Stalin and his mustache disagreed on several occasions, threats by Stalin to shave the mustache were never taken seriously. The mustache’s threats to have Stalin arrested were never acted on, since the move would not be advantageous for Comrade Mustache. Khrushchev, having seen the machinations between Koba and his facial hair prompted Nikita to remain clean shaven throughout his rule.
You've just been cited for the 3rd time in my progress towards my Master's degree. You folks have no idea how impactful that your position has become for folks like me. Thank you so much for making my dream *that* much more attainable. Much love, Kyle.
Surely you need to cite references that are credible and have evidence to back up your supported arguments and theories... a TH-cam video doesn’t provide that 😂
@@TheColdWarTV since the subject was brought up (albeit a couple months ago), would it be possible that you guys could add in the sources that you utilize to make your videos in the description? Your channel (as well as Kings and Generals) has been my go-to for killing time on my lunch breaks for over a year now, so it would be cool to dive deeper into some of the content!
"Second balalaika" is a really good joke :-) In Bulgaria we have a say "to speak balalaikas" (govori balalaiki) which means "to speak nonsense" or "to lie"...
Fun fact: while in the West they called Stalin and Khruschev "premier" for their posts in the executive, in the Soviet Union people called them and future leaders "gensek" - short for "General Secretary of the Communist Party" because they knew where the real authority lied.
100% correct. Although, sorry for the technicality, Khrushchev and Stalin technically held both positions simultaneously. Every "premier" after Khrushchev only held the title of "General Secretary" afterwards. But, in reality, it doesn't really matter as the "General Secretary" held all the power regardless. Almost all other governmental aspects of the USSR were either rubber stamps meant to create the illusion of a democratic governmental process, or were little more than bodies delegated to handle certain aspects of running the state. Although resistance to the authority of the "Premier" could occur, in the end all true power was vested in the "Premier."
Most American's don't even know their own history so i applaud you for teaching. I wish i had the time to do more things like this for my students. Especially on a topic like these, these kids are so politicized in a way i never was growing up.
More accurately: the Great Soviet Encyclopedia. As I remember, it had been lauched in 1950's, and contained 30 volumes. I sometimes used it in libraries. However, I grew up with the Latvian Soviet Encyclopedia which contained just 10 volumes but was fresher than the Great Soviet one. It has been lauched all the 1980's - simultaneously with my school time.
Your average state in US can only dream about that level of power and independence that was held by average republic in SU But yes SU was centralized country (atleast till 80s)
Me thinking that there can't be any references to ck3 David: the soviets were basically players in ck3 multiplayer even the allegation of trying to assassinate the pope Me: interesting 🤔 🙂
Cool episode! One question though, why was the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic's communist party and government symbols crossed out when you showed the list of Soviet Republics?
In contrast to the other SSRs, the Russian SFSR had no Communist Party of its own (there was only the CPSU, which managed Russia directly), and hence the RSFSR government was more or less ceremonial.
I've lived in the Soviet Union and I've lived in the West. Both had its plusses and minuses. In a nutshell, for entrepreneurial minded people living in the West offers more opportunities, but as far as regukar 9 to 5 people are concerned, life under the Soviet system would be preferable. This is just my opinion of course.
Except if you was born in ethnic republics (from where everything was taken to Moscow and few other capitals like Kyiv), or from village, or from Kolkhoz - where you had no passports until 1981, so you could not receive education, change job or even move outside of your village/Kolkhoz.
It's interesting to see that even back in the 50s there were people at the top trying to improve the situation in the USSR - even if it's only to improve efficiency by delegating. It'd be interesting to see what would have happened, hat Khrushchev succeeded. From what I recall he did seem like somebody who at least tried to make shit suck less. Maybe I'm wrong or missing something - please, if anybody reads this who has a better grasp on the man and his visions, let me know.
As for the political part, I'm not sure, but I'll tell you about the economy. The planning system became more complex by the 1960s, as it was difficult to keep track of everything centrally, and understanding the entire economy became more difficult. Prior to this, the planning system worked successfully with the use of "price pressure", which regulated the balance between tops and bottoms. The essence of antagonism is as follows: from below they want to get more resources and do less work, and vice versa from above. Enterprises are motivated to hide resources from planners when planners need to know the information. Under Stalin, for ensuring information awareness, the institution of state planning commissioners was created. They did audits and stuff. To the question of how the planned system stimulated scientific and technical progress, special funds were created, for which the directors of enterprises were responsible, who could freely dispose of the fund to increase labor productivity. Plus bonuses and allowances for workers. "Price press" regulated the profit of the enterprise. The smaller the press, the more profit from a little work, the stronger the press, the less profit from more work. The complication of the economy of the USSR has led to some problems in determining prices. So, in the hope that the people, in accordance with liberal dogmas, will better understand how to manage resources, it was decided to slightly shift the powers from top to bottom. At first, this gave impetus, and then led to the fact that enterprises simply began to concentrate resources at themselves with a decrease in production returns. This led to a drop in the rate of economic growth. At some point, everything was canceled back. And so centralization and decentralization succeeded each other several times. In parallel, work was underway on the development of a nationwide automated accounting system (OGAS) and the development of intersectoral balance methods (this is from the field of linear programming). We define a vector of consumer goods, perform calculations, and get a result that shows how resources should be used to reach the final vector of consumer goods. A promising direction, which unfortunately has not found further development after the fall of Soviet Union. Incidentally, the planning at the very top is not very detailed. A general plan is formed, which then goes to a lower level, where it is detailed, then to a lower level and is detailed there. And so on down to individual enterprises. I watched a lecture on the channel "Prime Numbers" (so far only available in Russian) and somewhere I even slipped the idea that the material and technical base of a planned economy can lead to the fact that people will vote not for people or parties , but for the further vector of development proposed to society. From the lecture, I made my personal conclusion about that. That the cause of crises and the collapse of the USSR lies in the economy (moreover, the problems are not obvious and not at all the ones that the liberals talk about) and further consideration can lead to their solution and the construction of an effective planned economy. After the civil war, at the dawn of the formation of the USSR, it was necessary to build the means of production. After that to inctease them. Then it was necessary to prepare for the Second World War. After the war, it was necessary to restore the destroyed economy. Then, it was necessary to arm during the Cold War. Everything was directed to the production of means of production. And the production of goods stalled. People got tired of it and they supported the liberal reforms, the consequences of which we are still raking. In addition, the political leadership set too many tasks for the state, so there were simply not enough resources to fulfill them. For example, you have a limited number of bricks, but if you decide to build too many houses, then you will simply have some of them unfinished, and if resources are distributed evenly, in general, this problem can become massive. In general, planning is a complex, science-intensive, serious matter that requires careful study. This is a very powerful tool, and if used incorrectly, it can lead to big problems. However, the benefits are worth the effort.
This would be great! I am interested to see what actual autonomy the SSR's had in the Soviet " federal" system and what difference existed in the political structure of the different republics ( if any).
Not really complicated. The structure legally and formally was typical for any western country. The key word here is "formally". The USSR had a parliament of two houses, a government, ministries and courts which formally represented the three power branches of any democratic country. But in fact, the Communist party was only real governing power over all the three formal power branches. Actually, it was a one party dictatorship.
I would like to know how the decentralised soviets were intended to work, why they had enough local support to come into existence and how they worked in practice before the central party took over all their power in the 1920s.
If you could, when you come to a close of the cold war could you do an episode on how the CCP (China) reacted to the fall of the communist states in the 80s-90s?
1. Central committee - basically Parliament that consisted of only the Communist party. Used to make speeches and pass laws. 2. Politburo - a group of the most influential Central committee members. They made actual executive decisions. 3. Secretariat - they were in charge of implementing the plans and making managerial decisions. Also the leader of the Soviet Union was the head of the Secretariat. That's how I understand it.
Somehow, the term Presidium for a government group just sounds so cool to me lol. In all seriousness though, thank you for another fascinating video. Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you, friends. ✝️ :)
I hope in a near future video that you focus on the Soviet Republics government and it's relation to the central government. Was federalism ever practiced at any level? Any examples of how the central government intervened in ssr's affairs? Why was Russia special in the sense that it didn't have it's republic version of the communist party? Great vid!
Communist party of Russian sfsr was formed in 1990 and banned in 1991... If it was formed earlier the real defaco leader of the country ( general secretary) will jave his power reduced significantly and it can lead to many structural and organizational conflicts in the already bizzarre structure of the country....
I hope one day you make a video on the fall of the USSR or at least the time when Gorbachev was ruling it. I think those video's would be awesome. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
You should get together with Time Ghost and Indie Nidel. You have very similar deliveries of absolutely well researched information. The two of you would kill it.
The song is called Farewell of Slavianka. In Russian it’s Прощание славянки. It was a famous song that was used by the whites in the civil war, and then the Soviets later. I could be wrong but I believe it was created during WW1, but I don’t know for sure.
6:31 Hearts of Iron IV music? I just stopped playing that game (it was taking too much of my time), so I thought I was going nuts when I heard it again in this video, but other people in the comments heard it too.
Another informative episode!! I hope you have an idea about the card game called "Twilight Struggle". It's a really cool game and I hope you can maybe even play it soon.
Could you do something similar for the US. I have ho inlkling where power lies in the US system. The US describes itself as the bastion of democracy yet it seems to be barely democratic at all given the electoral office (that is probably the wrong term, that is where local members have their electoral office in the system I live under).
The electoral college in part was designed to get people to compromise when making deals so that they can avoid polarization in politics in part, aka what has been happening now. In part it is to prevent the majority from tearing apart the minority. Personally I am not much of a political person (anymore) but as Washington said, there should be NO POLITICAL parties. PERIOD. ONLY independents, because parties too often become political weapons or more appropriately sock puppets.
@@michaelhintz7679 How do you ban or prevent political parties or factions? Every nation-state evolves into at least two factions. The Romans had the Optimates and the Populares. This is the way of things.
@@petebondurant58 Everyone will be forced to be independents, so candidate A represents Candidate A. As to preventing them, that is called voting them out and transparency.
This oversimplifies the Soviet election process, those elected to positions in the Soviets had to first be nominated and questioned by those they represented. The running unopposed idea, comes from the approval or disapproval vote by the general populace conducting the vote, when this takes place the candidate has already been vetted, and is just being voted on for a final verification of the vote.
Bureaucratic duplication or overlap was a key feature of Soviet life, to ensure a lack of autonomous decision-making: The KGB and the MVD; Tass and Izvestia; The Army and the KGB Frontier Troops, the Air Force and the Air Defence Force; The KGB and the GRU (headed by an ex-KGB General), the OBHSS and the Workers' and Peasants' Inspectorate and so on. It lead more quickly to stagnation.
The party controls all aspects of the state from business to military to social affairs. Party membership was not compulsory but you really couldn't do anything significant without joining the party. You wanted to lead a private company (they did exist in Soviet Union), you had to be a party member. Become a local judge, party membership required. Join the Red Army, membership was not required but the commisarant which was an oversight of the military was all party members.
Not to say that you will ever run out of topic and events about the previous cold war from the late 1940s to early 1990s because there's way to many to choose from but on the off chance you do... ...Will you by any chance talk about the current series and and events the surpassed the previous cold war....also...would you classify the current series and events as a cold war? And also would you by any chance make any videos on what we used to call "THE GREAT GAME" would you also classify that a the predecessor of the Cold War.
Oh, there has to be video on USSR and eastern bloc economic system(s) as that is wild. Really bizarre and wild. Only economy in which Pepsi beverage, of all things, is valued and traded in vodka. And when vodka got too cheap, Pepsi was traded for warships.
Western democracies are actually more complicated with their multi-party systems. The same system is also working very well in china today, which has essentially the same political structure as soviet union.
An american and a russian were talking about politics. American: I can go to Washington, pound on the presidents desk and say “Mr. Reagan, I don’t like how your running the country” Russian: I can do that American: You can? Russian: Yes! I can go to Moscow, pound on the desk of the General Secretary and say “General Secretary, I don’t like how Reagan is running his country”
Leonid Brezhnev’s unibrow was just Stalins moustache turned up side down.
Can't be unseen...
No...
Why did you woke us
It was a Soviet joke.
Brezhnev: "Okay, enough of the fun, let us get serious"
*removes brow and places it under his nose*
@@xxxrrrxxxrrr screw you 😂😂
@@xxxrrrxxxrrr 😀😀😊
Stalin and his mustache disagreed on several occasions, threats by Stalin to shave the mustache were never taken seriously. The mustache’s threats to have Stalin arrested were never acted on, since the move would not be advantageous for Comrade Mustache. Khrushchev, having seen the machinations between Koba and his facial hair prompted Nikita to remain clean shaven throughout his rule.
Lol
What about Malenkovs toupee or Kaganovich own soup strainer?
Anne Scholey *the plot thickens* ... there may be a dossier on them 🤔
What did I just read? Maybe my mustache understands
In fact, Khrushchev got rid of most of the hair on his head, just to be on the safe side.
You've just been cited for the 3rd time in my progress towards my Master's degree. You folks have no idea how impactful that your position has become for folks like me. Thank you so much for making my dream *that* much more attainable. Much love, Kyle.
wow...we are glad we can contribute!
Surely you need to cite references that are credible and have evidence to back up your supported arguments and theories... a TH-cam video doesn’t provide that 😂
@@Clarke5409 It's often considered good form to cite authors that have influenced your thinking on a subject, even if you don't use them as a source
@@TheColdWarTV since the subject was brought up (albeit a couple months ago), would it be possible that you guys could add in the sources that you utilize to make your videos in the description? Your channel (as well as Kings and Generals) has been my go-to for killing time on my lunch breaks for over a year now, so it would be cool to dive deeper into some of the content!
Probably better to be reffering to written documentation than youtube videos (especially at master's level)
"Second balalaika" is a really good joke :-) In Bulgaria we have a say "to speak balalaikas" (govori balalaiki) which means "to speak nonsense" or "to lie"...
Well just *let your balalaika sing*
"Много ти знае балалайката."
We also use the same meaning of the word in Egypt, incidentally :D
whenever I see Nikita Khrushchev I see Steve Buscemi
Whenever I see Steve Buscemi I see Nucky Thompson.
ben5056 That was such a bitchin’ movie.
he’s on the fucking ground
@@WhiteCamry Animal Blundetto
That movie was so funny! Michael Palin was great too
i love how y'all used the hoi4 soundtrack
Fun fact: while in the West they called Stalin and Khruschev "premier" for their posts in the executive, in the Soviet Union people called them and future leaders "gensek" - short for "General Secretary of the Communist Party" because they knew where the real authority lied.
100% correct. Although, sorry for the technicality, Khrushchev and Stalin technically held both positions simultaneously. Every "premier" after Khrushchev only held the title of "General Secretary" afterwards.
But, in reality, it doesn't really matter as the "General Secretary" held all the power regardless. Almost all other governmental aspects of the USSR were either rubber stamps meant to create the illusion of a democratic governmental process, or were little more than bodies delegated to handle certain aspects of running the state. Although resistance to the authority of the "Premier" could occur, in the end all true power was vested in the "Premier."
We all know Stalin's mustache was the real power holder in the USSR. 🤣🤣🤣
Most American's don't even know their own history so i applaud you for teaching. I wish i had the time to do more things like this for my students. Especially on a topic like these, these kids are so politicized in a way i never was growing up.
Man the USSR does love their beuracarcy
We still love our bureaucracy, lol.
They love bureaucracy so much they put more bureaucracy on top of the bureaucracy over the bureaucracy.
That is the only way to distribute goods and services without money...
And we know how well they work...
Still a problem today in former Warsaw Pact nations. Old habits are hard to break.
The book in the front is Big Soviet Encyclopedia. I loved to read that book in my school years.
More accurately: the Great Soviet Encyclopedia. As I remember, it had been lauched in 1950's, and contained 30 volumes. I sometimes used it in libraries. However, I grew up with the Latvian Soviet Encyclopedia which contained just 10 volumes but was fresher than the Great Soviet one. It has been lauched all the 1980's - simultaneously with my school time.
@@ivarkich1543 this one on the table had one volume
We learned about Russia from library fact books. What fun they were.
Thank you sir! It's so wonderful to have viewing material of this quality, it never gets boring.
I'd love an infographic showing all of the various levels and parts of the USSR. Thanks for the video!
CGP Grey when
You should go to useful charts. Wrong channel 🤪🤪🤪
yeah. too much talking. not enough showing.
Your average state in US can only dream about that level of power and independence that was held by average republic in SU
But yes SU was centralized country (atleast till 80s)
I see that Vault-tec bobble head. You can't hide it from me.
Where are the portraits? Bring back the portraits! We need the portraits!!!!
Bad joke aside, great as always, keep up the great work!
Me thinking that there can't be any references to ck3
David: the soviets were basically players in ck3 multiplayer even the allegation of trying to assassinate the pope
Me: interesting 🤔 🙂
I always thought he would play Paradox Games. Now we have proof.
@@williamepps9519 exactly 💯
no Paradox games for this host...takes too long for a simple mind like mine to figure out the UI!!
@@TheColdWarTV The first boss in any Paradox game.
Every single thing has to be compared to a damned video game. You kids today!
I really do love this History and Informative Channel.
Cool episode! One question though, why was the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic's communist party and government symbols crossed out when you showed the list of Soviet Republics?
probably because they were the same as the Soviet Union ones, since it was the biggest
In contrast to the other SSRs, the Russian SFSR had no Communist Party of its own (there was only the CPSU, which managed Russia directly), and hence the RSFSR government was more or less ceremonial.
@@christianagi Ahh ok cool. I didn't know that.
@@christianagi Communist party of Russian sfsr was formed in 1990 and banned in 1991
Russia basically played the role of England in the USSR’s UK.
I've lived in the Soviet Union and I've lived in the West. Both had its plusses and minuses. In a nutshell, for entrepreneurial minded people living in the West offers more opportunities, but as far as regukar 9 to 5 people are concerned, life under the Soviet system would be preferable. This is just my opinion of course.
So if you want to exploit workers and make a lot of money in the process then pick usa. Sounds about right.
Except if you was born in ethnic republics (from where everything was taken to Moscow and few other capitals like Kyiv), or from village, or from Kolkhoz - where you had no passports until 1981, so you could not receive education, change job or even move outside of your village/Kolkhoz.
"Oh mustache of Stalin, what is your wisdom?"
"That Austrian fellow with the funny little mustache seem legit, we should ally with him."
Bruh.
It's interesting to see that even back in the 50s there were people at the top trying to improve the situation in the USSR - even if it's only to improve efficiency by delegating. It'd be interesting to see what would have happened, hat Khrushchev succeeded. From what I recall he did seem like somebody who at least tried to make shit suck less. Maybe I'm wrong or missing something - please, if anybody reads this who has a better grasp on the man and his visions, let me know.
As for the political part, I'm not sure, but I'll tell you about the economy. The planning system became more complex by the 1960s, as it was difficult to keep track of everything centrally, and understanding the entire economy became more difficult. Prior to this, the planning system worked successfully with the use of "price pressure", which regulated the balance between tops and bottoms. The essence of antagonism is as follows: from below they want to get more resources and do less work, and vice versa from above. Enterprises are motivated to hide resources from planners when planners need to know the information. Under Stalin, for ensuring information awareness, the institution of state planning commissioners was created. They did audits and stuff.
To the question of how the planned system stimulated scientific and technical progress, special funds were created, for which the directors of enterprises were responsible, who could freely dispose of the fund to increase labor productivity. Plus bonuses and allowances for workers. "Price press" regulated the profit of the enterprise. The smaller the press, the more profit from a little work, the stronger the press, the less profit from more work. The complication of the economy of the USSR has led to some problems in determining prices. So, in the hope that the people, in accordance with liberal dogmas, will better understand how to manage resources, it was decided to slightly shift the powers from top to bottom. At first, this gave impetus, and then led to the fact that enterprises simply began to concentrate resources at themselves with a decrease in production returns. This led to a drop in the rate of economic growth. At some point, everything was canceled back. And so centralization and decentralization succeeded each other several times.
In parallel, work was underway on the development of a nationwide automated accounting system (OGAS) and the development of intersectoral balance methods (this is from the field of linear programming). We define a vector of consumer goods, perform calculations, and get a result that shows how resources should be used to reach the final vector of consumer goods. A promising direction, which unfortunately has not found further development after the fall of Soviet Union.
Incidentally, the planning at the very top is not very detailed. A general plan is formed, which then goes to a lower level, where it is detailed, then to a lower level and is detailed there. And so on down to individual enterprises. I watched a lecture on the channel "Prime Numbers" (so far only available in Russian) and somewhere I even slipped the idea that the material and technical base of a planned economy can lead to the fact that people will vote not for people or parties , but for the further vector of development proposed to society. From the lecture, I made my personal conclusion about that. That the cause of crises and the collapse of the USSR lies in the economy (moreover, the problems are not obvious and not at all the ones that the liberals talk about) and further consideration can lead to their solution and the construction of an effective planned economy.
After the civil war, at the dawn of the formation of the USSR, it was necessary to build the means of production. After that to inctease them. Then it was necessary to prepare for the Second World War. After the war, it was necessary to restore the destroyed economy. Then, it was necessary to arm during the Cold War. Everything was directed to the production of means of production. And the production of goods stalled. People got tired of it and they supported the liberal reforms, the consequences of which we are still raking.
In addition, the political leadership set too many tasks for the state, so there were simply not enough resources to fulfill them. For example, you have a limited number of bricks, but if you decide to build too many houses, then you will simply have some of them unfinished, and if resources are distributed evenly, in general, this problem can become massive. In general, planning is a complex, science-intensive, serious matter that requires careful study. This is a very powerful tool, and if used incorrectly, it can lead to big problems. However, the benefits are worth the effort.
@@nortonnevis7252
what the fuck
Do you plan on making videos discussing the different republics within the Soviet Union?
This would be great! I am interested to see what actual autonomy the SSR's had in the Soviet " federal" system and what difference existed in the political structure of the different republics ( if any).
Viktor Suvorov recounted the following Soviet ode, translated as: "There is on Earth, No sadder ditty, Than the Tale of the Central Committee.'.
Thanks
It's cool that the picture behind him makes it look like an atomic explosion is rising off of David's head. Very powerful,
Wow, was wondering about this today. Thank you.
An extremely complicated and absurd structure. Just to clarify for those who don't speak Russian: "Soviet" = "Council".
Not really complicated. The structure legally and formally was typical for any western country. The key word here is "formally". The USSR had a parliament of two houses, a government, ministries and courts which formally represented the three power branches of any democratic country. But in fact, the Communist party was only real governing power over all the three formal power branches. Actually, it was a one party dictatorship.
I would like to know how the decentralised soviets were intended to work, why they had enough local support to come into existence and how they worked in practice before the central party took over all their power in the 1920s.
If you could, when you come to a close of the cold war could you do an episode on how the CCP (China) reacted to the fall of the communist states in the 80s-90s?
This video is a masterpiece of both knowledge and emotion! 👌✨
I suggest changing the title to "Political Structure of USSR"
David. I've been watching you're Chanel for quite some time. You do an excellent job.
A great way to kick starts the weekend :)
I spend so much time with this on in the background while playing Crusader Kings 2 that it made me do a double take when he referenced the series
Can you do a video on the daily life of a citizen in the Soviet Union?
Reminds me of the "good old days" when we were never sure that we wouldn't all die in a nuclear apocalypse.
I love your work 🙏 but this episode needs a CHART or some organization flow chart
the HoI4 music made me look if i had it running, even if i haven't played it in quite a while.
"The great mustache." Just fantastic.
I'm still a but confused - maybe an infographic of some sort would help sort out all those committees with similar names
1. Central committee - basically Parliament that consisted of only the Communist party. Used to make speeches and pass laws.
2. Politburo - a group of the most influential Central committee members. They made actual executive decisions.
3. Secretariat - they were in charge of implementing the plans and making managerial decisions. Also the leader of the Soviet Union was the head of the Secretariat.
That's how I understand it.
once again, excellent work. thank you
The Hoi4 music in the background sets the mood
I really appreciated the crusader kings reference
Will you cover Boris Yeltin's coup?
LOL - who's that dude dancing in the background "television"?
This is a bureaucratic nightmare. No way comprehensible by audio explanation alone. It clearly needs graphics and text.
Can you please tone down the background music. It's quite distracting at times. Thanks
Your research team never disappoints me. Keep up the good work.
Love and respect from Pakistan.
Whats the music that plays at 4:00?
This could have benefited from infographics displaying the structures explained.
"No, we don't own them! Their government just follows ours almost unconditionally."
Somehow, the term Presidium for a government group just sounds so cool to me lol. In all seriousness though, thank you for another fascinating video.
Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you, friends. ✝️ :)
I saw that comparison at 4:40
thank i needed that information
I hope in a near future video that you focus on the Soviet Republics government and it's relation to the central government. Was federalism ever practiced at any level? Any examples of how the central government intervened in ssr's affairs? Why was Russia special in the sense that it didn't have it's republic version of the communist party? Great vid!
Communist party of Russian sfsr was formed in 1990 and banned in 1991... If it was formed earlier the real defaco leader of the country ( general secretary) will jave his power reduced significantly and it can lead to many structural and organizational conflicts in the already bizzarre structure of the country....
What's the name of the song/march that starts at 1:11 ?
Stalin never died, he just went home because his planet needed him.
Geidi Prime.
the man of steel, indeed
I hope one day you make a video on the fall of the USSR or at least the time when Gorbachev was ruling it. I think those video's would be awesome. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
Eventually, we will get to the Gorbachev years
@@TheColdWarTV---Awesome.
No matter what we may think about the ussr, the music they did is fucking amazing
What sources did you use to compile this episode? should one be interested in further and more detailed reading.
You should get together with Time Ghost and Indie Nidel. You have very similar deliveries of absolutely well researched information.
The two of you would kill it.
My mustache and I have reached a consensus, lol lol lol
What’s the name of the piece of music starring at 1:13 ?
The song is called Farewell of Slavianka. In Russian it’s Прощание славянки. It was a famous song that was used by the whites in the civil war, and then the Soviets later. I could be wrong but I believe it was created during WW1, but I don’t know for sure.
6:31 Hearts of Iron IV music? I just stopped playing that game (it was taking too much of my time), so I thought I was going nuts when I heard it again in this video, but other people in the comments heard it too.
Soundtrack: Mother Russia (ost. HOI4)
I.want this channel to make videos on all history topics not only cold war and who so ever want same ?
4:00 I'm actually playing CK2 while I watch this😂😂
Another informative episode!! I hope you have an idea about the card game called "Twilight Struggle". It's a really cool game and I hope you can maybe even play it soon.
LOVE the music but it is very distracting, especially early on. Might be an idea to turn it down a smidge?
Me at 3 am: i should sleep
This channel uploaded new vid: pstt wanna know structure of Soviet union?
Could you do something similar for the US. I have ho inlkling where power lies in the US system. The US describes itself as the bastion of democracy yet it seems to be barely democratic at all given the electoral office (that is probably the wrong term, that is where local members have their electoral office in the system I live under).
The United States was not designed to be a democracy, but a Constitutional, representative republic.
@@petebondurant58 Representative of what ?
The electoral college in part was designed to get people to compromise when making deals so that they can avoid polarization in politics in part, aka what has been happening now. In part it is to prevent the majority from tearing apart the minority. Personally I am not much of a political person (anymore) but as Washington said, there should be NO POLITICAL parties. PERIOD. ONLY independents, because parties too often become political weapons or more appropriately sock puppets.
@@michaelhintz7679 How do you ban or prevent political parties or factions? Every nation-state evolves into at least two factions. The Romans had the Optimates and the Populares. This is the way of things.
@@petebondurant58 Everyone will be forced to be independents, so candidate A represents Candidate A. As to preventing them, that is called voting them out and transparency.
6:23 is this music from hoi4? It sounds familiar
This oversimplifies the Soviet election process, those elected to positions in the Soviets had to first be nominated and questioned by those they represented. The running unopposed idea, comes from the approval or disapproval vote by the general populace conducting the vote, when this takes place the candidate has already been vetted, and is just being voted on for a final verification of the vote.
Bureaucratic duplication or overlap was a key feature of Soviet life, to ensure a lack of autonomous decision-making: The KGB and the MVD; Tass and Izvestia; The Army and the KGB Frontier Troops, the Air Force and the Air Defence Force; The KGB and the GRU (headed by an ex-KGB General), the OBHSS and the Workers' and Peasants' Inspectorate and so on. It lead more quickly to stagnation.
What's the name of the music ??
Stalin was a very distant relative of Mario, Luigi & Chef Boyardee.
The party controls all aspects of the state from business to military to social affairs. Party membership was not compulsory but you really couldn't do anything significant without joining the party. You wanted to lead a private company (they did exist in Soviet Union), you had to be a party member. Become a local judge, party membership required. Join the Red Army, membership was not required but the commisarant which was an oversight of the military was all party members.
The dissolution of USSR was indeed the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century
The people whom lived through it would vigorously disagree.
I can hear Smooth Rest Cafe playing in the background
Not to say that you will ever run out of topic and events about the previous cold war from the late 1940s to early 1990s because there's way to many to choose from but on the off chance you do...
...Will you by any chance talk about the current series and and events the surpassed the previous cold war....also...would you classify the current series and events as a cold war?
And also would you by any chance make any videos on what we used to call "THE GREAT GAME" would you also classify that a the predecessor of the Cold War.
Can you make a video about the education system in the USSR.
9:37 the great mustache lmao
Topic suggestion: Franco's Spain and Salazar's Portugal.
Oh, there has to be video on USSR and eastern bloc economic system(s) as that is wild. Really bizarre and wild.
Only economy in which Pepsi beverage, of all things, is valued and traded in vodka. And when vodka got too cheap, Pepsi was traded for warships.
The pepsi for warships thing unfortunately didn't happen. Got me bummed out as fuck
You forgot the armed forces, which technically hold the means of power.
Whoever thought it was a good idea to play the loud background music needs a tenner in the gulag
What's wrong with your color grading on this episode?
I heard the reason why hitler broke the Molotov Ribbentrop pact was because he found out his mustache was having an affair with Stalin’s.
Munich agreement in 1938 did not hear
Ilya Danielan I’m sorry my joke wasn’t up to your standards.
What's the song at 1:20
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Is it just me, or did most of the USSR structure and interelationships go over your heads too?
Too much complicated and burocratic; that political system is, indeed, another factor for Soviet downfall.
A good reminder that it's best to keep things simple.
Not much more complicated than the French burocracy...
Western democracies are actually more complicated with their multi-party systems. The same system is also working very well in china today, which has essentially the same political structure as soviet union.
Try to understand how the US gouvernment works with all of the different agencies and you'll see that a state is inherently bureaucratic.
Where did you buy those posters?
What's the music at the very end?
These people saw how their country has 2 governments with double the amount of politicians needed and didn't bat an eye.
This is very interesting but could you make a chart to help explain the structure?
HOI IV soundtrack nice!
Someone enjoys Paradox! Please use a track from the Stellaris soundtrack when you cover the Star Wars program! :)
An american and a russian were talking about politics.
American: I can go to Washington, pound on the presidents desk and say “Mr. Reagan, I don’t like how your running the country”
Russian: I can do that
American: You can?
Russian: Yes! I can go to Moscow, pound on the desk of the General Secretary and say “General Secretary, I don’t like how Reagan is running his country”
I can't focus on what you're saying with this awesome music in background
Farewell of Slavianka