We know that we start too many series, but this is the last new one for some time - decided to finish the ongoing ones and then start the new series.

@anzaca1

4 жыл бұрын

Don't apologise. A new series from you guys is always welcome! I'm especially looking forward to more videos on the Japanese invasion of Korea. Edit: First! (Sorry, I had to.)

@solomonthefoolish

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know that any of us really minds to be honest. History (like your videos) isn't linear in the development of civilizations. So random videos are just loved in general lol. I particularly love the soundtracks y'all use. Who does the music? Where can I find MORE??

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

@Nom Nom, thanks! We use envato+epidemicsound.

@solomonthefoolish

4 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals thank you! Im going to look into them now :)

@user-kt1lh5sz1i

4 жыл бұрын

Wait, Devin has a game. COOL

Slavs: Avoided high ground Kenobi:

@evvec1490

4 жыл бұрын

still feel "weird" when talking about Slav by Napoleon himself but okay.. I guess

@bobcell22

4 жыл бұрын

Kiev is literally build on top of the few hills! lol

@enesakhan4032

4 жыл бұрын

"you were the choosen one" screams intensifies :D

@Vitalis94

4 жыл бұрын

Don't know that much about Eastern Slavs, but Western ones defenitelly built their settlements on the hills.

@SMiki55

4 жыл бұрын

@@Vitalis94 hills yes, but we avoided mountains for long time.

Voiceover: "This video was sponsored by... me!" *Uno reverse card intensifies*

@HobRarrison

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and the game looks really good tbf

@umiddey8714

4 жыл бұрын

@@HobRarrison It does. God I didn't want any distraction with my sem finals coming up. :\

@umiddey8714

4 жыл бұрын

@thunderstar86 :(

@SGT676

4 жыл бұрын

@@umiddey8714 I wish you look

@unifieddynasty

4 жыл бұрын

"What a twist!" - M. Night Shyamalan

In Poland they say: Gość w dom, Bóg w dom (a guest at home is god at home).

@kekeke8988

3 жыл бұрын

Dom? Just like classic Latin domus.

@dobermorgan

3 жыл бұрын

Гость в дом, бог в дом. Хоть где то с поляками сходство.

@ondras5241

3 жыл бұрын

Same in Czech! Host do domu, bůh do domu

@barik3350

3 жыл бұрын

Same in India : Guest is like God.

@zhidokabra

3 жыл бұрын

Гость в дом, Бог в дом )

Law of hospitality is still upheld in all slavic lands!

@saiien2

3 жыл бұрын

As a Slav I can confirm it ;)

@tomislavobrovac9313

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed it is.

@thedude9024

3 жыл бұрын

Agree! When a guest is in the house, God is in the house.

@adamfrazer5150

3 жыл бұрын

I've much respect for the people that continue this noble and admirable practice - it's a law that the rest of the world should study and adopt 👍

@mateuszjokiel2813

3 жыл бұрын

Aye, and let it remain so

Law of hospitality reminds me of an old Slovak saying: Host do domu, Boh do domu (Guest in the house, God in the house).

@dominikbradvica9406

4 жыл бұрын

Its the same as Croatian :"Gost u domu, Bog u domu"

@Hektor951

4 жыл бұрын

The same in Poland: Gość w dom, Bóg w dom

@user-pz2dy7wc9c

4 жыл бұрын

Here in Georgia 🇬🇪 too, we have saying "Every guest is gift from God".

@radziwill7193

4 жыл бұрын

This proves that the Western Slavs professed Islam.

@MrManio1000

4 жыл бұрын

Polish say this as well: Gość w domu, Bóg w domu

Best sponsor ever, thanks to K&G for helping my little pet project! And, as always, a sensational video! Time to record some more 🎙😲 Stay safe out there folks!

@user-kt1lh5sz1i

4 жыл бұрын

Can't believe about this man. Congrats!

@evvec1490

4 жыл бұрын

honestly the Game Really interesting just by look of it.. just feel "original" or "old school" which is great thing for me looking forward to buy it

@nerobernardino88

4 жыл бұрын

How to avoid being sponsored by bad companies? Sponsor thyself. If it happens that thyself is a bad company, then boi oh boi

@saitama4128

4 жыл бұрын

I love u mens))

@thresh86

4 жыл бұрын

I was wondering who would be the narrator in your game 😆 Godspeed to your game Devin and to the channel, K&G

The production value of these videos is just insane! Also, great and very interesting topic, thanks.

Thanks to whoever started this channel and the patreon supporters who helped it grow to this point! Kudos!

"This video is sponsored by... Me" A surprize, to be shore, but a welcoming one

@aleembaksh1880

4 жыл бұрын

I don't want to be that guy but someone has to do it... *sure

@shadowrealm8014

3 жыл бұрын

@@Napoleonic_S he a pimp

@apollo268

3 жыл бұрын

Aleem Baksh and surprise

@adamcal4257

3 жыл бұрын

@@Napoleonic_S I think they could have done it for free for him :)

The artwork just keeps getting better

This is the most informative doc on Kievan Rus I've seen awesome work

Well, this Slavic history series is inspiring me to subscribe at long last. Thank you for the very fascinating video series! Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you friends! :)

5:20 "They tended to avoid the high ground" [Disappointed Obi-Wan noises]

@MrAlexkyra

4 жыл бұрын

Hello there

@TheLatiosnlatias02

2 жыл бұрын

NO!!!

The animation in Kings and Generals has improved so much straight 10/10 unbelievable you guys have become the best channel about history by far respect by an old fan

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you :-)

@alansalas1880

4 жыл бұрын

IDK if the best, but it is in the top for sure.

@roflol100

4 жыл бұрын

@@emperorpalpatine5751 i love them all tbh, history marche, bazz battles, invicta, ww2 with indy naidel... im sure i forgot couple more but they make youtube best place for history fans

@darrenbutler9819

4 жыл бұрын

@@roflol100 The Armchair Historian also is great

@Jesse__H

4 жыл бұрын

Historia Civilis is my pick, but K&G is up there.

I just can't get enough of this channel. EVERYTHING you guys do is just pure gold!

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you :-)

Good summary, carefully balanced over numerous questions surrounding this topic. Well done!

Wow that was a very interesting episode.

@henrimourant9855

4 жыл бұрын

@@musicc5024 Ha ha yeah I should thought of something more creative I was half asleep when I sent it lol.

@musicc5024

4 жыл бұрын

@@henrimourant9855 nothing to worry about that was kinda nice

@sholahverassa8582

4 жыл бұрын

​@Русс град Sarmats? Definitely Iranian.

@pouyagym9168

3 жыл бұрын

Русс град Sarmatian were Iranian. What is your source?

You guys are slaughtering television... keep it up!

@mejlaification

4 жыл бұрын

that's not that hard though these days, is it? :-)

@alansalas1880

4 жыл бұрын

@Loredan i stopped watching tv like 10 years ago or something like that.

@toktok9999

3 жыл бұрын

mejlaification if its not, can u do it?

I really appreciate the fact that you represent clothing, religion and old cultures in an historically accurate way. The traditional clothing of the people you represent in your videos is always on point!

Thank you for a great video Devin! 😊

The animation is well done and the period is very interesting

@mohamadmurad4401

4 жыл бұрын

@Muhammad Alghiffary so ???

@tasinal-hassan8268

4 жыл бұрын

Shia Iranians are somewhat based I think. They enforce the Hijab on both men and women,and keep sexual degeneracy at bay.

@saminfardin5334

4 жыл бұрын

@Muhammad Alghiffary What does that even have to do with the original comment?

@friedlemons5201

4 жыл бұрын

I know right? How do they even do these so quickly?

@Kyan66

4 жыл бұрын

Muhammad Alghiffary Are you the wahabi police or what? Who cares what picture he has?

The animations were amazing! Keep up the good work!

This was a really good video! I lived the art and the narration. This is a history I am really interested in, so once your finished doing other series I’d love to see this one.

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

2:23 "Enjoying the pleasures of psychoactive herbs and undiluted wines." I wouldn't mind going back in time and partying with them.

@maxmuller8633

4 жыл бұрын

@Jim lastname I rather not, I don't want to wake up with a knife on my chest and a Rus man looting my room

@v5in88

4 жыл бұрын

I mean raids are pretty common back then soooooo..... yeah

@rexmundi3108

4 жыл бұрын

Well...I've partied with bikers (1%rs). I imagine it would be a similar experience: have fun but be verrrry careful of what you say...

@sholahverassa8582

4 жыл бұрын

Inventing a time machine and goinng back into antiquity only to share some dope with nomadic tribes.. that's pure dedication if I've ever seen one.

@Voice_of_Rambol

3 жыл бұрын

Make me your Slav king and I will make it so, for the glory of Perun and Veles.

There was a slight mistake in your story concerning Oleg’s conquest of Kiev I would like to point out. The story went like this: Rurik had a son named Igor, but he was but a boy at the time, with Oleg being his regent all this time. When Oleg went to Kiev, he brought Igor with him. Deciding to take the city by cunning, he pretended to be a merchant and invited Askold and Dir to the shore. He showed them Igor and declared that that was the true prince. His warriors came out of hiding and slaughtered the princes and their guards. Other than this, it is an excellent work!

@yao199

3 жыл бұрын

it's Kyiv though

@jojoslasthamon5120

3 жыл бұрын

yao199 In ukranian, yes. But I am not a ukranian

@yao199

3 жыл бұрын

@@jojoslasthamon5120 Exactly my point. How the hell is it supposed to transliterate then if not from ukrainian

@jojoslasthamon5120

3 жыл бұрын

yao199 Who says anything about transliteration? In german their country is Deutschland. No one apart from them calls them like that.

@dmytropuzhay6532

3 жыл бұрын

@@Boyar300AV It's not enough for you to poison people all over the world with Novichok, so you try to poison them with russian pseudohistorical propaganda, or you are just not educated and don't know that originally it was written as Кыѥвъ - much closer to Kyiv that russian neologism.

Great video guys; and congrats to OfficiallyDevin. Also: 5:16 'You underestimate my power!'

K&G videos are always informative and fairly presented, more power guys. 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

As a university student of history I have to admit, that it was really nice episode. For 15 min. you summarised it very well.

@marekhavrlik9851

4 жыл бұрын

@@PraiseworthyNobleman Well, I would like to know that too

This is the beginning of one hell of a journey!

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@cjthegood

4 жыл бұрын

And I am willing to go all the way 👍

As a reenactor of medieval history, I must say that the quality of the summary about the people I interpret is of excellent quality. I will share this video with all my acquaintances and I look forward to the rest! Very good work.

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Guys your animations are awesome ! Thank you for covering this period, such an interesting one.

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

The artwork is getting better by the episode, keep up the good work! Also, best of luck with your game Devin!

Never knew how much the Scandinavians have such firm influence on European history.

@GeneralBlackNorway

3 жыл бұрын

Also people tend to be taught that the Greeks invented democracy and the Romans brought it to the world. However, the British isles did not receive it's democratic roots from roman settlers who by that time were an empire. Scandinavians generally lived by the law that was decided by the thing, a collective gathering of the local peoples. Power came from bottom up, and it was later with influence from feudal societies in the south that vikings brought concentrated power invested in kings back to the north. Scandinavian settlers brought their tradition of public gatherings to the British which would eventually evolve into parliamentarism.

@zizouace4890

3 жыл бұрын

@@GeneralBlackNorway public or tribal gatherings was in almost all independent tribes in the whole world. this is not a special invention of anyone. all independent tribes who ruled a village had such a governmental system.

@Pentagathusosaurus

3 жыл бұрын

@@GeneralBlackNorway iirc Saxons had something like a precursor to parliament before the Danes had any major influence in England, but then our societies weren't so very different. I know the popular myth among liberals during the late middle ages and renaissance era was that we had ancient Saxon liberties before the Normans conquered us but of course popular myth are often not accurate.

@algo8082

3 жыл бұрын

That's because they never had such influence:) No one scandinavian saga mentions "great conquests" of vikings in eastern Europe. First contacts of scandinavians with Rus principalities according to sagas had happend after Vladimir the Great (end of 10th century), when some norsemen were hired by princes as a mercenaries. Earlier contacts are just pan-germanic fairy tales written in the last two centuries. As a proof, there are very tiny genetic traces of scandinavians in russian population including nobility in comparison with England and north-western Europe.

@VikingsRBloodyAwsome

3 жыл бұрын

@@algo8082 the archaeological evidence of Scandinavian presence is vast in Eastern Europe. The sagas you mention were written by Icelandic monks hundreds of years after the actual events, the fact that they focus less on Eastern Europe is logical. And they do mention, mainly Swedish, influence in the East. But the influence wasn't as clear as it was in the west since the Swedes were not as christianized as their Danish contemporaries which means that the power wasn't segmented in the same way; it was more focus on controlling people(local leaders) rather than the land itself.

this video has super good production value and looks great! I love the style of the artwork, keep up the good work!

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

I'm trying to make a fantasy novel in a world based off of medieval eastern Europe and this video was very helpful to help me learn the history of the land, thank you.

@Parkunas

Жыл бұрын

As a russian slavian who learn english and a huge fan of fantasy medieval stories I would love to read your novel so I could also practice my english reading skills, you can send me your work when its finished or even a part of it. I and my slavic bros who also learn english would be grateful for your work

@Erix442

Жыл бұрын

Wow, it's cool. I would like to see your novel. Is it a book, comics, or game? What is it?

@neonpirych1566

Жыл бұрын

Let’s go man!

@Smashman012

Жыл бұрын

inspired by the witcher ?

@Parkunas

Жыл бұрын

@@user-cg2tw8pw7j it's Odin the Wanderer when he traveled the world of mortals and actually Loki is not his nephew. There are two most wide spread versions: 1)Odin adopted Loki after he killed his Jotun father; 2)Loki was a dark counterpart for Odin who was destined to be his main enemy.

I LOVED the sponsor for this videos. Best of luck!

Interesting to note is that the modern Finnish word for Russia and its people seems based on the description of Tacitus, citing the name Venedi- the country is called Venäjä, while the people are called Venäläiset.

@noahdeist7434

4 жыл бұрын

Venäläiset.

@batchestheeverskink293

4 жыл бұрын

@@noahdeist7434 Thanks for the correction.

@eksiarvamus

3 жыл бұрын

Same for the Estonian name _vene_ .

@YummYakitori

3 жыл бұрын

And the Finnish word for Sweden is Ruotsi

@avatarion

3 жыл бұрын

Wends were the original Slavs.

Great video. Excellent and very informative. Love the narrator. Keep up with these great venues I can't wait for every time one of these kings and Generals videos show up on my KZread feed

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

the visuals in this video are so amazing

This are some of the things you didnt knew you need it, until you get it, i love this channel.

This episode come at perfect moment as I just participated continuation of those fine Scythian traditions. Much love for K&G. Greetings from South Slav.

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@arunarya8131

4 жыл бұрын

Your country ?state? or oblast?

@milovantolic8821

4 жыл бұрын

@@arunarya8131 Serbia Oblast : Šumadija(Шумадија) Шумадија means something like Woodland.

You guys are improving the animation so much😍

Woah, the visuals of this episode are incredible!

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Thanks KnG, the art is great for this episode! Fun fact: the most detailed description of a Viking burial rutial was made by an Arab diplomat who met band of Viking mercenaries in Volga Bulgaria, whilve visiting his fellow Muslims far up North in modern day Russia. If this sounds too much like the movie 13th Warrior, that' because it's exactly what it inspired the book behind the script.

Can't wait for Olga, sviataslav, and Vladimir

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, that is a wild story, we finished the script yesterday.

@umartdagnir

3 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals Subscribed!

@Sandilau08

3 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals yeeees!!! My bachelor's degree subject was about the political and economic rise of the Kievean Rus in this period and i'm so happy to see an episode about this.

@williamgill_esq.6487

3 жыл бұрын

Hazard McGee Yes, and all Ukrainians.

@nimkati5627

3 жыл бұрын

@@williamgill_esq.6487 They would have been surprised to hear they were Ukrainians.

fantastic video, really well discussed and explained.

This was absolutely Brilliant, with fantastic graphics & animations.

@KingsandGenerals

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Interesting ... it seems like K&G decided to go with the Venetic theory for early Slavic history. I am not saying it's wrong ... it's just interesting.

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

From what I have read, it was the mainstream, but I am open to being dissuaded. :-)

@ShadowSumac

4 жыл бұрын

There is not much going to other theories, sadly.

@sljemic

4 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals M. Laser History did an analysis on the Venetic-Slav connection a while back. Would recommend to anyone interested.

@ivayloyurukov6202

4 жыл бұрын

I was also surprised, but the more you search, the more you find this to be most "universally" accepted theory.

@MLaserHistory

4 жыл бұрын

@@ivayloyurukov6202 By sheer volume of work that is true but actually most 21st century books on the topic are starting to question the validity of the theory. In the end there's just not enough evidence to really prove the theory true or wrong as stated in my video but some very good facts have been presented against it recently.

This was interesting one of the areas of history I don't know alot about ive read ibn fadlans account of the Rus but never knew much else i found this episode amazing

@oscardelafuente8649

4 жыл бұрын

My good sir , which edition of ibn's book did you read?

@Ahris22

4 жыл бұрын

I remember this specific bit of history being suppressed by Russia/Soviet union for a long time for political reasons as they didn't want to associate their origin or name with scandinavia, their disputes could be why it's hardly ever mentioned. While it's been many years since i last heard about it, I think they still dispute it to this day. :)

@NYCfrankie

4 жыл бұрын

@@oscardelafuente8649 audiobook the penguin classics

@NYCfrankie

4 жыл бұрын

@@dairyskeptic7428 funny I've actually been trying to find a link to that online I want 2 c it

@Lelik_208

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ahris22 in fact, the dispute about the origin of the Varangians has been going on since the beginning of the 18th century. "Russian" historians argued about this with the authors of this hypothesis - invited German historians. The Soviet Union followed the Scandinavian theory.

This channel is just fantastic!❤

I did my major in history and finish MA. Wish you guys are available when I was in school and college. Watching your video with my little boy. Great great work. Thank you for the knowledge.

One of my fave episodes from this channel ever

Everyone knows that prince Oleg invaded Scandinavia together with Ivar the Boneless 😂😂😂

@user-pz2dy7wc9c

4 жыл бұрын

And Kievan Rus wearing like Mongols 😂😂😂

@Byracrazir

4 жыл бұрын

@@fedorevdokimenko3978 I am from the Balkans, and I don't look like an Arab. Nor does anyone I know.

@cmox1830

4 жыл бұрын

Byracrazir he was talking about the actors that played the rus warriors in the vikings tv show looked arab and wore mongol clothing, which is totally inaccurate

@Byracrazir

4 жыл бұрын

@@cmox1830 Which part of my reply gave rise to the idea I didn't understand what he said?

@levsharus5899

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Lol

Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

@newwonderer

Жыл бұрын

🤡🤡🤡🤡

What a fascinating episode on Slavic history!!! Please do more on early Slavic history & expansion into central and southern Europe!

@user-dl6fv9ek5c

2 ай бұрын

Muskowia is NOT a Slavic land at all, but a Mongolian & Ugrofinic one ! The Muskals are NOT slavs, but a Turanic : Ugro-finic one mixed 400 years with Turanic Mongols and Turanic Khazars ! Muskal language is the best example of this Turanic mix of populations!

You guys are keeping me going, thanks kings

Wait a second so all Slavs are originating from the area around Vistula river ? I live in the heart of Slavistan !

@noahdeist7434

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's the mostly accepted theory among historians that is supported by archeological findings. Modern Eastern Poland and Western Belarus.

@noahdeist7434

4 жыл бұрын

And before that the Slavs passed through the Steppes region. And before that we all originated from Africa.

@vaevictis2789

4 жыл бұрын

No, Vistula region isn't a homeland of slavs. Dniepr and Polesie are

@WitcherDAD

3 жыл бұрын

@@vaevictis2789 all depends of sources which you are using .

@vaevictis2789

3 жыл бұрын

@@WitcherDADnah, its just modern archeology, nothing more

This new animation is incredible! Keep it up💖

@KingsandGenerals

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

It is going to be a very interesting series, I can already feel it :D Keep up the good work people.

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Indeed, the second episode is a bomb :-)

4:30 Amazing animation!

Great video. Love to see a video on Kievan Rus. Don't see too many good videos on it. Can't wait till you guys talk about the Novogord Republic 🙂

@Nataly79797

5 ай бұрын

Нет в истории Киевской Руси

I was so amazed by the art and animations that i had to rewatch the video to understand everything.

This video is of an incredibly high quality. The artwork in particular is beautiful. You guys did a great job with this one.

@KingsandGenerals

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Awesome material, thanks for sharing. There were also a lot of raids from Slavs to Vikings cities before 10th century. Slavs plundered and burned the biggest Jutland cities. Interesting is also the mistery of city of Vineta and what happened to it. But all of these is more about Western Slavs. Also first historically recorded rulers of Poland had Varangian armies of couple of thousand Viking warriors - similar to ones in Constantinople. As we know a lot about the Byzantine-Viking relationship we don't really know much about the ones I mentioned.

@radziwill7193

4 жыл бұрын

Novgorod pirates, Ushkuyniks, even in the 12th century destroyed the Swedish capital Sigtuna.

@Vitalis94

4 жыл бұрын

Danes were supposedly afraid of the Rugians, and as soon they saw their black sails, they begun their prayers. At some point southern Denmark was so depopulated, they had to bring more settlers in. Many of them Slavic, Lolland and Fyn islands had a sizeble Slavic minority, there are some Slavic sounding placenames to this day.

@Vitalis94

4 жыл бұрын

@@radziwill7193 Man, Sigtuna was destroyed so many times... Osselians did it too, supposedly.

@radziwill7193

4 жыл бұрын

@@Vitalis94 It is unlikely that there were Ossetians. This people is isolated in the mountains. If there is evidence, please show. Ushkuyniks made the first ruin of the city, after which he lost the status of the capital.

@Kain81023

2 жыл бұрын

The ”slavs” raiding in scandinavia was the Jomsvikings from Jomsborg. Google it, they were scandinavian elite vikings that you could hire. Settled in nort Poland, very close to denmark and sweden. Which means it was vikings attacking other vikings, anything else is wishful thinking on your part. Also the ”ushkuyniks” were viking descendants. And there were no balt or slav vikings other than the ones from scandinavia. This is cope because you want to feel part of the viking heritage.

"this vid was sponsored.... BY ME" Omg!!! :o **surprised pikachu face**

I searched something on KZread and was hoping this channel would pop up. I was not disappointed.

Well done in general, but you did not mention that Rurik founded his kingdom in Staraya Ladoga. It was only later that he moved the capital to Novgorod

I love the art-style, you guys are improving every video

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I randomly stumped upon your channel and it is one of the best things to happen in my life for the last couple months. I love the artwork and material so much, I literally make a screenshot every time frame changes because I love this artwork so much. I hope your channel guys will get at least ten times more viewers and subscribers, much love

@KingsandGenerals

3 жыл бұрын

I am sure you have many good things going for you right now, but we are still grateful, thanks :-)

Can’t wait for the other parts !

You guys are my favorite history channel

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I think this is your most beautifully animated episode so far. How far this channel has come since its early days rome total war clips. Cheers to your team of animators! Keep up the great work

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, good sir!

this is one of the highest quality history videos ive seen on youtube

The artwork is getting better and better.

This was done so so well. The artwork was beautiful and having the movement in them just sealed the deal...You guys are so amazing!

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

They say the vikings called our land "Gardarika" which means land of cities/towns/settlements. Thx for the video

@beninwarrior4579

3 жыл бұрын

@@FuckGoogle2 The trading post in their land were in the major cities/towns/settlements along the major rivers.

@sirseigan

3 жыл бұрын

Gardr means "enclosure". It both come to mean the enclosing of a homstead (gård, compare to English yard) and later synonym to the homestead it self, as well as a enclosed space containing cattle (gärde). It could be just a fence but it could also be a fortification. It do not need to mean a city or town, it is the enclosure that determine if it is a gardr or not. Riki means realm and is part of a political landscape that goes from aett (kinship) through byggd (local settled area) and herad (local district), land (land/state) up to tjod (people/tribe/nation equal to Latin -iones) and then you have allies to that "nation". Sweden for example was called Svitjod (the Svi-people). However the Rikki was all the subjects to a king of a tjod, but they did not need to be part of that said tjod. It also included peoples that more or less voluntarily swore fealty to the king, pay tribute and put up men in wartime. The Swedish word for Sweden, Sverige, originates from the work Sviariki, the realm of the Svi . The next step out was the valdi that included, beside the riki, areas that was controlled and subjugated by violence and that was regularly "taxed by fire" (yes that was a term) by the warriors of the riki, in a kind grand protection racket kind of scheme. If someone unfortunately was considered ti be part of two different valdi then they had to pay up twice or be burned down. This happened to Gotland and then therefor chose to go into confederation with the Swedes to get protection from the Danes, hence transitioned from being part of the "valdi" to become part of the "riki". Gardariki might therefore mean the "enclosed realm", "fenced off realm" or "realm of enclosures". However a closely related word that is very similar is rikr, meaning rich. That might give the meaning the "rich enclosures" or the land "rich in enclosures/fences" (as in having many of them).

@vesy19791979

3 жыл бұрын

Rather, it was meant-not the "land of cities", but the "land of fences" (posts, protective fences, villages).

@johndoe-qj2kt

3 жыл бұрын

@@vesy19791979 u guys r getting way to technical here.... What do u usually build a fence or fortification around? answers is :some sort off settlement. Judging by ur name u also speak Russian and u should know that translating word to word doesnt always make sense. Try to translate some off the Russian swear words word to word into English or most of other languages and u will realize that its not the best way of doing it.

@vesy19791979

3 жыл бұрын

@@johndoe-qj2kt It is possible to agree with the settlements. Because the first cities (in the full sense of the term) were formed in Russia under the rule of the Scandinavian elite on the trade route to the Dnieper River: Novgorod (Holmgarder), Kiev (Kienugarder), Ladoga (Aldegyuborg), Polotsk (Polteskya), Smolensk (Smoleskya), Suzdal (Surdalar), Murom (Moramar), Rostov (Rostofa).

Respect for making your own ad for your own game in your own video big thumps up!

nice work Fellow Devin!

Holy cow, the animations are on a whole new level.

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Amazing graphics to go along with great storytelling of history. Im so addicted to this channel. Thank you!!!

graphically stunning as always. awesome

@KingsandGenerals

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :-)

Completely love it! Great job 👏

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Wow that was realy interesting episode. Keep the good work. Also I will be very happy to see more videos about Bulgaria 😁

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

More on the way!

@SonoftheSteppes

4 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals I agree with them, you need to make sure that the Bulgarian monks,who christianized Russia,are mentioned.

This was one of the best videos you guys have ever produced in terms of interesting topic and production quality. Your channel just keeps going from strength to strength, well done!

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Excellent Video!!! keep the great work !

Excellent work as always!

@KingsandGenerals

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Absolutely beautifully designed and professional delivery . Keep up the good work

Slavs: kicks out the Norsemen Also Slavs after some time: Uno Reverse Card

@stevenleslie8557

4 жыл бұрын

Not the first time in history when a ruling class was invited back to reign. King Charles II of Britain comes to mind.

@alansalas1880

4 жыл бұрын

@@stevenleslie8557 México had a Habsburg as a king.

@milovantolic8821

4 жыл бұрын

@GoodGirlKate And what is to learn... ;)

@lyonvensa

4 жыл бұрын

Slavs: Go away you Norsemen! (Norsemen leaves) Slavs: Wait no

@mk-pp3rw

3 жыл бұрын

Slav prefer with Vikings than Mongols that's why Russian kick the Mongols out for a long time

GREAT VIDEO AS ALWAYS !

I love yer channel. Teaches me alot about historical subjects and the production value is amazing. I'd like to see ye cover the nine years war in Ireland or the Punic Wars

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

What an amazing animation and storytelling

This artwork is just great

beautiful artwork !

Pleased to meet you too, Devin. Kings and Generals is probably my favorite channel these days. The logo is monolithic despite the overused spartan helmet theme it still looks fresh. You should merch yourself up some more diverse merch with that logo & see what sticks. I'd buy a light grey shirt with a 10 inch Kings & Generals logo on the back. Or a hoody. Fuck man everybody loves hoodies.

Love that you guys are making a series on this, I’m always surprised how early Russian/Slavic history isn’t more talked about considering how interesting it is and it’s connection to early Vikings which people can’t get enough of

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! More on the way!

@channelbelongtous

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, those are boring Vikings, less burn/pillage stuff and more politics :)

I'm looking forward to this series, since like a lot of people I don't know much about ancient Russian history so this will be fascinating to watch.

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

More on the way!

I'm at the point where I like all of your videos immediately when I start watching just so I don't forget

Beautiful done !!!! Well done you!!!! Like this stories they are the best in entire You tube!!!