Nikita Khrushchev - The Man Behind the Missile Crisis

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  • @Biographics
    @Biographics  5 років тому +201

    Thank you War Thunder for making this one possible! Check out here: v2.xyz/BiographicsWarThunder

    • @TheKing60210
      @TheKing60210 5 років тому +8

      You guys should do something on J Edgar Hoover, he was the Head of the FBI for Decades and there was rumours of him being in a gay relationship despite condemning homosexuality in public.

    • @turbowolf302
      @turbowolf302 5 років тому +61

      Boy, that's Gaijin's other game, Crossout. You might want to doublecheck your footage.

    • @meta4101
      @meta4101 5 років тому +2

      @@TheKing60210 I just can't believe that J Edgar was gay ... scandalous ... impossible.

    • @joe090309
      @joe090309 5 років тому +10

      So uhh you got a couple things crossed. There was cross out footage in the Warthunder promo and there was no audio during the warthunder clips.

    • @diojamal9128
      @diojamal9128 5 років тому +3

      Muhammad Ali of Egypt👌

  • @karlp8484
    @karlp8484 5 років тому +410

    Minor vignette: Khrushchev didn't take off his shoe and bang it on the table at the UN. He had an extra shoe with him and intended to make the scene all along. It worked, we are still talking about it.

    • @djquinn11
      @djquinn11 2 роки тому +16

      A crazy gesture for a world leader

    • @Elainerulesutube
      @Elainerulesutube 2 роки тому +5

      I remember it!

    • @secretbaguette
      @secretbaguette Рік тому +8

      Man brought a shoe with him into the UN.

    • @geovonnie69
      @geovonnie69 Рік тому

      Those old commies were actually funny. Unlike the cringe, green haired college communists we have today.

    • @bezllama3325
      @bezllama3325 Рік тому +11

      Reminds of when someone threw their shoes at Bush

  • @ChrisCVW
    @ChrisCVW 5 років тому +1643

    “We will bury you” was a bad translation, i understand the Russian phrase is better rendered “we will stand respectfully at your graveside”, which is commonly used to describe not intervening when someone else sets their course on disaster.

    • @dougplemons3640
      @dougplemons3640 5 років тому +75

      Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

    • @Zeruel3
      @Zeruel3 5 років тому +245

      So it's more akin to "okay, it's your funeral buddy"?

    • @JeanLucCaptain
      @JeanLucCaptain 5 років тому +42

      That's SOOOO Badass 😎

    • @bobbybobberson3374
      @bobbybobberson3374 5 років тому +15

      I learned that from Ken Follet's book Edge of Eternity. Did you see it there too?

    • @ChrisCVW
      @ChrisCVW 5 років тому +17

      I must confess to you I don’t really absorb information from books. I think it came from a UA-cam video or a podcast.

  • @analien8497
    @analien8497 4 роки тому +1726

    U.S: *sets up missiles in turkey*
    USSR: *sets up missiles in cuba*
    U.S: Wait, that's illegal.

    • @Protoman85
      @Protoman85 4 роки тому +346

      Ah the grand US tradition of "it's only bad when YOU do it"

    • @bgbeck55
      @bgbeck55 4 роки тому +47

      Damn straight.

    • @maxnikolenko2302
      @maxnikolenko2302 4 роки тому +85

      Just like today with nato in ex USSR countries. Yet, if Russia sets up a site in Petersburg, america and nato will scream aggretion

    • @TacDyne
      @TacDyne 4 роки тому +86

      @@Protoman85 This is due to the US being the good guys. And as the good guys, the US can do anything it wants with impunity. God bless the USA, and no one else! \0

    • @brya9681
      @brya9681 4 роки тому +15

      @Dumbo Octopus now you're getting it

  • @JeffTheHokie
    @JeffTheHokie 5 років тому +513

    "We will bury you" was a mistake by his translator. He was trying to say "we will dig you in" an expression which in Russian meant "We will outlast you".

    • @carpediem6568
      @carpediem6568 5 років тому +28

      Amazing. It was never corrected to the American people as far as I know. That explains a whole lot. I remember when it happened. Really scary.

    • @billolsen4360
      @billolsen4360 4 роки тому +5

      Maybe Natika was trying to say "We dig you"

    • @laierr
      @laierr 4 роки тому +36

      No, "we dig you in" is a double mistranslation of an incorrect translation.
      The word he used ("похоронить") undoubtedly refers to a funeral.
      But yeah, in the context it undoubtedly (for Russian speaker) means something like "we will outlast you" or "you're legacy" or "we'll live to see your funeral". And he was talking about ideology as in "we will bury capitalism", not "we will bury all of you".

    • @hassetjifrebro8222
      @hassetjifrebro8222 3 роки тому +3

      I thought it was more like “It’s your funeral” basically?

    • @Binstone
      @Binstone 3 роки тому

      The way you say that.... means the same thing. Like when you bury some one you, you dig a hole and then you put them in.... ie bury them

  • @darter9000
    @darter9000 5 років тому +1384

    So... in the Russian Game of Thrones, only the jester survived.

    • @robschumann9665
      @robschumann9665 5 років тому +27

      darter9000 All hail is Grace, Samwell of the House Tarly, First of his name, King of the Andals and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm.

    • @bydloshkolnik
      @bydloshkolnik 5 років тому +23

      @@planetarian3080 Except it's a comedy and have nothing to do with reality of that succession, which was fast and gory.

    • @Michael-590
      @Michael-590 5 років тому +36

      ‘A very small man can cast a very large shadow’. That seems to adequately describe Khrushchev.

    • @kimmoreels7950
      @kimmoreels7950 5 років тому +1

      lmao your funny :)

    • @Packless1
      @Packless1 4 роки тому

      ...kind of...!

  • @brianrunyon266
    @brianrunyon266 5 років тому +179

    "When Stalin says dance, a wise man dances." A complex character. He knew the CPSU still had to work, but knew the worst of Stalinism must not be part of it any longer.

  • @randomlyentertaining8287
    @randomlyentertaining8287 4 роки тому +121

    It's really depressing when you know videos like this that teach real deep history are demonetized.

    • @football42241
      @football42241 2 роки тому +2

      What is the reason that this video would get de-monetized? Is it some kind of bad blood between Google and Russian History?

    • @jd4278
      @jd4278 2 роки тому +8

      @@football42241 Advertisers dislike recent history since most people get emotional about them

    • @vindictaetmortem748
      @vindictaetmortem748 Рік тому

      Well considering Simon has told a blatant lie at least once in this video why shouldn't it be? The Nazis didn't kill 7 million Ukrainians.... whereas the Russians (Stalin) killed 4 million Ukrainians in the 30's.

    • @jasonfreak99
      @jasonfreak99 Рік тому +5

      @@football42241 Because educational UA-cam videos are viewed as hate speech or whatever. I miss the old UA-cam.

    • @aluisious
      @aluisious 10 місяців тому +2

      @@jd4278 There is hilarious irony in capitalism demonetizing 20 minute videos dispassionately discussing facts.

  • @docyagamikiko
    @docyagamikiko Рік тому +30

    At this point in time, a Mikhail Gorbachev featurette is a must.... Rest in peace.

  • @MidnightMan5001
    @MidnightMan5001 5 років тому +294

    Just remember.
    "Only 75% of the room is conscious!"

    • @eamonwright7488
      @eamonwright7488 5 років тому +20

      IgnitedSage “My heart feels sick....Like it’s going into battle!”

    • @joshuaescopete
      @joshuaescopete 4 роки тому +14

      Are you wearing pajamas?

    • @anngo4140
      @anngo4140 3 роки тому +6

      "Our general secretary is lying in a puddle of indignity!"

    • @Soyofdarknes
      @Soyofdarknes 3 роки тому +4

      "Oh no! This is calamity... calamity!"

  • @MillRunner
    @MillRunner 5 років тому +347

    You gotta do Gorbachev.
    Who woulda thought the Soviet Union would be defeated by Pizza Hut?

    • @matiasgazzarri4959
      @matiasgazzarri4959 5 років тому +21

      He should do Brezhnev to. Not sure about Andropov and Chernenko, I don't think they're very interesting

    • @brentgranger7856
      @brentgranger7856 5 років тому +5

      Where did you read that? I see it more as Pepsi began the downfall of the USSR, but Coca-Cola rose from the ashes.

    • @MillRunner
      @MillRunner 5 років тому +17

      @@brentgranger7856 It was more of a joke based around that Pizza Hut commercial he was in.

    • @acetate909
      @acetate909 5 років тому +3

      @@brentgranger7856
      It was a lot of companies. I think he meant Pizza Hut as stand in for any and all American franchises that turned Russia capitalist. Don't get hung up on the particular brand when it was the capitalist ideology that's important. You're correct tho, it seems that Pepsi started the conversion but the specific company is just incedectal and the larger issue of private industry and a consumer driven market was the meta transforming catalyst.

    • @Mr-yj4qz
      @Mr-yj4qz 5 років тому +3

      @@matiasgazzarri4959 Andropov ran the KGB so I think it would be interesting to cover that and his later leadership.

  • @kentgrady9226
    @kentgrady9226 5 років тому +101

    A fluent Russian speaker may correct me, but it's my understanding that the phrase "We will bury you!" is misunderstood.
    I was once told that the Russian verb "to bury" as used by Khrushchev is properly translated as "to attend (another person's) funeral" or more colloquially, "to outlast" or "to outlive (another person)". It was further explained to me that there is a different Russian verb altogether, meaning to bury in the sense of digging a hole, putting something or someone in it, and filling it back up with earth.
    If true, that would certainly cast a different light on Nikita's famous rant. Not having any knowledge of Russian beyond a few basic words, I cannot confirm the assertion.

    • @Zeruel3
      @Zeruel3 5 років тому +21

      I've heard something similar, Khrushchev meant it as "we will outlast you" not "we will kill you", the problem was the phrase didn't translate very well and it gave a great opportunity for the west to paint him as a murderous maniac

    • @fredkruse9444
      @fredkruse9444 5 років тому +2

      Makes sense to me. Interesting. (As a child at the time, I well remember the contemporaneous reports on that statement, portraying him as pure evil.)

    • @akezimak
      @akezimak 5 років тому +6

      As a native speaker living in XXI century... it sounds more like "we'll left you behind in a race" to me when used figuratively (as he obviously did). It can also be taken literally though, as in "bury". It's like that UK pair who got arrested for jokingly saying "I'm going to destroy America" in Twitter before a trip to US. So it's not the best choice of words in Russian either, especially for a politician of that caliber talking through an interpreter who might miss the subtlety.
      > It was further explained to me that there is a different Russian verb altogether, meaning to bury in the sense of digging a hole, putting something or someone in it, and filling it back up with earth.
      It's probably закопаем instead of похороним? Both mean bury in English, but похороним (what Khrushchev said) is for people burial, and закопаем is for anything else.

    • @waverider8549
      @waverider8549 5 років тому +6

      As a Russian speaker I can confirm that you are 100% correct

    • @mlgerab
      @mlgerab 4 роки тому +1

      I had heard he merely meant “bury” in an economic sense. No?

  • @runwiththewind3281
    @runwiththewind3281 5 років тому +58

    Well done.
    I was born in 57, and remember listening to my dad talk about events you covered.
    Accurate and precise.
    Today I have friends and colleagues from Russia.
    Think about that.
    I wonder what could have been and observe what is.
    The oxen are slow but the earth is patient.
    There is hope.

    • @aluisious
      @aluisious 10 місяців тому

      There's no hope. We fucked up the earth. Well, there's hope for the earth once we strangle ourselves.

  • @aaronbonogofsky4463
    @aaronbonogofsky4463 5 років тому +398

    Do Brezhnev next, great job on Kruschev.

    • @ryan-nl8bp
      @ryan-nl8bp 4 роки тому +6

      I second this recomendation

    • @alastairward2774
      @alastairward2774 3 роки тому +1

      He's pretty boring though isn't he?

    • @ruturajshiralkar5566
      @ruturajshiralkar5566 3 роки тому +1

      @@alastairward2774 Actually he is far more interesting. I would recommend watching the Doc "Brezhnev's Kremlin".

    • @toonlink1723
      @toonlink1723 3 роки тому +1

      Even though his reign was very short Andropov was the head of the KGB so he could be interesting

    • @ruturajshiralkar5566
      @ruturajshiralkar5566 3 роки тому +1

      @@toonlink1723 Andropov was also an Anti-Corruption crusader.

  • @princetonnobelofficial4286
    @princetonnobelofficial4286 5 років тому +255

    Kim Jong Un: I have the most powerful nukes which can destroy the US
    Nikita Khrushchev: Hold my Vodka

    • @IronMaiden1164
      @IronMaiden1164 5 років тому

      Sorry did you mean Kennedy?

    • @studinthemaking
      @studinthemaking 4 роки тому

      More like hold by case of vodka.

    • @brentcogswell6884
      @brentcogswell6884 4 роки тому

      @chris younts wrong kim.

    • @Zamolxes77
      @Zamolxes77 4 роки тому

      Kim Jong Un nukes contain obesity and heart disease instead of uranium !

    • @bunnywithgun
      @bunnywithgun 3 роки тому

      @chris younts 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @oberstul1941
    @oberstul1941 5 років тому +42

    Also, that movie, The Death of Stalin, has Kruschiov being played by Steve Buscemi and is a total eye opener and a funny flick too.

  • @daniell1483
    @daniell1483 2 роки тому +14

    In a hundred years, when historians are trying to figure out what people were thinking in the 1900s, I think they will see Khrushchev in a mostly good light. He dismantled the engine of fear Stalin built in Russia and led a super-power into space. Nikita, imperfect, yet he did so much, it isn't hyperbole to say he changed the world. Largely for the better, at that.

  • @robertbritton4772
    @robertbritton4772 5 років тому +592

    Been hyped for this since I watched Death of Stalin

    • @Jshaw6614
      @Jshaw6614 5 років тому +63

      I like that movie. Mix of comedy and seriousness. All around good film.

    • @gipsydanger7379
      @gipsydanger7379 5 років тому +41

      That film was hailrious. And it had a great cast.

    • @matttucker3
      @matttucker3 5 років тому +10

      saaaaaaame

    • @acetate909
      @acetate909 5 років тому +12

      Everything by Armando Inuchi is great. _In The Loop_ is one of the best movies of the last 20 years. _Death of Stalin_ is a classic as well. He created the HBO show _Veep_ as well for anyone interested.

    • @rockthered8706
      @rockthered8706 5 років тому +2

      Robert Britton same here

  • @dolanusduk693
    @dolanusduk693 5 років тому +637

    Can you make a video about Josip Broz Tito?

    • @gipsydanger7379
      @gipsydanger7379 5 років тому +36

      I heard he was the head of Partisan forces in Nazi occupied Yugoslavia. He seems like an interesting character.

    • @matttucker3
      @matttucker3 5 років тому +21

      i agree one on Tito would be amazing! also check out Tooky history's video on him its funny as hell XD

    • @BHuang92
      @BHuang92 5 років тому +22

      Very interesting figure. Controversial in opposing Stalin but was the head of a communist regime of the Balkans. Until his death, he was the reason the region was under a single nation of Yugoslavia.

    • @Biographics
      @Biographics  5 років тому +130

      yes

    • @emelgiefro
      @emelgiefro 5 років тому +20

      @@BHuang92 the only things that still function in ex yugoslav countries were built by tito and austro hungary
      You dont need to agree with him on everything but he loved every person in the country he created and everyone loved him (huge part not everyone)
      He would get glowers thrown at him when he visited towns/cities unlike bullets and granades many got and still get

  • @musicman399
    @musicman399 5 років тому +36

    "Our great leader is lying in a pool of indignity"

  • @LinkTheSamurai
    @LinkTheSamurai 5 років тому +71

    Loved the video, but I feel as though it should have been mentioned that Vasily Arkhipov prevented the Cuban Missile Crisis from going hot.
    The US Navy was dropping depth charges at his sub, and they had no idea if WWIII had begun or not. Vasily made the call to surface and radio Moscow, rather than give his clearance to fire nuclear torpedoes.

    • @VisibilityFoggy
      @VisibilityFoggy 4 роки тому +12

      That's a very interesting story. The US Navy crew had no idea that sub was armed with nukes, and the depth charges they were dropping were only the size of small hand grenades and could do no damage at all to the ship. They were purely being used to signal it. Of course, the Soviet Navy had no way of telling this either. Vasily Arkhipov absolutely saved the world that day.

    • @samgemsgems7571
      @samgemsgems7571 4 роки тому

      @@VisibilityFoggy nuclear bombs are under control of heartless killer wild animals.these criminals ready to kill all people and world.curse for these miserable idiots.

    • @DontCriticMyTecnique
      @DontCriticMyTecnique 4 роки тому

      Samgems Gems nininn

    • @DontCriticMyTecnique
      @DontCriticMyTecnique 4 роки тому

      D 349 no

  • @georgemalenvisch3133
    @georgemalenvisch3133 5 років тому +55

    Big big question. How come anything to do with the Soviet Union and russia have been recently getting demonitized? What is with this censorship. I watch a person who lived and was born in 1970s Ukraine SSR, and he constantly get demonitized for simply talking about how life was back then. This really worries me...

    • @georgemalenvisch3133
      @georgemalenvisch3133 5 років тому

      @Ruturaj Shiralkar yeah i don't get it. He said 25% of his videos

    • @georgemalenvisch3133
      @georgemalenvisch3133 5 років тому +1

      @Ruturaj Shiralkar huh..? Monetary and demons are two completely different things.

    • @georgemalenvisch3133
      @georgemalenvisch3133 5 років тому

      @Ruturaj Shiralkar i mean youtube made it so he couldn't get money from his video... So

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 3 роки тому +1

      Because of the infamous "companies are individuals too" and the UA-cam Vs Prager U court case
      Seeing as how you are not forced to use UA-cam that means UA-cam doesn't have to respect your rights of free speech, and if you want to make $$ on UA-cam you better play by their rules

    • @susanhubbart5494
      @susanhubbart5494 3 роки тому +3

      Because Silicon Valley is run by a bunch of rich socialist(so long as the bad consequences of it don't affect/effect them) who don't want the idiot snowflakes of today to understand how truly bad things can get.

  • @YosefCardoso
    @YosefCardoso 5 років тому +321

    talks about war thunder doesn't show war thunder hehehe

    • @harmen4436
      @harmen4436 5 років тому +5

      Yosef Cardoso what game was that

    • @malemute4378
      @malemute4378 5 років тому +20

      Harmen crossout

    • @ottovonbismarck7541
      @ottovonbismarck7541 5 років тому +14

      I was looking for someone to say that

    • @DayZeroGaming
      @DayZeroGaming 5 років тому +1

      War thunder I haven't played or the other one..

    • @Aenonar
      @Aenonar 5 років тому +4

      it's not a very "realistic" game anyway... they've been chewing away at that for ages ^^' the physics might be fairly realistic.. but then they just put it in a pretty silly gameplay style which ruins any sense of realism...

  • @Eazy-ERyder
    @Eazy-ERyder Рік тому +6

    This episode made me want to rewatch the fantastic movie "Thirteen Days" with Kevin Costner. Probably the BEST film ever made regarding the Cuban Missle Crisis.

  • @brentgranger7856
    @brentgranger7856 5 років тому +8

    Thanks for finally releasing the video about my favorite leader of the USSR. As a guy who studied the USSR and the Soviet system at the university, I feel that Khrushchev is highly misunderstood and under appreciated.
    The "Kitchen Debate" displayed not just a kitchen, but an "affordable" American home of the 1950's filled with conveniences like a dish washer. Soviet citizens were shown the debate, but much of the American house and Nixon's words were censored.
    Khrushchev was initially opposed to the idea of sending Sputnik into orbit and eventually relented. Upon seeing the shock from the West of the successful launch, Khrushchev turned the launch into a huge propaganda program and immediately demanded a second launch to best Sputnik 1 and coincide with the 40th anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917. The idea morphed into launching Laika, the space dog, into orbit for Sputnik 2.
    His son, Sergei, stated that President Kennedy proposed a joint USA/USSR moon program, but Khrushchev turned him down because he felt America wanted access to Soviet rocket technology. Sergei has stated that his father later reconsidered Kennedy's offer, but Kennedy's assassination and his removal from office the next October prevented this.
    Sergei also spoke that Operation: Anadyr, the movement of Soviet missiles to Cuba, was inspired by looking across the Black Sea from his father's dacha in Yalta and thinking of the danger that American missiles in Turkey posed.
    In recent times, gentrification in Moscow has resulted in a controversial program to replace Soviet-era apartment complexes called "Khrushchevkas" (little Khrushchevs). These were cheap concrete apartment complexes to help accommodate Moscow's rising population during Khrushchev's time as premier.

  • @BlackGreenDragon7
    @BlackGreenDragon7 5 років тому +87

    Maybe you guys shoud separate War Thunder footage from Crossout footage ;)

  • @whatamalike
    @whatamalike 5 років тому +62

    "the man behind the missle crisis" that's a bit harsh...besides it takes two to tango.

    • @cptant7610
      @cptant7610 5 років тому +14

      Seriously, the USA basically forced the crisis with their failed bay of pigs invasion of Cuba and their stationing of nukes in Turkey. Also just letting the missiles be stationed would have done nothing as mutually assured destruction was/became a reality anyway.

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 3 роки тому

      Yeah it was che who started it, he convinced Castro who at first flatly refused to accept the Soviet missiles.
      Xtra Credit UA-cam channel does a much better job at explaining the entire situation

  • @stevenwebb3634
    @stevenwebb3634 4 роки тому +11

    Stalin: "Comrade Khrushchev get drunk and dance for me"
    Khrushchev: "I'll be a one man conga line"

  • @bigbroauctions
    @bigbroauctions 5 років тому +175

    Why is a history lesson demonitized?...inquiring minds want to know.

    • @RaymondTracer
      @RaymondTracer 5 років тому +89

      Because the past is scary and UA-cam has to protect the special snowflakes from reality.

    • @NefariousKoel
      @NefariousKoel 5 років тому +38

      Talking about the USSR, Communism/Socialism, etc is a quick way to get flagged by the UA-cam censors. Many of whom are, ironically, Socialist sympathizers and apologists.

    • @mereanochheart7050
      @mereanochheart7050 4 роки тому +2

      @@RaymondTracer 100%

    • @L1b3rta
      @L1b3rta 4 роки тому +1

      @Frederick Röders Net neutrality = communism? Net neutrality isn't the redistribution of bandwidth, numbnuts. What a stupid comparison. Net neutrality is solely about only having one lane, and not multiple lanes for the same bandwidth at different tariffs. Communism = slavery of labour; Net Neutrality = freedom of access to information (with the same bandwidth you're already paying for to your capitalist ISP).

    • @liamcanavan5970
      @liamcanavan5970 4 роки тому +1

      Frederick Röders Communism would lead to more diversity than capitalism (Marxist communism anyway) to say it would neutralise society shows you do not have an understanding of the theory only how it has been misunderstood by Stalin; it is a difficult theory to grasp nowadays due to all the mutations

  • @StephenSchaal
    @StephenSchaal 5 років тому +157

    Stalin made him dance like a jester? That is amazing, and hilarious.

    • @matthelme4967
      @matthelme4967 4 роки тому +3

      SW Stalin also killed every single person with a power base.

    • @Zero-lm7iv
      @Zero-lm7iv 4 роки тому +3

      Stalin made him dance the gopak. He said he looked like a “cow on ice”.

    • @dkupke
      @dkupke 4 роки тому +25

      Fun fact: a lot of Stalin’s henchmen died of liver issues. He was fond of having them to all night feasting vests during which they had to get shitfaced; they were afraid that saying “nah, I had enough” would make him suspicious, as if he thought they were hiding something and didn’t want the booze to loosen their tongues. He did it deliberately to keep them cowed and humiliated.

    • @balancedactguy
      @balancedactguy 3 роки тому +6

      Krushchev was once asked about his dancing for Stalin. He replied" When the Boss tells you to Dance......YOU DANCE!"

    • @temuujintsc3648
      @temuujintsc3648 3 роки тому +4

      Kruschev was asked about the dancing he replied "When Stalin told you to dance "smart" man dances"

  • @MrMustangMan67
    @MrMustangMan67 5 років тому +31

    Extremely interesting. I hope a Gorbachev episode is coming too!

  • @frankreads8618
    @frankreads8618 Рік тому +2

    Khruschev did what the emperor Claudius did nearly 2000 years before: he survived by making everyone underestimate him.

  • @cherylabellar2311
    @cherylabellar2311 5 років тому +198

    Wow! To mask his genius to survive Stalin oppressive regime,
    He had to act the fool.

    • @bcfairlie1
      @bcfairlie1 3 роки тому +9

      Just like Claudius had to for Caligula

    • @okmate724
      @okmate724 2 роки тому +3

      stalin hid his genius to in the early days of the Bolsheviks

  • @bear499
    @bear499 5 років тому +9

    You've come such a long way Simon. Congratulations for all your success, you deserve it.

  • @1waychild
    @1waychild 5 років тому +16

    I really enjoyed this. An incredibly refreshing view of Nikita Khrushchev.
    It was fate.

  • @johnnymittens77
    @johnnymittens77 5 років тому +3

    This is my favourite one for a while. Good long run time, packed with good information. More in this vein for sure 🤘

  • @DarqueQueen7
    @DarqueQueen7 5 років тому +16

    This was BRILLIANT, Simon! I really learned a lot today!

  • @refusefntk
    @refusefntk 5 років тому +26

    Do one on Gorbachev's birthmark, that thing needs it's own bio

    • @thereforeayam
      @thereforeayam 4 роки тому +3

      does this narrator not have a small tribute version on the left side of his prestigious dome?

  • @rooseveltbrentwood9654
    @rooseveltbrentwood9654 4 роки тому +8

    Simon, please always wear a matching sport coat in every video. Im loving the purple check over the solid darker purple button down.

  • @rexterry4722
    @rexterry4722 3 роки тому

    I stumbled across Biographics by accident and I am glad I did! Informative, well organized, and easy to follow. Bravo!

  • @Bra-a-ains
    @Bra-a-ains 5 років тому +1

    Wow! This is one of your best, yet. I like how you were able to explain the who, what, where, and when and show how they influenced each other to give a unique narrative.

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 3 роки тому +12

    1:35 - Chapter 1 - War & revolution
    5:15 - Chapter 2 - Power & purges
    9:05 - Chapter 3 - Secret speeches
    13:00 - Mid roll ads
    15:05 - Chapter 4 - The winds of change
    18:30 - Chapter 5 - Crisis
    22:45 - Chapter 6 - Goodbye to all that

  • @rockthered8706
    @rockthered8706 5 років тому +22

    I really like it when you do biographies on people in the Soviet Union, it’s such a mysterious and enigmatic part of history to so many of us in the west that it’s often I misunderstood. I enjoy the deep dives into the facts of what happened. It’s unfortunate that simply because you are talking about a well known communist your video is certain to be demonetized. It’s not right

  • @camilocienfuegos2866
    @camilocienfuegos2866 4 роки тому

    I'm so appreciative of your channel. Thank you for all the great information and knowledge!

  • @maxnikolenko2302
    @maxnikolenko2302 4 роки тому +2

    I love these biographys. Great way ro learn information in a short and straightforward way. Thank you

  • @CeticWales
    @CeticWales 3 роки тому +11

    Khrushchev's ridiculousness was part of his act to survive and fly under the radar by not appearing as a serious rival to anyone. Once he had the opportunity, the mask came off and he acted.

  • @craigporter8873
    @craigporter8873 5 років тому +22

    Simon- The USSR's most controversial premier Nikita Khrushchev...... did he just forget about Stalin ?

    • @Shinji_1943
      @Shinji_1943 5 років тому +2

      Depends who you are asking but yeah most if not all Soviet leaders were controversial in some shape or form if you ask hard-line Marxists/Communists about their opinion on Gorbachev many would call him controversial. Stalin is arguably the most controversial even Khrushchev critiqued him at the XX Party Congress and followed a policy of de-Stalinization.

    • @craigporter8873
      @craigporter8873 5 років тому +1

      @Qowkdjnd Xiwjsjd Oh nothing at all like being responsible for millions of people dying/being killed... totally not controversial. Wind your neck in and learn some history.

    • @annaz940
      @annaz940 5 років тому

      Qowkdjnd Xiwjsjd, controversial means causing disagreement, so yeah, Stalin was pretty controversial

    • @grza4911
      @grza4911 5 років тому +15

      @@craigporter8873 That's the point, MOST people agree that Stalin was bad. So he isn't that controversial. With Nikita it's less black and white, more grey, more disagreement, so he is, some would argue, more controversial. Controversy means dissagreement, not, "bad".

    • @python808
      @python808 5 років тому +2

      Andrew Griffiths Stalin might not be controversial in the west. But Russians are still torn on the topic.

  • @sgt345
    @sgt345 3 роки тому +2

    This might be one of my favorite episodes. Well done.

  • @williamblack1729
    @williamblack1729 3 роки тому

    Another great video Simon. Thank you and the Biographics team.

  • @amateurastronomer9463
    @amateurastronomer9463 4 роки тому +7

    I was born in 1970. I remember Brezhnev. Learned about Khrushchev from school and parents. Yours is the most fair depiction of Khrushchev. And from what I remember from my parents description, this is the most honest as well.

  • @jasonremy1627
    @jasonremy1627 5 років тому +37

    Some of the graphics are wrong. You've got 1960 on two of the dates that should be 1962.

  • @salt7598
    @salt7598 5 років тому +1

    Thank you Simon, I've been learning about Khrushchev for A-level History and this video came out in perfect timing as the exam is next month. Thank you for making educational videos interesting and entertaining :)

  • @ddoyle11
    @ddoyle11 5 років тому +1

    One of your best videos yet Simon. Well done.

  • @ZuluComander
    @ZuluComander 5 років тому +8

    wasn't that whole "we will bury you" quote a mistranslation?

  • @themightyranger6321
    @themightyranger6321 5 років тому +4

    Finally a biography on *CORNBOI*

    • @Jshaw6614
      @Jshaw6614 5 років тому

      CORNNNNNNNNNNNBOIIIIIII

  • @EezySeven
    @EezySeven 5 років тому

    I love your Biographics so much!

  • @bettinagunn4160
    @bettinagunn4160 4 роки тому

    Hello Simon, I want you to know I really appreciate your voice and your style of commentating and your impartiality to any people group or country. Keep up the good work.

  • @Hector_O713
    @Hector_O713 5 років тому +42

    Do a video on Yuri Gagarin, what happened to him?

    • @carpediem6568
      @carpediem6568 5 років тому +6

      Didn't he get killed in plane crash? And, believe he is the cosmonot who said about his space voyage, "I looked and looked and saw no God."

    • @Naptosis
      @Naptosis 5 років тому +6

      Yeah, that would be great. Gagarin and the team behind him changed the face of Humanity. The man who won the space race and opened up the universe to us all. There's a statue of him here in London UK.

    • @michaelm6045
      @michaelm6045 5 років тому +1

      @@Naptosis Gagarin was chosen by Soviet Government because he was less rebellious and more devoted to ideology. There were dozen other Cosmonauts in preparation, for example Komarov, who was quiet opposite to him and was ostracized by the government, but he was considered a strongest candidate before. If Simon will do the video, he should touch that subject too.

    • @no.8466
      @no.8466 4 роки тому +1

      Died a sad booze bag cause he knew it was all fake. Rumored kid diddler too

    • @BlackPantherFTW
      @BlackPantherFTW 4 роки тому +6

      After volstok one, he was awarded the USSR's "Hero of the Soviet Union" (essentially their medal of honor) He quickly became a international celebrity and was then permanently banned for any further missions due to Soyuz One, which killed one ot his friends, Vladimir Kamarov. They did this out of fear for his life. Ironically, he convinced the government to let him fly planes, which he died during a test flight at the age of 34. He rests in the Kremlin Necropolis and is considered one of the Soviets greatest achievements.

  • @johgu92
    @johgu92 5 років тому +24

    A biography on Rosa Luxemburg would be nice.

  • @jaredsires5219
    @jaredsires5219 3 роки тому +2

    What a savior this channel is! Helped me through an entire final report🙏🏻

  • @jonathanrigby5924
    @jonathanrigby5924 4 роки тому +2

    My new favorite! I learned more in this 20 minutes, then i have in a long time!

  • @hewhoneverdies001
    @hewhoneverdies001 5 років тому +9

    Your best biography so far. Thank you.

    • @artemesaulkov2010
      @artemesaulkov2010 3 роки тому

      Biased, false facts and propaganda. Not reliable. A proper historian would piss on him

    • @hewhoneverdies001
      @hewhoneverdies001 3 роки тому

      @@artemesaulkov2010 I am a proper historian.

    • @artemesaulkov2010
      @artemesaulkov2010 3 роки тому

      @@hewhoneverdies001 proper historians don’t study history with youtube videos...

    • @reeeeeeeeeeeeeeman6757
      @reeeeeeeeeeeeeeman6757 2 роки тому

      @@artemesaulkov2010 okay what about some examples?

  • @DanielDwightMusic
    @DanielDwightMusic 5 років тому +3

    Dig it! God Bless Simon! Since seeing the movie "Death of Stalin " its awesome to have this video. Best video to follow up after watching that movie.

  • @plc007
    @plc007 5 років тому

    That was sensational. One of the best. Thank you.

  • @michaelbatts5655
    @michaelbatts5655 5 років тому

    Excellent presentation! Professor Whistler does it again! Like always!

  • @glenchapman3899
    @glenchapman3899 5 років тому +24

    Nice bio - Good to see some balance rather than foaming rhetoric so common in others. Might be worth mentioning Walt Disney banded him from Disneyland during the US trip

    • @Marcus51090
      @Marcus51090 5 років тому +5

      Glen Chapman yes the old nazi hated communists

    • @TalairanPerigord
      @TalairanPerigord 5 років тому +5

      I was going to say something similar. A nicely-balanced portrayal of a man who genuinely did his best, given the opportunity.

    • @carpediem6568
      @carpediem6568 5 років тому +1

      Believe that to be incorrect. It was the Secret Service who couldn't assure his safety. I know he wanted to go. And I think Central Park in NYC the same. Just what I remember. I was around when he visited the USA. They sure didn't want him dying starting off WWIII.

    • @VisibilityFoggy
      @VisibilityFoggy 4 роки тому

      @@carpediem6568 - Yes, my understanding was always that the Secret Service said they could not guarantee his safety in a place as large and open as Disneyland and they suggested he not attend. I also read somewhere that he took this as a gigantic insult, saying his counterpart could walk anywhere in Russia and be fine.

    • @carpediem6568
      @carpediem6568 4 роки тому

      @@VisibilityFoggy Sort of pitiful that Khrushchev could guarantee safety in his poor country, and we in rich America, couldn't. And especially sad about Disneyland because Khrushchev played the clown in Stalin's court to save his own life. Disneyland would have been a joy for him and helped improve our relations.

  • @thexalon
    @thexalon 5 років тому +11

    Khrushchev, the world's most famous shoe percussionist!

  • @raheelbaber4648
    @raheelbaber4648 3 роки тому

    Thank you for shadding the light on the on one of the most important figure of the cold war era, the details, narrative and your accent were all outstanding.

  • @williamkholmes
    @williamkholmes 5 років тому

    An excellent presentation, as always. I love history.Your stylistic study of history using historical biography is highly engaging and a super effective method of teaching. Keep up the great, truly great work. I have watched much of your fabulous work. I can assure you that I will continue to do so. Thanks much.

  • @Dylan-hq4qt
    @Dylan-hq4qt 5 років тому +4

    Hello! You should do a Biographics on Georgy Korelev, he's rarely talked about but he went through terrible treatment but ended up leading the CCCP, he'd be a great watch!

  • @hana-ng4ql
    @hana-ng4ql 5 років тому +5

    can we have a biographics on alexander dubček, since you mentioned the prague spring?

  • @danielrobinson4795
    @danielrobinson4795 5 років тому

    Awesome vid Simon!Keep up the great work!

  • @jackcoleman8086
    @jackcoleman8086 4 роки тому

    This was the best information I have found on here about this man.

  • @Adam-wl8wn
    @Adam-wl8wn 5 років тому +31

    I love the USSR biographies!

  • @UCSPanther20
    @UCSPanther20 4 роки тому +4

    Khrushchev became enamored with US cornfields in the 1960s, and put together a half-baked scheme to make all collective farms grow corn, regardless of how it do in the climates around the USSR.
    The result was food shortages, and after two years "Cornfield Khrushchev" was forced to scrap his scheme.

    • @PongoXBongo
      @PongoXBongo 4 роки тому

      They wanted the bountiful results of the Green Revolution without putting the time and study into applying it properly for their climate, soil, and systems.

  • @charlesachurch7265
    @charlesachurch7265 3 роки тому

    Fantastic presentation. Thankyou Simon.

  • @krishnangaklittlemachines2631
    @krishnangaklittlemachines2631 3 роки тому +1

    Simon, your way of speaking is sooo beautiful

  • @TacDyne
    @TacDyne 4 роки тому +4

    "Mr. Khrushchev said we will bury you. The question is who buried whom?"
    -Mr. Dave

  • @AnEggInTryingTimes
    @AnEggInTryingTimes 5 років тому +6

    Fancy covering Anna Politkovskaya, Alexander Litvinenko and Dmitry Medvedev? Would love to see the research and more facts about them, even though I know a little bit. More Eastern European figures please!

  • @kevinkissinger9462
    @kevinkissinger9462 5 років тому +1

    KEEP IT UP SIMON! I LOVE ALL YOUR STUFF!!!

  • @williamshelley1533
    @williamshelley1533 Рік тому

    Bro you are rocking these videos. They are endless.

  • @Fox1223
    @Fox1223 5 років тому +5

    Good vid. Wernher Von Braun would be a good one too

    • @dmitrivlad8538
      @dmitrivlad8538 5 років тому +1

      That's A Given!!!!!! Perfect!!!! 💡

  • @potdog1000
    @potdog1000 5 років тому +6

    you left out the U2 incident with Gary Powers

  • @ivandinsmore6217
    @ivandinsmore6217 6 місяців тому

    Splendid video. Fascinating from beginning to end.

  • @JM-ic9yx
    @JM-ic9yx 4 роки тому +1

    So sad that quality channels like these become demonetized. Keep up the good work

  • @hawaiianr6
    @hawaiianr6 5 років тому +44

    When is Margaret Thatcher coming

    • @leechristy7003
      @leechristy7003 5 років тому +14

      The old bag died frustrated. Could you blame her husband for not even trying?

    • @hammondswiss247
      @hammondswiss247 5 років тому +1

      Lee Christy so fucking underrated!

  • @DayZeroGaming
    @DayZeroGaming 5 років тому +8

    Do a video on George Orwell.

  • @richardpaskey7192
    @richardpaskey7192 3 роки тому

    Loved the video ~ spot-on.

  • @valentinloew
    @valentinloew 4 роки тому

    great video thank you simon !

  • @dazc
    @dazc 4 роки тому +3

    0:56 but there was much more to him than that - CORN!!

  • @diffsmasher4824
    @diffsmasher4824 5 років тому +9

    "when Stalin says dance, you dance"

  • @charlesjmouse
    @charlesjmouse 5 років тому

    Another excellent presentation, many thanks.

  • @TheSteveinNY
    @TheSteveinNY 4 роки тому

    All of your channels are outstanding. I hope you're making a fortune.

  • @SuperTechno2012
    @SuperTechno2012 5 років тому +10

    Do one on Chandragupta: the leader of the Gupta empire and the founder of the Indian golden age (300AD)

  • @LordMarcus
    @LordMarcus 5 років тому +6

    Do the colors used in the thumbnails of these images have some meaning? I've seen red, blue, yellow, a few cyan, one green, and one purple so far.

  • @matthewarnold7946
    @matthewarnold7946 5 років тому

    Outstanding video. I enjoy your channel very much.

  • @zeroqp
    @zeroqp 4 роки тому

    Wow! Looking sharp, Mr. Whistler!

  • @Dranka5
    @Dranka5 4 роки тому +5

    "Something scary in Russian," lol. I love it!!!

  • @zaquar
    @zaquar 5 років тому +3

    Make a video about Feynman!!!

  • @dimitriusjulius497
    @dimitriusjulius497 Рік тому

    Really great video ! Thank you