A Super Quick History of Latvia

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  • čas přidán 7. 09. 2021
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Komentáře • 205

  • @GuncaFromlv
    @GuncaFromlv Před 2 lety +221

    You're the only channel that features small countries like mine. Thank you for that brother!

  • @claudiao7743
    @claudiao7743 Před 2 lety +54

    This channel is perfect for people with short attention spans.

  • @roombussr5676
    @roombussr5676 Před 2 lety +64

    Finally a CZcamsr who covers Latvia, an Often just skimmed Over Nation, Me Being Latvian This Just Gives me A Massive Flush Of Happiness

  • @user-je1wu7mc7h
    @user-je1wu7mc7h Před 2 lety +49

    Finally, someone acknowledges latvia

  • @chi0coed318
    @chi0coed318 Před 2 lety +19

    Our brothers are growing:)
    Hello from Lithuania 🇱🇹

  • @LOLLIPOPandCHOCO
    @LOLLIPOPandCHOCO Před 2 lety +118

    So sad to see what Latvia has been through. Greetings from Greece

    • @Sa4ry6
      @Sa4ry6 Před rokem +1

      OOO PALDIES MILULĪTI

    • @rezz77s
      @rezz77s Před rokem

      Greetings from australia

    • @simplyramble9660
      @simplyramble9660 Před rokem +4

      It is still very visible how much all of this affected and still affects Latvia today in our daily lives, from traditions, even to how people act.
      It is so amazing seeing my country being recognised more, Latvia's culture and history is rich and beautiful

    • @bobpimza
      @bobpimza Před rokem

      @@simplyramble9660 also from latvia :)

    • @explosive_koala1
      @explosive_koala1 Před 9 měsíci

      Hi from Latvia! (Sveiki no Latvijas!)

  • @RespectTheLogos3
    @RespectTheLogos3 Před 2 lety +73

    Latvia has been through so much pain. I feel bad for that poor country.
    Next is Lebanon! 🇱🇧

  • @SloveLDK
    @SloveLDK Před 2 lety +12

    Love Latvia from Lithuania 🇱🇹🤝🇱🇻

  • @Nispark
    @Nispark Před 10 měsíci +6

    Have been to latvia a few times and have been lucky to meet so many amazing people that have welcomed me into their homes and showed me their traditions,hopefully be back next year again.greetings from Ireland

  • @yoda1151
    @yoda1151 Před 2 lety +12

    im latvian i live in latvia i heard storys from my grandpa about how harsh it was but now we are happy, and chillin

    • @WolfzRuffianLV
      @WolfzRuffianLV Před 2 lety +4

      Cerams, ka tā arī paliks, tagad nav zināms kā būs ar šo visu putina iebrukumu .-.

    • @yoda1151
      @yoda1151 Před 2 lety +2

      @@WolfzRuffianLV nu tagad nav zināms kas notiks

    • @WolfzRuffianLV
      @WolfzRuffianLV Před 2 lety +3

      @@yoda1151 Diemžēl, jā. Turamies kopā, vienmēr kā tauta esam izturējuši sliktus laikus, krievu uzbrukumus un iebrukumus, izturēsim arī tagad!

    • @GodModeLord
      @GodModeLord Před 6 měsíci

  • @mr.chicken1017
    @mr.chicken1017 Před 2 lety +11

    Greetings from Lithuania!

  • @hill_side
    @hill_side Před 2 lety +7

    here is latvias history summerised: Latvia; RUSSIA COULD U NOT ATTACK ME FOR 2SEC?

  • @thenewpogitaly
    @thenewpogitaly Před 2 lety +5

    This is one of my favourite History Channel rn

  • @renaldesre
    @renaldesre Před 8 měsíci

    you are one of the youtubers that featured a whole video for latvia. Thank ya pal

  • @ruthmaryrose
    @ruthmaryrose Před rokem +2

    My brother married a woman from Latvia so I’m trying to find out about her country. Thanks for this. It’s nice to get a quick painless overview of Latvia’s history. That’s always helpful before digging deeper. 🙂

  • @MattiasFen
    @MattiasFen Před 2 lety +9

    Awesome video, great to see smaller countries being taught about on CZcams.

  • @EdwardOberon
    @EdwardOberon Před 2 lety +6

    Well done Latvia. Beautiful country

  • @jovydaskniuipys3898
    @jovydaskniuipys3898 Před 2 lety +5

    dude..... you put in lithanian map in Latvian video....

  • @stevenmaginnis1965
    @stevenmaginnis1965 Před 2 lety +5

    Praise to the great Latvian bobsledder Janis Kipurs!

  • @donataspilibas314
    @donataspilibas314 Před 2 lety +12

    Just notice: last map which you showed is of Lithuania (3:53 min.), not Latvia. Anyway, like your work :)

  • @BuddhaL0rd
    @BuddhaL0rd Před 2 lety

    Thank you buddy everything I needed to know.

  • @pauliustamosiunas
    @pauliustamosiunas Před rokem +4

    3:56 - speaking about Latvia, showing a map of Lithuania, and calling the exiles "märtsiküüditamine" - Estonian term (March Exiles). Could it be more mixed up?

  • @christophernakhoul3472
    @christophernakhoul3472 Před 2 lety +2

    Excited for the video on Lebanon! Could you please add the the mount Lebanon emirate into the video?

  • @markusssakalis1458
    @markusssakalis1458 Před rokem +5

    Rich isn't a word I'd use to call Latvia, unless it's like somewhat meant culturally.

    • @Respear
      @Respear Před rokem +2

      As a Latvian, I think only Riga is rich because in Daugavpils everything sucks.

    • @drerri
      @drerri Před 11 měsíci +4

      When compared to the rest of the world it is a rich country.

    • @dreamthedream8929
      @dreamthedream8929 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@Respearit's rich even daugavpils compared to perhaps the majority of the world

    • @patrick2001fly
      @patrick2001fly Před 2 měsíci

      pasaule ir 195 valstis, latvija ir 48 bagātākā, viss ir perspektīvā :)

  • @klm8721
    @klm8721 Před 3 měsíci +1

    In mai 2024 I will visit Latvia for the first time..

  • @sachikovl.5600
    @sachikovl.5600 Před 2 lety +14

    3:53
    Thats not Latvia

  • @rayanlaghmich8962
    @rayanlaghmich8962 Před 2 lety +1

    Nice video! You should get more views

  • @DRAGONISSUS
    @DRAGONISSUS Před měsícem

    in the old part of Riga, there is a building where a cat faced its butt on a building which was an enemy business or smth i forgot i saw it a long time ago

  • @agritakarklina8677
    @agritakarklina8677 Před 2 lety +4

    Hello from Latvia plus u sayed all the latvian words and names super perfectly not bad

  • @mightymagnus
    @mightymagnus Před 3 měsíci

    When Tsar Peter took Latvia (Livonia) and Estonia from Sweden, he noticed that everything was in extreme order, apparently the Swedes spent a lot on that which confused him.

  • @jackmyers8687
    @jackmyers8687 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Started watching these kind of vids because my new roommate is from Latvia and I I want to understand her culture better 🇱🇻

  • @ashlinellis5923
    @ashlinellis5923 Před 2 lety +3

    Just found out my great grandpa came from Latvia in the 1950s got an ancestry test can’t wait to see if I have any

    • @hunterball902
      @hunterball902 Před 2 lety +2

      You should have some ancestry, he is your ancestor, you inherit some of his genes via his descendants

    • @Lay-Man
      @Lay-Man Před rokem

      How was it?

  • @seanturner7
    @seanturner7 Před 2 lety +4

    Latvian jokes are my favorite!

  • @venomtailOG
    @venomtailOG Před 2 lety +6

    Kingdom of Jersika is a bit wrong. Maybe after the Christian crusades it might have been heavily subjugated by Orthodox Christian but it was a fully Baltic tribe, Pagan. In fact the last Pagan kingdom to hold out and fall to the Chrisitans.

  • @chingading957
    @chingading957 Před 2 lety

    Very good

  • @zird_
    @zird_ Před 2 lety +1

    Hello from Latvia! Now I know more stuff my history teacher about Latvia.

    • @bendors97
      @bendors97 Před 8 měsíci +2

      Nav paveicies ar vēstures učuku

    • @zird_
      @zird_ Před 8 měsíci

      @@bendors97 učene

  • @ioan_jivan
    @ioan_jivan Před rokem +1

    I just like how the name Latvia sounds

  • @siviweslara1023
    @siviweslara1023 Před 2 lety +1

    A country I would mos Def like to visit

  • @wolfsbaneandnightshade2166

    My great uncle disapeared in the night to siberia from Riga

  • @braineurons
    @braineurons Před 2 lety +2

    Hello from Kyrgyzstan.

  • @turulszervac1714
    @turulszervac1714 Před 4 měsíci

    I know this is meant to be super simplified but this seemed extremely simple even for that. How do you not mention the Kurzemes un Zemgales hercogiste and its colonies? Or anything about the Livonians? Or how a Latvian invented jeans?

  • @ievabertasiute-grosbaha6001
    @ievabertasiute-grosbaha6001 Před 8 měsíci

    I'm Latvian and Lithuanian thank you very much for this video

  • @Not_Evil_
    @Not_Evil_ Před 2 lety +7

    I ve recently become very interested in Baltic countries after I ve found out 40% my Genes are from Prussian Region and 33% Baltic the Rest Scandinavian

  • @davislucins4865
    @davislucins4865 Před 2 lety

    Hello, good viddeo

  • @Omnigreen
    @Omnigreen Před 2 lety

    Great as alwaya!

  • @NotCoolSnowball
    @NotCoolSnowball Před 6 měsíci

    Great video! But i am kinda sad that you did not mention the short lived latvian colonies

  • @girtskazmins5154
    @girtskazmins5154 Před rokem

    where did you get your info on Jersika from - its wrong.

  • @liyuzq
    @liyuzq Před 2 lety +2

    I’m from there!

  • @Kvassman69
    @Kvassman69 Před 2 lety +1

    3:23 you almost speled it perfectly

  • @Heroismblackinfant
    @Heroismblackinfant Před 2 lety +1

    Can you do Trinidad and Tobago

    • @131alexa
      @131alexa Před 2 lety

      He'll get to it one day: he's going in alphabetical order

  • @PakBallandSami
    @PakBallandSami Před 2 lety +2

    "bad joke incoming" nah man it is good joke

  • @JaViTjOk
    @JaViTjOk Před 7 měsíci

    Rich peaceful nation, made me chuckle :D

  • @zalamysup6831
    @zalamysup6831 Před 2 lety +1

    well the history of my country is very painfull and rich

  • @janispaeglis4797
    @janispaeglis4797 Před 2 lety

    Not bad, not bad at all. 👍

  • @BruceWayne-pm6co
    @BruceWayne-pm6co Před 2 lety +3

    Kristaps Porzingis

  • @officialneverfar
    @officialneverfar Před 2 lety +1

    Can you do a video on serbia

  • @linasvalutkevicius5676
    @linasvalutkevicius5676 Před 2 lety +1

    Braliukas Latvija

  • @hoyinching9313
    @hoyinching9313 Před 2 měsíci

    Painful history. Let's hope their future is prosperous.

  • @slaptukass
    @slaptukass Před 2 lety

    This human does not spend time in vain

  • @matiss_f1
    @matiss_f1 Před rokem

    Paldies

  • @eimantaspovilaitis130
    @eimantaspovilaitis130 Před 2 lety +1

    Says Latvia and displays Lithuanian map ;D 3:53

  • @soumiks4975
    @soumiks4975 Před 2 lety +7

    'They liked them a LAT'
    The captions:
    'They liked them a lot'
    UTTER BLASPHEMY!

  • @ballsballs129
    @ballsballs129 Před 2 lety +1

    I’m Latvian

  • @user-mg2ip8cr8z
    @user-mg2ip8cr8z Před 5 měsíci

    So u basically ignore how a Finnic country was taken over by Balys .This was Livonia ,its people were Finnic Livonians not Baltic Latvians

  • @janisennitis2876
    @janisennitis2876 Před 9 měsíci

    I am Latvian thanks

  • @die4satana590
    @die4satana590 Před 10 měsíci +1

    dievs sveti Latviju, viss ko es zinu dzivo 15 gadi Latvijā

  • @swatsaw6
    @swatsaw6 Před 9 měsíci

    3:56 map of lithuania and text pretty sure in estonian

  • @heyimlithuanian1003
    @heyimlithuanian1003 Před 2 lety

    the baltic life B)

  • @Sa4ry6
    @Sa4ry6 Před rokem +3

    Well i'm latvian
    I realised what happened in latvia
    I was born in 2013 so i'm only 9
    So
    PALDIES MĪLULĪTI BUČAS NO LATVIAS! ♡♡

  • @gdlcltu3392
    @gdlcltu3392 Před 2 lety +2

    Now do lithuania ._.

    • @131alexa
      @131alexa Před 2 lety +1

      He's on the letter L so pretty soon!

  • @averagejoe7987
    @averagejoe7987 Před 16 hodinami

    Latvia wouldn't have many of the existential problems if there were 50 millions of you. Just get your priorities straight.

  • @danieleliyahu3014
    @danieleliyahu3014 Před rokem

    Damn, latvian jews....have to pay them respect when i visit latvia

  • @Norg1
    @Norg1 Před 3 měsíci

    cool history i hope the lats can leave in peace with all its neighbors ...but sadly one day the russians prob will return ...but i doubt they could ever hold the balts
    but i think the russians just wants to end nato and not the baltics i think they really want to join the european union and have no nato or no USA involved and just be europe on its own

  • @aldiskalcenaus
    @aldiskalcenaus Před 2 lety

    I am latvija čau kā iet?

    • @SloveLDK
      @SloveLDK Před 2 lety +1

      As a Lithuanian. I can almost understand this.

  • @svenssipols953
    @svenssipols953 Před 2 lety

    I am sick to see this coming again in Europe. We are going to suffer again. =(

  • @kartupelu_pankucinas
    @kartupelu_pankucinas Před 6 měsíci +1

    In 1991, civillians stopped the invaders by blocking the streets with tractors, scrap metal and trucks and sat by them with weapons. In lithuania they tried the same, but resorted to blocking the streets with people. Far too many were killed. In latvia many were shot as well, including children going home from school

  • @renks7112
    @renks7112 Před 2 lety

    DAY 2 OF ASKING FOR A DISCORD SERVER

  • @enyaskoromnova5487
    @enyaskoromnova5487 Před rokem

    Students solved things out even Russia not invaded 😯

  • @lakshmipraveen8734
    @lakshmipraveen8734 Před 2 lety +1

    Taiwan Please!!!

    • @131alexa
      @131alexa Před 2 lety +1

      He'll get to it one day: he's going in alphabetical order

  • @SimtsDnD
    @SimtsDnD Před 2 lety +8

    4:25 "rich nation" ... yeah no sorry bud we are poor and hella in debts

    • @simplyramble9660
      @simplyramble9660 Před rokem +2

      Rich in Traditions and history tho!

    • @SimtsDnD
      @SimtsDnD Před rokem

      @@simplyramble9660 yeah you're not wrong about our history being rich.. first time in history records one of our cities was mentioned in early year 1200's

    • @forestl7758
      @forestl7758 Před rokem

      Bro, we ain't poor, and do you know what national debt even means?

    • @dreamthedream8929
      @dreamthedream8929 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@SimtsDnDof course latvia is a rich country compared to the majority of the world

    • @SimtsDnD
      @SimtsDnD Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@dreamthedream8929 what gives u that impression?

  • @sinpinborgerman520
    @sinpinborgerman520 Před rokem

    Jā kā tad bagāti

  • @kartupelu_pankucinas
    @kartupelu_pankucinas Před 6 měsíci +1

    OMG SOMEONE REMEMBERED US

  • @enyaskoromnova5487
    @enyaskoromnova5487 Před rokem

    😯they renounce their citizenship because Latvia ☮️ country 😯 German didn't invaded because of french half brothers 😯

  • @venusspeechless8990
    @venusspeechless8990 Před rokem

    i'm going to marry someone from Latvia is it a good choice? pls someone tell me should i do or not.

    • @drerri
      @drerri Před 11 měsíci +1

      You talk like it's an arranged marriage?

    • @_inveterate
      @_inveterate Před měsícem

      Go for it 🤭

  • @janka4820
    @janka4820 Před 8 měsíci +1

    calling us rich is a wild exudation of our economic standing

  • @MrLeviaFUN
    @MrLeviaFUN Před 6 měsíci +2

    Now it's a rich, happy country? What bull droppings is this?! 😅

    • @_inveterate
      @_inveterate Před měsícem

      Probably relatively speaking…

  • @nandiabatsaikhan922
    @nandiabatsaikhan922 Před 2 lety +1

    next mongolia please ☺️👌🏻🇲🇳

    • @131alexa
      @131alexa Před 2 lety

      He's going in alphabetical order so coming quite soon!

  • @user-qp5zs2sq5c
    @user-qp5zs2sq5c Před 3 měsíci

    Phh.. stop Russian theater called Latvia..

  • @King_Julien771
    @King_Julien771 Před 2 lety

    you mean touch you say it like this chow learn your Latvian and Russian

  • @grounded9623
    @grounded9623 Před 2 lety

    PUTINS coming for you. - LOL

  • @refresh1989
    @refresh1989 Před 8 měsíci +1

    there's no history in latvia

  • @blackchrysler
    @blackchrysler Před 2 lety +4

    Latvia today is a second world country... people aren't hesitating to abandon their country and it's population is shrinking rapidly, joining the EU only hastened that and made it easier for people to leave the country. Not to mention the racist and nationalistic Latvians that sadly are also in the government.

    • @yourmum69_420
      @yourmum69_420 Před 2 lety +3

      second world means communist

    • @manometras
      @manometras Před 2 lety +9

      @@yourmum69_420 Latvia is not communist, and not the second world country, but some love to whine about it. They could better leave Latvia and go to live to their beloved Russia instead.

    • @WolfzRuffianLV
      @WolfzRuffianLV Před 2 lety +2

      Yes, it is sad how many Latvians leave their Fatherland.
      And, unfortunately, it doesn't seem like our government is very Nationalistic.

    • @dreamthedream8929
      @dreamthedream8929 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@WolfzRuffianLVactually some Latvians don't leave a nice impression. Seem to be nationalistic and racist. Which is evident in the comments that Latvians leave, especially under lv ziņu kanāla video. Just feels really bad

  • @LUDYNAKYIV
    @LUDYNAKYIV Před 10 měsíci

    Make Ukraine 🇺🇦