The Mass Murderer Nobody Talks About: Joseph Stalin Part 1 | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

[@justinedean1917]

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[@michellehoogveld5262]

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[@mushyroomm]

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Here!

[@MuserAthena]

Present!

[@rebeccawalker5313]

Am I the only one who wants Bailey on hot ones? I think that’d be quite the interview!

[@kgalacticstarseed5978]

As in the hot sauce challenge?

[@rebeccawalker5313]

@@kgalacticstarseed5978 Yes!

[@randomworldofmaryjane7810]

i think that @BaileySerian would be GREAT on @HotOnes

[@kgalacticstarseed5978]

I agree. She'd put all the dudes to shame

[@sashalanier594]

Ugh, this needs to be a thing!

[@queenofhorror7600]

Bailey you HAVE TO do a dark history on Japan during WWII!!! Specifically the r@p3 of Nanking like it’s so dark and horrible and to this day Japan still pretends it didn’t happen.

[@TheRoyalArmyOfOz]

yes! everyone talks about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (and that was undeniably horrific) but no one talks about Hirohito and what he did to his own people and the evils that he allowed his army to commit in China and other parts of Asia. I would love to see a video about this.

[@sarahlindstrom8944]

Or the Baton Death March.

[@littlewishes4813]

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[@aylazelanagrebiel3210]

Yes!!

[@iiiSK8orDI3iii]

Chichi Jima Incident is interesting and crazy dark. 8 or 9 (I can't remember the number don't come for me) pilots went down behind enemy lines and only one escaped. The others were tortured and cannibalized. The lone survivor? George H. W. Bush. My grandfather was present when Yoshio Tachibana surrendered the Bonin Islands. You'd think a man that narrowly escaped being dinner would be hesitant to become a war monger but here we are

[@billiep1603]

I’d be sooo interested in an episode on Rasputin and the Romanov family. I was a huge history nerd in high school and I always found that interesting.

[@deenatodd9585]

Yes! Mostly cos i want to see Bailey tell us how hung rasputin was... guaranteed laugh

[@miamilansnopel3494]

I want to know about Rasputins story because she mentioned the movie Anastasia! That movie was my favorite as a child and I’m watching this thinking of the movie and how it intertwines

[@jmichelle7215]

Same but his pics creep me out! 😂

[@seek2imagine423]

She has one on her channel.

[@chelsearose37]

Backed Hard

[@MikeTXBC]

A common theme among people in general is that they dislike rules being applied to them, but when they themselves apply rules to others, they expect those rules to be followed.

[@ChadOfAllChads]

Sounds like american politicians

[@sstjohn96]

I'd love to see Dark History on the Romanovs and the theories!

[@amandabausk26]

Was just about to come here and comment this! Would love to hear Bailey tell the story and get her thoughts on all the theories of Anastasia being alive.

[@CourtneyTunbridge79]

100%

[@nivision]

@@amandabausk26 except they found her body, they found all the kids' bodies, it's been done to death a million and nine times before they even found all the bodies and now it feels like... idk. maybe it's just me because I've been a megafan of weird and dark history since way before Bailey but like... seldom is something done so many times that I wouldn't like to see her take, but tbh this is one of those things. possibly because in retrospect it was all just wishful thinking on the public's part to not face a bunch of kids being slaughtered who were definitely slaughtered, and some grifters took advantage of the larger family and the deceaseds' fame to a sickening degree, and can they just rest in peace already? it's like that girl pretending to be Madeleine McCann but times a thousand.

[@BeatrizPereira-mk2cr]

100% !!!

[@Linnzy]

​@@nivisionI agree, it's done so many times already.

[@luz9742]

The fact he escaped Siberia 8 times is insane to me, I learned about being exiled to Siberia during this time in my world history class and I’m genuinely so shocked

[@ChadOfAllChads]

He was a man of steel

[@gabrielzamecki]

"Crime and Punishment" and "The Master and Margarita" are compulsory reads in Polish high-school. They are excellent books ❤

[@suchlanguageface]

I read them both too, over here in Australia! Great books, but not curriculum

[@lindajohnsonkaplan647]

Crime and Punishment is a great book!

[@RunyaEithelNar]

Really? Nice, in my hs times only first one was compulsory, "The Master and Margarita" [xDDDD] was only for students who wanted to do advance Polish. I was the only person in my class who read it ^^".

[@lindajohnsonkaplan647]

Czarina Alexandra was Queen Victoria’s granddaughter and she raised her. Victoria didn’t want her to marry Nicholas because she had concerns over the stability of Russia. But Charlotte and Nicholas genuinely loved each other and married anyway. What happened to them was horrific.

[@Awells89]

Don't understand why King George V didn't just rescue the Romanovs anyway especially since Prime Minister Lloyd George was willing to green light the rescue.

[@Awells89]

Also I know Nicholas today is considered a weak and feckless leader and to be fair in a lot of cases he was but the fact that he and the other leaders of Europe did everything they could to prevent the outbreak of war in 1914 can't be overlooked.

[@lindajohnsonkaplan647]

@@Awells89 It was an unpopular plan in Britain at the time. There were Bolshevik supporters who opposed them coming to England and George caved to the pressure. It must have been hard (or should have been) to live with after the fact.

[@Awells89]

@@lindajohnsonkaplan647 If anything the children should've at least been allowed to live.

[@cazzac4817]

​@@Awells89 for them to comeback and claim their throne?

[@minty_moon]

I am from Ukraine and my maternal grand grandparents were kulaks. They were deprived of all their property and sent away from their home to Kyrgyzstan. My grandparents returned to Ukraine only in 1970’s. Thank you Bailey for mentioning Holodomor. Stalin was the absolute monster.

[@davantejohnson8591]

Imagine admitting your grandparents were greedy wannabe capitalists

[@cazzac4817]

Your grandparents could have given up their property for collective ownership instead of trying to fight or running away, unless they were particularly cruel or mean. Don't blame stalin it was their fellow poorer peasants who wanted, allowed, benefitted and then suffered the consequences. Stalin was just the vehicle for it to occur.

[@bekahboo1212]

@@cazzac4817what a weird comment to make to someone.

[@dariastrezova7428]

@@cazzac4817get help

[@annakhiryanov9022]

@cazzac4817 what did I just read 😂so you are saying if someone comes to your door and says you have to give up everything you worked hard your whole life for, including all your savings, your car and your house, you will give it up? That’s what makes Ukrainians different - we don’t give up to russian oppressors and we never will.

[@TattooedEngineer]

Seriously, nobody talks about? Maybe so in USA, but Europe is very much aware of this person and his crimes are still fresh in memory.

[@Evikaefi1]

Yeah we learned it in history class

[@Actuallyalizard]

From my high school America is was basically “Stalin was a dictator! Bad!” And that’s basically it. It was like one chapter in our school history book and mostly a really quick summary

[@kees_hoe]

@@Actuallyalizard I think it heavily varies by state, because at my school we had a whole nine weeks where we studied this stuff. My history teacher teamed up with my lit teacher and we had to read the communist manifesto and our main project for that class was to write a ten page paper on it. Granted these were college prep classes so maybe that had something to do with it too? Regardless though it def depends on what’s mandatory in your state.

[@Actuallyalizard]

@@kees_hoe yeah, my state brushed over lots of stuff. They weren’t allowed to even teach about contraception in Health Class😅

[@jdawg9027]

We didn't learn about Stalin but I did a history report on Stalin in hs which is how I know about him.

[@besaloem]

Cant help but smile every time bailey pronounces escape as ecscape 😂

[@derekd1510]

She's so cute. She kills me.

[@themadmadamemim2630]

Very endearing for sure.

[@LetsPatchItUp]

HA HA HA!!!! I noticed that also, so cute!

[@lanapeterzon9055]

It grates on my nerves like nails on a chalkboard. Just shows you that a lack of education can't hold you back. Go Bailey, Go. I love both or your programs.

[@LetsPatchItUp]

@@lanapeterzon9055 difficulty in pronunciation isn't necessarily indicative of a poor education. Being irritated by mispronounced words does show your love of English and proper linguistics. It'll also put folks off. It took too many texts by millennials and younger as well as conversations with them to force me to let it go or go seriously mad!!!!! Ha ha ha ha

[@MsRomana94]

Can you imagine being Stalin’s school bully? 😂 I’d be shi*ting my pants 😂

[@deenatodd9585]

This made me proper LOL 😂

[@NyaKuany]

id be moving away IMMEDIATELY 😭😭

[@Ali_Sky_Violin]

As a Russian thank you so much for covering this. When I was in school (and I’m sure it’s still happening now) our history books wouldn’t talk about all the bad stuff. Even till this day so many people are brainwashed and it’s very sad.

[@ryanallen2647]

We were taught buy ex military who were in Berlin during the Cold War and he told us a lot of history that he wasn’t supposed to

[@Inferno-Dante]

Yes they did dude. You probably just didn’t read enough.

[@Ali_Sky_Violin]

@@Inferno-Dantenot at my school 🤡

[@anasophiaplatt4697]

I'm convinced that if Bailey was my history teacher in high school I would have loved going to history class!

[@kpcook305]

Shed need a history degree for that. Don't take KZbin at face value.

[@meagenlund2178]

I'm loving this episode. You should do a dark history about the Romanov family.

[@nugg3t.z]

this just rekindled my hyperfixation on them

[@PaganPunk]

And Rasputin ❤️

[@stares_mthrfckrly]

She should also look into Queen Victoria and her 9 children and all the relationships she had with them. It’s wild. Alexandra of Hesse (who married Tsar Nicolas II, Kaiser Wilhelm and Edward VII were all cousins and they were all Victoria’s grandchildren.

[@nivision]

only if we don't give the charading grifters any coverage. they've found all the bodies, the conspiracies are just denialism on the death of a bunch of children now. let's prioritize more stuff like Holodomor that isn't as well known because it doesn't have that sickeningly shiny martyrdom of celebrity dead, please-- honestly this episode was refreshing because everybody and their dog knows about the freaking Romanovs but most people where I'm from don't know the whole of the revolution and how it panned out and how bad things were.

[@ChadOfAllChads]

Romanofs didn't do anything that dark though in the grand scheme of things. Not Alexander anyways. Unless you count the work houses but those were in England too.

[@_mybside]

I think you should also talk about other dictators that are less talked about,like Franco here in Spain (he came into power after winning the civil war in 1939 and ruled until his death in 1975. There are still supporters to this day) or Mussolini in Italy

[@shaktigonzalez4858]

Yes! Or dictatorships in Latin America

[@violeta8445]

My fathers aunt passed ~40-45 years ago (unfortunately I’m not sure when exactly). In the village my family had two homes one of which belong to the aunt Margarita. When she passed Georgia was still a part of Soviet Union. When we visit our village her home is like a Time Machine because ever since she passed no one lived in that house.. you can see pictures of Stalin all over the walls. There was even shrine like wall all dedicated to Stalin. That’s how idealized he was in Soviet Union countries especially in Georgia. The house is filled with newspapers and books from that time. First time I went there I was like 15 and I was so shocked because before I didn’t believe people actually idolized Stalin but I was convinced after.. that house really needs to be a museum, it’s fascinating and eerie!

[@sophitsa79]

That's so interesting. How is Stalin viewed in Georgia today?

[@violeta8445]

@@sophitsa79 some older people who are the same age as my grandma still consider him a great person/leader.. they say stuff like “oh if only Stalin was alive he would save our country and we all would live well”. but everyone else hates him pretty much. Lots of people wish he was not from our country. It’s shameful. He puts dark in Georgias dark history 😂 I’m 22 years old and idk if I can have a say on how he’s viewed in our country because for me he was just a part of history books, I / my family haven’t been affected by his regime because it was so long ago.

[@sophitsa79]

@@violeta8445 sometimes it amazes me how recent all of this awful history is. But I suppose if you think about it, it's all so relevant and still happening in various ways around the world. It's also amazing how much people's perceptions can change in only a generation

[@jasminesefah7525]

Thanks for sharing, I love the comments section!

[@wederMaxim]

@@violeta8445 темная сторона истории ? Да Сталин это лучшее что поставила Грузия в мир ! (Кроме грузинского вина)

[@ShineOnDanceChannel]

Thank you for sharing about Holodomor in Ukraine. I am Ukrainian and my great-grandmother was the one of a few children survived in their village during 1932-1933. She told terrifying stories from that time on how soldiers were taking away everything, up until the last grain of wheat. People were eating grass and wood bark, because there was nothing else. Millions people died and we will forever remember that.

[@keaton_]

You may have read the novel Animal Farm.Any time I read anything about Stalin, I always think of that book and the quote, “Some animals are more equal than others.”

[@Maks-se8pn]

If you want to do some dark history from Europe I think the story about when the Dutch ate their prime minister may interest you

[@beaniesooo2559]

He was really the king of Facetune, so much so that he actually got someone to edit his photos so him and Lenin looked like they were besties (as part of his campaign to get people to support him when Lenin fell sick).

[@JessyKosmos]

Hoping Bailey does an episode on the War Against All Puerto Ricans book.

[@babycloud4001]

This would be amazing!

[@marilishr5978]

Yes!!!! She mentioned part of it in other episodes like the contraceptive and cancer experiments on Puertorricans

[@rakkatytam]

Meh, after seeing this video it will probably be pro imperialism

[@danicegewiss862]

​@@rakkatytam She's highly supportive of minorities. I really doubt you're correct.

[@rakkatytam]

@@danicegewiss862 Okay, you can think you're "supportive" of minorities and still have facist/imperialistic views because you've been indoctrinated to not know better, like anyone and everyone who believes any form of capitalism is okay. You know like libs and soc dems

[@Floraa152]

This was incredible! My husband is from Ukraine so first let me thank you for putting some focus on Holodomor. It’s so horrific. And I’m so excited that you discussed Russian lit. How you described it was so perfect! Can’t wait for part 2!! ❤❤❤

[@valkyrja-]

I came to the comments before watching to see if she mentioned the Holodomor. Hardly anyone knows about it.

[@Floraa152]

@@valkyrja- I agree that not many people know about this. And that is so sad.

[@miryana79]

Don't worry about Ukraine,I'm from Belgrade and don't depress yourself about war etc..

[@zan4ik89]

Holodomor is fake! There was no intention to starve Ukrainian people, there was a planing issue and issue with farming, 70% of Soviet Union was suffering from lack of food, for example google povolzhye food crisis and look how many people died there, and how long that region was suffering from this! My mam is Ukrainian but she’s not brainwashed! This was crisis overall not made by someone!!!!

[@lucianaromulus1408]

​@@valkyrja- in the Western World we're only taught about the Holocaust while ignoring the Holodomer, what the Japanese did to the Chinese etc etc

[@justinantwine1164]

Please do the Donner party as a dark history episode! So many people don't know the whole story and the absolute desperation those people were in, all because of a decision to take a 'short cut'. And I know Bailey would love doing the episode because, ya know, cannibalism 😅 -Danielle

[@Guacamolis1991]

I love the way you're so chill when you are talking in your videos. 👏😭 I feel like you're actually a friend talking to me with every video because the sass and sarcasm and it makes your videos so much better! 😭💜

[@fatgrandmafinds]

Like many, I knew of Stalin but Bailey has a way of giving us history without turning it into a snooze fest. Excellent delivery of information and I can't wait for the 2nd part!

[@eggiesammich]

We really don't talk about how horrible this guy is enough. I wrote two college papers on him and was gobsmacked at how little I knew (initially) of all the terror and suffering he put millions of people through.

[@AM711]

& the Japanese military & The Spanish

[@Peepee4brain]

I feel like it’s talked about all the time

[@CourtneyTunbridge79]

​@@Peepee4brain RIGHT...... Like where???

[@mickeyrose995]

And people try to preach to those of us who had our lives affected by his decisions even decades after about communism. 🙄

[@maxsthoughts6204]

He also uplifted Russia from being one of the poorest and most backwards countries in Europe to the wealthiest and most powerful. He was also one of the biggest anti-fascists in world history and nearly single-handedly defeated the Nazis after France and Great Britain’s numerous failures

[@DroSki-mm6be]

Love when I’m high and she post but yet again I know she gonna post so I get high 😭😭🤣

[@cgass0109]

Same 🥴

[@cindyhesson9213]

Sounds like we've got a party 😂

[@harriettbanish5285]

In Holodomor died 3.9 million people in Ukraine. 3,3 in Russia and 1.3 million in Kazachstan. So basically 8.5 million starved to death in the soviet union.

[@tokarev3094]

Have you ever engaged with Stephen Wheatcroft or R. W. Davies historical works on the USSR?

[@bethysbarn]

I also had a Russian novel period! I really loved War and Peace! I thought Crime and Punishment was a bit random tbf 😂 you absolutely cracked me up with the ‘oh and a moustache!’ 😂😂

[@GraceBaxter-f3o]

You should do the dark history on the Armenian genocide. No one talks about it and it’s often disregarded in history.

[@marianvr7]

THIS, SO MUCH THIS 🙌🏼 I

[@marianvr7]

Plus, her last name is Armenian!

[@GraceBaxter-f3o]

@@marianvr7 Love!!! 🇦🇲❤️

[@violeta8445]

Yess I always wanted to know more about that

[@marloeslovestea]

As someone who wanted to look more into Stalin, a Bailey video is top peak ❤

[@davantejohnson8591]

It’s nottttt It’s entertainment at best and misinformation at worst

[@marloeslovestea]

@@davantejohnson8591 I just love getting information from KZbin, books, research and I just happen to love Bailey's dark history videos

[@MysteryWillow.2013]

​@@marloeslovestea I love the History Hit streaming app and they have a quite a few shows on Stalin

[@amandarene3834]

Me to❤

[@rykaine]

Soviet history is rough. and Stalin worked overtime to rewrite it or disappear people from Soviet history.

[@ladynikkie]

I also want to add another fact Bailey, around the 1930s when Stalin's regime invaded Ukraine there was a young boy and his family who fled the country to get away from there and he grew up to be one of the world's most famous actors that young boy was Leonard Nimoy.

[@ezekielcousins9289]

Ukraine was a part of the Soviet Union, there was no invasion

[@tacobell1299]

​@@ezekielcousins9289Google says Stallin killed a ton of people in Ukraine at the time

[@allaalla9814]

​@@tacobell1299 killed, not invaded. Ukraine was the part of USSR that he ruled

[@stefuhkneez]

*Soviet Ukraine. They were not invaded. They were forced to larger grain quotas because they were one of the largest producers of grain in the USSR.

[@jenniferwilkinson9340]

Cool fact. Thank you.

[@luv.xtina3216]

My great grandfather served in the red army, he was Ukrainian, he had no other choice. But he was sent to the gulag or prison for about 10 years, I believe it was because he was helping a polish family escape.. but im not too sure about the facts.. I have his red army medals and I was intrigued by the history of it, surely it was a terrifying time, it's such a crazy part of history, thank you for covering this.

[@jessicamohr3695]

Does anyone else miss the big book ? Bring the book back Bailey!!! 😢

[@nuixaobouwu468]

Glad you decided to cover this topic. Our history classes in college were boring when mentioning the history of Stalin 😂😂😂 Can't wait for part 2

[@rachelhill4758]

Bailey now supersedes my high school AP history teacher whom I thought was the smartest person ever! (rest In peace Mrs. Wood)

[@maxsthoughts6204]

I mean she got several things wrong in the video but it is a decent spark notes video if you don’t know anything about Stalin

[@EmeraldSea-si7yh]

@@maxsthoughts6204 what things did she get wrong?

[@kellybarclay32]

Seriously! I have a masters degree in medieval European history and I learned so much!

[@kellybarclay32]

@@EmeraldSea-si7yh it’s little details. For instance she said Stalin was born in the Soviet Union, but technically he was born in Russia.

[@kelsmarie]

@@kellybarclay32 wouldn’t that still be the Soviet Union though since Russia was a part of it? Like less specific but still accurate?

[@pinzieoatmeal578]

My great grandparents and great uncle died in Russian concentration camps. My grandmother was the only one who survived. She was born in 1912 in Austria-Hungary. She was amazing. She lived to be 91. I miss her every single day.

[@ChadOfAllChads]

Where were they sent? To the concentration camp Austria-Hungary had created themselves or some other one?

[@elisakallokoski801]

Up here in Finland we do talk bout this. Its near, we feel this history differently coz IT IS near us. Plus war in Ukraine right now...

[@karolinalina5056]

Not sure the statement that nobody talks about Stalin is accurate. Maybe for America but for Europe and specifically countries involved like Poland, we talk about Stalin plenty, since he is a massive part of our history and taught in school, cemetery memorials etc. so yeah he is pretty well known to us

[@kimberlipaige8067]

I did learn about Stalin in high school here in America but it wasn’t very in depth. He was just one chapter so a lot of it was summarized

[@Actuallyalizard]

@@kimberlipaige8067 yeah, basically just “Stalin was a dictator and bad!” Is what I was taught

[@melodylapp9593]

Canada too

[@victorys.837]

I feel really lucky now listening to all of Bailey’s stories, in high school I was fortunate to take a class on genocide and we discussed Holodomor among several other instances throughout modern history and the present day. It’s really wild how much info is unknown to the public just because of the way certain content is streamlined to people

[@elpa882]

Stalin was born in Georgia. Soviet Union did not exist until 1922.

[@violeta8445]

Yes. He was born in Gori, Georgia, there’s even museum dedicated to him.. which is nothing to be proud of

[@susanturner9023]

I love that you went to the History Realm, I am 52 and knew a lot of this history but learn a little something something every time! I love your sas! ✌🏻❤️

[@SionSweet]

Whew! I needed those ad breaks this time! A break in all that heavy lifting Miss Bailey has done for us. Thank you Dark History team. Looking forward to part 2.

[@dittekovacs5835]

My moms entire side of the family grew up in magyaroszag (aka Hungary 🇭🇺) under communist rule. What he did to millions of people is absolutely horrific. He was a horrible person who cared for no one. I appreciate you telling the tale Bailey! I grew up on the west coast in the states and we barely went over this part of history. I’m glad I heard it firsthand from family. The education system is just flawed in the U.S. as we know from a former dark history video! Thanks again Bailey for teaching everyone something new!

[@watkinsinc.7147]

I feel so sad for the Ukrainian people with Zelensky trying to catch up with Stalin. He even wears 👠

[@mickeyrose995]

@@watkinsinc.7147 it’s Putin who wants the ussr back. You have no idea what you are talking about.

[@mickeyrose995]

My cousins are kovacs. Our family immigrated after the Balkan wars. Some serb some Hungarian.

[@starlinguk]

@@watkinsinc.7147 Riiiiight...

[@meetmeintaured]

Not gonna lie, it scares me that here in America so many people have no idea of who he is. Maybe it's because history repeats itself and we all think our generation have a worse leader than the one before us.

[@sassie88901]

Thank you for covering this topic! I love your videos. I was in the hospital earlier this week (I'm much better now) and your soothing voice helped me to get the little sleep I got. You can literally be talking about the most gruesome topics and I am lulled to sleep by your voice. ❤❤ thanks for all you do, Bailey.

[@BaileySarian]

I hope you're all better soon xo

[@elakinireland3637]

Hope you feel better, same thing for me my last round in hospital. It really helped , learned, laughed when I really needed distraction

[@sassie88901]

Thanks! I'm infinitely better now, its amazing sometimes how the right meds can fix things.

[@ebonyleathan]

I REALLY NEED ALL of the Dark History PJ’s that you wear!! I’d live in them 😍

[@shonajohnston4071]

I couldn't find them with the dark history motif

[@Claireannette77]

Part two! Part two! Part two! I love story time!

[@darbiestarot5338]

I feel like I don’t get anything done if not watching/listening to a podcast! And both of yours are some of my favorites, pls keep ‘em coming 🫶🏽

[@Himaryous]

I was bullied as a kid and I'm just a little over 5'4". I still have time to become a dictator.

[@AlexandraBolz]

Lol 😂😂

[@amazing_bastard]

please don't. you are awesome as you are!

[@nicholasmwangangi6257]

Up next on US state propaganda

[@marinalopes8611]

This 😂

[@kittenmitten7360]

It is kinda crazy because like... it seems he actually started out with a pretty ideal mindset, wanting equality for everyone. Sad that power and money seem to ALWAYS go straight to your head.

[@lucasbaxter5850]

No, he didn't start out like that 😂

[@kittenmitten7360]

@Lucas Baxter I mean like, I don't really think he set out to be a monster. He saw injustices between low income and the wealthy and thought it was bs. Which it is. Simple statement. Where he went from that point is questionable but I really don't think he set out to be what he ended up as.

[@ShinyNix86]

​@@lucasbaxter5850 jw.. have you ever read the communist manifesto? It's literally all about fighting injustice and inequality. Even if you disagree with it, I highly recommend reading it for at least basic understanding. I read lots of books I disagree with simply to have better understanding of why others agree with it. Also people do not start out to be villians. That happens over time and usually involves things like money and cognitive dissonance. Watching the Nuremberg trials is an amazing insight to what I'm speaking of. A lot Nazis & German citizens were no different than your average neighbors today. There have been tons of studies you can look up saying as much.

[@tripletease]

it was never that, it is a workers paradise meaning my grandpa who was an engineer made less than the labourer in his factory and my dad grew up dirt poor. that is the way it was from the get go.

[@ohwellwhateverr]

@@kittenmitten7360 That’s how communism always starts. The problem is, “equality” taken to its inevitable conclusion will always lead to disastrous outcomes. People by nature are not equal. We vary in talent, ability, diligence, luck. So if you want everyone to be the same, you have to steal from society’s most productive people to redistribute to the rest. Eventually, you run out of resources/money to steal. That’s why every single communist regime has led to societal collapse where poverty, starvation and distrust is rampant. It’s also why today’s culture in the West with its fixation on “equality” is so disturbing to anyone who remembers history.

[@stephanierobertson9562]

This horrible man affected so many people! My own family was affected by his cruelty and had to sneak out of the country. There needs to be more education on these horrible people so that hopefully it doesn’t continue to be repeated. ( I know it will happen again I’m sure so don’t come for me lol but it would be nice to learn from mistakes not continue to repeat them)

[@anthea6669]

*affected

[@perspii2808]

This is wildly inaccurate. 60% western propaganda and 40% embellishment to fit the style of the channel

[@lilliansundwall8160]

As someone who's highschool history education got obliterated because of covid I genuinely really appreciate Bailey doing such a deep dive on such an important topic

[@dedg0st]

nearly everything she said was a lie. read Lusurdo to know about stalin

[@roberthoard6894]

They weren't going to cover this in schools before covid.

[@YarynaMykh]

Thank you so much for talking about the Holodomor in Ukraine. It’s especially important now during the war.

[@Icegoddesswolf]

It just goes to show there's nothing worse than an insecure man. Well that and a woman scorned

[@jacquirosa4587]

Next time I get asked about my 5 year plan at an interview I'm busting out, what like Stalin? No thank you

[@nikkimendelson4102]

Bailey please do more of the dictators!!! I will watch for hours!

[@missmaddy]

Thank you for sharing this part of history nobody in the west is talking about. Stalin killed half my family, some of them starved to death others some died as political prisoners in gulags or Siberia. It's very sad that all four of my grandparents grew up as orphans, because of Stalin.

[@nickhershey3358]

I learned of Stalin during the lockdowns. My first awareness of Covid was when a friend called me and told me to get to the grocery store, they were going empty.

[@nuxvomica21]

😒

[@LostNFoundASMR]

By the way- I love how you didn’t leave out Armenia when you spoke of that area ❤we get overlooked a whole lot.

[@jenniferwilkinson9340]

I agree

[@Carjamrac]

Actually, Bailey is of Armenian descent.

[@rachelmalone982]

Yes!!! Everyone knows what moustache man did, this dude was straight evil as well. So happy for a 2 part!!!❤

[@JinaChantil]

Hey now, Freddie Mercury had a dictator mustache and we love him 😂

[@lovelance2011]

There isn’t a part two. I’ve looked up and down and all over Bailey’s page. 😢

[@breakfastclosed]

@@lovelance2011this video just came out, so part two isn’t out yet but by next week it should be

[@lovelance2011]

@@breakfastclosed Thank you. That’s one of the first things I normally look at before even watching the video. I feel silly now.🙃

[@maryeckel9682]

​@@lovelance2011 she hasn't posted it yet.

[@Pinkdot666]

Part two please, I'm anxious.

[@GHnsn-dp2ke]

I think Lenin's body is still preserved and you can view his body.....sooooo creepy!!

[@lizatalakhadze1590]

I’m Georgian and you actually did nail pronouncing his name!

[@zydruns9919]

I will forever listen to your videos, you make my day so much more interesting, productive and educational

[@LaladaBeauty]

Master and Margarita is such a great book! The author was definitely not pro Stalin or the Soviet regime. It was meant to be sarcastic.

[@HikoShinju]

One could say that, but personally I am more drawn to an opposite interpretation. In the book, there is a lot of satire, but the subject of which are weak, corrupted officials, intelectuals considering themselves to be above the others and greedy citizens thinking only about personal gratifications like a better apartment or chic dress from Paris instead of worn out rugs. However Stalin, represented in the novel by Poncius Pilat, is portrayed as a noble character, surrounded by evil minions and laws, that he has to obey, even though his personal opinions and feelings are decent; he acts as a stern ruler because he has to, because he is told lies, because he has no personal freedom to act accordingly to his own will. When Bulhakov was writing the book, he already witnessed thousands of horrors of soviet life, he was tired, sick and scared. His publications were blocked by censorship, he could not work, could not create, could not be sure about future of his loved ones and himself. He hoped that Stalin would recognize himself on Pilat and show some mercy, change his ways and his mind. That's why in the final chapter of Master's book Pilat joins Jesus and they leave the scene in serene moonlight, discussing about matters subtle and beautiful. It was Bulhakov's way to say "you can get your inner peace, be remember fondly by future generations, if you will abandon your scheming minions, will not listen to their false accusations, and act accordingly to your heart that is still pure and capable of mercy". I need to say, it is not my personal interpretation, but created by writer and literature critic, Dmitry Bykov.

[@aeolia80]

Stalin born in the Soviet Union 😂😂 I thought he helped create it with Lenin right after the Bolchevik revolution, the dude was born in Georgia

[@flutistnotflautist4740]

My grandfather survived and escaped a gulag in Siberia. I wouldn’t be here today if he wasn’t in the minority that survived. It’s nuts to think about. He became a raging alcoholic and beat his wife so bad she escaped from him and emigrated to America, so there’s that too. The ripple effect of evil can have a far reach.

[@EsDaniela]

BAILEEY this was one of the best DH episode I've listened to ❤ Congratulations on your hard work ❤ I'm looking forward to Part 2. Can't wait🎉

[@kaylaarmstrong1764]

I love Bailey so much & how much she puts into these videos! There’s always so many details and back story to make everything make sense! Plus the way she tells the stories is always so funny and exciting! She’s so pretty too💙

[@TsunamiKitten56]

Yesss Bailey! The headpiece is giving "Queen of the Underworld" vibes and I'm here for it 😂❤️

[@Just_Plain_Old_Me]

Bailey is such an amazing person with such a fun personality.❤❤❤

[@skyneely9327]

Fun fact: Prince Philip was related to the Romanovs because he was the grandnephew of Alexandra Romanov, Nicholas II’s wife so the British royal family is related to the old Russian royal family.

[@carrieann120]

Also, Bailey, the Rolling Stones based the song ‘Sympathy For The Devil’ on the book ‘The master and margarita’.

[@ninozukakishvili8117]

Hey, Bailey! Just a little insight: The USSR was founded in 1922, so Stalin couldn't have been born in USSR. He was born in Gori, Georgia. So, he was Georgian. You can find a whole MUSEUM in Gori dedicated to Stalin and there even was a monument of him 'til 2010. There were many times, where people tried to remove it and it finally happened due to the Russian-Georgian War in 2008. I'm not putting this out there because we Georgians are proud of the fact that he was from Georgia, but simply because the country gets overshadowed frequently. Some don't even know it exsits, some believe it to be a part of Russia while as a matter of fact we've always been an independent country except for the time we were a part of USSR.

[@NinoBitsadze]

ვეძებდი ამ კომენტარს!

[@andreeagab17]

loved the video and can't wait for part 2! 💕 also, since its related to Russia, it would be so interesting if you could do an episode on the disaster at Chernobyl 🤞

[@lyna7038]

You should make a video about Batista

[@jodieredgap5475]

I knew about what happened to anastasia but never really taught any Russian history. You're like a my new history teacher now 😂

[@dimitrakoutla1315]

I've listened to this episode twice so far and now I'm also watching the video. I think this is a serious contender for my fav dark history episode!

[@emmaliu535]

What's more fun than watching Bailey cover Stalin after an AP World exam!!

[@michellemalan2237]

Shout out from south africa watching you during loadshedding yaaaaay you should do a dark history on ESKOM pleeeease! 🤣👏🏻🇿🇦 Immigrating to Australia 🇦🇺 in 8 days, proudly South African but we’re tired of loadshedding and politics! 😑

[@taniasteyn4078]

That Saggie Urgggg, I felt in my Soul.

[@melissaclark6578]

Wow! This Dark History not only will draw in history buffs BUT also fans of MMMM too! Double the views!

[@joan_p]

I'm pretty sure Joseph Stalin's work is well known outside USA

[@andreag6175]

Excellent video 💖 you should do more biographies of huge historical figures. Napoleon, Henry VIII, Teddy Roosevelt...

[@alyseceleste]

Thank you for educating people on communism. A lot of people here in the US don’t understand what it means but they want it.

[@iammekiah8788]

Can you do a video on the devils knot it’s a real story based in west memphis.

[@baylorsailor]

You should do a legit deep dive into January 6th. You'll probably be surprised on what you find if you're unbaised about it.

[@mahyahashemi06]

This is one my favourite dark history episode Bailey always gives us the best

[@HaleyMary]

I never learned anything about world war 2 in school, so I love that Bailey is covering topics like this!

[@LolaHappyFace]

Man, I feel like the only thing we learned about in school was WW2 and the Holocaust

[@isabellaharris1460]

Where do you live that they dont teach about world war 2? That’s blows my mind

[@HaleyMary]

@@isabellaharris1460 I grew up in Qu'appelle and then moved to Regina, SK in high school and we never learnt about the world wars. I mean we had Remembrance day ceremonies, but we never studied them in class.The curriculum focused on the Inuit, First Nations, government and geography. I learnt about the world wars by reading Anna Frank's book and watching movie dramas about world war 2 and Vietnam.

[@arbitrary_raspberry]

​@@LolaHappyFace same

[@kiml5490]

@@isabellaharris1460 that’s exactly what I was thinking!!

[@scpamplin]

Stalin wasn't born in the Soviet Union because it didn't exist then but that's just the history teacher in me and I often use Russia and the Soviet Union interchangeably because it confuses the kids. He was from Georgia. I'm going to show this in class this week as we work on our final projects. I love the idea of a dark history book club. Danika XIX has been doing it for Dune for a long time and maybe it'd be fun to do over something like Cadillac desert or the devil in the White City.

[@arielsalas8280]

I swear I learned more here than I ever did in world history school about Joseph Stalin. This is absolutely insane!😮

[@sibr4111]

Hi Bailey! 🖐🙂 Can you please do an episode on African dictators such as Idi Amin or Jean Bokassa !?

[@mariamlabari7747]

He was born in my hometown and there is his museum and even the train that he traveled around with. People still respect him and some even follow his beliefs😏 YEAH I KNOW! Post-soviet Union trauma is no joke. My teacher even once told me that when he died and they got his body ready to lay to rest and they took off his cloth they realized that his shirt (that he always wore inside his clothes) still had a stamp on it. It was probably from when he or his mum (I'm not sure) was working in a factory or sth. What I'm getting at is that even though he reached his political peak I think he never really forgot where he was coming from. Yeah I don't know I thought it was still worth sharing.

[@marissamate]

Thank you!! I've never been told about what Stalin has done before. He was never in any of my history classes.

[@Sean-xy4hk]

This video is full of misinformation, you’ve learnt nothing but lies here

[@amberconnolly5790]

I get it Bailey…. It’s a kind f**k when you are attracted to someone who’s a psychopath. Also, I learned more in this 1 episode than I did all through middle/high school and during my undergrad. Thank you Queen Bailey! ❤

[@jesseniavasquez1137]

Hand tucked in his jacket means he's a Freemason. *

[@WelshWitch]

Love that there is a part 2! Cannot wait for Thursday 😁

[@realvampiress1978]

This was actually spoken about on this season of the The Crown because they had ask'd for help getting out of Germany and the Queen at that time said she was gonna boats to bring them back to the UK however she also sent a second note for them to be killed

[@amazing_bastard]

who are "they"?

[@lindajohnsonkaplan647]

There was no Queen in England at that time. Not to mention that Czarina Alexandra was Queen Victoria’s much adored favorite granddaughter. The King of England at the time of the Bolshevik Revolution was also the first cousin of Czar Nicholas; they looked like brothers and were very close. There were attempts made to get them out but they were made too late.

[@realvampiress1978]

@Linda Johnson Kaplan please just watch the latest season of the Crown and it explains it all in record books that Queen Elizabeth herself knew about but kept hidden so no one would find out..

[@anthea6669]

​@@realvampiress1978 I think you really misunderstood the episode 😅

[@realvampiress1978]

@Anthea Mérida no I got what the video was about but I also know about history and how it can intertwine with other parts of history and I happen to remember this was talked about on the Crown and just thought it was interesting..