The History of Russia (Part 1) - Let's Talk History
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
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being from Slovenia, a former member of Yugoslavia ("Southslavia") it is heartbreaking seeing our blood brothers from russia and ukraine fighting each other
Age of Empire 4 actually does a great job in representing the rise of Grand Duchy of Moscow from a city to an empire. It also had a Mongols campaign that told the story from a different side so I heavily suggest checking out this game purely for its campaign
I know very little about the pre-Romanov dynasty time period so a lot of the info in this video was new to me!
Ancient DNA scientists have discovered that a civilization called the Yamnaya who were Asian steppe (i.e. ancient Ukraine and southern Russia) pastoralist peoples who domesticated horses and invaded Europe about 5,000 years ago. I say invaded because it appears they replaced the local farmers not just culturally but genetically and seem to have wiped out some local male populations nearly completely. David Reich has done some great work on ancient human populations
Well I guess that's where Finno-Uralic people come from.
@@TheTen20 Probably not. They think the Yamnaya were the source for Indo-European languages. They appear to have expanded west in central Europe and east into central Asia. I don't know how much ancient DNA has been recovered from Northern Europe and analyzed, but I don't think we know much about the ancient genetics of the Finns and others from Northern Scandanavia. Seems like the evidence is mostly linguistic. I'd love to find out more.
I heard that the name Russia comes from the Vikings, apparently when young men went out to raid or trade it was going on rus (which kinda make sence because in Danish now a days rus is what you the name for the feeling when you are excited and or drunk) and many went east and as such that area came to be known as Russia.
Yeah just starting the video and yes, more of this stuff VYH, and 4k is well 4k, I can count when you didn't shave
Really interesting learning the context of how modern events were shaped by historical events and how Russia was formed. Great reaction video again .
Thank you VTH for showing us the Ukraine conflict with a different lense. It’s not always about a big johnson contest. History and ties always matter!
What does big johnson contest mean? Not a native english speaker here.
@IlluminatiReign oh I see, I thought it could be something related to that hahaha. Thanks man.
"Ivan the Terrible" is a terrible translation xD It's more like "Ivan the Dangerous" in russian.
Same in Polish. Was always baffled by this translation.
Fun Fact: On November 4th every year Russia celebrates "Unity Day", which commemorates the day the Russians who had no tsar to lead them expelled the Polish-Lithuanian occupation forces from Moscow in 1612. This date is considered to be the end of the "Time of Troubles". The monument to Minin and Pozharsky in Red Square commemorates the two individuals that raised a volunteer army and repelled the Polish occupation force from Moscow.
Just to add a little bit to how much vikings contributed to the current Slavic cultures, Russia and Belarus get their name from the Russ. The Russ were Swedish pagans that settled and eventually integrated into the Slavic cultures. Didn't finish the video before I typed this, so if that's covered, here's a separate tidbit that's unrelated. There's strong evidence that the Goths who settled northern eruope/sacked Rome emigrated from the Scandinavian peninsula.
I'm not sure how much evidence there is to support the idea that the Goths originated from Scandinavia, but Sweden's largest island, located in the Baltic Sea, is called Gotland. Linguistically speaking, the name of the island and its people (gutes) seems interchangeable with goths. However, the same can be said about the Danish island Jylland. That name derives from Jutland, which also seems related. And the Jutes are the forgotten people in the Anglo-Saxon part of English history because Anglo-Saxon-Jute just doesn't roll off the tongue as easily. ;)
Vladamir not only adopted Orthodox Christianity, he ensured its independence as a religion. Curiosity Stream covered this on their documentary of Orthodox iconography
Half true, while he did ensure its independence in Europe it did not ensure it much elsewhere. For example the Axum Empire had adopted Orthodox Christianity long before Russia had and that ensured Orthodox Christianity in Africa. But hey, im not the best historian so if I make a mistake do sure to correct me
@@66sec65 You are likely correct
title please?
@@66sec65 Is the part which was the Axum empire not Muslim now and is what is not Muslim not Catholic now?
@@MrSigmatico Your question confuses me but are you asking “Did Ethiopia always stay Christian? Were they ever Muslim” and the short answer is no and yes. They were never muslim but they were not always Christian. They became Christian from trading with Europeans. This is also why Europeans considered most of Africa besides North and West Africa “Ethiopia”
Edit: they became Christian in the 600’s
This is a great history to keep in mind. I feel like we Americans forget how old/ingrained/intertwined the culture and geopolitics are in Europe and other parts of the world.
How true, if you were taught history at all. How many now days haven't a clue as they aren't exposed to anything any of this. Schools are just full of nonsense about gender equality and social justice, they can't even add 1+1 these days as the answer is what ever is relevant to you, what you want it to be. No wonder we keep repeating mistakes from the past and not learn....
Yes same, I’m currently talking AP World but even that doesn’t start until the 1200s and you can’t really cover the history of the world in that time. Also my teacher made genghis khan seem much nicer than he was 😭. We did ancient civilizations but usually just the big ones like Egypt, Rome, Greece, China, and India
Kiev is common name for it and yes it's from Russian. Kyiv is Ukrainian name for it. That's all. Capital of my country is Prague.. all people call it Prague, Prag, Praag etc. but we call it Praha. Same goes with Kiev/Kyiv and both are both correct.
fun fact, this phenomenon of different names being used by foreign and local people is called exonyms and endonyms,
a good example is how Miklagard is the exonym that the vikings used for istanbul
“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.” How many times has an invading force arrived while the children of a fallen leader are attacking each other for power.
Whatever happens regarding the war in Ukraine, I think we in the west can all stand back and admire the courage and tenacity of the ordinary citizens taking up rifles and fighting for their homes. It really is astounding to see, as befitting a people with such a rich history
There is one big problem with that, what do you think will happen when these ordinary citizens with rifles try to take on trained soldiers with AKs, machine guns and armored vhieacles? Nothing good! They will die, very fast. In my oppinion it was a big mistake from the ukranian government to give guns to the civilian population and will lead to even more viollence and suffering.
@@Тестканал-н7ю So they should have just surrendered?
@@Тестканал-н7ю you forgot one thing . guerilla warfare against an invader is about hit and run, shooting once then disapearing in the surounding .
And the only response a military force can have is repression and more oppression of the local, making more of them go join the guerrilas .
The point of resistance is not to win ground, it is to make the occupations to costly for the invader to keep .
And yes, many will die . But guess what, freedom is not free, and many will fight and die to keep it
@@cobracommander8133 Ukraine like any other nation has an army with people who were trained to fight in a war. And if that army is incapable to protect Ukraine from invasion what good could a bunch of armed civilians do???
@@Тестканал-н7ю they just gave people a chance to fight for their home, if they didn't want to leave
Russia’s history is really fascinating. Love this series. Keep up the great work Chris!
bastard . Ukrainian*
Zelenskyy got more balls than most of the world leaders currently
Facts
What an incredible leader. Reminds me of Constantine XI
preach
Ain't that the truth! He's a rather inspiring figure.
I head a friend in Ukraine tell me he fled Kyiv/Kiev, and that the videos he posted on social media were filmed earlier
10:30 It's very fascinating to see the multi-ethnic compositions of pre-nationalism militaries. You see this in much of pre-modern Mainland Southeast Asian history (Burma, Ayutthaya, Lan Na), as well as in states like the Ottoman Empire. It also perhaps points to the lack of manpower the Mongols had, or the high amount of toleration they had for other cultures, keep in mind that this was before the concepts of nationalism and the idea that countries are mainly a single ethnic bloc.
Another important point that led to the decline on of the Mongol rule was that everytime a new Khan was coronated, every single member of the army had to go back to the homeland for the ceremony. This actually saved places like Egypt from suffering an invasion
As a Russian, I'm happy that you're covering my history, looking forward for more videos about this. lit unbiased channel for sure.
Мне тоже нравится, что западные начали популяризировать нашу историю. Хотя даже большинство русских не знают свою историю) Советую Минаева посмотреть и бушвакера
@@AxionenML Владимир Ленин? Твое мнение не учитывается
@@AxionenMLwesterners are into Russian history to understand why your country constantly invades your neighbors…
Perhaps you should stop being barbarians.
@@sector986 lol, british made opium wars and americans invaded and lost Vietnam, so why are you telling to us to stop?
@@sector986salo uronili))
The entire History of Russia before the start of the Tsar dynasty was unknown to me. I do enjoy watching this channel a lot and always will :)
The tsar dynasty? I think you need to watch this again
Please continue the reactions on Epic History TV’s Napoleon Wars series
I love your statement about how nations did not exist until recently. The most common mistake I hear history UA-camrs make is to apply nationality to times and places where there was no such concept.
What I'm most impressed by is that you don't avoid a topic most wouldnt touch with a ten ft pole, and then handle it with care and respect. What the rest of the world needs now more than anything is accurate and unbiased information.
Controversial video considering what’s going on but nevertheless important as well
Really sheds light on the topic why Russia would want Kiev, it's the birthplace of Russia and its not part of Russia.
@@DuBstep115 And just like all national myths; it should never justify future war and aggression. Lest the world be engulfed in war over prior "historical" claims.
Good pick BTW kings and Generals has a great series on Kievan Rus and Scythians
It's so amazing to hear that Russia choose a religion to unite the country thanks christianity
I think linking relative history to modern events like this is great.
Just want to say I love the channel and hope you keep growing :)
Kiev was always Kiev, and that won't change. And Moskva was always Moskva, Moscow is English abomination, as are all other words they "translate"
I learned that Kiev is the Russian word for the city and Kyiv the Ukrainian word.
Same.
Oh! Tell me "Ghost of Kiev" wouldn't be an AWESOME Sabaton song.
Absolutely would be.
@@VloggingThroughHistory This war will be taught and the Ukrainian valour will be remembered for decades. Zelenskiy, a former comedian that turned out to be a men of highest quality steel, "Русский военный корабль, иди на хуй' with strong Waterloo vibe and also from military point of view regarding combination of Western arms and intelligence, U.S. military training and Eastern morale in fighting superior force. It would be fascinating if there weren't people suffering so much
@@VloggingThroughHistory Yeah, assuming that's true, it would be a great song. I highly doubt anybody has had time to truly confirm any of the rumors. The Ukranians are focused on way more important things. Also, a song about the defenders on Snake Island would be great as well. We're only a few days in and the Ukranians are already giving Sabaton a ton of material for songs when this war is over.
Pretty sure the impression of Ivan the Terrible being a bad ruler and dictator comes mostly from the nickname, which I'm pretty certain is a wrong or dubious translation of the Russian version of the nickname
Just to add some extra information. Here in Russia we are told about two theories: norman and antinorman. So, some believe that Rurik was a scandinavian chieftain and others believe he was a Slav. But it is touched so deeply only in universities and colleges, in schools we are just told he was from Scandinavia.
But wasn't Rus the word for viking or Sweden?
@@andriandrason1318 that's one aspect of discussion between believers of norman and antinorman theories. Now that means in Russian just a colour of hair (something between blonde and brown)
Very excited to see you delving into one of my favorite realms of history, and my compliments on your choice of videos. I do think this is extremely important, because, as you say, we're not going to truly understand what's going on today without understanding the literally centuries of history behind it.
While I'm not going to go into it here, both for the sake of length and not to get too much into a hot button issue, understanding the history of Kievan Rus is one of many factors that have built up the idea that many have held down the centuries of Ukraine being an integral part of Russia (NOTE: My mentioning that is not an endorsement in any form; I'm simply pointing out the historical point.) For quite a long time, Kyiv was the most important city of the Slavic/Russian world.
A couple of notes about individuals discussed in the video today:
Alexander Nevskiy's impact can't be overstated, and his name is still seen frequently in Russia. For example, Nevskiy Prospekt, the main street of Saint Petersburg, and the monastery at its eastern end both bear his name.
As for Ivan the Terrible, it's the choice of English words that gives much of the impression that people have today. I don't think it's unfair to say that he was an evil man, and he certainly had increased struggles with mental health and bouts of anger as he aged, but the idea of his being totally unhinged that many have is, I feel exaggerated, as he was actually quite an effective ruler. Both "awe-inspiring" and "formidable" have been offered as better translations, and I think either of them would be more appropriate, considering the intended meaning. By the way, the word translated as "terrible" is Groznyy, which is also the name of the capital of Chechnya.
I'm very much looking forward to the rest of this series. Great job as always!
@@sfjordan79 That's an interesting thought. While I think his current behavior is par for the course at its core, I can see a strong argument that it's getting more aggressive. What's further interesting about it is that historical Russian leadership always seems to go in a related cycle anyway.
Great video, i knew very little and atleast in Australia were never taught any of this in school
Your insight on top of these videos is always incredble Chris.
Didn't realize now ever heard how Ukraine/Kyin was a potental spark plug for WW3 or of such importance to even modern day Russia
A lot of Ukrainians ended up here in Oz after the war. I sold a Monaro to a Kev from Kiev back in '74 when the oil crisis hit. He was chasing a hefty heifer called Ludmilla and needed the extra horsepower. I told him you don't wanna be rushin' round after round Russians in this gas-guzzler mate. She'll break ya back AND ya bank balance!
Fun fact:
Biden offered Zelenskyy to leave Ukraine but he said "I don't need transport I need ammunition"
Now this guy is a tuff and has balls
Also the garrison of Snake Island with strong Pierre Cambronne vibe, with their "Русский военный корабль, иди на хуй" (meaning - "Russian warship - Go fuck yourself"). Those guys are tough as steel and even I, knowing personally and living nearby, am totally taken by surprise.
@@stzawadzki Yeah I also know that one a Russian ship told them to surrender and they replied "Go fuck yourself" and then they were bombarded all of them died but Zelenskyy made them into national heros
As someone from Virginia Beach, VA thank you for pronouncing “Norfolk” correctly.
As an American, it's hard for me to appreciate just how long Russian history is. The Romanov dynasty dates all the way back to Jamestown. And that leaves out 800 years of history from the dynasty beforehand! Russia's first dynasty isn't much younger than England or France, but their dynasties were more stable than England or France.
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800 years is old but not ancient
bastard . Ukrainian*
they werent really stable per se. a lot of slaughtering their peasants
@@Idoexist._.so youre proud of USSR ???? wtf dude lol
During the time of problems, Poland and Russia were very close to establishing a union and merging into one country. But the Polish king Zygmunt III refused to let his son convert to Orthodoxy, which was necessary for Władysław IV to become tsar. He had the title of tsar from 1610-1613 during the Polish occupation of Moscow but never ruled Russia. As a Pole, it would be very interesting to see such a state composed of two great powers at that time.
Yeah, dont believe it would last. Remember that Vasa's weren't even Polish. Good alternative history though, would read it. :)
Just a completely unrelated question. If you're Polish why is your profile the Canadian flag?
It is important to remember that back in the 17th century, the Ukrainians and Cossacks joined Russia more or less voluntarily and retained a lot of their original autonomy. It was under the rule of Catherine the Great that Ukraine was effectively subjugated, with many free ukrainian peasants being turned into serfs. Ever since, Russia treated Ukraine as a "natural" part of its Empire.
It’s actually kind of jarring how so few schools actually cover Russian history I think it’s actually very important
I didn't knew that there was only two dynasty in russia... I admit that I was stunned by this fact.
I started thinking you were biased during a presidents video. But I figured out you’re really not. It’s just your generation. Your videos are great and I enjoy them greatly. Ivan the terrible was the beginning of where Russia is even today.
How could one’s generation make them look biased?
Nice, didn't watch it before. Looking forward to seeing part2 covered!
Slava Ukraini!
A comment on the Kiev / Kyiv. The name of the city comes from the name of its legendary founder named Kiy. Basically, the city name means “Kiy’s something (presumably, city)”. And the difference in the city name pronunciation comes from the difference between Russian and Ukrainian grammar. Say, if you want to say “Kiy’s plane” in Russian it will sound something like “Kiev samolet”, but in Ukrainian it would sound like “Kyiv litak”. So the pronunciation is just driven by the grammar about word endings. Therefore the city is called Kyiv in Ukrainian and Kiev in Russian. Notably, Russian-speaking Ukrainians say “Kiev”, I believe. Just like German-speaking Americans would probably say Munich, not Munchen.
Good video, hello from Russia btw, but just wanted to a little bit correct several interesting moments:
1) While it is commonly believed even here in Russia, that the Ryrik (Рюриковичи) dynasty ended up in 1598, it is...not entirely true. Yes, the ''main'' line, or ''Moscow'' line to be more proper, did ended up in 1598, but there were still many-many other Ryrikovich lines (there are thousands, if not tens or hundreds of thousands, may be more) of their descendants after up till today, and the last Ryrikovich Tsar to rule was Vasiliy Shuiski (Василий Шуйский), who ruled in 1606-1610.
With his removal Rurikovichs no longer ruled the Russia as monarchs - though, as I've mentioned before, there were tons of them still alive and present, so they were still very prominent, and, well, ''ruled'' the Russia anyway - but with a lesser roles than it was before.
2) It's important to note, that the name of the ''Kievan Rus'' is absolutely artificial, created by Russian scholars to differentiate this period from the periods, where Moscow or other principialities like the Vladimir were major ones. The only name of the state was just ''Rus'' (Русь, or ''Роусь'', how it was written back in time, cause ''оу'' were considered as a one letter, and separate letter ''у'' did not existed yet), Latter it became ''Rusland' in Dutch, ''Russland'' in German or ''Russia'' in English (and so on), and we Russians themselves...picked up Hellenized version of this name - ''Rossiya'', cause Greeks called us ''Ros'' instead of ''Rus''. Greek culture and language were very prestige here for obvious reasons.
Though, it became only name of the country, our ethnicity, nation, language, etc, are still being called ''русский/русские'' (russkiy/russkiye, single and plural forms respectively), coming from the same root ''Rus''.
3) About name of our capital - Moskva/Moscow, it is very interesting to note, that...English language spelling is more archaic in that regard that Russian one is. It was called ''grad Moscov'' in ancient times, which basically means ''Moscov town/city'' - and the Moscow's name just have got changed in time.
I hope this does not sound like too critique, cause video is excellent, and I just wanted to add some more details for those curious in the Russian history.
Interestingly, "Tsar" doesn't actually come from "Caeser," but from "Charles," after the Emperor Charlemagne.
Can you provide a source for that? I'm looking at several sources right now and they all say it comes from Caesar with the term first being used by Simeon I of Bulgaria.
www.etymonline.com/word/tsar
www.britannica.com/topic/tsar
@@VloggingThroughHistory I originally read it in a book titled "Blessed Charles of Austria: A Holy Emperor and His Legacy" by Charles Coulombe.
If you go to the wiki page for Charlemagne and go to the section titled "Names and nicknames," you will also see it mentioned in the final paragraph with "Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism" by Perry Anderson cited as the source.
However, this wiki source claims that it was not the word for Emperor that Charlemagne influenced, but rather their word for King.
So it seems you are correct in the origin of the word "Tsar." Still interesting to see that Charlemagne had an influence in Russia though.
As a Norwegian, i just had to mentiln the Vikings who served ass royal guards in Constantinople under the Ottoman sultan.
Chad Varangians>>> Virgin Praetorians
Caught something else you said that's technically wrong. Sweden wasn't a great power in the 1560s. They weren't even an independent monarchy until 1521. Swedens status as a great power came from Gustav Adolphs intervention in the 30 years war, and the subsequent forming of the Swedish empire. Before that, they were seen as a barely modernized weak nation of barbarians.
Regarding Ivan the terrible killing his own son there’s a famous painting of Ivan cradling his sons’s body after calming down and realizing what he’s done.
11:14 Goosebumps for some reason, must be with the music and that
The Slavs asking a Viking chief to pe their prince. But the rest of the world giving us Belgians a hard time for choosing a German prince who was living in the UK at the time to be our king. :D
The ukrainians have conducted a fairly intense process of derussification since independance. Its part of the reason for the alienation of the russian citizens as they've had place names change where they live. Western movies shown in theatres, even in almost entirely russian areas are shown with ukrainian subtitles.
The lack of a dual system, like england has done with welsh, as a closer to home example, has probably been a mistake.
The kyiv thing apparently happened a couple of years ago where ukrainians campaigned to get western news networks to change how they reported. Most people are only just noticing now because its all over the news and all the news is following that change.
History seems to be reminding us that nothing is new. Everything is connected and in some ways is a continuum.
It blows my mind how late Russia developed. Peter the Great wasn't around that much before the US.
Even today, the Norwegian word for Russia, is "Russland" - "Land of the Russ/Rus"
15:23 No, he's remembered as a tyrant despite being quite benign compared to his contemporaries in Western Europe and a lot of his successors.
Before I've even started watching I liked the video because it couldn't have been a better time to talk about this subject considering the circumstances, however I do know that the origins go back to the Viking era.
Gotta cash in while Russia is in news. On serious note, hope you see videos on The Cold War channel
Outstanding and relevant
Thanks for the explanation about Kyiv / Kiev. I was curious about the change the last week or so as well.
Hey Chris, can you do a video of Kraut's History of Russian Authoritarianism? It's really good.
On an unrelated note, mrbeast said to harass our favourite UA-camrs to send their merchandise to beast philanthropy
So do it!
Interesting that this is the second channel I follow which is doing a series on this EXACT series, and both because of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. She is not a historian, so she doesn't have the historical notes to add, she's more from the lens of someone curious about all of history.
Slightly off topic but I hope Sabaton one day makes a song about the Legends of Snake Island. To tell an invading warship (technology far superior than most last stands have gone against) to F off, literally in the face of overwhelming odds and impending doom, is probably some of the most bad ass and brave things I’ve ever heard.
Yeah. Agreed. Ukraine should make that their Alamo. I have a feeling that years down the road, Sabaton will have a lot of material from this war. The Ukranians have shown themselves to be a brave and determined people and this is going to be easily the best documented war in human history, just by our era and the fact it's between modern European nations.
the font used in that video is the font from Avatar the Last Airbender lol
but interesting video none the less
Thank you for this! I was looking for content like this to get a better overall history of the region.
The Norwegian way of saying Norwegians is saying nordmann (single person) or nordmenn (2+ people) which has been a thing since the 800’s.
Another fun fact! "Norweg" in Norweg-ians is the "original" form of saying Norway And it means "Nord (north) Weg (way) so Nordweg.
I’m so glad you’re starting this series! I’m 1/4 Russian, but I never knew too much about the ancient history of the area, so it’s really interesting to hear you talking about it. Keep up the great work!
And longer than the Romanovs
bro ngl ur vids are really entertaining!
Cossacks were basicaly cowboys of the east. SandRoman History did a video on them recently!
Interesting regarding name changes of cities. In Ukraine the city of Lviv, was Lvov when it was under Russian control, Lwow under Polish control, and Lemberg under Austrian control. Makes me wonder what the city with the most 'official' name changes is.
Breslau, Presslav. Vratislaw, Wrocław would be high. It was also for some time under Hungarian (Matias Corvin) rule, but I don't think it was called differently back then
@@stzawadzki Well I had to look, and it appears that there is a tie between: Plovdiv, Bulgaria. TWELVE different names, plus a couple variants: Kendros (Kendrisos/Kendrisia), Odryssa, Eumolpia, Phillipopolis, Trimontium, Ulpia, Flavia, Julia, Paldin/Ploudin, Poulpoudeva, Filibe, and finally Plovdiv. Also Tripoli, Lebanon has 12: Derbly, Ahlia, Wahlia, Mahallata, Mayza, Kayza, Athar, Tripolis, Atrabulus, Tarablus al-Sham, Trablussam, and finally Tripoli.
It seems like being ancient is as big of a factor as changing hands several times. Delhi had 9 name changes which was surprising to me since it's been called Delhi for at least 800 years.
@@lesalbro8880 This is actually a very good place to look for a city of different name - with such a long and complex history and so many nomads invading from the east. Thought of Wrocław as it's the city I come from, but surely the cities with ancient culture are better on here.
@@stzawadzki You are not wrong about Poland being a good place to look. There are many cities there that changed at least 3 or 4 times. For example, Poland has over 20 cities that have had at least 3 name changes. Germany and France have 2..combined. The Polish city with the most is Inowroclaw. Started as Nowy Wlodislaw, Junowlodzislaw, Inowlodzislaw, Inowloclaw, Inowroclaw, Hohensalza, Inowroclaw, Hohensalza, and finally Inowroclaw again.
I’ve watched the series before too. Everything on their channel is really good.
I truly hope someday you continue the epic history Napoleonic War series
How does this guy not have at least a million subscribers yet?! Like dude, your content is amazing 🤩
That bit about King John flirting with converting to Islam was new to me, although apparently there's doubts about the veracity of the claim.
I've always doubted it as well, it may well have been a rumor started by his enemies.
Yugoslavia indeed literally means South Slavia
Ivan the terrible wasn't so cruel at the end of the day
YESSSS this is one of my favorite series they have done. Thanks for the reaction.
I have been discussing with some friends the war in Ukraine and we ended in a stalemate in regarda to the Ghost of Kyiv, as some say he's real.. others say he's a person of myth, created to boost morale by doing extraordinary things.
Can you make a video talking about more potentially real or mythological people throughout the wars? People who were talked about for doing exaggerated or borderline superhuman feats, be it real people or just tales for morale boost?
As I am sure every war had these kinds of characters.
Thank you.
Stories like that always emerge in wartime, it is, if nothing else, good morale-boosting propaganda, a term that has a bad name but it’s very important to winning wars
In fact one of the reasons they set up a whole ministry for propaganda in Nazi-era Germany was because the party leaders were in agreement that poor propaganda combined with successful British propaganda was a major factor in the homefront collapsing in WWI
Yes Kyiv is being used. But then you hear Moscow, St. Petersburg, Warsaw... etc... used in the same sentence.
It is really revolting how people like to call the Russians fascists when you take into consideration the fact that during WWII many ukrainians joined the nazis at the start of operation Barbarossa and took part in the atrocities against jews and other groups whom the nazis considered inferior. The most infamous example being Andrey Vlasov, the Traitor. He was a general of ukrainian origin in the Red Army, who defected his entire army to the side of the fascists. And nowadays many ukrainians march under his flag and worship him as a god. And it is these Vlasov supporters who are responsible for the cold-blooded murder of 14 000 russian citizens in the now independent republics of Lugansk and Donetsk. I do not in any way support this war that is going on in the ukraine. I am just stating the other side of the story.
If people need 4k to be interested, they aren't really interested....
It’s so sad what’s happening right now :(
Started watching with your Oversimplified series and have really been enjoying the channel since then. Im glad you’re taking about Russian and Ukrainian history. It’s important that people understand how far-reaching the consequences of historical events can be, especially with the situation between those countries being what it is right now. Cheers!
Have you watched the oversimplified videos as well because they are all sweet and worth a watch. Still pisses me off that I am according to the locals here living in a free country aka the UK but do I see the Hitler series on oversimplified well I do not so how free is this shithole when it all comes down to it?
They also keep claming that they have a democracy here, a thing I find hard to believe because they can somehow say they are a democratic country and at the same time post electionparticipation of around 54%, how is this possible?
@@MrSigmatico wait they blocked videos of that in the UK
I would like to add a quote "Russia is an isolated power because she is inaccessible, but the access to other States is constantly open to her, she is, by the nature of her position, always aggressive and therefore always invasive. She may well engage with other states by ties of common interest, but these interests will be for her only accidental, secondary and fragile [...]. Russia does not need her friends, her allies to defend itself." Report of Count d'Hauterive (1824) Napoleon's former secretary of state and French diplomat.
After you watch the Russian history, I suggest you finished the Napoleonic Wars serie by Epic History TV because it's ABSOLETLY amazing !
The translation of Ivan the Terrible has never been quite right. A more accurate translation is Ivan the formidable or Ivan the fearsome. That is one reason why we see him as so terrible and they don't. He was still a pretty horrible person though.
have you watched history hit tv? it's a great channel
Русский актив: *проживает потолок*
Hey! I know its a tad late to comment here, but listening to this during finals really helped last year!
Kinda funny, was never interested in history before but found your Oversimp WW2 video react and just loved the smal extra pointers of the history, been a big fan ever since and love the content your making! Keep it up!
2 dynasties lasting over a thousand years is quite remarkable in world history! #FabricateAClaim
16:15 not yet. Our time was around the beginning of the 1600s to 1718ish.
Yeah I talked about that in part 2.
@Vlogging Through History just started watching it haha! I love your content!
Only been watching this channel for a few months now and I gotta say, it’s one of the best channels I’ve found on UA-cam. I’ve learnt so much from your videos and I’ve just genuinely really enjoyed it. Thanks heeps and please continue what you’re doing. Love from New Zealand peeps
As a russian speaker I always react a bit to the English translation of Ivan the Terrible. In Russian he’s called Иван Грозный (Ivan Groznyj) which should actually translate to something like Ivan the Awe-Inspiring or maybe Ivan the Menacing 😁
If this guy was my history lecturer in school, I would be a fully fledged historian 😂