"he looked at my ears" i cracked. elle fanning was such a badass this season but i'd like to say that belinda bromilow as aunt elizabeth was catherine's MVP supporting character this time around. hell yeah!
it's not hard to be a "badass" when you're written as a Mary Sue and all your opponents are the most cartoonish of cartoon bad guys. But then again, noone accused the fans of this show and its characters of being literature-literate.
Yeah credit were its due she ignores his superficial manner and clocks he's a complete nutter. I mean this would never happen irl. Killing someone at a diplomatic meeting is political suicide, so you'd never make it to sultan if you were that nuts.
The funny thing is that Peter has such a natural talent for killing and murder, he may have been a good general if things were different. Peter has all these odd little talents that round out his natural sillyness.
Interesting idea, though his strategies for the war were consistently bad in the first season. It's like his strategic genius was better on a small scale.
@@malindarayallen that's called tactics. Peter is a gifted small units commander, very gifted to be able to match his fat general- sadly, you DON'T want your Emperor commanding troops at that level, too dangerous
Funny things: an afroamerican as "Count" Orlov? And another black in the inner circle of the Russian Czar? A gaggle of black court children in 18th century Russia? Some kind of hyperbole, a very bad joke or artistic license, or an attempt to put into children's heads, through a kind of satire, the gibberish that blacks have always been quite naturally present in the highest social strata all over the world? An activist theory based on their usual "argument" "Prove to me it wasn't so?" WTF? Historical fabrications galore, which admittedly there is a disclaimer with the opening headline, but there are so many that unfortunately all the wit and satire gets lost in the would-be original nonsense.
This scene is genius for the entirely silent interactions happening underneath their negotiations. At 1:49 Catherine notices his necklace of human ears (proving he lied, killing and betrayal for him aren't a "necessary evil", they're a precious memory he wants a trophy from so he can relive it over and over just like he admitted he did that very morning and then did again during their meeting. He wasn't overcome with grief when reliving the look on his brothers face as he killed him, he was getting high off of it). From that moment on she never takes her eyes off of his for more than an instant to keep track of where his hands are. Catherine is watching **specifically** for him to look at her ears because if he does it means he's already decided to kill her and take another trophy. As the conversation continues you watch him get fidgety and impatient because he's a serial killer that **needs** another fix and it's so close. At 2:41 you see the moment come as his eyes flicker to her right ear for the briefest of seconds and from then on he never again looks her in the eyes, his attention is entirely on either her left or right ear and he can't stand still or hide his tension ramping up, ready to snap.
@@recruitmentch Friend, there's value in breaking down a scene to appreciate it and just enjoying noticing how well it was constructed and all the hard work the writers and actors put into it. I could have kept my appreciation to myself, true, but you could have have chosen not to be condescending to someone because they dare show genuine excitement on the internet (the horror!) How about you just keep on walking, instead? 🙄
"He looked at my ears"... what a great line. Funny, but it shows she read exactly the kind of person he was, got a peek at the monster beneath, when it was nearly too late.
Aunt Elizabeth has been doing God's work this season with her outfits, her sage advice, her literally saving Catherine & Peter's lives!! then we find out she has her own tragedies and such but she still has so much love... AGH! i love her. also I was literally so confused watching this scene for the first time UNTIL Catherine said "he looked at my ears"... then I had to go back to be like "did heeee thooo???"
@@uwu-xl8mm earlier in the show I believe Orlo mentions how the Sultan cuts off the ears of his victims. I think him looking at Catherine's ears was a sign that he would kill her (as everyone feared) so she yelled for Alex to do it first
Yup, he did. He was done and he made it clear he was not going to work with her by sizing up her ears. He made his intentions very clear in that moment. Whether he intended to give himself away so easily is another matter, but it is likely he did.
@@YTistooannoying idk I feel like he would've wanted to catch her by surprise and probably thought she wasn't that perceptive & figured he was admiring her
@@uwu-xl8mm What everyone else said, but also He's also wearing the ears around his neck! If you look at him when the camera is zoomed out, you can see the chains with what looks to be dried ears on them
I think the Sultan in this is Mustafa III. He was the ruler of the Ottoman Empire during Catherine's reign. He presided over the Russo-Turkish War, which ended up in disaster for the Ottomans and lost them a lot of territory, key among them Crimea.
Funnily Crimea wasn’t a part of the territories ceded to the Russian Empire in the peace Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji. The Crimean Khanate was supposed to be left alone, politically independent. But then Russia went and sneakily annexed it couple of years later. History has a tendency to repeat itself hasn’t it? )
Ironically, when the Ottoman Empire stopped the practice of fraticide, the quality of subsequent the rulers declined rapidly and there was much mor internal chaos. While it is questionable whether the system allowed the "best" to rule, iIt seemed that the Darwinian environment eliminated the truly incompetent.
it was indeed a terrible thing, but the few times sultans refused to do it, the whole empire was almost coming down, they did try to finish it couple times but it never worked...
@@seringul5179 Ottoman Empire is called Ottoman Empire since 20th century. Before that, it was already called ''Land of The Turks'' something like Turcia by Europeans. And ottomans gave their nation no name, they just called it ''Devlet-i Aliyye Osmaniyye - Government of the Osmans" Considering French Kingdom, French Republic and French Empire and how they are considered one nation just reformed, we can just say that the Turkish Empire was reformed into Turkish Republic.
I do love the barebones language they use in this series. "I mean... fuck." Like that line hits harder because it's not diplomatic or artsy at all. We can relate to that line because we all have been in situations that have led us to uttering that in hindsight. Brilliant writing
@@Eternauta1957 Yeah 100% - some of these clips popped up due to the algorithm so I gave them a look and I won't be watching the series. It looks fun and pulpy but has no feeling for the period at all. It's like a Masterpiece Theatre version of a Beverley Hills soap. Catherine the Great wasn't a teenage girlboss
@@dzonbrodi514 agree...making historical dramas modern sounding could work, if done in a clever way. Game of thrones for example. The dialogue in that worked. This type doesn't work for me. It jars with the sets and costumes. I'm half expecting her to pull out her phone.
Fun fact this was not a remotely accurate depiction of Catherine the Great, in regards to her "progressiveness" she actually was more repressive to the surfs of Russia, ending with her brutally putting down numerous revolts. Basically even though she was a female monarch, she was just as repressive as the men.
Well, many of the czars were actually initially quite progressive, but like clockwork the serfs would revolt, leading to them having to have to beat them back down again, and start at square one. In a lot of ways, the serfs, being as out of touch with the people who made the laws as they were, kept inadvertently reinforcing their own suppression. Even modern Russia is little better.
@@queerlibtardhippie9357 obviously it's not a documentary, however if someone was watching this with no prior knowledge of Catherine the Great they would be left with an incorrect impression about who she was.
Ok now that was impressive from where she was in the first episode and totally badass yanks the dagger right out of her own hand and jams it in his neck in mere seconds
Survival instincts I suppose. 2 options. Pull the knife out your hand and make the person who put it there eat it. The other is to piss your pants, scream your head off and die with a stupid look on your face.
For anyone interested in the Ottoman Sultans there's a Turkish series called Magnificent Century, episodes with English subtitles are on UA-cam. Absolutely amazing and fun to watch, based on real people too!! Hurrem Sultan is pretty badass, on par with Catherine.
Of course like any other historical TV show, especially one that has over 130 episodes that are movie length long, is going to have some stuff added to it just for the drama of it all. To keep the show going. Just like this show here. But Magnificent Century got me interested in the Ottoman empire and since watching it, it has got me to look up more about the true history of it all. It's fascinating and I probably wouldn't have learned any of it if i hadn't stumbled upon that show.
@@Valkyrie0801 I understand what you mean, but the thing about that series is I knew about ottoman empire before that series, I read a lot of books, and some stuff in the series made me so mad, cus they're showing good people as bad bad people as good ading up some terrible stuff saying they did, which mostly they definitely didn't... and a lot of people immediately think it is mostly true.. It makes me kinda mad and sad, I'm Turkish, and the way some people I respect a lot beeing represented that way, kinda bothers me... But I'm glad you liked it, hope more people will actually search it up just like you did😊
For those who are interested in a little story about how Catherine 2 affected my little known by nobody city. In 1775-1776, the Pugachev uprising reached a small fair settlement in Siberia. Irbeevskaya Sloboda held the second largest fair in the entire Russian Empire and was a trade center that united the Siberian and European parts of Russia. The fair could not last all the time, so the merchants left the goods in the warehouses of the city to sell next year... The participants of the Pugachev uprising came for these goods, but Irbitchans did not want to give the goods. As a result... The head of the Pugachev uprising at that time was executed and people hung pieces of his torso on a fence around the city. For the loyalty of Irbitchans, Catherine 2 awarded Irbit with the status of a city and a coat of arms, which we keep to this day. In honor of Catherine 2, we have a statue of her on the square (next to the statue of Lenin, which is ironic)
this could have easily been a high fantasy movie then, what is the point of this? Why even ascribe names of actual historical figures to characters who are not related to them in literally any way? So dumb.
The only inaccurate part that truly bothered me was ignoring Elizabeth's reign. Peter was her successor. The show could've made her abdicate, but it's so hellbent on making Catherine the first female regent. She was the third, after Catherine I and Elizabeth.
well she *is* the main character and they blatantly tell us at the beginning of every episode not to expect historical accuracy. It's more like an alternate universe if that makes you feel better
One of the best scenes of the show. The dark humor, the terror, the shivering, the cruelty, all is blended perfectly together with Elle Fanning's multi-layer performance. Love this scene, love the show.
This scene is idiotic and so far-fetched it's ridiculous. Total "historical" fiction, it almost looks like a scene from Avengers or some other shitty Marvel movie.
They accuse the Sultan of killing his brother, and yet, the kings of Europe killed their own family members and people for the throne. Please, give me a break.
So actually at the time it was kind of the rule that when a new sultan came to the throne, to prevent civil war or prolonged fighting for the throne, he is by law allowed to kill his brothers and their sons.
Well at this point, the Ottomans still rule a good chunks of Eastern Europe, so I would consider the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire amongst “the Kings of Europe.”
I felt like the remark about them dangling on a single chain was unnecessary exposition. We saw the chain we saw him look. No further expansion was necessary.
He caught the look on her face when she realized he was eyeing her ears and wanted to drive the point home (pardon the pun). Didn't feel like exposition for the audience, just an intentional cruel taunt for her.
He was paying her a (very fucked) compliments. The chain he wore had multiple ears. He was saying she was pretty enough to have her own solitary chain. Like making a diamond into a pendant rather than just sticking it onto a necklace that already has a bunch.
Is this the Sultan that the Zaporozhian Cossacks achieved fame for replying to? - That Sultan sent them a missive starting out with a full paragraph consisting entirely of his illustrious ancestry and titles, and finishing with a blunt demand that they surrender. - The Cossacks responded with an even longer string of appalling insults and obscenities, and finished it by telling him to go p!ss up a rope. This is a legend in Russia, and there's a painting of the Cossacks drafting their letter - it shows a dozen very tough guys gathered around a table laughing their heads off.
SPOILERS In my opinion, this is the act that later saved Elizabeth's life. She could have let Catherine die and she would have been safe from the consequences of what happened to Catherine's mom, but she saved her and cemented herself on Catherine's side. This is why the other conspirators are going to face punishment (not sure what that would be yet) and Elizabeth is safe.
@@corruptgunslinger and this would be one of them if they bothered to actually look There were a few and there were an entire family of African officers who were also nobles literally during this time.
@@IamHenryK You know why it matters to people like that. Who see a show that openly talks about it's inaccuracies and skips past dozens of them to focus on one specific thing.
aside that guy was a sadistic bastard, perhaps she ''vents'' all her anger against Peter, with this dude, anyway the first murder always are the worst one.
temper44... Peter would have made a horrible general and you know it. Sure like you said he is highly skilled in the art of killing but it takes a lot more than that to be a good general or leader period. Peter thinks way too much with what's between his legs and not nearly enough with what's in his head. He has no sense of planning or strategy and is unwilling to compromise. If he ever became a general his own men would more than likely betray him at some point.
Ah yes now face the consequences of starting a war by killing a Sultan, did what you have to do in a drama but in a real world scenario killer will have a day at most before the officials or soldiers who don't see the Sultan/king coming back will immediatly gather forces and go to war.
"he looked at my ears" i cracked. elle fanning was such a badass this season but i'd like to say that belinda bromilow as aunt elizabeth was catherine's MVP supporting character this time around. hell yeah!
it's not hard to be a "badass" when you're written as a Mary Sue and all your opponents are the most cartoonish of cartoon bad guys. But then again, noone accused the fans of this show and its characters of being literature-literate.
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@@VG-fk6nk Underrated comment..
She saw he was wearing chains on his chest of his victims ears so the second he looked at her own she understood the threat. Brilliant
Well, that and Peter told her "If he looks at your ears, it's because he's decided he's done listening and that he wants to cut them off."
@@Belthazor24 it's so subtle! :D
@@LayneBenofsky it was stated explicitly onscreen just not in this clip
Yeah credit were its due she ignores his superficial manner and clocks he's a complete nutter.
I mean this would never happen irl. Killing someone at a diplomatic meeting is political suicide, so you'd never make it to sultan if you were that nuts.
He says "I will use a different knife for your ears. It's curved, easier to slice straight through. They'll be on a single chain, as they deserve"
The funny thing is that Peter has such a natural talent for killing and murder, he may have been a good general if things were different. Peter has all these odd little talents that round out his natural sillyness.
Interesting idea, though his strategies for the war were consistently bad in the first season. It's like his strategic genius was better on a small scale.
@@malindarayallen that's called tactics. Peter is a gifted small units commander, very gifted to be able to match his fat general- sadly, you DON'T want your Emperor commanding troops at that level, too dangerous
@@iansupremo6762 Aah, I see the distinction. Yes. That makes sense.
Remember this show takes many, many liberties
Funny things: an afroamerican as "Count" Orlov? And another black in the inner circle of the Russian Czar? A gaggle of black court children in 18th century Russia? Some kind of hyperbole, a very bad joke or artistic license, or an attempt to put into children's heads, through a kind of satire, the gibberish that blacks have always been quite naturally present in the highest social strata all over the world? An activist theory based on their usual "argument" "Prove to me it wasn't so?" WTF? Historical fabrications galore, which admittedly there is a disclaimer with the opening headline, but there are so many that unfortunately all the wit and satire gets lost in the would-be original nonsense.
This scene is genius for the entirely silent interactions happening underneath their negotiations. At 1:49 Catherine notices his necklace of human ears (proving he lied, killing and betrayal for him aren't a "necessary evil", they're a precious memory he wants a trophy from so he can relive it over and over just like he admitted he did that very morning and then did again during their meeting. He wasn't overcome with grief when reliving the look on his brothers face as he killed him, he was getting high off of it). From that moment on she never takes her eyes off of his for more than an instant to keep track of where his hands are. Catherine is watching **specifically** for him to look at her ears because if he does it means he's already decided to kill her and take another trophy.
As the conversation continues you watch him get fidgety and impatient because he's a serial killer that **needs** another fix and it's so close. At 2:41 you see the moment come as his eyes flicker to her right ear for the briefest of seconds and from then on he never again looks her in the eyes, his attention is entirely on either her left or right ear and he can't stand still or hide his tension ramping up, ready to snap.
Yeh, thanks for basically writing down the obvious.
@@recruitmentch Friend, there's value in breaking down a scene to appreciate it and just enjoying noticing how well it was constructed and all the hard work the writers and actors put into it.
I could have kept my appreciation to myself, true, but you could have have chosen not to be condescending to someone because they dare show genuine excitement on the internet (the horror!) How about you just keep on walking, instead? 🙄
@@recruitmentch …… are you alright?
@@RivkahSong I liked reading this, thank you.
@@RivkahSong You haven't broken down anything. All you've done is write down what we can see with our own eyes.
"He looked at my ears"... what a great line. Funny, but it shows she read exactly the kind of person he was, got a peek at the monster beneath, when it was nearly too late.
What the FUCK are you taking about
i NEED an aunt elizabeth best moments compilation! she deserves one
She does, so brilliant in this season!
She is my favorite type of character
I loved her so much season 2!!
Yes!!! Definitely!!!
Aunt Elizabeth has been doing God's work this season with her outfits, her sage advice, her literally saving Catherine & Peter's lives!! then we find out she has her own tragedies and such but she still has so much love... AGH! i love her.
also I was literally so confused watching this scene for the first time UNTIL Catherine said "he looked at my ears"... then I had to go back to be like "did heeee thooo???"
what does looking at her ears mean?
@@uwu-xl8mm earlier in the show I believe Orlo mentions how the Sultan cuts off the ears of his victims. I think him looking at Catherine's ears was a sign that he would kill her (as everyone feared) so she yelled for Alex to do it first
Yup, he did. He was done and he made it clear he was not going to work with her by sizing up her ears. He made his intentions very clear in that moment. Whether he intended to give himself away so easily is another matter, but it is likely he did.
@@YTistooannoying idk I feel like he would've wanted to catch her by surprise and probably thought she wasn't that perceptive & figured he was admiring her
@@uwu-xl8mm What everyone else said, but also He's also wearing the ears around his neck! If you look at him when the camera is zoomed out, you can see the chains with what looks to be dried ears on them
When Elizabeth asked her "Are you alright?" I honestly expected Katherin to go "There's a hole in my hand."
"There's a fucking hole in my hand and you're asking me if I'm alright"😂😂😂😂😭😭😭
Everyone needs an Aunt Elizabeth. I love how she's always there for both of them. She guides them toward one another and to do the "right thing"
I'd like to think that Peter would've been proud of her lol
Is he dead🥲
I think the Sultan in this is Mustafa III. He was the ruler of the Ottoman Empire during Catherine's reign. He presided over the Russo-Turkish War, which ended up in disaster for the Ottomans and lost them a lot of territory, key among them Crimea.
Funnily Crimea wasn’t a part of the territories ceded to the Russian Empire in the peace Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji. The Crimean Khanate was supposed to be left alone, politically independent. But then Russia went and sneakily annexed it couple of years later. History has a tendency to repeat itself hasn’t it? )
@@kyivstuff Crimea should not be Turkey either.
@@kristinesharp6286 At that century, if there would be referendum; Crimeans would choose Turkey
@@erkuterkut1971 I’m thinking they should be Ukraine. I think the ottomans had declined by the 1700’s?1500’s probably Turkey.
@@kristinesharp6286 Ukraine was a part of Russian Empire at that time
" Mufasta III was not killed by Catherine the great, he died of a heart attack. "
That's what Catherine wants you to think ;)
He also didn't die in his 60s in his palace in Turkey
….why can I buy this?
Mustafa III is the grandson of that Sultan who lost their entire military at Vienna!
and yeah mustafa III was gay like every other ottoman sultan
I won't say "gay" exactly, I do think criticism of the Ottoman's can give our people some insight instead of the brainwashing.
The saddest thing about the Turkish empire was that the brothers often grew up together, there was at times love, but it was do or be killed.
Actually it was Ottoman Empire. There is no Turkish Empire.It is Turkish republic rules by democracy🧘Sorry for bad English 🐰
Ironically, when the Ottoman Empire stopped the practice of fraticide, the quality of subsequent the rulers declined rapidly and there was much mor internal chaos. While it is questionable whether the system allowed the "best" to rule, iIt seemed that the Darwinian environment eliminated the truly incompetent.
it was indeed a terrible thing, but the few times sultans refused to do it, the whole empire was almost coming down, they did try to finish it couple times but it never worked...
@@seringul5179 hahahaha "democracy"
@@seringul5179 Ottoman Empire is called Ottoman Empire since 20th century. Before that, it was already called ''Land of The Turks'' something like Turcia by Europeans. And ottomans gave their nation no name, they just called it ''Devlet-i Aliyye Osmaniyye - Government of the Osmans"
Considering French Kingdom, French Republic and French Empire and how they are considered one nation just reformed, we can just say that the Turkish Empire was reformed into Turkish Republic.
I do love the barebones language they use in this series. "I mean... fuck." Like that line hits harder because it's not diplomatic or artsy at all. We can relate to that line because we all have been in situations that have led us to uttering that in hindsight. Brilliant writing
They say fuck way too much in the series though
@@mysteryjunkie9808 not saying they don't. But i do like the honest and barebones language when it's not formal
That’s not brilliant. You can relate to that line, but surely a XVIII century Sultan doesn’t.
@@Eternauta1957 Yeah 100% - some of these clips popped up due to the algorithm so I gave them a look and I won't be watching the series.
It looks fun and pulpy but has no feeling for the period at all. It's like a Masterpiece Theatre version of a Beverley Hills soap. Catherine the Great wasn't a teenage girlboss
@@dzonbrodi514 agree...making historical dramas modern sounding could work, if done in a clever way. Game of thrones for example. The dialogue in that worked.
This type doesn't work for me. It jars with the sets and costumes. I'm half expecting her to pull out her phone.
Honestly her idea was so great for the zone's to combine and develope investing each other resources and see the progress
Probably good for the rest of europe he wanted ears too.
It's geopolitically a fucking stupid move.
It’s called a Condominium and they never work out
Moscovy nobility never subscribed to it. They were married to their autocratic parasitic ways. She lost in the end. Moscovy never changed.
Oh please. The real Catherine was a ruthless thug. She never shared anything 😂
Fun fact this was not a remotely accurate depiction of Catherine the Great, in regards to her "progressiveness" she actually was more repressive to the surfs of Russia, ending with her brutally putting down numerous revolts. Basically even though she was a female monarch, she was just as repressive as the men.
Well, many of the czars were actually initially quite progressive, but like clockwork the serfs would revolt, leading to them having to have to beat them back down again, and start at square one. In a lot of ways, the serfs, being as out of touch with the people who made the laws as they were, kept inadvertently reinforcing their own suppression. Even modern Russia is little better.
why does everybody think historical dramas are documentaries
@@queerlibtardhippie9357 obviously it's not a documentary, however if someone was watching this with no prior knowledge of Catherine the Great they would be left with an incorrect impression about who she was.
Fun fact, bob smith gets no bitches
Historical revisionist will burn books eventually
Alternate title for season 2: Aunt Elisabeth being the most precious, important, badass little bean in whole entire Russia
“He looked at my ears”
Has never sounded so scary.
Elle Fanning is such a good actor. This for me is her best work yet.
I rewatched this part several times when I was watching this episode. Especially the part Elizabeth shot the guard, she is fcking cool
Ok now that was impressive from where she was in the first episode and totally badass yanks the dagger right out of her own hand and jams it in his neck in mere seconds
Survival instincts I suppose.
2 options. Pull the knife out your hand and make the person who put it there eat it. The other is to piss your pants, scream your head off and die with a stupid look on your face.
@@LoudaroundLincoln yes. now, would you like to join our writing team!!?
@@gouldney1 writing team?
@@gouldney1 the team consist of yasss queen dialogue
"Are you alright."
'Considering that there was a knife in my hand just now, I'm peachy with a side of keen.'
I was so worried, wondering where she was going to get a weapon to get out of this; and then, he gave her one. [Thank you!]
When a woman looks so badass after shooting someone
🤣 I did a good job!
@@shirazyasin9116 You got shot really well. Which is the weirdest compliment. Cheers!
For anyone interested in the Ottoman Sultans there's a Turkish series called Magnificent Century, episodes with English subtitles are on UA-cam. Absolutely amazing and fun to watch, based on real people too!! Hurrem Sultan is pretty badass, on par with Catherine.
That show is so amazing. I loved the Sultan Suleiman/Hurrem Sultana series. Work of art ❤
Bullshit
that serie is NOT accurate at all, it something that should be watched ONLY for entertainment, not for learning ottomon empires history
Of course like any other historical TV show, especially one that has over 130 episodes that are movie length long, is going to have some stuff added to it just for the drama of it all. To keep the show going. Just like this show here.
But Magnificent Century got me interested in the Ottoman empire and since watching it, it has got me to look up more about the true history of it all. It's fascinating and I probably wouldn't have learned any of it if i hadn't stumbled upon that show.
@@Valkyrie0801 I understand what you mean, but the thing about that series is I knew about ottoman empire before that series, I read a lot of books, and some stuff in the series made me so mad, cus they're showing good people as bad bad people as good ading up some terrible stuff saying they did, which mostly they definitely didn't... and a lot of people immediately think it is mostly true.. It makes me kinda mad and sad, I'm Turkish, and the way some people I respect a lot beeing represented that way, kinda bothers me... But I'm glad you liked it, hope more people will actually search it up just like you did😊
When he said "You talk a lot"...
😮uh-oh...
I’ve seen enough period dramas to know that’s when things go sideways 😶
For those who are interested in a little story about how Catherine 2 affected my little known by nobody city.
In 1775-1776, the Pugachev uprising reached a small fair settlement in Siberia. Irbeevskaya Sloboda held the second largest fair in the entire Russian Empire and was a trade center that united the Siberian and European parts of Russia.
The fair could not last all the time, so the merchants left the goods in the warehouses of the city to sell next year... The participants of the Pugachev uprising came for these goods, but Irbitchans did not want to give the goods.
As a result... The head of the Pugachev uprising at that time was executed and people hung pieces of his torso on a fence around the city.
For the loyalty of Irbitchans, Catherine 2 awarded Irbit with the status of a city and a coat of arms, which we keep to this day.
In honor of Catherine 2, we have a statue of her on the square (next to the statue of Lenin, which is ironic)
Thanks for sharing.
More iconic than ironic.... lol, still good bit of history here
You need to tell the writers. I want that in the show. 🙏
Какая интересная история👍 я тоже с Сибири, с Новосибирска
@@loko450
I hope you’re safe and well during the crisis happening rn
Peace to you my friend
This is some real Game of Thrones type fiction right here
Fun fact, Game of Thrones was based on Russia
@@robinpage2730do you have any prove
Admirable how Catherine, as a German princess, assimilated herself into the customs and traditions of Eastern Europe.
Even though in real life she really didn't.
It's a film, not a documentary.
this could have easily been a high fantasy movie then, what is the point of this? Why even ascribe names of actual historical figures to characters who are not related to them in literally any way? So dumb.
@@yukisohma19because we are no longer living in an adult world. This is a children’s dystopia.
The only inaccurate part that truly bothered me was ignoring Elizabeth's reign. Peter was her successor. The show could've made her abdicate, but it's so hellbent on making Catherine the first female regent. She was the third, after Catherine I and Elizabeth.
This is sexism at it's finest.
well she *is* the main character and they blatantly tell us at the beginning of every episode not to expect historical accuracy. It's more like an alternate universe if that makes you feel better
@@demiokulaja7787 I just said I don't expect accuracy, with that one exception. They crossed the line.
@@sweetsushiness i dont think they crossed the line. there is no line because they make it clear accuracy will be very rare, but to each his own
And the last because sexism.
3:06 word of advice, next time you intend to attack someone, just do it, don't brag about it, and don't give them an opening to fight back
One of the best scenes of the show. The dark humor, the terror, the shivering, the cruelty, all is blended perfectly together with Elle Fanning's multi-layer performance. Love this scene, love the show.
This scene is idiotic and so far-fetched it's ridiculous. Total "historical" fiction, it almost looks like a scene from Avengers or some other shitty Marvel movie.
This show has so many amazing scenes! Brilliant production and acting.
If I'm to judge by this scene, the show is really stupid.
@ktom5262 admit it - you have a problem with women and an obsession with 'history' right?
In his defense, he lived locked in a room for 27 years before ascending to the throne, so most likely he was not all there
"are you alright?"
Me, going into shock: "Yep, just a knoif in the 'and"
Catherine reminds me of the Queen of Hearts from Wonderland
Ok but can we talk about how fine the Sultan was? Is it just me?
Ooh yes! I think his acting is brilliant as well, this guy has only one scene and he nails it.
Her costume in the scene is gorgeous 😍
Even better considering she leaves it stained with blood for the rest of the episode
Love that little movement of how the Sultan gets up and turns the map, it seems to have so much weight somehow
They accuse the Sultan of killing his brother, and yet, the kings of Europe killed their own family members and people for the throne.
Please, give me a break.
In this show that Aunt who shoots the guard literally kills her child nephew. It's equal opportunity messed-up, don't worry.
So actually at the time it was kind of the rule that when a new sultan came to the throne, to prevent civil war or prolonged fighting for the throne, he is by law allowed to kill his brothers and their sons.
@@kyliepfannenstiel6702 It wasn't just allowed, it was expected. They had to kill ALL of their brothers, even if they were allies or little children.
Well at this point, the Ottomans still rule a good chunks of Eastern Europe, so I would consider the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire amongst “the Kings of Europe.”
It’s pretty much a universal thing, in any political system of any kind AT SOME POINT someone has killed someone else to gain more power
That was bad ass. Elizabeth was so cool when she emerged from behi.d 😁
wow, she nails her charecter.
It is the first time I saw a clip from this serie. And I can already say that it has as accuracy as The Barbarian season 2
Poor Alex... He was just peeing.
The person most willing to kill tend to become the ruler.
Guarantees sociopaths or psychopaths in power, yes.
I felt like the remark about them dangling on a single chain was unnecessary exposition. We saw the chain we saw him look. No further expansion was necessary.
never overestimate an audience
He caught the look on her face when she realized he was eyeing her ears and wanted to drive the point home (pardon the pun). Didn't feel like exposition for the audience, just an intentional cruel taunt for her.
Maybe he's a fan of Two Chainz.
He was paying her a (very fucked) compliments. The chain he wore had multiple ears. He was saying she was pretty enough to have her own solitary chain. Like making a diamond into a pendant rather than just sticking it onto a necklace that already has a bunch.
I love how the dude who drives the carriage just watched
First vampires now killer queens - Ottoman sultans have bad luck in western movies...
What is the name of the series with vampires?
@@biriiste1403 Dracula Untold! ua-cam.com/video/jtXEOk5DeQI/v-deo.html
@@elxaime Thank you so much
Eyes off her ears, mister! That sultan was downright insultin'. The negotiations appear to have concluded. Huzzah!🗡🔫🥂
Gotta love the writing on this.
Its literally so mid
I see, more of that type of "creative license". Doesn't matter, the almighty algorithm brought me here, I've never heard of this show.
Once again a villain dies because they were caught monologuing. When are they going to learn?
He is not villain he is villain to the GEY west feminist world
He sultanly didn't see that coming. 😎
Is this the Sultan that the Zaporozhian Cossacks achieved fame for replying to?
- That Sultan sent them a missive starting out with a full paragraph consisting entirely of his illustrious ancestry and titles, and finishing with a blunt demand that they surrender.
- The Cossacks responded with an even longer string of appalling insults and obscenities, and finished it by telling him to go p!ss up a rope.
This is a legend in Russia, and there's a painting of the Cossacks drafting their letter - it shows a dozen very tough guys gathered around a table laughing their heads off.
No, this war has happened in 1770s
Cossack letter was from 17th century
SPOILERS
In my opinion, this is the act that later saved Elizabeth's life. She could have let Catherine die and she would have been safe from the consequences of what happened to Catherine's mom, but she saved her and cemented herself on Catherine's side. This is why the other conspirators are going to face punishment (not sure what that would be yet) and Elizabeth is safe.
"Give me a second... (to revel in psychotic climax from the memory of my rival drowning in his blood...) Ah, yes now, what can I do to you?"
When he was talking about killing his brother? That's not.......
@@amberryder7951 Yup.
the coach driver was completely undisturbed by all this carnage
And now both their Empires are fallen…..
Sad....I feel sad for Catherine’s empire the most
As have all empires
Well mother Russia still have USSR lite under Putin .
Erdogan boast many time that he Will bring back Ottoman Caliphate 🤔
@@aloysiusprasetyo3737 And I boast that I will bring the Roman Empire back... Erdogan can only achieve that in his dreams.
@@mariosmatzoros3553well you better hurry up because erdogan is about to create a new EMPIRE
Yoooo dude playing the Sultan is the soldier from that scene in GoT where Arya shares the rabbit and fire with some Lannister troops!
Which season is that one from, before the one where Arya is Tywin’s cupbearer, or after?
@@c0ronariu5 after
I"m glad they finally made a show that doesn't bother with historical accuracy. That sarcasm aside, Ellie and her sister are such great actresses.
Props to the stagecoach drivers for jumping in and saving the day! "Thoweth not in my job description."
The sultan deserved it. The fact that the sultan took the lives of his own brothers to become sultan... I can see why Catherine of Russia did that.
A lot of sultans did that. Of course, Mustafa III died of disease, not murder.
That's not what happened you goofball, it's a fake TV show.
This reminds me a lot of my eighth grade ring dance.
people in power generally exhibit the worst behavior to keep that power.
Subtitles are always needed and proper expression of the costumes and symbols.
(Symbols for example the "Ottoman Eye")
3:29 she looks like Leonardo DiCaprio in The Quick and the Dead
A monarch of Russia lecturing a Turk on civility and progress is a laugh.
Somebody had a great deal of luck in that scene. Well done.
I had to rewatch to find that moment when his eyes darted right to look at her ears.
Ottoman fratricide ended in 1603.
No last order mahmut II execute elder brother mustafa IV 1808
This show is a revision of history much like the woman king or “Queen”
What kind of a pipe dream is this? 😂😂😂
Thats where I've seen the sultans face. He was on Game of Thrones as a Lannister guard around a camp fire with Ed Sheeran when talking to Arya.
Well that and he looks like his dad who was in 73 billion movies and tv shows.
seems strange that he would take his hand off of the knife.
Where he stabbed is really the worst place. IRL she would probably have lost any sensation or use of that hand.
I get it this is not a documentary series. But i just wondered how many black russian soilders existed???? Come on.
You didn't wonder hard enough to look though.
It literally says it's an occasionally true story in the title card
@@corruptgunslinger and this would be one of them if they bothered to actually look
There were a few and there were an entire family of African officers who were also nobles literally during this time.
Literally why does it matter? They also didn't have British accents or speak English
@@IamHenryK You know why it matters to people like that.
Who see a show that openly talks about it's inaccuracies and skips past dozens of them to focus on one specific thing.
Are you alright? She just got stabbed in the hand! No she’s not alright.
Elle is a much better actress than her sister.
i see that we are not being in any way accurate with the show
"Are you alright?". " Just a scratch on my hand".
What Hollywood scenarists are smoking?
Great fantasy writing. Now do one where she singlehandedly kills the emperor of china.
Sultan:wants to shoot Catherine
Elizabeth:Epic gun shot
The sultan:OOF
Elizabeth:UwU
In your FUCKING western feminist drems long live the SULTAN MAN POWER 💪🥇☪️
Feminine power everywhere right? Enough of this hypocrisy..
Entertainment for the zombies,lol.
The new history.
3:20 She sure took a bit of time killing that guy.
She's just a Theodora looking for her Justinian.
... this joke is for the 0.1% of people who are on dating apps but are also history buffs.
I had to reread that because I thought you said Theodosia. The daughter of the dude who killed Alex Hamilton. I was like "Huh?"
Damn, that’s a good reference.
This tv show cost a total of $147 spent on what they could find at garage sales and the rest from etsy.
This is shockingly bad.
Most satisfying scene in the show.
Alex should have been a bit faster there
In the words of Thanos: “you should’ve gone for the head”
glad i dindt miss out on anything......
Isso Catarina !!! E como eu sempre digo " NA JUGULAR "
Such a great show
This scene is SO UNDERRATED!
aside that guy was a sadistic bastard, perhaps she ''vents'' all her anger against Peter, with this dude, anyway the first murder always are the worst one.
You do realize this is western feminist BULSHITI and it is cold MAN HATRED
temper44... Peter would have made a horrible general and you know it. Sure like you said he is highly skilled in the art of killing but it takes a lot more than that to be a good general or leader period. Peter thinks way too much with what's between his legs and not nearly enough with what's in his head. He has no sense of planning or strategy and is unwilling to compromise. If he ever became a general his own men would more than likely betray him at some point.
MVP of the day: aunt Elizabeth
Ah yes now face the consequences of starting a war by killing a Sultan, did what you have to do in a drama but in a real world scenario killer will have a day at most before the officials or soldiers who don't see the Sultan/king coming back will immediatly gather forces and go to war.
an indecent series.