The civil war in Siberia, really cold, in a desolate frozen tundra far from the major cities, and full of different nationalities fighting in a war that most people sadly forgot about. So glad this is being covered! Keep it up
_A war that most people sadly forgot_ Our species barely remembers what happens in it's members own lifetimes, let alone something that happened 100 years ago.
@@duckman12569 This has always been the case with humanity, unless their populations were directly affected, participated, etc. Events of the 19th & 20th century occur with such dizzying pace and comprise so many intricate details, that unless you're an invested historian, it serves little interest (for the majority).
"Frozen tundra" Well the civil war in Siberia mostly took place along the Transsiberian railway which is nowhere near the tundra. The conflict eventually reached the tundra in Yakutia, but mostly it was either taiga, the Siberian forests, or in boring plains and hills which Siberia also has plenty.
It's fascinating to see this video footage of the Japanese in Sibera. I've seen the British at the Somme many many many times, but never the footage of the Czechoslovak Legion and Japanese in Siberia. Fantastic.
Japan helped save the Imperial Family at Ekaterinburg. The Taisho Emperor contributed to the covert operation. This is well documented from 1920 in the book, "Rescuing The Czar". The Taisho kept his father's word regarding the attempt on Tsarevich Nicholas's life at Otsu during his tour of Japan.
Англичане были и в Архангельске, и в Эстонии и совершали атаку на Кронштадт около Петербурга. В 1919 году. Тогда Советы им хорошо по зубам дали. Не было бы Интервенции в Россию от Антанты, не было бы Гражданской войны
@@RusSoldierZ Да, конечно, все царские офицеры просто бы проглотили большевистский хуй, если бы коварные иностранцы не внушили им крамольные мысли о том, что человек, который годами жил в Швейцарии, получил помощь от немецкого генштаба и, захватив власть, им же капитулировал - это хуесос и предатель, а не национальный лидер. Вот не было бы англичан и люди сразу бы поняли, что бандиты, которые отбирают у них еду и имущество, на самом деле их спасают от мирового капитала, который их угнетал. Нахуй, пошёл, хомо-советикус. На деревьях вместо листьев висеть будут коммунисты, слава России, единой и неделимой!
@@RusSoldierZГражданская война была бы в любом случае. Просто была бы самую малость короче. По факту, 9000 американцев и 6000 англичан никакой разницы не сделали.
We're finally to the portions of the Russian Civil War that have fascinated me since high school. When you truly think about it, it's amazing how huge the tracts of land changing hands during this phase of the war was- truly was the Wild Wild East
@@nikolaynovichkov166 I am a historian of Imperial Russia. I personally know the descendants of Generals Wrangel and General Baritov. General Danilov's descendants also lived in Sea Cliff, New York.
2:26 You can see here many famous people. The guy in the middle is Milan Rastilav Stefanik, Slovak hero. Then there is General Radola Gajda, one of the best leaders of his age, nicknamed :the Lion from Siberia. And Generál Syrový, later chief of staff of the Czechoslovak army.
@@Darwinek Radola Gajda was Austro-Hungarian. His troops captured Ekaterinburg where the Imperial Family had been incarcerated. They were not murdered. Agents of Japan, England, and America infiltrated the night shift of the guards and took them away. It was Kolchak that had Sokolov investigate the Ipatiev House. They were the ones that created the staged murder for propaganda purposes. They had hopes of having the masses come back to the ROC if they knew Bolsheviks had barbarically murdered them.
@@Darwinek All of it. "Gajda" is hardly Italian (whatever made you think it was?) but is in fact a Polish/Slovak word for "bagpipe" which two minutes of research would have shown you. But then truth is not what you are about but promoting untruth created by Communists (and their shills like you) is. Gajda was a born in Montenegro as Rudolf Geidl and SLAVONICIZED his name (not Italianized idiot) when he joined the Czechoslovak Legion in Russia in 1917. So let's see you don't know Italian, you don't know Slovak or Polish, you don't know the difference (obviously) between the two languages (Radola being again the Slavic version of Rudolf, not the Italian version, dummy)and you don't know historical timelines, as Gajda's name change PRECEEDED Mussolini's rise to fame and power by nearly FIVE YEARS. But then facts and logic are always the enemy of Leftists, which is why they never use it and so look like fools as you now do
Great episode. I'm originally from Khabarovsk, so I hope we'll return to some more Siberian/Far-Eastern Civil War content soon, as the war will get hot again in 1921 (spoilers ahead). There'll be an another White coup in Vladivostok, a "Daiki Maru" incident (a corsair action in an attempt to avenge the death of Japanese civilians during the raising of Nikolayevsk-na-Amure by the Red partisans), and a bloody hunt for the Primorian Red partisan group led by Lazo (who will be infamously executed by his captors by being pushed into a locomotive's furnace). Then the Khabarovsk offensive of the White army of Primorye, extending the Primorsky Zemsky Region to Transamur. The swan's song of the White movement will be sung in February of 1922 in the Battle of Volochaevka (which could've become the Primorian White Thermopylae), followed by a retreat south and a siege of Spassk-Dalny. Finally, there'll be a Yakut war of liberation in 1923, and the last desperate deal with the Devil in Primorye, in which the liberal democracy of the Zemsky Region will be replaced by the very first true proto-fascist regime of General Diterikhs. After that, there'll be hectic evacuations to China, where the experienced veterans of the Great and Russian Civil Wars will work for many Chinese warlords as mercenary shock troops, seeing action from Shanghai to Liaodong. (I'd be happy to help with research for these episodes, by the way. Let me know, folks.)
@@Stret173 Ну, я не все это держу в памяти. Кое-что приходится вспоминать и гуглить. Плюс, я про Алтайские восстания ничего не знал. В общем, о потраченном времени не жалею. :)
Олег, здравствуйте. Меня интересует вопрос Николаевского инцидента и одиозной оценки действий в нём красных партизан во главе с Тряпициным. Что можете порекомендовать почитать по этой теме?
I do not comment typically, but I am realizing January 2nd that this video has less than 50K views and is absolutely unparalleled in detail, that anything I can do to help with the algorithm trouble is sensible. The pictures, cited works, narration - it blows my mind that UA-cam would not do more to support these kinds of content creators. Amazing work crew - been here since the war, but these current developments are the real meat to the first World War's impact. Godspeed to you all!
I can't get over the footage you show. Most of these type of videos I treat as a podcast, but I feel compelled to see the photos and videos on your channel. Just amazing. That's besides all the information you put out that show me how ignorant I really am.
I'm 78 and when 16 worked with a butcher who had been in Russia with the British army. It shows you how uninformed you can be as even now I have thought of Siberia as a vast empty place virtually unpopulated. It certainly would have been a horrid time to live there, so harsh and so uncertain of what to do.
You aren’t alone. The Russian Civil Wars are some of the most dense, complicated events in history. Usually unless you take a Russian History class in college you won’t ever talk about it in school.
Thank you, first of all, for your professional approach. It creates room for down-to-subject discussion instead of just exchange of opinions. I never knew the history of my native region was so complex (born in the City of Chita). I appreciate your careful handling of facts, local names and everything. Looking forward to watching more from your channel!
I learned a large chunk of information about both history AND geography this time, thanks to this eye-opening episode about the Russian Civil War, because in my region of the world, the Levant, we really know peanuts about this vast territory called Siberia. Thank you very much, Jesse and Merry Christmas Jesse, Florian, and TGW crew!
Hi, I'm russian and I live in Siberia, in Novosibirsk. My great grandfather was killed by bolsheviks during Russian Civil War in 1920. He was a country priest, the Reds killed him just because he was a "class alien element" as they used to say and "religion is opium for the people". He had six children, my granny, who was fourteen, was the eldest. Civil wars are usually the most cruel ones. Thank you for the great and very informative video.
They were not only Bolsheviks originally they are khazars-jew who took over Romanov dynasty and continued up to now killing Slavs Russians and Ukrainians ☠️‼️
150 Australian Soldiers also fought against the Reds in the Civil War. The British and Dominion soldiers only received two VCs during this intervention both went to Australian soldiers.
First time I really pay attention to this channel (there are so many!). You touch topics hardly anyone talks about! This is great. You should have more visibility! You deserve it!
This was a colossal disaster for everyone involved. There were Japanese army officers, including Hideki Tojo, who were taking notes and seeing that the principal European powers (and the Americans) were not going to be as strong in the Far East and western pacific as they had been prior to the Great War. These grave issues were not given proper attention by the Americans and, most critically, the British and French. Tojo and his inner circle would bide their time for now.
Well, it was not in the American "sphere of influence", so that not at all surprising. That perspective isn't 'rocket science' is it? And the foresight of eventual war with the U.S. was not as yet foreseen (Japanese military aggression). At this juncture, it was too early and Japan's involvement is what was expressed in this video segment.
@@cmdrflake Yes, that's correct...the world was taking note of their strength among Asian nations and they were seeking equal footing with the European powers and the U.S. It marked the beginning of the Japanese military machine, making a much bigger mark than in 1905.
The most valuable of the foreign troops and the Czech Legion had some background in railroading. The prime mission was to protect railways and the traffic over them, including the workers. Next was overseeing operations and maintenance because locomotives and trains in this age were made up of large numbers of moving parts which wore out quickly given the long distances and old equipment involved in Siberia.
Other interesting Cossacks characters were ataman Annenkov, Kaigorodov in Altai, Kalmykov and of course Ungern Sternberg already moved to Mongolia and split with Semyonov
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@@loveofmangos001 yeah these interwar videos there doing are great! or are you talking about my channel? Cause if you follow me you must really love my content! Which is absolutely nothing, so you're probably also boring as can be, no offense.
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@ 5:34 ~ "U.S. authorities distrusted the Japanese with whom they were strategic rivals in the Pacific and they worried about the effects of too much Japanese influence in Russia." ~ The Great War : 1920 Fast forward 100 years and substitute China for Japan.... "The beat goes on, the beat goes on Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain La de da de de, la de da de da..."
Japan shouldn’t have been our enemy as they were classicalists, but just like the Germans they just became too much of a threat. Communist China on the other hand is ridiculous we should never have done business with those CCP scumbags, they are getting worse than the CPSU was, and now are exploiting faults and useful idiots in America to push socialism and communism way more than the Soviets ever managed to do.
Countries have interests and need influence to pursue and protect them. But make no mistake China and the U.S. are economically dependent on each other. Neither wants a war. What would China do if the gravy train dried up?
My grand grandfather was in the Czechoslovak legion and made it home via Vladivostok I wish I had more information, but my grandfather died before I was even born.
This is great, which is what I've come to expect from my short time watching your videos. I'm a military history buff and I don't know much about post WW1 Russia. You're fixing that.
@@orgoon7697 ты лично че угодно можешь ставить пока такие как ты у власти, всем плевать, нищие и ободранные люди озадачены своим выживанием, пока терпят.
American intervention into the Soviet Union, something not taught in a American History class. When Khrushchev visited the United States , I think he mentioned this at a press conference, and a puzzled audience had a "WTF is this guy talking about" look on their faces. Like the Packers at Lambeau on frozen, snowy, sleet game, the Soviets definitely had "home field" advantage.
2:32 General in the middle is M.R. Stefanik, Czechoslovakia minister of war. He is considered to be the greatest person in Slovak history (he used to be at our highest bank note before converting to Euro). BTW he even shortly lived in my small hometown.
There actually were cases of cooperation against Germans in Ukraine in the spring of 1918 (i.e. battle of Bakhmach), but of course saying that they fought alongside Bolsheviks and omitting everything they did fighting for Whites is beyond retarded
Around 14:30, we see Semyonov(?) hand out cigarettes to a couple guys on his right. He lights the one in his mouth then turns away, as they stand there like fools waiting for a light from him. LOL.
I'm Russian from Far East and I'm very thankful for this episode. Far East still treated as a colony, squeezed from any resources by Moscow. Vladivostok is an interesting city, I'd recommend to visit.
Could you please tell me where did you find coloured footage of the Czechoslovak legion? I was unable to find it in the sources. Thank you in advance. :D
I would imagine this would be akin to large scale man hunting. Thousands of men sniping from afar with long range high caliber bolt action rifles in rough wilderness terrain. As shells fall from the sky with the hard points guarded by machine guns. Horses? Trucks? Walking?
As grown in a small town Okhotsk in the Russian Far East that saw real battles even with involvement of a Japanese gun boat and was conquered by the Soviets in 1923 the Civil war was really something fascinating in my child imagination, besides a local enthusiast created a museum of history of the town and there were a lot of relics from these times..
A Japanese dress rehearsal ( after already having ravaged, harried, massacred, and alternately annexed territories from Okinawa to Taiwan to Korea by this point ). Quite extraordinary that they were ever convinced / forced out of Siberia. Hideki Tojo must have been apoplectic.
I nearly fell of my chair when I saw the Carabinieri in the photo of the entente forces. If, i had expected italian troops which I did not, I would have expected at least alpini or reggimenti di montagana
@@АндрейЕрмилов-х8п типа ссср не параноила на своих 5 милионов или параноила и затем мела стока? или типа так много солдат, что типа и параноить нечего? не понять тебя
@@Stret173 в плане что у белых со своими 800 тысячами в пике, пусть даже с лучшим офицерским составом, не было никаких шансов против 5 млн красной армии выиграть гражданскую, все решилось с тех пор как у красных в руках оказалось ядро государство, а белые довольствовались разрозненные губернии
The civil war in Siberia, really cold, in a desolate frozen tundra far from the major cities, and full of different nationalities fighting in a war that most people sadly forgot about. So glad this is being covered! Keep it up
I don't know who forgot about civil war, but certainly not Russia)
@Logata imagine actually believing this
_A war that most people sadly forgot_
Our species barely remembers what happens in it's members own lifetimes, let alone something that happened 100 years ago.
@@duckman12569 This has always been the case with humanity, unless their populations were directly affected, participated, etc. Events of the 19th & 20th century occur with such dizzying pace and comprise so many intricate details, that unless you're an invested historian, it serves little interest (for the majority).
"Frozen tundra" Well the civil war in Siberia mostly took place along the Transsiberian railway which is nowhere near the tundra. The conflict eventually reached the tundra in Yakutia, but mostly it was either taiga, the Siberian forests, or in boring plains and hills which Siberia also has plenty.
It's fascinating to see this video footage of the Japanese in Sibera. I've seen the British at the Somme many many many times, but never the footage of the Czechoslovak Legion and Japanese in Siberia. Fantastic.
Japanese occupant
Japan helped save the Imperial Family at Ekaterinburg. The Taisho Emperor contributed to the covert operation. This is well documented from 1920 in the book, "Rescuing The Czar". The Taisho kept his father's word regarding the attempt on Tsarevich Nicholas's life at Otsu during his tour of Japan.
Англичане были и в Архангельске, и в Эстонии и совершали атаку на Кронштадт около Петербурга. В 1919 году. Тогда Советы им хорошо по зубам дали. Не было бы Интервенции в Россию от Антанты, не было бы Гражданской войны
@@RusSoldierZ Да, конечно, все царские офицеры просто бы проглотили большевистский хуй, если бы коварные иностранцы не внушили им крамольные мысли о том, что человек, который годами жил в Швейцарии, получил помощь от немецкого генштаба и, захватив власть, им же капитулировал - это хуесос и предатель, а не национальный лидер. Вот не было бы англичан и люди сразу бы поняли, что бандиты, которые отбирают у них еду и имущество, на самом деле их спасают от мирового капитала, который их угнетал. Нахуй, пошёл, хомо-советикус. На деревьях вместо листьев висеть будут коммунисты, слава России, единой и неделимой!
@@RusSoldierZГражданская война была бы в любом случае. Просто была бы самую малость короче. По факту, 9000 американцев и 6000 англичан никакой разницы не сделали.
We're finally to the portions of the Russian Civil War that have fascinated me since high school. When you truly think about it, it's amazing how huge the tracts of land changing hands during this phase of the war was- truly was the Wild Wild East
Wait for the story of Baron Ungern where the truly wild stuff begins.
@@nikolaynovichkov166 The Bloody White Barron
@@nikolaynovichkov166 I can't wait for that, gonna be an insane episode
You need to read, "Rescuing The Czar" by James P. Smythe (1920, San Francisco).
@@nikolaynovichkov166 I am a historian of Imperial Russia. I personally know the descendants of Generals Wrangel and General Baritov. General Danilov's descendants also lived in Sea Cliff, New York.
2:26 You can see here many famous people. The guy in the middle is Milan Rastilav Stefanik, Slovak hero. Then there is General Radola Gajda, one of the best leaders of his age, nicknamed :the Lion from Siberia. And Generál Syrový, later chief of staff of the Czechoslovak army.
@@Darwinek myth made by communists
@@johnpepper8603 What part of it is a myth?
@@Darwinek Radola Gajda was Austro-Hungarian. His troops captured Ekaterinburg where the Imperial Family had been incarcerated. They were not murdered. Agents of Japan, England, and America infiltrated the night shift of the guards and took them away. It was Kolchak that had Sokolov investigate the Ipatiev House. They were the ones that created the staged murder for propaganda purposes. They had hopes of having the masses come back to the ROC if they knew Bolsheviks had barbarically murdered them.
@@johnpepper8603 No.
@@Darwinek All of it. "Gajda" is hardly Italian (whatever made you think it was?) but is in fact a Polish/Slovak word for "bagpipe" which two minutes of research would have shown you. But then truth is not what you are about but promoting untruth created by Communists (and their shills like you) is. Gajda was a born in Montenegro as Rudolf Geidl and SLAVONICIZED his name (not Italianized idiot) when he joined the Czechoslovak Legion in Russia in 1917.
So let's see you don't know Italian, you don't know Slovak or Polish, you don't know the difference (obviously) between the two languages (Radola being again the Slavic version of Rudolf, not the Italian version, dummy)and you don't know historical timelines, as Gajda's name change PRECEEDED Mussolini's rise to fame and power by nearly FIVE YEARS. But then facts and logic are always the enemy of Leftists, which is why they never use it and so look like fools as you now do
Got to love the Russian Civil War content
Indeed
It such a complex part of history and it's so well explained on this channel that I just can't help but rewatch those videos.
Great episode. I'm originally from Khabarovsk, so I hope we'll return to some more Siberian/Far-Eastern Civil War content soon, as the war will get hot again in 1921 (spoilers ahead). There'll be an another White coup in Vladivostok, a "Daiki Maru" incident (a corsair action in an attempt to avenge the death of Japanese civilians during the raising of Nikolayevsk-na-Amure by the Red partisans), and a bloody hunt for the Primorian Red partisan group led by Lazo (who will be infamously executed by his captors by being pushed into a locomotive's furnace). Then the Khabarovsk offensive of the White army of Primorye, extending the Primorsky Zemsky Region to Transamur. The swan's song of the White movement will be sung in February of 1922 in the Battle of Volochaevka (which could've become the Primorian White Thermopylae), followed by a retreat south and a siege of Spassk-Dalny. Finally, there'll be a Yakut war of liberation in 1923, and the last desperate deal with the Devil in Primorye, in which the liberal democracy of the Zemsky Region will be replaced by the very first true proto-fascist regime of General Diterikhs. After that, there'll be hectic evacuations to China, where the experienced veterans of the Great and Russian Civil Wars will work for many Chinese warlords as mercenary shock troops, seeing action from Shanghai to Liaodong. (I'd be happy to help with research for these episodes, by the way. Let me know, folks.)
похоже ты смотришь эти видосы не для того шоб что-то узнать а посмотреть что именно канал расскажет и как
@@Stret173 Ну, я не все это держу в памяти. Кое-что приходится вспоминать и гуглить. Плюс, я про Алтайские восстания ничего не знал. В общем, о потраченном времени не жалею. :)
Олег, здравствуйте. Меня интересует вопрос Николаевского инцидента и одиозной оценки действий в нём красных партизан во главе с Тряпициным. Что можете порекомендовать почитать по этой теме?
@@Stret173 делаю тоже самое
Great post! Thanks :)
After 650 videos in this year, I finally caught up.
I think I have almost a thousand in my "watch later" list.
Quite a feat. I remember watching the first 2 years of WWI back to back. It's really the most rewarding way to see it all.
Dang. I did the same for 1914, 1915, 1916 and part of 1917 before i caught up
Congrats on catching up. I got into the channel after their BF1 review. Took 2.5 months to catch up
Damn, I salute you!
I do not comment typically, but I am realizing January 2nd that this video has less than 50K views and is absolutely unparalleled in detail, that anything I can do to help with the algorithm trouble is sensible. The pictures, cited works, narration - it blows my mind that UA-cam would not do more to support these kinds of content creators. Amazing work crew - been here since the war, but these current developments are the real meat to the first World War's impact. Godspeed to you all!
The largest Civil War in history and yet, these guys are fighting in the middle of nowhere, far beyond any glory and recognition.
@Logata 🤣
China and Mao would like to argue that point.
Yea, shouldn’t China be the biggest civil war
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@@caffeinatedbuffalosauce883 yeah when it comes to manpower, USA should have intervened to stop communism in China.
I can't get over the footage you show. Most of these type of videos I treat as a podcast, but I feel compelled to see the photos and videos on your channel. Just amazing. That's besides all the information you put out that show me how ignorant I really am.
I like the steel in Jesse's eyes when he gets to his final line about "This is the Great War 1920 . . . ."
I'm 78 and when 16 worked with a butcher who had been in Russia with the British army. It shows you how uninformed you can be as even now I have thought of Siberia as a vast empty place virtually unpopulated. It certainly would have been a horrid time to live there, so harsh and so uncertain of what to do.
You aren’t alone. The Russian Civil Wars are some of the most dense, complicated events in history. Usually unless you take a Russian History class in college you won’t ever talk about it in school.
Thank you, first of all, for your professional approach. It creates room for down-to-subject discussion instead of just exchange of opinions. I never knew the history of my native region was so complex (born in the City of Chita). I appreciate your careful handling of facts, local names and everything. Looking forward to watching more from your channel!
Thanks!
I learned a large chunk of information about both history AND geography this time, thanks to this eye-opening episode about the Russian Civil War, because in my region of the world, the Levant, we really know peanuts about this vast territory called Siberia. Thank you very much, Jesse and Merry Christmas Jesse, Florian, and TGW crew!
Thanks Rabih, same to you!
Holy cow there was a lot going on, kudos for getting it all down into a script✌️✌️
Hi, I'm russian and I live in Siberia, in Novosibirsk. My great grandfather was killed by bolsheviks during Russian Civil War in 1920. He was a country priest, the Reds killed him just because he was a "class alien element" as they used to say and "religion is opium for the people". He had six children, my granny, who was fourteen, was the eldest. Civil wars are usually the most cruel ones. Thank you for the great and very informative video.
И эта красная зараза никуда из России не делась. Снова убивает.
They were not only Bolsheviks originally they are khazars-jew who took over Romanov dynasty and continued up to now killing Slavs Russians and Ukrainians ☠️‼️
Condolences.
@@carinaslima who are you and ur beliefs?
@@TopNetWorld Um what
150 Australian Soldiers also fought against the Reds in the Civil War. The British and Dominion soldiers only received two VCs during this intervention both went to Australian soldiers.
First time I really pay attention to this channel (there are so many!). You touch topics hardly anyone talks about! This is great. You should have more visibility! You deserve it!
Thanks.
i love the videos about post war events! i love them! it’s history that is much harder to learn about than the great war
2:30
For first time i have to see footage of General Stefanik "in action".
Thanks and greetings from Slovakia
You are getting another member to curiosity stream. Thank you guys!
This was a colossal disaster for everyone involved. There were Japanese army officers, including Hideki Tojo, who were taking notes and seeing that the principal European powers (and the Americans) were not going to be as strong in the Far East and western pacific as they had been prior to the Great War. These grave issues were not given proper attention by the Americans and, most critically, the British and French. Tojo and his inner circle would bide their time for now.
Well, it was not in the American "sphere of influence", so that not at all surprising. That perspective isn't 'rocket science' is it? And the foresight of eventual war with the U.S. was not as yet foreseen (Japanese military aggression). At this juncture, it was too early and Japan's involvement is what was expressed in this video segment.
Granted, I’m no scientist, but the Japanese government of 1920 was, indeed ready to be an ally of the Americans.
@@cmdrflake Yes, that's correct...the world was taking note of their strength among Asian nations and they were seeking equal footing with the European powers and the U.S. It marked the beginning of the Japanese military machine, making a much bigger mark than in 1905.
You talk so relishfully about the robberies of other countries. What are your professions? Or you rob passers-by at night.
The most valuable of the foreign troops and the Czech Legion had some background in railroading. The prime mission was to protect railways and the traffic over them, including the workers. Next was overseeing operations and maintenance because locomotives and trains in this age were made up of large numbers of moving parts which wore out quickly given the long distances and old equipment involved in Siberia.
After you nailed the pronunciation of the 1st five Russian names, I subscribed. Great video!
Other interesting Cossacks characters were ataman Annenkov, Kaigorodov in Altai, Kalmykov and of course Ungern Sternberg already moved to Mongolia and split with Semyonov
It's really cool, that there are such detailed videos about our history in the Anglo-American segment of UA-cam. Big respect to Jesse Alexander!
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do they have videos in french on there?
This channel is still up? Wow lol. I was last here when Battlefield 1 was released back in 2016. Great new content.
@@loveofmangos001 yeah these interwar videos there doing are great! or are you talking about my channel? Cause if you follow me you must really love my content! Which is absolutely nothing, so you're probably also boring as can be, no offense.
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Sup my man. Common mistake, but in English its $11.79, 11,79 looks like 11 thousand.
@ 5:34 ~ "U.S. authorities distrusted the Japanese with whom they were strategic rivals in the Pacific and they worried about the effects of too much Japanese influence in Russia." ~ The Great War : 1920
Fast forward 100 years and substitute China for Japan....
"The beat goes on, the beat goes on
Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da..."
Japan shouldn’t have been our enemy as they were classicalists, but just like the Germans they just became too much of a threat. Communist China on the other hand is ridiculous we should never have done business with those CCP scumbags, they are getting worse than the CPSU was, and now are exploiting faults and useful idiots in America to push socialism and communism way more than the Soviets ever managed to do.
Countries have interests and need influence to pursue and protect them. But make no mistake China and the U.S. are economically dependent on each other. Neither wants a war. What would China do if the gravy train dried up?
@@matthewgabbard6415 What is the US of A doing while its Empire is currently imploding?
Love the channel. Keep it up
It amazes me every episode how forgotten this whole periode and part of history is.
Thanks for bringing a reminder !
My grand grandfather was in the Czechoslovak legion and made it home via Vladivostok I wish I had more information, but my grandfather died before I was even born.
What a superb series! Just discovered this and am enjoying every episode!
Thanks!
I love how this channel has basically made me able to give a college level dissertation on the Great war. Just by watching a UA-cam channel.
This is great, which is what I've come to expect from my short time watching your videos. I'm a military history buff and I don't know much about post WW1 Russia. You're fixing that.
I don't think earth has a year when a war or armed conflict wasn't fought.
Eh, some point before the rise of multi-cellular life.
@@StumpfForFreedom Then the bacteria were eating each other. That's a type of war.
Baron Roman von Ungern Sternberg, its an absolute unit
That guy is awesome.
Regardless of whether he was for the Whites or for the Reds, he was an amazing, courageous man! It inecessary make a movie about him in Hollywood!
Thank you so much for your hard work!
where did you get the footage? Excellent collection of historically relevant material
Imagine bravely fighting for your side than being asked to go to Siberia
“asked”
Lol
Bolshevicks: We Fight for the right of all peasants!
**proceeds to steal all the peasants food and press them into military or labor camps.
@@Marinealver typical communists
Coming to you in the West now, care of the One World Order of tyranny and Covid -1984
Thank you Jessie. Love this Channel.
Great episode, Jesse. Amazing video content as always.
This time was a most bizzare period indeed
As siberian, I am grateful to you for your hard work! Siberian anti-communist resistance was nearly forgotten due to a Soviet propaganda.
Thanks!
@Кайден Аленко Поставим, не переживай. Серп и молот - смерть и голод. Ты вообще на Вермайре помер
@@orgoon7697 Eto baza
@@orgoon7697 ты лично че угодно можешь ставить пока такие как ты у власти, всем плевать, нищие и ободранные люди озадачены своим выживанием, пока терпят.
ну если ты забыл не значит что все забыли
American intervention into the Soviet Union, something not taught in a American History class. When Khrushchev visited the United States , I think he mentioned this at a press conference, and a puzzled audience had a "WTF is this guy talking about" look on their faces. Like the Packers at Lambeau on frozen, snowy, sleet game, the Soviets definitely had "home field" advantage.
You forgot to mention the corps of Romanian volunteers with a strength varying between 2.000 şi 5.000 people , between august 1918 - august 1920
I’m from Vladivostok 🤠
I identify strongly with the anarchic peasantry. 😉
Trotzkij, this is your job
3:13 great commander's hat!
Useful for identifying insubordination among the troops.
I signed up for Curiosity Stream, thank you for the great content :)
Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing.
2:32 General in the middle is M.R. Stefanik, Czechoslovakia minister of war. He is considered to be the greatest person in Slovak history (he used to be at our highest bank note before converting to Euro). BTW he even shortly lived in my small hometown.
The Great War never ended. It just changed locations throughout the 1920s and 1930s.
I have become addicted to this channel
Excellent Very inmpressive indeed
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST CONFUSING CONFLICTS.... I AM SERIOUSLY CONFUSED AS TO WHY THERE ARE SOOO MANY NATIONALS IN THE REGION
Excuse me, @ 2:35 - the Czechoslovak legions fought alongside the Bolsheviks? When was that?
There actually were cases of cooperation against Germans in Ukraine in the spring of 1918 (i.e. battle of Bakhmach), but of course saying that they fought alongside Bolsheviks and omitting everything they did fighting for Whites is beyond retarded
@@korovinegor Agreed, I know about Bakhmach - a common enemy. However the video made it sound almost like they actively assisted the revolution :)
I did a double take at that one, too. The Czechoslovak Legion fought *against* the Bolsheviks, not alongside them.
Around 14:30, we see Semyonov(?) hand out cigarettes to a couple guys on his right. He lights the one in his mouth then turns away, as they stand there like fools waiting for a light from him. LOL.
Prewiew is litteraly:
-"Me and boys fighting Red and White"
Very interesting!
Imagine going to peasants in war-torn Siberia and demanding "surplus" bread
In Siberian villages, the most evil dogs are still called Kolchak
really?Are you joking or it's true?
@@蔡秉憲-o7s It is true
@@蔡秉憲-o7s A very propagandistic myth that is spread by people most of whom have never lived in Siberia. What a strange coincidence.
@@jangrosek4334 even in Central Russia it was. I remember in my childhood a neighbor lived a huge angry dog named Kolchak.
Nice video
India interwar period next please! I don't celebrate Christmas but I wish the team well
I'm Russian from Far East and I'm very thankful for this episode. Far East still treated as a colony, squeezed from any resources by Moscow.
Vladivostok is an interesting city, I'd recommend to visit.
у нас в Бурятии как раз располагался американский экспедиционный корпус...
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!
Love y’all’s work keep it up!
Very informative. Thank you.
This, Golden Kamuy vibes.
I had to take a 30 min break to find my kitten who got lost outside, we found him and now I'm back
Normally I would always prioritise history, but not when it comes to kittens 🥰
I am glad you found your kitten.
Could you please tell me where did you find coloured footage of the Czechoslovak legion? I was unable to find it in the sources. Thank you in advance. :D
vybarvené
Amazing content as always
Superb documentary
I would imagine this would be akin to large scale man hunting. Thousands of men sniping from afar with long range high caliber bolt action rifles in rough wilderness terrain. As shells fall from the sky with the hard points guarded by machine guns. Horses? Trucks? Walking?
Last time I was this early Siberia was owned by the mongols.
This is great content!
Best channel on youtube
Amazing footage
25:41 yes, freedom of speech.
In short, everyone fights everyone, to get home
Nothing on the battle of Romanovka? Darn - nice video!
I'm happy to hear about the supply of Vodka
You should do the British army burning down the city of Cork.
As grown in a small town Okhotsk in the Russian Far East that saw real battles even with involvement of a Japanese gun boat and was conquered by the Soviets in 1923 the Civil war was really something fascinating in my child imagination, besides a local enthusiast created a museum of history of the town and there were a lot of relics from these times..
"Allied troops" is the euphemism for imperialist invaders. They miscalculated the resolve of the soviet peoples to get rid of them.
True but that's what allied troops are? Like the Allies were imperialist in all WWs. Just not the only imperialists.
Amazing video
excellent doku !
A Japanese dress rehearsal ( after already having ravaged, harried, massacred, and alternately annexed territories from Okinawa to Taiwan to Korea by this point ). Quite extraordinary that they were ever convinced / forced out of Siberia. Hideki Tojo must have been apoplectic.
Спасибо за видео
5:45 -- Sounds like the same intentions Jack London put in the Japanese in his short story, "The Unparalleled Invasion."
I nearly fell of my chair when I saw the Carabinieri in the photo of the entente forces. If, i had expected italian troops which I did not, I would have expected at least alpini or reggimenti di montagana
I do think so, but was the man in 2:10 with the Napoleon style hat, doing that ironically? Or was that still cool?
The Italian caribinieri still had that type of hat as part of their dress uniform. I have no idea If they were in Siberia.
Comment for the algorithm.
Soooooooo convoluted.
Everyone: why was the USSR so paranoid and authoritarian?
4:02
Not so much against about 5 millions red army
@@АндрейЕрмилов-х8п шо?
@@Stret173 5 млн ркка
@@АндрейЕрмилов-х8п типа ссср не параноила на своих 5 милионов или параноила и затем мела стока? или типа так много солдат, что типа и параноить нечего? не понять тебя
@@Stret173 в плане что у белых со своими 800 тысячами в пике, пусть даже с лучшим офицерским составом, не было никаких шансов против 5 млн красной армии выиграть гражданскую, все решилось с тех пор как у красных в руках оказалось ядро государство, а белые довольствовались разрозненные губернии
The Czechoslovak Legion betrayed Kolchak and surrendered him to the Bolsheviks.
cmon ppl, start filming in studio again
Wonderful, I always love to learn more about Czechoslovak legion 🥰. Any Slovak or Czechs here? :)
Well long story short Siberia in 1920 was the real battle royale
Player Admiral Kolchack was banned for PVP outside of dedicated area
GF Rogov sounds like a sound chap. So does ID Plotnikov.