The Many Deaths of Tsarevich Dmitry
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- During Russia's "Time of Troubles" at the turn of the seventeenth century, a prince just wouldn't stay dead. The History Guy remembers the many death of Tsarevich Dmitry.
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Interesting to think of the other things going on in the world at that time. The Colonist were barely hanging on in Jamestown. Shakespeare's career was winding down. The Reformation was in full bloom. The 30 years war was devastating Europe. The Ming Dynasty was ruling China. One of the things I love about history is context.
Shakespeare didn't wind down, his last plays were transcendent.
@ If you prefer.
@ "Shakespeare's ×life× was winding down"....did that make you happier, bud? Cuz I feel "career" was more pleasant, in said context....
Absolutely the context
Cremated his body and shot his ashed towards Poland in a cannon. Sounds more like a Monty Python movie than reality.
False Dmitry the 1st can be said to have gone out with a bang.
I guess you could say he was canonized.
Maybe that's where Monty Python got some ideas?
@wargent99+ Now that sounds like a way to go out, be cremated, have the ashes packed into an eight inch mortar, and donated to the local forth of July fireworks display. I’m going to start working on that right away.
The main difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to be believable.
Winston Churchill once said
"Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an
enigma"
I’m feeling under the weather today, and have been binge-watching your videos all day. It’s like comfort food for my brain. Thanks for helping me feel better, History Guy! 😊
Yeah He's Ok but he has failed to respond my request regarding POWs held in Vietnam observed in Satellite photos featured on 60 mins. circa early 80s.
HighSpeedNoDrag Probably because that’s not established history, which is what he does. It’s a theory based on super thin evidence and every time it’s been looked into nothing reliable comes up.
My thoughts exactly Jones ! I love history channels too .
Absolutely love what you do! If only I had teachers like you! I might be a historian by now. 🙂
Pumpenheimer Diggs Pump, if all your teachers were like THG we'd be calling you President Diggs !! I had "one" teacher like him in college and a work friend that had a Masters in History, both were great to listen to.
Never too late my friend.
Ilya Repin's, _"Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan",_ is one of the most harrowing paintings I have ever seen. The horror captured on both of the subject's faces is just devastating.
He couldnt have captured the expression better with a camera...
@@ShipCreek -- Oh, man... could you just imagine the likes on RUclips if someone had filmed that? What a missed opportunity (smh).
3:37 ?
THG--I loved the part where you describe how False Dmitry the 1st was "shot by conspirators, his body displayed, was eventually cremated and then reported to have been put in a can and fired from a cannon in the direction of Poland". Wow! Your stories are fantastic! Keep 'em coming, thanks!
At least it can be said False Dmitry the 1st went out with a bang.
I have now watched them all.
Every one. Took hours.
It changes you to absorb that much history. Puts you in your place.
Time to watch them all again.
Keep them coming.
Thank you!
Awww yeah, the False Dmitrys... Always wanted to know more bout this. I mean pretenders to the throne aren't exactly rare throughout history, but this whole debacle (or debacles) always just seemed especially... surreal to me.
Love your channel, man, bigtime. Keep it up...
I had a history teacher just like you, he was so passionate about it that it rubbed off on me and 20 years later it's one of my favorite things to study.
REALLY LEARNED ALOT ABOUT THAT ERA AND THE WAY THE STORY AND HISTORY WERE PRESENTED. VERY WELL DONE!!!
I just can't express how much i enjoy your videos. Smart, simple and informative. I am also quite glad to see your work is getting recognition. I remember when you only had a few thousand subscribers! Kudos to Mr. History!
This Thanksgiving I give thanks for the History Guy. My profoundest thanks for reminding us of so many important things, events, and people that have slipped through history's cracks. Well done.
"I am son of Ivan the Terrible!"
*sigh "not this again..."
Sounds like it should have been a Monty Python sketch.
Sounds more like a scene from The Shadow (1994) to me...
Da, I am Dmitry the Not So Bad.
Uh-huh, yup, tell it walking. Next.
Uh-huh yep. Thats three this week.
It would make a great movie. 😅
These videos has become somewhat....addictive!
Keep up the phenomenal work! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻
Watching + learning from Australia.
Thank you for you uploads History Guy.
I'm neither a man nor Russian, but I confess: I'm the son of Ivan the Terrible too!!! ;-)
You're a bit late to the party. Also I suggest keeping your heritage on the down low, otherwise Comrade Putin might inject you with some polonium. (Methinks that whoever said that politics might have improved from those times may just be a tad optimistic.)
Very interesting story! Thanks for sharing this and explaining this tricky story.
LOL, where can you get such a laugh.. "False Dimitry the First was shot by the conspirators, his body was displayed, and then eventually cremated and reportedly put into a can, and fired from a cannon in the direction of Poland." Sir, your delivery is awesome and has me in stitches laughing so hard...what an ignominious end for False Dimitry the First!
False Dmitry:"I am the son of Ivan the Terrible.
Someone: "In the queue!"
I love your channel and learning so much. Thank you.
I love the history you tell. Every day I am looking forward to the next historical lesson.
I remember a long time ago when I was a kid they had an episode about Anastasia on In Search Of. Rest in Power Leonard Nimoy.
That was an episode of "In search of," narrated by Leonard Nimoy
That was such a good show. I hated it when it finally became so outdated that they stopped showing reruns.
Awesome as always!👏
Thanks for sharing!!!!!
Great episode. Mad stuff.
Now is probably a good time for me to publicly announce that I am in fact Tsarevich Dmity.
I only found one movie by searching "false Dimitri" on imdb.com It was a 1922 German film. Stranger than fiction, a movie version of this could be a blockbuster.
Absolutely fascinating. Thank you!
Wow! Amazing, thanks sir! Great vid!
Met a guy today who said that he's the REAL History guy! I said nothing...just picked up my Whopper and left the establishment....
Well, I did not visit a Burger King today.
THG: I had a suspicion the man may not have been entirely honest with me, and now I am 85% sure!
The history of Russia has more characters than any book ever written! I do not know how you could read through it without stumbling.
@ If you want to laugh your ass off, read Mark Twain. He did a great piece on dueling in France that'll have you peeing you pants ! Google "Mark Twain duel France" and I'm sure the story will pop up.
@ Of that I have no doubt.
I'll bet he didn't even have a bow tie lol. You should have told him that you were the REAL George Martin. Just sayin'!
A minor point: Tsar Nicholas II had 4 daughters, not 3. All 4 of them died with him. Thanks for all your great videos.
This is where Boris Badinov (bad enough) from the Bullwinkle cartoon originated. Cartoons back in the day were way more cerebral I think.
A lot of things were more cerebral.
Yo...
Always great to see an upload from you, at bedtime to, thank you
Awesome thank you very much for the information allways love your story's
This is certainly a channel to remember. Thanks history Guy. 🎶📢🌍
350+ views in ten minutes. Not bad at all. Keep up the good work.
You mention at 10:50 that, "All three of Tsar Nicholas' daughters died with the rest of the family." There were four daughters: Maria, Olga, Tatiana and Anastasia. Was this a slip of the tongue or did I miss something? Thank you for these videos - they are very interesting!
Yes there were four daughters and the bodies of four female Queen Victoria/Romanov descendants were found in or next to the mine shaft outside of Yekaterinburg. There is a debate as to which body is Marie and which is Anastasia but all four are there with their parents and brother.
The art works are amazing to me; and thus makes this History Lesson all the more enjoyable. Thank you.
Put his ashes in a can and shot them out of a cannon? That's so Bugs Bunny!
Sid Dokis I was thinking of the Roadrunner and Wyle E Coyote!
That's called "making an effort when you're too lazy to send the ashes to Poland".
Uh, Bugs Bunny is A CARTOON dude.
HighSpeedNoDrag no sh** Sherlock! 😂
@@sendieloo Thanks Gina!
Great episode! Enjoying the series immensely but Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra had four daughters not three- Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia plus the Tsarevich Alexei.
You are amazing. You delve into Russian history and managed to keep track of the sequence of the events. At about ten minutes the painting of the Cossacks is the foundation of Ukraine. In that painting the Cossacks are dictating a letter to the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Sort of their version of the Declaration of independence. One guy shaking a severed head adds emotion to the scene. I love your videos.
Another great one History Guy, keep 'em coming, how about one on Rick Rescorla.
Really enjoy your videos. Can you do one on the Union POW camp, Camp Douglas outside of Chicago? Thanks for all you do.
Awesome video.
Your videos are both interesting and informative, thank you. Would love to see an accurate description of the Battle of New Orleans
Great job. I had a book on this very thing years ago, fascinating.
In this video, you mention that a woman "had to take the veil" and entered a nunnery. I am very interested the history of entering a nunnery due to circumstance and the other side of that, that is, being raised in a convent. I think it is an important story of women's lives in Western culture, and I would like to learn more.
My questions include the following. When did nunneries and convents begin? Are these what we in the current day know as Catholic convents for specific religious orders? Which religions had these institutions (you mention Roman Orthodoxy in this video)? Who are famous women in history who were raised in a convent or "took the veil" later in life? What were their lives like in these religious institutions, what circumstances led them there, and were their lives there different than that of the women of the religious order of the convent? Why would a child be raised in a convent? Is that like sending a girl away to boarding school?
Thank you for your channel. I eagerly await each episode.
That bell flogging doesn't ring true... Ta-dsssh
Slow clapper.
😩😩😩😆😉
That took a lot of brass......
I hear it kept a-pealing for mercy.
You are all just KILL'N ME!😆😆
Great story. Pete 🇬🇧
Further back in history today. I like it
Wow! I never knew this before! I felt like a scorecard was needed to keep track of this.
You are my favourite RUclips channel! Thank you!!!!
I would love to watch a series on pretenders to thrones!
Also, the 1629 wreck of the Batavia off the coast of Western Australia.
ALSO, The Boyd Massacre of 1809.
Awesome!
You sir, are awesome at teaching!
I am Dmitrycus!!!!!!
No you're not I am and so is my wifes boyfriend!!
You may be....but Kirk Douglas is Spartacus!
I’m surprised that so many Dmitries tried to claim the throne when they all ended their reign ended shortly with their deaths, perhaps they couldn’t remember the history of the previous Dmitries that deserved them to be remembered.
History Guy, Would you please explain why Dmitry's mother was "forced to take the veil in (?) a nunnery" after his death? At about 2:00 in the video. Thanks.
I'm so glad you covered this topic! You made an excellent job, however I couldn't help but laugh at your pronunciation of Polish names, especially Mniszech. Somehow you did better with Żółkiewski. ;)
Hetman Stanisław Żółkiewski might be my favourite character in this mess. He was the best Polish commander involved, wining astonishing victory at Klushino. Yet he was also an opponent of this war, seeking a diplomatic solution, despite the thickheaded king.
Awesome as always! Can you do a video on The 1920 massacre in Ocoee, Florida?
"I'm Spartacus"
"I'm Spartacus"
"I'm Spartacus"
"I'm Spartacus"
"Well, I'm Dmitry"
"Ha, no I'm Dmitry"
"Actually, I'm Dmitry"
"I'm Anastasia"
"Well, at least that's something different, but.........."
Ha ha.
"I'm Czartacus!"
History Guy, please consider creating a video about WWII’s Operation Tidal Wave, in which the heavily defended oil refineries in Ploesti, Romania were bombed. When I was in college, every year one of the survivors of that mission, Dr. Norm Whalen, a professor at the school and a very cool guy, would make a presentation to us AFROTC cadets about it. I’ve never heard any references to the event from anyone else, probably because it was disastrous for the Allies in terms of casualties, but the raid on Ploesti is surely history that deserves to be remembered. I’m sure Dr. Whalen has long since passed away, but he and his experiences made a lasting impression on me in the 80’s.
Thank you for this succinct but thorough presentation of a complex history. You may wish to follow up with a history of another pretender, Yermelyan Pugachev, who led a rebellion against Catherine (the Great) II, claiming to be her murdered husband, Czar Peter III. I so enjoy your very informative snippets of history that I must ration myself to one per day.
Dear Sir, I truly enjoy your videos and never fail to learn from them. However if I may be so bold as to make a suggestion for a video. I would love to learn more about the Andrews raid, also know as The Great Locomotive Chase, from the American civil war. was always one of my favorite footnotes of history and would always like to learn more about it. Best Regards, Jay
Wow, HG, fascinating stuff as always! One wonders though, with all of the leadership changes and wars and people claiming to be "Dmitri," who was keeping track of the historical records? And where were they kept? And how accurate are they? Seems very convoluted and rife for error.
I miss spoke in my request. Will you do a video on the Loray mills strike in Gastonia nc?
Hey TakeAHike, have you ever seen the movie "Matewan" ? Good flick about coal strike.
I really like the history of Lady Jane Grey. Have you ever done a segment on this Queen ?
I have not, but likely will in the future.
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel that would be appreciated. Thank you.
I had a cat named after her a couple of decades ago. She got hit by a car and had to have a leg amputated and I always told her she was lucky since her namesake lost her head.
Man....this really is "History that deserves to be falsified"! To be brutally honest, I never was much of a History fan....until I found the History Guys channel. No matter what the subject, it is always presented with such gusto that it is interesting & entertaining. Say History Guy........how about some sort of competition.....Perhaps the best impression of the History Guy (Mrs History Guy being not allowed to compete!) the prize being one of those cool Bow ties?
1:18 My childhood cartoons just got meta. Boris Gudenov HAS to be the prototype for Boris Badenov of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame.
Well done History Guy, thx for this and all you do.
Very interesting. Has there ever been a time in Russia's history when there wasn't a "Time of Troubles"?
Note: Czar Nicholas had 4 daughters, not 3. Recent Russian investigation could only identify 3 of the girls, but the missing one was 3rd daughter Maria, not 4th daughter Anastasia.
Beat me to it. Nicholas and Alexandra had four daughters not 3. Otherwise excellent presentation
What is the name of the song that plays during your intro and outro? It seems so familiar yet I can’t place it!
The Russians saw the writing on the wall and tried to avoid it, but they were destroyed for the attempt. That is history that deserves to be remembered!
The story of the first False Dimitry is the basis for Moussorsky's opera "Boris Goudenov.
which is a great opera. Love the main theme.
Godunov
He wasn't goodenoff after all
Can you elaborate on the image at 9:31, that arm-shield thing looks like something I would see Ian of Forgotten Weapons or Skallagrim talking about.
Can you do a clip about Albert johnson,the rat river trapper? Hes never been identified to this day, but he led the mounties on a wild hunt over the mountains in the arctic...love this show btw
Thank you.
Love your programs!
Uhhhhmmmm ... Czar Nicholas II had 4 daughters ... not 3 (10:46).
Olga
Tatiana
Maria
Anastasia
...
😉
Yep, I caught that too.
The bell flogging... and the canon aimed towards Poland, ROTFL!!!!! You can't make this stuff up! Great delivery on a great hysterical, I mean historical, piece of history!
Great vlog as always! How about an episode of why Tsar Nicolai II only drank Cristal Champagne? I have tasted many champagne that have taisted better than Cristal.
It's weird that False Dimitry's I former widow ... said that False Dimitry II was the actual First Dimitry.... Who would have thought?!!
Yes, this guy DEFINITELY survived getting fired out of a cannon to Poland. Or maybe I just want to be tsarina again.
@@clewrites - Those were some stories in that vid.... wow.
Any chance you can add subtitles? I really love your videos but being hard of hearing interferes with getting the information you're telling sometimes. I Don't Want to miss a word.
Dumb question I know but was Boris Gutanov the inspiration for "Boris Badanov" in the "Rocky and Bullwinkle" cartoon?
Sir, I am a big fan. I read your stories almost every day. Please keep up the great work and peace to you and your family. I am sorry you lost your feline buddy. I know that is hard. But, I know there are many more deserving cat buddies out there to be adopted if you have not done that already. I doff my chapeau to you sir, in respect.
No one knows trouble like Russians know trouble. Love this channel. Peace to you and yours.
In Russia you don't fire cannon, cannon fires you..
False Dimitri the first, shot and killed, cremated, ashes placed in a cannon and shot towards Poland...well damn.
During the reign of Catherine the Great there was the Pugachev Uprising. Pugachev was a Cossack with military experience from the Seven Years War, but he also claimed to be Peter the Third, the late husband of Catherine the Great whom she overthrew and had strangled. In that time Catherine expected "silent obedience" from the peasant classes so this uprising had some support from the populace who were tired of oppressive landlords. Like the other uprisings, either Cossack or someone false, this one fell apart after Pugachev was captured and executed.
One of your wildest rides (although that airplane non-crash story was my favorite).
I met a fellow years ago who called himself Czar. He was a little out there. Okay how about bat s**t crazy,But the spitting image of Czar Nicholas.who he claimed was his relative. This story made me think of him.
Question about the hats. Watching this video, I see behind you a bugle, and to the lower right of the bugle is a hat with 2 gold stripes going around it and a blue stripe (edited : originally I wrote "gold" by mistake for center stripe) in the center. If memory serves me correctly, that is an Infantry officer's hat for the dress blue uniform of the US Army. My suspicion is that it comes from an officer in the 3d US Infantry (The Old Guard) because I see that the brass eagle insignia above the stripes was, at one time, highly shined, but hasn't been in quite a while. Normal brass that is issued would not discolor, only brass that has had the outer layer stripped off with lots of work and Brasso - and the only unit I know where an officer would pay that much attention to detail and appearance is The Old Guard (of which I was a member many years ago). This question has been nagging at me since I first saw that hat. Am I correct ?
Have you thought about a video on Ivan VI who everyone thought was dead until he was discovered to be very much alive and imprisoned in a fort in the middle of nowhere.
As a Tampa resident. Please do Tony Jannus! The first regular schedule airline in the world. Not many know of him.
I'd love for your apparel to say "Forgotten history that deserves to be remembered" under The History Guy! (or on the back)
Dudemon Some of it isn't forgotten though. 😃
One of these days they'll be a story that gets labeled "DESERVES to be FORGOTTEN!".
I see now that some items have it on back
'the lost dauphin" of France is a similar story and might make a good subject to cover.
Could you do one on the Red Soil Murders at Magpie Mine in 1832.... its a fascinating story :)
Well, that bell sure got what it had coming. I hope the bell-ringer survived the ordeal. Otherwise, some very corny jokes would be told of his demise. Another great video. Thank you.
I just realized something... I am actually secretly Demetri, son of Ivan. Never mind that I was born in the midwestern USA in the 1980’s. I guess I’ll have to start learning Russian.
This guy’s bow tie game is on POINT!
Of all the history courses I took in college, Russian history was the most baffling. It was near impossible to tell who was in charge when, and which pretender to the throne was the one who really won in the end. My only hope was rote memorization and hoping I'd pass the tests.
I took a course in Russian history also. Thankfully it was focused more on the government changes than in who the leaders were. One thing I came away with was that it really sucked to be a Russian serf. I did OK in the course, but mainly because it did focus on changes in the government.
I completed two courses in Russian history when I did my undergraduate degree. I found Russian history repetitive but easy to comprehend: The Russians dabble with parliamentary and democratic forms from time to time, but they always return to government by the strong man.
@@hlynnkeith9334 I agree. I only took the one course in Russian history that was offered. Right now I wish some intense courses on Roman history/literature would be offered nearby. I've really grown to love the ancient writers of Rome. I find it amazing to read a book actually written by Julius Caesar. I became so interested I invested in some Roman coins and have a small collection. I've discovered that their coins are an excellent way to learn their history, politics and religion. I guess I find history in general fascinating.
@@TedBronson1918 Roman history -- republican and imperial -- seems to me to follow the same pattern as Russian history. The Romans seemed comfortable with the rule of a strong man. Roman dictators and emperors spent most of their time in civil war or trying to avoid civil war.
@@hlynnkeith9334 That they did ! Even the Roman Senate wasn't really a representative body except for representing the Senators themselves. They were just the lower level of strongmen. I've spent quite a bit of time watching the US repeat the life cycle of Rome, VERY interesting.
Yikes , will the real Dmitry please step forward , again Your vids are great
I'm Dimitry, yes I'm the real dimitry
All you other Dimitry are just imitating
So won't the real Dimitry please stand up
The real Dmitry would be a very pissed-off deceased 3rd grader (8 yr old) who couldn't understand why everyone wanted to be him. RIP