Why Kazakhstan is Insanely Empty

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[@DRAGON-gz8lt]

I live in Kazakhstan and I can tell you the reason: in the 17th century there was a hundred-year war between the Kazakh Khanate and the Dzungaria, where more than 30% of the country's population died, then the Russian Empire came from the colonization, the Kazakhs rebelled, but nothing happened, then when the Reds came, that is, the Soviet Union of Kazakhs there were 6 million but because of the famine there are 2 million of us left

[@44SWAGNUM-MAGA5]

brutal !

[@rayhans7887]

Goddamn

[@theplayerofus319]

and still you got a great future ahead of you and a good growing economy. got some good stocks from your country.

[@SconnerStudios]

Do you guys fear China or Russia ever coming in to your country today? Culturally, is there anti-Russian or Chinese sentiment? I've never met someone from Kazakhstan before, though I think Borat comes from there (joking).

[@theplayerofus319]

@@SconnerStudios i have read that they are very Western oriantated but maybe the og commenter can say more about this.

[@kayleighlehrman9566]

You know its bad when "the most nuked place on Earth" is only the second worst environmental disaster in the country's past fifty years.

[@GrimDoesMineCraft]

Yeah I had heard about the Aral Sea shrinking but I didn’t clock how massive the environmental implications would be until this video

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

​@@GrimDoesMineCraft aral sea gone after Soviet collapse

[@AlneCraft]

@@carkawalakhatulistiwa They started it.

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

Veh-wee Nyee---ice

[@houdini246]

@@carkawalakhatulistiwa Soviets did irreparable damage to sea, which lead to disaster

[@Daurenkozha]

Kazakhstan has a big potential. 99.8% literacy. Many students are sent abroad to study. No enemies. Friendly to all countries. Vast natural resources. Time will show if Kazakhs will be able to use these advantages or not.

[@expensivenes2645]

As a Kazakh while I agree that my country has a lot of potential its also has a lot of problems Nearly all of Government is corrupt Profiting from land and people not giving anything back First president was in power for 30 years second one is following in his footsteps We have Russia and China as our neighbors depending on them for our economic stability and with no hope of defending if they attack us

[@prostoname5338]

Where did you get ur stats? It’s false

[@fsul8536]

Your country has a bright and prosperous future as long as there is no corruption and the money is invested properly.

[@jcliu]

@@rebeli-argum Is it really flirting with NATO? Kazakhstan seems to be doing a pretty good job leveraging its useful neutrality at the intersection (physical and cultural) of Russia, China, Turkey/Muslim World, and the West. (Xi Jinping guaranteed its territorial integrity after Putin invaded Ukraine!) Whereas, say, Austrian or Swiss neutrality after the Cold War is just depraved free-riding, Kazakh geography still makes sense for it to play all sides. Call it a giant Qatar.

[@rebeli-argum]

@@jcliu swiss are not really neutral anymore. Macron wants Kazakhstan on the side of the west and to stop them trading with Russia because sanctions and all of that. Kazakhstan tries to be Turkey with two chairs strategy but i'm not sure how are they going to do this. They want to be cool with Russia and also want to be cool with the west

[@888alt]

There is Kazakh saying: Men - qazaqpyn myñ ölıp, myñ tırılgen. I’m a Kazakh, I have died and risen thousands of times. Thanks for such a detailed video 🇰🇿❤

[@JmKrokY]

Cool

​@@eyey7070turkish is in latin

[@ildarshamgulov2746]

​@@eyey7070Turkish, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Azerbaijan, Uzbek language very similar

[@ayman3763]

@@eyey7070 don't be such a sore loser, 'hopefully better than turkey" have some pride

[@thraciensis3589]

"Ben Kazakım bin ölüp, bin dirildim" in Turkish of Türkiye 😊

[@Julianna.Domina]

For anyone curious like i was: That circle in the middle of Kazakhstan is the Baikonour Cosmodrome, where Russia launches its spaceships from. It's not de jure russian land, but it is rented basically indefinitely by Russia

[@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334]

Why don’t Russia and Kazakhstan reunite

[@mjokkerr4150]

@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334 maybe because kazakhs and russians are culturally different people?

[@aparadisebird]

@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334 thats a stuoid question to ask

[@Julianna.Domina]

@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334 Why are you asking me?

[@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334]

@@aparadisebird realax bruh I was just curious

[@user-xn5bq8uo6o]

Respect and love to our Kazakh brothers from Uzbekistan 🇺🇿🇰🇿

[@IX-fc4po]

to you too bro. we should develop further our trade relationships for mutual profit. also you are welcome to come to our country to work or study, its better for you than going to russia (we only ask to do everything in legal way).

[@Qazaqalgatekalga]

Assalam yalekum 👋 бауырым

[@always-alicia]

I thought you all hated each other (at least that’s what Borat said).

[@husanalikuvvatov3371]

@@always-alicia it is propaganda, russia wants a conflict between them and always wants to control them

[@dbuonline1]

@@always-alicia non khazak civillians when an arabic looking english actor makes a movie in a state called Romania (formerly a subject) and calls it kazhakistan my point is because of that accursed(funny guy btw) our nothern bretherns in east africa are called walwdwiya or smt

[@xelzoid]

Thank you for sharing the history of Kazakhstan with so many people, our country has suffered a lot and only now have started getting back up, love from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 the most hospitable country in the world

[@carverpierce6587]

I have a good friend of mine at work from Kazakhstan, he’s actually there visiting family right now, and he and his family are some of the kindest people I’ve ever met

[@olddirtybasterd-ex2vb]

very nice

[@smd5020]

yeah because all kazakhs pretend to be kind

[@jalalljumnbhjk]

@@smd5020 Why?

[@dwaynekeenum1916]

@@smd5020you yt

[@dr.woozie7500]

You left out an important part of Kazakh history, the Kazakh-Dzungar wars which started in the 1600s. The Dzungars were a western Mongol tribe that controlled a large portion of Xinjiang and southern Siberia and subjugated the Kazakhs, gaining territory as far west as Lake Balkhash. This wiped out a huge portion of the Kazakh population. Then from 1755-1757, the Manchus (Qing dynasty) sent an expedition out west and massacred 90% of the Dzungars with the help of the Turkic Uighurs and Kazakhs. As a result, Xinjiang today is home to mostly Turkic Muslim people rather than Mongol Buddhists and the Kazakhs never expanded past the Tian Shan and Altai mountains. The Russians swept south during their conquest of the steppe with little resistance.

[@mastersafari5349]

You can't blame Russians on that so it's out of the scope of this video 😅

[@terrian8205]

@@mastersafari5349 i gotta say his videos are heavily western propaganda and biased. quite frankly im suspecting he's secretly paid by US government

[@adamthaeer217]

they want to blame Russia so that not helping 🤣

[@churblefurbles]

@@mastersafari5349 Yea seems the CIA found its next target.

[@maxh7637]

Actually, the Kazakhs took part in destruction of Dzungar khanate by Qing empire, not Uyghurs. Uyghurs in fact accepted quite a few Dzungarian refugees.

[@user-ti2kk4ii6s]

We've met so much injustice and struggle through the centuries. Despite that we keep moving forward! Greetings from Kazakhstan 🖐️

[@MARKCRASTO]

You are a brave people! Love from India 🇮🇳

[@createdforthemoment6740]

My friend, heed the warning of Ukraine, don't let yourself fall victim again to Soviet styled thinking....

[@captaincrunch7]

Love from Türkiye

[@andreaswesterveld]

You seem like a country with a dark past and a bright future!

[@jujirer]

@@createdforthemoment6740 they are smart enough not to fall into your traps,what happened to Irãq?to libyå?Ukrāine was attacked because they betråyed us and put our national security at risk at the cost of them getting the benifits of joining NÄTO.

[@user-rb6df2wp8i]

As a Kyrgyz born in Kyrgyzstan and now residing in Kazakhstan, I deeply appreciate this insight into Kazakhstan's history. It's a reminder of the resilience and strength of this nation, which I'm proud to call my second home. Thank you for sharing this powerful video. As Kyrgyz and Kazakhs, we are brothers, sharing a bond that transcends borders🇰🇬 🇰🇿

[@aznau]

As a Kyrgyz i remember my grandfather told me how the Russians starved the Kazakhs and they fled to us and we helped our brother nation

[@abylai8kerim]

Иә, Жүсіп Абдрахманұлына мың рақмет

[@seiro8606]

Полное враньё

[@57ar7up]

Typical Russia

[@seiro8606]

@@57ar7up типичный западный зомби.

[@kid876]

Сколько тебе платят за это враньё?

[@TheVitalOne]

On April 1 you need to release a 45 minute video about why the Moon is so empty.

[@membranealpha5961]

lmao yes

[@keithrodrigues7508]

Moon Nazis rule it !

[@strategistaow3520]

May for now people don't live in moon But in future people will

[@KeepItSimpleSailor]

@@strategistaow3520😂

[@campandcook3118]

​@@KeepItSimpleSailor even now, some people behave like they live on the backside of the moon. Like "so far, no one got it right. BUT next time, socialism will work"

[@moved-old]

I did NOT expect my favourite channel about geography make a video about my native country 😭 Бәрібір, видеода үшін рақмет брат!!!

[@jfjjfjdjdjdn78]

Айтпа

[@AbG-jy7gq]

Is it wrong to make a video about Kazakhstan

[@mautida9998]

I loved this video. Very instructive. So sad to see what happened to Kazakhstan but I’m happy to see that it’s recovering. I would love to discover the Kazakh culture and language. Btw what language do people speak in general?

[@IX-fc4po]

@@mautida9998 yeah its not a bad country nowdays, a quite good gdp per capita, human dev. index etc. people speak russian as lingua franca (only 71% are kazakhs) and kazakh. If you plan to visit it, I recomend you Almaty - the most important region historically and economicaly.

[@michaelsurratt1864]

Damn dude sorry to hear. At least by the looks of it, you don’t live there anymore.

[@leonardowynnwidodo9704]

Actually, Kazakhstan was the last Soviet state before the USSR fully dissolved, so Russia "broke away" from Kazakhstan in a sense.

[@betaincel]

yeah technically we could claim to be the heirs of the USSR, but that would be dumb because at the time of its collapse the USSR had accumulated HUGE debts($100 Billion) that needed to be paid to the US and other Western countries and only Russia was able to repay them

[@sickpoet2865]

Thats because if Kazakh government would break away from USSR before Russia, ethnic russians in Kazakhstan wouldve rebelled.

[@sickpoet2865]

Thats why kazakh government was waiting for Russia to break away first, so not to cause a rebellion that was stirring in the North.

[@leonardowynnwidodo9704]

@@sickpoet2865 but what about the other former SSR states, minus maybe Transnistria in Moldova and Belarus (who remains an ally of Russia to this day)? Wouldn’t the ethnic Russians in those states have rebelled too?

[@sickpoet2865]

@@leonardowynnwidodo9704IN northern Kazakhstan, russians comprised like 70%-80% of the population. In all other republics russians were a minority, except eastern ukraine, where russians eventually rebelled.

[@painterforbeginners9613]

As a individual adopted from Kazakhstan I can attest that the Kazakh history is sadly forgotten and not looked into. Thank you so so much for sharing apart of my families history. People just think of us as a Borat joke but we have a deep history that needs to be told!

[@sohopedeco]

Friend: "Don't be sad. There's plenty of fish in the sea." Me: "Tell that to the Khazakh fishing industry."

[@FADNaR]

There are a lot of fish there now. The Northern Aral Sea has been restored

[@faratolybai]

SAD

[@geosimp3889]

You mean kazakh?

[@sohopedeco]

@@geosimp3889 it's written Cazaque in my language

[@Soufriere84]

@@FADNaR It has. Unfortunately the dam wasn't built quite tall enough for the water to reach Aralsk like it used to, but it's leagues better than Uzbekistan caring more about its insane cotton industry than toxic dust storms

[@colincuratolo1645]

I’m happy for Kazakhstan’s recent growth. They have the coolest flag 🇰🇿. Love from 🇺🇸

[@Baby_tea]

Thx bro ❤ USA 🦅🦅🦅

[@plastelina_ytb]

DEF have the coolest flag. I agree 💯

[@IX-fc4po]

@@plastelina_ytb I am always surprised that a lot of people find our flag to be beautiful :D imo it looks very average

[@yeet8336]

that flag is mad ugly imo

[@thegodofbob]

@@IX-fc4poIt has a nice blue to it, looks unique

[@user-hn5bi3nw9y]

Truly great job! Speaking as kazakh who knows my history, you did awesome in summarising 20th century for Kazakhstan. And especially for a westerner.

[@SaturnineXTS]

they don't generally teach us falsified history here in the West, so that shouldn't really come as a surprise

[@MrMangistau]

I appreciate that you call our people 'Kazak'. The term was distorted to differentiate Russian Cossacks, although the actual name was initially Turkic and nomadic, meaning 'people without rulers' or 'free people'. The first Kazaks were nomadic people who were left without a ruler due to the disintegration of the Golden Horde. With the establishment of serfdom in Muscovy, serfs began to flee to the nomadic steppes and join the nomadic Kazaks. Gradually, ethnically Kazaks predominantly became Slavic. Later, during the expansion of Muscovy, these Slavic Kazaks started to serve Moscow and became part of Muscovy, playing a significant role in further expanding the Russian Empire into Siberia and Central Asia.

[@aitore3005]

This is suuuuuuuch a good work brother. I am kazakh and this is the most detailed video about kazakhstan's geography and demography I have ever seen. Yes, some things were forgotten like kazakh-dzhungar wars but for english viewers I believe its more than enough to know.

[@abylai8kerim]

Тағы тіл мәселесін көтергенде ғой

[@stevec7923]

Indeed. A fascinating presentation for us Yankees. I learned a lot!

[@xmurshedz]

And that part left intentionally!

[@phlezktravels]

We see the desert. That's the reason.

[@eyey7070]

selamun aleyküm kardeṣ 👋 greetings from turkey

[@MrQwertypoiuyty]

I was on a recent vacation in Kazakhstan during the Labor day week 2024. (1) Weather experience: When I arrived in Astana, 1st of May at 12 midnight, it was snowing with the weather or temperature at minus 1 Celsius. This was May. And when I asked my tour guide friend the next day, he informed me that temps in Astana can easily drop minus 40 degrees Celsius during winter. (2) Land Area: Driving to Burabay National Park, the tour guide told me that Northern Kazakhstan is similar to Siberia in Russia - a vast land with a lot of birch and pine trees wherein winters are the harshest. We also drove near the steppes, and it was very flat and you cannot see civilization, only grazing horses! Overall, it became one of my favorite countries that I have visited as there are NO crowds in their touristic places 😊

[@samalaimukhametova7290]

Personally, I don’t think now that this is a Russian tree after what I recently heard. On the other hand, we also have birches in Kazakhstan

[@abylai8kerim]

Қош келдің!

[@ljubexns]

You wanted to say Siberia, not Serbia, right?

[@MrQwertypoiuyty]

@@ljubexns Indeed. I corrected it already 😅😅😅 Thank you.

[@jimb9063]

Fantastic. This part of the world in general has always fascinated me, partly because you've usually had to go out of your way to find out about it in years past, at least where I've lived. Where I live possibly adds to the interest too. I think it's said that in the UK you're never further than 70 miles from the coast. Somewhere so different beyond my everyday experience just blows my mind.

[@DiavoloVolpe]

A few mistakes I should point out: Guryev and Vernyi aren't Northern forts, Guryev is the modern-day city of Atyrau located in the West, and Vernyi is the Soviet name for Almaty, located in the South-East Also, it would've made sense to mention the forceful relocation of ethnic Koreans to Central Asia by Stalin during WWII Other than that, a solid video 👌

[@squareinsquare2078]

Went to Kazakhstan on holidays a few years ago, it was a great place to visit, I highly recommend it.

[@anthonymelohorstmann1238]

Literally just got into yt to find something to watch while eating, and find out RLL had posted something 32 seconds ago... came looking for copper, found gold

[@miliba]

You found superior potassium

[@rundown132]

Copper is pretty expensive these days, that's a dated expression

[@jab00ty42]

Same these videos are prime eating content

[@stereo-soulsoundsystem5070]

I was thinking the same but this episode is so bleak I might have lost my appetite

[@Bhq870]

This is me now ..

[@aaronjones8905]

Don't forget that the Kazakhs have managed to save the Northern Aral. If Uzbekistan could detach its economy from cotton, there's a chance that the full Aral could be restored.

[@annenelson5656]

I sure hope so. Bringing the fishing industry and agriculture back would put Kazahkian a major world bread basket and will be able to provide food for all Central Asia. Russia has to mind their own business and let Kazakhstan run their own business.

[@handyvickers]

But the snowfall upstream has diminished hugely?

[@Fenixsamarkandian]

Uzbekistan werenʼt problem on that time. Soviets

[@Jae336]

Өзбектер тәуелсіздік алғаннан кейін де Арал теңізін сақтауға тырыспады

[@tyronemaroney335]

​@handyvickers not to late to change it

[@tomwalsh96]

I never realised how similar the history of Kazakhstan is to the history or Ireland

[@abylai8kerim]

Айтпаңыз, кейін сіздер секілді тілімізді ұмыта жаздадық

[@abylai8kerim]

Bí sábháilte, mo dheartháir cinniúint Éireannach! Beannachtaí ó an Kazakh tír

[@JamesPilkenton-se5cx]

...sooo...does this make Borat the original Florida Man ?

[@TarlanT]

Yup. As Kazakh, I’m always surprised, how many similarities there are. Especially with famine, anti-colonial revolts and loss of native language. However things are much better with the later issue in Kazakhstan.

[@user-wh5nr4ig1f]

Actually North Qazaqstan is like North Ireland...

[@rohnejati6354]

There are 3 million Hazaras in Afghanistan who are originally from Kazakhstan. Hazaras used to be a huge population but in 1892 Afghans Pashtuns killed 62% of Hazaras. The Hazaras who were Kazakhs under the Mongol rule were sent to modern day Afghanistan and Pakistan.

[@ShonIzAmeriki]

I camped where the Alatau range in Kazakhstan meets the Tian Shan range. We drove 6 hours on dirt roads from Almaty and mostly saw herders, yurts, 1 mosque and 1 shop. The herders are so nice and they gave us Kumis to drink (fermented horse milk). A friend I know there is a descendant from Stalin’s German to Kazakh diaspora, and German is still spoken in his family. It’s true that the demographics are complicated there due to the USSR. But love for the country’s cultural heroes like Abai Qunanbaiuly is strong. The country and her people are beautiful. Ох, как скучаю по тебе, Казахстан 🇰🇿 💛

[@brtnai]

❤

[@user-cl3vy7pw8s]

Were there alot of Germans who came to Kazakhstan after the war? I know there were alot of forcible migrations in the Stalin days, but in school they only talked about migrations internal to the USSR, like the Crimean Tatars.

[@RastiGan]

There were many Germans who where drawn in by the Russian Empire as settlers. They even had their own autonomous region within the USSR right next to Khazakstan around the lower Volga river. Shortly after the start of the war in 1941, Stalin accused them all (baselessly) of collaboration with Nazi-Germany. The Volga German ASSR was dismantled and ethnic Germans were deported to Siberia or Khazakstan. From the latter there are storys, that the German people were basically dumped in the middle of nowhere without any belongings. Not unlike the Crimean Tartars. Wouldn't call that "migration".

[@user-cl3vy7pw8s]

@@RastiGan "Forced migration" doesn't mean anything like what just "migration" means. English doesn't really have a phrase for things like those population transfers, because we don't have a word for "half-deportation, half-genocide".

[@ml8028]

Enjoy the info

[@sergiygolovin5478]

My own uncle built this railway in 1970 in the Kostanai area. Then he returned home to Kyiv with a lot of money and bought an apartment😎 He told me that it was very difficult there and the climate was bad

[@no-sq2pn]

Wait, wasn't it illegal to buy and own private property in the USSR?

[@emilymschoener9193]

Haventbyou read animal farm? Some ppl were exempt hence the Revolution

[@sergiygolovin5478]

@@thermn8r 👌🤌🤏💸)))

[@user-gv4mi9cd2y]

i think he meant rent

[@maxh7637]

​​@@no-sq2pnThere was such thing as a cooperative apartment you could buy and own.

[@yusufsuleyman5666]

My dad did his army service in Semipalatinsk in 1990. He went there with full hair but came home with almost all of his hair falling due to the radiation(his father and his 2 brothers have full hair). I am 27 and almost bold due to the modified genetics, so I guess the Soviets are still f*cking up some of our lives

[@sickpoet2865]

Bro my dad served there too, and he s bold 😂. Thankfully ihave hair, but i was definitely born with radiation in my dna 😢

[@yusufsuleyman5666]

@@sickpoet2865 I have almost the same case, my brother who is 2 years older than me has full hair, but the fate decided to make me hairless😂

[@chisaki703]

Thanks for covering our country's complex history and situation, we were crippled by outside forces and geography and could as well disappear but our kindness and resilience kept us going into the 21st century with proud steps towards recovery. We value our multipolar economy and policy and hope to stay on the right track to prosperity🇰🇿❤️

[@govement9151]

36:12 There is saying in kazakh: we have died 1000 times, and 1000 times more resurrected

[@siratshi455]

Мың өліп мың тірілген елім ай. Қаншама азап шектік, неше апат көрдік. Алла жар болсын, отанымыз көркейсін. Бізді жәбірлеген дұшпандар өзі бәлелерге батар.

[@dbuonline1]

@@siratshi455 "the enemies who have oppressed us will be in trouble" love thy enemy no less

[@raphaelgarcia9576]

Before watching this I knew they got a raw deal, but had no idea it was on this scale. There are no words 😢 Thank you for opening our eyes. I hope we can all learn from this to prevent this from ever happening again.

[@Armanst88]

Thanks for a great video - an extensive and a very detailed research. A subscriber from Kazakhstan

[@TheMelbournelad]

Man I remember when Australia hit 20million. Was a big for us too

[@MTTT1234]

For anybody wondering why some maps here of the country have a weird circle cut out in the center, that would be the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which is leased to Russia, so Kazahk authorities have only limited power there, as far as I know.

[@zacherysaucier6747]

thank you! I was trying to find what that was up with that!

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

​@@zacherysaucier6747the principle is similar to US military bases

[@circleancopan7748]

Baikonur was like Subic and Clark Airfields before the volcanic eruption in 1991, local laws don't apply to them.

[@abel_underwater]

@@carkawalakhatulistiwa I can count on my hand how many host nations are happy with having Russian bases on or around their land. Meanwhile nearly all American ones are by the grace of the host countries. That concept baffles the Russians to this day…and they wonder why their former “allies” couldn’t wait to flee the second the USSR collapsed🤦🏼‍♂️dümbässes

[@meteorknight999]

​@@abel_underwateredit: why is the dumbarse below talking reuniting on military base topic kazackstan wanted to stay in USSR and voted to keep it running when everyone voted out. You are spreading horrible misinfo they also like and by grace keep russians in

[@misteryeen]

A chilling reminder of how the lack of care, forethought, and hubris of mankind has devastating consequences on the innocence of life and land. Bless the folks that have endured.

[@AL-lh2ht]

Mostly just Russia being evil.

[@hofahome]

Very well said

[@MU80085]

Communism

[@hofahome]

@@MU80085 eh, it’s not really confined to any political system. It’s human nature to some degree.

[@josecipriano3048]

​@@MU80085 communism doesn't do anything, the people in power do. And they're the worst in every single system. Or maybe you think that the environment isn't getting destroyed anymore, now that communis doesn't exist.

[@sloanissocoolandgreat]

i love videos like these, especially after just finishing ap human geography this year!! political geography, international relations and history is so interesting to me! its so sad hearing about all the struggles kazakhstan has gone through but its also so informative and really cool to learn about

[@BillEarl]

Fascinating, I learnt so much. I had not realised what the Kazakhs had suffered during the USSR/Stalin years. I hope their future is all peace and prosperity, and free from Russian interference. Is there any chance the Aral Sea will one day return? Will the rivers regain their flows?

[@AijanTaijan]

Если бы быль на готове каналый при вчерашном потопе, можно было увеличить границу нынешного арала. Но есть не мало шансов увеличить поступающие кубометр воды.

[@jotarokujo9164]

I am from Uzbekistan and I can tell you that Central Asia is the unluckiest region on earth. We were subjugated and conquered by the Chinese (during the Tang), and later the Russians. And both of them wanted to depopulate us long ago, hell there were even eradication of Western Turkic population (it was the Tang that a massive Turkic population fled west), and then Russian imperialism. We were so lucky to survive today.

[@AL-lh2ht]

EU: soon

[@user-ug6qu9se3e]

You are a very tough people. Surviving two evil empires altogether demonstrated that.

[@maozedong8370]

So convenient of you to forget the fact that these empires were so hostile because they were ravaged by Central Asians for centuries. The Mongols and the Huns ransacked China more times than you could count and slaughtered people and the Russians were severely impacted by such raids too, so much so that the entire reason Russia exists was because they had to unify the Kievan Rus into a tsardom to increase their level of power to stop being massacred, sold into slavery and having their cities burnt down. I just find it hypocritical that people complain about the "white man" and conveniently forget about WHY they do stuff like this in the first place. The Mongols almost annihilated the Kievan Rus from existence it was so bad, you thought the Russians would let that happen again? Russia is so paranoid about war and invasions that they conquer the world in order to not be conquered because you burnt them so bad. The entire reason Russia took over Central Asia was to stop the barbarians from ransacking their nation.

[@maozedong8370]

@@user-ug6qu9se3e They aren't "evil." You forget China and Russia were annihilated by Genghis Khan as well as other Central Asian nomadic peoples who crippled them so badly that both China and Russia turned the tables as soon as they could and expanded into those lands to prevent it from ever happening again. War is natural for all societies. Stop acting like some moral crusader, there is NO such thing as good or evil, they are all convenient labels humans just make up in their head and throw at whatever, at whenever time they please.

[@miliba]

@@maozedong8370 Now the moskhols have become these barbarians instead, Chairman Mao

[@jonnelacecodog3490]

World Records of Every Central-Asian Country: Kazakhstan: The largest land-locked country in the world Uzbekistan: The cheapest country in the world Kyrgyztstan: The furthest country from any major oceans of the world Tajikistan: Has the highest average elevation in the world Turkmenistan: The weirdest country in the world

[@samankucher5117]

and kurdistan the biggest non state opp in the middle East . the stan is a curse bro 💀

[@plony6142]

@@samankucher5117 oh man, you haven't heard about "Sovietistan", :)

[@aksamhuda7]

Pakistan?

[@ryboi1337]

​@@aksamhuda7does anything need to be said about pakistan? We all have eyes lol

[@Belgiannnn]

You mean Turkmenistan, the country with a leader that has the smallest pipi in the world

[@daniellegeihs]

Wow. I had a friend from Kazakhstan. She was awesome.

[@maruseyes1320]

I'm really grateful to you for covering our history to a wider audience. Words cannot describe the amount of nerves i lost arguing about my own history. I really hope more people will look into this

[@thatiowan3581]

Central Asia is a criminally underrated part of the world, so thank you for making yet another video about them 🇰🇿🇰🇬

[@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334]

Because y’all are not important

[@oDAKE]

​@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334 uneducated 😉😉

[@twinsplay0795]

Wtf???

[@thatiowan3581]

@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334 no one: Absolutely no one: You for some reason: ur worthless Why bro? Why be a terrible person?

[@chisaki703]

​@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334 tell that to the west who are increasingly meddling in with us as to avoid russian and chinese dominance in the region

[@gavtronics]

Everything the Soviets touched either went to sh*t or to space

[@Maya_Goldstein]

I'm dying of laughing 😁😂😆😆😆😆

[@autarchprinceps]

Well it was a lot of shit that predated the Soviets too in this, and in several ways what came after too, though some of that may still be their fault, at least in parts.

[@antm4n1]

Communism and Nazism is the same thing but different angles. Just as evil.

[@thematthew761]

@@autarchprincepsRussians in general

[@Thea._]

Fully agree.

[@rinabek]

One of the best videos I have seen about my homecountry, and mostly accurate. Thank you for sharing.

[@inszel]

A hard video to get through, yet it always warms my heart to see people recovering.

[@craig3895]

Holy shit!? I've never seen this talked about in history. My Grandfather was one of the Volga Germans. We fled to Canada.

[@abylai8kerim]

Себебі біздің тарихты орыстар жойып жіберді :(

[@JacyndaMinor]

@@abylai8kerim seems like Russians are always in the business of destroying things. I wish they’d keep to themselves and leave everybody else the hell alone!

[@snowade]

@@abylai8kerim안타깝네요. 😢

[@sharif7099]

I was born and have always lived in Almaty, the largest city in Qazaqstan. Always knew that my country is 9th by size, but it was a piece of abstract information for me. Only after I decided to drive 1200 km from Almaty to Astana I realised how huge and beautiful my country is. 18 hours on the road. Borderless steppes, arid lone hills, distant mountains, dense northern forests and this lead-coloured heavy sky (as we say in russian). I had to see it to undestand that I truly love this land all that it bears

[@nimblehuman]

I'm American and I've driven across the vast empty stretches of this land under skies lead, cobalt, yellow and every shade of desert pastel. It's true, being by yourself across such an immense and glorious landscape does bring about love for the land.

[@beesknees8568]

such a well detailed video, i salute you

[@kenswindle4860]

Super and informative video. Thank you for sharing!

[@Qazaqalgatekalga]

Hello from Kazakhstan, I am your subscriber

[@SignsBehindScience]

Salām from Pakistan

[@SignsBehindScience]

@@shashlek5751 😂 the largest province of Pakistan is mostly empty

[@user-ug6qu9se3e]

Hello from Ukraine.

[@matheussanthiago9685]

Wawa we wa

[@Shadow-pn5qw]

Пока не появится ролик про твою страну и не узнаешь что так много подписчиков из Казахстана.

[@dcanedemboyz7431]

Alternative title, ''History and Geography of Kazakhstan''

[@ZTheLastViking]

Thats not how you get millions of people to click on all those videos.

[@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334]

He often does this just to make video longer he never jsut gets to the point he easily could make this a 10 minute video but he is greedy

[@CTY547]

I guess historical context just flies right over your head​@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334

[@dcanedemboyz7431]

@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334 fully agree

[@khajiithadwares2263]

Wondering how much of a role plays that the country is settled on a salt basin, between the Black and Caspian Sea? Sedimentation on these sills started before 10,000 years ago and continued until 5,300 years ago. Salt and sand (sodium and silica) do not make for great fertile lands.

[@zhengistasbolatov8480]

Take it from a kazakh here: Great video, mate! Thoroughly researched and covered!

[@alfredtagirov3065]

Great job! I will recommend this video to everybody who wants to know more about KZ

[@Naizachannel]

Seriously didn't expect such a great video about my country and people by the thumbnail. But wow, this was really awesome. The points are accurate. Just another fact for the ones interested: because of such a diverse population dynamic, different ethnic groups are coexisting in a very friendly manner these days. I had German, Tatar, Uyghur, Armenian, Georgian, Russian, and Ukrainian friends growing up in Almaty. These days you can see a partial polarisation of the Russian ethnic group living in Kazakhstan, as some embrace Kazakh language and identity in protest of the Russia's policy, while some others get influenced by Russia's rhetorhic. I have seen people organising Kazakh language courses for russians and making reels where they try to speak Kazakh, and there was a small attempt of declaring independence for russia in the north (all of the perpetrators of the attempt are already in jail)

[@retro5014]

I looked at the ethnic makeup map and noticed it being all over the place. Aren't there many mixed families these days as well?

[@Naizachannel]

@@retro5014 Yes. A lot of us are mixed, especially in the cities. My great granddad literally yoinked a german girl from Germany during WW2. In the old days, christian white group usually intermixed between themselves. However, nowadays the ethnic and cultural lines are becoming more blurry between Kazakhs and other ethnic groups. Kazakhs are more homogenous, but there were frequent instances of intermixture, as shown by my great granddad

[@everus8558]

It wasn't "small attempt of declaring independence for Russia in the north", organization which did it is banned in Russia. Russia and Kazakhstan have history of joint operations against Kazakhstan separatists.

[@Naizachannel]

@@everus8558 You mean communists? I think we are speaking about different events here. I am talking about most recent one, with a proletariat thingy

[@naurzoom7393]

Such a deep and correct analysis of Kazakhstan. Big respect to you from kazakh!

[@yargolocus4853]

hope it goes well for you guys in there. I doubt the west can manage to muster as much support as it lends to its neighborhood, but you are definitely in the right here. wishing unity and prosperity for you.

[@nsr180]

Very well spoken and interesting information thank you

[@rishikeshdangi8018]

As a introvert i would love to live there

[@kstar_ca]

They offer digital nomad viasas, please don't hesitate to apply

[@adityakawadkar1489]

this shows how ecologically sensitive some areas are....... Soviets fricking tried to grow water intense semi-tropical cotton crop in desert like arid climate......complete madness..

[@JLAvey]

That's what happens when people who know absolutely nothing about an industry or sector of life interfere with it.

[@mr.redius]

As the Ancients said, no water, no people. The Aral Sea was destroyed deliberately. To contain the growing violence of the Kazakhs and Uzbeks.

[@rusya_ufa1201]

Actually, this cotton was vital for the USSR to wage war against Nazi Germany. It is needed for the production of weapons. Perhaps the Soviets had to wait for supplies from the United States, a country that for a long time did not recognize the USSR at all? And then Churchill started the Cold War altogether. But the author of this video, of course, won't tell you that. He needs to make Russians look like fiends.

[@user-yq2xk9rh1e]

​@@rusya_ufa1201+ 15 рублей

[@nathanlima4608]

​@@rusya_ufa1201ok Russian bot

[@Argacyan]

6:50 Places like Guryev were built at or near older existing cities, with Guryev specifically being near Sarai-Jük which had been one of the major cities of the Golden Horde, the main capital of the Nogai Horde and one of the main cities of the Kazakh Horde.

[@samalaimukhametova7290]

Жазғаныңыз жақсы болды, әйтпесе кейбір орыстар өздерін сүттен ақ, судан тазамыз деп әңгіме соғып отыр, бізді ақымақ көрсеткілері келіп

[@Bald_Zeus]

Always been intrigued by Kazakhstan, really hope they continue to grow and prosper and I hope Russia don't go and fuck things up there again.. Love from Sweden!

[@fyvvyf8945]

Hello. I hope that the Sweden will also proper. You Swedes have done a lot to overcome your pride by choosing the path of peace. Unlike some other countries. Cough China, cough USA, cough Arab monarchies and etc.

[@abylai8kerim]

Рақмет!

[@rusya_ufa1201]

Yes, but no one thinks about what they will do with 2-3 million unemployed Islamized young people in 5-10 years? Where do you think they'll go? 😁😁Soon, European women will have even more Muslim guys🤣🤣

[@standom2390]

Please don't take everything at face value out there in Sweden. Learn to view things critically. There's no need to look for scapegoats.

[@tyronemaroney335]

​@fyvvyf8945 um dude in your life time when has the u.s taken and kept territory? Un like the Russians and Chinese we don't want to expand our territory beyond our borders

[@dastanalshev475]

Thank you a lot for making a video about Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 ❤️

[@ace.of.skulls]

Love Kazakhstan from USA 🇺🇸❤️🇰🇿

[@matheussanthiago9685]

Great success

[@DCONightingale]

Borat is that you

[@zikotarghi7190]

You keep your dirty american handa away from kazakh oil😊😊😊

[@Spoopy_man]

Very nice

[@rdkbay3458]

Well done job. Thank you for covering this topic. Despite all this geographic disadvantages and historic catastrophies Kazakhstan's fertility rate has been high lately, and ethnic Kazakhs now comprise more than 71 percent of total population, unlike 29 % earlier. And I want to mention the history of my family. That in the 1950s and 1960s my grandparents just like many other rural Kazakhs were able to have 13 and 8 children respectively to change Kazakh demography after previous enourmous losses, fruits of which we see today. My mother's mother died in her 50s in a car accident having 13 children left, so I have never had a chance to see her alife, but she is my hero..

[@rusya_ufa1201]

а теперь подумай, что вы будете делать через 5-10 лет с 2-3 миллионами безработной молодежи? Учитывая нарастающую исламизацию и национализм. Беспредел 2022 в году покажется вам цветочками. Отвечу заранее - они станут питательной средой для ИГИЛ, а учитывая близость Афганистана.....

[@rdkbay3458]

@@rusya_ufa1201 Не твое дело. Это лучше, чем свой народ на мясорубку отправлять. Заимись своим терроризмом и национализмом.

[@Jade-ju1qs]

@@rusya_ufa1201будем счастливо смотреть как распадается россея 😂

[@rusya_ufa1201]

@@Jade-ju1qs скорей уж южный Казахстан станет новым Сомали, а север станет Россией, которая огородится от варваров с юга минными полями. 🤭🤭

[@Jae336]

I'm glad someone finally made a video on this topic! As a history and geography teacher, I know everything that is said in this video - but I want every ordinary Kazakh people to know it . Thank you for the video :3

[@macbooker8425]

Hello from Kazakhstan 👋

[@possumface2425]

The suffering endured by Kazakhstan is mind-boggling and demonstrates that human cruelty and selfishness know no limits.

[@BerryFunChannel1]

mic sounds a lot better

[@tukansrukan1]

Thwnk you for fixing microphone

[@Arkaeuss]

Really interesting. Kazakhstan is one of the top countries on my bucket list, awesome to learn about it.

[@orim]

Good God. This country is like the poster child for why environmental impact studiest are necessary. The case study on how stupidity, cruelty and recklessness can terraform a country in a century. This is the kind of story I wish was taught in social studies classes in school. Holy hell.

[@rusya_ufa1201]

Actually, this cotton was vital for the USSR to wage war against Nazi Germany. It is needed for the production of weapons. Perhaps the Soviets had to wait for supplies from the United States, a country that for a long time did not recognize the USSR at all? And then Churchill started the Cold War altogether. But the author of this video, of course, won't tell you that. He needs to make Russians look like fiends.

[@ottomanosman2463]

As a Turkish person, Kazakhstan is endearing for us. I feel sorry for their geography though.

[@damir8396]

Yeah, bro, you've got luckier than us in that way. Also you have the best cousine 🇰🇿❤️🇹🇷

[@TarlanT]

Türik bauırıma salem!

[@abylai8kerim]

Түрік бауырыма сәлем!

[@fabriziopace1]

A lot if information! Great job

[@Davido50]

I'm moving there! Asap. 💯

[@HeisenbergFam]

"why Kazahstan is empty" 20 million Kazahstan people: "aight imma head out"

[@StarterOffical-Jousha-lf6ig]

You have to head out first

[@time2132]

not u😭

[@Zona984]

Title should be why Kazakhstan is so big yet so under populated

[@Qazaqalgatekalga]

Because the Russians destroyed us in the Soviet Union, the famine of 1932 was severe

[@BlueStellarGaming]

WHY ARE U EVERYWHERE

[@zhangir40]

I remember reading one of the articles by Kazakh scientists explaining what would be hypothetical population size if not for the artificial famine caused by collectivisation that was brought by communist. They explained that approximately population size should be around 30-40 million instead of current 20 million (2024). I also heard stories that back in 1920s there used to be more Kazakhs than Uzbeks, but again due robbery from the communist of all the cattle that nomads like us possessed and never being taught farming (communist had plan to do that but “conveniently” they never did) caused death of approximately 2-3 million people eventually becoming minority in own country

[@tompcd1189]

Amazing video, but also so sad..

[@mooney1739]

Our history is gloomy, but our hope is our future won’t be so. Thanks for making amazing video and showing our history! 🇰🇿

[@himan190]

Thanks for the video! It was a nice surprise to see Kazakhstan covered!

[@jeepmega629]

Haven’t watched a video of yours in a while, and you still got it man! Amazing video as always.

[@EclipseSeth]

Thank you for improving your mic. It sounds great.

[@WOLF_KZ]

Kazakhstan is a country that is very rich in resources; Kazakhstan is in the top spot in terms of URANIUM production, and Kazakhstan is also very rich in OIL and GAS production! KAZAKHSTAN IS A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY!

[@aparadisebird]

love Kazakhstan from Bangladesh. You guys have enormous land and beautiful landscape.

[@republicaaaaa]

amazing reporting! Excellent research is done! Thanks for showing a part of Kazakhstan!

[@spacet3445]

As a Kazakh resident I should say that this is one of the most accurate video about Kazakhstan I've ever seen. Thanks from Kazakhstan

[@enguerranthorn7119]

Stellar quality as usual

[@p_a_r_a_b_e_l_l_u_m_]

Excellent content, keep it up!

[@andacomfeeuvou]

Am I the only one who has the impression that the history of humanity is the scariest horror story ever written?

[@RFGfotografie]

Awesome video.

[@TasosZagos]

Mind blowing where do you find all these clips and put such videos together. Shocking

[@bobbyking2490]

The mic sounds far better! Excellent video!

[@charlie_56]

Qozoq qardoshlarga o'zbeklardan ulkan salomlarimiz 🇺🇿❤🇰🇿. Qozoqlar ko'payaversin

[@IX-fc4po]

rahmet

[@TarlanT]

Köp jasa bauırım!

[@abylai8kerim]

Өзбек өз ағам

[@shayandas9997]

Very informative video

[@Dangur2]

Still, the population density is much higher, than in Mongolia, Australia or even Canada. So, the question should be not why Kazakhstan is empty, but why is it so densely populated in comparison with other similar regions.

[@iamaloafofbread8926]

Seriously, the people of Kazakhstan are victims

[@UncleJora]

Even though you are correct, but I as a kazakh refuse to concider myself a victim. Victim mentality is bad for our future

[@ExponentialCircle]

​@@UncleJoraSmart.

[@iamaloafofbread8926]

@UncleJora there is a difference between victim mentality for pushing political agendas and actual victims who seek change for the better, only to be oppressed.

[@iamaloafofbread8926]

@UncleJora you personally may not have suffered, but your people as a whole has and from what I gathered, if things go south with the war in Ukraine, your nation may not be considered a nation anymore if the Russian government is emboldened enough or angry enough.

[@siratshi455]

@@UncleJorawe're victims, it is undeniable even though it hurts our pride. However our victimhood is a result of our own weakness to withstand Russians. Realizing that will help us to never be subservient again

[@DukeSkylocker]

Considering that the regions of Russia and China that Kazakhstan borders are also very sparesly populated, it's hardly a surprise that Kazakhstan itself is as well (and yes I know that those regions are more dense that Kazakhstan as the map shows but even then 5 per square km is still pretty low). The region of Central Asia as a whole has a pretty low population density. Pakistan by itself has a greater population than all the other stan countries combined. It's the Far East, South and Southeast regions of Asia that have the massive populations.

[@VinayakKumar-kq3ex]

South Asia is doomed because of crushing overpopulation 😮

[@user-cl7pm7zm3x]

Look at population density map on 1:46. Border russia and china are actually very densely populated

[@gabrielb5742]

This video goes very hard Love from kazakhstan 🇰🇿

[@wall4325]

18:16 technically incorrect, the Karelian ASSR / Karelo-Finnish SSR also was named after the people who became a minority in their states due to Soviet genocide