The Battle of Sagallo: Downfall of Russia's African Colony

[@GhostCountries]

Just a bit of context here: the black-yellow-white flag of Russia was in use between 1858 and 1896; however, the white-blue-red flag, such as the one used at Sagallo, was still used as a civil/merchant ensign during this period of time as well. It later fully replaced the black-yellow-white flag when it became the official national flag in 1896.

[@BlueBuckJS]

Was just looking that up on Wikipedia. Bit of a back and forth from like the 17th to 20th century there.

[@mimishimura6314]

I found an Among us guy in the video 😂 Always enjoying little images you insert, which makes each video even more enjoyable to all! Looking forward to next one!

[@GhostCountries]

Oh, glad you spotted him; yeah, we don’t hide as many Easter eggs as we used to, but we still put a few things here and there!

[@kirbyward2001]

So glad this finally was posted!!! Excellent content, guys. I

[@GhostCountries]

Oh, really glad to hear it was worth the wait + you enjoyed the video!

[@hitori3667]

Can’t believe the only casualties in the battle were all women and children… How did the cossacks even let them near the danger zone??

[@GhostCountries]

This is just my own guess, but during the bombardment I don’t think there was a lot of room to move around in Sagallo itself and, as far as I can tell, none of the buildings within the fort were well constructed. So, just one well placed strike could easily result in a number of deaths. If the women and children were centralized somewhere, like the chapel, that could just make it worse too.

[@ayafumogaming4151]

Eiki

[@johnecoapollo7]

Historically speaking, Russians were never the best of soldiers when they couldn't overwhelm the enemy, barring exceptions like Suvorov. This isn't surprising.

[@outerspace7391]

I think you're immediately assuming humans are very dumb. You seriously suspect women and children were put in the front lines??

[@fuguthefish]

Typical russian behaviour xddd

[@talpark8796]

nice balance of commentary and imagery. thx for the content.

[@GhostCountries]

Oh, thanks; glad you enjoyed the video! 🙌

[@Aydin-Adam]

Subscriber count more than doubled in, what, the past month? So happy to see that. Keep up this great content! 👍

[@GhostCountries]

Thank you so much man; yeah, Sagallo Part I kicked off a pretty nice growth period for the channel. 😁 Let’s just see how the algorithm treats Part II now!

[@blackfalcon1610]

I like little known history nuggets like this. Great channel hope you the best of luck.

[@user-HMKMat]

At first I thought "hey this colonial project could be successful if some little things had gone differently" but after watching the second part and how disastreous the expedition was, there's no way a Russian East African Colony could ever succeed...

[@GhostCountries]

You know, I think one big change that could've...well, changed everything here 😅 is if Achinov was not in charge or, at least, there was another partner on the ground with a leadership role that could've reined him in occasionally.

[@trinhhuyvinhbao670]

I think if Archinov could just uses Gallapo as a resting place and then continue to Eithopia, thing would gone differently

[@draned8612]

Underrated video

[@StoicHistorian]

Aye great video as always my guys

[@GhostCountries]

Hey, thanks; really appreciate it man!

[@АхмедУмер]

Amazing video as always, hope that we will get ruso- Japanese war coverd, the Russian earlier invasion of China and the Japanese intervention in it in details.

[@GhostCountries]

Thank you so much and I personally would love to explore the Russo-Japanese War in greater detail here on the channel. We sort of touched upon it during our video about Tōgo Heihachiro / the Z Flag, but there's a lot more to explore! We do have plans for a few videos covering some East Asian ghost countries in the near future too.

[@АхмедУмер]

@@GhostCountries Hoping to have it in details along side with the Russian taking over northern china / manchuria, as it's details is getting played over by the Japanese advanced on the region, also thanks for the effort your are putting in to the videos and I will be waiting for the next one.

[@Griff00]

a video on zheltorossiya would be super cool

[@BlueBuckJS]

@@Griff00 A bit of althist, but yeah, I think it would be cool too! Especially since you almost kind of had it at a few points in history.

[@GhostCountries]

@@АхмедУмер Oh, definitely! There's honestly so much relating to that period of time I'd like to explore. Although, it's not exactly related - aside from Russian expansionism - but I've also been wanting to do a video on the conquest of conquest of Siberia at some point.

[@Artur_M.]

Great episode!

[@GhostCountries]

Thanks Artur and there’s plenty more to come!

[@jiayizhou323]

great episode!

[@GhostCountries]

Thanks as always Jiayi!

[@mkmkmk9536]

WOW, super interesting history😮

[@GhostCountries]

Glad you liked the video Matt; yeah, Russia’s colonial ventures are definitely not as well known. So, I think we’ll be exploring others like Alaska, Hawaii, Madagascar, etc. 😉

[@theculturedjinni]

Great video as usual!

[@GhostCountries]

Thank you so much Jinni; also, looking forward to our collab!

[@theculturedjinni]

@@GhostCountries Oh yes!

[@SpaceMonkeyBoi]

Keep going. You'll have 100k subs in no time.

[@GhostCountries]

Thank you so much; if that happens it’ll be crazy, but I really hope so and we have plenty more planned for the channel! 💪

[@abdiabdi3225]

I was wondering if you could cover the history of greater somalia similar to how you did for Ukrainian groups in Russia

[@GhostCountries]

Hey, that would be really interesting! We've been planning for more Africa-related content later this year and I think something like that could work...maybe kind of like our "Forgotten Countries of the South Cone" video, but focused on the Horn of Africa? We could also just do something Somalia specific.

[@ChancellorOfHistory]

Great Addition to your Channel!

[@GhostCountries]

Thank you so much; let’s see where the algorithm takes us with this one! 🤞 Regardless though, I definitely think we’ll be revisiting the subject of failed colonial ventures in future videos.

[@stephenchappell7512]

A Russian protectorate over Ethiopia would have made sense for both countries

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

The only problem is that do they really have the power to project it. Protectorate mean nothing if the protecter can't even reach their protectorate.

[@MuantanamoMobile]

@@thanhhoangnguyen4754 As opposed to whom? Belgium...? who occupied Congo? Don't in sult us by trying to re-write history. Great Northern War, lead to the defeat of the Swedish Empire and decline of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after they lost numerous naval battles to the Tsar. The Ottomans, were defeated for naval access to the black sea.

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

@@MuantanamoMobile I am not insulting i am just stating the fact the even if you win in history you will never got full access to the sea open without someone to block you. You won in the Great Northern war but you can’t escape from the Baltic to the Atlantic Ocean without being block by the Denmark and Sweden or British. You won against the ottoman but you can’t get access to the Mediterranean because the Ottoman still hold the entrance in the straight. Plus the other Western power aren’t keen to let your country have it especially British. As Belgium well I don’t expect much they have a few port that free to them without any problem. The only way i could think of is the Vladivostok but that would mean sailing to other nations. Plus it expensive. So yeah by logic , geography and other empire interest at state. Yeah Russia have holding in Ethiopia is very dumb. And even the Tsar know this.

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

@@MuantanamoMobile I am not insulting I am just stating the fact and truth of geography that Russia will never to reach Ethiopia without being block or prevented by someone. Especially the royal navy of the British.

[@unilajamuha91]

​@@MuantanamoMobileAs if Russia didn't have enough insults throughout it's history

[@Griff00]

super happy to see the continuatiob of this! for the future i'd love to see you guys look at some quasi-states like charles taylor's "greater liberia"/"taylorland", thats a really interesting story

[@GhostCountries]

Hey, thank you so much and that’s a great suggestion! Speaking of quasi-states, I know Republika Srpska and Azawad have been on our list for a while now. Definitely plan on getting at least one of them out this year.

[@Griff00]

@@GhostCountries awesome! cant wait to see it ^^

[@ዮስ]

I'm ethiopian and we were never colonized I am proud of my history 🇪🇹 ♥ 🇷🇺

[@trueordrue]

Иди ищи воду черныш 😂😂😂

[@ПетрВрангель-т8п]

@@trueordrue Набазовал, одобряю)))

[@jaimeleschats5543]

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[@ዮስ]

@@jaimeleschats5543 💀

[@ዮስ]

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[@maxwalker1159]

Wild

[@littleowlbooks8514]

So much for Russians anti- colonialist credentials.

[@Tony77428]

Russia is a best friend for Africa. They helped them gain independence.

[@Tony77428]

Russia has a proud history in Africa, that is why the people love Russia. They helped in the fight for independence 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇪🇹🇪🇹

[@shauncameron8390]

@@Tony77428 While stripping its neighbors in Central Asia and Eastern Europe of independence.

[@Tony77428]

@@shauncameron8390 The west is also making up stories about China's colonies in Africa. Surprise surprise China never had colonies.

[@Tony77428]

@@shauncameron8390 That is why people in Africa, Carribbean and Asia like Russia and China. They never had colonies

[@MappingInTheBalkans]

It would be fun if this somewhat succeded because the Russian Civil War would be a whole lot different with a colony

[@frederickthegreatpodcast382]

I’ll bet you ten dollars that the narrator’s from Michigan

[@nekilik7886]

For all of that he got only 3 years of exile in some random land within Russia. I was sure they were going to execute him. That man was a legend

[@MrTeeri4]

This video is a little misleading. You show the first meeting in todays Djibouti yet the Ethiopians never controlled Djibouti and did not even control today’s Somali region until the British and American and Soviet’s handed it over in 1958.

[@danielbickford3458]

Well that was a mess

[@__Man__]

Imagine Somalia with Central Asian vibe.

[@albevanhanoy]

So, the answer to the question "Why did Russia never have an African Colony?" is "Because their only pitiful attempt got spanked by the French" Somehow, it feels very logical haha

[@Artemka-es5xd]

Французы не осмеливались нападать на Сагалло, пока не узнали что Ачинов действует не как представитель России, а сам по себе. Если бы правительству Российской империи понадобились бы эти колонии, французы не осмелились бы мешать

[@albevanhanoy]

@@Artemka-es5xd No, the French would have absolutely fought over the control of their colonies, like they did several times against other powers. Russia had no logistical means to quickly send its troops to Africa on the scale the French did. Russia had no chance to defend positions in Sagallo against a French offensive.

[@Tony77428]

Russia never colonized Africa, they helped Africa gain independence. This is why poeple in Africa love Russia.

[@hybridarmyofthegdl2193]

very similar to what they do today in Ukraine....

[@MuantanamoMobile]

Very deceptive, considering what you are saying is false. Nikolai Ivanovich Achinov, the guy who tried this - was a conman, monk and adventurer who was explicitly ordered by the Tsar not to do so., after he tried to get official support. He went any way, ended up attacked by Frenchiez at the very tiny village (you claim was a colony) which lasted less than a year, and was arrested, evacuated and imprisoned for disobeying the Tsar's orders not to try and form a settlement there. He spent the rest of his life either in jail and asylum.

[@ewgentor]

Why are you calling Alexander III "tsar"? All russian rulers after Petr I were emperors

[@КостяЗозуля-е3я]

oficially they were all emperors but russians mostly called them tsars in a regular talk

[@corneliu-mihaimagureanu6626]

Tsar comes from the Latin Caesar, the title of the Russian emperor was Tsar and Imperator

[@Psyxic_Crimes]

Great content

[@yao4964]

Great episode!!

[@GhostCountries]

Thank you! 🙌