Edit. Yes I know that some of the flags were messed up and switched around in this video. I failed to notice them from my animator before uploading the video. Kind of a goofy mistake, but Romania shows the flag of Ukraine at some point for some reason? And then Latvia/Lithuania got their's switched around. I deeply apologize to all Latvians/Lithuanians and Romanians I have undoubtedly offended by these series of tragic mistakes.
Bruh, I am spanish and in the exact moment I saw Lithuania´s and Latvias' flags and names switched, I got offended and came to the comments to see if anyone did notice it >:(
@@verificationguy8062 considering how shells explode on our military bases, destroying entire cities, it is good that we have abandoned nuclear weapons.
Ah, last 10 days Soviet still had territory, not sure about embassies, but not on Earth, on orbit, until 1992 the last Soviet astronaut back to Earth in Kazakhstan. Is it?
Sergei Krikalyov heard the news (in the space) that USSR collapsed and was stuck in space for 312 days since it was technically the USSR space program that sent him to the space. When he returned to the earth, he became the last soviet astronaut to travel space and the first ever Russian astronaut to travel the space.
Krikalev: "Hello Baikonur, this is Mir. I'm ready for my descent now. ... Baikonur? Hello?" Baikonur: "Sorry, we're having some technical difficulties. Um. Seems there is a revolution. Talk to you later!" 312 days later:
Generally well-detailed video. But I would add a couple of points: 1. “Strong” support for the preservation of the Union in Kazakhstan at the time should take into account the fact that often-marginalized native ethnic Kazakhs were far from constituting a majority in their own land (as a result of Moscow’s deliberate and targeted migration policies). There was a significant Russian population that were afraid of being cut off from Mother Russia (most of them left now). 2. At the time, Nazarbayev, the first secretary of Kazakh Communist Party, seeing the downfall of Eastern European dictators one by one, was terrified of losing power himself; so he saw the Union’s preservation as essential for him to cling to power. The referendum was not free and fair, so of course he would ensure the correct result. Guess what, the state narrative now is that he was at the forefront of the independence struggle. (P.S. By the way, it did work out well for him in the end: he was an insanely rich dictator ruling over the impoverished people, and the capital was named after him for a bit after he stepped down, though it's now back to Astana after the current government wants to move away from Nursultan). 3. The date of declaration of Independence is purely symbolic. Long before that, there had been no illusion about the continuation of the Union. Instead, it’s an homage to December 16, 1986, the start of the student protests (suppressed with massive, brutal force) that opposed Moscow’s replacement of the ethnic Kazakh Party leader by a Russian with no ties to the country.
Chill out, what ya yellin' for? Lay back, it's all been done before. And if you could only let it be, you will see that I am the funniest YouT*ber of all time. Admit it, my dear follow*r nu
So if Kazakhstan had not seceded, it would have: 1. an insane nuclear arsenal 2. One of the most powerful regimes in the world 3. A permanent seat on the UNSC 4. Sacha Baron Cohen as its leader This is like when you're playing a game with your friends, and they all leave the lobby leaving you as the owner
*Russia added USA to USSR Boizzz😍 🔨 * *Russia has left USSR Boizzz😍 🔨 * *Kazakhstan is now the admin* USA to USSR boizzz😍🔨: Listen here you little prick
Soviet Union: 1. Release vassal Kazakhstan. 2. Play as released vassal. Kazakhstan: We have gained a core on the Soviet Union Area. We have gained the "reconquest" casus belli against Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania. Honecker wasn't a Stalinist. In fact, he helped steer East Germany AWAY from Stalinism in the beginning of his political career. Referring to any hardline socialist leader as a "Stalinist" is very misleading
@@ShadowReaper-pu2hx One day I remember the meeting switched to the unlimited version and my teacher accidentally pressed 'end meeting' instead of 'end meeting for all' and I was the host. I was there for more than 5 minutes then finally ended the meeting (I was eating something and so I couldn't use my hand to end it earlier)
The official Russian line is that by the time of its declaration on 8 December 1991, the Soviet Union had ceased to exist and that it was not seceding, but rather declaring an existing fact. Kazakhstan didn't purport to declare itself as independent, but rather signed the treaty creating the Commonwealth of Independent States, which similarly stated that the Soviet Union had ceased to exist. Thus, Russia and Kazakhstan were basically saying, "Yeah, that thing we used to call a superpower has gone the way of the Roman Empire and we'd better update our official documents accordingly."
A coup after the formation of USSR v2.0 wouldve been successful too, it couldve made the leaders of the remaining republics to never again touch any liberal ideas making reform more impossible
@@gimzod76 Or they would have managed what the PRC did, an orderly transition from totalitarian socialism to authoritarian capitalism without the fragmentation and decent into oligarchy.
@@jamestheotherone742 For that to be the case, glasnost and pestroika would have to not occur, which was pretty much why China stopped being allies with the Soviets since China wasn't stupid and realised those kinds of ideals would ruin the whole system.
Imagine that, in an alternate timeline, Khazakstan stabilises the “union”, implements the reforms, and fills the ranks of the other 15 republics by raising the autonomy of several of it’s own regions, and now we have to put of with Russia and the soviets simultaneously on world maps
The US would still try to destabilize them, either by bringing the other stans to their influence or just simply invading them. heck, I could see them orchestrating a coup or a civil war.
1:55 those countries (except Poland) weren’t invaded by the Soviets. They were liberated by the USSR as the country advanced from the Eastern Front in WWII. Same goes for the West by American, French. and British forces. 5:26 Baltic Way wasn't along the borders but rather it was between the capitals from Tallinn to Riga and finally Vilnius. And socialist Romania was very independent despite being in the Warsaw Pact. I mean when the Soviets sent tanks to Czechoslovakia, Ceausescu was the only Pact leader to criticize it. And his predecessor replaced all the pro-Moscow officials in government with pro-Bucharest...the Soviets did nothing, and Romania went on to copy my grandpa's system.
Jaja okay Kim Jong Un. Like the satellite and Baltic nations were totally fine with the jew bolshevik government invading their land for the near remainder of that century (as the occupation was post war too). A lot of these eastern european nations sided with the Nazis during operation Barbarossa, to have european identity over the bolshevik collectivization that caused the holodomor in these nations. Obviously we see how history played out supreme leader Kim Jong Un, and I'm sure you'll only want to see history as black and white, but looking at how Europe and the west have become from the setup post ww2, it's clear to see that ww2 was a battle between internationalism and nationalism.
I tend to think that it was kinda symbolism. You know, on December 16 in 1986 there were a protests in Almaty. That day despite the fact, that protests were peaceful, a lot of civilians were massacred. And I believe that decision to secede exactly on December 16 was kind of act of respect for those, who sacrificed their lives 5 years before that
Yes, that's right. Day of independence was chosen as the anniversary of Zheltoksan events. Of course, if USSR was going to collapse in June or February nobody was going to wait till the 16th of December. However, everything gone so badly right before December, so why not to wait several days
@@nurzhan3269 counting is difficult let him be /s Just in case you didnt know /s means sarcastic. There before you go commenting little rage comments against me being a dumbass just in case
As a conscript in the Soviet Army I was deployed in East Germany in 86-88. Discharged in late 88. In 89 the Berlin wall was taken down and Germany united. I like to say now: Look, just as I left the army, they couldn't hold their iron grip any longer without me and things fell apart right away. Losers...
@@abienniela9350 Hard to tell. Both the USSR and modern Russia were/are totalitarian regimes. There was light in the tunnel in the 90-s - we hoped to make Russia a part of civilized world, but it did not work out. When Putin came to power, it became clear from his first moves, that we were going back in time and I emigrated to the West. I am happy that I do not live in Russia and not responsible for its crimes.
@@respectedgaming Maybe for the average person, but it's completely embarrassing for a Geography channel that's been going on for this long to mistake Latvia and Lithuania.
@@rokasgudaitis2144 Yeah, but this is a specific video, about a specific historical event, in which Latvia and Lithuania had an important role. This just undermines the credibility of the video.
Actually it was the first to gain statehood and other territories still existed edit: thanks for 7 likes edit 2: you have *69* likes, it’s the number of years the Soviet Union existed
For symbolic reasons Kazakhstan waited until December 16 to declare its independence. It was the fifth anniversary of the zheltoqsan events. Like Belarus, they could have declared it 6 days before.
Kazakhstan: “Russia could you help finance the Aral Sea restoration project since you destroyed it the first place and all?” Russia: “Not our problem you’ll have to take that up with the Soviet Union” Kazakhstan: “But we are the Soviet Union?” Russia: ”Exactly”
Same with Poland. Germany paid back for their invasion to Poland's governing institute, Moscow, which gladly spent money on themselves. Now as Poland became independent, they have no one to get to pay for the damage during ww2.
@tħɛ ʃɑɓiaɴ cɦɨco Yes. So did the comment you replied to :) No one claimed Georgia didn't have a flag before its present one. He said Georgia didn't yet have the flag that was shown in the video. They had another one instead. Calling people blind is unnecessary. Have a good day :)
@@noespell It IS a satellite state if the said revolution involved Soviets from the start. It IS a satellite state if for the ensuing 70 years, Kremlin decided everything, chose who was in charge and controlled its foreign policy. I am a mongolian and a national history olympiad champion. I know full well about our history.
@@ZeDawgearI don't really know about any channels about Mongolia, or to be exact, any channel that would provide accurate information. From my perspective, I would suggest you not to. Well, you might be able to live comfortably by Mongolian standards, get paid well by Mongolian standards if you get employed by a private institution like Absolute School of English, British School of Mongolia etc. By living in Mongolia, I mean living in Ulaanbaatar, really. Also you need to be aware of the climate. In winter, - 20 degrees Celsius is the norm, and in the summer, it is mostly dry(0 moisture in the air) reaching 35 degrees Celsius. About the people, you won't face like racism or sort of expulsion, as Mongolians are friendly towards foreigners. Most of the people will be able to speak English to some degree, especially the youth, and no one would expect you to speak much mongolian so you don't have to learn it. But the living standard here is poor, and you won't have much opportunity to grow personally. If you want to keep your previous lifestyle, it will likely cost much. I don't think you can save much money. Living here will be just "living", with not much to do else.
@@スイ天野 >In winter, - 20 degrees Celsius is the norm, and in the summer, >it is mostly dry(0 moisture in the air) reaching 35 degrees Celsius. That doesn't sound that bad, where I live in Canada it can range from -40C in the winter to +30C in the summer. If it was dry here like you have there I would be able to ride my bike year round...the snow we get in Canada makes winter biking very unworkable.
Did he not rewatch his own video? What a dufus, if you can't remember 2 hundred flags then google ffs, it actually ruined the impression the video made.
for people who don't know Semipalatinsk has been renamed to Semey in 2007 and is now the capital of Abai Region. also its now 20 million people population in Kazakhstan
Edit. Yes I know that some of the flags were messed up and switched around in this video. I failed to notice them from my animator before uploading the video. Kind of a goofy mistake, but Romania shows the flag of Ukraine at some point for some reason? And then Latvia/Lithuania got their's switched around. I deeply apologize to all Latvians/Lithuanians and Romanians I have undoubtedly offended by these series of tragic mistakes.
NANI
Bruh, I am spanish and in the exact moment I saw Lithuania´s and Latvias' flags and names switched, I got offended and came to the comments to see if anyone did notice it >:(
How about take this video down and upload an updated version?
What if India was never colonized?
Thanks for admitting obvious mistake
When you realize it technically means that Russia gained independence from Kazakhstan
bruuuuhhh
Russia:WTF Blits es ca
Kazachstan:I am powerful now
Well well well, how the turn tables...
Wierd
Russia actually has an Independence day on the 12th of June, which celebrates its independence from the Soviet Union.
Lithuania and Latvia: Gets mixed up
Romania and Ukraine: Gets mixed up
Slovakia and Slovenia: First time?
Baltics and Balkans: are we a joke to you?
Austria and Australia: oh boy
Georgia "a country" and Georgia "a US state": *Bruh.......*
As a Lithuanian-American I felt hurt
just looked at the comments because of this lmao\
I find it amusing that Kazakhstans border looks like a smaller version of the Soviet Union
Ikr
Baby Russia
@N B fact
I find it amusing that you like the number 9 so much
I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you
Wouldn't this mean Kazakhstan should have been the one to inherit the USSR's permanent seat on the UN Security Council?
@Adhishree Singh we created Semipalatinsk-Nevada movement, and gave away our nukes in exchange everyone will respect our borders
@@verificationguy8062 considering how shells explode on our military bases, destroying entire cities, it is good that we have abandoned nuclear weapons.
@@darker4548 Are you sure of that? Even after seeing what is happening in Ukraine right now?
Technically, yes
@@envinyatar5712 Kazakhstan is safe though, they are close allies of russia
7:05 that’s the Ukrainian flag, not the Romanian, and you switched Latvia and Lithuania’s flags
I noticed that too
I saw that too. I was like wtf man really.
What do you expect? We are Americans 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 ‘MERICA
@@mrcocoloco7200 it’s kindy dissrespectfull, he got it right for Germany, Hungary etc but for Romania?
I think he was just tired at that point
Ah, last 10 days Soviet still had territory, not sure about embassies, but not on Earth, on orbit, until 1992 the last Soviet astronaut back to Earth in Kazakhstan. Is it?
I don't think space count as territory, but the cosmonaut didnt had any nationalities when he came back
Sergei Krikalyov heard the news (in the space) that USSR collapsed and was stuck in space for 312 days since it was technically the USSR space program that sent him to the space. When he returned to the earth, he became the last soviet astronaut to travel space and the first ever Russian astronaut to travel the space.
@@tourismbUI2022 China will give you the answer soon , don’t worry
Krikalev: "Hello Baikonur, this is Mir. I'm ready for my descent now. ... Baikonur? Hello?"
Baikonur: "Sorry, we're having some technical difficulties. Um. Seems there is a revolution. Talk to you later!"
312 days later:
International law prevents space from being colonized.
So technically at one point, germany, russia, and the USSR existed at the same time? 1991 must have been one hell of a year
and east germany too(the cuban island east germany had that was never talked about)
@@big_alsgaming No, not really. This video is actually true, but that isn’t really...
@@big_alsgaming turns out that was propaganda
they never gave it to Germany according to the east german records
@@darth3911 yeah that’s true i suppose. but it would be dope af the f east germany had a colonial empire😂
@@darealpoopster yeah becase kazakhstan was the last ussr notion
Generally well-detailed video. But I would add a couple of points:
1. “Strong” support for the preservation of the Union in Kazakhstan at the time should take into account the fact that often-marginalized native ethnic Kazakhs were far from constituting a majority in their own land (as a result of Moscow’s deliberate and targeted migration policies). There was a significant Russian population that were afraid of being cut off from Mother Russia (most of them left now).
2. At the time, Nazarbayev, the first secretary of Kazakh Communist Party, seeing the downfall of Eastern European dictators one by one, was terrified of losing power himself; so he saw the Union’s preservation as essential for him to cling to power. The referendum was not free and fair, so of course he would ensure the correct result. Guess what, the state narrative now is that he was at the forefront of the independence struggle. (P.S. By the way, it did work out well for him in the end: he was an insanely rich dictator ruling over the impoverished people, and the capital was named after him for a bit after he stepped down, though it's now back to Astana after the current government wants to move away from Nursultan).
3. The date of declaration of Independence is purely symbolic. Long before that, there had been no illusion about the continuation of the Union. Instead, it’s an homage to December 16, 1986, the start of the student protests (suppressed with massive, brutal force) that opposed Moscow’s replacement of the ethnic Kazakh Party leader by a Russian with no ties to the country.
fair points 👏👏👏
When you're more Soviet than Soviet Russia itself
Chill out, what ya yellin' for? Lay back, it's all been done before. And if you could only let it be, you will see that I am the funniest YouT*ber of all time. Admit it, my dear follow*r nu
Yeah
@@AxxLAfriku nice copypasta, did your mom make it for you?
hi nugcon
@@AxxLAfriku Niiice.. Something nobody asked for! We sure will check out your channel for no reason.
Kazakhstan for four days: *”I am the Senate”*
I am the Kremlin
*central committee of the communist party
Russia leaves USSR
Kazakhstan: "Well I guess I'm in charge now."
It’s OUR senate.
Parliament *
Russia : _leaves the USSR_
Kazakhstan : I'm the captain now
Indeed
Kaptain
Kazakhstan: *it's free real estate*
Kazakhstan:
Wa woo we wa, I am Soviet Captain now, hurray.
@@Kiror0_ Moldova SSR:heres jonny
So if Kazakhstan had not seceded, it would have:
1. an insane nuclear arsenal
2. One of the most powerful regimes in the world
3. A permanent seat on the UNSC
4. Sacha Baron Cohen as its leader
This is like when you're playing a game with your friends, and they all leave the lobby leaving you as the owner
I mean, technically it's not the USSR, it'd just be called the Kazakh SSR, because the USSR requires:
UNION❌
SOVIET✅
SOCIALIST✅
REPUBLIC✅
It is a union of Kazakhstan and Kazakhstan
@@lekevire kazakhstan is big
You could call it a union of all of its subdivisions
The Soviet Union has been real quiet since this came out...
Their internet is down
.su
.su
.su
They haven't uploaded in like 3 years. Must not have liked the capitalist system of TH-cam.
"They built a entire capital because they didn't like the old one"
*Brazil:* allow me to introduce myself
austrialia did that too, and indonesia plans to build a new capital in the future.
its more common than you may think
Egypt too
The US did this too
So did Pakistan
Except that Brasília exists because of strategic localization,they wanted a centralized location for the new capital.
When the teacher leaves the zoom meeting and you are the host.
😂😂
Happened to me once with google meet instead.
happened 3 times
@@hamoodhabibi2789 Lol you must feel like the king of the world now
lol
"Lithuania and Latvia"
*Shows the opposite flags of each nation*
Me: *Confused Screaming*
I want to pour bleach into my eyes, just to never see this again
@@vardaruus5243 k
The Ukrainian flag is also on Romania around 7:00 :/
Too many mistakes.
@@Bleach420 my saviour
@@BESTfrankie yea, he messed everything he could with flags and placements
This is basically when you have a WhatsApp group with a lot of people and everybody leaves except you.
I always rename those groups to "me", "audios", "images" like folders XD
Or Discord
More like when in minecraft server when there's a lot of people but everyone leaves because it's too "old" and you're the only one left.
*Russia added USA to USSR Boizzz😍 🔨 *
*Russia has left USSR Boizzz😍 🔨 *
*Kazakhstan is now the admin*
USA to USSR boizzz😍🔨: Listen here you little prick
...everyone leaves including yourself, and the only guy to stay checks the group once a week
Kazakhstan : *Well , I'm something of a USSR myself.*
Tobey in the MCU
Communism
Russia: *secedes from the Soviet Union*
Kazakhstan: Hold on, this whole operation was your idea!
Shizu -chan lol 😂
Is that compa from your pfp?
Soviet Union: 1. Release vassal Kazakhstan. 2. Play as released vassal.
Kazakhstan: We have gained a core on the Soviet Union Area. We have gained the "reconquest" casus belli against Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania.
Honecker wasn't a Stalinist. In fact, he helped steer East Germany AWAY from Stalinism in the beginning of his political career. Referring to any hardline socialist leader as a "Stalinist" is very misleading
"Look at me, look at me, I am the USSR now"
-Kazakhstan
Russia: *Leaves the USSR*
Kazakhstan: Wait, this whole operation was YOUR idea
Lol
Not to be pedantic, but the Germans were the ones who created the Bolshevik Revolution and they succeeded from the Warsaw pact a while ago
When the admin leaves the group chat
@@ronmaximilian6953 But they didn't intend to be part of it so they don't count
lol
*Kazakhstan is like that one kid in online class who even waits for his teacher to leave the meeting so he'd be alone by himself*
When the teacher leaves the meeting ends for everyone the way Zoom works.
Hey I am that kind of guy XD
@@ShadowReaper-pu2hx One day I remember the meeting switched to the unlimited version and my teacher accidentally pressed 'end meeting' instead of 'end meeting for all' and I was the host. I was there for more than 5 minutes then finally ended the meeting (I was eating something and so I couldn't use my hand to end it earlier)
@@Redwan777, lol.
@@ShadowReaper-pu2hx I use Google meet lmao
Thank you for making video about our country! Warm greetings from Kazakhstan to all good people regardless of where you are from!
Russia: secedes
Khazakstan: “wait, this whole operation was your idea”
@Kian M So are you
lmao i heard him say that and immediately went to the comments
Eh more like ЕЕЕЕЕУ СЕНІҢ ИДЕЯСЫ БОЛДЫ ҒОЙ? МӘӘӘ САҒАН
@Kian M Lmao what is the problem
It was Russia, Ukraine and Belarus idea
Kazakhstan when Russia left the USSR
“Well. I guess I’m in charge now”
_I’m the captain now!_
Nice Clone Wars Ref
I saw that meme too lol.
Roger Roger.
@@ShadowReaper-pu2hx sheev memes?
"The USSR existed for just over 69 years"
The Soviets were gamers
Gorbachev was a time traveler who went back in time to troll the USSR and stop ww3
Dank gamers
TETRIS
based Gorbachev
You said 69
The official Russian line is that by the time of its declaration on 8 December 1991, the Soviet Union had ceased to exist and that it was not seceding, but rather declaring an existing fact. Kazakhstan didn't purport to declare itself as independent, but rather signed the treaty creating the Commonwealth of Independent States, which similarly stated that the Soviet Union had ceased to exist. Thus, Russia and Kazakhstan were basically saying, "Yeah, that thing we used to call a superpower has gone the way of the Roman Empire and we'd better update our official documents accordingly."
Russia: We're leaving, you're the USSR now.
Kazakhstan: Now hold on. This whole operation was your idea.
Star Wars reference
Oh wow, while I was reading, you edited the comment
@@PelsckoPolesko Looked up the correct quote.
@@PelsckoPolesko How!Lucky....
@Empires Again? lol
7:05 Who else noticed he got latvia and lithuania's flags mixed and mistaken Ukraine's flag for Romania?😅
True.
american moment
@@toreq1127 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🗽🗽🗽🗽
You have oil? I’ll give you freedom 😈
@@PremierCCGuyMMXVI No,you didnt help then Germany and russia attacked
@@artelislt :(
But ‘Merica
Imagine an alternative history where there wasn't a coup and Gorbachev's plan did work. That could be very interesting.
A coup after the formation of USSR v2.0 wouldve been successful too, it couldve made the leaders of the remaining republics to never again touch any liberal ideas making reform more impossible
Not really the USSR would still collapse only this time with another mountain of corpses to add to the pile.
@@gimzod76 Or they would have managed what the PRC did, an orderly transition from totalitarian socialism to authoritarian capitalism without the fragmentation and decent into oligarchy.
That's China for you.
@@jamestheotherone742 For that to be the case, glasnost and pestroika would have to not occur, which was pretty much why China stopped being allies with the Soviets since China wasn't stupid and realised those kinds of ideals would ruin the whole system.
At 7:38, Latvia and Lithuania switch flags
Romania had Ukraine's flag
And the Polish flag had some lettering on it
Ik
That was the Polish Independence flag
i was looking to see if anyone else already commented this before i did. it made me so angry for some reason
latvia and lithuania had switched flags the entire video
Kazakhstan: Guess im in charge now.
That droid in the clone wars?
*Belarus* has left the chat
*Russia* has left the chat
**You are now the host**
Everyone: We're free now!
Kazakhstan: Oh, I wouldn't say "free" more like under new management.
they had the chance to keep soviet union technically permanent and untouchable, yet decided to end it at 69 years. Understandable and relatable.
Nice
Nope, that's not true.
Nope bring back the Soviet Union the real one
Nah it all was a plan to break up monarchies
"I was born in the capital of tye USSR!"
"So in Moscow?"
"No, in Almaty"
"What...?"
Person with OCD: "Staring intently at the latvian and lithuanian flags."
Me: *Angrily stares at the Romanian flag*
@@zbigla What’s a Romania? Do you mean Ukraine 2.0
@Federal Bureau of Investigation Its a joke... because the flags are switched...
(Also the Romanian and Ukrainian flags are also switched)
@Federal Bureau of Investigation What?
RealLifeLore: Making video about geography
also RealLifeLore: Messes flags of countries all the time
He also got the names the wrong way around
@@sutrajaiz it was a torture🤣
_Russia leaves The USSR_
Kazakhstan: Hold on, this whole operation was your idea
It was their idea!!! Hahaha
Kazakhstan: wait a minute, this whole operation was your own idea
Hold on, this whole operation was your idea.
Russia: Bye
Kazakhstan: Wait, You can't leave me here! You started this, You end it!
I'm terrified of all the misplaced flags
7:06
At first I thought it would be a one time thing but nope
Romania with the flag of Ukraine, yikes.
@@TheRatdoctor He also got the flags of Latvia and Lithuania wrong. Lat has the red and white and Lithu has the yellow red and green.
Lol
It's funny how first country to leave Warsaw pact was the country that owned Warsaw
Kazakhstan is that kid who’s still in the zoom even after the teacher had left
Lol
😂😂
lollll
Russia=the teacher
I love your channel keep up the great stuff
Next video on Wendover:
The logistics of the former Soviet Union
sounds boring
In Soviet Kazakhstan, Soviet Russia is No More lol
Sounds very interesting
60 Second Finance that would be a very interesting video.
@@FloridaMan69. you're boring
Kazakhstan 12th december 1991: "cool we are the Soviet Union!"
Kazakhstan 16th december 1991: "oh shit we are actually at war with Japan! NOPE"
Wot
@@hexry1139 Japan and Soviet Union officially never signed a peace treaty since 1945. Technically, Russia is still at war with Japan
@@prokhorovoka1582 oh, legit
we had about 4000 nuclear bombs btw
@@prokhorovoka1582 so technically russia is at war with the US?
Imagine that, in an alternate timeline, Khazakstan stabilises the “union”, implements the reforms, and fills the ranks of the other 15 republics by raising the autonomy of several of it’s own regions, and now we have to put of with Russia and the soviets simultaneously on world maps
And Main language were Kazakh instead of russo
And renamed itself into "Soviet Reunion"
I would love to see it happen
The US would still try to destabilize them, either by bringing the other stans to their influence or just simply invading them. heck, I could see them orchestrating a coup or a civil war.
@@sagnikbhowmik744 hell no stalin
1:55 those countries (except Poland) weren’t invaded by the Soviets. They were liberated by the USSR as the country advanced from the Eastern Front in WWII. Same goes for the West by American, French. and British forces.
5:26 Baltic Way wasn't along the borders but rather it was between the capitals from Tallinn to Riga and finally Vilnius.
And socialist Romania was very independent despite being in the Warsaw Pact. I mean when the Soviets sent tanks to Czechoslovakia, Ceausescu was the only Pact leader to criticize it. And his predecessor replaced all the pro-Moscow officials in government with pro-Bucharest...the Soviets did nothing, and Romania went on to copy my grandpa's system.
Jaja okay Kim Jong Un. Like the satellite and Baltic nations were totally fine with the jew bolshevik government invading their land for the near remainder of that century (as the occupation was post war too).
A lot of these eastern european nations sided with the Nazis during operation Barbarossa, to have european identity over the bolshevik collectivization that caused the holodomor in these nations.
Obviously we see how history played out supreme leader Kim Jong Un, and I'm sure you'll only want to see history as black and white, but looking at how Europe and the west have become from the setup post ww2, it's clear to see that ww2 was a battle between internationalism and nationalism.
Kazakh: The Last Comrade
There's actually a mapping series that's called the last comrade, but instead of kazakhstan it is North korea
@@danigeo247 *visible confusion*
borat was the last comrade
No: КССР
I like this comment a lot
Romania: leaves Warsaw Pact
Romania: I am now Ukraine
LOL.
Romanian join ukaine
And Lithuania is latvia
yea wtf?=))))))))))
7:00 a confusing timestamp
Imagine,
Gorbachev was actually a time traveler who came back to end the Soviet Union before the WW3 of 2000
Interesting theory you have there.
But... he did everything he could to save the union...
@@КлимКроль well if he was a timr traveler maybe he knew itd go bad while alsi appearing to try while knowing it would end it
@@КлимКроль If that fool had ordered the red army to crush the unrest in late 1980s, then USSR would have still existed.
knew it. gorbachrv is a western spy
Romania: exists
RealLifeLore: is this Ukraine?
No but i live in romania
@@LuigiCotocea he's talking about the editing error at 6:52, he put the Ukrainian flag over Romania
@@David_Box Dude I know he put the Ukrainian flag over Romania, probably due to some cities from Romania were in Ukraine.
Lithuania & Latvia flags are also misplaced
@@LuigiCotocea gosh....
Imagine being sent by the soviet union to space just to return and land in the Russian federation
It reminds me of The Terminal with Tom Hanks but a hundred times more cramped lol
You would not land in the Russian federation but Kazakhstan
@Rastek, Baikonur is in Kazakhstan. So they all take off and land in Kazakhstan
@@chrisinnes2128 Yeah, but the astronot live in Russian Federation
@@damelia6458 Now imagine taking off in Kazakhstan and landing in Russia because the whole Baikonur was leased to the Russian Federation in 1995
I tend to think that it was kinda symbolism. You know, on December 16 in 1986 there were a protests in Almaty. That day despite the fact, that protests were peaceful, a lot of civilians were massacred. And I believe that decision to secede exactly on December 16 was kind of act of respect for those, who sacrificed their lives 5 years before that
Yes, that's right. Day of independence was chosen as the anniversary of Zheltoksan events. Of course, if USSR was going to collapse in June or February nobody was going to wait till the 16th of December. However, everything gone so badly right before December, so why not to wait several days
USA: we’re the strongest
Britain: we’re the smartest
Kazakhstan: I was the entire Soviet Union.
Kazhakstan is like the guy who always sleeps in class so the teacher decided one day to not wake him up when the bell rang.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You don't watch Geography Now do you?
RLL: not possible to put everything in 12 minutes when only around 10 minutes is about the topic
7:17 Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania’s flags are wrong and it makes me want to scream
i want to scream too, especially since lithuania and latvia seem to have been switched with one another.
Yes me too
Poland also
At 7:00 Romania has Ukraine’s flag
You know he does this to troll you guys, right
Kazakhstan is that one guy who stays to watch the credits of a movie
What's wrong with that? I paid for the whole movie, including the credits. Besides like half of big movies put extra scenes after the credits now.
When you Realize Kazakhstan Was way more loyal than your Girlfriend.
I had a girlfriend?
@@themolepeople955 no you didn't
shet brix
I mean I did have a girlfriend (for like 2 days)
Yep 😔
Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and 12 others have left the group.
*You are now an admin.*
11 other. You can't count
@@nurzhan3269 counting is difficult let him be /s
Just in case you didnt know /s means sarcastic. There before you go commenting little rage comments against me being a dumbass just in case
@@nurzhan3269 🇲🇦
@@Turtoile41 i hate you.
@@shaxee2651 same lol
As a conscript in the Soviet Army I was deployed in East Germany in 86-88. Discharged in late 88.
In 89 the Berlin wall was taken down and Germany united. I like to say now: Look, just as I left the army, they couldn't hold their iron grip any longer without me and things fell apart right away. Losers...
Which one did you like better? Russia or Soviet Union
@@abienniela9350 Hard to tell. Both the USSR and modern Russia were/are totalitarian regimes. There was light in the tunnel in the 90-s - we hoped to make Russia a part of civilized world, but it did not work out.
When Putin came to power, it became clear from his first moves, that we were going back in time and I emigrated to the West. I am happy that I do not live in Russia and not responsible for its crimes.
@@тамбовский_волк Boris Yeltsin fucked uo Russia tho. He consolidated 90% of wealth to few hundred people.
@@nightprowler6336 Yeah. He's clearly no angel either...
@@nightprowler6336 Any difference for the US and also the rest of the world? A few hundred billionaires own 80-90% of the wealth?
I am from Qazaqstan 🇰🇿😁, thanks for making a video about my country 😃.
2025: That time when Montana was the entire USA for 4 days.
Oh you see can you see
Lol that made me laugh
Let's see how well this comment is gonna age 👀
@@nillewenne2934 right 😅
Holy shit, forgot that was a state
3:37 He flipped Latvia and Lithuania...
And Ukraine and Romania and the Polish flag is weird lmao
@@PremierCCGuyMMXVI exactly lol, surprised none of the comments mentioned romanian or polands flag
I understand why he accidentally mixed it up as it's confusing
@@respectedgaming Maybe for the average person, but it's completely embarrassing for a Geography channel that's been going on for this long to mistake Latvia and Lithuania.
I searched for that comment for almost Half an hour
I can't take this video seriously when the whole time Lithuania and Latvia have been switched ahaha
And Romania shows with Ukraine flag
Sorry, they all look the same to us 🥺
I'm sorry but they lied to you, Larvians are actually Lithuanians and the other way around, and Romania is actually Ukraine, mind blown.
I noticed this too and it's so maddening.
@@rokasgudaitis2144 Yeah, but this is a specific video, about a specific historical event, in which Latvia and Lithuania had an important role. This just undermines the credibility of the video.
Good video. Although one mistake I noticed was Latvian and Lithuanian flags being mixed up on the map.
That time when delaware was the entire united states for 5 days
Actually it was the first to gain statehood and other territories still existed
edit: thanks for 7 likes
edit 2: you have *69* likes, it’s the number of years the Soviet Union existed
@@LittleAddu I ruined it
@@LittleAddu 8 likes now
Hey thqts alternate universes
@@redwood518 nice
I don’t understand this 69 stuff anyways
Kazakhstan basically joined a group chat and was the only one in it after everyone left
When Russia gains independence from Kazakhstan...
Kazakh people are of Turk origin
@@_berat.ugur_3089 Turkic*
But nobody asked
@@ergazin9422 It's true, but I just wanted to point out because there are people who think they're Russian
r/technicallythetruth
@@_berat.ugur_3089 we are not turkish we are turkic
Soviet union:collapsed
Sad
Soviet union:lasted 69 years
Ye boi
For symbolic reasons Kazakhstan waited until December 16 to declare its independence. It was the fifth anniversary of the zheltoqsan events. Like Belarus, they could have declared it 6 days before.
Kazakhstan is that kid in zoom who stays even if every one left
And then becomes the host
Me too, I am silently stay in zoom till the end of lesson
"The Soviet Union continued to exist with no territory..."
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Hello.
United Nations: hey there
I like these little micro-states and fictional countries in Europe. They are so cute; playing make-believe games like little kids. :P
@@utkarshg.bharti9714 Or all the MMOGs. Who knew the USSR was but 20 years and the Internet early.
Kazakzhtan forgot to leave the zoom while the teacher was gone.
Kazakhstan: “Russia could you help finance the Aral Sea restoration project since you destroyed it the first place and all?”
Russia: “Not our problem you’ll have to take that up with the Soviet Union”
Kazakhstan: “But we are the Soviet Union?”
Russia: ”Exactly”
Same with Poland. Germany paid back for their invasion to Poland's governing institute, Moscow, which gladly spent money on themselves. Now as Poland became independent, they have no one to get to pay for the damage during ww2.
nice
@@askarkalykov Poland cannot into reparations
in fact, the Aral Sea ceased to exist precisely during the time of independent Kazakhstan. When the USSR was still there was a sea
@@Avroveks no there wasnt, all water was already gone
The Soviets were legends. They existed for just over 69 years.
No only four days behind
4 days, 20 hours, away from 69 years
Noice
Switzerland: bruh
Plot twist: USSR is meant to only exist for 69 years
Kazakhstan: "Aight, I'm joining in!"
Soviet Union: "Yeah, I quit"
Kazakhstan: Қарғы сатқыр!
HAHa
As a Kazakh I can say that you could’ve just wrote 667
щщс
Башҡортса т:ржемә итеһегеҙ, зинһар!
Kapfbi catkbip
Kazakhstan is that one AFK guy in the zoom call who didn't realize the meeting is over and is the only one left in the call
Ussr: it’s my country
Kazakhstan: *our country*
5:26 Baltic way was not along the border it was between the capitals of Estonia and Lithuania and you switched Lithuania and Latvia
He also put Romania as Ukraine
yes
This was a really poorly made video
Same I saw that and I said that two
No one cares about Litvia
3:48 when lithuania gets magically switched to where latvia is because communism
When Romania becomes Ukraine and Georgia has its flag it doesn't yet have and all the other flag fiasco sh*t in this video... 🤡
@tħɛ ʃɑɓiaɴ cɦɨco Nobody said Georgia didn't have a flag. Read what you're replying to before you make rude comments :)
@tħɛ ʃɑɓiaɴ cɦɨco Yes. So did the comment you replied to :) No one claimed Georgia didn't have a flag before its present one. He said Georgia didn't yet have the flag that was shown in the video. They had another one instead. Calling people blind is unnecessary. Have a good day :)
🇷🇴 ≠ 🇺🇦
Also look at polish flag and german borders 7:05
4:34 dude you mixed the flags but otherwise this was a good and interesting video
Other SSRs: Leave the USSR
Kazakh SSR: I'm the USSR now
More like the SSR aka The Soviet Socialist Republic.
USSR : *Collapse*
Kazakhstan: "I will Finish, what you started".
4 days later.
Kazakhstan: "Nah, screw it"
@King of the Lilin Oh shoot someone already made this? Aight i need to change it.
Kazakhstan: I'm done with this.
RLL: *SIX* Soviet satellite states
Mongolia: Sad OG noises
Not a satellite state if you technically had your own revolution
@@noespell It IS a satellite state if the said revolution involved Soviets from the start. It IS a satellite state if for the ensuing 70 years, Kremlin decided everything, chose who was in charge and controlled its foreign policy. I am a mongolian and a national history olympiad champion. I know full well about our history.
Do you know any good channels for learning about Mongolia and its history? I plan on moving there as an English teacher in the near future. 👍
@@ZeDawgearI don't really know about any channels about Mongolia, or to be exact, any channel that would provide accurate information. From my perspective, I would suggest you not to. Well, you might be able to live comfortably by Mongolian standards, get paid well by Mongolian standards if you get employed by a private institution like Absolute School of English, British School of Mongolia etc. By living in Mongolia, I mean living in Ulaanbaatar, really. Also you need to be aware of the climate. In winter, - 20 degrees Celsius is the norm, and in the summer, it is mostly dry(0 moisture in the air) reaching 35 degrees Celsius. About the people, you won't face like racism or sort of expulsion, as Mongolians are friendly towards foreigners. Most of the people will be able to speak English to some degree, especially the youth, and no one would expect you to speak much mongolian so you don't have to learn it. But the living standard here is poor, and you won't have much opportunity to grow personally. If you want to keep your previous lifestyle, it will likely cost much. I don't think you can save much money. Living here will be just "living", with not much to do else.
@@スイ天野
>In winter, - 20 degrees Celsius is the norm, and in the summer,
>it is mostly dry(0 moisture in the air) reaching 35 degrees Celsius.
That doesn't sound that bad, where I live in Canada it can range from
-40C in the winter to +30C in the summer. If it was dry here like you
have there I would be able to ride my bike year round...the snow we
get in Canada makes winter biking very unworkable.
3:40 Latvia: I don’t feel like being Latvia anymore. Lithuania: Nah me neither, wanna swap?
My family was a part of that human chain in Tallinn, Estonia.
Awesome!
wow, who wouldve known
Same, but for Vilnius
What was it like?
Romania: Hey Ukraine! Can we get your flag for the video?
Ukraine: Yeah, sure!
...
Crimea river.
Lithuania: Hey Latvia! Can we borrow your flag please?
Latvia: Sure.
Did he not rewatch his own video? What a dufus, if you can't remember 2 hundred flags then google ffs, it actually ruined the impression the video made.
OUR FLAG
Last time I was this early, George washington won by 100% votes.
In America, you chose the government
In Russia, the government chooses you
@@PremierCCGuyMMXVI soviet russia*
@@coasterhockygamingboy9549 and Russia
Last time I was this early George Washington won the presidency with 69 Electoral votes (true story look up 1789 U.S election results)
Last time I was early, I know this is unrelated
When your closest friend is more loyal to you than you are to yourself.
1:12 Latvia and Lithuania in wrong locations
Edit: oh god its wrong throuout the whole video
Exactly
Americans see no difference
@@ArpanDe That's rather rude, not all of us are stupid, in fact I dare say a majority are not.
He took the flagg of Ukraine on Romania
I was the first to write that but ok
Edit: nwrmd
Kazakhstan for the USSR is like the Montenegro for Yugoslavia
Cmon man dont do me like that
@@robertkondanari1903 no
Am i a joke to you?
Yuh
@@kuqezi5733 yes
3:44 When you switch Lithuania and Latvia:
Americans: I see no difference.
*sigh*
Of course we know which one is latvia or lithuania. Most of us aren't dumb.
One is Latvia one is Lithuania bruh so easy
I was just gonna comment that. It hurts...
Romania was given the Ukrainian flag too.
Corporate needs you find the difference in these pictures
There the same picture
Hello from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿✨💖
Who’s gonna tell him that Latvia and Lithuania are swapped every single time?
I thought I was losing my mind
Who cares even if they are placed rightly
Did t you see the pinned coment
Comment?*
-Soviet Union’s Zoom-
Kazhakstan: Hey Soviet, press Alt+F4 in 1991.
Everyone except Kazhakstan: *does it*
Kazhakstan: *You are now the host*
I am the real Soviet bruh
i won but at what cost
If it’s difficult, you can write simply “Qazaqstan”
not Kazhakstan
I guess Kazakhstan just wanted to sit in the big chair before it left the room...
for people who don't know Semipalatinsk has been renamed to Semey in 2007 and is now the capital of Abai Region.
also its now 20 million people population in Kazakhstan
The label “tankie” comes from the old USSR supporters of how the Soviet sent in tanks to crush independence movements in its various republics.
Pretty much.
Ah, thank you for that. I was legit confused.
Basically me when I was 14
i thought it came from the prc using tanks to crush the tiananmen protests
@@megasimp8885 what protests? Xd
This took “I’m breaking up with you” to a whole new level. Thanks my fellow comrades
How