History of Russia: The Bloody Rise of The Grand Duchy of Moscow

Like many other large cities, Moscow has come a long way to becoming the capital of a colonial superpower. However, few people consider that only 1000 years ago this city probably did not even exist. In this video, we trace the bloody trail that stretches back to the rise of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Beginning its existence as a small town of the Vladimir principality, Moscow gradually strengthened its position thanks to ambitious and cruel rulers. Gradually, local princes seized new and new neighboring lands, not shying away from collaboration with the Mongols of the Golden Horde, who, however, were also deceived if it was beneficial.

This video traces the growth of Moscow in battles, and, even more commonly, through the purchase of land. Over time, the strengthened Moscow began to etch all neighboring states, such as the Novgorod Republic or the Vladimir-Suzdal principality. By the beginning of the 16th century, Moscow had turned into a huge state, and it was not going to stop. This was only the beginning of what would soon become a ruthless empire

[annycat]

Russia: The Bloody Rise
England: committed genocide of a third of the Irish - mostley peaceful Rise

[reorioOrion]

The only thing that is not mentioned in this video is that all the knyaz in this story were relatives and traced their ancestry back to Rurik, the first ruler of Rus'.

Therefore, the statement that there was a struggle for the Principality of Moscow here is not true.
In fact, between the knyaz there was a struggle for the throne of Rus' and the title “Tsar of All Rus'”, which Peter 1 later transformed into “Emperor of All Russia”

That is, this entire period is actually a civil war for power during the expansion of the Golden Horde.

[lexiusugrymius]

Тут по названию видео уже понятно, что лучше дальше названия не продвигаться.

[παυροεπής]

All feudal evolutions throughout the world were « bloody », whether in Moscow it could be otherwise? or were somehow extraordinary ? Or whether this is an adjective chosen to conform fashionable Russian-bashing?

[artemaldonkin]

Finally, at least someone in the English-speaking community has done a detailed backstory of Russia. There is not much of this but good enough to get acquainted with. The history of my country is a game of thrones fr lmao 😂. Epic story.

[Стёпушка-хп]

Добрый День! Во время того как ты описывал правление Ивана 3 Великого, ты забыл упомянуть главную причину того, за что он получил свой титул. В 1480 на реке Угре произошло стояние против монгольских войск, возглавляемых Ханом Ахматом, который хотел подавить растущее Московское княжество. По сути, после нашей победы в этом стоянии мы обрели полную независимость от ордынских ханов и получили полную свободу действий на всех русских землях, для их дальнейшего объединения. Если не брать во внимание эту ошибку, то в общем то, видео получилось познавательным для западной аудитории. Желаю удачи!

[xwmzx]

Thanks, I laughed. Does the author work as a full-time propagandist?

[kirilld]

Complete bullshit propaganda from the start to till the end. Moscow and Russia were never colonial powers. Moscow reunited russian people after years of occupation. It is like calling Normandy and Paris expanding to France in 1944, very stupid. You don't seem to know the difference between colony and a province.

[JPJ]

Here is a Fun Fact about the Russia: It was Russia who saved The Union during the American Civil War as they sent their Navy to San Francisco and New York when England and France were just about to enter the war on the side of the Confederates since London created the Confederates. France was already in Mexico making a spear head movement to resupply the Confederates and to open up a Pacific Theatre and to create a port in California. England already amassed 11, 000 troops and growing stationed at their Northern Confederacies border now called Canada ready to open a Northern Theatre to divert Union troops away from their Southern Confederacy then to attack The Unions naval blockade. The Union would have been completely destroyed and annexed by those two great powers leaving the Confederates to exist as either a puppet state of London or to be fully brought back into the fold of the British Empire.

London was already courting (threatening/bribing) other countries to get involved like Spain while Russia was in talks with Prussia to ally with incase London was to intervene.
Seeing all of this Tsar Alexander II wrote a letter to Queen Victoria saying “If you enter in this war it will be a casus belli for all out war with the Russian Empire”. The stage was set for the 1st World War and Russia stopped it.


There is also a memorial in San Francisco for the hundreds of Russian sailors who came off their Asiatic fleet ships that died while helping the city put out a fire that threatened to lay waste to it during the War.

[FADNaR]

There is an error in the map...
Vyatka is shown by Nizhny Novgorod along the Vetluga River.
Vyatka and Udmurts are much to the right. In fact, up to the Ural Mountains.

[DarkSideChess]

This channel should be called History Mapped Out However

[SoDight]

You can see the quality at the video by first mistake: Prince of Kiev Sviatoslav Olgovich could not exist (it was really Sviatoslav Igorevich), and his personal herald was not of Ukrainian

[Caliber]

Почему история только с 12 века?Это неполная история

[Sigmabasedchad]

So, Ivan the third was the biggest chad in rurikid dynasty

[павелмарченков-йъ]

Хочу в total war поиграть по этой теме

[krzysztofmichniewicz]

Small mistaces accured in 1147 Moscow was established as a border fortress not a city,
As a Principality Moscow was arised for the first time in 1263 by the Mongol horde or under their permission.

Great value of this clip overthrowing all not so big mistakes is complex history of former Rus regions, not any monolith attacked by Mongols, and united under Muscovy.
Moscow definitely (at least up to 1584) had strong connection to Rus and rised from that medieval state. But it definitely had no rights to unite a "nation" under their rule (especially at western parts of former Rus).

[tipformer]

What's with all the Russian trolls here? I didn't see anything negative about this "rise of Muscovy" in the video here. Just a couple of dudes acquiring lands, like anywhere else. Did I miss something or is the video edited? Edit: I see now the description of Moscow being "capital of colonial power". I think this was poorly written as the term "imperial power" would have been more to the point. Denying Russia being an imperial power (including USSR and Russia today) is like denying USA being an imperial power.

[homo_faber_et_artifex]

Rosja to cywilizacja turańska, która ukształtowała się w starożytności na terenach Wielkiego Stepu. Cywilizacja turańska nie rozwinęła trwałych więzi społecznych wyższych niż rodowe (stąd niski poziom kapitału społecznego, który jest podstawą rozwoju), ludność łączyła się natomiast w celach wojennych w ordy, które w razie powodzenia przybierały potężne rozmiary, nie są jednak trwałe i rozpadają się wraz ze śmiercią wodza lub jego porażką. Największe ordy utworzyli Hunowie, Turcy i Mongołowie (wyróżnia się także kultury ojgurską, afgańską i turecką), do tej cywilizacji należą także Rosjanie i Kozacy (turańsko-słowiańskie kultury moskiewska i kozacka). Cała aktywność polityczna w ramach tej cywilizacji ma charakter wojskowy. Władców nie obowiązuje moralność. Nie rozwinęła żadnej z nauk, jednak szybko przyswajała sobie wszelkie wynalazki w dziedzinie wojskowości.

[ahemenidov]

Sieverian is not "Northern". It differs even by naming in Russian: Sĭevĭerskoĭe vs. Sĭevĭernoĭe "Nothern". First one is related to Slavic tribe named Sievera or Sieverians (it's self name may refer to pre-historic Herodotus-described Melan-chlenae, which is Greek calque from Iranic Siāv-var "Black clothed" or "Black cloaks", other ancient historians mentioned Savarae tribe). While the word sĭevernoĭe is related to Slavic word sĭevĭer "North" = Lithuanian šiaurė "North, night" (btw, synonym for sĭevĭer is polu-nočĭ "(literally) half-night"). Despite this 2 terms are connected in deep etymology (color of night = dark/black) still it's totally incorrect to assign meaning "Northern" to Sieverian.

[DaveSCameron]

Fun Fact: Suzdal was the name of the fortress that was home to the most highly decorated German Army Officers captured during #WW2 including Paulus, Seydlitz and Schmidt. 😊