The First Soviet Five Year Plan

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  • čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
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  • @megaprojects9649
    @megaprojects9649  Před 3 lety +222

    SideProjects: for when it's just not quite MEGA enough! This is an awesome new channel from Simon Whistler that serves as a companion to MegaProjects. Here at MP, we'll continue to cover huge undertakings, often with outsized global implications... over at SP, which is published on alternating days, we'll give you interesting projects, stories, and tidbits that aren't quite so massive. We hope you'll subscribe to both!
    Subscribe to SideProjects: czcams.com/channels/3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg.html

    • @Sideprojects
      @Sideprojects Před 3 lety +26

      I am Sideprojects, and I approve this message.

    • @noudfrenken1
      @noudfrenken1 Před 3 lety +14

      Nice! This is what, your 26th channel?🤣

    • @shanehaney6040
      @shanehaney6040 Před 3 lety +9

      Another day, another channel, another step closer to Simon being the only CZcamsr on the site.

    • @mishrachabra4471
      @mishrachabra4471 Před 3 lety +5

      Do a megaproject on TESLA GIGAFACTORY in California

    • @chronosschiron
      @chronosschiron Před 3 lety

      bad breath megaproject......

  • @MatthewJemilo
    @MatthewJemilo Před 3 lety +598

    "First of thirteen 'Five Year Plans.'" -yeah, I'm down for 12 more of these

    • @Arbiter099
      @Arbiter099 Před 3 lety +26

      It's like potatoe chips or battles on the Isonzo river, you can't have just one

    • @kailashbtw9103
      @kailashbtw9103 Před 3 lety +9

      SAME i really liked it. Also I think he was very impartial in detailing it. There were terrifying human losses during those 5 years, but there were also massive industrial gains and it cemented Russia as a global superpower.

    • @mannymarotta
      @mannymarotta Před 3 lety +9

      @@Arbiter099and like Battles of the Isonzo River, they all result in bureaucrats bungling things up and thousands of people dying

    • @tyrantstomper
      @tyrantstomper Před 3 lety +6

      Sounds like "15 days" to slow the spread, just about 50 times back to back

    • @lordcabello
      @lordcabello Před 3 lety +4

      I would love to see the rest of them!!

  • @surrodox
    @surrodox Před 3 lety +1414

    Megaproject idea: Simon's channel managing skills

    • @williamwilson304
      @williamwilson304 Před 3 lety +24

      This is perfect we need his wisdom!

    • @hughjass9914
      @hughjass9914 Před 3 lety +9

      Holy shit....

    • @generalhyde007
      @generalhyde007 Před 3 lety +19

      Is this 9 channels that he has done or is doing now?

    • @zacharystewart9790
      @zacharystewart9790 Před 3 lety +13

      Haha right! He should make a video giving everyone who helps with his channels a shout-out

    • @outcast170
      @outcast170 Před 3 lety +37

      Not to mention his new kid, I guess that's one way to get out of changing diapers,
      "Sorry I can't get this one, uh... I'm starting a new channel!"

  • @cammando2363
    @cammando2363 Před 3 lety +119

    Wouldn’t mind hearing more about the next few 5 year plans

  • @matthewmoser1284
    @matthewmoser1284 Před 3 lety +122

    Anybody else come here after watching Simon lament how no one watched this in his T-35 video? 😅

    • @External2737
      @External2737 Před 3 lety +6

      Yes, I... had to search for this video.

    • @Quinnknights
      @Quinnknights Před 3 lety +4

      heh yup

    • @srdavis37
      @srdavis37 Před 3 lety +7

      Yep. Felt sorry for him, so here I am!

    • @lsxbird7874
      @lsxbird7874 Před 3 lety +2

      Yup. Glad I did

    • @Couldnt_let_J.Marston_die
      @Couldnt_let_J.Marston_die Před 3 lety +8

      Giving you an update after watching the T35 video this video was the first video that popped up afterwards. So Simon's mentioning the video has definitely helped.

  • @owensquelch449
    @owensquelch449 Před 3 lety +227

    So thats;
    Megaprojects
    Geographic
    Business blaze
    Today I found out
    Toptenz
    Simon whistler
    Side projects
    (I'm probably missing some aswell)
    That Simon Whistler is host of.
    This guy takes up like half the channels I watch.
    Edit: biographics, just remembered.

  • @bradenwilliams5826
    @bradenwilliams5826 Před 3 lety +100

    Megaprojects: the boeing Everett factory: home to the largest building in the world by volume

    • @tonybrodeur4766
      @tonybrodeur4766 Před 3 lety +3

      YES!!!

    • @spoon102
      @spoon102 Před 3 lety +4

      across town from my house lol

    • @tgdm
      @tgdm Před 3 lety +2

      Is that the one that produces its own interior weather patterns?

    • @bradenwilliams5826
      @bradenwilliams5826 Před 3 lety +1

      tgdm, I know that they do develop clouds inside due to the 11 story height.

    • @Tubluer
      @Tubluer Před 3 lety +1

      @@tgdm Houston Astrodome does that. It's been known to rain inside.

  • @victorbeltramo3314
    @victorbeltramo3314 Před 3 lety +65

    Megaprojects suggestion: Moving the swedish town Kiruna to prevent it from falling down a mine.

    • @DarthBigBen
      @DarthBigBen Před 3 lety +3

      We should take Kiruna, and push it somewhere else!

  • @nashthebaker9338
    @nashthebaker9338 Před 3 lety +80

    Megaprojects Suggestions: German bucket wheel excavators and Big Muskie.
    Both are/were the largest terrestrial machines on the planet.

    • @toddlerj102
      @toddlerj102 Před 3 lety +5

      That's a fikkin huge machine! What is it like supposed to be , each bucket would fit a van in it or something an like 20 buckets on the wheel.
      I second your suggestion!

    • @nashthebaker9338
      @nashthebaker9338 Před 3 lety +3

      @@toddlerj102 Big Muskie had the biggest single bucket of any digging machine in the world. 2 Greyhound busses could fit side by side in it.

    • @le_travie7724
      @le_travie7724 Před 3 lety +3

      The Bagger 288

    • @ryandowney8743
      @ryandowney8743 Před 3 lety +1

      In the second Ghost Rider movie he turns a bucket wheel excavator into a fiery hellvehicle!

  • @glennlaroche1524
    @glennlaroche1524 Před 3 lety +65

    Simon: starts aNoThEr channel
    Cats: we no longer control the internet-call for an orbital strike

    • @stephjovi
      @stephjovi Před 3 lety +3

      They still control the rest of the internet 😂.

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 Před 3 lety +16

    4:10 - Chapter 1 - Lenin death
    6:20 - Chapter 2 - 1928
    8:55 - Chapter 3 - Propaganda
    10:10 - Chapter 4 - The farming collective
    14:00 - Chapter 5 - Sucesses & failures
    16:15 - Chapter 6 - 1 down, 13 to go

  • @Farming-Technology
    @Farming-Technology Před 3 lety +45

    Do you remember when the Simon Whistler show used to be called CZcams?

  • @anarchyantz1564
    @anarchyantz1564 Před 3 lety +77

    Megaproject Suggestion. Longest deep bore ice core in Antarctica. Took years, loads of drama with it and they found some cool stuff like a fresh water lake under the ice containing previously unknown lifeforms. Would go Well with the other hole projects that are popular

    • @edbangor9163
      @edbangor9163 Před 3 lety +10

      Really hard to think about "popular holes" and keep a straight face

    • @anarchyantz1564
      @anarchyantz1564 Před 3 lety +9

      @@edbangor9163 Yeah, Simon really makes probing deep dark holes in the backend of beyond appealing doesn't he?

    • @Oorlich95
      @Oorlich95 Před 3 lety +4

      @@edbangor9163 Especially with your name.

    • @armr6937
      @armr6937 Před 3 lety

      Vostok Lake

    • @anarchyantz1564
      @anarchyantz1564 Před 3 lety

      @@armr6937 Thats the one.

  • @ameliaphaff2691
    @ameliaphaff2691 Před 3 lety +25

    I want more 5 year plan videos! Even if it's a small audience

  • @Itzmihowz
    @Itzmihowz Před 3 lety +15

    Given that the first five-year plan resulted in the Soviet union eventually becoming a world power, learning more detail of the events leading to its ultimate collapse would be interesting to say the least

  • @TheTrueMorningStar
    @TheTrueMorningStar Před 3 lety +16

    Simon- "I had no idea that there were so many of these."
    Me- "Well yeah, there was a new one every five years, LOL"

    • @fukkitful
      @fukkitful Před 2 lety

      I thought it was just a Stalin thing. I didn't realize they kept it going after his death.

  • @LikeTheBuffalo
    @LikeTheBuffalo Před 3 lety +9

    You said this video did poorly on your T-35 video. I'm here to make amends.

  • @AnthonyWilliamscs
    @AnthonyWilliamscs Před 3 lety +25

    I'm highly interested in the remaining plans! Also, thoroughly impressed with the consistency and quality of your myriad of channels' videos. Keep it up! I'll keep subbing to all of 'em, ♥

  • @pamelamays4186
    @pamelamays4186 Před 3 lety +14

    Yes, please, a continuation of the Five Year Plans!

  • @robbiebrownvox
    @robbiebrownvox Před 3 lety +98

    Here's an idea for ridiculous technological innovations still in use: the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico! It hosts one of the largest radio telescopes in the world and is one of the observatories currently monitoring petty little things in space like mass extinction causing asteroids and other various space junk.
    This would also pose an opportunity to talk about future changes to a megaproject, as it had structural issues and considerable damage just this summer.

    • @joshuaf4867
      @joshuaf4867 Před 3 lety +5

      Yes please!

    • @killerlalu1
      @killerlalu1 Před 3 lety

      I would love this! Great suggestion... No matter which channel it ends up on.

    • @Comet8489
      @Comet8489 Před 3 lety

      Yes!

    • @howellgreenland2506
      @howellgreenland2506 Před 3 lety

      I've been there.....It's awesome! Please do it Simon?

    • @louithrottler
      @louithrottler Před 3 lety

      I heard it took some pretty severe damage in a storm, that at the time was odd to me 'cos I'd finished reading about it literally a week before. Have they repaired it yet?

  • @Millie-moo-too
    @Millie-moo-too Před 2 lety +3

    I would enjoy seeing another of these plans, they’re fascinating! Thank you for your videos 🥰

  • @erinmcdonald7781
    @erinmcdonald7781 Před 2 lety +3

    You left us hanging! Definitely want to hear more about the subsequent plans. Honestly this was a lot more interesting topic than I thought it would be, and gave me insight into this conflicted period of history.
    So many channels, so much good content, Simon & team!!! 💚✊

  • @rs47vh36
    @rs47vh36 Před 3 lety +8

    the Brenner-Base-Tunnel in conjuction with the Brennernordzuluf would make for a good episode.

  • @urbansea12
    @urbansea12 Před 3 lety +1

    I truly appreciate all the content you put out, thank you!

  • @taqiyasir8086
    @taqiyasir8086 Před 3 lety +14

    Stalin's logic: The end justifies the means

    • @squee222
      @squee222 Před 3 lety

      which is an excuse as his ends would only justified the means if a massive war broke out shortly afterwards - and he had no way to predict that... as such his means were done with no "end" to justify them. His constant fearmongering of a looming war to justify it was propaganda. Oddly WWII did happen but that was not foresight but a strange sort of luck - which just led to more death for the soviets. Arguably the death toll of industrialization was higher than anything the Nazis could have inflicted on russia if they stayed agrarian.

    • @GodlikeIridium
      @GodlikeIridium Před 3 lety +8

      Thats the logic of all leftists...

    • @user-wj8xf8cs8o
      @user-wj8xf8cs8o Před 3 lety +10

      @@squee222 lol, wut? no way to predict a full scale war? What a complete bullshit. Literally everyone, who had even a slightest clue, knew, that the next World War is inevitable. It became obvious the very monent the WW1 ended.

    • @littleabigail4328
      @littleabigail4328 Před 3 lety +5

      Also, if Germany won they would have genocided all the soviets at least up to the Urals. Which was 80-100 million people.

    • @gabbar51ngh
      @gabbar51ngh Před 2 lety

      Now look at neutered russia with USSR dissolved. barely the superpower it used to be.

  • @Not-Great-at-Gaming
    @Not-Great-at-Gaming Před 3 lety +35

    Half of my subscriptions are Simon's channels...
    Simon: I've got a new channel!

  • @jacobduhthrowbak3226
    @jacobduhthrowbak3226 Před 3 lety +1

    Simon I love your channels, you're my breakfast companion every morning. I've always been fascinated with Soviet Russia and the cold war in general, please do more videos on the topic, I'll watch them all. Keep up the good work my friend!

  • @jaydearien8624
    @jaydearien8624 Před rokem

    Great stuff! More, please! I can’t believe the quality and volume of highly informative material you are cranking out, Simon! Wow!

  • @krald8421
    @krald8421 Před 3 lety +11

    I wonder who started those rumors about invasion, certainly not the party

  • @Not-Great-at-Gaming
    @Not-Great-at-Gaming Před 3 lety +52

    Simon is the Wikipedia of CZcams. He's done videos on pretty much everything and everyone (of importance) who's ever existed.

    • @outcast170
      @outcast170 Před 3 lety +8

      So... Simon isn't important? Just keep in mind, once he consumes all of CZcams, there will be only Simon... This is only the begining.

    • @Not-Great-at-Gaming
      @Not-Great-at-Gaming Před 3 lety +3

      @@outcast170 Good point. Im actually one of the many who've recommended Simon do a story of himself on biographics.

    • @MashMonster69
      @MashMonster69 Před 3 lety

      @@outcast170 then we'll have to play CZcams says.

    • @leighpowell1062
      @leighpowell1062 Před 3 lety

      Simon the real Jesus

    • @outcast170
      @outcast170 Před 3 lety +1

      @@leighpowell1062 Nah, although he's definitely "delivering the message", he hasn't tried to convert us to the Church of Simon... Wait a minute, he's done videos on subliminal messages, all masterminds love to tell you HOW their going to take over, while their doing it... Oh no, we've already been indoctrinated to the Church of Simon Says.
      Eh, I've been in worse groups. Either that brainwashing was great or Simon really is a nice deity to follow.
      Speaking of Jesus though, he does have the epic beard, often walks around with no shoes (when is the last time you saw his shoes?), and always has a message to deliver while attempting to make us better people through information. Again I say, that must have been some good brain washing.

  • @DCHasso
    @DCHasso Před 2 lety

    Honestly binge watching so many of your channels. Would enjoy more of these 5 step plans

  • @___ty__
    @___ty__ Před 3 lety +2

    I really enjoyed this video and would love to see more of this style!

  • @woofernando7076
    @woofernando7076 Před 3 lety +3

    Yup, definitely want more of this 5 year plans. Bring it.

  • @eFeXuy
    @eFeXuy Před 3 lety +42

    Speaking of economy reverting projects: the Autobahn

  • @daflotsam
    @daflotsam Před 3 lety

    Fantastic episode. This is like a deep dive of an album. Would love more like this.

  • @simonbrooks4088
    @simonbrooks4088 Před rokem

    Awesome presentation as always. Fascinating subject. Excellent over-view. Thank you. Bring on the next in this series😊

  • @Theultimateginger
    @Theultimateginger Před 3 lety +14

    I’m now subscribed to 4 channels hosted by Simon and I don’t think that’s enough 😂😂

    • @megaprojects9649
      @megaprojects9649  Před 3 lety +19

      Confirmed. Four is not enough. I want all of your subscriptions, Harry. ALL OF THEM

    • @stipe3124
      @stipe3124 Před 3 lety +3

      We are Simon you will be assimilated, ressistance is futile, subscribe, subscribe...
      Already subscribed and happy 👍 LLP Simon and keep doing what you are doing 💪😎

  • @numbernegative2248
    @numbernegative2248 Před 3 lety +8

    I got a suggestion you might like:
    During the 1850s and 1860s the city of Chicago had to install it's sewer system, but since the city was already built at only about 4ft above the shores of Lake Michigan they actually raised the entire city, building by building on jackscrews as they built the sewers. Literally raising the elevation of an entire city is pretty mega.
    Edit: Hey! Simon did it: czcams.com/video/QWQa2jCNzIc/video.html

    • @jimtalbott9535
      @jimtalbott9535 Před 3 lety

      They had to do the reverse in Seattle about 100 years ago also - had to grade down some very steep hills - ended up exposing basement walls in some places.....

  • @lsxbird7874
    @lsxbird7874 Před 3 lety

    Good video, id watch as many more that you are willing to put out. Dont worry about the numbers any particular video puts out , or what does well. Keep making videos that you like doing , and viewers will appreciate your work.

  • @bradmotoko
    @bradmotoko Před 3 lety +1

    I love this idea for a series and I can’t wait to see more

  • @nichmiller4251
    @nichmiller4251 Před 3 lety +6

    Simon should host a skillshare on managing 61 CZcams channels

  • @joeyr7294
    @joeyr7294 Před 3 lety +8

    I wouldn't mind seeing a second episode of this! Keep up the awesome content 🍻

  • @phoenixjen8986
    @phoenixjen8986 Před 2 lety

    This was really interesting and well done, and I’d really like to see more videos about the other plans in the future

  • @BlazeSilverWolf
    @BlazeSilverWolf Před 3 lety

    Subscribed to yet another channel of yours. Keep it up Simon & team!

  • @nathangriese1824
    @nathangriese1824 Před 3 lety +12

    An idea: it's mega: the Mackinac (mak-in-aw) Bridge in Michigan

  • @Not-Great-at-Gaming
    @Not-Great-at-Gaming Před 3 lety +45

    New channel idea: Mini projects.
    Episode one: That time a man made a cup of coffee.

    • @lizlewis238
      @lizlewis238 Před 3 lety +5

      Sounds more like a megaproject imo
      Think of the overruns, the delays, the extortionate cost

    • @danielbronfenbrener5601
      @danielbronfenbrener5601 Před 3 lety +2

      You think he should make another channel?

  • @superduper1917
    @superduper1917 Před 3 lety

    Side Projects! You are just crushing it! I keep finding you in different places on CZcams and I get hooked on all of them! Brother you are the algorithm! Loving It! Keep rocking the Free World Sir!

  • @danieljones9937
    @danieljones9937 Před 2 lety

    Excellent vid. I'm definitely up for the rest of these too... :)

  • @davidgreen3423
    @davidgreen3423 Před 3 lety +15

    Simon, you should make this series like the Corporate Darwin Awards and have the biggest failures as bonus facts at the end! As an American student, we aren't taught much about the turmoils that other nations face so these videos are always very fascinating and educational

  • @JasonDoe1000
    @JasonDoe1000 Před 3 lety +6

    I was already worried that Simon hasn't created a new channel in the last three weeks
    Good to see that he is fine though and added another one to his collection

  • @duncanmaclean2263
    @duncanmaclean2263 Před 3 lety

    Please make more of these!!

  • @dedogster
    @dedogster Před 3 lety +1

    Now I want to know more about the other 5 year plans! Thanks for doing this!

  • @amydigman2292
    @amydigman2292 Před 3 lety +5

    Mega project ideas - Mars Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. The LEM for the Apollo Missions to the Moon or the Lunar Rovers. Also the pyramids of Giza and the Great Pyramid for the First Emperor of China with his pits of terracotta warriors as well as scribes, slaves and concubines. Just a few ideas.

  • @xILLxChronic
    @xILLxChronic Před 3 lety +3

    Hey Simon, I'm here from the T-35 Tank video on SideProjects.

  • @lizlewis238
    @lizlewis238 Před 3 lety +2

    Simon making yet another channel: A fine addition to my collection

  • @AtodaK
    @AtodaK Před 2 lety

    This was great, I'd love to listen to more of these.

  • @dbatchison
    @dbatchison Před 3 lety +40

    You should do one on the Moscow Metro system

    • @Bigdeathy
      @Bigdeathy Před 3 lety +3

      @Anthony Swiss Metro 2033; classic

    • @kailashbtw9103
      @kailashbtw9103 Před 3 lety +1

      Metro 2033 by Simon.

    • @purpleldv966
      @purpleldv966 Před 3 lety +1

      why? Is any different then others? It surely isn't older or bigger then the London one, so what would be the point?

    • @dbatchison
      @dbatchison Před 3 lety +3

      @@purpleldv966 It's larger than Londons, and it's stations are basically works of art. Created to show off the impressiveness of the USSR

    • @worldoftancraft
      @worldoftancraft Před 2 lety +1

      @@purpleldv966 Bigger and it only grows...

  • @delacroixp
    @delacroixp Před 3 lety +4

    Loving it - Megaproject suggestions: Heavy Haul railways and India's electrified double-stack railway corridor

  • @khanjones9390
    @khanjones9390 Před 2 lety

    Youre right this was an underappreciated video! I think it was my favourite, please do the next 5 years

  • @drewrub7415
    @drewrub7415 Před 3 lety

    Thanks Simon. That was a great vid.

  • @eddietat95
    @eddietat95 Před 3 lety +107

    It could have been worse. They could have gone for a great leap forward.

    • @ryann8680
      @ryann8680 Před 3 lety +24

      ain't communism fun

    • @kieranh2005
      @kieranh2005 Před 3 lety +12

      Especially with all of the leaderships competing to show their ideological purity and commitment to the cause.

    • @fredmyers120
      @fredmyers120 Před 3 lety +17

      With every Communist movement comes their inevitable Purges. The most self-destructive & "Cannibalistic" form of government ever.

    • @skizzik121
      @skizzik121 Před 3 lety +4

      @@ryann8680 read this as ANTI communism fun then realized both comments work

    • @bushmanPMRR
      @bushmanPMRR Před 3 lety +6

      Hitler: I'm bad!
      Stalin: Hold my vodka
      Mao: Meh, amateurs

  • @inewulf3204
    @inewulf3204 Před 3 lety +7

    I'll make more anyway because I love praise. Well at least he's honest

  • @ElijahPerrin80
    @ElijahPerrin80 Před 3 lety

    I look forward to your side piece. Thanks I was just saying I need more channels of yours lol :) good idea to get multiple channels. Good show again.

  • @russellkurger2698
    @russellkurger2698 Před 3 lety

    Awesome job on this very touchy subject. Please do the rest of the 5 year plans.

  • @Get-Native
    @Get-Native Před 3 lety +8

    I feel like you are teaching me a university level course in soviet history! How about a megaprojects video about the power grid network and how it compared to western ones? Or even moving away from Russia, the worlds biggest power grid?

    • @ianmathwiz7
      @ianmathwiz7 Před 2 lety

      Or related to that, Lenin's 15-year plan to electrify Russia.

  • @alancranford3398
    @alancranford3398 Před 3 lety +9

    I approve of putting the 5 year plans under Mega Projects. Even though it was a dumpster fire it did work--because without these blood-soaked five year plans Hitler would have crushed the USSR. That doesn't mean that the five year plans were good things. It's hard to view these things objectively because the past is messy and chaotic--it was life.

    • @Dan-Martin
      @Dan-Martin Před 3 lety +3

      People don't understand that if it wasn't for the rapid industrialization, Hitler would have destroyed the USSR.

    • @madgavin7568
      @madgavin7568 Před 2 lety

      @@Dan-Martin Russia lost the First World War partially because it was not a very industrialized nation.

  • @AN-dz6lg
    @AN-dz6lg Před 2 lety +2

    Simon.... Ive played and replayed this video over 270,000k times to up the view count in hopes of getting the next 12 parts. Throw me bone already.

  • @georgegillett6059
    @georgegillett6059 Před rokem

    Subscribed to side projects and chasing down your 'less popular' videos on these crazy soviet economic plans 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

  • @LordSluggo
    @LordSluggo Před 3 lety +6

    Comrade, congratulations on fulfilling your annual channel quota!

  • @internetzenmaster8952
    @internetzenmaster8952 Před 3 lety +4

    9:45 One of Karl Marx's biggest gripes with the bourgeoisie/capitalists when writing Das Kapital and the Communist Manifesto was that the owners of the factories treated workers like "cogs in a machine"...
    Which is essentially the same thing that Stalin's USSR did to so many workers.
    To quote Sheev Palpatine: "Ironic."

    • @baronvonlimbourgh1716
      @baronvonlimbourgh1716 Před 3 lety

      The soviet union had very little to do with marx ideas.
      Kinda like usa's "all men are created equal".

    • @gabbar51ngh
      @gabbar51ngh Před 2 lety

      "That wasn't real Socialism"

  • @beaverjacob_214
    @beaverjacob_214 Před 3 lety

    Love the content from this channel, would like to see another 5 year plan video.

  • @justchevrotainrating
    @justchevrotainrating Před 2 lety

    This was fascinating! I am glad I watched this.

  • @dmacpher
    @dmacpher Před 3 lety +15

    Mega project idea : Danny’s spread sheets and filing system.

  • @TacomaNative
    @TacomaNative Před 3 lety +7

    Omg please continue this story. It had me feeling like i was right there with the desperate Soviet people. I could almost feel the sorrow and despair you could see on their faces. Great job Simon!

  • @jeremys.950
    @jeremys.950 Před 3 lety

    Make another one. I love this stuff and I have enjoyed watching this one several times lol

  • @Code3forever
    @Code3forever Před 3 lety

    This is a good video and topic. Please continue.

  • @heckinmemes6430
    @heckinmemes6430 Před 3 lety +8

    One step further on the path to youtube domination.

  • @Furudal
    @Furudal Před 3 lety +44

    5 Year Plan. Also known as: "How many million lives this time around, comrade?"

  • @BG_NC
    @BG_NC Před 2 lety

    I'd love to hear more about the other 5 year plans. Not something I know much about, and your videos make everything so interesting! It's a shame that not all of your videos get the attention they deserve

  • @ChristopherGonzalez1280

    Subscribed. Keep up the good work!

  • @plinkitee
    @plinkitee Před 3 lety +4

    I have a new hobby: collecting Simon Whistler channels. I now have 6 and I look forward to more. 😁

  • @LtColShingSides
    @LtColShingSides Před 3 lety +8

    You have to get in on the ground floor with all these new channels so you can get all the inside jokes

  • @charlenasutherland
    @charlenasutherland Před 2 lety

    I’m looking forward for the rest!👍

  • @novelknowledge
    @novelknowledge Před 2 lety

    Thanks for the reference from your other video Simon.

  • @tokyosmash
    @tokyosmash Před 3 lety +6

    Simon with a new channel? Imagine my shock.

  • @robertboemke8705
    @robertboemke8705 Před 3 lety +8

    If you do that, then you should do Mao's Great Leap Forward next.

    • @owenshebbeare2999
      @owenshebbeare2999 Před 3 lety

      And the Cultural Revolution, Mao's later monstrous madness.

  • @ostapshchurko3089
    @ostapshchurko3089 Před rokem

    New subscriber here , been binging your Playlist qt work
    Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

  • @sevin2e
    @sevin2e Před 3 lety

    More please, I really enjoyed this

  • @zackmorrison470
    @zackmorrison470 Před 3 lety +7

    "How many lights do you see, Picard?!" -Gul Madred, Star Trek: TNG, "Chain of Command I & II"
    I, for one, would be interested in hearing about the rest of the "5 Year Plans." So little of "History" is actually covered in the U.S. public school system, that I find myself continually surprised (and a bit embarrassed) by how much I don't know about some of the most important events in world history. I have a much better appreciation for the importance of not simply "learning history," but rather UNDERSTANDING the complexities which lead to important events and the consequences thereafter.
    I was familiar with the "2 + 2 = 5" reference to the novel "1984," and understood that it was more about submission/mind control than arithmetic, but I was not aware of its actual use in Soviet Propaganda, nor its meaning in that specific context and in the greater context of the Soviet industrialization plans. That adds several layers of depth to something I previously thought I was quite familiar with. I wonder what else is contained in the subsequent "Plans." =)

  • @singular9
    @singular9 Před 3 lety +6

    People always underestimate the USSR...but the fact they were in million man casualty wars from ww1, the revolution, and ww2, they came really far in such a short time and even managed to send people into space in just 15 years after ww2.

    • @singular9
      @singular9 Před 3 lety +2

      @Anthony Swiss my bad, typo thanks for catching it

  • @dianasparrow7624
    @dianasparrow7624 Před 3 lety

    Great vid yes please would like to see more on this!

  • @pauljohnson271
    @pauljohnson271 Před 2 lety

    Great stuff! Keep it up!
    Maybe do videos on other 5 year plans…? I hope so.

  • @overkillsnake
    @overkillsnake Před 3 lety +5

    Jesus, Simon. ANOTHER CHANNEL?! You’re out of control!

    • @currykingwurst6393
      @currykingwurst6393 Před 3 lety

      Just wait until you find out he just started another channel yesterday, called xplrd.

  • @kentucky_official2440
    @kentucky_official2440 Před 3 lety +13

    Can you do one on the Boeing super factory in Everett Washington, USA it can fit Disney world's magic Kingdom and i believe it is the largest building by internal volume.

    • @gabenchrist7331
      @gabenchrist7331 Před 3 lety +2

      Similar to the tesla gigafactory 1 in Nevada which is the biggest building by area

    • @Borsuk3344
      @Borsuk3344 Před 3 lety +2

      It's not interesting, stop spamming it under every video.

    • @owenshebbeare2999
      @owenshebbeare2999 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Borsuk3344 Damn right, it really just isn't interesting, though this channel is American so they might do it as pro-Boeing propaganda, as if that corrupt company didn't have enough shills and subsidies.

  • @mvcatdaddy
    @mvcatdaddy Před rokem

    Well done and informative video about a crucial period of Soviet history. Do more.

  • @davidandrews3948
    @davidandrews3948 Před 2 lety

    Alex in Yr 10B found this really interesting and really loves your programmes. Do lots!

  • @ziggy2shus624
    @ziggy2shus624 Před 3 lety +21

    When Hitler invaded Russia in 1941, he invaded with over 500,000 horses.
    When you get beyond the thin front line of trucks, tanks and aircraft, the German Army of 1941 was a horse drawn army.

    • @71kimg
      @71kimg Před 3 lety +3

      And due to this lack of oil - the German invasion routes usually followed the train lines

    • @pyromania1018
      @pyromania1018 Před 3 lety

      Ever watched Potential History's videos on the Nazi war "machine"?

  • @EmperorZelos
    @EmperorZelos Před 3 lety +3

    it was 300 PERCENTILES below, but 700% below the expected.

  • @tateanderson7683
    @tateanderson7683 Před 2 lety

    I would love to see more 5 year plans. Loved this video.

  • @williamsimmons152
    @williamsimmons152 Před 3 lety

    Mid 50’s ( I was 10 ) I somehow acquired a 1940’s stand up RCA radio with short wave frequencies on the dial. I remember listening to Radio Moscow a bunch of times and there was a lot of talk about 5 year plans. Mostly about agriculture I think. I still recall the “chimed” ( like bells) musical announcement that you had tuned into the right frequency. They also played the morbid funeral march when someone of importance had died.