Would be awesome if you will tell about peak of cossacks in country building when they created a second Europe constitution which made them first european republic of modern type with parliament (Rada) and president (Hetman) and with separate branches of government. This constitution worked for 2 years in modern Vynnizka, Cherkaska, and part of Kievska oblasts of modern Ukraine, from 1711 to 1713. And also it worked in "Oleshkivska Sich" in Crimean Khanate from 1713 to 1733 year.
Why do you equate Cossacks with Ukrainians in this video? These are even incomparable things, Cossacks are a class, Ukrainians are a nation. This video is literally about how the Cossacks tried to become a nation, but they failed.
@@maksim05makarov No, cossacks is nation that by mixing with Ruthenians, or Ruses became the core of modern Ukrainian nation. That never was a "class", cossacks is "Bordnik" slavic tribes from Rus times what mixed with Cumans and Ruthenian boyars that with tribe liders created democratic system based on old system of "Viche" in Rus.
As a Ukrainian I'm super grateful to your channel for making these videos and letting the world know about complex yet rich history of my country.. When the war started I was surprised how little there is about Ukrainian history on YT in English - now this is being fixed..
Were you really that surprised? There is close to nothing in English UA-cam about Persia, India, etc Yet alone Ukraine, which was truly independent for like 50 years (pre 1991) and had zero impact on the western world
Fun fact. The biggest shame for a Cossack was to lose his saber and hat. Therefore, in Ukrainian folklore, an absolutely drunk cossack is illustrated completely naked but in a hat and with a saber. Another fun fact. To get to Zaporozhian Sich, a man had to go through a whole ritual. Eating nasty food, riding an untrodden horse, going down the rapids of the Dnieper by boat (a kind of rafting) and others. The dedication ended only with participation in a military campaign and the renaming of the rookie to a Cossack with a corresponding colorful funny nickname, for example, Break a nose, Bite an oak tree, Pull your skin, Bend trouble, Don't drink water. These surnames are still a part of Ukrainian surnames.
many surnames are still preserved till now but these days you rarely realize literal meaning of the name in Ukraine - it seems so weird translated to English but in Ukrainian it sounds short and casual - and you need to actually think about it and that is fun when you accidentally realize!
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب "They did not make a country" They had a country for multiple decades. "the Poles and the Russians controlled them, but the Russians liberated them" Utter nonsense. The Russians did not "liberate" anyone. They just tried to bring them under their control. Also this is irrelevant in regards to the tribe question. I notice you aren't actually defending the tribe thing. So I guess you just lied knowingly.
It is funny and sad at the same time, to establish sovereign contry between three reginal powers is an achievement on it's own even if not for long ...
The Cossak swear fealty to only to God and freedom. Everything else is just a joke before God. Everyone forgets that Cossak is more than army, a religious knightly order of Orthodoxy. Poles Catholics heretics. The Turks Muslims pagan(погань)who are unrecognizable Isus part of God who captured the most holy cities and the patriarch. Muscovites are not Orthodox - Old Believers simplified form of Orthodoxy for the wild parts of Rus', heretics. Moreover, heretics who tortured Patrarch give them Tomos (in the Eastern Orthodox Church is a decree of the head of a particular eastern orthodox church on ceretin Matters) PS Where there are two Ukrainians - there are three Getmans.
Fun fact in Ottoman official chronicles Moskovites never identified as Rus. Ottomans told Rus only to the Ukranian cossacks. Today's russians were called in Ottoman official records as Moskovites.
But Turks and Rus, both kievan and moskovite shared history in common, sometimea war and sometimes alliance and sometimes even tributaries and in same khanate. Even before Islam Turkic hordes had this relation with Rus and after Islam too.
@@КопАпокалипсиса это не ложный факт. Вы САМИ называли своё державу Московское государство, Московское царство. В ваших документах (особенно в Ведомостях о военных делах 1700х годов) есть даже отдельно "руские войска" (из Руского воеводства , т.е - Львов) и "московские войска" (из Московского государства)
The main value of the Cossacks was freedom - the freedom to choose a hetman, to choose a place of life, and the ability to openly express one's opinion. This led to many internal conflicts. And it was this value that created the gulf between the free Cossacks and Russia, where unconditional obedience to the will of the tsar is the basis of the state. The same problem led to war today
открою тебе секрет, казаки не состояли из 100 процентов украинцев. (с учетом того что украинцев тогда вообще не существовало, ну да ладно, опустим это). казаки это в первую очередь сословие, а не нация. и это сословие состояло из татар, русских, поляков и других. и говорить что казаки - это предки украинцев, это полный абсурд для любого человека который хоть как то знаком с историей. такое иногда бывает, когда люди узнавшие о украине только 2 года назад рассуждают о истории восточной европы
@@КопАпокалипсисаХахахахха, чел ливни из жизни. Россия это Московия и вы никакого отношения к Руси не имеете, а настоящие русские- это украинцы(если точнее русины или же руські) А свои путинские басни что Украину якобы придумал Ленин а Украинцев австрийский генштаб рассказывай у программы Соловьева, а не в Ютубе адекватным людям.
As a Pole, i would say that union of hadiach was a best possible outcome for both Ukraine and Poland-Lithuania. Remember that zaporozhian host was formally disolved by catherine, the same empress that have thorn poland and lithuania with partitions
Unfortunately at the time both sides had too much animosity towards the other to do so, and were conquered by our more powerful neighbours (this is a long running theme in Ukrainian Polish history). Thankfully today we have learned from our ancestors mistakes. The political partnership build on respect and equality that is already forming will be a powerful force in Europe and bring peace, prosperity, and freedom to the Ukrainian and Polish people.
The problem of constant disagreement among our leadership and their clinging for power despite making Ukraine overall suffer often repeated in our history (in this period, in 1917-1918 and after independence). We even have phrase for that "for two Ukrainians - there are three Hetmans". 2022 probably was the first time when we overcome this problem and set aside our disagreements in the eyes of greater threat.
We'll see how long it lasts. Selenskyj also had trouble with staying in power before the invasion. There's just so many interest groups whose interests have to be balanced... Maybe the prospect of joining the EU can keep the government and the people united but for that the EU also has to follow up on its promises of letting Ukraine in. And looking at their track record...
@@alexnesterenjo As middle business owner, I can say that after Zelensky was elected, economic opportunities have increased foe the first time since 2005 and corruption, at least in Odesa, lowered like never before in my memories. Plus the only alternatives we have are Poroshenko's, Timoshenko's and Medvichuk's/Yanukovich's Forces and I hate them almost equally. (Of course, Ruzzian are staying higher on this list.)
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب Technically - yeah. They was like Swiss guy’s, but don’t have same landscape to fight against all. They was allies to poles, when they started do sh*t, Cossacks go to moskovic, and same situation again. They have pretty simple logic: I can do a good fight, I love do good fights. If you treat us well and pay us well - we will fight for you
@@KingsandGenerals hey guys, well done I do have a question will you ever do a video on the Polish Lithuanian commonwealth and it’s partitions that took place between 1772 and 1795 under Russia, Prussia, and Austria
I believe that your series would benefit from a video deeply exploring the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. One cannot understand the Cossacks without understanding how the Polish system influenced their governmental and social structure
this video was made for ukrainians, so no wonder they depicted PLC as equally bad as muscovy. not mentioning Cossacks massacred catholics and unionites, that most oppressing magnates were of ruthenian origin. copletely not explaining why polish sejm kept rejecting proposals for the Hadiach Union or that the this union failed due to instability and turncoat attitude of Hetmanate. also mentioned that "Western Ukraine" "was demanded" by Poland which was not true, as Cossacs no longer controlled it, while it was Cossacs the ones usurping it. I can not stress it out, but authors of this video completely downplay that mentioned instability and turncoat attitude - mentioning it as if it was a wind-breeze of events.
@@DeusEversor русини которие били в Польще били католиками настоящие Украинци били православними а они били предателями которие предали религию заради власти
@@VincentiusValentinus Repin was born in Ukraine and was raised surrounded by Ukrainian culture. As in any empire the success for talented people was through capital and many are tempted to be loyal to empire in order to get success. Was he thinking about himself as russian I don't know, but for sure the Cossack topic was dear to him through the Ukrainian roots.
Being a Latinamerican an seeing this part of the history helps me to understand from where the Ucrainans came from a little bit more which due the nature of our localization is completely Alien if the term applies, and also helps a lot to have this type of background to the modern conflict
I've learned more about this part of history from this 20-minute video than from years of history lessons in a Polish school. I hadn't ever heard of half the events mentioned here.
Throughout the history Ukraine or Rus , its predeccesor, had capability to win wars but in many times we lost by diplomacy, but this would not be as before
I enjoy learning about the history of nations that were often just trying to survive between or on the fringes of major empires. Thank you for another excellent episode, and I look forward to the next one! God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)
Quite a gem to have come across Karl Marx’s statements about the Cossacks (and therefore Ukraine) being the first Christian Democracy! And of course the Romanovs broke their word. Excellent video! Putin is hoist on his own petard!
@@mykelas531 Since everybody called you Muskovites , Moskals till 18th century , the " tsardom of Russia" name is irellevant and unaknowledged . It is also an aknoledgement that you came from Moscow , not from Old Rus . To be resonable two way !
@@mykelas531 Sorrry - you don't know history . When Moskow was first metioned , Kievan Rus did not existed anymore - it have been already splitted . Moskow was a place in a swamp in one of these divisions (Vladimir) and somehow dealed with the mongols while Kiew was burned . So , no Rus heritage for the Muskovites . Btw , first conquest/invasion/war of the Muskovites was against Republic of Novgorod - I asume you know that Novgorod was one of the founder territories of Rus . Muskovites were not even much slavic , were a mix of Finnic and Baltic tribes with Mongolian admixture - savage and blood thirsty from their inception as the slaves of the Horde . Give me evidence that Moscovia and Russia were use in the same time . Somebody mentioned the maps which all name Moscovia their territory. My grand-grandfather wich fought in WW1 still called these people Muskals in the beginning of 20th century.
@Derpl3 Derpl3ss3nthe term Moscovy came from their origin city, Moscow. Moscovy strated calling themselves Russian after Peter cheated the name to appropriate Rus, that's beraly has anything to do with them. It's just another land grab based on historical inaccuracy.
If You are intrested, there is a movie describing events of the Chmielnicki's uprising. Its name is"Ogniem i Mieczem" (eng. With Fire and Sword"). Its a Polish movie on the base of 18th century novel with the same name. Its little subjective in the image, but good at scenography and whole picture of events. I believe it should be on UA-cam with english subtitles.
The movie is a lot more objective and even the books. Still, the books are very beautiful and colorful, and in terms of objectivity, a lot better than Gogols anti-Polish Taras Bulba.
After this series is concluded I would love to see a video (or more likely videos) on the Ukrainian war of independence (or even all the wars of independence that occurred after ww1).
Peasants in general had it rough in medieval times and cossacks(who were peasants initially) were treated badly because they nearly caused multiple wars between Poland and Ottoman Empire. Eventually one war happened cause of it. Meanwhile cossacks also demanded to be made into hussars, even though not a single one of them could even dream of affording a single hussar horse, let alone 2 that hussar was required to have. All in all, Cossacks really did not have it that bad, they complained and went to Russia... How that ended we all know. But in Polish eyes at the time, Cossacks were nothing more than bunch of problematic peasants who became a big problem. Then it was a case of Poland taking lands it held for centuries back.
Thanks for this video it’s better then the history at school. Ok now I understand better who are Ukrainian and where they’re from I love theirs story. Yes the union with the commonwealth was a good solution but maybe not feasible at that time. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
Thank you for this video, I generally watch Ukrainian historians explain how history because I think they know it best. But I really enjoy seeing foreign countries have interest in Ukrainian history, we have so much to explore ourselves as Ukrainians since Muscovites took our history away from us
@@new_svitolad Let's not exagerate now ! I side with Ukraine but this kind of bullshit I've heard only from the Serbs . Cossacks themselves were not a ethnicity but a mix of nomadic people of different ethnicities which appeared in the region after the defeat of the Khazars and of Cumans . Some say they come from Circassia , some say they were Turkic Cumans , some say they roots in Brodnici and Berladnici with Romanian origins . Probably a mix of all those people . Let's just say that Ukrainias are a mix of Eastern Slavs , Turkic remains and Cossacks . Every nation is a mix of some different ethnic groups , not necessarily from the same territory - people migrated a lot before .
2:06 Alliance with Crimean Tatars & suzerainty to Russia (Treaty of Pereiaslav ) 5:25 *Society of the Cossack Hetmanate* 9:46 Constant switching sides between Poland & Russia 14:29 Treaty of Andrusovo & Petro Doroshenko's revolt and fealty to Sultan Mehmed IV 17:17 Fall of Doroshenko's power & re-establishment of Polish & Russian influence
Already in 1917-1922, Ukraine could become independent like Poland or Finland. But Ukraine was an ally of Germany, which lost World War I. In 1919, the Entente troops landed in Odesa, and Denikin's army began to advance on Ukraine, instead of going to Moscow, and time was lost, the Russians communists prepared and then defeated Denikin's and Wrangel's forces, who were supported by Entente.
@sexy boy 69 В декабре 1917 года Украину признали десятки государств, Германия, Англия, Франция... и установило дипломатические отношения. Кто ж виноват, что в российском учебнике истории вырвано 90% страниц? Это я должен восстанавливать пробелы в твоём образовании? А самому поискать не?
@sexy boy 69 Не, с признанием я погорячился, установление дипломатических отношений - это не признание. Признание было от Германии, Австро-Венгрии, Османской Империи и др. Короче, сам разберёшься, если захочешь.
@sexy boy 69 Украина до прихода Германии провозгласила Независимость. Российская императорская академия наук признала украинский язык отдельным языком ещё до первой мировой. Что дальше? А дальше до первой мировой в Европе было всего 9 государств Империй, а потом произошел распад Европы на нации. Создали Лигу наций, сейчас ООН - организация объединенных НАЦИЙ (!) Каждая нация (не просто какие-то люди, а имеющие отдельный язык, традиции, культуру...) имеет право на создание своего государства. Россия напала на украинскую нацию и отрицает её существование. Это геноцид другого народа и фашизм в чистом виде.
@sexy boy 69 p.s. Польша появилась только в 1918 году, Финляндия тоже и вышли они с Россией Империи. И что таких государств и наций нет и Россия их будет уничтожать после Украины?
An interesting fact is that the world's first Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk of 1710 appeared in Ukraine, which determined the foundations of the state structure, forms of government, and in which state boundaries were outlined. Even then, it was about the integrity and inviolability of the borders of Ukraine and the restoration of brotherhood with the Crimean state.
An american of Ukrainian descent i appreciate these videos of the history of the cossacks and the ukraine. It is a very rich history and makes me proud of my lineage
"...where the local Cossacks had revolted against the Tzars 0.1 seconds after Muscovite officials had tried to tax them." I dunno why, but that made me laugh harder then it probably should have." 🤣
Yeah the world's obliviousness to history lessons made it so that they have no idea what the world is and was. Even in Poland people don't understand that it was a union of effectively 3 nations. In Lithuania some believe that the grand duchy was 100% Lithuanian and Ukrainians think that all their ancestors were Ruthenian. The reality is that the Commonwealth was multinational, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was mostly Ruthenian and the Cossacks were people from all the corners of the commonwealth and even beyond and most of them never wanted to leave the commonwealth, just to throw off the yoke of their magnate overlords.
It's such a shame that even tho Ukraine is Polish neighbor and we have such a long history with each other (even if mostly bad it's our history after all) yet in polish schools they just dont teach us about it. Maybe its because there is so much they can teach us that there is no place for that but still rise of Ukrainian state is such a beautiful story.
Very informative, thank you! When we've studied history in Russia Ukrainian affairs appeared as a sideshow here and there, with various hetmans warring or signing treaties with Moscow, but I never got a comprehensive picture of what was happening in the region throughout histrory.
Brilliant video, guys, thank you very much. I was expecting you to talk about the attempt at an alliance with Sweden which Khmelnytsky is said to have tried to broker after Pereiaslav. This is supposed to show he had never been planning on surrendering sovereignty to Muscovy. I don't think I heard you mention it, does that mean it is not attested to?
I would like a video about the Ottomans in Ukraine. I was talking to my Ukrainian friends and they hate how western historical communities really like the ottomans, treat them like these enlightened liberators and deny the experiences of colonized peoples in the ottoman empire.
@sexy boy 69 бред не неси. блондины имеют географическое распределение. вокруг балтийского моря. и ни как не связаны с этносом. только у 5% южных украинцев есть примесь тюрков. а русские имеют целую уральскую расу. смесь тюрков и славян
@sexy boy 69 мой отец украинец, а мама башкирка. а живу сейчас в хорватии. я то прекрасно знаю насколько украинцы и тюрки не похожи. я хорватов и поляков прекрасно понимаю. потому что украинский язык похож. а внешность украинцеви и поляков не отличить. а вот руссие отличаются. у русских нет нордической внешности. вы не антрополог и лично замеры не проводили, что бы это утверждать
Interesting fact that Khmelnytskyi understood the danger of Muscovite Despotism, so he tried to make more Alliances with his neighbors. He wed his eldest son to daughter of Moldovian Voevoda, send envoys to Transsilvania and (if it's not a myth) tried negotiate with HRE members though connects he made in previous Polish campaign in Europe.
More people all around the world must see and understand Ukrainian History cause we are an oldest and the first democracy in Europe. Our Constitution was first before American one
Thank you for the video! Very interesting and informative. Just wonder, why you indicate a name "russia" on the map covering period of 17 century? Since at that time they were called "moscovia" and were renamed to "russia" just in 18 century (although, having little in common to historical Rus)
Whatever the topic you cover , you are doing as always just insanely incredible !! Your work is just pure art !! Keep Going on and thanks for covering so much stuff !!!
Crazy how all these years later Ukraine is still a country trapped between superpowers while mostly tragic it demonstrates the fighting spirit of the ukrainian people to this day! 🇺🇦Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
History is more complicated. A King or a state is not equal to a nation. The nation can exists without kings and state. Ukraine is country without kings, absolute monarchy for 7500 years history. In the Europe after Roman empire collapse local warlords gradually created centralized kingdoms. That means, dinasty not nations defined the states. So, Ukrainian dinasty disappeared in 14th century=no mail heritage. So, the Lithuanian king became Ukraine king too. In 1569 Lithuanian king became Poland king too. So, a new state of three nations=polish+ Lithuanian+Ukrainian was created. It was very advance and powerful state. All three nations were equal, there were no dictatorship or absolute monarchy. The only internal problem was different religion confessions. Still the 300 years of common history is not vanished at all. Now, in this war the closest supporters of Ukraine are Poland and Lithuania+ as heritage of the very first democratic union of European nations.
So good, I studied this period up to around 1600, I had no idea about the back and forth so much. Definitely puts a different orientation on the history compared to what the Soviet/Russian historians say
@@blugaledoh2669 so that’s why i know true history of my country only after my country regain independence? There was nothing about Konotop battle in Soviet history book. Coincidence? There are a lot of such “mistakes” in those books but i do not have time to count them for you.
I would love a video on the Finnish-Russian conflict during WW2. I know you did a video on the winter war, but there’s also the second part of the conflict known as the continuation war.
They won but unable to enforce submission over Fins. They retain independent and now are well developed and wealth country. Even soon may join NATO... So, yes they won but not with total victory. Rather very pyrrhic one.
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب wow country with 150 million people "won" country with 3,5million ppl (at that time) :DDD thats some russian mind athletics to celebrate something like that they couldnt even capture whole country :DD russians suck
@@xOdySx quite a strange argument. By the same logic, Allied victory in WWII was pyrrhic as well. After all, Germany, Japan and to lesser extent Italy are rather rich and prosperous countries as well. Should we judge every war by these parameters?
@@comradekapibarchik7997 Germany, Japan and Italy are now allies of the former allied nations. Finnland on the other side definitly isn´t an ally of Russia. So yes, i would consider turning strong enemies into strong allies a victory, and defeating enemies after huge losses, but making sure that they stay hostile for generations a pyrrhic victory.
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Would be awesome if you will tell about peak of cossacks in country building when they created a second Europe constitution which made them first european republic of modern type with parliament (Rada) and president (Hetman) and with separate branches of government.
This constitution worked for 2 years in modern Vynnizka, Cherkaska, and part of Kievska oblasts of modern Ukraine, from 1711 to 1713.
And also it worked in "Oleshkivska Sich" in Crimean Khanate from 1713 to 1733 year.
Can't find this earlier video on Ukrainian history.
Why do you equate Cossacks with Ukrainians in this video? These are even incomparable things, Cossacks are a class, Ukrainians are a nation. This video is literally about how the Cossacks tried to become a nation, but they failed.
@@maksim05makarov No, cossacks is nation that by mixing with Ruthenians, or Ruses became the core of modern Ukrainian nation.
That never was a "class", cossacks is "Bordnik" slavic tribes from Rus times what mixed with Cumans and Ruthenian boyars that with tribe liders created democratic system based on old system of "Viche" in Rus.
can you please add Ukrainian subtitles if I manage to create them?
As a Ukrainian I'm super grateful to your channel for making these videos and letting the world know about complex yet rich history of my country.. When the war started I was surprised how little there is about Ukrainian history on YT in English - now this is being fixed..
Were you really that surprised? There is close to nothing in English UA-cam about Persia, India, etc Yet alone Ukraine, which was truly independent for like 50 years (pre 1991) and had zero impact on the western world
@@comradekapibarchik7997 Many country's Didn't had any impact on the western world but there history is really fascinating
Ukraine is and has been one of the most corrupt countries in modern day history. You should do a video based on that. Would be amazing.
Totally agree, there should be more about Ukraine's history since Ukraine is the specially Kyiv-Rus is the mother of Slav nation.
As a Russian I wish more people in my country would know history and ignore Putler’s propaganda.
Киев мать городов!
Fun fact. The biggest shame for a Cossack was to lose his saber and hat. Therefore, in Ukrainian folklore, an absolutely drunk cossack is illustrated completely naked but in a hat and with a saber.
Another fun fact. To get to Zaporozhian Sich, a man had to go through a whole ritual. Eating nasty food, riding an untrodden horse, going down the rapids of the Dnieper by boat (a kind of rafting) and others. The dedication ended only with participation in a military campaign and the renaming of the rookie to a Cossack with a corresponding colorful funny nickname, for example, Break a nose, Bite an oak tree, Pull your skin, Bend trouble, Don't drink water. These surnames are still a part of Ukrainian surnames.
"Sup bro my names Michael Don'tdrinkwater."
"So... what does Michael drink?"
"It's my fucking name asshole."
"... oh... whoops!"
@@skrahzgutstomp5584 in Ukrainian language you will surely know that it is surname not just a phrase😃
That's cute about names. I had a friend, her last name could be translated as 'Don't drink water'
many surnames are still preserved till now but these days you rarely realize literal meaning of the name in Ukraine - it seems so weird translated to English but in Ukrainian it sounds short and casual - and you need to actually think about it and that is fun when you accidentally realize!
Which surname(s) would be an example for this in Modern Ukrainian, I am genuinely curious
I'm a teacher of history in a Ukrainian school. You have done an excellent job. I want to show this video to my friends and my students
Please do! Slava Ukraini!
Ruslan, what about this en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Kiev_(1169) ? I think this is the first invasion of Ukraine by russians
@@РусланСтаднік-р9п спасибо большое! Да смогу без проблем.
Ви точно вчитель історії? Я дуже в цьому сумніваюся
@@ヴラド-t6m Ваше право, не буду ні в чому переконувати
This era has to be the most under-covered parts of history by the shows and popular media.
@@Vol88882 it was vassel to Mongol empire.
@@Vol88882 Not in the years covered in this video.
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب How are they "just tribes"? They had a professional army and a fairly modern government. Do you understand what a tribe is?
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب "They did not make a country"
They had a country for multiple decades.
"the Poles and the Russians controlled them, but the Russians liberated them"
Utter nonsense. The Russians did not "liberate" anyone. They just tried to bring them under their control. Also this is irrelevant in regards to the tribe question.
I notice you aren't actually defending the tribe thing. So I guess you just lied knowingly.
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب 🤡
Okay Cossacks, which regional power in eastern Europe will you swear fealty to?
Cossacks: "Yes."
@@ChevyChase301 Actually that was the idea in 1652 :D Video missed also the alliance with Swedes and Transylvania in 1657 :P
It is funny and sad at the same time, to establish sovereign contry between three reginal powers is an achievement on it's own even if not for long ...
@@ChevyChase301 Oh yeah, that happened. I know too little of it sadly. Maybe a video describing it is worthy of being made.
The Cossak swear fealty to only to God and freedom.
Everything else is just a joke before God.
Everyone forgets that Cossak is more than army, a religious knightly order of Orthodoxy.
Poles Catholics heretics.
The Turks Muslims pagan(погань)who are unrecognizable Isus part of God who captured the most holy cities and the patriarch.
Muscovites are not Orthodox - Old Believers simplified form of Orthodoxy for the wild parts of Rus', heretics. Moreover, heretics who tortured Patrarch give them Tomos (in the Eastern Orthodox Church is a decree of the head of a particular eastern orthodox church on ceretin Matters)
PS
Where there are two Ukrainians - there are three Getmans.
Okay, and what would answer Swisslanders or Genuans at nearly same period of history?
Fun fact in Ottoman official chronicles Moskovites never identified as Rus. Ottomans told Rus only to the Ukranian cossacks. Today's russians were called in Ottoman official records as Moskovites.
Haha yes. Even today they called moskof as derogatory sometimes.
But Turks and Rus, both kievan and moskovite shared history in common, sometimea war and sometimes alliance and sometimes even tributaries and in same khanate. Even before Islam Turkic hordes had this relation with Rus and after Islam too.
интересный факт: не стоит кидать ложную информацию простым обывателем, не зная даже и 1 процента истории восточной европы.
@@КопАпокалипсиса это не ложный факт. Вы САМИ называли своё державу Московское государство, Московское царство. В ваших документах (особенно в Ведомостях о военных делах 1700х годов) есть даже отдельно "руские войска" (из Руского воеводства , т.е - Львов) и "московские войска" (из Московского государства)
@@КопАпокалипсиса Также все рубли до 1721 обозначались как "московские рубли"
I am from Poland, and didn't know all this history only small part - thank you for your story
Didn't know Ukrainians were such a militaristic society. No wonder Russia is having a tough time. The cossacks were absolutely crazy is a good way
Yep 🇺🇦🇺🇦💪
The main value of the Cossacks was freedom - the freedom to choose a hetman, to choose a place of life, and the ability to openly express one's opinion. This led to many internal conflicts. And it was this value that created the gulf between the free Cossacks and Russia, where unconditional obedience to the will of the tsar is the basis of the state. The same problem led to war today
открою тебе секрет, казаки не состояли из 100 процентов украинцев. (с учетом того что украинцев тогда вообще не существовало, ну да ладно, опустим это). казаки это в первую очередь сословие, а не нация. и это сословие состояло из татар, русских, поляков и других. и говорить что казаки - это предки украинцев, это полный абсурд для любого человека который хоть как то знаком с историей. такое иногда бывает, когда люди узнавшие о украине только 2 года назад рассуждают о истории восточной европы
@@КопАпокалипсисав основному били украинци
@@КопАпокалипсисаRussia is not a real country but a Soljanka of nationalities, you wish you were ukrianian lol I pity you guys 😂
@@КопАпокалипсисаХахахахха, чел ливни из жизни. Россия это Московия и вы никакого отношения к Руси не имеете, а настоящие русские- это украинцы(если точнее русины или же руські) А свои путинские басни что Украину якобы придумал Ленин а Украинцев австрийский генштаб рассказывай у программы Соловьева, а не в Ютубе адекватным людям.
@@ВладГриневский хорошо хлопец, а чаму на языке "русинов" пишешь, а не на родной мове?
Such a tragic part of history and I'm pleased to see it finally told, so that we can further understand the Ukrainian history.
да, за 30 лет украинской истории произошло много всего
@@КопАпокалипсисада, жаба давит
As a Pole, i would say that union of hadiach was a best possible outcome for both Ukraine and Poland-Lithuania. Remember that zaporozhian host was formally disolved by catherine, the same empress that have thorn poland and lithuania with partitions
Right, that's pity it hadn't worked as planned
I agree with you. From Belarus(Litwa)
Unfortunately at the time both sides had too much animosity towards the other to do so, and were conquered by our more powerful neighbours (this is a long running theme in Ukrainian Polish history).
Thankfully today we have learned from our ancestors mistakes. The political partnership build on respect and equality that is already forming will be a powerful force in Europe and bring peace, prosperity, and freedom to the Ukrainian and Polish people.
The problem of constant disagreement among our leadership and their clinging for power despite making Ukraine overall suffer often repeated in our history (in this period, in 1917-1918 and after independence).
We even have phrase for that "for two Ukrainians - there are three Hetmans". 2022 probably was the first time when we overcome this problem and set aside our disagreements in the eyes of greater threat.
We'll see how long it lasts. Selenskyj also had trouble with staying in power before the invasion. There's just so many interest groups whose interests have to be balanced...
Maybe the prospect of joining the EU can keep the government and the people united but for that the EU also has to follow up on its promises of letting Ukraine in. And looking at their track record...
Good Heaven, the currency policy, or manufacturing standardization... I can't even imagine.
Zelensky is our greatest threat🤔
@@alexnesterenjo As middle business owner, I can say that after Zelensky was elected, economic opportunities have increased foe the first time since 2005 and corruption, at least in Odesa, lowered like never before in my memories. Plus the only alternatives we have are Poroshenko's, Timoshenko's and Medvichuk's/Yanukovich's Forces and I hate them almost equally. (Of course, Ruzzian are staying higher on this list.)
Keep it together, friends! 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦
Russians: Welcome, brothers!
Cossacks: Just friends, thank you.
The Romanovs: we look like a couple haha
The Cossacks: a couple of besties!
*little brothers
They've never thought of us as equals.
@@АннаДудко-е5л Noble people?
Ukraine and its ancient military traditions, and their indomitable spirit is inspiring...
Its Kievan Rus
Cossacs be like:
- So which side are you on?
- On the one where the attitude towards us is better.
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب No
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب Technically - yeah. They was like Swiss guy’s, but don’t have same landscape to fight against all. They was allies to poles, when they started do sh*t, Cossacks go to moskovic, and same situation again. They have pretty simple logic:
I can do a good fight, I love do good fights. If you treat us well and pay us well - we will fight for you
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب So they were "just" mercenaries? change your history books, my friend.
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب "hahaha" the resource of the ignorant.
@@عليياسر-ذ5بsorry man if you had more that two brain cells you would connect the dots already
Thanks!
Great episode ! Appreciate that as a Ukrainian.
So close to 3 million! A well deserved milestone!
Thank you! We appreciate your support!
@@KingsandGenerals hey guys, well done I do have a question will you ever do a video on the Polish Lithuanian commonwealth and it’s partitions that took place between 1772 and 1795 under Russia, Prussia, and Austria
@@KingsandGenerals On a complete side note, Eastern Front of WWII like the pacific war anyone? 😏
Agreed 🇺🇸🇺🇦
@@aaronster6504 eventually
Дякуємо за увагу до нашої історії, та за підтримку у протистоянні московським загарбникам!
Cossacks: We're freemen who swore fealty to no ones!
Eren Yeager: I like these guys.
Such a clear, interesting, concise presentation of the Ukrainian cossacks. Thank you! Looking forward to the next video!
I believe that your series would benefit from a video deeply exploring the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. One cannot understand the Cossacks without understanding how the Polish system influenced their governmental and social structure
this video was made for ukrainians, so no wonder they depicted PLC as equally bad as muscovy. not mentioning Cossacks massacred catholics and unionites, that most oppressing magnates were of ruthenian origin. copletely not explaining why polish sejm kept rejecting proposals for the Hadiach Union or that the this union failed due to instability and turncoat attitude of Hetmanate. also mentioned that "Western Ukraine" "was demanded" by Poland which was not true, as Cossacs no longer controlled it, while it was Cossacs the ones usurping it. I can not stress it out, but authors of this video completely downplay that mentioned instability and turncoat attitude - mentioning it as if it was a wind-breeze of events.
@@DeusEversor русини которие били в Польще били католиками настоящие Украинци били православними а они били предателями которие предали религию заради власти
Thank you for helping people remember that the Ukrainian people is not 30 years old. Amazing video!
lol they are
Fun Fact: That abusive letter written to the Ottomans never reached the sultan :)
proabbly just as well the ottomans were not to good at being insulted they tended to overreact violently.
And the painting depicting the scene is created by a Russian.
@@VincentiusValentinus Repin was born in Ukraine and was raised surrounded by Ukrainian culture. As in any empire the success for talented people was through capital and many are tempted to be loyal to empire in order to get success. Was he thinking about himself as russian I don't know, but for sure the Cossack topic was dear to him through the Ukrainian roots.
Repin was born in Chuhuiv, Kharkiv oblast. I don't know his biography, but at least one of his grandfathers was a cossack.
@@nicolasiden4074 I am not sure if Ukraine existed at the time.
Being a Latinamerican an seeing this part of the history helps me to understand from where the Ucrainans came from a little bit more which due the nature of our localization is completely Alien if the term applies, and also helps a lot to have this type of background to the modern conflict
I've learned more about this part of history from this 20-minute video than from years of history lessons in a Polish school. I hadn't ever heard of half the events mentioned here.
That's because it never happened and it's not an ukraine history. Ukraine is about ~100 years old. Germany created it after ww1.
Throughout the history Ukraine or Rus , its predeccesor, had capability to win wars but in many times we lost by diplomacy, but this would not be as before
@sexyboy6982 At English languaged channel you must write in English
@sexy boy 69 only English language
@sexy boy 69 по твоей логике, Россия появилась в 1991
Thank you for breaking the old myth of 'Ukraine reunited with Russia back in 1654 and they lived happily ever after'.
Thank you for piece of Ukrainian history!
Thank you for your work and support 😊
Keep up the good work, your content is greatly appreciated!
I enjoy learning about the history of nations that were often just trying to survive between or on the fringes of major empires. Thank you for another excellent episode, and I look forward to the next one!
God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)
Fiercely independent , Cossacks !
Oh nice, more Ukraine history vids. I love these, super interested in a culture I am not too familair with.
@@Camcolito Lol, no.
@@Camcolito you may not recognize us, but we have existed for hundreds of years.
The fifth time I will watch something useful for school life on youtube
Quite a gem to have come across Karl Marx’s statements about the Cossacks (and therefore Ukraine) being the first Christian Democracy! And of course the Romanovs broke their word. Excellent video! Putin is hoist on his own petard!
A clear explanation of a complex history - thankyou.
“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes,”
- Mark Twain
Most overused quote ever
@@balabanasireti if it aint broke...
@@balabanasireti (c) Sun Tzu
there was no russia at that time, only Muscovy
Also, its not a first invasion of Ukraine by Muscovy
@@mykelas531 Since everybody called you Muskovites , Moskals till 18th century , the " tsardom of Russia" name is irellevant and unaknowledged . It is also an aknoledgement that you came from Moscow , not from Old Rus . To be resonable two way !
@@mykelas531 Sorrry - you don't know history . When Moskow was first metioned , Kievan Rus did not existed anymore - it have been already splitted . Moskow was a place in a swamp in one of these divisions (Vladimir) and somehow dealed with the mongols while Kiew was burned . So , no Rus heritage for the Muskovites . Btw , first conquest/invasion/war of the Muskovites was against Republic of Novgorod - I asume you know that Novgorod was one of the founder territories of Rus . Muskovites were not even much slavic , were a mix of Finnic and Baltic tribes with Mongolian admixture - savage and blood thirsty from their inception as the slaves of the Horde .
Give me evidence that Moscovia and Russia were use in the same time . Somebody mentioned the maps which all name Moscovia their territory.
My grand-grandfather wich fought in WW1 still called these people Muskals in the beginning of 20th century.
@Henry Hudson Russians called themselves Muscovits until Catherine banned that
@Derpl3 Derpl3ss3nthe term Moscovy came from their origin city, Moscow.
Moscovy strated calling themselves Russian after Peter cheated the name to appropriate Rus, that's beraly has anything to do with them. It's just another land grab based on historical inaccuracy.
@Derpl3 Derpl3ss3n No, I am not Polish and my grand grand father called you Muskals in the WW1 - that is 20th century .
If You are intrested, there is a movie describing events of the Chmielnicki's uprising. Its name is"Ogniem i Mieczem" (eng. With Fire and Sword"). Its a Polish movie on the base of 18th century novel with the same name. Its little subjective in the image, but good at scenography and whole picture of events. I believe it should be on UA-cam with english subtitles.
*19th century
@@nnvist You're right!
It's a nice film but it's a bit pro-polish and makes cossacks looks like a barbarians at some points
The Polish bias is too much. It was negative portraying Kossaks,due to our historical strive for independence and Polish hated it.
The movie is a lot more objective and even the books. Still, the books are very beautiful and colorful, and in terms of objectivity, a lot better than Gogols anti-Polish Taras Bulba.
After this series is concluded I would love to see a video (or more likely videos) on the Ukrainian war of independence (or even all the wars of independence that occurred after ww1).
What a masterpiece, literally top-notch TV level quality. Thank you for the content, wish you get 3 million mark soon
The subtitles had not TV level quality, I HATE running subtitles! This is NEVER to be seen on TV!!!!
Another fantastic video from a fantastic channel
Keep up the good work!
this is EXACTLY the kind of history the Kremlin wants to erase, great video!
Thanks with love from Ukraine for this video!
As a Pole I must say that our ignorant nobles treated Ukrainians badly. Thanks for great episode lads!
Peasants in general had it rough in medieval times and cossacks(who were peasants initially) were treated badly because they nearly caused multiple wars between Poland and Ottoman Empire. Eventually one war happened cause of it. Meanwhile cossacks also demanded to be made into hussars, even though not a single one of them could even dream of affording a single hussar horse, let alone 2 that hussar was required to have. All in all, Cossacks really did not have it that bad, they complained and went to Russia... How that ended we all know. But in Polish eyes at the time, Cossacks were nothing more than bunch of problematic peasants who became a big problem. Then it was a case of Poland taking lands it held for centuries back.
Oh boy, you do not know the half of it even. Poles were not any better than Russians then.
0.1 seconds? That's gotta be a world record.
Thanks for this video it’s better then the history at school. Ok now I understand better who are Ukrainian and where they’re from I love theirs story. Yes the union with the commonwealth was a good solution but maybe not feasible at that time. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
Thank you for this video, I generally watch Ukrainian historians explain how history because I think they know it best. But I really enjoy seeing foreign countries have interest in Ukrainian history, we have so much to explore ourselves as Ukrainians since Muscovites took our history away from us
Same thing happened to us bosniaks, with serbs, and turks
ребят, ну как мы за 30 лет вашей истории могли что то забрать? это же невозможно
There are still people in my country (Vietnam) who say that Ukraine's history and identity only exist since 1991
They missed like 90 years of glorious Ukrainian History
Same, our peoples are deluded by the Soviet influence that they won’t even bother doing research.
Guess they aren't any better educated than a lot of other people then.
Our history is 7500 continuous years, under different names. Ukraine is not "a new nation", but one of the most ancient.
@@new_svitolad Let's not exagerate now ! I side with Ukraine but this kind of bullshit I've heard only from the Serbs . Cossacks themselves were not a ethnicity but a mix of nomadic people of different ethnicities which appeared in the region after the defeat of the Khazars and of Cumans . Some say they come from Circassia , some say they were Turkic Cumans , some say they roots in Brodnici and Berladnici with Romanian origins . Probably a mix of all those people .
Let's just say that Ukrainias are a mix of Eastern Slavs , Turkic remains and Cossacks . Every nation is a mix of some different ethnic groups , not necessarily from the same territory - people migrated a lot before .
2:06 Alliance with Crimean Tatars & suzerainty to Russia (Treaty of Pereiaslav )
5:25 *Society of the Cossack Hetmanate*
9:46 Constant switching sides between Poland & Russia
14:29 Treaty of Andrusovo & Petro Doroshenko's revolt and fealty to Sultan Mehmed IV
17:17 Fall of Doroshenko's power & re-establishment of Polish & Russian influence
Such videos should be shown in schools!
Greetings from Lviv!
“About 0.1 seconds” love it😂😂
Already in 1917-1922, Ukraine could become independent like Poland or Finland. But Ukraine was an ally of Germany, which lost World War I. In 1919, the Entente troops landed in Odesa, and Denikin's army began to advance on Ukraine, instead of going to Moscow, and time was lost, the Russians communists prepared and then defeated Denikin's and Wrangel's forces, who were supported by Entente.
@sexy boy 69 В декабре 1917 года Украину признали десятки государств, Германия, Англия, Франция... и установило дипломатические отношения. Кто ж виноват, что в российском учебнике истории вырвано 90% страниц? Это я должен восстанавливать пробелы в твоём образовании? А самому поискать не?
@sexy boy 69 Не, с признанием я погорячился, установление дипломатических отношений - это не признание. Признание было от Германии, Австро-Венгрии, Османской Империи и др. Короче, сам разберёшься, если захочешь.
@sexy boy 69 Украина до прихода Германии провозгласила Независимость. Российская императорская академия наук признала украинский язык отдельным языком ещё до первой мировой. Что дальше? А дальше до первой мировой в Европе было всего 9 государств Империй, а потом произошел распад Европы на нации. Создали Лигу наций, сейчас ООН - организация объединенных НАЦИЙ (!) Каждая нация (не просто какие-то люди, а имеющие отдельный язык, традиции, культуру...) имеет право на создание своего государства. Россия напала на украинскую нацию и отрицает её существование. Это геноцид другого народа и фашизм в чистом виде.
@sexy boy 69 p.s. Польша появилась только в 1918 году, Финляндия тоже и вышли они с Россией Империи. И что таких государств и наций нет и Россия их будет уничтожать после Украины?
An interesting fact is that the world's first Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk of 1710 appeared in Ukraine, which determined the foundations of the state structure, forms of government, and in which state boundaries were outlined. Even then, it was about the integrity and inviolability of the borders of Ukraine and the restoration of brotherhood with the Crimean state.
An american of Ukrainian descent i appreciate these videos of the history of the cossacks and the ukraine. It is a very rich history and makes me proud of my lineage
"...where the local Cossacks had revolted against the Tzars 0.1 seconds after Muscovite officials had tried to tax them."
I dunno why, but that made me laugh harder then it probably should have." 🤣
Fun to watch. Covering another step closer to how we got here today.
Very sad that union of PLC and Cossacks could not work. For sure history would be different.
Great video 👍 I know more about the history of the region now.
This is great and very timely given current events
Thanks for this video. Extremely interesting
Polish-Lithuania, I know that Poland is larger country at the moment, but back in these days it was a federal state, not only Poland...
Yeah the world's obliviousness to history lessons made it so that they have no idea what the world is and was. Even in Poland people don't understand that it was a union of effectively 3 nations. In Lithuania some believe that the grand duchy was 100% Lithuanian and Ukrainians think that all their ancestors were Ruthenian. The reality is that the Commonwealth was multinational, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was mostly Ruthenian and the Cossacks were people from all the corners of the commonwealth and even beyond and most of them never wanted to leave the commonwealth, just to throw off the yoke of their magnate overlords.
@@feelsgood7929 Ah yes, the good ol' Hellminitsky. I always wondered what it would be like to call George Washington, Georg Washingthetown.
It's such a shame that even tho Ukraine is Polish neighbor and we have such a long history with each other (even if mostly bad it's our history after all) yet in polish schools they just dont teach us about it. Maybe its because there is so much they can teach us that there is no place for that but still rise of Ukrainian state is such a beautiful story.
Thank you for supporting Ukraine!
I glad we are the ones who learned from the past and now our alliance is strong. Much love to Poland!
Curious to see invasion of Sumy region and resistance of locals this February 2022.
Interesting story please keep making more.
Very informative, thank you! When we've studied history in Russia Ukrainian affairs appeared as a sideshow here and there, with various hetmans warring or signing treaties with Moscow, but I never got a comprehensive picture of what was happening in the region throughout histrory.
Brilliant video, guys, thank you very much. I was expecting you to talk about the attempt at an alliance with Sweden which Khmelnytsky is said to have tried to broker after Pereiaslav. This is supposed to show he had never been planning on surrendering sovereignty to Muscovy. I don't think I heard you mention it, does that mean it is not attested to?
Love it! Keep up the outstanding work.
Kings and Generals could u show Russia first invasion of Kazakh Khanate. Love your videos
That would be interesting
Very well done!
I would like a video about the Ottomans in Ukraine. I was talking to my Ukrainian friends and they hate how western historical communities really like the ottomans, treat them like these enlightened liberators and deny the experiences of colonized peoples in the ottoman empire.
@sexy boy 69 ты кремлебот? украинцы имеют самую типичную славянскую внешность - расовый тип восточные балтиды
@sexy boy 69 бред не неси. блондины имеют географическое распределение. вокруг балтийского моря. и ни как не связаны с этносом. только у 5% южных украинцев есть примесь тюрков.
а русские имеют целую уральскую расу. смесь тюрков и славян
@sexy boy 69 мой отец украинец, а мама башкирка. а живу сейчас в хорватии. я то прекрасно знаю насколько украинцы и тюрки не похожи. я хорватов и поляков прекрасно понимаю. потому что украинский язык похож. а внешность украинцеви и поляков не отличить. а вот руссие отличаются.
у русских нет нордической внешности. вы не антрополог и лично замеры не проводили, что бы это утверждать
Terrific video! ⚔
This is awesome! Outstanding work, thank you
Interesting fact that Khmelnytskyi understood the danger of Muscovite Despotism, so he tried to make more Alliances with his neighbors. He wed his eldest son to daughter of Moldovian Voevoda, send envoys to Transsilvania and (if it's not a myth) tried negotiate with HRE members though connects he made in previous Polish campaign in Europe.
More people all around the world must see and understand Ukrainian History cause we are an oldest and the first democracy in Europe. Our Constitution was first before American one
@sexy boy 69 you're the descent of the Horde, ST FU
Thank you for the video! Very interesting and informative. Just wonder, why you indicate a name "russia" on the map covering period of 17 century? Since at that time they were called "moscovia" and were renamed to "russia" just in 18 century (although, having little in common to historical Rus)
Whatever the topic you cover , you are doing as always just insanely incredible !! Your work is just pure art !! Keep Going on and thanks for covering so much stuff !!!
Wonder who VPN does with information
Crazy how all these years later Ukraine is still a country trapped between superpowers while mostly tragic it demonstrates the fighting spirit of the ukrainian people to this day!
🇺🇦Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
Thank you for Ukrainian Content! 🇺🇦❤️
Europe: Are you guys friends or something?
Russia: Yeah, we almost brothers
Ukraine: No
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب Typical Tuesday in East Europe
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب Europe was never a state
Why Russia? Their historical name is Moscovie. This can be verified by taking the maps of those times, for example, the Beauplan map of 1648
Exactly
@@jawharz9759 you misspelled historically factual
It’s because if that name was in the title not a lot of people would click this video not knowing that name
This name has ceased to make sense, because the last time the Poles called Russia that way. After that, Poland disappeared from the maps 3 times.
In addition, calling the Cossacks as Ukraine is very misleading. It's a clickbait title stamped on a great video.
Even our history book in Ukraine doesn't teach history like that. Very informative video
A lot of Ukrainian UA-camr historians always make these topics interesting
He had a little problem with the map
History is more complicated. A King or a state is not equal to a nation. The nation can exists without kings and state. Ukraine is country without kings, absolute monarchy for 7500 years history. In the Europe after Roman empire collapse local warlords gradually created centralized kingdoms. That means, dinasty not nations defined the states. So, Ukrainian dinasty disappeared in 14th century=no mail heritage. So, the Lithuanian king became Ukraine king too. In 1569 Lithuanian king became Poland king too. So, a new state of three nations=polish+ Lithuanian+Ukrainian was created. It was very advance and powerful state. All three nations were equal, there were no dictatorship or absolute monarchy. The only internal problem was different religion confessions. Still the 300 years of common history is not vanished at all. Now, in this war the closest supporters of Ukraine are Poland and Lithuania+ as heritage of the very first democratic union of European nations.
So the union of the always divided. Ukraine, poland, and lithuania are always invaded by russia and taken off the map.
Thanks for the video
Thank you for popularizing of Ukrainian history.
At that time it “Russia” was called Muscovy not Russia. It was only in 1720s when Peter the great stole greek version of Rus name from Ukraine
So good, I studied this period up to around 1600, I had no idea about the back and forth so much. Definitely puts a different orientation on the history compared to what the Soviet/Russian historians say
I don’t know why you put Soviet and Russian together as if they are the same. You do realises Ukraine was also Soviet.
@@blugaledoh2669 and russia was dictating the rules. In soviet union really supported only russian culture and russian point of view.
@@UAre_madness Not really true
@@UAre_madness or at least completely true
@@blugaledoh2669 so that’s why i know true history of my country only after my country regain independence? There was nothing about Konotop battle in Soviet history book. Coincidence? There are a lot of such “mistakes” in those books but i do not have time to count them for you.
Incredible video!
A absolute beautiful crafted masterpiece!!!
Great job 👍
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Awesome Video ,Well done !!
I would love a video on the Finnish-Russian conflict during WW2. I know you did a video on the winter war, but there’s also the second part of the conflict known as the continuation war.
They won but unable to enforce submission over Fins. They retain independent and now are well developed and wealth country. Even soon may join NATO... So, yes they won but not with total victory. Rather very pyrrhic one.
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب but at what cost?
@@عليياسر-ذ5ب wow country with 150 million people "won" country with 3,5million ppl (at that time) :DDD thats some russian mind athletics to celebrate something like that they couldnt even capture whole country :DD russians suck
@@xOdySx quite a strange argument. By the same logic, Allied victory in WWII was pyrrhic as well. After all, Germany, Japan and to lesser extent Italy are rather rich and prosperous countries as well. Should we judge every war by these parameters?
@@comradekapibarchik7997 Germany, Japan and Italy are now allies of the former allied nations. Finnland on the other side definitly isn´t an ally of Russia. So yes, i would consider turning strong enemies into strong allies a victory, and defeating enemies after huge losses, but making sure that they stay hostile for generations a pyrrhic victory.
Thanks for the wonderful video.
Finally the truth that a lot of English speakers can finally witness. Huge appreciation from a Ukrainian
PS The Ukrainian writer Ivan Nechuy-Levytskyi has a very interesting historical novel "Ivan Vyhovskyi" about these events. I advise you to read it.💙💛
Well, Russia always breaks promises. That's how it is...