Fall of the Soviet Union | USSR | Baltic States | Red Army | Perestroika | This Week | 1991

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ThamesTv

ThamesTv

Жыл бұрын

*This is a slightly shortened version of the original production.
In a national referendum on Sunday the 17th of March, the 15 Republics that make up the USSR vote to either stay soviet or break away from Moscow.
The Baltic Republics have already voted for independence. In his desperate struggle to hold the union together Gorbachev has been accused of turning away from Perestroika, and using the KGB and Red army to force his will on the soviet people.
‘This Weeks’ speak to members of the Red Army, who are refusing to fire upon civilians and say that they will not support a President who tries to use them this way.
Reporter: Debi Davies
First shown: 14/03/1991
To license a clip please e mail: archive@fremantle.com
Quote: VT52834

Пікірлер: 743
@kayzeaza
@kayzeaza Жыл бұрын
I had a Russian Uber driver a few years ago that had served in the army during the collapse of the Soviet Union. He was stationed down in Uzbekistan when it happened. Overnight basically he lost his job and then became stranded because he had no Russian passport. After a while he eventually found work at a tobacco plant that an American company became partners at. There he met Americans and one of the managers helped him get back to Moscow. They also helped him apply for a visa to move to America where his sister was. The guy seemed pretty grateful to be hear close to family.
@GrigVan
@GrigVan Жыл бұрын
Soon America will fall apart
@kestutisvaiciunas8663
@kestutisvaiciunas8663 Жыл бұрын
@@GrigVan Yeah sure, looks more like Russia will, buddy
@vinanoir
@vinanoir Жыл бұрын
damn son...ruined your comment by typing hear instead of here...
@kayzeaza
@kayzeaza Жыл бұрын
@@vinanoir 🤓
@donce18
@donce18 7 ай бұрын
When russians open mouth, they lying
@hellman9655
@hellman9655 Жыл бұрын
Incredible piece of history. Probably among the first pieces of film showing Soviet life in the west without a filter.
@tomparker962
@tomparker962 Жыл бұрын
@Иван Иванов grow up
@slovakpatriot5433
@slovakpatriot5433 Жыл бұрын
@@tomparker962 lol
@jasonm949
@jasonm949 Жыл бұрын
@@tomparker962 America loved the Red Army and Soviet atrocities in WW2. Maybe you should grow up?
@tomparker962
@tomparker962 Жыл бұрын
@@jasonm949 who are you his boyfriend
@GrigVan
@GrigVan Жыл бұрын
Чушь
@jungleboy1
@jungleboy1 Жыл бұрын
Amazing content and quality. Wish we could go back to this kind of reporting.
@traviswashington7377
@traviswashington7377 Жыл бұрын
Democracy now does a great job
@Cincy32
@Cincy32 Жыл бұрын
We have too much reporting. What was killed in 2013 was journalism.
@matty6848
@matty6848 Жыл бұрын
True. The days when we had proper news, not the biased politically motivated crap we get today.
@badmonkey2222
@badmonkey2222 Жыл бұрын
Radio Free Europe channel is extremely good and unbiased.
@GrandPrixDecals
@GrandPrixDecals Жыл бұрын
@@badmonkey2222 if you have to put Free in the title it may mean the opposite right?
@dennisud
@dennisud Жыл бұрын
It blows my mind that this was done 30 years ago. Yet it brings back to us how tense it was. AND, This is HOW reporting should be done factual and no nonsense with NO leaning either way!
@TrueBrit1
@TrueBrit1 Жыл бұрын
Really? The amount of western media spin was just as bad back then, as it is now.
@dmitripazlov491
@dmitripazlov491 Жыл бұрын
@@TrueBrit1 at least in america its not near as bad as it is now. News media in america is stupid, terror filled, and a propaganda machine depending on whatever political stance you could possibly take. At least with this news article you could learn something new.
@Jbo2000
@Jbo2000 Жыл бұрын
@@TrueBrit1 it's much worse now
@GrigVan
@GrigVan Жыл бұрын
Америку разбомбим нахрен! Ждите!
@paavali1896
@paavali1896 3 ай бұрын
There is A LOT of leaning in this report.
@Richking213
@Richking213 Жыл бұрын
You can tell how much the Red Army hated Leadership of the USSR at that time.
@Lex5576
@Lex5576 Жыл бұрын
They blamed Moscow for the debacle in Afghanistan. In the space of a decade, the Afghan resistance..... with crucial help from the CIA...... managed to whip the Soviet 40th Army into a hot, fucked up mess. They still managed a more orderly withdrawal than Biden would've ever accomplished in his wettest dreams.
@blackman5867
@blackman5867 Жыл бұрын
There are 2 main opposite reactions that can be referred to this comment : "Tell me about it" & "Bruh have you seen what the imperialist Americans have done in the middle east?"
@Tomoko_Kuroki888
@Tomoko_Kuroki888 Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately they didnt see how this was its greatest strength to progress. The anglo version of free speech can help so much.
@ZaltysZ
@ZaltysZ Жыл бұрын
This video mentions subdued protests in Tbilisi (Georgia, 1989), but fails to mention Leadership trying to whitewash itself by publicly putting blame on Army back then. The consequence of that was not only discontent in Army, but also soldiers of various ranks becoming reluctant to thoughtlessly carry orders which could be condemned by society.
@tackywhale5664
@tackywhale5664 Ай бұрын
And it’s no different today.
@kolasillers7776
@kolasillers7776 Жыл бұрын
They drafted me as a conscript to Soviet army. Served two years. Came back and after four months was on barricades in Riga. Viktor Alksnis still live in Russia.
@HANKTHEDANKEST
@HANKTHEDANKEST Жыл бұрын
Hah, makes sense. I reckon you boys would've ripped him apart and made little dolls out of the bits. What a prick. Glad you made it out the other side of oppression, brother. Free peoples will always win.
@snowsnow4231
@snowsnow4231 Жыл бұрын
@@HANKTHEDANKEST look up their population during USSR and now. Freedom lol
@fidenemini111
@fidenemini111 Жыл бұрын
@@snowsnow4231 Look down at your feet. Isn't it yellow snow down there? Remember Frank Zappa? He waned you not to eat yellow snow.
@snowsnow4231
@snowsnow4231 Жыл бұрын
@@fidenemini111 you are the one getting smashed by facts here, come back when you bring anything to argue with.
@mixlllllll
@mixlllllll 7 ай бұрын
​​​@@snowsnow4231What? :D They are definitely more free now.
@augu345
@augu345 Жыл бұрын
Gorbachev just died few hours ago.. Algorithms are cursed
@worldentertainmentvang7307
@worldentertainmentvang7307 Жыл бұрын
Let those damn commie go to hell..lol For the Russian Empire, Urraa!!!
@-_Hatred_-
@-_Hatred_- Жыл бұрын
@North Korea Is Second Best Korea, what a good video lol
@averagejoe8358
@averagejoe8358 Жыл бұрын
@North Korea Is Second Best Korea Haha you got Gorbied!
@TF2Scout..
@TF2Scout.. Жыл бұрын
Gorbius
@averagejoe8358
@averagejoe8358 Жыл бұрын
@@TF2Scout.. Love the part where he said "it's gorbin' time" and single-handedly dismantled the entire Soviet Union
@davelowe1977
@davelowe1977 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating content, and the picture quality is so much better than contemporary footage. 👍
@hglf9764
@hglf9764 Жыл бұрын
I'm assuming it was probably shot on 16mm film and properly telecined.
@matty6848
@matty6848 Жыл бұрын
Yes. Considering the year it was filmed the picture quality is amazing..
@matty6848
@matty6848 Жыл бұрын
@@hglf9764 is that how they got a clear picture back then?
@davelowe1977
@davelowe1977 Жыл бұрын
@@matty6848 I remember when my parents got a fancy new 32" wide-screen TV with a satellite feed and I still had a 4:3 CRT with an over the air analog signal. I was blown away by the downgrade in picture quality they had. It's the same coming away from well shot film. Tape and direct to disc are worse. They're easier to shoot, easier to edit and easier to store, but the quality isn't there.
@matty6848
@matty6848 Жыл бұрын
@@davelowe1977 thanks👍🏻
@LuisGonzalez-pw7rl
@LuisGonzalez-pw7rl Жыл бұрын
Thanks for share us this information!! God bless you Thames TV!!
@Fermifire
@Fermifire 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for this docu. No bs, just straight up interviews and a glimpse at the past. We can learn a lot from this.
@bricaf
@bricaf Жыл бұрын
This is both an amazing piece of journalism and an amazing historical document, particularly poignant today
@SionTJobbins
@SionTJobbins Жыл бұрын
wonder what became of these young soldiers? Wonder what became of the officer who essentially said the Army would stage a coup - wonder if he did do in August 1991.
@paperandmedals8316
@paperandmedals8316 Жыл бұрын
Probably drank themselves to death just are the Ukrainian invaders today will do when they go back to their rural villages. Once their war stories are over and the weight of the hate they perpetuated settles in on them
@ahmadalmayahy9169
@ahmadalmayahy9169 Жыл бұрын
They probably grew older and now have families of their own
@awqsed1029
@awqsed1029 Жыл бұрын
Quality stuff. Really gave some good perspectives.
@chrisharring7199
@chrisharring7199 Жыл бұрын
It is Miracle!! Just before 2 days death of Mikhail Gorbachev.. Thames tv channel uploaded this video.
@ilyatsukanov8707
@ilyatsukanov8707 Жыл бұрын
yes that scumbag whose rule caused the premature deaths of as many as 10 million Russians finally died.
@davidrenton
@davidrenton Жыл бұрын
amazing amount of transparency from who would have thunk, the Red Army, way more open that the current Russian Army
@ermining1
@ermining1 Жыл бұрын
Way more open than Western armies, just think of the massacres WikiLeaks released and the concequences for Maning
@Vagabund483
@Vagabund483 4 ай бұрын
В 91-м, не было Красной Армии. По сути, не было уже даже советской. Это перестройка. Сейчас у нас тоже не демократия, но до советского режима, ещё очень далеко.
@philipcurtis9983
@philipcurtis9983 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating video. The fact that the journalists were able to freely interview so many Red Army soldiers and get their honest opinions is pretty amazing in hindsight. It certainly shows that the Communist Party had completely lost control and why the hardliners failed in their coup months later.
@Celtic2Realms
@Celtic2Realms Жыл бұрын
Interesting video. In the days since the death of Gorbachev news reports have said that Gorbachev was praised in the West but blamed in Russia for the break up of the Soviet Union yet if was the Russian Federation in 1990 under Yeltsin which declared it own independence and took powers away from the Soviet government.
@ilyatsukanov8707
@ilyatsukanov8707 Жыл бұрын
Incredible that anyone outside the former USSR knows this!! Yes, Yeltsin in Russia wrecked the USSR. And ironically today's Russia still celebrates the anniversary of that day in 1990 as "Russia Day". Without support from the liberals and 'democrats' in Russia (we saw how democratic Yeltsin was when he bombed the parliament in 1993 and stole the election in 1996) the other Soviet republics would never be independent. But the reasons people blame Gorbachev is because there would be no Yeltsin without Gorbachev. Yeltsin was just a party boss in Sverdlovsk (and a rather bad one at that) before being brought to Moscow by Gorbachev ally Yegor Ligachev.
@bolshevikproductions
@bolshevikproductions 3 ай бұрын
Correct comrade. Bringing Yeltsin into fold and the Kremlin was the a bad move by Gorbachev. Yeltsin went onto stab the state in the back.
@gargoyle7863
@gargoyle7863 3 ай бұрын
He was not praised in the West for "breaking" the Soviet Union but for ending the Could war. The West would have welcomed a democratic Soviet Union as well. Besides: Russia was one of the first republics leaving the Soviet Union.
@flexedcaesar2637
@flexedcaesar2637 Жыл бұрын
anyone else find it crazy how that lady's voice is still heard to this day
@jamesbarker9819
@jamesbarker9819 Жыл бұрын
You just blew my mind 🤯 her voice has been used in every single journalist report since before the dawn of history.
@kallekas8551
@kallekas8551 Жыл бұрын
Amazing journalism!
@Teoras
@Teoras Жыл бұрын
11:48 "In Vilnius tanks were used to defend ourselves" 30+ years later: *footage of tanks driving over unarmed civilians in Vilnius* Look guys, the Russians are "defending themselves" in Ukraine! but all politics and what not aside, this is really interesting footage and coverage. It's interesting to hear the side of the Red Army soldiers of the time, as I haven't really heard anything about them before. It's nice to hear that a lot of soldiers refused to come to Vilnius, and I'm thankful for them making the right decision.
@-_Hatred_-
@-_Hatred_- Жыл бұрын
Learned from USA
@humanbean392
@humanbean392 Жыл бұрын
Source : CNN
@markusraat818
@markusraat818 Жыл бұрын
@@-_Hatred_- learned from facts and what happened
@-_Hatred_-
@-_Hatred_- Жыл бұрын
@@markusraat818, I mean Russia learned from USA
@Teoras
@Teoras Жыл бұрын
@@humanbean392 source: bullet holes in the walls of my city remaining from 1991, footage recorded by people documenting the events, first hand accounts from people who were present at the time (corroborated by said footage), and so on.
@00Daithi
@00Daithi Жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this.
@_ZimZam
@_ZimZam Жыл бұрын
Absolutely Kino
@AndyJ_Media
@AndyJ_Media Жыл бұрын
Out of all the videos posted here, I think this has racked up quite alot of viewings compared to other uploads for the reasons we all know what is going on in the world today...
@wiwatnuradinsahim5807
@wiwatnuradinsahim5807 Жыл бұрын
Aerct
@wiwatnuradinsahim5807
@wiwatnuradinsahim5807 Жыл бұрын
Ae
@wiwatnuradinsahim5807
@wiwatnuradinsahim5807 Жыл бұрын
Awd
@VonRix
@VonRix 4 ай бұрын
Nation sticks together despite the army, if nation exists thanks to army, it does not exist. If Soviet people had to be kept together by force, there were no such thing as Soviet people
@wanocs
@wanocs 3 ай бұрын
Но это верно при условии свободного ношения оружия. К большому сожалению, советскому народу его не выдали. Были сформированы антиконституционные вооруженные банды, которые силой захватили местные законно избранные органы государственной власти. Об этом прямо сказал ГКЧП.
@khairulhelmihashim2510
@khairulhelmihashim2510 Жыл бұрын
0:23 Vostok Komandirskie watch. Still produced to this date.
@NIKOEVRN008
@NIKOEVRN008 Жыл бұрын
I could feel the tension in this video
@TheChickenLine
@TheChickenLine Жыл бұрын
What’s a “Malakov Pistol”? 14:37. Doesn’t she mean, Makarov!
@battenburg6089
@battenburg6089 Жыл бұрын
@Ben Lawson What do you expect from Journalists, they are uneducated.
@joerivandeweyer3056
@joerivandeweyer3056 Жыл бұрын
"Remember. No Prussian."
@Petrikau
@Petrikau Жыл бұрын
And at 5:00 she says that Afghanistan is in Eastern Europe...
@Telluwide
@Telluwide Жыл бұрын
The modern Russian armed forces are a shadow of what was once the mighty Soviet Armed Forces, even at the very end...
@qwertyuiopasdfghj001
@qwertyuiopasdfghj001 Жыл бұрын
and that's a good thing
@someguy4512
@someguy4512 Жыл бұрын
@@qwertyuiopasdfghj001 good thing for her enemies but not good for it's civilians.
@utahraptor4729874
@utahraptor4729874 Жыл бұрын
Honestly, but they’re making a comeback.
@someguy4512
@someguy4512 Жыл бұрын
@@utahraptor4729874 but they will never be the same lvl be it man power as Soviet army.
@utahraptor4729874
@utahraptor4729874 Жыл бұрын
@@someguy4512 true
@Bestofthebest383
@Bestofthebest383 3 ай бұрын
0:29 my dad served in SA and I remember all my childhood I waked up from this words “ Rota pod-yom “ every morning at 6am 😅
@that_very_last_question
@that_very_last_question Жыл бұрын
First colonel on the screen at 0:00:58 , named Alksnis is the Colonel of KGB. Most probably film-makes did not wish to know that
@furiomorius7962
@furiomorius7962 Жыл бұрын
The male voice dubbed sounded like the general from the Commandos series.
@fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
@fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Жыл бұрын
What language is this subtitled in? Just think of the complexity it takes to summarize this entire story as "Fremantle"
@Prizrak131
@Prizrak131 3 ай бұрын
"Fremantle" appears to be some kind of production company
@xmanhoe
@xmanhoe Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video
@unclescipio3136
@unclescipio3136 Жыл бұрын
Weird how these guys look more competent than modern Russian soldiers now.
@ZackFrisbee
@ZackFrisbee Жыл бұрын
Hahhaaha American cope. Do you know the US Army can't recruit enough soldiers to replenish retirements. And the ones they do recruit are borderline worthless.
@ZackFrisbee
@ZackFrisbee Жыл бұрын
I guess an America, Canadian, or Brit such as yourself has never seen a military that doesn't terrorize brown people though.
@unclescipio3136
@unclescipio3136 Жыл бұрын
@@ZackFrisbee one, I'm not American. Two, the ones they recruit would stomp Russian recruits into a puddle. Three, if it weren't for the Americans and British, you'd be speaking German.
@ZackFrisbee
@ZackFrisbee Жыл бұрын
@@unclescipio3136 God I wish the painter man won. The United States is the most vile country on earth. I used to be an ROTC cadet, now I despise America.
@ZackFrisbee
@ZackFrisbee Жыл бұрын
@@unclescipio3136 Are you gonna be the one to give the order to send Mexicans from warm and toasty LA to fight in a region of the world that regular sees temperatures well below 0 degrees Fahrenheit? 😝
@resistancerat
@resistancerat Жыл бұрын
18:05 Viktor Tsoi poster
@ATLBraves1992
@ATLBraves1992 Жыл бұрын
Red Army is so strong it destroyed the USSR by threatening to destroy itself.
@StreetDrilla
@StreetDrilla Жыл бұрын
Video uploaded right before Gorbachev died
@randomhippie8161
@randomhippie8161 Жыл бұрын
Just sucks they blocked the clips
@bassrooten2217
@bassrooten2217 Жыл бұрын
Very critical to watch considering current events
@moretimeneeded56
@moretimeneeded56 Жыл бұрын
1:01 Is that David Mitchell doing a voiceover?
@allison8331
@allison8331 4 ай бұрын
😂
@lightningleaf23
@lightningleaf23 Жыл бұрын
Makarov what the hells a malakov
@lolita19711
@lolita19711 Жыл бұрын
westerners forget that the baltics were occupied in the 1940s by the soviets,the secret protocols of the molotov ribentrop pact states how the 2 countries split their lands in europe.
@xidada666
@xidada666 Жыл бұрын
The Soviets were as bad as the Nazi's.
@j7ndominica051
@j7ndominica051 8 ай бұрын
Fremantle, how were foregin journalists permitted to film on Russian military camps?
@Lachausis
@Lachausis 7 ай бұрын
Days of chaos
@stephenbrand5661
@stephenbrand5661 Жыл бұрын
I was only 6 years old when this happened but even then I knew my grandmother was Lithuanian. Thankfully she was living in New Jersey at the time but I can remember the excitement everybody in my family felt about the Iron Curtain coming down. It was the first time we could see our relatives we'd been exchanging letters with for decades. As a kid I was extremely proud of the fact that Lithuania was the first Soviet republic to declare its independence but I was also a bit troubled by the condition it was in after 50 years of Russian occupation. It's incredible how far the Baltic countries have come since then and the war in Ukraine shows how important it is to be a member of NATO to protect all that progress!!
@eliasziad7864
@eliasziad7864 Жыл бұрын
"Russian occupation" 🤡🤡🤡 You do realize that Ukraine was a part of the USSR right?
@Mahalakshmi-Khan
@Mahalakshmi-Khan Жыл бұрын
As an Indian, I would willingly replace being being part of the USSR than 200 years as a british colony.
@Mahalakshmi-Khan
@Mahalakshmi-Khan Жыл бұрын
@Data Analyst Well Indians are South Asians with their own history and mentality. Lithuanians aren't. What was your point again?
@sohamsteel1345
@sohamsteel1345 Жыл бұрын
@@Mahalakshmi-Khan stop being india's representative u commie ...we will always be sovereign...
@stephenbrand5661
@stephenbrand5661 Жыл бұрын
@@eliasziad7864 What does that have to do with anything?
@doaflip4176
@doaflip4176 Жыл бұрын
I cant believe that they actually called people fascist in the 90s
@fan8281xx
@fan8281xx 2 ай бұрын
Why not; they are still doing it in the 2022; 23; 2024?
@Clukay404
@Clukay404 Жыл бұрын
Damn this is feels like the 90s
@yayvideogames8032
@yayvideogames8032 Жыл бұрын
it is
@mosesodhis365
@mosesodhis365 Жыл бұрын
I wonder what Stalin would have done in such a situation
@ilyatsukanov8707
@ilyatsukanov8707 Жыл бұрын
Stalin would have repressed the shit out of the liberal/'democrat' factions of the CPSU (just like Gorbachev repressed and dismantled the conservative wing of the CPSU). This would be very difficult after 1988-1990, but I think doable if the power block (army, a KGB purged of opportunists and sellouts) was on his side.
@fidenemini111
@fidenemini111 Жыл бұрын
@@ilyatsukanov8707 Yet he was left to die in the pool of his own piss. Deal with it, tovarishch.
@fan8281xx
@fan8281xx 2 ай бұрын
STALIN & Hitler DID pacted such situation!! Then the ruZZians BLOOD red army called themselves "liberators"
@Cincy32
@Cincy32 Жыл бұрын
Why does it say, "Fremantle?"
@turnip5359
@turnip5359 Жыл бұрын
Fremantle media I presume
@infinitenames6635
@infinitenames6635 Жыл бұрын
This makes me sad
@amansuhaimi5397
@amansuhaimi5397 Жыл бұрын
Why does the thumbnail look like it's from a video game?
@MrPapageorgio
@MrPapageorgio Жыл бұрын
Oh the algorithm.
@maodmifcnr
@maodmifcnr Жыл бұрын
4:00 is very relevant today, History always seems to repeat itself.
@PP266
@PP266 Жыл бұрын
General Ginutis Taurinskas got his time in prison :D
@danielw.2554
@danielw.2554 Жыл бұрын
4:00 using the same tactics 30 years later with Ukraine.
@mosesgoldbergshekelstien1520
@mosesgoldbergshekelstien1520 Жыл бұрын
20 years later* Poroshenko started the Genocide in 2014 unless you get your info from CNN+
@danielw.2554
@danielw.2554 Жыл бұрын
@@mosesgoldbergshekelstien1520 the guy with an antisemetic name talking about genocide.... yea you seem trustworthy. incel
@Abdul_rahman_von_yasin
@Abdul_rahman_von_yasin Жыл бұрын
i tought this was a gmod video cus the people in the title dont look real
@cavaliere5676
@cavaliere5676 Жыл бұрын
Погода конечно крайне аутентичная.
@jasonsolis5416
@jasonsolis5416 Жыл бұрын
What?
@cavaliere5676
@cavaliere5676 Жыл бұрын
@@jasonsolis5416 Use Google Translate, like all foreigners do.
@igor_pavlovich
@igor_pavlovich Жыл бұрын
@@jasonsolis5416 learn Russian, you'll soon be needing it.
@0sizo
@0sizo Жыл бұрын
@@igor_pavlovich lol!!! then how about you learn Chinese, before you get forcefully re-educated by your new Overlords
@liam7903
@liam7903 Жыл бұрын
@@igor_pavlovich russian is a irrelevant language.
@youvegottogotheretocomebac9972
@youvegottogotheretocomebac9972 Жыл бұрын
I say they sound like jolly good chaps
@pawenowodworski7996
@pawenowodworski7996 Жыл бұрын
museum, at a time when western countries were moving forward, there was tank production and work for $ 3 a month
@kommandantgalileo
@kommandantgalileo Жыл бұрын
who knew that 2 days after this video was uploaded, Gorbachev dies.
@Kreatorisbackyt
@Kreatorisbackyt Жыл бұрын
great
@Symon_Musician
@Symon_Musician Жыл бұрын
Gorbachev was an extremely contradictive politician, but he wasn't a bloody murderer. Unfortunately, 15 people were killed by the Soviet Army, but if Gorbachev had more political will to suppress independence movement in Lithuania, there would be definitely more casualties on both sides and these brave Lithuanian freedom fighters would do absolutely nothing against brutal force of the Soviet army. In the Russian language there is a proverb that could be translated like "Great things are better to be observed on the distance". More that 30 years after 1991 it is evident, at lease personally for me, that the price of Lithuanian independence could be much higher.
@pooq6611
@pooq6611 Жыл бұрын
But the evil USSR gave Lithuania Vilnius from Poland and Memel from East Prussia.
@pooq6611
@pooq6611 Жыл бұрын
And now karma affects their entire country.There is a high depopulation and loss of industry. This is the price of betrayal - the USSR created it from different parts of neighboring countries, despite the fact that some residents there killed many Jews and fought along with the Ss-Germans.
@retardas
@retardas Жыл бұрын
@@pooq6611 Lol such an idiotic comment. Memel was already annexed by Lithuania from France in 1923 and Vilnius was already a part of Lithuania before it was occupied by the poles in 1919. I recommend you go back to farming your bulbashkas, and not commenting on history.
@bigsmoke6199
@bigsmoke6199 Жыл бұрын
@@pooq6611 Vilnius was always Lithuanian territory lol, and I think Memel had a large Lithuanian minority or even a majority. It is like saying the Poles owning Danzig, Silesia or southern East Prussia is an illegal occupation. They have their basis in local demographics (at least Lithuania) but you would be right if you said these changes were made mostly for Stalin and his cronies
@ilyatsukanov8707
@ilyatsukanov8707 Жыл бұрын
In politics there is death caused by action and by inaction. Gorbachev's actions and inaction in 1988-1991 have led to the deaths of as many as 10 million people across the former Soviet space. He didn't murder them directly but that is what his policies and weakness resulted in. In Russia he will forever be cursed as a Judas; except Judas actually had the decency to kill himself after realizing what he'd done.
@proxymoxie
@proxymoxie Жыл бұрын
Brooo all the soldiers were named Alexander 😭😭
@archlich4489
@archlich4489 Жыл бұрын
20:20 Gen. Volkognov is wise.
@stevengreenstock6095
@stevengreenstock6095 Жыл бұрын
My grandmother had to flee the red army, she always hated Russia and was quick to explain. I struggle to see what has changed in 80 years
@yerdasellsavon9232
@yerdasellsavon9232 Жыл бұрын
why and when did she flee?
@user-ci5gw4ie3v
@user-ci5gw4ie3v 3 ай бұрын
Уже по первым кадрам видно, что показуха ))) рота подьем так не кричат
@prodham
@prodham Жыл бұрын
Why does it say 'Fremantle' across the screen ? So annoying.
@raitisfreimanis
@raitisfreimanis 3 ай бұрын
Just ignore it.
@gigilaco
@gigilaco Жыл бұрын
The world was safer with two superpowers. Unchecked power will always be more dangerous.
@joecool9739
@joecool9739 Жыл бұрын
The world is safer now with America at the helm Go to Russia, North Korea or China to see how safe you are
@theoutlook55
@theoutlook55 Жыл бұрын
So who should be that second superpower? Surely not the Russian Federation, given what they've been doing?
@ashleyhamman
@ashleyhamman Жыл бұрын
@@theoutlook55 I don't think any country should have the capabilities of a superpower, but the reality is that they exist, and beggars can't be choosers. It seems very likely that China is the best candidate for being a second superpower, though I'd personally prefer if European powers jointly took up that mantle.
@Karl_I
@Karl_I Жыл бұрын
@@theoutlook55 it was better on both sides when it was the U.S. and USSR
@gigilaco
@gigilaco Жыл бұрын
@@theoutlook55 USSR/USA rivalry was superior
@sid2112
@sid2112 3 ай бұрын
I wonder if Captain Ramius managed to get back home after the fall of the Soviets.
@unvcht5046
@unvcht5046 Жыл бұрын
I bet those same sinks 2:30 are still there lol
@stargazer4683
@stargazer4683 Жыл бұрын
Chances are someone stole the copper like they stole copper from thousands of tanks.
@aperson1842
@aperson1842 Жыл бұрын
2 days ago Gorbachov if I said it right he died
@ilyatsukanov8707
@ilyatsukanov8707 Жыл бұрын
Good riddance to bad rubbish (Garbageov).
@ashedarke
@ashedarke Жыл бұрын
The thing I find interesting is the story about claims of fascists and nationalists, which also couldn't be found.
@andriyshepard3095
@andriyshepard3095 4 ай бұрын
now this is some great footage, who would have known that red army commander in 1991 would be much more progressive, open and proffesional than the current russian army.
@justso1823
@justso1823 Жыл бұрын
13:25 this guy anyone recognise him
@solidustiger9639
@solidustiger9639 Жыл бұрын
A bygone age when the news acted muture not like now
@joecool9739
@joecool9739 Жыл бұрын
Youre just choosing to be ignorant Plenty of good news organizations on KZbin PBS DW Al-Jazeera
@solidustiger9639
@solidustiger9639 Жыл бұрын
@@joecool9739 dude what.... I just said that the way the media behaves today is childish compared to the 90s....
@joecool9739
@joecool9739 Жыл бұрын
@@solidustiger9639 Like I said, youre choosing to be ignorant
@deborahwingard776
@deborahwingard776 Жыл бұрын
This is SO OLD!
@Lachausis
@Lachausis 7 ай бұрын
I didn't know some soviet-russian soldiers refused to partake in atrocities. However their belief in unity of 'people' and the soviet army is delusional. The real people of the Baltic states didn't care about the soviet army and how they 'protected' the people. They wanted the soviets gone no matter how 'good' intentions of some of those army men were.
@wanazri4885
@wanazri4885 Жыл бұрын
Odly sjn, relex la mana ada perang, Hmm very garang..
@MegaTip24
@MegaTip24 3 ай бұрын
полковник Виктор Алкснис, респект и уважуха! стоял до конца и не предал.... знай что страна помнит своих героев! а врагов обнулит. Спасибо что сделал все от тебя зависящее, в то непростое время
@Andris-ml4oo
@Andris-ml4oo 2 ай бұрын
Nožēlojama žurka...
@jonasjonava
@jonasjonava Ай бұрын
Литва.Каунас.Вітаємо героїчний народ України.Бажаємо перемоги над силами темряви.Слава Україні та збройним силам України!!!🇱🇹❤️🇺🇦
@arieplatnik898
@arieplatnik898 Жыл бұрын
My father served in the Soviet Navy from 1987-1989... When he immigrated to Israel he left his medals there. He didn't want to be used as a political pawn...
@carkawalakhatulistiwa
@carkawalakhatulistiwa Жыл бұрын
And now he kill muslim
@thornil2231
@thornil2231 Жыл бұрын
another 'victim" stealing Palestinian land.
@mat3693
@mat3693 Жыл бұрын
@@carkawalakhatulistiwa conveniently forgot about Palestinian Christians
@arieplatnik898
@arieplatnik898 Жыл бұрын
@@carkawalakhatulistiwa Nope, that's my job
@arieplatnik898
@arieplatnik898 Жыл бұрын
@@mat3693 Don't know what you're talking about learn hostory
@MBP1918
@MBP1918 Жыл бұрын
Gorbachev just died too
@jamesewanchook2276
@jamesewanchook2276 Жыл бұрын
yes
@charles1964
@charles1964 Жыл бұрын
This is what coming for you @7:54 Americans, Identification and Travel Papers from the New STASI Inspired Police State we live in
@ilyatsukanov8707
@ilyatsukanov8707 Жыл бұрын
lol coming? You guys already have level of surveillance USSR and East Germany couldn't even imagine with all the smartphones and computer-based tracking and Covid ids and other stuff. There's a famous East German joke from the 80s: "How can you tell that the Stasi has bugged your apartment? - There's a new cabinet in it and a trailer with a generator in the street."
@charles1964
@charles1964 Жыл бұрын
@@ilyatsukanov8707 Excellent points, I just Despise how the Local Police in this country have been Militarized. They Don't Need Tactical Gear to Oppress their Neighbors, this Isn't Fallujah
@jettjones9889
@jettjones9889 Жыл бұрын
The USSR is gone and so is Journalism
@KronStaro
@KronStaro 3 ай бұрын
Whats happening in Ukraine is the continuation of this. There is much content about the Army refusing to obey orders, which could open a good perspective what may in happen in Russia today.
@millefolium2321
@millefolium2321 3 ай бұрын
Для того чтобы комментировать сегодняшние события в Украине ,нужно здесь находиться .
@KronStaro
@KronStaro 3 ай бұрын
нет не надо. и вообще, о чем ты бормочишь? - ты не в Украине.@@millefolium2321
@sid2112
@sid2112 3 ай бұрын
It's a little more complicated than that.
@KronStaro
@KronStaro 3 ай бұрын
its not, the main issue is the integrity of the country how Putin or USSR KGB reacted to it. Putin is simply continuing the USSR line through the guidance of Primakov@@sid2112
@gargoyle7863
@gargoyle7863 3 ай бұрын
Putin prepared the invasion with propaganda. Today nobody seems to think for themself in the Russian army anymore.
@Daimo83
@Daimo83 Жыл бұрын
Fremantle
@garethmartin6522
@garethmartin6522 Жыл бұрын
This was a tragedy for the world.
@Alex-oq8yg
@Alex-oq8yg Жыл бұрын
it wasnt
@garethmartin6522
@garethmartin6522 Жыл бұрын
@@Alex-oq8yg It really was.
@Alex-oq8yg
@Alex-oq8yg Жыл бұрын
@@garethmartin6522 why
@xidada666
@xidada666 Жыл бұрын
A tragedy for the poor fools that stayed aligned with Moscow 👍
@MitzvosGolem1
@MitzvosGolem1 Жыл бұрын
Amusing the UK going through Brexit and Scotland ,Ireland seeking to breaking away today..
@anthonyfuentes947
@anthonyfuentes947 Жыл бұрын
This whole video is kind is ironic
@MitzvosGolem1
@MitzvosGolem1 Жыл бұрын
@@anthonyfuentes947 Scots and Irish Welch ,Cornish all want to be independent of English .. Funny how BBC goes around to other countries criticize mock them but have a disaster at home.. 😂
@juscoz3167
@juscoz3167 Жыл бұрын
Britain has always been an illegal occupier in Ireland 🇮🇪
@Coldstreamer17
@Coldstreamer17 Жыл бұрын
4:00 hmmmm sounds familiar
@CaptainTymur
@CaptainTymur 3 ай бұрын
I was 6 years old. Ukrainian USSR. Thank you.
@81Vladimir81
@81Vladimir81 2 ай бұрын
Кто нибудь хоть знает почему там Советская Армия находилась?
@ruienasianboy
@ruienasianboy Жыл бұрын
Gorbachev has satisfy and now he's dead
@MrDICKHEAD28
@MrDICKHEAD28 Жыл бұрын
USSR SHOULD INVESTED IN RIOT CONTROL GEAR
@andreya.2230
@andreya.2230 Жыл бұрын
интересно
@paulmcgrath3248
@paulmcgrath3248 Жыл бұрын
Such a pity turnerd a good idea into dust.
@jasonayres
@jasonayres Жыл бұрын
Back in the USSR 👆
@mielife510
@mielife510 Жыл бұрын
. .
@user-ky3ic4td4b
@user-ky3ic4td4b Жыл бұрын
It’s sad to think that people want western nations to go about things how the USSR once did. Sad.
@algerhiss8142
@algerhiss8142 Жыл бұрын
Some of those soldiers were freaking hot.
@Deki_Srpska
@Deki_Srpska 10 ай бұрын
Malikov pistol💀
@free_shortvideo
@free_shortvideo Жыл бұрын
thank GOD and circumstances that made possible to get rid of russian army in Baltic states.
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