Ivan the Terrible: The First Stalin

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Britannica’s biography: www.britannica.com/biography/...
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[@7177YT]

The writing and presentation on this one is sooo spot on! Thank you! (:

[@european1514]

Can you make a video about Augustus Cesar

[@robertaperoglio]

Talking about famous Tsars... Peter the Great was a hell of an interesting person. Great biography to talk about.

[@sethortiger]

Russian history in five words : And then, things got worse.

[@dshe8637]

Poor Russia 😔

[@taariqblackwell5134]

In other words only in russia.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

Lol it’s so true. Never been good there

[@UlfhedinnNorsk]

Sethor Tiger 😂 True to this day!

[@lagitanavderoscio]

That;s what I meant!

[@khalilsmith6812]

Ivan The Terrible, The First Stalin? More like Joseph Stalin, The Second Ivan

[@lagitanavderoscio]

this too

[@itsblitz4437]

Or the second coming of Ivan.

[@lagitanavderoscio]

@@itsblitz4437 That's cute. He's not that relevant.

[@BSKX17]

Joseph Stalin: Return of the Ivan

[@lagitanavderoscio]

@@BSKX17 this is better.

[@mumtazsheikh690]

-abusive childhood -tortured animals - unbridaled power with no consequences -religous zealot -dysfunctional family -extreme paranoia It's like someone copied a "how to make a serial killer" pamphlet

[@fukkitful]

I wonder if he was also a pyromaniac... or wet the bed. Which oddly are other red flags.

[@stevenwebb3634]

Or didn't use Squarespace

[@stevenwebb3634]

It's like a recipe for a serial killer

[@oliveraradonjic8425]

everything in this video i sa lie , Ivann the terible was the best liders for Russia but thaths why his ennemys from the wast made up fake history...

[@russianprincess3673]

This is Leftist Progressive Liberal FAKE NEWS & UNTRUTHS

[@sepulchrums]

It’s crazy how paintings can capture so many emotions.

[@johnmiller8975]

including the nutcase that seriously damaged that painting

[@minhtran7431]

It may not be real though. The contemporary source was a book that was unpublished by the author because the source he heard from was kind of a rumor

[@5ynth3ticNZ]

I painted the sun in the top corner of my picture when I was a kid and my my told me off because sun's aren't that big and you cant see the rays. Completely unrelated but thanks for letting me share.

[@St.Linguini_of_Pesto]

That's not an emotion.. that's termed as "resting Putin face".

[@St.Linguini_of_Pesto]

@@5ynth3ticNZ I was told the same thing.. and that the sun does not have eyes or smile. Ridiculous.

[@meaninglez100]

That painting, Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan, has so much raw emotion in it, that I could be convinced it come from firsthand accounts. I can only imagine what it looks like in person

[@stevenferrell9493]

meaninglez100 Seen it with my own eyes at the Tretyakov gallery in Moscow. It’s downright horrifying - and huge. It’s an enormous painting. It makes people visibly uncomfortable when looking at it.

[@kaybevang536]

It’s like Ivan was shocked on what he just did to his son

[@johntate8502]

@@kaybevang536 Ivan was pretty damn shaken when he killed his son. Ivan immediately threw himself at his son, kissing his face and trying to stop the bleeding, whilst repeatedly crying, "May I be damned! I've killed my son! I've killed my son!" The younger Ivan briefly regained consciousness and was reputed to have said: "I die as a devoted son and most humble servant". For the next few days, the elder Ivan prayed incessantly for a miracle, but to no avail, and the Tsarevich died on 19 November 1581.

[@MrScary-rz8od]

Imagine living with that painting in your home and how morbidly depressed you would become after a few days. Jesus that painting is horrifying, the eyes are so haunting...

[@gfhomeNevashedelo]

@@kaybevang536 He probably was shocked, having found himself in the Repin's picture, where he is killing his son, whom he had never killed...

[@gent9358]

Ivan had: His Father die when he was just a baby His Mother assassinated for power Being completely neglected, even though being a Prince Any power he could have taken away from him Seeing people being tortured in front of him No surprise he became a sociopath.

[@sjk6101983]

It always seems like when a ruler gets sick, when he gets better, he gets crazier

[@defeatignorance8681]

Actually Henry VIII became far more empathetic and a better king after his near death experience.

[@saltygrandpajoe6375]

Not crazy just well informed about those around them. 🤨

[@googane7755]

Having a near death experience obviously changes people and make them re-assess how they view the world. Ivan saw the Boyars as his enemies after they refused his dying wish.

[@DestinyHime]

When people get sick the body gets a fever in an attempt to kill the thing that's killing it. Unfortunately the body is dumb and it's method of killing the invading bacteria/virus/whatever is to raise the body temperature until the whatever gets cooked to death. Which on the one hand is good but on the other hand if the whatever is on the resilient side, and the body temperature just keeps rising, sometimes the person dies before that whatever gets good and properly roasted. And on the occasions that someone did survive, then they had to deal with the lasting side effects cuz if someone's brain hangs out at 105 degrees for awhile... it... well let's just say it's not good.

[@seekerfound9150]

suddenly faced with an utter lack of control can do that to people who don't take kindly to "no"

[@nicholsjoshua15]

Ivan The Terrible the true mean of the saying "You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain."

[@yamchathewolf7714]

He was always a piece of garbage

[@bendover7841]

@@yamchathewolf7714 he was mentally ill

[@luisaguilar5343]

I mean he was a kid ordering a murder and beating up people so I don't think he was a hero at any point tbh

[@user-hg7gj7sd1t]

Compared to Henry VIII and other European monarchs, he was an innocent child playing in the sandbox. During the entire reign of Ivan the Terrible, 4,000 people were executed, and under Henry VIII, no less than 72,000 people were executed. As for the murder of a son, this is a myth. Excavations have revealed in the remains of Dmitry a huge amount of arsenic, which was a common poison at that time.

[@IDontWantThisStupidHandle]

Hmm, so the Romanov fame started and ended with an Anastasia... it's somewhat poetic, no?

[@lagitanavderoscio]

no it's bloody is what it is

[@StephenButlerOne]

Bloody poetic, one could say.

[@lagitanavderoscio]

@@StephenButlerOne lol

[@scottklocke891]

@@StephenButlerOne zthe conditon

[@gfhomeNevashedelo]

No, this is simply for about how much you know about Romanovs.

[@maxhaly1612]

Joseph Stalin at the grave of Ivan the Terrible: "I will finish, what you started."

[@harleymitchell8093]

Dead xD

[@lfc7763]

Stalin was much worse.

[@zacharycrater2588]

Guess who's at the grave of Stalin now thinking this? 😉

[@PeterGregoryKelly]

When Russia is without a tyrant it falls into chaos. The years following Gorbachev were years of anarchy during which Russia's GDP declined by 1/2 until Putin applied his bloody hand and stabilised the economy. Same story repeating itself like Groundhog Day. Same as the last days of the inept Romanovs, anarchy until the Bolsheviks imposed their own order of terror. Prediction, after Putin will come a weaker less intelligent leader and anarchy until another tyrant. It's the Russian way.

[@zacharycrater2588]

@@PeterGregoryKelly Its the human way. Eventually this will be the US in some form.

[@MsJubjubbird]

Reminds me a bit of the Caligula story. Bit of a jerk with a troubled childhood who is an OK ruler- then becomes very sick and recovers as a complete psychopath

[@newguy90]

I have this theory that these people's morality was dependent on devout religiosity and the promise of an afterlife. When they had their near death experience and realized all that awaited them was nothingness, they no longer had a reason to abstain from debauchery and cruelty.

[@trevorc41]

@@newguy90 well idk if you can say that when he was a piece of crap his whole life.

[@trevorc41]

@@newguy90 oh and he went mad even more so because of syphilis.

[@DonVinny]

@@trevorc41 who did?

[@trevorc41]

@@DonVinny sorry don't remember anymore prob the guy in the video. If you get syphilis it causes early dementia basically.

[@stoneman472]

Few things are more depressing than Russian history

[@wagniak]

Yes! What the hell is in the water there?

[@noahamankwaah9802]

@@wagniak I mean, have you seen the climate out there!? No wonders they became *cold* mfs

[@wagniak]

@@noahamankwaah9802 Haha you're right about that! It has to be some sort of brain freeze that goes on up there lol. There you go, science! Test out that theory!

[@TheGoldenboss100]

@@noahamankwaah9802 but then Scandinavia is pretty nice

[@helenhamilton9561]

Reading Russian Novels.

[@YinsDarkNess]

I love the painting of Ivan holding his son so much, it truly captures the madness and despondency in his eyes.

[@Iksvomid]

If Ivan used Squarespace, he wouldn't had become so terrible.

[@lagitanavderoscio]

the treasure at the end of the rainbow - you got the real message. Lot's of Russians tuned in to this one.

[@Stizz2Gone]

Iksvomid true

[@gfhomeNevashedelo]

He didn't, without using Squarespace...

[@cccp9661]

bruh .. lmfao

[@insane_troll]

And speaking of a path to hell .... Squarespace!

[@redadmiralofvalyria867]

Honestly the fact that ONE of his wives was a Romanov is like divine destiny Especially considering how long the "house of Romanov" lasted compared to Ivan's reign

[@user-ns3rm8vj8d]

Лол, Иван Грозный -Рюрикович, время царствования его род ведет с 862 -1598 годы.

[@snakeeater3982]

"Ivan may have been the first crazed autocrat to terrorize Russia, but he would not be the last" Being a Russian myself in this day and age hits way closer to home than you'd think.

[@Odysseus1999]

I was looking for a comment like this

[@Sirzhukov]

Stop wiggling your tail in front of western idiots. This video is horribly biased and downright incorrect. Just like with most crap on this channel.

[@OldHeathen1963]

@@Odysseus1999 oh sweet nothings don't mean nothin at all...

[@vineetchaudhary3608]

Do Russians really eat snakes???

[@user-ns6os2ym6n]

And being a Ukrainian myself, this hits even closer to home than you'd think (but you won't think).

[@sarahlamoureux1454]

"Grozny" can be translated as "terrifying" or "fearsome". In the past, "terrible" also had that meaning in English.

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

Funny fact, its the name of the capital of the autonomous republic of chechnya

[@gfhomeNevashedelo]

@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 Finally! So, it can't be Terriblble, you idiots, to start with!

[@Mcquiz95]

In Estonian it's translated as "Julm" which means cruel.

[@aspermwhalespontaneouslyca8938]

It's wierd how in Bulgarian we just transcript "Грозный" as "Грозни", because it just means "ugly", the correct translation would be "Страшни". Ivan's nickname seems to be coincidentally mistranslated in almost every language.

[@sp24699]

@@Mcquiz95 In Finnish it's "Julma", with the same meaning. Is Estonian is just unfinnished Finnish then?

[@ronque23]

The Stroganoff’s were a beefy people.

[@RickReasonnz]

Don't get saucy

[@therunningman1]

More like Strokinoff.

[@ycart_tech6726]

mmmppphhh...cheesy!

[@gfhomeNevashedelo]

Ron, chefs cannot govern countries...

[@gfhomeNevashedelo]

@@eugeneperstube You little boring piece of crap, create something more interesting, or at least steal from somebody clever...Your copy and paste doesn't do you any good. Your salary will drop significantly this way very soon...

[@EASYTIGER10]

Trying to invade Moscow? Those Tartars had some sauce.

[@Beyonder1987]

Long time ago. Even the Poles invaded and occupied moscow. The Polish lol

[@johnbockelie3899]

Ivan: " Just keeping up with that " Dracula" character over in Transylvania".

[@johnbockelie3899]

" Ahhh, I feel like torturing today,........YOU there, .......COME HERE !!".

[@southparkundersecretwisdom3230]

Poles achieved what Hitler or Napoleon could not

[@lashlarue7924]

😂🤣😂 You win the internet! 😂😂

[@swissnikk8412]

I’ve listened to a few of these bio-videos already. Striking how all these terrible autocrats all lacked father figures during childhood. Either they had already died, or were very abusive or had abandoned their families early on.

[@ahmedaaqib4380]

are you trying to say what I think your trying to say?

[@wsg4847]

@@ahmedaaqib4380 I would say he's saying what you think he's trying to say.

[@ahmedaaqib4380]

@@wsg4847 lol

[@swissnikk8412]

@@ahmedaaqib4380 what are you thinking I’m trying to say?

[@AftermathRV]

"Would be 10.000 hours long and would give all of us PTSD" A small price to pay for 10.000 hours of narrated warcrimes by (what my humble opinion is) one of the better narrators of youtube.

[@BaderAlOudah]

AftermathRV who would be better than Simon?

[@Arigator2]

If you ever think about learning more about Russian History, don't. It's even more depressing than you think.

[@RageNukes]

@@BaderAlOudah Dan Carlin

[@BaderAlOudah]

RageNuke I’ll check him out

[@RageNukes]

@@BaderAlOudah His show is called Hardcore History. And if you really want 10,000 hours, then enjoy. The stories he tells are sooo long, but they are absolutely incredible. I recommend you start with his series "Blueprint for Armageddon."

[@appleciderhorror12]

"Hey, this kid likes to torture animals. How about we let him do the same with peasants?" Russian Nobles: "Sounds good to me"

[@WouldBeGamer]

Muiggu .... go on

[@turtleanton6539]

Those Russian s

[@youngbloodnba]

Hahah this is so bad.

[@tottenhamhotspurish]

You should join the ASOV battalion in the Ukraine. There a ‘good’bunch of Neo Nazis.

[@williamtheconqueror7807]

"Do not wish to become a hero, for when the times and ages change, the gallant hero to the despicable villain becometh."

[@bretthess6376]

I assume this is a quote, where is it from please?

[@abookishmess]

👀 commenting to find out

[@williamtheconqueror7807]

@@bretthess6376 I made it up back then.

[@folkishappalachian6827]

Essentially once William the Conqueror, then William the Bastard. Perception is subservient to father time.

[@pyromania1018]

"You will have a wicked son. Your states will be prey to terror and tears. Rivers of blood will flow. Your cities will be devoured in flames." ~Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem

[@marseldagistani1989]

Wasn't Moscow burned during the Napoleonic wars?

[@pradyumn2692]

@@marseldagistani1989 I guess he was talking to Napoleon's father.

[@pyromania1018]

No. This was the prediction made by the "religious man" after Ivan's dad divorced his wife and married Elena, an impoverished patrician young enough to be his daughter.

[@MidnightMan5001]

"Look alive, crème de la Kremlin's arriving! Try to serve Ivan: NO surviving!"

[@ChunzBunz]

"Smack ya hard then hit the bottle!"

[@HEROXLX]

Lol

[@benshell8662]

You're nothin but an overrated lush, I'll crush ya

[@tsarpeteri8578]

IgnitedSage idiots

[@TrueRetroflection]

Ben Shell “I’m the first Tsar of all of Russia!”

[@ericmarley7060]

Immediately after Ivan hit his son, Ivan immediately threw himself at his son, kissing his face and trying to stop the bleeding, whilst repeatedly crying, "May I be damned! I've killed my son! I've killed my son!" Then the younger Ivan briefly regained consciousness and was reputed to have said "I die as a devoted son and most humble servant".

[@noelrobin8674]

He should have hit his dad back he was gonna die anyways

[@nicholasshade]

I want to be YOUR Tsar.🌻🖤

[@birdwife589]

that painting of him holding his son is so scary

[@MJSpiritual]

I always found that painting of Ivan holding his dead son pretty damned disturbing. The look of horror in the eyes is incredibly realistic.

[@creativeschmuck8132]

When Ramsey Bolton and Joffrey have a kid.

[@creativeschmuck8132]

@@user-hm4cd8eh1i You sir are a genius!

[@jakkydrakki2289]

@@user-hm4cd8eh1i woooooosh

[@AvoidTheCadaver]

Didn't Ramsey get fed to his dogs? So strictly speaking...he was a Boyar

[@ksj2936]

@@user-hm4cd8eh1i ill see you on r/woooosh

[@linxionthe1th197]

@@user-hm4cd8eh1i They actually can, have you heard about a little word called a Donor?

[@Mykil47]

“But just before we get to that path to hell” lol brilliant segue into your sponsor.

[@AlvosElRey]

Right? I didn't know someone else noticed. Beautiful xD

[@eval_is_evil]

You are one of the rare commenters that properly spell the word "segue". Ave rector :)

[@Mykil47]

Tomi thank you, I try. And is that Latin? I know Ave means “hail” I think, like Ave Satani. Idk what rector means though. :?

[@VoiceWLogan]

I was just thinking that! 🤣

[@ssrmy1782]

Stalin would read everything he could get his hands on relating to Ivan. He was obsessed with him, and would frequently cite Ivan's methods of liquidating the Boyars as justification for his own decimation of friends, enemies & strangers alike.

[@jla6558]

Putin's idol was Stalin as he researched Russian history. Stalin's Idols were Hitler and Ivan the Terrible who were thoroughly studied. For a preview of the tactics under consideration by today's equally paranoid leaders of Russian conquest and genocide special operations, study the atrocities committed by the genocidal special operation campaigns of these earlier autocrats/dictators/csars.

[@kaybevang536]

“What if Russia is big said Ivan trying not to be terrible “ - Bill Wurtz

[@HellenBach]

This man's trapped inside that studio making 8 videos a day, do you ever sleep?

[@aldhizak]

thats Terrible

[@gfhomeNevashedelo]

No. His owners don't let him.

[@okaynevermind5130]

Simon answer that ! :'(

[@hollybyrd6186]

They throw him some kfc once in a while.

[@shahrulamar5358]

@@gfhomeNevashedelo 😃😮😃

[@chonkyloreraccoon3686]

Other names that were in consideration: Ivan the not so cool Ivan WTF Ivan the really really mean and awful Ivan the not good And Ivan the meanie head

[@gst013]

Ivan the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Tsar.

[@AliciaNyblade]

"Ivan WTF", that cracked me up and I don't know why. XD

[@jevinday]

Ivan the Meanie Head would have sufficed.

[@rvanhees89]

Ivan the Asshole

[@samsum3738]

@@rvanhees89 i am in the procrss of constructing a time mschinr , call mr in about in about 3 monthd snd you will have the opportumity to tell him personally .

[@thewinteragendadraganclove2323]

To abuse a child in unspeakable ways and then give them almost absolute power, is the true anarchy of the plight we inflict upon ourselves.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:25 - Chapter 1 - An evil will spawn an evil spawn 5:05 - Chapter 2 - Building the 3rd rome 8:20 - Chapter 3 - The fires of victory 10:40 - Chapter 4 - The jaws of defeat 13:45 - Mid roll ads 15:35 - Chapter 5 - The oprichina 18:30 - Chapter 6 - War is over 21:50 - Chapter 7 - The price of peace

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

What if Russia was big, said Ivan trying not to be terrible

[@satanasteguarda]

Goddamn you, now I have to watch that video again.

[@TheDeathshot44]

^

[@USSR413]

I'm stupid I don't get way u mean

[@sharkbyte1565]

@@USSR413 its from a video titled history of the entire world I guess

[@sharkbyte1565]

you can make a religion out of this

[@TheMan-je5xq]

So we could call him Ivan “Stormborn”?

[@justcallmpeter]

Ivan the psychopath

[@JuniorJuni070]

No terrible is just fine.

[@Kriegs-meister]

Ivan the stormbringer

[@cyanide_lollipop3264]

...if only he'd had some dragons...

[@gent9358]

In the original Russian version he is essentially called Ivan the Warmonger.

[@comradestalin9444]

Russians call him Ivan the terrible not because he was a bad ruler, we gave him this nickname since everyone feared Ivan. Even us Russians

[@26adex]

Only Russians feared him. When he was alive in Poland he was called Ivan the Coward for example

[@comradestalin9444]

@@26adex As they hated him, Ivan was a ruthless sadistic ruler and everyone knew it.

[@isachan0o844]

Oof those final lines about history repeating itself over and over hits differently now

[@darklink1113]

I read once that Ivan and Elizabeth the First were pen pals, and once asked her to marry him, and she actually considered the proposal.

[@rexfulgur8588]

You know what would be truly *terrible* ? If you don't do your biography at one million subscribers!

[@viktor9461]

He already said he won't.

[@2sexyfomyshirt]

@@viktor9461 really why not I'd love to learn about simon lol

[@viktor9461]

@@2sexyfomyshirt don't know, maybe he prefers not to describe his life to everyone.

[@DarkComatose15]

Rex Fulgur HE SHOULD

[@2sexyfomyshirt]

@@viktor9461 that's understandable

[@Cryptic0III]

the ending aged incredibly well...

[@andrewmosby6004]

Incredibly late, but thank you all once again for helping me as a primary source for a research paper. Your retelling of history is always a pleasure to listen to.

[@jovee6155]

Great early start at ruling? Check Loved by his subjects? Check Fell ill and recovered a changed man? Check Is it Caligula? Nope it's Ivan IV

[@wadeyap5566]

"Imagine forest of corpses dripping on a buffet you call that a nightmare I call that a Tuesday" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@prikolicca]

Wrong person

[@scaryclouds1403]

Wrong person

[@atelierirae]

"Ivan the Dreaded" would be a good translation, but the inaccurate translation is most definitely accurate. 😄

[@borealsullivan5486]

Terrible and Dreaded are essentially synonyms, so...

[@gimmeyourankles]

Since I was 12 I still remember the paiting of Ivan holding his son, even without context, something about the image of Ivan the Terrible on that paiting made me disturbed. The regret and madness in his eyes...

[@richardarmstrong9770]

*Romanovs* : save Russian from Ivans bloodline *Russians* : Kill the Romanovs *Romanovs ghosts* : how many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man *Stalin* : now this looks like a job for me

[@Captain_Mercury]

actually Rasputin killed the romanovs

[@richardarmstrong9770]

Actually comrade they were killed in the basement by their own guards.

[@acidmack1041]

@@richardarmstrong9770 They were not killed by their own guards they were killed by the Ural Cheka who were the Bolsheviks secret police and were keeping the captive, the Romanov's own guards were long gone by that point, a lot of them murdered

[@acidmack1041]

@deekat3279 again, they were not killed by their own guards they were killed by the local Ural Cheka, Lenin's Bolshevik secret police who were keeping them captive

[@richardarmstrong9770]

Well regardless they believed them to be on their side and didnt realize their fate until the last moment it was a poor execution too they pumped dozens of bullets into the tzars wife and children. Because they had all that jewel encrusted clothing on.

[@jacobgalloway9123]

This is truly enlightening. Thank you to you and your team!

[@araspaulius]

I thoroughly enjoy your content, I love how you do promotions, balancing between selling out and leaving us wanting more. You deserve your views and subscribers, I see the effort you put into speech and timing. Professional cool and interesting content. Your professionalism inspires me, truly.

[@DrLesleyStevens]

I'm surprised this makes no. Mention of the effects of syphilis on his mental state and behavior, which byy research played a role.

[@rerunson740]

You tell 'em Lesley...🤣

[@LemurMaster]

So glad to see this. I name all my pets after history's villains, and our new kittens are Ivan and Genghis. We loved your breakdown of Genghis so much, it convinced my wife to embrace the name!

[@kjelltheviking6756]

When are you going to add Alexander?

[@michaelhurley3171]

You must have some very naughty pets 😈

[@mariano98ify]

@@kjelltheviking6756 "after history's villains" maybe to the persians he was a villain

[@kjelltheviking6756]

@@mariano98ify Well, that's not "history's villains" that's what western European's thought of as villains. Completely different since history's villains implies objective outlook on "villains" vs your subjective outlook on "villains". Nice try on quoting though like I couldn't read or comprehend what was said. Next time you try to "correct" someone make sure you're actually smarter than them sweetheart. :)

[@LemurMaster]

@ŇøHă Ģ. The trend began for me when I lived next door to a cat named "Adolph" who had a little black mustache, of course.

[@user-mh2cc4jf3f]

Quote Ivan the Terrible: "Everything that happened to us bad, it all happened because of the Germans!“ "Has anyone ever met an honest man with blue eyes?“ "If you want to easily defeat a country, start feeding it with your own food." "God would rather forgive a hanged man than one who died because of vanity" " It is not proper for noble men to scold like commoners." "If a king is struck on the cheek, is it proper for him to substitute the other? How can a king rule the Kingdom if he allows himself to be dishonored?!"

[@Projectwheelsindia]

It’s great to see Johnny Sins changing his profession like any other day.

[@Kalababu08]

Impeccable story telling skills!

[@CommodoreFloopjack78]

The house cook wasn't Chef BOYAR-Dee, right? HAHAHAHAHA!! That's freaking hilarious!! I'll see myself out.

[@alejandrodecesare5929]

Queen Elena got served with a Boyardee Soup... a soup to for...I hope it was at least delicious

[@coldramen_1]

could you do a biography on Franz Liszt? many people that aren’t interested in piano music might not know him, but he changed so much about instrumental music

[@marinova1147]

I love his music but sadly know nothing about music in general so his brilliance is probably wasted on me. Could you recommend me a book or a video discussing what he changed about instrumental music?

[@coldramen_1]

@@marinova1147 I don’t know any books or documentaries, the knowledge I have on Liszt is what I have learned from music professors. The 2 major things that I remembered is that he created piano masterclasses and he was the first pianist to have music memorized in his performances. He also has produced some of the most amazing piano compositions of all time, the most famous being Hungarian Rhapsody 2. There’s probably some books or documentaries out there to find information on him, or at least he’s probably mentioned in romantic music history books/documentaries

[@UnknowableThen]

I love the painting of Ivan so much, it portrays an emotion I can never fully understand.

[@vickigrove8549]

The Time of Troubles would be worth its own video, I think. Pretenders to the throne, the occupation of Moscow by Poland, a treaty with Sweden, and national victory led by a prince and a former butcher! Stuff of legend!

[@i.victorian1266]

"I've been waiting for this episode for so long" THANK YOU SIMON Edit: This episode could of easily been a full hour and I wouldn't be mad at it. Thanks again Simon!

[@gfhomeNevashedelo]

Think more...

[@murzagildin]

"Ivan the Terrible: Worse Than You Think"

[@gfhomeNevashedelo]

You can think?! Are you sure?

[@iram5192]

@@gfhomeNevashedelo how old are you?

[@brucethomson3242]

Dear Simon, please please please do not stop making these sublime videos, they're perfect.

[@JOLEE462]

Absolutely love this channel!! Keep up the great work!! Thank You & Happy New Year 👍

[@stephenwarhurst6615]

Stalin quote - Everyone remembers Ivan the Terrible no one remembers the names of the Boyars

[@phoenicianussr9179]

Cool choice! Thanks for all the great vids!👍

[@dylanthepickle6428]

No one can do a segue from “path to hell” to “squarespace” like Simon.

[@SerTasera]

I'm not sure why I like the music you play during the Squarespace ad so much, but it's the only time I never skip an ad after the first viewing.

[@favouronu]

9:40 You either die knowing that you were a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a monster

[@diarradunlap9337]

Apropos not only for Ivan "Grozny" (Ivan the Awe-inspiring, Ivan the Terrible), but also for Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

Crazy stuff

[@gfhomeNevashedelo]

You either live long and think hard before opening your mouth or you die hard and suffer long when you open your mouth before it.

[@alejandrodecesare5929]

Sounds like a Game of Thrones meme

[@jimoyster387]

Yeah no worries Batman

[@Crudeliciousbops]

You forgot the part when they built St. Basil’s Cathedral and Ivan took their eyes away just so they won’t build anything more beautiful

[@seaturtlepoppy7679]

If that is true, that has got to be one of the most creative forms of torture I have ever heard of. I can’t imagine what that would feel like ...

[@MrVlad12340]

Seaturtle Poppy that is not true since same architects built other buildings later on, we dont know how he treated them but at least they had to have eyes to work.

[@gfhomeNevashedelo]

Oh, Dear! This is episode from Tarkovsky's film! This isn't about Ivan, his time or even Moscaw, you idiot!

[@krazylyte]

gfhome1933 Nevashedelo lol what a fool

[@Fatherwader]

this dude has to be one of the best storytellers. he would have been a great history teacher, love his tiny opinions he inserts as well, my fav youtube channel

[@lucianoosorio5942]

“I’m Terrible, there’s no great who could defeat this Russian.” Ivan the Terrible

[@toughtittypdiddy4634]

3 videos in one day? I haven't been this satisfied since I got new batteries for my vibrator.

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! By the power of the almighty comment gods thy have earned the title......Comment of the day :D

[@toughtittypdiddy4634]

@shahla1123 your mama

[@toughtittypdiddy4634]

@shahla1123 and if I were you I wouldn't be talking with those "mi vida loca" eyebrows. You look like Steve from American Dad when he joined a Mexican girl gang, shaved his eyebrows off, put a glass to his face and Drew them again with a sharpie.

[@itzlevelz]

@@toughtittypdiddy4634 don't even feed into that nonsense...

[@ChuckNorrisUltra]

@shahla1123 You have issues lady. Please seek help.

[@siegel947]

biographics makes learning historic figures much interesting to research more historical events...

[@terricovill8487]

The aspect of Biographies that I really enjoy (besides the history lessons) is the humor that the presentor interjected whilst narrating! I love a dry sense of humor!

[@michaelpietrzak2067]

Discovered your channel a couple days ago. Love it!

[@jevinday]

That was great! I never learned about these kinds of historical figures in American school. Thanks for doing what you guys do

[@gfhomeNevashedelo]

You'd better remaind nnocenrly ignorsnt then... Now you'll need to wash it all down the toilet for a long long time... before you'll find out the actual truth...

[@merrymerry2906]

*Oda Nobunaga next* But on to the video

[@DaidriveCJ]

Is that soo~?! If so, it would be... "Just... that... simple "

[@gjlipana881]

Yes please

[@asf1062]

DUDE! I SECOND THIS

[@pingukutepro]

He sucks. Takeda Shigen was better

[@LongTrout]

I enjoy your narrations. thankyou for taking the time.

[@polnoezabvenie]

He did pretty much the same as your Henry VIII did: consolidate the realm, for which he centralized the power, repressed the old elites and created new ones, and passed a lot of state reforms.

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

You should do the Marquis de Lafayette and how he defied the king to fight for free at 19and supplied his soldiers under him with food, clothing and arms). He pushed for the extra help from the king and finally got it which led to Rochambeau and De Grasse combining their troops with Washington and won the Battle of Yorktown . When he came bam 50 years later and 80,000 people in NYC came out to see him. Compare to the 4,000 people out of 8 million for The Beatles.

[@Lawliet734]

Your videos have improved over the early ones, but I still cannot treat them as anything but podcasts.

[@boardwithwheels]

Even just the way you look while you tell stories intrigues me! Heck, you have a good story telling face with your expressions and way you convey the story! I love it!

[@emiloopi]

Love this channel! I’m sick in bed and binge watching all the vids 🤗

[@rerunson740]

You are beautiful! Have a great day!!!

[@ChunzBunz]

Been waiting for an Ivan video!

[@KageNoTora74]

Ivan the Fearsome would be an apt translation.

[@loveisinportant5570]

It's good that I mostly listen to these videos. Some of these earlier episodes are cropped so weirdly that I keep reflexively trying to scroll down to get Simon's entire head into the frame of the video. So much shirt, so little head.

[@doctornova3015]

My nickname for my younger sister (6 years my junior) was Ivan the Terrible. She had such a habit of pinching and biting when she was very little, that my family began referring to her by the moniker as well. Fortunately she grew up to be a very smart and kind career woman as a 43 year old wife and mother.thank God. Those pinches left quite a mark .

[@normanthomas9065]

Lol

[@brentgranger7856]

Thanks for finally doing a video on Ivan the Terrible. Can you do 2 much more popular Russian monarchs Peter the Great and Yekaterina the Great (Catherine the Great)? Both are so symbolic that they have cities renamed for them (St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg) after the fall of the USSR (Leningrad and Sverdlovsk respectively).

[@atadbitahistory9660]

"Ivan had all 70 of them stripped naked in the snow, before setting their beards on fire". I can't be the only one that looked at Simon's precious beard after hearing that?

[@mrbfros454]

Such a fascinating video. Thank you for filling me in on this man’s life. So many valuable lessons we dare not take lightly!

[@oliveraradonjic8425]

Its full of fake information and history

[@williamstocker584]

Nope it’s all true

[@shaggythewriter8185]

I thought that 8:12 was about to be the lead in to the sponsorship plug like, "..what better way to claim the title of the third Rome than to launch a..." website with Square Space I guess lol

[@TanisC]

This would make a FANTASTIC historical movie or series!!!

[@annikboyer3395]

This is why I love Russian history so much! Much of their leaders spice things up one way or the other.

[@shahrulamar5358]

RUTHLESS LEADERS ARE COMMON IN RUSSIAN HISTORY. 😮😮😮

[@stephenheath8465]

Catherine Reign was the closest Russia got to taste Democracy

[@footisman2059]

@@stephenheath8465 Nope, the closest Russia got to democracy was after the communist revolution, as they held an actual election.

[@plsquirrel3835]

Great video! I've enjoyed watching you channel.

[@227RM]

I love watching your videos you are the best history teacher ever thank you!

[@bushmanPMRR]

Looking back over history, the wars, famines, plagues, despotic leaders and everything else that went on and think to yourself "My ancestors somehow managed to survive through all those events which has led to me existing now" Then take a look at humanity in general today, give your head a wobble and consider, these times we live in now: wow! what a time to be alive!

[@thefunnyfritz4035]

You oughta do The Blessed Karl of Austria, last Emperor and King of Austria-Hungary

[@Saurophaganax1931]

Stalin should have recieved the epitaph “The terrible” or something to that effect. “Stalin the terrible” or “Stalin the monstrous” or “Stalin the cruel”. Even the most conservative estimates of his death toll would still earn him such a name.