The Russian Revolution (Part 1) - Oversimplified // Historian Reaction

[@Nonsense010688]

"our" channel comrade, I see...

[@LtGhost-tb3kq]

I was gonna say “What, is this a Communist Utopia or something?”

[@koopagon]

Correct Video, too.

[@unluckyirish2763]

He is The Peoples History Teacher

[@austura272]

SOYUZ NIRUSHIMY...

[@auritro3903]

RESPUBLIK SVOBODNYKH...

[@Mauther]

Pro Tip to History students: If a quiz or test asks what name was given to a massacre of civilians, go ahead and put Bloody Sunday. There are like 25 different Bloody Sundays and at least 5 of those are Irish.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Yep. True

[@2wodrqwoa]

Dang, I'm going to stay away from social events during sunday

[@willseaha5338]

@@2wodrqwoa lol

[@cjin3680]

@@2wodrqwoa It wouldn’t be Bloody Saturday, cause Saturday is for the boooooys

[@matthewhunter2443]

I wonder if the church had anything to do with it...

[@emmers251]

You, sir, are turning me into a history geek and I’m not mad

[@saadsachwani2837]

The history nerd and geek aren't very far from each other

[@HahaHaha-vs4ib]

Ok

[@HahaHaha-vs4ib]

@@saadsachwani2837 ok

[@paulschauer6273]

That’s a wonderful and not terrible thing to be proud of history is rich and vibrant and scary and destructive but it’s an amazing hobby to get into

[@HahaHaha-vs4ib]

@@paulschauer6273 ok

[@Dashi90]

"It's not *my* channel, it's *our* channel!" *irony and the USSR anthem intensifies*

[@КонстантинГоломозов]

Да, Товарищ.

[@Isophic]

Союз нерушимый республик свободных Сплотила навеки Великая Русь. Да здравствует созданный волей народов Единый, могучий Советский Союз! Славься, Отечество наше свободное, Дружбы, народов надежный оплот! Знамя советское, знамя народное Пусть от победы, к победе ведет! Сквозь грозы сияло нам солнце свободы, И Ленин великий нам путь озарил. Нас вырастил Сталин - на верность народу На труд и на подвиги нас вдохновил. Славься, Отечество чаше свободное, Счастья народов надежный оплот! Знамя советское, знамя народное Пусть от победы к победе ведет! Skvoz grozy siialo nam solntse svobody, I Lenin velikij nam put ozaril. Nas vyrastil Stalin - na vernost narodu Na trud i na podvigi nas vdokhnovil. Slavsia, Otechestvo chashe svobodnoe, Schastia narodov nadezhnyj oplot!…

[@sikorskyuh-60blackhawk79]

hold OUR phone right there

[@ilolmyself5348]

Number 700 in likes

[@rainbowbloom575]

OurTube

[@elgatorado4907]

My teachers: You can't use Wikipedia for research A historian practicing for 30 years: police katana go slice

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Wikipedia is pretty well sourced these days. I wouldn’t use it for serious research but to quickly get info it isn’t bad.

[@martinwu19860626]

As an bench worker in lab, I will say that Wikipedia can serve as a portal to the "key original source" of information if we know very little about certain topic. Yet, details should be acquired from the "Reference" section of Wikipedia to avoid misleading description (it occasionally happens, even in peer-reviewed articles).

[@deeya]

If you're gonna reference Wikipedia directly in your work, then research work isn't for you. But to use it as a cataloguing device, where appropriately sectioned information have/should have direct sources attributed to them. Then you can circumvent the tedium of sifting through Google Search results and access your information directly and acutely. Honestly, it's a great tool to avoid having to open 3 different links, just to get the tiny sliver of information I need. Just don't take the Wikipedia page at face value, and make sure its reference source is properly cited.

[@Myles45-l2T]

@@VloggingThroughHistory ok

[@Wayne-O-5169]

@@Myles45-l2T I see what you did there!

[@peterepeatepete2845]

The fact that he keeps saying “there are a lot of parallels here” demonstrates the reason it is so important to study history in the first place.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Exactly!

[@TheCnstgrad]

"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes." SC

[@nerofl89]

@@TheCnstgrad Clemens could say that because he wasn't around for the marxists of the 20th/21st century.

[@Normel-man]

" A man without a healthy respect for the past, is doomed to repeat it. " - Some Lanky Bearded Dude. I agree.

[@Kerestin1]

"If history repeats itself, it is because no one listened to it the first time." - Anonymous

[@koopagon]

Chris when he said the "our channel thingy": Yeah, I'm near my community Chris seeing the comment section now: OoOoooOOoh NooOooOo!

[@danieledwards8695]

1:11 ?

[@vaclavblazek]

“A mild case of being blown up by a terrorist.” They’ve got the right skill to present history while doing ridiculous shenanigans that make you hooked right from start to end.

[@kaylastarr7863]

I can't even be upset that there's so much time in between videos because it's always worth it

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

History is ridiculous, you just have to have the right sense of humor.

[@MichaelAfton69200]

He got killed by russian isis

[@samfire3067]

@@dashiellgillingham4579 like being the president of the US being shot and finishing your speach and tauting the shoter.

[@haise7287]

Topic: Russian Revolution Him: “our” channel

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

*Soviet Anthem Plays*

[@Kuronosa]

"The events became known as Bloody Sunday." One of many to get that name.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

I was thinking about that.

[@bruh5992]

*Do You Have any idea How Little that narrows it down?*

[@jarlathquinn2628]

Yeah the Irish had like 6 or 7 in a century alone

[@ThePreciseClimber]

@@bruh5992 A Batman Beyond reference. Very nice.

[@smtandearthboundsuck8400]

Capitalism moment

[@arnold066]

"sometimes is better to do nothing than doing something but do it wrong" im gonna keep that one in my head for later....

[@andywomack3414]

Yet there are times it's best to do something even if it is wrong. It's called learning.

[@richardelliott9511]

There is a similar quote, Mark Twain maybe? Paraphrased "Better to be silent and thought a fool rather than speak up and remove all doubt".

[@keepinitkawaii]

This is my main reasoning for procrastination 🤣

[@eerokivisto5103]

Fun fact: Alexander II was so highly regarded in Finland that in 1894, a statue of him was erected in Helsinki which is still there. During his reign Finnish was made an official language in Finland alongside Swedish, the Finnish Markka was established as the official currency, replacing the Ruble, and saw the construction of Finland's first railways.

[@eerokivisto5103]

@lati long yes, for most of the period of Russian rule Finland was generally left alone to do it's own thing. There were two russification periods during the last years of Russian rule but that ultimately ended with the revolution and Finland gaining independence.

[@reyalcazar7280]

Lenin didnt give Finland it's independence

[@chrisigoeb]

"This is our channel" McCharthy: Somebody arrrest this Man!

[@pequenoperezoso3743]

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[@Connect200]

@Deep Claymore McCharthy might have been right along.

[@99EKjohn]

@@coletrickle1775 swing and a home run, McCarthy didn't go far enough.

[@Myles45-l2T]

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[@sazan115]

@@pequenoperezoso3743 . ..

[@Cobra_Kie]

I love rewatching all these awesome history videos with a ‘reactor’ actually adding value. Keep up the great work!

[@Delta547]

Fun fact: in Russia, since the Otsu incident, we had (still have?) a phrase "японский городовой", wich is basically an euphenism for certain swear words. It can be used as simple exclamation in huge array of situations, where something unexpected happens. Like "Oh F***!". But, in the meantime, it literally translates into "japanese policeman" (and "городовой" there being the very, very obsolete and oldschool version of "policeman", word basically lost it's meaning during Soviet era since law enforcement were rebranded as "militia"/"милиция"). It's kinda rare thoose days, however. But still everyone get's it. That alone should tell you what kind of marks thoose events left in our collective consciousness.

[@stellaherrera5866]

никогда не думала, что у этой фразы такая интересная предыстория, и, когда узнала про этот инцидент из видео, не провела связь с этой фразой, спасибо за интересный факт.

[@Delta547]

@@stellaherrera5866 обращайтесь :3

[@ihormay3418]

I know this line, but never knew the roots)))

[@JmAnYoShI]

I've got a fun story related to this, one of my old friends used to collect Mosin Nagants. One of her favorite examples that she owns is an original 1891 made in 1912 that has the symbol of the Tsar scratched out, with a Hammer and Sickle marked next to it. I've handled hundreds of firearms, but handling a rifle that potentially fought in two world wars and the Russian Revolution was a fascinating whiteout.

[@ComeGetSome5297]

That sounds so damn cool. I'm jealous. Oldest one I've been able to find for sale was a 1929, my Dad and I picked up.

[@Dylski.]

Odds are that's one of the few examples where vandalism makes it worth more haha.

[@GronkLord]

Oversimplified’s videos are such an entertaining way to learn and this guy also commentating just makes it better

[@stevebrown4401]

I've watched and LOVED the oversimplified videos... All of them. These feel like a DLC expansion! Loving it.

[@caseytanner9887]

Man this is awesome. Oversimplified is super great and entertaining, but that content plus the expert commentary make a killer combo.

[@ghostpuppolter3207]

I have Type B Hemophilia (severe) the same kind Alexi had, even with modern medicine it can be pretty painful there's modern clotting factor replacements that are used but I have gone through the terrible time of just letting a bad bleed heal all by itself and I truly feel sorry for Alexi, btw the bleeding isn't only external in fact external bleeding is the least of the concerns honestly (unless in a bad accident or something) the biggest is the internal bleeds that we hemophiliacs get in our joints, muscles, or organs. And if you have Hemophilia B (or A for that matter) in a severe form meaning the body produces 1% clotting factor or less the bleeds can happen completely spontaneously internally meaning you need no outside injury to cause it. Muscle bleeds are the least painful just a bruise basically but the worst pain is bleeding into the joints in my opinion its super annoying because the swelling makes it impossible to move that joint without a large amount of pain. I cant speak for every hemophiliac but in my experience external bleeds are handled relatively easily depending on how bad of a cut of course (even when I had very low to no replacement clotting factor in my system). Its also a misconception that inbreeding is the only way to get hemophilia it can be obtained through spontaneous mutation of genes within ones family in my case I was the first in my family to get it (as far as we know) i know it never said in the video it was the only way but I feel the need to mention that because I've encountered people who believe that.

[@Sparrows1121]

So sorry to hear, nature can be cruel but stay strong

[@ghostpuppolter3207]

@@Sparrows1121 Thank you for your kind words, It's just the cards I was dealt. Most have better cards than I do but there's still a lot of people who have it much worse than I do and I'm thankful every day to live in a country that I'm able to get the medications I need to live with this condition. I wrote this comment 2 years ago and while things haven't changed much since then health wise I've tried to change the way I look at things, I may have Hemophilia B but every day is a gift and I'm just glad to be here. Hope you have a nice day!

[@MarthaDwyer]

Just found you last week and binging your vlogs. Love your "notes" to include your "Dad Face" . I saw the "Drinking Game" video last night.

[@pidpilnahumanitarka]

I love your videos a lot, but here I feel obliged to correct you. Russian serfdom was textbook slavery since the reign of Katherine the Second. Serves were bought and sold, they held serf markets and master had absolute legal control over body and agency of enslaved peasants. The narrative is surprisingly subverted and people just tend to understand serfdom as something to do with late feudalism. However, for most westerners the basic image of feudalism is defined by western realities of said time. Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine had had far bigger portion of nobility. There were literally thousands of noblemen, their wealth varying from richest people in Europe to less than nothing. Quite a lot of them owned a village or two and their palace was just a regular-sized townhouse with a big garden. So when what we call "total serfdom" (meaning that masters own not only land, but the entirety of its population) was introduced, we technically had vast estates of not that long ago colonized land with private ownership of thousands plantations. Or latifundies, type of operations does not matter in regard to legal status of peasants. So we basically end up saying that Russia "was still having it" in the middle 19 century, while it was nothing like its medieval ancestors for a hundred years now. Russian reality was closer to the American South of the same time. For RI it was Ukraine and Southern Russia with its vast lands for slaves to work, while the Northern part was more industrialized and thus more interested in free peasants as the cheapest possible workers. It was newly born businesses vs. generational wealth dynamics. Sorry for a long lecture, but I hope you found it at least a bit enlightening.

[@Smd3580]

Thanks. that's very interesting. Especially that last part about factories preferring free labour, while agriculturists prefer slaves (or serfs).

[@aryyy.111]

Спасибо

[@roujan3063]

@@aryyy.111 Did you cared about your people or power?

[@Mines00]

Блин, это была целая история

[@thexdatabase]

history reapets itself

[@nicholascopeland9567]

My great great great grandfather was a Russian Officer in the Ruso-Japanese war. He was also maybe a diplomat to Chen kai Shek. He was killed in the purge so not a lot is know about him because my Russian side of the family had to move, change their names and burn all evidence of him in order to survive.

[@ynnalyl6195]

Isn't it Chiang kai-shek? Or am I wrong

[@LoneHermit]

Pretty sure letting that information out here isn't a good idea...

[@GoldLove21]

@@LoneHermit would anyone really care after a 115 years?

[@wiel5908]

@@LoneHermit chill comrade, Stalin is already dead, at least I hopes so

[@thomass7466]

@@wiel5908 Zombie Stalin is about to come out

[@tmnt28399]

I like how he still watches and keeps the ad segments, most reactors would just skip it

[@kishanpatel4947]

I really like it when u go over oversimplified videos!

[@alexandruwarrior3325]

I love this guy. He doesn't criticize nor praise oversimplified, but hopes for him and for everyone to learn something new and I'm serious I would like him to be my teacher P.S I don't really like history classes but with if he was my teacher I would be sure he would get me excited and interested in history. P.s. he does criticize Oversimplified but by telling us more details from which Oversimplified missed so he just helps us learn more which I also appreciate And also he likes and watches star wars which is pog yes

[@andrewwynne6934]

Funny story, my Grandfather had hemophilia as well. He lied to get into the army. Was the gunner for a tank. Served in every major engagement in Europe. Liberated a camp. Survived. And only got injured buy a returning empty shell during a practice fire.

[@braidentoelke2735]

When he says this isn't my channel it's our channel on a Russian history video *soviet anthem intensifies*

[@oggabooa8876]

I never paid attention in history class and now i find myself becoming a history greek lol

[@unambitiousmama_ma5843]

its geek not greek

[@1984isnotamanual]

You had a horrible history teacher lol. Also if you are into politics if you don’t know history you are doomed

[@vitiate410]

Found this channel recently, safe to say ive binged watched almost all your videos. I love the balance of information you provide, not too much where its overwhelming. Thanks for the entertainment!

[@brianwest6752]

I use to be a history nut when I was in school and just sort of fell off when I joined the army and eventually got into the normal work force back home. Just seemed too busy to spend all day studying events, people, and the past. You've definitely reignited that passion so thank you I already have some of the books you've recommend in some of your reaction videos on the way and can't wait to start learning again.

[@nottitan7504]

Your video on ww1 hooked me.. then I binged watched a lot more. Glad to catch this early👍

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40k subs on March 16th and I'm sitting here on May 13th looking at 91.9k subs. That's some huge growth. Congratulations! I just joined the channel and I'm absolutely loving your content. Just binge watching right now. I love history so this is a great place to be. :)

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Thanks Mike. Glad you’re here!

[@strxter4542]

I couldn’t be happier that you are turning me into a god loving amazing into history geek. I don’t need to know this stuff but it’s so awesome. Thank you 👐🏻

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If anyone is reading this I hope you have a great day

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Thank you

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Thanks

[@brianconcepcion1924]

Thank you. You as well!

[@cheep5645]

You too!

[@andresgomez2899]

Tenk you

[@beslim15]

Nicholas II was not a heartless man. He viewed himself as the father of all Russia and took it seriously. He had little guidance from his father and horrible guidance from his uncle Serge. After reading his memoirs I feel very sorry for him.

[@ChristophBrinkmann]

I don't. He killed lots of innocent people and led his soldiers to die in a pointless war. That's what a monster does.

[@tanishkakumar2207]

​@@ChristophBrinkmann but it important to acknowledge that it was different world with a different mindset. plus, nicholas was actually pretty clueless about running such a huge region. and as the video mentioned, people were still very unexperienced with consequences

[@alexkukov]

this video makes me happy. I love oversimplified and I love your channel. Congratz on 40k!!!

[@nicoleadolfo5108]

This is amazing to be honest! I've been binge watching your videos and I'm so ashamed that SO much of it wasn't in taught in our school much less put in our syllabus/curriculum. And I do believe that despite being from the other side of the world (I'm from Asia btw), it's also important to us to learn what happened with these events so as to learn a lesson and another perspective. Seeing how you draw parallels from different events throughout history makes me remember the saying of "History doesn't always repeat itself, but it often rhymes." Really really great video!

[@casartherandom3010]

History repeats itself. It is always important to analyze the past to predict the future.

[@djJaXx101]

I love the way, whenever he references "unrest" someone always pushes over a bin, lol.

[@GrumpyRook]

I love this channel. Thank you for making history fun.

[@adamtideman4953]

I literally watched this video from Oversimplification for the first time a couple of hours ago and now you upload this video with your own expert take on it? Awesome! It's like you can read my mind or something.

[@juliadagnall5816]

One of those funny historical chains of events: if Tsar Paul I hadn’t had such serious mommy issues that he changed the laws of succession to exclude females Nicholas and Alexandra wouldn’t have been quite so desperate for a son. Alexandra had four whopping big babies before Alexei which kinda wrecked her health, and then he was born with hemophilia. Hemophilia wasn’t automatically a death sentence, Leopold, Queen Victoria’s son who had the condition, managed to live to thirty and fathered two children, but their anxiety and desire to keep his condition a secret cut them off even more from society. If one of their daughters could have become Tsarina they wouldn’t have needed a crazy creepy mystic hanging around and they might have been a little less absorbed with their own drama and a little more concerned with the empire at large

[@tashaglam4824]

And each daughter after Olga came as a large disappointment to Nicolas and Alexandra. Alexandra reportedly cried out in despair when Anastasia was born because they were hoping that she'd be the son that all of Russia was waiting for. When Alexei was born and his umbilical cord was cut and he started bleeding out, Alexandra cried because she was praying hard that he wouldn't inherit her "family's curse." It's tragic all around, and honestly, Alexandra and her kids deserved better. However, Nicolas should've never been Tsar. He should've abdicated sooner in favor of his brother and he and his family might've lived.

[@kllxenq]

“It’s not *my* channel, it’s *our* channel” **USSR anthem starts playing in the background**

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Which, by the way, is one of the BEST national anthems out there.

[@kllxenq]

@@VloggingThroughHistory whoaaa u replied 😳 also yes, it is the most superior out of all anthems

[@XxSolvexX]

Excited to see the channel and community grow ! Love getting back in touch with learning about history and even this past weekend drinking with my friends I was firing off facts about WW2 like I was a history buff :)

[@mattvd6373]

Loved that you looked into the Otsu incident. When i first found out about it I thought, WILD... Also the fact that he had a tattoo of a dragon on his forearm. Russian history from the time of Rurik til the present day never ceases to amaze me.

[@ezekielcoronado700]

I’ve started binging all your videos and this is the first time I get to see it as it comes out, your doing good buddy

[@spookyboi8446]

Ah yes....the crazy homeless wizard guy is my favorite

[@edoardoprevelato6577]

Ra ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen There was a cat that really was gone Ra ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine It was a shame how he carried on

[@lmao1660]

@@edoardoprevelato6577 If that song didn't win the Sopot festival I'll be mad

[@mallc8874]

This is one of my favorite oversimplified videos and you are one of my favorite youtuber.

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

I remember reading about how a reason why Russia in particular was still behind in development (besides the ruling class being shit) was because of the mongol invasions which were known for their utter annihilation of both people and the land itself, thus setting places back by hundreds of years.

[@firerosearien]

Trivia note: not only are the French and Russian revolutions similar, Alexandra, the Tsarina, had a portrait of Marie Antoinette over her writing desk.... (source is A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figgs)

[@vladainozemtseva1049]

I love how you explain everything during watching the video! Thank you for what you are doing! And keep going on!

[@mazingstudios]

@7:09 "Now I know what you're thinkin..." *big arrow points at Chris* YOU-->

[@YEETUSDAFEETUS]

god you almost have 100 thousand more subs in 2 months give or take some time that's wild I'm glad to say I just found this channel today and subbed for the history comrade

[@battleman8681]

Diesel patches

[@YEETUSDAFEETUS]

@@battleman8681 yes?

[@breninowen2427]

Discovered this channel pretty recently, instant subscription. Love this channel, thank you for fueling my addiction to history

[@bormos3]

We may get a sequel to this one.

[@bryanfeliciano4102]

16:20 this.....what people nowadays don't understand

[@bjorngislason4600]

It's almost as if history tends to repeat itself. :D

[@livispuzzled]

i can’t which side you mean, or if you mean both, but either way it’s true

[@bryanfeliciano4102]

@@livispuzzled both,sadly

[@TheOnlySlyfoxx]

Perfect timing - just finished watching all the previous Oversimplified reactions. Really enjoyable content, keep up the good work!

[@Recheralex]

Loved the OverSimplified videos but I also love what you can add and I learn a lot.

[@4kgamingmurphyslaw586]

I didn't know he had a massive dragon tattoo till I watch the original video for the first time

[@ernestchoi4464]

I know Nicholas II had like 4 siblings, maybe 5. But most of them died before 1900. But also Nicholas II looks like a lost twin to King George V of England

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Their mothers were sisters, and definitely passed down a strong family resemblance. Here's a picture of their mothers, who also looked a lot alike. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Feodorovna_(Dagmar_of_Denmark)#/media/File:Daughters_of_King_Christian_IX_-2_-cropped.JPG

[@daa343]

Most favorite underrated history channel

[@heroofthewinds7765]

Have you seen Mr.Terry history? He does very similar videos and he even adds different things than vlogging through history. I love them both

[@daa343]

@@heroofthewinds7765 yes I have seen him but I like watching this channel a bit more

[@joshuabudiarto5036]

I found this channel a couple days ago and I love it. It’s almost like I’m in class being taught history with an enthusiastic teacher

[@stefanivkov4995]

This is such a genuine and interesting channel, hats off to you good sir

[@seanrussell9039]

I absolutely LOVE these reaction videos to Oversimplified! They are such good content!

[@seanrussell9039]

Also if anyone has book recommendations about the Russian Revolution please leave a comment!

[@mysticdawn7569]

I'm studying history in school but your channel and content has made me much more interested in history so thank you for that.

[@Too954]

Vlogging through history: Our Soviet anthem plays

[@anthonyreynolds1995]

My only complaint is that Edward VII wasn't Nicholas "twin" in terms of looks. That was Edward's son George V.

[@noname-lc9bc]

Loving the channel and the way you add information to already informational videos. It adds another level to the learning and actually understanding. You seem like a great man to meet and have a conversation with, so interested and distinguished in history. Keep up the great work! By far my favorite reaction channel, heck even my favorite channel.

[@lavinjoseph]

Love the content...I'm from VT and we have Bosnian's working with us...they're awesome...I'd like to know more about that war in the early 90s.

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

Yes Comrade, OUR Channel

[@dusan_4047]

You make Oversimplifed Unsimplified. I. LOVE. IT

[@giantsweet1472]

I love these because I get to rewatch some awesome videos but with more context.

[@jacobortiz1569]

That's crazy you were pushing 40k subs and only 2 months later you're over 100k I'm very impressed and happy

[@Gidi66]

The Russian Japanese war saw the guys who captured the police officer who attacked Nicolas the second be threatened and harrased and attacked for trying to help the foriqner who's armys are killing their country men, seriously it's a pretty depressing read considering they didn't do it for a reward as they believed they where doing a good deed like a good samaritan.

[@brianwilliamson7059]

Been loving this content! I will watch every episode you put out. 👍

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Thanks Brian! Glad to have you

[@brianwilliamson7059]

@@VloggingThroughHistory would love to see one on America's manifest destiny.

[@snekksuperior]

Something was so funny about your eyes going dead when the nordvpn segment played

[@RamdomView]

22:45 Note: the reponses of the military, cossacks and police on that day were uncoordinated and confused.

[@aryyy.111]

Good work, comrade. “Our channel” haha. Love it

[@elkingoh4543]

Side notes:One of the men who trying to kill Tsar was Lenin's brother

[@wesley135]

Watching you watch these videos is like watching them for the first time again. Thanks bro awesome videos

[@markas3015]

I’ve learned more from you than anyone else, thank you, sir.

[@stephenventura4075]

I love this channel. Very informative and entertaining!

[@RankKnight16]

If you were my history teacher I would stay in your classroom all day

[@RankKnight16]

Thank you for the heart and keep doing what you're doing

[@saumyasharma906]

Just found your channel... Now I like history

[@Андрей-й5х9ь]

3:30 Wrong, the military servdom was included. It was conducted by randomly choosing young men (by zhereb'yovka, жеребьёвка) the service was practically for 25 years or untill you are dead. The difference was that the owners themselves were not obliged to serve, but many still did, because it was a great social lift and a way of making a great career. A lot of these things can be seen in Russian literature of the time: Tolstoy, Chehov, Karamzin wrote a lot about it.

[@SimSim314]

Was more fun to watch with the additional explanations. Thanks!

[@liambenn1214]

man I have watched so many of your videos over the last 2 days, I know a lot about European history as that's what is mostly taught in the uk, and I knew a lot about this stuff already, but when it comes to American history I dont know much about the specifics of things, so watching the American history videos is enlightening and I know so so much more now about American history (pre 1914, since the entire 20th century was defined by wars and the Cold War)

[@MrWhiteVzla]

I'm catching up with your series. I have to say that Oversimplified did a bit of a mistake when talking about the Ruso-Japanese War. Witte hated the idea of going to war and thought it would be foolish to do it when more infrastructure and other reforms were needed. Meanwhile, the Tsar ignored Witte's plead. Nicolas' reasoning? He didn't wish to have a war with Japan. Therefore, there was not going to be a war. The struggle between Sergei Witte and Tsar Nicolas II is at the heart of the 1905 revolution. The Tsar hated the idea of losing his God-given power, and saw Sergei Witte as someone who was doing that. Moreover, the only reason why Sergei became Tsar's advisor/PM was because Alexander III told Nicolas to always trust in Witte, an advice Nicholas omitted 90% of the time. Things got so bad between them that Witte left Russia after the Tsar removed him from power and appointed Stolypin (a staunch conservative) as his successor.

[@renegadusunidos6151]

you know I already watched this videos of oversimplified but I like watching it again with you on it :D there is some kind and friendly vibe in your face that I like. deep respect from a Philippine history buff :D

[@jarrettsmith1442]

Been waiting for this vid since your Oversimplified WW1 reaction, love this channel!

[@FrWiy-cf6vz]

Another thing that’s kinda cool to think about is how the war with Japan possibly enabled them to become what they were during WW2

[@zach415]

Another thing. Because of land disputes between the two nations, Russia and Japan have never signed an official treaty between each other at the end of WW2

[@kmultoday7312]

“Our channel” the topic seems fitting

[@alexwallace2949]

I love history so much but didn’t chose to take it at school because I’m not very good at writing essays. Massive regret :(

[@luftim]

i was the same. but i got used to it. just take a course on writing better essays. and you will be good :D

[@erichvondonitz5325]

Just write a story and add important points of the history topic

[@harshitshah2635]

I love the fact tht u watch through the sponsorship unlike some other oversimplified reactors

[@Novac_Alexandru]

I can say I was kinda excited seeing your reaction and perspective of this. I can say it was a difficult time to live in, The intro was kinda commie "our community" :)) Kinda true anyway. Oversimplified history has he's own sarcasm and humour you can't beat him at these.

[@kaidanlane5708]

30:50- just a quick correction, it was George V (Edwards's son) that could of been the identical twin of Nicholas II. And if anyone is wondering why it's because George and Nick's mothers were sisters... who could also pass as twins.

[@XaviRonaldo0]

Giving a haemophiliac aspirin? Did they not know aspirin was a blood thinner in those days?

[@DarthAnurian]

I love the contraste betwen this Nicholas, dumb, childish and unprepared vs the Nicholas from extra course, sober, worried and willing to prevent a war

[@kingradley3413]

On the topic of how badly the Russians lost the Russo-Japanese War, I recommend watching Drachinifel’s video about the misadventures of the Russian Second Pacific Squadron, and the Battle of Tsushima at the end of their voyage.

[@sabbagels]

11:10 - A few interesting tidbits about Prince George: He was an uncle of Prince Philip and godfather of the current King Charles. He was dispatched by his father King George of Greece to serve as the first ruler of Crete, which gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1897 but did not fully unite with Greece until 1913. He married Marie Bonaparte (yes, that Bonaparte family, through the line of one of Napoleon's younger brothers, Lucien), she was a psychoanalyst and a protégé of Freud, and she carried on an affair with the French prime minister - during a time when Greece was aligned with the Central Powers in World War I.