Joseph Stalin, Leader of the Soviet Union (1878-1953)

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Music Credit
From Russia with Love by Huma-Huma
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Further Reading:
Russia and the Russians
by Geoffrey Hosking

[@retardedgayasspatrick3723]

"His mother wanted him to become a priest" Oh boy, that went well

[@savagedarksider5934]

With use of the Atom bomb; the allies did not need help from the soviet union in defeating japan.

[@csabaweisz8791]

She wanted his son to become a priest, the son almost destroyed the whole russian orthodox church

[@thatyounghistorian2038]

@@savagedarksider5934 Fun Fact: The Japanese surrendered to the allies after the Soviet Union was planning to move in on them. An atomic bomb was the equivalent of firebombing a city during those times and such were not seen as that big of a deal. The Japanese feared the communists more than the Americans

[@thatyounghistorian2038]

Tokyo was bombed intensely during the pacific war and if I gave you a picture of Tokyo and Nagasaki during the pacific war you would not be able to tell the difference

[@bonecrusher3248]

@@thatyounghistorian2038 hiroshima not Tokyo.

[@fidenemini4413]

Lenin on his death bed:"Joseph, what if the people don't follow you?" Stalin:"...then they will follow you"

[@givemethen-pass6182]

Its so dark here

[@givemethen-pass6182]

Dark

[@francismigs2224]

Lol

[@adityapermana9651]

At first I thought it was a sad quote.. But then I know what it it's 😂

[@wangsteve4419]

Nothing like a Soviet joke

[@alexs7189]

I wonder if there is a parallel universe, in which Stalin became the pope, and Hitler a successful painter like Picasso

[@ZeitgeistGaming69]

Actually, Stalin would be Orthodox, which doesn't have a Pope. He could become the Patriarch though; it is essentially the same position that the Pope has in Catholicism but in Orthodoxy.

[@havel6060]

good ending achieved

[@susactivities_]

Here we have Georgian Pope Joseph and famous Austrian painter Hitler

[@ZeitgeistGaming69]

@@susactivities_ Georgian Patriarch

[@eliasjojo4723]

And then Poland dtarts ww2

[@fridayyy.2102]

Stalin's mother: *my son will become a priest* Stalin: *abolishes religion in the USSR*

[@elicentric]

yes because creating a secular state and rehabilitating religions oppressed by the tsardom = "abolishing religion" B)

[@cesaralvarado775]

Eli B Stalin didn’t “abolish” religion, but it wasn’t “secular” either. The USSR actively endorsed “scientific atheism” by funding the Militant Atheists and funding museums of atheism, etc. I agree that religious persecution in the USSR is not discussed honestly. Yes the Soviets seized their private property and (stolen) wealth. But they were Communists, ALL private property and wealth was outlawed and seized. Religious resistors were killed or jailed, but ALL resistors were killed or jailed. But you’re right, under the Imperial Monarchy, Russian Orthodox Christianity was the official religion, and heresy was brutally persecuted. Heretical literature was banned. Under Czar Alexander, a million Muslim Circassians were exterminated-men, women, and the boys. The young girls, faired a different kind of deprived violence.

[@elicentric]

@@cesaralvarado775 what would make a secular state different from “scientific atheism”? /gen

[@cesaralvarado775]

Eli B Secular states are neutral on matters of religion. The USSR has a secular constitution, but in practice it actively promoted atheism. After WW2 Stalin drastically stoped promoting atheism and rehabilitated the Orthodox Church. So during this period, you might call it quasi-secular. But the State still maintained tight control.

[@user-pf2co1uu6j]

I AM FROM GEORGIA CAUCASIA

[@MikeHunt-sh6vz]

When you want your son to become a Priest but instead he becomes the Dictator of the Soviet Union.

[@thedanishcommunist1535]

Whats the difference anyway?

[@angerybubzz659]

Blyat

[@flamingcroatan3739]

His mother : Why son why ?

[@SnazzyDroll]

I hate when that happens

[@schwappingmags1008]

even better

[@jaric6474]

Stalin: i want to become leader Stalin: has rivals Stalin: wow they just dissapeared that's so weird

[@josephvissarionovichstalin5843]

Gulag for you!!!

[@ejoarkhamgamer567]

And lucky

[@blankblank5409]

Wonder what happened to them...

[@deformissimia6935]

STALINGRAD! FOR YOU!!

[@josephstalin9302]

прошу прощения! Плохой парень >:(

[@annashoemaker1705]

Lenin: Dead. People: we want trotsky GOverment; wait wheres trotsky Stalin: wow thats soooo weird well looks like i have to rule sooo sad

[@kong7319]

literally no one wanted trotsky

[@rodoespinosa4680]

@@kong7319 literally all intelligent people (intellectuals marxists) like Trotsky and happens exactly like Marx: propaganda against them put them undervalued

[@kong7319]

@@rodoespinosa4680 what?

[@someguy-bv3il]

All high ranking bolsheviks hated trotsky

[@rodoespinosa4680]

@@someguy-bv3il all the Bolsheviks were assassinated by Stalin, and a lot were the “left opposition” lidered by Trotsky, jesuschrist. I hate Historical ignorance 🤦🏻

[@NikolayBorodin2005]

Workers: *Don't work enough* Stalin: I'm about to end these guys careers

[@XXStrong1]

*lives

[@historyeditz8326]

Proceeds to betray Marx ideas by exploiting workers lke bourgeois.

[@mikhailalmaz]

@@historyeditz8326 ???? Wdym? What about the 5 hour day??? What about the improving living conditions???

[@mrcool2107]

It's fake. In real stalin treated them well

[@Stalin-vq7gc]

Hitler:tell me a joke. Stalin:Moscow! Hitler: I didn't get it Stalin: exactly!

[@user-td9lt9vp9r]

Stalin 1945 Stalin’s son was captured by the Germans and the Germans wanted to exchange him for a captured German officer, but Stalin said, “I won’t exchange soldiers for officers.” Stalin had 3 tunics and 3 boots all his life, Stalin did not live in luxurious houses and passed away in military uniform leaving Russia with a nuclear bomb

[@Stalin-vq7gc]

@@user-td9lt9vp9r why did I say something like stalin was living in luxury? AND I KNOW THAT HIS SON WAS CAPTURED BY THE NAZIS

[@charlesancer6101]

@@user-td9lt9vp9r cool

[@RE-zl7sy]

I didn't get it):

[@epic_tygo]

*N O*

[@R4KT1M]

Lenin : after my death don't let Stalin..... Lenin : *dies* Stalin : I guess, I am in-charge now

[@R4KT1M]

@UfOjaCkal we all know politics

[@Secount]

Don't worry i give a home for you The name its "GULAG"

[@mdbr155]

ahahhah

[@JosephStalin-nq1pu]

@@Secount Hello comrade.

[@PennyDreadful1]

Lenin was no angel but he thought Stalin abit too brutish...and he was right. Trotsky was relatively decent for a communist.

[@Dont-Watch-My-Vids-U-Regret-it]

Soviet population: *exists* Stalin: *peace was never an option*

[@Michal-mc6co]

What?

[@acanadiancapitalist2107]

@@Michal-mc6co he is right. Life must have been horrible

[@user-cc9fb3zg4r]

Option of peace? Is there any option of peace during WWI? Civilian war in Russia? WWII, in fact WWI being continued several years after. Peace treaty after WWI had a lot of reasons to start a new war. Those who signed this peace treaty didn't make this a secret, that they will restore their armies to declare a new war, even deadlier. Peace was not an option for any country, WW2 is the evidence.

[@emed07-]

you mean: *population was never an option*

[@arstotzkaninspector1161]

Do i need to reply it?

[@jessemojica3933]

Someone in my history class said “like Atlanta, Georgia?” and I am questioning society

[@awika1]

He is from Georgia 🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪

[@nikainjgia2334]

Georgia -"Sakartvelo"

[@TheIndogamer]

Americans and their lack of geographic knowledge

[@sirgurnsalot4044]

@@TheIndogamer I’m not American and for like a mini second I was wondering if it was the state of Georgia too.

[@superdude899]

No, no. Fair question

[@Bastogne1944]

When the going gets tough, the gulag gets going. - Joseph Swolin.

[@MikhaelAhava]

ok

[@JamesBond-ns8di]

I see you everywhere with your quotes. Are you following me

[@GAZAMAN93X]

James Bond sub to me

[@Bastogne1944]

James Bond I am a rezidentura, a Russian not, who's main mission is to post divisive fake news on the internet and send kompormat back to apparatchiks in the kremlin. ( *I am not paid by CNN* ) You frequently see my comments because we most likely have the same subscription base.

[@JamesBond-ns8di]

General S. Patton aaaaah that explains everything. Can i join your fake news clan?

[@bishop2985]

Song: Russia with love

[@_idrinklemonade_5258]

You mean huma huma

[@salvat3735]

Rips off the dance of the knights by prokofiev

[@MystmaxkinnTV]

You killed fiddy men in world War 2?

[@ultrachad1928]

what's the music in this video

[@maciejwisniewski2538]

From russia with love.

[@Hersgory372]

The order to defend Stalingrad was given because of the strategic importance of the city on the Volga river, not because of its name, and Kirov was killed by Stalins enemies

[@pubefaceIV]

Yes if they lost Stalingrad the nazis would be able to seize large amounts of desperately needed oil/fuel south of the city

[@HarshGupta-oe1hv]

The way Kirov died was kinda suspicious 🤔

[@muhammadsaadurrehman5341]

All the big bolsheviks killed by Stalin wanted to kill Stalin.

[@ruturajshiralkar5566]

Kirov was eliminated by Stalin himself (i.e on Stalin's Orders). Stalin was greatly jealous of Kirov's popularity and hence saw Kirov's death as a way to eliminate any threat, perceived or otherwise, to his absolute Power.

[@Ricardo_Rick]

thanks, it's hard to find sane comments in videos so obviously biased against communism and it's key figures

[@Chqdom1r]

Hitler: Hey, Stalin, wanna hear a joke? Stalin: Да? ("Yes") Hitler: Berlin Stalin: Ох, ай гет ит. ("Oh, I get it" in broken Russian)

[@mrcool2107]

Russian words look like when English words are upside down

[@ananditotugarisman9122]

Translate pls, I wanna know the joke too

[@Chqdom1r]

@@ananditotugarisman9122 Hitler:Hey, Stalin, wanna hear a joke? Stalin: Yes. Hitler: Berlin Stalin: Oh, I get it.

[@ananditotugarisman9122]

@@Chqdom1r lmao thx for the translation

[@dalliskal4827]

U.S: hey Russia want to here a joke Russia: ok U.S: good allies Russia: i don't get it U.S: and you never will

[@benski7407]

Who would win 50 million people Or 1 mustache boi

[@Chuked]

Second option

[@josephstalin5703]

THREE DAYS TO MAKE THAT POTATO SALAD definitely

[@memehead7732]

Johny johny

[@riri1034]

@@memehead7732 Да Папа?

[@hoovywoopensguy6812]

the mustache ;)

[@alexsal2737]

I'd like to learn more about the Chernobyl nuclear accident, year was 1986 I think.

[@willtamburino7541]

mod man17 no it was 1986

[@sebastianvargas9599]

Why because of Finkas story line?

[@ogzephyr4166]

Al Sal Good idea Gustave

[@comrade4354]

Good idea komrade

[@gdrddd]

Al Sal doc

[@shelbymartinez7248]

This was the very first video I watched from simple history about the same day it came out and I became drawn into their other videos especially for a history nerd like me hope y’all keep up the good work with these videos been subscribed to you guys since 2018 always brings me back memories when I watched this video all those years ago and many others at that time

[@reems10]

Simple History you're my favorite KZbinr! Keep up the work!

[@SerggK]

Stalin: Dark humour is like food, not everyone gets it

[@deformissimia6935]

Are you a vegetarian?

[@emeraldz6744]

@@deformissimia6935 why would they be vegetarian

[@genralgreevus7521]

Nice

[@Lisa-os7il]

@@deformissimia6935 r/woooosh

[@KishorGowda18]

Especially africans

[@mdbr155]

Trotsky: Now that Lenin passed away, I'm the new leader Stalin: hold my vodka

[@jasonmcmillan4373]

Prometheus .........& my ice pick. In the back of your head preferably.

[@mdbr155]

haha

[@vanthang6760]

Cringe

[@vevosontungm-tp1509]

Prometheus Trotsky is a traitor!

[@fritzid]

*our vodka

[@CheddarMannn]

Lenin on dying bed: Tell the guy that gives job, to not let Stalin take over. Btw - who did I give the job of giving jobs? Doctor: That'd Stalin, sir. Lenin: *dies*

[@HeadFunny]

Did you know Stalin's son conned him by replacing ice hockey players with fakes, because they died in a plane crash that he was responsible for? kzbin.info/www/bejne/joaVZIWVdq5obbM

[@halbgefressen9768]

@@HeadFunny dying in a plane crash before 1924 ahh yess very likely happened

[@user-rf8lp8ho5k]

Упощенная ссылка.

[@IloveRumania]

Haha Edit: I got the reference.

[@thecoopinater]

Lenin: Stalin won’t lead the ussr Stalin: “how about I do anyway”

[@luke.4317]

that document is fake lol

[@catherinelanosolamillo3053]

DC - superman "man of steel" Russia DC-Stalin "man of steel"

[@sputn1k931]

Holy shi-

[@JonatasAdoM]

Man of Staliniun.

[@saba5468]

Georgian DC: stalin

[@sohithbandari5989]

*balls of steel

[@streamerbytheway5266]

CoMeRadE

[@dragindeeznuts2525]

I just went out of the room , and my boy made such a mess .

[@vladimirlenin3175]

Hey I’m Lenin

[@sooryan_1018]

This is getting out of hand...now there's two of them!

[@josephstalin9313]

Nah, m8 it wasn't me

[@danisharfaramadhan7446]

@@josephstalin9313 bruh

[@deme3094]

@@josephstalin9313 privet comrade stalin

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

[@Pompomatic]

I can personally recommend the book under further reading: Geoffrey Hosking's "Russia and the Russians". It's a great book, and as far as I can tell, very objective.

[@frederickiithegreat3919]

Shhhhhh,simple history, or do you want to go in gulag?

[@localextremist2839]

WHATS THIS? AN IMPOSTER?

[@frederickiithegreat3919]

@@localextremist2839 what? I am the Real stalin,you are the western spy

[@localextremist2839]

@@frederickiithegreat3919 No u i am sitting in my KV2 aiming at you

[@delxsm]

@@localextremist2839 guys dont make me get shaggy on you

[@Palladium001]

Just 1v1 with t-34s. The survivor is the real stalin

[@cloroxbleach4534]

My little pony. Russia: Our little Poland.

[@Mangos1021]

That's great

[@d-day7567]

Stalin: our little Poland

[@minutemen_in_t-605]

Ah Kurwa, here we go again...

[@polyspheremusic3417]

Dat capitalist

[@thatwasgregory]

Our little poland)

[@kenc9236]

Great vids condensed history but to the point. Good job.

[@mohdzairul1158]

"No work? G U L A G" -Stalin

[@UnderRated-oy1tu]

Yes this is basically my parents at home

[@longwlenguyen4214]

Psychiatrist: "Stalin, why do you behave this way?" Stalin: "My father used to punish me severely."

[@Theo-bk6qj]

😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@Hmmm777]

This enrage the father, who punish him severely

[@ronantheacusser2305]

NOICE

[@justsomepersononyoutube9271]

Adolf hitlers historic quote that made him the dictator

[@brynthmacoto1258]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rofUZWyGqtufr9k

[@trycoldman2358]

*I love the smell of Gulag in the morning*

[@viveus_]

mm

[@MauriceChad]

quack

[@ihavecripplingdepression2572]

Papa stalin will bring it to you

[@gavinlomalie0507]

trycoldman23 same

[@b-i-c7969]

Trycoldman, you're supposed to be doing lego stop motions, not write shiet memes on others KZbin channels

[@vasilijepapovic9092]

Nice video

[@JeanValjean875]

3:28 If you read Stephen Kotkin's Stalin biography, he states that most of the purged officers were NOT "talented," they were incompetent. Not that that justifies what Stalin did to them, but it didn't effect the war effort that much.

[@gruesomewolfgaming4735]

You must have never heard of tukachevsky.

[@vanshstalin1402]

Stephen Kotkin is leftist propagandist . What happen to tukhachevsky ,yakir, smultsky. They were civil war heroes ,fought against japanese

[@dominusdone5023]

and how did it not impact? Many of the officers he executed were great war veterans which isnt saying much but they had experience in war

[@t.bo.e2487]

How convenient lol 😂

[@Meme-o-Taur]

Who would win? The czar of Russia ----------- A book

[@manbutt656]

A book?

[@penguin5300]

Book

[@antonishedsp2036]

book

[@antonishedsp2036]

книга

[@inconickuous547]

The comunist manifesto

[@evanlol05]

Where’s that soviet anthem?

[@danny2327]

Instant gulags!

[@Crankiebox99]

your uncle in gulag

[@achaemenes9064]

The channel is capitalist don’t expect them to put soviet anthem 😒

[@evanlol05]

Achae Menes it’s a joke. Have you ever seen a meme about communism or soviets?

[@achaemenes9064]

your uncle did you just said a meme? When in earth communism was a joke ?

[@josephstalin2990]

Hey thanks for the shoutout man!

[@pessimistkai5569]

The original user of the death note.

[@justacat2]

the funny thing is that he litteraly wrote on books who he wanted to be executed 😂

[@zashazaikov]

Stalingrad was not defended so viciously just because it bore Stalin's name. But because it was a strategic transit road from the Caucuses to the rest of the Union and the USSRs primary source of Oil. Germany just needed to be starved of oil, so they could not let them turn the tables by taking the caucuses. It simply was a very strategic position. Saying that it was defended viciously just in his name is just an uneducated revisionism of historical facts and documentation.

[@user-ov3iu7gu2f]

OZX7S You are completely correct, but I think that Stalingrad had more symbolic meaning to Hitler than to Stalin. Military historians say that Stalingrad was city no different from any other that Germans conquered earlier in their campaign, it could've been easily surrounded and cut of the Russian supplies and reinforcements and would have to surrender in a short time, but luckily for us, the good guys, Hitler had no clue in tactics and wanted to conquer the city, as I remember from documentaries, with air bombings and frontal assault... and that story ended in Berlin in 1945...

[@doughnutsandcoffee8622]

OZX7S finally someone who also knows

[@doughnutsandcoffee8622]

Драшко Дашић, Stalin did not care about Stalingrad as much as Hitler did, Hitler compared to Stalin... Hitler was an over-enthusiastic child, Stalin... a heartless monster, who feared no one.

[@eduardkeandreisolina1502]

yeah sure your very correct, but he said that after saying "it has stalin's name"

[@viysnjor4811]

well actually he feared everyone, which is why he killed so many people in his purges

[@benmchargue8150]

*sees Stalin dying of a stroke* Are you ok? Stalin: GULAG

[@samiq306]

He died because you were a Western Spy

[@nehemiahobongono8496]

@@samiq306 good

[@sfsaviation]

when Stalin has stroke... *_EVERYONE HAS STROKE_*

[@walterclements3433]

*GULAG!*

[@hazmat4938]

Its because of that profile picture GULAG!

[@donttakeitpersonal8704]

from becoming a priest to someone who needs a priest.

[@iakobmtchedlishvili1595]

Simple History: Stalin is bloody dictator. Winston Churchil: Hold my whiskey

[@AllisonDeereVR]

Demonetized

[@AllisonDeereVR]

Jonathan Mottern its just a joke tbh

[@jcmottern]

Heath George Well that went over my head. Thanks for the explanation. With KZbin it wouldn't surprise me with how they are these days.

[@EA-js1me]

Isn’t it crazy how many crazy dictators do not even come from the great country they led? Napoleon was from Corsica, Stalin was from Georgia, Adolf was from Austria... keep an eye on charismatic and influential foreigners, folks!

[@doggyrusev627]

EA 333 oh boi time to be a Canadian dictatorship

[@zoofan9280]

EA 333 true

[@Confucius_76]

Philip of Macedon was from... Macedon.... but he expanded the Greek world

[@admiralofcrimson9618]

Corsica still is and was part of France also Georgia was part of Russia during all of Stalin's lifetime. And I wouldnt call Napoleon a crazy dictator but a monarch what he did helped France the wars he caused were mostly in defence or to maintain other nations to keep fighting Britain. He did do megalomaniac things like invading Spain though. I also even though stalin was evil it helped protect Russians from a bigger genocide since all of them would of been killed by Hitler.

[@5oa8in2wr]

If Stalin would be crazy some German burger would have some nice boots made of your skin.

[@adobotravels]

Told you guys if the boy is named after a saint or after a name Bible, they tend out to be a good boy 😂

[@nathannowicki112]

cool vid bro - learnt lots!

[@quibdib9930]

Stalin:*Shoots his last good officers and generals* Stalin: why don’t I have any more good generals

[@kmv-2]

Zhucov,Rokossovskiy,Chuycov,Voroshilov? No?

[@heidetenchavez9911]

No. Not enough...

[@josephstalin9302]

Я признаю, что это была ошибка ...

[@kevin8712]

@@kmv-2 Konev?

[@scarlett3205]

@Wavygeronimo It translates as "I admit that it was a mistake"

[@djmutt2000]

Stalin = Man of Steel dammit DC Comics...

[@FlowerPride]

Stalin -> stal' -> iron

[@g0ddish434]

Stalin is superman

[@josephstalin9204]

I'm boi

[@rion7088]

amazing barley31 Alexa play stal by C418

[@amitasingh9281]

Fun Fact- In Stalinist Russia, food was like humour, not everybody got it.

[@sukanachuj_7897]

Bro i love dark humor

[@lombardia1509]

In America it is the Great Depression, but in the USSR it is for some reason the Holodomor. It's funny how they deceive you, and you don't even think about it.

[@evolutionsanders4534]

"As Stalin created a cult of personality" *Cue CM Punk's entrance music*

[@kouroshrm7]

Like Mussolini and Kennedy

[@jdwin504]

Simple history : Stalin is a ruthless dictator . Mao zedong : hold my gun .

[@SoldierOfFate]

You mean "Hold OUR gun!"

[@ra6667]

Mao zedong? Brb gotta look up something.

[@toannguyenhuu1693]

Western capitlism: hold my zionist global warming

[@cakebear9534]

@Toan Nguyen Huu Nazbol gang Nazbol gang

[@toannguyenhuu1693]

@@cakebear9534??

[@doctorvladandhisbluejaysd2802]

Is no-one gonna talk about the fact that Stalin means Man of Steel

[@deformissimia6935]

I am broke

[@h0tblond3]

I subbed to you

[@ma.023fr]

just a random fat cop from gta 4 in real life r/itswooooshwith4os

[@tanmaynegi3169]

I mean, it makes sense.

[@lukayaroslav9914]

@-- There's already an animation of it.

[@KelvinThePatriot]

Thank you for this video. I'm doing my research project and I needed to know when his funeral was held.

[@ingridalexander1492]

read any books ever?

[@KelvinThePatriot]

@@ingridalexander1492 yes. Just cant find any at my library that was on this topic or about Stalin. Plus i couldnt order the books because it would’ve arrived after the project was due

[@sandrinhasantos4962]

I love you person who put subtitles in Portuguese I love you

[@bazly3522]

Party Member: *"Coughs"* Stalin: "Execution List +1: Random Innocent Man"

[@reek4062]

what a merciful man

[@Gregornmy]

Stalin: *kills his doctors* His dead doctors: right back at ya buckeroo!

[@deformissimia6935]

I am dead in the near future

[@venomrg.]

Lol

[@kingrunnisfilms]

our Dead doctors

[@ronantheacusser2305]

NOICE

[@joehitlerLaden]

"I trust nobody, not even myself" -Joseph Stalin

[@jamesboone3678]

My favorite part of him was he was extremely ruthless, but a coward as well. I love history and he was by far my favorite to study when I did history classes.

[@benedek8259]

What do you mean by coward?

[@WisdenWard]

@@benedek8259 Lol. You don't know history, do you? He was constantly afraid of being assassinated. He was afraid of Trotsky. He was scared of his generals being more powerful than him and that they would take control of him. He was afraid of Capitalism. He was afraid of free market. He was afraid of private property. He was afraid of nuclear bombs. He was afraid of USA. He was afraid of Hitler He was afraid of bugs He was afraid of boiling water. He was afraid of heights. He was afraid of darkness. He was afraid of peanuts. He was afraid of milk because he was lactose intolerant. He wad afraid of stroke.

[@chocolateneko9912]

@@WisdenWard his paranoia led to his death lol

[@sigmaduck69420]

average brainwashed kid in western talking about the greatest chad in the world

[@MB2.0]

@@chocolateneko9912 paranoia isnt cowardice. You can't run a country surrounded by vicious officials as a coward lmao

[@MD_Hooligan]

“You know what they say - Your servers have lag, You go to Gulag” - Stalin, 1943.

[@tabbyclawproductions7943]

tru dat

[@fristnamelastname5549]

xD Lol!

[@darkknightbatman8269]

Lol

[@vantanbui9782]

xD lol

[@wisdomleader85]

In Soviet Russia, gulag goes to you.

[@stephenscribbles]

Worker: *is exhausted and therefore gradually works less* Stalin: I diagnose you with treason

[@eulersinyinza1748]

Stalin is a way of thinking. He found Russia with a wooden plough and left it with nuclear weapons

[@slaughterghoul3662]

1 MILLION YEARS GULAG.

[@slaughterghoul3662]

Nice comment, Facist.

[@steveharvey7916]

The Battle of Leningrad

[@tradracemixer3237]

Steve Harvey *Siege

[@samfahrenkopf8679]

Steve Harvey Stalingrad

[@-Invero-]

tea tester there is already stalingrad vid..

[@samfahrenkopf8679]

Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette are you making red costs redder with bloodstains?

[@samfahrenkopf8679]

Lightning Warfare no u

[@PetrKometa]

Dear author! I understand that you probably cannot have other sources in your country that would not write about Stalin in a negative way, but I have to note many mistakes that only denigrate Stalin. Starting with the nonsense that the workers could be sent to the Gulag for not working out the norm. And ending with the fact that Stalingrad was defended only because the city bore the name of Stalin. Stalingrad was not defended because of this (why, then, was Stalino - now Donetsk not so stubbornly defended?) The reason for the defense of Stalingrad was that its loss would cut off the Caucasus from the rest of the USSR and free up some of the German divisions for operations in the Caucasus. And by the way, it was along the Volga that almost the entire UNION was supplied with fuel. So I advise you to check the sources.

[@superdude899]

Unrelated, but that Civ 6 pfp is pretty cool

[@Roman-iw9sq]

Смысл им что-то доказывать когда у них Солженицына просто боготворят и верят каждой его лжи. Жаль конечно что они никогда не узнают за этой завесой лжи и обмана от пропаганды что на самом деле этот человек не был злодеем как его описывают.

[@OUR_RED_ARMY]

Многим бесполезно что-то доказывать, их пропаганда хорошо делает своё дело, заставляя поверить в несуществующие вещи. Это очень грустно, особенно учитывая то, что сейчас в интернете каждый может найти подтверждение реальных событий, но очень мало людей этим занимается

[@dominusdone5023]

@@Roman-iw9sq lmfao executing millions and sending them to gulag camps for any reason he found isnt villian?

[@dominusdone5023]

workers could be sent to the gulag for not working the quotas lmfao where did you get this give me the source

[@cc55thegodofbread69]

For all of you wondering the song name in the background, it's "From Russia, with love" from one of the James Bond movies.

[@Simplehistory]

Meet one of the most evil figures in history, Stalin. What historical figure do you want to see next?

[@albertbarese4170]

Simple History Mao Zedong!

[@musicreactortv8053]

Simple History Could you do Kim Il Sung or someone like that?

[@ayylmao9697]

Mao

[@BlueZeroThree]

General Franco

[@sneedsreedsneedsexchiggers5220]

Simple History,Fraklin Delano Rusvelt

[@rowdymg461]

You have answered my prayers because I have a project on him. You are my number 1 go to history channel

[@Simplehistory]

Nice, good luck on your history project

[@vire559]

You sacrifice him over your interest. He got demonitized by KZbin now

[@Maxcraft12]

Simple History what do you think about making a video about the germen Revolution of 1918 and/or a vidoe about the weimar republic? :)

[@knowariddle9462]

Maximilian I would love a video about the German Revolution!

[@Will-ce7tv]

My dad just finished a book called 'young Stalin'. It's all about his background and early life, it'd be great for your project.

[@daniealdecobray3774]

"Man of steel" - maybe it means a sequel is coming up

[@aliencatcrew3336]

5:15 after that happened you heard "Stalin, Stalin STALIN!!!!!" BEING YELLED FROM HIS COFFIN LOL

[@spencerfaithfull9247]

Hitler, “I have an army.” Stalin, “I have winter.”

[@mohnishdunaboina4555]

f

[@herrkraiss4746]

Or you could say Stalin, “I have an army with no winter equipment and they are poorly trained” Mannerheim, ” I have winter.”

[@admiralleel6604]

Spencer Faithfull „WE have winter!“

[@abirhossen1890]

I have winter clothing and tanks what do you have stalin

[@spencerfaithfull9247]

S S Or you could say: Finland, “Am I a joke to you?”

[@willlastnameguy8329]

"He adopted the name Stalin" Never tells us his real name.

[@user-lk9kj2ow5b]

Joseph Jugashvili,

[@jemobolqvadze6905]

Joseph besarion jugashivili

[@lordtrigon1733]

In their defense... it's not easy.

[@PAK_FA]

Its Jugashvilli. But need to say, that on Georgian language - "Juga" means "steel" lika "Stal' " on Russian language. So i can say, that Stalin just make his name more russian

[@willlastnameguy8329]

@@PAK_FA Thank you for the additional information! Very interesting.

[@the_filmdudes]

Super insightful. I just completed a hefty research essay on Stalin and this video answered almost every fact I researched.

[@user-fn2ur5dv5q]

The capacity of GULAG camps throughout the country did not exceed 2 million people. | In 1991, V. N. Zemskov published in the journal" Socis " the data of carefully studied archives: in total, from 1921 to February 1, 1954, 3,777,380 people were convicted of counter-revolutionary crimes, including 642,980 to death, 2,369,220 to imprisonment. 765,180 people were sent to exile and exile in camps and prisons for a period of 25 years or less. | Arseny Roginsky - chairman of the Memorial Society (dealing with the history of repression in the USSR), published data on 7 million convicts for the period from 1921 to 1987.

[@frobes9296]

And the mortality rate was under 4 percent in peacetimes

[@dominusdone5023]

@@frobes9296 wow so instead of most of the population instead we starved millions in Ukraine and people till they were near to bones but they survived so its alright bro lmfao

[@dominusdone5023]

both are not credible sources

[@alifaldynugraha9805]

Workers: i cant work anymore Stalin: there's only two way, funeral or gulag

[@deformissimia6935]

Stalingrad is the best way.

[@oannamphuong6373]

no,I think 3rd option is miltilary

[@greatestshowmen9306]

So in the USSR, for the first time, the working day was reduced to 8 hours, and in the 1930s, at some hazardous enterprises, to 6 hours.

[@Dimad817]

@@greatestshowmen9306 also sending in gulag 20 mlj people is not true

[@greatestshowmen9306]

@@Dimad817 2.5 million workers passed through the GULAG. The gulag is not a concentration camp, in the gulag they received the minimum wage and after their release they could live in the settlement or return to their homeland, get an education and work. After all, Korolyov was a prisoner of the GULAG because of the waste of funds, but then he was able to make the USSR a pioneer in space

[@jackmcirvin5415]

The way Stalin died was actually pretty funny because he had stoke and was on the floor of his office but none of his guards would go in to help him because they were to scared of him.

[@Simplehistory]

Also he urinated himself

[@Crankiebox99]

Simple History wot

[@ppsarrakis]

Simple History eh ok? i definetly didnt want to read this from you.

[@kengabrielcangayda981]

Simple History lel

[@thewonderer9551]

He was a stupid, isnt he?

[@fugumeister7563]

Stalin didn't die on March 5th, 1953, or, rather, we aren't entirely sure. He died somewhere between March 4th and March 6th I believe. He was found dead in his office, but he had not been seen for a few days, around three days I believe. No one wanted to barge into his office or otherwise disturb him, because that could lead to a swift execution, so people waited for a long time to check up on him, and when they finally did check on him, he had died. So in short, he may have died on March 5th, but we're not entirely sure. Just a little something I wanted to add ;)

[@elis4198]

This is a wonderful , useful video! Congratulations for that !

[@josefjung2080]

Food is western propaganda!

[@Crankiebox99]

Josef Jung Famine is communists *PROPAGANDA*

[@adolfhitler9374]

"Ill get revenge i swear"

[@arnulfotapicjr8301]

My Füher hello

[@minjajovanovic6501]

No Ur NoT aDoLf, U fOoL

[@alvin2464]

Steiner didn't have enough force...

[@adolfhitler9374]

@Not Monika U BETRAYERS! U DIDNT WIN IN THE STALINGRAD IN THE D-DAY U WENT TO THE ACADEMY TO LEARN HOW TO EAT BY FORKS U DID NOTHING! U WERE ALL TRAITORS DURING THE BEGGINING "Its all over"

[@ANTHONY-vg1be]

Lmao ur dead L

[@G-NAROZA]

Stalin real birth date is 6 Dec 1878, Gori, Georgia. At the beginning he was known as a poet in Georgia. His poem "The morning" is what almost every Georgian knows.

[@pipo0730]

Didnt the cia admit that stalin wasnt a dictator

[@camrynhendrixs]

Did somebody say BirthMarks?

[@dumonga9594]

Shook hands with both Ronalds, Reagan and Mcdondald no doubt

[@camrynhendrixs]

I had the balls to let baryshnikov dance playa

[@darthkarnage7538]

Did somebody say real powah?

[@user-qj7bu3zd8i]

@@darthkarnage7538 da! You want to mess with me I spit hot borsch

[@kilyanryegarcia458]

Lol

[@Swellizard]

Hitler: Moscow is mine Stalin: Hold my vodka

[@imthatjay]

Actually Moscow is OURS

[@DragonBallzMoviesHD]

Hahaha

[@robberhans9307]

@Iosif Stalin from 30 million soldiers 17 of them have been killed by wehrmacht

[@godzilla281]

No stallin is georgian hold my wine

[@jorgecandaneira1611]

As a fun fact, Stalin didn't drink vodka. He pretended to, but drinking water instead. You can find this in Shtemenkos biography, who discovered the trick, drinking from Stalin's jar when he wasn`t watching. During a dinner, Shtemenko wanted to know what kind of liquor (vodka, he wondered) he was mixing with his wine. But Stalin noticed what happened (perhaps because the position of the jar, perhaps because of Shtemenkos face) and, smiling, he whispered: "careful, it's a very strong drink". Stalin was an amazing actor.

[@terraincognita3310]

давно мне не встречалось настолько отборной клюквы. даже похвалить хочется

[@entarte2610]

when i realize wikipedia made on america : W E S T E R N M E D I A

[@lucasavila3089]

Lenin starts revolution. Russian people:so we are free now? Stalin:Well yes, but actually no. ☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭

[@reek4062]

to the Gulag with you

[@devpitcher5096]

@The Despair Man Not at all he was NOT

[@catwithaknife198]

@@devpitcher5096 Yes he was, if not for him the Nazis would do a coup and take over the country and we would all be speaking German.

[@WM-gf8zm]

@@devpitcher5096 its called proletarian dictature. vanguard leads masses & uses state as tool against bourgeoisie

[@NickO.-uz1re]

@@catwithaknife198 I'd rather be speaking German

[@Alexander_the_Wise]

Intelligent and interesting comments - 0.001% GULAAAG BLYAT CYKA, bla bla bla - 99.999%

[@Gianello73]

Lot of this information comes from the anticommunist propaganda.... Is kind of sad, the USSR had a lot of data about the number of the murders and deaths (wich existed, and the Gulag was indeed a thing, but not this abomination people talk about). Anyone can *blindly* speak about TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE (btw back in the day there wasnt as much population as today) killed by Stalin without spending a single minute on searching about it or contrasting the information.

[@user-bq9ek7vu1c]

@@Gianello73 это единственный нормальный и адекватный комментарий, который я пока что видел. Действительно, если вы хотите изучить реальное количество репрессированных "сталинским режимом", то советую просмотреть работы историка Земскова, который пол жизни посвятил изучению репрессий в те времена. И среднее значение этого числа примерно 5 миллионов человек (расстрелянных было намного меньше). Также антикоммунистическая пропаганда любит брать числа из воздуха. А ещё такие люди, к сожалению, не смотрят в архивные записи, а додумывают сами. Если вам интересно, то 70% российского населения положительно отзываются о правлении Сталина

[@user-ij9rz4df5b]

@@user-bq9ek7vu1c да и то, эти документы были опубликованны при хрущеве, а вы знаете как он относился к Сталину

[@awddfg]

*_Thinks Communism isn't intelligent and interesting. Off to Gulag._*

[@dontspeaktoelectrohead1491]

Rush B

[@user-nj6kh2se5r]

How dare they assume I am dead.

[@blue_k.7899]

who are you?

[@josephstalinmanofsteel6024]

Yeh im stalin

[@thedairygod8910]

What is the name of that song that's like in every ww2 video. It plays at the beginning

[@pureradio5655]

"And wanted him to become a Priest" HAHAHAHA

[@metalkingconqueror]

He actually went farther with that than this video explains. As a teenager he attended the priest's school but his father kept taking him from there to work in a shoe factory (his father was a shoemaker and wanted him to follow his footsteps).

[@MD_Hooligan]

Before the video: *Gulash* After the video: *Gulag*

[@njvikesfan0162]

Is good comrade

[@ranjithtp6204]

5:20 destalinisation process? I have heard of desalinisation but this one is new.

[@dinostorm360]

What is it the song called that you are playing in the background?

[@w4gd169]

Thx mate

[@leonxrdd]

Nibb aint you dead??

[@sovietmoth2401]

hey............................ bro...........................uncool

[@sovietmoth2401]

ok....but, ill sand you in gulag, comrade

[@Mate-vg2ft]

Privyet comrade Stalin you grace are comment section.

[@veltroxicity553]

Wait why did you just say MATE blyat?

[@ajoo129]

"Single death is a tragedy, but million deaths is a statistic " -Broseph Stalin

[@Mentol_]

These are not Stalin's words, but a modified quote from the novel "Black Obelisk" by Erich Remarque.

[@santi8034]

I agree.

[@someonenone3689]

Very true.

[@santi8034]

GULAG for you

[@someonenone3689]

No please no. Dont papa stalin please.

[@henx552]

Have to write an exam tomorrow about this lol thanks this helps.

[@markospasic5253]

So, I really love how you skipped the part where his very brutal nature lead to Europe being freed of the nazies, and also how you basically accused him of being the only culprit for the Cold War.

[@wyattmcgee1]

Freed from the Nazis, only to be enslaved by the Soviets.

[@raggy5328]

@@wyattmcgee1 ^ This

[@wyattmcgee1]

@@raggy5328 Beg pardon?

[@raggy5328]

@@wyattmcgee1 What you said was true

[@MB2.0]

@@wyattmcgee1 That's the superior alternative tho