Grigori Rasputin - LIES - Russian History - Extra History

[@euansmith3699]

7:56 "... apparently mauled by a bear at some point..." In most people's lives, "mauled by a bear" would be more than a simple footnote.

[@larsbonau4067]

I would go as far and say that most of the time it would be the last chapter of a book that would not be an autobiography

[@0whatman]

my like's the 69th nice

[@euansmith3699]

@@0whatman 😂😂😂

[@mnemonija]

Also Rasputin gave us Hellboy when he opened that portal to the great beyond.

[@alicrastd3095]

No lie!

[@MariaVosa]

Thank you for not falling into the far too common trap of romanticising the Romanovs, just because they and their children met a tragic end. Nicholas was a disastrous ruler and a narrow minded bigoted person. His wife was not much better. I will say your series on Rasputin did make me understand a bit more how they could have been so clueless about his character because there were so many lies and exaggerations early on, one can understand they just stopped listening after a while.

[@Oxtocoatl13]

This is so true. I've seen so many portrayals of the Romanovs as these innocent victims of bolshevik tyranny. Which is not to say that their death's weren't a tragic crime, but were they any more tragic than any of the millions who died because Nicholas took his empire to WWI or any of the more peaceful revolutionaries and reformists killed or tortured by his secret police? Nicholas II was a war mongering tyrant who deserves little sympathy.

[@ktheterkuceder6825]

@@Oxtocoatl13 Ad also that he was raising his son to be an arrogant autocratic dipshit just like him. Yeah better if Rasputin never healed him if that was the case.

[@kiltrofilms]

@@Oxtocoatl13 i think its a mistake to try putting things in good guys vs bad guys perspective, i think the romanovs biggest crime was being incredibly inept and weak/agreeable rulers, their antisemitism was a way to appeal to the ignorant masses of the era, they entered ww1 to appeal to their subjects and elite as a strong warlike royalty, their secret police was fueled by their constant terror of being asassinated (fear which was not unjustified), they are a good example of why monarchy is a bad form of goverment, not because of its hierarchical structure, but because when incompetent (or in other cases evil) rulers are in charge, everyone suffers. I think Nicholas is a good example of shakespeares analogy on how sometimes its not men who use the crown but the crown is the one who uses men. Were they born as lower ranking royalty we wouldnt have such strong/divided opinions on theyr character imo.

[@tompatterson1548]

@@Oxtocoatl13 only the children were the victims.

[@KasumiRINA]

Romanticizing is a very mild word for a guy who listed amount of cats and dogs he shot for fun to be literally declared a saint and anyone talking bad of his family arrested in russia on religious grounds "оскорбление чуств верующих", the "offending believers" criminal offense. They also have a cult of Ivan the Terrible and Stalin because out of all rulers they had to pick the worst to justify the current regime. None of that justifies russians killing children tho.

[@ecurewitz]

9:18 Castration does not raise your voice. However, it can prevent your voice from deepening if done before purberty. But after your voice drops, it will have no effect

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

Farinelli approves this message.

[@gwenward2141]

Rob, I hope everything with your daughter is okay. I myself had to go through major heart surgery when I was four, and I know from their descriptions that it was really, really scary. Modern medicine has come a long way in recent years so I have no doubt she was in safe hands, but I still hope you're doing alright.

[@werwolfnate]

Holy cow! Rasputin's daughter needs a movie in her own right!

[@laptiger0275]

Is lies anyone else’s favorite part of each series?

[@Noorboomboomshakalakaboom]

Same here !

[@moreyouknow8956]

Nope

[@yegirish]

Not the favourite, but it makes each series so much better. It’s such a great idea

[@yourmom1909]

No

[@no_se_nada_de_nada]

nah

[@blazingbugs6151]

I like this channel for this reason they go back and tell you stuff they didn't and they correct themselves

[@samsonwilkinson8090]

'They go back and tell you stuff they didn't.' Right.

[@RobertoClementeSanchez3]

There will always be room learning

[@gordonstewart5774]

Recognizing their own biases and spin

[@chazsaw]

I remember in highschool I felt like there were large parallels between Nicholas and Charles the first of England. I think looking back on it, it was probably just that they were the only two people we studied that paralleled the other at all. But, they are still two men who were considered weak in the context of their militaristic and often hyper-masculine societies, who had been told that strength was best shown through divine right in tyranny. And yet, both had this humanizing characteristic of being truly caring family men in an age where (at least for people of their class) marriage was for political profit, rather than love.

[@gotyagaming4685]

I would love it if you guys did a video about Navajo and the other Native American tribe Code Talkers in WW2 next month. Its kind of surprising that you guys haven't done a video on that subject before.

[@jacobkristos1214]

any contemporary history is limited to a sponsored video, they won't do a mainline series episode on anything less than a 100 years ago

[@gotyagaming4685]

Okay, thanks for the info

[@iankniel]

Also, they _have_ covered a similar topic set in the American Civil War. The video is titled 'Surprising Soldiers'.

[@gotyagaming4685]

@@iankniel Yeah, but I like how they made a video around the Harlem Hellifighers, so I just wanted to throw in the idea for them to talk about the code talkers

[@flaviaaghata6178]

OMG, a Brazil episode!! As a brazilian, I'm so happy to hear about it 😍

[@RobertoClementeSanchez3]

I adore your ability to piece together this historical myth/legend/story from the writings available...yet never a metion of Tartaria and his arrival in history just after the erasing....

[@zanewolf2509]

I seriously love your analysis of the Romanovs… so fun to think through.

[@RukoHanaji]

One of my favorite images that exists is photo of Maria Rasputin in the 1970s with author Patte Barham (who helped her write one of the biographies of her father), and Phyllis Diller. According to Barham: "When I introduced Phyllis to Maria as Rasputin’s daughter, she said, 'Was he really a mad monk or just a drunk?' With that, Maria burst into laughter, with her interpretation of Phyllis Diller’s trade-mark laugh, AHA HAAH HAAAAAAH."

[@jakubpawedworakowski2084]

Just one thing from Poland, Caterine the Great, never used the title of Tzar of Poland, non of Russian Tzars ever did, she couldn' t because of agremment with Prussia and Austia, that non of them will use royal title of ruler of Poland, she used title like Grand Duchess for smaller domeins thou, the title of King of Poland was not restored and tied to Tzars till Congress of Vienna in 1815, when Kingdom of Poland was created and put in personal union with Russia, after downfall of November Uprising of 1831(we deposed Tzars as Kings of Poland for a brief moment, because well we lost😒) the Kingdom was absorbed into Empire, and the Romanovs used the title symbolically for the rest of their rule as Tzars of Russia.

[@Calzaki]

Lucy Worsley did an amazing mini series for BBC on the whole 300+ year Romanov dynasty. There were actually some of their ancestors who acted as great modernisers like Peter and Catherine

[@Zveebo]

It’s a really fun mini-series - someone has uploaded the episodes to KZbin helpfully: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWTIkoGoib1meaM

[@joythought]

Modernizers and terrible genocide of the Ukrainians which included banning their own language in their own country.

[@Onorine]

If anyone has about 2 hours per every one of these episodes, the podcast Unobscured by Aaron Mahnke is doing Rasputin right now. They have two episodes out and Rasputin hasn't even met the Romanovs yet.

[@Cythil]

The title of Ceasar is often considered higher than king too and is often just a synonym for Emperor. After all, the German title Kaisar which is derived from Ceasar (If you know your classical Latin pronunciation it makes even more sense). And it is the title of the Emperor of Germany. Note that Germany also had kings. Kaisar Wilhelm II was also the King of Prussia. Naturally all titles are fluent. And depends on who is using it. Sometimes it is a straight translation. Sometimes it is more of a comparison between equal titles. The current only Emperor, for example, The Emperor of Japan, has in his native tongue the title of Tennō. But that title is not used for any emperor, from what I understand. So it get complicated quite quickly. The reason as I understand it why Russia Monarchs wanted to emphasize the title Emperor over Tzar has more to do with Westernization. To be treated as a equal on the world stage and not as a backward country, which Russia was often seen as.

[@MurderousEagle]

You may be on to something. Most of the old titles originate from pre-unification where either Novgorod was preeminent or were in use during Mongol rule where the prince of Moscow used tax fraud to fund the founding of the Russian empire. Tsars with closer ties to Germanic powers also had a history of trying to erase Russian-ness. See: how Catherine deposed her husband

[@hebl47]

It's quite interesting. While the English language has the word emperor (derived from empire, which comes from Roman imperium), other languages like German just used Caesar's name as the root for the word for *any* emperor (Kaiser) - for example Akihito is "der Kaiser von Japan". And German is far from alone in this regard. Many Slavic languages also base the word on Caesar: Cisar, Cesar, Cesarz etc... and use it for pretty much any emperor.

[@frankharr9466]

I think it's King IN Prussia, at least for a little while. The HRE was MASSIVELY complicated. Interestingly, to become the HREmperpor, being King of the Germans was part of the cerimony, something that they heir did until they could take over or somehting you did between your election and corination. Fluid, indeed.

[@Cythil]

@@frankharr9466 Though the Holy Roman Empire was before the creation of the German Empire which Kaisar Wilhelm II ruled over. Toward the end of his reign, there were other kings in the German Empire. King Ludwig III of the Kingdom of Bavaria, King Frederick Augustus III of the Kingdom of Saxony, and King Wilhelm II (Not to be confused with the Emperor mentioned before, even if they share the same name) of the Kingdom of Württemberg.

[@KasumiRINA]

Everyone called them tsar though. And empress, tsarina, children, tsarevich and tsarevna etc... My grandma talking of her ancestors said they lived "pri tsare", "during tsar", I literally didn't hear the word emperor used for then-dictators of mordor before I seen Western sources. Everybody in ex-USSR always just said "tsar." And no, tsar isn't same level of kaiser/ceasar despite being a translation of one. It's exactly how king is sometimes translated into russian. Polish king = Polski tsar. Specifically, official title of russian emperor ALSO listed him as tsar/king of several countries, so tsar IS a junior title to emperor and indeed, Nicholas WAS a tsar, that title was listed multiple times, in fact. Wiki copy-paste: "Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссійскій, Московскій, Кіевскій, Владимірскій, Новгородскій; Царь Казанскій, Царь Астраханскій, Царь Польскій, Царь Сибирскій, Царь Херсониса Таврическаго, Царь Грузинскій; Государь Псковскій и Великій Князь..." "Emperor and Autocrat of all russia, muscovy, Kyiv, Volodymyr, Novgorod, TSAR of Kazan, TSAR of Astrakhan, TSAR of Poland, TSAR of Sibera, TSAR of Chersonesos of Tavria, TSAR of Georgia, Sovereign of Pskov and Great Prince of..." Then go the lesser, regional titles. Just elaborating that emperor held titles of being a tsar of several tsardoms. Etymologically, tsar _is_ close to kaiser but russia tried to westernize yeah, so they used emperor/imperator as higher title in official documents instead and tsar for lesser ones, think how Wang in China is King/Prince, but Di is Emperor.

[@nextghost]

Note on pronunciation: While the cyrillic letter х is usually transliterated as KH in English, it is not pronounced as aspirated K (which makes the words "okhrana" and "khlist" sound like "okrana" and "kleest"). It's the same sound as CH in German "achtung" or J in Spanish name "Jose".

[@dominicguye8058]

That sound does not exist in American English

[@nextghost]

@@dominicguye8058 That's no excuse.

[@nitfens6863]

Can you do a series on the compilation of the Talmud? The Jewish history you've done so far has been a bit,, unrepresentative of the majority of the diaspora... The compilation of the Talmud is a great lens through which to view the formation of the diaspora in the centuries after the destruction. (Also the story of the death of rabbi Yehuda ben Bava is completely awesome...)

[@AAAAAAAA-vd6zv]

Jewish history? No thank you

[@vincentadelbertirigoienboy3182]

YEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS THE BRAZILIAN EMPIRE IS A GREAT TOPIC IT WOULD BE AWESOME IN EXTRA HISTORY!! SOO EXITED FINALMENTE GURIZADA

[@thomaswilis4682]

BRASIL CARALHO!!!!

[@keruthol8089]

I’ve got a friend from Brazil, so I’m excited to know a bit more about the country’s history!

[@anarcopablo]

BORAAAA Pensava que o primeiro tópico sobre o Brasil q eles iam cobrir seria um episódio sobre a FEB, mas o Império dá bastante pano pra manga. Só espero q eles n caiam no erro de idolatrar Dom Pedro II igual a maioria dos historiadores gringos

[@bananatassium7009]

I love the combination of recommended reading (or watching in this case) with the curiositystream partnership, felt a lot more genuine than some sponsorship integrations with curiositystream even though I am generally a fan of the service.

[@KasumiRINA]

5:48 Yes, put' means way in russian. Rasputin sounds like "rasputie", which is "crossroads", but also "rasputny", "lecherous". Etymologically "a person who turned the wrong path". I've also heard that the surname's actual etymology comes to "rasputitsa", a word so outdated most people don't hear it on modern russian. But it's a weather condition when roads turn to muck. Again, anything with "put" in it has the root that means a road, way, or path, so it doesn't matter which road-related word it actually comes from. What does matter is that Rasputin sounds in russian like surname Horni would sound in English.

[@shawnheatherly]

So people were so confident the children would be spared... that no one got spared. Ouch.

[@KasumiRINA]

Same with people in 2014, thinking russians won't seriously shoot down a plane full of children in the sky above Ukraine... they did. How many times will west make the same mistake?

[@leoj.dec.b.l.908]

I hope this means that a series of Pedro ii of Brazil is a possibility

[@devinda_me]

Really enjoyed the Rasputin series. Would like to hear more eastern European history

[@mestre12]

finally, Brazil on Extra History

[@NicoBabyman1]

“YOU ARE GOING TO BRAZIL.”

[@mestre12]

@@NicoBabyman1 i dont need to go there. I am from there

[@Marylandbrony]

You know what would be awesome. A history of how the Democrats and the Republicans became the two political parties in the United States in 5 episodes corresponding to an election. 1824 & 1828: The elections of Andrew Jackson and the first time one of the modern political parties won a presidential election. 1844: The election that allowed the annexation of Texas to go forward and the first election where slavery was an issue. 1856: The first time the Republican party ran a presidential candidate. 1860: The first time the Republicans won a presidential election and the civil war. 1876: The first "normal" presidential election after the civil war.

[@hebl47]

While it sounds like an interesting topic, 5 episodes does seem like way too much for this.

[@tobybartels8426]

@@hebl47 : Yeah, it's a lot of episodes for a history that just takes us up to 1876. Although when I began reading the OP, I thought that the second election would be 1860 and the series would take us up to nearly the present day. That might be worth five episodes.

[@swatsaw6]

that last story was amazing and also this whole video - thank you very much

[@tomgymer7719]

It's worth noting that the King was absolutely devestated he couldn't offer the Romanovs sanctuary. He had originally agreed straight away, before as you said, his advisors told him the support for socialism in the UK was too great a risk.

[@fillosof66689]

I can only imagine how devastated he was by the news of their fate...

[@Onorine]

The King of England and Nicholas were very close. They called each other Nicky and Georgie. They vacationed together and looked so similar that people couldn't tell them apart.

[@Sientir]

That Side Trip was hilarious and awesome. :D

[@kyokyodisaster4842]

Ra Ra Rasputin, lewd monk of conspiracy, a true example of the era I say!~

[@harleyspawn]

About the effect (or lack thereof) of gunshots, watch the robbery from Regarding Henry, where he tanks a bullet to the dome with no problem, but almost dies from blood-loss caused by the bullet in his arm.

[@TadeuszCantwell]

On the great war YT series they speculate in the series about the Czech legion that as they move east on the railways they approach the Romanovs. They are killed in a hurry to prevent a potential rescue, even though the legion are unlikely to know they are there.

[@LoyalHistoryBuff]

People call Rasputin the Mad Monk because of a movie that came out of Hollywood!? This is injustice! Rasputin was not a monk as you said. It’s time to stop to call Rasputin by that nickname, which even wasn’t his to begin with.

[@pamdawkins13]

Well,... now I want a book about Maria Rasputin.

[@tonysladky8925]

"You make 'Lies' possible" may not come across exactly the way you wanted it to.

[@008TheDen]

To give a little credit to that comman who married Rasputin's daughter: by the time he left Russia the Romanovs were gone.

[@devinsapelli3814]

I would love a series on emperor Hirohito of ww2 Japan

[@techissimple1050]

For the hint, I'm thinking the history of chocolate? Which would be a pretty good one! Only other thought is grains, but those don't have the same dynamic origin story or exclusivity in its early days of global trade and consumption that chocolate does.

[@abcdef27669]

Empire of Brazil coming up?! I have to hear up two times, to be certain.

[@ericherde1]

10:26, the Byzantines weren’t “trying to take the mantle of Rome”; they were literally the Roman Empire. Greatly diminished and no longer in control of the eponymous city, but they were a continuous polity stretching back to the beginning of reliably recorded Roman history just after the Gallic sack.

[@enkephalin07]

It's amazing what people can die from, and more amazing what people have survived.

[@jacklynnhildebrand7307]

Could you guys do a video or a series on the expedition of Lewis and Clark?

[@hart-of-gold]

Bourke & Wells is another expedition starts great then gets worse and worse and worse.

[@jacklynnhildebrand7307]

@@hart-of-gold lol yeah

[@wolfgang6517]

Nicholas II biggest problem was that he was neither the passionate reformer that his grandfather was nor the uncaring and cynical autocrat that his father was. He became somewhat of a "emotional autocrat" that wouldn't fully commit to either reformism or autocracy. I think Nicky family dynamics are a good symptom of that, he was truly dedicated to his family and we have many examples that, as Czar, Nicholas did try to take his job seriously (for example, when the Russian Army underwent several reforms which included a new kit for the common soldier, Nicky decided to test it himself, walking 40 km with it and only approving it after the fact). At the same time, he was vehemently against any sort of reform, his belief on some sort of "mystical divine mandate" only grew as his personal life got worse, even when those around him begun to understand that the Monarchy had to change like his brother (and technically Russia's actual last Czar) Mikhail. In my opinion, Nicholas II was simply a sort of too emotional for the role of the All Supreme Autocrat of Russia. Maybe under a Constitutional System in the likes of Britain or even Germany Nicholas might have done a better job, but his character simply couldn't stick to a proper course of action.

[@lenarosic]

Coul you do a history of gambling what kind/types of gabling existed through the history?😀

[@ladylucyofNewEngland]

The one constant through History, if you want to get people to hate something, say it will hurt their children!!

[@jacksonevans5679]

Please do an episode or two on tea.

[@miguelmateus5258]

Brazilian independence? This is such a great topic. Basically the French unintentionally provoked Liberalism in Portugal while Brazil started to feel entitled to a bigger role in the Empire (if not having the capital, at least having as many deputies in the new parliament as the Portuguese from Portugal). Props to Napoleon. He “created” Contemporary Portugal (thats what the period from 1807 to today is called) and put Brazil on an almost unavoidable course to independence.

[@MsJaytee1975]

The British monarchy did oppose the Romanovs getting asylum in the UK, but asylum was offered and never withdrawn, by WW1 the British monarchy had no say in decisions like that. If anyone wants to really look at the attempts to save them, I recommend The Race to Save the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport.

[@ThatFanBoyGuy]

The crazy part about the side trip fact is that the disclaimer has to be in EVERY movie because of that lawsuit. And when I say EVERY I mean EVERY. Hence why it's in all the Marvel *Avengers* movies.

[@joaomrtins]

Ae caraio, extra history do Brasil

[@DuranmanX]

"War is pretty popular" - words to live and die by

[@KasumiRINA]

Western people saying "oh he was anti-war, that must have made him popular among the peasants" never spoke with a russian peasant. "We're hungry but the great poo is bombing Syria so we can wait!"

[@NimhLabs]

Aha! I knew you were going to do a history on Boo Berry! I always knew he was a scoundrel! Good job obfuscating it with the Count Chocula!

[@cster9261]

Zoe: Maybe you should do a history of cats

[@phunkracy]

If any1 feels bad for Nicholas, remember that he personally ordered killing protesting people, even as they carried his portraits hoping he'll stand with the little ones.

[@KasumiRINA]

Even his coronation was a mismanaged deadly stampede, He started like he ended up, "Nicholas the Bloody", "Nikolai Krovavy". The most brutal thing of his, for me, was his hunting notebook. Like most kings hunted, and many ordered executions of peasants, but he has a bragging list about killing thousands of cats and dogs. That goes beyond paranoia of getting rid of political enemies, and into complete psychopath who get off at hurting little animals that don't pose a challenge and aren't used for food, fur or trophies like regular hunters' targets do.

[@phunkracy]

@@KasumiRINA it seems to run in the family, his cousin kaiser willhelm killed animals on such an industrial scale even his friends and family was appalled by.

[@MrLuzakman]

People: discussing history Me: Hey, Alukard's favourite cereal

[@Т1000-м1и]

This was great

[@TransSappho]

20:00 I’m starting to suspect Rob has tried and failed to poison someone before

[@jdzencelowcz]

Maria Rasputin actually lived long enough to see the first Star Wars film!!!

[@lindaholen1368]

I wold realy love to get your sources fr these videos. I love what you do and I am think you give a very good insight to these historical events. But I would love even more to read some of your source material. both becous I know you try to make your videos about the most inportent aspects of your topics to make them as entertaning and informative as possible. And because I am currently a student ho is releaing a great deal on my "Enthusiasem for the subject" to get a good grade. And therefore need to list (in the ayes of my teachers) more credible sources. Wich I know you guys have faund meany of on different subjects.

[@George_M_]

*Given his setting* Rasputin did (relatively) nothing wrong. Certainly less bad than the actual Romanovs. If only the peasantry that hated him had known he was one of the few voices on their behalf.

[@BeaglzRok1]

More people need that shirt.

[@gwenward2141]

COUNT CHOCULA!!! (LOL I live in the US and I'm not sure I've ever actually had that specific cereal)

[@raphaelogwuadi8156]

I love all your series please can you make a Series on the war of the Spanish succession

[@awesomeblb3407]

19:40 there is also one theory that the poisoner whimped out at the end

[@RobertoClementeSanchez3]

Wiki has him at 6'4"...I don't not believe, but it adds to his mystical possibilities to those who can manifest...his name will never be erased from history which makes me more skeptical....a lot of pseudo messiah in these times...historically...I wonder what wonders will become this one

[@beneckendorff9256]

I still really want to see a series on Kaiser Wilhelm ii.

[@lizzieluz]

I love your t-shirt! Where did you get it?

[@maxpower2480]

So it's a cereal. So you're not actually going to talk about one specific book, but a series. And he's a count, so it's about aristocracy. But vampires are undead like White Walkers and mythical, like dragons... Also you didn't finish that box... Looking forward to the Song of Ice and Fire episode! :)

[@sarahluise3153]

"Alexei is fine" The clock ticks

[@slingz8475]

Love our opinion on Chocula is the same. I don't think anyone actually likes the cereal, they get it just for the vibe.

[@naly202]

So basically, everything I used to think about Rasputin is kinda proven wrong. Goes to show that people love a good villain story

[@RanaChundaAdmirer]

Saw sun yat sen series just now , had a request , figured should comment on the latest video , can you make any series with Indian history in focus ..

[@skilledwarman]

Oh I wish i hadn't heard that Lincoln detail...

[@TheCreepypro]

the mistake with the hands signs is to be expected

[@mr.mirage3986]

Rasputin didn't ger killed, but shaved and removed Ras from his name

[@NicoBabyman1]

Privet comrade! Do you want novichok ☠️ or polonium-210 ☢️ in your tea 🫖? No is not an option.

[@marekpopioek7259]

Cool shirt :D good times :)

[@WezelLispProductions]

Thats probably why movies dont say a movie is true anymore, they say "BASED on a true story" then they have wiggle room

[@scishowwithmoh7216]

6:53 What do you mean by that you don't think that rasputin was a straight up conman? What was he then according to you?

[@billprep1855]

how'd you feel about the romanov's replacements...???

[@franz-georgleopold-pagel3018]

When talking about the orthodoxy you might want to mention the catholic churches of the east which use a lot of byzantine elements.

[@KasumiRINA]

Greco-Catholic churches are an interesting artifact of Uniate church, resulting in moscow usurping Kyiv's metropoly... Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is literally second biggest Catholic church after Latin, and Belarus has one too though both countries are largely Orthodox now, thanks to centuries of russian forced conversion.

[@mrlemon3616]

Day 2 of asking extra history to make a vid about cyrus the great

[@jordanscherr6699]

Hi Zoey!

[@vitabricksnailslime8273]

Where do you get that tee shirt?

[@jenvorocket]

Quick uploads

[@tobybartels8426]

It always annoys me when they put that disclaimer on movies that are obviously based on real events and where the similarities are _not_ coincidental. Like, there's a happy medium between claiming it's all true and claiming it's all made up, one where you _don't_ lie.

[@KasumiRINA]

Fargo don't care lol. THIS IS A TRUE STORY.

[@Archgeek0]

So You Haven't Read: _Chocula_ by General Mills

[@ninogiashvili3945]

Please make Georgia history about da it bilder

[@MrTerry0505]

Even snakes love their kids..

[@Alex-mn1fb]

I agree totally about the Romanovs, on a political level they were bad, but on a human level I truly sympathize with them. They were a handsome and harmonious family. Nicolas was a loving husband and a caring father but a horrible ruler. He was pushed to the throne and he was unprepared and immature. And Alexandra was troubled by melancholia and shyness, but was seen as distant and aloof. And they truly come across as if they would like nothing more than to live a quiet family life away from court. But sadly, it was their duty and destiny to lead a nation, and they repeatedly failed to do so, and made bad decisions at almost every turn. Then again, they are an enduring story of innocence and martyrdom, especially the children who are after all utterly blameless for the sins of the parents. They remind me a bit of Luis XIV and Marie-Antoinette, wrong personalities for a wrong time in history, not truly to blame for all the problems that they of inherited, but failing to grasp the political and social changes that were happening right under their feet.

[@KasumiRINA]

You might change your mind when you find the amount of cats and dogs Nicholas bragged about killing.

[@Alex-mn1fb]

@@KasumiRINA Didn't know about that one tbh, but would be consistent with his immature man-child persona

[@fatinsadab4012]

Napoleon Bonaparte series please...

[@tidmouthmilk12]

Historian: Who murdered Stolypin? Me: *It was Walpole*

[@iwatchDVDsonXbox360]

5:48 "Rasputnyy" is lewd in russian.

[@fillosof66689]

I'd say that "loose" might be a closer translation as it implies both the excess of lust and the overall lax morals, similarly to the original meaning of the Russian word.

[@KasumiRINA]

Yeah, rasputny = lecherous, mostly about sex. Etymologically, "one who lost his way" but never would a woman be called "rasputnitsa" over stealing or assaulting someone, it's really always about lewdness.

[@nationradical]

3:20 yep nicholas once celebrated the antisemitic pogroms of the early 1900s in a private letter to Alexandra as a chance to “advance national solidarity”

[@infin1ty850]

Was this released by mistake? Y'all never finished up the Rasputin story to cover his actual assassination and all the subsequent fun stuff that happened after he was killed. Unless I'm missing something in that last video.

[@KasumiRINA]

You missed it maybe, the murder video is out.

[@RobertoClementeSanchez3]

We can talk about it...

[@RobertoClementeSanchez3]

And just know, I love and appreciate all that you do.. 🙏

[@linforcer]

Sooooo That whole bit about how hard it is to poison people sounds real suspicious if you take it out of context. (I was going to write "sus" but then I remembered I am 36 years old.)

[@Orocnogu]

Rasputin File, author -- Edvard Radzinsky, not Radzinkyevich or whatever you tried to pull there haha =) A tough surname, not too tough tho. Polish in origin.

[@kaelanirevyruun1676]

Supposed resolution: auto 1080HD Also resolution: 140p -_-