This isn't Russia's geographic challenge. This is Poland's geographic challenge.

@EscudoPadraoPrata

8 жыл бұрын

+asdfghjkl I agree it is very simplistic.

@mrbrainbob5320

8 жыл бұрын

lmaoo this was a horrible video

@jonesjohnson6301

4 жыл бұрын

If you're referring to how brief and simplistic this video is, then yes. But otherwise no, as this goes both ways. The video actually forgets that the first foreigners successfully conquering Moscow were the Polish in 1612. 200 years before Napoleon. They arguably came the closest of all except the Mongols to destroy Russia. The Polish and Lithuanians used the open terrain just as devastatingly as the Mongols did, and just like them had a profound impact on Russian culture and thinking.

@davyother2699

4 жыл бұрын

@@jonesjohnson6301 Mongols destoing Russia? There is no Russia at that times... There was Rus` states on modern lands of Belarus` and Ukraine (Whiteruthenians and Ruthenians called in past), modenr Russia had a name Moscovia (which was created by falling apart of Mongol empire)

@Samuel-wm1xr

4 жыл бұрын

@@davyother2699 Moscovia was called Vladimir suzdal, one of the Rus' states. Russia is the Greek version of the word Rus'. There is no difference. If you're going to lie do a better job.

The main geographic challenge that Russia faces is it's access to the world's oceans. Or rather lack of it. Russia may have a huge coastline in the north, but it's frozen over most of the time, and therefore is unreliable. Russia has a coastline along the Pacific Ocean, but it freezes over in the winter too. Russia has 2 coastlines along the Baltic Sea. 1 is St Petersburg, but it freezes in the winter as well. 2 in Kaliningrad, which thankfully does not freeze over. However, the Baltic Sea is connected to the ocean by the narrow Danish straits, and Denmark is part of NATO, and we all know how stable NATO and Russia's relationship is. Finally, there is the Black Sea. It does not freeze over in the winter, but then again, it is only connected to the Mediterranean (and therefore the oceans) by the Turkish straits, and Turkey is again a NATO member.

@soyjoshelsnake2270

6 жыл бұрын

Samovar maker u literally got the from a youtuber...I forgot the name but it's a youtuber

@ChrisUAnimation

6 жыл бұрын

Won't be a problem for long. Russia, Canada are about to get a big boost with the ice melting in the north.

@gymrat5014

6 жыл бұрын

Comrade King wtf

@gymrat5014

6 жыл бұрын

Comrade King China is somehow Russia's allie but Germany and Turkey are part of NATO, they are not Russia's allies, althought they are trade partners but not allies

@ajitbhale8211

5 жыл бұрын

Very good information... thanks

The music is so amazing! Really

Ok, now that was Kindergarten level.

there should be at least 5 videos about Russia. This video only covers one challenge.

@tituspullo9768

6 жыл бұрын

aretwo deetwo cover the mental challange

@theknight4317

4 жыл бұрын

well, this is called "geographic" challenge.

This was by far the poorest video by stratfor,..

Wtf this was basically an attack Guide on russia

@asiaminormgtow505

7 жыл бұрын

liberals.

@ChristianVBlue3

5 жыл бұрын

We all dream in conquering Russia

@josephcro2138

5 жыл бұрын

@Let'sSeeHowManyLikes SomethingRandomCanGet sponsored by napolenon, brought to you by hitler

@revolu7363

2 жыл бұрын

indeed

Wilhelm II? Wilhelm II?? Seriously Wilhelm II??? Who invaded East Prussia first????

@The51stDivision

9 жыл бұрын

Dam Sabaton oh my, how lovely! I guess you must be another home-made-history-spitting winner who doesn't even know the difference between WWI and WWII then?

@VashaLittleMasha

9 жыл бұрын

The 51st Division Well, they did declare war on Russia first.. no? I do think Russia shouldn't have done anything and just sit and wait though, because Germany had no plans for invading Russia according to the Shliefen plan..... I'm confused why Germans declared war though

@The51stDivision

9 жыл бұрын

VashaLittleMasha because Russia started mobilization and the whole point of the Shliefen plan was to knock out France first before Russia could mobilize. The entire German stratagem was based around the timing of Russian mobilization. To put it simply, Russia mobilization meant the automatic launch of the Shliefen Plan.

@VashaLittleMasha

9 жыл бұрын

The 51st Division makes sense, thank you..

@hueylongdong347

8 жыл бұрын

+Dam Sabaton You're a such a dumbass

@Stratfor when are you going to upload more of these videos since literally all of the world have challenges.

How come you only count 3 attackers? Charles XII of Sweden also attacked Russia across the Northern Plains in the 1700s and Sigismund III of Poland also attacked Russia from that direction in the 1600s. That is at least 5 serious invasions threatening Russia's very existence.

Although none of those attackers actually conquered Russia.

Russia has an" indefensible and unforgivable territory"? Surely you mean "Unforgiving"...?

@Roel93

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah wtf, "unforgivable"? She sounded like Russia needs some "freedom" delivered by 'Murica. I thought this channel was supposed to be neutral.

This is so brilliant. Even more relevant today

Poland was the main attacker by the plain, as it, among others, conquered Moscow in 1612'. I have a name for you: "Zygmunt III Waza"

@mefisto654

7 жыл бұрын

Seeing that you know shit about the matter knocks u out of a dispute.

@DeliberateConfusion

7 жыл бұрын

You must be one of them proud Brits that wants all foreigners out of your country. Am I right? :)

@tadeuszgodlewski180

7 жыл бұрын

The only reason why the commonwealth died off is because the country had internal disputes. They gave too much power to the nobility and not enough centralized power to the king and couldn't agree on shit, but Poland once was the strongest state in Europe by military strength. Also, it is pretty hard trying to fight off a partition between 3 major powers (Russia, Prussia, Austria-Hungary), it almost impossible that they could have fought them off or any nation if they were surrounded and ganged up on by those enemies.

@creeper201

7 жыл бұрын

austria wasn't austo-hungry at the time , austro hungry was created around 1870, poland wasn't the strongest power in europa russia had 4 times stronger army than we did and only winning we did back them was thanks to our militry leaders who were unmached, not even mentioning spain or ottoman empire both of them were stronger i don't know about sweden but we were at same level +/-

@mefisto654

7 жыл бұрын

They were stronger, because our internal chaos and complete lack of solidar organisation. However many situations in frustrating silver age show as undaubted huge potential in our moblisation abillities. While we were not the greatest power at all because our policies - high nobles and damned Waza kings - we can surely say that in the field we could be the greatest. Imaging reasonable policy istead of this nobility chaos - we could achieve unetched peaks. So many Poles fallen in love to this silver age myth of power are mistaken and say about being the strongest country in Europe... but if we say about strenght in the field - yes, we can say we were indeed.(only if we seperate OTHER THINGS from it - like... we might have won battle with enourmous score - but we hadn't used its outcome afterwards) Super Waldek It depends what period you have on your mind. I wouldn't put 18th century in dispute here, couse Tadeusz Godlewski didn't mean that. If we speak about 17 and 16th century then, what you say is not true. 1 vs 1 we were even, if not better. The same with Ottoman Empire. And that's proven.

I would like to see what do you have to say about Serbia

0:32 The "Caucus" Mountains? Ahaahahahaha

I'm assuming they assume you already know some geopolitic stuff and I don't have much of an issue there. But for a beginner it could confuse them on what concepts shes exactly talking about, modern borders or historical Russian influence?

You do realize they never said Russia borders those countries. They mentioned the mountain ranges that border those countries. Huge difference my friend. And given that they were mentioning that mountain range, in the context of a large mass of land that is difficult to defend...i'd say they were quite accurate in their analysis.

From the perspective of this report, the Russian Far East isn't distinguished from the rest... everything east of the Ural Mountains is considered Siberia. Indeed, from a geographic and biome standpoint there isn't actually much difference between the RFE and Siberia.

Make more of this guys!

i meant that they continue to approach levels seen in those countries and in 10-20 years they'll reach it. This is a process that takes time to improve and it improves every year. i didn't say it didnt happen (people dying of alcohol,etc) but that number decreases every year, and this year, for example, alcohol and tobacco have got Mega-taxes on them.

Everyone who invades Russia be like *freezes to death*

This is what even McKinder had said in early 20th century..which in turn had set the tone for the geopolitics before 2nd world war.. But then such an understanding about Russia is nothing less than being incomplete in the context of 21st century where there are so many other forms of warfares/other ways by which somebody can attack the vast expanse of territory !

Not even a word about Żółkiewski the only guy who conquered and held Moscow. The end of Polish occupation of moscow is the Russian independence day. I think you could point this fact in the movie if you include history in it.

@Altermerea

9 жыл бұрын

GermanskiNajezdzca​​ Of course Poland, you are stronk, yes yes, we know you are stronk... now give Russia oil money, do all what Germany says, and sit quiet.

@mr.grenade9497

9 жыл бұрын

+KoraxProductions Poles where the ones who got your capital commie, now quiet

@Altermerea

9 жыл бұрын

Pan Granat Russia got it hundreds of times :)

@mr.grenade9497

9 жыл бұрын

KoraxProductions Got Moscow hundreds of times? Cool, but that's it's capital so it's obvious they got it lulz

@Altermerea

9 жыл бұрын

Russia is so strong they can have whatever Capital City they want, be it Warsaw, Berlin or Moscow xD

@PrimeConsciousness Trade is a very important tool in the geopolitical kit. Aside from the general economic benefit of commerce, the hope is that once trade takes root, then political forces within a government act to protect their financial advantage derived from it. A notable failure (though admittedly pre-nuke) was the Molotov-Ribbentrop trade pact. Russian trains laden with coal and ore were still steaming into German occupied Poland at the start of Barbarossa.

You forgot to mention Marshall Józef Pilsudski 1:07 As well as other wars.

There's the RFA (Russian Far East), which is a region, and then there's the Far East region; which is a designation of all things to the East of the Urals. This, obviously, includes the RFA and the Siberian region. So, they are quite correct here. But I can see where you were thinking otherwise.

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Thank you.

She said that the Caucasus Mountains (Not Russia) border Iran and Turkey. I agree that the report could have used a bit more.

I think you meant Charles XII, and not Wilhelm II. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_invasion_of_Russia

@DavidJGillCA

9 жыл бұрын

Well, Wilhelm II is WWI. It seems any part of Scandinavian history falls outside historical perceptions of European history for the English speaking world. Even Finland's Winter War is unknown. Also, perhaps Charles XII is beyond the purview of modern history as that war predates Napoleon and the French Revolution.

I request an update because of the current Ukraine crisis-- Also, the separatist groups in the Caucasus are totally ignored here! Also, the EU/Russian spheres of influence are not referred to at all here.

@EscudoPadraoPrata

8 жыл бұрын

+ohemeffgeee Quite true the UE is turning into a empire and is getting too greedy to the point of confronting Russia.

One of the biggest defences of Russia is harsh winter

Shes talking about traditional borders and areas of historical Russian influence, note the Tien Shen mountains aren't within the Russian Federations' borders either.

Forgot about the Swedish king referred as "Carolus Rex" and the Polish king I think who conquered Moscow.

@jepkratz I agree that the utility of nukes is far lessened when a superpower is dealing with a smaller state. Russia does need their tanks, jets and arty for rebels like the Chechen mujahideen, but they are rendered useless when dealing with other superpowers. A finger on the red button that threatens the elitism of rival elites is key.

@etsneroj Agreed. It's 21st century. Firstly there are roads through Carpathians and through Caucasus mountains. Secondly, airplanes. Thirdly, ships, submarines. Finally, missiles, nuclear missiles. It's not like only way to conquer Moscow is by marching through Poland.

Well, the only question is that Russia doesn't need Baltic sea unless Europe needs it to trade with Russia. By now none of Europeans trade with Russia due to the sanctions. Old USSR pipe still working through "Ukrain in war" without a single damage...

An interesting view on the Russian geography!

How is there no mention of the Mongols? No mention of the huge resources in Siberia? Terrible effort

Stratfor needs to make more videos like this.

@navneetshyam1335

Жыл бұрын

Yep he definitely should

Just watvhed all these videos, god this musicccc is killing me

@preciousGrey100 Not sure I follow your point. One is known by the company one keeps, true, but one must also deal with the world as one finds it, not as one wishes it to be. ALL nations have always ATTEMPTED to act diplomatically or militarily in their own best interest, but there are often miscalculations made by those with the power to manifest policy. According to the historical record, blowback occurs, regardless of nation, culture, or time period. Are Russia's hands clean?

no mentioning of China and North Korea or Japan? Not to mention the tons of conflicts and countries of the former soviet union and separatist movements?

Decent short report for those unfamiliar with the topic Russia did historically have borders with Iran and Turkey, when Azerbaijan and Georgia were Russian provinces, so no, it's not the authors of this report who have to repeat the 8th grade

@skonius Then who would counter the Anglo-American empire?

why people spok everytime for war whats the point

I love the music

a open mars to Moscow. IF YOU CAN SURVAIVEL THE WINTER :D

@creeper201

8 жыл бұрын

say hi to mongols :d

@paytowin8468

8 жыл бұрын

Super Waldek hi

@creeper201

8 жыл бұрын

i'm not mongols :d

@paytowin8468

8 жыл бұрын

Super Waldek hi

@creeper201

8 жыл бұрын

hi

Where did you see Russia having borders with Iran and Turkey?? Only through Azerbaijan and Georgia. As many people said very weak report, 8 grade this where you need to start. Thank you

Excellent 🌹🥰👌

please Bulgaria Geographic Challenge!

Best to update - Arctic is now the main threat.

@jepkratz And of course you'd only push for trade as much as the nuclear nation pleases. If they do not favor trade in their sphere, then that must be respected and policies should assist the nation in their goals, however anti-trade stances are just bizarre in this day and age. Few states reject trade that gives them jobs.

Makes sense

1:04 1/3 of those invitations were successful

Belarus is the buffer state in Russia's sphere of influence, which prevents this from happening.

@jepkratz True, but if any state attempts to fully mobilize against a nuclear power within their borders, then that would be a grave miscalculation. Any nuclear power is here to stay regardless of how many rival nations dislike it. I wouldn't touch any nuclear nation with a 50 ft pole. I'd essentially kiss their ass and open trade at all costs.

Not anymore. They're population is growing again as birth rates increases and death rates decrease very fast. There's still poor people, and people who die of hunger and alcohol? yes, but in many small numbers, like in western developed countries (those who are not in crisis)

Does this channel only talk about war I thought this was geography

@daenarmorril Yeah, the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth actually occupied Moscow for 2 years, the others didn't even reach the city, though the Germans got very close in 1941.

@MrJcury My thoughts exactly. How unfortunate it is though that the only way to keep one unbelievably wicked empire from taking over the world is by pitting another unbeleivable wicked empire against it.

Lauren !How on earth you can attack a country that has largest cemical, biological, nuclear and thermobaric arsenal on tjis planet

So much Russia hate in the comments... Can't we all just get along?

@qweiqwp

8 жыл бұрын

+Ricky Longley open ur mind....u have low level understanding

@qweiqwp

8 жыл бұрын

+Ricky Longley open ur mind....u have low level understanding

good video but too short

It is not tien shen Mountains, it is called Tengri Tagh Mountains.

It's not Gorbachev's fault, it's Brezhnev's.

@BcallingDB Umm, how is it such a comment is given the thumbs up? You forgot to mention that unlike Hitler in WWII the Germans actually knocked Russia out of WWI and that Napoleon actually occupied Moscow for a short time let alone reached it. Out of the three mentioned Hitler was the least successful.

@PrimeConsciousness Mutually assured destruction, and asymmetrical warfare still trump the nuke. This is why since the end of WWII you have nuclear armed powers continuing to prosecute conflicts by conventional war, proxy war, and guerrilla war - hence infantry, tanks, artillery, ships, and jets. Example: perhaps some in Russia would nuke Chechnya, but then it would be an even worse territory to keep within their borders, which is their goal after all. Not to mention international sanction.

with current technology not sure natural barriers are so important

They were talking about geographic barriers not borders!!!!

aaaaand you use Mercator

You said "Caucus Mountains". Oops

Unforgiving...not "unforgivable."

What about polish troops occupying moscow and rading it on demand

You forgot the swedish forces battle for Moscow year 1610.

good info

In any case, this video is duscussing Russia HISTORICAL geo-political challenges, when Russia did control all of those nations, and how the collapse of the USSR has lead to a geographic problem for modern Russia...

Russia's terrain to the west has been harsh to it would be aggressors, but it has equally kept it largely insular and kept away from the western world in it and it's movings. naturally some paranoia crept in some of it justified I suppose but, mostly of its own doings and of a society largely kept to its own narcicsms and personalities. It's a perfect example of how history and proximies create one world, and in the case of Russia and the west especially in this current situation and that of the past few decades, in fact half a century become their stumbling block.

@bongoseropersa5240

2 жыл бұрын

Terrain to its west has been harsh to its aggressors only in winter, How merciful of you, internet unknown to be so considerate and deem some of russias concerns as "justifable i suppose". It must be comforable to be in the U.S after massacring an entire continent of indian americans now you have secure borders between two oceans with virtually no opposition. Talk about narcissism

We need more lands that we not gonna use!!!

@creeper201

8 жыл бұрын

well there is a lot of gold gas(what ever it is called) oil, diamonds and all that stuff but russia doesn't sell much of it

Is this meaningless in the modern age? When weapons travel by themselves? What's scary though is when those Poles including the leader tried to escape to someplace safe? (Russia) and crashed. Is there a coming time when only people as free and truly willing to speak their minds as Russians will be safe and have a chance? Even still eventually you'll need to develop permanent biological advantages concurrently. I think "babylon" rewards group after special interest group, as it goes after key remaining one worlders, who understand power and care about the unified cause of all people and others. It wants the god sparks, not to use as their evil in creation forever, but to torture. Everyone else is being used to disapprove and use up their own remaining free interest.

hahaha! it's an illusion! -radio: popov before marconi -electric bulb: lodygin before edison -multicylindric steam engine: polzunov before watt -periodic table of elements: mendeleev -television / monitors: rozing & zvorykin before farnsworth -aeroplane: mozhaisky before wrights -1st us helicopter: sikorsky -"us" stealth technology: ufimtsev -dolivo-dobrovolsky brought electricity into our homes -assault riffle -led: stoletov -space travel: tsiolkovsky -space ships, artificial earth sattelites

until the winter comes

i'm living in germany and it is not a topic, at all. patenting doesn't play a big role, if a successful demonstration was believably documentated. a lot of things were invented without patenting them, like radio by aleksander popov or using punchcard for information storage by korsakov 1832. mendeleev's periodic table of elements wasn't patented, a very important decimal currency system, 1st introduced in russia wasn't, of course, patented, too. etc. tell me, what is in your opinion not russian.

A short video. While other videos have 2 mins.

@TheDreadXxXx

7 жыл бұрын

It's because Russia is easy to explain. It's big witch is a liability, and it's flat witch is great to invade. Not much to it in terms of geopolitics.

What does Stalin have to do with this?

These videos kinda give you a kinda weird perspective change

@EscudoPadraoPrata

8 жыл бұрын

+Aaron Marshall Well yes but it also tries to convince you that Russia now a days also need to conquest all its western neibours just because of geography. Actually is quite a silly argument.

You forgot Carl XII

No way can a nation of under 130 million compete with one in which that is a rounding error.

That's why Russia puts its best equipment and fighters on western front even during wars like Afghanistan Russia's best aircraft and tanks stood in west didn't go war

Make Mountains then to stop the Enemy

@theknight4317

4 жыл бұрын

xD

Да. И правда. Размер, а не экономическое состояние, процент идиотов или коррупции. Конечно размер, что же еще? #facepalm

Here’s the thing about Russia though, they may not have great physical natural defenses, but they have one major trump-card... The Russian Winter. Once you push deep into Russia from the west, you better have beaten them by the start of winter or you’re royally fucked.

sweden was in moscov in the late 1500 age. when russia had no tsar

@aurimasm4962

10 жыл бұрын

Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth have also invaded them a few times, and have even occupied Moscow (the only power to do so other than Mongols).

@swissphan18

10 жыл бұрын

Aurimas M uhm... Napoleon was in Moscow as well^^

@aurimasm4962

10 жыл бұрын

swiss Man 17 Neither Napoleon nor the Swedes have ever conquered Moscow. The only powers to do so were the Mongols and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

@larrywave

9 жыл бұрын

Aurimas M yes they have en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Russia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_la_Gardie_Campaign

@ChillDudelD

9 жыл бұрын

larrywave Have you even read those articles? They support what he wrote: The Swedes were helping the Russians, holding Moscow, while the Poles was invading them. Failed to withstand the Poles. The French (together with the Poles; Polish Legions) took an abandoned and empty Moscow. There was nobody to conquer.

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Are anybody's hands clean for that matter? Kettles meet pots. But the one million Rand question is who raises the most stink. The Bomber/torture/genocide "ELVEN OF THE WEST"

@SpNGRU какой им делить, они Сибирь на карте отметить правильно не могут ))

every empire have his end

Now Prussia's geographic challenge

it is unfair to makes 1.5mins video on geo politics for largest country in the world