@@lexvangelder2525 Absolutely so! Terrific presentations always, from all three, with so much knowledge. Given that, Dr Galeotti's presentation is tremendous.
Russia was a failed and dangerous country Putin took control and it is now one of the best places too live, a dynamic and progressive country. All this is down to the great leader, but wait he does what is best for Russia and not the criminal elite that control the west, so we get these imbeciles spreading nonsense for pay.
Too bad Ernst Nolte isn't around to join this dignified grouping, but perhaps, like the Dunning School 'aided' historical understanding of the US Civil War and Reconstruction, the Nolte/Snyder/Galeotti School of thought will dominate the 'understanding' of Eastern European history.
The lecture is great but the audio is terrible. Everything is louder than the speaker, who is very quiet: coughing, movement noises, somebody dropping something.
FUN FACT: "One of those who cooked for Rasputin during the Great War was a chef at Petrograd's luxurious Astoria Hotel who went on, after the Revolution, to cook for Lenin and Stalin. He was Spiridon Putin, grandfather of President Vladimir Putin." S. Montefiore, "The Romanovs", Vintage Books, 2016, p. 600.
I wish the camera and mic were better placed. The person breathing and tapping their fingers were very distracting. Mark did a good job I could listen to him all day.
Doesn't matter if you're Batu Khan, Ivan III, Peter I, Nicholas II, the general secretary of the communist party, or president-for-life; the Tsar and the system are always the same.
BRAVO! I'm on an odyssey studying all aspects of Russia. With books, documentaries, podcasts, Russian film...... MARK, your content fills the gaps & crevices, with an extra layer of icing! I need more time to consider the choices, before I give you my answer. btw, I adore"IN MOSCOW'S SHADOWS"!❤🔥
Here I would disagree. I like Mark Galeotti and his description how it works in Russia seems well described. Yet one thing the Westerners are usually unable to grasp is the slavic and especially Russian mind or soul if you want.
@@miroslavdusin4325 I'm Czech and our mentality couldn't be more different Russian mentality...we know painfully well about Russian mentality...it's not a one size fits all slavic mentality...not by a long shot. If you consider Croats or Serbs Slavs...which they are they also couldn't be more different than us or Poles. There is something deep in Russian psyche that says "we must be great and we are better than everyone else...that we are a providential power and nation of people" and "that"everyone is against us and our existence and culture is under constant threat"...meanwhile back in Ukraine Russia or at least Putin denies the existence of Ukrainian culture and nationhood and if it can't have Ukraine by coercion and assimilation...it will burn it to the ground. That is all the world needs to know about Russia
@@indycoon And how much left Russia after ? Also how much of them moved because of invasion not because they wanted to leave. I know some people, who indeed moved to Russia to relatives because theirs houses was destroyed, plus there were no direct ways to get out of occupation to Ukraine. And they are not happy there. But afraid it's temporarily 😔. A bit more time in Russia with influence of their propaganda and they will believe any bullshit.
Could listen to Mark all day long! Thanks for this. Also Julia Ioffe, Timothy Snyder, Bill Browder, Fiona Hill to name but a few people who actually know what they are talking about.
Ukraine has distinguished itself as a solid and courageous country with a true spirit of democracy. What more could NATO ask of a potential new member. Ukraine has done more to defend democratic principles than most nations currently comprising NATO. There may be minor technical requirement Ukraine must meet before full membership could be granted. NATO could not ask for a more solid member IMHO. Slava Ukraine. Macron is not up for re-election. This grants him the power to do something righteous.
Ukraine has suspended democracy, only Ukrainians in Russian held areas get to vote. Ukraine had a functioning democracy in 2014 only for Nuland and other satanists to destroy it leading to endless sectarian violence. You may be able to write but you cannot think.
You just forgot that in any case Ukraine can't be accepted into Nato while it is at war with Russia. So either russia will be totally defeated (vaste programme) or an agreement must be found with russia and the first point for russia is a neutral Ukraine....
When he was a young man, Putin's tutor was a well-known St. Petersburg mafioso. Do some research on Putin when he was in St.Petersburg's government. Putin's mentality and methods of operation have changed only in that they have gotten worse.
agree Ivan the Terrible is a close analogy to Putin. and we all know what happened after Ivan died, time of troubles, civil war in Russia. Same will happen to Russia after Putin is gone.
Awesome stuff. As an amateur of history (but I do refrain from writing essays for the state media), here's one about the irrelevance of history: The Dutch anthem has a line that says "of German blood", as they were not only a part of the HRE, but the heart of the Frankish Empire. Neither Dutch nor Germans care. Even when Hitler invaded the Netherlands, this narrative mostly fell by the wayside, as everyone realized it would be awkward to terrorize "your own people".
11:49 Something important to know, for all who interested in history and/or support Ukraine: Rus' ought not to be confused with modern “Russia”, which derives its name from the Rus' but historically is a completely different state, which almost all its existence was at war with the Rus'. Just like the Holy Roman Empire was actually Germany, “Russia” is actually Muscovy, despite their best attempts to convince everybody otherwise. Its name “Russia" received only in the 18th century, when Peter I simply changed Muscovy’s name into the “All Russian Empire” (Russia originates from Rosia, name used by the Greek Orthodox Clergy in regards to Rus') Under the reign of Cathrine II Muscovites where even punished for continuing to identify as Muscovites, and were forced to call themselves Russian. Lands that Russia (Muscovy) claims were part of the original Rus', but actually weren't, are Novgorod, Suzdal, and Ryazan, since in historical texts of XI-XII centuries they are mentioned as separate entities from Rus'. They can be considered parts of extended Rus', although their culture was distinct from main Rus'. In 1493, Muscovite duke Ivan III appointed himself to be the Great Ruler of All Rus'. No other kings acknowledged that. From that point on Muscovy started to make false claims on Rus' ownership. “Russia” is an offshoot of Ukraine and not the other way round, despite what Soviet and Russian (Muscovite) historians have been trying to say for years. A Slavicised Finnic, then later, Mongolized offshoot. Kyiv was a developed cultured capital when Moscow was just another swamp village. Moreover, in the Italian sources of the 15th century it is likewise mentioned, that Russia is bordered by Poland to the west, Lithuania and Livonia to the north, and *Muscovy* to the east, further proving that Russia historically speaking, is an exonym of Ukraine, that was stolen by Muscovy. Germany used to call itself the Holy Roman Empire, that didn’t mean they became the Romans, and all of a sudden had a right to claim whole of Italy and its history, but yet, that’s exactly what Russia (Muscovy) did in regards to Rus'-Ukraine, which is a horrible injustice!
I think Galeotti's weakness in analysis is that he seems to use Vladimir the Great as a point zero. I think he ought to consider the respective cultural states of Russia and Ukraine prior to that. Rus only existed for a short time before the Mongols comparatively.
Countries and governments mean very little, it is but a stepping stone in our development. People on the other hand mean everything, because that is everything we are and everything we ever will be
Vlad the Bloody Awful? Ivan’s fatal fight with his son was allegedly over the old tyrant shaking his daughter-in-law so hard she miscarried. An old man now incapable of venturing out to inflict his violence onto a wider world.
He mentions history “entrepreneurs” in Russia, producing what The Boss wants. Do we not have the same process in the US? Produce papers about the “correct” version of events or you don’t get published?
The description of Putin sounds like Chekhov from Star Trek... Search; Chekov Said What? - History According to Chekov in Star Trek, Chekov's Russian Misconceptions
This was an exceptional, outstanding, excellent depiction of this despicable figure, Putrid. No, I´m not a russophobe, but call me a Putinphobe all you want, and I´ll sign under it!
It´s such a shame that we have to be explaining the obvious: "history is not destiny". Even more shameful is that innocent people are dying because one little madman doesn´t understand this.
Strange how one pint sized man can be so powerful and riddled with such evil bile and disregard for human life and how his cohorts clearly seem to support him. I am puzzled by this conundrum daily. I suppose it is how Hitler, Stalin and the rest you mention above, operated.
Mark: " ... Tucker Carlson, who is a ......... journalist?" - Yes, he is. The whole world knows him. And you are .... a writer? Might be, but quite unknown, lol.
Forbes today estimated Ukrainian mineral resources at 15 trillion dollars. This applies only to the territory of Donbass, Dnepropetrovsk and one other region, I forgot which one. If Ukrainian mineral resources are worth so much, the question begs to be asked: what is the value of Russian mineral resources, since Russia is the richest country in the world? The West has so far invested about $600 billion in the conflict in Ukraine, which is 26% of all dollars that are in the United States. If a person invests a quarter of his entire property in such an expensive project, costing more than seven times his entire property ($2.26 trillion), then it becomes clear that this person will not stop halfway. Therefore, world war is inevitable.
you are surely a mercantile person. The war is inevitable cause ppl are too gullible to populism see the rise of far right. The rage farming is looking to ppl without basic morals, ppl that gave up agency (religious ppl as an example are prime candidats) but also ppl like trump with narcisistic transactional thinking. You make about the same reasoning, as the cause is NOT putinism and the kleptocratic dictatorship but the democratic world that invest in Ukraine and does not let it go to putin. Do u in background think it was best to let ukrainians be swallowed by ruzzia?
His name is spelled Путин not Пютин, so as fashionable as it might sound to call him Pyutin (like Pepé le Pew?) in England's scholarly circles, the MC should try to break himself of the habit.
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Always great to hear Mark speak. Thanks for the lecture.
I can't get enough of Mark's presentations. Timothy Snyder and Mark should team up.
Agree, and please include Anne Appelbaum in that team.
@@lexvangelder2525 Absolutely so! Terrific presentations always, from all three, with so much knowledge. Given that, Dr Galeotti's presentation is tremendous.
Russia was a failed and dangerous country Putin took control and it is now one of the best places too live, a dynamic and progressive country. All this is down to the great leader, but wait he does what is best for Russia and not the criminal elite that control the west, so we get these imbeciles spreading nonsense for pay.
@@lexvangelder2525 I agree, also add Julia Joffe and the silicon curtain channel
Too bad Ernst Nolte isn't around to join this dignified grouping, but perhaps, like the Dunning School 'aided' historical understanding of the US Civil War and Reconstruction, the Nolte/Snyder/Galeotti School of thought will dominate the 'understanding' of Eastern European history.
Thanks for publishing this lecture!!
A first class lecture. Interesting and informative. Thank you Mr Galeotti and Selwyn College.
The lecture is great but the audio is terrible. Everything is louder than the speaker, who is very quiet: coughing, movement noises, somebody dropping something.
Thank you mark galeotti, always a pleasure to be lectured by you ❤❤
'Vladimir Khuilo' has a nice ring to it, like 'Ivan Grozny'
Абсолютно ідеальне ім'я
хрюк-хрюк-хрюк
This was such a great video. Much love from Canada! 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🇺🇦
FUN FACT: "One of those who cooked for Rasputin during the Great War was a chef at Petrograd's luxurious Astoria Hotel who went on, after the Revolution, to cook for Lenin and Stalin. He was Spiridon Putin, grandfather of President Vladimir Putin." S. Montefiore, "The Romanovs", Vintage Books, 2016, p. 600.
Vlad the Imploder!?!
Good one...mediaval times --> the impaler /-/ modern nuclear times --> the implosion device!
as a Russian I do hope that other studies in Selwyn college are of a better academic level than this stand up comedy :)
Thoroughly enjoyed this presentation, thanks.
Poor sound.
Another British Russia-bad Putin-bad commentator;
You need to improve your volume.
Vladimir the Last.
You mean Vladimir zelenskii, right?
Peter the Great and Vladimir the Stupid
@@GalAxy-u9sZelensky is VOLODIMIR, we know who Vladimir is....
I wish the camera and mic were better placed. The person breathing and tapping their fingers were very distracting. Mark did a good job I could listen to him all day.
Russia entered the World stage with Peter the Great and leave with Vladimir the Stupid!
Putin attempting to be a Peter the Great or Stalin but ending up as Ivan the Terrible
For a wider historical analogy, at the moment, Putin looks most like Mussolini in early 1941.
Very interesting material and wonderfully entertaining delivery🎉
The phrase "history is not destiny" is absolutely beautiful and incredibly relevant in today's world
Doesn't matter if you're Batu Khan, Ivan III, Peter I, Nicholas II, the general secretary of the communist party, or president-for-life; the Tsar and the system are always the same.
BRAVO! I'm on an odyssey studying all aspects of Russia. With books, documentaries, podcasts, Russian film...... MARK, your content fills the gaps & crevices, with an extra layer of icing! I need more time to consider the choices, before I give you my answer. btw, I adore"IN MOSCOW'S SHADOWS"!❤🔥
Mark is great. The sound was not.
So many insights. Thanks from Italy 😄
Wonderful lecture. Thank you!
If you want to get in to the Russian mind, just listen to Mark Galeotti.
Here I would disagree. I like Mark Galeotti and his description how it works in Russia seems well described. Yet one thing the Westerners are usually unable to grasp is the slavic and especially Russian mind or soul if you want.
@@miroslavdusin4325 RuZZians 🇲🇳are not Slavic but Mongols
@@tomokaramolko8560 They are mostly slavic even though not so slavic as Poles or Ukrainians.
@@miroslavdusin4325 I'm Czech and our mentality couldn't be more different Russian mentality...we know painfully well about Russian mentality...it's not a one size fits all slavic mentality...not by a long shot. If you consider Croats or Serbs Slavs...which they are they also couldn't be more different than us or Poles. There is something deep in Russian psyche that says "we must be great and we are better than everyone else...that we are a providential power and nation of people" and "that"everyone is against us and our existence and culture is under constant threat"...meanwhile back in Ukraine Russia or at least Putin denies the existence of Ukrainian culture and nationhood and if it can't have Ukraine by coercion and assimilation...it will burn it to the ground. That is all the world needs to know about Russia
@@ldhorricks Do not mismatch people's mentality for the way how the politics in that country works.
Interesting point of view! Thanks for sharing!
bad sound matters. I can't here a word your saying
Spelling matters too. Need to get your ‘your’ and ‘here’ correct! The sound is fine. 🙂
Poo-tin is a monster created and fed by his own society.
His society includes Ukrainian society. About 5 mln Ukrainians came to Russia since the conflict in Ukraine began.
@@indycoon And how much left Russia after ? Also how much of them moved because of invasion not because they wanted to leave. I know some people, who indeed moved to Russia to relatives because theirs houses was destroyed, plus there were no direct ways to get out of occupation to Ukraine. And they are not happy there. But afraid it's temporarily 😔. A bit more time in Russia with influence of their propaganda and they will believe any bullshit.
How many Ukrainian schools are there in Russia?
@@zombopandaA few actually, it is Russia's third ethnic minority...
@@indycoon And all of them came voluntarily?
Thank you Mark, I always greatly enjoy your talks, podcasts and books.
Could listen to Mark all day long! Thanks for this. Also Julia Ioffe, Timothy Snyder, Bill Browder, Fiona Hill to name but a few people who actually know what they are talking about.
Ukraine has distinguished itself as a solid and courageous country with a true spirit of democracy. What more could NATO ask of a potential new member. Ukraine has done more to defend democratic principles than most nations currently comprising NATO. There may be minor technical requirement Ukraine must meet before full membership could be granted. NATO could not ask for a more solid member IMHO. Slava Ukraine.
Macron is not up for re-election. This grants him the power to do something righteous.
Could not agree more🎉
Ukraine has suspended democracy, only Ukrainians in Russian held areas get to vote. Ukraine had a functioning democracy in 2014 only for Nuland and other satanists to destroy it leading to endless sectarian violence. You may be able to write but you cannot think.
You have no idea about Ukraine
You just forgot that in any case Ukraine can't be accepted into Nato while it is at war with Russia. So either russia will be totally defeated (vaste programme) or an agreement must be found with russia and the first point for russia is a neutral Ukraine....
@@indycoon poo-tin's troll
From Vladivostok in the East, to Kaliningrad in the West, RuZZians will sing lusty songs of their hero, Vladimir the Unfortunate.
When he was a young man, Putin's tutor was a well-known St. Petersburg mafioso. Do some research on Putin when he was in St.Petersburg's government. Putin's mentality and methods of operation have changed only in that they have gotten worse.
Fix the sound
David asks some really good questions, a great host
More like Beria. Hopefully like Beria he will get his Batitsky moment.
loved it!
great stuff, cheers
Thanks, Mark! Excellent, ironic and thoughtprovoking as always
Very interesting stuff ty👍
Thank you for the lecture and the video.
Great Galleotti
Patriarch Kirill of Russian Orthodox Church is ex KGB and one of the richest men in Russia.
Russia goverment IS a religion, not a state!
No such thing as ex kgb
Vladolf Putler
Putin the Pointless.
agree Ivan the Terrible is a close analogy to Putin. and we all know what happened after Ivan died, time of troubles, civil war in Russia. Same will happen to Russia after Putin is gone.
Sir Thank you !!
He is a propagandist not a historian.
Hitler is omitted from the list above...Putin is taking his narrative straight from HItler's playbook also.,
The narrative that said that Russians were sub human? I didn't know 8yo kids were allowed to comment in TH-cam
nice to see you spruced up a bit Mr G.
Thanks
Together with Kotkin, the best assessment of the Putin system.
Awesome stuff. As an amateur of history (but I do refrain from writing essays for the state media), here's one about the irrelevance of history: The Dutch anthem has a line that says "of German blood", as they were not only a part of the HRE, but the heart of the Frankish Empire. Neither Dutch nor Germans care. Even when Hitler invaded the Netherlands, this narrative mostly fell by the wayside, as everyone realized it would be awkward to terrorize "your own people".
11:49 Something important to know, for all who interested in history and/or support Ukraine:
Rus' ought not to be confused with modern “Russia”, which derives its name from the Rus' but historically is a completely different state, which almost all its existence was at war with the Rus'.
Just like the Holy Roman Empire was actually Germany, “Russia” is actually Muscovy, despite their best attempts to convince everybody otherwise.
Its name “Russia" received only in the 18th century, when Peter I simply changed Muscovy’s name into the “All Russian Empire” (Russia originates from Rosia, name used by the Greek Orthodox Clergy in regards to Rus')
Under the reign of Cathrine II Muscovites where even punished for continuing to identify as Muscovites, and were forced to call themselves Russian.
Lands that Russia (Muscovy) claims were part of the original Rus', but actually weren't, are Novgorod, Suzdal, and Ryazan, since in historical texts of XI-XII centuries they are mentioned as separate entities from Rus'. They can be considered parts of extended Rus', although their culture was distinct from main Rus'.
In 1493, Muscovite duke Ivan III appointed himself to be the Great Ruler of All Rus'. No other kings acknowledged that. From that point on Muscovy started to make false claims on Rus' ownership.
“Russia” is an offshoot of Ukraine and not the other way round, despite what Soviet and Russian (Muscovite) historians have been trying to say for years. A Slavicised Finnic, then later, Mongolized offshoot. Kyiv was a developed cultured capital when Moscow was just another swamp village.
Moreover, in the Italian sources of the 15th century it is likewise mentioned, that Russia is bordered by Poland to the west, Lithuania and Livonia to the north, and *Muscovy* to the east, further proving that Russia historically speaking, is an exonym of Ukraine, that was stolen by Muscovy.
Germany used to call itself the Holy Roman Empire, that didn’t mean they became the Romans, and all of a sudden had a right to claim whole of Italy and its history, but yet, that’s exactly what Russia (Muscovy) did in regards to Rus'-Ukraine, which is a horrible injustice!
Blah. blah.
Should interview Sasha S
To augment Prof. Galeotti's fine lecture, check out Savage Sage on Kyivan Rus vs. Muscovian revisionist history through the centuries.
А что за "московиан" вы имеете в виду.
Если Россию, так она так и называлась. Сначала Русь, а потом Россия!
Vlad the Invader. A national mythology... oh so fascist.
Vlad the Butcher.
Thanks for an excellent talk - will you do one on China next? Perhaps by the author of “party of one”.
Khrushchev and Brezhnev were from Ukraine 😅😅😅😅
Tx Mr Galeotti
I think Galeotti's weakness in analysis is that he seems to use Vladimir the Great as a point zero. I think he ought to consider the respective cultural states of Russia and Ukraine prior to that. Rus only existed for a short time before the Mongols comparatively.
I thought woman asking a question at 50:30 was Mariella Frostrup for a moment.
Selwyn College not one but two mics there. Are they for show!
Countries and governments mean very little, it is but a stepping stone in our development. People on the other hand mean everything, because that is everything we are and everything we ever will be
Vlad the Bloody Awful?
Ivan’s fatal fight with his son was allegedly over the old tyrant shaking his daughter-in-law so hard she miscarried. An old man now incapable of venturing out to inflict his violence onto a wider world.
The Legend
How difficult can it be to place the mic in the front of your mouth?
Just one (big) mistake. Kievian Rus and Russia are two different entities. Just like Frankish Empire, HRE and Germany are.
Putin is the biggest bully to ever walk the face of this Earth 😂
great speaker. terbile audio prodution.
Horrible audio! Please fix it
He mentions history “entrepreneurs” in Russia, producing what The Boss wants. Do we not have the same process in the US? Produce papers about the “correct” version of events or you don’t get published?
But that message is true. If a country is divided, it is indeed under threat. Subsequent history vindicated that idea.
So many crazy people that get the top job in russia😊
Finnish state media reporters are also in Moscow like Steve Rosenberg.
The description of Putin sounds like Chekhov from Star Trek... Search; Chekov Said What? - History According to Chekov in Star Trek, Chekov's Russian Misconceptions
Actually, Putin follows ‘Ivan Ilyin’….an old line Russian nationalist/imperialist….Vlad Vexler has an excellent video on this…
I call him, "Mercury Man."
Tucker was starting to wonder what was in his tea 😅
This was an exceptional, outstanding, excellent depiction of this despicable figure, Putrid. No, I´m not a russophobe, but call me a Putinphobe all you want, and I´ll sign under it!
It´s such a shame that we have to be explaining the obvious: "history is not destiny".
Even more shameful is that innocent people are dying because one little madman doesn´t understand this.
Strange how one pint sized man can be so powerful and riddled with such evil bile and disregard for human life and how his cohorts clearly seem to support him. I am puzzled by this conundrum daily. I suppose it is how Hitler, Stalin and the rest you mention above, operated.
👍👍👍👍
Mark: " ... Tucker Carlson, who is a ......... journalist?" - Yes, he is. The whole world knows him. And you are .... a writer? Might be, but quite unknown, lol.
Tucker is, at best, a publicist but most certainly not a journalist.
I would say vlad the idiot, as portrayed by Dostoevsky 😅
The one who F'ed it up
alas, the author is the same expert in the knowledge of history as Putin , just on the other hand
Forbes today estimated Ukrainian mineral resources at 15 trillion dollars. This applies only to the territory of Donbass, Dnepropetrovsk and one other region, I forgot which one. If Ukrainian mineral resources are worth so much, the question begs to be asked: what is the value of Russian mineral resources, since Russia is the richest country in the world? The West has so far invested about $600 billion in the conflict in Ukraine, which is 26% of all dollars that are in the United States. If a person invests a quarter of his entire property in such an expensive project, costing more than seven times his entire property ($2.26 trillion), then it becomes clear that this person will not stop halfway. Therefore, world war is inevitable.
you are surely a mercantile person. The war is inevitable cause ppl are too gullible to populism see the rise of far right. The rage farming is looking to ppl without basic morals, ppl that gave up agency (religious ppl as an example are prime candidats) but also ppl like trump with narcisistic transactional thinking. You make about the same reasoning, as the cause is NOT putinism and the kleptocratic dictatorship but the democratic world that invest in Ukraine and does not let it go to putin. Do u in background think it was best to let ukrainians be swallowed by ruzzia?
His name is spelled Путин not Пютин, so as fashionable as it might sound to call him Pyutin (like Pepé le Pew?) in England's scholarly circles, the MC should try to break himself of the habit.
Russia's rulers:
The Great,
The Not-So-Great, and
The Terrible
Russia's greatest downfall which continues from regime to regime - failure to understand and apply the 2 column ledger!
According to Putin Mongolia has the right to large parts of Russia 🤔
Very entertaining, but if this is what you teach at your universities in GB..... you are done.
The Etruscans [only historians remember them] were not United. How did that work out for them?
Only historians lol. They are widely remembered, Roman's took them out to start their existence😂
@@scottyd3138 that is about all they are remembered for, and they were much more powerful than the Romans. That was my point.
Nice to see you're realising where the right side of history is.
Question is, how many other colleagues of yours will do the same?
We shall see.
He just wants to be one of them