The Mongol Invasion of Ukraine

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Fresh off the conquest of the Kwharazmian Empire, the Mongol horde treks west to wage war on Europe in the name of Genghis Khan. The principalities of the Kyivan (Kievan) Rus’ must suffer the ensuing Mongol invasion. The Ukrainian, Hungarian, and Polish peoples rally behind leaders such as Danilo of Halych-Volhynia (Daniel of Galicia) to assert independence.
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absolutely incorrect, 100% revisionism. No "ukraine" existed in 13 th century, not even theoretically, it's laughable to claim so. The word itself means frontier, kray/kraina in every slavic language, not a country. "Kievan Rus" (or Kyivan or whatever) wasn't called Kievan either, only Rus. Ruthenia also means Rus-land, land of Rus, bastarnized latin name. People of Paris call themselves Parisians, so I guess they are a nation according to this ridiculous twisted 'logic'.

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Reaper is great for vocals. Other than that we just fool around with audio speed, reverb and use a nice big library of various cinematic ambient effects, bass thuds, whooshes, etc. I've been looking into Paulstretch recently too--a cool program that can turn simple noises into ambient notes. Hope you're doing well up at the wall Jon Snow!

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Can you do a video on the actual tactics that the Mongols used to defeat their heavier armored and more numerous enemies? I remember reading/hearing about how the Mongols were lightly armored with leather and silk and used repeated hunting techniques, attack and retreat, to draw out and tire their opponents who thought they were running away. The silk would not break against arrow heads and could be pulled to pull out the arrow from the flesh.

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Some new content is on the way tomorrow to save you from watching re-runs :)

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What a absolute insane time to have been existing during such invasions I can honestly not even fathom facing such problems coming from 2022 in the United States.

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Enjoyed this episode, can I ask where the music from 8:40 - 10:00 is from. Sounds epic.

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Danilo’s initial cowardess in leaving his lands seems to be a blessing, he was later able to gather people to fight against the invaders. Creating an even better empire than before.

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An empire overlooked and payed homage to their overlords the Mongols

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[@Rubanvl]

Good video. Can’t agree with the term Ukraine though. The Mongols invaded the Kievan Rus, and yes while the term Ukraine was used to refer to the borders of Rus territory, it is disingenuous to pretend that they are two separate terms. I’ve seen your copypasta replies, but let’s call a spade a spade, this is click bait at its finest. Other than that I’m a big fan of your work and I hope your channel continues to grow.

[@alekshukhevych2644]

The thing is, it seems that the term Ukraine did not refer to borderlands as such, but rather to principalities on the edge of the state. So it does not exactly mean borderland.

[@Rubanvl]

@@alekshukhevych2644 nice dude. Thanks for educating me on that 🙏🏾

[@glib4571]

The word Ukraine already existed and was used to describe certain regions of Ruś in the Duchy of Pereyaslav. Now the word Ruś was only applied to the regions of Kyiv, Chernihiv and Pereyaslav. Neither Novgorod nor Suzdal, Vladimir, nor even Galicia (till the creation of the Kingdom of Ruthenia) were called Ruś. You can read old novgorod, ipatiivski, lavrentiivski chronicles still available nowadays, and you'll see all those regions were put in contrast to Rus, which was in nowadays Ukraine. Other regions were called Ruś only when there was a need to emphasize on their subjection to Rus (meaning subjection to Kyiv and Ruthenians living there). Even slavic tribes of other regions used to call themselves differently: while people from Kyiv, Pereyaslav and Chernihiv used to call themselves Rusyny (meaning Ruthenians), Novgorodians and Pskovians were called Sloveny. And the lands of modern Moscow were mainly populated by finnougric tribes. This means that by that time there already existed different slavic and non-slavic ethnicities within the federation. The core of Ruś was in Kyiv, and Ruthenians as an ethnicity formed around Kyiv, they still live there, only the name has changed, because the region of Ruś called Ukraine spreaded its influence upon other regions. And there's nothing weird in it, there are many examples of such changes among other peoples: Lechia to Poland, Dacia to Romania, Muscovy to Russia. Nobody has a doubt that Lechia is basically Poland, yet people still think that Ukrainians "appeared out of nowhere". What's the reason of such ambiguity? Ukrainians used their original name (Rusyn) up until WW2 in Galicia, up until the beginning of XXth century in its north-eastern regions (Chernihiv) and still kept it nowadays in the most isolated mountain regions of Transcarpathia. Thus calling Ruś "Ukraine" is not a mistake. It's just another name of the same entity. And it's just the same as calling Lechia "Poland", but nobody gets mad due to the latter.

[@dugzamilza5212]

@@glib4571 Ukraine existed even before Assyrians maybe even before dinosaurs.

[@sosig6445]

The narrative visuals and sound effects during the mongol conquests gave an apocaliptic feel and the Rus rebellion/counterattack gives such heroic vibes to their struggle They must have felt like they were fighting the last war on earth and the end of the world is closing, as they fought for their very survival against an enemy of apocaliptic scale and talent for warfare and destruction, from a far away land many of them never heard of, as entire civilisations clashed for the fate of Entire Eastern Europe, it must have took the courage of true heroes to rise up in arms even after they witnessed the power of their foe before and the dire consequence of insubordination.

[@abhijaysarmah7418]

Came here from kng, i have to say your channel is a hidden gem!!

[@justice_crash2521]

Keep it coming brother i love your style

[@Aoeror98]

We need a series about the mongols and their conquest

[@someguysomeone3543]

1:00 damn that picture with the burning rubbels and mountains of skull is such a powerful image. Also what's the name of the music at 8:50?

[@evandalistgaming8914]

The music, the SFX! the video made me want to jump on a horse and fight! felt super charged! i love these videos. forever subscriber.

[@thecitative6249]

A movie about Danilo would be so interesting to watch. It'd be a Braveheart type of story, I'd totally watch it.

[@Fotosynthesis858]

@HistoryDose is by far my favorite history KZbinr. All the videos are historically accurate, expertly produced & presented in a very entertaining way 👍🏾

[@furioussherman7265]

Something I think is especially interesting about the Mongol invasion of the Kyivan Rus is that Subutai's tactics and strategy in fighting them would heavily influence the Russian military over 700 years later. In part by studying how he operated, Soviet military theorists in the 1920s and '30s were able to create the Deep Battle theory that would be used to great effect in defeating the Nazi invasion during World War Two.

[@CA-jz9bm]

Fun fact Kyievan Rus never existed There is literally not a single source in existence from 900-1300 time that says that Kyevan Rus is a thing

[@puujeelkhagva8575]

@@CA-jz9bmso the Rurukids are just a myth?

[@CA-jz9bm]

@@puujeelkhagva8575 no, we have plenty of sources about them

[@BR0984]

@@CA-jz9bm then what did the Rurikids rule over

[@CA-jz9bm]

@@BR0984 Rus

[@-zulutchaing-6063]

Those animation are so good id love to meet the illustrators and graphists that work on those

[@lindahudson6685]

Well done and great narration.

[@Polnisch_StalkerPL]

During this period, there wasn't Ukraine nor Russia. There was a 'Rus'. For me this is a fundamental mistake in title of video.

[@glib4571]

The word Ukraine already existed and was used to describe a certain regions Ruś in the Duchy of Pereyaslav. Now the word Ruś was only applied to the regions of Kyiv, Chernihiv and Pereyaslav. Neither Novgorod nor Suzdal, Vladimir, nor even Galicia (till the creation of the Kingdom of Ruthenia) were called Ruś. You can read old novgorod, ipatiivski, lavrentiivski chronicles still available nowadays, and you'll see all those regions were put in contrast to Rus, which was in nowadays Ukraine. Other regions were called Ruś only when there was a need to emphasize on their subjection to Rus (meaning subjection to Kyiv and Ruthenians living there). Even slavic tribes of other regions used to call themselves differently: while people from Kyiv, Pereyaslav and Chernihiv used to call themselves Rusyny (meaning Ruthenians), Novgorodians and Pskovians were called Sloveny. And the lands of modern Moscow were mainly populated by finnougric tribes. This means that by that time there already existed different slavic and non-slavic ethnicities within the federation. The core of Ruś was in Kyiv, and Ruthenians as an ethnicity formed around Kyiv, they still live there, only the name has changed, because the region of Ruś called Ukraine spreaded its influence upon other regions. And there's nothing weird in it, there are many examples of such changes among other peoples: Lechia to Poland, Dacia to Romania, Muscovy to Russia. Nobody has a doubt that Lechia is basically Poland, yet people still think that Ukrainians "appeared out of nowhere". What's the reason of such ambiguity? Ukrainians used their original name (Rusyn) up until WW2 in Galicia, up until the beginning of XXth century in its north-eastern regions (Chernihiv) and still kept it nowadays in the most isolated mountain regions of Transcarpathia. Thus calling Ruś "Ukraine" is not a mistake. It's just another name of the same entity. And it's just the same as calling Lechia "Poland", but nobody gets mad due to the latter.

[@Polnisch_StalkerPL]

@@glib4571 I meaned, that historical name of the state ruled by Rurikhids was Kievan Rus. The geographical regions was called Red Rus, Black Rus, White Rus and so on. Maybe they used the name Ukraine, but I think, that was used for describing geographical region covering the ares around Kiev.

[@Azog150]

@@Polnisch_StalkerPL I mean it easier for a modern audience to understand the title of the video by using the modern geographical distinction no? "The Mongol Invasion of the Kievan Rus" might be good for the the out-and-out history nerds, but not for most others.

[@maryanchabursky9148]

The lands locared between the Syan and Don rivers was refured to as "Vkrayina" (meaning "in land") as far back as 1147. With time the peoples of the region adopted the name to differentiate themselves from their norther cousins who userped the name Rus' for themselves.

[@grim789]

Yeah but most people might not know that so I don't fault him for using that in the title anyway.

[@caulkercracker9732]

this is my first time hearing the Mongols attacked Ukraine back then

[@laneshuler1154]

You guys deserve way more subs

[@onangarodney7746]

Man I love your work