In November 1912, the Bulgarian army-Russia's most successful Balkan proxy-reached the Çatalca line, just 40 kilometers from Constantinople, after shattering Ottoman forces in Thrace. Russian popular fervor demanded the prize of centuries; yet St. Petersburg issued a stark warning: any Bulgarian advance on the city would be treated as a hostile act. This was the first fatal Russian decision. Russia had engineered the Balkan League to humble the Ottomans, but lacked the will to seize the Straits itself. By halting its own creation, Russia forfeited credibility, squandered moral authority, and left Balkan allies embittered. The second fatal decision-refusing to arbitrate Macedonian spoils-ignited the Second Balkan War, freezing a map of dormant grievances. Emboldened Serbia pushed west into Bosnia; Sarajevo 1914 followed. Russia entered the general European war unprepared, sans Straits and Constantinople prize. Ottoman and Bulgarian entry against her shattered the League's remnants. The cascade ended in Bolshevik triumph and the Romanovs' execution in Ekaterinburg, 1918. Constantinople or Death: by incorrigibly choosing neither city nor resolve, the Russian dynasty chose annihilation. As Russian military bands played the famous march Farewell of Slavianka at home, Russia's political and military establishment betrayed the Christian nations of the Balkans - and thus the Romanovs' Russian Empire destroyed itself. On July 17, 1918, Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and their five children were executed by Bolshevik revolutionaries in the basement of the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg - the last remnants of an empire that chose death by not seizing its historical chance to dominate the East.
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Victoria M. Mensch (pen name, which is not affiliated with any other person by this or similar name) is Professor of Data Science in a leading university in Canada. She is the author of over 200 articles in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences and four books on history and data science. Her h-index is greater than 35 and her i-10 index is greater than 93. She is devoted wife and mother of three children, two boys and a girl.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. In November 1912, the Bulgarian army-Russia's most successful Balkan proxy-reached the Catalca line, just 40 kilometers from Constantinople, after shattering Ottoman forces in Thrace. Russian popular fervor demanded the prize of centuries; yet St. Petersburg issued a stark warning: any Bulgarian advance on the city would be treated as a hostile act. This was the first fatal Russian decision. Russia had engineered the Balkan League to humble the Ottomans, but lacked the will to seize the Straits itself. By halting its own creation, Russia forfeited credibility, squandered moral authority, and left Balkan allies embittered. The second fatal decision-refusing to arbitrate Macedonian spoils-ignited the Second Balkan War, freezing a map of dormant grievances. Emboldened Serbia pushed west into Bosnia; Sarajevo 1914 followed. Russia entered the general European war unprepared, sans Straits and Constantinople prize. Ottoman and Bulgarian entry against her shattered the League's remnants. The cascade ended in Bolshevik triumph and the Romanovs' execution in Ekaterinburg, 1918. Constantinople or Death: by incorrigibly choosing neither city nor resolve, the Russian dynasty chose annihilation. As Russian military bands played the famous march Farewell of Slavianka at home, Russia's political and military establishment betrayed the Christian nations of the Balkans - and thus the Romanovs' Russian Empire destroyed itself. On July 17, 1918, Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and their five children were executed by Bolshevik revolutionaries in the basement of the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg - the last remnants of an empire that chose death by not seizing its historical chance to dominate the East. In November 1912 Bulgarian troops stood at the gates of Constantinople. Instead of joining their Balkan allies, Imperial Russia incorrigibly chose neither city nor resolve, but annihilation. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9798349239366
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