Mongolia's Red Legacy | Soviet Mongolia EXPLAINED
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- The legacy of the Soviet Union in Mongolia stretches from the bustling streets of the capital to the vast expanse of the Gobi Desert. From fighter-interceptor bases to entire armies numbering in the tens of thousands, Mongolia was responsible for preventing any catastrophic clashes between Beijing and Moscow.
But what remains today?
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It’s nice seeing my country explored more than just the middles ages for once.
would be nice if someone made a video about the zorig assassination
its like history change places from time to time and we dont talk about Mongolia outside of Genghis kan era, like nothing happened there (if there is no war).
Working on a two-parter about the Mongolian revolution and Ulaanbaatar's Soviet history at the moment
True love mongolia
@@hanbyeol12 true
Wonderful video, you don’t hear much of Mongolia outside of its medieval history
Sadly.
i think it's an interesting country in its own right from its culture to its unique geographical features. Would love to visite it some time in the future because of my interest in studying its history and how the socialist system functioned in it.
@@zelda.1129 check out...'Absolute Nomads'..Benjamin is a partner in the company with Richard..... Mongolian and North Korean tours organised by AN and to many more countries in the area 👍
@@zelda.1129 Well Mongolian throat singing was the talk of the world for a little while atleast when that one band reach the final of Asia got talent
Wish you could have found out what that mosaic looked like complete
Passed through Mongolia a few years back on a Moscow/Beijing train journey. Didn't stop there, but what impressed me most about Ulaanbaatar were the yurts on the slopes of the hills surrounding the city. It felt very evocative - the old life and the new, two aspects of Mongolia in one place!
Awesome to learn more about Soviet Mongolia since it is often forgotten!
Mongolia has not been Communist since 1992.
@@johnpolitis9060yes we know. However what this user is saying is that Soviet Mongolia us rarely talked about, mentioned, or covered.
@@thequackattack7704 mongolia was not part of soviet union. "soviet mongolia" is oxymoron
@@QWERTY-gp8fd Yes I know that. I never said it was part of the USSR.
@@thequackattack7704 kinda weird that the USSR didn't bother annexing Mongolia, (Inner) Manchuria, North Korea, and the East Turkestan People's Republic
Altai-Buryatia-Tuva-Mongolia-Chita would be a good "Mongolia SFSR", then Outer Manchuria and Inner Manchuria would be a "Manchuria SFSR"
Loving the expansion of content!
Did not expect to see you here comrade Hakim. I love your videos!
THE GOAT! THE GOOOOAAAAT!!!!!
Cheers!
Deprogram guest when?😅
HAKIM!!
Great video ! I was one of those 50 000 troops from 1988 to 1990. Thank you for bringing memory back.
Quite interesting, the documentary style is good - like something I'd expect to see on the telly except its without the presenters repeatedly positioning themselves against the politics of the country.
I'm not sure what the filming rules are in different countries but I'd be interested in some videos from nearby china or further afield vietnam, maybe your portfolio would help you make your case to anyone who wanted to know more about your filming
The production quality is amazing, i have no idea how this only has 20k and not over 500k views. Amazing video! I know little to nothing about Mongolia compared to the previously Soviet occupied Eastern European nations soo im always keen to learn more about them! Keep up the good work definitely turning on my notifications!
The Soviet Union withdrew its occupation troops from Europe, when will the United States and Britain withdraw their troops?
@@alexden7714 no idea 😌 i am an Australian citizen who takes care of smol animals 🥺
The production quality have gone significantly up. I really enjoy watching your videos they're very informative keep it up!
I would certainly love to learn more about this socialist experiment
I've seen so many Mongolia videos pop up, first real life lore, the bald and bankrupt, then this. All within a week.
4:26 that song is a banger!
Right!?!?
Mosaic in thumbnail reminds of East Roman empire
This is awesome history, which gets explained pretty much nowhere expect here and that with videos which have great editing and music. I love it.
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan seems like an interesting video idea. However I’m very interested in the Mongolian People’s Army. In Afghanistan, we have an ethnicity that are descendants of the Mongols in Afghanistan all the way back then, and they’re known as the Hazara people.
It is. Not many people know Afghanistan after Soviet troops leaving and before 9/11
No homo but you’re actually more handsome than imagined. From your vids I always imagined a short little fat dude with a neck beard. Great video though very interesting to learn more about Mongolia
Low bar to clear 😂 Thank you
This was a great video and while I subscribed for the North Korean content initially this made me very curious about more videos on other aspects of Mongolias recent history as well as the other Central Asian countries. Information on these countries is sparce because they aren't very significant in our current world order by most metrics. Considering the incredible impact on world history the inhabitants of Central Asia had it'd be great to see more about their recent history.
Finally some one talks about communist Mongolia history like no talks about
will this channel still be called "DPRK explained" after this incredible new content?
Yes, although I may do the occasional spin-off about Mongolia since I live here
I wouldnt mind a "mongolia explained" either ngl
Absolutely breathtaking work! Your channel has grown such a long way and I definitely have no regrets subscribing. Keep up the awesome work!
Much appreciated!
Your storytelling has always been on point, but your production values have just got better and better - the continuous shot starting with you from an abandoned soviet accomodation block using a drone was top notch! More on this fascinating country please.
Oh we got to see his face, and he's cute!
He’s very handsome!
The children singing is alnomost exactkly alike Korean Childrens. Accent as Korean hearing these cgildrens notes
Woah I didn’t know you were filming out of Mongolia! Very cool
I would absolutely love it if you did a Mongolia Explained series, would love to learn a lot more about a country that has captured my imagination from the Grand Tour’s special there, sadly that’s hardly a factual documentary…!
Central-Asia really is a part of the world that is rarely covered on TH-cam, seems like a mysterious and interesting place. Well, I know Mongolia is East but many of the ex-Soviet countries like Kazakhstan, Kyrgyztan are similar if you know what I mean... Big mountain ranges, steppe, shared commie history...
"mountains and stepps"... what else? "they were always drunk on vodka but not mongolian muslims but I don't much much because I'm an amerikan".
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan are similar because they are basically the same people, other Central Asian states are also Turkic and Muslim, but Mongolia is neither Turkic nor Muslim, nor was it a part of the USSR.
@@chepushila1 Never said Mongolia was part of the USSR. It was a communist dictatorship though, like the other countries mentioned.
@@rodrigofonseca6241 I'm from EU cuh
Great vedio!!--- the land of Genghis Khan!!!--- hard to believe they were able to conquer most of the known world!!!
It is odd that these sites have no evidence of anyone ever living there. Where has all the glass from the widows gone? It is almost like these flats were never completed..
Do you edit your videos yourself? Its really well done the animations and maps are amazing
I do, thank you!
I read somewhere in the internet that socialist mongolian government asked soviets to join USSR, but soviet government would have refused since Mongolia isnt a historic russian territory.
That and it had more use as a buffer between Russia and China. The USSR was very pro-Mongolian independence.
Thank you for this interesting documentary!
Your work is very much appreciated!
Good to learn the lesser known piece of Mongolia history ☭🇲🇳
Great video I was looking for this type of video for a while
So energetic and well made loved your documentry style
Now I've got a new goal in my life visit The Soviet Mongolia
You’re welcome to join the tour in October!
always amazing to see more of my country covered! Lots of love!
More Mongolian content please!
How'd u like to be stationed way out there?
Great vid! I’d love to see more things about say Mongolia, the USSR, Vietnam or the People’s Republic of China! But the DPRK content you make is also great. Keep up the good work!
People seem to forget about the Sino-Soviet War lol
Just goes to show that States will be States
Your videos look like they were produced by Vice News. Impressive.
Name of the song?
th-cam.com/video/dNYxX1hB4Xk/w-d-xo.html
Darude - sandstorm
Interested! I really like a band, the Hu, from Mongolia, and all the space and sky there. My favorite thing to do in my VR headset is watch 360 degree Mongol horse racing.
Wasn’t aware of the very close ties to the USSR. I thought Mongolia pretty much did their own thing and the USSR just took their resources
Great band.
Ahhh! A breathe of fresh air with a new documentary of a new country! Love it!
Edit: Gobi desert, but I see grass, weird.
Not a sandy desert, primarily. Mostly scrubland. Also this video is only really on the fringes of the Gobi. I'll potentially do something in the future properly down in the desert near Sainshand.
Scrubland, that makes sense. And Kudos on the sudden increase in production quality! (Camera motion could still be slightly improved though, it's a bit rigid in some places, 9:04, and try less shaking when moving around places such as stairs)
(or it could just be my laptop)
@@BeginnerSkier115 Working on it! All a bit of a rehearsal for future DPRK video ideas when it opens, and maybe more Mongolia stuff.
And for a documentary style video, I suggest adding credits at the end even if you did almost everything.
On the edge of the Gobi. It's still as desolate as the desert though
Thanks to the non-aggression-treaty with germany, Stalin was able to defeat the japanese army at Khalkhin Gol, Mongolia in 1939. The diversion of Sovietunion and China started because of the XX. party congress of the CPSU and because of the anticommunist Krushev.
Thanks to Ribbentrop - Molotov Pact aka Nazi Germany - Soviet Union Friendship Treaty, sovereign nations of Estonia, Latvia Lithuania and Eastern Poland was occupied by Nazi ally Soviet Union. As a Lithuania who lost multiple family members to executions and forcibly deportation to slave Labour Camps, i can say that USSR did only one great thing, and that is, it collapsed and proved how Socialism, Marxism and Communism are brain dead ideas for brainwashed masses.
Nah, it happened because Mao was an absolute nutter. Khreschev, like other leaders of his generation, was a committed communist, but he was also interested in stability. The Soviets and Western leaders had serious differences and constantly sought to undermine each other, but they played by certain rules and remained within certain boundaries. It doesn't hurt that the Chinese were unhappy with being the junior partner in the former alliance. They didn't care that much about ideology, but they did care about being so much weaker and so reliant on the Soviets.
@@Bunnyroo7 Nah, its happened because Kruschev was a traitor and a liar, and he didnt managed to build soviet economy properly, promoting ecnomic policies not so "socialist". Chinese were only smart to see what Kruschev was really like and want nothing with him.
@@Bunnyroo7 “committed communist” lmfao
@@lnaru Ah ha. So you are the joke. Goodbye.
Mongolia is trying to protect its democracy. Despite being stuck with the two landlocked neighbors 🫂
Maybe it's just me, but I'd be extremely interested in a short video on Stalin era Mongolia, we always hear about interwar European Russia and to a lesser extent Siberia but I know almost nothing about what was going on in the southern republics and satellite states at that point.
Man it would be depressing living in Baganuur. Just look at that terrain.
Another great video....looking forward to the next chapter from Benjamin 👍
😨 face reveal. Great change in style of videos. Very dynamic
Please share more Mongolian history. Great video❤🧡💛
Thanks
Amazing video! Brilliant work! Would love to go there. Greetings from Denmark.
Get in touch and we'll get you on the Soviet Mongolia Tour this October haha - I'll be leading it :D
@@DPRKExplained It's tempting! 🙂
@@thomasnygaard4514 go for it Tomas 😁👍
As a Mongolian ... very good point
Very interesting and well done reporting!
Now I know. Thank you. Excellent vid.
Thanks for being educational with out being in your face educational. Thanks for adventuring while giving us a history lesson. Why has the algorithm hid you from me for so long!
Great scenery, great storytelling. Full credit to you. I really enjoyed this rarely explored topic. P.S. that drone footage is fantastic. I’ll be back.
Great job! you're use of the drone is clever.
the algorithm brought me to your channel, this is outstanding stuff, really impressive production.
Ok. I must say I’m impressed my boy. Well done.
A nice little video keep up the great work on the video.
Love the work you're doing.... Really deserve more views and subscribers... Top notch...Just Like Bald & Bankrupt..... You're one of the best in your field...
Wow shout out to production team
Think he does it all himself with Rich filming and Ben the editing.
Now I want to see you move every so often just to make more videos like this.
Might make Soviet Mongolia EXPLAINED a little side series I do every so often
Mongolia is basically another planet compared to the US 🤔
Noice video :)
Fantastic bit of history and scenery I have never heard about and seen before
Very well made as always 👍
glasno gang cameo 😳
Hey, i really liked the music you used for this video! Any chance to cite the mongolian and ambient track names? 😁
Also, where is the best way to look for soviet-era footage? There are rarely any videos about MON in YT in general...
Nice documentary, i hope you go for all country that was under soviet union and share what it’s left from that era!
Great video! After watching it, it left me feeling sad😢
Great video like usual! Thank you for all the information you have given me about the DPRK and now the Mongolian People's Republic!
you also need to put translating subtitles in other languages such as Portuguese, Spanish and German. surely the reach of the videos will be greater as well as the number of subscribers on the DPRK Explained Channel.
Hugs from Brazil.
Great video! I hope you make more about Mongolia, especially about living there!
There are unknown topics and then there is this. Very well done.
One of those things I knew nothing about until I moved here - then you wonder why nobody talks about it! 😂
Jesus that shot at 14:30
Is the damage just from neglect / scavenging or were they deliberately damaged?
If they had been converted for civilian use that could have been a whole new town!
Demolition, combined with scavenging. There are huge trenches where people have come to dig up the pipes, communication cables etc
@@DPRKExplained Thank you!
very cool
i guess what i've learned from the dissolution of the USSR is that transitioning away from a Socialist mode of production to a Capitalist mode of production means to transition from gradual construction to rapid decay
Not really. Czechia, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary are examples where things are way way better than before. This video showcased hollowing out of Soviet military infrastructure, hardly a signal of how the overall country is doing (given Mongolia lacks the need or capability to field a force capable of making use of such military facilities.
Mongolia is doing much better than the Soviet days today.
@@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022 The countries you mentioned lost more population after 1991 then they did in ww2(before that they were growing), in some cases up to a third of population. I don't think the end justifies the means. Sadly this is never pointed anywhere
@@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022 lmao, things are Not better in poland after 1991
@@Admin-gm3lc In 1990, Poland had 38 million, Czechia had 10.3 million, Slovakia had 5.2 million, Lithuania 3.7 mil, Latvia 2.6, Slovenia 2 mil, Estonia 1.5.
In 2023, Poland 37.8, Czechia 10.8, Slovakia had 5.4, Lithuania 2.9, Latvia 1.9 mil, Slovenia 2.1 mil, Estonia 1.37.
The only ones to have experienced a serious population decline are Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. Estonia doesn't really apply here because they had 963k Estonians in 1989, this was 920k in 2021, not really that drastic change. But there were 475k Russians in 1989 to 315k in 2021. 48k Ukrainians to 28k. This was emigration of foreign ethnic groups to their respective countries when the USSR fell apart.
Lithuania and Latvia are the only to have received serious depopulation even accounting for Russian/Ukrainian/Belarusian emigration. And I don't think even they are raring to go back to the USSR.
@@qZbGmYjS4QusYqv5Then why are you watching a channel about North Korea?😮
Sain bnu
Im a mongolian and we dont see any documentaries for our socialist past
Im very greatful that you are telling our history so thank you!
bayarlalaa!
@@DPRKExplained im the one who should be thanking you
But thanks
Great video 🎉🎉
The quality of production of your videos is incredible!
I’ve been to Mongolia / Ulam Bantor for a wedding in 2009. Its bleak in winter.
That it is
Its a really weird country … vast open plains , little to now physical buildings / infrastructure…. It was both visually stunning and bleak. Will never forget the place etched in my memory.
Mongolia - *literally has a language a Slav cannot understand*
Russia - *privyet*
Nice video
What a great video! I love the new style!
thank you, i even forgot that Mongolia was a country tbf. it looks beautiful
Would it be possible to make more programs about Mongolia?
Having spent a bit of time in Mongolia in the early 2000s I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I am now a subscribed. Keep'em coming.
Awesome ❤❤❤
They were ballin', near parity and catching up more and more everyday.
This was incredible. Great video. You are a natural and your drone pilot is great!
Any excuse for boys and their toys... I'm sure they had a lot of fun out there away from UB.
OH MY GOD!!!! COMMUNIST MONGOLIA!!!! YES!!!!
Amazing work buddy !
Thx you guys
That is so good 👍
would really love more videos about Mongolia
Loved this video and wow mongolians are built tough to see how unforgiving the landscape is. I imagine if you got very lost you could lose your life easy out there much love to mongolia from the u.s.a.
Thank you
Love it, thanks a bunch for sharing. Keep em comin Big Dog.
I'd love to see some videos about other ex-soviet countries, great video!
What an awesome video
Beautiful documentary