Putin's Russia and the ghost of the Romanovs

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 พ.ย. 2024
  • Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family, the Romanovs, were murdered 100 years ago today by Marxist revolutionaries. What does this anniversary mean for Vladmir Putin?
    Click here to subscribe to The Economist on TH-cam: econ.st/2xvTKdy
    Daily Watch: mind-stretching short films throughout the working week.
    For more from Economist Films visit: econ.st/2zOWMe0
    Check out The Economist’s full video catalogue: econ.st/20IehQk
    Like The Economist on Facebook: econ.st/2zLDyFV
    Follow The Economist on Twitter: econ.st/2zLDA0v
    Follow us on Instagram: econ.st/2zLDAxx
    Follow us on Medium: econ.st/2zPa22c

ความคิดเห็น • 4.9K

  • @Axel-ll2jp
    @Axel-ll2jp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3949

    The tsars children are related to Britain’s present day monarch through their ancestor Queen Victoria

    • @isprikitikburkabush6200
      @isprikitikburkabush6200 5 ปีที่แล้ว +358

      Tsar Nicholas and the then King George of Britain look like twins

    • @almalayuwiyyah2512
      @almalayuwiyyah2512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +391

      German kaiser, Russian tsar and British monarch we're all related.

    • @Valencetheshireman927
      @Valencetheshireman927 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @JT X- You believe in some utter nonsense!

    • @zerinzinia8660
      @zerinzinia8660 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Ok, so that's y Britishers hate communism so much?!

    • @freeunderratedmusic4273
      @freeunderratedmusic4273 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Jjt X Crazy conspiracy guy

  • @RADIUMGLASS
    @RADIUMGLASS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4087

    The Romanov's were much better looking than Britain's Royals.

  • @ruskibeaner5983
    @ruskibeaner5983 6 ปีที่แล้ว +308

    its so sad because 2 days prior to their execution, the bolsheviks offered the tsar's family over to the tsar's cousin, george V of england, and he declined. after receiving the news of their deaths, george went with his family to an orthodox church and prayed there all day for forgiveness

    • @martinjenkins6467
      @martinjenkins6467 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      He was worried it could cause
      Revolution in England. The 20s
      Were a challenging time in England.
      There was the great strike of 26
      And morals were evolving in the
      Working class.

    • @sofiabessonova2214
      @sofiabessonova2214 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@martinjenkins6467 it was the reason why in the end he was killed with all his family and all relatives. There were cruel murders.

    • @tangaz5819
      @tangaz5819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@martinjenkins6467 Morals? Or they just didn’t want to have to be peasants anymore?

    • @sunnymitra6372
      @sunnymitra6372 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@martinjenkins6467 It also shows how Evil Lenin actually was........but what's surprising is that the Marxists around the World Justifies the Killings of Tsar Nicolas 2 and his Entire Family.

    • @JaydenGK2004
      @JaydenGK2004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That’s really heartbreaking 😔

  • @b_f_d_d
    @b_f_d_d 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1866

    " you can only be president for 8 years "
    Putin: lets turn that 8 to the side and now its infinite 😈

    • @Amitgupta-uq2up
      @Amitgupta-uq2up 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Copied *

    • @chrisgriffin9164
      @chrisgriffin9164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Just like his Buddy, Asaad Bashar and his father before him.
      a evil sickness that drowns the hearts of the peoples thoughts.

    • @outrageousgamer315
      @outrageousgamer315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@chrisgriffin9164 keep crying

    • @reginald_playzz
      @reginald_playzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "One eight, another eight, nonconsecutive terms! See! I'm not violating the rules!"

    • @sabrinanascimento5248
      @sabrinanascimento5248 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😩

  • @chelseaadler243
    @chelseaadler243 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3010

    Nicolas's wife and daughters were gorgeous

    • @itsokay2606
      @itsokay2606 5 ปีที่แล้ว +345

      The son as well

    • @FlowerTrollSan
      @FlowerTrollSan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +343

      He was quite handsome as well. 😁

    • @Jonetwothrree4
      @Jonetwothrree4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Their fucking dead lol

    • @barbiquearea
      @barbiquearea 5 ปีที่แล้ว +355

      @@Jonetwothrree4 They are forever young.

    • @mustardbottle8663
      @mustardbottle8663 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      BrUhMaN69 they well got banged

  • @padlocktails26
    @padlocktails26 5 ปีที่แล้ว +479

    France literally did the same thing ~130 years earlier.

    • @here_we_go_again2571
      @here_we_go_again2571 5 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      The French Revolution was led
      by a mob (that soon canabilized
      its own) The Russian Bolshevik
      Revolution was financed by
      International bankers and the
      German monarchy.
      The goal of Germany was to
      expand eastward into Russian-
      owned lands Austria also wanted
      to expand east (into the Ukraine)

    • @padlocktails26
      @padlocktails26 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Here_We_Go_Again2 look how that played out for them 😂

    • @thekingshussar1808
      @thekingshussar1808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@padlocktails26 Total failure. France took a strong leader (Napoleon) to fix all that and making a monarchy of his own.

    • @nosh8147
      @nosh8147 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@thekingshussar1808 It wasn't a monarchy tho; there was no line of succession, the emperor would usually choose his successor like in the Roman Empire after Octavian

    • @thekingshussar1808
      @thekingshussar1808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@nosh8147 Yes there was, Napoleon only had a son who became an Austrian prince (Napoleon II) to which made Austrians have more favour for Bonaparte France as they would have ties with the powerful nation if Napoleon II ascended to the throne, but unfortunately Napoleon lost all power by late 1812 and 1815, discontinuing Austria's plans of such and Napoleon II died young in 1830s of tuberculosis. Austria and France allied against Russia in 1812, you know.

  • @samovarmaker9673
    @samovarmaker9673 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1434

    Yeltsin was so democratic that he shelled his own democratically-elected parliament when they refused to change the constitution to suit his benefit.
    Yeltsin was so democratic that he rigged the 1996 election in his favour with funds from President Clinton.
    Yeltsin was such a great leader that he drowned his nation's economy below WW2 levels and did nothing to try bring it back up.
    Thank you, Boris Yeltsin, for letting your people live through hell! Thank you for bringing your country to the lowest of lows!
    Is this what democracy and Western values represent?

    • @brandondavidson4085
      @brandondavidson4085 5 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      Right. Russia was at its lowest point economically and socially during Yelstin's rule in the '90s. Also, you try converting a country that has been under Fascist rule for nearly 70 years (4 generations) into a free-market economy with perfect regulations.

    • @samovarmaker9673
      @samovarmaker9673 5 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      @@brandondavidson4085 The USSR was under Socialist rule, but you are right.

    • @brandondavidson4085
      @brandondavidson4085 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Samovar maker (1) Socialism isn't a government. (2) The USSR was not Socialist, neither was Vietnam or is North Kora and China; These countries all had or still have a fascist authoritarian autocratic centralized economy, where the government controls ALL the means of production and consumption. Fascism and socialism have become dirty words in economic discussions because of the red scare, but they still have meaning, and they're not the same.

    • @samovarmaker9673
      @samovarmaker9673 5 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      @@brandondavidson4085 Authoritarian, yes, but I don't understand why you call them fascist.

    • @brandondavidson4085
      @brandondavidson4085 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@samovarmaker9673 Fascism: An authoritarian reactionary movement against progressivism in a country by which a small minority of powerful people pull together the support of the political conservatives and those in the middle, in order to establish for themselves an autocratic state. Hitler and Stalin were the same kind of fascists, but because we were allied with Russia in World War 2, we had to call them something else, "communist". Then afterwards, during the Red Scare era, they became the enemy.

  • @TheFedGuy
    @TheFedGuy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +270

    Just to clarify: the White Army wasn’t necessarily loyal to Tzar Nicholas II. They were merely against the Bolsheviks and weren’t really trying to restore the Russian Empire.

    • @here_we_go_again2571
      @here_we_go_again2571 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The Russian Federation is the
      Russian empire under another
      name (as was the USSR -- New
      rulers same empire)

    • @idontknowwhatmypfpis1918
      @idontknowwhatmypfpis1918 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      One of the reasons why the Whits failed

    • @pavelmalikov5321
      @pavelmalikov5321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They dont do research. By 1917 everyone was Anti-Tzar.

    • @ekesandras1481
      @ekesandras1481 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The white army, that threatened to take Yekaterinburg (and did so a few days after) was the Czech legion. The red guards, that kept Tsar Nicolai in the Ipatiev House, were mostly communist Hungarians. Both groups were recruted from captured Austro-Hungarian POWs, that were freed after the Februar Revolution.

    • @raritica8409
      @raritica8409 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      My Great Great Granduncle Abram Teisen, was a White Army medic. Because of his actions and bravery he personally recieved a medal from Tzar Nicholas 2. It is now of course a proud family heirloom, but anyways there was closeness between the Czar and his soldiers. his journals talk in much greater detail.

  • @here_we_go_again2571
    @here_we_go_again2571 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2110

    Putin, at this point of time, isn't the worst autocrat to rule Russia … Jus' sayin' ;-\
    There is something about Russia's physical and
    psychological composition that seems to
    embrace autocracy. Perhaps it is because the
    country is so diverse and so large; that liberal
    Western-style politics would, most likely, lead
    to secessionist movements and fragmentation.
    Russia is not a country of immigrants; the
    various ethnic groups have been there for
    thousands of years. They can legitimately
    claim their native territory as their own.

    • @shawnullerup6844
      @shawnullerup6844 5 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      Catherine the Great was a friend to Voltaire, who implored her to transition towards a constitutional system. To that end, she convened an elected convention to hammer out the details. She did not interfere, but did observe in secret. After weeks of bickering she determined that there was no way to employ democratic republicanism in her nation, that it took a strong ruler from on high to keep order.
      Read Robert Massie's biography of her, and his fascinating, detailed bio of Peter the Great. Putin does not wish to be Nicholas, nor Stalin. He wants to be Peter.

    • @Manuel_Fal_Conde
      @Manuel_Fal_Conde 5 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      ​ Vaira .123 India has been a colony of great Britain for a long time, and never participated in major wars. Foolish to compare two extremely different people. You would compare the English to the people of Nigeria.

    • @Anna_M_numbers
      @Anna_M_numbers 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      russian politicians have been ruining russian`s mentality, creating a strong demand in dictator

    • @DerricktheWhite
      @DerricktheWhite 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shawnullerup6844 just read Hobbes

    • @peaceandlove544
      @peaceandlove544 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I totally agree I just came from Russia and I fully confirmed what ypu say here.

  • @Tjecktjeck
    @Tjecktjeck 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1581

    ''White army, loyal to Nikolas the second'' - seriously? Go back to school! Ps: instead of arguing with 20 people, i rather add some info here.
    1. General Ruzsky and A.Guchkov were the ones who insisted Tsar to sign manifesto and that act was supported in that by bunch of other figures who would join the white army shortly after.
    2. While some (whites) could sympathize Tsar and monarchy, most the white leaders either remembered Tsar in a negative light like A.Denikin or cared about their own goals like Kolchak.
    3. As ''bbonner422'' stated below, ''The white army was fractured into various factions ranging from almost fascist in beliefs to people who wanted a democratic republic. The reason why the Soviets won was because they had more of a united front against the white army''. Many people tend to idealize (whites) for some reason. Their scale of terror in many cases wasn't inferior to the (reds) and even surpassing the (reds) it when speaking mainly about Kolchak.
    4. By the time execution did take place, Tsar was left alone by pretty much everyone. His generals didn't care, his British cousin didn't care and most importantly his people didn't care.

    • @Mrcrunch93
      @Mrcrunch93 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Tjecktjeck were they not?

    • @Tjecktjeck
      @Tjecktjeck 6 ปีที่แล้ว +448

      Christian Caven Nope. Technically they were the ones who dismissed Nikolas from the Tsar post lol. Ps: if anything, they were loyal to Admiral Kolchak.

    • @khalidalali186
      @khalidalali186 6 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      True that! And he was a conservative who believed that Russia should be a republic and decide for itself whether or not it wanted the Tsar or any Tsar for that matter back in power.

    • @ConvexandDutch
      @ConvexandDutch 6 ปีที่แล้ว +187

      The whole video was content-less and misleading...

    • @luizhumberto7404
      @luizhumberto7404 6 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      The whole video is a festival of stupidity

  • @Bryan_Salvador
    @Bryan_Salvador 6 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    I just read the entire article of the romanovs on wiki a month ago. The diary of the Tsar’s daughters paint a story of innocent girls who just want the simple of joy of life yet was cursed by their heritage. May they rest in peace.

  • @seventhuser904
    @seventhuser904 3 ปีที่แล้ว +442

    When Nicholas Romanov was crowned Tsar of Russia in 1894, he seemed bewildered. “What is going to happen to me…to all Russia?” he asked an advisor when he assumed the throne.
    “I am not prepared to be Tsar. I never even wanted to become one.”

    • @Orto-jj2di
      @Orto-jj2di 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Seems like her was wise enough to know that

    • @raccoondon488
      @raccoondon488 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Orto-jj2di …..her ? 😂😂😂 just kidding. I couldn’t resist. 😂😂👍👍🎉🎉

    • @Orto-jj2di
      @Orto-jj2di 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@raccoondon488 😅😅

    • @lepetitchat123
      @lepetitchat123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      The tragedy of being forced to do things against their will

    • @astralaurora4165
      @astralaurora4165 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      that’s nice, he also killed thousands

  • @fatcat8033
    @fatcat8033 6 ปีที่แล้ว +946

    The Tsars daughters were beautiful .

    • @lorranlxcrrer1158
      @lorranlxcrrer1158 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Cov1ngtonsGhOst u sure? I don't think so

    • @sebagonzalez9127
      @sebagonzalez9127 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Cov1ngtonsGhOst that is a lie..

    • @lorranlxcrrer1158
      @lorranlxcrrer1158 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @SiegeVirtual Good things IDGAF about u

    • @NishiMiyamura
      @NishiMiyamura 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Anastasia was ready to get shoot wasn't scared like the others

    • @최윤석-l9b
      @최윤석-l9b 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Were? Are !

  • @Junokaii
    @Junokaii 5 ปีที่แล้ว +611

    Between World War One, The Russian Revolution, World War Two and Joseph Stalin, The Collapse of the USSR, The Financial Crisis of 1997 and its Demographic Crisis, Russia has truly been through some hardship. Russia is truly a nation that knows the meaning of perseverance.
    As for the video, typical bias against Russia.

    • @crismagogamer9391
      @crismagogamer9391 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Rusia es un pais de cosas raras, literal

    • @tk_2378
      @tk_2378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Junokaii And they‘ll face real problems with the aging population soon. They just not getting enough children and over 60% are women they also have thanks to Stalin a huge men lack.

    • @Benjamin-iu5ys
      @Benjamin-iu5ys 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      True

    • @1996з3
      @1996з3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@tk_2378 Lol every single industrialized country has an aging population and a birth rate below 2. All of europe, usa, canada, china,japan, south korea. All of them

    • @tk_2378
      @tk_2378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      1996 з3 Yeah it’s true and the problems will come with it soon. In about 15-20 years. Japan for example don’t take any immigrants and they try new things to make people get 2.1 children at least. They tryin‘ 3 for every women and it may work out. But they‘ll never ever take immigrants that’s how Japan is and want so be.

  • @solomonblack2601
    @solomonblack2601 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1021

    Russia has really amazing history from the Rurik dynasty to the Tsardom to the Revolution, Soviet Union and then Russian Federation.

    • @TsarOfRuss
      @TsarOfRuss 6 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      Notice how the british commentator is fast to condemn Russia's last monarch, but when it comes to Queen of England who murdered millions in Africa and America .. the news is always positive

    • @polishherowitoldpilecki5521
      @polishherowitoldpilecki5521 6 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Russia does have amazing history for some reason I think soviet history part is really terrible and culturally murdered russsian culture.

    • @kylemiles448
      @kylemiles448 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Solomon Black Russia it’s amazing country

    • @OkieJames
      @OkieJames 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I would say overall a very complex and in-depth​ history. The Soviet era was by a far very dark period but they did modernize a country overnight... History is always what you make it some good some bad a lot of Grey...

    • @rikuvakevainen6157
      @rikuvakevainen6157 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Where does Russian schools' history books begin the history of Russia? From Kiev, from Ruhrik or perhaps from the ancient trieps?

  • @Hugatree1
    @Hugatree1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Now in 2022 this brilliant analysis of Putin proves all too true! The fact that England refused to give sanctuary to the Romanov family is absolutely unforgivable and it seems that some crimes and indiscretions of the past are so great they continue to come back to haunt us and play out throughout the annals of time.

    • @testla3383
      @testla3383 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      it sounds like we never know the truth because he version I read is that England welcomed Nicolas II to come, he's King George V's cousin, but the Bolsheviks delayed that because they didn't want a potential exile government controlled by England.

    • @ysb08
      @ysb08 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@testla3383 The version I read was that, as you said, George V welcomed Nicholas II, but out of fear of an communist revolution in the war torn England, the government pushed George V to decline the offer

    • @tdsims1963
      @tdsims1963 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ysb08 I have never heard of this version! I am now curious. Was there reason to believe that a communist revolt would have been successful in the G.B of that time? I would love it if you gave me the source of your info. Can I find the book easily? I don't care if I have to translate it.
      Thanks in advance for your reply😊👍.

  • @alexisarteev-salazar9247
    @alexisarteev-salazar9247 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2345

    Romanov: *built a powerful russia*
    Putin: *also built a powerful russia*
    Westerners: coincidence?

    • @heythataintme7330
      @heythataintme7330 5 ปีที่แล้ว +276

      Powerful???? Ahaahahahbahabahahaha.. Nice joke

    • @alexisarteev-salazar9247
      @alexisarteev-salazar9247 5 ปีที่แล้ว +172

      Nika Kim I’m reading your post out pound and it sounds as if you’re having an asthma attack.

    • @williamaldridge975
      @williamaldridge975 5 ปีที่แล้ว +270

      Atomic Apple powerful? I live in Russia and it may be perceived as powerful in foreign countries, but our middle wage is about 300-400 dollars. More than half of them spends for food and for housing and communal services. Pension age for men will be 65 soon, but men's life expectancy is 66.5. Do you think we're proud of our political power in foreign countries? Most of our population just wants 1000$ wage and nothing else.

    • @here_we_go_again2571
      @here_we_go_again2571 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Autocracy seems to agree with
      the Russian empire.

    • @riazonbin9931
      @riazonbin9931 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@vvp_rus Да, благодаря такому "нищему говну" наша страна и держится, и существует это "нищее говно" под названием россияне уже с 16 века

  • @Domhangairt
    @Domhangairt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    Czar Nikolai Romanov's biggest weakness was his wife. She was a very bad influence on him, she brought in the mystic Rasputin who ruined the reputation of the imperial family, she also gave her husband very bad advice. The two men who could have saved him: Count Sergei Witte, and Pyotr Stolypin were both dead by 1915. These men were extremely competent politicians. Sergei Witte strongly advised the Czar not to go to war against Germany, but his wife did not like the kaiser, also the British and the French put huge pressure on him to go to war against Germany despite the Treaty of Bjorka he signed with kaiser Wilhelm. Wilhelm loved Nicholas more than any other other relative, he never wanted to go to war with Russia. His true sentiments are revealed in their private telegrams, but Wilhelm's own government over-ruled him.

    • @lindsayives4915
      @lindsayives4915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thnkyou for the story

    • @fgfgfgfgf2919
      @fgfgfgfgf2919 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      how true is this ?

    • @sofiabessonova2214
      @sofiabessonova2214 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@lindsayives4915 not all the truth. Stolypin was killed in the Kiev's Opera Theater by Bagrov, Jewish man.

    • @Ari-ge5cp
      @Ari-ge5cp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This helped answer my question. So sad:(

    • @SiLuLu_222
      @SiLuLu_222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Nogent Nothing can bring down your popularity than losing 2 wars under your watch as a czar.

  • @SavyoMouraOFC
    @SavyoMouraOFC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1338

    No one:
    Americans: Russia is bad

    • @bijayshrestha3377
      @bijayshrestha3377 5 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      This is a british channel

    • @NikolaAvramov
      @NikolaAvramov 5 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      It's rather:
      British: Russian man bad.

    • @iseegoodandbad6758
      @iseegoodandbad6758 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Sadly we Brits tend to tag along with the yanks even though we Brits are more intelligent and aware! It's our government. Most of us Brits love Russia and find we have a lot in common.

    • @cecileyoras6671
      @cecileyoras6671 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Sarah Sally Fake. Obviously a Russian bot posting from Moscow

    • @SavyoMouraOFC
      @SavyoMouraOFC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@cecileyoras6671 I'm not fake. ._.

  • @Isaxus12
    @Isaxus12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +572

    "There were many bad things about the Czar's regime, but he inherited an autocracy and his acts are now being seen in perspective and in comparison to the terrible crimes committed by the Soviets." - Nikolai Tolstoy

    • @danielwymer1580
      @danielwymer1580 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Remember Ivan the Terrible, he ruled before the tsars, He was 10 times worse than the Soviets

    • @stefan5573
      @stefan5573 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@oliverroberts7490 in the 1500s or something...

    • @debaratimukherjee3022
      @debaratimukherjee3022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@danielwymer1580 bruh ivan the terrible was the 1st tsar "Tsar Ivan II"

    • @daseapickleofjustice7231
      @daseapickleofjustice7231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What crimes of the USSR?

    • @personbob8691
      @personbob8691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@daseapickleofjustice7231 exactly they did nothing wrong other than be an alternative system lol

  • @wholeNwon
    @wholeNwon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1071

    I wonder how different history would have been if Alexander III had had a long life span.

    • @outofthisworld2651
      @outofthisworld2651 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      wholeNwon It gives the impression that Putin actually is influenced by Alexander the III than his son. Yes it would have been a very diffrent situation if The III didnt die so early. Had he lived it would have been obvious with another killing attempt from Lenin.

    • @RPDBY
      @RPDBY 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      wholeNwon wasn't he an alcoholic? It wouldn't matter much

    • @wholeNwon
      @wholeNwon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Not to my knowledge, though the Russians have a long history of heavy drinking. I doubt that his wife would have approved.

    • @outofthisworld2651
      @outofthisworld2651 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      wholeNwon Yes unfortionly he was an alcoholic and died of a kidney damage obviously from drinking also due to a stabbing by Lenins older brother Alexandr Ulyanov a few years earlier ( So it wouldnt have been a surprise if Lenin later would have attempt the same if the III would've continued to live.) And to Alexander the III also known as 'The peacekeeper' unfortune- Nikolaj wasnt prepared to rule Russia with the rising communism. But the story would've been very interesting otherwise.

    • @RPDBY
      @RPDBY 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      wholeNwon well, then you definitely need to update your knowledge, that will save you from making stupid claims

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    If only Tsar Alexander II managed to pass the reforms to make Russia a constitutional monarchy... the Tsars would have been saved, as well as democracy...

  • @enkheeb2354
    @enkheeb2354 5 ปีที่แล้ว +611

    "When we do it, don't you dare mention morals and laws" - The West

    • @ZMorpheus
      @ZMorpheus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      "We got Bagh Daddy. Then, we took our troops out. But we're keeping the Oil..." - Orange King (for security reasons, ofc) ("If someone else wants it, they have to fight us for it" oh nvm)

    • @myeffulgenthairyballssay9358
      @myeffulgenthairyballssay9358 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @Enkhee B I dunno. I'm a Westerner but we are not all (entirely) brainwashed moral supremacists. I admit we have a serious moral supremacist problem polluting the western mindscape, but it is not ubiquitous. We are not all mass media assimilated Borg zombie automatrons.
      Indeed, many, many of us are sick of it, hence the recent UK election, UK leave EU referendum and Trump victory are in essence, protests against the moral supremacist screamers that demand to dictate our values at us.

    • @noblechief4023
      @noblechief4023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I rather be in a nation that relies on a monarch then. A nation that relies on the promises of a man

    • @enkheeb2354
      @enkheeb2354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Liev Semenov one man with many ego problems may spell more trouble

  • @omaewamoshinderiunani3524
    @omaewamoshinderiunani3524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    Well it's simple, remove the "Ras" from Rasputin and you have Putin

    • @eqbertfite2455
      @eqbertfite2455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      But wasn't Rasputin one of the main reasons the monarchy ended?

    • @shaypatra9840
      @shaypatra9840 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@eqbertfite2455 Hey you did not get it. HE WAS IMMORTAL.

    • @obe1withtheforce785
      @obe1withtheforce785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And his first name is Vladimir like Prince Charles' Great grandaddy!!

    • @obe1withtheforce785
      @obe1withtheforce785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Meph Lest Pretty sure Vlad was short for Vladimir

    • @ZACHANDJACKSZACHSMAFIA
      @ZACHANDJACKSZACHSMAFIA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      True he is a relative of blood to rather putin, marx, maybe even stalins own sons descendent?

  • @braedengriffiths4249
    @braedengriffiths4249 6 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    The white army lost because of their disorganization. Not all were allied with the Tsar as they say here. They came from all different ideologies, but were against the Bolsheviks. Lack of leadership ruined them militarily.

    • @BolshevikCarpetbagger1917
      @BolshevikCarpetbagger1917 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Braeden Griffiths The White Army had a centralized leadership among the generals loyal to the Czar, Kolchak, Krasnov. Denikin and others. They also had the support of an invasion of 17 of the biggest armies. They lost because the people supported the Bolsheviks, and they were armed to.the teeth. Gun control was overturned by the Bolsheviks.

    • @randomradek5284
      @randomradek5284 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Yep, sad. They could save Russia from a disaster.

    • @coniston3106
      @coniston3106 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, some of them didn't support the Tsar, but didn't want the Bolsheviks as their rulers. Basically they were everyone against the Bolsheviks, even if they themselves had different ideologies.

    • @DrMosseeay
      @DrMosseeay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Either way, they would of wanted to recapture the Tsar and use him as a figurehead to the White Faction and gain support from monarchists or benefactors of the monarchy.

  • @zacharymiller1452
    @zacharymiller1452 5 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    Correction: The family and servants were sawed into small pieces, and dumped in some form of acid, then burned, and after that the remains were left in a nearby abandoned mine.

    • @theemperor-wh40k18
      @theemperor-wh40k18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They were shot.

    • @jont6370
      @jont6370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@theemperor-wh40k18 They were shot *FIRST*

    • @coniston3106
      @coniston3106 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      What has humanity come into, that is barbaric.

    • @yom0mma214
      @yom0mma214 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@coniston3106 this happens in mexico atleast once a month believe it or not

    • @Phoenix_eleven
      @Phoenix_eleven 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wrong I believe

  • @mochababy2
    @mochababy2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    love the way you blame the Problem in Syrian on Russia 😂😂. they fixed the problem causes by America again

    • @bigballetlover
      @bigballetlover 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I thought the same. The Russians are there at the invitation of Assad in an attempt to get rid of ISIS and the like.

    • @marisamartin3664
      @marisamartin3664 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You may be right there. I feel the West pushed Bashir into the arms of Russia

    • @BRPJR
      @BRPJR 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Merican gov't should focus on the communists from the East and ffs stop being delusional about Russia. You might wanna extend NATO's influence among Asian countries. Your gatekeeper Israel will not be able to hold it if communists from the east influences the middle east.

    • @BRPJR
      @BRPJR 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Decimus Maximus isnt power same as communist influence? Don't be naive. It's all the same. And how exactly russia is a threat to democracy? Is democracy even existent?

    • @BRPJR
      @BRPJR 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Decimus Maximus you are not getting the bigger picture. Have a nice a day.

  • @H67-o2p
    @H67-o2p 4 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    Nicholas 2 was more of a family man than a ruler who never had his ear to the ground

    • @baldmanforehead7204
      @baldmanforehead7204 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hes too weak

    • @bbblueee8282
      @bbblueee8282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      He and Alexandra had never been trained to be tsar and tsarina, they didn’t know how to properly run a country

    • @ashketchum5466
      @ashketchum5466 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They should been actors instead.

    • @danielforeroc
      @danielforeroc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes, he didn't want to become Tsar, but he also feared the change of the autocracy, he was raised by the same tutor as his father, and he was afraid of reforming after seeing his grandfather dying in the Winter Palace.

    • @kirilll7806
      @kirilll7806 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      if only alexander the 3 lived a few more decades...

  • @user-qz5dq8kn4p
    @user-qz5dq8kn4p 6 ปีที่แล้ว +282

    Could you imagine if the Romanovs were still in power they would be the oldest ruling house in Europe and they would be in power for 400 years and out of all the other ruling house the richest in all of Europe Hell my grandpapa always said to me compared to Russian palaces Buckingham palace is a 1 room cottage lol and the jewelry in Russia there were stones the size of goose eggs
    And out of all the other ruling houses the Romanovs paid the coast of there palaces out of there own pockets since they had there own money from the business that they owned that’s what a lot of people really don’t understand

    • @BenzinB70
      @BenzinB70 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Benjamin
      in the ancient Russian language of Novels means-a new Roman
      in this case, the word "Roman" can be interpreted as-an Arab or a Gypsy

    • @nicole.stanhope
      @nicole.stanhope 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *Their
      That’s their house
      There - LOOK OVER THERE.
      They’re (they are) - They’re right.

    • @murat7006
      @murat7006 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The Osman family rules the ottoman for 600 years. That’s the longest reign of any family in power.

    • @indycoon
      @indycoon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      During WWI 4 Empires were destroyed. It's easy to blame Bolsheviks but they were just puppets. It was a fight between Empires.

    • @AJ-jv1wh
      @AJ-jv1wh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@murat7006 I think they meant currently. If the Romanovs still ruled, they'd currently be the longest reign alive

  • @elsakristina2689
    @elsakristina2689 6 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    I can't believe they've been gone for 100 years. When I learned about the youngest daughter Anastasia, it changed my life forever.

    • @Elainerulesutube
      @Elainerulesutube 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      elsa1942 Well, at least the mystery of Anastasia has been solved.

    • @LightForxes
      @LightForxes 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cool Lab Fuck off

    • @aliyah2393
      @aliyah2393 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Cool Lab You do realize that the Bolsheviks KILLED AN INNOCENT FAMILY!! The children had NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF THIS NOR THE SERVANTS OR THE TSARINA ! Nickolas should have been exiled not killed or him and his family should have fled for America or other parts of the world to be free

    • @theworldoverheavan560
      @theworldoverheavan560 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@aliyah2393 innocent my ass

    • @pedrocavalcantesantana7378
      @pedrocavalcantesantana7378 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@aliyah2393 nicholas had the bullet coming, not his family tho

  • @asdasdasdasd342
    @asdasdasdasd342 5 ปีที่แล้ว +236

    Yes compare us russians to religious fanatics in the middle east .
    Very subtle but not missed . Sly economist .
    As my english teacher taught me in highschool.
    A good essay does not have to be long , it needs to have the good side of the story and the bad side .
    This video just shows your bias and how bad orators you are .
    Had you shown a couple of good deeds along with the senseless allegations.
    Really shameless with the bias these days .

    • @ДраганНишевић
      @ДраганНишевић 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      When they talk about Orthodox church they either say how its mystical, traditional and beautiful or how its corrupt, backwards and shady. They either picture us as backwards, brutal and evil or some legendary place where time stopped and people still live a simple, coasy and "normal" life. But thats west and its how they wanna look at us, we cant change that. They like to think that they are a "modern" society that lives in the "21 century" yet they cant explain what is modern nor what it means to live in 21 century. They forgot the simple question of why are we here and what is our purpouse and started worshiping the green dollar as theire new God. To them modern way of life is money, cars, boats, palaces and reaches that they cant believe that people still go to Church that believes in God and that there is still a church that honors Jesus Christ and his teachings, and that there are people who still live a simple life surraunded by modern technology not obsesed with money and power. This is why we will always be different to them, and why they will always look at us and mock and judge us and compare us to theire cars with ours as if that is a meashure of success. Поздрав из Србије брате!

    • @heathert5455
      @heathert5455 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@ДраганНишевић It depends on the person. You have your selfish, narcissistic, materialistic person everywhere...unfortunately.
      But, I get your point that we, in the West, are very materialistic and want more...this especially hits hard with the younger generation:/ I still remember a time when I was a child, in the 1990s, and children would still play outside and people would actually TALK face to face with one another instead of always texting. One of the stupidest things that I've ever seen is two friends sitting next to each other and texting to each other instead of talking. Yes, A LOT of us lost our way and we live too fast. Our food is mass produced and most of it is genetically modified so this causes issues with the body which cause obesity and other issues. And sugar is in just about every food nowadays. Most of the local "mom and pop" shops (example: grocery stores that were owned by a family) have been bought out or starved out by big corporations. Just recently, a local, privately owned, pharmacy in my town was bought out and shut down by CVS pharmacy which is a big, multi-million dollar, company.
      As for Russians, I personally have no issues with them. You are just trying to survive in the world like the rest of us. I pray that you guys do NOT become multi-cultural and that you are able to retain your traditions and your culture.
      I wish you well,
      From the USA

    • @ghostofcato3052
      @ghostofcato3052 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Economist = Rothchild LIES!!

    • @sasukeuchiha961
      @sasukeuchiha961 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's savage tho

  • @Pinhead101
    @Pinhead101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +690

    The Economist & the ghosts of independent reporting

    • @johnarnoldhungary
      @johnarnoldhungary 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      So everything that doesnt support ur opinion is not independent?

    • @orangebanana845
      @orangebanana845 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Media with alternative point of view: *exists*
      Russian Bots: ZIONIST PROPAGANDA!!! FUNDED BY BRITISH GOVERNMENT

    • @nuri2318
      @nuri2318 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@johnarnoldhungary it's not about supporting someone's opinion or not but about 2 things
      Ideological apparatus and circulation of knowledge.
      West has always had a way of hegemonizing knowledge and thereby power. What I mean is that they document everything foreign to them as negation of their principles and their social formation, with a bias that is rooted in their own history and ideology. So historically creation of western societies is not same as others in East or middle East or Asia . But they always appropriate and then misrepresent others. They did that during colonial era and they continue doing so in globalised, neo imperialistic world.
      In today's world, media and social media both play a very important role in fashioning popular beliefs and polarising beliefs. Those from West have access to other parts of world only through popular media houses and most of them are again western. Media is a ideological apparatus essentially. And of course the same would apply to others as well. Russia might also have such media houses.It's not like Russia has no problems too but then Western media houses only portray such things. Like only portarying poverty of India and Nothing or not much about developing India.

    • @alejandrosotomartin9720
      @alejandrosotomartin9720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      The Economist, owned by the same family of open Satanists that funded Marx to spread garbage all across Europe and that created Israel as their personal farmland.

    • @quanbrooklynkid7776
      @quanbrooklynkid7776 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@johnarnoldhungary hahaha

  • @SniperRose1
    @SniperRose1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +636

    3:46 How I open the door when my boyfriend is coming to meet me.

    • @kunal_gawade
      @kunal_gawade 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Lol😂😂😂🤣 that lucky guy😍😍

    • @MistehbigPants
      @MistehbigPants 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Are you single?

    • @sherryr8671
      @sherryr8671 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      @@MistehbigPants dude, you'll get nowhere
      Dont even try and save some dignity...

    • @MistehbigPants
      @MistehbigPants 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@sherryr8671 You're loss, Im worth marching towards the door for

    • @sherryr8671
      @sherryr8671 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@MistehbigPants lol sure bud

  • @Texano5-0
    @Texano5-0 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    That last bit. Where she said that the government can change in unpredictable ways is just plain wrong. Everyone from the outside could see the downfall of the romanovs. It was so clear considering the Tsar could barely control the military let alone the actual people.

  • @ItsLunaRegina
    @ItsLunaRegina 3 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    0:47 Why did those soldiers randomly start making out? lol.

    • @philippg1390
      @philippg1390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      they didn´t start making out, this was the "Brotherhood kiss" used by all communist countries, close to the french version

    • @schmidty4992
      @schmidty4992 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      In communism u have to share those pretty lips

    • @cheshirecat7819
      @cheshirecat7819 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@philippg1390 gotta kiss your homies goodbye before participating in a civil war

    • @daseapickleofjustice7231
      @daseapickleofjustice7231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The power of socialism, nobody is lonely you are all comrades

    • @pofromteletubbies1243
      @pofromteletubbies1243 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@philippg1390 I saw the poster of that ussr leader kissing some old dude , was it the same thing?

  • @growthxcentric562
    @growthxcentric562 5 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Yet Russia is a saner and more stable nation compared to the USA

  • @tattianasalles3019
    @tattianasalles3019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Russian people loves a "Tsar" like figure. They need a strongman in power to feel themselves safe...

  • @saturn724
    @saturn724 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    People around the world have different cultures, you cannot enforce one type of government on everyone and expect it to work. It's just absurd to think that your own government system is superior to everyone else's and hence they must adopt it.

    • @kakhagvelesiani3877
      @kakhagvelesiani3877 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bullshit. If some country has slavery, I bet you would be the first to call it barbaric. There are cultures and civilizations that are better than others and also brought technological progress to mankind. Rome civilization was far superior to tribes living in Gaulle, Iberia, Britain. Greek world was far greater and better than many other cultures. History tells us, that they are societies which are clearly better than others

    • @saturn724
      @saturn724 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Europe alone has a variety of government systems, but each one is successful in its own way. UK and Spain have a hereditary monarchy, France and Germany do not, but each has a flourishing economy. There is no such thing as "one system fits all", even when it comes to democracy, each country has its own approach to it. Differences occur due to cultural and historical roots. There is no way you can enforce one exact system to every nation.

    • @victorlobos2710
      @victorlobos2710 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well, you are too kind saying Spain has a flourishing economy….

    • @junaidfatimah9297
      @junaidfatimah9297 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I said this a lot, we all can’t have the same governing systems… Democracy was forced on some part in Africa see how it turns out.

  • @billyboberto
    @billyboberto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    "Putin embraces the soviet past"
    You mean its belief of a unified state and belief? Yes
    Communism and marxism? Absolutely not.

    • @mashka1572
      @mashka1572 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      it's not like USSR was a communistic state, it wasn't even a "socialism" the party claimed, it was straight up totalitarian state no doubt.

    • @personbob8691
      @personbob8691 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mashka1572 no have you ever read unbiased sources probably not

  • @petardukic6541
    @petardukic6541 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Western media: Putin is a Communist villain ... A little later he is an imperialist, a villain conservative ... A little later he is a communist, then Alexei Navalani holds the imperialist flag, so he is on the right track, then Putin is a communist again ... When you are already doing propaganda, you do how should😂😂😂

    • @kevinbergin9971
      @kevinbergin9971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Clearly he must be great because he never, never, Never loses an election ... NEVER!

  • @tectonpro8507
    @tectonpro8507 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    It's so cheap propaganda that it's even funny to listen.
    > "The Army of Whites, which was betrayed to the Tsar" - the Tsar abdicated long before the Civil War, none of the political forces of the White Movement proclaimed its goal to restore the monarchy in Russia, for the most part the White defended their privileges and the hierarchical order that suited them.
    > "The Bolsheviks decided to shoot Emperor Nicholas II" - He is not only has not been an emperor for a year, but Bolsheviks did not decide to shoot him either. The decision to execution was taken spontaneously, in connection with force majeure circumstances - the White Offensive on Yekaterinburg, the decision of the Ural Revolutionary Military Council without the sanction of Moscow.
    About "strengthening the power of Putin "Through "Political Repressions™" and "Military conflicts" -- I generally keep quiet. Especially about military conflicts from the lips of NATO members is interesting to listen to.
    > "Boris Yeltsin tried to build a democratic state" -- AHA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!!!
    Can you hear the knock? This Joseph Goebbels breaks out of Hell to claim compensation for copyright infringement.
    The death of the royal family is certainly a tragedy of the Civil War. Exactly the same as the death of thousands of other families during this war, fallen under the millstone of history and caught between the White and Red Terror. The death of each family is a tragedy. Not big and not less. And to stick out specifically one and make it a symbol of martyrdom is not right. And this not the first is the Russian king who died on the throne. But for others, for some reason, do not worry. Perhaps because the nobles killed them, gentlemen, sir. They can, it's not "cattle".

  • @vinm300
    @vinm300 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    "Infantile" : Is how the Pope described Russia's justification for invasion of Ukraine.

    • @creativeandaliveat65
      @creativeandaliveat65 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like his counterpart who tried out leadership in the US empire, Putin is also simultaneously infantile and senile. But above all: cruel. Not a pretty picture.

  • @eboooo
    @eboooo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I met a refugee from the Russian Revolution she was a passenger in my Uber. Nice lady, I was shocked because of how long ago it was.

  • @toonzbrah4316
    @toonzbrah4316 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    He died an unknown hero and none will really know the real reason why. Rip king 👑 now with the king of kings

  • @reyxus9454
    @reyxus9454 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    My father, who is for a social democracy in my country, Italy, actually supports Putin. He said that the Russians need a strong leader, as it is always been their culture.

  • @velikorusskiy
    @velikorusskiy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The Romanovs fell because of the three hundred year curse of Marina Mnishek. In 1613, after the execution of her child, she said this:"The Romanovs will rule Russia for 300 years. The heirs will not die by their own death. This will happen until all the Romanovs die."This led to palace coups and revolutions, and subsequently, the execution of almost all members of the Romanov House and the creation of the USSR.The USSR was actually created for the complete destruction of the Romanovs and other oldest Russian dynasties, but this did not happen, and in 1991 the union broke up.

  • @widget3672
    @widget3672 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    It's a shame that whenever one nation tries to be "stronger" it usually means war...

  • @pistashioman7817
    @pistashioman7817 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    “Vladimir” actually means “Of Great Power”

    • @alexalexin9491
      @alexalexin9491 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I possess the world - that's what it means.

  • @ivanbalkanov3000
    @ivanbalkanov3000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    Its not the 1900s now so dont count on something to rise and fall so easily now

    • @LifeOfTheParty323
      @LifeOfTheParty323 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Saddam Hussein.

    • @julius1085
      @julius1085 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      arab shitholes aren't the same as stable first world countries

    • @Prussian_Defence
      @Prussian_Defence 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Makedonia e BULGARIA

    • @ifonly6788
      @ifonly6788 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ivan japan?

    • @blasty137
      @blasty137 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One of the key elements for a revolution (especially one which cannot be conducted without at least a little violence) is demographics - it is far likelier to happen in countries with a large percentage of young people (approx. 16 to 25) and a small percentage of old people. Older people tend to be not only significantly less violent but also more conservative - this is one of the drivers of political changes in the West as well (Brexit being the best example).

  • @Ryanlexz
    @Ryanlexz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +274

    The economist that cause the 2008 ecomony crisis😂😂😂

  • @ZAR556
    @ZAR556 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    German Kaiser funded Lenin movement including Ticket Train to St. Petersburg,
    All for excluding Russia from WW1 by weaken it from within.
    It Worked
    But,
    Works too Well.
    it give birth the USSR

    • @NikolaAvramov
      @NikolaAvramov 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Finally somebody that knows this!

    • @arshaq4200
      @arshaq4200 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know this he also brought from somwhere i don't know previously he was expelled from the country

    • @Angel-nu7fm
      @Angel-nu7fm 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Read the Kaiser had a thing for the Czarina...weren't they cousins? That family gets a little creepy.....

    • @Airborne675
      @Airborne675 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bruh

    • @joeyreidelbach5509
      @joeyreidelbach5509 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well Kaiser was hoping that Lenin and his group would cause small enough problems that would force the Russians out of the war without doing major harm cause William the 2nd of Germany didn't want to go to war with his cousin at all which is why he sent a letter to his cousin to talk things out.

  • @Victor-kt6qn
    @Victor-kt6qn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    Youu need a tough man to lead tough people.

    • @krazytroutcatcher
      @krazytroutcatcher 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Victor Tecpa In WW2 the British tortured both German and Russian soldiers for information.
      When some of those old Germans were interviewed back in the early 2000’s, they praised the the Russians for their strength and resilience to British torture.

    • @marisamartin3664
      @marisamartin3664 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You don't need a man who kills everyone who questions him...

    • @Victor-kt6qn
      @Victor-kt6qn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@marisamartin3664 oh please don't tell me you believe your president doesn't do it either.
      He's probably just more discreet about it.
      No one stays in power by being nice to your enemies.

    • @magdatvfreire430
      @magdatvfreire430 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@marisamartin3664 E precisohtraduzir para o portugues🤪😳

    • @yoshi9358
      @yoshi9358 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Victor-kt6qn Yes that's why other countries have changing leaders, because our leaders seek to maintain power by being the more popular alternative rather than strangling the opposition

  • @boufns8
    @boufns8 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Question is, what other Russia do you prefer? Modern Russia under Putin, Socialist Russia under Stalin or Lenin or perhaps the chaotic and horrifying living conditions that the country endured during the nineties?
    All you can say is "He is like the Tsar" but that only applies because the last time Russia was this stable was during the last Tsar's rule. That's it, that's the comparison and that's where it ends.

  • @Victor-kt6qn
    @Victor-kt6qn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I'd take a strong leader that actually cares about my country and its people over a democratic leader who's only goal is to get re-elected and cares little of the actual country.

    • @WIYD88
      @WIYD88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Victor Tecpa 😂🤦🏼‍♂️

    • @l4zrh4wk
      @l4zrh4wk 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shame you haven’t got one isn’t it?

    • @leefrankel4191
      @leefrankel4191 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s what dictators like Putin count on, to the profound loss of the Russian people. Unfortunately, they’ve never known anything different in their long history.

    • @Victor-kt6qn
      @Victor-kt6qn 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@leefrankel4191 I'm not from Russia... You guys are thinking like Americans. You won't understand my mindset until you've lived in a country where election are always rigged. President are corrupt. They don't care. Our tax payer money goes to buying their mansions while like half of the population lives in poverty. Then you'll understand why most of us would rather have a dictador and give up a little bit of freedom. For safety and knowing our money is actually going to make our country better and better it for future generations. You can have freedom and security. You gotta choose one or the other. You rich countries easily judge countries for choosing and putting "dictators" in power but until you've seen what a democracy looks like when it goes wrong and fucks over the people it's supposably made for you you'll understand why we'd rather choose a strong leader like putin than some pussy president that sells national companies to rich countries (US) at a super cheap price for his own personal gain. Don't judge us you haven't seen how bad shit can get when election hve been rigged since the 1920's in your country.

    • @Ikaros23
      @Ikaros23 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @J. D. So you think its no bureacracy under a dictator?. thats the lie that they sell. In reality no lord can rule without ministers, a court, and the thousands of secretarys ( bureacrats) that run the country in the real day to day world.

  • @aydendanner5616
    @aydendanner5616 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    They were all beautiful and dint deserve to die

    • @mathewjose4753
      @mathewjose4753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      This horribly.....
      Some of them didn't died by that bullet alone.
      They were beaten mercilessly by the Soviets

    • @manifest5768
      @manifest5768 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Monarchs are a stain on society.

    • @aeoe665
      @aeoe665 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@manifest5768 monarchs are just country who colonize anything they explored first

    • @foodiesmukbang874
      @foodiesmukbang874 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Looks can’t hold the personality within only their actions can tell how the person really was.

    • @coniston3106
      @coniston3106 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They were stabbed with bayonet, then sawed into pieces and thrown into land mines, then burned. Only to be found decades later.

  • @gifigi6006
    @gifigi6006 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    He is even built a palace for himself...

  • @fahoodie1852
    @fahoodie1852 5 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    These Russian guards have excellent marching/dancing skills

    • @alexander3558
      @alexander3558 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m sure their lives depend on it lol

  • @gorelizfilmsmapper4872
    @gorelizfilmsmapper4872 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    0:43 «Июль 1918» Вау, Заранее построили мавзолей для Ленина. Что бы потом голову не ломать)))

    • @Arthur-sd2ul
      @Arthur-sd2ul 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Думаю это просто рандомный кадр, связанный с текстом только косвенно.

    • @Jukanella
      @Jukanella 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Arthur-sd2ul Это просто кринжовое популистское видео с кучей фактических ошибок

    • @Николай1Романов
      @Николай1Романов 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Белые не были все поголовно за царя , это факт , тут же оговорки сплошные .

    • @kirilll7806
      @kirilll7806 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Kryptonian bruh

  • @dieudo.
    @dieudo. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I wouldn't say the fall of the Russian Empire was unpredictable. Russia was torn apart from the many revolts in the country. Nicolas II was not prepared to face such a political crisis.

  • @andyreginald6272
    @andyreginald6272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Long Live Blessed Tsar Nicholas II!!!!

    • @sauraroy1346
      @sauraroy1346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Long Live Comrade Lenin

    • @mathewjose4753
      @mathewjose4753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@sauraroy1346
      He is dead and the Soviet dictators completely destroyed his Ideologies

    • @helmutschmidt50
      @helmutschmidt50 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ​@@mathewjose4753 Lenin wasn't a clean figure. Had he lived longer, he would do the same things.

    • @helmutschmidt50
      @helmutschmidt50 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Anonymer Nutzer Monarchs aren't actuallly bad

    • @kerajohnson1922
      @kerajohnson1922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Anonymer Nutzer not all monarchies can be compared to dictatorships. absolute monarchs are problematic (and definitely compatible to tyranny), but constitutional monarchs are very different. If a king or queen is given the proper limitations and restrictions to keep their power in check, I see no problem in it. Look at the UK, Japan, Norway, and Belgium.

  • @EddiTaru
    @EddiTaru 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Russia has the most fasinating history. It's always been strong and wild.

  • @zubaidakablan6782
    @zubaidakablan6782 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    We will not forget the imperial family thanks to Russia men and women were very clever people to remember that shame crime unbelievable murder.

    • @jnb_110
      @jnb_110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Im sure the Russian people did enjoy the karma they got when Stalin took power

    • @pedrojuan8050
      @pedrojuan8050 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Definitely an unnecessary killing.

    • @branimirkolarov3493
      @branimirkolarov3493 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @B D stolen plan for nuclear weapons from USA, growth population would happen anyway superpower number 2 not 1. It's a pity that Stalin didn't died during his robberies.

  • @NYmomAdrienne3915
    @NYmomAdrienne3915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Because they killed the entire family (children), Nicholas became a martyr rather than what he was

  • @stefanpigford6891
    @stefanpigford6891 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Country boy in :
    North Carolina...I LOVE RUSSIA...

    • @Drannn54
      @Drannn54 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      North Carolina is the region in the USA, US IS A COUNTRY

  • @modisemakokwe4256
    @modisemakokwe4256 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Long live the spirit of the Ramonov Monachy

    • @jesusislordsavior6343
      @jesusislordsavior6343 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Modise Makokwe
      What IS the spirit of the Romanov Monarchy? Can it be defined?
      If the Spirit of Christ lives in a person, that person will end up in the best place of all, no matter who his/her ancestors were.

    • @RT-rb8rn
      @RT-rb8rn 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jesusislordsavior6343 Calm down 😆

    • @personbob8691
      @personbob8691 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Нет

  • @bensanderson7144
    @bensanderson7144 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Has anyone seen the Economist video about how Crimea was a part of Russia dating back to the 17th Century?
    Me neither.

  • @bl5752
    @bl5752 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The Whites were not a unified force, nor did all the factions that historians label as "whites" support the Tzar. You're the Economist, you should be able to present accurate information.

  • @Spido68_the_spectator
    @Spido68_the_spectator 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yeltsin wasn't that much of democrat. He mostly built an oligarchy that now serves Putin, and his incompetence led to chaos

  • @immobiliaresachenrecht
    @immobiliaresachenrecht 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is a complete lie. Russian Empire was supposed to disappear like other monarchy's in Europe. This was a historical process closely connected with industrialization.

  • @charlesskogen7988
    @charlesskogen7988 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    So much disinformation in this video.

  • @ArturoGarzaID
    @ArturoGarzaID 5 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    I would have made myself Czar a long time ago if I was Putin.

    • @BritishRepublicsn
      @BritishRepublicsn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And risk overthrow?

    • @yourownfather6709
      @yourownfather6709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@BritishRepublicsn tbf tsar didn’t know anything about running a country let alone the biggest one , so his risk is lower

    • @BritishRepublicsn
      @BritishRepublicsn 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yourownfather6709only about 20% of the Russian population want the monarchy back, Putin will still risk overthrow

    • @originalcomment4818
      @originalcomment4818 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@BritishRepublicsn that is a lot considering how much time has passed and how much soviet propaganda has been forced onto russia

    • @BritishRepublicsn
      @BritishRepublicsn 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@originalcomment4818 it’s probably less, and it’s still the vast minority

  • @dianaov.1925
    @dianaov.1925 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    When talkin shit about others - first look into your heart

  • @abdoelalaziz7691
    @abdoelalaziz7691 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I believe the new order of Tsar is coming..

    • @marisamartin3664
      @marisamartin3664 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      who would that be?

    • @jesusislordsavior6343
      @jesusislordsavior6343 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mantan Orang Kaya
      I think that Mr. Xi would like to be more than just emperor of China. He might like to be tsar of Russia as well, if not master of the whole world. He has many more employees than does Putin; and he seems to be more ruthless, judging by the concentration camps in Xinjiang.
      Sometime in the future, an antichrist figure is coming who will demand worship from everyone. But he will be destroyed, and at the end of history JESUS Our Redeemer will reign supreme.

    • @joebacon6817
      @joebacon6817 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jesusislordsavior6343 Xi would sooner embarass China in front of the entire world than declare himself a Tsarist. He will be the general secretary of the CCP until he dies, no question about it.

    • @manasbharadwaj2026
      @manasbharadwaj2026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I am the senate-
      Emperor Putin.

  • @Humanmensihsaaninsan
    @Humanmensihsaaninsan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Realy beatifull family realy a clean feeling comes when see these faces.

    • @gabrielebianchi161
      @gabrielebianchi161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Because they are Christian martyrs.

    • @Humanmensihsaaninsan
      @Humanmensihsaaninsan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gabrielebianchi161 how do you know that ?
      Jesus did not die on cross its a lie.

    • @gabrielebianchi161
      @gabrielebianchi161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Humanmensihsaaninsan if you do not believe then unfortunately you are going to consume the bitter drink of misery and destruction. You know what I'm taking about........everyone does. Your knee will bow to Christ.

    • @Humanmensihsaaninsan
      @Humanmensihsaaninsan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gabrielebianchi161 oo Jesusz.
      O Jezuz.
      Ooooo Jezuz.
      O Jesuz.

  • @sendlocation4779
    @sendlocation4779 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    When power relays on faith than you have real power

  • @shumoon1
    @shumoon1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    It seems like Russia has always had to have a strongman leading it, whether you call him czar, premier or president. A democratic Russia would probably still have to govern with a very strong presidency. Some things are just culturally ingrained.

    • @danielforeroc
      @danielforeroc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tsar Alexander II once said: "Ruling Russia isn't difficult, it's useless".

    • @Living_Dead_Girrl
      @Living_Dead_Girrl 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Tsar wasn’t even Russian, you Russian Nationalist Putin-bot! Use the internet to actually look things up. Nobody buys into your brainwashing.

  • @bigz4302
    @bigz4302 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Yeah, and Yeltsin's rule nearly cause the collapse of Russia. The nation is still sitting on less than ideal grounds

  • @The-official-knudschannel
    @The-official-knudschannel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I have a gut feeling that Putin might face the same fate as Nicholas did

    • @TheCandiceWang
      @TheCandiceWang 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Amazing seeing these fan comments eh? He's been a criminal and completely untrustworthy for FOREVER. He deserves so much worse than what happened to the tsar

  • @Orvo2036
    @Orvo2036 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    A lot of misinformation in this video

    • @maarten9272
      @maarten9272 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@djordjecupic The irony is that while this video is certainly biased, you yourself are a sheep as well for blindly following your master. But I doubt that you are even able to realise that.

    • @maarten9272
      @maarten9272 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Coz Paynes Sheep to what?

    • @maarten9272
      @maarten9272 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Coz Paynes Unlike you I don't blindly follow any country, god or man. Putin might be your god but to me he is just another power hungry asshole calling himself a savior. Seriously, I dare you to call me a cnn bot.

  • @salilbhatnagar
    @salilbhatnagar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Putin is positioning himself to end like Tsar Nicholas

    • @vulkron324
      @vulkron324 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If so im gonna make sure you go first

  • @ahmetdogan5685
    @ahmetdogan5685 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That was a totally unnecessary carnage. I'm sure it was Stalin who gave orders of murdering the Romanovs family. Sad.

  • @this.is.berlin
    @this.is.berlin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    What happens to a country when weak leaders rule, can be seen in the fate of Nicholas and his poor family! But Russia does not have to worry: Putin is strong!

  • @armavida6367
    @armavida6367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nicholas was not ready to be a tsar, because his father didn't prepare him. And why you don't tell about Nicholas's relatives in Britain who even didn't want to help?

  • @tudormardare66
    @tudormardare66 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Russia is not an autocracy. It may seem to be this way from the outside, but the system is far more complicated.
    It isn't a full democracy either, nor is it an oligarchy.
    People who tried to leak information about the reality of Russian power structure got into real trouble, and the Russian secret services tried to censor the information they spread as much as possible, so having a reliable and fully comprehensible source is extremely hard.

  • @curtiscarpenter9881
    @curtiscarpenter9881 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I think as history tells one story we must learn the history being made now. History helps us write with a finer quill the history made now, look at when Alaska belonged to Russia and was sold to America and the mistake that was.🤯🤯🤯

    • @here_we_go_again2571
      @here_we_go_again2571 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Selling Alaska to USA (1867) was a
      smart move by Alexander ii.
      Russia needed money to build a
      national railroad.
      AND
      The way people from the British Isles
      were coming to Canada; Britain taking
      over Alaska was almost a given.

  • @freyamckenzie5583
    @freyamckenzie5583 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Tsar and his family were strongly and genuinely devout people. Olga read her Bible daily to her mother whilst they were imprisoned.

  • @MrCrimsonBubble
    @MrCrimsonBubble 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    What nonsense ?? Economist doesn’t have any content to share anymore.

  • @VasilyVasily
    @VasilyVasily ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Европа профинансировала переворот в России и из-за Европы умер Николай 2 с семьёй

  • @tatyanakol
    @tatyanakol 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I find this so cute. When Russia had Oligarchy along with Anglo Saxons looted the country’s national resources put millions of people out of their houses and below poverty level, what’s when Russia had democracy.
    Along came Putin democratically elected president and jailed Oligarchs and lifted “the white men’s burden” from Anglo Saxons, retuned to people what was taken from them, improved their quality of life he is considered Autocrat.
    Of course, Ango Saxons didn’t vote for him even though he was elected by his citizens. Therefore, for Ango Saxons he’s Autocrat. How precious.

  • @coledavis5212
    @coledavis5212 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I wonder what Tsar Nicholas’ cousins (Wilhelm II and George V) thought of his death.
    Even when Wilhelm and Nicholas were bestest of cousins and had nicknamed for eachother, Nicky and Willy.

    • @danielforeroc
      @danielforeroc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wilhelm was the direct responsible for the death of Nicholas, he sent Lenin to destroy Russia. Wilhelm also manipulated Nicholas a lot, like when he convinced him to go to war with Japan.

    • @TheCandiceWang
      @TheCandiceWang 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think people today like to romanticize their relationship a lot. I get the notion, but what happened is unimaginable

  • @OrnumCR
    @OrnumCR 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Boney M said it best at the end of their track ‘Rasputin’......’Oh those Russians!!’...

  • @seahawk124
    @seahawk124 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    And yet again, the TH-cam algorithm does its magic.

  • @tikhomir-ck8mn
    @tikhomir-ck8mn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Stop! Bolsheviks didn't send Nickolas the 2-nd to Ekaterinburg at first. He was in Tobolsk since 1917. Only in April of 1918 he left it for Ekaterinburg.
    Honestly saying, I'm grateful for this video. It's cool that not only Russians watch it :)

  • @mirzoalim
    @mirzoalim 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    1st: who were bolsheviks?
    2nd : People didn't kill Romanoff
    3rd : Secular -the Economist view this short clip just keep in mind people. Learn real history not the one you were taught.
    my advice to all mind you own business and In your own culture, and you can't make people/cultures -the carbon copies of yourselves. Every Nation and culture Must be RESPECTED. Thank you.

  • @kennethh3790
    @kennethh3790 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I feel like this is slightly over dramatised And inaccurate. It completely ignores the existence of the provisional government, and makes it seem as if the Bolsheviks directly overthrew the tsar, instead of the tsar abdicating and leaving the country to a dual authority with the bolsheviks and prov gov.
    Not to mention the tsar and his family was killed during the civil war and not after his abdication, the tsar and his family were killed when the white army were closing the place he was held, and the bolsheviks knew some of the whites wanted to reinstall the tsar to the throne. The bolsheviks didn’t want this to happen and killed them to diminish white moral and to prevent them from falling into enemy hands. Yes I agree they shouldn’t have been brutally murdered, but they were not killed for absolutely reason as the video implies.

  • @faramarzmokri9136
    @faramarzmokri9136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The oppressed always becomes oppressor at the end.

  • @TomSeliman99
    @TomSeliman99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Romanov's were killed by Jewish Bolsheviks (Marxism itself was started by a Jew, Karl Marx). Bolsheviks were led by Lenin who was Jewish(grandfather) , Trotsky who was Jewish, and Stalin. Stalin eventually sent many jews to the gulag. The chief executor of the Romanovs was also Jewish acting under Lenin's order Yakov Yurovsky. Half of the executioners were also Jewish, along with much of the Cheka leadership. They wanted to get revenge on the tsar and also because they would be able to flourish under communism.

  • @MadMusicNerd
    @MadMusicNerd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This first picture is never from 1918. on the left you can see Lenin's mausoleum... Which was build several years later.

  • @dakabogovic460
    @dakabogovic460 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You must know that the Romanovs were the richest family on the earth and in the same time the people in Russia were very poor, many of them without anything on earth

    • @Waiting664
      @Waiting664 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not atheist like communism

  • @thebiggroup1248
    @thebiggroup1248 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That’s one thing that makes me think; what if a lot of countries started to return to their old roots. Germany puts a Kaiser back in power, Russia reverts back to the Russian Empire, England reverts back into a monarchy, etc.