How Ukraine Became Part of the USSR - The Soviet-Ukrainian War (Documentary)

[@TheGreatWar]

I asked our Ukrainian friend Eduard (from the KZbin channel KGB Files) for donation recommendations to support Ukraine right now. He suggested these two and said they would make a difference: www.prytula-co.org/financial www.comebackalive.in.ua/donate vostok-sos.org/en/ razomforukraine.org www.rsukraine.org/ he's also raising funds for medical equipment tight now: twitter.com/kgb_files/status/1507371659640061959

[@trickstar33]

Extra like for being only channel or media outlet who pronounced Kyiv in Ukrainian correctly. "Keev" makes me cringe everytime I hear it. Key-iv

[@jessealexander2695]

@@trickstar33 I try my best.

[@obsidianjane4413]

@@trickstar33 Its hard or at least awkward for most English speakers to enunciate. At least they are trying to avoid "Kia ev".

[@Jon.A.Scholt]

Is there a language Jesse does not know how to speak? I feel this is an entirety legitimate question after seeing him speak English, German, French, Russian and now Ukrainian in videos on this channel and on the Real Time History channel. And the thing is I'm pretty sure I have missed or forgotten others from all the great videos on the newly formed nations after WW1. If anyone out there can remember and add another to the list I'd be interested.

[@jessealexander2695]

@@Jon.A.Scholt Hate to disappoint but I can't speak any Ukrainian, at the end I spoke Russian.

[@brianoneil9662]

Considering how extraordinarily complicated this period of European history is, you do a wonderful job of clearly and concisely explaining it.

[@TheGreatWar]

thanks

[@Tom-pt5wm]

Ukrainians are a nation of the unconquered🟦🟨

[@bart5158]

@@LucidFL thanks for enlightening us all with your wisdom Lucid.

[@slewone4905]

he left out parts to support Ukraine. The Western part was added latter. the map was inaccurate. Donetsk-Krivoy Rog was another soviet Republic that made up what is western Ukraine. THis was originally Cossack land that the Czar invited settlers.

[@simonbroberg969]

@@slewone4905 the maps then were always changing. THey goes into detail concerning plight of the Cossacks.. They also did a very bit on the real Anarchists too!

[@user-fv5ol4or1b]

I'm a Ukrainian, and this is the first foreign documentary or video of SUCH ENORMOUS accuracy on the topic of our history! I applaud to you, even though this is the first time I came across your channel. WELL DONE 👏🇺🇦

[@henryruizmeeden]

I was impressed to, but i wasnt sure it was "accurate." Thanks for the vote of confidence in the material.

[@NotoLeft]

Stay safe bro🇺🇦✌️

[@LolAsdov]

Let Donetsk People’s Republic and Lugansk People’s Republic be independent just like Ukrainian People’s Republic wanted back in the days

[@kensukefan47]

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[@ПудинговыйСуп]

@@LolAsdov +15 rubles kremlin bot

[@troorl]

That's the first time I see a Westerner who really gets our history, at least the past 120 years of it. Incredible job, would gladly shake your hand if I ever got the chance to meet you.

[@jessealexander2695]

I will certainly come to Ukraine again after he war. Until then.

[@needforspeed9330]

@@jessealexander2695 Make a documentary about Roman Shukhevych and Stepan Bandera as well as about Ukraine in the Second World War.

[@havable]

@@needforspeed9330 Why make documentaries about irrelevant people? Do you think David Duke runs the US?

[@boanergesbezerra166]

KZbin has excellent videos this is one of them. I devour history

[@myronsamila7493]

@@needforspeed9330 also a video about the Holodomor where Stalin's Russia murdered 3.9M Ukrainians.

[@eardwulf785]

I studied history in my youth including modern history. The sheer amount of historic events that shaped Europe during the early 20th century for me is a revelation. Im more than surprised how much of my education was edited and simplified. When considering Ukraine's timeline after absorbing it's history in full and in depth, one can develop a true understanding of the events that are again reshaping Ukraine in the 21st century. edit: I should of added, I'm English.

[@veramae4098]

A yt comment recommended "Bloodlands: between Hitler and Stalin" by Timothy Snyder. Bought it, reading, gripping and horrifying.

[@juulfiend2103]

No you shouldn’t have added that edit

[@johnnyenglish583]

There's an absollutely brilliant KZbin series of Professor Snyder's lectures at Yale on the history and identity of Ukraine. It's easy to find. I can't recommend it enough. He's a great lecturer and gives a very thorough but very lucid account of what happened, from the first settlements by Ancient Greeks, through the "original" Ukraine (Kyiv Rus'), through to contemporary times. Nobody who's seen the series will believe the Russian propaganda of Ukraine being an "appendix" to Russia. The opposite is true: Muscovy originated as a tiny backwater in the Kyivan state, and Moscow itself was only founded hundreds of years after Kyiv.

[@eardwulf785]

@@juulfiend2103 Your opinion doesn't interest me

[@eardwulf785]

@@johnnyenglish583 That sounds like something I could get my teeth into. Thanks for the heads up.

[@piotrsieminski]

The Russian policy of self-determination is: you can do whatever you want, as long as it is what we want.

[@daredevil_37]

exactly

[@rangorico3835]

lol you don't see the hypocrisy of your statement?, switch that around to US foreign policy and it fits perfectly well too

[@thepessimistictitan2655]

@@rangorico3835 it's not hypocritical because the statement is not defending US foreign policy. Russians are the masters of whataboutism

[@blankeon6613]

@@rangorico3835 That is called whataboutism. It is wrong when both Russia and USA does this.

[@BIGnNASTYboy]

It's called pointing out hypocrisy

[@Obamavrat671names]

Thank you, guys, as an Ukrainian from Western Ukraine and who's lives in central Ukraine for 20 years I'm thankful to you for spreading the true history and helping our people with showing useful links. Really, appreciate your work.

[@jessealexander2695]

Glad you liked it.

[@brotherman1]

@david gallagher utopia lol

[@brotherman1]

@david gallagher Being sarcastic or what? If not then it's funny how a so called "utopia" can't even defend itself. Same type of delusions that come from anarchism.

[@corneliuscapitalinus845]

Bazinga Couldn't that same logic be used to rationalise the present situation?

[@shaider1982]

Hope you are safe.

[@Doc_Tar]

I can only imagine how hard Ukraine high school history must be after watching this video. Well done emphasizing the nature of the parties in conflict with each other over the destiny of this part of the world. The history of Eastern Europe makes more sense now after your presentation.

[@odinatra]

When I was in school we spent half a year on those three years.

[@liubar5002]

My teacher considered this period to be the most complicated. Just the number of times Kyiv changed hands...

[@violetsrayreikishop2]

Boo hoo

[@Animakozak]

It was. Still remember the face of our history teacher, giving us condolences for the year ahead. It really was one year of studying those 1917-1922.

[@merocaine]

@@Animakozak when did you go to school? has the teaching of history changed over the course of independence? I am interested in how the communists thought this period in Ukraine, was there a Ukrainian point of view still or was it all from Moscow's point of view?

[@SpicyTurkey83]

As a Korean (who also have insanely complicated history) dating a Ukrainian, I have an obsessive appreciation for this video. I was in L'viv when the war began on February 24, 2022. I spent 36 hours on the Polish border, and experienced air sirens as if it were 1941. History, ladies and gentlemen, repeats itself.

[@WP-cu2pf]

Do you think that iraqis or lybians or syrians who experienced mass bombings and civilan victims experienced the same thing as you?

[@bunchofletters9250]

@@WP-cu2pf what does this have to do with anything?

[@airatshakirov]

@@bunchofletters9250 despite the fair remark that no one cared about these invasions, his message sounds extremely out of place.

[@HawkThunder907]

everybody cares for fascist Ukraine but when the USA attacked and bombed only civillians like serbia 1999, Lybia 2010s, nobody cares. You surely don't know what war crimes and wars the US provicated. Much more than Russia

[@Emily-ou6lq]

That war began in 2014 tho, when the Urk gov started bombing their own citizens.

[@dmitryadamenko6518]

Not many people are able to process such a messy period of history. Thank you, sir for this video

[@boanergesbezerra166]

Not many indeed, lol , ignorance of History it is abysmal around the World that it is why Media controls narrative distorting history constantly

[@vinllga]

Real historial Ukraine is the ancient part of Russia. Ukranians of Austria is the Galitsians, nameless nation that stolen the name of Ukranians and forcibly re-identified the real Ukrainians (Russians of Small Russia) during the USSR era and especially after 1991/ Ukranians of Austria is another nation than real Russian Ukranians. Galitsians are the invaders and opressors of real historical Ukraine/ Small Russia (Ukraine), White Russia and Great Russia are three sides of one Russian nation

[@vinllga]

So called "Ukraine" (common Slavic term means province, edge, region, outskirts) is a taboo name for designating Russia minor or Russian lands inside the kingdom of Poland (the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). This word "Ukraine" emerged only in 16 th century and the ancient word Rus/Rusia was tabooed, it was replaced by the Polish euphemism "Ukraine" due to fear of Moscow Russia, claiming for ownership of kievan Rus. Like among primitive people it was forbidden to name the direct name of a totem animal, so the Polish kings preferred not to hear the name of their main enemy Russia (the Muscovite tsardom) inside their lands. Thats why was created by Polish occupants myth about some "Ukraine" (instead Russia) that is als ob "not Russia" . But this is lie and absurd = Russia minor (Ukraine) means central or inner Russia. Cossacks of Zaporozhye suggested to Poles a substitute word for Russia. This became the word "Ukraine", used by Russian Cossacks of Zaporozhye for description of the border between Malorossija and tartar steppe. Now the separatist regime of Ukraine has been brainwashing Ukrainians (renamed Russians) with this myth since 1991..

[@williamgill5286]

Dude guess what. I scream for ice cream and so do you jajajajaja

[@gudduukraine270]

@@vinllga ты сам знаешь что ты мелешь ? Бот 🤖 Мля 🤬

[@mykola131]

Considering that Civil War of 1917-1922 is one of the most complicated and multilayered wars of all time, with Ukraine being one of the hottest regions. It’s just amazing how accurate and unbiased this video is. I love how great you explained the urban/rural conflict, which was emblematic for that era. Thank’s a lot for your hard work, you are the future of History!

[@louisecorchevolle9241]

his work is propaganda fake news

[@Oneofthemones1]

Europeans so fragmented no wonder Russia wants to consolidate and rule over these people. So many groups of people in a small area.

[@userRuslana]

Small correction: Grushevsky not only was not a nationalist, but was also its critic. He criticized nationalism and considered it a dangerous ideology. His work "Ukraine-Rus" is not an ode to Ukrainian nationalism, which he denounced, but a work to expose Russia's imperialist myths about Ukraine and its history.

[@userRuslana]

@@Ehoproxy, выдыхай)))

[@Dmytro.B]

Sure. Socialism was main stream at that period. Everybody was socialist in that time. Hrushevsky too.

[@Dmytro.B]

@@Ehoproxy Ботам не роздають методички путіна англійською мовою? То хоч спробуй гугл транслейт

[@iceking5121]

@@Ehoproxy московии 300 лет переименования.

[@адмиралКолчак-е9и]

@@Dmytro.B да не раздают. Тебе как будто дали

[@ot8468]

Украйнские народы заслужили быть мирной свободной страной. I love Ukraine. From Mongolia

[@eliotness4029]

since 1773, when Empress Catherine the Great conquered Crimea from the Crimean Khan And until now --------- 80% of the population in Crimea is Russian. and a few percent of Ukrainians. I don’t understand at all why hereditary Ukrainians living somewhere in Lviv or Vinnitsa should go to Donbass or Crimea and kill people who live there and shout that this is my land, why do you need it? it is not ukrain. Crime is Russia, Yes, I know that Khrushchev transferred the Crimea in 1954 to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and where is the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic now? the Ukrainians themselves declared Khrushchev a criminal and declared all Khrushchev's orders criminal, isn't it. two-faced scum.

[@bonanzatime]

How do you guys like, Ted Nugent? Since he's a Hippyfied Mongoloid Man

[@EonServoXA]

@@crocolocothe commenter probably doesn’t, and you all know Russian too

[@orleanist]

​@@crocolocobut understand russian

[@aleksandrokolodko3592]

Thank you much love to Mongolia from Ukraine

[@challalla]

Having taken a course on modern Ukrainian history at university, I was skeptical that one could really summarize that period accurately in a video. But this channel has done a spectacular job in this near impossible task of presenting a balanced narrative that includes all the key events. I learned lots that I didn't know about despite being more familiar with the subject than most outsiders. Of course, one could go into more detail on so many points; I see from many comments that people want to hear more about Makhno's anarchist movement. I for one would have liked to hear the mention of the Crimean People's Republic and their own abortive attempt at independence in the same period.

[@Slavdya]

Or Kuban People's Republic, or Green Ukraine

[@feelsgoodman666]

Why there is not a word about Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic? It is a really important story line to understand the origins of today's crisis. It was founded three days after the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic (UPR) signed its Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the Central Powers, which recognised the borders of the UPR. Later that year Soviets included Soviet Republic in newly established Soviet Ukraine. In 2014 Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic was invoked during the start of Ukranian Civil War in Donbass, when the legislature of the unrecognised separatist Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) adopted a memorandum on 5 February 2015 declaring itself the successor to the Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic, and comrade Artyom as founding father.

[@AT-kx6fj]

@@feelsgoodman666 Because it is an inconvenient truth in today's era!!!

[@mariam.3612]

People, please do NOT take a course on modern Ukrainian history - it is all fake, made up stories, nothing to do with reality

[@Slavdya]

@@mariam.3612 You don't exist at all

[@Lerch-zc3ww]

It seems to me that the Ukrainian people are long overdue for an extended period of peace and prosperity.

[@timfronimos459]

Let's remember that Western Ukraine and Western Belarus were under Polish control for centuries until Poland was dismembered and eliminated from the map of Europe by Prussia Austro-hungary and Imperial Russia The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth was a superpower wedged between Sweden Imperial Russia and the Muslims to the South and the AustroHungarins to the West. Polish and Ukrainian nationalism was tolerated and or promoted to varying degrees in the Austro-Hungarian sector.

[@chrystya]

How refreshing to hear the names of the Ukrainian cities pronounced correctly

[@VEBASTOJohny]

Are you talking about Lemberg?

[@HereticalKitsune]

I spent over 30 years in general ignorance of Ukrainian history, there are just too many great nations in our world, but the more I learn, the more I admire the Ukrainian people.

[@calicocat8213]

Read up on Volyn 1943, and deepen your knowledge. Your admiration may diminish, though, since a handful of photographs is available if you look diligently enough. Hope you can sleep at night.

[@royale7620]

You are lying, nobody looks up to Ukraine, besides on how to be corrupt and get away with fascism maybe

[@Comrade_Blanc]

Did you also learn about Bandera? Do you also admire him?

[@HereticalKitsune]

@@Comrade_Blanc Guess we better all hate Germans, they had Hitler. Russia had Stalin who got millions murdered. How about Tens of millions Chinese under Mao? Come to think of it, no country is really clean in history, so best don't show any support!

[@edv2920]

​@Comrade_Blanc and what's wrong with Bandera? What court or tribunal convicted him after the war? Who officially recognized him as a crime ? Only soviet propaganda? What about Nuremberg trials?

[@TheDarthbinky]

I learned from Seinfeld decades ago that Ukraine is not a game.

[@jjryan1352]

Kramer was right. The Ukraine is weak.

[@whee38]

It's interesting to see how fast the "anti imperialist" Communist Russia became an imperialist dictatorship. Shows how little their words actually meant

[@ng.tr.s.p.1254]

Pragmatism and power come before ideologies, after all.

[@stadtrepublikmulhausen4121]

Leninism was corrupted from the start.

[@Worselol]

Well, his version of history is quite biased. There was no Ukrainian nationality before 19's century. They were Russians who speaks with polish accent - so called Surzhik. There were no common rules for this language. In the middle of 19's century Ukrainians were rather a political party than nationality. They have tried to create a common language using most common types of surzhik. This idea was not very popular among Little Russians, because when someone called them Ukrainians they answered that didn't stole anything (Украина = Ukraine, Украл = Stole). From mid 19's century to the beggining of 20's polish agenda sponsored political movement of Ukrainians, so during the civil war bolsheviks recognised them as a nation to get their support. Ukrainian republic was created (west of today's Ukraine), as well as Donetsk-Krivorozhsk Republic (East and South of Ukraine). Citizens of DKR were upset with Lenin's decision to unite Ukraine and DKP, because citizens of DKR recognised themself as russians and didn't speak ukrainian. Bolsheviks have tried to forcefully "ukrainize" russians, but they didn't quite succeed. Almost everyone in Ukraine still speaks Russian. That's why Ukraine is trying to prohibit usage of Russian language - their nationality is artificially made Frankenstein and it's rotting. And that is the reason for them to praise Bandera and Hitler. Far-right nationalism to unite white european Ukrainians against "Mongol horde" of russians.

[@artembentsionov]

@@Worselol and your version isn’t biased? Ukrainian language has been in use since AT LEAST the 17th century, and Ukrainian graffiti on walls date back even earlier. Just because many Ukrainians understand and speak Russian doesn’t mean it’s their primary language. Russian was the official language of the USSR, so of course everyone had to learn it, and it’s been just 30 or so years since the collapse of the USSR, so naturally older generations speak Russian. Ukrainian language evolved from Ruthenian alongside Belarusian and Rusyn. Both Russian and Ruthenian evolved from the Proto-Slavic language. To say that Ukrainian is somehow artificial is ridiculous. How do you define whether a language evolved naturally or not?

[@QWERTY-gp8fd]

@@Worselol putin bot explaining how ukrainians dont deserve independence.

[@tombickman9292]

Excellent presentation...thank you for highlighting the massive and almost endless struggles of the Ukrainian people

[@ilyanikolenko8446]

Russian people ukraine isnt a country

[@naftade]

Chinese people! Russia isn’t a country 😊!

[@Wokerr]

Szkoda że nie wspomniałeś o ludobójstwie jakiego dopuściło się UPA z pomocą miejscowej ludności ukraińskiej na Wołyniu gdzie z rąk ukraińskich zginęło ponad 100 tysięcy Polaków w większości przypadków kobiety dzieci i starców w bestialski sposób kobiety w ciąży przecinano piłami odcinano kończyny siekierami. Oj jeszcze mało wiesz o tym jakiego ludobójstwa dopuścili się w latach 1943-1945 w tym temacie panuję cisza tylko rodziny ofiar upominają się o prawdę ale strona ukraińska zawsze ma jakieś tłumaczenia i nie potrafi przeprosić a pomoc Polski jest ogromna prawdą jest to że gdyby nie Polska Ukraina by poprostu nie dała rady to są niestety Fakty.

[@Eugene_Ko]

Ok, several notes from Ukrainian. First. Great job, guys. I cannot overestimate the work done to untangle the mess our First Liberation Wars were. Second. It`s either "Central Council" or "Centralna Rada".

[@larrygonzalez4375]

As a subscriber since 1915, it is great to see how you guys evolved from the "former" format. Your professionalism and knowledge are outstanding. The quality of the content presented surpasses the "big networks budget". Those last 5 seconds are pure GOLD!

[@ooammo632]

You had to of been the very first subscriber

[@louisecorchevolle9241]

it is faked history hate against Russians

[@jaw444]

@@ooammo632 witnessing all of this, live and in person!

[@richardcontinijr9661]

Yeah but I miss Indy

[@alrent2992]

@@ooammo632 really internet in 1915 😂🤣. I'm sure he meant 2015.

[@rustybedsprings2733]

Wow. So much suffering. Both sides of my mom's family left the Odesa region in 1912 to Canada, Argentina and the US. They didn't trust the Bolshoviks. So much to learn. Thank you for your video.

[@richardarriaga6271]

Your Mom's family was wise.

[@deadlyshot7548]

@@richardarriaga6271 For not trusting the Bolsheviks? I would rather say that anyone that leaves Eastern Europe including Poland, etc. is smart.

[@fourtuna91]

В 1912 большевиков не было,

[@user-jj1bp3es3j]

What Bolshevicks in 1912?

[@ivansmirnov2819]

In 1912 nobody even knew about bolsheviks

[@leonardjoseph6309]

Thank you very much for the educational documentary 🙏

[@blady7717]

Is wrong education -FAKE Ukraine didn't exist before 1990

[@tonybaker55]

A very well put together concise documentary, that brings home the struggle that Ukraine has gone through for over a hundred years.

[@ludmilaivanova1603]

not only Ukrainians suffered: the whole Europe was fighting a not needed to ordinary people war.

[@tonybaker55]

@@ludmilaivanova1603 absolutely right. My grandparents and parents suffered from 1914 to 1945 in the UK.

[@gethyper770]

greetings from Ukraine. Thanks for this video 💙💛

[@ІванПетришин-щ7б]

Вітання, друже

[@galindimitrov8720]

But u are still Russian brother 😀

[@Sky_Guy]

@@galindimitrov8720 All the more savage this war is then, for Slavic brothers to kill each other for a tyrant's whim.

[@ice-gy5cw]

@@galindimitrov8720 who said

[@yko_7313]

@@galindimitrov8720 you didn't watch the video did you

[@nickmacarius3012]

It seems like history repeats itself much. Great video! I feel that the chaos in eastern Europe & the Russian Civil War are overlooked in history. Perhaps we need a week-by-week series to cover this subject. 😁👍

[@jessealexander2695]

Oh God what a nightmare that would be! We have done dozens of vids about though, just check out the older vids if you haven't seen them.

[@TheGreatWar]

that would be interesting for sure, not sure if it would be possible though. like even finding books that have a clear and detailed chronological narrative with all fronts covered? might be tough

[@nickmacarius3012]

@@TheGreatWar one can dream though 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

[@georgedoolittle9015]

"Russian German War" starting on or about 1917 and ending in 1945 i think describes this condition with a strange and remarkable clarity ("The Bismarck Omen.")

[@ВасилийТеркин-д7у]

Да,история циклична,в периоде 100 лет.....а значит последний раздел Польши не за горами)))))

[@glenncostello4486]

So complex. I had no idea. Thanks for the podcast. So sad that they have been fighting for decades, if not a century. Glenn from Ozz

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

I know it doesn’t get said a lot but you guys have a great editor

[@TheGreatWar]

I will let him know :)

[@waynejohnson1786]

@@TheGreatWar I second this, show him some love for us.

[@Dark-7070]

Excellent overview of the history and struggles of the Ukrainian people. Thank you!

[@GwynBleys]

it sounds like you didnt understand anything.

[@robertward2172]

My wife was Ukrainian descent and being a WASP I knew very little about this region. Thank you for this program it has been very enlightening.

[@danrook5757]

Wasp? Is that like a communist or fascism

[@madhukarjonathanminj2772]

@@danrook5757 i think it means White Anglo Saxon Protestant

[@fbinformant]

​@@danrook5757far, far worse than either!

[@mishafinadorin8049]

The Ukrainian flag was not actually reversed at the time of creation of the UPR. It's an urban legend seemingly supported by old black-and-white photographs of the protests where a lighter color is above the darker color on the flag. In reality this is due to a widespread usage of a light blue color alongside the darker blue used today, with the former looking lighter on the old photographs.

[@kevinobrien8545]

"I'm Jesse Alexander, and this is Real-Time History, the only KZbin history channel that ...." Translation from Russian to English, please!

[@WinFedor]

…that says: russian warship, go f… yourself! Except Jesse did not censor it at all

[@masterimbecile]

The same thing the Snake Island defenders said to the commander of a Russian military water vehicle.

[@Felipee_ehe]

Well there is no mention of the IIWW, where they did also fight for the independency shifting sides and being more radical then ever before. Not condeming them, but OUN-B was a dark chapter of Ukraine history for many Poles.

[@krutu4na_masa]

Бандера був українцем і боровся разом з ОУН за незалежність Україні як проти Польщі так і проти СССР. Треба визнати це, тим паче ми українці поляків вважаємо друзями.. Польскі державні діячі захищали польскі інтереси, а українські діячі -українські інтереси. Все логічно. Зараз не треба звинувачувати один одного.

[@Felipee_ehe]

@@krutu4na_masa sorry i cant copy or translate what you wrote

[@krutu4na_masa]

@@Felipee_ehe Bandera był Ukraińcem i walczył z OUN o niepodległość Ukrainy przeciwko Polsce i ZSRR. Trzeba to przyznać, zwłaszcza że my, Ukraińcy, uważamy Polaków za naszych przyjaciół, polscy mężowie stanu bronili polskich interesów, a ukraińskie postacie broniły ukraińskich interesów. Wszystko jest logiczne. Nie musicie się teraz obwiniać.

[@07Studio]

@@krutu4na_masa I think you have oversimplified. Nobody holds a grudge against Bandera for killing the Polish interior minister Bronislaw Pieracki, for example. Those were the times, killing a political opponent was a popular method of struggle. Unfortunately, in Volhynia, innocent civilians were murdered. It was ethnic cleansing - the aim was to cleanse the area of Poles so that it could not be recognised as Polish. Women and children were killed in the most brutal way. Ukrainians from mixed Polish-Ukrainian families were also killed, as were Ukrainians who hid Poles from being killed. This is not a political struggle, it is genocide, or at least ethnic cleansing. The bodies of those killed are still lying in the fields and forests. There are no graves, no crosses, no plaques, the Polish President Duda has laid flowers in a field of rapeseed. We are not saying this to blame you, because it happened 80 years ago. It's just that this issue is unresolved and Russia is using it to divide us. And it can do that because the Ukrainian side has refused to settle it for 30 years. Now is not the time to deal with it, because there are more important things, but after the war this issue should finally be settled.

[@krutu4na_masa]

@@07Studio In the 20s, Poland occupied part of Ukraine, and there were also murders, evictions, repressions, bans on everything Ukrainian. So even if we assume that there may be some true the criminal acts of Ukrainian nationalists on their land against the Poles are the consequences of the occupation of Poland. Why should I trust Polish and Russian sources who were enemies of Ukraine at that time? Do not occupy another nation and you will not get what you got.

[@mammuchan8923]

Excellent in depth summary thanks so much Jesse and team. I have watched a few on other channels too and it does help to put the current events into perspective. Thoughts and prayers for any family or friends of your team that might be caught up in the ongoing tragic events. Take care

[@ivanmonahhov2314]

Leaves out quite a few things. Like what was the fate of Ukranian National Rada, like they settled in Poland during interbellum and continued propoganda of independent Ukraine , just in the part of Ukraine that was part of USSR. In Poland speaking Ukrainian in public was illegal at the time. Also omits how a few industrial regions were appended to Ukraine to shift the balance of votes to pro USSR from pro independence.

[@iqry11]

Ukraine is Russia. Ukrainians are Russians. Russia was born in the 9th century in Kiev. It's the time to return Kiev to Russia. Ukraine is a new country, was born in 1917 as a result of the first World War and local separatism organised by Germany.

[@oil_can]

@@iqry11 Since Russia was born in Kyiv, perhaps it’s time to give Russia back to Ukraine. Please ask Putin to step down. We’re going to let Zelensky run the whole Federation from here on out.

[@louisecorchevolle9241]

@@oil_can no it was Swedes viking who built kiev from the prince of Novgorod who was from east of Stockholm so ukraine an russia ares Swedish

[@wilhelmu]

@@ivanmonahhov2314 it also leaves out how entente offerd to guarantee wud's independence in exchange for letting poles have lviv, but wud refused and wanted to settle the matter by arms, which led to them being crushed by polish armies

[@flyingcow4194]

Your production quality is through the roof as always. Just wondering if you’re gonna continue with “current event” videos about what was going on in the world in 1922 like the Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence and later on the Chanak Crisis?

[@branden3785]

Ehhh, while overall it's generally great...the narrator sound recording leaves much to be desired.

[@oil_can]

@@branden3785 What issues are you hearing in the narrator’s audio track?

[@ivannaz6495]

Well-structured and well-made video on true Ukrainian history! As a Ukrainian thank you very much for doing such work! It would be great if u could make a video for the period of 1922-1933, multiple key events were happening during that time, such as 'Holodomor' (1932-1933), and 'Executed Renaissance' when millions of Ukrainians were killed by USSR, especially Ukrainian intelligent class of people like poets who were fighting against soviets for the Ukrainian language. Ukrainians had been fighting to reclaim their freedom, identity, and democracy for many years in the past. Now we're fighting to keep it.

[@ludmilaivanova1603]

can you please indicate when the term "Holodomor" first appears in historical literature?

[@AnnaPatill]

Ukraine will definitely preserve its independence, but only within the borders of Ukrainian lands. The Russian lands will also gain independence or return to Russia.

[@magpiegirl3783]

Yes. I can see why Ukraine is prepared to take Russia on rather than cave to it.

[@channel_abc123_]

@@AnnaPatill so we get Don Kuban back?

[@AnnaPatill]

@@channel_abc123_ Kuban has never been Ukrainian.

[@MaciejRW]

Masterpiece! I never seen (or read) so clear explanation of such complex period of European history

[@wordscapes5690]

Sir, the annoying background music is a distraction to you very fascinating and well-researched report. Please reconsider doing it in your other videos. It adds nothing, and takes away so much.

[@rabihrac]

Great to see TGW back to track! A captivating episode about Ukraine's past, 100 years or so ago. Thank you TGW. Cheers!

[@jacobdexter6594]

Paul Kubicek's quote about Communism is classic

[@interviewsatyouteam7829]

Thank you for your support Jesse and for showing objectively the longevity of our history! The only remark is that Ukrainians at that time already widely used our usual flag instead of that reverted one.

[@Jeefo2810]

I was literally laughing out loud and unfortunately even woke a senior person who have sheltered me and my friends from Kyiv because of "I'm Jesse Alexander, and this is Real-Time History, KZbin канал, который говорит "Русский военный корабль, иди на хуй!" Thank you, guys, it's really inspiring seeing all the support throughout the world. We're fighting for our lives here, and therefore we will win.

[@jessealexander2695]

:)

[@nicolasiden4074]

@@jessealexander2695 man it was amazing, you are super cool!

[@johnscott2463]

@@jessealexander2695 Spot on - well said!

[@sailshe]

this phrase in russian demonstrates the video as biased

[@ChugsACoffee]

Another amazing video from the best history channel on KZbin. The ending is priceless as well 😂

[@andriifedoryshyn9987]

Thank you for the video! I am Ukrainian and I've still found a lot of new info and refreshed a lot of what I'd studied in my history class. Studying the independence movement of 1917-1921 takes a semester in Ukraine and with so much data, names and events the retainment is pretty low though

[@boanergesbezerra166]

Excellent video, not long just right and accurate but enjoyable by great speech of Alexander.

[@evgkabot8690]

I am a Ukrainian - and this is garbage! Pandering to the same old anglo-saxon and ukronaziki version of fake pretension of history. Lie starts at 0:54 sec - that Ukrainians WERE FORCED (by whome? how exactly?) to speak other languages in XIX century! Except there was NO such a language till the final third of XIX century! Never heard of the role of Austrians and Poles in funding/promoting the nasty cause?? Why not mention that Taras Shevchenko (one of inventors) wrote HIS OWN PRIVATE DIARIES in Russian - his mother's tongue! From Uzhgorod to Poltava, for 1000 years, - people of original Rus had called themselves Ruski/Russians! And they actually gave birth to russian language! Ukraine is a non-ethnic, non-specific regional term! Matter of fact: There were 11 ukraines all over Rus/Russia over its long history! Therefore, ukrainian language is a nonsense! What ukrainian languge could there be in Siberian ukraine? in Slobodskaya ukraine?? or in Severskaya or Ryazanskaya ukraines??? I do not believe you pretend to be so stupid, - it is your nasty russophobic policy! "Ukrainians" (= people from Rus Minor, i.e., Original Rus, Rus in narow sense) were not allowed to play a role in Russia??? You are so nasty! From Bogdan (called himself a russian) to main supporter of Peter I , Theofan Prokopovich, to Empire's Chancellors Bezborod'ko and Kochubei, - to most prominent leaders of USSR (Brezhnev, Gorbachev, - to name just 2), - always people from "ukraine" played the key role in russian history! This was OPPOSITE to anglo history with its suppression and genocide of Celts and Indians, and you play this stamp using english ignorance!

[@marcshalamov6686]

Привіт, Андрі, зі Спліта. Я хорват і все, що я почув через це відео, мені більш-менш знайоме. Я зі старшого покоління і за часів югославського комунізму вивчав історію Росії та України. Для нас, хорватів, вважається, що ми прибули до сьогоднішньої Хорватії з України. Наприклад так звучать назви місяців хорватською - порівняйте з українською: siječan, veljača, ožujak, travanj, svibanj, lipanj, srpanj, kolovoz, rujan, listopad, studeni, prosinac. cічень, лютий, березень, квітень, травень, червень, липень, серпень, вересень, жовтень, листопад, грудень. 😉

[@andriifedoryshyn9987]

Nadam se da prevoditeljica nije previše pokvarila tekst

[@marcshalamov6686]

@言行一致 Что за титоистский миф?! Что касается Тито, то мифа о нем нет. Он сопротивлялся Сталину, и за это западный мир уважал Тито, потому что Сталин был коммунистическим диктатором и уже тогда массово сажал русских в гулаги и убивал их таким образом. Имейте в виду, я не фанат Запада. Но в западных странах есть хоть немного гуманизма.., а Россия = империя зла, где постоянно присутствует политическое варварство. Вот подумайте немного и спросите себя, сколько журналистов и политических оппонентов убил Путин?

[@PhilipLaLonde]

Thank you so much. As someone who studied so much history out of books and classes, I'm glad to have a resource to hand the people I cherish. This is an ancient and inevitable conflict, if your historical memory goes beyond a century.

[@mesofius]

It starts when Kyiv, one of Europe's biggest cities, was approached by a massive mongol army in 1240. Most inhabitants fled to western Ukraine. But deep behind the dark forests, thousands of kilometers away, a formerly Kyiv-ruled Finno-Ugric tribe was absorbing Golden Horde ideology of expansion and exploitation. The Mongols have changed, but their freak child with Ukraine lives on.

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

​@@mesofiusAren't the Slavs, the inhabitants of Russia and Ukraine, just slaves in the age of the Vikings and the Mongols? What has changed?

[@mesofius]

@@عليياسر-ذ5ب They had slavery but it's poorly documented and historians can't tell anything about it with certainty. Slaves were usually captives from a raid or a battle. But the Vikings quickly assimilated in Ukraine and within 50 years it's impossible to tell who is still a norseman and who identifies as a local Slav, since they all took local names and intermarried. Basically, it was similar to the conquest of England by the Vikings in many ways.

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

@@mesofius But these Vikings were selling them to the Arabs and the Romans

[@tfsheahan2265]

Is there any culture, or country that has not suffered their own reduction upon associating with Russia? It seems all of eastern Europe has been diminished, at least, from living just in Russia's vicinity. Is it any wonder they seldom smile, at least in comparison with the West?

[@Yustick_]

I'm watching you from Ukraine, and I'm surprised that you described the history of my country in quite detail, even though you omitted the period from the Second World War to the 1990s, but this is explained by the specifics of your channel. I am very grateful for your work and support🤝

[@applebloom3510]

Не перший рік дивлюсь матеріали на цьому каналі, тому було доволі приємно бачити, що подібні матеріали виходять, і більше людей дізнається про те, що це вже не перша війна, як і те, що Україну не "придумав ленін".

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

@@applebloom3510 History hahahahaha I hate modern nationalists

[@JoskyJojofan]

​@@applebloom3510он её не придумал, он сделал это государство, которое признал весь мир, а те собачки что создала Германия и Австровенгрия это некем кроме них были не признанные собачки, так что Ленин сделал украинское государство 😊

[@freikorpsdamonisch8127]

@@JoskyJojofan it's just "victors write history", nothing more.

[@JoskyJojofan]

@@freikorpsdamonisch8127 maybe, maybe

[@GEMINICT]

Excellent video very well presented. Thank you for producing it as much effort and research went into its production.

[@fubbywubyinmytuby4204]

Would love more content on the Ukrainian anarchists and their conflict with the reds and whites. Great video as always guys!

[@TheGreatWar]

we have more videos on the Russian Civil War on the channel including some on the peasant uprisings. Will see if we can publish more in the future on Machno

[@Jishy2415]

@@TheGreatWar based af

[@ogamaniuk]

There is a great book about Nestor Makhno. It's in Ukrainian but I'd recommend it.

[@huntermulhall4849]

@@ogamaniuk What book?

[@Дмитрий_Тихомиров]

@@huntermulhall4849, the memoirs of Nestor Makhno in 3 volumes are on the Internet. The 1st book tells about the period from March 1917 to April 1918, the 2nd book - from April to the end of July 1918. Judging by the scope, Makhno intended to write a lot about his deeds, but death interrupted his work. In the second book, the description of Makhno's meetings with Sverdlov and Lenin is very interesting. The 3rd book, The Ukrainian Revolution, ends in December 1918 and tells about the first, preparatory stage of the Makhnovshchina movement. Makhno's memoirs were fìrst published in Paris in 1936. Воспоминания Нестора Махно в 3-х томах есть в интернете. 1-я книга рассказывает о периоде с марта 1917 до апреля 1918 г., 2-я книга - с апреля до конца июля 1918 г. Судя по размаху, Махно рамеревался написать о своих деяниях немало, однако смерть прервала его работу. Во второй книге очень интересно описание встреч Махно со Свердловым и Лениным. 3-я книга, «Украинская революция», заканчивается декабрём 1918 года и рассказывает о первой, подготовительной стадии движения махновщины. Впервые воспоминания Махно были опубликованы в Париже в 1936 году.

[@thusspokezarathustra]

As someone viewing the current tragic events within Ukraine from afar, South Africa, not having an indepth knowledge of Ukrainian history during the 1900's - this summary provides an excellent overview. As an outsider I now better understand the socio-political complexities driving the present crisis. Although it became pretty clear in this summary that there is complex historical intertwining between present post-Soviet Federal Russia and the modern state of Ukraine. The central fact that clear emerges out of this murky history, is the overarching drive of the Ukrainian People for self-determination and to exist as a state distinctly separate to that of Russia - including their right to self govern and central is the need to express the Ukrainian language throughout its state and educational entities. Language forms a crucial link to unique and separate sense of any culture. To subvert anothers language as the Soviets attempted in Ukraine - is to deny the existence of a people's identity. We see the reemergence of that cultural suppression at the root of Putin's reasoning in invading Ukraine. What emerges very clearly, is that the Ukrainian People are very willing to defend their right to their language and cultural identity - which forms the core of statehood. Putin has simply not taken into account the historical track record of the Ukrainian steel will to exist as a separate identity to Russia. A great folly on the part of Putin, for which he will pay a heavy price.

[@ayrnovem9028]

Actually pretty biased and flawed. For instance, showing Crimea as a part of Ukraine on their map when talking about events of early 20th century... Really? Crimea had absolutely no business being part of Ukraine during that period. As a person born in Kharkov, btw, I fully support Russian actions. Zelensky should be kicked to USA and keep Juan Guaidó company.

[@thusspokezarathustra]

@@ayrnovem9028 guess every Russian had total amnesia about were boundary line where when Ukraine separated out the ex-Soviet Union. It's pretty clear that the majority of Ukrainians did not want to be incorporated within the Soviet Union. Obviously Russians do not honour historical undertakings, as then you would remember the Brest-Litovsk Treaty signed by Russia and Germany in 1918 which was naturally set aside by Germanies defeat in WW1. Keep in mind that the Ukrainians annexed lands to the west from the Poles, yet we do not see the Polish demanding that these lands be returned! If every state had to start revising its historical boundaries to where they were historically - there would be no end to it - as from the dawn of time humanity has migrated and impinged on anothers 'territory'. As modern, so-called enlightened beings, we should accept our modern boundaries and rather focus on bring happiness and prosperity to the people who share these boundaries. But unfortunately we have some who prefer to act out their lesser nature - the cave dweller primitive bearing club and beating chest.

[@ayrnovem9028]

@@thusspokezarathustra "It's pretty clear that the majority of Ukrainians did not want to be incorporated within the Soviet Union" Clear based on what evidence? "Keep in mind that the Ukrainians annexed lands to the west from the Poles" Well, if you consider Stalin to be Ukrainian... Because taking these lands from Poles and giving them to Ukraine was basically his decision. "yet we do not see the Polish demanding that these lands be returned" Oh how little you know. Poles do have a strong sentiment in society to return their "eastern areas", and they do make certain moves which indicate preparations to grab that piece of Ukraine by stationing troops there, kind of what Turkey did in Syria. That won't be called a "land grab", of course, that's bad PR. Just "peacekeeping mission" or something.

[@thusspokezarathustra]

@@ayrnovem9028 read history then all will be clear. Or ignore history and continue as a moroon.

[@ayrnovem9028]

@@thusspokezarathustra No evidence, then. Thank you for conceding the point, which means "this is what I want to believe". If you'd been honest, you'd just say that directly.

[@无声四季]

Thanks for the great narrative. I learned a lot from you. I can only hope that this time, Ukrainian people will hold on into the decisive victory against the Russian invasion, and they can, after some many years of struggle, freely live as they desire.

[@vinllga]

Ethnical west-ukranian minority of Galitsians seized the historical Russia (or Small russia or ukraine) and wrote absolutely false history of ancient Russia, which they called by the new also false name of "Ukraine". Galitsians (which was nameless nation) stolen the name of Ukranians in 20th century and re-identified the historical Russians of Malorossija to new pseudo-nation of "Ukranians", which were remodelled under national identity of Galitsians. It was made with support of 3rd International (early Bolshevism), renaming the ancient Malorossija (Russia Minor) to so-called soviet Ukraine, which after partition of USSR began to destroy totally the Russian roots of Russia minor (with support of the West, of course) and launched the total anti-Russian policy in all geopolitical directions, including military threats. This is the cause of current war..

[@无声四季]

@@vinllga So? If anybody loves to be Russian, please go to Russia. Don't stay in Ukraine to be a Russian, that is pretty much all. Russians were sent by Lenin and Stalin everywhere, then claimed where they lived to be Russia's, disgusting!

[@georgyzhukov6409]

no they wont

[@kristinazhuravska9928]

The documentary is great. Just wanted to note that before the USSR Ukrainian was the majority language in Ukraine, even though there had been policy aimed at changing that.

[@mwDeys]

No, its not.

[@so5513]

Yes, and that Ukrainian was russificated a lot during Ukraine being in Soviet Union

[@Sunshine-xx1wm]

@@mwDeys yes it s. When Russian stole Kuban , locals spoke Ukrainian. It had been too long fight aimed to erase culture, traditions and language of Ukrainians.

[@mwDeys]

@@Sunshine-xx1wm "1783 - The territory of the present Northern Kuban region, where the Nogai had previously roamed, became part of Russia after the liquidation of the Crimean Khanate. To protect the border that ran along the Kuban River, here in 1793-94. the remnants of the Zaporizhzhya Cossacks were resettled, which laid the foundation for the development of the region. Administratively, the region received the status of "Lands of the Black Sea Cossack Host"." "Kuban Cossacks (Kubans), the Kuban Cossack army - part of the Cossacks of the Russian Empire in the North Caucasus, inhabiting the territory of the modern Krasnodar Territory, the western part of the Stavropol Territory, the south of the Rostov Region, as well as the Republic of Adygea and Karachay-Cherkessia, part of the descendants of the Cups of natives of the Zaporizhzhya Cossack Army . " "On August 3 (14), 1775, the Zaporizhzhya Sich was liquidated, the Zaporizhzhya Cossack army was abolished, and the lands controlled by the Sich were annexed to the Novorossiysk province [5]. After the liquidation of the troops, the Cossacks were left to their fate. Most of the Cossacks first went to the Crimean Khanate, and then to the territory of Turkey, where they settled in the Danube Delta. The Turkish sultan allowed them to establish the Transdanubian Sich (1775-1828) on the terms of providing a 5,000-strong army to his army. In 1785, a significant part of the Cossacks was also settled on the territory of the Banat in the Austrian monarchy (Banat Cossacks)[6]. A lot of Zaporizhzhya Cossacks (about 12 thousand) remained in the citizenship of the Russian Empire. At the same time, the former Cossack foremen were given the nobility, and the lower ranks were allowed to join the hussar and dragoon regiments. " You just don't know history.

[@extrahistory8956]

YEA! The return to one of the most ignored aspects the Russian Civil War. This one, I bet, will be a heck of a time!

[@alannam9423]

When showing a glimpse of a city square, there are Polish signs with Polish names on buildings (e. g. Jan Wałach i Syn). You tell about minor bolshevicks and you haven't even mentioned about Polish Marshall Piłsudski, who liberated Kiyv. Piłsudski wanted Petlura to create his own independent Ukraine, but there were not enough Ukrainians to have national awareness strong enough to fight for it. It was to early for that.

[@maciejturowski7956]

You are so right. There is many mistakes in this movie.

[@lisavauhti7675]

As he was expected to be just a head of pro polish state in next quote, which wasn't worth mentioning

[@zanzan2738]

Ahaha, Pilsudski wanted an independent Ukraine?))) You yourself are not funny, clown?! The man who pursued a tough policy of creating a "new Commonwealth" was worried about the independence of Ukrainians?!))))

[@amalgama2000]

Piłsudski enacted the so called pacification decree to suppress Ukrainians. So he was quite controversial figure. But I really hope that Poles and Ukrainians will leave history to historians and move into future side-by-side, because we are really close culturally and linguistically and shouldn't let hostile powers to destroy our relations

[@mw2k6]

There are no givens in history. And politicians lie a lot. So you can't prove anything

[@_melnyk]

As a Ukrainian, I just want to say thank you so much for this awesome video and for your support🙏❤️🇺🇦

[@premoxford4177]

The tragedy was they didn't manage to settle on some agreement back in the Polish Lithuenian commonwealth times and started a home war. It would be a very strong country if together Poland Lithuania and parts of Belarus and Ukraine and even Latwia Estonia

[@piotrwojdelko1150]

There was an serious attempt of cooperation with Petlyura and Polish commander Pilsudzki .For Poland it was impossible to give up Lviv to Ukraine when Polish were majority there .Polish people lived there 7 centuries .Ukrainian nationalists has tried to erase polish absence there by claiming that city was build by Austo-Hungury empire ,however the city has arisen mainly by polish efforts.The old collapsing building will wipe out polish absence from Lviv forever.

[@markdudnyk5779]

@@piotrwojdelko1150 ? the Lviv was built by Danylo Halytski (the king) and named after this son bruh

[@firstone3289]

@@markdudnyk5779 so what? By this logic Berlin should not be part of Germany as it was funded by slavic people. Poles build Lviv and lived there for 700 years as rulers and majority.

[@markdudnyk5779]

@@firstone3289 did i say something about it or what?

[@user-jj1bp3es3j]

And what language that country would speak? :-)

[@besconst]

thank you for the video. one remark: flag never was reversed, it's a myth, rooting to old b/w photos, where lower stripe looks darker. on money bills, stamps and hallmarks it was blue on the top. and you forgot to mantion about separate peace in Brest, where bolsheviks de-facto recognize Ukraine as independant state

[@GerardLouison]

Very interesting and well-laid out history! It is a complicated history, but is the only way to understand why the people are fighting so hard.

[@louisecorchevolle9241]

faked

[@markant9534]

He said that the Bolsheviks “strongly oppose the incredible humiliation of the Ukrainians and demand complete equality for them”. Most peasants were Ukrainian speakers. They sweated under Russian landlords in the east and Polish landlords in the west, and hated both. In the industrial centres-most significantly Kharkov in the east-both workers and managers were mostly Russian immigrants. This division between town and country created difficulties for the middle class nationalist movement in trying to create a unified Ukrainian culture, but also for largely urban revolutionaries.

[@rdelrosso2001]

Very informative video! I never knew the early History of Ukraine. I knew that the Austria-Hungarian Empire existed before WW I. I did not know that the AUE contained about half of present day Ukraine.

[@florianmarcelmaca8785]

Da ai dreptate. Imperiul austro-ungar avea trupe Hungary Lituania, Estonia, Letonia, slavi Polonia. Erau soldați și din România Transilvania, erau și flamanzi, italieni,danezi.... Soldați făceau un stagiu militar cam 20-25 de ani, apoi rămâneau unde era cu armata, în acel moment,se căsătoreau in zona. De acea erau multe dialecte, germanice in Romania, Ucraina, Polonia,de azi. Așa aveau germanicii intrare. Încă ceva, lagărele de concentrare au fost păzite de soldați ucrainenii,care știau citeva cuvinte, foc ,stai (halt,gheabol,gut, ferstend)⚔️ pentru asta se zice că au fost fasciști, apoi au devenit bolșevici, comuniști și ce au mai ajuns.... In orice caz, ce a fost era istorie, nu mai trebuie sa condamnat. Eu cred că mă trag din străbunic, soldat din imperiul austro-ungar, dar nu știu ce naționalitate era.

[@НатанКанава]

Austria-Hungary is important part of Ukrainian history. Austrians helped us realize ourselves as unique independent nation. Austrians let us form proto Ukrainian army - Ukrainian Sich Rifleman. At the same time russians were oppressing Ukrainians during several centuries, what later led to russification of eastern lands of Ukraine

[@eliotness4029]

since 1773, when Empress Catherine the Great conquered Crimea from the Crimean Khan And until now --------- 80% of the population in Crimea is Russian. and a few percent of Ukrainians. I don’t understand at all why hereditary Ukrainians living somewhere in Lviv or Vinnitsa should go to Donbass or Crimea and kill people who live there and shout that this is my land, why do you need it? it is not ukrain. Crime is Russia, Yes, I know that Khrushchev transferred the Crimea in 1954 to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and where is the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic now? the Ukrainians themselves declared Khrushchev a criminal and declared all Khrushchev's orders criminal, isn't it. two-faced scum.

[@teresaolszanka112]

There is an explanation for why you never knew the early history of Ukraine. There isn't one. Ukraina, Europenized to Ukraine was originally the name given to the stretches of land along the Polish Crown and Kievan Rus border. The border came into existence in 1630 after Poland annexed the Kingdom of Ruthenia which bordered Kievan Rus. Ukraina means "the outermost edge/boundary" in Russian and in Polish. There was Ukraina on the Polish side and Ukraina on the Rus side of the border. There is a substantial difference between a name given to the area and a territory or a state. For example, the Kingdom of Ruthenia existed before the lands previously belonging to Ruthenia were given the name of Ukraina/Ukraine. Kievan Rus as the name suggests was Rus. This is where the name Russia comes from. Russian Empire began with Kievan Rus in 9th century, or even earlier with the settlement named Old Ladoga which later evolved into the capital Kiev. There were 2 other seed settlements: Vladimir and Novgorod. Some 300 years later Muscovy Rus began to emerge from a tiny insignificant settlement on the banks of river Moskva, then grew in relevance and size and eventually overtook its "parent" principality Kievan Rus. The tiny settlement eventually became Moskva (Moscow) the capital of Muscovy Rus. Both Kievan and Muscovy Rus were ruled by members of the same family/dynasty - Rurik/Rorik/Hroerekr. The founder was Rurik (Hroerekr) of Ladoga. Rurik was the Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir. His son, Ivan/Ingvar became Prince of Kiev as well as Prince of Vladimir and Novgorod. The first Russian ruler given the title of Tsar Ivan 1st was Rurik's descendant.

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

​@@НатанКанаваHistory hahahaha

[@gurugoguzhanson]

The Shrubni, the Cimmerians, the Scythians, the Sarmatians, the Greeks, the ancient Goths, the Huns, the Avars, the Bulgars, the Khazar, the Pechenegs, the Kiev Rus, the Mongol, the Cossack, the Crimean, the Ottoman and the Rus, whom all ruled at least part of the lands for centuries. I probably forgot some.

[@Fnidner]

Genoans!

[@gurugoguzhanson]

Cuman and Kipchak

[@maksxiao-san]

Thanks for this video and your support. Greetings from Ukraine 🇺🇦 😀. Your's KZbin channel always help me to forget about bad things and now when I leaved my home near Kyiv your videos turned me off from depression.

[@sclogse1]

Where did you go? And greetings from San Francisco.

[@chrystya]

This was so helpful. I was just researching this 😮

[@marks_sparks1]

This was a fantastic even-handed account of Ukrainian independence in the 1918-21 period. Great script writing and narration by Jesse and the editing and photography top notch. I'll share this video to my friends

[@jessealexander2695]

Thanks!

[@slewone4905]

It isn;t The Eastern part was not part of the original Ukraine. It was added when the Soviet Union was created. Donetsk-Krivoy Rog . The Eastern half was controlled by Cossacks and the Czar invited settlers to the region.

[@physiocrat7143]

This conflict i's a product of the nineteenth century nationalalisms which caused WW1, but still not resolved. The Russian narrative is equally valid. Best to keep away.

[@crunchy6556]

@@slewone4905 you had one job... Donesk-krivoy rog republic was anarchist and anti czar, head of it was Mahno. Infamous tachanca's with Maxim machine guns are from here. At times they were allied with bolshevics, but generally fought against anyone

[@lubatatarinoff9672]

@@slewone4905 neither was Crimea nor Southern Oblasts.

[@vladanpop]

thank you for this very well done summary of events - you did a truly great job of describing this complex period - however, the lack of maps showing regions supporting a Ukranian national identity through time and the causes that fueled this identity - was it anti-communism? external influence with "divide and conquer" aims or true feeling of a Ukrainian identity would have helped shed light on today's tragic events. I understand it may be very hard to do though, but some sort of effort in that direction would have been very useful.

[@poc9652]

@@ellest1485 Orwellian, is the best description of this comment.

[@wtabs]

​@@ellest1485 ???? bro, your brain is dead, I wish you to get it in the future when people can transplant brains. I have bad news for you if this never happens (probably won't btw)

[@thomaslacornette1282]

This video is not that bad but doesn't speak that much of millions ethnic Russians that were living in Ukraine since centuries. Especially the east and the south. inthe regions conquered on the Crimean Khanate, that's Russians who bring "Ruthenians" Ukrainians there as colinizers. Nothing really surprising if you read first comment those guys are clearly pro Ukrainian. They also not comment the Ukrainian historian who link Ukraine to "Kievan Rus" it's just not more Ukrainian than Russian, syaing otherwise is BS. Sadly actual Ukrainians reuse the exact same rewrited history.

[@romanarem]

Thank you for sharing the story of my people. Have always admired your work, recently about Franco Prussian war. Best histoty channel on youtube period.

[@CapybaraTut]

Thank you for your support of Ukraine. It's precious and we are so grateful!

[@a.leemorrisjr.9255]

As with all the Great War segments, this one's excellent! Sheds much light on a long troubled land & its rich, colorful, but often tragic history. I know "Indy" is proud of you all!

[@gracemir2]

Poor Ukraine 🇺🇦,,,, suffered a lot in the past by russia…. That’s why Ukraine must win this war.

[@BIGESTblade]

The times have irreversibly changed. We no longer suffer for the sake of Ukraine, today we kill for it.

[@georgyzhukov6409]

ukraine was built by russia

[@Messerchmitt309]

A wonderful look into the region's complex history. Thank you!

[@1227-z5w]

They forgot about Volyn and Donbass.

[@sawyer4713]

Great program and very timely and useful.

[@lordhumungus1386]

it is shocking for me as a Croat how similar Croatian and Ukrainian history is..even we as a Croats came from a region once called "White Croatia" that was on territory of eastern Poland and western Ukraine. slava Ukrajini!

[@lisacateyes53]

Great documentary, great to see a unbiased, historically accurate description of Ukraine during this time frame. Wish you had a part two from Lenin through Stalin and their abhorrent treatment of the Ukrainian people during their tyrannical rule. Love the charitable Act of Mercy by asking for donations to help those Ukrainians in need everywhere due to Putin's egotistical invasion. SLAVA UKRAINI! Blessings to Ukraine and those who made this viewing possible! Respect from the USA.

[@Дмитрий_Тихомиров]

Не было никакого отвратительного отношения Ленина и Сталина к украинскому народу. Подумайте, что за бред вы пишете! После октябрьской революции украинцы, как и все остальные народы бывшей Российской империи, впервые получили государственность и равные с остальными народами гражданские права. Благодаря большевикам окончательно сформировалась украинская нация. Ни одно государство в мире в 20-м веке не проводило столь гуманной и демократичной национальной политики, как СССР. Сравните отношение колониальных стран к туземцам в колониях. Имели ли туземцы, например индийцы, гражданские права, которые были у жителей метрополии? Или, например, у шотландцев, валлийцев и северных ирландцев была ли государственность? Был ли у них парламент? Шотландцы, валлийцы и северные ирландцы получили от Лондона разрешение создать свои национальные парламенты только в 1998-1999 годах. А на Украине национальный парламент - Верховный совет существовал с самого начала образования Советской Украины, то есть он появился почти на 100 лет раньше, чем у шотландцев, валлийцев и северных ирландцев.

[@almond1690]

@@Дмитрий_Тихомиров А кого розстріляли в Сандармоху? Всі ваші виправдання просто сміхотворні.

[@martaserhienko2768]

@@Дмитрий_Тихомиров противно читати.

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

​@@martaserhienko2768American gangsters ❤❤❤

[@asdfghyter]

"Let's protect you from imperialism... by being imperialist ourselves." The soviet leaders were such huge hypocrites!

[@wes9809]

Reason why Socialism always fails. 'Let the herd have power!' Ok... we're a herd now in power... but what do we do? Let's elect someone in power to tell the herd where to go!' lol

[@Joshua-le5wb]

Actually Kiev was the capital of the russ people and Ukraine was not a nation for any significant time period for the last 1200 years.

[@asdfghyter]

@@Joshua-le5wb That's a pretty long time. And most importantly, it doesn't in any way whatsoever justify imperialism.

[@Joshua-le5wb]

@@asdfghyter Russia is not an imperial power . Research imperialism.

[@asdfghyter]

@@Joshua-le5wb Soviet was invading foreign sovereign territories using force for the purpose of using their resources for themselves. That's textbook imperialism.

[@WalterReimer]

Thank you for the historical context, which is at times (Who am I kidding? All the time!) is lacking from mainstream media accounts of the present conflict.

[@impact0r]

Suggestion: since you did such a great job on such a complex topic, I propose you cover Polish-Ukrainian relations in the 1930s-1950s (Stepan Bandera, etc). A tragic period with multiple genocides on both sides. It is quite difficult to get reliable summary of what actually happened then due to Polish and Ukrainian sources being very nationalistic about it.

[@rustamkyrychenko6371]

If you are really interested in it then I kindly suggest you to start from times way before 20 century. From, say, 1500 to 1800. That part is described way better, meanwhile there is the root causes of events you are trying to understand

[@escobeer3605]

Just 20 years is not gonna give you a full perspective...

[@laminatedhedgehog]

So, you could use it to say that Ukrainians are inherently bad, and demonise us further? How about we fully uncover the Polish rule of the Ukrainian lands and what you did there? For centuries. Like polonisation, catholisation, pacification?

[@Rayitolaser569]

​@@rustamkyrychenko6371 thanks, eastern europe history is very interesting and often very ignored

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Ukraine: We are an Independent Republic within the USSR. Stalin: And I took that personally.

[@Nazar_Melnyk]

Yeah, "independent"

[@randomtanker4355]

​@@Nazar_MelnykBolsheviks confuse me. On one hand they support "self-determination" (as long as they are not imperialist) but at the same time they tried to preserve as much territory of (ex-)Russian Empire as possible under the guise of "proletarian unity", thus prompting Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Georgia, MRNC, Finland, etc to ally with Central Powers....

[@Nazar_Melnyk]

@@randomtanker4355 Bolsheviks were never about self determination. They pretty openly declared themselves as a dictatorship of singular party, saying that they represent interests and aspirations of workers and villagers. And whomever disagreed with them or wanted a different representation (before Bolsheviks culled all competition, there were several other socialist/communist parties) they declared to be enemy of the revolution and their points regarded as invalid. Saying all this, however, I want to point out that they were not only ruthless, but smart about how they manage thoughts of the populus. While they shot down any alternative ideas about economics, at first they weren't so radical with the national aspirations. To take away any strong ideas from possible opposition or uprising, they created puppet states and autonomous republics, implemented policies of "localization" (any national "-zation" appropriate in a region ) wherever there was any strong national/ethnical sentiment that could be weaponized against the regime. That way they bought themselves a decade to get hold of the state and its economy and become too strong for any uprising to tople, later only to strip any previously given national freedoms to consolidate the reemergent empire.

[@Nazar_Melnyk]

@@randomtanker4355 In short, their policies were meant to confuse, so it is understandable to be so.

[@randomtanker4355]

@@Nazar_Melnyk communists are professional at infighting and deceiving i see

[@yeenit7816]

Thank you so much for such a great job. It’s a very hard period of our history and it’s so easy to get confused in it. And thanks a lot for supporting Ukraine in such a hard period ❤️🙏🏼

[@donaldcarpenter5328]

Believe it or not, OUR HISTORY is very "complicated" too here in the USA. Even our prominent history writers like Meachem GLOSS OVER much nuance that, once fleshed out explains alot.

[@katereshetniak8261]

I am from Ukraine. My city (Kharkiv) has been bombed by Russians since February, 24, 2022. Thank you very much for supporting Ukraine. I am very thankful to this channel for rising this topic.

[@andriivova2181]

​@@chrisbruhe yep, live under russian occupation is bad

[@srogamina]

The miniature does not show Lenin's face, but Slavkin, his doppelganger, who dominated with his face the true Lenin.

[@gayleearnhart9113]

My grandfather was from Komenets Podolsky in Ukraine. He said that sometimes it was Poland and sometimes it was part of Russia

[@galahad-history]

Ah yeah, Kamieniec Podolski, it is famous for its old fortress from the times of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

[@alannam9423]

Kamieniec Polish was definitely Polish. There was on of best gimnasiums (high school) in Poland in 18th and 19th century there. By the way, the word "Ukraina" derives from Polish "u kraja" which means "by a border" or "on a side".

[@denysvoitovych2317]

@@alannam9423 why would it derive from Polish if Ukrainians speak Ukrainian?

[@Mikimauspojeokupus]

@@alannam9423 What if I tell you that it means same on Serbian. In Austro-Hungarian Empire there was a region called Kraina(Krajina) all along side with border to Ottoman empire today it is in modern Serbian and Croatia. There lived mostly Serbs called Kraishnicks, which role was similar to Cossacks, defending the border, some of them moved into Russian empire in modern Donbass region and Kirov in middle of modern Ukraine where they established regions in 1752 called New Serbia and Slavenoserbia, all the places they built was named same as places in Serbia which exist until today. There are many connections between modern Slavic nations, it was once one big tribe, it is hard to make border what is dialect and what is language, and the name says it all Slavs(from slovo which means letter or word) so anyone who speak that language is Slav, and if not then he is German(Niemec, Nemac, the one who is mute xD)

[@ravenglebsky9404]

@@alannam9423 u kraja - it is not polish language

[@highphysics3617]

What a brilliant presenter. Jesse Alexander,you are remarkable. This held my attention from the very beginning. I will watch this again. Superb presentation. Considering the current situation in Ukraine,and,the invasion by Russia,it's heart breaking to witness what is happening to the Ukrainian people,yet again. May they be victorious over this Russian aggression,and,move to be fully independant from Putin,and,Russia. They deserve nothing less. Slava,Slava,Slava Ukraine. Victory will be yours. 🟦🟨🟦🟨 Sunflowers will bloom again in Ukraine 🌻🌻🌻🌻❤‍🩹🥺

[@scottfoster2639]

These series are a great 'inside baseball' take on European affairs and explains the actions of European states, German-Pole fighting over Silesia, the USSR's deal with the Germans just prior to and the beginnings of war to the current state of affairs between Russia and Ukraine.

[@olehorel3616]

Thanks!

[@matthewgorman1307]

This channel leaves nothing out. Best history channel ever. No judgement just facts.

[@olegtromsa7439]

Greetings from Ukraine. Well done, pretty much correct. Main lesson we couldn't united so we lost.

[@Дмитрий_Тихомиров]

You could not unite, because the national idea is not the idea around which it is worth uniting. People of the same nationality have too different interests (class, estate, financial), and these interests are more important than nationality. People of the same class are more likely to find a common language than people of the same nationality. Вы не смогли объединиться, потому что национальная идея - это не та идея, вокруг которой стоит объединяться. Люди одной национальности имеют слишком разные интересы (классовые, сословные, финансовые), и эти интересы важнее национальности. Люди одного класса с большей вероятностью найдут общий язык, чем люди одной национальности.

[@freikorpsdamonisch8127]

@@Дмитрий_Тихомиров ще один поїхавший марксист Дмітрій. Що ж це не помогло Сталіну залучити німецький робітничий клас на свій бік у 1941-1945? Класова теорія не працює, а національна працює. Тому ми виграємо цю війну.

[@Дмитрий_Тихомиров]

@@freikorpsdamonisch8127, национализм работает? А чем это кончается? 45-й год вам не урок? А вот классовая теория работает очень даже хорошо. Война в начале 20-го века обострила все существовавшие тогда социальные противоречия и привела к возникновению революционной ситуации. Эти придурки с обоих сторон собираются вести длительную войну, так что повторение того, что было 100 лет назад вполне возможно. Поэтому не переживайте. Может быть и вам на вашем веку удастся увидеть собственными глазами новую социалистическую революцию! ☝😉 🇻🇳

[@freikorpsdamonisch8127]

@@Дмитрий_Тихомиров на росії хіба що. Тоді не проти. Легше буде встановити санітарний кордон з совками.

[@Дмитрий_Тихомиров]

@@freikorpsdamonisch8127, скорее всего это на Украине может произойти. Ведь революционная ситуация возникает, когда обостряются социальные противоречия. На Украине ситуация тяжелее, поэтому скорее может произойти взрыв. Во-первых, людей хватают на улицах и отправляют на фронт, отменили почти все медицинские показания, освобождающие от призыва, женщин ставят на воинский учёт. Во-вторых, скоро зима и если ещё добавится отсутствие тепла, газа, электричества, воды, рост цен на продовольствие, газ, бензин, коммунальные услуги, а может быть и отсутствие или дефицит чего то из выше названного, то тут, явно, может прорвать. И на счёт "совков". 17 марта 1991 года проходил всесоюзный референдум о судьбе Союза. Почти 90% принявших в нём участие, в том числе и на Украине, проголосовали за Союз. Как вы полагаете, где все эти люди? Думаете, все вымерли или уже глубокие старики под 90 лет? Как бы не так. Сейчас самым младшим из тех, кто принимал участие в этом референдуме всего 50 лет. Самый цветущий возраст для участия в политике, для бизнеса, да и в руководстве армии сейчас не мало из этого поколения. Ну какой санитарный кордон, когда "зараза" внутри? ☺ Вот они, "совки", пятая колонна, которые помнят ещё, что они - советские люди, что их Родина - большое многонациональное единое государство, и что они давали присягу именно этому единому большому государству, а не какому-то жалкому его огрызку, появившемся с 91-м году. Вы понимаете сколько таких людей, скрытых "совков", на Украине? А ведь многие из них и детей, и внуков своих воспитали советскими людьми, и молодые люди, никогда не видевшие Советского Союза, знают, что это было вовсе не такое уж плохое государство, а даже совсем наоборот, и что расчленён Союз был незаконно, в нарушение всех правовых норм и воли народа, и что государственная пропаганда втюхивает населению ложь. Я смотрю много украинских каналов и знаю, что ваши взгляды имеет не такое уж большое количество украинцев. У меня есть на канале плейлист "Украина". Там много интересного можно найти.

[@Bad_Object]

Stalin was biggest imperialist in history of Russia

[@tearet741]

True

[@CaptainDzembronia]

Thank you for the video. One remark: Vynnychenko was not nationalist. He was socialist. That why he discredited Petlura everywhere

[@olehdovban6540]

And Petlura was also a socialist:)...but with stronger national agenda

[@finalMadfox]

I think that the White and Ukranian forces battles against each other are something that should be covered up, as the whites seized Kiev and battled the Ukranian Army during Denikin offensive to Moscow in 1919, I think a video about the White Russian-Ukranian War, as both sides instead of collaborating against the Bolsheviks they fought against each other

[@ВасилийТеркин-д7у]

Все очень просто....за УНР стояла Германия,за Деникиным Британия)))

[@donavanpantke8152]

I would like to say thank you guys very much for this. It instantly became assigned watching for my homeschooled kids. This period in European history is simply critical to understand if you are to have any clue about the nature of the current conflict. Unfortunately, the propaganda from both sides about the current conflict almost mirrors the type of propaganda used back then. History doesn't repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme.

[@korosuke1788]

Unless you're the absolute best teacher in your city, and you excel at all subjects, don't homeschool your kids.

[@calebdavis1323]

@@korosuke1788 bro have you ever even seen a public school?😂

[@obligatoryusername7239]

@@korosuke1788 Parents who take homeschooling seriously can often be better teachers than those found in public and even some private schools.

[@KristinaUSA-x5n]

It is also similar to the propaganda around the time Russia and the Warsaw Pact invaded Prague Czechoslovakia in 1968.

[@louisecorchevolle9241]

yes@@KristinaUSA-x5n

[@charleybrown2472]

WoW! I am new learning this country Ukraine, very tragic history, and now it is emerging, showing to the world how really brave and determined these people are, thanks to Putin that now I learned another countrys history 🇵🇭👍

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

Germany: Stop, dependent country

[@Marjana954]

Merci pour informations detailes! Glorie a Ukraine!🩵💛🩵💛🩵💛🩵💛🩵💛🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

[@ragael1024]

Ukrainians were always used by everyone around them. Russia never cared for the ukrainians. only for their strategic land as a buffer against the west. after hearing this history lesson, even I find "little russians" as an insult. the ukrainians formed the first notable state, before the rest thought of even trying. if anything, they are the BIG brothers here. exquisite video. may i inquire as to what music was used? some tracks are... inspiring XD. i'd like to purchase some for my personal enjoyment.

[@oldskulE]

Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth made huge mistake it didnt made Ukraine as a third member of union in XVII century. It was one of the main reasons that Union collapsed ad Russia used it to took that countries.

[@ragael1024]

@@oldskulE a perfect opportunity for one power to take advantage of. Ukrainians were exchanging masters, basically.

[@zoperxplex]

The Bolsheviks succeeded in Ukraine and the Causasus where they failed in Finland, Poland and the Baltics. They wanted to preserve as much of the empire as possible and only sheer circumstances led to Ukraine being absorbed into the new proletariat empire.

[@Vedmed88]

Communists in Finland are not Bolsheviks, they are local Finns

[@zoperxplex]

@@Vedmed88 Had the Reds won it would have been hard to imagine how Finland could have avoided being reabsorbed into the proletariat empire.

[@Vedmed88]

@@zoperxplex To call "empire" what they wanted to create as a result of the world revolution means to completely misunderstand this topic.

[@zoperxplex]

@@Vedmed88 Lenin convinced himself that he was driven by the noblest intentions (initiating the proliteriat revolution; liberating the masses et cetera) but in truth he was as much motivated by a thirst for power as any of the imperialist despots he criticized of the past.

[@juanpaz5124]

Cope harder, tankie

[@biologicalengineoflove6851]

Wait, so Russia violently invaded and subjugated Ukraine? That's crazy, how imperialist. I hope that doesn't happen again

[@Samuel-wm1xr]

like the british fighting in the colonies after 1776?

[@biologicalengineoflove6851]

@@Samuel-wm1xr like every other imperialist aggression in history

[@justprivatelywatching0293]

@@Samuel-wm1xr Whataboutism doesn't excuse anything.

[@merocaine]

They never really left it seems.

[@dmitrizaslavski8480]

Wait so some minority tried to secede from crumbling empire with help of foreign forces under incitation of Austro - Hungary with about 40-50% of population who considered themselves Russian and Russia didn't let it happen is imperialistic? Then what about current events where people in Donetsk and Lugansk are killed for the same just because seceding can only be done by decision of whole country regardless of what locals want?

[@АндрійОсадчук7л.назад]

Thank you for popularizing Ukrainian history and the fact that Ukraine's membership in the Soviet Union was actually an occupation with wars and Ukrainian resistance. 2.1 million views is an increase of knowledgeable people.

[@florinadrian5174]

Thanks, very much appreciated. I know this channel is focused on WWI but a modern history of Crimeea and its population would be interesting, even if only around WWI. Especially since I noticed in this movie that the various maps shown sometimes show Crimeea inside Ukraine, sometimes outside of it.

[@адмиралКолчак-е9и]

Как будто сегодня что то другое

[@florinadrian5174]

@@адмиралКолчак-е9и Lol, so true.

[@juliteam8972]

The map was incorrect. Crimea was annexed to Ukrain in 1954 by the Soviet Union leader. It has never been inside of Ukrain before.

[@florinadrian5174]

@@juliteam8972 And that's propaganda straight outta Kremlin

[@EM-zj1xm]

@@florinadrian5174 Why? Russian Empire received Crimea after the Russian-Turkish (Osman Empire) war. Russian Empire at that time was under the reign of the Russian Empress Catherine II. What is now called Ukraine in those days was part of the Russian Empire and other neighboring states.

[@namiboosterhuizen6610]

Thank you for this history lesson, very well explained.

[@ogamaniuk]

I'm Ukrainian, I spent some time studying the history of Ukraine and I think you covered the topic well. I'd also mention other Ukrainian territories like Kuban that were involved in the conflict and supported the Ukrainians People's Republic.