I was wondering about that because I read before he became a Communist he was a devout Catholic.
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
@@schizoidboy Yes, an error slipped in. In Russian cities like Perm and also in Minsk (Belarus) there are statues of him.
@Artur_M.4 жыл бұрын
The interesting thing is that the rest of his family was very patriotic and didn't want to have anything to do with bolshevism, including his brothers Władysław and Kazimierz, who were both killed by Germans during the WW2.
@electricink39084 жыл бұрын
He was a Polish nobleman who married a Jewess.
@Artur_M.4 жыл бұрын
Wait, did I heard right that you called Dzierżyński "Polish-Jewish"? As far as I know, Dzierżyński was gentile, also a nobleman (oh, the irony), he kinda had a very similar background to Piłsudski. Maybe you confused him with Feliks Kon (another member of the Committee)? Edit: Other than that, I'm of course very glad that you are covering this topic.
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
I stand corrected about Iron Felix.
@jangrosek43344 жыл бұрын
Question. I noticed long ago that Dzerzhinsky had an Asiatic epicanthus. Which one of his ancestors was a Lithuanian Tatar?
@Artur_M.4 жыл бұрын
@@jangrosek4334 I don't know but I wouldn't be surprised if he indeed had some Tatar ancestry. BTW Henryk Sienkiewicz looked kinda similar to Dzierżyński and his family is said to have Tatar roots. Edit: Although that similarity is probably mostly due to the similar facial hair style. ;)
@raystrang52943 жыл бұрын
@@HistoryHustle No you were part right. I believe his father was jewish but hid the fact.
@horsefish25253 жыл бұрын
@@raystrang5294 For sure not. He was from an old noble Polish Lithuanian family with a coat of arms Samson [ha, ha]. He was not even from Franks. The Polish heraldic system is opposed to systems used elsewhere, notably in Western Europe. It could be more compare to the clan. Many famillies were under one coat of arms pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_(herb_szlachecki) As to Franks I mean about those Franks en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankism
@Adrian-ju7cm4 жыл бұрын
Long live Poland!
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
🇵🇱
@the1ghost7644 жыл бұрын
Bialystok is such a beautiful city.
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Nice city indeed.
@DRFelGood4 жыл бұрын
Excellent research along with narrative 👍 Thank you for sharing ✌️
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your response :)
@mammuchan89234 жыл бұрын
Bialystok - where even the plant pots are bravely Polish🇵🇱! Thanks for always hustling the most interesting stories. As always, I salute the Poles🤍❤️
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! :)
@neilturner67494 жыл бұрын
Loving all this obscure history that (unless you’re a local, I guess) has been lost to time! Keep up the good work, and don’t be afraid to extend the episodes in order t9 keep up the “hustle” pace. History nerds don’t get bored easily!
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Neil. The on-location episodes are shorter in general contrary to the episodes I record at home.
@mammuchan89234 жыл бұрын
History nerds don’t get bored ever😇✌️
@brentvanderveeke33384 жыл бұрын
Very cool and intressting video Keep up the good work👍🏻👍🏻
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@jurekmaczynski19454 жыл бұрын
Nice vid. See you've fixed the Dzerzhinsky bit already. Incidentally, he has a terrible reputation in Poland and if there ever is a contest for the most hated Pole in history, Dzerzhinsky would be right up there, vying for the top spot
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Understandable. In Russian cities like Perm and also in Minsk Belarus there are statues of him.
@wodzimierzcieciura10994 жыл бұрын
@@HistoryHustle His birthplace in Belarus has been turned into a museum and a pilgrimage site for the trainees of the Belarussian KGB academy. Lukashenko is a well known admirer of the Iron Feliks. My great grandmother, who lived in Moscow with her parents during the Russian revolution and Civil War, always told stories of her meeting with Dzerzhinsky when they applied for a permit to leave Soviet Russia and move to Poland. The permit was granted.
@horsefish25253 жыл бұрын
You are wrong. Nobody sent so many communists to the other world as Dzierzynski. These were called The Purges
@cindys94913 жыл бұрын
@@horsefish2525 right, but Dzerzhinsky was dead by the time of the Great Purges of 1937 (NKVD leader Yezhov carried them out. Before Stalin had him killed too, of course).
@prakashghumaliya20024 жыл бұрын
Thank you for video sir 💐💐💐👏👏👏
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@tommy-er6hh4 жыл бұрын
Since you seem to like short lived states, how about the Muslim Tartar Crimean People's Republic of December 1917. It actually existed a few days. I did not know there was any tartars left in the Crimea until i heard of this. Personally i have always been entertained by the bizarre Ukraine Green republic of 24 Jun 1917, NOT in the Ukraine but on the opposite end of Russia, on the far east coast by the Pacific!
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
I cover these on location so it depends on when I can and will travel there. I will mention the first one you suggested, because in a few weeks I'll talk about the Eastern Legions.
@jangrosek43344 жыл бұрын
Well, in general, the historical significance of Green Ukraine is greatly overestimated. There were a lot of serious forces in the Far East: whites, interventionists, Czechoslovakians, Hungarians, Chinese, Bolsheviks, socialists, anarchists. It was impossible to create an independent republic in such conditions. In fact, it was a social and political movement of Ukrainian settlers who could never make a state. However, as a historical fact, this event is interesting.
@CDG77554 жыл бұрын
Goed gedaan, Stefan. Dank je wel. :)
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Graag gedaan.
@David-oo9ip4 жыл бұрын
did you do a video on Slovakia in ww2? I want to know more of their purpose, participation, etc
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Sure something for the feature!
@solarorbiter23314 жыл бұрын
Nice video! That could be interesting for you: Did you know that during the I Republic of Poland (before the partitions), Dutch People emigrated and settle down here? There are still many names of villages named after them like "Holendry" / Olędry. Here is one: pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holendry_(gmina_Chmielnik) . There were also nobles and soldiers from the Netherlands in Poland, like admiral Arend Dijckman on the battle of Oliwa pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitwa_pod_Oliw%C4%85 Groetjes! ;-)
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Didn't know this. Interesting. Thanks for sharing!
@lovedembacke84784 жыл бұрын
Keep up the good work
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@alexandruboldurescu76644 жыл бұрын
Nice episode. How do you get all this information?
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
see under SOURCES below the video.
@horsefish25252 жыл бұрын
From Wikipedia
@janherburodo80704 жыл бұрын
Interesting episode. Let me add a small detail, although Poles escalated the war in April 1920, it actually started after the Soviets attacked Polish forces in the east in January of 1919.
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the additional information.
@mrkitty19974 жыл бұрын
I believe this information to be improbable at best. While the revolutionaries were fighting on multiple fronts, tactically Poland would have the advantage to attract a weakened Russian state, not the other way around. It just wouldn't make sense to attack polish troops, especially considering how the committee gave up its western holdings to the Germans during world war to just to get out of it as quickly as possible. The polish army leaders at that time were expansionists and instigated border conflicts with all it's neighbours including Czechoslovakia, Lithuania, Ukraine and even Germany (but that was and is swept under the rug, as the modern Polish government stance is to paint Poland as a victim of history). At that time, and I'm sorry to break it to you, Poland was the aggressor. Source: Encyclopedia Britannica, states that the war began with the cooperation agreement between Pilsudski (Poland) and Petliura (Ukraine). Where they promptly overran week red defences.
@mrkitty19974 жыл бұрын
Hell, they even attempted to coup the Lithuanian government in 1919. So let me put it straight: Poland was no angel. Source: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919_Polish_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt_in_Lithuania
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Interesting. Thanks for sharing as well.
@janherburodo80704 жыл бұрын
@Lemon Compiler And where did I wrote that Poland was an angel? History is not black and white and you're totally overlooking the context of the events you speak of. For exemple, when speaking on "the war with Germany" you're referring to the Greater Poland uprising as I understand, that area was a birthplace of the Polish nation, ethnically, culturally and historically Polish, in 1918 it was inhabited at leat by 65% Polish majority despite the long and brutal germanization, most notably during the Bismarck period. I debout that a uprising of people who were prosecuted for 100 years can ce seen as an act of aggression, especially considering that Poznań was in the borders of Poland since early 950' to 1793, later it was briefly in the borders of the Duchy of Warsaw. It was in all aspects a Polish city, taken away from Poland by the partitions when Prussia, Russia and Austria wipped Poland off the map. When it comes to Czechoslovakia, you really need to learn about the topic. Zaolzie, an ethnically Polish region was annexed by Czechoslovakia after the Czech invasion in 1919, so I don't see how Poland being invaded can be used as an evidence of Poland being an agreesor. When it comes to Wilno and Lithuania, Poland can be seen as the aggressor, but it is important to note that the city itself was inhabited by 53,67% of Poles, 41,45% of Jews and only 2% of Lithuanians (1916). In 1931 the disproportion grew even bigger with 65,9% Poles and 0,9% Lithuanians. The control over the city after the war was taken by Polish Self defense. Lithuania was not able to hold the city as it was inhabited by less than 1% of Lithuanians. My knowlage doesn't come from Wikipedia and I've reed many, many books on the Soviet-Polish war, so when you'll read at least five, then we can speak like you're the one who can educate me. Problem is that after the first world war, Soviets quickly denounced the treaty of Brest-Litovsk and went on a Westward Offensive and that when the first skirmishes of the conflict happend, that how the war was initiated. I only pointed that out, because people often think that the war started with Kiev offensive in 1920, but is was raging on since 1919.
@mikehydropneumatic25834 жыл бұрын
Pitty that in high school not much of middle and eastern European history is taught. Thank for the hustle.
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Agree although I am changing that for my classes though:)
@Hitesh-rq9fc4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting 😀😆
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! :D
@Vladymir_Putin4 жыл бұрын
There was more short-lived states in this part of Europe. Like TWO Ukraine republics simultaniously: east and west, after 1st word war and before captured by Soviets. There was even sort of 3rd Ukraine, Nestor Machno anarchy state that fight with both sides of russian cyvil war, 'reds' and 'whites'. There was also interesting state in 1920-1922 year, named "Republic of center Lithuania". I hope You;ll find this comment interesting.
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Yes, much more to cover indeed!
@thispodcastisnotimportant66674 жыл бұрын
Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky was of Polish-Catholic heritage and was actually descended from Polish noblility he was not a Jew though. He was a Communist obviously that part is true.
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
See pinned comment.
@mikewest55294 жыл бұрын
I love how he says!! Yeah there will be comments!! Ha ha ha. It’s a tuff time for all!! Yep
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
So far so good...
@luxembourgishempire28264 жыл бұрын
Yes very interesting
@David-oo9ip4 жыл бұрын
how are you here so fast
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
FirST! And thanks :)
@mammuchan89234 жыл бұрын
@@David-oo9ip super fast internet that’s what the Luxembourgish Empire is renowned for⚡️
@David-oo9ip4 жыл бұрын
@@mammuchan8923 didnt know they had 6g in Luxembourg
@mammuchan89234 жыл бұрын
@@David-oo9ip the Emperor has power!
@peterhancox35974 жыл бұрын
Hi you should do a history lesson about South Africa how the Dutch were there first in 1656 i think a guy called Jan van Riebeeck and Simon vad der stel also the Dutch east india company i learnt of in SA
@mammuchan89234 жыл бұрын
And most importantly established a vineyard to produce wine for which we are eternally thankful😉🍷
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
South Africa has an interesting history also.
@ehanoldaccount58934 жыл бұрын
Notice how the Allies didn’t care when the Soviets invaded during both invasion attempts
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
They did. Look at the Allied intervention during the Russian Civil War.
@ehanoldaccount58934 жыл бұрын
History Hustle That was to KEEP the white Army in the war and keep the eastern front alive. I’m talking about STOPPING the Russians, and thous the Red Army, from invading eastern Europe
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Initially yes, but these inventions continued well after Germany was defeated in WW1. Furthermore American and British governments monitored communist organizations in their own country as well as there was the Red Scare in the US. Furthermore Churchill had even plans to turn on the Soviets after Germany was defeated in WW2. And agreements for spheres of influence were already agreed upon at Yalta. Some sacrifices had to be made like the central and Eastern European countries.
@ehanoldaccount58934 жыл бұрын
History Hustle Would’ve been very interesting if the Allies had fought the Soviets after defeating the Germans
@pauloakwood92083 жыл бұрын
@@ehanoldaccount5893 But not realistic. The Allies may have won the Great War, but they were economically, socially and politically exhausted. An entire generation had been wiped out in those trenches.
@aromero3853 жыл бұрын
It would be interesting in the future, if you could talk, why Holland lost New Amstersdam (actually New York), to the english.
@HistoryHustle3 жыл бұрын
Perhaps in the future some day.
@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.78604 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. May I suggest the Bavarian Soviet republic or the Hungarian soviet republic next?
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your message. If I ever travel to Munich that one will be covered. The HSR has been covered already. Right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqnJkIiObrKXf5Y Lemme know your thoughts!
@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.78604 жыл бұрын
History Hustle I’ll check it out . Thanks
@rosrebel4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting ...
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@rosrebel4 жыл бұрын
History Hustle ...your more than welcome..from a totally sober rosrebel ......your bringing history to a new audience ....
@rosrebel4 жыл бұрын
Last year I went to a small museum in east Slovakia a town called Budkovce...in the museum was ww1 memoires and photos from soldiers from this part of the Austro Hungarian empire ...of course all local Slovaks fighting against the Russians ....really poignant stuff .... I have been visiting central / Eastern Europe for the last 26yrs ...so many historical gems ....
@rosrebel4 жыл бұрын
There’s also a noted ww2 site called dargov in this region ..scene of major tank battle ..
@rosrebel4 жыл бұрын
One thing I have noted on my journeys are the numerous small war graves of the Germans .... mainly discrete , yet stoic in their presence ....and usually the are locked after .........
@gregabregar41054 жыл бұрын
Even Slovenia had a couple of them: Prekmurska Republika (literally the "Trans-Mur Republic") that existed between May 29 to June 6 1919, and Kobariška Republika (Republic of Caporetto) that was established 2 days after the capitulation if Italy in 1943, with the territory of 2750 km2
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
interesting
@schizoidboy4 жыл бұрын
One irony about Jews and Communism is in Fascist Italy there were Jews who joined the Fascist party for the same reason some joined the Communists. Because most of the prejudice against them was religion based they hoped that a political system that was essentially anti-religion (Mussolini was actually an atheist and from a socialist background) that they might get a fair stake in Italy. It has to be remembered that before the rise of Nazism Fascism was not concerned with racial identity, but this changed when Mussolini gave into the Nazis and started attacking the Jews in Italy. The Communists didn't treat the Jewish ethnic groups in their nation any better. Stalin's last act of genocide was to plan another purge of Jewish people before he suddenly died.
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
More about the last thing you mentioned in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpiVlodshKydnKM
@schizoidboy4 жыл бұрын
@You're Spying Sort of reminds me of the excuses the Nazis were throwing around after the loss of the First World War.
@horsefish25253 жыл бұрын
Stlin probably didnt died but could be liquidated as the last Tsar
@awesomeboy43534 жыл бұрын
Do one about the Netherlands.
@awesomeboy43534 жыл бұрын
@@ximrade4287 what does this got to do with poland
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Which one?
@awesomeboy43534 жыл бұрын
@@HistoryHustle Batavian Republic
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
@@awesomeboy4353 an idea!
@awesomeboy43534 жыл бұрын
@@HistoryHustle is it a good idea
@o-pitamask46984 жыл бұрын
So that means that the ussr would have annexed Poland if won and that means that they would have the same borders as the 2nd polish republic
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
I don't think so. Reason for the eastern borders of interwar Poland were the successes of the Polish forces in the war against the Soviets.
@o-pitamask46984 жыл бұрын
@@HistoryHustle yeah I know but I meant it as an alternate history theory
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
I see. Don't do that stuff on this channel.
@o-pitamask46984 жыл бұрын
@@HistoryHustle no problem
@raidang3 ай бұрын
Lenin originally wanted to turn the entire Russian Empire into Soviet Union so the Bolsheviks wanted all of the Russian Empire land but Poland and Finland slipped out of Russia which the Bolsheviks wanted if they could
@igorbrille82223 жыл бұрын
Have you made already a film about the Wolga-German Sovjetrepublic ? 1924 first governement of the ' Autonome Sozialistische Räte-republik der Wolga Deutschen'
@HistoryHustle3 жыл бұрын
Had no option to travel there yet, so no.
@paulmattt3 жыл бұрын
3:12 Dzierżyński was not Jewish. He came from a Polish nobleman family.
@HistoryHustle3 жыл бұрын
Already corrected, see pinned comment.
@wieslaw8013 жыл бұрын
Please notice that Poland was reinstated only a year earlier before the war with Soviet Union started. Therefore talking about Polish authorities harassing or discriminating Jews is a fake argument. This territory was Russia just two years earlier so which authorities you are talking about. Instead of blaming Jewish collaboration with the invading Soviet army on Polish antisemitism, maybe it is more accurate to notice that the idea of internationalism and communism was popular in Jewish communities. That's all.
@HistoryHustle3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to write a comment. I did claim Polish authorities harassing or discriminating Jews, because even in one year such things happened. It is true that also among Polish people there was antisemitism. As for your last claim I refer to the quote of historian Figes I mentioned in the video.
@horsefish25253 жыл бұрын
@@HistoryHustle Here is very interesting book about Polish Jewish relations something diffrent that most books that you could buy in the bookshops: kpk-toronto.org/wp-content/uploads/Traditional-Jewish-Attitudes-Toward-Poles-1.pdf But dont drill down the theme it`s dangerous. In Poland in commie times we were saying: Dont think. If you think, dont say. If you say dont write. If you write, dont sign. If you sign dont be astonished
@jjc54754 жыл бұрын
never knew the poles actually won a battle against the commies. nice.
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Multiple during the Polish Soviet war!
@katitobyt4 жыл бұрын
Wow
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Shock and awe...
@johnryder17134 жыл бұрын
I'm glad this state didn't exist for long, hence how we get so much interesting content from yourself Stefan
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@zbena70444 жыл бұрын
Always Mama Rosiya a huge problem ....
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
This time yes...
@MrDanielz184 жыл бұрын
Ook in Nederlands ?
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Nee helaas.
@huynguyenthe5204 жыл бұрын
Comment first
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Second ;)
@huynguyenthe5204 жыл бұрын
@@HistoryHustle third
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍👍
@horrorboys87624 жыл бұрын
Polen verkwam eigenlijk de tweede wereld oorlog die tijd
@HistoryHustle4 жыл бұрын
Moeilijk te zeggen. In ieder geval voorkwam Polen dat grootschalige gevechten tussen Oost-Europese communisten en West-Europese anticommunisten niet plaatsvonden.