American Reacts to History of Russia (Part 1) | Epic History TV

In light of current events, I wanted to get some background on eastern Europe - particularly Russia and Ukraine. I'll be learning the history of both countries as the world watches what happens. If you enjoyed this video, please like and subscribe!
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[@noahloiselle412]

Awesome video reaction as always (their short history of Russia is also an awesome starter series)! You may have possibly seen my mentioning this on your reaction to the fall of the Soviet Union video, but if not and you would want to learn even more about Russian history in greater detail, (including some insights into their mindset, starting with the accession of Michael of Russia in the year 1613 (the first Russian Tsar of the House of Romanov), all the way to the murder of Tsar Nicholas the II and his family by the Bolsheviks in the year 1918 ( which eventually led to the rise of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Romanov dynasty), I would highly suggest the documentary series The Romanovs: The Real History of the Russian Dynasty.. It is quite long, (the whole documentary series being divided into 8 episodes that are around 1hr each, although I think it is 100% worth it and extremely well made (a Russian media company made it, so lots of care went into getting things correct and giving a vivid portrayal). Here it is if it may interest you at all kzbin.info/aero/PLwGzY25TNHPBfaoOR3pXw3VyBvmXljeio

[@tonypate9174]

...GUP COSSACK LULLABY.....If not "move" you must have no soul ,(or a Ginger) ? the bear knows the past...

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

ivan the trrible vs stalin

[@user-io2kd6rh5v]

То что от вас скрывали настоящая правда !!!kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnKwgGyhedGjqJo поделись с другими!!

[@anolahtinen]

As a rule of thumb for European History: It always goes much further back than you'd think and it is always convoluded xD

[@TrashskillsRS]

Russia's is very convoluted as it was pretty unknown from the west until the time of Peter the Great, and only really full interest during the Napoleonic Wars. It was just this area in the East, and even to this day most history lessons on Russia begins at Peter.

[@anolahtinen]

@@TrashskillsRS Fair enough and a surprising fact. Thank you for sharing :3

[@TrashskillsRS]

@Marcus yes people were aware that something happened in the east, but it was not the main focus point and there were no general updates. The runestones is more tales that are partly mythical. The history of the Rus from around year 1200 until the late 1600's is mostly unknown to the westerners at the time. It is only really the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth and Sweden that has any contact, and even then most of the time Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth has little contact with most of the west.

[@portal_-xp7jl]

@Marcus Kievan Rus is not a state, but a period of time when Kyiv was the capital of Russia.

[@Lelik_208]

It was a very quick retelling of 700 years of history. A few notes 1) Rus' is the ancestral homeland for modern Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians (who were forgotten in the video). Our ancestors made up the population of Ancient Rus' - the Old Russian people. 2) After Yaroslav's death, Rus' entered a period of feudal fragmentation. He divided the lands of Rus' between his 5 sons. But due to the peculiarities of Slavic inheritance, many conflicts arose and decentralization took place (somewhere there was a good video about inheritance in Rus'). As a result, there were from 13 to 18 fairly autonomous principalities, with the nominal primacy of the Kiev principality. Kiev was one of the largest and richest cities, which led to the fact that the princes of other principalities often seized it, moved their capital to it and became nominal rulers of all Rus', receiving the title of Grand Duke. For example, during the period from 1146 to 1161, Kiev changed its ruler about 15 times. Some princes captured it several times. 3) As a result of the Mongol invasion, most of the principalities fell under their rule. The last prince who inherited Kiev did not move his capital to the looted and burned Kiev, which marked the end of the period of Ancient Rus'. As a result, over the next centuries, part of the western principalities fell under the rule of Lithuania, part of the southwestern principalities fell under the rule of Poland, and the northeastern part was eventually united by the Moscow principality and gained independence from the Tatar yoke. This is where the main cultural and linguistic differences between Belarussians, Ukrainians and Russians arise. 4) The Cossacks are a military class, originally they were something like mercenaries or bandits (which was not much different at that time), and after the annexation of these territories to Russia they became professional soldiers in the service of tsars and emperors. As it was said in the video, they appeared on the borders between the three states and arose from a mixture of nomads and runaway peasants. PS Kings and Generals have released wonderful videos about the history of Rus' before the Mongols. The combined video is 2 hours long: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHmzfXl-fayeY9E

[@TrashskillsRS]

Might need to add that Belarus is literally White Rus, Ukraine was known as Little Rus for a long time and then of course Russia.

[@AlBarzUK]

Yes, I was waiting for Byelorussia to get a mention. My grandfather was, I was told, a colonel in the White Russian army.

[@eg568]

@@AlBarzUK I hope you understand what it's no connection between "White Russia" and White russian army. Belarus is the name of country, before it was the name of land - Belorussia, so it basically how territory called. White army it's people who fight for Tsar in Russian civil war (like the war of red and white rose in Britain it's just a mark of different political forces).

[@AlBarzUK]

@@eg568 Thanks. No, my understanding is poor, I'm confused about all of that. My father went back to Poland when I was four and my mother lost contact. She mentioned the Tsar's Army but could never explain properly.

[@CrankCase08]

@@AlBarzUK Ukraine and Belarus (originally called Byelorussia) never existed until they were created by the Communist Party in 1922 as constituent republics of the newly-founded USSR. Consequently, they would not get a mention in the timeframe of this video.

[@marycarver1542]

So nice to see an American truly interested in the huge history of Europe, thousands of years in the making. Demonstrates what a really new country America is ....

[@CrankCase08]

America is a continent. The USA is the country.

[@user-fl5vw9ol5y]

@@CrankCase08 The USA is often called America. As long as it is clear of what you speak they are interchangeable

[@jonathanvince8173]

I don't think Ukraine existed before Russia name was invented. Just like when Roman's invaded my country Britain England Scotland Wales did not exist Romans named us all Britons.

[@johncgibson4720]

You are brutally honest. I wonder whether Brit meant brutal in Latin because Roman generals call all the English peasants (illeterate) brutals. If that's the case, Britney Spears would literally mean huge dicks that jab you all over.

[@crose7412]

@Jonathan Vince You must surely know that Britain is not a country!

[@jonathanvince8173]

@@crose7412 Sorry to say this Briton is a country named by the Romans look you can look it up under history of Britain and is still used to day as I am British Thank you for that. Oh also used in many war films Like the Battle of Briton.

[@TrashskillsRS]

It was just steppe with some tribes, then it became the Kievan Rus (still named after a tribe), and then it was just a part of Moscow/Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth where the region was sometimes called Little Rus as it was religiously and ethnically different. Ukraine is really only name used around Catherine the Great as Russia expanded towards the black sea. It gets complicated when not using the native languages, as the English words for many areas only really comes from the 1800's. For example all the tribe names used here

[@crose7412]

@@jonathanvince8173 Great Britain is the name of an island which contains three countries; it is not currently a country, is it?

[@steven54511]

Another good historical video Sarah, thanks for showing this. I'm looking forward to seeing the whole series on your channel. Thanks again!

[@fraso7331]

The Mongols had a law, that their leaders must come together, when the Great Khan died to avoid civil war. Because of this they had to stop war. After the battle of Liegnitz the same law saved Poland and Germany. Their troops already were seen before Vienna and Meißen (in Saxony). At the time, nobody knew, why they disappeared and the people praised god for it. The Sowjetunion consisted of several countries. Therefore they had more than one vote within the UN. Besides Russia Belarus and Ukraine were members of the UN on their own. I'm not certain with some other countries like Kasachstan. But today Ukraine is the most interesting one. I heard, that Putin started the war only half a minute ago. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania later united with the Kingdom of Poland, as they show very short in the video.

[@ricardooliveira9774]

Interesting. At first I thought they were gathering information and then woukd attack later.

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

5:50 The Mongols left because they were already on their way home, as they were attacked by a combined Kievan-Kipchak force (which they defeated). The Mongol general Subutai sent emissaries to the Slavic princes calling for a separate peace (while crushing the Turkic Cuman-Kipchak federation), but those emissaries were executed. So Subutai's forces defeated the larger Kievan force at the Battle of Kalka River. After executing the captured six Russian princes, Subutai followed Ghenghis Khan's call to return to Mongolia. Under Genghis' grandson Batu the Mongols returned to conquer Volga Bulgaria and Kievan Rus in 1237.

[@vinylwolf0999]

Awesome video can't wait to see you learning about this

[@bobtbtownsend]

I probably wouldn’t ever have troubled with the Russian history film left to my own devices, but enjoyed watching with you and Roger. Love from Cambridge 😊

[@wellingboroughanddistrictu3a]

Sogal, glad to see you back. I was getting a bit worried about you, Scarlet and Roger since you hadn't posted for a while.

[@sebastianlustig8965]

Thank you very match for you reaction!! Very intresting))

[@BlameThande]

Good thinking on doing this series - I recommended it, I'm sure many others did as well. I know you've said in the past you sometimes have trouble keeping track of dates, so this series is good because it always explicitly keeps the date on screen at all times. Don't be afraid to pause at times and look over the map etc. as you might well have had more insight moments like the Kiev one.

[@steved6092]

Looking forward to part 2 👍

[@eyesofisabelofficial]

The Mongols nipped back home because one of them had left the bathroom window open....can't be too careful ! They came back 14 years later and finished the job. BTW check out the film "Alexander Nevsky" (USSR 1938) Teutonic knights falling through the ice, epic!

[@mencken8]

“It goes back further than I thought.” For most people history begins last Wednesday, around 4:30-4:45 PM, right before supper. All those cavemen, pyramids, Romans, etc., they’re right there in that 15 minute window.

[@andrewcomerford264]

The Mongols withdrew the first time on the death of their Khan, it was only much later that campaigns wouldn't be ended by such events. The Cossacks were yet another branch of the Slavic peoples, who lived as nomads on the Steppe. Their lifestyle made them excellent (and much feared) light cavalry, and they've never been entirely absorbed into Russian/Soviet society.

[@TrashskillsRS]

Barely anyone was fully absorbed into a Russian society. The early Moscow period and the Russian Empire are amongst the most diverse in history. Even in the 1800's the Russian Empire was a huge contradiction to nations in general.

[@user-pg9qb3wy7s]

Aren't the Cossacks peasants who escaped from both Russia and Poland in search of a "better life"?

[@TrashskillsRS]

@@user-pg9qb3wy7s Cossacks are remnants of some of the nomads that lived on the Steppe and fled the mongols. Many of them would become peasants yes

[@TrashskillsRS]

@Cu6upckuû Well no other Empire could manage to hold itself together while being so ethnically, religiously and lingusticly diverse for such a long time. It is only in the mid 1800's that the tsar tries to force everyone to be more similar, with local languages ans history being banned in the Caucasus, Finland and the far east. It is also at this time that the Jews who did not want to assimilate into the slavic society start moving into the cities in Western Russia as they get banned from owning farm land and that is when the pogroms begins. There was some 20+ languages and over 100 ethnicities in the Russian Empire by then, with 100.000's of garrisoned troops to keep order.

[@TrashskillsRS]

@Cu6upckuû What. It is just that it was very diverse. All other empires with such diversity fractured everywhere else. China kept breaking up and reuniting. It is true that there was a lot of forced unification in the west, especially as nationalism set in after the Napoleonic Wars. Even colonies were forced to learn the languages and customs of their overlords.

[@garethrasal714]

I studied Russian history both pre revolution and post revolution. Really fascinating. This is a great series, you will really enjoy it.

[@PeDr0.UY131]

Great video and very interesting start to learn about the history of Russia. 👍 Something is very clear, the Russians know suffering, but they also know how to fight wars.😬😬⚔⚔

[@PeDr0.UY131]

after 20 days of fighting, it must be said that this red army is no longer what it was before.🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

[@davecowdrey6326]

Everywhere was always someone else's land. Just depends on when the person decides the cut off date is. It is usually when it suits their narrative.

[@kenmatthews46]

Of course, as mentioned, there is the 1938 cult film "Alexander Nevsky" directed by Sergei Eisenstein and music score by Prokofiev. Also, the very famous opera "Boris Godunov", which tells his story, performed in all the world's major opera houses. Finally one of my favorite classical music compositions is "La Grande Porte de Kiev" (The Great Gate of Kiev) from Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exposition". If you haven't listen to this, you should, it's magnificent.

[@andrewclayton4181]

The Mongol withdrawal reminded me of the Roman conquest of Britain. Julius Caeser invaded in 43BC, stomped around for a season and then withdrew. They didn't come back until Claudius invaded about 44 AD (?) That time they stayed.Claudius read up about Julius' experience's as preparation. Lot of stuff in that video was new to me too, though I'm familiar with some of the names, not the sequence of events. The Polish Lithuanian confederation was remarkably democratic I believe. Even by our standards.

[@laurencefraser]

Unfortunately, it was in some respects Too democratic, to the point of basically crippling itself. Turns out giving every petty lord, regardless of their allegiances or anything else, the right to veto not just anything, but entire months long government sessions basically at will was a Dumb Idea

[@olegfedorov3225]

Battle of Kalka, when Mongol obliterated Russian army in 1223 was just a reconnaissance expedition by Subatai (one of the general of Chehghis Khan) into Western lands. The knowledge acquired made Batu Khan feel comfortable about the REAL raid to subjugate these lands 14 years later. Yes, it took time to organise but well organised and prepared it was.

[@davidhyams2769]

There's a film about the Zaparozhian Cossacks, called "Taras Bulba" starring Yul Bynner.

[@sebastianseb4392]

Crap that little.

[@kumasenlac5504]

The history of Europe and Western Asia goes back at least as far as the Sumerians but often there are no records of the losing sides in conflicts. Slaughter and conquest ebbed and flowed and history, as ever, was written by the winners.

[@YuriySamorodov]

Sorry to say the details on the video are incorrect. Couple examples: 1) The first tzar was Ivan III, not Ivan IV (apparently, The Terrible is inaccurate translation of Grozniy (Грозный). Formidable or Redoubtable would be the better word). 2) Boris Godunov became a leader (not a tzar) after Dmitry (Not Fedor) killed himself (still questionable if this was an accident) "playing with a knife" as a small child. Boris Godunov, who was not a part of a royal family was trying to merry his daughter to a member of Rurikid family. The reasons why he died are still unclear.

[@user-tx4xq2by2k]

Да, Иван IV - Грозный, а не Ужасный, как это принято в английском переводе. По поводу террора и массовых казней - это значительное преувеличение. За всю свою жизнь по приказу Ивана Грозного было казнено немногим более 1000 человек. Обратим внимание, что в этот же период во Франции было за одну ночь вырезано более 50 000 протестантов по приказу короля! И почему-то никто не называет их действия во Франции ужасными или ещё какими...

[@krakendragonslayer1909]

There is recent, very well made, 2-part video on Eastern Europe, they are about Cossacks. They explain all this stuff. Don't waste them by watching with no reaction 😄 part 1. - *Wild FIELDS: The World of the Eastern Steppe* part 2. the better one - *Wild EAST: The Cossack World*

[@DevItself]

Fun fact: in russia "time of troubles" is actually named "smyta" (Idk how to say it rightly in English). I am from city that stoped this bad time of our history

[@thatindiandude4602]

5:50 that was a small force under the cmqmd of Subutai. It was part raiding qnd part reconnaissance

[@alansmithee8831]

Dobryy vecher SoGal i Roger. Very interesting, including seeing you put some jigsaw pieces of this in place at last. I have said before my knowledge comes mostly from having had Ukrainian neighbours. Have you never seen the film Taras Bulba? It is a Hollywood production with Yul Brynner about Cossacks and Poland - Lithuania. Centuries earlier the Huns and Scythians were similar steppe dwellers, right into Asia. I always wonder how much Chinese western expansion drove the Huns into Europe, pushing other tribes into the Roman Empire, which collapsed?

[@quoniam426]

Middle Ages is one of the most facinating parts of History. On another note, EH TV is doing a series on General Belisarius, the Byzantine general who reconquered Rome for Emperor Justinian. Justinien also laid a code of Law on which many Western codes of Law took example, such as the Napoleon Code which is still the core of the French Civil Code to this day. Belisarius was one of the most epic and cunning generals of his time, the Napoleon of the Byzantine Empire, except that he never wanted to become Emperor in the first place. And don't forget that without the European History, you wouldn't be here and the US wouldn't exist either.

[@han5n87]

для понимания, уточнение, термин, название "Киевская Русь" придумано в 19 веке учеными, для обозначения исторического места, реальных топонимических названий государств 9 века не имеются, отсутствуют документы в любом виде, того времени

[@TrashskillsRS]

Words for countries and areas in English are in many cases a newer (post 1700) creation. So it becomes a bit tricky. In English the areas with no prior English name to the 1700's are usually just named by the modern name, the greatest sinner of this is in Africa but also happens in Eastern Europe and the middle east. Lithuania is one of the few ones that were actually named the same in Lithuanian back then as it is today.

[@ac9110]

I heard they withdrew because they couldn't remember if they'd left the cooker on so had to go back.

[@user-os7vw4kk8v]

Part 2. Part 2 . Part 2 !!!

[@totonk793]

Btw some claim his nickname "The terrible" ill-translated. "Tremendous" is what fits the translation more

[@azalea9]

You should watch Oversimplified history of Russia. It’s informative and fun

[@enzonicolas7501]

Do you remember the Cossacks ? Napoleon do. After you finish this serie I recommend you to watch the WW1 serie made by Epic History TV, or the Belisarius serie, and any other video Epic History made because it's the best History Channel.

[@chefskiss6179]

When we got into the first few years of the new century (2000), at some point I came across an article, maybe articleS by history writers, and I found something really fascinating... they said that as a century begins, not much happens, not really, even though everything feels fresh and new, but they went on to say that it's not till a bit later, say the 16th, 18th or even 20th year onwards into the century that something pivotal happens and its' ramifications that will end up characterizing that century. I'm sure I'm wording it quite poorly, but basically what a century will be known for primarily, looking back, won't happen till the 2nd decade in. Interesting.

[@pspirto8014]

I would say what happened in 2001 was quite something.

[@ghirahimlefabuleux8984]

I kinda agree with the other commenter. That can happen but that's very inaccurate. The 9/11attacks defined the entire character of interventionism until now. The French Revolution and the following Napoleonic Wars were happening from 1789 to 1815. Charlemagne was crowned emperor of the west in 800. I would argue that the 7 year war is the most important conflict of the 18th century just because it kickstarted US independance, the French Revolution + Napoleon, and the UK's role as the biggest colonial empire. That war was mid century not even in the first few decades. Genghis Khan started his conquests in 1206. The black death started in 1346. The crusades started in 1095. Alexander started his conquests in 336 BC. Augustus was proclaimed emperor in 27 BC. If anything dividing history up in centuries is useless. Every big event continue to ripple until its aftermath creates another big event after a few decades.

[@johnnyjoestar5193]

Not true for the 1800s

[@johnmanole4779]

You mean that I almost every new century something happened for ex 1900s we had 2 world wars, I the 1800s we had Napoleon and I am sure other examples.

[@alexmag342]

@@pspirto8014 not really

[@gazlator]

6:51 It's probably a common misunderstanding that the small modern Baltic state of Lithuania must always have been a minor country, without ever realising that in the Middle Ages it (and eventually incorporating Poland too) was one of the mightiest empires in eastern Europe for a long, long while. And it also goes a long way to explain Russia's dread of what seems such a harmless, little country.

[@cybersaurus7967]

Lol, yes, we are very afraid of little Lithuania with a population of 2.8 million people, and even more afraid of Mongolia. Because it's so scary. Every night we wake up in a cold sweat from nightmares about the Lithuanian invasion. But the Mongols are scarier, of course.

[@user-es1rz1nn7h]

Литва на 60 процентов с16 веке была русскоязычной.. Делайте выводы и правильные

[@chrisbovington9607]

Yes!

[@kamock45]

Whenever you have the time you should also watch their new series on the Byzantine recoquest of Rome and italy. Would love to get your reaction!

[@ramiroaka9]

See if you can find the Cossack insulting letter to the sultan

[@neffosnine2970]

*Catherine II Manifesto on accession of Crimea peninsula to the Russian Empire adopted.* (19 April 1783) On April 19, 1783 the Empress Catherine the Great signed the Manifesto on annexation to the Russian state of Crimea peninsula and creation of Taurida region governed by prince G. A. Potyomkin who was conferred the title of Taurida for his service. The Manifesto was a logical result of the century long struggle of Russia in order to return its primordial lands and secure access to the Black Sea./// For "history buffs": Ukraine as a state first appeared in 1991. :) Ancient Rus, Vladimir Rus, Kievan Rus, Suzdal Rus, (North-Eastern Rus), Russians, Russia ... Where is there even one word "Ukraine, Ukrainians"? :)) These are all Rus = РУСЬ or РОССИЯ . Russian Empire, Russia. /// In Russian ---> u'kraina = o'kraina = end of the earth, that is, = border. For example: “City outskirts, forest outskirts, village outskirts, at the edge of the earth (periphery), at the edge of the universe ... etc. /// Why are you lying so stupidly? There are old European maps of the X-XVII centuries, catalogs. Or is it a manifestation of an old Western disease - "Envy and Russophobia"? (Madeleine Albright, Brzezinski) *Russia - Heart of the World* .

[@GdzieJestNemo]

being at eastern slavs you need to look up animated history of belarus - it's a music video presenting Belarus' history (there's version with eng subs). Absolute must see

[@ryklatortuga4146]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnq3cmSMncuJpNU - you have probably heard this a zillion times - but Stary Olsa/ The Rose Flower.

[@VHSKacceta]

The lie about Novgorod, the Mongols never captured this city because they did not reach it. The city did not submit to the Mongols. And the Mongols after the first battle on Kalka did not go to Kiev, because there were few forces, they moved to the Volga, but there they were defeated by the Volga Bulgars and 4k Mongols returned home. About Ivan the Terrible in the video is generally outright nonsense, lies and stereotypes.

[@jujulionesselsa1416]

The only thing I relate to Cossack is the dance.

[@karlalbertouy2641]

Love your vidoes , I hope you can do a history of spain ,philippines and america because there a lot of story of it colonized, war, peace

[@Jimmy_Jones]

"Adam Something" on KZbin community posts gives great up to date information.

[@artgutz5295]

There was now country called Ukraine till 1991. Territiry was call Ukraine....

[@user-qd4gb3wx1w]

Ну неужели дождался)

[@jamesmmcgill]

I suggest to react to The Turkish Century series by Kraut. It will explains why Crimea became one of the factors of today's conflict.

[@totonk793]

They did withdrerw firs time because it was only a scout-by-the force. They discovered a powerfull standback and came back later to conquer

[@lesjones7617]

You may like the Book by Leo Tolstoy, The Cossacks It duzz show over time not much has caned rilly but a grate book still.

[@mhh7544]

As a Finn, my thoughts towards Russia right now, is ill will.

[@dijalarupanara1816]

think all you want. Russians, believe me, it doesn't matter.

[@user-es1rz1nn7h]

Твои проблемы.. Нам не привыкать. Зря.. Мы де дали вам свободу в 1917 году..

[@joealyjim3029]

Based on what i remember (it may be wrong so dont take it as gospel), Ghengis Khan died on the first expedition to take Kievan Rus which is why the mongols retreated for 14 years.

[@zov2354]

I hope many will understand that Ukraine is a native Russian land.

[@TrashskillsRS]

The Mongols left for 14 years to gather more resources and consolidate their gained territory. They had no maps of the land, so it a huge shocker that they reached some mountains after 1000 miles of flat land, and met some stiffer resistance. War campaigns did in general take a long time in the 1200's as you would generally walk the entire distance, and the crusades that were happening at the same time was also over a 10 year venture for the ones who returned.

[@pinkpenzu]

Wasnt it because genghis died and so the mongols had to go back and chose a new leader?

[@TrashskillsRS]

@@pinkpenzu Well yes that also happened. But it had many factors and it is sort of gathering up their strength to elect a new Khan.

[@PeDr0.UY131]

00:30 Absolutely. !!! It is a historical moment, probably the history books remember this as the time of ""Vlad the Conqueror"" 😬😬😬😬

[@user-dg8yq4wy9n]

Bartholomew's Night - the night of August 24, 1572, otherwise called the Parisian bloody wedding: about 2,000 Huguenots were killed in Paris on this night

[@totonk793]

Note how "former capital" - Kiev is still under the Lithuanian control actually

[@jkpole]

WOW

[@spooksmysteries4971]

I'd be glad to explain to you how I see it why the Mongols left. You see, it was that the winter came. Although the Mongols were not spooked by the cold as such, that winter turned out to be harsher than usual. It's complicated enough to hold a proper siege in the first place, not to say in the winter. Holding a siege is highly supply intensive. That particular winter in all it's harshness made them to forget the damn thing and move along.

[@totonk793]

It was probably even more complicted and twisted since that vido ommits a lot of details as such for example that in "Distempered times" the guy that claimed to be an Ivan's son was actually simply a Polis imposter. And it also kinda skips Russian "western front" where there were so much troubles with Polish and Livonian and Swedish people, bascaly everyone else but former Russian kingdoms

[@dijalarupanara1816]

First: the Varangians were not Scandinavians. Secondly, it has already been proven that the ships of the Scandinavians could not pass along the rivers of Russia, they would have run aground. The Varangians were Slavs and this is written in Nestor's Tale of Bygone Years. Oleg the Prophet did not capture Kyiv. He took power from Rurik while Rurik's son, Igor, was still small and unable to rule. Oleg during the growing up of Igor began the unification of Russia. Since initially Rurik ruled in Novgorod, it could be considered the center, and Rurik's brothers were sitting in Kyiv. Rurik was the ruling prince, and others had to obey him. At that time, those same brothers in Kyiv, after the death of Rurik, felt the power in their hands, so Oleg showed them who was really in charge. And Kyiv was not captured, since the ordinary inhabitants themselves opened the gates and let in Oleg's squad, because the Rurik brothers showed themselves very badly in Kyiv and the people were not satisfied with them. In order to leave the little prince Igor a strong country without enemies, Oleg went to Constantinople and achieved equal relations. Before that, the Russians were not treated very honestly there. After Igor grew up, he received a really strong country from Oleg. It was for the foresight of Prince Oleg that they called the Prophet. If I remember correctly, at first the Tatar-Mongols did not reach Kyiv, and even more so to Novgorod, because it is north of Kyiv. They turned to the Volga Bulgaria, where they were defeated, so they left for 14 years. At that time they managed to ruin the Crimea, the Chernigov principality, but they did not go deep into the Russian land. After the death of Genghis Khan, his grandchildren conquered China, Persia, part of India, the Caucasus, the Volga Bulgaria, the Polovtsian steppes. The grandchildren of Genghis Khan, Batu Khan, conquered most of Europe and part of the Russian lands. The video says that the Russian cities surrendered to the princes, but this is not so. They fought to the last, for example, in the Ryazan principality, the prince and his family died, and the city was burned. And there are many such examples of that time. The video is not accurate and clearly lies. The term "Kievan Rus" was given by historians to highlight a certain period of history. With the same success, the reign of Rurik in Novgorod can be called Novgorod Rus. Batu did not reach Novgorod. The city had powerful fortifications, and by that time its army was exhausted and greatly thinned. And only after all this, in 1240, Batu, the grandson of Genghis Khan, approached Kiev. The city was well fortified. At that time, it was ruled by Prince Daniel Romanovich. But he did not fight the Mongols, but fled to Galich to organize the defense of his patrimony. And the defense of Kyiv was headed by the voivode Dmitr. All the inhabitants stood up to defend the city, fought for three months, but in the end the city fell. When the Lithuanian principality took part of the Russian lands under its rule, it can hardly be called a conquest. Historians characterized this period as the Lithuanian-Russian state, where the princes of Lithuania adopted from Russia how to govern the state, at that time the language was the same - Russian. The word annexed Novgorod is incorrect here in the context. Oh, all the peoples living on the territory of Russia at that time were Slavs. They simply lived in different cities, but they were united - one language, culture, religion. Imagine - one father has a bunch of sons (princes), he seated them in cities, to rule them, but these areas are not separate states, they are all part of one state. As it is now, the president is at the head, and in the regions there are governors. Roughly speaking, at that time it was something like this (very roughly speaking). Therefore, the phrase, they annexed Novgorod, making Moscow the main one is fundamentally wrong! God. Who made this video?!! How can a person briefly explain the history of Russia? There are a lot of inaccuracies and forgeries in the video! And at the beginning of the video, the author had to say that he was a supporter of the Norman theory and did not mislead people. Plus, the chain of history is broken in places, that is, some events are described earlier than they were. In a word, look for Russian-language videos, this will not give you anything good, it will rather confuse and mislead!

[@dijalarupanara1816]

То есть ты пытаешься оспаривать историю России с русским. Где логика? Твои археологические примеры - фейк. Если я не изучала глубоко историю народов Англии, то и не лезу в эти споры, потому что носители этой истории знают явно больше. Вы выглядите смешно, пытаясь называть историю России фейком, при том, что это не только преподают в школах, но и черпают эти самые знания из археологических раскопок и древних русских писменностей. 🙃🤷‍♀️ Спорьте дальше. Но то что говорится в этом видео и есть фейк.

[@erictaylor5462]

0:30 You are living through a major historical events. Assuming these events don't lead to the end of history, your grandkids will be learning about this in their history class in 40 years. Imagine what people were thinking in September 1939. They too might have felt like they were seeing a major historical event. It's funny, Poland was invaded by Germany and the USSR, yet the Allied powers only declared war on Germany.

[@21nickik]

The Mongols left because they were only like 20k and it was more of a raid. Not an invasion force. That was not their job. They were more like exploring, gathering intel.

[@neffosnine2970]

*Catherine II Manifesto on accession of Crimea peninsula to the Russian Empire adopted.* (19 April 1783) On April 19, 1783 the Empress Catherine the Great signed the Manifesto on annexation to the Russian state of Crimea peninsula and creation of Taurida region governed by prince G. A. Potyomkin who was conferred the title of Taurida for his service. The Manifesto was a logical result of the century long struggle of Russia in order to return its primordial lands and secure access to the Black Sea./// For "history buffs": Ukraine as a state first appeared in 1991. :) Ancient Rus, Vladimir Rus, Kievan Rus, Suzdal Rus, (North-Eastern Rus), Russians, Russia ... Where is there even one word "Ukraine, Ukrainians"? :)) These are all Rus = РУСЬ or РОССИЯ . Russian Empire, Russia. /// In Russian ---> u'kraina = o'kraina = end of the earth, that is, = border. For example: “City outskirts, forest outskirts, village outskirts, at the edge of the earth (periphery), at the edge of the universe ... etc. /// Why are you lying so stupidly? There are old European maps of the X-XVII centuries, catalogs. Or is it a manifestation of an old Western disease - "Envy and Russophobia"? (Madeleine Albright, Brzezinski) *Russia - Heart of the World* .

[@omarbradley6807]

The Mongols whitdrew because 2 factors. The first was who Subutai, the Mongol comander, was ordered to "Raid Russia", not conquer it. The Second was who the death of the Khan meaned who they need their military officers in Mongolia for bargain

[@sowhat249]

6:44 | You can see at this point that Kiev, the capital of the Rus comes under Lithuanian control. Later at 7:50 you see Poland Lithuania. The date is way off because Poland Lithuania was formed like a century later in 1569, but my point is, when the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was established, the Lithuanian-controlled lands of the Kiev region were transferred from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. This period is considered the root of Ukraine. This Rus inhabited region came under influence of Poland which started a split in the Rus identity. The area of what is today western Ukraine came to be known as Ruthenia, but the difference with the Russians wasn't really that noticeable. The Russians took control of Kiev and some other parts of Ruthenia a century later, while the rest of the territory remained under Polish control, until the Polish partitions, when the entirety of Ruthenia and other Polish territories came under Russian control. If you see a map of independent Poland before WW2 and now, you will notice that the country has shifted west by a quite a considerable distance. The east of pre-ww2 Poland is today part of western Ukraine and Belarus. My point is these territories had a longer influence to Poland, and deepened the divide with Russian identity, which resulted in a split of the Russian identity in the late 1700s/early 1800s, which gave birth to the Ukrainian and Belarusian identites as we know them today. Ukrainians will say that Russia came out of Ukraine. False. Ukraine wasn't even a thing when Russia was around. They're just saying that because they have Kiev. Russians will say Ukraine was created by the comminists. Putin said it a week ago Mostly FALSE. Although their country was created by the communists yes, their identity is not a product of communism. Their identity appeared at least a century before their first country. So, Ukraine is like a a mix between Russia and Poland, but more on the Russian side, even if they don't speak each other's language, they can understand themselves just fine, they have the same foods, same religion, same culture pretty much... Just 2 brotherly nations caught in a political shitstorm.

[@petrusinvictus3603]

Swedish people starting Novgorod started Kiev and Russia. So like in hockey, I do not know.

[@a4kata40]

Many countries like Lithuania or Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary and more exist before Russia. 🙂

[@ImForwardlook]

Here's a video you should check out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipDXd4aNj71-hJI

[@dsmithrus]

I'm a Russian, and I can say that our history is very large and rich. But though of the will of the rulers, also an important power was the Russian people. And exactly their activity during the Time of Troubles (we call this period 'Smuta'), when people needed to be united in order to save the country if the government wasn't able to do this, saved Russia and helped to restore our independence. And for us now, this page of history was as important as the victory over Tatars, Napoleon, or Germany.

[@mathewkelly9968]

Love your reactions but I swear I spend half of every video you bring out bashing my head against my desk thinking " how dont you know this stuff its basic stuff" then I remember you went to school in America .

[@steved6092]

The History of Russia and the information given in this video is not " basic stuff " ... 90% (plus) of the UK population won't know this history unless they've studied it at University (or KZbin videos ! ) ... so many people, on this channel & KZbin berate the US education system when the UK education system/ teachers are far from ideal.

[@galihpambudiarto3008]

So... Ukrainian is mix culture from East Slav (Rus) , Tatar/Khazar (Asian Nomadic People), and Polish - Lithuanian peoples?

[@casslane3932]

its interesting people are freaked out about this stuff but know nothing about the context like my mom didnt know why china wants tiawan

[@han5n87]

далее, о "царстве террора Ивана Грозного" абсолютная выдумка, не имеющая под собой никаких оснований, и ещё, в русском языке Грозный, означает, Суровый, Строгий, но никак не Ужасный

[@penultimateh766]

I'm listening to Mike Duncan's podcast on the Russian Revolution. Boy, that Lenin was a psycho...

[@pypoks8037]

хорошо смотреть про историю России в американском видосе.

[@Hammadz-li]

5:56 well there was a bigger Fish or Fishes ughh wales i mean to fry CHINA & PERSIA

[@TrashskillsRS]

It is only the weird fear mongering that is constantly happening in American News Media that talks about WW3. In most of Europe it is talk about just like the conflicts in Africa and Middle East and not some nuclear war incomming. I really recommend Russel Howards comparison of British and American news stories.

[@HingerlAlois]

Well now we have a major war going on. Let’s just hope Putin isn’t insane enough to attack a NATO country.

[@TrashskillsRS]

@@HingerlAlois If he does, then Russia gets obliterated as a nation state in a couple of days.

[@user-vh5ce9pv2w]

There is a newspaper in the USA that has been published since 1893. Emigrants from Russia. We are looking at the issue for January 1910. Here they are written "The Organ of the Russian People's Union in America". Well OK. "Rusky", "Rusky", but in any case not Ukrainian. And here is the latest issue, where the Russian people are mentioned. For October 13th, 1914. True, it is mentioned modestly: "R.N.". But in the upper right corner you can read "Russian People's Union". In the issue, for October 15th, 1914, the abbreviation "R.N" has already been replaced by "U.N.". And next to it in English it is no longer written "R", but "UKR". And in the upper right corner it already says "Ukrainian People's Union". So it's not true that there was such a country as Ukraine before 1914. Their newspaper confirms it. Archive you can still freely find these newspaper issues.

[@user-vh5ce9pv2w]

Lenin made Ukraine into a revolution in 1914.

[@GalacticImperialGaming]

Very good comrade

[@ksrus]

It stars in 2014 with Russia and Ukrain.

[@user-ey5bg9mj4j]

It started a long...long time ago. And this is not about Ukraine at all. It about Anglo saxon's and Russian's relationships. The Great game....that never ended. Read about: Muscove Company, heartland(Mackinder said "Who rules Eastern Europe rules the World") and rimland theory, The Great Game, Cordon sanitaire (international relations) , The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives (Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński) etc.

[@johncgibson4720]

Interesting that Poland seems to be part of the green land of Ukraine.

[@user-he4kc3oh9m]

Actually, the First World Civil War! (это Моя Российская Точка Зрения...Привет из Москвы!)!

[@robet007]

😀👍

[@evalationx2649]

I can't wait for the next update on Russian after the invasion of Ukraine wraps up.

[@Higurashika]

Ivan 4 hadn't paranoia and didn't kill his son. That's a historical myth made by Lithuanian propaganda when they lost to him. Was supported by the Polish nobility. And still lives in the mind of ignorant people.

[@paulmusyk4lyfe51]

11:35 Basically most of Russian history 😂

[@AdurianJ]

The rest is history podcast ep 155 tells the history of ukraine in an excellent way

[@PiersDJackson]

For some context. The first Tsar of Russia, Ivan IV "the Terrible", was born in 1530, was a contemporary of Elizabeth I of England, and even proposed marriage... to which it was declined.

[@Luredreier]

So the main ancestors of the Ukrainians are the cossacks, a mix of peoples, often peasants from other parts of Russia, Lithuania, Poland and to lesser degree the lands of the Tatars etc who when facing more authoritarian fudal societies at home fleed to the border areas you saw in this video between those three nations where they could live in relative freedom, but would have to deal with constant warfare. They formed their own culture and language that was later suppressed by the Russians who wanted control of the lands in order to get a warm water port to the south. That's why southern Ukraine is Russian speaking. Some in the region is former cossacks who have been russified to speak Russian instead of Ukrainian. Some are former cossacks who have been russified to the point of thinking of themselves as Russians. Some have mixed with Russians and have as much Russian heritage as Ukrainian heritage. And some decend from Russians moved into the area to sement Russian control over it...

[@dijalarupanara1816]

If anything, it was the Russians who conquered Crimea and this territory was Russian until one of the leaders of the USSR presented it to the Ukrainian SSR, and when the USSR collapsed, Ukraine took all the lands that were annexed to the Ukrainian SSR with it. Think about it, when the USSR existed, no one thought that it would fall apart and therefore they distributed land within the country as they wanted. Poor, unfortunate Ukrainians who suffered from Russian aggression are a myth.

[@jm52995]

Youre the only chick that reacted to this

[@TrashskillsRS]

One thing to keep in mind in all of this is that Ukraine only proclaimed any independence in 1917 as they did not agree with the revolutions. Ukraine eventually got under government control of a Soviet in Kiev in 1918 and a lot of Red Army soldiers marched to Ukraine during the Russian Civil War. Ukraine then became one of the Soviets in the USSR, but were not independent again until 1991. Thus Ukraine has only been an independent country since 1991 + 1 year, in all other time periods it was just Russia.

[@Mike8827]

Thats not only factually wrong, but playing into the hands of Russian propaganda against Ukraine! In fact, for most of the early modern period, the majority of today’s Ukraine had been part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, where the Ruthenian population enjoyed some degree of autonomy and the Ruthenian language was spoken and written. This also explains the fact that modern Ukrainian is more similar to Polish than Russian in vocabulary and phrases. Even earlier, the Kievan Rus are not to be confused with Muscovites and Russia. The Rus at that time were hardly one people but a collection of tribes not unlike the different groups of Western or Southern Slavs. It is just wrong to think of Ukraine as part of Russia historically. For thr better part of history, that hasnt been the case!

[@TrashskillsRS]

@@Mike8827 Since Catherine The Great the area of Ukraine was a part of the Russian Empire. Parts of it had been under Polish-Lithuanian rule for a long time, but that does not make Ukraine Independent... Also Kievan Rus is what started the whole thing until the Mongols came and seperated Kiev from Moscow

[@dijalarupanara1816]

@@Mike8827 Another great historian was born.

[@dijalarupanara1816]

@@TrashskillsRS In the 9th century there was no Kievan Rus. There was Russia with its capital in Kyiv, before that the capital was in Veliky Novgorod, and after Kyiv the capital was in Moscow. "Kievan Rus" is a name coined by historians in the 19th century to characterize that time. Many foreigners are confused by this. Look at it from a different angle. There was a country of Russia, the tsar had a bunch of children, and so that his eyes would not be an eyesore, he planted them in different cities of Russia so that they ruled the regions locally. After the death of the king, those sons could not agree on their own, so every time someone won, the capital was in that principality: Novgorod, Kyiv and others. It's all Russia. Only the Ukrainians, who began to write their own history, spit on archaeological discoveries, on the "Tale of Bygone Years" (this work is a chronicle written by Nestor in the 8th-9th centuries. In a word, he was a contemporary of that time, and then churchmen added it. This work is considered the main source of information in the study of the history of the ancient Russian state. Ukrainians for some reason forgot about this and interpret history as they like, but you can’t get the facts anywhere. So you shouldn’t believe different videos, look better for the Tale of Bygone Years and read it, I think it can and find in English.

[@TrashskillsRS]

@@dijalarupanara1816 This is mostly word bingo. Most of the modern territory of Ukraine became a part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth for a long while the Golden Horde did not occupy most of Modern Ukraine either. The Ukraine area diverted more and more from Novgorod, Moscow etc. In traditions, culture and even ethnic mix. Catherine The Great reconquered the area of Ukraine and called it Novorussia for a reason. In the 1800's Kiev was the city with the most stationed troops in Russia to prevent revolts, which were happening in Eastern Poland. In the 8th century there was West Francia and East Francia, and no one claims that France is Germany or Germany is France.

[@stephenparker6362]

Hi, Sarah, the current trouble between Ukraine and Russia will not lead to WW3. it will lead to sanctions imposed on Russia and Ukraine supplied with weapons and other assistance by NATO but they won't physically be involved in the fighting, although it will be a very worrying time for the people of Ukraine. This series will give you a good grounding in the history of the area. Don't worry many people in Europe don't know much about the history of that area.

[@palupalu5647]

haha, you seems to be very optimistic, but...from another point of view, we can say that annexation of crimea is annexation of austria -anschluss-, and invasion of donbass is invasion of the sudetenland. Maybe back to the future, we are in 1938 !

[@stephenparker6362]

@@palupalu5647 hi, I get where you're coming from but I'd be certain that although sanctions will be put in place against Russia and arms will be sent to Ukraine, not one US, UK, or other NATO member soldiers will ever be found fighting there. I like your premise though, but you could find similarities to WW1 as well.

[@TrashskillsRS]

@@palupalu5647 It is not the first rodeo for Europe. And Western Europe is just not interested enough in Ukraine specifically. Not a single western european will die in battle for Ukraine, but Russia can be forced to be on high alert as NATO would fully mobilize around Russia and just wait there with maximum sanctions on them until they back down or break down. There is no difference to how it was in 1938. WW2 in Europe only started because of the gurantee of Polish Independence, which would be NATO in todays terms. Putin knows that Russia is outgunned and that full scale war would be activated within minutes of an attack on a NATO member. Hitler only attacked Poland because he assumed they would not adhere to the gurantee, and was in complete shock when they declared war on Germany for it.

[@iainmalcolm9583]

As a young child, History was just a brief overview with some names & dates. When I hear 'Ivan the Terrible' I think back to these times when I believed that meant that he wasn't very competent.

[@joeyyybadass9615]

Please react to why is Russia so damn big

[@martynhill3479]

Modern day Lithuania gained its independence after the 1st World War, this lasted until 1940 when Soviet Russia annexed the country. It was then a Soviet Republic (i.e. a constituent art of the USSR) until the 1990s when it regained its independence

[@krakendragonslayer1909]

All nice and cool but... 1. This initial Slavic expansion on 2:09 they date on 600AD, while archeologist date it 520BC-340BC... c.a.1000 years earlier. 580AD is when South Slavs migrated into Balkans. 2. Name "Rus" exists in sources many decades before Rurik was born and reffers to those Slavs who live in old Roxolani/Rossolani land, between Lvov and Kiev. Rurik took power over pre-existing Kievian Rus. There are many sources. Kiev was center of Rus since c.a.340BC, when Scythians have been defeated.

[@krakendragonslayer1909]

@@toiletsauce_ 1. Proof: Zarubnitsy culture is the genetic ancestor of Rus people and they came from Przeworsk culture after Darius the Great and Filip Macedonian defeated Scythians whose local name was Rossolani / Roxolani, this is split between West Slavs and South-East Slavs. 520BC-340BC. 2. I cant now the exact primary source, but once I was confronted with a Byzantine or Bulgarian chronicle written some 60 eyars before Rurik was born where name Rossoi or sth like that is used, when I find it I'll show you. Also several Russian historians suggested this theory. Name "Rosoi" due to it comes from Iranian word for horse hooves, used by Rossolani, a branch of Stychians.