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have you covered the exploratores and speculatores......are there any super elite mongol forces.....werewolves of wwii germany....any ancient barely known scythian, (india)n, or chinese units......I heard or read only once that the Qin units that conquered and solidified China had giant polearms and used them like teeth but I can not find that anywhere else
28:34 The units from I think Ivan The Terrible's Era. I forget under which king, but some of the troops used Bardiches or a similar weapon to prop up rifles when firing.
Россия- это регион смешения многих культур. Мы вобрали в себя и традиции Запада, и традиции Византии, и тюркских и монгольских народов. Но у нас достаточно и своего)
Druzhina is pronounced with a "ž" sound, like "je (suis)" in French. Being a native Serbo-croatian speaker, no translation of any of original terms needed. "Družina" or its synonym "družba" is still a word in Serbo-croatian, Slovenian (and, most likely, other Slavic languages) meaning a group or a band of friends. At least the word retained its original meaning - though a battle unit is gone.
don't know aby any other slavic language, but in Polish "drużyna" has several meanings and one of them is equivalent of English 'squad' (small military unit)
I really enjoyed this documentary about Vaegir Knights, everyone always wants to talk about the Swadians but Vaegirs have knights too. Also the theme from Viking Conquest was a nice touch. If I had to offer a critique I would say next time less talking and more raiding.
This is more about Sturgians from Bannerlord than anything in Warband. Though sadly Sturgia is super underpowered compared to their rivals. The Druzhina for example have great shields but tiny lances
As the contemporary traveller from Al-Andalus, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub has described it: "Mesko has three thousand armoured soldiers [divided into] detachments, and a hundred is as powerful as dozens of other [warriors]. He gives these men clothes, horses, weaponry, and everything they need."
@@ancientsitesgirl Ok. But what about the rest of them? Did their culture have norse influence? Did they have a lot of norsemen living in their land? Just because the leaders weren't norse doesn't mean they aren't culturally affected.
Despite current political situation i think its important to know that Kievan Rus is not "Ancient Ukraine" or something. This is not even a national state, it was a bunch of fragmented feodal territories.
That's what I hate about both Russian and Ukrainian hooray-patriots. Can't just accept that they are separate nations with same origin/core. Like Germans and Dutch.
Its kinda funny that they do such video on "druzhina", yet do not even bother spending 10 seconds to check how the word is pronounced... Not to mention the rather general meaning of the word which just means "retinue" or "company" in most Slavic languages, so they arent any specific unit, rather "druzhynas" in different Slavic lands would be completely different (ranging from horse archers to heavy infantry).
@@fridericusrex6289 yes we all wagged war differently. Western slavs were more footmen and southern and eastern were more horse men. With the middle ground in poland. Mainly were there was more iranic influence you have more horse men, and were germanic influence is more prevelant you have footmen.
@@skin4700 Western Slavs were footmen? The most legendary Slavic cavalry, if not European cavalry were winged hussars From Poland. Western Slavic country.
Interesting how Voevodo was a title of a general in some times/places and the title of a region’s ruler in others. Kind of like how the Roman Dux was basically a general, but later evolved into Dukes who were powerful landed noblemen. (same goes for Comes becoming Counts; once officers underneath a Dux but later became landed nobles of a lower rank than a Duke)
The fact is that the governors interim manager ruled only in the colonies, but not in Rus itself. It's like a governor general. In the Rus it voivode itself, this is literally how it is written "voi- military vode- leads" The joke is that the colonies were lawless and the local ruler basically also had no connection with his subjects, unlike ancient cities where the inhabitants could expel the prince. Actually Kyiv was ruined in 1169 by Andey Bogolyubsky, he temporarily ruled the city of Vyshgorod near Kyiv, but because of the complaints of the townspeople that he was an idiot, he was expelled by the prince of Kyiv. When in the next war he captured Kyiv, he burned it because he understood that he would not be able to manage it and he would be expelled again. It is much easier to rule people without rights than to balance between your own interests and the interests of the people. This 1169 is considered by many as the reason why Kyiv did not resist the attack of the Mongols.
Your instinct is quite good, since: *"VoyeVod"* would be literally translated into Latin as *"Dux Militorum",* into German as *"HerZog",* into English as *"Warriors' Leader"*
I really love how you describe history repeating itself as "They often Rhyme" and "Historical Rhythms" - I think that there's no other phrasing that can accurately describe the phenomenon. Good one!
this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!
I approve of the background music in the intro. For those that don't know it, it's the main theme for the Viking Conquest expansion for Mount & Blade: Warband.
this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!
Druzina is just a slavic name for a group of fighters that stayed together. It literally translates as "friends group". At first it was not any kind of standardized unit, just group of fighters around a leader(prince, chief, or whatever). Later it evolved into a proper retinue of more powerful Princes.
@@lyubomirangelkov5803 Well, not just any group of men, but men (sometimes even mixed with women) bonded in some way, be it friendship or common cause. Say, a random group of men waiting to cross a road at a traffic light are not referred to as "družina".
Have avoided studying this "group" for a while. It's tempting to think it may answer many questions to boost a robust model of how we happen to have arrived here. /Without dividing by zero, logically!
@@anastasiyagavrylenko672 родился и вырос в Москве. Кроме русского никакого другого родного у меня нет, внешность славянская (голубые глаза, русые волосы, светлая кожа), чего тебе ещё надо? Будешь к имени прикапываться?
this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!
@@АхметшинТамерлан Да я сам только наполовину русский, даже не похож на славянина, но генетика славян у меня есть, и вырос как русский, так что это и наша история
Thank you SO MUCH for this video, i was trying so hard to find a video where they would show POSSIBLE choices of clothing, for everyday purposes, as well as war/combat. And you did exactly that, and on top of that mentioned all the different weapons. I love it. Also now i rest assured that my recent purchases of gear are indeed historically correct :) You have helped me alot sir, thank you.
As someone who really has no formal education in history I seriously love the RUclips history community. It’s by far the wealthiest source of information and different perspectives of said information. I was a kid who loved to watch the history channel back when it wasn’t just pawn stars lol but I can never get enough
I want to noticed point, that rota system of power inside dynasty makes druzhina single true loyal force to prince power. Princes often change city where they rule. And the boyars was a local nobles who more often was opposition to a prince. And the princes compete with the local boyars for loyalty of average city members. In different parts of Kievan Rus this process evolve in different directions.
These units gave inspiration to the Sturgian Druzhinnik Champion from Bannerlord. They were actually the best cavalry unit for a while but got nerfed to death.
Great video, thank you! There are many units of light engineers that have gained fame. For example the sappers of the FFL gained legendary status in one of their battles in North Africa. But light engineers have gained fame since the early modern age. Maybe one of those? Another unit is the Drabants of Charles XII of Sweden. Every soldier in the 200 strong regiment was considered of officers rank and they were lead by a captain liutenant who was considered the rank of major general. They were a combination of officer school in the field and shock troops where the captain. They were a reorganization of the Swedish life guard that was originally formed by the first 21 soldiers that the yeomen of the Dalarna province assigned to guard Gustav Eriksson (Vasa) in 1521 when he rebelled against Denmark and created modern Sweden.
this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!
12:30 The mace has always been considered a premium weapon here in Ukraine, by the way. Even today if one to become the President, they receive the mace which symbolizes the role of the warlord.
@@dmytrodelen я своїм коментарем гірше нічого вже не зроблю, від того, як буряти вже себе показали. Як там папа римський казав, "буряти та (кадирівські) чеченці - самі кровожерливі народи росії". Не треба відбілювати всю ту білєбєрду.
Ya they were great. As a Czech I am greatful, to Husars and that they showed up at Viena. As, that was at least one obvious time that Slavs saved Europe and even the Germanic folk.
Loved the documentary, stellar work as always! I'd love an episode on either the English Longbowmen or Genoese Crossbowmen, some of my favorite units in history
this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!
Lots of mixing going on in the region. Druzhina were the personal companions of Kievan-Rus princes so they wouldnt have been Varangian Guardsmen whilst in that position. However some men could have fulfilled both roles at different times in their lives.
@@InvictaHistory "druzhina" is also just a general slavic word for "band of companions", being cognate with the word for "friendship". So this word would have been widespread throughout regions where slavic languages were spoken.
The Mexica (aztec as you guys know it) military structure, it was very complex and had specialised units, they had universities for the warriors and other crafts; the Calmecac was were all the warriors went to learn how to subdue their enemies, and the Telpochcalli were all the population had to go in order to learn crafts and skills from the elder, this were more abundant, and that's only the system of the mexica, there were other tribes in the valley of Mexico that were older like the acolhua, if you guys ever want to make a video about prehispanic mexico I'd love to help you with references and history.
this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!
At the beginning of the Polish state there was also an armed formation called „drużyna” (team). And today in poland scouts groups are organized in „drużyna harcerska”.
Druzina can be literally translated in english to "team", but at the beggining it was meant as a group of companions/friends, so more fitting term would be "warband". These were a formal standing force of warriors in a tribe, while during war time every able bodied man could join or be called to arms by local prince.
Here is just one clarification: The term "Kievan Rus" first appeared in the first half of the XIX century in the work of the historian Mikhail Maksimovich "Where does the Russian land come from" in a narrow geographical sense to denote the Kiev Principality, along with such phrases as "Chervonnaya Rus", "Suzdal Rus". In the second half of the XIX century, the term acquired an additional, chronological dimension - one of the stages of the unified Russian history and statehood.
12:00 The 'Byzantine' style kite shield is actually of Norman origin and wasn't widely adopted by the Byzantines until the early 12th century by Emperor Alexios Komnenos. So it's probable that said kite shield wasn't adopted by the Druzhina until even later.
Yes but the Kievan Rus were handed the Byzantine Shield. Like he said before the Byzantines had a lot of trade going on with the Rus especially when it came to armor and weapons. That’s what he meant when he said the “Byzantine style” kite shield.
@@Solon1581 Yes I get that but they were BYZANTINE “STYLED” SHIELDS. Clearly implying they were Byzantine shields. I don’t see why you don’t seem to understand the differences between Byzantine Styled and Norman Styled. Both look very different from each other.
@@__mindflayer__ I think Stormwind is trying to say that the Byzantine version of the kite shield was result of the Byzantines adopting the Norman version and then modifying the design into their version over time.
Good video, thanks! The only thing you missed that not only Novgorod survived more or less untouched by Mongols. The Halyts'ko-Volyns'ke kniazivstvo stayed in power with some degrees of vassality from Mongols. And even Kingdom of Rus' (or Ruthenia) was established that existed until half of 14th century and keeped tradition of druzhyna-knights.
@@Uncle_SmallettThe Horde troops did not reach Novgorod. The townspeople were very rich, they bought off. The Romans did the same when the decision was rational. Belarus does not pay Russia for the protectorate. The relations between the Horde and Novgorod resemble the interaction between the United States and South Korea. The Horde did not interfere in the economic and political development of Novgorod. Unlike the Galician-Volyn Principality, which eventually lost control over its own destiny, like Ireland and England.
It's really funny that they call Rus "Kievan", while at Byzantine' times the place was called Samvatas, under the Golden Horde the town was called Mankerkan which is in turcan languages has meaning something like “appraised town”, and the name Kuyaba / Kiyaba this town has received much later of the beginning of the Rus from Kiyan (Kiyat) Mamai (Mamay) who was a powerful military commander of the Golden Horde, thousand-man beklyarbek, temnik. The Russian united squads under the leadership of the Moscow Prince Dmitry Donskoy has defeated Mamai's Horde under command of Kiyan Mamai at the Kulikovo field. That was a start of Golden Horde to fell apart and come to an end
what does donskoy and moscow have to do with it? Kyiv as a city was founded long before the existence of moscovites who are actually a dirty mix of pechenegs and polovets
@@Crucio2317 What actually “kyiv” has to do with Rus? For this lands it is just short period of time ) when Russian Princes/ knights/ dukes reigned ruled there over local tribes between turcan (Khazars) and turcan ( Golden Horde). Also “kyev” is at the north boarder and close to RUSsian BeloRUSsian boarder and the rest of the "jumping crowd" territory never being even close to be under european civilization and was acquired by Rus-sia after Ekaterina the Great win war against Ottoman Turkey Empire Sultanate. This “Ukrainian” steppe land was taken from the turks by Russians with remaining of all kind of Hordes such cherkass/ cossaks, nogay etc. - all turkan ethnicity. Even mentioned names of the Khazarian tatars fort on Dnieper ( turcan name of the river was Uzi) are different. Etc .As concern of date when “kyev” was established there is massive inconsistency of Kyevan fairly tales and reality. Kykyev’s “historian” even claim that ukrainins dig out Black sea and that Adam and Jesus Christ were “ukrainins”. (Bugaga...) Who would take seriously those schizophrenic mad outbursts?... __ About Moscow we can find well established written information. In the existing historical texts that survived the time historian have found the first mention of town name “Moscow” in regard of the even that Suzdals’ Prince/ Duke/ knight Jurij Dolgorukij has founded NEW Moscow Kremlin at Borodinskij Hill in 1141 - Kremlin was then moved from the water to the hills. And because Moscow name was first mentioned as in 1141 it is celebrated as foundation of the City. One can guess that there might be some documents mentioned the town at earlier times that have not survived the times. Also at the time town could be renamed as existing archeological founds have artifact from the center of Moscow from the bronze age!... Apparently Suzdal’s Prince Jurij Dolgorukij in two years after he has founded new Moscow Kremlin, After that Jurij Dolgorukij went to be the ruler at “Kiev” to become “kievan” Prince. Russian Princes ruled there in kievan area at some kind of fixed terms changing each other fairly often while keeping titles to another Rus’ lands in Original (Northern Varagrian) Russia. That were not dynasty of the monarch as such in other countries. But all russian Princes have in common despondence to the first ruler of Rus Initial/ Original - Rurik, Prince of Novgorod/ Novgard/ Holmgad, who has founded Rus at Vargarian lands near Ladoga Lake. Under Rurikids Rus has extended its original territories lower to the sought - alone Dnieper river to secure trade from Vargaria/ Rus to Greeks/ Byzanthin… “Kievans” have never had own Princes/ Dukes or noble society neither before there to “kievan” area before Russian druzhins from Novgorod have conquered the territory from khazars nor after “kyev” has fallen to Golden Horde…
Will consider doing 2 videos on the following? 1) Campaigns of Bellisarius. 2) Why the Byzantines lost their war to the Rashidun armies but won them against the Ummayyads?
Unexpectedly not bad, really. I mean there is some kind of cartoon/game style, but as a whole, this job well done. Almost everything is correct. Only specialists will find small mistakes. Perfect video for acquaintance with ancient rus designs.
I love this series and how its done. As for units I would like to see I would of course love to see some Irish units (Gallowglass, Kern, Ostman, Hobblears, Ridiere, etc) or African units like the Tuareg, Mali, Ethiopian, etc. forces.
this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!
Есть конечно до чего докопаться (например 40000 воинов Ярослава, серьезно? представляете себе как материально обеспечить такую толпу в те времена, а как управлять, держать дисциплину, да не реально, бред короче, 4000 воинов - вот это уже реальные цифры для периода Киевской Руси). Но в целом вменяемый источник по истории древней Руси и не только.
@@Sktarium Это разве что во влажных мечтах) Давайте серьезно - такое войско в то время в том регионе собрать просто невозможно, что говорить об обеспечении. Преувеличения многократные - это нормально для того времени, там любая заварушка казалась неимоверной войной.
Drużyna (in Poland that we call it) was a private army in countries without feudalism law. All slavic and some others countries have smone kind of drużyna. In Poland when Kazimierz odnowieciel (restorater?) return to Poland he realized that he have no money to equipt drużyna or even give there paid so he start giving lands and that was a begining of feudalism in Poland. When emperor Otton III went to gnizno in 1000 polish prince Bolesław Chrobry going to impress the ruler of roman empire (he have tried to get king crown) so when emperor was raiding across the Poland lands Bolesław order drużyna to stand by road when emporer arrive to Poland and when emperor pass them they quickly must go to other road when Otto will riding. This looks for Otton like the coutry of Bolesław was very strong becouse on every road he seen a elite warrriors xd
Yeah in Bulgaria drujina literally translates to comradery - a group of drugari (comrades). Drujinas here were a thing during our Liberation from the Ottomans during the late 19-th century. Drujinas led by Voyvodas, waging guerilla warfare from the plenty mountains of the Balkans.
There is only one nuance. The Teutonic Order opposed the Mongol invasion, while Alexander Nevsky fought on the side of the Mongols. Moreover, Alexander Nevsky was the prince of a principality separate from Rus and opposed the legitimate king of Rus, Danylo Romanovych, who called on the Pope and the Teutonic Order for help against the Mongols.
After all, Alexander Nevsky was making investments. Russia has not disappeared. From Sakhalin to Kaliningrad, the Black Sea, the North Pole. At that time, the state was disintegrating into feudal possessions, like the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation. Daniil Romanovich was unlucky. The Poles stopped his achievements.
The Novgorodians were rich, quick-witted and assertive. And they didn't want to pay taxes to the Grand Duke, they forced him to grant them special privileges. At the same time, they were part of a common cultural community. But in the end, it weakened and almost destroyed the country.
@@smithvam9354 What does russia have to do with it? Rus and russia have nothing in common, since the russia you are talking about appeared in the 18th century, when tsar Peter the First renamed the muscovite tsardom to the "russian empire". Neither the Novgorod principality nor the moscow tsardom were ever part of Rus. Yes, Rus' did not disappear anywhere. It was a state that was formed on the territory of Pereyaslav region, Chernihiv region, Kyiv region. This is the current Ukraine. Until the 19th century, Ukrainians called their country Rus, and themselves Rusyns, along with the official name Ukraine.
@@nikitaradzey9646 Lenin created Ukraine. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealth#/media/File:Map_of_the_Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealth_(1619-1621).png
I want to write a small interesting fact, suddenly someone will be interested. The modern name of Russia is a Russified Greek-Byzantine version of the name of Rus (Ru(o)sia). )
Nevertheless, Rus is the territory of Kyiv, Chernigov and Pereyaslav lands. Neither the Suzdalians nor the Novgorodians did not howl themselves "rusyns", but Slovenes. The Russian land inhabited by the Rusyns is just the principalities of Kyiv, Chernigov and Pereyaslavl
@@maximiliaanxiv188 no. There is a lot of written evidence showing and proving that the Novgorodians and Vladimirians (I don’t know about the Suzdalians, but most likely too) called themselves "rusami" (inhabitants of Rus').
@@maximiliaanxiv188 You are confusing terms. Ilmen Slovense lived around Novgorod, this is true. Several other tribes coexisted with them. But after the arrival of Rurik (or if you don’t believe in him, the conquest of Kyiv by Oleg) the formation of a single Rus' nation began. Judging by your comments, you are a smart person (although you are wrong in your conclusions) and you should know about the existence of Novgorod "betestaniy gramot". It is the largest collection of personal and legal letters, and even there the statement appears, that Novgorodians are "Rusi".
It's difficult to pronounce if you haven't heard it. Druzhina there is no D in zh, it's not Drudhina, more akin to the gandarme, the G sound from the french word would go into Drugina. I couldn't think of an english word that has that same sound sorry.
There was no country called Kievan Rus, just like there was no country called Byzantine empire. Country you call Kievan Rus was called simply Rus or russkaya zemlya. Name Kievan Rus was given many hundreds of years after this state was destroyed just like Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium.
@@WP-cu2pf in all slavic langueges kraina means country only in russian Krai means border , russia is the only differ from slavic langueges , check any slavic languege and type Kraina , "armiya krayova" was polish countrys army or was it border army? Tierd of russian clowns
5:08 - You note that the origin of Rus is highly contested then just casually drop that Rurik was Scandinavian. Scandinavians had nothing resembling towns or cities at the time. Rus settled in the coastal areas between Lake Ladoga, Gulf of Finland, and Lake Ilmen. Scandinavians called those areas Gardariki, land of forts, since the area was dotted with walled settlements all along Volkhov river. Such an arrangement came naturally in defense against coastal raiders (mainly Scandinavians) from the north, and Khazars from the south. The idea that these people invited one of the groups they were defending against to rule them and suffered so much from, a people who spoke a different language, had different customs and worshipped different Gods is simply laughable. More than likely Rurik, if he even existed, was a well-known and reputed local Varangian warlord with a crew. Tale of Bygone Years is famously unreliable, having been written more than 250 years since the events it describes. It is also not a historical document, as it starts with the Deluge and goes in depth about the creation of the world.
Plate armor was mostly used by western Europeans. Russians used lamellar and mail primarily. In later times, limbs were armored with plate armor but the torso was still generally lamellar. A popular slightly lighter armor was mail with small plates attached to it across the torso.
By the time plate armour was being made the druzhina didn’t exist I thought.. druzhina were around during the early Middle Ages not the late Middle Ages. Could be wrong.
I think it’s important that we remember not to drag modern politics into these medieval events. The Kievan-Rus have little bearing on the modern-day region of Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, and Latvia.
Knights: Lol, imagine using spears in a charge. What can they possibly do against our superior lances? Druzhina: *Pulls out axes.... Knights: Hol up..............
@@MarfSantangelo knight- "axereaver Lance" Druz- "pulls out sword" Knight- "switched back to Lance" Druzhina- "pulls out axe" Mongol- "drowns them both in arrows"
There is an old Russian joke. Ilya Muromets, Dobrynya Nikitich and Alyosha Popovich are riding across the field. And three musketeers meet them. Ilya Murovets accidentally touches D'Artagnan with his shoulder, and he falls off the horse. He immediately jumps up and shouts: You insulted me, I challenge you to a duel. Then he draws a small dot with chalk on the chest of Ilya Muromets. He asks what the hell is this? - I will pierce you in this place - the musketeer says - defend yourself!! Ilya Takes out his mace and says - Alyosha, sprinkle him all over with chalk.
Well, they are the ancestors of both Russians and Ukrainians. I guess both just like to claim that they were the ''original'' Kievan Rus, but the whole idea of that existing is inaccurate.
Well, the fact that certain minor territories of Kyivan Rus these days are part of Russia does not give them the right to contest and/or lay a claim of the direct lineage and cultural heritage of the Kyivan Rus. Moscovy grew and developed on the very different values compared to those of Kyivan Rus. The geography, climate, how fertile the soil is, the level of development of local tribes/people - tons of factors that effected the development of people over the course of centuries in modern day Ukraine and Russia. Ukraine is in moderate climate, fertile soil, historically closer to the Europe (the information/ideas/trade/technologies would naturally travel to Ukraine quicker than to Moscovy). A typical Ukrainian is an individualist with the respect to a personal space/order/private property, hates it’s politicians, always open to the pluralism of thoughts and ideas. A typical Russian (well, a Moscovite to be very accurate) has a collectivist mind set up, totally obeying it’s political leaders (check out how they all bow to Putin and it’s been like this more or less through their entire history), does not have a deep respect to a private property, the expansionist minded which leads to an ignorance and disrespect of other cultures. Hates other opinions, no pluralism of thoughts. Of course we cannot generalize but these are some typical characteristics you may notice a lot. Russia is called Russia only from early XVIII century, when they rebranded Moscovy and by doing so could have a more noble and respectful image in XVIII century Europe who they tried to copy in everything at that time. Bottom line - calling Moscovy the Russia causes a lot of confusion. Russia is a Greek spelling of Rus. Moscovy is a distant relative of Rus
@@davidjoelsson4929 so what is Moscovy to do with Rus or Ukraine? Why don’t you call yourself something else - like Tartaria, Golden Horde, Vanuatu (sorry, Vanuatu - giving your name as a random example) or whatever else. Moscovy is Moscovy, accept it
Why's the guy in the chair at 9:00 wearing what looks like an apron dress with something similar to turtle brooches? Was that something done by the Rus?
Russian/ Vargarian Guard has served Byzantine’s imperator much earlier then Novgorod’s knights have invaded Kiev and had annexed kievan territory to join Rus. Vargarian Guard is known in history since 820th, officially Rus was established in 861 BC and Russian knights conqured Kiev only in 880th . And since then Russian knights ruled over kievan territory for just three hundreds years. That is where Rus/ Russia has over 1000 years of history! Russian moved their capital from the area currently known as Velikij Novgorod region near Ladoga lake to Kieven region in order to secure trade alone river Dnieper from Vargaria to Greeks/ Byzantine. After Kiev has fallen to Golden Horde, russian capital was moved to Vladimir and after that Moscow has become capital of Rus. Ukrainian make a lot of efforts to write their history from the middle of the Russian history only because Russians hundreds of years ago have made Kiev the capital of Rus in between… I wonder why Turkey would not insist that they were from Rome just because hundreds of years ago Istambul was called Constantinople…
M. N. Tikhomirov. Russian chronicle. - M., 1979. - p. 22-48. "In historical science it has long been noted that in the XII - XIII centuries. the name "Rus" denoted a well-defined country - the Kievan land proper. There are quite a few examples of such word usage, and moreover, in various Russian monuments. So, the Laurentian Chronicle, a monument of Vladimir-Suzdal origin, tells about the campaign of the Kiev prince Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich and the burning of the city of Dmitrov: "... burned (Svyatoslav - M.N.) the city of Dmitrov, return again to Rus' ...". And this is not an accidental, but a generally accepted expression of the Vladimir-Suzdal monuments. After the death of Andrei Bogolyubsky, at a meeting in Vladimir, it was said: "... our prince was killed, but he has no children, his son is in Novgorod, and his brothers are in Rus' ...". So, the Vladimir-Suzdal land is not Rus, but Rus is the southern principalities where Andrei's brothers live."
This is most ahistorical stuff I read in last few years... Also google sultanate of Rum. And behold how turks was never copying/insisting that they are true successor's of Roman Empire... And yeah, Roman Empire was de-facto dismantled in 17 century...
@@maximiliaanxiv188 I shall ask you to concentrate at the following question: “If the term Rus were only about kievan region, then why here and there some “historian” highlight “Kievan”, not just say Rus”? Why would not say Russian,who are real owners of the Rus’s history, would not say Novgorod’s Rus, Moscow Rus, Vladimir Rus? Why germans would not say Berlinian Germany? Sounds funny, isn’t it? That is because borders can be changed, but the state is continued. State of Rus has started officially when few tribes of people near Ladoga lake has called Riurik to rule over their land. Date of this is RECORDED - 861 BC (!). Riurik have come with his druzhinas/ military squad to the land and people has accepted him. Also to say that his grandfather was local high administrator. Riurik himself was born in the north European lands likely where currently the Dutch live. Etc. Riurik as lawful and legal ruler of Rus Original has started to extend his power to the east, north and sought and gave land to his brothers and his men. He lived in power and died in power at Rurikovo Gorodische and he was there buried. It is Novgorod region. There was considerable in length border between Vagaria and Khazars at that was a problem for vargarians/ Rus. It was constant unrest at that time. As vargarians wished to continue relations with Byzantine and continue trade with Byzantine, they needed to resolve problem with security of trade alone river Dnieper. It as when kievan region was part of Khaganate of Khazaria. So that descendants of Riurik/ Rurik - the first Ruler of Rus, have eventually conquered the kieven region, extended Rus and started ruling the kievan region. Aparently, the first rulers of the kievan region on behalh of Novgorod’s knights/ prince were the servants of Novgorod’s knight - Ascold and Dir. Some time later after servants made the settlement livable, then the child Knight was brought to the area. That has happened decades later after the date when State of Rus was officially established in former Varagrian’s/ Rus lands near Ladoga lake. All Russian rulers to the kievan region also hold the title to another Russian regions. Such for instance, knight Vladimir, who has baptize his Rus people, remained Duke of Novgorod. Apparently, knight Vladimir has conquered Kiev twice, not once. Another knights were Dukes of Suzdal, Novgorod, Rostov and all of them were descendants, successors of Novgorod’s Rus knight Riurik/ Rurik. All Russian rulers of kievan region, at the time when capital of Rus was in Kiev ( between Novgorod/ Novgard/ Holmgard and Vladimir-Suzdal’s), all this Dukes and knights were related to each other via his ancessor Riurik of Novgorod. They ruled by kievan region practically in turn when they come from own land from Great (Northern) Russia. It was not alike in other kingdoms where son would take the crown after father. Etc. Rulers, princes of all Russian states/ lands Kievan, Novgorod, Suzdal. Rosotov, then Moscow, Tver etc) were related to each other via their predecessor - the first ruler of Rus Price of Novgorod Riurik. The Varangian name of the city Velikij Novgorod/ Great Novgorod was Holmgård or Holmgard. In the year of 1000 years of the beginning of Rus in Velikij Novgorod was opened the statute by Russian Imperor in 1861-om. That is real history. As “Ukraine” does not have own history, they try to steal it when claiming some “kievan” part of Rus… Kiev was never even capital before Russians made it to be a capital under Riurikoviches. Then after Russians left when Kiev was conquered by Golden Horde, then Kiev stopped to be any considerable town again till Russians returned with Ekaterina the Great and rebuilt the city again… etc.
@@maximiliaanxiv188 Prince/ Knight Sviatoslav Vsevolodovich was Prince of Novgorod, Turov, Volyn, Novgorod-Seversk, Chernigov and Kiev - all in different period of times. Few years here and few years there. In Kiev he was ruling 1 year, then 3-4 years and then he turned for more to Kiev in a few years time. That is how Russian Princes ruled over province of Kiev - changing one Prince with another alike CEO managers in the corporation.
@@maximiliaanxiv188 So that some heresay recorded after couple of hundreds years you push forward to proof something? Prince Vsevolod had died in 1194 and Laurentian Codex was published only in 1377th. You really think it was correctly recorded and that people of say 20ieth generation of successors after the people who could support this hearsay? Hello!...It is not good enough. I have in front of me text where some traveler to Holden Horde described how Timur arrived to Kiev called then Mankerkan (under Golden Horde rulers) and Timur raided the area which was ruled by Khan Uzbek, got a lot of valuables and then turned to the north to Rus to city of Mashkov. This was recorded in year 1395th about year 1395th. Which evidence one should believe more? (heresay is the report of another person's words by a witness, which is usually disallowed as evidence in a court of law and in your citing some person has recorded something that someone might said or not said at least 20 generations back in time... )
Fun fact:Rurik,Oleg,Igor,and his son Sviatoslav 1 were all lifelong pagans who never became Christian. Also Sviatoslav 1 has a famous mother who you know as Saint Olga of Kiev who was the wife of Prince Igor the father of Sviatoslav 1.Igor and his son Sviatoslav 1 were both assassinated by people's they ruled over/extracted tribute from
Nice 100 times better than the recent episode from Kings and Generals with little to do with history and more to do with Larping on "the current thing"
Чем лучше? Тем что они тегнули видео про Киевскую русь - Ukraine, тем самым как-бы пытаясь присвоить нашу общую историю к современной Украине. Они не понимают что делают ровно тоже самое что тот против кого они "борятся"...
Thank you for this video! I thought I was going to be filled with anti-Russian content, but was pleasantly surprised at its neutrality. Thanks for presenting materiel as it is!
poor naive boy ..you thought that russians derive from Varjager Rus ?? Sorry to disappoint you , but Rus were Scandinavian warriors , elite , who conquered local finno-ugric/slavi tribes who were farmers looking after their pigs and cows . As per DNA tests only 30K modern ukranians/belorus/russinas have Varjager's blood line , the rest of the population has no relationship to Scandinavian Rus elite whatsoever. Did you think your ancestors were Warriors? sorry for telling you a naked Truth 😐
И поляки историю не знают. Никогда не существовало такого государства,как киевская Русь. Киевская Русь - это временной период в истории древней Руси, выделенный российскими историками.
great, now i have to go and waste another 1000 hours in mount and blade: viking conquest. that song always gets me in the mood for pillaging monestaries and cracking skulls
Could you please just validate the pronunciation of key words when making a video? Shouldn't be hard. Družina is pronounced different, where ž is pronounced like J in Jules (french) for example. Otherwise, big up for the video. Nicely done.
Small issue at 3:40, Vlachs never were Slavs. They only started mixing with slavs during the 9th century. Even their name is proving it. Yhe name Vlach was the way "Barbarians" called Romans and romanised people at first... And it stayed. This is why the in Polish Vlock means italian and why French speaking Belgians are called Wallons.
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have you covered the exploratores and speculatores......are there any super elite mongol forces.....werewolves of wwii germany....any ancient barely known scythian, (india)n, or chinese units......I heard or read only once that the Qin units that conquered and solidified China had giant polearms and used them like teeth but I can not find that anywhere else
28:34 The units from I think Ivan The Terrible's Era. I forget under which king, but some of the troops used Bardiches or a similar weapon to prop up rifles when firing.
What about a documentary about polynesians?
@@NodDisciple1 streltsy
Soldiers involved in the Reconquista of Iberia
Love that Slavic armor aesthetic. Cool blend of viking, turcomongol and byzantine
The face masks are hella cool
@@_Lumiere_ I do feel like they are intimidating.
Россия- это регион смешения многих культур. Мы вобрали в себя и традиции Запада, и традиции Византии, и тюркских и монгольских народов. Но у нас достаточно и своего)
Россия- это наследница Киевской Руси, Римской Империи, Империи Чингисхана
Москва- Третий Рим, а четвёртому не бывать!
Makes sense, where one language ends, another similar starts. Same goes to cultures, customs and even equipment.
Druzhina is pronounced with a "ž" sound, like "je (suis)" in French. Being a native Serbo-croatian speaker, no translation of any of original terms needed. "Družina" or its synonym "družba" is still a word in Serbo-croatian, Slovenian (and, most likely, other Slavic languages) meaning a group or a band of friends. At least the word retained its original meaning - though a battle unit is gone.
Yep!
don't know aby any other slavic language, but in Polish "drużyna" has several meanings and one of them is equivalent of English 'squad' (small military unit)
Can confirm as Bulgarian and self proclaimed representative of Slavonic language bpam Moi
Ты прав, мы до сих пор говорим "друг"
Например: "ты мне очень хороший друг!"
I really enjoyed this documentary about Vaegir Knights, everyone always wants to talk about the Swadians but Vaegirs have knights too. Also the theme from Viking Conquest was a nice touch. If I had to offer a critique I would say next time less talking and more raiding.
Loool
That's a nice head you have on your shoulders.
*Spicy Salami*
Less talking, more raiding!
This is more about Sturgians from Bannerlord than anything in Warband. Though sadly Sturgia is super underpowered compared to their rivals. The Druzhina for example have great shields but tiny lances
Drużyna (in Polish) was also a formation of the army of the first Piasts - the dynasty that created and Christianized Poland in the 10th century!🇵🇱
Yes
As the contemporary traveller from Al-Andalus, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub has described it:
"Mesko has three thousand armoured soldiers [divided into] detachments, and a hundred is as powerful as dozens of other [warriors]. He gives these men clothes, horses, weaponry, and everything they need."
Did the Poles have a lot of norse influence, like the Rus did?
@@huntclanhunt9697 The Piasts were a native Slavic dynasty
@@ancientsitesgirl Ok. But what about the rest of them? Did their culture have norse influence? Did they have a lot of norsemen living in their land?
Just because the leaders weren't norse doesn't mean they aren't culturally affected.
Despite current political situation i think its important to know that Kievan Rus is not "Ancient Ukraine" or something. This is not even a national state, it was a bunch of fragmented feodal territories.
Indeed. But later was formed Kingdom of Rus' - First Ukrainian state. It uses the term Rus' 4 ages before Moscovy started to appropriate it.
@@vexillonerd
I would be surprised if, under such a comment, the Ukrainians did not begin to appropriate the history of Rus to themselves
That's what I hate about both Russian and Ukrainian hooray-patriots. Can't just accept that they are separate nations with same origin/core. Like Germans and Dutch.
@@adamthetired9319 all questions to the Ukrainians, they like to exalt themselves and say that only they were Rus
@@adamthetired9319 это не отдельные нации к сожалению
Speaking a slavic tongue, it is an odd, but very satisfying feeling to fully understand every single Rus' word mentioned (despite pronounciation).
Its kinda funny that they do such video on "druzhina", yet do not even bother spending 10 seconds to check how the word is pronounced... Not to mention the rather general meaning of the word which just means "retinue" or "company" in most Slavic languages, so they arent any specific unit, rather "druzhynas" in different Slavic lands would be completely different (ranging from horse archers to heavy infantry).
@@fridericusrex6289 yes we all wagged war differently. Western slavs were more footmen and southern and eastern were more horse men. With the middle ground in poland. Mainly were there was more iranic influence you have more horse men, and were germanic influence is more prevelant you have footmen.
@@skin4700 Western Slavs were footmen? The most legendary Slavic cavalry, if not European cavalry were winged hussars From Poland. Western Slavic country.
@@fridericusrex6289 thats 1000 years after the period I was talking about. And yes hussars are op
Interesting how Voevodo was a title of a general in some times/places and the title of a region’s ruler in others. Kind of like how the Roman Dux was basically a general, but later evolved into Dukes who were powerful landed noblemen. (same goes for Comes becoming Counts; once officers underneath a Dux but later became landed nobles of a lower rank than a Duke)
Воевода- это человек, исполняющий должности и правителя, и воинского начальника
Например воеводой мог быть наместник князя в городе
It turned into Vojvoda, and was still commonly used much thru Slavic history. Not so much anymore.
The fact is that the governors interim manager ruled only in the colonies, but not in Rus itself. It's like a governor general. In the Rus it voivode itself, this is literally how it is written "voi- military vode- leads" The joke is that the colonies were lawless and the local ruler basically also had no connection with his subjects, unlike ancient cities where the inhabitants could expel the prince. Actually Kyiv was ruined in 1169 by Andey Bogolyubsky, he temporarily ruled the city of Vyshgorod near Kyiv, but because of the complaints of the townspeople that he was an idiot, he was expelled by the prince of Kyiv. When in the next war he captured Kyiv, he burned it because he understood that he would not be able to manage it and he would be expelled again.
It is much easier to rule people without rights than to balance between your own interests and the interests of the people.
This 1169 is considered by many as the reason why Kyiv did not resist the attack of the Mongols.
Your instinct is quite good, since:
*"VoyeVod"* would be literally translated into Latin as *"Dux Militorum",* into German as *"HerZog",* into English as *"Warriors' Leader"*
The clash of the Rus Druzhina and the Byzantine Immortals was, in my opinion, the most epic clash of elite armored warriors in Medieval history
Rus!
Empire vs Sturgia
I really love how you describe history repeating itself as "They often Rhyme" and "Historical Rhythms" - I think that there's no other phrasing that can accurately describe the phenomenon. Good one!
this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!
It's a quote from Mark Twain
I approve of the background music in the intro. For those that don't know it, it's the main theme for the Viking Conquest expansion for Mount & Blade: Warband.
hey do you know what is the music from 14:42 to 17:17? I can't find anything and idk if its from Mount & Blade at all
@@velikan2916 Don't know it, that specific section is not from Mount & Blade as far as I know.
@@jonathannilsson8482 okay thank you tho
As a Bulgarian, I like what have happened with the north-east Brothers; and hear/see terms/words that are common. Great job Invicta!
this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!
That description of Prince Igor’s retinue is like something straight from a legend. What a quote
Because this is a quote from a literary work: "A word about Igor's regiment"
I would really love to see a video on the Irish Gallowglass
Historical armor looks so cool. Put these is more games, devs!
True. AC Valhalla really fucked this up
Mount and blade 2 Bannerlords - Sturgia faction (Druzzhinic Champion unit)
Druzina is just a slavic name for a group of fighters that stayed together. It literally translates as "friends group".
At first it was not any kind of standardized unit, just group of fighters around a leader(prince, chief, or whatever).
Later it evolved into a proper retinue of more powerful Princes.
"Druzina" is common word for almost all Slavic languages and have the same meaning- group of man.
Language nerd comment.
I think the best translation is "companions" in the classical sense.
@@lyubomirangelkov5803 Well, not just any group of men, but men (sometimes even mixed with women) bonded in some way, be it friendship or common cause. Say, a random group of men waiting to cross a road at a traffic light are not referred to as "družina".
For most of the slavic languages it would roughly translate as the *"squad"* or *"team"* .
I guess great things have humble beginnings
I recommended this topic a while back, thanks a lot! :)
Amazing artwork as always!
thanks for the suggestion, it was a great vessel for understanding the history of the region
@@InvictaHistory please do on the sikh empirw
@@InvictaHistory sikh empire
Have avoided studying this "group" for a while. It's tempting to think it may answer many questions to boost a robust model of how we happen to have arrived here.
/Without dividing by zero, logically!
Bravo! I have been fascinated with the old Rus' for years and you really did their warriors justice in this video. 10/10!
Мы гордимся своей историей)
Правда последние 8 лет нас пытаются убедить, что русские- не славяне. Например украинцы
@@АхметшинТамерлан ну ты точно русский, судя по имени
@@anastasiyagavrylenko672 родился и вырос в Москве. Кроме русского никакого другого родного у меня нет, внешность славянская (голубые глаза, русые волосы, светлая кожа), чего тебе ещё надо? Будешь к имени прикапываться?
this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!
@@АхметшинТамерлан Да я сам только наполовину русский, даже не похож на славянина, но генетика славян у меня есть, и вырос как русский, так что это и наша история
Great video, it’s awesome to see you guys expanding from usually doing Rome videos
Thank you SO MUCH for this video, i was trying so hard to find a video where they would show POSSIBLE choices of clothing, for everyday purposes, as well as war/combat. And you did exactly that, and on top of that mentioned all the different weapons. I love it. Also now i rest assured that my recent purchases of gear are indeed historically correct :) You have helped me alot sir, thank you.
As someone who really has no formal education in history I seriously love the RUclips history community. It’s by far the wealthiest source of information and different perspectives of said information. I was a kid who loved to watch the history channel back when it wasn’t just pawn stars lol but I can never get enough
I want to noticed point, that rota system of power inside dynasty makes druzhina single true loyal force to prince power. Princes often change city where they rule. And the boyars was a local nobles who more often was opposition to a prince. And the princes compete with the local boyars for loyalty of average city members. In different parts of Kievan Rus this process evolve in different directions.
Most certainly the best quality historical content on RUclips. Thank you for the brilliant work.
These units gave inspiration to the Sturgian Druzhinnik Champion from Bannerlord. They were actually the best cavalry unit for a while but got nerfed to death.
Great video, thank you!
There are many units of light engineers that have gained fame. For example the sappers of the FFL gained legendary status in one of their battles in North Africa. But light engineers have gained fame since the early modern age. Maybe one of those?
Another unit is the Drabants of Charles XII of Sweden. Every soldier in the 200 strong regiment was considered of officers rank and they were lead by a captain liutenant who was considered the rank of major general. They were a combination of officer school in the field and shock troops where the captain. They were a reorganization of the Swedish life guard that was originally formed by the first 21 soldiers that the yeomen of the Dalarna province assigned to guard Gustav Eriksson (Vasa) in 1521 when he rebelled against Denmark and created modern Sweden.
this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!
12:30 The mace has always been considered a premium weapon here in Ukraine, by the way. Even today if one to become the President, they receive the mace which symbolizes the role of the warlord.
..кто из запорожцев называл себя украинцем?..))))))))))))никто!!!)))
@@ДмитрийКотов-п2э чурка з Азії розповідає як живеться в Україні. Дякую, було цікаво.
@@007ShaolinMonk чел, хватит срать не снимая штанов 😂
@@007ShaolinMonk не ображайте корінні народи Азії порівнюючи їх з московитами 😏
@@dmytrodelen я своїм коментарем гірше нічого вже не зроблю, від того, як буряти вже себе показали. Як там папа римський казав, "буряти та (кадирівські) чеченці - самі кровожерливі народи росії". Не треба відбілювати всю ту білєбєрду.
Loved it! Keep up the great work! Perhaps a video on the Polish Winged Hussars in the future??
Ya they were great. As a Czech I am greatful, to Husars and that they showed up at Viena. As, that was at least one obvious time that Slavs saved Europe and even the Germanic folk.
This brings back memories of my pre-WW I Russian history class. Well done!
Єто не история Росиии
@@ДенисПренько of course its russian history
@@ДенисПренько твоя что-ли, Хазар?
@@valtoboiiiiiiii Нет, не кацапо-хазарская, а украино-белоруская, то же самое слово Дружина, его же нет в вашем "изике"
Loved the documentary, stellar work as always!
I'd love an episode on either the English Longbowmen or Genoese Crossbowmen, some of my favorite units in history
this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!
wait! aren't the rus also Vikings? and didn't the Druzhina also served as Varangian Guardsmen.
Lots of mixing going on in the region. Druzhina were the personal companions of Kievan-Rus princes so they wouldnt have been Varangian Guardsmen whilst in that position. However some men could have fulfilled both roles at different times in their lives.
@@InvictaHistory ah i see now.i was wondering about this.
yes they were in oirign vikings
@@InvictaHistory "druzhina" is also just a general slavic word for "band of companions", being cognate with the word for "friendship". So this word would have been widespread throughout regions where slavic languages were spoken.
@@_Lumiere_ you mean sharing the same meaning. Friendship and druzhina are not cognate
The Mexica (aztec as you guys know it) military structure, it was very complex and had specialised units, they had universities for the warriors and other crafts; the Calmecac was were all the warriors went to learn how to subdue their enemies, and the Telpochcalli were all the population had to go in order to learn crafts and skills from the elder, this were more abundant, and that's only the system of the mexica, there were other tribes in the valley of Mexico that were older like the acolhua, if you guys ever want to make a video about prehispanic mexico I'd love to help you with references and history.
Invicta has already done several videos on the Mexica. Check them out, they're pretty good.
Purepecha here. Never got beat by Mexica lol.
Can I just say as a Subricer I look forward to that when/if you all make it? Wow.
Awesome content as always! Would love to learn more about the Spanish Tercios.
This
this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!
Ive always wanted a video about the druzhina since medieval 2
Great video druže
**At a round table**
“Ok.... you all know what knights are?”
“Of course”
“And vikings too?”
“Yes.... why do you ask?”
“Ok hear me out”
I would like to see an episode on the Late Roman Liminati border guards, And the Comitotansis field troops. Maybe the Palatini?
Amazing as always. Thank you for making such great historical content!
At the beginning of the Polish state there was also an armed formation called „drużyna” (team). And today in poland scouts groups are organized in „drużyna harcerska”.
Druzina can be literally translated in english to "team", but at the beggining it was meant as a group of companions/friends, so more fitting term would be "warband". These were a formal standing force of warriors in a tribe, while during war time every able bodied man could join or be called to arms by local prince.
Another awesome video, Invicta!
Here is just one clarification: The term "Kievan Rus" first appeared in the first half of the XIX century in the work of the historian Mikhail Maksimovich "Where does the Russian land come from" in a narrow geographical sense to denote the Kiev Principality, along with such phrases as "Chervonnaya Rus", "Suzdal Rus". In the second half of the XIX century, the term acquired an additional, chronological dimension - one of the stages of the unified Russian history and statehood.
12:00 The 'Byzantine' style kite shield is actually of Norman origin and wasn't widely adopted by the Byzantines until the early 12th century by Emperor Alexios Komnenos. So it's probable that said kite shield wasn't adopted by the Druzhina until even later.
Yes but the Kievan Rus were handed the Byzantine Shield. Like he said before the Byzantines had a lot of trade going on with the Rus especially when it came to armor and weapons.
That’s what he meant when he said the “Byzantine style” kite shield.
@@__mindflayer__ yes, the Rus got the kite shield from the Byzantines, but where do you think the Byzantines got it from?
@@Solon1581 Yes I get that but they were BYZANTINE “STYLED” SHIELDS. Clearly implying they were Byzantine shields. I don’t see why you don’t seem to understand the differences between Byzantine Styled and Norman Styled. Both look very different from each other.
@@__mindflayer__ I think Stormwind is trying to say that the Byzantine version of the kite shield was result of the Byzantines adopting the Norman version and then modifying the design into their version over time.
@@andrerobinson3233 I understand that part but they still were Byzantine designed. Making it Byzintinian.
Good video, thanks! The only thing you missed that not only Novgorod survived more or less untouched by Mongols. The Halyts'ko-Volyns'ke kniazivstvo stayed in power with some degrees of vassality from Mongols. And even Kingdom of Rus' (or Ruthenia) was established that existed until half of 14th century and keeped tradition of druzhyna-knights.
Yeah, Novgorod just surrendered into Horde rule as sattelite at once. Like Belarus for Russia nowadays.
@@Uncle_SmallettThe Horde troops did not reach Novgorod. The townspeople were very rich, they bought off. The Romans did the same when the decision was rational. Belarus does not pay Russia for the protectorate. The relations between the Horde and Novgorod resemble the interaction between the United States and South Korea. The Horde did not interfere in the economic and political development of Novgorod. Unlike the Galician-Volyn Principality, which eventually lost control over its own destiny, like Ireland and England.
It's really funny that they call Rus "Kievan", while at Byzantine' times the place was called Samvatas, under the Golden Horde the town was called Mankerkan which is in turcan languages has meaning something like “appraised town”, and the name Kuyaba / Kiyaba this town has received much later of the beginning of the Rus from Kiyan (Kiyat) Mamai (Mamay) who was a powerful military commander of the Golden Horde, thousand-man beklyarbek, temnik. The Russian united squads under the leadership of the Moscow Prince Dmitry Donskoy has defeated Mamai's Horde under command of Kiyan Mamai at the Kulikovo field. That was a start of Golden Horde to fell apart and come to an end
what does donskoy and moscow have to do with it? Kyiv as a city was founded long before the existence of moscovites who are actually a dirty mix of pechenegs and polovets
@@Crucio2317 ...)))))) При чём здесь Украина???????))))))).. откуда пришли Рюриковичи?!..не с Новгорода?!...)))))
@@ДмитрийКотов-п2э no capito, sorry
@@ДмитрийКотов-п2э you should better learn other languages. nobody in the world do not want to have nothing common with your tribe, red scum
@@Crucio2317 What actually “kyiv” has to do with Rus? For this lands it is just short period of time ) when Russian Princes/ knights/ dukes reigned ruled there over local tribes between turcan (Khazars) and turcan ( Golden Horde). Also “kyev” is at the north boarder and close to RUSsian BeloRUSsian boarder and the rest of the "jumping crowd" territory never being even close to be under european civilization and was acquired by Rus-sia after Ekaterina the Great win war against Ottoman Turkey Empire Sultanate. This “Ukrainian” steppe land was taken from the turks by Russians with remaining of all kind of Hordes such cherkass/ cossaks, nogay etc. - all turkan ethnicity. Even mentioned names of the Khazarian tatars fort on Dnieper ( turcan name of the river was Uzi) are different. Etc .As concern of date when “kyev” was established there is massive inconsistency of Kyevan fairly tales and reality. Kykyev’s “historian” even claim that ukrainins dig out Black sea and that Adam and Jesus Christ were “ukrainins”. (Bugaga...) Who would take seriously those schizophrenic mad outbursts?... __ About Moscow we can find well established written information. In the existing historical texts that survived the time historian have found the first mention of town name “Moscow” in regard of the even that Suzdals’ Prince/ Duke/ knight Jurij Dolgorukij has founded NEW Moscow Kremlin at Borodinskij Hill in 1141 - Kremlin was then moved from the water to the hills. And because Moscow name was first mentioned as in 1141 it is celebrated as foundation of the City. One can guess that there might be some documents mentioned the town at earlier times that have not survived the times. Also at the time town could be renamed as existing archeological founds have artifact from the center of Moscow from the bronze age!... Apparently Suzdal’s Prince Jurij Dolgorukij in two years after he has founded new Moscow Kremlin, After that Jurij Dolgorukij went to be the ruler at “Kiev” to become “kievan” Prince. Russian Princes ruled there in kievan area at some kind of fixed terms changing each other fairly often while keeping titles to another Rus’ lands in Original (Northern Varagrian) Russia. That were not dynasty of the monarch as such in other countries. But all russian Princes have in common despondence to the first ruler of Rus Initial/ Original - Rurik, Prince of Novgorod/ Novgard/ Holmgad, who has founded Rus at Vargarian lands near Ladoga Lake. Under Rurikids Rus has extended its original territories lower to the sought - alone Dnieper river to secure trade from Vargaria/ Rus to Greeks/ Byzanthin… “Kievans” have never had own Princes/ Dukes or noble society neither before there to “kievan” area before Russian druzhins from Novgorod have conquered the territory from khazars nor after “kyev” has fallen to Golden Horde…
Would love an episode on the galloglass
Will consider doing 2 videos on the following? 1) Campaigns of Bellisarius. 2) Why the Byzantines lost their war to the Rashidun armies but won them against the Ummayyads?
Go to epic history tv they just released the final bellisarius video in their series if you haven’t already.
Unexpectedly not bad, really. I mean there is some kind of cartoon/game style, but as a whole, this job well done. Almost everything is correct. Only specialists will find small mistakes. Perfect video for acquaintance with ancient rus designs.
I love your videos! Good work to your team! But would you mind making a video about knights of Europe.
I love this series and how its done. As for units I would like to see I would of course love to see some Irish units (Gallowglass, Kern, Ostman, Hobblears, Ridiere, etc) or African units like the Tuareg, Mali, Ethiopian, etc. forces.
Here is the M&B warband c-rpg fan
@Floron because it is hot there + more mobility )))
@@NihilIslands video games are a great way of fostering interest in history
this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!
@@yuotube.comAlpha воно так і є , а історія раши починається від монгольського баскака на москві
Love this series, great job mate
This is awesome. I've been playing CK3 and have always been curious about this unit.
The best narrator out there. I'd hear anything from him.
Есть конечно до чего докопаться (например 40000 воинов Ярослава, серьезно? представляете себе как материально обеспечить такую толпу в те времена, а как управлять, держать дисциплину, да не реально, бред короче, 4000 воинов - вот это уже реальные цифры для периода Киевской Руси). Но в целом вменяемый источник по истории древней Руси и не только.
@@Sktarium Это разве что во влажных мечтах) Давайте серьезно - такое войско в то время в том регионе собрать просто невозможно, что говорить об обеспечении. Преувеличения многократные - это нормально для того времени, там любая заварушка казалась неимоверной войной.
Hi invicta. Here you have some warriors to make videos on
.The Lombards Arimannus
.The Ireland/Viking/Scottish Gallowglass
. the swiss pikemen
Drużyna (in Poland that we call it) was a private army in countries without feudalism law. All slavic and some others countries have smone kind of drużyna. In Poland when Kazimierz odnowieciel (restorater?) return to Poland he realized that he have no money to equipt drużyna or even give there paid so he start giving lands and that was a begining of feudalism in Poland. When emperor Otton III went to gnizno in 1000 polish prince Bolesław Chrobry going to impress the ruler of roman empire (he have tried to get king crown) so when emperor was raiding across the Poland lands Bolesław order drużyna to stand by road when emporer arrive to Poland and when emperor pass them they quickly must go to other road when Otto will riding. This looks for Otton like the coutry of Bolesław was very strong becouse on every road he seen a elite warrriors xd
Another excellent historical animation. One day we will make a video revealing the evidence i promise
Yeah in Bulgaria drujina literally translates to comradery - a group of drugari (comrades). Drujinas here were a thing during our Liberation from the Ottomans during the late 19-th century. Drujinas led by Voyvodas, waging guerilla warfare from the plenty mountains of the Balkans.
good work guys keep this up
There is only one nuance. The Teutonic Order opposed the Mongol invasion, while Alexander Nevsky fought on the side of the Mongols. Moreover, Alexander Nevsky was the prince of a principality separate from Rus and opposed the legitimate king of Rus, Danylo Romanovych, who called on the Pope and the Teutonic Order for help against the Mongols.
After all, Alexander Nevsky was making investments. Russia has not disappeared. From Sakhalin to Kaliningrad, the Black Sea, the North Pole. At that time, the state was disintegrating into feudal possessions, like the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation. Daniil Romanovich was unlucky. The Poles stopped his achievements.
The Novgorodians were rich, quick-witted and assertive. And they didn't want to pay taxes to the Grand Duke, they forced him to grant them special privileges. At the same time, they were part of a common cultural community. But in the end, it weakened and almost destroyed the country.
@@smithvam9354 What does russia have to do with it? Rus and russia have nothing in common, since the russia you are talking about appeared in the 18th century, when tsar Peter the First renamed the muscovite tsardom to the "russian empire". Neither the Novgorod principality nor the moscow tsardom were ever part of Rus.
Yes, Rus' did not disappear anywhere. It was a state that was formed on the territory of Pereyaslav region, Chernihiv region, Kyiv region. This is the current Ukraine. Until the 19th century, Ukrainians called their country Rus, and themselves Rusyns, along with the official name Ukraine.
@@nikitaradzey9646 Wikipedia refutes your claims. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruthenia#/media/File:Principalities_of_Kievan_Rus'_(1054-1132)_en.svg
@@nikitaradzey9646 Lenin created Ukraine. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealth#/media/File:Map_of_the_Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealth_(1619-1621).png
Can we get a video on the military of the great Mali Empire by any chance?
I want to write a small interesting fact, suddenly someone will be interested. The modern name of Russia is a Russified Greek-Byzantine version of the name of Rus (Ru(o)sia). )
Nevertheless, Rus is the territory of Kyiv, Chernigov and Pereyaslav lands. Neither the Suzdalians nor the Novgorodians did not howl themselves "rusyns", but Slovenes. The Russian land inhabited by the Rusyns is just the principalities of Kyiv, Chernigov and Pereyaslavl
@@maximiliaanxiv188 no. There is a lot of written evidence showing and proving that the Novgorodians and Vladimirians (I don’t know about the Suzdalians, but most likely too) called themselves "rusami" (inhabitants of Rus').
@@maximiliaanxiv188 by the way, even the map in the video shows the expansion of the Old Rus' state from north to south.
@@ham7696 nowhere in the annals is the name Russias applied to the Novgorodians. Novgorodians called themselves Slovenes.
@@maximiliaanxiv188 You are confusing terms. Ilmen Slovense lived around Novgorod, this is true. Several other tribes coexisted with them. But after the arrival of Rurik (or if you don’t believe in him, the conquest of Kyiv by Oleg) the formation of a single Rus' nation began. Judging by your comments, you are a smart person (although you are wrong in your conclusions) and you should know about the existence of Novgorod "betestaniy gramot". It is the largest collection of personal and legal letters, and even there the statement appears, that Novgorodians are "Rusi".
Very interesting. Brilliant Video!
It's difficult to pronounce if you haven't heard it. Druzhina there is no D in zh, it's not Drudhina, more akin to the gandarme, the G sound from the french word would go into Drugina. I couldn't think of an english word that has that same sound sorry.
S in pleasure.
Well jin so its jeena?
Well jin so its jeena?
Dreu.....Jeeeaanaaa
But then its like a hard eee after j
Lol which changes the jjjj sound
Ahhh
Jeans or Jina does not work eather
Lol....Drue Jiyna????
Marvellous video!!! Hello from Ukraine!!
There was no country called Kievan Rus, just like there was no country called Byzantine empire. Country you call Kievan Rus was called simply Rus or russkaya zemlya. Name Kievan Rus was given many hundreds of years after this state was destroyed just like Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium.
Exactly.
Not to mention that for large parts of its history, the lands of “Kievan Rus” were not even ruled by Kiev.
@@QualityPen Exactly. Novgorod was first capital I think.
@@alexandrep4913 Yes, Ukraine means Borderland and words similar to word Ukraine mean "borderlands" in many, probably all Slavic languages.
@@WP-cu2pf in all slavic langueges kraina means country only in russian Krai means border , russia is the only differ from slavic langueges , check any slavic languege and type Kraina , "armiya krayova" was polish countrys army or was it border army? Tierd of russian clowns
5:08 - You note that the origin of Rus is highly contested then just casually drop that Rurik was Scandinavian. Scandinavians had nothing resembling towns or cities at the time. Rus settled in the coastal areas between Lake Ladoga, Gulf of Finland, and Lake Ilmen. Scandinavians called those areas Gardariki, land of forts, since the area was dotted with walled settlements all along Volkhov river. Such an arrangement came naturally in defense against coastal raiders (mainly Scandinavians) from the north, and Khazars from the south. The idea that these people invited one of the groups they were defending against to rule them and suffered so much from, a people who spoke a different language, had different customs and worshipped different Gods is simply laughable. More than likely Rurik, if he even existed, was a well-known and reputed local Varangian warlord with a crew. Tale of Bygone Years is famously unreliable, having been written more than 250 years since the events it describes. It is also not a historical document, as it starts with the Deluge and goes in depth about the creation of the world.
Druzhina=Brotherhood
Not always.
This was such a great video!
Hey can u do a video on Mauryan empire
Anything specifically?
@@InvictaHistory u replied thank u so much.. please start from Chandragupta to life of Ashoka please 🥰🥰..
@@InvictaHistory also the Seleucid Mauryan war.. please..
@@user-dw4ty9wx7w I'll see if we can do the Seleucid Mauryan war as it will coincide with some Seleucid Roman content we have planned.
@@InvictaHistory thank you very much
Great video! Thank you for your work
I would like to see Trenck's Pandurs or Hungarian/Croatian Hussars, that way you can give south slavs a bit of love in your videos as well.
Was plate armour popular among the Druzhina or were lammelar and other armour types more popular?
Plate armor was mostly used by western Europeans. Russians used lamellar and mail primarily. In later times, limbs were armored with plate armor but the torso was still generally lamellar. A popular slightly lighter armor was mail with small plates attached to it across the torso.
@@QualityPen What is the advantage of lamellar over plate?
@@zacmarulo8721 being able to shoot a bow while on horseback more flexible
By the time plate armour was being made the druzhina didn’t exist I thought.. druzhina were around during the early Middle Ages not the late Middle Ages. Could be wrong.
@@ryanvouche254 what warrior class replaced the Druzhina by the late middle ages?
I think it’s important that we remember not to drag modern politics into these medieval events. The Kievan-Rus have little bearing on the modern-day region of Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, and Latvia.
And belarus
@@Hello-xh3rx, I knew I forgot one nation. Belarus is an interesting one.
@@MatthewChenault unfortunately everyone forgets it once in a while XD
What music did you use for this it’s really good
Knights: Lol, imagine using spears in a charge. What can they possibly do against our superior lances?
Druzhina: *Pulls out axes....
Knights: Hol up..............
Druzhina: Allow us to introduce you to the Weapon Triangle.
@@MarfSantangelo knight- "axereaver Lance"
Druz- "pulls out sword"
Knight- "switched back to Lance"
Druzhina- "pulls out axe"
Mongol- "drowns them both in arrows"
@@loowick4074 And when the survivors try and chase the mongols, the broken fuckers just Canto the hell away.
There is an old Russian joke.
Ilya Muromets, Dobrynya Nikitich and Alyosha Popovich are riding across the field. And three musketeers meet them.
Ilya Murovets accidentally touches D'Artagnan with his shoulder, and he falls off the horse.
He immediately jumps up and shouts: You insulted me, I challenge you to a duel. Then he draws a small dot with chalk on the chest of Ilya Muromets.
He asks what the hell is this?
- I will pierce you in this place - the musketeer says - defend yourself!!
Ilya Takes out his mace and says - Alyosha, sprinkle him all over with chalk.
You guys are answering my prayers while playing medieval 2 teutonic campaign
I'm sure both sides today are going to dispute them as their ancestors🧐
Well, they are the ancestors of both Russians and Ukrainians. I guess both just like to claim that they were the ''original'' Kievan Rus, but the whole idea of that existing is inaccurate.
Well, the fact that certain minor territories of Kyivan Rus these days are part of Russia does not give them the right to contest and/or lay a claim of the direct lineage and cultural heritage of the Kyivan Rus. Moscovy grew and developed on the very different values compared to those of Kyivan Rus. The geography, climate, how fertile the soil is, the level of development of local tribes/people - tons of factors that effected the development of people over the course of centuries in modern day Ukraine and Russia. Ukraine is in moderate climate, fertile soil, historically closer to the Europe (the information/ideas/trade/technologies would naturally travel to Ukraine quicker than to Moscovy). A typical Ukrainian is an individualist with the respect to a personal space/order/private property, hates it’s politicians, always open to the pluralism of thoughts and ideas. A typical Russian (well, a Moscovite to be very accurate) has a collectivist mind set up, totally obeying it’s political leaders (check out how they all bow to Putin and it’s been like this more or less through their entire history), does not have a deep respect to a private property, the expansionist minded which leads to an ignorance and disrespect of other cultures. Hates other opinions, no pluralism of thoughts. Of course we cannot generalize but these are some typical characteristics you may notice a lot. Russia is called Russia only from early XVIII century, when they rebranded Moscovy and by doing so could have a more noble and respectful image in XVIII century Europe who they tried to copy in everything at that time. Bottom line - calling Moscovy the Russia causes a lot of confusion. Russia is a Greek spelling of Rus. Moscovy is a distant relative of Rus
@@vikey1764 And the word rus comes in oirign roslagen from Ros vikings from that area.
@@vikey1764 Just cope, Russia is russia
@@davidjoelsson4929 so what is Moscovy to do with Rus or Ukraine? Why don’t you call yourself something else - like Tartaria, Golden Horde, Vanuatu (sorry, Vanuatu - giving your name as a random example) or whatever else. Moscovy is Moscovy, accept it
Best history Channel
The Rus’ Companion Cavalry.
Why's the guy in the chair at 9:00 wearing what looks like an apron dress with something similar to turtle brooches? Was that something done by the Rus?
Yes Ukraines are rus
Russian/ Vargarian Guard has served Byzantine’s imperator much earlier then Novgorod’s knights have invaded Kiev and had annexed kievan territory to join Rus. Vargarian Guard is known in history since 820th, officially Rus was established in 861 BC and Russian knights conqured Kiev only in 880th . And since then Russian knights ruled over kievan territory for just three hundreds years. That is where Rus/ Russia has over 1000 years of history! Russian moved their capital from the area currently known as Velikij Novgorod region near Ladoga lake to Kieven region in order to secure trade alone river Dnieper from Vargaria to Greeks/ Byzantine. After Kiev has fallen to Golden Horde, russian capital was moved to Vladimir and after that Moscow has become capital of Rus.
Ukrainian make a lot of efforts to write their history from the middle of the Russian history only because Russians hundreds of years ago have made Kiev the capital of Rus in between… I wonder why Turkey would not insist that they were from Rome just because hundreds of years ago Istambul was called Constantinople…
M. N. Tikhomirov. Russian chronicle. - M., 1979. - p. 22-48.
"In historical science it has long been noted that in the XII - XIII centuries. the name "Rus" denoted a well-defined country - the Kievan land proper. There are quite a few examples of such word usage, and moreover, in various Russian monuments. So, the Laurentian Chronicle, a monument of Vladimir-Suzdal origin, tells about the campaign of the Kiev prince Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich and the burning of the city of Dmitrov: "... burned (Svyatoslav - M.N.) the city of Dmitrov, return again to Rus' ...". And this is not an accidental, but a generally accepted expression of the Vladimir-Suzdal monuments. After the death of Andrei Bogolyubsky, at a meeting in Vladimir, it was said: "... our prince was killed, but he has no children, his son is in Novgorod, and his brothers are in Rus' ...". So, the Vladimir-Suzdal land is not Rus, but Rus is the southern principalities where Andrei's brothers live."
This is most ahistorical stuff I read in last few years...
Also google sultanate of Rum. And behold how turks was never copying/insisting that they are true successor's of Roman Empire...
And yeah, Roman Empire was de-facto dismantled in 17 century...
@@maximiliaanxiv188 I shall ask you to concentrate at the following question: “If the term Rus were only about kievan region, then why here and there some “historian” highlight “Kievan”, not just say Rus”? Why would not say Russian,who are real owners of the Rus’s history, would not say Novgorod’s Rus, Moscow Rus, Vladimir Rus? Why germans would not say Berlinian Germany? Sounds funny, isn’t it? That is because borders can be changed, but the state is continued. State of Rus has started officially when few tribes of people near Ladoga lake has called Riurik to rule over their land. Date of this is RECORDED - 861 BC (!).
Riurik have come with his druzhinas/ military squad to the land and people has accepted him. Also to say that his grandfather was local high administrator. Riurik himself was born in the north European lands likely where currently the Dutch live. Etc. Riurik as lawful and legal ruler of Rus Original has started to extend his power to the east, north and sought and gave land to his brothers and his men. He lived in power and died in power at Rurikovo Gorodische and he was there buried. It is Novgorod region.
There was considerable in length border between Vagaria and Khazars at that was a problem for vargarians/ Rus. It was constant unrest at that time. As vargarians wished to continue relations with Byzantine and continue trade with Byzantine, they needed to resolve problem with security of trade alone river Dnieper. It as when kievan region was part of Khaganate of Khazaria.
So that descendants of Riurik/ Rurik - the first Ruler of Rus, have eventually conquered the kieven region, extended Rus and started ruling the kievan region. Aparently, the first rulers of the kievan region on behalh of Novgorod’s knights/ prince were the servants of Novgorod’s knight - Ascold and Dir. Some time later after servants made the settlement livable, then the child Knight was brought to the area. That has happened decades later after the date when State of Rus was officially established in former Varagrian’s/ Rus lands near Ladoga lake.
All Russian rulers to the kievan region also hold the title to another Russian regions. Such for instance, knight Vladimir, who has baptize his Rus people, remained Duke of Novgorod. Apparently, knight Vladimir has conquered Kiev twice, not once. Another knights were Dukes of Suzdal, Novgorod, Rostov and all of them were descendants, successors of Novgorod’s Rus knight Riurik/ Rurik. All Russian rulers of kievan region, at the time when capital of Rus was in Kiev ( between Novgorod/ Novgard/ Holmgard and Vladimir-Suzdal’s), all this Dukes and knights were related to each other via his ancessor Riurik of Novgorod. They ruled by kievan region practically in turn when they come from own land from Great (Northern) Russia. It was not alike in other kingdoms where son would take the crown after father. Etc. Rulers, princes of all Russian states/ lands Kievan, Novgorod, Suzdal. Rosotov, then Moscow, Tver etc) were related to each other via their predecessor - the first ruler of Rus Price of Novgorod Riurik.
The Varangian name of the city Velikij Novgorod/ Great Novgorod was Holmgård or Holmgard.
In the year of 1000 years of the beginning of Rus in Velikij Novgorod was opened the statute by Russian Imperor in 1861-om. That is real history.
As “Ukraine” does not have own history, they try to steal it when claiming some “kievan” part of Rus… Kiev was never even capital before Russians made it to be a capital under Riurikoviches. Then after Russians left when Kiev was conquered by Golden Horde, then Kiev stopped to be any considerable town again till Russians returned with Ekaterina the Great and rebuilt the city again… etc.
@@maximiliaanxiv188 Prince/ Knight Sviatoslav Vsevolodovich was Prince of Novgorod, Turov, Volyn, Novgorod-Seversk, Chernigov and Kiev - all in different period of times. Few years here and few years there. In Kiev he was ruling 1 year, then 3-4 years and then he turned for more to Kiev in a few years time. That is how Russian Princes ruled over province of Kiev - changing one Prince with another alike CEO managers in the corporation.
@@maximiliaanxiv188 So that some heresay recorded after couple of hundreds years you push forward to proof something? Prince Vsevolod had died in 1194 and Laurentian Codex was published only in 1377th. You really think it was correctly recorded and that people of say 20ieth generation of successors after the people who could support this hearsay? Hello!...It is not good enough. I have in front of me text where some traveler to Holden Horde described how Timur arrived to Kiev called then Mankerkan (under Golden Horde rulers) and Timur raided the area which was ruled by Khan Uzbek, got a lot of valuables and then turned to the north to Rus to city of Mashkov. This was recorded in year 1395th about year 1395th. Which evidence one should believe more? (heresay is the report of another person's words by a witness, which is usually disallowed as evidence in a court of law and in your citing some person has recorded something that someone might said or not said at least 20 generations back in time... )
Fun fact:Rurik,Oleg,Igor,and his son Sviatoslav 1 were all lifelong pagans who never became Christian. Also Sviatoslav 1 has a famous mother who you know as Saint Olga of Kiev who was the wife of Prince Igor the father of Sviatoslav 1.Igor and his son Sviatoslav 1 were both assassinated by people's they ruled over/extracted tribute from
You should do a unit profile on the Aztec jaguar warrior
Nice 100 times better than the recent episode from Kings and Generals with little to do with history and more to do with Larping on "the current thing"
Lol cope harder russian bot
Чем лучше? Тем что они тегнули видео про Киевскую русь - Ukraine, тем самым как-бы пытаясь присвоить нашу общую историю к современной Украине. Они не понимают что делают ровно тоже самое что тот против кого они "борятся"...
@@phobos2077_ okay but would it be a bad History video in a parallel universe where the current thing was not going on?
@@IVAN-zm8pz I guess not. But I have questions about the Ukrainian flag on the map :)
Love listening to music I recognize and vibing while I lean about history.
Thank you for this video! I thought I was going to be filled with anti-Russian content, but was pleasantly surprised at its neutrality. Thanks for presenting materiel as it is!
no worries russian slaves off top as they have nothing to do with Rus.
poor naive boy ..you thought that russians derive from Varjager Rus ?? Sorry to disappoint you , but Rus were Scandinavian warriors , elite , who conquered local finno-ugric/slavi tribes who were farmers looking after their pigs and cows . As per DNA tests only 30K modern ukranians/belorus/russinas have Varjager's blood line , the rest of the population has no relationship to Scandinavian Rus elite whatsoever. Did you think your ancestors were Warriors? sorry for telling you a naked Truth 😐
@@MrDedushkoMoroz bruh mate take a pill and relax
@@stronkbon5630 he can't, his mental illness won't let him...
@@stronkbon5630 always chill, brother, just hate villains 😁
Superb video!
Wait, is this a re-upload?
Haven't I watched this before?
I have a strong case of deja vu...
Edit: It was a short. Nevermind.
What's the song that starts playing at 14:40?
И поляки историю не знают. Никогда не существовало такого государства,как киевская Русь. Киевская Русь - это временной период в истории древней Руси, выделенный российскими историками.
а древняя расия со столицей в мацкве существовала всигдаааа!!!
@@yaroslavs563нормально так всхрюкнул.
Great work 🥳 Thank you 💜
great, now i have to go and waste another 1000 hours in mount and blade: viking conquest. that song always gets me in the mood for pillaging monestaries and cracking skulls
I WILL DRINK FROM YOUR SKULL!
Great vid!
Could you please just validate the pronunciation of key words when making a video? Shouldn't be hard.
Družina is pronounced different, where ž is pronounced like J in Jules (french) for example.
Otherwise, big up for the video. Nicely done.
A question out of sheer interest. Where do you get the background music for this video? The music is very relaxing and I like the style.
Družina in slovenian means family
In ukrainian it means "wife", in Russian it's the same meaning like in this video, so guards or army, something like that.
Small issue at 3:40, Vlachs never were Slavs. They only started mixing with slavs during the 9th century.
Even their name is proving it. Yhe name Vlach was the way "Barbarians" called Romans and romanised people at first... And it stayed. This is why the in Polish Vlock means italian and why French speaking Belgians are called Wallons.
10:00 There were no Mongolic people in Europe in that time only Turkic origin
Yep there was no Mongol presence in the Pontic Caspian steppe prior to the 13th century
8:28 why is the prince in a norse woman's dress?
The Great Catalan Company, the Almogavers