The Vorkuta Gulag - Hellhole of the USSR

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    The Soviet Gulag prison system was set up in the 1920's by the ruling communist party.
    Soviet Gulags were forced labour camps.
    They held prisoners in harsh living conditions, where any treatment expected was to be extreme and inhumane.
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Komentáře • 10K

  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  Před 3 lety +26277

    😱Remember guys we need to:
    Step 1: Secure the keys
    Step 2: Ascend from darkness
    Step 3: Rain fire
    Step 4: Unleash the horde
    Step 5: Skewer the winged beast
    Step 6: Wield a fist of iron
    Step 7: Raise hell
    Step 8: Freedom
    Da.

  • @BruhMoment-lu5jd
    @BruhMoment-lu5jd Před 3 lety +4914

    “Dragovich, kravchenko, Steiner these..men all must die”

    • @cjmartinez8318
      @cjmartinez8318 Před 3 lety +22

      I'll be your first comment :)

    • @franz6859
      @franz6859 Před 3 lety +54

      “Fredrich Steiner... This is the end”

    • @redhead6911
      @redhead6911 Před 3 lety +69

      @@franz6859 I AM VICTOR REZNOV, AND I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE

    • @crusty_cookie3099
      @crusty_cookie3099 Před 3 lety +19

      Bo1 is better than cw

    • @franz6859
      @franz6859 Před 3 lety +17

      @@redhead6911 “killing me will not stop nova”

  • @technikhusky2054
    @technikhusky2054 Před 3 lety +444

    My grandpa was 24 when he was taken to one of these gulags. He had to stay there for more than 3 years. He never talked about what happened there. Always when we asked him about it he started to lose tears and said "I can't talk about it". Horrible thing must have happened over there.

    • @deesnutz42069
      @deesnutz42069 Před 2 lety +4

      maybe he shouldn't have been a reactionary

    • @harryeyre1322
      @harryeyre1322 Před 2 lety +117

      @@deesnutz42069 touch grass

    • @TeraBitts
      @TeraBitts Před 2 lety +66

      @@deesnutz42069 Don't fight for slavery, fight for liberty.

    • @sonnysinny6352
      @sonnysinny6352 Před 2 lety +20

      Did he meet reznov or sergi?

    • @rememberthatyoumustdie
      @rememberthatyoumustdie Před 2 lety +36

      @@deesnutz42069 ever heard of sunlight? You should feel some

  • @luxle_aviation
    @luxle_aviation Před rokem +90

    You can see in some scenes that Reznov and Sergei are in the background.

    • @someguy2272
      @someguy2272 Před rokem +6

      1:45 1:58 2:09 2:15 2:22 3:37 4:48 5:38 5:44 (unleash the horde) 5:57 6:09 6:15 6:18 6:24 6:26 6:49 7:12

  • @christopherlue9096
    @christopherlue9096 Před 3 lety +3682

    “Step 8 Reznov, freedom!”
    “For you Mason, not for me.”
    “Reznov!”

  • @bigboss7681
    @bigboss7681 Před 3 lety +11558

    I heard an American prisoner escaped on a bike with a lever action shotgun

    • @Solo.edwinn
      @Solo.edwinn Před 3 lety +666

      Same I heard that story but don’t remember where it’s from

    • @sergeantfoley874
      @sergeantfoley874 Před 3 lety +343

      Yeah I heard that somewhere as well

    • @MCL003
      @MCL003 Před 3 lety +428

      Didn’t he and another guy escape as well?

    • @GentlemanWorlock1
      @GentlemanWorlock1 Před 3 lety +314

      Was that the guy who was found on The train?

    • @thehistoryvideogameandgame4730
      @thehistoryvideogameandgame4730 Před 3 lety +589

      @@MCL003 Yeah but I think he was killed by the guards, Or he was in Hue City I’m not sure, I’m hearing numbers all of a sudden

  • @nerdyman7190
    @nerdyman7190 Před 2 lety +303

    RIP Reznov. I remember actually believing Reznov made it out when Mason was having those dreams. I was very sad when I found out he didn’t make it. Honestly if Sergei wasn’t there the plan would’ve probably failed. RIP Sergei. Also how did Woods survive the explosion when he drove himself and Kravchenko out the window, I mean I know he’s a goddamn onion but still.

    • @ragingraptorizcul988
      @ragingraptorizcul988 Před 2 lety +9

      we dont know for sure he is dead

    • @Gino_andTonic
      @Gino_andTonic Před 2 lety +15

      The better question is how krevchenko survived sevral grenades that were strapped to him exploding

    • @nerdyman7190
      @nerdyman7190 Před 2 lety +5

      @@Gino_andTonic Yeah, but at least he got killed in Bo2

    • @_.Jac0b_
      @_.Jac0b_ Před rokem +4

      @@ragingraptorizcul988 hudson himself said that he died after trying to escape

    • @ragingraptorizcul988
      @ragingraptorizcul988 Před rokem +3

      @@_.Jac0b_ its cod they can make anything cannon

  • @DarkenedDawn
    @DarkenedDawn Před 2 lety +240

    Reznov: "You will break... American."
    Hudson: "Victor Reznov."
    Mason: "My friend."

    • @mr.blister4856
      @mr.blister4856 Před 2 lety +16

      When I first played that mission back then in 2010 I was pretty confused when he said "my friend" cause they were fighting.

    • @MrR34P
      @MrR34P Před 2 lety +7

      @@mr.blister4856 that story threw my 11 yo brain in the biggest spiral

    • @mr.blister4856
      @mr.blister4856 Před 2 lety +6

      @@MrR34P lol, imagine how confused my little 8 year old brain was 😭

    • @deathfromthedepths
      @deathfromthedepths Před 2 lety +4

      @@mr.blister4856 My five year old brain was completely fucked lmao

    • @malasian
      @malasian Před 2 lety +4

      @@mr.blister4856 dude same I was just as confused when I was 8

  • @KingOfTheDelaware
    @KingOfTheDelaware Před 3 lety +5161

    _”Dragovich...Kravchenko...Steiner. ALL must die.”_

  • @monkeymonkey7480
    @monkeymonkey7480 Před 3 lety +781

    “So that was the last time you saw Victor Reznov?”
    “Yea”
    “At least for awhile.”

    • @jokestermasteroflaughter7754
      @jokestermasteroflaughter7754 Před 3 lety +16

      I saw his cameo 2:08

    • @TheJazzyOtaku
      @TheJazzyOtaku Před 3 lety +10

      He's also with Mason at 6:25

    • @jerichamesclammay3107
      @jerichamesclammay3107 Před 3 lety +3

      I saw him 8 times. Didn't keep count on White Sergei

    • @trekkienzl2862
      @trekkienzl2862 Před 3 lety +1

      I'm confused. Did Reznov actually die in Vorkuta or did he escape.
      Mason remembers seeing him in Vietnam and Afghanistan if I'm not mistaken.

    • @TheJazzyOtaku
      @TheJazzyOtaku Před 3 lety +3

      @@trekkienzl2862 He dies he doesnt escape. Mason sees Resnov because he was brainwashed by Resnov to get revenge.

  • @battle_fry3674
    @battle_fry3674 Před 3 lety +160

    "With my life. He and us are not so different... We are all soldiers, without an army. Betrayed."
    -Viktor Reznov

    • @kickster4u
      @kickster4u Před 2 lety +3

      "Forgotten, abandoned."

    • @mono8604
      @mono8604 Před 2 lety +3

      "Are you sure you can trust this American?"
      "With my life. He and us are not so different- in Vorkuta, we are all brothers. All soldiers, without an army. Betrayed. Forgotten. Abandoned. "

    • @myles3856
      @myles3856 Před 2 lety +1

      @@kickster4u In vorkuta we are all brothers.

    • @kevinc.cucumber3697
      @kevinc.cucumber3697 Před 2 lety +2

      Hey your profile picture looks like a very wholesome, cute child friendly anime.

    • @bellaswan5193
      @bellaswan5193 Před 2 lety

      @@kevinc.cucumber3697 It's called Shoujo Ramune, want a link?

  • @W0LFB3AT5
    @W0LFB3AT5 Před 2 lety +149

    It’s amazing that in CoD Cold War when Mason revisited the broken down satellites from “Black Ops”, Mason STILL receives faint numbers in his head.
    This goes to show that the game 10 years ago is still a memory to this day.

    • @KoJIJoky
      @KoJIJoky Před 2 lety +5

      Yeah, great detail

    • @ajtikalsky9704
      @ajtikalsky9704 Před rokem +2

      He's still a little brainwashed from 1963 to 1981

    • @W0LFB3AT5
      @W0LFB3AT5 Před rokem

      @@ajtikalsky9704 I know. Great minor detail yet somehow very effective if paid attention to. Haha!

    • @adelorodell5556
      @adelorodell5556 Před rokem +1

      ​@@ajtikalsky9704 he is for rest of Life but just a little it probably can't ever fully be broken

    • @el_blanco_loco
      @el_blanco_loco Před rokem +1

      I loved how when Mason saw the old picture of Steiner, he basically started having flashbacks.

  • @anonymousphoenix154
    @anonymousphoenix154 Před 3 lety +2361

    People in the comments
    USSR historians: SLEEP
    Black Ops players: *REZNOV!*

  • @mrabudi1
    @mrabudi1 Před 3 lety +3310

    the comment section is 10% talking about how horrible the soviet union was
    90% COD references

    • @alexanderalexander3194
      @alexanderalexander3194 Před 3 lety +44

      maybe ussr is not here anymore but its still in our
      hearts

    • @Einzellerog
      @Einzellerog Před 3 lety +28

      And why do think that ussr is that horrible? Just because this video shows only one side of the medal?

    • @eb18574
      @eb18574 Před 3 lety +121

      @@Einzellerog millions dead or fleeing to western nations would say otherwise

    • @reetikarjalainen4994
      @reetikarjalainen4994 Před 3 lety +18

      @@eb18574 why do many former USSR countries say it was better in USSR? And also atleast East Germans, some say it was better in DDR than Germany today.

    • @dbt7624
      @dbt7624 Před 3 lety +4

      Cuz the Soviet Union was amazing 🥴

  • @nerfreak01
    @nerfreak01 Před rokem +25

    _"In Vorkuta, we are all soldiers without an army."_
    _"Betrayed."_
    _"Forgotten."_
    _"ABANDONED."_
    _"In Vorkuta, we are ALL brothers."_

  • @sealstorm1935
    @sealstorm1935 Před 2 lety +30

    "In Vorkuta, we are all brothers."

  • @animo9050
    @animo9050 Před 3 lety +576

    1% of comments: stalin jokes
    1% of comments: gulag jokes
    98% of comments: *Reznov Mason something*

  • @afonya553
    @afonya553 Před 3 lety +746

    Bae: Come over
    Stalin: Can’t, I’m busy sending people to gulag
    Bae: My parents aren’t home
    Stalin: I know

  • @tekkattekk5790
    @tekkattekk5790 Před 2 lety +12

    My grandfather was a inmate in Vorkuta, he got out some years after the death of Stalin and was sent back to the GDR.

  • @bravofoxtrot5534
    @bravofoxtrot5534 Před 3 lety +140

    I can hear the Tankies now...
    "That wasn't real communism!"

    • @gunterxvoices4101
      @gunterxvoices4101 Před 3 lety +9

      It's not like it is currently the same way in the US, but in the middle of a desert lol.

    • @evandubois3364
      @evandubois3364 Před 2 lety +10

      It was real Socialism and the death rate was comparable to US prisons, but it was 80 years ago so what does that say about the prison system of a "free" country

    • @gunterxvoices4101
      @gunterxvoices4101 Před 2 lety +11

      @@evandubois3364 It's weird how the prison population is three times the amount of China, despite having a much lower population. Welcome to the Policed States of America lmao.

    • @MyHeadHz
      @MyHeadHz Před 2 lety +45

      Found the tankies. Picking up trash on the side of a freeway isn't the same as being worked to death in coal mines.

    • @ursa_margo
      @ursa_margo Před 2 lety +4

      It wasn't. The USSR never officially achieved communism.

  • @NUM1STUNNER
    @NUM1STUNNER Před 3 lety +2062

    Russian prisoner: "Reznov, you sure you can trust this American?"
    Reznov: "With my life. He and us, are not so different... We are all soldiers, without an army. Betrayed. Forgotten. Abandoned. In Vorkuta, we are ALL brothers..."
    God tier moment

    • @alturnovanschalkwyk1411
      @alturnovanschalkwyk1411 Před 3 lety +21

      You see I have call of duty world at war and reznov was a sgt. Of the red army

    • @shadow_b0itrash415
      @shadow_b0itrash415 Před 3 lety +3

      @@alturnovanschalkwyk1411 have u played b01 campaign

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover Před 3 lety +18

      Also totally real communism and socialism right here. All excuse makers are degenerate useless reddit neckbeards.

    • @ericgarcia9110
      @ericgarcia9110 Před 3 lety +4

      No one could’ve done a better job than Gary Oldman

    • @jb089_8
      @jb089_8 Před 3 lety

      I’m crying 😭

  • @phyrr2
    @phyrr2 Před 2 lety +19

    If anyone wants a true glimpse into the life in the gulags, read "Man is Wolf to Man". For a glimpse into life as a survivor, read the sequel titled "Surviving Freedom".
    The first book accounts for what many gulag prisoners endured, which was starting in the lower security camps and hopping camps eastward, all the way to Kolyma. The system was set so that labor could be exploited at every stage of denigration of the human body for those that were sentenced. All to the point of self-expiration by being overworked if they weren't already purged by the NKVD or fellow prisoners along the way.
    One particular issue the author (Janusz Bardach) discusses is witnessing how prisoners getting diarrhea from poor nutrition often died from the cold. This is because the prisoners were stacked upon one another in shacks. If you had soiled your clothes and another prisoner had your butt in their face, they would throw you out into the cold to freeze to death, simply because the smell prevented them from getting any sleep. Many prisoners upon being reaching close to death due to being overworked, would reach a point of no longer caring about dignity. Retaining your dignity at all costs (not ripping one in your pants during morning lineup) kept you alive. The author made it a point to never resort to eating rats because he felt it would cause a loss of his dignity and humanity. Because he observed that once prisoners resorted to eating rats they would all end up dying relatively soon. Even though they had attained additional sustenance. Survival as always, is just as much about the mind if not more so than the body.
    Janusz also describes a scene where after attempting escape, he was rounded up and beaten by a guard and an officer. Once the officer left the room, the guard immediately became compassionate and stopped beating Janusz and even offering water. The guard had to snap back into "beating mode" once the officer returned, resuming the flurry of blows and non-stop insults. The point being that compassion would rise to the surface even in the hearts of the guards, but was suppressed simply due to fear of repercussions. If a guard was seen as lenient at any time, it could cost them their job or their lives, by them being interned into a gulag themselves.
    As in today's prisons, the guards would work hand-in-hand with ringleaders of the gulag. Often times these would be the Urka, or Russian prison gangs at the time. The gangs would keep the other prisoners in order, ensure productivity (or mutually assured meeting of quotas by fudging numbers, as those running the camp could be punished alongside prisoners for not meeting these). They also purchased commodities from the guards through pooling methods. One such method was collecting alcohol being given every morning to prisoners during winter months before work. The Urka ordered the prisoners to not swallow the alcohol, and instead to spit it out into a large container after exiting the alcohol line. The alcohol would be collected, and sold to the guards for food or other favors. If you were new and uninformed of this process and swallowed your alcohol, you would get a single warning via a beating and explanation. The Urka were just as important for internal enforcement as the NKVD guards.
    Another glimpse into this story is about how medical staff at the gulags enjoyed many perks, even sometimes a relatively normal life. This is because medical personnel were always required not just for the prisoners but for the guards. Even simply becoming a janitor for an associated hospital was enough to spare you the rigors of the physical labor in the camps. Also, those who injured themselves to get to the infirmary were usually sniffed out and executed as it was against the rules to do so. Many people cut off digits or even entire limbs, burned themselves or spilled acid upon themselves just to get a few days in the hospital. Prisoners would often help inflict wounds upon each other so as to make it look like an accident (as self-inflicted wounds show certain characteristics of being so).

  • @coolio6000
    @coolio6000 Před 2 lety +15

    “In Vorkuta, we are all brothers” -Reznov

  • @calthepeacelovingclover5935
    @calthepeacelovingclover5935 Před 3 lety +443

    Mason: "Your turn!!! Come on!!! Step eight, Reznov - Freedom!
    "
    Reznov: "For you Mason... Not for me...
    "
    Mason: "REZNOV!!!"
    Man that scene gave me the feels...

    • @Joshua_N-A
      @Joshua_N-A Před 3 lety +8

      That scene on Rebirth is the best plot twist ever.

    • @gmanawesome5773
      @gmanawesome5773 Před 3 lety +1

      I NEVER FORGET THAT SENCE

  • @noble9864
    @noble9864 Před 3 lety +8625

    "Mason. Every journey begins with a single step. This - is step one!!"

  • @Dylan-pl6wv
    @Dylan-pl6wv Před 3 lety +36

    "Can't get the Fucking Numbers out of my head!" - Alex Mason

  • @thefacedownertfd4336
    @thefacedownertfd4336 Před 2 lety +26

    "STEP 8 REZNOV! FREEDOM!"
    "FOR YOU MASON, NOT FOR ME"

  • @napalmman8292
    @napalmman8292 Před 3 lety +3632

    Russian Prisoner: Reznov, you sure you can trust this American?
    Reznov: With my life...He and us are not so different. We are all soldiers without an army...Betrayed...Forgotten...Abandoned. In Vorkuta, we are ALL brothers...

  • @williambarwick7707
    @williambarwick7707 Před 3 lety +2727

    Love how you can see Sergi and Resnov in the animation LMAO.

    • @cbassbenzo
      @cbassbenzo Před 3 lety +164

      you can see mason pushing the cart with sergi too if you look for his little bald head

    • @wtwt3619
      @wtwt3619 Před 3 lety +79

      Lmao I immediately went to the comments after I saw Reznov 😂😂

    • @savory_doofus
      @savory_doofus Před 3 lety +7

      I love this

    • @mulligan4981
      @mulligan4981 Před 3 lety +14

      I thought I was the only one that saw that lmao

    • @jacksonschenk361
      @jacksonschenk361 Před 3 lety +25

      Freedom for you mason... not me

  • @highjumpstudios2384
    @highjumpstudios2384 Před 2 lety +12

    “In Vorkuta, we are all brothers.”

  • @loganmccarty2291
    @loganmccarty2291 Před 3 lety +5

    Crazy this popped up! John Nobles son, also John is a great friend of mine, and one of the nicest people I've ever met. He speaks highly of his father and lent me a book wrote by his father. John wrote a book called "i was a slave in russia" that detailed his experience. It certainly brought tears to the eyes several times.

  • @KillMe-jt8uz
    @KillMe-jt8uz Před 3 lety +2138

    “MY NAME IS VIKTOR REZNOV. AND I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE.”

    • @noobman9733
      @noobman9733 Před 3 lety +4

      You don’t look like one

    • @MrJacobkoh
      @MrJacobkoh Před 3 lety +16

      Man the game came out 10 years ago man. November 2010. Played the campaign as a 11-12 years old, then as a 14 years old and finally a 17 year old.

    • @noobman9733
      @noobman9733 Před 3 lety

      @@MrJacobkoh BURH

    • @monrroexd6243
      @monrroexd6243 Před 3 lety +8

      "YOU TOOK THE LIFE OF MANY GOOD MEN, NO LONGER" *proceeds to punch him*

    • @miniatureben3558
      @miniatureben3558 Před 3 lety +12

      Breaks the glass *"MASON NO"*

  • @Epicmmo
    @Epicmmo Před 3 lety +59

    As long as he lives the heart of this army cannot be broken, he makes us all proud."
    -Victor reznov 1939

    • @juho3434
      @juho3434 Před 2 lety +10

      1945 sorry i had to

  • @heliosynth80s
    @heliosynth80s Před 3 lety +10

    2:21 There's Sergei pushing the Coal Cart and there's Reznov mining next to him.

  • @Mr.SM2939OLD
    @Mr.SM2939OLD Před 3 lety +803

    "You will break, American!"
    "Viktor Reznov."
    "My friend....."

  • @m3ta_the_viking789
    @m3ta_the_viking789 Před 3 lety +476

    "Dragovich... Kravchenko... Steiner... These "men" must die." - Viktor Reznov

  • @space4166
    @space4166 Před rokem +7

    “I love Soviet Union.”
    Says the person who wasn’t been to a gulag

  • @ashenkoisan572
    @ashenkoisan572 Před 2 lety +21

    "Mason! You did it Mason! You did what I could not!"- Reznov's last words

  • @legendarycrusader2773
    @legendarycrusader2773 Před 3 lety +2878

    "Come on, step 8 Reznov, freedom!"
    "For you Mason, not for me"
    "REZNOV!"

  • @lewistanner1046
    @lewistanner1046 Před 3 lety +3725

    "For you Mason! Not for me!" - Reznov

  • @BlackSkull1984
    @BlackSkull1984 Před rokem +2

    "welcome to the gulag, if you survived you earned your freedom"

  • @justnick7042
    @justnick7042 Před 2 lety +19

    “He and us are not so different. We are all soldiers without an army, betrayed, forgotten, abandoned. We are all brothers in Vortuka…” -Victor Reznov

  • @memelessxd6554
    @memelessxd6554 Před 3 lety +1802

    Can we just point out that theres characters that look like Reznov and Sergei
    (Edit: why are so many people liking this)

    • @fffff5791
      @fffff5791 Před 3 lety +159

      And mason pushing the minecart

    • @lasombra1469
      @lasombra1469 Před 3 lety +98

      LEFT FLANK MASON!

    • @dominuslimo4147
      @dominuslimo4147 Před 3 lety +67

      @@fffff5791 1:48 I think that is meant to be sergei

    • @leonardo3ro310
      @leonardo3ro310 Před 3 lety +52

      @@dominuslimo4147 it is meant to be him lmao even in the scene were the guards open fire he is along with a character wich seems to look like reznov they are pushing a cart wich is a reference to the part of the mission where reznov and sergei push the cart as cover to get closer to the enemy buildings

    • @averagecustodes2562
      @averagecustodes2562 Před 3 lety +11

      Sergei is pushing a minecart

  • @mufat3930
    @mufat3930 Před 3 lety +974

    R.i.p Sergei
    ???-October 6, 1963
    He was strong but the door was stronger

    • @imperialguardsman5726
      @imperialguardsman5726 Před 3 lety +72

      Sergei actually would have held the door opened if he didn't get shot

    • @JuliaCV9
      @JuliaCV9 Před 3 lety +21

      "I have yet to meet one who can outsmart bullet."
      - Heavy Weapons Guy (A.K.A. Heavy)

    • @newyorktitties8954
      @newyorktitties8954 Před 3 lety +11

      The monster of Magadan

    • @Cobblestone8_alt_account
      @Cobblestone8_alt_account Před 2 lety +2

      My boy was my boy . He was like a son to me . R.I.P my boy he was like a father to me

    • @s8nwulf
      @s8nwulf Před 2 lety +1

      THATS THE BIG HOMIE RIP 😤✊😢😢

  • @gpsoldier9462
    @gpsoldier9462 Před 2 lety +14

    Seeing all my fellow Bo1 brothers and sisters assemble again to remember a great time in gaming history brings me joy.

  • @atomicgringo6710
    @atomicgringo6710 Před 2 lety +3

    I love how in the graphic with the 3 prisoners revolting the one in the middle looks like Reznov from Call of Duty Black Ops! You guys are tru legends for including him!

  • @yourdailymemer4657
    @yourdailymemer4657 Před 3 lety +405

    “step off reznov! Freedom!”
    “For you mason, not for me!”

  • @mr.ignorant3585
    @mr.ignorant3585 Před 3 lety +497

    "Allow me to introduce, Sergei Kozin the monster from Magadan"
    "Glad you're a friend, Sergei"
    "We will never pause, we will never falter, we will be free or die trying"

  • @gliocz
    @gliocz Před 3 měsíci +1

    Soviet guard: Welcome to the Vorkuta Gul- Stalin: Don't say it. Guard: I mean camp!

  • @jamesdunning8650
    @jamesdunning8650 Před 2 lety +56

    I get it, communism makes everyone equally miserable.

    • @jamesdunning8650
      @jamesdunning8650 Před 2 lety

      @Christian Cotton and Cuba..and North Korea.

    • @jamesdunning8650
      @jamesdunning8650 Před 2 lety +1

      @Christian Cotton really? Hundreds of people went missing after this last protest against communist rule.

    • @gabrielmora5092
      @gabrielmora5092 Před 2 lety +2

      @@jamesdunning8650 that's because of the Authoritarian government.

    • @jamesdunning8650
      @jamesdunning8650 Před 2 lety

      @@gabrielmora5092 How else is marxism enforced?

    • @gabrielmora5092
      @gabrielmora5092 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jamesdunning8650 dude don't start with that.
      Because I can also say the same thing about capitalism. How many times capitalist countries have opress the working class. A lot.
      Democracy ≠ capitalism
      Communism ≠ authoritarian.
      Both opress people. Millions died because of both
      (No I'm not a communist).

  • @Cairo40000
    @Cairo40000 Před 3 lety +603

    Simple History: You couldn't escape
    Mason: Are you sure about that?

  • @snorp6781
    @snorp6781 Před 3 lety +2622

    "Your turn!!!"
    "Come on!!!"
    "Step eight, Reznov - freedom!"
    "For you Mason..."
    "Not for me..."

  • @TheWhatsUpClan
    @TheWhatsUpClan Před 2 lety +3

    The Vorkuta Gulag is a really scary place to be

  • @scorpionbrains
    @scorpionbrains Před 2 lety +2

    Putting hellhole and USSR in the same sentence is essentially just repeating the same thing twice

  • @etthxxn3708
    @etthxxn3708 Před 3 lety +681

    “Freedom Reznov!”
    “For you mason, not for me.”
    😔😔😔

    • @comradecommissar8223
      @comradecommissar8223 Před 3 lety +16

      I remember this very vividly

    • @franz6859
      @franz6859 Před 3 lety +8

      Shows truck stopping near soviets*

    • @comradecommissar8223
      @comradecommissar8223 Před 3 lety +9

      @@franz6859 yes. It was very sad what i had to do that day...

    • @franz6859
      @franz6859 Před 3 lety +2

      @@comradecommissar8223 “mason! You have done something I could not”
      😔😔😔

    • @officialphub1801
      @officialphub1801 Před 3 lety +4

      that is where grown men cry

  • @sergeantreznov7505
    @sergeantreznov7505 Před 3 lety +4019

    It feels like everyone in this comment section loves me.

  • @baileyryan488
    @baileyryan488 Před 2 lety +3

    Thinking about gulags makes me so sad that I start bawling my eyes out, that's because my great-grandfather once told me that once of his friends got sent to one of them and he got hanged. #sosad. 😭💔

  • @camjam8367
    @camjam8367 Před 2 lety +5

    I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE VIDEO BECAUSE OF THE REFERENCES

  • @randomguyonyoutube4833
    @randomguyonyoutube4833 Před 3 lety +270

    “The flag may be different, but the methods are all the same” -Reznov

    • @Romero976
      @Romero976 Před 3 lety +1

      Factless

    • @YuGioh66
      @YuGioh66 Před 3 lety +1

      Facts

    • @nak0410
      @nak0410 Před 3 lety

      Those are big facts my dude

    • @rosaria8384
      @rosaria8384 Před 3 lety

      True. Hitler's concentration camps, Stalin's gulags, CIA black sites are three prime examples.

  • @pogi-si-boni
    @pogi-si-boni Před 3 lety +765

    "VICTORY CANNOT BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT SACRAFICE, MASON."
    *"WE RUSSIANS KNOW THIS BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE."*

    • @novemberecho3899
      @novemberecho3899 Před 3 lety +11

      Mason over here![Runs behind minecart]

    • @valeriyaspasova599
      @valeriyaspasova599 Před 3 lety +6

      ДА ДА ДА ДА ДА ДА

    • @Tronathon242
      @Tronathon242 Před 3 lety +5

      If only people really knew how much Reznov was underestimating that statement.

    • @KommieKaze
      @KommieKaze Před 3 lety +2

      URRRRRAAAAAAAA!!!!!

    • @andrealugo841
      @andrealugo841 Před 3 lety

      "Reznov your men MUST KNOW this is suicide right?!"

  • @eaglestryker1338
    @eaglestryker1338 Před 2 lety +31

    "Sure you can have freedom of speech... in Siberia!"
    - Joseph Stalin, probably.

    • @phillgame8872
      @phillgame8872 Před 2 lety +2

      Also stalin was send in siberia for free speech during the tsarist era

    • @scottishbananaclan
      @scottishbananaclan Před 2 lety +3

      @@phillgame8872 shoulda just stayed there

  • @theredeyedt9057
    @theredeyedt9057 Před 2 lety +6

    “I remeber you, Vorkuta, you dont know what we did to you”

  • @TEO-jo4xm
    @TEO-jo4xm Před 3 lety +1243

    Simple History: How many COD references do you want??
    World: *YES*

    • @danteinpuro319
      @danteinpuro319 Před 3 lety +10

      They knew what they were getting themselves into

    • @belluh-1huey56
      @belluh-1huey56 Před 3 lety

      @@danteinpuro319 which was getting thirteen year old boys to click on the video thinking it was cod?

    • @mario_judah2292
      @mario_judah2292 Před 3 lety +5

      @@belluh-1huey56 I new it wasn't cod but I knew the comment were gonna be about cod

    • @danteinpuro319
      @danteinpuro319 Před 3 lety +6

      @@belluh-1huey56 i mean how can you make a video about vorkuta and like NOT put black ops 1 references in there, and you know that those 10 year olds would click on it and they would learn something

    • @belluh-1huey56
      @belluh-1huey56 Před 3 lety +1

      @@danteinpuro319 yep

  • @USAirsoft
    @USAirsoft Před 3 lety +5203

    All the Easter Eggs in this one

    • @sashaozerov3827
      @sashaozerov3827 Před 3 lety +40

      Gotta love it

    • @robinsprenkels5892
      @robinsprenkels5892 Před 3 lety +22

      @Alex Adamson went to the comments right when I saw him to see if other people were talking about it haha

    • @cat_eating_sushi9372
      @cat_eating_sushi9372 Před 3 lety +97

      At 2:09 you can see in the back the only darkened one is Viktor Reznov

    • @cat_eating_sushi9372
      @cat_eating_sushi9372 Před 3 lety +88

      And at 2:23 you can see Sergei as well

    • @LucasBriggs808
      @LucasBriggs808 Před 3 lety +25

      @@cat_eating_sushi9372 thats all I kept seeing when I saw a muscular man with no sleeves

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 Před 2 lety

    I love your channel keep up the great stuff

  • @halexprin4846
    @halexprin4846 Před rokem +7

    "demetri petrenko was was one of the bravest men I ever knew. He fought by my side from the siege of stalingrad to the fall of Berlin. The wounds he sustained ensuring our victory should have earned him a heros welcome to Russia..... but stalin had little need for heros."

  • @GAMERMAN-vy6ef
    @GAMERMAN-vy6ef Před 3 lety +716

    We all know about Reznov's sacrifice,but what about Sergei's sacrifice.

  • @memesupport9424
    @memesupport9424 Před 3 lety +433

    "We Russians know this better than anyone!"-Reznov

  • @lukesmichalski6607
    @lukesmichalski6607 Před rokem +3

    My Grandparents met in Vorkuta gulag, they've survived and were transported in cattle trains to Poland, but only after Stalin died and there was little of "relaxation" in Soviet Russia.

  • @houstonjoker3836
    @houstonjoker3836 Před rokem +1

    “Victory cannot be achieved without sacrifice” “we will be free or die trying”

  • @wannacri
    @wannacri Před 3 lety +439

    “Allow me to introduce Sergei Kozin, the monster of Magadan.” - Viktor Reznov

    • @kkrummelrhs
      @kkrummelrhs Před 3 lety +58

      "Glad you're a friend, Sergei"

    • @anthonymiglieri6181
      @anthonymiglieri6181 Před 3 lety +5

      @@kkrummelrhs damn beat me to it 😂

    • @GilangAdityaa
      @GilangAdityaa Před 3 lety +8

      Sadly sergei kozin die because he open the door for comrades

    • @TomiVuori
      @TomiVuori Před 3 lety +1

      Impales a guard with a pickaxe

    • @GilangAdityaa
      @GilangAdityaa Před 3 lety

      @@TomiVuori yes after he get out from lift lmao

  • @thomasthedankengine4893
    @thomasthedankengine4893 Před 3 lety +2717

    “I will die in the this wretched place. The only thing that keeps me alive is the thirst for vengeance.”
    - Viktor Reznov

    • @K-11609
      @K-11609 Před 3 lety +66

      The line before is just bone chilling:
      “Mason my friend, tell me what is left to believe when you are BETRAYED by your own? When all that you are, all that you have done is buried beneath the lies and the deceit of corrupt men!”

    • @BestDamThing6534
      @BestDamThing6534 Před 2 lety +21

      Prisoner: Reznov you sure we can trust this american?
      Reznov: with my life. He and us are not so different. we are all soldiers without an army, Betrayed, Forgotten, Abandoned. in Vorkuta we are all brothers

    • @myles3856
      @myles3856 Před 2 lety +2

      @@BestDamThing6534 I love that line

    • @BestDamThing6534
      @BestDamThing6534 Před 2 lety +2

      @@myles3856 Ya

    • @mr.apocalypse5143
      @mr.apocalypse5143 Před 2 lety +8

      Why was Reznov sent to the Gulag? He served in the Soviet Army so I’d think he’d be given freedom from Vorkuta.

  • @princessmarlena1359
    @princessmarlena1359 Před 3 lety +2

    Where I grew up, we had a neighbor that told us that he was in this gulag. He was released during the days of de-Stalin-ization.

  • @poopoopeepee6056
    @poopoopeepee6056 Před 2 lety +2

    "With my life. He and us are not so different... We are all soldiers, without an army. Betrayed. Forgotten. Abandoned. In Vorkuta, we are ALL brothers..."

  • @someonewashere2755
    @someonewashere2755 Před 3 lety +277

    "We are all soldiers without an army" - Victor Reznov

    • @piercepayumo4212
      @piercepayumo4212 Před 3 lety +3

      "Betrayed, forgotten, abandoned. In Vorkuta we are all brothers."

    • @patriotsquid9818
      @patriotsquid9818 Před 3 lety

      Betrayed, forgotten, abandon,

    • @maximilianolimamoreira5002
      @maximilianolimamoreira5002 Před 3 lety

      strange that, in ww2, Reznov seemed to be extremely loyal to the USSR regime, and even then was betrayed by his superior

  • @thecomputer9722
    @thecomputer9722 Před 3 lety +239

    "STEP 8 REZONOV, FREEEDOM!!!"
    "FOR YOU MASON, NOT FOR ME"
    "REZNOV!!!!!!"

    • @volt9031
      @volt9031 Před 3 lety +4

      It always gets me man 😢

    • @zde1532
      @zde1532 Před 3 lety +1

      Mason always thought reznov is still alive but he isn't

  • @sadko8927
    @sadko8927 Před 2 lety +5

    He and us are not so different... We are all soldiers, without an army. Betrayed. Forgotten. Abandoned. In Vorkuta, we are ALL brothers

  • @el_blanco_loco
    @el_blanco_loco Před rokem

    I like the animated Victor Reznov at 5:47
    Good touch and good reference lol

  • @x22tk57
    @x22tk57 Před 3 lety +889

    I like the little COD: Black Ops references with Viktor Reznov and Sergei in the animation, and the pinned comment of the escape steps, lmao

    • @guerrilla9852
      @guerrilla9852 Před 3 lety +7

      Bruh you forgot the Monster of Magadan. I saw Sergei in there

    • @guerrilla9852
      @guerrilla9852 Před 3 lety +1

      Thank you big man!

    • @APPEALtoFEAR
      @APPEALtoFEAR Před 3 lety

      Figured at the beginning of the video I would see a Reznov Easter egg before the end... I'm sure there are some "historical elitists"(?) saying s**t in the comments like:
      "F**kin' kids wouldn't even know about Vorkuta without a stupid video game , I spent 4 years in university to learn that YO"
      Yeah...

  • @butterflyknifeislife8658
    @butterflyknifeislife8658 Před 3 lety +2386

    Simple History: You couldn’t escape
    Black Ops fans: *ACKCHYUALLY*

  • @dictatorofthecheese
    @dictatorofthecheese Před 2 lety +4

    I loved these Easter eggs so much from black ops 1 😍.
    Prisoner: "Reznov, are you sure we can trust this American?"
    Reznov: With my life. He is not so different. We are all soldiers without an army. Betrayed, forgotten, abandoned. We Russians know this better then anyone..."

  • @austinburgess4319
    @austinburgess4319 Před 2 lety

    I'm so happy you made this because legit no one at my HIGH SCHOOL knows what the actual gulag is just that it's where u go when u die in cod

  • @familygash7500
    @familygash7500 Před 3 lety +1481

    *RUSSIAN CITIZEN:* "I think..."
    *JOSEF STALIN:* "Looks like you're going to The Gulags, Jimbo!"

    • @Slashking996
      @Slashking996 Před 3 lety +33

      This comment is severely underrated

    • @kazuhiramiller7491
      @kazuhiramiller7491 Před 3 lety +9

      @@Slashking996 Because its untrue.

    • @jonathandavx
      @jonathandavx Před 3 lety +35

      @@kazuhiramiller7491 untrue? This really happened

    • @kazuhiramiller7491
      @kazuhiramiller7491 Před 3 lety +9

      @@jonathandavx I guess thats why the people that actually lived under Stalin miss him. Right?

    • @gloriousblobber9647
      @gloriousblobber9647 Před 3 lety +37

      @@kazuhiramiller7491 I guess that's why Stalin employed secret police. Right?

  • @WeinerSkewer
    @WeinerSkewer Před 3 lety +1348

    "Victory cannot be achieved without sacrifice Mason. We Russians know this better than anyone" - Viktor Reznov

    • @hexagonalawareness3584
      @hexagonalawareness3584 Před 3 lety +16

      This exact comment is right above this one except it was posted days before

    • @WeinerSkewer
      @WeinerSkewer Před 3 lety +6

      @@hexagonalawareness3584 i didnt see it therefore it does not exist

    • @hexagonalawareness3584
      @hexagonalawareness3584 Před 3 lety +4

      @@WeinerSkewer I don't see atoms --> they do not exist --> the universe implodes --> oh, wait

    • @rustyshackleford7265
      @rustyshackleford7265 Před 3 lety +2

      How many times do you fools have to post the same comment? I've seen dozens already

    • @Walker-ow7vj
      @Walker-ow7vj Před 3 lety +1

      @@rustyshackleford7265 its a nice quote take it easy

  • @zacharysornoza522
    @zacharysornoza522 Před rokem +6

    gotta love the reznov and sergei reference at 2:26

  • @shmorble
    @shmorble Před 2 lety

    Thanks for adding Reznov and Sergei.

  • @lilvazquez4002
    @lilvazquez4002 Před 3 lety +2304

    Sergei's death in this mission of CoD was probably the saddest one that we actually see

  • @j_l_r1511
    @j_l_r1511 Před 3 lety +346

    “Reznov, these men must know this is suicide!”
    “Victory is not achieved without sacrifice Mason, we Russians know this better than anyone.”
    Edit: 282 likes in 3 hours?!? Wow thx everyone!!!

  • @carson2510
    @carson2510 Před 2 lety +1

    I love that mason Sergei (I think that’s how you spell it) and Reznov are in the video

  • @andrewshultz8894
    @andrewshultz8894 Před rokem +1

    Love the little note to Reznov and Sergei seriously made the video for me😂😂

  • @andrewgibbons9872
    @andrewgibbons9872 Před 3 lety +483

    “ Victory cannot be achieved without sacrifice Mason. We Russians know this better than anyone”
    Sgt Viktor Reznov

    • @thunderedsun203
      @thunderedsun203 Před 3 lety

      Oh wait a comment of this is already created 3 hours ago yours is 2 hours ago

    • @jurtra9090
      @jurtra9090 Před 3 lety +4

      PREPARE YOURSELF, MEN!

    • @justinvaladez4503
      @justinvaladez4503 Před 3 lety +11

      Actually Reznov got promoted to Captain

    • @justinvaladez4503
      @justinvaladez4503 Před 3 lety +1

      @@andrewgibbons9872 yeah that does sound better

    • @rafaelcristiano4312
      @rafaelcristiano4312 Před 3 lety

      @@thunderedsun203 the comment was based off cod: black ops, really popular game lol, expect much , much more than this

  • @EmilioScarpelli
    @EmilioScarpelli Před 3 lety +428

    Here you can spot a lot of COD Black ops 1 references
    1. The Mine where Mason and Reznov distracted one of the guards to steal the Mine key - 5:13 5:44 6:08
    2. The Shotgun armoury that was filled with KS23 shotguns - 5:38 and 5:57
    3. Sergei can be found pushing minecarts and fighting one of the guards - 1:40 2:22 4:48 5:21 6:08 and 6:22 in here you can see him pushing a minecart along with Reznov
    4. Reznov, This iconic black ops character can be found in - 5:43 5:56 6:08 and 6:22 in here you can see him pushing a minecart along with Sergei
    5. The Bucket-wheel excavator, where you can find this in COD Black ops while supporting the uprising from the south - 0:59 2:13 2:46 3:18 5:32 7:10

  • @Troytom03
    @Troytom03 Před 2 lety +1

    good for adding the bo1 refrences in there

  • @garandk7802
    @garandk7802 Před 2 lety +1

    Hehehe im glad you guys made sure to make one of characters look like Reznov

  • @piercepayumo4212
    @piercepayumo4212 Před 3 lety +441

    Viktor Reznov: "Brave comrades of Vorkuta, the time has come to rise against our oppressors! Today we show the hearts of true Russians! We have all given our blood for the motherland. We have answered her calls without question. We gave our youth, our hearts, our very souls for her protection ... as brothers, we fought side by side against the German fascists. We crawled trough dirt and blood and sand to achieve our glorious victory ... Not for medals, or glory, but for what was right. We fought for revenge ... And when Berlin fell, how did our leaders repay us? We returned not to rapturous welcome ... but to suspicion and persecution. In the eyes of our leaders we were already tainted by the capitalist West. Torn from the arms of our loved ones, we found ourselves here... this place... this, this terrible place. Here we have languished, with no hope for release... No hope for justice. We have toiled in Dragovich's mines until the flesh peeled from our bones... We have watched our comrades succumb to sickness and disease... We have been starved. We have been beaten. But we will not be broken! Today, we will send a message to our corrupt and arrogant leaders. Today, my comrades... Vorkuta... BURNS!!! "

    • @lintycastle5649
      @lintycastle5649 Před 3 lety +16

      The numbers Mason, what do they mean?

    • @accent1666
      @accent1666 Před 3 lety +12

      Game may not the accurate
      But this Godamn speech IS Accurate!

    • @notlizard5797
      @notlizard5797 Před 3 lety

      Nice ctl c ctl v

    • @cossmossgaminggggg4455
      @cossmossgaminggggg4455 Před 3 lety +1

      Reznov gave his life for the good of mason to carry out his revenge and for mason to live his life

    • @z-man1237
      @z-man1237 Před 3 lety +1

      *URA!!!*

  • @shoewithbeans8472
    @shoewithbeans8472 Před 3 lety +210

    “The vorkuta gulag”
    Me: “The number mason, what do they mean”?”

  • @doomslayer9077
    @doomslayer9077 Před rokem

    I love how you guys drew rezneov in the background

  • @Stoic_sensei
    @Stoic_sensei Před 2 lety +4

    1:57 you can see sergei pushing the coal cart

  • @nexus4151
    @nexus4151 Před 3 lety +623

    "My name is Viktor Reznov, and I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE!"
    "MASON NO!!"

  • @popthecolt-gamingandlifest9641

    I love the Call of Duty: Black Ops references in this! Simple History never fails to appeal to it’s fans! A truly elite history CZcams channel!

    • @charlessaint7926
      @charlessaint7926 Před 3 lety +70

      This is only Simple History's beginning to be the elite history channel. This is Step One! Secure the fans!

    • @sdc303
      @sdc303 Před 3 lety +17

      And then, step two! ascend from darkness

    • @_teker
      @_teker Před 3 lety +25

      “The numbers Mason! What do they mean!?”

    • @jonathantorresgonzalez3415
      @jonathantorresgonzalez3415 Před 3 lety +21

      Yeah, noticed Reznov and Sergei in the background. NICE

    • @TacSon
      @TacSon Před 3 lety +3

      @@sdc303 Ascend from YT algorithm