The origins of Russia - Summary on a Map

Let's retrace on maps the first origins of Russia, from the creation of Novgorod during the IXth century, until the end of the Time of Troubles and the beginning of the Romanov dynasty.
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Music: Created for Geo History
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Software: Adobe After Effects
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Chapters
00:00 The Varangians
01:15 Kievan Rus’
02:52 Russian principalities
04:56 Catholic and Mongol threats
06:24 Mongol invasion
08:00 Grand Duchy of Moscow and Lithuania
09:59 Ivan the Terrible
11:43 End of the Rurik Dynasty
12:56 Time of Troubles

#geohistory #history #russia #origins #ukraine #belarus #kievanrus

[adam]

Shooting the ashes of the false Tsar out of a cannon in the direction of the country that supported him is one of the most Russian things imaginable 😄

[GG-bitb]

i find the history of eastern europe and the baltic area very interesting, because it's something we never learn in school in italy

[changereception]

"He was assassinated and his ashes were then shot out from a cannon towards Poland"

😂

[lowellfinn]

I love seeing borders moving.
Ps: ok it is really moving now...

[PeterTremor]

So this is what the Meet Arnold guy is doing now?

[apollo]

It was never called "Kievan Rus" until 18th century. Russian historians retroactively named it that.

[supnenCyc]

One thing to note, Rurik is a leader, who has been invited. Every single country forms itself trough thousands of years of developing.

[Trever]

"so it's all trade routes?"
"Always have been"

[geographg]

One thing to note is that the map shows some bodies of water that did not exist until 20th century. Rybinsk Reservoir is an example. It might be worth trying to find older digitized maps for future presentations if those are available.

[ppvidi]

Poland: Damn i could've rule the half of the Asia

[lancia]

Some people fail to understand that Kievan Rus was a mix of modern day Russia, Ukraine and Belarus TOGETHER.

[namelesstaki]

Me : "Oh nice a new video"
*"The impostor"*
Me : "Oh"

[rusgercin]

Rurik not founded Novgorod, Novgorod already was by that time.Rurik was invited to rule on Novgorod

[petarpetrov]

Interesting how there is one story but many interpretations. Different country, different story for the same event. ;)

[viniciusvyller]

"And his ashes are fired from a cannon in the direction of Poland" Metal.

[HistoryOfRevolutions]

Ivan Turgenev once wrote:

"Nature creates while destroying, and doesn't care whether it creates or destroys as long as life isn't extinguished, as long as death doesn't lose its rights"

[IrishYoutuber]

As an American we never learned about this. In school we learn about fifty states and history for half of our school career.

[thischannel]

Oleg didn't 'found the Kievan Rus'. Kievan Rus isn't a historical term, it's one created by 18th-century Russian historians to refer to the part of Russia's history that was centred around Kiev. In its day, Kievan Rus' were just called "the lands of Rus", which means "the lands of Russia" - "Russia" is the Latin phrasing of Rus. And what's retroactively called "Kievan Rus" didn't originate and wasn't founded in Kiev, but began in Novgorod, which was the first capital of "Kievan Rus". When Oleg conquered Kiev, he expanded the lands of Rus to include Kiev, and then he moved Rus' captial from Novgorod to Kiev. The conquering and capitalising of Kiev wasn't the founding of Oleg's kingdom or a historical state, it was the expanding of one that already existed.

[sarafarron]

Plot twist: russians are vikings who didn't like boats

[lba]

East slavic tribes -Kryvich, vyatich, drevlyane existed long before Ryurik. They had their own Kings, localized fights between each other, eventually mingled and united starting Russian nation. Ryurik was invited by people of Novgorod.