The BALKANS Explained (Geography Now!)
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ALRIGHT LET'S GET MESSY! You guys requested this, OBVIOUSLY I couldn't cover EVERYTHING That would take too long but for what it's worth I gave quick GENERAL overviews on the profiles and relations of the Balkan states. From there you guys can discuss your opinions (What could go wrong?)
Ok
Geography Now do a Syrian conflict explained video
Dobar dan 🇭🇷🤘🏼
A lot could go wrong or maybe not, looking forward for the Serbia episode in 2020 or 2021?😅😉 Greetings from Germany from a part Belgian part Bosnian 😎
@@ichamdaboss5236 yeah i agree. Please do one!
Others: we miss the 90's Balkans: *sweats*
that was priceless
Exu why did you bring it up
I’m from Kosovo. The trees are speaking Serbian!!
Exu lol
Delta gamer 384 sooo you from Slovenia
I'm half Slovenian and half Serbian which makes me 100% alcoholic.
KickAndDestroy like Luka Dončić 🇷🇸🇸🇮
please dont :(
Zoran Tesla Sta, Docic isn’t Serbian both his parents are born in Slovenia including him
-Congrats- Cheers
@@gabrielhampel7514 What ever helps you sleep at night little Croat. Let me guess Tesla isn't t Serbain ya. Give me a break haha
"Greeks love being Greek" congratulations, you have preety much summarised our entire country hahaha
u sure about dat? mind explaining why I keep hearing lots of young ppl are leaving and the population is going down?
Say Hell Ass you 🤡 !!!
Balkans is not really geographical peninsula, it is a region. One that is on cross roads between different civilizations and powers, it is one of the oldest parts or Europe. It has extremely diverse topography and landscape that allows huge fragmentation and diversity. In short it has its own uniqueness, charm and identity that makes it quite special compared to rest of the continent. Greetings from one Bosnian
-Are you speaking the same language? -No, he speaks serbian, I speak croatian. -But do you understand each other? -Yes, its the same language.
Nome Inventado sounds about right
Formal Croatian & formal Serbian are both related to Shtokavian... which is actually of Bosnian origin. So, the similarities are obvious. Also even though the two languages have different ways of conjugating verbs, both are able to follow through the grammatical structure of sentences. Big problem comes in dialects. Some Northern & Southern Serbian accents are a little tricky. Also Croatian North Western (which is almost identical to Slovenian), and the Southern accent (which has a fair amount of Venet Italian nouns) have made it harder for the two languages to link up. Fortunately, formal Croatian has retained many similarities with Serbian, and regardless of the fact that Croatian youth have issues in reading the Cyrillic script (since Croatian is written in Latin), most Serbs do in fact understand & use the Latin script on a daily basis. Particular examples of this would be the Latin Script used almost exclusively in Montenegrin & Bosnian!
"Serbian" language have more Turkish words then "Serbian".
+Nome Inventado There are diffrences. Sceintist in Serbian is naučnik and in Croatian znanstvenik. There is also word naučnik in Croatian, but it means apprantice.
Since my comment got popular, a big shoutout to all my croatian brothers fron Ukraine.
Fun fact about Balkans: we eat literally everything with bread
I thought it was just us Albanian. A meal without bread is basically a snack
My grandma literally offered me bread with pizza, that's how used we are to having it on the table.
@@alexchamov5961 my dad eat bread with macaroni and potatoes 💀
My dad almost always eat chilli pepper with everything.
True
Respect of Bulgaria to all another balkan countries 🇧🇬❤️🇦🇱🇧🇦🇬🇷🇭🇷🇮🇹🇲🇪🇲🇰🇷🇸🇸🇮🇷🇴🇹🇷
from all bulgarians thanks
You the get about Hungry, Ukraine and a country next to Ukraine and Romania Do not forget to get that country this is the flag of this country 🇭🇺🇭🇺🇺🇦🇺🇦🇲🇩🇲🇩
@@robertnagy5509 they're not Balkan.
@@shabagge our culture is very Balkan and we have Dobrogea in the Balkans
You forgot 🇽🇰🇽🇰🇽🇰🇽🇰
I’m Romanian and we are Balkans,but some Romanians don’t wanna admit bc they don’t like being misunderstood with Slavs,and wish we was Western Europeans bc of the fact we are Latin,but we do are balkans,we share traditions,food,music and basically most of our culture with the rest of Balkans
Sa mori tu? E problema ta dacă te consideri balcan nu I pune pe toți în oala . Iar apoi când vine vorba de muzica nush la ce te referi ? Manele sau muzica populara? Pentru ca manele vin din Turcia și sunt cantate de țigani borati dacă asculți manele probabil ai sânge balkcanic, cu mâncarea doar mici și ciorba sunt foarte balkanice toate din cauza imperiului otoman iar mie nu îmi plac mici te asigur sau ciorba sunt dezgustatoare și de haine nu mai zic da sunt asemănătoare cu cele din balkani dar și în sicilia dansul lor e asemantor cu hora sarbeasca visează mult și bine ratatule
Și ca să ști România se împarte în trei colturi (Central europe , Sud europe și est europe ) doar Dobrogea e în balkani teoretic
Romania doesn’t have Balkan Mountains. It’s Carpathian. Also dobrogea doesn’t habe Balkan Mountains.
Hungary too
@@user-kz4mu9id3oexact, bine zis. Suntem mai degrabă balcanici prin cultură, nu neapărat prin zona geografică, dar multă lume consideră toata România in Balcani, deoarece Dobrogea este in Balcani, dar din punctul meu de vedere greșesc
>Balkans explained >Video isn't 8 hours long >"Impossible!"
But he made quite well
u arent old 8 hours
Yeah, if he included the conflicts between Croatia and Serbia or between Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina, there would be hell to discuss.
Perhaps the archives are uncompleted.
@@ouralisacs3989 Hello there
How to start an argument: Step one: kosovo is- Step two:... Step three: ww3
Step four: Rakija
@@vlerathaci441 No, my silly little girl! Rakia (or rakija) is there every step of the way! Cuz' that's the *BALCAN WAY*!!!! (dramatic music playing in the background)
No, it's step 3: balkan war 246104578
Kosovo is Kosovo Am I gonna die now?
Serbia
I'm Romanian and i love and respect all my balkan friends and neighbors.I hope one day that all the drama and hate to be no more.I want to visit all the countries.
Romania is noy balkan
Romania is a Balkan
I am is well from Romina da
@@1alexnumaiunul848 geography wise, only Dobrogea is part of the balkans. But culturally, romania is very balkanic. That's why we're considered balkans
@@1alexnumaiunul848 de ce ma ca zici tu ?
I was born and raised in Bulgaria. Moved to Croatia at 18. Lived there for 7+ years and have now been in the USA for 14+ years. 😃 Enjoy your videos!
И аз мисля да се преместя в Хърватска или Словения, как беше? Вече съм бил по няколко пъти и в двете страни, но не бих отказал още мнения. След 2 месеца правя 18
No way
USA? Alo Brate šta ti tamo radiš? Ja mislio tamo živi pakao?
Grandma:eat, my son Grandson:I am not hungry Grandma:ok, *eat without bread*
Country?
sounds like my albanian grandmother lmfao
@@ValiRada Serbia
@@davishurdha293 every balkan grndma is like that
@@mrzimcrnce big facts
There should be a new show called "keeping up with the Balkans"
This is a cool idea tbh
Yup
😂
U cant hahaja....u can just try
Lots of loud shouting where people are on the brink of calling the police only to realise there not arguing but joking around
spent a couple months in Slovenia and whenever the topic of the Balkans popped up… they offered me another drink 😂 much love to these nations man had a great time and yes they party hard!
This is probably the best researched, scripted and well put together video about the Balkans I have ever seen. Congratulations! At the start of the video I was thinking: "You better be REALLY careful!", but you pulled through.
is it accurate?
So how complicated is your history? Balkans: yes
HAHA just yes
:-D
😂
I mean he's not wrong.
At least we have history, unlike some countries.
How to understand friendship and hate in the balkans EUROVISION
I hate how accurate this comment is.
Wtf How Serbia started WW1?! Geeman and Austria started it.
I love it!
next week baby 😂
@@kedrovasuma2857 serbs killed the heir of austria. that started the war?
It really fascinates me, as a Croat, that you know all of these things which are really true and locally focused. You have done a great research, great job!
Thumbs up dude, one of the most amusing and funny depictions/overviews I've seen for the area and it's countries.
Slovenia: Can understand everyone but nobody understands them
its like blood type 0 gives to everyone but takes only from 0-s
Romania with the other Latinas in an nut shell :))
Istina živa 😁
True
Lmao
Do something easier, like quantum physics...
Are u.........rude (: (Im bulgarian btw)
Bruh we have to learn balkan history
@@krisiboss2931 *АЙДЕ ПАК ВОЙНА* 😂 (ШЕГА!!)
Što će se dogoditi ako ja budem pričao Hrvatski sada? Znam da ideš na prevoditelj. Nisi zabavan :)
@@crogmmp Sad će zapadnjaci kao: "hahaha zapad ne razumjeti ovo poz iz zagreb"
Spot on! I'm from Bulgaria and was biting my lips from time to time, but the video was an absolute gem! Just one small thing though - we understand most of the words/content of all Slavic languages pretty well (but it doesn't work so well the other way around). And Big Thanks for the names' pronunciation!
Such a fun video. And pretty much accurate. All that happened on the Balkan is far from fun, even scary, but still you managed to make it funny. Good job
The funniest is how everyone claims we hate each other but if a Serb, Croat and Bosniak met each other in idk Germany or the US it's like: *best friends unlocked*
tinaa true that! ❤️
true like hello my brother or sth like this
What about Albanians and Serbs?????????😆
Riffle Biffle I’ve seen Albanians and Serbs getting along quite well while working abroad 😀
We rarely hate each others as people,mostly politics,not just of neighboring countries,but our owns as well...
“The Balkans produces more history than it can consume.”--Winston Churchill
He was a criminal so his words are worthless
Sounds right :)
@@saralampret9694 No Balkan(Illyria) was the Egg of Europe civilisation !!!! But the Politic was Kriminal !!!!
@Xaris Xeros And caused the Bengal famine.
Lol r u oversimplified fan
This is too good, too funny and TRUE! Thank you for putting this together. Živio (with a shot of rakija of course)! I am Yugo through and through. Love all my Yugoslavian brothers and sisters.
You dont have to apologise dude! The Greeks' being "loud dancing party animals" is actually our highest achievement. I seriously mean that.
Say Kosovo is an independent country in the bathroom mirror 3 times and an angry Serb will appear. Edit: *how to start a comment war 101*
Fuck you Kosovo is Albanian fuck serbia
@@elvissh853 fuck you for saying fuck Kosovo
@@aubreypizarro2494 He didint say fuck kosovo he said "fuck you,kosovo is albanian" which isnt true
@@nemanjagaric553 oh well Kosovo fuck you Albania is kosovo
💀
Geography Now : talks about the Balkans Romania : *grabs popcorn*
The greatest trick Romania ever pulled was to convince the rest of the world they are not a Balkan nation, at least according to this video. I went there twice and it's amazing how much we actually have in common, speaking as a Serbian. To put it in Barby's terms, they are kinda like your step-sister that you get along with really well.
@@ThatCrazyKid0007 Indeed, Romania is in the Balkans, not only geographically. We are almost genetically identical to Bulgarians, Serbs or others from the former Yugoslavia and others around us like Hungarians and those in western Ukraine. I mean, like close brothers.
@@ThatCrazyKid0007 we arent balkan at all, our culture and day to day life is more latin
@@tortellinifettuccine no its not, our traditions are very slavic influenced, and bc balkans are mor slavic, we kinda are balkans, but still not very much
@Levis. H I mean depends where in romania you go, in Bucharest or costansa everyone follows pretty much the same schedule as italians and French people. Going to a café in the morning, maybe going to the beach, thats kind of latin culture. Its hard to explain but I felt more latin culture than eastern culture in romania
Love the way you sum up these very complex (historically, sociologically, politically, ethnically) countries using pop culture terms to distinguish and compare/contrast them. Those will stick in my mind much easier than the intricate web of academic data I am encountering. They encapsulate and make accessible that information and analysis beautifully! Good teaching style.
I'm a Serb and this is one of my favourite videos now. The description of each country is so accurate it's comical lmao
balkans in the balkans: [loud arguing] balkans anywhere else: you are my only friend
True i am albanian from kosovo one of my best friends is a serbian from croatia. She is very kind, I don’t understand people who hate someone just because of their ethnicity.
Arjan Serbian from Croatia? Just say she’s Serbian what you said doesn’t make sense
@@arjan5071 want Balkan area
@@chula5759 it means she is a Serbian who was born and lives on the teritory of Croatia, makes perfect sense
@@chula5759 There are many Serbians who live in Croatia.
Balkans, where everyone hates each other, but when it's time for Eurovision, they all support each other...😂
And FIFA
Old people hate each other, but also have fond memories that make them nostalgic about the countries that they say they hate. A weird smoothie of emotions. They'll curse the other folks from the Balkans in general, but if they meet anyone in person, especially outside of Balkan, the outpouring of love is immense. Younger generations are much more chill and less conflicted about that. We have most of the love that the older generations feel towards one another, but basically none of the hate :)
False, Macedonia gave Serbia 0 this year, and we gave them 12, smh
Shhhh, don't talk about that, let everyone think we hate each other.
Argjent Begolli so let me guess.. youre albanian hm?
Totally binge watching this channel! Brilliant presenter👌
I’m half Romanian and all the dna tests I’ve taken says I’m half Balkan. So from a genetic point of view we are definitely Balkan
Saying you are Balkan can mean way too many things
I must say, this is the most peaceful comment section on a balkans video I have ever seen. Congratulations brothers, I am proud.
I am guessing he didn't mention Tesla.
nonespecial200 rotfl
Lmao me too... I was even debating reading the comment section or not...
don't jinx it
Kosovo je Srbija. There Jugo... ahm you go.
This channel: The Balkans explained Me: The Balkans cannot be explained
Dysfunctional family is the best description possible
@@CHNO-kl9bn hahaha.
@@CHNO-kl9bn literally, we're all descendents of Slavs and we still hate each other and want others die of terrible disorder.
@@ferratovic true 😂 Im croatian
True
man settera i use that alot and most of my geogrophy is mostly learned on there and i highly recomend love the shout out
I love how no one is arguing in the comments! There is ALWAYS arguments in these kinds of videos! That means he did a great job
I always explain the Balkan like: Best friends but worst enemies.
Never thought of that and nka when i think of it thats true......
Who needs enemies with friends like these.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer
no no no!! im half austrian and croatian. fck yuo serbia. serbia morelike stupibia!!!!! . long live austrian empire. long live bosnian empire. long live fransis i. serbia weak. serbia sucks. look at your gdp per captia. you poor hahaha. austrian duke will hunt you forever. hahaahaha . long live croatian empire. serbia should not exist. edit:kosovo best
So basically you're saying we are family, bro 👍
Making a video about the balkan and nobodys is offended!? Somebody give this man a medal.
Je Shqiptar ?
Only an idiot would be offended by pure facts. And just cause this video is for educational purposes, there are no idiots in the comments.
He did say something that sounded like "Serbo Croatian language" which was basically a slightly edited version of Serbian that they tried to force everyone to speak so, as a Croat, I choose to be offended at that. Also, saying Kosovo is something other than Serbian legitimizes people moving somewhere en masse, having lots of kids and declaring the territory theirs through democracy. That might be offensive to anyone in W Europe who doesn't like Sharia law.
Not really offended, but i feel a need to correct the part about the Macedonian language. As a Macedonian, i can understand Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian and Bulgarian. In fact, bulgarian is the hardest one to understand when it's written because they have extra letters i don't know how to pronounce and also they have a low of weird words
@@tobivan3190 wait isn't Macedonian and Bulgarian the same? I heard that but am not confirmint that teory
Amazing presentation! Love it!
Mate, all ancestors basically came from Asian. Even the Slavs came from asia, since we are all EURASIA
How much alcohol you want? Balkans: Yes
No.. Maybe u think that but we do not drink that much i mean,i was once in germeny and they drink worse than us... They are always drunk.
@@mijailo7696 bruh im from Bulgaria... Personally I drink 3 gallons of rakia everyday
@@mightydogg8031 well bro but they do worse yrust me
The southern and the cost region don't for religious or cultural reason (they're muslims or they had not a strong eastern european bond )
@@marcotraina9024 Muslims can eat my pork sausages :3
Someone: **Talks about the balkans** Me: **Scrolls down to the comments section**
And Find All This Fights About Hate Or Love Turkey..
me too
I'm looking at the comment section first. I'll watch the video later :D
The comment section is a bigger battlefield than the yugoslav wars.
Your presentation, although not "conventional", gives a good first impression about the Balkans.
Amazingly accurate! Especially this one - Bulgaria, a slowly withering beauty!
"aka europes most disfunctional family" wow i tried so many times to explain balkan and finally i found words
Aka -europe's- world's most disfunctional family
I use instead : The mess and war land
Balkans are basically the public toilet of Europe.... Lmao
@@iliaz7057 Africa is quite a battle royale
I'll take disfunctional family over the western European 'no family at all deal' everyday buddy..
The Balkans aren’t a place. They’re a state of mind.
アレクサンドラ・ブラゴジェビッチ hahaha true
true and also romania is part gypsynpar balkan Im sorry for anyone that thinks otherwise...
@You Know 95%of The population is not
Ahahahah I liked this one
As a Serb, I agree. If you want to have real Balkan experience, you have to think like us! And, boy oh boy, is that messed up thinking!
Amazing, love this video! I just wish you'd slow down a little! My Balkan friend confirms what you said from a Serbian perspective.
I have students Macedonia and Greece so need to learn this in order to understand them. This was really comprehensive.
Balkan nations are like Game of Thrones.
Literally 70% of China's history: Am I a joke to you ?
In fact there is the theory that the writes took heavy motivation and influence
Did u know that the writer of the books actually took some inspiration from it.Mostly yes turks
Sooo... preety shitty
that's so true
Balkans: place where everybody just tryna move to Germany
Poor germany
@michi hofer didnt end well last time they immigrated to North America last time around.
that is so true tho
Almost-
Move to Germany to make more money
RIP 2balkan4you (Former Yugoslav countries, Albania squared, Bulgaria, Romania squared, Hungary, Greece and Turkey). I may be a w*stoid but I liked that subreddit.
Your knowledge is unbelievable and amazing !
Geographically, Balkan is one of the most beautiful place in the world.
Ivan Josipovic Yh true from Slovenia up until southern part of greece Beautiful coastline
Da da
Ма наравно
It is ivan
thats so true! ISTINA!!
That's a cool trailer. I wonder when the 19 hour movie will come out.
Hahahah
Person 1864308244 someone important would be shot
Right 😂😂
HAHAHAHA
@@person10 is it possible to learn this power?
Bosnia and Herzegovina: i wanna go to the sea! Croatia: no.... okay just a little bit
A very nice overview. Thank you!
Romania: not Balkan Also Romania: fought in the 2nd Balkan War
It didn't fought Romanian just took Dobruja Bulgaria
@@raptorman420 yes I understand
Is America Asian for fighting in the Vietnam war ? Sounds good but not a good example
Yea the bastrards backed us while we were at war with Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Ottoman empire.. They cant 1vs1 us thats why they did this.
@@user-oq4sq8ig1k tutrakan? silistra? dobrich? romanians are a bunch of путьовци which fights with everyone after the first glass of beer
Barbs: Calls Greeks loud party animals. Barbs: Apologizes. Greeks: Was that supposed to be offensive?? *Resume partying.
Manos Alimpertis Hoppa! *hears Zorba the Greek playing in the background*
2004 Greece won Euro 2004 held in Portugal and becoming the european champions for 4 years 2005 Greece won Eurovision with the song : You are the one my number one What a time to be alive as a greek back then
💯
@TheAlex29 Greece won the European Championship of basketball as well in 2005
add broke and we're good to go
it took me about 5 minutes before I realised that my history teacher from three years ago made me watch a few videos from this guy's channel
I'm surprised that you didn't say anything about Nikola Tesla🇷🇸.
How to start a drama! Say he is actually Croat.
@@HeroManNick132 Um no.Nikola Tesla was Serb but born in place where today is Croatia.If you say he is Croatia,then 75 percent of Croatia history is Serbia.Also who did start a fire in his house,,Croatian people,,.Who was his father,mother ,,Serbian people,,. .. _ Explain that.
@@Akilabud I said it as joke lmao. I know this is another hot topic in the Balkans lol.
@@HeroManNick132 I know I just want to explain if someone stupid said that in the comment. =)
@@Akilabud good joke
the comment section is surprisingly wholesome
thats what i though too, the secret is you have to read the threads in the view more sections under comments to see the real beef/drama lol. under one of the main comments that has like 9k likes theres a comment saying noone likes muslims and they shoudlnt be in the balkans, and me, a kosovor muslim married to a bosniak muslim is reading that like: 👁👄👁
@@azih8626 😂😂😂
Unless the topic is about turkey
Then why the narrow likes-to-dislikes ratio, though? I’m sure they didn’t dislike it despite Barbs was just showing INFO. It’s crazy how much conflict the Balkans have gone through the years.
"Now if you look at the map of southern europe. . ." *shows a map from 1915*
wazzupman show a map from 1600-1700 under the Ottoman Empire lmao
Its not a map from 1915 or the austro-hungarian empire would be there it's some kinda alternate history map because these borders have never existed ( at least not at the same time)
the nostalgic gamer Or it’s just a bad map
@@paulet4276 then it would have to be an absolutely horrendous map. I mean slovakia doesnt even exist and romania weirdly only owns a piece of Transylvania
@@nostalgic9597 it looks like a map from right after the breakup of austria hungary, but it seems like the country borders are all from different years of those wars.
I really love how he’s so chill. Like he’s introducing u them like they’re a person. I’m from Serbia btw.😂 this was entertaining🤪🥳
Hey, Romanians are balkans aswell mate, look at their culture and then compare it to lets say Serbia or Bulgaria, their food aswell, plus they are(as greeks like to call them) the big yellow star that looms over them all, they are friendly to each of the balkan nations and they wish to keep up good relations with them, plus they also Invest ALOT in the balkans too, this is what some Romanians told me when i had visited it last year, 🇨🇵🤍🇦🇱🇧🇦🇧🇬🇷🇴🇷🇸🇸🇮🇬🇷🇲🇰 The french love yall dudes
Romania is Carpathian. The food the weather the music is very different from southern europe.
@@blogger1851 i've asked romanians when i visited it about it and they've said that they are balkans, my uncle is romanian and i asked him aswell and he said this too
@@robiagacitei5487 Well in the video it contradicts what you are saying. But I really don’t care about what your uncle or what others says there is a different between an opinion and a fact. Romania has Carpathian Mountains thats a fact. Romania doesn’t have Balkan Mountains thats a fact. Romania is the definition of what Carpathian is. Slovakia Romania Poland Hungary Czechia Western Ukraine. All of these are Carpathian. Research everything I am saying. Also Romania is a very cold and snowy country. It is the opposite of Southern Europe even tho the Carpathian countries aren’t very far from the Balkans (south east europe) seriously open a map and look at the countries how is Romania in southern europe? It’s on the eastern and Central part of europa not north or south. Also Bucharest has the same latitude of Toronto. Bucharest even has a higher latitude than Toronto Canada. Keep in mind that Bucharest is the most southern city in Romania.
@@blogger1851 also no. the most southern city is either calarasi or constanta. literally look at the map.
@@blogger1851 NO WAY YOU JUST SAID ROMANIA IS A SNOWY COUNTRY....my uncle complains that it barely SNOWS in craiova, he says there's times it never even snows. the time i went there for4 years it only snowed 2 times. man don't argue about country's if you haven't been there, you'll just make a fool out of urself, to everyone that has been there and knows what they're saying unlike you.
nowadays the only wars in the balkans are fought with keyboards
and politicians
No matter where you go, if Kosovo is mentioned once there will be someone in the comments saying "kosova je srbija"
You should see how to 2 drunk grandpas argue. Its the funniest, yet the scariest thing you can witness
Exactly, I cant say I'm macedonian without people bombarding me with "macedonia is greece Macedonia is bulgaria Macedonia is albania"
Or with fists
Video: "The Balkans Explained" * Video begins * Barby: There is no way to explain. Stay tuned, bye
Hahahahaha
😂Barby must read this one.Omg 😂
Just found this; liked & subscribed straight away!
fun fact about romania, our style of music, plus with our accordion music and our ornamentations that we use, are very very balkan. as is 15 percent of our language, our traditional costumes, and our traditions in general
Romania for the Balkans is like the neighbour who watches all the drama from his front porch
@@duckling3615 is not our fault Bulgaria went mad to attack everyone
@@duckling3615 thanks , Bulgaria is also nice I been there twice, but he wanted to strengthen the relations with the other Balkans nations and wanted to take South Dobrodgea, that's why he joined the war
@@duckling3615 They stole half of Moldova, all Transylvania and Dobruja, all when these nations were down and fighting against much stronger opponents. You know how Romanians are now.
@@norbertmiklos3646 Who stole half of moldova? You mean the russians
@@randompersononthenet8548 sorry, I need to correct: Moldova was an independent kingdom till 1859 were they had an economic crisis so the Kingdom of Walachia leaders use the opportunity to trick them in a referendum to unite with them thus giving birth to the country of Romania (Rumânia check Djuvara historian), in WW2 Russia invaded Romania because it was a Nazi-allied country, after war it took half of Moldova till the Prut river (region known as Bessarabia). After 1991 the SSR of Moldova became the Republic of Moldova and a lot of controversies is around the region West to the Prut which is still under Wallach (Bucharest) control and the majority of the population is induced with stupid nationalistic false identity about a distant Celtic civilization who died out in the times of the Romans, maintaining so a dispute between Chișinău and Bucharest only for political and economic reasons. By the way, the region of Moldova and Bucovina (in Romania) is the poorest region according to an EU statistic on wealth in European regions.
"Wars,battles, music and rakija" ...yeah, that sounds about right.
Russia: We are the best nation we fought so many wars Balkan nations: Hold my rakija
and burek
king gamer Its turkish and its called BÖREK
nonespecial200 Its called RAKİ, and its turkish
As we say in Bulgaria "Бой, ебане и сръбска музика"
Thanks, reminds me that I should visit a few places at some point.
That was good video. I liked how you covered the whole subject pretty fast. I know nothing about that area. Except the times that times they fight each other. Seems like they’re always fighting over something like politics. So I was curious and I wanted to know the history of that area. Thanks for the video. 👍
Kids in my country: I love history, math is too complicated Kids in the balkans: Math aint that bad..
Y'all laugh but this is legit how it works we unironucalky enjoy maths
Dude me too (Serbian)
Im a genius at math and im 10,my mom is 37 and she says 100×200=2,000,nooo mum its 20,000
@@luvinqari8577 ur country?
@@monke3858 almost the whole balkan is good at math
The hardest things to explain: Terminator timeline Meaning of Life How the universe was created The Balkans
And how to watch the fate anime series
@@LIAuNXeNON so true, who knows knows
@@LIAuNXeNON so how do i watch it, i've seen some but now I'm confused which one to watch first? Aaaaah I'm going bonkers
@@CoolnCarin5241 don't know I think a KZheadr did s how to watch fate video (I think it was mistychronexia)
Got an answer for the meaning of life. It' 42! Just ask the super computer
actually romania is also balkan part of it to be specific
Turkey too lol
Thank you for your work .
Geography Now: Balkans explained Balkans: ✨💥⚠️☪️🕺🍻💣🥘☢️✝️💥🎶
pretty much
Less radioactivity but very much yes
As a Greek Orthodox can confirm
Bru why’s there a bomb
555th like :)
Love of rakia, and fear of Promaja. Nothing else matters.
and the fear od "Dedo Boze ce te karat"
Zatvori vrata! Uci ce promaja.
@Turkish Incel Brotherhood Actually, rakia (or arak, originally) is the Arabic drink and has nothing to do with Balkan rakia which is a fruit brandy, apart from the name which was borrowed via Turkish. As usual, Turks were just pathway between civilizations - European on one and Arabic and Persian on the other side, without really inventing anything, but claiming other's inventions as their own.
@Turkish Incel Brotherhood No, no, no, you got this all wrong. Turkish culture is just a poor imitation of Byzantine culture with an Islamic twist and a strong Arabic and Persian influence. The Balkans are a child of Byzantium, with Turks just being a continuation of that early relationship.
@Turkish Incel Brotherhood Yeah, maybe day to day you are still the horsemen from the Asian steppes. But the way your country is structured, backstabbing politics with frequent coups, despotic leaders, Constantinople controlling everything, kinda really religious but kinda not, music, art is just a ripoff of Byzantium, Arabs and Persians. And, by the way, when you stop criticizing and making the wrong assumptions about my culture, I'll stop doing that to yours. OK, Mustafa?
We are like the siblings that fight each other but still love.
As a Croatian, I have to highlight something about macedonians and that is that they are amazing singers
Balkan countries when they are bored: Let's start an argument over something that happened long time ago
Not too long ago tho
Sounds like my parents
Yes 25 year is long time ago, freaking liberal.
@Elalae La my Tesla xD
@@arjan5071 hey i know your comment is old but i have to ask do kosovars care if theyre independent and if they do do they really want to join albania or its just toxic albanian kid propaganda and after telling me the answer the third question is why all of it
"Please do not start with politics and nationalism at the dinner!" "Don't worry, I won't." *4 glasses of rakija later there is a man explaining the history from the beginning of time till today
And at the beginning of time, there was Serb.
@@Feex92 Exactly! I have some friends who like to explain history to me. Well, from the beginning, when there were just amoebas and of course Serbs.
@@vladob3 No,we came BEFORE the amoeba's :-)!
Lol WOT serbs LEARN history and stay in school
@@Feex92 no, Macedonians came before time, do they even teach you anything in school?
This is spot on, well done
Wonderfully done and informative
History teacher: okay students, write an essay explaining the history of the balkans! Every single student: (switches major to engineering)
Essay? I'd need a whole miniseries.
Me👧🔫
@@warningwarning8826 ok
How to check unity on the balkans Tell us that Turks are attacking again
believe me balkan countrys much more destructive to each other than turks.
Muslims would celebrate
@melisal 35 Turks are minding their own business nowadays
melisal 35 not everyone unfortunatelly
@melisal 35 its the same to someone who fought them. Turkey is just a democratic ottoman empire
thank you for the video I watch it like 5 times love from Slovenia
What you need to understand is nationalism is a very big problem in the balkans. Every country has people which believe that another country is just a part of their own. For example there are Serbians which believe that Croatia is basically Serbia, just that their people separated on purpose to be on better terms with the EU. A majority of issues in the balkans are from nationalism. Other than that if you ask most people, they have no problem with each other. The problem is all countries have done horrible things to each other during the wars, and a lot of people remember that and find it hard to forgive. The living standards are not that great, but they arent horrible, you can certainly live a good life there, but most people choose to move to europe in search of a better life and pay.
Everyone : Trying to understand the history of the United States **The balkans watching from the corner** PATHETIC
"everyone"? You mean the Americans? 😂
🤣🤣
As someone from the Balkans i aprove
@@voyance4elle 😂😂😂😂
true
Balkans literally every second: *peace was never an option*
😂
yes it was, Croatia didnt want war if we wanted war we wouldnt go through the trouble of declaring independence we would of just atacked and won like always, but it seems as if Croatians dont actually want wars and genocides on these areas.
That is a joke don't take it seriously
This is true for the whole Europe
Inace iz hrvatske sam ali živim u njemackoj
I am born in Pannonian Croatia which is not on Balkan :D which is pretty much flat ground
Great job with the video. I think you captured the Balkan spirit well. Obviously there is way more history than Otoman empire, but if one has to summarize it in one sentence, Balkans are the region where West and East met and clashed. The recent example,, Bulgaria and Romania were part of SSSR, while the rest were unaffiliated during the Cold War. Kind of like a buffer between two super powers.
The Balkans Where we love drinking, hate working and complain about our miserable life all the time you nailed this video
That sums up Australia aswell
The Balkans Then: Wonce your having fun time drinking rakija, and then the second you know it, your being persecuted for hating a balkan country. Now: What you said.
Well no one likes working lol
exatly im bulgarian
Also we complain bout the goverments
Love my Balkan brothers and sisters. We really are one dysfunctional family but in the end, we are also a loving family. Greetings from Greece!
Respect from Albania 🇦🇱 ❤️🇬🇷
Indeed a dysfunctional but still a family😀. Cheers from Bulgaria.
Greetings from Macedonia 😉
@@dejanstoimenovski2350 Greetings! hope u had/have a great day :)
@@konstantinagrivas2355 thanks beautifull, you too 😀
Bread comment yes.. there's a part of the odyssey that mentions people who live "beyond those who eat bread"... which would be to the east of crna gore...