Napoleon in Russia Part 1 by Epic History | Chicago Crew Reacts

[@ChicagoReacts]

Title has been fixed, thanks for the feedback

[@LordJuzzie]

I've been to Moscow, its a gorgeous city. I've never been to a place where Metro stations are more beautiful than Cathedrals. I've also been to St Petersburg. Both are well worth a visit. Especailly if you are intersted in Russian History.

[@dionysius-germanicus_digna3740]

They kissed each other on the cheek not on the mouth, it’s a sign of affection which is still practised around Europe and the world. It’s why their faces are tilted away from each other rather than being directly opposed.

[@sakshampandey7342]

No, Napoleon and Alexander weren't gay for each other. Such depictions are either parodies created by the British or by media to get the point accross that France and Russia were courting each other at the time.

[@rebeccaanderson5626]

Even as a French monarchist I agree

[@xXXArchangellXXx]

Not even that, it was just the common courtesy of the time to take off the hat of the person you are meeting and embrace / kiss them. Look at the picture closely, you will see Napoleon holding Alexander's hat and Alexander holding Napoleon's hat.

[@АлексейАндрианов-й3к]

It may be just a sign of extremly warm relations. In Russia the tradition for men to kiss each other lips and cheeks without any homosexual background was widely spread until the middle of the twentieth century. And it was just a sign of "brothers" love and respect. The same thing about Breszhnev with his famous kisses with different politicians

[@mnessenche]

@@АлексейАндрианов-й3кBrezhnev was the so-called „socialist fraternal kiss“ done between leaders of socialist nations. It has however roots dating back to the Christian holy kiss, or brother kiss, or kiss of peace

[@pianoman1857]

I would suggest EVERYTHING that comes from Epic history channel (especially those on WW1)

[@andrepettersson175]

I have never been to Moscow but it's a huge city... largest in Europe really. I would love to tour Russia for their amazing metro stations. If you get the chance i would look up some of them... they are really fancy.

[@Vijay007-]

I am really enjoying your reactions! I like how invested you guys are. Keep it going!

[@enzonicolas7501]

Napoleon and Alexander were not gay! The picture that you see were they kissed is probably a British caricature. You forgot to watch the 2 video about the war in Spain, it's just ... whaou !

[@Hunter27771]

Why a british caricature. It is a different time and culture. Nothing wrong with kissing another man, and it does not have to include any romantic feelings.

[@Wankshaft]

its only gay if you hold hands

[@FuSiionCraft]

@@Hunter27771 1. Because it probably is 2. There's a lot wrong, *ESPECIALLY* before our time 3. Something a gay would say Don't bring your crap here, it's historical things, don't try to interpret it as you wished it to be, it doesn't work like that If you're unhappy with history well.... Stay unhappy, because that will never change. Hence the name. *History* .

[@Hunter27771]

@@FuSiionCraft Sry i am pretty happy with history. You are the one, that sounds upset. 1. There are other pictures of napoleon and alexander, where they are shown pretty close, and they where from france. 2. It depends on the time and place. In ancient greek a lot of people where gay. And what should be wrong with it today? 3. Why that?

[@CruelestChris]

No, if it was a British caricature Napoleon would have been a lot shorter.

[@kollo3457]

You guys forgot to react to the 1809-1812 parts?

[@vtaliicheliadnik7556]

Cossacks were russian and ukrainian semi-independent irregular cavalry that was settled on borders to defend them from different nomadic tribes etc. They were also used to conquer siberia and russian far east.

[@impaugjuldivmax]

sorry, but not a single cossack would called himself as ukrainian.. rather zaporozhian

[@vtaliicheliadnik7556]

@@impaugjuldivmax well, they called themselves in many ways, depending at place they were living in. That's not the point. The point is they were russians and ukrainians. I don't remember them calling themselves "russian cossacks"

[@Cheburchek-k2u]

@@vtaliicheliadnik7556 as I remember in their diplomatic messages to the Russian Tsar, they call themselves Russian people, but I'm too lazy to look for and check documents of that era, so I could be wrong. In any case, at that time the main distinguishing feature of one community from another was religion. The Cossacks have always considered themselves Orthodox and were absolutely intolerant of attempts to plant Catholicism by the Poles. Therefore, they always gravitated towards the Orthodox Russian Tsar and Russia and never singled themselves out into any separate ethnic community. Attempts to create a semblance of an independent Cossack state were made by some influential, wealthy, well-born Cossacks who had their own ambitions and did not want to be servants of the Polish or Russian rulers. But these are individuals and not the public request of the Cossack society. Therefore, we can confidently say that the Cossacks are part of the Russian ethnogenesis on the territory of the "Wild Field", as it was then called.

[@Cheburchek-k2u]

@@vtaliicheliadnik7556 блин, нафига я все это на английском писал, если ты русскоговорящий.

[@Vanyaivanov3]

Завоевания Сибири?🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ChristopherStendeck]

You're making a bit much of that kiss between Napoleon and Alexander. It was probably not quite as depicted in that painting. That was likely an exaggeration or even parody of the alliance between them. That said, this was Europe in the 19th century. holding hands, linking arms, and kissing (of some sort) between men would not have been considered romantic but platonic and respectful. Please don't get the impression Napoleon was gay or bi!

[@Locomotion-uz4ly]

Kissing on the lips was very much real for Russian and Soviet statesmen. Look up official state visits by Brezhnev and you will see.

[@Sigrid_Von_Sincluster]

ammm you guys forgot the russian episodes, soo you might get confused as to what and why some events take place, and while spain is not as vital to understand napoleons situation, i would still recomand to watch it before this 1, so that it would make sense from a chronological standpoint

[@LightxHeaven]

You missed the 1809-11 Spain and Battle of Salamanca 1812 videos. I wouldn’t recommend skipping those videos.

[@mateuscyber14]

You guys are missing "Napoleon's Vietnam" and then "Wellington strikes back" videos before starting this part of "Napoleon in Russia".

[@kswinter8506]

lol yes i been Moscow, because live here (hello from Russia)

[@obolontfub7545]

and you need to see the part 2 of them the retreat :)

[@wildexperience865]

Moscow is very distinctive with its gold tops and beautifully unique buildings and yummy dumplings

[@scottcrosby-art5490]

Well, It appears Kelly looks great in every colour ✌️👍

[@wazzupsters]

Cossaks were an Ethnic group in Russia that were revered and feared for their horsemanship that was highly valued by the Czar, they are the equivalent of Mongol calvary back in the times of Gengis Khan. But sadly they were wiped out like other minority groups by Stalin during his mass purges of everything effective and Czarist.

[@xXXArchangellXXx]

Cossacks had nothing to do with Mongols at all. They were ethnic Russian / Ukrainian people of the steppe who lived freely and semi-independent of the Tsar's realm, although most of the time still recognized him as supreme overlord.

[@MrDomingo55]

Cossacks have NOT been wiped out.

[@BibleStoriesandBeyond]

Awesome!

[@Locomotion-uz4ly]

The border area between Poland-Lithuania, Russia and the Ottoman's vassal state - the Crimean Khanate was like the Wild West. Lawless region, where outlaws from these three states ran away to. They fused into warband communities. Poland-Lithuania and Russia started employing them as mercenaries in their wars against each other, to raid the Crimean Khanate and free Christians, who have been abducted into slavery and also for other tasks (for example Ermak Timofeev's warband in Siberia). These were the cossacks. Russia has gradually conquered these lands and the cossacks became self-governing communities under the Russian tsar and a military corps. Consider them as mounted rangers, who scouted ahead of the Russian army, fought skirmishes and conducted hit-and-run raids against enemy contingents bigger than their own numbers.

[@davidrichards6509]

Hitler made this exact same mistake in WWII. The difference between Napoleon's invasion of Russia and Hitler's invasion of Russia is that Napoleon actually captured Moscow and the closest Hitler came was capturing the last commuter train station at the western edge of Moscow. Both campaigns ended the same way.

[@VIP-POXER]

In Russia, Alexander Nevsky said, " Whoever comes with a sword will die by the sword" Alexander Nevsky (1220-1263), an outstanding statesman and commander of Ancient Russia, Prince of Novgorod (1236-1251), Grand Duke of Vladimir from 1252. He led the struggle of the Russian people against the German-Swedish invaders, who took advantage of the weakening of Russia after the invasion of the Mongol Empire. So to this day in Russia

[@randylahey1822]

The mistake is the long distances and not being able to support the army, same thing happened to the Russians at Austerlitz and the Red army before Berlin. Ofc they ended the same way, the other option would be victory but that's long out of the window.

[@Hunter27771]

russia is big, but there is not rly alot of population in it. yes the west of russia is the most poplulous, but even just the european part of russia is gigantic in landmass. Russia had a smaler population than france alone.

[@VIP-POXER]

Saint Petersburg Russian Venice and the city on the bones as it is called .With a great culture .Built by Peter 1 An incredibly beautiful city like Moscow . Survived more than one war and preserved many historical monuments . you can talk a lot about these cities ,it's easier to see than to tell

[@VIP-POXER]

I am glad that you are generally interested in history because Americans generally do not know world history and too often even politicians are shamed in their statements, it is shameful not to know geography and world history knowledge of history is the key to understanding the present

[@davidrichards6509]

The Cossacks were horse soldiers originally from the Ukraine I think and were probably the best cavalry force in history after the Mongols.

[@VIP-POXER]

Cossacks are not Ukrainians, this is a Slavic class , Kuban Cossacks, Don Cossacks, etc. settled in Russia

[@gbendicion7052]

Yes!!!!

[@TheAviador4]

You are missing 1812 russia and spain 😅

[@wildexperience865]

Cossaks are elite cavalry like your navy seals or green berets of today

[@kilato9649]

Your missing. 1809-1812 parts...

[@LightxHeaven]

Thumbnail says Russia while title says Road to Leipzig. Might wanna fix that.

[@audibleadventures9004]

French people especially posh and royals always kiss on the cheeks, have you not seen that with the British royal family before?

[@nathansellars3757]

you are missing 1809- 1812 spain

[@TinaAngel7]

Каждые 100лет европа объединяется и идёт воевать с Россией, получает по голове и потом живёт спокойно.

[@xasansuudi4565]

But russia is lionheart men , russia is defend country until last drop of blood 🩸🩸🩸 russia is heroes like rurik , Peter great , ivan terrible , nicholos ii nicknamed gendermarie of Europe, lenin , stalin , nikita krushkev, leonid brezhnev, yuri andropov, konstantin chernenko , vladamir of putin king of wolrd

[@xasansuudi4565]

General sukolov ❤❤🎉🎉

[@mikedi7850]

You guys missed an episode goofballs

[@Anonymous-qj3sf]

I live in Moscow. Does it count? 😂

[@TWX0601]

U guys miss part bf 1812

[@donaldthegreat5809]

What happened to her hair

[@cjrecio5702]

You guys missed 2 parts

[@СергейСергеев-о1р1ц]

А где 4 я часть??? Как Русские войска вошли в Париж ???

[@FrogmanAnime]

Fix title this is Napoleons invasion of Russia not road to Leipzig.

[@theflyestoneyouknow603]

Yo get off the compilations and start going by every single video. It's supposed to be Napoleon's Vietnam next

[@andrewx6431]

Please make reaction on - A response to Arnold Schwarzenegger by Maryana Naumova / Ответ Арнольду Шварценеггеру . Thank You!

[@kosiak10851]

too loud movie