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1980lerde deniz dolduruldu ve eski birçok yapı ve liman yıkıldı. Tarihi kimliğini büyük ölçüde yitirdi.

Can Bonapartism be considered Monarchism?

Can it be called "revolutionary monarchism"?

What makes it superior or inferior to old-type Monarchies?

How does Bonapartism differ from modern right-wing populist regimes that also rely on plebiscites and charismatic leaders?

is it dependent on the original charismatic leader too much? can it survive outside it?

Must the monarch be a member of the House of Bonaparte to be a Bonapartist?

Can it work in countries other than France?

Where does it stand in economic scale?

Alexander III firmly believed that Nicholas was too weak and "childish" to handle serious state matters. Once, when Finance Minister Sergei Witte suggested introducing Nicholas to state committees, Alexander responded: "He is a child... his opinions are utterly childish."

Due to this, Nicholas was completely barred from critical government council meetings. When Alexander died unexpectedly of kidney disease in 1894 at the age of 49, Nicholas was thrust onto the throne completely blind to how the empire was actually governed.

Upon his father's death, a weeping Nicholas famously cried out to a close cousin: "What is going to happen to me and all of Russia? I am not prepared to be a Tsar. I never wanted to become one. I know nothing of the business of ruling."

Alexander frequently berated Nicholas (including screaming, "You are a girl!" when Nicholas let a playmate take the blame for a mistake)

Because the young Nicholas was a shy, quiet, and sensitive young man, Alexander III frequently mocked him, often going so far as to call him a "girly girl" in front of his peers. The father also intentionally raised his children under severe, ascetic conditions. Alexander made his sons frequently wait to eat. This further contributed to Nicholas's lifelong timidness and lack of preparation for leadership.

Alexander III deeply despised the luxurious, "spoiled" lifestyle of typical European royalty. He famously stated, "I don't need porcelain. I need normal, healthy, Russian children,"

Nicholas and his siblings slept on hard, simple army camp beds rather than luxurious royal bedding. Every single morning began with washing or bathing in freezing cold water. Alexander III lived this way himself. Waking up at 7:00 AM, making his own coffee, and wearing simple clothes. He believed physical hardship was necessary to build a strong, resilient character

Alexander III forced his children to live under a harsh, minimalist routine. They slept on hard camp beds, took freezing cold baths every morning, and ate incredibly simple meals. If Nicholas or his siblings were late to the table, they simply were not allowed to eat.

Olga Alexandrovna, Nicholas’s sister, wrote that Alexander’s children often went hungry. When the family was at the table, the children received their food last, only as dinner was already ending. When the Emperor stood up from the table, everybody else was required to finish their meals, which didn’t leave the children enough time to eat properly. Eating between meals was forbidden and asking servants for food was unacceptable.

When he was young, Nicholas once ate the contents of his baptismal cross. All children in the royal family were given a baptismal cross that was said to contain a piece of the True Cross embedded in wax mastic. A hungry Nicholas opened the cross and ate everything from the inside, including the piece of the True Cross.

Nicholas II spent his entire reign trying to mimic his father's unyielding political stubbornness. However, because Nicholas lacked his father's naturally dominant presence, his attempts to act tough usually just manifested as tragic, rigid stubbornness at moments when he desperately needed to compromise with the Russian people.

This timidness combined with marrying Alexandra, who was both shy outside and dominant in the family.

When Nicholas faced political crises, Alexandra, convinced that they were chosen by God to rule, would fiercely pressure him to be strong. She famously wrote to him, urging him to be more like his autocratic father, Alexander III, telling him to "be the Emperor," "crush them all," and to show Russia the "iron will."

Because Nicholas lacked a strong inner voice, thanks to years of his father breaking it down, he leaned completely on his wife's advice during major political crises. This insulation from reality ultimately paved the direct path toward the Russian Revolution in 1917.

Most Russian Tsars beforehand were like ALexander III. It is sad that as a father, Nicholas was the one to break this cycle and treat his kids nicely, but he couldn't save them at the end.

Bulgaria joining the Allies in October 1915 would open up huge possibilities. The Bulgarians could threaten Istanbul or move to cutoff the Turkish army at Gallipoli. That would bring Greece into the war and accelerate the entry of Romania into the Allied camp. With Serbia still fighting the CP at the same time as the Russians launching the Brusilov Offensive, and Romania coming in during June AH might collapse, leaving Germany to fight on alone.

Bulgaria was important for both belligerents because of its strategic geo-political position in the Balkans and its strong army. If Bulgaria entered the war on the side of the Central Powers then Serbia would have been defeated, which could influence the still neutral Romania and Greece. If Bulgaria allied itself with the Entente it would have disrupted the links of Germany and Austria-Hungary with the Ottoman Empire and would have taken the straits opening a sea route to Russia (No Russian revolution as we know it). The Entente offered Bulgaria Eastern Thrace to the west of the line Midia-Enos and uncertain guarantees for Macedonia. However, Serbia and Greece were reluctant to make any concessions to Bulgaria.

1st and 3rd images are obviously manipulated picutres. 2nd is real. Eye size is the most obvious giveaway. 1st picture has small eyes.

Do we have information on where when and by whom these picutres were edited? Perhaps to make her more "elegant"?

He was destined to follow a career in the Russian Navy, but he died in his youth (aged 19) of tuberculosis.