International Boulangism? (January-March, 1892
Army update]
It is 1892, about 6 years (7 had not yet been completed) since the first Russian aircraft flew at the Saint Petersburg Conference, and it is now that the Russian army establishes the first military considerations of airplanes after various tests and advances.
This through tests in Central Asia and some other places in Russia, with the tests and reports thoroughly vetted by War Minister Iosif Romeyko-Gurko, Deputy Minister Mikhail Skobelev and Tsar Alexander III.
Airplane design had continued to be improved at that time, but there was still much work to be done.
In the first place, there are still a few years (two to three) to perfect airplanes with bombing or armament capabilities, but the Russian army has already begun to use airplanes for their reconnaissance capabilities (that is, to detect, observe or find enemy positions, targets vitals, observations of the terrain, etc).
The good thing about this was that the Russian Empire could already begin to train more professional pilots, begin to find design errors and design the first modules, rules or requirements of said pilots, etc.
Germany and France had had their own interests in aviation, but they were not as advanced as Russia in that regard.
Of course, they only needed a little push, but at the moment airplanes were not used in warfare, at the moment.
Russia already knew that it would have a war sooner or later, and with this would come the use of airplanes in the military field (senior generals and members of the government such as General Mikhail Skobelev had sponsored the development of airplanes together with Tsar Alexander III).
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* Basil Zaharoff.
The Greek arms dealer had been to Russia to obtain information about the Russian Empire's aviation experiments, not so much in the interest of a foreign nation but out of personal interest. The problem was Zaharoff's track record, who once sold a self-made submarine to the Greeks, French and English, a submarine that was obviously going to fail due to design flaws.
Among other harmful capitalist practices, Zaharoff was a fairly successful arms dealer, profiting from human suffering during various wars and events.
But now Zaharoff was on one of the Okhrana's directives. "We have also found attempts to investigate Admiralty projects, I am sure that is less personal interest." One of the Okhrana troops maintains, 20-year-old Zachariasz Prus.
"Well, a man has to earn a living. The English have come to nothing." Zaharoff exclaims.
"Very well, the state has an offer for you, Zaharoff, some work for the Ottoman Empire and everyone can go his way." Prus superiors mention.
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* Alexandrian perspective.
"Being a ruler has many dark jobs, although my morals tell me that no, sometimes I have to work with oligarchs and merchants of death, a sad reality.
At least I can make sure that Zaharoff will not be a problem in the future. "
Zaharoff was used to sell failed equipment to the Ottomans, and arm Macedonian, Assyrian, Kurdish, Greek and Arab rebels, the problem was his lack of loyalty to the Russian Empire.
That's why after Zaharoff survived his usefulness to the state, he had to disappear ... Under Russian terms, that's why Agent Prus was sent to deal with Zaharoff with a parting gift.
On a street in the Ottoman Empire, the merchant Basil Zaharoff was killed by a bomb, no other casualties or damage were reported due to the explosion suspected of being related to one of the man's businesses.
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[Balkan war]
"In the opinion of my generals, it is clear that Greece is not prepared, they do not have the numbers, the equipment or the technical-administrative capacity to fight a war against the Ottoman Empire." Tsar Alexander III argues in a meeting with King George I of Greece and his prime minister, Tsar Sergei I and Bulgarian officials, and delegates from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro.
"Excuse me, but that is an offense to the Greek army." Prime Minister Theodoros Deligiannis exclaims.
"An army that has not fought in several decades Mr. Deligiannis, forgive me but I am telling the truth. The Ottoman Empire still outnumbers some of the countries in our project, is better armed than Greece and has obtained a growing number of veterans since the war of '76 due to the Kurdish and Albanian revolts. " Tsar Alexander III responds.
"So what can we do?" King George I contends coming into conflict with his own prime minister.
"Right now, our best asset in that matter is cooperation, we need to coordinate joint operations, training and weapons supplies." Tsar Alexander III exclaims. "Russia helps Bulgaria and Montenegro, Bulgaria helps Greece, etc. At the moment it is clear, we all hate the Ottomans."
"We can accept that, but what about Serbia?" George and Sergei ask, King Alexander I had made the Balkan plans more difficult.
"If Serbia does not want to participate in the plans, it is their problem, they lose." Tsar Alexander III mentions, focusing internal disputes of others towards the Serbia of Alexander I.
Greece began to receive Bulgarian armaments and advisers for her army, Bulgarians who in turn had previously been trained by Russia.
The Alexandrian plan was for Bulgaria and Greece to focus their attention on Macedonia and cut the Ottoman territory between Thrace and Albania (Greece getting territories to the north and Bulgaria to the west), while on the other hand Russia could focus on the straits ...
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[Five Arrows: Somaliland]
While Ethiopia was focusing on internal development in economic cooperation with Russia, and the British Empire was taking the southern coasts of the Arabian peninsula, the Russian authorities themselves continued to take control of the coasts and territories of the Horn of Africa, more specifically Somali lands.
This would make it possible to connect from Keniya in the south to Sagallo in the north, creating a great coastline of Russian colonies such as commercial ports, naval bases, etc.
And due to its opponents and allies focusing on other things, the Russian Empire had the ability to meet these goals, through contracts with Somali chiefs. Buy land, rights, settle ports, expand and repeat until the Somali lands were unified under Russian colonial rule.
Of course this did not stop here, sometimes the Russians had to use their Somali allies against other Somalis to establish peace or settle territories, but true pacification was achieved through diplomacy, economy and infrastructure.
The army and the colonial administration were a solid base to avoid bloodshed and to control administrative and economic matters, but they were not enough.
For this was the infrastructure built by the Orthodox church, volunteers and Russian settlers, roads, schools, orphanages and farms were built, all with the potential to further pacify the natives.
The Orthodox Church took in orphans who became more loyal citizens, education trained pro-Russian leaders and agents who could be used to establish Russian rule in the region, farms allowed for trade, getting a workforce aligned with Russia, etc.
And Russia could make money by starting to exploit some Somali resources, labor and ports for its New Silk Road, etc.
Of course this was achieved by connecting Mombasa and New Moscow with the new Somali ports, whose products could reach nearby Madagaskar or Russian Indonesia (first in Aceh).
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[Russian Red Cross and jobs: Japan and Aceh]
With the approaching earthquake in Japan, the Russian Empire of Alexander III sent aid through the Russian Red Cross to its neighboring state to aid population and reconstruction.
But within certain contractors working under Tsar Alexander III, the idea of experimentation against natural disasters arose. Projects that Tsar Alexander III decided to promote.
Of course Alexandrian Russia and Meiji Japan were years away from creating earthquake-proof buildings, but preparing greater defenses, evacuation routes, and sharing resources was easy.
Something that was within reach, was infrastructure against tsunamis, and with this came a new investment to some of the colonies and protectorates of the Russian Empire.
First, Aceh, the Islamic sultanate under Russian protection continued to grow, strengthening ties with Russia on various levels.
This was just another example when walls and other infrastructure against potential disasters began to be built, including pandemics, tsunamis, etc.
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[International]
On January 14, 1892, the Prince of Wales, Albert Victor, and his wife Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, after years of trying, have their first descendant.
A daughter, whom they call Victoria, in honor of Queen Victoria (from whom both Albert Victor and Alix of Hesse are descended), although there was some opposition from other members of the British royal family.
It is clear that there are certain, negative roses, between the couple and other members of the royal family (including Edward VII).
Basketball rules are composed and published.
February 27, Rudolf Diesel starts producing Blinov-Kibalchich engines in Russia.
March 1, the Prime Minister of Greece, Theodoros Deligiannis ends his term due to elections, opposition to his positions and government, and rivalries with King George I of Greece.
The new Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Greece is Konstantinos Konstantopoulos.
Between March 6 and 8, the British Empire expands by signing exclusive treaties with the "trucial states", the name for the confederations or sheikhdoms of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Fujairah.
On March 11, the first basketball game in the United States takes place.
On March 15, the great Liverpool strike occurs, local soldiers, members of the police and various industrial workers, Liverpool is the "New York of Europe" according to various descriptions, but in New York there were no such demonstrations that paralyzed the local economy due to to social unrest.
This is the product of social opposition to army budget cuts by the navy, British investments in France rather than at home (UK), requests for an eight-hour work day, etc. They were joined by various Zionist Jews who had read Eliezer Ben-Yehuda's documents but who had been ignored by British authorities in favor of geopolitical interests (some widely doubted the veracity of the documents).
Loyal members of the state submit to the great Liverpool strike, which mobilized 1/6 of the population, socialism began to become more popular in the northern region of England after this.
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* France and the Poles.
Maria Skłodowska was a Polish woman interested in her education, like many other young Poles, the Russian authorities had offered educational benefits and lucrative jobs in regions outside the Polish Congress.
Many young people accepted this, diluting the best of the Polish future for their own interests (educated Poles, future of Poland, became members of Russian society and economy), but not Maria, she rejected this and went to France.
The University of Paris was now an institution under the Boulangism regime, that is, there were certain new interests in the social sciences but destined for the regime.
Between this, Maria and many other Polish students were able to meet with the Polish exile community in France, to found the Polska Partia Kulangistów (Polish Boulangist Party).
A boulgangist party with some socialists involved, but the point is that it was a Polish nationalist party that wanted the independence of Poland.
In Russia the majority of Polish parties abandoned the idea of an immediate and violent independence, Russia simply had an army so powerful that any uprising seemed doomed, and now they were economically dominant in Poland, it only remained to seek a reform for autonomy and obtain independence. later peacefully.
But the PPK rejected these ideas.
The party-in-exile would soon reach Russia, but we'll talk about that later.
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On March 31st, the Buenos Aires Police Chief officially opens the world's first fingerprinting office.
Interested in these advances, Tsar Alexander III is interested in this and for potential joint developments, he raises a business meeting with the Argentines.
At some point in this period, Nikola Tesla invented Tesla coils, in a fairly short time since the invention of the SEiPK radios.
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[Sport culture: Russian Soccer League, round of 16]
*Minsk vs Kharkov: The Kharkov team beats the Minsk team by 2 to 1.
*Moscow vs Baku: The Baku team beats the Moscow team 3 to 1.
*Vyborg vs Vladivostok: The Vyborg team beats the Vladivostok team by 2 to 0.
*Omsk vs Tomsk: Tomsk's team beats Omsk's team by 1 to 0.
*Novo Arkhangelsk vs Grozny: Novo Arkhangelsk's team beats Grozny's team by 2 to 0.
*Erivan vs Murmansk: Erivan's team beats Murmansk's team 3-2.
*Warsaw vs Kiev: The Kiev team beats the Warsaw team by 2 to 1.
*Anadyr vs Saint Petersburg: The St. Petersburg team beats the Anadyr team 3 to 1.
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[Basketball]
With the first developments of basketball, Tsar Alexander III imported the sport to Russia to test how it turned out on some public courts in Kharkov.
The sport at the moment was quite overshadowed by the Russian Soccer League in Minsk, but it was not unpopular either, and the first basketball games began in Russia a few weeks after March 11.