Fun fact: here in the Netherlands when we get history in middle/highschool one of the few parts of Russian history that we talk about it how Tsar Peter the Great once visited the Netherlands and became a shipbuilder for a few months.
And even adopted the boring dutch tricolour and began the plauge of red, white and blue tricolours in slavic countries. I absolutely hate the slavic tricolour (solely because of its design matters, not any racial, religious or political connotations). Tricolours are boring
@@SalimCypher You need to get a finnish education which takes about 3-6 years then you can get a job for whatever career you studied for (but actually getting used to life in finland will be hard since its very cold compared to nigeria, one of the hardest languages to speak fluently, good quality of life though.
I'm Russian and I've watched the whole thing. It's impressive you managed to make this one so unbiased, positive and nuanced. Such a rare occurrence in the Internet these days. Thank you.
@Mère Castor The video focused on a lot of positive things about Russia that most western media likes to ignore in favor of more "flashy" controversial things like the one you mentioned. This stark contrast to the mainstream picture of Russia is what I highlighted in my comment.
He might be in Russia, but he is not really well known abroad because his poetry is apparently quite hard to translate in foreign languages. Dostoevsky and Tolstoy are much more famous in the West.
@@vaalor6829 I get that Chekov, Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky are well know internationally so it makes sense to name them. What threw me off was Solzhenitsyn being mentioned out loud and not Pushkin (like no disrespect but does anyone without an interest in Gulag history know the guy?)
The «middle name» is technically not a middle name, it's a patronym, literally meaning «Someone's son» or «Someone's daughter». We don't have actual middle names like Homer J. Simpson. But there are double names and double surnames. A rare thing, but not completely unusual.
Это ещё что, у индусов имя отца становится фамилией сына. Вот это замут. А отчества пора сбросить вообще. Двух идентификаторов (имя и фамилия) хватает с головой.
@@dogma_baal Indeed; spot-on. In Finnish, we call it: _”Isännimi”;_ so, a literal translation _(”Isä”_ = ”Father”, _”Nimi”_ = ”Name”, and the extra ”N” is the Genitive suffix; so: ”Father’sname”).
Some stuff that you missed was the romantic era music! They had some of the best composers in that era’s history, like Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Korsakov, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov and a lot more
Yes, I definitely agree. Although, some of those you mentioned lived in the USSR years, which basically also implies that they were in the Contemporary/20th Century Era, rather than the Romantic. But still, a lot of those you mentioned are some of my favorite composers!
All those artists and writers and no mention at all of Russian composers? Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff... I could go on. These guys wrote some of the most important, studied and loved music in the Western canon. I know you can’t cover everything but really? Their music is pretty freaking important to Russia and the world in terms of musical influence.
@M M in America idiots leave office after 4 years, sometimes less. When was the last time Putin wasn't effectively in charge of Russia? No they're not quite the same.
You missed the incredible classical music of Russia! Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Borodin, Stravinsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Scriabin, Prokofiev!
I'd have to go back and freeze frame to check all of them, but Tchaikovsky's name at least was definitely on screen if not spoken. For me it was weird they put Pushkin in the list of author's but didn't call him out individually like Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Gogol. He might not be as internationally known, but ask any Russian who the most famous/important/influential Russian writer is and they will ALL say Pushkin.
September 17, 1939 in agreement The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Russia attacked Poland by sticking its knife in the Back. When Poland defended itself against the invasion of Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939
@@amikecoru I agree inso as reading Pushkin in anything but Russian loses far too much. Doestoevsky and the novelists survive the translation process better.
"Nu pagadi", or as we call it in Poland "Wilk i zając" (Wolf and hare) was my favourite animation when I was little (20 years ago), I thin I watched every episode at least 20 times :D
there's potential future countries as well. Which can be kinda controversial, but would be interesting to showcase a bit of the cultural divide some countries have.
Just wanna add 2 notable name to the list: Nikolai Lobachevsky and Grigori Perelman . Lobachevsky is one of the discoverers of hyperbolic geometry, one special case of non-Euclidean geometry, which builds the road to the general relativity. Perelman won the Fields Medal in 2006, due to his achievement for proving the Poincaré conjecture, the only solved Millennium Prize Problem. But he's also famous for rejecting most of the award and prize he won.
My geography teacher is from Bratsk. It's a city located on the Angara river that flows from Baikal lake. The Angara river then flows into Yenisei river. If my teacher saw that you mapped the Angara and the Yenisei as Lena, he'd find you. P. S. Angara is the only river flowing from Baikal. Lena starts very close to Baikal but on the other side of the mountain range.
5:57 FUN FACT: In the winter, when the sea between these islands is frozen, its actually possible to walk across. Like walk from the US to Russia. Although this is not legal.
27:24 That girl on the right is Caroline Wozniacki. She’s a Danish tennis player of Polish descent, so she has almost nothing to do with Russia. You probably typed in Maria Sharapova and they showed you that pic when she lost to Caroline at the 2014 US Open. Ahaha 😅😅😂
Arguably the most important person in modern human history was from Russia. Vasili Arkhipov. We'd probably all be dead were it not for Vasili Arkhipov.
@@aminhabchi6095 At that time, missiles didn’t exist at all - in the USA and in the USSR, it was a nuclear bomb. Academicians Kurchatov and Sakharov are the creators of the first nuclear bomb of the USSR, and the world's first hydrogen bomb (RDS-6s).
Alex Gainsborough Well, Arkhipov prevented the launch of a nuclear torpedo during the Course of the Cuban Missile Crisis. AND: there have been Missiles back then. The first real missile was built in 1944 by Germans.
We don't smile at strangers because it's cringe when someone staring at you and smile Like it's an invasion of someone else's personal space emotionally, in short it is harassment to a small extent
Actually when I (I'm Russian) have a good mood and smile while walking a lot of people look at me like I'm crazy or stupid, so I guess that's why we don't have a habit of not smiling at strangers
another famous Russian is Anton Zaslavsk, better known by his stage name Zedd. He grew up in Germany but was born in Russia. Some of the most iconic electronic songs from the early 2010s like Clarity and Spectrum were made by him.
Me and my friends met four Russians in college, two girls and two boys. I remember the teacher telling some silly joke and all of us laughing a bit except them. Also one of them was this absolute unit of a guy called Simon who was younger than us but bulkier and taller than all of my friends and almost me (I'm 1'95m/6'5fti). They seemed kind of... too serious, specially for us Spaniards but we started hanging with them and we were surprised of how cool and fun they were once we got to know them. We regretted not hanging with them before.
September 17, 1939 in agreement The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Russia attacked Poland by sticking its knife in the Back. When Poland defended itself against the invasion of Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939
@@dareklenovo8883 *Dude... you must have forgotten how Poland, led by Pilsutsky, stuck a knife in the back of Czechoslovakia, seizing its territories along with fascist Germany! When you are the hyena of Europe, you always have to be prepared for your teeth to be knocked out! I will add for your understanding, when in 1939 the Red Army entered the lands of Western Ukraine and Belarus seized by Poland during the civil war in Russia, Poland as a state no longer existed!*
@@lolandstump3343 Nah.. Shostakovich's granfather maybe. Himself is Russian. Born in Saint-Petersburg. In 1906 Poland was Russia, like today Pomerania and Silesia are in Poland.
@@lolandstump3343 Yeah, about the Czars. Last Czars ceased to be somewhere in 1600s. After them it was monarchs or kings. Russia has become an Empire, from ocesn to ocean. To call them that that weird word 'czar'.. Oh.. the British 🤗
Брат как я тебя понимаю... Я русский из России, очень люблю свою страну, но ты представить себе не можешь как все тут устали от удручающей действительности. Люблю Россию, всегда еë буду любить, но мира всем нам🇷🇺❤
@@Челлода, действительно, все 144 миллиона умирают от удручающей действительности, им грустно и они не могут пережить всего(((( осталось всего пару недель, очень жалко(((
It's most notable in US and unfortunately in poland wich is my country People use this war propably only to have argument to potray russians as people from worse cathegory
Leapton Ise Tee The average temp in Astrkhan is 32*c... thats not even that warm And I dont hear too many people complaining that russia is cold tbh. Mostly that places like greenland are cold
Рамис Карама Рамис Карама I did not comment on what countries were cold. I commented one what countries people think are cold. Russia often not being one, as it has everything from warm to cold, not just cold
FUCK Russia I hate Russia and communism they destroyed my country and I'm proud to say Afghanistan has disintegrated soviet union . today whatever misery we have in Afghanistan it's because of the Russian invasion. I hope one day we destroy Russia so we can get our revenge.
But seriously his voice sounds extremely familiar. It feels like he sounds like an ambiguously famous voice actor I've heard somewhere before speaking in their normal voice.
I always thought that "Cossack" literally means "a Ukrainian army man", but here they are described as free mercenaries, guess it depends on what age we are talking about
@@SanderMalus it's the "frontier people", pretty much like wild west population - it's just that frontiers were south Ukraine, South Russia, South Ural and Siberia and Far East. They were usually preoccupied with war, formed from serfs and farmers fleeing from the serfdom. But later they were indeed incorporated into the army.
@@tadejlah902 I know that, Im saying once Ukraine is on the UN list they will still be an episode about it. I said if theres gonna be one by that time because we dont know how intense and destructive the war can get from here
My grandfather used to love Russian culture and he also studied the language. He would often translate popular Russian books back to Russian, just for fun and also practice it with some Russian speaking friends he had. Greetings from Greece 🇬🇷 on behalf of my grandpa.
I have been to countries in Europe, Asia and Africa and found that everywhere the absolute majority of people are friendly and hospitable, and as a Russian I am very pleased to see that most people share my point of view and speak positively about my country, especially at the present time.
Here in Brazil, we have a lot of russian influence in our culture. There are about half a million brazilians of russian descent here in Brazil. Russian cuisine has had a lot of influence on brazilian cuisine - stroganoff is one of the most popular dishes here in Brazil. In fact, watching this video, i noticed something quite curious: there is a dish here in Brazil called "vinagrete" (which is like a salad or soup, something like that, made with chopped vegetables), being one of the most popular dishes in everyday brazilian cuisine - and you guys in Russia have a dish called "vinaigrette", which is very similar to the brazilian "vinagrette". Anyway, just a curiosity. We, the BRICS nations, need to think about the 21st century together. I really really love Russia, its culture and history. One of the historical figures i most admire (since i was very young) is Piotr Kropotkin. The big russian metropolis are beautiful, the rural and remote regions of the country are also amazing! A big hug, from Rio de Janeiro!
EM QUE BRASIL VC VIVE? SENHOR CABELINHO, NÃO TEMOS INFLUÊNCIA RUSSA, VC DEVE TER BEBIDO MUITA VODKA, E NA COZINHA NÃO TEMOS MUITA INFLUÊNCIA RUSSA, APENAS O STROGONOF, QUE É BEM DIFERENTE DO ORIGINAL, QUERENDO APARECER NÉ AMADA.
Talking about the economy reminded me of my trip to Moscow. Red Square is amazing. The subway is amazing. Went to a supermarket that looked like an art gallery. And I went to the largest McDonald’s I’ve ever seen. I took the trans Siberian train from Beijing to Moscow. Fantastic. Great 👍 trip
Hey, you forgot to mention Mexico as being one of the closest friends/partners in Latin America. Mexico was the first or one of the first countries to recognize the USSR, gave asylum to Trotsky, helped them during the 1921 drought, and now Russians love Mexico for its their culture, warm climate, food, and telenovelas, as well as sports thanks to the 2018 world cup. But maybe is not as strong as Cuba and Venezuela. Saludos to my Russian comrades or camaradas in spanish
I enjoyed this video so much! I like all of your videos, but I like this one especially because of the speed! It was so much easier to follow, without having to rewind constantly :D Maybe you should consider this speed for future episodes! All the best from a Greek-Albanian, living in Austria ;)
🇦🇫Afghanistan: 6½ minutes 🇺🇳Most episodes: ~10 minutes 🇨🇦Canada: 13 minutes 🇮🇩Indonesia: 15 minutes 🇯🇵Japan: 16½ minutes 🇨🇳China: 20 minutes 🇮🇱Israel: 20½ minutes 🇷🇼Rwanda: 21 minutes 🇷🇺Russia: *I DARE YOU TO WATCH THIS ENTIRE VIDEO IN ONE SITTING* Edit: 🇿🇦South Africa: *A M A T E U R S.* 🇪🇸Spain: Y'all hear something? It's hard to hear you over my extra 5 seconds
September 17, 1939 in agreement The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Russia attacked Poland by sticking its knife in the Back. When Poland defended itself against the invasion of Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939
9:34 это не Лена, это река Ангара, единственная река вытекающая из Байкала впадающая в Енисей и потом в северный Ледовитый океан, исток Лены находится в 9 километрах от Байкала по другую сторону хребта
"when it comes to best friends however, most of you guys, the russian Geography peeps mention 3 countries. Belarus, Kazakstan and Serbia" *cries in mongolian*
@Jonathan Williams Russians don't care about this medieval nonsense that wasn't even recognized by most of the orthodox churches and brought even more chaos to Ukraine as there's now 3 churches in Ukraine instead of 2.
It's interesting how Russia and Russia Jr. (Serbia) are similar: Orthodox Christianity, Cyrillic, flags, tradition.. Russia has Crimea problem, Serbia has Kosovo problem Russia has Belarus, Serbia has Montenegro Russia has Ukraine, Serbia has Croatia (the same relationship) Russia was once a leader in USSR, Serbia was once a leader in Yugoslavia In both Great wars they were on the same side and won Russia refused to give allowance for bombing of Serbia in 1999, Serbia refused to join the sanctions against Russia And many other things..
If I recall correctly, Serbia got both the Cyrillic Alphabet and the Eastern Orthodoxy before Russia did. Thus I would reckon that Russia is Serbia Jr.
4:30 yes but USA didnt pay full price for Alaska, and according to the contract, if they dont pay this debt before a certain date (which has already passed, of course), interest will be accrued on this debt every month, so now America owes Russia a certain percentage of the debt. But we, the treacherous Russians, are not in a hurry to remind about this yet so that the debt becomes greater. Keep it on mind ;)
Let's not forget that the entity that made this deal (the Russian Empire) no longer exists, while the USA does exist. Legally USA doesn't owe russia anything, since even though USSR took over the Russian Empire, it didn't claim all its territories and judicial stuff. And the current russia does not have any legal recourse over what happened over a 100 years ago.
I would've liked at least a mention of Russian composers - Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, etc. Tons of great music.
@@jiannemargarethpiano3716 He actually lived pre-communism, but several of the other composers mentioned were. I would recommend Shostakovich (although he and the communists didn't always agree)
@rohirrim 98 I think even germanics have a lot of this as well. Germans and austrians are notorious for their pessimism and depression and there's a reason for the british notorious ''dry'' humour. It's the latins and greeks who are the weirdoes happy europeans.
On 24:31 among the russian painters Marc Chagall was mentioned. I would rather say he is a belarusian jew, rather than russian. He was born in th Russian empire, but in a belarusian city of Vitebsk (which is now a part of Belarus) and in a jewish family. I guess he wasn't even allowed to live in the parts of "real" Russia: land to the east from belarus due to the pale of jewish settlement, the line, on the west from which (mostly on the modern belarusian territories) jews were allowed to live and settle.
Also, Gogol was Ukrainian, he was living in the Russian Empire like a lot of non-Russian did. Yes, he spoke and wrote in Russian, but it is/was the standard practice of Russia to Russify its subjects.
As a 40 y/o guy from Poland working in electro-mechanics i can't stress enough how similar mindset our nations engineers have andhow different it is compared to western nations. Even today ppl buy from me switches from that era made from fire resistant materials, even though there was nothing in plans to warrant it. also 35 amps per line in our engineering is actually constant load of 50 and wires are 50% thicker than they would ever needed to be. I F... love how our eastern cousins designed things to last, not with planned obsolescence in mind.
Ну что поделать, умышленное устаревание вещей в наше время обосновано капитализмом, капиталисту выгодно чтобы мы покупали чаще, и это печально, т.к. негативно влияет на экологию и планету. В СССР делали с расчётом на качество (многое в ссср перерабатывалось, а люди пользовались многоразовыми вещами чтоб не вредить экологии) у нас даже сейчас многие вещи из той эпохи до сих пор работают на ура. С уважением.
@@gabrieleguerrisi4335 *Dude... I have a Zil-Moskva refrigerator in my summer country house, which was released in 1969, all I did with it was paint it all the time it works without breakdowns! ;-)*
Russia have some of the most well known musical composers of all time, such as Dmitrij Sjostakovitsj, Igor Stravinskij, Modest Mussorgskij, Aleksandr Borodin, Aleksandr Skrjabin, Nikolaj Rimskij-Korsakov, Cesar Cui and Milij Balakirev. Also included on that list is Sergej Prokofiev and Pjotr Iljitsj Tsjajkovskij, but they were listed as performers and not composers.
Most of Russian composer are not ethically Russian, Russia just came that they are, but in reality they belong to others countries. Like with the food that was mentioned is not Russian food, but others countries food that became very popular in Russian.
@@vy7737 The example about food is not objective, since food often becomes “folk” (like pizza), and most Russians believe that not knowing that Ukrainian borscht is stupid. In Russia, calling Ukrainian borscht Russian is just a habit of not very knowledgeable people. while the ethnic part of any historical person is easy to verify, I have no doubt that all of the above persons are indeed Russian.
@@alice_kowalski Borscht isnt Ukrainian lol. there are different VARIATIONS of Borsch. Russia, Ukrainian, Moldovian, Serbian, Polish etc. Pretty much every culture has some sort of cabbage soup similar to Borsh, Saying it came from Ukraine is ignorant honestly.
Well... it actually is. It's culture of imperialism, constant invasions, threatening all of its neighbours and colonization. Did western countries do that in the past? Yes. But it's 2022 and Russia didn't change at all. Same mentality as in 1822
@@pafelek55 I'd call it politics. I'd say that their politics should be condemned, but I wouldn't want to associate their beautiful culture with what the Kremlin has been doing right now. I'd want to neither justify the Kremlin nor spread hatred towards Russian culture and people. Thank you.
The longest episode we've done (so far) and there's so much we couldn't even cover, (Please write extra info in comments if you want!) You all know this place. Big ol' MOTHER #RUSSIA. I literally flew out my high school rival to be in this episode. Thanks Mike. And thanks Destin from Smarter Every Day for your cameo, you rock. Also, thanks to all YOU guys the Russian Geograpeeps for helping out especially Aleksey and Alessandra our favorite Russians. ****By the way Yes I am aware of the small mistakes, I will address them in Fan Friday
Amazing video, one thing to add maybe: Aside from folk music, some of the most influential classical composers were Russian (most notably Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Prokofiev)
Russia: "Serbia = 'Russia Junior' with Balkan spice" Serbia: Hold my rakija, just wait till my episode! Haha, great episode, Barbs - just the fact that you added the "us and Russians are 300 million" is a thumbs up from me :) Waiting patiently for my country's spotlight on GN!
FUCK Russia I hate Russia and communism they destroyed my country and I'm proud to say Afghanistan has disintegrated soviet union . today whatever misery we have in Afghanistan it's because of the Russian invasion. I hope one day we destroy Russia so we can get our revenge.
@@sayeedhusseinsadat3284 - In terms of communism I agree, the feeling is mutual, we've had our nation ruled by it too and it has destroyed everything our forefathers built up till that point - Yugoslavia was our history's greatest mistake. However, although I sympathize with you, I don't share your view of the Soviet Union and Russia being the exact same thing. Russia was our ally long before the October Revolution while it was still a monarchy - the Tsardom of Russia - and during WW I our nation was brought near it's extinction from the map, with our army and people forced to retreat through the Albanian mountains heading for the coastline. None of the allies were interested in aiding their survival - only after the Russian Tsar threatened to pull Russia out of the war if our people did not receive assistance did the allies send ships to escort our people to safety on Corfu to recover and rebuild. If that moment played out differently, it would very likely have have been our nation's end and geopolitically split amongst our neighboring countries. That is a moment for which we are eternally grateful to Russia, though it doesn't mean we endorse the rise of the Soviet Union. Also, keep in mind that even after the October Revolution, a civil war broke out in Russia between the communist Bolsheviks and what was called White Russia (not to be confused with Belarus), also known as ROA - Russian Liberation Army. Sadly they lost, and the communist regime oppressed and mercilessly dealt with anyone opposed to it, be it Russians or non-Russians alike, and yes ... sadly that included your people too. Keep in mind that Stalin himself wasn't even Russian, but Georgian ... communism doesn't care about nationality, culture or religion, it's a system where people are seen as nothing but a resource, and millions of Russians died horribly because of this idea - heck, St. Petersburg is literally built upon a graveyard. I am aware that the political system in Russia has remnants of the Soviet one lingering in it, which I'm in no support of, but we are fond of Russians as people, we share much of the same culture. But yeah, I do sympathize with your people suffering from communism - though honestly, mate, I don't think destroying Russia is gonna happen. Many have tried that and failed, you can't fight the Russians on their own soil, it's like a biological landmine for anyone not accustomed to it, and suffering from attrition like that is beyond what any force can take. Revenge is never a good thing to seek, mate ... it sows hatred and a never ending cycle of retaliation in blood.
Well, to be fair it's like 70% due to the chaotic rulerships and 30% due to the land itself I would say from My-Russian-Perspective, but then I remembered that I'd be probably sued to broke Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights(torture) by just taking some European guy on a walk to store for milk with me into my neighborhood in January 😂😂🤣 I'm from Yakutia, it's easily -48°C in January So let's make it 50/50 of bad rulerships and land itself to be fair-fair xDD
As an American, it is absolutely amazing reading through these comments. In the States, we are so conditioned to be anti-Russia in just about every way. I've met a few Russians while abroad and they have definitely left an impression on me. Many of the locations mentioned in the video are high on my bucket list! I'm in love with the abundance of history and culture.
@Jansen Haneline Sadly, it’s kind of the same in Finland, though nowhere near as intense, and it’s more of a stubborn, older generation -thing. Even though even many Karelian refugees still accuse the Finnish government of the Winter War, and I’m inclined to agree with them.
@@PC_Simo I spent a semester in Oulu a few years ago and there was an Erasmus trip to St. Petersburg I really anted to go on but wasn't sure if it was a good idea as an American to go to Russia during the 2016 election. I vaguely remember some older Finns being surprised at the trip being offered.
@Jansen Haneline Yeah, they have lived most of their lives next to the Soviet Union, so the idea of an American being offered such a trip would probably have been a real shocker to them.
I'm from Québec and I love Russians, I've never met a Russian that wasn't extremely polite and funny. One of my closest friends that I've known since childhood is mixed Russian/Kartvelian. As an anarchist I feel I owe a lot to Russians as many of the pioneers of anarchist thought were Russian (Kropotkin, Bakunin...)
IMHO Alexander Pushkin is not just one of some famous people. He is the most famous russian writer. He literally remade Russian language to something similar to what we have now.
Reeta Tassberg well, Finland for more than hundred years was an autonomous part of Russia, and that was the first breath of freedom for this country. And we definitely had a lot of cultural and habitual exchange for this century of brotherhood.
@@Publius_Staso And cultural exchange is going to happen no matter what. At least there is one thing we can agree on... What comes on stability of the churches... I think the Orthodoxy breathed a huge sigh of relief when they finally split off from Catholic and then said 'Тогда они трахаются, сумели создать еще один преемник кризиса' when another succession crisis within the catholic church happened. Even today Eastern Orthodoxy is recognized as a major religion in Finland as it first arrived (very likely) through migration of Russians and cross nation marriages done in secret. Then during Napoleonic Wars 1809 Finland soon seceded to become autonomic part of Russian Empire.
@@Maximus-mh1ov Slavic is cultural and ethnicity term. Reeta used slavic term in the cultural context. Russia's biggest majority ethnicity is well Slavic. It is undeniable how much impact Slavic cultures have had on Finland but when you dig in to history it all makes sense.
@@kingmonke4517 As a Ukrainian painfully watching this.. It was excruciating. I could not get though it and I disagree on plethora of stuff said here. But that's how russia always survives. It lies, steals culture and history. Cause how the hell russia wants to claim any territory if it didn't even exist when Ukraine already did.
The picture you use while talking about Cossacks (5:07-5:08) is actually called "Correspondence between the Ottoman sultan and the Cossacks" and has nothing to do with Russian Cossacks. It is the history of Zaporozhian Cossacks (Ukraine). Please make an episode about Ukraine too ;)
Me: watches this during the pandemic UA-cam: Suggest this video in 2022 Me watching the video: .... where is it where is that part i have been looking for
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Fun fact: here in the Netherlands when we get history in middle/highschool one of the few parts of Russian history that we talk about it how Tsar Peter the Great once visited the Netherlands and became a shipbuilder for a few months.
Keizer Van Enerc we in Russia also enjoy listening to the story how out Tsar worked as a guest worker on a Dutch shipyard
Keizer Van Enerc I go to school in the US and I remember learning about that in my world history class lol. Pretty interesting stuff
And even adopted the boring dutch tricolour and began the plauge of red, white and blue tricolours in slavic countries. I absolutely hate the slavic tricolour (solely because of its design matters, not any racial, religious or political connotations). Tricolours are boring
Keizer Van Enerc I am in Sint Maarten right now
@@retf8977 wow so the tricolour was inspired by the dutch all the way from the french to the slavs
Russia: the only thing standing between North Korea and a Norwegian invasion.
Edit: Thank you for all the upvotes!
Edit-Edit: Slava Ukraini!
Those damn Norwegians >:(
@@kimjong-il537 that's a even better one
@@kimjong-il537 eneheheee
Hey! I'm Norwegian! :(
Doom Kitty more like finland
Russia is the longest country in the world
any Chilean: *existentialist crisis*
Oh boi
? What do you mean, Russia is the longest country, Chile is the tallest
Russia is longest by actual length
but Chile is longest in comparison to it's width.
A chilean here, lmao
@@WizardToby
Chile is also the "tallest" country, as in length from north to south.
It always blows my mind that Finlands (my countrys) neighboring country is as well the neighbour of Japan, USA, North Korea etc...
Im also Finnish!
@@themonarchyofeigengrau9165 и каково ?
@@Svyatoslav13.16
Hi I am from Nigeria, please what is the best way to get job in Finland including labour job, I genuinely like Finland 🥰
@@SalimCypher You need to get a finnish education which takes about 3-6 years then you can get a job for whatever career you studied for (but actually getting used to life in finland will be hard since its very cold compared to nigeria, one of the hardest languages to speak fluently, good quality of life though.
I'm Russian and I've watched the whole thing. It's impressive you managed to make this one so unbiased, positive and nuanced. Such a rare occurrence in the Internet these days. Thank you.
Russia is mostly a dirty hovel, you can understand why it's gets a bad press. England is much nicer
@@horriblecunt7232 nice one tom
@Mère Castor The video focused on a lot of positive things about Russia that most western media likes to ignore in favor of more "flashy" controversial things like the one you mentioned. This stark contrast to the mainstream picture of Russia is what I highlighted in my comment.
poshol nahoy
phobos2077 Do Russians learn English as their secondary language in Russia in like schools?
as a native speaker - your pronounciation of food items is so spot on, sounded exactly like it should, so kudos to you
Of course it is, he's also a native speaker!
@@kiradotee Yes but as he said. He spent more time in the US than in Russia totally. So yeah, language can suffer if you don't use it that much.
@@kiradotee his russian sometimes is not on point tbh.
Vinigret!!! 😍😍
Not naming Pushkin as the most famous Russian author has probably triggered every single teacher in Russia
It was named
He might be in Russia, but he is not really well known abroad because his poetry is apparently quite hard to translate in foreign languages. Dostoevsky and Tolstoy are much more famous in the West.
@@vaalor6829 we were taught a lot about him in Hungary. There's a cinema in Budapest named after him as well
@@vaalor6829 I get that Chekov, Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky are well know internationally so it makes sense to name them. What threw me off was Solzhenitsyn being mentioned out loud and not Pushkin (like no disrespect but does anyone without an interest in Gulag history know the guy?)
bad idea video
The «middle name» is technically not a middle name, it's a patronym, literally meaning «Someone's son» or «Someone's daughter». We don't have actual middle names like Homer J. Simpson.
But there are double names and double surnames. A rare thing, but not completely unusual.
Это ещё что, у индусов имя отца становится фамилией сына. Вот это замут. А отчества пора сбросить вообще. Двух идентификаторов (имя и фамилия) хватает с головой.
@@igorpupkinable Что за бред?
@user199509 Exactly 👌🏻🎯👍🏻!
It's called Fathername
@@dogma_baal Indeed; spot-on. In Finnish, we call it: _”Isännimi”;_ so, a literal translation _(”Isä”_ = ”Father”, _”Nimi”_ = ”Name”, and the extra ”N” is the Genitive suffix; so: ”Father’sname”).
Geography Now: The Movie.
@@bulk_manifesto3624 I expected it to get lost in the comments
@John Boudreaux Dorby.
Its a documentary .
That'll be the UK and US 👀
Yes
Some stuff that you missed was the romantic era music! They had some of the best composers in that era’s history, like Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Korsakov, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov and a lot more
Although more of a soviet era composer, I think Chesnokov is a good one as well
Also a lot of great modern and post-modern composers like Gubaidulina and Schnittke
They love v,s,k,y so much
Yes, I definitely agree. Although, some of those you mentioned lived in the USSR years, which basically also implies that they were in the Contemporary/20th Century Era, rather than the Romantic. But still, a lot of those you mentioned are some of my favorite composers!
I remember Peter Tchaikovsky because I did an essay on him the other ones are brilliant as well.
All those artists and writers and no mention at all of Russian composers? Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff... I could go on. These guys wrote some of the most important, studied and loved music in the Western canon. I know you can’t cover everything but really? Their music is pretty freaking important to Russia and the world in terms of musical influence.
Yes, it's really possible to mention all this people in a video like this
TOTALLY POSSIBLE
I waited for them to mention this but they didnt. very dissapointed
killer bee it’s like an Austrian episode without mentioning Mozart. Honestly I was kinda shocked.
Tchaikovsky was mentioned tho
Пока эти люди не покажут выполненные контурные карты за 6-9 класс, они не имеют право говорить, что знают географию России.
Russian people trying not to be aggressive (IMPOSSIBLE)
@@YoureRatharStewpidMate dont worry bro its a joke:)
I cant explain it but im just joking
Как же я ненавидел контурные карты...
@@qwer_yt4822а кто то их любит?
@@qwer_yt4822Я их забросил в 7 классе, в 8 тоже планирую забросить.
As a musician, I’m offended at the lack of Tchaikovsky in this episode.
Are you serious or no. Because this is mostly the GEOGRAPHY of Russia. They are not going to specifically point out a long dead musician.
@@pslacum He's obviously not serious
@@pslacum they do talk about demographics tho
@@pslacum "A long-dead musician" - oh Lord, WHAT kind of savages are you ...
@@mydeadsaint Demographics are the makeup of the people. Not certain musicians who only had a small impact on the people at the time.
"This is a country that is notoriously known for changing the rules as they play the game."
You got that spot on
Russia is the same as the US.
@M M in America idiots leave office after 4 years, sometimes less. When was the last time Putin wasn't effectively in charge of Russia? No they're not quite the same.
@@tsfbaf303 all big players are the same, they just dress differently
You missed the incredible classical music of Russia! Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Borodin, Stravinsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Scriabin, Prokofiev!
I'd have to go back and freeze frame to check all of them, but Tchaikovsky's name at least was definitely on screen if not spoken. For me it was weird they put Pushkin in the list of author's but didn't call him out individually like Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Gogol. He might not be as internationally known, but ask any Russian who the most famous/important/influential Russian writer is and they will ALL say Pushkin.
@@christopherwilson88 Pushkin is not for export (Dostoyevski being probably the most known abroad).
September 17, 1939 in agreement
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Russia attacked Poland by sticking its knife in the Back. When Poland defended itself against the invasion of Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939
@@amikecoru I agree inso as reading Pushkin in anything but Russian loses far too much. Doestoevsky and the novelists survive the translation process better.
@@dareklenovo8883 Troll.
"Nu pagadi", or as we call it in Poland "Wilk i zając" (Wolf and hare) was my favourite animation when I was little (20 years ago), I thin I watched every episode at least 20 times :D
Soviet era cartoons ate just built different
Wolf there is such a badass
yeah in Vietnam we watched it too, the intro music scare the shite out of me tho
Used to watch it - loved it in Greece too!
I cannot wait for when "Geography Now" runs out of countries and starts making "City" videos.
i will have to wait like 10 years before they talk about Santiago :(, but still a good idea
The Moribundity We need videos on the 50 states of the USA one at a time😂
The rumour has been that they will do all sort of territories like dependencies, de facto independent unrecognized states, etc.
there's potential future countries as well. Which can be kinda controversial, but would be interesting to showcase a bit of the cultural divide some countries have.
Or simply make Part 2s of each country from A again, with updates boundaries, laws, foreign policy, demography changes. I'd prefer that.
Just wanna add 2 notable name to the list: Nikolai Lobachevsky and Grigori Perelman
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Lobachevsky is one of the discoverers of hyperbolic geometry, one special case of non-Euclidean geometry, which builds the road to the general relativity.
Perelman won the Fields Medal in 2006, due to his achievement for proving the Poincaré conjecture, the only solved Millennium Prize Problem. But he's also famous for rejecting most of the award and prize he won.
Fuck money, science instead.
Big brain
19:27 You guys forgot ROC and PRC in the 40s lol
CCCP: “I support the mainland.”
USA: “I support the island.”
Britain: "Fuck off my island, it's mine"
@@warwickeng5491 not that "island" tho
Took me a while to get that.
My geography teacher is from Bratsk. It's a city located on the Angara river that flows from Baikal lake. The Angara river then flows into Yenisei river. If my teacher saw that you mapped the Angara and the Yenisei as Lena, he'd find you.
P. S. Angara is the only river flowing from Baikal. Lena starts very close to Baikal but on the other side of the mountain range.
5:57 FUN FACT: In the winter, when the sea between these islands is frozen, its actually possible to walk across. Like walk from the US to Russia. Although this is not legal.
Basically breaking the international law if I walk from the United States to Russia..... I think I will like that.
if a man walks the bering strait in the middle of a forest where no one could see him did he really walk the bering strait?
I too even watched the Philippine Episode and I already know everything they said
like walk if you survive walking Bering strait
All the fun things are illegal. 🙄
27:24 That girl on the right is Caroline Wozniacki. She’s a Danish tennis player of Polish descent, so she has almost nothing to do with Russia. You probably typed in Maria Sharapova and they showed you that pic when she lost to Caroline at the 2014 US Open. Ahaha 😅😅😂
Doo’ Ooof
Agree!
@@abandonedchannel281 in America we spell it: D'oh!
Arguably the most important person in modern human history was from Russia. Vasili Arkhipov. We'd probably all be dead were it not for Vasili Arkhipov.
He prevented a Nuclear war.
@@honeywell5455 What, haven't the academicians Kurchatov and Sakharov saved the world from a nuclear war?
@@alexgainsborough4921 I don't know about them.
Arkhipov didn't approve the release of a nuclear missile that could start an atomic War. so...
@@aminhabchi6095 At that time, missiles didn’t exist at all - in the USA and in the USSR, it was a nuclear bomb. Academicians Kurchatov and Sakharov are the creators of the first nuclear bomb of the USSR, and the world's first hydrogen bomb (RDS-6s).
Alex Gainsborough
Well, Arkhipov prevented the launch of a nuclear torpedo during the Course of the Cuban Missile Crisis. AND: there have been Missiles back then. The first real missile was built in 1944 by Germans.
Russians: "Don't smile at strangers because we don’t trust them."
Also Russians: "please, come on over and stay for dinner."
😅
It is more about "not being fake". We don't smile unless we really feel like it
We don't smile at strangers because it's cringe when someone staring at you and smile
Like it's an invasion of someone else's personal space emotionally, in short it is harassment to a small extent
Actually when I (I'm Russian) have a good mood and smile while walking a lot of people look at me like I'm crazy or stupid, so I guess that's why we don't have a habit of not smiling at strangers
It's just strange to smile to everyone
It's like: what is this guy want from me? Why is he look at me and smile?
A big round of applause to barbs for trying his absolute best to not offend anyone yet still cover all important topics 👏👏👏
mrlp singing sinosaurus
Ummm
You finished Afghanistan episode in like 7 minutes
Russia: Starting Physical Geography in 8:30
:(
That was over 5 years ago; it was their first episode. Safe to say their research has increased as their production value and popularity increased.
Hydroxoid Wish they remake the old episodes
They probably will when they finish the series
They could start remaking episodes when they finish the list
Geography Now: They just like to change up the rules as they go.
Putin after watching this video: better change the Constitution
This video is already oudated
TheCreaterKeygen Russian Government: До свидания.
Omg so true
...Again
another famous Russian is Anton Zaslavsk, better known by his stage name Zedd. He grew up in Germany but was born in Russia. Some of the most iconic electronic songs from the early 2010s like Clarity and Spectrum were made by him.
I've heard his music
Me and my friends met four Russians in college, two girls and two boys. I remember the teacher telling some silly joke and all of us laughing a bit except them. Also one of them was this absolute unit of a guy called Simon who was younger than us but bulkier and taller than all of my friends and almost me (I'm 1'95m/6'5fti). They seemed kind of... too serious, specially for us Spaniards but we started hanging with them and we were surprised of how cool and fun they were once we got to know them. We regretted not hanging with them before.
At a point the whole world may regret...
Just kidding.
September 17, 1939 in agreement
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Russia attacked Poland by sticking its knife in the Back. When Poland defended itself against the invasion of Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939
@@dareklenovo8883 Why is this here, propagandist?
@@dareklenovo8883 Then there was something to stick in
@@dareklenovo8883 *Dude... you must have forgotten how Poland, led by Pilsutsky, stuck a knife in the back of Czechoslovakia, seizing its territories along with fascist Germany! When you are the hyena of Europe, you always have to be prepared for your teeth to be knocked out! I will add for your understanding, when in 1939 the Red Army entered the lands of Western Ukraine and Belarus seized by Poland during the civil war in Russia, Poland as a state no longer existed!*
Geography Now : Uploads Russia
Me : *_HE DID IT BOYS FINALLY HE DID IT !!!_*
lol nvm, its not valid hahaha
Hahaha, it took ages
Celebration time
intensify the soviet anthem!
Ladies and gentlemen,we got him
Guys you forgot the incredible classical music composers! Tchaikvosky, Mussorgsky, Kabalevsky, Borodin, Shostakovich, Stravinsky ...
Shostakovich, Stravinsky are Poles by origin
Pause at 27:02
(I think ?) they really forgot Tolstoy though
@@lolandstump3343 Nah.. Shostakovich's granfather maybe. Himself is Russian. Born in Saint-Petersburg. In 1906 Poland was Russia, like today Pomerania and Silesia are in Poland.
@@john-pierrerichard1791 The tsar had the title King of Poland, so ... by the way Silesia was Polish already 1000 years ago, also in Pomerania,
@@lolandstump3343 Yeah, about the Czars. Last Czars ceased to be somewhere in 1600s. After them it was monarchs or kings. Russia has become an Empire, from ocesn to ocean. To call them that that weird word 'czar'.. Oh.. the British 🤗
Damn, good old days when everyone was having a good time without any politics. Miss it.
Yeah good old days.
Don't run, Kirill...
Брат как я тебя понимаю... Я русский из России, очень люблю свою страну, но ты представить себе не можешь как все тут устали от удручающей действительности. Люблю Россию, всегда еë буду любить, но мира всем нам🇷🇺❤
@@Челлода, действительно, все 144 миллиона умирают от удручающей действительности, им грустно и они не могут пережить всего(((( осталось всего пару недель, очень жалко(((
It's most notable in US and unfortunately in poland wich is my country
People use this war propably only to have argument to potray russians as people from worse cathegory
Russian engineering always struck me as the "Its simple, but works stupidly well."
In my opinion that’s the best kind of enginering
"If it works, it's not stupid" )
"It's just works" -Bethesda
@@CalvinNoire and Roskosmos
I mean, ii ain't simple when it's AN-94 or Fedorov Avtomat, those are examples of some of the most intricate designs.
Barbs: *mentions Serbia in the friendzone*
Literally every Serb watching: "Look mom, I'm on TV!"
Nismo mi makedonci
@@kosovoisserbiaforever2764 ime ti je ne tacno
Баш сам и ја тако реаговао xD
@@antebatina5810 ?
Oh no, you summoned them
Everybody: Russia is sooo cold
Me, living in Astrakhan (the North of Caspian Sea) and suffering from *50 °C* in July : *REALLY?*
Leapton Ise Tee
The average temp in Astrkhan is 32*c... thats not even that warm
And I dont hear too many people complaining that russia is cold tbh. Mostly that places like greenland are cold
@@Ambigious 40°C every summer, wish for 32. 50 is exaggerated
чел, у нас в Уфе тоже было 50 градусов этим летом)
Рамис Карама
Рамис Карама
I did not comment on what countries were cold. I commented one what countries people think are cold. Russia often not being one, as it has everything from warm to cold, not just cold
20°C in thailand is cold
You know you really enjoyed a UA-cam Video, when you’ve watched it multiple times and still enjoy it.
I like Mike's voice
I also like how his accent is soft but when he speaks Russian it goes extra
FOR REAL!!!! Like I couldn’t really hear an accent but once he started saying the Russian foods I was like “THERES the accent I was looking for!”
FUCK Russia
I hate Russia and communism they destroyed my country and I'm proud to say Afghanistan has disintegrated soviet union . today whatever misery we have in Afghanistan it's because of the Russian invasion.
I hope one day we destroy Russia so we can get our revenge.
hossin maddoh as a russian: lmfao go fuck yourself
I also like how he's totally a cutie.
But seriously his voice sounds extremely familiar. It feels like he sounds like an ambiguously famous voice actor I've heard somewhere before speaking in their normal voice.
12:27 YES. Celsius. The right way of measuring temperature.
Does it really matter-
@@Tiii780 Of course, it's the internet
Yes... Fahrenheit is used by retards
bad idea
Use Celsius when it is cold and Fahrenheit when it is hot.
Wild that this was released the same day their whole government resigned lol
"Resigned"
It was a Prime Minister...and they also have a President...
RUSSIA YOU CONFUSE ME!
What?
@Brandon Benny
Care to elaborate, please.
Brandon Benny are you accusing Barby of collusion with the Russians again? Gotta let Mueller know this asap.
I really liked that this video was respectful and guys tried their best )))) thanks ❤
Cossacks: how much land do you want?
Russia : yessss
I always thought that "Cossack" literally means "a Ukrainian army man", but here they are described as free mercenaries, guess it depends on what age we are talking about
@@SanderMalus it's the "frontier people", pretty much like wild west population - it's just that frontiers were south Ukraine, South Russia, South Ural and Siberia and Far East. They were usually preoccupied with war, formed from serfs and farmers fleeing from the serfdom. But later they were indeed incorporated into the army.
Александр Малушко my great grandfather was a Russian Cossack. There’s both Russian and Ukrainian Cossacks.
@@SanderMalus u are right it does come from ukraine
AoE3?
Wow... the Ukraine episode is going to be awkward...
if there's gonna be one by that time, but once it's on the UN list then there will be
@@JC05 you know ukraine is a part of UN right...and that the UN and NATO are not the same.
@@tadejlah902 I know that, Im saying once Ukraine is on the UN list they will still be an episode about it. I said if theres gonna be one by that time because we dont know how intense and destructive the war can get from here
Russia is dangerous to europe
Yes. I actually can’t wait. It’s an interesting country. But I’m afraid it will be highly politicized. 🇷🇺 ❤️ 🇺🇦 JHWH
My grandfather used to love Russian culture and he also studied the language. He would often translate popular Russian books back to Russian, just for fun and also practice it with some Russian speaking friends he had.
Greetings from Greece 🇬🇷 on behalf of my grandpa.
❤❤❤
You father is a great guy! Say him my respect.
Zdravstvujtê, Grêki iz Grêcii
Thanks to the Greeks for the name of our country, because from your language this is Rus'
I have been to countries in Europe, Asia and Africa and found that everywhere the absolute majority of people are friendly and hospitable, and as a Russian I am very pleased to see that most people share my point of view and speak positively about my country, especially at the present time.
Here in Brazil, we have a lot of russian influence in our culture.
There are about half a million brazilians of russian descent here in Brazil. Russian cuisine has had a lot of influence on brazilian cuisine - stroganoff is one of the most popular dishes here in Brazil.
In fact, watching this video, i noticed something quite curious: there is a dish here in Brazil called "vinagrete" (which is like a salad or soup, something like that, made with chopped vegetables), being one of the most popular dishes in everyday brazilian cuisine - and you guys in Russia have a dish called "vinaigrette", which is very similar to the brazilian "vinagrette". Anyway, just a curiosity.
We, the BRICS nations, need to think about the 21st century together.
I really really love Russia, its culture and history. One of the historical figures i most admire (since i was very young) is Piotr Kropotkin. The big russian metropolis are beautiful, the rural and remote regions of the country are also amazing!
A big hug, from Rio de Janeiro!
Thank you 😊❤🇷🇺
Glory to BRICS from indua
EM QUE BRASIL VC VIVE? SENHOR CABELINHO, NÃO TEMOS INFLUÊNCIA RUSSA, VC DEVE TER BEBIDO MUITA VODKA, E NA COZINHA NÃO TEMOS MUITA INFLUÊNCIA RUSSA, APENAS O STROGONOF, QUE É BEM DIFERENTE DO ORIGINAL, QUERENDO APARECER NÉ AMADA.
@@indigo_editzz INDIA ITS DISGUSTING.
@@milulalojo8305 Brazil is in the same situation as India, so in fact you are in no position to look down on India
Israel: i am the longest episode with 20 minutes
Russia: hold my vodka
@Ted Hubert Pagnanawon Crusio Honestly though, I wonder how long the USA episode will be?
@@isaiah3872 and even the UK's
uhh, how bout zimbabwe?
Can’t wait for the UK and US successively 😂 each gonna be an hour
The US and UK's episodes are both probably gonna be 2 hours long 😂😉😆
Talking about the economy reminded me of my trip to Moscow. Red Square is amazing. The subway is amazing. Went to a supermarket that looked like an art gallery. And I went to the largest McDonald’s I’ve ever seen. I took the trans Siberian train from Beijing to Moscow. Fantastic. Great 👍 trip
9:16 - This is not the Ob River, this is the Taz River, the Ob River is located to the left and three times longer.
As a person from Russia I can tell you that geography class was such a pain in the ass
Geography was the best class thanks to our teacher... I mean, it really just depends on the teacher.
Я за 1 урок все регионы, горы, моря, реки и т.д. России выучил)))
@@Tun299 достижения в шахматах?
@@ga_ty5355 О да
легкая ваще,просто поинтересуйся государствами и все
"Make up rules as the go"
6 hours later whole government resigns
What perfect timing guys!
Hey, you forgot to mention Mexico as being one of the closest friends/partners in Latin America. Mexico was the first or one of the first countries to recognize the USSR, gave asylum to Trotsky, helped them during the 1921 drought, and now Russians love Mexico for its their culture, warm climate, food, and telenovelas, as well as sports thanks to the 2018 world cup. But maybe is not as strong as Cuba and Venezuela. Saludos to my Russian comrades or camaradas in spanish
thank you comrade )
Saludos desde Rusia! Me gusta México mucho! Espero, que voy a México pronto
Telenovelas ❤❤❤Adorooo
Hello my friend 😊
Studied Russia in my 3rd year in uni (first semester). Love this video, insightful!❤️
👍
My brotha my brotha my brotha. Learning the language of the enemy smdh
What were your impressions?
Israel: I have the longest video in this channel.
Mother Russia: *Hold my Vodka*
Hold our Vodka
United States: Hold my beer
Zimbabwe: Hold my lions
How will they even do the US?
Serbia: Hold my RAKIJA (sljivovica)
Amazon Rainforest: “I’m the Largest!”
Siberian Taiga : “ Am I a Joke to You.”
That is right
Its not a rainforest
@@Ida-xe8pg And the Amazon isn't a taiga... The claim being made here is that Siberian Taiga is the single largest forest on Earth. Of ANY kind.
@@illuminocalypse5210 I never said that the Amazon was a taiga
I bet there’s far more total carbon mass in the Amazon than Siberia. Probably 10x or more.
Hi big Russian brothers from Serbia 🇷🇸❤️🇷🇺
Edit: tnx for 250+ likes 🇷🇸🇷🇺🇷🇸🇷🇺🇷🇸🇷🇺🇷🇸
Привет братьям Сербам ❤
Сербыыы! ❤❤❤
Приветик
Lol not even the Russians want Serbia
love to Serbia❤from Russia❤
I enjoyed this video so much! I like all of your videos, but I like this one especially because of the speed! It was so much easier to follow, without having to rewind constantly :D Maybe you should consider this speed for future episodes! All the best from a Greek-Albanian, living in Austria ;)
Hey
I like this Mike guy. Best host-who-isn't-Barbs by a mile.
yeet
nick is cool too.
What about Padder
@Tamar Angov You mean Potter? 😏
The Egyptian guy (I'm very sorry I forgot his name.) is also coolio.
🇦🇫Afghanistan: 6½ minutes
🇺🇳Most episodes: ~10 minutes
🇨🇦Canada: 13 minutes
🇮🇩Indonesia: 15 minutes
🇯🇵Japan: 16½ minutes
🇨🇳China: 20 minutes
🇮🇱Israel: 20½ minutes
🇷🇼Rwanda: 21 minutes
🇷🇺Russia: *I DARE YOU TO WATCH THIS ENTIRE VIDEO IN ONE SITTING*
Edit:
🇿🇦South Africa: *A M A T E U R S.*
🇪🇸Spain: Y'all hear something? It's hard to hear you over my extra 5 seconds
USA: Just wait...
I didn't
United Kingdom : hold my tea .
UK: am I a joke to you?
Amraya Baptiste I actually did lol
*Geography Now uploads Russia video*
Russian Government: "Ight imma head out"
We like russian people,
we hate russian government
What happend ?
@@glaus7593 Dmitry Medvedev, the Prime Minister of Russia, resigned.
@@glaus7593 the cabinet of minister resigned to form a different one, also Putin wants to add changes to constitution
@@tishafeed8085 ok thanks
This hits different watching this now.
why
fuck putin not russian people or culture
Russia is so big that it has *THE* longest video on this UA-cam channel!!!
@@jtbrownjtbrown There will be no redo, China had its 25 minute-long spiel.
@@jtbrownjtbrown Yeah no worries, I forgot how long it was exactly and guesstimated lol
That means Vatican City will be at least 45 minutes
Texas: Everything's big in Texas.
Russia: Hold my Vodka.
Texas is Mexico
@@alanmalan3819 "Was" Mexico.
Хахаха как смешно😑
Texas will be Mexico
@@Уберсыч No. Mexico will be the U.S.A. Actually already is.
“The entire planet of Pluto”
Astronomers: *triggered*
Edit: PLEASE STOP ARGUING IN THE COMMENTS IT’S A JOKE GOOD GRIEF
Who actually cares, It’s just a giant ice rock in the void of space. Why does it matter to people what we classify it as?
Paul Gering *dwarf planet
@@brandonlyon730 Applies to non binary people as well
Jeshua Esher r/woooosh
September 17, 1939 in agreement
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Russia attacked Poland by sticking its knife in the Back. When Poland defended itself against the invasion of Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939
9:34 это не Лена, это река Ангара, единственная река вытекающая из Байкала впадающая в Енисей и потом в северный Ледовитый океан, исток Лены находится в 9 километрах от Байкала по другую сторону хребта
"when it comes to best friends however, most of you guys, the russian Geography peeps mention 3 countries. Belarus, Kazakstan and Serbia"
*cries in mongolian*
For me, Mongolia and Kazakhstan not friends but blood brothers. Greetings from native siberian(khakas).
@@MC-nh1pe .are you from abakan. Love o khakasia from india
@@MC-nh1pe Well yes but that pretty much applies primarily to Asiatic Russians, not European Russians.
Nice profile pic, toradora is god-tier
golden horde?
"You guys have Patriarchs"
"Yea but they're like regional managers"
ROFLMAO
@Jonathan Williams Russians don't care about this medieval nonsense that wasn't even recognized by most of the orthodox churches and brought even more chaos to Ukraine as there's now 3 churches in Ukraine instead of 2.
And Patriarchs are indeed are regional managers, don't see what's so funny about this, they are close to the archbishops in catholicism.
It's interesting how Russia and Russia Jr. (Serbia) are similar:
Orthodox Christianity, Cyrillic, flags, tradition..
Russia has Crimea problem, Serbia has Kosovo problem
Russia has Belarus, Serbia has Montenegro
Russia has Ukraine, Serbia has Croatia (the same relationship)
Russia was once a leader in USSR, Serbia was once a leader in Yugoslavia
In both Great wars they were on the same side and won
Russia refused to give allowance for bombing of Serbia in 1999, Serbia refused to join the sanctions against Russia
And many other things..
I only like when u said Serbia has Montenegro, wait are u saying what i think you're saying?
Russia has Crimea problem- у России в Крыму НЕТ проблем!!!!
Kosovo is serbia
If I recall correctly, Serbia got both the Cyrillic Alphabet and the Eastern Orthodoxy before Russia did. Thus I would reckon that Russia is Serbia Jr.
@luka cvetić Kosovo is Kosovo and Serbia is Serbia. I wish reconciliation and friendship between the two entities.
4:30 yes but USA didnt pay full price for Alaska, and according to the contract, if they dont pay this debt before a certain date (which has already passed, of course), interest will be accrued on this debt every month, so now America owes Russia a certain percentage of the debt. But we, the treacherous Russians, are not in a hurry to remind about this yet so that the debt becomes greater. Keep it on mind ;)
Let's not forget that the entity that made this deal (the Russian Empire) no longer exists, while the USA does exist. Legally USA doesn't owe russia anything, since even though USSR took over the Russian Empire, it didn't claim all its territories and judicial stuff. And the current russia does not have any legal recourse over what happened over a 100 years ago.
Посмотри видео Сергея Минаева про аляску он там все обьяснил
@@Petrosman then why did the US and other European countries demand money from the Soviet Union that they would invest in the Russian empire?
I would've liked at least a mention of Russian composers - Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, etc. Tons of great music.
I cannot believe they left these out completely!!
I know Tchaikovsky he made 1812 overture
It's cool :3
Also is he a Communist?
@@jiannemargarethpiano3716 He actually lived pre-communism, but several of the other composers mentioned were. I would recommend Shostakovich (although he and the communists didn't always agree)
Tchaikovsky was mentioned in the famous performers list
And Rachmaninoff
I can’t believe they didn’t mention the Napoleonic Wars
Me too. That huge fire in Moscow and the French army destroyed so many cultural artifacts.
They could have related that important episode in Russian history to Tolstoy.
That hit me too :(
The didn’t mention the Afghanistan war
Checkmate465 yes, this played a huge role in the downfall of the ussr
Him: "Russians love to fetishize their own suffering."
Polish: Allow us to introduce ourselves.
I think you have never seen how pacifists fetishize suffering of others or animal lovers doing the same in case of recent events in Australia :P
Ukrainians be like: are we a joke for you?
@rohirrim 98 I think even germanics have a lot of this as well. Germans and austrians are notorious for their pessimism and depression and there's a reason for the british notorious ''dry'' humour. It's the latins and greeks who are the weirdoes happy europeans.
@@Math617261273 isn't that all due to ww2 and then the communist period ?
Ukraine: Hold my Chernobyl
Serbia: Hold my Kosovo
Japan: Hold my Anime and Hentai collections
Hispanic women: Hold my chancla
On 24:31 among the russian painters Marc Chagall was mentioned. I would rather say he is a belarusian jew, rather than russian. He was born in th Russian empire, but in a belarusian city of Vitebsk (which is now a part of Belarus) and in a jewish family. I guess he wasn't even allowed to live in the parts of "real" Russia: land to the east from belarus due to the pale of jewish settlement, the line, on the west from which (mostly on the modern belarusian territories) jews were allowed to live and settle.
Also, Gogol was Ukrainian, he was living in the Russian Empire like a lot of non-Russian did. Yes, he spoke and wrote in Russian, but it is/was the standard practice of Russia to Russify its subjects.
Rush b? more like
RUSH *BERLIN*
More like RushA
@Skrooge Lantay aka Russia you dumba**
So that's what that B always stood for.
usseles so thats where it comes from ;)
As a 40 y/o guy from Poland working in electro-mechanics i can't stress enough how similar mindset our nations engineers have andhow different it is compared to western nations. Even today ppl buy from me switches from that era made from fire resistant materials, even though there was nothing in plans to warrant it. also 35 amps per line in our engineering is actually constant load of 50 and wires are 50% thicker than they would ever needed to be. I F... love how our eastern cousins designed things to last, not with planned obsolescence in mind.
Ну что поделать, умышленное устаревание вещей в наше время обосновано капитализмом, капиталисту выгодно чтобы мы покупали чаще, и это печально, т.к. негативно влияет на экологию и планету. В СССР делали с расчётом на качество (многое в ссср перерабатывалось, а люди пользовались многоразовыми вещами чтоб не вредить экологии) у нас даже сейчас многие вещи из той эпохи до сих пор работают на ура. С уважением.
If a eastern europe old fashioned company would be, should have "make good lives, nor business" as a slogan
Or "we promise won't meet once again"
@@gabrieleguerrisi4335 *Dude... I have a Zil-Moskva refrigerator in my summer country house, which was released in 1969, all I did with it was paint it all the time it works without breakdowns! ;-)*
Russia have some of the most well known musical composers of all time, such as Dmitrij Sjostakovitsj, Igor Stravinskij, Modest Mussorgskij, Aleksandr Borodin, Aleksandr Skrjabin, Nikolaj Rimskij-Korsakov, Cesar Cui and Milij Balakirev. Also included on that list is Sergej Prokofiev and Pjotr Iljitsj Tsjajkovskij, but they were listed as performers and not composers.
as a german these names are so hard to read, because my head tries to pronounce every single letter xD
@a Tchaikovsky is the one mentioned last. They are just using a different Romanization system, probably based on their native language.
Most of Russian composer are not ethically Russian, Russia just came that they are, but in reality they belong to others countries. Like with the food that was mentioned is not Russian food, but others countries food that became very popular in Russian.
@@vy7737 The example about food is not objective, since food often becomes “folk” (like pizza), and most Russians believe that not knowing that Ukrainian borscht is stupid. In Russia, calling Ukrainian borscht Russian is just a habit of not very knowledgeable people. while the ethnic part of any historical person is easy to verify, I have no doubt that all of the above persons are indeed Russian.
@@alice_kowalski Borscht isnt Ukrainian lol. there are different VARIATIONS of Borsch. Russia, Ukrainian, Moldovian, Serbian, Polish etc. Pretty much every culture has some sort of cabbage soup similar to Borsh, Saying it came from Ukraine is ignorant honestly.
Their culture is not to be blamed!!!!
Well... it actually is. It's culture of imperialism, constant invasions, threatening all of its neighbours and colonization.
Did western countries do that in the past? Yes. But it's 2022 and Russia didn't change at all. Same mentality as in 1822
@@pafelek55 I'd call it politics. I'd say that their politics should be condemned, but I wouldn't want to associate their beautiful culture with what the Kremlin has been doing right now. I'd want to neither justify the Kremlin nor spread hatred towards Russian culture and people. Thank you.
@@pafelek55 I guess all the people protesting the war in Russia are all just warmongering imperialists as well.
@@anonknet не судіть по собі і вчіться трошки, а то ви такими словами позоритися
The longest episode we've done (so far) and there's so much we couldn't even cover, (Please write extra info in comments if you want!) You all know this place. Big ol' MOTHER #RUSSIA. I literally flew out my high school rival to be in this episode. Thanks Mike. And thanks Destin from Smarter Every Day for your cameo, you rock. Also, thanks to all YOU guys the Russian Geograpeeps for helping out especially Aleksey and Alessandra our favorite Russians.
****By the way Yes I am aware of the small mistakes, I will address them in Fan Friday
vdh
Yay :D MOTHER RUSSIA!
@@plant5875 Russia is the biggest
Finalyyyyyyy
Epic!!!
1:25 this map is so wrong in many ways I don't know where to start
yeah, most of the maps in this episode are waaaay off
Yeah what the fuck?
Yes, it looks like the soviets would have won cold war.
Cursed map
At least Crimea is not belonged to Russia at this map Xd
Amazing video, one thing to add maybe: Aside from folk music, some of the most influential classical composers were Russian (most notably Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Prokofiev)
Sergey Rachmaninov is in the first place, Jesty. He was a Tchaikovsky's student.
Also Moussorgsky and Rimsky-korsakov.
Yes!! I missed that!
IKR
alright, russian student here. you got the ob' wrong and the lena doesnt actually feed lake baikal, it starts NEAR the lake.
*Russia:* "It's considered weird to smile at people you don't know"
*All the Scandinavian countries:* "Hmm, we should hang out sometime"
Russians and Scandinavians actually make great friends due to mutual experiences of life in the north
and there's a "normandic" theory about Russian ethnicity genesis, like how most names are misspelled nordic names etc.
Nordic*
Also Germany
I am a Russian living in Sweden, Swedes they actually smile way more than Russians
Russia: "Serbia = 'Russia Junior' with Balkan spice"
Serbia: Hold my rakija, just wait till my episode!
Haha, great episode, Barbs - just the fact that you added the "us and Russians are 300 million" is a thumbs up from me :)
Waiting patiently for my country's spotlight on GN!
Serbian Vigilant of Jesus Christ I am also Serbian and I can’t wait for the Serbian episode
Pričaš li srpski
@@pijera - Наравно, не бих био Србин а да не знам матерњи језик :)
FUCK Russia
I hate Russia and communism they destroyed my country and I'm proud to say Afghanistan has disintegrated soviet union . today whatever misery we have in Afghanistan it's because of the Russian invasion.
I hope one day we destroy Russia so we can get our revenge.
@@sayeedhusseinsadat3284 - In terms of communism I agree, the feeling is mutual, we've had our nation ruled by it too and it has destroyed everything our forefathers built up till that point - Yugoslavia was our history's greatest mistake. However, although I sympathize with you, I don't share your view of the Soviet Union and Russia being the exact same thing. Russia was our ally long before the October Revolution while it was still a monarchy - the Tsardom of Russia - and during WW I our nation was brought near it's extinction from the map, with our army and people forced to retreat through the Albanian mountains heading for the coastline. None of the allies were interested in aiding their survival - only after the Russian Tsar threatened to pull Russia out of the war if our people did not receive assistance did the allies send ships to escort our people to safety on Corfu to recover and rebuild. If that moment played out differently, it would very likely have have been our nation's end and geopolitically split amongst our neighboring countries. That is a moment for which we are eternally grateful to Russia, though it doesn't mean we endorse the rise of the Soviet Union. Also, keep in mind that even after the October Revolution, a civil war broke out in Russia between the communist Bolsheviks and what was called White Russia (not to be confused with Belarus), also known as ROA - Russian Liberation Army. Sadly they lost, and the communist regime oppressed and mercilessly dealt with anyone opposed to it, be it Russians or non-Russians alike, and yes ... sadly that included your people too. Keep in mind that Stalin himself wasn't even Russian, but Georgian ... communism doesn't care about nationality, culture or religion, it's a system where people are seen as nothing but a resource, and millions of Russians died horribly because of this idea - heck, St. Petersburg is literally built upon a graveyard.
I am aware that the political system in Russia has remnants of the Soviet one lingering in it, which I'm in no support of, but we are fond of Russians as people, we share much of the same culture. But yeah, I do sympathize with your people suffering from communism - though honestly, mate, I don't think destroying Russia is gonna happen. Many have tried that and failed, you can't fight the Russians on their own soil, it's like a biological landmine for anyone not accustomed to it, and suffering from attrition like that is beyond what any force can take.
Revenge is never a good thing to seek, mate ... it sows hatred and a never ending cycle of retaliation in blood.
" It's like Russians don't live,
*they survive* "
Sad but true)
Well, to be fair it's like 70% due to the chaotic rulerships and 30% due to the land itself I would say from My-Russian-Perspective, but then I remembered that
I'd be probably sued to broke Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights(torture) by just taking some European guy on a walk to store for milk with me into my neighborhood in January 😂😂🤣 I'm from Yakutia, it's easily -48°C in January
So let's make it 50/50 of bad rulerships and land itself to be fair-fair xDD
Всё это было бы смешно, когда бы не было так грустно
Almost right
So true
A big episode back then : 30mins.
Avg episode now days: 1 HOUR
As an American, it is absolutely amazing reading through these comments. In the States, we are so conditioned to be anti-Russia in just about every way. I've met a few Russians while abroad and they have definitely left an impression on me. Many of the locations mentioned in the video are high on my bucket list! I'm in love with the abundance of history and culture.
You can be impressed unless you live in Georgia(Sakartvelo), Ukraine, Syria, Lebanon where Russian Federation makes active or hybrid war.
As an American I really want to go to Russia.
@Jansen Haneline Sadly, it’s kind of the same in Finland, though nowhere near as intense, and it’s more of a stubborn, older generation -thing. Even though even many Karelian refugees still accuse the Finnish government of the Winter War, and I’m inclined to agree with them.
@@PC_Simo I spent a semester in Oulu a few years ago and there was an Erasmus trip to St. Petersburg I really anted to go on but wasn't sure if it was a good idea as an American to go to Russia during the 2016 election. I vaguely remember some older Finns being surprised at the trip being offered.
@Jansen Haneline Yeah, they have lived most of their lives next to the Soviet Union, so the idea of an American being offered such a trip would probably have been a real shocker to them.
Moscow: “largest European city”
Istanbul: *sad Constantinople noises*
You’re right. Its way larger both in land area and population
@@samlowrider Hmm, you sure?
Turkey is not in Europe, genius. LOL
@@ABCXYZ-tc5fc it is Turkey is also transcontinental
@@ABCXYZ-tc5fc Istanbul is in Europe, 3% of turkey is on the european continent.
Russia is a Big Country that everyone knows of
Soviet Union: 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜
You clearly have never seen the size of the Russian Empire
Пакетик
@@olzhas1one755 but this is the russian federatiom
russian empire was the biggest
Да
I'm from Québec and I love Russians, I've never met a Russian that wasn't extremely polite and funny. One of my closest friends that I've known since childhood is mixed Russian/Kartvelian. As an anarchist I feel I owe a lot to Russians as many of the pioneers of anarchist thought were Russian (Kropotkin, Bakunin...)
Very funny when your city is within range of Russian artillery
@@zinnsoldat6493russia has no desire to attack Canada. Why would they?
Хорошо
@@zinnsoldat6493what kind of artillery is bro seeing, do you mean ICBMs?💀💀💀 (InterContinental Ballistic Missiles)
Fun fact: here in Brazil strogonoff is a very much liked dish as well, even though we make it our own way 🇧🇷🇷🇺
❤
IMHO Alexander Pushkin is not just one of some famous people. He is the most famous russian writer. He literally remade Russian language to something similar to what we have now.
The most in Russia not in world
That is not true, he maybe rebuilded Russian literature and made a huge contribution in Russia as an artist and writer.
But the language was changed only because of basic people and progress of a spoken language.
I’m finnish and I consider those foods to be very finnish, it always blows my mind how slavic Finland is
Reeta Tassberg well, Finland for more than hundred years was an autonomous part of Russia, and that was the first breath of freedom for this country. And we definitely had a lot of cultural and habitual exchange for this century of brotherhood.
As a native karelian, I consider all those goods ours either)
@@Publius_Staso And cultural exchange is going to happen no matter what. At least there is one thing we can agree on... What comes on stability of the churches... I think the Orthodoxy breathed a huge sigh of relief when they finally split off from Catholic and then said 'Тогда они трахаются, сумели создать еще один преемник кризиса' when another succession crisis within the catholic church happened. Even today Eastern Orthodoxy is recognized as a major religion in Finland as it first arrived (very likely) through migration of Russians and cross nation marriages done in secret. Then during Napoleonic Wars 1809 Finland soon seceded to become autonomic part of Russian Empire.
@@Maximus-mh1ov Slavic is cultural and ethnicity term. Reeta used slavic term in the cultural context.
Russia's biggest majority ethnicity is well Slavic. It is undeniable how much impact Slavic cultures have had on Finland but when you dig in to history it all makes sense.
Same!
oh baby, the Ukraine Episode is gonna be interesting
Hopefully we get one
@@RK-cj4oc same
@@kingmonke4517 As a Ukrainian painfully watching this.. It was excruciating. I could not get though it and I disagree on plethora of stuff said here. But that's how russia always survives. It lies, steals culture and history. Cause how the hell russia wants to claim any territory if it didn't even exist when Ukraine already did.
“Oak, Birch, and spruce” *Minecraft Intensifies*
And taiga
Minecraft confirmed big russia
That's the reason why it's was so popular in Russia... Makes sense...
@@aurumofcyberelius podzol too
When he counted the cartoons I missed one thing:
Masha and the bear.
Very popular here in my country
Yeah it’s such a great show
2014 did this to me!
i've read it "Masha and the BEER" and was confused
@@mikhailsporyshev9772 damn masha didn’t take it too well after that bear died
" Russians are good at rockets "
Yes, yes they are.
Hahah
_Yes_
Argaith, so ur saying that Elon Musk is idiot because he uses Science
@@yodathejedimaster7781 science is useless drink vodka all day and wake up next day and create law physics
Tell my why only US must be good in rockets?
The picture you use while talking about Cossacks (5:07-5:08) is actually called "Correspondence between the Ottoman sultan and the Cossacks" and has nothing to do with Russian Cossacks. It is the history of Zaporozhian Cossacks (Ukraine). Please make an episode about Ukraine too ;)
But when that happened Zaporozhian was Russian Empire
Это событие к Украине имеет меньше отношения, чем к России...
Why is every guy on this show so buff?!
fr
Lmao
Reasonably in shape*
@@Astral_Wave Look at Art, that guy is BUFF
@@derkateramabend Noah is a bit more
“Almost as much land as the planet of Pluto”
Me: ahem... PLaNeT??!??
Dwarf planet.
Means planet of dvarves.
Yes, you heard that right, it's a PLANET! Just a DWARF one 😁
You realize that Pluto is a planet but it's just a dwarf one right, kiddo?
more like plaNYET
Well yes. It's a dwarf planet we get it. But it's still big isn't it.
What do Europeans joke about most?
Ans: Geography Maps.
corny jokes
In Ireland everything
@@michaelharrington1248
In Ireland we make fun of every country
@@cormacconnolly6655 ya especially Americans
Me: watches this during the pandemic
UA-cam: Suggest this video in 2022
Me watching the video: .... where is it where is that part i have been looking for