No mention of Bulgaria… Cringe

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  1. Wow it’s almost like Russian history is more relevant to English-speakers than Bulgarian history and like the Oxford dictionary lists the ways the word is most commonly used in the English language and doesn’t provide a full Wiki entry for the history of the term! Shocking!

  2. “Tsar” and its variants were the official titles of the following states:

    * Bulgarian Empire ([First Bulgarian Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Bulgarian_Empire) in 681–1018, [Second Bulgarian Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Bulgarian_Empire) in 1185–1396), and also used in [Tsardom of Bulgaria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bulgaria), in 1908–1946
    * [Serbian Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_Empire), in 1346–1371
    * [Tsardom of Russia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsardom_of_Russia), in 1547–1721 (replaced in 1721 by [*imperator*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperator) in [Russian Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire), but still remaining in use, also officially in relation to several regions until 1917)

    The first ruler to adopt the title *tsar* was [Simeon I of Bulgaria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_I_of_Bulgaria).[[5]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar#cite_note-5) [Simeon II](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_Saxe-Coburg-Gotha), the last [tsar of Bulgaria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_of_Bulgaria), is the last person to hold this title.

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