People's mental capabilities are getting worse with age it make sense she become a worst empress overtime, kind of sad that she did not learn from her mother's mistake tho
To be fair, the French did remember about Poland and Napoleon's promise and made sure it was reformed after WW1, aka the next time they beat the Germans after Napoleon. The Poles' trust in Napoleon was well founded. Sure, they had to wait another 100 years, but hey.
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@@TumblinWeeds I'm guessing he means that despite her life of glory and greatness, a life as a very powerful empress, her last word was one very simple word, not some great speech, not some poetic quote, just one of the most common words of them all.
The Trash Can Miiverse: Sad Santa/Lester It depends on the curriculum. I actually enjoyed my social studies classes in high school, and kindled my love of history.
Hmm I really don't know but to me she was a good ruler but besides that she was terrible at every thing like being a wife and mother and I bet she can't cook lol.
6:00-6:08 Paul: Hey mom, I'm back from my trip. It was amazing, me and my super awesome wife had a blast I can't wait to tell you all about it! Catherine: **distracted by matters of state** ...huh? Yes, yes that's nice dear but mommy's busy with grownup stuff. Why don't you...go somewhere else, your putting on airs, it's distracting me from my work. You understand, right? Paul: Well, ok. No problem...actually I was wondering...maybe I could join your cabinet? Y'know, get some invaluable experience with this whole...governing business. We could spend time together discussing politics and junk, bond over...whatever it is we have in common. It'd be nice... Catherine: I don't think so...just...leave me to my affairs and try not to get in the way, ok. **distrust grows** Paul: Oh, ok. well see you around....I guess... **neglect deepens**
I'd argue that Russia did have one more great emperor in Catherine's grandson, Alexander I. Not AS great, perhaps, but still very very prominent and capable. He was raised personally by Catherine (unlike Paul), and was able to reaffirm Russia as one of the foremost powers of the world by defeating Napoleon and taking advantage of his victory to strengthen Russia's position in Europe. He effectively finished what Catherine started by taking over the rest of Poland (the Prussian part specifically), and played a big role in the re-drawing of the map of Europe after Napoleon's defeat.
Wolf6120 I like to think Alexander II also has some claim to that mantle. He also reformed and modernized the Russian state to the best of his ability, and did presided over a period of relative peace in Russia, of course until his untimely assassination in 1881
@@mirofeya No, Catherine wanted Konstantin to be her heir, not Alexander, but Konstantin abdicated in favor of his brother, he was Tsar for less than a month.
I'd argue that Russia did have one more great emperor in Alexander II. Not AS great, perhaps, but still very very prominent and capable. He was able to reaffirm Russia as one of the foremost powers of the world by industrializing and modernizing Russia. He brought Russia into the modern age with his reforms and played a big role in assuring the rise of Russia until World War I.
well... on the other hand Bismarck wasnt Kaiser but yeah... same destiny... actually... same destiny with every caracter this series choose... same with every great caracter in human history... the history is nearly the same... the great man do great things, but their succesor kind of suck...
@@Mitaka.Kotsuka there are some notable exceptions. The Nerva-Antonine dynasty of the Roman Empire comes to mind. Five (actually six, but let's say 5 and a half) capable rulers one after another. I might also include Anastasius, Justin and Justinian of the Eastern Roman Empire. These are just two, but I am very confident that there are enough examples to say that it's not very rare to have a capable ruler followed by another one. Not very often, either, but still, it does happen once in a while.
Especially when you throw in politics, power and paranoia. Catherine gained the throne by deposing her husband and so would always live in fear of being deposed herself. As they say, "Troubled is the head that wears the crown"
There's also the fact that Catherine never got the chance to bond with him when he was young. Elizabeth snatched him away before Catherine had a moment to recover from the birth and kept him with her as if he was her own baby. Catherine also blamed Elizabeth for his tendency to catch cold because she kept him too warm at all times, wrapped in furs near a blazing fireplace.
Paul's tale echoes those of his parents shockingly well. If only Catherine had remembered the mistakes made in her youth, maybe the Soviet Union wouldn't have risen to power. Or maybe that was more the part where Catherine wasn't sure freedom was a good thing anymore...
Timothy McLean I don't think that even a Peter or Catherine the Great would have been able to fix Russia's problems in the early 1900s. Im sure that the Tsarist autocracy was ever reforming into a constitutional monarchy
I reasonably skeptical, not only from a lack of truly adept statesmen-monarchs, but also that Russia as a Constitution Monarchy is a rather different paradigm to even Austria or Germany. In most of the extant monarchies of Europe, they rule over essentially a fairly homogeneous Ethno-cultural state (Sweden, The Netherlands, Spain). All Jokes about Spain's separatist movements aside, I think it is important to put the scale to two factors, gap of governed, and gap of territory. In all the previous examples, they are not terrible large nations (or they are not nearly so densely populated for large swaths of them) and they are relatively Kin of subjects. As much as Basques and Catalans may whine about Spaniards, imagine Spain trying to control a significant Moorish minority that survived the Reconquista, as well as stretching to Poland. Russia is an immensely vast country, just geographically, which makes relatively centralized, stable government without autocracy difficult. Beyond that, Russia was then, and now, a nation divided on any number of levels into groups, based on religion, or ethnicity, or economic prosperity. Having the kind figurehead king in a pre-modern Russia would have half the ethnic sectors in revolt in no time. Now if you wanted to say could there have been a monarch who by blood and threat broke up the old institutions and reformed the nation to reflect those division, such as emancipating the Surfs far earlier and forming a universal suffrage for electing leaders both locally and nationally, maybe it could change. But the Most long lived Constitutional Monarchy in Europe was up into the 20th century engaging in essentially slave labor of Irishmen, and to this day has not had a really cohesive cultural melding with the nation they have been legally fused with for 3 centuries
It's basically because Russia's monarchy had always been much more authoritarian and centralized than, say England's. In England the nobles always had some amount of independent power and after the Magna Carter, they had rights and protection from the King. While this only protected a tiny handful of the population, it did place an early limit on the King's power, which allowed Parliament to become a powerful entity independent of the King. All this led England to eventually evolve into a Constitutional Monarchy, with political representation expanding from the tiny aristocracy to landed gentry, to all men to eventually universal suffrage. But in Russia going all the way back to Ivan the Terrible, all power had been invested in the Tsar. The nobles (Boyars) held no hereditary lands, and could be made and unmade on the whim of the Tsar. This didn't mean that the Boyars couldn't oppose the Tsar (i.e. assassinate him), but there always had to be a Tsar, that was the contract that existed. If Peter or Catherine had moved to make Russia a constitutional monarchy (which they never wanted to anyway), it would have undermined the foundations of their rule and left them vulnerable to a coup to put another Tsar in charge. Maybe Alexander II could have done it had he not being assassinated. It's interesting that even today Russia's government still works in similar fashion, with all power invested in a authoritarian ruler supported by a tiny elite, where the elite support the ruler in exchange for wealth and stability.
@@hanger3581the so called commonwealth aint a commonwealth as it has been mis-translated from polish to english its actually polish-lithuanian republic. Poland was dominating too.. poland had more manpower and well better economy.
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Similar situation to mine. Depression taking a cold hold of me, but this video is making my day better, even if by a tiny bit. I already love history, and when it's a part so interesting of it, presented in such a good way, it's bound to make me eager to keep going. Good luck in the fight against depression, fellow one.
I see you did your research and had Pasha write to Father Frost (Дед мороз) instead of Santa. Nice little extra detail. Now if only you had done your research on the difference between "е" and "ё"... Relax, I'm just teasing. Great job as always.
Sonja_yu no, Fater Frost was a spirit just like domovoi, leshiy and many others. But now he brings presents for children like Santa (sorry for my grammar mistakes, English isn't my language. Also I am from Russia!)
Something of a sidenote, one of the great pitfalls of any form of government centered around an individual (monarchy, dictatorship etc) has always been the lack of good heirs. For whoever is in power, a strong successor is a risk to themselves, thus generally resulting in weak leaders. This is part of why so many of these series end because a good leader was replaced by an incompetent heir.
Hellenic heir designation for the win. Nothing better than being able to say "this man; that I might not have familiar ties to; but that is really competent & has established himself among the nation; is going to lead you once I die." Naturally; many monarchs didnt ever have the strength to overcome their ego and *not* let their empire be partitioned by ill-bred; spoiled boys.
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Extra Credits I wish I could help on patreon but can you at least have an option to choose some of the polish history. I watched this video found it really interesting and thought how Poland got to this place and thought this would make a great series with ups for the polish/ Lithuanian empire but especially the downs and how bloody resilient those people are
the one thing that i've learned watching Extra History, is to always make sure that you treat your children well and make them embrace responsibility and love for education
Well, they did their share of invading as well, invading Czech lands in the living memory twice - in 1938 and 1968. If we disregard the funny incident this may when they invaded by accident.
I noticed the differences in legacy compared to Tocugawa. By bringing in his son to run the nuts and bolts of power and retiring to be the man behind the man, Tocugawa was able to give his heir the skill set needed to rule with if not wisdom at least he had experience.
Tokugawa was supremely smart, he won his position by outsmarting everyone. But compared to Catherine, he had his sons trained, work for him, do things and learn the ropes of government. Then he stepped back and had Hidetada gain practical knowledge, let him wet his beak with power and steer him for 15 years. I admire Tokugawa Ieyasu profoundly !
I mean let's be honest most of "the Greats" in history ushered in a Golden Age of some sorts and basically was succeeded by heirs who couldn't match up to that legacy. You got leaders like Charlamange, Justinian, Koshrau whose legacy's were undone by their heirs. Tokugawa on the other hand was the few exceptions of history seeing as he retired instead of living out his entire life as a Shogun and then dying, passing down his title to an heir but then again if you think about, Tokugawa's legacy was a legacy of stability, isolationism, and stagnation - preserving Japan to a specific time period for a foreseeable future while the rest of the world modernized.
Damn, it's kinda strange to see those cycles of abuse that you see in books (a child has a big tendency to repeat the abuse that was inflicted on them on their own children, and so on) on historical figures, that often seem so distant and diferent from us. It really shows us that humans haven't changed as much as we are lead to believe.
Something else I learned about Catherine a long time ago was that she wrote a lot: plays, children's stories, operas, histories. I wonder if anything she wrote is still around.
Well, it's accurate for the Second Partition (as the Constiution of the 3rd of May abolished the Grand Duchy), but otherwise yes, it would be much better to just say "Polis-Lithuanian Commonwealth" once and afterwards just keep saying "Commonwealth".
It is pretty obvious they record all the episodes upfront and don't make corrections to the later ones even when viewers point out errors in the earlier episodes. Hope this issue will get at least a mention in the "Lies".
I feel bad for her son, wanting to a part of all she did in hopes to gain experience and have at least some responsibilities only to be pushed away and assassinated.😢
Though it’s sad I understand why she had to neglect her son to protect herself and her throne. She was a usurper, though her cause was just. She feared a counter revolution built around her son, who by being the former Tzars son had a better claim to the throne. By keeping him weak she decreased the likelihood of a revolution. She was great ruler, but that didn’t necessarily make her a good person. Her priorities were always herself and her power.
This series is so good. I honestly wish this way of teaching would expand into other sections, too, because I never was this interested in history. My low attention span shouldn't be able to soak this up, but somehow you managed to make it fun
The animation is really creative and so fun to watch. I love history and I loved the videos from this series. I will definitely be tuning in for future episodes. Keep up the good work guys!
The most interesting relationships when it comes to a royal family is The relationship between the king and his younger brother and the relationship between a monarch and there heir
This was amazing, and my favorite sequence yet. It went so far as start me speculating on what if Catherine actually treated her heir like an heir, what with proper education, maybe military service too. Perhaps also tweaking things so she actually raises the boy? Hmm, If only.
Any chance you will do Genghis Khan of the Mongol Empire in the future? The idea of a man who has nothing to lose after losing everything as a boy and forced to become a slave only to break those chains, unite the Mongol clans, defeat China, the most powerful and advanced nation of the Medieval Era, and becoming emperor of the largest contiguous empire that was built almost from nothing (most empires are built from kingdoms or city-states) sounds almost mythical.
Hi! You say that the Russia would never again not know a truly great emperor. But what about Alexander II? I always felt that the advancements and reformes he has made (at least in internal politics) are far greater than what Catherine did. More so since he didn't take steps back as he was getting older like Catherine did. Sure he was assassinated before he had the chance but in my studies I felt that he was the best ruler of Russia since it became the empire.
He is really popular here in Finland and he did achieve things elsewhere. But I think he had his failings and other issues and Russia was seriously behind Europe during his time (it had been a long time but during the period of such European progress it was really noticable).
Игорь Крылов Yes, Alexander was quite badass, he survived _six_ attempts on his life, in Russia and out of Russia. His liberation of the serfs and the slavs in the Balkans. Also, Emperor Alexander I was also very good, his handling of the Napoleonic Wars and was favoured by Catherine himself.
@@elmascapo6588 that's not true, there lived around 0.8 million Lithuanians at the time there weren't that many Germans living during partitions, unless you are counting in Jews from Germany than maybe roughly the same. but through its history Germans were 2 times smaller in population than Lithuanians
I like how you guys experiment with different writing styles for different series, sometimes more matter of fact and sometimes more emotionaly focused and sometimes more comedical. makes for great viewing.
I'm thinking back to the Lies episode of Admiral Yi and how his story, intentionally or not, fits the model of the Confucian parable, and I can't help but notice something similar going on here. Catherine's story, from her rise to greatness early in life to her fall from glory later in life echoes Justinian and Sulieman before her. Is there some model here that European historians understood the world through when documenting these figures?
损毁v拆 twice in a row and the "polonium" reference was never proved. The UK Court decision said that "probably" someone in the Kremlin was involved and that just gives up that the case was politically motivated as the Skripal case of today is as well.
Seriously. He was the greatest military leader of his time and can be cosidered as one of the gretest generals in history. It's rare to find one that has never lost a single battle.
Imagine how history would have looked if Suvorov had lived a few more years and would have been in command at Austerlitz. He might have been one of the very few generals capable of defeating Napoleon (since he had already recognised Napoleon's genius while Napoleon was still a relatively obscure general in the french army).
Admiral Ushakov was his naval counterpart. He pioneered many of the tactics later used by Lord Nelson and won most of his battles with the Turks, and that’s considering he was usually outnumbered and outgunned.
Me too. There's so many posibilities. Personally, I would like to see a piece about Kościuszko. I would probably freak out, if that were ever to happen, though.
Thanks for telling this interesting story. At the moment I'm in bed with a sore throat and a slightly high temperature. Your videos really cheered me up.
Hey guys! I used to love reading about history, but over the years it's been hard to find the time to read for pleasure. Thanks for making this wonderful series! I look forward to every installment and I watch them as soon as they pop up in my feed. Would you ever consider doing an episode about Boudica? I'm writing about her for a class, and her story is insane! Her entire culture has almost been completely forgotten and if it weren't for her we probably wouldn't know anything at all. I'd love to see what information Extra History can dig up on the subject and see your unique telling of a story largely lost to time.
Bavro nice to see that someone knows what they are talking about but it is still kind of a minor detail but then again it's such a small thing to say polish-Lithuanian commonwealth instead of just Poland so he should have used the real name
Ehm, lots of people are asking for someone's history so I'll join the bandwagon.*Clears throat* Could you please do the empire of Sweden? Would be really interesting to see if there is something I don't know. I would recommend talking about gustavus, Charles the XI and XII. Those are most important. If you do make that id be super happy. Also love these extra history series, my favourite yet is admiral yi
great series, but I somehow feel that through Alexander 1, 2 and 3 you could have shown that the doubt of Catherine weren't hers alone, but the fears of her dynasty. That those fears weren't ungrounded, but somehow made conservative Russia susceptible to revolution more than any other country. Also showing that even though cyclical history can be broken, it's really hard to do so.
I was wondering if you omitted saying the name of the Polish puppet-king because it didn't really matter to the flow of the story, or because saying "Stanisław August Poniatowski" is just too dang hard for you English speakers? ;)
VonKrauzer It would be PoniatOwski. Almost all Polish word have stress on the second last syllable. The exeption being words of foreign origin, mainly from Latin.
5:58 And eventually, when Catherine died in 1796, Paul became Tsar Paul II of Russia. Unfortunately, he was murdered 5 years later and was succeeded by his son as Tsar Alexander I of Russia.
If I ever became a teacher (not that I would because I'm not the greatest fan of kids), I would always format my classes like a narrative. Public speaking and writing have always been fortes of mine, I like to think, so telling a story in this way would be a powerful way to keep kids invested, or at least, not asleep, because some kids are just no fun.
Map at 00:58 is inaccurate, It is not Poland, it is Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth. Lithuania had more territory than Poland at that time. Do not forget that it was a union of 2 completely autonomous countries :) Edit: The accurate name of the unified territory was "Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania". Edit2: I will not get into arguments about successors of the commonwealth. It is clear that those were 2 autonomous countries, Lithuania saw rising threat in east and took worse deals when forming the union what led to polonization and other not so great stuff for people of Lithuania. Eventually, despite the best intentions, Lithuania still succumbed to other great powers exposing it's people to great abuse :( Edit3: My claims about which one had more territory might be incorrect. Sorry! But... I am pretty sure that Lithuania was bigger before Union of Lublin which took place in 1569. Edit4: Thanks to Extra Credits for clarifying the issue in video description! Edit5: If only this polish ruler mentioned at 00:20 served Polish-Lithuania Commonwealth's interests instead of Russia's the history could have been a lot different. Damn you Augustus III!
I would like to add that word commonwealth is often misleadingly translated. In polish name of the state trule meant common thing of Polish - Lithuanian that is Rzeczpospolita Polsko - Litewska (that is republic - rzecz pospolita).
The part about Lithuania having more land is not true. A big portion of the lithuanian land was transfered to the polish crown title by the Union of Lublin in 1569
You are right but you don't understand the purpose of this usage. In the context of today it was Polish as Prussia was Prussian. The whole country was Polonized etc. Only Poland is a successor to the Commonwealth.
Kęstas They weren't two completely different countries - they were autonomous parts of one country since 1569 - and in the end of 18th century Commonwealth became an unitary state.
Thank you so much for this series, guys! It's always interesting to watch it. But twice that much interesting, when you are talking about my own country. Спасибо! =)
Me thinks she was as ambitious as her mother, coveting power for herself rather than thinking about the future of her country or dynasty; if not for that, the events that led to Bolshevism might not have happened. In that, she is not so great.
Because every time someone talks about it, someone else gets angry. Even saying nationalities of some historical figures might trigger some people. I've seen Macedonians angry because someone called Alexander the Great Greek, Macedonians angry because someone called someone who I don't remember a Bulgarian, Serbs angry because someone called Tesla Croatian, Croats angry because someone said Tesla was Serbian... the list goes on and on.
To sum it up, Romans ruled for among time, then Bulgars and Serbs took it from the Byzantine Empire (Roman Empire), then Basil II took it back, then the Fourth Crusade allowed Slavs to take it again, and eventually, the Ottomans steamrolled through, before finally losing control in 1877-1913.
Elektro/PyrokineticChosenOne In fact it started in 1655 when Brandburg, Sweden, Russia and Transylvania agreed to attack Poland all at once and devide it for themselves. But at that time Poles manage to win through diplomacy and military might, but the country was totally ravaged and ruined aftar that war, known as Second Northern War.
And long bofore that, Poland was going to devide Ruthenia. But Russia won after all, and fucked Poland a lot of times, so everybody remember "oooh, pooor polska", but nobody remember that it began a long time ago, it started "fight" when forces were equal and Russia won. So Poland already have to let it go, theu lost, accept it.
@@fairyninja412 ah no one. just some insignificant military leader, who has never lost a battle in his half a century long service and who was behind all of those magical military successes mentioned in the videos as just happening.
@@fairyninja412 There is military honors and operations named after him, he is one of the greatest generals in the history of Russia, and regarded as such by its people and foreign historians.
this series has taught me THATTTTTT even before computers, boys loved to play starcraft, i mean come on the boy was like 14 and ppl pressuring him to get married when he just wanna play with his soldiers
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Brilliant series. Thanks to everyone involved.
Could you please do something about why Poland keeps forgetting how to exist?
1797, just before Napoleon got to show the world how its really done!
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." intensifies
Khizer Hassan or just get a bigger rock
Treu
Damn it,I was just gonna say that
People's mental capabilities are getting worse with age it make sense she become a worst empress overtime, kind of sad that she did not learn from her mother's mistake tho
RIP Poland 'Will be back in 100 years or so.'
He good one.
wieczny182 Poland is not yet dead. Because when it does, a few centuries later, it will return.
Poland is going to make a huge comeback in the next 100 years and kick Russia's ass. At least, that's what George Friedman thinks.
Legion XIII Back to the Piast.
To be fair, the French did remember about Poland and Napoleon's promise and made sure it was reformed after WW1, aka the next time they beat the Germans after Napoleon. The Poles' trust in Napoleon was well founded. Sure, they had to wait another 100 years, but hey.
Poland: Exists
Europe: *IT’S FREE REAL ESTATE*
Ah... Memes
It's sad but true
@@the8geese534 its a shame I'm polish.
More like...
World: Exists
Europe: IT'S FREE REAL ESTATE
Long live a free, democratic Poland!
Jesus god damn
Catherine neglected her son like how her mother neglected her
She became the thing she sworn to defeat
It's the cycle of abuse man. Very difficult if not impossible to escape
She became the person she ran away from.
YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE! YOU WERE SENT TO DESTROY THE SITH, NOT JOIN THEM!
You die as a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain
That's *poetic* .
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Thank you so much for your work, and I'm just sorry I was never able to back it financially.
Luke Watson rip in piss friend
Are you alive?
Nah he ded fam.
Luke Watson Are you really dead?
Feels bad man
One of the craziest things I learned about Catherine is that she died of a stroke and her last word was "Water." It's just horrifying to think about.
I don’t understand? What’s so horrifying about that? I would think dying of a stroke was a pretty decent end back in the day
Because she got the port in blacksea meaning she got water
4 years later and I still don't know what this means
maybe they mean she was panicking and screaming for water?
@@TumblinWeeds I'm guessing he means that despite her life of glory and greatness, a life as a very powerful empress, her last word was one very simple word, not some great speech, not some poetic quote, just one of the most common words of them all.
School: Man, I hate Social Studies!
Home: Man, I love Extra History!
Is there something wrong with me? They're kind of like the same thing.
I think it speaks more about the presentation of the education than the information being absorbed.
The Trash Can Miiverse: Sad Santa/Lester It depends on the curriculum. I actually enjoyed my social studies classes in high school, and kindled my love of history.
kimarous
Well said.
Extra History focuses on a narrative--a story, not just a firehose of facts.
Hi fellow Miiverser!
Catherine, great ruler, bad mother
Haha yes
Nobody is perfect at everything, not even Gregory...
Sad part is that might be thanks to her mother and then throw in everything else and you have grade 10 neglect
Yeah... Sadly...
Hmm I really don't know but to me she was a good ruler but besides that she was terrible at every thing like being a wife and mother and I bet she can't cook lol.
Catherine ended up becoming like those who raised her. My how ironic fate can be
It's such a tragedy
Yeah it’s sad what she became after the events of her life
6:00-6:08
Paul: Hey mom, I'm back from my trip. It was amazing, me and my super awesome wife had a blast I can't wait to tell you all about it!
Catherine: **distracted by matters of state** ...huh? Yes, yes that's nice dear but mommy's busy with grownup stuff. Why don't you...go somewhere else, your putting on airs, it's distracting me from my work. You understand, right?
Paul: Well, ok. No problem...actually I was wondering...maybe I could join your cabinet? Y'know, get some invaluable experience with this whole...governing business. We could spend time together discussing politics and junk, bond over...whatever it is we have in common. It'd be nice...
Catherine: I don't think so...just...leave me to my affairs and try not to get in the way, ok. **distrust grows**
Paul: Oh, ok. well see you around....I guess... **neglect deepens**
I'd argue that Russia did have one more great emperor in Catherine's grandson, Alexander I. Not AS great, perhaps, but still very very prominent and capable. He was raised personally by Catherine (unlike Paul), and was able to reaffirm Russia as one of the foremost powers of the world by defeating Napoleon and taking advantage of his victory to strengthen Russia's position in Europe. He effectively finished what Catherine started by taking over the rest of Poland (the Prussian part specifically), and played a big role in the re-drawing of the map of Europe after Napoleon's defeat.
Yep. No doubt by rumors, he was the one she named her REAL HEIR.
Wolf6120 I like to think Alexander II also has some claim to that mantle. He also reformed and modernized the Russian state to the best of his ability, and did presided over a period of relative peace in Russia, of course until his untimely assassination in 1881
Also he freed the serfs which is always a good thing in my book.
Edit: I am so sorry Alexander II freed the serfs my bad
@@mirofeya No, Catherine wanted Konstantin to be her heir, not Alexander, but Konstantin abdicated in favor of his brother, he was Tsar for less than a month.
I'd argue that Russia did have one more great emperor in Alexander II. Not AS great, perhaps, but still very very prominent and capable. He was able to reaffirm Russia as one of the foremost powers of the world by industrializing and modernizing Russia. He brought Russia into the modern age with his reforms and played a big role in assuring the rise of Russia until World War I.
She grew to become her mother, and ended up leaving her empire like Bismarck would: without someone to carry on her legacy.
well... on the other hand Bismarck wasnt Kaiser but yeah... same destiny... actually... same destiny with every caracter this series choose... same with every great caracter in human history... the history is nearly the same... the great man do great things, but their succesor kind of suck...
@@Mitaka.Kotsuka there are some notable exceptions. The Nerva-Antonine dynasty of the Roman Empire comes to mind. Five (actually six, but let's say 5 and a half) capable rulers one after another. I might also include Anastasius, Justin and Justinian of the Eastern Roman Empire. These are just two, but I am very confident that there are enough examples to say that it's not very rare to have a capable ruler followed by another one. Not very often, either, but still, it does happen once in a while.
@@retired5548 or the Ottomans. 10 great emperors one after another.
So in the end Catherine treated her son the same way her mother treated her. Hypocrite.
+Heds123
Sadly that's all she knew when it came to child rearing, which unfortunately she put into practice very well.
Especially when you throw in politics, power and paranoia. Catherine gained the throne by deposing her husband and so would always live in fear of being deposed herself. As they say, "Troubled is the head that wears the crown"
man history is just tragic
Heds123 LMAOOOO
There's also the fact that Catherine never got the chance to bond with him when he was young. Elizabeth snatched him away before Catherine had a moment to recover from the birth and kept him with her as if he was her own baby.
Catherine also blamed Elizabeth for his tendency to catch cold because she kept him too warm at all times, wrapped in furs near a blazing fireplace.
Catherine died on November 17,and I was born on November 17
Well,that's a coincidence,but...
My name is Catherine as well.
Catherine was born on May 2
reincarnation is real??
Katarina Simojlovic i Same here but my name is alexander
please refrain from annexing manhattan. You can do whatever you want with boston.
this would be extremely interesting story if you were born in 1796
"after her Russia would never again have a truly great emperor."
... the Alexanders would like a word with you
Stalin:you should visit the Gullag
@@VergilDarkslayer its over anakin i have the high ground
Pipe Silva you underestimate my power!
@@VergilDarkslayer That is The Soviet Union, not the Russian Empire.
@Lee Ruan ehhh they’re not
Paul's tale echoes those of his parents shockingly well. If only Catherine had remembered the mistakes made in her youth, maybe the Soviet Union wouldn't have risen to power. Or maybe that was more the part where Catherine wasn't sure freedom was a good thing anymore...
Timothy McLean I don't think that even a Peter or Catherine the Great would have been able to fix Russia's problems in the early 1900s. Im sure that the Tsarist autocracy was ever reforming into a constitutional monarchy
MrAlexkyra I refuse to believe unsubstantiated nevers on principle. But I'm curious to hear why you think that.
Pretty sure Pugechov's rebellion would had changed that if Paul was Tsar not Catherine.
I reasonably skeptical, not only from a lack of truly adept statesmen-monarchs, but also that Russia as a Constitution Monarchy is a rather different paradigm to even Austria or Germany. In most of the extant monarchies of Europe, they rule over essentially a fairly homogeneous Ethno-cultural state (Sweden, The Netherlands, Spain). All Jokes about Spain's separatist movements aside, I think it is important to put the scale to two factors, gap of governed, and gap of territory. In all the previous examples, they are not terrible large nations (or they are not nearly so densely populated for large swaths of them) and they are relatively Kin of subjects. As much as Basques and Catalans may whine about Spaniards, imagine Spain trying to control a significant Moorish minority that survived the Reconquista, as well as stretching to Poland. Russia is an immensely vast country, just geographically, which makes relatively centralized, stable government without autocracy difficult. Beyond that, Russia was then, and now, a nation divided on any number of levels into groups, based on religion, or ethnicity, or economic prosperity. Having the kind figurehead king in a pre-modern Russia would have half the ethnic sectors in revolt in no time. Now if you wanted to say could there have been a monarch who by blood and threat broke up the old institutions and reformed the nation to reflect those division, such as emancipating the Surfs far earlier and forming a universal suffrage for electing leaders both locally and nationally, maybe it could change. But the Most long lived Constitutional Monarchy in Europe was up into the 20th century engaging in essentially slave labor of Irishmen, and to this day has not had a really cohesive cultural melding with the nation they have been legally fused with for 3 centuries
It's basically because Russia's monarchy had always been much more authoritarian and centralized than, say England's. In England the nobles always had some amount of independent power and after the Magna Carter, they had rights and protection from the King. While this only protected a tiny handful of the population, it did place an early limit on the King's power, which allowed Parliament to become a powerful entity independent of the King. All this led England to eventually evolve into a Constitutional Monarchy, with political representation expanding from the tiny aristocracy to landed gentry, to all men to eventually universal suffrage.
But in Russia going all the way back to Ivan the Terrible, all power had been invested in the Tsar. The nobles (Boyars) held no hereditary lands, and could be made and unmade on the whim of the Tsar. This didn't mean that the Boyars couldn't oppose the Tsar (i.e. assassinate him), but there always had to be a Tsar, that was the contract that existed. If Peter or Catherine had moved to make Russia a constitutional monarchy (which they never wanted to anyway), it would have undermined the foundations of their rule and left them vulnerable to a coup to put another Tsar in charge. Maybe Alexander II could have done it had he not being assassinated. It's interesting that even today Russia's government still works in similar fashion, with all power invested in a authoritarian ruler supported by a tiny elite, where the elite support the ruler in exchange for wealth and stability.
Poland: Europe's punching bag.
EricStelzman since 1772
More like since 1655
Add also XI - XII century (for wither fans i'll add that nilfgaard is Holy Roman Empire of German Nation and north - partitioned Poland)
EricStelzman In 18th century - preety much yes. But earlier - hell no!
We went through a lot of challenge and look at us now. We raised our rank form punch bag to a mexico of europe.
Ah, poland. The bass player of Europe.
Russia: "UGH. I'm so frustrated! Someone get Poland, I need to hit something."
@@hanger3581nerds be like:*errmm accshuley*
@@hanger3581the so called commonwealth aint a commonwealth as it has been mis-translated from polish to english its actually polish-lithuanian republic. Poland was dominating too.. poland had more manpower and well better economy.
I know you guys probably won’t see this. Thanks to the video being so old, and the sheer amount of comments happening down here. I just wanted to say thank you. Today was particularly hard. Thanks to circumstances that I won’t get into. I was depressed and even cried a little. But when i opened youtube in an attempt to distract myself...i saw this video series in my recommended. Your information, presentation, and the personality put into your work held me glued to this series with hasty interest. It brought me out of my emotions, immersed me in the history of a truly amazing women, and taught me something i has previously been completely ignorant too. Put simply you made my day better. And i am going to continue watching you guys by watching your Video Series on Suleiman the Magnificent. Thank you guys for everything you do. I hope you reading this will make you as happy as your videos made me.
Awwwwwwwww :3 I never new history could do that
👍
Good for you.
Similar situation to mine. Depression taking a cold hold of me, but this video is making my day better, even if by a tiny bit. I already love history, and when it's a part so interesting of it, presented in such a good way, it's bound to make me eager to keep going.
Good luck in the fight against depression, fellow one.
I not-knowingly binge watched this season on the anniversary of Catherine's death.
Same here
I see you did your research and had Pasha write to Father Frost (Дед мороз) instead of Santa. Nice little extra detail. Now if only you had done your research on the difference between "е" and "ё"... Relax, I'm just teasing. Great job as always.
Ey yo!
"Эй ё?"
But.... that IS Santa. :o
Sonja_yu no, Fater Frost was a spirit just like domovoi, leshiy and many others. But now he brings presents for children like Santa (sorry for my grammar mistakes, English isn't my language. Also I am from Russia!)
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My son
Something of a sidenote, one of the great pitfalls of any form of government centered around an individual (monarchy, dictatorship etc) has always been the lack of good heirs. For whoever is in power, a strong successor is a risk to themselves, thus generally resulting in weak leaders. This is part of why so many of these series end because a good leader was replaced by an incompetent heir.
Hellenic heir designation for the win. Nothing better than being able to say "this man; that I might not have familiar ties to; but that is really competent & has established himself among the nation; is going to lead you once I die."
Naturally; many monarchs didnt ever have the strength to overcome their ego and *not* let their empire be partitioned by ill-bred; spoiled boys.
Being empress for so long had changed the once-idealistic Catherine. She did not even trust her own son and successor.
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Extra Credits your map of Russia doesn't show Saint Petersburg or the Baltics as being part of Russia. those were territories added by Peter the Great
Extra Credits I wish I could help on patreon but can you at least have an option to choose some of the polish history. I watched this video found it really interesting and thought how Poland got to this place and thought this would make a great series with ups for the polish/ Lithuanian empire but especially the downs and how bloody resilient those people are
Extra Credits Kan you please do the legacy of harun al rashi. from Mahmood
I really hope you guys can do one the most famous moment in History. The moment that inspired Game of Thrones. The War of the Roses
Redsand they'll probably mention it in Lies
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support of the show!
the one thing that i've learned watching Extra History, is to always make sure that you treat your children well and make them embrace responsibility and love for education
Poland, perhaps the most invaded nation in history.
Afghanistan: Hold my beer
India: Amateurs!
Emperor AlHasan as an Egyptian...
Yeah
Well, they did their share of invading as well, invading Czech lands in the living memory twice - in 1938 and 1968. If we disregard the funny incident this may when they invaded by accident.
Vietnam laugh in front of china
How about Israel? They win with one word: crusades.
*And she started off as an unwanted asset in the castle*
I noticed the differences in legacy compared to Tocugawa. By bringing in his son to run the nuts and bolts of power and retiring to be the man behind the man, Tocugawa was able to give his heir the skill set needed to rule with if not wisdom at least he had experience.
He also lived almost as long as his son ruled so he was the man behind the man bascially all his rule.
Tokugawa*
Sorry I had to.
@@arhambliss8606 so basically he has a stunt double, just in-case someone assassinated his puppet, he is still safe to run.
Tokugawa was supremely smart, he won his position by outsmarting everyone. But compared to Catherine, he had his sons trained, work for him, do things and learn the ropes of government. Then he stepped back and had Hidetada gain practical knowledge, let him wet his beak with power and steer him for 15 years.
I admire Tokugawa Ieyasu profoundly !
I mean let's be honest most of "the Greats" in history ushered in a Golden Age of some sorts and basically was succeeded by heirs who couldn't match up to that legacy. You got leaders like Charlamange, Justinian, Koshrau whose legacy's were undone by their heirs. Tokugawa on the other hand was the few exceptions of history seeing as he retired instead of living out his entire life as a Shogun and then dying, passing down his title to an heir but then again if you think about, Tokugawa's legacy was a legacy of stability, isolationism, and stagnation - preserving Japan to a specific time period for a foreseeable future while the rest of the world modernized.
Damn, it's kinda strange to see those cycles of abuse that you see in books (a child has a big tendency to repeat the abuse that was inflicted on them on their own children, and so on) on historical figures, that often seem so distant and diferent from us. It really shows us that humans haven't changed as much as we are lead to believe.
Something else I learned about Catherine a long time ago was that she wrote a lot: plays, children's stories, operas, histories. I wonder if anything she wrote is still around.
A portion of them is definitely out there. Not difficult to find books by her online, when searching in Russian, obviously.
The Lithuanians are not going to be pleased with a part of this video..........
Well, todays lithuanians have nothing in common with the Lithuania from the Commonwealth.
Well, it's accurate for the Second Partition (as the Constiution of the 3rd of May abolished the Grand Duchy), but otherwise yes, it would be much better to just say "Polis-Lithuanian Commonwealth" once and afterwards just keep saying "Commonwealth".
Fankas2000 Lithu-what? JK, sorry your country was not mentioned here.
It is pretty obvious they record all the episodes upfront and don't make corrections to the later ones even when viewers point out errors in the earlier episodes. Hope this issue will get at least a mention in the "Lies".
Dain II IronfootKing Under The Mountain as a lithuanian i have no idea how to feel
I feel bad for her son, wanting to a part of all she did in hopes to gain experience and have at least some responsibilities only to be pushed away and assassinated.😢
Though it’s sad I understand why she had to neglect her son to protect herself and her throne. She was a usurper, though her cause was just. She feared a counter revolution built around her son, who by being the former Tzars son had a better claim to the throne. By keeping him weak she decreased the likelihood of a revolution. She was great ruler, but that didn’t necessarily make her a good person. Her priorities were always herself and her power.
6:42 Okay, this moment really hit me hard... Like, seriously, why is this so sad?...
This series is so good. I honestly wish this way of teaching would expand into other sections, too, because I never was this interested in history. My low attention span shouldn't be able to soak this up, but somehow you managed to make it fun
“How to kill a bunch of birds with 1 stone”
Me:THROW THE STONE,GRAB IT AGAIN,THROW IT AGAIN AND REPEAT!!!!!
So, is Fredrick or Bismarck next? Eh?? Eh??
Monokite I vote for Bismarck!
Old Fritz all the way!
aahhhh, someone else who likes playing prussia in europa universalis 4
I would love a series on babarossa. He is the one i playing on Civ 6 now.
President Andrew Jackson would a very interesting one to do, the man definitely has quiet a story to tell.
Man, something about Paul's story really gets to me. I don't think I've sympathized so much with a historical figure in a long time.
This is one of the most human stories extra history has told to date. Many traumas and very personal character weaknesses.
Russia
1730: they laughed at my milltary
1793: I laughed at their land
The animation is really creative and so fun to watch. I love history and I loved the videos from this series. I will definitely be tuning in for future episodes. Keep up the good work guys!
The most interesting relationships when it comes to a royal family is
The relationship between the king and his younger brother and the relationship between a monarch and there heir
Easily one of my favorite leaders in the Civilization series.
This series of Catherine the great was amazing, educational, and just great overall!
Is 'l'anachronisme' going to be a new EC joke whenever France is mentioned now? If so, I'm looking forward to it.
0:45 ER MAH GERD THE BORDER GORE!!!
"My King! The Kingdom of Prussia was declared WAR against us. They cite
Reduce Border Gore
as their casus beli."
The most rational and understandable reason to fight a country.
25% AE, 200% prestige and 25% Dip cost
*Playing as Prussia* 10% Aggressive Expansion, 550% Prestige and 10% Cost for Complete Annexation.
More EU4 oh lord
At least it’s better than Civ VI and HOI4 border gore
This was amazing, and my favorite sequence yet. It went so far as start me speculating on what if Catherine actually treated her heir like an heir, what with proper education, maybe military service too. Perhaps also tweaking things so she actually raises the boy? Hmm, If only.
Any chance you will do Genghis Khan of the Mongol Empire in the future? The idea of a man who has nothing to lose after losing everything as a boy and forced to become a slave only to break those chains, unite the Mongol clans, defeat China, the most powerful and advanced nation of the Medieval Era, and becoming emperor of the largest contiguous empire that was built almost from nothing (most empires are built from kingdoms or city-states) sounds almost mythical.
your wish has been granted.
And slaughtering millions
@@goyonman9655 this one is a classic!
As I grew older I give more and more admiration to history than fantasy. Thank you for this great series.
Hi! You say that the Russia would never again not know a truly great emperor. But what about Alexander II? I always felt that the advancements and reformes he has made (at least in internal politics) are far greater than what Catherine did. More so since he didn't take steps back as he was getting older like Catherine did. Sure he was assassinated before he had the chance but in my studies I felt that he was the best ruler of Russia since it became the empire.
He is really popular here in Finland and he did achieve things elsewhere. But I think he had his failings and other issues and Russia was seriously behind Europe during his time (it had been a long time but during the period of such European progress it was really noticable).
Suomi mainittu prkl ;DD
Игорь Крылов Yes, Alexander was quite badass, he survived _six_ attempts on his life, in Russia and out of Russia. His liberation of the serfs and the slavs in the Balkans. Also, Emperor Alexander I was also very good, his handling of the Napoleonic Wars and was favoured by Catherine himself.
Thats not true.
Why do you believe Autocracy is better than Democracy? It is a really uncommon opinion so I would like to know your reasoning.
"Sorry Poland, you don't end in 'ia' so you don't get to sit with the big boys!"
"Division of poland"
Lithuanians: say that one more time, i dare you
whats lithuania? I only know P O L A N D
@@ExDee419 Lithuania is the reason you know P O L A N D
What are they gonna do, sing me to death?
@@elmascapo6588 its called poland-lithuania for a reson
@@elmascapo6588 that's not true, there lived around 0.8 million Lithuanians at the time there weren't that many Germans living during partitions, unless you are counting in Jews from Germany than maybe roughly the same. but through its history Germans were 2 times smaller in population than Lithuanians
Am I the only teen who actually likes watching and listening to history? I love these videos!
Same here
I like how you guys experiment with different writing styles for different series, sometimes more matter of fact and sometimes more emotionaly focused and sometimes more comedical. makes for great viewing.
I'm thinking back to the Lies episode of Admiral Yi and how his story, intentionally or not, fits the model of the Confucian parable, and I can't help but notice something similar going on here. Catherine's story, from her rise to greatness early in life to her fall from glory later in life echoes Justinian and Sulieman before her. Is there some model here that European historians understood the world through when documenting these figures?
Or maybe we are observing human nature here?
Admiral Yi wasn't a king
This is more extra credits (particularly with Sulieman) wanting to create a nice narrative above an accurate portrayal.
"Russia would never again have a truly great Emperor"
pfft. What about Putin?
He is a puppet of oligarch interests... but pretty stable one.
... Rah rah Rasputin, lover of the Russian queen...
Wait
He’s not an Emperor, he’s a president. But he should be called Putin the Great President!
损毁v拆 twice in a row and the "polonium" reference was never proved. The UK Court decision said that "probably" someone in the Kremlin was involved and that just gives up that the case was politically motivated as the Skripal case of today is as well.
Soba Dragon welCOOOME TO THE JOKE
Bravo. What a great way of telling history.
My poor Poland you were so big but now so small you disappeared and reappeared you don't know how proud i am to be part of you
I love how these series humanizes the people we all sleept trough in history class. Makes ot more fun to learn about them
Bet Walpole had nothing to do with this
JNSP 5987 in possible
Didn't you see my brief cameo in this?
2:49, right? Of course it was you...
Robert Walpole but do you do anything behind the scenes
I like to keep my time traveling business a secret. ;)
Suvorov never got a mention lol.
He'll steal the spotlight.
Seriously. He was the greatest military leader of his time and can be cosidered as one of the gretest generals in history. It's rare to find one that has never lost a single battle.
Imagine how history would have looked if Suvorov had lived a few more years and would have been in command at Austerlitz.
He might have been one of the very few generals capable of defeating Napoleon (since he had already recognised Napoleon's genius while Napoleon was still a relatively obscure general in the french army).
Admiral Ushakov was his naval counterpart. He pioneered many of the tactics later used by Lord Nelson and won most of his battles with the Turks, and that’s considering he was usually outnumbered and outgunned.
Who's next I'm excited
Me too. There's so many posibilities. Personally, I would like to see a piece about Kościuszko. I would probably freak out, if that were ever to happen, though.
Tea Junkie I just want history schools/people don't really talk about
Agreed, but do they talk about Kościuszko in your school or did I misunderstood?
Tea Junkie not really
Dąbrowski would be cool as well.
I, still to this day, think this is one of the greatest stories in all of history. What a legacy this woman left behind.
Thanks for telling this interesting story. At the moment I'm in bed with a sore throat and a slightly high temperature. Your videos really cheered me up.
She's the perfect embodiment of y most people should relinquish power before the sun as set on your capacity to understand change.
your cartoons are 11/10 awesome quality
*Old Fritz Old Fritz Old Fritz Old Fritz Old Fritz*
Wololo l how about a flute busting Prussian
Oblique battle tactics ain't exactly straight...
Russia's f*cked up and no wonder why...
IVAN THE TERRIBLE HAS JOINED THE CHAT
Hey guys! I used to love reading about history, but over the years it's been hard to find the time to read for pleasure. Thanks for making this wonderful series! I look forward to every installment and I watch them as soon as they pop up in my feed.
Would you ever consider doing an episode about Boudica? I'm writing about her for a class, and her story is insane! Her entire culture has almost been completely forgotten and if it weren't for her we probably wouldn't know anything at all. I'd love to see what information Extra History can dig up on the subject and see your unique telling of a story largely lost to time.
I feel so proud after finishing this series.
it's wasn't just "Poland"... the country was called The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ffs
Bavro nice to see that someone knows what they are talking about but it is still kind of a minor detail but then again it's such a small thing to say polish-Lithuanian commonwealth instead of just Poland so he should have used the real name
It's actually mentioned in the description
Finnish Doge just calling it The Commonwealth would have been enough tbh
Bavro
Yeah, that's true
I'm assuming they just call it Poland because not only is it much easier to say, but it's what people know it as nowadays.
Ehm, lots of people are asking for someone's history so I'll join the bandwagon.*Clears throat*
Could you please do the empire of Sweden? Would be really interesting to see if there is something I don't know. I would recommend talking about gustavus, Charles the XI and XII.
Those are most important. If you do make that id be super happy. Also love these extra history series, my favourite yet is admiral yi
I think that a Augustus Caesar should be the next person on this. he took a Rome divided after Caesar's death and united it under his rule.
I have an odd love for history and I keep watching these videos over and over again
First time watching this since I watched The Great. That doesn't claim to be accurate, but it's interesting seeing what they changed.
great series, but I somehow feel that through Alexander 1, 2 and 3 you could have shown that the doubt of Catherine weren't hers alone, but the fears of her dynasty. That those fears weren't ungrounded, but somehow made conservative Russia susceptible to revolution more than any other country. Also showing that even though cyclical history can be broken, it's really hard to do so.
I think that Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War, and creation of Commonwealth is also very interesting topic for next episodes of Extra History.
What a queen she was
Loved this series! I'm new to the channel and this is the first series I saw. Love it! She is a role model!
I feel like I've come to know Catharine as a person these past 6 episodes. I'm sad to see this end. Thanks so much For these.
I was wondering if you omitted saying the name of the Polish puppet-king because it didn't really matter to the flow of the story, or because saying "Stanisław August Poniatowski" is just too dang hard for you English speakers? ;)
I think his name was said in previous episodes, hovewer not full one :P
By the way, where should be a stress in his surname? PonIAtowski or PoniatOwski?
VonKrauzer It would be PoniatOwski. Almost all Polish word have stress on the second last syllable. The exeption being words of foreign origin, mainly from Latin.
Zielman For a Polish name, Stanislaw August Poniatowski is easy to pronounce.
"I think his name was said in previous episodes" nope. I just binge watched all episodes, and his name was never mentioned.
Poland translator
Russians: no we dont need that
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5:58 And eventually, when Catherine died in 1796, Paul became Tsar Paul II of Russia. Unfortunately, he was murdered 5 years later and was succeeded by his son as Tsar Alexander I of Russia.
7:17 Ironic, because the French Revolution was based on the Enlightenment ideas that Catherine had so fancied.
If I ever became a teacher (not that I would because I'm not the greatest fan of kids), I would always format my classes like a narrative. Public speaking and writing have always been fortes of mine, I like to think, so telling a story in this way would be a powerful way to keep kids invested, or at least, not asleep, because some kids are just no fun.
I love your channel so much. Thank you for putting in so much effort into making some boring ass history interesting.
How about making an episode on Poland? So many people don't know any history of such a great country.
now we know that they have eatened by russia and austrians... 2 times
Map at 00:58 is inaccurate, It is not Poland, it is Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth. Lithuania had more territory than Poland at that time. Do not forget that it was a union of 2 completely autonomous countries :)
Edit: The accurate name of the unified territory was "Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania".
Edit2: I will not get into arguments about successors of the commonwealth. It is clear that those were 2 autonomous countries, Lithuania saw rising threat in east and took worse deals when forming the union what led to polonization and other not so great stuff for people of Lithuania. Eventually, despite the best intentions, Lithuania still succumbed to other great powers exposing it's people to great abuse :(
Edit3: My claims about which one had more territory might be incorrect. Sorry! But... I am pretty sure that Lithuania was bigger before Union of Lublin which took place in 1569.
Edit4: Thanks to Extra Credits for clarifying the issue in video description!
Edit5: If only this polish ruler mentioned at 00:20 served Polish-Lithuania Commonwealth's interests instead of Russia's the history could have been a lot different. Damn you Augustus III!
I would like to add that word commonwealth is often misleadingly translated. In polish name of the state trule meant common thing of Polish - Lithuanian that is Rzeczpospolita Polsko - Litewska (that is republic - rzecz pospolita).
The part about Lithuania having more land is not true. A big portion of the lithuanian land was transfered to the polish crown title by the Union of Lublin in 1569
You are right but you don't understand the purpose of this usage. In the context of today it was Polish as Prussia was Prussian. The whole country was Polonized etc. Only Poland is a successor to the Commonwealth.
Kęstas They weren't two completely different countries - they were autonomous parts of one country since 1569 - and in the end of 18th century Commonwealth became an unitary state.
I wanted to add some more staff to conversation. But peoples have covered pretty much everything. well done guys!
Thank you so much for this series, guys! It's always interesting to watch it. But twice that much interesting, when you are talking about my own country.
Спасибо! =)
This would have been a very great story for a 4 hour movie. I would sit down and watch through it all!
I’m binging this series at 3:00 am in the morning right now
Me thinks she was as ambitious as her mother, coveting power for herself rather than thinking about the future of her country or dynasty; if not for that, the events that led to Bolshevism might not have happened. In that, she is not so great.
Why not do a Extra History about the Balkan States?
Dragan Markovic That would be great. We hardly ever learn anything about it, except WWI and the fall of Yugoslavia.
Because every time someone talks about it, someone else gets angry. Even saying nationalities of some historical figures might trigger some people. I've seen Macedonians angry because someone called Alexander the Great Greek, Macedonians angry because someone called someone who I don't remember a Bulgarian, Serbs angry because someone called Tesla Croatian, Croats angry because someone said Tesla was Serbian... the list goes on and on.
To sum it up, Romans ruled for among time, then Bulgars and Serbs took it from the Byzantine Empire (Roman Empire), then Basil II took it back, then the Fourth Crusade allowed Slavs to take it again, and eventually, the Ottomans steamrolled through, before finally losing control in 1877-1913.
It would be a big mess, especially in the comments section.
I agree me being Serbian there is some topics (Kosovo) that are very heated.
So this is how the idea of dividing Poland started .
Rather investing in Eastern Poland :D
OH fuck off Poland is the last frontier from the dirty Russians today
Elektro/PyrokineticChosenOne In fact it started in 1655 when Brandburg, Sweden, Russia and Transylvania agreed to attack Poland all at once and devide it for themselves. But at that time Poles manage to win through diplomacy and military might, but the country was totally ravaged and ruined aftar that war, known as Second Northern War.
And long bofore that, Poland was going to devide Ruthenia.
But Russia won after all, and fucked Poland a lot of times, so everybody remember "oooh, pooor polska", but nobody remember that it began a long time ago, it started "fight" when forces were equal and Russia won. So Poland already have to let it go, theu lost, accept it.
These are awesome! I definitely would have learned about history in school had this format been introduced.
Best of your series. 10/9
2:48
IT'S WALPOLE! HE WAS BEHIND THIS WHOLE THING!
I’m kinda dissatisfied you don’t mention Suvurov in all of her episodes
Dangan Yankee who
@@fairyninja412 ah no one. just some insignificant military leader, who has never lost a battle in his half a century long service and who was behind all of those magical military successes mentioned in the videos as just happening.
@@fairyninja412 There is military honors and operations named after him, he is one of the greatest generals in the history of Russia, and regarded as such by its people and foreign historians.
@@MaziarYousefi And a Battleship too.
Do you see torpedo boats?
Pressure them to make a one-off episode about hum
My thoughts when I see when Catherine the Great died
"UHHH *CALLS DAD* CATHERINE THE GREAT DIED ON YOUR BIRTHDAY
I am listening to a great story by a great narrator.
this series has taught me THATTTTTT even before computers, boys loved to play starcraft, i mean come on the boy was like 14 and ppl pressuring him to get married when he just wanna play with his soldiers