#Boris I of Bulgaria

[pocket-mobster]

kinda having a love-hate relationship with the fact that my special interest language is somewhat obscure. like with japanese or french, the worst thing someone can think is that ur cringe or a weeb or both. but bulgarian? now it's a conversation. it's always "but why bulgarian?" or "why not learn a language people in your area actually speak?" or "where even is bulgaria?" and never "do you like bulgarian? is bulgarian fun?" and yes, it is, and it's also surprisingly regular which makes it easy for my stupid infant brain to grasp.

#ipj speaks #the real answer is that i wanted a slavic language under my belt before i learned interslavic but i am Very stupid and allergic to cases #the secret cringe reason is that im a bit of a slavaboo but i dont actually think most slavic people are like yt user life of boris etc #anyway i had to say out loud in front of str*ngers that i MIGHT wanna study abroad in bulgaria #and in that moment i felt like the weird girl who plays with the worms behind the swing set. a little too Quirky a little too suddenly

[spaceman-spaetzle]

3 am discoveries

#hetalia #hws austria #aph austria #aph bulgaria #hws bulgaria #art tag #eldritch horror au #yuh making a tag for that now #context: boris is his roommate and roderich left the door open #oops #i wanted to make a spooky piece ok #cw body horror

[princessvictoriamelita]

Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria with his sons, Crown Prince Boris and Prince Kyril, late 1910s.

#tsar ferdinand i of bulgaria #tsar boris iii of bulgaria #prince kyril of bulgaria #bulgarian royal family #1910s #late 1910s

[ariesphysics]

0° Aquarius Risings

The people listed here are have A-AA Rodden rating.

The source, as always, my beloved Astrodatabank.

Press 'Keep Reading' to view. It has 30 people so I just kept it this way.

ALOJZY ADAMCZYK, Polish resistance fighter

North Node in 1st house (Pisces)

Ascendant square Saturn, 1°

Ascendant trine Chiron, 3°

CONRAD AIKEN, American writer and poet

Ascendant sextile Moon, 2°

Ascendant opposite Mars, 1°

Ascendant quincunx Lilith, 0°

ALEJANDRA BAIGORRIA, Peruvian businesswoman, TV personality, and racing driver

Ascendant opposite Venus, 1°

IRELAND BALDWIN, American fashion model

Ascendant square Sun, 0°

Ascendant sextile Mars, 2º

Ascendant conjunct Uranus (12H), 3°

Ascendant sextile Pluto, 1°

MARIO BAVA, Italian filmmaker, "Master of Italian Horror"

Uranus in 1st house

Jupiter in 1st house

North Node in 1st house (Pisces)

Ascendant opposite Neptune, 2°

Ascendant square Lilith, 3°

BÉRÉNIC BEJO, French-Argentine actress

Ascendant sextile Moon, 2°

Ascendant square Uranus, 3°

Ascendant square Chiron, 2°

Ascendant square Lilith, 2°

JAIMARIE BJORGE, American actress and stuntwoman

Moon in 1st house

JUDY BLUMBERG, American ice skater

Ascendant sextile Saturn, 3°

Ascendant square Neptune, 2°

Ascendant sextile North Node, 2°

Ascendant conjunct Lilith, 1°

BROOKS BOLLINGER, American football quarterback

Ascendant sextile Mercury, 3°

BORIS III of Bulgaria, Tsar of Bulgaria 1918-1943

Sun conjunct Mercury in 1st house

Venus in 1st house (Pisces)

Ascendant sextile Moon, 3°

ELMER BORLONGAN, Filipino contemporary figurative expressionism painter

Ascendant sextile Moon, 1°

Ascendant conjunct Venus, 0°

Ascendant opposite Jupiter, 1°

Ascendant sextile Lilith, 1°

BRUNOZOR, Brazilian social media personality

Ascendant conjunct Uranus, 3°

Ascendant trine Mars, 1°

Ascendant sextile Saturn, 1°

Ascendant trine North Node, 3°

Ascendant square Chiron, 0°

JÉRÔME HENRI CARREIN, second-to-last convicted criminal to be executed by guillotine in France

Ascendant opposite Venus, 0°

Ascendant sextile Mars, 0°

Ascendant trine Uranus, 2°

Ascendant opposite Pluto, 3°

Ascendant opposite Chiron, 1°

LORD JAMES CLYDE, Scottish High Court Judge

Ascendant opposite Mars, 1°

Ascendant sextile Uranus, 1°

Ascendant sextile Chiron, 1°

CAMERON CROWE, American filmmaker

Ascendant opposite Mercury, 3°

Ascendant square Neptune, 0°

JOSETTE DAYDÉ, French jazz/swing swinger, chansonnière and actress

Venus in 1st house

Uranus in 1st house (Pisces)

JEAN DEMANNEZ, Belgian politician

Mercury in 1st house

Venus in 1st house

Sun in 1st house

Mars in 1st house (Pisces)

Ascendant square North Node, 1°

KIRK DOUGLAS, American actor and filmmaker

Uranus in 1st house

Ascendant opposite Saturn, 1°

Ascendant opposite Lilith, 3°

HENRY EYRING, Mexican theoretical chemist

Venus in 1st house

Sun in 1st house (Pisces)

Ascendant sextile North Node, 3°

MARGAUX FARRELL, American-born Olympic swimmer

North Node in 1st house

Ascendant trine Moon, 1°

Ascendant opposite Jupiter, 1°

Ascendant sextile Lilith, 3°

GABRIELE FERZETTI, Italian actor

Venus in 1st house (Pisces)

VÁCLAV HAVEL, Last president of Czechoslovakia

Saturn in 1st house (Pisces)

Ascendant trine Mercury, 3°

Ascendant opposite Pluto, 2°

Ascendant square Lilith, 0°

CHRISTOF INNERHOFER, Italian alpine ski racer

Venus in 1st house

Mars in 1st house

Ascendant square Pluto, 3°

OVI KOBIR, American politician and former reality TV contestant

Ascendant sextile Mercury, 1°

Ascendant sextile Saturn, 0°

Ascendant conjunct Uranus, 0°

Ascendant sextile Pluto, 2°

RUSH LIMBAUGH, American conversative political commentator

Venus in 1st house

Mars in 1st house

Jupiter in 1st house (Pisces)

Ascendant trine Saturn, 1°

FLORENT MANAUDOU, French competitive swimmer

Ascendant conjunct North Node, 1°

Ascendant sextile Mercury, 1°

MICHAL MILOWICZ, Polish singer and actor

North Node in 1st house (Pisces)

Ascendant sextile Neptune, 2°

PAT NIXON, American First Lady

Ascendant conjunct Uranus, 2°

Moon conjunct Venus in 1st house

STÉPHANE PLAZA, French television personality

North Node in 1st house (Pisces)

Ascendant sextile Neptune, 2°

AMY POEHLER, American comedian

Mars conjunct North Node in 1st house

Ascendant trine Venus, 2°

Ascendant sextile Jupiter, 0°

Ascendant sextile Neptune, 0°

Ascendant trine Pluto, 1°

#astrology #astro observations #aquarius #aquarius rising #aquarius ASC #aquarius ascendant #0° aquarius rising #aquarius rising appearance #north node in 1st house #ascendant square saturn #ascendant trine chiron #ascendant sextile moon #ascendant opposite mars #ascendant quincunx lilith #ascendant opposite venus #ascendant square sun #ascendant sextile mars #ascendant conjunct uranus #ascendant sextile pluto #uranus in 1st house #jupiter in 1st house appearance #jupiter in 1st house #venus in 1st house #mercury in 1st house #sun in 1st house #saturn in 1st house #mars in 1st house #mars conjunct north node

[royal-confessions]

“I feel like the media was just waiting for Amalia to turn 20 before blowing up the story of her probably dating Boris of Bulgaria cause 20 and 26 doesn’t sound as big of an age gap than 19 and 26. That or because Amalia was pictured in Madrid again during the Christmas holidays.” - Submitted by Anonymous

#princess catharina amalia

[girlactionfigure]

The Brave Bulgarian Bishop: Metropolitan Kirill

Shouted lines from the Book of Ruth.

Metropolitan Kirill was a bishop of the Bulgarian Orthodox church who defied his own government and risked his life to stop the deportation of Bulgarian Jews to Nazi death camps.

During World War II, the Bulgarian government was an ally of Nazi Germany. Early in 1943, Bulgaria signed a secret agreement with the Nazis to deport 20,000 Jews. In one terrible week, March 4-March 11, soldiers arrested thousands of Jews and kept them in makeshift holding pens while they prepared the cattlecars to take them to Treblinka, an extermination camp where 850,000 Jews were murdered.

Word got out, and there were protests across Bulgaria. Leaders of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church were quick to speak out. One bishop, Metropolitan Kirill, from the city of Plovdiv, did more than speak out.

As soon as the deportations began, Kirill sent a personal telegram to Bulgarian King Boris begging for his mercy towards the Jews. He also warned local law enforcement that if they participated in the murderous round-ups, Bulgarians would stop recognizing their authority. Kirill had the full support of Metropolitan Stephan of Sofia, the highest ranking Bulgarian church official.

On March 10, 1943, 8500 Jews, including 1500 from Plovdiv, were loaded into boxcars. Before the train could leave, Kirill showed up at the station with 300 church members. The bishop pushed through the officers guarding the area and approached the boxcars. As he reached them, he yelled out lines from the Book of Ruth: “Wherever you go, I will go! Wherever you lodge, I will lodge! Your people will be my people, and your God, my God!”

Kirill opened one of the boxcars and tried to enter but SS officers stopped him. At this point, Kirill declared his intention to lie on the tracks to stop the train from leaving. Members of his church got the word out about Kirill’s brave stance, and soon all of Bulgaria knew of the bishop willing to lay down his life to prevent the murder of innocents.

The impact of Kirill’s action was immediate. That same day, 42 members of Parliament rebelled against the government. Political leaders from all parties proclaimed their solidarity with Metropolitan Kirill and the Jews of Bulgaria, and sent angry letters to government ministers demanding the persecution end.

The next day, the Jews were freed and allowed to return home. The danger to Bulgarian Jews was not over, however. King Boris wanted to continue to ally with the Nazis, and he arranged a meeting with religious leaders to support Nazi policies against the Jews. He told them that patriotism demanded they support their king, but the bishops stood firm. Boris’ sudden death in September 1943 stopped the deportations permanently.

The people of Bulgaria’s refusal to tolerate anti-Jewish persecution was unique in Europe. At the beginning of the war, there were 48,000 Jews in Bulgaria; when the war ended, there were 50,000. Bulgaria was the only country under Nazi rule that had more Jews after World War II than before.

For putting his own life at risk to save thousands of Bulgarian Jews, we honor Metropolitan Kirill as this week’s Thursday Hero.

#Thursday Hero

[because-its-eurovision]

Your discussion of Sweden yesterday was so interesting to me. I’m a eurovision fan from outside Europe so I was never sure how people actually like Sweden. But I am a musician and musicologist, and Sweden removed from EV is essentially a pop songwriting factory which… some pop songs work in Eurovision, some Eurovision songs work as pop songs but a lot don’t. I’ve actually made it into a verb: “Swedening it up” when someone does just as straight up basic pop song. I’m excited to hear quite a few people talk highly of Finland’s song this year though as I have been a Finland fan since I started following EV.

First of all, thank you so so much for supporting Finland 🥺🖤 This year feels even more like an alternative reality than 2021 with people loving our entry, saying it's a sure qualifier and a contender to win the televote. Finland? Being a fan favourite? Doing well? It's so surreal, heartwarming and almost overwhelming 😭😭

As for our neighbour, Swedening it up is a great term 😄 Sweden has learned that the best recipe is to combine a catchy pop song with a charismatic performed, throw in a stage prop nobody else has and voilà, top-10 guaranteed.

I’ve heard Eurovision fans talking about the whole contest Swedifying, not only because Sweden tends to get great results, but has a say in the rules and conventions of Eurovision itself (pre-decided running order came to action in 2013 and current voting system in 2016 – both when Sweden hosted). I’m not a music professional by any stretch of imagination, but Sweden’s reputation as the (hit) pop songwriting factory has also strongly influenced the diversity of the entries we get in Eurovision, and many fans including myself are not keen on that.

Just to give one example, in Eurovision 2017 seven entries were partly or entirely written by Swedish people. Those were of course Sweden, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Ireland, North Macedonia and Serbia. The last three were written by the same person, Joacim Bo Persson. Sweden’s songwriting legend Thomas G:son has reached Eurovision 13 times, for seven different countries, and competed against himself in 2007 (Norway & Spain), 2012 (Sweden & Spain), 2015 (Georgia & Spain) and 2016 (Georgia & Cyprus). Some people see using Swedish songwriters as a guarantee of quality, some see it making the contest more boring. I’m with the latter. For me Eurovision is about showing and promoting the songwriting, staging, styling and performing abilities of ones own country with preferably some local flavour thrown in as well. Same songwriters competing for multiple countries in a continent-wide competition just feels wrong and unfair, and I wish more of those had faith in their music industry instead of going the safe and predictable Swedish popfactory route (looking at Malta, Azerbaijan and Cyprus).

In fairness we must bring up that not all of the most prominent Eurovision writers are Swedish. We have the likes of: - Ralph Siegel from Germany, who has made it to Eurovision astounding 24 times for five different countries and competed against himself in 1980 (Luxembourg & Germany) - Boris Milanov from Bulgaria who has made it to Eurovision 12 times for seven different countries and competed against himself in 2017 (North Macedonia & Serbia), 2019 (Azerbaijan & Malta) and 2020 (Bulgaria, Germany and Malta). - Philipp Kirkorov from Russia, who made it to Eurovision nine times for four different countries (but never competed against himself 😕)

#Euphoria was written by Thomas G:son and Peter Boström #guess who wrote Tattoo this year 😊 #*chuckles* we're in danger #and before someone points out Sweden's results in 2013 and 2021: Robin didn't have a prop and Tusse couldn't sing #asks #eurovision #sweden #finland #2023 #eurovision song contest #esc

[buruzaitama]

Kinda realistic Boris (Bulgaria) 2022 version ♥ ♥ ♥

*don’t repost *

Finally, I got tired of draw random sketches, and inspiration came back! Due to my PCs retirement (it’s giving me some warnings ^^;; ) I did it in like two days (I’d say, around 12 hours aprox).

Oh, I also want to tell you that I’ll be opening commissions soon. I’ll be doing a post with prices, and so, asap... (I clearly need money for a new PC for art... also, life! It seems that my job isn’t enough anymore >_<;;)....

Some details about his face, and credits, under the cut:

Boris © Himaruya Art © Buruzaitama Reference for the pose -> Here Clothing intended -> Pic drawn by Hima ♥ His face comes from my imagination.

*Don’t repost*

#Buruz's post #buruzart #Hetalia #kinda realistic #SEMI REALISM #semi realistic #aph bulgaria #HWS Bul #HWS Bulgaria #Hetalia fanart #realistic style #digital art #artist on tumblr #Axis Powers Hetalia #hetalia world stars #NoAI

[thebendsbyradiohead]

started listening to this historical true crime podcast abt the death of boris the third of bulgaria mid-ww2 but it's by these 2 former bbc journos & in the first ep they go to talk to his surviving children one of which is the unofficial king of bulgaria who lives in some palace near sofia

anw they take a taxi to get there & then they were like "can you imagine hopping in a cab in london & asking the driver to take you to buckingham palace??" & on the way there they kept saying the usual orientalist "eastern europe is scary & poor" stuff like "it's not your typical versailles palace fit for a king, it's more like a dilapidated junkyard" and "when we get there, the palace is undergoing renovations, all paid from king simeon's funds since he's not entitled to taxpayer's money" like won't somebody think of the imported german royals exiled by the communists!!! who will pay for their palaces if not the peasants living day by day on a 800 euro salary???

first of all, a) if anything YOU are the weird ones for making such a circus of monarchy in the year of our lord 2024, not everyone else for refusing to give them their hard-earned money, b) i cannot BELIEVE you got me defending bulgarians of all people & c) drop dead immediately you racist posh cunts

#tbh not sure what i expected from a bbc reporter #someone should guy fawkes that shit #lina laments.txt

[cappuccinopoweredsprite]

dear mutual, i will never refuse the offer to go ballistic with an ask game:

5, 6, 8, 20, 25 and 26 for the song one?

(me after answering 16 different three song questions ;) worry not, i'm enjoying this)

5. three songs you wish you could forget (because listening to them hurts)

Can't Catch Me Now by Olivia Rodrigo

Imagine my ass chilling listening to my discover weekly when I get hit with this scarring ballad about how one can kill a person but not an idea..... (at least that's what i hear in it) It is a great song, I'm just often not strong enough emotionally to listen to it, you know?

Trampoline by Kero Kero Bonito

On the opposite side of the spectrum, Trampoline is so positive it makes me feel diabetic. I don't know if it's PTSD from The Computer Sceince Teacher Who Need Not Be Named or what, but I very rarely feel it. Again, good song!

Birds by Imagine Dragons but specifically the music video

i cried when i first saw it. yes it was mostly thanks to the music video and not imagine dragons. but i still cried. i watched it again before writing this and the feels didn't hit me as strongly, but i still think it fits here.

6. three songs you wish you could erase from history (because they’re terrible)

this question made me realize there are benefits to a spotty memory. if i don't keep something on my mind, i will forget about it; therefore, i can (and do) only remind myself of the good music. but worry not, i scoured the deepest depths of my memory, my old excel sheets and my google notes to bring you 3 songs i really do not like:

Bad Habits by Ed Sheeran

Vitajte by In Time

Believe by Eminem

The first two are representatives of the "mid ass song getting shoved down everyone's throats by way of radio", while the last one I'm choosing as a champion of all the wack rap I've ever listened to.

8. three songs that remind you most of summer and vacation

Barbie Girl by Aqua

Dark Horse by Katty Perry feat. Juicy J

Žijeme len raz by Ego & Robert Burian

Like the last question, this is a 2+1 deal. First, a little story time: my family once went on a vacation to Bulgaria. The resort we stayed at was playing music in and around its pool/courtyard area. Thing is, they played like 7 songs on repeat. Barbie Girl and Dark Horse were two of those, I regrettably can't remember the rest.

That is why , as a self-respecting Slovak who was alive in 2012, I chose THE Slovak summer anthem for the third spot.

20. three songs that remind you of the person who sends this one

Inkpot Gods by The Amazing Devil, because i found out about your discord nickname independently and randomly that one time

Zenith by Ghost, because of your bio

Watcher In The Sky by Ghost, because of SEARRRCHLIGHTS, LOOKING FOR THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

25. three favourite songs of 2017

High Enough by K. Flay, because I've done Black Wave in the previous ask

Unlock It (Lock It) by Charli XCX feat. Kim Petras and Jay Park

1990 (Interlude) by G Yamazawa

26. three favourite non-English songs

well i have answered this question bef- you already know i'm gonna fire off 3 more:

Rusalochki by Go_A (Ukrainian), I am BACK on my Go_A propaganda, their latest singles have never missed once

Tempo Tempo by Haďaci (Slovak), a band with 192 monthly listeners to their name, I found them through a youtube channel you might find interesting

Судно (Борис Рыжий) [Sudno (Borys Rizhyiy)] by Molchat Doma (Belarusian), your experience might vary depending on what kind of short-form content you have seen in the past

Thank you so very much for the ask! ✨

#ask tag #music #echho

[enemyporn]

How Bulgaria Muddied the Waters (and saved a lot of Jews)

First you must know, I know 80% of everything and I am too afraid of the other 20% to learn it. I hear they won’t help me. That being said… Did you know that Bulgaria – that tiny little country-  collectively protected ,  at risk to themselves, all of the Jewish Bulgarians despite King Boris’s  acquiescence to deport those Jews to a Work Camp during the Nazi Occupation?  And worse, that Bulgaria…

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#history #springtime holocaust jamboree

[crepegosette]

OwO . I see your Detective AU for Czech and the gang, and since you seem to have worked more with this quartet I was wondering if you have any suggestions on family/sur-names as well? I haven't worked a lot with this squad myself before, so I only have a surname for Romania and Moldova so far. Great idea and art by the way! 😄👍🏽 The detective AU looks like a lot of fun.

Ooo thanks! For Czech, I use Horáková, feminine form from Horák, which means someone from the mountains. I chose this one because of the mountain motif that appears through Czech history and folk tales. (like the first Czechs settling on Říp Mountain. I think it was also from a mountain where Libuše prophesied the construction of Prague, but I could be wrong. if I am, please feel free to correct me!) Also because of Milada Horáková, important politician executed by the Communist Party

 For Slovakia, I honestly haven’t settled on a surname, but I do like Kováč! After the first Slovak president.  another choice I like is Hodža, after Michal and Milan Hodža, Slovak figures. 

 About Romania and Bulgaria, idk don’t have settled surnames for them either. I do like Borisov for Bulgaria, after Boris I of Bulgaria, one of its earliest rulers and patron saint. 

#for romania a nature related surname would work #i think #i like to pick surnames based on something significant about their country like a person or something related to their history #crepe answers #hetalia #btw feel free to suggest me more surnames! my resources are limited and I would greatly appreciate help!

[halucygeno]

Roadside Picnic 2017 Bulgarian edition - “Translator’s note” by Milan Asadurov.

Original title: “Бележка на преводача” Translated by: yours truly

The first Bulgarian translation of “Roadside Picnic”, created in 1982, was, naturally, based on the butchered 1980 edition from the Moscow-based publisher “Molodaya Gvardiya”*. At that time, when Bulgaria was the most loyal satellite of the Soviet Union, there simply couldn’t be any other official edition. When I wrote to Arkady Natanovich in 1981, asking him to clarify the nature of some of the Zone’s artefacts so I may better translate their jargonistic names into Bulgarian, his polite and laconic answer amounted to: “Boy, instead of fixating on the details so much, quickly get the translation to print before they stop it!” The authors were excited because this was the first time the book was published abroad.

Apropos, we tried to do the same with "Tale of the Troika" six years later. After a long struggle, I managed to dig up a xerocopy of a few issues of the Siberian magazine "Angara". That's where the "scandalous" sequel to "Monday Begins on Saturday" was published, a decision which parted the magazine’s head editor from his post. I translated "Tale..." with great pleasure, but even though the perestroika had already started, the Plovdiv-based publisher "Hristo G. Danov" couldn't reach an agreement with VUOAP** about the release of this government-sanctioned novel. (It took all the way till 1993 before it was published here.)

When the publishing house "Ciela" proposed to re-release "Roadside Picnic", I read the old translation which my Plovdivian colleagues had published three times by 1989 (!) and happily determined that it hadn't aged at all. (In no small part thanks to my editor at the time, Zdravka Petrova!)

Of course, I immediately began purging it of any meddling from the editors of "Molodaya Gvardiya". I removed unwanted additions, restored cut down passages, made it so stalkers can once again swear, drink and sleep with girls. In other words, I tried my best to recreate, in Bulgarian, the version of “...Picnic” specially prepared by Boris Natanovich for the 2003 release of their collected works. The plot remains the same; editorial interference had left it almost undamaged. Except now, readers can see the novel in its full glory and understand why Andrei Tarkovsky fell in love with it, and wanted to recreate it in his genius film “Stalker”, differently, through a different language - the language of cinema.

Milan Adasurov

Varna, September 2017.

*Молодая гвардия; Russian for “Young Guard”. In 1980, they published “Неназначенные встречи: Научно-фантастические повести“ (”Unintended meetings: Science-fiction stories”), an anthology containing “Roadside Picnic”, “Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel” and “Space Mowgli”. This was the first time Roadside Picnic had been released as a full story, rather than serialised in magazines.

**ВУОАП – Всесоюзное управление по охране авторских прав. Translates to “All-Union Administration for the Protection of Copyrights“. There’s no English acronym.

Source:

Strugatsky, A & B. (2017). Пикник край пътя (M. Asadurov, Trans.) Сиела. (Original work published 1972). ISBN: 9789542824442

https://www.ciela.com/piknik-kray-patya.html

#Roadside Picnic #Tale of the Troika #Translation #My translation #Bulgarian translation #Milan Asadurov #Милан Асадуров #Strugatsky brothers #Boris Strugatsky #I know I messed up the APA citation format. Leave me alone.

[royal-confessions]

“People are already planning Amalia’s wedding to Boris of Bulgaria who is 6 years older than her. The guy is an “artist” but I guess that’s better than a Nazi.” - Submitted by Anonymous

#princess catharina amalia #bulgarian royal family

[the-last-tsar]

May I ask who were the possible royal suitors of OTMA and A lexei

Hello!

As I know to Olga there was Prince Ioann Konstantinovich, King Carol II of Romania, King Edward VIII of U.K and King Alexander I of yugoslavia. Some sources also speak about King George VI of U.K and Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich. There was also Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich (he had a crush on her) and Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich. Prince Christopher of Greece loved her and tried to marry her but Nicholas declined the offer.

To Tatiana there was King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (sources said the he was in love with her), King George VI of U.K and Prince Adalbert of Bavaria.

To Maria there was Prince Louis of Battenberg. King Carol II of Romania asked for her hand but Nicholas declined.

To Anastasia, some sources speak about King Leopold III of Belgium.

Boris of Bulgaria, Peter of Montenegro and Prince Arthur (son of Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught) were also mentioned as possible husbands for the girls.

As for Alexei there was Ileana of Romania, Princess Ingrid (she became Queen of Denmark). Others princesses of Norway and Greece were mentioned too.

#questions #anonymous #facts #curiosity

[beardedmrbean]

ARCHAEOLOGISTS FROM THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL MUSEUM REVEAL THE SECRETS OF THE MYSTICAL MONASTERY “ST. JOHN PRODROMOS” IN ACHTOPOL

For the third year in a row, a team of the National History Museum, under the leadership of the director of the museum - Associate Professor Bonni Petrunova, started the archaeological research of the medieval monastery "St. John Prodromos", Ahtopol.

Archaeologists from NHM continue to reveal the secrets of the mysterious monastery, the alleged refuge of the Metropolitan of Agathopolis, and last year two graves dug into the rock were discovered in the nave of the church, in which, in all probability, deceased metropolitans were buried. According to Associate Professor Petrunova, "this once powerful monastery was often damaged and destroyed in the past, which makes it quite a challenge in terms of research. A similar finding is also confirmed by the cannonballs found on the site, dating from the Cossack attacks in the 16th - 17th centuries. , described in an anonymous note from a liturgical book: ‘In 1623, Cossacks with seventeen Seagulls ravaged the city of Agathopolis... They tied up the monks of the monastery, took them and went to Sozopol...’ We hope that the excavations will reveal new evidence of the important historical role of the city of Ahtopol over the centuries, and this will also give an opportunity to reveal details related to the architecture and layout of the monastery, as well as the daily life of its inhabitants".

In just the first few days of this year's excavations, interesting cultural treasures have already been uncovered, such as a coin of the Byzantine emperor Leo VI (886-912). Leo VI the Philosopher (or the Wise) is known to be the one who forced Simeon I the Great to break the 30-year peace imposed by Boris I Michael. The same, under the pressure of his mistress Zoya Zautzena and her father Stylian Zautza, Leo VI moved the marketplace for Bulgarian goods from Constantinople to Thessaloniki and imposed heavy taxes on them, and then ignored the envoys of Simeon I (Rashev, 2007), as in the summer in 896, Simeon I undertook his first march to Constantinople, as a result of which Bulgaria received territories between the Black Sea and Strandzha from Byzantium (Zlatarski 1994).

#nunyas news #neato stuff