Fascinating Facts About The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution resulted in the establishment of the first Communist state in history and was the work of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin - that's the general story told to history students in textbooks, an incredibly simplified version of the events that took place between 1905 and 1925 in Russia.
The revolutionary period actually comprised numerous uprisings, a deadly civil war, and brought about the end of a centuries-long dynasty. By the time the Russian Revolution was over, the government, economy, and social framework of Russia were under a new order that would lead to decades of global divisiveness.
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[@Die-CastMetal]

I’d like to hear about the complicated politics that surround the Greeks.

[@rouka120]

Seconded

[@afrigginawesome]

Thrirded

[@jtgd]

Fourthded

[@StopCopCity1312]

Greece got rid of money in the 80s but the IMF which is a really a front for the CIA wasn't having that so they put them back into debt and couped them. It was a fascinating time. Wish someone would do a video on it because it's been scrubbed from the internet entirely.

[@sailormoon2937]

Irish

[@Youbetcha769]

0:07 You forgot Trotsky, he was a main player in the revolution on the Soviet side.

[@Casca1997Berserk]

It would be cool if a movie is made about Ossip Bernstein, how winning a game of chess also won him his freedom and his life.

[@OptimusMaximusNero]

The rise of the Soviet Union was brillantly portrayed in the 1974 mini-series "Fall of Eagles". Aside from depicting the decline and fall of the Russian, Austro-Hungarian, and German empires from the mid-19th Century to the end of WW1, it also tells the story of Lenin (played here by the legendary Patrick Stewart) from his youth to his rise to power. The series ends with the emperors overthrown and plunged into misery (Charles I and Wilhem II exiled for the rest of their life and Nicholas II and his family horribly executed) while Lenin is triumphantly received in Moscow, achieving what the imperial eagles could not: become eternal.

[@midnightodellewest1999]

Thank You- I will look that up, I’d like to watch it!

[@grioulaloula8594]

I’ll have to check that mini-series out. Lenin was triumphant for a short while. He became infirm from a series of strokes and died soon after. Unfortunately, Stalin came to power and the Russian people are who really suffered.

[@cd5433]

The Germans sent Lenin and funded the revolution anyway.

[@jixuscrixus]

@@grioulaloula8594 wasn’t it the Soviet Union that suffered under Stalin?

[@OptimusMaximusNero]

@@grioulaloula8594 But yet, he still became eternal, as he is now known by every person as the man who changed the world forever, while those who composed the european empires are only known nowadays by those interested in studying their lives

[@johnlindsey3328]

With so much Soviet history done lately, I'd love to see a video on the Kronstadt Rebellion. It was a fascinating and tragic affair, but I don't think it's too well known outside of Russia

[@arkos4366]

Check out The Great War channel

[@djgene5029]

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[@danielbradley5255]

It's too bad about that since without those sailors who knows if Lenin wod have ever gained the power he had

[@BolshevikCarpetbagger1917]

@@danielbradley5255 The sailors of the Kronstadt mutiny were NOT the same ones who fired on the Winter Palace. Those sailors had been transferred elsewhere, where their militancy was more needed.

[@BolshevikCarpetbagger1917]

@Graf von Losinj That was the provisional government of Kerensky, genius. It's funny how you people lump him together with Lenin and Trotsky.

[@mariussielcken]

Don't forget the Japanese naval victory over the Tsar was decisive for the revolution.

[@XaloGunner]

I think it's also important to point out that Imperial Germany basically sent Lenin back to Russia during the start of the Revolution to help destabalize and basically be a troublemaker for Tsarist Russia. This was still during WW1 and the two countries had been beating the living crap out of each other on the Eastern Front for a while.

[@djgene5029]

Germans offered alot of money for him to ruin Russian Empire. He did it for free

[@Zytri92]

Incredibly important. WW1 directly set the stage for the next 60 years of conflict. Directly caused Vietnam(fall of France colonialism), India independence(not a bad thing , just a big event as the fall of the British colonialism), the creation of the USSR, Japanese conflicts in China, and of ya the continuation WW2. And this can be boiled down to hubris and pride from the ruling monarchies that went down the path of WW1, callously sending tens of thousands of men to their deaths for each of the grisly battles of WW1. The U.S. Marines entered at the end of the war, giving the push and pressure needed to help the Brits finally break through the northern front…now imagine that they lost 10k lives in their first engagement. That’s a number that’s hard to fathom for Americans, as it easily dwarfed any other engagement by an absurd amount. That’s just one battle.

[@BolshevikCarpetbagger1917]

The Germans also didn't want Lenin stirring up their workers.

[@twofiveb]

American soldier in 1918 Arkhangelsk: "I thought they said we were going to Arkansas."

[@samuelrosander1048]

I'm only 2:25 into the video and already am disappointed at how much is wrong. 1) The PG was working to restore the tsar while actively avoiding taking action, claiming that the "Constituent Assembly" must be called for any of the things the people demanded to get done. The PG was responsible for calling the CA, but refused to do so. It's not that they COULDN'T stabilize things or wield power effectively, but that they WOULDN'T because that wasn't part of their agenda. The U.S. government was even there helping, too, but they were incompetent armchair officials, not people understanding in the real situation on the ground, as attested by their own people in the field. You can read about that in "The Murmansk Venture (Russia Observed)," by Charles Maynard, who included official correspondence and conversations related by the subject of his book. 2) Michael did NOT refuse the throne, but instead decided not to accept it UNTIL his position was ratified by an elected assembly. The PG was working on doing just that. 3) Lenin didn't "launch a coup d'etat" against the government. The people were leaning more and more towards revolution based on what the PG was NOT doing: working on giving land to the peasants, getting Russia out of the war, and feeding the people. Lenin and the Bolsheviks were certainly agitating for revolution, but it was more along the lines of "if we don't take charge, this revolution will happen without us and we'll lose credibility." Not everyone was happy about the PG being overthrown, but it wasn't Lenin staging a coup. It was a revolution that had A LOT of public support, even demand. 4) Lenin didn't establish a "communist Russia." Their economic system was not communist. Their political system was not communist. Their PARTY was named "communist" in order to distinguish it from the "social democrat" parties that, according to Lenin and many others at the time, had betrayed the movement. Until the party changed its name to the "communist" party, it was known as the "Russian Social Democrat Labour Party, which had split into the Bolshevik/Menshevik factions; the Mensheviks had gone the route of reformists and collaborators with the elite in order to establish a "bourgeois democracy," whereas the Bolsheviks advocated for bottom-up democracy. What was established in Russia, then, ACCORDING TO LENIN'S OWN WORDS, was a "state capitalist" system, where the state had taken the place of the private capitalist. According to Lenin, socialism (not communism) needed to go through "state capitalism" before it could be achieved, but in order for the transition to even be possible, the nature of the state MUST BE nothing less than a "truly revolutionary democracy." For a time, that was the case. As conditions worsened, namely thanks to the Allies invading Russia, blockading Russia, supporting the White Army and its terrorism (AND MILITARY DICTATORSHIP WHEREVER IT GAINED CONTROL), as well as other factors, centralization and non-democratic state power became more normalized, leading to the rise of Stalin. What could have been a really democratic system was ruined by the interventionism and hard right capitalist governments that didn't want their own people to get any ideas. Even if the rest of the video is spot-on, this first part being so wrong makes listening to *and correcting* the rest not appealing in the slightest. Please put more effort into doing real research before trying to do a video on history, rather than merely repeating a propagandized narration that just doesn't stand up to scrutiny. Kernels of truth, and all that.

[@marxwasright25]

Lenin called state capitalism socialism. Also, "conditions worsening" is a weird way to say "Stalin was democratically elected". The rest of your comment is spot on though

[@samuelrosander1048]

@@marxwasright25 Please don't take this as antagonistic, but merely as a rebuttal. I realize my writing style can seem aggressive, but that's not how I mean it. "Lenin called state capitalism socialism." No he didn't. If you have a quote from Lenin where he does, I'd love to see it, because I've read his words for myself, without the filter of someone else cherry-picking or inferring meanings, and he was very explicit about state capitalism not being socialism. Since links are "iffy" for youtube deleting comments, I'll give you the titles of the works and quote him for you. "Tax in Kind": To make things even clearer, let us first of all take the most concrete example of state capitalism. Everybody knows what this example is. It is Germany. Here we have “the last word” in modern large-scale capitalist engineering and planned organisation, subordinated to Junker-bourgeois imperialism. Cross out the words in italics [subordinated to Junker-bourgeois imperialism], and in place of the militarist, Junker, bourgeois, imperialist state put also a state, but of a different social type, of a different class content-a Soviet state, that is, a proletarian state, and you will have the sum total of the conditions necessary for socialism. .. “State-monopoly capitalism is a complete material preparation for socialism, the threshold of socialism, a rung on the ladder of history between which and the rung called socialism there are no intermediate rungs.” [Lenin quotes himself from a September 1917 work, "The Impending Catastrophe and How To Combat It") .. Co-operative trade is more advantageous and useful than private trade not only for the above-mentioned reasons, but also because it facilitates the association and organisation of millions of people, and eventually of the entire population, and this in its turn is an enormous gain from the standpoint of the subsequent transition from state capitalism to socialism. ----------- There are other choice quotes from that source (2 sources, since Lenin quotes himself from another), but I suggest reading it for the full context. In short, Lenin does not in any way say that state capitalism is socialism, but instead explicitly identifies state capitalism as a transitionary phase between capitalism and socialism (THE immediate step below socialism, in fact), with the caveat that the state must be a proletarian state rather than a bourgeois state. To the other point, "Also, "conditions worsening" is a weird way to say "Stalin was democratically elected."" No, I meant what I said. During Lenin's time, before the rise of Stalin, the conditions I listed were the reality: "namely thanks to the Allies invading Russia, blockading Russia, supporting the White Army and its terrorism (AND MILITARY DICTATORSHIP WHEREVER IT GAINED CONTROL), as well as other factors, centralization and non-democratic state power became more normalized, leading to the rise of Stalin." I suggest reading books written by people who were there at the time, both foreigners and locals. One I would strongly recommend is "The Murmansk Venture (Russia Observed)" by Charles Maynard, as it details some of the experiences of an anti-Bolshevik American Red Cross officer who acted as the unofficial liaison between the U.S. ambassador and the Russian government (official orders had the ambassador not allowed to communicate with them), until some time in 1918, including talking about the blockade of Russia by the Allies, the U.S. attitude towards Russia, and some other stuff. You could read any number of other books by people who were there, both visiting and living, and they'll say a lot of the same stuff about the consequences of interventionism, as well as what was being done despite those things. I will admit that there's a lot I need to learn about the rise of Stalin, and that a lot of the narratives out there are the product of propaganda more than fact, but from what I've gathered, Stalin consolidated power under himself (he had, according to Lenin, one of the most powerful positions in the entire government/party, as head of the bureaucracy) and his "triumvirate," created a cult around Lenin that he then exploited (including having photos and documents doctored to suit his narrative), and did some other things that make claims of "democratically elected" questionable at the least. But again, I have a lot to learn, so if you have better sources, preferably from primary sources (people who were there at the time), I would love to get their titles so I can read them for myself. That said, I try to avoid talking about Stalin because my focus in learning about that era was on Lenin, and I just don't know enough about the rise of Stalin or his tenure to confidently make claims beyond the vague (with very few exceptions).

[@marxwasright25]

@@samuelrosander1048 State capitalism took the form mainly of concessions granted by the Soviet Government to foreign capitalists, and of certain State concerns rented to capitalists. Under the dictatorship of the proletariat, State capitalism was essentially different from that existing under the domination of the bourgeoisie. Under the dictatorship of the proletariat, it is a form of economy which is strictly limited by the proletarian authority and is utilised by it in the struggle with petty-bourgeois disorganising influences and in the building of socialism. State capitalism occupied only a very small place in the economy of the U.S.S.R. If we went strictly by the words of Lenin on the subject, 'state capitalism" is mostly just a phrase meant to describe aspects of the New Economic Policy. It is, moreover, just another transitory stage between capitalism and communism. It appears that a number of transitional stages were necessary-state capitalism and socialism-in order to prepare-to prepare by many years of effort-for the transition to communism. Not directly relying on enthusiasm, but aided by the enthusiasm engendered by the great revolution, and on the basis of personal interest, personal incentive and business principles, we must first set to work in this small peasant country to build solid gangways to socialism by way of state capitalism. Otherwise we shall never get to communism, we shall never bring scores of millions of people to communism. www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/wOrks/1 921/oct /14.htm "State capitalism," as represented by the New Economic Policy, is a temporary (though many years long) stage necessary to begin to construct a socialist society (the next stage), and ultimately a communist society. "State capitalism," to Lenin, is an improvement on their current situation.

[@samuelrosander1048]

@@marxwasright25 So you agree with my position that Lenin did not say that state capitalism was socialism, but that it was part of the transition to socialism that first required building up the economy through capitalistic means controlled by the proletarian state. Everything you wrote was outlined in "Tax in Kind," which was an expansion of his earlier "The Impending Catastrophe and How to Combat It" (1917, four years before the NEP). From "Tax in Kind": "In order to convince the reader that this is not the first time I have given this “high” appreciation of state capitalism and that I gave it before the Bolsheviks seized power, I take the liberty of quoting the following passage from my pamphlet, The Impending Catastrophe and How To Combat It, written in September 1917." (The passage is partially quoted in my previous post, but this is just to show that his notions on state capitalism pre-date the NEP.) Whether you are strict with Lenin's words or not, he was very explicit in what state capitalism was and where it fit into the transition to socialism. It being incorporated into the NEP doesn't change that. The source you quoted (the link was only partial, so I had to dig for it) was a speech to boost morale for the struggle ahead, and reiterate what they were fighting for and (briefly) how. It was a speech for the fourth anniversary of the October Revolution, after all, and not an explanation of state capitalism, or a revelation of any part of it that had not already been revealed in previous works. I highly recommend reading both "Tax in Kind" and "The Impending Catastrophe and How to Combat It," because it seems you haven't. You can find both on the same site your source is from (I use that archive regularly, myself). Tax in Kind is found in CW32 near the middle of the page, and the other is found in CW25 near the bottom (above The State and Revolution). We're not making fundamentally different arguments. This is all stemming from your initial post where you claim "Lenin called state capitalism socialism." I believe it's fair to say that we both agree he did not, loosely or strictly, and are instead circling around the issue.

[@marxwasright25]

@@samuelrosander1048 I think I was confused in my first comment and made a mistake. I see we are at an agreement. My apologies, comrade

[@mainguypierre]

I think Southeast Asia is a great topic. Cambodia is perhaps one of the least talked about of these nations, as is Laos. A piece on King Sihanouk and his political movement & system of governance (the Sangkum Reastr Niyum) would be super interesting. He was a non aligned and attempted at creating a socialist model without leaning into communism… a complicated character in a complicated time of history, he’s often seen as the “JFK” of SEA in his time. I think it’d be informative.

[@fromthebackseat4865]

Socialism without communism is like lifting weights without trying to gain muscle. What’s the point? Communism should be the end goal of any socialist movement. Socialism is what’s known as the “lesser stage of communism.” A transitionary time to the penultimate stage of human development.

[@mistory5473]

I'd suggest doing a video about French Revolution of 1830 (July Revolution). It's a very unpopular topic and I don't see many people talk about it.

[@BolshevikCarpetbagger1917]

Here is a very good video on the July Revolution kzbin.info/www/bejne/gobcin-CZqeZj8U

[@jayc3110]

Thanks for your numerous contributions on weird history. Since you asked for suggestions, it would be great if you did a couple of episodes on the revolution in India which resulted in the British giving up and leaving India. If you research this, a fascinating tapestry will be unveiled to you! Thanks again and best wishes for future episodes

[@MisatoBestWoman]

I hope they do this

[@rosolinolosciuto3644]

Da quando gli Inglesi hanno abbandonato l'India non è più una Nazione

[@rosolinolosciuto3644]

In India c'è tanta sottomissione alla fede Buddista e Induista che ha reso tanta povertà è disperazione

[@paulrupright4694]

My grandpa was a Polar Bear and served in North Russia with the AEF during this period. 337th Field Hospital out of Fort Custer. Battle Creek, Michigan.

[@bridgettsutherly5866]

To the gentleman that narrates these history studies. Is great!! He makes enjoyable.

[@btetschner]

I did not know that Lenin was exiled (and exiled multiple times!). The Russian Revolution is such an interesting historical period. I imagine there was a chance that the royal family would have could back for their positions of power if they were still alive. Thank you for the video.

[@kimobrien.]

Like the French no chance what so ever.

[@fromthebackseat4865]

That’s why they made the hard decision to execute them. Any surviving member of the royal family would’ve been used by white forces as a symbol- as they would have a “legitimate” claim to the throne.

[@btetschner]

@@fromthebackseat4865 Makes sense, it would be harder preventing someone from reclaiming the throne and dealing with another long period of turmoil.

[@tannerhagen774]

“Shirtless soldiers hopping around in one boot would been no less historic” this guy cracks me up!

[@Nadia..J]

The tzar and his family were brought to a room, being given hope they would be helped to escape. They waited there, then the executioners came in and shot them. Please get info right!

[@fromthebackseat4865]

Oh no the poor poor brutal totalitarian tzar. I feel kinda sad for the ONE “kid” who was executed. But it had to be done, unfortunately.

[@NewMessage]

Glad to see you weren't rushin' through this one.

[@hennesey8]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@daemon.running]

He wasn't stalin for time either.

[@mikedomar2465]

These tsar really interesting facts

[@marvj8255]

He Putin a lot of effort into these videos too

[@jackiegillyard758]

Lol!!!

[@ballsjacobs6376]

I’d like to hear about the Finnish Civil War!

[@williamconnelly6172]

How can you talk about the 1917 revolution as a “revolt by St. Petersburg workers” without discussing the prior 3 years of WW1 and it’s impact on the Russian population?

[@shellshell942]

They have the bodies of the Czar and his family, they have been DNA matched. They eventually found them all, no one missing so sadly Anastasia didn't get away. They were all shot and buried in the woods 😥

[@Stalin_Did_Nothing_Wrong]

Lmao

[@yossarianmnichols9641]

You already ignored a crucial event about the creation of the Duma and a constitution. The Czar ignored the constitution and the Duma and went back to ruling by decree as soon as he gained enough power through the secret police and military generals.

[@larissahorne9991]

I mainly watched this video because I had White Russian Great Grandparents. They immigrated from Finland to Australia during WWI. From watching an episode of "Who Do You Think You Are?" I found out why the Finnish were White Russians. It had to do with an earlier Czar and The Crimean War. Many Finnish Naval Troops were stranded during that war. The Government refused to see the difference between being Stranded and Desertion. If they'd tried coming back home they would have been Executed. The Czar stepped in on their behalf so they could finally return home. But Finland fought and wonn their independence from Russia when they realised it was a lost cause. Great Grandma was from a village not far from St. Peterborough and of Mongolian decent. Her family were loyal to the Czar for a similar reason another earlier Czar. Without written records it's impossible to prove, but it's highly possible she was a descendant of Genghis Khan. Russia and Mongolian have an interesting history together. Genghis conquered Russia, then a Czar drove his Grandson and his army out. Finally when Genghis Khan's family lost their power in Mongolia, the then Czar invited them to come and live in Russia. I said it was an interesting story.

[@reeshavgohain]

Just love the way this particular commentator presents things. Funny as hell and very factual.

[@cherylkosmerl3668]

This is one of my favorite KZbin sites. I love history yet this one has had me rolling out of my chair with the humor.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks for this! 🪆

[@leoleague6053]

Gotta love history, keep it up. ❤️💯

[@antinatalistrevolutionary8656]

Hey you should do the history of Russian Nihilism and Fyodor Dostoevsky

[@annarushlau9722]

I think “Death by action movie?” Is the funniest way to describe the Romanov massacre I’ve ever heard 😂😂

[@StilledFox]

My boi Lenin! ♡ I’ve been reading What is to be done? Lately!

[@gram.]

Venezuela

[@rimaq_]

​@@gram.Colombia, Ecuador. Former Gran Colombia.

[@Scraggledust]

Hmm, how about the The Zanj Revolt? I’ve never heard it discussed (covered) before. It’d be awesome! ☺️

[@Mrgunsngear]

Thanks

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

[@shanemcdaniel9809]

Didn't they find the remains of the Czar and his family in the forest, not a mine shaft?

[@linda10989]

Ikr? They were initially put into a mine shaft but it wasn't deep enough so the family was buried in two pits...they were also doused with acid and burned in the hope that if anyone found the corpses, the remains couldn't be identified.

[@blueeyedwolf2205]

Yes, they did, and did a DNA test on the remains and found the entire family. There is a youtube video on this, it happened in the 90's. They reburied the family and they are now seen as saints of sorts.

[@bluesdoggg]

I’m not an expert on the Russian revolution, but it seems strange that the name Trotsky was never mentioned

[@dave_5071]

... especially with one of the pictures in this vid being a portrait of Trotsky leading one of the first Red Army divisions (see 9:16)

[@melanieomer9186]

Because Lenin was seen a threat, Trotsky was assassinated in Mexico

[@alicerivierre]

Hey guys! How are y'all doing? BTW, Weird History, can you do a timeliness for the American and French Revolutions by any chance?

[@thevinmeister5015]

So in order to survive a communist revolution, I must up my chess game

[@wellillbeitsme007]

Love you love the show! 😎

[@nedludd7622]

Very superficial. Not even a mention of the fight between the Mensheviks against the Bolsheviks among many other things. Why not do a better job in describing how the French won the American Revolution?

[@richmrstonestone]

🤣🤣🤣. France helped. Stop trying to sound intelligent by throwing shade on America.

[@Tblistan]

Yasssssssss keep the content coming. Is this a small team effort?

[@ninjarm1564]

As much as I us to love this channel any time he goes over any thing I have even remote knowledge on he gets so many things wrong this makes me wonder if the videos I don’t know the history of are correct or wrong.

[@mokomothman5713]

Assume they're incorrect and filled with conjecture.

[@williamromine5715]

Could you list a couple major mistakes? I thought I had a basic, very general, knowledge of the Russian Revolution, and didn't note any glaring mistakes. I don't know if my knowledge is very wrong, or if I just didn't pay close enough attention. I am not trolling(if I understand that term-I'm 80 and not very knowledgeable about Utube), and my question is sincere. Thank You.

[@xxWayoftheSunxx]

yeah theres a lot of misinformation in this.

[@blueeyedwolf2205]

@@xxWayoftheSunxx Such as what

[@caitthourot3968]

I’d love a video on the French Revolution! Especially with Robespierre and the crazy things he did like maybe but probably didn’t wear a toga for the cult of the supreme being

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

WH: *talks about Russian revolution* Me: "Yes, Oversimplified told me already. Wait, I meant to act surprised! Wow, this is amazing!"

[@oneshotme]

Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up as a support of your channel

[@SestraVixen]

Can we talk about the Gulag Archipelago? 🤔

[@egrandmaison]

Another good video sir.

[@ibhistory106]

you missed the juicy part when February Revolution actually happened on International Women Day that at that time was on 23rd of Feb and was pretty much a welcome ticket for any kind of meeting

[@kristen6885]

Though this has nothing to do with the related video, I just read about and would love to see a video on the Latrine Disaster of 1184 that the anniversary is actually coming up for. A weird history tale filled with sadness and dare I say comedy 🎭 Definitely on the top list of Weird History moments lol

[@Creeperhash]

Love the Star Wars reference. I see ya!

[@margaretlowe5220]

Wasn't sure if anyone else recognized the reference! LOL

[@CassandraPhoenix96]

I was watching another history documentary and it said that the Czar's family and he were found buried. So I'm confused now.

[@CwL-1984]

I would like see a weird history episode of Wylie Post and Will Rogers

[@notfiction9241]

I think we should all have separate calendars, it would make standing people up so much easier.

[@nathaniellevesque2782]

7:03 what was the music playing during this section?

[@darshitagarwal7085]

I had like to hear to hear about the Indian revolution. I am an indian, youj have covered many european revolutions, now I want t see an asian one

[@MurphysPoV]

Can we do the bloody Sunday from the U2 song next?

[@nuduce123]

One issue with the video. They aren't riots, the are mostly peaceful protests.

[@QueenHershe]

Weird I knew all of these details except for the wine in the street part LOL

[@chickendinner9255]

Tsar in 2022- “poppin commies and drinking whiteclaws baby let’s gooooo”

[@rikijett310]

Here in Wisconsin, just like in many places, swimming in Lake Michigan on New Years Day makes you a polar bear.

[@fukwitahab]

Garfield and Lenin do look suspiciously alike...

[@user-dk5vj2br1o]

Ya ya!my Country/culture!!thank you!!

[@hivaladeen4892]

Shame about ur president :/ I think Russians deserve better.

[@user-dk5vj2br1o]

@@hivaladeen4892 thank you i agree...to a point!

[@Kerriangel]

*smashes through wall* “Who wants to start a Revob-Revol-Revoblob- DANGIT!!”

[@sergeygalayda2931]

This video as much informative about Great Revolution as my USSR small town school teacher told us about American Civil War.

[@BolshevikCarpetbagger1917]

What did your teacher tell you about the American Civil War?

[@YoWhoDat]

Hey I’m early! Nice!

[@josephlemmon706]

This commentary is my favorite.

[@honorladone8682]

Look at where we're at today... Ukraine !!! Philadelphia USA

[@alanstrong55]

All seemingly started when Lenin and his mother decided to "follow another path".

[@Black-Sun_Kaiser]

That chess story was amazing

[@phil4863]

Reminds me of Yu-Gi-Oh

[@sasuke13855]

I love the game of thrones references they throw in there!

[@hoppish088]

Crazy excesses of the French Revolution….

[@dalegribble1560]

"Communists like to boss people around." -Hank Hill

[@littleNorwegians]

10:14 Ural Mountains. Surely not URL mountains (Subtitles)

[@TranscendianIntendor]

I am old, so I have already learned of these events.

[@fromthebackseat4865]

When it comes to these events, depending on where you live, you being older may be a detriment to understanding the events as they actually took place. For instance if you are an American who was educated from the 50s-80s(honestly really anytime but those years especially) you were almost certainly taught nonsensical propaganda.

[@a84c1]

Started the same way as the french revolution..... no bread.

[@takku88]

Tell history about how Finland became independent and Finland civil war.

[@Alaskan-Armadillo]

When you get the chance talk about Nester Makhno!

[@user-ru1zp7fq6k]

This is an unrelated topic, but can you do a video on Zhu Di (Yongle Emperor)? It would be really interesting to see a video of him usurping the Ming Dynasty throne. There is probably a weird history story within that situation.

[@walterthorne5782]

if Weird history can do this video without demonitzation . can you do Vladimir Putin ? (Putin Vladimir (grammar joke)) next

[@kberrie38]

Please cover Mao's Great Leap Forward!

[@joanfurtiere1177]

I have learn't more on your Weird History than we ever were taught in school.! Love you little comments, lol Still would like to see what you look like! Cheers from Downunder..😆

[@kariannecrysler640]

Was that swan lake playing in the background? 💚🍀👍🥰

[@mikea.1803]

Video suggestion - during this same period, the US was going through "the 1st red scare"! I just discovered this! That'd be a good video if you haven't already.

[@mariaharitou76]

Not even one trotsky reference🙄

[@BlindingDarkness1111]

Of course, there is the little matter of the Kaiser making sure his cousin the Czar had a revolution in 1917...

[@WhatsReallyGoingOn84]

Uhh, I've never, ever heard this. The Kaiser kinda abdicated, and the Communists then killed the Czar's family, so why would he do this to his cousin?

[@BlindingDarkness1111]

@@WhatsReallyGoingOn84 Hate is a great motivator...research and let me know what you have found...

[@WhatsReallyGoingOn84]

@@BlindingDarkness1111 I've found out you're full of it.

[@BlindingDarkness1111]

@@WhatsReallyGoingOn84 🤣🤣🤣 the Kaiser provided the train car that snuck Lenin into Russia. And, I am full of bull manure on many things...but, not on this...keep looking until you remember...

[@aldhizak]

pretty interesting and funny info without having to defame the russian revolution, good job! thanks

[@klerus2905]

Can you do Chinese Civil War please?

[@vito4718]

Marshall Tito did a same way to Zagreb like Lenin the 3rd time exile

[@MrRsoliz]

I’d like to hear about Mr. Clean.

[@cardojm]

Hey weird History, consider the next topics -The events leading and conclusion of the Spanish American war -events leading to the establishment of the commonwealth of Puerto Rico

[@kenzyelmahallawy3252]

I would like to hear about Egypt’s colonization

[@nancyvolker3342]

The Mexican revolution and the polish revolt against the Iron grip of Russia

[@bobreeba5515]

Ancient Rome would be interesting as well. They probably did some WEIRD shit. Well... Weird for it's time.

[@motownmark1215]

There's a monument to the "Polar Bear's " located at White Chapel Cemetery located in Troy, Mi..

[@lianefehrle9921]

Try the story behind the splitting up of Germany

[@deenzmartin6695]

i laughed out loud when you said "the whole family...was wacked" at around the 10 minute mark.

[@lianefehrle9921]

I was surprised by there being three

[@JohnGillman65]

This has at least one inaccuracy, in that Stalin played a leading role in the October revolution. For an in depth, objective and comprehensive history of the Russian Revolution there isn't much better than Leon Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution.

[@joshlehnertz2726]

5:30 that is the single most bass akwards thing I’ve ever heard in my life. You would expect the good chess player to throw out the “if I beat you in chess you let me go” line not the executioner.

[@LeadLeftLeon]

Assassin Creed Russia. Such bloody revolutions

[@gabrieljordan8015]

I feel like all these events were covered in the "Oversimplified" videos.

[@SigmaJAD]

About time the peaceful citizens of Russia caught a break. 100+ years of complete and utter misery.

[@Dungeonus]

Yep, right after occupation and forced re-education from their chauvinistic/barbarian views.

[@richmrstonestone]

They probably shouldn't have done that massacre thing in 1917, killing totally nice people they resented . But , your correct. Obviously, communism is a disaster.