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Cheers my friend! Thank you for your support of my work!

No, it is quite an apt comparison. As far as Dynasty - it doesn’t matter much here as Danylo (Daniel) the king of Ruthenia (Galicia-Volhynia) was from the Same dynasty and ruled many of the core Kyivan Rus’ lands. The dynasty of Rurik pasted through the Ruth (Ukrainians) just the same as the rulers of the Muscovites. The rules of Rus were very much a family affair, rulers of the same bloodline, the Dynasty, ruled many parts of the Kyivan Rus’. The Dynasty in Muscovia(Russia) also ended before the “Times of Troubles” in the 1500s. so any historical precedent for claim over the lands of Rus’ that the modern state used today is null. The Romanov dynasty is not Rurik’s. The Muscovia of the 1600s - let alone the Russia of today, had as much claim on the historical lands of Rus’ as Romania does on the historic lands of the Roman Empire.

If you think being Russia is better than being Canada you are WILDLY uninformed lol

@DevinSanLuis Why would any Country want to be like Canada? It is projected to have the slowest growth out of any developed country for the next 30 years. It has had one of the worst cost of living increases since covid out of any developed country. GDP per capita growth over the last decade had underperformed most developed countries. The quality of health care has been declining for the last 2 decades and there are no solutions in sight. The country is in perpetual fiscal deficits and its people are among the most indebted in the world. It has a drug, crime and homelessness problem similar to the USA (not as bad yet). Population growth is entirely led by immigration and for some reason the government imports people primarily from India, one of the biggest cities in the country has a population around 0.5 million and Indians make up over 50%. I could probably throw out another dozen points in this ramble and still not touch the surface.

Every issue you raised from the economic, safety, crime, to any other of your supposed dozen spare points... Russia does worse on every single one of them. All of them. To say otherwise is laughable bordering on delusion - despite whatever weird beef you have with Canada. Look I get the western privilege but the people in democratic, developing nations would LOVE to be closer to a Canada than a Russia. That is a fact.

Yes, Canada is a better place to be than russia, but it is not a pinnacle of success like most foreigners make it out to be. It leads with many 21st-century problems, and I don't think that it is, in its current state, something to aspire to.

If you have some knowledge to disprove these claims that don’t come from a Russian source then please let me know. :)

@@DevinSanLuis Yes I do. Do you? Don't be confused by YT nicknames.

Please post your sources then by all means :)

Cheers! Thank you for watching!

It is a great pleasure of mine! Thank you for watching!

Absolutely! Part three will be out next week and catch us back to the modern day! I’m really happy people like this series. Taras Shevchenko definitely deserves his own video as he’s probably the most important modern figure to Ukraine!

That’s just sad 😂

Fingers crossed! Revolog told me that while while making this film in 120 would be a greater challenge, it’s not impossible,

I appreciate coming at disagreements respectfully! Truly! Why I believe it has some legs is the fact that while Moscovia did not originate from mongol creation, they were the reason they become so powerful. Even Russian or Russian friendly sources seem to at least begrudgingly admit to this. Timothy Snyder, and Orest Subtelny both write on the fact that Muscovia, Russian Tsardom, Soviets, and as we see with Russia today, they tried to really sell a narrative of ownership of the Rus’ identity. It was and is their justifying their imperialism. As you mentioned Putin and his lackeys all speak on ancient treaties, openly state they believe they still own the Baltic States, because of their “Rus’ ties” this subverts Ukrainian and Belarusian sovereignty, etc etc. ultimately history can be a weapon. Putin and the official Soviet and Russian narrative uses Ukrainian history against its own people and that is how most people see the history of this side of the world. The Russian way. That’s why I believe the History of Ukraine should be told by them going forward.

@@DevinSanLuis yes I absolutely agree about weaponisation part. Especially with all those three-united russian people crap from 19 century that Putin tried to shove Paradoxically Rus could be a positive uniting past for eastern slavs, but Russian powers are well.. Idiotic and evil

also Ivan the Terrible claimed that he was a descendant of Julis Cezar, not only Rurik 😉

Let´s give back Kaliningrad to Germany, it has never ever been Russian 1945; let give back Carelia to Finland and Kuriles Islands to Japan, as well as Vladivostok and all the North East to China, it was illegally occupied in 1861.

Sounds good to me.

Cheers my friend! Glad you enjoyed!

Thank you for watching! The other parts of our interview should be up in the coming days!

Cheers! I agree, I’ll be putting out the next part of this interview in the coming days!

Glad you enjoyed! Ukrainian history is very deep and interesting. It’s a shame that so much of it has been twisted into propaganda by Russia.

Cheers! This little camera is a hidden powerhouse! Glad you enjoyed the video!!

Safer* yes. It’s true that not all of Ukraine is at the same risk as somewhere like Vovchansk but let’s not downplay things. Odesa, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih these places face attacks and fatalities, some daily. It is important for that to be documented and shown to the West. I have made clear in my reporting that the East and West of Ukraine live in two different realities though. Life goes on in both Lviv, Kyiv, and Kharkiv but at drastically different levels of threat. Lastly, if you do serve, thank you for that.

Hello there! You can find Alina through her website at awesomekyiv.com I also have it linked in the video description! She offers a lot of tours that are off the beaten path. Tell her that I sent you! Lol

You see, it wouldn’t be that hard in theory! Just need to find a way that the chemicals wouldn’t bleed through the paper while it’s rolled up. It’s single use only but I have seen people do little 35mm tin types in their cameras before.

@@DevinSanLuis thats cool af! Tiny tin types! Put it in a polly pocket lol

That was the goal! Give the wider community a different look at a camera that has been talked about a good amount!

🙏 always appreciate the Ukrainian support!

героям слава! That's the strategy! Draw people in with cameras and my photojournalism and hope they stay for the Documentaries and Interviews! I'm very glad to hear you're learning the language - it's really a difficult task!

Thank you for the compliment! Kharkiv is truly one of my favorite places in Ukraine. Having just come back from there again I already miss it! But I will have more photos to show in the future!

Exactly so! Having a psychical moment in history will increasingly become important and rare. Film forever!

Not even close to reality 😂

Lmfao no he didn't, remember he said it would never happen. Even back in 08 he said he had no territorial concerns in Ukraine, including Crimea. Then in 2014 he had no involvement in the war in Donbas. Then in 2021/2022 he said there would be no war and they were just conducting exercises. He said that Ukraine joining NATO would have consequences and was a red line and what not but that never came anywhere close to fruition.

Thank you! It was definitely a bit of an experiment but one that really worked out I feel. A good way to keep content on the channel in between a lot of my more serious work. And damn straight use that XA more! Lol

Thank you! The XA will need to be focused with the knob at all times if you want sharp images as anything below F/11 or F/8. However, it is possible to set the focus about where you need it to be, set the aperture to F/11 and not worry about it. I just wouldn’t do that all the time.

A true loss! It is a fantastic little camera. I also have the flash unit but rarely find myself in need of it! Cheers to Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Everyone will have a preference of course. I think the original XA is still the best out of that line. I sure probably do a purge of my camera collection soon too!

@@DevinSanLuis Have you tried the Minox ? Of the five cameras in the XA series some (as I) will argue that the XA 3 is the better choice.

I’ve never used a Minox actually. I’ve heard they are fairly reliable though. Sell me on the XA-3. What am I missing out on? Because one of the largest sticking point for me is having full control of my focus.

@@DevinSanLuis I have never had problems with my Minox 35 ML, but be careful with older models though. 🤣 "Full control with focus" on a XA, not more than with a XA 3 ! If you nned full control, then there is only SLR cameras. The XA 3 and XA 4 is a newer design and have faster shutter speed which often can be needed, the XA 4 can even focus much closer than a XA ! The most "bad" is the XA1 which is very simple.

@@DevinSanLuis I love the original XA. If I was to sell you on the XA3 though it would be that it can meter up to 1600 ISO, if you’re pushing black and white film to 1600, you’ll have sharp photos as the camera will automatically use faster shutter speeds and smaller apertures for wider depth of field at the higher ISO.

A beautiful tribute for him. Expertly quoted.

Thank you! I will do my best! 🙏

Everyone who has known him as spoken about how incredible he was… I am just honored I could have this ability to show the man he was to the world.

Thank you for watching! Ukraine needs voices now more than ever!! Calling your congressman and keeping up pressure is the back Ukraine funding is the best thing we can do right now.

Glad you liked it!