Calling the battle of Vaslui one of the biggest victories in European history brings joy to my heart, as a Romanian. So few ignore this battle or know nothing of it. Thank you.
@@Sticna78mda moldovenii astia nu stiu sa citeasca ....unde era capitala lui Stefan tr zimi si mie ? aaaaa la Suceava multumesc mult degeaba pui steagu moldovenesc . stefan cel mare este un erou pentru toata moldova si sa nu uitam unde so nascut si avea capitala .pe vremea aia nu exista moldova din dreapta si stanga prutului era doar moldova dar acum exista pt ca ati fost rusificati
@@InAeternumRomaMater Vaslui - the unknown Agincourt. We can blame only Romanians for the lack of propper hystorical marketing. If any of the famous European western nations ever had one Stephen the Great, he would have been worldwide praised and known.
As a Romanian I can only thank you for this great video and I hope you continue making videos about Romanian history, showing how Romanians managed to keep the Ottomans away from Central and Western Europe for a long time and their important role in European history .
@@cypher221what a Nonsense.. In 9 out of 10 moldo ottoman wars, walachia was on Turkish side. The only country moldova used to fight against more than ottomans, was walachia..
Regarding the so called rift between Stefan and Vlad, a few things to note. The Chilia citadel was under Hungarian control having a Hungarian garrison stationed there, non-allies of Stefan. It was however officially recognized as being part of Wallachia which was ruled by Vlad, an ally. When Stefan attacked Chilia it was during Mehmed's invasion of Wallachia. Mehmed split a contingent of his massive army to attack Chilia while the rest were tasked to wiping out Wallachia off the map. The battle between Vlad and Stefan only happened on paper as Vlad was busy traumatizing his Ottoman "guests" somewhere else. Chilia was going to be attacked by the Ottomans regardless having no protection from Vlad. Stefan joined alongside the Ottomans in attacking Chilia and for some "strange" reason the Ottomans weren't able to capture the city. After being defeated by Vlad, Mehmed had a moratorium on even mentioning Vlad or attacking Wallachia again. Mehmed was cited as saying that as long as Vlad has Chilia, it's impossible to defeat him. After these events no bad blood was ever recorded between Vlad and Stefan. Stefan was amongst the first to hear about Vlad's death this is due to the fact that Vlad's personal bodyguards were Moldavian solders from Stefan's personal guard. From a couple of hundreds Moldavian soldiers only 10 survived the massacre and reported back to Stefan what had happened. Stefan was the only one that blamed Laiota Basarb of having plotted with traitors to eliminate Vlad in order to take the throne of Wallachia. Stefan soon after Laiota Basarab was made ruler of Wallachia, invaded, killed Basarab, and left.
hey, i am the script writer and what you said was basically the way the debacle was presented! there are alleged sources stating that vlad had mentioned being at odds with stefan and was anticipating an attack prior to when it actually occurred (as well as claims that diplomacy had failed and stefan had already attempted to convince vlad to give up chilia through negotiation), but i left that out as i didn't feel the evidence was 100% reliable - though likely. we did also state, however, on the screen that stefan had his own motives of protecting his border given the ottoman advances into wallachia. it wasn't as straightforward as "i'm going to attack my cousin", but we don't know stefan's exact reasoning either. whether vlad actually felt animosity toward stefan afterward or not we cannot say for sure, although as you said, there was no evidence later on that their relationship had permanent damage. my career in history is actually centered around my research of vlad tepes and i have studied this situation extensively as i find it fascinating from vlad's perspective! the casual reaction to such an apparent betrayal would indicate that vlad was either exceptionally fond of his cousin and willing to forgive him much more easily than others, or maybe something more along the lines of stefan communicating with vlad prior in a way that created an understanding between the two. anyway, it's all very interesting and i love to see others who are well versed on the matter!
@@girlwithpudel I'm no historian but I became very interested in that medieval period because of videos like yours. Honestly they're better than movies. I think Vlad did indeed have a soft spot for Stefan, as did Stefan for Vlad. Vlad had to run away with his younger brother (Radu The Handsome) when their own father was assassinated. After the two boys became Janissaries they became completely estranged with neither mentioning the other in any fashion. Nobody really knows why. Radu was the same age as Stefan and when Stefan's own father was assassinated, Vlad was there and he again had to save his younger relative from danger. It's reasonable to think that such an event would have made their bond thicker than "just allies".
he was a military genius and an outstanding diplomat... he always made alliances and rarely fought alone, and in the end he managed to beat them all in different alliances... he only lost twice in around 40 fights
If Romanian were aware of the beginnings of Orthodox Christianity in these lands probably Sinaia is in fact our Athos and Jerusalem. Founded by the Bessi Vlachs in the 7-8 century, then is Curtea de Arges and Putna.
@@InAeternumRomaMater Both Moldova and Romania are right though, because Moldovans in the R. of Moldova are descendants of the Moldavians (Romanians). So using the Moldovan flag isn't necessarily wrong.
@MiROm "Moldavians" were referring to themselves as Moldovans even by that time or as Romanians, "Moldavian" is an English loanword from latin "Moldaviæ" which was used for the Principality of Moldavia. Now the reason why I am saying Romania should be used instead of Republic of Moldova's flag is because Moldova has nothing really to do anymore with the Principality. And the reason is very easy, In 1859 (about 40 years after the Russian annexation of Bessarabia from the Principality of Moldavia) the little Union took place in Romanian History. The Union saw Moldavia forming an union with Wallachia, and everything was formed by Moldavia as Alexandru Ioan Cuza was a Moldavian noble who was elected Prince of Moldavia in 1859 and months later as Prince of Wallachia forming the union between the states. Now by this point until 1917 Bessarabia (region that Republic of Moldova is part of) was part of Russian Empire. By 1917 it became independent due to Russian Civil war, but in 1918 Bessarabia voted for a Union with Kingdom of Romania. But in 1940 it was annexed again by the Soviet Russians and so was "Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova" created, yes from the Romanian region and not from Principality of Moldavia which created Romania. And in 1991 Republic of Moldova became independent as a successor state of Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova. You see the difference? It is basic History
Wrong flag. The descendant of the principality of moldova is Romania, not R. Moldova. R. Moldova is a piece stolen from Romania by the Russians and indoctrinated for half a century.
@@UserVVV69 he does as he is romanian and the people of moldova such as myself are romanian ethnically, linguistically and historically get tf out of here with your russian propaganda
Fun fact: Principality of Moldavia is actually the soul founder of modern day Romania. (Detail). The last Prince and Voievode Alexandru Ioan the first (Alexandru Ioan Cuza) was a Moldovan by regional identity and nationality, he became first prince of Moldavia in 1859 and months later Prince of Wallachia. He named the new state Romania in 1866 after the ethnonym Român (Romanian) used by the inhabitants from both Principalities
Wait this is not true both countries agreeed to unite despide what great powers decided. If Moldavia was the soul founder the first capital would never established at Bucharest but at Iasi ,stop spreading misinformation.
@@dariusalexandru9536 we are all Romanians, this is the most important thing. We must build bridges, not walls between us. Regional pride is a shameful act.
@@dariusalexandru9536 You are actually the one who misrepresents History. I have plenty of documents from Iași, Chișinău and Sankt Petersburg before the little union in 1859 and all states that Moldovans identified themselves as Romanians, speak the Romanian language and had the Romanian law in Principality of Moldavia. Bucharest was accepted by both parties of politicians from Moldova and Muntenia as to be Bucharest, there's no need to change it back nowhere as Bucharest is the biggest economic and political center in Romania and would be even if Republic of Moldova unites with Romania. When I wrote "soul founder of Romania" is because first, the Prince was from Principality of Moldavia and second, they made the Union. But what can we expect? A mad Ruzzian
There's a Romanian religious song called "La poartă la Ștefan Vodă" about St.Stephen the Great composed by Anton Pann an Aromanian musician from XIXth Century If anyone would like to listen to it, you just have to search: "Anton Pann la poarta la stefan voda", and the first video with Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus as a picture is the song
Stefan the Great was voted 2nd or 3rd most important figure in Romanian history in a great televised competition with huge popular participation like 20 years or so ago... very under-rated historical figure for the area outside of Romania and Republic of Moldova. The figure that managed to take 1st place however was Michael the Brave, the first unifier of all majority Romanian medieval/historical parts (even if that didnt last long, the blueprint was "activated" and was just a question of time).
It was a TV show. You should vote for your foreign kings as you (romanians) betrayed Alexandru Ioan Cuza the Moldavian voievod and crowned a foreigner as your king.
@@9pipoinzaghi Silly ...it's Romania's Alexandru Ioan Cuza, not Alexandru Ioan Cuza's Romania. He was voted King to serve the interests of the country, and he did serve them for as long as he could. It wasnt his God givin right to lead this country for eternity, so how does a country with millions betray some guy? I would almost give your point of view 1 % of credibility... Nobody in Romania can criticize the King that replaced him, so I dont know why anyone that doesnt hate Romania would even bring this up...King Carol I was one of the most important leaders in our history, that had most important role in Romania's becoming independent and strong, in pushing the Ottomans out not just from constantly influencing Romanian politics but from the Balkans in general. (Yes its known as one of the Russo-Turkish wars in global history but it wasnt just Russia that pushed back Ottomans in Bulgaria, in fact it was a significantly big Romanian army also). Maybe you have heard of the Fanariot / Phanariots ..Greek kings that Rulled Romania during Ottoman influence. Ottoman puppets, with "Orthodox" religion , well their rule was one of the main reasons why Romania didnt have a direct-line heir to the throne. In the end it didnt really matter because the loyalty of the king to the peoples is more important as... most of the time in all countries Kings have origins no just in that country but are related to all other kings in Europe, that being also one of the reasons their house is recognized. That is why today the UK king himself openly said in past that he is in fact related to Vlad the Third, Tepes. There you go, helps with your education eventually.
This prince stood the ground against the Ottomans. Deserve my respect. If I had a prince such like this, he could call me to fight in the army. I would go easily.
@@gigelfrone6592It's etymologically a Greek name. Israel conquered and ruled by Alexander the Great, Seleucids for more than 200 years before Christ born. Many locals had Greek names.
@@GrecoByzantine1821 It is not a typically Greek term. Not to mention that there are thousands of PRE Greek terms, adopted by the actually Achaean language, from the indigenous PRE Greeks like the Pelasgs, Thracians and west Anatolian populations.
@@Sofia-0001The name "Stephen" (and its common variant "Steven") is derived from Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), a first name from the Greek word στέφανος (stéphanos), meaning 'wreath, crown' and by extension 'reward, honor, renown, fame', from the verb στέφειν (stéphein), 'to encircle, to wreathe'. Even YOUR NAME has a Greek origin: Sophia, also spelled Sofia, is a feminine given name, from Greek Σοφία, Sophía, "Wisdom". Other forms include Sophie, Sophy, and Sofie. The given name is first recorded in the beginning of the 4th century. Come on you idiot Albanians you are even here? Keep dreaming that the while world is Albanian. You are a Creole nation with a language consisted of Greek, Latin, Turkish, Slavic and less than 10% paleobalkanic origin words mostly of Thracian and Not of Illyrian origin. Show me Illyrian inscriptions?Show me Illyrian temples?show me Illyrian theatres?Show me Illyrian sculptures?Show me Illyrians mosaics?Show me Illyrians stadiums?Show me Illyrian epigraphs? Tell me names of Illyrians philosophers? Tell me names of ancient Illyrian athletes in the ancient Olympic Games? Show me the seven Illyrian wonders of the ancient world? Where are the Illyrian ancient libraries??? Where are the ancient Illyrians colonies in Asia,Spain,south France,al all around black sea, the Levante, Syria, etc? Till you find them, hide in your cave 🤫🤫
@@Sofia-0001 The name "Stephen" (and its common variant "Steven") is derived from Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), a first name from the Greek word στέφανος (stéphanos), meaning 'wreath, crown' and by extension 'reward, honor, renown, fame', from the verb στέφειν (stéphein), 'to encircle, to wreathe'. Even YOUR NAME has a Greek origin: Sophia, also spelled Sofia, is a feminine given name, from Greek Σοφία, Sophía, "Wisdom". Other forms include Sophie, Sophy, and Sofie. The given name is first recorded in the beginning of the 4th century. Come on you idiot Albanians you are even here? Keep dreaming that the while world is Albanian. You are a Creole nation with a language consisted of Greek, Latin, Turkish, Slavic and less than 10% paleobalkanic origin words mostly of Thracian and Not of Illyrian origin. Show me Illyrian inscriptions?Show me Illyrian temples?show me Illyrian theatres?Show me Illyrian sculptures?Show me Illyrians mosaics?Show me Illyrians stadiums?Show me Illyrian epigraphs? Tell me names of Illyrians philosophers? Tell me names of ancient Illyrian athletes in the ancient Olympic Games? Show me the seven Illyrian wonders of the ancient world? Where are the Illyrian ancient libraries??? Where are the ancient Illyrians colonies in Asia,Spain,south France,al all around black sea, the Levante, Syria, etc? Till you find them, hide in your cave 🤫🤫
i was in romania i went at dracullas castle as well as sucaeve small city(they have airport tho you can visit). it was capital of moldova at some point. nice video.
Errrmmm, capitals of Moldova are all in Romania: Baia, Suceava, Iași. The Stalin-invented "Republic of Moldova" is in fact only the eastern half of real MOLDOVA
The divided romanian states played a crucial part in keeping the ottomans from gaining even more european territory back then. Combined, they were regarded as a "wall" by westerners. Sadly, they eventually became puppets of the ottoman empire, and a partially-united Romania would have its independence recognised only after the Treaties of San Stefano and Berlin took place, in 1878.
A major factor was that the provinces were in between geographical barriers which made holding them tenuous as not only it was hard to take over it but also that any troops stationed there would have been vulnerable to attacks from the other side while also having difficulties with their logistics.
If only Romania stayed united in 1600 with Michael the Brave! different history, better outcome maybe. Romania during 1601-1830's history is rather insignificant where nothing good or major happened, just pure Ottoman slavery.
Yeah a wall serving the ottomans, they were literally just vassals and you admitted that so they did not really keep the ottomans from achieving what they wanted
I really appreciate your take on one of the greatest moldovan voievodas. Stefan the Great has one of the most legends about his character out of all of them, something similar to Alexander the Great. I would like to add as a Romanian, Moldavia is not an accurate word to describe the historic territory but Moldova, it always was called Moldova. 🙏
The difference between Moldova and Moldavia is similar to the difference between London and Londre; or between Moscow and Moskva: just different pronunciations on different languages.
@@ionbrad6753 the problems are: 1. there are videos, articles, books in English where they refer to Moldova by only this term 2. We learn in Romanian school and by extend written history as "Moldova" the historical kingdom and "Rep. Moldova" the modern country 3. "Letopisețul Țării Moldovei" (1642-47) the oldest moldavian written record of the principate also addresses it as Moldova 4. I don't think there's anything wrong with English speakers spelling Moldavia, for the historical nation, but is more or less inaccurate. If anything, some Austrian/Hungarian, Ottoman and Polish records recognize or allude to the way the people of the principate refer to themselves but from here I'm no historian
Any Moldavian has heard of the chronicler Grigore Ureche who wrote the History of the Moldavian Country (the period covered in the work 1359-1594) and in which he talks about the things that Moldavians, Transylvanians and those from Wallachia have in common, such as the ROMANIAN LANGUAGE. other MOLDOVIAN chroniclers who support the same things: Miron Costin, Ion Neculce, Dimitrie Cantemir, Simion Dascal. Or of the Wallachians: the stolnic Constantin Cantacuzino - "History of the Romanian Country" or Letopisetul Cantacuzinesc. PEACE! ☦️
yes, Romanian Moldova will be united very soon with Republic of Moldova and will form a new wonderful country under Russia’s patronage, a mythical land where Moldavian will be the official language
Stefan the Great was one of the most valiant rulers of Middle Ages Europe, from the territories inhabited by Romanians. He ruled over a small country surrounded by powerful enemies, each an empire: the Polish-Lithuanian empire, the Hungarian empire and the most powerful of all, the Ottoman empire - including the Tatars of the Golden Horde. His reign lasted for decades, an exceptional story of statesmanship, bravery and endurance in those dangerous times (1457-1504). And during his time he built many Christian Orthodox churches, that are standing even today as centers of Christianity and Romanian culture. While the Ottoman empire was a Muslim empire, the first two were Christian empires, yet they were involved in petty squabbles that permitted the Ottomans to later arrive at the gates of Vienna and to conquer all the Black Sea shores until the rise of the Russian empire from the ashes of the . Along with Mircea the Old, Vlad Tepes, Mihai the Brave and Matei Corvin, Stefan was a leader to awake the might of the Romanians. The independence of Tara Romaneasca (Wallachia) and Moldova from the Ottomans was to be conquered by the Romanians on the battlefield in the 1877-1878 Independence War (against the support for the Ottomans of the Western powers) and the independence of Transylvania from the Hungarians was to be obtained after the WW1, in 1918. Unfortunately, parts of the old Moldavan kingdom, inhabited by Romanians, were taken by the Bolsheviks following the Ribbentrop(Nazi)-Molotov(Bolshevik) Pact (1939) and the WW2 and incorporated into Ukraine (North Bukovina and South Moldova) and Moldova (Basarabia). But the wheel of history grinds on...
Romanian history you mean. Moldova united with Wallachia to form Romania in 1859, most of Moldovan heritage and 2/3rds of Moldovans are Romanians, in Romania. What the Soviets called the Moldovan Republic is actually the region the region Bessarabia, as part of east Moldova, united with Wallachia to form Romania. All former Moldovan capitals and most historical sites are in Romania.
You can go to Chisinau and stand in Stefan Cel Mare park on Stefan Cel Mare road staring at a Stefan Cel Mare statue while holding different bills all with Stefan Cel Mare on it. I think they like the guy.
Very neat, but I would like to note that the official title of the ruler/head of state of each Romanian principality was ”Domn” and ”Voievod” is just the military title each ”Domn” took upon himself when he went campaigning, thus engraining that title into the popular Romanian culture.
Cucuteni, long before the Sumerian and Babylonian legends, first began to build huge settlements, surrounded by waves, waves, with streets and central markets - true „proto-cities” and „proto-fortresses”. It is truly amazing and fantastic, because this indicates that 7,000 years ago there was not only an archaeological culture in Moldova, but a highly developed civilization. Sometimes they were fortified with earth waves and ditches to protect themselves more easily against enemies. The settlements were quite populated - up to 20,000 inhabitants - and covered an area of 400 hectares, being very large for their time. The Cult of Taurus The symbol of the bull is closely related to that of the woman in Tripoli culture. Bull heads are the dominant motif, symbolically conveying the idea of regeneration. A bone figure in the form of a bull head with geometric patterns, which represents a woman. After thousands of years, the head of the bull became the symbol of Moldavia. A coincidence???
"Iancu de Hunedoara" - If You could build a time-machine and went back to his time, noone would know who You talk about. Your "Romanian" Iancu de Hunedoara didn't exist. He lived and died for Hungary. The name Iancu de Hunedoara or Ioan de Hunedoara was invented in the 19th century by romanian chauvinists. His name which was used is Iohannes de Hunyad. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Signature_of_J%C3%A1nos_Hunyadi.jpg
@@viragerdei1601 no, he was Romanian and became a noble because he converted from Orthodoxy to Catholicism. This was the only way for Romanians in Transylvania to become nobles because of the magyar politics. If you could just search on wikipedia or any other information source you would find out that he was born from a Romanian father and Greek mother. Iancu de Hunedoara was firstly Ban of Severin( a Romanian province not under magyar control in that time) and Voivode of Transylvania. Sadly Hungarian history is still based on fake Roesler's theory because is favorable for them but the truth can not and must not be denied. There are many Hungarian writers like the chronicler Simon of Keza or the autor of Gesta Hungarorum who wrote about Hungarian conquest of Transylvania and the fact that before them in Transylvania were Vlachs(Romanians), slavs, cumans etc. Also many Italian chroniclers from that time like Poggio Bracciolini, Aeneas Piccolomini, Flavio Biondo came in the 3 Romanian states and wrote about Latin ancestory of Romanians and their continuity at the North of Danube. Before the Italian chroniclers were the Byzantine authors like Kekaumenos, Laonikos Chalkokondyles or the Emperor Constantine VII who studied and wrote the same conclusions. Please next time bring some true information not fake Josef Sulzer and Johann Engel.
@@viragerdei1601 The Latinized form was Iohannes de Hunyad. We will probably never know how the family (which, no doubt, was Wallachian a.k.a. Romanian in origin) pronounced the name in their home intimacy. He was named by contemporary Hungarians ”János Hunyadi Oláh”, and "the white knight of Walachia" - Walachia fehér lovagja.
Just for people who dont know. Wallachia, Moldova and Transylvania were all Romanian states which united into modern Romania. People in this regions called themselves romanians by the sense of the word since the romanization of this area. As they started calling themselves romanus (roman) and with the time and influences from outside this word developed into todays "romanian". There are records as early as the 15th/16th century that inhabitants in Moldova, Wallachia and Transylvania all called themselves romanians.Just in case some brainwashed russian inbreed larping as moldovan comes along and tries to spread his propaganda :)
Nonsense... Show any historical documents to support this. If this was the case, why for over 500 years Moldovans kept identify themselves as Moldovans, always fighting against latinism, catolicism and romanism if it was their origin, try to use logic and common sense, not romanian, biased and politically motivated propoganda, introduced in mid 19 century.
@@russt8874 keep making stuff up. The native population always identified itself as Romanian or Vlach until the russian and soviet occupations I live in Moldova and I always identified myself as Romanian You know absolutely nothing about my country
@@TotalCommieJewDeathEnjoyer even if you identify yourself as a marsian, it wouldn't make you one. Also, there is a big difference between knowledge and make belief. Yours, obviously, is the second one, otherwise, only by using logic and applying common sense you should have realised that Moldova and Moldovan language existed at least 500 years before the soviets or even any close relationships with the Russian state. The same goes for Walachia. So, little facts, such as, primary evidence in the form of the historic documents, in your version, do not even matter...
@@russt8874 Dude, are you trying to annoy me or what? THE LANGUAGE THAT WE SPEAK IS ROMANIAN. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE DIALECT THAT DOESN'T EVEN COME FROM THE INDIGINOUS POPULATION. BUT. FROM. THE. RUSSIAN. EMPIRE. AND. THE. SOVIET. UNION. DUE TO EXTENSIVE PROGRAMS OF RUSSIFICATION. Stop trying to make shit up about my region and my nation, you muscovite. Even the first man to even say the word "Moldova" was Dragos Voda, and he didn't name the region after an ethnicity or a group of people, but after a river. There is not a single good argument that can show that Basserabians are somehow any different from Romanians aside from the russification that even the more educated people here push against
@@russt8874 Dude, are you trying to annoy me or what? THE LANGUAGE THAT WE SPEAK IS ROMANIAN. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE DIALECT THAT DOESN'T EVEN COME FROM THE INDIGINOUS POPULATION. BUT. FROM. THE. RUSSIAN. EMPIRE. AND. THE. SOVIET. UNION. DUE TO EXTENSIVE PROGRAMS OF RUSSIFICATION. Stop trying to make sh1t up about my region and my nation, you muscovite. Even the first man to even say the word "Moldova" was Dragos Voda, and he didn't name the region after an ethnicity or a group of people, but after a river. There is not a single good argument that can show that Basserabians are somehow any different from Romanians aside from the russification that even the more educated people here push against
St.Stephen the Great, the hero of Romanians, Champion of Christ and a legendary strategist, fought 48 battles and lost only 2, great latin warrior🇷🇴🇲🇩💯🏛
@@ttx3 In Medieval period yes, we had also Michael the Brave. You really can't choose between them, they both did great things in our History, that's why we will just put St.Stephen the Great as the greatest Romanian Prince in Romanian Medieval history
@@vladb1441 Republic of Moldova is a Romanian state, and the inhabitants are ethically Romanian and speak the Romanian language (official language of Republic of Moldova), so yes, he covered Romanian History which includes both states
Funnily enough he and Bayezid allianced themselves against the Poles and prevented their invasion of Moldovia, ending their ambitious imperial intenions yet inevitably establishing Ottoman preponderance over Balkans and Crimea.
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Even though Alexander the Good made and owned fortresses beyond the Bug river, in what is Ochacov today, known as Vosia fortress and region. Even though he was an important participant at the Battle of Grunwald against the Teutonic Order, also defeated the Tartars, Hungarians, was married to the daughter of Mircea the Great of Wallachia and fixed Orthodoxy in Moldova by burning the Latin scripts and adopting Cyrillic writing. A lot of history was lost.
Moonfall 2 be like: After they save the planet, the Covenant appears and the protagonists put some Green heavy armor and start shooting grunts in the Head with magnum .44
Depends. Vlad had become a legend from nothing. When he started his rule Wallachia was under 30 years of civil war, and his lineage had many political enemies. He got the reputation of one of the most dangerous man of his time. Mathias also had many internal problems with the Germans. Moldova was quite stable compared with Wallachia or Hungary.
His wife's were dead when he married another one smartass. We don't know if Mărușca was actually his first wife or not, only Xenopol mentions her. Evdochia of Kiev died only 4 years of Stephen's marriage in 1467, either of a disease or child birth. His second wife, Maria Asanina Palaiologina (Maria of Mangup) married him in 1472, a Byzantine princes of Principality of Theodoro that is believed to have been in the interest of Stephen to annex, but his brother in law Alexander became Prince of it. She also died of unknown causes, but it is believed that after the wars between Radu the Handsome of Wallachia and St.Stephen the Great of Moldavia, Stephen arrested Radu's wife and daughter, and it is generally believed that Stephen fell in love with Radu's daughter Maria Voichița while still being married to Maria of Mangup, but no documents of such a thing exist. After Maria of Mangup's death, Stephen married Maria Voichița. The reason he is venerated as a Saint is because of his Christian faith, his battles for the Christian causes, he is the only Orthodox Christian that has been called by the Catholic Church as "Athleta Christi" and for how many Orthodox Churches he has built. Whatever his relationships was with his wife's, they are not the reason why he is venerated as a Saint. And he never slept nor married another wife while the other one lived or while he was married to one. The only argument you can have now is that Maria Voichița was at an age of 12-13 when she was captured by Stephen, but like I said there's actually no mention of her having a "lover" kind of relationship with Stephen at that time, she married him at the age of 21 in 1478 and she died in 1511, 7 years after the death of St.Stephen the Great in 1504
Vlad's life rivaled Game of thrones. His niece, that is, the girl to his brother Radu the handsome, she was Stefan's last wife. Her name was Maria Voichita. You can find more about the REAL life of Vlad on corpus draculianum. 📜📝🧐💯
Depends. On a Night Attack ... : ) Google it! But in the end, Stephen's blood and Dracula's blood mixed and Moldova's throne was inherited by Stephen's son he had with the Wallachian princess of Dracula's heritage - Maria Voichița (named Bogdan 3rd).
Stefan Cel Mare (The Great) = The Best Hero Of Christianity , Romanians , Europe. Without Stefan , Vlad the Impaler , Michael The Brave , Mircea The Elder .. Europe was Kebab Countries.
my dear russian lover. you can find this very easy online: when stefan pledge to be a vassal of lituanian and polish union a document was sign. even this document was in latin at the end of this document is a addenda who tell us that the same document will be sign wrote in valahian. also documents from the time of the crusade against stefan who are now in germany on the teuton arhive specify that they need to find men who speak valahian so they can have translators after they will defeat stefan. unfortunate for poland and teutons and for you :))) with the help of ottomans and valahia, stefan won against them. on the last years of his reign stefan tell to his heirs that from all enemy of moldova the christians enemies are the most dangerous. yes it was moldavian but for sure he spoke romanian ( valahian ) and for sure he did not trust poland or hungary even the ottomans were bad at least they keep their word when a treaty is signed. none of the others did and...... russia :)))) they asked romana for help and after we won that war russia took from romania half of modova wich at that time was a part of romania kingdom:))))) what they did now to ucraina ..... they had a treaty who guarantee ucraina security sign only 30 years ago :)))))) why you don't go to live in russia? and please not to moscow or sankt petersburg :)))) you will see how nice is to live in russia :)))))
Calling the battle of Vaslui one of the biggest victories in European history brings joy to my heart, as a Romanian. So few ignore this battle or know nothing of it. Thank you.
It’s Moldavian * 🇲🇩 Victory 🇲🇩🤝🇷🇸☦️
@@Sticna78 there is romanian moldova and there's russian moldova and he was roamanian
@@Claudiu1Și noi suntem Români, chiar dacă unii n-o știu.. nu e corect sa zici Moldova rusească
@@stefanbotezatorulsuntem Moldoveni din R. Moldova
@@Sticna78mda moldovenii astia nu stiu sa citeasca ....unde era capitala lui Stefan tr zimi si mie ? aaaaa la Suceava multumesc mult degeaba pui steagu moldovenesc . stefan cel mare este un erou pentru toata moldova si sa nu uitam unde so nascut si avea capitala .pe vremea aia nu exista moldova din dreapta si stanga prutului era doar moldova dar acum exista pt ca ati fost rusificati
One of Entire Europe Best ruler !! Thanks for this small documentary !! It's freaking good !! Keep Going on like this !!
He will probably do one or more videos on this topic, next one will be about St.Stephen the Great's most famous Battle of Vaslui
@@InAeternumRomaMater an epic victory
@@ttx3 Yes, 100%💯💯
@@InAeternumRomaMater Vaslui - the unknown Agincourt. We can blame only Romanians for the lack of propper hystorical marketing. If any of the famous European western nations ever had one Stephen the Great, he would have been worldwide praised and known.
@@ttx3 98% of our documents has been lost or destroyed by time, so we can't really say we haven't documented our history🤷
I don't know much of Romanian history, but this prince proved to be one of the most powerful.
He was the most powerful voivode. For Moldovans is like Jesus.
@@Bogdan-uu5oe , I can easily agree with it.
@@Bogdan-uu5oe Why? look at what the people have done for his legacy nothing? While Jesus is still almighty! Don't compare.
@@Nozylatten ???
Romania is only 150 yrs old.
As a Romanian I can only thank you for this great video and I hope you continue making videos about Romanian history, showing how Romanians managed to keep the Ottomans away from Central and Western Europe for a long time and their important role in European history .
Moldovans,(Cough),(cough).
@@cypher221 you pretty much destroyed the @generalgrievous5753's nonsense with that reply.
@@cypher221it's like saying Romanians are a bunch of gypsies, how does it feel?
I think Knowledgia it's also Romanian!!
@@cypher221what a Nonsense.. In 9 out of 10 moldo ottoman wars, walachia was on Turkish side. The only country moldova used to fight against more than ottomans, was walachia..
Regarding the so called rift between Stefan and Vlad, a few things to note. The Chilia citadel was under Hungarian control having a Hungarian garrison stationed there, non-allies of Stefan. It was however officially recognized as being part of Wallachia which was ruled by Vlad, an ally. When Stefan attacked Chilia it was during Mehmed's invasion of Wallachia. Mehmed split a contingent of his massive army to attack Chilia while the rest were tasked to wiping out Wallachia off the map. The battle between Vlad and Stefan only happened on paper as Vlad was busy traumatizing his Ottoman "guests" somewhere else. Chilia was going to be attacked by the Ottomans regardless having no protection from Vlad. Stefan joined alongside the Ottomans in attacking Chilia and for some "strange" reason the Ottomans weren't able to capture the city. After being defeated by Vlad, Mehmed had a moratorium on even mentioning Vlad or attacking Wallachia again. Mehmed was cited as saying that as long as Vlad has Chilia, it's impossible to defeat him. After these events no bad blood was ever recorded between Vlad and Stefan. Stefan was amongst the first to hear about Vlad's death this is due to the fact that Vlad's personal bodyguards were Moldavian solders from Stefan's personal guard. From a couple of hundreds Moldavian soldiers only 10 survived the massacre and reported back to Stefan what had happened. Stefan was the only one that blamed Laiota Basarb of having plotted with traitors to eliminate Vlad in order to take the throne of Wallachia. Stefan soon after Laiota Basarab was made ruler of Wallachia, invaded, killed Basarab, and left.
hey, i am the script writer and what you said was basically the way the debacle was presented! there are alleged sources stating that vlad had mentioned being at odds with stefan and was anticipating an attack prior to when it actually occurred (as well as claims that diplomacy had failed and stefan had already attempted to convince vlad to give up chilia through negotiation), but i left that out as i didn't feel the evidence was 100% reliable - though likely. we did also state, however, on the screen that stefan had his own motives of protecting his border given the ottoman advances into wallachia. it wasn't as straightforward as "i'm going to attack my cousin", but we don't know stefan's exact reasoning either. whether vlad actually felt animosity toward stefan afterward or not we cannot say for sure, although as you said, there was no evidence later on that their relationship had permanent damage. my career in history is actually centered around my research of vlad tepes and i have studied this situation extensively as i find it fascinating from vlad's perspective! the casual reaction to such an apparent betrayal would indicate that vlad was either exceptionally fond of his cousin and willing to forgive him much more easily than others, or maybe something more along the lines of stefan communicating with vlad prior in a way that created an understanding between the two. anyway, it's all very interesting and i love to see others who are well versed on the matter!
@@girlwithpudel I'm no historian but I became very interested in that medieval period because of videos like yours. Honestly they're better than movies. I think Vlad did indeed have a soft spot for Stefan, as did Stefan for Vlad. Vlad had to run away with his younger brother (Radu The Handsome) when their own father was assassinated. After the two boys became Janissaries they became completely estranged with neither mentioning the other in any fashion. Nobody really knows why. Radu was the same age as Stefan and when Stefan's own father was assassinated, Vlad was there and he again had to save his younger relative from danger. It's reasonable to think that such an event would have made their bond thicker than "just allies".
he was a military genius and an outstanding diplomat... he always made alliances and rarely fought alone, and in the end he managed to beat them all in different alliances... he only lost twice in around 40 fights
50 fights, and he lost only 2
I can't wait to see the battle of Vaslui
I cried a little when i visted his tomb at Putna Manastery... also called the Jerusalem of romanian people...
If Romanian were aware of the beginnings of Orthodox Christianity in these lands probably Sinaia is in fact our Athos and Jerusalem. Founded by the Bessi Vlachs in the 7-8 century, then is Curtea de Arges and Putna.
As a Serb the amount of respect I have for this guy is insane gave the ottomans there worse defeat in history 🇷🇸🤝🇲🇩☦️
You mean Romania not Republic of Moldova right?🤦
@@InAeternumRomaMater Both Moldova and Romania are right though, because Moldovans in the R. of Moldova are descendants of the Moldavians (Romanians). So using the Moldovan flag isn't necessarily wrong.
@MiROm "Moldavians" were referring to themselves as Moldovans even by that time or as Romanians, "Moldavian" is an English loanword from latin "Moldaviæ" which was used for the Principality of Moldavia. Now the reason why I am saying Romania should be used instead of Republic of Moldova's flag is because Moldova has nothing really to do anymore with the Principality. And the reason is very easy, In 1859 (about 40 years after the Russian annexation of Bessarabia from the Principality of Moldavia) the little Union took place in Romanian History. The Union saw Moldavia forming an union with Wallachia, and everything was formed by Moldavia as Alexandru Ioan Cuza was a Moldavian noble who was elected Prince of Moldavia in 1859 and months later as Prince of Wallachia forming the union between the states. Now by this point until 1917 Bessarabia (region that Republic of Moldova is part of) was part of Russian Empire. By 1917 it became independent due to Russian Civil war, but in 1918 Bessarabia voted for a Union with Kingdom of Romania. But in 1940 it was annexed again by the Soviet Russians and so was "Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova" created, yes from the Romanian region and not from Principality of Moldavia which created Romania. And in 1991 Republic of Moldova became independent as a successor state of Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova. You see the difference? It is basic History
You remind me potato..it's most valuable part is also under the soil
Wrong flag. The descendant of the principality of moldova is Romania, not R. Moldova. R. Moldova is a piece stolen from Romania by the Russians and indoctrinated for half a century.
I'am from Romania.. thanks for a well done video!
you have nothing to do wiht moldova
@@UserVVV69 yes we do. u moldovians shall be named bessarabia not moldova. YOU MOLDOVANS do not have nothing with moldova
@@UserVVV69 he does as he is romanian and the people of moldova such as myself are romanian ethnically, linguistically and historically get tf out of here with your russian propaganda
@@UserVVV69 you freakin scaraoschi and your soviet propaganda pasol na turbinka.
@@Sofia-0001 Ok chill Indian
Fun fact: Principality of Moldavia is actually the soul founder of modern day Romania.
(Detail). The last Prince and Voievode Alexandru Ioan the first (Alexandru Ioan Cuza) was a Moldovan by regional identity and nationality, he became first prince of Moldavia in 1859 and months later Prince of Wallachia. He named the new state Romania in 1866 after the ethnonym Român (Romanian) used by the inhabitants from both Principalities
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@@StatistikaInfo Because many people tend to forget or to get it wrong. And no, not everyone knows the history of Romania so it is not very known fact
Wait this is not true both countries agreeed to unite despide what great powers decided.
If Moldavia was the soul founder the first capital would never established at Bucharest but at Iasi ,stop spreading misinformation.
@@dariusalexandru9536 we are all Romanians, this is the most important thing. We must build bridges, not walls between us. Regional pride is a shameful act.
@@dariusalexandru9536 You are actually the one who misrepresents History. I have plenty of documents from Iași, Chișinău and Sankt Petersburg before the little union in 1859 and all states that Moldovans identified themselves as Romanians, speak the Romanian language and had the Romanian law in Principality of Moldavia. Bucharest was accepted by both parties of politicians from Moldova and Muntenia as to be Bucharest, there's no need to change it back nowhere as Bucharest is the biggest economic and political center in Romania and would be even if Republic of Moldova unites with Romania. When I wrote "soul founder of Romania" is because first, the Prince was from Principality of Moldavia and second, they made the Union. But what can we expect? A mad Ruzzian
There's a Romanian religious song called "La poartă la Ștefan Vodă" about St.Stephen the Great composed by Anton Pann an Aromanian musician from XIXth Century
If anyone would like to listen to it, you just have to search: "Anton Pann la poarta la stefan voda", and the first video with Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus as a picture is the song
Stefan the Great was voted 2nd or 3rd most important figure in Romanian history in a great televised competition with huge popular participation like 20 years or so ago... very under-rated historical figure for the area outside of Romania and Republic of Moldova.
The figure that managed to take 1st place however was Michael the Brave, the first unifier of all majority Romanian medieval/historical parts (even if that didnt last long, the blueprint was "activated" and was just a question of time).
It was a TV show. You should vote for your foreign kings as you (romanians) betrayed Alexandru Ioan Cuza the Moldavian voievod and crowned a foreigner as your king.
@@9pipoinzaghi Silly ...it's Romania's Alexandru Ioan Cuza, not Alexandru Ioan Cuza's Romania. He was voted King to serve the interests of the country, and he did serve them for as long as he could. It wasnt his God givin right to lead this country for eternity, so how does a country with millions betray some guy?
I would almost give your point of view 1 % of credibility... Nobody in Romania can criticize the King that replaced him, so I dont know why anyone that doesnt hate Romania would even bring this up...King Carol I was one of the most important leaders in our history, that had most important role in Romania's becoming independent and strong, in pushing the Ottomans out not just from constantly influencing Romanian politics but from the Balkans in general. (Yes its known as one of the Russo-Turkish wars in global history but it wasnt just Russia that pushed back Ottomans in Bulgaria, in fact it was a significantly big Romanian army also).
Maybe you have heard of the Fanariot / Phanariots ..Greek kings that Rulled Romania during Ottoman influence. Ottoman puppets, with "Orthodox" religion , well their rule was one of the main reasons why Romania didnt have a direct-line heir to the throne. In the end it didnt really matter because the loyalty of the king to the peoples is more important as... most of the time in all countries Kings have origins no just in that country but are related to all other kings in Europe, that being also one of the reasons their house is recognized.
That is why today the UK king himself openly said in past that he is in fact related to Vlad the Third, Tepes.
There you go, helps with your education eventually.
Glad you posted some knowledge about my country to others
He is a romanian as he said before
This prince stood the ground against the Ottomans. Deserve my respect. If I had a prince such like this, he could call me to fight in the army. I would go easily.
Great video man love it! You made my day.
This is one of my favorite history channels. It explains so greatly. If I had dollars, I you support, but I'm from a poor country.
Derived from the Greek word Stephanos, the name Stefan directly translates to “crown.”
It is actually derived from the first martyr for Jesus killed with stone by the jews: Steven wich translates to Stefan in Romanian.
@@gigelfrone6592It's etymologically a Greek name. Israel conquered and ruled by Alexander the Great, Seleucids for more than 200 years before Christ born. Many locals had Greek names.
@@GrecoByzantine1821 It is not a typically Greek term. Not to mention that there are thousands of PRE Greek terms, adopted by the actually Achaean language, from the indigenous PRE Greeks like the Pelasgs, Thracians and west Anatolian populations.
@@Sofia-0001The name "Stephen" (and its common variant "Steven") is derived from Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), a first name from the Greek word στέφανος (stéphanos), meaning 'wreath, crown' and by extension 'reward, honor, renown, fame', from the verb στέφειν (stéphein), 'to encircle, to wreathe'.
Even YOUR NAME has a Greek origin:
Sophia, also spelled Sofia, is a feminine given name, from Greek Σοφία, Sophía, "Wisdom". Other forms include Sophie, Sophy, and Sofie. The given name is first recorded in the beginning of the 4th century.
Come on you idiot Albanians you are even here?
Keep dreaming that the while world is Albanian. You are a Creole nation with a language consisted of Greek, Latin, Turkish, Slavic and less than 10% paleobalkanic origin words mostly of Thracian and Not of Illyrian origin.
Show me Illyrian inscriptions?Show me Illyrian temples?show me Illyrian theatres?Show me Illyrian sculptures?Show me Illyrians mosaics?Show me Illyrians stadiums?Show me Illyrian epigraphs? Tell me names of Illyrians philosophers? Tell me names of ancient Illyrian athletes in the ancient Olympic Games? Show me the seven Illyrian wonders of the ancient world? Where are the Illyrian ancient libraries??? Where are the ancient Illyrians colonies in Asia,Spain,south France,al all around black sea, the Levante, Syria, etc? Till you find them, hide in your cave 🤫🤫
@@Sofia-0001 The name "Stephen" (and its common variant "Steven") is derived from Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), a first name from the Greek word στέφανος (stéphanos), meaning 'wreath, crown' and by extension 'reward, honor, renown, fame', from the verb στέφειν (stéphein), 'to encircle, to wreathe'.
Even YOUR NAME has a Greek origin:
Sophia, also spelled Sofia, is a feminine given name, from Greek Σοφία, Sophía, "Wisdom". Other forms include Sophie, Sophy, and Sofie. The given name is first recorded in the beginning of the 4th century.
Come on you idiot Albanians you are even here?
Keep dreaming that the while world is Albanian. You are a Creole nation with a language consisted of Greek, Latin, Turkish, Slavic and less than 10% paleobalkanic origin words mostly of Thracian and Not of Illyrian origin.
Show me Illyrian inscriptions?Show me Illyrian temples?show me Illyrian theatres?Show me Illyrian sculptures?Show me Illyrians mosaics?Show me Illyrians stadiums?Show me Illyrian epigraphs? Tell me names of Illyrians philosophers? Tell me names of ancient Illyrian athletes in the ancient Olympic Games? Show me the seven Illyrian wonders of the ancient world? Where are the Illyrian ancient libraries??? Where are the ancient Illyrians colonies in Asia,Spain,south France,al all around black sea, the Levante, Syria, etc? Till you find them, hide in your cave 🤫🤫
i was in romania i went at dracullas castle as well as sucaeve small city(they have airport tho you can visit). it was capital of moldova at some point. nice video.
Errrmmm, capitals of Moldova are all in Romania: Baia, Suceava, Iași. The Stalin-invented "Republic of Moldova" is in fact only the eastern half of real MOLDOVA
@@gigikontra7023 moldovans from romani got darker beacause they mixed blood with romanians while molovans from RM are real moldovans
@@UserVVV69 wtf are you saying? Moldavians are Romanians. Both the danubian principalities had the same culture and traditions.
@@mistjor The name romania is younger then Moldova
@@UserVVV69 Elaborate.
battle of vaslui was not only europe's greatest victory but christianity's greatest victory since it's the biggest defeat ottoman empire ever took
Thank you! Greetings from Suceava:)
Thanks!
Thanks so much for your support!
The divided romanian states played a crucial part in keeping the ottomans from gaining even more european territory back then. Combined, they were regarded as a "wall" by westerners. Sadly, they eventually became puppets of the ottoman empire, and a partially-united Romania would have its independence recognised only after the Treaties of San Stefano and Berlin took place, in 1878.
A major factor was that the provinces were in between geographical barriers which made holding them tenuous as not only it was hard to take over it but also that any troops stationed there would have been vulnerable to attacks from the other side while also having difficulties with their logistics.
If only Romania stayed united in 1600 with Michael the Brave! different history, better outcome maybe. Romania during 1601-1830's history is rather insignificant where nothing good or major happened, just pure Ottoman slavery.
Perhaps in the near future, Romania and Moldovia will reunite?
@@theawesomeman9821 If Russia fully removes its influence from the region, then yes.
Yeah a wall serving the ottomans, they were literally just vassals and you admitted that so they did not really keep the ottomans from achieving what they wanted
I really appreciate your take on one of the greatest moldovan voievodas. Stefan the Great has one of the most legends about his character out of all of them, something similar to Alexander the Great.
I would like to add as a Romanian, Moldavia is not an accurate word to describe the historic territory but Moldova, it always was called Moldova. 🙏
The difference between Moldova and Moldavia is similar to the difference between London and Londre; or between Moscow and Moskva: just different pronunciations on different languages.
@@ionbrad6753 the problems are:
1. there are videos, articles, books in English where they refer to Moldova by only this term
2. We learn in Romanian school and by extend written history as "Moldova" the historical kingdom and "Rep. Moldova" the modern country
3. "Letopisețul Țării Moldovei" (1642-47) the oldest moldavian written record of the principate also addresses it as Moldova
4. I don't think there's anything wrong with English speakers spelling Moldavia, for the historical nation, but is more or less inaccurate. If anything, some Austrian/Hungarian, Ottoman and Polish records recognize or allude to the way the people of the principate refer to themselves but from here I'm no historian
Any Moldavian has heard of the chronicler Grigore Ureche who wrote the History of the Moldavian Country (the period covered in the work 1359-1594) and in which he talks about the things that Moldavians, Transylvanians and those from Wallachia have in common, such as the ROMANIAN LANGUAGE. other MOLDOVIAN chroniclers who support the same things: Miron Costin, Ion Neculce, Dimitrie Cantemir, Simion Dascal. Or of the Wallachians: the stolnic Constantin Cantacuzino - "History of the Romanian Country" or Letopisetul Cantacuzinesc. PEACE! ☦️
His kingdom will be united once again one day 🔵🟡🔴
It will.
yes, Romanian Moldova will be united very soon with Republic of Moldova and will form a new wonderful country under Russia’s patronage, a mythical land where Moldavian will be the official language
@T Tx3, I believe he referred: Republic of Moldova will be re-united with Romania again as that is his true Kingdom, Kingdom of Romania...
@@InAeternumRomaMater I was just sarcastic, brother, given the today’s international tendencies. I know what he meant.
@@ttx3 Oh okay👍
He was probably greatest Romanian in history
Yes.
@@StatistikaInfo Moldovans are ethnically Romanian, so yes "greatest Romanian in Romanian History" is correct put
Stephan the Great, Michael the Brave and Vlad Tepes (Dracula) are the most known romanian historical figures.
@@StatistikaInfo It is, as Moldavia was Romanian Principality and its History is Romanian
He sure was.
Stefan the Great was one of the most valiant rulers of Middle Ages Europe, from the territories inhabited by Romanians. He ruled over a small country surrounded by powerful enemies, each an empire: the Polish-Lithuanian empire, the Hungarian empire and the most powerful of all, the Ottoman empire - including the Tatars of the Golden Horde. His reign lasted for decades, an exceptional story of statesmanship, bravery and endurance in those dangerous times (1457-1504). And during his time he built many Christian Orthodox churches, that are standing even today as centers of Christianity and Romanian culture.
While the Ottoman empire was a Muslim empire, the first two were Christian empires, yet they were involved in petty squabbles that permitted the Ottomans to later arrive at the gates of Vienna and to conquer all the Black Sea shores until the rise of the Russian empire from the ashes of the .
Along with Mircea the Old, Vlad Tepes, Mihai the Brave and Matei Corvin, Stefan was a leader to awake the might of the Romanians. The independence of Tara Romaneasca (Wallachia) and Moldova from the Ottomans was to be conquered by the Romanians on the battlefield in the 1877-1878 Independence War (against the support for the Ottomans of the Western powers) and the independence of Transylvania from the Hungarians was to be obtained after the WW1, in 1918. Unfortunately, parts of the old Moldavan kingdom, inhabited by Romanians, were taken by the Bolsheviks following the Ribbentrop(Nazi)-Molotov(Bolshevik) Pact (1939) and the WW2 and incorporated into Ukraine (North Bukovina and South Moldova) and Moldova (Basarabia). But the wheel of history grinds on...
maaaan. this was such a tease~ can't wait for part 2. Battle of Vaslui~
Ευχαριστώ για την υπέροχη ξενάγηση στην ιστορία της Μολδαβίας ❤😊
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History of Romania
Romanian history you mean. Moldova united with Wallachia to form Romania in 1859, most of Moldovan heritage and 2/3rds of Moldovans are Romanians, in Romania. What the Soviets called the Moldovan Republic is actually the region the region Bessarabia, as part of east Moldova, united with Wallachia to form Romania. All former Moldovan capitals and most historical sites are in Romania.
This is so interesting video you have voice that is just interesting to listen!😁😁
The greatest Romanian in history
Proud to be named after him
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IT'S MOLDAVIAN NOT ROMANIAN
This is Moldovan history:|
@@moldavianball9891same shit
@@fortificationenjoyer1919 its not debil
@@moldavianball9891 Do you know the difference between Moldova and Basarabia?
Interesting video. Can't wait for part 2 of this story.
Thanks for this video. 😀👍
Nice video! as Moldovian, give you all my respect!
Such a Great Leader ! 👑
Great episode 👍 Looking forward to part 2
Please make a video with Mircea the elder
You can go to Chisinau and stand in Stefan Cel Mare park on Stefan Cel Mare road staring at a Stefan Cel Mare statue while holding different bills all with Stefan Cel Mare on it. I think they like the guy.
whaaaaat, didn't expect that a documentary about my country would be uploaded at some point!!!!
detinatorul canalului e roman
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😂😂😂😂😂😂, nu am ştiut, dupa engleza lui nu aş spune
@@Adam_True Nu el vorbește, are un orator. Uită-te la videoclipurile lui vechi și o să vezi că are puțin accent
@@mihailupu5107
Aaaa, bun, mulţumesc!
he s roumanien, why not ?
Very neat, but I would like to note that the official title of the ruler/head of state of each Romanian principality was ”Domn” and ”Voievod” is just the military title each ”Domn” took upon himself when he went campaigning, thus engraining that title into the popular Romanian culture.
Yes war was so common that the term Voievod became synonymous with Domn
,informative historical coverage video about Valakians (Stephen ) principality
bravo! you have my deepest respect for this video
Cucuteni, long before the Sumerian and Babylonian legends, first began to build huge settlements, surrounded by waves, waves, with streets and central markets - true „proto-cities” and „proto-fortresses”. It is truly amazing and fantastic, because this indicates that 7,000 years ago there was not only an archaeological culture in Moldova, but a highly developed civilization.
Sometimes they were fortified with earth waves and ditches to protect themselves more easily against enemies. The settlements were quite populated - up to 20,000 inhabitants - and covered an area of 400 hectares, being very large for their time.
The Cult of Taurus
The symbol of the bull is closely related to that of the woman in Tripoli culture. Bull heads are the dominant motif, symbolically conveying the idea of regeneration.
A bone figure in the form of a bull head with geometric patterns, which represents a woman.
After thousands of years, the head of the bull became the symbol of Moldavia. A coincidence???
Can't wait for the rest. Pretty detailed!
May God rest in peace your soul Stefan ! Be blessed! 🙏☦️
3:53 Iancu de Hunedoara not John Hunyadi, he was Romanian
"Iancu de Hunedoara" - If You could build a time-machine and went back to his time, noone would know who You talk about. Your "Romanian" Iancu de Hunedoara didn't exist. He lived and died for Hungary.
The name Iancu de Hunedoara or Ioan de Hunedoara was invented in the 19th century by romanian chauvinists.
His name which was used is Iohannes de Hunyad.
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@@viragerdei1601 no, he was Romanian and became a noble because he converted from Orthodoxy to Catholicism. This was the only way for Romanians in Transylvania to become nobles because of the magyar politics. If you could just search on wikipedia or any other information source you would find out that he was born from a Romanian father and Greek mother. Iancu de Hunedoara was firstly Ban of Severin( a Romanian province not under magyar control in that time) and Voivode of Transylvania. Sadly Hungarian history is still based on fake Roesler's theory because is favorable for them but the truth can not and must not be denied. There are many Hungarian writers like the chronicler Simon of Keza or the autor of Gesta Hungarorum who wrote about Hungarian conquest of Transylvania and the fact that before them in Transylvania were Vlachs(Romanians), slavs, cumans etc. Also many Italian chroniclers from that time like Poggio Bracciolini, Aeneas Piccolomini, Flavio Biondo came in the 3 Romanian states and wrote about Latin ancestory of Romanians and their continuity at the North of Danube. Before the Italian chroniclers were the Byzantine authors like Kekaumenos, Laonikos Chalkokondyles or the Emperor Constantine VII who studied and wrote the same conclusions.
Please next time bring some true information not fake Josef Sulzer and Johann Engel.
@@viragerdei1601 The Latinized form was Iohannes de Hunyad. We will probably never know how the family (which, no doubt, was Wallachian a.k.a. Romanian in origin) pronounced the name in their home intimacy.
He was named by contemporary Hungarians ”János Hunyadi Oláh”, and "the white knight of Walachia" - Walachia fehér lovagja.
Just for people who dont know. Wallachia, Moldova and Transylvania were all Romanian states which united into modern Romania. People in this regions called themselves romanians by the sense of the word since the romanization of this area. As they started calling themselves romanus (roman) and with the time and influences from outside this word developed into todays "romanian".
There are records as early as the 15th/16th century that inhabitants in Moldova, Wallachia and Transylvania all called themselves romanians.Just in case some brainwashed russian inbreed larping as moldovan comes along and tries to spread his propaganda :)
Nonsense... Show any historical documents to support this. If this was the case, why for over 500 years Moldovans kept identify themselves as Moldovans, always fighting against latinism, catolicism and romanism if it was their origin, try to use logic and common sense, not romanian, biased and politically motivated propoganda, introduced in mid 19 century.
@@russt8874 keep making stuff up. The native population always identified itself as Romanian or Vlach until the russian and soviet occupations
I live in Moldova and I always identified myself as Romanian
You know absolutely nothing about my country
@@TotalCommieJewDeathEnjoyer even if you identify yourself as a marsian, it wouldn't make you one. Also, there is a big difference between knowledge and make belief. Yours, obviously, is the second one, otherwise, only by using logic and applying common sense you should have realised that Moldova and Moldovan language existed at least 500 years before the soviets or even any close relationships with the Russian state. The same goes for Walachia. So, little facts, such as, primary evidence in the form of the historic documents, in your version, do not even matter...
@@russt8874 Dude, are you trying to annoy me or what? THE LANGUAGE THAT WE SPEAK IS ROMANIAN. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE DIALECT THAT DOESN'T EVEN COME FROM THE INDIGINOUS POPULATION. BUT. FROM. THE. RUSSIAN. EMPIRE. AND. THE. SOVIET. UNION. DUE TO EXTENSIVE PROGRAMS OF RUSSIFICATION.
Stop trying to make shit up about my region and my nation, you muscovite.
Even the first man to even say the word "Moldova" was Dragos Voda, and he didn't name the region after an ethnicity or a group of people, but after a river. There is not a single good argument that can show that Basserabians are somehow any different from Romanians aside from the russification that even the more educated people here push against
@@russt8874 Dude, are you trying to annoy me or what? THE LANGUAGE THAT WE SPEAK IS ROMANIAN. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE DIALECT THAT DOESN'T EVEN COME FROM THE INDIGINOUS POPULATION. BUT. FROM. THE. RUSSIAN. EMPIRE. AND. THE. SOVIET. UNION. DUE TO EXTENSIVE PROGRAMS OF RUSSIFICATION.
Stop trying to make sh1t up about my region and my nation, you muscovite.
Even the first man to even say the word "Moldova" was Dragos Voda, and he didn't name the region after an ethnicity or a group of people, but after a river. There is not a single good argument that can show that Basserabians are somehow any different from Romanians aside from the russification that even the more educated people here push against
I believe you said at some point that you are Romanian. Regardless, your pronunciation of Romanian names is on point.
If you look at his channels description, he is Romanian
He is a Romanian who emigrated to the USA.
His English is good, wouldn't have guessed.
@@freedombro probably he's hiring a native speaker for such content.
interesting video, never heard much about him
Salutari !
I wasn't subscribed, that's odd! Been watching for years. Well I am now!
I feel like the english language can not do him justice. As great as this video is, i dont think it can compare to a romanian documentary about him
great video!
Time of the Titans
Moldavia Stefan
Wallachia Vlad
Hungary Hunyadi
Albania Skanderbeg
😂😂😂Albanians again
And keep in mind that Hunyadi was of Wallachian descent
Even the Hunyad Ioan and Mthyias Corvin were ethnic Romanian.
Part 2 PLEASE
St.Stephen the Great, the hero of Romanians, Champion of Christ and a legendary strategist, fought 48 battles and lost only 2, great latin warrior🇷🇴🇲🇩💯🏛
🇪🇸🤝🇷🇴🇲🇩
probably the best ruler the Romanians ever had
@@ttx3 In Medieval period yes, we had also Michael the Brave. You really can't choose between them, they both did great things in our History, that's why we will just put St.Stephen the Great as the greatest Romanian Prince in Romanian Medieval history
@@ImperatorHispania Salus populi suprema lex esto ~Latin proverb 🇷🇴🇪🇸🇲🇩🏛💯💪
@@InAeternumRomaMatersalut prostituție din România mangalia
This region of the world is very interesting.
His actual title is "Saint Stefan The Great and Holy, Champion of Christ". The only title he got posthumously is "saint".
Thank you.
Is it coincidence that this docu comes out now ?
When the part 2 hits in?
Stephen the Great, the Moldovan Wallachian, leader of Moldo-Wallachia (MoldoVlahia, according his own documents).
Living that Crusader Kings Seduction Focus.
Angry Ottoman noises😬
Defeated the Ottomans
@@cypher221ow ottomans are no more and Moldavia still remains .
Super, thanks for covering Moldova
He covered Romanian History...
@@InAeternumRomaMater So you're saying thats not part of history of present Moldova?
@@vladb1441 Republic of Moldova is a Romanian state, and the inhabitants are ethically Romanian and speak the Romanian language (official language of Republic of Moldova), so yes, he covered Romanian History which includes both states
@@InAeternumRomaMater I ask you again, is this part of Moldova's history or not? Not romania
@@vladb1441 And I ask you to read my comment again, because you clearly didn't understand it
Funnily enough he and Bayezid allianced themselves against the Poles and prevented their invasion of Moldovia, ending their ambitious imperial intenions yet inevitably establishing Ottoman preponderance over Balkans and Crimea.
Waiting for part 2
he is buried in Romania at the Putna Monastery
Now this could be a great TV series a la GoT
i wish there was a game about all the history
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I recommend whatching stephen the great the movie
The greatest Romanian in history.
Stop stealing history gypsy
Moldovan history!
@@alexoz6685actually both
De asta a fost votat Stefan cel Mare cel mai iubit roman din toate timpurile ?
@@alexoz6685No
finnaly!
As a Gen Xer, “Stephan the great” sounds like “St. Kevin” If you are a Brit or American, you get it. 😂
No it doesn't
How does something starting wit S sound like K to you
@@utvm6748 ”St.[anything]” also starts with S.
Starts with St (like Stephan - to make things clearer for you).
Nice job, are u romanian?
Will you ever another video on Serbian history?
Stefan the Great sword is in a turkish museum you can goggle it.
When will the Civil War part 2 Come out
What rulers we had back then and what shitheads we have today...
stephen the great this dude is awesome and he live to his nickname the great
Yeah he earned the title as Champion of Christ and True defender of Christian faith, he is venerated as a Saint
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Where is pt2????
Stefan was Old Testament.
I love Alexander “the good”
Because he was good but not great, like the ancient one, this was just “good”
Even though Alexander the Good made and owned fortresses beyond the Bug river, in what is Ochacov today, known as Vosia fortress and region. Even though he was an important participant at the Battle of Grunwald against the Teutonic Order, also defeated the Tartars, Hungarians, was married to the daughter of Mircea the Great of Wallachia and fixed Orthodoxy in Moldova by burning the Latin scripts and adopting Cyrillic writing. A lot of history was lost.
“Ștefan cel Mare” (“Stephen the Great”), the movie:
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another great momnument to stefan the great is cetatea alba
Moonfall 2 be like:
After they save the planet, the Covenant appears and the protagonists put some Green heavy armor and start shooting grunts in the Head with magnum .44
Romania 🔥
In my operation Stephen the great was more talented then vlad the impaler or iscenderbeg or john hunyady or mathyas covinis🎉🎉🎉
Yes.
Depends.
Vlad had become a legend from nothing. When he started his rule Wallachia was under 30 years of civil war, and his lineage had many political enemies. He got the reputation of one of the most dangerous man of his time.
Mathias also had many internal problems with the Germans.
Moldova was quite stable compared with Wallachia or Hungary.
❤
So the vampire’s cousin is a saint? Must be some interesting family reunions. Only museum religions could make a fornicator into a Saint.
His wife's were dead when he married another one smartass. We don't know if Mărușca was actually his first wife or not, only Xenopol mentions her. Evdochia of Kiev died only 4 years of Stephen's marriage in 1467, either of a disease or child birth. His second wife, Maria Asanina Palaiologina (Maria of Mangup) married him in 1472, a Byzantine princes of Principality of Theodoro that is believed to have been in the interest of Stephen to annex, but his brother in law Alexander became Prince of it. She also died of unknown causes, but it is believed that after the wars between Radu the Handsome of Wallachia and St.Stephen the Great of Moldavia, Stephen arrested Radu's wife and daughter, and it is generally believed that Stephen fell in love with Radu's daughter Maria Voichița while still being married to Maria of Mangup, but no documents of such a thing exist. After Maria of Mangup's death, Stephen married Maria Voichița. The reason he is venerated as a Saint is because of his Christian faith, his battles for the Christian causes, he is the only Orthodox Christian that has been called by the Catholic Church as "Athleta Christi" and for how many Orthodox Churches he has built. Whatever his relationships was with his wife's, they are not the reason why he is venerated as a Saint. And he never slept nor married another wife while the other one lived or while he was married to one. The only argument you can have now is that Maria Voichița was at an age of 12-13 when she was captured by Stephen, but like I said there's actually no mention of her having a "lover" kind of relationship with Stephen at that time, she married him at the age of 21 in 1478 and she died in 1511, 7 years after the death of St.Stephen the Great in 1504
Cry louder Ottoman kebab!
The 'vampire' also built 2 churches and defended his country against the invaders by using the same methods they used. So cut the vampires crap.
Vlad's life rivaled Game of thrones. His niece, that is, the girl to his brother Radu the handsome, she was Stefan's last wife. Her name was Maria Voichita. You can find more about the REAL life of Vlad on corpus draculianum. 📜📝🧐💯
Who would win 🥇 if Stephen and Dracula 🧛♀️ face off?😅
As a Romanian from Oltenia, I believe St.Stephen the Great would have destroyed Vlad
1on 1 probably Vlad , Stephan was more of a brain and people person while Vlad was a thick neck warrior.But who knows.
Depends. On a Night Attack ... : ) Google it!
But in the end, Stephen's blood and Dracula's blood mixed and Moldova's throne was inherited by Stephen's son he had with the Wallachian princess of Dracula's heritage - Maria Voichița (named Bogdan 3rd).
Please visit Micahistory, it would mean a lot!
Our the Great!
I personally like history expeceli The histori of Moldova Becos I em from Moldova
Not just Moldova but also of Romania
Stefan Cel Mare (The Great) = The Best Hero Of Christianity , Romanians , Europe.
Without Stefan , Vlad the Impaler , Michael The Brave , Mircea The Elder .. Europe was Kebab Countries.
Stefan as a leader in Civ 7 when ?
my dear russian lover. you can find this very easy online: when stefan pledge to be a vassal of lituanian and polish union a document was sign. even this document was in latin at the end of this document is a addenda who tell us that the same document will be sign wrote in valahian. also documents from the time of the crusade against stefan who are now in germany on the teuton arhive specify that they need to find men who speak valahian so they can have translators after they will defeat stefan. unfortunate for poland and teutons and for you :))) with the help of ottomans and valahia, stefan won against them. on the last years of his reign stefan tell to his heirs that from all enemy of moldova the christians enemies are the most dangerous. yes it was moldavian but for sure he spoke romanian ( valahian ) and for sure he did not trust poland or hungary even the ottomans were bad at least they keep their word when a treaty is signed.
none of the others did and...... russia :)))) they asked romana for help and after we won that war russia took from romania half of modova wich at that time was a part of romania kingdom:))))) what they did now to ucraina ..... they had a treaty who guarantee ucraina security sign only 30 years ago :)))))) why you don't go to live in russia? and please not to moscow or sankt petersburg :)))) you will see how nice is to live in russia :)))))