🚩 Special Holiday Season deal! Go to nordvpn.com/HistoryMarche to get a 2-year plan plus 1 additional month with a huge discount! 🚩Big shout to House of History for working with me on this video. 🚩 Roman von Ungern-Sternberg was of Baltic-German nobility origin, served in the Imperial Russian Army, but fell in love with the far-east, its history and culture. He was convinced he was a descendant of Ghengis Khan, adopted a hybrid ideology of combined Buddhism, Christianity and Samurai influences, and led his clique of merciless Cossacks in brutal battle against the Bolsheviks. But not before conquering Mongolia, albeit for a brief while, and declaring himself its head of state. He waged a campaign of terror, without any mercy towards his opponents. Still, at the same time, according to historians, a modern-day independent Mongolia would not be possible without his activities. He became known as the Mad Baron in history books, an epitaph that is rather fitting for this larger than life character, whichever way you look at him.
". . . according to historians, ". . . a modern day, independent Mongolia wouldn't be possible . . . " ???? How's that? When exactly were these "historians" writing about a, ". . . modern day, independent, Mongolia . . ."??? If Von Ungern-Sternberg had been ultimately victorious in the Russian Civil war, killing international COMMUNISM in it's crib. there might actually be some form of " . . . modern day, independent Mongolia(n) . . ." state, at least in recent memory. What type of honest, informed, & objective "historian" would call Mongolia, (roughly the Asian region designated as Mongolia in your video), "INDEPENDENT" in any meaningful way. Your own video starts with 7,000 Chinese soldiers occupying the Mongolian capital, & a Soviet installed Communist puppet government in power, at the end. Evidently the "Mad Baron" didn't execute enough of the Mongolian communists, or Mongolia might actually be a politically independent, fully sovereign state in the 21st century. Sadly the Chinese Communist Party is the de facto ruling power in Mongolia today. The CCP regime is openly ending the traditional Mongolian way of life, & the term "cultural genocide," is grossly inadequate to describe the current political situation in Mongolia today. Like the native Tibetan minority in the south,, & the Uyghir Muslim minority population in China's far west, the Chinese Communist regime is actively working to eliminate these ethnic cultures, if not the ethnic minority populations themselves, if they fail to properly integrate into the Han Chinese majority, & socialist collectivist ideology. From the lethal chemical weapon Fentanyl, smuggled almost exclusively into the US, (China's #1 geo-political opponent), with the full complicity of the CCP. to the imprisoned Falun Gong members used to supply the CCP's lucrative organ transplant industry, not to mention the Covid 19 pandemic intentionally unleashed upon the entire world because the Communist leaders refused to be a responsible global partner, & at least make an effort to contain the deadly, highly infectious novel viral pathogen within it's own national borders, instead of insisting that overseas travel FROM the Covid 19 epicenter Wuhan, & the rest of Hubei province, continue unhampered. If the CCP was able to somehow prevent the original Covid 19 outbreak in WUHAN, from spreading to the rest of mainland China, leaving roughly 1.3 BILLION Chinese citizens largely unaffected by the same deadly pathogen that has toll globally in the millions, pushing an estimated half a BILLION people around the world BACK INTO POVERTY, with millions of the world's most marginalized expected to literally st starve to death in the coming years due to disruptions in leaving national economies great & small in ruins for who knows how many years, if they ever can recover. was the product of incredibly risky, highly controversial & self evidently dangerous "gain of function research" we know has been conducted at the WUHAN Institute of Virology, for nearly a decade. or the SARS Cov 2 Virus, that has devastated even healthy national economies around the globe, was the product of an illicit CCP directed bio-weapons program,
Ungern was described as “Suicidally brave”, and “Preformed acts of heroism that would make his enemies pause in sheer astonishment”, Leading cavalry charges into machine gun fire and when his horse was shot from under him, mounting the nearest one he could find and continuing the charge.
8 honors for being wounded incl. St. George Cross, 10 (!!!) mounted charges against machine guns "pursued to the point of cold arms combat". Basically a Warhammer character, doing that with his own life w/o plot armor.
The issue is, he just was a notch too brutal - too unpredictable - too anti-social. If you compare him to others successfull Characters in similar situations, you'll see that they often ended up on top because they were more sensible. More adapted to their enviorment.
@@DaroriDerEinzige I agree that he was a wee too brutal but... Remember Timur? Remember Genghis Khan? These guys terrorised but yet were respected because people feared them, not that they were loved. If Ungern was born some centuries earlier when states only fought with unsophisticated weapons he would have been a legendary figure.
@@aiyeaiye1371 a.) different times b.) Genghis was pretty chill in peace times. He was probably a r*pist, and he was strict yet towards his sons he was extremly understanding- Ungern on the other hand is too unhinged. Its like - I really kinda like Rommel and while he was compared to me a geniues as Commander, I wouldn't go so far to title him as the "best German General" in regards of tactics and strategy. Ungern wasn't able to actually build up a base of power; because you mentioned Genghis, he was actually able to get supporters even from rival Clans. Ungern was despised by the people outside of his Unit and even his Unit wasn't really loyal. His end is actually proof that he hadn't the makings of a King, neither do I, he trusted the wrong people and as I said he was too unhinged. He would've been probably a great Knight/Samurai/Warrior and we would remember him more kindly if he would've fought on the winnin' side. But all facts considered ... He was pretty much just a brutal guy which redeeming factor is his bravery.
My name is surrounded with such hate and fear that no one can judge what is true and what is false, what is history, and what is myth -Roman von Ungern-Sternberg
Listening to this story all I could think about was learning recently from these wonderful YT history channels about how Belisarius was so strict with controlling the behavior of his soldiers to keep the populace on their side. This guy could have taken that advice.
@@Sedgewise47 Because the same traits that drive bravery and composure/coolness are often the same ones that cause psychopathic behaviour unfortunately
Between 1941 and 1943 the Germans exported 1.9 million Polish Jews to Belarus under the "special process" arrangement, this is what makes Belarus a unique country today.
His legacy in Mongolia is a truly mixed one. We loved his offensive against the Chinese, his conversion to Buddhism, his reverence towards our spiritual head and his attempts to foster an alliance with Tibet. But we hated his ultimate brutality and terror towards any who opposed him. But as a native of an independent Mongolia, I do feel a sense of gratitude for his action in securing our country’s independence
@@turan_kaya No one knows cause he ordered the people who buried him to be killed and then he ordered those people who killed the original gravediggers to be killed and then he ordered the people who killed the first group to be killed and then he ordered the group who killed the group that killed the first group to be killed by another group who then were killed by another group
This is mostly communist biased history about him. As a Mongolian we know him for who he was. He was a loyal soldier and descent general. He was asked by Mongolian nobles to divert from his original destination to free Mongolia from Anhui clique of China which had stationed over 10,000 soldiers in at Urguu (Urga) and Khovd (western Mongolia) since 1919. He did not kill nor plunder people of Mongolia for that he has our respect however he hanged less then 100 communist Russians during his stay (fact: Communists killed and prosecuted over 10% of Mongolian total population, over 40% of able bodied men during the purge). He printed first Mongolian paper money, established a bank, created first factory and did various improvements during his few months here. It is sad to see him smeared as a blood thirsty war monger even to this day. PS: That photo of Asiatic Cavalry division is not accurate, it looks like some Chinese warlord unit.
Truth is usually a mixture of both sides. It's highly likely that he was both a psychopathic warlord and gracious to Mongolia which he had a strong bond with (he said he was a descendant of Genghis Khan after all). The video actually never claimed that he was harsh to Mongolians. It only said that his men were undisciplined.
Isn't it strange how the Communist side of events are regularly used by historians as a "neutral" source despite the obvious conflict of interest? Thanks for putting your perspective out there, it's nice to hear a different side of the story.
I’m russian and im sad he didn’t recreated the Mongolian empire. Russia is eurasian country not european, and we hate the europeans. We had to destroy the Europe back then. I hope someday Eastern Slavic people, turkic and mongolic people of the steppe will unite again!!
winners write history, covering embarrasing history for hundreds of years. That way they not only immunize themselves, but also their children. Like Colon, or Joan d'Arc enemies.
Ungern is definietely one interesting persona. I first learned about him playing HoI IV mod Kaiserreich. Then I read everything what was about him in Wikipedia, it wasn't much unfortunately. Really good video I learned many new and interesting things about him :)
I really like the graphics and animations across the various borders. As a 'westerner', there's a lot of names and places I'm not familiar with, the visuals really help to make sense of it all and understand the vast distances in these countries. 🤓👍
Eastern Siberia and Central Asia were the place where brutal and cruel, psychopathic and charismatic White and White Cossack warlords became famous: Ungern, Semyonov, Kalmykov, Annenkov. It was literal Heart of Darkness and its adaptation of Apocalypse Now, but in reality
Brutal crucibals form people made of steel with no soft centre. But they usually have to be iron before they experience those horrors so it can only be considered a perverse horific power up.
4:47 He changed the order of his surnames because he didn't like being called Sternberg and in doing so created a pun out of his name. He referred to himself as "Ungern von Sternberg" instead of correctly "von Ungern-Sternberg". Ungern is the opposite of gern, which means gladly or readily. So by saying he is Ungern von Sternberg it means he is reluctantly called von Sternberg - as though he doesn't want to have that last name. What a rebel.
@@Computertypad I mean the "von" would have been part of his name either way. He just changed the order of his surnames. The info about Sternberg sounding Jewish is makes a lot of sense. Changing his last name to make it sound like he only reluctantly carries that name makes it very clear that he didn't want to have the surname Sternberg.
@@bartelgrant Yeah it's a fun idea, i don't know if it's that realistic that this was his actual motive. But it's a fun idea for sure! He called himself a baron in the steppes, and he fought for the whites, so he didn't have anything against noblemen or the monarchy, on the contrary. He wasn't exactly a communist. And from what I understand he neither had a fallout with his family. So did he just change his name for the jokes? I don't think so.
Seriously. For most of that documentary, I was thinking that if he were born 300 years earlier, he would've been a conqueroring warlord instead of a historical footnote.
Wow what a collab indeed great job guys! Brought something I wouldn't even dream exist let alone guessed it. Keep it up you too and you're already naturals working together👌.
A man's idea of a man, I got goosebumps hearing about him, just fucking epic The balls, the willpower, the sheer charisma, audacity, fearlessness and complete confidence, a man who would have become a famous warlord and conquerer in any other era
Really love at around 16:00 the slowly creeping red cloud getting closer to Mongolia- what a cool effect! Makes me think he’s buys doing whatever in Mongolia when this huge raging conflict got closer as the soviets consolidated power.
His story is proof to me that you can be both a a bad man and admirable. He was senselessly violent and amazingly brave. He was a tyrant, but liberated people from other tyrants. Truly a captivating and complicated person.
Excellent Historical Channel (History Marche) excellent explaining of His Life story of That Mad Baron man .that is a fate of any Political & Military Leader ,Even a wealthy head swimming against Region Policy Current thanks for sharing
I once was with a woman who claimed to be the descendent of the last Mongolian princess (her grandma, still alive living near Moscow) who was the only survivor after the communists got rid of the aristocrats, intellectuals and former leaders in Mongolia. That must have taken place in the mid later 1930s. That princess ended up in a prison or Gulag in Sibiria where she met a German soldier captured by the red army at the eastern WWII front, who couldn't remember his identity anymore or so he claimed. These both married later and had one son, that woman's father. She was always secret about revealing more, once saying her family was afraid to reveal the real identity. The face of Ungern, there is some resemblence, but that would render the story fake. I would really like to know what happened in Mongolia from 1920-1940 but it's difficult to find sources.
I have seen two videos. Your channel is interesting and focuses on things fairly different from most. So subscribed today. Nice balance similar but far enough removed from other history channels on TH-cam.
@@vladimir0681 i agree with / do understand your point, BUT my comment was pointed towards the style chosen in this video, since the borders in europe look just the same as the ones in far east asia. Im sorry about not being able to explain this in the detail id like to, im limited by my own english skills :c So anyways, reflecting the certainty/uncertainty of a border visually could be a very neat detail. But thats not whats going on the video and therefore id prefer sharper and correct borders over these stylized ones. This is of course a somewhat minor detail, but in my opinion still fedback worthy - especially looking at how much more pleasing i find the maps in most history marche videos to be!
First time i learnt about this guy was only a week ago, it is quite strange that i see this video now so little time after that. Great video and i learnt new stuff and that is really cool
Well, here is another "connoisseur" of the history of Russia and the civil war. Clown. The Bolsheviks would not have arisen if it had not been for the insane tsarist policy against their people.
I’m russian and im sad he didn’t recreated the Mongolian empire as he wanted to invade the europe. Russia is eurasian country not european, and we hate the europeans. We had to destroy the Europe back then. I hope someday Eastern Slavic people, turkic and mongolic people of the steppe will unite again!!
Just started supporting both of you on Patreon to celebrate this great video. Maybe you could even do some narrated/story-telling videos together? As both your voices are so great to listen to! Just a thought :)
Suppose Chinese communists capturing Mongolia were much cruel than Ungern's forces. He is mad according to modern Europe standards, but he was ok according fo Far east 1900
Great video but plz tell when is the next Hannibal episode coming can you plz release it on 30 December it is my birthday it will be a great gift for me! merry Christmas
When a bunch of mutants and sewer rats try to seize power, what else can a well bred man do but resort to extreme joyful violence Look at the scum he was fighting before coming to emotional conclusions
Ungaerisch means "Hungarian" and my first thought was this might have been the seed of his belief he was descended, genetically or spiritually, from Asian horsemen.
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🚩 Roman von Ungern-Sternberg was of Baltic-German nobility origin, served in the Imperial Russian Army, but fell in love with the far-east, its history and culture. He was convinced he was a descendant of Ghengis Khan, adopted a hybrid ideology of combined Buddhism, Christianity and Samurai influences, and led his clique of merciless Cossacks in brutal battle against the Bolsheviks.
But not before conquering Mongolia, albeit for a brief while, and declaring himself its head of state. He waged a campaign of terror, without any mercy towards his opponents. Still, at the same time, according to historians, a modern-day independent Mongolia would not be possible without his activities. He became known as the Mad Baron in history books, an epitaph that is rather fitting for this larger than life character, whichever way you look at him.
". . . according to historians, ". . . a modern day, independent Mongolia wouldn't be possible . . . " ????
How's that? When exactly were these "historians" writing about a, ". . . modern day, independent, Mongolia . . ."???
If Von Ungern-Sternberg had been ultimately victorious in the Russian Civil war, killing international COMMUNISM in it's crib. there might actually be some form of " . . . modern day, independent Mongolia(n) . . ." state, at least in recent memory.
What type of honest, informed, & objective "historian" would call Mongolia, (roughly the Asian region designated as Mongolia in your video), "INDEPENDENT" in any meaningful way. Your own video starts with 7,000 Chinese soldiers occupying the Mongolian capital, & a Soviet installed Communist puppet government in power, at the end. Evidently the "Mad Baron" didn't execute enough of the Mongolian communists, or Mongolia might actually be a politically independent, fully sovereign state in the 21st century.
Sadly the Chinese Communist Party is the de facto ruling power in Mongolia today. The CCP regime is openly ending the traditional Mongolian way of life, & the term "cultural genocide," is grossly inadequate to describe the current political situation in Mongolia today. Like the native Tibetan minority in the south,, & the Uyghir Muslim minority population in China's far west, the Chinese Communist regime is actively working to eliminate these ethnic cultures, if not the ethnic minority populations themselves, if they fail to properly integrate into the Han Chinese majority, & socialist collectivist ideology. From the lethal chemical weapon Fentanyl, smuggled almost exclusively into the US, (China's #1 geo-political opponent), with the full complicity of the CCP. to the imprisoned Falun Gong members used to supply the CCP's lucrative organ transplant industry, not to mention the Covid 19 pandemic intentionally unleashed upon the entire world because the Communist leaders refused to be a responsible global partner, & at least make an effort to contain the deadly, highly infectious novel viral pathogen within it's own national borders, instead of insisting that overseas travel FROM the Covid 19 epicenter Wuhan, & the rest of Hubei province, continue unhampered. If the CCP was able to somehow prevent the original Covid 19 outbreak in WUHAN, from spreading to the rest of mainland China, leaving roughly 1.3 BILLION Chinese citizens largely unaffected by the same deadly pathogen that has toll globally in the millions, pushing an estimated half a BILLION people around the world BACK INTO POVERTY, with millions of the world's most marginalized expected to literally st starve to death in the coming years due to disruptions in leaving national economies great & small in ruins for who knows how many years, if they ever can recover. was the product of incredibly risky, highly controversial & self evidently dangerous "gain of function research" we know has been conducted at the WUHAN Institute of Virology, for nearly a decade. or the SARS Cov 2 Virus, that has devastated even healthy national economies around the globe, was the product of an illicit CCP directed bio-weapons program,
Can please do a vidoe about fall of Constantinople
Ungern was described as “Suicidally brave”, and “Preformed acts of heroism that would make his enemies pause in sheer astonishment”, Leading cavalry charges into machine gun fire and when his horse was shot from under him, mounting the nearest one he could find and continuing the charge.
there's also a rumor that during his execution, a bullet ricocheted off one of the many talismans he wore and struck one of his executioners
So basically he lived his life like he was playing Mount and Blade.
😂😂😂😂😂
@@alamgir5553 Yeah he tried to siege a Mongolian castle without a big enough army
What a chad
This man is what happens when you try to have a Mount and Blade Warband lifestyle in 1914
No mods in single player for that year unfortunately
@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 there is a mod out there which turns M&B WB into WW2
Interesting,.. I had the same thought popping up.
Lmao
@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 there is a great war mod for mount and blade warband but not bannorlord
The fact he scared even the cossaks should tell you all you need to know about him lol
Made hard men look like boys, what a chad
8 honors for being wounded incl. St. George Cross, 10 (!!!) mounted charges against machine guns "pursued to the point of cold arms combat".
Basically a Warhammer character, doing that with his own life w/o plot armor.
German by blood, Russian by service, Mongolian by spirit. Legend by truth!
More like batshit insane but I like him
@@Mondy667He's the good kind of batshit insane.
Ungern was born in the wrong time, if he was alive a few hundred years earlier he would've been very successful
So true.
The issue is, he just was a notch too brutal - too unpredictable - too anti-social.
If you compare him to others successfull Characters in similar situations, you'll see that they often ended up on top because they were more sensible. More adapted to their enviorment.
@@DaroriDerEinzige Lame.
@@DaroriDerEinzige I agree that he was a wee too brutal but... Remember Timur? Remember Genghis Khan? These guys terrorised but yet were respected because people feared them, not that they were loved. If Ungern was born some centuries earlier when states only fought with unsophisticated weapons he would have been a legendary figure.
@@aiyeaiye1371 a.) different times b.) Genghis was pretty chill in peace times. He was probably a r*pist, and he was strict yet towards his sons he was extremly understanding-
Ungern on the other hand is too unhinged. Its like - I really kinda like Rommel and while he was compared to me a geniues as Commander, I wouldn't go so far to title him as the "best German General" in regards of tactics and strategy.
Ungern wasn't able to actually build up a base of power; because you mentioned Genghis, he was actually able to get supporters even from rival Clans. Ungern was despised by the people outside of his Unit and even his Unit wasn't really loyal.
His end is actually proof that he hadn't the makings of a King, neither do I, he trusted the wrong people and as I said he was too unhinged. He would've been probably a great Knight/Samurai/Warrior and we would remember him more kindly if he would've fought on the winnin' side.
But all facts considered ... He was pretty much just a brutal guy which redeeming factor is his bravery.
My name is surrounded with such hate and fear that no one can judge what is true and what is false, what is history, and what is myth
-Roman von Ungern-Sternberg
did he really say this though
His life feels like a Mount and Blade run.
Happy to have worked with you - onwards to the next one! 😉
Same here! Can't wait for the next one
Sounds like you two had a lovely collaboration together.
Two of my favourite history youtubers working together! Can it get any better? Happy Days!
@@loadmaster7 Same!
@@LiveinReykjavik Hopefully we'll see a lot of collaborations from them!
Listening to this story all I could think about was learning recently from these wonderful YT history channels about how Belisarius was so strict with controlling the behavior of his soldiers to keep the populace on their side. This guy could have taken that advice.
I think in his case, the soldiers had to control him to keep the population on their side!!!!
@@pettermct
😔Why can’t _Real-Life_ feature Cool Guys who *AREN’T* #$&!-ing psychotic psychopaths?…
@@Sedgewise47 Because the same traits that drive bravery and composure/coolness are often the same ones that cause psychopathic behaviour unfortunately
Between 1941 and 1943 the Germans exported 1.9 million Polish Jews to Belarus under the "special process" arrangement, this is what makes Belarus a unique country today.
His legacy in Mongolia is a truly mixed one.
We loved his offensive against the Chinese, his conversion to Buddhism, his reverence towards our spiritual head and his attempts to foster an alliance with Tibet.
But we hated his ultimate brutality and terror towards any who opposed him.
But as a native of an independent Mongolia, I do feel a sense of gratitude for his action in securing our country’s independence
He is certainly one of the most based personalities of the era
Off topic but where's the grave of Genghis Khan?
@@turan_kaya No one knows cause he ordered the people who buried him to be killed and then he ordered those people who killed the original gravediggers to be killed and then he ordered the people who killed the first group to be killed and then he ordered the group who killed the group that killed the first group to be killed by another group who then were killed by another group
@@to07342 Probably this killing is going till now ? 🙂
He sounds like the worst way to start an independent country
The living embodiment of “Better dead than red”.
When things go wrong, don't go with them
Viciously anti-semtic and criminally insane?
@@FulGurkan those are also pretty red traits tbh
Him and Lauri Törni would shake hands if they ever meet in the afterlife.
@Tony Benn (Real) i know i don't disagre with you
This is mostly communist biased history about him. As a Mongolian we know him for who he was. He was a loyal soldier and descent general. He was asked by Mongolian nobles to divert from his original destination to free Mongolia from Anhui clique of China which had stationed over 10,000 soldiers in at Urguu (Urga) and Khovd (western Mongolia) since 1919. He did not kill nor plunder people of Mongolia for that he has our respect however he hanged less then 100 communist Russians during his stay (fact: Communists killed and prosecuted over 10% of Mongolian total population, over 40% of able bodied men during the purge). He printed first Mongolian paper money, established a bank, created first factory and did various improvements during his few months here. It is sad to see him smeared as a blood thirsty war monger even to this day. PS: That photo of Asiatic Cavalry division is not accurate, it looks like some Chinese warlord unit.
Truth is usually a mixture of both sides. It's highly likely that he was both a psychopathic warlord and gracious to Mongolia which he had a strong bond with (he said he was a descendant of Genghis Khan after all). The video actually never claimed that he was harsh to Mongolians. It only said that his men were undisciplined.
As he said, he set up a secret police which murdered people left and right.
Isn't it strange how the Communist side of events are regularly used by historians as a "neutral" source despite the obvious conflict of interest? Thanks for putting your perspective out there, it's nice to hear a different side of the story.
I’m russian and im sad he didn’t recreated the Mongolian empire. Russia is eurasian country not european, and we hate the europeans. We had to destroy the Europe back then. I hope someday Eastern Slavic people, turkic and mongolic people of the steppe will unite again!!
@@takethegas не перегибай палку.
"Unconventional" seems like a very nice way of saying "batshit crazy".
People, how many times do I have to tell you - people are only psychopaths if they fail.
Probably the timing was wrong !
What if he was born a hundred years after Genghis Khan’s death ?
winners write history, covering embarrasing history for hundreds of years. That way they not only immunize themselves, but also their children. Like Colon, or Joan d'Arc enemies.
Ungern is definietely one interesting persona. I first learned about him playing HoI IV mod Kaiserreich. Then I read everything what was about him in Wikipedia, it wasn't much unfortunately. Really good video I learned many new and interesting things about him :)
Do a TH-cam search for "The Mad Baron." You will find a video by the series World War I which gives a good summary of his life.
I really like the graphics and animations across the various borders. As a 'westerner', there's a lot of names and places I'm not familiar with, the visuals really help to make sense of it all and understand the vast distances in these countries. 🤓👍
Eastern Siberia and Central Asia were the place where brutal and cruel, psychopathic and charismatic White and White Cossack warlords became famous: Ungern, Semyonov, Kalmykov, Annenkov. It was literal Heart of Darkness and its adaptation of Apocalypse Now, but in reality
heart of darkness and then Apocalypse Now were based on the horrors of Belgian Congo..
The wild west.... east of Russia basically.
Brutal crucibals form people made of steel with no soft centre. But they usually have to be iron before they experience those horrors so it can only be considered a perverse horific power up.
@@ks-qu4kj You know it must have been bad when even other imperial powers (hypocriticaly) wince at it.
@@gm2407 yes indeed!
4:47 He changed the order of his surnames because he didn't like being called Sternberg and in doing so created a pun out of his name. He referred to himself as "Ungern von Sternberg" instead of correctly "von Ungern-Sternberg". Ungern is the opposite of gern, which means gladly or readily. So by saying he is Ungern von Sternberg it means he is reluctantly called von Sternberg - as though he doesn't want to have that last name. What a rebel.
He changed it to sound less jewish, because Sternberg sounds jewish and the "von" makes his noble descent apparent
@@Computertypad I mean the "von" would have been part of his name either way. He just changed the order of his surnames. The info about Sternberg sounding Jewish is makes a lot of sense. Changing his last name to make it sound like he only reluctantly carries that name makes it very clear that he didn't want to have the surname Sternberg.
@@bartelgrant
Yeah it's a fun idea, i don't know if it's that realistic that this was his actual motive. But it's a fun idea for sure!
He called himself a baron in the steppes, and he fought for the whites, so he didn't have anything against noblemen or the monarchy, on the contrary. He wasn't exactly a communist.
And from what I understand he neither had a fallout with his family.
So did he just change his name for the jokes? I don't think so.
Doesnt Ungern refer that his names roots are from Hungary?
Noone else on TH-cam covers the badasses of history better than Historymarche!
I imagine most of history's conquerors were like this guy
Seriously. For most of that documentary, I was thinking that if he were born 300 years earlier, he would've been a conqueroring warlord instead of a historical footnote.
Yup. Confidence takes people farther than intelligence on the whole
Exactly. A man of his time.
This guy was a failure
Not at all…
Even the mongols had some dignity outside their slaughter
“He was convinced he was a decedent of Gengis Khan”. He probably was, I can’t imagine it’s that uncommon
Wow what a collab indeed great job guys! Brought something I wouldn't even dream exist let alone guessed it. Keep it up you too and you're already naturals working together👌.
Sounds like a Warhammer 40k character
I hope you cover another Russian Civil War warlord, Nestor Makhno cause he also had a colorful life.
He ran the table pretty good for a while but in the end the house always wins...
A charismatic madman, somewhat typical of the romanticized, early XXth century era.
A man's idea of a man, I got goosebumps hearing about him, just fucking epic
The balls, the willpower, the sheer charisma, audacity, fearlessness and complete confidence, a man who would have become a famous warlord and conquerer in any other era
An obscure yet eventful character in history but an inspiration for those with different convention ideas.
Hopefully not a inspiration to brutelice random civilians
that was jus really interesting, the fat that Mongolia owes its initial independence to a crazy Baltic German from Austria.
Really love at around 16:00 the slowly creeping red cloud getting closer to
Mongolia- what a cool effect! Makes me think he’s buys doing whatever in Mongolia when this huge raging conflict got closer as the soviets consolidated power.
This guy would have been the next Timur the Lame, if he was born 250 years earlier. At any other previous point in history, he'd be a notable warlord.
Great to see you collaborating with the House of History.
His story is proof to me that you can be both a a bad man and admirable. He was senselessly violent and amazingly brave. He was a tyrant, but liberated people from other tyrants. Truly a captivating and complicated person.
Great more collaborations!
He’s beyond based
Mount and blade warband if it was in real life
He lived by the saying ,,better bead than red"
Most based man to have ever lived
Total hero
Excellent Historical Channel (History Marche) excellent explaining of His Life story of That Mad Baron man .that is a fate of any Political & Military Leader ,Even a wealthy head swimming against Region Policy Current thanks for sharing
He exemplifies core European virtues.
Courage, wisdom, fortitude and prudence.
He should be remembered as a hero.
I once was with a woman who claimed to be the descendent of the last Mongolian princess (her grandma, still alive living near Moscow) who was the only survivor after the communists got rid of the aristocrats, intellectuals and former leaders in Mongolia. That must have taken place in the mid later 1930s. That princess ended up in a prison or Gulag in Sibiria where she met a German soldier captured by the red army at the eastern WWII front, who couldn't remember his identity anymore or so he claimed. These both married later and had one son, that woman's father. She was always secret about revealing more, once saying her family was afraid to reveal the real identity. The face of Ungern, there is some resemblence, but that would render the story fake. I would really like to know what happened in Mongolia from 1920-1940 but it's difficult to find sources.
Brilliant video Mago, as always. Happy holidays to you my friend!
Brilliant video. What an incredibly interesting figure.
The bloody white baron is the title of the book I learned about this monster of history from excellent and rather compelling read highly recommend!
Think of how many interesting people in history we'll never get to learn about
_soo much are lost_
Great narration as always
We need more heroes like him.
Could you cover Wrangel at some point as well? He also seems rather unduly neglected
I try not to say this too often to not devalue the word but damn. What an absolute madlad.
I subscribed as soon as I heard the narrator's voice. Delivery is everything!
The Mad Baron, what a great character!! Thanks to history march, great video! Love this period about the Russian revolution.
I have seen two videos. Your channel is interesting and focuses on things fairly different from most. So subscribed today. Nice balance similar but far enough removed from other history channels on TH-cam.
great video (as always?).
My only point of critique would be the weirdly unprecise/rounded/blurred borders on the map.
Keep up the great work!
Incidentally, that is how the borders were in Russian far east at that time. :)
@@vladimir0681 i agree with / do understand your point, BUT my comment was pointed towards the style chosen in this video, since the borders in europe look just the same as the ones in far east asia.
Im sorry about not being able to explain this in the detail id like to, im limited by my own english skills :c
So anyways, reflecting the certainty/uncertainty of a border visually could be a very neat detail. But thats not whats going on the video and therefore id prefer sharper and correct borders over these stylized ones.
This is of course a somewhat minor detail, but in my opinion still fedback worthy - especially looking at how much more pleasing i find the maps in most history marche videos to be!
I have a couple of books on this individual. His story would make a good movie.
For French speakers : read Jean Mabire book on Von Ungern, it's the best!
First time i learnt about this guy was only a week ago, it is quite strange that i see this video now so little time after that. Great video and i learnt new stuff and that is really cool
Find it hard to believe Buddha would even approve of genghis khan, but what da heck? All hail ungern khan, heir to mighty borjigin!!
The times he lived through were pure hell. He lived and died like a true warrior. Every thing else was Bolshevik lies.
Well said
Well, here is another "connoisseur" of the history of Russia and the civil war. Clown. The Bolsheviks would not have arisen if it had not been for the insane tsarist policy against their people.
Love the stories of the flawed but heroic men who tried to defeat the Bolsheviks when it was still possible.
heroic man who gave conquered Urga holocaust treatment, yeah, right
I’m russian and im sad he didn’t recreated the Mongolian empire as he wanted to invade the europe. Russia is eurasian country not european, and we hate the europeans. We had to destroy the Europe back then. I hope someday Eastern Slavic people, turkic and mongolic people of the steppe will unite again!!
based madlad still to this day highly loved in Mongolia
Totally new to me!! History embeds lots of histories which embed more and more histories... Eventually we cannot understand the whole thing...
If he was borned in 1200s, he must be a great General.
I think the word for him is "based".
He's the literal definition of "based"
Great Video! Idk how I missed this one
He's literally me
...wow...what a guy. Nice video
Just started supporting both of you on Patreon to celebrate this great video.
Maybe you could even do some narrated/story-telling videos together? As both your voices are so great to listen to! Just a thought :)
Love him or hate him he absolutely based as hell.
I love him
Walton Goggins is a dead ringer for this guy.
This movie would be insane. “The Cossack”
Anyone with Hollywood connections?
👍👍👍👍
Hmmm as a German history enthusiast I will have to read more books on this Era
It was really cool to see Shane Vandrell's backstory before he joined Vic Mackey's Strike Team in Farmington.
Hard to believe someone that crazy lived only 100 years ago.
one of the most interesting personalities in history.
Visionary... madman... one thing is certain. He was hella *BASED!*
Finally a video 😓
There is a Corto Maltese comic (and a movie) where this guy was one of the main characters.
What an inspiration
Walton Goggins should play him in the movie
Man Walton Goggins has had a hell of a career. Loved him in Righteous Gemstones
Where is tarantino when we need him?
Oh yeah the last Tartar! this guy is truly the real colonel Kurtz. The horror... the horror.
Suppose Chinese communists capturing Mongolia were much cruel than Ungern's forces. He is mad according to modern Europe standards, but he was ok according fo Far east 1900
Do you think his eyes were the inspiration for Grindelwald's iconic look? That mismatched iris size/discoloration.
Psychopathy and vision are not mutually exclusive.
Great video but plz tell when is the next Hannibal episode coming can you plz release it on 30 December it is my birthday it will be a great gift for me! merry Christmas
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Love your videos!
Can you make some Documentaries about the seven years war and Prussia
Great topic!
Love great video
To be fair like a quarter of the population is a descendent of gengis khan
"Psychopath or Visionary? "
Why not both?
When a bunch of mutants and sewer rats try to seize power, what else can a well bred man do but resort to extreme joyful violence
Look at the scum he was fighting before coming to emotional conclusions
Another great one
His name Ungern means in German to be reluctant.
Ungaerisch means "Hungarian" and my first thought was this might have been the seed of his belief he was descended, genetically or spiritually, from Asian horsemen.
What an amazing story!
That was awesome
As an Assyrian I was shocked to hear this. I’ve done hundreds of readings about Assyrian militias and never came across this connection. Wow
This was such an amazing piece of Art!
Absolute Mad Lad, if nothing else
Great video. I really like the narrator :)
Ungerns life reads like a DnD charachter came to life.
Quite a plot twist when he became a benevolent ruler, but guess if he thought himself borjigin, then he prob considers the mongols his ppl.