I can't stress how important his work is to us Ukrainians. When I heard him recite Ukrainian poetry I burst into tears. It's an incredible feeling to be seen for what we are, instead of being routinely patronized, dismissed and smeared with lies amid another genocide at the hands of russians.
For this passing year I've learned about Ukraine, ukrainians and ukrainian language a LOT. I don't know if I know 1-2% of that before the war (isn't that sad, I'm from Poland!) When I was teenager I was close to go to Ukraine, but I couldn't. It is so refreshing to find many similiarities between us, and suprised by little differences. I feel like I found that my (not so well know) neighbour happens to be my lost-but-at-last-found cousin. Why oh why it's so late discovery? Did you made mistake (as Ukraine, not showing your beauty to the World more)? Did I just closed my eyes? Гарного дня
Read some key points here: People die in Ukraine for American/USA political and economic interests. Ukraine was a state in the USSR, - the east of that Ukraine region was and is substantially ethnic Russian, and the Donbas / eastern Ukraine was part of Russia from the late 1700's till about 1922, but was not Ukraine prior to 1922, and was a state within the USSR till 1991. That's Russia's neighborhood. They're not going to let Crimea and the Donbas(and thereabouts) go to The West. Btw, I'm in The West, military central in SoCaL. But, east Ukraine region is historical Russian lands. That's Russia's core neighborhood. Leave it to them,… in peace. The issue here is the Donbas / eastern Ukraine plus Crimea, which is historical Russian land since the 1700's to about 1922, and Russia having a naval base in Crimea since the 1700's. Then the USSR happened, with Russia being the big dog state of the USSR, Ukraine being another state. And, the Russian Ruling Elite don't want The West to have that land by way of Ukraine. It's prime real estate, with a substantial Russian history and ethnic-Russian population, and it's a core of Russian history, it's core Russian neighborhood. Russia is taking a stand on multi-polarity of the world, along with China, in counter to The West / USA. Ukraine was a state within the USSR, Russia was the ruling state within the USSR, - land which was in the Russian borders was transferred to the Ukraine state,.. it was a transfer of convenience, and not a transfer to a 'sovereign nation'. Ukraine can't win on its own,… it's NATO/USA support which is necessary for Ukraine to win this war, so, it's a crucially collaborative effort. What Russia wants is to reclaim historical Russian land (Donbas and thereabouts, plus Ukraine) and keep that land. Ukraine going to The West basically means the land goes to The West. That's entirely unacceptable to Russia. So, compromise. Let Russia reclaim the eastern/southern lands of that region, and get back to peace and good productivity, rather than devastation.
@Bon Summers to recap last 6-7 years, russians already had Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk, so what do you mean exactly by giving it to them to stop the war? As visible in practice, they want much more. These lands as well as Crimea are not historically russian. Moreover, Crimea historically belongs to Crimean Tatars and other ethnic groups, not russians. After russian genocide of Tatars it became as you call it "russian". In every city that russians take over they torture and kill civilians. Should Ukraine give up on its citizens and leave them to die because at some point in time russians lived there or because some people tend to speak russian there? In every country that has neighbors the languages are always mixed close to the boarders, the nationalities are always mixed as well, but there are borders and neighbors should respect them.
3/4 of the way through he contradicts himself about Ukraine actually not winning. He was talking about democracy in the world as if their was going to be a radical change. This is someone I wouldn't trust. Notice he waited until nobody said anything before saying the programme was on the night earlier and in Russia, as if by some nano chance someone saw it. There are Russians in the US, hope they don't have to deal with this racist. Did he learn all those languages so he could yell abuse at more people in their own tongue.
I have not yet viewed the entire 23 weeks of Snyder's History of Ukraine Course at Yale, but I very strongly recommend it to everyone interested in Ukraine and the current war. This lecture is a worthy addition to that course (available for free on the internet). I stand in awe of Professor Snyder's grokking of this moment in history, and his willingness to share that knowledge with those of us who haven't conquered ten languages, five of them fluently. Thank you Professor Snyder, and thanks to Stoney Brook University for putting this out on the internet for the benefit of all believers in the democratic principle.
The Yale course is on UA-cam. I have seen it and do recommend it. Please read his books and look at the Ukerianian artists and writers who the West still don't attribute to Ukraine.
Timothy Snyder has changed the way I see humanity for the rest of my life. I took his Ukraine course on UA-cam and I am half way through Bloodlands. How such a gentle, considerate, and very funny man delve in these horrors is a beyond me. I wept at some of the poetic moments in his course and book. Extremely profound experience that I can not thank him enough to take me on his journey with him.
When he first said that he didn't want to lecture a computer, I thought this one has arrogance and then the lies came. Not as many were said as he didn't say much. Didn't mention anything about the Ukrainians still shelling the civilians of the Donbass region, as they have for more than eight years now. Angela Merkel admitted that the Minsk Agreement was only made to give Ukraine time to build up a bigger army and more weapons so this idea it was unprovoked is a joke. Why were they building such a big army ? Obviously not to play in the sand
Read some key points here: People die in Ukraine for American/USA political and economic interests. Ukraine was a state in the USSR, - the east of that Ukraine region was and is substantially ethnic Russian, and the Donbas / eastern Ukraine was part of Russia from the late 1700's till about 1922, but was not Ukraine prior to 1922, and was a state within the USSR till 1991. That's Russia's neighborhood. They're not going to let Crimea and the Donbas(and thereabouts) go to The West. Btw, I'm in The West, military central in SoCaL. But, east Ukraine region is historical Russian lands. That's Russia's core neighborhood. Leave it to them,… in peace. The issue here is the Donbas / eastern Ukraine plus Crimea, which is historical Russian land since the 1700's to about 1922, and Russia having a naval base in Crimea since the 1700's. Then the USSR happened, with Russia being the big dog state of the USSR, Ukraine being another state. And, the Russian Ruling Elite don't want The West to have that land by way of Ukraine. It's prime real estate, with a substantial Russian history and ethnic-Russian population, and it's a core of Russian history, it's core Russian neighborhood. Russia is taking a stand on multi-polarity of the world, along with China, in counter to The West / USA. Ukraine was a state within the USSR, Russia was the ruling state within the USSR, - land which was in the Russian borders was transferred to the Ukraine state,.. it was a transfer of convenience, and not a transfer to a 'sovereign nation'. Ukraine can't win on its own,… it's NATO/USA support which is necessary for Ukraine to win this war, so, it's a crucially collaborative effort. What Russia wants is to reclaim historical Russian land (Donbas and thereabouts, plus Ukraine) and keep that land. Ukraine going to The West basically means the land goes to The West. That's entirely unacceptable to Russia. So, compromise. Let Russia reclaim the eastern/southern lands of that region, and get back to peace and good productivity, rather than devastation.
@@bonsummers2657 Russia is an empire. These are colonized lands. The Ukrainians in the Donbas speak Russian but they aren’t Russian. They voted overwhelmingly to be an independent country. You’re historical analysis is so divorced from reality. Why do you think over 180,000 Russian soldiers have been killed and wounded in Ukraine? The Russians just don’t get it. They should walk away and go back to their mama’s dacha and leave the Ukrainian peoples alone. What’s so hard about that? Take the summer off Russia and go home. I’ll buy the drinks and food.
He enjoys describing Russia exploiting Europe and seems to overlook the vastly more expensive efforts of US Oligarchs to exploit European Consumers with LNG? You might want to question his motivation as well as his supporters? Forcing Russia out of business so the US can discover profits, is creating more complex and destructive effects than if Russia were to continue to provide cheap Gas to Europe. The fact that US LNG was only selling around 20% of Europe's market as Russia had built a pipeline that would have moved them from supplying 40% of demand to around 70%. The current LNG providers appear to be far short of the ability to supply enough fuel for Europe to survive a cold Winter. Exploiting Europe to support US GDP seems to demonstrate the ethics that enabled the Standard Oil Company to become the Monopoly that was at one time condemned by the US.
@@geoffreylachner6779 The economic effects of a Condi Rice Safari Tour to discover that WMD program that the former Secretary of State was selling seems to indicate her lack of scruples? Victoria Nuland appears to have endured through bombing Kosovo to the effects of shoving Scooter Libby under a Bus over some Yellowcake Lies? The US appears to enable some spectacular liars?
That's it, Taya Taya. I have known so many people who make a living from the study of violence, or democracy, who are simply climbing the greasy pole of academic life. I love this man's work at so many levels. His wife Marco Shore is pretty amazing too.
Dear Mr.Snyder, Thank you so much for your fantastic course on the making of modern Ukraine. I've never ever heard anything so logical, so precise, so emotional about the history of my country. I've gone through all the lectures on the fly within 3 days. Wish all Ukrainians would listen to this great story as many of the facts I'm sure are unknown to many of them. Your passion for the Ukrainian history is beyound imagination, you are true ukrainian lover. Thank you so much!
to me as a german he has to give so many reflections and things to think about connected to history. his is so aware and on pulse of the time its awesome. he needs more attention
halo neighbour! make sure to take a look at his recent Yale course on Ukraine's history.. (i am here to fix my need for more Snyder after watching the entire 22 lectures about it)
Sadly, though, he gets post-WW II-Germany completely wrong and refuses to concede on ANY of his positions. THAT overshadows his work for me. And many others, btw.
@@p.h.3987 that's literally a hyperbole, but as they say "noone can hear you being nuanced on the internets" ...do you mind sharing that nuances with us?
PLEASE change the title of this VIDEO to the title of the lecture "The War in Ukraine and the Future of Democracy". Many more viewers will find it and be attracted to it. I never go to films by choosing a mall to see a film in. This lecture is a fantastic exercise in stretching your mind by examining events and history.
Read some key points here: People die in Ukraine for American/USA political and economic interests. Ukraine was a state in the USSR, - the east of that Ukraine region was and is substantially ethnic Russian, and the Donbas / eastern Ukraine was part of Russia from the late 1700's till about 1922, but was not Ukraine prior to 1922, and was a state within the USSR till 1991. That's Russia's neighborhood. They're not going to let Crimea and the Donbas(and thereabouts) go to The West. Btw, I'm in The West, military central in SoCaL. But, east Ukraine region is historical Russian lands. That's Russia's core neighborhood. Leave it to them,… in peace. The issue here is the Donbas / eastern Ukraine plus Crimea, which is historical Russian land since the 1700's to about 1922, and Russia having a naval base in Crimea since the 1700's. Then the USSR happened, with Russia being the big dog state of the USSR, Ukraine being another state. And, the Russian Ruling Elite don't want The West to have that land by way of Ukraine. It's prime real estate, with a substantial Russian history and ethnic-Russian population, and it's a core of Russian history, it's core Russian neighborhood. Russia is taking a stand on multi-polarity of the world, along with China, in counter to The West / USA. Ukraine was a state within the USSR, Russia was the ruling state within the USSR, - land which was in the Russian borders was transferred to the Ukraine state,.. it was a transfer of convenience, and not a transfer to a 'sovereign nation'. Ukraine can't win on its own,… it's NATO/USA support which is necessary for Ukraine to win this war, so, it's a crucially collaborative effort. What Russia wants is to reclaim historical Russian land (Donbas and thereabouts, plus Ukraine) and keep that land. Ukraine going to The West basically means the land goes to The West. That's entirely unacceptable to Russia. So, compromise. Let Russia reclaim the eastern/southern lands of that region, and get back to peace and good productivity, rather than devastation.
Enjoyed the talk today on every level. Nice segue from the 23 classes of history over the past weeks to winning, democracy and the future. BRAVO , Professor Snyder. I hope to see part of that future.
Thank you Timothy Snyder. Just read Bloodlands, and was blown away. Thanks for taking time to talk to american students about the idea of democracy and the idea of a nation. I will use this video in my class. Thx from Denmark.
Timothy Snyder ties so many concepts together in this lecture so seamlessly. It does so much to explain the current political situation in the United States where 40 years of free market ideology have created a deterministic mindset in its citizens that they have no political voice and agency of their own. Snyder explains how that results in the fascist trait of defining the other, which is a characteristic of our venomous politics. According to Snyder, what is important to break through and to strengthen our Democracy is to demand of others that they describe themselves as who they are rather than who they are not. And importantly to come into the political discussion of a positive vision of the future where individuals have agency and choice in the outcomes.
Timothy Snyder’s YALE course this fall is a must-hear. All 23 lectures are on UA-cam. He is the master in explaining what history is and what it is not; what democracy is and what it is not; what patriotism is and what it is not. Yes, he is the Professor in the fields of Bloodlands, Black Earth, and Reconstruction of Nations, in the far east of Europe. Yet all those themes and exquisite books always show us not only Ukraine and her peoples, perhaps not even primarily them. It’s about the vultures for centuries encircling them - Rzeczpospolitans, Tsarists, Nazis, Stalinists, and yes, Putinists. Ultimately, his lessons are about imperial dominance of real, percieved and desired colonies, no matter which part of the world one talks about.
Be careful you are not just taking what Timothy Snyder is saying without critical reflection. Snyder is arguing for what he believes democracy to be, he doesn't own the definition. All of these terms you use, history, democracy, and patriotism are contested subjects among experts. Mearsheimer and Niall Ferguson for example may have a different view.
Yeah. Let me throw in another contested term: Extremist. Your first example is far to the left, and the other one far to the right. At least, to my taste. But of course, that’s what I think. Others may think differently. Others may also think Golden T is still President. And then again, some may think he is, has been, and always will be a traitor. Hard to tell, right?
@@padellina9596Yes, that is your opinion, I could have named any historian. Well yes, it takes a lot of work but to understand history one should read as widely and as critically, unideologically and unbiasedly as possible. Then based on the evidence you have read, you make up your mind. If you don't read people who disagree with (with an open mind) you are not doing history. You are just agreeing with a certain narrative interpretation of historical events.
Timothy Snyder is a great speaker. I would be so nervous to stand up there and talk about this stuff but he nails it every time. It also helps he knows his stuff.
When Snyder says that we should not give in to the deception that structural factors are politically deterministic, it reminds me of the David Graeber quote: “The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something we make and could just as easily make differently.”
This is incredible really. Im in Ukraine right now in Kyiv and we didn't really see or understand that this war is important not only for us as ukrainians. Because that's how we perceive it as war for freedom. Maybe our final war which we will win We didn"t really understand, that we are here kinda ab example for all "sleeping" and totally awake authoritarian countries all around the world. Didn't think about our war with such angle Wow, such a responsibility 😅
I am convinced that Ukraine will win Putler's war. The reason is because you fight for your homeland and its people. Слава Україні! from Great Britain.
This war and it's outcome will make a difference in global Democracy. We owe so much to the brave Ukrainians who are fighting and suffering for what will.matter.to all of us, including.Americans..Putin wants to destroy the west as well as Ukraine.
The responsibility is really on all the rest of us europeans to support Ukrainians. We are the homefront in this war and we owe ukrainians everything. We are deeply indebted to Ukraine. Every russian tank burning in Ukraine is a tank that will not roll into Estonia or Poland. Every russian ship sunk in the Black Sea will not threaten the coast of Sweden. The fierce, brave and brilliant Ukrainian resistance is a warning to Russia not to even look sideways at Khazakstan or Georgia again. So Слава Україні, and may the invaders melt away як роса на сонці.
You should try telling that to all those poor men who died so the west could TRY to oust Putin and start robbing like they do to the Africans, but they used Ukraine as a battering ram and every last man. And what does this so called educated man tell you of that ?
As part of monitoring his Ukrainian History course, I began reading his books and and UA-cam video in which he talks. In everything he does he drops incredible truth bombs that just gives one Eureka moment after the other. It's like the insights from being on drugs without needing the drugs.
My wife and I fall asleep listening to those lectures they are fantastic and prescient. It may take us a while but revisiting lectures really helps LOL. In the meantime I am trying to understand how Czechoslovakia was formed and then why it amicably split ( a role mode separation if there ever was one)!
@@Anavllama I've been literally eating and sleeping them, staying up way too late (Europe time zone) or watching over dinner / chores as soon as they drop
Whilst the Velvet Divorce was bloodless and perhaps could be described as a "role model" for separation (for couples, divorce is rarely pretty, but it is better than murder) I think it is worth pointing out that it probably would not have happened if it wasn't for the dubious politics of Vladimír Mečiar. I don't know much about him, but I spent some time in the Czech republic back in late 1997 and both Czechs and Slovaks were telling me he was an autocratic nationalist who wiped up nationalism in Slovakia to engineer majority support for the Divorce. At that time, almost 5 years after the divorce, I was told that the majorities had changed. I.e. in 1992/93 Czechs were against it and Slovaks were for it, having been told by Mečiar how wonderful life was going to be once they had escaped the Czech yoke. But by late 1997 Slovaks would have voted to restore Czechoslovakia, but the majority of Czechs were, by then, very happy that the split had occurred. I could be wrong, this is all based on random conversations I had at the time. I'm no historian/political theorist, I work in IT.
Thankfully, for those of us who have a passion for reducing emissions and loving the planet, with lots of democracy in it, are far from alone in this fight for safeguarding our children's future.
I knew Zelensky wldnt run either! Being Irish, it's just in my DNA to stand your ground when pitied against Empire, Esp the Russian Thug Putin is, And esp with the Ukrainian People in such need of such a Leader of Zelensky in their moment of need🇺🇦. Such Respect to him and his Men and Women in current Leadership and Govt who stayed 🇺🇦. Zelensky should be known in History as: 'The Leader who Stayed'. Even now with the War at its most difficult Dec 2022, with Putin and the Russian Army weaponizing Winter in their very admitted to War Crime, the Ukrainian People and the Ukrainian Army and Govt will prevail in this War, and will utterly achieve in their Spirit as the Ukrainian People the European Future they want , always honouring their Fallen Heros 🇺🇦 🌻🌻. Putin, on the other hand, is already Afterthought! **Thank you Professor Snyder for bring the warning that was needed to wake other countries and People up to the 'protection of Democracy in the West', as the German Govt are learning this 1rst week of Dec 2022 . We Cassandras are out there, and are being listened to now at this juncture ! Every Democratic Country needs to assess itself now and become more robust as the democracies of the World, Esp in the West. Having the Vital Understanding: A Democracy is only as strong as it's Representatives and Electorate are 👍👍 Slava Ukraine 💛🇺🇦
Wonderful lecture and thank you so much to Timothy Snyder. Truly great to hear his perspective given his deep knowledge of the cultures and historical context. Many points to call out but the one regarding equipping children to develop the ability to hear all the facts and sides and make rational choice is real freedom (sorry not his exact words but hopefully correct gist)
He is very clearly uncomfortable with the somewhat over the top introduction. TL:DR version: She really admires him. Now, let's get to the meat of the lecture.
Storage tanks. Tanks as a rule, make mediocre storage containers. Too much gear inside to contaminate what gets poured in. And too many points for leaks to occur.
Great Stuff. This talk illustrates perfectly the value in higher education in general. Our societies, and we as humans need to access language and the ability to discuss the world in order to understand where we are and to find the way forward. The tragedy of war is that it is a manifestation of ignorance, and shows a dominance of low-tier impulses (greeds). Learning to talk and to think (for all of us) will do much to elevate society from stupid and retrograde urges.
Read some key points here: People die in Ukraine for American/USA political and economic interests. Ukraine was a state in the USSR, - the east of that Ukraine region was and is substantially ethnic Russian, and the Donbas / eastern Ukraine was part of Russia from the late 1700's till about 1922, but was not Ukraine prior to 1922, and was a state within the USSR till 1991. That's Russia's neighborhood. They're not going to let Crimea and the Donbas(and thereabouts) go to The West. Btw, I'm in The West, military central in SoCaL. But, east Ukraine region is historical Russian lands. That's Russia's core neighborhood. Leave it to them,… in peace. The issue here is the Donbas / eastern Ukraine plus Crimea, which is historical Russian land since the 1700's to about 1922, and Russia having a naval base in Crimea since the 1700's. Then the USSR happened, with Russia being the big dog state of the USSR, Ukraine being another state. And, the Russian Ruling Elite don't want The West to have that land by way of Ukraine. It's prime real estate, with a substantial Russian history and ethnic-Russian population, and it's a core of Russian history, it's core Russian neighborhood. Russia is taking a stand on multi-polarity of the world, along with China, in counter to The West / USA. Ukraine was a state within the USSR, Russia was the ruling state within the USSR, - land which was in the Russian borders was transferred to the Ukraine state,.. it was a transfer of convenience, and not a transfer to a 'sovereign nation'. Ukraine can't win on its own,… it's NATO/USA support which is necessary for Ukraine to win this war, so, it's a crucially collaborative effort. What Russia wants is to reclaim historical Russian land (Donbas and thereabouts, plus Ukraine) and keep that land. Ukraine going to The West basically means the land goes to The West. That's entirely unacceptable to Russia. So, compromise. Let Russia reclaim the eastern/southern lands of that region, and get back to peace and good productivity, rather than devastation.
The Russian Federation should be renamed the Russian Empire which would be far more accurate, closer to the reality. Russians are currently the largest minority within Russia, not a majority.
Read some key points here: People die in Ukraine for American/USA political and economic interests. Ukraine was a state in the USSR, - the east of that Ukraine region was and is substantially ethnic Russian, and the Donbas / eastern Ukraine was part of Russia from the late 1700's till about 1922, but was not Ukraine prior to 1922, and was a state within the USSR till 1991. That's Russia's neighborhood. They're not going to let Crimea and the Donbas(and thereabouts) go to The West. Btw, I'm in The West, military central in SoCaL. But, east Ukraine region is historical Russian lands. That's Russia's core neighborhood. Leave it to them,… in peace. The issue here is the Donbas / eastern Ukraine plus Crimea, which is historical Russian land since the 1700's to about 1922, and Russia having a naval base in Crimea since the 1700's. Then the USSR happened, with Russia being the big dog state of the USSR, Ukraine being another state. And, the Russian Ruling Elite don't want The West to have that land by way of Ukraine. It's prime real estate, with a substantial Russian history and ethnic-Russian population, and it's a core of Russian history, it's core Russian neighborhood. Russia is taking a stand on multi-polarity of the world, along with China, in counter to The West / USA. Ukraine was a state within the USSR, Russia was the ruling state within the USSR, - land which was in the Russian borders was transferred to the Ukraine state,.. it was a transfer of convenience, and not a transfer to a 'sovereign nation'. Ukraine can't win on its own,… it's NATO/USA support which is necessary for Ukraine to win this war, so, it's a crucially collaborative effort. What Russia wants is to reclaim historical Russian land (Donbas and thereabouts, plus Ukraine) and keep that land. Ukraine going to The West basically means the land goes to The West. That's entirely unacceptable to Russia. So, compromise. Let Russia reclaim the eastern/southern lands of that region, and get back to peace and good productivity, rather than devastation.
This one interviewer is ok ,, 7 months ago & so relevant ua-cam.com/video/7d21K_csDds/v-deo.html “”We speak to Yale University historian Timothy Snyder about his latest article for The New Yorker, "The War in Ukraine Is a Colonial War." Snyder writes about the colonial history that laid the foundations for the Russian war in Ukraine, such as Russia's imperial vision and how leaders……
Episode aired 22 Feb, title "Ukraine/Targeting America". Can only post youtube links on youtube - fair enough - so here is a link to the 60 minutes youtube video: ua-cam.com/video/bJeFmofhzgw/v-deo.html about the "Targeting America" stuff. If you click "show more" in the description there is an outside link to 60 minutes episodes.
Actually, from the start, I thought that Ukraine could win, but that it was by no means certain. There were strengths and weaknesses on both side and one thing on Ukraine's side was that they were less surprised by the invasion than most of the invading troupes, who had been told right up until the last minute that they were just on a training exercise.
Read some key points here: People die in Ukraine for American/USA political and economic interests. Ukraine was a state in the USSR, - the east of that Ukraine region was and is substantially ethnic Russian, and the Donbas / eastern Ukraine was part of Russia from the late 1700's till about 1922, but was not Ukraine prior to 1922, and was a state within the USSR till 1991. That's Russia's neighborhood. They're not going to let Crimea and the Donbas(and thereabouts) go to The West. Btw, I'm in The West, military central in SoCaL. But, east Ukraine region is historical Russian lands. That's Russia's core neighborhood. Leave it to them,… in peace. The issue here is the Donbas / eastern Ukraine plus Crimea, which is historical Russian land since the 1700's to about 1922, and Russia having a naval base in Crimea since the 1700's. Then the USSR happened, with Russia being the big dog state of the USSR, Ukraine being another state. And, the Russian Ruling Elite don't want The West to have that land by way of Ukraine. It's prime real estate, with a substantial Russian history and ethnic-Russian population, and it's a core of Russian history, it's core Russian neighborhood. Russia is taking a stand on multi-polarity of the world, along with China, in counter to The West / USA. Ukraine was a state within the USSR, Russia was the ruling state within the USSR, - land which was in the Russian borders was transferred to the Ukraine state,.. it was a transfer of convenience, and not a transfer to a 'sovereign nation'. Ukraine can't win on its own,… it's NATO/USA support which is necessary for Ukraine to win this war, so, it's a crucially collaborative effort. What Russia wants is to reclaim historical Russian land (Donbas and thereabouts, plus Ukraine) and keep that land. Ukraine going to The West basically means the land goes to The West. That's entirely unacceptable to Russia. So, compromise. Let Russia reclaim the eastern/southern lands of that region, and get back to peace and good productivity, rather than devastation.
"One man with courage is a majority" -- Attributed to Andrew Jackson I think it safe to say that Jackson would have done exactly what Zelensky has done under the same circumstances (except that he would have led the resistance in person, which he was qualified to do).
"...the fact that he (Zelenskiy) didn't go, the fact that Ukrainians chose to fight, reminds us of something essential about both social existence and democracy, which is that it depends upon working against the larger conditions, it depends upon injecting ethical commitments, and taking corporeal risks." This articulates perfectly why I have stood up against the direct taxation of personal incomes, and the lifetimes of invasive surveillance it enables, and the entire national structure of businesses as tax shelters and personal finance as money-laundering, which it requires and encourages, ALL MY LIFE. This has been a non-negotiable position on my part for decades, I have refused openly and absolutely to be spied on and extorted by a regime with zero exceptions granted, at permanent risk to myself, and to everything I ever achieved or held as precious in my own life, and I have lost much because I would not, could not and will not relent from this ethical commitment, regardless of what corporeal risks I have had to take. As Prof. Snyder says of freedom of speech, that not to defend it at risk to oneself is to be a coward, a mere consumer of freedom and not its defender, is exactly the way I view an American nation content to define itself as a nation of 'taxpayers', reducing themselves to cowardly consumers of liberties, but continually unwilling to defend them. Every single time you file a 1040 or sign a W2 or 1099, you are actively surrendering your freedom, and worse, you know you are. It has to stop, and you have to stop it by declining to participate in it, at risk to yourselves and irrespective of what that risk to anyone's laundered personal fiefdom consists of, and you all know you do. Why haven't you yet?
Electoral system in US, is a structural factor. That needs to change in order to advance democracy forward. There are many structural factors in Nepal. Rather than being an independent state, it is a satellite state. Structural factors are in play here.
It should be noted that a large number of Americans completely reject the concepts of multiculturalism and multilingualism even in the USA (many fewer than there were a hundred years ago, but the number is still large). I would expect that they would reject it everywhere else in the world as well.
Read some key points here: People die in Ukraine for American/USA political and economic interests. Ukraine was a state in the USSR, - the east of that Ukraine region was and is substantially ethnic Russian, and the Donbas / eastern Ukraine was part of Russia from the late 1700's till about 1922, but was not Ukraine prior to 1922, and was a state within the USSR till 1991. That's Russia's neighborhood. They're not going to let Crimea and the Donbas(and thereabouts) go to The West. Btw, I'm in The West, military central in SoCaL. But, east Ukraine region is historical Russian lands. That's Russia's core neighborhood. Leave it to them,… in peace. The issue here is the Donbas / eastern Ukraine plus Crimea, which is historical Russian land since the 1700's to about 1922, and Russia having a naval base in Crimea since the 1700's. Then the USSR happened, with Russia being the big dog state of the USSR, Ukraine being another state. And, the Russian Ruling Elite don't want The West to have that land by way of Ukraine. It's prime real estate, with a substantial Russian history and ethnic-Russian population, and it's a core of Russian history, it's core Russian neighborhood. Russia is taking a stand on multi-polarity of the world, along with China, in counter to The West / USA. Ukraine was a state within the USSR, Russia was the ruling state within the USSR, - land which was in the Russian borders was transferred to the Ukraine state,.. it was a transfer of convenience, and not a transfer to a 'sovereign nation'. Ukraine can't win on its own,… it's NATO/USA support which is necessary for Ukraine to win this war, so, it's a crucially collaborative effort. What Russia wants is to reclaim historical Russian land (Donbas and thereabouts, plus Ukraine) and keep that land. Ukraine going to The West basically means the land goes to The West. That's entirely unacceptable to Russia. So, compromise. Let Russia reclaim the eastern/southern lands of that region, and get back to peace and good productivity, rather than devastation.
Any country that depends for its existence on the outside world is derivative. You’re not really sovereign if you rely on someone else for you very existence.
@@robreich6881 When a girl tells you that she's an independent lady, it's time to dump her because she's surely going to be a dumpin' you. No one is independent. Basic economics. You make something and I buy it or get it somehow if I need it. You spend the money I gave you on something someone else made. The world goes around like this. However, you can raise your sovereignty level. With Ukraine being shelled now to years gone by, it's more difficult.
@@freikorpsdamonisch8127 I'm fighting every single day against this Hungarian cynicism. In just a week I've downloaded a dozen types of memes with the bigger Hungarian land. (That larger version of Hungarian land is a myth, by the way - never happened, or was a very small fraction of Hungary's history.) When propaganda reigns and freedoms to debate are squashed. Hungary is still part of the Soviet Union, but we (not I) are a cowardly nation. All bluster and no guts. One Mi Hazánk politician wrote to me and said, "I'm tired of Ukrainian Nazis harassing Hungarians." A total fabrication of truth. No Ukrainian Nazis are doing that, he doesn't give a sht about Hungarians, and the Ukrainians with Hungarian roots aren't crying for their savior Orbán Viktor to rescue them.
Margaret Atwood had it down to a T. The forced reproduction ‘factory’ of the Handmaid’s Tale. I studied Humanities and loved political history …still do. He is so much more astute than politicians
I admire Tim Snyder. I can't speak too lowly of Donald Trump. However, I think he is wrong to suggest that Trump has played any part in the idea that the USA can't 'win'. I think that is both a broader and deeper malaise in the US political, diplomatic, military and cultural discourses. Suggesting Trump is a major factor give him too much credit.
i thnk anyone interested in the present disaster should watch the BBC series about the former USSR 1985-99, called 'Traumazone: What it Felt lke to Live Through the Collapse of Communism and Democracy'
47:00 DISAGREE. WE DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL AND EVERY PERSON HAVE PHDS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE. ALL WE HAVE TO SO IS BE COMFORTABLE, AND INFORMED ABOUT WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE - THEN WE CAN RELAX IN DEMOCRACY.
If you want to listen to someone truely physchotic then you've come to the right place. He isn't good with the truth. Why do you think they have to talk him up so much at the start.
Putin avoids talking of 'the future' because that requires conceptualizing some new leader(s). Mortality is a great burden on tyrants. The leader who will take over when Putin ceases to be the leader (most likely when he ceases to be) is already alive and walking around somewhere in Moscow or St Petersburg.
North Korea has sent a contingent of cca 1000 military engineers to the Ukrainian front . They are researching the use of drones on the battlefield and are later to take part in UAV production which is to be organised in North Korea. The factory is to serve the military needs of China and Russia.
Why are the vast majority of these main comments with many "likes" simply praising the lecturer and barely, if at all, mentioning anything about the content ? Seems to be a common phenomenon these days. 🤔🙄😕
Free people of the world, please, please, please help Ukraine to retake back and clean up acient name Rus` - Ruthenia (lat.) - Russia (greek). Moscow canibals have no right to use that glorious ukrainian name
Read some key points here: People die in Ukraine for American/USA political and economic interests. Ukraine was a state in the USSR, - the east of that Ukraine region was and is substantially ethnic Russian, and the Donbas / eastern Ukraine was part of Russia from the late 1700's till about 1922, but was not Ukraine prior to 1922, and was a state within the USSR till 1991. That's Russia's neighborhood. They're not going to let Crimea and the Donbas(and thereabouts) go to The West. Btw, I'm in The West, military central in SoCaL. But, east Ukraine region is historical Russian lands. That's Russia's core neighborhood. Leave it to them,… in peace. The issue here is the Donbas / eastern Ukraine plus Crimea, which is historical Russian land since the 1700's to about 1922, and Russia having a naval base in Crimea since the 1700's. Then the USSR happened, with Russia being the big dog state of the USSR, Ukraine being another state. And, the Russian Ruling Elite don't want The West to have that land by way of Ukraine. It's prime real estate, with a substantial Russian history and ethnic-Russian population, and it's a core of Russian history, it's core Russian neighborhood. Russia is taking a stand on multi-polarity of the world, along with China, in counter to The West / USA. Ukraine was a state within the USSR, Russia was the ruling state within the USSR, - land which was in the Russian borders was transferred to the Ukraine state,.. it was a transfer of convenience, and not a transfer to a 'sovereign nation'. Ukraine can't win on its own,… it's NATO/USA support which is necessary for Ukraine to win this war, so, it's a crucially collaborative effort. What Russia wants is to reclaim historical Russian land (Donbas and thereabouts, plus Ukraine) and keep that land. Ukraine going to The West basically means the land goes to The West. That's entirely unacceptable to Russia. So, compromise. Let Russia reclaim the eastern/southern lands of that region, and get back to peace and good productivity, rather than devastation.
@@bonsummers2657 In the Dec 1 1991 referendum on Ukrainian independence (from USSR), every Ukrainian oblast voted strongly for independence (84% or greater) with one exception - Crimea/Sevastopol, which voted 54/57% for independence. Donetsk voted 84%. Luhansk voted 84% - with turnouts of 77% and 80% respectively. These are very strong results for Ukrainian independence. It shows that what you say about these lands being Russian is completely false. Ukrainians are not dying for US interests. The US has very little economic interest in Ukraine - Ukraine does its business with Europe and the Middle East (food) and US companies own almost nothing within Ukraine. Ukrainians are dying for Ukrainian independence. Polls within Ukraine confirm that. Russia is tied up with its own revanchist dreams and in particular, the weird ambitions of Vladimir Putin. The Grand Duchy of Moscow was a small entity centered on Moscow in 1550 when it threw off the Tatar yoke. From then until the Russian Empire collapsed in 1917, it was in an almost uninterrupted imperialist expansion, which took it as far east as the Pacific Ocean and Alaska, as far west as the borders of Germany (absorbing most of Poland and all of Ukraine) and as far south as the borders of Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and China. It colonized Turkic people like the Kazakhs and Uzbeks, Iranian peoples like the Azeris and Tajiks, many Buddhist and animist peoples of Asia origin, Slavs like Ukrainians, Belarusians and Poles, Balts like the Latvians and Lithuanians and Finnic peoples such as Estonians and Finns. The Soviet Union was merely the reconstitution of the Russian Empire in a different form. Note that only in 1940 was the USSR able to finally gather all Ukrainians in its empire. Even today's Russian Federation remains an empire, with subject people such as Chechens, Kalmyks, Yakuts, Tatars, etc - at least 20% of all people of the Russian Federation are non-Slavs who suffer under Russian domination. Russia is the last European empire, and that empire needs to die.
1:07 Your student responds to you by saying some people are “insane.” This is mirroring your approach and attitude, and you reward her by saying her point is “brilliant.” This is indoctrination, sir, yes it is. If you can’t accept that, you must accept that it is poor teaching practice.
So much brilliance, depth, and inspiration. And two related points: 1. No matter how many talks Snyder gives he alway offers fascinating new facets of his major points and often new revelations that need to be considered very seriously. And 2: reading through this comment thread, his seriousness and kind gentleness is reflected in nearly all (truly all?) the postings. How often is this found on the internet. (Where are the trolls?)
1:16 Oh my God! You couldn't resist bringing Trump into the conversation. That's really the chef's kiss, isn't it, and another signal to your listeners. Gosh, am I glad my professors weren't like you. Such a stifling atmosphere, finally. I started this lecture because you were supposed to be an expert and because I had seen you in another interview and wanted to know more. If you can't tell, I gradually turned against you as you ticked off, one by one, a large number of the problems of professors and universities today. It's so sad that it's come to this in US universities. Just terrible. I think I saw the last tatters of real intellectualism when I was a student. It's gone now. 😢
1:09 Your comments about freedom reflect Roosevelt's four freedoms--that is, they are not negative freedoms. This is not the American or Enlightenment concept of freedom. It is a neo-marxist concept of freedom.
56:00 Yup, there's the bloody-mindedness. The future of everything depends on this war. We have to win. Etc. It's always something like that. You haven't really defined what winning means. Your remarks on free speech were incomplete, I assume, or undeveloped. Your notion of democracy vis a vis Ukraine is rather silly. You are a scholar of Ukraine and you think it is a bastion of democracy? Really?
This guy invents stuff - Russia has multiple resources and not only Hydrocarbons. Please become a historian and not a Political commissioner. You never saw Robert Mogosci standing on a desk and being a Historical activist. We all know that the Ukrainian Government is paying you to rewrite the History of Ukraine in their vision. You stated, “5000 Ukrainian Cossacks helped lift the 2nd siege of Vienna,” which is incorrect; the correct term would be Zaporizhzian Cossack Hetmanate, neither Polish nor Russian. We know you are attempting to link Ukraine with Europe and cast all Cossacks as Ukraine; it is called Nation blending, just like George W Bush did in 2003 about the war in Iraq. GW “Saddam Hussain is giving refuge to elements of Al Qaeda and is developing weapons of mass destruction.” So according to you Iraqi Al Qaeda members helped plan and attack New York City. Yes - Nation Blending. In 1654, the Zaporizhzian Hetmanate entered the Pereyaslav agreement with Tsarist Russia, which controlled the area northwest of the Dnieper River. By the way, Ukraine never existed in 1654. Cossack roots are tribesmen that remained after the Golden Horde and resided on the banks of the Dnipro River for centuries and are not Polish Eastern Slavic, they may have had people of Polish Extraction but ethically not Polish. The Crimean Tatars Khanate has nothing to do with Ukraine, never conquered the territory and never had any influence in the Peninsula. On the 300 Anniversary of the Pereyaslav agreement, Nikita Khrushchev persuades the Supreme Soviet to transfer the Crimea Region to The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic as a gift. Ukraine took this gift and is trying to use it as a bargaining chip with Nato Membership. So Nikita Khrushchev would have been proud of you!
I like when Professor is saying about “Tradition of peaceful exchange of power” 35:20 when he exactly knows about fact that in 2014 president elect Viktor Yanukovych have to run away with his life from Kiev.
Because he stole the election in the first place, and EVERY UKRAINIAN KNEW IT. That was the final wave that poured down the face of the dam, the unendurable insult added to the rest of the unendurable insults of the last eighty years of Ukrainian history. That washed a hole in the dam, and let all that Stalinist bile start to drain out, at long last.
Yanukovych ran because he lied to his people about European integration, sent his criminal policeforce to beat up students and kill dozens of protesters
No, he didn't have to run. The agreement was reached that very day allowing him to stay until early elections. Why he ran it's his business, his and his Russian masters'.
Read some key points here: People die in Ukraine for American/USA political and economic interests. Ukraine was a state in the USSR, - the east of that Ukraine region was and is substantially ethnic Russian, and the Donbas / eastern Ukraine was part of Russia from the late 1700's till about 1922, but was not Ukraine prior to 1922, and was a state within the USSR till 1991. That's Russia's neighborhood. They're not going to let Crimea and the Donbas(and thereabouts) go to The West. Btw, I'm in The West, military central in SoCaL. But, east Ukraine region is historical Russian lands. That's Russia's core neighborhood. Leave it to them,… in peace. The issue here is the Donbas / eastern Ukraine plus Crimea, which is historical Russian land since the 1700's to about 1922, and Russia having a naval base in Crimea since the 1700's. Then the USSR happened, with Russia being the big dog state of the USSR, Ukraine being another state. And, the Russian Ruling Elite don't want The West to have that land by way of Ukraine. It's prime real estate, with a substantial Russian history and ethnic-Russian population, and it's a core of Russian history, it's core Russian neighborhood. Russia is taking a stand on multi-polarity of the world, along with China, in counter to The West / USA. Ukraine was a state within the USSR, Russia was the ruling state within the USSR, - land which was in the Russian borders was transferred to the Ukraine state,.. it was a transfer of convenience, and not a transfer to a 'sovereign nation'. Ukraine can't win on its own,… it's NATO/USA support which is necessary for Ukraine to win this war, so, it's a crucially collaborative effort. What Russia wants is to reclaim historical Russian land (Donbas and thereabouts, plus Ukraine) and keep that land. Ukraine going to The West basically means the land goes to The West. That's entirely unacceptable to Russia. So, compromise. Let Russia reclaim the eastern/southern lands of that region, and get back to peace and good productivity, rather than devastation.
@@bonsummers2657 lol that's poor russia troll, and what about ukraine being under poland? what about moscow being taken over by poland and having polish heir in moscow throne?
I can't stress how important his work is to us Ukrainians. When I heard him recite Ukrainian poetry I burst into tears. It's an incredible feeling to be seen for what we are, instead of being routinely patronized, dismissed and smeared with lies amid another genocide at the hands of russians.
For this passing year I've learned about Ukraine, ukrainians and ukrainian language a LOT. I don't know if I know 1-2% of that before the war (isn't that sad, I'm from Poland!) When I was teenager I was close to go to Ukraine, but I couldn't. It is so refreshing to find many similiarities between us, and suprised by little differences. I feel like I found that my (not so well know) neighbour happens to be my lost-but-at-last-found cousin. Why oh why it's so late discovery? Did you made mistake (as Ukraine, not showing your beauty to the World more)? Did I just closed my eyes? Гарного дня
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Read some key points here: People die in Ukraine for American/USA political and economic interests. Ukraine was a state in the USSR, - the east of that Ukraine region was and is substantially ethnic Russian, and the Donbas / eastern Ukraine was part of Russia from the late 1700's till about 1922, but was not Ukraine prior to 1922, and was a state within the USSR till 1991. That's Russia's neighborhood. They're not going to let Crimea and the Donbas(and thereabouts) go to The West. Btw, I'm in The West, military central in SoCaL. But, east Ukraine region is historical Russian lands. That's Russia's core neighborhood. Leave it to them,… in peace.
The issue here is the Donbas / eastern Ukraine plus Crimea, which is historical Russian land since the 1700's to about 1922, and Russia having a naval base in Crimea since the 1700's. Then the USSR happened, with Russia being the big dog state of the USSR, Ukraine being another state. And, the Russian Ruling Elite don't want The West to have that land by way of Ukraine. It's prime real estate, with a substantial Russian history and ethnic-Russian population, and it's a core of Russian history, it's core Russian neighborhood. Russia is taking a stand on multi-polarity of the world, along with China, in counter to The West / USA.
Ukraine was a state within the USSR, Russia was the ruling state within the USSR, - land which was in the Russian borders was transferred to the Ukraine state,.. it was a transfer of convenience, and not a transfer to a 'sovereign nation'.
Ukraine can't win on its own,… it's NATO/USA support which is necessary for Ukraine to win this war, so, it's a crucially collaborative effort. What Russia wants is to reclaim historical Russian land (Donbas and thereabouts, plus Ukraine) and keep that land. Ukraine going to The West basically means the land goes to The West. That's entirely unacceptable to Russia. So, compromise. Let Russia reclaim the eastern/southern lands of that region, and get back to peace and good productivity, rather than devastation.
@@bonsummers2657 your BS is taken care of in the first 20 minutes of this lecture
@Bon Summers to recap last 6-7 years, russians already had Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk, so what do you mean exactly by giving it to them to stop the war? As visible in practice, they want much more. These lands as well as Crimea are not historically russian. Moreover, Crimea historically belongs to Crimean Tatars and other ethnic groups, not russians. After russian genocide of Tatars it became as you call it "russian". In every city that russians take over they torture and kill civilians. Should Ukraine give up on its citizens and leave them to die because at some point in time russians lived there or because some people tend to speak russian there? In every country that has neighbors the languages are always mixed close to the boarders, the nationalities are always mixed as well, but there are borders and neighbors should respect them.
His lectures on Ukraine at yale are greatly appreciated
Yes. A gift to society. Check them out if you can.
He is the hardest working and most generous of scholars. He is constantly lecturing, writing, teaching and makes his work accessible.
I watched that whole recent series, all 23 lessons of an hour plus each, time well spent
3/4 of the way through he contradicts himself about Ukraine actually not winning. He was talking about democracy in the world as if their was going to be a radical change. This is someone I wouldn't trust. Notice he waited until nobody said anything before saying the programme was on the night earlier and in Russia, as if by some nano chance someone saw it. There are Russians in the US, hope they don't have to deal with this racist. Did he learn all those languages so he could yell abuse at more people in their own tongue.
@@hawkbartril3016
Please, point out and present those contradictions for everyone to see. So far it's only you who noticed them.
I have not yet viewed the entire 23 weeks of Snyder's History of Ukraine Course at Yale, but I very strongly recommend it to everyone interested in Ukraine and the current war. This lecture is a worthy addition to that course (available for free on the internet). I stand in awe of Professor Snyder's grokking of this moment in history, and his willingness to share that knowledge with those of us who haven't conquered ten languages, five of them fluently. Thank you Professor Snyder, and thanks to Stoney Brook University for putting this out on the internet for the benefit of all believers in the democratic principle.
I just finished the full 23 lectures, and absolutely recommend the series as well.
It's definetively a must watch lecture!
The Yale course is on UA-cam. I have seen it and do recommend it. Please read his books and look at the Ukerianian artists and writers who the West still don't attribute to Ukraine.
Watch it . total wowser.
It's not just about Ukraine it is us.
Listen to everything you can get from this guy. Even catch his wife's stuff.
I loved every lecture in the series and I think we need to see it on Netflix for everyone to enjoy.
Timothy Snyder has changed the way I see humanity for the rest of my life.
I took his Ukraine course on UA-cam and I am half way through Bloodlands. How such a gentle, considerate, and very funny man delve in these horrors is a beyond me.
I wept at some of the poetic moments in his course and book. Extremely profound experience that I can not thank him enough to take me on his journey with him.
When he first said that he didn't want to lecture a computer, I thought this one has arrogance and then the lies came. Not as many were said as he didn't say much. Didn't mention anything about the Ukrainians still shelling the civilians of the Donbass region, as they have for more than eight years now. Angela Merkel admitted that the Minsk Agreement was only made to give Ukraine time to build up a bigger army and more weapons so this idea it was unprovoked is a joke. Why were they building such a big army ? Obviously not to play in the sand
@@hawkbartril3016, yes. I wonder what they built an army for. The neighbour to the east is so peaceful. What are they afraid of.
@@Jan_Ledochowski That is some wry wit my friend.
Read some key points here: People die in Ukraine for American/USA political and economic interests. Ukraine was a state in the USSR, - the east of that Ukraine region was and is substantially ethnic Russian, and the Donbas / eastern Ukraine was part of Russia from the late 1700's till about 1922, but was not Ukraine prior to 1922, and was a state within the USSR till 1991. That's Russia's neighborhood. They're not going to let Crimea and the Donbas(and thereabouts) go to The West. Btw, I'm in The West, military central in SoCaL. But, east Ukraine region is historical Russian lands. That's Russia's core neighborhood. Leave it to them,… in peace.
The issue here is the Donbas / eastern Ukraine plus Crimea, which is historical Russian land since the 1700's to about 1922, and Russia having a naval base in Crimea since the 1700's. Then the USSR happened, with Russia being the big dog state of the USSR, Ukraine being another state. And, the Russian Ruling Elite don't want The West to have that land by way of Ukraine. It's prime real estate, with a substantial Russian history and ethnic-Russian population, and it's a core of Russian history, it's core Russian neighborhood. Russia is taking a stand on multi-polarity of the world, along with China, in counter to The West / USA.
Ukraine was a state within the USSR, Russia was the ruling state within the USSR, - land which was in the Russian borders was transferred to the Ukraine state,.. it was a transfer of convenience, and not a transfer to a 'sovereign nation'.
Ukraine can't win on its own,… it's NATO/USA support which is necessary for Ukraine to win this war, so, it's a crucially collaborative effort. What Russia wants is to reclaim historical Russian land (Donbas and thereabouts, plus Ukraine) and keep that land. Ukraine going to The West basically means the land goes to The West. That's entirely unacceptable to Russia. So, compromise. Let Russia reclaim the eastern/southern lands of that region, and get back to peace and good productivity, rather than devastation.
@@bonsummers2657 Russia is an empire. These are colonized lands.
The Ukrainians in the Donbas speak Russian but they aren’t Russian. They voted overwhelmingly to be an independent country.
You’re historical analysis is so divorced from reality. Why do you think over 180,000 Russian soldiers have been killed and wounded in Ukraine?
The Russians just don’t get it. They should walk away and go back to their mama’s dacha and leave the Ukrainian peoples alone.
What’s so hard about that?
Take the summer off Russia and go home. I’ll buy the drinks and food.
He is so smart and so gentle.
I don't know how to explain this. A decent human being and a great historian 🖤
He enjoys describing Russia exploiting Europe and seems to overlook the vastly more expensive efforts of US Oligarchs to exploit European Consumers with LNG?
You might want to question his motivation as well as his supporters?
Forcing Russia out of business so the US can discover profits, is creating more complex and destructive effects than if Russia were to continue to provide cheap Gas to Europe.
The fact that US LNG was only selling around 20% of Europe's market as Russia had built a pipeline that would have moved them from supplying 40% of demand to around 70%.
The current LNG providers appear to be far short of the ability to supply enough fuel for Europe to survive a cold Winter.
Exploiting Europe to support US GDP seems to demonstrate the ethics that enabled the Standard Oil Company to become the Monopoly that was at one time condemned by the US.
Dad humor
Nothing gentle about the effect of his speech, maybe as gentle as Condoleeza Rice.
@@geoffreylachner6779 The economic effects of a Condi Rice Safari Tour to discover that WMD program that the former Secretary of State was selling seems to indicate her lack of scruples?
Victoria Nuland appears to have endured through bombing Kosovo to the effects of shoving Scooter Libby under a Bus over some Yellowcake Lies?
The US appears to enable some spectacular liars?
That's it, Taya Taya. I have known so many people who make a living from the study of violence, or democracy, who are simply climbing the greasy pole of academic life. I love this man's work at so many levels. His wife Marco Shore is pretty amazing too.
Dear Mr.Snyder,
Thank you so much for your fantastic course on the making of modern Ukraine. I've never ever heard anything so logical, so precise, so emotional about the history of my country. I've gone through all the lectures on the fly within 3 days. Wish all Ukrainians would listen to this great story as many of the facts I'm sure are unknown to many of them. Your passion for the Ukrainian history is beyound imagination, you are true ukrainian lover. Thank you so much!
to me as a german he has to give so many reflections and things to think about connected to history. his is so aware and on pulse of the time its awesome. he needs more attention
halo neighbour! make sure to take a look at his recent Yale course on Ukraine's history.. (i am here to fix my need for more Snyder after watching the entire 22 lectures about it)
...and in so many formats. I first read him.in the NYRB. Then I read his books. He is tireless and so amazing, an advocate for humanity
@@nescius2 I already did.
Sadly, though, he gets post-WW II-Germany completely wrong and refuses to concede on ANY of his positions. THAT overshadows his work for me. And many others, btw.
@@p.h.3987 that's literally a hyperbole, but as they say "noone can hear you being nuanced on the internets" ...do you mind sharing that nuances with us?
Amazing lecture together with the Yale course. Fascinating thoughts and ideas.
PLEASE change the title of this VIDEO to the title of the lecture "The War in Ukraine and the Future of Democracy". Many more viewers will find it and be attracted to it. I never go to films by choosing a mall to see a film in. This lecture is a fantastic exercise in stretching your mind by examining events and history.
Absolutely. Prof Snyder is turning "legendary" without a doubt. Very grateful for his time and wisdom.
Read some key points here: People die in Ukraine for American/USA political and economic interests. Ukraine was a state in the USSR, - the east of that Ukraine region was and is substantially ethnic Russian, and the Donbas / eastern Ukraine was part of Russia from the late 1700's till about 1922, but was not Ukraine prior to 1922, and was a state within the USSR till 1991. That's Russia's neighborhood. They're not going to let Crimea and the Donbas(and thereabouts) go to The West. Btw, I'm in The West, military central in SoCaL. But, east Ukraine region is historical Russian lands. That's Russia's core neighborhood. Leave it to them,… in peace.
The issue here is the Donbas / eastern Ukraine plus Crimea, which is historical Russian land since the 1700's to about 1922, and Russia having a naval base in Crimea since the 1700's. Then the USSR happened, with Russia being the big dog state of the USSR, Ukraine being another state. And, the Russian Ruling Elite don't want The West to have that land by way of Ukraine. It's prime real estate, with a substantial Russian history and ethnic-Russian population, and it's a core of Russian history, it's core Russian neighborhood. Russia is taking a stand on multi-polarity of the world, along with China, in counter to The West / USA.
Ukraine was a state within the USSR, Russia was the ruling state within the USSR, - land which was in the Russian borders was transferred to the Ukraine state,.. it was a transfer of convenience, and not a transfer to a 'sovereign nation'.
Ukraine can't win on its own,… it's NATO/USA support which is necessary for Ukraine to win this war, so, it's a crucially collaborative effort. What Russia wants is to reclaim historical Russian land (Donbas and thereabouts, plus Ukraine) and keep that land. Ukraine going to The West basically means the land goes to The West. That's entirely unacceptable to Russia. So, compromise. Let Russia reclaim the eastern/southern lands of that region, and get back to peace and good productivity, rather than devastation.
Дуже дякую за цю лекцію
He is not only a brilliant scholar, but much more valuably and importantly a vital, engaged and honest thinker. Thank you for this wonderful program!
Enjoyed the talk today on every level. Nice segue from the 23 classes of history over the past weeks to winning, democracy and the future. BRAVO , Professor Snyder. I hope to see part of that future.
Thank you Timothy Snyder. Just read Bloodlands, and was blown away. Thanks for taking time to talk to american students about the idea of democracy and the idea of a nation. I will use this video in my class. Thx from Denmark.
Timothy Snyder ties so many concepts together in this lecture so seamlessly. It does so much to explain the current political situation in the United States where 40 years of free market ideology have created a deterministic mindset in its citizens that they have no political voice and agency of their own. Snyder explains how that results in the fascist trait of defining the other, which is a characteristic of our venomous politics.
According to Snyder, what is important to break through and to strengthen our Democracy is to demand of others that they describe themselves as who they are rather than who they are not. And importantly to come into the political discussion of a positive vision of the future where individuals have agency and choice in the outcomes.
You speak of the Democrat/Leftist platform.
This lecture should be a nationally broadcast item.
I am slowly realizing just how great this lecture is. Even down to the level of craft.
Timothy Snyder’s YALE course this fall is a must-hear. All 23 lectures are on UA-cam. He is the master in explaining what history is and what it is not; what democracy is and what it is not; what patriotism is and what it is not.
Yes, he is the Professor in the fields of Bloodlands, Black Earth, and Reconstruction of Nations, in the far east of Europe. Yet all those themes and exquisite books always show us not only Ukraine and her peoples, perhaps not even primarily them. It’s about the vultures for centuries encircling them - Rzeczpospolitans, Tsarists, Nazis, Stalinists, and yes, Putinists.
Ultimately, his lessons are about imperial dominance of real, percieved and desired colonies, no matter which part of the world one talks about.
I agree, one can learn a lot from those lectures.
Be careful you are not just taking what Timothy Snyder is saying without critical reflection. Snyder is arguing for what he believes democracy to be, he doesn't own the definition. All of these terms you use, history, democracy, and patriotism are contested subjects among experts. Mearsheimer and Niall Ferguson for example may have a different view.
Yeah. Let me throw in another contested term: Extremist. Your first example is far to the left, and the other one far to the right. At least, to my taste. But of course, that’s what I think. Others may think differently. Others may also think Golden T is still President. And then again, some may think he is, has been, and always will be a traitor. Hard to tell, right?
@@padellina9596Yes, that is your opinion, I could have named any historian. Well yes, it takes a lot of work but to understand history one should read as widely and as critically, unideologically and unbiasedly as possible. Then based on the evidence you have read, you make up your mind. If you don't read people who disagree with (with an open mind) you are not doing history. You are just agreeing with a certain narrative interpretation of historical events.
@@maxmacken8859 Mearsheimer at least has shot himself into the foot. And he really isn't part of reality now. See chanel of Vlad Vexler.
i'm grateful there are such knowledgable, intelligent people as professor Snyder in our world.
Timothy Snyder is a great speaker. I would be so nervous to stand up there and talk about this stuff but he nails it every time. It also helps he knows his stuff.
When Snyder says that we should not give in to the deception that structural factors are politically deterministic, it reminds me of the David Graeber quote: “The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something we make and could just as easily make differently.”
Yes! Institutions are human creations. We can create them how we see fit.
This is incredible really.
Im in Ukraine right now in Kyiv and we didn't really see or understand that this war is important not only for us as ukrainians. Because that's how we perceive it as war for freedom. Maybe our final war which we will win
We didn"t really understand, that we are here kinda ab example for all "sleeping" and totally awake authoritarian countries all around the world.
Didn't think about our war with such angle
Wow, such a responsibility 😅
I am convinced that Ukraine will win Putler's war. The reason is because you fight for your homeland and its people. Слава Україні! from Great Britain.
This war and it's outcome will make a difference in global Democracy. We owe so much to the brave Ukrainians who are fighting and suffering for what will.matter.to all of us, including.Americans..Putin wants to destroy the west as well as Ukraine.
Слава Украине ❤
The responsibility is really on all the rest of us europeans to support Ukrainians. We are the homefront in this war and we owe ukrainians everything. We are deeply indebted to Ukraine. Every russian tank burning in Ukraine is a tank that will not roll into Estonia or Poland. Every russian ship sunk in the Black Sea will not threaten the coast of Sweden. The fierce, brave and brilliant Ukrainian resistance is a warning to Russia not to even look sideways at Khazakstan or Georgia again. So Слава Україні, and may the invaders melt away як роса на сонці.
You should try telling that to all those poor men who died so the west could TRY to oust Putin and start robbing like they do to the Africans, but they used Ukraine as a battering ram and every last man. And what does this so called educated man tell you of that ?
As part of monitoring his Ukrainian History course, I began reading his books and and UA-cam video in which he talks. In everything he does he drops incredible truth bombs that just gives one Eureka moment after the other.
It's like the insights from being on drugs without needing the drugs.
It was amazing! Thank you!
Timothy Snyder has great presentation technique. Interesting tie to the room.
He deliberately avoids technique, he personalises his talks.
I watched the lecture with bated breath, wondering whether Dr. Snyder would actually take a sip from his cup of coffee.
I watched his entire class this semester and never saw him actually get a drink. Thought I was the only one who noticed.
@@brucejones3308 I forget that too, when I lecture. I usually do not bring any these days.
Great lecture as always from Prof Snyder! His Yale course on History of Ukraine is on YT and incredibly useful for understanding the war day by day.
My wife and I fall asleep listening to those lectures they are fantastic and prescient. It may take us a while but revisiting lectures really helps LOL. In the meantime I am trying to understand how Czechoslovakia was formed and then why it amicably split ( a role mode separation if there ever was one)!
Because they were bros-bros and still are. They just wanted to rule themselves. And, what do you know, it was possible.
How can you fall asleep?! These lectures are gripping.
@@sosrope3420 Haha, its either sarcasm or you get up late in the morning and can stay up late after everything else in the day is done..........
@@Anavllama I've been literally eating and sleeping them, staying up way too late (Europe time zone) or watching over dinner / chores as soon as they drop
Whilst the Velvet Divorce was bloodless and perhaps could be described as a "role model" for separation (for couples, divorce is rarely pretty, but it is better than murder) I think it is worth pointing out that it probably would not have happened if it wasn't for the dubious politics of Vladimír Mečiar. I don't know much about him, but I spent some time in the Czech republic back in late 1997 and both Czechs and Slovaks were telling me he was an autocratic nationalist who wiped up nationalism in Slovakia to engineer majority support for the Divorce.
At that time, almost 5 years after the divorce, I was told that the majorities had changed. I.e. in 1992/93 Czechs were against it and Slovaks were for it, having been told by Mečiar how wonderful life was going to be once they had escaped the Czech yoke. But by late 1997 Slovaks would have voted to restore Czechoslovakia, but the majority of Czechs were, by then, very happy that the split had occurred.
I could be wrong, this is all based on random conversations I had at the time. I'm no historian/political theorist, I work in IT.
This man adds so much clarity.
Excellent presentation ❤
OUTSTANDING. And I'm a Russian troll, lol.
Good stuff...as always, Tim.
A lot of good and interesting thoughts
"this war has to be won so that there can be a future" !!!
Thankfully, for those of us who have a passion for reducing emissions and loving the planet, with lots of democracy in it, are far from alone in this fight for safeguarding our children's future.
Thank you Dr. Snyder for your truth telling and clarifying analysis.
I knew Zelensky wldnt run either!
Being Irish, it's just in my DNA to stand your ground when pitied against Empire,
Esp the Russian Thug Putin is,
And esp with the Ukrainian People in such need of such a Leader of Zelensky in their moment of need🇺🇦.
Such Respect to him and his Men and Women in current Leadership and Govt who stayed 🇺🇦.
Zelensky should be known in History as:
'The Leader who Stayed'.
Even now with the War at its most difficult Dec 2022,
with Putin and the Russian Army weaponizing Winter in their very admitted to War Crime,
the Ukrainian People and the Ukrainian Army and Govt will prevail in this War,
and will utterly achieve in their Spirit as the Ukrainian People the European Future they want , always honouring their Fallen Heros
🇺🇦 🌻🌻.
Putin, on the other hand,
is already Afterthought!
**Thank you Professor Snyder for bring the warning that was needed to wake other countries and People up to the 'protection of Democracy in the West',
as the German Govt are learning this 1rst week of Dec 2022 .
We Cassandras are out there, and are being listened to now at this juncture !
Every Democratic Country needs to assess itself now and become more robust as the democracies of the World, Esp in the West.
Having the Vital Understanding:
A Democracy is only as strong as it's Representatives and Electorate are 👍👍
Slava Ukraine 💛🇺🇦
Timothy Snyder is such a gift
his 23-lecture course in Yale University is a must watch for everyone. great reading material as well
Wonderful lecture and thank you so much to Timothy Snyder. Truly great to hear his perspective given his deep knowledge of the cultures and historical context. Many points to call out but the one regarding equipping children to develop the ability to hear all the facts and sides and make rational choice is real freedom (sorry not his exact words but hopefully correct gist)
Nobody described as yet what is genocide in Ukraine like Dr Timothy Snyder did. Stand with Ukraine!
Lecture starts at 5:12
Thank you!
He is very clearly uncomfortable with the somewhat over the top introduction. TL:DR version: She really admires him. Now, let's get to the meat of the lecture.
Not all heroes wear capes! 😉
Thanks
Dont miss the wonderfiul introduction.
@@edwardmeade it boils down to "actually, this guy knows what he's talking about"
19:55 "Tanks filled with sunflower oil" amused me for a moment.
Ukraine is the biggest producer of sunflower oil on the planet
Storage tanks. Tanks as a rule, make mediocre storage containers. Too much gear inside to contaminate what gets poured in. And too many points for leaks to occur.
I am so sorry to have missed this. I have traveled far to hear him, but Stony Brook is very close.
thx a lot .. slava ukraini .. geets from germany
Great Stuff. This talk illustrates perfectly the value in higher education in general. Our societies, and we as humans need to access language and the ability to discuss the world in order to understand where we are and to find the way forward. The tragedy of war is that it is a manifestation of ignorance, and shows a dominance of low-tier impulses (greeds). Learning to talk and to think (for all of us) will do much to elevate society from stupid and retrograde urges.
Read some key points here: People die in Ukraine for American/USA political and economic interests. Ukraine was a state in the USSR, - the east of that Ukraine region was and is substantially ethnic Russian, and the Donbas / eastern Ukraine was part of Russia from the late 1700's till about 1922, but was not Ukraine prior to 1922, and was a state within the USSR till 1991. That's Russia's neighborhood. They're not going to let Crimea and the Donbas(and thereabouts) go to The West. Btw, I'm in The West, military central in SoCaL. But, east Ukraine region is historical Russian lands. That's Russia's core neighborhood. Leave it to them,… in peace.
The issue here is the Donbas / eastern Ukraine plus Crimea, which is historical Russian land since the 1700's to about 1922, and Russia having a naval base in Crimea since the 1700's. Then the USSR happened, with Russia being the big dog state of the USSR, Ukraine being another state. And, the Russian Ruling Elite don't want The West to have that land by way of Ukraine. It's prime real estate, with a substantial Russian history and ethnic-Russian population, and it's a core of Russian history, it's core Russian neighborhood. Russia is taking a stand on multi-polarity of the world, along with China, in counter to The West / USA.
Ukraine was a state within the USSR, Russia was the ruling state within the USSR, - land which was in the Russian borders was transferred to the Ukraine state,.. it was a transfer of convenience, and not a transfer to a 'sovereign nation'.
Ukraine can't win on its own,… it's NATO/USA support which is necessary for Ukraine to win this war, so, it's a crucially collaborative effort. What Russia wants is to reclaim historical Russian land (Donbas and thereabouts, plus Ukraine) and keep that land. Ukraine going to The West basically means the land goes to The West. That's entirely unacceptable to Russia. So, compromise. Let Russia reclaim the eastern/southern lands of that region, and get back to peace and good productivity, rather than devastation.
1:04:00 is that Jason Stanley in the front row?? This was amazing. Glory to 🇺🇦 Слава Україні!
The Russian Federation should be renamed the Russian Empire which would be far more accurate, closer to the reality. Russians are currently the largest minority within Russia, not a majority.
I would love to see him and John Mearshiemer debate.
Read some key points here: People die in Ukraine for American/USA political and economic interests. Ukraine was a state in the USSR, - the east of that Ukraine region was and is substantially ethnic Russian, and the Donbas / eastern Ukraine was part of Russia from the late 1700's till about 1922, but was not Ukraine prior to 1922, and was a state within the USSR till 1991. That's Russia's neighborhood. They're not going to let Crimea and the Donbas(and thereabouts) go to The West. Btw, I'm in The West, military central in SoCaL. But, east Ukraine region is historical Russian lands. That's Russia's core neighborhood. Leave it to them,… in peace.
The issue here is the Donbas / eastern Ukraine plus Crimea, which is historical Russian land since the 1700's to about 1922, and Russia having a naval base in Crimea since the 1700's. Then the USSR happened, with Russia being the big dog state of the USSR, Ukraine being another state. And, the Russian Ruling Elite don't want The West to have that land by way of Ukraine. It's prime real estate, with a substantial Russian history and ethnic-Russian population, and it's a core of Russian history, it's core Russian neighborhood. Russia is taking a stand on multi-polarity of the world, along with China, in counter to The West / USA.
Ukraine was a state within the USSR, Russia was the ruling state within the USSR, - land which was in the Russian borders was transferred to the Ukraine state,.. it was a transfer of convenience, and not a transfer to a 'sovereign nation'.
Ukraine can't win on its own,… it's NATO/USA support which is necessary for Ukraine to win this war, so, it's a crucially collaborative effort. What Russia wants is to reclaim historical Russian land (Donbas and thereabouts, plus Ukraine) and keep that land. Ukraine going to The West basically means the land goes to The West. That's entirely unacceptable to Russia. So, compromise. Let Russia reclaim the eastern/southern lands of that region, and get back to peace and good productivity, rather than devastation.
@@bonsummers2657 BS💩
has anyone found the 60 minutes interview he is referring to? I would love to watch that segment
Can't find it on youtube..
This one interviewer is ok ,, 7 months ago & so relevant
ua-cam.com/video/7d21K_csDds/v-deo.html
“”We speak to Yale University historian Timothy Snyder about his latest article for The New Yorker, "The War in Ukraine Is a Colonial War." Snyder writes about the colonial history that laid the foundations for the Russian war in Ukraine, such as Russia's imperial vision and how leaders……
Episode aired 22 Feb, title "Ukraine/Targeting America". Can only post youtube links on youtube - fair enough - so here is a link to the 60 minutes youtube video: ua-cam.com/video/bJeFmofhzgw/v-deo.html about the "Targeting America" stuff. If you click "show more" in the description there is an outside link to 60 minutes episodes.
@dnskibo Ukraine-Canadian: thank you - Prof. Snyder always amazingly insightful and informative.
Actually, from the start, I thought that Ukraine could win, but that it was by no means certain. There were strengths and weaknesses on both side and one thing on Ukraine's side was that they were less surprised by the invasion than most of the invading troupes, who had been told right up until the last minute that they were just on a training exercise.
Read some key points here: People die in Ukraine for American/USA political and economic interests. Ukraine was a state in the USSR, - the east of that Ukraine region was and is substantially ethnic Russian, and the Donbas / eastern Ukraine was part of Russia from the late 1700's till about 1922, but was not Ukraine prior to 1922, and was a state within the USSR till 1991. That's Russia's neighborhood. They're not going to let Crimea and the Donbas(and thereabouts) go to The West. Btw, I'm in The West, military central in SoCaL. But, east Ukraine region is historical Russian lands. That's Russia's core neighborhood. Leave it to them,… in peace.
The issue here is the Donbas / eastern Ukraine plus Crimea, which is historical Russian land since the 1700's to about 1922, and Russia having a naval base in Crimea since the 1700's. Then the USSR happened, with Russia being the big dog state of the USSR, Ukraine being another state. And, the Russian Ruling Elite don't want The West to have that land by way of Ukraine. It's prime real estate, with a substantial Russian history and ethnic-Russian population, and it's a core of Russian history, it's core Russian neighborhood. Russia is taking a stand on multi-polarity of the world, along with China, in counter to The West / USA.
Ukraine was a state within the USSR, Russia was the ruling state within the USSR, - land which was in the Russian borders was transferred to the Ukraine state,.. it was a transfer of convenience, and not a transfer to a 'sovereign nation'.
Ukraine can't win on its own,… it's NATO/USA support which is necessary for Ukraine to win this war, so, it's a crucially collaborative effort. What Russia wants is to reclaim historical Russian land (Donbas and thereabouts, plus Ukraine) and keep that land. Ukraine going to The West basically means the land goes to The West. That's entirely unacceptable to Russia. So, compromise. Let Russia reclaim the eastern/southern lands of that region, and get back to peace and good productivity, rather than devastation.
"One man with courage is a majority" -- Attributed to Andrew Jackson
I think it safe to say that Jackson would have done exactly what Zelensky has done under the same circumstances (except that he would have led the resistance in person, which he was qualified to do).
"...the fact that he (Zelenskiy) didn't go, the fact that Ukrainians chose to fight, reminds us of something essential about both social existence and democracy, which is that it depends upon working against the larger conditions, it depends upon injecting ethical commitments, and taking corporeal risks."
This articulates perfectly why I have stood up against the direct taxation of personal incomes, and the lifetimes of invasive surveillance it enables, and the entire national structure of businesses as tax shelters and personal finance as money-laundering, which it requires and encourages, ALL MY LIFE.
This has been a non-negotiable position on my part for decades, I have refused openly and absolutely to be spied on and extorted by a regime with zero exceptions granted, at permanent risk to myself, and to everything I ever achieved or held as precious in my own life, and I have lost much because I would not, could not and will not relent from this ethical commitment, regardless of what corporeal risks I have had to take.
As Prof. Snyder says of freedom of speech, that not to defend it at risk to oneself is to be a coward, a mere consumer of freedom and not its defender, is exactly the way I view an American nation content to define itself as a nation of 'taxpayers', reducing themselves to cowardly consumers of liberties, but continually unwilling to defend them.
Every single time you file a 1040 or sign a W2 or 1099, you are actively surrendering your freedom, and worse, you know you are. It has to stop, and you have to stop it by declining to participate in it, at risk to yourselves and irrespective of what that risk to anyone's laundered personal fiefdom consists of, and you all know you do.
Why haven't you yet?
It's good to be hard to argue with.
I definitely don't care about Vladimir Putin's feelings; except the extent to which they affect his actions.
Electoral system in US, is a structural factor. That needs to change in order to advance democracy forward. There are many structural factors in Nepal. Rather than being an independent state, it is a satellite state. Structural factors are in play here.
It should be noted that a large number of Americans completely reject the concepts of multiculturalism and multilingualism even in the USA (many fewer than there were a hundred years ago, but the number is still large). I would expect that they would reject it everywhere else in the world as well.
Read some key points here: People die in Ukraine for American/USA political and economic interests. Ukraine was a state in the USSR, - the east of that Ukraine region was and is substantially ethnic Russian, and the Donbas / eastern Ukraine was part of Russia from the late 1700's till about 1922, but was not Ukraine prior to 1922, and was a state within the USSR till 1991. That's Russia's neighborhood. They're not going to let Crimea and the Donbas(and thereabouts) go to The West. Btw, I'm in The West, military central in SoCaL. But, east Ukraine region is historical Russian lands. That's Russia's core neighborhood. Leave it to them,… in peace.
The issue here is the Donbas / eastern Ukraine plus Crimea, which is historical Russian land since the 1700's to about 1922, and Russia having a naval base in Crimea since the 1700's. Then the USSR happened, with Russia being the big dog state of the USSR, Ukraine being another state. And, the Russian Ruling Elite don't want The West to have that land by way of Ukraine. It's prime real estate, with a substantial Russian history and ethnic-Russian population, and it's a core of Russian history, it's core Russian neighborhood. Russia is taking a stand on multi-polarity of the world, along with China, in counter to The West / USA.
Ukraine was a state within the USSR, Russia was the ruling state within the USSR, - land which was in the Russian borders was transferred to the Ukraine state,.. it was a transfer of convenience, and not a transfer to a 'sovereign nation'.
Ukraine can't win on its own,… it's NATO/USA support which is necessary for Ukraine to win this war, so, it's a crucially collaborative effort. What Russia wants is to reclaim historical Russian land (Donbas and thereabouts, plus Ukraine) and keep that land. Ukraine going to The West basically means the land goes to The West. That's entirely unacceptable to Russia. So, compromise. Let Russia reclaim the eastern/southern lands of that region, and get back to peace and good productivity, rather than devastation.
Very helpful
A vast majority of Hungarians also believe Ukraine isn't a real country - it's sad.
Any country that depends for its existence on the outside world is derivative. You’re not really sovereign if you rely on someone else for you very existence.
@@robreich6881 When a girl tells you that she's an independent lady, it's time to dump her because she's surely going to be a dumpin' you. No one is independent. Basic economics. You make something and I buy it or get it somehow if I need it. You spend the money I gave you on something someone else made. The world goes around like this. However, you can raise your sovereignty level. With Ukraine being shelled now to years gone by, it's more difficult.
Then let them try take our Transcarpathia, they in a minute understand that we are real a lot.😂
No offense, just a joke. Maybe.)
@@freikorpsdamonisch8127 I'm fighting every single day against this Hungarian cynicism. In just a week I've downloaded a dozen types of memes with the bigger Hungarian land. (That larger version of Hungarian land is a myth, by the way - never happened, or was a very small fraction of Hungary's history.) When propaganda reigns and freedoms to debate are squashed. Hungary is still part of the Soviet Union, but we (not I) are a cowardly nation. All bluster and no guts. One Mi Hazánk politician wrote to me and said, "I'm tired of Ukrainian Nazis harassing Hungarians." A total fabrication of truth. No Ukrainian Nazis are doing that, he doesn't give a sht about Hungarians, and the Ukrainians with Hungarian roots aren't crying for their savior Orbán Viktor to rescue them.
Margaret Atwood had it down to a T. The forced reproduction ‘factory’ of the Handmaid’s Tale. I studied Humanities and loved political history …still do. He is so much more astute than politicians
Forever, to an individual just means, until you end.
you were right about Kherson
here is another mind bender, most of the people from West Ukraine are trilingual ( we are all fluent Polish speakers)🤣🤣🤣
Share widely!
I admire Tim Snyder. I can't speak too lowly of Donald Trump. However, I think he is wrong to suggest that Trump has played any part in the idea that the USA can't 'win'. I think that is both a broader and deeper malaise in the US political, diplomatic, military and cultural discourses. Suggesting Trump is a major factor give him too much credit.
1:05:20 you missed Ukraine proposal for global security.
i thnk anyone interested in the present disaster should watch the BBC series about the former USSR 1985-99, called 'Traumazone: What it Felt lke to Live Through the Collapse of Communism and Democracy'
I'm a democratic socialist who never stopped believing in winning. Great work though =)
I can’t see this with my phone off 😅
Get the people asking questions a microphone.
47:00 DISAGREE. WE DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL AND EVERY PERSON HAVE PHDS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE. ALL WE HAVE TO SO IS BE COMFORTABLE, AND INFORMED ABOUT WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE - THEN WE CAN RELAX IN DEMOCRACY.
1:11:17 👏👏👏👏
If you want to listen to someone truely physchotic then you've come to the right place. He isn't good with the truth. Why do you think they have to talk him up so much at the start.
Putin avoids talking of 'the future' because that requires conceptualizing some new leader(s). Mortality is a great burden on tyrants. The leader who will take over when Putin ceases to be the leader (most likely when he ceases to be) is already alive and walking around somewhere in Moscow or St Petersburg.
The world owes professor Snyder a debt.
Mic is so bad. Questions just muzzled.
North Korea has sent a contingent of cca 1000 military engineers to the Ukrainian front . They are researching the use of drones on the battlefield and are later to take part in UAV production which is to be organised in North Korea. The factory is to serve the military needs of China and Russia.
Yesss, russia doesn't exist 👏👏
Amazing take, amazing lecture, thank you!
Why are the vast majority of these main comments with many "likes" simply praising the lecturer and barely, if at all, mentioning anything about the content ? Seems to be a common phenomenon these days. 🤔🙄😕
God knows!
Maybe they are impressed, and feel a need to express their appreciation?
he gives excellent analysis of this war .
Free people of the world, please, please, please help Ukraine to retake back and clean up acient name Rus` - Ruthenia (lat.) - Russia (greek). Moscow canibals have no right to use that glorious ukrainian name
Call them the Muscovy Empire rather than Russia.
@@cv990a4 or land occupied by Moscow
Read some key points here: People die in Ukraine for American/USA political and economic interests. Ukraine was a state in the USSR, - the east of that Ukraine region was and is substantially ethnic Russian, and the Donbas / eastern Ukraine was part of Russia from the late 1700's till about 1922, but was not Ukraine prior to 1922, and was a state within the USSR till 1991. That's Russia's neighborhood. They're not going to let Crimea and the Donbas(and thereabouts) go to The West. Btw, I'm in The West, military central in SoCaL. But, east Ukraine region is historical Russian lands. That's Russia's core neighborhood. Leave it to them,… in peace.
The issue here is the Donbas / eastern Ukraine plus Crimea, which is historical Russian land since the 1700's to about 1922, and Russia having a naval base in Crimea since the 1700's. Then the USSR happened, with Russia being the big dog state of the USSR, Ukraine being another state. And, the Russian Ruling Elite don't want The West to have that land by way of Ukraine. It's prime real estate, with a substantial Russian history and ethnic-Russian population, and it's a core of Russian history, it's core Russian neighborhood. Russia is taking a stand on multi-polarity of the world, along with China, in counter to The West / USA.
Ukraine was a state within the USSR, Russia was the ruling state within the USSR, - land which was in the Russian borders was transferred to the Ukraine state,.. it was a transfer of convenience, and not a transfer to a 'sovereign nation'.
Ukraine can't win on its own,… it's NATO/USA support which is necessary for Ukraine to win this war, so, it's a crucially collaborative effort. What Russia wants is to reclaim historical Russian land (Donbas and thereabouts, plus Ukraine) and keep that land. Ukraine going to The West basically means the land goes to The West. That's entirely unacceptable to Russia. So, compromise. Let Russia reclaim the eastern/southern lands of that region, and get back to peace and good productivity, rather than devastation.
The Ukraine refers to The Borderlands,…. wild fields.
@@bonsummers2657 In the Dec 1 1991 referendum on Ukrainian independence (from USSR), every Ukrainian oblast voted strongly for independence (84% or greater) with one exception - Crimea/Sevastopol, which voted 54/57% for independence.
Donetsk voted 84%. Luhansk voted 84% - with turnouts of 77% and 80% respectively. These are very strong results for Ukrainian independence. It shows that what you say about these lands being Russian is completely false.
Ukrainians are not dying for US interests. The US has very little economic interest in Ukraine - Ukraine does its business with Europe and the Middle East (food) and US companies own almost nothing within Ukraine. Ukrainians are dying for Ukrainian independence. Polls within Ukraine confirm that.
Russia is tied up with its own revanchist dreams and in particular, the weird ambitions of Vladimir Putin.
The Grand Duchy of Moscow was a small entity centered on Moscow in 1550 when it threw off the Tatar yoke. From then until the Russian Empire collapsed in 1917, it was in an almost uninterrupted imperialist expansion, which took it as far east as the Pacific Ocean and Alaska, as far west as the borders of Germany (absorbing most of Poland and all of Ukraine) and as far south as the borders of Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and China. It colonized Turkic people like the Kazakhs and Uzbeks, Iranian peoples like the Azeris and Tajiks, many Buddhist and animist peoples of Asia origin, Slavs like Ukrainians, Belarusians and Poles, Balts like the Latvians and Lithuanians and Finnic peoples such as Estonians and Finns.
The Soviet Union was merely the reconstitution of the Russian Empire in a different form. Note that only in 1940 was the USSR able to finally gather all Ukrainians in its empire.
Even today's Russian Federation remains an empire, with subject people such as Chechens, Kalmyks, Yakuts, Tatars, etc - at least 20% of all people of the Russian Federation are non-Slavs who suffer under Russian domination.
Russia is the last European empire, and that empire needs to die.
1:07 Your student responds to you by saying some people are “insane.” This is mirroring your approach and attitude, and you reward her by saying her point is “brilliant.” This is indoctrination, sir, yes it is. If you can’t accept that, you must accept that it is poor teaching practice.
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So much brilliance, depth, and inspiration. And two related points: 1. No matter how many talks Snyder gives he alway offers fascinating new facets of his major points and often new revelations that need to be considered very seriously. And 2: reading through this comment thread, his seriousness and kind gentleness is reflected in nearly all (truly all?) the postings. How often is this found on the internet. (Where are the trolls?)
1:16 Oh my God! You couldn't resist bringing Trump into the conversation. That's really the chef's kiss, isn't it, and another signal to your listeners. Gosh, am I glad my professors weren't like you. Such a stifling atmosphere, finally. I started this lecture because you were supposed to be an expert and because I had seen you in another interview and wanted to know more. If you can't tell, I gradually turned against you as you ticked off, one by one, a large number of the problems of professors and universities today. It's so sad that it's come to this in US universities. Just terrible. I think I saw the last tatters of real intellectualism when I was a student. It's gone now. 😢
I do not blame that everyone were thinking that Zelensky would flee. We're in Ukraine we're thinking the same
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He’s an excellent historian but just planning to go to mars could create indirectly the tech that will fix global warming.
By your definition, nearly everyone is fascist @41:36 +
1:09 Your comments about freedom reflect Roosevelt's four freedoms--that is, they are not negative freedoms. This is not the American or Enlightenment concept of freedom. It is a neo-marxist concept of freedom.
56:00 Yup, there's the bloody-mindedness. The future of everything depends on this war. We have to win. Etc. It's always something like that. You haven't really defined what winning means. Your remarks on free speech were incomplete, I assume, or undeveloped. Your notion of democracy vis a vis Ukraine is rather silly. You are a scholar of Ukraine and you think it is a bastion of democracy? Really?
He needs no introduction FF 5 minutes
He seems so politicised.
This guy invents stuff - Russia has multiple resources and not only Hydrocarbons. Please become a historian and not a Political commissioner.
You never saw Robert Mogosci standing on a desk and being a Historical activist.
We all know that the Ukrainian Government is paying you to rewrite the History of Ukraine in their vision.
You stated, “5000 Ukrainian Cossacks helped lift the 2nd siege of Vienna,” which is incorrect; the correct term would be Zaporizhzian Cossack Hetmanate, neither Polish nor Russian.
We know you are attempting to link Ukraine with Europe and cast all Cossacks as Ukraine; it is called Nation blending, just like George W Bush did in 2003 about the war in Iraq.
GW “Saddam Hussain is giving refuge to elements of Al Qaeda and is developing weapons of mass destruction.”
So according to you Iraqi Al Qaeda members helped plan and attack New York City. Yes - Nation Blending.
In 1654, the Zaporizhzian Hetmanate entered the Pereyaslav agreement with Tsarist Russia, which controlled the area northwest of the Dnieper River.
By the way, Ukraine never existed in 1654.
Cossack roots are tribesmen that remained after the Golden Horde and resided on the banks of the Dnipro River for centuries and are not Polish Eastern Slavic, they may have had people of Polish Extraction but ethically not Polish.
The Crimean Tatars Khanate has nothing to do with Ukraine, never conquered the territory and never had any influence in the Peninsula.
On the 300 Anniversary of the Pereyaslav agreement, Nikita Khrushchev persuades the Supreme Soviet to transfer the Crimea Region to The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic as a gift.
Ukraine took this gift and is trying to use it as a bargaining chip with Nato Membership.
So Nikita Khrushchev would have been proud of you!
I like when Professor is saying about “Tradition of peaceful exchange of power” 35:20 when he exactly knows about fact that in 2014 president elect Viktor Yanukovych have to run away with his life from Kiev.
That is what usually happens, when you tell your police to kill initially peaceful demonstrators.
Because he stole the election in the first place, and EVERY UKRAINIAN KNEW IT. That was the final wave that poured down the face of the dam, the unendurable insult added to the rest of the unendurable insults of the last eighty years of Ukrainian history. That washed a hole in the dam, and let all that Stalinist bile start to drain out, at long last.
Yanukovych ran because he lied to his people about European integration, sent his criminal policeforce to beat up students and kill dozens of protesters
No, he didn't have to run. The agreement was reached that very day allowing him to stay until early elections. Why he ran it's his business, his and his Russian masters'.
he had to leave the country after he gave command to shoot 100 students peacefully protesting against his pro russian policy.
Bolsanaro 😢
Margaret Thatcher said ‘There is no society’
I m trilingual ….it is best thing I ever did…..living in another 3 countries in difficult circumstances
This lecture is a slipshod narrative of false generalizations devoid of any substance! No mention of NATO, EU, or "War is a Racket" by Smedley Butler!
Read some key points here: People die in Ukraine for American/USA political and economic interests. Ukraine was a state in the USSR, - the east of that Ukraine region was and is substantially ethnic Russian, and the Donbas / eastern Ukraine was part of Russia from the late 1700's till about 1922, but was not Ukraine prior to 1922, and was a state within the USSR till 1991. That's Russia's neighborhood. They're not going to let Crimea and the Donbas(and thereabouts) go to The West. Btw, I'm in The West, military central in SoCaL. But, east Ukraine region is historical Russian lands. That's Russia's core neighborhood. Leave it to them,… in peace.
The issue here is the Donbas / eastern Ukraine plus Crimea, which is historical Russian land since the 1700's to about 1922, and Russia having a naval base in Crimea since the 1700's. Then the USSR happened, with Russia being the big dog state of the USSR, Ukraine being another state. And, the Russian Ruling Elite don't want The West to have that land by way of Ukraine. It's prime real estate, with a substantial Russian history and ethnic-Russian population, and it's a core of Russian history, it's core Russian neighborhood. Russia is taking a stand on multi-polarity of the world, along with China, in counter to The West / USA.
Ukraine was a state within the USSR, Russia was the ruling state within the USSR, - land which was in the Russian borders was transferred to the Ukraine state,.. it was a transfer of convenience, and not a transfer to a 'sovereign nation'.
Ukraine can't win on its own,… it's NATO/USA support which is necessary for Ukraine to win this war, so, it's a crucially collaborative effort. What Russia wants is to reclaim historical Russian land (Donbas and thereabouts, plus Ukraine) and keep that land. Ukraine going to The West basically means the land goes to The West. That's entirely unacceptable to Russia. So, compromise. Let Russia reclaim the eastern/southern lands of that region, and get back to peace and good productivity, rather than devastation.
@@bonsummers2657 lol that's poor russia troll, and what about ukraine being under poland? what about moscow being taken over by poland and having polish heir in moscow throne?
@@wiziek it's a mess
A pretentious and abstract lecture. Snyder is intelligent but this is not so good.
Professor of English who doesn't speak English? Diversity hire?