Why did the Mensheviks Lose to the Bolsheviks? (Short Animated Documentary)

When the Russian Revolution broke out the Bolsheviks weren't the only game in town and one of their rivals for power were the Mensheviks. Yet, as you'll known know, it was the Bolsheviks that went on to be victorious. But why? Well, to find out, watch this short and simple animated documentary.
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[@theaceagle]

“The coming revolution was down the hall on the *left*” Nice touch

[@michaelhoffmann2891]

"You know you could have just sent an email instead of all these red guards into my office?"

[@JonatasAdoM]

Ironically the leftists used to sit on the left.

[@michaelhoffmann2891]

@@JonatasAdoM Ironically?! What's ironic about it? It's the *origin* of the terms Left and Right for political orientation.

[@johndoe70770]

@@michaelhoffmann2891 But whose left are we talking about? (Insert genius meme)

[@michaelhoffmann2891]

@@johndoe70770 mine! no, yours! no, mine, but in a mirror!

[@royhe3154]

Because the Bolsheviks had the financial backing of James Bissonnette.

[@lubu2960]

muh conspiracy

[@andrewmagdaleno5417]

Lol

[@albertoreyabuelo3784]

He is luckiest man in history (matters)

[@icemanire5467]

@Dai Nguyen the guy who outspent the Soviet Union during the Cold War leading to it's collapse in 1991.

[@ethanstroh4084]

Dai Nguyen the donor that History Matters gives a shoutout to at the end of every video

[@brickbastardly]

I like how the minority were in the majority

[@AndasMus]

Always has been...

[@failuretv814]

Propaganda. It helps when your enemies sounds smaller than they actually are.

[@andrewmagdaleno5417]

Marketing bro

[@slavskeleton1503]

And the majority were in the minority

[@cupofjoe8691]

And the majority was in the minority

[@jonathancampbell5231]

Lenin called his faction The Majority because he won a vote on a policy position. Once. His rival Martov thought this was funny and silly and started calling his own (read- the rest of the Party) The Minority instead, even though they were the larger of the two. Martov was the classic "nice guy with no political sense".

[@leonardofranzinribeiro4220]

Is this serious? I'd like to read more about it

[@romanboi3115]

Probably would have been a better person to lead then Lenin

[@jonathancampbell5231]

@@leonardofranzinribeiro4220 Try "Lenin: The Dictator" by Victor Sebestyen. It's the most recent Lenin biography I read. And yes, this is serious.

[@jonathancampbell5231]

@@pompom8315 Initially. He broke with Lenin shortly after the Bolsheviks were formed, within a couple of years in fact. The size of both factions fluctuated, but the crucial policy difference which split them was precisely that the Bolsheviks wanted a more tight-knit, exclusive membership of full-time revolutionaries while the Mensheviks were more flexible.

[@Nikola95inYT]

Lenin wrote a shit ton of books himself. Even though it's a propaganda, it's a very good source, you can read how he grabbed the power during complete anarchy after WW1.

[@StickWithTrigger]

“Hi I’m here for the revolution?” “Down the hall to the left” “Thank you :D”

[@firemangan2731]

*I understand that reference*

[@eh1600]

comrade trump

[@Knudsen_Hernandez]

Crucifixion?

[@MSRLR]

I walk in there holding a lewis gun, with a 1897 trench gun on my back, and a c96 mauser for a sidearm. I approach the door guards “excuse sir i heard there was a revolution going on right now. Where is it?” And the guards like : “its down the hall to the left. Just like the course of politics here.”

[@justanotheranimeprofilepic]

"DOWN WITH THE GOVERNMENT!" "No no that's down the hall to the left, I have to tell you their flying some new flag. That's a big red flag"

[@aldotorres1983]

They lost because, in the end, the Mensheviks were merely Boysheviks.

[@christopherstewart3650]

Bruh

[@khadirafarah1314]

Ha! Gottem!

[@joemamaobama6863]

where girlsheviks

[@thatdude9091]

what about the gentleshviks?

[@lukesalazar9283]

Femmesheviks

[@joshuajoe1419]

Fun Fact: The reason they broke up is that the Bolsheviks believed that cereal is a soup while the Mensheviks didn’t.

[@jasonduhela9597]

If only the founding fathers would’ve resolved that bit.

[@blackhawk4ful]

@@jasonduhela9597 dude.................................. VERY COOL!

[@RackHasAttacked]

This enraged his father who punished him severely

[@sashaweeds6318]

Joshua Joe Is that true?

[@sopwithsnoopy8779]

And a taco is just a sandwich...

[@theyayotte]

Who else watches these videos to make sure that James Bissonnette is still alive

[@baccaismemebob2603]

a fellow James Bissonnette stan

[@fletchiano]

Amazing comment

[@lorenzobunn1944]

Im willing to bet money that he's only watching these videos just to make sure he's at the top

[@twothreebravo]

Comment of the decade.

[@ebonymaw8457]

james bisonette cannot die

[@the_fixer2593]

"Why did Lavrenty Beria lose the post Stalin Power Struggle?" would be a good topic to cover I think.

[@dkaloger5720]

I don’t even know what that is

[@AndasMus]

Death of Stalin, fans, hooray!

[@ryanmarx7706]

He molested young girls and was extremely unliked

[@tomithy-6253]

Didn’t have Jason isaacs on his side, duh

[@blackpowderuser373]

Coz the only choice they had was his death or his revenge

[@HistoryHustle]

An often overlooked aspect of the Russian Revolution. Thanks for covering.

[@vk3dek]

I enjoy your videos mate.

[@hello-cn5nh]

🔯 often overlooked 🔯 aspect of 🔯 Bolshevik Revolution 🔯

[@THRIFTY]

@@hello-cn5nh ((()))

[@Avidgermanist]

@@hello-cn5nh what? The Jews haven't nothing to do with October Revolution. The rise to Power by the Bolsheviks was supported by Kaiser Wilhelm ll

[@peffiSC2source]

02:46 The Mesheviks went down to Georgia, they were looking for a soul to steal.

[@davidwalker8581]

The map was wrong though

[@sammarshall9504]

Nice reference.

[@sababugs1125]

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[@ekashengelaia3175]

@@sababugs1125any video that is related to georgia, I always see you in the comments

[@kowalskidageorgian1897]

wrong map bruh

[@aturkishgamer9790]

Also, Leon Trotsky was at first a menshevik until 1917 until he realized they weren’t gonna win out and joined the Bolsheviks. Basically Trotsky pulled an Italy and switched sides.

[@swanswanswanswanswanswanswan]

italy had a revolution, it never switched sides

[@k0mentator507]

@@swanswanswanswanswanswanswan you must be fun at parties

[@swanswanswanswanswanswanswan]

@@k0mentator507 dont care, its another dumb ass reddit meme

[@privatetrash2810]

@@swanswanswanswanswanswanswan yet you commented "wait, liberia wasn't a great power?"

[@warbler1984]

@@swanswanswanswanswanswanswan corrct me if im wrong but there was no revolution in 1915 when they switched.

[@sohrobganjbaksh9669]

Mensheviks: We must industrialize first Stalin: *EXCELSIOR*

[@davemojarra2666]

Lenin, actually.

[@diehardsmokerbuddy]

More like Mensheviks: we should support the capitalist class Lenin: no compromise

[@bartoszmolenda331]

@@davemojarra2666 I mean it was stalin's 5 year plans that massively increased production of steel oil and coal and made massive heavy industries in the USSR. when lenin was in power he implemented a new economic policy but that was designed more to save the russian economy because it was shot after the civil war.

[@Cjnw]

Stalin isn't form the Empire State or even _the State of_ Georgia, the *Empire State of the South!*

[@hueylongdong347]

@@bartoszmolenda331 And what about agriculture?

[@Vtarngpb]

Am I the only one who watches these vids, just to see animated representations of historical figures prancing through fields of flowers? I love it!

[@Zero_Contradictions]

"The War should continue" - Mensheviks (1903 - 1921) Best tombstone ever.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Ah yes, housing two completely different governments in the same building. What could go wrong?

[@michaelhoffmann2891]

Hasn't that been the case in the US Capitol for years with only brief interruptions?

[@POCLEE]

Kerensky: Why can't you be normal?! Lenin: *Screaming in socialism*

[@DT2007]

Keep seeing you.

[@yjypyyj298]

"Eat the rich" this is why i love this channel so much

[@Alusnovalotus]

Sounds like the US right now...

[@ColiasPalaeno]

I like how he usually draws stalin with an angry look. It just fits him.

[@eybaza6018]

I don't know why, but History Matters's depiction of Stalin looks kinda like Freddy Mercury to me.

[@THECOMMUNISTCHANNEL]

*"The Minority in the Majority and the Majority in the Minority"*

[@martinbogado4924]

Makes sence to me

[@failuretv814]

Confused confusing confusion

[@LeviForWaifu]

Very Orwellian

[@matija0103]

Oversimplified fans will know

[@strongback6550]

Russia is a funny place like that.

[@nohbuddy1]

Whoa leftists groups splitting due to ideology? No way

[@nilesbutler8638]

Sad but very, very true. In 1932 socialists and communists could have formed a governement together in germany by election results - but they could not agree on it, which gave hitler the opportunity to ally with royalists and burgouis parties and become cancellor.

[@Egemony]

Bruh

[@anthonytom-duyquang3558]

"I'm standing in the way of leftist unity."

[@gyuhff]

@@nilesbutler8638 the Nazis were a leftist group dude.

[@nilesbutler8638]

@@gyuhff I have a vague idea where you´re coming from, but thats bullshit - let me give a history lesson: They had "socialist" in their parties name, and in the beginning there was a wing of the party that used revolutionary rethoric and argued some socialist policies - or rather social programs (food programs, family support ect) That changed fast, though, and at the latest after the dismantling of the SA, nothing "left" was left. They practiced rigid hirachy, strong centralized leadership, where allied with super-rich of the owner class, rabidly anticommunist, anti-union and nationalistic, focused on military heroization, police state ect. All strong right-wing policy practices. Left wing policies are defined by power distribution, emancipation of supressed groups, internationalism, redistribution of wealth from up to down, communalization of the means of production ect. Nothing of which the nazis did. (also Stalin by the way, which is why most leftists do not consider the UDSSR a leftist regime, no matter what they called themselves) Not to mention that by now theyve become the very posterchild of an extreme right-wing party that went far, far too far. Either you have no idea in the slightest of history and political theory - and are confused by the word "socialist" they used. Or you simpla are a bad-faith a****ole trying to rewrite history and hang that whole tragedy on "the left". You pick.

[@SgtCandy]

"Your mother" - Lenin, probably

[@wandaperi]

Normie

[@abdurrehmannasir5963]

"Your collective mothers"- Stalin, probably

[@davidwuhrer6704]

"My theory of collective owmership is like your mother."

[@cmbeadle2228]

The issue with the Mensheviks is they were a bit too entranced by orthodox marxism, which meant they were convinced the natural march of history was on their side, which made them excessively passive. Feel bad for them though, they were basically nice people - you can see their fundamental niceness even very early on the initial split in the Bolsheviks.

[@Some_Average_Joe]

Considering that the Bolsheviks failed to build a lasting communist state the Mensheviks might have been onto something

[@casparvoncampenhausen5249]

@@Some_Average_Joe yeah, I mean let's wait and slowly transition towards communism, that actually sounds like a plan that could work

[@firemangan2731]

At least the Mensheviks were a tad smarter and more patient and cooperative than the Bolsheviks. The Bolsheviks are litterally the main reason why communism is seen as a symbole of evil today like Nazism or fascism.

[@RyoKasai25]

@@casparvoncampenhausen5249 I mean, if communism is truly the next step for humanity, it'll happen that way. Feudalism didn't ended because some capitalists woke up one day and said "Oh hey, let's have workers instead of serfs". It takes time and a lot of factors to come into fruition. The bolsheviks basically wanted to make a speedrun.

[@leonardofranzinribeiro4220]

@Holly B. I mean, the theory would have been to follow the menshevik Path. We've never tried so even you think it's unlikely(admittedly i have my doubts too) it's still possible It could've worked.

[@raylast3873]

A point regarding the July demonstration which led to the crackdown against the Bolsheviks: this was an armed demonstration started by parts of the garrison demanding that the Sowjet, which was then led by the Mensheviks, take power as the legitimate government. The Bolshevik leadership tried to prevent this demonstration as they did not feel it had adequate support, but it was impossible and so the Bolsheviks reluctantly joined. However, all they ever did was camp out in front of the Sowjet building for half a day or so. I think this is an important consideration in that the Bolsheviks weren‘t in direct control of the Revolutionary elements in the working class, but that those elements arose and grew independently of them, but increasingly turning to the Bolsheviks as it became obvious that not relief was coming from the other parties. It is also notable that in this situation, it was the Bolsheviks essentially calling for the Mensheviks to take power, and the Mensheviks not only turning them down but labeling them as terrorists and enemies of the state for their trouble. Remember, all they did was join in a demonstration and raise demands. This also shows what an impossible situation the Mensheviks put themselves in, as they were essentially opposed to the Soviets as a form of government, and yet their own power was wholly based on the Soviets and quickly evaporated once they lost control of them, while in the meantime, the Soviet even under Menshevik leadership was constantly acquiring government functions despite attempting to pass all authority on to the Provisional government.

[@Apodeipnon]

very reminiscent of the SPD being bellicose towards the KPD in the interwar era and in the time of rising fascism in Germany. social democrats are always such fools

[@maksimrashkovskiy9187]

"Why did the Mensheviks Lose to the Bolsheviks?" Because who doesn't like a David and Goliath situation where the names are switched.

[@heinzlilio4612]

why do I already picture Goliath clubbing David to death instead of Goliath originally being noscoped in the forehead with a rock

[@blackwidowsm]

Lenin is Goliath and Goliath demolished his opponents. Better organized, and much more aggressive and stayed on message. There can be no non communists sort of like Islam there can be no non converts but the ottomans did have a openness for skilled labor of Christians and Judaism. If you had a skill, you had a place to live in prosperity a little unknown fact of ottoman empire. Lenin followed that same thought abought enforcing communism the minority did not feel this way. Lenin Trotsky jumped over reds and Stalin created quite the triumvirate. A leader military genius and an enforcer.

[@kl1541]

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[@staalman1226]

First question was addressed by vsauce

[@Admiral45-10]

About Romans accepting the Christianity: It was a long process, but one of biggest milestones here was year 313, when discrimination of Christianity was officially banned. As time was progressing, Emperors were more and more Christian, and so it became Christian.

[@casparvoncampenhausen5249]

I'd really like a video on the great Northern war!

[@wanderingrandomer]

@@casparvoncampenhausen5249 Extra History did a good series on it a while back

[@NotOneOfUs]

"Which must have been quite awkward given that the coming revolution was just down the hall to the left." This is one of the greatest lines I have ever heard in my life.

[@litkeys3497]

"Some left wing sympathies" meaning the Kronstadt sailors were generally known as the most ardently leftist sailors in the entire Russian navy

[@icedragon769]

Yeah, like, what? "They were anarchists, but some had leftist sympathies"? That's complete nonsense. Anarchism is the most left of all ideologies.

[@geraintthomas4343]

The initial Kronstadt sailors had, for the most part, long since spread out through the bulk of the red army, so let's not mix the two time periods of 1917 and 1921 up. Given that there was still a danger of a naval invasion by the french near petrograd that would have led to a massacre there even if it didn't hold the city, and that several of the demands of the rebellion weren't sustainable given how constantly near collapse the new USSR was; there wasn't a huge amount of choice in suppressing the mutiny.

[@jadapinkett1656]

@@icedragon769 No. Anarchism isn't left-wing. It has variations of both left and right.

[@icedragon769]

@@jadapinkett1656 there is no such thing as right-anarchism. Anarchism means opposition to all hierarchy, capitalism is inherently hierarchical, there is no capitalism without owners and bosses who can give orders to workers.

[@pocketmarcy6990]

@@icedragon769 “mother Anarchy loves her sons”. Intensifies

[@stillkickin3919]

What a great channel! Audio information along with visual comedy. It's like a spoonful of humor helps the history go down.

[@Roy_Boy4.1]

The way your models gaze into my soul sucks me further into the content displayed. They're so damn funny ! Especially with their little signs 🤪

[@edwardhayward1937]

Wow! I had NO IDEA about this. Thank you History Matters!!

[@marcelocalucho1756]

"Eat the rich"

[@HodgePodgeVids1]

Sums up communism

[@Michael.1_]

Yeet the rich

[@AlexGameOver_13]

Already done

[@failuretv814]

The dutch already did it

[@Newbmann]

@@HodgePodgeVids1 NO NO NO only eat the people who are currently rich when I come to power after taking power dont eat me. Communism in a nutshell replaces greedy capitalists with greedy communist politicians.

[@deshaunmurry1214]

Mensheviks: Lets keep it calm Bolsheviks: Seize the means of Production!!!

[@comradeboris167]

The only people that are free are the ones that own the means of production. We can not let the capitalists own us and earn from our labour for the sake of peace.

[@ClayandPapyrus]

Well the Mensheviks were actually more ideologically fanatic compared to the Bolsheviks or at least trotsky was

[@deshaunmurry1214]

@@ClayandPapyrus "Insert Chicken knocks down the door video" here.

[@nc3826]

Bolsheviks: Lets keep it calm... and cut off their balls...

[@Admiral45-10]

Bolsheviks: ,,Our Red Army is invincible!" Poland: *Are you sure about that?*

[@espvp]

I feel happy everytime this channel uploads

[@Marinealver]

At first these were history lessons, 3:02 now they are a survival guide

[@agactual2]

A video on the The League of Nations and why it failed would be interesting.

[@centraltendency5343]

@1:56 LMAO That sign!!!!!

[@kallaji7383]

I've never heard of the Mensheviks before. Thanks for this video!

[@richard1113]

I had no idea this happened. As always, thanks for the info.

[@indiaball9064]

I was gonna have exam about Russian revolution and now History matters has uploaded this. Thank you History matters!

[@jimstacey331]

Fun fact in 1917 SRs had one million members and 50% of the seats in the State Duma.

[@pjweiner8700]

Yup and the Left SRs split and joined the Bolsheviks, who had 800,000 members by october 1917 and 23% in the duma, spurring the revolution

[@pjweiner8700]

Oh also the SRs never had 50% in the duma. They had 37%. And they also split with many joining the Bolsheviks which wasn’t accounted for in the election.

[@vegaobscurax23]

Does anyone else fall helplessly into laughter when you see the sign “soon”? 🤣😂😂

[@larrian3846]

Keep in mind that the Kronstadt anarchists WERE left wing, they didn't just have left wing sympathies, the anarchist ideology of the rebellion was in itself an inherently leftist one.

[@Chocolatnave123]

pretty sure anarchy is on the right side of the spectrum, not left

[@larrian3846]

@@Chocolatnave123 that's blatantly false - there are right wing anarchists, but most anarchists are left wing. If you actually look at anarchist ideology it is left wing, and most political philosophers would agree

[@reappermen]

Actually Anarchiest can't be left or right in the classic sense. Left and right are different ideologies that boil down to 'what the governement should do for whoom'. Anarchism on the other hand is literally the posotion that there should be NO governement at all. And when you are of the opinion that governement should never, under any circusmtance, exist, then you can't have an opinion of what that nonexistant government should do. The main problem with both Modern and Historical Anarchist Groups/Movements is that they were technically mislabeled as Anarchist, with most of them beeing some variation of Libertarian/Minimalist that wanted the governement to do a few specific things and otherwise be as small as possible.

[@larrian3846]

@@reappermen sorry you clearly don't understand political science at all lmao

[@reappermen]

@@larrian3846 While I am not a true expert at the detail level, the basic definition of anarchism, left and right as used for politics are clear enought and fast to look up. As said before, left and right used in the political sense reference various ideas/directions that people want the governement to act. The basis of anarchism on the other hand is literally the idea to abolish all government. Although admitedly there has been an absolutely enormous amount of misuse of the term to this day. Plus the fact that oftentimes two things get mixed together, namely what people want and what they realisticialy hope to achieve. A.k.A a person might wish for anarchy, but sets some other e.g. left-wing political goal as a 'if we can't have anarchy, lets at least get this' It's a bit like the difference between e.g. Christians, Bhuddist etc. and Atheists. The first are various different religions, while the last is the absence of ALL religion. And while there are plenty of cases of either simple mislabeling, throwing together non-governmental stuff with anarchism (e.g. anarcho-capitalism, combining the absence of government with unregulated capitalism), or different levels of goals as described before, any actuall anarchist idea/goal can never be 'inherently left/right/center'. Or any other flavour of governmental direction/basis. TL;DR: look up the basic definition of anarchism, then be annoyed to reallize that it's almost as openly misused in comon and even professional use as socialism is the USA

[@Usonan-Foderation2016]

Fun fact: the majority were often in the minority and the majority in the minority

[@grathem9789]

Oversimplify reference

[@nathanngumi8467]

Very interesting, thanks!

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!!!

[@Minboelf]

Someone:Complains Lenin: *YOUR MOTHER*

[@YourVintageStick]

i always think Trotsky’s little soul patch is an open mouth and he has an always shocked expression

[@michaelvick262]

Thanks for making good high quality videos

[@ryanlock2u]

Trotsky maneuvering around the background and switching sides is a nice little Easter egg

[@LevisH21]

and he was killed in the end by someone even more slimy and corrupt. and besides, Trotsky's idea of a global socialist revolution was so stupid.

[@luke.4317]

@@LevisH21 how could stalin be corrupt if he killed all of his high rank generals and so on because they were trotskyst

[@hermes112]

Video ideas: How did China split up into regional states in the 20th century? How did Poland - Lithuania decline? The great depression How did Liberia escape colonialism?

[@christianweibrecht6555]

Liberia did not escape colonialism because it was an American colony

[@texxon3355]

Good ones. I would also like to add: Why does the US have territories? and Why does Panama exist?

[@jax1363]

If anything Liberia didnt really escape imperialism/colonialism. Originally they were colonized by the USA(I may be wrong on this one, but many African Americans did travel to Liberia if I am not wrong.) and they were considered to be a part of the USA for the longest time. There weren't any cards Liberia played to remain independent, it was just the colonial powers believing Liberia was still apart of the USA. Pretty simple I suppose.

[@Gabriel-ip6me]

Liberia didn't escape colonialism at all, it was a colony, just a very particular kind of colony designed to send American blacks back to Africa. Now, it is a well known fact that the decline of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth was due to their particular form of government, because it made the country vulnerable to foreign interference while their neighbors had strong rulers. So no great misery there, but could be interesting regardless. And the great depression is a bit too broad, but maybe something specific about the great depression might be interesting.

[@hermes112]

@@christianweibrecht6555 i know but it is complicated that way and thats why it is an interesting topic

[@vonPeterhof]

2:48 that is one trollish map of Georgia ;)

[@alparslankorkmaz2964]

Nicely explained.

[@AlexTrusk91]

I just love your Videos man. Exactly would i would prefer after a nightshift. Please keep it up.

[@tornadochaser7226]

1:49 lmao ‘silly man’😂

[@failuretv814]

This question has tormented my studies of this event for so long. Thanks for anwsering it.

[@brianoblivion8218]

I love this channel so much

[@nik65stgt60]

Great content!

[@Mcc4shizy]

"Down the hall to the left"- Funny on two levels 😂😂😂

[@goosenik2219]

It’s important to note that the bolsheviks also supported a state capitalist stage (Lenin’s nep obviously) to get to the necessary conditions for socialism- the difference was having the idea of only the proletariat at the helm vs working with the capitalist class

[@Yo-ps2pf]

everything you said made no sense, read more about war communism

[@goosenik2219]

@@Yo-ps2pf what are you talking about? It’s weird to acknowledge that as a major difference when the nep literally existed. That’s all I’m saying, it’s a bit of a simplification

[@Yo-ps2pf]

If by communism you mean, the society with no state, no classes, no markets, no money, no wage labor, No private property that Marx advocated or predicted After the overthrow of the bourgeoisie, clearly it was not communism. The NEP had all of those things. Lenin’s idea was that they would operate under the control of the state, so that exploitation would not get out of hand and a ruling class would not emerge from market operations and political corruption. They could run their own farms for their own small profits, selling all their produce to the USSR Government. This was to give farmers incentive to grow more food (and to ease the bureaucratic burden on the USSR).

[@coolguyishere8851]

This is a great animation 👍

[@DailyDoseDocumentary]

Great explanation.

[@DailyDoseDocumentary]

Well done piece.

[@StuartLynx]

3:16 Sam. Just Sam. You don't fuck with Sam.

[@ordinary_magician]

Another question which I never thought about but got curious instantly upon hearing it

[@joeleaver875]

Love the vid

[@nossahmvssg]

perfect timing, i am taking a college course on this!

[@holstorrsceadus1990]

Why did the Bolsheviks win? 0:35 The first, led by Vladimir Lenin, was the Bolsheviks meaning majority. Rolls credits

[@flappetyflippers]

"As you'll know" Me who didn't know: 😶

[@Nerevar5me]

All the little signs in the background during the video are a joy.

[@Red_Karen]

0:29 I was half asleep and was not ready for that

[@mohamedomer526]

They should have called their party "crapitalism"

[@user-xb1th7kr4i]

Which one?

[@para_magnus2200]

@@user-xb1th7kr4i both

[@user-xb1th7kr4i]

@@para_magnus2200 Bolsheviks weren't capitalist or bad though

[@para_magnus2200]

@@user-xb1th7kr4i no he said they should’ve called their party “crapitalism” as an insult to Capitalism

[@user-xb1th7kr4i]

@@para_magnus2200 oh ok

[@Sabocat]

I'd love one on the Kronstadt Uprising. It's a great story.

[@infinite_fuselive627]

Love the videos keep it up!

[@brianbarker2551]

you should do one about why Ireland was able to split from the UK, but neither Scotland nor Wales have been able to repeat that.

[@merrittanimation7721]

0:30 Drunk party Marx is beautiful.

[@boltzmanns_bane]

2:46 this map of Georgia is incorrect.

[@gusbussolano03]

0:30 This caught me off guard lol

[@bennruda11]

Fun fact, trotsky was a menshivik up until the second revolution and in the Civil war was a bolshevik war leader

[@xTheUnderscorex]

"Mostly anarchist but there were some left wing sympathies" umm, what?

[@xale3658B]

What ?

[@DukeoftheAges]

?

[@dgsf9444]

What's wrong?

[@crechum]

Anarchists are left wing lol

[@xale3658B]

@@crechum oh yeah i forgot about those one's

[@SoupyMold]

2:14 finally an army of more than 2 soldiers!

[@cryptan6756]

Brutal epitaph.

[@coryburris8211]

2:10 a Bolshevik gets the Hannibal Lecter treatment, lol

[@geraintthomas4343]

Trotsky wasn't even officially a bolshevik at the time, he just sat on all their meetings and organised a big chunk of their propaganda...

[@eduardosecchi1830]

The SR were the major faction in number until the bolsheviks dissolved the constitutional assembly and dissolved the party gradually through 18-21. It played a major role, often dismissed by everybody, organizing the revolution in the countryside. The bolsheviks and mensheviks disputed urban areas and were far more organized as parties, but the sheer numbers were with the SRP

[@user-vv6bw7cn6q]

As always because Mensheviks hadn't any plan to eliminate others.

[@holdencazes5208]

Its always so funny seeing the guys running through the grass lol

[@banh_mi857]

Membership rules!

[@Bova-Fett]

Whenever I play Sid Meier's pirates I always name my guy James Bissonnette.

[@haydnbures1421]

“which must have been quite awkward as the coming revolution was down the hall and to the left” lmao, love your little jokes

[@os44881616]

Would love a video about the SRs

[@comradebigio]

For anyone wanting to go deeper about the history of the Bolshevik party I raccomend reading "bolshevism: the road to revolution" by Alan Woods!

[@moritamikamikara3879]

I love how this channel's weird art style makes the regular Mosin rifles look like fucked up chopped down obrez guns

[@piekay7285]

As a German I see how equal the Russian Revolution was to the early Weimar Republic

[@panda4247]

0:06 the guy on the left looks suspiciously like Penn Jilette

[@lazybeqa4681]

This episode is was great but abkhazia and south Ossetia are shown as not a part of georgia and southern territory still isn't shown as Georgian that was the only mistake I noticed

[@ndrgaming7344]

I saw this when I got home from school and I thought “ Finally, I’m gonna learn something today”

[@lukesalazar9283]

This is so

[@CoWinkKeyDinkInc]

then pay attention in class lmao

[@spk1121]

Thanks, The Pastry Section, Spinning 3 Plates, Sky Chapelle, and the rest! Oh, yeah, that first guy, too.

[@jaybajan]

(spinning three plates), cracks me up every time I hear the name after the videos, I don't know why tho. lol

[@juhopeltola4417]

It would be intresting to see own video about SR's. Like how after october revolution Bolsheviks formed coalition goverment with the left SR's and then they did failed revolution attempt half year later.

[@powersettingsm7172]

"What are you doing, i thought i was the one under attack?" "Well, remember when we ousted you from power? Well it turns out we're not revolutionary enough for the revolution anymore!"

[@infinityarcangel5972]

history matters can you please tell us how to spell James Bizanet/Bisonette

[@marioncoutts1541]

Byzanet

[@duncanread4442]

Could you do a video on schotland and England and who has been in each others territory more over the years?

[@robertshonk518]

Mike Duncan's Revolutions podcast emphasized the two side's conflict over personal morality. The Mensheviks thought that Lenin was utterly craven and amoral in his interpersonal dealings.