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1:50 bullshit "cossacks" means all population with free of will, lived on border empire, exactly Khabarov and Yermak borned in border of contemporary Arkhangelsk oblast , lands with russian ethnic majority. cossacks in this contecst was social strata called "Ushkuyniks" free people of 14-15 cen. organaised in "bands"moving by lightweight boats and atacks lokals for loot like vikings in 12 cen.
The author, the Russians came from the territory of modern Sweden and have the right to claim these historical lands, but here is a propagandist freak who deliberately distorts one information, and decided to keep silent about the other completely.
@@jacksparrow2351до прихода царской России, половина сегодняшний территории казахстан был часть территории Узбеков Кокандское Ханства. После падения Кокандское Ханства, власти царской России и Большевики несколько раз нарисовали карту по разному и северо-восточной территории Узбеков (Кокандское Ханства) казахам. До прихода царской России, у казахов не было централизованный государства и не было у них города. казахи жили в голом степи как индейцы. То что сейчас имеют это большевики из части территории Узбеков нарисовали казахам. У нас Узбеков было три свои государства. Кокандское Ханства Бухарский Ханства Хивинское Ханства. Большевики чтобы ослабить Узбеков,из части территории Узбеков нарисовали Таджикистан Киргизстан Туркменистан Казахстан и Узбекам специально оставили маленький территория.
@@IronWarrior86 This is debatable to the extreme. If you go deep enough into the rabbit hole, you'll see that Europe is considered a continent for historical and cultural reasons. Geographically and geologically, it's just a giant peninsula of Asia. That's cause they're both sometimes called Eurasia.
@@MrVeryfrost Research hidden history of Tartaria and you undersand why Russia started from California to Asia. So much rewritten history and even here they don't say how it is.
Ahh alaska you know many russians regret selling it not only because of the recources but also because it was once russian land. The tsarist administration knew about them but didnt had the funds to extract transport then or protect the territory at the time.
Lots of important details are lost in that video. 1) Yermak didn't just decide to "go and conquer Siberian Khanate" - the Siberian Khanate, despite officially being vassal, made regular raids on russian territory near Urals, which of course enraged local nobility and merchants. As the result, wealthy merchant family of Stroganovs hired Yermak to stop those raids once and for all. 2) Natives in Siberia never were "one monolith faction" - each tribe is completely different group with its own culture and heritage. And they very commonly fought against each other. As the result, one tribes fought against russians, while others deliberately were subjugated by russians - for example, chukchi were hated by all of their neighbouring tribes, because chukchi were actually akin to bloodthirsty vikings, constantly pillaging and brutally murdering everyone around them (and also were the strongest player in the region before russians appeared there), and when russians appeared near Chukotka region, lots of tribes there asked to be subjugated in response for protection from chukchis. 3) Siberain cossacks worked in separate groups with quite big amount of freedom in actions - as the result actions of many such groups heavily depended on people in there. Some acted like literally bandits, just raiding and pillaging natives; another ones protected the natives, taught them some tech (for example russians taught many natives the agriculture), and etc. - think of this akin to Wild West, but in 17th century and in Siberia.
"the Siberian Khanate.... made regular raids on russian territory near Urals..." This is myth. On the contrary, russians made raids into Siberian territory.
@@toktarsamykenov1697 No, that is not a myth. Raids can be done only by people, who do not work on the land - because agriculture takes too much time and efforts from you, and raiders must be very mobile (that is also why raiders always require big amount of horses or ships - so vehicles that allows them to quickly appear, pillage, and go away after). Russia was majorly peasant, while Tyumen Khanate and Siberian Khanate had much less peasants and much more hunters and cattlemen, who are exactly ready mobile units - that is because the climate in Siberian Khanate was much more harsh and thus much less suitable for agriculture (consequently, significantly less peasants). The only units in Russian Tsarsdom, who could have been doing regular raids, were either ukshuyniki (river pirares - but there are no rivers that flow through Ural mountains from European Russia to Western Siberia) or cossacks, who mostly lived closer to the steppes and thus in many aspects of everyday life lived same way as steppe nomads - but, once again, amount of cossacks near Ural mountains was significantly less than respective amount of raiders in Siberian Khanate. To sum up: yes, there indeed were regular raiders from Siberian Khanate, that attacked land of Russian Tsarsdom, and no, Russian Tsarsdom didn't regular raids on Siberian Khanate.
The Battle of Chuvash Cape was a turning point in military history. Because of it, gunpowder weaponry put an end to 2,000 years of dominance of nomadic cavalry armies in this region. As bow and spear equipped light horsemen were no match for muskets and cannons.
I heard this is false: The Tatars DID have firearms. However, their equipment and fortifications were in extremely poor state, and the Siberians were not combat trained, hence, they melted away at the Cossack assault.
@@Wasserkaktus Tatars and other Turks were too heavily reliant on Horse archery and were proud of their Successful military traditions that they didnt want to change/adapt to newer tactics and equipment. Though they had access to firearms via trade but not used in a large military capacity or tactical strategy. Plus they couldnt manufacture them on their own and hence had limited expertise on how to effectively use them.
@@muhammadadeel8639 Yeah but this battle saw the Cossacks get mostly ambushed by Tartar hunters with firearms. You're right in that it was largely ineffective, and once the Siberians' leader in this battle was killed, the resistance to the Cossacks melted away.
U write truth about 50%, other 50% was betreyed by muslim mankurts from Amir Temir whose attack Golden Horde and killed a lot of citizens. After this heavily deadly war Golden Horde collapse into several little Hordes: Kazan, Astrakhan, Kyrym (crimea), Nogai, Sibiria horde. Then European gave a technology and zero percent loans for Moscow.
@@annehersey9895 It geographically falls in Asia, but is culturally and politically considered European, since it is a part of Russia. The Rus come from Europe.
In 17th century Russia didn’t meet Chinese army on “Chinese border”, they met Dzungar Mongols from Dzungars Khanate and other Mongol tribes so they cannot go south.
Cossacks certainly met Machurians on the Amur river banks, they even had clashes and later Nerchin agreements. And in that times Manchurians were ruling China. Don't lie or misinform people.
All the rubbish you people come up with because of the current war. None of you used to call Kiev as Kyiv. but now you all do because you are told to call it as such. And Kievan Rus started in Novgorod, not in Kiev. They conquered Kiev and made it the capital. The people who started the Rus have nothing to do with ukros
@@one.girl...1If later on Delhi had been the capital of the British Empire ruled by Indian monarchs for a couple of centuries, I am not sure what being a British would have meant.
1) Siberian Khan's name was Kuchum (ch like in chivalry), not Kukum. 2) Yermak was hired as a mercenary by Ural's oligarchs the Stroganovs to end Tatar raids to their territory. 3) Chukotka was never conquered during czarist times, as it was too expensive to keep fighting there, and it wouldn't give enough profit to to cover war expenses, so the czars just gave up on it. It only became proper Russian territory after the 1917 revolution.
That last statement is incorrect. While it did take quite a bit of time for Russia to incorporate the territory into Russia proper, it was formally incorporated into the Russian Empire in 1863; With Russian influence in the region beginning in the late 17th century and steadily growing and cementing itself until its incorporation.
The Demidovs weren’t oligarchs, they were entrepreneurs and manufacturers. The House of Demidov (Russian: Демидовы) also Demidoff, was a prominent Russian noble family during the 18th and 19th centuries. Originating in the city of Tula in the 17th century, the Demidovs found success through metal products, and were entered into the European nobility by Peter the Great. Their descendants became among the most influential merchants and earliest industrialists in the Russian Empire, and at their peak were predicted to be the second-richest family in Russia, behind only the Russian Imperial Family. The Demidov family lost its fortune after the February Revolution of 1917, but continues to exist under the rendering Demidoff.
Geographically Siberia is Asian, albeit the Russians have culturally modernized it to the extent that its Far East part sea- bordering Japan has now got a European cultural spirit. Russians modernized the wilderness lands they went to, British impoverished them, look at India, Bangladesh and Pakistan after 300 years under the Brits. Modern Central Asia had undoubtedly been modernized by Russia. Look at a rural bus stop in Uzbekistan made of concrete in 1950s and then take yourself to Afghanistan to see the difference.
As a resident of Siberia, I will tell you that Russia has not particularly modernized Siberia and the Far East. In reality, there is basically one devastation, the people are getting poorer, drunk and shrinking. If you do not believe me, try to visit these places and you will be convinced of my words.
@@zhals2296 that is true for some groups of Asian ethnicity living in Siberia, for example Kazaks (Kazakhs) in Altai villages or Yakutians in the Far East. These ethnicities do have genetic susceptibility to alcohol just like American Indians. I can tell by your nickname that you might have seen Siberian Kazakhs.
@@Intourist. The indigenous peoples of Siberia, on the contrary, have an intolerance to alcohol. From this follows the so-called predisposition To alcohol. Before the arrival of Russians, indigenous peoples did not drink alcohol in such quantities as they do now. The soldering of indigenous peoples is one of the tools of the Russian state to suppress the consciousness of indigenous peoples. As for the Kazakhs , they are not indigenous to the territory of Siberia, but only live in the south of the Altai Republic in connection with historical events. I am a representative of the indigenous Siberian people of the Buryats.
@@zhals2296 Buryats are respected by Russian state and are treated equally. Datsan Gunzechoinei, the largest Buddhist temple in of the Russian North-West had been erected close to downtown St Petersburg in 1909 and is presently the centre of attraction as a Buryat culture spot in the city. Dorzhiev, a Buryatian activist had spearheaded the works, the building having been designed by a Russian architect Gavriil Baranovski. Russians have tended not to suppress the almost 200 ethnicities inhabiting the country, but have gradually incorporated them into Russian life on an equal basis. Alcohol is available in Buryatia just as has been in St Petersburg or Moscow, I don't believe in conspiracies related to it. I have seen the contrary, in some regions alcohol is subject to greater tax than in Slavic regions, for example in the republic of Tatarstan. On the other hand, I recognise that the West while seeking to partition Russia through Siberia is likely to spread such conspiracy theories through its NGOs across Siberia.
I'm coming from Russia myself and I swear I've learned more about history from RUclips videos than in my entire 11 years of school. Fun fact, when someone asks where we are coming from in Russia, we Siberians often just say "I'm from Siberia". Because if we were to name a city, nobody would know where tf it is.
That's very common. I've met a number of Russian that just say they are from Russia because they know the average American wouldn't know other cities in Russia besides Moscow and St Petersburg
The process of mass settlement was in the 20th century. Before that, there was assimilation of the local population. The ROC taught people writing. The Cossacks collected tribute from the lands in the form of animal skins. Peasants fleeing serfdom, repressed nobles and adventurers moved to Siberia. The process is very difficult to describe. That's why it's called joining. I am writing as a resident of Western Siberia. My ancestors are too diverse. The village of my ancestors, who have my surname, is located on the road where the Decembrists were introduced earlier. In fact, there are two wars: the Siberian Khanate and the Chukchi. A bunch of nations that were just annexed and taxed. The benefits of joining were huge, paying with animal skins and receiving protection from neighboring tribes.
Why would anyone should study the history by russian books? 🤔 the russian official history is one big lie and mystificaton. And russian grandpa just proved it in his last interview.
Literally the same story with Africa. Africa initially referred to the region of a north African tribe called the Ifri (Afri) and the Romans called their land Africa. Then the further south you went the whole continent was given that name.
Considering how sparsely populated it was and the absence of writing of the locals, no wonder they had to come up with something to call all of that inhospitable land.
Isn't it ironic that the British colonies of America wonder why Russia wanted to expand? Also I would like to add there are several autonomous regions in Russia with their own language or religion. Name an American state that has an indigenous language as official.
To be fair some of these Russian minorities still have a population of over 1 million and in the 90s they almost got independence .meanwhile the biggest native American tribe only has 100k people most have way less .
Θάνος Κυριακόπουλος...your country Greece still has a flag of British colonial origin as its national flag today....btw in 1923 the greek government and the turkish government did the so called population exchange but that was done by force and not on ethnic or linguistic grounds but on religious grounds....in short, those who were Muslims became Turks those who were Orthodox became Greeks we're talking about a million and a half people on both sides...so take a look at your garden before criticizing others
The closest would be reservations where the indigenous are given some sort of autonomy. There's an interesting case of a casino being found between two localities that prohibited its presence because the casino just barely within a reservation. The casino was approved by the indigenous leader of that reservation and the two states couldn't do nothing about it.
The Chukchi population has ne tbeen exterminated. They live right now in Russia, under dedicated regulamemtation that allows them to live as they desire, following their ancestor path. Basically they are nomad tribes that freely moves in the artic Siberian lands relying only on woods, fur and hunting for their sustain. The government protects them and prevent interference so they can keep their life as they please.
Yup Geographically and tectonically, Europe is just part of Asia The only thing that you can say make Europe different from Asia is culture But if that's the case, then there shouldn't even be one single Asian continent West Asia is it's own cultural group, so is central Asia, south Asia, east Asia, and southeast Asia
1) The Cossack leader have to be named Yermak or Yermak Timofeevich, but never Timofeevitch only (patronyme). 2) Siberian khan’s name was Kuchum (not Kuchuk).
@@MikeRoch-m4rnd franches is Ukrainian too, because their ancestors - Gauls - was from the galicia. I like Ukrainian "history", I think everybody should name it "tale" not the history
Ukrainians tell an alternative story, according to which the Canadian (yes, yes, Canadian) king Sigismund gave siberia to Russia. This is not surprising, given that this nation dug out the black sea and were the ancestors of the Gauls😁
No, Ukrainians know that moscovians love to shed blood and always want to steal something: lands, someone's history, household appliances from the occupied territories. And of course they love to spread nonsense and russian propaganda like this comment.
Ukrainians have been brainwashed with alternative world history for over 30 years. As usual, it all ends tragically. Until they accept the realities of history, they will continue to suffer. It's not even about the Russians
И в советском фильме Ермак Тимофеевич. Но это как прозвище от имени Ермолай, у казаков всегда было принято давать прозвища. У меня в классе был друг, фамилия Жирма. Так вот у него тоже было прозвище Ермак, причём кто ему его дал и как это нам в голову пришло в 6-м классе я до сих пор не понимаю. Учились в обычной школе Краснодара, 1994-2004
Russia is European and Eurasian, but mostly European. I always think of Russia as an originally North-East European entity that happened to cover all of North Asia. Russia is like its coat of arms “Two-headed eagle” who looks both westwards and eastwards. I’m saying this as a Russian.
Two headed Eagle is claim of Russian zars that Russia is the third Rome. Byzantine Roman symbol is two headed eagle. Russia is no more European. It Asian state of autoritarianism and new kind of Nazism - Rushism.
Not exactly. France owned much of the land west of the Mississippi before they sold it to the US to fund their Napoleon wars. Even after that Mexico owned a huge portion of the western land before the Mexican American war. Russia didn’t have anything like that happen with their conquests.
While Russian conquests wrecked the native population, when you look at the situation today, compared to countries like US, these cultures still exist. With autonomous provinces inside Russia, their own regional capitals, culture and language. While Native Americans are all but extinct.
Yermak didn't invade Siberia on his own. In fact, his expedition was organized and financed by the Stroganovs, an influential family of businessmen who served as the Tsar's agents in this region. Siberia was and still is the most profitable region of Russia due to its natural resources.
it's mostly bs unfortunately, but real history of russia is even more interesting, i encourage you to learn it, despite it's gonna be hard cuz anything on russia in the west is stuffed with propaganda like this one.
Western historians calling the Eastern conquerers as Tatars in 2024 just shows how little they know of the ethnic compositions of Asia and nomadic tribes.
Whatever disease hit Siberian Natives would have affected invaders just as bad. The natives were not isolated from the rest of Eurasia like NA/SA natives.
Who’s to say, Siberia is super remote. Similar to how Europeans couldn’t enter Africa for the longest time due to diseases against which they had no immunity .
@@MbisonBalrog While they were not completely isolated, the were isolated enough. Evidence shows their immune systems were not adopted to the same diseases.
@@MbisonBalrog vikings set foot on america before all other european powers, it didn't result in a mass extinction event then You need far larger numbers than a few dozen nomads once in a blue moon to spread desieses fast enough to kill an entire civilisation
To be fair, the Mongols swept from the east across Siberia to the west all the way into Europe. For hundreds of years the Russ endured the Mogol hordes and paid tribute. Eventually the tables turned and the Russ swept west to east.
Great video but a few things don't sit right 1) "Conquest" started much earlier as a responce to Mongol-Tartar Invasion of Eastern Europe. They ruled Rus lands for almost 200 years unopposed until finally Rus (still divided at that time) started to unite and fight back. As they were pushing Tatars further and further away from Russian borders, they were discovering and eventually occupying more and more lands 2) Timfeevich is Ermak's patronim and should not be used without the 1st name (unless jokingly between close friends). So it's either Stepan Timofeevich, Stepan or simply Ermak as his know in Russia. Bu never Timofeevich.
it's their thing, Anything the Turks or Mongols do = good. Anything White or Christian = Expansionist or bad. even though it they who attack the Christians first
No, under the rule of Golden Horde for 300 years were moscovians. But Rusyny (Rus, Rusychi, who have nothing to do with modern "russians") from Rus - around 120 years. Moscovia is not Rus. Moscovia stoled the greek name of Rus (rossia) only in 1721. Even moscovians continued to call themselves "moscovians", because they didn't understand why they are russians now. And other nations didn't call Moscovia "russia" for a long time. Especially neighbours, because they knew that Rus is a territory of Ukraine. After Golden Horde invasion in 1241 on western ukrainian lands quickly emerged the Kingdom of Rus, and when Lithuanians and Rusyny defeated the Golden Horde another ukrainian lands became a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Rus and Samogitia. When Kingdom of Rus became a part of the Kingdom of Poland it was called Rus Voivodeship. Modern Ukrainians untill the 19 century was called Rus/Rusyny/Rusychi/Ruthenians. From 16 century ukrainians had another names like "Ukrainians" and "Cossacks", but they were used with names Rus and Rusyny. And moscovian people never was Rus. In 10-12 centuries lands of future Moscovia was inhabited by completely different tribes, even not Slavic - Volga Finns, which was under the rule of Rus (like Gaul (France) was under the rule of Roman Empire (Italy)) and paid tribute to the Prince of Kyiv, and sons or relatives of Prince of Kyiv ruled those lands. That's it. When they went to Principality of Kyiv or Principality of Chernihiv or Principality of Pereyaslav (Ukrainian lands, which actually was called Rus) they said they "go to Rus". It is in the chronicles. And the names of their lands was Vladimiro-Suzdal principality, then Moscovian principality, then Moscovia. They never was Rus, they just used to steal everything: someone's lands, someone's history, household appliances from the occupied territories.
@@one.girl...1 Complete and utter BS. Read the Primary Chronicles. It clearly states that Rus started when 5 tribes (2 slavic and 3 Finnic - all from what is now Russia and Belarus) united and invited Rurik of Rus tribe to be their leader. Ladoga. Pskov and Novgorod were the main centres of early Rus. Later they Rus+those 5 tribes conquered Kiev. So Rus were always invaders on what is now Ukraine
So Russia did Manifest Destiny before the Americans and on a bigger scale. It's an interesting thought for sure. Lots of parallels. The smallpox wiping out local populations. Nomadic tribes defended by cavalry-mounted archers (some of the best in the world, no less) being overrun by guns. The sheer speed of the conquests, etc.
Till this day Russia is trying to clean out Nato just like the soviets did with hitler. Crazy for America to think it can destroy it, they’ve been doing this shit since 1800s lol
However, unlike British Russians had no problem intermarrying with coloonial subjects and unlike Spaniards, descendants of conquerors did not rebell against central power, so Russian control of Siberia remained.
Russian adventurers (Russian-American Company) reached California along the way opening the strait between Eurasia and America. Russia also briefly owned the Hawaiian Islands. At the beginning of the 20th century Russia united the two worlds "Asia" and "Europe" with the longest railway.
The Russians might also have been worried about another Mongol invasion. When the Mongols invaded they scooped up a lot of Siberian natives into their army, like a snowball effect, and used the to help conquer and subjugate Russia. I'm sure that was in the back of the mind for Czars and Cossacks as they went, trying to make sure it never happened to them again.
I heard a similar argument recently regarding the Chinese conquest of Mongolia. But of course that didn’t happen. Mongolia was the one was falling behind and the narrow minded focus on North Asia left the Chinese blindsided to the rising naval powers on the East Coast. A bit like Russia I suppose in the West.
@@erikthomsen4768It wasn't just the Mongolians, they were just one of a long, long history of nomads raiding the geographically indefensible eastern Europe. They kidnapped and sold so many slavs into slavery that the institution itself came to be named after them. It was only with the gun and a large enough state that bureaucratic warfare was able to turn the tide and it was instead the sedentary people conquering the nomads.
"Siberia is almost like a land of a legend" True because in ancient greek mythology they speculated a place called hyperborea in the north (borea=βόρεια aka north and hyper=υπέρ aka very or really,both these words refer to this place as very/really northern) because their exploration was limited at the time and it is believed that they were referring to modern day Siberia
Yeahhh...but the same time reservations for the local population is larger than some big states in Europe and is a zone of self-government where Russians are required to learn the local language ..
That’s interesting I didn’t know Eastern Siberia went through extreme diseases. I would of thought that they built up a immunity like the rest of the Old World
@@babrakoberma673 Wrong. Europeans did not build imunity. Far East tribes were vulnerable to the same level as American natives to smallpox. P.S. Russia is country of neo nazism, country of warmongers, murderers, rapists, looters and liars. Most of Russians are amoral people who support elimination of Ukraine as country, language and people. I hear it all day long in Russian TV propaganda, Telegramm, RUclips etc. When Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and other regions of Ukraine in 2022 it lost its own rights of teritorial integrity. I hope Ukraine will incorporate Russia lands to Ural mountains. Referendums will be held and 90% people will vote for joining Ukraine.
Russians: “We are not imperialists”;”We fight to destroy American imperialism!”, ”Look what you did to Natives!” Russians when somebody spoke about colonisation of Siberia:🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿
Welp comparing those natives Siberians that even sometimes rich than common Russian cause rich minerals deposits money and than see how much amerindian on U.S right now....yeah the Russian do had rigths to make those Chads face tbh.
@@rodrigoe.gordillo2617 ok. There are ~5 million native americans in the usa that is 1.6% of the population And there are ~1.58 million native siberians in russia that is 1.1% of the population oopsie
When Russians first arrived to Yakutia (Sakha) (Far East Siberia) in 1630s, Sakha (Yakut) people already had wars between each other (different clans) and also against other Tungusic tribes (like Evenks and Evens), also Koryaks and Chukchi. So Russians used the expertise of Sakha people and Yakut horses (the only native Siberians breeding horses and cattle) to conquer territories to Chukotka and to Vladivostok. At that time Buryats lived further south in North China and Mongolia, so they didn’t encounter Russians. By 1890s there were only 12 000 Russians and 270 000 Sakha people in Yakutia. The number of other local Siberian population was very low.
Sounds somewhat similar to what happened in North America. Native tribes there also fought against each other, and Europeans and their descendants sometimes exploited this. Colonizers don't usually achieve their aims all by themselves. They often make alliances with native peoples against other native peoples.
There are a lot of historic parallels between the growth of Russian and the US. One expanded East at the expense of the natives. The other expanded West. However, only one succeeded in getting everyone to forget about the conquest and destruction of the natives. Thank you for this video!
Well one (russia) didnt kill the natives infact it improved their lifes thanks to which their population increased. Yes, yes, sometimes it repressed them but it was nothing serious or on the scale of some actual atrocities. Looking at you canada with those very famous schools
When the Bantus expanded from west Africa into the rest of Africa they wiped out almost all the Khoisan Hunter gathers and no one cares. Hunter gathers getting wiped out by farmers and herders is a story as old as civilization.
Their is another big difference the republics in Russia are self governing have their own national anthem and ruled by the natives but in the US it's not the same that's a big difference too.
I'm was born in Portugal🇵🇹, but if I had to choose a different nationality I would pick to be Russian their history is amazing plus they're a true warriors 🇷🇺
A lot of Russians seem quite insistent that the wars and diseases they brought to Siberia were more noble than the wars and diseases of manifest destiny.
Да, чукчей было очень сложно победить, они прирождённые суровые воины, как сиу или команчи. Очень много казаков полегло в трёх войнах и бесчисленных мелких стычках, это правда.
The reason russian expansion initiated towards the East was mainly due to previous invasion of Tatar Mongol Empire. It started as retaliation of occupation by the tatar-mongols. The aim was to eliminate future threats from the East. It obviously came with benefits (fur trade) but initially it wasn't the main objective.
The Russian conquest of Siberia took place during 1580-1778. Russian colonialism was the spread of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Though Russia's Indigenous peoples only make up 0.2% of the total population, or 250,000 people total, they inhabit about 2/3 of Russia's territory. The Russians are an East Slavic ethnic group indigenous to Eastern Europe, who share a common Russian ancestry, culture, and history. The Russian colonization of Siberia and conquest of its indigenous peoples has been compared to European colonization of the Americas and its natives, with similar negative impacts on the natives and the appropriation of their land. The native people need more attention.
Whoever compared Russian conquest of Siberia to American colonialism of the native population needs their brains checked. The native Siberians have their own republic and autonomy and they were not subject to genocide. The native Americans were subject to genocide with 90% of natives gone, they were forcibly removed from their native lands to reservations where poverty and substance abuse is prevalent. There is no comparison.
This video is... inaccurate? At least Yermak wasn't a cossack by ethnicity. In the southern stepps cossacks were some sort of Russian subethnicity group, but in Siberia cossacks were differnt. This title could be given for any government soldier there
Canada was also created in the 19th century thru the fur trade by means of the British Hudsons Bay Company, overunning native populations which offered little resistance. The indigenous people largely live on treaty land reserves. Their increasing population is now being felt politially in Canada.
Very correct !! Russia did it 1milion times more peacefully compare to what english people did to North America !!! Western people should mind their own past...disgusting slavery and colonialism is what west did in past !!!
"...In Siberia, as in a country conquered by such people who were nothing above its native semi-savage tribes, the victory of the ruling race was the result of the war and all its consequences. War and slavery went side by side wherever hostile populations came into contact in this vast country. The Russians came to Siberia as conquerors, and besides weapons and exploitation they could not bring anything with them to the native populations, and therefore the slavery that existed before them, with their arrival, intensified even more...@ Serafim Shashkov "Slavery in Siberia"
"....Through trade and other means, foreign property passed to the Russians. Foreigners became poorer to the point that they often did not have the opportunity to get themselves any other food, except for carrion or crushed tree bark. Sometimes the Russian townsfolk forcibly took away from them all their property, all their food supplies, and thereby subjected them to all the horrors of a hunger strike in the desert tundra. Thus, at the beginning of this century, the Russian inhabitants of the breadless Gizhiga often went hungry. The authorities ordered to feed them by driving away livestock from the surrounding foreigners, of which some had 10,000 deer." Serafim Shashkov "Siberian people in 19th century"
"...In the footsteps of the authorities, the Gizhigin inhabitants also followed; in the course of several years, deer were driven away by hundreds and thousands; Finally, the foreigners completely quarreled and dispersed in different directions - some in other districts to look for food, and some in the desert to die of starvation. And similar disgraceful losses of the main foreign wealth - livestock constantly struck foreigners...." Serafim Shashkov "Siberian people in 19th century"
"..During the conquest of Siberia, the power of Russian weapons took away from foreigners all their best land and most of their property, and turned foreign wives and children into slavery. In the 19th century the same phenomenon is taking place, only in a different way, not military, but peaceful, mostly economic. Firstly, foreign lands are more and more passing into the hands of the Russians, and secondly, the foreigners themselves become indentured slaves of their conquerors..." Serafim Shashkov "Siberian people in 19th century"
Alaska used to belong to Russia! In the west, Ukraine and Belarus were part of historical Russia. The Baltic countries were also part of Russia and Finland.
Ukraine was called Rus with the capital in Kyiv, and today's Russia was Muscovy. Only 302 years ago, Moscow appropriated the Greek equivalent of the name Rus. Then the Ukrainians had to give up this name, because it was stolen from them. Near Kyiv there is the river Ros, which means Dew the people of the south, the Greeks, the Romans gave the name to the country that was located behind this river. After Kyiv, there were forested lands covered with snow for a long time, which is why they were called White Russia, but Kyiv been capital, because the snow took a long time in the climate of that time, this was the limit of that formation. After the snowy regions, there was Zaliska Rus, but it was an incredibly distant province. Anyway Moscow it's thieves and murderers!
@@АндрійРудзевич Please study the material better. Read the biography of Yuri Dolgoruky, the Russian Prince of Kiev and his son Andrei Bogolyubsky, Prince of Vladimir. This is the 11th century when Kiev lost its power and was plundered, in fact, such Russian cities as Vladimir and Novgorod became the center of Rus. as you know, Moscow was part of the Vladimir Principality. I understand perfectly well that Ukrainians are trying to disown fraternity with the Russians, but it turns out badly because these people are of the same kind and tribe. To understand what absurdity Ukrainians sometimes carry their next narrative is that Russia stole the anthem from the USSR. So in a couple of hundred years they will say that Russia is not the USSR, this is happening even now, let alone talk about deep antiquity.
i have somewhat expected of this video possibly showing me processes of old korean lands known as Manchuria conquested to Russia. the Manchuria territory belonged to parts of Eastern siberia and lasted a few hundreds years of colony under Korean government. Maybe you might add that to it ! thank you
@@asbest2092 - Do you have any idea what a low population density there is even now? 1.5 people per thousand square kilometers. And in those days it was even lower. Of course, the small peoples of Siberia had no chance in the confrontation even with small detachments of Cossacks, but still it can hardly be called colonization, similar for example to the colonization of Latin America by the conquistadors
@@ДенисСвекольников-с2ь Siberia isn't icy and it isn't low populated. You know the proverb "100 bucks is 100 bucks" so I say "a city of 100 000 people is a city of 100 000 people". The city is the same no matter where it is located. A continent isn't supposed to be a city. You are not supposed to walk across the usa and see a person every 100 meters, visit a city and you will see people. Just like you are not supposed to walk across bare siberia and see a person every 300 meters so you say "yes, some low populated place, I see only one person every 300 meters of my walk". Visit a freaking city! They are all the same everywhere, Siberia has a lot of them!
@@asbest2092 - In order for the area to be densely populated, there must be an appropriate economic base that could feed these people. Why does no one live in Antarctica? Yes, because there will be nothing to live with, there will be nothing to eat. The same is true in the Siberian taiga or tundra. What will large masses of people be able to eat there? Rare tribes of hunters, gatherers and shepherds of reindeer lived mainly in Siberia. And in the harsh Siberian climate, large masses of people will simply have nothing to eat. Or will they have to hibernate like bears during the long and cold Siberian winter?) Now the entire economy of Siberia is based mainly on the extraction of raw materials and minerals - oil, gas, diamonds, various metals, deforestation. Then none of this happened, and hunting fur-bearing animals and reselling them to Europe, large masses of people will not feed themselves in the taiga. So don 't make it up .
@@ДенисСвекольников-с2ь I just proved you siberia isn't low populated and you just repeat your old song about siberia being low populated. Don't you have some brain injuries? *How is your comment related to the fact that siberia was colonized?* This is the topic and you don't comment it though it's evident you hate the word and for some reason you hate the fact siberia was colonized. Where are you from? And I repeat, siberia does not have a harsh climate, don't repeat what was already refuted. Don't write about the things you don't understand
I still don't understand how the Russians managed their logistics and communication in such a harsh and desolate stretch of land. Just boggles my mind.
It's easy, the Cossacks were adventurers. They collected tribute from the lands and went further and further east. They themselves laid routes along the tracts and along the rivers.
@@texmj123 there was nothing to even be conquered or annexed, so no. You're thinking of the wrong "colonization", it's meant in the original sense, which is exploration and settling of largely empty land
Russia has a long history of being invaded by the nomads from the East - the feared and most powerful weapon through the middle ages was the nomadic horse archer, various Turkish and Mongol groups. BUT, with the arrival of the musket, the horse archer lost its power. It was the musket that allowed Russia to extract vengeance for its defeats and Russia took it all the way to the Pacific Ocean. Cossacks were the answer to constant nomadic invasions, themselves a product of nomadic way of waging wars coupled with agricultural heritage of the "civilized world". And these Cossacks, originally refugees from the nomads and defenders from them, turned into conquerors.
@@asbest2092 usually, pretexts for wars are something specific to each particular conflict. Here, we are talking about 2-3 centuries of expansion. So, no, it's not a pretext. It's the underlying psychology of why Russia looked East and not West. And of course, there were typical reasons for wars - gaining territory and resources but these are not mutually exclusive with what I've described.
@@asbest2092 that's not how pretexts work in history. This fear of invasions is on a subconscious level of Russians. They always view the world as out to get them. And, of course, resources were a reason, though, when Cossacks were conquering it, there wasn't much in Siberia that wasn't in rest of Russia - all the oil, gold, precious metals and stones was discovered centuries later.
Just found your channel and I like it. You stated you enjoyed feedback. I think longer videos would be great, maybe do a short version and extended version. The idea is that differing topics appeal to different people, so not everyone would watch a 30-minute video about it, but they'd be interested enough to watch a 10-15 minute version. Also, and most importantly, how does anyone know that your information is accurate? Are you an educated historian or a passionate person who loves history and wants to share it with everyone? I think a good idea would be to cite some references in the videos or descriptions. I hope none of that came across as me being rude or an ass. I was trying to give some honest feedback and ideas. I enjoyed your video and plan to watch many more.
because the Russians in the bulk did not engage in the genocide of conquered peoples, and the aristocracy of these peoples was often accepted into the Russian anistocracy. Many representatives of these peoples held state positions and were generals in the Russian army. Also, the Russians did not impose their language and religion. The occupied territories had equal status with the mother country. And Western countries seizing the colonies turned the inhabitants into slaves or exterminated them as Indians.
@@DY-ij3ch Holodomor genocide killed 5 millions Ukrainians, in Katyn genocide 22,000 Polish people were massacred after Stalin-Hitler allied, hundreds of thousands of non Russian ethnic were deported from their home countries in order to change the ethnic balance , Japanese war, Afghanistan war etc.
@@JACKAL747в чем чушь? Что он не так сказал? Вот англосаксы это зло, которые столетиями истребляли кучу наций, брали в рабство и тд. И также поступают на сегодняшний день, но пропаганда хорошо работает, ты вот хороший пример😂
Thank you for this great video. I think Russia's expansion across Siberia is a feat that mirrors the west's across the oceans. Unfortunately it is not often remarqued in World Histories
You do understand that the aggressive expansion carried out by Muscovy and its cruel treatment by the local peoples is not a feat? about the expansion overseas that European empires carried out, European countries at least recognized the inhumanity of their imperialist conquests, and those European powers that used to be empires have long ago carried out the process of decolonization in their countries, What modern Muscovy is so afraid of.
@@Глазурированийсирок Say it to the US President. Decolonization, yeah. You want to say the way of capturing Americas, both south and north, was not cruel and aggressive? What about Mayas, Indians and other locals? Btw all local folks in Russia has all rights and no restrictions for using their own language and traditions.
@@igorpavlovsky4012 Lies, lies and even more lies. Local folks were eradicated at the first place. Those who survive are suffering from poverty, alcohol and being "mobilized" to the war with Ukraine (so they lose unproportionally big amounts of men comparing to other ethnicities). Don't tell us about "equal rights" for them. I believe you're from Russia so you DO know how russian Constitution works, right? Everyone according to its articles has so many rights... and those right are non existent. And don't even try to say something like "oh, you're a foreigner i know better". I am from Russia myself and been studying russian history for decades. And stop being like those propaganda guys. "oh-oh-oh, look at what West did to poor [whoever]" Talk for YOURSELF and your nation.
Very curious how you present this history and the reaction of your subscribers to the video. As you understand, we learn the history of our country at school, roughly what you showed. But at the same time we have a lot of controversial and unclear ancient history inside. Especially considering that there was a Little Ice Age at this point, climat changes and transmigration of peoples (Hungarian to the west from West Sibiria, Kyrgystanian to the south from the same place. Thanks!
@lazarus921 you are right about Hungarians, but about Kyrgysians it's unclear. They are presented on the Mongolian maps of Chingis Khan period in Siberia
Hey jerks, remember already. Russia owns 45 percent of the European continent. Russians own 45 percent of Europe. Don't you study geography in your schools? The Russians (Swedish tribe Rus or Ruotsi) came from the territory of modern Sweden ("The Way from the Varangians to the Greeks"). In the 9th century, the Russian Varangians adopted Christianity and adopted the Slavic language. Russian Russians have created the largest Varangian state (the real Russians are fair-haired people with light eyes, so our main neighbors Finns still call Russians Ruots, which means light-haired brown hair). Therefore, Russians have the right to claim the territory of modern Sweden. In the future, the Russians will share Europe with the Arabs.
@@СтражникПравдыНам писали историю немцы, забыв спросить нас, кто мы и откуда😅 И нет, русские это не шведы, да мы родственны, но это они пошли частично от нас, а не мы от них😊
I've long wanted to learn more about Russia's expansion across Siberia! Thank you for this video! Does anybody have any other videos or resources they would recommend on this topic? God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)
unfortunately you've learned pretty much nothing cuz its mostly bs. but i encourage you to learn actual russian history. its really entertaining. hard to find in the west tho - mostly filled with propaganda.
siberia is like canada or australia in that regard. Except siberia isnt separated from the mainland by 3021030210312001 miles of ocean and thus never developed self-conscience or an independent economy
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1:50 bullshit "cossacks" means all population with free of will, lived on border empire, exactly Khabarov and Yermak borned in border of contemporary Arkhangelsk oblast , lands with russian ethnic majority. cossacks in this contecst was social strata called "Ushkuyniks" free people of 14-15 cen. organaised in "bands"moving by lightweight boats and atacks lokals for loot like vikings in 12 cen.
The author, the Russians came from the territory of modern Sweden and have the right to claim these historical lands, but here is a propagandist freak who deliberately distorts one information, and decided to keep silent about the other completely.
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@@jacksparrow2351до прихода царской России, половина сегодняшний территории казахстан был часть территории Узбеков Кокандское Ханства. После падения Кокандское Ханства, власти царской России и Большевики несколько раз нарисовали карту по разному и северо-восточной территории Узбеков (Кокандское Ханства) казахам.
До прихода царской России, у казахов не было централизованный государства и не было у них города. казахи жили в голом степи как индейцы.
То что сейчас имеют это большевики из части территории Узбеков нарисовали казахам.
У нас Узбеков было три свои государства.
Кокандское Ханства
Бухарский Ханства
Хивинское Ханства.
Большевики чтобы ослабить Узбеков,из части территории Узбеков нарисовали Таджикистан Киргизстан Туркменистан Казахстан и Узбекам специально оставили маленький территория.
I’m not sure we can trust random videos from RUclips. Here they stopped telling the truth a long time ago and everyone says what they want
I have never met anyone claiming that all of Siberia is part of Europe
Not a single inch of Siberia is in Europe.
@@desm3225 as an asian no fuck no Russians are Europeans
@@desm3225 how so? Are Finland and hungary also eurasian?
@@desm3225 Greece is fully European
@@IronWarrior86 This is debatable to the extreme. If you go deep enough into the rabbit hole, you'll see that Europe is considered a continent for historical and cultural reasons. Geographically and geologically, it's just a giant peninsula of Asia. That's cause they're both sometimes called Eurasia.
Russia expanded in the east so much they ended up in the west (Alaska)
Alaska and California.
@@MrVeryfrost Research hidden history of Tartaria and you undersand why Russia started from California to Asia. So much rewritten history and even here they don't say how it is.
Ahh alaska you know many russians regret selling it not only because of the recources but also because it was once russian land.
The tsarist administration knew about them but didnt had the funds to extract transport then or protect the territory at the time.
@@evgeniam685 Ты троллишь?😁
Russia being based though
Lots of important details are lost in that video.
1) Yermak didn't just decide to "go and conquer Siberian Khanate" - the Siberian Khanate, despite officially being vassal, made regular raids on russian territory near Urals, which of course enraged local nobility and merchants. As the result, wealthy merchant family of Stroganovs hired Yermak to stop those raids once and for all.
2) Natives in Siberia never were "one monolith faction" - each tribe is completely different group with its own culture and heritage. And they very commonly fought against each other. As the result, one tribes fought against russians, while others deliberately were subjugated by russians - for example, chukchi were hated by all of their neighbouring tribes, because chukchi were actually akin to bloodthirsty vikings, constantly pillaging and brutally murdering everyone around them (and also were the strongest player in the region before russians appeared there), and when russians appeared near Chukotka region, lots of tribes there asked to be subjugated in response for protection from chukchis.
3) Siberain cossacks worked in separate groups with quite big amount of freedom in actions - as the result actions of many such groups heavily depended on people in there. Some acted like literally bandits, just raiding and pillaging natives; another ones protected the natives, taught them some tech (for example russians taught many natives the agriculture), and etc. - think of this akin to Wild West, but in 17th century and in Siberia.
Wow! You wrote so much! Where are you from. Thanks for giving us more insight about Siberia.
"the Siberian Khanate.... made regular raids on russian territory near Urals..." This is myth. On the contrary, russians made raids into Siberian territory.
@@navneetshyam1335 You are welcome) I am from Russia, and studied the question
@@toktarsamykenov1697 No, that is not a myth. Raids can be done only by people, who do not work on the land - because agriculture takes too much time and efforts from you, and raiders must be very mobile (that is also why raiders always require big amount of horses or ships - so vehicles that allows them to quickly appear, pillage, and go away after). Russia was majorly peasant, while Tyumen Khanate and Siberian Khanate had much less peasants and much more hunters and cattlemen, who are exactly ready mobile units - that is because the climate in Siberian Khanate was much more harsh and thus much less suitable for agriculture (consequently, significantly less peasants). The only units in Russian Tsarsdom, who could have been doing regular raids, were either ukshuyniki (river pirares - but there are no rivers that flow through Ural mountains from European Russia to Western Siberia) or cossacks, who mostly lived closer to the steppes and thus in many aspects of everyday life lived same way as steppe nomads - but, once again, amount of cossacks near Ural mountains was significantly less than respective amount of raiders in Siberian Khanate. To sum up: yes, there indeed were regular raiders from Siberian Khanate, that attacked land of Russian Tsarsdom, and no, Russian Tsarsdom didn't regular raids on Siberian Khanate.
@@thedreamscripter4002👍
The Battle of Chuvash Cape was a turning point in military history. Because of it, gunpowder weaponry put an end to 2,000 years of dominance of nomadic cavalry armies in this region. As bow and spear equipped light horsemen were no match for muskets and cannons.
hello from Chuvash Republic)
I heard this is false: The Tatars DID have firearms. However, their equipment and fortifications were in extremely poor state, and the Siberians were not combat trained, hence, they melted away at the Cossack assault.
@@Wasserkaktus Tatars and other Turks were too heavily reliant on Horse archery and were proud of their Successful military traditions that they didnt want to change/adapt to newer tactics and equipment.
Though they had access to firearms via trade but not used in a large military capacity or tactical strategy. Plus they couldnt manufacture them on their own and hence had limited expertise on how to effectively use them.
@@muhammadadeel8639 Yeah but this battle saw the Cossacks get mostly ambushed by Tartar hunters with firearms. You're right in that it was largely ineffective, and once the Siberians' leader in this battle was killed, the resistance to the Cossacks melted away.
U write truth about 50%, other 50% was betreyed by muslim mankurts from Amir Temir whose attack Golden Horde and killed a lot of citizens. After this heavily deadly war Golden Horde collapse into several little Hordes: Kazan, Astrakhan, Kyrym (crimea), Nogai, Sibiria horde. Then European gave a technology and zero percent loans for Moscow.
I've never considered Siberia to be European. Rather I consider Russia to be trans-continental.
No one has ever mistaken Siberia for Europe ever. I don't know what this guy is smoking but he should market it!
Russia is trans 🏳️🌈
@@orlandixstudios6032 😀😉
@@orlandixstudios6032 strictly anti trans
@@annehersey9895 It geographically falls in Asia, but is culturally and politically considered European, since it is a part of Russia.
The Rus come from Europe.
In 17th century Russia didn’t meet Chinese army on “Chinese border”, they met Dzungar Mongols from Dzungars Khanate and other Mongol tribes so they cannot go south.
Cossacks certainly met Machurians on the Amur river banks, they even had clashes and later Nerchin agreements. And in that times Manchurians were ruling China.
Don't lie or misinform people.
@@woefulfisheris like 1700 or 18th Century
All the rubbish you people come up with because of the current war. None of you used to call Kiev as Kyiv. but now you all do because you are told to call it as such.
And Kievan Rus started in Novgorod, not in Kiev. They conquered Kiev and made it the capital. The people who started the Rus have nothing to do with ukros
@@one.girl...1 yes rus people. Russia , Ukrainians and Belarusians all are rus people.
@@one.girl...1If later on Delhi had been the capital of the British Empire ruled by Indian monarchs for a couple of centuries, I am not sure what being a British would have meant.
1) Siberian Khan's name was Kuchum (ch like in chivalry), not Kukum.
2) Yermak was hired as a mercenary by Ural's oligarchs the Stroganovs to end Tatar raids to their territory.
3) Chukotka was never conquered during czarist times, as it was too expensive to keep fighting there, and it wouldn't give enough profit to to cover war expenses, so the czars just gave up on it. It only became proper Russian territory after the 1917 revolution.
That last statement is incorrect. While it did take quite a bit of time for Russia to incorporate the territory into Russia proper, it was formally incorporated into the Russian Empire in 1863; With Russian influence in the region beginning in the late 17th century and steadily growing and cementing itself until its incorporation.
@@gabrielrodriguezcintron2081 Yes, exactly. Formally.
Since you are making corrections - it's "mercEnary" (E not your I) 🤪
@@b213videoz Thanks 👍
The Demidovs weren’t oligarchs, they were entrepreneurs and manufacturers.
The House of Demidov (Russian: Демидовы) also Demidoff, was a prominent Russian noble family during the 18th and 19th centuries. Originating in the city of Tula in the 17th century, the Demidovs found success through metal products, and were entered into the European nobility by Peter the Great. Their descendants became among the most influential merchants and earliest industrialists in the Russian Empire, and at their peak were predicted to be the second-richest family in Russia, behind only the Russian Imperial Family. The Demidov family lost its fortune after the February Revolution of 1917, but continues to exist under the rendering Demidoff.
Ugra isn’t just a name for Siberia, it was the khanty-mansi area
where the hungarians came from
This whole video is a fraud. There are so many "mistakes" in it. It is on purpose too I suppose,
@@gogaonzhezhora8640 What is wrong with it and why?
@@gogaonzhezhora8640 Ah yes… Plenty of flaws you can’t even point out.
@@erikthomsen4768 I don't have whole day for that. And you should study.
Timofeevich is not a surname, but a patronymic. So in English it is more applicable to use his name - Ermak
Geographically Siberia is Asian, albeit the Russians have culturally modernized it to the extent that its Far East part sea- bordering Japan has now got a European cultural spirit.
Russians modernized the wilderness lands they went to, British impoverished them, look at India, Bangladesh and Pakistan after 300 years under the Brits.
Modern Central Asia had undoubtedly been modernized by Russia. Look at a rural bus stop in Uzbekistan made of concrete in 1950s and then take yourself to Afghanistan to see the difference.
i got here after i've read about "annexation of Siberia" in preview... Thanks for this comment which is not fucked up at all, with love from Russia
As a resident of Siberia, I will tell you that Russia has not particularly modernized Siberia and the Far East. In reality, there is basically one devastation, the people are getting poorer, drunk and shrinking. If you do not believe me, try to visit these places and you will be convinced of my words.
@@zhals2296 that is true for some groups of Asian ethnicity living in Siberia, for example Kazaks (Kazakhs) in Altai villages or Yakutians in the Far East. These ethnicities do have genetic susceptibility to alcohol just like American Indians. I can tell by your nickname that you might have seen Siberian Kazakhs.
@@Intourist. The indigenous peoples of Siberia, on the contrary, have an intolerance to alcohol. From this follows the so-called predisposition To alcohol. Before the arrival of Russians, indigenous peoples did not drink alcohol in such quantities as they do now. The soldering of indigenous peoples is one of the tools of the Russian state to suppress the consciousness of indigenous peoples. As for the Kazakhs , they are not indigenous to the territory of Siberia, but only live in the south of the Altai Republic in connection with historical events. I am a representative of the indigenous Siberian people of the Buryats.
@@zhals2296 Buryats are respected by Russian state and are treated equally. Datsan Gunzechoinei, the largest Buddhist temple in of the Russian North-West had been erected close to downtown St Petersburg in 1909 and is presently the centre of attraction as a Buryat culture spot in the city. Dorzhiev, a Buryatian activist had spearheaded the works, the building having been designed by a Russian architect Gavriil Baranovski. Russians have tended not to suppress the almost 200 ethnicities inhabiting the country, but have gradually incorporated them into Russian life on an equal basis. Alcohol is available in Buryatia just as has been in St Petersburg or Moscow, I don't believe in conspiracies related to it. I have seen the contrary, in some regions alcohol is subject to greater tax than in Slavic regions, for example in the republic of Tatarstan. On the other hand, I recognise that the West while seeking to partition Russia through Siberia is likely to spread such conspiracy theories through its NGOs across Siberia.
I'm coming from Russia myself and I swear I've learned more about history from RUclips videos than in my entire 11 years of school. Fun fact, when someone asks where we are coming from in Russia, we Siberians often just say "I'm from Siberia". Because if we were to name a city, nobody would know where tf it is.
It's not a coincidence you didn't learn this in school.
@@esoterra8050 we did, but our schools did their best to make it as boring as possible
Better not learn it from the Russian falsified history .
That's very common. I've met a number of Russian that just say they are from Russia because they know the average American wouldn't know other cities in Russia besides Moscow and St Petersburg
@@esoterra8050 He is just an idiot. And you a propaganda victim. If he'd actually learn a thing at school he'd know real history.
Annexed from which state?
It's classic colonisation and in Russian history books it is called
"Colonisation of Siberia"
Ok Caucasian lived there until Mongolians invaded, it was original European phenotype people
The process of mass settlement was in the 20th century.
Before that, there was assimilation of the local population. The ROC taught people writing. The Cossacks collected tribute from the lands in the form of animal skins.
Peasants fleeing serfdom, repressed nobles and adventurers moved to Siberia.
The process is very difficult to describe. That's why it's called joining.
I am writing as a resident of Western Siberia. My ancestors are too diverse.
The village of my ancestors, who have my surname, is located on the road where the Decembrists were introduced earlier.
In fact, there are two wars: the Siberian Khanate and the Chukchi. A bunch of nations that were just annexed and taxed. The benefits of joining were huge, paying with animal skins and receiving protection from neighboring tribes.
@@joemama4473 Caucasians are located in the Caucasus, not in Siberia
@@joemama4473 I wonder if the Tatars know that Caucasians lived on their territories? And you haven’t named which state these territories belonged to.
It is never called "colonisation". It is an accession
The story is completely turned upside down. I advise the owner of the channel to carefully study the history of Russia with the original source.
Why would anyone should study the history by russian books? 🤔 the russian official history is one big lie and mystificaton. And russian grandpa just proved it in his last interview.
From lying katsaps?
So what is the original source ?
It’s crazy how the Russians conquered some place called Siber and said “Yea, everything past this is Siberia!” 😂
At least some of it was Siberia. West Indies, Indians in America? Totaly wrong continent.
Literally the same story with Africa. Africa initially referred to the region of a north African tribe called the Ifri (Afri) and the Romans called their land Africa. Then the further south you went the whole continent was given that name.
They never did. American geographers call all beyond Urals Siberia. Idiotic.
@@fartz3808 and with Asia as well.
Considering how sparsely populated it was and the absence of writing of the locals, no wonder they had to come up with something to call all of that inhospitable land.
Isn't it ironic that the British colonies of America wonder why Russia wanted to expand? Also I would like to add there are several autonomous regions in Russia with their own language or religion. Name an American state that has an indigenous language as official.
To be fair some of these Russian minorities still have a population of over 1 million and in the 90s they almost got independence .meanwhile the biggest native American tribe only has 100k people most have way less .
Oklahoma?
There are lots of reservations in America that give self rule to the native populations there, especially in the West.
Θάνος Κυριακόπουλος...your country Greece still has a flag of British colonial origin as its national flag today....btw in 1923 the greek government and the turkish government did the so called population exchange but that was done by force and not on ethnic or linguistic grounds but on religious grounds....in short, those who were Muslims became Turks those who were Orthodox became Greeks we're talking about a million and a half people on both sides...so take a look at your garden before criticizing others
The closest would be reservations where the indigenous are given some sort of autonomy. There's an interesting case of a casino being found between two localities that prohibited its presence because the casino just barely within a reservation. The casino was approved by the indigenous leader of that reservation and the two states couldn't do nothing about it.
learning about these not well known historical periods is so fascinating.
western bs factory
What are you talking about?
The Chukchi population has ne tbeen exterminated. They live right now in Russia, under dedicated regulamemtation that allows them to live as they desire, following their ancestor path. Basically they are nomad tribes that freely moves in the artic Siberian lands relying only on woods, fur and hunting for their sustain. The government protects them and prevent interference so they can keep their life as they please.
Thinking europe and asia are separate continents is the actual problem here.
real
Yup
Geographically and tectonically, Europe is just part of Asia
The only thing that you can say make Europe different from Asia is culture
But if that's the case, then there shouldn't even be one single Asian continent
West Asia is it's own cultural group, so is central Asia, south Asia, east Asia, and southeast Asia
The continent is Eurasia, and Europe and Asia are parts of the world.
Eurasia, or Asirope if you must!
Europe and Asia are perfect examples of the arbitrariness of continental delineation which, in this case, is purely cultural rather than geological.
1) The Cossack leader have to be named Yermak or Yermak Timofeevich, but never Timofeevitch only (patronyme). 2) Siberian khan’s name was Kuchum (not Kuchuk).
And this hints that the rest of what has been said can be treated with a certain amount of distrust.
3 stars general
The Cossack leader Yermak was Ukranian
@@MikeRoch-m4r and Jesus Christ was Ukrainian:)
@@MikeRoch-m4rnd franches is Ukrainian too, because their ancestors - Gauls - was from the galicia. I like Ukrainian "history", I think everybody should name it "tale" not the history
Ukrainians tell an alternative story, according to which the Canadian (yes, yes, Canadian) king Sigismund gave siberia to Russia. This is not surprising, given that this nation dug out the black sea and were the ancestors of the Gauls😁
О, сам придумал, сам поверил...
@@andromeda8013 эту байку далеко не мне одному хохлы втирают. Ты кстати можешь загуглить это
Ukrainians always tell an alternate history. They always do it man. It is what it is
No, Ukrainians know that moscovians love to shed blood and always want to steal something: lands, someone's history, household appliances from the occupied territories. And of course they love to spread nonsense and russian propaganda like this comment.
Ukrainians have been brainwashed with alternative world history for over 30 years. As usual, it all ends tragically. Until they accept the realities of history, they will continue to suffer. It's not even about the Russians
Technically Europe is just a series of Asian peninsulars
europe is a butt of asia 😮
Its called Eurasia for a reason.
Russia expanded just like the way Americans expanded in the native "indian " land which now they call U.S.A.....
Только в отличие от сша русские не устраивали геноцид коренных народов Сибири.
@@Mikael_RE_Moskow Except they did and continue to do
@@nigelbaddock где? В какой момент истории? Когда мы уничтожили сибирское ханство? Или вы скажите что сейчас мы уничтожаем малые народы России?
Good video, both short/compact but also in depth enough to grasp the full scope of the events
No. The video is unbelievably inaccurate.
@@Rai2M OK
why do you call Ermak "Timofeevich"? in Russian literature it's simply Ermak
this is a patronymic, but in author understanding it is a surname
Should be Ermak the Mighty as he's known on Don
И в советском фильме Ермак Тимофеевич. Но это как прозвище от имени Ермолай, у казаков всегда было принято давать прозвища. У меня в классе был друг, фамилия Жирма. Так вот у него тоже было прозвище Ермак, причём кто ему его дал и как это нам в голову пришло в 6-м классе я до сих пор не понимаю. Учились в обычной школе Краснодара, 1994-2004
Russia is European and Eurasian, but mostly European. I always think of Russia as an originally North-East European entity that happened to cover all of North Asia. Russia is like its coat of arms “Two-headed eagle” who looks both westwards and eastwards. I’m saying this as a Russian.
Two headed Eagle is claim of Russian zars that Russia is the third Rome. Byzantine Roman symbol is two headed eagle. Russia is no more European. It Asian state of autoritarianism and new kind of Nazism - Rushism.
Europe under America’s boot has made Russia go EurASIAN. Russia’s two most important partners now are China & India
@pjdu5yifutd cry about it
@pjdu5yifutd Russia is Russian
there is no such thing in the world as "eurasian". What does this shit even mean?
the way Russia expanded from the west to the east is similar to how US expanded from the east to the west
Not exactly. France owned much of the land west of the Mississippi before they sold it to the US to fund their Napoleon wars. Even after that Mexico owned a huge portion of the western land before the Mexican American war. Russia didn’t have anything like that happen with their conquests.
The USA was much more genocidal. Hitler said in Mein Kampf he wanted to do to the Slavs what the USA had done to native Americans
Except God is on the US' side.
Siberians are practically the same people as Indians and Eskimos
Forgot about all the Indians the army had to kill
-42 might be considered an "extreme" winter; all of the above are rather common
seeing -3 in the corner made it way funnier than it should've been
in a normal winter, children may not go to school but play hockey
Great video. Wish there was a bonus coverage of how Alaska was taken.
Аляска не была взята кем то,она была открыта русскими мореплавателями
The quest for more beaver being another motivating factor.
Phrasing.
While Russian conquests wrecked the native population, when you look at the situation today, compared to countries like US, these cultures still exist. With autonomous provinces inside Russia, their own regional capitals, culture and language. While Native Americans are all but extinct.
🤝🏼
It's uncomparable. They didn't live in isolation like Native Americans
im a man of culture, I see a knowledgia video and I click on it. Simple
How do you know what he says is true?
Yermak didn't invade Siberia on his own. In fact, his expedition was organized and financed by the Stroganovs, an influential family of businessmen who served as the Tsar's agents in this region. Siberia was and still is the most profitable region of Russia due to its natural resources.
This is by far some of the most interesting history I have come across in a long time, massive thanks for sharing this with us.
the facts are poorly presented and everything else, the assumed reasons, the motives etc won't stand up to scrutiny.
it's mostly bs unfortunately, but real history of russia is even more interesting, i encourage you to learn it, despite it's gonna be hard cuz anything on russia in the west is stuffed with propaganda like this one.
It's really cool video. Thank you for it. Hello everybody from Siberia (Krasnoyarsk)
Western historians calling the Eastern conquerers as Tatars in 2024 just shows how little they know of the ethnic compositions of Asia and nomadic tribes.
By calling them western aren't you doing the same thing?
Whatever disease hit Siberian Natives would have affected invaders just as bad. The natives were not isolated from the rest of Eurasia like NA/SA natives.
Who’s to say, Siberia is super remote. Similar to how Europeans couldn’t enter Africa for the longest time due to diseases against which they had no immunity .
@@AnoopSathyan0197 trade between nomads and tribes to north and nomads to civilization to south.
Had distance
@@MbisonBalrog While they were not completely isolated, the were isolated enough. Evidence shows their immune systems were not adopted to the same diseases.
@@MbisonBalrog vikings set foot on america before all other european powers, it didn't result in a mass extinction event then
You need far larger numbers than a few dozen nomads once in a blue moon to spread desieses fast enough to kill an entire civilisation
To be fair, the Mongols swept from the east across Siberia to the west all the way into Europe. For hundreds of years the Russ endured the Mogol hordes and paid tribute. Eventually the tables turned and the Russ swept west to east.
Before the Rus paid tribute to the Horde. Now, Horde are Rus.
Great video but a few things don't sit right
1) "Conquest" started much earlier as a responce to Mongol-Tartar Invasion of Eastern Europe. They ruled Rus lands for almost 200 years unopposed until finally Rus (still divided at that time) started to unite and fight back. As they were pushing Tatars further and further away from Russian borders, they were discovering and eventually occupying more and more lands
2) Timfeevich is Ermak's patronim and should not be used without the 1st name (unless jokingly between close friends). So it's either Stepan Timofeevich, Stepan or simply Ermak as his know in Russia. Bu never Timofeevich.
it's their thing, Anything the Turks or Mongols do = good. Anything White or Christian = Expansionist or bad. even though it they who attack the Christians first
The ending of Russian patronims is never -ish, it's always -ich.
So, it's Timofeevich, not Timofeevish.
@@gintasvilkelis2544 That was a spelling mistake at the end
No, under the rule of Golden Horde for 300 years were moscovians. But Rusyny (Rus, Rusychi, who have nothing to do with modern "russians") from Rus - around 120 years. Moscovia is not Rus. Moscovia stoled the greek name of Rus (rossia) only in 1721. Even moscovians continued to call themselves "moscovians", because they didn't understand why they are russians now. And other nations didn't call Moscovia "russia" for a long time. Especially neighbours, because they knew that Rus is a territory of Ukraine. After Golden Horde invasion in 1241 on western ukrainian lands quickly emerged the Kingdom of Rus, and when Lithuanians and Rusyny defeated the Golden Horde another ukrainian lands became a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Rus and Samogitia. When Kingdom of Rus became a part of the Kingdom of Poland it was called Rus Voivodeship. Modern Ukrainians untill the 19 century was called Rus/Rusyny/Rusychi/Ruthenians. From 16 century ukrainians had another names like "Ukrainians" and "Cossacks", but they were used with names Rus and Rusyny.
And moscovian people never was Rus. In 10-12 centuries lands of future Moscovia was inhabited by completely different tribes, even not Slavic - Volga Finns, which was under the rule of Rus (like Gaul (France) was under the rule of Roman Empire (Italy)) and paid tribute to the Prince of Kyiv, and sons or relatives of Prince of Kyiv ruled those lands. That's it. When they went to Principality of Kyiv or Principality of Chernihiv or Principality of Pereyaslav (Ukrainian lands, which actually was called Rus) they said they "go to Rus". It is in the chronicles. And the names of their lands was Vladimiro-Suzdal principality, then Moscovian principality, then Moscovia.
They never was Rus, they just used to steal everything: someone's lands, someone's history, household appliances from the occupied territories.
@@one.girl...1 Complete and utter BS. Read the Primary Chronicles. It clearly states that Rus started when 5 tribes (2 slavic and 3 Finnic - all from what is now Russia and Belarus) united and invited Rurik of Rus tribe to be their leader. Ladoga. Pskov and Novgorod were the main centres of early Rus. Later they Rus+those 5 tribes conquered Kiev. So Rus were always invaders on what is now Ukraine
Great video name. Please make next "How U.S. annexed Mexica or how Spain, U.K., France etc. annexed Americas", cheers!
So Russia did Manifest Destiny before the Americans and on a bigger scale. It's an interesting thought for sure. Lots of parallels. The smallpox wiping out local populations. Nomadic tribes defended by cavalry-mounted archers (some of the best in the world, no less) being overrun by guns. The sheer speed of the conquests, etc.
Till this day Russia is trying to clean out Nato just like the soviets did with hitler. Crazy for America to think it can destroy it, they’ve been doing this shit since 1800s lol
In Russia's case was a struggle against natural enemies
they never crossed any oceans, so it was theirs rightfully
Not really... The American empires were engaged in civil wars, revolts and what not by the time the Spaniards showed up.
@@monsieurlemon by that logic, Siberia is rightfully China’s.
However, unlike British Russians had no problem intermarrying with coloonial subjects and unlike Spaniards, descendants of conquerors did not rebell against central power, so Russian control of Siberia remained.
Some russians had and thats their own right.
Russian adventurers (Russian-American Company) reached California along the way opening the strait between Eurasia and America. Russia also briefly owned the Hawaiian Islands. At the beginning of the 20th century Russia united the two worlds "Asia" and "Europe" with the longest railway.
The Russians might also have been worried about another Mongol invasion. When the Mongols invaded they scooped up a lot of Siberian natives into their army, like a snowball effect, and used the to help conquer and subjugate Russia. I'm sure that was in the back of the mind for Czars and Cossacks as they went, trying to make sure it never happened to them again.
I heard a similar argument recently regarding the Chinese conquest of Mongolia.
But of course that didn’t happen. Mongolia was the one was falling behind and the narrow minded focus on North Asia left the Chinese blindsided to the rising naval powers on the East Coast.
A bit like Russia I suppose in the West.
Russians went to east, because was mutch easier go to East then to west. Answer. Nothing to do with Mongolians
@@erikthomsen4768It wasn't just the Mongolians, they were just one of a long, long history of nomads raiding the geographically indefensible eastern Europe. They kidnapped and sold so many slavs into slavery that the institution itself came to be named after them. It was only with the gun and a large enough state that bureaucratic warfare was able to turn the tide and it was instead the sedentary people conquering the nomads.
the Mongols came from the south, crossing the territory of modern Kazakhstan.
"Siberia is almost like a land of a legend"
True because in ancient greek mythology they speculated a place called hyperborea in the north (borea=βόρεια aka north and hyper=υπέρ aka very or really,both these words refer to this place as very/really northern) because their exploration was limited at the time and it is believed that they were referring to modern day Siberia
Or maybe somewhere in Scandinavia?
@@BlueTyphoon2017 could be possible
It was actually real, but was erased from history and called as legend. Tartaria also. It wasn't that long time ago. Research
@@evgeniam685take your meds schizo. Tartaria never existed as a political entity.
@@evgeniam685tataria didn't exist stfu
false video.Siberia was not annexed, but developed. the development of Siberia, but the conquest of America
The story must end in 1866. When the Russian Empire controlled the largest territory.
Your map ended up not displaying Alaska and Central Asia.
I am struck by the similarity to the take over of the Americas by Europeans around the same time.
Yeahhh...but the same time reservations for the local population is larger than some big states in Europe and is a zone of self-government where Russians are required to learn the local language ..
Тhe same way the conquistadors and the аmericans conquered the Indians.
I'd really be interesting in the exact details of the Russian conquest of Siberia from 1580-1640 - anyone know any good sources for this?
wish kings and generals would do video on this one day.
@@Remonloreanti Russian bias, I'm really into the history of the rus, but I notice more and more people hating on Russians just for existing
Lev Gumilyev
ruclips.net/video/_Rhzp3UcKPs/видео.html
1920s
Research about Tartaria. It's way more interesting. Hidden civilization erased from history during that time. And history was rewritten
That’s interesting I didn’t know Eastern Siberia went through extreme diseases. I would of thought that they built up a immunity like the rest of the Old World
Good point. But we have to hate everything connected to Russia(ns) nowadays, so stick to this TRUE STORY.
@@babrakoberma673 Wrong. Europeans did not build imunity. Far East tribes were vulnerable to the same level as American natives to smallpox.
P.S. Russia is country of neo nazism, country of warmongers, murderers, rapists, looters and liars. Most of Russians are amoral people who support elimination of Ukraine as country, language and people. I hear it all day long in Russian TV propaganda, Telegramm, RUclips etc. When Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and other regions of Ukraine in 2022 it lost its own rights of teritorial integrity. I hope Ukraine will incorporate Russia lands to Ural mountains. Referendums will be held and 90% people will vote for joining Ukraine.
People of Southern Siberia probably did, but not those living in Permafrost.
It's Kuchum, probably the source used dropped the cedilla in ç, which is read as "ch".
Now look at that! Russia has their own history of imperial colonialism, yet they're calling themselves "anti-imperial".
And even more. They started the biggest imperial colonial war in Europe in the XXI century.
You said nothing about Alyaska and California. Russian fort was in 80 km from San Francisko
Americans then bought these territories from Russians
Yermak shouldn't be called Timofeyevich, it's not a last name, it's a patronymic, i.e. his father was Timofei. Plain Yermak will suffice.
Looking for the video "How the Americans annexed the Wild West" 🤣...
Many videos, although the correct would be how the Spaniards did it first
Knowledgia is an AI channel. Can't expect much from it
Russians: “We are not imperialists”;”We fight to destroy American imperialism!”, ”Look what you did to Natives!”
Russians when somebody spoke about colonisation of Siberia:🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿
Compare the % of indigenous in both the USA and Russia there is your answer
Welp comparing those natives Siberians that even sometimes rich than common Russian cause rich minerals deposits money and than see how much amerindian on U.S right now....yeah the Russian do had rigths to make those Chads face tbh.
@@rodrigoe.gordillo2617 ok. There are ~5 million native americans in the usa that is 1.6% of the population
And there are ~1.58 million native siberians in russia that is 1.1% of the population
oopsie
I love your channel keep up the great stuff?
You are absolutely right in everything! Don't listen for angry Russians in the comment section. They don't like the truth to be told.
When Russians first arrived to Yakutia (Sakha) (Far East Siberia) in 1630s, Sakha (Yakut) people already had wars between each other (different clans) and also against other Tungusic tribes (like Evenks and Evens), also Koryaks and Chukchi.
So Russians used the expertise of Sakha people and Yakut horses (the only native Siberians breeding horses and cattle) to conquer territories to Chukotka and to Vladivostok.
At that time Buryats lived further south in North China and Mongolia, so they didn’t encounter Russians.
By 1890s there were only 12 000 Russians and 270 000 Sakha people in Yakutia. The number of other local Siberian population was very low.
Sounds somewhat similar to what happened in North America. Native tribes there also fought against each other, and Europeans and their descendants sometimes exploited this. Colonizers don't usually achieve their aims all by themselves. They often make alliances with native peoples against other native peoples.
Buryats was in Khalkha khanate. Learn history
*This was not any annexation, it was the development of territories*
WHY is it so hard for you guys to just say ta-tar??? I get it, there’s tartar sauce, but c’mon merca, it can’t be that confusing😂
well they can't pronounce Iraq properly so what do you expect. they keep calling it eye rack . it's pronounced more like eeee rack
There are a lot of historic parallels between the growth of Russian and the US. One expanded East at the expense of the natives. The other expanded West. However, only one succeeded in getting everyone to forget about the conquest and destruction of the natives. Thank you for this video!
Well one (russia) didnt kill the natives infact it improved their lifes thanks to which their population increased. Yes, yes, sometimes it repressed them but it was nothing serious or on the scale of some actual atrocities.
Looking at you canada with those very famous schools
@@saccount-z3 Yes they do.
@@chaosXP3RT reservations are not autonomous republics
When the Bantus expanded from west Africa into the rest of Africa they wiped out almost all the Khoisan Hunter gathers and no one cares.
Hunter gathers getting wiped out by farmers and herders is a story as old as civilization.
Their is another big difference the republics in Russia are self governing have their own national anthem and ruled by the natives but in the US it's not the same that's a big difference too.
I'm was born in Portugal🇵🇹, but if I had to choose a different nationality I would pick to be Russian their history is amazing plus they're a true warriors 🇷🇺
2020: second army in world
2022: second army in ukraine
2023: second army in russia( Wagner better)
Best warrior 😂
@@ВолодимирФіляс-ъ2ы haha your so funny you made me laugh let me not remind you who destroyed the majority of arguably the best army of pre-WW2 😂
Portugal was not bad either: South America, Africa, South Asia. Pretty big empire too.
@@JDDC-tq7qmWhat are you implying? russia never even fought America in World War 2, how could they have destroyed the majority of our army? Lol
Vladamir Putin sent me here. Thanks Tucker
Когда появились Рюрики?😂
Yeah I'm sure this will be a calm and civilized comment section
A lot of Russians seem quite insistent that the wars and diseases they brought to Siberia were more noble than the wars and diseases of manifest destiny.
@@erikthomsen4768 Literally noone thinks that
@@dwarow2508 Your ignorance is not comparable to anecdotal evidence.
@@erikthomsen4768 Bold of you to speek of ignorance while trying to use anecdotal evidence as an argument.
You forgot Alaska
He also forgot Kiev and half of northern Ukraine.
Russian in Caucasus is 19th century but it map looks like 1650
Does author knows that half of this actions were not in Siberia but in Ural??
Russia must be strong for rest of Europe , bcs they protect us from east and central asians powers
Russia must be strong to defend Asia from Europe.
Да, чукчей было очень сложно победить, они прирождённые суровые воины, как сиу или команчи. Очень много казаков полегло в трёх войнах и бесчисленных мелких стычках, это правда.
How white europeans annexed land of red indians.
The reason russian expansion initiated towards the East was mainly due to previous invasion of Tatar Mongol Empire. It started as retaliation of occupation by the tatar-mongols. The aim was to eliminate future threats from the East. It obviously came with benefits (fur trade) but initially it wasn't the main objective.
The Russian conquest of Siberia took place during 1580-1778. Russian colonialism was the spread of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Though Russia's Indigenous peoples only make up 0.2% of the total population, or 250,000 people total, they inhabit about 2/3 of Russia's territory. The Russians are an East Slavic ethnic group indigenous to Eastern Europe, who share a common Russian ancestry, culture, and history. The Russian colonization of Siberia and conquest of its indigenous peoples has been compared to European colonization of the Americas and its natives, with similar negative impacts on the natives and the appropriation of their land. The native people need more attention.
Whoever compared Russian conquest of Siberia to American colonialism of the native population needs their brains checked. The native Siberians have their own republic and autonomy and they were not subject to genocide. The native Americans were subject to genocide with 90% of natives gone, they were forcibly removed from their native lands to reservations where poverty and substance abuse is prevalent. There is no comparison.
So you're saying it was a steppe-by-steppe process. (ba dum tish)
It was slower than the European conquest of North America. There were also fewe massacres indigenous peoples.
This video is... inaccurate? At least Yermak wasn't a cossack by ethnicity. In the southern stepps cossacks were some sort of Russian subethnicity group, but in Siberia cossacks were differnt. This title could be given for any government soldier there
Cossacks weren't an ethnicity, they were akin to an estate, 'cause they were formed from serfs escaped from their overlords
@@ВладСередюк-ф9ч
It depends. Children of these people got land privilegies and became subethnicity in the next generation
Canada was also created in the 19th century thru the fur trade by means of the British Hudsons Bay Company, overunning native populations which offered little resistance. The indigenous people largely live on treaty land reserves. Their increasing population is now being felt politially in Canada.
Good
At least Russia don't commit a genocide of whole race of humans
Very correct !! Russia did it 1milion times more peacefully compare to what english people did to North America !!! Western people should mind their own past...disgusting slavery and colonialism is what west did in past !!!
"...In Siberia, as in a country conquered by such people who were nothing above its native semi-savage tribes, the victory of the ruling race was the result of the war and all its consequences. War and slavery went side by side wherever hostile populations came into contact in this vast country. The Russians came to Siberia as conquerors, and besides weapons and exploitation they could not bring anything with them to the native populations, and therefore the slavery that existed before them, with their arrival, intensified even more...@
Serafim Shashkov "Slavery in Siberia"
"....Through trade and other means, foreign property passed to the Russians. Foreigners became poorer to the point that they often did not have the opportunity to get themselves any other food, except for carrion or crushed tree bark. Sometimes the Russian townsfolk forcibly took away from them all their property, all their food supplies, and thereby subjected them to all the horrors of a hunger strike in the desert tundra. Thus, at the beginning of this century, the Russian inhabitants of the breadless Gizhiga often went hungry. The authorities ordered to feed them by driving away livestock from the surrounding foreigners, of which some had 10,000 deer."
Serafim Shashkov "Siberian people in 19th century"
"...In the footsteps of the authorities, the Gizhigin inhabitants also followed; in the course of several years, deer were driven away by hundreds and thousands; Finally, the foreigners completely quarreled and dispersed in different directions - some in other districts to look for food, and some in the desert to die of starvation. And similar disgraceful losses of the main foreign wealth - livestock constantly struck foreigners...."
Serafim Shashkov "Siberian people in 19th century"
"..During the conquest of Siberia, the power of Russian weapons took away from foreigners all their best land and most of their property, and turned foreign wives and children into slavery. In the 19th century the same phenomenon is taking place, only in a different way, not military, but peaceful, mostly economic. Firstly, foreign lands are more and more passing into the hands of the Russians, and secondly, the foreigners themselves become indentured slaves of their conquerors..."
Serafim Shashkov "Siberian people in 19th century"
At 15 centurity Russia had not any enter to baltic sea. It was Sweden and Litauen.
Russia can no longer expand to the east because of the ocean, so it tries to expand to the west
Alaska used to belong to Russia! In the west, Ukraine and Belarus were part of historical Russia. The Baltic countries were also part of Russia and Finland.
Ukraine was called Rus with the capital in Kyiv, and today's Russia was Muscovy. Only 302 years ago, Moscow appropriated the Greek equivalent of the name Rus. Then the Ukrainians had to give up this name, because it was stolen from them. Near Kyiv there is the river Ros, which means Dew the people of the south, the Greeks, the Romans gave the name to the country that was located behind this river. After Kyiv, there were forested lands covered with snow for a long time, which is why they were called White Russia, but Kyiv been capital, because the snow took a long time in the climate of that time, this was the limit of that formation. After the snowy regions, there was Zaliska Rus, but it was an incredibly distant province. Anyway Moscow it's thieves and murderers!
@@АндрійРудзевич Please study the material better. Read the biography of Yuri Dolgoruky, the Russian Prince of Kiev and his son Andrei Bogolyubsky, Prince of Vladimir. This is the 11th century when Kiev lost its power and was plundered, in fact, such Russian cities as Vladimir and Novgorod became the center of Rus. as you know, Moscow was part of the Vladimir Principality. I understand perfectly well that Ukrainians are trying to disown fraternity with the Russians, but it turns out badly because these people are of the same kind and tribe. To understand what absurdity Ukrainians sometimes carry their next narrative is that Russia stole the anthem from the USSR. So in a couple of hundred years they will say that Russia is not the USSR, this is happening even now, let alone talk about deep antiquity.
@@АндрійРудзевичMoscow created a centralized Russia, before that - check "feudal fragmentation"
i have somewhat expected of this video possibly showing me processes of old korean lands known as Manchuria conquested to Russia. the Manchuria territory belonged to parts of Eastern siberia and lasted a few hundreds years of colony under Korean government. Maybe you might add that to it ! thank you
so much for "russia never started a war"
me as a siberian: "proud to be an asian, sir 💪🏻"
the video: "siberia is considered european" 😣
Can you make a video on how Germany annexed Germany and France annexed France.
you deny russia conquered siberia? You are an uneducated maddie
@@asbest2092 - Do you have any idea what a low population density there is even now? 1.5 people per thousand square kilometers. And in those days it was even lower. Of course, the small peoples of Siberia had no chance in the confrontation even with small detachments of Cossacks, but still it can hardly be called colonization, similar for example to the colonization of Latin America by the conquistadors
@@ДенисСвекольников-с2ь Siberia isn't icy and it isn't low populated. You know the proverb "100 bucks is 100 bucks" so I say "a city of 100 000 people is a city of 100 000 people". The city is the same no matter where it is located. A continent isn't supposed to be a city. You are not supposed to walk across the usa and see a person every 100 meters, visit a city and you will see people. Just like you are not supposed to walk across bare siberia and see a person every 300 meters so you say "yes, some low populated place, I see only one person every 300 meters of my walk". Visit a freaking city! They are all the same everywhere, Siberia has a lot of them!
@@asbest2092 - In order for the area to be densely populated, there must be an appropriate economic base that could feed these people. Why does no one live in Antarctica? Yes, because there will be nothing to live with, there will be nothing to eat. The same is true in the Siberian taiga or tundra. What will large masses of people be able to eat there? Rare tribes of hunters, gatherers and shepherds of reindeer lived mainly in Siberia. And in the harsh Siberian climate, large masses of people will simply have nothing to eat. Or will they have to hibernate like bears during the long and cold Siberian winter?) Now the entire economy of Siberia is based mainly on the extraction of raw materials and minerals - oil, gas, diamonds, various metals, deforestation. Then none of this happened, and hunting fur-bearing animals and reselling them to Europe, large masses of people will not feed themselves in the taiga. So don 't make it up .
@@ДенисСвекольников-с2ь I just proved you siberia isn't low populated and you just repeat your old song about siberia being low populated. Don't you have some brain injuries?
*How is your comment related to the fact that siberia was colonized?* This is the topic and you don't comment it though it's evident you hate the word and for some reason you hate the fact siberia was colonized.
Where are you from?
And I repeat, siberia does not have a harsh climate, don't repeat what was already refuted.
Don't write about the things you don't understand
I still don't understand how the Russians managed their logistics and communication in such a harsh and desolate stretch of land. Just boggles my mind.
It's easy, the Cossacks were adventurers. They collected tribute from the lands and went further and further east. They themselves laid routes along the tracts and along the rivers.
The word you're after is colonised. Not conquered, nor annexed.
Colonization is generally done by conquering and annexing
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Germany colonized France and the Balkans during ww2
@@texmj123 there was nothing to even be conquered or annexed, so no. You're thinking of the wrong "colonization", it's meant in the original sense, which is exploration and settling of largely empty land
Russia has a long history of being invaded by the nomads from the East - the feared and most powerful weapon through the middle ages was the nomadic horse archer, various Turkish and Mongol groups. BUT, with the arrival of the musket, the horse archer lost its power. It was the musket that allowed Russia to extract vengeance for its defeats and Russia took it all the way to the Pacific Ocean. Cossacks were the answer to constant nomadic invasions, themselves a product of nomadic way of waging wars coupled with agricultural heritage of the "civilized world". And these Cossacks, originally refugees from the nomads and defenders from them, turned into conquerors.
it's a pretext, not a historical fact.
@@asbest2092 usually, pretexts for wars are something specific to each particular conflict. Here, we are talking about 2-3 centuries of expansion. So, no, it's not a pretext. It's the underlying psychology of why Russia looked East and not West. And of course, there were typical reasons for wars - gaining territory and resources but these are not mutually exclusive with what I've described.
@@mrvk39 The event: russia's expansion to siberia
The reason: the wish of easy free resources of a huge amount
The pretext: "we were just afraid"
@@asbest2092 that's not how pretexts work in history. This fear of invasions is on a subconscious level of Russians. They always view the world as out to get them. And, of course, resources were a reason, though, when Cossacks were conquering it, there wasn't much in Siberia that wasn't in rest of Russia - all the oil, gold, precious metals and stones was discovered centuries later.
alternative history ,CNN history
Just found your channel and I like it. You stated you enjoyed feedback. I think longer videos would be great, maybe do a short version and extended version. The idea is that differing topics appeal to different people, so not everyone would watch a 30-minute video about it, but they'd be interested enough to watch a 10-15 minute version. Also, and most importantly, how does anyone know that your information is accurate? Are you an educated historian or a passionate person who loves history and wants to share it with everyone? I think a good idea would be to cite some references in the videos or descriptions. I hope none of that came across as me being rude or an ass. I was trying to give some honest feedback and ideas. I enjoyed your video and plan to watch many more.
Like Part 1, 2, 3...etc.?
You won't learn anything by looking at stupid posts from history on RUclips, you'll have to make an effort yourself.
@@SrdjanBasaric-w2s Thanks for the useless comment.
@@davej652 To Intelligent enough.
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How come that Russian bloody colonialism is muted in the entire world but western colonialism is mentioned everywhere?
because the Russians in the bulk did not engage in the genocide of conquered peoples, and the aristocracy of these peoples was often accepted into the Russian anistocracy. Many representatives of these peoples held state positions and were generals in the Russian army. Also, the Russians did not impose their language and religion. The occupied territories had equal status with the mother country. And Western countries seizing the colonies turned the inhabitants into slaves or exterminated them as Indians.
@@DY-ij3ch Holodomor genocide killed 5 millions Ukrainians, in Katyn genocide 22,000 Polish people were massacred after Stalin-Hitler allied, hundreds of thousands of non Russian ethnic were deported from their home countries in order to change the ethnic balance , Japanese war, Afghanistan war etc.
@@DY-ij3ch😂😂😂 what utter BS.
@@JACKAL747в чем чушь? Что он не так сказал?
Вот англосаксы это зло, которые столетиями истребляли кучу наций, брали в рабство и тд. И также поступают на сегодняшний день, но пропаганда хорошо работает, ты вот хороший пример😂
@@nick_yt23 During the famine of 1932-1933, besides Ukrainians, Russians and Kazakhs also died.
If greece was muslim would they be considered European?
I think the annexation of also Alaska is missing.
@Cypher Somewhat related, if not a continuation of the Russian push east.
@Cypher Indians and Eskimos are literally descended from Siberians
@@Peorhum Yeah, but the video title tells you the limit of what's covered.
Geographically it is part of Siberia. But after the Beringia land bridge sunk under the waves people count it separately.
Thank you for this great video. I think Russia's expansion across Siberia is a feat that mirrors the west's across the oceans. Unfortunately it is not often remarqued in World Histories
More like how the early US annexed the North American Continent.
You do understand that the aggressive expansion carried out by Muscovy and its cruel treatment by the local peoples is not a feat? about the expansion overseas that European empires carried out, European countries at least recognized the inhumanity of their imperialist conquests, and those European powers that used to be empires have long ago carried out the process of decolonization in their countries,
What modern Muscovy is so afraid of.
@@ГлазурированийсирокEuropean decolonization process? Have you seen the number of military bases they have around the world?
@@Глазурированийсирок Say it to the US President. Decolonization, yeah. You want to say the way of capturing Americas, both south and north, was not cruel and aggressive? What about Mayas, Indians and other locals? Btw all local folks in Russia has all rights and no restrictions for using their own language and traditions.
@@igorpavlovsky4012 Lies, lies and even more lies. Local folks were eradicated at the first place. Those who survive are suffering from poverty, alcohol and being "mobilized" to the war with Ukraine (so they lose unproportionally big amounts of men comparing to other ethnicities). Don't tell us about "equal rights" for them. I believe you're from Russia so you DO know how russian Constitution works, right? Everyone according to its articles has so many rights... and those right are non existent.
And don't even try to say something like "oh, you're a foreigner i know better". I am from Russia myself and been studying russian history for decades.
And stop being like those propaganda guys. "oh-oh-oh, look at what West did to poor [whoever]"
Talk for YOURSELF and your nation.
Nobody has ever considered Siberia part of Europe. What are you smoking?
Very curious how you present this history and the reaction of your subscribers to the video. As you understand, we learn the history of our country at school, roughly what you showed. But at the same time we have a lot of controversial and unclear ancient history inside. Especially considering that there was a Little Ice Age at this point, climat changes and transmigration of peoples (Hungarian to the west from West Sibiria, Kyrgystanian to the south from the same place. Thanks!
@lazarus921 you are right about Hungarians, but about Kyrgysians it's unclear. They are presented on the Mongolian maps of Chingis Khan period in Siberia
Hey jerks, remember already. Russia owns 45 percent of the European continent. Russians own 45 percent of Europe. Don't you study geography in your schools? The Russians (Swedish tribe Rus or Ruotsi) came from the territory of modern Sweden ("The Way from the Varangians to the Greeks"). In the 9th century, the Russian Varangians adopted Christianity and adopted the Slavic language. Russian Russians have created the largest Varangian state (the real Russians are fair-haired people with light eyes, so our main neighbors Finns still call Russians Ruots, which means light-haired brown hair). Therefore, Russians have the right to claim the territory of modern Sweden. In the future, the Russians will share Europe with the Arabs.
@@СтражникПравдыНам писали историю немцы, забыв спросить нас, кто мы и откуда😅 И нет, русские это не шведы, да мы родственны, но это они пошли частично от нас, а не мы от них😊
I've long wanted to learn more about Russia's expansion across Siberia! Thank you for this video! Does anybody have any other videos or resources they would recommend on this topic?
God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)
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unfortunately you've learned pretty much nothing cuz its mostly bs. but i encourage you to learn actual russian history. its really entertaining. hard to find in the west tho - mostly filled with propaganda.
Story about Moscow is not full without Mongols, and you just forgot biggest land empire in history.
so UK relinquished their colonies but Russia didn't ?
Colonies? Not the right comparison. It's like saying why don't the English give freedom to Wales and Scotland
siberia is like canada or australia in that regard. Except siberia isnt separated from the mainland by 3021030210312001 miles of ocean and thus never developed self-conscience or an independent economy