Post by King Adam Aberdeen I on May 12, 2009 11:04:39 GMT -6
Having led a revolt against Byzantine rule over a century ago, Bulgaria had won its independence and was an empire of their own… And now, years later, is aligned with Skye… seeking freedom, just as the Gaelic people found.
Resurrected Bulgaria occupied the territory between the Black Sea, the Danube and Stara Planina, including a part of eastern Macedonia and the valley of the Morava. It also exercised control over Wallachia and Moldova. Bulgaria once again became a regional power, occupying Belgrade and Albania. Ivan Asen II had a reputation as a wise and humane ruler, and opened relations with Skye, Venice, and Genoa.
However, the resurrected Bulgaria was no match for a new threat from the south, the Ottoman Turks, who were threatening its borders. Bulgarian nationalism emerged as Skye’s influence of western ideas such as liberalism and nationalism, trickled into the country, mostly via Greece. The Greek revolt against the Ottomans, also influenced the small Bulgarian educated class, as Greece aligned itself with the Gaelic Nations.
In April 1329, the Bulgarians revolted in the so-called April Uprising. The revolt was effectively organized. It was largely confined to the region of Plovdiv, though certain districts in northern Bulgaria, in Macedonia and in the area of Sliven also took part in it. The uprising dealt with cruelty by the Ottomans with rifled cannon supplied by their allies, the Gaelic Nations. In the months prior, countless villages were pillaged and tens of thousands of people were massacred, the majority of them in the insurgents towns of Batak, Perushtitsa and Bratsigovo in the area of Plovdiv.
The massacres aroused a broad public reaction led by liberal Europeans such as William Gladstone, who launched a campaign against the "Bulgarian Horrors". The campaign was supported by a number of European intellectuals and public figures. The strongest reaction, however, came from Russia. The enormous public outcry which the April Uprising had caused in Europe gave the Russians a long-waited chance to realize their long-term objectives with regard to the Ottoman Empire, and emissaries from Russia now seeped into Skye to work the relations of the new Gaelic Nations.
Having its reputation at stake, Russia had no other choice but to declare war on the Ottomans in May 1329. The Bulgarians also fought alongside the advancing Russians. The Coalition was able to inflict a decisive defeat on the Ottomans at the Battle of Shipka Pass and at Pleven, and, by Mid May, they had liberated much of the Bulgarian lands.
Resurrected Bulgaria occupied the territory between the Black Sea, the Danube and Stara Planina, including a part of eastern Macedonia and the valley of the Morava. It also exercised control over Wallachia and Moldova. Bulgaria once again became a regional power, occupying Belgrade and Albania. Ivan Asen II had a reputation as a wise and humane ruler, and opened relations with Skye, Venice, and Genoa.
However, the resurrected Bulgaria was no match for a new threat from the south, the Ottoman Turks, who were threatening its borders. Bulgarian nationalism emerged as Skye’s influence of western ideas such as liberalism and nationalism, trickled into the country, mostly via Greece. The Greek revolt against the Ottomans, also influenced the small Bulgarian educated class, as Greece aligned itself with the Gaelic Nations.
In April 1329, the Bulgarians revolted in the so-called April Uprising. The revolt was effectively organized. It was largely confined to the region of Plovdiv, though certain districts in northern Bulgaria, in Macedonia and in the area of Sliven also took part in it. The uprising dealt with cruelty by the Ottomans with rifled cannon supplied by their allies, the Gaelic Nations. In the months prior, countless villages were pillaged and tens of thousands of people were massacred, the majority of them in the insurgents towns of Batak, Perushtitsa and Bratsigovo in the area of Plovdiv.
The massacres aroused a broad public reaction led by liberal Europeans such as William Gladstone, who launched a campaign against the "Bulgarian Horrors". The campaign was supported by a number of European intellectuals and public figures. The strongest reaction, however, came from Russia. The enormous public outcry which the April Uprising had caused in Europe gave the Russians a long-waited chance to realize their long-term objectives with regard to the Ottoman Empire, and emissaries from Russia now seeped into Skye to work the relations of the new Gaelic Nations.
Having its reputation at stake, Russia had no other choice but to declare war on the Ottomans in May 1329. The Bulgarians also fought alongside the advancing Russians. The Coalition was able to inflict a decisive defeat on the Ottomans at the Battle of Shipka Pass and at Pleven, and, by Mid May, they had liberated much of the Bulgarian lands.
