British Guy Reacting to The Russian Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 1)

[@FonVegen]

Yeah, it may look comedic at the start. But the chaos surrounding the Russian Revolution was a real tragedy, and there was blood on everybody's hands.

[@coyotelong4349]

It truly IS incredible to have gone through a Revolution WHILE fighting WW1, followed immediately by a Civil War, followed immediately by famine I’m not sure any country in world history could have gone through such magnitude of National trauma all at once like that

[@emwungarand]

Did you know that the King of England, the Tsar of Russia, and the Kaiser of Germany were all cousins?

[@kidyaes9832]

all royals are cousins lol

[@kennandunn7533]

The power of inbreeding!

[@WyattRyeSway]

Everyone knows that

[@kidyaes9832]

@@WyattRyeSway the youtuber doesnt though

[@andrelee7081]

All hail Granny Victoria.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Ra-ra, Rasputin! Russia's greatest love machine! It was a shame how he carried *onnnn*

[@24-karat-plonker]

"Oh those Russians"

[@s.c5714]

i see you in a lot of comment sections

[@joelpaltzer8732]

There lived a certain man, in Russia long ago.

[@leeharper8513]

@@joelpaltzer8732 super late don't care "He was big and strong in his eyes a flaming glow"

[@coyotelong4349]

Wanna have your mind blown? Google the image of Czar Nicholas II standing next to his cousin, King George V (Queen Elizabeth's grandfather)… Also Nicholas's son Alexei's hemophilia was actually a family trait thought to have originated with Queen Victoria, who was one of Alexei's Great Grandmothers on his mother's side

[@gamingdemigodxiii5630]

Animal Farm was an allegory of this very historic event. Snowball = Lenin Farmer Jones = Tsar Alexander III Napoleon = Stalin.

[@kennandunn7533]

I thought snowball was Trotsky.

[@TheM16NdPregnant]

Old Major= Lenin Jones= Tsar Nicholas II Napoleon= Stalin Napoleons dogs= KGB Snowball= Trotsky Mollie= Bourgeoisie Fredrick= Hitler Squealer= The Kremlin Anything that isn’t a dog or pig= The Proletariat

[@felixpatten483]

Old major=Karl Marx

[@coyotelong4349]

@@felixpatten483 It’s an interesting thought but I actually think Old Major was Lenin... Snowball died after expressing his vision for an “animal utopia” before he had a chance to truly go about putting it in place, just like Lenin

[@coyotelong4349]

@@TheM16NdPregnant I wish Animal Farm had had a representation of Czar Nicholas!

[@MistyMjolnir]

Fun fact, George Orwell, the writer of Animal Farm and 1984, was a staunch socialist, and said himself that "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it." It's a rather tragic irony that his works are often interpreted as anti-socialist, and used as talking points against it, when in truth, they are merely anti-Stalinist but otherwise in full support of Socialism.

[@xaviera.5963]

This one is probably one of my favorites, probably because its because the most recent but nonetheless it's great

[@The_Horse-leafs_Cabbage]

His stuff continuously improves with each vid, so no worries, mate

[@tiggerpete]

Oversimplified is continually improving, so the most recent is usually his best work.

[@xenotypos]

@@tiggerpete Yeah he's improving constantly, but I also think his format is especially adapted to revolutions (and probably any kind of major social event), more so than war. That's why my two favorite episodes are definitely the french and the russian revolutions.

[@davidbangtson3109]

My son has hemophilia. The disease occurs in severe, moderate, and light forms. My son is a moderate, but the Tsar's son was a severe. Severes can bleed spontaneously from even the lightest trauma. Bleeding internally is very painful. Joints are frequently involved and they quickly degenerate due to hemophilia caused arthritis. Back then, there was no effective treatment, so severes were significantly limited in their activity, frequently confined due to bleeds, and usually led markedly shortened lives. (Today there is good treatment, though the condition is still uncurable). Rasputin may have appeared to help the boy, but he was definitely not cured.

[@undeadOtter]

I'm not a fan of sports, but I really enjoy your reactions to history

[@coyotelong4349]

Yeah I do like his sports reactions but honestly I’m so glad he’s broadening his channel

[@angiepen]

The way you figure out your kid has hemophilia is when, the first time he scrapes his knee, you notice it bleeds for three hours instead of three minutes. People can die of hemophilia, if they're not careful, and aren't cared for properly. And even if they don't die (most don't) think about a kid who's constantly getting the standard scrapes and cuts that kids do. They'd lose enough blood on a regular basis to constantly have low blood volume, low iron, etc. It's a serious health issue.

[@gamingdemigodxiii5630]

14:40 I would like to point out that at this moment, the Japanese did what Napoleon Bonaparte could not: beat Russia in war. Japan, an Asia fresh out of an industrial revolution be RUSSIA, a European (or Eurasian) superpower, IN A WAR.

[@gregcourtney7717]

Animal Farm is basically a critique of the Soviet version of communism, specifically the Stalin years, from another socialist. The main pig Napoleon is supposed to be Stalin and his rival, Snowball, who disappears early on is Trotsky.

[@dylangregory9855]

You're my favorite reaction channel. I wish your channel the most success. Much love coming from the state of Kentucky in the US

[@carlajenkins1990]

Alexandra was Victoria's granddaughter. Victoria was also a hemophilia carrier. Only one of her sons had the disease, Leopold. The disease was known in Victoria's day, but no one could do anything about it.

[@blackeyedlily]

That hemophilia can be traced back to Queen Victoria. It is passed down through the female line, but only presents in boys. One of Queen Victoria’s sons was a hemophiliac. And the Tsarinna was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria through her daughter Princess Alice. Her son Alexei was the only boy, after four daughters. So they were desperate to do anything they could about his hemophilia. Apparently Rasputin was skilled in hypnosis. And this could have been of help in slowing the bleeding for young Alexei. King George V of great Britain was first cousin to both the Tsar and Tsarinna. He could have potentially provided them with refuge if they had gone into exile. But George was afraid it might lead to uprisings against his own family in Britain.

[@Nopski]

Really enjoy your reactions to oversimplified and of course NHL hockey. Keep up the great vids!

[@nancysexton4364]

Yeah, hemophilia was rife all throughout European royalty from inbreeding. Check out UK royal history for a start.

[@WaywardVet]

"The Curse of Kings" I've heard it called. Lotta inbreeding... Looking at you, Hapsburgs

[@aspieatheist6040]

Hemophilia is a condition in which your blood can't clot. That means that a simple cut could be fatal if not treated.

[@rafetizer]

lmao Czar Nicholas is Renly Baratheon! (or rather, vice-versa)

[@joeundercoffer2567]

Awesome reaction man!

[@superjohncal]

longer video but you should definitely watch "Dream Team 1992" by Full Documentary (it's on youtube) so you can get a better glimpse of how dominant the 1992 USA basketball team was. You'll learn a lot about the players of the 80s and 90s as well.

[@georgemichael7516]

yessssss

[@AmberAHue82]

Hemophilia was one of the most well known disorders of that time period. It ran in royal blood, and since the royals kept marrying each other, it was a huge problem. Not many genetic disorders were studied at that time or got a lot of funding for research, but this one did because of the powerful afflicted.

[@AndrewL209]

Luka after this you should check out Rasputin, his story is crazy

[@patrickownby6151]

Make sure you do the Falklands War oversimplified

[@chill-lady-brook]

And the emu war/Henry vii/the football war/the war of the bucket/the battle of Hastings/3 kingdoms

[@kevinneutzling8267]

You might find this interesting-Britain was a big reason why the Japanese did so well against Russia. They helped build up their industry and so even though japan was relatively new at modernization they had developed a extremely modern navy. The Russian navy was repeatedly crushed and bringing more troops caused huge delays since most of Russia’s population lives near the European border

[@KittenUndercover]

Animal Farm is based on the French Revolution. One of the lead characters is named Napolean.

[@tilltronje1623]

People with hemophilia are under constant threat from small injuries. You could techically bleed out from a cut finger. And if a kid takes a heavy fall during playing there is the risk of fatal inner bleedings

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Imagine if he reacted to Map Men

[@coyotelong4349]

YESSS

[@amosamwig8394]

"Get your money man!" -Lav Luka

[@stevenwilgus5422]

14:16 Who noticed the Gopnik in the painting?

[@sandrakim9]

So I guess the animated movie Anastasia, the bad guy Rasputin was based off this dude, huh..But where’s the bat?

[@literallynapoleonhimself5417]

If you didn’t know an easier way to understand hemophilia, is this, if you get cut you can’t stop bleeding because the body can’t make it stop, making even minor cuts potentially fatal if not treated.

[@justinedse3314]

Rasputin Imperial Stout, you gotta go out and get it!!!! It's his official drink.

[@Alex-vc1ry]

Hey I just wanted to say I haven't watched a whole lot of your channel before these reaction videos but I'm really enjoying them and I've been watching more of your content recently

[@vangovroomhonk]

you don't know it but you've become my best friend. Thank you for helping me get through quarantine by giving me the illusion of hanging out with a good person

[@daltonwhitehead8145]

You know what i just realized. You should react to puppet history!! I think you would actually really enjoy it!

[@shadebinder9969]

I think the hemophilia thing is actually famous. They mentioned it in the 39 clues book series anyways so I know it from there

[@jjdefeo7413]

I have a condition that is very very similar to hemophilia that is called von willembrand's syndrome, but I have a very very minor version of it period all it is is that you stop bleeding a little slower than other people, so if you get a cut, you need to get a Band-Aid on it so it will stop the bleeding a little faster. For me, it doesn't have very much effect because I have a very minor case of it, but for some people their blood just doesn't really clot, meaning that they're bruising or cuts don't really close on their own and need to be held together by a strong Band-Aid if they're minor or stitches if they are a major cut it's also affects internal bleeding and bruises, and so if you get a bump on your head, wear another normal person might just have a small little bump you might have a little bit bigger of a lump on your forehead because the blood just doesn't stop flowing for a lot longer than the average person. I'm lucky that I have such a minor case of it to the point where I don't really exhibit symptoms of it on a noticeable scale, mostly because I just have a recessive gene and neither of my parents have it. As a result of this, people with my condition, minor or major, are told to steer away from rough sports like American football, rugby, etc because we are prone to concussions and brain damage, but as a boost our blood is a little thinner therefore we don't get blood clots as easily.

[@gamingdemigodxiii5630]

21:15 This is Hemophilia: www.wfh.org/ EDIT: The scabs you get when your skin is cut, pierced or otherwise broken is the result of blood clotting. It’s your body’s natural defense against bleeding out. If such a function was impaired in some way, you could potentially pass out or even die from the blood lost (depending on severity).

[@revelreviews7556]

Oof. His guess about when the Russian revolution hit me hard lol.

[@jacobsparry8525]

All so many past English royals had Bleeders disease too.

[@ianwatling3930]

yea animal farm is an analogy for the revolution

[@sarahtaggart9501]

You should definitely watch something to learn more about Tsar Nicholas’s family and Rasputin. FASCINATING story.

[@epicbeetle626]

Can you do Henry VIII - OverSimplified?

[@amberlong5498]

The main mistake was marrying into Queen Victoria's family line. She knew that her line carried Hemophilia to male children, but as she was the ruler of the most powerful kingdom at the time many chose to marry her children. The Tsar Nickolas married one of her daughters and the Hemophilia passed to their youngest son. The poor child suffered terribly, but the tsar and his family had to hide his condition because it would be seen as a weakness to the Russian people. You should really research it, it is fascinating but also tragic. They didn't have the modern medications to treat the condition that we have today and as a result the children suffered for it. Sadly we will never know if he would have been a good ruler after his father as the entire family was murdered.....with the only rumored survivor being Princess Anastasia. But that is a whole different subject.

[@jacksonhstudios4421]

This is great! Please watch the Reagan Revolution by Crash Course

[@jnmsks6052]

As much as I want to act like I'm educated, the real reason I know anything at all about the Russian Revolution at all is because it's the reason my dad's paternal grandparents ended up in the US. My Great-grandfather's brother was one of the Tsar's Cossacks.

[@random23287]

There were two Russian revolutions, that's why this can be confusing. The one that ended monarchy and the one that ended communism.

[@chrisbovington9607]

1:04 Nice save. 😜

[@all9472]

15:40 just like rest of the revolution we seen

[@NiamhCreates]

You, a Brit, have never heard of hemophilia? It was passed down from his great-grandmother... Queen Victoria (of the UK). :-P Alexei's mother (Alexandra, Nicholas' wife) was the daughter of Princess Alice, who was Queen Victoria's daughter. Many of Queen Victoria's descendants had hemophilia because they were carriers of the disease and would often inter-marry.

[@well7318]

Can you react to the falklands from oversimplified

[@Drax514]

Seconded

[@iceman7757]

Third

[@nh3028]

Hemophilia has played a big role in British royal history!

[@maciedixon3983]

Hemophilia was called the royal disease because many of the European royal families were intermarrying and it was genetic. Many of them had hemophilia.

[@mikew9999]

Hemophilia is a hereditary disease passed on from the mother, and Queen Victoria passed this wonderful disease down to quite a few of her descendants, including the Tsar's son, Alexei. This is well documented and was well-known. Both Nicholas and Alexandra were related to each other, and Alexandra was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, thus a carrier of the hemophilia gene. Rasputin was a well-known character even in those days, and was a contributing factor in the downfall of the Tsar because of his influence over Alexandra, and her influence over the Tsar to save their son's life, as he was the only male heir the Tsar had. Side note of interest: The disclaimer you see on virtually all movies produced to this day that all characters are fictional, and any resemblance to any character living or dead is strictly coincidental, comes directly from a court case involving a movie about the murder of Rasputin. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIfGmpWeobR-r6c.

[@Seregared1]

nice video, but little hard to understand english accent after videos from US. BTW you are great. Sorry for my english

[@Jason-ib4fk]

Lol!!! I just watched this and your first statement had me rolling!!! When the Soviet Union collapsed!!! Think Czars to Socialist Revolution!!! 1917!!!

[@three2267]

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[@lalitthapa101]

Just this year I found out that my family have always been supporters of communism which is really weird cause i don't like communism. I'm in a very weird place now😂

[@Cyborg_Lenin]

Your family is based. Read Marx comrade

[@theeternalsuperstar3773]

Oversimplified has a 3 month schedule. He usually does a big topic, then a small topic and repeat. The next video will probably be a smaller topic.

[@Slownut]

Been 8 months

[@mathewzimmerman6881]

Secret Base Untitled Steve Nash reaction please kind sir.

[@santiagopeniche4689]

React to all the mini wars

[@Efourtwenty]

wating on weather reaction or did i miss any ?

[@bigussmokesus8866]

You should react to the Cardinals vs Bills easily the game of the year so far

[@kennykennington3696]

If you're mind blown about what we know about the Russian revolution, go watch Historia Civilis and his series on Julius Caesar. The details we have from events over 2000 years ago is staggering.

[@PoFTheDeviant]

This Guy: Get your money man. Also this guy: Skips the ads every single time without even watching them.

[@PratUshh]

WATCH Shashi Tharoors: British reperations ! Oxford debate! ITS THE ACTUAL British history they never teach in Britain and refrain to do so

[@64MartinDiV]

Tsar nicholas- Faberge eggs, those were his eggs. Anastasia, that was his daughter the last of the - allegedly great russian Tsars- yes this is oversimplified, but Nicholas was not that bad, Rasputin was such an odd character. His whole family was killed except for anastasia that escaped and died in Canada I think in like 1961 or something. Yes a few knew who she was.

[@bananaborz1]

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia was slaughtered along with her entire family in the early hours of 17 July 1918. No one survived. Stop spewing lies.

[@64MartinDiV]

@@bananaborz1 Sorry, you are right, I was remembering this kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2G1amWZl9SkqK8 about Olga Alexandrovna, the last of the Romanovs, and somehow I got it confused with Anastasia. thanks for the correction.

[@dameinnoble3995]

The Tzar and Tzarina were not party animals at all. They would of been better off as some minor royals that live in a nice house raising the family. He was completely not the right character to be Emperor.

[@cutieboy9361]

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[@webapp31]

REACT TO Kevin Durant hightlights!

[@browniewin4121]

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[@Vyshada]

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[@staciemohler4624]

Can you please react to jonny arnett This is day 30 of this please

[@staciemohler4624]

A month now

[@staciemohler4624]

36th comment

[@jayson1013]

Luka you were in fact wrong

[@xaviera.5963]

👌👌👌

[@megatails241]

You know... Communism, it not so Bad

[@NolmDirtyDan]

History, Basketball, and Football, thats all we get from you now, why cant you react to baseball and hockey and nascar and other things like that on the second channel still?

[@owenh2651]

aye im first

[@Metencefalon]

Underdeveloped and stuck in the past... Well, it's Russia literally every second of its history. A bet, If we woke up 200 years later, it's still relatable to Russia (if it will not collapse, somehow).🤣🤣🤣

[@georgiawoolley3204]

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[@squidcaps4308]

The audio on the video clip is WAY too low. You need to learn how to do this better... Maybe... try.. checking them before uploading? And using other youtubers as a reference how they have the balance. Also, using a compressor/limiter helps, it is standard stuff in broadcasting. "How to use compressor in broadcasting" is a good enough search term that should get you started. This also makes me hate humanity, no one cares about audio....

[@MichaelJohnsonAzgard]

You didn't know we invented trains? Are you sure you're British. I think you stop watching videos about other countries until you know something about your own.

[@troir5984]

Can you do the Great Depression