How Rus Survived Mongols and Crusaders - Rise of Novgorod

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Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series on the history of Kievan Rus continues with an episode on the aftermath of the Mongol Invasion of Rus, the northern Rus attempt to keep their independence, fighting off the Crusader threat from the west and trying to placate the Mongols to the south. This episode focuses on Prince Alexander Nevsky, the Republic of Novgorod, and the battle of Ice of 1242, as we try to explain how the Rus survived between the Teutons and the Khans of the Golden Horde.
Slavs and Vikings: Medieval Russia and the Origins of the Kievan Rus: • Slavs and Vikings: Med...
Early Rus Conquests: Viking Princes in Eastern Rome: • Early Rus Conquests: V...
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[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@alanalmeida7887]

Battle of Vasai please! Maratha vs Portuguese!

[@Adn-ut9qm]

Can you do what ceaser did when he was stuck in Alexandria.and early Muslim expansion

[@arnabgain7693]

tralala

[@pranabmallick01]

Please make video on the Assyrian Empire or the Gupta Empire

[@ionica-sorinpintilei713]

Please make video about Michael the Brave of Valachia. I think that it will be an amaizing video! 🙏

[@SterbenCyrodill]

I honestly think this is one of the most underappreciated parts of European History. We typically focus too much on the West, but the East is so pretty interesting to study.

[@dylan2478]

Well there are also less remainings of medieval buildings and architecture in the east then in the west, that for Belarus, Russia and Ukraine at least. Allot of historic buildings got demolished by either war, communists or some threath from the east (also war), leaving allot less history left for us to see Correct me if I’m wrong

[@crimsonsamurai09]

@@misaspasic4295 Yes, but some of those buildings housed records, making it harder for some of those history texts and archives to survive to our day.

[@dylan2478]

@@misaspasic4295 both matter allot, the architecture and buildings are mostly the visual evidence of how they lived back in the days, or are also the evidence how rich the town actually was. it reminds tourists who come that the city they’re in has a big history, witch makes it a more known city

[@dylan2478]

@@arbendit4348 of course not, and I’m not saying that!

[@Rek-55]

Not you focus, but historic mainstream... Like in west was advanced civilization, but in east was not so... That was like Roman empire envaded Dacian lands, so now they like Romania... Who knows now what culture had Dacians, religion e.t.c. Simply they was killed. All history of new era, like Romano-Vatican. And you will not know what was in East europe...

[@zako9396]

Teutonic: Be catholic Novgorod: I rather burn in hell Mongols: Hey just pay me tribute and money i really dont care about your beliefs Novgorod: Now that something I can live with

[@larryhats4320]

sounds like America until it became woke

[@buzzerbeaterbuzzerbeater9001]

@@larryhats4320 did it

[@unknownbenefactor8029]

@@larryhats4320 that why they are "Republic" of Novgorod not kingdom or tsardom of Novgorod. THEY HAVE "MONEYYYYY!!"

[@ignrey]

Oversimplified shit right here.

[@larryhats4320]

@@ignrey hardly. "believe whatever you want, just pay me taxes" is a very, very old strategy of empire building.

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Teutons to the left of me, Khans to the right, here I am stuck in the middle with Prince Nevsky

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

That is too funny :D

[@christianvalencia4489]

Nice reference mate xD

[@budidayaberuk6144]

Don't forget the princes' Manscape kit

[@assumjongkey1383]

Pure poetic

[@glasshope3274]

😆😆😂😂🤣

[@justcallmeSheriff]

Pope: "The heathen Mongols are coming!" Orthodox Rus: "Cool, cool, cool"

[@billdehappy1]

yeah probally...not the pope had alot more chill than they had before got wiped out i would bet my last coin on haha

[@petrspetsnaz630]

I get Hetalia vibes from that

[@user-yp4zc7zs6r]

And why? The pagans saw in Christianity one more local gods. Therefore, they did not touch the churches. And even on the contrary, they brought gifts, in the desire to win the gods to their side. But when the Mongol yoke adopted Islam, problems began.

[@billdehappy1]

@@user-oi1tu5cu1w russians took nothing first and formost moscovy mange to conquer the other principalitcy that still remind of former RUS states which the tatar conquered and ruled for many centeries untill ivan the terrible and this is well known atleast outside russia since soviet tried to erase that part ever happent in history.. it was a curse on Timur's grave it said the one who disbured it will be extinct by hells legions and same year soviet archolgies open and send his head for research and by think first ever man to recrustate a persons facial looks as the year of operation barbarossa which sevral million russians where killed and went as far as even stalin order timurs remains to be send back buried and excuting anyone who think of even come close to it again, then the tide of war change for their favor...yes coinsident but still its certainly a thing which makes you belive it and think twice even stalin did when desperate times belive it was his curse... and thats why the tatars mainly but all nomads are view in majority negativly by russians but its a common trait by most slavs since we been the dominating and ruling elite for centeries untill gunpowder age came...and i dont even care im of indo-aryian sakastan first silkroad and our kind left after the kushan khagnate of baktira fell to europe im still praising great tsingis khaan and mongolia aswell hold any nomad decended people of our steppes as a kindred spirit and close to me person...and forver glory to the greatest and most feard and respected khagnate if not even empire of the great TATARY much love to my fellow nomads and relavties as merged into our peoples here in europe later on too,Mongol or Turkic are allways gonna be viewed as my own TRUE ARIYAN nomads from rajasthan punjabi today is known! you are called slavs for a reason and its not cause your rule and domination in history unfortunely to burst bubbles...

[@tondowidodo9669]

@Kokoro Shimamura yes cool and chill when massacring the people of Baghdad in 1258

[@romelnegut2005]

Nevski was smart not to upset the Mongols, thus keeping his throne and saving his Principality from the eventual destruction.

[@user-vd5si1rs3d]

otherwise today we wouldnt talk about russians

[@romelnegut2005]

@@user-vd5si1rs3d Absolutely.

[@sholahverassa8582]

@@user-vd5si1rs3d Sadly his successors were not smart enough to resist Moscow occupation.. shame, they could have had some real 100% domestic kind of democracy in Russia.

[@googane7755]

He even put down a revolt in Novgorod against his own subjects. Had it gone out of control the mongols would've came to sack the city and slaughter the entire population.

[@romelnegut2005]

@@googane7755 Absolutely.

[@ofallmyintention9496]

Medieval Catholics: "I say the whole world must learn of our peaceful ways...by force!"

[@Mr.LaughingDuck]

"We're killing you for your own good! Stop resisting!"

[@uniuni8855]

Bogomils were being hunted and persecuted by both Catholics and Byzantines for centuries.

[@moptopbaku6022]

@Iqbal Ar You're having a laugh, aren't you?

[@gondalgandul6848]

@Iqbal Ar haha so funny yet so ironic

[@bastardofthecentury]

This reply section is becoming spicy As a North African, i'll watch this become even more spicier

[@jaywaii3187]

Nevsky bucking the trend with sending his own envoys instead of killing the Mongols'.

[@sholahverassa8582]

@@impaugjuldivmax The Mongolian Envoys trade union had to kill them eventually, to keep the tradition.

[@nikolak4225]

Very interesting sponsor for a history channel XD

[@HungryGoat96]

The infamous and unknown Testis Tondenti Cruciata - Testicle Shaving crusade of the 15th century... 🤡 a bunch of german bishops and knights forcin their way of life onto slavic n eastern pagans and eastern orthodoxy , their war cry "aaaachhh jaaaa" (sry idek)

[@EbefrenRevo]

Slavs have beards

[@MyILoveMinecraft]

honestly, best one i have seen so far. 100% professional, even when it comes to his ballsack

[@HungryGoat96]

@@narxes 100% was losing a chromosome each time I heard about raid shadow legends.

[@krspaceT1]

@@narxes I'd prefer Raid myself.

[@average.user_]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="929">15:29</a> possibly smartest move one can pull off against Mongols. As Genghis Khan himself said "only fools wage wars which they cannot win" I'd say it is a good advice. Especially against Mongols.

[@Le-eu4bf]

@@smellypatel5272 If I remember correctly monogl tributes where mostly gold and food and other precious stuff. I don't think women would be part of a tribute the Mongols aren't stupid demanding women as tribute would only make disloyal vassals

[@Le-eu4bf]

@@smellypatel5272 humans don't give up that easily. I mean the IRA still exists trying to liberate northern Ireland. Heck even Confederate supporters still exist today

[@LazyPictures]

@@smellypatel5272 Well -mongols didn't lack rape/slave material in their conquest. So tribute was more of a technical action like paying taxes.

[@EmilReiko]

@@smellypatel5272 whether you opposed or submitted to the Mongols had a huge impact on how they would initially treat you and your people - they weren't necessarily hard rulers.

[@thedreamscripter4002]

@@smellypatel5272 Whenever your vassal is rebelling, even if you crush them you still lose soldiers in a process, thus weakening yourself. Moreover, you send your armies in one exact region, thus leaving other regions less protected - which may easily lead to new rebellions among other vassals, and like domino everything start to fall. Mongols managed to keep such a huge empire exactly because they knew how to deal with vassals and tributors: keep them loyal. And to do that, do not demand too much from them. So yes, they didn't demanded women, children, different important cultural things or sacred relics: they demanded money, food, some production and sometimes troops participating in mongolian conquests against someone else - things, which vassals may find reasonable and agree on.

[@kuamir573]

I think what Nevsky did was very smart, against the crusader he probably think that he had a chance of winning, so he fought, but against the Mongols, he knew he can't win, so he avoided fighting them all together, saving his people from destruction, building his strength, learning about Mongol weakness, so that they can fight another day, winning without fighting, sun tzu definitely would approve of him as a leader 👍👍👍

[@aslof1069]

The Mongols simply killed all the leaders who were competing against him. Also, Novgorod is far away compared to the rest of the Slavic cities so they had time to understand the Mongols and their traditions. On the other hand, the Mongols were becoming too diverse, making it fragile to exist as a single powerful Empire. Religions and foreign queens were common, they brainwashed newborn Khans to fight against each other. And that's how the Mongols ended.

[@patriotenfield3276]

@@aslof1069 In Mongol world ,Your Rights are set by how Strong you are on battlefield. new queens play no role in brainwashing the khans as the Khans are hellbent on killing each other from the beginning.

[@muadibadder3345]

Nevsky: " I'd rather serve a tolerant barbarian than have an overzealous priest rule over me ". A wise and pragmatic choice.

[@Don-Coyote-De-Transylvania]

Wise? Maybe is he would have chosen a western catholic rule Russia would have become a developed country like western Europe.

[@bigmac7077]

@@Don-Coyote-De-Transylvania Russia is definitely developed, maybe a little dystopian but for sure developed

[@jeffreywoodward8202]

@@bigmac7077 the major cities only

[@angelb.823]

Funny enough, there is a similar saying in Greek during the last moments of Roman rule in Constantinople before its subjugation by the Ottonans: "It is better to see the Turkish turban in the city of Constantinople rather than the Latin mitre".

[@jeffreywoodward8202]

@@alexvig2369 there is a huge difference between being rural in north America than Russia.

[@HungryGoat96]

Kievan Rus: No manscaping - Teutons: Ball shaved, am I getting this right?

[@joshuafrimpong244]

probably

[@Manuel-gu9ls]

Noticed that the title has changed?

[@HungryGoat96]

@@Manuel-gu9ls yeah probably edited it cuz he had a part on the Mongols introducing the more mobile composite Shaver.

[@Manuel-gu9ls]

@@HungryGoat96 not to mentioned the thumbnail that has a title in it that changed

[@ProjUltraZ]

they dint even shower lol and that goop looks like liquid copper antiseize

[@JonWintersGold]

So basically the Mongols were the IRS of the medieval world.

[@mehmetilbasan4383]

I am not a native english speaker. so i searched "what is irs" and it take me a moment to understand that. Tax collection huh? :D nice joke by the way.

[@johnl.7754]

They had conquered such a big area with a small native population that it was probably the most feasible thing to do.

[@tsarzamancorpdna]

Mongols: Yall breathing? Theres a tax for that

[@jamaaldaynitelong8367]

@@tsarzamancorpdna 🤣😂

[@fullmetalalchemist9126]

😂

[@curranlakhani]

Teutonic knights: Lets attack Novgorod they will be too busy fighting the Mongols. Teutonic Knights when they return to their territory to find it ravaged by Nevsky because they were busy fighting the mongols *Suprised Pikachu*

[@Philipp.of.Swabia]

The Teutonic order actually didn’t want to fight the rus, but the pope told them to do so, otherwise he wouldn’t have supported their cause anymore, the pope wanted the orthodox to be Catholic, and after the Teutonic defeat both sides were pretty happy that the conflict was over, not to mention that the Teutonic order had nearly no losses, at the battle of Lake Peipus, the order lost 20 men, the rest were Danish knights and soldiers. Which btw is also why Denmark stoped crusading, they had taken a pretty big beating.

[@nolies-noevil33]

Saxon Royals were Traitors to Europe First they helped Rome to conquer North Europe Second they gave Europe to the Cult from the Desert Third, in our time, Rich Saxons gave Europe to Bankers Now the EU is owned by the Bankers And enslave us with Forced vaccines Royal Saxons joined the Satanic Venicians To destroy Byzantium Later the same Rich Saxons sided with the Turks to fight the Russians Royal Saxons are the Traitors of Europa History of 2,000 years is the evidence

[@Philipp.of.Swabia]

@@nolies-noevil33 and what exactly does this bullshit have to do with the discussion about Russian and the Teutonic Knights ?

[@MrSafior]

@@Philipp.of.Swabia Just someone who lie and is evil.

[@Philipp.of.Swabia]

@@MrSafior seems like

[@Overlord734]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="810">13:30</a> That's a very common misconception. Rus armies at that period consisted almost exclusively of heavy knight-like cavalry. So called "poorly equipped militia" was actually Novgorod city regiment, recruited from local nobility. They were equipped and fought as heavy shock cavalry, equal in quality to druzhina. Every more or less large town and city in Medieval Rus had this type of regiment. Rus, and later Russians did not use infantry in field battles till 16th century.

[@user-bn1zd3us5l]

As well as they put infasys on infantry after they were able to widely equip it with firerarms and support artillery

[@sergeysamoilov9180]

этих псевдоисториков мало интересуют факты

[@ericsaxon5736]

I was under the impression that the heavy cavalry and light cavalry focus came as a result of the experiences with the Mongols. Could you provide evidence that you are not stating facts of the 14th and following centuries, that came after the Mongol sujugation?

[@ericsaxon5736]

@@user-bn1zd3us5l Alexander Nevsky died in 1263, I promise you that Novgorod did not equip their infantry with firearms and support artillery in his lifetime. The earliest surviving firearm in Europe was found in Otepää, Estonia and it dates to at least as early as 1396. Support artillery followed much later.

[@auvazutrittskontrolleukhme8506]

BRO we more likely didnt have heavy cavalry till mid 15 hundreds Just accept that we always were good at melee Slava Rossiji 🇷🇺❤🖕😘

[@joshuapilling3641]

Devin's narration sounded so aggressive for that sponsorship.

[@jakegaubert9170]

sounded different, didn't think it was him at first!

[@richhistory6085]

Impersonation of a pagan slavic

[@mohamedabuallaineen8719]

agreed

[@terencetan236]

Maybe he somehow nicked himself manscaping....

[@normmacdonaldliveseason3ep866]

Still more authentic than his shilling for freemium games.

[@meofamily4]

It is of note that Alexander Nevskii's youngest son, Daniil, was given in Nevskii's will command of the small town of Moscow, which later served (in the 1400s) as the kernel of the renascent Russia.

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

Alexander: "Alright, these Mongols just stomped everything east of us that even smelled of rebellion. Let's keep our heads down so our city doesn't get burned to the ground like everyone else." Novgorod citizenry: "Time to revolt against the Mongols!" Alexander: "OI! WHAT DID I *JUST* SAY?!"

[@angusyang5917]

Fun fact: Alexander Nevsky is the common ancestor of all grand princes and Moscow and tsars of Russia except for False Dmitry and the Godunovs, all the way up to 1618. Afterward, his brother Andrey II of Vladimir, mentioned in here, is the common ancestor of the rest of the Russian tsars and emperors, all the way up to 1917.

[@slavenskazajednica7912]

Andrey II was not Romanov predecessor. The last 200 years of Russian tsarist history is made out of germanic descendants of house of Holstein - Gottorp - Romanov. Nothing Russian in it.

[@slavenskazajednica7912]

@Sing Song If the discussion is too hard for your pigeon brain I suggest you fly away little one. 🐦🐦

[@andrejsokolov9431]

@@vaziralramin4565 Well, actually, everyone people, of course, are relatives. But the Holstein-Gottorps are so distantly related to the princes of the Rurik family that they practically have no common blood. In Russia, at the time of Catherine the Second, there were thousands of families who had more rights to the throne. And besides, do not forget how badly they managed, constantly trying to introduce the German order in Russia.

[@stephenheath8465]

The Romanovs were Germans not Slavs though

[@Brandonhayhew]

Until 1918, the last Tsar was shot along with his family

[@vasiliykolebanov845]

Go Novgorod! Kings and Generals, I love how you present different types of history, from various perspectives and in different regions. I especially always appreciate the recognition of my father's (and mine) region of origin - Novgorod. It was key for viking's, Russia's and northern Europe's region and it was a medieval Republic, which I am very proud of. Thank you!

[@PewPewPlasmagun]

Здрастите! Я из Киева и тоже очень горжусь этим (в историческом смысле, нынче дела обстоят не очень). Слава былая всё таки не отсутствует.

[@vasiliykolebanov845]

@@PewPewPlasmagun Если есть позитивная история и сохраняются традиции, то тогда есть и хорошая мотивационная основа для построения нового светлого будущего. По этому надо гордиться историей.

[@sholahverassa8582]

But that all changed when the Moscow Nation attacked. Real shame, losing the republican traditions to a plain boring feudal monarchy...

[@vasiliykolebanov845]

@@sholahverassa8582 Tell me about it... :D I am an anti-monarchist and now I guess that it stems from there. :D

[@igorsrb]

Even though I have roots from different parts of Russia (and originally from Vladimir), I am proud of my ancestors (50%) from Smolensk region. It is less unknown, but in Smolensk there were also some proto-democratic institutions. Less established than in Novgorod, but still... Moreover, Smolensk and other cities like Roslav or Dorogobuz were integral part of Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Rzeczpospolita.

[@user-oh5nc1qb5u]

The term "Kievan Rus" appeared only in the 19th century, as a designation of the time period when Kyiv was the capital of the country. So was Ladoga Rus (approximately 859-862), Novgorod Rus (862-882), Vladimir Rus (1243-1389), then Moscow Rus (1389-1547 (or 1478)). It was just Rus'. We don't say "Moscow Russia" or "Petersburg Russia", no, we don't.

[@demid5518]

абсолютно верно

[@the-real-pawook]

Which was a normal term to use until like 9y ago, but became inappropriate after russia decided to claim foreign history

[@alechboy3578]

​@@the-real-pawookJewkraine is a country since 1918 and it was always russian teritory. In fact, it wasn't even an administrative region during russian empire and only in the 1966 soviet union constitution, jewkranian was an officialized language

[@the-real-pawook]

@@alechboy3578 russia is a Muscovite Kingdom who stole the Rus name because being a descendant of a Golden Horde is not a thing to be proud of. Be careful checking the map of G. Beauplan from 1648, it may fry your last braincell

[@dicecorporation]

We also don't say "Kyiv" but "Kiev" and so did people who lived back then as the name changed by mid 13th century

[@lyonvensa]

"Chingisid shaped elephant in the room" That is one of the funniest and creative sentence I've heard thus far.

[@snowmoon7385]

Lol

[@abcdef27669]

“The battle of Neva is ‘neva’ described in swedish sources”. Hah!

[@Alexey0795]

6:00

[@ivongrey9047]

Sweds probably were Embrassed from that Battle.

[@thezeitos469]

Oof. That one was bad.

[@thezeitos469]

@@ivongrey9047 That hasnt stopped historians before xD

[@tedarcher9120]

It was barely a skirmish. Like three people died

[@bobbatons1720]

"Chingisid shaped elephant in the room" LOL I liked that

[@nicon1391]

Alexander Nevsky's stance of resisting Catholic crusaders but submitting to the Mongols in order to save Orthodox Christianity and culture was the same stance the last Greek defenders of Constantinople hold, opposing Papal supremacy and rejecting Catholicism but preferring Ottoman rule. As an Orthodox Christian, both these moments in history are admirable as they indeed saved Orthodox Christianity with a far sighted perspective

[@justafaniv1097]

Constantine XI, the last Emperor of Byzantium, reconciled with Catholicism and held a joint Othodox/Catholic mass before Constantinople fell...

[@nicon1391]

@@justafaniv1097 I know, I am aware of this, and they ended up abandoning the defenders. There was a massive movement against his reconciliation with the Pope (their leader was Gennadios Scolarios I think, which was made patriarch by Mehmed II after the fall of Constantinople).

[@arbiterelegantiarum]

@Antigonus Zizska so true it hurts

[@filipjoldzic7368]

@Antigonus Zizska The catholics did not "lead" any liberation of orthodox lands there isn't a single instance, orthodoxy liberated itself.

[@violenceisfun]

@@savioblanc barbarians rule through might makes right. Latins rule through deceit. It's not that Mongols or ottomans were better, it's that you knew what to expect. The PLC, austrians persecuted priesthood, replaced orthodox priests with catholic ones, created entirely different cultures that rejected their orthodox roots and tried forcing them on the locals.

[@Takhor86]

Well done video. One small detail. There was never (like ever) any state or principality or piece of land called Kievan Rus. There was simply Rus. The term “Kievan Rus” was coined by Russian historian in the Nineteenth century describing a time period when Kiev was the principal city and not the state or principality. Just saying.

[@dulguunbatsaikhan9870]

Alexander Nevski had very good relation with BATU KHAN, there both loved to play chess, and Alexander respect him, BATU KHAN teached him how to control, how to fight... Even some historian says BATU KHAN said Nevski is for me like a son...KHAN give him more opportunity to be Great Knyaz and he was loyal to him, maybe it was a only way to survive..

[@lerneanlion]

Next episode of the series: How Moscow replaced Novgorod as the dominant power with absolute loyalty to the Golden Horde... for the time being.

[@unemiryune9322]

and stealing MoNeY from them

[@lake258]

As far as I remember, it was Ivan Kalita (which most likely translates as "the purse") who was using the same strategy as Nevsky: pay with silver, not blood. Which eventually led to Rus becoming strong enough to at least counter the Mongols and not agreeing to pay more (his what the battle on Don was about, already covered on the channel).

[@thomasrinschler6783]

I don't know, they kept showing Galicia (and its ruler Daniel) in the margins of the map, so I wonder if we'll get a side-trip there first before going to Vladimir and Moscow. Galicia was the only other Rus state that was reasonably successful in holding off the Mongols, before it fell to Poland, Hungary, and Lithuania working together to bring it down.

[@pip_nalip]

@@thomasrinschler6783 The Galicia-Volyn principality was not at all successful in the confrontation with the Mongols. The Mongols also ravaged their cities and defeated the troops, and Daniel Galitsky himself fled several times to Poland or Hungary from the Mongols. Then Daniel went to the Horde and admitted himself conquered. The princes of the Galician principality were also approved by the khans of the Horde, and the principality paid tribute to the Mongols. Together with the Tatars, the troops of this principality took part in the campaigns against Poland. Then it was conquered by the Polish-Lithuanian forces.

[@DBT1007]

the reply section is funny. this comment just want to predict the next episode of this slav series... dont u dare to put spoiler. btw, some of us already know. soo shut up, Mr. know it all.

[@geopoliticos]

The key of success of peasants vs armored knights was the tradition to put blunt axe (which is used for splitting logs) on a long pole. This kind of weapon was completely useless against the mongolian tactics (because their weapons of choice were bow and lasso) but proved effective against heavy armored knights.

[@vollerernst6365]

Finally a good history channel! I absolutely love your work, especially the documentaries that focus more on social structures and technological development of ancient societies instead of battles and campaigns. Keep it up, youre awesome!

[@adamfrazer5150]

You've truly raised the bar yet again, K & G - the visuals are well above the standards of that golden time of actual learning we remember on television. And the audio, well, that's always been top-shelf 👍 Many thanks for your massive efforts and devotion to spreading knowledge in a wonderfully produced package 👍🍻

[@tomrowell1558]

Love this series, such an interesting part of history that isn’t usually well covered

[@andres6868]

Alexander Nevsky's story is well told in the film of the same name by Sergei Eisenstein. It's from 1938, but it's very watchable, the staged battles and the score by Prokofiev are memorable, and is available for view in youtube.

[@darrenehhhhhhtill8051]

Thank you so much for the depth of detail, historians seem to always leave out the information that opens up the doors for us to truly understand our history.

[@iLLeag7e]

I have only recently discovered the absolute joy that is history channels on KZbin. I can't express how grateful I am for your content and the content of the rest of the history channel youtube community. I absorb social studies and history like a sponge takes water but the American educational system left me sorely lacking in the world history department. KZbin is filling that void with 500x better material than I was ever exposed to in school, at least with regards to this subject matter. Kings and Generals is at the head of that youtube pack and I love it. Thank you for giving me the keys to unlock the huge clusterfuck of people and places that exist outside of the USA. Yall rock

[@beno1129]

The music selection used in the background of K&G videos never fails to be excellent and consistent with the culture/civilisation being discussed. Bravo!

[@cesareborgia6431]

I've always been fascinated by the Vikings in the East and the Rus kingdoms. Thank you for all your fantastic videos about them!

[@elinikolai7493]

Russia: We have winter Mongols: We don't care.

[@k0mm4nd3r_k3n]

Sviatoslav was renowned for preferring to sleep in the forest than in a building even in winter, but to Mongols this wasn't unusual.

[@carloschu7127]

@@k0mm4nd3r_k3n If you see in youtube Lake Bakai, village Oymyakon, where the old Mongol territory was , Russia Europe region, is for autumm picnic.

[@carloschu7127]

@@impaugjuldivmax Yeah. From Lake Bakai to Village Oymyakon. ( thats the old Mongolian territory ) Another reason why, the mongols choose to fight Kievan rus during winter, in 13th century. General Winter only worked against Napoleon and Hittler, but not against Batu.

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

@@impaugjuldivmax Their next-door-neighbor is Siberia.

[@temich1985]

But Novgorod region Russia has dense forests, unsuitable for mongol steppe hoarders so they never reached Novgorod

[@IvanSlivan]

Great episode! Thank you for entertaining us with such glorious content 🙏

[@orarinnsnorrason4614]

The production value here is fantastic. Great work, great video.

[@constantinsg245]

Swedish chroniclers say nothing about the capture of Sigtuna (Stockholm) by the Russians from Novgorod in 1187. But at 1616 the Swedes found a gate from Sigtuna in Novgorod. It is a well-known fact that the Swedish chroniclers invented kings that never existed at a time when Sweden itself did not exist. For example, king Karl VII is actually Karl I.

[@chamathamara]

I see the city of Novigrad in Witcher 3 has a lot of influence from the city of Novgorod

[@Rahmatow]

And both names Novigrad (polish) and Novgorod (East Slavic) translates in English as "New city"

[@AlvaroPennywise]

I am pretty sure TW3's Novigrad is a mix between Novgorod and Gdansk, in Poland. In the game, the city's port is basically identical to the latter's!

[@TempestLM]

@@bellatordei3440 From being ruled by feudals, having their own autonomous government instead

[@buzzerbeaterbuzzerbeater9001]

I m just 10km from Novigrad /Croatia/ near Zadar reading these comments...

[@jaythompson5102]

++ for the lighting on this video. I watch every video and this is one of the best looking videos you have produced yet.

[@Josdamale]

This video is so informative I've saved it to my favourites. Thanks for the hard work.

[@brokenbridge6316]

Wonderful video I enjoyed it a lot. Can't wait to see the next one. And also I think Nevsky did the best he could under some very trying circumstances. No one can fault him for it. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

[@krunomrki]

Two or three years ago, I found in library an account written by Rugerio from Apulia in Latin as his personal testimony about Mongol conquest in Hungary and in Transilvania (today part of Romania). Rugerio was high positioned man in Catholic church in Hungary in the time of Mongol invasion. He barely stayed alive; he escaped to woods and he was hiding there probably for months, eating the grass and the roots of plants while he watched towns and villages in flame, people beeing killed in most brutal manners, robbed and masacred ... Later, after Mongols had gone, and he somehow surrvived, he came to Dalmatia (Croatia) and wrote his report about events during Mongol invasion. Pope read this report from the first hand and appointed Rugerio to position of bishop in city Split (Dalmatia, Croatia). It is very strong impression when you read something about the war, destruction, violence and all the horrors written by the eyewittnes, from the first hand. The edition of Rugerio's work that I found in library was bilingual: on left side Latin text, on right side modern Croatian translation. It is always important to search through historical sources directly; through more sources about the same event, if it is possible ... That is what I'm always trying to do in my historical researches ... Greetings.

[@roosterhere7119]

Recently i have been advertising your channel to my friends through dm ... More people need to see this masterpiece.

[@krunomrki]

Excellent! You put the standards for all historical videos on KZbin very high!

[@iainmac6272]

Great, now all I can think about is K&G's animators, researchers, writers, and narrator, making all these great videos. With smooth balls

[@mohamedelmoussaoui5531]

Lmao

[@charlesstuart7290]

Great how this vid provided some background to the great Eisenstein film "Alexander Nevsky"

[@CTRL_X_X]

I'd love to see you continue this series!

[@javierorrego13]

This is definetly one of your best series

[@Brahmdagh]

tbh, I'd rather watch this ad than moronic games or VPNs.

[@MoleMatis]

A series on Baltic history would be appreciated. It seems like the region comes up very often in videos concerning Eastern Europe and even Central Europe, but rarely is it the focus

[@gauntlettcf5669]

@@romanchannel69 yes exactly. If you don't develope a writing system which doesn't use runes carved in stone, then it's your fault if your side of the story doesn't get transmitted to the following generations lol 😅

[@Shenp-ef3yg]

I'm hoping that in some point and time you guys eventually build your own television series. You would be the pinnacle of historical documentarys.

[@marceloseixas895]

Oohoo time for a nice history video Nice content kings and generals, keep with the good job!

[@mlovecraftr]

Crusaders to the left of me, Mongols to the right, And here I am Stuck in the middle with you.

[@cipriantodoran1674]

Love the Manscape promotion! And the rest of the video.

[@jensvelthuijsen9061]

more more! im really liking the videos lately

[@denniscleary7580]

I was listening to a History lecture on the battle of marathon when this pops up, and it would only be kings and generals that could take me away from such a lecture

[@InsomniacTC]

As a Latvian this is infinitely cool to see. Thanks man. Great vid

[@redsun2589]

And what about your nationality?

[@wiiretime3704]

Love how the back round music always matches the countries at war

[@col.billkilgore4341]

Great video! Another masterpiece from this wonderful channel.

[@LeoWarrior14]

Nevsky fighting the Teutons and not the Mongols was basically ignoring the main quest to focus on side missions, change my mind.

[@aleksapetrovic6519]

It was not. This was key choice where the story branches. Nevsky already did Teuton playtrough, so he went with Mongol one. Independant path will be relased as expansion in 1380.

[@BenHaliski]

I kind of get the sense the Cossacks arose from "post-apocalyptic" ashes of the Mongol siege. I hope the series talks about the origin of the Cossacks.

[@hugobozzini1465]

Great video guys! Keep up the good work. One request though... I've noticed a lot of your videos have shifted towards historical story telling. I love the new visuals and graphics that come along with it but any chance you can incorporate more of the classical battle scenes? Or perhaps make more videos focusing on specific battle encounters?

[@johnhagemeyer8578]

Oh fantastic channel, Great Video. Thank you for your diligent work on your channel

[@temasek65]

Thats interesting! Two threats, two different approaches. Poor Baghdad Sultan got savagely ravaged by Mongols. If the Sultan has used the Rus prince’s strategy, the city could have been saved!

[@maffeJS]

Just a small little note When showing the Swedish expansion, Stockholm wasnt really a settlement of note at this time. It gained formal city rights and recognition around 1400. The Swedes seat of power and capital at this time was still Uppsala

[@brianmcelroy4733]

Such a great video on one of my favorite topics

[@taejo4975]

I've been looking forward to this

[@Ivanus59]

Great video! :D I would just like to add that the word druzhina/družina/дружина that you mentioned when referring to Nevsky's elite band of warriors means "fellowship" in south Slavic language but I assume it means the exact same in Russian and east Slavic language too. :)

[@JopaPolzovatelya]

Да, по факту так и есть, но сейчас в разговорной речи почти не употребляется

[@amann9963]

дружина means squad, brigade in Russian

[@warlordaguszto5326]

This is my first time on the channel and i think it's amazing. If you don't mind, can you also do about Hungary

[@millerkriese3064]

One of your best videos in a while!

[@joshuaalay2295]

Always look forward to your videos

[@adamhielt1945]

I can't afford Patreon, so at least I didn't skip the add

[@itshistorysenpai2895]

We know how alexander nevsky won, he used manscaped during his battles.

[@ltgumper7]

Great video! Amazing how resilient they were.

[@sgtpetergreen]

Yooooo let's go I've been wanting so see someone make someone on Novgorod

[@derkaderkda]

Yes great series of the Rus!!! it going to get exciting after the Mongols are gone :D

[@youssefshidid2229]

Hey Kings, could you make a video about the Ridda wars? Starring Khaled ibn Waled and Musaiylima at the battle of Yamama! I know you guys'll make a great video !

[@tropics8407]

Never knew of this. Well done

[@chedabu]

Amazing and nuanced take on Nevsky's life!

[@Pizdeckakoi]

Bravo! Autor the genius! Greetings from Russia. Great work.

[@alansalas1880]

Latin Crhistians: The Mongosl will help us distracting those heretics Mongols proceed to attack Hungary distracting the crusaders*

[@mancroft]

Excellent as usual. Thank you.

[@TheHazyshade]

Thanks for the vids

[@SD-tj5dh]

KZbin historians are a different breed. I couldn't imagine Mary Beard aggressively telling me to shave my balls...

[@adhamabulhassan6059]

Can you guys talk about Arabian pre islamic kingdoms like Qederite Nabatens Ghassanids Lakhmids etc you guys are my favorite channel

[@alissa6]

Palmyrans and Nabateans were impressive.

[@stranger__4956]

Yeah, would be definitely hyped for a video about Queen Mavia of Tanukhids.

[@simenonhonore]

Once again a clear explanation of a complex issue.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , K&G .

[@tiverton]

Aleksandr Nevski's famous saying after the battle on ice. "He who comes to us with a sword, will die by the sword" This slogan is still used today by Russian military.

[@sholahverassa8582]

What about those who come with snu-snu?

[@sholahverassa8582]

@@arbendit4348 Ehm.. nothing, kid, ask me when you hit 18 ^_^

[@alexfedora6184]

Its a pleasure to hear a Proper narrative of the history of the Russian people- the orthodox slavs were Christen since the time of Vladimir and had cultural ties with Byzantium ( who the crusaders sacked in 1204) so the geo political situation is going through a replay today

[@user-ud9do2xi9i]

Thank you, great video! Спасибо!

[@mahwishehtesham9359]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="801">13:21</a> man that was a beautiful picture alongside a informative video

[@lyhthegreat]

Nevsky sold out hard to the mongols lol...but it was literally the only way..

[@SoulDuckling126]

"We didn't want to lose him due to freak accident." Yeah me too

[@athelstan5794]

the animation is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@loveofkemetify]

Great vid as usual