No. Rus does not stand for russia. Russia was founded Long after Poland and Czechia. Rus stands for Kievian Rus which is currently non-existing country which was predecessor for Ukraine. Kievian Rus has merged with poland and later, Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth. It has nothing in common with russia.
Besides Kievan principality there were other - like Novgorod that never fell to Polish hands. Although Rus principalities were indeed fractured for a long time - Moscow reunited them and restored the name. The claim that Moscow wasn't Rus principality is nothing but a propaganda piece.
1:26 Fun fact, Emperor of holy Roman empire, Otto 3, planned to give Mieszko 1 his crown and make Poland second empire which would be responsible for eastern europe, but Otto died soon after his visit in poland and his ancessor decided "well, if poland is so mighty and rich, why won't I steal its goods? I can rule whole world" so he atttacked Poland (or wanted to attack it) and this is how Polish-german relationship begins... xD
@@KnowledgeRaiders This fun fact is getting even more funny: there`s this theory that in case of emperor`s death Bolesław The Great was considered by Otto as his second heir after count Ekkehard. After Otto died and soon after Ekkehard was murdered Bolesław was supposed to rule in Aachen which would make him some kind of new version of Charlemagne and in fact he had support of part of German nobility. Unfortunately Henry II was elected as a german king, Otto`s idea died and that`s how almost quarter of century period of wars between Germany and Poland started
Lots of small mistakes and big oversimplifications to fit a narrative but overall good job and the animations are top notch. But you should seriously have at least mentioned the Polish-Bolshevik War. P.S. Jadwiga was a KING, no cap.
It may be incomprehensible to people unfamiliar with Slavic languages, but: Slavic: Ruś -> English: Ruthenia Slavic: Rus -> English: guy from Ruthnia Slavic: Rosja -> English: Russia (shortcut Rus)
And one more interesting thing: Slavic: Białoruś -> English: Belarus Slavic: Biała Ruś-> English: White Ruthnia White in Slavic was meaning north. So Belarus means Northern Ruthenia, not "White Russia" or "Northern Russia"
@@MateuszPieniek ciekawostką jest że nazwa kierunków geograficznych przyporządkowana kolorom to spuścizna po mongolskim panowaniu na tych terenach, to islamski sposób nazywania kierunków a nie słowiański, jednak zostało to utrwalone i do dziś funkcjonuje pod postacią nazw własnych.
That three brothers story is always so weirdly funny to me. So they all went on a family hunting trip, wandered off between like, 600-1200 KM away from one another and just set down roots right there and then See my understanding was that the purpose of a hunting trip was to come back. Preferably with food.
It's only Legend which one have nothing with reality. Especially guys who founded countries. Before Czech was Czechoslovakia which one separate on two different countries. Czech and Slovakia.
@@patrykstarfish274 No. Czechoslovakia was founded in 1918. Before it was part of The Austro-Hungarian Empire, and before it was Czechia. Slovakia didn't exist before 1993. Those lands belonged to Poland and Hungary.
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@Antares 2335 You're right. There is another interesting fact. Rus created Kiev-country witch was pronounced "RUŚ". In 20th century "Ruś" people created other name for their nation in order to separate from russia because they are not russians(they are rus). They created Ukraine(At the begginign it was Ukraine-ruś after some time only Ukraine was left). Everybody make that mistake.
1. Winged hussars lost their position because big costs of horses (it is main reason, gunpowder is second) and it was heavy cavalry 2. Polish peasant had better life than Prussian or Russian, there is no doubts in it (they had more rights) 3. Cossacks weren't opressed, they had many rights in the Kingdom It is a part of mistakes which I saw in video
There is no mentioned important Polish-Soviet war in 1919-1921, same with saving Vienna This video isn't very accurate in my opinion because there is some very important things not mentioned and some others are said on a border with mistake
@@KnowledgeRaiders It is true Poland was backward country before partition, but it was due to being postapocalyptin wasteland. Wars in XVII century obliterated Poland and moved it back to medieval economy. Deluge killed like 25% of Poland inhabitants, than later great northern war did the same. The population from before Deluge was restored in XIX century!
Two fun facts: After the battle of Grunwald the Pope cursed whole Poland, and to this day every Christian church and everything about it doesn't matter, which makes everyone unable to go to heaven in Poland. Also Poland's current anthem is trash, as we had a 3x better anthem many years ago that had a lot of lyrics based off how much Poland had to fight for independance. Its named ,,Rota", and it is Infuriating becouse it would be better as an Anthem, but it has a one line saying something like: ,,Germans wont spit in our faces, neither germanize our children". Thank you for reading this
not bad not bad, but you could make it better like telling about polish soviet war, poles saving vienna, about uprisings, polish hungarian friendship, poles taking moscow. You know , beacuse you make us seem like drudge of europe and it wasnt like that every time. (sorry for bad english).
Thank you so much! Yes, we did leave out a lot of other incidents in history. It's difficult to explain every single incident of a country in one short video, there are entire university curriculums on Polish History. At the end of the day, we wanted to explain why Poland was taking its hyper-vigilant stance about Ukraine/Russia and had to pick and choose relevant events in history.
In WW2 Poland did not disappear from the maps, it was occupied and there Polish authorities was in exile.There are a lot of understatements and the presentation of the story is not entirely reliable
@@adamwestside151 Speaking of WW2, apperently through shared distrust of the Soviet Union, Imperial Japan had supposedly wanted Poland to join the Axis powers and even rejected their declaration of war. Sounds like a thing you'd hope to find many credible sources on, but there aren't many translated from Polish, let alone Japanese
If i could add a little bit: 1919 to 1922 we struggled with red revolution and it was a big deal Lenin and all (it seems you went over it).I know the movie is done and all but its important, soo for future... The rest is so good, i'm amazed how you cramed so much in. Thx a lot and good luck for future
1. There was no Warsaw for Mongolians to conquer in 1241 :) 2. Casimir the Great didn`t unite Poland, his father did - Władysław Łokietek ("The elbow-high") 3. Casimir didn`t donate Silesia to the HRE, he just formally accepted the fact that local dukes (his far cousins from Piast dynasty) accepted King of Czechia (who happened to be also Holy Roman Emperor) as their overlord (which happened in times of Władysław Łokietek). 4. It was Łokietek who allied Lithuanians - Casimir mostly continued his policy in this matter. 5. Successor of Casimir was Hungarian king Louis the Great, he ruled in Poland for 12 years. Who happened to be a nephew of Casimir - his mother was Casimir`s sister), and Jadwiga was daughter of Louis who succeded him on the Polish throne (while her sister - as Louis had no sons - inherited other land of Louis - Hungary and Croatia).
Remember those character intros from the Borderlands games? If countries were characters, Poland's would be something like "How is this guy still alive!?!?" Any better ideas? Seriously asking.
Poland waving NATO article 5 and grinning: this is what what we call 'anti-partitioning insurance' but in seriousness, this video is my favourite till now. All these things that I had learnt about and you putting them into perspective really helped visualize how one event led to the other. It gets tough to understand how a thousand different factors led from the mongol invasion to WW2 but this really helped.
Thank you!!! Really glad you liked it. You're going to LOVE our next-next video on the history of China, specifically the history of Chinese oppression. I personally hand-crafted a dank social credit meme for it!!
Unfortunately Russians not only were enslaved by Mongols, but sadly they accepted their barbaric rules as their own and have never recovered from that mentality. This is why we still have problems with them.
Why didn’t you mention that for like 4 years Władysław III ruled Poland, Lithuania and Hungary? Either way good stuff man! Granted I play a stupid amount of EU4 so that event gets thrown around ALOT
1:00 - Before 966 AD, when the baptism of Poland took place, Poles had their mythology consisting of many gods and goddesses and this mythology was as interesting as Greek or Egyptian mythology. Unfortunately, there is not much information or traces about Slavic mythology.
Holy shit, how does this channel have only 5k subs? These videos are very well made, props to you! (Also, you misspelt Legnica at 4:52, but it's understandable as the Polish language is basically runic)
Great video, great animation. Deserves more attention. However, you should've mentioned something about the Warsaw Uprising. Besides that, one of the best (if not the best) youtube videos talking about the history of Poland.
This is literally my favorite channel. I’ve always loved history videos but they’re always boring but these videos are just perfect. You deserve so many more subscribers
Rus' ended up as Ruthenia which later broke up into Russia, then Ukraine, and Belarus. I am very happy since you mentioned Lechia, very uninformed part of our history which involves people like Princess Wanda, Krakus, and Lestek I from the Chronicles of Greater Poland. One note: Poland after it's invasion of Moscow forced itself as Tsar, and hence Russia was our puppet for around 3 years. During those 3 years, Poland would be around 5,900,000-to-6,500,000 Million Kilometres big, this would make it 15-to-16 biggest Empire in history counting our puppet's land mass into ours as most historians do, especially with the Ottoman Empire which had a lot of puppets. Second note: I am not sure if you mentioned the Wołyń massacre yet as I am not fully done with the video, but if you ever make a video about Poland during WWII alone. You need to mention Wołyń massacre, it was the most brutal massacre against Poles in history, and it was done by Ukrainian nationalists lead by Stephan Bandera.. which many modern Ukrainians still worship as a hero. Ukrainians need to get some knowledge through their thick boned skull because they are dumb, and uneducated since their government is led by Nazis which support Stephan Bandera's national hero status.
Unfortunately, there was only a limited amount of information I could fit in a single 20 minute video attempting to cover the broad strokes of Polish history
Przede wszystkim tak, fajnie by było rozprzestrzenić na cały świat wiedzę o rzezi wołyńskiej, gdzie zginęło 62 tysiące Polaków, ale Stefan Bandera nie odpowiada za tą rzeź, niegdyś siedział w łagrach. Decyzja została podjęta pod jego nieobecność.
May the Allmighty Lord bless you for mentioning the fact, that during WWI Polish soldiers were fighting on both sides, and that was tragedy, that eventually led to rebirth of Poland. Also big respect for attention to actual borders, that Poland have had during each period.
Not really accurate as the Warsaw didn't even exist during the Mongol invasion and the mongols didn't win and a lot of small nitpicks but overall the video is good and funny :D
Genialne wideo!! Widać napracowanie i próbę nie tylko zrozumienia historii, ale również polskiej mentalności. Zostawiam ci subskrybcję i czekam na nowe filmy! P.S Mam nadzieję że nagrasz jeszcze coś o Polsce ^^
Response: Dziękujemy bardzo!!! Cieszymy się, że doceniasz naszą pracę i staramy się zrozumieć historię i mentalność Polski. Bardzo się cieszymy, że dołączyłeś do naszych subskrybentów i obiecujemy, że będziemy nagrywać więcej filmów o Polsce. Jeszcze raz dziękujemy!
Winged Hussars weren't from hungary, they were recruited from among Polish nobility and they were heavy cavalery rather than light cavalery. Also they were created when gunpowder was already present and widely used, the Winged Hussars did not decline becouse they became obsolete, but rather becouse the heavily damaged economy simply wasn't capable of fielding them anymore since they were so darn expensive.
I just finished watching and I swear to god I thought I was watching some multi million subs history channel. U earned new sub bro. + u should mention polish - bolshevik war that happened right after Poland became independent, after WW1. That was a really bloody war. When russians finally menaged to push poles to capital (Warsaw), everyone in country headed there to defend it. Poles succeded and that is known as "Miracle on the Vistula" and Battle of Warsaw. I believe this battle is actually on list of "crucial battles in world history" (stopped bolsheviks plans to expend communism to western europe), u can see this list on google or wikipedia for example!
Overall video was excellent, however I’d like to correct few things. Warsaw was a small village during Mongol invasions and Masovia was never sacked, because then it was a desolate backwater. Silesia was lost in XIV century when in 1296 Polish king Przemysł II was killed and Bohemians invaded claiming the vacant throne for themselves. Later on Casimir the Great accepted the loss to maintain good relations with Luxemburgs in Bohemia which were emperors at the time. Poland actually defeated all the invaders during the Deluge, but it was a Pyrrhic victory. The loss of Smoleńsk and eastern Ukraine was due to the former being returned to Russia as a form of reconciliation and the latter being carved up as a punishment for the Cossacks (Poland was exhausted after decades of war and couldn’t make a better deal). Polish army was still strong during the war of holy league and its problem wasn’t the lack of gunpowder. Polish infantry was equipped with guns. The problem was that the Sejm had to impose taxes and agree on them as well as gathering an army. After the death of king Jan III Sobieski in 1696 it became infeasible. The last error is that actually Duchy of Warsaw won a war against Austria and regained the third partition territory, not just that the Austrian did retreat. The rest of the video was super entertaining and I give it a like!
Nice video for foreigners perhaps, who doesn't need in-depth analysys of polish history, but too much facts are turned around like winged hussars being light cavarly, completely overlooked polish-soviet war and other conflicts, explanation why nobles were so powerful or at least mentioning elective monarchy and nihil novi. Still, upvote for honest work.
One of the best knowledge channels out there. This channel will thrive once find topics that would better cater to English speaking audiences which I believe this channel will do in due time.
Poland's history is by no means exceptional. Look at any country in Cenral Europe and you will see that they have all disappeared at some point and often for far longer periods of time than Poland. Croatia? Check. Serbia? Check.Bulgaria? Check. Albania? Check. Hungary? Check. Czechia? Hehe check. Not to mention all the nations that did not have a statehood up until 20th century but as ethnic minority they have survived to this day. And many of those have been discriminated agins by the same poor Polish, most notably Ukrainians, Belarussians, Latvians and Estonians. So if the Polish are notable for anything it's because it's one of the very few nations that have been both a colonizer an a colony.
Rus didn't end up as Russia, Kievan Rus was Rus, Rus was not Russia, it was a kingdom long before Russia and Muscovit'es where where Russia came from (small backwater town at time of RUS), Russia claimed name Russia to steal Rus history for itself.
You're absolutely right. Kievan Rus was a medieval state that existed in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century. It was a powerful and culturally rich state that played a significant role in the development of Eastern Europe. The name Rus was derived from the Varangian tribes that settled in the region and formed the ruling class of Kievan Rus. Later on, the name Russia was adopted by the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which eventually became the Russian Empire. The claim that Russia stole the name Rus to appropriate its history is a contentious issue, but it's clear that the two are distinct entities with their own unique histories. Thanks for bringing this up!
The problem with nuclear weapons, is that they stop countries like Russia and Germany and France fighting each other again and that goes against the principles of what Europe stands for.
No, the winged hussars were not light cavalry, that's completely wrong. And you ahve completely skipped over the political causes of the partitions. Not even mentioning that this is a result of democracy
There's only so much information I could fit in a short video. The distinction between "Heavy" and "Light" cavalry is hazy in the grey areas. The Winged Hussar had its beginnings as light cavalry and then added more armor as time went on.
Description of winged hussars very vague and very inaccurate as they were a whole sorta social/political class highly made up of Polish Noblemen. I guess it is a short video however and really good nevertheless. Nice watch :)
@@KnowledgeRaiders We know, but you just missed the most important part. Without this war, there would be no Poland after the First World War, and perhaps no Germany either, because the Bolsheviks would pass through Warsaw and reach Berlin.
I've stumbled today onto this video and really enjoyed Your material - You've got really energetic and awesome narration! 😉 Leaving a subscription and like, gonna see more of Your content ☺️ Cheers from Poland, lad! 😁 P.S.: haven't shuffled through comment section, but gotta give You one protip about polish pronounciation. And it's all because of Mieszko! 😂 You read 'SZ' as 'SH'. Here's a proper example to anyone's understanding: szit! 😎 Take care out there! 🤟
Hey, Grensid. Thank you so much for your kind words!!!! Narrator David Bradford here, really appreciate it. Ah, yes, my pronunciation was definitely lacking. I tried to google the proper pronunciations, but I'm afraid my tongue just doesn't work like that :) Glad to have you onboard, check out our other videos!!
@@KnowledgeRaiders ahoy! At this point I've been through most of Your content and I'm enjoying it a lot and will be obviously going for more 😉 By the way, David, straight out of curiosity are You dabbling in some voice acting? I'd definitely see... No, wait... I'd definitely HEAR You as an voice actor! Top notch performance, mate! ❤️ Cheers! ☮️
@0:28 Rus and Russia are two totally different things. The legend does not refer to the creation of Russia. To this day, despite centuries of intents Russification, Rus and Russian are totally different languages. Russians, without learning it, can't understand Rus language. Principality of Muscovy, deliberately created for itself a new name sounding very closely to Rus, so it could claim it historic heritage. The legend refers to Rus, the territories of today's Belarus and Ukraine, only. Rus language is so very closed to the Polish language that as a rule, it is not necessary to study Polish or Rus in order to understand each other. Russia was created in the middle of XVI century. .
Ой ну и нахрюкал ты, Ситуация примерно такая же с королевством Германия и современной Германией, Русь это вообще сложный термин для понимания на английском, на русском всё просто, Русь это страна, край, место, и в тоже время, живущие там люди
Poland was never know as Lechia. The legent is very recent, and was used by polish nobility (around XVII century) to make themselfes more.. noble I guess? The whole idea of Lechia is fake. It was always Poland and the Polanie tribe uniting other slavic tribes.
CORRECTION someone else's war? NOT somebody else's war? Learn the difference in meaning better some'one' and some'body' The emphasis is on ""One"" Write an essay on the importance - significance and meaning of the word " One ' My youngest students age 8 successfully completed this essay - Something you would not be capable;e of doing - as they are academically more advanced than you. Begin your essay with the line One is the Cardinal number Undertake an extensive reading program to educate yourself and it will improve your knowledge of the English language and increase your vocabulary. Read books by accomplished authors. Also visit the nearest cemetery and count the number of 'bodies' there. Take note of what is written on the gravestone and pay attention to HOW it is written - Then compare what you see with your commercial instruments. Write a reply and explain the connection and what you learned. That is your homework project.
8/10 brakuje tutaj powstań (powstanie Listopadowe i Styczniowe) oraz cudu nad Wisła wraz z odzyskaniem przez Polske niepodległości podczas 1 wojny światowej Ale także Liberum veto (czasami szlachta była przekupywana na korzyść innych państw, a wystarczył nawet jeden przeciw żeby obrady zostały zerwane) i wolna elekcja (szlachta wybiera sobie króla, *po śmierci ostatniego z dynastii Jagiellonów* ) warto też dodać że przez to czasami było bezkrólewie.
I thought this story of three brothers is a myth? There are no actual written documents about this actually happening. It is only a legend like with Romulus and Remus or Atlantis.
i mean video was really cool ngl. The story fo three brothers if ofc fully mythical because Slavs where there since the Roman Empire and story is prolly as old as it gets i really wonder what were the origins of names like Lech and others because Slvas had now writing system like we know today they had runes but no writing i mean Really old languages like arabic or persian and others old mostly middleeastern languages are calling Poland - Lachistan or Lehistan it meant the land of Lords/land of gods. I'm not exaggerating and that is really interesting why it was and still is called like that. I used persian for that example but there are others simillar but meaning is same. And second thing in this video history sound like Poland was under threat of stopping to exist every 100 years which is not true but w/e who want to know will check it anyway i mean more positive history. You should've mention 1920 PL-soviet war in 3-4 sentences when we stopped spread of communism at it start of thinking of expanding
Glad you liked it!!!! Yes, we did leave out a lot of other incidents in history. It's difficult to explain every single incident of a country in one short video, there are entire university curriculums on Polish History. At the end of the day, we wanted to explain why Poland was taking its hyper-vigilant stance about Ukraine/Russia and had to pick and choose relevant events in history.
A lot of small mistakes, like awfully a lot like with the city of Warsaw during Mongol era, or even Moscow being on map on the same period, but from very very high level it's ok.
No. Rus does not stand for russia. Russia was founded Long after Poland and Czechia. Rus stands for Kievian Rus which is currently non-existing country which was predecessor for Ukraine. Kievian Rus has merged with poland and later, Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth. It has nothing in common with russia.
No, Rus does NOT stand for Russia. Russia took its name from Rus, that's the point we were trying to make.
@@KnowledgeRaiders Ok mate, you said that in the part with Lech czech and rus so I thought different.
Yeah, rusia even existed at the same time as rus. (I'm talking about time when rusian predecessor divided from rus)
Besides Kievan principality there were other - like Novgorod that never fell to Polish hands. Although Rus principalities were indeed fractured for a long time - Moscow reunited them and restored the name. The claim that Moscow wasn't Rus principality is nothing but a propaganda piece.
1:26 Fun fact, Emperor of holy Roman empire, Otto 3, planned to give Mieszko 1 his crown and make Poland second empire which would be responsible for eastern europe, but Otto died soon after his visit in poland and his ancessor decided "well, if poland is so mighty and rich, why won't I steal its goods? I can rule whole world" so he atttacked Poland (or wanted to attack it) and this is how Polish-german relationship begins... xD
Oh that's interesting, wish I knew that so I could include it in the video!
Are you talking about Mieszko I?
It was Bolesław the Might, son of Mieszko, who actually met with Otto the III and get crowned by him
@@KnowledgeRaiders This fun fact is getting even more funny: there`s this theory that in case of emperor`s death Bolesław The Great was considered by Otto as his second heir after count Ekkehard. After Otto died and soon after Ekkehard was murdered Bolesław was supposed to rule in Aachen which would make him some kind of new version of Charlemagne and in fact he had support of part of German nobility. Unfortunately Henry II was elected as a german king, Otto`s idea died and that`s how almost quarter of century period of wars between Germany and Poland started
Lots of small mistakes and big oversimplifications to fit a narrative but overall good job and the animations are top notch. But you should seriously have at least mentioned the Polish-Bolshevik War.
P.S. Jadwiga was a KING, no cap.
Thank you! You are indeed a chilldude
Poland is such a beautiful country, but with a history so tragic even the most unfeeling would cry.
Absolutely. Tragic history made very strong people
This just shows you dont know Polish history fully...
@@KnowledgeRaiders the modern poles are very strong at drinking games
My source: im polish
@@SnakeInAShoe same
@@SnakeInAShoe avrage dad be like: party every sunday
I never knew Polish history was so brutal...nice work as always KR!
Thank you so much for your support!!! Wouldn't be here without people like you
It may be incomprehensible to people unfamiliar with Slavic languages, but:
Slavic: Ruś -> English: Ruthenia
Slavic: Rus -> English: guy from Ruthnia
Slavic: Rosja -> English: Russia (shortcut Rus)
And one more interesting thing:
Slavic: Białoruś -> English: Belarus
Slavic: Biała Ruś-> English: White Ruthnia
White in Slavic was meaning north.
So Belarus means Northern Ruthenia, not "White Russia" or "Northern Russia"
@@MateuszPieniek ciekawostką jest że nazwa kierunków geograficznych przyporządkowana kolorom to spuścizna po mongolskim panowaniu na tych terenach, to islamski sposób nazywania kierunków a nie słowiański, jednak zostało to utrwalone i do dziś funkcjonuje pod postacią nazw własnych.
fun fact you haven't mentioned: Queen Jadwiga was actually KING Jadwiga before she became Queen.
That three brothers story is always so weirdly funny to me.
So they all went on a family hunting trip, wandered off between like, 600-1200 KM away from one another and just set down roots right there and then
See my understanding was that the purpose of a hunting trip was to come back. Preferably with food.
OMG I totally would have made a joke out of that if I thought of that earlier
Well, this is just a tale xD Like other slavic myths like Baba Yaga, Witches, or Basilisk. But still it is funny xD
It's only Legend which one have nothing with reality.
Especially guys who founded countries.
Before Czech was Czechoslovakia which one separate on two different countries.
Czech and Slovakia.
@@patrykstarfish274 No. Czechoslovakia was founded in 1918. Before it was part of The Austro-Hungarian Empire, and before it was Czechia. Slovakia didn't exist before 1993. Those lands belonged to Poland and Hungary.
@Antares 2335 You're right. There is another interesting fact. Rus created Kiev-country witch was pronounced "RUŚ". In 20th century "Ruś" people created other name for their nation in order to separate from russia because they are not russians(they are rus). They created Ukraine(At the begginign it was Ukraine-ruś after some time only Ukraine was left). Everybody make that mistake.
It never ceases to amaze me how old and how young Poland is at the same time.
Yes, there are several different definitions of "Poland" throughout the years
It's in a paradox
@@tokonibia Short answer: a reincarnation.
1. Winged hussars lost their position because big costs of horses (it is main reason, gunpowder is second) and it was heavy cavalry
2. Polish peasant had better life than Prussian or Russian, there is no doubts in it (they had more rights)
3. Cossacks weren't opressed, they had many rights in the Kingdom
It is a part of mistakes which I saw in video
There is no mentioned important Polish-Soviet war in 1919-1921, same with saving Vienna
This video isn't very accurate in my opinion because there is some very important things not mentioned and some others are said on a border with mistake
Thank you for your feedback!! We tried the best we could, but definitely aren't perfect.
@@KnowledgeRaiders It is impossible to be perfect
Your way of presenting information is very nice to hear (very big advantage of your channel)
@@KnowledgeRaiders It is true Poland was backward country before partition, but it was due to being postapocalyptin wasteland. Wars in XVII century obliterated Poland and moved it back to medieval economy. Deluge killed like 25% of Poland inhabitants, than later great northern war did the same. The population from before Deluge was restored in XIX century!
Two fun facts:
After the battle of Grunwald the Pope cursed whole Poland, and to this day every Christian church and everything about it doesn't matter, which makes everyone unable to go to heaven in Poland.
Also Poland's current anthem is trash, as we had a 3x better anthem many years ago that had a lot of lyrics based off how much Poland had to fight for independance. Its named ,,Rota", and it is
Infuriating becouse it would be better as an Anthem, but it has a one line saying something like: ,,Germans wont spit in our faces, neither germanize our children".
Thank you for reading this
Also
Historical Anthem of the Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth - You Tube
NIE BĘDZIE NIEMIEC PLUŁ NA W TWARZ
not bad not bad, but you could make it better like telling about polish soviet war, poles saving vienna, about uprisings, polish hungarian friendship, poles taking moscow. You know , beacuse you make us seem like drudge of europe and it wasnt like that every time. (sorry for bad english).
Thank you so much! Yes, we did leave out a lot of other incidents in history. It's difficult to explain every single incident of a country in one short video, there are entire university curriculums on Polish History.
At the end of the day, we wanted to explain why Poland was taking its hyper-vigilant stance about Ukraine/Russia and had to pick and choose relevant events in history.
In WW2 Poland did not disappear from the maps, it was occupied and there Polish authorities was in exile.There are a lot of understatements and the presentation of the story is not entirely reliable
We were selective about the events we included in the video to provide context for Poland's position on Ukraine/Russia
@@KnowledgeRaiders Ok
@@adamwestside151 Speaking of WW2, apperently through shared distrust of the Soviet Union, Imperial Japan had supposedly wanted Poland to join the Axis powers and even rejected their declaration of war. Sounds like a thing you'd hope to find many credible sources on, but there aren't many translated from Polish, let alone Japanese
If i could add a little bit: 1919 to 1922 we struggled with red revolution and it was a big deal Lenin and all (it seems you went over it).I know the movie is done and all but its important, soo for future... The rest is so good, i'm amazed how you cramed so much in. Thx a lot and good luck for future
Thank you so much, Andrzej!!! Glad for your feedback, and gladder yet to have you as a viewer :)
This is such a great video! Keep making more of these!!! 😀
Thank you so much!!!! Glad to have you, Dominik!
Poland really said : I ain't going to let this slide
1. There was no Warsaw for Mongolians to conquer in 1241 :)
2. Casimir the Great didn`t unite Poland, his father did - Władysław Łokietek ("The elbow-high")
3. Casimir didn`t donate Silesia to the HRE, he just formally accepted the fact that local dukes (his far cousins from Piast dynasty) accepted King of Czechia (who happened to be also Holy Roman Emperor) as their overlord (which happened in times of Władysław Łokietek).
4. It was Łokietek who allied Lithuanians - Casimir mostly continued his policy in this matter.
5. Successor of Casimir was Hungarian king Louis the Great, he ruled in Poland for 12 years. Who happened to be a nephew of Casimir - his mother was Casimir`s sister), and Jadwiga was daughter of Louis who succeded him on the Polish throne (while her sister - as Louis had no sons - inherited other land of Louis - Hungary and Croatia).
Remember those character intros from the Borderlands games? If countries were characters, Poland's would be something like "How is this guy still alive!?!?"
Any better ideas? Seriously asking.
Poland waving NATO article 5 and grinning: this is what what we call 'anti-partitioning insurance'
but in seriousness, this video is my favourite till now. All these things that I had learnt about and you putting them into perspective really helped visualize how one event led to the other. It gets tough to understand how a thousand different factors led from the mongol invasion to WW2 but this really helped.
Thank you!!! Really glad you liked it. You're going to LOVE our next-next video on the history of China, specifically the history of Chinese oppression. I personally hand-crafted a dank social credit meme for it!!
Unfortunately Russians not only were enslaved by Mongols, but sadly they accepted their barbaric rules as their own and have never recovered from that mentality. This is why we still have problems with them.
Why didn’t you mention that for like 4 years Władysław III ruled Poland, Lithuania and Hungary?
Either way good stuff man!
Granted I play a stupid amount of EU4 so that event gets thrown around ALOT
uhhhh I'm really not sure, I wrote the script a long time ago and don't remember it in my research. Oops!
Zgadza sie wladal ale potem zginal pod warna 1444 roku
And Croatia.
1:00 - Before 966 AD, when the baptism of Poland took place, Poles had their mythology consisting of many gods and goddesses and this mythology was as interesting as Greek or Egyptian mythology. Unfortunately, there is not much information or traces about Slavic mythology.
Fortunately there is a lot and much of it is free on line.
Unfortunately the lazy like to show off how little education they have.
Are you lazy ?
Damn i'm from Poland.
And our history could be a great storyline for a game
Holy shit, how does this channel have only 5k subs? These videos are very well made, props to you!
(Also, you misspelt Legnica at 4:52, but it's understandable as the Polish language is basically runic)
Great video, great animation. Deserves more attention. However, you should've mentioned something about the Warsaw Uprising. Besides that, one of the best (if not the best) youtube videos talking about the history of Poland.
This is literally my favorite channel. I’ve always loved history videos but they’re always boring but these videos are just perfect. You deserve so many more subscribers
Hey, thanks a lot!!! That's exactly what we're trying to do, explain history like I would to a friend that hates history. Hope to see you again!
Rus' ended up as Ruthenia which later broke up into Russia, then Ukraine, and Belarus. I am very happy since you mentioned Lechia, very uninformed part of our history which involves people like Princess Wanda, Krakus, and Lestek I from the Chronicles of Greater Poland.
One note: Poland after it's invasion of Moscow forced itself as Tsar, and hence Russia was our puppet for around 3 years. During those 3 years, Poland would be around 5,900,000-to-6,500,000 Million Kilometres big, this would make it 15-to-16 biggest Empire in history counting our puppet's land mass into ours as most historians do, especially with the Ottoman Empire which had a lot of puppets.
Second note: I am not sure if you mentioned the Wołyń massacre yet as I am not fully done with the video, but if you ever make a video about Poland during WWII alone. You need to mention Wołyń massacre, it was the most brutal massacre against Poles in history, and it was done by Ukrainian nationalists lead by Stephan Bandera.. which many modern Ukrainians still worship as a hero. Ukrainians need to get some knowledge through their thick boned skull because they are dumb, and uneducated since their government is led by Nazis which support Stephan Bandera's national hero status.
Unfortunately, there was only a limited amount of information I could fit in a single 20 minute video attempting to cover the broad strokes of Polish history
Przede wszystkim tak, fajnie by było rozprzestrzenić na cały świat wiedzę o rzezi wołyńskiej, gdzie zginęło 62 tysiące Polaków, ale Stefan Bandera nie odpowiada za tą rzeź, niegdyś siedział w łagrach. Decyzja została podjęta pod jego nieobecność.
6:07 well it wasn't Cassimir that united Poland it was his father Wladyslaw but still cool video
you know how people work: They see video on their country, they watch it. I'm one of them.
May the Allmighty Lord bless you for mentioning the fact, that during WWI Polish soldiers were fighting on both sides, and that was tragedy, that eventually led to rebirth of Poland.
Also big respect for attention to actual borders, that Poland have had during each period.
Thank you so much for your kind words!! Yes, we wanted to be fair to the beautiful and tenacious history of Poland and what it had to go through
Not really accurate as the Warsaw didn't even exist during the Mongol invasion and the mongols didn't win and a lot of small nitpicks but overall the video is good and funny :D
Glad you liked it!!! Hope to see you in more of our videos :)
Neither did Moscow as well.
Genialne wideo!!
Widać napracowanie i próbę nie tylko zrozumienia historii, ale również polskiej mentalności. Zostawiam ci subskrybcję i czekam na nowe filmy!
P.S Mam nadzieję że nagrasz jeszcze coś o Polsce ^^
Response: Dziękujemy bardzo!!! Cieszymy się, że doceniasz naszą pracę i staramy się zrozumieć historię i mentalność Polski. Bardzo się cieszymy, że dołączyłeś do naszych subskrybentów i obiecujemy, że będziemy nagrywać więcej filmów o Polsce. Jeszcze raz dziękujemy!
Finally somebody who knows about polish history
sadly he forgot about 1920 polish bolszewik war and how poland saved europa from communism
Keep making videos man, these are great 👍
Thank you!!! Feel free to browse our extended catalogue of videos :) We have like 18
Jadwiga byla królem
Thanks for the support!
BROO THIS VIDEO IS SO GOOD, why are you having so low views? I can't understand it, you are doing amazing job
Winged Hussars weren't from hungary, they were recruited from among Polish nobility and they were heavy cavalery rather than light cavalery. Also they were created when gunpowder was already present and widely used, the Winged Hussars did not decline becouse they became obsolete, but rather becouse the heavily damaged economy simply wasn't capable of fielding them anymore since they were so darn expensive.
I just finished watching and I swear to god I thought I was watching some multi million subs history channel. U earned new sub bro. + u should mention polish - bolshevik war that happened right after Poland became independent, after WW1. That was a really bloody war. When russians finally menaged to push poles to capital (Warsaw), everyone in country headed there to defend it. Poles succeded and that is known as "Miracle on the Vistula" and Battle of Warsaw. I believe this battle is actually on list of "crucial battles in world history" (stopped bolsheviks plans to expend communism to western europe), u can see this list on google or wikipedia for example!
Overall video was excellent, however I’d like to correct few things. Warsaw was a small village during Mongol invasions and Masovia was never sacked, because then it was a desolate backwater. Silesia was lost in XIV century when in 1296 Polish king Przemysł II was killed and Bohemians invaded claiming the vacant throne for themselves. Later on Casimir the Great accepted the loss to maintain good relations with Luxemburgs in Bohemia which were emperors at the time. Poland actually defeated all the invaders during the Deluge, but it was a Pyrrhic victory. The loss of Smoleńsk and eastern Ukraine was due to the former being returned to Russia as a form of reconciliation and the latter being carved up as a punishment for the Cossacks (Poland was exhausted after decades of war and couldn’t make a better deal). Polish army was still strong during the war of holy league and its problem wasn’t the lack of gunpowder. Polish infantry was equipped with guns. The problem was that the Sejm had to impose taxes and agree on them as well as gathering an army. After the death of king Jan III Sobieski in 1696 it became infeasible. The last error is that actually Duchy of Warsaw won a war against Austria and regained the third partition territory, not just that the Austrian did retreat. The rest of the video was super entertaining and I give it a like!
16:29 bro skipped polish bolshewik war and ukranian one also
We picked and chose certain events to explain Poland's current stance on Ukraine/Russia
i love when english-language people are making video abaut polish history
Nice video 😊
Greetings from Poland
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Nice video for foreigners perhaps, who doesn't need in-depth analysys of polish history, but too much facts are turned around like winged hussars being light cavarly, completely overlooked polish-soviet war and other conflicts, explanation why nobles were so powerful or at least mentioning elective monarchy and nihil novi.
Still, upvote for honest work.
Where Poland - Soviet war? 1920
We picked and chose certain events to explain Poland's current stance on Ukraine/Russia
What's the name of the guy who talks in your videos? I love it!!
Hey, thank you so much! David Bradford (narrator) here. Really appreciate the support!
Great video you deserve more subscribers
thanks for that introduction to polish history
He's wrong on to many parts, us elders will say it's a uneducated boy posting bullshit he is not familiar with
Where is the war of 1920 Poland vs. Bolshevik Russia ? it's just a question but otherwise great job
Polish history is easy, wodka and pierogi and war. And ofcourse a langauge that makes you cry when learning it.
One of the best knowledge channels out there. This channel will thrive once find topics that would better cater to English speaking audiences which I believe this channel will do in due time.
Poland's history is by no means exceptional. Look at any country in Cenral Europe and you will see that they have all disappeared at some point and often for far longer periods of time than Poland. Croatia? Check. Serbia? Check.Bulgaria? Check. Albania? Check. Hungary? Check. Czechia? Hehe check. Not to mention all the nations that did not have a statehood up until 20th century but as ethnic minority they have survived to this day. And many of those have been discriminated agins by the same poor Polish, most notably Ukrainians, Belarussians, Latvians and Estonians. So if the Polish are notable for anything it's because it's one of the very few nations that have been both a colonizer an a colony.
Rus didn't end up as Russia, Kievan Rus was Rus, Rus was not Russia, it was a kingdom long before Russia and Muscovit'es where where Russia came from (small backwater town at time of RUS), Russia claimed name Russia to steal Rus history for itself.
You're absolutely right. Kievan Rus was a medieval state that existed in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century. It was a powerful and culturally rich state that played a significant role in the development of Eastern Europe. The name Rus was derived from the Varangian tribes that settled in the region and formed the ruling class of Kievan Rus. Later on, the name Russia was adopted by the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which eventually became the Russian Empire. The claim that Russia stole the name Rus to appropriate its history is a contentious issue, but it's clear that the two are distinct entities with their own unique histories. Thanks for bringing this up!
The problem with nuclear weapons, is that they stop countries like Russia and Germany and France fighting each other again and that goes against the principles of what Europe stands for.
Problem? XD This is Amnesty for Europe
the biggest problem for believers = There Are No Nuclear Weapons
If anyone wonder why Poles "do not like" being told what to do in their own country...
Mieszko pronounced as Myeshko not mezeko. Thanks for your film ☺
"Lek" "Czek" itd. XDD i love Your pronunciation of names xD
No, the winged hussars were not light cavalry, that's completely wrong.
And you ahve completely skipped over the political causes of the partitions. Not even mentioning that this is a result of democracy
There's only so much information I could fit in a short video. The distinction between "Heavy" and "Light" cavalry is hazy in the grey areas. The Winged Hussar had its beginnings as light cavalry and then added more armor as time went on.
masz rację
Description of winged hussars very vague and very inaccurate as they were a whole sorta social/political class highly made up of Polish Noblemen. I guess it is a short video however and really good nevertheless. Nice watch :)
My brain crashed when I heard "Casimir III", I've already get used to "Kazimierz"
00:00 just had captions on and yes, my screen DEFINETLY didn't got covered by texts
As always, great video. Please make one about iran
We have it coming up!!! Video on the Gulf War coming in 2 weeks, Iran is a major player there
where 1920 war??????????
It's not possible to fit all of Polish history into a short video, and you need a university degree to really get a handle on it all
@@KnowledgeRaiders We know, but you just missed the most important part. Without this war, there would be no Poland after the First World War, and perhaps no Germany either, because the Bolsheviks would pass through Warsaw and reach Berlin.
Rus was not Russia, it was Ruś Kijowska todays Ukraine
Yes, I'm saying that Russia took its name from Rus
I've stumbled today onto this video and really enjoyed Your material - You've got really energetic and awesome narration! 😉 Leaving a subscription and like, gonna see more of Your content ☺️
Cheers from Poland, lad! 😁
P.S.: haven't shuffled through comment section, but gotta give You one protip about polish pronounciation.
And it's all because of Mieszko! 😂
You read 'SZ' as 'SH'.
Here's a proper example to anyone's understanding: szit! 😎
Take care out there! 🤟
Hey, Grensid. Thank you so much for your kind words!!!! Narrator David Bradford here, really appreciate it. Ah, yes, my pronunciation was definitely lacking. I tried to google the proper pronunciations, but I'm afraid my tongue just doesn't work like that :)
Glad to have you onboard, check out our other videos!!
@@KnowledgeRaiders ahoy!
At this point I've been through most of Your content and I'm enjoying it a lot and will be obviously going for more 😉
By the way, David, straight out of curiosity are You dabbling in some voice acting? I'd definitely see... No, wait... I'd definitely HEAR You as an voice actor! Top notch performance, mate! ❤️
Cheers! ☮️
Haha this is the only voice acting I do! I’m a software engineer for my day job :)
The thumbnail not only sums up the history of Poland, but also today's Polish politics, very smart move
So good video 👊
Thank you!!! Glad you liked it. Maybe share it with your other Polish friends?? Thanks again!
not entirely accurate. poland was united by Władysław Łokietek during the mongol invasions, not Casimir the Great
Lech and czech are actually pronounced leh and czeh in Polish
@0:28 Rus and Russia are two totally different things. The legend does not refer to the creation of Russia. To this day, despite centuries of intents Russification, Rus and Russian are totally different languages. Russians, without learning it, can't understand Rus language. Principality of Muscovy, deliberately created for itself a new name sounding very closely to Rus, so it could claim it historic heritage. The legend refers to Rus, the territories of today's Belarus and Ukraine, only. Rus language is so very closed to the Polish language that as a rule, it is not necessary to study Polish or Rus in order to understand each other. Russia was created in the middle of XVI century.
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Ой ну и нахрюкал ты,
Ситуация примерно такая же с королевством Германия и современной Германией,
Русь это вообще сложный термин для понимания на английском, на русском всё просто,
Русь это страна, край, место, и в тоже время, живущие там люди
@@notfound9816 Good one, LMAO. You are seriously underestimating the mental capability of the people in the West.
Polish history is just starting … ☺️🤘🏻
Absolutely! Poland has a rich and fascinating history and I'm excited to see what the future holds for the country. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
u didnt talked about polish bolshevik war in 1920
We couldn't include every incident in history :( this video is already super long
Poland: I'm still standing
interesting fact: Jadwiga was a king. not a queen, a king
Cool story 👍
bardzo dobre 10/10
The best english history channel
For Romans everything what was in the north was germania doesn't matter what was it
Nice animation and history of my country ty youtube for recomendation :)
Glad you really liked it!!!! Thanks for the support, hope to see you in our other comments soon :)
You should have mentioned the polsih bolshevik war, it was really important
oh damn! awesome video! u got my sub!
thank you for making a video about Poland
Dude this needs more respect and attention
New episode. Nice!
Absolutely!! Thanks for sticking by
Good video, but you forgot about polish-soviet war in 20s ; )
Very good job
Thank you!!! Please browse our extended catalog of videos :) We have like 18 or something
For Mieszko its something like Mieshco
Poland was never know as Lechia. The legent is very recent, and was used by polish nobility (around XVII century) to make themselfes more.. noble I guess? The whole idea of Lechia is fake. It was always Poland and the Polanie tribe uniting other slavic tribes.
1:30 it's Mieszko I or "Myeshko I", not "Myezekko I"
What about Polish-russian war of 1920-1921?
Jezus husaria was HEAVY cavalery. Poland wings husras was THE HEAVY cavalery
Poor poland at least today they regain their country back
im from poland
Welcome!!! Glad to have you :)
Hey, you forgot about polish-soviet war.
This is legend, but there is a grain of truth. E.g; The Turks called us Lechistan.
Lithuanian - Lenkija
Romanian - Lehia
Hungarian - Lengyelorszag
Latin - Lechitarium
Greek - Lechia
Persian - Lehestan
Tatar - Laxtan
Urdi - Lahestan
CORRECTION
someone else's war?
NOT
somebody else's war?
Learn the difference in meaning better some'one' and some'body'
The emphasis is on ""One""
Write an essay on the importance - significance and meaning of the word " One '
My youngest students age 8 successfully completed this essay -
Something you would not be capable;e of doing - as they are academically
more advanced than you.
Begin your essay with the line
One is the Cardinal number
Undertake an extensive reading program to educate yourself and it will improve
your knowledge of the English language and increase your vocabulary.
Read books by accomplished authors.
Also visit the nearest cemetery and count the number of 'bodies' there.
Take note of what is written on the gravestone and pay attention to HOW
it is written - Then compare what you see with your commercial instruments.
Write a reply and explain the connection and what you learned.
That is your homework project.
Crash Course Grammar lesson, appreciate it. I'll make sure it's incorporated for the next-next-next video (I already finished recording the next two)
8/10 brakuje tutaj powstań (powstanie Listopadowe i Styczniowe)
oraz cudu nad Wisła
wraz z odzyskaniem przez Polske niepodległości podczas 1 wojny światowej
Ale także Liberum veto (czasami szlachta była przekupywana na korzyść innych państw, a wystarczył nawet jeden przeciw żeby obrady zostały zerwane)
i wolna elekcja (szlachta wybiera sobie króla, *po śmierci ostatniego z dynastii Jagiellonów* ) warto też dodać że przez to czasami było bezkrólewie.
Nuclear what in the end? Foolishly scaring
I thought this story of three brothers is a myth? There are no actual written documents about this actually happening. It is only a legend like with Romulus and Remus or Atlantis.
Maybe, it is. The word rus, [Rus], is like ruch, [rooh], indicates moving, one who moved on
i mean video was really cool ngl. The story fo three brothers if ofc fully mythical because Slavs where there since the Roman Empire and story is prolly as old as it gets i really wonder what were the origins of names like Lech and others because Slvas had now writing system like we know today they had runes but no writing i mean Really old languages like arabic or persian and others old mostly middleeastern languages are calling Poland - Lachistan or Lehistan it meant the land of Lords/land of gods. I'm not exaggerating and that is really interesting why it was and still is called like that. I used persian for that example but there are others simillar but meaning is same. And second thing in this video history sound like Poland was under threat of stopping to exist every 100 years which is not true but w/e who want to know will check it anyway i mean more positive history. You should've mention 1920 PL-soviet war in 3-4 sentences when we stopped spread of communism at it start of thinking of expanding
Glad you liked it!!!! Yes, we did leave out a lot of other incidents in history. It's difficult to explain every single incident of a country in one short video, there are entire university curriculums on Polish History.
At the end of the day, we wanted to explain why Poland was taking its hyper-vigilant stance about Ukraine/Russia and had to pick and choose relevant events in history.
guy just hide like every good fact
sorry you felt that way!
Why you don't mention 1920 Polish-Bolsevik war?
A lot of small mistakes, like awfully a lot like with the city of Warsaw during Mongol era, or even Moscow being on map on the same period, but from very very high level it's ok.