What Made Ivan so Terrible? | The Life & Times of Ivan IV
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Footnotes:
00:32 - And just like Charlemagne had the Pope crown him for that extra legitimacy, Ivan went and got himself re-crowned by the Patriarch of Constantinople. But at least he didn't have the nerve to change his duchy's name to "The Holy Eastern Roman Empire".
00:37 - No, seriously, I can't figure out how Ivan went from being a neglected infant to the most powerful and exalted Prince of Moscow to date. Just a year earlier, his maternal grandmother had her two sons more or less running the show, and then suddenly it's Tsar time. People probably got on board with the idea because it put Russia on par with other great powers, but it's still unclear whose idea it was originally.
1:10 In brief, Ivan III made some rules about judicial bribery that weren't strictly followed, so Ivan IV enforced them harder in his Sudebnik (law code) of 1550 and also made this system where local representatives could take part in legal precedings. Look up the Sudebnik of 1550 for more info.
3:58 Now he didn't kill the whole town in the way that Innocent III did to Beziers, but he did kill a few thousand people, so it was more people than most people get to kill, but for reference the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre was almost certainly worse.
5:11 That music, of all things, was also the content of the first Soviet-produced CD.
5:18 For those wondering, it was a stroke, and supposedly he did die while playing chess with a friend.
Music:
00:00 Tchaikovsky - Festival Coronation March
00:43 The Romanovs - Kiss
00:50 Gray River Fort (Traditional Russian Folk Music)
2:58 Gray River Fort (Traditional Russian Folk Music)
3:44 Neil Innes - Score to Monty Python and the Holy Grail
3:46 Gray River Fort (Traditional Russian Folk Music)
4:51 Gray River Fort (Traditional Russian Folk Music)
5:02 Ivan the Terrible - Rodion Shchedrin Stikhira No 1
5:22 The Romanovs - Kiss
5:38 Tale of the Firebird (Traditional Russian Folk Music)
@ApplePi3.1415 4 роки тому
King Henry: divorced beheaded died divorced beheaded survived Ivan: poison poison poison nunnery nunnery survived
@bubble-nutchewing-gum149 4 роки тому
I c .. the last wife only survives because she out lives him ...
@Omegador 4 роки тому
Cheat codes you type in for life hacks
@elhombredeoro955 4 роки тому
King Henry the Eighth did not divorce any of his wives. He annulled the marriages. That means the marriages were not legitimate in the first place.
@elhombredeoro955 4 роки тому
King Henry the Eighth also annulled his marriage with Anne Boleyn before beheading her that's why like Mary, Elizabeth was also delegitmized.
@MisanthropyFerret 3 роки тому
@@elhombredeoro955 Ecatherine Parr returned his attention to both his daughters
@mr.goldenglasses6839 4 роки тому
What if Russia was really big said Ivan trying not to be terrible
@Bidmartinlo 4 роки тому
Big empires collapse. Big republics become empires. And the gods that controls us never get bored.
@mishmashmush7750 4 роки тому
am i having a stroke or are you
@stain4128 4 роки тому
@@mishmashmush7750 its from the history of everything from bill wertz
@derfastimmerzustimmer8635 4 роки тому
r/ihadastroke ?
@LancesArmorStriking 4 роки тому
@@derfastimmerzustimmer8635 "What if Russia was really big?" said Ivan, trying not to be terrible
@simonkawasaki4229 4 роки тому
“He was also a musician! He wrote the music in the background!” *Rain sounds intensify*
@jamesxiaolong2199 Рік тому
I’m not sure that’s rain
@librarianontheloose 4 роки тому
"Things were all right...Too all right." Russian history in a nutshell.
@creditsunknown7974 4 роки тому
As half-half russian I agree
@Phoenix-ks8sc 4 роки тому
"Someone better put a stopp to all that alrightness!" 🤣
@samuelademeso9041 4 роки тому
@@Phoenix-ks8sc now they never want leave
@Phoenix-ks8sc 4 роки тому
@@samuelademeso9041 Yeah, probably because they're all dead ☠⚰
@samuelademeso9041 4 роки тому
@@Phoenix-ks8sc or scared
@archmeasterjackimer6217 4 роки тому
Ivan's childhood was really brutal, when he was NINE the metropolitan archbishop of Moscow was literally BLUDGEONED TO DEATH RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM and his mother was poisoned!! not long after and people ask why he was terrible, he eventually got revenge on the nobles when he was 13 ......... He set rabbet dogs on one of them and watched as he was torn to pieces, the other nobles probably saw to
@bluemoondiadochi 3 роки тому
and that's where his first wife comes into play. she was lovely, he loved her and she had a good influence on him. when SHE died of poisoning (proven later) THAT'S WHEN Ivan lost it!
@SlapstickGenius23 3 роки тому
So that means Ivan the Terrible was the Guts of his time, because Guts from the famed Seinen manga Berserk might have been partly inspired by him. Sickeningly sad.
@Goran1138 Рік тому
@@bluemoondiadochi Actually, historians can't say with 100% insurance, that first Ivan wife was poisoned. Her sceleton remains was analysed in XX century, and it was revealed, that it is very high concentration of mercury in her bones. In those time different ink for makeup had very high concentration of mercury, and probably Anastasia just got too high dose of cosmetics, because she was afraid, that her beauty will fade away after child birth and her husband became cold to her. So, her death could be caused not only by hostile boyars, but by her own actions too. BTW, Ivans suspicion, that his boyars killed his wife, had a strong base and was not just paranoya of the crazy maniac.
@nicbahtin4774 3 місяці тому
@@SlapstickGenius23 This is exactly like him. Like when Guts leaves the band of the Hawk and everything goes to hell, then he goes back and they beg him to stay. Ivan decides to leave and they begg him to stay only here you have the burning of Novgorod instead of the eclipse or maybe the eclipse is the time of troubles after his death. Ivan's wife is like Casca. And when Ivan assaults his is like when Guts shadow takes over and forced him to attack casca. The title of tsar is like the intro speech of "In this world, is the destiny of mankind controlled by some transcendental entity or law? Is it like the hand of God hovering above?"
@421541Michee 4 роки тому
"Poisoned poisoned poisoned nunnery nunnery survived." Been saying that randomly all day 😂
@JackRackam 4 роки тому
Good, that's how you remember things!
@421541Michee 4 роки тому
@@JackRackam it's a good mantra for a person who is in the mortuary science program to repeat while in Human Anatomy class 😂
@YourGrace_06 4 роки тому
421541Michee after he said that I was saying divorced beheaded died divorced beheaded survived lol
@reisasa 4 роки тому
King Henry the Eight : divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived Ivan : poisoned, poisoned, poisoned, nunnery, nunnery, survived Who likes SIX?
@cptkilgore 4 роки тому
Judging by his actions, and when they first happened, I would say Ivan became the Terrible when he lost his first wife. As the Joker would say, "All it takes is one bad day."
@vilwarin5635 4 роки тому
It happened to Stalin too!
@cptkilgore 4 роки тому
I was not aware of that.
@vilwarin5635 4 роки тому
@@cptkilgore apparently he jumped inside her grave and huged her with great screams and tears. Later he said that she was the only light of his life and without her he was empty and cold. Years later he orderer the execution of her family (people who had protected him when he was just a small country anarquist). Is posible that he only felt love for the daughter he had with his second wife.
@nickname8619 4 роки тому
@@jetskitam8627 You're going mad... HAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
@aleksandarvil5718 4 роки тому
Ivan The Terrible's mother (Yelena Glynskaya, SERBIAN 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸) was poisoned by treacherous nobles in 1538, while Ivan 4th was only 8 years old
@gasmonkey1000 4 роки тому
The death of Ivan's son was actually more tragic than you let on. Ivan realized what he'd done, tried to stop the bleeding, kissing his son on the head and said "May I be damned I've killed my son!" His son's last words were "I die a devoted son and humble servant."
@jakespacepiratee3740 4 роки тому
Don't care. Tyrant shot himself in the foot and deserved the trauma. The little justice he got.
@glass4786 3 роки тому
the painting “ivan the terrible and his son ivan” depicts the scene relatively well
@thelittleagustus.2292 3 роки тому
@@jakespacepiratee3740 ok let's see how same you are after witnessing your family die,your teacher beaten to death,and being forced to be a beggar and to wear rags. Ivan was prone to psychotic breakdowns because of this trauma
@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 3 роки тому
@@thelittleagustus.2292 not an excuse... But at least he regretted it. Unlike SOME PEOPLE Stalin: Little boy, I sense passive aggression in your voice It's not as passive as you'd like to THINK, Joseph!
@thelittleagustus.2292 3 роки тому
@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 I know but I was just pointing out to the guy I replied to that while yes he was a cruel nutcase he regretted his actions directed at his family during his psychotic episodes. Also that stalin thing was quite funny ^-^"
@q345ify 4 роки тому
One thing's for sure he was a terrible cook! Look, he even named a Cathedral shaped like garlic bulbs after basil I mean who does that?!
@ARMERZ 4 роки тому
That garlic bulb building was intentional to keep out any vampires, or people that are named Vlad who likes to suck vlood out of people.
@user-et3zf6pe4d 4 роки тому
Candle flame
@Ponakalaranjit456 4 роки тому
🤣
@m.a.t.a.s 4 роки тому
It's a lovely day when Lithuania gets a honorable mention!
@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 4 роки тому
Usually it’s only referenced when it’s getting its land stolen by Germans or Russians. Same with Poland actually...is there a connection between those 2 nations? I wonderrrrrrr
@apotato6278 4 роки тому
Well Lithuania is pretty nice, Poland is pretty nice but combine the two and now we're talking!
@jamesmiller2521 4 роки тому
I think it was German theocratic country of Livonia, not Lithuania...
@nickname8619 4 роки тому
@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 what do you define as land getting stolen? lithuania stole plenty of land from the kievan russians after the tatar horde ruined it, which was land three times as large as the actual lithuanian country.
@JackRackam 4 роки тому
@@jamesmiller2521 So livonia was under the control of the Teutonic Order, then after Russia tried to take over Sweden and Lithuania joined in and kicked out Russia, then took Livonia for themselves
@JackRackam 4 роки тому
What happened to the intro? Um. I kind of forgot to write a cold open before my upload deadline. Oops. Edit: I should've added text in the video over Ivan's wives, but Ivan did NOT kill his first three wives. He might've killed his second wife, but his first wife he cared for deeply and she's believed to have been poisoned by SOMEONE ELSE. His third wife he didn't love as much as Anastasia Romanov but she is also rumored to be poisoned by someone else.
@michelsand5399 4 роки тому
Jack Rackam i was constantly waiting for you to just cut yourself off and for the intro to begin. Also that Russian accent is...terrible.
@ariesforce1988 4 роки тому
Well if you ever decide to re-edit/reupload the video with your awesome trademark intro, imo I think 0:28 would be a great place to put it. But like I said, it's totally up to you. The video is still amazing and funny as is. XD
@sunburnedshirts3724 4 роки тому
you have a very long deadline then when it comes to youtube
@anthonyn.7379 4 роки тому
1:15 Was that a The Big Bang Theory reference?
@JackRackam 4 роки тому
@MASON LUCK Thanks so much! I've been doing my best to do something creative with the animation each episode. I've noticed the narration slowing down too, it hasn't been intentional, just the delivery changing. Maybe I'll pick it back up a notch in the future, who knows
@michelsand5399 4 роки тому
Was Ivan’s nickname not mistranslated from russian? I beleive it meant something like formidable.
@JackRackam 4 роки тому
Yeah, grozny is the Russian word, I've been told it means "formidable" or "fearsome". More "Tough and don't get in his way" not so much "He's an awful leader"
@michelsand5399 4 роки тому
Jack Rackam odd language, Russian how a word which is used to portray it’s leaders capability can bring out a completely different interpretation when translated. Reminds of that one scene in Snatched where the main jewish guy is explaining how the the virgin Mary and her sanctification came about as a mistranslation of the greek word for “young woman”. Ah listen to me ramble. Great video is what I wanted to say and It’s really great to see you exploring the aspects of periods in history that iften get left in the dust by most channels.
@budakbaongsiah 4 роки тому
So a bit like Æthelred the Unready, then?
@Miraihi 4 роки тому
Yes, I can confirm, "Grozny" (Грозный) means "Fearsome". But actually there's another version. The actual root if the word, "groza", means "Thunderstorm", so his nickname may be connected to the event of his birth - "Born during the thunderstorm". So he may be "Ivan the thunderous" as well. But what I can say for sure - is that "Terrible" is indeed the mistranslation. But I also have to admit - it do roll off the tongue nicely.
@michelsand5399 4 роки тому
Mirai Hi thank you for the clarification. Now i can with a clear conscience put Ivan IV among the likes of Baeyzid “the thunderbolt”.
@iainhansen1047 4 роки тому
As a child he left legoes on the floor and I stepped on them. That’s what makes him terrible.
@aleksandarvil5718 4 роки тому
+Iain Hansen XD 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@MattAlexanderMe 4 роки тому
If I have to click Read More to read the rest of your comment, I click 👎 instead.
@reinorekkakuski2312 4 роки тому
Idiot, they didnt have legos back then.
@iainhansen1047 4 роки тому
reinorekkakuski *WELL HOW WOULD YOU KNOW!!! WHERE YOU THERE!!! I DONT THINK SOOOOOOOO!!!*
@pennyproud2474 4 роки тому
@@reinorekkakuski2312 r/wooshhhhh
@SBattisonPortfolioChannel 2 роки тому
"Nothing crazy just food proactive governance...bazinga" is not only my favorite line from this channel it also the kind of line that could come from someone in the 21st century talking about the past with a special kind of pain.
@EpimetheusHistory 4 роки тому
I want an Ikea fortress!!! That is so cool!...well hopefully it would be warm inside :D
@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 4 роки тому
Play age of empires 3 and spam Stelets from blockhouses. It’s kinda close. They really captured the feel of Russia during Ivan in that game.
@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 4 роки тому
They produce 10 strelets in a batch. One of my favorite units in any age of empires game.
@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 4 роки тому
Oh btw you’re the fucking best. Thank you for your drawings of people and political boundaries. It’s one of the best parts of any history UKposts channel.
@MrExtraordinaire16 2 роки тому
Wow big fan of your videos man.
@xyzzzify 4 роки тому
You don't get enough props for that IKEA-ad which literally translates to "quick castle" and is also on the Russian IKEA website. That's incredible!
@Irrkie 4 роки тому
First you write the Ikea thing in Swedish, then the homepage is in russian. Love your attention to detail 10/10
@AtticusAmericanus 4 роки тому
"It was curious, Andrei thought, how these Russians seemed to take pride in the cruelty of their rulers, even when it was directed against themselves."~Edward Rutherfurd, Russka
@ReplayButtonsReaper 4 роки тому
At the same time in russian folklore the tsar was typically described as an “ally and protector of the ordinary people". Most likely cuz he established Sudebnik, a revised code of laws. The Sudebnik of 1550 liquidated judicial privileges of the aristocracy and strengthened the role of the system of the judicial bodies of the state. Also the Sudebnik confirmed the right of peasants to leave their feudal lords. Plus add his achievment as a ruler - he doubled russian territory for only 50 years of his reign. He established standing gunner army - streltsy. He established the first printing press facility in Russia. So he may be controversal person but he definetly wasnt a bad tyrant. He was only trying to centralise the country by forcing church and boyar nobility to obey the state. Aristocratic dynasties became way too powerful during regency. After the coronation at 15 he started a political war agains nobility who was trying to strip him out of control over country. And ultimately he lost this war cuz his son had a title but all the power was seized by Boris Godunov. And after death of his son dynasty ended. During this dark times nobility had all the power to fabricate any historical facts and blame him in every shitstorm happened to justify establishment of new Romanov dynasty (This dynasty was chosen from boyars by boyars.) Maybe we will never know all the thuth about this historical times.
@ivanvoronov3871 4 роки тому
@Rafael Lopez he was poisoned So was his son. Its very uncertain whether he actually killed him or not. Most of his family was poisened and most of his wives by various competing boyar families
@Zeon081 4 роки тому
because most of the "bad" things are just propaganda of new people in power and every time the power changes new people in power start telling you how bad previous guys were and how good they are. And thus the cycle continues on and on. like look at Stalin. Most people know him as a tyrant while in reality only minor part of russia's population "suffered" from his "tyranny" while most of USSR was at the peak of economic and social growth. the moment he dies USSR goes into decline until it falls. Look at Putin. With all criticism towards him, during his rule Russia's economy improved tenfold, army revived from sorry state it was during the 90s, second Chechen war was ended, Olympics is Sochi, Crimea returned etc etc
@Samm815 4 роки тому
Are Russian Slavs secretly masochists?
@GinHindew110 4 роки тому
i guess a hard climate generates hard times where a hard hand is required, a soft ruler can never rule a hard place
@mikesmokesweed 4 роки тому
I don’t know how I stumbled upon your channel, but it is quickly by far and away now my favorite. I don’t normally subscribe, but you have earned it. 11/10, my dude.
@siobhannicolson5566 4 роки тому
I had been binge watching your series for at least two days now and then this shows up... Thank you
@Spoon80085 4 роки тому
Novgorod IS known for defecting when things get rough
@user-pm3wk6lw6m 4 роки тому
@@smaggich what he said. Novgorod wanted to defect/become an independent state many times.
@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 3 роки тому
@@user-pm3wk6lw6m so it is Venice of Slavic world?
@patrickblanchette4337 4 роки тому
Finally, your back! Thank you for uploading today!
@padairua8129 3 роки тому
This is my favourite of your videos =) the animation, the gags, It all just works so well - Bravissimo!!!
@brunoescoto9630 4 роки тому
Hope your channel grows more. Your videos are amazing and the editing is hilarious!
@countravid3768 4 роки тому
Ivan was just a kind of nice guy.
@LancesArmorStriking 4 роки тому
An r/niceguy
@ryanjapan3113 4 роки тому
LancesArmorStriking yes
@marloyorkrodriguez9975 4 роки тому
Who had one bad day happened to him
@Idolish_Aurelite 3 роки тому
*who killed many people for no reason*
@SlapstickGenius23 3 роки тому
Ivan inspired Guts from Berserk.
@HerbGamer0 4 роки тому
Thanks for another great video Jack!
@dizzytheday5586 4 роки тому
Over 50k subscribers. Congrats on getting just that much bigger jack. Im legitimately happy for your growth and hope you get bigger.
@pimpinspartan 4 роки тому
This channel deserves the glow up
@simply_sarah04 2 роки тому
The way you explained it was hilarious. Great video! :D
@zoz011 3 роки тому
Genius. Love your work.
@swordguy6368 4 роки тому
I like how your editing has gotten better. Seriously, everything seems so smooth now. Unless that it's always been like that and I just haven't noticed till now. My bad in that case.
@JackRackam 4 роки тому
Oh trust me, it has definitely not always been like that
@erikan.n8409 4 роки тому
Dude I just found your channel and I LOVE IT SO MUCH
@JackRackam 4 роки тому
Thank you so much!
@chinesefood2222 4 роки тому
Thank you Jack!!! I just found your channel a few months ago and was scared you retired already. But you’re still going and still making History the most entertaining subject our below minimum wage high school history teachers half assed from Wikipedia. Seriously, I’m super greatful, these vids are entertaining and informative and you’re such a personality I LOVE the channel 💖 if you have other social media (IG, FB, Twitter) I’d gladly follow! 💖💖💖
@JackRackam 4 роки тому
Thank you! Might be another long gap before the next video, but I do have a Twitter @JackRackamYT if you'd like to follow me there!
@chinesefood2222 4 роки тому
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@mrmacguff1n 4 роки тому
Oi bruv Need to see you around more often Forgot I subbed awhile ago but glad you're back
@terria.2581 4 роки тому
Just found this channel and I freaking love the content. I have watched 6 in a row starting with my favorite president and historical figure, Teddy Roosevelt. Keep them coming bro.
@JackRackam 4 роки тому
You're in luck, there's another on the way very soon
@terria.2581 4 роки тому
@@JackRackam hell yeah!
@DarkKing009 4 роки тому
Brilliant as always
@bertio10 4 роки тому
You should do a follow up video on the Time of Troubles. Lots of fun crazy shit going down then!
@Somedude317 4 роки тому
I feel like Ivan just wanted to be left alone and retire and drove him insane having to keep coming back.
@MrExtraordinaire16 2 роки тому
He's just your average grumpy winnie dapoo.
@totigarci 4 роки тому
I am loving your videos, thanks for OSP to leading me to this amusing retelling of these stories. By picking Wu Zetian and now Ivan, I can’t help but think you are looking up to Fate Grand Order to find inspiration. 😁 Hope you continue to do your good work!
@yuenne1350 4 роки тому
I’m so glad I subscribed
@black_horse_lover2655 4 роки тому
9:23 Is that kiss by the Romanovs??? I love you for this!
@JackRackam 4 роки тому
It is! And for being the first person in the comments to notice (or at least point it out) you get 10 Internet points
@black_horse_lover2655 4 роки тому
@Jack Rackam 🖤Aw, thank you!🖤
@charliemaine9304 4 роки тому
Oh man Jack Rackam you've come so far from barely 1k views per video to more than half 100k subscribers. Good on ya.
@MogofWar 3 роки тому
It's possible he just lost it after his first wife died... It's also possible that his wife was the one who actually came up with all the good ideas he ever had, and that's why his reign went to shit after she died.
@joaoborges1867 3 роки тому
your videos are awesome!
@matthewmelson1780 4 роки тому
Literally the best channel on UKposts
@neroclaudius7284 4 роки тому
i have stumbled upon a magnificent channel.
@demolition5361 4 роки тому
Finaly ur back
@CHST007 4 роки тому
Cool Video. Subscribed!
@SilentAssassin927 4 роки тому
I know you already covered a bit about japanese history but i think Oda Nobunaga would be a really good historical figure to cover. I mean this is the guy that paved the way for unification in japan.
@urmorph 4 роки тому
Russian "grozniy" means something more like "awesome". And speaking of awesome, the painting of Ivan and his freshly dead son is by Ilya Repin, who also did the famous portrait of Mussorgsky, red nose and all, and several paintings of the duel scene from Yevgeny Onegin. Any image search will get you nice big files; lots of good blood. :
@urmorph 4 роки тому
@Strefanasha achatvalu And more than once, too.
@user-xq5dv3so9z 3 роки тому
meh, more like scary or fearsome
@willsadventures8418 4 роки тому
Great content
@georgeofazgad2176 4 роки тому
I remember when there was a time when you only had 5000 subscribers. Damn you came a long way
@Deftonesxrefx 4 роки тому
10k lets go!!!!
@osherno 4 роки тому
Man I love your videos
@JackRackam 4 роки тому
Thank you!
@CoreyStudios2000 4 роки тому
Do a video on Antonio Salazar, leader of Portugal!
@bowlingnixon1640 4 роки тому
CoreyStudios2000 yes please!
@SGLopez-ui3ps 4 роки тому
oh definitely!
@slimeguy3437 4 роки тому
Not that mad man #dictatorsbegone
@ungshungammarchang324 4 роки тому
Ahhhhh another unique history channel .')
@ayanmohamed4326 4 роки тому
Damn this helped me with my assignment 😊😊
@JackRackam 4 роки тому
Awesome!
@Kyerishrose 4 роки тому
I’d love to see you talk about the other Tsars
@RIPIZZY 4 роки тому
I love this channel
@stormsurge2103 3 роки тому
"Please come back?" "Nyet, all you do is embezzle and treason." Vlad Dracula, Voivod of Wallachia liked this comment.😎
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Never clicked on a vid sooo fast!
@craigson5 4 роки тому
Your animations really are a step above other similar channels, in terms of comedy.
@jesperhallbert467 4 роки тому
Do a video on the Swedish king Karl Knutson (Bonde) During the late medieval times, there were a period when the list of reagents whent: ... Erik of Pomerania king of Denmark Erik of Pomerania [same guy] KARL KNUTSON (BONDE) Erik of Pomerania [again] KARL KNUTSON (BONDE) Kristofer of Bavaria king of Denmark Random Swedish noble one Random Swedish noble two KARL KNUTSON (BONDE) Random Swedish noble three Random Swedish noble four Kristian I of Denmark KARL KNUTSON (BONDE) Random Swedish noble five (Vasa) RSN 3 RSN 4 KARL KNUTSON (BONDE) ... The one guy was declared/declared himself ruler of Sweden 5 times (not always as king) during his life time.
@apotato6278 4 роки тому
It's also worth mentioning that he was elected king of Norway too! As the Swedes would say: Vilken jävla lirare!
@gheorghitaalsunculitei9146 4 роки тому
@@apotato6278 How many times?
@artemreinhart747 4 роки тому
The big mans back not with quaaludes but with a new video for us consumers to feast upon!!
@mooncutielunicorn9999 4 роки тому
Awww, Ivan the Terrible!Awesome! Btw love your sense of humor hehe And can you make video about Elizabeth of Russia too? Love you from Indonesia 😍😊😊
@JackRackam 4 роки тому
Thank you! Elizabeth is a possibility, although it'll probably be a while before I return to Russia
@someundeadtalent2016 3 роки тому
yoooo that painting tho never have i ever seen something this terrifying come to life with a damn brush istg
@albehoe2327 4 роки тому
Ah you're back!
@wmasterk9920 4 роки тому
Almost 100k subscribers!
@JackRackam 4 роки тому
Just crossed the line this morning! Party time!
@TheRealVoiceOfReason 4 роки тому
Excellent as always, Jack, but in keeping with my traditional nitpicking, Moscow rhymes with flow, show, and low, not how, now, or cow.
@kayo5011 4 роки тому
Good video
@janedoe8901 4 роки тому
subscribed!!!!!!
@willcress7048 4 роки тому
Since 2011. I am sad I just discovered you. I feel like I let you down. You should have more subscribers
@JackRackam 4 роки тому
If it makes you feel any better, the account was made in 2011 but the videos only started in late 2016
@joshuaflexin5698 4 роки тому
Here since 600 subs🙏🏻
@williamlag7939 4 роки тому
He’s back!
@josehernandezmartinez8719 4 роки тому
I'm a simple man. Jack Rackam uploads a video, and I watch it.
@vytae9 4 роки тому
I remember seeing a documentary about this guy and it was said that after analyzing his remains it turns out that he was living with crippling joint and bone pains and they debated the fact that maybe his chronicle pains were the cause of his ruthlessness or a least greatly participated to it
@vilwarin5635 4 роки тому
Is very similar to what happened with king Herod. He had cronic pain too
@elenapic6859 4 роки тому
Well, that was a very nice ad, really nice, now for those sweet sweet docs... And the guy we all want to be, and that wolf of course :)
@JackRackam 4 роки тому
Docs here! Get yer docs here! Get em while they're hot!
@scorpionking678 3 роки тому
Thank You for making history funny and entertaining Cheers 🙉🙈🙊
@AngryHistorian87 4 роки тому
I heard Ivan's Rodion Shchedrin Stikhira No 1, and it is quite nice.
@rexcorvorum4262 3 роки тому
Poisoned, poisoned, poisoned, nunnery, nunnery, survived If anything it’s more catchy than Henry’s
@eventyraren 4 роки тому
Do a video about Mary Anning, The woman today moust known for selling seashells on the seashore, but whose life is more than that
@makdm2405 4 роки тому
God, I love this channel
@JonathonWoodgate 3 роки тому
Cool video
@kallenmorrison9483 4 роки тому
I didn't think you'd actually post another video again.
@JackRackam 4 роки тому
Clearly you're new here, indefinite hiatus is my status quo :D
@kallenmorrison9483 4 роки тому
@@JackRackam I'm just happy there is new content. Keep it up!
@austinflint8671 4 роки тому
Just got this guy reccomended for the first time today
@OcarinaSapphr- 3 роки тому
It’s not that this was a bad video, or anything- however...You simplified quite a few things; you missed out the fact that his mother, his first regent was almost certainly poisoned by a cadre of high-ranking nobles when he was barely 8- & that he & the rest of his family were treated terribly by these usurping ‘regents’ til he came of age **8 years later** And his wife, who he’d married at 16/ 17 was **also** possibly poisoned, which brought back the trauma that surrounded his mother’s death- as well as the fear that she had been poisoned... though it isn’t certain.
@kassthered8452 4 роки тому
He is back!!
@anavideos2445 4 роки тому
Jack Rackam: *talks about Ivan the Terrible* Me: *start to think about that episode of Epic Battles of History that he appeared*
@sephirothswh0re598 3 місяці тому
Try to survive, Ivan, no surviving.
@newvan87 4 роки тому
What made Ivan IV "Terrible"? Mostly it was terrible translation (what a pun) of his nickname, witch doesn't reflect original russian "Grozniy", which is closer for fearsome, grim or formidable, it's kinda hard to translate it in one word. Most likely his nickname appeard from russian word "groza" which means - thunderstorm. Also he didn't had this nickname during his life, most likely it was given him only in17th century and we can't say by whom, but it was represented in folk culture. And of course neighbors gave him other nicknames, mostly with a darker or humiliating meaning, cause who likes neighbors especially in 16th century.
@emilybarclay8831 3 роки тому
The word terrible has two conflicting meanings, on the one hand it can mean really bad, disappointing or generally negative, but on the other hand it can mean something so great and powerful and foreboding that you are in fear and awe of it. The ‘terrible’ probably means more along the lines of terrifying and powerful than shitty
@izakim_26 3 роки тому
i can’t believe i watched this entertaining video about this Ivan’s life just to know about the background of that famous painting💀
@robert.aram234 4 роки тому
IVAN was the guy that Stalin never did become.
@kingkefa7130 3 роки тому
Stalin made the USSR take over half of Europe, I'd say he was fairly capable as a ruler.
@kingkefa7130 3 роки тому
@Rootless Cosmopolitan The USSR had antisemitic rhetoric and Stalin targeted Jewish doctors. Jews were denied the rights to emigrate outside the Soviet Union, just like almost everyone in the Soviet Union and its satellites. The iron curtain wasn't just for show, it was meant to keep everybody in. Jews were under the very same totalitarian repression all citizens of the USSR were, and in fact less so when you take into account the mass-killings of Ukrainians, Russians and other ethniticies in the collectivization period. And if Stalin lost the war, what do you think would've happened to the Jews in the Nazi-occupied Soviet territories? The same thing that happened to the Jews in Poland.
@SlapstickGenius23 3 роки тому
Stalin became the screwed up devil he was known for. He killed off his son because of such behaviour and had a rather scary relationship with his wife. Ivan’s the super sour Guts Generic!
@arjb1046 4 роки тому
I have a suggestion for a future video, The Life and Times of Richard Williams.
@21manguy 4 роки тому
If you want someone who is interesting I would suggest Omar Mukhtar aka “the lion of the desert.” He lead a resistance force in Libya against the Italian occupiers.
@abcdefoff3307 4 роки тому
I'm honestly interest in the ad.
@evilpimp2475 4 роки тому
5:17 me when i had too many beers and i fall and bash my head open
@DefaultFlame 3 роки тому
That's actually some pretty kickin' tunes! (Honestly, it's pretty good, assuming that gregorian chant style music where you can't understand a single word is your kind of stuff.)
@Burn_Angel 4 роки тому
1:50 Uh...I really believed he did that for a moment.
@blancasonora714 2 роки тому
This one is my favorite
@Jimbo55151 4 роки тому
3:44 I caught that reference you absolute madman
@mohammedelshrief2687 4 роки тому
What is it of? I'm prob gonna be an idiot but is it a reference to Harold Godwinson death?
@Jimbo55151 4 роки тому
MO he used the Lancelot attack music from holy grail
@historylover8139 4 роки тому
Can you do Andrey Bogolyubsky next?
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