The Russian Revolution of 1905 | Bloody Sunday and the first Soviets

[@jealouseggs5619]

I don't get how a channel like this that goes through so much effort to cover interesting periods in history gets so little views. you deserve more!

[@josevilas4927]

I wonder the same. The Romanov Faberge Eggs video got more tha 600,000 visits. And to top it off Bloody Nicholas was made a saint by the Russian church.

[@alphalifestyleacademy]

My great, grant grandparents sent my great-grandpa by himself at 7 years old to America to escape after the first Russian revolution in 1905.

[@TrueLeft-n6j]

How Impressive - AlphaLifestyleAcademy, where I assume the curriculum includes lessons on pulling yourself up by your bootstraps-even if you're 7 years old, fleeing revolution, and can barely tie those boots. Sounds like your great-grandpa lived the ultimate 'alpha' life: child labor, economic desperation, and a one-way ticket to capitalism’s warm embrace. Funny how the 'alpha lifestyle' always seems to rely on a system where a few wolves feast while the rest fight for scraps. Maybe it’s time for an academy upgrade-something like Workers' Solidarity Academy-where the focus is on collective strength rather than survival of the fittest. Just a thought!

[@Artur_M.]

It's nice to see you revisiting the old topics, especially since this means that my city (Lodz, or more properly Łódź, which is pronounced in a way that an English-speaker would probably spell like "Woodge") gets mentioned again, at 6:23.

[@Artur_M.]

BTW, I just found a good video that goes into the details of the Revolution of 1905 in Łódź, with English subtitles, made by the Museum of Independence Traditions in Łódź: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6rTqoSfrqagbck

[@alswann2702]

Trotsky obviously feared barbers more than the secret police.

[@albertarthurparsnips5141]

If I had a luxurious mane such as that, I’d be very leery of barbers, too !

[@huntrrams]

Thank you for this! I’m reading Doctor Zhivago and needed historical context.

[@Mabbdaa]

This is a very underrated video. It definitely helps as I have to learn about the Russian Revolution in school.

[@catlinferris5970]

The episode I didnt know I needed this bad, loved this man, really love understanding revolution and uprisings. Really love the stuff on trotsky

[@marcusmaynard1526]

Trotsky was paid by US bankers to destabilize Russia.

[@catlinferris5970]

@@marcusmaynard1526 bro, Russia was already destabilizing

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

Nikolai Berdyaev once wrote: "True life is creativity, not development: it is the freedom for creative acts, for creative fire, rather than necessity and the heaviness of congealing self-perfection"

[@savagedarksider5934]

Tsar Nicholas the second was the wrong guy to rule. His father should have prepared him.

[@michellesheppard9253]

Tsar Alexander III only thought about educating his son about the running of an empire at the end of his life.

[@savagedarksider5934]

@@michellesheppard9253 And that decision led to major consequences down the line.

[@Domhangairt]

Both Nicholai II and his father Aleksandr III personally witnessed the bloody murder of their father and grandfather Aleksandr II in spite of his generous reforms and liberation of serfs. Son and grandson became convinced that Aleksandr II's reforms were misguided, and that the only way to maintain the survival of the Russian Monarchy and prevent the disintegration of the Empire was to restore and enforce autocracy and reverse the liberal reforms of Aleksandr II. This line of thinking guided the actions of both Aleksandr III and his son. However, where Aleksandr III was wise enough to avoid war with any other nation, his son was more adventurous with disastrous consequences for the Empire and the Monarchy. with so much internal pressure on the monarchy, the Czars needed to avoid war with other countries altogether, lest the war weaken the monarchy beyond recovery. Aleksandr III understood this threat, but not his son- who was guided disastrously by his hawkish wife.

[@vetarlittorf1807]

Actually, Nicholas II advocated reforms and appointed Pyotr Stolypin to oversee them. The reforms made life easier for peasants and improved education and healthcare.

[@jazzy4397]

Very informative and greatly assisted me with my essay. Thank you.

[@albertarthurparsnips5141]

Congratulations on delivering superbly produced videos accompanied by a finely-enunciated, lovely voice,…without all of the interminable din of music that resembles that of gaming soundtracks, and without speaking in the histrionic tones that render gunk on things like the ‘ History Channel ‘ literally unwatchable. Well done !

[@LuisFerreira-qj1wk]

It is very strange how soldiers shot a peaceful crowd without the latter doing any provocation. The whole XX century is strange.

[@vonholdinghausen6886]

Strange things often end up being less strange when you search deeper in the facts... Simple answer in THIS case: It wasnt peaceful. Dig deeper. Read more.

[@Jasona1976]

Always informative and very well done!

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

The Russian Empire was so close to fully industrialising…

[@JRondeauYUL]

Bloody Sunday refers also to an event in Ireland, no ?

[@degrelle270]

No, that was bloody Monday.

[@nihilioellipsis]

Sunday Bloody Sunday" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the opening track from their 1983 album War and was released as the album's third single on 21 March 1983 in the Netherlands and West Germany.[3] "Sunday Bloody Sunday" is noted for its militaristic drumbeat, harsh guitar, and melodic harmonies.[4] One of U2's most overtly political songs, its lyrics describe the horror felt by an observer of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, mainly focusing on the 1972 Bloody Sunday incident in Derry where British troops shot and killed unarmed civil rights protesters. Along with "New Year's Day", the song helped U2 reach a wider listening audience. It was generally well received by critics on the album's release.[5][6]

[@jp-um2fr]

I have not watched this video as I know what happened. One thing that is not generally known is that the Czar asked Queen Victoria for sanctuary. She refused. Makes one think.

[@Dulcimertunes]

She died in 1899

[@flamelc-gaming325]

First of all this video is talking about the first Russian revolution of 1905 where the tsar did not seek any sanctuary(you would’ve known this if you watched it) secondly in the second Russian revolution of 1915 tsar Nicholas did seek asylum from George V who was the grandson of queen victoria and had control of the throne because as the previous comment mentioned she had died by this point.

[@bencegyors]

thanks for the video

[@HoH]

Szívesen!

[@limmerfibber7000]

great video, very informative but a little to fast and a bit monotone but very good video 👍

[@lukegehring5305]

The skeletal structure is correct, but not entirely the spirit. Some significant pieces left out, such as Tzar St Nicholas journal entry that he had been falsely led to believe that the majority of Russians wanted a constitutional monarchy, and that had he been better informed as to the will of the majority, things would have ended differently.

[@jonasbauer3942]

Never read about this revolution, interesting.

[@HistorydeFacto]

Just discovered your channel, great stuff!

[@micha4014]

Thanks for the video, my topic suggestion would be the Lena Goldmine/River Massacre as it ties in nicely with the topic of this video. And can we talk about the Putilov factory for a second? They don‘t seem to ever be satisified with what they have. First they go up againsat the Czar and then they boo Lenin at a speech he gave to calm their tempers. They really stood up for what they believed in. Maybe you could do a video about this factory too, but it probably would be a video too „niche“ to make sense for you to research.

[@spartanumismatics8165]

I've heard about the revolution through The Fall of Giants book series.

[@ElBandito]

Nicholas II and Wilhelm II both did a really bad job in ruling.

[@tailsprowerfan2729]

Hitler and Joseph Stalin were worse

[@ElBandito]

@@tailsprowerfan2729 Ironic how without the previous two bungling up their jobs the latter two would never have been in power. Shows why monarchies and dictatorships suck.

[@Dulcimertunes]

Wilhelm was an egomaniac and Nicholas incompetent

[@HistoryandHeadlines]

As an alternate/counterfactual history topic, what if the tsar was overthrown in 1905 instead?

[@mathermp]

Communism would have utterly failed sooner.

[@caljader3388]

Nice vid!🤓

[@AdriLeemput]

Hey, 1 suggestie: kan je op je kaarten proberen om land niet in een blauw-ige kleur te tonen? Veel mensen zullen blauw associëren met zee/water, waardoor het langer duurt om de kaart te interpreteren. (advies van een geograaf ;) )

[@HoH]

Dank voor je suggestie! In mijn laatste video heb ik dat inderdaad gedaan. Andere tips zijn altijd welkom.

[@AdriLeemput]

@@HoH Geen probleem, ik zie (op dit moment) dat het bij de "Blind Commander" inderdaad zo is. Niet echt andere tips op dat vlak. Op zich zijn er "regels" voor de plaatsing van plaatsnamen t.o.v. het icoon, maar dat is niet zo relevant in een video (behalve: de naam van een stad aan het water/havenstad mag je zeker in het water plaatsen), hetzelfde voor de combinatie van kleuren voor tekst en achtergrond (zwarte tekst op gele achtergrond is het beste leesbaar, meteen de reden waarom heel veel landen die combinatie gebruiken voor hun kentekens)

[@andrijamartic2403]

maps are a bit counter-intuitive. would be better to paint water blue and land white instead of the other way around. took me few seconds each time to get used to what i'm looking at

[@dogcarman]

Heartily agree. And stop using pastels - the map is there to inform, not disappeat into the background.

[@willyizo62kamuaruuma49]

What the main reason cause bloody Sunday and why painting

[@arifburakkirik2282]

I wonder what would happen if the Tsar accepted the petition

[@Calciu_83]

One of the things the petition demanded was separation of Church and state, no Monarch would ever accept such a foolish thing since the majority of the people didn't believe in such secular policies like that.

[@cernejr]

Good video about hugely important and little understood events/year. So what was happening in Russia between 1906 and 1914?

[@ElBandito]

People having a miserable time in general.

[@malikialgeriankabyleswag4200]

Been a fan of you since your first videos on Frederick's campaigns. And I don't mean to offend any sensitivities you may have, i understand there is a lot of pressure on certain European countries and historians with regards to what I will mention, but have you ever read Alexander Solzhenitsyn's account of the Revolution of 1905? It seems to me that a certain aspect of the event in the Western world has been censored. I was just wondering if you have come across the Solzhenitsyn piece in question? You dont have to say whether you think it's a good description of events or not, I would understand.

[@HoH]

I haven't come across it, although I think his Gulag Archipelago is a masterpiece.

[@malikialgeriankabyleswag4200]

@@HoH He's a great writer, the work is the chapter entitled "The revolution of 1905", in the first volume of his "200 years together". God bless and thanks for the great work you do.

[@chrishanzek8930]

How about an episode on the annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina?

[@kaushiksheshnagraj7176]

Very nice.

[@degrelle270]

The map of the 1905 Austria-Hungary shown in this clip is incorrect. It doesn't contain Croatia, Slavonia, Dalmatia - basically most of their coastline. Bosnia-Herzegovina at that time was their protectorate but not yet annexed (this would happen in 1908). Would be nice to correct if possible. Otherwise, good topic and story.

[@christdiedforoursins1467]

Very interesting ,Thanks so much . Sometimes I wonder if certain things in S.A. are deliberately planned in a political sense and have been for years or if it's just an accidental or mismanagement or crime .I think it might be a mix of all three.This example of the Russian Revolution gives me alot of insight .Im glad not so Many people died recently as it could of been worse .Im a bit worried sometimes that if such things like the mass looting could happen a type of civil war could or mass killing if things don't change.Im glad our current president has respect for human life and the army showed restraint .sad times .If our constitution is amended ,it looks like S.A could be heading in the same direction as Zim

[@factstrumpprejudice6740]

Although interesting, the Kronstad rebellion perhaps relevant.

[@kasperchristensen8416]

Shostakovich brought me here.

[@eleanorkett1129]

The petition was a demand for a political changes.

[@luzalgarin9518]

Soon the fulfillment of Isaiah 2:4 will take place: "He will render judgment among the nations and set matters straight respecting many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, nor will they learn war anymore." We will enjoy absolute peace, for all the tragical events will be forgotten, according to Isaiah 65:17: "For look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth; And the former things will not be called to mind, Nor will they come up into the heart." And there is more.

[@mbathroom1]

Amen

[@luzalgarin9518]

@@mbathroom1 Here are two positive thoughts taken from the holy Hebrew Scriptures that will console all broken hearts: First-Promise recorded in Psalm 37: 9-12 says: "For the wicked will be eliminated, but those who put their hope in Jehovah will inherit the earth. Just a little while longer, and the wicked will no longer exist; you will look where they were, and they will no longer be there. But the meek will inherit the earth and fully enjoy of abundant peace." Second-Promise recorded in Isaiah 25: 8 says: "He will remove death forever, and the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will wipe the tears from all faces. He will remove from all the earth the disgrace of his people, for Jehovah himself has spoken." Have a very pleasant day.

[@mbathroom1]

@@luzalgarin9518 yes thanks

[@luzalgarin9518]

@@mbathroom1 This will leave you speechless, amazed for it is so wonderful: The promises of the previous message will come true. They are made by a king or 'governor' who not only has the power to fulfill those promises, but has the desire to fulfill them, according to Isaiah 9: 6, which says: "Because a child has been born to us, we have been given a son; and the government will be in his hands. He will be called by name Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace." His kingdom will never be defeated or replaced, according to Daniel 2:44, which reads: In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will establish a kingdom that will never be destroyed or passed into the hands of any other people. This kingdom will shatter and end all those kingdoms, and it will be the only one that will remain forever, ... " Unmatched, right? Well, know that there are more blessings ...

[@mbathroom1]

@@luzalgarin9518 yes

[@eleanorkett1129]

The protestors were not all unarmed.

[@juliatrecet1740]

Gracias pero tal vez se pidria piner en español para entender cosa tan importante

[@colbyduyck1861]

Hmmmm Anastasia did survive the revolution, just don’t clarify which one….. lol

[@drchill8837]

You gotta get somebody who can actually speak English, and use a cadence that is familiar to English listeners. I know this history, and even I have problems following him at times.

[@Domhangairt]

I enjoy these history documentaries very much, will be happy to donate $1 per month, unfortunately that's all I can afford at this stage.

[@marshaldillon4387]

I would like to know about Russia in Today’s Time.

[@tomrensvold5342]

you need to read more!

[@Mbfrmdao]

Hello I have a exam in this, what do you mean by left wing parties ?

[@user-gk8vb6dl9l]

What were the roles of freemasons and Jews in this upheaval?

[@Calciu_83]

They organized all the riots and mayhem and revolution

[@democratpro]

Oh the glory of my people👍🏿✊🏿

[@black-hg4jf]

That the SR isnt mentioned in connection with Bloody Sunday and Gapon presented as just an Orthodox Priest and not mentioning his connections with SRs is just creating a wrong image. Also ignoring that few days before Bloody Sunday Nicholas had been the victim of an Assassination Attempt(the bullet had flown above his head). Additionally not mentioning that Gapon was an Okhrana informant and still ignored their orders and worked with the leader of the SR terrorist wing to plan the procession. Additionally Gapon and the SR knew Nicholas wouldn't be present. He had been told that. Also the Police had information that the SRs had the goal of the inciting violence. As such presenting the police as just "showing Autocratic power" and not responding to a known threat, is slander. This Video is severely lacking in detail and outright wrong in many places, especially surrounding Bloody Sunday.