It might be interesting to the English-speaking viewers that in Czech the word for Bohemia is "Čechy". Czechia as a whole is "Česko" and the adjective "český" means both "Czech" and "Bohemian". In Polish, both Bohemia and Czechia are simply called "Czechy". So depending on the language, there is greater sense of continuity between the historical Kingdom and the modern Republic.
Good point. I'll just add that the whole Czechia used to be called Bohemia in English until 1918 as well. Masaryk himself named his 1915 proposal for the independent country of Czechs and Slovaks "Independent Bohemia". Bohemia is basically an exonym while Czechia (a Latinised version of the Czech original "Czechy") is an endonym. They were both used interchangeably for centuries. Today, Bohemia ("Čechy") is used only for Bohemia proper, while Czechia (Česko) designates the whole country.
we are proud of our Republic. So we use it always. I dont know people who use Czechia... its stupid. Coz if you once say Czechia, you need to say Moravia and Silesia (Czech Silesia) too.
@@janmacek1648 Czechia literally means "the Czech state" or "the state of the Czechs". It's a centuries-old name. You do realise that the Czech state (a.k.a. Czechia) is one of the oldest countries in continuous existence? Whilst "the Czech Republic" is just 30 years old? The greatest Czech, Charles IV was not the king of the Czech Republic, was he? Why are we pretending to be a country without a history? Think about it. BTW, Czechia seems to be "stupid" to you just because you are not used to it. Trust me, I've been there..
Very smart dude ships his two loved nations, and convinced almost anyone to ship them too. He then went full Bismarck in politica and got what he wanted. Truly aj awesome intellectual.
@Hungary #1 Maybe, but they are useful. We are stronger together. Through EU we can go anywhere within the EU freely, make businesses. EU helps greatly with exports and we are an exporter country. NATO is important to keep us safe. Hopefully we can do more, but at this point aswell we need each other.
@Hungary #1 You really think we are better off without EU and NATO? Oh boy. Okay. First of all, look at every country in Europe without EU. Even Norway and Switzerland has to be at least in economic partnerships with the EU or it wouldn't be good for them. Look at the Balkan or Eastern Europe, those are the examples you want to follow? What do you think, could Russia even have a say in Ukraine if Ukraine was in NATO? No. You just described the main point of the EU. We are a small country compared to USA, Russia or China. We have to work together to be important. I study agricultural engineering, you have no idea how many economic stats we have to watch and in every one of them we are small UNLESS we take the whole EU in to consideration, because then we have a saying in EVERYTHING in the world. We export 3 times more than we import just in agriculture. FREE OF CHARGE THANKS TO EU. Our number one Import and Export partner is Germany. Once again, for free. I name you a Company, Bábolna Tetra, probably the biggest chicken breeding company in the country. Not even mentioning how much money the EU put in Hungarian agriculture. For example, did you know we have close to same amount of tractors as Germany? How come? Oh yeah the EU paid for it, because they saw there is a big potential in our agriculture and guess what they were right, we have good lands. 50% of the country is infact are fields. EU doesn't force people to go and clean toilets, people choose that. If they don't like that go and do something else. Both of my parents are factory workers in SOmogy 2nd or 3rd worst county in terms of economical state and guess what I have everything I want. Sure I also work on summertime and sometimes next to UNI, but I don't have to worry about anything. How come they didn't have to go to London cleaning people's arses? It is in our best interest to be in EU and NATO, yes they could provide more for our brothers and sisters outside of the country, but we don't have any better. We have to take this and work for it to be good. Unless you want to live like people in Belarus or Montenegro. (Bless their hearts, I don't have anything against people on the balkan or farther to the east, I just state they don't live as good and wish they someday will.)
Tatíček Masaryk, I didn't know him till now. I love to hear, where the origins lie. Czechoslovakia had a founder who fulfilled his role as an inspirational figure. Very blessed start for a nation. Like the founding figures of the EU.
@@MLaserHistoryAlbania had some neat stuff fighting the Ottomans in the 1300s and 1400s, I think, and Skanderberg is kinda known in the gaming communities I'm part of. I think I might know less about Romanian history than Slovakian history, but it's close. They're both countries that seemed kinda random and didn't have obvious history to read about. Another contender are the Baltic nations, but I at least understand where some of the borders come from. Belarus is another blank spot when it comes to my understanding, but I think might they actually not have any historical reason to exist so I don't feel so bad there.
Oh my God, this is so good and interesting, and your voice is so beautiful! I'm a Brazilian who loves history, geography and languages! Thank you! Keep it up!
The unity of Czechs and Slovaks into one "nation" was just pragmatic. They just needed to outnumber the Germans and Hungarians in the territory to gain the right to form a new country.
That's one of the reasons but it's not the only thing. Czech and Slovak intelligentsia were in close contact during the Austrian-Hungarian times. Thanks to that both nations were somewhat culturally and very much linguistically close. If they were not, forming a single united country would have been very difficult.
@@Asdasxel They were not very culturally nor economically close however. Compare industrial Czech west during the beginning of the 20th century with shepherds with 5 to 10 children in Slovakia. Did they have anything else in common than language?
This video was great. It brought me some light into a topic I have not known a lot about. Great visualizations with the maps and all! I can't even imagine how much work that must have been! also LOL at 9:27. All my friends who have been conscripted into the Austrian Army would definitively agree!
Extrémek , říkal jsme si jak je možný že někdo z anglicky mluvící země dokáže udělat takhle super video ,takhle fakt dobrý video. Super fakt super. Gratulace veliká.
Thank you for doing these videos - I don't know a lot about Central-Eastern European history, except where there was a role in broader world events (WW1) or Western European history (French revolution and the Empire, the Hundred Years' War, etc). Thanks again!
Another Video 100% wasn't in my inbox :( It makes me upset because this is some of my favorite content on RUclips. I have to check your channel every couple weeks to make sure RUclips isn't broken again. Keep up the Great work
Have you tried hitting the bell button? I know it can be annoying with the notifications but looks like RUclips has decided the bell button now is what the subscription button use to be.
Ez neked érdekes videó,a nagy marhasághoz van köze meg a hazug történelemhez. A déd nagyapám Felvidéki volt Groffi családból származott és egy egész megye az övéké volt a Felvidék északi részén,ott egy kurva szláv nem élt.
@@nagyadam8813 Nos...mit mondhatnek? En felig cseh vagyok, felig magyar, ez az en "kombinaciom"!!! Valojaban, magyarnak erzem magam, de csehnek is es azert nem tetszik egyaltalan amikor csunya vagy piszkos dolgokat hallok az egyikrol vagy a masikrol...Ez az!
Good video, but you shoud talk more about Štefánik and Beneš too. For example štefánik knew a lot of important people in France and iit was a huge deal because france was a major pover. Also it was work of all three that Czechoslovakia formed if it would be Masaryk only it would never happend. Overall nice video but for next time talk more about them too
But in the end nations splited - because slovak wished so and because of that both nations are insignificant as Masaryk predicted, that was Slovak choice. In short time period it might seem like good decision but in long runn its worst what could happened.
Betting on France has proven to be one of the major "design flaws" of Czechoslovakia (let's keep that in mind next time Macron talks about destruction of NATO a "EUropean defense"). By today's standards, Masaryk built a huge personality cult around him, which I believe Is something that has no place in democracy. Masaryk shouldn't had been elected for his last term, because at that time he was in such a poor physical condition that he was unable to even read the presidential oath. Without Masaryk and his personality cult, Beneš would have never been elected president. Beneš was perhaps a great diplomat but definitely no leader in times of crises. He failed in 1938 and was allowed to fail again in 1948. It was Beneš's effort to overcompensate for his failures, that he sleepwalked Czechoslovakia into Stalin's arms in 1943. He then provider cover for communist takover od the country from 1945 to 1948. Being severly impaired after suffering brain strokes he was just a communist sock puppet. I am willing to believe, that Beneš was the mastermind behind Štefánik's aircraft accident in 1919. It would be interesting how things would Evolve differently, had Masaryk's sucessor been Štefánik, a soldier and a renaissance man instead of Beneš, the bureaucrat and vengeful intriguer. Sadly, Czechs and Slovaks have one thing in common: living in denial and tendency to create an entire mythology around people who objectively failed them. For Czechs it's Beneš and Dubček for the Slovaks.
@@petr7694 Big truth said here. I too think that Beneš wasn't good for president. He was bureaucrat very talented bureaucrat but not president. It would be very interesting if Štefanik was President due to his personal connections and abbility to make them but we can't change past. And the part about denial is sadly true too
Very interesting. I wish you had mentioned the Pittsburgh Agreement which Masaryk authored. This was signed 31 May 1918 by Czech & Slovak expat communities in America committing to among other things a union of the Czech and Slovak lands into a Constitutional republic. Masaryk was in Pittsburgh when this agreement was signed.
3:25 - As a Slovak I can unfortunately confirm that rusophilia, anti-westernism and antisemtism are very prevalent features of Slovak society even nowadays :(
Well, if you could tell me any historical state on that land in the past 1000 years. Oh right, that's Hungary :) I'm sorry, but there were no historical state for slovakians, and therefore no "legal" claims based on that, not like the czechs.
Dude, im a ukrainian guy who lives in Lodz and works near Chyzne in Poland. I'm touched by your video and subbed instantly. Also - last summer ive ascended slobodne kralovstvo Rysy, if you know what i mean :D P.S. I'm into history now, thanks!
All of your videos are great. And I am so proud that you are Slovak as you said at the end of the video. Držím palce a teším sa na ďalšie skvelé práce o histórii.
My father was born in Slovakia in 1903. He told stories of the Magyarification by the Hungarian authorities. Slovak was not taught in schools. The Hungarians were much more oppressive to the other nationalities under their control than the Austrians. Dad used to say "You can make me kneel & put my hands together, but you can't make me pray" meaning that no matter how oppressed they were Slovaks like him would not agree to be Magyars.
@@peterivan9187 It's hard to imagine now, that my father grew up as a child in a town with no electricity; Water came from a wellhead with a hand pump, toilets were outhouses in the back yard. He came to the USA in 1927 as a furniture maker & got a job working on cars because they were still made at first like a horse carriage with a wooden frame covered with sheet metal for a body. I was born in 1950. In two generations the world is unrecognizable from what it was when he was born.
But there were Slovaks!!! My father taught me what they used to say to Magyarization: Slovak som aj Slovak budem ( I am a Slovak & I will always be a Slovak.) There was a Slovakia though politically it was included in Hungary at that time. @@poonczey
@@dougr.2245 "There was a Slovakia though " No, there wasn't. Just as there was no Portugal during the Roman Empire. It is that simple. And your story is full on BS btw. There was a cultral domination and the goverment did not respect the law about minority schooling, however we had been left to our own devices. The greatest "sin" of magyarization was you had to speak hungarian to get into any meaningful position within Hungary. And you had to speak german to make it on an Imperial level. Guess what, hungarians in Slovakia have to speak slovak if they want to get to a higher up position. Same in Romania. Or the U.S., where you have to speak English if you want to become someone important. My grandmother was the first of our family to learn hungarian in school. We're slovaks from Csongrád county, Hungary .
Som si pôvodne myslel že si z Rakúska ale toto video ma prijemne prekvapilo. Btw tvoj kanal som objavil vtedy ked som musel opravit jedneho mojho kotlebovskeho kamarata ohladom historie.
(typing in English because I am on my phone and it has an English keyboard) Ufff I mean I already had to delete like 5 comments on this video from people who where unable to grasp that a hero to the nationalists like Masaryk could ever help a Jew like Hilsner. It's really funny what logical contortions and made up theories these people go through to justify their beliefs of hating a group of people.
Super! Naučil si ma za tak krátky čas niečo, čo sa napríklad v učebniciach dejepisu nikdy nepíše.. Škoda,že sa tieto videá nemôžu pozerať na hodinách, pretože by určite dali deťom a aj mne veľa. Zaujímam sa o históriu Československa a o celú históriu Slovenska. Zaujal si ma :) Len tak ďalej.
Hey! Thanks a lot for the great vid. You won't find a lot of content of THIS quality about East Europe region =) One question: why did you omit the fact that mid-wars Czechoslovakia was comprised of 3 ethnical regions (Czechia, Slovakia, Ruthenia)?
The video was suppose to be about how Masaryk helped create Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia itself and how it existed wasn't in the scope of the video even though I hinted at its ethnic problem, it had to face as a new country, at the end of it.
@@MLaserHistory Thanks! Eagerly looking forward to further content on similar topics. Czechoslovakia during WW2 would be a nice continuation =) As there is not much quality content on this topic on YT
Mr. Laser, do you have any videos where you discuss the mapping software you use? I can't tell if you are using a GIS, or if you are using a Photoshop-like program. Your maps are quite nice.
Not to be rude, but get your facts straight before you make assumptions. There actually was the possibility of Czechoslovakia remaining one country, even after they were freed from communism. It's just that some Czech and Slovak politicians couldn't agree on some things so they mutually decided to just split. So the breakup of Czechoslovakia actually is the fault of the Czech and Slovak people themselves
Konečne vidím, že môj obľúbený kanál je Slovák. Pozerám ťa už dlho, ale nevedel som, že si náš🤗. Podľa mňa Slováci, ako národ, ale i krajina dostávajú malo poznania a pochopenia, i keď tu boli pri najväčších rozhodných chvíľach a 100% aspoň dajako zmenili dejiny. Som rád, veľmi veľmi rád, že máme takých ako ty od nás, ktorý aspoň trošku pripomínajú Slovákov do zahraničia. Máš môj obdiv. Diki
Why ? These countries are different in mentality, language, culture, etc. Of course in some ways very similar but still distinct. I think it wouldnt work out
Very nice document. Even Though Czechoslovakia was divided in 1993 into Czech Republic and Slovakia, you shall remember ONE THING - We are rivals, when facing each other in any sports (but hockey especially 🙂 ) But once we lose (unfortunately - in hockey most of the times) - THERE ARE NO BIGGER FANS OF CZECH TEAM THAN SLOVAKS. YOU WILL GET THE IDEA, IF YOU WATCH CZECH TEAM PLAYING AGAINST RUSSIA IN VIRTUALLY ANY SLOVAK PUB 🤞👍😃
As someone born in Czechoslovakia, I like this video. Never wanted split two countries, and I'm still ashamed for our past polititians and part of population, that doesn't care, or don't understand the importance, Masaryk understood.
"Austria-Hungary is too diverse, we need to do something!" "Yes, we should divide it between smaller areas that not only won't follow any ethnic, cultural or strategic borders in most cases therefore won't solve ethnic tensions, but will f***k the region so hard it probably won't recover in the next 1000 years." "Such a genius idea, let's do it!"
@@piaIyeverything was just about fine until Germans got heart attact when they found out that the German language is no longer an official language. They were of course completely fine with Czechs having to learn german language during the Austro-Hungarian empire...
It could have a positive effect upon European history. Although it would have not contained Transylvania, Galicia, and Vojvodina, it would have kept Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, and Croatia from post- WWI radicalism of the Left and Right... and less vulnerable to being picked apart by Nazi Germany.
One of the biggest problem in Czech Republic is that we do not have any clear heritage. We have Slavic language but our ancestors are the Celts, Romans, Germanic people, Frank people, Slavs and even the Norsemen. So our national identity is a little bit chaotic because there is nothing like a pure Czech.
There is no nation or even an ethnicity of any significant size which is "pure" in this sence (people like moving around and having sex). Cultural identity is a thing that matters, and it can grow from a mix of different roots, and i don`t think that it is a problem.
That is normal for most european countries. You can say that those ancestors shaped the czech culture, so it is very special. Look at UK for example, it has been shaped by many many cultures aswell and it is very special too. Or Belgium, which is like almost the same as Netherlands, maybe some French influence there.
I understand guys thank you for your response. What I meant as a problem is that we as a Czech will continue to argue about what we are. Some of us are desperately saying oh we are Slavs therefore we cannot be Western oriented because the west do not care about us. Others say that we are mostly German and they are correct but they are saying that therefore we should not believe Russia etc. We are in the middle of the west and east and nobody can accept taking neutral ground. The crossroad that is deviding my people.
@@petrhanke8644 That's like us Romanians as well. Our language is a romance language but our ancestry is highly diverse: Slavic, Germanic, Thracian, etc. It's interesting.
Selver, P., Masaryk A Biography, London, Michael Joseph LTD, 1940. Olivova, V., The Doomed Democracy Czechoslovakia in a Disrupted Europe 1914-38, translated by G. Theiner, London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1972. Kovtun, J. K., The Spirit of Thomas G. Masaryk (1850-1937), London, Masaryk Publication Trust, 1990. Skilling, H. G., T.G. Masaryk: Against the Current 1882-1914, London, Oxford University Press and Maximilian Press, 1994. Winters, S. B., T.G. Masaryk (1850-1937): Volume 1; Thinker and Politician, London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies UCL, 1990.
The only reference about him even being involved in the war, that I could find, was from the letter of purpose he wrote in 1875. This letter is held by the University of Vienna but a copy is in the UCL School of Slavonic studies. Also a translated copy is in the books Winters, S. B., T.G. Masaryk (1850-1937): Volume 1; Thinker and Politician, London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies UCL, 1990. and Selver, P., Masaryk A Biography, London, Michael Joseph LTD, 1940.
Perhaps a silly question but I only recently noticed the name Czechia being used, before it was always Czech Republic. Is this some new change or did I just not notice it before?
It is an old change that is being given new marketing. In other words the name Czech Republic and Czechia have both been legal names of the country for over a decade now but it's only recently that the country has started to push for people calling it Czechia rather than Czech Republic.
When he said Tatíček Masaryk, I felt that.
Me too, Czech sounds so soft to me and it was as if I was child and someone told me that.
Daddy Masaryk? Hahah, nice!
Já jsem čechoslovák taky překvapuje mně jak umí ŽŠČŘĎŤŇ
@@xxx_strawberrygamergaming_xxx Však on je slovák :D
@@jebatevrana thx
It might be interesting to the English-speaking viewers that in Czech the word for Bohemia is "Čechy". Czechia as a whole is "Česko" and the adjective "český" means both "Czech" and "Bohemian". In Polish, both Bohemia and Czechia are simply called "Czechy". So depending on the language, there is greater sense of continuity between the historical Kingdom and the modern Republic.
Good point. I'll just add that the whole Czechia used to be called Bohemia in English until 1918 as well. Masaryk himself named his 1915 proposal for the independent country of Czechs and Slovaks "Independent Bohemia". Bohemia is basically an exonym while Czechia (a Latinised version of the Czech original "Czechy") is an endonym. They were both used interchangeably for centuries. Today, Bohemia ("Čechy") is used only for Bohemia proper, while Czechia (Česko) designates the whole country.
we are proud of our Republic. So we use it always. I dont know people who use Czechia... its stupid. Coz if you once say Czechia, you need to say Moravia and Silesia (Czech Silesia) too.
@@janmacek1648 Czechia literally means "the Czech state" or "the state of the Czechs". It's a centuries-old name. You do realise that the Czech state (a.k.a. Czechia) is one of the oldest countries in continuous existence? Whilst "the Czech Republic" is just 30 years old? The greatest Czech, Charles IV was not the king of the Czech Republic, was he? Why are we pretending to be a country without a history? Think about it. BTW, Czechia seems to be "stupid" to you just because you are not used to it. Trust me, I've been there..
@@Gosudar nerozumíš tomu...
So Czech rhapsody is the same as bohemian rhapsody
Very smart dude ships his two loved nations, and convinced almost anyone to ship them too. He then went full Bismarck in politica and got what he wanted. Truly aj awesome intellectual.
Ah yes, famous french city of "Prais"
Mistakes happen, and if you're me, spelling mistakes happen quite often.
Captain Prajs :-)
@@MLaserHistory ...Does that M stand for "Mistake?"
@@stefansolciansky7302 savage
@@MLaserHistory Well, I made Sicily disapear on one of my map, no worries XD
Masaryk had a plan, Masaryk always had a plan.
a man of culture i see
Wrong leader
I got that reference.
@@brandonproductions8401 Shut up
Iďeme do Tahiti!
Highest quality, well done. Thankfully now we all work together in V4, EU and NATO. Wish you all the best from Hungary!
@Hungary #1 Maybe, but they are useful. We are stronger together. Through EU we can go anywhere within the EU freely, make businesses. EU helps greatly with exports and we are an exporter country. NATO is important to keep us safe. Hopefully we can do more, but at this point aswell we need each other.
@Hungary #1 You really think we are better off without EU and NATO? Oh boy. Okay. First of all, look at every country in Europe without EU. Even Norway and Switzerland has to be at least in economic partnerships with the EU or it wouldn't be good for them. Look at the Balkan or Eastern Europe, those are the examples you want to follow? What do you think, could Russia even have a say in Ukraine if Ukraine was in NATO? No. You just described the main point of the EU. We are a small country compared to USA, Russia or China. We have to work together to be important. I study agricultural engineering, you have no idea how many economic stats we have to watch and in every one of them we are small UNLESS we take the whole EU in to consideration, because then we have a saying in EVERYTHING in the world. We export 3 times more than we import just in agriculture. FREE OF CHARGE THANKS TO EU. Our number one Import and Export partner is Germany. Once again, for free. I name you a Company, Bábolna Tetra, probably the biggest chicken breeding company in the country. Not even mentioning how much money the EU put in Hungarian agriculture. For example, did you know we have close to same amount of tractors as Germany? How come? Oh yeah the EU paid for it, because they saw there is a big potential in our agriculture and guess what they were right, we have good lands. 50% of the country is infact are fields. EU doesn't force people to go and clean toilets, people choose that. If they don't like that go and do something else. Both of my parents are factory workers in SOmogy 2nd or 3rd worst county in terms of economical state and guess what I have everything I want. Sure I also work on summertime and sometimes next to UNI, but I don't have to worry about anything. How come they didn't have to go to London cleaning people's arses? It is in our best interest to be in EU and NATO, yes they could provide more for our brothers and sisters outside of the country, but we don't have any better. We have to take this and work for it to be good. Unless you want to live like people in Belarus or Montenegro. (Bless their hearts, I don't have anything against people on the balkan or farther to the east, I just state they don't live as good and wish they someday will.)
@@hilmermate317 Seems like you destroyed some1 with facts and logic, good for you, sad I cant read both parts of the argument.
@@hilmermate317 bro you just killed them
@@hilmermate317 you destroyed a man so hard he ceased to exist
Another nice video as allways!
Have merry Christmas
I am a Hungarian from Slovakia
Veselé Vianoce
Boldog Karácsonyt
Felvidéki Magyar its sad that slovaks and Hungarians don’t really get along very well
@@Entety303 As a Hungarian I still want the pre Trianon borders,but every ethnicity should have the same rights
@@mrcs1037 That would be one thicc empire
@@mrcs1037 You kinda want two completely different things, not to be rude.
@@feco91 It is only fault of Hungarians that everybody wanted to leave their kingdom.
Tatíček Masaryk, I didn't know him till now. I love to hear, where the origins lie. Czechoslovakia had a founder who fulfilled his role as an inspirational figure. Very blessed start for a nation. Like the founding figures of the EU.
Za 12 minút som sa o Slovensku naučil viac ako ma naučili roky v škole :D dakujem...
@@collie8 Prosim ? Nechapem ako je tato reakcia relevantna.
As a Bosnian. I understood what you said. “ I learned about Slovakia in 12 minutes. Than I did in school “ hahaha. Correct
MrSkittlez313 “In 12 minutes i learned more about slovakia than what they taught me in school for years”
"Masaryk wanting unity between czechia and Slovakia"
Velvet split:I have never met this man in my life
von Döbrögi: "maššarik ugugu gugu kara tubu"
The fist Slovak republic in 1939- me neather.
@@bagandzi Fucking Tiso.
@@rncmv Ou yeah,sorry. Got my years mixed up.
@Tom Tříska ale čo bol vlastne point? Čo to reálne prinieslo. Čechom sa nič nestalo a nás to dojebalo.
Interesting one! Czechoslovakian history is where I know the least of when looking at European history.
Yeah man me too.
Really you know more about Latvija?
Really you know more about Albania?
@@MLaserHistoryAlbania had some neat stuff fighting the Ottomans in the 1300s and 1400s, I think, and Skanderberg is kinda known in the gaming communities I'm part of.
I think I might know less about Romanian history than Slovakian history, but it's close. They're both countries that seemed kinda random and didn't have obvious history to read about.
Another contender are the Baltic nations, but I at least understand where some of the borders come from.
Belarus is another blank spot when it comes to my understanding, but I think might they actually not have any historical reason to exist so I don't feel so bad there.
@@petemagnuson7357 . And as to the second part of the last paragraph of your comment, it makes no sense.
Oh my God, this is so good and interesting, and your voice is so beautiful! I'm a Brazilian who loves history, geography and languages! Thank you! Keep it up!
Love your videos man, keep it up
Ďakujeme.
Dakujem! Ak sa ti pacilo ("sa vam pacilo"? nikdy neviem ci mam vykat alebo tykat na internete) toto video tak len pockaj do 29. Septembra ;)
I've been with you since like 170 subs or so and I'm so proud to see you at pretty much 50k ❤️ Happy Holidays dude ^-^!
Pozdrowienia z Polski, Wesołych Świąt!
Děkuji polský příteli, šťastné svátky i tobě ♥️
Brazilian living in Bratislava. Thanks for the video!
Hope u having a good time mate. One of the friendliest people I've met were BR!! Love ya!
Como é a vida aí? Nunca conheci um brasileiro morando nessa parte da Europa.
That's cursed
@@porchofgeese_crockpot said the guy with a country filled by subsaharians
The unity of Czechs and Slovaks into one "nation" was just pragmatic. They just needed to outnumber the Germans and Hungarians in the territory to gain the right to form a new country.
No.
@@paultonebyl a reknes i nejakej argument ?
That's one of the reasons but it's not the only thing. Czech and Slovak intelligentsia were in close contact during the Austrian-Hungarian times. Thanks to that both nations were somewhat culturally and very much linguistically close. If they were not, forming a single united country would have been very difficult.
@@Asdasxel They were not very culturally nor economically close however. Compare industrial Czech west during the beginning of the 20th century with shepherds with 5 to 10 children in Slovakia. Did they have anything else in common than language?
Didnt know you were from slovakia, but your pronunciation made me think you were slovak :) Greetings from Germany, i am half slovakian myself ^^
This video was great. It brought me some light into a topic I have not known a lot about. Great visualizations with the maps and all! I can't even imagine how much work that must have been!
also LOL at 9:27. All my friends who have been conscripted into the Austrian Army would definitively agree!
Vive la Tchéquie et la slovaquie 🇸🇰 🇫🇷🇨🇿🇸🇮
Mr french person, why the slovenian flag?
@@franciscojcsa6127 because my origin is slovenian
@@Bracus.Reghusk ah that's nice
no problems then
I don't have the same origins but I am french and Longue Vie à ces pays slaves 🍻
I love Czechia 💜 Love from Finsko!
Extrémek , říkal jsme si jak je možný že někdo z anglicky mluvící země dokáže udělat takhle super video ,takhle fakt dobrý video. Super fakt super. Gratulace veliká.
on je slovák
It's really impressive how even without a large population a nation state can be built.
You just need group of similar people with common goal. :)
German living in Sweden. Your maps are brilliant as background for history explanations!
Thank you.
This is the type of History I really enjoy. Thank you very much.
Thank you for doing these videos - I don't know a lot about Central-Eastern European history, except where there was a role in broader world events (WW1) or Western European history (French revolution and the Empire, the Hundred Years' War, etc). Thanks again!
Another Video 100% wasn't in my inbox :(
It makes me upset because this is some of my favorite content on RUclips. I have to check your channel every couple weeks to make sure RUclips isn't broken again. Keep up the Great work
Have you tried hitting the bell button?
I know it can be annoying with the notifications but looks like RUclips has decided the bell button now is what the subscription button use to be.
@@MLaserHistory I check the bell button every time, I've had it on since I subscribed, it's only this channel too :(
@@DivergencesofHistory Ha, maybe I should start an email list.
If you loved this channel as much as you say you do you'd check to see if they've uploaded daily.
Vravel som si že nejak veľmi dobre vyslovuješ mená
Až na Ř :-D
Excellent introduction to the history of Czechoslovakia, thanks!
"Překvapení to nečekané, ale vítané"
The editing in these videos is just perfect
love your videos! Very informative
Interesting video and very well documented, just like a historical film, congratulations! Zdravim z Rumunska!
Ez neked érdekes videó,a nagy marhasághoz van köze meg a hazug történelemhez. A déd nagyapám Felvidéki volt Groffi családból származott és egy egész megye az övéké volt a Felvidék északi részén,ott egy kurva szláv nem élt.
@@nagyadam8813 Nos...mit mondhatnek? En felig cseh vagyok, felig magyar, ez az en "kombinaciom"!!! Valojaban, magyarnak erzem magam, de csehnek is es azert nem tetszik egyaltalan amikor csunya vagy piszkos dolgokat hallok az egyikrol vagy a masikrol...Ez az!
I really respect your xork and what you do ! Don't stop !
"We had to choose between creating Czechoslovakia or holding a referendum" - Tomas Masaryk
What's the context of this sentence?
Good video, but you shoud talk more about Štefánik and Beneš too. For example štefánik knew a lot of important people in France and iit was a huge deal because france was a major pover. Also it was work of all three that Czechoslovakia formed if it would be Masaryk only it would never happend. Overall nice video but for next time talk more about them too
Yes i think the same Štefánik was very important.
But in the end nations splited - because slovak wished so and because of that both nations are insignificant as Masaryk predicted, that was Slovak choice. In short time period it might seem like good decision but in long runn its worst what could happened.
@@prolamer7 it wasn't slovak choice. It was just choice of politicians both Czech and Slovak. There wasn't any voting about it
Betting on France has proven to be one of the major "design flaws" of Czechoslovakia (let's keep that in mind next time Macron talks about destruction of NATO a "EUropean defense").
By today's standards, Masaryk built a huge personality cult around him, which I believe Is something that has no place in democracy.
Masaryk shouldn't had been elected for his last term, because at that time he was in such a poor physical condition that he was unable to even read the presidential oath.
Without Masaryk and his personality cult, Beneš would have never been elected president. Beneš was perhaps a great diplomat but definitely no leader in times of crises. He failed in 1938 and was allowed to fail again in 1948. It was Beneš's effort to overcompensate for his failures, that he sleepwalked Czechoslovakia into Stalin's arms in 1943. He then provider cover for communist takover od the country from 1945 to 1948. Being severly impaired after suffering brain strokes he was just a communist sock puppet. I am willing to believe, that Beneš was the mastermind behind Štefánik's aircraft accident in 1919.
It would be interesting how things would Evolve differently, had Masaryk's sucessor been Štefánik, a soldier and a renaissance man instead of Beneš, the bureaucrat and vengeful intriguer.
Sadly, Czechs and Slovaks have one thing in common: living in denial and tendency to create an entire mythology around people who objectively failed them. For Czechs it's Beneš and Dubček for the Slovaks.
@@petr7694 Big truth said here. I too think that Beneš wasn't good for president. He was bureaucrat very talented bureaucrat but not president. It would be very interesting if Štefanik was President due to his personal connections and abbility to make them but we can't change past. And the part about denial is sadly true too
Very interesting. I wish you had mentioned the Pittsburgh Agreement which Masaryk authored. This was signed 31 May 1918 by Czech & Slovak expat communities in America committing to among other things a union of the Czech and Slovak lands into a Constitutional republic. Masaryk was in Pittsburgh when this agreement was signed.
Hello all my Czech and Slovak brothers from the grandchild of a Czechoslovakia
n immigrant!
Same here.
Great video! I couldn't help but notice music choice though: around 11:00 "Journey to the past" from " Anastasia" 1997 starts, was impressed with it!
My grandmother was born in Horna Krupa, Slovakia.. She emigrated to Landsford, PA in about 1917. (I think this is accurate).
Dobře video kamaráde!
3:25 - As a Slovak I can unfortunately confirm that rusophilia, anti-westernism and antisemtism are very prevalent features of Slovak society even nowadays :(
4:47 this man learned all these Languages just to read a book
as a teenager but me when I was 12 struggled to learn Traditional
I am glad, such quality videos are being made.
Austria in Czechia: Ok this is Bohemia, and here is Moravia, and over there is Silesia
Hungary in Slovakia: MINE, ALL MINE
Well, if you could tell me any historical state on that land in the past 1000 years. Oh right, that's Hungary :) I'm sorry, but there were no historical state for slovakians, and therefore no "legal" claims based on that, not like the czechs.
@@robertgyiran yes there isn't a slovak State but, there's the Slovak people.
" The people form the nacion"
@@arvoresdoinfinitogameplay-3482 great, then tell me, how Slovakia got southern-slovakia, where the population was 100% hungarian. Double standards
Great work and Cheers from America! Its really hard imo to find good stuff on Slovak history.
Dude, im a ukrainian guy who lives in Lodz and works near Chyzne in Poland. I'm touched by your video and subbed instantly. Also - last summer ive ascended slobodne kralovstvo Rysy, if you know what i mean :D
P.S. I'm into history now, thanks!
Great video. Happy to learn more about the formation of this nation.
Amazing work again! I would love to hear the continuation of the story
A to som myslel že som tu snáď jediný Slovák. Dobrá práca!
I mean for better or for worse Czech and Slovak RUclips is huge. Sadly also pretty bad in my opinion.
@@MLaserHistory No, vy aspoň nemáte Tvtwixx :D
@@vojtechspinler6363 lol ako no Gogo neni o nic lepsi.
@@MLaserHistory Ten aspoň nehází petardy do autobusu a podobný píčoviny :D
Such an interesting video, thank you for your content
for english people not understanding 4:20 Tatíček Masaryk means Daddy Masaryk
All of your videos are great. And I am so proud that you are Slovak as you said at the end of the video. Držím palce a teším sa na ďalšie skvelé práce o histórii.
Very good video!
My father was born in Slovakia in 1903. He told stories of the Magyarification by the Hungarian authorities. Slovak was not taught in schools. The Hungarians were much more oppressive to the other nationalities under their control than the Austrians. Dad used to say "You can make me kneel & put my hands together, but you can't make me pray" meaning that no matter how oppressed they were Slovaks like him would not agree to be Magyars.
1903 :D
@@peterivan9187 It's hard to imagine now, that my father grew up as a child in a town with no electricity; Water came from a wellhead with a hand pump, toilets were outhouses in the back yard. He came to the USA in 1927 as a furniture maker & got a job working on cars because they were still made at first like a horse carriage with a wooden frame covered with sheet metal for a body. I was born in 1950. In two generations the world is unrecognizable from what it was when he was born.
there was no slovakia in 1903, mate.
But there were Slovaks!!! My father taught me what they used to say to Magyarization: Slovak som aj Slovak budem ( I am a Slovak & I will always be a Slovak.) There was a Slovakia though politically it was included in Hungary at that time. @@poonczey
@@dougr.2245 "There was a Slovakia though "
No, there wasn't.
Just as there was no Portugal during the Roman Empire. It is that simple.
And your story is full on BS btw.
There was a cultral domination and the goverment did not respect the law about minority schooling, however we had been left to our own devices.
The greatest "sin" of magyarization was you had to speak hungarian to get into any meaningful position within Hungary. And you had to speak german to make it on an Imperial level.
Guess what, hungarians in Slovakia have to speak slovak if they want to get to a higher up position. Same in Romania. Or the U.S., where you have to speak English if you want to become someone important.
My grandmother was the first of our family to learn hungarian in school. We're slovaks from Csongrád county, Hungary .
Great video, brother :)
Díky
i love this video. great job!
Here from OverSimplified shout out, look forward to your material!
Wow, this documentary is pretty dense must be pretty hard to prepare it. Good job 😁
Pekná práca :)
Prajem pekné sviatky!
Som si pôvodne myslel že si z Rakúska ale toto video ma prijemne prekvapilo. Btw tvoj kanal som objavil vtedy ked som musel opravit jedneho mojho kotlebovskeho kamarata ohladom historie.
(typing in English because I am on my phone and it has an English keyboard)
Ufff I mean I already had to delete like 5 comments on this video from people who where unable to grasp that a hero to the nationalists like Masaryk could ever help a Jew like Hilsner.
It's really funny what logical contortions and made up theories these people go through to justify their beliefs of hating a group of people.
M. Laser History Najlepsie je že si ten dotyčny o sebe tvrdil aky je velky Slovak ale nevedel zakladne fakta z dejin Slovenska
@@lako5118 Tito ludia nevedia ani pisat po slovensky, nieto este aby mali nejake fakty, hlavne ked radi citaju anti-fakty :)
congrats for 50k subs!
Man what a great video!! I wish to play it in every Czech secondary school 😝😝
Super!
Naučil si ma za tak krátky čas niečo, čo sa napríklad v učebniciach dejepisu nikdy nepíše.. Škoda,že sa tieto videá nemôžu pozerať na hodinách, pretože by určite dali deťom a aj mne veľa. Zaujímam sa o históriu Československa a o celú históriu Slovenska. Zaujal si ma :) Len tak ďalej.
Hey! Thanks a lot for the great vid. You won't find a lot of content of THIS quality about East Europe region =)
One question: why did you omit the fact that mid-wars Czechoslovakia was comprised of 3 ethnical regions (Czechia, Slovakia, Ruthenia)?
The video was suppose to be about how Masaryk helped create Czechoslovakia.
Czechoslovakia itself and how it existed wasn't in the scope of the video even though I hinted at its ethnic problem, it had to face as a new country, at the end of it.
@@MLaserHistory Thanks!
Eagerly looking forward to further content on similar topics. Czechoslovakia during WW2 would be a nice continuation =)
As there is not much quality content on this topic on YT
Very good pronunciation for czech names 👍
Zdravím všechny čechy a slováky
The song from Anastasia is a nice touch
Thank you very much for this!
Great video as always!
Extremely interesting.
Nollaig shona duit.
I am from Czech Republic and that all is truth and its good you maked this video, like and share
Faras Animate,... good you made...
Mr. Laser, do you have any videos where you discuss the mapping software you use? I can't tell if you are using a GIS, or if you are using a Photoshop-like program. Your maps are quite nice.
just photoshop and lots of patience
@@MLaserHistory Your Photoshop skills and patience produce quite nice animations.
shame that it ended by german ocupation and after that 40 yeas of commnunism
It was a monumental tragedy, really.
@Yaroslav L actualy it was the france whitch act like a dick
britan had no aliance wit czechoslovakia so it wasnt a treason
The Nova renaissance there is also bewegungskreig and Fort buster plus Germany had an Air Force
German occupation didn't change anything they became independent then were invaded by the soviets
Not to be rude, but get your facts straight before you make assumptions. There actually was the possibility of Czechoslovakia remaining one country, even after they were freed from communism. It's just that some Czech and Slovak politicians couldn't agree on some things so they mutually decided to just split. So the breakup of Czechoslovakia actually is the fault of the Czech and Slovak people themselves
..moc se mi to líbilo, díky Ti ;-)
Great video, from a fellow Slavic Serb!
Konečne vidím, že môj obľúbený kanál je Slovák. Pozerám ťa už dlho, ale nevedel som, že si náš🤗. Podľa mňa Slováci, ako národ, ale i krajina dostávajú malo poznania a pochopenia, i keď tu boli pri najväčších rozhodných chvíľach a 100% aspoň dajako zmenili dejiny. Som rád, veľmi veľmi rád, že máme takých ako ty od nás, ktorý aspoň trošku pripomínajú Slovákov do zahraničia. Máš môj obdiv.
Diki
Hlavně během ww2:P
One day I will fly to Europe with a plane full of duct tape and get Czechoslovakia back together.
Uff, I think some super glue will be required as well.
@@MLaserHistory Why, we already have Slovak prime minister.
Why ? These countries are different in mentality, language, culture, etc. Of course in some ways very similar but still distinct. I think it wouldnt work out
Great video, very informative, I enjoyed this as much as you can enjoy history content ( which is a lot for me) Take my sub good sir.
Very nice document. Even Though Czechoslovakia was divided in 1993 into Czech Republic and Slovakia, you shall remember ONE THING - We are rivals, when facing each other in any sports (but hockey especially 🙂 )
But once we lose (unfortunately - in hockey most of the times) - THERE ARE NO BIGGER FANS OF CZECH TEAM THAN SLOVAKS. YOU WILL GET THE IDEA, IF YOU WATCH CZECH TEAM PLAYING AGAINST RUSSIA IN VIRTUALLY ANY SLOVAK PUB
🤞👍😃
As someone born in Czechoslovakia, I like this video. Never wanted split two countries, and I'm still ashamed for our past polititians and part of population, that doesn't care, or don't understand the importance, Masaryk understood.
Czechoslovakia like a miniature Austria-Hugary. (In this country was lived Czechs, Slovakians, Germans, Hungarians and Rusyns.)
This was not working.
"Austria-Hungary is too diverse, we need to do something!"
"Yes, we should divide it between smaller areas that not only won't follow any ethnic, cultural or strategic borders in most cases therefore won't solve ethnic tensions, but will f***k the region so hard it probably won't recover in the next 1000 years."
"Such a genius idea, let's do it!"
@@piaIyeverything was just about fine until Germans got heart attact when they found out that the German language is no longer an official language. They were of course completely fine with Czechs having to learn german language during the Austro-Hungarian empire...
austro-prussian war of 1866 is knows as the brother's war, not the unification war. the unification war was 1871 against france.
Rudolf Winziers (April 17, 2001). "Unification War 1866". Royal Bavarian 5th Infantry.
@@MLaserHistory alright, I stand corrected. In school it was always called the "Bruderkrieg".
In school we learned yet another name for the austro-prussian war. "Der deutsch-deutsche Krieg" or "the german-german war".
really great ! thank you !
Greetings to world from Czechia.
Lets make it Czechoslovakia again
I am Slovak. Thank you for your videos about my home Czechoslovakia. :)
A já děkuju, že jako Slovák si vážíte ČSR
The Danubian Federation would have been beautiful.
It could have a positive effect upon European history. Although it would have not contained Transylvania, Galicia, and Vojvodina, it would have kept Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, and Croatia from post- WWI radicalism of the Left and Right... and less vulnerable to being picked apart by Nazi Germany.
It would be lovely, depending on how exactly it would go
tell that to any other country that isnt austria or hungary
@@darius6616 I mean it would probably be somewhat nice for Bohemia
and maybe Slovenia
@@darius6616 Otto as Emperor, and Masaryk (later Benes) as Prime Minister? Better position to stand up to you-know-who.
can i ask where are you from ?
ruclips.net/video/5libyn4bDQY/видео.html
Aaa ja som myslel zo začiatku že si Srb ale potom jak si pekne hovoril slovenské slová mi to nedalo neopytať sa ďakujem za odpoveď.
One of the biggest problem in Czech Republic is that we do not have any clear heritage. We have Slavic language but our ancestors are the Celts, Romans, Germanic people, Frank people, Slavs and even the Norsemen. So our national identity is a little bit chaotic because there is nothing like a pure Czech.
There is no nation or even an ethnicity of any significant size which is "pure" in this sence (people like moving around and having sex).
Cultural identity is a thing that matters, and it can grow from a mix of different roots, and i don`t think that it is a problem.
That is normal for most european countries. You can say that those ancestors shaped the czech culture, so it is very special. Look at UK for example, it has been shaped by many many cultures aswell and it is very special too. Or Belgium, which is like almost the same as Netherlands, maybe some French influence there.
I understand guys thank you for your response. What I meant as a problem is that we as a Czech will continue to argue about what we are. Some of us are desperately saying oh we are Slavs therefore we cannot be Western oriented because the west do not care about us. Others say that we are mostly German and they are correct but they are saying that therefore we should not believe Russia etc. We are in the middle of the west and east and nobody can accept taking neutral ground. The crossroad that is deviding my people.
@@petrhanke8644 That's like us Romanians as well. Our language is a romance language but our ancestry is highly diverse: Slavic, Germanic, Thracian, etc. It's interesting.
Sweganator2013 Influences are not origins.
Romanians’ origin is very clear: It is Roman.
Skvělé!
Super video! Vedel by si odporučiť o tejto téme nejaké knižky?
Selver, P., Masaryk A Biography, London, Michael Joseph LTD, 1940.
Olivova, V., The Doomed Democracy Czechoslovakia in a Disrupted Europe 1914-38, translated by G. Theiner, London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1972.
Kovtun, J. K., The Spirit of Thomas G. Masaryk (1850-1937), London, Masaryk Publication Trust, 1990.
Skilling, H. G., T.G. Masaryk: Against the Current 1882-1914, London, Oxford University Press and Maximilian Press, 1994.
Winters, S. B., T.G. Masaryk (1850-1937): Volume 1; Thinker and Politician, London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies UCL, 1990.
@@MLaserHistory ďakujem!!
Fucking hell, you do your research. This is on the college level history class. Truly great work.
Brilliant. Do you have any reference on the Masaryk's injury in the Austro-Prussian war? I never heard about it and cannot find any info.
The only reference about him even being involved in the war, that I could find, was from the letter of purpose he wrote in 1875. This letter is held by the University of Vienna but a copy is in the UCL School of Slavonic studies.
Also a translated copy is in the books
Winters, S. B., T.G. Masaryk (1850-1937): Volume 1; Thinker and Politician, London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies UCL, 1990.
and
Selver, P., Masaryk A Biography, London, Michael Joseph LTD, 1940.
@@MLaserHistory thanks a lot
As a Czech I have to say its spot on thanks fo your vids
Tatíček Masaryk, love it. Great video, good to see someone not butchering Czech names 😆
Thank you for the video. What would you consider a book that is complementary to communism and the history?
I don't know much history about the Czechs, Slovaks, and Hungarians, so this was a pretty nice enlightenment om that whole area
Could you please do a video of Czechoslovakia during WWII. It would be nice to get insight from your perspective.
In Short - Sudetská Říšká župa - Protektorat Bohemia and Moravia - Slovak state And exile Goverment in London :-)
FINALLY SOMEBODY TALKS ABOUT CZECHOSLOVAKIA
💪🏻❤️Generál Milan Rastislav Štefánik 💪🏻❤️
Perhaps a silly question but I only recently noticed the name Czechia being used, before it was always Czech Republic. Is this some new change or did I just not notice it before?
It is an old change that is being given new marketing. In other words the name Czech Republic and Czechia have both been legal names of the country for over a decade now but it's only recently that the country has started to push for people calling it Czechia rather than Czech Republic.