Life in Tsarist Russia: A German traveller in the 16th Century

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[@MrAlexkyra]

The German blacksmith and Russian wife... well that escalated quickly

[@powerist209]

I am not sure either make-up story, embellished account, Russian tsarist society being that messed up, or the wife is into sadomasochism.

[@biggshoverwelder3690]

@@powerist209 why would he cutt off her head though?

[@zafar5059]

Deutschland :- Vaterlands Rossyia :- Rodina

[@Garbeaux.]

Seriously. Was. Not. Expecting. That.

[@Austin_Schulz]

It sounds fake.

[@dominic2009]

Can you imagine being sold into slavery three times (by your own father no less) just to have to go through it all one more time to be truly free.

[@Demo5]

@Matsudo Ambition i like to think ..at least the slave owners were being conned in to a time shear .

[@mrmr446]

Ivan the Terrible was viewed as a moderniser before he well, got carried away.

[@verysmartultrahuman939]

you mean before things got terribly terrible

[@concept5631]

@@verysmartultrahuman939 Yep.

[@LancesArmorStriking]

Ivan the "Terrible" was actually a mistranslation- Иван Грозный actually means Ivan the Intimidating, or Awe-Inspiring, maybe translated early as Awful (but could also be Ivan the Awesome :P)

[@Nostripe361]

@@LancesArmorStriking I heard that he gets called terrible for what he did to the nobility while on average, commoners didn’t really suffer much from his more violent incidents.

[@tisFrancesfault]

@@LancesArmorStriking Actually its a correct translation. Terrible meaning someone/thing who induces terror. The more modern use of terrible to mean bad, is, well, more modern.

[@sonnyocad287]

Well that german blacksmith sucked at bdsm!

[@gelgamath_9903]

Either that or his wife was kinky as F***!!!!

[@biggshoverwelder3690]

More than likely he hit her and killed her by accident...

[@IlikeMilfs2003]

Russian romance life be like

[@aabatteryalex]

​@@IlikeMilfs2003well that explains some stuff

[@BygoneChina]

For a movie about the experiences of Russian Siberia in the period, I highly recommend the recent movie 'The Conquest of Siberia'. It explores the harsh lives of the Russian pioneers sent to the territory, and their battles with the Dzungar people who originally inhabited the region.

[@angerycamel2]

That is over 200 years later... this video was about middeival moscovy ruled by vasili III, the last grand prince of moskovy who was not declared czar of all russia. You can tell this is the case, because the Khan of kazan is the captive of the grand prince Vasili. Ivan the terrible (Vasili's successor) did away with the Khanate of Kazan once and for all, paving the way for the siberian expansion. The Dzungar khanate did not yet exist during the reign of Vasili.

[@amantryingtodogood9061]

ty for th recommendation buddy! fun film and the mongol hordes looked badass!!!

[@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes]

The Dzungar-Russian war started 43 years after the 16th century ended, but I get you.

[@kenken8765]

how about Dersu Uzala?

[@richardides2035]

Dzungar people are from China

[@insaneweasel1]

I can see why Russians drink so much

[@Adam.G.Trapper]

edition : Life in Tsarist Muscovy : A German traveller in the 16th Century . find a "russia" on the 16c. maps or texts ?

[@haleloop963cortex4]

Not only that since the ruler/government encouraged the people to drink so that they will be too drunk to revolt against them Edit: and so the people rely on them

[@ollom13]

@@haleloop963cortex4 didn’t the video mention that only nobles were allowed to drink beer?

[@kingofdragonsgameplay1369]

@@haleloop963cortex4 considering the fact that Russians are especially known for being aggressive when drinking, higher alcohol consumption in the population would only lead to an increased chance of uprising. Russia did not lack revolts throughout its history.

[@Dancingonthesun]

Russia and rural Canada have similar weather. 80 degree temperature swing in a year club woot

[@peter4210]

We get that swing in Montreal too, it's not just rural areas

[@sebastianprimomija8375]

“Do you love me?” “Yes my love!” “Then why haven’t you killed me in order to escape this wasting existence...also know as living in Russia.”

[@Sovietube]

*known

[@Dave_Sisson]

I like Jabzy's self-portrait as "a man of the lowest condition" in the bear baiting scene at the end.

[@anon457]

With life being that miserable, i cant imagine much more than primal will to live keeping those people alive and going.

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

Heck yeah. I freaking love Russian history.

[@barryirlandi4217]

the fun of it

[@tivolidream9655]

They ended the Swedish Empire. That's something I can't forgive.

[@Swoost]

You must like getting depressed lol

[@dmitritelvanni4068]

@@Swoost haha legendary. See it from a stoic perspective. Its an exercise in negative visualization.

[@shivanshna7618]

@@tivolidream9655 good riddance

[@theodoreroosevelt3143]

i wish this video was longer + see similar videos about the other countries of this era i love your channel

[@josephjude1290]

I keep loving these videos.

[@TheReaper0101]

Love your videos, never give up! ¡Great work!

[@Cherb123456]

Great video, thank you for your efforts!

[@messagestovoidz3662]

Jabzy videos, take my energy and be blessed with views!

[@tayzonday]

I believe this is being algorithmically demoted by KZbin due to the subject matter, which is unfortunate.

[@AsIf-pz9kt]

How can you tell?

[@verysmartultrahuman939]

this is the most random comment ever.

[@abracadabrablah]

Is this really TayZonday?

[@tsar389]

@@abracadabrablah yes

[@johnmanno2052]

That's....odd. What's wrong with the subject matter? And "algorithmically demoted" has a distinctly Huxlean/Orwellian ring to it.

[@Geraduss]

I find it rather funny that the stereotype of a Russian bear as popularised from the writings of a guy from Slovenia.. ahm, coincidently the first stars and stripes were also from Slovenia, Counts of Cili(celje)

[@LuisAldamiz]

... and the first lady... just a few months ago. The first ones to successfully break apart from Yugoslavia... Not much more to say about Slovenia, really.

[@KillyBilly141]

great vid very entertaining and informative

[@thepowerpointhistorian4287]

It's nice that you try and interact with your audience. Thanks for the description of 16th century Russia, it sounds pretty shit. Freezing, getting eaten by bears, Tartar raiders. Have a good day.

[@juleksz.5785]

*Tatars

[@thepowerpointhistorian4287]

@@juleksz.5785 Historically, the term Tatars (or Tartars) was applied to anyone originating from the vast Northern and Central Asian landmass then known as Tartary, which was dominated by various Turco-Mongol nomadic empires and kingdoms.

[@thepowerpointhistorian4287]

@@juleksz.5785 I use Tartars in my case.

[@Joe-po9xn]

Wait so tartar sauce.....ewwww.

[@thepowerpointhistorian4287]

@@Joe-po9xn no

[@EricNielsen85]

Great video.

[@koalabear1984]

Just imagine how linguistically intreaguing that excourse to russia was, considering even today our languages are very simmular.

[@Adam.G.Trapper]

"Charles Halperin - 1987 - ‎History ... that the language of the Muscovite bureaucracy was a kind of meta-Turkic, "

[@psyjax2]

Russia sounds lovely.

[@cricketman1322]

We must help Jabzy guys we must. We have a duty.

[@JabzyJoe]

....am I in danger?

[@cricketman1322]

@@JabzyJoe No no no not at all! Your subscriber rate is increasing rapidly and we want that to continue according to socialblade.

[@henriklarssonstanaccount5599]

Hey Jabz. A long time ago I sent you some information in order to help your politics of Ireland breakdown. Just wanted to say that your growth as a creator has been massive and it’s been a real pleasure to see. Moving away from “___ in three minutes” into more in depth looks at specific things has been amazing to watch. Good luck!

[@JabzyJoe]

Thanks so much man!

[@acolyte1951]

I like how they were drawn so wide

[@Flow86767]

Real interesting subject

[@thehaus6998]

hey jabzy could you do some king of vid on the habsburg s? I think it would be fun

[@IlikeMilfs2003]

The fact that Russia survived and became a great power is a great achievement

[@Akhen.]

An honest advice: please include sources in the video description

[@JabzyJoe]

Oh I normally leave an amazon link to the book - forgot on this one. It's called Notes Upon Russia by Sigismund von Herberstein

[@barryirlandi4217]

Perishing!!

[@juleksz.5785]

I would love to watch similar video, but about Poland. Is there any change for that ?

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Maybe Russia was a bad idea after all..

[@insaneweasel1]

Its possible, but you have to be Mongol. Start by chaning your name to NapoleKHAN

[@joshuapartridge5092]

but then we would all be goose-stepping

[@mirzaahmed6589]

Especially in winter.

[@mint8648]

@@insaneweasel1 haha

[@LuisAldamiz]

You have to fill all that chunk of Europe with something. I doubt that Poland or the Golden Horde were any better. The USSR on the other hand... was a great advancement.

[@ivinskymacklenbergrurikovi7797]

buddy immediately allows that displays as subtitles

[@gustavusiiadholpusvasa7563]

LEGENDS!!

[@ioan_jivan]

Now that was interesting

[@timpauwels3734]

4:50 well that...escalated...😳

[@azka5088]

man's took BDSM too far

[@hantank97]

bear, guard patrol, conscription, drink... modern day russia?

[@jqzv]

Yessss

[@michaelmutranowski123]

great, now I want to eat swans. thanks Jabzy.

[@Warkurus]

A little strange. The role of faith and religion is missing, which helped people endure the depressing life. The wrestling could be Byzantine influence, I think the Olympic games of antiquity were not less brutal, but correct me if I am wrong. Maybe I don't understand "Vasily accomplished nothing", but Smolensk surrendered after a few days of bombardment on the 30th of July 1514 to the Russians and remained theirs until 1609. I think the source needs a cross check.

[@theosumper227]

Wrestling was and still is a big part of Mongol culture. Perhaps the Slavs took a thing or two from the conquerors there

[@chuckles5689]

@@theosumper227 wrestling was a huge part of pre-mongol kievan rus culture. stop being dumb

[@nimpetamin6425]

💗

[@Amadeus8484]

In Russia diary writes you!

[@arleighburnham1790]

Could you do a life in the Holy Roman Empire please

[@JLRoberson]

Is this from Von Staden's account?

[@saitama4128]

Pain

[@dargon1084]

sounds like nothing really changed

[@thecanadianmystic]

wow

[@LuisAldamiz]

No wonder they had to make a revolution. What a hell!

[@gustavusiiadholpusvasa7563]

please translate into Portuguese subtitles! alias of your source ^^

[@invisibleray6987]

I liked that story about the Canadian guy in Africa who was killing all the bearers

[@username65585]

Who did you get to read this?

[@jamesherberstein6466]

OMG this is my ancestor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (genuinely)

[@tayfun8975]

Really ? Do you speak German?

[@NormBaker.]

1525? He talks about corn fields burning up. American was barely discovered at that time. Corn came from america. How did they get corn in Russia so fast?

[@covenawhite4855]

Wheat was called corn. Because corn was named after the generic name for grain.

[@Brakvash]

"Korn" is still used for certain grains in Sweden - I doubt the word "corn" came from the Americas - however the english may have named the maize-crop (maize being closer to the original name by natives) as corn cause it kinda looked like the "corn" they grew back in England.

[@NormBaker.]

@@covenawhite4855 in this modern age, they should use the term "Grain" We don't live in the 18th century any more. In farming in America, they would never use the term "Corn" for wheat, barly and so forth.

[@vatterholm]

@@NormBaker. That's america though. Using corn to mean grain is still somewhat common in Britain.

[@Reuel-Jazwa]

but what if the peasant is succesful in harming or killing the bear?

[@eugenlitwin5887]

edit: Life in Tsarist Muscovy : A German traveller in the 16th Century

[@Thor.Jorgensen]

Pretty sure that this German guy has said a whole lot of absolute BS.

[@Game_Hero]

why is that?

[@Thor.Jorgensen]

​@@Game_Hero He sounds extremely xenophobic and prejudiced towards Russians. Particularly the part about it being virtuous for men to beat their wives to the point where they cut off their head and legs as a sign of love. That sounds like utter BS.

[@Alexander-wk9wp]

@@Thor.Jorgensen in reality Russia had very high living standards and high calory consumption rates in the medieval era, which made Western Europeans really jealous and russophobic. The biggest reason for Western European hatred towards Russia prior to Napoleon though was the fact that Russia was Orthodox Christian. The pope and the catholic church wanted to resurrect the Roman Empire by unifying Europe and launch massive crusades and massive inquisitions there and kill anyone who isnt Catholic or doesnt obey the Catholic Church, and for that they needed either Russia or Byzantine/later the ottomans

[@Thor.Jorgensen]

​@@Alexander-wk9wp No, they did not... I agree that Europe was Russophobic and likened the Russians with the Tartars and Khazars of the steppes. Still, Russia was always an impoverished nation, especially in the middle ages, particularly because of the Khazar and Mongol nomad raids from the steppe gap underneath the Ural Mountains. Russia had always been impoverished. Even before the Norse settlers went into the country, the lands in that area were impoverished for the same reasons. And they kept being impoverished during the rule of the Rus. And this poverty continued to plague Russia all the way up to the 1990s, where finally Russia started making insanely fast economic growth, at the cost of being incredibly corrupt due to oligarchs.

[@Alexander-wk9wp]

@@Thor.Jorgensen you think so? Russia has nearly always been superior to its Western European and later American counterparts, be it in the medieval era, the early modern period, most of the post-Napoleon period, when the Russian Empire, under an awful leader on top of that, managed to hold out 3 Central Powers in WWI pretty well at the same time on several fronts, when the British and French, who are seen as having God-like military tactics in WWI, could only cause an age old stalemate at the Western Front together. Whereas the USSR was continously breaking the neck of the US and was predicted to make capitalism collapse by the year 2000 by most political scientists and economists in the cold war, whereas the Russian Empire was predicted to surpass Britain and become the most developed and biggest great power by around 1925/1930 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6PHaGxsrJt5e9U 12:30 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXyadIivbbWriLM kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJDUlot8abKVeKc Even today, only 11% of Russians live in poverty, none under 1.90 dollas a day, 0.1% under 3.20 dollars, 1% under 5.50 dollars and 36% at risk of poverty or in poverty. According to Joe Biden, 44% of Americans live in poverty. Please educate yourself on history

[@Garbeaux.]

Ivan the Terrible’s father.

[@bellswhistles-2083]

@ 4:40 the woman sounds kinky as hell !

[@nochance]

Even today there is a saying in Slavic countries: They(people) did not love each other if they did not try to kill each other.

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@nochance - That's so sick!

[@UnholyWrath3277]

Corn fields in the 16th century Russia? Susp

[@johnvonshepard9373]

Grain is also call corn i think.

[@bosanski_Cevap]

It's disgusting how low your views are compared how good the video is. Your average is like 10k views wich is a complete joke...

[@JabzyJoe]

It's going up - so I appreciate people sticking by through this weird puberty style transition.

[@Urlocallordandsavior]

Russians are tough people, especially Russian women.

[@hugohom2280]

make a video on Saint Patrick!

[@FreshWholeMilk]

Pretty sure the 16th century isn’t medieval times

[@messagestovoidz3662]

Close enough, there's lots of disagreement about it

[@Irish_Plastic]

Common date for the transition is 1453 fall of Constantinople

[@concept5631]

It was for Russia.

[@acolyte1951]

Medieval depends on place because it is a period of time defined by various commonalities, for many people in modern Russia during the 16th century life was far more medieval than I guess someone in northern Italy or London.

[@LuisAldamiz]

In Russia? Yes, all the way to 1917.

[@gyanchor2495]

3 views, 10 likes, 5 minutes. Ladies gentlemen and all other genders, Jabzy is back!

[@JabzyJoe]

Most the videos get 99-100% of men watching --- I think you can just say "Gentlemen"

[@gyanchor2495]

@@JabzyJoe aha, agreed. Thanks for commenting!! Big time fan.

[@concept5631]

*"and all other genders"* Respect.

[@concept5631]

@Timur Sayfullah Yes, there are other genders besides male and female.

[@mint8648]

@@concept5631 no there are not

[@thatsnodildo1974]

How tf do you go from beating to decapitation? Russia will make the most Stable man a pyscho

[@LuisAldamiz]

He was probably a self-restrained psycho to begin with.

[@eboypilled]

Moscow 21st century?

[@giakichanpan4022]

Hm cool video but I don't think the 16th century is considered as medieval

[@JabzyJoe]

Not going to lie - I'm trying to find something clickbaity because most of these vids get very few views. It annoys me when other people do that - so I'm being a massive hypocrite I know.

[@victoneter]

@@JabzyJoe That's how it starts. A few more years and you're a let's play channel with fortnite and among us. You'll dye your hair green and you'll develop a high squeaky voice.

[@JabzyJoe]

@@victoneter WHAT'S GOING ON EVERYONE, IT'S YA BOY JABZY, BACK ONCE AGAIN.... REMEMBER TO SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON, HIT THAT BELL TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS!!!!

[@JabzyJoe]

Might rename this video "YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT THIS GERMAN DID TO HIS RUSSIAN WIFE (SHOCKING)"

[@giakichanpan4022]

@@JabzyJoe nah it's ok you could change medieval for early Russian or something like that. Btw good job with the new style of videos with drawings

[@jayalister8166]

Bloody hell. Russians hey.

[@handsdown3521]

Uhm hey

[@RocketRaccoonIzHot]

good to know russia hasnt changed much

[@adamradziwill]

edition; Life in Tsarist Muscovy : A German traveller in the 16th Century

[@savageantelope3306]

Scary thing is some of it’s like Russia now, especially the spousal abuse thing apparently

[@LuisAldamiz]

Source?

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

hahah russia sounds nice

[@alicjacaban4581]

Russian Army was so Bad and Cavaly Was Worst .In 1581 year 30 thousand strong Russian Army Mostly Russian,cossac and Tatar Cavalry try To Take Mohylew from Suprise.Against themself they Have city Militia and some 200 Winged Hussars (supported 7 hours later by 150 Petyhorcy)Who Stopped Whole Russian Army long enough for Reiforcements .And Russians Reatreat .Hussars have only Wounded ,But Lost Many Horses .Becouse Russians aiming mostly in horses .Petyhorcy have Few Killed and 3 Nobles taken as Prisoners by Russians .Did you know why Russia Become Superpower Becouse Sweden. In 50s at First Russo-Cossac army Beated Up Lithuanians .but when Poles Start Counterofensive(Battle of Okhmativ) Things looks Wery Bad To Russia.And Then Sweden Invade Poland .And Later Poland was To Weak to Crush Russia.Later CharlesXII see incompetent Wettin as biggest threat.What give Time To Peter The Great for Reforming his army.And Also Charles Start War With Russia Without Supplies.

[@saitama4128]

;(

[@internetenjoyer1044]

not much has changed then

[@militantcapitalist4606]

💩🤡@@offroadguy7772

[@istvanandras725]

re selling your kid, probably the worst thing iwe heard in the last 5 years.

[@LuisAldamiz]

In ancient Rome it was eventually forbidden but it used to be very common, that's the cruel nature of Patriarchy.

[@istvanandras725]

Why did you have to involve “the patriarchy” in this… your argument just lost validity.

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@istvanandras725 - Because that's Patriarchy: more or less absolute power over women and children by the patriarch or pater familias. In fact "familia" comes from the Latin word for house slave: "famulus". It's not just perfectly valid but most relevant, one can't understand that without understanding the nature of Landownerism (economic regime) and Patriarchy (social regime and ideology), which unwillingly Capitalism undermines because it only cares about profits, not morals (customs, uses, traditions).

[@istvanandras725]

I see you know your stuff, sorry I reacted that way but usually when someone says patriarchy in a conversation I assume they are some SJWs throwing big words around. Thank you for taking the time to educate me. Hope you have a nice day 😊

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@istvanandras725 - OK, no big deal. Patriarchy is a big issue historically even if most people (SWJ or not) don't often understand it well enough. I'd say that the issues of Patriarchal abuse over children are pretty much under the radar and mostly issues regarding adults (notably women) are present in the public debate.

[@mmpp7009]

First

[@Adam.G.Trapper]

"Charles Halperin - 1987 - ‎History ... that the language of the Muscovite bureaucracy was a kind of meta-Turkic, "

[@Warkurus]

You forgot the first part: "It has been suggested..." Their best example давай (davai) is not of Turkic origin, but from the Proto-Slavic дава́ть (davat). As evidence also cities in southern Russia like Kazan are mentioned, but Kazan was founded by Bulgars at ~1000, conquered by Mongols and then by Russia in 1552, after Moscow got independence from Mongols in 1480. Kazan is not some kind of meta-Turkic from the Muscovite bureaucracy, the time line does not match up. And 1 citation from 87 about one suggestion...man that looks ... let's say outdated. Know any new developments?

[@johnvonshepard9373]

wtf

[@piracymoney]

no subtitles

[@nationalistwest8881]

3 Views

[@JabzyJoe]

Hopefully there will be more soon

[@concept5631]

@@JabzyJoe 2.9 thousand now.

[@anikol8019]

and the russians wonder why their neighbors want nothing to do with their society

[@raphlvlogs271]

Slavic+ Mongolic= Russia.

[@LuisAldamiz]

I always thought it was a Scandinavian country, just like England.

[@Awakeningspirit20]

Jesus, no wonder they drink so much...

[@Adam.G.Trapper]

edition : Life in Tsarist Muscovy : A German traveller in the 16th Century . find a "russia" on the 16c. maps or texts ?

[@sodinc]

yeah, only grand princes of Lithuania and Rus were using that naming at the time, and even they weren`t named by full title on the maps P.S. and also no country has called itself Muscovy (i think this type of outside naming is called "exonim", or something like that, I`m not sure)