Understanding the Russian mindset
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One of the very foundations of political science is the principle that geography determines destiny. In the same way that the British Isles determined the naval culture, and the frontier affected the American culture, Russia too, can be defined by its geographic characteristics. The most obvious element of Russia's geography is its enormous size. However, the truth is that Russia's size is both an advantage as well as a liability. The very core of the Russian Federation, the Moscow region, is simply indefensible. There are no mountainous ranges; no rivers or oceans, there are no swamps or deserts. Only the forests of Moscow and the inhospitable climate can be defined as geographic obstacles. The only thing the Russians can do in event of an invasion is to drag out the war and bleed the enemy out. It is for this reason that Russia's history is largely about surviving invasion after invasion. These centuries long experiences left a deep mark in the Russian culture and psychology, and due to these experiences the Russian leadership became obsessed with security and survival.
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Good analysis! This explained why the bourgeoisie-narrow-sighted capitalism didn't work in the context of Russian geography. Does Putin have a choice for a better system?
@Emilia Reyes he is called Caspian Report because he lives next to Caspian Sea lmfao don't be so judging
@Emilia Reyes he is from Azerbaijan, Baku c. which was the one of the part Sovet Union.
It suited Russia to do this. What they should have done was make these places viable. Get the scientist working on ways to make things happen in the land, think outside the box. The rich get richer the poor get kicked in the teeth or sent to the meat grinder.
I can't get enough of this geostrategic shit. Why do they not talk about things this way in school let alone the news? It explains shit so much better. Keep it coming Shirvan, we want more!
coljackdripperofburp well said lmao
+Jože Ws ... pretty sure the OP is using "geostrategic shit" for emphasis, as a colloquial/curse-word form of "geostrategic stuff", not implying that the video is actually excrement
Limited Experience 😍
FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH IS THAT RULING CLASS OF RUSSIA FROM THE TIMES OF TZAR NIKOLAY ROMANOV HELD RUSSIAN PEOPLE ONLY AS TOOL FOR ITS OWN ENRICHMENT INSTEAD FOCUSSING TOTALLY IN SALVATION OF RUSSIANS FROM ALIEN, FOREIGN PREDATORS WHICH WERE AND STILL ARE WROM EAST BOLSHEVIK CULTISTS OF KHAZAR TRIBES WHO FLOODED RUSSIA WITH PATHOLOGIICAL BOLSHEVIK IDEOLOGY OR CULT AND FROM WEST, ULTRA PERVERT MONSTER CULT OF ROMAN CATHOLIC SADISTIC ABNORMALITIES AND ALL ETNIC GROUPS WHO WERE INDOCTRINATED IN IT AND THOSE WERE NATIONS LIVING WEST OF RUSSIA LIKE POLAND, FRANCE, AUSTRO-HUNGARIANEMPIRE. ALSO, RUSSIAN EMPIRE SHOULD WATCH CLOSELLY BRITISH EMPIRE LIKE POISONOUS SNAKE WHICH CAUSED MANY EVILS TO OTHER EUROPEAN NATIONS PRIMARY GERMANS, IRISH, SKOTISH AND NEARLY DESTROYED ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN GREEK AND SERBIAN NATIONS!!!
They do, but when we were at school we were only interested in boys girls, basketballs, makeup, and video games
one point to geo determining the mindset.
russians have other type of work discipline. than europeans.
if europeans have 9 of 12 months of agriculture period on much more fertile lands, russians have only 5 months.
so they work hard for short period and very intensive. it is a part of mindset.
thats why for some germans we are "lazy". but we are not.
we like bear that sleep half year in the den and prepare to hard fast and intensive work.
@@lukasp5892 Danke schon, lieber Freund!
That explains a lot actually....thank you!
Like a bear
Hum, this is very intersting Collings. Your name is not very russian to me, but if you are russian and is seeing this message, can you explain to me with your words why, perhaps, there is a fixation of russians for strong but authoritarian man, as well as a far easy acceptance in use the force to enforce state politics, i would love to know more about your mindset!
@@eduardomattosalves4940 cause my name is a nickname.
about fixation on strong authoritarian man I can share my point of view ofc. but it`s a bit complicated.
first point.
Acceptance in use the force to enforce state politics - it`s a myth. for example, Ivan IV The Terrible. He was a ruler of Russia in 16th century. He called Terrible not by russians, but in Western historiography. Originally his nickname hard to translate - Grozniy comes from word Groza, that means Storm. Fearsome and Formidable match way better. But propaganda exists. Point is - he was demonized, cause victims of Oprichnina during more than 20 years of his rule counts as 3-3,5k of ppl. In the same period more than 30k gugenotes was killed just in one night - during Massacre of St. Bartholomew. But Karl IX not "Terrible" for some reason.
second off.
fixation on strong man - is not a myth. Geography is a fate. So it`s not a bad thing in Russia`s circumstance. We have longest terrain borders in the whole world. Example from first point - During rule of Ivan IV territory of Russia was almost quadrupled, threats from Bulgar and Tatar Khans liquidated, inclusion of huge Urals and Siberia starts.
This is the reason why oligarchy type of state fails. This was the main conflict of Ivan IV rule with Boyars (elites) and creating of "middle class" - nobles, after Oprichnina ofc.
third off.
History shows us, that with authoritarian power Russia is strong. Oligarchy type of rule, like in 90`s or in the end of XIX century - Russia is weak.
It`s huge topic and ofc I answered as short as I can. So many things simplified a lot.
The river is called the Volga, not Volgograd.
Everybody knows
@@ToquzOghuzKhaganatekhan except the author obviously
Guess it's not worth watching then. If they made a mistake with the river's name, then I don't want to see how they see us >_
@@527398 Volgograd is the name of a city on the Volga River.
The river is called Yedil not fucking volga.
I was excepting mindset more in the psychological context, but this is good too
What kind of? Maybe i can help.
bukkara tsuppa What Russians beliefs morals and priorities and why?
I live in USA but curious about Russia outside of our overly critical media. In USA I think main belief is if your work hard enough you can live better life. And values prosperity, justice, family.
@@wildchicken679 Erm, it's hard to put it that simple like you just did. Moral top priority would be fairness, equality in sharing profits, which is put above legal justice and even prosperity. Why? It's the climate dude. Traditional farming out here is such a gamble, that villagers had to annually reassign land among households, cause you never know which lot will be hit by frost or flood. So that everyone gets to eat something. If you try to play private property in these conditions, your village will be taken out by famine household by household.
Apart from that, i think our nations' mindsets are remarkably similar. A lot more so than either of us with Europeans.
bukkara tsuppa Thanks 🙏
Do you know if it’s dangerous for Americans to visit Russia or is media exaggerating this? I’ve heard as long as you stay in open more urban places. Ive had Russian friends a while back but media is giving me mixed signals.
@@wildchicken679 Oh, sure, it very is dangerous, Russia is full of Russians, you know, those uncivilized thugs with nuclear rockets in their closets, oppressed by the Regime and waiting for a chance to crack someone's elections, or invade one of the broke NATO newcomers at the very least. You get a mandatory shot of vodka right after customs, then if you try to take any pictures in Moscow, you'll end up in the almighty kay-gee-bee and.... Fuck, i mean, seriously dude??
This analysis is simplistic, in certain parts of it you're clearly lacking knowledge (or were disinformed) about russian history, but fact that unlike some other people you're trying to understand situation from historical perspective is worth of approval.
I think it's supposed to be. Cant be that complex in a video less than 15 minutes.
Григорий Грачёв : I don’t mind the simplicity really... as an American, I like that- so that I can get a quick comprehension of the basic issues. I found all this eye opening. Truly fascinating.
The highest murder estimates attributed to the 1917 - 1953 Judaic Bolshevik alien invasion of Christian Russia financed by Judaic international bankers out of New York is as high as 66 million. This massacre included Russia’s entire intelligentsia. their nobility along with the unmerciful slaughter of the Romanov family. What remained were mostly terrified and submissive peasant farmers. Watch the most forbidden documentary in history: “Europa The Last Battle” at archicve-dot-org. Entire doc banned on YT.
@@Ronnie-Jones "Judaic Bolshevik alien invasion of Christian Russia financed by Judaic international..."
Okay Hitler, how about you'll skip your career and proceed right to part where you're hiding in bunker?
The economic problems of Russian Empire and post-Imperial Russia is totally misunderstood and messed up by the author. The last portion of the video - is a pure fantasy, there of.
As a Russian living in Siberia and interested in the history of the region and the country I can say that this is rather sketchy observation. The reader has either no profound knowledge of the Russian history nor life experience of visiting the country. Although, I agree with the concept of geographical determination.
Sorry for replying so late, but what would you consider to be a more accurate observation (based on more correct information)? I think Russia's political history is almost always guided by seeking security and access to trade, and these priorities have shaped the mindset of inidividuals.
@@LancesArmorStriking Outside that what Russians known about they history is a lie?
@@TheRezro
Don't tell me you're one of *those* who thinks that Russia was "invented in 1700" lmao
One correction. Russia didn't conquer cities Grozny and Tbilisi at Caucasus. Russia expanded to Caucasus only when Georgians and Armenians asked them for protection from Ottomans thus Tbilisi and Yerevan actually wanted to join Russian Empire. And during this expansion Grozny was established as a Cossack fortress that later grew into a township.
Correct! and not only Grozny, but also Volgograd (Zarizyn), Samara and Saratov were founded by the Russians.
This is not true, Russia annexed Georgia on August 8, 1801. what broke the agreement of the 1783 year of the St. George treatise. In 1811, the autocephaly of the Georgian church was abolished and banned the Georgian language.
@@user-hd8jm8nv6l Learn history
What an incredibly stupid statement . Obviously they did not want to join a poor, decaying Russia. Whoever thinks so is a moron.
shibbyobibbyo Now it’s a decaying country that people run away from in hundreds of thousands, but in the 19th century, Russia was a rising superpower. Especially compared to the uncivilized Caucasus states.
3:19 Volgograd - the name of the city which is situated 900 kilometers away from Kazan. The river is called VOLGA
This is incredibly insightful. In light of recent events, we can at least garner some sort of idea of the mentality of the Russian people. Great work, I will definitely be watching more.
***** I think you may have misunderstood the message. This video explains the mindset of those in power, not necessarily that of the populace. If everything you've said about the Russian people is true, then that would only strengthen the video's argument: militaristically, complete control of the population is necessary in order to prevent loss of lands that are crucial to defense.
***** hitler invasion of soviet union was biggest invasion in human history, so no not all countries have experience what russia did.
***** same can be said about us which invaded cuba (bay if pigs invasion) just cuz it did not like a communist government in western hemisphere
***** providing that Finland, Norway, etc have no battle experience. In modern warfare they have no chance to stand longer than a week. Don't delude yourself.
***** wft, how is it more than words? It is nothing but your emotions, kid.
Fascinating, historical report. I'm looking forward to exploring the many interesting points you've brought out in detail. Thank you for your hard work!
Volgograd River?
Volga River!
Volga river.
Volgograd city
Stalingrad*
@@TheTariqibnziyad stalingrad its-1930-1970 сейчас vovlogtad
@@user-re9vb8iw7b Лондон ис зе кэпитал оф Грейт Британ.
@@eotanasLI everyone know that
Keep up the good work man! You are sharing deep insights into the geopolitical backgrounds of cities and cultures. It is truly rare that I write reviews on TH-cam but the quality of your research cannot go unnoticed.
Been watching caspian report for years since 15,000 subscribers mark this kid has never disappointed! When I start my own channel I will be drawing inspiration from shirvan for sure
Wow, that was a really well-made video! Thanks for condensing that vast amount of information!
I had never heard anyone present these insights previously in any forum.
Thank you for the preparing this video. Much appreciated.
Can you also do one on the mindset of China please? I learn more from you than my college professors.
The closest you could ever find to that are these:
/watch?v=imhUmLtlZpw&list=PL32215D034C97E1A6
/watch?v=LP3RjmvyMOs&list=PL32215D034C97E1A6
LET ME GO MORE INTO THE ISSUE AND FACTS ..
The Vikings, the Rus’ & Kiev - the Entangled History of Russia and Ukraine
Stepping away for a moment from the unfolding current events in the Ukraine and Russia, it might be worthwhile to look at the history of the region, which was shaped by the arrival of merchant adventurers rowing long ships called Vikings by the Scandinavians and called Rus by the Finish tribs .Take a look at the www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangians
One of the most well know links to this Viking / Ukrainian Kyiv Russ link is Elisiv of Kiev. Elisaveta Yaroslavna of Kiev (Norwegian: Ellisif or Elisiv), (1025 - c. 1067), was a Princess of Kiev and Queen Consort of King Harald III of Norway
Elisaveta Yaroslavna was part of the Rurik dynasty (by birth) Her Father was Yaroslav I of Kiev Mother Princess Ingegerd Olofsdotter in what today is parts of Sweden and Norway..
Yaroslav relied on the Scandinavian alliance and attempted to weaken the Byzantine influence on Kiev In 1019, Yaroslav married Ingegerd Olofsdotter, a Scandinavian Princess .. In the Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Kiev houses a fresco representing the whole family: Yaroslav, Irene (as Ingegerd was known in Rus), their four daughters and six sons. Yaroslav had three of his daughters married to foreign princes who lived in exile at his court:
Elisaveta Yaroslavna of Kiev (Norwegian: Ellisif or Elisiv), (1025 - c. 1067), was a Princess of Kiev and Queen Consort of King Harald III of Norway Elisaveta was the related to the Grand Prince of Veliky Novgorod and Kievan Rus, Yaroslav the Wise Elisaveta was the sister of Anastasia of Kiev who married the future Andrew I of Hungary..Her brothers included Vladimir of Novgorod, Iziaslav I of Kiev, Sviatoslav II of Kiev , Vsevolod I, Prince of Kiev and Igor Yaroslavich. During the winter of 1043-44, Elisaveta was married to Prince Harald Sigurdsson of Norway. ( In Norway, Elisaveta was known as Queen Elisiv.) See link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisiv_of_Kiev
As with so much of history known as the Viking age, it began with the Vikings in period A.D. 793-1066 historians tend to agree with the Primary Chronicle that these Scandinavians founded Kievan Rus' in the 880s and gave their name to the land. Many Russian scholars are opposed to this theory of Germanic influence on the Rus' (people) and have suggested alternative scenarios for this part of Eastern European history.. This is because of the falsification of history done by Catherine the great with something called the Catherine chronicles In 1792, 'Catherine's falsification of History' saw the light of day. and that is the version Russia likes to present to its self and the world..
See link how Russia hijacked Ukrainian history
www.euromaidanpress.com/2014/05/14/how-moscow-hijacked-the-history-of-kyivan-rus/
THE KIAVAN RUSS AND VIKINGS
The Norse Vikings, from the region that we now call Scandinavia , rowed their long ships deep into the rivers of Central and Eastern Europe; pushing up the Volga, the Dnieper, the Volkhov and the Neva rivers, among others. Using rivers and lakes connected to the Volga, these Vikings traded as far as Iran. On a separate route on the Dnieper River, the Vikings traveled as far as Greece.
Viking heritage in Ukraine
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Norwegian Vikings founded Kiev SO IT WAS NOT THE RUSSIANS LIKE PUTIN SAYS !!....
Kiev's Viking Heritage th-cam.com/video/nvE9UPu-3kI/w-d-xo.html
Grand Prince Yaroslav the Wise, whose wife Ingegerd was from Swedish / Norwegian royalty
The first half of 1031 the Viking King Harald and his men were welcomed by Grand Prince Yaroslav the Wise, whose wife Ingegerd was a distant relative of King Harald of Norway.
They were called the Varangians by the Greeks and Eastern Slavs. The Finns called them the Rus‘ which meant “men who row.” In 862 the Viking chieftain Rurik made Kiev, a into a viking trading port and integrated with Slavic tribes this village on the Dnieper became his new capital. The kindom he established became known as the “land of the Rus’.” (Later, 19th century historians would dub the kingdom the “Kievan Rus.”) The Ruriks Kievan Rus kingdom lasted for close to 400 years before the invasion of the Mongul hordes.
Russia stole the name Rus from the real Rus’ aka Ukrainians Kiev Rus as the Kievan Rus kingdom was literally born in Kiev and started by a viking called Rurk . Now, as the Russian Army is poised on the borders of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Army is taking orders from the capitol in Kiev, both sides continue to play their roles in their long and history, which began, more or less with the Viking Rurik.
But only one nation is the true ancestor of the Kievan Rus kingdom and that is TO DAYS Ukrainians.
Russians need to study history and stop believe the falsification of Ukrainian and Russian history and look at the time line and facts..
UKRAINIAN NATION has been around since 898. In the 11th century, Kievan Rus' aka Ukraine was, geographically, the largest state in Europe Also Ukrainian Cossack had its own Rada (parliament / government) and was self governing until 1783 when Catharine sent her lover Potemkin to annex Cossack Ukrainian lands..
First of all Russia as a state never showed its ugly head to the world before 1721 when Peter proclaimed a new nation and a new capital for the new nation and he called it Russia...
Peter did this after Treaty of Frederiksborg (1720), and the Russo-Swedish Treaty of Nystad (1721) and after the battle of Poltava...
On July 27 every year Kyiv celebrates the anniversary of when Kyivan Rus was baptized by Prince Volodymyr the Great in 988.
In reaction, Vladimir Legoyda, head of the information department of the Russian Orthodox Church, criticized Ukraine’s attempts to call Prince Volodymyr the Great the “baptizer of Ukraine and a local leader.”
The medieval Principality of Moscow wouldn’t be founded until nearly 300 later. So if Kyiv was baptizes by Prince Volodymyr the Great in 988 and The medieval Principality of Moscow did not show its ugly head before 300 years later how can Moscow and Russia clam Ukraine and Kiev never existed hahahaha
Before Peter Moscow and Novgorod and other city's was principality's or city sates if you like and the most known was the Grand Duchy of Moscow From 1283-1547 Grand Principality of Moscow members citys of the Grand Principality was the citys of Novgorod, Moscow,rayzan ,suzdal ,vologoda..
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Moscow
kry ton
A silly response and the gist of what he says is accurate.
he's just spamming the thread. Flag it as spam and move on
rob hansen what a nonsense!
Can you do a *understanding the western mindset* for those on the east?
That would be a good video. I live in the west and I don't understand either.
that would be a balance of power mind set
Primarch Alpharius That would be a very hard one to do, maybe even impossible. The reason is that the countries which we asociate as being "The West" have very different mindsets. There are massive differences between Belgium and the Netherlands for instance. Let alone if we compare something like France with Japan.
I think a better idea would be to just do these countries individualy.
halorecon95
Yeah sure individual countries could work.
Primarch Alpharius American mindset is essentially the polar opposite of the Chinese mindset
Sorry, but Caspian Report still fails to understand Russian mindset aka mentality. Napoleon didn't understand, then Hitler... For us Russians good times are rare, we're hardened people that get even stronger and united when facing a danger and harsh conditions.
West thinks sanctions have the same effect as it would have on them. No offense, but Westerners are pussies, in case some great calamity strikes, most of them will die almost immediately.
Last year has shown our enemies and most importantly ourselves that we are still the very Russians, who have always become UNITED in a powerful invincible force, at the sight of the enemy. Sometimes, I even think if the West wants to defeat us truly, they don't need to impose sanctions, to push NATO closer to our borders. On the other hand make oil worth $200 per barrel, remove all sanctions, but rather give Russia economic preferences all over the world, create a powerful ring of security around Russia instead of pushing NATO closer. And then in less than 100 years the Russians will become a nation of fat cats without any immunity to external threat. Then the enemies can take Russia with their bare hands
Isn't it good that people don't understand the Russian mentality? If they come to understand that, they will surely exploit that for their own interests.
Aditya Oh, don't worry, people will never understand Russians. Which, to me, as a Russian, is a never-ending source of glee
just a question: if a czech want to live in russia and he acts exacly like a russian (not in extreme sterotype way) and he knows exacly to codes of behave in russia... will he be welcomed as russian (due to being also slavic)?
Alexander Pushkin Depends on if he's nice. If he's nice, yes.
0hn0haha thanks that is all i need
То чувство, когда ты из России и смотришь это с невероятным интересом. Как-то по-новому начинаешь смотреть на историю России после этого видео. Спасибо большое!
Россию умом не понять.... и на Ютуб тем более. Но соглашусь, интересная тема.
Только почему то историю они нашу отчитываться начинают с основания Москвы, хотя это 4я столица на тот момент была на Руси
Это точно. Я также испытываю то же самое чувство, когда смотрю документальные фильмы о моей стране, Австралии. (комментируем на русском благодаря Google Translate) :)
По новому может смотреть только тот, кто в истории не разбирается. Куча ошибок, откровенного вранья и ты ЭТОГО не замечаешь?
@@yugoslav26вы бы указали и дали бы правильное!
Dostoyevsky on Russian soul:
"It's frightening how free a Russian man's spirit is, how strong is his will! No one has ever been so much torn away from his native soil, as he sometimes had to be; nobody ever took a turn so sharp, as he, following his own belief!"
They don’t even have the will to take their freedom from authoritarianism
Я не понял , водочки мне
it's bullshit, and Dostoyevsky was evidently too narcissist as a russian to see that. how can anyone talk about "free russian man's spirit" while this state from the very beginning of its history in XVI century was always oppressive empire? The very first secret police that was used against it own people was invented in russia as Oprichina of Czar Ivan IV. russia was never country of free people, not strongwilled. it's country of passive citizens, almost slaves in their own country, citizens that will do everything their king/tsar/dictator/president tell them to do. not to mention, that it's russians who killed the most of the russians. even during IIWW germans didn't kill as many russians as died from the hands of the russian commies during soviet era. it's wild primitive country of wild primitive people, and you can see who they really are by the action of their soldiers during every war they waged, and they are waging at least 1 war each decade (2022 Ukr, 2014 Ukr, 2008 Georgia, 1991-1995 Chechnya, 1979-89, so on and so on...)
Excellent brief on Russian geopolitical security strategy. Very crisp. Thank you for putting it together. I'm looking forward to more of CaspianReport's content.
This is absolutly fascinating insight and a great narative. I'll be searching for more from Caspianreport.
Great stuff bro impartial as always! Can't wait for your next videos.
:) Thanks so much, that was by far the most informative cristal clear Caspian Report that I ever seen. Keep up the excellent work. Cheers.
Another fantastic video, I've been following you for a long time now, I'm surprised you don't have a lot more followers. I'm sure it will come with time.
Волгоград рива, вери гуд, я просто вах**
Денис Lol it’s just a mistake
It explains the geostrategic mindset of tsarist governments, not the russian mindset. This is a mostly neorealist view on Russia, and that's actually quite simplistic, because it only talks about geostrategic resources and survival of states. You cannot reduce russian mindsets to geostrategy, because geostrategic interests and beliefs are also heavily socially constructed. For example, Putins target of remaining his access to the mediterranean via Syria and therefor his intervention there makes sense from Putins mindset of spheres of influence and status symbols, but not from a perspective of real geostrategic interests of the russian nation. Country leaderships aren't necessarily interested in the well-being of the nation, and they do not necessarily know what is best for their nation, when they think they do act in their nations interest.
This needs more input from liberal, institutionalist and constructivist thinkers.
Most people have biases, you have to accept the bias but try and appreciate the points they make regardless. The points hold their own merit rather than bias of an individual. The bias is his own, the points themselves are fairly relevant regardless.
He is not judging. How is he judging anything? He is literally putting what happened in an easy to understand format. Those points are all fairly accurate historically, granted some points differ due arguments being shed in a different light, but again, his points stand on their own as they are points in history not points of conjecture. He's not putting his own spin on a point (well, he is, but not so much that the essence of the point is lost), he's simply describing it.
Ok.....I mean, I didn't really care about what he thought about Putin and what Putin thought as well. Its not really important in the historical context.
Seriously? Russia is not that powerful and saying it basically gives more teeth to the American anti-Russia scare propaganda. Russia has half the population of the US and about a quarter of the EU population. They cannot not go to war with either of them. Stop drumming up Russian exceptionalism. We get it, Russia is powerful...but the most powerful, meh. I cannot bring any logic to the table which even begins to make it accurate. You're better off using victim-hood mentality to maintain sympathy.
PANKI_7 they both have way more nuclear warheads than they need to end the world so the you cant possibly use all of them, thats why when Russia kept making nuclear weapons america started makimg it army stronger which resulted in it being 10 times bigger
This is sooo interesting! Thank you for this precious video! When I watch all of your videos, I will be as wise as a Master in International Studies :D
If you believe these bullocks of "facts" you will remain in total ignorance of Russia. This video.is crap and full of falsehoods and mistakes...author is clueless or outright lying.
Another great vid Shivan. Good work. :) I would be very interested to see a similar analysis about German history and geography. Beggining of 17th century, there was the 30 year war, which devasted its peoples, small decentralized states and economy. The beligerents exploited the geographical weaknesses first and foremost. But somehow after that period the progress was fast and constant. This period always fascinated me (1650 - 1810), but I haven't had the chance to fully explore it and the available literature and resources are scarce. 19th and 20th century are relatively well documented and understandable (closer in time). If you ever feel like making another video of this type, my suggestion is Germany. Regards and keep up the good work man.
Great video as usual. You're work is greatly appreciated.
Great vid ... you did some good research
I am happy to still check out your vids
This was AGAIN a great one
Really underrated channel...
I hope you prosper and succed!
У тебя в видео есть пара ошибок - Грозный не был захвачен, он был основан русскими как крепость.
Да тут куча ошибок. Судя по видео все думают что города уже были и мы их просто завоевали. Когда правда в том что мы все это и строили, когда приходили и ничего на этих землях не было кроме чистого поля,да хибар
Иван Изотов ну как всегда до русских там ничего не было, пришли русские построили, а другие потом отняли у русских.
Арман Баженов
Вот вот, американцы тоже ничего не строили, а захватывали города у индейцев.
Ну и полное непонимание экономики. Импорто-зависимость городов преподносится так, словно производители не зависят от экспорта настолько же, как и потребители от импорта. Перебросить товар по Ж/Д за пару дней - это для него нечто вообразимое, а пользоваться девайсами, произведенными на другой стороне планеты - это ОК, ничего не смущает. Короче, вот такой хуйне учат политологов, и такую хуйню имеем в международных отношениях. Всё закономерно.
I'm just translating what you guys said for the rest of us. It's google translate, so everything might not be totally accurate lol.
Иван Изотов - You have a couple of mistakes in the video-Grozny was not captured, it was founded by the Russians as a fortress.
Anton Ukolov - There's a lot of mistakes. Judging by the video everyone thinks that the cities were already and we just won them. When the truth is that we all built it, when they came and nothing on these lands was except the pure field, yes shacks
Bek Mashrapov - well as always to the Russians there was nothing there, came the Russians built, and others then taken away from the Russians.
Radziwill - So, the Americans, too, did not build anything, but captured the cities from the Indians.
Klin-Klin - Well, a complete lack of understanding of the economy. Import-dependence of cities is presented as if producers do not depend on exports as much as consumers from imports. To transfer the goods on the railway for a couple of days is for him something un-imaginable, and using the devices produced on the other side of the planet is OK, nothing bothers. In short, this kind of fucking is taught to political scientists, and we have such fucking things in international relations. Everything is natural.
This series is just brilliant. Learning so much.
Thank you for this wonderful insight. Brilliant! Thanks again!
"Geography determines destiny"
"Internet scrutinizing geography"
Very strange review. I am basically from Siberia, from Tomsk. Can tell you one thing, everything is other way around in Russia, than you describe, due to oil, gas, mineral resources, nuclear stations and airplane industry Siberia and Far East are much more prosperous noways than European Part. Transportation is 5-10 times cheaper then in EU. This territory is a not just a buffer territory (never actually met this concept), it is a working horse of all the country. Siberia can survive as autonomous region quite well, while you can't tell this about European Russia.
this video has some correct statements, although there are too many mistakes to take it seriously. and especially to speak about the Russian mindset
Well, taking what's obvious from the Russian commentaries is ok.
I'll translate, some that I know is true.
1. Cities and Forts.
When he was talking about conquering cities and forst there was a load of them, that weren't even there. They were built after Russians came there (either from scratch or from just a large village of locals). You need to understand, that eastern territories were almost unoccupied. People, that lived there before our colonization projects were drifters and herders, and while this isn't a bad thing for them, it just simply means they got almost no built structures or agriculture.
2. Agriculture and food suply.
In truth there wasn't that much grain fields in Russia until Sovet Union. And while there were grandiose projects, that failed (like trying to cultivate on far eastern territories). There was also a significant growth in productivity of South regions by massively raising quality of said lands (growing windbreaks, lakes, canals, cleaning rivers). These measures increased and stabilized the productivity of South region.
3. The import/export.
Well if you find some economists they'll explain you better that this ins't that much of a problem, after establishing semi-stable routes (land/air/water). There's also export from china and other countries to that region, so it's more complex than what he said in the video. More importantly is that there is a strong incentive from government and companies for people to just go live there (far north-east especially needed). It mostly goes with raising their salaries, providing them with free vacations and faster accumulation of pension benefit.
That's some major wellknown things. I hope you learned something new.
FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH IS THAT RULING CLASS OF RUSSIA FROM THE TIMES OF TZAR NIKOLAY ROMANOV HELD RUSSIAN PEOPLE ONLY AS TOOL FOR ITS OWN ENRICHMENT INSTEAD FOCUSSING TOTALLY IN SALVATION OF RUSSIANS FROM ALIEN, FOREIGN PREDATORS WHICH WERE AND STILL ARE WROM EAST BOLSHEVIK CULTISTS OF KHAZAR TRIBES WHO FLOODED RUSSIA WITH PATHOLOGIICAL BOLSHEVIK IDEOLOGY OR CULT AND FROM WEST, ULTRA PERVERT MONSTER CULT OF ROMAN CATHOLIC SADISTIC ABNORMALITIES AND ALL ETNIC GROUPS WHO WERE INDOCTRINATED IN IT AND THOSE WERE NATIONS LIVING WEST OF RUSSIA LIKE POLAND, FRANCE, AUSTRO-HUNGARIANEMPIRE. ALSO, RUSSIAN EMPIRE SHOULD WATCH CLOSELLY BRITISH EMPIRE LIKE POISONOUS SNAKE WHICH CAUSED MANY EVILS TO OTHER EUROPEAN NATIONS PRIMARY GERMANS, IRISH, SKOTISH AND NEARLY DESTROYED ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN GREEK AND SERBIAN NATIONS!!!
Jsroslav Hus can u also write without shouting? That hurts
Jsroslav Hus bruh what.
@@dominikmagnus umm, until the Revolution and WW1, Russia fed Europe.
Wonderful video, in my opinion is the best of your channel. Thanks for upload it.
Moscow is on a river
thats the moskva
Really appreciate the effort you put on the visuals of your videos. Always enjoy!
By the way, you should monetize your videos. You deserve every penny you would get.
agreed, I will click on all the ads!!!!
Your analyses are so spot on and so relevant to current events.
Thanks for posting. Interesting stuff!
Amazing! Your work only keeps getting better
I have a graduates degree and you blew my mind with the sharpness and accuracy of your "report"! Keep em coming please, I will do my best to share with as many people as possible
Stellar! Thank you.
This is an excellent overview of the historical situation of Russia. You just got another subscriber
Thank you. This is an excellent video. It offers information and viewpoints that never occur to a denizen of Western Europe. Very useful.
It did. We do not have 60's anymore. NATO know well how Russians think. It is why they try bring Russia from that old mindset as era of invasions ended. It is also one of main reason for helping Ukraine, as Moscow in the end is a parasite. Only stupid media repeat old folk tales about Russian mystery.
@@TheRezro Wow. Thank you. Reassuring.
VERY interesting. Thanks for this!
שלום מר מהיש שרון.
תודה רבה לך על מצגת בסרטון זה.
ההיסטוריה הייתה מאוד מעניינת להסתכל אחורה עליו.
מתיו
fascinating, thanks for sharing!
holy sh, i never knew recent events would get people so russophobic
Russophobia has always been.It's just that it was officially allowed and many took off their masks and showed their true face. It's good for Russians
She has always been. Just Russophobia was hidden behind feigned smiles. Now, thank God, we see enemies in the face, it's wonderful!
From that video you can get deep understanding of Western mindset towards Russia, that hasn't changed since ancient times.
RUSSIA HAS THE WORLD RECORD OF GENOCIDE
List of evil genocide done by Russia to other nations that Russians / Russia never have admitted and/or apologized and/or taken any responsibility for...
1. Genocide Circassian 1817
(Some sources state that three million Circassians were deported and killed )
2. Genocide Circassian 1867
(Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin's May 1994 statement admitted to the Tsarist Russian forces was guilty of the genocide according to the official tsarist documents more than 400,000 Circassians were killed, 497,000 were deported
3. Genocide in Ukraine of 1918 (Total death 7.5 million)
4. Genocide Decossackization 1919
(Peter Holquist, concludes that decossackization did not constitute an "open-ended program" of genocide" Don province, from May 1918 to February 1919, the "All-Great Don Host" was estimated to have killed between 25,000 to 45,000 people )
5 Genocide Don Cossacks 1919
( 44,000 people killed )
6. Genocide know as the Ukrainian Famine of 1921-1923
(4 million people)
7. Genocide Holodomor of 10 mill Ukrainians this is almost 50% of the nation at the time in 1932-1933
(10 million people)
8. Genocide and Massacres of Polish peoples 1937
(Estimates of the number of Polish citizens transferred to the Eastern European part of the USSR, the Ural’s, and Siberia range from 1.2 to 1.7 million)
9. Genocide was known as the Great Purge in Mongolia 1937
(Nikolai Yezhov, the head of the Russian Soviet secret police, NKVD. It has been estimated that Buddhist lamas made up the majority of victims, with 18,000 being killed in the terror. were murdered by the Russian controlled Soviet government today you can see a monument dedicated to the victims of the repressions in Ulan Bator, Mongolia )
10. Genocide is known as the Great Purge (Yezhovshchina) 1937-38
(Russians beloved Stalin killed 3 million )
11. Genocide did to the Koreans in the USSR, 1937-1949
(Almost the entire Soviet population of ethnic Koreans (171,781 persons) were forcefully moved from the Russian Far East to unpopulated areas of the Kazakh SSR and the Uzbek SSR in October 1937 it is Estimates based on population statistics suggest that 40,000 deported Koreans died in 1937 and 1938 from starvation, exposure mostly children and the elderly as difficulties adapting )
12. Genocide of the Crimea Tatars genocide 1944
(A large number of deportees (more than 100,000 according to a 1960s survey by Crimean Tatar activists) died from starvation or disease as a direct result of deportation. It is considered to be a case of ethnic cleansing.)
13. Genocide and massive deportations East Germany Genocide 1945
(The Forgotten Genocide on the Germans th-cam.com/video/2nVf6H3ScSE/w-d-xo.html#t=178 )
14. Genocide and massive deportations of Germans living in Königsberg Genocide 1945
( Soviet occupation Königsberg after the war were based on an agreement with the Western Allies to become Soviet. The death toll during their capture and transportation/deportation was estimated at 15% to 30%, of the ethnic Germans and many families were torn apart)
15. Genocide Chechnya 1990s.
( Russian forces in Chechnya, including extrajudicial killings. Human rights organizations also documented several massacres of civilians by Russian units. Dozens of mass graves containing hundreds of corpses have been uncovered since the beginning of the First Chechen War in 1994. As of June 2008, there were 57 registered locations of mass graves in Chechnya )
16. Genocide of Georgians in South Ossetia 1991
(Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in South Ossetia The Human Rights Watch concluded that the "South Ossetian forces sought to ethnically cleanse" the Georgian-populated areas. 23,000 ethnic Georgians fled from the South Ossetian)
17. Genocide Russia help and orchestrated in a proxy war of divide and conquer by Russian and Armenia in Nagorno Karabakh 1991
(more than 200,000 Azerbaijanis and Muslim Kurds left. and many children died While Muslim Kurds did not take up arms against Russian backed Armenian forces
18. Genocide of Georgians in Abkhaz conflict of 1992
(Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia forced mass expulsion of thousands of ethnic Georgians living in Abkhazia during the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict of 1992-1993 and 1998 at the hands of Abkhaz separatists and their allies the Russians en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing_of_Georgians_in_Abkhazia )
19. Moldovan (Transnistria) purging moldovans 1992
(Alexander Lebed was a Russian military officer and politician arrived at the 14th Army A quote from Alexander Lebed attributed to Lebed demonstrates his support of the Transnistrian cause: "I am proud that we helped and armed Transnistrian guards against Moldovan fascists )
20. Genocide Abkhaz-Georgian conflict purge and genocide of Georgians 2008
(Roughly 200,000 to 250,000 Georgian civilians became Internally displaced persons (IDPs). The ethnic cleansing and massacres of Georgians has been officially recognized by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) conventions in 1994, 1996 and again in 1997 during the Budapest, Lisbon, and Istanbul summits and condemned the "perpetrators of war crimes committed during the conflict)
21. Georgian- east Ossetian conflict purge and genocide of Georgians 2008
(Georgian villages in South Ossetia and were responsible for an ethnic cleansing of Georgians. Russia recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia as separate republics on 26 August 2010. In 2009, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe resolutions condemned "the ethnic cleansing and other human rights violations in South Ossetia,)
22. AND NOW TODAY RuSSian is helping to uphold a Genocide by Assad in Syria 2011 still ongoing …+++
(Since the beginning of March 2011, the stability of the Syrian Arab Republic has degenerated at an alarming rate. Genocide Watch warns that massacres and mass atrocities against pro-democracy protesters and the civilian population are being committed by Syrian security forces under the command of the al-Assad government backed up by Russia army and air force.. www.genocidewatch.org/syria.html)
23. AND NOW TODAY IT continues with the Crimea Tatars genocide ongoing 2015+++
(Following the occupation and illegal annexation of Crimea, Russia has enacted repressive politics against the Crimean Tatars, who opposed the land grab most vocally. Recently, the Russia-appointed Prosecutor General of Crimea criminalized activities of the Crimean Tatars Parliament Mejlis. Crimean Tatar media were also banned - 11 out of 12 of them have been closed. 15 Crimean Tatars activists are arrested because of political reasons, among them is Ilmi Umerov, Deputy Head of the Mejlis. A number of Crimean Tatar politicians and activists are barred from entering the peninsula, including Mejlis Head Refat Chubarov, and Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev. Persecutions of the Crimean Tatars were condemned by the United Nations and separate governments. Moscow is erasing the memory of genocide and is still today running an ongoing repressions deportation of the Crimean Tatars )
THE TRUTH about Russian appeal The Russian's appeal to the people of Europe. (Alternative Video) th-cam.com/video/eFOwLGCkCa0/w-d-xo.html
Atleast the Western governments don't kill their own citizens, like the regimes throughout the Russian history to now,have done...
Nah, that stuff's all made up...
@@robhansen6745 You are spreading lies.
1. and 2. Horde tribes from area of Circassia were regulary attacking ruissians settlements, killing, robbing, enslaving and selling slavic slaves to Ottomans. Diplomaty wasnt working, so only way to protect was to kill that hordes.
3. Were you got that? It was civil war.
4. and 5. Again civil war and anarchy. I have 4 different cossac bloodlanes in my blood - Don, Kuban, Terek and Zaporozye. Some of my encistors were fighting in this war against communism, my grand-grand-grand dad was ataman of Don cossacs during WW1. The genocide which are you talking about was not against Don cossacs, but against Terek cossacs and was made not by government but by folcs from caucassian mountains. My other grand-grand-grand dad - Terek cassac - was fighting against them and in 1921 he and his wife were executed by them. My grand-grand dad was only 11 years old and he with his 7 y old sister could escape and run to Kuban cossacs.
6. and 7. First of all main reason was drought, and it was in most south territories of Soviet Union. Ukraine has most deaths couse it was most populated region. Second, most of rulling people of soviets weren't russians. Half were jewish, Stalin was georgian, Lenin was Kalmik. So it was genocide against russians as well. Third thing was western sanctions against USSR which were allowing trade not for gold but for oil and bread. Even in 1933 USSR couldnt buy food for gold in west. Such sanctions against country where starvations happened regulary once in 10 years would anyway lead to starvation. So west countries did this genocide.
8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Thats true, but it was made not only against poles. Every nation, including russians has suffered from it. Family of my grandmother - Zaporozye cassacs were send to Kazahstan.
13. 14. Haha, thats funny. Germans crying about genocide while had killed 26 mln of soviet people. Or you dont expect revenge for killed brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers, sons and doughters? Germans must be thankfull, that USSR haven't done to them, what they did to USSR people.
15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Wars always happen, when big strong country falls down, becouse some people want to gain their profits. South Ossets abd Abhazs actually dont like Georgia, becouse of georgian genocide aganst them.
20. 21. Saokoshvily started that war. He is in charge for that, not Russia.
22. Ask americans, why they gave weapons to ISIS.
23. That's propoganda. Tatars as nation is not opressed, but only some leaders who want to gain their profit. My cousin lives in Crimea. Her husband is Crimea Tatar. They are absolutely okay and live their lifes.
So you are not telling truth, only bs.
@@Kauppi2 Oh. Are u sure? Civil wars in France, Britain, USA, Spain, Napoleon wars, WW1, WW2, Nazi Germany, Yugoslavia, Vietnam, Colonisation of the World never happened? And that are only several big things.
this is an awesomely informative video for someone not well versed in the history of other countries such as myself! very cool.
A fascinating video. Thank you for sharing.
As far as I know during the empire time there were no mass assimilation processes. At maximum some minor local problems. It has always been pretty tolerant in race diversity.
You never lived in Russia I can say
hello from turkic minority of russia who have christian name. also you can read about how russia invaded caucasus, crimea and how many muslims deported from their land. even polish and lithuanian people had struggles with russians because of religion. read about antisemitic laws in russian empire
@@miguelandreas8198 Stalin saved thr lives of the Crimean Tartars by deporting them. They were allied to the nazies and happily took part in murdering the local Russians, Jews, Greeks and Armenians. What do you think would have happened to them as the families of their victims returned...extermination in revenge.
@@miguelandreas8198 Catholics had their churches and no one was mass converted. Dont be daft.
It's a western view of the Russian history, so it's not true
By far the most underappreciated channel on TH-cam. Looking forward to future videos.
Wonderfully made video. Are you able to provide any sources for the content you provide? I am able to find sources here and there that corroborate but was curious if there were specific sources you drew from. Thanks.
Wow... THIS explained a lot of things. Great work.
Bravo! This holds up very well.
Wars against Ukranian Cossacs and Baltics? Sorry, but it doesn`t seem right
Cossacs were liberated by Russian Tsardom from the Poland in XVII century (1654 year when pact with Pereyaslav Rada was signed). Baltic States simply didn`t exist (exept Lithuaniae, but it was a part of Rzeczpospolita (Poland))
Константин Рыжанов baltic states might not have existed, but baltic nations did
rinalds senvalds They existed in some way, but we didn`t fight with THEM. With Poland or Sweden - yes, but not with Baltic nations themselves.
As a russian who lived in baltics I'll say that the balts write so much preposterous bullshit about themselves in their history books that it makes me sick. They actually think they conquered Moscow & that their leaders were also the leaders of the russian nation, there are titles like "insert duke name-the leader of balts & russians" in the books from which balts study at school. Moreover, there's constant whining of the past polish & russian oppressions against them, even in literature. Even some polish writers are falsely considered baltic.
9 years later and this video is still close to genius
Hello Shirvan. I like very much your videos. Thank you for the effort you put on it!
I just wanted to point, that as far as I am concerned, the Ural mountains neither are really mountains nor a geographical barrier. They are rather hills, that any troop can easily cross on foot or vehicles.
3:18 it's not the Volgograd river, it's the Volga river.
So true! So insightful! For those not deeply familiar with the Russian history and society, but ambitious in geopolitics, a jewel!
Thanks for another great video.
I must oblige. This is world class analysis. Keep your head cool and stay the course.
Thank you, CR, for posting this. This is one of the best and most lucid telling/explanations of Russia "yesterday, today and tomorrow". Most Americans know little about Russia because of the "demonization" and a certain level of secrecy between world governments. Your explanation is very, very well done, sir or madam.
...and after seeing this you know even fewer about real Russia my friend. The secrecy is also expressed in such videos that downgrade the true knowledge. Who benefits from that? I wonder..
Renat Khanzarov Ok
What exactly did he get wrong then?
@Renat can you tell us the true knowledge then? or even a good video to learn?
Did you say excuse Russia? Oh, you're too kind, Mr Exceptional! ^^
Really really good channel with well-researched information, and not the usual stereotypes and legends that others present as what Russia is about (have you noticed, not once has the expression "vodka" been uttered in this video; and the climate thing hasn't been blown out of proportion either; since climate without distance is a non-issue)
Anyway, you got a new subscriber, thanks a bunch, CaspianReport!
Excellent stuff! If history was taught like this there would be more students than classes!
excellent video👍
@CaspianReport
You've a lot of formal and informational mistakes in this video.
@ 3:17 it's not the Volgograd river, it's the Volga river. And also Samara and Volgagrad (Zarizyn) waren't conquered, but founded
@ 6:47 Grozny wasn't conquered either, but also founded by the Russians
@ 7:57 Do you really think the Russians survived and finally won World War 2 by withdrawal? What about the sacrificed 28 million Russian lifes?
@ 10:24 although these areas have short summers, the soil there is one of the most fertil in the world, that means that main agricultural products like weath, corn or potatoes grow there just perfectly(commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chernozem_distribution.JPG). So the "lack of goods" is a wrong argument here
@ 13:31 Is there no free market economy right now??
Please, check and correct it!
Exactly! I want to add up about Sibirian climate - summer here is long and hot, it's just winter that is freezing.
Traveling in hursh Siberian climate - on winter maybe, but not in summer.
Very good work! Blessings!!!
NIce work....you answer questions that were not taught to me at the University.
It's so funny to see you guys chatting about my country like 'experts'. A country most of you have never even been to.
***** the thing is, you need to try this food first
***** if you're comparing Russia to shit then you're lost mate
***** Russia wouldn't have been so dominant and prosperous if it wasn't for their reforms and successful foreign policy :)
***** man, this is Russia, we need a leader with a strong grip. If you look back in history, the weak leaders were always overthrown and the country was always getting into mess. Like, there were six murder attempts on Alexander II, after the last one he got eventually killed. His grandson (Nicholas II) was overthrown by Lenin and the RKP(b)/РКП(б) (Bolshevik-Communist party), who was trained in Europe (Zurich, Switzerland), then the country became a mess for the whole 20th century. Same for the 90s, Gorbachev eventually has dissolved the USSR into a bunch of weak states, instead of smooth transition to capitalism (like in China), there was a radical one in Russia, with mass privatization of Government's assets (oligarchs are the smart guys that got rich in the 90s by massively accumulating shares basically). 1990s is represents the war for power and economic mess in every post-Soviet country (drunk Eltsin in Russia), some countries are still is in a mess (Ukraine). With Putin's United Russia party, the country had tripled its GDP and got out of this mess. I experienced it myself, from being a poor lad on a supermarket counter, I've got my own business now. Also, if you didn't know, poor countries cannot afford to build the tallest skyscrapers in Europe and provide infrastructure for 16 million km2 (2.25 times more than US) of landmass with a population only half of the US'.
***** True that, there is corruption and 'blat/блат' culture in the country ever since the 90s: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blat_(favors)
Yeah I've been both to European countries and to the States, better infrastructure in rural areas and all. The thing is, there is no proper punishment for stealing with local officials (e.g. stealing budget money when undertaking construction projects), I see that Putin is trying to rectify the stuff, but really I think he outlived himself and the government has many groups that still don't listen to him and don't want to implement anti-corruption measures, but they can't admit it to him obviously. I think that we need a similar dude as Putin but with 'fresher' thinking who will take us to the next level without ruining the momentum. We also need stricter law enforcement and stricter penalties for stealing funds, cause it makes people lose jobs and cuts the efficiency tenfold (that's from Keynesian economics - Govt spending), for example a lot of road construction projects have cash stolen (There was one story in one small town (I don't really remember which) where they allocated 10 million rubles (100k GBP/140k USD) to build a cycling road, you know what they did? They spent 2 million on road markings without replacing the asphalt and took the rest 8 mil in their pockets, and local people didn't even give a shit) I know what you mean, but I live in Moscow city center though, so can't really feel the impact in my daily life, only probably if I go to some shithole in the Far East. All I'm saying is that it's very hard to control such a huge country with a lot of groups trying to topple the government. Also, if we didn't have such strong military, China, US and Europe would've pressured us that's for sure.
Nice talking to you
This information will be useful when I visit Russia for this coming World Cup. The third game I go to is in Yekaterinburg after Moscow and Rostov. This video has helped me understand why I have to travel so far east to experience Russia as a whole. Thank you!
If you are talking about the World Cup in Quatar....dream on.
Russia has been banned from all International Sporting Events..Wonder Why?
Great report. Keep up the good work.
Well made. Very insightful.
Loved that thanks
"The only thing the Russians can do in event of an invasion is to drag out the war and bleed the enemy out." And they're damn good at it. Ask Napoleon. Ask Hitler.
+Robert Bell However if they have a drawn out war and get bleed out then they will also collapse. WW1 saw the utter destruction of Tsarist Russia by the German empire.
KarlVyt
Good point, but WW II ended up shoring up Stalin's regime. My personal theory is that Putin is trying to start a war in the Mideast to cause oil prices to go up, which in turn would be good for the Russian economy.
Here is a picture of the world leaders in 2004 at the G8 Summit on St. Simons island. Who in the picture is still in power today?
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/sites/default/files/styles/article-gallery/public/m-8457.jpg
Yea, it's Vlad.
***** Putin would be more wise at trying to diversify the Russian economy. The vast natural resources are nice, however oil prices are fickle and go up and down all the time.
KarlVyt
You're probably right about that. But I suspect it is a lot easier to just sell oil...
Fantastic video, excellent observations!
Very insightful, Shirvan. I'm totally blown away....
Thank you for this brief and interesting history of Russia. Now I want to know more!
Shirvan, Start a Political Party! You have my support!
God...I love your worldl history lessons of the various geopolitical, military, and economic regions of the bold old and modern empires, kingdoms, and principalities of the world !!!
i just subscirbed to your channel because i found it really interesting.
this video is really well made,can i suggest you to do a series put of it? i wpuld be really interested in a video loke this about italy or iran
thank you for a very informative report on Russia history, it helps us to understand Russians much more, very good and understandable report
I would like to see you do a version of this for America. I'd like to see an outsider's perspective from a geopolitical standpoint.
Excellent, concise explanation. Thank you
great video ! keep up the good work
The fact is if you were to invade what areas do you need to seize to force each part to surrender? This reduces death toll but wins a stratgic victory.
Excellent work as always!!! I wish our education system was ever able to provide holistic information like this!!! Thank you so much
I know a lot about Russia, so I am glad you confirm my opinion.
Well done. Keep on CaspianReport.
Looking forward to watching new analysis on todays issues,
Understanding history is a must.
Sorry, it's just his own opinion and fairy tales. Nothing from reality.
Lol really?)
This video is full of mistakes, and cant be used for education.
Rocco Siffredi i just know Rocco the Italian from another video lol
Clearly presented pertinent facts done with great understanding and no emotion. Leaves the viewer more knowledgeable and less prone to political/social manipulation.
The exact opposite of an activist.
This is an excellent video. Well done. You have a new subscriber.
Interesting video on the history of the Russian Empire. It's hard to believe the Russian Empire stretched from Poland in Europe to Alaska in North America in 1866.
Hay CaspianReport, another great video, where do you find your footage and pictures. They are fascinating and i would like to study some properly
he gets most of his materials from movies, internet search, wiki has a lot of the images hes used. and of course his MGS music.
This is wonderful! Thank you. 🙏 Godbless.
highly informative ..thank you so much