💀This is the TRAGIC history of Poland

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    Poland is one of Ukraine's biggest allies in its war against Russia.
    Why is Poland so involved in somebody else's war? Why do they care?
    Poland has some really unfortunate geography that led it to getting invaded time and time again throughout the years. So much so, in fact, that Poland was wiped off the map several times.
    From its mythical origins to the modern era, Poland's history is a valiant story of struggle and preservation.
    Let's set sail for Poland! The tragic country.
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  • @ChillDudelD
    @ChillDudelD ปีที่แล้ว +194

    Lots of small mistakes and big oversimplifications to fit a narrative but overall good job and the animations are top notch. But you should seriously have at least mentioned the Polish-Bolshevik War.
    P.S. Jadwiga was a KING, no cap.

  • @Antares-mo6xh
    @Antares-mo6xh ปีที่แล้ว +96

    1:26 Fun fact, Emperor of holy Roman empire, Otto 3, planned to give Mieszko 1 his crown and make Poland second empire which would be responsible for eastern europe, but Otto died soon after his visit in poland and his ancessor decided "well, if poland is so mighty and rich, why won't I steal its goods? I can rule whole world" so he atttacked Poland (or wanted to attack it) and this is how Polish-german relationship begins... xD

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh that's interesting, wish I knew that so I could include it in the video!

    • @fekalistagrzybowory7619
      @fekalistagrzybowory7619 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Are you talking about Mieszko I?
      It was Bolesław the Might, son of Mieszko, who actually met with Otto the III and get crowned by him

    • @elah1023
      @elah1023 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@KnowledgeRaiders This fun fact is getting even more funny: there`s this theory that in case of emperor`s death Bolesław The Great was considered by Otto as his second heir after count Ekkehard. After Otto died and soon after Ekkehard was murdered Bolesław was supposed to rule in Aachen which would make him some kind of new version of Charlemagne and in fact he had support of part of German nobility. Unfortunately Henry II was elected as a german king, Otto`s idea died and that`s how almost quarter of century period of wars between Germany and Poland started

  • @Antares-mo6xh
    @Antares-mo6xh ปีที่แล้ว +49

    No. Rus does not stand for russia. Russia was founded Long after Poland and Czechia. Rus stands for Kievian Rus which is currently non-existing country which was predecessor for Ukraine. Kievian Rus has merged with poland and later, Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth. It has nothing in common with russia.

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว +18

      No, Rus does NOT stand for Russia. Russia took its name from Rus, that's the point we were trying to make.

    • @Antares-mo6xh
      @Antares-mo6xh ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@KnowledgeRaiders Ok mate, you said that in the part with Lech czech and rus so I thought different.

    • @worldspam5682
      @worldspam5682 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, rusia even existed at the same time as rus. (I'm talking about time when rusian predecessor divided from rus)

    • @vladsome6026
      @vladsome6026 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Besides Kievan principality there were other - like Novgorod that never fell to Polish hands. Although Rus principalities were indeed fractured for a long time - Moscow reunited them and restored the name. The claim that Moscow wasn't Rus principality is nothing but a propaganda piece.

  • @JezElectro13
    @JezElectro13 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    fun fact you haven't mentioned: Queen Jadwiga was actually KING Jadwiga before she became Queen.

  • @AlFatman
    @AlFatman ปีที่แล้ว +91

    I never knew Polish history was so brutal...nice work as always KR!

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thank you so much for your support!!! Wouldn't be here without people like you

  • @norgesveldet
    @norgesveldet ปีที่แล้ว +209

    Poland is such a beautiful country, but with a history so tragic even the most unfeeling would cry.

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Absolutely. Tragic history made very strong people

    • @Sentekuu
      @Sentekuu ปีที่แล้ว +12

      This just shows you dont know Polish history fully...

    • @SnakeInAShoe
      @SnakeInAShoe ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@KnowledgeRaiders the modern poles are very strong at drinking games
      My source: im polish

    • @somerandomguy9808
      @somerandomguy9808 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SnakeInAShoe same

    • @bambokoksislime7033
      @bambokoksislime7033 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@SnakeInAShoe avrage dad be like: party every sunday

  • @samwill7259
    @samwill7259 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    That three brothers story is always so weirdly funny to me.
    So they all went on a family hunting trip, wandered off between like, 600-1200 KM away from one another and just set down roots right there and then
    See my understanding was that the purpose of a hunting trip was to come back. Preferably with food.

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว +7

      OMG I totally would have made a joke out of that if I thought of that earlier

    • @Antares-mo6xh
      @Antares-mo6xh ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, this is just a tale xD Like other slavic myths like Baba Yaga, Witches, or Basilisk. But still it is funny xD

    • @patrykstarfish274
      @patrykstarfish274 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's only Legend which one have nothing with reality.
      Especially guys who founded countries.
      Before Czech was Czechoslovakia which one separate on two different countries.
      Czech and Slovakia.

    • @Antares-mo6xh
      @Antares-mo6xh ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@patrykstarfish274 No. Czechoslovakia was founded in 1918. Before it was part of The Austro-Hungarian Empire, and before it was Czechia. Slovakia didn't exist before 1993. Those lands belonged to Poland and Hungary.

    •  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Antares 2335 You're right. There is another interesting fact. Rus created Kiev-country witch was pronounced "RUŚ". In 20th century "Ruś" people created other name for their nation in order to separate from russia because they are not russians(they are rus). They created Ukraine(At the begginign it was Ukraine-ruś after some time only Ukraine was left). Everybody make that mistake.

  • @MateuszPieniek
    @MateuszPieniek ปีที่แล้ว +39

    It may be incomprehensible to people unfamiliar with Slavic languages, but:
    Slavic: Ruś -> English: Ruthenia
    Slavic: Rus -> English: guy from Ruthnia
    Slavic: Rosja -> English: Russia (shortcut Rus)

    • @MateuszPieniek
      @MateuszPieniek ปีที่แล้ว +17

      And one more interesting thing:
      Slavic: Białoruś -> English: Belarus
      Slavic: Biała Ruś-> English: White Ruthnia
      White in Slavic was meaning north.
      So Belarus means Northern Ruthenia, not "White Russia" or "Northern Russia"

    • @86DaF
      @86DaF ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@MateuszPieniek ciekawostką jest że nazwa kierunków geograficznych przyporządkowana kolorom to spuścizna po mongolskim panowaniu na tych terenach, to islamski sposób nazywania kierunków a nie słowiański, jednak zostało to utrwalone i do dziś funkcjonuje pod postacią nazw własnych.

  • @sokowirowka2965
    @sokowirowka2965 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    not bad not bad, but you could make it better like telling about polish soviet war, poles saving vienna, about uprisings, polish hungarian friendship, poles taking moscow. You know , beacuse you make us seem like drudge of europe and it wasnt like that every time. (sorry for bad english).

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you so much! Yes, we did leave out a lot of other incidents in history. It's difficult to explain every single incident of a country in one short video, there are entire university curriculums on Polish History.
      At the end of the day, we wanted to explain why Poland was taking its hyper-vigilant stance about Ukraine/Russia and had to pick and choose relevant events in history.

  • @ltpinecone
    @ltpinecone ปีที่แล้ว +46

    It never ceases to amaze me how old and how young Poland is at the same time.

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, there are several different definitions of "Poland" throughout the years

    • @tokonibia
      @tokonibia ปีที่แล้ว

      It's in a paradox

    • @PiotrPilinko
      @PiotrPilinko ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tokonibia Short answer: a reincarnation.

  • @andrzejporozinski2292
    @andrzejporozinski2292 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    If i could add a little bit: 1919 to 1922 we struggled with red revolution and it was a big deal Lenin and all (it seems you went over it).I know the movie is done and all but its important, soo for future... The rest is so good, i'm amazed how you cramed so much in. Thx a lot and good luck for future

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much, Andrzej!!! Glad for your feedback, and gladder yet to have you as a viewer :)

  • @123pik1
    @123pik1 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    1. Winged hussars lost their position because big costs of horses (it is main reason, gunpowder is second) and it was heavy cavalry
    2. Polish peasant had better life than Prussian or Russian, there is no doubts in it (they had more rights)
    3. Cossacks weren't opressed, they had many rights in the Kingdom
    It is a part of mistakes which I saw in video

    • @123pik1
      @123pik1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is no mentioned important Polish-Soviet war in 1919-1921, same with saving Vienna
      This video isn't very accurate in my opinion because there is some very important things not mentioned and some others are said on a border with mistake

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you for your feedback!! We tried the best we could, but definitely aren't perfect.

    • @123pik1
      @123pik1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@KnowledgeRaiders It is impossible to be perfect
      Your way of presenting information is very nice to hear (very big advantage of your channel)

    • @Glassius89
      @Glassius89 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@KnowledgeRaiders It is true Poland was backward country before partition, but it was due to being postapocalyptin wasteland. Wars in XVII century obliterated Poland and moved it back to medieval economy. Deluge killed like 25% of Poland inhabitants, than later great northern war did the same. The population from before Deluge was restored in XIX century!

  • @simple-commentator-not-rea7345
    @simple-commentator-not-rea7345 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Remember those character intros from the Borderlands games? If countries were characters, Poland's would be something like "How is this guy still alive!?!?"
    Any better ideas? Seriously asking.

  • @twisters999
    @twisters999 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Not really accurate as the Warsaw didn't even exist during the Mongol invasion and the mongols didn't win and a lot of small nitpicks but overall the video is good and funny :D

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you liked it!!! Hope to see you in more of our videos :)

    • @ChillDudelD
      @ChillDudelD ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Neither did Moscow as well.

  • @adamwestside151
    @adamwestside151 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    In WW2 Poland did not disappear from the maps, it was occupied and there Polish authorities was in exile.There are a lot of understatements and the presentation of the story is not entirely reliable

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We were selective about the events we included in the video to provide context for Poland's position on Ukraine/Russia

    • @adamwestside151
      @adamwestside151 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@KnowledgeRaiders Ok

    • @simple-commentator-not-rea7345
      @simple-commentator-not-rea7345 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@adamwestside151 Speaking of WW2, apperently through shared distrust of the Soviet Union, Imperial Japan had supposedly wanted Poland to join the Axis powers and even rejected their declaration of war. Sounds like a thing you'd hope to find many credible sources on, but there aren't many translated from Polish, let alone Japanese

  • @frostyfront9156
    @frostyfront9156 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Where is the war of 1920 Poland vs. Bolshevik Russia ? it's just a question but otherwise great job

  • @ryszardjanecki2154
    @ryszardjanecki2154 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Jadwiga byla królem

  • @KukurydzaPL400
    @KukurydzaPL400 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    16:29 bro skipped polish bolshewik war and ukranian one also

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว

      We picked and chose certain events to explain Poland's current stance on Ukraine/Russia

  • @patrykstarfish274
    @patrykstarfish274 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Damn i'm from Poland.
    And our history could be a great storyline for a game

  • @Pigcasoo
    @Pigcasoo ปีที่แล้ว +4

    6:07 well it wasn't Cassimir that united Poland it was his father Wladyslaw but still cool video

  • @rzeberdorlysznumberone979
    @rzeberdorlysznumberone979 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1:00 - Before 966 AD, when the baptism of Poland took place, Poles had their mythology consisting of many gods and goddesses and this mythology was as interesting as Greek or Egyptian mythology. Unfortunately, there is not much information or traces about Slavic mythology.

    • @metanoian965
      @metanoian965 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fortunately there is a lot and much of it is free on line.
      Unfortunately the lazy like to show off how little education they have.
      Are you lazy ?

  • @tokonibia
    @tokonibia ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Poland really said : I ain't going to let this slide

  • @Dominiktoxic
    @Dominiktoxic ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is such a great video! Keep making more of these!!! 😀

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much!!!! Glad to have you, Dominik!

  • @Uranium-jj7le
    @Uranium-jj7le ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Why didn’t you mention that for like 4 years Władysław III ruled Poland, Lithuania and Hungary?
    Either way good stuff man!
    Granted I play a stupid amount of EU4 so that event gets thrown around ALOT

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว

      uhhhh I'm really not sure, I wrote the script a long time ago and don't remember it in my research. Oops!

    • @ryszardjanecki2154
      @ryszardjanecki2154 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Zgadza sie wladal ale potem zginal pod warna 1444 roku

    • @ChillDudelD
      @ChillDudelD ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And Croatia.

  • @kamilkrupinski1793
    @kamilkrupinski1793 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1. There was no Warsaw for Mongolians to conquer in 1241 :)
    2. Casimir the Great didn`t unite Poland, his father did - Władysław Łokietek ("The elbow-high")
    3. Casimir didn`t donate Silesia to the HRE, he just formally accepted the fact that local dukes (his far cousins from Piast dynasty) accepted King of Czechia (who happened to be also Holy Roman Emperor) as their overlord (which happened in times of Władysław Łokietek).
    4. It was Łokietek who allied Lithuanians - Casimir mostly continued his policy in this matter.
    5. Successor of Casimir was Hungarian king Louis the Great, he ruled in Poland for 12 years. Who happened to be a nephew of Casimir - his mother was Casimir`s sister), and Jadwiga was daughter of Louis who succeded him on the Polish throne (while her sister - as Louis had no sons - inherited other land of Louis - Hungary and Croatia).

  • @JezElectro13
    @JezElectro13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    you know how people work: They see video on their country, they watch it. I'm one of them.

  • @mikdukevich9838
    @mikdukevich9838 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Description of winged hussars very vague and very inaccurate as they were a whole sorta social/political class highly made up of Polish Noblemen. I guess it is a short video however and really good nevertheless. Nice watch :)

  • @Karol37642
    @Karol37642 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    bardzo dobre 10/10

  • @sekritdokumint9326
    @sekritdokumint9326 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Poland was never know as Lechia. The legent is very recent, and was used by polish nobility (around XVII century) to make themselfes more.. noble I guess? The whole idea of Lechia is fake. It was always Poland and the Polanie tribe uniting other slavic tribes.

  • @sienkiewicz1290
    @sienkiewicz1290 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Where Poland - Soviet war? 1920

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว

      We picked and chose certain events to explain Poland's current stance on Ukraine/Russia

  • @Ronaldinh0
    @Ronaldinh0 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    where 1920 war??????????

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not possible to fit all of Polish history into a short video, and you need a university degree to really get a handle on it all

    • @kajosan79
      @kajosan79 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@KnowledgeRaiders We know, but you just missed the most important part. Without this war, there would be no Poland after the First World War, and perhaps no Germany either, because the Bolsheviks would pass through Warsaw and reach Berlin.

  • @bleflar9183
    @bleflar9183 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Winged Hussars weren't from hungary, they were recruited from among Polish nobility and they were heavy cavalery rather than light cavalery. Also they were created when gunpowder was already present and widely used, the Winged Hussars did not decline becouse they became obsolete, but rather becouse the heavily damaged economy simply wasn't capable of fielding them anymore since they were so darn expensive.

  • @CzytaSieTylkoBarry
    @CzytaSieTylkoBarry ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i love when english-language people are making video abaut polish history

  • @hubertkuczma1361
    @hubertkuczma1361 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Holy shit, how does this channel have only 5k subs? These videos are very well made, props to you!
    (Also, you misspelt Legnica at 4:52, but it's understandable as the Polish language is basically runic)

  • @susangoaway
    @susangoaway ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No, the winged hussars were not light cavalry, that's completely wrong.
    And you ahve completely skipped over the political causes of the partitions. Not even mentioning that this is a result of democracy

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว

      There's only so much information I could fit in a short video. The distinction between "Heavy" and "Light" cavalry is hazy in the grey areas. The Winged Hussar had its beginnings as light cavalry and then added more armor as time went on.

    • @tonbog1053
      @tonbog1053 ปีที่แล้ว

      masz rację

  • @worldoftanks5264
    @worldoftanks5264 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    u didnt talked about polish bolshevik war in 1920

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว

      We couldn't include every incident in history :( this video is already super long

  • @zayyandalai209
    @zayyandalai209 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Poland waving NATO article 5 and grinning: this is what what we call 'anti-partitioning insurance'
    but in seriousness, this video is my favourite till now. All these things that I had learnt about and you putting them into perspective really helped visualize how one event led to the other. It gets tough to understand how a thousand different factors led from the mongol invasion to WW2 but this really helped.

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you!!! Really glad you liked it. You're going to LOVE our next-next video on the history of China, specifically the history of Chinese oppression. I personally hand-crafted a dank social credit meme for it!!

    • @agnieszkakowalska7564
      @agnieszkakowalska7564 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unfortunately Russians not only were enslaved by Mongols, but sadly they accepted their barbaric rules as their own and have never recovered from that mentality. This is why we still have problems with them.

  • @Ligma-balls
    @Ligma-balls ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Two fun facts:
    After the battle of Grunwald the Pope cursed whole Poland, and to this day every Christian church and everything about it doesn't matter, which makes everyone unable to go to heaven in Poland.
    Also Poland's current anthem is trash, as we had a 3x better anthem many years ago that had a lot of lyrics based off how much Poland had to fight for independance. Its named ,,Rota", and it is
    Infuriating becouse it would be better as an Anthem, but it has a one line saying something like: ,,Germans wont spit in our faces, neither germanize our children".
    Thank you for reading this

    • @metanoian965
      @metanoian965 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Also
      Historical Anthem of the Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth - You Tube

    • @megawiemjem7098
      @megawiemjem7098 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      NIE BĘDZIE NIEMIEC PLUŁ NA W TWARZ

  • @catastoic
    @catastoic ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rus didn't end up as Russia, Kievan Rus was Rus, Rus was not Russia, it was a kingdom long before Russia and Muscovit'es where where Russia came from (small backwater town at time of RUS), Russia claimed name Russia to steal Rus history for itself.

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You're absolutely right. Kievan Rus was a medieval state that existed in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century. It was a powerful and culturally rich state that played a significant role in the development of Eastern Europe. The name Rus was derived from the Varangian tribes that settled in the region and formed the ruling class of Kievan Rus. Later on, the name Russia was adopted by the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which eventually became the Russian Empire. The claim that Russia stole the name Rus to appropriate its history is a contentious issue, but it's clear that the two are distinct entities with their own unique histories. Thanks for bringing this up!

  • @Just8gor
    @Just8gor ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video, great animation. Deserves more attention. However, you should've mentioned something about the Warsaw Uprising. Besides that, one of the best (if not the best) youtube videos talking about the history of Poland.

  • @battlnerd2128
    @battlnerd2128 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    not entirely accurate. poland was united by Władysław Łokietek during the mongol invasions, not Casimir the Great

  • @agnieszkakowalska7564
    @agnieszkakowalska7564 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mieszko pronounced as Myeshko not mezeko. Thanks for your film ☺

  • @BartekJedzrzejewski
    @BartekJedzrzejewski ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Finally somebody who knows about polish history

    • @youmomanaldestroyer6378
      @youmomanaldestroyer6378 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      sadly he forgot about 1920 polish bolszewik war and how poland saved europa from communism

  • @Willpraissman
    @Willpraissman ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Keep making videos man, these are great 👍

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you!!! Feel free to browse our extended catalogue of videos :) We have like 18

  • @WikDroid
    @WikDroid ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Overall video was excellent, however I’d like to correct few things. Warsaw was a small village during Mongol invasions and Masovia was never sacked, because then it was a desolate backwater. Silesia was lost in XIV century when in 1296 Polish king Przemysł II was killed and Bohemians invaded claiming the vacant throne for themselves. Later on Casimir the Great accepted the loss to maintain good relations with Luxemburgs in Bohemia which were emperors at the time. Poland actually defeated all the invaders during the Deluge, but it was a Pyrrhic victory. The loss of Smoleńsk and eastern Ukraine was due to the former being returned to Russia as a form of reconciliation and the latter being carved up as a punishment for the Cossacks (Poland was exhausted after decades of war and couldn’t make a better deal). Polish army was still strong during the war of holy league and its problem wasn’t the lack of gunpowder. Polish infantry was equipped with guns. The problem was that the Sejm had to impose taxes and agree on them as well as gathering an army. After the death of king Jan III Sobieski in 1696 it became infeasible. The last error is that actually Duchy of Warsaw won a war against Austria and regained the third partition territory, not just that the Austrian did retreat. The rest of the video was super entertaining and I give it a like!

  • @jakub_noj
    @jakub_noj ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lech and czech are actually pronounced leh and czeh in Polish

  • @scienceidiocywithdrew1756
    @scienceidiocywithdrew1756 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What's the name of the guy who talks in your videos? I love it!!

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey, thank you so much! David Bradford (narrator) here. Really appreciate the support!

  • @pagaz2035
    @pagaz2035 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Did You say Miezeko of Poland? ja pierd.......... Its MIESZKO. If You cant say that then at least say Miesko or Mieshko.

  • @kasztanKasztelan
    @kasztanKasztelan ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ale na początku jest błą
    ruś to nie rosja ani nie białoruś ani nie ukraina
    dzisiaj najbliżej do rusinów genetycznie mają łęmkowie

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว

      Not sure what this means but thank you for writing it out!!

  • @wilno7579
    @wilno7579 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Rus' ended up as Ruthenia which later broke up into Russia, then Ukraine, and Belarus. I am very happy since you mentioned Lechia, very uninformed part of our history which involves people like Princess Wanda, Krakus, and Lestek I from the Chronicles of Greater Poland.
    One note: Poland after it's invasion of Moscow forced itself as Tsar, and hence Russia was our puppet for around 3 years. During those 3 years, Poland would be around 5,900,000-to-6,500,000 Million Kilometres big, this would make it 15-to-16 biggest Empire in history counting our puppet's land mass into ours as most historians do, especially with the Ottoman Empire which had a lot of puppets.
    Second note: I am not sure if you mentioned the Wołyń massacre yet as I am not fully done with the video, but if you ever make a video about Poland during WWII alone. You need to mention Wołyń massacre, it was the most brutal massacre against Poles in history, and it was done by Ukrainian nationalists lead by Stephan Bandera.. which many modern Ukrainians still worship as a hero. Ukrainians need to get some knowledge through their thick boned skull because they are dumb, and uneducated since their government is led by Nazis which support Stephan Bandera's national hero status.

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Unfortunately, there was only a limited amount of information I could fit in a single 20 minute video attempting to cover the broad strokes of Polish history

    • @arhside2029
      @arhside2029 ปีที่แล้ว

      Przede wszystkim tak, fajnie by było rozprzestrzenić na cały świat wiedzę o rzezi wołyńskiej, gdzie zginęło 62 tysiące Polaków, ale Stefan Bandera nie odpowiada za tą rzeź, niegdyś siedział w łagrach. Decyzja została podjęta pod jego nieobecność.

  • @justabunny999
    @justabunny999 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Polish history is easy, wodka and pierogi and war. And ofcourse a langauge that makes you cry when learning it.

  • @slawekwojtowicz
    @slawekwojtowicz ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Polish history is just starting … ☺️🤘🏻

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Absolutely! Poland has a rich and fascinating history and I'm excited to see what the future holds for the country. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

  • @panpan7206
    @panpan7206 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jezus husaria was HEAVY cavalery. Poland wings husras was THE HEAVY cavalery

  • @gancarzpl
    @gancarzpl ปีที่แล้ว +2

    @0:28 Rus and Russia are two totally different things. The legend does not refer to the creation of Russia. To this day, despite centuries of intents Russification, Rus and Russian are totally different languages. Russians, without learning it, can't understand Rus language. Principality of Muscovy, deliberately created for itself a new name sounding very closely to Rus, so it could claim it historic heritage. The legend refers to Rus, the territories of today's Belarus and Ukraine, only. Rus language is so very closed to the Polish language that as a rule, it is not necessary to study Polish or Rus in order to understand each other. Russia was created in the middle of XVI century.
    .

    • @notfound9816
      @notfound9816 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ой ну и нахрюкал ты,
      Ситуация примерно такая же с королевством Германия и современной Германией,
      Русь это вообще сложный термин для понимания на английском, на русском всё просто,
      Русь это страна, край, место, и в тоже время, живущие там люди

    • @gancarzpl
      @gancarzpl ปีที่แล้ว

      @@notfound9816 Good one, LMAO. You are seriously underestimating the mental capability of the people in the West.

    • @86DaF
      @86DaF 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Rus = Ruthenia, Moscovia, White Ruthenia, Red Ruthenia, Black Ruthenia etc etc Russia is of course too Rus, because is historical area, like Silesia or Masovia or Pomerania.

    • @gancarzpl
      @gancarzpl ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@86DaF Russia is not Rus. This is why they have separate languages and different cultures.

    • @gancarzpl
      @gancarzpl ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@86DaF BTW, according to Nestor, all Belorussians and most of the people of today's Ukraine belong to Lechit (Polish) tribes.

  • @michalmatulewicz
    @michalmatulewicz ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just finished watching and I swear to god I thought I was watching some multi million subs history channel. U earned new sub bro. + u should mention polish - bolshevik war that happened right after Poland became independent, after WW1. That was a really bloody war. When russians finally menaged to push poles to capital (Warsaw), everyone in country headed there to defend it. Poles succeded and that is known as "Miracle on the Vistula" and Battle of Warsaw. I believe this battle is actually on list of "crucial battles in world history" (stopped bolsheviks plans to expend communism to western europe), u can see this list on google or wikipedia for example!

  • @madziamaddie9948
    @madziamaddie9948 ปีที่แล้ว

    Poland's history is by no means exceptional. Look at any country in Cenral Europe and you will see that they have all disappeared at some point and often for far longer periods of time than Poland. Croatia? Check. Serbia? Check.Bulgaria? Check. Albania? Check. Hungary? Check. Czechia? Hehe check. Not to mention all the nations that did not have a statehood up until 20th century but as ethnic minority they have survived to this day. And many of those have been discriminated agins by the same poor Polish, most notably Ukrainians, Belarussians, Latvians and Estonians. So if the Polish are notable for anything it's because it's one of the very few nations that have been both a colonizer an a colony.

  • @DzikiKlapek
    @DzikiKlapek ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:30 "Miezeko"!? You go to the trouble of making this video, but you can't type the name into Google Translate? This translator SPEAKS!
    But

  • @sowa0
    @sowa0 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    BROO THIS VIDEO IS SO GOOD, why are you having so low views? I can't understand it, you are doing amazing job

  • @wielkopodcast8790
    @wielkopodcast8790 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Genialne wideo!!
    Widać napracowanie i próbę nie tylko zrozumienia historii, ale również polskiej mentalności. Zostawiam ci subskrybcję i czekam na nowe filmy!
    P.S Mam nadzieję że nagrasz jeszcze coś o Polsce ^^

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว

      Response: Dziękujemy bardzo!!! Cieszymy się, że doceniasz naszą pracę i staramy się zrozumieć historię i mentalność Polski. Bardzo się cieszymy, że dołączyłeś do naszych subskrybentów i obiecujemy, że będziemy nagrywać więcej filmów o Polsce. Jeszcze raz dziękujemy!

  • @fazetomxy9553
    @fazetomxy9553 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why you don't mention 1920 Polish-Bolsevik war?

  • @trumanauman9388
    @trumanauman9388 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This is literally my favorite channel. I’ve always loved history videos but they’re always boring but these videos are just perfect. You deserve so many more subscribers

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hey, thanks a lot!!! That's exactly what we're trying to do, explain history like I would to a friend that hates history. Hope to see you again!

  • @charlievanilla
    @charlievanilla ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rus was not Russia, it was Ruś Kijowska todays Ukraine

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, I'm saying that Russia took its name from Rus

  • @TrustyEngineer
    @TrustyEngineer ปีที่แล้ว +11

    May the Allmighty Lord bless you for mentioning the fact, that during WWI Polish soldiers were fighting on both sides, and that was tragedy, that eventually led to rebirth of Poland.
    Also big respect for attention to actual borders, that Poland have had during each period.

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much for your kind words!! Yes, we wanted to be fair to the beautiful and tenacious history of Poland and what it had to go through

  • @a.m.z1710
    @a.m.z1710 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    thanks for that introduction to polish history

    • @tonbog1053
      @tonbog1053 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's wrong on to many parts, us elders will say it's a uneducated boy posting bullshit he is not familiar with

  • @uuulopluxymang3973
    @uuulopluxymang3973 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    guy just hide like every good fact

  • @damnbrosky
    @damnbrosky ปีที่แล้ว

    you forget to say about polish occupation of moscow for 2 years and about destruction of ottoman empire in Vienna which saves west Europe from them, there was more important things looking from polish point of wiew but overall ok

  • @panowca5385
    @panowca5385 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What about Polish-russian war of 1920-1921?

  • @marekpatrzaek5610
    @marekpatrzaek5610 ปีที่แล้ว

    Unreliable source of knowledge about Poland, there are misstruths here.

  • @skymaster0yt
    @skymaster0yt ปีที่แล้ว

    16:08
    you skipped the rebellions
    and later on you skipped the bolshevik war

  • @pajs-orion
    @pajs-orion ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Lek" "Czek" itd. XDD i love Your pronunciation of names xD

  • @ZbigAnt
    @ZbigAnt 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What bullshit. The number of idiotic statements in the material is staggering.

  • @windowsxp900
    @windowsxp900 ปีที่แล้ว

    You should have mentioned the polsih bolshevik war, it was really important

  • @Bzysio.
    @Bzysio. ปีที่แล้ว +2

    im from poland

  • @xbravocat
    @xbravocat ปีที่แล้ว +2

    poor poland 😭😭

  • @SilhSe
    @SilhSe ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool story 👍

  • @przemeklisicki8741
    @przemeklisicki8741 ปีที่แล้ว

    Me, a polish person listening to you butchering polish names.

  • @Pavelek88
    @Pavelek88 ปีที่แล้ว

    If anyone wonder why Poles "do not like" being told what to do in their own country...

  • @robertrobski1013
    @robertrobski1013 ปีที่แล้ว

    For Romans everything what was in the north was germania doesn't matter what was it

  • @mgtowninja
    @mgtowninja ปีที่แล้ว

    Nuclear what in the end? Foolishly scaring

  • @dumnylach7292
    @dumnylach7292 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So two times is " so many"?

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, I would say getting shot in the balls twice is too many, won't you agree?

    • @dumnylach7292
      @dumnylach7292 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@KnowledgeRaiders Unfortunately no.

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว

      But you only have two balls

    • @dumnylach7292
      @dumnylach7292 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KnowledgeRaiders So countries are balls?

  • @kamilkuz.5002
    @kamilkuz.5002 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey, you forgot about polish-soviet war.

  • @jakiscossack8719
    @jakiscossack8719 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rus is more like kievian rus

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep, Russia just took its name from the root "rus"

  • @majastanislawska
    @majastanislawska ปีที่แล้ว

    you're wrong about pretty much everything

  • @ariatari2137
    @ariatari2137 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:30 it's Mieszko I or "Myeshko I", not "Myezekko I"

  • @zubi9995
    @zubi9995 ปีที่แล้ว

    interesting fact: Jadwiga was a king. not a queen, a king

  • @Marzelmusik
    @Marzelmusik ปีที่แล้ว

    I thought this story of three brothers is a myth? There are no actual written documents about this actually happening. It is only a legend like with Romulus and Remus or Atlantis.

    • @metanoian965
      @metanoian965 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe, it is. The word rus, [Rus], is like ruch, [rooh], indicates moving, one who moved on

  • @matyy_.
    @matyy_. ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i mean video was really cool ngl. The story fo three brothers if ofc fully mythical because Slavs where there since the Roman Empire and story is prolly as old as it gets i really wonder what were the origins of names like Lech and others because Slvas had now writing system like we know today they had runes but no writing i mean Really old languages like arabic or persian and others old mostly middleeastern languages are calling Poland - Lachistan or Lehistan it meant the land of Lords/land of gods. I'm not exaggerating and that is really interesting why it was and still is called like that. I used persian for that example but there are others simillar but meaning is same. And second thing in this video history sound like Poland was under threat of stopping to exist every 100 years which is not true but w/e who want to know will check it anyway i mean more positive history. You should've mention 1920 PL-soviet war in 3-4 sentences when we stopped spread of communism at it start of thinking of expanding

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you liked it!!!! Yes, we did leave out a lot of other incidents in history. It's difficult to explain every single incident of a country in one short video, there are entire university curriculums on Polish History.
      At the end of the day, we wanted to explain why Poland was taking its hyper-vigilant stance about Ukraine/Russia and had to pick and choose relevant events in history.

  • @maysonnarciso8665
    @maysonnarciso8665 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Poor poland at least today they regain their country back

  • @scorpi0n486
    @scorpi0n486 ปีที่แล้ว

    For Mieszko its something like Mieshco

  • @iliyanaeiminezamabad1028
    @iliyanaeiminezamabad1028 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As always, great video. Please make one about iran

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We have it coming up!!! Video on the Gulf War coming in 2 weeks, Iran is a major player there

  • @Megaenderdragon
    @Megaenderdragon ปีที่แล้ว

    The best english history channel

  • @whiteninja_dll8345
    @whiteninja_dll8345 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is legend, but there is a grain of truth. E.g; The Turks called us Lechistan.

    • @metanoian965
      @metanoian965 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lithuanian - Lenkija
      Romanian - Lehia
      Hungarian - Lengyelorszag
      Latin - Lechitarium
      Greek - Lechia
      Persian - Lehestan
      Tatar - Laxtan
      Urdi - Lahestan

  • @galicyjskiwatarzka9795
    @galicyjskiwatarzka9795 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rus dont make Russia. Rus is protoplast for Ukrain and Blelarusia. Rusin and Rusian arent same culture.

    • @86DaF
      @86DaF ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      No, Rus make every of this countries, because Rus was vikings. Soo...maby "scandinavia" or "Sweden" is protoplast of Ukraine, Balerusia and Russia ? :)

  • @Elytra_krokiecyk
    @Elytra_krokiecyk ปีที่แล้ว

    polish-soviet war??????????????

  • @kurixu_
    @kurixu_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Poland: I'm still standing

  • @Har1ByWorld
    @Har1ByWorld ปีที่แล้ว +2

    so many times? like what? 2

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, yeah, how many times is too many times to get kicked in the balls? I'd say 2 is plenty

    • @Har1ByWorld
      @Har1ByWorld ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KnowledgeRaiders even one is too much :( but sometime you just have to keep going

  • @anthonykoller4459
    @anthonykoller4459 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The problem with nuclear weapons, is that they stop countries like Russia and Germany and France fighting each other again and that goes against the principles of what Europe stands for.

    • @arhside2029
      @arhside2029 ปีที่แล้ว

      Problem? XD This is Amnesty for Europe

    • @metanoian965
      @metanoian965 ปีที่แล้ว

      the biggest problem for believers = There Are No Nuclear Weapons

  • @86DaF
    @86DaF ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good video, I recommend movie on YT : " Ludobójstwo. Genocide. (Eng It Fr Ger Pl subtitles) " ...if you like history of Poland and WWII . Cheers!

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much!!!! Glad to have your support :)

    • @86DaF
      @86DaF ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KnowledgeRaiders and of course short videos like :
      "Animated History of Poland" - Tomasz Bagiński or IPNtv: "The Unconquered".
      Regards from Poland! Thanks for your work!!

    • @KnowledgeRaiders
      @KnowledgeRaiders  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much!!! Didn’t expect this to get so much attention from Poland, but glad to have you :)

  • @SZNYPERX
    @SZNYPERX ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video you deserve more subscribers

  • @Milan04-d6y
    @Milan04-d6y ปีที่แล้ว

    00:00 just had captions on and yes, my screen DEFINETLY didn't got covered by texts