Fun fact: the early US government also relied heavily on tax on alcohol. By the end of the 19th century up to 25% of the federal tax revenue came from alcohol sales. It is due to Prohibition that the federal income tax rose to become the primary source of revenue.
Obviously only the UK, France, and Germany are paid attention to or we wouldn't call it WW1 and WW2 as those labels only apply to those 3 nations being at war and not the actual ongoing conflict. Sadly the true state of affairs is never touched on and other peoples only get mentioned in context to these 3. If the UK isn't in danger then it isn't a war apparently.
Where did you get the fact that Slavs migrated from the east through the Eurasian steppes? Slavs are an indo European people that originate from eastern and or Central Europe
For anyone wondering, Michael I was made Tsar because his father was Patriarch Filaret of Moscow (granting some much needed religious legitimacy) and his grandaunt was Tsaritsa Anastasia, Ivan the Terrible’s first wife who he (rightfully, as testing of her remains in 1990s would reveal) believed was murdered by the boyars.
The Church played huge role in Russian history. Having their own independent (and the one claiming for supremacy over all russes) mitropoly/patriarchy was an important factor of politics of Moscow court
He was also tainted by cooperation with the Poles, so that pressure could be put on him. But, as usually happens in such stories, it didn't help, and he crushed everyone.
religious? ur nuts? his dad was one of the oldest strongest boyar dynasties whose sons were diplomats to horde. he was forced into church but he never wanted to leave political game and his followers supported him.
The Red Army won the Civil War for a number of reasons, the main one's being A. Public support, and B. Almost the entire Russian Imperial Army that had been fighting the First World War had joined the Red Army, while almost all the Imperial Officers formed their various White Armies from inexperienced rural peasants.
And don't forget the another main reason the reds controlled more cities and industrial areas while Whites even tho controlling most areas don't have much industries. But whites have one advantage of being funded by British.
Theory that Slavs came from east Asia is.... original. Currently accepted Slavic origins are around the Vistula and Dniester rivers, around current Belorussia/Ukraine.
I am East Asian, Slavs look nothing like us 😂. Pretty sure the Tartars (who originated from the steppes) look more like us , but still quite different instead.
@@elijah333вообще-то Петербург был назван в честь него самого, и только относительно (для челяди и других государств) в честь Святого Петра, к которому церковь московского княжества была индифферентна 😂
@@lukearts2954nah, it doesn't have any connection to St. Peter. Why? Because there were hundreds of towns and cities in russian empire named after Romanovs - Pavlograd, Ekaterinoslav, Alexeevka, Andreevka, Mikhailovsk, Fedorovka, etc.
@@TheRezro Today's British monarchy are German. "UK's royals and the Nazis George's son Edward VIII became king in 1936. Less than a year later, he abdicated for love and married Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee. His brother Albert ascended the British throne as George VI. At the time, the Nazis and Adolf Hitler had long since gained a firm grip on Germany, with the world watching the Third Reich with interest and skepticism. Edward and Albert's mother, Queen Mary, insisted that her sons not forget their German roots - after all, they also had plenty of relatives in Hitler's Germany. For his part, Edward openly showed sympathy for the Nazis. One photo taken in 1937 shows the duke and his wife smiling and shaking hands with Hitler. Just a few years ago, a video emerged showing Edward and his sister-in-law practicing the Hitler salute with two little girls - Margaret and Elizabeth, with the latter one day becoming the queen of England. The snippet was filmed by Elizabeth's father, King George VI. To this day, the British do not like to be reminded of the at times cordial relations of the British aristocracy with the German Nazis, trying as much as possible to keep evidence of such connections under wraps. How German is King Charles III? The mother of Queen Elizabeth II was British, so she was only partly of German descent - even if she did display some stereotypical German virtues throughout her life, including discipline and a sense of duty. Her husband Philip, however, had predominantly German ancestors and spoke fluent German. In 1947, he became a British citizen and, shortly before his marriage to Elizabeth, relinquished his German title of nobility and called himself only "Mountbatten." Their eldest son, the new King Charles III, has a bloodline made up of roughly half German ancestors".
@@AAaa-wu3el Darling: "Look, I'm as British as Queen Victoria!" Blackadder:: "So your father's German, you're half-German and you married a German?!" But to be fair was the last Tsar also basically a German and they did get that hemophilia his son had from Queen Victoria. It really isn't until recently when the royals of Europe started to marry models, actresses and other celebrities that the inbreeding project stopped.
@@AAaa-wu3el Anglo Saxons were a Germanic Tribe anyways. They were always German, but over time they mixed with the Nordic people and Celts In America, we are a mix of English, German, Irish, Italian, African, and latin/hispanic
Im from Germany and i learnt that "Katarina die Große" was a great Russian empress with german origins. I think most Germans have a positive picture of her.
I took a soviet history class during my BA, and I really enjoyed it. I firmly believe you can't have a full understanding of 20th century history without studying soviet history.
I am sorry but there is no basis for the claim that Slavs came from the steppes, Slavs were always present in Eastern Europe and they are the closest descendants of Corded Ware and Fatyanovo cultures from the bronze age...
@@marcusaurelius4941 Well yes, but in the west they eventually transformed into Bell Beakers and other cultures, while Slavs are more similar to the original Corded Ware folk.
Seeing the records of Ivan Grozny, and then seeing the "achievements" of his European contemporary rulers...yeah, i'd rather have Grozny, by far the most humane king in all of Europe at the time.
Oh wow this video coming on a Friday night has just made my day/week/month. Congrats on the birth of your baby girl. Isn’t it going to be wonderful when one day she can enjoy watching your material💜. I am a subscriber to Nebula already but haven’t visited in a while, thanks for the reminder because it’s really worth it. Being a child of the 70s, I loved watching documentaries on history. But you never got the insight into what goes into making these. It’s so nice to get a little personal greeting from the creator. Thank you, it is really appreciated!
In the US they are trying to turn it into that(Trump is the spear head of that movement). The rich have influence but that is to be expected. It is the level of influence and what with in the society can be use to control the influences of all groups so that there is a balance between the groups.
Thanks for the video, as a resident of one of the former republics of the USSR, it was interesting for me to see the view from the outside. But.. There are too many misconceptions
he probably mixed up his information on the Indo-Europeans, the steppe hypothesis, the ethnogeneses of different IE peoples, etc., which fits how dangerously surface-level the video is
Actually, no. More precisely, from a historical point of view, all the people of Europe once migrated there from Africa, but in those distant times they had not yet formed into a separate Slavic ethnic group) But the center of the emergence of the Slavs is considered to be Eastern Europe, in the area of modern Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic.
"Corruption perception index", not "world corruption index", big difference ;-) ... they're aware of corruption, others less so Caesaropapism was about the Pope being above emperors, not about secular rulers being stronger than the church, which was the norm in the whole of Europe
The last part about Gorbačev I think is underinformative as it says nothing about the 1991 coup and how the people of the USSr voted to remain the union. (PS. just for the record I aint a tankie, I just view that this is important to say.)
Same. The coup had it not happened, would have meant the USSR continuing. No Chechen war nor countless other conflicts. Glasnost and perestroika would be enlightened compared to today's central Asian nations autocratic dictatorships.
@@Davitofrito That coup, though, couldn't have been successful. The Soviet system was dying from within, and required vast reforms that its bureaucracy was not able to implement due to a multitude of reasons. At best the coup would have extended the USSR's agony for a few more years. It was simply too late
@@Davitofrito AHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAH\ gorbachev literally crushed many uprisings like prague during his few years he is literally a tankie soviet union was a hell on earth
That scene when Aang awakened from the iceberg and all the temples were glowing and a fire sage is like "alert the firelord at once" This feels like that...bro we missed you
Monarchies are technically not corrupt autocracies. Because there is no abuse of power in a non-constitutional monarchy, because all uses of power are inherently authorized. Therefore, while a monarchy can be tyrannical, it can't be corrupt.
I'm an Israeli jew with ancestors from Ukraine. When my family talked about the pale of settlement they actually talked about it as a good thing. The reason being that part of russification was attempting to turn the jews from wandering nomads into agricultural productive peasants. Believe it or not bur many jews were actually happy about it (at least temporarily). They received land and Catherine also opened Ukraine up for jews. Catherine was technically supposed to kick out all of the jews as her predecessors had done before with the lands they conquered from Poland, but instead she allowed them to stay and while yes they couldn't leave the pale, the pale was pretty much all of the territories that were taken from Poland plus a lot of Ukrainian land. Nowadays Catherine is portrayed in schools as a pretty good monarch especially in comparison to those who came before and after her, and most of the violence against jews in the pale is seen as the fault of the average man rather than the government. Obviously this was both the fault of the average man and the government, but it was more the government allowing violence to continue, rather than the government creating violence (like in nazi Germany or the Spanish Inquisition).
Oh man, crammed 2 victorian orientalist quotes in the first minute which also had the ad in it so you know he's unbiased EDIT: and proceeded to name autocracy and vodka as the two pillars of its society throughout all of history without a shadow of irony within the next 15 seconds to be extra sure
@@masonharvath-gerrans832 It has, now tell me how your country hasn't been, with no such exception? Half of all westoids still bow to their monarchs, and half of all those who don't, don't because of us
With regards to Ivan the Terrible: has several meanings: Formidable Fearful Dangerous Fearsome Ruthless (in the 'unrestrained' sense of the word more than the brutal sense... but also the brutal sense) Spiteful/vengeful Fun facts for ya maties
@@nich7622despite the fact that he was a terrible ruler even for his time. He sacked Novgorod, which had already been under his and his father’s rule since 1478, for no other reason than paranoia. No wonder another monster loved Ivan the Terrible so much.
@@nich7622 I'm russian and I don't agree with you. A dictionary is always better than Google translator :) In case of Ivan, "Грозный" = "Cruel" + "Strict" + "Powerful". Formidable and other words above are based on the word "Fear". The base of the word "Грозный" is "Danger" (noun). And literraly the adjective is "Bringing danger". He was danger for common people because he was Ruthless and Merciless. I think "Merciless" (беспощадный) is the closest meaning of "Грозный" in this case. It inspires fear, but it's not directly "Fearful" or "Formidable". And even more so, it's quite far from "Terrible". I haven't a clue why the whole world calls him "Terrible" :)
@@masonharvath-gerrans832 Nah, in his times Russian politics was full time Game of thrones. So it's rich to call dude paranoid when both his mother and wife was poisoned.
@@SuibhneIt makes me feel old too. I miss the days when I just used to come back from school, get into bed with hot chocolate, watch history videos while drawing online, and listen to the rain pouring outside.
@@SuibhneI can't believe it's been 6 years since I first discovered the channel... Well that and also requesting Lithuania for 6 years after the Poland video
You seem to be rather welcoming to notes from the slavic folks who so happen to have more in-depth knowledge of some specific questions. This is truly heartwarming to see. Many pointed out the origin of eastern slavs, piece which I can't exactly evaluate, though I've studied the Soviet industry in more depth. Would be glad to provide some of my knowledge if anyone has deeper interest! What is often misrepresented in the popular sources is the academic consensus on reasons of the Holodomor and other early soviet famines. While it is clear the famine was largely accelerated and/or caused by the confiscations of grain, the death toll of the famine itself was an unintended consequence. There is a lack of historical evidence pointing to the deliberation. The soviet management is guilty of criminal negligence, failure to prevent starvation rather than aiming for it.
Ошибок море. Особо порадовала Водка, как государство образующий фактор. Пили на Руси в основном медовуху. Современную водку создал Менделеев в конце 19го века. Северная война из-за мечты о Киеве. Торговая блокада существовала со времён Ивана 3го. Постоянно её приходилось прорывать. Окончательно решил эту проблему Петр 1й. Сильная централизация власти, это следствие скудности урожая из-за северного климата. При этом с юго-востока всегда угрожали кочевники. Они как разоряли крестьян, так и уводили их в рабство. Особо серьёзная угроза была от крымского ханства. Окончательно решила эту проблему Екатерина 2я. Что бы противостоять этой угрозе и пришлось концентрировать военные и управленческие ресурсы. А они скудные, поскольку урожайность в Москве ниже чем в Париже или под Варшавой.
it's fatally flawed, watch academic history, you will get a better understanding of the current world from it, this is entertainment and doesn't do real history any justice
33:25 Marx's 10 point plan was followed by the Bolsheviks perfectly, it was not Marxist doctrine that said the state would fade away and many of Marx's contemporaries like Russian Mikhail Bakunin said Marx's plan was nothing more than the worship of state power. What Marx actually said was, "the class system would be abolished and the state would no longer be necessary to enforce the interests of one class over another". So totalitarianism would no longer be needed since the entire population would have no desire to fight back. This is why the Soviets and their acolytes like China were the ultimate example Marx's ideals. In practice unless Marxism enslaves the entire globe it will conform to the world around it. So no Marx never said the state would fade away!
A really amazing and thorough video. So much effort has been put into this video and it shows. I'm dumbfounded at how you've juggled this along with your family. Truly inspiring.
Glad to see you back Suibhne, I remember seeing your videos trending a lot during the pre-pandemic years, but after that it seemed like you almost disappeared. But I'm glad you've sorted things out, and Congratulations on having your first child. I also hope you'll be able to sort out the whole one man army style of video making you do, I love the added aspects from a Cultural and a political perspective as it builds awareness to the geopolitical landscape that which which our modern world is formed from, these are things people need to hear, combined with your iconic amination style that will always keep people watching. I absolutely can't wait to see more from you in the future, keep up the Great work!
This was an outstanding summary of Russian history in a way which was accessible and told fairly. Please do more of these long form videos. Especially of Poland 🇵🇱
Скоро это будет наша общая история. Полякам всегда нужно говорить о истории немцев и Русски, потому что делить Польшу это прекрасная европейская традиция
Love your series! I'd love to see a history of Canada, and or Quebec, sort of covering the geographic area well back into pre-columbian times. Moar please! :)
I hope you're being sarcastic cause he definitely doesn't give a single sh@t 😂. Money is made with content that pleases the algorithm and the hordes. Of course, there's always the question of morality, but nowadays, the concept is threatened with extinction, sooo... yeah.
@@Михаил_Благодарныйsir while you have right to be angry after what he said what you are saying is a nonsense. Nazism in 17th century? You hear yourself how ridiculous that sounds.
Russia's history is fascinating, exciting, and all too often brutal beyond imagining; and has been something I've been a little obsessed by since high school. It's strange and yet also not at all to see that so many of the modern state's prerogatives, problems and obsessions were seeded hundreds of years ago.
Wouldn't call it more brutal than any other part of the planet. Powerful and corrupt commit crimes, kind of comes with being corrupt while having power.
please keep in mind that its all from western perspective and doesnt include circumstances leading to certain decisions. i would also doubt the amount of research gone into this video. it gets clear when he claims putin wanted russian empire back. means the author was to stupid or lazy to read 2 sentences further.
I grew up in the USSR and we didn't really learn much specifics about Catherine II, past how she became Empress after that it's kind of, just the status quo, everything is normal, Catherine is Great, and why - it doesn't matter. There are a lot of stories about Suvorov, how he crossed the Alps and stuff and then it's the war of 1812. That's kind of what you get as a kid in terms of history.
12:20 водка в средневековье, чёрт, я чуть со стула не рухнул от смеха. жаль этот исторический период я плохо помню, но всё равно вижу кучу ошибок и мне лень их расписывать, однако это, это уже за гранью. на этом моменте я бросил смотреть из-за "слишком большой достоверности".
How in the hell did the video manage to depict the Slavs as coming from East Asia?? Literally NO ONE thinks that. Did you mean to say us Finno-Ugrics came from the east and settled here thousands of years before the Slavs did? If so, yeah, THAT is true.
Amazing quality video Sir, much appreciated! Shows how much time and effort goes into these vods. The only thing I was missing is a few funny jokes on the side from your earlier and shorter videos. The really help refocus on the serious stuff and the ton of info u r sharing with us. Thx again so much for ur research about the topic and wish u and the family great health and happiness! :)
Funny Dudes with whimsical voices explaining history through cartoons gotta be my favorite genre of UA-cam (hi Sam O’nella, Bluejay, ExtraCredits, simplehistory, wendover, armchair historian, Serbian ball, and operations room) Nonetheless, welcome back, we missed you.
Hey man, interesting video! If you do more political-science stuff I'd be interesting if you'd offer some insight into your sources so we know that whatever it is you're presenting has X specific angle. Also, props for responding to that dude on you subreddit, it must have taken quite some time. It's great to see you're willing to defend your work and expand on criticism. Also also, congratulations on your daughter! Take all the time you need, your family should always take priority!
wasn’t the Scanian war included in the 1st northern wars? Idk much about it I was talking about it with a friend from Serbia and he mentioned it to me Also I’m happy to see you back, its been a while
Congrats on the birth of your daughter! You have a beautiful family, and they absolutely must come first. It's good to have to have you back, and I look forward to more of your great content!
According to the Case Study, Russian drinking culture can be traced back to the reign of Ivan the Terrible (1547-1584), who imposed a government monopoly on alcohol, including an early vodka made from grain (“bread wine”), which was sold through state established taverns frequented by the Tsar's special police forces
Fun fact: the early US government also relied heavily on tax on alcohol. By the end of the 19th century up to 25% of the federal tax revenue came from alcohol sales. It is due to Prohibition that the federal income tax rose to become the primary source of revenue.
What a terrible policy prohibition was. Funny how taxes didn’t get lowered though once they got the alchohol tax money back
Income tax would've become the primary source of Federal revenue with or without Prohibition.
Tax profit not wages.
@@JoeRogansForehead Wars are expensive, y'know.
But building strong alliances with economic ties is even better
@@gae_wead_dad_6914it only costs 11 million to maintain a nuke tho... best bang for yer buck
I love how you also included Germany's allies like Hungary, Italy and Romania in the Eastern Front.
They are very often overseen
dude, nice profile picture
@@niklasw.1297 ty!
even spain sent a division to help out
@@realawesomeosYeah there was a lot of Spanish volunteers on the western front and there was some Portuguese among them
Obviously only the UK, France, and Germany are paid attention to or we wouldn't call it WW1 and WW2 as those labels only apply to those 3 nations being at war and not the actual ongoing conflict.
Sadly the true state of affairs is never touched on and other peoples only get mentioned in context to these 3.
If the UK isn't in danger then it isn't a war apparently.
Where did you get the fact that Slavs migrated from the east through the Eurasian steppes? Slavs are an indo European people that originate from eastern and or Central Europe
Most Indo European languages literally originate in the Eurasian steppe.
It's not like they sprouted from the ground lol, they came from somewhere
For anyone wondering, Michael I was made Tsar because his father was Patriarch Filaret of Moscow (granting some much needed religious legitimacy) and his grandaunt was Tsaritsa Anastasia, Ivan the Terrible’s first wife who he (rightfully, as testing of her remains in 1990s would reveal) believed was murdered by the boyars.
Not religious legitimacy (it doesnt work this way with son's of Patriarchs). However, Filaret was very influential figure in politics.
@@AaSs-ln9mm Well it meant the support of the Church either way. I’m pretty sure you could’ve caught that from context clues
The Church played huge role in Russian history. Having their own independent (and the one claiming for supremacy over all russes) mitropoly/patriarchy was an important factor of politics of Moscow court
He was also tainted by cooperation with the Poles, so that pressure could be put on him. But, as usually happens in such stories, it didn't help, and he crushed everyone.
religious? ur nuts?
his dad was one of the oldest strongest boyar dynasties whose sons were diplomats to horde. he was forced into church but he never wanted to leave political game and his followers supported him.
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Video copied from Kraut. But he does a way better job! You barely explain the impact of vodka in the society, you just talk about Russia's history!
The Red Army won the Civil War for a number of reasons, the main one's being A. Public support, and B. Almost the entire Russian Imperial Army that had been fighting the First World War had joined the Red Army, while almost all the Imperial Officers formed their various White Armies from inexperienced rural peasants.
they did not have public support lol. and im an actual communist. The Bolsheviks were brutal and were known for stealing food and houses.
And don't forget the another main reason the reds controlled more cities and industrial areas while Whites even tho controlling most areas don't have much industries. But whites have one advantage of being funded by British.
Theory that Slavs came from east Asia is.... original. Currently accepted Slavic origins are around the Vistula and Dniester rivers, around current Belorussia/Ukraine.
Because he made it up. This video is rubbish
I am East Asian, Slavs look nothing like us 😂. Pretty sure the Tartars (who originated from the steppes) look more like us , but still quite different instead.
We’re an amalgamation. The human genome project was finished years ago. You can go look it up instead of making guesses.
What is "Belorussia"?
@@PUARockstarA country
Saint Petersburg was named after Saint Peter (the apostle), not after Peter The Great
Where do you think Peter The Great is named after?
@@lukearts2954 yes, and? How is it changing the fact that city named after apostle and not the emperor?
@@elijah333 Now look up _who_ named that city after the apostle. right...
@@elijah333вообще-то Петербург был назван в честь него самого, и только относительно (для челяди и других государств) в честь Святого Петра, к которому церковь московского княжества была индифферентна 😂
@@lukearts2954nah, it doesn't have any connection to St. Peter. Why? Because there were hundreds of towns and cities in russian empire named after Romanovs - Pavlograd, Ekaterinoslav, Alexeevka, Andreevka, Mikhailovsk, Fedorovka, etc.
I'm from New Zealand and during my history course we learned of Catherine the Great as a revolutionary for her time, yet extremely flawed monarch.
And Prussian
@@TheRezro Today's British monarchy are German.
"UK's royals and the Nazis
George's son Edward VIII became king in 1936. Less than a year later, he abdicated for love and married Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee. His brother Albert ascended the British throne as George VI.
At the time, the Nazis and Adolf Hitler had long since gained a firm grip on Germany, with the world watching the Third Reich with interest and skepticism. Edward and Albert's mother, Queen Mary, insisted that her sons not forget their German roots - after all, they also had plenty of relatives in Hitler's Germany.
For his part, Edward openly showed sympathy for the Nazis. One photo taken in 1937 shows the duke and his wife smiling and shaking hands with Hitler.
Just a few years ago, a video emerged showing Edward and his sister-in-law practicing the Hitler salute with two little girls - Margaret and Elizabeth, with the latter one day becoming the queen of England. The snippet was filmed by Elizabeth's father, King George VI.
To this day, the British do not like to be reminded of the at times cordial relations of the British aristocracy with the German Nazis, trying as much as possible to keep evidence of such connections under wraps.
How German is King Charles III?
The mother of Queen Elizabeth II was British, so she was only partly of German descent - even if she did display some stereotypical German virtues throughout her life, including discipline and a sense of duty.
Her husband Philip, however, had predominantly German ancestors and spoke fluent German. In 1947, he became a British citizen and, shortly before his marriage to Elizabeth, relinquished his German title of nobility and called himself only "Mountbatten."
Their eldest son, the new King Charles III, has a bloodline made up of roughly half German ancestors".
@@AAaa-wu3el Darling: "Look, I'm as British as Queen Victoria!"
Blackadder:: "So your father's German, you're half-German and you married a German?!"
But to be fair was the last Tsar also basically a German and they did get that hemophilia his son had from Queen Victoria. It really isn't until recently when the royals of Europe started to marry models, actresses and other celebrities that the inbreeding project stopped.
@@AAaa-wu3el Anglo Saxons were a Germanic Tribe anyways. They were always German, but over time they mixed with the Nordic people and Celts
In America, we are a mix of English, German, Irish, Italian, African, and latin/hispanic
@@tylerclayton6081And technically the “Nordic” people were/are also Germanic (save for the Finns).
Peter the great named his city after Saint Peter not after himself
And which saint is Yakaterinburg named after?
You're truly naive if you believe that.
@@gae_wead_dad_6914i believe it’s spelled Yekaterinburg?
And choosing that Apostle was just a coincidence?
поверь это не так
it was partially because both, but mainly cuz the leader's name, just a correlation
As a wise man once said...
"When the world needed him most, he returned"
How did u time travel teach me pls
@@HadiAnimations patreons probably got early access
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A woman said that? Katara.
Im from Germany and i learnt that "Katarina die Große" was a great Russian empress with german origins.
I think most Germans have a positive picture of her.
She is a literally from Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg.She didn't have 'origins'
She had no russian ancestors.
@@lexiusugrymius9392 that is an origin...
After Elizabeth all Romanovs were German.
@@semaj_5022 you missed the point.
I took a soviet history class during my BA, and I really enjoyed it. I firmly believe you can't have a full understanding of 20th century history without studying soviet history.
Semi-true, but yeah, ussr history after 1950 year is really boring
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Cold War? Collapse?
@@exaggeratedswagger6097 subjectly - yes
@@mtganalytic9796 bro had slept through history classes 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥
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I am sorry but there is no basis for the claim that Slavs came from the steppes, Slavs were always present in Eastern Europe and they are the closest descendants of Corded Ware and Fatyanovo cultures from the bronze age...
I'd say Fatyanovo would be more akin to cousins, and the Corded Ware is basically the ancestor culture of all of Europe
@@marcusaurelius4941 Well yes, but in the west they eventually transformed into Bell Beakers and other cultures, while Slavs are more similar to the original Corded Ware folk.
@@vizualnihistorie then where’s their corded wares?
That's Western Slavs.
We're talking about Eastern Slavs, which include Bulgars, who came from the Rostov on Don basin.
@@gae_wead_dad_6914 But those werent slavs in the origin.
Petrograd wasn't renamed Leningrad until after Lenin's death
Oh that's not the only bias in here. Not, not the only... xD
Leningrad appeared on the video's maps only in 1936, so you can find something else to nitpick.
No way he’s back!
@@Suibhnedid you watch kraut before or during making this video?
No but I have since.
Seeing the records of Ivan Grozny, and then seeing the "achievements" of his European contemporary rulers...yeah, i'd rather have Grozny, by far the most humane king in all of Europe at the time.
The victors rewrite history my friend
@@singular9 No
The ones who write history do so. As we can see by many nazi apologists and Russian fascists claiming Ukraine now.
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Oh wow this video coming on a Friday night has just made my day/week/month. Congrats on the birth of your baby girl. Isn’t it going to be wonderful when one day she can enjoy watching your material💜. I am a subscriber to Nebula already but haven’t visited in a while, thanks for the reminder because it’s really worth it. Being a child of the 70s, I loved watching documentaries on history. But you never got the insight into what goes into making these. It’s so nice to get a little personal greeting from the creator. Thank you, it is really appreciated!
Man, imagine a few rich people holding heavy influence over their country and its politics. Couldn't be us
Big if true
In the US they are trying to turn it into that(Trump is the spear head of that movement).
The rich have influence but that is to be expected. It is the level of influence and what with in the society can be use to control the influences of all groups so that there is a balance between the groups.
Lmao
The fact that you're back is genuinely the best news of my day !
Thank you for your amazing content, keep up the good work 🙏🏻
he's not "back" it always takes him a year too upload
Ничего крутого здесь нет, это худшая интерпретация истории России, которую я когда либо видел, хуже были только ролики либералов.
Guess who's back? Back again, Suibhne's back, tell a friend🎉
He is back, he is back, he is back, na ah
MandM
Congratulations on being a father it's awesome and thank you for still taking the time to make this awesome video🎉😊
You drew the BAM (Baikal-Amur Mainline), not Transsib. Those are ~100 years apart :)
Thanks for the video, as a resident of one of the former republics of the USSR, it was interesting for me to see the view from the outside. But.. There are too many misconceptions
What are some of the misconceptions?
@@dandyben9473 The whole video is one big misconception, I haven't laughed so hard in a long time.
Slavic tribes migrating from Eurasian Plains? Never heard that theory before.
he probably mixed up his information on the Indo-Europeans, the steppe hypothesis, the ethnogeneses of different IE peoples, etc., which fits how dangerously surface-level the video is
russian keeps building it's narrative from what it can, lol
yuh no reason to waste a whole hour on a video which starts with vodkas and ancient chinese slaves
Because they didn't, this is revisionist Moscovite history.
Actually, no. More precisely, from a historical point of view, all the people of Europe once migrated there from Africa, but in those distant times they had not yet formed into a separate Slavic ethnic group) But the center of the emergence of the Slavs is considered to be Eastern Europe, in the area of modern Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic.
The video projects on history the authors preferred narrativ.
Bro, that’s kinda alternative history
"Corruption perception index", not "world corruption index", big difference ;-) ... they're aware of corruption, others less so
Caesaropapism was about the Pope being above emperors, not about secular rulers being stronger than the church, which was the norm in the whole of Europe
The last part about Gorbačev I think is underinformative as it says nothing about the 1991 coup and how the people of the USSr voted to remain the union.
(PS. just for the record I aint a tankie, I just view that this is important to say.)
Same. The coup had it not happened, would have meant the USSR continuing. No Chechen war nor countless other conflicts. Glasnost and perestroika would be enlightened compared to today's central Asian nations autocratic dictatorships.
@@Davitofrito That coup, though, couldn't have been successful. The Soviet system was dying from within, and required vast reforms that its bureaucracy was not able to implement due to a multitude of reasons. At best the coup would have extended the USSR's agony for a few more years. It was simply too late
@@Davitofrito AHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAH\
gorbachev literally crushed many uprisings like prague during his few years
he is literally a tankie
soviet union was a hell on earth
@@DavitofritoI remember a certain crackdown on Lithuania during this supposedly great period. Russian leaders have yet to break their evil mould.
@@tsartomato Hell on earth? So you don’t know history AT ALL? And yet you have the courage to talk about it? Amazing.
That scene when Aang awakened from the iceberg and all the temples were glowing and a fire sage is like "alert the firelord at once"
This feels like that...bro we missed you
Monarchies are technically not corrupt autocracies. Because there is no abuse of power in a non-constitutional monarchy, because all uses of power are inherently authorized. Therefore, while a monarchy can be tyrannical, it can't be corrupt.
It can be if It creates laws that it does not abide by, though this is uncommon.
Monarchy’s activities are restricted by the activities of the nobility.
@@S_Warden in practice and often in law, such as with the sejm.
The Watchmen who looks the other way for a few pieces of silver while g u a r d i n g the Kings stores is corrupt
Six of one, half a dozen of the other....
Any men who learned history: What is your source?
Suibhne: I've made them up
Plenty of sources in the description
Cope.
@@gae_wead_dad_6914 outdated books from past century on "Rus" and modern books on vodka, that explains a lot.
@@Fenixyy Yes, it actually does. Like he's actually discussing the history of their addiction or something
Way to corner yourself there, bud.
Bro my first period in college was canceled AND a new video came out? It’s a miracle of God!
The wait was worth it! Just keep doing what you doing, we will still be here waiting for your amazing work. Congratulations for your child!!!
I'm an Israeli jew with ancestors from Ukraine. When my family talked about the pale of settlement they actually talked about it as a good thing. The reason being that part of russification was attempting to turn the jews from wandering nomads into agricultural productive peasants. Believe it or not bur many jews were actually happy about it (at least temporarily). They received land and Catherine also opened Ukraine up for jews. Catherine was technically supposed to kick out all of the jews as her predecessors had done before with the lands they conquered from Poland, but instead she allowed them to stay and while yes they couldn't leave the pale, the pale was pretty much all of the territories that were taken from Poland plus a lot of Ukrainian land.
Nowadays Catherine is portrayed in schools as a pretty good monarch especially in comparison to those who came before and after her, and most of the violence against jews in the pale is seen as the fault of the average man rather than the government.
Obviously this was both the fault of the average man and the government, but it was more the government allowing violence to continue, rather than the government creating violence (like in nazi Germany or the Spanish Inquisition).
@harelkalifa2451 good points
Oh man, crammed 2 victorian orientalist quotes in the first minute which also had the ad in it so you know he's unbiased
EDIT: and proceeded to name autocracy and vodka as the two pillars of its society throughout all of history without a shadow of irony within the next 15 seconds to be extra sure
there are A LOT more bizarre things in this video, the guy clearly has some agenda to peddle
bruh right after that the video talks about ancient chinese slavs
Explain to anyone how Moscow has not been an autocracy for its entire history except from 1917-1918? Please, enlighten us all.
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it was not an autocracy 1991-1999
it was way more democratic than yankeestan
26/93
@@masonharvath-gerrans832 It has, now tell me how your country hasn't been, with no such exception? Half of all westoids still bow to their monarchs, and half of all those who don't, don't because of us
Glad you are back! Congrats on the kiddo, being a parent is a wild ride, but you love every second of it.
With regards to Ivan the Terrible:
has several meanings:
Formidable
Fearful
Dangerous
Fearsome
Ruthless (in the 'unrestrained' sense of the word more than the brutal sense... but also the brutal sense)
Spiteful/vengeful
Fun facts for ya maties
Exactly. It’s ‘formidable’, not ‘terrible’ that describes translation of ‘грозный’ the best.
@@nich7622despite the fact that he was a terrible ruler even for his time. He sacked Novgorod, which had already been under his and his father’s rule since 1478, for no other reason than paranoia. No wonder another monster loved Ivan the Terrible so much.
@@nich7622 I'm russian and I don't agree with you. A dictionary is always better than Google translator :)
In case of Ivan, "Грозный" = "Cruel" + "Strict" + "Powerful".
Formidable and other words above are based on the word "Fear".
The base of the word "Грозный" is "Danger" (noun). And literraly the adjective is "Bringing danger". He was danger for common people because he was Ruthless and Merciless.
I think "Merciless" (беспощадный) is the closest meaning of "Грозный" in this case.
It inspires fear, but it's not directly "Fearful" or "Formidable". And even more so, it's quite far from "Terrible". I haven't a clue why the whole world calls him "Terrible" :)
@@masonharvath-gerrans832 Nah, in his times Russian politics was full time Game of thrones. So it's rich to call dude paranoid when both his mother and wife was poisoned.
@@masonharvath-gerrans832 Before judging Ivan 4, it is worth reading about the “Seven Boyars” of his time. Pure game of thrones.
He is back! Bruh this was one of my favorite history youtube channels when I was younger. I miss the old days.
That makes me feel old
@@SuibhneIt makes me feel old too. I miss the days when I just used to come back from school, get into bed with hot chocolate, watch history videos while drawing online, and listen to the rain pouring outside.
@@SuibhneI can't believe it's been 6 years since I first discovered the channel... Well that and also requesting Lithuania for 6 years after the Poland video
You seem to be rather welcoming to notes from the slavic folks who so happen to have more in-depth knowledge of some specific questions. This is truly heartwarming to see.
Many pointed out the origin of eastern slavs, piece which I can't exactly evaluate, though I've studied the Soviet industry in more depth. Would be glad to provide some of my knowledge if anyone has deeper interest!
What is often misrepresented in the popular sources is the academic consensus on reasons of the Holodomor and other early soviet famines.
While it is clear the famine was largely accelerated and/or caused by the confiscations of grain, the death toll of the famine itself was an unintended consequence. There is a lack of historical evidence pointing to the deliberation. The soviet management is guilty of criminal negligence, failure to prevent starvation rather than aiming for it.
You’re back. Can your next video please be about Lebanon 🇱🇧. You’ve teased it since the Korean Episode.
Ошибок море.
Особо порадовала Водка, как государство образующий фактор.
Пили на Руси в основном медовуху.
Современную водку создал Менделеев в конце 19го века.
Северная война из-за мечты о Киеве.
Торговая блокада существовала со времён Ивана 3го. Постоянно её приходилось прорывать.
Окончательно решил эту проблему Петр 1й.
Сильная централизация власти, это следствие скудности урожая из-за северного климата.
При этом с юго-востока всегда угрожали кочевники. Они как разоряли крестьян, так и уводили их в рабство.
Особо серьёзная угроза была от крымского ханства. Окончательно решила эту проблему Екатерина 2я.
Что бы противостоять этой угрозе и пришлось концентрировать военные и управленческие ресурсы.
А они скудные, поскольку урожайность в Москве ниже чем в Париже или под Варшавой.
Just what I needed. Been looking up Russian history videos on UA-cam, wanted to watch a long video on it. Appreciate you dropping this
it's fatally flawed, watch academic history, you will get a better understanding of the current world from it, this is entertainment and doesn't do real history any justice
HE HATH RETURNED!!
Still waiting for the day that Lithuania will get covered. It's the missing half that should have been done with Poland all those years ago
As a Polish bloke, +1 for the fellow Lithuanian's request.
"Climbing the Steppes" That is one of the greatest puns I've ever seen.
33:25 Marx's 10 point plan was followed by the Bolsheviks perfectly, it was not Marxist doctrine that said the state would fade away and many of Marx's contemporaries like Russian Mikhail Bakunin said Marx's plan was nothing more than the worship of state power. What Marx actually said was, "the class system would be abolished and the state would no longer be necessary to enforce the interests of one class over another". So totalitarianism would no longer be needed since the entire population would have no desire to fight back. This is why the Soviets and their acolytes like China were the ultimate example Marx's ideals. In practice unless Marxism enslaves the entire globe it will conform to the world around it. So no Marx never said the state would fade away!
The book “200 years together “explains alot
A really amazing and thorough video. So much effort has been put into this video and it shows. I'm dumbfounded at how you've juggled this along with your family. Truly inspiring.
Some kind of Krautism.
It’s good to have you back Suibhne.
Glad to see you back Suibhne, I remember seeing your videos trending a lot during the pre-pandemic years, but after that it seemed like you almost disappeared. But I'm glad you've sorted things out, and Congratulations on having your first child. I also hope you'll be able to sort out the whole one man army style of video making you do, I love the added aspects from a Cultural and a political perspective as it builds awareness to the geopolitical landscape that which which our modern world is formed from, these are things people need to hear, combined with your iconic amination style that will always keep people watching. I absolutely can't wait to see more from you in the future, keep up the Great work!
“American Units” England - Am I a joke to you?
oh my god i never thought this channel would come back!
This was an outstanding summary of Russian history in a way which was accessible and told fairly. Please do more of these long form videos. Especially of Poland 🇵🇱
They are 3 episodes on Poland on this channel just to let you know.
The history of Poland fits into the phrase "They came to divide us again." It's just a joke...But there is a part of the truth in every joke
тут от правдивой формы, только название. У половины россиян задницы горят от того, что наговорил
Скоро это будет наша общая история. Полякам всегда нужно говорить о истории немцев и Русски, потому что делить Польшу это прекрасная европейская традиция
I’m so glad you’re finally back.
"party aristocracy in a way that wasn't much different" LoL. That is quite a take.
Happy to have been up to catch this
He came back with a 1 hour video 😭😭❤
You're back just in time for my history of Russia class!
Love your series! I'd love to see a history of Canada, and or Quebec, sort of covering the geographic area well back into pre-columbian times. Moar please! :)
Peter the Great did not name St. Petersberg after himself. He named it after Simon Peter Barjona, the apostle of Jesus Christ.
Yeah definitely
You should make a video of the US Empire/Hegemony too
Welcome back Suibhne and crew!!! ❤🔥
He's back!
You came through my videos. Thanks for this one. I am obsessed with history and science so it's no wonder that I got yours. Keep em coming!
The king returns
Yooooo no way your back crazy and most a hour long this should be fun
Another bunch of cliches... Predictable.
Truth hurts your eyes, doesn't it?
@@raivisb326ah yes. Let's focus on only the negative side of russian history, because we are such baddies!
@@raivisb326 truth - maybe. But it isn't.
The NED didn't cheap out on this one. Truly a masterpiss!
Author, do you have any contacts? As a Russian, I want to talk to you about some details of the history of my country.
I hope you're being sarcastic cause he definitely doesn't give a single sh@t 😂. Money is made with content that pleases the algorithm and the hordes. Of course, there's always the question of morality, but nowadays, the concept is threatened with extinction, sooo... yeah.
You can't get over the fact that you were Hitler's allies? Color me surprised...
@@skuadak2 oh yes, the hitler's allies, who tried to create antinazi coalition in 30's with western countries, who opposed to munich treaty etc🤡
@@skuadak2 and this was just written to me by a Pole, whose state built its idea of a nation in the 16th-17th centuries on Nazism and chauvinism?
@@Михаил_Благодарныйsir while you have right to be angry after what he said what you are saying is a nonsense. Nazism in 17th century? You hear yourself how ridiculous that sounds.
Russia's history is fascinating, exciting, and all too often brutal beyond imagining; and has been something I've been a little obsessed by since high school. It's strange and yet also not at all to see that so many of the modern state's prerogatives, problems and obsessions were seeded hundreds of years ago.
no
Wouldn't call it more brutal than any other part of the planet. Powerful and corrupt commit crimes, kind of comes with being corrupt while having power.
@@Iwor735 lol. Then you don't know it's history.
Sure, I mean I merely live here my entire life, why would I know the history of my own home.@@billhicks808
please keep in mind that its all from western perspective and doesnt include circumstances leading to certain decisions.
i would also doubt the amount of research gone into this video. it gets clear when he claims putin wanted russian empire back. means the author was to stupid or lazy to read 2 sentences further.
Yes he’s back with a another banger
Finally a video after 1 year
I grew up in the USSR and we didn't really learn much specifics about Catherine II, past how she became Empress after that it's kind of, just the status quo, everything is normal, Catherine is Great, and why - it doesn't matter. There are a lot of stories about Suvorov, how he crossed the Alps and stuff and then it's the war of 1812. That's kind of what you get as a kid in terms of history.
Yes. I am willing to have the political video with understanding of the nation states from you.
12:20 водка в средневековье, чёрт, я чуть со стула не рухнул от смеха. жаль этот исторический период я плохо помню, но всё равно вижу кучу ошибок и мне лень их расписывать, однако это, это уже за гранью. на этом моменте я бросил смотреть из-за "слишком большой достоверности".
Well worth the wait!
Hopefully
How in the hell did the video manage to depict the Slavs as coming from East Asia?? Literally NO ONE thinks that. Did you mean to say us Finno-Ugrics came from the east and settled here thousands of years before the Slavs did? If so, yeah, THAT is true.
Good to have you back man!
Finally a new video, nice work as always bro! ^^
Can you do a video about the history of austria next? :)
Welcome back buddy, while you were gone I learned who you are and watched all your videos!
oh shoot hes back, W
Love the old style but liking the new style as well! Great to have you back and posting again and congratulations on your beautiful baby!
Amazing quality video Sir, much appreciated! Shows how much time and effort goes into these vods. The only thing I was missing is a few funny jokes on the side from your earlier and shorter videos. The really help refocus on the serious stuff and the ton of info u r sharing with us. Thx again so much for ur research about the topic and wish u and the family great health and happiness! :)
Thank you for coming back to us ❤❤❤
Putin when asked when Tucker asks him what he thinks about ants:
FINALLY the legend is back
I'd love to see you make a video on the United States, Canada and Mexico in the future.
Funny Dudes with whimsical voices explaining history through cartoons gotta be my favorite genre of UA-cam (hi Sam O’nella, Bluejay, ExtraCredits, simplehistory, wendover, armchair historian, Serbian ball, and operations room) Nonetheless, welcome back, we missed you.
Hey man, interesting video! If you do more political-science stuff I'd be interesting if you'd offer some insight into your sources so we know that whatever it is you're presenting has X specific angle.
Also, props for responding to that dude on you subreddit, it must have taken quite some time. It's great to see you're willing to defend your work and expand on criticism.
Also also, congratulations on your daughter! Take all the time you need, your family should always take priority!
love Yeltsin chugging down a cold frosty one in the thumbnail
New drinking game … every time alcohol is mentioned take a shot
wasn’t the Scanian war included in the 1st northern wars? Idk much about it I was talking about it with a friend from Serbia and he mentioned it to me
Also I’m happy to see you back, its been a while
Congrats on the birth of your daughter! You have a beautiful family, and they absolutely must come first. It's good to have to have you back, and I look forward to more of your great content!
Love the new format.
1:52 - Thank you for not including the great Republic of Moldova in the Soviet Union, you've a dream map for millions)
pai a fost an uniunea sovietică 😂😂😂
Awesome video - great work!
yoooooo, the BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN!
Vodka was developed by Dmitry Mendeleev in 1865, are you sure about Ivan's "monopoly on vodka" in 1478?
Менделеев открыл формулу водки, а не саму водку. И то даже это скорее миф
According to the Case Study, Russian drinking culture can be traced back to the reign of Ivan the Terrible (1547-1584), who imposed a government monopoly on alcohol, including an early vodka made from grain (“bread wine”), which was sold through state established taverns frequented by the Tsar's special police forces