How the Rus became the Russians, slavic history explained

How the Rus became the Russians, slavic history explained

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[cleothehermetichermeticist]

“How the Rus became the Russians.”


They added some new letters.

[LionKing-ewrm]

In Iran, we still call them as the Rus people. and Russia also used to be called as Orus up until 100 years ago.

[craw]

People claiming that the kievan rus was purely ukrainian when all east slavs have claim from them

[SohanDsouza]

"How the Rus became the Russians"
Easy. They intermarried with the Sians.

[iliatchaplinski]

Note that "Ivan the Terrible" is a mistranslation. The Russian word for "terrible" is "ужасный", and that is not what the Russians call him. In Russian, he is called Ива́н Гро́зный​ (Ivan the Formidable", and he is viewed in a much more positive light in Russia than he is in the West.

[flazzorb]

_Ivan the Terrible_ was probably known more along the lines of _Ivan the Terrifying, _ as in scary, not so much bad.

[fedorevdokimenko]

incredibly many mistakes.
1. Eastern Slavs never fought against Sarmatians in those lands. Those lands were populated mostly by Ugro-finnish tribes.
2. Archeology shows that Slavs arived close the same time as Scandinavians.
3. The most ancient city was Old Ladoga. It had a mix of different cultures, mainly Slavic, Ugro-finnish and Scandinavian. So it was more like a multiethnic trade hub.
4. According to main chronicle, Rurik(not Eric) and Rus' were invited to rule by four tribes: two Slavic and two Finnish ones because of internal conflict between those tribes. Three brothers came, Rurik built new Ladoga, other two brothers set in Belozero and Izborsk. Novgorod was built by Slavs close the same time. The invitation and foundation of Rus' state happened in 862 year, not in 882. Decades later in 882 Rus' conquered Kiev, that was a Khazarian tribute city, and moved capital there.
5. The Mongols destroyed not only Kiev but nearly a half of Russian cities were destroyed, many of them were never settled again.
6. Mongols never entered Novgorod. They made it a trubute state without invasion. Other principalities became also trubute states and never were a parts of Mongol empire. Mostly because Mongols settled only in steppe region and didn't do that in wood steppes.
7. Right after Mongol invasion the Pope claimed a crusade against christian Novgorod republic instead of Mongols. So Alexander Nevskiy fought several invasions of crusaders.
8. Ivan III didn't kill or enslaved population of Novgorod. That was brutal but not worser or better then any other european wars of the time. That was a war because of "gathering the Russian lands" Ivan's doctrine and control over trade route from Baltics to Caspian and Black seas.
9. The Tsar title arived not just because of byzantian princess but because the fall of Byzantine empire. In 1453 year Ottomans sieged Constantinople and ended the days of Eastern Roman Empire. Russia became the main state and the last bastion of Eastern Christianity in Europe. Rurikids had blood ties with emperors for hundreds years. Sophia princess brought two headed eagle banner of the dynasty with her. So, her son Ivan IV raised fallen banner of Eastern Roman Empire and Eastern Christianity. He took the title tsar - ceasar, two headed eagle as a banner, and the idea of third Rome. Since that time till the end of Russian empire Russia determined itself as the defender of Eastern Christianity. Understanding of it can better describe so many wars against Ottoman Empire later.

[TheArmchairHistorian]

Thanks for collaborating with me Epimetheus, Awesome video!

Sorry for butchering your name in my video haha.

Griff

[valmarsiglia]

And after the Battle of Hastings, many Anglo-Saxon nobles became part of the Varangian Guard. There was actually an English quarter in Constantinople in the 12th century, which to me is mind-blowing, the idea that Old English was one of the many languages spoken there.

[ukaszkowalski]

Rus did not became Russains. They become Russians, Belarusians, and Ukrainians.

[luvsuneja]

As an Indian, I’m quite interested in Slavic history. I’ve read the Indo Iranians were closely related to the Slavs before leaving for Iran and India.
Also, I’ve seen many videos showing the similarities between Russian and Sanskrit words and sentence structure.

[FailedPoet]

It's pronounced "Roos" not "Russ"

[danielshifron]

Russians Ukrainians belarussians all used to speak the same language Slavic(Eastern) and still have the same values and traditions. They all came from the Kievan Rus. We all consider ourselves the same or brothers and sisters. The only difference is political and the governments(specifically Soviet Union) which made us hate each other.

[abanereizei]

"How the Rus became the Russians"
"How did the Anglo-Saxons became the Americans" lmao...

[TORCIDAHOS]

In Croatia we say for country: RUSIJA
And for population: RUSI!

[alltnorromOrustarNorrland]

In the Estonian language; Sweden is still called “Rootsi”

[Artur_M.]

Good video, but now you absolutely have to do something about the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth! Among many other reasons, to explain how the Rus become not only the Russians but also Belarussians and Ukrainians.

[bratan]

Old video without pro-ukrainian propaganda, unlike most of the new once.

[Vitalis]

Tatars was not only how Russians called Mongols, though. They were their own tribe, that traveled west during Mongol Conquest.

[TheVariag]

Russian combat style at the time was a symbiose of viking "shield wall" style for unmounted troops and a "mongolian horse archers" style for the mounted ones was pretty efficient I must say