How Did the Soviet Union Begin?

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A century ago, communism rose, but how exactly did the USSR begin in the first place? What events led to the rise of the Soviet Union?
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[@Alexrider02]

"So he was killed" is probably the most anti-climactic description of Rasputin's death I've ever heard.

[@MidlifeCrisisJoe]

God, I know right? The effort it took to kill Rasputin is a story all on its lonesome.

[@seigeengine]

The details are amusing, but irrelevant.

[@Alexrider02]

seigeengine: I mean, I would have appreciated at least a, "Thoroughly" added to the end of the phrase. xD

[@L14MA]

I don't really ever see what relevance Rasputin had in regards to the revolution. Only ever feels like a side drama told to keep the real discussion about the revolution that bit further from the masses.

[@Codiliabra]

Cosmos Comrade of 1984 it makes for a great musical.

[@NekiTamBrat3927]

Soviet Union lasted from 1922 to 1991.thats 69 Years. NICE

[@andrewschuster9156]

Nice

[@lokikinch]

Nice

[@Someone-ji2gm]

Michael Schuster it really started in 1917 but to just say it NICE

[@andrewschuster9156]

@@Someone-ji2gm he mean (i guess) the soviet union, the full one (СССР) in 1917 was the RSFSR

[@NekiTamBrat3927]

If You Google It It says That. Nice

[@demondwilson706]

I like to imagine there's a village somewhere in the middle of Siberia that still thinks the monarchy is still in power

[@GPantazis]

Demond Wilson I believe there are. I'm certain there were such villages during the Space Race.

[@l0lLorenzol0l]

There are. Some people fled procecution due to religious disgreement (look up "old belivers Orthodoxy") and as late as 1970 they have been seen around in siberia living as nomads.

[@gcircle]

some parts of it are so remote, that I wouldn't be surprised.

[@Pr00ch]

For a village somewhere in the middle of Siberia it wouldn't really matter anyway. They've got their own things to worry about one way or another. Doesn't matter if it's a Tsar or a """""President""""" pulling the strings.

[@MissMeSherbs]

I know that it's meant to be a joke but that was a genuine issue with the bolsheviks consolidating power because while Petrograd had been overtaken twice, there were still community leaders in remote areas put in power to be a puppet to the Tzar. It's also why the Civil war was bloody as it was because no longer was the revolution confined only to the city, it was now country-wide and both the Red and While army had to employ terror in these rural areas so their ideology could spread.

[@Linguineo]

Some guy said: "sharing is caring"

[@CBFan5000]

And then proceeded not to share

[@karsaja4693]

-Karl Marx

[@vladimirlenin8168]

And that was me

[@oliversmalley7771]

Sharing is caring until the guy doing the sharing is a dictator.

[@grunchlk]

@@CBFan5000 and kill anyone who didn't want to "share" with him.

[@bee9679]

In america, you find the party. *_In soviet russia, the Party finds you._*

[@rachelslur8729]

👍

[@ponponpatapon9670]

literally a stolen comment LMAO

[@boguan2705]

real

[@Interesnbly]

Man its really fact :D

[@thethinkingbeing9817]

bee In nowhere, you get to choose the individual ideas you want to support. Everywhere, you are not guaranteed that what you voted for originally will come true. Just look at Communist Russia and how it became corrupt.

[@historywithhilbert146]

In Soviet Russia, revolution revolts against revolution.. Great video as always!

[@hentehoo27]

in other words: _a series of unfortunate events_

[@BlindBloomer]

History With Hilbert in another words communism never existed

[@jaojao1768]

History With Hilbert hi there Hilbert!

[@JWvdv]

omg hilbert i like ur vids :)

[@martijn9568]

That moment you realise they both made video's about this topic in a short time

[@radicaljunior]

Anyone else realize that the colors of the McDonalds logo are *RED* and *YELLOW* ?

[@bee9679]

makes me hungry heh heh thats a luxury

[@Ronathanrongers]

Radical Junior every noticed that the kfc logo is red white and black AND there rivals are Mac Donald’s

[@thelastpewdiepiesupporter375]

...mr why not, Germany’s flag during WW2 (edit: scrap that they’re flag was red black and white during ww1 , in WW2 it was only red and black)was red, black, and white The USSRs flag is gold and red, And they’re rivals Does that mean Germany and the USSR are still at war? DOES THAT MEAN AMERICA IS A JOINT MONARCHY AND COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP? Nah I’m just kidding.

[@Alamyst2011]

@@thelastpewdiepiesupporter375 The Wermechts flag was red black and white. Depending on the year even flags of the Nazi Party were red white and black. Their are even a few party flags with dark royal blue as the outline.

[@sillyfoxman1370]

COMMIES everywhere!

[@tendiesman4637]

In America you have the right to bear arms. IN MOTHER RUSSIA YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO ARM BEARS.

[@redeye6598]

In Soviet Russia, you rob bank In capitalist America, bank robs you

[@dreadpirateroberts4764]

Gameman659 but there's a lot bank robberies in america

[@mortem9532]

red baron lol!!!!!!!!

[@yesman6559]

thes e died in 2005

[@warriormasterdeath7093]

They come back in time as we speak.

[@TheNN]

How did the Soviet Union begin? Easy: With thunderous applause.

[@kylehankins5988]

it ended the same way

[@arsonus-0525]

Yo this is so true

[@idget5]

The applause kept going and getting quieter as the people died due to socialism leading to communism.

[@frenchsoldier8485]

@@idget5 It was dictatorship...

[@caseysand8227]

Nazism also.

[@derpmcgerp8062]

...There was a great logical discussion in the comment section where we all acted like normal level-headed adults. Of course, this would never truly happen in our timeline, but it's fun to theorize...

[@kinga6347]

Covfefe The IV dreams....

[@NewPaulActs17]

blasphemy!

[@derpmcgerp8062]

king A lol

[@derpmcgerp8062]

NewPaulActs17 lol

[@TheRealPentigan]

I dunno, I mean it's no great logical discussion but it isn't vitriolic either. It's mostly just memes.

[@PicklePickle7]

In capitalist America, you could always find a party. In Soviet Russia, The party always finds YOU.

[@ycasto1063]

ironically, America is a two-party system

[@TheFenderBass1]

It is a system that favours two big parties not a two party system only, big difference

[@six2make4]

Herr Kaese_Kuchen that is partly Americans own fault. I remember how people complained last election and when I told them to vote for somebody else I got "No... They won't win anyways" when you treat politics the same way you do a bet on a football game no wonder this is how it turned out.

[@temeweckis]

matte drey the First-Past-The-Post system will always, inevitably, result in a two-party state. Be it intentional or not, for all intents and purposes the US is a two-party state.

[@tael64]

Yeah. I'm sick of this current system. My parents and I went to vote in this election, and the three of us all voted for different people. My mom voted for Trump because she didn't want Hillary. I did the opposite and my dad voted third party. I hate being in the situation feeling like I have to vote for someone I don't like to keep someone I like less out of office, and the way that the current system works, it makes me feel like my vote doesn't matter much. I feel like things will change in the future, but for now, this system just feels broken.

[@jasonmey5235]

I can't believe I had to watch a 9 minute ad about the Bolshevik Revolution just to see a 1 minute video about the Great Courses Plus...

[@TheFenderBass1]

This is not an ad it is a retelling of what modern historians have put together from the sources available from that time period though be it not 100% accurate.

[@bbnash8417]

matte drey He was joking 😂

[@MarkusAldawn]

I like to believe that he was one of what I like to call the "deep shit." He actually believes that this was an ad for the Bolshevik revolution, and the Great Courses Plus was the real content. That would make me happy.

[@jasonmey5235]

Wait, you mean that stuff about Lenin and Rasputin was what people actually came here to watch?! Like, for fun? I was interested in knowing how Cody learns stuff for his videos, but I guess I'm in the minority...

[@MarkusAldawn]

Sorry to say, dude.

[@lukababilodze4283]

Did you know that Stalin was actually Georgian? His real name is Ioseb Jugashvili. Stal (Russian) means steel in english. He was called Stalin later.

[@thuglifesociety3416]

Stupid

[@Legitpenguins99]

@@thuglifesociety3416 he is right. A 3 second google search will tell you that

[@Retravox]

Unrelated, but WHY do so many people seem to have the same profile pic you have?

[@AniNatchkebia]

🇬🇪hell yeah he was a qartvevli 🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪

[@lukababilodze4283]

Mem3 it was a meme and I never bothered to change it afterwards

[@xxSome3Girlxx]

02:09 I didn't know Jacksepticeye was also a revolutionary

[@mercedeshernandez4492]

Lol i thought the same thing 😂

[@SpectralPotatoSP]

Ra ra Rasputin, lover of the Russian queen! Edit: Thanks for 500 likes

[@MrTankoPlays]

There was a cat that really was gone!

[@rolandramos6926]

Ra ra Rasputin, Russia's greatest love machine!

[@alaricjaeger2599]

IT WAS A SHAME HOW HE CARRIED ON!

[@kittensavage4858]

THEY PUT SOME POISON INTO HIS WINE

[@daniellacardente5755]

H E D R A N K I T A L L A N D S A I D I F E E L F I N E

[@totesme14]

I had to laugh when Rasputin’s death was described so simply. That guy may have been of the most resilient people I’ve ever heard of.

[@ViolentEKG]

Loved the video as I usually do. One small correction towards the end. Lenin's testament was kept a secret by his wife, Krupskaya, and only presented after Lenin's death. Stalin and his allies (Kamenev and Zinoviev) freaked out, but they ultimately found a way to have released uncensored but in a staggered and limited way which allowed Stalin to keep power.

[@stenrod2383]

Also, Lenin wasn't the one to choose his heir.

[@SuperyeahDit]

Lenin left no testament, it was created by Trotsky

[@ComradeHellas]

Lenin left no testament, Lenin naturally favoured Stalin as he was right-hand man. As for Kamenev and Zinoviev, they were Trotskyist traitors, and got what they deserved. Bukharin was the ally of Stalin but he was also a revisionist so he also got what he deserved.

[@aliabb01]

This video is sponsored by Stalin

[@retf8977]

Our video*

[@BT-qh7vq]

CrazyGaming Tsar made 555 accounts to dislike this

[@Godslonelyman1975]

CrazyGaming I'm not a sellout

[@BT-qh7vq]

Joseph Stalin hello Papa

[@Retravox]

Monsieur Z OMFG ITS HIM

[@enchantressdeath1289]

"Soldiers were frustrated... or dead." LMAO

[@AnythingMachine]

*overwhelming Soviet anthem*

[@josephstalin6088]

Im Joseph Stalin, and I approve this message.

[@EmbeddedWithin]

Joseph Stalin hmmmm

[@Slycoomer56]

Dad

[@antmvega]

I’m mike Bloomberg, and I approve message

[@a.jbarry9964]

We are Joseph Stalin

[@cl4655]

WE are Joseph Stalin, and WE approve this message

[@olesdrow6711]

Well, ok, you told us how the RSFSR begins, but not the USSR... Damn, why all Yankees think that USSR and Russia are the same?

[@weoqwe4406]

Yes. It's called the Soviet UNION for a reason.

[@formeraccount1529]

Oles Drow most modern post soviet nations were in the empire

[@olesdrow6711]

@@formeraccount1529 Yes. But after empire collapsed, they all get independent: Poland, Finland, Ukraine, Belarus and exedra. If you're talking about USSR, but not only RSFSR, you must say at least about Ukraine (USSR), Belarus (BSSR) and Caucas (CSSR), which where founders of the union. Otherwise, it's like talking about the EU, saying only about Germany, or France.

[@damianlillard2333]

They are the same

[@olesdrow6711]

@@damianlillard2333 Nearly as same as USA and NATO

[@JacktheRah]

Well you forgot to mention that the Soviets were a LOT more liberal and "democratic" than the imperialists. And this is not just pro Soviet propaganda these are actual facts. Would have been great if you mentioned it and not demonised any of the sides.

[@GTAVictor9128]

Exactly. Before the USSR, imperial Russia was extremely backwards compared to Europe. When the Soviets took over, literacy rates and living conditions significant improved. And now, after the so-called "Triumph of Democracy", living conditions in Russian and most other post-Soviet states have fallen significantly since the collapse of the USSR. Yet you conveniently don't hear that ever being mentioned because it makes capitalism look bad.

[@heberpelagio7161]

The success of Stalin - the man who used to boast that he conquered the United States "from the plow to the atomic bomb in just a generation" - compared to Gorbachev's failure shows that a socialist economy is unable to function with a minimum of efficiency without requiring a massive dose of political violence. In an attempt to reform a decadent regime, Gorbachev moved faster with the process of economic opening in the hope of removing the predictable resistance that the Soviet bureaucracy would create to economic reform measures, as thorough proof with the failed attempt. coup d'état in August 1991 - which ended up precipitating the final crisis of socialism and the dissolution of the USSR itself Its Chinese parallel - Deng Xiaoping - adopted a logic diametrically opposed to that of Gorbachev: it prioritized the achievement of economic prosperity (adopting in practice capitalism) precisely to delay any attempt at political opening, as was evident with the acceleration of the economy. reforms after the Tiananmen Square massacre. It is important to note that it was Karl Marx himself who, in his Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, discerned the scenario in which the conditions for a social revolution process are formed, describing it as follows: 'At a certain stage in its development, the material productive forces of society contradict existing production relations or - which is only their legal expression - with the property relations in which they have been active until then. From the forms of development of the productive forces, these relations are transformed into fetters of them. So, it is a time of social revolution. ' (Reproduced according to MARX, K. Preface to the Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, organized by Florestan Fernandes and published under the title K. Marx: Theory and historical process of the social revolution, In Marx & Engels, Great Social Scientists Collection, History, vol. 36. São Paulo: Ática, 1983. p. 232. Commemorative edition of the centenary of Karl Marx's death) By rejecting the pursuit of profit maximization as an instrument to stimulate innovation, socialist countries ended up condemning themselves to obsolescence. Thus, they lost the chance to incorporate the productivity gains made possible by technological progress. That is why the capitalist countries managed to provide a greater rise in the standard of living of their population, even without pursuing the egalitarian ideal. Therefore, until the “final crisis of socialism” (to paraphrase K. Marx's own definitions once again), it was only a matter of time. But religious fanatics do not give up on their faith, even against the indisputable proof of the facts, which completely refute it!

[@joshuamcclung8362]

Rasputin: mentioned Everyone else: RAA RAA RASPUTIN LOVER OF THE RUSSIAN QUEEN

[@UltraGuyyy]

With more Vodka than they know what to do with CHEEKI BREEKI🍾🍾🍾

[@devinrai]

In America you watch the TV. In Soviet Union, the TV watches you.

[@MGR1900]

Devin Rai Now in America, tv watch you.

[@lokikinch]

This...this is just old

[@lokikinch]

Thats(Cough)a(Cough)dislike(cough)

[@TrappinB]

Everything happening this year goes all the way to this

[@slaughterghoul3662]

Serbia: Help! The Germans are coming! Russia: Hold my vodka.

[@dzeklol]

Flamer stfu Serbia was in Yugoslavia bitch

[@el.viejo.zorro.]

I've been asking nonstop for a Mexico-centric video. Once we were a country whose youth aimed to communism, and was punished severly by the government in a massacre. Trotsky came to live in Mexico after his exile. He was great friends with Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, and lived with them a while.

[@jaojao1768]

Peter Naranjo true

[@MidlifeCrisisJoe]

Yeah, and then his Mexican gardener shoved a mountain climbing pick into his skull.

[@bbcmotd]

Peter Naranjo he also kinda fucked Frida on a daily

[@cinnireseisri]

This video omits all sorts of things. Like how the Tsar went back on his word and tried to destroy the political power of the socialists who made a compromise with the Nicholas II, leaving the radical communist Bolsheviks to be seen as the only credible alternative to opposing the Tsar. Not to mention all of the foreign influence (mostly from the UK and USA and other pro-royalist nations) on the creation and arming of the "White Army". It was the Reds who pulled Russia out of WW1 citing that it was a war of imperialists who saw it more as a chess game while millions of the poor were butchered brutally for their amusement, which is largely true considering how the Hapsburgs of Austria, the Bismarks of Germany, the Windsors of Britain, the Romanovs of Russia where all related. Even during the war they would still have tea with one another and bemuse their own nations military victories and losses at the hands of their cousins. To them, it was merely a game.

[@edwardrecord5305]

You missed out on kerensky, but fair play to you, you summed up 20 years of history in 8 mins really well. Keep up the good work :)

[@maxhydekyle2425]

It's January of 2022 and we're almost definitely going to hit 8 billion this year.

[@sciblastofficial9833]

3:11 “war with Japan, the causes of which are not important” Japan wanted to invade Korea and he got it He also wanted to claim land west of Korea but Russia was building something there Russia got angry at Japan and declared war Russia lost

[@sciblastofficial9833]

@پیر الکساندر خان Yep, they were starting to get militaristic at the time. Past me got the info from "history of japan" by Bill Wurtz, which isn't exactly... detailed on the subject.

[@noctarin1516]

Honestly, Lenin avenging his dead big brother is a better revenge story than in most movies

[@malakistis]

One small correction. According to the Great War channel, the Czar didnt actually take command of the army in ww1. He only announced that he did, but then he largely stayed out of the decision making process. This was still a mistake though, since russian failures were blamed on the czar, thus further tarnishing his image.

[@citywokbesitzer6834]

This Video was brought to you by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx

[@failurrre4634]

When you have two diamonds and your friend has 4: "We need communism."

[@randomchild9021]

is that why Heavy from tf2 calls his gun Sasha, DOES THAT MEAN HEAVY IS GAY WITH A GUN

[@potatofuryy]

*>Plots to assassinate the tsar* *>Gets caught* *>Refuses to take a lighter punishment* *>Gets executed for treason* Shocked pikachu face

[@harpdedarpdooweee1107]

Papa, I'm so cold and hungry *SUCH IS LIFE IN THE ZONE*

[@pinecone9619]

"Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back, has no brain" ~ Vladimir Putin

[@Spongebrain97]

It's because the romanovs didn't wanna share their vodka

[@PrimusProductions]

The video would be better if you explained how the revolution and civil war led to the non-Russian SSRs as well.

[@ssroudyss9432]

This is now *OUR* video

[@lukeskywalker9215]

Next video: Why is the russian anthem so blyatiful?

[@muradix3612]

ho shit sherlock

[@chocolatevanillastcremedel9038]

Reah, like ro shit, raggy

[@emporororretargds8601]

Unfunny

[@retf8977]

In soviet Russia, the video likes you

[@Eli_Inc.]

This guy is gonna have to make a part 2 with the Ukraine situation

[@oliversmalley7771]

How did the Soviet Union begin? Four words: *Then things got worse*

[@nbome2733]

this was so concise but I learned alot in that 10 minutes. THANK YOU SIR

[@KamepinUA]

no mention of Ukraine -9999999999999/10

[@olesdrow6711]

The whole video is a lie. It calls "USSR begin", but actually it shows the RSFSR begins

[@mr.dr.genius2169]

A tsar is the same thing as an emperor.

[@NathanDav42]

This was far from your best. You never even explained what a Soviet WAS! How can one understand what the Soviet Union was intended to be at its inception if one has no knowledge of what the first word even means? Soviets were councils of workers and soldiers who were elected to represent those workers and soldiers, first in opposition to the Tsar, then to the Provisional Government, and finally as the engines that drove the October Revolution and then organized the new Russian state. I understand that the goal here was to share the basics of this monumentally important event (from precisely a century ago) as quickly as possible, but how can you share the key points when you neglect actually explain those basics? You should have mentioned, for example, that Lenin was purposefully sent back to Russia to take up his key role in the Revolution by the German Empire in the hopes of knocking the Russians out of World War I?

[@KironVB]

Also glosses over way too much, for example, this video implies that the whites were just this diverse faction of nice liberals that disagreed with socialists, not a fanatical proto-fascist far-right genocidal movement that literally started the civil war by massacring minorities and Jews. Also the events between Feb-October are way too important to be glossed over in 30 seconds. Lenin was sent back much earlier (April I believe) and actually wasn't that popular within the Bolsheviks, he was considered a delusional anarchist by much of the Bolsheviks for the April Thesis and is extreme anti-imperialist stance. The way Lenin rose to power is an astonishing story from a fringe Bolshevik to the countries leader. Also ignores the fight between the Soviet and Provisional Government, the fact the Provisional Government had basically no support, and the Kerensky offensive which basically sealed the Provisional Government's fate. Also the race to power between the Soviets and Proto-Fascist groups that would make up the core of the Whites.

[@TonyFontaine1988]

KironVB found the commie

[@tachankykang6675]

Well if you care so much about it then make your own damn video

[@arsonus-0525]

Honestly your not wrong, he could’ve explained what a Soviet was way better than he did, but that wasn’t the point of the video. The point of the video was to tell us how the Soviet Union started, and the events leading up to it. It was not meant to tell us the ideals and what it was.

[@vinrusso821]

He tamed the Soviet Union down a little. He could have went further in history to WW2. After the war, east and west Germany were divided, Berlin was "neutral". The Soviets then set up a razor fence, and then the wall after thousands tried to flee to the west. US and Britain had to airlift food to people on the eastern side. Half of East Europe was under soviet control, many fled Russia, then in 1989 the wall tumbled.

[@randomgaming6808]

Yes..I love learning history on the Soviet Union for some reason

[@yarpen26]

I know it's just a general summary and all but you can't just gloss over the entire Russian Civil War as well as the subsequent invasion of Poland and the Baltics like that. These were _extremely_ important events in the formation of the Soviet Union: during the former the Bolshevist regime was literally on the brink of collapse and it was only due to Denikin's failure to recognize an independent Polish state that they eventually managed to triumph over the Whites and during the latter, the Soviets were this close to engulf the entirery of Eastern Europe as well as Germany.

[@vixxfinitesupremacist7602]

3 days into the Russian invasion of Ukraine and trying to educate myself....this whole situation is so heartbreaking

[@greenmario3011]

Stalin sure had a bone to PICK with Trotsky. Eh? Too soon?

[@AgrippaMaxentius]

Green Mario Better keep that one on ice comrade

[@SputnikBeepBoop]

You guys should do "What if Trotsky ruled the Soviet Union instead of Stalin" on your Alternate History channel!

[@ST3xPRO]

I fill like your videos are 10x more interesting just because of Cody’s voice. It’s so soothing.

[@Jxw238]

short answer: 28 December 1922 long answer: WATCH THE VID

[@Jxw238]

Zaxon 28th * google is allwayscorrect allways trust Wikipedia...

[@darksid007]

Or read the history Russian revolution by Trosky...

[@ern1813]

This video came out in my birthday

[@daniels7568]

The Russians have only ever experienced two small windows of relative freedom, 1917-1924 and 1991-2000.

[@whobscr]

Oh, yeah, when Russia is on fire and completely destroyed, then Americans think that it's the best time

[@juliusburtrockbuilttoin1294]

This sounds like an Anime with each season being focused on a specific thing with next being a follow up on the previous unlit it came full circle

[@Umbrella419]

4:47 "-so he was killed- Rasputin: I don't think so

[@vulgrants4254]

Stalin your suppose to be like Lenin!

[@noahjackl2240]

So beautiful it makes me want to cry...

[@peepeetrain8755]

shut yo sensitive mouth up

[@peepeetrain8755]

never mind, i just cried

[@thepeemachine8992]

Don't cry because it's over smile because it happened

[@311-FOUR-TWENTY]

that username is epic my comrade

[@kuls43]

I wanted to know from this video, how 16-17 states came together to make a union but I got something else.

[@thebigs6405]

You hardly went over the Hilarious story of how Rasputin was killed 🤣

[@hraklisiordanidis2775]

7:07 bruh what is that flag

[@TheDixieDerg]

Who else clicked to see of the Russian anthem is in the background?

[@311-FOUR-TWENTY]

*Soviet

[@myodeltafitness4154]

You left out the fact that Nicholas and the King of England at the time were first cousins.

[@bobsemple9281]

And the Kaiser too

[@AlexRides808]

@@bobsemple9281 Yep, you're right.

[@blacksuppository]

“His name was Rasputin” ... *RA-RA-RASPUTIN*

[@maximus.accordion6949]

No

[@blacksuppository]

KZbin Demonetisation thank you for being 2 years late

[@Naomi-bs9bh]

_LOVER OF THE RUSSIAN QUEEN_

[@terrortiset6669]

@@Naomi-bs9bh THERE WAS A CAT THAT REALLY WAS GONE

[@Godslonelyman1975]

This is the saddest video it has put me in tears

[@OculusGame]

But how did the US begin? we're kinda subjective aren't we?

[@parthiancapitalist2733]

OculusGames in 1812

[@Bumpus07]

bruh. America gained independence in the 1780's. And Americans did not kill millions upon millions of people. Don't try to justify the Soviets by blaming the Americans for what they did.

[@far0145]

Gulag, now, Western Spy..

[@elisraine384]

@Lilith does stuff but not nearly compatible to the ussr's record

[@xxxmmm3812]

Shih Town americans are killing people right and will continue

[@aewhatever]

I wish all historians would start referring to the Soviet Union as just that, or what it was in the time of the czars and not Russia. Russia is a state. Sometimes they spew out something that happened in another state but still refer to it as Russia over all. Since I was a kid that had urked me. That's like referring to California as Washington D.C.

[@danielfredrickson8916]

Hello. My name is Linda Fox and I am 94. I'm using my grandsons phone to educate people. I lived in communist russia my entire life. Body's used to pile up on the streets. People used to eat wallpaper because it was made of horses. I was eventually taken to a concentratuon camp because my town was harbouring jews. My parents were killed because my mom tried to save my dad. My sister died shortly after arriving. I used to sew pants for the krauts. If a drop of blood spilled on them I'd be killed. I was freed by the soviets, but life in russia was no better. I remember crying every night. Stalin was portrayed as perfect. He was far from it. I grew blisters on my feet from standing in a line just for bread. I used to hope for death, it never came, so I moved to the U.S. with my two sons.

[@danielfredrickson8916]

@Nazx 36 that's fair XD. It is true but I am trying to change my name in like 60 days. Although my pfp is memey so yeah-

[@lordblack998]

so no mention of Karl Marx? wtf!!

[@silvertheelf]

My version before I watched the video A bunch of Vikings and barbarians then they were a nation somehow.

[@Zodchi]

*Im going to stop answering to these comments because it’s annoying seeing other people’s dumb comments, except the ones that actually put sense into theirs*

[@viewer1339]

The video explains the October Revolution and the Soviet Russia, however it lacks any information on how the other Soviet republics were formed and the USSR was born

[@deschloro]

The Soviet succession is described incorrectly. First of all, Lenin appointed Stalin to the GS of the party implying he had broad approval of his way of doing things. Second, it’s likely Lenin’s last testament is a forgery by his wife looking to stop Stalin. Third, If Stalin was only obsessed with power, he wouldn’t have dropped his education to go underground for twenty years in a revolutionary cause unlikely to succeed. This false history of the Soviet succession serves two purposes. First, it was useful to bitter Trotskyists who think he was robbed and second, it allows the modern left to disavow Stalin as a reactionary and not truly of the left.

[@lizardguy9403]

The soviet union will always exist in OUR hearts

[@NachoTaco112]

It all started when my mom met my dad

[@communistdude6163]

Today is the anniversary of the founding of then Soviet union on December 30th 1922

[@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa2158]

RARARASPUTIN LOVER OF THE RUSSIAN QUEEN, THERE WAS A CAT THAT REALLY WAS GOOONNEEEE! RARARASPUTIN RUSSIAS GREATEST LOVE MACHINE, IT WAS A SHAME HOW HE CARRIED ON!!!!!

[@goldenfoxa1810]

Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus There lived a certain man in Russia long ago He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow Most people looked at him with terror and with fear But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear He could preach the bible like a preacher Full of ecstasy and fire But he also was the kind of teacher Women would desire

[@CaptainWahoo-gh2pg]

2:31 CAPITALISM'S WORST NIGHTMARE

[@canadian__ninja]

Merely saying "Rasputin was killed", is giving a grave disservice to the events of his death. Pun unintended.

[@kahlilg9824]

“How did the Soviet Union begin” With blood of the Romanovs…

[@NachoTaco112]

It all started with me

[@pqbdwmnu]

Someone said Союз and then the CCCP started

[@keithminnich4017]

Awesome video guys. Well done!

[@MrDeath-fu5jg]

Fun Fact: An Argentinian band album cover was inspired on Russian Revolution

[@miserablesmileface7062]

This voice. No. Just no.

[@TheTimoprimo]

Well, Tyler is Cody’s brother. This is probably his natural voice.

[@cheekmcbreek1146]

Early af

[@cheekmcbreek1146]

Random914 I know, what is the problem?

[@nathanembry7876]

With a Rothschild banker

[@dinvin1575]

There is missed a lot information between February and October revolution

[@LincolnLoud2015]

The Soviet Union began on 1922.

[@sgtpaloogoo2811]

So monarchy is authoritarianism? Okay.

[@olesdrow6711]

If the absolute monarchy isn't, than I don't know what is

[@bluehelmi1672]

What was Russia before the revolution? Better.

[@naiaasja]

Baratheon dude no, it wasn't

[@deathman7663]

So you’re saying an incompetent Czardom was better? Oof

[@scaredcrow723]

Go say that to the peoples that lived under the tsardom . Oh that's right , they all starved to death .

[@nexusxe]

I like existing, thanks.

[@kubapietron1482]

At least it wasnt playground for one of the greatest genocides on history

[@theabstractchicken3998]

woah, this cool kid has 2 channels respect comrade