History of Ukraine - Manny Man Does History

[@HistorySkills]

This is an amazing initiative. I am proud to be part of this collaboration and hoping we can make a little bit of a difference to some people’s lives.

[@spaghettimon3851]

Pray the Donbass region free themselves from the Euromaidan fascists in Kiev that is cluster bombing murdering 15,000 people! 🇨🇺❤⬛🟦🟥📘🟦🟥

[@meh...9500]

He implied that right wing groups are Nazi's during the end I was once his biggest fan but in his eyes it seems I am a Nazi.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Save Ukraine

[@Solaris_Paradox]

God bless Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics! 🇨🇺❤⬛🟦🟥🆓️🟦🟥

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Shampoo 🧴🧴🧴

[@historywithhilbert]

Excellent video and brilliant explanation of Ukrainian history. I just love your art style - must be a lot of fun to draw all the characters!

[@robertsnavely3447]

I showed this video to my 8th-grade history students and they say: "We were captivated for the whole 20 minutes and we thoroughly appreciate your effort to educate us on this deeply important topic." They clapped at the end and asked for more videos from the Irish guy and "Bug-eyed History"!

[@FiveMissiles]

you seem like a teacher id want to have

[@kieranhurst8543]

I'll take shit that never happened with a side of fries

[@In_Our_Timeline]

“Ukraine is truly resisting tyranny... As the Russian forces get closer to Poland, many Ukrainians go--not further west from the border--but back into Ukraine...don't think it couldn't happen here. Vigilance has been required of us, but nothing like the vigilance that has been required of the Ukrainian people. It may yet be.” ― Shellen Lubin

[@HistoriaGraecia]

Your animation style is so unique and nice! Glad to be part of this collaboration, got to know so many new and incredible channels!

[@ThePacificWarChannel]

Very proud to be part of #ProjectUkraine =) amazing videos by all the great content creators! 🇺🇦

[@noahnorman6877]

My grandpa (My father’s step father) for the longest time thought that he had Russian ancestry in his blood, but when he did a DNA test he found that the ancestry he had was not Russian but actually Ukrainian.

[@drillstevejr2290]

9:48 as a Canadian I love to see my country being meantioned by history channels especially in a positive light 😊 🇨🇦 ❤ 🇺🇦

[@ExoticD]

My great grandpa comes from Ukraine! He was in WW1 as a behind the lines medic. Eventually everything he'd seen and done got to him and with the russians being pushed back he deserted home till the war was over. With the Russian revolution, many gangs roamed the Ukrainian country killing and robbing many. Eventually my great grandpa had enough of the poverty and murders and ended up getting a ticket to Canada with his wife and kids. They took a train up to the Baltics where they then took a boat to great Britain, and after that sailed to Canada. They ended up settling in Saskatchewan (as you mentioned) where we've lived to this day. There's much more to the story but I'm not much of a writer, so these are the basics of what happend. I'm glad you made this video so I can understand all that went on during these times.

[@HikmaHistory]

I'm glad I discovered your playlist through this playlist! Great content!

[@NoodleBerry]

I've fallen out with seemingly every communist in my city over this so it's nice to see people siding with the invaded, even online

[@HistoryandHeadlines]

It is really fascinating watching everyone's videos in the playlist.

[@JeremyStrozer]

Great episode, wonderful cause. Particularly appreciate the message at the end about suffering in many parts of the world. Peace to the world. Thanks John!

[@jessicaaxe7120]

Thank you for this! And I appreciate you mentioning the other countries that are suffering the same horrors that Ukraine is currently facing. Peace to Ukraine, but also to Syria, Yemen, Palestine, and others.

[@veritasetcaritas]

Delighted to be with you in this collaboration!

[@Number1Irishlad]

Its awesome to see that so many of yall in this project ukraine have already dropped videos for it. Thank yall for doin what you do~ Slava Ukraine

[@dimanyak373]

As a ukrainian I'm very thankful for your efforts put into this video, though there are some inaccuracies I'd like to point out. 1. Ukraine doesn't mean 'borderland'. It's just not right semantically, as though it's similar to the word for borderland(okraina), their prefixes are actually opposite in meaning. Both words come from the word 'krai', which can mean either 'border' or 'land', but the prefix o- means it's outside of the 'krai', while prefix u- is the opposite. Ukraine basically means inland, and not the borderland. 2. Russia actually recognised Ukrainian independence many times. During the dissolution of the Soviet Union, in the Budapest memorandum, which was a guarantee of safety of Ukraine, given in exchange for it's leftover nukes. It changed in 2014 when ukrainian people have ousted out the pro-russian dictator and Russia invaded Crimea and Donbass

[@lukeh2556]

Very cool to hear the Candian Ukrainian diaspora mentioned. In the prairies it's often less a question of wether soneone has Ukrainian ancestory but how much, and when I was abroad when asked if asked if their was any food from home I missed I would amusesdly say Pierogi.

[@ryanelliott71698]

It wasn’t until that long ago I found out Canada had the second largest Ukrainian population. Probably helps I’m from Ontario and anything outside of it is kinda vague

[@saloenjoyer7381]

Pierogi are called "Vareniki" in Ukraine

[@lukeh2556]

@@saloenjoyer7381 true, I think maybe it's because the polish influence in the midwest that Peirogi became the catch all name for them

[@lukeh2556]

@@ryanelliott71698 yeah one of a few things that kind of creates a unique identity for western Canada

[@katherinegilks3880]

@@lukeh2556 Lots of western Canadians don’t have Ukrainian ancestry - 2/3 of us don’t. It isn’t part of my Canadian identity for sure. Not so say I don’t support Ukraine, because I do, but it isn’t special. It really bothers me how much people expect us to support Ukraine compared to Syria or Yemen or anywhere else. It is blatantly racist. People just expect us to care because they’re our cousins - but Ukrainians aren’t any more my cousins than Syrians are.

[@Traderspirit33]

I like how much effort that he puts into these videos

[@ming1408]

Are you still working on Monarchs of England Part 3? just wanna know. LongLiveUkraine

[@JohnDRuddyMannyMan]

Yes definitely! This project just took precedence

[@beelarmi]

This is actually pretty good John, i mean this is pretty solid history, unlike much of what i see daily on twitter and reddit

[@Jon.A.Scholt]

Thinking of all th senior citizens in Ukraine who cannot be moved or cannot be moved without a major effort is painful. I think of my grandma in her last two years and can't even imagine. I also have think of those with special needs, especially the children, and all of the confusion this tragedy has caused. Sad doesn't begin to describe it. It's a great thing these channels, so many of which I have loved watching for years, are doing something to aid the people of Ukraine in their struggle against the Tyrant Putin.

[@MomMom4Cubs]

Slava Ukraina! Viva Ukraine! Ukrainians are strong, and they will ensure.

[@Ian-fw2fp]

*endure

[@Mck499]

@@Ian-fw2fp dude shut up

[@hanrenchou128]

The people have to endure with this their government incompetent and greediness's meat grinder. God bless the people who suffer from war.

[@In_Our_Timeline]

love the art man

[@alpha_zhest]

One thing about the name of our country: Ukraine doesn't mean "borderland", it just means "land". As in "planet Earth". And it's russian colonisers who claim it's a "borderland" to their empire. If you think about it, how could a most ancient slavic city, centre of the slavic culture be a center of a borderland?

[@JohnDRuddyMannyMan]

I often saw it as a borderland between east and west

[@aaron3890]

Brilliant summary!

[@HappiKarafuru]

How amazing this small nation in a middle of Europe endure so many conflict and warfare and bloodshed, empire rise and crumble throughout it existance, with a lot of different ethnicity, culture and religion yet they remain strong and kept moving on.

[@majesticfirebird2310]

4:34 The first "Volodimir The Great", anyway (I think we all know who the second one is, he was in the news a lot at the beginning of the current conflict). I came back to this video after hearing that Ukraine will become a member of NATO. It holds up pretty well, considering how much longer the war has gone on since this video's publication. After the enitselaP-learsI (had to reverse it to get around KZbin restrictions) video has come out, and you've taken a break from all that hard work, any chance of a May 2024 Ukraine update video, Mr Ruddy? 🥺

[@danieldmelniki8834]

Grateful for this Playlist! @Kings and Generals & Company!!

[@zeleeba8774]

4:13 is the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Galicia (western region of Ukraine). It would be more appropriate to insert the seryabryanik of Yaroslav the Wise, the prototype of the coat of arms of Ukraine. By the way, the coat of arms of Ukraine means a falcon soaring down, in Russia, the coat of arms of Staraya Ladoga is also similar to the coat of arms of Ukraine.

[@F14TomcatEnjoyer]

Hi manny I hope you see this but in my social studies class we always watch your videos!!

[@Yana-f7j]

As a Ukrainian and person who was born in Uman and thoroughly familiar with the history of these neighborhoods, I would say that Cossacks didn’t kill peasants. On the contrary, there was an uprising of Ukrainian peasants against the Polish nobility. In the spring of 1768, Cossacks led by Maksym Zaliznyak appeared in Kholodny Yar near Chigyrin. Later, the uprising covered the entire territory of the Kyiv and Bratslav voivodeships. Maksym Zaliznyak with several hundred Haydamaks captured a number of fortified cities: Zhabotyn, Smila, Cherkasy, Korsun, Bohuslav, Lysyanka. The rebels were joined by peasants and burghers who destroyed the estates of Polish magnates and nobles, inns, churches and Uniate churches. The lordship fled to Uman, which belonged to the magnate Franciszek Salesius Potocki and was considered a major trading post.

[@spoopyghosti6961]

11:55 Hmm.. it’s almost like he’s trying to tell someone this

[@In_Our_Timeline]

even if you don't add the current suction in ukraine it still one of the most interesting pert of east europe it has one of the best and interesting history of all the countries in eastern europe form the time of the russian empire to the USSR time it has one of the most interesting history so these types of videos are great for me i end up learning so much about that place and love it great vid btw

[@phillipwatson1580]

would u be able to do a history of the space race during the cold war type video mate? that would be fantastic

[@yegorkhmelenko7511]

Now,it’s video my favourite in this KZbin channel

[@Muslim-og3vc]

12:08, love this video but a small mistake here as that is the turkmen ssr, not suprised you made a mistake since it looks similar to the uzbek ssr

[@Ghost_Tracker_2]

When the war started, I knew I can't do much except show support by making a drawing of my OC holding a Ukraine Flag as I pray that the war will be stopped. I pray for Peace in Ukraine. They shouldn't have to suffer like this. #StandwithUkraine

[@tizianotognoni7457]

I would love to See you make a similar Video on belarus, as i think it's equally important to highlight the distinct cultural identity of the belarusian people considering that they very much still suffer under russian colonialism

[@mathiaslambing9112]

Very well made video, but could you ever make a video about Estonia? Not that you would, but you could.🙃

[@LSTNSCRFN]

Amazing job!!!

[@kingofcards9]

Good video. One of your better videos with more history than your own politics.

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff about

[@Vitess7]

thank you for it :)

[@lukeh2556]

Wow when you expand the scope of history and see the amount of unique cultures, identities and histories that have been a part of what would become Ukraine the russian narrative of Ukraine being nothing more than a part of russia really falls apart

[@paginavecchia4146]

I am very pleasantly surprised! I myself am from Ukraine and a historian by education, and for the first time I see English-language material on the history of Ukraine to which I have no complaints in principle. It is obvious that the authors worked very well and that the main thing was to show such a difficult topic to understand as the History of Ukraine! Thanks so much! By the way, for the region of Transcarpathia in Ukraine, there another Irish figure who is very important - Egán Ede. He did a lot to awaken the national consciousness of Ukrainians in this area. Erin go Bragh! Slava Ukraini!

[@je1342]

Do more of this type of videos

[@СергейРоза]

Thanks, that's pretty much it. There are nuances, but in general everything is correct. I just want to add that there have always been Ukrainians, and we have our own language, and we have always been oppressed by all sorts of empires, we are a long-suffering people ...

[@Iesu-Christi-Servus]

Не забудь благодарить товарищу Сталину за то, что создал Украину и рисовал ее границы на карте с макиавеллизмом.

[@Jishy2415]

haven't watched it yet, but please include Mahknovshcina because every other type of these video's haven't

[@JohnDRuddyMannyMan]

It makes a brief appearance!

[@nightspeakerthefallenwing3451]

Great video of the history Ukraine! I always thought about Ukraine as a lacking country to Europe but when the wind changes it changes my views on Ukraine, I love it when people fight for their freedom from oppression and when the Ukrainian people stepped up to the plate they did it with all they got against the rising threat that is Russia, may Ukraine be remembered not from books but in physical form, Slava Ukraina!

[@idr1488]

Good video

[@joshvega5469]

That project Ukraine just had like 4 history video in my feed for Ukraine warms my heart a bit

[@fredlandry6170]

Cool, interesting video.

[@Spido68_the_spectator]

Great as always, However you forgot a main thing : the 2004 revolution that ousted a pro russian guy as well and made Putin furious !

[@zawiszaczarny7876]

Very oversymplified. "Polish opression" came from the cossac's raids against Ottoman empire. The Polish Crown that signed with Ottomans a pact to stop those raids was trying to enlist them into the army to keep them under discipline and stop the slaughter. Ofcourse the myths of opression is what we hear today becouse of the rebellions history was later mostly written by kreml that aim was to keep this land as faithful as possible. The fact is leading Cossacs was a polish nobleman while fighting against the rebellion was an Ukrainian magnate. There ofcourse was opression but not between Poles towards Cossacs(this is modern view of nationalism non existing back than) but more by magnates and other wealthy multiethnical elites towards poor pepole. You also skipped Polish Ukrainian alliance when we fought soviets together in 1920. History you see is not so one sided and simple as you present my friend.

[@danylorusynskyi]

І що за цей союз 1920 українцям довелось заплатити західними землями України на користь Польщі, а Польща ж у 1921 уклала Ризький мир із совєтами за спиною в УНР. Dziękujemy bardzo za to

[@liamlachance9951]

John, that was beautiful

[@sumisusan1517]

9:48 so this is how John K. was a Ukrainian descendent, I’d say Ukraine isn’t too pleased to have John associated with them tho, for obvious reasons. Would this also be the reason why Ren seems to have a slight Slavic accent?

[@eldartaghiyev8422]

And some days ago the last leader of USSR 🇷🇺 died.

[@shaine6764]

it was necessary to show Petliura after Skoropadsky.

[@DraftTheHippies]

To quote a line from the Russian Soldier song Grey Haired Boy or Седой Парнишка for the Cyrillic speakers “Chechnya is in flames, a second Afghanistan”

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Ah there is that beautiful Irish accent

[@AnimationFanboy2k4]

SLAVA UKRAINE!

[@andreidobre1239]

Putin: we are “denazifying” Ukraine Also Putin: bombs a holocaust memorial

[@annoyedbrox4851]

Yay I luv your Vids

[@NikkieSato]

After the russian invasion. I was trying to find a video about the history of ukraine. And I found this video and I really like your history of ukraine video. I hope you will make more awesome video in the future 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@javertbeckstrom1077]

Thank you

[@cerebrummaximus3762]

With every evil comes a good. And here is the good in the Ukraine-Russia war: ever since the war, the world (specifically the West) was made more aware about Ukraine. I am not sure you've noticed but Ukraine language preservation has vastly increased since the war. Streaming services, such as iirc Netflix, have begun to include Ukraine language options and subtitles. This pro-Ukraine sentiment (which controversial opinion: seems forced to me, people who have and had no clue about Ukraine suddenly dedicating their lives to it) has given Ukraine a massive opportunity. Money has been aided to Ukraine, that will help with pro-Ukraine education, and many people have started trying to learn Ukrainian. In the best possible scenario after the war, Ukraine (although possibly also devastated from the war) will have an enriched education, and with so many countries to aid would improve quickly, and hopefully a language renaissance. Due to so many people suddenly now knowing about Ukraine, tourism will increase as well. I wish the best for Ukraine (and Belarus too for that matter), with enriched history and a solidly stable language, no longer under Russian influence with few native Ukraine speakers. However with the good comes a bad: Russians are just normal people, like you and me - they don't necessarily want the war - and surprisingly few are actually hostile to Ukrainians (I've seen Russians and Ukrainians interact, and it's honestly so sweet, as if their countries haven't ever been against one another). Sadly, because of some guy (Putin or whoever thought the war was a good idea) above charging the country against Ukraine, without asking what the Russian public want, many Russians (innocent of the conflict, no hate towards Ukraine) have gotten antagonised and hated across the Internet. I am Bulgarian and have used my dad's YT account before (he has his name, which is Bulgarian ie: Slavic, as his username) to write comments. On a video unrelated to the war, I made a comment, unrelated to the war, and guess what some guy replied: they literally saw a Slavic name that looked "Russian" to them and literally damn replied to my comment "idk if you're Russian, your name looks Russian, but please stop the war". First of, he saw a Slavic name and instantly thought Russian no thought of consequence whatsoever. Second, like wtf do you expect me to do- go knock on Putin's door, saying "Hey stop the war pls, you're killing people" -"oh you're right, I'm sorry, okay I'll stop", like wtf.

[@NoodleBerry]

Hey my family is Ukrainians who moved to Canada in the early 20th century!

[@kokam4682]

Hey dude do history of Belarus 🇧🇾

[@roysobak1421]

1. Ukraine word - Not from borderlands. It means land/country. In Ukraina there is word Kraina - literally translates as country. You can say it's from word Kraj - translating like edge/border. I heard this a lot and It's true. But this word also translates as land. Like in Poland - Armia Krajowa. It's not a border army, it's home army. So, historians around the world, stop saying this nonsense. Bandera - never pledged to work with the nazis, he and his organization was acknowledged as freedom fighters in Nurnberg. Many soldiers did serve in wehrmacht and it was encouraged by OUN, not because they pledged or something else, but for military training. Oath of OUN-UPA was documented and it consisted only with pledges to fight for free Ukraine.

[@Чёрныйбаронъ-д1ы]

Вот что пишет Грушевский по поводу первого употребления слова «оукраина» в летописи (под 1187 г., применительно к Переяславщине): «Як бачимо, цїла Переяславщина була властиво тільки пограничною маркою, оборонною границею руської кольонїзації з степом. Ся її роля була причиною, що до неї в наших джерелах було в перше приложене славне пізнїйше імя „України” )

[@roysobak1421]

@@Чёрныйбаронъ-д1ы Сльішал про "одно слово, разньіе значения"? Край стола єто не тоже самое что и край родной к примеру. В контексте Руси, разноплеменного образования, єто могло иметь значение пограничья. В контексте же народа и независимого государства данное значение смьісла не имеет. Цитируешь Грушевского, цитируй и других историков что считают иначе ведь консенсуса в єтом вопросе нет.

[@treasureseeker358]

16:37 18.3.2023 ICC launches an arrest warrant against Putin for the mass deportation of Ukrainian children.

[@SomasAcademy]

Omg, just realized I wasn't subbed to this channel on my current account! Fixed that now.

[@__xid__]

I wrote a huge comment with a lot of examples and things to look out for about Ukranian war, because fakes are mentioned in this video. I think that author's work is really great, i love his other videos, and i tried to show the other side. But it's been deleted by google auto-censorship in seconds. I tried to post it for a few times - deleted in seconds. There's no point to discuss anything on a platform with too much censorship. Hope this comment won't be deleted =)

[@SubcribeMinecraftNOW]

It's probably because you're posting links to other websites than youtube. Those get auto-removed

[@familygash7500]

*AZERBAIJAN:* **ATTACKS ARMENIA IN 2020** *THE WORLD:* ... *RUSSIA:* **ATTACKS UKRAINE IN 2022** *THE WORLD:* **HIGH PITCHED DEMONIC SCREECHING**

[@TrocaTheNero]

The most recent AZ-AR clashes were not a full-on invasion from either side. I'm not an expert on it but it wasn't on the scale of Putin's attack on Ukraine.

[@louiewood7689]

Watch past 17:00 plz. He literally goes into this

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

Lol Karabakh was recognized By UN as part of Azerbaijan and not Armenia that's why most of the world didn't reacted

[@wresser]

putin: *attacks Ukraine in 2014* the world: ...

[@familygash7500]

@uk ball The Karabakh region is predominantly inhabited by Armenians who want to be with Armenia; they have the right to self-determination.

[@thebruhemojiorjoji8843]

12:09 you pointed at Turkmenistan not uzbekistan

[@eldartaghiyev8422]

Russia 🇷🇺 say they de-nazi Ukraine 🇺🇦 but the leader of Ukraine 🇺🇦 is jews. That makes no sense.

[@Cuprume]

А еврей не может быть фашистом?

[@yrretgnortsmra8955]

@@Cuprume no it's not we highly doubt a Nazi were highly take orders from a Jewish man.

[@ДмитроВасильєв-ц8о]

@@Cuprume русские называют нацистами всех кто им не нравится, не вкладывая никакого смысла в это слово

[@Cuprume]

@@ДмитроВасильєв-ц8о ты только что сказал это про всех русских, какое право ты имеешь кого-то упрекать?

[@Cuprume]

@@ДмитроВасильєв-ц8о да и почему еврей не может быть нацистом?

[@genjibeeps998]

As i Feeling bad for Ukraine, I approve this 🇺🇦 But greetings from belarus 🇧🇾

[@MRresievil310]

Good news: Ukraine is still around and still fighting back Russian tyranny!

[@lamogio7938]

Well would you look at that , it looks like Ukrainians barely ever lived in Crimea and the southeastern parts of their modern day state. Glad we finally agreed it doesn't belong to them.

[@JohnDRuddyMannyMan]

Doesn’t mean it belongs to Russia.

[@lamogio7938]

@@JohnDRuddyMannyMan Crimea itself ought to belong to the Tatars , now when it comes to regions such as Donetsk which were ethnically and culturally Russian and only ever came under Ukrainian control after the mismanagement of the USSR's collapse , I fail to see how they shouldn't be unified with their own people.

[@cogitoergosum7563]

@@lamogio7938 Most intelligent Russia supporter

[@lamogio7938]

@@cogitoergosum7563 sneed

[@cogitoergosum7563]

@@lamogio7938 by your logic, the Munich conference in 1938 was a good thing because the Germans there belonged to Germany right

[@lukeconnolly5709]

Could you do the North King Street Massacre please

[@gamerheld2481]

Ukraine is in the Schengen area?! How could I miss that?

[@JohnDRuddyMannyMan]

It’s not. But it’s allowed easier access into it

[@OskarW57]

I feel like the Polish Ukrainian and the Polish-Soviet wars should have been discussed

[@wellingtonharris3293]

4:32 Is rumored that the main reason why he did this was so that he could drink alcohol

[@Ian-fw2fp]

would you mind doing a serb or greek history video one day?

[@IDKatThisPoint-n9g]

As a Ukrainian the only mistake i found is that you called the Kievan Rus' a "kingdom" while it was more like a loose federation of local principalities, kingdoms and republics that all ususally diplomatically fought for influence in the federation but banded together for a shared cause from the start, not years later.

[@JohnDRuddyMannyMan]

That’s fair. A bit like the Holy Roman Empire.

[@IDKatThisPoint-n9g]

@@JohnDRuddyMannyMan Yes, I always joke that the Rus' was "The HRE of eastern europe"

[@easytiger6570]

Principalities didn't exist when Rus was established, it was a tribal society

[@IDKatThisPoint-n9g]

@@easytiger6570 Ahem, ahem. Polotsk, Jersika, Murom etc. existed before the Rus' but were incorporated into it

[@easytiger6570]

@@IDKatThisPoint-n9g All three existed after Rus formed

[@Supergforce777]

12:20 no free French army at the German surrender? I’m sure no one will be upset by this

[@louiewood7689]

Cos the free french were basically proped up by the major powers. Why not include Brazil Canada Australia. I think it makes sense to say that their were 4 major powers at play in the European war after 44

[@dianasorbara2136]

#ProjectUkraine #Ukraine #IStandWithUkraine #

[@AureusYoutube]

Can I just say something on behalf of all Ukrainians / those of Ukrainian ancestry: SLAVA UKRAINI! GLORY TO UKRAINE!

[@W-G301]

Сало уронили!

[@nonameking4874]

10:43 Are you kidding me? He did what?? He's just as bad as Honkler.

[@aleksanderwielopolski8205]

What you presented as "polish renaissance", is laughably incorrect. The polish renaissance was based on the Warsaw Confederation from 1573, which was introducing the religious tolerance. And what you call the enforcement of catholicism, was simply the creation of the Uniate Church whose purpose wasn't catholicisation, but simply fighting off the influence of Russia. The patriarch of Moscow claimed the religious ownership over all of orthodox people, so Poland decided to counter it by proposing to the Ruthenians: "You might keep all of your orthodox traditions, just swear allegiance to the pope instead of to the muscovite patriarch. But the allegiance to a pope will be a mere formality, in everything else you will still be orthodox". Look, as a Pole I understand why the Cossacks disliked the polish noblemen, but trying to present it as a religious issue is just absurd.

[@stekra3159]

I man Austria is only Idepndent for 73 years and we have bild a national identy out of not being German. Whlie ther is more history behind Austria modern Austria is a very jung nation. Same is true for Ukraine today

[@austria-hungary4981]

It's interesting how Ukraine "created Russia" but then Russia tried to destroy it's own "creator". (Referring to the Kyivan Rus)

[@Iesu-Christi-Servus]

The Kievan Rus' is not Ukraine, nor was it yet Russia [Россия], this is the common root of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus, and this is the true historical narrative to which Russia is holding. Don't be fooled by the name of the city - Kiev, and the pagan rune. Ukraine's pretension to be the exclusive heir of Kievan Rus' is very similar to the HRE's pretension to be the true roman empire because they held the city Rome as vassal, while the true roman empire was the byzantine empire. The byzantine lost the city of Rome and Italy and relocated on Constantinople, but nonetheless, they had the legitimate claim.

[@austria-hungary4981]

@@Iesu-Christi-Servus Nice to hear the fact that Kyivan Rus is similar to the HRE because they owned the cities that belonged to other nations and tribes and wanted to be the true ones around.

[@Iesu-Christi-Servus]

@@austria-hungary4981 You missed the point, Ukraine is the HRE. The comparaison would be nearly complete if the HRE was created as a state lately by the byzantine empire. Then, we would have an empire dominating people with other national aspirations, with false pretension, and needs to become a federation to survive, and as you say, want to be the true ones around.

[@katherinegilks3880]

Ukraine didn’t create Russia any more than France created Germany (or vice versa). Russia and Ukraine (and other states in the region) are successors to Rus, just like France and Germany et al. are successors to the Holy Roman Empire. Russia and Ukraine fighting is like France and Germany fighting. Neither is more legitimate than the other.

[@Evzone1821]

Based Ruddy

[@raimondsstrelcs995]

14.10 he fled the contry and then they woted him out. the order is importent

[@jalencampbell8807]

No war Please! 🇺🇦

[@iron545]

These days it seems there are more and more pro russia people, especially in places of great influence and, somehow, on both ends of the political spectrum. Its nice to revisit these videos and remember there are still some compssionate people out there.

[@davidmcgillveray146]

Ukraine declared independence in 1991 much like America declared it's independence in 1776

[@thecount1374]

Yes!

[@ArtywithaY]

Bro every single time you upload I just yell in celebration

[@AllyStrikesBack]

"If Russia stops fighting there will be no war, if Ukraine stops fighting there will be no Ukraine" Protester.

[@W-G301]

Если бы Украина 8 лет не бомбила Донбасс - войны бы вообще не было бы!