History Summarized: Ukraine

[@fallingstar9643]

Look at that: Blue discussing topics that happened THIS YEAR and he didn't even break out in hives. I'm proud of you!

[@arribalaschivas91]

My first thought after finishing the video was “it was weird hearing him saying ‘2022’ in a video”

[@Punaparta]

@@arribalaschivas91 Frankly, this is the reason I'm hoping for Red to make a video on Tamamo no Mae in the near future. Because there is no way for her to bring up what happened _just this year_ that wouldn't be funny as hell.

[@Petrico94]

Still kept it to mostly history, but it is nice when it lines up with current events and you can trace the line from when a people start and their attitudes to what's happening. Though it's fine to keep a rule of not going into detail of what happened 40 years ago since the context could change very soon, case and point Ukraine is independent aaannd now Crimea is being stolen, glad that's ov-INVASION. At the same time he should avoid making videos like Hong Kong where he puts them off until major events start up.

[@wilemelliott]

@@arribalaschivas91 its hard not to when we are watching historically relevant actions currently taking place...

[@FeignJurai]

To be fair, history in the region really barely took time to breathe from the medieval period to today.

[@wolv0223]

Blue: "The 2020s are a wild ride." Person from the future: "Wow, he sounds exhausted, that must have been a heck of a decade for him." Blue: "Oh, that was only 2 and a half years in."

[@darthslain]

2000's=1900's part 2

[@aulvinduergard9952]

@@darthslain 1900's part 2: Slavic Boogaloo.

[@luthfihar3211]

@@darthslain if that's really the case the 2030's gonna be wild

[@Bluecho4]

I am really, _really_ tired of living in interesting times. Please tell the hag-witch that cursed us all to please relent.

[@nathanseper8738]

OUCH....

[@raiknightshade3442]

I don't envy Blue the position of "if i had a nickel for every time i accidentally procrastinated a video into wartime for the subject state, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's terrifying that it happened twice", but i do appreciate the look into a history that quite frankly i had no knowledge of other than "probably did not have a fun time during the Russian empires" Edit: eyyy i got a (very vague) shout out in the podcast, my life is complete 😅

[@utubrGaming]

This is gonna result in Blue going into Sweatshop Mode for the sake of world peace, right?

[@tbotalpha8133]

Every other country on Blue's to-do list: *loud sweating*

[@Znwarp]

So what Blue's saying is- we need to get into more wars to get "History Summarized" videos out quicker?

[@playdoughmaster808]

If we get a world war we’ll get almost every country in like a few months to a year

[@Corvus772]

What was the first one?

[@Ugrasrava]

"Longer story, the 2020's are a wild ride." Preach. It's been 2 years and I feel like I've aged decades.

[@HrabiaVulpes]

Yeah, last two years were a strange decade.

[@AegixDrakan]

Same, yo. The last two years have both been insanely fast, but also unbelievably long. The fact I've had my dream job (Narrative Designer at a game studio I really respect) for two years feels like it's only been like half a year, but the pandemic and all the other miserable stuff? Feels like it's been a solid decade. x_x

[@nttea]

I remember occasionally wishing i was living in more interesting times and now i realized i definitely do not wish that.

[@queensdontbow]

@@nttea There's a reason "May you live in interesting times" is considered a curse.

[@theslavbeing335]

"There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen" --Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

[@nightflame389]

"The 2020s are a wild ride" "Man, it's been a tough decade" "Dude, we're not even halfway done"

[@vericulum6810]

there is global famine on a horize and a reccession.

[@Zaire82]

*not even a quarter-way done

[@eljanrimsa5843]

@@vericulum6810 perhaps world war iii will start before the famine hits

[@b10productions24]

The 2020's as of 2022: -I wanna get off the ride already! -But the ride hasn't even started yet...

[@AegixDrakan]

@@b10productions24 To continue your ride analogy: "But we've barely gone through the first corkscrew loopdeloop!" "Yeah, but the guys in front of us have puked over everyone on the ride, six people flew out to their doom, and I can clearly see that there's some vandals throwing rocks at the trolleys, AND I See an even WORSE cockscrew loopdeloop coming up! I am fully justified with hating this ride already!"

[@Luffy453]

If only some people could look at history and say: "Ah, yes. We could learn something from that."

[@biswasbudhathoki8144]

People do learn. They are just arrogant to think that they could make the same mistake and carry on.

[@shadowldrago]

@@biswasbudhathoki8144 Ah. So, hubris.

[@Luffy453]

@@biswasbudhathoki8144 Some, yes. Others just plainly don´t learn (plus they think that was then and now is different...but humans are animals of habit)

[@biswasbudhathoki8144]

@@shadowldrago yeah

[@vaclavjebavy5118]

half of all our problems are because of people not learning from history, the other half is because of people having learnt from history

[@elSidUA]

I'm a ukrainian from Odesa, been following the channel for a while. I'd say that among all the westerners trying to condense our history in an approachable and user-friendly 10 to 15 minutes video, you've done a good job. A bit too condensed on some "controversial" XX century events that define our relations with the neighbors to this day. But knowing the author's aversion to the modern history, that's understandable. Also bonus points for trying to pronounce our new military motto in the end, you've managed better than most politicians. XD

[@betelgayze]

i just wanted to say that uhh omg?? im from odessa too! :0

[@ACey96]

I'm Irish not from Ukraine but when living in Moldova I visited Odessa 4 times and what an amazing city, it is beautiful and the people seemed so genuine And i will be back again I even liked it more than Kiev Maybe it was the smaller city/population that made it just seen so much more familiar

[@cultistofsomething3517]

Don't know where you got the info, Bandera is considered a hero in Ukraine. There is literally a song with lyrics "Our father Bandera, and Ukraine-mother"

[@elSidUA]

@@ACey96 True, Odesa is a much more "chill" city overall. Many people move here from Kyiv to rest from the fast tempo of the capital. Even now, during the air alarms, most people just accept the fact, "keep calm and carry on" style. Kyiv, IMO, has much more stuff and more things happening there, but in Odesa we have the sea and that's important XD

[@elSidUA]

@@macanaeh My personal take on him is that he was definitely a radical nationalist, maybe even a fascist and his main purpose in life was independent and united Ukraine. He for sure hadn't been soft on the Russians and the Poles. He initially allied with the Germans, but after trying to establish a Ukrainian state in 1941, they betrayed Bandera and threw him in a concentration camp where he was till 1944. His brothers died there. So Bandera himself hasn't done much during the war, besides being a nominal leader of the movement. The Ukrainian nationalists overall were very fractured, some collaborated with the Germans, and some fought both the Germans and the Soviets. And that's a very complicated subject, since, yeah, there was the Volyn massacre, conducted by a rogue unit, but during the interwar years the Polish government was not the "kindest" towards the Ukrainians as well. And for sure there was antisemitism among the Ukrainian population, but there were many Jews among the Ukrainian freedom fighters. I believe that Bandera should be studied and remembered as a product of his time. He was not an angel and the Poles, for example, have all the right to hate him, but he fought for our freedom and died for it, so he is indeed a Ukrainian hero, like Khmelnytsky, Mazepa, and so on. Also, I believe that after this war we will have many more "less controversial" heroes to build our historical memory around and Bandera will be gently phased out. Thanks for listening to my rambling TED talk 8)

[@laneydaniels1936]

Have you guys heard of Kokum scarves? They were made by Ukrainians traditionally, and were traded with northern Native Americans for a long time, so now they are a part of our culture as well! You will commonly see them at powwows worn as a scarf, at the belt, or just held. It feels awesome to know we have some direct ties to Ukraine.

[@annalisasteinnes]

Very cool!

[@MrTigracho]

When this trade happened? I wanna know

[@laneydaniels1936]

@@MrTigracho they were mainly traded when Ukrainian immigrants were settling in Canada in the late 19th century as far as I know, but I would recommend doing some research if you’d like to know more

[@thegrandberry4418]

@@MrTigracho In the late 1800’s Canada was trying to settle the great plains of what are now Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, particularly to prevent US expansion into the area, as well as your standard resource and territory reasons. However they had a hard time getting people to move there because the region was rather inhospitable, being undeveloped and cold as shit. They advertised to many European countries, primarily wanting Northern and Western Europeans (British, Nordic, German ect.) However a group they got a large attention from were Eastern Europeans, many of who were the subjects of empires and were pretty willing to deal with the harsh conditions of prairies if it meant a better chance at prosperity. In particular, Ukrainians from the areas of Galicia and Bukovina were drawn to this news. Ukrainians by this point in time had been shuffled through many empires and were frequently oppressed. The Ukrainians of Galicia and Bukovina under Austro-Hungarian rule, while enjoying some benefits relative to the conditions of other foreign rulers, were still pushed into poverty, had no aristocratic class and so outside of the clergy, lacked major political representation, and because of the landowner system, frequently couldn’t get their own land (and subsequently, resources like lumber). Ukrainians first came to know of Canada’s promise from their German neighbours. From there, many from Galicia and Bukovina started immigrating, with the first settlement being the Edna-Star settlement east of Edmonton. Many Ukrainians faced significant difficulty when they arrived: the weather was harsh, many were illiterate and didn’t speak English, and many faced xenophobia and racism when they arrived. However, many Ukrainians received help from the Indigenous peoples they encountered when they arrived, particularly the Plains Cree. There’s many anecdotes you can find online, but basically, the many Cree helped Ukrainians survive the harsh winters, identify plants for foraging and medicinal use when Ukrainians weren’t familiar with the local flora, and the two groups began trade, with Ukrainians introducing many recipes that are still popular in Indigenous communities, such as pirogies, cabbage rolls, and poppy seed rolls. While the relationship of course has a lot of nuance, history, and complications as history often does, Ukrainians and Cree (and other Indigenous groups) had often amicable relationships, especially when compared to that between other groups and Indigenous peoples. Among the objects traded was what is often called a “koukum scarf” or grandma scarf in Cree. The scarves are generally decorated with floral patterns and bright colours, and were worn as shawls and head wrappings by Ukrainian women, particularly in church and as a marker of marriage (they had other purposes too but that’s the most relevant one to Ukrainian Canadian history as far as I know). These were traded and gifted to Indigenous (mainly Cree) people, and many of the women adopted the practice of wearing them around their heads. It has since spread across North America as symbol of Indigenous resistance as well as a connection to one’s ancestors (namely grandmothers) and is incorporated into Powwow regalia in a variety of ways by both men and women. So anyway, to answer your question: roughly the 1890s to the mid 1900’s

[@MrTigracho]

@@thegrandberry4418 Interesting. Thanks for your explanation

[@lewisroach8723]

The ending bit about the warship quote is especially funny given that the very warship they were referring to just got sunk the other day.

[@wheeliebeast7679]

It didn't literally F itself, but it did go down on itself.

[@keirgomcginlay2044]

'Fine! If you won't f*** yourself, we'll come over there and do it for you.'

[@a-drewg1716]

and the Russian flagship and pride of the fleet the Moskva was just sunk as-well after getting hit by 2 Ukrainian anti-ship missiles.

[@shk0992]

And to top it all off, they put that quote, along with said warship, on a stamp for Ukraine Post. It's already sold out

[@festethephule7553]

@@a-drewg1716 That is the ship being talked about, yes.

[@wbenga]

Thank you, as a childhood immigrant from Ukraine to the United States, I never learned much about the history of my homeland. It's nice learning about, and seeing others acknowledge Ukraine as it's own history, not just as a part of russia.

[@maxfowler9476]

Bayraktar

[@cllncl]

@@cppdeveloper I'm Ukrainian, over 90% of the things shown in this video are correct. Obviously, there are some inconsistencies, and a lot more that even I don't know of, but it's accurate.

[@paulvalor8022]

@@cllncl and the biggest is to call it "borderlands". Makes me mad.

[@stormshadow5283]

There is no history of Ukraine cause there was no historical Ukraine until quite recently. It is like talking about ancient US history, or ancient Pakistani history or ancient Australian history etc. Its ridiculous frankly that you are trying to appropriate the ancient history of Russia and present it as the history of an artificial state like Ukraine.

[@cllncl]

@@stormshadow5283 Average Russian bot

[@drilltotheheavens1695]

I’m glad that your helping to educate the people on the past to help them have a better grasp on the present. Thank you Blue.

[@frownyclowny6955]

Love your pfp and name

[@AxxLAfriku]

I HATE people that HATE other people. The comment I respond to did not spread HATE. That is good. BUT! I get a lot of HATE comments on my amazing videos and I HATE it. Please don't start spreading HATE. Do I have to HATE you too, dear dri

[@carlosroo5460]

Bayraktar

[@stormshadow5283]

There is no history of Ukraine cause there was no historical Ukraine until quite recently. It is like talking about ancient US history, or ancient Pakistani history or ancient Australian history etc. Its ridiculous frankly that you are trying to appropriate the ancient history of Russia and present it as the history of an artificial state like Ukraine.

[@drilltotheheavens1695]

@@stormshadow5283 Bayraktar

[@pantuternik]

The Cossacks were so badass that even to this day, in Polish, _Kozak_ in slang means "cool" or "cool guy"!

[@pantuternik]

@Tin Watchman Really? ehh, ...what form of genocide this time?

[@runakovacs4759]

@@pantuternik Khmielinsky uprising.

[@LutsikArch]

😄 Cool, I didn't know that

[@LutsikArch]

@@runakovacs4759 unfortunately true.

[@yevhendykyi3937]

@Tin Watchman It is important to understand that the pogroms were committed against the Polish local elite, who humiliated and oppressed the rights of Ukrainians (Rusyns), and Jews were simply part of that elite, like some Ukrainians. Therefore, the attempt of the Jews to suck out hatred for them as an ethnic group is at least dishonest. Ukraine still has the lowest rate of anti-Semitism in Europe - this is not an accident, but a historical inheritance. Jews were also on the side of Khmelnytskyi and their status did not differ in any way, no one was interested in their ethnicity. Yes, it turns out that the Jews destroyed the Jews. Because in fact, this story is not about Jews at all. Ethnicity did not matter on either side. Jews were simply on both sides.

[@Peteman]

Not so fun fact: despite both Holocaust and Holodomor seemingly having the same prefix, they have different root words, where "Holodomor" comes from the Ukranian words "Holod" and "mor" meaning "hunger" and "extermination" respectively (online Britannica), whereas "Holocaust" comes Greek, with "hol" and "kaustos" meaning "whole" and "burnt" (Merriam Webster dictionary). Ugly coincidence.

[@kjj26k]

Woah.

[@richardaubrecht2822]

"Mor" is more like death than extermination. Morit' means "to die". In some Slavic languages (like mine) mor also means pestilence.

[@electricangel4488]

Holocaust is a old term for scoring or scowering in english if i am not mistakrn

[@darkwarriormaster9644]

So “Holocaust” roughly means “whole burnt” or something similar?

[@redline841]

Really neat coincidence

[@seanmcloughlin5983]

I’m so glad you had time to mention Saint Olga, she’s such a legend. How many saints do *you* know that buried men alive and burned a city to the ground with pigeons. (Even if the story is probably greatly exaggerated if not 100% BS.) Edit: Also small thing and I know the Cossacks are complicated but they weren’t just Ukrainian Orthodox, there were Catholics, Tatar Muslims, the fact they were so multicultural was apart of their appeal to basically anyone who wanted to flee their serf lives and take to the open steppe, as one Cossack leader said “Cossacks aren’t a culture, it’s a lifestyle.”

[@teekaa2520]

Saint Olga of Kyiv, a f***ing legend!

[@BoojumFed]

Yeah, the Cossacks were as multicultural as they could be for the time. Anyone and everyone escaping serfdom from the surrounding areas was welcome. Orthodox or Catholic? Get on the horse. Muslim? Horse. Get on it. Jewish? [*hands them a saddle] Ride, man. Ride!

[@s0rtaananym]

I'm pretty sure that is not what saint are supposed to do

[@seanmcloughlin5983]

@@s0rtaananym what’s your point person within fire pigeon distance?

[@carlosroo5460]

Bayraktar

[@SunshineNinja94]

I noticed that I kept saying "the ukraine" when discussing current events and couldn't figure out why for the life of me. Thanks for explaining and proving it wasn't a localised Mandela effect!

[@DeathnoteBB]

I keep seeing people call it that as well!

[@BradyPostma]

The phrase "the Ukraine" is how the Soviet Union referred to the area as a constituent part of itself, denying its sovereignty or nationhood. During the Cold War, the first world and second world both mostly used that phrasing. "Ukraine" without the definite article "the" is how nationalists have referred to themselves, and has been the official and proper phrasing continually since Ukrainian independence was recognized in 1991. Saying "the Ukraine" is almost like saying "You should be part of Russia again."

[@suedenim]

@@BradyPostma I am still confused by some of this, particularly since Russian (and I think Ukrainian too?) don't even HAVE definite articles! Maybe "the Ukraine" was used by the Germans?

[@Alias_Anybody]

@@BradyPostma They actually displayed a ton of patience about that already. Imagine for example saying "the Scotlands" once and not gaining an enemy.

[@kavky]

Because that's what Russian speakers have been calling it "the krai", and English speakers have transliterated it. It's name means The Borderland, because it's on the side of the Russian heartland.

[@fastman9251]

As a Ukrainian I'm happy to say this is one of the best videos on Ukraine I've seen from an English-speaker. I'm impressed.

[@Bruhman_16]

Слава Україні героям Слава

[@ДмитроКостів-й1ю]

це якщо не враховувати маячню про так званого "рюрика" особу якого неможливо підтвердити, і Новгород якого в 862 році ще не існувало

[@mrrey3481]

As a long time subscriber, I want to say: thank you. Thank you for bringing light to our long and complicated history. Ukraine has some historical stuff that is absolutely unique while also being absolute bangers, such as Cossacks which I believe deserve to be better known to the world. The spirit of freedom, strong will and desire to be absolutely cheeky is in our blood and history. And I would like to thank you for shedding some light onto it. Much thanks from Ukraine. We WILL prevail.

[@aleksisgabliks3881]

What makes that iconic ending quote even better is that said battle ship actually did sink couple days ago. Oh, and said ship costed like billion euros and Russia only had 3 ships of such class

[@alhemičarka]

It's even better (or worse, depending on the side)! The ship cost some 1.3 billion euro in 2010. Right how that would be just about 3 billion. Plus, the ship, Russia's one and only, currently irreplaceable warship in the Black Sea, got mauled by a nation with no navy to speak of. They hit them with the Neptune missiles from land.

[@alyssaagnew4147]

If there's one thing I've learned about Ukrainians since this whole war started, it's that they're no pushovers.

[@xenon4888]

It is also ironic that this ship was built in Ukraine.

[@Revenante_of_Asylum]

Fool, the ship is not sunk, it has merely engaged its top secret improvised submarine mode!

[@luigicampo4008]

On the anniversary of the Titanic's sinking no less.

[@maximbilenko5179]

As a Ukrainian it's still kinda crazy for me to see how my favorite channels all talk about my homeland. All this support makes me feel like me and my country are an integral part of the wider world. I really, really appreciate that. This is something worth fighting for.

[@t3chkn1ght]

I just hope you and your loved ones are alright. Let's hope that peace arrives soon. Проклятий Путін! Слава Україні!

[@gunterxvoices4101]

It is because it is important to money smuggling and recently got outed in the Pandora Papers. The US never defends anything unless there is money involved.

[@vytczka]

Hold on, brothers! Lithuania will never forget or forgive them for what they are doing to you. Valhala may soon run out of place for the heroes in Mariupol.

[@Don-ck1ot]

I’m jealous no one cares for my country :(

[@cloudstrife4534]

@@Don-ck1ot Whichever country you’re from, it’s worth caring about, and I’m sorry it doesn’t get brought up much :)

[@thememeslinger7506]

Recent events have made this video age like the finest of wines

[@alsy6813]

As a Russian I thank you dearly for uploading this video and talking about this important topic. I never was interested in history, knew only the basics of it, though from literature classes and my grandfather being from Ukraine it felt like they were different people. And then I started university, and nearly the first history lesson I had there was basically about how Ukraine is nothing but extension of Russia. A month ago we had this lecture repeated, to hummer down the point -- the war is good, and thinking otherwise is stupid... Thank you for talking about it, and reminding me once more what I already know -- everything that my official teachers say about it is total and complete bullshit.

[@alsy6813]

@Idontknowmynamelol 17 thank you. And I really hope it will be. You know -- if I may talk about my personal story here -- propaganda is so strange. My family is sure that *I* am the one who was brainwashed by Western propaganda. I've been called a traitor of my homeland for expressing my views, saying that any war is unacceptable, and being part of LGBT. My grandmother, in the heat of an argument, told me people like me should die because we destroy our country. I remember being a child who liked daydreaming. One of the stories I came up with was about a war, Russia against the whole world, and I remember imagining myself being a hero, saving my homeland from the Western countries that had attacked us. I remember thinking about this and believing it could happen, and now I find myself watching a real war, and my country is the one who has started it, the one attacking and taking innocent lives and committing crimes that I have only before seen in films about German Nazis -- those films that talked about how my country has defeated them! And now I can't help but wish for my country to lose, so this madness can end, so there's no more death and destruction -- all while fighting with my family. Arguing with my grandmother, whose husband is Ukrainian, over whether or not Russian soldiers are saving people there. And how can I argue if to anything I say they have quick answers -- that I'm too young, that I know nothing, that I'm brainwashed by the internet? And how can I not question my sanity if all around me is this -- Zs (which is the symbol of the war) on banners and windows of cars, obligatory propaganda lessons and god save me from ever seeing a TV screen, if even the word *war* is banned from any official news, and medias using it banned as "foreign agents"? Videos as this one, comments under them are so damn important, because it reminds me that it's not me being crazy for saying that a war is wrong. And that maybe this will actually end one day. I no longer believe I can wake up from this nightmare to the reality where my country hasn't sacrificed thousands of lives, Ukrainian and Russian, for nothing but stupid ambitions. But maybe there is the future in this crazy reality where the war ends, and Putin is gone, and new people lead Russia, those who actually show remorse for what's been done and help fix this, and that maybe I can hope that one day Russia will be accepted back in the world as a friend, not an enemy, and will be a friend, not... this.

[@mycorner7894]

@@alsy6813 hi, Ukrainian here. I'm so glad I stumbled upon your comment. Everyday while reading the news it seems like my hate for Russia hits a new high, and I feel like there's almost no hope left in me for the Russian people. But reading your comment returned me to the reality. Russian government wants us to think, that everyone supports the war, but it is not true. I feel your pain, and I'm sorry for what you have to go through, you deserve to be in a much better situation, just as a lot of other conscious people in your country do. I won't lie, from the look of things I don't think that Russians are going to rise up to defeat the evil, but I wholeheartedly hope, that they do, for the sake of saving innocent lives on our side and yours.

[@Servo_M]

@@alsy6813 Keep a good hold on the hope, God bless you all.

[@John_Weiss]

@@alsy6813 Remember: they're telling you one thing, but the rest of the world is demonstrating that what they are saying is completely different. Anyone who insists they are right and the world is wrong has malfunctioned. _They_ have malfunctioned. You are not the problem. Also: I've been worrying about my fellow LGBT+ folk in Russia since 2014. Please keep safe!

[@alsy6813]

@@mycorner7894 thank you for your answer and understanding. In return, I'd like to tell you a few things, if I may. Firstly, there are much more those who don't support this war than it seems. I talked about my family in these comments, about the older generation, because these are the once affected by propaganda the most. I've got a few cousins. They understand what's happening, they are scared and grieving just like I am. The youngest one had a close friend in Ukraine; he hasn't wrote her back since the invasion started, and she has spent the first month barely sleeping from worry. She's not the only one. Many of us have people we know in Ukraine and, true, there are those who believe propaganda more than words of actual human beings, but there are those who understand and want to help. I personally know a few people, who has sent money to Ukraine to the military funding before it was made impossible, and even then -- I have found a way to do so again, and maybe others have, too. I know those who are angry and scared and want this to end, but are too scared to speak up about it where they can be heard; this is the thing -- speaking up now is a dangerous idea that gets punished harshly but leads nowhere. Until more people understand what's going on and are ready to act, it's a sacrifice that won't change anything. I hope the time will come, with sanctions and the defeat in war hurrying it, when there will be a chance. I want to also tell you that, even if it hurts to know that the hate between our countries exists, I understand it fully. You have every right to hate us. Our army is the one who came to your land and started killing your people. I would hate us if I'd not be stuck on this side, too. I thank you for seeing beyond this emotion, for sharing your empathy with me. I hope that this understanding will exist after the war, too; that, if not now, if only in years, when the war is over and Putin regime is, too; when Ukraine is rebuilt and Russia admits its crimes and pays for them, when we pay for the crimes committed by some of us -- I hope there will be understanding and forgiveness after that. My grandfather and mother described me what Kiev looked like when they were there, and I have dreamt of visiting it one day. I hope there will be a day when this happens, even if it will take years of work to get there. To end this message, I want to tell you one last thing. In 2018, when Putin was elected for the last time, I was too young to vote. I have the right to do so now, but nobody seems to want to listen to me; they will have to eventually, though. My youngest cousin will turn eighteen in two years, and thousands more people will with her. People who don't support these atrocities, people who want change, people who will be old enough to act for this change to happen, all while those in power now will die whether they're helped or not. Russia will change, and I know it. Its only the matter of time. And... yes, it's not of much help to you. Its already too late for too many Ukrainians, and those fighting a war cannot afford a few years of waiting. Those deaths will never be undone, but when you win the war, -- and brave people like you will, -- we'll try our hardest to sort out things in our country so this can never happen again. Stay safe.

[@LarryGarfieldCrell]

I have been wondering when this video would appear for 6 weeks. Finally, it's here! Let's do some history...

[@tananario]

Finally? Really …

[@TheXtremeBoltGuy]

4:10 fun fact, this is where the element of Ruthenium on the Periodic Table got its name, it was discovered in Ukraine and as such was named after the country's Latin name

[@wingedhybrid16]

That's so cool! :D

[@Sedobr]

Lies, it was opened by a German-Russian chemist Karl Claus in Kazan, and was named after his mothetland, as he said - Russia. In the international language of science, The Latin - Ruthenina. no one separated the history of the only east slavic state of the past and the only east slavic state of their present

[@ulphilas4953]

Wikipedia: 1) Russian-born scientist of Baltic-German ancestry Karl Ernst Claus discovered the element in 1844 at Kazan State University and named ruthenium in honor of Russia. 2) Choosing the name for the new element, Claus stated: "I named the new body, in honour of my Motherland, ruthenium. I had every right to call it by this name because Mr. Osann relinquished his ruthenium and the word does not yet exist in chemistry."

[@maxr2743]

Mad respect for calling the prince who baptized the Rus "Volodymyr" and not "Vladimir". That's what the name was, according to the sources, and that's how it survived in Ukrainian language.

[@RedXlV]

One thing to remember is that Volodymyr's trident has been a symbol of Kyiv (and by extension Kyivan Rus'/Ruthenia/Ukraine) for a thousand years. Russia never adopted that symbol at any point in their history. Which nicely debunks Russia's self-serving mythology that *they* are the direct continuation of Kyivan Rus'.

[@WeAreAHorde]

ukrainian is modified russian developed in the 19th century by academics cope and seethe

[@lolnoobus]

Oh, yes, ancient sources written in ancient Ukrainian language, about.... how some kid from Novgorod came with scandinavian merc gang on territory of ancient Ukraine, taked Kiev, killed his ruler, who was, i guess, ancient Ukrainian, and that how ancient Ukraine was occupated by evil russian occupants?

[@lolnoobus]

@@thegoodcalavera Well, i didnt invoke anything. Vladimir run from Novgorod to Scandinavia, after that he return with some scandinavian boys to make his vengeance. It a chronics, it has nothing to do with yours fantasies about Kremlin. And genocide, so calm down.

[@lolnoobus]

@@thegoodcalavera Listen, we talk about history. Quite ancient history. I react to the post that i found ridiculous. Because writing about something like "Ukrainian source from 9th century" is ridiculus (as much as others claims from other modern contries but there a video about Ukraine, right?). And here suddenly we have you, another ridiculous person, who come in creaming like religious fanatic your religious chant "Kremlin-Putin-genocide!" Thats funny, really. Now, lets return to Vladimir and separate cultures. Of course, they WAS separate. Culture of Novgorod was different from culture of Kiev. How they even can be same? It was different tribes, different religious, trade influences, they contacted with a very different cultures. I repeat again, if some Russian ultramegasupernationalist hurt you somewhere, it has nothing to do with me, ok? So, how different was Vladimir from his brother from another mother? Well, not so much, if we believe that they both ruled with help of viking mercenary gangs. But they was different if we put kievans, novgorodians, and some tribes around in this calculation. (By the way, i dont do "exactly what Putin does", i mean, i dont have a missiles, fuck, i dont even have a gun. Stop seeing Putin everywhere, it is creepy ).

[@minaly22]

Hello! Taiwanese viewer here. Hope you all take a good look at Ukraine, because if China has anything to say, it would be that the concept of Taiwan is entirely imaginary. Thank you.

[@smokesakimbo6322]

Taiwan is fake country

[@НиколайБурлов-н8ь]

Aren't you guys still calling yourself China? Jokes aside, this is very very true.

[@carso1500]

@@НиколайБурлов-н8ь pretty much this days the position of the taiwanese people is pro independence and since Taiwan is a democratic nation that means that the people are free to decide their own destiny and as such they have the right to become an independent nation state Fuck the CCP

[@stumblepuppy606]

by "China", do you mean West Taiwan?

[@AmanKumarPadhy]

Obvuously

[@LexYeen]

Fun fact: As of this writing, the Russian warship told to perform anatomical improbabilities is on special extended deployment to the Black Sea Artificial Reef Project.

[@dansmith1661]

Sunk by the ghost of Kiev and funded by biolab researchers.

[@dogcarman]

Epic crossreference there. Well done.

[@kaktuslocc]

Yeah... It's not "sinking", it's "special submarine conversion" :D

[@robinviden9148]

It’s on a special underwater operation.

[@sailiealquadacil1284]

Poetic justice.

[@kucimaka8092]

based cossacks randomly becoming European cowboys is definitely the best part of Ukrainian history

[@gamer228r]

Yeah russians hate it absolutely , they say that we (ukrainians) have 0 relation to cossacks and that cossacks were just some "class" who began serving the tsar , which isnt true

[@ketsugi8167]

@@gamer228r funny how when there's something cool the ukrainians did, they're just gonna take it and claim it as theirs or just deny their existence overall. really sounding like a salty ex

[@Cybernaut551]

I agree, Europe & the Americas' cowboys would be cool to ride together.

[@Alkarasu]

​@@gamer228r well, it's rather funny how you rebuke one mistake with another. While cossacks only became a "class" sometime after they came to serve the tzar, their relation to modern Ukrainians are about the same as to the modern Russians. Cossacks first came to be as Orthodox Christianized nomads of the Wild Field, mostly keeping the culture and customs of the Steppe. Same as their non-Christian neighbors, they led the life of looting and pillaging, but preferred to raid Muslim and Catholic cities, which made them a natural ally to Orthodox Russia (and a natural enemy of Poland and the various Tatar khanates). Later they became a popular destination for the peasants running away from their masters (both Russian and Polish), and then were integrated as a sort of a warrior class into Russian Empire. But in any case, any attempt by Ukraine to claim them as their ancestors is funny, since if it was true, Ukraine would have to be moved to various places of Siberia and Kazakhstan - where most of the actual cossacks were resettled when their service as a border guard in Ukraine became obsolete. What remained was heavily diluted by Russian settlers pouring into the finally safe Wild Field, and the descendants of those settlers consist the vast majority of the current Ukrainian population (with the exception the part that was Poland up until the WW2).

[@gamer228r]

@@Alkarasu Well , that points would be true if that wouldn't be later which you already say in ur comment , they still were on land of ukraine , they still wanted to create a state which included ruthenian ethnic territory

[@yandespar3490]

As a Ukrainian, I've noticed a resurgence of similar videos on the topic of my own country and there is a trait in them that I really like. The new videos seem to mostly ditch the russian state line that was so popular just up until recently. While understandable due to the sheer power of soviet and then russians propaganda, it still were very diminishing for us. And I'm really thankful that the change is happening and that we finally get our own agency in the eyes of other countries. In a globalising world, it's really important to be recognized as a legitimate actor and such videos really help even if those have some simplifications. I'd not expect anyone to fit in our whole history in a ten minute video. P. S. Loving your videos for a long time, especially ramblings about Italy and it's art!

[@veryblackraven]

Have to say as a Ukrainian, this video ROCKS. I still don't quite understand how you managed to make a 12-minute video so detailed, and at the same time so entertaining. You are amazing.

[@Mortablunt]

He completely ignored all evil and Nazi shit you Khokhols love so much that's how!

[@spaghettification8658]

4:27 An important sidenote can be made here about the origin of Russia's name. "Russia" came into being when Ivan the Terrible of Muscovy (ie: Moscow) declared himself "Tsar of All Rus'" in 1547, in effect claiming that his realm was the successor state to the old Kyivian Rus', and therefore that Belarus and Ukraine were his rightful land. This idea, that modern Russia is the heir of the Rus', and therefore that Belarus & Ukraine are sub-units of Russia as a whole, was the basis for a lot of Tsarist and Soviet propaganda, and Putin's current rhetoric that Ukraine is part of Russia. That's also why you will often see 19th and 20th century Ukrainian nationalists refer not to "Russians" but to "Muscovites", because in Ukrainian eyes the government in Moscow has no right to refer to itself as such.

[@JacksonJinn]

Context. Sweet, glorious context.

[@carlosroo5460]

Bayraktar

[@cristianvillanueva8782]

Absolutely based.

[@WastedEfforts]

Ivan the Terrible was Rurikid, thus in full right to the title. He's just one of the Rurikid princess who succeeded in reunification of Rus lands.

[@stormshadow5283]

There is no history of Ukraine cause there was no historical Ukraine until quite recently. It is like talking about ancient US history, or ancient Pakistani history or ancient Australian history etc. Its ridiculous frankly that you are trying to appropriate the ancient history of Russia and present it as the history of an artificial state like Ukraine.

[@OverlySarcasticProductions]

Comment "Bayraktar" to dunk on pro-war Russian-Propaganda trolls -B

[@assassain0425]

I procrastinated till a war, like damn.

[@ommnis598]

Bayraktar

[@yabe-kfptentacultist]

Bayraktar

[@salixalba6536]

Bayraktar

[@kelvin3057]

Bayraktar

[@slook7094]

They've never called themselves "the Ukraine" because Slavic languages don't have articles. Edit: Except Bulgarian.

[@magister343]

The real change was in the kind of proposition used to say that someone is "in Ukraine" or "on the border"

[@RedXlV]

Yep, it's simply that translating it to English as "the Ukraine" instead of "Ukraine" is seen as insulting by Ukrainians. Kind of like how they want their capital written in English as Kyiv rather Kiev.

[@sana3843]

The is only used before couturiers if they are in plural, if a country has a political title in its name, or if it refers a group of islands or territories. It makes no sense to say the Ukraine unless you imply that it’s not a country but a part of different entity.

[@slook7094]

@@sana3843 The Gambia is singular.

[@QualityPen]

@@RedXlV Who is “they” exactly? A little less than half of Ukrainians use Russian as their primary language, and only several decades ago that was the majority of Ukrainians, before Ukrainization kicked into gear in the school curriculum there and speaking Ukrainian became the patriotic thing to do. In other words, the majority used to say Kiev, not Kyiv, and many in the country still call it Kiev. There are cities in Ukraine where this difference is even more ridiculous. Kharkov was changed to Kharkiv, except basically nobody living in Kharkov calls it Kharkiv. While we’re correcting English pronunciations of foreign names: Moscow -> Moskva Russia -> Rossiya (Ethnic) Russian -> Ruskiy Crimea -> Krim Though I suspect you won’t be as enthusiastic towards correcting your pronunciation of those…

[@thecrazyukrainian1335]

I am Ukrainian-American and there is alot of history and stories that I would like to share if that is alright. :) So most of my ancestors are Ukrainian all the way back to the Cossacks. There is...lets say alot of things about a state trying to become independent and what happened to our people along the way. There was always war, usually every generation there was always a major conflect. Which explains why compared to most European contires, we do not have many permanent and historical architecture. Other than Kiev, there are few noticible old landmarcks. Great great grandfather got married at age 18 because there was no woman to deal with the household chores. All the slightly older and stronger men usually die before marriage. Grandfather was interesting. He lived in Poland to have a better life, but WW2 came around. The german army did not couse much problems acutally because they were just kids, young me of 18-21. (Fun fact, that is when he first tasted chocolate) However when the gestapo came by, he fled. Came to the town of Obischi (North-West of Ukraine). He barley survived. People, like him, went to the food bins where pigs are fed, that's how much poeple were starving. The apologized to the people about intruding on the land and continued walking. But he eventually found a place to stay. His specialty was carpentry so he made a little living. Married my grandmother (Only Russian side in the family), and had my father. Now, this was the time during the Soviet Union. God, it was horrible. Stalin was horrible, it was a geniside. People were starving to death, it was a dying of a culture. Funnily enough, I would not say he was the worst. The guy after him, Nikita Khrushchev, was smart. He knew how to get to people and snag everything from them. First we supported people to celebrate Ukrainian culture, find out what made people tick, and the did the same as Stalin. He did this multiple times to take everyything down. Eventually when my father was born, things died down but still bad. Mind you this was a small town, not much happened. (Btw, you guys should watch Death of Stalin, very good comedy and alot of hiden truths) My father made a bet to a news-stand worker that if the Soviet Union fell, that he could get his bible on the rack. Few years later, it did. It was something people never considered nor belived. Another thing, people actuallyt believed that the American could bomb them. Hand to think but what other information do you have on the outside of the world? Not much. However since they were close to the border they could get some radio signals from the West and listen, lost of music btw. Also, everyone pronounces the satelite Sputnik wrong, even TO THIS DAY. Sorry, little banter there. Once the USSR fell, Ukrainian culture could be taught oncer more. They printed the first textbooks on newspaper because it takes time to make books and stuff. We lost alot of stuff, from music to poems, what practices we did, ect.. One of of my favorite things that got passed along is about marriage. If a woman did not want to marry a man, even if the families approved, she can hand him a pumpkin and there is nothing anyone can do. (To this day, my parents joke the reason why they got married is that they ran out of pumpkins that season.). Anyway, there are alot of stuff. As hard it is to say, we lost alot over the last two generations, something that can never be found. I am a man of music, playing in an orchestra, it is shocking how little music survived. I do not want to talk about the war here, too many things. But I think it time to finish this post. I hope you all enjoyed my ranting, not everday you can ask and talk to a Ukrainian-American. (Excuse my poor grammar) :) P.S. Blue, your Ukrainian is spot on btw, not bad :)

[@slithra227]

What instrument do you play?

[@thecrazyukrainian1335]

@@slithra227 The contrabass :)

[@WildFyreful]

I love the pumpkin bit. That's actually very cute. Man: "I want to marry you!" Woman: *hands dude a pumpkin and walks off* Do you have any idea where that practice originated?

[@gavind351]

I like it how it can't be any other gourd. Has to be a pumpkin. What other practices were handed down if you don't mind me asking? And how do you pronounce sputnik?

[@oofshapedhuman4974]

Thanks for sharing!

[@potatoguy8970]

Blue: If I had a penny for everything I procrastinated a video on a country so much that said country went to f***ing war. I would have 2 pennies. Which isn't a lot but is weird that it happened twice

[@spacepillow]

What was the other one that he made go to war?

[@me0101001000]

@@spacepillow Hong Kong

[@potatoguy8970]

@@me0101001000 hong Kong when to war?

[@me0101001000]

@@potatoguy8970 you could say that. China passed the security act and invaded, violating "One Country Two Systems"

[@scarletfatefan8793]

"Bayraktar" Still cant get over the fact that Ukraine was able to sink the flagship of the Russian black sea fleet, right on the anniversary of the titanic, but also conceived of the ultimate twitter roast: "Russian ship, what are you sinking?"

[@Mac15001900]

It's not sinking, it's conducting a special underwater operation!

[@Its_Shio]

@@Mac15001900 It's been promoted to a submarine for its honorable service, clearly.

[@miguelpadeiro762]

@@Mac15001900 Putin would do the world a favour by initiating special white banner procedures

[@AegixDrakan]

This thread has some REALLY hilarious jabs, I love it. XD

[@paulgibbon5991]

No, they didn't sink it, it blew up on its own. Also, Russia has sworn revenge on those responsible!

[@nidonemo]

6:02 - I can just imagine the absolute mirth and glee that was had as suggestions were shouted out, and included alongside their dictation, followed by uproarious laughter in the draft of that letter.

[@Tatianna1143]

My mom's entire side of the family is Ukrainian, with her grandparents all coming from Ukraine. I'm really happy that you did this video. Thank you for also acknowledging that it isn't "the Ukraine". 💙💛

[@johnwagner370]

Mine too!

[@HenshinFanatic]

Hej tam gdzieś z nad czarnej wody, siada na koń kozak młody, czulej żegna się z dziewczyną, jeszcze czulej z Ukrainą. Hej hej hej sokoły, omijajcie góry lasy pola doły, dzwoń dzwoń dzwoń dzwoneczku, mój stepowy skowroneczku. Wiele dziewcząt jest na świecie, lecz najwięcej w Ukrainie, tam me serce pozostało, przy kochanej mej dziewczynie. Hej hej hej sokoły, omijajcie góry lasy pola doły, dzwoń dzwoń dzwoń dzwoneczku, mój stepowy skowroneczku, hej hej hej sokoły, omijajcie góry lasy pola doły, dzwoń dzwoń dzwoń dzwoneczku, mój stepowy dzwoń dzwoń dzwoń Żal żal za dziewczyną, za zieloną Ukrainą, żal żal serce płacze, już jej więcej nie zobaczę. Hej hej hej sokoły, omijajcie góry lasy pola doły, dzwoń dzwoń dzwoń dzwoneczku, mój stepowy skowroneczku, hej hej hej sokoły, omijajcie góry lasy pola doły, dzwoń dzwoń dzwoń dzwoneczku, mój stepowy dzwoń dzwoń dzwoń. Wina wina wina wina dajcie, a jak umrę pochowajcie, na zieloną Ukrainie, przy kochanej mej dziewczynie. Hej hej hej sokoły, omijajcie góry lasy pola doły, dzwoń dzwoń dzwoń dzwoneczku, mój stepowy skowroneczku, hej hej hej sokoły, omijajcie góry lasy pola doły, dzwoń dzwoń dzwoń dzwoneczku, mój stepowy dzwoń dzwoń dzwoń. Sława Ukraina! Do piekła komunistów i inny socjalistów!

[@eshbena]

@@HenshinFanatic Even Google translated into English, that's beautiful.

[@wasserruebenvergilbungsvirus]

I don't really get why this is supposed to be offensive? Plenty of other countries have this little "the" prefix too, like the Netherlands or the Philippines. In my native language (German) we always say "die Ukraine" (the Ukraine).

[@Tatianna1143]

@@wasserruebenvergilbungsvirus The reason it is considered offensive is because when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, it was referred to as "the Ukraine". Ukraine is it's own country, not just a territory

[@mythosandlogos]

This is a great example of why understanding historiography (the way we study history) matters. What Western European historians view as a takeover by the Russian Empire, Russian historians refer to as a reunification of the Rus’, the “Gleaning of the Russian Lands.” What one calls Russification, the other calls de-Polonization. It’s complex, and explains why it seems like rhetoric on either side of this conflict often talks past each other. It can get messy, but understanding how we understand history helps us understand each other. Well done.

[@KingZNIN]

But we can all agree with the obvious aka the Russian government is wrong.

[@CasualNotice]

Everyone writes the history that makes them look best.

[@alexanderthegreat6682]

@@CasualNotice yet we have books on the Trail of Tears and Osage Murders written by white Americans that do the opposite. There are still people who value the truth.

[@CasualNotice]

@@alexanderthegreat6682 And how long did it take to write them? I started school being told that Custer was ambushed and finished it hearing that he was an egomaniac who killed his men by marching open-eyed into an overwhelming defense. It wasn't until I happened to visit the historical site that I realized that both reads were wrong. If you asked Jackson, the resettlements of the Trail of Tears were absolutely necessary.

[@stretopovermind9680]

@@alexanderthegreat6682 As you should learn one day, Alexander, the opposite of a lie is not always the truth. All too often it is another lie.

[@kevinforbesofficial]

Novgorod (a city adjacent to all of this) has a very interesting history that you would probably enjoy. We have a treasure-trove of their written documents - Novgorod had a fairly high literacy rate, they wrote on birch-bark which was preserved by the local soil. And among these is Onfim, one of my favorite historical figures. Onfim was a bored schoolchild who liked to doodle on his homework. So we have pages of practicing letters with little doodles of Onfim as a monster yelling "I AM A WILD BEAST" or Onfim as a knight fighting some kind of creature, or going on imaginary adventures with his (probable) teacher. Even one of "GOD PLEASE HELP YOUR SERVANT ONFIM" It's all great.

[@thugcoffin6204]

What does the history of Novgorod has to do with Ukranian history. It's literally was always a town of Russian descendants

[@alexisastrovsky3102]

так росиияне новогород то вырезали и практически уничтожили, кек

[@andrewmelnikov292]

@@thegoodcalavera ^this.

[@StonedtotheBones13]

You know I've wondered about that bc Onfim could be close to one of the Nordic legends I believe.

[@johnmichaelchance1151]

Wow it’s like different cultures have their own history and right to self determination. How shocking!!!

[@Stormwave6]

A surprisingly hard concept for some to understand

[@cllncl]

@@Stormwave6 Not pointing fingers here, but...

[@drakez3287]

Yeah! Free Palestine!

[@BlackLotusVisualArchive]

Plus let's entertain the idea that Ukrainians are just "confused Russians". Even so, they deserve their own country. The idea you have to be a part of a country just because of your ethnicity is imperialism. By that logic Mongolia could invade Kalmykia since the Kalmyks are Mongols

[@nicholaspaat7302]

@@BlackLotusVisualArchive they are NOT "confused Russians". They are Ukranians. Get that straight, and don't reduce their historical and cultural identity.

[@eddthehead123]

"Please invade us, we are having trouble with invaders" has happened a surprising amount of times throughout history.

[@lysanamcmillan7972]

I know an old lady who swallowed a fly I don't know why she swallowed a fly I guess she'll die

[@letsomethingshine]

"Your culture/etc is more like ours than theirs! Take everything so they do not!" Sounds about human.

[@r3dp9]

That sums up how I play Risk Online. "Hey, that guy screwed me over, so I'm gonna suicide my remaining armies against that guy and let you take all my stuff."

[@rotomfan63]

Not to mention the related and still shockingly common "We will invade you so they don't invade you weather you like it or not"

[@eddthehead123]

@@rotomfan63 "You are my brother/sister/friend/pet. Only I can bully you"

[@fionagibson7529]

Accidentally procrastinating your way into a war-twice-has to be either the worst or the best luck.

[@SantaSmellsJacobs]

Best summary of our history from a foreigner on youtube! All the names are correct, like "Kyivan" and "Volodymyr", along with other details. Dyakuyu!!!

[@thesquishedelf1301]

Fascinating. I never realised Ukraine was the country of the Cossacks, I thought they were from further east. Recontextualizes a lot for me, including the background for this war - non-Soviet Russia has been culturally conflated with the Cossacks a lot, so this is definitely a partially ideological war.

[@Cecilia-ky3uw]

Me too until like a year ago I realised Ukraine was basically just a bunch of Cossacks

[@FedulAis]

Well, there was many different cossacks, as word cossack was probably borrowed from turkic languages (it means free people, word Kazakh is of same origin) Btw it's common knowledge in ex-ussr, that cossacks weren't exclusively Russian thing, so there no ideological disputes about that.

[@thesquishedelf1301]

@@FedulAis What I mean by ideological is that it became Russia’s brand. As such it makes sense for Putin to want to subjugate other cultures that could claim Cossacks as their brand, to establish Russia as the only remaining heir to the Cossacks in the eyes of the rest of the world. Only one small part of the multitude of reasonings, but a glaring one nonetheless, especially with the rhetoric a while back of “Ukraine was a mistake”.

[@runakovacs4759]

@@thesquishedelf1301 Not sure it holds much water. Cossacks were a thorn in the side of the russian empire, and later the USSR too.

[@FedulAis]

@@thesquishedelf1301 Tbh I don't watch tv, so not quite sure if they are branded as exclusively Russian thing, but world media don't take much intrest in eastern Europe if it's not about unnecessary Russian aggresion, so it's just probably general lack of coverage about history of Ukraine and Russia. Today's cossacks mostly larpers on government roll, and mostly don't taken seriously, but I live in a far east so maybe in western Russia they are bigger deal.

[@slobodatom96]

The Cossacks deserve they're own video too, Blue! They're essentially Vikings who learned to ride from the Mongols, and acted like Caribbean Pirates. They established their own communities where they didn't have to pay taxes called a Sloboda (Yes, I am pitching this because I am very likely a Cossack descendant )

[@DaDunge]

The tartars deserve one too.

[@slobodatom96]

@@DaDunge Might as well include the Cumans as well

[@Howells13]

Perfect description of Cossacks.

[@mdjey2]

Yarmak has cool rap song Voin about Cossacks. There is english translation as well.

[@no_fun8294]

And they live in literal Borderlands. This ain't no place for no hero, as it says

[@lars573]

"Iron willed legends in defense of their country." There's that line from Babylon 5 "There are groups on Earth for whom the phrase, never again, carries a certain special meaning." Ukrainians I think have a right to be one of those groups.

[@fedorustimenko3057]

Yeah, because we know ALL TO F*CKING WELL what happens when "it happens again"

[@sehfisch2350]

which episode is that from?

[@ScorpionViper1001]

Zelensky channeling G'kar, "No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power tyrants and dictators cannot stand. The [Russians] learned that lesson once. We will teach it to them again. Though it take a thousand years, we will be free."

[@joneubanks9686]

Another brainlet take.

[@Yes_Fantasy_419]

Ukrainian nationalists literally engaged in a genocide and butchered over 360,000 Poles in the worst possible ways. They also helped the Nazis murder Jews in the Holocaust!

[@DaDunge]

10:00 You skipped over the part where Stalin deported almost all the Krim Tartars to Siberia and only like 1 out of 10 of them ever returned to Crimea, those who did found Russians had been moved in to replace them. This is the reason for Russian being the majority language not only in Crimea and but the entire south of Russia east of Ukraine. They simply wiped out the peoples who lived there and built Russian cities on the ruins.

[@ThePaultism]

As a Ukranian American, gotta say thanks for starting out with putting an axe at the "The" argument. Been tired of having to use that scene from Seinfeld as using evidence of it not being called "The Ukraine" by ukranians. Дякую, товарищ

[@adambielen8996]

I've had similar conversations many a times and I'm half-Polish not Ukrainian.

[@liesdamnlies3372]

It's always been a plant by Russia in our public discourse to use the definite article, so that we'd intrinsically think of Ukraine as a part of something else, not its own country. A geographical region, like The Rocky Mountains or The Great Lakes (both North American regions that exist in Canada and the US, and the Rockies even to Mexico). My mom (ethnic Ukrainian) has harped on it for a long time; she (and the rest of the Ukrainian-Canadian community, which is _substantial_ and thankfully the reason Canada has been actually on-the-ball with Ukraine) saw this shit writhing its way into English speech decades ago. I've been sick of it my whole life and I'm glad it's finally dying and people get it now: Ukraine is its own country distinct from Russia.

[@liesdamnlies3372]

@@hughmortyproductions8562 The United States is a collective of independents, as is the United Kingdom, which makes all the difference. Someone else in a different thread (by the name BradyPostma) did this justice so I'll just quote them here: The phrase "the Ukraine" is how the Soviet Union referred to the area as a constituent part of itself, denying its sovereignty or nationhood. During the Cold War, the first world and second world both mostly used that phrasing. "Ukraine" without the definite article "the" is how nationalists have referred to themselves, and has been the official and proper phrasing continually since Ukrainian independence was recognized in 1991. Saying "the Ukraine" is almost like saying "You should be part of Russia again." ... [In response to another person] We are talking about how Ukraine is referred to in English. These issues have come up often in Soviet, Russian, and Ukrainian diplomacy with the English-speaking world and in the UN, where English is one of the official languages of international diplomacy. Languages without articles and languages that always use definitive articles without exception don't have this problem. Languages, like English, where including the definitive article means something different than excluding it -- these languages are the setting for this dispute. "Ukraine" without "the" signals support for sovereign nationhood, as all national names that are not named after geography exclude "the." No one says "the Canada" or "the China." (In languages that do use definitive articles to refer to Canada and China, it sends no such signal to also use them for Ukraine.) "The Ukraine" signals that we're talking about geography, not sovereignty. Similarly, the Mississippi means the river, whereas Mississippi means the state. And if we're referring to the geography of the Ukrainian plains, we're not recognizing the sovereignty of Ukraine as a UN-recognized nation-state. In the context of Russia's constant effort since the 1800s to annex Ukraine into a province of Russia, failing to acknowledge Ukraine's sovereignty is tantamount to saying "Russia is right." And we, the English-speaking world, used the phrase "the Ukraine" throughout the Cold War to recognize the Soviet annexation of Ukraine as a way to soothe tensions between the twin nuclear superpowers. "We're not looking to take Ukraine from you, so maybe don't point nukes at us." ("The" is also included in English when discussing something collectively plural, like The Cayman Islands or The United States. But both sides agree that Ukraine is singular.)

[@joeevans5770]

Its nice to see all my favourite history creators of various platforms unite to prove certain amateur Russian historians wrong that Ukraine is a country

[@kevinhofman8369]

Could you name some other ones so i can check them out for myself?

[@Itcouldbebunnies]

@@kevinhofman8369 TimeGhost History comes to my mind.

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

Wish people would do the same for Taiwan

[@cllncl]

@@kittykittybangbang9367 The thing about Taiwan is that it never 'formally' declared independence from China, although it's fully sovereign. I agree with your point though.

[@sharwama992]

@@kittykittybangbang9367 tiawan is China

[@bragunetzki]

Great video, although there's one thing I want to point out: At around 2:27, you represent the slavic culture with the "kolovrat" symbol. While the symbol is very prevalent in its depiction online as some sort of piece of folk history, there is actually zero ethnographic evidence of it being an old traditional symbol. The symbol first appears in a early 20th century polish artist's works, but neither were his works historical, nor was the symbol named "kolovrat" at that point. In fact, it seems like the symbol was first named and openly used by russian neonazi orgs in the 90s, and later popularized by neopagans (although there are plenty of nationalists within slavic neopaganism, neopagans are at least not inherently evil, but their usage of the symbol is still not backed up by history). One could argue that, since swastika-like symbols are quite old, simple and were wide-spread before the nazis, there's no reason that slavic people couldn't have used the kolovrat symbol. While this is correct, at that point there is no reason to actually use it as some sort of main traditional slavic symbol, since we have actual evidence of other, much more prominent ones. In either case, you can read about this yourself, and I hope that you understand that this symbol shouldn't really be used to represent slavic culture and that it has some strong associations with neonazis. By the way, I really don't want to imply that you are malicious or anything, there is a *lot* of misinformation out there concerning slavic culture and paganism, it's very easy to be misled when it's the first thing that appears when you google it. I myself struggled with this problem when trying to do research for worldbuilding a universe inspired by slavic folklore.

[@bragunetzki]

@@Liminal-Lagomorph See, just because the kolovrat looks like a swastika/sun wheel, which are simple symbols that were used by different cultures throughout history, doesn't change the fact that, in this case, the nazis literally invented both the name and the meaning. If it was an actual old symbol that was appropriated by nazis, I might agree, but again, we have no evidence of kolovrat being historical. Also, while I'm sure that, in general, many Rodnovers acknowledge that they are filling a lot of the blanks, the unfortunate state of the internet right now is that elements made up by Rodnovers are very often presented as historical knowledge. Also, while nationalism often serves a purpose against imperialism, I wouldn't go as far as saying that there's "literally nothing wrong" with it.

[@simon8242]

What do you think is a good symbol to use to represent ancient and/or just very old Slavic culture? I've have not seen many Slavic symbols in general and it would be interesting to know one, I've seen one for the Romuva religion in games such as EUIV and Crusader Kings 2 which uses the representation of the world tree, but I don't know how fitting that is for early Slavic culture in general.

[@vermilionrubin]

@@simon8242 Maybe Perun's Axe?

[@andriy3492]

Як Українець, ставлю свій Лайк. As a Ukrainian, I give my Like.

[@ОлегСуременко]

ukrainian viewer here, I'm so glad to see you make a video about our nation! thank you!!!

[@UltraDonny5000]

I hope Russia doesn't have to destroy too much more now that the Azov surrendered

[@DonPeyote420]

long time Ukrainian viewer here, just want to thank you for everything you're doing, your videos had actually provided me with some of the much needed distraction during the bombings

[@t3chkn1ght]

I hope you're safe

[@johnproctor5314]

Stay safe, friend. Slava Ukraini.

[@DonPeyote420]

@@johnproctor5314 thank you I'm trying to :) Героям слава!

[@constantineaverbakh6620]

tbank you, Blue, sincerely for treating our history with respect (and a bit of humor, haha) I can now completely understand all the people under all the previous videos, saying how carefully you handle each peoples' history and culture during your discussions and a separate thank you for the disclaimer at the beginning, explaining that there's no "the Ukraine" and kudos on your Ukrainian, haha!

[@vladislavkopachinski6548]

Я був підписаний на цей канал досить довгий час і був дуже здивований побачити історію України. Дуже дякую Тобі Синій і всім хто працює над цим каналом. Бажаю вам всім удачі! I was subscribed to this chanel for quite some time and i was werry surprised to see history of Ukraine. Thank you werry much Blue and everyone who works on the chanel. Wish you all good luck!

[@DonetskiLetsplayshik]

Тепер його звати Тобі Синько)

[@Martinus777]

I watch OSP more for the mythological "coverage", but it was a great video. I come from Poland and God only knows we had our difficulties, but you would be hard pressed to find many Poles who are not firmly on Ukraine's side right now. Slava Ukraini!

[@stretopovermind9680]

- I come from Poland - Slava Ukraini! A _Pole_ willingly typing a _banderist_ slogan. What a time I found myself in -_-

[@ogladaczr.t.3168]

@@stretopovermind9680 jesus christ. i have the same discussion under every other comment. THEN was THEN. NOW is NOW. Help the DYING people dont neckbeard about 80 years ago like us polish people do. its dumb

[@CryptidFlame]

@@stretopovermind9680 slave ukrani a banderist slogan lmao. Just cuz it was used by him last time in that context, doesn't mean the context can't change given the current situation.

[@lucidnonsense942]

@@stretopovermind9680 the slogan pre-existed being used by Banderites, it hasn't been used in that context for best part of a century - so you're really stretching here.

[@stretopovermind9680]

@@lucidnonsense942 The swastika pre-existed being used by Nazi, yet when some nationalist uses it - we all understand the allusions. And what do you know about the "current situation"? Are you aware of parades with Bandera's portrait in Ukraine these years? Are you aware of glorification of banderists in Ukrainian school History textbooks? No, I am not stretching here at all.

[@FellsApprentice]

I'm kinda surprised you didn't start with Odessa and some of the other coastal cities getting their start as Bronze Age Greek City-states.

[@OverlySarcasticProductions]

Almost did, but cut for time

[@tangentreverent4821]

@@OverlySarcasticProductions because the nerds, myself included, who watch your videos get bored by details 🙄

[@aulvinduergard9952]

@@OverlySarcasticProductions Clearly you underestimate how long a video we're willing to watch.

[@kjj26k]

@@aulvinduergard9952 I think he meant _their_ time, as in he'd worked on this video long enough already.

[@FellsApprentice]

@@OverlySarcasticProductions very understandable, besides it gives you another video at some point in the future.

[@benjamintin136]

My family was made up of Germans who had been given land in Ukraine by Katherine the Great. During the Holodomor, my great great grandfather and other Germans from his village staged a protest against the Soviets. Unfortunately, they were all massacred. My family got their land taken from them and were forced to move to Kazakhstan. Those who stayed behind were butchered or were sent to concentration camps where they were worked to death. Thankfully, they managed to eventually get out thanks to my great-grandfather, who, after almost dying in the gulag, made it his life's mission to not let his children and grandchildren suffer under the Soviets like he did. Even though I'm not Ukrainian, I still feel attached to that ancestral home of my family. Slava Ukraini! Langes Leben zu der Ukraine!

[@sonofcronos7831]

Never ask what agreement there was between germans and ukrainians from 1941 until 1944

[@benjamintin136]

@@sonofcronos7831 My family never even saw the German attack, since they were all the way in Kazakhstan by then. All my great-grandpa remembers was the awful starvation he and his family faced during the war.

[@sonofcronos7831]

@@benjamintin136 yeah, caused by Nazi Invasion, not a attempt of the soviets to being "evil" or denying people food. 20 million people died in Soviet Union as a result of Nazi Invasion.

[@benjamintin136]

@@sonofcronos7831 I know that. My point is, my family has suffered because of both communism and fascism. Both are just as bad as the other.

[@benjamintin136]

@@sonofcronos7831 Wait, are you seriously saying that the Holdomor didn't happen?

[@HopefullyUnoptimistic]

"Longer story, the 2020's are a wild ride." Yup, that's an _entire_ mood right there.

[@Historyfrek4ever]

Isn`t the whole ”ukraneans are russians” technically backwards. Since Kievan Russia was kind of the first draft of Russia. On that logic shouldn’t Russia become part of Ukraine? (Not being serious just making a point of how nonsensical the idea is.)

[@troublemaker1778]

Kievan Rus isn't really Ukrainian or Russian. More so a mixture or proto version of both

[@aulvinduergard9952]

Well, once they kick the Russians out of their land they can see about marching on Moscow.

[@arwedrv7125]

By that standard the french are german... if you look away from a few centuries or so of violent proof to the contrary.

[@christianschwietzke8959]

By Putin´s own logic, Russians, Belarussians and Ukrainians should all be Swedish, since their nations were ultimately founded by Swedish vikings.

[@KaiOsaki]

@@troublemaker1778 Precisely, otherwise you could say every country that was originally part of the Roman Empire should now be part of Italy, which is in itself ridiculous. The Kievan Rus era is shared history an should be seen and celebrated as such.

[@DDragon501]

Nice to see you guys doing an event for this! Be careful out there! The Russians are not happy with these kinds of efforts. An online group I play video games with got DDoS’ed after we did an event for Ukraine! Anyways, let’s help support the aid efforts! Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 !

[@__________________________953]

Quite the opposite, I think it's important to shed light on Ukranian history (before it gets altered). Keep up the excellent work!

[@troublemaker1778]

Probably shouldn't use the broad word "Russians" as it implies that all Russians don't support these videos and events. All countries are filled with diversities of views and people

[@tananario]

@@troublemaker1778 D’oh. Also: water wet.

[@troublemaker1778]

@@tananario Ok, but a lot of people do gloss over that fact so it is important to emphasise it

[@eshbena]

@@troublemaker1778 I'm pretty sure that the thousands of Russians who've protested and those that have fled the country serve as a stark reminder that not all Russians feel that way. However, when we say 'The (insert country name here)" we are referring to the government of that country, not the citizenry. No one is under any illusion that the Russian people are free to express their highly educated and informed opinions on this war. :/

[@ashleightompkins3200]

I feel like all of eastern Europe has gone ignored by the history books. Also I can't help but pull at my collar when I hear 'Novgorod'.

[@troublemaker1778]

Depends on whose history books you read

[@Vitalis94]

It all depends on what you read. If you're from English speaking country, it is no wonder Eastern Europe is totally ignored in your Anglophone books. Those focus on either Britain/America/Australia, ancient Romanogreek civilization and maybe bits of Western Europe at best. And then again, how much of Western European history does average person get to learn? Only the parts deemed as important. Eastern Europe isn't discussed, because it is viewed as irrelevant to that view. And also because of the Cold War, most of the sources about the region weren't available to the Western public. So the average guy doesn't know anything about the region. There weren't any movies made about it, at least English speaking ones. EE's history just isn't as ingrained im Western psyche. Was it available during the most of 20 century, I bet it would be more widely known.

[@HenshinFanatic]

Hej tam gdzieś z nad czarnej wody, siada na koń kozak młody, czulej żegna się z dziewczyną, jeszcze czulej z Ukrainą. Hej hej hej sokoły, omijajcie góry lasy pola doły, dzwoń dzwoń dzwoń dzwoneczku, mój stepowy skowroneczku. Wiele dziewcząt jest na świecie, lecz najwięcej w Ukrainie, tam me serce pozostało, przy kochanej mej dziewczynie. Hej hej hej sokoły, omijajcie góry lasy pola doły, dzwoń dzwoń dzwoń dzwoneczku, mój stepowy skowroneczku, hej hej hej sokoły, omijajcie góry lasy pola doły, dzwoń dzwoń dzwoń dzwoneczku, mój stepowy dzwoń dzwoń dzwoń Żal żal za dziewczyną, za zieloną Ukrainą, żal żal serce płacze, już jej więcej nie zobaczę. Hej hej hej sokoły, omijajcie góry lasy pola doły, dzwoń dzwoń dzwoń dzwoneczku, mój stepowy skowroneczku, hej hej hej sokoły, omijajcie góry lasy pola doły, dzwoń dzwoń dzwoń dzwoneczku, mój stepowy dzwoń dzwoń dzwoń. Wina wina wina wina dajcie, a jak umrę pochowajcie, na zieloną Ukrainie, przy kochanej mej dziewczynie. Hej hej hej sokoły, omijajcie góry lasy pola doły, dzwoń dzwoń dzwoń dzwoneczku, mój stepowy skowroneczku, hej hej hej sokoły, omijajcie góry lasy pola doły, dzwoń dzwoń dzwoń dzwoneczku, mój stepowy dzwoń dzwoń dzwoń. Sława Ukraina! Do piekła komunistów i inny socjalistów!

[@wheeliebeast7679]

*And Central Europe Let's not forget that Russia itself contains roughly 40 percent of Europe's land area - by most definitions, the geographic center of Europe is somewhere in the vicinity of the western border of Ukraine or Belarus. Really only Russia (excluding Siberia & Kaliningrad), Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova can really be considered "Eastern Europe" by any rational definition. Logically IMO, Central Europe includes the following: - Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast (the Baltic exclave) - Lithuania - Poland - Czechia - Slovakia - Austria - Hungary - Maybe the former East Germany or northern Romania With the Balkans being South-Central Europe, not Southeastern Europe - which in a truer sense is the Caucasus. Calling everything east of Germany that isn't Nordic "Eastern Europe" is only true from both a Russo-centric and Anglophone view of things. It really needs to go away as fast as should Vladdy la Putain.

[@cllncl]

Most of Eastern Europe was the USSR, so just talking about hell got kinda boring.

[@shiluk84]

It is also important to point out that despite the rocky situation, Cossacks had one of the earliest written constitutions in the world claiming independence: "Agreements and Constitutions of Laws and Freedoms of the Zaporizian Host was written in 1710 by Pylyp Orlyk, hetman of the Zaporozhian Host. with only San Marino's constitution being earlier at 1600 (as far as I can find)

[@SimonAshworthWood]

The Magna Carta was written centuries before that and Hammurabi’s laws were written millennia before that.

[@willydawiller]

@@SimonAshworthWood Magna Carta can hardly be called a constitution as it only governs relations between the king and his immediate subjects, not the whole realm barring the one clause about freemen. Shiluks claim holds true if we only consider 'democratic' constitutions

[@Artur_M.]

Good video! I hope there will also be a similar one about Belarus & Lithuania. BTW Fun fact: the Dnieper (Dnipro) river wasn't actually that beefy for most of the history. A bunch of hydroelectric dams were built in the Soviet period.

[@coleman_trebor0]

This is very, very important. It helps to refute the Russian false narrative about the history of Ukraine and educate people on the historical truth

[@Torlik11]

And it's great to do it that way instead of a kind of "bebunking" way where you may accidentally propagate the false narrative by trying to prove it false.

[@stretopovermind9680]

No, it merely replaces one false narrative with another.

[@F0rever_zer0]

@@stretopovermind9680 what

[@agenttheater5]

which is why I'm sharing it and am hoping that everyone else shares it as well

[@alexanderthegreat6682]

@@stretopovermind9680 lemme guess, you also think the Holocaust wasn't real, the Confederacy never lost the American Civil War, and that people only speak Spanish in Mexico.

[@flooferderp2918]

This was a fun video to watch. I'm glad you violated the 20 year rule to give greater context. And now, I only have one question: where did the blue and yellow flag come from? It's such a pleasant color scheme, and it's so clearly divorced from the flags of the countries that held the area throughout history. I have to wonder its origins. Edit: Apparently the blue and yellow was derived from the coat of arms Lviv and made in 1848. Between then and now it came and went, but was eventually established with the blue over top to symbolize blue skies over golden wheat fields. So, cool! Extra Edit: It seems I wasn't entirely right. Please take the explanation I found with a side of salt and look through the replies to this post for some other ideas. I am not native to Ukraine, I just found the flag very interesting. Pretty colors.

[@DarkFlareGC]

Flag symbolism is always really neat. They can tell so much with very simple designs.

[@flooferderp2918]

@@EvGaSUA Thank you very much.

[@boriswertheimer3519]

I have been only once in my life in Kiev and I remember seeing from a viewpoint a little above the city (I don't remember exactly where) and all the blu sky was filled with gold cupoles of the churches, and I remember thinking this looks like the flag.

[@mrgoob76]

you also have to remember ukraine has the nickname of "bread basket of europe" because ukraine has some of THE most fertile rockless beautiful black topsoil in the world... and some of that topsoil is over 15 feet deep..... so ya thats why the flag is what it is because wheat is a huge thing in ukraine and so are sunflowers too

[@ahuman3642]

That about the coat of arms is not exactly correct, and the one about the fields is also not correct but a very common theory, however, it actually is derived from the sun and the sea

[@sof8670]

Hi! Thank you so much for making this video. I am a Ukrainian who lived abroad for a while and when in previous years I wanted to find English-speaking content about Ukrainian history it was a baren desert, which always hurt, as I saw so many nation's histories being told, but not ours. Knowledge is what empowered our ancestors to fight, it is what today allows us to stand and speak that we are our own country, so thank you for spreading it!

[@enolaphoenix3963]

Слава україні 💙💛🇺🇦 As a ukrainian (my family was born, has lived and is in ukraine, but i've never been for more than a month during the summer holidays), I'm glad that my favourite channel has made a video about its history! Blue did a rather good job pronouncing the names (everyone else that I've heard try to pronounce them absolutely slaughtered them), and its really nice he aknowledged its Ukraine, not the ukraine! Sidenote: Could Red make a video about ukrainian mythology?

[@rainbowmothraleo]

OSP video about Slavic mythologies (more like folklore tho) is what this world needs

[@sonorasgirl]

I would LOVE this

[@svnwukong]

There's not really ukrainian mythology. It's either Slavic mythology, so polish, russian, belarusian etc. or just folk tales, so tales without consistency to each other.

[@rainbowmothraleo]

@@svnwukong well I can say that Eastern Slavic folklore motifs are a bit closer to each other than to other Slavic

[@carlosroo5460]

Bayraktar

[@radosaworman7628]

I have no idea how you get our histories on point so much when others fail so hard in Anglo sphere. First you did absolutely awesome job with history of Poland, now Ukraine. Keep it up!

[@Shugamri]

Bless you for this video Blue

[@lawierdwitch]

I'm Kazakh, kinda a neighbor, but there're so much I didn't know about Ukraine, especially the letter about fricking off to a Sultan. I absolutely enjoy this type of format, even if it's not ment to be a full educational video. For me it's easier to learn everything from the surface level than learn 1 half of the century per semester in smallest detail, and trying to remember everything at the end. За Украину!

[@ADomitrovic]

The tired "Longer story, the 2020s are a wild ride" is a perfect snapshot of what the last 2.5 years have been... And what's on the horizon for the next 7.5. Thanks for breaking the Rule and covering this.

[@eyek96]

As a Ukrainian, I thank you, Some mild things felt wrong (borderland bit particularly, as even that is a language trap for non-speakers), but I do not have the strength to engage on those anymore. You did a great job my good fellow. The ending though!

[@wheeliebeast7679]

Putin Khuylo!

[@Friendly_Neigborhood_Astolfo]

Was that insult to the sultan at least real?

[@Cheebzsta]

@@Friendly_Neigborhood_Astolfo "Russian warship, go fuck yourself" - Whether it was real or not it clearly was an accurate representation of the Ukrainian people.

[@t3chkn1ght]

I know the words of some stranger on the internet don't mean much, but I do hope you and your people make it out alive and well. Путін Хуйло! Слава України

[@adambielen8996]

@@Friendly_Neigborhood_Astolfo It can be real in our hearts even if it's unproven.

[@Puckosar]

You could also have mentioned the Cossacks role in the great northern war in helping Sweden fight the russians. Yet another instance of a russian leader, this time Tsar Peter I, scorching the earth behind him as he retreated to starve the invading army(and the peasants living on the land)

[@chowyee5049]

Uh, King Charles XII. The Paul Atreidis of Sweden.

[@Alkarasu]

You forgot to mention their role in the very same war in helping Russians fight the Sweden. It's so fun to watch people "forgetting" some historical facts to pump up their narrative, isn't it? Like, for example, the video itself mentioning 4 millions starved Ukrainians trying to pass it as a genocide pointed at them... and "forgetting" about almost twice that number of Russians and Belarusians who starved at the very same time.

[@cllncl]

If I had a nickel for every time a Russian leader starved a large group of people, I'd be Jeff Bezos

[@cllncl]

@@Alkarasu This is a video about Ukraine, not about Belarus or Russia. Also, I feel like the correct way you'd put it would be "everything USSR that's essentially not a part of modern day Russia".

[@Alkarasu]

@@cllncl it can be a video about anything, doesn't matter. If you remove a huge chunk of a historical event and pretend that it never happened just so it fits your narrative, you won't have any coherent history. Imagine if speaking about Russia or Belarus, same years, someone would pretend that no Ukrainians were starving and use that as a proof that the whole thing was a plot by the Ukraine-loving Stalin to kill all Russians and Belarusians to make Ukraine rule supreme. Does it sound insane? It should, because it is - and yet, all I did was the very same as people claiming that Holodomor was a genocide of Ukrainians - just took a part of history that suits my narrative and pretended that the rest never happened.

[@haruamaya4476]

i cant wait for more videos on my country and culture, especially the myths, we have so many that got a bit lost but it would be amazing, i was waiting for one day for my favorite channel to do a video on it! bc there's just so much and im sad people didn't really care till now, we have a super cool culture! so even tho the timing is a bit im really thankful! thank you so much!!!

[@AskMia411]

Blue: *makes a 12 minute video defending Ukrainian history and identity, calls Putin a dunce * Ukrainians: “You’re my boy, Blue!”

[@SJ-dl6uc]

the idea that people think a country's history doesn't exist is **terrifying**. it's the same as when people claim Palestine never existed or that Israel is not an occupier. **terrifying**

[@cratwane]

Literally this!

[@youxmeforever]

Ik !

[@yojasmagic]

I agree with you on the Ukraine point, but Palestine's a wholly different and much more complicated matter.

[@PennTankerGuy]

@@yojasmagic Elaboration would be epic sauce.

[@duskendawne2239]

Even though i'm Israeli, I just wanna say this: Free Palestine

[@In_Our_Timeline]

"When I die, bury me I'm on the grave, Among the steppe wide, In Ukraine, dear, To deer wide fields, And the Dnieper, and the cliffs It was seen, it was heard, How roaring roars. How to bear from Ukraine In the blue sea I foretell blood ... I will leave Both deer and mountains - I will leave everything and wormwood To God himself Pray ... and before that I don't know God. Bury and get up, Break the shackles And striking with evil blood Sprinkle the will. And me in a big family, In a free, new family, Don't forget to mention A kind, quiet word. ” - Taras Shevchenko,

[@jimbobua4696]

Glory to Ukraine! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@nocturnalexecutive3107]

@@Krobluv1172 згодна, але можна дати бал за старання

[@stormshadow5283]

There is no history of Ukraine cause there was no historical Ukraine until quite recently. It is like talking about ancient US history, or ancient Pakistani history or ancient Australian history etc. Its ridiculous frankly that this guy is trying to appropriate the ancient history of Russia and present it as the history of an artificial state like Ukraine.

[@In_Our_Timeline]

@@Krobluv1172 it was a friend online gave me the ukrainian version

[@kseniabutakova9491]

God rest ye merry Cossacks, hetmans, and gulag guards! But mark: when it’s your turn to be dragged to graveyards, You’ll whisper and wheeze, your deathbed mattress a-pushing, Not Shevchenko’s bullshit but poetry lines from Pushkin Joseph Brodsky, “On Independence of Ukraine”, 1991

[@dimakheilyk4079]

Thank you for this video. You did a good job! Maybe a litttle condensed and skipping over interesting details, but the narrative is very much Ukrainian. You get it. Thank you, among a lot of other "historians" this is a very much needed presentation of topic. Bonus points for calling genocide a genocide and war a war. 💙💛

[@Venomtankmod]

I can’t wait until these years are over and osp does a video covering the basics of everything from 2020-2024ish

[@shadowdragon3521]

If you think 2020-2024 is crazy, just wait until you see 2025-2030

[@shadowldrago]

@@shadowdragon3521 Can we not and say we did?

[@snow_poet_from_Ukraine]

Ukrainian here! Was waiting for this video for a long time, and watching it now in middle of war is truly surreal experience) Thank for your support, Blue) Glory to Ukraine💙💛

[@gamewizardthesecond]

Glory to Ukraine, love from Montenegro 🇲🇪

[@UltraDonny5000]

Now that Azov has surrendered, hopefully Russia won't have to destroy too much more

[@smiglo112]

@@UltraDonny5000 Lol, Azov is just an excuse anyways. Besides if Russians truly wanted to Denazify someone, they would've started with themselves and gotten rid of Putin.

[@victoru.9808]

yeah, the video is pretty close to Ukrainian history I've learned in school. Glory to Ukraine💙💛

[@clewrites]

You safe?

[@lucasfragoso7634]

God bless Ukraine and her tractors!

[@singletona082]

How about that absolute madlad that listed a russian tank on ebay? I mean it got delisted because military hardware but still.

[@carlosroo5460]

Bayraktar

[@stormshadow5283]

There is no history of Ukraine cause there was no historical Ukraine until quite recently. It is like talking about ancient US history, or ancient Pakistani history or ancient Australian history etc. Its ridiculous frankly that this guy is trying to appropriate the ancient history of Russia and present it as the history of an artificial state like Ukraine.

[@namedindividual3131]

@@stormshadow5283 spot the Moscow bot

[@singletona082]

@@stormshadow5283 OK Bot. Tell me. What of the Moskva? What of the Fifth Column Putin declared existed? Go home. be with your family if you have any. Make plans as you can and weather this mess without being a stooge for a man who will kill you and use your blood to drownd everyone around you if it means he gets another few seconds in power.

[@JessHart006]

Thank you for pushing this up in your release schedule. I found it very entertaining and educational.

[@gabrote42]

An absolute honor to see this video. The new visuals, especially the shields, are gorgeous. Your style is consistently great and I'm happy that the donation goal was met. No cash here sadly

[@tym7267]

finally!! As a HKer, I really love your video covering HK history. It is sad that Ukraine has once again faced aggression from the neighbouring empire. We HKers stand in solidarity with Ukrainians in defending their liberty and autonomy. Edit: Just to add this - Sláva Ukrayíni! (This Ukranian slogan was an major inspiration for the 2019 HK protest anthem "Glory to Hong Kong")

[@BradyPostma]

🇭🇰❤️🇺🇦

[@jordandino417]

@@BradyPostma PRC and CCP would disagree.

[@BradyPostma]

@@jordandino417 I guess it's a good thing that I didn't use their flags, then.

[@phelanii4444]

As someone from another slavic state that got shuffled between empires, stomped all over by communists, got genocided, then went finally free in the 90s... I appreciate this :D

[@Giguv05]

The extent of how little this narrows it down is rather telling :I

[@alexanderthegreat6682]

Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?

[@somewhereelse1235]

Poland, Lithuania, or Belarus Most likely Lithuania as Poland wasn't stomped and shuffled quite as much as Lithuania and Belarus was slightly less stomped than Poland

[@AClockworkWizard]

@@somewhereelse1235 Lithuanians aren't Slavic though, they're Baltic. I'd guess the original poster is from one of the Balkan states that isn't Serbia.

[@phelanii4444]

@@AClockworkWizard *ding ding ding* we have a winner! i'm bosnian. the vagueness was on purpose, since it's sadly all too common, not onoly among slavic people, but all around eastern europe (and the rest of the world, of course)

[@valentinamaksimova5425]

I'm a long-time fan of this channel from Kyiv, Ukraine. Thank you so much for talking about our history! It's very important to us, because our history has been claimed to be someone else's *cough* Russia *cough* , but this sort of content really helps us as a nation! Once again, thank you from the bottom from my heart.

[@idantar]

Was a fan for quite some time, but now I absolutely love you, OSP, for supporting my country in these dark times

[@t3chkn1ght]

I hope you will know peace soon. I know my words won't mean much, but I hope you and your people will be okay. Проклятий Путін! Слава Україні!

[@brandonstephenson1646]

Virgin Ukraine vs Chad Russia

[@olhahurkina1249]

I rarely leave comments, but I can't keep silent here. I'm a 20 year old Ukrainian woman, an aspiring writer and a few weeks ago I stumbled upon your channel. Your content has brought me an incredible amount of new knowledge and inspiration. That's why now, when I watched the video, I wanted to cry from how pleased and grateful I am with what you`ve created. Many thanks to your team. Thanks for the truth. Thanks for the knowledge and support! I`ll pray that in the end truth and peace will prevail ~

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

@علي ياسر No, he was the guy behind red purge and other horrible stuff USSR is known for

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

@علي ياسر no ukraine was there, it was conquered and was made SSR just like all other Republics in USSR

[@AlexNitsu]

As a Ukrainian subscriber, I wholeheartedly thank you for the video. Especially for making a point to drop the in the name of my country and doing such a good job summarizing our history!

[@ziva8864]

As someone of Ukrainian descent, it makes me happy to see that you have finally covered the history of the country that holds a deep connection to me. So thank you. I think it's important that people know more about the countries that are fighting. Slava Ukraini!

[@Sootielove]

Ukraine has such a fascinating history and culture. I hope it finds peace soon

[@Sootielove]

@Vlačko Yep, though it's a bit old

[@sonofcronos7831]

Every nation has a fascinating history and culture. I mean, have you already heard someone saying: "the history of this nation is bad"? Literaly everyone says that every country have a beautiful story

[@Sootielove]

@@sonofcronos7831 I don't get your point?

[@sonofcronos7831]

@@Sootielove i just finds funny that in every video that talks about some country, someone will say "this country has a fascinating history" like other countries dont have it.

[@Sootielove]

@@sonofcronos7831 Compliments aren't exclusive. Multiple things can be interesting at once.

[@chaosvolt]

A rare but much-needed break from Blue's usual preference to avoid getting too much into modern history. Long live Ukraine.

[@Panncakeee]

Slava Ukraini

[@dallasgrey4247]

As a first gen American coming from a line of Russian/Ukrainian/Estonian/German Jews who currently has family still living in the Ukraine, it brings me joy to see people helping this country that my family holds dear. Something that I have always thought fascinating about Ukraine, was how my father would describe it in comparison to Russia. According to him there was a change in the look of villages, from poor Russian villages, to wealthier looking Ukrainian villages. By the way, Zelensky, is really important for jews in Ukraine, as the country is famous for its antisemitism and a jewish president was helping them combat the hate. Ps. Another translation for Ukraine is The Edge.

[@dansmith1661]

Yet he is supporting Azov, the people the west call Neo-Nazis and made them the front line of his military. I think antisemitism exists because of semitism.

[@dallasgrey4247]

@@dansmith1661 This is true. Ukraine still is antisemitic and fascist. Even with a Jewish president. What I'm trying to say though, is that it is somewhat good that there is some type of powerful Ukrainian Jew in government.

[@movanor8349]

@@dallasgrey4247 I would refrain from colouring a country by some extrimists, whose actions aren't supported by (most) people, and ARE crimes under the law.

[@dallasgrey4247]

​@@movanor8349 Those extremists are not usually punished though. The law doesn't catch up with them. Also a lot of actions taken by the government of Ukraine are explicitly to harm jews in some ways.

[@movanor8349]

@@dallasgrey4247 which actions are harming jews? Can you provide a source?

[@Haan22]

One minute in and the most important thing has already been said. Real historians do not just dismiss hundreds of years of historical development.

[@Mortablunt]

Meaning they can ignore anything smaller than the century, explaining how they ignored all the Nazi shit, Holocaust involvement, Bandera, Azov, discrimination against Russians, the genocides in Crimea and Donbass...

[@volodymyrbilyk555]

Quick correction. Yanukovich wasn't president in 2004. Kuchma and Medvedchuk tried to make him one, but it backfired. The reason why Yanukovich got elected in 2010 is because then prime minister Tymoshenko was way worse and even more prorussian so he was seen as lesser evil. Yeah. It was that bad. And he technically wasn't ousted - he left the country after attempting a coup and continued to do so for some time when it became apparent that he was a russian traitor. Because of that head of parliament became acting president until the elections.

[@rexcorvorum4262]

Dear God if you didn’t you have to read that letter at 6:15. Trust me, it is well worth your time.

[@gmg9010]

Having so many ancestors come from this area I’m so glad you made this video

[@IvyroseGullwhacker]

Great video, Blue! Thanks for shedding light on this history. To any Ukrainians in the comments reading, your indomitable strength is nothing short of admirable. The people of the world have your back against tyranny. Your spirit is unbreakable. Slava Ukraini!

[@Ezzylryb]

I'm not sure if y'all only do Europe but can y'all also try History Summarized: Philippines? It would be nice to see my country's culture in one of your vids! Been waiting again ever since that Mt. Mayon video. Perhaps the myth of Maria Makiling if not a history video?