Romania's Geographic Challenge

RANE explains Romania's geographic challenge of remaining united while limiting the influence of larger surrounding powers.
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[@AlejandroLV]

You have to remember Romania is the last remaining country in eastern europe that has latin language thats why it is called Romania btw, the rest of the balkans is predominantly slav language, support from your european latin Brother in spain

[@truck965]

Moldova...

[@rodica9142]

Hola amigo

[@alinalexandru2466]

@@truck965 Well they also speak Romanian

[@dandy7958]

You forgot Moldova

[@decu3674]

@@dandy7958 the language of moldova is mixed between russian and romanian. moldova was a mistake and it will never be latin

[@siaptm]

The three parts of Romania united by the same language and love. Hy from România !

[@andreimihaesi]

Very well said! Romania sits at a very important crossroads where southern, central and eastern Europe converge. It is the reason for such a unique culture... a Latin language, eastern religion and central European architecture.

[@sligocuman985]

This is the only country in Europe that I love the most! I hope one day my journey will take me there! Love from the Philippines!

[@paolosantiago3163]

"Finland, France, Sweden, Germany, Greece and Romania are my personal favorite European countries."

[@claudiu8426]

@@ortilio I diagnose you with dump! What country spit you out in the world?

[@mihailnikoloff2554]

shitholes likes each other

[@geoffreycharles6330]

@@ortilio poor in Europe and poor elsewhere is not even remotely similar.

[@radwcu59_65]

@@ortilio it’s not true.

[@tengokuro]

Eastern Europe is a fascinating and actually lovely place. It's a shame that what we get to see and hear from them is usually negative or ridiculous. But if you look into it, specially the small villages and the beatiful landscape it's indeed a lovely region...

[@jjjj8691]

why is it negative?

[@KeillaSellay]

As a Romanian I am glad that we have a very negative image. That means few things: - westerners will be ignorant of who we really are - westerners live in a capitalistic world - capitalism is a dog-eats-dog type of world - so competition is in the menu daily - if you are ignorant, you cannot compete against others, because your hubris and arrogance makes you view them as 'inferior'. That is one aspect why long-term Romania's negative image is actually good for Romanians. Another benefit is that few tourists visit our country. This means cheaper prices for native Romanians. If all of a sudden, 10 millions westerners will start visiting Romania, prices will abruptly rise, putting the natives in a shity situation of not being able to afford to be a tourist in their own country. Yeah and this.... Fuck the West!! Incetati sa va mai inchinati occidentalilor , romanilor!

[@jjjj8691]

KeillaSellay can I marry you?

[@adrianmatei2668]

+Hay Power Stay in line!...romanians first!

[@mariuspislaru2108]

vise taica vise :)

[@spineshivers]

"Surrounded by large powers"?! I get that Russia isn't far away and Ukraine is indeed large (although Romanian - Ukrainian relationships aren't that bad), but what other "large powers"?! Hungary is smaller and in NATO just like Romania. The same goes for Bulgaria. Moldova is inoffensive and Serbia isn't a threat. Romanians and Serbs get along well actually. The video's text lets off like we're still in the 19th century or something.

[@rpzcsonli]

+spineshivers In the past we were surrounded by the Ottoman Empire , Russia and Austria-Hungary and idk how but the romanian language and culture survived for hundreds of years surrounded by world powers ... today we are lucky that we are in NATO and EU because now Russia can't bother us anymore

[@clearty8449]

that was so accurate

[@3400titus]

relatiile cu ''serbia'' nu sunt si nu vor fi niciodata bune atat timp cat sute de mii de romani din Timoc,Banat,Morava n-au nicimacar cele mai elementare drepturi ! Nu s-a pus problema din partea guvernantilor a reciprocitatii tratamentelor pentru numeroasa comunitate romaneasca sud-dunareana,care in plus este si o populatie nativa ! Iar u-Craina are zile grele si vom vedea cat/daca va mai rezista pe harta !

[@3400titus]

***** Timoc,Morava and Banat ALWAYS WERE,ARE AND WILL BE FOREVER ROMANIAN TERITORY ! WATCH OUT FOR KOSOVO ! THE SAME WILL HAPEN WITH BANAT,TIMOC AND MORAVA !

[@moonmoon51]

In Ukraine there is a Scandal between leaders so you never know when is a Ukrainian "relationship" is stable I think few Serbs are mad at Romania the way it treats it's Slavic Minorities Nato will Collapse soon and Hungary got many allies such as, Basque country, Catalonia, Croatia, Slovakia, Czechia, Poland, Serbia, Russia, Belarus, Netherlands, China, Iran, Turkey + Turkic countries, and Japan... ~Greetings from a Slavic Minority in Transylvania

[@danmartineau1638]

I love these. I'm from a tiny "insignificant" country called Trinidad & Tobago. I'd love to see you do one on us some day!

[@danmarti1]

O coincidență amuzantă . Primul meu nume este evreică , mu numele de familie franceză . Vă mulțumesc Google traduce

[@parvubudai9367]

Dupa cum se vede , toti comentatorii corciti unguri , nu pun pret pe istoria adevarata si nici macar nu-i intereseaza asa ceva . Pe ei ii intereseaza un singur lucru si anume sa puna mana pe o bucata de teritoriu Romanesc , care de fapt nu a fost al lor niciodata ,doar au acupat cu forta zone din ardeal . Acum spera sa faca asta cu ajutorul mizeriilor din UE si cu ajutorul lui putin . In trecut au facut acelasi lucru cu ajutorul altor mizerii , austriecii .

[@darius5613]

parvu budai stiu ca e tarziu, ei asta invata la istorie, fiind ceva strategic sau nu stiu..

[@webcrawler5434]

Elegant spus

[@dragostiflea]

Cacatul ala de teritoriu numit Ungaria ar trebui sa devina pamant romanesc cu capitala la Bucuresti, gata problema rezolvata!

[@37-GARLIC]

Eu sunt Roman din transilvania, si realitatea a fost CA dupa 800 de ani sub ocupatie ungara, romanii din ardeal nici nu Mai vorbeau bine romaneste, de abia dupa 1866 s.au gandit unii sa ii educe pe copiii ardelenilor in limba Romana, n.am nimic cu maghiarii , dar daca noi am 'fura ' cu armata un judet din Bulgaria, voi ati zice CA e normal CA doar am castigati prin razboi, asa au zis si ei

[@thomasedgerley1152]

Love this series, very insightful guide to a particular political entity's geopolitical situation.

[@NessieAndrew]

Are you from outside of Romania? If yes, what is your opinion of it?

[@ADZ01982]

Today I seen Gorbochev say he would like a return of a Russian Empire similar to that of the USSR ..

[@NessieAndrew]

ADZ01982 Man, you took your time responding.

[@FlorinDragn]

Romania is a really independent country in terms of natural resources. They have everything that any country wishes to have. The Romanians never been subjugated by other nations like other countries. They have temperate continental weather. Summer 5 months/30-35 degrees and Winter 4-5 months snowing. Huge mountains and Black Sea & Danube Delta which is the only one in Europe and not only. The country is located very well between Asia and Western Europe which makes to be the most strategic country.

[@bp837]

Actually, the average winter temperatures are -10 to 0.

[@FlorinDragn]

+Bogdan Petrescu I didn't say any degree about winter I just mentioned the summertime

[@bp837]

AnonymousFD Ok, I misunderstood your words (sowy) Also, if you're not romanian, you should know that we get from 200 to 1500 cm of snow. Sometimes we don't get any, but meh.

[@bp837]

Ok, ti-am verificat contu', esti roman. Lol.

[@FlorinDragn]

+Bogdan Petrescu da sunt roman.. eu am dat comentariul ca si informatie pt straini dar vad ca un roman da reply lol

[@slovansko2193]

I love Romania

[@bflp311]

I love the Kingdom of Slovakia 😂😂😂😂😂

[@raresrares7817]

Bence Fülöp i don't think slovakia is an kingdom.....

[@matoryoshka0116]

Me too😊

[@stefanstefan7160]

And România love you

[@Cris-hd1wb]

So do we .-.

[@romaniaplus]

The funny thing is that Romanians and Hungarians have tons of common DNA and this should be the point to start the discussions. The fight between those people is the fight between brothers. The original Hungarian genes have vanished a long time ago. The only main differences between us are the language, religion and some facts from history. When we will establish a union in this part of Europe with Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Baltic States, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and all those ex-Yugoslavia states, we will impose our views. We will save Europe again as we do in the last 1000 years. And this time we will not be the ones sacrificed by the Western powers. Because in the western part of Europe we'll lay everything else but power. Stay strong my East Europeans brothers, that day is not too far.

[@budunaadrian6379]

intermarium :)

[@eugeniupavlochev7066]

Modern Romania was formed in 1859 through a personal union of the Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The new state, officially named Romania since 1866, gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1877. At the end of World War I, Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia united with the sovereign Kingdom of Romania. During World War II, Romania was an ally of Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union, fighting side by side with the Wehrmacht until 1944, when it joined the Allied powers and faced occupation by the Red Army forces.

[@MrCealicuca]

[...] and fought against the Soviet Union (only) in order to retake the historical province of Basarabia. Unfortunately, the Soviet Union ended up in the winning side, despite being one of the aggressor states (remember taking up half of Poland as well as the Baltic Countries, Northern Bucovina and Basarabia) in '39 and '40.

[@ANT-lm8ty]

The purpose of the Romanians is to recover lost lands: Basarabia and South of this, the North of Bucovina, Cadrilater and the West of Banat. Peace!

[@ANT-lm8ty]

+# Rigmarole You are from Romania?

[@ANT-lm8ty]

+# Rigmarole pai de ce vorbim ca prostii in engleza?

[@ANT-lm8ty]

+# Rigmarole :)))

[@danielbarbu2624]

+Vladut-Adrian-Cornel Borină Basarabia e fucking romania in pula mea

[@vladutcornel]

MLG Foxy Basarabia e Republica Moldova și Ucraina deocamdată. Și așa o să rămână până se organizează un referendum democratic pentru (Re)unirea cu România și oamenii votează "Pentru". În partea ucrainiană a Basarabiei nu prea mai sunt Români. Nici în Cadrilater, nici în Banatul Sârbesc. În Bucovina de Nord există o comunitate destul de mare, dar nu sunt majoritari în toată regiunea.

[@arans5526]

>as acountry surrounded by larger powers >every country bordering it except ukraine is smaller than it

[@cafta3673]

referring to Russia , ottomans , Hapsburg

[@arans5526]

cafta Ah, well then should have said 'as a country historically surrounded by larger powers'

[@nicolaeadrian7882]

@@arans5526 russia and the otomans are still there

[@avalanche6987]

@@nicolaeadrian7882 where are ottomans there?

[@BringBackCyrillicBG]

Yes smaller because they didnt switch sides like prostitues and then gone for foreign powers to influence em, just because of how irrelevant Romania was throughout the history. The reason Romania speaks in latin and not in bulgarian is because of forced cultural and language conversion. The people that once lived there called themselves mostly bulgarian then romanian but we also have the slavs which are majority in Romania and then Hungarians

[@andreicrupa9212]

Moldova is not a plain, it's full of hills

[@kenllacer]

Awesome country, definitely underrated!

[@Potocalter]

Thanks i am romanian

[@xx__xx3076]

Its so scarry. In coments are not Hungarian haters.

[@ioanborbely2839]

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[@danielnechita27]

Patriotism level 999...

[@littlestar6419]

Yasssssssssssa

[@littlestar6419]

@@danielnechita27 no Patriot level 1000

[@agonludmilla]

the best channel on youtube - absolutely great.

[@oxelothepuma1343]

I'm a romanian

[@andreitosa6608]

cine e roman?

[@k-alelia4610]

Euuu

[@EdyDev]

Congrats from Romania!

[@valentinstoyanov304]

Thank you for this video! It would be great if you make one about Bulgaria's geographic challenge(s).

[@prediktmitica4383]

The city of Ploiesti! My home....

[@danielmuc2125]

VladyProGamerHD te joci fifa 17?

[@Cris-hd1wb]

Nice city!

[@littlestar6419]

And Brasov County! My home! Aaahh so nice and quiet over there :D

[@AllTechPride]

Allahu akbar I was born in Ploeisti

[@alexanderbogdan8327]

Our city

[@alexthegamer8961]

What the hell...You said we are surrounded by large powers...Moldova I think is actually the poorest European state... Ucraine does not have a really advanced economy and military compared to Romania Hungary are shit at military but they are quite at the same economic stage. Bulgaria is so weak compared to Romania same as Serbia to Romania. ROMANIA IS THE STRONGEST OUT OF ALL ITS NEIGHBOURS DUDE!

[@asteriawashere6881]

No i think she ment historically, you know, ussr, thr ottoman empire, austria-hungary etc.

[@BringBackCyrillicBG]

Romania isnt strong at all , we are all in the european Union. And also if you think about it, most of the romanian ancestors used to speak bulgarian and call themselves bulgarians. The prostitue of Europe that Switches sides ans backstabs while also waiting for foreign gifts

[@ionutsebastian3560]

Romănia : Mulțumim de prezentarea tări noastre si de frumusețile ei. Russian : Спасибо, что представили нашу страну и ее красоту Japan : 私たちの国とその美しさをありがとう English : Thank you for presenting our country and its beauties Mongolia : Манай орон, гоо үзэсгэлэнг танилцуулж байгаадаа баярлалаа Germany : Vielen Dank für die Präsentation unseres Landes und seiner Schönheiten

[@curtpiazza1688]

Great quick lesson!

[@pasculaurentiu000]

if we, romanians, wouldn't stopped the ottomans, now all the Europe would be muslims

[@RoScFan]

+Laurentiu Pascu Romanians were but one brick in a large wall..... actually not so much brick, more like a cushion.... we took a lot of the blow, being occupied for 400 years. It was really the polish that saved europe. Ian Sobieski was the guy to remove the turks from Vienna.

[@issadraco3517]

+RoScFan LMAO No, we were the ones who stopped them. Can't you see we're right next to them?

[@adyfocsa2285]

well Moldavia is Historical 49 buttle and just 1 last and biuild 48 church christians in Grecce Bulgaria Romania etc 48 buttles ...........with otomans MOLDAVIA=ROMANIA

[@Beeswax106]

What you say its true, Romanians were just a brick, they had small states and neighbours bullyed them a lot but they were never occupied by the Ottomans, in fact only a small portion of present day Romania, in Banat and Dobrogea, was actually occupied by the Ottomans but those areas weren't Part of the provinces at that time. And keep in mind that sometimes you need just a brick to fall and the Wall to collapse. The way i see it, they were buffer zones and buffer zones always play a key role in the situation.

[@ultranomad9351]

Bee Beeswax Well you mentioned it yourself. You couldn't speak our language. Moldova and Transnistria has 3 official languages Moldavian/Romanian , Russian and Ukrainian. BTW if you are Romanian. I'm gonna be straight. You think that Moldova is only a Romanian Eastern block. How is it that Moldavia was first and not Wallachia nor Transylvania? We invented the language. It provinces from Moldavia. Then transferred to Wallachia. When Romania was formed then officially said that they speak Romanian , which is an absolute BS copy. Kinda like saying Americans speak American. Now your Romanian Population in Moldova only takes about 20%. In which Moldovans are 70% Slav according to research . That is why we have last names like. Sirbul,Bosnu,Rusu,Poleitul,Slovakul,Czechul, or Bulgurul. We are mostly Slav unlike Romania . Just cause we speak same language does not mean we have same culture , thoughts or provinces. We have been under the Tsardom of Russia and USSR because Moldova was always brothers with Russia. We fought the ottomans together and joined a great empire. We were actually indirect fake brothers with Wallachians because they were traitors and liars. That's why Stefan cel mare burned Bucharest 2 times. Russians helped us beat the Ottomans until the Balkans. That's why you see a lot of Moldavian and Russian statues of liberation in Serbia. Then we united with you guys (hoping we are good). Wrong everything was awful from 1918 to 1940. Romanian came and stole our good , placed all of it on a railroad then deported all to their part. They also raped , bullied and disrespected Moldovans. My great-grandfather told me how they hit women , stole and laughed their ass off. Then in 1940 we were saved . Yes, I must admit the Soviets did not come nicely with their Gulags. But from 1945 to 1991. The biggest change in Moldova ever happened. Country was developed and smart. And we were 4th richest state in the USSR. Now we are losers nowadays because we have brainwashed pro Romanians or unifiers. and Corrupt animals.

[@theodorandrei4266]

You didn't say about Dobrogea and Oltenia

[@goldenhasswag8321]

+Theodor Andrei Marinoaica and Hunedoara

râd

[@zontarr8812]

Oltenia e regiune nu e Principat si face parte din Tara Romaneasca si la fel si Dobrogea. se refera la cele 3 Principate (de fapt 2 si1/2, ca Basarabia inca nu e Moldova).

[@merchdesign618]

you should be putting out 1 of these videos every week.

[@whydiewhenyoucanlive]

Do a video like this about Denmark :)

[@RANENetwork]

+Theon Greyjoy Thanks for your comment! I've passed your suggestion on to our creative department for their consideration. Thanks again.

[@KingBoooo]

+STRATFORvideo It would be cool if in the future these could be updated with new info

[@alexpantaleru7586]

no denmark is too small HAHAHA

[@evrovia8968]

and history

[@eueueutututu1]

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark :p

[@deluxecapprian983]

Hungarian came from Mongolia when Dacia and Thracia was here and they start to kill people and conquers these lands like others otomans ,austriac,romans and byzantine and slavs and others trying to get these lands because it was a connection between europe and Asia ,and these lands are very rich with a beautiful landscapes ,today still rich after 2000 years .Why these called people always wanted to take land from Romania old Dacia even today?

[@ConorMcgregor322]

Actually we do, the Dacians were never wiped out as only 14% of Dacia was conquered by the Romans and the populations mixed. Also, the reason Romanian is closer to Latin then Italian is because the language was literally "cut off" from the rest of the Roman Empire. So you tell me who was first eh? Because Hungarian fucks from the Urals certainly weren't.

[@fuziqq7284]

Romania's good neighbours - Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova. Problematic neighbours - Hungary(weak), Ukraine(medium), Russia(Strong)

[@ConorMcgregor322]

you mean 300 years? all thpse other years you got fucked by the Mongols, then the Turks and then the Austrians. Plus it was part of Romania since ancient times soooo.

[@WeSeGe]

To my dearest Johnny Sins, the stupid one as i call him. Dacia was a country that existed in Europe, for many hundreds of years, even thousands, it is older than the Roman Empire, and at some point it expanded from the Black Sea, all the way to Germany ( Many believe that Germans call their country Deutschland, which in speaking sounds very similar to Daci Land ). Its culture, it's technology, its words remained in the Romanian traditions history and pride, Dacia gave Europe the first patted roads, agriculture, religious beliefs etf. If you wanna behave like the fool you were born to be, you are on the right path my dearest friend Johnny Sins.

[@ConorMcgregor322]

That doesn't really change facts now does it? Even if Romanians somehow aren't miraculously related to Dacians, read the Gesta Hungagorum, the first Hungarian book on history which clearly describes what the Hungarian settlers found when they entered Transylvania. They found Vlachs which not only disproves your theory of the Dacians being wiped out, but clearly shows that Romanians got there before Hungarians.

[@ConorMcgregor322]

yeah and it also talks about the Vlachs fighting their Hungarian overlords.

[@WeSeGe]

I don't know were do you get this info my beloved stupid friend, but artifacts from the Dacian empire date from 2000 BC - 500 AD, and these are facts recognised by history. Not a lauzy propaganda stupidity... Next thing you'll say that the Romans colonised Dacia...In less than 100 years( Yes it conquered like 20% of the Dacian teritory, and kept it under it's kingdom for almost 100 years, not nearly enough to actually erase anything Dacian from their mind/history. ) Your facts are just shit in a toilet, begone .

[@sadiqrahman2961]

thankyou for making it available and can you do of Bangladesh?

[@outrage_swampert979]

As an Romanian, I thank you

[@carmenburcus9501]

👍dacă ești din Romania

[@petronelar8222]

Adelina Star 2009 28 ,👍👍🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴💕💕

[@wyppy313]

Hungary never occupied Transylvania,Transylvania was a vassal few times,either for Hungary either for Habsburgic Empire,but it never got occupied.

[@papaszem44]

Please note that Hungary did not occupy Transylvania, it was an integral part of Hungary. Up untill the late 18th Century Hungarians were the ethnic majority of the region

[@Cris-hd1wb]

papas99 It can't be true. If it is, how do you explain that Romanians became the majority in only 100 years?

[@10011996ian]

+papas99 what makes you say hungarians were the majority? do you have any sources you can point out?

[@cogwheel5979]

i'm pretty sure they were not a majority, but can we agree that transylvania looks better hungarian i mean it fits so nicely

[@Cris-hd1wb]

How comes? Just because you've stolen it and made genocide-like acts doesn't mean it belongs to you. Our dear Vlad the Impaler drank blood from Ottomans' skulls and I'm pretty sure he would've been happy to do the same with Hungarians. Disgusting nationalists, how many of you are all throughout the Internet though...

[@Mediocrul]

What's the name of the background Song ? Thank you in advance.

[@oloierdorel5630]

Thanks STRATFORvideoNice Documentary Bravoooo=

[@florin.simonescu]

Do a video about Moldova please.

[@MD-qz6gk]

Tot Romania este. 😂 🇲🇩❤🇷🇴

[@RandomVideos2]

Why are you re-uploading old videos? Are you really that desperate for ad money?

[@RANENetwork]

+Random Videos In the past this video required purchase before viewing and now we would like to provide it free to our viewers. Thanks!

[@RandomVideos2]

STRATFORvideo I appreciate Stratfor providing this free content. However, I was able to watch these Geographic Challenge videos on your KZbin channel a long time ago without paying.

[@CiubyX]

+Random Videos as a Romanian i remember watching this just just as it came out for free. I did sometimes want to rewatch it and also read people comments.At one point I remember I wasnt able anymore to see it. And now it's back on. Just to clear it out, as the situation felt akward.

[@RandomVideos2]

flavius tibu I guess you didn't read the other responses. Stratfor's response is not correct. This video was already viewable on this channel for free in the past. Why else would they reupload it other than to get more views?

[@Ghost-nt1cw]

As a romanian I'm happy to hear that you say good things about Romania xD

[@TraiascaRomania]

What represents the orange marked area on the map (min. 02:10 ) gong from Romania through Ukraine (Transcarpatia) and to Slovakia? I don`t get it...there are romanians in Transcarpatia, but maybe 1 - 2 villages in Slovakia O_O

[@saebica]

TraiascaRomania Nunu, those are the Carpathians. They're not only in Romania but also in many countries

[@jammedgaminghq6048]

I can already predict hungarians and romanians fighting about who was first in Transylvania (my dad is Ro and my mom is Hu but they dont fight among this, but in my recommended i keep seeing this stuff) I personally think that it doesnt matter who was in transylvania first, romania won it through fair combat in world war 2. Others say that "they stole the land" , no, they WON it, they didnt just start building and changing laws in places

[@alxb2474]

i am totally impartial to the nationalism conflict amongst the Romanians then Hungarians Saxons and so therefore i m only in it for the facts a d lnowing European and World History at a level where i cam safely teach it in its great detail verbatim. All i can say by knowing that regions back to a thousand years history and its a whole lot more to it than just ww2 having Romania victorious fair and square. In fact the only reason that ended up in Romania as you see it now is because first towards the end of ww2 when the red army really took off and begun to just hail westward pushing the Germans till berlin at that moment Romania was believe it or not om the Axis s side but when the red army arrived into the region Romania jumped ships sorta soeak and quickly switched sides fighting for the Russians because they knew what was good for them and Mother Russia was pissed off at the Dritte Reich but Hungary being Axis power found not only the Russians coming but niw Romania having had just switched sides to get overwhelmed and yes got quickly subdued and sticking by the Germans till the bitter end also giving up the most Jews to Germany was the second and biggest downfall as far as why the fate of Transylvania is what it is now. Remembet Transylvania isn t just between Romanians abd Hungarians. There were lots of Ethnic Germans or Saxons that also occupied the more rather southern part of Transylvania like Bisterc and so very very diverse and not as simple of history as most bigger nations because the more of ethnic groups involved the more compkex.

[@BringBackCyrillicBG]

They didnt win it tho. They pledged loyalty to whoever is winning and acted like a prostitue of a country try just to backstab the already weekend hungary later, the same as they did to South Dobrudja but thanks god Bulgarians got it back. Also North Dobrudja was a gift from Russia that decided to gift foreign lands cus they saw a good loyal Buffer zone in romania's face

[@dumitrurosu8394]

I'm Romanian 😁

[@fuziqq7284]

I find it laughable when hungarians claim transylvania, they are like little children. Transylvania was a never pure Romanian, Hungarian or German land, it always existed as multinational land, with a Romanian majority anyway, with the idea of nation state, transylvania became inevitably part of modern romanian state. Plus, Romania is a much stronger state, economically and military, Romania has 1000 tanks and Hungary has 80, and nobody in this damn world cares about "hungarian feelings" and "injustice". Get over it

[@catalinmarius3985]

If only it was indeed "injustice" as they claim. They conquered Transylvania in the 10th century, it was not an integral part of Hungary but a vassal because the land was multinational with a Romanian majority, in the 16th century Hungary ceased to exist, in 1867 Austria-Hungary was formed and Austria gave Transylvania to Hungary, that was the first time when Transylvania was an integral part of Hungary, in 1914 Austria-Hungary started a war that would escalate to a world war, Romania joined the Entente in 1916, the Entente won the war in 1918 and as a ressult the losing nations lost territory, Romania took Transylvania because it had a Romanian majority, I don't see any injustice in it. I see in the comments ignorant claims that Hungarians were the majority. The first population census was made in 1842, ordered by the Austrian Empire and showed a population of 62% Romanians and 23% Hungarians. The 1910 Austro-Hungarian census based on primary used language showed a population of 53.8% Romanians and 31.6% Hungarians, while the 1919 Romanian census showed a population of 57.1% Romanians and 26.5% Hungarians. This is not even controversial and can be checked with a simple google.

[@exstazius]

just one mistake you wrote. Hungary is far more economically developed than Romania. The salaries are higher, romania does not have any highyway as for Hungary the whole country is connected with highyways. I was in bouth countries. The difference is huge. Hungary is far more developed. The hungarian army is smaller but much more modern than the Romanian army

[@exstazius]

@Dubu Daniel i find Romania beautifull. The nature is incredible. One of the moust beautifull countries in Europe.

[@georgemiron8632]

Dude it was dacian land tough So it acually is pure romanian

[@pickle24]

@@exstazius Romania has highways. 780km in fact. And there are many plans for highways and segments currently being under construction, they seem promising. I read a lot about romania's infrastructure. And just the other guy said, in Romania you have to build highways through mountains and hills, which is harder and more expansive than building them trough plains.

[@Stilluetto]

Gotta love Romania!

[@BringBackCyrillicBG]

Till they steal your land...

[@cassif19]

This is quite accurate, but I would have added that the republic of Moldova was part of Romania after it was formed but it was seized by the USSR after the second world war and became independent when the USSR fell

[@jjjj8691]

if theyre in NATO - theres nothing to be scared of

[@CENTURION.CARPATIC]

+Hay Power Think so?! I doubt it...

[@jjjj8691]

+CENTURION I'm sure

[@jjjj8691]

+CENTURION rusia will suck america's dick - it's military budget is bigger than rusia's one

[@jjjj8691]

+CENTURION and I mean budget as a whole country's budget

[@user-io5kb4gb4h]

+Hay Power There is no need to have a big military budget to destroy the Fascist USA. We have a lot of transcontinental missiles with nuclear warheads. And no doubt that we use them to defend ourselves from aggressive policy of rulers of the FUSA.

[@oknarub3038]

This is so shallow that it hurts my eyes and ears

[@dambrikk]

make Kazakhstan's geographic challenge please.

[@zorro070]

The Romanian name of "Wallachia" is "Muntenia" of "Tara Romaneasca". Vlah, valah, wallachian is an exonim. Never used by Romanians. We use "muntean" or "oltean" for people that live in the south part of Romania Very probably the author of this movie never read a book of history or geography written by Romanian authors. And doesn't too much connections with Romanians.

[@chris200830]

John Hunyad was of romanian descent...wtf

if you ask a serb he sais ther hunyady was serb like romanians

[@catalinmarius3985]

"John Hunyadi (Hungarian: Hunyadi János, Romanian: Ioan de Hunedoara; c. 1406 - 11 August 1456) was a leading Hungarian military and political figure in Central and Southeastern Europe during the 15th century. According to most contemporary sources, he was the son of a noble family of Romanian ancestry."

[@eddemian]

Huniady was half Hungarian half Romanian from what I know. Anyone else knows different?

[@sterianburghelea6567]

eddemian He was a Romanian, but he converted to Catholicism and married an Hungarian woman. He wouldn't have been allowed to lead an army as an orthodox. Hungarian discrimination at it's finest.

[@tantarudragos]

Also of Hungarian. He was much more well known internationally with his official hungarian name, rather than the romanian version

[@RegniA]

Romania is situated in the south central Europe or southeastern part of Central Europe not in eastern Europe

[@littlestar6419]

Romania is In Both Central Europe and Balkan too ik it's weird

[@vjflow749]

@Stratfor You showed the capital of the Walachia(Bucharest) and Moldavia(Iashi), but not of Transilvania. Why? And What is it? Thank you.

[@mariojava9022]

The most stupid thing in the world - Conflicts between nations. Whoever thinks he's part of a country or culture is mistaken. What's culture? In essence, culture is represented by the actions of the people who lived before your birth. After your coming in this world you embrace the things established by the generations before you. I'm not saying that you should ignore everything. But we learn from our family and community who are the ones we need to hate and who are the ones we need to tolerate. Why, why, why? Because of the past? We are in the present! Let's think with our own rationality, not based on the facts brought to us by the people around us. Individuals have and make their own culture. It's the collective culture that conducts to differences between people of different nations. Thereby you get conflicts and people killed and a long history of hatred between the combatant nations after that. And still, while we are young, we are not learning anything from the history. But what we do? We follow the model of our ancestors and families. We are manipulated by them and the media day after day. When will the human race think?

[@Smoke-zy5vy]

0 Research!

[@Cristin7608]

John hunyady? Iancu de Hunedoara name dont translate -.-

[@AshleyButler90512]

+Sales Cristina Hunyadi János was hungarian.

[@Cristin7608]

Mistress of Zhentil Keep .....nop whos not

[@AshleyButler90512]

Sales Cristina Pls stop the historical forgery, its romanian "push up" history very pathetic. Her father is Vajk son of Serbe, Vajk is ancient hungarian name. Her mother is Morzsiniai Erzsebet, this is hungarian name. Another idiot question?

[@Cristin7608]

Mistress of Zhentil Keep look wiki and stop insulting me .....hi is from part cuman part romanian (valah) family bcs BAssarab is not hungarian no? (sarcasm )

[@AshleyButler90512]

Sales Cristina From wikipedia: "Antonio Bonfini was the first chronicler to have made a passing remark of an alternative story of John Hunyadi's parentage. According to this anecdote, John was actually not Voyk's child, but King Sigismund's illegitimate son." "The identification of John Hunyadi's mother is even less certain." "With regard of John Hunyadi's mother, Bonfini provides an alternative solution as well, stating that she was a distinguished Greek lady, but does not name her." Her father Vajk is hungarian its fact. Vajk is ancient hungarian name. Hunyadi was born in Hungary, he was live in Hungary, he was speak hungarian, he was considers herself hungarian. Bassarab was romanian, Hunyadi was hungarian.

[@nigelmehegan433]

do one for Ireland. its got a myriad of economic difference s and inter regional rivalries for cork v Dublin; the balance between provinces, east coast vs west coast development, religious issues North v south, catholic church control in republic during 20th century...

[@KeillaSellay]

As a Romanian, Ireland is the only Western and Catholic country that deserves respect. No empire. You always fought to be independent of the british imperialists. You never had any colonies. Never exploited anyone. Even though you are mostly Catholic, I honestly believe God is protecting you. You have survived soo many centuries the british invasions. You deserve respect!

[@joujoueyesalex473]

KeillaSellay...just another russian troll pretending she's romanian :)))))

[@robertgrigore3428]

and now kids you lnow how much romanians try to keep the country alive and also respect for all countries

[@calinvascan8720]

Without Romania, Europe would have been conquered by ottoman empire 300 years ago.

[@nature_lover85]

agree with you !!! and without USA right now we would speak russian :(

[@calinvascan8720]

Don't be so sure. Geographically, Russia was always there where it is today. Historically, Russia had never attack us. The problems came from south and west.

[@thehungarianbro]

Hungary would have saved Europe from Ottomans.

[@calinvascan8720]

hungarians and ottomans worked together to put the hands on Transilvania :)). They didn't manage to manipulate the citizens and hungarians and romanians from Transilvania fought together to defend their land.

[@thehungarianbro]

@@calinvascan8720 Okay but Hungary saved Vienna from Ottomans and it was their wish to occupy Vienna but they couldn't do that.

[@electrozugravul]

Poor little hungayrians:)))).They have wet dreams about Romania.Little Chihuahua trying to kill an lion lmao.

[@eziosghost2417]

+Neo Hungarian Barbarian Ain't you exagerating a bit. A lion ? A jackal , a sleeping tiger? its ridiculous don't you think? We are 2 neighboring countries that should stop this racism shit and forget the shitty past that both had. Its fucking 21 century not 16..gosh...

[@eziosghost2417]

Dude i don`t know how it is in Hungary, sorry, i cant have an opinion about it. But you must take in consideration that: 1. our rulers are worthless pricks who don`t care about human rights ,only care about money. 2.the biggest problem is that romanians ,in transilvania but ironically most in wallahia (or however you call it in english) have developed a huge hate against hungary and hungarians over the centuries. so they act, before thinking. Its the basic human stupidity. Everyone has their fault, not only the romanians are hating; i`ve seen hungarians that are even more racist than us, and they are in big numbers.

[@eziosghost2417]

Things won`t change unless we don`t get to some kind of agrement .our countries are more similar than you think. oh and i was talking about hungarians from transylvania not Hungary. in my opinion it would never be peace ,but what can we do, anyway we are not the only 2 countries in the world that are in a "cold war"..

[@alexmicle8647]

Hungary is neither in Europe, the Balkans or elsewhere in the region .Ungurii are in Mongolia and have nothing in European values

[@Andreispiru777]

All the Romanian-Hungarian hate comes from Hungarians subjugating romanians from transylvania for over 1000 years.....No big deal

[@littlestar6419]

At least Brasov was mentioned ty btw I live there :D

[@raxu2724]

I from Romania

[@bobbytheretro]

There was no Romanian state in the 10th century. Transylvania was part of Hungary until 1920.

[@issadraco3517]

LMAO Nice bullshit. Heard of Dacia, then Wallachia and Moldova?

[@robertfried5433]

+Bobby21396 go to wikipadia Romania Formation: Kingdom of Dacia - 168 BC Hungary Formation: Principality of Hungary - 895

[@ForeverRomania]

+Bobby21396 Hungary was wipe out from the map by the Turks after Battle of Mohacs (29 August 1526). It reappeared again as a sovereign state in 1920.

[@issadraco3517]

ForeverRomania True.

[@ropatriot6913]

+Bobby21396 you must go back to mongolia

[@jutube90]

Transylvania was a part of the Hungarian Kingdom from the very beginning (A.D. 900)... There was no such thing as Romania... There was Moldau and Wallachia and then the first World war happened...

[@ForeverRomania]

+József Nyitrai Transylvania was independent Principality, that until 1867 when you mongols decide to take it without asking it's native population(with 70% being Romanians). But don't worry, we liberate them in 1918-1919.

[@jutube90]

+ForeverRomania It's just a simple lie... but don't worry we understand that you're all very frightened because we are still here and we know the history and we can easily prove our true history with facts, proper documents, diplomas from the Pope etc etc... and Bulgaria, Moldau, Serbia, Croatia too :) A thief always fear the truth... that's why he is always lying... even to himself...

[@Kalimdor199Menegroth]

+József Nyitrai Prove your history. First of all, Transylvania was not conquered in 900, but in a process that lasted around 200 years. The last remnant of the vlacho-pecheneg resistence crumbled by 1200 in tha Fagaras county (Diaploma Andreanum). We do not fear the truth, because we know from your medieval history (Anonymous, Kezai, Bonfini, etc.) that we are here to stand.

[@jutube90]

+Kalimdor199 First of all the Andreanum was a charter wich was given to the transylvanian Saxons by King II. András in the year of 1224. The German historians call it the goldener Freibrief... And in that charter the King ensured the rights and the obligations of the Saxon settlers... The Transylvanian archdiocese was founded by I. István in 1009, who was the very first king of the Hungarian kingdom... Well Why or maybe the better question is How did this I. István if Transyilvania was a free dukedom?

[@Kalimdor199Menegroth]

József Nyitrai In that Diploma it is specified where they were settled? How was it called... aha, silva blachorum et bissenorum.

[@ProperComment]

Am I the only one who needs the background score

[@Marulauriu710]

OWO YOU ACTUALLY MENTIONED PLOIESTI

[@mirouzunov4321]

Bulgaria' challenge please !

[@razvansimionescu1224]

Transylvanian was never under Austriac rule. Just la Valahia and the Turks, Transylvanian has an independent ruler, but he was obligated to pay tribute to the Austriac empire.

[@autnocens]

It came under Habsburg rule after 1699. Until 1866 when Austria-Hungary was formed.

[@irinalupu3611]

Galați ☝️💪🤜❤❤❤

[@creativex2104]

Romania is a strong and beautiful nation

[@DariusDRB]

Peace to all neightbours. I dont hate hungarians. We should be friends all. Stop being racist. I just want peace because this is the most important. We fight for what ? Everybody have enaugh space for everything. Peace to all! I hope this hate will stop soon!!

[@dragosiulian9002]

Ok !

[@mdselimahmed964]

Nice country. How can i go thire..

[@cuoreazzuro]

The title says geografical challenges and what you talk about are geopolitical challenges.

[@sebiwis7032]

Chile Geographic Challenges please

[@catalincotos3855]

I from România !

[@nightwarrior2949]

Româniaaaaaaaa!!!🇷🇴

[@vladmarius9181]

As a Romanian I have to say : You said nothing in this video . What is the purpose of this video ? What should the viewer understand ? Where from do you get the infos ?

[@luminitagabrielafloroiuhos921]

😍🇷🇴

[@revoltatugaming5577]

I am from ROMANIA

[@da_cat]

I like how hungarians say transilvania was theirs when in fact Hungary didn't even exist for hundreds of years because it was occupied by the Turks and the Austrian empire lol

[@thehungarianbro]

Hungaty existed when the Ottomans were here. It was called Royal Hungary and we had Transylvania as well. You know Transylvania had Hungarian dukes :))). About the Austrians: Austria didn't manage to occupy us ever. We had our own laws after 1849. It belonged to the Austrian Empire but it was like now Faroese Islands ans Greenland in Danish Kingdom. After 1867 it became Austro-Hungary then the two countries had equal laws and Hungary had Transylvania always even when it was the part of Austria. You can't deny it. Anyways Hungary was a Kingdom within Austria so it did exist.

[@Kalimdor199Menegroth]

@@thehungarianbro It didn't. Royal Hungary was part of Austria, Transylvania was a separate principality. Hungary did not have Transylvania after 1526, except maybe in name. And not even that, since it ceased to exist as a political entity. Now Transylvania is Romania, united with it through a plebiscite in 1918, recognized by the international community.

[@marianaelena9669]

Romania e frumoasa

[@01psm21]

I'm from Romanian

[@feliciadinca8340]

Eu sunt Român!

[@god3749]

Michael 1 it's king of Romania from 1940, she's born in 1921 and 1927 she's have 6 years old.

[@eurovisionromania5208]

România 💪🏻💪🏻💙💙

[@biancamatei4729]

România is my country

[@cosminacostin7755]

Oh and Transilvania it s not that small it goes all the way to the edge with Hungry

[@mikodelatorre8007]

I searched this video because of Alec Secareanu. Does anybody know him?

[@californiamapper1935]

I,am from romania

[@orann94]

Algeria's Geographic Challenge !

[@victorburacu9960]

Let us finish this: there are 1.3 million hungarians in Transilvania according to the last census and representation in parliament (including szekelies). The end.

[@autnocens]

Numbers dwindling at a faster rate even than those for Romanians. And there's no Khazar, or Cuman, or (Turkish) Szekely population to replenish their numbers with. And their gypsies ratio to Hungarians is similar to that in Romania. Just to mention some hard facts. Maybe they should listen to Merkel and open borders for immigrants. Merkel knows what she's talking about, Germans are on the way out too.

[@iulia-nicoletaamarandei7293]

I love🇹🇩🇹🇩🇹🇩🇹🇩🇹🇩🇹🇩🇹🇩🇹🇩🇹🇩

[@alxb2474]

Transylvania should be Independent from both Romania and from Hungary. Looking at how diverse that region is its only right that it should be that way. Sorta like Switzerland but in the Carpathians. A free independent nation with Romanians and Germans or Saxons and the Hungarians all three earned rights to it why not call yourselves fellow Transylvaniansu. Overall history proves that all three ethnicities contributed and sacrificed alot for that beautiful region and the name Transylvania can't be argued by either of the three because the Romans named it in Latin . So its only Right that way and i have a feeling God wants peace there more than the people and it only makes sense. One day it shall.

[@Kalimdor199Menegroth]

Transylvania has obtained its independent by choosing to unite with Romania in 1918. It was the first sovereign expression of the people of Transylvania in history.

[@m4lex3ndofficial97]

🇹🇩❤️🇹🇩❤️❤️🇹🇩🇹🇩❤️

[@enemylasagna1553]

moamă moamă

[@altaykaan]

I had been lived in romania for 5 months and the culture seems like slavizated by russia after ottomans. But still i liked Romania. People is calm, fun, relax and good. Im actually a bit sad for them because they have potential

[@autnocens]

"I had been lived in romania for 5 months and the culture seems like slavizated by russia after ottomans." - Nice to learn the Ottomans slavizated the culture first. Don't be sad. We manage even under such heavy "slavizatization". The Turks though might get sad, I'm sure they didn't know they worked for the Russians.

[@altaykaan]

@@autnocens wtf do you know grammer? I said" after ottoman turks, russia start the controlling romania". In ottoman era wallaiha and moldovia was autonomus and ýeâ its good menaged , your language is in russian words in Latin grammer

[@autnocens]

Stop making a fool of yourself with what you think is English. Make an effort or, even better, ask a friend who knows English to help, you're embarrassing yourself.

[@dacian_1346]

@@altaykaan The only slavic part of Romania is Moldova... that's basically it.

[@user-ek9jd1wc1c]

Romania is located in eastern Central Europe not south east that would be albania and Greece