How Rus Survived Mongols and Crusaders - Rise of Novgorod

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Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series on the history of Kievan Rus continues with an episode on the aftermath of the Mongol Invasion of Rus, the northern Rus attempt to keep their independence, fighting off the Crusader threat from the west and trying to placate the Mongols to the south. This episode focuses on Prince Alexander Nevsky, the Republic of Novgorod, and the battle of Ice of 1242, as we try to explain how the Rus survived between the Teutons and the Khans of the Golden Horde.

#Documentary #KievanRus #Mongols

[SterbenCyrodill]

I honestly think this is one of the most underappreciated parts of European History. We typically focus too much on the West, but the East is so pretty interesting to study.

[romelnegut]

Nevski was smart not to upset the Mongols, thus keeping his throne and saving his Principality from the eventual destruction.

[CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Teutons to the left of me, Khans to the right, here I am stuck in the middle with Prince Nevsky

[justcallmeSheriff]

Pope: "The heathen Mongols are coming!"
Orthodox Rus: "Cool, cool, cool"

[average.user_]

15:29 possibly smartest move one can pull off against Mongols. As Genghis Khan himself said "only fools wage wars which they cannot win" I'd say it is a good advice. Especially against Mongols.

[zako]

Teutonic: Be catholic
Novgorod: I rather burn in hell
Mongols: Hey just pay me tribute and money i really dont care about your beliefs
Novgorod: Now that something I can live with

[kuamir]

I think what Nevsky did was very smart, against the crusader he probably think that he had a chance of winning, so he fought, but against the Mongols, he knew he can't win, so he avoided fighting them all together, saving his people from destruction, building his strength, learning about Mongol weakness, so that they can fight another day, winning without fighting, sun tzu definitely would approve of him as a leader 👍👍👍

[jaywaii]

Nevsky bucking the trend with sending his own envoys instead of killing the Mongols'.

[HungryGoat]

Kievan Rus: No manscaping - Teutons: Ball shaved, am I getting this right?

[vasiliykolebanov]

Go Novgorod!

Kings and Generals, I love how you present different types of history, from various perspectives and in different regions.
I especially always appreciate the recognition of my father's (and mine) region of origin - Novgorod. It was key for viking's, Russia's and northern Europe's region and it was a medieval Republic, which I am very proud of.

Thank you!

[hfar_in_the_sky]

Alexander: "Alright, these Mongols just stomped everything east of us that even smelled of rebellion. Let's keep our heads down so our city doesn't get burned to the ground like everyone else."

Novgorod citizenry: "Time to revolt against the Mongols!"

Alexander: "OI! WHAT DID I *JUST* SAY?!"

[nikolak]

Very interesting sponsor for a history channel XD

[ofallmyintention]

Medieval Catholics: "I say the whole world must learn of our peaceful ways...by force!"

[muadibadder]

Nevsky: " I'd rather serve a tolerant barbarian than have an overzealous priest rule over me ".

A wise and pragmatic choice.

[lyonvensa]

"Chingisid shaped elephant in the room"
That is one of the funniest and creative sentence I've heard thus far.

[Overlord]

13:30 That's a very common misconception. Rus armies at that period consisted almost exclusively of heavy knight-like cavalry. So called "poorly equipped militia" was actually Novgorod city regiment, recruited from local nobility. They were equipped and fought as heavy shock cavalry, equal in quality to druzhina. Every more or less large town and city in Medieval Rus had this type of regiment. Rus, and later Russians did not use infantry in field battles till 16th century.

[nicon]

Alexander Nevsky's stance of resisting Catholic crusaders but submitting to the Mongols in order to save Orthodox Christianity and culture was the same stance the last Greek defenders of Constantinople hold, opposing Papal supremacy and rejecting Catholicism but preferring Ottoman rule. As an Orthodox Christian, both these moments in history are admirable as they indeed saved Orthodox Christianity with a far sighted perspective

[JonWintersGold]

So basically the Mongols were the IRS of the medieval world.

[joshuapilling]

Devin's narration sounded so aggressive for that sponsorship.

[ДианаВоробец-зо]

The term "Kievan Rus" appeared only in the 19th century, as a designation of the time period when Kyiv was the capital of the country. So was Ladoga Rus (approximately 859-862), Novgorod Rus (862-882), Vladimir Rus (1243-1389), then Moscow Rus (1389-1547 (or 1478)). It was just Rus'. We don't say "Moscow Russia" or "Petersburg Russia", no, we don't.