Where did Russia come from? - Alex Gendler
Trace the evolution of Russia, from Kievan Rus to present day, and find out how it became the biggest country in the world.
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Russia is the biggest country in the world, spanning one-eighth of the Earth’s landmass. But where did it all begin? Alex Gendler explores the epic history of the Kievan Rus, where characters ranging from Viking raiders and Western crusaders to Byzantine missionaries and Mongol hordes all played a role to create a unique civilization standing at the crossroads of culture and geography.
Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by Draško Ivezić.
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I like how Novgorod is sitting there the whole time and they never mention it.
We*
True, Great Novgorod is always on his own
Me too lol
))))))) Novgorod means new town
In eu4 it always dies that’s why
The great thing about TED-Ed is that one can actually get well educated from the comment section .
As opposed to their flawed videos? ;)
No they can't. Sorry.
@R J Poor you , you've got common core education - you can spell..! The thinG is: can you think in your own ? .. By the way, I've learn English on my own... Just saying !
Peter Riis flawed in what way? An example would be nice
Ilea Vazan awesome
"Populated by Slavs, ruled by Vikings, taught by Greeks, and split by Mongols" This is what happens when you choose your playthrough too close to the middle of the world
I don’t get it
@@theladthattakescontent2650 video games joke
@@arsen2506 i determined that, I just can’t discern what, if any, game in specific this would be referring to
@@theladthattakescontent2650 probably a lot of paradox titles but definitely crusader kings
@@theladthattakescontent2650 hes making life into a game. Like Zoo tier does it
От слов про Олега я валяюсь под столом. Он не был сыном Рюрика и правил лишь из-за того, что Игорь был слишком мал. А вообще не понятно как так быстро соскочили с Москвы, до всей огромной территории России. Дальний Восток вообще образовался относительно поздно.
Уместить историю ~двух тысячелетий в 5минутный ролик было глупой затеей))
Тем более, история России началась с Новгорода и Ладоги
Ну пойдет, хоть не выдумывают что русские это финноугры
@@Roman_K. и монголо татары
@@Roman_K. так придумовать не надо, ето и так всем известниьій факт.
Fun-fact, Finland and North Korea both border the same country; Russia.
Even more fun, so does Poland.
KURWA!!!
+Norman Hampton I trick yuo xaxaxaxa
You managed to put the words fun and North Korea in the same sentence.You must be a genius.
doesnt north korea border china...
The Vikings dropped a bottle of vodka in a lake, soon after the first Russians emerged.
Lol nice one
+Ed Knight Vodka was invented only in XV ( official date is in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_Vodka) long after Kievan Rus' had been founded (X century).
+Roman Khudobin I think he may have been joking.
+dhodz hoddy You mean that Rurik was Polish and he dropped a bottle of vodka in the Ladoga lake? I am not a food historian I only know that there was a dispute on the topic of the vodka invention because some people, Polish in particular, tried to prohibit exporting Russian vodka as vodka. After a Russian scientist Похлебкин had presented his research the prohibition was lifted. If you want to reopen the case who am I to stop you. My national pride can live with it even if you succeed.
but VODKA was made by russians =) unlogical, my friend
There are few mistakes in this narration. As an example (01:46): Oleg was not the son of Rurik. Oleg was the regent of Rurik's under-age son called Igor.
I guess firstly you have to remind that he lied to you because he is talking about Ukrainian history! not russian, centuries ago Ukrainian history and name of Kyiv Rus were stolen by Moscow , which appeared later then Kyiv!
@@user-yg7nd6sr8e hahahaha, well that's ridiculous. literally nobody outside of ukraine thinks so. ukranian propaganda in a nutshell.
@@user-yg7nd6sr8e That doesn't make any sense and Kievan Rus' is the cultural ancestor of both Ukraine and Russia (and Belarus)
@@user-yg7nd6sr8e ukranian propoganda washed your brain out, it's why you're trying to rewrite history
@@user-yg7nd6sr8e ну и тупая пизда... учи историю, Украины как страны до 1910ых не существовало
2:40 - actually Vladimir just wanted to be friends with Byzantine empire, nothing vodka-related, folks
Wasn't it the Mongols who brought vodka to Russia?
@@tylersteinberg6468 vodka actually from Poland
That alcohol thing was a pretty common myth
Are y'all surprised that a 5 minute video is oversimplified?
Right? How dare TED not delve deeply into every single historical and geopolitical intricacy of the creation of a nation in a 5 minute video...I am ashamed of them! Lol
You should see the complaints on Drunk History videos. Every other comment is someone complaining that a drunk person didn't explain something in perfect detail. No good deed...
Rurik is a legend, they had to say it
But oversimplified is more longer and funner
@@JahRandom Imagine going over a BIG detail of a story. It's just like saying the roman republic became the roman empire without explaining the civil war.
I bet they were converted the moment they heard Jesus turned water into wine.
god isnt real and that's not why
shmoo day lel I'm a dumb ass please forgive me master
shmoo day Mali
shmoo day Papal State
shmoo day Vietnam
By the way, to be exact -- Oleg was Rurik's kinsman, relative. Rurik's son was Igor. Please, read Nestor's writings attentively...
thank you for your amendment. I'm from Russia, and the speaker saying that Oleg was Rurik's son confused me a bit.
Кирилл Привалов I have a question if you read this. When do Russians typically mark the creation of Russia? When the Kievan Rus’ was founded? When Rurik came to Novgorod? When the Tsardom of Russia was created? Idk
@@pluto6383 It is written that Rurik came to Novgorod in 862 after Slovene and other tribes called him and his brothers (Sineus and Truvor) here. It's the year that is thought to be the year of creation of Russia, though there were tribes all over the area where they had dwellings (from Novgorod to Kiev). Then Oleg united Novgorod and Kiev in 882.
882 is the year when Kievan Rus was founded
Кирилл Привалов ok. I’ve never been to Russia but hope to visit Moscow or Saint Petersburg someday.
I'm sure it was metioned in comments before, just to make sure: Oleg wasn't a son of Rurik, he was Rurik's brother-in-law and regent-ruler for the son of Rurik - Igor.
RUSSIA IS NOT RUS, it is the successor to a Rus COLONY, ZALESYE, they are majority Finno-ugric people, they just stole the name Russia for themselves after they concoured their former masters - the people now know as Ukrainians, Ukraine 🇺🇦 is the real Rus.
Ваня, тебе должно быть похер на нашего Олега, тем более мифического. У вас свои были - Боголюбский, Калита, Иван 3, и так далее.
What Religion should we practice? Islam: Nah, they can't drink Judaism: Nah, too exclusive Christianity: Hmm, Jesus did turn water into wine!
Water turn into vodka
Great policy.
@@berserk3195 The word vodka IS derived from the word for water (voda)
3:04 4:49
In fact, During gathering information about religions surrounding Rus, Russians attended Greek Orthodox church liturgy. They were so excited and amazed by beauty of Christianity that brought fascinating tales to the Prince Vladimir, who decided to accept faith of Christ. Restriction of alcohol was not something that could do a big effect on princes’s decision
in mother Russia Vikings don't destroy they fix
Not fix only. They built new cities even.
What about England then? They have been formed first by Angles and Saxons, then Vikings, then Normands, who are of Viking descent. Normands have also installed one of the most tolerant and prosperous kingdom of their time, in Sicily, after expelling the Arabs of the island.
actually no there were two major battles documented where the vikings fought the Inuit, both ended with a viking victory with minor casualties. the first one 1003 22 vikings died and the natives retreated, the second in 1010 where the vikings lost 2 and the natives retreated. The reason they didn't take over the place was due to many reasons but the main one being lack of resources. Iceland (who went there) did not posses the manpower nor resources to really take over the place and since the natives had nothing of value raiding there proofed useless so they left. there is evidence however that they actually went there for wood up until the 13th century.
Those Vikings came and saw that there is good land and good men. They decided enough to have long hikes and robberies, we stay here, we will cultivate the land, raising livestock and defend against enemies of this land and the people with whom they have become one family. The descendants of those Vikings still live in that area. And nothing has changed since then, those who come to the Russian land with war, would never leave her alive, and those who come with love and peace he finds a new home here.
Irony is real
"Populated by Slavs, ruled by Vikings, taught by Greeks, and split by Mongols." That's a pretty good summation of early Russian history.
And quite fake just like rewritten history. People think they know what happened hundreds years ago created by someone on KZhead recently. Let's just say Tartaria wasn't just myth, that is exactly why similar grant building all over the world and monuments like pyramids all over the world as well.
Not pretty good :) This video is missing a lot of facts about history and have some wonderful mistakes in historical facts. As always have been Ted-Ed don't want to make you more educated.
Summary*
Vikings, greeks It isnt russsian story. Only mongols.
The British know better.
I just love to see how ted-ed is always pissed off of Vikings wearing horn helmets.
Religious Emissaries: So what's your religion about? Christian: Uhhh we like to drink wine someti... Religious Emissaries: I'll take your entire stock
Yeah, it was a nice deal
🤣 Stop 🛑 it❗
I wonder why they just ''Decided'' to switch to a different faith. What makes peganism so unnapealing that it died?
@@tomatoheadfd As a slav myself I imagine it was because they bordered Christian countries meaning the fact they were pagan made them an easy target for crusades. By adopting Orthodox Christianity, they opened themselves to trade and alliances that were impossible before.
@@nekilik7886 they still got crusaded by the Teutonic lol
Video unfortunately didn't answer the questions that were asked at the beginning. Why is it so big? What are the differences between it and it's neighbors? I mean, it wouldn't be too hard to mention the expansion into Sibiria or who its neighbors even are, right?
country of Tokaj big because we are good and those who left cowards!
+113Robinho It was pretty shallow. It talked about how European Russia came to be. I think it's because after the Mongols left there wasn't much left so it was just European Russians united under the Kingdom of Rus settling the Steppes and building trade ports on the Black Sea. Siberia is mostly uninhabited so they claim it because they surround it. The video could've done a lot more.
+113Robinho Invading and annexing. Period.
+113Robinho I think, I can tell - Siberia was rather empty space, and a lot of peoples there were joined not by force, but by their own decision, actually all the peoples of Russia saved their religion, culture, traditions ets! Those, who didn't want to join, were conqured as everywhere, but still had the same rights and obligations! Generally speaking, colonies became a part of a country, not a colonie! Mongols tought us 1 good lesson - unity = strengh!
+113Robinho Because war mate.
Kievan rus: "Could things get any worse!?" Mongols: "Should we tell 'em? Let's tell them."
Мне кажется или тут все не точно, Олег не сын Рюрика, а регент его сына, небыло государства "Киевская Русь" была Русь от которой произошли три страны Россия, Украина и Беларусь, "Киевская" - это термин придуманный в 19 веке для обозначения времени когда Киев был столицей Руси, также как и "Новгородская", "Московская" и тд. Русь, никто же не говорит Парижская Франция или Берлинкая Германия. Школьник в 11 классе, который очень историю любит, явно смог бы обьяснить лудше и спорил бы целыми часами. Ведь на Западе в историю России даже невникают, а некоторые вещи они сами придумали, особенно про Ивана Грозного.
Расскажи про вещи,которые они придумали про Россию,пожалуйста.А то интересно.
Никто не говорит "Парижская Франция", потому что политическое устройство Франции той эпохи не было завязано на Париже, чего нельзя сказать о Руси: по законам наследования де-юре правителем Руси являлся князь, правящий в Киеве, что приводило к бесконечным войнам и интригам за этот город, который давал право номинально править всей Русью. Так что название Киевская Русь вполне имеет право на жизнь, и позволяет явно отделять это политическое образование от, например, региона Русь или других русей: Залесской, Новгородской и тд
@@qwfads6365 использование термина "Киевская Русь" дает украинцам повод по-своему интерпретировать историю, говоря , что Украина является ЕДИНСТВЕННОЙ наследницей Руси, так как Киев сегодня находится на Украине.
@@kiki-zt8fz и что? Это же политика, а не историческая наука
Ну да ну да, не было Киевской Руси, пошли-ка исторические факты в одно место😂 Сейчас бы историю монгол с историей славян смешивать😂
Bruh, the title of this video makes it seem like Russia just appeared out of nowhere. Like one day it just rose out of the sea.
not exactly wrong, russia one day just rose out of a vodka bottle
Lucas Duboc 😂
@@hennadiiminskyi6088 The difference between Russia and Ukraine is the same as the Difference between Germany and Austria or the Netherlands and Belgium. They are only two things because powerful people always wanted them to be two things.
it did lol
@@factum4787 1000% Right! Old World Maps, even after Great Revolution in Russia 1917 up to 1922-24 shows a small land named a Little Russia- which later was renamed in to the Ukraine with lan added.
American history is so boring compared to European/Asian history. We don't even have a unique culture compared to the rest of the world.
+TheTorridestCheese You have unique culture now.
The U.S has the shortest yet the most inspirational history! I am not American but I love American history because of men with vision and passion!
+TheTorridestCheese But anyway you have European based culture and you could feel part of it. You know, even nations in Europe have copied or taken from each other something, you are not the only one. And not to forget that US is since a while a very important contributor to the western culture.
The United States became the greatest economic-military power in world history in less than 240 years and the only economy that has been able to equal this happens to be one of the world's oldest civilizations so I'd like to think that they had one hell of a head start. That's something to be proud of.
***** Its not that I hate America. I'm just envious of the rich culture that some countries have that we don't. There really isn't much that people see and can say, "Oh, that's American" that isn't pop media or the Statue of Liberty. We do, like someone else mentioned, have the opportunity to taste a very large number of cultures from around the world without traveling very far.
Kievan Rus was not a state. This is the territory where the Rurik dynasty ruled. Each prince was independent by himself. But family ties mattered in different situations
A little correction from me as russian)) Oleg wasn't Rurik's son but one of his army's heads He was the regent to the Rurik's son prince Igor
Тупые америкосы всю историю России исказили
Всем похуй блять
Hello sir im really curious about russian history.. i was wondering where did the russians when these vikings barbarians romans genghis khan existed?
Is think the Russian race is the greatest headache of the anglo saxons of all time till today hahaha
@@amschelco.1434 nowhere, because they don't.
Just "Rus". Country called "Kievan Rus" never existed, as well as "Byzantine Empire", which always was called (until Modern Era) as "Rome".
+Jürgen Kraise Exacly, we call it "Bizantines" to differentiate Roman Empire before the split and after Roma's fall, otherwise it would be always Roman Empire. It's a modern convention, but even though I know that, I will still call "Bizantines" to the Bizantines when I want to refer to them.
TheFifa107 Sure, me too. I just wanted to point that out. It's important.
+Jürgen Kraise Kievan Rus existed, as well as Moscow Rus. Did you study Russian history or something?
Zachary Dobrowolski Dude, of course these countries existed. I'm talking about their names. Both of these countries, which you just named, originally, in the time of their existence, were known as simply "Rus", not Kievan or Moscowian
Jürgen Kraise oh, okay, sorry, didn't clearly understand you x)
1:49 Oleg was regent of Igor. Igor was a son of Rurik.
i thought oleg was rurik son ?
@@LordGrayBack No, he wasn't.
Да
Если в комментариях под видео об истории России есть бомбящие украинцы со своей фэнтезийной историей, то это видео как минимум хорошее
🐽🐺
100%
Нет, к этому видео сие не относится
@@Andriy_Sklyar Ну у России хотя бы есть история, чего не скажешь об Украине (не путать с историей украинцев).
@@Andriy_Sklyar Боже, какой ты тупой. Я же специально для дегенератов типа тебя написал, что между историями Украины и украинцами ставить = нельзя по довольно простой причине - украинцы существуют минимум несколько столетий, а Украина как государство едва больше 30 лет. Это факт и с ним ты спорить не сможешь никак. Россия совсем другое дело. Сначала появилась собственно Россия, либо её прямой предок Московское Великое княжество, а уже в этих государствах русские как отдельная национальность от той, которая была на Руси до нашествия монгол, из которой украинцы и белорусы, собственно, появились тоже. И это так же основная причина, почему Россия считает себя прямым наследником/продолжателем идей Руси - конкуренты в этом утверждении появились лиж в 1991 году. Раньше это даже под сомнение не ставилось, потому что претендентов, собственно, и не было. Мне аж интересно, что ты высрать на это сможешь. Может весь мир не сумел заметить какую - нибудь великую Укрию или что - то подобное? А может русня это финно - угры, которых в 200 раз больше и финнов, и угров, и которые почему - то не понимают ни тех, ни этих, зато прекрасно в большинстве своём понимают украинский?
Interesting video! but as I remember from our history class, Oleg wasn't the son of Rurik, he just seized the power
I reckon reading the history of Russia would be interesting but at the same time a mind boggling experience. Isn't it???
@raj tri what are you talking about? Which calendar?
RUSSIA IS NOT RUS, it is the successor to a Rus COLONY, ZALESYE, they are majority Finno-ugric people, they just stole the name Russia for themselves after they concoured their former masters - the people now know as Ukrainians, Ukraine 🇺🇦 is the real Rus.
Do more where did ______ come from, this was great
Poland plox
Argentina!
Fedejr712 God dammit why dont you have any gold ?
+Blu Hiubatto you mean silver
Corrected
You know Russia didn't get as big as the video suggests until the Romanovs, right?
+The Revolution continuation: weeeeell, you know, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Horde had come and theeeen... russians just swollow all of the continent and becom bigger in 1000 times, ynow~ its easy.
A little bit earlier , I think. It wasn't so big till Ivan Grozny (who is last Rurickovich)
LikeA5Life Looking at the thumbnail, Russia became that big around the time of Alexander III, which is almost 300 years after Ivan IV. Also, Ivan IV was not the last of the House of Rurickovich; that would be Feodor I if you don't count the impersonators that came after during the Time of Troubles.
The velvet underground doe
+The Revolution You know ur mum didin't get as shitty and fat to born you, right?
The illustration here is awesome and makes me so happy. Well done
Oleg wasn't Rurik's son. He was Rurik's friend. Rurik's son was Igor
Actually, as we were told in our history lessons here, in Russia, the story about choosing between 3 religions is a myth. In fact, Christianity was chosen to make a connection with Byzantine empire, because at that time you couldn't marry a person of different religion and so on.
+Landon Le but I heard after the Russian Civil War (1917-1922) Soviet invade Georgia in 1922 alongside with Turkey.
That's amusing what low opinion people have nowadays of ancient politicians. I am yet to see one successful ruler who ruled according to personal preferences, tastes and habits. This kind of rulers gets replaced in few years now, and always was throughout the history from pre-roman times.
It is the Chazar story. They lived in between Muslims and Christians who were at each other's throat but somehow could let Jews live. So Chazars' chose was the obvious - Judaism.
+Landon Le @Landon Le: the Russians did not choose Christianity--- the UKRAINIANS did!! Kievan Rus was Ukrainian NOT Russian. There was no Russia until 500 years later.
William Gill_Esq. Kyivan Rus was the Origin of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. Kyiv and the Kyivan lands were Ukraine (as seen in the Kyiv Choronicles). But Moscow was founded by a Rus prince, and Novgorod dialect grew into Russian, too. So yes, the Kyivan Rus is, to some extent the History of Russia, but they were not the ONLY Slavic tribe there, and the main people were Kyiv people. Russia as it is today became that way under the Mongols and after Ivan (the great) rebelled against them. P.S. Technically, since Novgorod did not _want_ to give up Paganism, Russia, in fact, did _not_ choose Christianity. It also saddens me how you forget about Belarus. Belarus! She is _also_ of the Kyivan Rus!
1:46 -Oleg wasn‘t Rurik‘s son, he was his friend or relative who brought up his(Rurik‘s) son Igor.
i learned it from Vikings tv series lol
Yes. Igor be to young when Rurik is dead. Oleg is a best warior from Ruriks army.
@@helldronez Yes. Vikings many many do for Russians many many times ago
SimplyMan LA Oleg wasn’t just a warrior of Rurik’s army, he’s definitely was a Rurik’s relative, that’s why he ruled for 30 years
@@I_have_no_Na.me. , Viking is a title not people if you understand what I mean
Fun fact: Russia is still called Rus in hindi. I wonder if it the same in other languages?
In Serbian we call person from Russia: 'Rus'
Так происходит только у старых стран
Excellent Narration and animation. Hope you post more videos with such animations.
This was great, but definitely needs a part 2, from middle ages to present and how it expanded to the Pacific.
So must be a remake, which starts in Suzdal. Kyiv and early stages of Stste until 12 century and if course Ukrainian and Belorusian lands until 17-18 century not include.
Not great, untruthful
4:17 Moscow evolved from weird UFO to weird Assault Rifle
Khoa Nguyễn lol True!
Lol this is definitely the history stuff I sign in for 😅
Excellent explanation! Thank you!
Excellent explanation of russian folk history? After 13 century it will be correct, but not roots. Grand Duchy of Lithuania was descendant of Rus'in terms of law, and those two countries will fight for centuries.
the art style is awesome
I thought Russia was founded by House Stark?
+Von Neely That's Scotland.
the north remembers
+Von Neely WINTER IS COMING!!!
+Von Neely ЗИМА БЛИЗКО
+Von Neely by Gang Putin
Muslim : *breaks his vodka* Russian : *cyka blyat*
СУКА БЛУТЬ!!😂😂😂
@@khailim2577 *ЛЯТЬ
IDI NAHUI YOU WESTERN SPY
Ok
КАКИЕ ВАША ДОКАЗАТЕЛЬСТВА XD
The state called "Kievan Rus" never existed, this term was coined in the XIX century to refer to the historical period when the capital was in Kiev.
Right. The state was called simply Rus
@@WatcherSCP Actually, Rous'. From this word derived Greek Rosiya. And finally, Rossiya. In the Medieval and the Early Enlightenment there was also name Russiya.
@@AlexanderSergeevRus "Russia" is an English word. The Russians themselves never called themselves that. During the Rurik dynasty, the state was simply called "Rus", because the Viking community from which Rurik originated was called Rus. People who lived in the state of Rus - called themselves Rusy In the Middle Ages, the name Rus was replaced by the Greek word "Rossia"
@@WatcherSCP No. In the Old Russian language this word has been writing as Роусь/Rous'. Rus' is derived from more modern word Русь. The name Rossiya with SS became common due the reign of Peter the Great. Before this time there were 5 equal names: Rossiya, Rosiya, Russiya, Russiya and Rus'. In the different titles of Russian Tsars and in a lot of chronicles were used various forms.
@@AlexanderSergeevRus I read "The Tale of Bygone Years" and "Novgorod Chronicles" in the original. Everywhere in the ancient Russian language is written "Rous". And where do you get your tales about "Rous" from - I don't know. Sources?
THANK YOU! Its incredible💙💙
So TED claims Cyrillic alphabet was created for the Russian empire by the Byzantine one. I would strongly suggest checking your resources again and looking into the history of the Cyrillic and in particular the history of the brothers Cyril and Methodius, who being emissaries of Christianity send by the Byzantine Emperor in West Eastern Europe and being chased out of there by Prince Rostislav of Great Moravia, where Cyril creates the Glagolitic alphabet, go to Bulgaria where Knyaz Boris I accepts them and their alphabet, which is later transformed by their students into the Cyrillic alphabet. The students then disperse to different parts of Europe, some going to Russia.
+pepi ivanov And your sources are? I don't think "youtube commenter pepi ivanov" counts as a valid one.
good point!
A bee I am Russian, i can give you many sources in russian lang.
Anna Sherli Try a more global language and I might consider this valid.
A bee no, believe me or learn Russian, it's an amazing language :)
To call the Christianity that the Rus adopted "Orthodox" is not technically correct as the label is applied today. They adopted the Chalcedonian Christian faith, which would split into Catholic & Orthodox a century later. They aligned with Orthodoxy because of their East Roman political ties and cultural influence. Additionally, that map did not do justice to the territory that came under the control of Poland and Lithuania. The Commonwealth contained much, much more territory--including modern Ukraine and Belarus. Though I find it most peculiar that the question of this video's title is never finally answered. We're given the history throughout the middle ages, but nothing with respect to the developments that occurred throughout the last five hundred years. For those that are curious, the synopsis is this: The Grand Duchy/Tsardom of Moscow and the Republic of Novgorod were the two most powerful fragments of the old Rus, and throughout the Renaissance most of the old Rus was restored under the rule of Moscow by 1600, mostly under Ivan the Great. After which Peter the Great in the 17th and early 18th centuries eventually elevated itself to the status of Empire with the acquisition of most of Siberia and the Eastern Steppe. Throughout the 18th century a very generous chunk of Poland-Lithuania was annexed through the three partitions, and acquisitions were taken from the Ottoman Turks--such as Crimea (a vassal state). Throughout the 19th and 20th century most of modern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Georgia as well as some of the island territories in the Pacific would come under their control. The overthrow of the Tsar and the formation of the Soviet Union occurred around the time of WW1, and lasted until its dissolution and the emergence of the modern Russian Federation in 1991.
and because wine (alcohol) was allowed, at least in part of the ceremonies/rituals. one thing at least that russkies and americanos have in common.. is their alcohol. other than that every body hates an american..we're such assholes.....ain't it great.
the answer is so close and easy: Russia took mongols system of ruling. conquest all that territory and corporate as their territory making largest country in the world. its here colony, and as unique country in the world never declare to give freedom conquest territories and countries.
Their part about 900-1237 didn't do any justice either, like conquests of Oleg, his victory over Byzantine, or conquests of Svyatoslav... there were tons of stuff going on even before Mongols...
Я так знаю, они русские приняли христианство от Бизанции.
Christian Dove в чячпап
The background drum beat is from"chenda" a native to kerala, india.
Very good timing on my KZhead feed
The animation is sooo cute! 😍
@@explorerx5934 Just a quick question for my personal statistics, is your nationality Indian, Bangladeshi?
@@skuirel555 she looks like shrek
@Maria Rai the guy I was responding to deleted his comment but basically he wanted to see bobs and vagene (a true indian lad)
looks like they are trying to relate to falling guys and among us r/hellofellowkids
I am Russian Oleg is no son of Rurik
Серб Russian заебиза
Серб yes, he son is Igor
Адвд
Он сказал, Олег С сыном рюрика
malen’kaya udalen’kaya No, he didn't.
The artwork is marvelous
I really like their graphics and narrations
Where does TED-Ed come from?
Many years ago there was a land, called Kievian TED. It was rise of Education.
America.
@10.000 subs with no videos actually America is two continets.
@Ando Varghese yep
From humans, no sht
Yeeeah, but how did they end up with half a fucken continent's worth of territory?
mostly because no one else wanted most of it.
There was that guy named Ermak. Tzar sent him to conquer east.
imho mongols destroyed almost any advanced civilization in the east and they left a huge power vacuum that had to be filled
because there way no real enemy...it was and more or less is just vast, uncivilized and unpopulated land
Not exactly. The mongols *made* Eurasia a vast, uncivilised and underpopulated land.
What a time to get recommended
The animation is sooo beautiful
Ancient Russians were incredibly adorable.
Modern Russian women are pretty cute too, but that's just my opinion.
Ioannis Polemarkhos Thanks😉😉☺☺
Cobi Lancaster That’s because you have no taste !
Ioannis Polemarkhos they were little potato people
I°-°I
Why so many mistakes? For example Batu never led first mongolian invasion.
For Rus, it was the first one
@@fedorflip Скорее-всего он имел в виду битву при Калке в 1223г.
I wish I had little creatures like in the video running around and just playing war (without hurting one another) in my living room.
10th century Russians: "Hmmmm, time for a new religion, what about Islam?" Islam: "No drinking" Russians: "Christianity, I choose you"
Those weren't russians, but the population of Rus of Kiev. I hope everyone realise that Rus of Kiev and Russia are completely different countries, with different everithing!!!! Now i realise why all the Americans mix up Russia and Ukraine, thinking that they have all the history, language, culture, ethnic groups in common. Spoiler- they DON'T!!!!!!!!!!
@@sofiyamyronyuk1443 The term Kievan Rus' was coined in the 19th century in Russian historiography to refer to the period when the centre was in Kiev. Dont confuse it with Ukraine.
@@yastyman the term was coined in X century in Kievan Rus itself Get yourself informed, please
@@sofiyamyronyuk1443 So i did, from English wiki The term Kievan Rus' (Russian: Ки́евская Русь, romanized: Kiyevskaya Rus) was coined in the 19th century in Russian historiography to refer to the period when the centre was in Kiev.[20] In English, the term was introduced in the early 20th century, when it was found in the 1913 English translation of Vasily Klyuchevsky's A History of Russia,[21] to distinguish the early polity from successor states, which were also named Rus. Later, the Russian term was rendered into Belarusian: Кіеўская Русь, romanized: Kiyewskaya Rus’ or Kijeŭskaja Ruś, Rusyn: Київска Русь, romanized: Kyïvska Rus′, and Ukrainian: Ки́ївська Русь, romanized: Kyivska Rus, respectively. where do you get info about X century?
The pride in his voice when he says "Nestor" made my day.
Thanks!
@@nestoreleuteriopaivabendo5415 :D
I don't know about rowing Vikings and other Slavic languages but in Macedonian the word RUS means, Blonde! Interesting connection indeed.
In Russian the word Rusyi/Rusaya is used to describe people with dark blond hair common among Eastern Slavs.
@POP-FOLK • BULGARIA Bulgarians are not even Slavs. MagyAR KhazAR SqiptAR TatAR BulgAR All Asian turcic tribes. Though Bulgarians got under Slavenisation proces and influenced by southern Slavs Bulgarians coulturaly became like Slavs.
@@saviobiogen9914 The Bulgars were basically the tip of power, the main population were Slavs, with time the Bulgars assimilated and adopted the traditions of the Slavs. It was the same in the Volga Bulgaria but with the Ugrians
@@saviobiogen9914 Modern Bulgarians are a product of Slavs AND Bulgars. They are indeed part of the slavic group of peoples.
+Michael Aleksovski The people that become known as Rus was from middle Sweden, from a town called Roslagen (old name Roden) Dont know if that is origin of the name Rus.
The graphic is gorgeous
1:18 "who, by the way, did not wear horned helmets in the battle " lol
When he said Kievan Rus I thought of Keanu Reeves
and I thought of Ukraine. Because it was Ukrainian state
@@user-tt8hn3bu1t It is part of Ukraine's history, sure, but it was not Ukraine. It is a country that does not exist anymore. We should not project present-day realities onto the past.
*We* are breathtaking.
kievskaya rus
lmao
Wait for it...The Mongols!!!
John Green
Mongolian history is dodgy
@@Noisemansoundinsect yep
Crash Course: World History by John Green
*W E A R E T H E E X C E P T I O N*
I've roughly known about the history of western Russia but always wondered about how Siberia got incorporated into the greater Russia. Thanks ted-ed 👍
Колонизировали, но из интересного есть сказать про завоевание казаком Ермаковым Сибирского ханства, а сама колонизация проходила в основном с помощью казаков и ещё одной семьи названию их я забыл
>basically two sentences about the topic >"Thanks ted-ed" ┐(￣ヘ￣)┌
Siberia was incorporated because Lithuanians, Belorusians and Ukrainians kick out Russians from West.
@@iceind4823 не забудь что это украинская история. Ваша начинается с Суздаля 12 века. Из-за того что в межусобице победила Москва, лучший данник монголов, и украинцы с беларусами и литовцами разбили вам лицо, пришлось идти на восток. Ты конечно не поверишь мне, но мой пруф в том, что у вас никогда не было и не будет демократии. А в Киевской Руси, Новгороде, Литовской Руси была, пусть и частичная и аристократическая. Вечные рабы царя, заложники собственных мифов и географии.
@@freikorpsdamonisch8127 посмотри титул Ивана 4
They make the epic history animation looks so cute
mix of truth and lies.
+32167BD What are the lies?
I would say there are more unconfirmed information. First of all, the word Rus would actually mean Red (the red people for whatever reason, I may be wrong, but the word ruso remained in the archaic versions of other Slavic languages meaning red). Second, there are archaeological sites that imply that the letters known now as Cyrillic predate Christianity (tombstones at Vinča, Serbia, around 6th century B.C.). Why there are few to none written records from that time is because: a) The Church would systematically destroy old Slav scriptures (and also building churches in the very sites of pagan worship) b) Communism (I do not want to even begin explaining this) And c) Isolation from the West I do realize that the lack of evidence is not evidence itself, but you do have to realize that due constant turbulence in Slavic societies (i.e. wars,economic recession,ideological disputes etc.) there has been very little concern for archaeology and historical research. There are other things I could point out, but I am not a historian, I may be wrong, and I cannot be bothered to type anymore :)
no the cyrillic alphabet is called like that for a reason and of course there never was something called "old slavic" destroyed by the church and the communists. read history and speak with proof my friend.
There was some old "runes", but they was so primitive and undeveloped (versus scandinavian "runes") that modern history states that they were not for actual writing but just some symbols of pagan gods.
that's what history is
This is a good intro to the huge complex story, but the transition between 4:20 and 4:30 is that very part that should have answered the question "why is Russia so big?", and it fails to do so. The whole video is about the ancient story of a rather small territory only known better because it was closer to Europe, and in fact Russia is big because in the16th, 17th, 18th and 19th century it colonized the vast territories of Siberia and Far East (in a manner that was not necessarily peaceful, but completely vegetarian compared to other European colonizers). Unlike Britain, France, Spain and Portugal, Russia managed to keep most of its colonies and military conquests (but not all of them - and personally I am happy that many of the so-called post-Soviet republics found their way to sovereignty and better life), primarily because its rule was comparatively unobtrusive (the native population could keep their culture, language, religion and economic systems as long as they pledged loyalty and paid taxes), the assimilation was slow, gradual and often successful, and because the collapse of empires in the XXth century saw Russia occupied with completely different processes and ideas within the USSR. Another factor is that if you live in a colony and your territory is on the shore, the economic benefits of separation are potentially high. For a landlocked territory they are doubtful, and the cost of liberation is always very expensive. Therefore, many territories that are now within Russia as republics decided not to pay that cost.
loved your comment, very interesting
that's a cool piece
as a Russian, I can confirm you're right.
The power was spilit and divided lastly by the mongols and reformed in unity against such threats. After the void was made
You are clearly wrong in the place where you think that they did not impose significant pressure on occupied nations. Look up how many nationalities does RF contain and how is their culture going(there is a lot of them and their languages are dead as well as their culture). Not all the post soviet countries saved it’s culture. Look at Belarus which language is now officially dying. All the other countries are fighting their way back away from russian language to their own culture. Speaking about Ukraine, you can read about suppression of the Ukrainian language on the Wikipedia. There were around 180 laws for the last 5 centuries from Poland and Russia total, but the former is clear winner in banning. Not mentioning Stalin’s terror, Holodomor and countless elite repressions. So no, the struggle was real.
the animator deserves a cookie
It’s a really amazing story !! Thanks TED-ED so much
As a fellow TED speaker i have to add... some facts are not accurate. For instance... the first Mongol raid with 37k ppl was not the one that swept Russia. They won and did phenomenal damage - but Russian army weakened them as well. So they left. But what Russian princes did not expect is that the Horde would return with more than 100k army (it is easy to calculate as Tomerlan had a very strict and specific "metric" system for army squads 10-100-1000-10k". And this Horde - yes, they swiped Russia with Kiev as capital - this country stopped to exist. But on the north - Novgorod managed to make a deal with the Mongols and stayed more or less independent. With time Novgorod and Moscow became the cradle for this new great commonwealth of nations. What kills me as a Russian is that many people don't know why the horde did attack Russia. The fact is - they did not want to - their intelligence told them that Russians are people of word, with strong army and rich culture. The Mongols sent emissaries to establish relations. Russian princes killed them as they thought those were spies (history says that in reality those princes did it because they wanted to engage other "brothers" in a war as a power-struggle tool). With emissaries killed the horde who's values were built on honor had no choice but to return and avenge their honor. We paid "an iron price" for this murder. But the Horde later paid for theirs - with no great leader leading the horde it becomes unmanageable. We used it. As a result - we've blended together and became one country. There were other inaccuracies and I truly regret you decided to skip the part that is very relevant - before Mongol invasion old Russia (specifically under Vladimir "Great Nest" rule) was the most democratic country in the old world - women were allowed to learn and study + provide serious advice to the warriors. Kids went to schools (free). Most leaders were elected publicly. Most decisions were taken together - there was no typical monarchies... they were pretty unique forms of ruling. It is important for a reason - deep in our genes we feel that this vision lead as to extinction - we were unorganized, we could not take fast and effective decisions facing the horde, disputes took forever etc. I think blending with the Horde made us a country that learned its lessons and right now is trying to build something that did not exist before, something that is based on both democratic principles and ability to make fast and effective decisions overnight. It would take time - you cannot build it in one night. But I have hope.
The question is rather go into democracy or combine the power of west and east. The second is more beneficial even without complete democracy. Russians learned it hard way. Why would they want any more democracy? I think we should combine democracy for our people with the rule of an authority. Both democracy and authority are useful tools for the people.
Евгений Черешнев
Евгений Черешнев Ohh and the alphabet is derrived from the Kirilits...😂(I am bulgarian btw)
Thank you for some extended information and your opinions on your country. You come across as very proud of your country. I hope it will continue to make you proud in the future.
Very nice comment. Always good to hear both sides 👍
so russia isnt muslim because of vodka?
Vodka, medwedy, Dmitriy and balalayka!
Thank fucking Christ. Could you imagine a real muslim world power (pff)? I mean, if somehow the entire country suddenly converted, we'd all be SOL. But Russia would be like 300 different countries by now if it were anyways.
Kako Kako The Cold War. Islam's hate of the West would be a pretty good instigator and we'd be in the middle of nuclear winter.
Vodka was inveted in 1936 in USSR.
I found out about a Slavic god named Radegast, said to be the god of hospitality. some people did use human sacrifice to worship him, but if they really thought about it, it could've been the same God as the One that Christian churches followed. Maybe the two religions had a lot more in common than they first thought.
3:20 'but nothing last's forever'- T.swift - wildest dreams
A good catch on that, khan sahiba!
Great little video - just shared it with my American wife ❤
Я даже не знаю, что сказать. С одной стороны, озвучены кое-какие реальные факты, с другой, эти факты перемешаны с вымыслом или просто искажены. В общих чертах, для людей, которые совсем не знают что такое Россия, сойдёт для первичного понимания.
Да это для западников, кто то будет разбираться. Нет конечно. Главное, что бы себя любимых туда примешать.
what
По-моему единственное с чем они накосячили это норманнская теория
Западные источники и дают её искожённой. Специально или нет не знаю.
@@user-gi6qd8rm2r а еще они в штаны тебе насрали, а в газете правда - чистую правду пишут
It came from the cheeki breeki gods.
v damke
??? are you trying to save money by using less words ??? we may not possibly know what you intend for us to understand from your little word "it". - vlad
blin xaxaxa
valinoi ne mashi
aaaa , maslinu poimal
Oleg wasn't Rurik's son, Igor was. Oleg was a relative of Igor, supposedly his uncle. He was a regent and was ruling until rurik became old enough.
This animation is great!😍
So when did they invent the holy words "cyka blyat"?
*blyat'
May be when one guy asked stupid question like yours.
Stupid kid
both are ancient. сука/suka is unchanged from the Proto-Slavic (making it at least ~1500 years old in its present form); блядь/blyad', from Proto-Slavic *blędĭ, must have already had its denasalised vowel in place around the time Russia was founded (9th century), and lost its ultrashort final vowel, along with the voicedness on the /d/ (which was what eventually gave rise to the popular deliberate misspelling блять/blyat'), around the 13th or 14th century.
lol, its "fuck" on english
Slavic blood and viking rule, gotta love the Kievan Rus.
slavic tribes*
In fact, the name Kievan Rus was used much later ( 18-19 Century) by historians to determine the time when Kiev had become a capital of the land. Novgorod was the center before and Moscow became later. It is proper to call it Ancient Rus.
It is proper to call it Ancient Rus. (IRINA Vu)
Love the animation! A+
This version of Russian history is very simplyfied and has got many "facts" which was created by foreign professors invited to Russia in 18th century who considered Russians as barbarians. Many ancient manuscript had disappeared and we have many ancient facts corrupted. Learn more about Lomonosov's biography(great Russian scientist, who lived then) "Facts" about absence of writing system among ancient Slavs are also wrong, because they had "bukvitsa" - alphabet which consisted of 54 letters-symbols. It's proved by latest excavations in the ancient city Great Novgorod. People wrote to each other on birch's rind 1000 years ago...
There's a problem. Not a singe birch or other source of precyrillic writing was ever found. Of course there were some kind of writing systems, but they were not preserved.
Что ты гонишь? Покажи мне научную статью, где бы говорилось о том, что на берстяных грамотах, было что то написано на древнерусском. Нет таковых. Если есть, предъяви.
Lomonosovs anti-norman theory based on he’s subjective thoughts. He didn’t give any evidence, proofs etc. He’s 18th century professor, just like those, who invented norman theory. We don’t know the truth
Иван Клименко +Ломоносов был естествоиспытателем, но никак не историком. Я вообще не понимаю, что плохого в том, что в зарождении русской государственности поучаствовали иностранцы? Совершенно обычное для мировой истории дело, взять ту же Англию или Испанию
Ilya Dergunov людям слишком много времени уделяют прошлому и мало настоящему. Они не понимают, что их будущее в большей степени определяется не какими-то там Рюриками, Ломоносовыми и пр., а ими самими
I am learning new things I hadn't known because of this amazing channel. Keep up the good work !
RUSSIA IS NOT RUS, it is the successor to a Rus COLONY, ZALESYE, they are majority Finno-ugric people, they just stole the name Russia for themselves after they concoured their former masters - the people now know as Ukrainians, Ukraine 🇺🇦 is the real Rus.
Thanks, but "Kievan Rus" is just the name of a time period, like Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece introduced as early as 19th century. It's not the name of a state. Why didn't you stress on the fact that Oleg actually had conquered Kiev before he "moved his capital to Kiev"? Vladimir is in the wrong place in your map. No mention of the Novgorod Republic, just that there was some democracy? Seriously? It has been much more influential city than Kiev. It used to be a part of the Hanseatic League if the name tells you anything.
> much more influential Yet it always tried to separate itself as much as possible from both the Muscovites and the Kievljans, basically being for the most part a "free city" (or polis, you name it)
you know your history
Russia didn't conquer Kiev. Its like Russia attacked to Russia. Kiev was capital of rus - ancient country renamed to Russia.
arty Actually, Oleg came to Kiev, killed Askold and Dir in 882, laying claim on Kiev and the throne there. The word "Russia" didn't exist at that time, so we can say the city of Novgorod conquered Kiev in 882. Both were Slavic, true.
@Croatia Folk Tales no. Rus' formed by slavs. 1-st leader of Rus' is Rurik, he scandinavian. Ukrainians is people, who leave near border. This word happened from russian " у края", what means " near the edge". Slavic people, who live near border named the Ukrainians (ykrainci on russian) until 16 century. Before 16 century Ukrainians didn't exist, but named Cossacks. Cossacks is armoured people with weapon, who valuntery live near border and defend her. Russians didn't have army before 15 century, only civillians with weapon. In 15-17 centuries russian army was very supply and light. Only 5 000 russian soldiers and 70 000 polish soldiers. Poles occupied Moscow. Moscow was in occupation for 3 years , and rebels comed. They destroyed polish forces. Russian civil people stronger than army. Example : great fatherland war. In west this war named great patriotic war. (1941-45).
Nice timing okkkk
Simple but very well done! Thoroughly enjoyed it.
yea but all we ever talk about is west russia. there is a crap load of land to the east, past the ural mountains. What about over there?
it was either uninhabited or uncivilized. There was an expansion from the Duchy of Moscow into these land from 16th to 19th century. That's pretty much it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_conquest_of_Siberia
some parts of eastern Russia including Siberia is the ancestral lands of Turkic people.
+WolfyOfHonor "uninhabited or uncivilized" is a myth. In reallity Siberia was populated by Turkish Khanates after the fall of Mongolian empire. Siberian Khans made raids on Russia through Ural mountains for more then 150 years. One of the raid consisted near 20 thousands cavalryman. Khans had even arty to defend the cities. You can check your link. For example native Americans didn't know even ironworks and horsemanship.
+ MrNotebookguy Eurasian steppes are ancestral lands for most of indoeuropean nations.
Fedor Evdokimenko Our ancestral lands are and borders are well described on Orkhon script carvings. I don't think we are indo-european and I don't think there were any indo-european nation where Turkic peoples originate from I wish we never had travelled all the way from Central Asia to the west too meet with the people who had culturally destroyed our heritage
Oleg wasn't Rurik's son. Very weak for TED.
So the fact that there was no russia in that century and in the next five, doesn't wonder you at all?
Michael Birchenko There was no Ukraine until the 20th century so shut up pls
Mark Adams U SHUT UP. TWICE ARE NOW THE RULERS OF THE WORLD.
+ Commander of Twiceland how much do they pay u for promoting them?
Igor was a Rurik's son
Oleg wasn't a son of Rurik, Igor was, in fact Oleg was just a good friend of him taking a regency on Igor
It is proved by genetic methods that the Rouriks were not "vikings" or what we call now Nordics/Scandinavians. As well, it a mistake to translate "varyag" as "viking". That was a wrong hypothesis.
How by genetic methods?Did you find there graves?
@@thedailyjusteen7742 It has been always known, and historically documented, who are the direct descent of the Rouriks in- and outside Russia. In recent years some of them have participated in several filogenetic studies. The results are published. You could find them with a search online. There is no need to open the tombs of the Rouriks kept in one of the Kremlin's cathedrals, and in other places.
@Truly The Boy Genes do not submit to Stalin's ruling, but to biological processes.
Why varyag!=viking is wrong? I thought it comes from the Greek Varangian Guard that was almost entirely scandinavian
@@alexwhite3830 "Viking" does not represent a nation or ethnic group. It the term to mention a subpopulation dedicated to a particular activity, and as consequence, keeping a style of life. Viking travelled to remote lands and also mixed with other peoples. So, even some of them were of darker skin and hair as portrayed in the fantasy movies. As well, there were finno-ugric groups of people amongst the Vikings. Vikings is not a synonym of Varyag in genetics. Viking is neither a synonym of "Scandinavian".
You did not talk about the principalities, and the old kingdoms, this is the actual base of the whole russian culture.
says the man who threatened it
but saved it.
It's so oversimplified that it's a nearly useless knowledge .
Quantumese Boy agreed
Yeah, you can get way more info on the subject simply by reading the Wikipedia page. This video is like a result of some student quickly scanning that Wikipedia page and then making a video on it.
SO TERUE - WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN.
GOAL OF ANY ANGLO-SAXON WAS AND IS TO CONFUSE REST OF POPULATION ABOUT SLAVS. SO WE SHOULD TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES AND NOT BOTHER THEM WITH SOMETHING THEY REFUSE TO ACCEPT.
True
im watching this in March of 2022 and it’s coming together
I love the animation I think it would make a good strategy game
Oleg is not Rurik's son. Igor is the only known son of Rurik and Efanda. Oleg is Efanda's brother. Oleg's daughter, Olga, married Igor (yes they were cousins). And Rus people are mixed collection of Baltic, Norse and Slavic Tribes. They even raided Constantinople together. Rurik didn't unite the only Slavic Tribes he united all (Baltic Slavic and Norse) the tribes from lake Ladoga, Russia to what today is Baranovichi, Belarus to what today is Nizhny Novgorod Russia. Oleg spread the country down to Kiev. And whenever we speak about the Rus it involves what today is western Russia, Northeastern Ukraine and Belarus. Edit: Originally Rurik and Oleg from Ladoga (Veliky Novgorod), Whether they were of Norse Slavic orBaltic origin it doesn't matter. (Slavic People Baltic and Norse people intermixed way before the viking age during the vendel period, that's why they all look alike.). Their power spread to Kiev.
Exactly!
That’s actually pretty accurate!!
Pigs and elephants cannot procreate! Haven't you ever heard the Loverboy song???
I'd like to remind to you guys why we learn history. Not to decide which blood and nation is "stronger", "smarter" etc. But to understand mistakes of the past to create bright new future.
If it wasnt mentioned enough already, Im going to mention it again: Oleg wasnt Rurik's son, he was Rurik's brother-in-law and regent-ruler for the son of Rurik; Igor.
Thank you so much !