Why did the USSR Refuse to Annex Mongolia? (Short Animated Documentary)

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  • It's not often a country asks to be annexed and even rarer that the answer is no. Yet this is what happened when Mongolia asked the USSR for just that. So why did the USSR say no? To find out, watch this short and simple animated documentary.
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Komentáře • 4,6K

  • @aldotorres1983
    @aldotorres1983 Před 3 lety +8316

    "Hey Russia, remember when we conquered you in the 1200's? How about you return the favor?"

    • @justacrow9847
      @justacrow9847 Před 3 lety +237

      There was no Russia in 1200s.
      edit:The spread of Slavs into Siberia happened only after 1600s so they were on the west of Urals and the Kievan Rus was a small state in the north of Black sea. Kievan Rus did not lead to current day Russia. And Russians had not reached much of the land they inhabit today. It's ridiculous to attribute one to another.

    • @joelp7665
      @joelp7665 Před 3 lety +664

      @@justacrow9847 Kievan Rus did exist and it was pretty much filled with what we could call today "Russians, Ruthenians(Ukrainians), and White Ruthenians(Belarusians)".

    • @arthurfisher1857
      @arthurfisher1857 Před 3 lety +591

      @@justacrow9847 "there was no Russia in 1200s" he says with a derisive snort while adjusting his monocle

    • @AidenClaws
      @AidenClaws Před 3 lety +3

      Lol

    • @user-te7rf8ik7z
      @user-te7rf8ik7z Před 3 lety +19

      truly the best comment i've ever seen

  • @Kevin3dp
    @Kevin3dp Před 3 lety +15906

    Imagine going back in time and telling Genghis Khan that his descendants will one day beg the Rus to rule over them.

    • @mappingshaman5280
      @mappingshaman5280 Před 3 lety +3410

      And the only reason they say no is because they don't want to piss off the chinese.

    • @bonkerS605
      @bonkerS605 Před 3 lety +392

      Nah only Tsedenbal wanted and people refused lot

    • @AmogusAbobusAutobus
      @AmogusAbobusAutobus Před 3 lety +476

      POV: he already got the sign about this and thats why he started conquest of Rus )

    • @mohammadrezaazadi1208
      @mohammadrezaazadi1208 Před 3 lety +331

      Angry Mongolian noises

    • @Aryan54575
      @Aryan54575 Před 3 lety +222

      Not Rus, but russia.
      Kiyevan Rus and russia are absolutely different.

  • @dy7296
    @dy7296 Před rokem +228

    Mongol to Rus 1240: "Bark for me."
    Mongol to Rus 1920: "Woof."

    • @Suksass
      @Suksass Před rokem

      There was no Rus in 1920. Rus is long since dead.

    • @somedesertdude1308
      @somedesertdude1308 Před 3 měsíci +8

      pretty much
      always kinda funny how the master becomes the pet in the end

    • @coinyfrombfdireal
      @coinyfrombfdireal Před 7 dny

      ​@@somedesertdude1308like with uk and america

    • @darkenedpp
      @darkenedpp Před 6 dny

      ​@@coinyfrombfdireal You are undoubtedly the best instigator since Serbia in WW1. You are about to start the second War of 1812 in the comment section. 💀

  • @andtheinternettkills
    @andtheinternettkills Před 2 lety +2723

    When I was in Mongolia a few years back I had some great discussions with my tourguide who used to be an officer during the communist regime (He even went to a military academy in Moscow). The mongolian military was structured to fight a war against the Chinese with massive arms transfers from the USSR, and so an additional reason it was never annexed was that it effectively functioned as a buffer between China and the railway infrastructure towards Irkutsk / Ulan-Ude. In a conflict the chinese would have to fight their way through Mongolia to stop soviet reinforcements from arriving by train. There is also the matter of the relatively short distance between Beijing and Ulan-Bator, so having Soviet troops massed at the border with Mongolia rather than southern Mongolia was probably a good compromise in terms of maintaining a degree of deterence and avoiding escalating tensions.

    • @user-cx1ki8li4t
      @user-cx1ki8li4t Před 2 lety +105

      During the Sino Soviet break, the Soviets maintained about 1 million troops on the border between Mongolia and the Sino Soviet Union (600000-700000 according to the Russian data), which led China to maintain 7 million troops in order to prevent the Soviet Union, the largest record in the number of non wartime troops.

    • @maolo76
      @maolo76 Před 2 lety +19

      @@user-cx1ki8li4t well im sure the USA was ready to back China against the Soviet in a war. 7 million with US support. The Soviet knew that's a fight they not willing to take.

    • @naoyanaraharjo4693
      @naoyanaraharjo4693 Před 2 lety +20

      @@maolo76 the USA would choose to sit down while having a popcorn party with everyone laughing to death at the stupidity

    • @maolo76
      @maolo76 Před 2 lety +45

      @@naoyanaraharjo4693 i dont doubt that. The US is good at providing logistics and directing countries to fight her enemies.

    • @goatface6602
      @goatface6602 Před 2 lety +13

      Russia ALWAYS wants a buffer state on its borders. You know, like Ukraine. Russia doesn’t want and can Ill afford a war. But if the USA keeps pushing them they MUST fight. This is madness.

  • @kaiserwilhelm1843
    @kaiserwilhelm1843 Před 3 lety +5478

    Because they didn’t have the right dlc

    • @lucasbeck1391
      @lucasbeck1391 Před 3 lety +161

      @gas your profile pic is perfect

    • @tejasbharadwaj7830
      @tejasbharadwaj7830 Před 3 lety +124

      Soviet Mongolia DLC the most popular and most purchased DLC

    • @0d138
      @0d138 Před 3 lety +93

      *cries in Paradox Interactive 😭

    • @daniel6009
      @daniel6009 Před 3 lety +29

      Lacking the mission tree

    • @stc3145
      @stc3145 Před 3 lety +59

      The Soviet Economy could not afford the Season Pass

  • @legolas-xu6ou
    @legolas-xu6ou Před 3 lety +5223

    Monglia: annex me like one of your polish girls
    USSR: uh, thanks, but no thanks

    • @Johann_Gambolputty_of_Ulm
      @Johann_Gambolputty_of_Ulm Před 3 lety +421

      I laughed too hard at that being Polish myself

    • @markoscream8466
      @markoscream8466 Před 3 lety +55

      @@Johann_Gambolputty_of_Ulm HAHAHAHAH YOU AND LEGOLAS ARE LEGENDS

    • @brandonlyon730
      @brandonlyon730 Před 3 lety +275

      Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia: trust us, it’s not as fun as it seems.

    • @victorwagner2423
      @victorwagner2423 Před 3 lety +47

      USSR didn't annex Poland

    • @victorwagner2423
      @victorwagner2423 Před 3 lety +22

      @Fritz No.7 the video you just watched is about Mongolia's puppet government desire to be annexed and how USSR didn't, cause the arragment was beneficial to them. Similar with People's Republic of Poland.
      I mean

  • @caesar6733
    @caesar6733 Před 3 lety +948

    If you didn't notice, the sign at 1:31 said "Annex me (daddy)".
    Legendary.

    • @whenweeb6471
      @whenweeb6471 Před 2 lety +78

      We live in society

    • @alpha17arctrooper16
      @alpha17arctrooper16 Před 2 lety +35

      @@whenweeb6471 where honor is a distant memory

    • @Oof-th5hz
      @Oof-th5hz Před 2 lety +45

      Mongolia, used to be the most powerful warrior, became a kinky simp for the Rus

    • @JustmeRenzo
      @JustmeRenzo Před 2 lety +16

      I had to turn my quality to 1080p to see that.

    • @donramondeltasig
      @donramondeltasig Před 2 lety +10

      I LOVE IT

  • @Burboss
    @Burboss Před 2 lety +419

    Fun fact: Mongolia was one of the largest (if not the largest) economic supporters of USSR in WWII, beating USA is several categories (e.g., food and raw materials).

    • @phelyxz
      @phelyxz Před 2 lety +11

      Albeit not war gear...

    • @Tutel9528
      @Tutel9528 Před rokem +39

      Imagine comparing Mongolia to by far the largest economy of the world at the time.

    • @juozasmartinkus8033
      @juozasmartinkus8033 Před rokem +63

      That's true, Mongolia supported USSR heavily at war time. Russians remember it.

    • @brandonfrank5799
      @brandonfrank5799 Před 11 měsíci +4

      ​@@phelyxzfood? They donate cheese from horsemilk? 😅😅 ain't never heard of a Mongolian farmer

    • @LaVaZ000
      @LaVaZ000 Před 11 měsíci +16

      ​@@Tutel9528The other way around, Mongolia is secretly the number one economy

  • @michaelrizka
    @michaelrizka Před 3 lety +3741

    Mongolia: why don't you annex me :(
    Soviet: *having flashback about Mongol invasion

    • @Ghost12314
      @Ghost12314 Před 3 lety +32

      Well you right bro.

    • @joetrump2983
      @joetrump2983 Před 3 lety +66

      China: so why don't you join me instead then?

    • @Manuel-gu9ls
      @Manuel-gu9ls Před 3 lety +92

      @@joetrump2983 Mongolia: no way you have issues with Uighur people for no apparent reasons or is that you hate people of different culture because we lived in your state thought we’re in violation of invasion of property like the Americans had towards Mexicans...

    • @joetrump2983
      @joetrump2983 Před 3 lety +26

      @@Manuel-gu9ls Also china:LMAO as if the Soviets welcomed you into their lands, look at how they treated the Ukrainian and the central Asian republics, besides you are historical part of our qing dynasty and completely unrelated to the Russians

    • @WILLIAN_1424
      @WILLIAN_1424 Před 3 lety +64

      @@joetrump2983 I know its a joke, but considering that the Qing dynasty was MANCHU instead of Chinese i dont think it gives China a rightful claim even if China is the sucessor state of the Qing.

  • @ZearthGJL
    @ZearthGJL Před 3 lety +9837

    Mongolia: Tries to join a country and gets rejected.
    Singapore: Tries to join a country only to get kicked out afterwards.

    • @harveybeaver9731
      @harveybeaver9731 Před 3 lety +889

      Malta: Tries to join the British Empire only to be passed over.

    • @joetrump2983
      @joetrump2983 Před 3 lety +391

      @@harveybeaver9731 technically some former SSRs also tried to remained but was also forced to be independent when USSR collapsed

    • @seneca983
      @seneca983 Před 3 lety +122

      Probably worked out better for both of them in the long run.

    • @joetrump2983
      @joetrump2983 Před 3 lety +225

      @@seneca983 there are actually talks in Mongolia to rejoin china but so far nothing out of it, even china doesn't want to Annex them

    • @joetrump2983
      @joetrump2983 Před 3 lety +72

      @@seneca983 For Singapore, it won't be good for them in a long term judging by how those bureocrats in the ruling party keep on milking on the past achievements of their predecessors and being dependent on them too much, it's not surprising SG might one day faced a leadership crisis and rejoined malaysia somehow as the stupid people here keep voting them, thinking they are the best option instead of looking at an alternative party to take over as next government

  • @mrvk39
    @mrvk39 Před rokem +113

    Actually, USSR was giving Mongolia far, far more than what Mongolia was giving USSR. USSR had it's own beef production and margins were thin for agricultural products. Yet, USSR provided Mongolia with power stations, trains, automobiles, engineering, medical equipment, medicine, education - all high value-add, high margin products and services. The balance of it was clearly in favor of Mongolia's development and overall success.

    • @antonivanov3142
      @antonivanov3142 Před rokem +33

      USSR was paying off for the great deal of wartime food supplies from Mongolia in 1941-1945. Mongolians really saved lots of Soviet people from starvation during the WWII

    • @mrvk39
      @mrvk39 Před rokem +8

      @@antonivanov3142 Interesting! I wasn't aware of it. I know it was closely allied but didn't realize they had so much food supplies to give. I presume meat?

    • @mosesracal6758
      @mosesracal6758 Před měsícem +2

      It was one of the Soviet Union's pet projects, like a model city for people to see how benevolent the Soviet Union could be. Also Mongolia served as a good detour for the Trans-Siberian Railway (which actually became the Trans-Mongolian Railway) and connected it to the Chinese Eastern Railway for direct access to Beijing by 1959. This is important as next year, the Sino-Soviet Split happened and the Soviets controlling direct access to their capital gave them enough leverage to threaten the Chinese.

    • @mrvk39
      @mrvk39 Před měsícem +3

      @@mosesracal6758 I learned something new from you. Thank you!

  • @nickmacarius3012
    @nickmacarius3012 Před 2 lety +86

    *Mongolia:* "Please annex us."
    *Soviet Russia:* "Oh how the tables have turned."

  • @passionofthecrust9173
    @passionofthecrust9173 Před 3 lety +4422

    "Don't worry, i'll annex you as soon as Paradox updates my focus tree . . ."

    • @conejodemercurio6301
      @conejodemercurio6301 Před 3 lety +37

      pootis bird

    • @batataacelerada4698
      @batataacelerada4698 Před 3 lety +251

      So Monday 4th of never?

    • @matejkubala7221
      @matejkubala7221 Před 3 lety +36

      @Per Capita I mean the tactics are pretty shady but they still make god-tier games.

    • @Dockhead
      @Dockhead Před 3 lety +12

      @Per Capita what better ones in example then? ea games? or should be still laugh at the barely mediocre stain that cyberpunk made, and everyone pulled down there pants to receive an ass fucking and got told to like it whether they wanted to or not, oh yeah remember that was from cd project the only and only company people still jerked off for being the good guys, well that worked out well.
      paradox still make legit games, its just they followed everyone else in bleeding dry the special needs or gullible customers they have.

    • @Dockhead
      @Dockhead Před 3 lety +8

      @Per Capita all i was getting at is people create this illusion that some companies or brand of games care about them, or they make games for the people instead of the corps blah blah type of mentality.
      sadly its all business and i agree, past games probably have so much more genuine fun in them, people mix the idea that something new is something fun, when in reality after your brain is done exploring you see the real shit that the game actually is. aka cyber punk.
      same mentality of people who scream at EA but also buy every battlefield and every fifa game but also complaining how shit and minimally changed they are from the last, whilst saying ill not buy the next, whilst also checking when the next one will release.
      i wouldn't consider myself a gamer anymore its just a gullible market and a one that does deserve laughing at, like heck look at the frenzy of rgb colour spectrums coming into peripheral products and hardware, makes my skin crawl. but of course its always personal preference.
      i know thats a ton of blah blah from me but do you not feel like gaming was actually fun once upon a time? im thinking the priority of multiplayer might of destroyed the concept of most games. who really knows.

  • @Dont-Watch-My-Vids-U-Regret-it

    “Why did the Soviet Union refuse to annex Mongolia”
    Me: *I don’t need sleep I need answers*

    • @Psytinker
      @Psytinker Před 3 lety +28

      The same thing happened with Bulgaria, btw.

    • @nurulkarim6525
      @nurulkarim6525 Před 3 lety +18

      Same here. From Dhaka, Bangladesh. It's 4.11 am.

    • @OfMiceAndMegabytes
      @OfMiceAndMegabytes Před 3 lety +5

      Same but just woke up and knowledge is my coffee☕

    • @phoenix7319
      @phoenix7319 Před 3 lety +1

      @@OfMiceAndMegabytes oh hi lol

    • @arthas7
      @arthas7 Před 3 lety +3

      Ditto 1:32am

  • @zacknelson7839
    @zacknelson7839 Před 2 lety +29

    I love how like 80% of this channels videos are questions to which my reaction to is "I've never thought about that or asked it before but now I need to know." Prime example here.

  • @martindimov289
    @martindimov289 Před 2 lety +32

    It's kinda the same with Bulgaria - 2 times the Bulgarian government offered the USSR to annex Bulgaria but it refused because Bulgaria was their most trusted ally in the Balkans anyway.

    • @darwinism14
      @darwinism14 Před rokem +2

      Not to mention the strange plan of Triumvirate Tito - Dimitrov - Hoxha to make a Balkan federation, until another criminal, way bigger, Stalin, intervened.

  • @saggybones
    @saggybones Před 3 lety +3562

    I guess bald and bankrupt will still be able to say “Soviet” a million times if he visits Mongolia

    • @lucasbeck1391
      @lucasbeck1391 Před 3 lety +16

      Mind explaining?

    • @OCinneide
      @OCinneide Před 3 lety +261

      @@lucasbeck1391 he always says "soviet architecture", "soviet buildings", "soviet era equipment", "in the soviet times people came here", "in the soviet times this was better", and asks old locals about life under the soviets.

    • @joaoostroski4778
      @joaoostroski4778 Před 3 lety +129

      Wow, look at these horseman invading all of Asia, kinda soviet ngl.

    • @andrewjohnson1467
      @andrewjohnson1467 Před 3 lety +108

      @@OCinneide you've missed out Soviet bus stop

    • @timmmahhhh
      @timmmahhhh Před 3 lety +28

      "Almost Soviet" or "Soviet Subsidized" perhaps.

  • @daveb.4268
    @daveb.4268 Před 3 lety +4782

    I always laugh whenever they show the cartoon man (or woman) bounding through the daisies.☺

    • @smilingearth5181
      @smilingearth5181 Před 3 lety +186

      My favorite thing is how some people look nonplussed when they're on fire

    • @igottwopeepees
      @igottwopeepees Před 3 lety +75

      I like it when they smile at whatever the other person's sign says.

    • @joshuahoover6841
      @joshuahoover6841 Před 3 lety +32

      I sent a link of one of these videos with that happening to my new girlfriend with a time code telling her where to go to. The idea being that was how I felt about her

    • @icharneco29
      @icharneco29 Před 3 lety +57

      This and when they hold up the sign that says "Soon" always crack me up.

    • @Silver-hg8iz
      @Silver-hg8iz Před 3 lety +3

      @@joshuahoover6841 👍

  • @justanotheranimeprofilepic

    Everyone: why wouldn't Russia take Mongolia?
    Russia: why would we?

  • @wackyruss
    @wackyruss Před 2 lety +116

    Fascinating. I’ve always wondered why Mongolia never was a part of the Soviet Union. They even used the Cyrillic alphabet.

  • @waIdemar44
    @waIdemar44 Před 3 lety +1739

    Tsedenbal: Asked to be incorporated into the USSR at least 6 times
    Genghis Khan:Shame

    • @slewone4905
      @slewone4905 Před 3 lety +79

      Genghis Khan. As one of my hundreds of millions of heirs, I am shamed by this.

    • @zealousdoggo
      @zealousdoggo Před 3 lety +34

      This is shameful behavior of a Mongol Prince!

    • @Monster-cj7kf
      @Monster-cj7kf Před 3 lety +18

      Yeah Genghis will be died in stress like kublai if he lived on that time

    • @abbad707
      @abbad707 Před 3 lety +6

      Vlad lmaooooo

    • @abbad707
      @abbad707 Před 3 lety +2

      Zealous Doggo he wasn’t a prince, lol

  • @thekeystoneconservative
    @thekeystoneconservative Před 3 lety +1330

    "Monday the 4th of Never" lmao.

  • @miketackabery7521
    @miketackabery7521 Před 2 lety +8

    Thank you: you answered all the questions I've had on the subject for many years!

  • @Flyzo.0
    @Flyzo.0 Před rokem +4

    These videos do a good job of making it feel longer than it actually is in a good way

  • @air9music
    @air9music Před 3 lety +3215

    Mongolia said marry me but Russia said no because it was already getting everything it wanted without the marriage that would infuriate Mongolia's exes.

  • @ThePinkMadcap
    @ThePinkMadcap Před 3 lety +4829

    So basically, it was safer for Mongolia to be a part of the USSR than to be an independent state. Gotta love this planet.

    • @harbl99
      @harbl99 Před 3 lety +253

      Mongolia: "M8, we've had a bad case of the Ungern-Sternburgs recently. Please annex us."
      Russia: "Erm, yeah, nah. We're good. Had our own mess to deal with."

    • @markusmarkus7683
      @markusmarkus7683 Před 3 lety +277

      Well, just remember that half the planet wanted, and was until overthrown by the us, part of or friends with the USSR. Just a “fun” fact for people thinking the Soviet’s was some internationally despised thing. It was, and by its ex-citizens, is still greatly loved and missed.
      Just a history buff.. I do not cater to politics.

    • @thetexancrus2036
      @thetexancrus2036 Před 3 lety +71

      @@markusmarkus7683 Man, gotta love masochistic nations.

    • @jesusdontlikethatimgaybuts9493
      @jesusdontlikethatimgaybuts9493 Před 3 lety +119

      @@thetexancrus2036 why would i love the united states?

    • @thetexancrus2036
      @thetexancrus2036 Před 3 lety +17

      @@jesusdontlikethatimgaybuts9493 Lmao every nation is a masochist.

  • @christian19701
    @christian19701 Před rokem +28

    I have finally come to the realization that this is my all time favorite CZcams channel. Crazy considering how shallow and immature I've always been. This is a channel about real stuff that actually happened, but condensed into small segments my ADHD mind can handle. Bravo, you guys rock.
    Ps- I especially love the little signs they hold up at key points in the videos. As you Brits say, brilliant. Whoever does that deserves a raise. That is all carry on! 😁

  • @hanswust6972
    @hanswust6972 Před 2 lety +5

    Short but very informative video, thank you for sharing your work.

  • @akihikosakurai4013
    @akihikosakurai4013 Před 3 lety +3507

    Americans: "the Soviet Union was terrible and no one wanted to live there"
    Mongolia: "LET ME INNNNNNNN!!!!!"

    • @ElBandito
      @ElBandito Před 3 lety +402

      Anything to get away from China.

    • @Badbuzzy
      @Badbuzzy Před 3 lety +126

      @Mike Hunt They don't. They basically recognized Mongolians independence like in 2002.

    • @namelessking8905
      @namelessking8905 Před 3 lety +123

      @Mike Hunt - Communism is always progressive. This is why leftists in the West hate the West. They want to destroy it to remake it in their own binary vision. From gender studies to extreme race theory. it's all part of it.

    • @nabo1871
      @nabo1871 Před 3 lety +230

      @@namelessking8905 "What the fuck are you talking about Jesse."

    • @diddlypoop4722
      @diddlypoop4722 Před 3 lety +66

      @@namelessking8905 Communism doesn't woorrkkkk

  • @Robbstark2024
    @Robbstark2024 Před 3 lety +3149

    Russia and Mongolia are like two people in a relationship but they don’t want to say their dating so they just say friends with benefits

    • @josh3658edwards
      @josh3658edwards Před 3 lety +434

      Mongolia was doing wife duties at girlfriend prices :/

    • @MeinungMann
      @MeinungMann Před 3 lety +38

      @@josh3658edwards well said

    • @PANZERFAUST90
      @PANZERFAUST90 Před 3 lety +25

      they're*
      ffs😑

    • @noxli8454
      @noxli8454 Před 3 lety +47

      " countries are like people..." please somebody call an ambulance

    • @rogermoyo3451
      @rogermoyo3451 Před 3 lety +62

      Mongolia was like a thot being bounced around between USSR, China and Japan. Despite being strong and independent.

  • @jasonhorton7084
    @jasonhorton7084 Před rokem +2

    This man’s video’s just keep getting better and better 👍

  • @kf9346
    @kf9346 Před 2 lety +1

    That was super informative, thank you!

  • @sharielane
    @sharielane Před 3 lety +681

    So it was a "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?" situation.
    Mongolia needed to play hard to get.

    • @akimfritz1905
      @akimfritz1905 Před 3 lety +6

      @Pantelis Tzimas A Mongolian can only hope😩😍

    • @passingshadow8934
      @passingshadow8934 Před 2 lety

      @Pantelis Tzimas Hey, it's still a win.

    • @BozesanVlad
      @BozesanVlad Před 2 lety +13

      @@akimfritz1905 They seem to played better than China and Russia: they got away inependent, with all the perks.

    • @marcosrua7223
      @marcosrua7223 Před 2 lety +2

      It's landlocked

  • @l3monl1me78
    @l3monl1me78 Před 3 lety +764

    “Monday the 4th of never”
    I laughed way harder than I should of at that.

    • @albartros98
      @albartros98 Před 3 lety +9

      Nah, it was a good joke

    • @h.n.vangarde1597
      @h.n.vangarde1597 Před 2 lety +4

      I'm keeping that one myself! When are you going back, Monday the fourth of Never!

    • @dannypipewrench533
      @dannypipewrench533 Před 2 lety +3

      I liked "and it all went, to use a technical term, to Hell."

    • @Bosscheesemo
      @Bosscheesemo Před 2 lety +1

      I've heard Monday the 4th of Septober before...
      ...the guy actually accepted it as a legitimate date

    • @dannypipewrench533
      @dannypipewrench533 Před 2 lety

      @@Bosscheesemo I like Septober, it is probably among my five favorite months.

  • @paulaharrisbaca4851
    @paulaharrisbaca4851 Před 2 lety +2

    Fascinating stuff. I had absolutely no clue about this. It's not often I hear or read something absolutely brand new to my brain!

  • @defaultkoala2922
    @defaultkoala2922 Před rokem

    0:31 love the Divine Comedy reference! Such a great and detailed tiny joke that so many people will overlook. It took me 3 times watching this video to spot it.

  • @khukri_wielderxxx1962
    @khukri_wielderxxx1962 Před 3 lety +1738

    I love how this channel answers the most odd yet obvious questions that we always and yet never think about

    • @GEO_ANIMATOR
      @GEO_ANIMATOR Před 3 lety +43

      Exactly and I rather watch this guy then look it up in boring wikipedia

    • @PantherJaguar
      @PantherJaguar Před 3 lety +10

      Yep! This is why this is one of my favorite history channels inn CZcams.

    • @Borzasnyul
      @Borzasnyul Před 10 měsíci

      And then gives misleading answers, deceives.

    • @ThatPianoNoob
      @ThatPianoNoob Před 10 měsíci +1

      My favourite part is still that russia wanted to show everyone that it is anti imperialist by only annexing regions that were part of the russian empire. Does that make sense to russian people lol

    • @zoomedcheese
      @zoomedcheese Před 10 měsíci

      @@Borzasnyulwhat do you mean misleading answers?

  • @hfreddy127
    @hfreddy127 Před 3 lety +298

    “Monday the 4th of Never.” Lmao

    • @Cjnw
      @Cjnw Před 3 lety +2

      Eight days before the end of disco!

    • @wandaperi
      @wandaperi Před 3 lety +2

      **Jesus is coming back…*
      *on the 666th of Never!**

  • @HMSHyde02
    @HMSHyde02 Před rokem +7

    Mongolia: Annex us
    USSR:No
    Mongolia: ANNEX US
    USSR: NO
    Mongolia: AW COME ONNN
    ((Please get the Oversimplified joke 🥲))

  • @mishacol
    @mishacol Před 3 lety +50

    Its safer to keep pro-soviet buffer countries at your borders than to have direct border with hostile neighbors. Unlike today, when Russia is getting surrounded by pro-western regimes. Gotta love Soviet geopolitics. Very wise and clever.

    • @googane7755
      @googane7755 Před 2 lety +4

      It worked until the entire soviet bloc became pro western. Geopolitics is temporary but borders only change by force.

    • @bjornborg4849
      @bjornborg4849 Před rokem +3

      @@googane7755 there are plenty of examples where borders did not change by force. Think of Austria (Nazi Germany) or recently, Crimea. No war was fought in any of these cases. It was more of a show of force that was sufficient.

    • @MontyGumby
      @MontyGumby Před 11 měsíci

      "very wise and clever" ? my senile 80+ year-old mother can easily come to that

  • @literallyme6306
    @literallyme6306 Před 3 lety +711

    1:32 Annex me (Daddy)
    Whoah there-

  • @cbplays3436
    @cbplays3436 Před 3 lety +1344

    Where is Russia? here *points to map*
    Where is China? here *points again*
    Where is Tannu Tuva? *puts hand over heart* Here....

    • @user-po4rf7ls7l
      @user-po4rf7ls7l Před 3 lety +37

      I wish the people in Tannu Tuva the best

    • @evanyangfan
      @evanyangfan Před 3 lety +7

      and ofc 唐努乌梁海

    • @drinkyourwater1039
      @drinkyourwater1039 Před 3 lety +27

      Tannu What?

    • @MrTTuguldur
      @MrTTuguldur Před 3 lety +10

      Tuva is annexed by Soviets from Mongolia

    • @BijiMustardGas
      @BijiMustardGas Před 3 lety +3

      Gotta love how youtube is 4 years late to memes. I really hope everyone who likes this shitty comment gets their brains thrown into a blender.

  • @SledgerFromTDS.
    @SledgerFromTDS. Před rokem

    I really liked this History Channel as its Entertaining to me (IMO).

  • @flawyerlawyertv7454
    @flawyerlawyertv7454 Před rokem +1

    I didn't know this. Thank you!

  • @AudieHolland
    @AudieHolland Před 3 lety +1445

    The USSR was like a married man having a mistress that was already giving him everything he wanted from her.
    Mongolia: marry me.
    USSR: Nah, we're fine.

    • @johnladuke6475
      @johnladuke6475 Před 3 lety +129

      I promise baby, I'll split with China once the Warsaw Pact is all grown up and out of the house.

    • @DellDuckfan313
      @DellDuckfan313 Před 3 lety +73

      "You lose the wife, you lose the mistress also" -Žižek

    • @slamdunktiger
      @slamdunktiger Před 3 lety +5

      DellDuckfan313 dayamnnm details details, this man Soviets

    • @Zfast4y0u
      @Zfast4y0u Před 3 lety +2

      ''too old'' xDDD

    • @livics610
      @livics610 Před 3 lety

      Loooool

  • @nicholaskelly6375
    @nicholaskelly6375 Před 3 lety +440

    Bulgaria also asked to become a Constituent Republic of The USSR.
    Apparently Khrushchev was very much against this idea for similar reasons. As like Mongolia the USSR was able to acquire anything it required without having to govern the country. Khrushchev is also believed to have commented over the Bulgarian request in the following terms "We already have enough "Turkeys" (ie "Difficult Territories") in the USSR. We do not need anymore!" I suspect that this also applied to Mongolia as well.

    • @kts437
      @kts437 Před 2 lety

      MONGOLS ARE NOT TURKIC PEOPLE. MONGOLS ARE PROTO-MONGOLIC PEOPLE WHO ARE LINGUISTICALLY, GENETICALLY, CULTURALLY, AND RELIGIOUSLY DIFFERENT FROM THE SO-CALLED TURKIC AND TURKISH PEOPLE!!!!

    • @maikatideibaskapanaumrqlatupa
      @maikatideibaskapanaumrqlatupa Před 2 lety +20

      that's not exactly true. It was Todor Zhivkov who did it and not just once but twice. Just like all other communist leaders of eastern european countries during the cold war he was a bootlicker, if not the biggest one. The only reason he got to the sweet spot of leader of the BCP is all thanks to his bootlicking

    • @nicholaskelly6375
      @nicholaskelly6375 Před 2 lety +5

      @@maikatideibaskapanaumrqlatupa I know that Todor Zhivkov might have wanted Bulgaria to become a constituent republic of the USSR. However Supreme Soviet certainly did Not! That is why the Bulgarian-Soviet Joint Companies were in the favour of the USSR! The point was that the USSR did not want to get lumbered with more economic problems.
      As effectively they had control politically and that is what mattered.
      Also you had Romania between Bulgaria and the USSR
      This could have caused potential problems.
      As it was the USSR was in effective control Why make things more complicated.

    • @dan4461
      @dan4461 Před rokem +1

      bulgaria and the ussr didn't have a direct border. you don't need anything else

    • @nicholaskelly6375
      @nicholaskelly6375 Před rokem +7

      @@bbaker7467Mr Khrushchev didn't mean it in an ethnic sence at all.
      As the term "Turkeys" was meant in a political sence harking back to imperial Ottoman times when Turkey was "The Sick Man of Europe" and the word "Turkey" was used as a "cover all' describing any and all manner of corruption and incompetence on a governmental level!

  • @kbo8029
    @kbo8029 Před 2 lety +2

    Even knowing most of this, I still love watching this channel.

  • @colinp2238
    @colinp2238 Před 3 lety

    I love the animations in this series.

  • @toptenguy1
    @toptenguy1 Před 3 lety +214

    Most countries: "LEAVE US ALONE! WE WANT OUR INDEPENDENCE!"
    Mongolia: "Oh come on, why don't you love me? Am I too fat??"

  • @afterburnerfox
    @afterburnerfox Před 3 lety +614

    When you are Kelly MONEYMAKER but still can't make enough money to beat James Bissonet

    • @Ayy_Doll_Fiddler
      @Ayy_Doll_Fiddler Před 3 lety +66

      [laughs in Spinning 3 Plates]

    • @plugandsocket500
      @plugandsocket500 Před 3 lety +25

      Izzie?

    • @Tjalve70
      @Tjalve70 Před 3 lety +61

      Well, obviously Kelly is MAKING a lot of money, whereas James is SPENDING a lot of money.
      Maybe they're married, and the money James is spending, is what Kelly made.

    • @NineWorldsFromDrew
      @NineWorldsFromDrew Před 3 lety +7

      Faux BoJo has also had some old names turn up behind him! This makes Faux BoJo a bit despondent ☹️

    • @james_baker
      @james_baker Před 3 lety +12

      @@Tjalve70 Intriguing theory. Perhaps they all belong to the same extended family.

  • @warrenreid6109
    @warrenreid6109 Před 2 lety

    Thanks. I always wondered about that.

  • @mailfergal
    @mailfergal Před rokem

    🤣 I missed the “card it could hold” bit the first time around. Great vid as always 👍

  • @staffan-
    @staffan- Před 3 lety +547

    Let me guess before watching the video: In order to not cause tension with China.

    • @altairibnlaahad6593
      @altairibnlaahad6593 Před 3 lety +89

      Dont be crazy it’s because nobody wants to mess with the descendants of Genghis khan

    • @staffan-
      @staffan- Před 3 lety +39

      @@altairibnlaahad6593 Of course, how did I fail to realize this.

    • @nerdorama009
      @nerdorama009 Před 3 lety +5

      USSR 🤝 CDPR

    • @tron1852
      @tron1852 Před 3 lety +5

      DIng ding ding

    • @monkeydetonation
      @monkeydetonation Před 3 lety +6

      @@altairibnlaahad6593 But they did mess with Genghis' descendants - by refusing to annexing them

  • @number1kenyan
    @number1kenyan Před 3 lety +1626

    If the USSR annexed Mongolia it would mean that the Mongol empire would’ve kinda reformed

  • @doflamingo1360
    @doflamingo1360 Před 2 lety +6

    Mongolia: Russia senpai please annex me!! 🥺
    Russia: No
    Ukraine: Yamete kudasai Russia senpai! Please dont annex me! Onegaishimasu!
    Russia: xaxaxaxaxa let's the annexation begin 😈

  • @lw9954
    @lw9954 Před rokem +6

    Basically Mongolia created a buffer state of the USSR, in case the European countries decided to declare war on the mongols.

    • @lpatryk2004
      @lpatryk2004 Před rokem

      since when China or Japan are European

  • @rogerbak
    @rogerbak Před 3 lety +212

    In relationship terms and from the Soviet perspective......
    Mongolia : the girl you love to sleep with but never want to marry

  • @aturkishgamer9790
    @aturkishgamer9790 Před 3 lety +337

    The ussr denied the annexation when Mongolia’s chairman called Nikita Khrushchev daddy instead of Premier of the Soviet Union.

    • @gabrieldnchf2822
      @gabrieldnchf2822 Před 3 lety +34

      If that was me I would’ve annexed them right away

    • @ultra-papasmurf
      @ultra-papasmurf Před 3 lety +22

      @Da sea pickle of justice *oh no Step Comrade i've been so naughty, please send me to your gulag*

    • @lesscringeymapperdude
      @lesscringeymapperdude Před 3 lety +17

      daddy, why arent u responding, i sent u my food stock pictures

    • @ultra-papasmurf
      @ultra-papasmurf Před 3 lety +14

      Oh secretary of the communist party is that an bread line in your pocket or are you just happy to enjoy our conservative socialist thinking~?

    • @chipwalter4490
      @chipwalter4490 Před 3 lety +1

      Oh!......wtf?

  • @Nishkid641
    @Nishkid641 Před 2 lety +6

    People keep saying that Manchukuo was a puppet of Japan - simply because Manchukuo no longer existed. But Mongolia under communist was also just a Soviet puppet, yet today historians would only foolishly use the term "client state" simply cuz Mongolia still exists till this day. Double standard and hypocrisy much.

    • @ReSSwend
      @ReSSwend Před rokem

      There are many gradations of puppet states.

  • @Teoras
    @Teoras Před 3 lety +2

    That short Lithuania reference legit made me chuckle :))

  • @schnibbelhenry1232
    @schnibbelhenry1232 Před 3 lety +97

    In today’s episode of “something I’ve never thought about but now am extremely Interested in”

  • @DrFish547
    @DrFish547 Před 3 lety +89

    Mongolia in 1206: Annexes you
    Mongolia in 1940 : Annex me daddy!

  • @user-dd5bb9ho3k
    @user-dd5bb9ho3k Před rokem +2

    The main reason is geopolitical: until 1949, Mongolia was not recognized by anyone except the USSR.
    In 1949, the PRC (they themselves were recognized only in 1971) recognized the Mongolian People's Republic;
    Only in 1971 Mongolia was admitted to the UN;
    Taiwan recognized Mongolia's independence only in 2011 (!!!) year.

  • @sdaiwepm
    @sdaiwepm Před 2 lety +2

    So interesting! I have visited Mongolia, but did not know this.

  • @dmeads5663
    @dmeads5663 Před 3 lety +1631

    Texas: “can we join you?”
    USA: “no”
    Texas: “because of the slavery thing?”
    USA: “yes.... but check back later, we might change our mind.”

    • @i_dont_know_any_good_names5587
      @i_dont_know_any_good_names5587 Před 3 lety +180

      USA: " You cool Texas sure you can join, I sure hope this doesn't cause any issues within the union."

    • @GeneralSmitty91
      @GeneralSmitty91 Před 3 lety +114

      Mexico: 👀

    • @i_dont_know_any_good_names5587
      @i_dont_know_any_good_names5587 Před 3 lety +75

      @@GeneralSmitty91 We've sponsored your rebels in California, oh and we're at war now.

    • @llamadaroja6972
      @llamadaroja6972 Před 3 lety +30

      Texas "We wont let go the freedom to enslave other humans. The mexicans didnt get it and look what happened"

    • @brandonlyon730
      @brandonlyon730 Před 3 lety +50

      To be fair Mexico at the time was under the dictatorship of Santa Anna, and he had been enforcing his dictorial powers around that time and restricting the rights of all Mexican citizens. Texas wasn’t the only group that rebelled against his rule in Mexico at that time

  • @moralfagov
    @moralfagov Před 3 lety +312

    -"Please annex me, daddy"
    -"WTF no"

  • @Ignisan_66
    @Ignisan_66 Před rokem +3

    Mongolia be like: Annex me comrade, harder comrade!
    Soviet Union: What?
    Mongolia: What?

  • @jmalko9152
    @jmalko9152 Před 2 lety

    Informative!

  • @ichkaodko7020
    @ichkaodko7020 Před 3 lety +961

    Mongolian here. For contex: It was only puppet leader mini tyrant Tsedenbal's wish, even most high office holders were disgusted at idea of joining USSR. People of Mongolia also would rebel if it came true. Also, Tsedenbal not only gave the Tuva to Russia but also some other land too which is happen to be birth place of Tsedenbal himself. Tsedenbal promoted to his position because as you may guessed here, was a total pleaser. In the end, Tsedenbal was removed by same KGB which put him in that position in the first place.

    • @user-cx1ki8li4t
      @user-cx1ki8li4t Před 2 lety +35

      Yes, once I drank too much and told a Chinese Mongolian that the Soviets were handsome, so their behavior in Mongolia was right. He was very angry and asked me to apologize after I recovered my mind. After I sincerely apologized, he gave me a brief introduction to the beautiful words of Mongolia and forgave me.

    • @ichkaodko7020
      @ichkaodko7020 Před 2 lety +24

      @@user-cx1ki8li4t what has your drunken night to do with our discussion here? are u drunken again? objectively speaking, yes Soviet are more handsome than all asians including you and me only man who exceeds soviets in beauty was a chairman Mao, alas, he's gone now but still don't get what it has to do with anything here?

    • @user-cx1ki8li4t
      @user-cx1ki8li4t Před 2 lety +10

      @ichka odko:I tell my story to support your point. Some people don't support the Soviets, such as my friend. He repeatedly stressed to me how beautiful the previous Mongolian characters were as a reason to oppose the Soviet Union. In order to show that my mind is against the Soviet Union, I put his Mongolian name out.ᠲᠠᠯ᠎ᠠ ᠨᠤᠲᠤᠭ ᠤᠨ ᠬᠥᠪᠡᠭᠦᠨ 。

    • @user-cx1ki8li4t
      @user-cx1ki8li4t Před 2 lety +6

      this story can refute the wrong view of the video that "the Soviet Union rejected Mongolia's accession because of China". In fact, the Chinese have no influence. But the Mongols (although my friend just is Mongol in spirit and blood) are very resistant to the Soviet Union.😓😓😓

    • @ichkaodko7020
      @ichkaodko7020 Před 2 lety +8

      @@user-cx1ki8li4t well, technically speaking, yes, china has considerable amount of influence in this matter. Keeping Mongolia a separated both from russia and china was an interest of both china and russia. In the face of zero-sum struggle with capitalist bloc, last thing ussr wanted was to spend resource to protect its border with china along the long border line of russia, mongolia and china so keeping Mongolia independent was a one way to reduce that border protection cost. So same goes for china as well about border protection, plus china didn't want to get into zero-sum struggle with ussr, and in case, china fights with ussr, china wanted same thing as ussr, a buffer zone between them, not only it would give them arena to fight but also time to prepare.

  • @jaflob6610
    @jaflob6610 Před 3 lety +70

    I always just thought it was a buffer state between China and the Soviets

    • @garmenlin5990
      @garmenlin5990 Před 3 lety +24

      It's not a buffer state if the Russian and Chinese borders meet in so many places!

    • @asdf-fl1ib
      @asdf-fl1ib Před 3 lety +3

      it is. Which keeps the balance as is between Russia and China so everyone's happy, well mostly. You also have Inner Mongolia in China proper which is another story for another video.

    • @plugandsocket500
      @plugandsocket500 Před 3 lety +19

      @@garmenlin5990 a buffer need not always imply geographic or militaristic.. there are also economic, strategic, diplomatic and many types of buffers. In this case, Mongolia is a strategic buffer that can/could be used as a pawn.. uh, i mean, "insurance" against China.

    • @CDang-ms6dc
      @CDang-ms6dc Před 3 lety

      It stopped to be a buffer already when it was virtually part of USSR and was only independent in name

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 Před 3 lety +2

      @@plugandsocket500 but tbh Mongolia have a VERY good relationship with Russia

  • @nik65stgt60
    @nik65stgt60 Před rokem

    Super content!

  • @donaldmac1250
    @donaldmac1250 Před 2 lety

    thanks...i like your style.

  • @Mr101spb
    @Mr101spb Před 3 lety +486

    “It was already giving the USSR everything it wanted”
    Sounds like a desperate dude showering a woman with gifts only to be directly told by her “I’m not going to sleep with you because you’re just going to keep giving me all this stuff either way”

    • @1blackice1
      @1blackice1 Před 3 lety +96

      Mongolia biggest commie simp of the 20th century.

    • @chesterdonnelly1212
      @chesterdonnelly1212 Před 3 lety +8

      @888GRM your way round makes much more sense.

    • @davecullins1606
      @davecullins1606 Před 3 lety +9

      Fuck's sake, I hate women having in that kind of power.

    • @ElBandito
      @ElBandito Před 3 lety +2

      Actually the alternative of not doing SU's bidding was death, as Stalin's purges killed 1/30th of the Mongolian population during 1930s.

    • @HeadsFullOfEyeballs
      @HeadsFullOfEyeballs Před 3 lety

      @@ElBandito That's how it worked under Stalin, who just generally liked to kill people, sure. But it doesn't apply to the post-Stalin period, when you had to do a proper uprising like the Hungarians for the Soviets to come murder you. Eastern Bloc states like East Germany frequently went against the Soviet Union's wishes and no-one got killed.

  • @SwissSareth
    @SwissSareth Před 3 lety +89

    One of these days, the list of people to thank will be longer than the rest of the video.

  • @deaansugee
    @deaansugee Před 2 lety +11

    "the USSR was under a new mustache of leadership and chose to postpone the meeting the monday the fourth of the month of never"
    I am now subscribed. Lol'd nicely.

  • @scottstallings5029
    @scottstallings5029 Před 2 lety

    GREAT SHOW 👍

  • @spielerexe9938
    @spielerexe9938 Před 3 lety +27

    1:25 LMAO I don't blame you I wouldn't even know where to start with that name.

  • @SYDSYMA
    @SYDSYMA Před 3 lety +142

    it's always "James Bissonnette this" or "Kelly Moneymaker that", but only day one subscribers will remember Party Boyko...

    • @CallieMasters5000
      @CallieMasters5000 Před 3 lety +12

      Spinning 3 Plates and CopperTone disagree

    • @pikilic4481
      @pikilic4481 Před 3 lety +7

      Mark Asazna is never mentioned in the comments ever. But for some reason, I think his name sounds great.

    • @Nomenooooo
      @Nomenooooo Před 3 lety +9

      you guys forget...
      ''Moe''

    • @Nietabs
      @Nietabs Před 3 lety

      E

    • @Theporkchopsandwhich
      @Theporkchopsandwhich Před 3 lety +3

      I always liked three spinning plates

  • @moritamikamikara3879
    @moritamikamikara3879 Před 2 lety +4

    Fun fact: The Mongolian communist regime banned nomadic life.
    What the hell were they thinking?

  • @Temuulente
    @Temuulente Před rokem +6

    I wouldn’t say being under soviet control for 30 or 40 years is terrible idea. I mean like look at the Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Turkmens. They all got the basic infrastructure, factories, facilities that were crucial to build a nation back in 90s. What we had left with is dozens of empty soviet military bases, one railway, one copper mine. If we had soviet powered factories and infrastructure, i’d say we’d be doing great by now. Lol now this country is at least 30 years behind our Kazakh and Uzbek counterparts.

  • @hfar_in_the_sky
    @hfar_in_the_sky Před 3 lety +39

    The fact Mongolia also made a convenient and expendable buffer state in the event China decided to become outright hostile towards the USSR was also just a added bonus, I'm sure.

    • @linshitaolst4936
      @linshitaolst4936 Před 2 lety +7

      The Chinese once had the opportunity to annex Mongolia again, but China wasted it. It was during the period of the division of warlords in northern China that Mongolia took the initiative to ask China for help, because the Mongols were fed up with the oppression of the Russians. However, when the Chinese warlords entered their territory, they found that these warlords were more cruel than the Russians, even more than their ancestor Genghis Khan, which made Mongolia completely fall to the Soviets

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican Před 3 lety +226

    "Annex me (daddy)"
    *I see you're a man of culture as well*

  • @Wfalen
    @Wfalen Před 10 měsíci +2

    Fun fact: Todor Zhivkov of Bulgaria asked the same from the Soviets. They saw Zhivkov as the worst kind of brown nose and ruling something that didn't have a land connection was seen as too much of a hassel. Also it would have brought incredible instability with a hostile Yugoslavia and Greece as neighbours. Not to mentoon that Ceausescus Romania was now distancing himself from the Soviets.
    So the Soviet leadership basically laughed Zhivkov off.

  • @HaventheDemoness-vy9lx
    @HaventheDemoness-vy9lx Před 3 lety +11

    1:32 Oh my god I laughed XD
    That guy next to Nikita: *uncomfy vibes*

  • @ramen_9588
    @ramen_9588 Před 3 lety +137

    *Legend has it that China and the Soviet Union is still waiting for the meeting to this day.*

  • @HVACSoldier
    @HVACSoldier Před 3 lety +246

    “Sell us beef.” I’m sure some people will miss the joke.

  • @Killzoneguy117
    @Killzoneguy117 Před 2 lety

    I love the portraits of corn in the background.
    Nice little call back to Khruschev's fascination with corn.

  • @playwars3037
    @playwars3037 Před 4 měsíci

    1:05 I love the fact that they went through the trouble of making a calendar with the four first squares greyed out just so they could make it match to monday the 4th XD

  • @LegendStormcrow
    @LegendStormcrow Před 3 lety +265

    When Texas first asked to be annexed to the US it was told no.

    • @LegendStormcrow
      @LegendStormcrow Před 3 lety +1

      @CipiRipi00 The US or Spain?

    • @LegendStormcrow
      @LegendStormcrow Před 3 lety +2

      @CipiRipi00 I thought you were saying Mexico tried it too, which knowing their history and culture would be surprising. Spain did them dirtt.

    • @Cabbage22927
      @Cabbage22927 Před 3 lety +13

      @CipiRipi00 it wasnt just war with mexico, other states didnt want to add another state below the dixie line.

    • @IsraelCountryCube
      @IsraelCountryCube Před 2 lety

      @@Cabbage22927 ah racist democrats! Yes yes the dixiecrats!

    • @IsraelCountryCube
      @IsraelCountryCube Před 2 lety +1

      @@LegendStormcrow im hispanic and have mexican parents my mom legal and my father illegal lol. Personally dont care about other peoples opinions thats of the past who cares if Spain did Mexico dirty. All those people are dead todays different now. I love All Spanish Countries. Mabye except for salvador but theyre all great.

  • @daveirwin6903
    @daveirwin6903 Před 3 lety +161

    1:01 Joseph earns his name: Stallin’.

  • @hxcvocalist
    @hxcvocalist Před 2 lety +12

    Mongolia in 1200 : We will invade the entire universe
    Mongolia in Cold war : Please invade us, we have throat singers and cookies.

  • @dorjbayar1286
    @dorjbayar1286 Před rokem +3

    Please understand only one thing. Qing dynasty was not China. China was one of the many colonies of Qing dynasty. Chinese were most populous ethnic group in Qing dynasty. That fact can not make Qing dynasty China. Hindu was the most populous ethnic group in British Empire, but nobody says British Empire was Hindu. For example: Consider this Qing law: If a Chinese person dies in Mongolia or Manchu land, his corpse should not be buried there, it should be removed back to China. A Chinese person was treated like this under Qing rule. This is only Chinese propaganda that Qing were a Chinese dynasty.

  • @enderreaper1482
    @enderreaper1482 Před 3 lety +40

    “Monday the 4th of never”
    I like that line

  • @joelaldodiaz
    @joelaldodiaz Před 3 lety +141

    I can already hear my mother telling my sister who just moved in with her boyfriend “see? This is why you don’t give the boy all that he wants because then you don’t ever get married !”

  • @Tark_
    @Tark_ Před rokem +4

    Never realized how small the population of Mongolia is.
    It only has a population of 3.2 million as of today

  • @larrybaby9377
    @larrybaby9377 Před 2 lety +6

    Good. I had no idea of the Soviet/Russian role in this. I had always wondered why Mongolia was not snatched up by Mao & Communist China, and you have also answered this.

    • @dra6o0n
      @dra6o0n Před 2 lety

      Notice how communist regimes don't like to get involved with each other, and sees every other types of governments in the world as enemies?
      Its like Tyrants and authoritarians are a dying breed and they gotta unite against the peacekeepers and the peace lovers.

  • @chikafujiwara9889
    @chikafujiwara9889 Před 3 lety +6

    so basically your telling me Mongolia had a crush on USSR

  • @someguy8955
    @someguy8955 Před 3 lety +41

    1:26 😂🤣😂. That's why I subscribed.

  • @enkhbaatartserendendev8354

    Can you mention the sources? As a Mongolian, I have never heard these annexation requests.

  • @corym8358
    @corym8358 Před 11 měsíci +2

    So it was just because they just weren't feeling it. "It's not you, it's us"...