The Vorkuta Gulag - Hellhole of the USSR

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    The Soviet Gulag prison system was set up in the 1920's by the ruling communist party.
    Soviet Gulags were forced labour camps.
    They held prisoners in harsh living conditions, where any treatment expected was to be extreme and inhumane.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 10 тис.

  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  3 роки тому +26282

    😱Remember guys we need to:
    Step 1: Secure the keys
    Step 2: Ascend from darkness
    Step 3: Rain fire
    Step 4: Unleash the horde
    Step 5: Skewer the winged beast
    Step 6: Wield a fist of iron
    Step 7: Raise hell
    Step 8: Freedom
    Da.

  • @BruhMoment-lu5jd
    @BruhMoment-lu5jd 3 роки тому +4920

    “Dragovich, kravchenko, Steiner these..men all must die”

    • @cjmartinez8318
      @cjmartinez8318 3 роки тому +22

      I'll be your first comment :)

    • @franz6859
      @franz6859 3 роки тому +55

      “Fredrich Steiner... This is the end”

    • @redhead6911
      @redhead6911 3 роки тому +69

      @@franz6859 I AM VICTOR REZNOV, AND I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE

    • @crusty_cookie3099
      @crusty_cookie3099 3 роки тому +19

      Bo1 is better than cw

    • @franz6859
      @franz6859 3 роки тому +17

      @@redhead6911 “killing me will not stop nova”

  • @KingOfTheDelaware
    @KingOfTheDelaware 3 роки тому +5166

    _”Dragovich...Kravchenko...Steiner. ALL must die.”_

  • @technikhusky2054
    @technikhusky2054 3 роки тому +445

    My grandpa was 24 when he was taken to one of these gulags. He had to stay there for more than 3 years. He never talked about what happened there. Always when we asked him about it he started to lose tears and said "I can't talk about it". Horrible thing must have happened over there.

    • @deesnutz42069
      @deesnutz42069 2 роки тому +4

      maybe he shouldn't have been a reactionary

    • @harryeyre1322
      @harryeyre1322 2 роки тому +117

      @@deesnutz42069 touch grass

    • @TeraBitts
      @TeraBitts 2 роки тому +66

      @@deesnutz42069 Don't fight for slavery, fight for liberty.

    • @sonnysinny6352
      @sonnysinny6352 2 роки тому +20

      Did he meet reznov or sergi?

    • @rememberthatyoumustdie
      @rememberthatyoumustdie 2 роки тому +36

      @@deesnutz42069 ever heard of sunlight? You should feel some

  • @luxle_aviation
    @luxle_aviation Рік тому +92

    You can see in some scenes that Reznov and Sergei are in the background.

    • @someguy2272
      @someguy2272 Рік тому +6

      1:45 1:58 2:09 2:15 2:22 3:37 4:48 5:38 5:44 (unleash the horde) 5:57 6:09 6:15 6:18 6:24 6:26 6:49 7:12

  • @christopherlue9096
    @christopherlue9096 3 роки тому +3686

    “Step 8 Reznov, freedom!”
    “For you Mason, not for me.”
    “Reznov!”

  • @nerdyman7190
    @nerdyman7190 2 роки тому +304

    RIP Reznov. I remember actually believing Reznov made it out when Mason was having those dreams. I was very sad when I found out he didn’t make it. Honestly if Sergei wasn’t there the plan would’ve probably failed. RIP Sergei. Also how did Woods survive the explosion when he drove himself and Kravchenko out the window, I mean I know he’s a goddamn onion but still.

    • @ragingraptorizcul988
      @ragingraptorizcul988 2 роки тому +9

      we dont know for sure he is dead

    • @Gino_andTonic
      @Gino_andTonic 2 роки тому +15

      The better question is how krevchenko survived sevral grenades that were strapped to him exploding

    • @nerdyman7190
      @nerdyman7190 2 роки тому +5

      @@Gino_andTonic Yeah, but at least he got killed in Bo2

    • @_.Jac0b_
      @_.Jac0b_ 2 роки тому +4

      @@ragingraptorizcul988 hudson himself said that he died after trying to escape

    • @ragingraptorizcul988
      @ragingraptorizcul988 Рік тому +3

      @@_.Jac0b_ its cod they can make anything cannon

  • @DarkenedDawn
    @DarkenedDawn 3 роки тому +241

    Reznov: "You will break... American."
    Hudson: "Victor Reznov."
    Mason: "My friend."

    • @mr.blister4856
      @mr.blister4856 2 роки тому +16

      When I first played that mission back then in 2010 I was pretty confused when he said "my friend" cause they were fighting.

    • @MrR34P
      @MrR34P 2 роки тому +7

      @@mr.blister4856 that story threw my 11 yo brain in the biggest spiral

    • @mr.blister4856
      @mr.blister4856 2 роки тому +6

      @@MrR34P lol, imagine how confused my little 8 year old brain was 😭

    • @deathfromthedepths
      @deathfromthedepths 2 роки тому +4

      @@mr.blister4856 My five year old brain was completely fucked lmao

    • @malasian
      @malasian 2 роки тому +4

      @@mr.blister4856 dude same I was just as confused when I was 8

  • @bigboss7681
    @bigboss7681 3 роки тому +11561

    I heard an American prisoner escaped on a bike with a lever action shotgun

    • @Solo.edwinn
      @Solo.edwinn 3 роки тому +666

      Same I heard that story but don’t remember where it’s from

    • @sergeantfoley874
      @sergeantfoley874 3 роки тому +343

      Yeah I heard that somewhere as well

    • @MCL003
      @MCL003 3 роки тому +428

      Didn’t he and another guy escape as well?

    • @GentlemanWorlock1
      @GentlemanWorlock1 3 роки тому +314

      Was that the guy who was found on The train?

    • @thehistoryvideogameandgame4730
      @thehistoryvideogameandgame4730 3 роки тому +590

      @@MCL003 Yeah but I think he was killed by the guards, Or he was in Hue City I’m not sure, I’m hearing numbers all of a sudden

  • @gplaces3913
    @gplaces3913 3 роки тому +3210

    "We are all soldiers, without an army, Betrayed, Forgotten, Abandoned." - Reznov

    • @Gnomosamurai453
      @Gnomosamurai453 3 роки тому +95

      In Vorkuta we are all brothers

    • @thyssenheinel6507
      @thyssenheinel6507 3 роки тому +51

      *reznov: you trust this man?*

    • @thehistoryvideogameandgame4730
      @thehistoryvideogameandgame4730 3 роки тому +39

      @@thyssenheinel6507 With my life

    • @bigby3778
      @bigby3778 3 роки тому +4

      bruh u kind sound like solid snake from metal gear solid v

    • @explicit862
      @explicit862 3 роки тому +5

      @@thyssenheinel6507 that wasnt reznov who said that. Someone else asked reznov.

  • @nerfreak01
    @nerfreak01 Рік тому +25

    _"In Vorkuta, we are all soldiers without an army."_
    _"Betrayed."_
    _"Forgotten."_
    _"ABANDONED."_
    _"In Vorkuta, we are ALL brothers."_

  • @lewistanner1046
    @lewistanner1046 3 роки тому +3725

    "For you Mason! Not for me!" - Reznov

  • @napalmman8292
    @napalmman8292 3 роки тому +3632

    Russian Prisoner: Reznov, you sure you can trust this American?
    Reznov: With my life...He and us are not so different. We are all soldiers without an army...Betrayed...Forgotten...Abandoned. In Vorkuta, we are ALL brothers...

  • @W0LFB3AT5
    @W0LFB3AT5 2 роки тому +149

    It’s amazing that in CoD Cold War when Mason revisited the broken down satellites from “Black Ops”, Mason STILL receives faint numbers in his head.
    This goes to show that the game 10 years ago is still a memory to this day.

    • @KoJIJoky
      @KoJIJoky 2 роки тому +5

      Yeah, great detail

    • @ajtikalsky9704
      @ajtikalsky9704 Рік тому +2

      He's still a little brainwashed from 1963 to 1981

    • @W0LFB3AT5
      @W0LFB3AT5 Рік тому

      @@ajtikalsky9704 I know. Great minor detail yet somehow very effective if paid attention to. Haha!

    • @adelorodell5556
      @adelorodell5556 Рік тому +1

      ​@@ajtikalsky9704 he is for rest of Life but just a little it probably can't ever fully be broken

    • @el_blanco_loco
      @el_blanco_loco Рік тому +1

      I loved how when Mason saw the old picture of Steiner, he basically started having flashbacks.

  • @sealstorm1935
    @sealstorm1935 2 роки тому +30

    "In Vorkuta, we are all brothers."

  • @KillMe-jt8uz
    @KillMe-jt8uz 3 роки тому +2139

    “MY NAME IS VIKTOR REZNOV. AND I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE.”

    • @noobman9733
      @noobman9733 3 роки тому +4

      You don’t look like one

    • @MrJacobkoh
      @MrJacobkoh 3 роки тому +16

      Man the game came out 10 years ago man. November 2010. Played the campaign as a 11-12 years old, then as a 14 years old and finally a 17 year old.

    • @noobman9733
      @noobman9733 3 роки тому

      @@MrJacobkoh BURH

    • @monrroexd6243
      @monrroexd6243 3 роки тому +8

      "YOU TOOK THE LIFE OF MANY GOOD MEN, NO LONGER" *proceeds to punch him*

    • @miniatureben3558
      @miniatureben3558 3 роки тому +12

      Breaks the glass *"MASON NO"*

  • @anonymousphoenix154
    @anonymousphoenix154 3 роки тому +2361

    People in the comments
    USSR historians: SLEEP
    Black Ops players: *REZNOV!*

  • @tekkattekk5790
    @tekkattekk5790 2 роки тому +12

    My grandfather was a inmate in Vorkuta, he got out some years after the death of Stalin and was sent back to the GDR.

  • @bravofoxtrot5534
    @bravofoxtrot5534 3 роки тому +141

    I can hear the Tankies now...
    "That wasn't real communism!"

    • @gunterxvoices4101
      @gunterxvoices4101 3 роки тому +9

      It's not like it is currently the same way in the US, but in the middle of a desert lol.

    • @evandubois3364
      @evandubois3364 3 роки тому +10

      It was real Socialism and the death rate was comparable to US prisons, but it was 80 years ago so what does that say about the prison system of a "free" country

    • @gunterxvoices4101
      @gunterxvoices4101 3 роки тому +11

      @@evandubois3364 It's weird how the prison population is three times the amount of China, despite having a much lower population. Welcome to the Policed States of America lmao.

    • @MyHeadHz
      @MyHeadHz 3 роки тому +45

      Found the tankies. Picking up trash on the side of a freeway isn't the same as being worked to death in coal mines.

    • @ursa_margo
      @ursa_margo 3 роки тому +4

      It wasn't. The USSR never officially achieved communism.

  • @monkeymonkey7480
    @monkeymonkey7480 3 роки тому +781

    “So that was the last time you saw Victor Reznov?”
    “Yea”
    “At least for awhile.”

    • @jokestermasteroflaughter7754
      @jokestermasteroflaughter7754 3 роки тому +16

      I saw his cameo 2:08

    • @TheJazzyOtaku
      @TheJazzyOtaku 3 роки тому +10

      He's also with Mason at 6:25

    • @jerichamesclammay3107
      @jerichamesclammay3107 3 роки тому +3

      I saw him 8 times. Didn't keep count on White Sergei

    • @trekkienzl2862
      @trekkienzl2862 3 роки тому +1

      I'm confused. Did Reznov actually die in Vorkuta or did he escape.
      Mason remembers seeing him in Vietnam and Afghanistan if I'm not mistaken.

    • @TheJazzyOtaku
      @TheJazzyOtaku 3 роки тому +3

      @@trekkienzl2862 He dies he doesnt escape. Mason sees Resnov because he was brainwashed by Resnov to get revenge.

  • @legendarycrusader2773
    @legendarycrusader2773 3 роки тому +2878

    "Come on, step 8 Reznov, freedom!"
    "For you Mason, not for me"
    "REZNOV!"

  • @phyrr2
    @phyrr2 2 роки тому +19

    If anyone wants a true glimpse into the life in the gulags, read "Man is Wolf to Man". For a glimpse into life as a survivor, read the sequel titled "Surviving Freedom".
    The first book accounts for what many gulag prisoners endured, which was starting in the lower security camps and hopping camps eastward, all the way to Kolyma. The system was set so that labor could be exploited at every stage of denigration of the human body for those that were sentenced. All to the point of self-expiration by being overworked if they weren't already purged by the NKVD or fellow prisoners along the way.
    One particular issue the author (Janusz Bardach) discusses is witnessing how prisoners getting diarrhea from poor nutrition often died from the cold. This is because the prisoners were stacked upon one another in shacks. If you had soiled your clothes and another prisoner had your butt in their face, they would throw you out into the cold to freeze to death, simply because the smell prevented them from getting any sleep. Many prisoners upon being reaching close to death due to being overworked, would reach a point of no longer caring about dignity. Retaining your dignity at all costs (not ripping one in your pants during morning lineup) kept you alive. The author made it a point to never resort to eating rats because he felt it would cause a loss of his dignity and humanity. Because he observed that once prisoners resorted to eating rats they would all end up dying relatively soon. Even though they had attained additional sustenance. Survival as always, is just as much about the mind if not more so than the body.
    Janusz also describes a scene where after attempting escape, he was rounded up and beaten by a guard and an officer. Once the officer left the room, the guard immediately became compassionate and stopped beating Janusz and even offering water. The guard had to snap back into "beating mode" once the officer returned, resuming the flurry of blows and non-stop insults. The point being that compassion would rise to the surface even in the hearts of the guards, but was suppressed simply due to fear of repercussions. If a guard was seen as lenient at any time, it could cost them their job or their lives, by them being interned into a gulag themselves.
    As in today's prisons, the guards would work hand-in-hand with ringleaders of the gulag. Often times these would be the Urka, or Russian prison gangs at the time. The gangs would keep the other prisoners in order, ensure productivity (or mutually assured meeting of quotas by fudging numbers, as those running the camp could be punished alongside prisoners for not meeting these). They also purchased commodities from the guards through pooling methods. One such method was collecting alcohol being given every morning to prisoners during winter months before work. The Urka ordered the prisoners to not swallow the alcohol, and instead to spit it out into a large container after exiting the alcohol line. The alcohol would be collected, and sold to the guards for food or other favors. If you were new and uninformed of this process and swallowed your alcohol, you would get a single warning via a beating and explanation. The Urka were just as important for internal enforcement as the NKVD guards.
    Another glimpse into this story is about how medical staff at the gulags enjoyed many perks, even sometimes a relatively normal life. This is because medical personnel were always required not just for the prisoners but for the guards. Even simply becoming a janitor for an associated hospital was enough to spare you the rigors of the physical labor in the camps. Also, those who injured themselves to get to the infirmary were usually sniffed out and executed as it was against the rules to do so. Many people cut off digits or even entire limbs, burned themselves or spilled acid upon themselves just to get a few days in the hospital. Prisoners would often help inflict wounds upon each other so as to make it look like an accident (as self-inflicted wounds show certain characteristics of being so).

  • @Dylan-pl6wv
    @Dylan-pl6wv 3 роки тому +36

    "Can't get the Fucking Numbers out of my head!" - Alex Mason

  • @mrabudi1
    @mrabudi1 3 роки тому +3311

    the comment section is 10% talking about how horrible the soviet union was
    90% COD references

    • @alexanderalexander3194
      @alexanderalexander3194 3 роки тому +44

      maybe ussr is not here anymore but its still in our
      hearts

    • @Einzellerog
      @Einzellerog 3 роки тому +28

      And why do think that ussr is that horrible? Just because this video shows only one side of the medal?

    • @eb18574
      @eb18574 3 роки тому +121

      @@Einzellerog millions dead or fleeing to western nations would say otherwise

    • @reetikarjalainen4994
      @reetikarjalainen4994 3 роки тому +18

      @@eb18574 why do many former USSR countries say it was better in USSR? And also atleast East Germans, some say it was better in DDR than Germany today.

    • @dbt7624
      @dbt7624 3 роки тому +4

      Cuz the Soviet Union was amazing 🥴

  • @m3ta_the_viking789
    @m3ta_the_viking789 3 роки тому +476

    "Dragovich... Kravchenko... Steiner... These "men" must die." - Viktor Reznov

    • @davsinclair
      @davsinclair 3 роки тому +16

      "My name is Viktor Reznov! and I will have my revenge!"

    • @ThePhantomnaut
      @ThePhantomnaut 3 роки тому +9

      “MASON, NO!”

    • @colonelclappers
      @colonelclappers 3 роки тому +4

      @@davsinclair *Have my revenge

    • @davsinclair
      @davsinclair 3 роки тому +2

      @@colonelclappers you know what I meant

    • @squirrele.1266
      @squirrele.1266 3 роки тому

      @Szczelanka he’s dead

  • @coolio6000
    @coolio6000 3 роки тому +15

    “In Vorkuta, we are all brothers” -Reznov

  • @heliosynth80s
    @heliosynth80s 3 роки тому +10

    2:21 There's Sergei pushing the Coal Cart and there's Reznov mining next to him.

  • @calthepeacelovingclover5935
    @calthepeacelovingclover5935 3 роки тому +443

    Mason: "Your turn!!! Come on!!! Step eight, Reznov - Freedom!
    "
    Reznov: "For you Mason... Not for me...
    "
    Mason: "REZNOV!!!"
    Man that scene gave me the feels...

    • @Joshua_N-A
      @Joshua_N-A 3 роки тому +8

      That scene on Rebirth is the best plot twist ever.

    • @gmanawesome5773
      @gmanawesome5773 3 роки тому +1

      I NEVER FORGET THAT SENCE

  • @williambarwick7707
    @williambarwick7707 3 роки тому +2727

    Love how you can see Sergi and Resnov in the animation LMAO.

    • @cbassbenzo
      @cbassbenzo 3 роки тому +164

      you can see mason pushing the cart with sergi too if you look for his little bald head

    • @wtwt3619
      @wtwt3619 3 роки тому +79

      Lmao I immediately went to the comments after I saw Reznov 😂😂

    • @savory_doofus
      @savory_doofus 3 роки тому +7

      I love this

    • @mulligan4981
      @mulligan4981 3 роки тому +14

      I thought I was the only one that saw that lmao

    • @jacksonschenk361
      @jacksonschenk361 3 роки тому +25

      Freedom for you mason... not me

  • @gpsoldier9462
    @gpsoldier9462 2 роки тому +14

    Seeing all my fellow Bo1 brothers and sisters assemble again to remember a great time in gaming history brings me joy.

  • @highjumpstudios2384
    @highjumpstudios2384 2 роки тому +12

    “In Vorkuta, we are all brothers.”

  • @mufat3930
    @mufat3930 3 роки тому +974

    R.i.p Sergei
    ???-October 6, 1963
    He was strong but the door was stronger

    • @imperialguardsman5726
      @imperialguardsman5726 3 роки тому +72

      Sergei actually would have held the door opened if he didn't get shot

    • @JuliaCV9
      @JuliaCV9 3 роки тому +21

      "I have yet to meet one who can outsmart bullet."
      - Heavy Weapons Guy (A.K.A. Heavy)

    • @newyorktitties8954
      @newyorktitties8954 3 роки тому +11

      The monster of Magadan

    • @Cobblestone8_alt_account
      @Cobblestone8_alt_account 3 роки тому +2

      My boy was my boy . He was like a son to me . R.I.P my boy he was like a father to me

    • @s8nwulf
      @s8nwulf 3 роки тому +1

      THATS THE BIG HOMIE RIP 😤✊😢😢

  • @Epicmmo
    @Epicmmo 3 роки тому +59

    As long as he lives the heart of this army cannot be broken, he makes us all proud."
    -Victor reznov 1939

    • @juho3434
      @juho3434 2 роки тому +10

      1945 sorry i had to

  • @loganmccarty2291
    @loganmccarty2291 3 роки тому +5

    Crazy this popped up! John Nobles son, also John is a great friend of mine, and one of the nicest people I've ever met. He speaks highly of his father and lent me a book wrote by his father. John wrote a book called "i was a slave in russia" that detailed his experience. It certainly brought tears to the eyes several times.

  • @noble9864
    @noble9864 3 роки тому +8625

    "Mason. Every journey begins with a single step. This - is step one!!"

  • @mr.ignorant3585
    @mr.ignorant3585 3 роки тому +497

    "Allow me to introduce, Sergei Kozin the monster from Magadan"
    "Glad you're a friend, Sergei"
    "We will never pause, we will never falter, we will be free or die trying"

  • @thefacedownertfd4336
    @thefacedownertfd4336 3 роки тому +26

    "STEP 8 REZNOV! FREEDOM!"
    "FOR YOU MASON, NOT FOR ME"

  • @ashenkoisan572
    @ashenkoisan572 2 роки тому +21

    "Mason! You did it Mason! You did what I could not!"- Reznov's last words

  • @Mr.SM2939OLD
    @Mr.SM2939OLD 3 роки тому +803

    "You will break, American!"
    "Viktor Reznov."
    "My friend....."

  • @yourdailymemer4657
    @yourdailymemer4657 3 роки тому +405

    “step off reznov! Freedom!”
    “For you mason, not for me!”

  • @justnick7042
    @justnick7042 2 роки тому +19

    “He and us are not so different. We are all soldiers without an army, betrayed, forgotten, abandoned. We are all brothers in Vortuka…” -Victor Reznov

  • @zacharysornoza522
    @zacharysornoza522 Рік тому +6

    gotta love the reznov and sergei reference at 2:26

  • @snorp6781
    @snorp6781 3 роки тому +2622

    "Your turn!!!"
    "Come on!!!"
    "Step eight, Reznov - freedom!"
    "For you Mason..."
    "Not for me..."

    • @Grivian
      @Grivian 3 роки тому +102

      "REZNOOOOV"

    • @Shadowkiller-dq2ju
      @Shadowkiller-dq2ju 3 роки тому +53

      @@Grivian and that was last you saw of Viktor Reznov

    • @mifzalaqil5569
      @mifzalaqil5569 2 роки тому +55

      Step nine: *cry*

    • @bartabouttocry2471
      @bartabouttocry2471 2 роки тому +25

      Step 10 : die and be alive again and got nerf in cod black os cold war

    • @PhoenixT70
      @PhoenixT70 2 роки тому +14

      @@Shadowkiller-dq2ju "Yeah... for a while."

  • @etthxxn3708
    @etthxxn3708 3 роки тому +681

    “Freedom Reznov!”
    “For you mason, not for me.”
    😔😔😔

    • @comradecommissar8223
      @comradecommissar8223 3 роки тому +16

      I remember this very vividly

    • @franz6859
      @franz6859 3 роки тому +8

      Shows truck stopping near soviets*

    • @comradecommissar8223
      @comradecommissar8223 3 роки тому +9

      @@franz6859 yes. It was very sad what i had to do that day...

    • @franz6859
      @franz6859 3 роки тому +2

      @@comradecommissar8223 “mason! You have done something I could not”
      😔😔😔

    • @officialphub1801
      @officialphub1801 3 роки тому +4

      that is where grown men cry

  • @TheWhatsUpClan
    @TheWhatsUpClan 2 роки тому +3

    The Vorkuta Gulag is a really scary place to be

  • @atomicgringo6710
    @atomicgringo6710 2 роки тому +3

    I love how in the graphic with the 3 prisoners revolting the one in the middle looks like Reznov from Call of Duty Black Ops! You guys are tru legends for including him!

  • @sergeantreznov7505
    @sergeantreznov7505 3 роки тому +4019

    It feels like everyone in this comment section loves me.

    • @cannoneer6680
      @cannoneer6680 3 роки тому +163

      We do

    • @neko281
      @neko281 3 роки тому +14

      I dont

    • @n3rf0r30
      @n3rf0r30 3 роки тому +307

      @@neko281 into the nova gas cloud you go

    • @kkrummelrhs
      @kkrummelrhs 3 роки тому +47

      Last I checked you were a captain?

    • @discmanthecdlord
      @discmanthecdlord 3 роки тому +39

      We love as much as we love the motherland comrade

  • @NUM1STUNNER
    @NUM1STUNNER 3 роки тому +2062

    Russian prisoner: "Reznov, you sure you can trust this American?"
    Reznov: "With my life. He and us, are not so different... We are all soldiers, without an army. Betrayed. Forgotten. Abandoned. In Vorkuta, we are ALL brothers..."
    God tier moment

    • @alturnovanschalkwyk1411
      @alturnovanschalkwyk1411 3 роки тому +21

      You see I have call of duty world at war and reznov was a sgt. Of the red army

    • @shadow_b0itrash415
      @shadow_b0itrash415 3 роки тому +3

      @@alturnovanschalkwyk1411 have u played b01 campaign

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover 3 роки тому +18

      Also totally real communism and socialism right here. All excuse makers are degenerate useless reddit neckbeards.

    • @ericgarcia9110
      @ericgarcia9110 3 роки тому +4

      No one could’ve done a better job than Gary Oldman

    • @jb089_8
      @jb089_8 3 роки тому

      I’m crying 😭

  • @baileyryan488
    @baileyryan488 2 роки тому +3

    Thinking about gulags makes me so sad that I start bawling my eyes out, that's because my great-grandfather once told me that once of his friends got sent to one of them and he got hanged. #sosad. 😭💔

  • @camjam8367
    @camjam8367 3 роки тому +5

    I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE VIDEO BECAUSE OF THE REFERENCES

  • @TEO-jo4xm
    @TEO-jo4xm 3 роки тому +1243

    Simple History: How many COD references do you want??
    World: *YES*

    • @danteinpuro319
      @danteinpuro319 3 роки тому +10

      They knew what they were getting themselves into

    • @belluh-1huey56
      @belluh-1huey56 3 роки тому

      @@danteinpuro319 which was getting thirteen year old boys to click on the video thinking it was cod?

    • @mario_judah2292
      @mario_judah2292 3 роки тому +5

      @@belluh-1huey56 I new it wasn't cod but I knew the comment were gonna be about cod

    • @danteinpuro319
      @danteinpuro319 3 роки тому +6

      @@belluh-1huey56 i mean how can you make a video about vorkuta and like NOT put black ops 1 references in there, and you know that those 10 year olds would click on it and they would learn something

    • @belluh-1huey56
      @belluh-1huey56 3 роки тому +1

      @@danteinpuro319 yep

  • @memelessxd6554
    @memelessxd6554 3 роки тому +1802

    Can we just point out that theres characters that look like Reznov and Sergei
    (Edit: why are so many people liking this)

    • @fffff5791
      @fffff5791 3 роки тому +159

      And mason pushing the minecart

    • @lasombra1469
      @lasombra1469 3 роки тому +98

      LEFT FLANK MASON!

    • @dominuslimo4147
      @dominuslimo4147 3 роки тому +67

      @@fffff5791 1:48 I think that is meant to be sergei

    • @leonardo3ro310
      @leonardo3ro310 3 роки тому +52

      @@dominuslimo4147 it is meant to be him lmao even in the scene were the guards open fire he is along with a character wich seems to look like reznov they are pushing a cart wich is a reference to the part of the mission where reznov and sergei push the cart as cover to get closer to the enemy buildings

    • @averagecustodes2562
      @averagecustodes2562 3 роки тому +11

      Sergei is pushing a minecart

  • @jamesdunning8650
    @jamesdunning8650 3 роки тому +56

    I get it, communism makes everyone equally miserable.

    • @jamesdunning8650
      @jamesdunning8650 2 роки тому

      @Christian Cotton and Cuba..and North Korea.

    • @jamesdunning8650
      @jamesdunning8650 2 роки тому +1

      @Christian Cotton really? Hundreds of people went missing after this last protest against communist rule.

    • @gabrielmora5092
      @gabrielmora5092 2 роки тому +2

      @@jamesdunning8650 that's because of the Authoritarian government.

    • @jamesdunning8650
      @jamesdunning8650 2 роки тому

      @@gabrielmora5092 How else is marxism enforced?

    • @gabrielmora5092
      @gabrielmora5092 2 роки тому +1

      @@jamesdunning8650 dude don't start with that.
      Because I can also say the same thing about capitalism. How many times capitalist countries have opress the working class. A lot.
      Democracy ≠ capitalism
      Communism ≠ authoritarian.
      Both opress people. Millions died because of both
      (No I'm not a communist).

  • @space4166
    @space4166 Рік тому +7

    “I love Soviet Union.”
    Says the person who wasn’t been to a gulag

  • @Cairo40000
    @Cairo40000 3 роки тому +604

    Simple History: You couldn't escape
    Mason: Are you sure about that?

  • @animo9050
    @animo9050 3 роки тому +576

    1% of comments: stalin jokes
    1% of comments: gulag jokes
    98% of comments: *Reznov Mason something*

    • @tomato9349
      @tomato9349 3 роки тому +12

      Hey the channel itself is in with the joke so it all good

    • @silentwraith5706
      @silentwraith5706 3 роки тому +12

      THE NUMBERS MASON! WHAT DO THEY MEAN?

    • @bubbaschannel248
      @bubbaschannel248 3 роки тому +7

      Anyone else spot Reznov and Sergei in the video?

    • @arisaka7790
      @arisaka7790 3 роки тому +4

      @@silentwraith5706 WHERE ARE THEY BROADCASTED FROM?

    • @chadkingoffuckmountain970
      @chadkingoffuckmountain970 3 роки тому

      @@bubbaschannel248 yes at 2:22

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 2 роки тому

    I love your channel keep up the great stuff

  • @tangorolza
    @tangorolza 3 роки тому +4

    Anyone notice Victor Reznov at 3:59 in the background?

  • @randomguyonyoutube4833
    @randomguyonyoutube4833 3 роки тому +270

    “The flag may be different, but the methods are all the same” -Reznov

    • @Romero976
      @Romero976 3 роки тому +1

      Factless

    • @YuGioh66
      @YuGioh66 3 роки тому +1

      Facts

    • @nak0410
      @nak0410 3 роки тому

      Those are big facts my dude

    • @rosaria8384
      @rosaria8384 3 роки тому

      True. Hitler's concentration camps, Stalin's gulags, CIA black sites are three prime examples.

  • @GAMERMAN-vy6ef
    @GAMERMAN-vy6ef 3 роки тому +716

    We all know about Reznov's sacrifice,but what about Sergei's sacrifice.

    • @tvojamamasine
      @tvojamamasine 3 роки тому +34

      Oh no why must you remind me of that

    • @iimrsean
      @iimrsean 3 роки тому +38

      Man,that gate sucks

    • @fnfnc5260
      @fnfnc5260 3 роки тому +15

      No please, this is sad bruh..

    • @gavinforsyth7240
      @gavinforsyth7240 3 роки тому +13

      My man is underrated

    • @andrealugo841
      @andrealugo841 3 роки тому +6

      That dipshit was like a truck

  • @scorpionbrains
    @scorpionbrains 2 роки тому +2

    Putting hellhole and USSR in the same sentence is essentially just repeating the same thing twice

  • @BlackSkull1984
    @BlackSkull1984 Рік тому +2

    "welcome to the gulag, if you survived you earned your freedom"

  • @USAirsoft
    @USAirsoft 3 роки тому +5203

    All the Easter Eggs in this one

    • @sashaozerov3827
      @sashaozerov3827 3 роки тому +40

      Gotta love it

    • @robinsprenkels5892
      @robinsprenkels5892 3 роки тому +22

      @Alex Adamson went to the comments right when I saw him to see if other people were talking about it haha

    • @cat_eating_sushi9372
      @cat_eating_sushi9372 3 роки тому +97

      At 2:09 you can see in the back the only darkened one is Viktor Reznov

    • @cat_eating_sushi9372
      @cat_eating_sushi9372 3 роки тому +88

      And at 2:23 you can see Sergei as well

    • @LucasBriggs808
      @LucasBriggs808 3 роки тому +25

      @@cat_eating_sushi9372 thats all I kept seeing when I saw a muscular man with no sleeves

  • @pogi-si-boni
    @pogi-si-boni 3 роки тому +765

    "VICTORY CANNOT BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT SACRAFICE, MASON."
    *"WE RUSSIANS KNOW THIS BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE."*

    • @novemberecho3899
      @novemberecho3899 3 роки тому +11

      Mason over here![Runs behind minecart]

    • @valeriyaspasova599
      @valeriyaspasova599 3 роки тому +6

      ДА ДА ДА ДА ДА ДА

    • @Tronathon242
      @Tronathon242 3 роки тому +5

      If only people really knew how much Reznov was underestimating that statement.

    • @KommieKaze
      @KommieKaze 3 роки тому +2

      URRRRRAAAAAAAA!!!!!

    • @andrealugo841
      @andrealugo841 3 роки тому

      "Reznov your men MUST KNOW this is suicide right?!"

  • @jackmeyers7805
    @jackmeyers7805 2 роки тому +3

    5:10 "Allow me to introduce: Sergei Kozin, The Monster of Megadan!"

  • @houstonjoker3836
    @houstonjoker3836 Рік тому +1

    “Victory cannot be achieved without sacrifice” “we will be free or die trying”

  • @memesupport9424
    @memesupport9424 3 роки тому +433

    "We Russians know this better than anyone!"-Reznov

  • @wannacri
    @wannacri 3 роки тому +439

    “Allow me to introduce Sergei Kozin, the monster of Magadan.” - Viktor Reznov

    • @kkrummelrhs
      @kkrummelrhs 3 роки тому +58

      "Glad you're a friend, Sergei"

    • @anthonymiglieri6181
      @anthonymiglieri6181 3 роки тому +5

      @@kkrummelrhs damn beat me to it 😂

    • @GilangAdityaa
      @GilangAdityaa 3 роки тому +8

      Sadly sergei kozin die because he open the door for comrades

    • @TomiVuori
      @TomiVuori 3 роки тому +1

      Impales a guard with a pickaxe

    • @GilangAdityaa
      @GilangAdityaa 3 роки тому

      @@TomiVuori yes after he get out from lift lmao

  • @gliocz
    @gliocz 3 місяці тому +1

    Soviet guard: Welcome to the Vorkuta Gul- Stalin: Don't say it. Guard: I mean camp!

  • @theredeyedt9057
    @theredeyedt9057 3 роки тому +6

    “I remeber you, Vorkuta, you dont know what we did to you”

  • @thomasthedankengine4893
    @thomasthedankengine4893 3 роки тому +2717

    “I will die in the this wretched place. The only thing that keeps me alive is the thirst for vengeance.”
    - Viktor Reznov

    • @K-11609
      @K-11609 3 роки тому +66

      The line before is just bone chilling:
      “Mason my friend, tell me what is left to believe when you are BETRAYED by your own? When all that you are, all that you have done is buried beneath the lies and the deceit of corrupt men!”

    • @BestDamThing6534
      @BestDamThing6534 2 роки тому +21

      Prisoner: Reznov you sure we can trust this american?
      Reznov: with my life. He and us are not so different. we are all soldiers without an army, Betrayed, Forgotten, Abandoned. in Vorkuta we are all brothers

    • @myles3856
      @myles3856 2 роки тому +2

      @@BestDamThing6534 I love that line

    • @BestDamThing6534
      @BestDamThing6534 2 роки тому +2

      @@myles3856 Ya

    • @mr.apocalypse5143
      @mr.apocalypse5143 2 роки тому +8

      Why was Reznov sent to the Gulag? He served in the Soviet Army so I’d think he’d be given freedom from Vorkuta.

  • @afonya553
    @afonya553 3 роки тому +746

    Bae: Come over
    Stalin: Can’t, I’m busy sending people to gulag
    Bae: My parents aren’t home
    Stalin: I know

    • @aleembaksh1880
      @aleembaksh1880 3 роки тому +18

      This joke is so repeated but I still like it.

    • @serafimalves9043
      @serafimalves9043 3 роки тому +3

      Underrated comment 😂😂😂

    • @ospreyphil8995
      @ospreyphil8995 3 роки тому +23

      It’s not a stolen joke
      It’s OUR joke comrade

    • @diel6755
      @diel6755 3 роки тому +7

      And it's not stealing someone's joke
      It's shared joke

    • @josephstalin364
      @josephstalin364 3 роки тому +5

      Gulag is better than bae

  • @lukesmichalski6607
    @lukesmichalski6607 Рік тому +3

    My Grandparents met in Vorkuta gulag, they've survived and were transported in cattle trains to Poland, but only after Stalin died and there was little of "relaxation" in Soviet Russia.

  • @austinburgess4319
    @austinburgess4319 2 роки тому

    I'm so happy you made this because legit no one at my HIGH SCHOOL knows what the actual gulag is just that it's where u go when u die in cod

  • @lilvazquez4002
    @lilvazquez4002 3 роки тому +2304

    Sergei's death in this mission of CoD was probably the saddest one that we actually see

  • @thecomputer9722
    @thecomputer9722 3 роки тому +239

    "STEP 8 REZONOV, FREEEDOM!!!"
    "FOR YOU MASON, NOT FOR ME"
    "REZNOV!!!!!!"

    • @volt9031
      @volt9031 3 роки тому +4

      It always gets me man 😢

    • @zde1532
      @zde1532 3 роки тому +1

      Mason always thought reznov is still alive but he isn't

  • @Stoic_sensei
    @Stoic_sensei 3 роки тому +4

    1:57 you can see sergei pushing the coal cart

  • @eaglestryker1338
    @eaglestryker1338 2 роки тому +31

    "Sure you can have freedom of speech... in Siberia!"
    - Joseph Stalin, probably.

    • @phillgame8872
      @phillgame8872 2 роки тому +2

      Also stalin was send in siberia for free speech during the tsarist era

    • @scottishbananaclan
      @scottishbananaclan 2 роки тому +3

      @@phillgame8872 shoulda just stayed there

  • @x22tk57
    @x22tk57 3 роки тому +890

    I like the little COD: Black Ops references with Viktor Reznov and Sergei in the animation, and the pinned comment of the escape steps, lmao

    • @guerrilla9852
      @guerrilla9852 3 роки тому +7

      Bruh you forgot the Monster of Magadan. I saw Sergei in there

    • @guerrilla9852
      @guerrilla9852 3 роки тому +1

      Thank you big man!

    • @APPEALtoFEAR
      @APPEALtoFEAR 3 роки тому

      Figured at the beginning of the video I would see a Reznov Easter egg before the end... I'm sure there are some "historical elitists"(?) saying s**t in the comments like:
      "F**kin' kids wouldn't even know about Vorkuta without a stupid video game , I spent 4 years in university to learn that YO"
      Yeah...

  • @someonewashere2755
    @someonewashere2755 3 роки тому +277

    "We are all soldiers without an army" - Victor Reznov

    • @piercepayumo4212
      @piercepayumo4212 3 роки тому +3

      "Betrayed, forgotten, abandoned. In Vorkuta we are all brothers."

    • @patriotsquid9818
      @patriotsquid9818 3 роки тому

      Betrayed, forgotten, abandon,

    • @maximilianolimamoreira5002
      @maximilianolimamoreira5002 3 роки тому

      strange that, in ww2, Reznov seemed to be extremely loyal to the USSR regime, and even then was betrayed by his superior

  • @muhammadkharie9383
    @muhammadkharie9383 2 роки тому +5

    95% of the comment section: call of duty

  • @halexprin4846
    @halexprin4846 Рік тому +7

    "demetri petrenko was was one of the bravest men I ever knew. He fought by my side from the siege of stalingrad to the fall of Berlin. The wounds he sustained ensuring our victory should have earned him a heros welcome to Russia..... but stalin had little need for heros."

  • @WeinerSkewer
    @WeinerSkewer 3 роки тому +1348

    "Victory cannot be achieved without sacrifice Mason. We Russians know this better than anyone" - Viktor Reznov

    • @hexagonalawareness3584
      @hexagonalawareness3584 3 роки тому +16

      This exact comment is right above this one except it was posted days before

    • @WeinerSkewer
      @WeinerSkewer 3 роки тому +6

      @@hexagonalawareness3584 i didnt see it therefore it does not exist

    • @hexagonalawareness3584
      @hexagonalawareness3584 3 роки тому +4

      @@WeinerSkewer I don't see atoms --> they do not exist --> the universe implodes --> oh, wait

    • @rustyshackleford7265
      @rustyshackleford7265 3 роки тому +2

      How many times do you fools have to post the same comment? I've seen dozens already

    • @Walker-ow7vj
      @Walker-ow7vj 3 роки тому +1

      @@rustyshackleford7265 its a nice quote take it easy

  • @EmilioScarpelli
    @EmilioScarpelli 3 роки тому +428

    Here you can spot a lot of COD Black ops 1 references
    1. The Mine where Mason and Reznov distracted one of the guards to steal the Mine key - 5:13 5:44 6:08
    2. The Shotgun armoury that was filled with KS23 shotguns - 5:38 and 5:57
    3. Sergei can be found pushing minecarts and fighting one of the guards - 1:40 2:22 4:48 5:21 6:08 and 6:22 in here you can see him pushing a minecart along with Reznov
    4. Reznov, This iconic black ops character can be found in - 5:43 5:56 6:08 and 6:22 in here you can see him pushing a minecart along with Sergei
    5. The Bucket-wheel excavator, where you can find this in COD Black ops while supporting the uprising from the south - 0:59 2:13 2:46 3:18 5:32 7:10

  • @shmorble
    @shmorble 2 роки тому

    Thanks for adding Reznov and Sergei.

  • @el_blanco_loco
    @el_blanco_loco Рік тому

    I like the animated Victor Reznov at 5:47
    Good touch and good reference lol

  • @butterflyknifeislife8658
    @butterflyknifeislife8658 3 роки тому +2386

    Simple History: You couldn’t escape
    Black Ops fans: *ACKCHYUALLY*

  • @familygash7500
    @familygash7500 3 роки тому +1481

    *RUSSIAN CITIZEN:* "I think..."
    *JOSEF STALIN:* "Looks like you're going to The Gulags, Jimbo!"

    • @Slashking996
      @Slashking996 3 роки тому +33

      This comment is severely underrated

    • @kazuhiramiller7491
      @kazuhiramiller7491 3 роки тому +9

      @@Slashking996 Because its untrue.

    • @jonathandavx
      @jonathandavx 3 роки тому +35

      @@kazuhiramiller7491 untrue? This really happened

    • @kazuhiramiller7491
      @kazuhiramiller7491 3 роки тому +9

      @@jonathandavx I guess thats why the people that actually lived under Stalin miss him. Right?

    • @gloriousblobber9647
      @gloriousblobber9647 3 роки тому +37

      @@kazuhiramiller7491 I guess that's why Stalin employed secret police. Right?

  • @P_4BKM77
    @P_4BKM77 Рік тому +1

    1:47 just saw Reznov diggin' up some gold lads

  • @Troytom03
    @Troytom03 2 роки тому +1

    good for adding the bo1 refrences in there

  • @nexus4151
    @nexus4151 3 роки тому +623

    "My name is Viktor Reznov, and I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE!"
    "MASON NO!!"

  • @mr.noseybonk8716
    @mr.noseybonk8716 3 роки тому +2952

    I didn't know the Vorkuta riot mission in Call Of Duty: Black Ops was based on a real life event, amazing!

    • @oksomynameisjeff4212
      @oksomynameisjeff4212 3 роки тому +336

      Bruv its not only Vorkuta but it's all of the missions in Black Ops 1 btw and it was confirmed by actual experts and the devs themselves. Government conspiracies, cruel torture, untold missions

    • @polishherowitoldpilecki5521
      @polishherowitoldpilecki5521 3 роки тому +108

      So was the first mission, bay of pigs.

    • @6th_Army
      @6th_Army 3 роки тому +248

      Yeah, the golden years of COD. Actually based on history and not potential sales numbers.

    • @winchesterchua3390
      @winchesterchua3390 3 роки тому +38

      @@polishherowitoldpilecki5521 Wasn't the Battle of Khe Sanh also a real event.

    • @robertsimpson6873
      @robertsimpson6873 3 роки тому +15

      @@winchesterchua3390 Yeah

  • @princessmarlena1359
    @princessmarlena1359 3 роки тому +2

    Where I grew up, we had a neighbor that told us that he was in this gulag. He was released during the days of de-Stalin-ization.

  • @bakernathan98
    @bakernathan98 Рік тому +1

    Reznov in the back ground at 2:26 and Sergei pushing the cart .

  • @andrewgibbons9872
    @andrewgibbons9872 3 роки тому +483

    “ Victory cannot be achieved without sacrifice Mason. We Russians know this better than anyone”
    Sgt Viktor Reznov

    • @thunderedsun203
      @thunderedsun203 3 роки тому

      Oh wait a comment of this is already created 3 hours ago yours is 2 hours ago

    • @jurtra9090
      @jurtra9090 3 роки тому +4

      PREPARE YOURSELF, MEN!

    • @justinvaladez4503
      @justinvaladez4503 3 роки тому +11

      Actually Reznov got promoted to Captain

    • @justinvaladez4503
      @justinvaladez4503 3 роки тому +1

      @@andrewgibbons9872 yeah that does sound better

    • @rafaelcristiano4312
      @rafaelcristiano4312 3 роки тому

      @@thunderedsun203 the comment was based off cod: black ops, really popular game lol, expect much , much more than this

  • @dylantortosa7678
    @dylantortosa7678 3 роки тому +619

    "What did they do to you in Vorkuta Mason??"
    *"Heh, what didn't they do"*

  • @doomslayer9077
    @doomslayer9077 Рік тому

    I love how you guys drew rezneov in the background

  • @justaguy9768
    @justaguy9768 2 роки тому

    Whenever I need a reminder that where I am is a good place to be I visit simple history.

  • @yoshibutkagekira7899
    @yoshibutkagekira7899 3 роки тому +682

    "STEP 8 REZNOV, FREEDOM!"
    "FOR YOU MASON, NOT FOR ME..."
    "REZNOV!!"

    • @Holy_2894
      @Holy_2894 3 роки тому +4

      Dame da ne.... Dame yo... Dame na no yo....

    • @Galm02
      @Galm02 3 роки тому

      @@avtomatkalashnikov4728 ur kidding right?

  • @shoewithbeans8472
    @shoewithbeans8472 3 роки тому +210

    “The vorkuta gulag”
    Me: “The number mason, what do they mean”?”