How the Ruthenians defended against the Mongols - Medieval DOCUMENTARY

#Documentary #Mongols #Mamluks

[adamcseri]

It seemed rare for ruler siblings to support each other in history, but Danylo and Vasylko were doing great. Imagine being cut on the chest and not even realizing it 😐

[Thecarlos]

"How did the Ruthenians defend against the Mongols?" "They *loony toon ending theme music*

[annehersey]

It's nice to see, for a change, a case where two brothers actually get along and find a way to carry on their father's legacy and lands without killing each other!

[MrCasper]

Ivan Franko, great ukrainian writer, wrote a novel Zakhar Berkut exactly about these events. Translated into English by Theodosia Boresky.
Highly recommended!

[Kili]

Congratulations on 3 million subscribers! You are by far my favorite history channel. Keep up the great work.

[hfar_in_the_sky]

Pope: "If you convert to Catholicism, we'll provide you with support in the upcoming fight with the Mongols."
Danylo: "I don't like it, but I need all the help I can get."
Pope: "Oh, actually we can't provide you with anything right now but we'll give you this shiny new crow."
Danylo: "...I'm converting back to Orthodoxy."
Pope: "What?! You can't do that! We demand you convert back to Catholicism immediately!"
Danylo: "What're you going to do? Have that army you promised to help fight the Mongols but all of a sudden can't muster come and attack me instead? Oh wait."

[thomasvandevelde]

Thank you for this high-quality content, and the high-quality subtitles for us non-English speakers!

[_Hasek_]

8:14 You failed to admit that you said in several videos that the Mongols abandoned the campaign in the west because of Ogedei's death. You said the same thing with Möngke's death.

[WorldArchivist]

Welp, we have another set of royal brothers, civil war time!

Romanovich brothers: We don't do that here.

[cornelishenk]

It's crazy absolute mind blowing how much fighting took place back in those days.
I think they were way more crafty in war and the sword and bow then we can even imagine.
Just think of these years of swordmanship.

[Sviatoslav_The_Brave]

The oldest recorded mention of the word ukraina dates to the year 1187. In connection with the death of Volodymyr Hlibovych, the ruler of the Principality of Pereyaslavl which was Kyiv's southern shield against the Wild Fields, the Hypatian Codex says "Oukraina groaned for him", ѡ нем же Оукраина много постона (o nem že Oukraina mnogo postona).

[robertgianakis]

I don’t think anyone was describing the people of that area as proto Ukrainians haha

[TheGeneralGrievous]

In terms of content this is a great video. 👍 This period in this region of Europe is rarely explored in English-speaking world. But I think using the term Ukrainians is a little anachronistic here. It would also be really interesting to see you covering the struggle for Halych-Volhynia region between Poles, Lithuanians and Hungarians in 14th century and a kind of 'westernization' of the region in subsequent centuries because of Polish influence in Ruthenia. 🦁💙

[paulclifton]

Anyone who has played Total War Medieval 1 knows that the Ukrainians/Rus should have built the biggest fortresses possible in Volga-Bulgaria and the Chimera and filled it with a ton of Halberdiers with gold armour and gold weaponry (but not enough to be starved out in a few turns). If they did this the Mongols would have all stood in archery range of the walls and sent units one by one to hit the gates with swords whilst standing under pouring boiling oil until the swords eventually made the portcullis suddenly disappear. Then they would be all killed in turn by the Halberdiers. Just talking from personal experience.

[beachboy]

Excellent video 📹
We wait for the next part.

[Sulinthmachin]

The Battle of the Kolka River is covered but then how do the Battles of Legnica and Mohi not figure into the story?

[Tenno_Hirohito]

Wow this was a complete blind spot for me i knew areas close to there but this is a whole new thing for me

[ganizhunis]

Curumsah successor was a different story.
Yeah in south Kazakhstan many villages on his name. Boraldai, Burundai

[theuniverse]

OGs will remember when the video was called how Proto Ukrainians defended against the mongols

[diogosousa]

K&G.... I like your videos, they are good way to learn history and made me buy several books about many civs/empires/etc.

But calling the Kievan Rus as proto-Ukranians... Is way, but way far fetched. That's the same as calling the Lusitanians, a celtiberian tribe, the proto-portuguese.

Ruthenians would, at least, have been a better phrasing.