Why is Belarus a country? - History of Belarus in 10 Minutes

[@Knowledgia]

Watch thousands of documentaries for FREE on CuriosityStream: curiositystream.thld.co/knowledgiaoct Use this code "knowledgia" to get a 30-day free trial! Also, we made a mistake. We edited some maps for so many times and firstly we wanted to Refer to Poland-Lithuania as The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and then switched back to Poland-Lithuania, but unfortunately, we combined those 2 names in the one that you will see in the video: Polish-Lithuania... 🙄 Dumb things are happening sometimes. We are sorry for this. Thank you so much for watching our videos!

[@rakiahbaker5589]

I'd kinda like to visit Belarus someday. Also, you should do a video on the smaller countries!🇦🇩🇱🇮🇲🇨🇸🇲🇻🇦🇲🇹

[@alexl9012]

Knowledgia where are you from ?

[@rubensebastianstoinoiu1970]

@@alexl9012 knowdelgia is form romania

[@alexl9012]

@@rubensebastianstoinoiu1970 Ok Mersi

[@derickp4532]

Your videos are good, but the amount of ads within them are ridiculous. You have 1 full minute of sponsorship + minimum 6 ads to watch and they are so awefully placed that it breaks the rhythm of the video, it's personally a huge drawback for me.

[@aaronblygh4719]

It's very interesting how you pronounce Belarus three different ways in one sentence.

[@user-wu7ug4ly3v]

My favourite was “Bolaris”.

[@aaronblygh4719]

@@user-wu7ug4ly3v That one's my favourite too.

[@ddoomsday7313]

Aurora bolaris

[@denvermeddleton999]

hes confused

[@aaronblygh4719]

@@denvermeddleton999 But does he have the spirit?

[@spongeboi9899]

"Why Belarus is a country?" Belgium: First time?

[@lorenzodocx4021]

prussia, austria and russia: Why is poland a country? you know the rest

[@danyborell]

@@lorenzodocx4021 cause Poland is better than em all

[@BrutusAlbion]

@𝙀𝙕𝙀𝘾𝙍𝙄𝙎305 you're on to something deep. Beware of the authorities, they don't want you to get to the bottom of this conspiracy!

[@thatrandomguyontheinternet2477]

Me a belgian: here have some free not poisonous waffle

[@BrutusAlbion]

@@thatrandomguyontheinternet2477 don't trust the waffle guys ... it will make your government go into perpetual collapse and indecisiveness ... he's right in that it is not poisoned ... but it will make you hallucinate that you are a real country all the while you turn schizophrenic and start speaking two different languages. Here have some dutch fries instead 😂

[@jolotschka]

One sad fact : it's estimated one third of the belorussian population was killed and 80 percent of town had been destroyed in WW2. Hardly to imagine how this forever changed a country and a nation.

[@Oona707]

I went there in 88 and you could still see and feel it everywhere. Sad

[@rhetoric5173]

Russia did worse

[@rhetoric5173]

Killed one third Chechen population 1994-2003, supported Serbia and killed 15% of Bosnians 1994-1996, killed half of the Chechen population another time in 1944 and exiled the entire population. Not to mention the staggering Murder of 90% of circassians in late 1800’s.

[@rhetoric5173]

@@BubbleTheSigma yes, it’s documented. The Soviets killed far more.

[@kentchristian8930]

My girlfriend told me about this and I'm so shaken by it. I can't imagine how exactly I'll react when I visit her and see that memorials for myself.

[@foxrodiin8858]

Why does the narrator call Belarus as "Bolaris" 😂😂

[@trollinape2697]

@delavalled and dolores sounds like dolor meaning pain, ironically

[@trollinape2697]

@@weetbix4497 brilliant yes buy my man is a slow as a snail, he speaks so slowly

[@henryreeve4960]

@delavalled barbarian Dolores is Spanish name

[@KenjiWatanabe1]

Half Life 3 confirmed?

[@billbo814]

Bell ar rus is how you pronounce the tractor that is made there, spelt the same

[@AnnedolfFrankler911]

I am fascinated by the history behind the nation Buloris. But I thought the video was about Belarus.

[@siyabongamviko8872]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@intrusivethoughtofthatonetime]

I'm from Belarus (stress on the last syllable by the way) and there are too many things wrong in the video. From the initial tribes that inhabited the area and the Duchy of Polotsk (stress on the first syllable) to history during the 1st World War, proclamation of independence and current anti-dictatorship movement. It really looks like the video really lacks research. Maybe someone will prove me wrong.

[@maciektak8863]

To be honest - biggest mistake of this video is that Belarus was under control Polish-Lithuania Commonwealth. Its stupid because Belarus is true historical Lithuania and todays Lithuania was historical ,,Żmudź". Biggest magnats and aristocratic familys (like for example Radziwiłłowie) was Lithuanians (Belarussians). Idk why mainstream history type is like that like in film. Russian propaganda?xd

[@aliyaser7698]

@@maciektak8863 The Russians were in control of this land before the establishment of Poland

[@maciektak8863]

​@@aliyaser7698 Yea. Russians controlled the whole world before it even existed. Everybody knows that.

[@aliyaser7698]

@@maciektak8863 My friend, the Goths, the Bulgarians, and the Magyars, all of them left Russia. Are these Russians?

[@maciektak8863]

@@aliyaser7698 It's question for you. First of all what's that: Russians? What you mean when you use this word? All slavs? Or maybe inhabitants of the principality which was created by no-slavs? Whcich slavs tribes you can call Russians? Where is that border? Russians have strange point of view for history of slavs what I cant understand.

[@guifdcanalli]

"Why is Belarus a country?" Russia and Poland: we ask this same question everyday

[@TheBard1999]

I mean, I always saw Belarussians as descendants of Ruthenian population part of Dutchy of Lithuania.

[@mariano98ify]

Lithuania: hold my Duchy!!

[@Govorars]

@@TheBard1999 well, yes

[@command_unit7792]

@@TheBard1999 Ruthenia and Russia mean the same thing aka "Land of the Rus"... Rossiya(Russia) is "land of the Rus" but in greek, while Ruthenia is "Land of the Rus" In Latin.

[@TheMilkDragon]

Command_Unit Ruthenia is usually referred to the lands of Belarussia and Ukraine under Lithuanian/Polish control. The Rus/Slavs there where calling themselves Rusyn before. Russia itself wasn’t “Russia” in the beginning and later adopted it as a official name of the country. I don’t like when Russians act as if everything evolved and diverged from “them”. The split already happened with the Rus Princess. If they are just eastern slavic dialects then why did they need translators between muscovite crown and cossacks in the Ukraine during 16-,17- and 18th century as a example. Belarussian and Ukrainian languages are distinct from Russian. And throughout systematic methods they where banned, frowned upon and regarded as lesser languages. If they where the same and just dialects, then why ban them? Different terminologies about who and what can be argued without an end. Modern Russians, Ukrainians and Belarussians have the same roots. And no one originated from the other ( language, culture, nationality)

[@hussar1512]

Why Belarus is a country? Why Earth is a planet? Why grass is green ,or sky is blue?

[@hoplitethirtynine1487]

Hussar Why do bears shit in the woods? Why is the Pope catholic?

[@yucol5661]

Those are all video worthy questions🤓

[@aaronblygh4719]

Earth is a planet because it meets the criteria to be classified as a planet. To be more specific, because of gravity pulling particles together to form larger and larger objects until they can be called planets. The grass is Green because cloraphil is green, grass is made up largely of cloraphil, which is the best colour to absorb enough sunlight to create energy for the plant. The Sky is blue because of the way light refracts through the atmosphere.

[@aaronblygh4719]

@Republic of Antoria So that Polan can into space easier.

[@markmd9]

Last one is pretty hard and requires much knowledge of physics to answer

[@Dimka2012Bo]

This video doesn’t explain the development of national identity of the Belarus people during the existence of Lithuanian Kingdom. Not an interesting content, very basic.

[@AJayQDR]

Exactly, the answer to the question is the distinct identity of the people which the video does not address at all. The first half is just irrelevant information about the history of the land that has nothing to do with the modern country.

[@EugenethePhilostopher]

Technically, there was no Lithuanian kingdom (except for a few months during the turmoil of 1918). It was a grand duchy.

[@mantas22]

@@EugenethePhilostopher 1253-1263 there was Lithuanian kingdom when duke Mindaugas got baptized from the Pope and got the crown. After he died Lithuaniana became a dutchy once more

[@EugenethePhilostopher]

@@mantas22 it is highly controversial, I would say (we don't even know the date or place of the coronation etc., and the aftermath is very suspicious), but I agree that many historians believe that to be the case.

[@Dimka2012Bo]

@@EugenethePhilostopher not the point I was making, but whatever.

[@stackerusargentius9152]

Is it just me or does it seem that the incorrect pronunciation of the names of places and people seem to be the signature mark of this channel? Seriously, just from the huge volume of feedback you receive from the audience about this issue, one would think you would make sure to get pronunciation right. Other than that, this is solid content and much better than I could produce personally.

[@xELITExKILLAx]

Also I didn’t realize people didn’t know how to pronounce Belarus

[@deananderson2571]

I agree 100%. The content of the channel is great, but I really don't understand the routine mispronunciation of names. They aren't event arguable. Nobody pronounces Belarus the way this guy is pronouncing it. I actually did a comprehensive search and got audio from people all around the world, and basically everyone pronounces it the same way, albeit with slightly different accents. It would be nice if they did a pronunciation check before putting all this work into videos

[@timothyjstrong]

@@deananderson2571 They are using an artificial voice generator. The narrator isn't human, its just an AI that is reading a script

[@DarkSentencer]

If it's a real person, it's a tactic to generate comments and drive the algorithm. I've seen tons of comments that otherwise wouldn't be made.

[@ongbonga9025]

People around the world pronounce countries differently. For example, Iran. In the UK, we say the I like the word igloo... i-ran. In USA, they say the I like the word eye... eye-ran. According to the soundbite on the Wikipedia page, the British say it right, but that doesn't mean we get everything right. We say Belarus like Bella-roos, not Bell-aruss. But we say Bella-Russian, not Bella-roosen. I have no idea if we get it right. We pronounce the S at the end of Paris, while the French don't. I just can't bring myself to say Pa-ree. Point being, there's lots of ways to pronounce places, and it varies around the world.

[@dice3000]

Can't even pronounce Belarus correctly

[@Azubrael]

Was looking for this comment.

[@njpeak0216]

bel-ah-roos

[@ifer1280]

My thoughts exactly.

[@piotrzagroba5301]

Yes! It annoyed me the whole video

[@duckgo8755]

Well we're so sorry!!!!!!! Us Westerners don't know how to pronounce different things. Its the same with learning English, things are pronounced differently because its diverse.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Ah the Soviet Union, they were a very helpful ally of ours

[@vincent5880]

Kim can you teach me how to dance

[@itiswhatitis7117]

An ally of OURS

[@hyltoniali257]

Cccp for the past, ccp for the present😉

[@null9541]

ㅑㅐㄱ ㅇ혀 ㅑㅍ뎌ㅏㅣㅛㄱ 뎌ㅑㅛㄹ ㅕㅁㅍㄱ ㅏㄱ! I dunno what was that but eh

[@joesteve114]

I'm seeing this kim guy alot in other vedio

[@goodcrusader1142]

i just like when my country is in a video. good luck to Belarus, love from Lithuania :)

[@CR7GOATofFootball]

I was born in Belarus

[@BossGokaiGreen]

HI FRIENDSHIPS 🍼🐷🇯🇵

[@ИльяЖданов-к4ц]

This is not your country that is in the video.

[@goodcrusader1142]

@@ИльяЖданов-к4ц but my country is relavent to the video

[@ИльяЖданов-к4ц]

@@goodcrusader1142 then you’re right lol

[@AK-dp5sx]

Unfortunately, this overly simplified the situation, and overlooked a lot of major issues.

[@alesia4309]

Exactly!

[@infallible1936]

Жыве Беларусь!

[@hyundaimatrix6754]

Жыве Вечна!

[@Gaster-jo3di]

​@@hyundaimatrix6754С Лукашенко

[@sapraŭdny_belarus]

Жыве вечна!

[@Belarusian_patriot]

Ды брат!

[@MaxBobovsky]

жыве А.Г Вечна! жыве с Россией матушкой!

[@dmpatel7026]

I literally got nothing to do with belarus, neither I have a history test, but I'm still here watching it.

[@Knowledgia]

Always good to learn new things

[@dmpatel7026]

@@Knowledgia yeah thanks for the heart tho.😁

[@enderman1838]

Editing your comment makes you lose the heart, unfortunately

[@dmpatel7026]

@@enderman1838 oh I feel sad

[@Knowledgia]

Take it again. But don't lose it again, I don't have so many hearts to give

[@theparadigm8149]

Belorussians be like: “What do you mean, ‘why are we a country?’!?” 😤

[@CR7GOATofFootball]

I was born in Belarus and I think nothing like that

[@theparadigm8149]

@@CR7GOATofFootball Sorry... it was just a joke

[@peterii3512]

Gleb Zhyglov Belarussians and Russians are the same

[@timvanrijn8239]

Honestly as a dutchman. I get not wanting to be a part of a larger cousin state right next to you. Jusy because the langauges sound the same.

[@vKazak8165]

**Belarusians

[@MrGoogaEgoroff]

I'm from Belarus, thank you so much to for this video. I wish that less people in this world would ask this question, we are nation that totally deserved to be independed, we were and keep firghting for that. Belarus Freedom!

[@saulgoodman5451]

Hi! I am a Lithuanian and I just want to ask a question: how do you guys feel ahout Ukraine? After all, you are both ethnically Ruthenian, so wouldn't you want to be a singlevcountry?

[@QiuSe]

@@saulgoodman5451 you're aware that ruthenian just means rus, which is a term for all east slavic people? Which means Russia, Belarus and Ukraine... Also to answer the question: Just about nobody would want to be part of Ukraine right now, people are leaving that country whenever they can. I have had many friends in Ukraine, but now there's only one who still lives there, though he does so because his family can't afford to leave. So given their current situation, i don't think anyone would want them. That aside, they were in the same state for almost 1000 years already, so i don't see why it couldn't work again.

[@drunckenduck1191]

@@saulgoodman5451 Hey I am from Belarus and I can easily say that we love our Ukranian, Lithuanian and Polish brothers!

[@craftah]

too bad you dont speak belarusian anymore

[@craftah]

@Byelorussian Pole well. Ukrainians understand it at least

[@Kasey1405]

This program misses the most important reason why Belarus is a separate nation. In 1569, when the unified Polish-Lithuanian kingdom was established, the territory of the present day Belarus and the territory of Lithuania retained the full autonomy within the Polish Kingdom and it retained the name "Grand Duchy of Lithuania". The local dialect of the original language called "Ruski" (predecessor of modern Russian, Belorussian and Ukrainian) evolved into a separate language that differed from both Great Russian spoken to the east and Polish language that eventually became the official language of the Duchy of Lithuania. Therefore the Belarussian nation with it's own language was born. Later on, especially under the Soviet rule and partly due to horrendous loss of population in the II world war, the russification of Belarus ensued and most population switched to Russian. To summarize; the Belorussian nation is hundreds of years old and deserves it's own state.

[@SERBIA1389SERBIA]

Honestly Belorussian history is a book of 3 pages 😂

[@matija5134]

So the language of Belarus is “ruski”? Do you understand that that actually means Russian? Which means Belarussians are not a separate nation at all, they are Russians.

[@Kasey1405]

@@matija5134 Not quite. The true and original meaning of "Ruski" refers to the slavic language of Kievan Rus. Ruski was the base language for three separate East Slavic languages, similarly to Latin being a base for Romance languages in Europe. The part of Kievan Rus that remained free from Mongol rule eventually fell under the rule of the Grand Duchy pf Lithuania.(GDL) and the "Ruski" remained the language of the state until Polish took over. In 1569 GDL was reduced to it's northern reaches and remained a separate, autonomic part of the Kingdom of Poland and in that form existed for over 200 years, time long enough to local "Ruski" to evolve into a language diferent from "Ruski" spoken in Ukraine and in Muscovy. The word "Ruski" was used in the Kingdom of Poland for both Belorussian and Ukrainian until the modern meaning of Belorussian and Ukrainian took hold. The official language of Russian Empire appropriated the name "Russki" together with the imperial notion that it is the proper "Russki". The fact that Russian, Belorussian and Ukrainian existed as separate languages was even recognized in the census of the Czarist Russia. The russification proceses in the course of the 20th century significantly reduced the extent of use and importance of both Balorussian annd Ukrainian.

[@goransvraka3171]

How about we Unite all Slavs North East and South under a Slavic Union?

[@windwaker8985]

@@goransvraka3171 isn’t this what the soviets kind of achieved? I don’t think most slavic nations were happy there...

[@clocker9321]

clear explanation - its a separate nation with own language and culture.

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

Why two different pronunciations of Belarus? Bel-ah-rus and Be-la-rus.

[@raptor4840]

I like Knowledgia but this guy always seems to pronounce stuff weirdly or change how he says it. That along with the obvious edits are really annoying tbf

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

@@raptor4840 yeah, they often mispronounce words that are not hard to pronounce of switch pronunciation in the same video. Maybe it’s a joke? Regarding the edits, any examples you remember? I haven’t noticed them or didn’t know they were edits

[@Mychinisfamous]

I've been there, they pronounce it "Bell-oh-rus," and Rus as in Rooster.

[@Grebutin]

The latter is correct. Pronunciation is obviously a challenge for the narrator.

[@anna3209]

I'm belarussian. We say Be-la-rus 😉

[@CR7GOATofFootball]

Finally, a video about the country I was born In.

[@ΗρακλήςΠουαρό-γ6ι]

Belorrusians are wondering ''Why Russia is a country?''

[@vKazak8165]

**Belarusians

[@tutejsyja7198]

We are more interested in why Russia is STILL a country.

[@bogdansivitski8099]

@@tutejsyja7198 YES

[@DIMBARATA]

Why macedonia is not part of Bulgaria?

[@CivilizedWasteland]

Based

[@Yellowsnow69420]

“Presidents” is a generous title. That implies that they were fairly elected. “Dictators” would be more appropriate.

[@samuan001]

The point is that they were elected as presidents for the first time but somehow they have still been presidents for over 20 years

[@SniperE321]

Ну Гитлер так-то тоже был законно избран на демократических выборах в Германии...

[@ivofena83]

@@SniperE321 Hitler position was what now we call prime minister. And yes he was elected.

[@ivofena83]

@@samuan001 So it is up to the world police to decide what the Belarusian people want?

[@samuan001]

@@ivofena83 have I said anything like that? I can't remember...

[@jamesk7777]

"BELLA - ROOS" is how we say it in Australia. "bella" like beautiful in Italian and "roo" like kangaroo the animal in our country.

[@ChrisOrban79]

BELA means WHITE (WHITE RUSSIA)

[@Rxsski]

U funny🧢

[@jaredjones777]

And that is based on a true principle!

[@Felix_Effex]

So do Belarussians. Thanks James.

[@shiney__mp.4521]

The exact prounounce is Byelarus(i)

[@redmistbby]

People: nooo it's pronounced Bela-roos because it's short for white Russia- Dude: belarhus

[@deusgiff]

Planet Belaris.

[@Govorars]

Its not short for white russia tho. Rus =/ Russia

[@nhienleminhhue6605]

We call Byelorussia north west Russia and Ukraina Polishnize Russia

[@aterovis3693]

As far as Im concerned, the name Belarus comes from Ruthenia (White Ruthenia). In Polish we call it Białoruś (White Rus) and there is no Russia in here. Ruthenia and Russia were completely different countries. I guess around 17th century, Russia started to claim Ruthenian lands (illegaly of course).

[@fatiazizi8825]

@@deusgiff you watch Lithuanian Mapper too why does he heart you in his videos but I don’t

[@uncleflagzz]

Belarus: **exists** Knowledgia: _Why tho?_

[@Grasslander]

History lesson for you. Belarussians speak Russian, very few actually use the Belarussian language. They were entirely built by Russia. So now you know.

[@TSGC16]

Putin asks himself this everyday.

[@Zeyede_Seyum]

I swear they should join Russia.

[@reaperz5677]

Haha funny stolen joke from another comment goes brrrrrrr

[@TSGC16]

@@reaperz5677 just like how Putin stole Crimea

[@alpachino7659]

Belarus is only temporary independent. It will join Russia soon.

[@alpachino7659]

@@dnah9112 Nope. It won't.

[@емрусскихдетей-э1з]

Hahaha, great video! Hi from Belarus✌️

[@емрусскихдетей-э1з]

@Jaco Rozycki Poland is not my homeland to return to

[@емрусскихдетей-э1з]

@Jaco Rozycki We are a broken people, we have long lived under the dictatorship of the russians and now we live under the dictatorship of the pro-russian Lukashenka, but we are genetically strong in spirit and ready to fight for our pinches

[@емрусскихдетей-э1з]

@Jaco Rozycki baby, you are offended by Ukrainians, oh what a pity :3 Слава Украіне 🇺🇦, Жыве Беларусь 🕊️🌹🕊️

[@januszradziwi3127]

@@емрусскихдетей-э1з dont listen this idiot. Belarus is independent state and legal succesor of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and you have nothing to worry about from Poland, we respect you

[@емрусскихдетей-э1з]

@@januszradziwi3127, thanks buddy, nice to see good guys from Poland💪

[@Snqwy]

Putin: I can change this for you.

[@adamradziwill]

⚪️⚪️🔴🔴⚪️⚪️ With cost of “black gold” at 15-23 dollars per barrel, the USSR economy collapsed, and the sovok itself collapsed, and the "golden" horde ("russia") budget can only be fulfilled only with oil price at $ 42.4 and higher

[@andyqd4723]

putin can change its shitty ass, but not this. Belarus is an independent country

[@andyqd4723]

@ahmet özkan I think many people on the streets protesting since summer will not agree with you

[@vladimirkossowtsev6972]

people of belarus: no, you can't :P

[@ЯнКалиновский-и2к]

Let's hope he wouldn't.

[@АртурЧугай]

Live of Vseslav the seer is really fun to read about. For example, Vseslav actually didnt rule Polotsk for 70 years straight, since there was one time when he was imprisoned by the prince of Kiev, but then said prince was overthrown and people of the city named Vseslav their new prince. He didnt rule there for long and soon returned to Polotsk, but it still was epic.

[@nenenindonu]

Why is Bahrain a country

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Pusuda mı bekliyon?

[@adude8424]

because humans make mistake

[@АртурЧугай]

Isnt it one of the oldest countries of the region, older then UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

[@mohammadzaker575]

It's lost province of Iran lost do to British colonism policy, it's the 4 major Shia Country

[@fatiazizi8825]

I know right Bahrain doesn’t make sense

[@mlcooks8663]

It is weird how many different ways he pronounced Belarus 🇧🇾 😳

[@havable]

That's a good sign you're watching an AI video.

[@AngMarinduqueño]

great info

[@steelmercenarytheodor4929]

I have an idea for next video Why is Moldova/Moldavia a country

[@Paravantos]

Because you had to separate the poorest of the poor somehow.

[@anonymousbloke1]

Moldova actually has no reason to exist whatsoever, other than for the expansionist desires of the Russian Empire and later Soviet Union Modern Moldova (country) is but a part of historical Moldova (around half of which is part of Romania already) and the people living there are essentially just Romanians + Slavs that were resettled there during Union times

[@joshuataylor3550]

@@anonymousbloke1 Transnistria?

[@naktisnaktiss9880]

No. Besarabia. Transnistria is Soviet product, created just before the USSR lapsed. @@joshuataylor3550

[@Matrix_985]

Welcome to another episode of "topics we didn't asked but needed answers anyways."

My girlfriend is always like I bet he is cheating on me and I’m over there thinking why is Belarus a country

[@MotivationThinker521]

Belarus:-Ah yes, Here we go again

[@domino4275]

Undertale)

[@deusgiff]

5:15 There's a difference between "Polish-Lithuania" and "Poland-Lithuania" . Firstly, if you use the first title, you literally just claim that both entities were Polish and not dualistic,. Secondly, the other title fits it better because Treaty of Lublin declared this country to be a *dual* monarchy composed of *two separate independent states* . Learn and remember that and don't repeat this mistake again. And by the way: You do know that these sort of titles will literally just trigger people from this country? Why is that even a question in the title, I don't get it, weren't there any other alternatives for a better title of this video?

[@andrzejkowalski4021]

That kind of union between Poland and Lithuania, that you mentioned, one king and two states was after 1386 signed in Union of Horodele. After 1569 Union of Lublin it was one state, one constitution, with one elected king , one parliament [SEJM] and LIBERUM VETO was a foundation. But they had two separate treasures and two separate armies.

[@chickenperson7568]

Unless your some sortve sensitive 5 year old that title won’t offend you, seriously if someone asked me why Britain was a country, I would just tell them about the union between Scotland and England.

[@naktisnaktiss9880]

NO. STOP PUSHING POLISH PROPAGANDA. @@andrzejkowalski4021

[@Ivan-hb3co]

All I know is Lukašenko is ruling for far too long and people are sick of him.

[@НиколаНикола-э6г]

Should he be more funny, as the comedians? Would that be satisfying? Well sir, be little more serious please.

[@РомаТищенко-я3с]

too sick

[@jamesgully0077]

The content was fascinating, but please, learn how to pronounce the name of Belarus before you discuss it.... was a little cringy 😬

[@DaniHMcV]

A lot cringey

[@LukaZorko]

Belarus: exists Knowledgia: but why?

[@j.s.7335]

I recall learning that there are no border control facilities on the roads between Russia and Belarus, which means only Russians and Belarusians can legally travel directly between the countries by land; foreigners have fly or pass through a third country.

[@havable]

If there is no border control between the two, one could fly to one of them and drive across the border to the other one.

[@hedone13x]

Never heard of bel arus, thanks!

[@TheMasonK]

Great stuff! Never heard much about Belarus in other history videos. Always hear about Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, etc. before Belarus!

[@hollymolly4036]

If it would be correct information it would be OK, but this video is a total nonsense and shameful lies about Belarus, like A russian propaganda troll has written it, I Am disgusted full stop

[@aliyaser7698]

@@hollymolly4036 propaganda

[@naktisnaktiss9880]

... and further Belorussians for allegedly denying "Russian propaganda" (whilst this video is just a diletant work) push their own propaganda of Lithuanian state allegedly belonging to them. @@hollymolly4036

[@havable]

Its a pretty new country. For most of history, most of Belarus was called "Lithuania."

[@sutonnajazdan727]

BelarUs We've suffered so long, we deserve to be a happy nation Long Live Belarus under the White-Red-White flag

[@ИльяЖданов-к4ц]

Wait what? How does the sufferings have anything to do with the particular flag?

[@vitaliygalganets]

Greetings, Litvins, from the Ukrainian country Rus!

[@Zapper-kq1zg]

@@vitaliygalganets ты помесь хазар, а не славян

[@KamzaTheFox-Wolf]

Żyvie Biełaruś. Палякі з вамі, браты

[@wojtekmarmarosovsky5309]

Let's go to partition Ukraine.

[@bogdansivitski8099]

@@wojtekmarmarosovsky5309 Tnx guys. We ARE The Country

[@CR7GOATofFootball]

@@wojtekmarmarosovsky5309 that was Belarusian

[@zirka6497]

Жыве

[@Elisabethensy]

Zyvie vecna!

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Belarusians love their potatoes. They have potato blood in their veins

[@amedeolivio534]

farina brotherhood

[@KameroonEmperor]

They are brothers With the Irish and ohionians

[@ahyan14]

You love to be everywhere in comments

[@KameroonEmperor]

@@cuculan1978 O H I O

[@hmoobmeeka]

Its avery the cuban american

[@macariomatira3234]

We Wish to feature about Chiang Kai-Shek's Northern Expedition in China

[@simecki4222]

"Why is Belarus a country" Kosovo, Bosnia, Belgium, North Macedonia, Moldova: first time?

[@aton9755]

Bosnia is the oldest West Balkan country. Don't speak nonsense.

[@simecki4222]

@@aton9755 shiiiieet homie we wuz kangz

[@aton9755]

@@simecki4222 Cepove u usi, da promaha ne mlati kroz glavu.

[@NR-mx6lc]

-bellaroos. -bolaris. -belarus. documentary about 1 nation with 3 different ways to pronounce the name by narrator.

[@09darknorth]

Why are we alive

[@KameroonEmperor]

Just to suffer

[@krm-kerem5558]

To pray and love

[@futureshock382]

to experience being alive

[@yucol5661]

What do you mean by alive? Biologically “why do we function” or colloquial terms like “why do we do stuff” or metaphysical “what is the bigger purpose of humanity”?

[@bilarabaljamei948]

I dont have an idea /:

[@Cricketworld82259]

Make a video on slavic countries your channel is awesome i love this type of history videos love from india🇮🇳♥️

[@yury_kim]

Thank you for the video. The pronunciation is rather BElarus instead of BelArus. Thank you again.

[@Sakura-zu4rz]

❤Your channel is literally my comfort place. You make me so happy.

[@midorisoul9701]

Long Live Belarus 🤍❤🤍 We keep to fight for freedom and independence!!!

[@BaraIsrael]

the way you say belarus hurts me.. deeply

[@Skibididi8]

Love Belarus because of its history

[@KiprasGavenas]

Not a lot of it tbh

[@TravelEyesS]

Жыве Беларусь

[@Basicaly-sf7zn]

*Omg ”Bolarez” like it’s some latin dictator* ☠️☠️☠️

[@artur798]

Greetings from Poland. I know a few people from Belarus, and they are very kind. I am very sorry that our nations are split by two bad men - Putin/Łukaszenka.

[@mourdebars]

we are split mostly because of polish idiotic governments started in 1989 and ongoing. Whole eastern policy is a sheer disaster. Building a fence is just beyond the stupidity

[@510Redneck]

I believe the overall populations are far less divided then those mentioned want us all to believe as most people these days just want to live in peace.

[@louislanuza1419]

understanding the history of eastern european countries is really complicated.i have the difficulty of digesting the information but exciting at the same time.anyway,thanks for the information.

[@josevicentemartins9085]

Beautiful country, beautiful people. However Lukashenko should not be part of the equation, his maintenance in power is an abnormality. Wishes for a great future for Belarusians , we wait for them to be part of the West, where they will have democracy, human rights and of course a higher standard of life

[@Only.D.G.]

Because it has its own culture and language

[@zlodevil426]

I’m Belarusian and I can’t stand your wrong pronunciation. I get it when you say the wrong sounds but you could have at least googled which vowel is stressed

[@donzeigler1021]

It’s hard to take this video seriously when the narrator can’t even pronounce the name of the country. Plus, this is not an explanation of why the country exists; it’s a history of boundary changes.

[@fret1]

I’m glad it exists as it’s a good place for bald and bankrupt to film in

[@Knowledgia]

Love that dude!

[@VITORB82]

@@Knowledgia we all do.

[@sowhat249]

I wonder if Kolya from the Chernobyl exclusion zone is doing ok...

[@VITORB82]

@@sowhat249 was thinking about a couple of days ago!

[@sowhat249]

@@VITORB82 | I've been commenting on his latest videos if he can go to Belarus and visit him, but no response, nor do the comments get any attention by other fans. But I sure do hope he can go soon.

[@DATA-qt3nb]

Love the video man, I've just never heard anyone pronounce it Bel-air-is always thought it was more like Bel-uh-roos. Although you may have to ask a Belarussian tbh, I know it's an English pronunciation anyways so no biggy.

[@akolyt]

the correct pronunciation is Bel-uh-roos

[@KeefeL]

This script reader makes this channel sound so unknowledgable, ironic isn't it.

[@JJJRRRJJJ]

He recorded the full audio of this video pronouncing Belarus incorrectly. Then went back and spliced in audio for each time he said Belarus. Obviously he missed many of them lol. Whether fair or not, I can’t take this seriously.

[@Miamcoline]

Good plug!

[@AnfisaBELARUS]

wow good information about our country!

[@ClintGoble86]

The constant mispronunciation of Беларусь is really annoying. А я думала ты куда умней.

[@ClintGoble86]

@Наш Город правдиво

[@danikbas5426]

I know right?

[@uncleflagzz]

Excusé moi what ze fak?

[@nikitaberejnoy4359]

Мы же на русском все названия по своему произносим, так же и они господи, некоторым сложнее перестроить язык под произношение иностранных звуков, поэтому у всех есть акцент и ничего такого в этом нет

[@mikhailryzhov9419]

Ну ландо он бы ещё нашёл неправильное произношение и думал, что так правильно. Нет, у него три разных версии.

[@johnny-smith]

The voice overs for this channel are so weird. The grammar and overall English isn't exactly bad or anything, but every video there are several words mispronounced, and it's not like the words are niche or anything. Why in the Hell would you say Belarus like Bel-are-us???

[@daMacadamBlob]

🅱️olaris

[@jadapinkett1656]

Regional variation.

[@jstantongood5474]

Belarus is is pronounced BEL a roos. Not bel AH ris. ?!?? Where does he get these off-the-wall pronunciations. Very odd.

[@heaven7360]

History is so complicated...makes my head spin

[@ApollonianShy18]

Really interesting. Thx

[@rathersane]

I think that a brief discussion about the Belarusian language is an unfortunate omission in this video. How does it relate to Ukrainian, for instance.

[@dtue6739]

You know, Belarusians themselves are somewhat suspiciously intimidating if the topic "why Belarus exists" but it is even forgetable to see how foreigners think.

[@Wompwompwomp.ny1]

Why does Belarus exist? Putin: Now your asking the hard hitting questions. Yes why do they exist?

[@P.A.C.E.automotive]

Much love to Bolaris from 🇨🇦

[@deepalib3096]

Nice video... I like to know how nations are formed

[@pepperspray7386]

Called knowledia but cannot pronounce any of the European nations. lol

[@zetter13]

oh cry me a river, just be happy that we a atleast get a video about eastern europe that is not about putin, soviet union or the russian empire

[@yucol5661]

I thought it was a feature? You know since regular Europeans have an endearing habit of making multiple pronunciations for place names

[@Comrade_Peavey]

Pronounce Belarus, Kiev, and Dnieper correctly please. You pronounce Belarusian correctly but not Belarus lol

[@PMundi]

It always amazes me when someone puts this much time into a history video and fucks up such basic things like checking pronunciation.

[@andyqd4723]

Kyiv is correct, not Kiev

[@karuskaltugov1992]

to quote another youtuber: "there are many questions that keep us up at night, is there an afterlife, why are we here, and why is Belarus a thing"

[@zerocool1ist]

Informative

[@tancreddehauteville764]

Belarus is NOT a country, it's an invention. Belarus was never an independent state before 1991.

[@naktisnaktiss9880]

Wrong. Formally it appeared in 1918. Then 4 years later willingly joined the USSR. Or my knowledge as to the then Belorussia's possible occupation by Soviets is still be improved.

[@m.a.118]

- Bellaris, the Eastern European knockoff space exploration game from totally not ripoff company "Pair-a-docs".

[@peterthegreat4663]

4:52 "modern day Balarus"

[@alecs4]

hey man, im a big fan and i was wondering, how do you do your videos? do you use geolayers? im really curious, keep it up!

[@mdmostofa1614]

Love Belarus from Bangladesh

[@ElisabethSalmin]

7:01, while commenting White Rusland, map sometimes forgets situation of Baltic States, so as after 1 WW part of it got its independence, for example Estonia. At that map that region reminds a colony of Russia. Graphics were beautiful and whole setting of storytelling actualy well readable, we should value the fact that someone is producing content.

[@Woloh]

"Ukraine has never been independent" - Oh my god, there was Kievan Rus. "Italy has never been independent" - Oh my god, there was Roman Empire. "Turkey has never been independent" - Oh my god, there was Ottoman Empire. "Spain has never been independent" - Oh my god, there were kingdoms of Castile and Aragon. Knowledgepedia - ever heard about Polotsk Duchy or Grand Duchy of Lithuania? And look up Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was a confederation of TWO states.

[@Vadims.R]

And why Belarus a country In few words? After watching video still don't get it.

[@beautifuldreamer6247]

Interesting video but neglects the role of St Eufrasina of Polsk around whom Belarusian patriots still rally. Belarusian identity is very much linked to religious heritage. My father was a Belarusian patriot who’s family was destroyed by Soviet armies. My grandmother spent 9 years at hard labor in a Stalinist gulag in Siberia for resistance to the communist occupiers. Belarus is indeed a nation which has struggled for independence from its larger neighbors and which has its own language and traditions.

[@TheNormanbro]

This was interesting. I will watch this video later again.

[@andriusambrutis343]

I guess Belarusians can comment this more but as I understand, King Mindaugas of Lithuania original teritory contained land around nowaday Vilnius (current capital of Lithuania) and some nowaday Belarus land. So as Lithuania was created from Baltic lands, Belarus states that one of Belarus founders are also Lithuania ruler. But as I said, You might want someone from Belarus to confirm that...

[@andriusambrutis343]

@OOGA BOOGA Not really understood the question :D I mean, I'm from Lithuania and I cannot know if Belarus for real recognize that as fact, I only heard it from media as our historians explained why Belarus is building statues of King Mindaugas and Grand duke Gediminas. Now from what I understand, soviet side of Belarus tries to destroy that history and democratic part tries to rebuild it or something like that. So you sure need to ask people from Belarus for more info as I'm in no position to state it as 100 percent truth.

[@usasoccergoalie]

Belarus isn’t a country , it’s a state of Russia

[@christo-gj1qk]

I mean how things are right now in Ukraine it is.

[@dianadi8806]

the amount of times the pronunciations were switched up...

[@metropolitanian]

Make video about Ukraine's history!

[@takod323]

Shortest video on KZbin

[@ИльяЖданов-к4ц]

I’m sorry, but the ukraine has no history whatsoever

[@metropolitanian]

@@ИльяЖданов-к4ц WTF?!

[@metropolitanian]

@@takod323 WTF?!

[@KiprasGavenas]

@@ИльяЖданов-к4цwhat is kievan rus then?

[@Oona707]

Well so much for getting along