Ilinden Uprising

81

176 The Boatmen of Thessaloniki

82

175 The Gorna Dzumaya Uprising

83

174 A Government Without Options

84

173 The Miss Stone Affair

85

172 A Violent Start to a Violent Century

86

171 The Agrarians Arrive

87

170 A New Balkan War

88

169 The Cusp of a New Era

89

168 Muslims in Late 19th Century Bulgaria

90

167 Looking Back on Independence, Part 2

91

166 Looking Back on Independence, Part 1

92

165 The End of an Era

93

164 Revolutionary Deja Vu

94

163 The Changing of the Guard

95

162 An Heir and the Fall of Stambolov

96

161 To Chicago and Back

97

160 Murders and Wedding Bells

98

159 The Knife, the Gavel, and the Noose

99

158 A Royal Ruckus and the Panitsa Plot

100

157 Rebels and Railways

101

156 The Stambolovshtina Begins

102

155 Coronation

103

154 Ferdinand Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

104

153 "Friendly Advice"

105

152 The End of Alexander Battenberg

106

151 The Serbo-Bulgarian War, Part 2

107

150 The Serbo-Bulgarian War, Part 1

108

149 Unification

109

148 Some Kind of Normalcy

110

147 A Punch in The Nose

111

146 Burned Bridges Everywhere

112

145 The Bomb and the Coup

113

144 The Liberals Get Their Chance

114

143 Politics at its Best and Worst

115

142 An Inauspicious Start

116

141 A Constitution and a Prince

117

140 Hope and Despair

118

139 Looking Back on Bulgarian Awakening, Part 2

119

138 Looking Back on Bulgarian Awakening Part 1

120

137 The Congress of Berlin

121

136 The Russo-Turkish War, Part 3

122

135 The Russo-Turkish War, Part 2

123

DIscussion on US-BG History with Ambassador Mustafa

124

134 The Russo-Turkish War, Part 1

125

133 Aftermath

126

132 Botev and Batak

127

131 The April Uprising

128

130 Prelude

129

129 Disaster and Depression

130

128 The Apostle

131

127 The Exarch

132

126 An Exarchate and An Empire

133

125 Bloody Buzludzha

134

124 Time of The Cheti

135

123 Alliances, Confederations, and Empires

136

122 The "Model" Vilayet

137

121 Travel in 19th Century Bulgaria

138

120 Drawing Lines

139

119 Mutually Assured Excommunication

140

118 Balkan Smoke and Unifications

141

117 Soft Power

142

116 In the European Style

143

115 The Crimean War

144

114 The End of The Concert

145

113 The Spring of Nations

146

112 Tanzimat

147

111 Rebellions All the Way Down

148

110 “The start of the Balkan tragedy”

149

109 The Auspicious Incident

150

108 The Greek War of Independence

151

107 The Congress of Vienna

152

106 Karađorđe

153

105 Looking Back on Ottoman Decline, Part 2

154

104 Looking Back on Ottoman Decline, Part 1

155

103 An Aristocracy of Pig Farmers

156

102: Revolutions, Rebellions, and Reforms

157

101 Küçük Kaynarca

158

100 The Long Peace and the Brutal War

159

099 Hanging On

160

098 The Tulip Era

161

097 A New Century

162

096 Uprisings, Enlighteners, and the Great Turkish War

163

095 The Second Tarnovo Uprising

164

094 The Siege of Vienna

165

093 March to Europe

166

092 The Reign of Köprülü

167

091 Palace Intrigue

168

090 Sunni vs Shiite, Protestant vs Catholic

169

089 The Mad King and The Mad Sultan

170

088 The Changing Empire

171

087 The First Tarnovo Uprising

172

086 The Revenge of the Vassals

173

085 The Principalities Wither

174

084 Lepanto

175

083 Pirates and The World’s Greatest Con Man

176

082 Looking Back on Ottoman Domination, Part 2

177

081 Looking Back on Ottoman Domination, Part 1

178

080 Bulgarians in the Early Years of Ottoman Domination

179

079 Crescendo

180

078 A New Frontier

181

077 A Hungarian Requiem

182

076 Suleiman the Magnificent

183

075 The Fall of the East

184

074 A Return to Conquest

185

073 The Second Ottoman-Venetian War

186

072 A Game of Crowns

187

071 Brother vs Brother

188

070 Go West

189

069 The Fall of Albania

190

068 Scorched Earth

191

067 Skanderbeg

192

066 The Ottoman Venetian War

193

065 Mehmed the Conqueror

194

064 The Siege of Belgrade

195

063 The Death of Byzantium

196

062 A Final Crusade

197

061 The Crusade of Varna

198

060 Conquest

199

059 When Peace Won’t Come

200

058 War in the House of Osman

201

057 Timur

202

056 Looking Back on the Second Bulgarian Empire, Part 2

203

055 Looking back on the Second Bulgarian Empire, Part 1

204

054 Looking Back on Byzantine Domination

205

053 The End of Empires

206

052 Bayezid, The Lightning Bolt

207

051 Resistance

208

050 Vassals

209

049 A Wasted Golden Age

210

048 A Disunited Front

211

Podcast Extra 1

212

047 When All Wars Are Civil Wars

213

046 Tsar of the Serbs and the Greeks

214

045 Rise of the Shishmani

215

044 Osman

216

043 The Tatars Reign

217

042 A Swineherd Takes No Prisoners

218

041 The Empire Returns

219

040 The Mongols and The Boy Tsars

220

039 Kingdom to Empire, Empire to Dust

221

038 The Bloody House of Asen

222

037 The Roman Slayer

223

036 The Queen of Cities

224

035 Three Brothers, Three Tsars

225

034 A New Empire

226

033 Dreams Of A New Empire

227

031 Deja Vous All Over Again

228

032 The Komnenian Restoration

229

030 Cumans and Crusaders

230

029 The West Returns

231

028 Nikephorus Nikephorus Nikephorus Nikephorus

232

027 Heavy Are The Crowns

233

026 If Byzantium Is The Sheep Who Is The Wolf?

234

025 Domination, Rebellion, Domination