Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols: Crash Course World History #20
In which John Green teaches you how Russia evolved from a loose amalgamation of medieval principalities known as the Kievan Rus into the thriving democracy we know today. As you can imagine,...
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Hi, I’m John Green, this is Crash Course World History, and today we're gonna talk about Russia, which means we get to talk about this guy again! We haven’t talked about Russia much so far because one, it’s complicated, and two, ya actually gavaryu pa ruski a little bit, because I had some Russian in college, and that makes it difficult to mispronounce things, which is my thing! Mr. Green, Mr. Green! Why’d you take Russian? Well, because I had this big crush on a Russian major. But, anyway, I’m sure I’ll still mispronounce everything. [theme music] So, today we’re going to talk about persistent stereotypes about Russia, and how Russia came to take its current shape, a turn of events we owe largely to the Mongols. But before we discuss the ...
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Hi, I’m John Green, this is Crash Course World History, and today we're gonna talk about Russia, which means we get to talk about this guy again! We haven’t talked about Russia much so far because one, it’s complicated, and two, ya actually gavaryu pa ruski a little bit, because I had some Russian in college, and that makes it difficult to mispronounce things, which is my thing! Mr. Green, Mr. Green! Why’d you take Russian? Well, because I had this big crush on a Russian major. But, anyway, I’m sure I’ll still mispronounce everything. [theme music] So, today we’re going to talk about persistent stereotypes about Russia, and how Russia came to take its current shape, a turn of events we owe largely to the Mongols. But before we discuss the ...
