Why Siberians Want to Secede from Russia

Siberia has a truly dark history. And its present isn't much better.
As Russia's war with Ukraine continues, it is now coming to light that Russia has disproportionately targeted Siberians for conscription in the Russian Army under Vladimir Putin's leadership. But this is just the latest in a long line of troubling episodes of Russia's dark history with Siberia.
In this documentary on the history of the Russian Empire and the Russian Federation, we'll explore how - and why - Russia conquered the vast wilderness of Siberia, how it made their leaders unfathomably rich, and how it forever changed the lives of the Siberian people.
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[@icarusproject]

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[@cattymajiv]

What an excellent video! I'm going to check some more and I have liked and subscribed.

[@angeurbain6129]

In your dreams Rusia will be divided in different parts. This way it will be weaker and easier to exploit and abuse by foreign power. But the thing is that it is not going to happen.

[@hybridarmyoffreeworld]

Siberia has always been treated by Moscow as a colony. Great video! Freedom to Moscow colonies !

[@Nels921]

China wants Sibiria. Need more land like Russias dictator.

[@nikitaobnosov347]

Great Video but it leaves out an important part. A large Portion of inhabitants of siberia today are ethnic russians because of settling in big cities like Novosibirsk. And they also have their history of rejecting rule from moscow.

[@cinemaipswich4636]

I remember a Artic Nomadic Tribe being re-discovered in the 1970's. They asked if the Tzar was still alive. That's how badly connected Siberia is the the rest of Russia.

[@kaantengrikut6633]

it is time to tell the world that Russia is built on multiple genocides and a fake country. a criminal entity right from its very beginnings with Varangians, a band of deranged rapist maraudors.

[@rose-mariemukarutabana9001]

That was then. Now it's different. There's a prophecy about one who will restore Russia (after communism and the Eltsin disasters). It says, inter alia: "He will develop Siberia." He did. And not just thro "Power of Siberia."

[@LeadLeftLeon]

That tribe must have a tiny population

[@Chaldon-hl6yk]

cool story bro

[@Andrej-tt1yi]

source ?

[@funki4896]

Siberian is not an ethnicity. In Siberia there are numerous different ethnicities.

[@Ludak021]

Just like Native American tribes. I guess Russia can solve this by giving them a piece of land and some money to build casinos, like United States did.

[@ocean440]

@@Ludak021Bruhhh... "casinos" LOL. We need our own country at least for Sakha or Buryat people. We different race and have different religions. Russians dont view asian looking people as part of russia. So why we need to serve them. They dont like us. We are for them "churka" wich means darker than them. Through out my whole life as Sakha russians always would mock us or insult for not being russian aka white with blonde hair and blue eyes. We never view ourselfs as russians cause russians themselfs dont consider us russian.

[@tylermech66]

@@Ludak021 As a Native American, calling that a solution is fucking ridiculous, it's mostly just a slight consolation prize.

[@mikemotorbike4283]

@@tylermech66 yes of course its ridiculous- unless the casinos should ideally individually reflect each tribes culture. and here's some snowmobiles.

[@tylermech66]

@@mikemotorbike4283 Ideally, we'd have our own sovereign nations outlined in the original treaties rather than being subordinated to the US, but we'll take what we can get. Casinos aren't relevant, simply a byproduct of a legal loophole to get any form of funding for our tribes. 'Imagine if you had to fund an entire small country or city-state off of a single business instead of taxes. It's not exactly ideal.

[@piratizaslobodu]

I lost you at 'ethnic Siberians.' There are literally over 40 ethnic groups in Siberia, none of them identified as 'Siberians'.

[@miguelarzak1181]

This is a megabulshit video. Clearly you are right and there are no ethnic siberians. All the rest of the video is equally wrong, or rather, a lie.

[@robinbailey7460]

Sadly you have not seen/heard one theme of the video - to the vast majority of us, the euro-Russians have presented us in the west with 'Siberians'. Not an easy trick for Americans, Europeans, westerners to spot. e.g. How many decades was it before most eastern Americans (migrants themselves from outside North America) knew that the 'Red Indians' ,the 'Injuns' are not one people, but many different 'tribes' with distinct languages and cultures? Those Americans advancing Westwards identified the differences and used the individual identities to fuel conflict and aid the western migration. The Russians have used the Siberian model in Africa. Noted differences - 'encouraged' conflict between groups, then turned the newly 'integrated' into the global term 'Africans'. South Africa - now has 11 National Languages. As the 1990's government recognised the differences, but still around four are most widely spoken. Xhosa, Zulu, Afrikaans, English - even then are differences within each. False-flag tactics tribe on tribe, and then blame the government forces - photos of rescuers, medics, etc taken, and presented to post colonials open to propaganda as the aggressors. Zimbabwe - two main ethnic groups, Shona (ZANU) and Ndebele (ZAPU). Freedom won - in Zimbabwe, the first then the second elections didn't result in the required result. So Russia and China led the UN into declaring each in turn as invalid. Finally the third effort resulted in the result wanted. Immediately following it, once the 'independent' observes had happily trotted off, the victorious ZANU President Mugabe group launched devastating attacks on Ndebele peoples, using North Korean 5th Brigade troops, on the defeated ZAPU group. Still not widely known as Soviet Russia helped to hide it - perhaps embarrassed (?) at their defeat by China backed ZANU. Russia immediately switched and courted Mugabe. Russian tactics and duplicity abound. A spin off of the Russia/China African rivalry and Russian switching - could that be one possible reason for Chinese reluctance to vigorously support Putin? Maybe

[@photonpattern]

With respect, how should one refer to 'the collective people indigenous to the Siberian region as of the last few thousand years'?

[@siyacer]

How about sibers?

[@theodoredy]

There are more than 40 countries in Europe, none of them is identified as "Europe."

[@Asd-vk9em]

As a Buryat born in Buryatia, I can say that no one from my entourage wants to leave Russia

[@jojor9766]

Said like a true serf. Have fun fighting for your owners.

[@saulghim2661]

@@jojor9766 It's not that simple. Even if they claimed independence and got it, what would they really gain? Russia would be extremely inflexible with them in retaliation, and they'd be landlocked thousands of miles away from anywhere noteworthy, and they wouldn't have the stability and economic opportunities. I'm not saying being part of Russia doesn't have its disadvantages, but sometimes you're dealt a bad hand, and staying with Russia is the pragmatic choice.

[@jojor9766]

They were given a bad deal as far as geography. However, they do have a border with independent Mongolia. China is always looking for more leverage against the Russian and assuredly would be happy to trade with the country. The country would have one priceless treasure in that it would no longer have to sacrifice its sons in Russia's foreign wars. I guess it depends on how much you love your children. In any case, Russia seems willing to fight this war to the last Buryat. Did you see the recent news story of how a man returned there after losing his sight and hands serving the Tsar? His reward was a smart speaker. The Russians are disgusting but those who choose to crawl before them are little better. Personally, I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees. But, to each his own. I hope the fellow enjoys his speaker.

[@EnviroSteward]

Buryat? Like Borat?

[@goyoy7221]

Same here in Yakutia, but some my friends would like to gain independance

[@jojor9766]

There is a huge grammatical error in this program. The Russian Tsars did not become "benefactors" from the fur trade. The word you were looking for is "beneficiary'. A benefactor is someone who hands out benefits. A beneficiary is someone who receives them. Otherwise, an interesting take on the subject.

[@icarusproject]

You’re correct. Always tend to miss a few things like this. It’s a lot of work trying to create a perfect 30 minute video as a one man shop :)

[@jojor9766]

We are all human and subject to error. I hope it won't destroy your faith in humanity, but I may have once made an error myself. You did make a very good video and I hope many watch it despite one mistaken choice of word. There is much wisdom here,

[@stevie-ray2020]

They were exploiters & profiteers, .... ..... like all the imperial nations down through history!

[@jojor9766]

Are you claiming that the fur trade was not profitable for Russia? Russia took control of these lands and started charging a tax on the locals which they paid in furs. The only benefit offered was that the Russian government would stop the raiders that it sent to attack the locals. It is the same as the mafia. You go to the store owner and offer protection from the misfortunes that you will visit on the store owner if he does not pay.

[@jojor9766]

Yeah, lots of sovereigns do not tax their subject peoples. that is pure delusion. Russia did it just like every other imperial power. At least in the case of Rome, they brought roads and public buildings. In the case of Britain, they built railroads and telegraph lines. The Tsars only brought the taxes and a promise not to kill the locals. You sound like a Boer history professor at the time of apartheid. There were no people here until we walked in. By the times of the Russian conquests of Siberia the whole of the Earth was fully peopled except for Antarticia. People go to the best land they can. If the fur trapping forests had been open to habitation, the people in the even more inhospitable north would not have been following the reindeer around in their yurts.

[@nomadasol8247]

A very interesting video, though I found the title a bit misleading. It seems like the video is more about Why Siberians SHOULD want to secede from Russia. At no point does the video actually establish whether or not secession is actually a popular idea among Siberians.

[@ChatGPT_ChatbotTest]

Most of the Republics within the Russian Federation are more than 70% ethnic Russians, nobody wants independence for Siberia but the USA lol. Easier to exploit that way.

[@Imperial_Lizardgirl]

It's complicated question, if need a simple answer, it's "yes, but it's hard to achieve" and by hard I mean, it's actually "hard"

[@antonmorozov9939]

As a Siberian, I do not want to secede from Russia and I do not know of any noticeable movement for that. The USSR had its problems, but they did manage distant region support well, so it can be done. I only want for the state to become normal (as I write from abroad, where I try to dig in a create a harbor for my kids).

[@s.v.discussion8665]

It is just american propaganda....That's the point of this video.

[@user-ul9wy8fi9n]

This is nonsense and propaganda, I speak like a Siberian

[@Jonnaberg]

I feel the term “Russian” has so many definitions. There’s ethnic Russians, there’s Russians who are proud Russians but hate Moscow’s or don’t feel that Moscow represents their interests, there’s also Russian citizens who don’t identify as ethnic Russians but have roots that have always lived on the territory of Russia, Russians who live in ex Soviet republics but identify as Russian, Russians who are from Russia as a former republic of the Soviet Union but now no longer identify as such due to living in another ex Soviet republic, people who speak Russian but don’t identify as Russian nor have ever lived in the territory of Russia, etc…. The examples go on forever.

[@sofiabessonova2214]

Братан, может, мы без вас, викингов, решим, что у нас с национальной идентичность, без вас?!))

[@Jonnaberg]

@@sofiabessonova2214 haha whatever you want, but look where that attitude got you

[@atam3977]

Historically there is a big difference between Muscovia (Poles used to call them by term 'Moskale' more often than as 'Russians' in past centuries) and Ruthenia.

[@FR-PL-UA-WARSZAWA]

There are several very distinct words in Russian to say "Russian". One for ethnic Russians living in the RF. One for ethnic Russians living in a former USSR republic. And one for non ethnic Russians with a RF citizenship.

[@yozhleszy]

@@FR-PL-UA-WARSZAWA , и какие это слова? перечисли, please.

[@EponaPat]

I’ve had friends from Yakutia Siberia for about 10 years. We’ve had many cultural exchanges in our community. Last year I was given a Yakutian flag.

[@user-fq6dq8vv2k]

I’m from Siberia and I’ve never heard that Siberia wants to leave Russia. Some point in this video are true, but many things is described too subjectively

[@ArgoTheDoggo]

but ok this is obviously part of propaganda of the west... and it's so difficoult to understand

[@megamegalodon2553]

Honestly don’t think about it to much. I’m from Belgium, and videos about it like this always say we are gonna break up and unite with France or the Netherlands. Wich isn’t true, no one wants to unite with those french basterds or the protestants dutch. So if you are siberian, than you are in a betther position to talk about the subject than him.

[@FR-PL-UA-WARSZAWA]

Instead of my own photo in the circle, I put a couple of Siberian independantists with their flags. That was at a congress of RF minorities in Paris last month. More than 80 attendants. Bashkirs, Tuvans, Ingrians, Yakuts, Kalmuks and several ethnic Russians who feel Siberian, not Muskovite at all. They all side with Ukraine. Be more inquisitive when you talk with other Siberians! Not sure many appreciate much Moscow kleptocratic elites who suck their wealth and keep on russifying them. Or send their poors as cannon fodder.

[@eliasraspail3650]

​@@FR-PL-UA-WARSZAWAWow 80 attendants, Moscow must be shaking right now !

[@user-fq6dq8vv2k]

@@FR-PL-UA-WARSZAWA Believe me, I know attitude of Russians to Moscow)). I lived in different regions and I have friends and acquaintances - representatives of RF minorities. Many people in Russia don’t like Moscow and this fact as a rule doesn’t depend on nationalities. My comment didn’t concern the situation around Ukraine. It’s another question and of course people have different opinions on this. Unfortunately many of them support, even minorities(. Of course, most of the supporters say that the war is bad and want it to end, but they justify the government's policy🤷

[@an.opossum]

I wouldn't call a non-Russian Russian from Siberia, an "ethnic Siberian". That'd be like calling a Navajo person an "ethnic Native American". There are Native American ethnicities, but no ethnic Native American whole. To call them that would be to paint them as a monolith, which is inaccurate and offensive. One of the two Russian men you described fleeing, according to the Guardian, was probably white; the other was likely Siberian Yupik. I'd just say "Yupik" for the reasons outlined above.

[@icarusproject]

I see what you’re saying. The difference is that while people don’t use the term “ethnic Native American”, it is very common in journalism and scholarly literature to refer to “ethnic Siberians”, and I encountered several articles where Siberians referred to themselves that way, showing that they themselves don’t find the term offensive. It may feel strange, but it’s technically correct. As to the two men, the Guardian stated that one was possibly white, but other sources, including the U.S. official who met with them and processed their asylum request, have confirmed that both men were ethnic Siberians.

[@whomagoose6897]

American here. I agree with you that there is no single "Native American" collective. Take the various languages. The Cherokee language is completely different from the Souix language. The Senaca nation located in New York and Massachusetts has a different language compared to the Commanche nation. The Navajo language is different from Hopi language. I know some people of the Choctaw nation. Told me they cannot understand Shawnee. All the above languages were different from Apache nation. They may be similar words between some languages. But still different languages. Nobody in Europe considers French is the same as German or Polish. Even Russian and Ukrainian languages are somewhat different.

[@FedulAis]

​@@icarusprojectthat's a problem, as indigenous siberian I don't refer as siberian myself but by my ethnicity Sakha or Yakut, I never encounter another natives that called themself siberian, cause that word mainly used by siberian Russians. While I don't take as insult when foreigners used siberian as generalization, but it's show how little they really know about sibieria. While it's understandable that you have in your disposition only English research material and sources but they are grade lower in term of quantity and quality compared to Russian ones. To make myself clear from some pro-russian suspicion, I'm against that meaningless war and currently outside from Russia for more than year. P. S. Buryats and tuvans are really over represented in army, but there some nuances. Like ethnic Russian and Buryats from Buryat republic has roughly similar chanses to die in a war, with similar rates to some central Russian regions. In my opinion that generally cause soldiers come from less economically developed regions and that whole other can of worm to open

[@danielch6662]

@@FedulAis Well, just as the southern US states are over represented in the US army, so too were the Red Army over represent by people from it's southern regions. This carried over even after the USSR broke up. Even today, the Russian army's ethnic composition does not reflect the civilian population. The people from the Caucasus are more eager to join the army, because that opens the door to them becoming police officers ... one of the better jobs in a region that is economically a bit backward. However, just like in the US, some regions have particularly strong military traditions. People eager to join up because their fathers or uncles had a long career in the army. The officers corp and the NCOs of the Red Army, and today's Russian army, are dominated by one particular group: Ukraine. Bet you didn't expect that! Shoigu's mother is from Ukraine. Gerasimov is Tatar. The USSR was a dictatorship that existed for 69 years, and for all of that time, it was led by a Russian dictator for less than 10 years. AND 7 of that 10 years was old Gorby, who wasn't much of a dictator at all. Of those 69 years, 29 of it was a man from Georgia and 28 was two guys from Ukraine. Malenkov was Macedonian, and Chernenko was from ... Siberia !!!

[@joaoleaolyrio9217]

​@@danielch6662puta que pariu, a mãe de Shoigu era da Ucrânia! ? Coitada de ter um filho assim !

[@1MuchButteR1]

Major cities in Siberia are pretty damn Russian, they dont even have their own dialects which is impressive for such a country.

[@PALMEN4]

Yeah, like why would they want to secede if most of them are russians to begin with?

[@FR-PL-UA-WARSZAWA]

Major and extremely depressing Russian cities. Poor quality concrete cubic dwellings where life expectancy is at least 10 years shorter than in the civilized world.

[@D-generon]

@@FR-PL-UA-WARSZAWA you seem to be too much into watching doomer stereotypes for gen z.

[@FR-PL-UA-WARSZAWA]

@@D-generon As a medium to good russophone with a decent mining education and experience, I was sent to such areas several times. Often, platitudes prove to be true. I can also tell you that Siberia is cold in winter and that the RF is large. The shabbiness of its Russian style cities is as obvious. Their not so rare foreign visitors until feb. 2022 would confirm this. When you go there, beware of pieces of façades falling now and then on the pavement. Another commonplace aspect of Russian-made blocks of flats.

[@D-generon]

@@FR-PL-UA-WARSZAWA that might be the case in some remote peripheral towns near abandoned factories, but it doesn't apply to the larger cities. Of course, mine isn't as impressive as Warsaw yet, but the new living districts are actually not so far from regular European infrastructure and architecture and the whole grey and gloomy concrete vibe isn't present in the city center.

[@Trueshkinnn]

no one wants us to leave the Russian Federation, this is all untrue. I live in Siberia, and everyone around me doesn’t want this.

[@nobbynobbs8182]

Russia is a colonial empire

[@kidgaminggaming5731]

Its a federation but the putin regime clearly still treats siberia as a colony like it was in the old russian empire

[@paullangford8179]

@@kidgaminggaming5731 It's called a federation, but like the name "Russia" that is false. It is the Muscovite Empire.

[@cardboardking577]

Yeah you don't get the largest country on earth without using a little colonialism on the way

[@NorwegianNationalist1]

Based

[@corvus4135]

​@@cardboardking577Maybe you're just envious? While Britain ruled a huge number of colonies, everything was fine, but only Russian wars and conquests are remembered and exaggerated. Poor hypocrite!

[@jcjko5504]

Russian got Stalin and Putin, Chinese got Mao and Xi.

[@oneshothunter9877]

And USA got Dumbf. 😁 Peace! ✌️

[@laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953]

"I MUST BREAK HIM!"

[@Therealdonaldtrumpp]

Don’t forget about vlad the impaler

[@schloops8473]

stalin and mao were horrible but at least they had some successes while putin and xi fail continuously

[@LebowskiDudeful]

​@@oneshothunter9877The Dumbf who readeth Mein Kampf

[@krilariaspace2249]

Вы хоть одного сибиряка спросили что они хотят?

[@peterboth6785]

Da. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separatism_in_Russia

[@pirireis6419]

May you say what for?

[@EpicCBgamerOfficial]

Brilliant, fascinating. Thank you.

[@timbeloglazov]

According to this video I'm not living in Russia. That's an interesting approach

[@cecilwatson1728]

This clearly illustrates the american/brit desire to break Russia up and destroy it in order to plunder their wealth....as the yanks are presently doing stealing Syrian oil.

[@D-generon]

This "interesting approach" is commonly known as "separatist propaganda" and its goal is to fuel hatred and ethnic conflicts among people who usually have no problem tolerating each other and living together. The worst side of the western world.

[@grawakendream8980]

can you share your thoughts more

[@TheRealCheckmate]

A great video! Judging by all the ads Google stuffed into it, I presume this one _was_ monetized.

[@ChadwickTheChad]

Russia's attitude has always been "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!"

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

Their attitude should be “pay no attention to the twerp in the kremlin”

[@J--12]

@@Kodakcompactdisc US goys attitute towards their goverment always was "it's ok that they wage endless wars, because it's somewhere far away".

[@WangAiHua]

@@Kodakcompactdisc The DICtator bunker grandpa!

[@G_v._Losinj2_ImportantPlaylist]

Yes, but in different ways. Now it is Ptn & the FSB security state inherited from the Soviet Union. During the Soviet Union-from its inception-was financially banked by the banker estabIishment. $20 mil in gold from Schiff to Trotsky*, regular payments back to Kuhn-Loeb for decades. *Told by Schiffs grandson. And other examples in “WaII Strt & The BoIshvk Rev” & “Undr The Sign of The Scrpion”.

[@SpaghetteMan]

wow, sounds like just the US and the shadowy lobbyists that control all the politics in Washington DC.

[@joshualieberman1059]

Good video overall but as an ethnic Russian from Siberia(descendant of one of the first colonists) I would like to notice that most of local minorities(well in many places like Tuva or Buryatia the “minorities” are actually an overwhelming majority) are way more loyal to Moscow than those “ethnic russians” of independent professions that live in Siberian urban centers. So I wouldn’t say the nationalist movements is a big deal in Siberia(sure they are kinda “suppressed” but still those ethnic Russians/Ukrainians living in Siberia often have more independent views and many national minorities usually follow propaganda.

[@WangAiHua]

You are somewhat correct, but you also tend to "see" what people tend to "show" to YOU. All of the Soviets were also very "loyal" to Moscow until they actually had a "say" in 1991. All of these "loyal to Moscow" Soviet Republics broke away as soon as they got the chance!

[@icarusproject]

Covered this, and the reasons why, towards the end of the video :)

[@5anjuro]

Learn a local language )) if you were to join some of the local WhatsApp groups and speak to natives in their own language, you'd be very surprised. I have lived in Yakutia (Sakha Republic) and most Yakut / Sakha people can speak Russian. Almost no Russians speak any Sakha language. Under the quiet surface, dissent runs deep.

[@WangAiHua]

@@5anjuro yes! Chauvinists and other "better than thou" people tend not to learn the language of the "lower caste".

[@yglnvbrs]

@@WangAiHua soviets literally produced reports warning about small nations.

[@toaster95vandruten]

please share here the link to the video where you describe how US made peace agreements with the ingenious north America tribes. thanks in advance

[@mk40846]

Get over yourself.

[@IcarosImmortal]

Really top notch videos in this channel !!

[@vlax12]

This video is anything but objective.

[@ChatGPT_ChatbotTest]

Most of the Republics within the Russian Federation are more than 70% ethnic Russians, nobody wants independence for Siberia but the USA lol. Easier to exploit that way

[@michaely6825]

But is not this the same thing that the Americans or Australians did to the native people people when they came to America and Australia.

[@rose-mariemukarutabana9001]

Precisely the opposite, my dear. Russia did the very opposite! All nationalities and tribes etc, have been encouraged to maintain and promote their traditional cultures, language and religions. Don't fall for the propaganda of those adhering to that evil project "to liberate the captive nations from Moscow's oppression." There is such am evil project, promoted by the CIA. You can google it.

[@veliki-I-uzhasniy]

No, genocide and assimilation it’s different things

[@user-gm6eu3kh4z]

Having recently moved to the United States from Siberia, I carry with me the profound history of my homeland. The struggles faced by my people throughout history, such as the atrocities committed in 1650 and the devastating impact of World War II, are etched into our collective memory. The resilience of the Siberian community shines through, despite the significant losses and challenges we've endured. In the present day, it pains me to witness what I perceive as an ongoing struggle for the rights and well-being of the indigenous people of Siberia. Sharing these stories is not only a way to honor the past but also a call for acknowledgment and support in the face of what feels like a contemporary challenge. It is a reminder that the preservation of our cultural heritage and the protection of our communities are endeavors that require continued attention and solidarity.

[@delmccormack7001]

I stand by you. The communist parties around the world are all playing the same game. Use minorities to benefit the majority. Kinda how in peace time children bury their parents and in war the parents bury their children. It is basically generational genocide. Trump stopped it, Biden promotes it. Corruption of powerful people caused the global child sex trafficking syndicate(the Clinton foundation and the Disney corporation) to flourish and spreading that corruption into the media. When Siberia secedes from Russia I will be pro Siberia. Communism is evil.

[@mattdowning7281]

Be welcome in the USA. We are lucky to have you.

[@user-bf7ix7fq3d]

Классно переехал! Из страны, в которой твой народ, в том числе в лице тебя жив до сих пор, в страну, где местных просто поубивали. Ни разу не лицемерие и не пропаганда. Как хорошо, что есть интернет! Можно посмотреть такую херобору и понять, что при всех отрицательных чертах наших властей, пусть лучше пока что рулят они, чем кто либо ещё.

[@yagamilight589]

@@user-bf7ix7fq3d Не скули. В США местные жители на Аляске живут раз в 10 лучше спившихся нищих вымирающих чукчей под московским игом. Хотя вопрос надо ставить инач: попробуй назвать хоть несколько народностей, которые выиграли от московского ига. Чеченцы, дагестанцы, ингуши? Живут в тотальной нищете и бесправии под гнетом узаконенной мафии. Тувинцы, буряты, черкесы, алтайцы? Все в тотальной нищете. А сейчас еще и гонят их стадами за тысячи километров от дома на убой. Хотя им там что-то захватывать и отжимать у Украины нафиг не упало. Якутия - богатейший ресурсами регион. А многие люди живут в бараках и топят избы дровами. Московское иго никому не принесло счастья. Кроме самих московитов, которые всех обворовали и гонят на убой (а сами не идут). Ну и всегда есть такие люди, как ты, которым все происходящее - ок, под пивко сойдет. Пока такие подпивковичи живут, в России нормальной жизни для людей не будет. Ни через 10 лет, ни через 100. Как и не было всю историю.

[@user-bf7ix7fq3d]

@@yagamilight589 А пруфы твоего потока сознания будут? Или мы только вбрасывать можем? Про геноцид индейцев знают все, что там с чукчами? Что до "московского ига" - ну а это, что там с "киевским игом", а? С какой стати западные земли принадлежат украине? А южные? Там все города основали русские. Крым вообще забудь, он чей угодно, но точно не государства, которое появилась на карте 30 лет назад, с какой стати он был под вами? А ни с какой. Зато теперь там местным, если им верить, лучше. По крайней мере, там не запрещают говорить на языке, на котором ты хочешь говорить. И не надо мне свистеть про то, что "у нас не запрещён русский язык". У вас во время войны не могут зуд от языка сдержать, даже ваши военные посылают на три весёлые буквы ваших придурков у власти.

[@mayflowertucci]

Никто из нормальных людей этого не хочет, кроме поехавших сепаратистов вроде Ярослава Золотарева (кстати, где он?). Впрочем это не имеет особого значения. Важно понимать, что полу-мифическое желание сибиряков отделиться гораздо менее реально, чем аналогичное желание обитателей Техаса, например. Что там с Техасом-то? Как там по святой Конституции? Вроде им гарантировано право на самоопределение, ась? Ну то есть, если Сибирь отделится, то пускай тогда и Техас станет независимым. Я полагаю, так будет по-настоящему справедливо.

[@t-90m-proryv3]

true thinghs, sadly comment will be deleted because there is "freedom of speech" in the west

[@geronimo5537]

"But back to the topic", "But back to Siberia", back, back, back. This had so many detours from the actual video that I really have no idea why the title is even called Succession.

[@StarpointTruth]

He is fooling us

[@patrickboadu6172]

you have to watch until the end. minimal skillsv to context thedv content would also help

[@d4rz0t667]

Most ethnic minorities in Siberia are exactly that - minorities. And, yes, most of them a poor, but poor people are usually Putin's supporters anyway. There's no Siberian nation or something like that, this territory is populated by Russians mostly, and though there are countless ethnic groups, they are all very small, ever shrinking and disconnected. If one says "I'm a Siberian", he simply denotes his origin, nothing more. Moreover, Siberia is unsustainable by itself economically, because everything is linked to Moscow as you've mentioned. Like, there's resources, but most pipes go through mainland Russia anyway As a Russian I find your video inaccurate and misleading. If Russia would collapse, Siberia is gonna be the last one to secede, and Siberia is not monolithic anyway. I'm not a Putin's supporter or anything like that, and yeah, Moscow's policy is unfair towards ethnic minorities in Siberia, but your video is an example of wishful thinking and such misconception are unhelpful at best and dangerous at worst.

[@edpoletto8048]

United we stand divided we fall.

[@user-nr6mi4xi8k]

@@edpoletto8048 Commi?

[@Sara3346]

...and how do you think they ended up shrinking and surrounded by russians? Answer that one.

[@d4rz0t667]

@@Sara3346 why? It doesn't change my point

[@benismann]

Siberia *might* be self sustainable, but i would rather not go through some government trying that

[@stvasile]

It is the first time I see one of your clips, and I enjoyed it very much. Liked, subscribed, commented. I am looking forward to exploring more of your channel.

[@johnstoica2266]

You,the people , are so much and so quick in pointing out and blasting every single,small point missed or questionable fact

[@Jarod-te2bi]

0:30 was shocked when I saw the story and happy they made it safely hope to see them in a interview.

[@milobem4458]

Everybody is talking about China taking all of Siberia, but I want Mongolia to take back some of the territories inhabited by their relatives, like Tuva and Buryatia. That would be great historical irony.

[@AndRei-yc3ti]

Lol but neither Buryats nor Tuvans dont see themselves as Mongolian ethnically

[@user-im1so7zl4r]

@@AndRei-yc3ti Tuvans no. Buryats yes

[@user-xp6cg2tg1p]

Very good video well done

[@d.f.9064]

My German ancestors immigrated to Russia to farm the land. Invited by the Tzarina, also a German, they settled along the Volga river, built a town and had families. After the war (pick one) Russians hated Germans. Some members of my family came to America with nothing. The ones that stayed in Russia were killed or sent to Siberia.

[@kirill1376]

Obviously this is a tragedy 😢 This was I believe only Stalin policy and after his death mostly the repressions were stopped. The same happened to many small nations: Chechen, Crimean Tatars and many others (accused of being pro-hitler, but in reality it was true to the same degree that it was true for Russians). Germans were moved to Kazakhstan and other places, some POVs were in insane conditions comparable to GULAG, but the remaining people now are a significant part of the Russian and Kazakhstan intellectual, political and economical elite. Demographics of anti-war and anti-kremlin mostly are Russian, Jewish and German (unproportionally), for example German Gref is the head of Russia's central bank, very important propaganda figures are jews like Vladimir Soloviev or Alexander Kotz. The system doesn't care who you are if you support Putin's decision. So current Russian the state is evil to all nations equally, but especially evil to Russians because these are the only powerful enough to overthrow them

[@user-rp6ze9kj4k]

Зачем вы врете?!!!!😢 Россияне , вообще, ненавидеть не умеют. Может вы путаете их с политиками? Сейчас очень много бывших граждан России возвращаются из Германии. Тошно там стало.

[@danila2826]

bro is the most brainwashed kid of all times

[@Andreus9733]

I wonder why russians hate germans though...

[@inzhener2007]

@@kirill1376 no. THose were not only Stalin, Repressions were not stopped, and that's why Moscow Germans were fleeing Russia up until 1993, Although most of their children in Germany are pro-Putin and want Ukraine to be subjugated back to Russia. Can you see it? They fled Russia, and none of them wanted to be back in Russia but celebrated when Putin invaded Ukraine and annexed her.

[@dieterweise4793]

FYI: "Siberians" in Russia are all people living in the east from Ural montains. I'm german born in Nowisibirsk, I'm siberian per definition:)

[@dieterweise4793]

@@OliverNorth9729 How exactly your question is related to the actual topic?

[@OliverNorth9729]

@@dieterweise4793 I just thought you knew if it was.

[@dieterweise4793]

@@OliverNorth9729 No, I dont know it. But I looked it up. Seems that this word is from one of siberian nativ tribes. Not originally russian in this case.

[@operationdelta]

oh yea, there used to be lots of Germans in the east but after ww1 and 2 the numbers dropped a lot, cool to find someone still German living there!

[@tuxnor]

Well made and interesting facts

[@cohonasking24]

Сибиряки очень удивятся, узнав что хотят выйти из состава России

[@jdmhub7205]

как раз таки хотят

[@anastasiab9506]

@@jdmhub7205 пиздеж

[@adekvat_v]

@@jdmhub7205 во влажных мечтах англосаксов и проплаченных либералов предателей?

[@tsugumorihoney2288]

некоторые таки хотят) вот только кто ж им даст, да и вопрос в целесообразности этого выхода. Ну выйдут они из состава РФ и че дальше? регион не развит и быстренько ляжет под Китай или под США, и будет еще хуже, причем если лягут под США еще можно сказать повезет

[@jdmhub7205]

@@tsugumorihoney2288 У сибири есть всё что путин бездарно продолжает просирать за бесценок, огромные природные ресурсы, деньги с которых можно пустить оборот на образование, науку, технологии, банковое дело и просто множество возможностей, было бы желание и люди, которые не разворуют все и не прекратятся в путина 2

[@nummnummyumm9051]

prepare for 200k+ subs m8. good job! you deserve 1 mil

[@user-sf9bl9ld6l]

Нам надо снять свой фильм. Почему Техас хочет отделиться 😂

[@siukola1]

At least the siberian peoples still exist and speak there languages. What happened in comparison to that to the native peoples and tribes in Canada and the US ? They were mostly extinguished.

[@ignislordofflames9274]

yep. pretty wrong. but no one wants to speak up for them

[@Siberian_Bear72]

Yes, white Europeans had previously cleared two continents for themselves so as not to have problems with the local population. The British tried to do the same with India and China, but they failed. Now the descendants of the murderers teach everyone else humanity and peacefulness...

[@mariobernabe9750]

GOD bless the People af Siberia

[@user-dp4ok9ox5w]

You mean Russians?

[@cegesh1459]

"God" lol, fairy tales don't help.

[@marioceva7163]

Is GOD.

[@nicolasolton]

In far Tuva, Sergei Shoigu was once a shaman who dreamed about becoming a truck driver.

[@Njerimebanane]

Most of them are ethnic russians and wouldnt want to be the majority in non russian countrys.

[@josiahlocke-ul1yz]

If you’re going to say this then none of the United States of America is America. lol

[@galvk]

They don't, to your regret.

[@jimdigriz6210]

Как Сибиряк, я очень удивлен, что мы хотим отделиться. Мы и есть Россия))

[@Siberian_Bear72]

Я чуть чаем не подавился, когда в ленте рекомендуемых видео увидел это провокационное название ролика. Это только лишний раз подтверждает, насколько англосаксы, эти геноцидники целых континентов, невежественны, лицемерны и подлы...

[@larsp5109]

Well, the disproportionate amount of peoples from Siberia drafted to fight in the illegal war in Ukraine compared to those from the Moscow/St. Petersburg area ought to make you think twice what kind of country you’re actually part of. It’s genocide happening before your eyes.

[@TMSAndroid]

На этом канале у них тут своя наркоманская атмосфера )

[@franzsternberg2094]

Je suis d'accord avec vous : Cette vidéo à été réalisée par la CIA . Cette chaîne ne comporte que des mensonges sur la Russie et les nations sibériennes

[@AlexM-uz1hg]

​@@TMSAndroid это типичная повесточка на Западе. Сами верят в свою сказку.

[@FutureAIDev2015]

After watching only the first half of this video, and noticing some of the linguistic connections, I am rapidly understanding the cultural references made in the game Eve Online about the civilization known as the Triglavian Collective. Now I think I know why the Collective thrives on internal struggle.

[@Siberian_Bear72]

This video is a complete nonsense of the author from beginning to end. I say this as a native Siberian who has lived in Western Siberia for more than 50 years.

[@siyacer]

​@@Siberian_Bear72what ethnicity?

[@Siberian_Bear72]

@@siyacer It doesn't matter in Siberia

[@siyacer]

@@Siberian_Bear72 so russkiy it is

[@michaelmarlow6610]

This is actually the first video I’ve seen that explained how diverse the Russian population really is.

[@SairanBurghausen]

Which is absolutely fucking astounding. Imagine if most videos about the United States and its history NEVER mentioned the Native Americans. That's how it feels for us Finno-Ugrics when Russian history is discussed, when it's Finno-Ugrians who lived there before the Slavs, and still do now.

[@JasonAtlas]

Yeah imagine. That would be crazy right. Damn guys we used to have these native American guys and then they all just left somewhere... nice they left all this land behind.

[@amondberzal6195]

only idiots say so@@Combatdocumented

[@TheRezro]

Due to lack of research and buckets of propaganda, it wasn't until recently when scholar realized that Russia is in fact a colonial empire. Not a monostate.

[@user-mi1lw6gf1d]

It's Ukrainian channel

[@markanderson3870]

A friend of mine is a member of a Siberian minority, he left Russia soon after the war started and is doing fine now. He was really disappointed when Prigozhin called off the attempted "coup".

[@SpoonLoverify]

most people were dissapointed in pringles indeed

[@netxixis8069]

@@SpoonLoverify How touching that you broke off)))

[@FR-PL-UA-WARSZAWA]

Prigozhin in power? Ethnic minorities would have suffered as much as under Putin.

[@rose-mariemukarutabana9001]

You mean, your friend will return to Russia when Putin is gone?

[@rose-mariemukarutabana9001]

Most haters, you mean. Like those who designed this lovely project? - "Decolonizing Russia" - "A Moral and Strategic Imperative" (The Helsinki Commission.} @@SpoonLoverify

[@josh0g]

The thing about a reign of terror is that at some point the thinking changes from being too frightened to rebel to being too frightened to NOT rebel.

[@alekszmaalmen7559]

Dunno Why this ironic question asks, but as i'm siberian i don't want to secede from Russia.

[@TheObserver3]

A second👍 up for this great content.

[@meshuggahdeciple327]

Thank you for your commitment to video journalism. Helps grunts like me process stuff like this much easier.

[@Ludak021]

tabloid is not journalism.

[@meshuggahdeciple327]

@@Ludak021 pedantic is what I'd call you.

[@myleswelnetz6700]

20:00 The “what you think you look like vs. what you actually look like” meme.

[@Coteoki]

A really interesting video on a really interesting topic, but I'm a bit disappointed to see that you didn't provide any sources

[@pavelvoronin9037]

I think Russia’s belief in its military power stems not just from conquering Siberian tribes, as you have claimed in the video. Before they were defeated by Japan, they had expelled the Poles, successfully conquered lands from Sweden (who were a major power at the time) and Turkey, as well as fighting off Napoleon and conquering most of Eastern Europe and Finland. There are few countries in the world that have successfully maintained their independence for as long as Russia has. So their military confidence is not unwarranted.

[@markothwriter]

Except for much of that was done by Ukrainian Soldiers, not Russian Soldiers.

[@jay1jayf]

@@markothwriter Cope, my friend.

[@mikel9138]

@@markothwriter Ah yes, the mythical Soldiers of Kiev, how could we have forgotten.

[@stefansgrants1608]

Let's be honest, Big Brother Winter defeated Napolean, and those same small eastern European nations and Finland fought back and on their own got back their freedom. The existence of Russia as a state at all is a bit of an odd miracle. The kind of situation that could happen to people who don't know or have forgotten what it means to be free. I truly wish to see the day when Russia is replaced with a lot of strong self-governing nations.

[@henryseidel5469]

@@stefansgrants1608 To be free from what ?? What an old American cliché. To be 'free' means to become one of Uncle Sam's lickspittles.

[@JohnDoe-xl1ig]

Deep stuff and very educational, thank you. I listened to it all, it was very enjoyable information.

[@iarde3422]

It's not educational. It's a Russia demonizing disinformation propaganda.

[@TaxiDriver_Melix7987]

Сомневаюсь, что даже и 1% сибиряков хотят отделения, и уж тем более что-то для этого делать.

[@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw]

This is an excellent and informative channel. Thank you.

[@x0718]

Russia is a federation. Sibir is part of russia- its people have equal rights. Russias history is brutal - but this was a worldwide problem. The time of tsars is over long time ago. After this- in the 1930er equal rights are established. While in USA apartheid was established since 1960er. ( And racism is still part of this country)

[@Chaldon-hl6yk]

USA apartheid becomes reversal apartheid

[@BoliceOccifer]

I've lived in Chicago 20 years. I've literally never seen anyone acting racist in real life. Only on the internet.

[@WinteressNavja]

Simple answer - they don't.

[@sirusjohnsepar4248]

Wonderful 😂❤ thanks 👋 💘 ❤ 😊 🙏 😀 London

[@user-xe8zj6rc3o]

I’m from Alaska, we have some tribes, most of us look Siberian…

[@DK-iy6zy]

Great video, the only fault I could point out is early on and missed by most. The people living in the area of Kyivan-Rus were not a homogeneous people. The rulers were Viking conquerors and their descendants (Rurik Dynasty). The people were Finno-Ugric in the North, and becoming more Slavic further south (Polans, Drevlyans and others) with any Norse settlers filling in where they could. Later the Duchy of Moscovy and it's inhabitants known as Muscovites eventually become known as Russia and Russians as the rulers (first Rurik descendants and then the Romanovs) began conquering the former lands of the Kyivan-Rus after throwing off the rule of the Mongols.

[@equolizer]

Yeah calling the Kievan/Kyivan Rus Russia is a bit misleading, especially when there is a war going on in this area about precisely that. It's exactly what the Kremlin is saying today, that Ukrainians don't exist as a separate group, but Ukrainians and Russians are one people that should be under Muscovite rule. A bit more nuance would've been warranted here.

[@GlanderBrondurg]

Even your explanation is a bit simplified as what is today Russia...eastern Russia east of the Urals... was over a hundred different bands and tribal groups which had various levels of association between each othe that were gradually absorbed by more adventurous leaders over time. Sometimes by conquest, sometimes by alliance and assimilation (like what is happening in Belarus today)

[@realitycheck1086]

Dude, the name Russia comes from the Norse tribe Rus'. Here is another kicker - the Russian emperor, the German emperor and the king of UK were all directly related (1st cousins) during WWI era.

[@harshpandey3907]

@@equolizer Kremlin never actually claimed that there was no Ukranian Identity as a whole, their argument remains that in large parts of Ukraine, especially in the east there are ethnic Russians, these people are closer to Russia then to Ukraine. The only article that is actually misappropriated as evidence that Putin said that there is no Ukranian identity in fact clearly states that west Ukranian people are much different from the Russian populus of the East. These people are the ones who believe in a Ukranian nation. Putin believes that the collapse was a Soviet Union was a tragedy because large portions of people found themselves out of their homeland. In this line he refers to the Russian people, he believes, and it is in fact true to a certain extent that a lot of ethnic Russians have been stuck outside of the current borders of the Russian federation. Russia has rebuilt their nation from the mess it was in 1990s. Vladimir Putin sees himself as the leader of all Russian people, his definition of the Russian people isn't limited to those who live inside the borders of the Russian federation but also those who were left outside it when the Soviet Union collapsed. Even though this channel is obviously a Ukranian supporter and isn't exactly nuanced - but the real nuance comes in when you start accounting that a significant number of people in eastern Ukraine today do prefer Russian rule over that of Ukrainian. I am not trying to justify the invasion of Ukraine through this lens - I am a firm believer in realism and believe that invading Ukraine was a move of realpolitik, and this invasion doesn't have much ground as far as human cost and international laws go. Actually, you can even find Reuters reports on Ukranian solders taking back territories around Kharkiv and the reaction of local populations was largely mixed. Kharkiv, most of the land the Russian forces sit today on and a part west of the Dieniper river along the black sea coast has a lot of ethnic Russian people.

[@harshpandey3907]

@@GlanderBrondurg Yeah thats true but that should not be a problem now, its been hundreds of years since these events, these people being different than the Russians in some aspects doesn't mean that they would want to break away (even tho i am sure there are singular instances). Take India for example, a country as diverse as India should have never existed in the first place if you take the sort of arguments this guy is making here, but it does exist and it didn't break apart after its independence. It largly depends on government policies towards these people, and frankly I don't believe that siberia can form its own country that is not disfunctional. The only case under which Siberia will break apart is when Russia as a whole breaks apart. Even tho it might sound really nice if you are from a western country but Russia breaking apart would be chapter of human suffering of collosal scale and then you would probably have a Chinese Siberia which is even worse for the Americans. It all might sound nice "freedom" to people who wanna break apart, remember the vast majority of Russians are greatly patriotic, it will lead to an era of depression and darkness for vast regions of that place, with regular wars and a balkanized territory. Lower living standards for everyone everywhere across this country. If one actually cares about Human suffering and lives rather than Russophobia, he will never hope that Russia as a nation completely breaks apart.

[@eliasb8]

I loved this video!! It was extremely informative and well edited. There was only a small problem. The Icarus Project forgot to tell what happened to the 2 men that attempted to escape from Siberia. The two Siberian men succeeded!! They arrived in the St. Lawrence Island village of Gambell in Alaska on October of 2023. They spent three months in detention, then were released earlier this month in Washington state. Another beautiful story of determination! Against all odds, they succeeded in escaping from oppression and fascism.

[@stephaniestaley9811]

Thank you so much! I wanted to know how it ended!

[@user-hf6hp9ou3v]

Or they could have just got a visa and bought a ticket, like civilized people do. The arabs at least have a reason they can't do it when they illegally migrate, these guys don't

[@teddybear2880]

Настоящий фашизм на экспорт производят только США и Великобритания.

[@Serega300nerevar]

faxcism in italy. don't tell bs

[@jamegumb7298]

@@Serega300nerevar *DIO, PATRIA, FAMIGLIA*

[@bc-guy852]

Some truly incredible journalism and fabulous production work from this channel. Consistently. Mad Respect from BC, Canada.

[@ronalddevine9587]

Did those Siberians make it to Alaska? Great video.

[@dragicajuric1760]

Great Work

[@HelenaIvanova]

it wasn't "Russia" before Mongol Empire, it was called Rus, not russia, and was NOT a one unitary country, but a collection of small kingdoms, with Kyiv as a center, because these kingdoms were founded by sons of Kyivian ruler, and they wanted get own lands, so went North and East to fight or unite local tribes. Sometimes these princes were fighting with each other, sometimes uniting to fight agains a common enemies. Moscow was first mentioned as an insignificant settlement 100 years before Golden Horde (what you call Mongolians), and wasn't a city at all at that time, but a border territory later a bit fortified by Kyivian prince Yuriy. Russia wasn't even a thing back then, and appeared as Moskovy kingdom only in 14th century. While in that region Novgorod and Suzdal were much more powerful, not to mention Kyiv. With all the respect, I can't listen further, when in the 1st minute of historical info, there are so many mistakes.

[@steppenwolf1872]

The solution is to support even more Ukraine.

[@brookwhiteman9810]

Russia can't win the war in Ukraine and they will try and freeze the war after they start facing critical shortages which will happen in 8 months time as they are extremely reliant on their stockpiles. Ukraine is to receive and build their own long range missiles that will hit critical productions in Russia which will effect Russia's war effort. Russia just did their second largest attack in this war on avdiivka and it was a massive massive failure and Russia will likely just keep mobilizing and it will start to lead to employment shortages as people leave the country or get mobilized.

[@DSAK55]

The solution is stop the Republican Party

[@ravenfin1916]

I have thought for a long time that at least the areas east of Yakutia would prefer to be in, say, Japan's economic zone rather than Moscow, which is a longer distance away. Perhaps this little trip by Putin will set other, bigger forces in motion.

[@kshenriques]

What's amazing about these videos is that they don't hesitate to try and influence your opinion, rather than giving you an opinion that is impartial.

[@nikita-fm7ij]

Lol Siberia does not want to split away from Russia 😂

[@OhNotThat]

According to who? Moscow?😂😂

[@ChristianJosson]

@@OhNotThat according to my experiance of living my whole life there.

[@nikita-fm7ij]

@@OhNotThat People who live there. Fun fact, Russians actually like being Russians, the few who don't already ran off to the Ukrainian army or Georgia. I don't comprehend how anyone would think someone wants the dissolution of their own nation, especially when it would mean occupation by foreign savages.

[@airtonsena4002]

they want to create this speech , but in reality Alaska doesnt want to be a part of USA.

[@ralphace3071]

Russian bot spotted 😂😂😂

[@Myshjak]

Waiting to hear the history of Italy starting from the ancient Greek city-states

[@FR-PL-UA-WARSZAWA]

But knowing that the Kremlin was designed and built by Italian architects and entrepreneurs. With bricks manufactured in factories managed by expatriate Italians who made huge money. Funny that Russian history books don't mention it!

[@costintvm]

At minute 16:05 of this movie the last Royal Family of Russia is together with The Royal Family of Romania at that time, before the WW1. For sure before 1914, because The King Carol the first of Romania died in 1914 and in this picture he is the first man from the left with white barb and hair.

[@aleong.9566]

So what is the bigger problem the initial action of some party or the whataboutism to do the same thing again. Think about it.

[@bwin3401]

Excellent historical view. Really helps explain our present.

[@johnteets2921]

Now we know why Siberia wants to become part of Idaho.

[@rose-mariemukarutabana9001]

NO!!! This is no true history. It's skewed to fit a narrative. The video has a pedigree: "Decolonizing Russia" - "A Moral and Strategic Imperative" (The Helsinki Commission.) There is a video on this on KZbin. Over the top! Google "Decolonize Russia" for a wider perspective.

[@gnarfgnarf4004]

I can't believe you didn't talk about Siberian oil and gas.

[@Ludak021]

Russian oil and gas. US had the chance to BUY Siberia back in the early 1900 when Russians where offering it to them. I guess they want it, but for free.

[@dolmarf411]

USA already fucked russia by frauded russia with a tsar that SOLD ALASKA for 1 million............@@Ludak021

[@-htl-]

Not to forget minarels which pays for half to a billion dollar yachts of the Oligarchs which nobody understands they get away with but then the Russian people with their incredible small pensions do not even know about them..

[@dolmarf411]

Its in USA the same.@@-htl-

[@stargazer-elite]

@@Ludak021 Russia only sold Alaska to the US. They never offered Siberia

[@hqe1362]

Thank you

[@serenasapphire8883]

Amazing information! Thank you!

[@arthurhsu1915]

good job, thank you

[@ronaldhee6608]

Watched this and became a subscriber! Now going to the older ones. Great work! Indeed does cover history few people have covered.

[@AAaa-wu3el]

It's not a "history" what this person trying to push through, it's just his own views not supported by any real facts. In reality it's the Ukraine is taken apart now, not "Siberia". It's Ukrainian people are suffering under Ukrainian Nazi oppression, not people living in Siberia region from "Russian oppression". Millions of people originated from the Ukraine region are living in Siberia region.

[@WangAiHua]

@@AAaa-wu3el You spew the Pootler Poo! Your stinky Stalin shipped millions of people to the Siberian gulag! You are sick!

[@alexfaden3091]

Title is misleading. Should be "Why, in the past, Siberians Wanted to Secede From Russia". No one wants to do this now.

[@WangAiHua]

@@alexfaden3091 Sure they do, just wait for the right moment!

[@nicolasolton]

​​@@AAaa-wu3elPushing the same tired false narratives as Putin, about nazis in Ukraine. I don't think anyone believes this anymore. Did you watch the video?

[@TroyHardingLit]

Thank you for making this. I've been following the war since day 1 and have immersed myself in everything I could find regarding it. I decided that your initial comments that "I would hear things I haven't heard elsewhere," were big words and I had doubts you'd be able to deliver. But you did. Much respect to you and naturally you've now gained a sub.

[@jimjones1130]

🏳️‍🌈🇮🇱🇺🇦

[@TayT300]

​@jimjones1130 why did you put a deviant cult flag next to two country flags

[@rodjarrow6575]

@TroyHardingLit You been following the war since day 1 of the bloody invasion of the NATO occupation regime in February 2014? Because I have been following since the first day of 2014 and I remember all the bloody crimes of the puppet regime run by NATO from the very beginning...

[@rose-mariemukarutabana9001]

Sorry Troy. Nothing in this. Just malicious wishes from nehative people.

[@KR72534]

@@TayT300 I agree with you. Russia is a death cult. A hell hole of tyranny. Aggression and alcoholism. The place contributes nothing.

[@adrianmadalinmilitaru6680]

Good job! Congratulations! The truth is hard to find!

[@andyadamovics855]

Interesting!

[@robertvarga9843]

Divide and conquer. I've heard that before, and im sure it do not have Russian origins.

[@rose-mariemukarutabana9001]

"Divide and conquer"? Are you serious? The Russian empire was a great unifier, leaving the various cultures within it free to keep their language and cultures and religions. There is even a "Jewish Autonomous Region" - up to now, where they live under their own religious laws - jit's permitted under the Russian constitution - just as the Buddhists and Muslims do, in their regions. You don't know anything about Russia history, do you?

[@siyacer]

@@rose-mariemukarutabana9001 The Jewish oblast wasn't made for Jewish benefit, it was just a way to get rid of Jews from Europe and deport them to Siberia, like literally any other ethnic minority they come across. The only unity people had was suffering and starvation, especially if they weren't Russian.

[@AlexthunderGnum]

I was born and raised in Tomsk, which is Western Siberia. My son's friend just came back to New Zealand from a long trip on a boat with his parents. One of the interesting stories he told was about them meeting two people from Tomsk in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. These two were navigating the seas on an inflatable boat, trying to make a round-the-world trip. They have already nearly sunk and were rescued two times. Still, they continue the journey. This is November 2023 we are talking about. Yes, being myself Russian who was born in Siberia, I can confirm - Moscow to us is a different distant country that comes and takes and hardly ever gives anything back.

[@imyarek]

That story made no sense in that context.

[@angeurbain6129]

If ever and it won't happen anytime soon, siberia become independant from Russia it will be seized almost immediatly by foreign powers. So you are better forget it.

[@AlexthunderGnum]

@@imyarek Спасибо за комментарий, товарищ лейтенант.

[@benismann]

Moscow is "like a different county" to a lot of Russians to be fair :>

[@petermilne9598]

As is Auckland to us in South Island 🙂 As is a lot of Alpha Cities to the suburbs/outer regions in most countries

[@benjaminchooby6760]

lol they don’t. Russian ethnicity is majority in most regions here.

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

At 13:05, the word you're looking for is "beneficiaries," not "benefactors." The Russians you're talking about were the recipients of the benefactions.

[@SingWithUkraine]

Siberia has always been treated by Moscow as a colony. Great video! Freedom to the nations of Russia! ⬜🟦⬜ Victory to Ukraine! 💙💛🇺🇸

[@kidgaminggaming5731]

Because siberia is a colony..... well it was colonised..

[@kidgaminggaming5731]

@@Silver_Prussian it is today on paper 📜 indeed but the Putin regime is treating it like a colony

[@kidgaminggaming5731]

@@Silver_Prussian lol I never denied they aren't regimes 💀dude I'm simply talking about the Putin regime and Russia Kyiv is a regime too after the 2014 coup

[@kidgaminggaming5731]

@@Silver_Prussian it is. Since tsarist times and just throwing prisoners there and up to now using them for cannon fodder troops that is an incredibly ignorant statement to say the Putin regime doesn't use it as a colony in any way

[@J--12]

Эй придурок, у тебя аватарка устаревшая, пора новый флажок ставить, щяс тот который сине белый со звездочкой в моду вошел.

[@longjohn526]

The Siberians that live near the Bering Straights are actually a back migration from North America as shown by University of Arizona researchers using genetics .... They have a genetic marker only found in North America and just in that area near the coast in northeastern Siberia .... Basically this led to a couple of thesis that when passage opened up in the glaciers 12,000 years ago the migrations went both ways and there has been a ton of evidence uncovered in the last few decades showing there were people in North America well before the land bridge opened up and how they got here is still an unanswered question but it obviously wasn't via a northern route that was completely iced in

[@mikecrowley7486]

Thanks for the information. I wondered why there would be migration from pleasant parts of Chile to more frigid regions.

[@richarddavis8863]

Pre-Colombian transatlantic trade was definitely a thing. Also how did penguins get to Antarctica?

[@shirabyndoloo]

There were many russian refugees who fled Moscow's oppression in the 16th to 18th centuries. Most of them began to speak local languages as they settled near the indigenous population. The natives did not object at all; on the contrary, they helped them survive. Having learned from missionaries that russians there were allegedly being forced to speak the local language of the indigenous peoples of Siberia, Moscow began sending squads of soldiers with european weapons, allegedly to free moscow russian runaway serfs from the oppression of the indigenous peoples.

[@adz-ql6kv]

Siberians do not want to secede Russia. I can tell you that as a Siberian.

[@delavan9141]

Very well done!!! But you teased with the Siberian boatmen story and then didn't follow up with anything more about them.

[@rose-mariemukarutabana9001]

The siberian story is likely a fake, like the "history" in the video. see where this o is coming from: "Decolonizing Russia" - "A Moral and Strategic Imperative" (The Helsinki Commission.)

[@donaldhill3823]

Thank you for this video. Long wondered how Russia got so big but history books focus on the politics of the Czars.

[@user-mm4yq3zn3x]

Feature of absolute monarchey.

[@drpapa26]

He is not the president of Mongolia. He is the president of the World Mongol Federation.

[@01olracman]

Technically even not Russia have over 75 percent Russian population

[@lcmeagleton3959]

This video's title is misleading. It makes it sound like it's about some sort of separatist movement in Siberia rather than the plight of the indigenous peoples living there. Also I think it should be pointed out that a Siberian is just anyone from Siberia, not just members of Siberia's indigenous ethnic groups.

[@paulozimek276]

That's the reason why this video was created; to show mistrust and anger.

[@AlexVictorianus]

Mongolia 🇲🇳 be like: "Russia 🇷🇺 stop using ethnic Mongols as cannon fodder. Otherwise we will launch a „Special Military Operation“ against you. You still remember our last one in 1223 AD”

[@boardcertifiable]

Bring back the ghost of Genghis Khan, that will scare them away.

[@Pretermit_Sound]

If Putin ever makes the mistake of attacking anything that’s an inch over the border into a NATO member country, Putin’s aggression will be swiftly neutralized. Permanently. Here in America, just by ourselves, we’ve got the most capable and well-funded military in the history of mankind. If NATO article 5 is ever utilized, Russia will be facing us, plus the militaries of every other NATO member. The odds wouldn’t exactly be in Putin’s favor if that were to happen.

[@Trolligi]

Unlike the Russian government Mongolia is against what amounts to almost a mini genocide of its people. Also there was never a mention of an invasion of Russia by Mongolia which would be impossible (Mongolia’s geopolitical position is pretty shit)

[@rose-mariemukarutabana9001]

Yes, I've heard that before - from the enemies of Russia hoping to divide the country, No pasaran, though. It's all hogwash.

[@mikatu]

Mongolia is in no position to invade anywhere... Let's be honest here.

[@aleong.9566]

First of all most Russians are European, with many more minorities who are Asian. Big difference.

[@TomatoFettuccini]

Does Star Trek: Discovery know you're using their theme music?