@@DrakesdenChannel but North Croatia is in the Balkans. It goes as far up as Slovenia. Edit: Never mind, I see what you mean after looking at maps of the Balkans.
@@julianpetkov8320it seems like you are jealous of the serb history and you are mad and upset that the croats dont have as good history as the serbs do😂
No it's not for. Prapovijest is term that refers to a time period, povijest means history. Saying this video is about hrvatska prapovijest would makes as much sense as this video is about hrvatski srednji vijek ( Croatian middle ages). Before correcting someone make sure what you are saying is correct...
Zimbabwean here. My great grandfather was also Croatian from the island of Korčula on my father's side. He married my British great grandmother ( whose sister was on the Titanic ) and they moved to Cape Town, South Africa. This was an interesting video for me. Thanks.
both of my parents are Croatian, but i live in Canada so i've struggled a bit to truly understand the history of Croatia since i only hear bits and pieces from my family, but this was about as straightforward and unbiased as you can get, so thank you! I love Croatia so much. My parents recently got a house in Vodice so I cant wait to visit, the last time i was there was when I was like 12 or 13 years old.
There are some differences in detail. Venice has destroyed Zadar and not Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik was annexed by Napoleon and French army when they asked to pass bye and then took over Dubrovnik government (no war). Last thing, there is more Croats in Jugoslav Partisans then in Ustaša, small details but they were left out to make the difference in West and East greater. Last thing is first king of Croatia Zvonimir was crowned 2 years before England become kingdom, that is a small fun fact :). All best to Canada and lots of Croatians and other Balkan families there making better life for themselves, best wishes.
I'm Polish and I must say it is so great to hear about Croatia. It's my favorite tourist destination and also a major ally for Poland in the difficult time. 🇵🇱🇭🇷
Battle of Siget? Wasn't that actually a siege of the fortress Siget? Where Croats and Hungarians were attacked by Ottomans.... and that is important for.... ? Any significance of that siege?
My grandpa was from Croatia and never got to meet him and learn about his homeland, so these videos help to at least give an idea of the country and connect with that lost heritage. Croatia seems like a place that has been through a lot but has remained resilent still. I don't understand a lot about its history and politics but I know it's a good place with good people.
You kept the original symbol of the nazis in the arm bands when everyone else in RUclips censors it or changes it to the iron cross, respect, it’s part of history and it must not be changed no matter how horrible it was thank you and good job
It's all about monetization and region specific laws - they keep it vague in order to not get their videos demonetized and for countries that ban the swastika to not block the videos - that said, I'm all for presenting history how it happened but it's not like someone's going to forget what the swastika looks like because RUclips videos choose to substitute.
@@Kleberei You fishin' for any particular answer? I mean, we know the obvious one is Germany. They did that after the war to pretend they weren't letting Nazis into the top echelons of state.
@Vi5oC4n3 Gladly not. German media generally does show swastikas in historical context. The only exception were video games. Recently, however, they loosened that rule so there shouldn't be any censorship of swastikas (in historical context) in the future.
My Croatian ancestors migrated to New Zealand before WW1 from Dalmatia, thanks for making a video that I can learn some of my own family's history from!
I'm here doing the same. All my life I was told my family is from Austria. But recently, documentation has been found that my great grandfather came to the US during WW1 from Croatia. It was a bit of a suprise. Not sure where the story he was from Austria came from.
@@christinaglazier9600 simply because he was an Austro-hungarian citizen, who entered the US with an Austro-hungarian passport. He was probably recorded as such by the US authorities. Croatia was not an independent country at that time, but part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. So it's equally correct saying that he was Austrian/Hungarian and Croat: he was Austro-hungarian citizen, and likely a Croat national.
I am croat living in Canada. I can tell you how our cultures are practically same. So many polish and Ukrainians here so can tell fron first hand. Basically same people.
Quick correction: The “Angevin” Dynasty that ruled Hungary and Croatia was actually the Capetian House of Anjou, who were a separate dynasty from the Angevins that ruled England.
@@str.77Your family, my family, it’s ALL the same family… and I don’t mean in the peace, love, we’re all human beings sense, I mean in the we’re all descended from Huns and Avars at some point sense. The ANGevins had that name and got to rule ENGland, HUNGary, FARance, GHORbatia and other lands for a reason. The 12 tribes of Croatia were just a collection of Avar (Ghoran) tribes, the same tribes exist in most other countries under different but similar names, like the Mogorovic/Muric tribe simply means Magyar/Moor/Moravian/Almoravid=great/middle, Kucic means Gucci/Coach/Koch/Kocs/Kushan/Kutch=ram/goat, Karinjan means Carry/Carey/Eger/Ker/Avar/Croat/Ghoran/Ogor/War/Ver=blood/mouse (they’re all closely related), Kukar means Kavkaz/Kirghiz/Caucus/Kek/Gok=Blue and may be of the same group as they Kay/Covey/Kiev/Kubrick/Kuby=stone although I’m not entirely sure. Subic is just Serb/Szerencs/Srem/Saragur/Xianbei=yellow/tiger(Sur+bache, Sur+ogur, Sur+bey where Sur I.e. English “Sir” is the root). Gusic is Keszi/Kessler/Kessel=knife/goat, Snacic is I believe simply a form of Singer/Sunak/Song/Xiongnu/Hun/Kun=sun/lion, Cudomiric I’m not sure about but may be Kotor/Kutrigur/Kurt/Kurd/Curtis=wolf or may otherwise stem from Satar/Kshartria/Csatar=100 lord/centurion/warrior, Poletcic is Polish/Polovec/Paloc/Polan/Polo=bull/bison, Lacnicic is likely from the Wlad/Lad/Laz/Latin/Rad/Red/Razvan=red lineage, Jamomet is from the Dior/Duar/Ghor/Gyor/Gyarmat/Yamato/Diarmid/Yurmati/Jamaat/German=God’s people/mountaineer lineage and finally Tugomir is from the Tocharian/Tongur/Tokes/Tewksbury/Tokay/Tucker/Dakar=squash/testicles/mirror line. Going back several thousand years and some of these lines likely merge like the Avar/Ogur and German/Dior line, Ghor+bat/Hrvat/Croat is a name form linking the two lines although the Croats clearly came with the Avars while the Germans were in Europe 700 years earlier at least. Kucic and Gusic are likely both descended from the ancient Yuezhi but the Kucic became Kushans in India before joining the Avars and coming to Europe while the Gusic probably stayed on the steppes and joined the Gokturks and then Magyars before they arrived. They say Y chromosome Adam and mitochondrial Eve both lived more than 200,000 years ago but it sure seems like we’re much more closely related than that.
My family is from Postira, and I was first generation born in the united states. My childhood was very much surrounded with memories of Croatia fighting for independence. I dont think i could ever forget when my father received news that one of his brothers had died in the war. I also don't think i'll ever forget how happy he was when it was ended. I feel very lucky now looking back as an adult that my father was so extremely proud of having been Croatian. He spent a great deal of time teaching me about his country, and it is still something that my cousins who live in Croatia make sure to keep doing. I am very proud to be Croatian.
"Hrvatska vojska u svom sastavu ima 7 gardijskih brigada, sve dobro obučene i naoružane, ali samo je jedna koja je udarna, a to je Četvrta" - Gojko Šušak
I'm Croatian and I'm glad i came upon this video because i literally didn't know a thing about our history.. (mostly lived in Canada so they only talk abt Canada's history and France/England) I've learned so much and i really like how you kept a very neutral pov on this instead of choosing one side or another
At this rate, adopting a Croatian cat will also make people Croatian or whichever nationality they desire. You're a Canadian; language, culture, mentality, all Canadian.
Sorry, I believe the root of Hungarian/Croatian Angevin was from Charles I of Sicily, who was a Capetian prince of France, before founded his own branch of Capetian house of Anjou. Thus, this house was not the same as the Angevin house that ruled England (Plantagenet).
You know it. Hungarians call him Károly Róbert/Carloberto/Charles Robert. Btw he was the one that called on the Congress of Visegrad, where today's V4 stems.
Yes, Charles was the youngest son of King Louis VIII of France and was given the titles of Count of Anjou and Maine founding the Anjou/Angevin branch of the Capetian dynasty. The Angevins that ruled England were actually Plantagenet dynasty that ruled County of Anjou prior to that, eventually inheriting England and Normandy...they lost the county in 1204 when it was confiscated by the French king (Philip II...father of Louis VIII) and then given to Louis VIII's youngest son...as mentioned.
you are correct! Bravo....but we have something in common with england....king Richard gave cash to build a cathedral in Dubrovnik for giving him harbouring him.this is a good and friendly case....the unfriendly case...i wont write about it
@@mdza thats not their land Croats settleed there in 7th century and Knin was city of last Croatian king serbs came way after during ottoman attacks so no it never was isnt or will be their land
hard to tell everything in 18 mins but you left out an interesting thing: the mongol invasions. Around 1241-42 the mongol empire came all the way to Croatia. King Bela IV of the Arpad dinasty fled the mongols to Croatia where he resisted capture in Trogir. Usually noone knows the mongols were this close to "western europe" and only turned back because of the death of the great Khan.
As a Hungarian, I also praise this video for its neutrality. I still hope, that the nations of this region (Middle and Eastern Europe) realize that we have too much to lose with war, but can gain much if there is peace between us. Our common past may be sad sometimes, but the future should be bright if we can put aside old tensions and hard feelings.
West Europe and Eastern Europe has ALWAYS been divided. You know why ? One part is predominantly racially germanic and the other is Slavic. Racial hatred thus. Also, one part is Catholic while the other is orthodox
My father was Croatian raised in Milwaukee. Milwaukee has a large Croatian presence. There are many stories of my grandfather going into Serbian Bars and intentionally starting fights! These deep divisions run deep to this day!! 😮😮😮
@@someytuser4398 This video my friend, all tho pretty good, is an oversimplification.We are similar but not the same, we fought for Europe they fought for ottomans.People who dont live here probably wont understa.
Very good summary, I find it unfortunate that it didn't end on a happier note as Croatia recovered after 90s wars, became a popular tourist destination and joined EU and NATO in the previous decade.
@@heart8969 Only 8% of today Croats speak genuine Croatian dialect.... Majority of Croats today 80%, speak Serbian dialect (stokavica), which tell enough of mixed origin od modern Croats ;) lol
When I was a young child watching the World Cup, I would always cheer for Yugoslavia, I never knew why. Something about the comraderie was even noticable to a young kid. I remember having my grandmother explain why they didn't have a team anymore, and switching my favourite to Croatia 😌 My stepdad bought me a Croatian jersey for my 10th birthday
Thank you so much for making this video. My father was born in Privlaka back in the 50’s and left home when he was 15 to find work to support his family. Eventually he made his way to the US where he decided to settle and start a family. I was fortunate that in addition to my dad always telling us stories of his home we also lived near a large Croatian community that was primarily made up of recent immigrants to the US. Sadly I was never really able to visit as a child due to the war, but some day I will make my way there to finally meet my cousins who still live there in person instead of on skype. Until then I love learning about the countries history, culture and people.
Ill give you hint as a Croat: bandic created a whole network of people who are voting for him in order to keep his jobs, often invented for the sake of that same mutual "benefit". In reality, this is a great burden and drain for the capital (Zagreb) itself and this is why we cannot move on. Honest citizens of Croatia are struggling to remove it but in such small country it's easy to "choke" vital reforms. It's not just Bandic, there are many "local sheriffs" as we call them, people who are stallling everything in order to keep their own position untouched and unquestioned. We have very low rate of violent crimes on streets - but bribery, nepotism and corruption are still strong, inherited from years of socialism.
@@grse.official3272 well how you call the displacement of 300 000 people (who lived for centuries in that region), and killing approx 2000 serbian civilians (who stayed) during Operation Storm?
Shut up you people are just Russians whit some cosak people and greec blod and ussr gave Crimea to Ukraine that's why you had it stfu I am on russian side🇭🇷🇷🇺
I love Croatia🇭🇷❤ Amazing country!! I am Albanian and I always have felt an attraction to Croatia. Nevertheless, I love whatever this pearl of a place holds. Hope you guys see us as brothers😂
We're all brothers here in the Balkans. Some family stories are, unfortunately, sad, and this one might be the saddest of all. From Croatia, we admire your tenacity and respect for each other and tradition. Peace!
@@mateoontl2061 HERE IN THE BALKANS? THE BALKAN IS A MOUNTAIN IN BULGARIA! THE REAL CROATIAN PATRIOT WILL NEVER SAY THAT CROATIA IS ON THE BALKANS! SHAME ON YOU!
@@veteran_dino nah Hungary and Croatia were seriously never under the cultural or political influence of the Ottomans Croatian coast was Venetian and never fell The triangle of Zagreb Sisak Karlovac never fell Varaždin and Zagorje were heavily Austrian Basically Lika and Slavonia only
@@ВаљевојеЗапСрбијаactually croats and ukrainians are both slavs...while serbs are actually turk, sinti&roma, kurd, chechen and arab...jeleaous that they arent slavs
@@ВаљевојеЗапСрбија actually serbs were dominated by turkish, arab, african pashas aswell as by mongols, tatars and avars...so its just logical that serbs have the most asian DNA in entire europe... Croats and ukrainians are clear slavic
Šibenik is the first city in Europe to receive electric lighting and the second in the world 🇭🇷 🌞 ❤️ Jaruga Hydroelectric Power Plant or HPP (N.TESLA efekt alternating current)Jaruga is the second oldest hydroelectric power plant in the world and the first in Europe. It was built under the waterfall Skradinski buk on the river Krka (today within the Krka National Park). On August 28, 1895, just two days after the first hydroelectric power plant at Niagara Falls, the first Croatian and one of the world's first electric power systems was put into operation: Hydroelectric Power Plant "Krka" - Šibenik
Well, to be precise, it was the first *Dalmatian* electric power plant, not "Croatian". Šibenik/Sebenico in those years was one of the main cities of the Dalmatian Kingdom, administrative region of the Austrian Empire. While the K. of Croatia & Slavonia was a distinct administrative entity of the Hungarian Kingdom. *Dalmatian* not "Croatian" then, when we talk about history (prior to 1920).
The only thing that could've been added in the Ottomans part was the Battle of Dubica 1513 and Battle of Sisak 1593, where Croats crushed them, otherwise nice video
The Battle of Sisak was mostly fought by Slovene soldiers under the command of the Carniolan noble Andreas von Auersperg. The cloak of the defeated Ottoman commander was even given to the Ljubljana Cathedral.
@@carantanianfella4035 Slovene soliders? No.Ban Toma Erdody took what little of his Croatian forces he could and rushed to Sisak whic was defended by croatian soliders (may they rest in peace).Our ban attacked the ottomans from behind and pushed the turks into the river because sharpshooters from Karlovac (city in the center of Croatia) took the bridge whic led to turkish camp.Many turks drowned...There were no slovense there, it is not my fault that while we and Poles were saving Europe you where leardning how to swim.
Just to add something. First writing system Croatians used was Glagolithic script, then Latin. A lot of other Slavic people used it, but Croatians used it longest. Croatians used special type of glagoljica which is one of the further differences between Croatia and other slavic tribes. Also, Croatiana used special type of cyrilic (so called bosnian, croatian or western cyrillic) in which very important statute of southern duchy Poljice was written. Good video overall.
Samo čekam kad ćeš da napišeš da ste izmislili i hrvatskog Srbina koji se od pravog razikuje po tome što ne priča bre nego kaj. a da, prvo ste osvojili univerzum i izmislili mlečni put... tako je sve počelo. Konjušari i ubice...
I am from Croatia and I must say you did a splendid job explaining the history of Croatia. Also, as you said it todays situation is complicated. I just wanted to say tnx for all the work you put in here.
I want to thank you for this RUclips video, Suibhne. Since I'm Croatian on my mother's side, this is the first time that I REALLY learned anything about her heritage. As an aside, my father's ancestry is Armenian, but his family escaped what is now the Turkish city of Diyarbakir in 1916.
The Croats were actually fierce Habsburgs loyalists, which they displayed in 1848 when they sided with them against the Hungarian revolutionaries. After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand the Croats actually rioted in Serbian neighbourhoods as revenge for the murder. So portraying them as wanting to break off from the empire and being against the ruling Habsburgs is very untrue to history.
The Slovenes were also very loyal to the Crown. The common man and the upper class intelectual held two very different perspectives. The party SLS, which at first valued Austrian rule but was later responsible for the breakup from Austria lost from holding 87% of all mandates to holding just 36% after the first election in the newly established kingdom. When the breakup was explicitly put to the vote in one Slovene region in the 1920 Carinthian plebiscite, the majority voted to join Austria.
My great grandfather, born in 1871 died 1974, alweys talk that austrian rule was golden time for croats and that everything went to hell once austria disolved
@@sircopperfield7420 yeah but he's essentially right, we were never revolt prone towards Habsurgs or Hungarians. They just kept it decent enough looks like. Knew how much they can push us
As a Croat i am glad that you cover pretty much the whole history and not allow yourself to be entangled into details but instead you presented the rough outlines and shapes. Excellent work.
Croatia led a long and bloody fight throughout centuries against all odds to finally win back our independence. We can finally live in peace but not in prosperity. Corruption that rooted itself in politics during and after the independence war is still a huge problem. Nepotism and incompetence are a cancer upon our beautiful state. Hopefully one day we can turn things around.
@@notbanjelacic HDZ-ovska odvratna mašinerija i dalje glasa za stranku koja iza sebe ima desetke milijunskih afera. Glasaju zato što su dobili izmišljeni posao za minimalac gdje ne rade ništa osim uzimaju novac poreznih obveznika. Pogotovo govna iz dijaspore. Ja bi članu obitelji radije polomio noge na dan izbora nego dopustio da glasa za "državotvornu stranku". Metak u koljena je bila privatizacija. Plaće Hrvatske, cijene Njemačke.
Vodili hrvati dugu i krvavu borbu??? Ha,ha. Za 1000 godina okupacije niste digli nijedan ustanak,niti jednu bitku pa makar da je poraz. Sve dok vas Srbi nisu oslobodili. I eto najvise pominju Jasenovac i da vam hitler napravio zemlju. Eto po cemu se pamti. Cuj vodili dugu borbu ha ha
It's overall a good video for an outsider and non-specialist trying to parse Balkan history. However you missed one important point yet you were so close: when you discussed how the Hapsburgs made parts of Croatia the Military Frontier. The crucial point is that the Hapsburgs invited Serbs, who were fleeing the Ottomans, to settle there. In exchange for defending the border, they were exempted from feudal obligations to the Croatian nobility and the rule of the Croatian nobles' assembly in Zagreb (the Sabor), which obviously, didn't like that. This is the root of Croatian-Serbian conflict and the reason why there are Serbs in Croatia (in your video, the fact that there are Serbian majority areas in Croatia just kind of pops out of nowhere in 1991 and doesn't really fit with the rest of your story). Note that the Serbian breakaway state in Croatia in the 90s was called literally - the Republic of the Serbian Frontier. This Croatian-Serbian mixing caused by Haspburgs and Ottomans did create, as you correctly say, Yugoslav nationalism in Croatia in the 19th century - but it also created an exclusive far right Croatian nationalism that was very hostile to the Serbs as a foreign element, and from which ultimately the fascist Ustaše descend. It's fair to say most of this history would've been fairly different without the Serbian settlement of the Military Frontier by the Hapsburgs. If such an alternate history Croatia and Serbia joined in a different Yugoslavia, in the 1990s they would've probably parted ways peacefully like Czechia and Slovakia did. I can nitpick many things but it wouldn't be fair to (being from the region, and interested in history, I just know a lot about the subject) but the Serbian settlement of the Military Frontier is one of the most important events in Croatian history - it has shaped the history of Croatia from that point on to today to a very large extent.
Habsburgs did not invited anybody, they just used them. Serbs and Wallachians (romans) came as turkish reserve troops to keep the border but Habsburgs give them some privileges to change the side and regulated them 1630 with "Statuta Valachorum". The ortodox church used the fact that Wallachians were unreligious and make them first ortodox and later "make" them serbs (they lost national identity). Croats called them together: Vlasi (even today), and Wallachians was called: Morlaci.
What about Bosnia though? You'd still have three different ethnic groups there, and I doubt the Serbs would have peacefully allowed their secession from Yugoslavia, or that the newly formed Croatian state would just do nothing about it. You'd still get a Bosnian war.
@@Победник What was ethnicity of Crimea before the Russian Empire and the USSR? Ukrainian purely Ukrainian. Genocide means nothing. History tells facts. It is Ukrainian land always has been.
"It's worth pausing here to talk about bosnia, which is a sentence I had never thought I'd have to say out loud" Sir we're already on the ground. Sir please,
Thank you for such a unique video, Croatia is very interesting. Many history channels keep making videos about the same historical events. I much prefer this over the 12th RUclips video covering D-day or something
I never thought I'd see the day somebody nailed down centuries of conflict. Usually, everyone just say "it's complicated" and leave it at that. But this video got to the heart of it. Great job.
Considering how complex the history of the Balkans is, you did a fantastic job here (and that's coming from a Master's student in Balkan History). There's no way you will have time to go over every major battle, historical figure, or political event in a RUclips video, so you don't have to worry about that. Instead you managed to make something about the Balkans that is incredibly rare: A video that doesn't take sides or show obvious bias. You've earned a sub. If you ever consider going more in-depth and making a Balkan series, I'd be more than happy to help.
Just to make assure of something, Croatia never lost the Croatian-Ottoman war after 1526 until 1553 when we became part of Habsburgs we didnt lose single part of our land And just to know Stjepan Radić wasnt a leader, but he was greatest politician in world, he had biggest ever funeral in Croatia, 500 000 people came to his funeral, even tho in that time there were only 3 million Croats, and there was only newspaper in that time....
Nisi mogao da izgubis bitku jer tad niste ni postojali kao zemlja ,vec ste bili u sastavu Madjarske a to sto krojite istoriju i upisujete sta hocete to je drugo,jer je nemoguce da kad vas neko pokori i ne postojite kao suverena drzava dok sad pisete istoriju koja je logicki nemoguca
@@tomislav_radic Po tome sto se zvala Kraljevina Hrvatska ne mora da znaci da je imala uticaja u zemlje,jer je njihova administracija delila teritorije na kraljevstva i tako dalje.A sam primer da niste imali uticaja u Austriji kao ni ostala takozvana kraljevstva je da niste uticali u podeli austrijskog carstva na dvojnu monarhiju ,da li zelite da idete u rat ,niti da li ste hteli da udjete u sastav Austrije sa madjarima ,sto bi ,ako ste u personalnoj uniji bilo moguce,i odlucivali o takvim stvarima ,niste imali autonomiju ,kao ni pravo da izadjete iz te unije i da se otcepite vec padom monarhije kada se svi odvojili.
@@nikolapasic8174 Aj suti ak ne znas povijest, Mi nismo bili dio Austrije do 1556 ili 7, bili smo u zajednickoj drzavi s Madarskom, ali smo se ponasali kao 2 razlicite drzave zato sto oni nas nisu zauzeli, nasi Plemici su 1104 svojevoljno izabrali njihovog kralja, posto je bio ozenjen s Hrvaticom imao bi odlican uticaj, a i trazili su kralja koji zna vladati, jer su ubili kralja Zvonimira, a njegov sin nije bio sposoban ni za sta. Sto se tice ratova protiv Turske Madari su bili na svojem teritoriju mi na svojem sa svojim vojskama i svojim zapovjednicima, tako da to je nasa povijest svakako, to je povijest naseg naroda, ne pricaj gluposti samo jer su vas izjebali turci
I'm Balkan and I approve of this. Very well done, isn't taking the dumb old "ancient hatreds" approach and is objective without being preachy. Very good synopsis and the best part is that you've captured the complexity of the fault lines of identities as a results of competing empires, churches, languages, and cultural spheres. Very well done.
I've just come home from Split and Milna, Hvar in Croatia. Some of the best coastline in the world. My taxi driver mentioned the Homeland War in 1991 which brought me here. Power to 🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷 🙌🙌🙌
Croats, Poles, Czechs, Ukrainians and also Russians are slavic brothers with same history and culture... Servs are mad bunch of Turks, Roma, Vlahs, Arabs who would like to join our Slavic club but unfortunately they cant, and never will
Hi, great video! I just wanted to add that during medieval times three alphabets were in use in Croatia: latin, glagolic and cyrillic. The glagolic alphabet being a kind of croatian variant of cyrillic. It was in use all the way up to The middle 18th century, but the latin alphabet prevailed in the end and cyrillic would continue to be used almost exclusively by the Serbian minority. During Jugoslavija they were both in use as a compromise that saw croatian and serbian united as a common serbocroatian language that was the official language of the state.
The Glagolic alphabet is not a Croatian version of the Cyrillic.Both the Glagolic and Cyrillic alphabets were created by the Bulgarians and are therefore both Bulgarian alphabets
Facts tell us that glagolic was first made for everyone before cyrillic but then only Croatians kept using it until they started to fully use latin... Also if you guys are interested in how these alphabets were made just type on google "The seal of Stroimir" Stroimir was Serbian ruler before Cyril and Methodius's students made cyrilic but his seal has both cross and cyrillic on it althought its older and that seal can shake a lot of things that we learn in our school system.
If you translate Stjepan Radić to english directly his name is Steve Jobs
Hahahahahahahahaha najjača stvar što sam čuo u zadnjih par dana
@@marko71 Tak treba
aaah a mrzim ovo zašto si u pravu haahahah
O jebate tek san sad skužia🤣🤣
same with, георгий кустов=george bush
Suibhne: makes Croatia episode
Rest of the balkans: allowe us to introduce ourselves
As balkan I promise we will not destroy the coment section I hope
@@DrakesdenChannel well im not north im in dalmatian part mate
@@DrakesdenChannel What does that even mean?
@@DrakesdenChannel but North Croatia is in the Balkans. It goes as far up as Slovenia.
Edit: Never mind, I see what you mean after looking at maps of the Balkans.
Me: in good time
As a Croat I am amazed on how you didn't start any controversy whilst talking 15 minutes about the Balkans.
It is mostly poorly researched rubbish. The "Serbs" did not separate from Bulgaria until the 13th century. He also calls us "hordes". LOL
@@julianpetkov8320 jbg
@@julianpetkov8320it seems like you are jealous of the serb history and you are mad and upset that the croats dont have as good history as the serbs do😂
@@leoristic2620why fighting over nuances tho?
I’m half Serbian and half Croatian and proud of both.
@@clintwestwood3539 I love how he wasted 18 minutes of his life and got nothing out of it, still spreading hate.
Croatia is a beautiful country. Visited there in 2018, we went to Split, Hvar, Zagreb, Plitvice and Dubrovnik. Loved it all!
Croatia didn't use latin alphabet in medival times but glagolic alphabet
Yes we had our own alphabet but he forget to talk about it.
to je pocetak bil al ubrzo smo krenuli koristit latinicu nakon kojih 200-400 godina
Franc Petranc svejedno je moga spomenit bascansku plocu
@@francpetranc9433 glagoljicu smo koristili do 19tog stoljeća u crkvi
@@SpartanTF To da al niko nije piso glagoljicom osim dalmatinaca i ostalih primoraca i buskupa ostali su svi ko i cjeli svjet pisali latinicom
What if you wanted to have independence...
But God said: Balkans
No it's not for. Prapovijest is term that refers to a time period, povijest means history. Saying this video is about hrvatska prapovijest would makes as much sense as this video is about hrvatski srednji vijek ( Croatian middle ages). Before correcting someone make sure what you are saying is correct...
but God said: "Let it be Croatia", and there it is
Zimbabwean here. My great grandfather was also Croatian from the island of Korčula on my father's side. He married my British great grandmother ( whose sister was on the Titanic ) and they moved to Cape Town, South Africa. This was an interesting video for me. Thanks.
Great to hear you know this and pass it on
You mean Rhodesia?
@united banana states there are no italians in Croatia.
@united banana states cry more serb,we exist before servia and italy, when we had our kingdom since 925, yall didn't exist.
@united banana states from your mother
both of my parents are Croatian, but i live in Canada so i've struggled a bit to truly understand the history of Croatia since i only hear bits and pieces from my family, but this was about as straightforward and unbiased as you can get, so thank you! I love Croatia so much. My parents recently got a house in Vodice so I cant wait to visit, the last time i was there was when I was like 12 or 13 years old.
Thats sweet, I live in Vodice :D , welcome ! ^_^
@@nikolad.5588 thank you!! I went for the summer and I loved every second. Can't wait to come back again 😁
@@jasminem812 ill get you an ice cream when you come back again😄😝
There are some differences in detail. Venice has destroyed Zadar and not Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik was annexed by Napoleon and French army when they asked to pass bye and then took over Dubrovnik government (no war). Last thing, there is more Croats in Jugoslav Partisans then in Ustaša, small details but they were left out to make the difference in West and East greater. Last thing is first king of Croatia Zvonimir was crowned 2 years before England become kingdom, that is a small fun fact :). All best to Canada and lots of Croatians and other Balkan families there making better life for themselves, best wishes.
You will love it
Ah the Balkans, a map maker’s worst nightmare,
why? if anything we keep them in business
Ooo da
@@arolemaprarath6615 idiot
What about HRE?
@@arolemaprarath6615 Look at a map of Croatia. Boor Bosnia only gets a tiny stretch of land
I'm Polish and I must say it is so great to hear about Croatia. It's my favorite tourist destination and also a major ally for Poland in the difficult time. 🇵🇱🇭🇷
SLAVIC BROTHERS 🇭🇷❤️🇵🇱
@@francek3892 "Slavic" is a Russian imperialist idea. We are Slavs, but we have to respect other cultures, we aren't Russians.
@@luishernandezblonde we are western we have class we are good people. Slavs are eastern
Catholic Brothers 🇭🇷🇵🇱
@@HOODKINGSofficial Yeah, except for the Nazi part, of course.
You nailed pronouncing "Š" my dude.
Are you english cuz for you guys our weird letters are harder for you to pronaunc but if you can say ž,š,ć,č etc... good job
And đ or dž (yup, dž is a letter)
@@damy2433 don't forget lj and nj
@@onaj_tamo4425 yup
@@onaj_tamo4425 And how people say when they got nothing: žnj
Like:
Šta si dobio?
Žnj.
Love Croatia from Hungary!
🇭🇺❤️🇭🇷
🇭🇷♥️🇭🇺
Remember the personal union ❤
❤
@@pravnica77👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇷🇸🇷🇺🏴☠️❤️🌿.
Obviously! We've just seen the history and know how beautiful our coastline is 😉
How did you do it? Almost nobody is fighting in the comments
Im also wondering about that
Serbs finally accepted propper history...
its about crocop lol...
Hahhahahahahahahajja
@@matijabublic whats proper history ?
Super excited for the Croatian episode! Greetings from Poland friends! 🇭🇷🇵🇱
🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷
We are not friends we are brothers Slavic and Chatolic 🇭🇷❤️🇵🇱
@Super Satanski anti slavs
No
Love Poland, Catholic brothers ❤
Talking about war with Ottomans and not mentioning battle at Siget is kind of heresy
I was thinking the same thing :/
Biggest battle for euruope or smtg but whatever
so f true lol /istina istaina
@@Vrbii lol biggest battke,please learn history
Battle of Siget? Wasn't that actually a siege of the fortress Siget?
Where Croats and Hungarians were attacked by Ottomans.... and that is important for.... ? Any significance of that siege?
My grandpa was from Croatia and never got to meet him and learn about his homeland, so these videos help to at least give an idea of the country and connect with that lost heritage. Croatia seems like a place that has been through a lot but has remained resilent still. I don't understand a lot about its history and politics but I know it's a good place with good people.
It's about time you go and visit.
@@brankobelfranin8815 Oh I wish I could! But I can't afford it. I'll make sure to visit someday in the future.
@@camilagrgicevic2890 good luck
@@camilagrgicevic2890 Za dom spremni
It's time to visit
You kept the original symbol of the nazis in the arm bands when everyone else in RUclips censors it or changes it to the iron cross, respect, it’s part of history and it must not be changed no matter how horrible it was thank you and good job
It's all about monetization and region specific laws - they keep it vague in order to not get their videos demonetized and for countries that ban the swastika to not block the videos - that said, I'm all for presenting history how it happened but it's not like someone's going to forget what the swastika looks like because RUclips videos choose to substitute.
I do find it ironic when people insert the RUclips symbol into there, though.
@@fuzzydunlop7928 And what country would ban the image of the Swastika in a historical context?
@@Kleberei You fishin' for any particular answer? I mean, we know the obvious one is Germany. They did that after the war to pretend they weren't letting Nazis into the top echelons of state.
@Vi5oC4n3 Gladly not. German media generally does show swastikas in historical context. The only exception were video games. Recently, however, they loosened that rule so there shouldn't be any censorship of swastikas (in historical context) in the future.
My Croatian ancestors migrated to New Zealand before WW1 from Dalmatia, thanks for making a video that I can learn some of my own family's history from!
That's great, as the son of Croatia immigrants I have the luxury not many have its nice others learn more about this amazing land
I'm here doing the same. All my life I was told my family is from Austria. But recently, documentation has been found that my great grandfather came to the US during WW1 from Croatia. It was a bit of a suprise. Not sure where the story he was from Austria came from.
@@christinaglazier9600 Perhaps something to do with Croatia being a part of Austro-Hungary for a good chunk of recent history.
Question, did your ancestors make wine?
@@christinaglazier9600 simply because he was an Austro-hungarian citizen, who entered the US with an Austro-hungarian passport. He was probably recorded as such by the US authorities.
Croatia was not an independent country at that time, but part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
So it's equally correct saying that he was Austrian/Hungarian and Croat: he was Austro-hungarian citizen, and likely a Croat national.
No one :
The Balkans: so anyways i started blasting
ahahahahah 😂😂😂
This deserves more likes XD
It’s always sunny in Yugoslavia
I'm a simple Hungarian. I see Croatia, I click like. ❤
Thanks!
Hello my friend 🇵🇱
Maybe you are Croatian also, like us.
I am a simple Hungarian, I see Croatia I prepare my horse for them to clean it.
@@libertas5005I am simple Croat,I see an horse,and then cross Drava in to Hungary
I really respect and admire Croats, many people in Poland do.
Kev Polska!!! We love you guys 🇵🇱 🇭🇷
@@antestup 🇵🇱💖🇭🇷
We love Poland also. Catholic brothers forever! John Paul II. has helped us a lot.
I am croat living in Canada. I can tell you how our cultures are practically same. So many polish and Ukrainians here so can tell fron first hand. Basically same people.
Same from us, thanks for Jan Sobieski's help even though Habsburgs actually didnt deserve to be helped..
Quick correction: The “Angevin” Dynasty that ruled Hungary and Croatia was actually the Capetian House of Anjou, who were a separate dynasty from the Angevins that ruled England.
Angevin is just the adjective form of Anjou, so it is actually still correct
we call them Anžuvinci in Croatia
@@tomasjakovac7950 No, it isn't correct because it is not the same family.
@@str.77Your family, my family, it’s ALL the same family… and I don’t mean in the peace, love, we’re all human beings sense, I mean in the we’re all descended from Huns and Avars at some point sense. The ANGevins had that name and got to rule ENGland, HUNGary, FARance, GHORbatia and other lands for a reason. The 12 tribes of Croatia were just a collection of Avar (Ghoran) tribes, the same tribes exist in most other countries under different but similar names, like the Mogorovic/Muric tribe simply means Magyar/Moor/Moravian/Almoravid=great/middle, Kucic means Gucci/Coach/Koch/Kocs/Kushan/Kutch=ram/goat, Karinjan means Carry/Carey/Eger/Ker/Avar/Croat/Ghoran/Ogor/War/Ver=blood/mouse (they’re all closely related), Kukar means Kavkaz/Kirghiz/Caucus/Kek/Gok=Blue and may be of the same group as they Kay/Covey/Kiev/Kubrick/Kuby=stone although I’m not entirely sure. Subic is just Serb/Szerencs/Srem/Saragur/Xianbei=yellow/tiger(Sur+bache, Sur+ogur, Sur+bey where Sur I.e. English “Sir” is the root). Gusic is Keszi/Kessler/Kessel=knife/goat, Snacic is I believe simply a form of Singer/Sunak/Song/Xiongnu/Hun/Kun=sun/lion, Cudomiric I’m not sure about but may be Kotor/Kutrigur/Kurt/Kurd/Curtis=wolf or may otherwise stem from Satar/Kshartria/Csatar=100 lord/centurion/warrior, Poletcic is Polish/Polovec/Paloc/Polan/Polo=bull/bison, Lacnicic is likely from the Wlad/Lad/Laz/Latin/Rad/Red/Razvan=red lineage, Jamomet is from the Dior/Duar/Ghor/Gyor/Gyarmat/Yamato/Diarmid/Yurmati/Jamaat/German=God’s people/mountaineer lineage and finally Tugomir is from the Tocharian/Tongur/Tokes/Tewksbury/Tokay/Tucker/Dakar=squash/testicles/mirror line. Going back several thousand years and some of these lines likely merge like the Avar/Ogur and German/Dior line, Ghor+bat/Hrvat/Croat is a name form linking the two lines although the Croats clearly came with the Avars while the Germans were in Europe 700 years earlier at least. Kucic and Gusic are likely both descended from the ancient Yuezhi but the Kucic became Kushans in India before joining the Avars and coming to Europe while the Gusic probably stayed on the steppes and joined the Gokturks and then Magyars before they arrived. They say Y chromosome Adam and mitochondrial Eve both lived more than 200,000 years ago but it sure seems like we’re much more closely related than that.
@@JM-nm3bg Linking the name Angevin to the names Hungary and England - no need to read further.
Love from Hungary
Hrvatska🇭🇷❤🇭🇺Magyarország
Szia! 🇭🇷🇭🇺
And Polska🇵🇱
:)
Polak Węgier dwa bratanki
I do szabli, i do szklanki...
:)
Greatings from Poland!!!!!!!!!!
@@maciejk2665 yeet we love you polands
We love you too!
@@maciejk2665 you know Croats came from "white Poland" today Poland. We are Brothers 💓
I'm a quarter croat. Didn't know much about croatian history, so thank you.
Greetings from Poland to Croatia. This is my second favorite country. First is Poland.
💜👍I'm Croat and my grandfather is from Poland.
@@biserkasertic1208 nice. What is him
name?
I was in summer in Croatia when I have: 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 yers old. I have 13. I have reserwated vacations in this summer but... corona...
@@maciejk2665 His name was Petar Kohucz.Hope you have luck this year!
@@biserkasertic1208 In Polish its Piotr :)
My family is from Postira, and I was first generation born in the united states. My childhood was very much surrounded with memories of Croatia fighting for independence. I dont think i could ever forget when my father received news that one of his brothers had died in the war. I also don't think i'll ever forget how happy he was when it was ended. I feel very lucky now looking back as an adult that my father was so extremely proud of having been Croatian. He spent a great deal of time teaching me about his country, and it is still something that my cousins who live in Croatia make sure to keep doing. I am very proud to be Croatian.
If you lived in usa howcome dodnt you learn the grammar
@@rokvelic2945 @ Ah your English is perfect lol 😂
@@l.berishaj4630 well im not from USA
@@rokvelic2945 @ So stop correcting others moron !’
@@l.berishaj4630 hahahahhaha
The red berets at the end are almost exactly like the 4th Guards Brigade, nice touch, greetings from Croatia
Pauci represent.
Dobro si primjetio
"Hrvatska vojska u svom sastavu ima 7 gardijskih brigada, sve dobro obučene i naoružane, ali samo je jedna koja je udarna, a to je Četvrta" - Gojko Šušak
To nam je u genima.. Od kad postojimo, mi dalmatinci stalno ratujemo.
I'm Croatian and I'm glad i came upon this video because i literally didn't know a thing about our history.. (mostly lived in Canada so they only talk abt Canada's history and France/England) I've learned so much and i really like how you kept a very neutral pov on this instead of choosing one side or another
Kiki grettings from Croatia.. 🙂
You're Canadian, not Croatian, sorry.
At this rate, adopting a Croatian cat will also make people Croatian or whichever nationality they desire. You're a Canadian; language, culture, mentality, all Canadian.
@@ChessJourneymanthey're ethnically Croatian so what about that?
Croatia is looking like paradise especialy Dalmácie! Zdravim Chorvatsko z České Republiky! 🇭🇷🇨🇿
Pozdrav Češkoj iz Hrvatske :D 🇭🇷❤️🇨🇿 Slavic brothers
@@francek3892 desi hrvat pozz iz bosne 🇭🇷🇧🇦
I am born in Dalamatia
Čak mogu nešto razumjeti. Pa vidi ti to :D
Dobrodošao
I am from Croatia and I can say that this is a very fair video. Props to the creator and LONG LIVE CROATIA!
I am from Croatia too
isto.
Niste jedini
Long live NDH
@@lukahabus7667 Long live Independent State of Croatia
Sorry, I believe the root of Hungarian/Croatian Angevin was from Charles I of Sicily, who was a Capetian prince of France, before founded his own branch of Capetian house of Anjou. Thus, this house was not the same as the Angevin house that ruled England (Plantagenet).
big true
You know it. Hungarians call him Károly Róbert/Carloberto/Charles Robert.
Btw he was the one that called on the Congress of Visegrad, where today's V4 stems.
Yes, Charles was the youngest son of King Louis VIII of France and was given the titles of Count of Anjou and Maine founding the Anjou/Angevin branch of the Capetian dynasty. The Angevins that ruled England were actually Plantagenet dynasty that ruled County of Anjou prior to that, eventually inheriting England and Normandy...they lost the county in 1204 when it was confiscated by the French king (Philip II...father of Louis VIII) and then given to Louis VIII's youngest son...as mentioned.
you are correct! Bravo....but we have something in common with england....king Richard gave cash to build a cathedral in Dubrovnik for giving him harbouring him.this is a good and friendly case....the unfriendly case...i wont write about it
Very informative. Helps me to see the context and perspective, and appreciate much more the peace and beauty of Croatia now.
Love Croatia from Bulgaria 🇧🇬❤️🇭🇷
Hope we can one day share the border like in good old times
@@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621 l dont think thats a good idea
Kosovo je srbija🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
@@nikolapavlovic8971 your country has been falling apart for decedes why not let people of Kosovo decide what they wana do with their own land
@@todd5640 Why not let the people of Krajina do what they want with their own land?
@@mdza thats not their land Croats settleed there in 7th century and Knin was city of last Croatian king serbs came way after during ottoman attacks so no it never was isnt or will be their land
Dalmatia: kingdom of 101 dogs
Mercantile republic.
3.5 million dogs
more like "kingdom of 101 drugs." :) VIVA LA DALMATIA VIVA LA PARTY
Lipa dalmacija
*kingdom of janjetina*
Love and Respect to Croatia from Bulgaria.
You are not only our Slavic brothers but also our Sarmatian brothers
❤️💪
lol brother sarma connectin people.
why Sarmatian ? I dont get it
Slavic-nomadic connection, Bulgarians claim Bulgars were Iranian nomads, not Turkic.@@kinidiosodlosios6892
@@kinidiosodlosios6892 Its Iranian theory which makes sense in some way.
hard to tell everything in 18 mins but you left out an interesting thing: the mongol invasions. Around 1241-42 the mongol empire came all the way to Croatia. King Bela IV of the Arpad dinasty fled the mongols to Croatia where he resisted capture in Trogir. Usually noone knows the mongols were this close to "western europe" and only turned back because of the death of the great Khan.
Teacher: the exam is not that confusing
*the exam:*
Imagine now how we feel when we have to learn all this is detail for an A in history among everything else
Wait till u see the rest of balkan countries history
I know but over here in Croatia we have history test on that themes
@@zrayx7214 i know im balkan
@@shiiiiiiiiime i know balkanac sam
As a Hungarian, I also praise this video for its neutrality. I still hope, that the nations of this region (Middle and Eastern Europe) realize that we have too much to lose with war, but can gain much if there is peace between us. Our common past may be sad sometimes, but the future should be bright if we can put aside old tensions and hard feelings.
Croatia and Hungary were good bross until Khuen Hedervary didn't came...
If you ask me as croat, we will need to make our own union 😉
@Domagoj Rubil dijele nas na lijeve i desne, to je princip cijelog zapada. Podijeli naciju pa radi šta hoćeš 😉
@Jean Martin agree, that would be great 🙂
This is a wise and good common-sense point of view. Respect from a Romanian neighbour
I always knew about the divide between eastern and western Europe, but Never realised just how deep it was
Micahistory 2 goes much deeper than this lol
Eastern Europe fought while the western Europe grew rich and kept exploiting the Eastern Europe and its people. That's the biggest divide.
@@SnakeP1tPoetry everyone has exploited others. The Western Europeans were just better at it
@@SnakeP1tPoetry don't act as if you'e innocent. There is no innocent group of people
West Europe and Eastern Europe has ALWAYS been divided. You know why ? One part is predominantly racially germanic and the other is Slavic. Racial hatred thus.
Also, one part is Catholic while the other is orthodox
My father was Croatian raised in Milwaukee. Milwaukee has a large Croatian presence. There are many stories of my grandfather going into Serbian Bars and intentionally starting fights! These deep divisions run deep to this day!! 😮😮😮
😂😂😂😂Crazy.... cheers to your grandfather from Split Croatia🍻
Gotta love the guy jumping off the Mostar bridge at 6:00
@Jovan Lozanac they jump for money bloody crack heads
Lel
Mostar were in Herzegovina right?
@@bigbutter7783 yes it's in Herzegovina but it's a Croatian city
@@FruitschannelMagnumIlirikum I know my Grandma lives there
I am from Liverpool England, I just want to say ... that was a comprehensive overview and I commend what you have done.
Nope Croatia used the amazing Glagolitic alphabet :D
for a short period
its in my history books
@@vitopokupcic9391 bila je koristena do 19st
ne većinom
Used cyrilic also. Its slavic alphabet. Google it
Thank you from Croatia
I'm amused how such little things can divide millions of people apart
@@someytuser4398 humans are violent and aggressive animals so any motive is good enough apparently.
@@someytuser4398 This video my friend, all tho pretty good, is an oversimplification.We are similar but not the same, we fought for Europe they fought for ottomans.People who dont live here probably wont understa.
@Ivica Radić vjera, ratovi, ideologija, rasizam
@Ivica Radić toćno tako samo sam *malo* skratio
Wow, a really interesting video about one of my favorite vacation destinations. Greetings from Germany. 🇩🇪🇭🇷
We serve you as workers and good vacation destination, what good independence we got,.
Yes and ur theys favorite work destination
@@aleksandarmarkovic6523 As i said.
@@arianmartic7965 dobro, valjda i ja mogu da se nastalim malo, ista situacija je i kod nas minus turizam
@@aleksandarmarkovic6523 Mozes brate, sta mozes ocekivat od balkana, jbg.
I love how Hitler is animated with the typical red swastika arm band,despite the fact that he's drawn without arms 😊
ever heard for 700 000 slauhtered Serbs by Croatian Nazis, during ww2?
@@ВаљевојеЗапСрбија 700 000? Malo vi pritjerujete sa tim brojkama...
@@ВаљевојеЗапСрбија molim? Tolko nisu ni nuklearke ubile japanca. Aj ne seri
More like 7 billion, right? Please give us some more of that Serv lying mitomania
Very good summary, I find it unfortunate that it didn't end on a happier note as Croatia recovered after 90s wars, became a popular tourist destination and joined EU and NATO in the previous decade.
Love my Croatian brothers, from Bosnia 🇧🇦❤🇭🇷
tnx stari
We can agree that we hate serbia
@@maxzban1227 mrzimo i mi vas 😁
@@damjansicva tako ide
@@maxzban1227 No we dont, just ustase and radical bosniaks hate serbia. Stop the hate, dont call us brothers if you hate serbia.
You nailed everything.
As a non-slav, it's really impressive of you talk so clearly about Croatia's history.
Greetings from Karlovac, Croatia.
@@heart8969 exactly!
@@heart8969 Only 8% of today Croats speak genuine Croatian dialect.... Majority of Croats today 80%, speak Serbian dialect (stokavica), which tell enough of mixed origin od modern Croats ;) lol
@@nekoime8872 pričaš sa Hrvatom prijatelju, nepotrebno je objašnjavati.
@@nekoime8872 yes, and 99% of serbs in serbia speak albanian dialect
@@markopervan7673 lol just Croatian state of mind
When I was a young child watching the World Cup, I would always cheer for Yugoslavia, I never knew why. Something about the comraderie was even noticable to a young kid. I remember having my grandmother explain why they didn't have a team anymore, and switching my favourite to Croatia 😌 My stepdad bought me a Croatian jersey for my 10th birthday
It's a shame we lost to France in the world cup final. We'll never get that close to victory ever again...
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
F in the chat for Yugoslavia boys
@@Pollicina_db you guys won third place this year, the gold will come soon i hope!!
There was no comraderie.Just strong forces keeping the nazis at bay.
Thank you so much for making this video. My father was born in Privlaka back in the 50’s and left home when he was 15 to find work to support his family. Eventually he made his way to the US where he decided to settle and start a family. I was fortunate that in addition to my dad always telling us stories of his home we also lived near a large Croatian community that was primarily made up of recent immigrants to the US. Sadly I was never really able to visit as a child due to the war, but some day I will make my way there to finally meet my cousins who still live there in person instead of on skype. Until then I love learning about the countries history, culture and people.
Which Privlaka,the one in Dalmatia,or the one in Slavonia??
Most interesting part about Croatia to me is that one of the mayors (Milan Bandić) was in office for 21 years and still is
Ill give you hint as a Croat: bandic created a whole network of people who are voting for him in order to keep his jobs, often invented for the sake of that same mutual "benefit". In reality, this is a great burden and drain for the capital (Zagreb) itself and this is why we cannot move on. Honest citizens of Croatia are struggling to remove it but in such small country it's easy to "choke" vital reforms. It's not just Bandic, there are many "local sheriffs" as we call them, people who are stallling everything in order to keep their own position untouched and unquestioned. We have very low rate of violent crimes on streets - but bribery, nepotism and corruption are still strong, inherited from years of socialism.
@@2Epsionicwizard bruh ever considered starting a political campaign
@Robert Đuraš lmao have you noticed that every time he holds a press confernce, or something like that, his voice changes
@Robert Đuraš Yup
@@domagojmilanovic152 he has throat cancer
It's a nice detail that Croatian soldiers wear red berrets in your representation of Operation Storm like the 4th guard brigade.
Did you see the Oluja this year?
Operation Storm was a biggest ethnic cleansing in the soil of Europe after ww2.
@@ВаљевојеЗапСрбија ok if you like to think like that
@@grse.official3272 well how you call the displacement of 300 000 people (who lived for centuries in that region), and killing approx 2000 serbian civilians (who stayed) during Operation Storm?
@Gospodin Grše lesgooo
Love Hrvatska from Ukraine!
🇺🇦❤️🇭🇷
Brothers 🇭🇷🇺🇦 Crimea is Ukraine
@@onaj_tamo4425 Crimea is Ukraine just like Afghanistan I slavic
Shut up you people are just Russians whit some cosak people and greec blod and ussr gave Crimea to Ukraine that's why you had it stfu I am on russian side🇭🇷🇷🇺
Hi i'm from croatia
Jane Doe is a great album, respect from Croatia.
I love Croatia🇭🇷❤ Amazing country!!
I am Albanian and I always have felt an attraction to Croatia. Nevertheless, I love whatever this pearl of a place holds. Hope you guys see us as brothers😂
We're all brothers here in the Balkans. Some family stories are, unfortunately, sad, and this one might be the saddest of all.
From Croatia, we admire your tenacity and respect for each other and tradition. Peace!
Well im from Croatia
Croatia is gorgeous. I hope that I can visit Albania someday, too.
@@mateoontl2061 HERE IN THE BALKANS? THE BALKAN IS A MOUNTAIN IN BULGARIA! THE REAL CROATIAN PATRIOT WILL NEVER SAY THAT CROATIA IS ON THE BALKANS! SHAME ON YOU!
Croatia and Albania never Brothers Albanians are turks and Croatians are slavs (although they try to hide it) like Serbs.
Suleyman the Magnificent: Gonna conquer Vienna once and for all
Croats: No, i dont think you will
Its nice to see someone post about our small country and its big history in such a creatige and illustrative way ! Amazing presentation , well done!
In the ottoman time of sucses there was a triangel that was never broken. Triangel of Zagreb, Karlovac and Sisak
Based
But most of Croatia was never really under the Ottomans
Succes*
Triangle*
@@xboxgamerhr most? only around 1/4 remained under hapsburg rule, maybe even less
@@veteran_dino nah Hungary and Croatia were seriously never under the cultural or political influence of the Ottomans
Croatian coast was Venetian and never fell
The triangle of Zagreb Sisak Karlovac never fell
Varaždin and Zagorje were heavily Austrian
Basically Lika and Slavonia only
Croatia has very interesting history indeed. It is a bit similar to the history of Ukraine, whose people were divided for quite a long time
Croatians and Ukrainians were very good friends in my high school
yes, Nazism is the deep characteristic of both Croatia and Ukraine, and being humble to Germanic race.
@@ВаљевојеЗапСрбијаactually croats and ukrainians are both slavs...while serbs are actually turk, sinti&roma, kurd, chechen and arab...jeleaous that they arent slavs
@@ВаљевојеЗапСрбија actually serbs were dominated by turkish, arab, african pashas aswell as by mongols, tatars and avars...so its just logical that serbs have the most asian DNA in entire europe...
Croats and ukrainians are clear slavic
@@ВаљевојеЗапСрбија Hello serb. Zivjela traktordija
Šibenik is the first city in Europe to receive electric lighting and the second in the world 🇭🇷 🌞 ❤️ Jaruga Hydroelectric Power Plant or HPP (N.TESLA efekt alternating current)Jaruga is the second oldest hydroelectric power plant in the world and the first in Europe. It was built under the waterfall Skradinski buk on the river Krka (today within the Krka National Park).
On August 28, 1895, just two days after the first hydroelectric power plant at Niagara Falls, the first Croatian and one of the world's first electric power systems was put into operation: Hydroelectric Power Plant "Krka" - Šibenik
You made electric
We made naft lamps:)
Greatings from Poland!
"Šibenik is the first city in Europe to receive electric lighting powered by >alternating current
Prva hidrocentrala u Evropi napravljena je u Užicu.
@@kima00 ne seri
Well, to be precise, it was the first *Dalmatian* electric power plant, not "Croatian".
Šibenik/Sebenico in those years was one of the main cities of the Dalmatian Kingdom, administrative region of the Austrian Empire.
While the K. of Croatia & Slavonia was a distinct administrative entity of the Hungarian Kingdom.
*Dalmatian* not "Croatian" then, when we talk about history (prior to 1920).
Canadian of Croatian descent here. Love all Suibhne videos but this one was particularly of interest. Very even handed account. Well done.
The only thing that could've been added in the Ottomans part was the Battle of Dubica 1513 and Battle of Sisak 1593, where Croats crushed them, otherwise nice video
Battle of Dubica was actually quite impressive
The Battle of Sisak was mostly fought by Slovene soldiers under the command of the Carniolan noble Andreas von Auersperg. The cloak of the defeated Ottoman commander was even given to the Ljubljana Cathedral.
Also Siget.
Sisak was mostly a Slovene victory but yeah they could name a lot more croatian victories...
@@carantanianfella4035 Slovene soliders? No.Ban Toma Erdody took what little of his Croatian forces he could and rushed to Sisak whic was defended by croatian soliders (may they rest in peace).Our ban attacked the ottomans from behind and pushed the turks into the river because sharpshooters from Karlovac (city in the center of Croatia) took the bridge whic led to turkish camp.Many turks drowned...There were no slovense there, it is not my fault that while we and Poles were saving Europe you where leardning how to swim.
Just to add something. First writing system Croatians used was Glagolithic script, then Latin.
A lot of other Slavic people used it, but Croatians used it longest.
Croatians used special type of glagoljica which is one of the further differences between Croatia and other slavic tribes.
Also, Croatiana used special type of cyrilic (so called bosnian, croatian or western cyrillic) in which very important statute of southern duchy Poljice was written.
Good video overall.
Samo čekam kad ćeš da napišeš da ste izmislili i hrvatskog Srbina koji se od pravog razikuje po tome što ne priča bre nego kaj. a da, prvo ste osvojili univerzum i izmislili mlečni put... tako je sve počelo. Konjušari i ubice...
Croatia has some beautiful coastal towns. I'd love to visit there sometime.
Come to Montenegro, it's cheaper 😂
@@BatkoBrat Love to. My parents went to Yugoslavia back in the 60's.
Bravo Hrvatska! S ljubavlju iz Bugarse :D
Braća po zločinu
@@Rhk973 sta ti znas jado
Vas smo prve sredili u srednjem vijeku. 👍
European History?
Surprise Normans.
It's not such a surprise considering that the Normans were sailors and conquerors, descendants of Vikings
I am from Croatia and I must say you did a splendid job explaining the history of Croatia. Also, as you said it todays situation is complicated. I just wanted to say tnx for all the work you put in here.
I want to thank you for this RUclips video, Suibhne. Since I'm Croatian on my mother's side, this is the first time that I REALLY learned anything about her heritage. As an aside, my father's ancestry is Armenian, but his family escaped what is now the Turkish city of Diyarbakir in 1916.
Go watch Croatian Kings documentaries
@@MrMturko44 Yes, it's a great documentary with a really funny intro and slapping music😂
@JFT from which region does your mother come from?
@@Pollicina_db her family cam from the area around Dubrovnic and Split. Those were the two places that I recall her mentioning.
This is the most complete history I ever seen online. As a fellow historian, I approve of this!
The Croats were actually fierce Habsburgs loyalists, which they displayed in 1848 when they sided with them against the Hungarian revolutionaries. After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand the Croats actually rioted in Serbian neighbourhoods as revenge for the murder. So portraying them as wanting to break off from the empire and being against the ruling Habsburgs is very untrue to history.
The Slovenes were also very loyal to the Crown. The common man and the upper class intelectual held two very different perspectives. The party SLS, which at first valued Austrian rule but was later responsible for the breakup from Austria lost from holding 87% of all mandates to holding just 36% after the first election in the newly established kingdom. When the breakup was explicitly put to the vote in one Slovene region in the 1920 Carinthian plebiscite, the majority voted to join Austria.
My great grandfather, born in 1871 died 1974, alweys talk that austrian rule was golden time for croats and that everything went to hell once austria disolved
Jelačić saved your crown but you only had given us more Hungarian rule over us instead of united Croatian territory under Habsburg crown.
@@sircopperfield7420 yeah but he's essentially right, we were never revolt prone towards Habsurgs or Hungarians. They just kept it decent enough looks like. Knew how much they can push us
only some students/intellectuals wanted to break free. Most just wanted autonomy and hungarisation to end
As a Croat i am glad that you cover pretty much the whole history and not allow yourself to be entangled into details but instead you presented the rough outlines and shapes. Excellent work.
Croatia led a long and bloody fight throughout centuries against all odds to finally win back our independence. We can finally live in peace but not in prosperity. Corruption that rooted itself in politics during and after the independence war is still a huge problem. Nepotism and incompetence are a cancer upon our beautiful state. Hopefully one day we can turn things around.
Amen brate...amen
Tri godine i još ista priča
@@notbanjelacic HDZ-ovska odvratna mašinerija i dalje glasa za stranku koja iza sebe ima desetke milijunskih afera. Glasaju zato što su dobili izmišljeni posao za minimalac gdje ne rade ništa osim uzimaju novac poreznih obveznika. Pogotovo govna iz dijaspore. Ja bi članu obitelji radije polomio noge na dan izbora nego dopustio da glasa za "državotvornu stranku". Metak u koljena je bila privatizacija.
Plaće Hrvatske, cijene Njemačke.
Vodili hrvati dugu i krvavu borbu??? Ha,ha. Za 1000 godina okupacije niste digli nijedan ustanak,niti jednu bitku pa makar da je poraz. Sve dok vas Srbi nisu oslobodili. I eto najvise pominju Jasenovac i da vam hitler napravio zemlju. Eto po cemu se pamti. Cuj vodili dugu borbu ha ha
Pretty interesting. I wish he also spoke about Tito, Partisans and Ustaše more, lol.
It's overall a good video for an outsider and non-specialist trying to parse Balkan history. However you missed one important point yet you were so close: when you discussed how the Hapsburgs made parts of Croatia the Military Frontier. The crucial point is that the Hapsburgs invited Serbs, who were fleeing the Ottomans, to settle there. In exchange for defending the border, they were exempted from feudal obligations to the Croatian nobility and the rule of the Croatian nobles' assembly in Zagreb (the Sabor), which obviously, didn't like that. This is the root of Croatian-Serbian conflict and the reason why there are Serbs in Croatia (in your video, the fact that there are Serbian majority areas in Croatia just kind of pops out of nowhere in 1991 and doesn't really fit with the rest of your story). Note that the Serbian breakaway state in Croatia in the 90s was called literally - the Republic of the Serbian Frontier.
This Croatian-Serbian mixing caused by Haspburgs and Ottomans did create, as you correctly say, Yugoslav nationalism in Croatia in the 19th century - but it also created an exclusive far right Croatian nationalism that was very hostile to the Serbs as a foreign element, and from which ultimately the fascist Ustaše descend. It's fair to say most of this history would've been fairly different without the Serbian settlement of the Military Frontier by the Hapsburgs. If such an alternate history Croatia and Serbia joined in a different Yugoslavia, in the 1990s they would've probably parted ways peacefully like Czechia and Slovakia did.
I can nitpick many things but it wouldn't be fair to (being from the region, and interested in history, I just know a lot about the subject) but the Serbian settlement of the Military Frontier is one of the most important events in Croatian history - it has shaped the history of Croatia from that point on to today to a very large extent.
Habsburgs did not invited anybody, they just used them. Serbs and Wallachians (romans) came as turkish reserve troops to keep the border but Habsburgs give them some privileges to change the side and regulated them 1630 with "Statuta Valachorum". The ortodox church used the fact that Wallachians were unreligious and make them first ortodox and later "make" them serbs (they lost national identity). Croats called them together: Vlasi (even today), and Wallachians was called: Morlaci.
@@t.r.8386 Well they were invited and yes they were used
They were invited to be used
What about Bosnia though? You'd still have three different ethnic groups there, and I doubt the Serbs would have peacefully allowed their secession from Yugoslavia, or that the newly formed Croatian state would just do nothing about it. You'd still get a Bosnian war.
So true. Almost most important fact
True, that should have been included.
However, it only became a problem due to nationalism and the dismemberment of the Habsburg Empire.
Greetibgs to Croatia from Ukraine! 🇺🇦❤️🇭🇷
@@josiplisica93 Thanks guys, we appreciate your support! Živjela Hrvatska!
@@ijnfrt
Greetings to our Orthodox Russian brothers, today Krim, tomorrow Knin.
Slava Ukrajini! Krim is Ukrainian!
TomislavHR ask people on Krim.
@@Победник What was ethnicity of Crimea before the Russian Empire and the USSR? Ukrainian purely Ukrainian. Genocide means nothing. History tells facts. It is Ukrainian land always has been.
That video was freaking amazing man, thank you for that!
Much love from Macedonia 🇲🇰❤️🇭🇷
Never in my life have I seen a person from another country describe my country so correctly, great job man.
Truly a great video!
He is croatian
I'm happy that zu made this video about Croatia, thank you so much and well done!
Great video brother big love for my Croat brothers from Bosnia ❤
"It's worth pausing here to talk about bosnia, which is a sentence I had never thought I'd have to say out loud" Sir we're already on the ground. Sir please,
@ yes, and both are nofthing compared to Serbian history
@Michael Ellis serbia has history richer that 99% european countries
Lazar Jovanovic and would you elaborate on the topic so we can see your enlightened view as well
@@lazarjovanovic4388 Serbias history is basically acting like a huge dickhead to every other country XD
@@DarkturtleX not all the time but some of the time.
Thank you for such a unique video, Croatia is very interesting. Many history channels keep making videos about the same historical events. I much prefer this over the 12th RUclips video covering D-day or something
I feel somewhat attached to Croatia because my family used to live there when I was very young.
where you from now?
GameWatcher
Right now I’m from Brazil.
@@avelus5984 amazing to hear that ✝✝
I never thought I'd see the day somebody nailed down centuries of conflict. Usually, everyone just say "it's complicated" and leave it at that. But this video got to the heart of it. Great job.
Considering how complex the history of the Balkans is, you did a fantastic job here (and that's coming from a Master's student in Balkan History). There's no way you will have time to go over every major battle, historical figure, or political event in a RUclips video, so you don't have to worry about that. Instead you managed to make something about the Balkans that is incredibly rare: A video that doesn't take sides or show obvious bias. You've earned a sub. If you ever consider going more in-depth and making a Balkan series, I'd be more than happy to help.
Love the detail about stari most and people jumping off of it😂👌
You should do a video on the Norman's, they show up pretty much everywhere in European history for a good couple of century's
Love & respect from Ukraine 🇭🇷❤️🇺🇦
Love Croatia
From Greece
So the question dissolves to "what DIDN'T lead to Balkanization?" And I suppose the answer is "not so much".
Im an American with a lot of Croatian blood running through my veins.
and with a grammar of a croatian lol
miljenko 420 Racism and rudeness...* sigh * I love you internet
Same my family the kuljis came from dalmatian isle of vis.
@@forscienceistokra1549 island of Vis is stunningly beautyful. I hope you go and visit someday,if you havent been there
U are 90% Serb
8:45 "Because, let's face it. You can't have Croatia without Dalmatia"
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My neighbor was in Croatia who was in Yugoslavia in WW2, so I have always loved the history in the region.
Just to make assure of something, Croatia never lost the Croatian-Ottoman war after 1526 until 1553 when we became part of Habsburgs we didnt lose single part of our land
And just to know Stjepan Radić wasnt a leader, but he was greatest politician in world, he had biggest ever funeral in Croatia, 500 000 people came to his funeral, even tho in that time there were only 3 million Croats, and there was only newspaper in that time....
Yes! The pope named Croatia antemurale Christianitatis which means Bulwark of Christendom!
Nisi mogao da izgubis bitku jer tad niste ni postojali kao zemlja ,vec ste bili u sastavu Madjarske a to sto krojite istoriju i upisujete sta hocete to je drugo,jer je nemoguce da kad vas neko pokori i ne postojite kao suverena drzava dok sad pisete istoriju koja je logicki nemoguca
@@tomislav_radic Po tome sto se zvala Kraljevina Hrvatska ne mora da znaci da je imala uticaja u zemlje,jer je njihova administracija delila teritorije na kraljevstva i tako dalje.A sam primer da niste imali uticaja u Austriji kao ni ostala takozvana kraljevstva je da niste uticali u podeli austrijskog carstva na dvojnu monarhiju ,da li zelite da idete u rat ,niti da li ste hteli da udjete u sastav Austrije sa madjarima ,sto bi ,ako ste u personalnoj uniji bilo moguce,i odlucivali o takvim stvarima ,niste imali autonomiju ,kao ni pravo da izadjete iz te unije i da se otcepite vec padom monarhije kada se svi odvojili.
Except all of the land of Bosnia that we lost
@@nikolapasic8174 Aj suti ak ne znas povijest, Mi nismo bili dio Austrije do 1556 ili 7, bili smo u zajednickoj drzavi s Madarskom, ali smo se ponasali kao 2 razlicite drzave zato sto oni nas nisu zauzeli, nasi Plemici su 1104 svojevoljno izabrali njihovog kralja, posto je bio ozenjen s Hrvaticom imao bi odlican uticaj, a i trazili su kralja koji zna vladati, jer su ubili kralja Zvonimira, a njegov sin nije bio sposoban ni za sta. Sto se tice ratova protiv Turske Madari su bili na svojem teritoriju mi na svojem sa svojim vojskama i svojim zapovjednicima, tako da to je nasa povijest svakako, to je povijest naseg naroda, ne pricaj gluposti samo jer su vas izjebali turci
I'm Balkan and I approve of this. Very well done, isn't taking the dumb old "ancient hatreds" approach and is objective without being preachy. Very good synopsis and the best part is that you've captured the complexity of the fault lines of identities as a results of competing empires, churches, languages, and cultural spheres. Very well done.
I've just come home from Split and Milna, Hvar in Croatia. Some of the best coastline in the world. My taxi driver mentioned the Homeland War in 1991 which brought me here. Power to 🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷 🙌🙌🙌
As a Hungarian, I loved this history lesson. Thank you !
Please make a video on the animated history of Korea.
Which one? : )
(Edit:).This comment was a joke only, that's why i put the smile face.
Romanian Székely The animated history of the entire Korean peninsula, starting from ancient times.
@@alexandrub8786 for most of korean history north and south were united until the cold war
8:03
Then the winged hussars arrived!
I paused the video to blast the song 😂
Ah, a men of culture
1593
Lamo
the song started playing in my head when I heard those words in the video haha
Croats, Poles, Czechs, Ukrainians and also Russians are slavic brothers with same history and culture...
Servs are mad bunch of Turks, Roma, Vlahs, Arabs who would like to join our Slavic club but unfortunately they cant, and never will
true
Hi, great video! I just wanted to add that during medieval times three alphabets were in use in Croatia: latin, glagolic and cyrillic. The glagolic alphabet being a kind of croatian variant of cyrillic. It was in use all the way up to The middle 18th century, but the latin alphabet prevailed in the end and cyrillic would continue to be used almost exclusively by the Serbian minority. During Jugoslavija they were both in use as a compromise that saw croatian and serbian united as a common serbocroatian language that was the official language of the state.
The Glagolic alphabet is not a Croatian version of the Cyrillic.Both the Glagolic and Cyrillic alphabets were created by the Bulgarians and are therefore both Bulgarian alphabets
@@vi549 uhm..no
@@vi549 no The Cyril from Byzantine invented the Glagoljice for Slavs. Just like Cyrillic alphabet.
Facts tell us that glagolic was first made for everyone before cyrillic but then only Croatians kept using it until they started to fully use latin... Also if you guys are interested in how these alphabets were made just type on google "The seal of Stroimir" Stroimir was Serbian ruler before Cyril and Methodius's students made cyrilic but his seal has both cross and cyrillic on it althought its older and that seal can shake a lot of things that we learn in our school system.
the glagolic and cyrillick where made from the byzantine phrofets for the croos