History of Russia - Rurik to Revolution

From Prince Rurik to the Russian Revolution, this is a compilation of the first 5 episodes of Epic History TV's History of Russia.
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A note on 'Ivan the Terrible' - in Russia, Ivan IV has the epithet 'Гро́зный' meaning 'Great' or 'Formidable'. So why is he known as Ivan 'the Terrible' in English? Because he was evil or useless or because of anti-Russian bias? No, because 'Terrible' in English also means awesome or formidable - this was well understood when 'Гро́зный' was first translated into English centuries ago, but now fewer people understand this. (see definitions 3 & 4 here: www.dictionary.com/browse/terr.... The name stuck, and Ivan IV has been known as Ivan the Terrible ever since.
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[@CMDR_Demortuus]

Sorry for my English. I am from Russia, Siberia, I live near Lake Baikal. I like to watch videos about foreigners in Russia, their opinions, stories, reactions, and so on. We very often hear that the West and America do not like history, but more and more often I began to come across such foreign channels where they show and tell our story. And there are a lot of views on such channels and what else pleases, reading the comments, it is clear that you are very interested in it. Thank you to all of you, the authors of the channel, the authors of the comments, to all those who just watched these and other videos about Russia... It's a scary time right now, and I'm really pleased to know that so many people in the world want to know history.

[@daydays12]

Very nice comment ( if authentic). Greetings to you from France.

[@CMDR_Demortuus]

​@@daydays12Thanks). France is a beautiful country, even though I haven't been there(. My comment is from the bottom of my heart and from the bottom of my heart. I was really happy reading the comments under the video.

[@user-dx1uq9cb8y]

Жиза, мне тоже очень интересно, что иностранцы думают о России.

[@lovewolf4103]

Beacuse people who watch this videos arent brain washed into hating Russia. They are interested in learing the real history and to think for themselfs. I think Russia has beautiful and rich history.

[@Russian.spy1]

Либерал боится за свои права 😂 ты не русский, ты -никто!!!

[@vehx9316]

Russian history, it's can be hectic, chaotic, bloody and traumatic, but no one can say that it was ever boring.

[@anthonylawson2275]

It's history is why it's literature is so good.

[@kokilius]

People just dont see that mighty Russian people is like history keepers on the right white side..They crush Nazi Germany, Ottoman empire, Napoleon, Mongol hordes...Earth exist like it is today just cos Russia intervine in every crucial moments in history. Long live Russia..Regards from Serbia.

[@sempreviva4564]

@@kokilius Aww 🥰 Thank you so much. HVALA! We love and respect our brothers and sisters in beautiful Serbia! 🇷🇺❤️🇷🇸 But there was a time when Russia didn’t get involved and it’s our disgrace… 😔 Sorry for not helping you in 1999! Although we were a mess ourselves, we should have helped you, that’s why all Russians hate Boris Yeltsin 🤬 And of course *KOSOVO IS SERBIA!* 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@poopyfarts6010]

@@kokilius Russia didn't crush the Golden horde or the Great Horde. The mongols captured russia and made it their vassal. Getting independence isn't the same as crushing an empire. Ivan the "terrible" organised one of the earliest secret polices in the world and by the end of his reign he had descended into complete madness. He ruthlessly and needlessly murderd and tortured his subjects or anyone who he thought was a traitor. Some said he was the "anti-christ" himself. Also, "serfdom" which was basically another word for slavery existed for a long time in Russian empire. The soviet union carried great atrocities across its "empire" killing innocent people and working them to death in the gulags. They wiped out entire sections of ethnic minorities and forced their language onto others. Muslims in Central Asia , who lived in the former USSR(СССР), were forced to eat pork and renounce their religion. Even today Russia keeps on meddling in other country's affairs like keeping an authoritarian dictator (Bashar Al-Assad) in power in Syria. So, no Russia has bot been on the right side of history always.

[@poopyfarts6010]

@@kokilius Russia didn't crush Napolean Bonaparte. They just waited until the onset of winter and then attacked a weakened army who had diminished resources and supplies.

[@_XPEHOPE3_]

Imagine if you filmed a series in 8 seasons of 15 episodes of Russian history in the style of Game of Thrones, with all the battles, poisoning of the kings, all these pre-court underhanded games, intrigues, secrets

[@ivydark9741]

Watch The Great. )

[@user-bi7xg2by9k]

We have something similar... 2 series "Rurikovich" and "Romanov" on youtube used to be on the Star media channel. these two are almost completely documented. We sometimes watched them in history lessons. one episode lasts about an hour and tells about a specific ruler and events. I think they added subtitles for so many years, if not, then there should be a normal auto-translation 🤔

[@user-bi7xg2by9k]

Okay, I just checked, there really are subtitles in many languages, including English

[@ADPax10]

That would be even better than GoT. Given that it doesn't skimp on any of the major or important details accurately.

[@user-go6qw5ug5w]

Лучше не надо. Мне хватило экранизации Ведьмака и Толстого от сша

[@shawentian]

I am a Chinese college student, and I really love history, especially Russian history. I'm delighted that the blogger shared this historical content with us. I enjoyed watching it very much. Keep up the good work, and I will continue to support the blogger!

[@user-qj1ou1pq1y]

加油！我是俄罗斯人，我也爱中国的历史和文化

[@arturincloud9892]

23:17 Russia freed Finnish people from Sweden and gave them liberty and independence and their own government and state.

[@marcusgarvey9933]

"You must understand, the leading Bolsheviks who took over Russia were not Russians..." - Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

[@unlimitedmasti8734]

I am a Indian college student. I really love history especially Russian history. India🤝🧡 and 🧡🤝Russia is the best friends of the world ❤❤🔥🔥

[@misssamartypants]

Do you have restricted access to History Channels on the Internet in China?

[@urhomiesapien3722]

Battle of the Ice is probably one of the coolest names given to a medeval battle in my opinion

[@LS-dp2gs]

Manav Nayak have you ever seen a classic movie Alexandr Nevsky? It’s about that battle.

[@biuless5275]

@@LS-dp2gs whats the name?

[@feels6233]

Was that supposed to be a pun?

[@sillymesilly]

Well the Teutonic Knights fell through the ice. 🤣

[@pelevin_idi_nahui]

In Russian it sounds even cooler

[@enigma4430]

Russian history is simply hardcore survival at all costs.

[@laierr]

No, Russian history is like: one great dude give Russia good kick in the butt every century or so, Russia catches up with the world, becomes a great European power, create great feats of art and engineering, and then ass-backward autocratic ultraconservative dumbasses ruin everything.

[@mer3abec]

@BenkethePirate You did not know, but Switzerland also survived many times. By the way, they had most feared pike-mans Europe ever seen. They defeat German knights. That why Popes in Vatican hire them for protection ! Protection from their own nobles ! I am not from Switzerland. I am Russian. Like history.

[@Salpeteroxid]

Literally all European nations. Sweden had it really hard untill the 20th century for example.

[@ebbakopy5436]

just bcz yids destroyed the history of Mother Russia, does not mean a squat, when only russian can read writing around the world, there the only Russian land the biggest in the world, its speaks more than western propaganda. All world was on the knees before Russia till the 18th century, yes i said ALL world. Maps, artifacts and most important..language is the solid evidence

[@dmitryvlasov5493]

It is really pitty that the Novgorod Republic did not survive. It was a part of the Hansa trade union. The Russian North is Novgorodian actually.

[@Theosake]

I think im ready to pass Mr. Vlad’s history test now!

[@user-kh3yw9ut6p]

Это вы после интервью? Крутая шутка 😎

[@unlimitedmasti8734]

I'm from India ❤❤ Russia is the best country of the world ❤❤you will be my friend, Russian people is the sweet person

[@fredlandik5035]

Omg, I can't believe youtube posted history instead of propaganda! Thanks a lot for the great content!

[@user-cq5sn5hq4m]

His voice is so epic, dramatic and catastrophic, graceful and great - just like Russian history!

[@illuminickiblanco]

Very soothing hed do great reading children's books

[@UHFStation1]

If only he pronounced more correctly.

[@diggitydoo5836]

That’s David Attenborough, he usually does nature documentaries.

[@scintillam_dei]

@@diggitydoo5836 He does crypto-racist propaganda. See my video refuting macro-evolution.

[@beautifulbutterfly5578]

Just like fake Russian history. LOL.

[@StopFear]

I think stylistically this is one of the best documentaries about any country, people, or civilization.

[@jamelbunny5732]

@Bill McKenna what is it known for?

[@daemonzap1481]

@@jamelbunny5732 bears and vodka

[@sempreviva4564]

@@daemonzap1481 The periodic table of the elements (one of the crowing achievements of human thought), greatest ballet, literature, art, music etc. etc. too, don’t you think? 😉

[@daemonzap1481]

@@sempreviva4564 I thought the British contributed the most to the periodic table. Also ballet was made in russia?

[@sempreviva4564]

@@daemonzap1481 🤦🏻‍♂️ No, you’re absolutely wrong and delusional. Learn a thing or two, please. ENGLISH WIKI: Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev; 8 February 1834 - 2 February 1907 [OS 27 January 1834 - 20 January 1907]) was a Russian chemist and inventor. He is best remembered for formulating the Periodic Law and creating a farsighted version of the periodic table of elements. He used the Periodic Law not only to correct the then-accepted properties of some known elements, such as the valence and atomic weight of uranium, but also to predict the properties of three elements that were yet to be discovered. Which means you, me and all of us can experience the world as we know it thanks to the most important and fundamental “Periodic Table of the Elements” invented by Dmitri Mendeleev, which is called the “basic law of nature”, “the language of the Universe” and “the alphabet of the Universe”. Go watch a video called “The Periodic Table: Crash Course Chemistry #4” on the popular channel called CrashCourse (the video has almost 6 mln views). Where our Periodic Table of the elements is called: «One of the crowning achievements of human thought». And of course Dmitri Mendeleev is a major figure in that video. Or you may also try to educate yourself for once by watching another video called «The genius of Mendeleev’s periodic table - Lou Serico» on Ted-Ed. (almost 2 mln views) Dude, you spend every Christmas season hearing Tchaikovsky’s music and seeing the Tchaikovsky’s Nutcrackers everywhere, practically surrounded by the Russian heritage. If our culture is so inferior according to you, nazi s**bag, why do you keep making screen adaptations of our greatest literature like “War and Peace” etc.? The Telegraph placed BBC historical drama “War & Peace” (2016) 5th in its list of the greatest television adaptations of all time. Learn something about Ivan Pavlov who won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1904, becoming the first Russian Nobel laureate. Pavlov's principles of classical conditioning have been found to operate across a variety of behavior therapies and in experimental and clinical settings, such as educational classrooms and even reducing phobias with systematic desensitization. Alexander Prokhorov was a Soviet-Russian physicist known for his pioneering research on lasers and masers in the Soviet Union for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964 with Charles Hard Townes and Nikolay Basov. You know about Antarctica’s existence only thanks to Russians. Antarctica was the last region on Earth to be discovered, unseen until 1820 when on Vostok sighted the Fimbul ice shelf. Modern Icebreakers are also one of the Russian inventions. BTW Russia is the only country constructing nuclear-powered icebreakers. We are also the only nation on earth that has a Nuclear-powered Icebreaker Fleet. You can enjoy Hollywood which is based on the Stanislavski’s system of actor training, preparation, and rehearsal technique. Viruses are known and can be dealt with thanks to a Russian botanist, the discoverer of viruses (1892) and one of the founders of virology Dmitry Ivanovsky. We are still a leading space superpower that launched the 1st satellite into space back in 1957 (sputnik in Russian, that’s how we named our COVID-19 vaccine “Sputnik-V” that we also first in the world came up with). Russian cosmonauts are actually the commanders who play one of the major roles on the ISS (Internarional Space Station). The launch of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with 36 British OneWeb communication satellites from the Vostochny cosmodrome (Russian Far East), which took place on May 28, 2021, became the 59th consecutive accident-free Russian space launch. Earlier this year on the 12th of April Russia and the world celebrated the 60th anniversary since first man journeyed into Space (1961), Yuri Gagarin who became the first human to journey into outer space, achieving a major milestone in the Space Race. He became an international celebrity and was awarded many medals and titles. He even had a tea party with your queen BTW. Mikhail Kalashnikov and his legendary assault rifle AK-47 is the most widespread small arms and light weapons in the world. After more than seven decades, the AK-47 model and its variants remain the most popular and widely used rifles in the world. Afanasy Nikitin (born in the 15th century) was a Russian merchant from Tver and one of the first Europeans to travel to and document his visit to India. He described his trip in a narrative known as “The Journey Beyond Three Seas” (1475). Tetris tile-matching video game created by Russian software engineer Alexey Pajitnov became an international sensation in the mid 80s and is still a pop-culture phenomenon. Tetris is rooted within popular culture and its popularity extends beyond the sphere of video games; imagery from the game has influenced architecture, music and cosplay. The game has also been the subject of various research studies that have analyzed its theoretical complexity and have shown its effect on the human brain following a session, in particular the Tetris effect. Alexander Popov was a Russian physicist, who was one of the first persons to invent a radio receiving device simultaneously with Marconi. To be continued…

[@xe2594]

I can’t believe this was done 7+ years ago!! The quality and detail even back then is still 10/10. I’m Surprised I missed this- going to go back through all these older videos for such gems.

[@miamcgee4612]

Russian history is truly fascinating. I never get bored learning about it.

[@OldWorldBible]

If thats true you should definitley read Anatoly Fomenko's New Chronology.

[@dlcolossus9127]

Because of my teacher, I used to hate Russian history

[@miamcgee4612]

@@dlcolossus9127 Aww. Was your teacher boring?

[@dlcolossus9127]

@miamcgee4612 not boring, but strict, harsh, mean

[@miamcgee4612]

@@dlcolossus9127 oh that's too bad.

[@keithnance4209]

As a ‘westerner’, we didn’t get exposed to too much Eurasian history. This was amazing. I’ll probably need to watch it a few more times. Thank you!

[@keithnance4209]

What’s your point?

[@vredacted3125]

Rus’ *not to be confused with “Russia”, which derives its name from the Rus’ but historically is a completely different state, which almost all its existence was at war with the Rus’. Just like the Holy Roman Empire was actually Germany, Russia is actually Muscovy, despite their best attempts to convince everybody otherwise. Its name “Russia" received only in 1721, when Peter I passed a decree to change Tsardom of Muscovy’s name into the “Russian” Empire (“Russia” originates from Rosia, name used by the Greek Orthodox Clergy in regards to Kyivan Rus') Under the reign of Cathrine II Muscovites where even pushed for continuing to identify as Muscovites, and where forced to call themselves “Russian”. Lands that “Russia” claims were part of the original Rus’, but actually weren't, are Novgorod, Suzdal, and Ryazan, since in historical texts of XI-XII centuries they are mentioned as separate entities from Rus’. They can be considered parts of extended Rus’, although their culture was distinct from main Rus’. In 1493 Moscow prince Ivan III appointed himself to be the Great Ruler of All Rus’. No other kings acknowledged that. From that point on Muscovy started to make false claims on Rus’ ownership. “Russia” is an offshoot of Ukraine and not the other way round, despite what Soviet and “Russian” historians have been trying to say for years. Kiev was a developed cultured capital when Moscow was just another swamp village. Germany used to call itself the Holy Roman Empire, that didn’t mean they became the Romans, and all of a sudden had a right to claim whole of Italy and its history, but yet, that’s exactly what “Russia” did in regards to Rus’-Ukraine.

[@nesirosern8596]

@@vredacted3125 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You wish it was so Russia wasn't called Muscovy before 1721; it was called Russian Tsardom; Peter renamed it to Russian Empire; "Muscovy" or "The Grand Duchy of Moscow" existed only in the Golden Horde afterwards it was known as Russian Tsardom "Kievian Rus" is a term invented by Russian historians in the 19th century to underline the fact that Kiev was the capital; not everyone calls it Kievian Rus, some call it Ancient Rus In the Middle Ages the country didn't have a name, its people simply said that they were from "the Land of the Rus"; in Western Europe, in the Byzantine Empire and in the Arab world the country was known as "Russia"; in fact Russia started calling itself "Russia" because the Greeks called it like that The first city that was founded was Novgorod and it was the first capital then Kiev then Vladimir then Moscow (3 out of 4 are in modern day Russia) The Rurikids that ruled the Kievian Rus proceeded to rule the Russian tsardom; Ivan the Terrible was a Rurikid Also the "Rus" part is where "Russia" comes from and the people called themselves "the Rus" And the Kiev in Kievian Rus isn't the same Kiev as the Kiev today; it's not the same city and it's not on the same place Ukraine didn't exist until 1918; its territory was part of Russia and Poland; and when it first appeared as an independent state its territory was pretty much just Kiev; later Lenin, Stalin and Khrushchev gave Ukraine part of Russia's and part of Poland's territory The Ukrainian language is basically a mixture of Russian and Polish dialects Ukraine is a made-up country with a made-up language and a made-up nation with no history or culture of its own Your attempt to claim that the Greeks called the Kievian Rus - Russia, but it has nothing to with modern Russia is hilarious The attempt to claim that Rus is different from Russia is hilarious and ridiculous; it's like claiming that the Magars are different from Hungary or that Ancient Greece and later the Byzantine empire have nothing to do with modern day Greece Russia doesn't derive from Muscovy, it derives from the Ancient Rus and Ukraine derives from Russia and Lenin's good will But keep on trying to convince people against historical consensus that the Rus (RUSsia) is actually Ukraine What's next Alexander the Great is actually Macedonian not Greek? You're pathetic

[@vredacted3125]

@@nesirosern8596 not correct

[@KateKabrinsky]

@@vredacted3125 Ah yes, I remember that story. Pure blooded Ukrainians who loved freedom so much, wanted to join Catholic alliance (nato). And then Catherine the Great builded&settled up too many cities with Russians, Greeks, Orthodox christs and other devils, defiled the Ukrainian land with her menstruation, so Ukranians have been resisting till today. True story

[@puncific2022]

I have to say that I am Russian and I want to say to you " Thank you!" I really liked your video. I am pleased that foreigners are interested in the history of Russia. Keep making that video. I will definitely watch.

[@picassomicasso1]

Thanks to Putin the Great for restoring Russian glory. That's why foreigners are interested.

[@logodok206]

@@picassomicasso1 You don't live in Russia, so you like Putin

[@alittlewoozy3187]

Ваня Смирнов As an American who is interested in Russian culture and is even learning the Russian language right now, I have to say your history and culture is pretty interesting. It’s sad that not a lot of people see that. Добрый день!

[@jimjam01]

@@picassomicasso1 you mean invading Crimea without cause

[@user-zw8ld8nt5f]

@@jimjam01 What an idiot!

[@vikrantkhare3]

Being an Indian Historian I have never been thought that then British India was in Cold War with Russia, its feels so good to watch history from every country's Perspective.. it opens up more dimensions for analysis

[@user-bm6ux6fk6o]

The most interesting look at global history is from the Russian point of view - this huge country has always been the most active participant in the life of mankind over the past millennium, sometimes greatly influencing geopolitics and consequences for the whole world. What is represented here is only a small part, very very small. And this is even before the USSR, which lived for a short time, but no less brightly.

[@user-xo4nw4wg7i]

It should be especially taken into account that this video also reflects the Western view of Russian history. This manifests itself in a lot of moments. In how, for example, Russia "conquers" cities from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, whereas Smolensk, Kiev and others have always historically been Russian cities. Tsar Ivan 4 in the West is called Ivan the Terrible, but in fact, in Russian he is Ivan Fearsome. And Kipling also wrote about the confrontation between the Anglo-Saxons and Russians for 500 years and called it a Big Game. And he wrote that "only when everyone dies will the Big Game end." And the British were behind almost all the wars in Europe against Russia.

[@Vanboomer]

A novel 'Kim' by Kipling is about those events

[@user-xo4nw4wg7i]

@@Savitur000 Menacing from the word thunderstorm, not horror. There is a city of Grozny. It's not like his name is terrible.

[@rightwingsafetysquad9872]

"But then Russia fought back" feels like it could be the national slogan.

[@redjung5987]

I’m here because of Ukraine and Russia issue. Studying history is important to understand what is happening now. I hope you make more videos regarding history. I love all your videos ❤️

[@twinhead1]

@@raloed.363 the communist revolution was brought by Marxist satanists from abroad and deceived Russia

[@alfredosanchez76]

Lmaoooo... The way you worded that out says some interesting things about you

[@saveligulas5847]

@@alfredosanchez76 true

[@lancevogel5153]

Probably most are watching for that very reason. I was curious about pronunciations like Ivan and Kiev (or is it Kyiv?). I've got to admit I fell asleep part way in, so I just watched it again. Good stuff.

[@YanyanLun]

me too my ukrainian friend recommanded this to me. next will be EU and NATO's i guess...

[@rockyblacksmith]

I did NOT expect the Volga Germans to get a mention here, that's awesome! It's rare to see my own heritage put into the grand sceem of history, let alone pop up in a work about a topic as broad as the general history of Russia.

[@ericgoingoverseas5064]

Well, my cousin, yes we Volga Germans were mentioned. Glad to hear from you. Happen was you family living in Doenhauf also known Denhauf? I'm the last of Heinrik Lichtenwalds line. 1763 If I remember correctly.😊

[@sanja603]

Wau that's really cool. Where are u living now?

[@ericgoingoverseas5064]

@@sanja603 Migrated to Wyoming USA first. Now Iowa USA, been here 2 generations.😊

[@sanja603]

@@ericgoingoverseas5064 great. My family has been deported to Siberia from Volga river. In the 90ties we moved to Germany. My grandmother told me that some of her relatives immigrated to USA. Really intersperesting. ;) All the best from Germany ;) PS: how do u see yourself, as Volga German or already as an American?

[@ericgoingoverseas5064]

@@sanja603 We left shortly before the Russo- Japanese war of our own choice. The young left, the old stayed behind. Just the way it was. Others like us came later, some even after we moved to Iowa. The stories those families told were not pretty. The last family were aware of walked out of Siberia after the exile your family went through. I met that man when I was very young. He was a lifelong friend of my grandfather. I'm very happy you wrote to me. For many years my relatives and I have believed those who were sent Siberia and didn't escape were wiped out. Grandpa would have been very excited.😊 There are others we located years ago in Regina, Saskatchewan as well. I have always considered myself a German- Russian- American. The past has always painted the future. Like everyone in my family.😉 Greeting from Iowa USA. Glad to hear from you, glad to talk anytime. Eric

[@PashaDemin]

"Kievan Rus'" - combination of words, invented in 19th century. It indicates a time period, when Kiev was a main city on Rus's lands. There were other Ruses, named after main city of time period. It was ended as russian tsardom.

[@horoshkoaleksandr273]

no, in history there are no mentions of other Ruses, only Kievan

[@PashaDemin]

@@horoshkoaleksandr273 and there is no mention of Kievan also. It is tome period, not the name of the state or group of states.

[@impaugjuldivmax]

so what? there was no official Byzantium Empire or the Mongol Empire, how should we call them in 21st century?

[@Samimi_Sabimi]

@@impaugjuldivmax in this case, the name "Rus" is enough. This name appeared in international documents. Not "Kievan Rus". And for Russians this clarification is important, because Russians live on the territory of cities that were the homeland of the princes who created Rus'. While Ukrainians cling to the name “Kievan Rus” in order to designate themselves as the origin of Rus. Ukrainians revere the princes of that period (Rurik, Yaroslav the Wise, Princess Olga, Prophetic Oleg), completely ignoring their origins from ancient Russian cities: Novgorod, Ladoga, Rostov, Pskov. And these are historical facts

[@impaugjuldivmax]

@@Samimi_Sabimi What you say is a pure political aspect - the only thing what about the russians care claiming 1000 years of their state. The ukrainians are doing the same, actually. But for historians it is another picture. By saying Kievan Rus, modern historians mean the exact period of time when the stronghold of power was in Kiev. By this reason, historians call Bizantium Empire as not the Roman Empire just to define a new stronghold of power.

[@iamfromthewild]

Russian here (Born not raised). thanks for this I love learning about the place I was born in this was a good watch!

[@melablu8888]

Long Long tough and uneasy history they had and yet they managed to create soo many beautiful and tender art jewels, most amazing composers, writers, painters, architects. Great taste, strong and sensitive at the same time. Your culture always inspired me.

[@yuriromanov3734]

Thank you!

[@James-cz5hf]

Not really. Music, yes, but most great works of art owned by the Russian royalty were western made just like Russian royalty itself. Tsar Nicholas, Kaiser Wilhelm, King George V, all first cousins.

[@James-cz5hf]

@Teemu Lod Right. So all nations are totalitarian dictatorships cruelly slaughtering millions of their own people never showing the slightest interest in changing this status quo. It's a standard KGB/FSB line. Very obedient of you. Your beady eyed midget, fake martial artist, fake hockey player, doofus president approves.

[@sempreviva4564]

@@James-cz5hf I call BS.

[@James-cz5hf]

@@sempreviva4564 Good for you. The world awaits your next precious words.

[@Benziiish]

My professor in political science stood infront of the whole class and said that if we choose his course because we wanted to know more about politics then we were better of quitting the course. He said "if you want to know about politics you shouldn't study political science, you should be studying history"

[@kittykate168]

Right

[@pharaohsmagician8329]

What did you learn in that class? I might want to pursue that in school

[@Benziiish]

@@pharaohsmagician8329 Not much to be honest. I feel like everyone that studied political science did it as a minor and majored in something els. As for myself, I ended up quitting and started studying social work studies instead. With that said, the ppl that made something out of it were already engaged in or aspired to become something within the NGO, GO, och politcal parties they were engaged in or planed to engage in further ahead.

[@pharaohsmagician8329]

@@Benziiish Thank you! What's your opinion on the current war? Is it as clear cut good guys vs bad guys as the media says? I wonder how the field of social work also looks upon war, and the impact of wounded angry soldiers returning back home after the war. They will probably pass right through your doorstep

[@Benziiish]

@@pharaohsmagician8329 Haha there is never good vs bad guys when it comes to war, only the rich vs the poor...and the rich always win. With that said invading an independent country is crazy no matter if the invader is Putin, US Gov or anyone els and while the invader always tries to justify their actions as good it always boils down to money, more specifically access to natural resources. What are your thoughts on this war?

[@jasonc4882]

Excellent story telling and map use. It’s amazing how learning Russia’s history helps understand world history more, especially how it’s laid out here.

[@user-cy6wm4ts8j]

19:10 I’m Russian and Volga Germans are still present in Russia! 200K as of now. At my workplace I know a lot of people with German last names.

[@user-bm6ux6fk6o]

Hermann Gräf Russian statesman and banker. Chairman of the Board of the Public Joint Stock Company Sberbank of Russia since November 28, 2007[3]. Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Russia (2000-2007), Chairman of the Board of the Center for Strategic Research (1999-2011)[4], Member of the Yandex Board of Directors (2014-2020)[5]. Non-partisan[6]. Citizen of Russia and Germany[7]. It is under personal international sanctions of the EU countries, Great Britain, USA, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Ukraine, New Zealand... Russia was built by many nations. Almost all of Europe, and not only.

[@yiannimil1]

do they "feel" russian?

[@alexwhey1724]

​@@yiannimil1 They are russians!

[@yiannimil1]

so are the ukrs....but they do not feel russian they are religiously different@@alexwhey1724

[@alexwhey1724]

@@yiannimil1 they religiousacly believe in Ukraine. I was citizen of Ukraine from mariupol. I think what Ukrainians is mad.

[@the-witness8811]

That was very enlightening. As an American, I didn't learn a single thing about Russia while we were in school. If we learned about anything, it was related to Britain in one way or another, but we didn't learn a lot about them either. Thank you for the video.

[@Diana1000Smiles]

Me, too. I didn't learn about Germany until college, either! Think how dumb we would all be without KZbin, now?

[@elsascridon7256]

You didn t learn anything because this is your dumb system of "education "and it was created specially for this purpose ,to imbecilise you I feel pity for good will or wanting to learn young americans and other americans from this System.

[@rondanew9916]

@@Diana1000Smiles everything needs to be researched.

[@DPWheartscream]

somehow, schools are the sucks place to learn history, the teachers often ignorant + not renewing knowledge, and the curriculum is filled with political sentimental 😠

[@itsjustme7487]

Just the steppes in geography.

[@elcruzer5514]

Don't know too much about Russian history before the revolution. I didn't think I was that interested, but this was fascinating. Thank you.

[@WolffNorbert]

Rurik and the following history has as much to do with Russian and Ukrainian history as Rollo has to do with the history of Normandy or France: namely nothing. A small group of northerners who maintained an armed trading point in a foreign land and over time became absorbed into the surrounding population as an upper class. Russian history begins only with the Muscovite prince who was rewarded by the Mongols for betraying the other Slavic princes. So Russians have learned that betrayal and lack of morality are the basis of their state and not a fictional heroic story from pre-Christian times. In this respect, the Soviet period was a consistent continuation of a worthless society - until today.

[@weananayo2876]

​@@vredacted3125 хохол момент ☠️

[@sonnycapo986]

Anyone here after the Putin interview with Tucker ? 😅

[@dasalsakid]

yup 😂

[@brandenmanuel2037]

Yep Lol!

[@user-kh3yw9ut6p]

Я думала он тест предложит Такеру в конце интервью😅😅😅

[@sneedle252]

The narrator: "So join me, in this brief 30 second history of Russia!"

[@aleong.9566]

Also interesting to realize how many countries actually got independent through Russia's expansionism. Starting with Greece, over Bulgaria, Romania etc.

[@user-rm8dy3fh8c]

Туркестан, казахстан ,среднюю азию, кавказ.

[@user-rm8dy3fh8c]

Царской россии или ссср

[@user-qw2qm5hw4x]

We should have left the ottomans to erase them

[@aleong.9566]

@@user-qw2qm5hw4x The ottomans were close to get erased by the Russian Empire mate.

[@nemo3883]

@@user-rm8dy3fh8c не важно , и первое и второе Россия

[@lastnamefirstname9695]

It’s wild how we can explain centuries of human pain and suffering in mere minutes. We can only imagine how people will describe our journey a thousand years from now.

[@summeroflove394]

"these worthless people basically spent most of their time scrolling on their little phone and dancing in front of their little camera for a chance to get their fifteen minutes of fame."

[@jaerockchalk3216]

it will display as the biggest pussified moment in human history, and either as the day we were put in chains forever , or freedom prevailed .

[@Bizo0oo0]

@@jaerockchalk3216 pussified moment 🤣🤣

[@phyllisjohnson1019]

Probably remembered for arguments about pronouns 😂

[@charleneh8084]

It’ll go a little something like this. The United States of America Millennium began in disgrace, As most were a bunch of fat lazy pus-s. Instead of working hard as their ancestors did, many of those fat asses were glued to there phones, tablets and play stations. They were an easily offended bunch, like little pus-s are, they would cry bitch and moan if someone said something they didn’t like 😜

[@GillGarcia2008]

I didn't know about Russian history...now I learn something. " Spaciba"

[@_balep4ik_333]

spasibo* (o is ofter pronounced like a in russian speach, also if there are letters like "и, е, ё, ю, я", you have to pronounce the previous letter much softer - that's why you hear [spaCiba] instead of [spaSiba])

[@anthonywelch982]

N.

[@theedmsociety964]

“You must understand. The leading Bolsheviks who took over Russia were not Russians. They hated Russians. They hated Christians. Driven by ethnic hatred they tortured and slaughtered millions of Russians without a shred of human remorse. The October Revolution was not what you call in America the "Russian Revolution." It was an invasion and conquest over the Russian people. More of my countrymen suffered horrific crimes at their bloodstained hands than any people or nation ever suffered in the entirety of human history. It cannot be understated. Bolshevism was the greatest human slaughter of all time. The fact that most of the world is ignorant of this reality is proof that the global media itself is in the hands of the perpetrators.” - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - Author of the Gulag Archipelago

[@thaumiel8233]

@@theedmsociety964 we, the Russians, hate him for his lying about millions of oppressed innocent people

[@Flyingkitty1234]

@@theedmsociety964 bolsheviks not Russian? But they formed political party supported by Russian people right?

[@hiddenhorizons68]

a saga of epic battles, court intrigue, and hardcore survival

[@verafaith5961]

There has never been a state with the name "Kievan Rus". There was a state "Rus". The term "Kievan Rus" was introduced by the historian M. A. Maksimovich in his work "Where does the Russian land come from" (1837) in a narrowly geographical sense to designate the Kiev principality, on a par with such phrases as "Chervonnaya Rus", "Suzdal Rus" and etc.

[@annagermany1765]

Russians are now actively telling that the Tatar-Mongols did not attack Rus' and did not capture it, so there is no faith in your stories, there was Kievan Rus with its capital in Kyiv

[@skylinelover9276]

However Ukrainian is more Slav than Russians judging their DNA paternal haplo group. Russian has more Baltic DNA related due to russoficstions happened to the Baltics.. in st Petersburg for example the dominant DNA paternal haplo group is not Slav R1a

[@jant.carlsson5061]

​@@skylinelover9276How funny then that the Ukranian ultranationalists want to be Scandinavians, while the Russians want to be Slavs.

[@skylinelover9276]

@@jant.carlsson5061 it's because they afraid to the Russian nationalist. Just like what Putin doing now he using the slav propaganda to invade Ukraine. It's interesting to see Putin DNA maybe he is Russofied Baltic from st Petersburg

[@Samimi_Sabimi]

​@@skylinelover9276 what is this comment for? How does this cancel what was said about Rus'? Rus' appeared thanks to the fact that the Novgorod princes united the tribes and lands. This is important. And is being a Slav some kind of special honor? Maybe you consider the Slavs to be the pinnacle of nations? All nations are a mixture. Especially your Ukrainian Cossacks, who were essentially a rabble of people of all nationalities

[@HavanaBobChannel]

Great video. As a russian myself im really appreciate this video ''straight facts'' style with no judgements.

[@alena5484]

Wow what an amazing, outstanding overview!!! I was raised in Kazakhstan and I had to learn all of these things over the school years in history lessons and it never made any sense to me and it was so hard to remember because it was so boring - reading paragraph after paragraph describing a bunch of technicalities without putting anything into perspective. You did a great job covering the most significant events in such an engaging and concise manner, THANK YOU!

[@vlad-i-mir-03]

You're so right! Absolutely the same with me, the only difference, I did it not in Kazakhstan but in Ukraine some fifty years ago

[@tygrenvoltaris4782]

With animated images and shapes, we can easily understand generalized info such as these.

[@andrewcampbell3314]

Where do you live now? 🤔

[@Jana-vb3do]

Agree. I remember reading some of this as a young child...late 1960s - 70s...each 10 minutes can be an hour. Thanks for the overview. Yes, Alina...great job...

[@luca-bq9om]

Hace you met borat?

[@junaidtipu7340]

Amazing history. Russia is that mystic and mysterious land forever that keeps us all mesmerized and yet occasionally scared. Having read much of its history and visited, love the land, its rich history and its hospitality

[@CFCHP]

True.

[@Godspeedysick]

Seeing the amount of battles they went through on that land. There’s no way Russia loses to anyone in their own house. They’re just too connected to the land. A land that has some of the purest soil in the world and can output oil for decades without breaking a sweat. The Black Sea is a strategic location that so many countries would love to get their hands on. Really wild to think about.

[@KukharyshynOleh]

​@@Godspeedysicklol u r delusional

[@MoLe40777]

Absolutely no one: Putin in his interview:

[@user-bm6ux6fk6o]

A thousand years in 30 minutes, with dates and names.

[@Floridaboi-pe3fk]

This is important for explaining how modern Ukrainian state was created, so he does have a point

[@Haunuva]

Nor it is important, nor revelant to Russian invasion on Ukraine. Putin is a menace to Ukrainians, and his own people too. He's like the Admiral Kolchak, but red.

[@waynereeb479]

Ion get it

[@ChezBekks]

@@waynereeb479Tucker Carlson interviewed Putin in the Kremlin and Putin explained all this in half an hour

[@c59222]

CORRECTION at 23:52: Moscow was not destroyed by fire but was deliberately SET on fire including the villages and anything there could be found useful along the way to Moscow. It was a tactical decision to freeze, exhaust, and deplete the French army. It was one of the world best tactics ever. Otherwise, great video.

[@afinespormx7633]

The French arrived to Moscow but there was no trophey to take back with them. The did not know yet the sort of way they have to do back home. Just a few survived to talk about it.

[@dcabana1]

uki You are correct!

[@yenn6969]

As Indonesian, it reminds me of the same (if not similar) tactic when we tried to defend our independence from allied forces who supports the dutch. It's known as "Bandung Lautan Api" or "The Bandung Sea of Fire". ty for the heads up btw uki

[@jewelscash8752]

Book "The Illustrious Dead" examines the disastrous effects of the fire and typhus on Napoleonic capture of Moscow.

[@vincentconti3633]

@@yenn6969 Apa kabar?

[@MrMustafio]

When he said Poland and Russia signed the Pact of Eternal Peace I almost spit my coffee out

[@RussianPerspectiveChannel]

it lasted almost a century which is remarkable

[@user-dr3ti4ge5e]

Хех , а я чаем подавился 😅

[@SportZFan4L1fe]

It's because you don't study history only pornhub.

[@morariio]

Jesus, Russia has a fascinating history. Thank you Epic! Quality summary!

[@ALEXRUSSIANOCCUPANT]

I foresee a huge future for Russia. Of course, it will have to go through certain shocks and, perhaps, severe shocks, but all this will pass, and after that Russia will rise up and become the stronghold of all Europe, perhaps the most powerful power in the whole world. © Franklin Delano Roosevelt - the 32nd President of the United States

[@vortolex]

Russia has my respect 🫡 as people and civilization. We could learn tons from them.

[@dylanthepickle6428]

Except for the few gigantic mistakes he made.

[@nonotion3815]

@@vortolex

[@vortolex]

@@nonotion3815 (‘ω‘ )

[@marvinc9994]

History is the most nourishing food for the Mind of ALL 'academic' subjects - and you don't even need an 'education' to enjoy it: merely a hunger to LEARN!

[@user-od4yl3rf4n]

In 1812 Moscow not just was destroyed by fire. It was burned by Russians so French army could not stay there in winter. It's a important fact to know what russian people can sacrifice for victory

[@sergiytokio7295]

HISTORY OF RUSSIA FAKE.

[@Shadesingrey]

Agreed. Heres another example from 1941: I am Russian, place near where I live near village Krukovo (modern day city Zelenograd) was completely destroyed in 1941 by our very own troops. Germans were near Moscow in Nov/Dec of 1941 and frontlines and battles fought in that area. Commanders of soviet troops gave the order - leave nothing for the germans and russian soldiers blew up all of the railroad/train station buildings along with the tracks so germans couldnt use them. After a month of fierce battles Germans were pushed back but its kinda sad as those were historical buildings destroyed that I will never get to see. Its a trainstation along the Moscow-St. petersburg route and Krukovo was the second stop (after Khimki) of the Railroad in the 1860s to top up the steam engines with water and wood/coal. Look it up if you are interested :)

[@siniaura]

Russia should sacrifice world richest man mr Putin for world peace

[@magnacarta9364]

@@Shadesingrey Slava Russia

[@Whatifsomate]

Вот именно! А когда наши входили в Париж, дамы были обескуражены высоким уровнем культуры наших офицеров.

[@waqarsaleem8611]

The most underrated KZbin channel of the century. This channel deserves more than this.

[@zb4847]

The most mind-blowing fact for me personally is that Catherine the Great, on of the most beloved russian ruler, was a german. And she had done a lot to country she ruled. Brilliant.

[@annalehman93941]

Many germans were woking hard for prosperity of Russia. We love our country since Peter the Great welcomed us here

[@blacksea3627]

Так и есть. Она очень много сделала для России. И в целом немецкий народ участвовал в нашей истории.

[@yiannimil1]

This is true. She did a lot for Russia. And in general, the German people participated in our history.@@blacksea3627

[@user-dv-letto]

Да что там говорить, царская династия Романовых, её правящая линия, были на 95% немцами по крови. Ибо, наследники престола, после смерти Петра Великого, женились на немецких принцессах

[@mynamessunday4769]

Most European aristocracy was somehow related back than. Cos without mixed marriages huge major wars (as big as WWI) would take place every 5 yrs

[@muffins0074]

Here after that Putin history lesson on Tucker

[@Sphinxgamingworld9942]

Me too

[@tibersulla2305]

I was expecting him to start at the formation of Soviet Ukraine and the origins of the banderites, INSTEAD we got this video...

[@Sphinxgamingworld9942]

@@tibersulla2305 lol for real! Tucker had no idea what Putin was talking about. You could see how frustrated he was.

[@tibersulla2305]

@@Sphinxgamingworld9942 Tucker didn't know what hit him! I still think it was impressive telling all that without notes and a good show of character, compare Putin to any of his western counterparts and good luck getting anything coherent or meaningful (I mean Biden claimed he talked to a dead president just few days ago...). But if the objective was reaching out for western audiences I think it's a fail sadly... They'll prob think he's reaching, or just fall asleep... Main western audiences are conditioned into ignorance and short attention spans, perfect to ignore their governments malpractices, anything more complicated than a Marvel good vs evil script? "It's prob bad guy bs".

[@arturincloud9892]

20:15 and NO Ukraine,

[@graceantonio3573]

What a very epic history indeed!! Soooooo deeply dramatic, richly filled with tidal ebb & flow of humanity's evolution through populace & territory, cutural & revolutionary movements. My oh my! Mother Russia indeed!

[@emin166]

But so little known

[@muhammadarafat6630]

Aside from the great comprehensive introduction video to Russian History, what a badass music the one that you're using!!! So chilling!

[@RyanB571]

watching this after watching the putin interview. BBC said it was all nonsense. This video just backs what Putin cited in his interview. Looks like it wasnt nonsense at all.

[@aesop1451]

Yes, but the question is if it justifies the special military operation. It's like saying America should give its land to the American Indians because they owned it until 400 years ago

[@yarrybka]

​@@aesop1451at least this justifies no longer listening to BBC and CNN, but to Putin

[@mrum9119]

@@aesop1451 Justifications? LoL Ukraine wanted conflict and got it.

[@RyanB571]

@@aesop1451 NATO and the EU is Hitler's wet dream. One law, one army, one currency, unelected officials making decisions. Deciding who can and cant join or leave.

[@filmdude5058]

@@aesop1451 the reason for the military operation is not justified on historical facts, but on the fact that NATO wants to use these lands to weaken the current Russian state. Where in a “war” the goal is to eliminate a foreign state, this is called a military operation for a reason. Its called a military operation because it has 2 goals: the first one is to denazify the current state of Ukraine, the second one to demilitarise it. Why? Because the current Ukrainian state has betrayed the slavic (Rus’) family. The current Ukrainian state/government is infiltrated by Bandera (nazi) supporters, these Ukrainians were brainwashed to believe they are not Russians, where in fact they are. It got so far, that west Ukrainians started terrorising east Ukrainians since 2014 killing over 16.000 peaceful citizens. You could therefor say that this conflict has elements of a civil war, where one side identifies themselves as Russians, and the other side identifies themselves as Ukrainians, which again, is not a nation but a Russian name for Russians who lived at the edge of the Russian empire.

[@mrdontrump]

this is of course the short version of our history, but as Russian interested in our history, I can confirm that this video is very precise. Well done!

[@shashidharshettar3846]

“The Best Ever Documentary CONCISELY Made Without leaving any part of nearly 1,000 + year old history either ignored or left behind”. You guys deserve an “OSCAR” as even Hollywood can’t produce such even when they pour in minimum $250 Millions. keep up the good work.

[@shashidharshettar3846]

Stephen Jenkins “I fully Agree, I am sorry (if) I have hurt your feelings, my apologies “are in Order & clarifications or questions won’t spur out my mind except , sorry”, SS//

[@ExTAzY101]

I mean they went through first 4000 years in 10 minutes and then focused on last 200 for the rest of the video.What are you on about ?

[@arthurf.672]

Actually “грозный» means “ severe” «harsh” and not “terrible”. And this name was given to the tsar Ivan by the late Russian writers.

[@elijahgreybosh7882]

I would imagine that the word “terrible” has kinda changed meaning over the years. Kinda like the word “terrific.” It used to hold more of a negative connotation towards something of large scale. Like “this traffic is terrific.” Today that would mean there’s no traffic (good).. back in the day it meant that there’s a lot of traffic. (Bad)

[@user-yx3nl9nl6b]

More like "Thunderous"

[@Pilum1000]

@@user-yx3nl9nl6b the Thunderbolt :)

[@arthurf.672]

@@nxtktube but its not угрожающий. Its грозный - someone people have fear of. Not necessarily negative meaning, может быть «торжественно грозный», «царственный». Anyway, as long as i know none of the scriptures of his times ever used that nickname. And it was used in the late 19th century for the first time. I may be wrong tho

[@alpachino7659]

I'd say "formidable" is a better word for "грозный".

[@TopShot501st]

Tucker Carlson: So why did you start the war in Ukraine? Putin: literally this...🤣

[@R_Alexander029]

My thoughts exactly 🤣

[@SportZFan4Ever]

Ukraine conflict started in 2004 with USA backed Orange revolution. Then escalated to civil war in 2014 when US overthrew the Democratically elected Ukraine government. Then in 2022, Russia stepped in to end the almost 20 years of US meddling in Ukraine.

[@evgeniam685]

Because he saw this video on KZbin 😁

[@user-jx2wd9bl6h]

Хахахаха​@@evgeniam685

[@brandenmanuel2037]

Yep Lol!

[@stinyg]

Such a rich history. So much strife and suffering but also so much beauty.

[@Magnus12k]

hahaha even the alphabet isn't theirs; what great or rich history? Ecaterina was german.

[@olesvynnychuk8723]

Suffering?😂😂😂😂lol, all these nations that were under Russian control were suffering. Ukraine, Poland, Chechnya, Kasahstan, Finland and other. Millions of death, repressions, cancelling culture and language.

[@Claudeperm]

@@olesvynnychuk8723 that better than just die like english people did with other nations.

[@svitlana212]

And most of the history is Ukrainian aka Rus

[@captainnemo6159]

@@svitlana212 phahahahahahha bot

[@tonyfriendly4409]

Pretty impressive that Russia was ruled by only two dynasties, the Rurikids and the Romanovs, over a thousand years. England changed dynasties many times over that period.

[@Elleoaqua]

And England's monarchy is still intact 🤔

[@cookiemonster7043]

Yeah as much as they changed their underwear

[@cookiemonster7043]

@@Elleoaqua lol they have zero power… nice try. 😄

[@Joshua-Samarita]

@@Elleoaqua not really. They just a tourist spot of the Britain.

[@musicrelax4291]

Rurik true royal blood. But now its putin

[@snab032]

In a historical context, it is important to understand that during the wars in the Caucasus and Central Asia, the Great Chess Game between Britain and Russia had already begun, the echoes of which we hear today in full. The initiator of the game was Britain, which at that time was “the Empire on which the Sun never sets,” having captured China and India, they tried to subjugate Iran, Afghanistan, and then rush to Central Asia. The British dreamed of owning the Heartland territory, in the underbelly of Russia, in order to control Eurasia and all the main trade routes. Of course, Russia was against it and was forced to capture all of Central Asia, the Caucasus and parts of Persia, which was unable to resist Britain and Russia. If Russia had not taken these territories, Britain would have subjugated them. Although, of course, it is a controversial issue whether Britain would have had enough strength for these conquests, but the fact that the British had plans is an indisputable fact. We can observe a similar situation today, when the former republics of the USSR are subject to constant intrusive pressure from the Anglo-Saxons and the West, some were absorbed by the EU, and since 2014 Ukraine has become like the 51st US state and fulfills any US demands except to stop corruption.

[@user-rd8id1xk3t]

Best doc I have ever seen. Maps, pleasing voice and the sense of the sweep of history. I have never listened to a doc twice in a row. Thank you so much.

[@Lalvon_Zelpharr]

Russian history is absolutely incredible, I seriously can't get enough of it

[@m4g_maxrus849]

Спасибо!

[@vinllga]

Ukraine is the 1/3 of historical Russia - it was occupied and re-identified by Galitsians (ethnicity on the West of Ukraine), with support of the early bolsheviks (in the era of Civil war of 1920s) and after collapse of USSR - by Western countries. Concept of Ukraine as something opposite to Russia is the most scary historical lie and pervertion ever. The separation of Ukraine from Russia was one of the main aims of Hitler in WW2.

[@sd3776]

"Battle of the Ice" sounds badass but I'm imagining dudes slipping trying to smack each other with swords

[@philthehuman]

Teutonians were trapped into the middle of the lake and their heavy armour did the trick - many drowned.

[@mihailraskin2912]

@@philthehuman It's actually a myth)

[@BaronMyxa]

...skates! ;)

[@beautifulbutterfly5578]

@@mihailraskin2912 That is I tried to say! It is a myth, as many another so called events in Russian history.

[@mihailraskin2912]

@@beautifulbutterfly5578 Every historian knows it's a myth. Not the battle itself - it took place indeed, and it was a significant vicrtory. But the "ice bath" was invented by Sergei Eisenstein in his film.

[@rsb512]

What an incredible history of about 1200 years for Russia. Russia has some of the greatest culture and art in world history and a fascinating and mind-blowing history history of growing and expanding. I don't know if there's ever been a major country like Russia that has been invaded so muthrough the centuries. The Western world has tried to sanction Russia to death in the last year and a half but that has failed miserably. These countries in the West have basically sanctioned themselves as they are all in decline. I would love to see a video that takes us from 1918 Russia to present day Russia. Russian history has been a wild ride with a lot of good and a lot of bed just like most countries.

[@prussianeagle1941]

Well, the sanctions against Russia have mostly worked. Not well, but there is some decline in Russia alongside the West. So much so that they are having to buy drones and military equipment from Persia (Iran) and communist- occupied northern Korea. The sanctions are working, just not as well as we would like. However, it's probably best that the West keeps funding its proxy war against the nuclear armed power, as that would mean just one more chance for Russia to become a republic and not stay an authoritarian regime.

[@Mentol_]

​@@prussianeagle1941 1. Did the communists occupy North Korea? The term occupation is usually applied to another state rather than a political party. You can simply say that you do not like communism and not use such manipulations. 2. It’s interesting that you write that Russia should give up autocracy, but you never think that the West should give up trying to force other countries to live by their own rules.

[@prussianeagle1941]

@Mentol_ I can tell you have no idea what you're talking about, lol. In the eyes of Koreans, there is only one Korea, the North or South just happens to be occupied by either a communist dictatorship, or a foreign backed government (depending on which part of Korea you live in of course) so saying that North Korea is occupied by a Communist regime is correct not only in the eyes of Koreans, but also the entire world. Also, I have never supported any of the current governments. And I am not saying anything about Western foreign policy. In fact, I haven't even typed anything out until you started ranting about it? Touch grass kiddo.

[@Mentol_]

@@prussianeagle1941 1. The opinion of Korean residents about the occupation is more of a political declaration rather than a scientific term. 2. You say that you do not support any government. But at the same time, you say that the whole world supports the idea that the communists occupied North Korea. This means that you are promoting the American liberal model of globalization, which gained a dominant role in the world after the collapse of the USSR. This model condemns any government that does not live up to the standards of liberal democracy. If this is so, then there is no need to try to show American interests as universal ones - this is manipulation. 3. In addition, you said that it would be better (for whom?) if the West continues to finance its proxy war against Russia. Next you said that this would create a chance for Russia to become a republic. You didn’t specify, but this probably means that it will be better for Russia if it meets liberal standards of democracy. Did I understand correctly? If this is so, then this means that you have a desire to interfere in the internal politics of Russia. My question was - why do you think that the West has the moral right to evaluate the policies of other countries (including Russia) as not corresponding to the norms of a liberal (democratic) republic?

[@prussianeagle1941]

@Mentol_ look kid. Your profile tells me that your Russian. Try hiding your bias a little better next time.

[@mikahlayasharahla4183]

Came here after Putin interview with Carlson Tucker. He was soo on point

[@robertkopp873]

This video & the producers of it are to be commended. A tremendous amount of history is packed into 47 minutes. Some may comment on a point or two, here & there. Overall, a good primer for more detailed study by interested persons. Thank you.

[@philipjonsson7076]

Daamn!! So many names. This makes Game Of Thrones seem like a walk in the park. 😬 Great documentary!! The narrator is awesome, great visuals. Consider me as a new patreon. 😁

[@KittenBowl1]

That’s why they’re poor with this kind of primitive thinking people. All they have is patriotism and nothing else. It was so eerie to watch them remember WWII. We don’t do that here. They have nothing else other than military and stripping resources out of the earth. Extremely primitive people.

[@djfjjckvkfjdbshisis]

Yeah, narrator is awesome But stupid

[@0013dancer]

It's not a documentary - it's a fairytale.

[@mightyea]

War of Roses was the inspiration of Games of thrones.

[@scintillam_dei]

Game of Thrones is a series I refuse to watch because I found out it promotes sexual immorality. It is more mainstream shit that appeals to peoole because it's shiny and popular.

[@bonnybonny8337]

Thank you Mr Putin for bringing me here. You are very intelligent

[@electrominded8372]

One of the most engaging historic chronicles on KZbin. Russia's story is a dramatic and fantastic, bloody mess full of intrigues, chaos and upheaval. Perhaps the most fascinating European power, and one from which we truly learn our history.

[@SeaSerpentLevi]

indeed i got here from a sudden interest in cossacks and i feel i'm in one of the most epic and vast rabbit holes i been in a while

[@tama3442]

Have faith in JESUS CHRIST as LORD and SAVIOR for HE SAVES from hell❗️ *What is the Gospel?* The true gospel is the good news that God saves sinners. Man is by nature sinful and separated from God with no hope of remedying that situation. But God, by His power, provided the means of man’s redemption in the death, burial, and resurrection of the Savior, Jesus Christ. Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of GOD, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Romans 10:9 9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. JESUS CHRIST can come anytime! Just Believe ❤️ Love you and GOD BLESS

[@philippebaillargeon5204]

I started learning Russian this week. I have a long way to go but when I'll succeed I'll feel so badass.

[@jamieson88]

It’s Eurasian, not European.

[@cookieuberalles6876]

@@jamieson88 The state is Eurasian, but nation is European I guess.

[@migster85]

I like how every so often when things reach a complete state of despair some dude pops up, magically fixes everything, then it all goes South again, some other dude pops up again, fixes everything, etc... seems like the entire region survived for 1200 years on magic dudes who magically fixed everything before the rest of the folks wrecked it again.

[@user-uf2mw7et8o]

In difficult times, strong people are born, so the Russians have always been strong

[@lesavend]

@@user-uf2mw7et8o Как же ты прав!

[@ddiiaannaa6435]

I'm Russian and it's true:)

[@arjulakram749]

I have a feeling that Vladimir Putin is one of those magic dudes . And things will again go south after him :P

[@vedser]

@@arjulakram749 its the opposite my friend

[@spawn11]

Russia needs to make a good drama series on their history. Whole world would love it. Respect from *Hindu India*

[@user-th5vh1qv7m]

The Romanovs

[@mackisbrocklesnar]

India is secular

[@spawn11]

@@mackisbrocklesnar not secular its 80% Hindu nation. But all religions are allowed if they respect majority Hindus.

[@comradespiderman29]

​@@spawn11India is secular, cope pajeeth. Maybe a day in Russia will teach you not, to simp for them

[@spawn11]

@@comradespiderman29 seems like Russians left u wide open from behind

[@danialnoor]

A great country with great history, very humble to weak northwithstanding being a superpower in the world. It stood up with strong strength even after disintegrated from Soviet Union to Russia. Even Russian can not imagine how much Russia is respected and supported by most of the Asian, Middle eastern, Eastern countries. Go ahead Russia Against satanic energy, the whole world with you. Make Soviet Union great again. Love from India, Bangladesh.

[@forbesheaton]

Game of Thrones is a joke compared to this

[@PresterMike]

Forreal

[@maltysmelromarc9095]

Welcome to Россия

[@cgate615]

Well said

[@11DNA11]

GoT is a joke altogether.

[@Laotzu.Goldbug]

To be fair, Game of Thrones is a joke compared to the actual history of pretty much any European country. At the end of the day, reality is always stranger than fiction. It's just sometimes much harder to understand, and so it doesn't make for such a great coherent story.

[@kristofarstavrev]

Easily the most underrated channel on youtube right now! Your work is just beyond amazing. I just don't get how you don't have millions of subscribers and views yet. I mean you deserve it so much more than most youtubers! Oh well at least ill be able to say that i was here since you were below 100K subs, when your channel explodes! Oh and Happy Christmas!!

[@EpichistoryTv]

Thank you, much appreciated! Happy Christmas to you too!

[@bobclover4634]

+vann tedd National and cultural identity is not a fixed thing. If it was countries like the USA, Australia, Brazil and many others wouldn't exist. Wether the people of Ukraine and Russia are ethnically similar is completely irrelevant, so is Putins opinion on Ukrainian identity.

[@BYUBOY33]

It really is really really good. Im glad i stumbled upon it. More detailed information. I love it.

[@parthsharma5876]

This video goes hard after watching the Putin Interview

[@olehskoteckiy4572]

Це відео така ж дурня як і вигадки путіна

[@basedkaiser5352]

​@@olehskoteckiy4572 stay mad. Russia's history is more interesting than ukraine 😂😂😂😂

[@basedkaiser5352]

​@@olehskoteckiy4572🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖

[@olehskoteckiy4572]

@@basedkaiser5352 російська історія це історія ракової пухлини, історія обману та брехні.

[@teachergabrielBR]

I've been deeply connected to Russia since November 2017 when I met the one, who eventually, in 2019, became my wife. She moved from Moscow to Brazil, where we've been living since then. So far, I can earnestly say that I'm so keen on learning about Russian history concerning its revolutionary battles throughout these centuries. Things that I hadn't known ever before. Not only is this country so mysterious, but also amazing, with a fascinating cultural legacy. It seems to have a never-ending story. I dare say I won't ever get bored studying and learning about it further and further! However, the only thing that bores me to the grave is to take the trouble to bear miserable people who immediately mentions political issues right after reading my statements about Russia, as if it had on earth anything to do with my appreciation for the country! Cor blimey, that really sucks!

[@tehdreamer]

Ye ye the foreigners only like Russia because they bang our women... Nothing new

[@giots9559]

The narrator is great. Nice voice, great tempo and clear english for foreigners to understand :)

[@MariusPonmersi]

The lesson i have learned from this video that "Russia`s borders never ends"

[@Elena-ef7dk]

yep

[@GOshaCream]

@Cylinders truckМы русские, с нами Бог!

[@Witold_UA]

@@GOshaCream Allah?

[@GOshaCream]

@@Witold_UA Великий халифат - это Святая Русь

[@GOshaCream]

@@Witold_UA Таджуддин, Талгат Сафич муфтий всея руси

[@IgwePrince-dr4ts]

History must never be forgotten

[@camerongriffin6705]

Loved this. You can see all the old territorial gripes and wounds. Fascinating. (Only thing is I find the music distracting sometimes, info is so good that I,m not sure it needs it.) But So much war! Thanks for amazing sum up.

[@marat1983boy]

Умом Россию не понять, Аршином общим не измерить: У ней особенная стать, В Россию можно только верить! (Федор Тютчев) (eng. translation) You cannot grasp Russia with your mind Or judge her by any common measure, Russia is one of a special kind - You can only believe in her. - Fyodor Tyutchev

[@LS-dp2gs]

Amen.

[@Brembelia]

This is the best presentation of Russian history I have ever seen. I enjoyed it so much, I was making mental notes to watch it several times over, and I bookmarked it so I can find it again. I especially loved the opening regarding the origins and evolution of the Russian people and other regional tribes. I hope you will do a similarly formatted presentation of the material from the beginning of this show and do an in depth of the original regional tribes and their evolution. I was not aware of this show as a series, so I didn't follow it, but this compilation presentation is excellent, and is a stand alone in its own right. Thank you very much for your work on this. It is truly a wonderful gift for us history buffs.

[@EpichistoryTv]

Thank you, much appreciated.

[@neffosnine2970]

@@EpichistoryTv - 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"* .

[@user-sl5ke1po2z]

why do you spread the fake stories?

[@vinllga]

@@neffosnine2970 Real historical Ukraine is the ancient part of Russia. Ukranians of Austria is the Galitsians, nameless nation that stolen the name of Ukranians and forcibly re-identified the real Ukrainians (Russians of Small Russia) during the USSR era and especially after 1991. Ukranians of Austria is another nation than real Russian Ukranians. But they are dominatesnow in so called modern Ukraine/=Galitsia that seized Ukranian lands/. Galitsians are the invaders and opressors of real historical Ukraine. The "national" identity of current Ukraine is the agressive radical identity of Galitsia, Austrian fake Ukraine. Small Russia (Real Ukraine), White Russia and Great Russia are three sides of one Russian nation.

[@Jakubescu]

@@vinllga agreed, Ukraine is not even mentioned in the history of Russia, taking Galizia and making it a part of Soviet Union was (IMHO)Stalin´s mistake he should have left it for Poles, :-) Poles would have to deal with ukrainian nazism now. BTW We Slovaks will never forget 14. Ukrainian Division SS "Galizia" which killed people in our country during Slovak National Uprising in 1944. Those thugs are celebrated as heroes in Ukranie now. and they have good "students" now = AZOV, AYDAR, PRAVI SEKTOR...

[@bogdan3444]

Amazing video, as always. These days you really have to look back at least a year to find some really accurate material on Russian history. For example, I recently saw a video named "The Mongol Invasion of Ukraine". While the quality was there, it's really annoying when people start changing history (in this case, renaming events) because of how they feel towards a country or, more specifically, towards its current regime. I understand this video was created before the war in Ukraine, but I trust that it would have the same accuracy and impartiality even if it were published today. That's why I like your channel. Keep up the good work.

[@nadiyadv5306]

It was mongol invasion on Kyiv Rus, wich is modern Ukraine. What's the problem? The only country "changing" history is Moscov empire. Educate yourself, it's usefull.

[@vinllga]

@@nadiyadv5306 So called "Ukraine" is a new substitute word for replacing name Rus /Russia in time (16-17 cent) when Small Russia with Kiev belonged to Polish crown. It was invented as taboo-word for Rus. To use the word "Ukraine" towards the ancient Rus is political fake for propaganda purpose

[@Vladimir_Harkonnen]

​@@nadiyadv5306 Russia has to do with Kievan Rus the same way Roman Republic/Empire has to do with Regnum Romanum. Ukraine has to do with Kievan Rus the same way Romania has to do with ancient Rome.

[@bogdan3444]

@@Vladimir_Harkonnen well Rome conquered what is today Romania and colonized it. So it’s kinda like what happened with Novgorod and Kiev

[@user-oh5nc1qb5u]

The history of Rus' is the history of Russia, because: 1) Read "The Tale of Igor's Campaign" - a great work of ancient Russian literature, written in 1185, telling about the unsuccessful campaign of Russian princes led by Igor Svyatoslavich against the Polovtsy. There they openly call the author calls the land of Rus' - the Russian land. Yes, and in Wikipedia itself it is noted - the campaign of Russian princes. 2) Look at the emblem of our city of Ladoga - a falcon falling down. 3) Anna Yaroslavna (daughter of Prince Yaroslav the Wise and Queen of France) is called Anna of Russia in the west. 4) Also Russia and Rus' - the words are similar. In Greek, "Rus" is translated as Russia. 5) The term "Kievan Rus" appeared only in the 19th century, as a designation of the period of time when Kyiv was the capital of the country. So was Ladoga Rus (approximately 859-862), Novgorod Rus (862-882), Vladimir Rus (1243-1389), then Moscow Rus (1389-1547 (or 1478)). It was just Rus'. We don't say "Moscow Russia" or "Petersburg Russia", no, we don't. 6) When Kyiv was captured by Prince Oleg, he gave him the title "Mother of Russian Cities". And throughout our history, Kyiv bore such a title. 7) The art that has developed throughout the history of Rus' is called ancient Russian art. (Even on Wikipedia it says) 8) “We have nowhere to go, we have to fight - willingly or not. We will not disgrace the Russian land, but we will lie down here with our bones, for the dead have no shame. If we run, we will be shamed. So we will not run, but we will stand strong. you. If I fall, prepare for yourself too. And the soldiers said - "Where your head lies, there we will lay our heads." This is the expression of Prince Svyatoslav from The Tale of Bygone Years. 8) Russia and the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Russian kingdom (until 1598) were ruled by the Rurik dynasty. 9) The first mention of Moscow as a city dates back to 1147, long before the Mongols set foot on Ancient Rus'. 10) In 1018, Yaroslav the Wise, the Grand Duke of Novgorod, issued a code of laws called "Russian Truth". 10) The title of Daniel of Galicia, given to him by the Pope and whose lands will be annexed to Lithuania after his death, was "Rex Russiae" and "duces totius terrae Russiae, Galicie et Ladimirie", which means "King of Russia".

[@JaimeNavidad]

Anyone here after the Putin interview? ☠

[@user-ks8vo7gq1f]

I can recommend you the series The Romanovs and the Ryurukovichs. Star media. also about Russian history

[@jaredgenert5578]

Yup. Pretty good interview. Definitely not what I expected. Been learning up about Russian history since. lol.

[@ujjwaljeetshrivastava7040]

What do you mean bro ? Which interview ?

[@danielquinonez2735]

​@@ujjwaljeetshrivastava7040the journalist tucker carlson interviewed putin a few days ago

[@vgames6792]

10:20 was the period he took emphasis on(Tucker got letter from archives), according to Ukraine.

[@pagogo84]

THIS WAS INCREDIBLE!!! Wow.....what a history. I see why Russians are so tough.

[@xpanislav]

Very wrong. Vatican version

[@11DNA11]

Tough as in... Winter war tough?

[@mr.nobody2515]

@@xpanislav why is he wrong? You don’t need to “love” Russia and Russians, but atleast respect their history, like other countries, which very tough...

[@Boyd2342]

@@11DNA11 Yeah, we lost to Finland in the Winter War, I congratulate Finland on its sturdiness and ability to defend itself from foreign powers. PERKELE and greetings from St. Petersburg

[@georgyn.2564]

We are not tough. Maybe we're just shit, as recent years have shown.

[@Three60Mafia]

I understand they had to take a few cuts to make sure to fit everything. But the war of 1812 wasn't that simple. And Moscow wasn't taken, it was strategically given up, and burnt up by its own people, so that Napoleon has nowhere to spend winter in. The scorched earth tactics worked, and Napoleon had to turn around and head home with little to no supplies.

[@EpichistoryTv]

I refer you to our series on Napoleon's invasion of Russia for the full story.

[@sirmontecristo2808]

This was my understanding as well.

[@arnedelamonte6310]

Tarutinskiy maneuver!You said everything right.

[@theedmsociety964]

This “documentary” is riddled with inaccuracies, the worst being what they titled the “Russian Revolution”. For this, I’ll quote one of the greatest historical writers of that era who was imprisoned in the Communist gulags during this “Revolution”: “You must understand. The leading Bolsheviks who took over Russia were not Russians. They hated Russians. They hated Christians. Driven by ethnic hatred they tortured and slaughtered millions of Russians without a shred of human remorse. The October Revolution was not what you call in America the "Russian Revolution." It was an invasion and conquest over the Russian people. More of my countrymen suffered horrific crimes at their bloodstained hands than any people or nation ever suffered in the entirety of human history. It cannot be understated. Bolshevism was the greatest human slaughter of all time. The fact that most of the world is ignorant of this reality is proof that the global media itself is in the hands of the perpetrators.” - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - Author of the Gulag Archipelago

[@klausbarbie9217]

It also says that Napoleon invaded Russia, although this is not the case. Greetings from Russia)

[@igorfomin6128]

thanks for video. Obviously there are some inaccuracies but I can understand it's hard to squeeze 1000 years of history in 46 minutes. Enjoyed watching this!

[@TheLastOutlaw289]

I didn’t know Russia helped Greece achieve independence…cool

[@user-og9fq8md3n]

Так и Америке мы подарили независимость.

[@user-oo6mc3pz1e]

​@@user-og9fq8md3nне подарили, а скорее помогли США в борьбе против КША

[@thatguynexus5935]

​@@user-oo6mc3pz1eCSA? Kaiserredux???

[@strangergelt5182]

More like used the greeks as a distraction for the ottomans, I'd say.

[@mnevlompridumivatb]

@@user-oo6mc3pz1e так это вообще две несвязанных истории

[@Igorstadnick]

An excellent overview of Russian history. I'm 72 and have been reading about Russia's history since childhood, in Russian, English and other languages. There are great Russian historians like Kliuchevski, e.g.. Knowing languages allows you to filter out the bias. I will recommend your video to many friends. You did an excellent job, a grand outline! A must watch for all keen in understanding Russia. Молодец! = Brilliant (in Russian)! A very pleasant way of presenting, very didactic and clear. A work to share and recommend!

[@vinllga]

the war between TWO parts of historical Russia - Russian Federation and so called Ukraine (Small Russia under domination of Galitsian nazi) is the DIRECT consequence of CRIMINAL PARTITION of Russia during collapce of USSR. Its (the analogue) like partition the France on southern and northern 'independent" states. In 1991 clever people warned the West about unevitable war between these two administrative units, invented by bolsheviks. and on referendumm in March of 1991 ukranian population voted against indepenence, for united country (USSR) by 70% majority. Western and our inner criminals however destroyed country despite this will of ukranian people.

[@vredacted3125]

Something important to know, for all who are interested in history and/or support Ukraine: Rus’ ought not to be confused with “Russia”, which derives its name from the Rus’ but historically is a completely different state, which almost all its existence was at war with the Rus’. Just like the Holy Roman Empire was actually Germany, Russia is actually Muscovy, despite their best attempts to convince everybody otherwise. Its name “Russia" received only in 1721, when Peter I passed a decree to change Tsardom of Muscovy’s name into the “Russian” Empire (“Russia” originates from Rosia, name used by the Greek Orthodox Clergy in regards to Kyivan Rus') Under the reign of Cathrine II Muscovites where even pushed for continuing to identify as Muscovites, and where forced to call themselves “Russian”. Lands that “Russia” claims were part of the original Rus’, but actually weren't, are Novgorod, Suzdal, and Ryazan, since in historical texts of XI-XII centuries they are mentioned as separate entities from Rus’. They can be considered parts of extended Rus’, although their culture was distinct from main Rus’. In 1493 Moscow prince Ivan III appointed himself to be the Great Ruler of All Rus’. No other kings acknowledged that. From that point on Muscovy started to make false claims on Rus’ ownership. “Russia” is an offshoot of Ukraine and not the other way round, despite what Soviet and “Russian” historians have been trying to say for years. Kiev was a developed cultured capital when Moscow was just another swamp village. Germany used to call itself the Holy Roman Empire, that didn’t mean they became the Romans, and all of a sudden had a right to claim whole of Italy and its history, but yet, that’s exactly what “Russia” did in regards to Rus’-Ukraine, which is a horrible injustice!

[@vinllga]

Rus and Russia are differ from each other like Britannia and Britain. It's one word and one historical entity, which was however divided on Small, Greater and White Russia. To split Russia and to re-identify its parts (such as the renaming of Small Russia to Ukraine) was always the aim of Russian enemies and invaders from Polish kings till Hitler & current Galitsian nazi, that stolen the name of Ukranians and occupied Ukraine.

[@vredacted3125]

@@vinllga not correct

[@vinllga]

@@vredacted3125 its correct, but not relevant to your separatistic mind

[@wilhelmhesse1348]

No moving film and still captivating! Great narration. The drama however still goes on. Russia is one country that has seen more turmoil than any other on this planet. I truelly wish the current Russians the best because their ancestors really fed the soil with their blood like never seen any where else on this planet.

[@AngelF]

Nope, China is the place that has seen more turmoil than any other on this planet.

[@galahad1986]

Thank you

[@absentiabenertia5204]

I agree and i am biased as a russian/kiev(an)?? and HATE communism/socialism. And also yeah #1 would be China with russia as a close 2nd

[@AWtify]

Thank you on behalf of the Russians. As a Russian, I would like to stop this series of tragedies, revolutions, uprisings and invasions. Unfortunately, now I see a new preparation for the war against Russia. Again, a foreign military Alliance is moving its troops to the borders of Russia. I really don't want to participate in the last war of mankind. But I will have to, because Russia is above all else.

[@absentiabenertia5204]

@@AWtify cold war 2.0. Let's hope it ends the same way..Russia above all else...god above all else -Americans . Sick of Americans trying to hide behind some diety that looks out for just us and our current allies.

[@_XPEHOPE3_]

The most interesting thing is that the history of Russia is still going on and it is just as interesting and fascinating.

[@edeliteedelite1961]

All history is still going on

[@mordegardglezgorv2216]

И безопаснее всего за ней наблюдать на расстоянии)

[@unlimitedmasti8734]

I'm from India ❤❤ Russia is the best country of the world ❤❤you will be my friend, Russian people is the sweet person

[@scottprather5645]

Damn. Got to have nerves of steel to watch This. It makes you realize how dark and bloody the history of Europe is

[@amadeus2712]

If you are reading it,have a nice day and hello from Russia 🇷🇺

[@bluegloriousgames]

Hello Russia 🇷🇺 From sweden🇸🇪

[@bluegloriousgames]

@@smokwawelski6010 hi Poland

[@Goldengirl48]

Hello Russia and Sweden State of Florida in America

[@homayunr3754]

Hello from Afghanistan.

[@sakhtlaunda2.032]

Hello... from India 🙋🏻🤓

[@perceptnet1178]

I am a Russian. Thank you for this excellent video about the history of my country! There are some slight mistakes there but that's not essential. The music is cool, especially in the end.

[@ottomeyer6928]

spaciwa

[@JameBlack]

And Londin is capital of Greate Britain

[@yespls4184]

Love to Russia from the USA ❤️

[@WolffNorbert]

Rurik and the following history has as much to do with Russian and Ukrainian history as Rollo has to do with the history of Normandy or France: namely nothing. A small group of northerners who maintained an armed trading point in a foreign land and over time became absorbed into the surrounding population as an upper class. Russian history begins only with the Muscovite prince who was rewarded by the Mongols for betraying the other Slavic princes. So Russians have learned that betrayal and lack of morality are the basis of their state and not a fictional heroic story from pre-Christian times. In this respect, the Soviet period was a consistent continuation of a worthless society - until today.

[@Andrew-le2un]

@@WolffNorbert bot

[@yudhistirarifkirahmani3996]

Thanks to recent Putin's interview that I finally can understand Russian history 😁

[@Haunuva]

Obviously you have no clue, the winner writes the history, he forgot to mention terrors and overall misery CCCP brought to easter European countries.

[@richardallport1577]

Think of what my county has done, Great Britain! Makes the old CCCP block look like a holiday camp​@@Haunuva

[@yourass7934]

@@richardallport1577 truly indeed !and do not forget russian empire didnt have colonis thats why russia had to to exploit its own population to survive

[@sfabuser7856]

putin is actually a bit pizdabolic. He made a lot of mistakes and he also had the huge holes in his narrative, like when he said about the unification of Poland and Lithuania at the end of 16th century, after which, as he said, it was the process of polonization of Ukrainian and Belarusian land. When Tucker asked him, about which period of time was he talking about, he answered "13-14 centuries". So, according to him, Poland and Lithuania united in 16 century and THEN they started to polonize their eastern territories in 13-14 centuries.

[@CandiceMMartinez]

Very well produced and edited. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Impressive visuals and highly informative...this documentary actually held the attention of my ADHD brain. I learned more about Russian history from this video than from school.

[@evgeniam685]

Real history is more fascinating and interesting than official history. It's been rewritten through many generations so we forget who we actually were. Watch Reset of Tartaria by Zachary. You will be shocked and amazed at the same time

[@lyubennachev7624]

Русия благодаря за помощта и че пак благодарение на вашата помощ ние сме държава на картата на света с обич от България

[@user-ys9kz8lf9f]

Болгария и Россия были по разные стороны фронта с момента освобождения болгаров русскими от османов.

[@nemanjabiljana5476]

Подкрепа и любов от Сърбия 🇧🇬🇷🇺🇷🇸

[@maltysmelromarc9095]

С любовью из Казани 😀

[@Katerina-kqkq]

Спасибо!

[@nelboz8661]

mishel_creativity ты то куда с казанью

[@Mattschannelism]

Russian History in a nutshell: whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

[@m2heavyindustries378]

Don't forget the permanent pendulum swinging between autocracy and liberalism, violence and peace, East and West, always swinging, for centuries

[@98cents]

stronger... or enslaved...

[@mmpets9]

This history is not Russian history. This is Ukrainian history. I regret and am outraged that the authors led the propaganda of the Russian fascists under Putin.

[@mmpets9]

​@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE Russian is Finno-Ugric peoples. And this nonsense has nothing to do with history.

[@mmpets9]

Don't use the words Russia or Russians - the Russian Federation has nothing to do with them. This is the story of the assimilation of hundreds of ethnic groups by the Moscow Khanate.

[@user-yb9vh5gm3o]

Using this as a source for my project. Really helpful!

[@cardiabardia439]

As a D&D fan, i heard "Time of Troubles." The parallels are incredible, and it just makes me appreciate their dedication to history. History that i have so much more to learn

[@theacidblue2928]

The railrode is so beautiful to travel by in Russia. I have been there many times bacuse my mother is Russian. Even though I understad the culture it always feels about mysterious to me (when not in the big cities). By the datchas (summerhouses) dogs can be seen running around or coming inside the door to stare at one while waiting for food. BTW Did you know that the city Yarroslavs for a very short time was the capital of Russia (they have an image of a Church from Yaroslavl on the 1000 Rubel bill).

[@johncopperfield495]

Hellow from Yaroslavl'

[@theacidblue2928]

@@johncopperfield495 Hello from Sweden! Have family in Yaroslavl. 😊

[@jandarmofeurope2676]

@@theacidblue2928 so, u can't speak russian?

[@user-wn4ql9cm2t]

Yaroslavl is town of my childhood and place of origin of my parents.

[@theacidblue2928]

@@jandarmofeurope2676 I understand Russian but my Russian is not very good, I forget words and my grammar is horrible.

[@Blitz_Shorts]

5 star video! Highly recommended for all the fans of world history

[@user-bv2tm1ey9w]

Narek Sargsyan, карабах

[@kozjevime1]

Little bit of lesson to my Greek and Armenian and I would even add, Romanian brothers as we all were for Centuries exterminated by same monster supported by "Great modfuka" Britain.

[@judithsochor9755]

Narek Sargsyan

[@Chemike21]

Watching this helped me see that the current situation is their history, their balancing of power, and the US should not be medaling there.

[@th3giv3r]

That sound design and music is chilly, spatial, oppressive - excellent

[@konankeisetsu7375]

Thank you for combining russian history series. I can understand the dynamism of the grand history of Russia with ease, clarity and excitement. Please continue to make your splendid videos. I'm really looking forward to your new video from the Far East, Japan.

[@mohameddegheidi4594]

this is the first time to me to know about that old history of russians beyond the ww2 and 1 the russian history means one phrase " tough as nails " constant pressures and crisis but eventually they never thrown the sword and always gained control respect