I always thought that Alaska was the largest 😭

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  • Опубликовано: 28 янв 2023
  • What is the largest country subdivision in the world?
    This might appear to be a tough question at first, but what I mean by this is what is the largest state or province in the entire world. Alaska might be a good first guess, but it quickly becomes apparent that this couldn't be further from the truth. As it turns out, Russia is home to the largest subdivisions in the world, the largest being the Sakha Republic, which is huge enough to be the 8th largest country in the world.
    #shorts #geography
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  • @3_14pie
    @3_14pie Год назад +10126

    Many people don't know how massive Russia is, in fact, Russia is so large that you can fit the entirety of Russia inside of Russia

    • @oicmapper
      @oicmapper Год назад +413

      but russia is small
      we need a bigger country in comparism

    • @artiomboyko
      @artiomboyko Год назад +606

      The area of Russia is about equal to the area of Pluto

    • @3_14pie
      @3_14pie Год назад +206

      @@artiomboyko I expected a country to be bigger than a dog, and it isn't even Clifford lol

    • @shrkeusia
      @shrkeusia Год назад +122

      @@artiomboyko Actually Pluto is the size of the country of Australia 🤓

    • @elementoneutr0
      @elementoneutr0 Год назад +33

      You can fit it into Texas

  • @mistik_0611
    @mistik_0611 Год назад +4095

    Fun fact: Sakha is also the largest autonomous republic (in terms of land area) in the world

  • @pappeskil7174
    @pappeskil7174 9 месяцев назад +234

    "One of them being Nunavut"
    "How much if it can you pronounce?"
    "Nunavut"

    • @CowboyZoom
      @CowboyZoom 7 месяцев назад +3

      🤣

    • @alahiri2002
      @alahiri2002 6 месяцев назад +17

      He used the correct pronunciation, while it is you who is describing the wrong one.

    • @whothehellisthisguy7319
      @whothehellisthisguy7319 2 месяца назад +4

      irony of someone that makes fun of someone that mispronounce nunavut when they can't even make a single coherent sentence

    • @Politography
      @Politography Месяц назад

      Maybe if Canadians stopped making the name of their subdivisions so fucking stupid, like Saskatchewan, then they wouldn’t have that problem.

    • @Norsk-brodrister
      @Norsk-brodrister 10 дней назад

      Hei

  • @seregapanfilov20
    @seregapanfilov20 Год назад +915

    Sakha is the only region in Russia, that has 3 time zones

    • @castleanthrax1833
      @castleanthrax1833 8 месяцев назад +52

      Now, imagine if Chile was oriented horizontally and not vertically? 😂

    • @KtoTakovv
      @KtoTakovv 6 месяцев назад

      ​@yakkowarner5038 chilergentinium

    • @FilipOrescanin
      @FilipOrescanin 5 месяцев назад +2

      Shaka is republic and russia have more

    • @Epicvr803
      @Epicvr803 4 месяца назад +2

      I knower they the biggest state is located somewhere in Russia

    • @what6.
      @what6. Месяц назад

      i dont want nunavut

  • @aaronmarks9366
    @aaronmarks9366 Год назад +9420

    Siberia is an underrated region. Sakha/Yakutia has its own Siberian Turkic ethnicity, culture, and language, separate from the Russian one. It also of course has a large chunk of the Arctic Circle and the Arctic Ocean.

  • @SustainableRat
    @SustainableRat Год назад +1549

    As a Canadian, the way he said “Noonavoot” killed me inside 💀

    • @Marche_Ottomane
      @Marche_Ottomane 11 месяцев назад +130

      Lmao that's how it's pronounced

    • @SSADO-
      @SSADO- 10 месяцев назад +114

      Tbf I don’t think many people care about Canada’s provinces

    • @EM-ic1yp
      @EM-ic1yp 9 месяцев назад +36

      That's how you pronounce it

    • @EM-ic1yp
      @EM-ic1yp 9 месяцев назад

      ​@SSADO- Of course, you live in the Arab World. You wouldn't give a damn about us.

    • @EM-ic1yp
      @EM-ic1yp 9 месяцев назад +56

      ​@@SSADO-Canadian territories*

  • @92hyadav
    @92hyadav Год назад +118

    Fun fact about Sakha
    Area is almost the same as India
    and Population is less than Andheri. A small 5km x 5km region in Mumbai, India.

  • @vitalyabotinok
    @vitalyabotinok Год назад +828

    I didn't know that my homeland is the largest than any other subjects in the world. I proud to be Yakutian.

    • @_bugra_7876
      @_bugra_7876 Год назад +68

      We love yakut people from Turkey since they are turkic. İ was so suprized when i learned how similiar we talk.

    • @vitalyabotinok
      @vitalyabotinok Год назад +50

      @@_bugra_7876 Exactly, our numbers pronouncing is actually from 1-10 is same.

    • @_bugra_7876
      @_bugra_7876 Год назад +32

      @@vitalyabotinok we also have similiar fruit and animal names.

    • @Uzbplov-qw8vv
      @Uzbplov-qw8vv 11 месяцев назад +34

      Turkic brothers and sisters ❤ love from Uzbekistan🇺🇿

    • @DreamWalkerVl
      @DreamWalkerVl 11 месяцев назад +8

      Ты гордишься тем, что границы Якутии очерчены таким образом, чтобы наскрести хоть какое-то население для того, чтобы считаться регионом для удобного управления?
      Типа, это просто политическое деление для эффективного распределения админ.ресурса.

  • @hiiambored1
    @hiiambored1 Год назад +2388

    As a Canadian it hurt me so much how he said Nunavut as nunuvut

    • @strawberrycow4007
      @strawberrycow4007 Год назад +80

      Glad to know I'm not the only one

    • @user-hm1nc5jo5x
      @user-hm1nc5jo5x Год назад +27

      ok

    • @EndOfSmallSanctuary97
      @EndOfSmallSanctuary97 Год назад +248

      It's not surprising that a Canadian is injured so badly over such a minor and irrelevant thing. Seems fitting.

    • @arandomperson7914
      @arandomperson7914 Год назад +17

      @@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 fr

    • @indigodino3897
      @indigodino3897 Год назад +134

      @@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 yeah I totally thought the american's would straight up die after hearing that one of their states only came seventh, but I guess that doesn't actually happen because, and get this, its a joke.

  • @Ashy_a
    @Ashy_a Год назад +721

    As an Australian resident I’m surprised queensland made it and even more surprised Western Australia is 2nd

    • @ms94
      @ms94 Год назад +76

      Yeah it's weird to think about. Both Western Australia and Queensland are bigger than Alaska and the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales are bigger than Texas. Speaks how big Australia is and how it's not really divided into smaller states and territories like the USA.

    • @savioblanc
      @savioblanc Год назад +43

      I was shocked how large Australia actually was, when I started looking into it.
      It makes up 5% of the Earth's landmass

    • @waitwhat69247
      @waitwhat69247 Год назад +32

      WA has desert big enough to hide france

    • @waitwhat69247
      @waitwhat69247 Год назад +16

      @@ms94 theres no point making smaller states most of it is dry emptieness of red dirt

    • @British_navy
      @British_navy Год назад +25

      @@waitwhat69247 it’s not empty, most of Australia has small towns dotting save for central where it’s literally inhospitable, but yeah that is the reasons for the subdivision being like this, that and colonialism

  • @Ratciclefan
    @Ratciclefan 6 месяцев назад +71

    "you might think of the state of Alaska"
    US-centric moment 💀

    • @troopl11
      @troopl11 5 месяцев назад

      yes

    • @lilblondeboy4142
      @lilblondeboy4142 5 месяцев назад +1

      Not really Alaska is pretty massive

    • @nep6533
      @nep6533 3 месяца назад +11

      Europeans try not to mention the us for 10 seconds (Challenge Impossible)

    • @Politography
      @Politography Месяц назад +4

      Not even Americans would say Alaska.

    • @makeshift_graveyard7893
      @makeshift_graveyard7893 27 дней назад +8

      no one thought of Alaska. he only says stuff like that to make his videos longer

  • @ryanfleming1010
    @ryanfleming1010 Год назад +783

    Dude used the Mercator projection 💀

    • @NachoTaco112
      @NachoTaco112 Год назад +55

      And

    • @Randomdude112
      @Randomdude112 Год назад +50

      @@NachoTaco112 “and” 👦🍼

    • @NachoTaco112
      @NachoTaco112 Год назад +63

      @@Randomdude112 and?

    • @Randomdude112
      @Randomdude112 Год назад +27

      @@NachoTaco112 “and” 👦🍼

    • @NachoTaco112
      @NachoTaco112 Год назад +87

      @@Randomdude112 “I’m crying cause it’s a Mercator projection” 🤱

  • @noisyfcks5443
    @noisyfcks5443 Год назад +603

    Hello there from Krasnoyarsk Krai
    Fun fact: Line between the most northern and southern points of Krasnoyarsk Krai(almost 3500km including Islands) is almost as long as country of Chilie and its almost the same as the line between Krasnoyarsk and Moscow, that is crossing 4 time zones
    So yeah, i used to fly 3000km to visit my native city and didn't crossed even the region border

    • @joaquincarcamosaez921
      @joaquincarcamosaez921 Год назад +46

      As a Chilean person is hilarious how you said "Chillie". It's Chile bro, but what an interesting fact you said:)

    • @noisyfcks5443
      @noisyfcks5443 Год назад +54

      @@joaquincarcamosaez921 Oh, my bad
      My English is not that good lmao

    • @joaquincarcamosaez921
      @joaquincarcamosaez921 Год назад +19

      @@noisyfcks5443 don't worry, you don't have to know, we are so far away from each other. But you get me in the fact you fly 3000km just to arrive to your city, where do you live?

    • @noisyfcks5443
      @noisyfcks5443 Год назад +55

      @@joaquincarcamosaez921 Minusinsk, dut my native city is Dudinka. Both are located in Krasnoyarsk Krai

    • @user-de4mr7uk8d
      @user-de4mr7uk8d Год назад +9

      Далековато у вас там

  • @yellotheepiko
    @yellotheepiko Год назад +1188

    The way he pronounced Nunavut is a war crime in it self 💀

    • @blakemercier473
      @blakemercier473 Год назад +64

      Bro ong these Americans

    • @sikdarshams
      @sikdarshams Год назад +1

      noonavoot

    • @funworldtimes
      @funworldtimes Год назад +19

      I hope I can pronounce Nunavut correctly

    • @yellotheepiko
      @yellotheepiko Год назад +84

      @@funworldtimes its pernounced like "None of it" i think

    • @heyo80
      @heyo80 Год назад +8

      @@yellotheepiko That’s how I pronounce it and I’m American

  • @jeffthedoggo7990
    @jeffthedoggo7990 Год назад +546

    No one outside the US would ever think it's Alaska. I honestly thought it was Western Australia.

    • @fcturner
      @fcturner Год назад +74

      Can confirm. Are the Americans even taught there’s anything outside their borders?

    • @ibraheemshuaib8954
      @ibraheemshuaib8954 Год назад +21

      I am not American, and thought the biggest was Greenland, followed by Alaska

    • @jeffthedoggo7990
      @jeffthedoggo7990 Год назад +21

      @@ibraheemshuaib8954 Ah, those familiar with the mercator projection will tell you that Greenland is in fact, not that big.

    • @ibraheemshuaib8954
      @ibraheemshuaib8954 Год назад +3

      @@jeffthedoggo7990 I knew that things on the map aren't the exact size as shown, but didn't think it would make THAT big of a difference

    • @jeffthedoggo7990
      @jeffthedoggo7990 Год назад +2

      @@ibraheemshuaib8954 Grennland is very far north. It doesn't make too much of a difference for countries that are closer to the equator.

  • @BananaMaster24.
    @BananaMaster24. 6 месяцев назад +5

    You thought I’d pick Alaska? I immediately thought of Sakha.

  • @jackbradshaw8992
    @jackbradshaw8992 Год назад +394

    For those wondering, Uttar Pradesh in India is the largest country subdivision by population

    • @renskioku
      @renskioku Год назад

      Those shit hold more people than Nigeria and Pakistan lol, almost as big as Indonesia by population

    • @anshulbadhani
      @anshulbadhani Год назад +56

      I was going to comment the same. Only four countries have more population than Uttar Pradesh (UP) which are China, India, USA, Indonesia.
      Edit: Now Brazil and Nigeria are in the list too

    • @Thetarget1
      @Thetarget1 Год назад +13

      @@anshulbadhani That´s crazy!

    • @burnettn7
      @burnettn7 Год назад +10

      Well yea millions would die and starve in Alaska and Siberia and desert Australia. Uninhabitable places are on this list. Nobody lives in nunuvut Canada

    • @oicmapper
      @oicmapper Год назад +7

      ​@@anshulbadhanieven crazier
      it combined with maharashtra has more population than usa

  • @email5023
    @email5023 Год назад +306

    The Northwest Territories (Canada) was the largest sub-jurisidiction in the world until 1999 when Nunavut was split off.

    • @bonaaq86
      @bonaaq86 Год назад +5

      ​@@theEWDSDS which part of his comment implies he doesn't know that

    • @email5023
      @email5023 Год назад +27

      @@theEWDSDS Well of course. I was pointing out a piece of trivia of what used to be the biggest sub-jurisidiction until its division in '99. Maybe English is not your first language?

    • @Adomip-vh4fe
      @Adomip-vh4fe Год назад +2

      Nah bro it's Ukraine the largest region

    • @Black_Bird_Red
      @Black_Bird_Red Год назад +10

      @@Adomip-vh4fe What it’s not even a region.

    • @jayyvibing9539
      @jayyvibing9539 Год назад +11

      @@Black_Bird_Red Not yet (nyet). *Russian national anthem intensifies* /sarcasm

  • @orochi1541
    @orochi1541 Год назад +49

    As a western aussie I am proud

    • @cHezzA72
      @cHezzA72 8 месяцев назад +1

      As an east Aussie I’m happy for you

    • @-ehbv-
      @-ehbv- 8 месяцев назад +1

      QUEENSLANDER

    • @auburncrescent
      @auburncrescent 8 месяцев назад

      As a fellow West Aussie, same here

    • @paintingdreams290
      @paintingdreams290 7 месяцев назад

      as a east aussie i'm just proud we made it on2 a list for smthn good

    • @sickpapi1703
      @sickpapi1703 7 месяцев назад

      as a non aussie, how do u survive on the eternal desert that is western australia

  • @tallo7545
    @tallo7545 Год назад +112

    Fun fact: The Northwest Territories prior to the Nunavut Act in 1999 had a about a total of 3,238,000 km² (1,250,200 mi²) Surpassing even Sakha Republic's 3,083,523 km² (1,190,555 mi²) Had it not been for the Nunavut Act of 1999, The Northwest Territories in Canada would've been the largest Subdivision in the world.

    • @Iambestforreal
      @Iambestforreal Год назад +1

      Yup!

    • @klop4228
      @klop4228 9 месяцев назад

      ​@Leo_Sigal11What's not true about it?

    • @EthanCole2009
      @EthanCole2009 7 месяцев назад

      I was just looking that up.

  • @NotSo8
    @NotSo8 Год назад +179

    States and provinces tend to get bigger in the more sparcely populated regions.
    Siberia is one of the first things that comes to mind when thinking of sparcely populated areas.

    • @stevenlarson3316
      @stevenlarson3316 Год назад +8

      This was the comment I was going to make. The reasons to sub divide are more political than geographical. So large empty regions don't need to be split up as much. Antarctica being the best example of this. No one lives there permanently and it has no states.

    • @gracelandtoo6240
      @gracelandtoo6240 Год назад

      Wrong, a few hundred scientists live there permantely (there are multiple stations that are manned all year round) and it doesn't have states bc it itself is not a country. Countries like France and the UK have laid claims to regions of Anartica tho, like Adélie Land.

    • @stevenlarson3316
      @stevenlarson3316 Год назад

      @@gracelandtoo6240 No one lives there permanently. The is a permanent settlement, but the scientist come and go. Google is your friend.

    • @shonenjumpmagneto
      @shonenjumpmagneto Год назад

      Siberia isn't a State or Province. Its a grouping of them.
      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Federal_District

    • @shonenjumpmagneto
      @shonenjumpmagneto Год назад

      @@stevenlarson3316 learn before you comment. Siberia is a grouping of Provinces.
      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Federal_District

  • @josephius
    @josephius Год назад +124

    Also good to remember that Alaska isn't actually as big as it looks on a flat map. It's just that countries at the top and bottom of the flat map get enlarged in what's called the Mercator projection

    • @juppertan
      @juppertan Год назад +42

      Same with Greenland. It actually slightly annoyed me that he used the Mercator projection to visualize the states' area.

    • @Vincrand
      @Vincrand Год назад

      They are still big though. I don't remember the borders of the Russian oblasts. If I had to make a guess prior to watching this video multiple locations came to mind. These were Alaska, Greenland, Western Australia and something in Siberia. When you use true size of you can se WA is bigger than Alaska and Greenland, but it isn't by a large margin.

    • @juppertan
      @juppertan Год назад

      @@Vincrand totally, Russia is absolutely massive.

    • @cheeseofglass
      @cheeseofglass Год назад +1

      @@Vincrand it's pedantic, but Krasnoyarsk and Sakha technically aren't oblasts.

    • @Vincrand
      @Vincrand Год назад

      @@cheeseofglass yeah I remembered a bit after this comment that there are different terms for the regions depending on the level of local autonomy.

  • @taffingtonboathouse5754
    @taffingtonboathouse5754 11 месяцев назад +11

    Yakutia is indeed massive

  • @AndoCommando1000
    @AndoCommando1000 7 месяцев назад +7

    Australian here, grew up always knowing it was never Alaska because Western Australia was always the second biggest in the world. Australians actually think it’s funny how Americans think American states are big. They are usually small.

  • @NickAndriadze
    @NickAndriadze Год назад +32

    Russia having a small piece of it large enough to be in the top 10 biggest countries in the world on its own is really fitting.

    • @brazzo975
      @brazzo975 6 месяцев назад +1

      No it's not

  • @mayakuduwudu3299
    @mayakuduwudu3299 Год назад +1048

    I’m Russian and I also have to admit how amazingly beautiful these places are. Some unique ethnic groups live there too. And from November to late April the northern parts of the region get extremely cold. Many days with -40C and sometimes as low as -50 or even -60C.

    • @LordsUther
      @LordsUther Год назад

      too bad your barbaric people want more and more land

    • @crss6846
      @crss6846 Год назад +69

      It's definitely a beautiful country in terms of nature.

    • @nicoedel5606
      @nicoedel5606 Год назад +52

      @@crss6846 not that much in term of mentality...

    • @476233
      @476233 Год назад +114

      @@nicoedel5606 I think it’s important to remember the will and spirit of the Soviet people are not the same as their government. Even if it is in some ways, not all the individuals in the country are the same or support the same beliefs.

    • @crss6846
      @crss6846 Год назад +2

      @@476233 yeah, while the government is pretty shit I'm sure that many people that live there don't support them

  • @azik4924
    @azik4924 6 месяцев назад +2

    "Larger than Argentina and Algeria"
    Kazakhstan:😀

  • @mohmmedmoiz5226
    @mohmmedmoiz5226 Год назад +43

    Sakha Republic is almost equal to the size of INDIA.

    • @frozenturbo8623
      @frozenturbo8623 Год назад +6

      @@hereusername Bit like Russia, Been trying to get population while other more populated countries like Bangladesh wants to be underpopulated

    • @s_lasgalen
      @s_lasgalen Год назад +19

      ​@@hereusername the permafrost there unfortunately doesn't allow any major agriculture in the region so historically a larger population wouldn't be able to feed themselves enough to grow a larger number.

    • @deusmachinima1189
      @deusmachinima1189 Год назад +4

      Although almost all of India is habitable while many larger countries have lot of uninhabitable land which is not suitable for living or farming.

    • @asbest2092
      @asbest2092 Год назад +1

      and is fully a desert(as benificial as a desert)

    • @Askhat08
      @Askhat08 Год назад +5

      Well, India isn't the biggest country on Earth.

  • @klampytoad
    @klampytoad Год назад +17

    Hello from Nunavut! I wish we’d get recognized more often, our food is good (for me anyways) .

  • @Ggdivhjkjl
    @Ggdivhjkjl 9 месяцев назад +4

    Westralia voted for succession almost 100 years ago but London said Melbourne would have to approve it. We're still waiting for a response.

    • @castleanthrax1833
      @castleanthrax1833 8 месяцев назад

      You're kinda slow in WA. Anyone else would've twigged by now.

  • @user-mj3br9fp6t
    @user-mj3br9fp6t 6 месяцев назад +1

    Fun Fact: InDrive is an international passenger transportation service, from the Sakha Republic(Russia)

  • @mercuryinyourwalls
    @mercuryinyourwalls Год назад +331

    "you might think of Alaska as the biggest" only in the US lol my first guess was Sakha

    • @rais1953
      @rais1953 Год назад +29

      Being in Australia my first guess was Western Australia at about 2.5m sq km.

    • @Lord_Rowlet
      @Lord_Rowlet Год назад +5

      @@rais1953 same

    • @TopOfAllWorlds
      @TopOfAllWorlds Год назад +29

      Nah, they wouldn't even understand the question, and when they do they probably wouldn't answer unless forced, and even then I'd say at least a third would say texas.

    • @spiritusIRATUS
      @spiritusIRATUS Год назад +19

      He's American who's main audience is going to be Americans who usually know squat about any other place outside the US, especially their archenemy

    • @osheridan
      @osheridan Год назад +3

      Ustatiens ☕️

  • @thisq9829
    @thisq9829 Год назад +61

    As an Australian and a Queenslander, I’m happy my state is part of the list. 😊

    • @Yvng165
      @Yvng165 Год назад

      Bruh canada doesnt even count its jus abunch of small lands stretched out

    • @TheFnafster
      @TheFnafster Год назад +3

      Same tho 🇦🇺

    • @TheFnafster
      @TheFnafster Год назад +2

      @@Yvng165 who said Canada?

    • @Yvng165
      @Yvng165 Год назад

      @@TheFnafster idk either person deleted comment or something ik i didnt say that fir no reason😂

    • @Yvng165
      @Yvng165 Год назад

      @@TheFnafster ooooh i said canda cuz thats what the vid was saying

  • @Ric9hardify
    @Ric9hardify 7 месяцев назад +1

    The amazing thing about the US that nobody thinks about is how long it actually is. There is the length of the lower 48 and there is the length of Alaska and it’s island chain, then there is the total length of Hawaii with all its islands.

  • @ArchivesCDBoff
    @ArchivesCDBoff 11 месяцев назад +2

    Québec is the 9th largest subdivision

  • @biswanathchakraborty7478
    @biswanathchakraborty7478 Год назад +121

    Thanks to this gem-man to inform us.

  • @jonslg240
    @jonslg240 Год назад +12

    "Huge areas = few people.. because if they had more people there'd be more borders."

    • @09EvoX
      @09EvoX Год назад +7

      Yes, there are 6 people in Western Australia.

    • @ArcticWoofxD
      @ArcticWoofxD Год назад

      @@09EvoX even the capital city of Western Australia Perth is considered isolated from the rest lmao

    • @jessez_fin5971
      @jessez_fin5971 Год назад

      @@09EvoX and -5 in Queensland.

    • @Linda-bg5vd
      @Linda-bg5vd 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@jessez_fin5971😂
      Around 5/6 million people in Queensland,mainly on the coastline

  • @nathanpfirman625
    @nathanpfirman625 5 месяцев назад +1

    Bro really thought that Alaska was the biggest…

  • @Astral-Time
    @Astral-Time Год назад +4

    Me throughout this video :
    SIBERIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  • @thehonestguy9654
    @thehonestguy9654 Год назад +168

    "You might be quick to think of Alaska since it's the biggest in the US" that's such an American thing to say

    • @oscaruseche2286
      @oscaruseche2286 Год назад +19

      Actually, many Americans think the biggest state is Texas

    • @terrybeardsleyii8878
      @terrybeardsleyii8878 11 месяцев назад +3

      I didn't think it was Alaska an I knew that in 1990 an Australia is a beautiful country. I remember writing too that Countries leader in High School. Terry Berry. Yea it's funny name because it rhyme's. Lol

    • @NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache
      @NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache 11 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@terrybeardsleyii8878what

    • @vihailevagi
      @vihailevagi 11 месяцев назад +11

      That’s such a non-American thing to say

    • @EM-ic1yp
      @EM-ic1yp 9 месяцев назад +3

      You guys are the only people who would say that

  • @helbyhell
    @helbyhell Год назад +12

    I'm Sakha and I would like to answer the most popular questions here:
    1. The Yakut language is part of the Turkic group of languages, but due to the remoteness from the main group, our language is not very similar to the rest (we have similar numbers, some words and the basics of word formation). Also, because of our isolation, our language is similar to the ancient Turkic.
    2. On the territory of modern Yakutia in the 16-17 centuries, a huge number of nomadic tribes (Evenks, Evens, Dolgans and others) lived. When our ancestors came from Central Asia and settled here, mixing with these tribes began and this is how the modern Yakuts appeared (the historical theory of the appearance of our people)
    3. We are pagans. Our world is divided into three levels (1. The upper world, in which our gods sit at different levels. 2. The middle world is the world of people in which people live in harmony with nature. In the middle world, ichchi (spirits of the forest, spirits of rivers, spirits of mountains, etc.) 3. The lower world is the world of evil spirits (abaahy) And there are also guides to these worlds - shamans, they can be both women and men.
    4. By nature, the Yakuts are very isolated from each other, in the old days each clan lived in a separate area, I believe that this has survived to this day, since the republic is divided into 34 districts and they are all very different, in each of them there are people look different and speak different dialects.
    5. In the 17th century, Russian Cossacks came to us, who discovered new lands to the east of the Ural Mountains. At this time, the Yakut clans were moving towards uniting into a single state under the leadership of the head of a large and influential clan. Russian conquerors came, began to demand yasak (fur tax), most of the clans did not want to obey and fought back. The Russians exterminated men, took women and children prisoner, burned villages. They did a lot of terrible things, but history is silent about this. Despite the fact that the Yakuts had a highly developed metallurgy, they still lost and were forced to pay yasak for several more centuries.
    6. In 1982, our Republic had its own constitution, its own president and local parliament, but a few years ago our constitution was taken away and the post of president is no more.
    7. In Yakutia (as well as in Siberia as a whole) there are a lot of minerals: diamonds, oil, gas, gold, silver, even uranium), but according to the stupid laws of our country, "everything that lies underground is the property of the state." All these resources are extracted by Russian companies that pay taxes to Moscow, therefore, from these resources, the republic receives only that its beautiful virgin nature is spoiled by mining companies. Oil is sold to Europe, gas and timber to China, diamonds will soon run out.
    8. About why Yakutia did not separate from Russia and whether it should calve. I will say this, about a million people now live in Yakutia, half of which are Yakuts, and the other half are Russians, Ukrainians, Kyrgyz and many other peoples who have been living here for a long time. And this is very little. Yakutia has no army, little money and no opportunity to become a full-fledged country right now, because nothing on our land belongs to us now. So I think it's impossible. At least for now.
    9. About the influence of Russians on our culture. After forcibly joining the Russian Empire, the Yakuts were forcibly baptized, and then given Russian names and surnames. The Yakut alphabet was changed to Cyrillic. In general, the great influence of the Russian language is noticeable, in our language there are many borrowed words from the Russian language, altered in their own way.
    10. Yakutia (also Siberia and the Far East) was a place where various criminals were sent, as well as political exiles, etc. Many very educated people were sent here, whose views did not coincide with the main ideology of the country, and these people were engaged in the education of the locals, wrote a lot of works here and greatly helped the cultural development of our region.
    11. From the end of the 19th century, the active formation of the Yakut intelligentsia began. But with the advent of Soviet power, repressions began of local politicians, writers, and in general of all influential people who could form opposition views or insist on sovereignty. Most often they were accused of espionage, since at that time there was an active intervention of the United States, Japan and China in the Far East. In some years it was even forbidden to speak the Yakut language.
    12. Previously, the territory of the republic was much larger and included part of the nears regions and even had access to the Sea in the east, where there was a port through which trade with Japan took place.
    I would glad if it help you)

    • @rdltm
      @rdltm Год назад

      You don't own any riches under the ground because these are spoils of war. The Russians won, so they own it 🤷🏽‍♂️

    • @user-ez8le1rp3x
      @user-ez8le1rp3x Год назад +11

      Pushing american propaganda under a guise of "I'm sakha" sure thing bro, no real yakut talks like that.

    • @user-ez8le1rp3x
      @user-ez8le1rp3x Год назад

      ​@@rdltm This idiot just assumes that Russia is just as bad as USA.

    • @user-qx8kf3st8t
      @user-qx8kf3st8t Год назад +5

      Короче ты националист, мы поняли

    • @user-ez8le1rp3x
      @user-ez8le1rp3x Год назад +7

      @@user-qx8kf3st8t That is if he has a nation. This guy is a 100% american.

  • @utvpoop
    @utvpoop Год назад +2

    Alaska is usually stretched on the maps so you can't place it upon the rest of the US that easily

  • @PrinceRightyI
    @PrinceRightyI Год назад +9

    Ah, the Sakha Republic, the place so cold people shave frozen fish and eat it as is. 🐟

  • @gatochorando7043
    @gatochorando7043 Год назад +31

    Bro i was 100% sure that the brazilian state "Amazonas" would be in this list

  • @user-gc6jt4kz7m
    @user-gc6jt4kz7m Год назад +14

    Highest population by state/province of a country is Uttar Pradesh, approx 26 crore population.

    • @chri-k
      @chri-k Год назад

      interesting

    • @noelxlk
      @noelxlk Год назад +8

      wtf is 26 crore

    • @chri-k
      @chri-k Год назад +1

      @@noelxlk crore is somehow supposed to be hundreds per square mile.
      Or in understandable terms, the population is around 1000/km^2

    • @abhijit_mishra
      @abhijit_mishra Год назад +3

      @@noelxlk 10 million is 1 crore ...now do the math

    • @RK-cj4oc
      @RK-cj4oc Год назад

      ​@@abhijit_mishraThen just say the million number. Morons.

  • @kaintgetritedonetried
    @kaintgetritedonetried Год назад +1

    South America gettin away.

  • @USSFFRU
    @USSFFRU Год назад +37

    People underestimate how gigantic Siberia genuinely is.

    • @TheBarser
      @TheBarser Год назад +6

      Do they? I actually think people overestimate it because og how it is portraited even bigger than it is on most maps

    • @USSFFRU
      @USSFFRU Год назад +6

      @@TheBarser Sometimes its overestimated, sometimes its underestimated. There are few people that are aware just how massive Siberia's Republics and Siberia genuinely is.

    • @TheBarser
      @TheBarser Год назад +6

      @Soviet Union Mapping maybe if they never looked on a map. But it is usually skewered making russia appear even more massive than it is, and africa small. I would say many people underestimate the size of africa

    • @Vincrand
      @Vincrand Год назад +2

      @@USSFFRU I'd say my geography knowledge is above average due to the amount of map games I play and quizzes I take, but Russian oblast (and such) borders is something that I and most people never learn. Probably only Russian citizens, geography experts and people that are just very interested in the country, cultures and such. In Siberia there are 2 huge ones, but also multiple smaller ones (still bigger than a lot of countries, but not close to the size of Alaska).

    • @USSFFRU
      @USSFFRU Год назад +2

      @@TheBarser Ah thats also fair, Besides how massive Siberia is, alot of people would be surprised to see how massive nations like Algeria genuinely is.

  • @ccktravis4128
    @ccktravis4128 Год назад +9

    this is honestly one of the best channels on youtube in terms of editing and content

  • @Cragpot101
    @Cragpot101 5 месяцев назад

    "Krazoyask cry" got me dying💀

  • @cahsantribatik6798nihnoss
    @cahsantribatik6798nihnoss 9 месяцев назад +1

    Siberia:hi

    • @Space_core85763
      @Space_core85763 9 месяцев назад +1

      Sebiria is part of Asia, like south Asia, Middle east, etc.
      But it have his own flag.

  • @krisbarr5663
    @krisbarr5663 Год назад +36

    You can't just drag something from the north and drop it onto something further south and get an actual size comparison. It's the Mercator Projection. It's a 3-d shape projected onto a 2-d space. Areas in the extreme north, like Alaska and Greenland, appear much bigger than they actually are.

    • @edsonfilho9429
      @edsonfilho9429 Год назад +7

      Dude, he’s using the actual land area for comparison, not some visual size bullshit

    • @krisbarr5663
      @krisbarr5663 Год назад +5

      @@edsonfilho9429 Dude, no he's not. You need the area of 2 entities for a "comparison". He only gave 1, so you are wrong.
      He is literally dragging lands masses from the north section of the Mercator Projection onto land masses further south, which are smaller by design, and saying "look how big it is in comparison". He is literally doing a "visual size bullshit" comparison.
      That's the whole point of the Mercator Projection. Dragging Alaska onto the main area of the US does not give you a true comparison. And he certainly did not give the area of the US as you claim.

    • @boarbot7829
      @boarbot7829 Год назад

      @@krisbarr5663 there is literally no “dragging” in the entire video. Wtf are you on about?

    • @krisbarr5663
      @krisbarr5663 Год назад

      @@boarbot7829 What is humanity coming to? Some kind of mass stupidity/insanity?
      About 20 seconds in, Alaska is literally dragged onto the rest of the USA as a visual size comparison.
      Are these people for real? I'm not going to respond to any more of this insanity. There are people out there curing cancer and planning how to colonise Mars, and these windows lickers are struggling to understand what is going on here?
      Next you'll be telling me that there are no maps or countries in this video, and it has nothing to do with geography.
      Honestly, is this some kind of low-brow trolling attempt? Or are people really this nuts??
      /FACEPALM

    • @boarbot7829
      @boarbot7829 Год назад +1

      @@krisbarr5663 to be completely fair, I missed that.

  • @TheFinnishcountryball20
    @TheFinnishcountryball20 Год назад +4

    Before 1999 Canada had the largest division because Nunavut and the territory to the west were one before A vote split it in 2

  • @viniciusdomenighi6439
    @viniciusdomenighi6439 Год назад +3

    In Brazil, the state of Amazonas has 1,570 million km2And the state of Pará has 1,250 million. At the time of the Empire, the two states were unified having the size of 2.8 million km²

    • @funworldtimes
      @funworldtimes Год назад

      I hope I can visit Brazil soon, especially Recife

  • @CristianFrancescoDepalo
    @CristianFrancescoDepalo 10 дней назад +2

    Only an average United States citizen would be able to think to Alaska as the biggest subdivision inside a Nation.

    • @SjuniqueAnime
      @SjuniqueAnime 10 дней назад

      Avarage South American🤡

    • @CristianFrancescoDepalo
      @CristianFrancescoDepalo 10 дней назад +2

      @@SjuniqueAnime What do South Americans have to do with it?

    • @Mili-bedili
      @Mili-bedili 4 дня назад

      No one in the US would think that either. The dude in the video is just saying that for filler.

  • @fleunteur
    @fleunteur Год назад +24

    Sakha republic : a subdivision that have similar land size with India
    California: a subdivision that have a similar economy as India
    Damn these state literally comparable to India despite their small population compared to India
    They (Russia and US)definitely deserve a superpower title

    • @OmoriSupportsPalestine_143
      @OmoriSupportsPalestine_143 Год назад +2

      No disrespect, but why are all Indians overproud (I made that word up)?

    • @criffonn1962
      @criffonn1962 Год назад +4

      I mean it's easy to understand why.
      Siberia is huge as shit and because sakha republic has basically no people the government can make a bigger subdivision with low people which is easy to govern.
      The Indian economy used to be the highest is the world along with china. It controlled 1/4th of the world's wealth. But since the 1700s instability and British rule downright destroyed the Indian economy. And post independence the Indian economic management was shit causing little growth. The Indian economy did not open up until the 1990s and it has been one of the fastest growing economies in the world.
      California has the silicon valley and is an economic hub and several years of proper economic management and resource efficient governance made it rich as shit.
      Looking at this it's not a surprise how comparable these subdivisions are to India.

    • @gururaven
      @gururaven Год назад

      Russia isn't a superpower though

    • @fleunteur
      @fleunteur Год назад +1

      @@OmoriSupportsPalestine_143 tbh, yes they are, and also delusional, it's kinda annoyed me a little bit tbf

    • @OmoriSupportsPalestine_143
      @OmoriSupportsPalestine_143 Год назад +1

      @@fleunteur same

  • @WeyounSix
    @WeyounSix Год назад +11

    Alaska is indeed huge, but people forget that the Mercator projection of the planet makes it look majorly stretched

  • @user-fb2eb5fe8w
    @user-fb2eb5fe8w Месяц назад +1

    Russia: suprised?

  • @MexicoBall-tt5ju
    @MexicoBall-tt5ju 7 месяцев назад +1

    The fact that the 3rd province looks like green land 💀

  • @AussieBall_Animations
    @AussieBall_Animations Год назад +23

    Proud to have the 2nd largest state. Although i don’t live there💪🇦🇺

  • @fromtunisiaongod
    @fromtunisiaongod Год назад +42

    Great video!
    Great editing!
    Amazing RUclipsr!

  • @notak4046
    @notak4046 Год назад +1

    Fun fact: if Sakha were independent, it would be the 156th country in the world in terms of population, slightly more than Cyprus (Cyprus 918,100 vs Sakha 964,330).

    • @AaaAaaaAaadLOL
      @AaaAaaaAaadLOL 6 месяцев назад

      Sakha republic has 1 million people now

  • @quickthinker9697
    @quickthinker9697 10 месяцев назад +1

    Australia and Russia are playing in a different league. 😆

  • @coolcapybappy
    @coolcapybappy Год назад +57

    This deserves more then it has

  • @stephenrobinson1944
    @stephenrobinson1944 Год назад +18

    For my American friends, most Canadians call Nunavut “none-ah-vet” no one really says “noon-a-voot”. At least where I’m from I’ve never heard it

    • @Black_Bird_Red
      @Black_Bird_Red Год назад +2

      I hear it all the time for where I am in Canada.

    • @Nn-3
      @Nn-3 Год назад +2

      Where I'm from we pronounce the "u" with the same vowel sound as the "oo" in foot.

    • @andycockrum1212
      @andycockrum1212 Год назад +4

      Another dude under another comment is from Nunavut and he said the guy in the video said it correctly

    • @Maak920.
      @Maak920. Год назад +3

      It’s Nu-na-vut means our land for Inuit’s

    • @XTSonic
      @XTSonic Год назад

      Pretty sure no one says "Sakka" either for the Sakha Republic lol

  • @ancientegypt268
    @ancientegypt268 6 месяцев назад +1

    Hi everyone from Sakha!

  • @John-ev9br
    @John-ev9br 9 месяцев назад +7

    As an American, no, I did not think it was Alaska.

    • @strodion2105
      @strodion2105 8 месяцев назад +2

      As a Russian, yes, I did think it was Alaska

  • @rapaccess5863
    @rapaccess5863 Год назад +3

    Thanks for mentioning Algeria 🇩🇿 😊! Would like some videos about that country plz ☺️

  • @sp_ce.
    @sp_ce. Год назад +4

    I believe you adjusted wrong for the Mercator projection when comparing Alaska to the US

  • @w8363
    @w8363 Год назад +2

    Welcome to Yakutia.

  • @nevenstanojevic3699
    @nevenstanojevic3699 Год назад +4

    Bro said “nunavoot” 💀

  • @blakemollett5501
    @blakemollett5501 Год назад +3

    Pov your American and thought it was Texas. 💀

  • @vladof_putler
    @vladof_putler Год назад +15

    I knew it would be some Siberian territory in Russia. Why would I say Alaska it's so random?

    • @code8825
      @code8825 Год назад +8

      There are countries that exist outside of the USA?
      - average American.
      Honestly I thought California or Texas was bigger than Alaska, so I’m certainly not an expert in geography or anything. But I guess for Americans who know a lot about their own country and not a lot about others, they’d think of Alaska since it’s their biggest state.

    • @iJaxy10
      @iJaxy10 Год назад +9

      Alaska isn’t really random Tbf it’s absolutely massive lmao

  • @PatrixxYT
    @PatrixxYT 7 дней назад

    The Krasnoyarsk Kai looks like another Greenland ngl💀

  • @SpacyAngelo
    @SpacyAngelo 7 дней назад

    I thought he said "Sokka" in Avatar the last Airbender 💀💀

  • @LambdaCreates
    @LambdaCreates Год назад +24

    I used to think of Alaska, until one day I was just wandering on Google Maps, and was shocked to see how huge was the Sakha Republic.

    • @willie417
      @willie417 Год назад +2

      where it's just a - 58 to a -29 degrees

    • @ErenYeager-ho5xb
      @ErenYeager-ho5xb Год назад

      ​@@willie417 and like 15 people live in the entire republic

    • @Vincrand
      @Vincrand Год назад

      @@ErenYeager-ho5xb which is more than either of the Dakotas

  • @HailAnts
    @HailAnts Год назад +12

    You can't just lower Alaska's outline down to the lower 48 like that. It's a Mercator projection map, which means size is distorted depending on the latitude.
    Alaska is big, but not that big..

    • @nicholascuevas7447
      @nicholascuevas7447 8 месяцев назад

      It is that big when placed over the us area he probably use a program that adjusted the size of the image for projection

  • @heronimousbrapson863
    @heronimousbrapson863 8 месяцев назад +1

    I believe the Canadian province of Quebec is geographically larger than Alaska as well.

  • @JoelReid
    @JoelReid Год назад +1

    As a Western Australian, I am 2100 km form my state capital. To put that in pespective, That is halfway across the mainland USA for a single state.

    • @Linda-bg5vd
      @Linda-bg5vd 6 месяцев назад

      I'm in Queensland
      I'm 45 mins from our capital, used to live 8.5 hours (not including breaks) away and miss where I used to live but one of my kids needs to see a specialist at Queensland Children's Hospital every 3 months so had to move closer to Brisbane

  • @HahnJames
    @HahnJames Год назад +4

    I didn't know that the Sakka Republic was that huge! Now, I have to go find out more about it.

    • @Spacemongerr
      @Spacemongerr Год назад

      I can get you started with this, it is written Sakha and is pronounced Sahha, with a kinda throaty H-sound

    • @ApertureScienceShip
      @ApertureScienceShip Год назад

      As a yakutian, your pronounce is killing ke

    • @laserliar8721
      @laserliar8721 Год назад

      ​@@ApertureScienceShipdoroobo djilus haiyuu syljagyn. A tak sakha siritten min ere bu kanaly koror etim dien sanaabytym

  • @OrangePanda007
    @OrangePanda007 Год назад +3

    Amazing video, I learn something new every time you upload!
    Would be better with subtitles tho…

  • @Milano-qj1xu
    @Milano-qj1xu 9 дней назад +1

    9th kazakhstan:🗿 are you kazaphobic?

  • @andrewtate1068
    @andrewtate1068 Год назад +44

    Turkey is the largest province of Greece 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

  • @YTMRCODER
    @YTMRCODER 11 месяцев назад +1

    As a person who knows geography,I knew this state would be in a place like Russia or Canada!

  • @davidmurphy2903
    @davidmurphy2903 Год назад +3

    Glad to see two Aussie states right up there
    🇦🇺🇦🇺

  • @savlatjonavazov8616
    @savlatjonavazov8616 Год назад +7

    As a Canadian I did not know Nunavut was bigger than mexico

    • @elhuevon384
      @elhuevon384 Год назад

      But the mexican territory is much richer and warmer with acceptable temperatures than nunavut

    • @DarrylErickson
      @DarrylErickson Год назад

      @@elhuevon384 yeah ok?

    • @elhuevon384
      @elhuevon384 Год назад

      @@DarrylErickson a xd

    • @lmaousack2993
      @lmaousack2993 Год назад +2

      @@elhuevon384 "bUt AChUaLlY CAnaDA is RIcher Nicer ANd moRe BeTTer tHaN MEEHICO"
      what is your point? this is comparing land size not economy and landscape
      and if we were to compare that, it's sad how a whole country needs to be compared to a single province

    • @elhuevon384
      @elhuevon384 Год назад

      @@lmaousack2993 maybe canada is better economically, but mexico has a better climate and culture

  • @multilingoman8188
    @multilingoman8188 7 месяцев назад

    This is brilliant. Thank you very much indeed. Greetings from a British geography enthusiast :-)

  • @yashchandkatoch9533
    @yashchandkatoch9533 Год назад

    Uttar Pradesh in India is the largest country subdivision population wise in the world . With a population of more than 200 million according to census of 2011.

  • @mrs.dr.spencerreid3992
    @mrs.dr.spencerreid3992 Год назад +4

    I love videos where I learned something!

  • @mrantipatia1872
    @mrantipatia1872 Год назад +10

    Siberia 🇷🇺 wonderful region

    • @_BiB_
      @_BiB_ 7 месяцев назад

      Это не регион

  • @unlucky_evo
    @unlucky_evo 6 месяцев назад

    Make a world map with the state/province sub divisions!!!! Mappers would love it

  • @Adelie_france
    @Adelie_france 10 месяцев назад +1

    10.Quebec
    9.Amazonas
    8.Xinjang
    7.Alaska
    6.Queensland
    5.Nunavut
    4.Greenland
    3.Krasnoryask Krai
    2.Western Australia
    1.Sakha Republic

  • @mounaomrania8335
    @mounaomrania8335 Год назад +4

    This guy is better than our géographie teacher

    • @Erik-cw8gl
      @Erik-cw8gl Год назад

      He's an American (USian), btw.

  • @iloveallah5960
    @iloveallah5960 Год назад +21

    Him: Nunuvut
    Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis:
    *Enough Internet for today*

  • @NanobanaKinako
    @NanobanaKinako Год назад +1

    Now do which countries have the most subdivisions, number 1 would be the Philippines because it has 82 provinces.

  • @Hash-6624
    @Hash-6624 11 месяцев назад +1

    Bro said”noo noo voot”

  • @qolspony
    @qolspony Год назад +12

    Russia is MASSIVE. It is about half the size of South America, a continent.

    • @augth
      @augth Год назад +8

      It’s actually about the size of South America. Roughly speaking, you add France to Russia and it gets as large as South America

    • @qolspony
      @qolspony Год назад +1

      @@augth Wow!

    • @myrkovich
      @myrkovich Год назад +1

      It will be smaller soon, as we Yakut Sakha get our independence from racist nazzies russians

    • @myrkovich
      @myrkovich Год назад +1

      @Rýgon | 希亜万壱 Pluto is not a planet dude

    • @FGESLAIN
      @FGESLAIN Год назад +1

      Russia is not a country it’s a federation. Siberia is colonized by Russia to exploite its natural ressources.

  • @alotta_dhan
    @alotta_dhan Год назад +6

    When a state in your country is bigger than a country itself, you better feel proud

    • @SSADO-
      @SSADO- 10 месяцев назад +2

      That’s the case for almost every country tho

    • @alotta_dhan
      @alotta_dhan 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@SSADO- Ik just saying xd

  • @edgychico9311
    @edgychico9311 7 месяцев назад +1

    Imagine if China took Siberia then it'll be one of the largest country ever.

  • @AlexLeafy
    @AlexLeafy 11 месяцев назад +2

    Only an American would think it's Alaska lol

  • @TsarCapybara2022
    @TsarCapybara2022 Год назад +18

    As a Russian I’m pretty happy we’re here. 🇷🇺

    • @david75221c
      @david75221c Год назад

      Enjoy it until you are torn apart🤡⚰️