Russian Hogwarts: Koldovstoretz - Harry Potter Explained
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- Hey everyone,
Welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. In today’s video, we’re going to be discussing the wizarding schools of Europe. However- we’re going to be focusing in on one in particular- one that you may have never heard of - Koldovstoretz.
Now, there are wizarding schools all over the world, and it just so happens that Europe is home to 4. Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, Durmstrang and- the least known of the four- Koldovstoretz. Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang are certainly the biggest- which is why they are the main participants in the triwizard tournament and why they are the ones we usually hear about- but that doesn’t mean we should forget about the 4th!
Koldovstoretz is the wizarding school of Russia- and one of eleven schools registered with the International Confederation of Wizards. The name Koldovstoretz comes from the Russian words ‘koldovstvo’ meaning ‘witchcraft’ and ‘tvoretz’ which means ‘creator’. If we overlap the two words they form a portmanteau which means “the creator of magic”- makes sense for a wizarding school.
The school itself is located in a hidden part of Lake Ladoga- a freshwater lake located in northwestern Russia, in the vicinity of Saint Petersburg. Though the school is Russian- it’s worth mentioning that they are very welcoming of people from all countries- and will accept students from outside of the country. If a student does not live in Russia, they are assessed on their magical abilities by a teacher the summer before the new year to see if they are worthy of joining the school. I can’t even begin to imagine how different the Harry Potter story would have been if Harry had gone to Koldovstoretz instead of Hogwarts.
Like Hogwarts, the school has a protective barrier surrounding it (most likely concealment charms or the disillusionment charm) which prevents muggles from seeing or locating it. The school building itself is pretty unique, as it’s located partially above water and primarily under water. The school is quite grandiose- as the castle is huge, and the colour scheme inside is very regal- it’s almost like a palace. The colour scheme inside is reflective of the house colours of the school- as, like Hogwarts, Koldovstoretz has its own ‘house system’. However, at this school the houses are called ‘courts’ and there are three of them. The colours of these courts are coral pink, turquoise and amber- which fits well with their sort of underwater theme. Unlike at Hogwarts, students are sorted in to their ‘court’ in their second year, and the sorting considers both the students character as well as their academic performance.
Like other wizarding schools, Koldovstoretz too has a school uniform. According to my source, the uniforms consist of ‘fairly short flowing robes in a deep navy blue with a trim of their house color’. Underneath their robe they wear a white button up shirt with a collar colored in a light shade of their house color.
The last cool thing that I want to mention about Koldovstoretz is that they have their own version of quidditch where, instead of flying on brooms, they fly on entire uprooted trees. A bunch of witches and wizards flying around on entire trees sounds epic to me.
There’s not a whole lot of information on Koldovstoretz out there, and that’s because it isn’t in the books or the films - but it DOES exist in Harry Potter canon. This Is canon.
Did you know about the school? Let me know in the comment section below. If i missed something, please let me know as I am still learning just like you guys.
Hope you enjoyed the video
Until next time
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Thanks for watching guys! Information on this school is sparce, so I did my best trying to piece together what seemed to be reasonable.
Also yes, I probably pronounced it wrong..
did you see my comment i made about the Harry potter deleted scenes?
Great video!
Its okay thank you for even making a video on this..theres not a lot on this school...
It's hard to make it through the day without watching your work I enjoy it immensely.
I wonder.. Does that mean Rasputin was actually a dark wizard?
I'd love to see a couple of movies or a show on this school.
Oh my goood Harry Potter fans want everything! Marauders movie marauders TV show founders of Hogwarts TV shows everything.
@@ChelseaH1 Honestly
@@tholidae Oh yeah
@@ChelseaH1 when did I even say I’m not a fan, weirdo.
@@ChelseaH1 you make no sense. I was simply pointing out the obvious. U fans wants everything. First a marauders movie, then founders, and now something about a little school that has no plot to the main characters
1:40: You are a Gopnik Harry! BLYAT!!!
Hello master
hello there
Cyka that was well spoken
I am a Wizard.. like my father before me..
@C h a r l o t t e u .. wut?
Would Rasputin be the most feared dark wizard in Russia? He was assassinated in 1916 by being poisoned, shot,stabbed and drowned. So the wizarding world might also think he's dead and if so he could operate from the shadows! Like a wizarding urban legend.
Was it ever explained how do they deal with the language bareer in the wizarding world? Only 4 schools of magic in Europe and 11 in the world is nowhere near enough to accomodate all major ethnic groups, there will be billions of people worldwide, including potentially thousands of magical children, who don't speak fluently any of the languages of those schools. How is this supposed to work?
Since I first read the books, I always wondered about that 🙄
Possible video idea
My theory : wizards are a small community, and have mostly been keeping magic to half and pure blood, that stayed in certain families. These families have attended their school and therefore speak the tongue of the school, and teach them to their children (like French is probably the magical lingua franca of Western Europe, since everyone is going to Beauxbâtons). So the issue is only reduced to the Muggle-borns in the schools.
I dont think the problem would be all that extreme considering that magic folk are suppose to be significantly rarer than muggles. So 11 schools world wide probably still handles language needs by sinmply accepting the people from the closest areas. Like everyone in The British Isles would go to Hogwarts, all American Students got to Livermorny (spelling, sorry), etc.
Maybe the «Spell Of One Language»? 😄
i wish j.k. rowling would give us more information about the 11 wizardry schools and their houses or teaching systems, instead of what dumbledore and grindelwald do behind closed doers
It must get quite cold so their uniforms are probably quite thick. I'd heard about the school, but i never knew about their house system and the theme behind the colours
Russians are used to the cold climate.
Lol, I’m part Russian
Well last summer there was +35 C for a long time, it's cold only in winter, and yes, in winter you definitely need a warm clothing :)
Honestly a tv series for the other wizarding schools during Harry’s time at hogwarts would have been interesting because for all we know the UK centred wizards might be exaggerating Voldemort
Real
I think he is a Legilimens..... He make video on topic I think one day earlier.
Hmmm maybe you should learn occulmency? Yk to block him out of your mind
@@footballeditz9711 It seems a nice suggestions but Snape is dead
@@sushiladalal7823 yeah I guess he is. But I'm sure other ppl know how to do it
I'm Russian and I want to say something. In Russia, magic is actually closer than it seems. It is dark, warm and ancient here, like from the womb of the foremother. Have you ever heard of the Russian sorcerer Yakov Vilimovich Bruce, the sorcerer of Peter the Great? In Moscow, you can really look at this tower. Sukharev Tower at the Sukharevskaya metro station. And the Patriarch's Ponds in Moscow? A wonderful place with a history that gives you goosebumps.
video idea:
Why didn't Dumbledore send Fawkes to heal Arthur Weasley after being attacked by Nagini?
Maybe Nagini will devour Faux. Sksksk
Great job! You are the best Harry Potter youtuber out there.
Idea: Can you have a video about like Mcgonagall vs Snape?
This channel Educating me on how vast and rich the Harry Potter universe is, I just re watched grindlewald after not fully watching it I started it over and really excited for the next movie, just so much wizardry to be had it’s insane like why is there not more Harry content maan this is pretty cool
Bloody hell, I've never heard of it's existence, nicely done , you have power the dark lord knows not.
Holy cow you’re uploading like crazy!
Can you please do another video about other of the eleven schools. And if it does not be any information you can do what you think about that school. I love your videos so much!!!❤️❤️❤️
I did not know about it! Very interesting ❤️
How are the students sorted? And I was also wondering, only 4 schools in Europe? It must be smaller schools or how will they communicate properly?
Can you please do the other wizarding schools as there isn't much information?
O wish there was a magic school in poland. We have so many places where it could be. I actually had a talk about it woth my friend yesterday. We tought it could be actually underground, as there are a lot of mines in our country. I imagine it having entrance in Wieliczka mine, as it looks really magical to me. Unfortunatelly acorsibg to harry potter canon polish witches and wizards go either to durmstrang or the russian koldovstoretz
@@inspector_beyond Durmstrang is in Northern Europe so i think majority of its students would be nordic, not slavic. But of course there would also be some slavs, like Krum.
Lol Poland is incredibly racist and you would most likely need to accept people that are not white and that could be a problem. Probably not a good idea to keep a school in Poland. One in Russia would be a problem as well.
@@-xphobia yeah, i hate mycountry honestly. almost Everyone is either racist or homophobic or both. Ionce even had ana argument with my math teacher becouse she was insulting all of lgbtq comunity for no reason and i didn't agree with her. But i still would like to see a magic school here, maybe not international couse it could go wrong in many ways
@@-xphobia Hogwarts existed while Great Britain was pillaging the rest of the world so why Poland shouldn't have a magic school because od racism?
Dmitry to Harry: “it’s levitirovat, not levitirovataaa…”
Harry: BLYAT.
Why could i not imagine this existing
Well-
Actually don't know
If somebody interesting fact: name "Колдостворец" read like "Koldovstvores" I'm a Russian, and this sound another.
I only wish I could let go of the fact that there has always been a word for "one who creates magic" in Russian language and it is "charodey-"(-ka if it's a lady, and the stress falls on E). Half of fandom hurts themselves trying to pronounce Koldovstvoretz while there's a perfectly fitting word for the same thing.
Great video! Never knew this
I had no idea once so ever about this school!! I’d be most interested to learn more about it!!!
It's really fascinating to know about wizarding schools other then Hogwarts! Could you please do a video on history of Mahoutokuru (Japanese Wizarding school)? That would be awesome! 🔥🔥👍👍
I would love to see more videos like this , if you made this video on my suggestion which i did in your last video then thank you for that if no then very good idea for a video
The school sounds beautiful! I would love to know more about them and their ways.
Good video in giving us some information on the Russian wizarding school.
Nice addition of part of Pas de Deux from the Nutcracker!
Video suggestion: do wizards keep their wands their whole lives?
(I thought I read in one of the books that after leaving school, witches and wizards would generally get a new wand to better fit their careers or something, but now I can't find anything on this).
Good question
Well, it sounds like sitting on a tree to fly would be a lot easier then sitting on a broom, and there is likely more room for luggage. A whole trunk even. ;) The wind drag would be a lot greater, but I can see why that might have come about. Videos on any other known schools would be appreciated as well. :)
Imagine during the Soviet unions time it would be like
“Everyone take our wands out”
Or
“Let’s fly on our trees”
Yes Knew about this school in Russia . I Graduated in 2015 fun place to be ;) 🧙🏻♂️
It looks quite fascinating!
How did you not trip over the name every time? Props!
Please make video on other schools as well
Yes, I know about Koldovstoretz. Young magicians are taught how to control thermonuclear reactions, magic laser beams to shoot down satellites, and create an aquatic trans-Atlantean nuclear spell. Unlike other schools of magic, they do not occupy foreign territories and do not blame other schools without evidence. Glory to Koldovstoretz! 😁
Pls make a series on all the Wizarding Schools in the World
👍🏻😭😭❤️
I was trying to find this. For some reason thus wasnt shoeing on your channel
I think you checked the wrong wiki for this information. All of this is from the "official-marauders-era" Wiki, which seems to be comprised mostly of fanon and headcanons like Regulus Black dating Marlene McKinnon and Alice Longbottom's maiden name being Fortescue. The only thing on the regular "Harry Potter" Wiki about Koldovstoretz is that the students play Quidditch on uprooted trees and one student competed in a potions championship.
I checked a few-obviously info is sparce so I did my best to report what seemed reasonable/consistent. I should have added a disclaimer for this vid.
The Grand School of *sLavic MagiCk* - ngl it has so much glorious meme potential!
Although I Wonder how they view Baba Yaga
Their wands are made by Adidas in the shape of an Ak47
@@ashtonhaggitt216 That is truly *sLaViC*
It would be interesting to learn more about the other wizarding schools in the world.
I had no idea! It sounds enchanting!
Can you make a video on all the wizarding schools in the Harry Potter universe?
Sir, can you make a video on types of versions of Quidditch? As you mentioned, the Russian Version of Quidditch, please mention others too
I never knew the school existed thank you for the video I just got a whole I just found a whole bunch of new information.
Please explain about Indian Wizarding School of Wizarding World.
Well done comrade 👏
I’m pretty sure there are other wizarding schools out there, but this one is very interesting
love the nutcracker music!
You should make a video on if this was all a dream of a 7-year long coma. When harry was living in a house on a rock in 1991, he could've got struck by lightning and was put into a coma lasting for 7 years and Harry's mind created this reality of the wizarding world.
Stop crushing my spirit 😭😭 this theory hurts damn
@@themostjoyfulcommenter my brother said the same thing
I appreciate the way you learn how to pronounce things and don't just blunder through it. I will turn a video off quickly if they haven't even learned how to pronounce Rowling especially!
Can you do a video on Whitestar Academy of Magic in Canada? Please!!
Can we appreciate the fact that good old Ron here learned how to speak snake by listening to Harry talk in his sleep. A language that is very difficult and almost impossible to learn. Although I'm sure he doesn't know what he's saying but he still got into the chamber.
Flying on trees would be great their way more comfortable to sit on than a broom and you got all the foliage blocking the wind so it's not hitting in the face it would make seeing where you're going a little more difficult
I think it's the weirdest idea( cool but weird) like why trees of all things😂😂🙂
What's the name of the song being used throughout the video?
Isn't there a school in germany (Schwarzwald) too?
German wizards and witches have the option to go to durmstrang and I'm also guessing they could go to beauxbatons bc they tale students from Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Schwarzwald means black forest in German and it is a mountain range in southwest Germany along the border with France
@@hannah.6259 I know that Schwarzwald means balck forest beceause I'm german, but I am sure J. K. Rowling once said that there is one there. But I can be wrong.
Thank you for this lol, cause my teacher gave us a project on what we are really interested in, I picked Harry Potter. So I'm going to be writing about important wizarding schools. So, thanks! 😊
I never even heard of durmstrang but I like the look of it
It would be epic if the trees for the quidditch could be customised or trimmed!
Can you do most powerful witches and wizards that not was on hogwarts ?
in Britain(in Scotland) - Hogwarts ,
in France(in Pirineys) - Beauxbatons ,
in Skandonavia - Durmstrang ,
in Russia(Novgorod region, Ural mountains, or Republic Karelia) - Koldovstvoryets
(Koldovstvo - magic , tvoryets - a creator)
Very interesting. This brings another question to mind: where do younger witches and wizards go to primary school? We know Harry went to school with his cousin, and can assume Hermione went to one as well, but what about the Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, or even Crabbe?
Not sure but i think pureblood witches and wizards are home schooled until the age of 11. Halfbloods probably have a choice of muggle schooling and muggleborns attend primarys until 11
Had no idea
Thank you so much for covering this! I really appreciate it! I am Russian and while I am sad this school was not included in the books for films I am very happy that there is some representation for us Slavs as well as other cultures as well...diversity is always a good thing! I wish there was more information on the school... I was wondering do you know if you can find a visual representation of the school uniform and houses?
I put out a short article about kolodovorstez on the Harry Potter fandom wiki.
And got some stupid comments.
There must have been a lot of new information about the school released recently.
This school wasn't even recognized in Harr Potter Quidditch World Cup video game crazy.
I wish we could get another school story but of this school
I had no idea.
I had no idea about it
I want to know about ALL the schools!
Just curious, if it is not in the books how can it be cannon, just asking.
Sweet...Did not know.
How does one stumble upon this information? Very interesting, but definitely out there
I used to think we would have flown in wooden barrels with a single broom used as a paddle according to stories about Baba Yaga
I think the whole flying on trees thing is a bit ridiculous and I’m not a fan of the choice. The great thing about the HP universe is that the obviously fantastic is still somewhat believable if we simply suspend of logic for the time. Flying around on trees seems like a stupid way to add change a minor feature of the accepted universe to make it different for no reason at all. It would be comparable to saying Russians don’t use wands, they do magic by waving an entire tree branch.
I agree, like why trees of all things
if a child goes to a different major school to the one closest how do they get there ? what about language ? what is the law on taking magical students from any foreign countries ? should canada and china have their own major magical school ?
If you live in scandinavia, which school are you going to?
what about Danish, Swedish and Norweigan witches and wizards, witch school do they attend??
That would be Durmstrang!
@@kryoptic2740 Nice thanks 😁👍
Omg hi! Potterhead here forever!
Can I ask just one question? Don't call me dumb ! But how come other this school and other countries with wizards didn't help in the second Wizarding war?
Is there an Australian school?
Where are the other schools located?
All I know is theres 1 in America and I think theres 1 in Australia but not sure
Love learning about wizarding communities around the world and how they tie into real world history. I've always wondered, mostly because i'm Australian, whether or not there is any canon Australian wizarding community and what their school's history and title is, any ideas?
AUSTRALIA YES PLEASE (ADD NEW ZEALAND) BUT ADD WIZARDING INDIA, CHINA,
CANADA AND MIDDLE EAST
Please cite your source(s) if this is canon.
How can you learn about all the wizarding schools around the world.
Brilliant, I love ur contents
I watched harry potter more than 10 times i love it , idk why rn i feel like if i read harry potter books i may find a way to get to one of wizarding schools🤔😅 i hop there be a reward for reading all those books , and rn i finished first book after 4 days cant wait to read them all best book ever ,
So it's on the lake as Valaam Orthodox Christain Monastery.
Can you please make a video on Asian wizarding and witchcraft schools
And if it includes any wizarding school in India please mention
I should study Masters seperately for the pronounciation of the school name😂😂
in Britain(in Scotland) - Hogwarts ,
in France(in Pirineys) - Beauxbatons ,
in Skandonavia - Durmstrang ,
in Russia(Novgorod region, Ural mountains, or Republic Karelia) - Koldovstvoryets
(Koldovstvo - magic , tvoryets - a creator)
Absolutely love your videos....Cheers to the Potterheads family
This makes sense since durmstrang olny take pure-bloods as far as I know
It's like [k o l d o v s t ’o r j e t s], the emphasis on the last O and 'ts' in the end, not 'tch' :)
Is there a school of witchcraft and wizardry for Australia and the South Pacific?
I didn't know this school existed tbh
Were the other parts of teh wizarding world affected by Voldemort or was it only in the UK?
Have u done if Harry Potter died when he was a baby and if lily didn't put a protection spell on him and what would the movie be called and how would it play out