its so sad because 2 days prior to their execution, the bolsheviks offered the tsar's family over to the tsar's cousin, george V of england, and he declined. after receiving the news of their deaths, george went with his family to an orthodox church and prayed there all day for forgiveness
He was worried it could cause Revolution in England. The 20s Were a challenging time in England. There was the great strike of 26 And morals were evolving in the Working class.
@@martinjenkins6467 It also shows how Evil Lenin actually was........but what's surprising is that the Marxists around the World Justifies the Killings of Tsar Nicolas 2 and his Entire Family.
When Nicholas Romanov was crowned Tsar of Russia in 1894, he seemed bewildered. “What is going to happen to me…to all Russia?” he asked an advisor when he assumed the throne. “I am not prepared to be Tsar. I never even wanted to become one.”
The French Revolution was led by a mob (that soon canabilized its own) The Russian Bolshevik Revolution was financed by International bankers and the German monarchy. The goal of Germany was to expand eastward into Russian- owned lands Austria also wanted to expand east (into the Ukraine)
@@thekingshussar1808 It wasn't a monarchy tho; there was no line of succession, the emperor would usually choose his successor like in the Roman Empire after Octavian
@@nosh8147 Yes there was, Napoleon only had a son who became an Austrian prince (Napoleon II) to which made Austrians have more favour for Bonaparte France as they would have ties with the powerful nation if Napoleon II ascended to the throne, but unfortunately Napoleon lost all power by late 1812 and 1815, discontinuing Austria's plans of such and Napoleon II died young in 1830s of tuberculosis. Austria and France allied against Russia in 1812, you know.
I just read the entire article of the romanovs on wiki a month ago. The diary of the Tsar’s daughters paint a story of innocent girls who just want the simple of joy of life yet was cursed by their heritage. May they rest in peace.
Putin, at this point of time, isn't the worst autocrat to rule Russia … Jus' sayin' ;-\ There is something about Russia's physical and psychological composition that seems to embrace autocracy. Perhaps it is because the country is so diverse and so large; that liberal Western-style politics would, most likely, lead to secessionist movements and fragmentation. Russia is not a country of immigrants; the various ethnic groups have been there for thousands of years. They can legitimately claim their native territory as their own.
Catherine the Great was a friend to Voltaire, who implored her to transition towards a constitutional system. To that end, she convened an elected convention to hammer out the details. She did not interfere, but did observe in secret. After weeks of bickering she determined that there was no way to employ democratic republicanism in her nation, that it took a strong ruler from on high to keep order. Read Robert Massie's biography of her, and his fascinating, detailed bio of Peter the Great. Putin does not wish to be Nicholas, nor Stalin. He wants to be Peter.
Vaira .123 India has been a colony of great Britain for a long time, and never participated in major wars. Foolish to compare two extremely different people. You would compare the English to the people of Nigeria.
Yeltsin was so democratic that he shelled his own democratically-elected parliament when they refused to change the constitution to suit his benefit. Yeltsin was so democratic that he rigged the 1996 election in his favour with funds from President Clinton. Yeltsin was such a great leader that he drowned his nation's economy below WW2 levels and did nothing to try bring it back up. Thank you, Boris Yeltsin, for letting your people live through hell! Thank you for bringing your country to the lowest of lows! Is this what democracy and Western values represent?
Right. Russia was at its lowest point economically and socially during Yelstin's rule in the '90s. Also, you try converting a country that has been under Fascist rule for nearly 70 years (4 generations) into a free-market economy with perfect regulations.
Samovar maker (1) Socialism isn't a government. (2) The USSR was not Socialist, neither was Vietnam or is North Kora and China; These countries all had or still have a fascist authoritarian autocratic centralized economy, where the government controls ALL the means of production and consumption. Fascism and socialism have become dirty words in economic discussions because of the red scare, but they still have meaning, and they're not the same.
@@samovarmaker9673 Fascism: An authoritarian reactionary movement against progressivism in a country by which a small minority of powerful people pull together the support of the political conservatives and those in the middle, in order to establish for themselves an autocratic state. Hitler and Stalin were the same kind of fascists, but because we were allied with Russia in World War 2, we had to call them something else, "communist". Then afterwards, during the Red Scare era, they became the enemy.
Just to clarify: the White Army wasn’t necessarily loyal to Tzar Nicholas II. They were merely against the Bolsheviks and weren’t really trying to restore the Russian Empire.
The white army, that threatened to take Yekaterinburg (and did so a few days after) was the Czech legion. The red guards, that kept Tsar Nicolai in the Ipatiev House, were mostly communist Hungarians. Both groups were recruted from captured Austro-Hungarian POWs, that were freed after the Februar Revolution.
My Great Great Granduncle Abram Teisen, was a White Army medic. Because of his actions and bravery he personally recieved a medal from Tzar Nicholas 2. It is now of course a proud family heirloom, but anyways there was closeness between the Czar and his soldiers. his journals talk in much greater detail.
Now in 2022 this brilliant analysis of Putin proves all too true! The fact that England refused to give sanctuary to the Romanov family is absolutely unforgivable and it seems that some crimes and indiscretions of the past are so great they continue to come back to haunt us and play out throughout the annals of time.
it sounds like we never know the truth because he version I read is that England welcomed Nicolas II to come, he's King George V's cousin, but the Bolsheviks delayed that because they didn't want a potential exile government controlled by England.
@@testla3383 The version I read was that, as you said, George V welcomed Nicholas II, but out of fear of an communist revolution in the war torn England, the government pushed George V to decline the offer
@@ysb08 I have never heard of this version! I am now curious. Was there reason to believe that a communist revolt would have been successful in the G.B of that time? I would love it if you gave me the source of your info. Can I find the book easily? I don't care if I have to translate it. Thanks in advance for your reply😊👍.
''White army, loyal to Nikolas the second'' - seriously? Go back to school! Ps: instead of arguing with 20 people, i rather add some info here. 1. General Ruzsky and A.Guchkov were the ones who insisted Tsar to sign manifesto and that act was supported in that by bunch of other figures who would join the white army shortly after. 2. While some (whites) could sympathize Tsar and monarchy, most the white leaders either remembered Tsar in a negative light like A.Denikin or cared about their own goals like Kolchak. 3. As ''bbonner422'' stated below, ''The white army was fractured into various factions ranging from almost fascist in beliefs to people who wanted a democratic republic. The reason why the Soviets won was because they had more of a united front against the white army''. Many people tend to idealize (whites) for some reason. Their scale of terror in many cases wasn't inferior to the (reds) and even surpassing the (reds) it when speaking mainly about Kolchak. 4. By the time execution did take place, Tsar was left alone by pretty much everyone. His generals didn't care, his British cousin didn't care and most importantly his people didn't care.
Christian Caven Nope. Technically they were the ones who dismissed Nikolas from the Tsar post lol. Ps: if anything, they were loyal to Admiral Kolchak.
True that! And he was a conservative who believed that Russia should be a republic and decide for itself whether or not it wanted the Tsar or any Tsar for that matter back in power.
Notice how the british commentator is fast to condemn Russia's last monarch, but when it comes to Queen of England who murdered millions in Africa and America .. the news is always positive
I would say overall a very complex and in-depth history. The Soviet era was by a far very dark period but they did modernize a country overnight... History is always what you make it some good some bad a lot of Grey...
Between World War One, The Russian Revolution, World War Two and Joseph Stalin, The Collapse of the USSR, The Financial Crisis of 1997 and its Demographic Crisis, Russia has truly been through some hardship. Russia is truly a nation that knows the meaning of perseverance. As for the video, typical bias against Russia.
Junokaii And they‘ll face real problems with the aging population soon. They just not getting enough children and over 60% are women they also have thanks to Stalin a huge men lack.
@@tk_2378 Lol every single industrialized country has an aging population and a birth rate below 2. All of europe, usa, canada, china,japan, south korea. All of them
1996 з3 Yeah it’s true and the problems will come with it soon. In about 15-20 years. Japan for example don’t take any immigrants and they try new things to make people get 2.1 children at least. They tryin‘ 3 for every women and it may work out. But they‘ll never ever take immigrants that’s how Japan is and want so be.
"There were many bad things about the Czar's regime, but he inherited an autocracy and his acts are now being seen in perspective and in comparison to the terrible crimes committed by the Soviets." - Nikolai Tolstoy
If only Tsar Alexander II managed to pass the reforms to make Russia a constitutional monarchy... the Tsars would have been saved, as well as democracy...
Atomic Apple powerful? I live in Russia and it may be perceived as powerful in foreign countries, but our middle wage is about 300-400 dollars. More than half of them spends for food and for housing and communal services. Pension age for men will be 65 soon, but men's life expectancy is 66.5. Do you think we're proud of our political power in foreign countries? Most of our population just wants 1000$ wage and nothing else.
Yes, he didn't want to become Tsar, but he also feared the change of the autocracy, he was raised by the same tutor as his father, and he was afraid of reforming after seeing his grandfather dying in the Winter Palace.
The white army lost because of their disorganization. Not all were allied with the Tsar as they say here. They came from all different ideologies, but were against the Bolsheviks. Lack of leadership ruined them militarily.
Braeden Griffiths The White Army had a centralized leadership among the generals loyal to the Czar, Kolchak, Krasnov. Denikin and others. They also had the support of an invasion of 17 of the biggest armies. They lost because the people supported the Bolsheviks, and they were armed to.the teeth. Gun control was overturned by the Bolsheviks.
Yes, some of them didn't support the Tsar, but didn't want the Bolsheviks as their rulers. Basically they were everyone against the Bolsheviks, even if they themselves had different ideologies.
Either way, they would of wanted to recapture the Tsar and use him as a figurehead to the White Faction and gain support from monarchists or benefactors of the monarchy.
Czar Nikolai Romanov's biggest weakness was his wife. She was a very bad influence on him, she brought in the mystic Rasputin who ruined the reputation of the imperial family, she also gave her husband very bad advice. The two men who could have saved him: Count Sergei Witte, and Pyotr Stolypin were both dead by 1915. These men were extremely competent politicians. Sergei Witte strongly advised the Czar not to go to war against Germany, but his wife did not like the kaiser, also the British and the French put huge pressure on him to go to war against Germany despite the Treaty of Bjorka he signed with kaiser Wilhelm. Wilhelm loved Nicholas more than any other other relative, he never wanted to go to war with Russia. His true sentiments are revealed in their private telegrams, but Wilhelm's own government over-ruled him.
wholeNwon It gives the impression that Putin actually is influenced by Alexander the III than his son. Yes it would have been a very diffrent situation if The III didnt die so early. Had he lived it would have been obvious with another killing attempt from Lenin.
wholeNwon Yes unfortionly he was an alcoholic and died of a kidney damage obviously from drinking also due to a stabbing by Lenins older brother Alexandr Ulyanov a few years earlier ( So it wouldnt have been a surprise if Lenin later would have attempt the same if the III would've continued to live.) And to Alexander the III also known as 'The peacekeeper' unfortune- Nikolaj wasnt prepared to rule Russia with the rising communism. But the story would've been very interesting otherwise.
Sadly we Brits tend to tag along with the yanks even though we Brits are more intelligent and aware! It's our government. Most of us Brits love Russia and find we have a lot in common.
Correction: The family and servants were sawed into small pieces, and dumped in some form of acid, then burned, and after that the remains were left in a nearby abandoned mine.
"We got Bagh Daddy. Then, we took our troops out. But we're keeping the Oil..." - Orange King (for security reasons, ofc) ("If someone else wants it, they have to fight us for it" oh nvm)
@Enkhee B I dunno. I'm a Westerner but we are not all (entirely) brainwashed moral supremacists. I admit we have a serious moral supremacist problem polluting the western mindscape, but it is not ubiquitous. We are not all mass media assimilated Borg zombie automatrons. Indeed, many, many of us are sick of it, hence the recent UK election, UK leave EU referendum and Trump victory are in essence, protests against the moral supremacist screamers that demand to dictate our values at us.
Cool Lab You do realize that the Bolsheviks KILLED AN INNOCENT FAMILY!! The children had NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF THIS NOR THE SERVANTS OR THE TSARINA ! Nickolas should have been exiled not killed or him and his family should have fled for America or other parts of the world to be free
Could you imagine if the Romanovs were still in power they would be the oldest ruling house in Europe and they would be in power for 400 years and out of all the other ruling house the richest in all of Europe Hell my grandpapa always said to me compared to Russian palaces Buckingham palace is a 1 room cottage lol and the jewelry in Russia there were stones the size of goose eggs And out of all the other ruling houses the Romanovs paid the coast of there palaces out of there own pockets since they had there own money from the business that they owned that’s what a lot of people really don’t understand
That last bit. Where she said that the government can change in unpredictable ways is just plain wrong. Everyone from the outside could see the downfall of the romanovs. It was so clear considering the Tsar could barely control the military let alone the actual people.
The Romanovs fell because of the three hundred year curse of Marina Mnishek. In 1613, after the execution of her child, she said this:"The Romanovs will rule Russia for 300 years. The heirs will not die by their own death. This will happen until all the Romanovs die."This led to palace coups and revolutions, and subsequently, the execution of almost all members of the Romanov House and the creation of the USSR.The USSR was actually created for the complete destruction of the Romanovs and other oldest Russian dynasties, but this did not happen, and in 1991 the union broke up.
Yes compare us russians to religious fanatics in the middle east . Very subtle but not missed . Sly economist . As my english teacher taught me in highschool. A good essay does not have to be long , it needs to have the good side of the story and the bad side . This video just shows your bias and how bad orators you are . Had you shown a couple of good deeds along with the senseless allegations. Really shameless with the bias these days .
When they talk about Orthodox church they either say how its mystical, traditional and beautiful or how its corrupt, backwards and shady. They either picture us as backwards, brutal and evil or some legendary place where time stopped and people still live a simple, coasy and "normal" life. But thats west and its how they wanna look at us, we cant change that. They like to think that they are a "modern" society that lives in the "21 century" yet they cant explain what is modern nor what it means to live in 21 century. They forgot the simple question of why are we here and what is our purpouse and started worshiping the green dollar as theire new God. To them modern way of life is money, cars, boats, palaces and reaches that they cant believe that people still go to Church that believes in God and that there is still a church that honors Jesus Christ and his teachings, and that there are people who still live a simple life surraunded by modern technology not obsesed with money and power. This is why we will always be different to them, and why they will always look at us and mock and judge us and compare us to theire cars with ours as if that is a meashure of success. Поздрав из Србије брате!
@@ДраганНишевић It depends on the person. You have your selfish, narcissistic, materialistic person everywhere...unfortunately. But, I get your point that we, in the West, are very materialistic and want more...this especially hits hard with the younger generation:/ I still remember a time when I was a child, in the 1990s, and children would still play outside and people would actually TALK face to face with one another instead of always texting. One of the stupidest things that I've ever seen is two friends sitting next to each other and texting to each other instead of talking. Yes, A LOT of us lost our way and we live too fast. Our food is mass produced and most of it is genetically modified so this causes issues with the body which cause obesity and other issues. And sugar is in just about every food nowadays. Most of the local "mom and pop" shops (example: grocery stores that were owned by a family) have been bought out or starved out by big corporations. Just recently, a local, privately owned, pharmacy in my town was bought out and shut down by CVS pharmacy which is a big, multi-million dollar, company. As for Russians, I personally have no issues with them. You are just trying to survive in the world like the rest of us. I pray that you guys do NOT become multi-cultural and that you are able to retain your traditions and your culture. I wish you well, From the USA
Merican gov't should focus on the communists from the East and ffs stop being delusional about Russia. You might wanna extend NATO's influence among Asian countries. Your gatekeeper Israel will not be able to hold it if communists from the east influences the middle east.
@Decimus Maximus isnt power same as communist influence? Don't be naive. It's all the same. And how exactly russia is a threat to democracy? Is democracy even existent?
@@johnarnoldhungary it's not about supporting someone's opinion or not but about 2 things Ideological apparatus and circulation of knowledge. West has always had a way of hegemonizing knowledge and thereby power. What I mean is that they document everything foreign to them as negation of their principles and their social formation, with a bias that is rooted in their own history and ideology. So historically creation of western societies is not same as others in East or middle East or Asia . But they always appropriate and then misrepresent others. They did that during colonial era and they continue doing so in globalised, neo imperialistic world. In today's world, media and social media both play a very important role in fashioning popular beliefs and polarising beliefs. Those from West have access to other parts of world only through popular media houses and most of them are again western. Media is a ideological apparatus essentially. And of course the same would apply to others as well. Russia might also have such media houses.It's not like Russia has no problems too but then Western media houses only portray such things. Like only portarying poverty of India and Nothing or not much about developing India.
The Economist, owned by the same family of open Satanists that funded Marx to spread garbage all across Europe and that created Israel as their personal farmland.
Like his counterpart who tried out leadership in the US empire, Putin is also simultaneously infantile and senile. But above all: cruel. Not a pretty picture.
People around the world have different cultures, you cannot enforce one type of government on everyone and expect it to work. It's just absurd to think that your own government system is superior to everyone else's and hence they must adopt it.
Bullshit. If some country has slavery, I bet you would be the first to call it barbaric. There are cultures and civilizations that are better than others and also brought technological progress to mankind. Rome civilization was far superior to tribes living in Gaulle, Iberia, Britain. Greek world was far greater and better than many other cultures. History tells us, that they are societies which are clearly better than others
Europe alone has a variety of government systems, but each one is successful in its own way. UK and Spain have a hereditary monarchy, France and Germany do not, but each has a flourishing economy. There is no such thing as "one system fits all", even when it comes to democracy, each country has its own approach to it. Differences occur due to cultural and historical roots. There is no way you can enforce one exact system to every nation.
My father, who is for a social democracy in my country, Italy, actually supports Putin. He said that the Russians need a strong leader, as it is always been their culture.
Question is, what other Russia do you prefer? Modern Russia under Putin, Socialist Russia under Stalin or Lenin or perhaps the chaotic and horrifying living conditions that the country endured during the nineties? All you can say is "He is like the Tsar" but that only applies because the last time Russia was this stable was during the last Tsar's rule. That's it, that's the comparison and that's where it ends.
One of the key elements for a revolution (especially one which cannot be conducted without at least a little violence) is demographics - it is far likelier to happen in countries with a large percentage of young people (approx. 16 to 25) and a small percentage of old people. Older people tend to be not only significantly less violent but also more conservative - this is one of the drivers of political changes in the West as well (Brexit being the best example).
Western media: Putin is a Communist villain ... A little later he is an imperialist, a villain conservative ... A little later he is a communist, then Alexei Navalani holds the imperialist flag, so he is on the right track, then Putin is a communist again ... When you are already doing propaganda, you do how should😂😂😂
I wouldn't say the fall of the Russian Empire was unpredictable. Russia was torn apart from the many revolts in the country. Nicolas II was not prepared to face such a political crisis.
Victor Tecpa In WW2 the British tortured both German and Russian soldiers for information. When some of those old Germans were interviewed back in the early 2000’s, they praised the the Russians for their strength and resilience to British torture.
@@marisamartin3664 oh please don't tell me you believe your president doesn't do it either. He's probably just more discreet about it. No one stays in power by being nice to your enemies.
@@Victor-kt6qn Yes that's why other countries have changing leaders, because our leaders seek to maintain power by being the more popular alternative rather than strangling the opposition
It's so cheap propaganda that it's even funny to listen. > "The Army of Whites, which was betrayed to the Tsar" - the Tsar abdicated long before the Civil War, none of the political forces of the White Movement proclaimed its goal to restore the monarchy in Russia, for the most part the White defended their privileges and the hierarchical order that suited them. > "The Bolsheviks decided to shoot Emperor Nicholas II" - He is not only has not been an emperor for a year, but Bolsheviks did not decide to shoot him either. The decision to execution was taken spontaneously, in connection with force majeure circumstances - the White Offensive on Yekaterinburg, the decision of the Ural Revolutionary Military Council without the sanction of Moscow. About "strengthening the power of Putin "Through "Political Repressions™" and "Military conflicts" -- I generally keep quiet. Especially about military conflicts from the lips of NATO members is interesting to listen to. > "Boris Yeltsin tried to build a democratic state" -- AHA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!!! Can you hear the knock? This Joseph Goebbels breaks out of Hell to claim compensation for copyright infringement. The death of the royal family is certainly a tragedy of the Civil War. Exactly the same as the death of thousands of other families during this war, fallen under the millstone of history and caught between the White and Red Terror. The death of each family is a tragedy. Not big and not less. And to stick out specifically one and make it a symbol of martyrdom is not right. And this not the first is the Russian king who died on the throne. But for others, for some reason, do not worry. Perhaps because the nobles killed them, gentlemen, sir. They can, it's not "cattle".
German Kaiser funded Lenin movement including Ticket Train to St. Petersburg, All for excluding Russia from WW1 by weaken it from within. It Worked But, Works too Well. it give birth the USSR
Well Kaiser was hoping that Lenin and his group would cause small enough problems that would force the Russians out of the war without doing major harm cause William the 2nd of Germany didn't want to go to war with his cousin at all which is why he sent a letter to his cousin to talk things out.
@B D stolen plan for nuclear weapons from USA, growth population would happen anyway superpower number 2 not 1. It's a pity that Stalin didn't died during his robberies.
Modise Makokwe What IS the spirit of the Romanov Monarchy? Can it be defined? If the Spirit of Christ lives in a person, that person will end up in the best place of all, no matter who his/her ancestors were.
@@Humanmensihsaaninsan if you do not believe then unfortunately you are going to consume the bitter drink of misery and destruction. You know what I'm taking about........everyone does. Your knee will bow to Christ.
I think as history tells one story we must learn the history being made now. History helps us write with a finer quill the history made now, look at when Alaska belonged to Russia and was sold to America and the mistake that was.🤯🤯🤯
Selling Alaska to USA (1867) was a smart move by Alexander ii. Russia needed money to build a national railroad. AND The way people from the British Isles were coming to Canada; Britain taking over Alaska was almost a given.
The Whites were not a unified force, nor did all the factions that historians label as "whites" support the Tzar. You're the Economist, you should be able to present accurate information.
@Anonymer Nutzer not all monarchies can be compared to dictatorships. absolute monarchs are problematic (and definitely compatible to tyranny), but constitutional monarchs are very different. If a king or queen is given the proper limitations and restrictions to keep their power in check, I see no problem in it. Look at the UK, Japan, Norway, and Belgium.
Mantan Orang Kaya I think that Mr. Xi would like to be more than just emperor of China. He might like to be tsar of Russia as well, if not master of the whole world. He has many more employees than does Putin; and he seems to be more ruthless, judging by the concentration camps in Xinjiang. Sometime in the future, an antichrist figure is coming who will demand worship from everyone. But he will be destroyed, and at the end of history JESUS Our Redeemer will reign supreme.
@@jesusislordsavior6343 Xi would sooner embarass China in front of the entire world than declare himself a Tsarist. He will be the general secretary of the CCP until he dies, no question about it.
I'd take a strong leader that actually cares about my country and its people over a democratic leader who's only goal is to get re-elected and cares little of the actual country.
That’s what dictators like Putin count on, to the profound loss of the Russian people. Unfortunately, they’ve never known anything different in their long history.
@@leefrankel4191 I'm not from Russia... You guys are thinking like Americans. You won't understand my mindset until you've lived in a country where election are always rigged. President are corrupt. They don't care. Our tax payer money goes to buying their mansions while like half of the population lives in poverty. Then you'll understand why most of us would rather have a dictador and give up a little bit of freedom. For safety and knowing our money is actually going to make our country better and better it for future generations. You can have freedom and security. You gotta choose one or the other. You rich countries easily judge countries for choosing and putting "dictators" in power but until you've seen what a democracy looks like when it goes wrong and fucks over the people it's supposably made for you you'll understand why we'd rather choose a strong leader like putin than some pussy president that sells national companies to rich countries (US) at a super cheap price for his own personal gain. Don't judge us you haven't seen how bad shit can get when election hve been rigged since the 1920's in your country.
@J. D. So you think its no bureacracy under a dictator?. thats the lie that they sell. In reality no lord can rule without ministers, a court, and the thousands of secretarys ( bureacrats) that run the country in the real day to day world.
This is a complete lie. Russian Empire was supposed to disappear like other monarchy's in Europe. This was a historical process closely connected with industrialization.
Russia is not an autocracy. It may seem to be this way from the outside, but the system is far more complicated. It isn't a full democracy either, nor is it an oligarchy. People who tried to leak information about the reality of Russian power structure got into real trouble, and the Russian secret services tried to censor the information they spread as much as possible, so having a reliable and fully comprehensible source is extremely hard.
Stop! Bolsheviks didn't send Nickolas the 2-nd to Ekaterinburg at first. He was in Tobolsk since 1917. Only in April of 1918 he left it for Ekaterinburg. Honestly saying, I'm grateful for this video. It's cool that not only Russians watch it :)
The areas making up present day Russia has a long history of becoming centralized and falling upon autocratic emperors. Russia has always been under strong autocratic grip with the Mongol Empire controlling Russia, Ivan the Terrible having autocratic authority, the Communist regimes from Vladimir Lenin to Boris Yeltsin (including mainly Josef Stalin) having absolute authority, etc. being good examples. History always repeats itself to a large degree!
It seems like Russia has always had to have a strongman leading it, whether you call him czar, premier or president. A democratic Russia would probably still have to govern with a very strong presidency. Some things are just culturally ingrained.
That’s one thing that makes me think; what if a lot of countries started to return to their old roots. Germany puts a Kaiser back in power, Russia reverts back to the Russian Empire, England reverts back into a monarchy, etc.
Nicholas was not ready to be a tsar, because his father didn't prepare him. And why you don't tell about Nicholas's relatives in Britain who even didn't want to help?
I wonder what Tsar Nicholas’ cousins (Wilhelm II and George V) thought of his death. Even when Wilhelm and Nicholas were bestest of cousins and had nicknamed for eachother, Nicky and Willy.
Wilhelm was the direct responsible for the death of Nicholas, he sent Lenin to destroy Russia. Wilhelm also manipulated Nicholas a lot, like when he convinced him to go to war with Japan.
@@djordjecupic The irony is that while this video is certainly biased, you yourself are a sheep as well for blindly following your master. But I doubt that you are even able to realise that.
@Coz Paynes Unlike you I don't blindly follow any country, god or man. Putin might be your god but to me he is just another power hungry asshole calling himself a savior. Seriously, I dare you to call me a cnn bot.
Как руский человек, могу сказать: Из-за этого видео я так сильно хохотал что разбудил всех соседей. Я узнал много нового о своём президенте) Во многих интервью он одинаково изъяснялся по поводу данного случая, и он не метался во мнениях. По поводу власти в Российской Империи и Власти СССР он тоже изъяснялся, и он не является фанатиком который полностью верит в одно, и полностью отрицает другое. В истории России были моменты за которые можно гордится, и за которые можно стыдится. Смерть Императора не стала неожиданной новостью. Николай II запрашивал убежище у своего двоюродного брата, короля Англии, но тот предал Николая и не пустил за границу. Так же, журналисту и редактором работающим над этим выпуском желательно почитать хотя бы Википедию, а то не знать что такое авторитаризм - позор для журналиста.
The tsars children are related to Britain’s present day monarch through their ancestor Queen Victoria
Tsar Nicholas and the then King George of Britain look like twins
German kaiser, Russian tsar and British monarch we're all related.
@JT X- You believe in some utter nonsense!
Ok, so that's y Britishers hate communism so much?!
Jjt X Crazy conspiracy guy
The Romanov's were much better looking than Britain's Royals.
I noticed that too.
True
So when will saudi arabia get a democracy?
You wot m8?
@@reardelt we dont want a democracy
its so sad because 2 days prior to their execution, the bolsheviks offered the tsar's family over to the tsar's cousin, george V of england, and he declined. after receiving the news of their deaths, george went with his family to an orthodox church and prayed there all day for forgiveness
He was worried it could cause
Revolution in England. The 20s
Were a challenging time in England.
There was the great strike of 26
And morals were evolving in the
Working class.
@@martinjenkins6467 it was the reason why in the end he was killed with all his family and all relatives. There were cruel murders.
@@martinjenkins6467 Morals? Or they just didn’t want to have to be peasants anymore?
@@martinjenkins6467 It also shows how Evil Lenin actually was........but what's surprising is that the Marxists around the World Justifies the Killings of Tsar Nicolas 2 and his Entire Family.
That’s really heartbreaking 😔
When Nicholas Romanov was crowned Tsar of Russia in 1894, he seemed bewildered. “What is going to happen to me…to all Russia?” he asked an advisor when he assumed the throne.
“I am not prepared to be Tsar. I never even wanted to become one.”
Seems like her was wise enough to know that
@@Orto-jj2di …..her ? 😂😂😂 just kidding. I couldn’t resist. 😂😂👍👍🎉🎉
@@raccoondon488 😅😅
The tragedy of being forced to do things against their will
that’s nice, he also killed thousands
France literally did the same thing ~130 years earlier.
The French Revolution was led
by a mob (that soon canabilized
its own) The Russian Bolshevik
Revolution was financed by
International bankers and the
German monarchy.
The goal of Germany was to
expand eastward into Russian-
owned lands Austria also wanted
to expand east (into the Ukraine)
Here_We_Go_Again2 look how that played out for them 😂
@@padlocktails26 Total failure. France took a strong leader (Napoleon) to fix all that and making a monarchy of his own.
@@thekingshussar1808 It wasn't a monarchy tho; there was no line of succession, the emperor would usually choose his successor like in the Roman Empire after Octavian
@@nosh8147 Yes there was, Napoleon only had a son who became an Austrian prince (Napoleon II) to which made Austrians have more favour for Bonaparte France as they would have ties with the powerful nation if Napoleon II ascended to the throne, but unfortunately Napoleon lost all power by late 1812 and 1815, discontinuing Austria's plans of such and Napoleon II died young in 1830s of tuberculosis. Austria and France allied against Russia in 1812, you know.
Nicolas's wife and daughters were gorgeous
The son as well
He was quite handsome as well. 😁
Their fucking dead lol
@@Jonetwothrree4 They are forever young.
BrUhMaN69 they well got banged
I just read the entire article of the romanovs on wiki a month ago. The diary of the Tsar’s daughters paint a story of innocent girls who just want the simple of joy of life yet was cursed by their heritage. May they rest in peace.
" you can only be president for 8 years "
Putin: lets turn that 8 to the side and now its infinite 😈
Copied *
Just like his Buddy, Asaad Bashar and his father before him.
a evil sickness that drowns the hearts of the peoples thoughts.
@@chrisgriffin9164 keep crying
"One eight, another eight, nonconsecutive terms! See! I'm not violating the rules!"
😩
Putin, at this point of time, isn't the worst autocrat to rule Russia … Jus' sayin' ;-\
There is something about Russia's physical and
psychological composition that seems to
embrace autocracy. Perhaps it is because the
country is so diverse and so large; that liberal
Western-style politics would, most likely, lead
to secessionist movements and fragmentation.
Russia is not a country of immigrants; the
various ethnic groups have been there for
thousands of years. They can legitimately
claim their native territory as their own.
Catherine the Great was a friend to Voltaire, who implored her to transition towards a constitutional system. To that end, she convened an elected convention to hammer out the details. She did not interfere, but did observe in secret. After weeks of bickering she determined that there was no way to employ democratic republicanism in her nation, that it took a strong ruler from on high to keep order.
Read Robert Massie's biography of her, and his fascinating, detailed bio of Peter the Great. Putin does not wish to be Nicholas, nor Stalin. He wants to be Peter.
Vaira .123 India has been a colony of great Britain for a long time, and never participated in major wars. Foolish to compare two extremely different people. You would compare the English to the people of Nigeria.
russian politicians have been ruining russian`s mentality, creating a strong demand in dictator
@@shawnullerup6844 just read Hobbes
I totally agree I just came from Russia and I fully confirmed what ypu say here.
Yeltsin was so democratic that he shelled his own democratically-elected parliament when they refused to change the constitution to suit his benefit.
Yeltsin was so democratic that he rigged the 1996 election in his favour with funds from President Clinton.
Yeltsin was such a great leader that he drowned his nation's economy below WW2 levels and did nothing to try bring it back up.
Thank you, Boris Yeltsin, for letting your people live through hell! Thank you for bringing your country to the lowest of lows!
Is this what democracy and Western values represent?
Right. Russia was at its lowest point economically and socially during Yelstin's rule in the '90s. Also, you try converting a country that has been under Fascist rule for nearly 70 years (4 generations) into a free-market economy with perfect regulations.
@@brandondavidson4085 The USSR was under Socialist rule, but you are right.
Samovar maker (1) Socialism isn't a government. (2) The USSR was not Socialist, neither was Vietnam or is North Kora and China; These countries all had or still have a fascist authoritarian autocratic centralized economy, where the government controls ALL the means of production and consumption. Fascism and socialism have become dirty words in economic discussions because of the red scare, but they still have meaning, and they're not the same.
@@brandondavidson4085 Authoritarian, yes, but I don't understand why you call them fascist.
@@samovarmaker9673 Fascism: An authoritarian reactionary movement against progressivism in a country by which a small minority of powerful people pull together the support of the political conservatives and those in the middle, in order to establish for themselves an autocratic state. Hitler and Stalin were the same kind of fascists, but because we were allied with Russia in World War 2, we had to call them something else, "communist". Then afterwards, during the Red Scare era, they became the enemy.
Just to clarify: the White Army wasn’t necessarily loyal to Tzar Nicholas II. They were merely against the Bolsheviks and weren’t really trying to restore the Russian Empire.
The Russian Federation is the
Russian empire under another
name (as was the USSR -- New
rulers same empire)
One of the reasons why the Whits failed
They dont do research. By 1917 everyone was Anti-Tzar.
The white army, that threatened to take Yekaterinburg (and did so a few days after) was the Czech legion. The red guards, that kept Tsar Nicolai in the Ipatiev House, were mostly communist Hungarians. Both groups were recruted from captured Austro-Hungarian POWs, that were freed after the Februar Revolution.
My Great Great Granduncle Abram Teisen, was a White Army medic. Because of his actions and bravery he personally recieved a medal from Tzar Nicholas 2. It is now of course a proud family heirloom, but anyways there was closeness between the Czar and his soldiers. his journals talk in much greater detail.
Now in 2022 this brilliant analysis of Putin proves all too true! The fact that England refused to give sanctuary to the Romanov family is absolutely unforgivable and it seems that some crimes and indiscretions of the past are so great they continue to come back to haunt us and play out throughout the annals of time.
it sounds like we never know the truth because he version I read is that England welcomed Nicolas II to come, he's King George V's cousin, but the Bolsheviks delayed that because they didn't want a potential exile government controlled by England.
@@testla3383 The version I read was that, as you said, George V welcomed Nicholas II, but out of fear of an communist revolution in the war torn England, the government pushed George V to decline the offer
@@ysb08 I have never heard of this version! I am now curious. Was there reason to believe that a communist revolt would have been successful in the G.B of that time? I would love it if you gave me the source of your info. Can I find the book easily? I don't care if I have to translate it.
Thanks in advance for your reply😊👍.
''White army, loyal to Nikolas the second'' - seriously? Go back to school! Ps: instead of arguing with 20 people, i rather add some info here.
1. General Ruzsky and A.Guchkov were the ones who insisted Tsar to sign manifesto and that act was supported in that by bunch of other figures who would join the white army shortly after.
2. While some (whites) could sympathize Tsar and monarchy, most the white leaders either remembered Tsar in a negative light like A.Denikin or cared about their own goals like Kolchak.
3. As ''bbonner422'' stated below, ''The white army was fractured into various factions ranging from almost fascist in beliefs to people who wanted a democratic republic. The reason why the Soviets won was because they had more of a united front against the white army''. Many people tend to idealize (whites) for some reason. Their scale of terror in many cases wasn't inferior to the (reds) and even surpassing the (reds) it when speaking mainly about Kolchak.
4. By the time execution did take place, Tsar was left alone by pretty much everyone. His generals didn't care, his British cousin didn't care and most importantly his people didn't care.
Tjecktjeck were they not?
Christian Caven Nope. Technically they were the ones who dismissed Nikolas from the Tsar post lol. Ps: if anything, they were loyal to Admiral Kolchak.
True that! And he was a conservative who believed that Russia should be a republic and decide for itself whether or not it wanted the Tsar or any Tsar for that matter back in power.
The whole video was content-less and misleading...
The whole video is a festival of stupidity
Russia has really amazing history from the Rurik dynasty to the Tsardom to the Revolution, Soviet Union and then Russian Federation.
Notice how the british commentator is fast to condemn Russia's last monarch, but when it comes to Queen of England who murdered millions in Africa and America .. the news is always positive
Russia does have amazing history for some reason I think soviet history part is really terrible and culturally murdered russsian culture.
Solomon Black Russia it’s amazing country
I would say overall a very complex and in-depth history. The Soviet era was by a far very dark period but they did modernize a country overnight... History is always what you make it some good some bad a lot of Grey...
Where does Russian schools' history books begin the history of Russia? From Kiev, from Ruhrik or perhaps from the ancient trieps?
Between World War One, The Russian Revolution, World War Two and Joseph Stalin, The Collapse of the USSR, The Financial Crisis of 1997 and its Demographic Crisis, Russia has truly been through some hardship. Russia is truly a nation that knows the meaning of perseverance.
As for the video, typical bias against Russia.
Rusia es un pais de cosas raras, literal
Junokaii And they‘ll face real problems with the aging population soon. They just not getting enough children and over 60% are women they also have thanks to Stalin a huge men lack.
True
@@tk_2378 Lol every single industrialized country has an aging population and a birth rate below 2. All of europe, usa, canada, china,japan, south korea. All of them
1996 з3 Yeah it’s true and the problems will come with it soon. In about 15-20 years. Japan for example don’t take any immigrants and they try new things to make people get 2.1 children at least. They tryin‘ 3 for every women and it may work out. But they‘ll never ever take immigrants that’s how Japan is and want so be.
"There were many bad things about the Czar's regime, but he inherited an autocracy and his acts are now being seen in perspective and in comparison to the terrible crimes committed by the Soviets." - Nikolai Tolstoy
Remember Ivan the Terrible, he ruled before the tsars, He was 10 times worse than the Soviets
@@oliverroberts7490 in the 1500s or something...
@@danielwymer1580 bruh ivan the terrible was the 1st tsar "Tsar Ivan II"
What crimes of the USSR?
@@daseapickleofjustice7231 exactly they did nothing wrong other than be an alternative system lol
If only Tsar Alexander II managed to pass the reforms to make Russia a constitutional monarchy... the Tsars would have been saved, as well as democracy...
Romanov: *built a powerful russia*
Putin: *also built a powerful russia*
Westerners: coincidence?
Powerful???? Ahaahahahbahabahahaha.. Nice joke
Nika Kim I’m reading your post out pound and it sounds as if you’re having an asthma attack.
Atomic Apple powerful? I live in Russia and it may be perceived as powerful in foreign countries, but our middle wage is about 300-400 dollars. More than half of them spends for food and for housing and communal services. Pension age for men will be 65 soon, but men's life expectancy is 66.5. Do you think we're proud of our political power in foreign countries? Most of our population just wants 1000$ wage and nothing else.
Autocracy seems to agree with
the Russian empire.
@@vvp_rus Да, благодаря такому "нищему говну" наша страна и держится, и существует это "нищее говно" под названием россияне уже с 16 века
The Tsars daughters were beautiful .
@@Cov1ngtonsGhOst u sure? I don't think so
@@Cov1ngtonsGhOst that is a lie..
@SiegeVirtual Good things IDGAF about u
Anastasia was ready to get shoot wasn't scared like the others
Were? Are !
Nicholas 2 was more of a family man than a ruler who never had his ear to the ground
Hes too weak
He and Alexandra had never been trained to be tsar and tsarina, they didn’t know how to properly run a country
They should been actors instead.
Yes, he didn't want to become Tsar, but he also feared the change of the autocracy, he was raised by the same tutor as his father, and he was afraid of reforming after seeing his grandfather dying in the Winter Palace.
if only alexander the 3 lived a few more decades...
The white army lost because of their disorganization. Not all were allied with the Tsar as they say here. They came from all different ideologies, but were against the Bolsheviks. Lack of leadership ruined them militarily.
Braeden Griffiths The White Army had a centralized leadership among the generals loyal to the Czar, Kolchak, Krasnov. Denikin and others. They also had the support of an invasion of 17 of the biggest armies. They lost because the people supported the Bolsheviks, and they were armed to.the teeth. Gun control was overturned by the Bolsheviks.
Yep, sad. They could save Russia from a disaster.
Yes, some of them didn't support the Tsar, but didn't want the Bolsheviks as their rulers. Basically they were everyone against the Bolsheviks, even if they themselves had different ideologies.
Either way, they would of wanted to recapture the Tsar and use him as a figurehead to the White Faction and gain support from monarchists or benefactors of the monarchy.
Czar Nikolai Romanov's biggest weakness was his wife. She was a very bad influence on him, she brought in the mystic Rasputin who ruined the reputation of the imperial family, she also gave her husband very bad advice. The two men who could have saved him: Count Sergei Witte, and Pyotr Stolypin were both dead by 1915. These men were extremely competent politicians. Sergei Witte strongly advised the Czar not to go to war against Germany, but his wife did not like the kaiser, also the British and the French put huge pressure on him to go to war against Germany despite the Treaty of Bjorka he signed with kaiser Wilhelm. Wilhelm loved Nicholas more than any other other relative, he never wanted to go to war with Russia. His true sentiments are revealed in their private telegrams, but Wilhelm's own government over-ruled him.
Thnkyou for the story
how true is this ?
@@lindsayives4915 not all the truth. Stolypin was killed in the Kiev's Opera Theater by Bagrov, Jewish man.
This helped answer my question. So sad:(
@Nogent Nothing can bring down your popularity than losing 2 wars under your watch as a czar.
I wonder how different history would have been if Alexander III had had a long life span.
wholeNwon It gives the impression that Putin actually is influenced by Alexander the III than his son. Yes it would have been a very diffrent situation if The III didnt die so early. Had he lived it would have been obvious with another killing attempt from Lenin.
wholeNwon wasn't he an alcoholic? It wouldn't matter much
Not to my knowledge, though the Russians have a long history of heavy drinking. I doubt that his wife would have approved.
wholeNwon Yes unfortionly he was an alcoholic and died of a kidney damage obviously from drinking also due to a stabbing by Lenins older brother Alexandr Ulyanov a few years earlier ( So it wouldnt have been a surprise if Lenin later would have attempt the same if the III would've continued to live.) And to Alexander the III also known as 'The peacekeeper' unfortune- Nikolaj wasnt prepared to rule Russia with the rising communism. But the story would've been very interesting otherwise.
wholeNwon well, then you definitely need to update your knowledge, that will save you from making stupid claims
Russian people loves a "Tsar" like figure. They need a strongman in power to feel themselves safe...
No one:
Americans: Russia is bad
This is a british channel
It's rather:
British: Russian man bad.
Sadly we Brits tend to tag along with the yanks even though we Brits are more intelligent and aware! It's our government. Most of us Brits love Russia and find we have a lot in common.
Sarah Sally Fake. Obviously a Russian bot posting from Moscow
@@cecileyoras6671 I'm not fake. ._.
Correction: The family and servants were sawed into small pieces, and dumped in some form of acid, then burned, and after that the remains were left in a nearby abandoned mine.
They were shot.
@@theemperor-wh40k18 They were shot *FIRST*
What has humanity come into, that is barbaric.
@@coniston3106 this happens in mexico atleast once a month believe it or not
Wrong I believe
"When we do it, don't you dare mention morals and laws" - The West
"We got Bagh Daddy. Then, we took our troops out. But we're keeping the Oil..." - Orange King (for security reasons, ofc) ("If someone else wants it, they have to fight us for it" oh nvm)
@Enkhee B I dunno. I'm a Westerner but we are not all (entirely) brainwashed moral supremacists. I admit we have a serious moral supremacist problem polluting the western mindscape, but it is not ubiquitous. We are not all mass media assimilated Borg zombie automatrons.
Indeed, many, many of us are sick of it, hence the recent UK election, UK leave EU referendum and Trump victory are in essence, protests against the moral supremacist screamers that demand to dictate our values at us.
I rather be in a nation that relies on a monarch then. A nation that relies on the promises of a man
Liev Semenov one man with many ego problems may spell more trouble
Well it's simple, remove the "Ras" from Rasputin and you have Putin
But wasn't Rasputin one of the main reasons the monarchy ended?
@@eqbertfite2455 Hey you did not get it. HE WAS IMMORTAL.
And his first name is Vladimir like Prince Charles' Great grandaddy!!
@Meph Lest Pretty sure Vlad was short for Vladimir
True he is a relative of blood to rather putin, marx, maybe even stalins own sons descendent?
I can't believe they've been gone for 100 years. When I learned about the youngest daughter Anastasia, it changed my life forever.
elsa1942 Well, at least the mystery of Anastasia has been solved.
Cool Lab Fuck off
Cool Lab You do realize that the Bolsheviks KILLED AN INNOCENT FAMILY!! The children had NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF THIS NOR THE SERVANTS OR THE TSARINA ! Nickolas should have been exiled not killed or him and his family should have fled for America or other parts of the world to be free
@@aliyah2393 innocent my ass
@@aliyah2393 nicholas had the bullet coming, not his family tho
Could you imagine if the Romanovs were still in power they would be the oldest ruling house in Europe and they would be in power for 400 years and out of all the other ruling house the richest in all of Europe Hell my grandpapa always said to me compared to Russian palaces Buckingham palace is a 1 room cottage lol and the jewelry in Russia there were stones the size of goose eggs
And out of all the other ruling houses the Romanovs paid the coast of there palaces out of there own pockets since they had there own money from the business that they owned that’s what a lot of people really don’t understand
Benjamin
in the ancient Russian language of Novels means-a new Roman
in this case, the word "Roman" can be interpreted as-an Arab or a Gypsy
*Their
That’s their house
There - LOOK OVER THERE.
They’re (they are) - They’re right.
The Osman family rules the ottoman for 600 years. That’s the longest reign of any family in power.
During WWI 4 Empires were destroyed. It's easy to blame Bolsheviks but they were just puppets. It was a fight between Empires.
@@murat7006 I think they meant currently. If the Romanovs still ruled, they'd currently be the longest reign alive
That last bit. Where she said that the government can change in unpredictable ways is just plain wrong. Everyone from the outside could see the downfall of the romanovs. It was so clear considering the Tsar could barely control the military let alone the actual people.
The Romanovs fell because of the three hundred year curse of Marina Mnishek. In 1613, after the execution of her child, she said this:"The Romanovs will rule Russia for 300 years. The heirs will not die by their own death. This will happen until all the Romanovs die."This led to palace coups and revolutions, and subsequently, the execution of almost all members of the Romanov House and the creation of the USSR.The USSR was actually created for the complete destruction of the Romanovs and other oldest Russian dynasties, but this did not happen, and in 1991 the union broke up.
0:43 «Июль 1918» Вау, Заранее построили мавзолей для Ленина. Что бы потом голову не ломать)))
Думаю это просто рандомный кадр, связанный с текстом только косвенно.
@@Arthur-sd2ul Это просто кринжовое популистское видео с кучей фактических ошибок
Белые не были все поголовно за царя , это факт , тут же оговорки сплошные .
@Kryptonian bruh
3:46 How I open the door when my boyfriend is coming to meet me.
Lol😂😂😂🤣 that lucky guy😍😍
Are you single?
@@MistehbigPants dude, you'll get nowhere
Dont even try and save some dignity...
@@sherryr8671 You're loss, Im worth marching towards the door for
@@MistehbigPants lol sure bud
Yes compare us russians to religious fanatics in the middle east .
Very subtle but not missed . Sly economist .
As my english teacher taught me in highschool.
A good essay does not have to be long , it needs to have the good side of the story and the bad side .
This video just shows your bias and how bad orators you are .
Had you shown a couple of good deeds along with the senseless allegations.
Really shameless with the bias these days .
When they talk about Orthodox church they either say how its mystical, traditional and beautiful or how its corrupt, backwards and shady. They either picture us as backwards, brutal and evil or some legendary place where time stopped and people still live a simple, coasy and "normal" life. But thats west and its how they wanna look at us, we cant change that. They like to think that they are a "modern" society that lives in the "21 century" yet they cant explain what is modern nor what it means to live in 21 century. They forgot the simple question of why are we here and what is our purpouse and started worshiping the green dollar as theire new God. To them modern way of life is money, cars, boats, palaces and reaches that they cant believe that people still go to Church that believes in God and that there is still a church that honors Jesus Christ and his teachings, and that there are people who still live a simple life surraunded by modern technology not obsesed with money and power. This is why we will always be different to them, and why they will always look at us and mock and judge us and compare us to theire cars with ours as if that is a meashure of success. Поздрав из Србије брате!
@@ДраганНишевић It depends on the person. You have your selfish, narcissistic, materialistic person everywhere...unfortunately.
But, I get your point that we, in the West, are very materialistic and want more...this especially hits hard with the younger generation:/ I still remember a time when I was a child, in the 1990s, and children would still play outside and people would actually TALK face to face with one another instead of always texting. One of the stupidest things that I've ever seen is two friends sitting next to each other and texting to each other instead of talking. Yes, A LOT of us lost our way and we live too fast. Our food is mass produced and most of it is genetically modified so this causes issues with the body which cause obesity and other issues. And sugar is in just about every food nowadays. Most of the local "mom and pop" shops (example: grocery stores that were owned by a family) have been bought out or starved out by big corporations. Just recently, a local, privately owned, pharmacy in my town was bought out and shut down by CVS pharmacy which is a big, multi-million dollar, company.
As for Russians, I personally have no issues with them. You are just trying to survive in the world like the rest of us. I pray that you guys do NOT become multi-cultural and that you are able to retain your traditions and your culture.
I wish you well,
From the USA
Economist = Rothchild LIES!!
That's savage tho
love the way you blame the Problem in Syrian on Russia 😂😂. they fixed the problem causes by America again
I thought the same. The Russians are there at the invitation of Assad in an attempt to get rid of ISIS and the like.
You may be right there. I feel the West pushed Bashir into the arms of Russia
Merican gov't should focus on the communists from the East and ffs stop being delusional about Russia. You might wanna extend NATO's influence among Asian countries. Your gatekeeper Israel will not be able to hold it if communists from the east influences the middle east.
@Decimus Maximus isnt power same as communist influence? Don't be naive. It's all the same. And how exactly russia is a threat to democracy? Is democracy even existent?
@Decimus Maximus you are not getting the bigger picture. Have a nice a day.
The Economist & the ghosts of independent reporting
So everything that doesnt support ur opinion is not independent?
Media with alternative point of view: *exists*
Russian Bots: ZIONIST PROPAGANDA!!! FUNDED BY BRITISH GOVERNMENT
@@johnarnoldhungary it's not about supporting someone's opinion or not but about 2 things
Ideological apparatus and circulation of knowledge.
West has always had a way of hegemonizing knowledge and thereby power. What I mean is that they document everything foreign to them as negation of their principles and their social formation, with a bias that is rooted in their own history and ideology. So historically creation of western societies is not same as others in East or middle East or Asia . But they always appropriate and then misrepresent others. They did that during colonial era and they continue doing so in globalised, neo imperialistic world.
In today's world, media and social media both play a very important role in fashioning popular beliefs and polarising beliefs. Those from West have access to other parts of world only through popular media houses and most of them are again western. Media is a ideological apparatus essentially. And of course the same would apply to others as well. Russia might also have such media houses.It's not like Russia has no problems too but then Western media houses only portray such things. Like only portarying poverty of India and Nothing or not much about developing India.
The Economist, owned by the same family of open Satanists that funded Marx to spread garbage all across Europe and that created Israel as their personal farmland.
@@johnarnoldhungary hahaha
I met a refugee from the Russian Revolution she was a passenger in my Uber. Nice lady, I was shocked because of how long ago it was.
That's crazy man.
How old was she?
@@tomaszzalewski4541 almost a hundred
"Infantile" : Is how the Pope described Russia's justification for invasion of Ukraine.
Like his counterpart who tried out leadership in the US empire, Putin is also simultaneously infantile and senile. But above all: cruel. Not a pretty picture.
0:47 Why did those soldiers randomly start making out? lol.
they didn´t start making out, this was the "Brotherhood kiss" used by all communist countries, close to the french version
In communism u have to share those pretty lips
@@philippg1390 gotta kiss your homies goodbye before participating in a civil war
The power of socialism, nobody is lonely you are all comrades
@@philippg1390 I saw the poster of that ussr leader kissing some old dude , was it the same thing?
He died an unknown hero and none will really know the real reason why. Rip king 👑 now with the king of kings
People around the world have different cultures, you cannot enforce one type of government on everyone and expect it to work. It's just absurd to think that your own government system is superior to everyone else's and hence they must adopt it.
Bullshit. If some country has slavery, I bet you would be the first to call it barbaric. There are cultures and civilizations that are better than others and also brought technological progress to mankind. Rome civilization was far superior to tribes living in Gaulle, Iberia, Britain. Greek world was far greater and better than many other cultures. History tells us, that they are societies which are clearly better than others
Europe alone has a variety of government systems, but each one is successful in its own way. UK and Spain have a hereditary monarchy, France and Germany do not, but each has a flourishing economy. There is no such thing as "one system fits all", even when it comes to democracy, each country has its own approach to it. Differences occur due to cultural and historical roots. There is no way you can enforce one exact system to every nation.
Well, you are too kind saying Spain has a flourishing economy….
I said this a lot, we all can’t have the same governing systems… Democracy was forced on some part in Africa see how it turns out.
It's a shame that whenever one nation tries to be "stronger" it usually means war...
"Putin embraces the soviet past"
You mean its belief of a unified state and belief? Yes
Communism and marxism? Absolutely not.
it's not like USSR was a communistic state, it wasn't even a "socialism" the party claimed, it was straight up totalitarian state no doubt.
@@mashka1572 no have you ever read unbiased sources probably not
My father, who is for a social democracy in my country, Italy, actually supports Putin. He said that the Russians need a strong leader, as it is always been their culture.
Yet Russia is a saner and more stable nation compared to the USA
Well perhaps at the moment...
@@marisamartin3664 perhaps...
@Gleb B. / Глеб Б. at least someone's in control
@Gleb B. / Глеб Б. Research and compare
Umm... I am not sure about that...
Question is, what other Russia do you prefer? Modern Russia under Putin, Socialist Russia under Stalin or Lenin or perhaps the chaotic and horrifying living conditions that the country endured during the nineties?
All you can say is "He is like the Tsar" but that only applies because the last time Russia was this stable was during the last Tsar's rule. That's it, that's the comparison and that's where it ends.
He is even built a palace for himself...
“Vladimir” actually means “Of Great Power”
I possess the world - that's what it means.
Its not the 1900s now so dont count on something to rise and fall so easily now
Saddam Hussein.
arab shitholes aren't the same as stable first world countries
Makedonia e BULGARIA
ivan japan?
One of the key elements for a revolution (especially one which cannot be conducted without at least a little violence) is demographics - it is far likelier to happen in countries with a large percentage of young people (approx. 16 to 25) and a small percentage of old people. Older people tend to be not only significantly less violent but also more conservative - this is one of the drivers of political changes in the West as well (Brexit being the best example).
Western media: Putin is a Communist villain ... A little later he is an imperialist, a villain conservative ... A little later he is a communist, then Alexei Navalani holds the imperialist flag, so he is on the right track, then Putin is a communist again ... When you are already doing propaganda, you do how should😂😂😂
Clearly he must be great because he never, never, Never loses an election ... NEVER!
They were all beautiful and dint deserve to die
This horribly.....
Some of them didn't died by that bullet alone.
They were beaten mercilessly by the Soviets
Monarchs are a stain on society.
@@manifest5768 monarchs are just country who colonize anything they explored first
Looks can’t hold the personality within only their actions can tell how the person really was.
They were stabbed with bayonet, then sawed into pieces and thrown into land mines, then burned. Only to be found decades later.
I wouldn't say the fall of the Russian Empire was unpredictable. Russia was torn apart from the many revolts in the country. Nicolas II was not prepared to face such a political crisis.
Because they killed the entire family (children), Nicholas became a martyr rather than what he was
These Russian guards have excellent marching/dancing skills
I’m sure their lives depend on it lol
Youu need a tough man to lead tough people.
Victor Tecpa In WW2 the British tortured both German and Russian soldiers for information.
When some of those old Germans were interviewed back in the early 2000’s, they praised the the Russians for their strength and resilience to British torture.
You don't need a man who kills everyone who questions him...
@@marisamartin3664 oh please don't tell me you believe your president doesn't do it either.
He's probably just more discreet about it.
No one stays in power by being nice to your enemies.
@@marisamartin3664 E precisohtraduzir para o portugues🤪😳
@@Victor-kt6qn Yes that's why other countries have changing leaders, because our leaders seek to maintain power by being the more popular alternative rather than strangling the opposition
It's so cheap propaganda that it's even funny to listen.
> "The Army of Whites, which was betrayed to the Tsar" - the Tsar abdicated long before the Civil War, none of the political forces of the White Movement proclaimed its goal to restore the monarchy in Russia, for the most part the White defended their privileges and the hierarchical order that suited them.
> "The Bolsheviks decided to shoot Emperor Nicholas II" - He is not only has not been an emperor for a year, but Bolsheviks did not decide to shoot him either. The decision to execution was taken spontaneously, in connection with force majeure circumstances - the White Offensive on Yekaterinburg, the decision of the Ural Revolutionary Military Council without the sanction of Moscow.
About "strengthening the power of Putin "Through "Political Repressions™" and "Military conflicts" -- I generally keep quiet. Especially about military conflicts from the lips of NATO members is interesting to listen to.
> "Boris Yeltsin tried to build a democratic state" -- AHA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!!!
Can you hear the knock? This Joseph Goebbels breaks out of Hell to claim compensation for copyright infringement.
The death of the royal family is certainly a tragedy of the Civil War. Exactly the same as the death of thousands of other families during this war, fallen under the millstone of history and caught between the White and Red Terror. The death of each family is a tragedy. Not big and not less. And to stick out specifically one and make it a symbol of martyrdom is not right. And this not the first is the Russian king who died on the throne. But for others, for some reason, do not worry. Perhaps because the nobles killed them, gentlemen, sir. They can, it's not "cattle".
German Kaiser funded Lenin movement including Ticket Train to St. Petersburg,
All for excluding Russia from WW1 by weaken it from within.
It Worked
But,
Works too Well.
it give birth the USSR
Finally somebody that knows this!
I know this he also brought from somwhere i don't know previously he was expelled from the country
Read the Kaiser had a thing for the Czarina...weren't they cousins? That family gets a little creepy.....
Bruh
Well Kaiser was hoping that Lenin and his group would cause small enough problems that would force the Russians out of the war without doing major harm cause William the 2nd of Germany didn't want to go to war with his cousin at all which is why he sent a letter to his cousin to talk things out.
Country boy in :
North Carolina...I LOVE RUSSIA...
North Carolina is the region in the USA, US IS A COUNTRY
I would have made myself Czar a long time ago if I was Putin.
And risk overthrow?
@@Britishdarnlib tbf tsar didn’t know anything about running a country let alone the biggest one , so his risk is lower
@@yourownfather6709only about 20% of the Russian population want the monarchy back, Putin will still risk overthrow
@@Britishdarnlib that is a lot considering how much time has passed and how much soviet propaganda has been forced onto russia
@@originalcomment4818 it’s probably less, and it’s still the vast minority
The economist that cause the 2008 ecomony crisis😂😂😂
We will not forget the imperial family thanks to Russia men and women were very clever people to remember that shame crime unbelievable murder.
Im sure the Russian people did enjoy the karma they got when Stalin took power
Definitely an unnecessary killing.
@B D stolen plan for nuclear weapons from USA, growth population would happen anyway superpower number 2 not 1. It's a pity that Stalin didn't died during his robberies.
Has anyone seen the Economist video about how Crimea was a part of Russia dating back to the 17th Century?
Me neither.
When talkin shit about others - first look into your heart
When power relays on faith than you have real power
Long live the spirit of the Ramonov Monachy
Modise Makokwe
What IS the spirit of the Romanov Monarchy? Can it be defined?
If the Spirit of Christ lives in a person, that person will end up in the best place of all, no matter who his/her ancestors were.
@@jesusislordsavior6343 Calm down 😆
Нет
Realy beatifull family realy a clean feeling comes when see these faces.
Because they are Christian martyrs.
@@gabrielebianchi161 how do you know that ?
Jesus did not die on cross its a lie.
@@Humanmensihsaaninsan if you do not believe then unfortunately you are going to consume the bitter drink of misery and destruction. You know what I'm taking about........everyone does. Your knee will bow to Christ.
@@gabrielebianchi161 oo Jesusz.
O Jezuz.
Ooooo Jezuz.
O Jesuz.
I think as history tells one story we must learn the history being made now. History helps us write with a finer quill the history made now, look at when Alaska belonged to Russia and was sold to America and the mistake that was.🤯🤯🤯
Selling Alaska to USA (1867) was a
smart move by Alexander ii.
Russia needed money to build a
national railroad.
AND
The way people from the British Isles
were coming to Canada; Britain taking
over Alaska was almost a given.
The Whites were not a unified force, nor did all the factions that historians label as "whites" support the Tzar. You're the Economist, you should be able to present accurate information.
Long Live Blessed Tsar Nicholas II!!!!
Long Live Comrade Lenin
@@sauraroy1346
He is dead and the Soviet dictators completely destroyed his Ideologies
@@mathewjose4753 Lenin wasn't a clean figure. Had he lived longer, he would do the same things.
@Anonymer Nutzer Monarchs aren't actuallly bad
@Anonymer Nutzer not all monarchies can be compared to dictatorships. absolute monarchs are problematic (and definitely compatible to tyranny), but constitutional monarchs are very different. If a king or queen is given the proper limitations and restrictions to keep their power in check, I see no problem in it. Look at the UK, Japan, Norway, and Belgium.
I believe the new order of Tsar is coming..
who would that be?
Mantan Orang Kaya
I think that Mr. Xi would like to be more than just emperor of China. He might like to be tsar of Russia as well, if not master of the whole world. He has many more employees than does Putin; and he seems to be more ruthless, judging by the concentration camps in Xinjiang.
Sometime in the future, an antichrist figure is coming who will demand worship from everyone. But he will be destroyed, and at the end of history JESUS Our Redeemer will reign supreme.
@@jesusislordsavior6343 Xi would sooner embarass China in front of the entire world than declare himself a Tsarist. He will be the general secretary of the CCP until he dies, no question about it.
I am the senate-
Emperor Putin.
Putin is positioning himself to end like Tsar Nicholas
If so im gonna make sure you go first
Yeltsin wasn't that much of democrat. He mostly built an oligarchy that now serves Putin, and his incompetence led to chaos
I'd take a strong leader that actually cares about my country and its people over a democratic leader who's only goal is to get re-elected and cares little of the actual country.
Victor Tecpa 😂🤦🏼♂️
Shame you haven’t got one isn’t it?
That’s what dictators like Putin count on, to the profound loss of the Russian people. Unfortunately, they’ve never known anything different in their long history.
@@leefrankel4191 I'm not from Russia... You guys are thinking like Americans. You won't understand my mindset until you've lived in a country where election are always rigged. President are corrupt. They don't care. Our tax payer money goes to buying their mansions while like half of the population lives in poverty. Then you'll understand why most of us would rather have a dictador and give up a little bit of freedom. For safety and knowing our money is actually going to make our country better and better it for future generations. You can have freedom and security. You gotta choose one or the other. You rich countries easily judge countries for choosing and putting "dictators" in power but until you've seen what a democracy looks like when it goes wrong and fucks over the people it's supposably made for you you'll understand why we'd rather choose a strong leader like putin than some pussy president that sells national companies to rich countries (US) at a super cheap price for his own personal gain. Don't judge us you haven't seen how bad shit can get when election hve been rigged since the 1920's in your country.
@J. D. So you think its no bureacracy under a dictator?. thats the lie that they sell. In reality no lord can rule without ministers, a court, and the thousands of secretarys ( bureacrats) that run the country in the real day to day world.
That final statement was more like a wish from The Economist editors than anything substancial...
And yet again, the UA-cam algorithm does its magic.
That was a totally unnecessary carnage. I'm sure it was Stalin who gave orders of murdering the Romanovs family. Sad.
So much disinformation in this video.
The Tsar and his family were strongly and genuinely devout people. Olga read her Bible daily to her mother whilst they were imprisoned.
Boney M said it best at the end of their track ‘Rasputin’......’Oh those Russians!!’...
Hey Economist, what about doing a video on the very democratic Chinese government.
Haha I see what you did there
This is a complete lie. Russian Empire was supposed to disappear like other monarchy's in Europe. This was a historical process closely connected with industrialization.
The oppressed always becomes oppressor at the end.
Russia is not an autocracy. It may seem to be this way from the outside, but the system is far more complicated.
It isn't a full democracy either, nor is it an oligarchy.
People who tried to leak information about the reality of Russian power structure got into real trouble, and the Russian secret services tried to censor the information they spread as much as possible, so having a reliable and fully comprehensible source is extremely hard.
Stop! Bolsheviks didn't send Nickolas the 2-nd to Ekaterinburg at first. He was in Tobolsk since 1917. Only in April of 1918 he left it for Ekaterinburg.
Honestly saying, I'm grateful for this video. It's cool that not only Russians watch it :)
The areas making up present day Russia has a long history of becoming centralized and falling upon autocratic emperors. Russia has always been under strong autocratic grip with the Mongol Empire controlling Russia, Ivan the Terrible having autocratic authority, the Communist regimes from Vladimir Lenin to Boris Yeltsin (including mainly Josef Stalin) having absolute authority, etc. being good examples. History always repeats itself to a large degree!
This first picture is never from 1918. on the left you can see Lenin's mausoleum... Which was build several years later.
Russia has the most fasinating history. It's always been strong and wild.
Yeah, and Yeltsin's rule nearly cause the collapse of Russia. The nation is still sitting on less than ideal grounds
история идёт по кругу
It seems like Russia has always had to have a strongman leading it, whether you call him czar, premier or president. A democratic Russia would probably still have to govern with a very strong presidency. Some things are just culturally ingrained.
Tsar Alexander II once said: "Ruling Russia isn't difficult, it's useless".
The Tsar wasn’t even Russian, you Russian Nationalist Putin-bot! Use the internet to actually look things up. Nobody buys into your brainwashing.
That’s one thing that makes me think; what if a lot of countries started to return to their old roots. Germany puts a Kaiser back in power, Russia reverts back to the Russian Empire, England reverts back into a monarchy, etc.
Nicholas was not ready to be a tsar, because his father didn't prepare him. And why you don't tell about Nicholas's relatives in Britain who even didn't want to help?
I wonder what Tsar Nicholas’ cousins (Wilhelm II and George V) thought of his death.
Even when Wilhelm and Nicholas were bestest of cousins and had nicknamed for eachother, Nicky and Willy.
Wilhelm was the direct responsible for the death of Nicholas, he sent Lenin to destroy Russia. Wilhelm also manipulated Nicholas a lot, like when he convinced him to go to war with Japan.
I think people today like to romanticize their relationship a lot. I get the notion, but what happened is unimaginable
If i Have a Time Machine i will Save The Romanov Family (RIP) Specialy The Beautiful Children. Home, Love, Family....
I clicked to get a nice short history lesson. Whooops...The Economist is the source. LOL!
A lot of misinformation in this video
@@djordjecupic The irony is that while this video is certainly biased, you yourself are a sheep as well for blindly following your master. But I doubt that you are even able to realise that.
@Coz Paynes Sheep to what?
@Coz Paynes Unlike you I don't blindly follow any country, god or man. Putin might be your god but to me he is just another power hungry asshole calling himself a savior. Seriously, I dare you to call me a cnn bot.
Как руский человек, могу сказать:
Из-за этого видео я так сильно хохотал что разбудил всех соседей.
Я узнал много нового о своём президенте)
Во многих интервью он одинаково изъяснялся по поводу данного случая, и он не метался во мнениях.
По поводу власти в Российской Империи и Власти СССР он тоже изъяснялся, и он не является фанатиком который полностью верит в одно, и полностью отрицает другое. В истории России были моменты за которые можно гордится, и за которые можно стыдится.
Смерть Императора не стала неожиданной новостью. Николай II запрашивал убежище у своего двоюродного брата, короля Англии, но тот предал Николая и не пустил за границу.
Так же, журналисту и редактором работающим над этим выпуском желательно почитать хотя бы Википедию, а то не знать что такое авторитаризм - позор для журналиста.
Правда
What nonsense ?? Economist doesn’t have any content to share anymore.
This video says nothing. What are they trying to speculate? Tzar Putin’s fate will be the same of the Romanov’s? I didn’t get the point here