Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols: Crash Course World History #20
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In which John Green teaches you how Russia evolved from a loose amalgamation of medieval principalities known as the Kievan Rus into the thriving democracy we know today. As you can imagine, there were a few bumps along the road. It turns out that our old friends the Mongols had quite a lot to do with unifying Russia. In yet another example of how surprisingly organized nomadic raiders can be, the Mongols brought the Kievan Rus together under a single leadership and concentrated power in Moscow. This set the stage for the various Ivans (the Great and the Terrible) to throw off the yoke and form a pan-Russian nation ruled by an autocratic leader. More than 500 years later, we still have autocratic leadership in Russia. All this, plus a rundown of some of our favorite atrocities of Ivan the Terrible, and a visit from Putin!
Chapters:
Introduction 00:00
The Kievan Rus 0:44
Trade in 11th-century Kiev (Kyiv) 1:28
Leadership & Government in Kiev (Kyiv) 2:15
Mongol Rule and the Era of Appanage Russia 2:50
The Mongols' Influence on Russia 3:19
How did Moscow become so prominent? 4:29
An Open Letter to Basil and Basil 6:11
Ivan the Great (Ivan III) Expands Moscow's Power 6:58
Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV) 7:45
Credits 10:10
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10 yrs later and the Putin jokes hit just as hard.
I wonder if that guy is tired of being dragged behind the mongol on a horse
It's an acquired experience.
acquired taste- H. Lecter
Austin Cox he has a name you know...its Hector...
naaaaaahhhhhhhhh
😂😂
* waits for a whole playlist of The History of the Mongols *
*still waiting after a year for that playlist*
And the wait doesn't seem to be even remotely close to an end
Better watch others videos coming out than waiting for crash course
You need to wait for it... unless you're the Mongols.
Ran Shibuki there is a good history of the Mongols made by extra credits history. It starts with Gengis Khans life and goes into a lot of detail.
watching this literally one hour before my history exam, wish me luck, i hate my life. cheers
how'd you do?
RainboHappiness Did u get. 3-5?
Just say we are the strongest n go home
History is ez
I hope you failed.
They should do a Crash Course about the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. That was a pretty neat and unique state while it lasted. Also underrated for its historic importance.
mosquitobight WAY underrated, which you can thank the partitions for.
mosquitobight I would like them to do so.
Being russian i heared only a bit 'bout them even though that commonwealth supposed to wield some serious power and influence once upon a time.
Self-replicating whatnot The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth also successfully invaded and conquered Moscow, thus owning Muscovy for a brief moment. Poles/Lithuanians are the only to have done that in history, after the Mongol Tatars of course.
ChillDudeID
IIRC, it was just after Ivan IV'th rule ended and everything was going to shit. That period in russian history called "Смута", that could be roughly translated as "Distemper".
mosquitobight i agree. poland never gets any love tho they had some big status in the middle ages and before maybe 18th century but it has had a somewhat sad history since then cus of conquering neighbours.
No one was able to conquer Russia in the winter, except...wait for it...the Mongols. (MONGOLTAGE)
Mongols never techinically took over the Rus. They took over Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, etc. Rus paid tribute to them, so they won't attack them.
Actuall, a territory of the former Rus managed to remain independent and form a State on its own, that is the Republic of Novgorod. It grow fast enough to become a key member of the Hansa trading community in the 14th century.
YAASSSS *cheers about general winter and hetalia*
but why do russians have mongol genes in them, and im talking a lot of russians have it
some people lied about it to make them seem more awesome.
some are actually part mongolian
7:41 "I'm just kidding Putin, you'd never rig an election!" Doubly ironic in retrospect
Right??
I was gonna comment this but you beat me to it :)
"Where did you get those pants and all these teeth?" XD
you're so funny
"You smell nice"
"Mmmm...you smell pretty"
BLESS YOU JOHN GREEN I GOT A 3 ON MY AP WORLD HISTORY TEST AND I WAS BOUNCING AROUND THE HOUSE IN JOY AND I FORGOT TO COMMENT THIS SO THANKS BRO
Ayyy me too, except I was taking European history
Sara A wait u understand this can u break this down into dummy terms lmao
selina d
3 is the lowest you can get to pass. The scale is a 0-5.
(BTW I got a 4)
selina d lol thank you...was wondering same thing
lmfao i wish in 3 days
The truth about the founding of Kiev is actually a combination of both theories. Kiev already existed before the Vikings arrived, but it was only a small, unimportant town. Only after the Vikings made it into their capital did Kiev grow into a large and important city.
Also, this is not really a theory as much as historical fact since the history of Kiev is very well documented.
I know I'm a year late but I gotta say, as a senior college student using this as a quick brush up on my Russian His. course, this is fantastic! I blazed through ~80 pages of early Russian history starting with the Kiev Rus yesterday, and this was a resource I'm really thankful for to double-check my understanding. And to think my high school teacher would show us these sometimes in class. Thanks John Green!
This hits different now
I'm pure Mongolian and studying history makes me love my country much more from historical perspective. Isn't it stunning that Mongols survived for centuries, fighting. Mongolia is sandwiched between two great nations, Russian and China. Still Mongolia preserved its culture, nomadic lifestyle, language, independency and much more successfully.
Why are you asking about where people have sex in here? People can have sex wherever they want, don't they. Answering your question, it depends on kinds of accommodation you live.
roimko But you can't fit a horse into all places.
mznxbcv12345 they weren't that bad when it came down to ruleing nowhere near the Nazi level brutality
THE SPRADICK RED MOO demon thing They actually were that bad. According to Iranian scholars of that day (so the people who saw the brutality of the crusades first hand) it was (paraphrasing) : "The worst thing that ever happened to the Islamic community". There were instances of closing whole trade routes because the ground was soaked in human blood and excrement. Not to mention that the countryside in northern China was literally covered in human bones. The main difference is: That was in the Middle Ages. Massacres on whole towns (including children and animals) were not only a Mongol thing, that was everyone's thing. Mongols were Championship level Gold medalists in genocide, though.
Btw I don't hate the Mongol Khaganate (or present day Mongolians - who should be proud of their heritage the same as other cultures are proud of their conquest). I am fascinated by them: Their skill, organization and strategy is something to admire, but let's not forget that in Iran alone the estimated number of deaths is between 10-15 million people and most of those numbers are because of massacres like those in Hamadan or Nishapur.
mongols... they all look like chinese, japanese and other east asians... you look like any other chinese student in china
The sad thing is, he didn't lie about translating "Moneybags". That is what the name means.
Do you, westerners, know that Stalin was not ethnically Russian? He was a Georgian, from country called Georgia. P.s. His real last name is Dzhugashvili
Stalin was also a German Plant, to keep Russia out of the wars by causing a civil war.
+Floki The God Germans helped Lenin to get back into Russia in october 1917 to keep Russia out of the war. They never wanted Stalin to be in charge and probably didn't even want Lenin to success.
Ukrainian, Belorussian, Baltic countries and even Kazakhstan are Russian for them.
It's like American (technically mostly britts, French, Spanish, Mexican and origin Indians) or China (sini-Tibetan, turcs, Korean, Mongolian etc folks).
And even more: there are more than 190 folks in Russia, even original Russian - who mostly looks like Slavs are mix of Slavs, sciffs, Fini-Ugric tribes).
Knew all of those facts and that Stalin ‘Сталин’ is Russian language for steel.
Kz Teligo that sounds very Mongol.
“...it makes it difficult to mispronounce things, which is my thing...”
Five seconds later...
“Kiev-ee-an Russ” 0:47
Alex Hunt And I-van and Basil instead of ee-van and vasili
Kateryna Shneidmillier, you’re right. I must have missed it the first time.
Как только он сказал, что умеет говорить по-русски - в ту же секунду я подписалась на его канал))) Спасибо за видео!)
I was really hoping for more about the Polish-Russian relations and conflicts, which from my experience are also INSANELY complicated and yet REALLY interesting.
I’m happy to report all these jokes about Putin being a despot have aged like a fine wine as of October 2022.
I remember binging these before my AP world test sophomore year and getting a 5! These videos helped me out so much.
I'm rewatching the world History series, because I FREAKING LOVE IT!
The Latin word for 'slave' is actually 'servus'. The word 'Slav' comes from 'слава' which means 'glory' in Serbian and 'fame' in Russian.
+Dion van Oene I like another theory. Slovo. People of the same language. Foreigners were called "nemtsy" - deaf, speechless. It looks more reasonable than "glory".
+Евлампий Уютуботвальный That actually sounds like a more reasonable theory, yaeh
+Евлампий Уютуботвальный Слово и Слава (молва) одного корня и происхождения. Христос он же Logos он же Слово.Славяне религия, последователи Слова Божия (Христа)
+TukVideoRu Славяне стали славянами до принятия христианства.
bump
John, I really dig your talks. You have a great rhythmic pulse in your speech. You accent your speech pattern the same as in rap
but your syncopation is more varied. (to my ear).
Stereotypes about Russia:
Vodka,
Hat with ear flaps,
Telogreyka,
AK 47,
Balalaika,
Matryoshka,
Zhiguli,
Communism,
Birches,
Brown bear,
Severe winter.
and poeple with thug life
in soviet russia your country stereotypes you
Don‘t wanna be prudish, but the "hat with eat flaps" is called "ushanka"
We have stereotypes about you, you fat, dumb, McDonald's and women Obama.
@@pomiklom2499 bald eagle, freedom, M16, Imperialism
@@Cpt_John_Price Ah this Yes, and I thought democracy have there. But the main thing is fat. Well here's my answer about M16, PPSH 41.Well, in the anthem of the Soviet Union as mentioned? Unbreakable Union of free republics.
Also we had some kind of democracy called "veche" - citizen meetings and conversations, suggestions etc.
But it was mostly in north Russia. Also slavery had the easiest form here.
Why can't Americans and Russians get along? And why are we (Europeans) always stuck in the middle, trusting neither?
Because we're humans and we needs reasons to hate each other.
***** If you ask me, it's all just a power display and about personal glory/wealth... I mean, I know Russians and I know Americans, They really can get along on the personal level
koffieslikkersenior Yeah its usual our governments that are at each others throats I personally don't hold anything against Russian people or culture and find them pretty neat, Russian culture has always been mysterious to me
Well call it revenge for crusades and colonies.
XxRavenwing19xX lol. I hope you're not serious. That happened hundreds of years ago. You can't hold anyone accountable anymore. You can condemn what happened (and most people do), but not people that are alive right now.
amazingly insightful and humorous videos. as you would say "stay AWESOME "
Aloha! Thank you so much for explaining history in a fun creative way. Keep up the great work really appreciate it.
i spend 80% of my free time watching crashcrouse .
thank you idk what id do without you guys
The music for Ivan the Terrible is cool and really goes well with that
Love your work. Many thanks.
Спасибо за видео. Было интересно
A little remark on Ivan the Terrible, "Terrible" in his name is a translated version of the Russian word "Grozniy", but this word actually means "Intimidating", terrible in Russian is "uzhastniy" )
+Андрей «TheProudCat» Герман Vice versa
+Андрей «TheProudCat» Герман Terrible is Grozniy
+Avreliy Fivas No, you're wrong. Grozdny can be translated as "strong and dangerous", but not terrible. And people did not consider him terrible - the number of executed people Ivan Grozdny much less, much less than at the same time in western Europe, for example, Bartholomew's Night in France.
+Андрей «TheProudCat» Герман Yeap, that's right. Гугл переводчик неправильный :с
Grozno actually does mean terrible in Serbian/Croatian and Slovenian
The word "slave" is derived from the Latin word "esclave", which is still pretty much the same word in Spanish (esclavo) and French (esclave). This word is comprised of the prefix "es" (for instance, es-cape, es-cort, es-calate, es-say, etc.,) meaning under or beneath and the suffix "clave" which means "key". The words put together literally translate into "under-key". The words esclave (under key), con-clave (with key) and en-clave (in key) all derive from the exact same suffix word "clave". The word "slave" never had any connection with the word "slav", which itself is just a foreign corruption of the word "Slovyanin".
These videos are outstanding. I’ve been binge watching.
you should probably update this episode
I just handed in my thesis for my MA and while crash course wasn't the origin of my topic ( the European reaction to the Mongolian invasion of 1241) it was the place where I retreated in moments of angst to enjoy myself and learn new things/ (over)enjoy the use of the Mongoltage. Basically I'd like to say thank you since it wasn't "academic" to thank a CZcams channel in my thesis acknowledgements :p.
I studied Russian language a few times (and almost remember some of it) when I was a teen, then I took a class on Russian history and culture in college. I love history, geography and how things change.
The Mongols are fascinating, too.
russian and mongols has a common history .Its great mistake refer to them history of Kevan Rus and regard them as slavic nation. The word "russian"never been referd to them untill 18 century when Peter 1 renamed Moscovia in Russia. Russia simply was a greek pronounce of Rus or ancient name of Ukraine as i show in top message .The moscovians in most part is mix of finnish tribes with mongolan element . They are has only slavic language but thier root are in finn history and Moscov state formed by big Golden Chord influence
Vitaly Topol Where did you get your historical information? Kievan Rus' goes back to 9th Century, and was already a large and powerful state and had adopted Orthodox Christianity before the Mongols arrived and established the Golden Horde in the 13th Century.
Vitaly Ukraine There was never such country as Ukraine, it was all Rus.. Ukraine literally stands for "on the border".. and your "pure blood Rus" is such arrogant bullshit.. DNS of Russians proves that they are not mixed with the Mongols any more than Ukrainians, since Kiev was also under occupation of the Golden Horde.. In fact, western Ukranians are a mix of Rus and Galicina.. so get over it.. you people are so brainwashed its amazing..
Aurelius M. sound like Moscow propaganda !So your words costs nothing ...First before writing prove your "knowledge". Ukraine was known under the title "Ukraine" in 1918 as Ukrainan Peoples republic and Kossak state of Bohdan Khmelnytsky and also as Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Ruthenia which means Ukraine .Because Rus or Ruthenia is name that refer only to Kievan land or Ukraine and could not be refer to Moscovia because Moscovia never express himself in such name and it good proves by ancient literature . In those days always been said : "This one went from Novgorod in Kiev ,Rus " . Such words good show that Rus or Ruthenia was refer only to modern Ukraine ..Ukraine means in most use meaning"land"or "country" and this word well known from 12 century and in that time Ukraine does not "stand on border "because was self-sufficient and experienced a flourishing .Ethnonim ukrainians well known from 15 century and was second along with the ethnonym ruthenians . When Moscovia at Peter the 1 rulership in 18 century claiming the legacy of Kyivan princes Ukraine stole and assigned our name Rus and start use in greek form "Russia " and rename Moscovia in Russia and called themselves as "russians" . Ukrainians that were known as ruthenians or rusyns must somehow distinguish themselves because in russian and ukrainan it soudns equally and similarly and start used the second ancient name ukrainians and Ukraine instead of Rus more and more to end of 19 century and but untill 20 century especially in Poland and Slovakia ukrainians Ukrainian called Ruthenians and Ukraine Rus or Ruthenian land and our language ruthenian language.
Aurelius M. Kievan Rus was never under rulership of Golden Horde in the same meaning like Moscovian Duchy .Mongols only cross through Ukraine but never stay for a long time . But on the contrary principality of Moscow was by centeries part Golden Horde Great Ulus Jochi and khans gave to Muscovite princes on reign shortcuts and princes swearing allegiance
Thanks to Crash Course, I have refound my love for world history.
Спасбо большое за видео. А за назгулов и деметоров отдельный лайк)
Wow, I've just discovered this channel only because I was looking how to pronounce "Kievan Rus" in English. It's amazing! History told in such a fun and engaging way! Exellent idea! I love it! I'm subscribing. To listen to some lectures on history in English is definitely going to benefit my English. If only they taught history this way back in my school times. I really hated history back then. So thank you for the channel! You are great!
lol the CC says "Johnny Bookwriter" instead of John Green at the end of the Open Letter to... section
Lol
+Napoleonicus Oh I saw that too lol
+Napoleonicus Slovic is not a latin word, slovians have they own language and don't need this useless stuff. Slavic means GLORY and remember this onece and forever or i will find you and then do some nasty stuff to you. And this glory is becoming from plunder the Rome empire.Well so all slovians used to plounder the rome empire. And you can ask who the he** are slovians exacly. Slovians are vandals,huns,goths ect. Well where they lived ? I can tell you that Russians (means tall strong mens) lived in territory of kievan russia, huns in hungary goth in now day territory of north-weat poland and north-east Germany and vandals on now day Warsaw land and neighborhood. Copy and paste it to somebody please
+CikosOnly What?
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Thank you makers of crash course! You guys are changing the world!!!
"We don't want to get into an etymological flame war."
Literally all that's going on in the comment section 🤣!
David Bordelon I am so tired of people calling each other idiots that can’t just talk it out.
Totally agree, man.
I'm from Russia, and the way he pronounces russian words is so funny. Anyway, great video, love your courses :3
I put my russan subtitles on this russa video a couple years ago. Best wishes John green
“See also Nazgúl and Dementors.”
thank you John Green for your crash courses. From Russia with love. С наилучшим пожеланиями российский школьник из города, основанного by Ivan 4 terrible, а именно из Орла not eagle but Orel
forgets to mention republic of novgorod which was more liberal and democratic then western europe way before
**Didn't have time to mention. If you want a full fledge lesson then I'd advise you read a book or some papers
DCO 7 not convinient when people want ot push russian people as racially inferior becasue they love autocratic leader . etc
uhhh no, that's you
You sound like you have a chip on your shoulder.
from eu4?
The Mongols successfully conquered Russia in the winter... holy historical fuck!
Also Poles and Lithuanians..
Solaxe Solaxowski yea yea one or some city can't count as whole country.
Всем привет) К сожалению, меня вряд ли кто-нибудь поймет, но вы все равно все крутые ребята, удачи вам) И привет из России.
Great job!
I'm surprised that no one commented on the fact that John never mentions how Ivan the terrible's father died when he was three, and then his mother, who was acting as Ivan's regent, was probably poisoned by the boyars. Ivan was controlled and mistreated by the boyars until he began his rule.
It's easy to just say that Ivan was terrible and earned the title but that is in no way the whole story.
As a Russian History teacher, pretty darn good for a concise history!
Thanks, this helped me BIG TIME with writing my report i didn't start on the golden horde and impacts from the mongols due in two days. Almost done! All i need to do now is stick it on a piece of paper.
I love crash course videos so much!❤😂
can we do a one-hour crash course special only on the Mongols? i would watch that all the time
John Green is the reason I have an A. Thank you CrashCourse .
Almost all video in the playlist has the Mongols....Amazing.
The Mongol adaptation tone cracks me up every time !
Interesting and ironic. But, I think we began to forget our history. Thank you for the video.
Watching this in 2020, just as good as I remember it being. Who else is here during the quarantine?
I am. And this guy's a dummy. Kiev was obviously founded by Vikings. his logic is stupid
@@grubbybum3614 ofc Vikings sound much cooler
Твои видео, интересно смотреть, даже спустя 5 лет 👍
The background music on this video is great
"Ivan the Terrible established absolute control of the Tsars over russian people, and set the precedent of accomplishing this through terror, secret police and the suspension of law"
9/11, NSA, Patriot Act? :D
Ger0 No that's Putin, word for word. The US doesn't have a secret police. All the NSA is doing is monitoring, which of course is awful, but not the same as Putin's system
***** Too bad you actually don't have any evidence to back that up. Literally no one in academia, even Russian academia, believes that.
***** Yeah not corruption. Those are all problems, but you clearly don't understand what corruption is. Corruption is one man having complete control over all major companies in the country and ruling through fear and intimidation to protect his rule. Corruption is how a leader paid $200,000 a year has a net worth of $70 billion
***** Also, you as a Russian are criticizing the US for DHS buying up ammo? Americans can do that because it's our agency and violating our rights, but take a look in the mirror. The MVD has tens of thousands of paramilitary men. The FSB kills dissidents and bribes judges. You have the gall to point to the US?
***** Lol yup by gunning down opposition leaders? How does DHS oppress Americans? Please enlighten me. What is RIA Novosti and Sputnik News telling you these days?
Russia has one of the most painful, complex, and painfully complex histories in the world.
thanks for helping me with my homework
That ending statement, that’s ring too true
I was waiting so long.
Thanks for a video about Rus, it's interesting to see how people from USA think about history of my country. What about video about Russian Empire? Something about the Katherine 2 may be.
I hope this is all accurate because I'm definitely using it in my exam tomorrow as a replacement for all the russian civilization lessons I've missed
***** It actually did ! 15/20 yes yes yes !
dedoubecool C is good for you?... OK )
***** dedoube got burned!
***** you're a douche
Круто, спасибо)))
Просто шикарно !)
So basically, Kiev is the rightful owner of Russia. I guess Putin was wrong!
Yep.
We shall bow to our Ukrainian overlords in due course.
nachkellottobitbod yeah. Basically
nachkellottobitbod Yup, that's a minefield.
vice versa - Russia is the rightful owner of Kiev, since they fought it back from Poland.
EdIngood EdIngood I guess Russia owns East Germany as well.
"into the thriving democracy we know today." LFMAO
Great video, thank you very much , note to self(nts) watched all of it 10:05
I would like to hear a few more dates sprinkled over the events discussed in the first half
I figured that a lot of people are kinda confused about the meaning of the word "Slav". The root "Slav" means "Glory" in all Slavic languages, except for Polish (most likely due to Swedish influence, though the Polish version "khwala" is synonymous and understandable in other Slavic languages) and Slovene. In my opinion he should have said that because he was studying Russian as he said. "Slavic" means "Glorious" which is why you can find a lot of important people's names that have the root "slav" in history of Russia, Belorussia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, and other Slavic cultures. One example: SLAU in Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia. Today's Czech name Vac'lav has the same root as its Russian version Viacheslav. It should make sense that Slavic cultures have been calling themselves not "slaves" but "the glorious". Slave and Slav seem alike but the groups of languages are way different and this "seeming" connection doesn't exist.
In addition, Ivan IV's name in Russian sounds as "Grozny" which more precisely could be translated to English as "menacing/threatening" rather than "terrible". (Some additional info: Chechen capital is called "Grozny". The name was given by the Russians long time ago during conflicts of the Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire.)
About the nickname of Ivan IV - 'The Terrible'. In English language it may be have the meaning such as bad, but in Russian it mean something else.
The etymology of this word came from word 'гроза', which mean nature phenomenon 'lighting'. So, in Russian the meaning of the Ivan's nickname means severe, strict, something which may be frightened you, but you adored it in the same time.
@CrashCourse - Will there ever be lectures posted? Thanks if ya see this. Cheers.
Of course this gets recommended to me today
One remark: yes, in English language in word "Slavic" you can hear word "Slave", that make your conclusions. But here is two problem:
1. There is in XII century slavic people dont spoke in English (like and other world).
2. Word "Slavic" in slavic launguages came from word "Slava" - that mean in English "Glory".
Also, this word "Slava"(Glory) you can hear many times in russian hymn and civil slogans.
Irish also doesn't sound much like Danish, but Dublin was founded by the Vikings, who later got expelled. I think, the same idea stands behind the "Vikings created Kiev" theory.
Although in that case the Irish definitely aren't descended from Danish. The Danes did found Dublin but there already were Irish in Ireland
seemslegit m8 same in Kiev.
LeeNTien Maybe
LeeNTien As far as i(being russian) understand it, viking theory proposes that some scandinavian dudes came to the territory of would-be Rus, ruled some sort of state for a few generations then got assimilated into local slavic population. Plausible, i guess.
LeeNTien Vikings always assimilated into local population. Look at Normandy in France. Vikings did established first Rus states but their sons born from local woman already had slavic names.
This is good. Perhaps a vid about Nogai Khan and the Golden Horde during his reign might be interesting as it pertains to Russian and the Mongols.
Спасибо, товарищ
Russia looks like the real Disney World.
As in? :D
Dylan White www.avisitcdn.com/blog/photo-of-the-day/100075/Candy-Land-Castle-Church-of-Spilt-Blood-St.-Petersburg-Russia.jpg
my university is 300 m from that place, i like that place
Thomas Bigby haha yes, there are many Orthodox churches like that all over Russia.
Legit surprised at the beginning when you spoke Russian. All I thought was, "Hey, this American can speak with not that bad of an accent. Good job my friend, care to join me for some kanyak?"
Your pronunciation is very very good, John. :)
why does this man seem to hypnotise me ?
p.s-thanks John Green
You got the etimology thing a bit backwards. It's believed that "slave" comes from "slav", not the other way around. Latin for slave is servus (or servvs or seruus or SERVVS - spell it how you like) which gives us - as you may have guessed - "servant".
Regarding vikings founding Kiev it's not like *anyone* (that I'm aware of) is claiming that they where the majority population there or the leading driving force of the language.
Just look at any otherplace where vikings came to power.
Does Normandy, England or Sicily and southern Italy strike you as areas with nordic speaking populations?
One of the main features of the vikings where a tendency to draw on the strengths of the local population.
As for the word Slav originating from the word for slave...
That seems silly, if anything it's more likely that it is the other way around as the various slavic peoples have been bullied around and captured, taken as slaves or killed in large numbers for centuries...
If the theory that vikings founded Rus is correct then they probably did so by founding a settlement in an area already populated by slavic peoples and they only ended up as the upper class/rulers, not as the majority of the population after a relatively short period of time
Well, that's my take on it anyway...
The Vikings were not able to build the citys. They did not know how to build cities. Vikings were able to fight. Kiev was built before the arrival of the Vikings. Russia was before the arrival of the Vikings. Russian wanted strong allies. Russian got a strong army. After the death of the last king of the genus Rjurikov...... Russians entrusted throne Polish pretender Dmitry I . False Dmitry I tried to maneuver between Russian and Polish feudal lords.
False Dmitry I drank a lot, organized carnivals and humiliated Orthodox Church. So he quickly became a dead (killed 17 (27) May 1606, Moscow) and the Polish army fled in panic from Russia. Very quickly, they fled. It was hard to catch up.
SLAVA-translated to your ENGLISH means glory, glorification.
SLAVYANE (translation) - Glorification great nation.
What think your Saxons ....... DOES NOT MATTER FOR RUSSIANS. Let them come and try to control the Russian "slaves." I want to see how quickly to run the British Sirs and Madam.
Well the Norman's didn't speak with a nordic tongue mate. The language of choice in their high society was French,
Michael Whitehorn In the Russian aristocracy spoke French and Russian. This fashion came about three centuries after the collapse of Kievan Russ. It was Russia. Rjurikovichi already extinct. In Russia, the rules of the Romanov dynasty. But as soon as Napoleon invaded Russia ....... Russian aristocracy "forgot" to French. Instantly speak up French language was obscene.
Geez, John, that got... uncomfortable during time travel.
максим петров Um, I think you need to read up on your viking history...
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Can you do a video about grand duchy of lithuania?
"Big crush on a Russian major"
How did you come to know an officer in the Red Army?
The Latin word for Slave is Servus
The Ancient Slavic word for Glory is Slavoy
you decide which one is closer to Slav
Servus
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and for those who aren't as learned as some people, that means, Congrats on learning the best language ever.
who knew i'd still be using crash course in while i'm a sophomore in college... russian culture midterm tomorrow with 11 chapters to study, this saved me rereading 3 chapters!
The Vikings did found the Kievan Rus, however they only ruled as a Norse-speaking elite minority for a few generations before they gradually "Slavisized".
A few examples of the remaining norse influence can be found in Russian names, such as Vladimir (from Valdemar), Ivan (from Ivar) and Olga (from Helga). Other examples are the Russian suffix of 'grad' in city names (i.e. Volgograd) coming from gård/gärd/gard. Also, the Ukrainian word for council (rada) can be traced to the Norse "råd", which shows the increased Norse influence on Ukraine than the Russian version of the word - "soviet".
russia is not russia it was tataria. they still ukranian history, and made many miths
On the contrary, "Valdemar" came from the slavic "Vladimir" (vladet' - to rule, mir - world). A lot of slavic names end with "mir". Also "Ivan" is just a common christian name and it has many analogues in other languages (John, Evan, Sean, Juan, Jean, Johann, Hans, Giovanni, etc...) But you're right about "Olga" and there was a male version "Oleg" (from Hélgi). Also the most Scandinavic name in Russia is Igor (from Yngvarr).
And i'm not sure about norse influence when it comes to similarities between "grad" and "gard". I think they are similar because it is an ancient word that comes from Indo-European language family.
@@alexmashine Ukraine is Bodrland. Ukrainian history was fabricated in 19th century Austria. Since then Ukrainians are trying to steal Russian history.
Meanwhile Rurikd dynasty rueld Russia since 862 until 16th century. Last Rurikids ruled as Russian Tsars meanwhile no one ever heard of Ukraine- Borderland.
@@Boyar300AV are you insaine? first was kiyvskaya rus I m from Kiev and you told me about my history? you know nothing about it
@@alexmashine Ukrainians in Kiev are migrants. They did not even live in Kiev until 20th century lol.
You are the same native in Kiev as Turks in Berlin lul.
@CrashCourse First of all, let me thank you for such a well produced educational channel, i have learnt a lot from it, over the past couple of years.
My only grouse/feedback/suggestion is that its a LOT of information in TOO little a time (story of our times!); Just because its called 'crash course', doesn't mean the narration should fly as fast as a plane! Though the pacing is not that bad in some videos I feel you could take more time, slow it down a little, so that the information can register (Especially during the info-graphic parts, my attention is being stretched in comprehending simultaneous streams of information: the graphics/animation, reading the text as it comes up in the graphic/animation, and on top of that to keep listening to a really fast paced voice over about usually a very complicated issue...too much!
Taking a minute extra in the whole video might help ease it out, to take the tempo of the narrative lower and make it easier to register.
I mean no offense/disrespect, all the feedback above is given in a constructive spirit.
I find it helps a little to put the captions on so i can read it as he says it :)
I agree. I also have the captions on for these vids and sometimes have to rewind so I can catch and properly register what he said
History is fine, you haven't seen physics... Mind blowing, crazy fast, incredibly hard to understand.
Watching this the day of my AP World history midterm!