Why Does Russia Own This Old Piece of Germany?

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[@expandedhistory]

When I was a child, I knew a map of Poland and thought that the Kaliningrad region is the whole of Russia, so when someone told me Russia is the biggest country in the world, I thought they lost their mind because Poland is clearly bigger.

[@SevenHunnid]

Yerrrr I’m just a young Mexican trying to get out the hood 💯 i smoke weed on my KZbin channel & i did a Mukbang inside Lowes🍔🥶

[@prabathhemachandra]

This comment is an exact copy of a comment on a history matters video, not sure if this is actually a copied comment though.

[@poisonbcm5275]

I have seen this exact comment before.... Hmmmm

[@expandedhistory]

@@prabathhemachandra Did you ever consider that comment was from my personal KZbin channel and this may or may not be my History channel.

[@Mongolass]

copied comment from history matters lmao

[@squiddle5193]

The sheer loss of history and culture that occured in the second world war is simply unquantifiable. Entire cities that stood for centuries were just raised to the ground. I see it in my hometown too.

[@liljianwei5838]

Not to be a spelling nazi, but it's "razed".

[@fbi3881]

@Safwaan Just in general, Warsaw was a big pile of rubble after WW2

[@LuisC7]

Your banner lol

[@LuisC7]

@Safwaan look his banner

[@Wurstbrot5555]

@Safwaan The sad thing is Poland refused too many capitulation offers, even didn't accept to send out children, afterwards the bombers started.

[@user-sz8ju4hi7j]

My mom was born in konigsberg in 1938.during WWII my grandma took her 7 children to Bavaria through the middle of the war all alone .she was a great lady.

[@TrickShepherd]

My opa was born there too. That's all we know, all other records were destroyed.

[@MistaGSpecialEducation]

@@TrickShepherdyou reminded me of my Great Grandfather who served in the ROC before

[@YeshuaAlberto]

Your mom told me that too

[@OfficialCubey]

​@@YeshuaAlberto This reallu isn't a joke comment.

[@nawbruhawhellnaw]

AYOOOOO NOTSI

[@khust2993]

When I was a kid, around 7 perhaps, it was the time when I would obsessively look at maps. I noticed the small part near Poland and saw no label or whatsoever, I put my finger to it and told everyone that I'm going to claim it as my country.

[@windows95_de]

😂😂😂

[@benderbender-ij7ld]

If you go there and tell them that right now, they might crown you king and secede. From the sound of it, they could use a good reason to ditch Russia.

[@CrusaderBooga]

"the republic of khust2993"

[@KINOSHOT999]

​@@benderbender-ij7ldso stupid thinks😅

[@somerandomdude4665]

@@benderbender-ij7ldThat would not bode well from Russia. That is, unless you were to answer to Putin (and potentially lukashengo (or whoever belarus’s leader is)) only. That’s because it’s a very strategic location in terms of taking over 3 other nations and securing large russian influence over the Baltic Sea, and is the only year round warm water port

[@FR-oz9px]

My grandpa‘s family had to flee from Eastern Prussia when he was a kid. This was the first time I got an adequate explanation and visualization of what happened back then, thank you!

[@arnyarny7991]

Yes kaliningrad was prussian and in Germany are many slavic cities - very old cities (

[@Aureus_]

@@arnyarny7991 Koenigsberg was never slavic, It was home to pagan balts

[@stefanmisic7405]

Basically - Nazis

[@great_icosahedron]

My great-grandpa also fled from there all the way to thuringia

[@GTAVictor9128]

I'm Polish, and my great grandmother was born in Lviv (back when it was called Lwów in Polish).

[@eddie0lutetia]

In 1998, I worked in a care home in Germany. We had a few old ladies from this area, who retained their strong East Prussian accent even more than 50 years after they were forced to leave. Many were traumatised, full of nostalgia for their homeland and never really adjusted to life as "exiled" people. In a few years there'll be no more Germans with any first-hand connection to this area....

[@merropcs110]

There is none of Prussian left in Koningsberg. Most were killed with friendly allied carpet bombing. Prussian is heavy dialect .... The Frauen surely missed it. 😭

[@pawemackiewicz3010]

There is certainly nobody alive from the times before Prussia occupied these lands by slaughtering its previuos nations with sword and fire, by the holy and deceptive knights of the Teutonic Order.

[@Deadpoolion]

Without negativity, but we Russians are not to blame for the fact that you in Europe are constantly raiding us. Even the thousands of kilometers that separate France, Britain, Germany, from Russia do not stop you from attacking us in the 19th and 20th centuries. Why we are the largest country in the world because as soon as a new dominant force appears in Europe or Asia, they always try to conquer Russia for the last 500 years and when they lose, we take away part of the territory. This is if you do not remember even more ancient history when the same Germans went to Russia with crusades (bloody) campaigns (12-13 centuries), although we were also Christians. In Prussia, before the Germans, the Baltilian peoples lived, whom the Teutonic knights slaughtered in the same northern crusades.

[@eovarendre7877]

Hate to break it to you, but these are all ramifications of a destructive, murderous and treacherous regime. (not unlike Stalin's...) Normal humans always seem to fall victim to demagogue 'leader' turning them in to mass canon fodder on any which side.

[@euzebiuszzagorski1437]

Prusy to nie były Niemcy. Zostali zniemczeni.

[@Walsinats4]

It’s always sad when a historic city disappears, but Germans in the comments acting like they didn’t actually plan to do the same with slavic cities like Warsaw is just silly!

[@pomykowka3035]

When I was in 1st grade and was learning about Poland's neighbours I always wondered why Russia wouldn't just give away this piece of land, since their country wasn't even connected to it by land. I was 6 and had no idea about how important this land is.

[@albertthegreat9192]

Hah. You know, l live here, in Kaliningrad, and l sometimes think, what will happen, if NATO will try to capture city. At all, if war between us and NATO will start.

[@albertthegreat9192]

@@transscant1080 mmm. Yeah, they'll probably turn it into dust by artillery strikes.

[@christofabt8958]

@@albertthegreat9192 NATO is not interested in Königsberg. Why should they?

[@albertthegreat9192]

@@christofabt8958 if war will start - it's base for many units of Russian army. They WILL try to capture it or destroy. Because there is Russian baltic fleet base.

[@VladislavYe]

@@transscant1080 why NATO with Ukraine? Almost 20 years. With Baltic states? Democracy, freedom, blah-blah-blan? Nah

[@austinreed5805]

Kaliningrad is a very important naval port for Russia, as most of their ports, with the exception of their ports in The Black Sea, freeze over during the Winter. Without it, the Russia navy would be severely limited.

[@dedgzus6808]

@Don't read profile photo Can't read.

[@eethan_c7132]

Thank you for giving me 18 minutes of my life

[@italy8795]

LOL...THEY CAN ALWAYS OPERATE THEIR NAVY IN RIVERS/LAKES JUST LIKE SOME SWITZERLAND DID

[@italy8795]

HOW ABOUT CASPIAN "LAKE"?

[@heidirabenau511]

@@italy8795 not if they want to export oil by sea

[@guciodestroyer2432]

Kaliningrad / Königsberg / Królewiec was part of Germany for 75 years (1871-1945), before that it was part of Prussia for about 200 years (1701-1871), before that it was dependent on Poland (as a fief) for 200 years (1466-1674), and before that it was owned by the Teutonic Knights for over 200 years (1255-1466), and before that, it belonged to the Baltic tribe of Prussians.

[@henningbartels6245]

It was only part of Germany from 1871 on, because the German state was founded this year.

[@akouafray8616]

Russia has the dna to invade and owns every lands it captured. It took the far east in that way , the kurils , the Georgian two regions , the kaliningrad, outer manchuria , a host of other territories , now it is doing so again with Ukraine.

[@Atomasd]

And before that?

[@eldromedario3315]

@@Atomasd whatever nations ruled europe before indoeuropeans came, e.g. basque ppl in spain/france

[@henningbartels6245]

@@Atomasd I guess no records.

[@christianrodriguez7208]

Because they won the WWII.

[@cash-only-por-favor]

...and they knew there would be another one coming. G. Zhukov said in Berlin in 1945: "They will never forgive us for this victory". Turns out he was right again. Europe and Russia have fought for ages with some peace periods in between..

[@dakidfr3sh5]

U.S and uk got the bigger piece of the pie…good win from the U.S the only nation to use nukes to win a war…well played… I watched the documentary where it’s said the days after the drop of fat man n little guy..the Japanese surrendered. Not only they nuked them but they trolled them with the bombs😂…then made it so no one else can use them after they won…gotta give it to the U.S that’s just devious…then took South Korea and created nato to make Russia the next enemy after just using them to win the ground war😂. Claimed most of the territory, then invaded the Middle East right after to gain ground on the Russians…well played nato.

[@ddggfcff]

@@cash-only-por-favor that was cause: 1. Russia invaded Poland and was perfectly fine with Germany controlling most of Europe, as long as it got its slice of the pie 2. Between 1939-1941 they strong armed Romania into the axis and fed the German war machine with oil. 3. They freely redrew the borders of “liberated” countries, like Poland and Czechoslovakia and forced Eastern Europe under the yoke of communism. The people’s of Europe weren’t freed, there master was just slightly better.

[@user-xm9ed8ej6p]

​@@ddggfcffPoland then was a quite eastern than now. So USSR takes back Belorussian lands. The question is: how did Belorussian lands become a part of Poland thouse times?

[@pdyq]

I was thinking about this yesterday and this video popped straight into my recommendation today... Thank you!

[@paul9151]

My grandmother had to flee from Königsberg, but she always talked about it how beautiful it was when it belonged to germany. She lived more than 70years in Hamburg but she still call her home Königsberg and not Hamburg.

[@Vitalis94]

Konigberg was just another Hanseatic city... It was likely just her nostalgia talking... Nothing that special about Konigsberg, other than it being the only major city in East Prussia, which was largely an agricultural backwater. Yet it seems like most Prussian descendents fled from Konigberg itself, and that no one lived outside of the city, even though the rural population made some 90% of it...

[@davidford3115]

@@Vitalis94 Noting special except that many famous German philosophers came from there. Such intellectual giants like Immanuel Kant. Then you have the fact that before the rise of the Prussian elites, it was part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

[@Vitalis94]

@@davidford3115 Well, there are a lot of even tiny towns which birthed famous people. Konigsberg was never a part of the PLC, though. Prussian duchy was fully autonomous.

[@TremereTT]

@@davidford3115 It was allways Prussian. Nothing of it was Polish or Lithuanian in any way. It was just part of a political and military alliance. Just like Vichy France and Germany...

[@afookingarcher7195]

By all my Russian ancestors' accounts, it was a beautiful place. But they did not know how to maintain that level of beauty, or repair what had been destroyed during the war. Many like my great-grandfather were merely peasants trying to get as far away from the horrors they had witnessed in Moscow.

[@Sabine00KH]

My family from my mothers side is from there- my grandmother was eaten up inside by her homesickness to the area her whole life and I grew up with the stories. She was one of the civilians that had to flee. My grandfather was a professor at the University of then still wiith the German name Königsberg.

[@naapsulusmurmurusmurmurus2392]

that land dosent belong to germans , like estonia , dosent belongs to germans or other area where germans immigrated dosent belong to them , like volga germans, they where settlers

[@Sabine00KH]

@@naapsulusmurmurusmurmurus2392 Its not German anymore of course but it was once as part of the history of the area.

[@dekaredfire]

@@Sabine00KH Before it's conquest by Teutonic Order it was inhabited by Old Prussian who are distinct Baltic etnic group instead of Germanic

[@DiskusGames]

@@naapsulusmurmurusmurmurus2392 It doesn’t matter who this land “belongs” to. People being forcibly removed from their home is always awful

[@konig4643]

Family came from there too. Aus der Traum.

[@HEKYPbl]

Talking about Kaliningrad, showing picture of Riga lol

[@GrayFur]

Thank you so much for structured and educational videos. If it wasn't for you, I would never be curious about history, I always hated it since school because I have difficulty remembering dates. But now a lot of my friends and me too are history nerds thanks to your videos. By the way 1500 dollar per month couldn't be the average wage in Russia back in 2014. According to official sources it was 1000 dollars a month back in 2014 and now it's 850 dollars. But of course in reality most of the people earn much below average. We have a tremendous wage gap between major cities (Moscow and Saint Petersburg) and the rest of the country. 1500 dollars a month could be an average wage in Moscow though while the rest of the country's average in reality was and still is around 600 dollars a month.

[@user-is3lh7vx4e]

Right. But the cost of maintaining a house, food and other things is much lower than in the EU

[@user-vz2go7of1n]

В России все регионы выравнены и зарплата примерно одинакова везде ,но если ты занят своим бизнесом ,то можешь быть миллионером ,в любой части России. Средний русский живёт лучше ,чем средний европеец !

[@haisheauspforte1632]

My grandfather grew up in Königsberg in the 1920ies and 30ies. He died some years ago. He always sometimes told us about his childhood. Sounded chill. Still glad living today. The 20ies were very shaky in Germany and the 30ies... Well you all know what happened there. In the war he was conscripted, after the war he was British POW for a short period of time before moving to west Berlin. He didn't go back to east Prussia until the 1990ies, when he was retired

[@gothicgolem2947]

What did he hink about it changing from Germany to Russia. Also sorry for your loss

[@haisheauspforte1632]

@@gothicgolem2947 don't really know. I think he was somewhat disappointed, I think he missed his home. I mean he had a well payed job in west Berlin and an extremely high pension, but I think he would have preferred to stay in east Prussia.

[@Creax-X-]

My family had its routes there before the war aswell, near a city which was called "Stettin" back then

[@haisheauspforte1632]

@@Creax-X- my grandmother (from my dads side, the grandfather from east Prussia is my moms dad) is also from a village near Stettin. She also fled in the war when she was 11

[@tylerbozinovski427]

Ahh someday Germany will get it back. Someday...

[@user-lt3vw1dt8t]

I live in kaliningrad and I wanna tell why it was rebuilded like regular soviet city. first of all Konigsberg was totaly destroed ( I mean it was totaly burned to the ground, you can easily find photos in web ) by british airforce bombing in august of 1944, after that just use your imagination: thousands of soviet people, who just tired after war, came there and begin big construction, their goal was not to repair this beautiful german buildings, they just want to build places for living , repair infrastructure easy and fast . And still Kalingrad have 2 old districts full of german archeteture ( about 35 % of city )

[@TTFerdinand]

Back in the day after the war they didn't value old architecture the way we do now, so a lot of it is understandable. It was way easier to take the burnt buildings down and build something fast instead of trying to preserve and restore, and in Soviet times preserving and restoring something from before was never really a thing. But it would be an interesting place to visit some day, I think.

[@mhow4967]

I'm not Russian, British, american, Chinese. Russia has the right to survive.

[@theonehappyorc1235]

@@mhow4967 Russian right to live was declined by the West long ago.

[@franciscotabarus5742]

Who says otherwise? Its putin the world even russians dont.

[@kawsuc6564]

I lived in Kaliningrad in the 90s as a student of the Kaliningrad State Technical University. I spent five years in this city. I loved Kaliningrad! I loved the food here and ate lots of Baltic sprats. I visited many places in Kaliningrad including the grave of Emmanuel Kant, (the German philosopher), the Amber Museum, the Oceanography Museum, etc. I saw many German tourists arriving in Kaliningrad who visited ancestral homes and the graveyards of their grandparents. I lived on one of the longest streets in Kaliningrad at the time known as Ulitsa Gorkovo. Russian people all over the Russian Federation are very nice people. I travelled so many times from Kaliningrad to Moscow by train via Lithuania and Belarus. I travelled to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia by coach a few times.

[@Sidavs]

It's funny how you put a picture of Riga instead of Konigsberg at 3:38. Greetings from Latvia!

[@superhnvshorts]

Growing up I wondered what it would be like if Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were a single country. Greetings from India 😊

[@jamesr1703]

Fascinating! Your channel is the best!

[@Spartan086]

Always used to wonder why Kaliningrad was just sitting there between Poland/Lithuania and owned by Russia..well now I know

[@putlerkaputt9201]

As a lithuanian I call it Konigsberg, Kalinin was an evil prick

[@kpharck]

You don't. Most of the history was whitewashed by the author.

[@OmateYayami]

In short, 1st because Poles invited Teutonic order, and then Lithuanians denied Khrushchev's offer. Two biggest security mistakes looking at it today if you ask me lol

[@anaskhoiri3653]

Lithuania should attack it if ukraine fall to russia for stop russian more expansion with Nato help neddle in meat must be removed

[@mjfan19950510]

As Lithuanian let me add one point - The 1st secretary of Lithuanian SSR A. Sniečkus although was really loyal to Soviet regime stated another reason of not willing to accept the Kaliningrad. The reason was that the land is very poor there therefore no real value would be added. In the modern days Kaliningrad is still very poor and whoever would willingly accept taking this part would have to invest too much money to build proper infrastructure. So not really worth it.

[@mikeherrera2688]

If Lithuania claim kaliningrad territory at the time by soviet it would be free border with Poland as well to reunite each other.

[@jjuanmarin]

free land is free lanf they should have taken it

[@nathanhiggers4606]

One of the real reasons is that Lithuania didn't have enough demographic potential to populate it

[@johnsuckher3037]

@@mikeherrera2688 there was already border with Poland?

[@staropramen478]

That's the same reason why Finland declined to get back the Karelian part that they lost during WW2. Even small eastern Finnish towns are light years ahead of the towns on the other side of the border. Truly sad to think that Vyborg could've been the biggest city in Finland today.

[@mamasimmerplays4702]

The bridge thing is simple. You can't make a single path crossing each bridge once and only once when more than two nodes have an odd number of bridges connecting to them. This map shows four nodes, all of them with an odd number of bridges. It can't be done. Add one extra bridge (or close a bridge, swim, row a boat, or skate across on the ice when it freezes) so that two of the nodes will have an even number of bridges, and it becomes simple - you start and end at the two nodes that have odd numbers of bridges.

[@flutesandyou]

This was the smoothest brilliant ad integration I've ever seen in internet

[@AlexGreat87]

Visited Kaliningrad in 2019; gotta say, also the city where Kant lived his whole life. And even when it is now a really Russian city, there are statues of Kant around the place

[@mysterioanonymous3206]

Man, I've just gotten interested in visiting Russia. Then they invaded Ukraine. I don't think I will within the next few decades. Too bad.

[@codeine_tears]

@@mysterioanonymous3206 don't u ever visit USA then, if you want to be completely consistent with your logic

[@EvgeniPetrov]

@@codeine_tears Don't go anywhere with that logic.

[@h2squared]

@@codeine_tears honestly I wanna visit both

[@k3m0t19]

@@codeine_tears the difference is USA only invades terrorist countries not like Russia invading peaceful Ukraine

[@austinreed5805]

Looking at that part of the map always confused me as a kid. I never knew how a small land mass could be owned by Russia, despite not being connected to it by over 180 miles (300 km).

[@JohnnyWednesday]

Like America and the much further distant Hawaii?

[@austinreed5805]

@@JohnnyWednesday Alaska and Hawaii confused me too, as a kid, but then I learned that they were acquired as territories before becoming states.

[@khodahh]

Or Guam 🤭

[@JohnnyWednesday]

@@khodahh - Puerto Rico too - and part of Japan and about a thousand other military bases scattered over the world like some kind of James Bond villian lol

[@dekaredfire]

Historical German Kingdoms/Duchies/Principalities: Amateurs!!!

[@HyperionZero]

Hmmmm this video seemed like it had an extreme bias against Russia. Very weirded phrases laid out when talking about Kaliningrad and what Russia was doing.

[@benlltt]

Very much enjoyed the math history lesson at the end, even if you could tell it was a brilliant ad from a mile away lol

[@zdzislawmeglicki2262]

The Kaliningrad Oblast is Russian for the same reason Gibraltar is British: it was won in war.

[@tomriley5790]

Although Gibraltar's been British for 5-6 times as long.

[@byttlejuice145]

Simple. Most people don’t understand the power of a strong military. It’s not about how people feel.

[@reinbopoizun8570]

I don't understand why most people call territories conquered in wartime occupied? Shall we, then, remake the whole world and return it to the old days?

[@glacialmobbs7657]

@@tomriley5790 ,so what is your point ?

[@lunafringe10]

exactly, but tell Germany and the Baltic states that. you ll argue till time has passed

[@rubenvanbelzen1940]

You explained the video very clearly, my respect for that. Also, the comparison photos from 8:25 onwards where shocking, and it made me real sad to see how beautiful that city once was…

[@MidnightIam]

Look at Iraq before and after USA gave them freedom

[@lequack8861]

He only took pictures in 1941. Why? By the time Soviet started occupying East Prussia, 90% of building were already gone by strategic bombing. There was none to keep.

[@TabbyEgg312]

@@lequack8861 This made my brain hurt so bad

[@frostyguy1989]

The Nazis did more to destroy German culture than anyone. They antagonised and saw everyone around them as inferior... and the fate of Konigsberg is just a taster of the end result.

[@teakwondochest3287]

@@frostyguy1989 oh ofc,let me guess the nazis are also to blame for the 2+ million women the soviets violated in the first couple days of occupation alone, right? And they caused global warming and the covid. Its totally not like the soviets would have attacked them within a few years.

[@sebastianhandley8471]

Great video! Another interesting fact is that the great ‘German’ philosopher Immanuel Kant lived in Konigsberg all his life. In fact he was a man of such pedantic regular habits it is thought he only ventured outside Konigsburg a couple of times in his life. The great irony relating to this excellent video is that Kant’s philosophy is actually the basis of modernism and the modern world, we all act and think in a Kantian way every day! I would recommend a great book on this called ‘Brexit, Kant and Othello’ by S.James.

[@Melody_Raventress]

Indeed, the one time kant actually planned to take a trip, his neighbors were so curious to see him leave, the notably averse kant cancelled rather than face all the onlookers in the street.

[@sebastianhandley8471]

@@Melody_Raventress great story!

[@windows95_de]

I didn't knew all that. Even through my ancestors all come from german parts that aren't german anymore. There is still a german dish that is called "Königsberger Klöpse". Now I know where this name might comes from 😂

[@johnnyresistance]

Great video thank you. My Grandmother and her family lived in Konigsberg until it fell to Russia in 1945 and they evacuated by boat, she spoke of it fondly.

[@reeboothemad5514]

@@vitus6302 No, we won't. Part of the principle of the european peace order is that borders are not to be moved by force to avoid any further conflict in europe.

[@vitus6302]

@@reeboothemad5514 convenient that this rule is being enforced after that land was taken from Germany. It’s better to wait to honor that rule after Germany got its land back and maybe even something a little extra on top.

[@reeboothemad5514]

@@vitus6302 Convenience has nothing to do with that rule. There is practically no place in europe that has not been overtaken or overthrown in one way or another at some point in history. That is in fact the reason for this stance on borders for the EU - it is equally unconvenient for everyone. There is no status quo. Do you really think there is any point in history other than now, that all states could agree upon, that we should reset the borders to? Do you realize that there were times that the majority of Europe was under rule of the Huns or the Romans or Napoleon? Would those times be convienient for you? Who do you think should get to decide about that? Keeping borders unchanged is the only way to achieve lasting peace. And to be blunt -your second sentence is a prime example of why such a rule is needed in the first place.

[@vitus6302]

@@reeboothemad5514 the Huns are not native to Europe. I would be more inclined to let France have even more German land than they have now than have any German land in Slavic possession. France and Germany have the same ancestors and only split up in the last 1200 years. As far as I am aware Slavs are relative newcomers to Europe arriving here sometime in the 6th century long after the ancestors of the Germans were here. If Slavs can prove that either a) their ancestors arrived here at the same time or before ours or b) their ancestors and ours are the same (not talking about apes here but about our people arriving here at the same time and then through some weird event developing completely different languages) I am happy to let the borders be as they are. But right now it seems to me that a newcomer to Europe has taken possession of my birthright so obviously this will lead to conflict down the way.

[@reeboothemad5514]

@@vitus6302 You are still trying to arbitrarily set a status quo. Nothing of what you wrote lets you set any borders. You do not have a birthright to the Kaliningrad enclave and neither do I. Your reasoning is just the same as Putins when he argues about Ukraine. Again: The only way to avoid conflict is to accept the borders and not change them by force. The only thing to gain by clinging to borders of the past is a new conflict, possibly including war.

[@Crazyapple16]

Short answer: history happened Long answer: why history happened

[@mikespearwood3914]

But, but but, what about Crimea? reeeeeeeeeeeee!

[@eroticgrimreaper1086]

Honestly one of the best transitions to an sponsor ever

[@hmvollbanane1259]

My grandfather was from there, a village called Nassaven (nowadays Lesistoje) in the circle Gumbinnen next to the Rominther Heide. Went with him there on his last trip a couple of years ago. Lots of shared tears and wonderful encounters between the old eastern Prussians and the elderly Russians that got resettled there, very friendly people. Fun fact: Russia actually offered it back to Germany after the collapse of the soviet union but due to Polish concerns it was declined. And nowadays it is again inhabited by a huge German population, the Wolga/ Russia Germans that got send into exile to Kasachstan and Siberia by Stalin moved there in masses ever since the collapse, so we could actually communicate with many new locals in German

[@socdumdeosluts9506]

Что за сказки.

[@EcoZen24]

It is not true

[@RatKindler]

Just saw on the news that Russia is accusing Lithuania of blocking passage of people/goods from Kaliningrad through to mainland Russia because of EU sanctions. I had no idea what they were talking about. This video shows up in my recommended feed and now I know. Great explanation of what's going on.

[@heikerohmann3364]

The passage of people is not blocked. Passage of only special goods, covered by the sanctions, is blocked. However, they can be transported by ship.

[@user-uk9sd2ln7f]

Lithugaynia

[@juanvalero5249]

Question wf USA is doing all over the world can you please explain to me...?

[@kremzle5688]

​@@juanvalero5249 I am from Lithuania and we want US here for example. they are welcome here.

[@juanvalero5249]

@@kremzle5688 go and join Ucrania cower..

[@real-lacey]

that was the greatest transition into a sponsor segment i've ever seen.

[@andreaschiel6819]

agreed - and an interesting sponsor too!

[@jminkvihubyb]

Too bad I just installed sponserblock a few days ago. It just cuts lol

[@davidbrooks2375]

I was just thinking "is that the place with the bridges?" - did not expect that!

[@RBCharger]

I don't like being tricked. "Pause the video and try to trace the walk in your mind." Then "This is how Euler solved the problem." And finally "Euler's problem had no solution." I don't remember who the sponsor is - I stopped the video and already blocked them from my mind.

[@derekrulez390527]

The moment I heard euler, I knew a math problem was forthcoming. Everyone knows hearing euler, Descartes, la grange or Newton means some super complex math problems are coming.

[@moosemanuk]

Came here for history, and got some bonus mathematics too! Great video!

[@jimmygilot1816]

One thing we all need to know every time someone attacked Russia they lost a piece of their land to it.

[@aboomination897]

and germany would've gotten away with it if it weren't for those pesky us americans

[@user-pm8je4fo7e]

@@aboomination897 🐷😆

[@victorvaleriani162]

At 3:42 min you can see an image of "Riga, die Hauptt-Statt in Lifflant" which translates to "Riga, the capital of Livland". Livland is a historic territory in the norhern Balticum, but Riga is not Königsberg. Just noticed it.

[@vladivostok853]

@@fruityfriend damn this guy is triggered for someone telling a smol fact

[@51tomtomtom]

same here !

[@hughjorgan7871]

Amen. Typical CIA/NATO amateurish and sloppy propaganda.

[@Mario_With_a_D]

True, I thought I was the only one to notice

[@hellodolly7989]

Yeah it literally says Riga on the image

[@petrasvilkas]

There are still a number of daily trains running from Minsk to Kaliningrad through Vilnius. There is a long standing international agreement for their transit.

[@than217]

But can those trains transport Russian weapons, missiles, or military vehicles?

[@Ocelot835]

@@than217 Don't they transport such things by sea since 2000's?

[@anti-emo4721]

International agreements with Russia? You should be a comedian!

[@petrasvilkas]

@@than217 At about the 1:00 mark, Sam mentioned "travel." There are containers and truck trailers shipped, but I don't think there are any open or heavy military transport.

[@than217]

@@petrasvilkas Yeah, but he didn't mention any long standing international agreement for train travel or what that entailed. Like can Russia send weapons trails along the lines, etc. I was just curious if you knew more about it since you mentioned it in your comment.

[@lailin4263]

Hi. At 3.39 you speak of Konigsberg, but the drawing on screen is that of Rīga....

[@josephc1148]

if you start on the island its easy to cross all bridges once and only once. maybe not be best "loop" though

[@bruny8596]

Fun fact: The place was named Königsberg in honor of King Přemysl Otakar II. Of Bohemia. 🇨🇿

[@D1mitr1]

His statue still stand on the one of the fabulous gates of Kaliningrad - Korolevskie Vorota (King's Gates)

[@ninjagamers2659]

Królewiec Poland,

[@Lividbuffalo]

That doesn’t make sense because his name and the city’s older name don’t seem to have any correlation. This needs further explanation.

[@bababababababa6124]

Lithuania really dodged the biggest possible bullet by refusing to annex Kaliningrad… Russia would definitely attempt a “special military operation” on them if they did 😂

[@BichaelStevens]

Nah, Latvia or Estonia. Lithuania barely has any coast

[@pjhgerlach]

If Russia would make a move towards NATO, Kaliningrad is first to be annex by NATO.

[@anotheranon3118]

@@pjhgerlach Maybe we need to pull a uno reverse card and start saying the territory needs to be liberated and denazified.

[@pjhgerlach]

@@anotheranon3118 As Russia is closing in, we should 'liberate' and demilitarise Belarus in order to create a buffer state....🤣 Sounds weird when you apply that Russian 'logic'.

[@afctaylor12]

Considering uk and usa sign a contract guarantee defence of ukraine I would be very surprised if uk or usa would or any nato countries would get involved if russia did invade . And now with sanction in make more likely as they have little to lose once the oil gose in 5 years time

[@madmax404]

I have to say, even though I saw it coming, that segway was as relevant as it's possible to make it :D

[@SethACook]

Königsberg (Kaliningrad) was a city constructed in 1255 by the Old Prussians and Teutonic Order, later in became a German City. Prussian was a culture there too but then it died out and the Prussians living their went extinct or became German making it a 99% German city. With all the patriotic culture symbols and images in Königsberg, it made it a province of many military agriculture and they constructed factories there when the industrial era started so it was more of a stronghold with lots of German knights or troops guarding the city. The Teutonic Knights were still there too, but not a pleasant entity to see you know, a person wearing a crusader or medieval helmet and having a Teutonic symbol on their armor visible walking and all that..

[@Nebula-lr3ie]

Its crazy how much you can learn just from lines on a map

[@Balthorium]

That’s how I learned the Evil Empire republics used to be independent countries like Latvia or Lithuania and demonstrated their strategy of world domination.

[@youthinasia4103]

Just think bout 🇬🇧 when they drew up the country lines in the Middle East n all the headaches that created for the tribes living there for generations! Still having to deal with the fallout of those decisions to this day.

[@oasis1282]

@@Balthorium why are you calling every republic in the ussr evil

[@Balthorium]

@@oasis1282 I’m not. Russian communists subjugated them. I believe Lithuania was the first to separate from the USSR and celebrates “Lithuania Independence Restoration Day” as they were involuntarily made part of the Soviet Union in 1940. Their independence was re-established in 1990 as the first to declare independence from the Evil Empire. They were victims of communism not evil Russian Marxist perpetrators.

[@lucasrem]

what did you learned then?

[@danieliustaskevicius7622]

Next video idea: Why does Bhutan only recognize 54 countries?

[@The_Brazilian_Weeb]

because they are chad

[@JimboRustles]

@@The_Brazilian_Weeb No, Chad is a completely different country in Africa

[@acousticavoiska9461]

@@JimboRustles Bruh

[@The_Brazilian_Weeb]

@@James-wu6qh the chad chad & chad buthan vs The virgin PRC & ROC

[@danielbishop1863]

@@The_Brazilian_Weeb : Bhutan doesn't recognize Chad.

[@alphaprime775h7]

Fun fact Russia and Pluto have roughly the same surface area

[@peterkleiber]

Kalingrad is actually Konigsburg once held by a teutonic knights through northern poland was once belong to Germany until Russia took it as war reparations from Germany.

[@shanojebs]

I caught the train from Vilnius to Kaliningrad in 2010. To go from such a visually appealing city that was easy to explore to a city where everything looked bleak was depressing. It felt like a place that had been forgotten by Russia. I couldn't find an affordable hotel so I stayed with a lovely lady in her apartment, this was pre Airbnb popularity. Catching local buses was easy, but I couldn't find many local attractions other than the harbour and an amber museum and a WWII bunker. I almost got denied at the border because no one on the train could speak English, it wasn't until I showed my flight ticket to Moscow that I was allowed in. Definitely an all round culture shock.

[@D1mitr1]

I saw lots of pics \ videos of Kaliningrad that time. You goddamn right, it was sooooooo glooooooomy. But after World Cup 2018 everything changed a lot. Now it's top-5 of city for domestic travel. Come and see by your eyes one time.)

[@himalayansalt32]

You forgot to include : in your :)

[@ihatemylife991]

@@himalayansalt32 Russians don't include : in )

[@DrScarface74]

Why would anyone there speak dirty englese, dude? This colonial dialect should be banned in a decent society. Learn Russian, get out of your medieval cave

[@tobystevens3109]

@@DrScarface74 I suggest you learn Chinese, it's only a matter of time.

[@2placename]

I’ve always wondered this and have looked into it myself. Happy to watch you cover it now

[@msj21]

follow this chanel blindly they said exactly why russia attacked ukraine for its nnew proven oil reserves and will take kherson as it holds strategic canal to crimea exactly to this day russia want to annex kherson melitpol for crimea water security

[@davidfisher5140]

My grandfather's family is from this area. On citizenship documents they were listed as Prussian but in the census documents, it always said German. Imagine seeking family records when everything was destroyed & all the German-speaking Prussians were kicked out of their own country.

[@iri8973]

Before German was kicked out ..they were killing 25 millions ..Russian children was burnt in stove ... Your Germans were lucky that Russia didn't do to them what they have done to Russia.

[@valerieleonard572]

Same here. I can’t find much information at all before they came to America

[@amuroray2505]

Prussia just like any state in history brought destruction or societal growth. In its final years it obviously brought about its own destruction if what ultimately ended it was the german revolution that toppled its monarchy. Like the french, like the british at one point before they brought it back, and like the russians. The peasants were pissed and took out the monarchy themselves.

[@Scaw]

Yes, too bad. But that's what happens when you lose a war.

[@NathanBrussat]

My family (Brussat) left Königsberg, Germany in 1867 (6 generations) ago and went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Karl Samuel Brussat is the ancestor of all North American Brussat family members. Brussat is an uncommon German last name meaning Bridge gard.

[@iri8973]

Yes, Nazi run from Europe ... But they had to be punished for killing 25 millions people.

[@henningbartels6245]

@@iri8973 there were no nazis in 1867.

[@iri8973]

You are right...6 generations ago... no Nazi...so, how Russia related to your relatives? What made them leave? DNA test can show where we are all from and some places can be very surprising

[@henningbartels6245]

@@iri8973 DNA tests are entertaining guesses for the amusements of North Americans. In Central Europe nobody cares and they often make not much sense, since they hardly can distinguish between German, Dutch, Belgian, Luxembourgian, Northern French, Swiss and Austrian. Decedents of people migrated from Königsberg in the 1800's are also not very likely to find Russian traces, since the area was occupied in 1945 by the Soviet Union and populated with Russians starting from 1946. Did you watch the video?

[@iri8973]

@@henningbartels6245 As I know, Russia got territory because she was a winner in WW2 over European Nazi ...25 millions Russians were killed by Europeans...but Russia forgiven them and free all territories by giving them independence and paid their debts... Today these territory not satisfied and want again to try to go over Russia...well..good luck...but this time Russia has a very powerful weapon and Russia lost her trust to Europe... Maybe this time there wouldn't be Britaine or Washington...it is not a child play ..how far Europe wants to go?

[@audaxmagic]

It is fascinating to read so many stories in the comments and I always recognize the incredible escape of my grandfather (at that time a little boy) from East Prussia. Nowadays you can't even imagine what it was like back then: Escaped Soviet fire only by repeated luck, almost froze to death several times, found his family again, was rescued from deep snow, sat on the last train out of his town, drove across a (the Nazis had already planted bombs to destroy it) bridge on a train. To this day he has never returned to his homeland, because he cannot bear the fact that all his memories no longer exist or now have Russian names. So many did not survive this escape.

[@victorkramer2596]

My grandfather immigrated to brazil from Konigsberg in 1923, most of his family that stayed there were killed by the soviets

[@Vitalis94]

On the other hand, the Germans do visit the Polish part of Prussia - most of my early childhood memories involve Germans visiting and giving me some German made chocolates. Previously it were the children of the Germans that used to share the house with my grandparents, nowadays it’s their grandchildren that visit, but they mostly opt to visit the church, as the house doesn’t exist anymore. I’ve heard of people declining to visit Wrocław because it was Polish, though.

[@usathorner609]

@@victorkramer2596 Are you upset that Hitler Nazis lost the war

[@peter58peter]

Little price for wanting to occupy Russia.

[@user-yi8rt5zq9e]

@@victorkramer2596 I live in Evpatoria , it is in Crimea Germans shot 12560 people here in Januaru 1942 The population of the city was 50-60 thousands before the war What would you expec t ? Every fifth was shot

[@radiocassettehead]

funny how Lithuania just cut the train connection between Russia and Kaliningrad four days after this uploaded....

[@ninjagamers2659]

Królewiec*

[@mirceatudor7133]

Thats the smoothest add pivot ive ever seen fr

[@vasekcz]

In what program you animate maps?

[@vasekcz]

Adobe ae

[@Baryogenese]

Königsberg was a nice historical city. It's somehow crazy, that the whole land was flattened to the ground and rebuilt as a random Russian city like there was nothing before but empty land. Very sad, that all the work of generations was trashed.

[@Alicja1Fenigsen]

very much like what we see today.. the real problem is not so much this bloated state or that, it is the very idea of empires

[@honourisnotbought.4225]

This is due to Hitler. Not the Russians.

[@simhathecat]

If was "was flattened to the ground" and ultimately taken in consequence of what? The Nazi Germany's (and half of the Western world's comfortably controled by it) trecherous onslaught on the USSR and all the horrendous crimes they had committed, and the millions of lifes they had taken. Those crimes were the subject of the fully legitimate and recognized Nuremberg trials. Remember that before engaging in pathetic lamentations...

[@Alicja1Fenigsen]

@@simhathecat true.. still, I think it can be considered legitimate to regret the destruction of cultural capital amassed through centuries - in the long run, that belongs to everybody and to the future regardless of our silly fetishes about borders -

[@Alicja1Fenigsen]

if that was the only thing crazy about that story...

[@TheCJUN]

According to the Statistisches Bundesamt, in total, out of a pre-war population of 2,490,000, about 500,000 died during the war, including 210,000 military dead and 311,000 civilians dying during the wartime flight, postwar expulsion of Germans and forced labor in the Soviet Union; 1,200,000 managed to escape to the western parts of Germany, while about 800,000 pre-war inhabitants remained in East Prussia in summer 1945.

[@jordanseifarth1325]

I believe the last ethnic German's were expelled from what became the Kaliningrad Oblast in 1951 though the majority were gone by the late 40s.

[@lukei6255]

That's the price you pay for being a Nazi. Remember these Nazis killed and enslaved many more people.

[@leoe.5046]

@@jordanseifarth1325 Yep, that is true. They got deported to east germany

[@xxMADxxSCIENTISTxx]

0:22 ‘…and spans across 11 different time zones’ France: Hold my croissant, amateur!

[@DominikJaniec]

interesting lesson! thank you :)

[@gregwilliams386]

Instead of people talking about Russia attacking out of Kaliningrad by land and sea. Think of this. There is one dredged channel out to the Baltic and the Vistula Lagoon is only 17 feet deep. A single ship scuttled in the channel would cut off the city.

[@tams805]

Not to mention the idea that Russia gains any real control at sea or even in the air from a small coastline is laughable.

[@Vitalis94]

There are 2 (soon to be 3) canals on the lagoon, 1 is in Russian hands, but there is another by the Klaipeda harbor, and the Poles are currently building their own as well.

[@ara9914]

Even if they somehow managed to get out of the lagoon... the baltic sea can easily be cut off by Denmark, Germany and Norway (which are all part of the NATO) from the Atlantic. It'd be only a matter of time for the NATO countries to push the russians back. Of course nukes make the question for time-management rather useless for Europe but looking at the Russian offensive against Ukraine none can be sure those nukes even have the fuel to travel to Warsaw, much less Berlin.

[@dubravkokovacevic3489]

​@@ara9914 Yes, a great idea. We should provoke Russia to find out what's their nuclear arsenal made of. I bet it's very obsolete.

[@andykerr3803]

@@dubravkokovacevic3489 To hear these people talk, they sound like an invasive species of seaweed more than proponents of the great and ever expanding NATO... Then again, pretty much the same thing 🤔

[@mikedrewson5545]

Your animation has really increased in quality over the years. Keep up the good work.

[@selcukcilek555]

Looks sponsored by Pentagon and State department.

[@turnipjuice2626]

All it needs is a Troy McClure voiceover...

[@siegfriedlechler7412]

The old name of this area was Kurland, it was the first settlement area of Germans who came to Europe via the Don rivers from the Caucasus from Kurland in 1700 BC.

[@Alicja1Fenigsen]

hardly "Germans" back then, possibly not even Goths, little is known -

[@siegfriedlechler7412]

@@Alicja1Fenigsen This is the beach of amber. In Egyptian tombs from 2000BC. Amber was found because this area was an Egyptian colony. From 1700BC. It became an Assyrian colony, as inscriptions from Assyria confirm. This land was the Urland of Prussia, West Prussia. the name was Bor-ussia. that means Bor = God Bor and Assia = Assyrians. Assyrians = Prussia = Assia = Germans. The Suebians are Assyrians. The whole region was Suebisch = Swabia: 400 BC. the Suevi ruled all of Germany from East Prussia. They built Danzig named after their ancestors Dedan. Dedan was the grandson of Abraham and his wife Chetura. The whole empire was called Daucon. They ruled the polish Lygians = Lechens, and then came south and burned Rome. After that they moved to Portugal. The Goths were the neighbors of the Daucones and were the enemies of the Daucons. Goths and Suebi ,both moved to the Danube and were always at war.

[@Alicja1Fenigsen]

@@siegfriedlechler7412 you do have a beautiful, poetic soul

[@siegfriedlechler7412]

@@Alicja1FenigsenThe Slavs don't know Germans, but Nem... ...etchka, etc. Where does the name nem come from? It comes from the river Memel, where the Nem.. lived. Who was Neme? He was a German hero named Nemeth who lived in 1700 BC. sailed from the Baltic to Ireland. After that, Ireland was also German for 200 years.

[@Alicja1Fenigsen]

@@siegfriedlechler7412 Pure poetry. Nemec in Slavic means mute, like in "not speaking our, real language". You should try the fantasy genre, I sense some aptitude.

[@drewmiles9047]

best transition into an ad ever

[@WolfvineGaming]

I find it ironic Hitler after WWI had the goal of reuniting the old German lands and then post WWII, Germany got even smaller than it was before.

[@Suksass]

@@Fusion_4000 They were always one of the strongest European countries. Even in WW2 after being weakened after ww1, they were hard to fight against.

[@robosergTV]

same as what happened to USSR and what will happen to fascist modern Russia

[@damianwollai8831]

Thats why being a nationalistic German and liking hitler is the dumbest thing one could be. If you are a real patriotic German, than you hate hitler with a burning passion.

[@germanicelt]

He went too far and basically exceeded his mandate in declaring war on the USSR. Before that, he did not declare war on any country other than Poland.

[@aranos6269]

He achieved opposite of his aims. Jews got their own state, half Europe run by bolshevics and Germany bombed to rubble. If it was not for western sector, ie west Germany being pumped full of money from USA and Britain via Marshall plan and occupation forces spending, west Germany would still be poor and ruined like East Germany was

[@Dalynx09]

I remember as a child teaching everyone that Kaliningrad (Or Königsberg, however you wanna call it) was a part of Russia, It was real fun lol

[@TestTest-dd4qb]

@Don't read profile photo ok

[@wavegodxxx420]

youre still a child

[@Zen-sx5io]

@Don't read profile photo Why not?

[@sovietunion4484]

@@Zen-sx5io it’s a bot who wants attention

[@PozorUkraine]

🟡the US Uk campaign to cripple Russian economy and isolate Russia has failed the Ukraines are falling slowly and America is growing more and more desperate. The US UK are acting like a teenager who could not get his way and is smashing all the furniture 🪑 at home 🏡

[@KingChayle87]

Looking back on this video roughly a year and a half after it was posted, judging by how thinly Russia's forces are stretched on multiple fronts, I could see NATO claiming Kaliningrad for Poland or Lithuania without much resistance. Of course, there are probably many factors that would make that difficult.

[@justinthebeau2590]

The Winter stopped Napoleon and Hitlers armies

[@KingChayle87]

@@justinthebeau2590 yeah, when they went for Moscow. I'm saying Kaliningrad, which is surrounded by Poland and Lituania

[@backwardsbandit8094]

​​@@justinthebeau2590yeah and it's also stopped Russia in the past. Work around it lol. Besides that though, Kalingrad is next to Poland.

[@backwardsbandit8094]

Even before the invasion, it doesn't realistically stand a chance. It's a would-be foothold for Russia but it wouldn't hold up like it was intended to in the past. Even if Finland and Sweden weren't in NATO, there's not a chance in hell they wouldn't intercept Russian warships invading via the Baltic sea. Poland, Lithuania and Finland would cut off access to Kalingrad from Russia with absolute ease, especially considering the sorry state that Belarus is in. Kalingrad is completely surrounded by a military alliance composed of the wealthiest and most powerful militaries on earth. The best thing Kalingrad could do in a war is lay low and commit minor cyberattacks. It'd be risky even using it to re-supply forces because rules of war allow for supplies to be targeted.

[@SaranjivacSRB]

*Yeah you let us break our head knowing there was no solution :P Lost about 10minutes on it :]*

[@ranchpants420]

Was not expecting Euler to get involved with this that was quite a twist

[@DupekCSS]

It's Czech now.

[@villidar6010]

I don’t want our city to be named as Královec tho… maybe it’s not worse than Kaliningrad, but still-

[@IsaacSturdee]

Germany really changed after the war. Amazing they sought out their unity and ensured their neighbours felt protected during the process.

[@Ivan.A.Churlyuski]

Teutonic Knights were my favorite AOE2 civ.

[@jk484]

There's a Russian train that currently runs between Moscow and Kaliningrad, even now. Locals in Lithuiania and Latvia put up huge photos along the route of Russian caused destruction in Ukraine so that the people can see what is actually happening there.

[@v.k.8153]

Based

[@lioneldemun6033]

Locals? And you think I will believe that? Activists sure. I hope the Russians will retaliate in one way or another like showing them pictures of people slaughtered by Latvian and Lithuanian SS during WW2. You want to play the Psy' op game ? Go ahead

[@user-kh5ud4hn1n]

все и так знают

[@tokyo622nms]

Russians already knows what is happening.

[@badluck5647]

If you look at RealLifeLore's map, then you will see that he supports Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea 🤬

[@jaikee9477]

My great grandfather was born in Königsberg, Ostpreußen. We still have old photographs from around 1906 and even some paintings dating back to the 1860s. Königsberg was once regarded as one of the most beautiful cities in eastern Europe, home to Immanuel Kant, David Hilbert and many other great minds. The war wiped it out completely - a painful loss.

[@Vitalis94]

Being from just south from historical Allenstein (also East Prussia) I find it amusing how most of the Germans who fled East Prussia seem to come from Konigsberg itself. My grandparents used to live in a house with a German family back in the 1960s. There were few waves of Germans who were deported/moved to Germany - first in the 1945, then in the 1950s, and 1960s, last in the 1970s. Being of Polish-Masurian descent and being born and raised in former East Prussia, I have many family member in Germany. Ironically, even the Polish speaking, Protestant Masurians were seen as the "Krauts" and were forced to flee the region after the war. The Masurians are completely gone nowadays, and our dialect died off just because some dumb settlers from Poland proper had seen us as "German". They saw anything non-Catholic and non Polish as bad. I fully sympathize with the Germans that fled Prussia. I consider it my own homeland, my Masurian ancestors colonized it in the 1400s-1600s together with the Germans. And maybe you as German might see me as non-native, ursuper. On one hand, had there been no war, no Hitler, East Prussia would've been German today - and me as well, I think. But things happened differently. It's very sad what happened to the region, and it's still not talked about that much. Even today former East Prussia is seen as it was during the Communist times - It is a reclaimed land and mainstream medio don't talk about how the natives were treated. There had been a "controversial" movie made some years ago, about Polish settlers moving into Prussia after WW2, and how they treated both the Germans and Masurians, but it's very much a taboo topic, and although things are much better, German heritage of the land is very much talked about nowadays, no one wants to talk about the post-war attrocities. These seem as "justified" because the Nazis and the local Germans alike did worse things to Poles, but I personally think that violence doesn't make other violence right. Sure, some of the local Germans were the fifth column before the WW2 - I mean, they created the lists of important Poles and the area and they massacred them - leading to the infamous Bromberg Massacre (very much loved topic by the neonazis nowadays), but I've read some books and even spoke with some old witnesses about the Germans being beaten to death on the streets after the war, just because the Poles were angry.... I mean, humans can be so bad to each other...

[@XmarkedSpot]

I recently inherited - from my formerly soviet gramps - silverware allegedly once looted from there. I'm a central European bastard living a German life, could i possibly argue that it just returned home?

[@Vitalis94]

@@XmarkedSpot I mean, Germans talk alot about gaining lost land, and the smartest way to do that would be just... settling there? And slowly taking control, by economically dominating the locals? Yet nowadays no Germans wants to live in Stettin, Breslau, Posen. Instead it is Poles who move to Berlin, Dortmund... I mean, I'm from Prussia, so I don't have the same nostalgia as my fellow Poles have to, say, Lviv or Vilnius, but it is there, so I get it, nostalgia and all... Belonged to you folks and all, now it's gone. Sad. But such nostalgic thinking just... means nothing. If you want it so much, just... live there? But no, you would just prefer having it under the German government's control, all Russians removed, so that you could be happy about it being German. And I get it, having it be inhabited by Russians just isn't the same, right? Other culture, "occupying YOUR land" isn't great, right? But if you really cared about the land, you would, I dunno... Maybe support the local German heritage? All those German graves left behind. German palaces rotting, Teutonic castles in ruin... But yeah, just whine about your inheritance being lost.

[@XmarkedSpot]

@@Vitalis94 Don't get me wrong, i have no nostalgia for an era i never had witnessed. I might - actually do - have a German surname (since the Habsburgs resettled Swabs to Hungary after kicking out the Ottomans) but if i'm German at all then it's by nurture and culture than mere happenstance. Also, what whining? I just told that i inherited a thing, not lost it.

[@Vitalis94]

@@XmarkedSpot Don't mind me, I'm just drunk, commenting on a territory I've havent lived in for a past decade anyway, so what do I care :P

[@kevinwells5812]

Slow clap for the best ad transition I have seen in over a year-possibly ever ...

[@DmitryKiktenko]

Why CRIMEA on map is marked as russian territory?

[@Abom-qx7xz]

Ну карта ведь реальная, а не из мира фантазий

[@olelek7520]

​​@@sorrel53нет, там живут в основном русские и татары, а не украинцы. Никто не должен никому принадлежать против воли, мы в 21 веке

[@alexivanov5318]

@@sorrel53 ну тогда бы это был мир фантазий

[@WormHunter]

Man, it is wild to think that european leaders were actually opposed to german unification. I've only ever thought about germany as just another european country, but this happened (barely) within my lifetime.

[@LucarioBoricua]

We're more than one generation removed from the period when these debates took place. Also, the sins of the father are not the sins of the son.

[@mirpopolos6209]

I was against German reunification (they always called it that, but it was NOT a return to any version of Germany which had ever existed before). I thought that this would be terribly difficult for West Germany to achieve (and I was right about that). It seemed to me that East Germany could manage in the European Union on its own like Hungary or any of the other formerly communist countries. It had been the most prosperous one. Austria is a separate German-speaking country with a separate history, and East Germany could have been too. Also, there was a danger that the new Germany would be too big compared to France, which is probably true. As for having the same money and travelling from one city to another easily, you can do that between Munich and Vienna or Warsaw anyway.

[@inigobantok1579]

Two world wars, tens of millions of casualties would do that.

[@hendreenkhaznawi9040]

@@mirpopolos6209 No, unification is better. We punished them in ww2 and they deserved it, but not letting them unify is like dumb, soo stupid.

[@mirpopolos6209]

@@hendreenkhaznawi9040 "like dumb, soo stupid." is not a very profound argument ! The division of Germany into different zones was not supposed to be a punishment, it was a convenient way of administering a country which would otherwise have gone on being Nazi. Before many years had elapsed, increasing unification and independence was allowed, except in the Rusian zone, so that was not "like dumb". But the former Russian zone became so completely different from the Bundesrepublik within the EU that the cost and difficulty of reunification then became enormous, hence my feelings at that time. Also, my point that it was perfectly possible to have several countries speaking German was valid.

[@upside-downsmore9437]

can't believe i spent 10 minutes on that bridge problem only to be told that it was unsolvable afterwards lmao

[@IHATEYOU209]

Excellent information. I think that your sources are clearly correct.

[@noobyes190]

Btw the emphasis? stress? is on o in oblast

[@markb742]

This video doesn't mention anything about the original Baltic Prussians, who were conquered by Germans because the Baltic Prussians were among the last pagan regions in Europe. The Germans then settled this area and absorbed the Baltic Prussians just with shear numbers. The Baltic Prussian language was closer to Lithuanian, but the Germans erased the Baltic Prussian language as well as their culture a few centuries ago.

[@ppr881]

This is a US propaganda piece to demonize Russia and revision the results of WW2.

[@EQuake2290]

Yeah calling Kaliningrad an "old piece of Germany" is like calling the Baltics an "old piece of Russia". Identifying people by who they were once conquered by is not a good look.

[@maximus5281]

@@EQuake2290 Well and the part of germany called saxony was once slavic. And the vandals a germanic tribe settled in north africa. The hungarians came from the eastern steppes and settled at the danube. There were always population movements.

[@Exgrmbl]

@@EQuake2290 Well it was an old piece of Germany. Little of that is left, just like there was nothing culturally left of the old prussians when they were assimilated and this became Königsberg. What's done is done, as they say.

[@Bllackstaarr]

I was looking for a comment mentioning the Baltic Prussians for way too long! Yes it is an ex-german land but boiling it down to that is such a shame. The history of Baltic regions and Prussians specifically is so forgotten and lost it's heartbroken. I know a couple of people in Northern Poland, Lithuania and Kaliningrad trying to restore the language and bring back the memory.

[@illiashynder1582]

Hi, I love your videos, but excuse me, shouldnt Crimea be marked as some gray/neutral/contested territory as it is one of the disputed territories in on of the current ongoin wars

[@ChilapaOfTheAmazons]

Yes, at 0:30 the video shows Crimea as part of Russia which is incorrect: Crimea is a region of Ukraine currently militarily and illegally occupied by Russian troops. An illegal invasion doesn't change the legal border of a country, and indeed almost no one in the world recognizes Crimea as anything but legally part of Ukraine.

[@theldraspneumonoultramicro405]

agree, its rather insulting to its true owner, Ukraine, to mark it as Russian.

[@ferijenifer2611]

​@@ChilapaOfTheAmazons Crimea was part of Russia ,in 1954 Nitika khurshchev gavee gift ( creamia) to Ukraine SSR because he opposed Stalin every action. after fall of USSR Russia used savastapol port and pay Ukraine for using but in 2014 after maiden coup Ukraine puppet government suddenly block savastapol port access for Russia , Russia other port freeze in winter season ,we all know NATO want to see weak Russia , that why Russian take back gift (cremia)from Ukraine.

[@spyczech]

This map is about de-facto where military occupation is represented

[@kumatoni5245]

@@ferijenifer2611 That settles it then. I'm off to take back all the gifts I gave my ex girlfriend. Sure she'll understand.

[@ZhengleXu]

When I was a kid, I don’t think Kaliningrad belongs to Russia, I think it is one of the smallest countries in eastern Europe. But after I didn’t found a bold name of country on that land, then I found it belongs to Russia.

[@WhizzKid2012]

Me too however i knew the name Kaliningraf

[@owouwu9032]

Are we going to talk about how he included crimea in the map? It doesn’t matter that they occupied it crimea is not a part of Russia

[@sho1sqracken]

In Crimea 80% Russians, 7% ukranians All bodys from Crimea wanna be Russians

[@Proxymated]

Russia talked about it plenty already, what did you miss?

[@snoopy1alpha]

I admire your transition from Königsberg to the bridge problem to graph theory to your sponsor... this was literally "Brilliant" :-D

[@caseyczarnomski8054]

Oh by the way, the Kaliningrad Oblast wasn't surrounded by the EU when it was created at the time the USSR fell... When the Soviet Union dissolved it was agreed in the treaty, the EU would not move 1 inch closer towards Russia. How did that turn out for Ukraine?

[@benktlofgren4710]

You got basically everything wrong there mate, try to use a VPN and search for real education instead.

[@Dekabrown]

Kaliningrad was originally Germany’s because I’m ww1 and 2 German east Prussia was annexed by Soviet Union and when Soviet collapsed Russia was trusted for Kaliningrad it was supposed to be Lithuania but the USSR government said Lithuania would not be trusted for that piece of land.

[@ytdlgandalf]

as a CompSci I could appreciate the 7 bridges problem at the end! Good vid overall too :)

[@j.c.2560]

You mean the czech territory of Královec?

[@wattsnottaken1]

0:43 I think you meant to say 370 km as the Nazgul flies……😁😂

[@MP-zf7kg]

ha, got me. spent 20 minutes trying to solve the bridges

[@cjbrednev]

Russian average is way lower than $1500 - this is only applicable to Moscow. Other few major cities have significantly less and the rest of Russia lives with the same average wage of $400 as Kaliningrad.

[@anthonysmith1246]

These western puppets will say anything to discredit Russia. They even support modern-day Nazis but "Ohh Russians are poor, Russia is nothing without oil"

[@mathewvanostin7118]

But you forget the cost of things is 10 times less then in usa A taxi ride that would cost 30$ in usa. Would cost 3$ in russia A cheap meal that would cost 10$ in usa. Would cost 1$ in russia Rent that would cost 1000$ in a cheap usa city..would cost 100$ in a cheap russian city You need to also include cost of things. Doesnt make sense to convert a foreign currency in us $ and assume a country is poor cause average person make 5000$ a year. When its surely cost only 4000$/year to live with dignity in the country

[@user-sx2jx6yn3j]

@@mathewvanostin7118 Actually the prices in Moscow and Saint Petersburg are the same as the prices in the USA if not more expensive, so your comment is bullshit soviet propaganda!

[@boarfaceswinejaw4516]

@@mathewvanostin7118 thats a ridiculous logic that ignores that the US also has fluctuating cost of living depending on area. The idea that americans cant eat food for below 10 dollars is a straight up fucking lie. there is a reason why russians move out of russia at the rapid rate that they do. The reality of russia outside of moscow is an almost feudal poverty that has yet to be properly rectified, and there is a reason why when you hear about russian population centers it usually falls on the same three or four. the entirety of russia has a smaller population than the US. that is not indicative of economic liberation, but rather the opposite.

[@OmarLivesUnderSpace]

@@mathewvanostin7118 That's bullshit

[@invictus3598]

This is an excellent video on the history of Kaliningrad! THANK YOU!

[@hroosky]

Perhaps. Not sure why they want to promote Crimea as part of Russia though? Morons

[@TheDrunkLawyer]

Before watching im just guessing they needed a port that doesn’t freeze

[@leonnunhofer3453]

My grandmother 's father was from Königberg. Silvia Sommerlath was his neighbor. Now she is queen from sweden 🤷‍♂️

[@henningbartels6245]

I bet Silvia Sommerlath never has been to Königsberg, since she was born in Heidelberg - just 1 year before Königsberg was annexed by the Soviet Union.

[@djordjeglisovic6438]

Interesting how you included Crimea as part of Russia

[@thunderbird1921]

It's De Jure Ukraine, but De Facto Russia since they control it currently.

[@acousticavoiska9461]

As much as I am pro Ukraine it's obvious that Russia controls Crimea.

[@Fluggegecheimen69]

Because it is part of Russia?

[@benjaminpolitics]

@Jacob Klein It is part of Russia. Since 500 Years, and only switched hands shortly

[@SashaGulich]

@@benjaminpolitics russia is 30 years old