Russia's First Revolutionaries: The Decembrists
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This is the story of the Decembrists, a group of young Russian aristocrats and army officers, including decorated veterans of the Napoleonic Wars, who returned home after the conflict hoping Russia would embark on a course of modernising reform. Instead, Emperor Alexander turned his back on the liberal ideals of his youth. He opposed all attempts to reform Russia's autocratic government, or end its brutal system of serfdom. The Decembrists, organising themselves into secret societies and publishing their own draft constitutions for a future Russia, decided that the only way forward was by revolution.
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I hope you enjoy Part 1 of this two-part series on the Decembrists - Russia's First Revolutionaries. I even squeezed in a few Napoleon references to keep the grognards happy.. You can get the exclusive Nord VPN deal for Epic History TV viewers using this link: nordvpn.com/epichistorytv And don't forget you can get early access to all our videos, plus the chance to vote on some upcoming Napoleonic topics, over at Patreon: www.patreon.com/EpicHistoryTV
@emmanuelfernandez04 Рік тому
Finally it’s here
@MH-jg6vk Рік тому
History of the German empire and the Ottoman Empire series next!
@olexandrs6639 Рік тому
why don't u tell us the Alexander was an aggressor during 1812 war? it's known fact. ur video intro implies that Napoleon was an aggressor. it's wrong. Tilsit peace was very beneficial for Russia, but mad Tsar, placed on his throne by British wanted war! Alexander has already mastered 3 armies in Lithuanian starting from 1810. tried to induce Prussians to join an other war with Napoleon.
@blainelongjohn4210 Рік тому
Great stuff as usual
@caesar4159 Рік тому
As a grognard im pleased
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The production is a level, or a few, above channels that try to make similar content. In my opinion the best example of what you're saying (making it captivating with music etc) was in their Battle of Borodino episode. I had legit chills when the video shows the painting of the Russian soldiers kneeling to the icon Our Lady of Smolensk with that music in the background; it really did capture the feeling of being on the precipice of some great cataclysm. There are many other examples but that is one that has always stood out to me. I'd also throw in the entire video of Alexander's Mutiny at Opis speech. Why am I surprised Epic History makes Epic content?
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@HoH Рік тому
An incredible story. I remember one of my Professors of Russian History passionately telling us about the Decembrists ('Dekabrists'). Thank you for doing the story of these young officers justice.
@ditya_mupa Рік тому
Not 'Dekrabrists', but i think "Dekabrists", bc December in russian will be Декабрь))
@HoH Рік тому
@@ditya_mupa oof, didn't notice the typo. It was very late after a long day 😅
@ryandoubleu. Рік тому
What's this? You need to get back to work making your amazing videos, sir. No free time for you. ; )
@miliba Рік тому
I travelled to Irkutsk and visited a house of one of the noblemen Decembrists
@QualityPen Рік тому
Decabristi - Декабристы
@crystalp7242 Рік тому
Leo Tolstoy originally set out to write about the return of the Decembrists from exile. But in order to to do that, he needed to explain how the Decembrists got exiled in the first place. And in order to do *that*, he needed to explain the events that led to the formation of the Decembrists. The resulting novel ended up only briefly mentioning the Decembrists at the very end and garnered a reputation as both one of the greatest novels ever written and one of the most challenging to read: War and Peace. I already had a love of historical fiction, but reading War and Peace solidified it and I quite enjoy learning about works of art, literature, and music in context of the historical periods in which they were created. Needless to say, this video is piquing my interest.
@Tolstoy111 Рік тому
Why did you find it "challenging"? It's a very straightforward read.
@crystalp7242 Рік тому
@@Tolstoy111 I think the primary reason why I (and probably many other readers) found War and Peace challenging to read is because the way the work is narrated is broken up by all these interchapters with Tolstoy’s philosophical commentary and it sort of puts brakes on the narrative flow that we’re often expecting when we read a novel (even though Tolstoy didn’t really consider War and Peace to be a “novel”). That, combined with its length, can make it challenge to read, if not in processing everything you’re reading, then certainly in endurance. I don’t know if the inclusion of interchapters (chapters not part of the main plot, but there to put context into it) was a common literary device in Tolstoy’s day, but it (for the most part) seems to have fallen out of use. One notable example I can think of is “The Grapes of Wrath”, which used interchapters to put context to the setting or the circumstances the characters were going to be facing in the next narrative chapter. The interchapters were much shorter, while the narrative chapters could easily span 40-50 pages in some sections.
@Tolstoy111 Рік тому
@@crystalp7242 Yes the inter-chapters were a common device at the time. But the actual narrative having to do with the characters is wonderful and very open to the general reader.
@yaneponimaunahetonado Рік тому
no "leo", but a Lev. There is no need to alter the name.
@luked4043 Рік тому
Wow you have inspired me to finally open my copy
@organicarc6324 Рік тому
One of my degrees is in Russian studies. I did one of my term paper essays on the Decembrists. I am so excited to see you cover them.
@therealjoediaz Рік тому
@Gеnshin lmрасt 🅥 Why?
@centurymemes1208 Рік тому
@@therealjoediaz pedo game, ignore it
@Saurischian Рік тому
@Ayoto 🅥 I'm not amused
@aslkdmskfm Рік тому
As a Russian myself - pointless degree
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@@aslkdmskfm universities are not job centers and employee factories, they’re centers for learning and studying the arts and sciences. You want blunt usefulness? Go to a trade.
@jontaedouglas7244 Рік тому
Russia is such a fascinating country because it’s history is so rich, there’s so many situations where if one thing had went completely different we would have an entirely different Russia then the one we know today. Awesome video man
@sitting_nut Рік тому
but there are deeper causes based in culture economy etc that allow one thing to happen, and not another. in cases where such causes are ignored, there will chaos until events conform to deep causes .
@belengauzer8858 Рік тому
Based on the Decembrist uprising alone, you can write several options for tricks for hearts of iron 4. And we go through all this multi-volume horror at school in the lessons of history and literature🥴 .
@Daniel-ih4zh Рік тому
Really impossible to make such a judgement. Sure perhaps a single readon explained the cause of an event, but how do you 20 others weren't ready to take its place?
@lydiamalone1859 Рік тому
I have always had a hard time understanding how Russia could embrace the Orthodox Church that had such a strong bent toward free will. It's one thing I really appreciate about the Orthodox. But it certainly doesn't jive with their early politics.
@giniusmklo8161 Рік тому
Ok liberal
@augustvonmackensen3902 Рік тому
Please keep covering these semi-obscure historical events. Like everyone there are lots of topics I know a little bit about but frankly don’t understand properly. I’m really grateful for videos like this explaining these events in more detail and in a very digestible way. Please keep it up!
@mossadagent1576 Рік тому
Seconded
@jasongray6698 Рік тому
Yeah me two but I just wish he did East and south Asian history because barely anybody knows about these places history.
@bradleybzdyra3087 Рік тому
Just want to say the effort put into animation is NOT lost on your audience. The motion in the faces adds an excellent humanity to these historical figures
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Definitely, I think these videos are expertly made
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I disagree, they are deep in the 'uncanny valley' and just creepy as hell when you look at them. I prefer the simple drawings over these animated "faces" that bend and blink like some alien neural network is trying to imitate a human.
@eutropius2699 Рік тому
@@simonschouten7231 I rewatched a bit of it and I couldn’t see that at all mate What is a good part in the video to see the wacky animation
@karimsamyhaidri8132 Рік тому
What an irony that the russian army went trough Western Europe all the way to Paris in order to restaure the ancient order, only to import ideas of enlightment through their young officers. It seems that the russian autocrat rulers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, had a mixed feeling of fascination and fear about western ideas ( as Catherine II who was very fond of Voltaire). Excellent content as usual.
@kieranh2005 Рік тому
'Content' Contempt has a rather different meaning...
@karimsamyhaidri8132 Рік тому
@@kieranh2005 thanks for the lesson
@youtubesangryopinionramble1465 Рік тому
Rulers like Catherine II and Alexander I always faced the dilemma of modernizing the Russian state while preserving its absolute monarchy when making reforms.
@Lachausis Рік тому
Russia has always been a cesspit of slavemasters and slaves
@user-jf8pj7wb5n Рік тому
@@youtubesangryopinionramble1465 Yes, Alexander II, the most liberal ruler in the history of Russia, also faced such a dilemma. I suspect that Russia needs a different system, the Western one does not suit it.
@Artur_M. Рік тому
The friend of Ryleyev, describing the meeting from 16:46 to 17:44, Adam Mickiewicz is considered the greatest or at least the most influential Polish poet. Even though he wrote in Polish, he is also viewed as 'their own' by some Belarusians and Lithuanians. In 1823 he was imprisoned and subsequently internally exiled for belonging to the student associations of the University of Vilnius (aka Wilno/Vilna): Filarets and Philomaths. That's how he found himself in St. Petersburg. I'm really looking forward to the second part!
@youtubesangryopinionramble1465 Рік тому
Moreover, Mickiewicz had been personal friends with one Alexander Pushkin, whom despite their relationship had supported Nicholas I’s victory over the Polish uprising of 1830.
@b.chaline4394 Рік тому
@@youtubesangryopinionramble1465 it has always baffled me that Pushkin, the bane of tsarist autocracy and very much the voice of (at least intellectual) freedom in Russia, was a staunch defender of colonialism. He even made a hero out of Alexei Yermolov, aka "Yarmul the Monster", the brutal conqueror of the Caucasus!
@radziwill7193 Рік тому
@@b.chaline4394 Pushkin was a patriot and a nationalist. And Ryleev, too, did not really like the Poles (as he called them the Scythians). The freedom of one's own people and its expansion are not contradictory things.
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@aasemahsan Рік тому
3:40 State of the then Russia 5:02 Alexander II's early reign 6:36 End of reforms 7:41 The Decembrists 13:42 Northern & Southern societies
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He was right to be distrustful and even antagonistic towards what was then deemed as decadent, impractical and overly optimistic ideals born out of rash speculation by negligent philosphes and chaotic mob rule during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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@@TimDutch In that case , history should be banned from school
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@@yvesgauthierndri8750 Explain your reasoning
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@@yvesgauthierndri8750 that's like saying Mathematics should no longer be taught in Schools. not a good choice
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@ryanw6493 Рік тому
I was literally just looking for an explanatory video of the Decembrists a few days ago. Just read war and peace and now I’m fascinated with Russian history
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Amazing… what an intersection between the Napoleon series and Russia series.
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Great content as always. I was wondering if you'd ever cover the age of exploration such as the spanish conquests of america? It'd make for quite the interesting and informative series.
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I love the new living-moving portraits, excellent new addition!
@michaelh6184 Рік тому
Another great episode and great narration. Looking forward to more
@shadowrunner2510 Рік тому
Great video as always! I never knew that there was so much influence from America in the decembrists government ideas
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Great video! How did you make the moving portraits?
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wow, the blinking models look great! good job on the art!
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I enjoy you’re videos about Napoleon and the Russian Revolution’s. I really like to see you guys do videos on the French Revolution’s.
@JC-mx9su Рік тому
Epic History tv, this is an interesting story about The Decembrists is like deeper History of Russia and I am curious to know more about its revolution. I am a fan from The Philippines and love watching your videos.
@Mustang1984 Рік тому
The narrator's voice is PERFECT for this type of content. WIth the music behind him it makes the scene so epic.
@redblacktichy7713 Рік тому
This was the best of the serie.. impressive music and stories👌👌
@realtimehistory Рік тому
Great stuff as always! One reason for Alexander's crackdown after 1812 might have also been the 60 or so peasant uprisings that happened during Napoleon's invasion.
@1707447 Рік тому
Very interesting to know about some sixty peasant uprisings when Napoleon was present with his largest army on Russian soil. Hope somebody explains and elaborates about it. Thank you so much Real Time History
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Today second part came up on Patreon was really great to watch
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I have been waiting for a new video, Toby. Thank you, sir.
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Amzing video. I was missing your XIX century videos
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@OlssonDaniel Рік тому
Subtitles in Swedish after two hours. Not that I need but now many more in Sweden can enjoy this content. Thank you!
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Good work
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Greatest channel of youtube with another great video. Thank you very much
@gnenian Рік тому
Oh thank you. Played automatically before even looking for it.
@loyalpiper Рік тому
I saw a short part of union salvation and was a bit confused about it, glad this came about
@williamj7343 Рік тому
One of history’s saddest and intriguing ‘what if’ moments.
@thoth5689 Рік тому
Great as always, minor animation improvements are well appreciated
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SO GOOD! When more, when more, when more!
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Even though it’s a departure from the usual wars and battle maps, the quality of this content is still absolutely mind boggling
@Larsan21 Рік тому
I really liked how you animated the faces of the people around the 9:00 mark, felt like it brought them back to life for a few moment, 200 years after they died!
@SapphireCrusader1988 Рік тому
I was surprised to see it, but loved it.
@billyjackson2605 Рік тому
Another great video. Music is perfect and enhances your videos
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Well done! Only one of, if not the best, history channels on UKposts could produce an engaging and entertaining video on a country that I find boring and uninteresting.
@yourcasualservantofsauron9781 Рік тому
It's amazing to see the similarities between the Russian Revolutionaries version of the Constitution and the United States Constitution. It really shows how much of an impact the American Revolution had. Epic History TV even gives us a quote showing this in 16:35.
@starrynight1657 Рік тому
The ideas for the Constitution in the US came from elsewhere too though, such as the UK. Also the ideology of the revolution were words more than action, as much propaganda as anything. Slavery, manifest destiny and the frontier mentality defined the aggressive capitalism. And America wanted to build up its own power and influence while diminishing others.
@Leonidas-nu3jp Рік тому
For the most part the writers of the US constitution kept their promise. They didnt promise a peaceful nation, or one of racial equality but that personal property would be protected. Cant call it properganda if they never made those promises in the first place.
@nazgulring8636 Рік тому
Napoleon is a beast and one of my favourite generals of history so i thank u for covering he's story till the end !!! Keep up the great work 🔥💪
@vadimbondarenko6381 Рік тому
They didn't cover a lot of his campaigns, before he proclaimed himself emperor of the France, unfortunately.
@nazgulring8636 Рік тому
@@vadimbondarenko6381 yeah but thats probably because they wanted to cover the ( Napoleonic wars ) as a whole and not just the life of Bonaparte
@vadimbondarenko6381 Рік тому
@@nazgulring8636 but his First and second Italian campeigns as well as Egypt campeign is also considered Napoleonic wars and some of the best I would say.
@nazgulring8636 Рік тому
@@vadimbondarenko6381 trueee but i mean the most known and important campaign's of the Napoleonic wars
@jobfranschman8436 Рік тому
He is going to make videos about Italy campaigns of Napoleon he said on patreon after this series.
@00_00.1 Рік тому
Awesome vid, can't wait for part 2
@shehansenanayaka3046 Рік тому
One of the greatest narratives about the decembrist uprising. Also this channel have other things as well. This background music captures the attention of listener and the narrator mr Charles nowe s voice is greatly corrected to that music. His voice is absolutely catching voice and i ve thrilled by what he will say next and eagerly waiting for the end of the video. EHTV one of my fav channels and the best History channel in youtube. Thank you for the video and Appreciate all your hard work and dedication towards the video. Love you EHTV. One of your big fan from Sri Lanka ❤️. Waiting for more great content in this year also. 🔥❤️❤️
@theironknight597 Рік тому
"My downfall raises me to infinite heights."- Napoleon
@MH-jg6vk Рік тому
History of the German empire and the Ottoman Empire series next!
@Jukic313 Рік тому
Love the content! Keep it coming!!
@javierruiz9774 Рік тому
Thank you Epic History TV team
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This channel is so awesome!
@theoutlook55 Рік тому
Ooh. Nice new focus.
@turnupthesun81 Рік тому
Love the animation. You have outdone yourself again.
@mrdeliberate8866 Рік тому
love this channel. Epic! Thanks! :D
@zetectic7968 Рік тому
I knew the name "Decemberists" but little else. Thanks for filling in a blank in my historical knowledge. I look forward to the next installment as Russian history seems apt in the current situation.
@thethirdfrenchempire1556 Рік тому
I got a feeling that this is going to be really epic! Keep up the great work!!!
@ericcoleman288 Рік тому
Charles Nove has to be one of, if not the best narrators in the game, I always think about his section on Murat but all are spectacular
@IceglacierArnar Рік тому
Did not know....thanks a lot for this video
@historymanZP Рік тому
In graduate school, my final assignment in my Russian language class was to write an essay onthe subject of our choice. I chose to write about the history of the Liberal movement in Russia and the Decembrists played a very prominent role in that essay. I got an A and praise from my teacher along with the rest of the class. People tend to think of Russia as this monolith of autocracy with no challenges to that order, but a closer analysis of history shows that liberal ideals have always been in Russia and just never given a proper chance to take hold. And this documentary provides a lot more context I wish I had at my disposal for that essay. Thank you so much for your work on this lesser-known topic. I really hope you continue this trend of shining a light of overshadowed moments of history, both Russian and not. Спасибо большое для твоей работы. Один день, в будущем, Россия будет свободной!
@tyryonolofing3405 Рік тому
Oh damn, dude, I cried, when read this. Remembering what's now acts as an ideology - it's so unclear, how much time will this take, but yeah. Россия - будет свободной.
@kscempire7789 Рік тому
You're wrong. In the 20th century, Russia was the leader of the free and progressive world.
@mellowmind9488 Рік тому
@@kscempire7789 you are talking about regime of censorship, mass repressions of thinkers and enforced ideology?
@kscempire7789 Рік тому
@@mellowmind9488 Did you just describe the modern USA or someone else?
@kscempire7789 Рік тому
Try to read something about the USSR other than American propaganda books
@egormiloradovich4207 Рік тому
В наших государственных организациях по образованию мне не рассказывали про декабристов так же подробно, как на этом канале
@Plagu3_d0c Рік тому
Amazing as always!
@Funny97451 Рік тому
perfect work as always, the narration and the quotes, and the visuals all make this documentary perfect. I can't believe that I enjoy your work for free and feel guilty about it. now can anyone be kind and tell me the name of the music at 10:50?
@deteon1418 Рік тому
Very fantastic video as always. 👍🏻 Here in Sweden we never had feudalism or serfdom, but revolutions nonetheless.
@napoleonbonaparte4776 Рік тому
L'Espoir de la Liberte! Sad to know they will lose. I hope Epic History TV does a Napoleon III series, the man is critically underrated, and is a great topic
@jerryx3253 Рік тому
While their aim is noble, it would take tremendous or even close to impossible efforts to establish a government stable enough but not stagnant. Plus the autocratic system did has its merits of centralization efforts in coordinating economic and industrial development.
@jackwalters5506 Рік тому
If they had succeeded the Jacobin equivalents were likely to take over, much as they did in France. And after they took over, they were likely to start a new reign of terror and go to war with their neighbors.
@rebeccaherschman1635 Рік тому
I so happy you guys did the Decembrist Revolt I only know of one other very good doc about it
@mwnciboo Рік тому
What a superbly produced and well timed video, and very necessary to contextualise the history of Russia and helps to fill in the jigsaw, of how Russia in the 21st Century is a product of so much history.
@maxanderson9293 Рік тому
And why Putin should always sleep with his eyes open
@jennifertennent8319 Рік тому
There was a period of time in high school when I read and studied a lot of world history. Granted, I think a lot of the books provided more of a summary and synopsis than anything else. I already knew about the Russian revolution and much more recently about the revolts and uprising for liberal reform following the end of the Napoleonic Wars, but I was unaware this also applied to Russia. In the grand scheme of things this is a minor nitpick because it is a small detail that doesn't apply to the main topic. Tsar Paul was not merely strangled to death. At the very least I think he was also stabbed multiple times. His assailants were both intoxicated and I believe they were trying to force the Tsar to sign a document abdicating his throne and title. Thank you for all your hard work bringing this topic to life.
@nice5396 Рік тому
There was a lot about Napoleon previously, but after this will you ever cover Napoleon's campaign in Italy and Battle of Dresden as you covered with Duke of Wellington in Iberia?
@jobfranschman8436 Рік тому
He is going to do some videos about his campaigns in Italy he said on patreon.
@machiavellianoverture1747 Рік тому
THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!
@artawhirler Рік тому
Very well-done explanation. Thanks!
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