I live in Kazakhstan and I can tell you the reason: in the 17th century there was a hundred-year war between the Kazakh Khanate and the Dzungaria, where more than 30% of the country's population died, then the Russian Empire came from the colonization, the Kazakhs rebelled, but nothing happened, then when the Reds came, that is, the Soviet Union of Kazakhs there were 6 million but because of the famine there are 2 million of us left

@44SWAGNUM-MAGA5

20 күн бұрын

brutal !

@rayhans7887

20 күн бұрын

Goddamn

@theplayerofus319

20 күн бұрын

and still you got a great future ahead of you and a good growing economy. got some good stocks from your country.

@SconnerStudios

20 күн бұрын

Do you guys fear China or Russia ever coming in to your country today? Culturally, is there anti-Russian or Chinese sentiment? I've never met someone from Kazakhstan before, though I think Borat comes from there (joking).

@theplayerofus319

20 күн бұрын

@@SconnerStudios i have read that they are very Western oriantated but maybe the og commenter can say more about this.

You know its bad when "the most nuked place on Earth" is only the second worst environmental disaster in the country's past fifty years.

@GrimDoesMineCraft

20 күн бұрын

Yeah I had heard about the Aral Sea shrinking but I didn’t clock how massive the environmental implications would be until this video

@carkawalakhatulistiwa

20 күн бұрын

​@@GrimDoesMineCraft aral sea gone after Soviet collapse

@AlneCraft

20 күн бұрын

@@carkawalakhatulistiwa They started it.

@ItIsYouAreNotYour

20 күн бұрын

Veh-wee Nyee---ice

@houdini246

20 күн бұрын

@@carkawalakhatulistiwa Soviets did irreparable damage to sea, which lead to disaster

Thank you for sharing the history of Kazakhstan with so many people, our country has suffered a lot and only now have started getting back up, love from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 the most hospitable country in the world

As a individual adopted from Kazakhstan I can attest that the Kazakh history is sadly forgotten and not looked into. Thank you so so much for sharing apart of my families history. People just think of us as a Borat joke but we have a deep history that needs to be told!

For anyone curious like i was: That circle in the middle of Kazakhstan is the Baikonour Cosmodrome, where Russia launches its spaceships from. It's not de jure russian land, but it is rented basically indefinitely by Russia

@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334

20 күн бұрын

Why don’t Russia and Kazakhstan reunite

@mjokkerr4150

20 күн бұрын

@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334 maybe because kazakhs and russians are culturally different people?

@aparadisebird

20 күн бұрын

@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334 thats a stuoid question to ask

@Julianna.Domina

20 күн бұрын

@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334 Why are you asking me?

@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334

20 күн бұрын

@@aparadisebird realax bruh I was just curious

Respect and love to our Kazakh brothers from Uzbekistan 🇺🇿🇰🇿

@IX-fc4po

20 күн бұрын

to you too bro. we should develop further our trade relationships for mutual profit. also you are welcome to come to our country to work or study, its better for you than going to russia (we only ask to do everything in legal way).

@Nichtoya

20 күн бұрын

Assalam yalekum 👋 бауырым

@always-alicia

20 күн бұрын

I thought you all hated each other (at least that’s what Borat said).

@husanalikuvvatov3371

18 күн бұрын

@@always-alicia it is propaganda, russia wants a conflict between them and always wants to control them

@dbuonline1

17 күн бұрын

@@always-alicia non khazak civillians when an arabic looking english actor makes a movie in a state called Romania (formerly a subject) and calls it kazhakistan my point is because of that accursed(funny guy btw) our nothern bretherns in east africa are called walwdwiya or smt

Kazakhstan has a big potential. 99.8% literacy. Many students are sent abroad to study. No enemies. Friendly to all countries. Vast natural resources. Time will show if Kazakhs will be able to use these advantages or not.

@expensivenes2645

18 күн бұрын

As a Kazakh while I agree that my country has a lot of potential its also has a lot of problems Nearly all of Government is corrupt Profiting from land and people not giving anything back First president was in power for 30 years second one is following in his footsteps We have Russia and China as our neighbors depending on them for our economic stability and with no hope of defending if they attack us

@prostoname5338

18 күн бұрын

Where did you get ur stats? It’s false

@fsul8536

18 күн бұрын

Your country has a bright and prosperous future as long as there is no corruption and the money is invested properly.

@jcliu

18 күн бұрын

@@rebeli-argum Is it really flirting with NATO? Kazakhstan seems to be doing a pretty good job leveraging its useful neutrality at the intersection (physical and cultural) of Russia, China, Turkey/Muslim World, and the West. (Xi Jinping guaranteed its territorial integrity after Putin invaded Ukraine!) Whereas, say, Austrian or Swiss neutrality after the Cold War is just depraved free-riding, Kazakh geography still makes sense for it to play all sides. Call it a giant Qatar.

@rebeli-argum

18 күн бұрын

@@jcliu swiss are not really neutral anymore. Macron wants Kazakhstan on the side of the west and to stop them trading with Russia because sanctions and all of that. Kazakhstan tries to be Turkey with two chairs strategy but i'm not sure how are they going to do this. They want to be cool with Russia and also want to be cool with the west

I have a good friend of mine at work from Kazakhstan, he’s actually there visiting family right now, and he and his family are some of the kindest people I’ve ever met

@olddirtybasterd-ex2vb

15 күн бұрын

very nice

@smd5020

11 күн бұрын

yeah because all kazakhs pretend to be kind

@jalalljumnbhjk

10 күн бұрын

@@smd5020 Why?

@dwaynekeenum1916

8 күн бұрын

@@smd5020you yt

@Sidneeey-

4 күн бұрын

@@smd5020noone is pretending

On April 1 you need to release a 45 minute video about why the Moon is so empty.

@membranealpha5961

19 күн бұрын

lmao yes

@keithrodrigues7508

19 күн бұрын

Moon Nazis rule it !

@strategistaow3520

19 күн бұрын

May for now people don't live in moon But in future people will

@KeepItSimpleSailor

19 күн бұрын

@@strategistaow3520😂

@campandcook3118

19 күн бұрын

​@@KeepItSimpleSailor even now, some people behave like they live on the backside of the moon. Like "so far, no one got it right. BUT next time, socialism will work"

I did NOT expect my favourite channel about geography make a video about my native country 😭 Бәрібір, видеода үшін рақмет брат!!!

@jfjjfjdjdjdn78

20 күн бұрын

Айтпа

@AbG-jy7gq

20 күн бұрын

Is it wrong to make a video about Kazakhstan

@mautida9998

20 күн бұрын

I loved this video. Very instructive. So sad to see what happened to Kazakhstan but I’m happy to see that it’s recovering. I would love to discover the Kazakh culture and language. Btw what language do people speak in general?

@IX-fc4po

20 күн бұрын

@@mautida9998 yeah its not a bad country nowdays, a quite good gdp per capita, human dev. index etc. people speak russian as lingua franca (only 71% are kazakhs) and kazakh. If you plan to visit it, I recomend you Almaty - the most important region historically and economicaly.

@michaelsurratt1864

20 күн бұрын

Damn dude sorry to hear. At least by the looks of it, you don’t live there anymore.

My dad did his army service in Semipalatinsk in 1990. He went there with full hair but came home with almost all of his hair falling due to the radiation(his father and his 2 brothers have full hair). I am 27 and almost bold due to the modified genetics, so I guess the Soviets are still f*cking up some of our lives

@sickpoet2865

10 күн бұрын

Bro my dad served there too, and he s bold 😂. Thankfully ihave hair, but i was definitely born with radiation in my dna 😢

@yusufsuleyman5666

10 күн бұрын

@@sickpoet2865 I have almost the same case, my brother who is 2 years older than me has full hair, but the fate decided to make me hairless😂

@yami_curr

7 күн бұрын

sorry to hear that bro

@shaverdesign

3 күн бұрын

Its Bald not bold! Bald = no hair. Bold = Brave.

@yusufsuleyman5666

3 күн бұрын

@@shaverdesign sorry, i mispelled that

As a Kazakh resident I should say that this is one of the most accurate video about Kazakhstan I've ever seen. Thanks from Kazakhstan

We've met so much injustice and struggle through the centuries. Despite that we keep moving forward! Greetings from Kazakhstan 🖐️

@MARKCRASTO

20 күн бұрын

You are a brave people! Love from India 🇮🇳

@createdforthemoment6740

20 күн бұрын

My friend, heed the warning of Ukraine, don't let yourself fall victim again to Soviet styled thinking....

@captaincrunch7

19 күн бұрын

Love from Türkiye

@andreaswesterveld

19 күн бұрын

You seem like a country with a dark past and a bright future!

@jujirer

19 күн бұрын

@@createdforthemoment6740 they are smart enough not to fall into your traps,what happened to Irãq?to libyå?Ukrāine was attacked because they betråyed us and put our national security at risk at the cost of them getting the benifits of joining NÄTO.

I’m happy for Kazakhstan’s recent growth. They have the coolest flag 🇰🇿. Love from 🇺🇸

@Baby_tea

20 күн бұрын

Thx bro ❤ USA 🦅🦅🦅

@plastelina_ytb

20 күн бұрын

DEF have the coolest flag. I agree 💯

@IX-fc4po

20 күн бұрын

@@plastelina_ytb I am always surprised that a lot of people find our flag to be beautiful :D imo it looks very average

@yeet8336

20 күн бұрын

that flag is mad ugly imo

@thegodofbob

20 күн бұрын

@@IX-fc4poIt has a nice blue to it, looks unique

There is Kazakh saying: Men - qazaqpyn myñ ölıp, myñ tırılgen. I’m a Kazakh, I have died and risen thousands of times. Thanks for such a detailed video 🇰🇿❤

@JmKrokY

17 күн бұрын

Cool

17 күн бұрын

​@@eyey7070turkish is in latin

@ildarshamgulov2746

16 күн бұрын

​@@eyey7070Turkish, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Azerbaijan, Uzbek language very similar

@ayman3763

15 күн бұрын

@@eyey7070 don't be such a sore loser, 'hopefully better than turkey" have some pride

@thraciensis3589

12 күн бұрын

"Ben Kazakım bin ölüp, bin dirildim" in Turkish of Türkiye 😊

In college, I had a privilege to talk with a now-famous startup's CEO, when they went to give a lecture to our students. I vividly remember a very interesting thing he said to us: "If there was like a Civ V game about the modern world, with all the resources, politics, and stuff, the most OP country would be Kazakhstan! Look at all the resources we have: oil, gas, iron, copper, uranium. Look at our geography: 9th biggest country, so many arable lands, crossroads between Europe and Asia. Look at our politics: no enemies, neutral in every aspect, friendship with Russia, China, Europe, US etc. Even if we talk about space exploration: the biggest spaceport and all the best space infrastructure, maybe second only to US, is all in Baikonur!"

@fletchermunson

16 күн бұрын

Russia and China are not friends to anyone at all. These are two crazy empires. Thank God, their population is declining and all the technology is in developed countries, so it is physically difficult for them to occupy Kazakhstan.

You left out an important part of Kazakh history, the Kazakh-Dzungar wars which started in the 1600s. The Dzungars were a western Mongol tribe that controlled a large portion of Xinjiang and southern Siberia and subjugated the Kazakhs, gaining territory as far west as Lake Balkhash. This wiped out a huge portion of the Kazakh population. Then from 1755-1757, the Manchus (Qing dynasty) sent an expedition out west and massacred 90% of the Dzungars with the help of the Turkic Uighurs and Kazakhs. As a result, Xinjiang today is home to mostly Turkic Muslim people rather than Mongol Buddhists and the Kazakhs never expanded past the Tian Shan and Altai mountains. The Russians swept south during their conquest of the steppe with little resistance.

@mastersafari5349

20 күн бұрын

You can't blame Russians on that so it's out of the scope of this video 😅

@terrian8205

20 күн бұрын

@@mastersafari5349 i gotta say his videos are heavily western propaganda and biased. quite frankly im suspecting he's secretly paid by US government

@adamthaeer217

20 күн бұрын

they want to blame Russia so that not helping 🤣

@churblefurbles

20 күн бұрын

@@mastersafari5349 Yea seems the CIA found its next target.

@maxh7637

20 күн бұрын

Actually, the Kazakhs took part in destruction of Dzungar khanate by Qing empire, not Uyghurs. Uyghurs in fact accepted quite a few Dzungarian refugees.

Literally just got into yt to find something to watch while eating, and find out RLL had posted something 32 seconds ago... came looking for copper, found gold

@miliba

20 күн бұрын

You found superior potassium

@rundown132

20 күн бұрын

Copper is pretty expensive these days, that's a dated expression

@jab00ty42

20 күн бұрын

Same these videos are prime eating content

@stereo-soulsoundsystem5070

20 күн бұрын

I was thinking the same but this episode is so bleak I might have lost my appetite

@Bhq870

20 күн бұрын

This is me now ..

Fascinating, I learnt so much. I had not realised what the Kazakhs had suffered during the USSR/Stalin years. I hope their future is all peace and prosperity, and free from Russian interference. Is there any chance the Aral Sea will one day return? Will the rivers regain their flows?

@AijanTaijan

13 күн бұрын

Если бы быль на готове каналый при вчерашном потопе, можно было увеличить границу нынешного арала. Но есть не мало шансов увеличить поступающие кубометр воды.

There are 3 million Hazaras in Afghanistan who are originally from Kazakhstan. Hazaras used to be a huge population but in 1892 Afghans Pashtuns killed 62% of Hazaras. The Hazaras who were Kazakhs under the Mongol rule were sent to modern day Afghanistan and Pakistan.

I was on a recent vacation in Kazakhstan during the Labor day week 2024. (1) Weather experience: When I arrived in Astana, 1st of May at 12 midnight, it was snowing with the weather or temperature at minus 1 Celsius. This was May. And when I asked my tour guide friend the next day, he informed me that temps in Astana can easily drop minus 40 degrees Celsius during winter. (2) Land Area: Driving to Burabay National Park, the tour guide told me that Northern Kazakhstan is similar to Siberia in Russia - a vast land with a lot of birch and pine trees wherein winters are the harshest. We also drove near the steppes, and it was very flat and you cannot see civilization, only grazing horses! Overall, it became one of my favorite countries that I have visited as there are NO crowds in their touristic places 😊

@samalaimukhametova7290

20 күн бұрын

Personally, I don’t think now that this is a Russian tree after what I recently heard. On the other hand, we also have birches in Kazakhstan

@abylai8kerim

19 күн бұрын

Қош келдің!

@ljubexns

18 күн бұрын

You wanted to say Siberia, not Serbia, right?

@MrQwertypoiuyty

18 күн бұрын

@@ljubexns Indeed. I corrected it already 😅😅😅 Thank you.

@jimb9063

13 күн бұрын

Fantastic. This part of the world in general has always fascinated me, partly because you've usually had to go out of your way to find out about it in years past, at least where I've lived. Where I live possibly adds to the interest too. I think it's said that in the UK you're never further than 70 miles from the coast. Somewhere so different beyond my everyday experience just blows my mind.

This is suuuuuuuch a good work brother. I am kazakh and this is the most detailed video about kazakhstan's geography and demography I have ever seen. Yes, some things were forgotten like kazakh-dzhungar wars but for english viewers I believe its more than enough to know.

@abylai8kerim

19 күн бұрын

Тағы тіл мәселесін көтергенде ғой

@stevec7923

19 күн бұрын

Indeed. A fascinating presentation for us Yankees. I learned a lot!

@xmurshedz

19 күн бұрын

And that part left intentionally!

@phlezktravels

19 күн бұрын

We see the desert. That's the reason.

@eyey7070

17 күн бұрын

selamun aleyküm kardeṣ 👋 greetings from turkey

Truly great job! Speaking as kazakh who knows my history, you did awesome in summarising 20th century for Kazakhstan. And especially for a westerner.

@SaturnineXTS

19 күн бұрын

they don't generally teach us falsified history here in the West, so that shouldn't really come as a surprise

I never realised how similar the history of Kazakhstan is to the history or Ireland

@abylai8kerim

19 күн бұрын

Айтпаңыз, кейін сіздер секілді тілімізді ұмыта жаздадық

@abylai8kerim

19 күн бұрын

Bí sábháilte, mo dheartháir cinniúint Éireannach! Beannachtaí ó an Kazakh tír

@JamesPilkenton-se5cx

19 күн бұрын

...sooo...does this make Borat the original Florida Man ?

@TarlanT

19 күн бұрын

Yup. As Kazakh, I’m always surprised, how many similarities there are. Especially with famine, anti-colonial revolts and loss of native language. However things are much better with the later issue in Kazakhstan.

@user-wh5nr4ig1f

16 күн бұрын

Actually North Qazaqstan is like North Ireland...

Actually, Kazakhstan was the last Soviet state before the USSR fully dissolved, so Russia "broke away" from Kazakhstan in a sense.

@betaincel

15 күн бұрын

yeah technically we could claim to be the heirs of the USSR, but that would be dumb because at the time of its collapse the USSR had accumulated HUGE debts($100 Billion) that needed to be paid to the US and other Western countries and only Russia was able to repay them

@sickpoet2865

10 күн бұрын

Thats because if Kazakh government would break away from USSR before Russia, ethnic russians in Kazakhstan wouldve rebelled.

@sickpoet2865

10 күн бұрын

Thats why kazakh government was waiting for Russia to break away first, so not to cause a rebellion that was stirring in the North.

@leonardowynnwidodo9704

10 күн бұрын

@@sickpoet2865 but what about the other former SSR states, minus maybe Transnistria in Moldova and Belarus (who remains an ally of Russia to this day)? Wouldn’t the ethnic Russians in those states have rebelled too?

@sickpoet2865

10 күн бұрын

@@leonardowynnwidodo9704IN northern Kazakhstan, russians comprised like 70%-80% of the population. In all other republics russians were a minority, except eastern ukraine, where russians eventually rebelled.

Friend: "Don't be sad. There's plenty of fish in the sea." Me: "Tell that to the Khazakh fishing industry."

@FADNaR

17 күн бұрын

There are a lot of fish there now. The Northern Aral Sea has been restored

@faratolybai

17 күн бұрын

SAD

@geosimp3889

15 күн бұрын

You mean kazakh?

@sohopedeco

15 күн бұрын

@@geosimp3889 it's written Cazaque in my language

@Soufriere84

15 күн бұрын

@@FADNaR It has. Unfortunately the dam wasn't built quite tall enough for the water to reach Aralsk like it used to, but it's leagues better than Uzbekistan caring more about its insane cotton industry than toxic dust storms

I hope Kazakhstan will continue to develop and become truly rich and influential. I hope that terrible soviet and russian past will remain only in history. Best wishes from Ukraine! 🇺🇦 Алга Казахстан! 🇰🇿

I appreciate that you call our people 'Kazak'. The term was distorted to differentiate Russian Cossacks, although the actual name was initially Turkic and nomadic, meaning 'people without rulers' or 'free people'. The first Kazaks were nomadic people who were left without a ruler due to the disintegration of the Golden Horde. With the establishment of serfdom in Muscovy, serfs began to flee to the nomadic steppes and join the nomadic Kazaks. Gradually, ethnically Kazaks predominantly became Slavic. Later, during the expansion of Muscovy, these Slavic Kazaks started to serve Moscow and became part of Muscovy, playing a significant role in further expanding the Russian Empire into Siberia and Central Asia.

36:12 There is saying in kazakh: we have died 1000 times, and 1000 times more resurrected

@siratshi455

18 күн бұрын

Мың өліп мың тірілген елім ай. Қаншама азап шектік, неше апат көрдік. Алла жар болсын, отанымыз көркейсін. Бізді жәбірлеген дұшпандар өзі бәлелерге батар.

@dbuonline1

17 күн бұрын

@@siratshi455 "the enemies who have oppressed us will be in trouble" love thy enemy no less

A chilling reminder of how the lack of care, forethought, and hubris of mankind has devastating consequences on the innocence of life and land. Bless the folks that have endured.

@AL-lh2ht

20 күн бұрын

Mostly just Russia being evil.

@hofahome

19 күн бұрын

Very well said

@MU80085

16 күн бұрын

Communism

@hofahome

15 күн бұрын

@@MU80085 eh, it’s not really confined to any political system. It’s human nature to some degree.

@josecipriano3048

15 күн бұрын

​@@MU80085 communism doesn't do anything, the people in power do. And they're the worst in every single system. Or maybe you think that the environment isn't getting destroyed anymore, now that communis doesn't exist.

Respect landlocked country 🇰🇿 from Landlocked country 🇳🇵🇳🇵 . We know how hard it is to survive as a landlocked country.

7:30 They didn't "begun settling". They were forcibly moved. That's why there's a big Polish diaspora in Kazakhstan.

Don't forget that the Kazakhs have managed to save the Northern Aral. If Uzbekistan could detach its economy from cotton, there's a chance that the full Aral could be restored.

@annenelson5656

17 күн бұрын

I sure hope so. Bringing the fishing industry and agriculture back would put Kazahkian a major world bread basket and will be able to provide food for all Central Asia. Russia has to mind their own business and let Kazakhstan run their own business.

@handyvickers

16 күн бұрын

But the snowfall upstream has diminished hugely?

@Fenixsamarkandian

14 күн бұрын

Uzbekistan werenʼt problem on that time. Soviets

@Jae336

12 күн бұрын

Өзбектер тәуелсіздік алғаннан кейін де Арал теңізін сақтауға тырыспады

@tyronemaroney335

10 күн бұрын

​@handyvickers not to late to change it

Before watching this I knew they got a raw deal, but had no idea it was on this scale. There are no words 😢 Thank you for opening our eyes. I hope we can all learn from this to prevent this from ever happening again.

The Kazakh famine from 1930-1933 is something I was aware of, but only as the Soviet Republic hit hardest by the nationwide famine apart from only Ukraine, who experienced the horrors of the Holodomor, today widely considered a genocide. Learning the specifics of the Soviet policy towards Kazakhstan during this period, I am now of the opinion that we aren't using strong enough language to describe what took place. It was not a mere famine, nor was it an anthropogenic catastrophe-it was genocide.

@standom2390

11 күн бұрын

For what reason?

Went to Kazakhstan on holidays a few years ago, it was a great place to visit, I highly recommend it.

I was born and have always lived in Almaty, the largest city in Qazaqstan. Always knew that my country is 9th by size, but it was a piece of abstract information for me. Only after I decided to drive 1200 km from Almaty to Astana I realised how huge and beautiful my country is. 18 hours on the road. Borderless steppes, arid lone hills, distant mountains, dense northern forests and this lead-coloured heavy sky (as we say in russian). I had to see it to undestand that I truly love this land all that it bears

@nimblehuman

16 күн бұрын

I'm American and I've driven across the vast empty stretches of this land under skies lead, cobalt, yellow and every shade of desert pastel. It's true, being by yourself across such an immense and glorious landscape does bring about love for the land.

I camped where the Alatau range in Kazakhstan meets the Tian Shan range. We drove 6 hours on dirt roads from Almaty and mostly saw herders, yurts, 1 mosque and 1 shop. The herders are so nice and they gave us Kumis to drink (fermented horse milk). A friend I know there is a descendant from Stalin’s German to Kazakh diaspora, and German is still spoken in his family. It’s true that the demographics are complicated there due to the USSR. But love for the country’s cultural heroes like Abai Qunanbaiuly is strong. The country and her people are beautiful. Ох, как скучаю по тебе, Казахстан 🇰🇿 💛

@brtnai

20 күн бұрын

❤

@user-cl3vy7pw8s

20 күн бұрын

Were there alot of Germans who came to Kazakhstan after the war? I know there were alot of forcible migrations in the Stalin days, but in school they only talked about migrations internal to the USSR, like the Crimean Tatars.

@RastiGan

20 күн бұрын

There were many Germans who where drawn in by the Russian Empire as settlers. They even had their own autonomous region within the USSR right next to Khazakstan around the lower Volga river. Shortly after the start of the war in 1941, Stalin accused them all (baselessly) of collaboration with Nazi-Germany. The Volga German ASSR was dismantled and ethnic Germans were deported to Siberia or Khazakstan. From the latter there are storys, that the German people were basically dumped in the middle of nowhere without any belongings. Not unlike the Crimean Tartars. Wouldn't call that "migration".

@user-cl3vy7pw8s

20 күн бұрын

@@RastiGan "Forced migration" doesn't mean anything like what just "migration" means. English doesn't really have a phrase for things like those population transfers, because we don't have a word for "half-deportation, half-genocide".

@ml8028

20 күн бұрын

Enjoy the info

Cried several times during video. Similar history, know the pains Love and support to amazing people of Kazakhstan from Ukraine ♥️🇺🇦

I have always loved Kazakhstan. You have the coolest and most beautiful flag! Love from Brazil 🇧🇷🇰🇿

Everything the Soviets touched either went to sh*t or to space

@Maya_Goldstein

20 күн бұрын

I'm dying of laughing 😁😂😆😆😆😆

@autarchprinceps

20 күн бұрын

Well it was a lot of shit that predated the Soviets too in this, and in several ways what came after too, though some of that may still be their fault, at least in parts.

@antm4n1

20 күн бұрын

Communism and Nazism is the same thing but different angles. Just as evil.

@thematthew761

20 күн бұрын

@@autarchprincepsRussians in general

@Thea._

20 күн бұрын

Fully agree.

My own uncle built this railway in 1970 in the Kostanai area. Then he returned home to Kyiv with a lot of money and bought an apartment😎 He told me that it was very difficult there and the climate was bad

@no-sq2pn

20 күн бұрын

Wait, wasn't it illegal to buy and own private property in the USSR?

@emilymschoener9193

20 күн бұрын

Haventbyou read animal farm? Some ppl were exempt hence the Revolution

@sergiygolovin5478

20 күн бұрын

@@thermn8r 👌🤌🤏💸)))

@user-gv4mi9cd2y

20 күн бұрын

i think he meant rent

@maxh7637

20 күн бұрын

​​@@no-sq2pnThere was such thing as a cooperative apartment you could buy and own.

As a Kyrgyz born in Kyrgyzstan and now residing in Kazakhstan, I deeply appreciate this insight into Kazakhstan's history. It's a reminder of the resilience and strength of this nation, which I'm proud to call my second home. Thank you for sharing this powerful video. As Kyrgyz and Kazakhs, we are brothers, sharing a bond that transcends borders🇰🇬 🇰🇿

Simon did an extraordinary documentary about the Aral Sea. I rarely get upset over planetary/ Climate change topics, but Simon's video absolutely devastated me for days after watching it. The arrogance of a few men destroyed not only the lives of millions of people, but also turned a verdant paradise into a dystopian desert hellscape, just for a short-term unsustainable gain. But the effort humans took to save the Aral Sea gave me so much hope for humanity.

For anybody wondering why some maps here of the country have a weird circle cut out in the center, that would be the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which is leased to Russia, so Kazahk authorities have only limited power there, as far as I know.

@zacherysaucier6747

20 күн бұрын

thank you! I was trying to find what that was up with that!

@carkawalakhatulistiwa

20 күн бұрын

​@@zacherysaucier6747the principle is similar to US military bases

@circleancopan7748

20 күн бұрын

Baikonur was like Subic and Clark Airfields before the volcanic eruption in 1991, local laws don't apply to them.

@abel_underwater

20 күн бұрын

@@carkawalakhatulistiwa I can count on my hand how many host nations are happy with having Russian bases on or around their land. Meanwhile nearly all American ones are by the grace of the host countries. That concept baffles the Russians to this day…and they wonder why their former “allies” couldn’t wait to flee the second the USSR collapsed🤦🏼‍♂️dümbässes

@meteorknight999

19 күн бұрын

​@@abel_underwateredit: why is the dumbarse below talking reuniting on military base topic kazackstan wanted to stay in USSR and voted to keep it running when everyone voted out. You are spreading horrible misinfo they also like and by grace keep russians in

Central Asia is a criminally underrated part of the world, so thank you for making yet another video about them 🇰🇿🇰🇬

@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334

20 күн бұрын

Because y’all are not important

@oDAKE

20 күн бұрын

​@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334 uneducated 😉😉

@twinsplay0795

20 күн бұрын

Wtf???

@thatiowan3581

20 күн бұрын

@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334 no one: Absolutely no one: You for some reason: ur worthless Why bro? Why be a terrible person?

@chisaki703

20 күн бұрын

​@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334 tell that to the west who are increasingly meddling in with us as to avoid russian and chinese dominance in the region

I'm really grateful to you for covering our history to a wider audience. Words cannot describe the amount of nerves i lost arguing about my own history. I really hope more people will look into this

i love videos like these, especially after just finishing ap human geography this year!! political geography, international relations and history is so interesting to me! its so sad hearing about all the struggles kazakhstan has gone through but its also so informative and really cool to learn about

I am from Uzbekistan and I can tell you that Central Asia is the unluckiest region on earth. We were subjugated and conquered by the Chinese (during the Tang), and later the Russians. And both of them wanted to depopulate us long ago, hell there were even eradication of Western Turkic population (it was the Tang that a massive Turkic population fled west), and then Russian imperialism. We were so lucky to survive today.

@AL-lh2ht

20 күн бұрын

EU: soon

@user-ug6qu9se3e

20 күн бұрын

You are a very tough people. Surviving two evil empires altogether demonstrated that.

@maozedong8370

20 күн бұрын

So convenient of you to forget the fact that these empires were so hostile because they were ravaged by Central Asians for centuries. The Mongols and the Huns ransacked China more times than you could count and slaughtered people and the Russians were severely impacted by such raids too, so much so that the entire reason Russia exists was because they had to unify the Kievan Rus into a tsardom to increase their level of power to stop being massacred, sold into slavery and having their cities burnt down. I just find it hypocritical that people complain about the "white man" and conveniently forget about WHY they do stuff like this in the first place. The Mongols almost annihilated the Kievan Rus from existence it was so bad, you thought the Russians would let that happen again? Russia is so paranoid about war and invasions that they conquer the world in order to not be conquered because you burnt them so bad. The entire reason Russia took over Central Asia was to stop the barbarians from ransacking their nation.

@maozedong8370

20 күн бұрын

@@user-ug6qu9se3e They aren't "evil." You forget China and Russia were annihilated by Genghis Khan as well as other Central Asian nomadic peoples who crippled them so badly that both China and Russia turned the tables as soon as they could and expanded into those lands to prevent it from ever happening again. War is natural for all societies. Stop acting like some moral crusader, there is NO such thing as good or evil, they are all convenient labels humans just make up in their head and throw at whatever, at whenever time they please.

@miliba

20 күн бұрын

@@maozedong8370 Now the moskhols have become these barbarians instead, Chairman Mao

As a Kyrgyz i remember my grandfather told me how the Russians starved the Kazakhs and they fled to us and we helped our brother nation

@abylai8kerim

19 күн бұрын

Иә, Жүсіп Абдрахманұлына мың рақмет

@seiro8606

19 күн бұрын

Полное враньё

@57ar7up

18 күн бұрын

Typical Russia

@seiro8606

18 күн бұрын

@@57ar7up типичный западный зомби.

@kid876

18 күн бұрын

Сколько тебе платят за это враньё?

Thanks for a great video - an extensive and a very detailed research. A subscriber from Kazakhstan

Thanks for the video 😊 Love and Respect from Almaty, Kazakhstan🇰🇿 ❤

Alternative title, ''History and Geography of Kazakhstan''

@ZTheLastViking

20 күн бұрын

Thats not how you get millions of people to click on all those videos.

@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334

20 күн бұрын

He often does this just to make video longer he never jsut gets to the point he easily could make this a 10 minute video but he is greedy

@CTY547

20 күн бұрын

I guess historical context just flies right over your head​@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334

@dcanedemboyz7431

20 күн бұрын

@@t.n.h.ptheneohumanpatterna8334 fully agree

@khajiithadwares2263

20 күн бұрын

Wondering how much of a role plays that the country is settled on a salt basin, between the Black and Caspian Sea? Sedimentation on these sills started before 10,000 years ago and continued until 5,300 years ago. Salt and sand (sodium and silica) do not make for great fertile lands.

Hello from Kazakhstan, I am your subscriber

@SignsBehindScience

20 күн бұрын

Salām from Pakistan

@SignsBehindScience

20 күн бұрын

@@shashlek5751 😂 the largest province of Pakistan is mostly empty

@user-ug6qu9se3e

20 күн бұрын

Hello from Ukraine.

@matheussanthiago9685

20 күн бұрын

Wawa we wa

@Shadow-pn5qw

20 күн бұрын

Пока не появится ролик про твою страну и не узнаешь что так много подписчиков из Казахстана.

Still, the population density is much higher, than in Mongolia, Australia or even Canada. So, the question should be not why Kazakhstan is empty, but why is it so densely populated in comparison with other similar regions.

One of the best videos I have seen about my homecountry, and mostly accurate. Thank you for sharing.

Such a deep and correct analysis of Kazakhstan. Big respect to you from kazakh!

@yargolocus4853

20 күн бұрын

hope it goes well for you guys in there. I doubt the west can manage to muster as much support as it lends to its neighborhood, but you are definitely in the right here. wishing unity and prosperity for you.

this shows how ecologically sensitive some areas are....... Soviets fricking tried to grow water intense semi-tropical cotton crop in desert like arid climate......complete madness..

@JLAvey

18 күн бұрын

That's what happens when people who know absolutely nothing about an industry or sector of life interfere with it.

@mr.redius

18 күн бұрын

As the Ancients said, no water, no people. The Aral Sea was destroyed deliberately. To contain the growing violence of the Kazakhs and Uzbeks.

@rusya_ufa1201

15 күн бұрын

Actually, this cotton was vital for the USSR to wage war against Nazi Germany. It is needed for the production of weapons. Perhaps the Soviets had to wait for supplies from the United States, a country that for a long time did not recognize the USSR at all? And then Churchill started the Cold War altogether. But the author of this video, of course, won't tell you that. He needs to make Russians look like fiends.

@user-yq2xk9rh1e

15 күн бұрын

​@@rusya_ufa1201+ 15 рублей

@nathanlima4608

13 күн бұрын

​@@rusya_ufa1201ok Russian bot

I’m a Kazakh, I have died and risen thousands of times. Amazing job, thank you for this video. catched every moments!

I'm glad someone finally made a video on this topic! As a history and geography teacher, I know everything that is said in this video - but I want every ordinary Kazakh people to know it . Thank you for the video :3

World Records of Every Central-Asian Country: Kazakhstan: The largest land-locked country in the world Uzbekistan: The cheapest country in the world Kyrgyztstan: The furthest country from any major oceans of the world Tajikistan: Has the highest average elevation in the world Turkmenistan: The weirdest country in the world

@samankucher5117

20 күн бұрын

and kurdistan the biggest non state opp in the middle East . the stan is a curse bro 💀

@plony6142

20 күн бұрын

@@samankucher5117 oh man, you haven't heard about "Sovietistan", :)

@aksamhuda7

20 күн бұрын

Pakistan?

@ryboi1337

20 күн бұрын

​@@aksamhuda7does anything need to be said about pakistan? We all have eyes lol

@Belgiannnn

20 күн бұрын

You mean Turkmenistan, the country with a leader that has the smallest pipi in the world

Good God. This country is like the poster child for why environmental impact studiest are necessary. The case study on how stupidity, cruelty and recklessness can terraform a country in a century. This is the kind of story I wish was taught in social studies classes in school. Holy hell.

@rusya_ufa1201

15 күн бұрын

Actually, this cotton was vital for the USSR to wage war against Nazi Germany. It is needed for the production of weapons. Perhaps the Soviets had to wait for supplies from the United States, a country that for a long time did not recognize the USSR at all? And then Churchill started the Cold War altogether. But the author of this video, of course, won't tell you that. He needs to make Russians look like fiends.

Yaşasin Qazaqlar Biz bir millatmiz, Özbekistandan salamlar bolsun 🇰🇿❤️🇺🇿🐺

A hard video to get through, yet it always warms my heart to see people recovering.

Am I the only one who has the impression that the history of humanity is the scariest horror story ever written?

Amazing how countries seem to flourish once they get away from Russian influence.

Wouldn't describe Australia's 26 million as SIGNIFICANTLY larger than Kazakhstan.

@Barmaley80x

18 сағат бұрын

Its just add to Kazakhstan population Kyrgyzstan population. Will be exactly the same population. Australia is very interesting nature. Any kind of creation want to kill you. But we have mountains.

You should do a vid of the millions killed by UK, Spanish and French settlers in North America. My friend a native Kazak said lots of opportunity there and education was free including university.

I remember reading one of the articles by Kazakh scientists explaining what would be hypothetical population size if not for the artificial famine caused by collectivisation that was brought by communist. They explained that approximately population size should be around 30-40 million instead of current 20 million (2024). I also heard stories that back in 1920s there used to be more Kazakhs than Uzbeks, but again due robbery from the communist of all the cattle that nomads like us possessed and never being taught farming (communist had plan to do that but “conveniently” they never did) caused death of approximately 2-3 million people eventually becoming minority in own country

Love Kazakhstan from USA 🇺🇸❤️🇰🇿

@matheussanthiago9685

20 күн бұрын

Great success

@DCONightingale

20 күн бұрын

Borat is that you

@zikotarghi7190

20 күн бұрын

You keep your dirty american handa away from kazakh oil😊😊😊

@Spoopy_man

19 күн бұрын

Very nice

TIL: Don't let Russia touch your stuff.

Kazakhs are the most genuine and nicest people I've met

Seriously didn't expect such a great video about my country and people by the thumbnail. But wow, this was really awesome. The points are accurate. Just another fact for the ones interested: because of such a diverse population dynamic, different ethnic groups are coexisting in a very friendly manner these days. I had German, Tatar, Uyghur, Armenian, Georgian, Russian, and Ukrainian friends growing up in Almaty. These days you can see a partial polarisation of the Russian ethnic group living in Kazakhstan, as some embrace Kazakh language and identity in protest of the Russia's policy, while some others get influenced by Russia's rhetorhic. I have seen people organising Kazakh language courses for russians and making reels where they try to speak Kazakh, and there was a small attempt of declaring independence for russia in the north (all of the perpetrators of the attempt are already in jail)

@retro5014

19 күн бұрын

I looked at the ethnic makeup map and noticed it being all over the place. Aren't there many mixed families these days as well?

@Naizachannel

19 күн бұрын

@@retro5014 Yes. A lot of us are mixed, especially in the cities. My great granddad literally yoinked a german girl from Germany during WW2. In the old days, christian white group usually intermixed between themselves. However, nowadays the ethnic and cultural lines are becoming more blurry between Kazakhs and other ethnic groups. Kazakhs are more homogenous, but there were frequent instances of intermixture, as shown by my great granddad

@everus8558

18 күн бұрын

It wasn't "small attempt of declaring independence for Russia in the north", organization which did it is banned in Russia. Russia and Kazakhstan have history of joint operations against Kazakhstan separatists.

@Naizachannel

18 күн бұрын

@@everus8558 You mean communists? I think we are speaking about different events here. I am talking about most recent one, with a proletariat thingy

A few mistakes I should point out: Guryev and Vernyi aren't Northern forts, Guryev is the modern-day city of Atyrau located in the West, and Vernyi is the Soviet name for Almaty, located in the South-East Also, it would've made sense to mention the forceful relocation of ethnic Koreans to Central Asia by Stalin during WWII Other than that, a solid video 👌

Heartwarming to know that there is not a single moment in human history which isn't sick and twisted. Huxley was right, our world is another planet's hell.

The sad thing is that over 3 million people reside in one tiny province only in the southeast. And it's growing so fast that an overpopulation is expected to take place. I am talking about Almaty and its province

6:50 Places like Guryev were built at or near older existing cities, with Guryev specifically being near Sarai-Jük which had been one of the major cities of the Golden Horde, the main capital of the Nogai Horde and one of the main cities of the Kazakh Horde.

@samalaimukhametova7290

20 күн бұрын

Жазғаныңыз жақсы болды, әйтпесе кейбір орыстар өздерін сүттен ақ, судан тазамыз деп әңгіме соғып отыр, бізді ақымақ көрсеткілері келіп

Well done job. Thank you for covering this topic. Despite all this geographic disadvantages and historic catastrophies Kazakhstan's fertility rate has been high lately, and ethnic Kazakhs now comprise more than 71 percent of total population, unlike 29 % earlier. And I want to mention the history of my family. That in the 1950s and 1960s my grandparents just like many other rural Kazakhs were able to have 13 and 8 children respectively to change Kazakh demography after previous enourmous losses, fruits of which we see today. My mother's mother died in her 50s in a car accident having 13 children left, so I have never had a chance to see her alife, but she is my hero..

@rusya_ufa1201

15 күн бұрын

а теперь подумай, что вы будете делать через 5-10 лет с 2-3 миллионами безработной молодежи? Учитывая нарастающую исламизацию и национализм. Беспредел 2022 в году покажется вам цветочками. Отвечу заранее - они станут питательной средой для ИГИЛ, а учитывая близость Афганистана.....

@rdkbay3458

15 күн бұрын

@@rusya_ufa1201 Не твое дело. Это лучше, чем свой народ на мясорубку отправлять. Заимись своим терроризмом и национализмом.

@Jade-ju1qs

14 күн бұрын

@@rusya_ufa1201будем счастливо смотреть как распадается россея 😂

@rusya_ufa1201

14 күн бұрын

@@Jade-ju1qs скорей уж южный Казахстан станет новым Сомали, а север станет Россией, которая огородится от варваров с юга минными полями. 🤭🤭

Amazing video, I've learnt so much, I can't believe how little I knew

5:54 "What are you doing, Steppe-Empire?" ...I'll see myself out.

Holy shit!? I've never seen this talked about in history. My Grandfather was one of the Volga Germans. We fled to Canada.

@abylai8kerim

19 күн бұрын

Себебі біздің тарихты орыстар жойып жіберді :(

@JacyndaMinor

15 күн бұрын

@@abylai8kerim seems like Russians are always in the business of destroying things. I wish they’d keep to themselves and leave everybody else the hell alone!

@snowade

14 күн бұрын

@@abylai8kerim안타깝네요. 😢

@as.34-zo5em

6 күн бұрын

I've never seen the actual Volga Germans history covered. They've had such a unique history of being deportated here and there, seen so much injustice, and still preserve their cultural roots. Respect

@as.34-zo5em

5 күн бұрын

I've never seen the actual Volga Germans history covered. They've had such a unique history of being deportated here and there, seen so much injustice, and still preserve their cultural roots. Respect

"why Kazahstan is empty" 20 million Kazahstan people: "aight imma head out"

@StarterOffical-Jousha-lf6ig

21 күн бұрын

You have to head out first

@time2132

20 күн бұрын

not u😭

@Zona984

20 күн бұрын

Title should be why Kazakhstan is so big yet so under populated

@Nichtoya

20 күн бұрын

Because the Russians destroyed us in the Soviet Union, the famine of 1932 was severe

@BlueStellarGaming

20 күн бұрын

WHY ARE U EVERYWHERE

What a powerful and depressing video. Thanks for making it. So, it wasn't a series of catastrophes. Russia was the catastrophe.

Great job! I will recommend this video to everybody who wants to know more about KZ

Kazakhstan has survived terribly harsh odds and I am sure it will continue to do so.

The suffering endured by Kazakhstan is mind-boggling and demonstrates that human cruelty and selfishness know no limits.

@aruwhat6714

7 күн бұрын

Its always "human cruelty" when men did it innit?

@possumface2425

6 күн бұрын

@aruwhat6714 Ok, patriarchal cruelty. Is that better ?

@ylbkv

3 күн бұрын

@@aruwhat6714 but women supported that cruelty too. Also, don't forget that Russia was also ruled by women who also desired kazakh land no matter what it will cost to conquer it

This video basically summarizes the entire syllabus of my HST 100 - History of Kazakhstan course in college :)

Wow. I had a friend from Kazakhstan. She was awesome.

As a Turkish person, Kazakhstan is endearing for us. I feel sorry for their geography though.

@damir8396

20 күн бұрын

Yeah, bro, you've got luckier than us in that way. Also you have the best cousine 🇰🇿❤️🇹🇷

@TarlanT

20 күн бұрын

Türik bauırıma salem!

@abylai8kerim

19 күн бұрын

Түрік бауырыма сәлем!

mic sounds a lot better

Super and informative video. Thank you for sharing!

The amount of suffering the people in Kazakhstan have suffered from the time of the Bolsheviks through Stalin Communism down to modern times is in- measurable. The Human Suffering caused by he Russian Government continues with the Invasion of Ukraine and the War that is gone on for over three years.

Thanks for covering our country's complex history and situation, we were crippled by outside forces and geography and could as well disappear but our kindness and resilience kept us going into the 21st century with proud steps towards recovery. We value our multipolar economy and policy and hope to stay on the right track to prosperity🇰🇿❤️

Qozoq qardoshlarga o'zbeklardan ulkan salomlarimiz 🇺🇿❤🇰🇿. Qozoqlar ko'payaversin

@IX-fc4po

20 күн бұрын

rahmet

@TarlanT

20 күн бұрын

Köp jasa bauırım!

@abylai8kerim

19 күн бұрын

Өзбек өз ағам

Damn! Kazakhs have been through a lot. (At least they have beeen blessed with one of the greatest singers on earth, Dimash Kudaibergen)

18:16 technically incorrect, the Karelian ASSR / Karelo-Finnish SSR also was named after the people who became a minority in their states due to Soviet genocide

@as.34-zo5em

5 күн бұрын

And many of them were forcely moved to Kazakhstan under the Russianized surnames...

Seriously, the people of Kazakhstan are victims

@UncleJora

19 күн бұрын

Even though you are correct, but I as a kazakh refuse to concider myself a victim. Victim mentality is bad for our future

@ExponentialCircle

19 күн бұрын

​@@UncleJoraSmart.

@iamaloafofbread8926

18 күн бұрын

@UncleJora there is a difference between victim mentality for pushing political agendas and actual victims who seek change for the better, only to be oppressed.

@iamaloafofbread8926

18 күн бұрын

@UncleJora you personally may not have suffered, but your people as a whole has and from what I gathered, if things go south with the war in Ukraine, your nation may not be considered a nation anymore if the Russian government is emboldened enough or angry enough.

@siratshi455

18 күн бұрын

@@UncleJorawe're victims, it is undeniable even though it hurts our pride. However our victimhood is a result of our own weakness to withstand Russians. Realizing that will help us to never be subservient again

Man I remember when Australia hit 20million. Was a big for us too

@JezaLoki

8 күн бұрын

October 2004. Now we’re at over 26 million. Average birth rate of 1.7 in the last 20 years. Life expectancy went from about 78 to 83 in that time. Nearly 3 million immigrants since 2004. Side point: there are slightly less than 1 million aboriginal people in Australia.

I'm moving there! Asap. 💯

such a well detailed video, i salute you