The Big 'Russian' Lie

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As for this video, in this I examine exactly why Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia are different countries, cultures, and peoples and how history, easily available to all, shows us this very, very clearly.
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[@idioluh5838]

Worth mentioning Russia also tried to pull the same "you are russian now" trick with Finland and Poland. That's how you make people "russophobic".

[@ironboy3245]

Funny thing is that Finland was perfectly happy with being part of Russia until they started doing fuckery

[@mihaimaracine5373]

​@@ironboy3245they weren t bozo

[@MengjiangTO]

@@mihaimaracine5373 while we sertainly werent happy with it until the Ruskies started to remove our autonomy and try to eliminate Finns as a distinct people, it was still better than the Swedish rule as the grand duchy of Finland was the first real Finnish political entity

[@idioluh5838]

@@mihaimaracine5373 well, they kinda were. As long as there was a separate Principality of Finland which was largely self-controlled by Finnish aristocracy things indeed were more or less fine. After all, it's not like Russian Empire took away independence from Finland, it took away Finland from Sweden.

[@ironboy3245]

@@mihaimaracine5373 they were. The grand duchy of Finland was part of the Russian empire for over a hundred years. most of which was covered by the Finns doing their own thing. It was only when russia started trying to Russify finland in 1898 where finland got pissed and had trouble brewing, resulting in Finland declaring independence during the collapse of the Russian empire. For most of their existence before that time period the finns were perfectly happy being part of the Russian empire because they got to do their own thing for the most part.

[@erichert1001]

Russia needs to seriously work on coming to grips with the fact that the 18th century is long gone and it's not coming back.

[@armingleiner5292]

With such pathetic leadership it wont for sure. They badly need a Peter or Catherine the Great who would reform the rotten country. I wont hold my breath.

[@NickSteffen]

Seems like they’re going in the opposite direction. At times they appear one step away from reinstating feudalism with random governors like kadyrov having their own armies and acting like feudal lords.

[@Octaharo]

​@@NickSteffen that's very true, and that's almost official now. One funny thing that you might not realize is that Russia is not the only country that does so, and not even the first one. Even more funny to think of that knowing that some of the biggest world economies, including european, have never stopped being a monarchy, while russian government is merely trying to restore one. And you'll see more of that soon, even in the most "democratic" or even "communist" countries. Because capitalism can't survive without becoming an imperialism, and one important thing every imperialism requires is the emperor.

[@Octaharo]

my friend, you'd be surprised how far into the past the whole world would dive pretty soon

[@darnstewart]

Hold Putins vodka someone.

[@garretturbaczewski2019]

"bUt The NaZis in UkRAInE!" Remember when the Soviets made a deal with the Nazis to carve up Poland?

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

Funny how they forget that

[@0013dancer]

And not only Poland!

[@Caterev0038cool]

​@@0013dancer oh yea! Romania, the baltics etc

[@collar1967]

Same argument can also be used to destroy Russia's self righteousness a out how they defeated the nazis that they like to spout.

[@KPW2137]

The craziest and most stupid response I've ever got from a Russian was as follows: the non agression pact between Poland and the Reich in 1934 is a proof Polish state was a nazi state. Molotow Ribbentropp pact as well as the division was just a wise move to protect USRR from the nazi danger. I mean, apart from being not true it's just so incredibly stupid....

[@Chris-ji4iu]

I've had the pleasure of speaking with a number of Ukrainians well before the war. None of them identified as Russian. Some were more forceful in making sure you understood there is a difference, but they were all proud to be Ukrainian.

[@Morally_Immoral2]

​​@@jarekkish5515proud to be who they are genius. Proud of their country

[@jamesgarner327]

Then why shouldn't russians be proud of their own imperial past, and while they're at it recreate that empire... Every people has their glorious past....

[@Morally_Immoral2]

@@jamesgarner327 because nobody wants to be under Russian rule. The only people who liked the Russian empire was the Russians and even then it wasn't great

[@CoffeeAndPaul]

​@@jamesgarner327 , they're free to do that. Inside their own borders. This condition is one of the rules of Europe's Rules Based Order. Russia, again, is free to ignore the RBO, but ignoring this condition is why NATO was formed in the first place, & Russia's neighbours understand & know how to compare NATO & the now-dead Warsaw Pact. The Rules Based Order can work if it's enforced. NATO is one of the forces capable of enforcing their order.

[@joshuaashton1929]

@@jarekkish5515🤖🤖🤖

[@Cikeb]

Another example of Lenin's pragmatism. He "granted independence" to Finland, only to support the Finnish reds in the following Finnish civil war. The idea was of course that Finland would eventually become a soviet republic anyway. This plan failed of course, but Russian propaganda often wants to point out how "Finland was given its independence". Just like "autonomy was granted" by emperor Alexander I to the Grand Duchy of Finland. This was not given by the goodness of his heart, but to avoid having pro-Swedish rebellions in the newly acquired territory in the northwest. Pragmatism once again.

[@KPW2137]

Yep, same was with other states - granting independence, but in the same time hoping to make them Soviet republic in the future anyway. PS One could argue that this pragmatism was one of the reasons why Lenin won the Civil War. He was OK with making promises, entering treaties, granting concessions as he believed that in the long run they could be nullified anyway and in the meantime he was fighting for survival and control of the country. Meanwhile most White Movement leaders with notable exception of Wrangel were adamant that the Russian Empire STAYS AS IT WAS and there would be NO NEGOTIATIONS. And then big surprise and lot of blame to put on when it turned out Poles, Ukrainians, Finns, Estonians, the Caucasus and so many other nations aren't exactly thrilled and eager to cooperate.

[@Bustermachine]

@@KPW2137 The thing with Russia is that it's entire history seems to be a reversion to not just Imperialism, but the most maximalist possible form of Imperialism. The Czars, then the Soviets making anti-colonialist mouth noises to cover for their own imperialist projects, and now Putin and the Russian Federation.

[@xaveircombs2690]

The Soviets did not support the Finnish reds

[@drmodestoesq]

The Soviets did not support the Finnish Reds in the Russian history book. In the real history book they did. The Russians think their invasion of Finland in 1939 was defensive. @@xaveircombs2690

[@osk9013]

@@xaveircombs2690 In fact, the Reds received arms aid from Soviet Russia.

[@DandyDNA]

Even disregarding history, Ukraine's resilience since February 2022 has proven their strong character

[@KolyaUrtz]

And brainwashing

[@DandyDNA]

@@KolyaUrtz And yet "Ukrainian brainwashing" has proven its worth compared to "Russian liberty" in battle

[@lokilaufeyson7035]

@Schizofre of ruzzia nazzies 🤡

[@KolyaUrtz]

@@lokilaufeyson7035 so russian Nazis brainwashed Ukrainians to hate russians...? Amazing logic right there

[@independentthought3390]

@@KolyaUrtz Aren't you a little schizophrenic, lol?

[@nemeczek67]

Last year, Lukashenko gave a history lecture. He trashed the Grand Duchy of Lithuania by claiming that its elites were polonized. The irony is that Lukashenko gave his lecture in Russian. His GDL ancestors would have been horrified by this.

[@arsenalofdemocracy9985]

if i remember correctly lukashenko is a ethnic ukrainian

[@petergriffin9931]

@@arsenalofdemocracy9985he is gypsy

[@gog_gog6319]

​​@@arsenalofdemocracy9985and idealogicaly a belarusophobe

[@dylanvogler2165]

​@arsenalofdemocracy9985 his last name would imply this yes

[@TheProperMinter]

His a gipsy

[@sorational]

As a Ukrainian I like this video, thank you. Short 15 minutes summary of russian lies.

[@gintasindreika933]

In 1863, the Russian czar banned the publication and sale of all books and newspapers written in the Latin alphabet in Lithuania, attempting to russify the people. Lithuasnians resisted by smuggling books printed in the United States. This ban lasted for 40 years until 1904.

[@dro355]

labai gerai haha, love lithuanians, had the pleasure of living in Vilnius for 3 years. I'm Australian :))

[@Andrew25Davies]

Sounds a bit petty to resist that when the Cyrillic alphabet is designed for slavic languages. It would make a lot more sense for all slavic languages to actually use Cyrillic. E.g. Polish actually looks quite silly alongside Russian as they have to significantly warp the Latin alphabet to make it fit their language, and even then it barely fits sometimes. If you learn Cyrillic you can see how Polish for example could be written much more naturally without having to stretch the letters almost ludicrously, same no doubt goes for other languages. Latin was developed for a different language system than Greek as that didn't work for theirs. Similar to every other orthographic style.

[@gintasindreika933]

@@Andrew25Davies Lithuanian and Latvian are NOT Slavic languages.

[@heinrichollbers]

⁠@@Andrew25Davies yeah, from now on please use only Chinese hieroglyphs for English instead of Latin alphabet, since English is a dialect of mandarin. Also, do not resist it, it would be petty.

[@taggymcshaggy6383]

​@@Andrew25Davieslithuanian is a slavic language ffs

[@vocative-name]

As a Ukrainian I'm deeply grateful for this video 🙏🥲

[@dmitryfishbeyn1455]

Simple explanation for Russia's actions. It's a kleptocracy where the security force (FSB) owns the state, not vice versa.

[@glazedbeachbro3926]

Remember JFK... any ideas around that???... 😢 Now who runs USA???... Operation Paperclip?... You know America absorbed Nahtzee practices from those people they imported in. A good example how the O.S.S became the CIA! ... Now George Bush Senior regards to JFK.

[@totozviara]

Putin said: "the world without Russia is not worth existing" But a world will be fine, even a lot better without the KGB/FSB regime.

[@glazedbeachbro3926]

@@totozviara well so you know the CIA / Pentagram run America.

[@temmy9]

I can make the same argument about the usa

[@totozviara]

@@temmy9 FBI owns USA😅

[@gymnasiast90]

When Germany occupied The Netherlands in 1940, they employed basically the same argument about how the Dutch and Germans were the same people. It beggars belief that Russia would accuse Ukraine for Nazism, when they have taken such a big leaf out of their playbook.

[@collar1967]

"Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty of". First rule of fascist propaganda.

[@vitaliitomas8121]

They took way more from nazi playbook than that

[@JABN97]

Not just that. The air landings at Hostomel airport close to Kyiv in order to quickly capture the President & goverment, along with their failure, strike a remarkable resemblance to the air landings around The Hague to capture the Queen & Dutch Goverment.

[@patrickrenner]

When the Big Brother state is breathing down your neck, every accusation is a confession.

[@mastersafari5349]

They also did it in Austria

[@bongwelll]

Man, there was so much hope when the wall fell. Like the entire earth let out the breath they were holding. What happened Russia?

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

It could've been truly a beautiful future

[@fluffyduffy1057]

The rot in the Russian institutions that have been there since the beginning was never properly addressed in the Soviet era. Russia has been like this since the Tsars

[@alphamoon_]

@@fluffyduffy1057 Could you elaborate on this?

[@ivanastein2671]

Didn't Ukraine and Belarus have a vote in the General Assemnly and Soviet Union not at all unhappy about that?

[@chettmannley7949]

There once was a possibility of a United Europe, with Russia playing the conservative devil’s advocate as a sober second thought on decisions, now, they will have to embrace being a pariah state and the biggest gas station in the world

[@treyaldridge1757]

Belarus in the modern context is quite interesting too, there is only one person in the entirety of Belarus who is pro-Russification and by sheer "luck" he's managed to win every presidential election since the USSR collapsed

[@eeegor922]

я думаю, вы закрылись слишком в своем круге общения, если утверждаете подобное

[@treyaldridge1757]

@@eeegor922 it was a joke made to point out that Belarus has been under control by the same man since 1991, a man who is heavily influenced by Putin and who has openly called for Russification of Belarus.

[@chacka4292]

Big untrue, huge part of belarussians support russia cause they simply are russians living there. Belarus had way better time under ussr than let's say Baltics, Ukraine or Poland. That's why even those who think of themselves as belarussians have positive view of russia and ussr. Ofc huge part of them want kick out Potato King, bring back their real flag and at least try to revive their language, people don't like living in dictatorship. But it's divided country, I would say even more than Ukraine pre war in 2014.

[@user-bw6jg4ej2m]

He was facing impeachment as early as 1996 but moscow intervened and saved him. They would then go on and save him a number of times, including in 2020. Moscow just wouldn't accept a possibility of a belarusian president who wasn't pro-russian - even during ruZZia's "democratic" years under Eltsin, so it's not just Poo-tin who's the bad guy.

[@user-bw6jg4ej2m]

​@@chacka4292 I bet the soviets moved ethnic russians into Belarusian SSR *on purpose,* to make it more difficult for it to gain _true_ independence from moscow in future. Kinda like they've flooded Crimea with ethnic russians after 2014.

[@MrDikini]

One of the important take-aways from your video that should be emphasised is that history may well explain things, but in no way should be used as justification for action in the modern world. We have too much of that already.

[@KPW2137]

Yep. Which reminds me of the Franco - German reconciliation after WWII. All the history of two world wars, all the losses and destruction - and yet, the politicians decided they do not want to be hostages to history and the need to put the past behind. Not to forget it, but not let it poison the modern day either.

[@RusynTV]

What exactly does history say? Kievan Rus' had fuck all to do with Russia....its just a linguistic conincidence....Russian state was formed when Moscow and Novgorod Republic joined up. At no point in history were Ukrainians and Russians the same people or part of the same country or state...except during the Soviet Union

[@MrDikini]

@@RusynTV "What exactly does history say? " exactly. all of that does not matter, except in history books. good to learn about and from, but not policy

[@mrkiplingreallywasanexceed8311]

Bravo..👏

[@MikhaelHausgeist]

As a ukrainian... Thank You for Your work! Дякую, друже.

[@MrPeterPan]

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[@aaronhrk]

I'm an Australian currently on my second voluntary stint in Ukraine training local civilians & ЗСУ in tactical trauma medicine. I have grown to love this country & it's people; and I now feel like it is my second home ❤ I want to sincerely THANK you for your content! I've shared the link to your doco with my small circle of friends & supporters back home, as it does a far more concise and thorough job of explaining this issue than I ever could 😉 Слава Україні! 🇺🇦❤️🇦🇺

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

You're doing bloody good work over there. I am really glad you enjoyed the video Героям слава

[@aaronhrk]

​@HistoryofEverythingChannel It's my greatest honour and privilege to be doing what I do in Ukraine ❤

[@Alsilchenko]

We are truly grategul for what you and other people are doing for us. Together we WILL prevail. Героям слава!

[@hinefamily7565]

I am a kiwi, now 60 but having served 30 years in the defence forces my only regret is that I am now more a liability than asset...so I thank those who serve freedom.

[@billybobwombat2231]

🇺🇦🦘

[@alexlocatelli2876]

Plus the first Slavic empire was actually the Bulgarian one, Croatia and Serbia also have important Mediaval history, Great Moravia and Poland too. 😅

[@mastersafari5349]

Bulgaria and Rus don't count as Slavic though! The former was founded by Turkic nomad tribe and latter by Swedish varngians.

[@alexlocatelli2876]

@@mastersafari5349 The language is Slavic in both places, Slavic tribes were present, I count them as Slavic, at least partially. 😎

[@KartingRules]

@@mastersafari5349 their ppl was slavic

[@mastersafari5349]

​@@KartingRules Following that logic the Kingdom of Jerusalem was an Arab Muslim kingdom. Doesn't matter what language common people speak. If the royalty and elites who actually rule medieval kingdom are of separate ethnicity that means it's their state.

[@elgoog7830]

Bohemian's were/are slavic, if not the basis of slavic itself. Atleast, reading about Bohemian's years ago, that's how I remember it.

[@karsten11553]

One single positive thing about this atrocious war, at least on my part, is that it has thoroughly enhanced my knowledge about the history, politics and geography of Eastern Europe. However, this has also greatly solidified my original stance that russia is the neighbour from hell.

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

I will say it has made my major in Modern History oddly useful

[@glazedbeachbro3926]

​@@HistoryofEverythingChannelyou aiming to get a job at one of those Neo Con Think Tanks?

[@LancesArmorStriking]

"wars happen so Americans can learn geography" The annoying part is that they discover some part of the world and 3 weeks later act like they're experts on it

[@karsten11553]

@@LancesArmorStriking I am from Denmark, thank you, we are thoroughly used to russia behaving like a pseudo-civilization, and we know perfectly well what Poland, Finland and the Baltics feel about living under constant threat from the east. Having your airspace regularly challenged by russian warplanes is a surefire way of making you very, very pro-NATO.

[@LancesArmorStriking]

@@karsten11553 "pseudo civilization" What does that even mean? Russia is neither European nor Eastern. It is, whether you want to admit it or not, a distinct civilization. More similar to Anglophone civilization than Indian or Chinese, but still. Also... Illegally bombing Yugoslavia, Libya, and Afghanistan, is a surefire way to get countries probing your airspace. Don't want a migrant crisis? Don't attempt to destroy Syria. Simple as that. NATO isn't a defensive alliance. It's inherently threatening. I hope I don't need to repeat the instances where it attacked completely unprovoked- does that phrase sound familiar, by the way? It wasn't even created defensively; it was made pro-actively (BEFORE the Warsaw Pact) to keep American boots in Europe.

[@advancetotabletop5328]

As Russian ethnic cleansing suggests, Russia is not a single country, either. Thanks for the video!

[@mastersafari5349]

Then how many countries is Russia?

[@Red-238]

@@mastersafari5349 around 27

[@electricink3908]

Tatarstan , Bashkorostan Chechnya , Ingushetia, Karelia, Dagestan ,Yakutia , Buryatya I could keep going. The Federation must fall and be dismantled....

[@mastersafari5349]

@@electricink3908 If we go with every ehtnic republic as a separate state then not forget to add Crimean Tatars Republic.😅

[@electricink3908]

@@mastersafari5349 It is Katsapland that needs to be partitioned not Ukraine. We could also create an ethnic moskal enclave/reserve in Vorkuta with subsidised cheap or even free vodka to help them drink themselves to death even faster😀

[@deliriousdavies7552]

This video sums up a lot of important history that I sometimes struggle to communicate to people. Thank you for making it. Now that you have gotten the wider history down, I think a video doing a deep dive of the development of the Ukrainian nationalist movement would be grand. You could start with the Ukrainian intellectuals in the early 1800s and go through to the establishment of the Rada and the first war for independence. Telling Taras Shevchenko's story to an American audience would also be super beneficial.

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

I am considering doing just that. A true proper deep dive into Ukrainian national history I think is sorely needed

[@sepxviii731]

Talking about the pogroms in Ukraine during its brief independence in 1917, where they killed tens of thousands of jews would be interesting too. And the volyn massacre committed against the polish, where the Ukrainian nationalists cut women in two (you can easily find the pictures) would be educative too. And talking about the nazi groups effectively ruling the country (I say nazi, not neonazi, as they are direct descendants of the ss Ukrainian divisions down to the symbols) would be interesting too.

[@user-wn1xl6hx9i]

@@sepxviii731 why are you embarrassed to voice Russian fakes in Russian?

[@pprrzzeemmo]

I recommend lectures "Making of modern Ukraine" by Timothy Snider. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHvGq3-irNVgmpo

[@deliriousdavies7552]

@@HistoryofEverythingChannel While the other reply to my comment seems to have been written in bad faith, a history of antisemitism throughout the Slavic world might be a useful thing to make. Give the history of Jewish enclaves throughout the Slavic world. Where they were tolerated (as money lenders) and where they were not. Give the reasons why so many Jewish Slavs ended up in Ukraine over the centuries (*cough* Russian pogroms *cough*). All this to make the overarching point that none of the Slavic nations have particularly great histories regarding their Jewish populations (they were Christian Kingdoms, after all). However, to make the claim that Ukraine is the only transgressor or, even worse, that the Soviet Union/Russia weren't/aren't anti-Semitic (they were/are, incredibly so, actually), is disingenuous and dangerous.

[@CookieMonster-nt8hh]

"Im here to assimilate you, for youre mine to rule over!" "Why is everybody so russophobic?"

[@veni5344]

Amazing, as a Ukrainian I'm really happy to hear someone know our history. Thank you for this video ❤

[@ImpreccablePony]

Austrians speak German but they are kind of NOT Germany. Americans speak English but they are probably not big fans of the UK.Not a hard concept really. I'm a Belarusian and I speak Russian. I hate Putin's guts and will never want my country to be a part of Russia.

[@dylanvogler2165]

🤍❤️🤍

[@zafelrede4884]

You cannot compare this to Austria & Germany at all. Germany is a collection of german people, of which austrians are a part. If you watched the video, you would've noticed that ukrainian writers dreamed of a united east slavic country, so Belarus, Russia and Ukraine under a unified state, but with each being distinct. That is what would've happened with Austria, but the allies forbid this from happening after the first world war.

[@ImpreccablePony]

@@zafelrede4884 Bro is literally repeating Hitler's propaganda here where Germany and Austria is the same people and not even flinching. Go be a nazi somewhere else.

[@nerijussumlinskas6486]

Funny thing is, if Russia can claim that "Ukraine is Russia", then Kazakhstan, China and Iran has same serious claims for a most of Russian territory.

[@capslocked7274]

this is an awesome video , but it almost doesnt matter for internation Z / Russia supporters, they only care about being anti LGBT anti "New World Order" and pro "traditional values" (which means whatever they want it to mean)

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

No it won't. But it might stop an impressionable young man (because tbh they target young men) from going down the rabbit hole. Just one is enough to make it worth it.

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

You can't be that stupid and functional as a human being. Russia is a hot bed of nationalism. The bad kind.

[@morstyrannis1951]

@@jarekkish5515 “patriotism aimed toward a united world”. No idea what that means. In ruSSia patriotism has come to mean invading sovereign nations to conquer and impose your will on them. It’s no coincidence that Ukraine’s most fervent supporters are the nations who recently had ruSSia’s boot on their throat. No nation that has been forced to be one of ruSSia’s vassal states wants to repeat that experience. Ironically one possible outcome of puny Putin’s criminal war is that ruSSia will find itself one of China’s new vassal states.

[@RusynTV]

@@morstyrannis1951 Better Chinese then fucking European

[@imademyname11yearsagosonowthis]

@@RusynTV Hope ya like Xi Baozi

[@ywgh4387]

wow, it's so refreshing to hear the history without propaganda involved - i've been studying the history of that region for couple of years before and that you telling all adds up to my knowledge 👍

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

This was a re-upload to fight age restrictions. Join the Discord: discord.gg/dgZSaYVvXt

[@sillysad3198]

no wonder the censors protect russia the best they can

[@nocturne7371]

One of my strongest memories of the beginning of this war, was an eight year old bi-lingual boy from Kharkiv that had fled to Lviv and in an inveriev with his mother she said that he had told her that he would NEVER again speak the Russian language. The way thingd are going I believe he never will, at least not willingly.

[@LMB222]

Most people agree that this war is the end of Russian as the lingua franca for most nations in central Asia

[@RusynTV]

The way Ukrainians speak Russian,I sure hope they never say another word in Russian

[@viktorias63]

Yep, glad to see Ukrainians leaving that butcher language behind

[@echo_9835]

Glad to see this video get a fresh coat of paint/audio remaster.

[@farmergeo5374]

Very educational and well dictated. Thank you.

[@cultureshock5000]

marxist revisionism is cultural cancer not education

[@Andrii87]

As Ukrainian, I would say its exceptionally good short video, explaining history.

[@migmit]

As a Russian who probably has some sanity intact... thanks, that was a nice video.

[@maybe_tankerguy05]

It's a shame that it took a terrible, bloody war for me to actually start learning about the histories and cultures of Russia and Ukraine. I've always had an interest in Russia since I was very young, like 4 or 5 years old, but I'd never really done much more than read Wikipedia articles about 20th century Russian history and listen to a very small amount of music in Russian (I say "music in Russian" because I feel that "Russian music" would suggest folk music and other things that symbolize Russian culture, but maybe the difference need not be made). Then, when Russia invaded, it felt very inappropriate to enjoy bits of Russian culture and history, almost like no matter how much I said I supported Ukraine in the conflict, that liking Russian things would show that I actually supported Russia. So, I started listening to some Ukrainian music (mainly Ukraine's national anthem and Kvitka Cisyk), attempted to learn some of the Ukrainian language, and started reading books (not just Wikipedia) about Ukrainian history. I've since realised, as I'd say I did all along, that liking and enjoying Russian things doesn't discount my support for Ukraine, and I'm now enjoying both Ukrainian and Russian music and history.

[@mrwhips3623]

Your an NPC that supports the current thing💀 Enjoy your vaccines

[@jabrilbalakrishna]

You are a brainwashed puppet sounds like my dude.

[@agnezabarutanski1963]

Never blame yourself for liking some culture. Celine and Hamsun are some of my favorite writers, and it turns out both were openly pro-Nazis in real life - what can I do but to separate the work from the person and keep on enyojing the work. :D I studied Russian language and literature and as much as I hate everything Russia does politically, I will never stop loving Dostoevsky, Bulkakov or Rimsky-Korssakov because of that. Because of them I better understand the Russian mindset and the driving force behind their demonic thirst for conquest. Cheers!

[@mrwhips3623]

@@agnezabarutanski1963 the NSDAP party is the most lied about political party in human history, perhaps your favorite writers knew more than you think 🤔

[@mikhaelgribkov4117]

@@agnezabarutanski1963 Dostoevsky is just a pitiful conservative christian, I never understood the appeal of "Crime and Punishment" as it is classic "atheism makes you prone to murder" some shithole like PragerU spews.

[@ilyasnitavets9050]

Great video! Thank you for informing people on slavic history and specially belarussian history, not enough videos to inform people on our struggle.

[@jeromebarry1741]

Some years ago I had a Belorussian colleague in the U.S. He was quite certain that he was not Russian. Slavic? Yes. Rus? Yes. Russian? No.

[@michaelcook7334]

I had to replay this video three times. That speaks to how ignorant I am of Eastern Europe history. I want a two hour documentary covering this topic. PLEASE.

[@DaDunge]

There are such on youtube but you're going to have to be a bit more specific. Which part is it you want, the early history of the Rus? The Rus and the mongols (golden horde), the polish lithuanian commonwealth, the partiotions of Poland, Ukraine under the Russian empire, The free Ukrainian state in the interewar period, Ukraine under the Soviets and so on.

[@MelchiahTheObscene]

I'm so glad you re-recorded this. I tried, on multiple devices, to watch the original and I just couldn't hear you. Anyway, excellent work. Looking forward to further Russian naval tomfoolery.

[@catcatcatcatcatcatcatcatcatca]

I think Lenins view on nationalism can’t be categorised as simple pragmatism. He consistently praised nationalism of subjugated identities, while condemning nationalism of identities such as Russian, who already had their own state and instead of advancing their own self-determination, advocated for denying self-determination of nationalities like Ukraine. Lenin did see national identity as a step toward communist revolution in that nation, for sure. But it wasn’t a simple instrumental goal, but a principled stance in itself. I also don’t see Lenins support to Finnish communists in civil war of Finland as an act against Finnish self-determination. While Lenin had close ties to finnish reds, he was against direct intervention in the conflict. Finnish whites were assisted by Germans, and finnish reds were assisted by Lenin. And in hindsight we can see that if either party had directly intervened it would have denied finnish self-determination. Lenin also wrote a lot about Russias role in the soviet union, and the danger of Russian nationalism and imperialism over other member states. Of course after his death this view was at best paid lip-service towards, and Stalin was extremely suspicious towards any expressions of nationalism, consolidating the power over the union on Moscow and Moscow alone. And even more so on himself personally. It’s not that Russian nationalism in the bolshevic movement was born only after Lenin, or didn’t manifest under his leadership. But he did consistently talk against it and his policies did reflect his views on nationalism.

[@michaelogden5958]

Great video. Thank you. For those interested, Dr. Timothy Snyder has a lengthy KZbin series called "The Making of Modern Ukraine". I'm no historian by any means, but I found the series very interesting.

[@kyosokutai]

I for one, am glad Poland and Ukraine can finally mend their cultural and historical animosity, and unite, in their incandescent hatred of Russian oppression.

[@TankswillRule]

History of Europe: *Literally spending thousands of years fighting each other* Russia exists and invades them all: *All of Europe unites in hatred of Russia*

[@CylonAndrew]

Watching this after the Tucker interview is wild. From a fellow History major, thank you for spreading the truth.

[@Nomadith]

So great to actually hear your voice these days brother. But also nice to listen to this tale again in better audo 💙

[@hatac]

One reason why Stalin gave these regions partial independence was to get more seats in the UN than the western allies. However the British empire did the same thing with the commonwealth rebalancing the UN, at least theoretically. A consequence, perhaps one Stalin had not considered, is that this gave them each a diplomatic presence in New York at the UN and any other country that would recognize them and allow an embassy. This allowed nationalists a place to live, work and study under diplomatic cover. It also allowed national identity to be developed since at a diplomatic fair you don't want the Belorussian stand looking identical to the Soviet Russian one. This may have been pure propaganda but it allowed identify to survive russification. Siberia and the far east was not given UN recognition though Stalin did at one point reportedly consider it or try. Its hard to say which because records were promptly erased. The same linguistic and cultural points can be made for Siberia and the far east and all the semi-autonomous Republics. No one has been fully Russified at all. People still speak Karelian, Veps, Finnish in Republic of Karelia. I think we will see a full break up of Russia leaving only the Volga basin as Russia, perhaps with a new name. Clearly an the stans' Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan have all stepped away from Russia and are not sending troops, money or supplies. They are being rewarded by the west ignoring their 'breaches of sanctions' as they trade western goods over the Russian border with sometimes their own very fake looking branding.

[@realartyomsneedov]

the thing with Republic of Karelia is that around 15% of its entire population identify as Karelian, not even talking about actually speaking the language and such case is with many Russian republics or other subjects, where Russians are >60% of the population, all of this with full rights of studying and speaking local language, as well as using it in official documentation I’m not advocating for dissolution of these autonomies, but in many cases russification is pretty much natural assimilation sometimes governments of autonomies even intentionally falsify the results of population polls to have bigger“official” percentage of natives: for example, in Bashkortostan there are attempts to write local tatars off as bashkirs, or in Mordovia local authorities straight up wrote entire Russian villages off as Mordovian ones anyways, thinking about “Russian breakup” in near future is pretty delusional, considering that the country is overwhelmingly ethnically Russian, and plenty of republics with non-russian majority are either economically wealthy(like Tatarstan), paid enough to not cause trouble(like Chechnya) or are too isolated to function separately(like Yakutia)

[@hatac]

@@realartyomsneedov Good point. However this was true for the Baltic states in many places when their languages were outlawed. It was true for large parts of Poland when it was Prussia and Polish was effectively outlawed in the cities. It was true for half of Greece when it was ruled by the Ottoman empire. I could name about 30 other nations and their resurgent languages. When a language becomes seen as oppressive it is abandoned even by those of the languages decent. most people of British decent in India speak Hindi, they may also know English but its not their first language. The same with religions. Before Greece was liberated from the Ottoman empire it was recorded as 80% Moslem. Days later it was 95% Christian orthodox and eastern catholic. Nobody left or fled in-fact half a million flowed into Greece from what is now Turkey. These things change fast.

[@YesYouAreAbsolutelyCorrect]

The Ukrainian and Belarusian languages basically got the same treatment from Russia the Scottish language got from England.

[@j.obrien4990]

Which Scottish language? They have, English, Scots and Gaelic, plus they had Norn Pictish, and Brythonic...

[@YesYouAreAbsolutelyCorrect]

@@j.obrien4990 I'm mainly talking about Scots. Because it's a Germanic language that is closely related to English. Just as Russian is related to Belarusian or Ukrainian.

[@Mastakilla91]

Ukrainian and Belarusian are a byproduct of the polish occupaton from 1500-1700 in contrast du Scottish which existed long before british.

[@j.obrien4990]

@@Mastakilla91 The Scottish and the Welsh are British -- they are products of the Isle of Britain. They did exist before the English, but the English are also British.

[@YesYouAreAbsolutelyCorrect]

@Mastakilla91 just like modern Russian is a byproduct of all these languages. Stop spreading this nonsense. There are also border languages that mix Urkainian and Russian, the surzhik. And it's like that for many regions.

[@hinefamily7565]

Really great and concise exploration of that regions history. Thank you for your time and efforts.

[@12345678990bob]

Awesome thanks! Did listen to the last one but cld barely hear it

[@tonyharpur8383]

Excellent video, very succint. I was unaware that the Zaporizhian/Eastern Cossacks needed a translator for their negotiations with the Grand Duchy of Muscovy.

[@baneofbanes]

I mean Ukrainian is a completely different language form Russian, much like how Portuguese is a different language from Spanish/Castilian.

[@AtholAnderson]

@@baneofbanes Okay, that's something I've wondered about in term of difference between Russian and Ukrainian. To my monolingual ear (Canadian English), I'd probably not be able to tell the two apart, and I wondered was the difference like N. American and UK English? Largely interchangeable, just with some different spellings and word/grammar usage or English and any of the other Germanics? Some recognizable words etc, but largely separate.

[@baneofbanes]

@@AtholAnderson Ukrainian is more closely related to the Belarusian than either is related to Russian for context.

[@theuniqid]

An australian here that was born in ussr (rsfsr, to be exact. Go pronounce it :) ). I found your series abour russian navy. 😂 And then this. According to a russian psycho I should have a degree of disapproval. Like motherland bla-bla, you know. Yet you drive your narrative to the point. Thank you. I agree it is not funny but an important video that puts accent marks where they belong. If you embark on series of lectures - I'd watch them gladly. Thank you again.

[@hermannparkhomenko1166]

This is one example of a well done, video. Perfectly accurate information and definition of every aspect! Thank you. P.s, OUN mostly attacked Polish because their "Army Krayova" did the same to Ukrainians. And the beginning was done by pro-communist militia(krasnie partizany)

[@fierceperedur]

So glad this video was sent this morning. Very timely for me. The narrator and commentators are both knowledgeable and reasonable. Gives me some hope for the world. Keep saying the truth!

[@vatranauraio4827]

Words of appreciation from Poland. Good job !

[@TheAllMightyGodofCod]

I was already suspicious of it being 3 different countries because of those lines on the map and becaus the UN said so and I was also suspecting they were different people because the russians and ukrainians I know (I haven't met any Belarusian so far... Sorry...) Didnt spoke exactly the same language, had different traditions and different values and beliefs but now i am 100% sure of that! Thanks for the video!

[@glibobolonyk1444]

Thank you for your understanding and work. This video is a masterpiece.

[@ulrikschackmeyer848]

Wonderful work indeed. 🎉 Pray continue. You've obvious got the grasp of it. I'd love to watch 20 hours on Eastern Europe to get a firmer grip on matters.

[@user-yu8oj3vi9d]

So popular to hate Russia, I love it

[@clancywiggam]

I think of Putin when I read this David Attenborough quote, "No matter how long it lives, the Greatest Lion will eventually die miserably. That's the world. At their Peak, they rule, chase other animals, catch, devour, gulp and leave their crumbs for hyenas. But age comes fast. The old Lion can't hunt, can't kill or defend itself. It roams and roars until it runs out of luck. It will be cornered by the hyenas, nibbled at and eaten alive by them. They won't even let it die before it is dismembered. Life is short. Power is ephemeral. Physical beauty is short-lived, I have seen it in lions. I have seen it in old people. Everyone who lives long enough will become weak and very vulnerable at some point. Therefore, let us be humble. Help the sick, the weak, the vulnerable and most importantly never forget that we will leave the stage one day." Tough men all end up the same way. Weak and beaten, hanging from a lamp post, poisoned and dying on your study floor while everyone ignores you or bayonetted with your trousers around your ankles.

[@Shaggy7759]

I used to think that the 2014 war was extremely nuanced, and that it was just a civil war over a land dispute. I actually watched a lot of Russian Propaganda too. But something always seemed fishy. I didn't really think that the DPR were really that bad, but all of their claims about the Ukrainian Government also seemed really exaggerated, and it didn't seem like they had enough justification for me to fully support them either. I mean anytime someone accuses a government of "killing their own people" during a civil war is kind of strange, since that's just the obvious result of a civil war. And an occasional rocket landing in a civilian area that was currently being fought over, as tragic as any civilian death is, didn't seem to be enough to hold up the claim of "ethnic cleansing" especially in a war that largely uses artillery and long range indirect fire weapons. But once Russia invaded, and began demolishing entire civilian neighborhoods, I realized that this was not nearly as nuanced as I thought. And I eventually ended up coming here to fight. When I came here I found out that it was never all that nuanced, I found that the overwhelming majority of Ukrainians weren't neo Nazis, and that the Donetsk region was full of people who wanted nothing to do with Russia. Many of the soldiers I fought with grew up in the Donetsk regions, and many people I've met had to flee their own homes because of the DPR. Even many of the old people in these areas smile and wave at us when we drive through, and thank us for coming, especially in cities like Izium. So long story short, anytime I hear a pro Russian westerners throw out accusations of people only supporting Ukraine because "The media told them to" I want to ask them where they get their information from. Because unless they have been here themselves, then they also are only getting their information from the media. But I've found that most of these people only hold their stances to be contrarians and to feel like they're smarter than everyone else. They all seem to have severe cases of narcissism.

[@GhostOfSnuffles]

I kind of feel like it's redundant to point out that tankies are wrong about anything.

[@DorianTheReaper]

I am so happy i found your channel, your videos on the russian navy were incredibly good especially considering the size of your channel. I sincerely hope your channel keep growing so we get more amazing content like this. Best of luck to you!

[@russkayaimperiya5779]

pretty comical how that's the only content he makes with actual views

[@DorianTheReaper]

@@russkayaimperiya5779 everyone just likes hearing about how the russian military sucks so if the vid is done well then its gonna get views for sure

[@russkayaimperiya5779]

This moron doesn't even just talk about the russian military. He also decided to attack aeroflot for views (an airline i flew several times with no issues at all)@@DorianTheReaper

[@noisevoyager7307]

The term “Ukraine”/“Ukraina”means “country” or “in country”. In modern Ukrainian language “country” would transliterate as “kraina” and “u” means “in”/“inside”. “U” and “V” are interchangeable in Ukrainian, so in the past the form “vkraina” was used to mean simply “country”. Also “krai” means region. However Russian invented a theory that Ukraine means “outskirts” because in Russian “krai” means edge and “okraina” means outskirts. They extensively taught this in school… no matter that people from Kyiv founded Moscow and not the other way around.)

[@EltaninMalfoy]

Sorry, which schools do you mean? I’m Russian and a teacher and this literary never happened in my experience. I do see it online, yes. And thanks goodness it’s usually laughed at.

[@JDDC-tq7qm]

Lol Kievan Rus started in Novgorod and the price of Novgorod Oleg conquered Kiev

[@noisevoyager7307]

@@JDDC-tq7qm oh yeah, Kievan… Rus…

[@JDDC-tq7qm]

@@noisevoyager7307 Kievan Rus is where Ukraine, Belarus and Russia descended from Kievan Rus was started in Novgorod which is in modem day Russia and the Prince of Novgorod Oleg The Wise conquered Kiev , Kiev the original name for the capital of modern day Ukraine is a Russian word which Zelensky regime changed it's name to current Kyiv just like the second biggest city in Ukraine Kharkiv it's original name was called Kharkov again a Russian word I bet the majority of the western European countries and USA civilians don't know about these facts when it comes to Ukraine and Russia history

[@noisevoyager7307]

@@JDDC-tq7qm F off Russian Nazi spread your imaginary history elsewhere

[@kseniaverlaine]

Thank you so much for this video! It’s a great summary

[@_np7]

I did watch the old video and really enjoy the new audio quality! :D

[@AndyBonesSynthPro]

Excellent piece. And I agree- this a very important watch for anyone in the U.S., Europe, Canada, Australia, anywhere in the free world.

[@glazedbeachbro3926]

Why?

[@unclemorris1470]

Free world Canada Oh

[@FinePrintKR]

I would reallly appreciate a video on the history of eastern europe and russia related to this video. As someone with no knowledge it was hard to keep up with all the names.

[@inzhener2007]

Russia itself has been an centralized empire of Moscow over the past 450 years, fully consisted of other nations and people conquered and annexed by Moscow's military force or threat of it. As per the 2010 census, ~80% said they were ethnic Russians, while only 60% in the Russian military said they were ethnic Russians.

[@oliverwortley3822]

what’s that huge, white, beautiful building, surrounded by trees and with a city in the background called and where is it? i’m very interested in it and want to look it up.

[@WingZeroOne]

Babe wake up Historyofeverything dropped another banger

[@TorricRoma]

BuT wE DoN't KnOw PuTiNs SiDe - tucker Carlson

[@stupifyingstupedity2112]

Worth the time. Will be waiting for the 20h lecture.

[@LPDeusAnt]

Thanks for spreading the truth, was always a big fan of your old videos.

[@IRGreig]

Thank you for all the effort you put into making this video 👍 This is a great video and information worth hearing!

[@Jakedarkforce]

Good stuff. I enjoy your videos.

[@anastasiiazdorikova]

Excellent source list, I must say. I was watching this video to spot some mistakes, because some English-speaking historian KZbinrs still get their facts from Russian history books, as you yourself mentioned, but everything was impeccable. I must say, Serhii Plokhy is my source of choice: he did the best job explaining to me as a born and raised Ukrainian how we finally gained independence in 1991. Obviously in a post-Soviet education system it was a topic a lot of teachers kinda dodged. And I would add "Bloodlands" by Timothy Snyder. Especially for those who still don't consider Holodomor a genocide. Russian-Soviet extermination of unwanted peoples and individuals was so 'successful" that Hitler admired it's efficiency

[@Lazysquid27]

“Bloodlands” is a fantastic book. 10 out of 10 recommended reading for anyone interested in the topic. Thanks for mentioning it. 🙏

[@MeNanWazaHowitzer]

I watched the original but well worth a rewatch with the better audio thanks mate

[@antonaaa3738]

your work is deeply appreciated, дякую!

[@dymytryruban4324]

If you look in Encyclopedia Britannica at the map of Golden Horde at its peak, you will find out that about 85% of present day Ukraine was its vassal, including the city of Львiв. Map of the Ottoman Empire in 1683 is also interesting to look at.

[@honjohorikoshi]

You are doing wonderful work here. It is so important for people to learn and to understand this history and to know that Ukraine is its own country with its own history and culture.

[@THEBEEEANSS]

I do hope that Russia can be forcibly dismantled and re-Ukrainized in the near future.

[@JDDC-tq7qm]

​@@THEBEEEANSSI do hope Ukraine can be returned to it's rightfully owner Russia one day

[@wessexexplorer]

Great video and hood history always make me want to hear more.

[@MementoMori-ve3sq]

The most accurate video on the subject I've seen after that interview. It is a relief to see that at least some westerners can see through the kremlin lies. Especially when the US and some European countries (Polish farmers included) seems to start hesitating about whether the Ukrainian vicktory is the cause worth persuing.

[@idioluh5838]

I would like to add another fact. Russian Empire, Soviet Union and Russian Federation are also three different countries. Pootin and his clowns may lie as long as they want about how RF is "rightful descendant" of SU, and SU is "rightful descendant" of RE, and it's basically all the same glorious Russia. But it's BS.

[@noahvcat9855]

I agree its like claiming Italy and the Roman Empire are the same, they are not of course though both entities are quite deeply connected but ultimately separate

[@justsomeuser2871]

So what we should do with nowadays Russia then? 🤔 destroy it?

[@francesconicoletti2547]

They are three different political entities. One was an Empire , one was a Union of Soviet Republics, and one is a country.

[@Lordsebastian101]

@@noahvcat9855 Modern Italians and Romans are not the same people, but modern Russians and Russians 100 years ago are.... What you're saying makes no sense. Of course RF and the Russian Empire the same country just with different political systems

[@zandaroos553]

@@Lordsebastian101not really, other than a few institutions co-opted by the Soviets the Russian Empire was functionally dissolved by the civil war. It’s like claiming the Austrian Republic is the Austro-Hungarian Empire or that Turkey is the Ottoman Empire. It’s a successor yes but it is simply not the same entity.

[@stephen5857]

I love your vids man, very educational with just the right humor

[@WinterSoonBe]

Thank you good sir. That was pretty accurate and detailed for a 20 min video. If i may, it s incorrect to call it Lithuania, as it is a current Baltic country. What you are referring to is Litva, an entity that encompassed current territory of Lithuania and its people, but in no way was a national lithuanian state. Litviny, the people of Litva, originated from current territories of Belarus, Ukraine and parts of Poland and were a mixture of tribes.

[@christopher5723]

Much better audio than the origional recording.

[@p0xus]

Love the Ukrainian anthem playing in the background

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

It is genuinely a beautiful song

[@p0xus]

@@HistoryofEverythingChannel It really is. I listen to it fairly regularly just because of how beautiful it is... and it gets stuck in my head lol.

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

I can genuinely sing the entire thing, karaoke is fun with me I swear

[@mikoto7693]

@@HistoryofEverythingChannelIs it hard to learn? If I can learn the words to Skyrim’s Dragonborn song, I can probably learn the Ukrainian national anthem the same way. Through sound mimicry.

[@viktorias63]

​@@p0xus💕 much is appreciated

[@johnnywishbone831]

Great introduction to this subject.. Contains more information than the average Joe will ever know. Have recently started down the rabbit hole and this video really helped me piece some things together. Learned a bit about Olga of Kyiv today (Using the correct name ;). Get reading everyone ! Cheers

[@BritishBeachcomber]

I am well aware of the true history of the region, but most are not. It's so good of you to explain this to everyone.

[@bongwelll]

Love your channel very important.

[@eoghandoyle162]

Brilliant content, very informative and educational, should be part of the Russian school curriculum 🇺🇦✌️...

[@Bravo-pz3xx]

one time some vatnik tried to convince me that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was justified because... get this.. *Ukraine joined NATO....* edit: thanks for the likes and stuff, what makes it even funnier is that it was in a Roblox game.

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

Average vatnik

[@lordfoxquaad1611]

Ask him the exact date when did Ukraine join NATO and wait for his surprised pikachu face on the realization that it never happened

[@Del_S]

Yeah, I think if Ukraine had in fact joined NATO and they'd invaded, things would be very different and slightly radioactive downwind of major military sites and population centres.

[@xsc1000]

@@Del_S No, if Ukraine would joined NATO, Russia would do nothing.

[@vitaliitomas8121]

@@Del_S didn't happen to anyone east of Germany who did so, why would it happen to Ukraine?

[@Namelessonne]

One thing that is important to note that many people think that Kiev Rus was akin to modern nations state. It wasn't. As all states in those times, it was just tribes with their owns dialects of East Slavic and its own culture, that just were subjets to nobility with a konung/knyaz' in Kiev, people didn't feel that they are somehow a one nation or even ethnicity, only their tribes and religion was important for them, and their political leader were just those who their paying their "taxes" to. So there was no unity of Kiev Rus that disentigrated into 3 parts to begin with, just a group of tribes that much later after the importance of one's religion as identity delinced developed their modern national idetity.

[@johnsatan117]

There is a song called Belarusian Girl. It celebrates the Belarusian Language. Something that is getting less and less common in Belarus due to Lukashenko

[@ShadeReplied]

@4:35 - Interesting note about Muskovy becoming the center of Rus Orthodoxy. Constantinople was angry at King Danylo of Galicia because in an attempt to defend himself against the Mongols, he curried favor with Rome and the Roman Catholic world (to no avail, sadly). It was because of this (and probably a lot of under the table influence of Muskovy) that Constantinople snubbed the true Rus people. Source: The Gates of Europe, by Plokhy BTW, the discord link on your about page seems to be expired. I'd love to make contact.

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

discord.gg/dgZSaYVvXt

[@Manwendlil]

how different is the ukrainian language from the russian language? they seem to be quite similar in most aspects.

[@090giver090]

Think Spanish and Italian or Spanish and Portugal.

[@alexfeder9328]

Very if you can actually tell the difference

[@PaxHeadroom]

They're not mutually intelligible. Ukrainians can understand Russian with little difficulty, but Russians tend to have difficulty understanding Ukrainian.

[@donaldtrumplover2254]

American English and British English are straight up the same language. Arbitrary similarities don't take away a nations sovereignty

[@ayararesara6253]

Very similar grammar, but noticeable lexical difference. Different phonetics as well.

[@flybymedia4974]

Thank you so so much for covering this very important topic in all the ways that resonate with me

[@mormatus]

Thanks for the vid and the last point, that's what many miss in the first place

[@sacer666]

Whenever I mention the Holodomor to my friends, they have no idea what I am talking about. And it disgusts me that the country I am from, does not recognise it as a genocide.

[@user-sy2jy1si8f]

Actually, it wasn't. Rather, it was "farmercide" or "peasantcide". When they say "genocide of the X nation", it means that only nation X is targeted, and people of that nation are exterminated regardless of their urban status. Whereas, in Holodomor, 1.5 million Russians and 1 million Kazakhs had also died, along with 4-5 million Ukrainians. And almost all of them were peasants from rural areas, while urban citizens weren't affected. There were roadblocks to separate urban and rural areas and prevent people to flee into cities.

[@kiwihame]

From a historical perspective, this was excellent! Well done. Subbed. Oh and Slava Ukraini! 🇳🇿💙💛🇺🇦

[@EricEllingwood]

About that instrumental version of the Ukrainian national anthem. Where can I find that that's something i'd like as bedtime music along with upbeat version of the star-spangled banner

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

Check the description, there's a link

[@Pro100Vetal652]

Absolutely based video through and through, thank you so much from Ukraine!