Fun fact: Peter the Great actually learned carpentry, shipbuilding etc, by going to workshop undercover, as a "simple woodworker". People teaching him usually never realised he's the Tsar of Russia
A quick comment on the Beard Tax: While it was strongly encouraged by Peter I and many nobles rejected the imposition of western trends, there were many nobles who paid the tax as a show that they were wealthy enough to do so
The law of unintrnded consequences meant that as a result, wearing a beard became a sign of distinction. Oops. I don't think he thought that one through. Like tobacco taxation resulting in governments being the greatest tobacco addicts of all, and still kicking against anything which might threaten that source of revenue, like vaping.
Yeah I was skeptical about watching your on site content since it was a departure from the normal content you produce. Once I finally did watch your videos at the ww1 battlefields I realized that your on site content was just as much of a joy to watch as your bread and butter content.
As an Asian who is an avid fan of European history, I really love your commentary on videos like this as it gives me something extra to think about or to learn other than the content already available in the video. Keep doing what you do man, you are an inspiration :)
A very important misconception about Peter "reform". Peter made Russian elite to look European , he strengtened army, and cracked down on government corruption, but country itself became even more oppressed and autocratic. In other words - the europeanisation of Russia was only a face paint, on a body of system than remained as oppressive as ever.
16:06 Because of those demands, some nobels claimed that the real Peter was killed in his grand tour to Europe and replaced by the imposter. This idea lives up to our times amongst alternative history believers.
Since you often encourage us to add any additional thoughts we have and the Romanov period is one of my favorite portions of history, I'll chip in with a few thoughts of my own here. Hopefully they'll be informative to some people as well. But first, I'll make one comment to my fellow subscribers. I'm sure a lot of you found this channel as a result of a UA-cam recommendation. Anything we can do to see to it that others get those recommendations is a good idea. It helps Chris, as I'm sure most of us want to do, and it gives the people who get the recommendations a chance to find the same valuable resource we have. Anyway, on to my thoughts. To reinforce your point on how important Moscow was even during the time Saint Petersburg was the capital, it's worth noting that all coronations of tsars during that time were held in Moscow. The historical significance of the city was considered too great to have such an important event held anywhere else. Regarding the two Alexei's, Nikolai II named his son after Tsar Alexei, since Alexei was his favorite ancestor. In fact, for the bicentennial celebration of Saint Petersburg, Nikolai and Aleksandra dressed as Alexei and his wife for the ball. When you talked about the size of Russia, I immediately though of a fact that blows many people's minds: Russia is so massive that it spans an incredible eleven time zones. Also, the Kaliningrad Oblast borders Poland in the west, while in the far East, Russia and the United States are separated by only about two and a half miles in the Diomede Islands. Russia considered itself the protector of Christianity in the Ottoman Empire. Maybe there was some sincerity in that, but ultimately, I've long believed it was more of a pretext to allow them to take Constantinople one day (which obviously never happened). I see a historical parallel in that today. The pretext being used for the invasion of Ukraine is protecting Russian speakers in Ukraine. (Btw, just how far does that go? Because of the long intertwined histories of the country, a very large portion of Ukrainians speak Russian. Maybe that's tied to the concept that they're both the same people that Putin likes to push.) Regarding the name changes of Saint Petersburg, the original name reflected Peter's idea of it being his window on Europe. Of course, during WW1, a German sounding name wasn't very popular, hence the change to the Russian sounding Petrograd. The change back to Saint Petersburg from Leningrad was made after the city's population voted in favor of a change back to the original name. Interestingly enough, the surrounding province still bears the name Leningrad Oblast.
I think you will like the Spanish history specifically 19th and 20th century. There is many things pretty interesting like royal drama, 5 civil wars… to name a few. And 2 of the most scandalous corruption in history
This is by far the best history channel on the entire site. Thank you for your content and everything you bring us, you provide an invaluable service and we love it.
Peter the Great have learned a lot of his western ideas such as shipbuilding from the Netherlands. I even think he could understand and speak Dutch. He worked incognito in a ship yard in Amsterdam. But he was found after a while. The Russian flag is inspired by the Dutch flag. A lot of Dutch people worked in Russia during is reign, at ship yards but also in the court. There are even rumours he wanted to make the Dutch the official court language.
Thanks for working hard to keep us entertained . I will vouch for the amazing quality of the on site videos. They are beautifully made and also has so much information.
There’s a 1842 novel by Nikolai Gogol called Dead Souls. It has a man traveling Russia and visiting various landowners, asking to buy their dead serfs. Everyone thinks he’s insane or perverted, but all he wants is a piece of paper that says that he owns these deceased serfs. The novel is a political satire. It actually ends mid-sentence, and Gogol supposedly started working on the sequel before destroying it, although some literary critics believe it was always intended to end that way
Learning the background of current/once great powers is always nice. Especially with you drawing the parallels between other conflicts. Keep up the good work. I'm guilty of not having watched your original content for quite a while. Now I'm onboard with it and I will try and watch 99% of your video's. The streams are usually a bit too long so I skip them though...
Another great series to help understand Russia (and some of their worldviews that may be influencing somewhat the things going on today) would be the series The Romanovs: The Real History of the Russian Dynasty. It is produced by a Russian media company (so there is a very high level of accuracy and detail) and covers the entire Romanov dynasty (from Michael the I succession all the way to the murder of Tsar Nicholas the II and his family). Well worth checking out in these troubling times for sure (it is quite long, being divided into 8 roughly 1h long episodes, but I think would 100% be worth it). ua-cam.com/video/USUA_1WVM8I/v-deo.html
I love how literally while you’re talking about how different cultures do things differently, you mention “Pop” and my New Englander ears that only ever hear it called Soda had to do a double take.
"Pop" vs "Soda" or "Soda Water" indeed has geographical variation within the US, but I don't think it's just a "north" or "south" thing. "Soda" was/is also the more common term in some parts of the South. Lol, and some areas just combine the two: "Soda Pop". I myself grew up in East Texas; one would hear mainly "soda" or "soda water". And sometimes just a generic "coke" which didn't necessarily mean specific Coca-Cola. "Pop", however, just wasn't in the lexicon, especially by itself. Perhaps an occasional "soda pop". But even all that might've been quite different in, say, North or West Texas.
while we are on EHTV, are you ever going to do parts 7-15 of their Napoleonic Wars series? I know you’ve been asked this a lot but still really would like to see your reaction
Thank you very much for covering the second half of the Russian History. Like I said in the previous video, I had watched the video a couple years ago, but hearing your thoughts and more historical bits really helps a lot on understanding Russian conflicts and how they impact modern-day Russia. I would love to hear your thoughts on RealLifeLore's video of "Why Russia is Invading Ukraine". It's like a summarized video of Russia's demands against Ukraine.
That's a great video; was a bit of an eye-opener to me. It might stretch the VTH definitional "boundaries" a bit...but then would also marry well with the UKR-RU videos which VTH is doing.
I wholeheartedly agree with what you said. ... life begins at the edge of one's comfort zone. Travel, explore, dare to push the frontier. How many people don't even have passports? How many people do but fail to use them. People commonly mistake the Earth for shrinking .... on the contrary, it's larger than anyone could imagine. We can do with ease what Bearing, Cook, Columbus couldn't even imagine.
The name Ukraine means Country in the Old Slavic language, and for the first time this name was used in chronicles of the 12th century. Borderland are called by Russians in order to have a reason to call these lands as Russians
I am always stunned at my encounters with people who not only have no interest in visiting strange places or learning about other culture, but are openly hostile to the prospect.
A thought occurs to me and that is, building off what you said about Russia falling behind, this seems to happen in cycles. The early to mid 19th century and the Brezhnev era are the biggest examples. You could also make the case for the situation today. And in all three instances Russia resorted to expansion to mitigate for lack of internal development and in all three this led to disaster.
It took me the whole last video and half of this video to realize that the dates on there were of there reign as tsar not there life. I was like why do they have 6 year olds as tsar 😂
As always, good stuff! The beard tax is complicated, but overall, as always I enjoyed it! Given that it's a topic -Ukraine seems important. Maybe a modern comparison to Poland? Might be too topical, but maybe some soviet bloc era stuff and post soviet bloc comparisons? Either way, keep keepin on!
The talk about the echo chamber is so true. I have been to Michigan and Chicago in 2016 as part of a student exchange program. I am from Austria. And people over there do things so much different then we. Some things are shocking others were fascinating, but when you have a look at this you can really understand why people act the way they are acting. Travelling truely helps seeing the world differently
In soviet Russia Waldo finds you ! support Ukraine and democracy and all the lives lost of people caught on both sides of the tragedy that's unfolding Ukraine
Regarding the current events going on, it's great to see how badly this is backfiring on Putin. Rather than them rolling over, it's solidified Ukraine's national resolve and for us in the West, it's caused us to rise above our bickering and come together to help a fellow member of the free world.
@@DetroitMuscle He expected Ukraine to surrender quickly and the west not risking freezing oligarchs assets in Europe. it's definitely not going as planned, although I doubt Ukraine can hold much longer.
Good work as always. Just as a point of intrest the word "serf" has a quite literal translation in Finnish. In here the word is "maaorja" which just directly translates to "land slave".
Peter in response to everyone complaining about all the changes he implemented: “BECAUSE I SAID SO.” He was a remarkable man in terms of intelligence, ambition, charisma, and vision. I don’t know if another leader could have accomplished everything that he did and as a student of history, he stands out and really earned the “great” moniker. Edit: Catherine actually did despise her husband and probably didn’t shed too many tears at his death. In her memoir she writes about what an infuriating imbecile he was.
I recommend History Matters' video on Peter the Great here as he goes into some detail of the court intrigue surrounding the Romanov family during this time.
OUTSTANDING commentary as usual😄This world today is depressing enough, but understanding the roots of the problems helps. Besides, no matter how bad the world right now is, we should all be grateful we aren't living during the Black Death or the Time of Troubles!😂Two quick questions, though, one, have you seen Star Media's documentary the Romanovs (probably the best documentary series I've ever seen, apart from Epic History), and two, are you planning on finishing the Epic History's Napoleonic Wars' series? Because I can say it's definitely worth it!
Hi Chris, love your channel. Just a comment on the origin of the name "Ukraine". The first recorded mention of it dates back to the year 1187, and in the chronicle, it actually refers to the southern lands of Kyivan Rus that are part of modern Ukraine. There are also alternative interpretations of its meaning ("Name of Ukraine" wiki article).
Just for fun, I urge you to seek out the “Peter the Great” mini series which featured Maximillian Schell and was based on Robert K. Massie’s epic biography. It had some significant flaws (Schell was ill and a stand in filled in for him) but it really conveys the era magnificently.
I don't know if the video will bring it up, but you should look up how much shit talk there was between Catherine the Great and Swedish king Gustav III! They absolutely despised eachother😅🤣
I recommend you should read a book about the Romanov dynasty written by Jean Des Cars. I don’t know if it’s translated into English, but I read it in Spanish and really enjoyed. By the way, great content!
At the end of part one you had a quick look at the Time of Troubles. I note that this happened at roughly the same time as the 30 Years War in Western Europe. I think this would make a good topic for your vlogs.
There is a fairy tale talking about how Peter the Great was captured in France during the Great Embassy. And that he was prisoner in the Bastille. That prisoner with the iron mask. You should check this out. This is pretty wild one. But really fun
Regarding low views on historic site views - I am the one that doesn't watch yet those videos, will try to explain why. E.g. Gettysburg. Yes, may be an important moment in US history, but I am not an american and only later I discovered that it is somehow related to American Civil War, who we, in our country, don't learn at all, or at the extent of - "there was a war between south and north, north won". Regarding "West front" on WWI/WWII - we also don't learn much. But will try later, when will have more time to watch them.
Russian serfdom wasn't slavery literally. Serfs had families, own houses and property unlike ancestors of "who's lives matter" this moment. Sobornoe ulozhenie just keep peasants in land of nobles, who in its turn must serve to state, peasants was only "bread bascet" to nobles and source of taxes to state
I really like this EHTV's series, I don't know why since it's a lot less well-made than some of their recent ones (like the last few episodes on Napoleon), but I still find it interesting and very well summarized.
i suspect the poor performance of your regular content is not so much that people dont want to watch it or that its not good, but that its simply not as clickbaity or eye-catching as the other stuff. And as you may know, on youtube the most important things tend to be the title, and the thumbnail. So you know you could try taking some tips from other youtubers on how to optimize that without changing the content quality of your videos. you know maybe use some sweeping panoramic shots, or some of the most eye-catching sites you visit on your thumbnail, and put some kind of interesting fact or question in the title. There are many youtubers who have made tutorials on how to best optimize your videos, so just try some of these optimization techniques. Ask some fellow youtubers what works for them. And just try and experiment a little on that front. implementing some of these things i think would make a great impact on your click through rate. Personally i think your historical battlefield videos are some of your best work! And i think there is no need to change anything about the content. However i think it would be quite beneficial to try some of those techniques to get more people into the channel!
Allso speaking of Peter III, his father (Karl fredrik, duke of holstein gottorp) was the nephew of Karl XII and was the one that Karl would like to succeeded by as the next ruler of sweden.
My additions: 5:36 Actually he had been murdered with tsar Nicholas anyways so... He couldn't lead the empire and he was also like 13 at the time. 18:45 grad means city so Leningrad is "The City of Lenin" and Stalingrad is "The City of Stalin" and Petrograd means "The City of Peter".
We are watching The Great on Hulu. Fun to see how they weave the actual history into the story they are putting forth. Having watched the Catherine the Great Extra Credits series, its been neat to see what they've done.
11:05 That reminds me of the fights in the Italian peninsula... there was a treaty between Milan and I forgot the other city, that wasn't even "eternal", it had a set duration of something like 100 years... It didn't last a single week. =P
Fun fact: Peter the Great actually learned carpentry, shipbuilding etc, by going to workshop undercover, as a "simple woodworker". People teaching him usually never realised he's the Tsar of Russia
Funnier fact: the people teaching him knew he was Peter the great, you wanna know why, because Peter was 6’8 and pretty easy to spot
Ok then
Two years later it remains a damn great fun fact.
A quick comment on the Beard Tax: While it was strongly encouraged by Peter I and many nobles rejected the imposition of western trends, there were many nobles who paid the tax as a show that they were wealthy enough to do so
The law of unintrnded consequences meant that as a result, wearing a beard became a sign of distinction.
Oops. I don't think he thought that one through.
Like tobacco taxation resulting in governments being the greatest tobacco addicts of all, and still kicking against anything which might threaten that source of revenue, like vaping.
Paying taxes to flex ? LOL
@@basedkaiser5352 That's not dissimilar to proudly paying fines for swearing on tv
@@basedkaiser5352 nothing hits harder flex than paying taxes back in the days xD
Top notch quality commentary, as always. Thanks for your work, and keep it comming. Greetings from the Ruhr. Greetigs from germany.
Yeah I was skeptical about watching your on site content since it was a departure from the normal content you produce. Once I finally did watch your videos at the ww1 battlefields I realized that your on site content was just as much of a joy to watch as your bread and butter content.
As an Asian who is an avid fan of European history, I really love your commentary on videos like this as it gives me something extra to think about or to learn other than the content already available in the video. Keep doing what you do man, you are an inspiration :)
6:10 A small addendum: the US abolished slavery in 1865. Brazil only abolished it in 1888, Brazil is the last country in America to abolish slavery.
Thank you so much for taking the advice for combing the on sight videos into one big video❤️
A very important misconception about Peter "reform". Peter made Russian elite to look European , he strengtened army, and cracked down on government corruption, but country itself became even more oppressed and autocratic. In other words - the europeanisation of Russia was only a face paint, on a body of system than remained as oppressive as ever.
Slight correction: Denmark, Poland-Lithuania and Russia declared war on Sweden, not the other way around.
feudalism feels more like a landlord system than a national system
16:06 Because of those demands, some nobels claimed that the real Peter was killed in his grand tour to Europe and replaced by the imposter. This idea lives up to our times amongst alternative history believers.
Since you often encourage us to add any additional thoughts we have and the Romanov period is one of my favorite portions of history, I'll chip in with a few thoughts of my own here. Hopefully they'll be informative to some people as well. But first, I'll make one comment to my fellow subscribers. I'm sure a lot of you found this channel as a result of a UA-cam recommendation. Anything we can do to see to it that others get those recommendations is a good idea. It helps Chris, as I'm sure most of us want to do, and it gives the people who get the recommendations a chance to find the same valuable resource we have. Anyway, on to my thoughts.
To reinforce your point on how important Moscow was even during the time Saint Petersburg was the capital, it's worth noting that all coronations of tsars during that time were held in Moscow. The historical significance of the city was considered too great to have such an important event held anywhere else.
Regarding the two Alexei's, Nikolai II named his son after Tsar Alexei, since Alexei was his favorite ancestor. In fact, for the bicentennial celebration of Saint Petersburg, Nikolai and Aleksandra dressed as Alexei and his wife for the ball.
When you talked about the size of Russia, I immediately though of a fact that blows many people's minds: Russia is so massive that it spans an incredible eleven time zones. Also, the Kaliningrad Oblast borders Poland in the west, while in the far East, Russia and the United States are separated by only about two and a half miles in the Diomede Islands.
Russia considered itself the protector of Christianity in the Ottoman Empire. Maybe there was some sincerity in that, but ultimately, I've long believed it was more of a pretext to allow them to take Constantinople one day (which obviously never happened). I see a historical parallel in that today. The pretext being used for the invasion of Ukraine is protecting Russian speakers in Ukraine. (Btw, just how far does that go? Because of the long intertwined histories of the country, a very large portion of Ukrainians speak Russian. Maybe that's tied to the concept that they're both the same people that Putin likes to push.)
Regarding the name changes of Saint Petersburg, the original name reflected Peter's idea of it being his window on Europe. Of course, during WW1, a German sounding name wasn't very popular, hence the change to the Russian sounding Petrograd. The change back to Saint Petersburg from Leningrad was made after the city's population voted in favor of a change back to the original name. Interestingly enough, the surrounding province still bears the name Leningrad Oblast.
I think you will like the Spanish history specifically 19th and 20th century. There is many things pretty interesting like royal drama, 5 civil wars… to name a few. And 2 of the most scandalous corruption in history
I agree. I think the Spanish Civil War in particular would be very worthy of treatment in this channel.
as a latino, PLEASE! lol
This is by far the best history channel on the entire site. Thank you for your content and everything you bring us, you provide an invaluable service and we love it.
I think you'd like the series "The Romanovs" as it has a bit more information regarding the transformation of Imperial Russia.
I just recommended that to VTH too. I left him the link. You're right. That series on the The Romanovs is really good.
Another great reaction. One thing to note about Catherine the great, he original name was Sofia. Keep up the good work!
Peter the Great have learned a lot of his western ideas such as shipbuilding from the Netherlands. I even think he could understand and speak Dutch. He worked incognito in a ship yard in Amsterdam. But he was found after a while. The Russian flag is inspired by the Dutch flag. A lot of Dutch people worked in Russia during is reign, at ship yards but also in the court. There are even rumours he wanted to make the Dutch the official court language.
Even today alot of Russian maritime language are actually Dutch words.
Thanks for working hard to keep us entertained . I will vouch for the amazing quality of the on site videos. They are beautifully made and also has so much information.
hey Chris, thanks for your contribution to the teaching of history, i have a question, when are you gonna continue your forgotten history series?
He said he plans to add new stuff soon in a livestream
Really like your historical videos. Keep on Keeping on.
Excellent, waiting for part 3 !!!
Tomorrow!
Love your videos Chris they always seem to cheer me up even on the worst days
Looking forward to your video tomorrow! Thank you for the great content!
Yes please I love longer content. Especially when it pertains to learning
13:21 hold up - did you say PIZZA VENDING MACHINE??
**not me immediately booking a trip to France**
I started watching your original content with this France tour, I didn't do it earlier, but I will from now. Cheers from Serbia
"And then it got worse." is a common theme throughout Russian history...
l rarely comment on these videos but l just want to say that these are very entertaining videos so thank you for making them, love from finland!
Great stuff my friend I love to see your channel doing well
I've been following unofficially for a while but I'm subscribing now because I like what I have seen so far.
I’ve been sleeping on your og content vids but I’m here now, keep doing ya thang ✊🏿
There’s a 1842 novel by Nikolai Gogol called Dead Souls. It has a man traveling Russia and visiting various landowners, asking to buy their dead serfs. Everyone thinks he’s insane or perverted, but all he wants is a piece of paper that says that he owns these deceased serfs. The novel is a political satire. It actually ends mid-sentence, and Gogol supposedly started working on the sequel before destroying it, although some literary critics believe it was always intended to end that way
When you get the chance, it might be cool to do the war of the Spanish succession
Learning the background of current/once great powers is always nice. Especially with you drawing the parallels between other conflicts. Keep up the good work.
I'm guilty of not having watched your original content for quite a while. Now I'm onboard with it and I will try and watch 99% of your video's. The streams are usually a bit too long so I skip them though...
I'm loving all the videos from the Somme!
Another great video as always 😁👍
Started Somme series now gonna finish it and than watch the compilation too you deserve more view than I can give in a year.
Love your videos Chris keep up the good work
Another great series to help understand Russia (and some of their worldviews that may be influencing somewhat the things going on today) would be the series The Romanovs: The Real History of the Russian Dynasty. It is produced by a Russian media company (so there is a very high level of accuracy and detail) and covers the entire Romanov dynasty (from Michael the I succession all the way to the murder of Tsar Nicholas the II and his family). Well worth checking out in these troubling times for sure (it is quite long, being divided into 8 roughly 1h long episodes, but I think would 100% be worth it). ua-cam.com/video/USUA_1WVM8I/v-deo.html
I love how literally while you’re talking about how different cultures do things differently, you mention “Pop” and my New Englander ears that only ever hear it called Soda had to do a double take.
"Pop" vs "Soda" or "Soda Water" indeed has geographical variation within the US, but I don't think it's just a "north" or "south" thing. "Soda" was/is also the more common term in some parts of the South. Lol, and some areas just combine the two: "Soda Pop". I myself grew up in East Texas; one would hear mainly "soda" or "soda water". And sometimes just a generic "coke" which didn't necessarily mean specific Coca-Cola. "Pop", however, just wasn't in the lexicon, especially by itself. Perhaps an occasional "soda pop". But even all that might've been quite different in, say, North or West Texas.
See as a Canadian I only ever hear Pop, so hearing someone say Soda feels profoundly weird
while we are on EHTV, are you ever going to do parts 7-15 of their Napoleonic Wars series? I know you’ve been asked this a lot but still really would like to see your reaction
He said yes in a livestream
@@sohums.6107 He said yes to more EHTV content not Napoleonic Wars specifically, at least based on the answer I heard
@@notaidan4451 no, on his Patreon live stream, somebody asked him and he said he’ll revisit the rest of the episodes
@@sohums.6107 ah I see ok thanks
Thank you very much for covering the second half of the Russian History. Like I said in the previous video, I had watched the video a couple years ago, but hearing your thoughts and more historical bits really helps a lot on understanding Russian conflicts and how they impact modern-day Russia.
I would love to hear your thoughts on RealLifeLore's video of "Why Russia is Invading Ukraine". It's like a summarized video of Russia's demands against Ukraine.
That's a great video; was a bit of an eye-opener to me. It might stretch the VTH definitional "boundaries" a bit...but then would also marry well with the UKR-RU videos which VTH is doing.
Fun fact Peter the great was 6 foot 9 which is extremely tall for the time period he lived in
It's still extremely tall except for sportsman
His daughter and niece were also extremely tall about 6’2 each.
They give lids and straws if you ask or if you take away, it's an initiative to fight waste and pollution
I wholeheartedly agree with what you said. ... life begins at the edge of one's comfort zone. Travel, explore, dare to push the frontier. How many people don't even have passports? How many people do but fail to use them. People commonly mistake the Earth for shrinking .... on the contrary, it's larger than anyone could imagine. We can do with ease what Bearing, Cook, Columbus couldn't even imagine.
Love your stuff!!! Watching now but had to comment first haha
Giving a like for the use of the word “Pop.”
The name Ukraine means Country in the Old Slavic language, and for the first time this name was used in chronicles of the 12th century. Borderland are called by Russians in order to have a reason to call these lands as Russians
I am always stunned at my encounters with people who not only have no interest in visiting strange places or learning about other culture, but are openly hostile to the prospect.
Thanks for the insightful comments as usual!
A thought occurs to me and that is, building off what you said about Russia falling behind, this seems to happen in cycles. The early to mid 19th century and the Brezhnev era are the biggest examples. You could also make the case for the situation today. And in all three instances Russia resorted to expansion to mitigate for lack of internal development and in all three this led to disaster.
could you do more reactions of histories of different countries? i love these.
forreal!!
It took me the whole last video and half of this video to realize that the dates on there were of there reign as tsar not there life. I was like why do they have 6 year olds as tsar 😂
WOW good analysis, привет из Сибири! История это мощь!
11:18 What really put the size of Russia into perspective for me was learning that there is only one country between Norway and North Korea
As always, good stuff!
The beard tax is complicated, but overall, as always I enjoyed it!
Given that it's a topic -Ukraine seems important. Maybe a modern comparison to Poland? Might be too topical, but maybe some soviet bloc era stuff and post soviet bloc comparisons?
Either way, keep keepin on!
The talk about the echo chamber is so true. I have been to Michigan and Chicago in 2016 as part of a student exchange program. I am from Austria. And people over there do things so much different then we. Some things are shocking others were fascinating, but when you have a look at this you can really understand why people act the way they are acting. Travelling truely helps seeing the world differently
6:48 made me think of that south park episode where Randy is Lorde
In soviet Russia Waldo finds you ! support Ukraine and democracy and all the lives lost of people caught on both sides of the tragedy that's unfolding Ukraine
Regarding the current events going on, it's great to see how badly this is backfiring on Putin. Rather than them rolling over, it's solidified Ukraine's national resolve and for us in the West, it's caused us to rise above our bickering and come together to help a fellow member of the free world.
I wonder what you say when they start using nukes.
you are not in sync with reality rn lol don't take your information from twitter hoaxes and psyops to "keep moral high"
@@savagedarksider5934 nukes have never been used like that why do you think putin will suddenly drop some.
how exactly is it "backfiring" lol?
@@DetroitMuscle He expected Ukraine to surrender quickly and the west not risking freezing oligarchs assets in Europe. it's definitely not going as planned, although I doubt Ukraine can hold much longer.
Good work as always. Just as a point of intrest the word "serf" has a quite literal translation in Finnish. In here the word is "maaorja" which just directly translates to "land slave".
18:45 "City" in Russian will be "город" (gorod) . "Град" (grad) is an archaic form of the word.
13:08 I thought you were going to do a reference to Pulp Fiction haha
You should visit the magnificent seven cemeteries in London
Keep in mind, a lot of people will discover these in the coming years. The history location videos will be so good for school!
I usually binge them when they're completely out.
ee? what an ending ... right when I was getting hyped :)
Peter in response to everyone complaining about all the changes he implemented: “BECAUSE I SAID SO.” He was a remarkable man in terms of intelligence, ambition, charisma, and vision. I don’t know if another leader could have accomplished everything that he did and as a student of history, he stands out and really earned the “great” moniker.
Edit: Catherine actually did despise her husband and probably didn’t shed too many tears at his death. In her memoir she writes about what an infuriating imbecile he was.
I recommend History Matters' video on Peter the Great here as he goes into some detail of the court intrigue surrounding the Romanov family during this time.
All of this Tsar names pretty common and casual in Russia
23:15 Huzzah!
Seriously, you are missing out if you haven't seen the series "The Great"yet. Such a fun series.
OUTSTANDING commentary as usual😄This world today is depressing enough, but understanding the roots of the problems helps. Besides, no matter how bad the world right now is, we should all be grateful we aren't living during the Black Death or the Time of Troubles!😂Two quick questions, though, one, have you seen Star Media's documentary the Romanovs (probably the best documentary series I've ever seen, apart from Epic History), and two, are you planning on finishing the Epic History's Napoleonic Wars' series? Because I can say it's definitely worth it!
Hi Chris, love your channel. Just a comment on the origin of the name "Ukraine". The first recorded mention of it dates back to the year 1187, and in the chronicle, it actually refers to the southern lands of Kyivan Rus that are part of modern Ukraine. There are also alternative interpretations of its meaning ("Name of Ukraine" wiki article).
Just for fun, I urge you to seek out the “Peter the Great” mini series which featured Maximillian Schell and was based on Robert K. Massie’s epic biography. It had some significant flaws (Schell was ill and a stand in filled in for him) but it really conveys the era magnificently.
Sir, just so you know,we in Romania get the lid and the straw at McDonald's too 😂
Truly Epic voice
I don't know if the video will bring it up, but you should look up how much shit talk there was between Catherine the Great and Swedish king Gustav III!
They absolutely despised eachother😅🤣
I recommend you should read a book about the Romanov dynasty written by Jean Des Cars. I don’t know if it’s translated into English, but I read it in Spanish and really enjoyed.
By the way, great content!
At the end of part one you had a quick look at the Time of Troubles. I note that this happened at roughly the same time as the 30 Years War in Western Europe. I think this would make a good topic for your vlogs.
Could you make a video about Horatio Nelson one day please? My personal favourite historical figure
There is a fairy tale talking about how Peter the Great was captured in France during the Great Embassy.
And that he was prisoner in the Bastille. That prisoner with the iron mask. You should check this out. This is pretty wild one. But really fun
You did an ERB for Rasmussen where you said that he had an ability to cure the Tsarina's sons hemophilia, is that who you were talking about?
Regarding low views on historic site views - I am the one that doesn't watch yet those videos, will try to explain why. E.g. Gettysburg. Yes, may be an important moment in US history, but I am not an american and only later I discovered that it is somehow related to American Civil War, who we, in our country, don't learn at all, or at the extent of - "there was a war between south and north, north won". Regarding "West front" on WWI/WWII - we also don't learn much. But will try later, when will have more time to watch them.
Russian serfdom wasn't slavery literally. Serfs had families, own houses and property unlike ancestors of "who's lives matter" this moment. Sobornoe ulozhenie just keep peasants in land of nobles, who in its turn must serve to state, peasants was only "bread bascet" to nobles and source of taxes to state
I don’t even understand my own culture. I dread my ability to interact with others.
People who don’t watch the historical site videos are really missing out!
"Don't make me repeat myself." - History
Romanov Dynasty (The last of the Tsars and Tsarinas) and the rise of USSR with Lenin.
epic i will watch your real life history series aswell
I really like this EHTV's series, I don't know why since it's a lot less well-made than some of their recent ones (like the last few episodes on Napoleon), but I still find it interesting and very well summarized.
i suspect the poor performance of your regular content is not so much that people dont want to watch it or that its not good, but that its simply not as clickbaity or eye-catching as the other stuff.
And as you may know, on youtube the most important things tend to be the title, and the thumbnail. So you know you could try taking some tips from other youtubers on how to optimize that without changing the content quality of your videos.
you know maybe use some sweeping panoramic shots, or some of the most eye-catching sites you visit on your thumbnail, and put some kind of interesting fact or question in the title.
There are many youtubers who have made tutorials on how to best optimize your videos, so just try some of these optimization techniques. Ask some fellow youtubers what works for them. And just try and experiment a little on that front. implementing some of these things i think would make a great impact on your click through rate.
Personally i think your historical battlefield videos are some of your best work! And i think there is no need to change anything about the content. However i think it would be quite beneficial to try some of those techniques to get more people into the channel!
10:52 To add to that, Around the time of the reign of Justinian I of the Eastern Roman Empire, they also had an eternal peace that also ended.
Allso speaking of Peter III, his father (Karl fredrik, duke of holstein gottorp) was the nephew of Karl XII and was the one that Karl would like to succeeded by as the next ruler of sweden.
plz make more of these videos
My additions:
5:36 Actually he had been murdered with tsar Nicholas anyways so... He couldn't lead the empire and he was also like 13 at the time.
18:45 grad means city so Leningrad is "The City of Lenin" and Stalingrad is "The City of Stalin" and Petrograd means "The City of Peter".
We are watching The Great on Hulu. Fun to see how they weave the actual history into the story they are putting forth. Having watched the Catherine the Great Extra Credits series, its been neat to see what they've done.
When you play that game of thrones you either win or you die.
11:05 That reminds me of the fights in the Italian peninsula... there was a treaty between Milan and I forgot the other city, that wasn't even "eternal", it had a set duration of something like 100 years... It didn't last a single week. =P
I’m belgian and even I am surprised that they don’t give lids and straws in mcdo in France lol
Alexei is quite a common name, common as Alexander, or Dmitry, or Mikhail (Michael).