The Gulag

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[@vin8889]

I love this guys voice… it’s perfect for documentaries

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

Cheers! Thanks for watching

[@vinodpaul9596]

Still better than an evening with the Mrs!!! Honestly I don't think anyone alive now could even come close to imagining/ understanding what these unfortunate people had to go through.

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

People complaining about today's problems need a bit of perspective (not saying that there are not problems that need dealing with, or that they are not serious.... just that things are better today than they have ever been)

[@lovesallanimals9948]

Except for holocaust survivors

[@youtubehatesus2651]

​@@alexanderdoddy7590 It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. (ha ha)

[@youtubehatesus2651]

@@alexanderdoddy7590 I like the beard and the blue is a better colour on you than the white.

[@kayleighpayne1003]

I’ve listened to your narrations on history docs for aaaages and this is the first time I saw the face behind the voice. I always pictured an old history professor who wore tweed 😂

[@caljader3388]

We all thought that ! 😁✌️

[@sammisoccer7]

LOL it was quite a surprise for me too!

[@vin8889]

I know!!

[@bishop6218]

Well all due respect to old history professors, i think we're better off that way 😉

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

This is said so often, I'll have to do a bonus episode in tweed, in-front of a roaring fire in the library

[@KHK001]

Amazing video!

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

Cheers! Thankyou as always :)

[@dansmith4077]

Thank you.

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

Thankyou for watching!

[@HistoryfortheAges]

I am always amazed how few of my college students even heard the term gulag.

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

As 1991 and the fall of the USSR (and it's activities) fades in historical memory it is an inevitability

[@HistoryfortheAges]

@@alexanderdoddy7590 Why we do what we do. Keep the history alive.

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

@@HistoryfortheAges Indeed!

[@mjrotondi5086]

It figures.

[@lisaalane7694]

Just subscribed. Interesting subject I've heard of the terrible Gulags but no real indepth knowledge of them. When I was a teen in the 1970's Soltzhenitsen's books were best sellers if I remember right. You have a lovely voice for narrating.

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

Much appreciated. Thanks for watching!

[@tai-yomaruno3680]

Good stuff!

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

Thanks for watching!

[@caljader3388]

I wish A S was taught in the U.S.! I started the audio book ! It's long . Thanks for another awesome vid ! ✌️🙏

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

Thanks for watching!

[@erichusayn]

Check out "The Gulag Archipelago" By Aleksandr Solzhenitsen if you want to take a deep dive into the subject, or "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" By the same author for a less intense read... (edit) I should've waited til the end of the video to comment.

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

Haha, thanks for watching :)

[@erichusayn]

@@alexanderdoddy7590 welcome

[@xOdySx]

My grandmother lost son who was just few months old due to problems with access to food and harsh temperatures of Siberia... However in the end she passed away at age of 100 in 2020.

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

So sorry to hear that. Was she in the camps or relocated? She was made of some seriously strong stuff!

[@xOdySx]

@@alexanderdoddy7590 yes, she was very self reliable till the end. Of course in previous 10 years someone was hired to help in some daily activities with house keeping but besides that grandma was doing herself daily activities. She was staying in camp near to Jekatierinburg but in 1941 Poles to move out "freely" but with no support from authorities. Year by year she came closer to former house

[@bishop6218]

My aristocratic Polish great-grandfather was sent to a tsarist "gulag". Managed to escape "via China" and took the looong trip back home like he got lost while buying cigarettes. In 39, when the Soviets invaded Poland, he told his cousin something along the lines of "Don't worry, i know the russians, i'll get your confiscated car back." Last known words...

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

Sounds like a man who should have a movie made of his life!

[@bishop6218]

@@alexanderdoddy7590 honestly, consensus in the family would go for a Darwin Award instead, with all due respect for my noble ancestor of course 😊

[@RenaissanceMan29]

"I know the Russians, I'll get your car back". Imagine living under that type of tyranny.

[@Mohammadkwt]

Of to gulag !

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

No, you!

[@Mohammadkwt]

@@alexanderdoddy7590 no, u !

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@@Mohammadkwt NO, YOU!!

[@RodolfoGaming]

@@alexanderdoddy7590 how about you two go on the same carriage on the way there?

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

@@RodolfoGaming we get a carriage? Fancy!

[@zanenobbs352]

Great video! Can you please do one on the NKVD and the Kaytn Massacre?

[@Alxotaku]

Guess they didn't make it out of th gulag

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

Not economically

[@thebigone6071]

Dayum my g your face and voice don’t match up. I pictured a bald headed dude with thick glasses and a wool jacket. You young af!!!!

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

... Thankyou?

[@thebigone6071]

Alexander Doddy u welcome my g!!!

[@keiththorpe9571]

The Gulag was the place where Stalin misplaced a Bajillion people who he didn't like...Cuz they were taller than he was

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

It was that or buy platform shoes, but he never had time to go shopping.

[@QwertyQwerty-zn8wz]

Пройдемте в ГУЛАГ, товарищ.

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

Fun times!

[@Illyrianwarrior95]

I miss the narrator voice in History Marche… nice video though.

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

Cheers! Thanks for watching

[@hooeymichaels2039]

Very good presentation. A lot of accurate information in a short time. In addition to the published works mentioned in the presentation, one other in depth study I would recommend is Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum. Also, there is a wealth of information in print now from survivors of the Gulag. Much to be learned about a tragic period of history.

[@alexanderdoddy7590]

Much appreciated! The silver lining of the thaw and fall of the USSR, we got a lot of first hand accounts of what went on