Nikita Khrushchev - The Man Behind the Missile Crisis

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@Biographics 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you War Thunder for making this one possible! Check out here: v2.xyz/BiographicsWarThunder

@TheKing60210 5 жыл бұрын

You guys should do something on J Edgar Hoover, he was the Head of the FBI for Decades and there was rumours of him being in a gay relationship despite condemning homosexuality in public.

@turbowolf302 5 жыл бұрын

Boy, that's Gaijin's other game, Crossout. You might want to doublecheck your footage.

@meta4101 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheKing60210 I just can't believe that J Edgar was gay ... scandalous ... impossible.

@joe090309 5 жыл бұрын

So uhh you got a couple things crossed. There was cross out footage in the Warthunder promo and there was no audio during the warthunder clips.

@diojamal9128 5 жыл бұрын

Muhammad Ali of Egypt👌

@ChrisCVW 5 жыл бұрын

“We will bury you” was a bad translation, i understand the Russian phrase is better rendered “we will stand respectfully at your graveside”, which is commonly used to describe not intervening when someone else sets their course on disaster.

@dougplemons3640 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

@Zeruel3 5 жыл бұрын

So it's more akin to "okay, it's your funeral buddy"?

@JeanLucCaptain 5 жыл бұрын

That's SOOOO Badass 😎

@bobbybobberson3374 5 жыл бұрын

I learned that from Ken Follet's book Edge of Eternity. Did you see it there too?

@ChrisCVW 5 жыл бұрын

I must confess to you I don’t really absorb information from books. I think it came from a KZfaq video or a podcast.

@karlp8484 5 жыл бұрын

Minor vignette: Khrushchev didn't take off his shoe and bang it on the table at the UN. He had an extra shoe with him and intended to make the scene all along. It worked, we are still talking about it.

@djquinn11 2 жыл бұрын

A crazy gesture for a world leader

@Elainerulesutube 2 жыл бұрын

I remember it!

@secretbaguette Жыл бұрын

Man brought a shoe with him into the UN.

@geovonnie69 Жыл бұрын

Those old commies were actually funny. Unlike the cringe, green haired college communists we have today.

@bezllama3325 Жыл бұрын

Reminds of when someone threw their shoes at Bush

@analien8497 4 жыл бұрын

U.S: *sets up missiles in turkey* USSR: *sets up missiles in cuba* U.S: Wait, that's illegal.

@Protoman85 4 жыл бұрын

Ah the grand US tradition of "it's only bad when YOU do it"

@bgbeck55 4 жыл бұрын

Damn straight.

@maxnikolenko2302 4 жыл бұрын

Just like today with nato in ex USSR countries. Yet, if Russia sets up a site in Petersburg, america and nato will scream aggretion

@TacDyne 4 жыл бұрын

@@Protoman85 This is due to the US being the good guys. And as the good guys, the US can do anything it wants with impunity. God bless the USA, and no one else! \0

@brya9681 4 жыл бұрын

@Dumbo Octopus now you're getting it

@JeffTheHokie 5 жыл бұрын

"We will bury you" was a mistake by his translator. He was trying to say "we will dig you in" an expression which in Russian meant "We will outlast you".

@carpediem6568 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing. It was never corrected to the American people as far as I know. That explains a whole lot. I remember when it happened. Really scary.

@billolsen4360 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe Natika was trying to say "We dig you"

@laierr 4 жыл бұрын

No, "we dig you in" is a double mistranslation of an incorrect translation. The word he used ("похоронить") undoubtedly refers to a funeral. But yeah, in the context it undoubtedly (for Russian speaker) means something like "we will outlast you" or "you're legacy" or "we'll live to see your funeral". And he was talking about ideology as in "we will bury capitalism", not "we will bury all of you".

@hassetjifrebro8222 3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was more like “It’s your funeral” basically?

@Binstone 3 жыл бұрын

The way you say that.... means the same thing. Like when you bury some one you, you dig a hole and then you put them in.... ie bury them

@darter9000 5 жыл бұрын

So... in the Russian Game of Thrones, only the jester survived.

@robschumann9665 5 жыл бұрын

darter9000 All hail is Grace, Samwell of the House Tarly, First of his name, King of the Andals and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm.

@bydloshkolnik 5 жыл бұрын

@@planetarian3080 Except it's a comedy and have nothing to do with reality of that succession, which was fast and gory.

@Michael-590 5 жыл бұрын

‘A very small man can cast a very large shadow’. That seems to adequately describe Khrushchev.

@kimmoreels7950 5 жыл бұрын

lmao your funny :)

@Packless1 4 жыл бұрын

...kind of...!

@aaronbonogofsky4463 5 жыл бұрын

Do Brezhnev next, great job on Kruschev.

@ryan-nl8bp 4 жыл бұрын

I second this recomendation

@alastairward2774 3 жыл бұрын

He's pretty boring though isn't he?

@ruturajshiralkar5566 3 жыл бұрын

@@alastairward2774 Actually he is far more interesting. I would recommend watching the Doc "Brezhnev's Kremlin".

@toonlink1723 3 жыл бұрын

Even though his reign was very short Andropov was the head of the KGB so he could be interesting

@ruturajshiralkar5566 3 жыл бұрын

@@toonlink1723 Andropov was also an Anti-Corruption crusader.

@randomlyentertaining8287 4 жыл бұрын

It's really depressing when you know videos like this that teach real deep history are demonetized.

@football42241 2 жыл бұрын

What is the reason that this video would get de-monetized? Is it some kind of bad blood between Google and Russian History?

@jd4278 2 жыл бұрын

@@football42241 Advertisers dislike recent history since most people get emotional about them

@vindictaetmortem748 Жыл бұрын

Well considering Simon has told a blatant lie at least once in this video why shouldn't it be? The Nazis didn't kill 7 million Ukrainians.... whereas the Russians (Stalin) killed 4 million Ukrainians in the 30's.

@jasonfreak99 Жыл бұрын

@@football42241 Because educational KZfaq videos are viewed as hate speech or whatever. I miss the old KZfaq.

@aluisious 11 ай бұрын

@@jd4278 There is hilarious irony in capitalism demonetizing 20 minute videos dispassionately discussing facts.

@docyagamikiko Жыл бұрын

At this point in time, a Mikhail Gorbachev featurette is a must.... Rest in peace.

@robertbritton4772 5 жыл бұрын

Been hyped for this since I watched Death of Stalin

@Jshaw6614 5 жыл бұрын

I like that movie. Mix of comedy and seriousness. All around good film.

@gipsydanger7379 5 жыл бұрын

That film was hailrious. And it had a great cast.

@matttucker3 5 жыл бұрын

saaaaaaame

@acetate909 5 жыл бұрын

Everything by Armando Inuchi is great. _In The Loop_ is one of the best movies of the last 20 years. _Death of Stalin_ is a classic as well. He created the HBO show _Veep_ as well for anyone interested.

@rockthered8706 5 жыл бұрын

Robert Britton same here

@dolanusduk693 5 жыл бұрын

Can you make a video about Josip Broz Tito?

@gipsydanger7379 5 жыл бұрын

I heard he was the head of Partisan forces in Nazi occupied Yugoslavia. He seems like an interesting character.

@matttucker3 5 жыл бұрын

i agree one on Tito would be amazing! also check out Tooky history's video on him its funny as hell XD

@BHuang92 5 жыл бұрын

Very interesting figure. Controversial in opposing Stalin but was the head of a communist regime of the Balkans. Until his death, he was the reason the region was under a single nation of Yugoslavia.

@Biographics 5 жыл бұрын

yes

@emelgiefro 5 жыл бұрын

@@BHuang92 the only things that still function in ex yugoslav countries were built by tito and austro hungary You dont need to agree with him on everything but he loved every person in the country he created and everyone loved him (huge part not everyone) He would get glowers thrown at him when he visited towns/cities unlike bullets and granades many got and still get

@runwiththewind3281 5 жыл бұрын

Well done. I was born in 57, and remember listening to my dad talk about events you covered. Accurate and precise. Today I have friends and colleagues from Russia. Think about that. I wonder what could have been and observe what is. The oxen are slow but the earth is patient. There is hope.

@aluisious 11 ай бұрын

There's no hope. We fucked up the earth. Well, there's hope for the earth once we strangle ourselves.

@kentgrady9226 5 жыл бұрын

A fluent Russian speaker may correct me, but it's my understanding that the phrase "We will bury you!" is misunderstood. I was once told that the Russian verb "to bury" as used by Khrushchev is properly translated as "to attend (another person's) funeral" or more colloquially, "to outlast" or "to outlive (another person)". It was further explained to me that there is a different Russian verb altogether, meaning to bury in the sense of digging a hole, putting something or someone in it, and filling it back up with earth. If true, that would certainly cast a different light on Nikita's famous rant. Not having any knowledge of Russian beyond a few basic words, I cannot confirm the assertion.

@Zeruel3 5 жыл бұрын

I've heard something similar, Khrushchev meant it as "we will outlast you" not "we will kill you", the problem was the phrase didn't translate very well and it gave a great opportunity for the west to paint him as a murderous maniac

@fredkruse9444 5 жыл бұрын

Makes sense to me. Interesting. (As a child at the time, I well remember the contemporaneous reports on that statement, portraying him as pure evil.)

@akezimak 5 жыл бұрын

As a native speaker living in XXI century... it sounds more like "we'll left you behind in a race" to me when used figuratively (as he obviously did). It can also be taken literally though, as in "bury". It's like that UK pair who got arrested for jokingly saying "I'm going to destroy America" in Twitter before a trip to US. So it's not the best choice of words in Russian either, especially for a politician of that caliber talking through an interpreter who might miss the subtlety. > It was further explained to me that there is a different Russian verb altogether, meaning to bury in the sense of digging a hole, putting something or someone in it, and filling it back up with earth. It's probably закопаем instead of похороним? Both mean bury in English, but похороним (what Khrushchev said) is for people burial, and закопаем is for anything else.

@waverider8549 5 жыл бұрын

As a Russian speaker I can confirm that you are 100% correct

@mlgerab 4 жыл бұрын

I had heard he merely meant “bury” in an economic sense. No?

@MidnightMan5001 5 жыл бұрын

Just remember. "Only 75% of the room is conscious!"

@eamonwright7488 5 жыл бұрын

IgnitedSage “My heart feels sick....Like it’s going into battle!”

@joshuaescopete 4 жыл бұрын

Are you wearing pajamas?

@anngo4140 3 жыл бұрын

"Our general secretary is lying in a puddle of indignity!"

@Soyofdarknes 3 жыл бұрын

"Oh no! This is calamity... calamity!"

@MillRunner 5 жыл бұрын

You gotta do Gorbachev. Who woulda thought the Soviet Union would be defeated by Pizza Hut?

@matiasgazzarri4959 5 жыл бұрын

He should do Brezhnev to. Not sure about Andropov and Chernenko, I don't think they're very interesting

@brentgranger7856 5 жыл бұрын

Where did you read that? I see it more as Pepsi began the downfall of the USSR, but Coca-Cola rose from the ashes.

@MillRunner 5 жыл бұрын

@@brentgranger7856 It was more of a joke based around that Pizza Hut commercial he was in.

@acetate909 5 жыл бұрын

@@brentgranger7856 It was a lot of companies. I think he meant Pizza Hut as stand in for any and all American franchises that turned Russia capitalist. Don't get hung up on the particular brand when it was the capitalist ideology that's important. You're correct tho, it seems that Pepsi started the conversion but the specific company is just incedectal and the larger issue of private industry and a consumer driven market was the meta transforming catalyst.

@Mr-yj4qz 5 жыл бұрын

@@matiasgazzarri4959 Andropov ran the KGB so I think it would be interesting to cover that and his later leadership.

@oberstul1941 5 жыл бұрын

Also, that movie, The Death of Stalin, has Kruschiov being played by Steve Buscemi and is a total eye opener and a funny flick too.

@LinkTheSamurai 5 жыл бұрын

Loved the video, but I feel as though it should have been mentioned that Vasily Arkhipov prevented the Cuban Missile Crisis from going hot. The US Navy was dropping depth charges at his sub, and they had no idea if WWIII had begun or not. Vasily made the call to surface and radio Moscow, rather than give his clearance to fire nuclear torpedoes.

@VisibilityFoggy 4 жыл бұрын

That's a very interesting story. The US Navy crew had no idea that sub was armed with nukes, and the depth charges they were dropping were only the size of small hand grenades and could do no damage at all to the ship. They were purely being used to signal it. Of course, the Soviet Navy had no way of telling this either. Vasily Arkhipov absolutely saved the world that day.

@samgemsgems7571 4 жыл бұрын

@@VisibilityFoggy nuclear bombs are under control of heartless killer wild animals.these criminals ready to kill all people and world.curse for these miserable idiots.

@DontCriticMyTecnique 4 жыл бұрын

Samgems Gems nininn

@DontCriticMyTecnique 4 жыл бұрын

D 349 no

@brianrunyon266 5 жыл бұрын

"When Stalin says dance, a wise man dances." A complex character. He knew the CPSU still had to work, but knew the worst of Stalinism must not be part of it any longer.

@artemesaulkov2010 3 жыл бұрын

There was no CPSU until 1952...

@princetonnobelofficial4286 5 жыл бұрын

Kim Jong Un: I have the most powerful nukes which can destroy the US Nikita Khrushchev: Hold my Vodka

@IronMaiden1164 5 жыл бұрын

Sorry did you mean Kennedy?

@studinthemaking 4 жыл бұрын

More like hold by case of vodka.

@brentcogswell6884 4 жыл бұрын

@chris younts wrong kim.

@Zamolxes77 4 жыл бұрын

Kim Jong Un nukes contain obesity and heart disease instead of uranium !

@bunnywithgun 3 жыл бұрын

@chris younts 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@musicman399 5 жыл бұрын

"Our great leader is lying in a pool of indignity"

@daniell1483 2 жыл бұрын

In a hundred years, when historians are trying to figure out what people were thinking in the 1900s, I think they will see Khrushchev in a mostly good light. He dismantled the engine of fear Stalin built in Russia and led a super-power into space. Nikita, imperfect, yet he did so much, it isn't hyperbole to say he changed the world. Largely for the better, at that.

@YosefCardoso 5 жыл бұрын

talks about war thunder doesn't show war thunder hehehe

@harmen4436 5 жыл бұрын

Yosef Cardoso what game was that

@malemute4378 5 жыл бұрын

Harmen crossout

@ottovonbismarck7541 5 жыл бұрын

I was looking for someone to say that

@DayZeroGaming 5 жыл бұрын

War thunder I haven't played or the other one..

@Aenonar 5 жыл бұрын

it's not a very "realistic" game anyway... they've been chewing away at that for ages ^^' the physics might be fairly realistic.. but then they just put it in a pretty silly gameplay style which ruins any sense of realism...

@StephenSchaal 5 жыл бұрын

Stalin made him dance like a jester? That is amazing, and hilarious.

@matthelme4967 5 жыл бұрын

SW Stalin also killed every single person with a power base.

@Zero-lm7iv 4 жыл бұрын

Stalin made him dance the gopak. He said he looked like a “cow on ice”.

@dkupke 4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: a lot of Stalin’s henchmen died of liver issues. He was fond of having them to all night feasting vests during which they had to get shitfaced; they were afraid that saying “nah, I had enough” would make him suspicious, as if he thought they were hiding something and didn’t want the booze to loosen their tongues. He did it deliberately to keep them cowed and humiliated.

@balancedactguy 3 жыл бұрын

Krushchev was once asked about his dancing for Stalin. He replied" When the Boss tells you to Dance......YOU DANCE!"

@temuujintsc3648 3 жыл бұрын

Kruschev was asked about the dancing he replied "When Stalin told you to dance "smart" man dances"

@cherylabellar2311 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! To mask his genius to survive Stalin oppressive regime, He had to act the fool.

@bcfairlie1 3 жыл бұрын

Just like Claudius had to for Caligula

@okmate724 2 жыл бұрын

stalin hid his genius to in the early days of the Bolsheviks

@MrMustangMan67 5 жыл бұрын

Extremely interesting. I hope a Gorbachev episode is coming too!

@BlackGreenDragon7 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe you guys shoud separate War Thunder footage from Crossout footage ;)

@JeanLucCaptain 5 жыл бұрын

Yep I noticed that 😁

@whatamalike 5 жыл бұрын

"the man behind the missle crisis" that's a bit harsh...besides it takes two to tango.

@cptant7610 5 жыл бұрын

Seriously, the USA basically forced the crisis with their failed bay of pigs invasion of Cuba and their stationing of nukes in Turkey. Also just letting the missiles be stationed would have done nothing as mutually assured destruction was/became a reality anyway.

@rejvaik00 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was che who started it, he convinced Castro who at first flatly refused to accept the Soviet missiles. Xtra Credit KZfaq channel does a much better job at explaining the entire situation

@brentgranger7856 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for finally releasing the video about my favorite leader of the USSR. As a guy who studied the USSR and the Soviet system at the university, I feel that Khrushchev is highly misunderstood and under appreciated. The "Kitchen Debate" displayed not just a kitchen, but an "affordable" American home of the 1950's filled with conveniences like a dish washer. Soviet citizens were shown the debate, but much of the American house and Nixon's words were censored. Khrushchev was initially opposed to the idea of sending Sputnik into orbit and eventually relented. Upon seeing the shock from the West of the successful launch, Khrushchev turned the launch into a huge propaganda program and immediately demanded a second launch to best Sputnik 1 and coincide with the 40th anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917. The idea morphed into launching Laika, the space dog, into orbit for Sputnik 2. His son, Sergei, stated that President Kennedy proposed a joint USA/USSR moon program, but Khrushchev turned him down because he felt America wanted access to Soviet rocket technology. Sergei has stated that his father later reconsidered Kennedy's offer, but Kennedy's assassination and his removal from office the next October prevented this. Sergei also spoke that Operation: Anadyr, the movement of Soviet missiles to Cuba, was inspired by looking across the Black Sea from his father's dacha in Yalta and thinking of the danger that American missiles in Turkey posed. In recent times, gentrification in Moscow has resulted in a controversial program to replace Soviet-era apartment complexes called "Khrushchevkas" (little Khrushchevs). These were cheap concrete apartment complexes to help accommodate Moscow's rising population during Khrushchev's time as premier.

@Eazy-ERyder Жыл бұрын

This episode made me want to rewatch the fantastic movie "Thirteen Days" with Kevin Costner. Probably the BEST film ever made regarding the Cuban Missle Crisis.

@clockwork8251 Жыл бұрын

one of my favorites

@stevenwebb3634 4 жыл бұрын

Stalin: "Comrade Khrushchev get drunk and dance for me" Khrushchev: "I'll be a one man conga line"

@georgemalenvisch3133 5 жыл бұрын

Big big question. How come anything to do with the Soviet Union and russia have been recently getting demonitized? What is with this censorship. I watch a person who lived and was born in 1970s Ukraine SSR, and he constantly get demonitized for simply talking about how life was back then. This really worries me...

@georgemalenvisch3133 5 жыл бұрын

@Ruturaj Shiralkar yeah i don't get it. He said 25% of his videos

@georgemalenvisch3133 5 жыл бұрын

@Ruturaj Shiralkar huh..? Monetary and demons are two completely different things.

@georgemalenvisch3133 5 жыл бұрын

@Ruturaj Shiralkar i mean youtube made it so he couldn't get money from his video... So

@rejvaik00 3 жыл бұрын

Because of the infamous "companies are individuals too" and the KZfaq Vs Prager U court case Seeing as how you are not forced to use KZfaq that means KZfaq doesn't have to respect your rights of free speech, and if you want to make $$ on KZfaq you better play by their rules

@susanhubbart5494 3 жыл бұрын

Because Silicon Valley is run by a bunch of rich socialist(so long as the bad consequences of it don't affect/effect them) who don't want the idiot snowflakes of today to understand how truly bad things can get.

@bigbroauctions 5 жыл бұрын

Why is a history lesson demonitized?...inquiring minds want to know.

@RaymondTracer 5 жыл бұрын

Because the past is scary and KZfaq has to protect the special snowflakes from reality.

@NefariousKoel 5 жыл бұрын

Talking about the USSR, Communism/Socialism, etc is a quick way to get flagged by the KZfaq censors. Many of whom are, ironically, Socialist sympathizers and apologists.

@mereanochheart7050 4 жыл бұрын

@@RaymondTracer 100%

@L1b3rta 4 жыл бұрын

@Frederick Röders Net neutrality = communism? Net neutrality isn't the redistribution of bandwidth, numbnuts. What a stupid comparison. Net neutrality is solely about only having one lane, and not multiple lanes for the same bandwidth at different tariffs. Communism = slavery of labour; Net Neutrality = freedom of access to information (with the same bandwidth you're already paying for to your capitalist ISP).

@liamcanavan5970 4 жыл бұрын

Frederick Röders Communism would lead to more diversity than capitalism (Marxist communism anyway) to say it would neutralise society shows you do not have an understanding of the theory only how it has been misunderstood by Stalin; it is a difficult theory to grasp nowadays due to all the mutations

@1waychild 5 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this. An incredibly refreshing view of Nikita Khrushchev. It was fate.

@bear499 5 жыл бұрын

You've come such a long way Simon. Congratulations for all your success, you deserve it.

@DarqueQueen7 5 жыл бұрын

This was BRILLIANT, Simon! I really learned a lot today!

@refusefntk 5 жыл бұрын

Do one on Gorbachev's birthmark, that thing needs it's own bio

@thereforeayam 4 жыл бұрын

does this narrator not have a small tribute version on the left side of his prestigious dome?

@johnnymittens77 5 жыл бұрын

This is my favourite one for a while. Good long run time, packed with good information. More in this vein for sure 🤘

@rooseveltbrentwood9654 5 жыл бұрын

Simon, please always wear a matching sport coat in every video. Im loving the purple check over the solid darker purple button down.

@rockthered8706 5 жыл бұрын

I really like it when you do biographies on people in the Soviet Union, it’s such a mysterious and enigmatic part of history to so many of us in the west that it’s often I misunderstood. I enjoy the deep dives into the facts of what happened. It’s unfortunate that simply because you are talking about a well known communist your video is certain to be demonetized. It’s not right

@commie3393 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Comrade

@rexterry4722 3 жыл бұрын

I stumbled across Biographics by accident and I am glad I did! Informative, well organized, and easy to follow. Bravo!

@Bra-a-ains 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! This is one of your best, yet. I like how you were able to explain the who, what, where, and when and show how they influenced each other to give a unique narrative.

@johgu92 5 жыл бұрын

A biography on Rosa Luxemburg would be nice.

@CeticWales 3 жыл бұрын

Khrushchev's ridiculousness was part of his act to survive and fly under the radar by not appearing as a serious rival to anyone. Once he had the opportunity, the mask came off and he acted.

@maxnikolenko2302 4 жыл бұрын

I love these biographys. Great way ro learn information in a short and straightforward way. Thank you

@camilocienfuegos2866 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so appreciative of your channel. Thank you for all the great information and knowledge!

@craigporter8873 5 жыл бұрын

Simon- The USSR's most controversial premier Nikita Khrushchev...... did he just forget about Stalin ?

@Shinji_1943 5 жыл бұрын

Depends who you are asking but yeah most if not all Soviet leaders were controversial in some shape or form if you ask hard-line Marxists/Communists about their opinion on Gorbachev many would call him controversial. Stalin is arguably the most controversial even Khrushchev critiqued him at the XX Party Congress and followed a policy of de-Stalinization.

@craigporter8873 5 жыл бұрын

@Qowkdjnd Xiwjsjd Oh nothing at all like being responsible for millions of people dying/being killed... totally not controversial. Wind your neck in and learn some history.

@annaz940 5 жыл бұрын

Qowkdjnd Xiwjsjd, controversial means causing disagreement, so yeah, Stalin was pretty controversial

@grza4911 5 жыл бұрын

@@craigporter8873 That's the point, MOST people agree that Stalin was bad. So he isn't that controversial. With Nikita it's less black and white, more grey, more disagreement, so he is, some would argue, more controversial. Controversy means dissagreement, not, "bad".

@python808 5 жыл бұрын

Andrew Griffiths Stalin might not be controversial in the west. But Russians are still torn on the topic.

@Hector_O713 5 жыл бұрын

Do a video on Yuri Gagarin, what happened to him?

@carpediem6568 5 жыл бұрын

Didn't he get killed in plane crash? And, believe he is the cosmonot who said about his space voyage, "I looked and looked and saw no God."

@Naptosis 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that would be great. Gagarin and the team behind him changed the face of Humanity. The man who won the space race and opened up the universe to us all. There's a statue of him here in London UK.

@michaelm6045 5 жыл бұрын

@@Naptosis Gagarin was chosen by Soviet Government because he was less rebellious and more devoted to ideology. There were dozen other Cosmonauts in preparation, for example Komarov, who was quiet opposite to him and was ostracized by the government, but he was considered a strongest candidate before. If Simon will do the video, he should touch that subject too.

@no.8466 4 жыл бұрын

Died a sad booze bag cause he knew it was all fake. Rumored kid diddler too

@BlackPantherFTW 4 жыл бұрын

After volstok one, he was awarded the USSR's "Hero of the Soviet Union" (essentially their medal of honor) He quickly became a international celebrity and was then permanently banned for any further missions due to Soyuz One, which killed one ot his friends, Vladimir Kamarov. They did this out of fear for his life. Ironically, he convinced the government to let him fly planes, which he died during a test flight at the age of 34. He rests in the Kremlin Necropolis and is considered one of the Soviets greatest achievements.

@williamblack1729 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video Simon. Thank you and the Biographics team.

@frankreads8618 Жыл бұрын

Khruschev did what the emperor Claudius did nearly 2000 years before: he survived by making everyone underestimate him.

@jasonremy1627 5 жыл бұрын

Some of the graphics are wrong. You've got 1960 on two of the dates that should be 1962.

@themightyranger6321 5 жыл бұрын

Finally a biography on *CORNBOI*

@Jshaw6614 5 жыл бұрын

CORNNNNNNNNNNNBOIIIIIII

@sgt345 3 жыл бұрын

This might be one of my favorite episodes. Well done.

@salt7598 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Simon, I've been learning about Khrushchev for A-level History and this video came out in perfect timing as the exam is next month. Thank you for making educational videos interesting and entertaining :)

@ignitionfrn2223 3 жыл бұрын

1:35 - Chapter 1 - War & revolution 5:15 - Chapter 2 - Power & purges 9:05 - Chapter 3 - Secret speeches 13:00 - Mid roll ads 15:05 - Chapter 4 - The winds of change 18:30 - Chapter 5 - Crisis 22:45 - Chapter 6 - Goodbye to all that

@youtubetroller2451 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@thexalon 5 жыл бұрын

Khrushchev, the world's most famous shoe percussionist!

@jaredsires5219 3 жыл бұрын

What a savior this channel is! Helped me through an entire final report🙏🏻

@jonathanrigby5924 4 жыл бұрын

My new favorite! I learned more in this 20 minutes, then i have in a long time!

@amateurastronomer9463 4 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1970. I remember Brezhnev. Learned about Khrushchev from school and parents. Yours is the most fair depiction of Khrushchev. And from what I remember from my parents description, this is the most honest as well.

@Adam-wl8wn 5 жыл бұрын

I love the USSR biographies!

@danielrobinson4795 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid Simon!Keep up the great work!

@ddoyle11 5 жыл бұрын

One of your best videos yet Simon. Well done.

@ZuluComander 5 жыл бұрын

wasn't that whole "we will bury you" quote a mistranslation?

@hewhoneverdies001 5 жыл бұрын

Your best biography so far. Thank you.

@artemesaulkov2010 3 жыл бұрын

Biased, false facts and propaganda. Not reliable. A proper historian would piss on him

@hewhoneverdies001 3 жыл бұрын

@@artemesaulkov2010 I am a proper historian.

@artemesaulkov2010 3 жыл бұрын

@@hewhoneverdies001 proper historians don’t study history with youtube videos...

@reeeeeeeeeeeeeeman6757 2 жыл бұрын

@@artemesaulkov2010 okay what about some examples?

@bettinagunn4160 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Simon, I want you to know I really appreciate your voice and your style of commentating and your impartiality to any people group or country. Keep up the good work.

@EezySeven 5 жыл бұрын

I love your Biographics so much!

@DanielDwightMusic 5 жыл бұрын

Dig it! God Bless Simon! Since seeing the movie "Death of Stalin " its awesome to have this video. Best video to follow up after watching that movie.

@hana-ng4ql 5 жыл бұрын

can we have a biographics on alexander dubček, since you mentioned the prague spring?

@charlesachurch7265 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic presentation. Thankyou Simon.

@michaelbatts5655 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation! Professor Whistler does it again! Like always!

@Dylan-hq4qt 5 жыл бұрын

Hello! You should do a Biographics on Georgy Korelev, he's rarely talked about but he went through terrible treatment but ended up leading the CCCP, he'd be a great watch!

@glenchapman3899 5 жыл бұрын

Nice bio - Good to see some balance rather than foaming rhetoric so common in others. Might be worth mentioning Walt Disney banded him from Disneyland during the US trip

@Marcus51090 5 жыл бұрын

Glen Chapman yes the old nazi hated communists

@TalairanPerigord 5 жыл бұрын

I was going to say something similar. A nicely-balanced portrayal of a man who genuinely did his best, given the opportunity.

@carpediem6568 5 жыл бұрын

Believe that to be incorrect. It was the Secret Service who couldn't assure his safety. I know he wanted to go. And I think Central Park in NYC the same. Just what I remember. I was around when he visited the USA. They sure didn't want him dying starting off WWIII.

@VisibilityFoggy 4 жыл бұрын

@@carpediem6568 - Yes, my understanding was always that the Secret Service said they could not guarantee his safety in a place as large and open as Disneyland and they suggested he not attend. I also read somewhere that he took this as a gigantic insult, saying his counterpart could walk anywhere in Russia and be fine.

@carpediem6568 4 жыл бұрын

@@VisibilityFoggy Sort of pitiful that Khrushchev could guarantee safety in his poor country, and we in rich America, couldn't. And especially sad about Disneyland because Khrushchev played the clown in Stalin's court to save his own life. Disneyland would have been a joy for him and helped improve our relations.

@raheelbaber4648 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for shadding the light on the on one of the most important figure of the cold war era, the details, narrative and your accent were all outstanding.

@kevinkissinger9462 5 жыл бұрын

KEEP IT UP SIMON! I LOVE ALL YOUR STUFF!!!

@TacDyne 4 жыл бұрын

"Mr. Khrushchev said we will bury you. The question is who buried whom?" -Mr. Dave

@DayZeroGaming 5 жыл бұрын

Do a video on George Orwell.

@krishnangaklittlemachines2631 3 жыл бұрын

Simon, your way of speaking is sooo beautiful

@plc007 5 жыл бұрын

That was sensational. One of the best. Thank you.

@UCSPanther20 4 жыл бұрын

Khrushchev became enamored with US cornfields in the 1960s, and put together a half-baked scheme to make all collective farms grow corn, regardless of how it do in the climates around the USSR. The result was food shortages, and after two years "Cornfield Khrushchev" was forced to scrap his scheme.

@PongoXBongo 4 жыл бұрын

They wanted the bountiful results of the Green Revolution without putting the time and study into applying it properly for their climate, soil, and systems.

@Fox1223 5 жыл бұрын

Good vid. Wernher Von Braun would be a good one too

@dmitrivlad8538 5 жыл бұрын

That's A Given!!!!!! Perfect!!!! 💡

@valentinloew 4 жыл бұрын

great video thank you simon !

@ivandinsmore6217 7 ай бұрын

Splendid video. Fascinating from beginning to end.

@hawaiianr6 5 жыл бұрын

When is Margaret Thatcher coming

@leechristy7003 5 жыл бұрын

The old bag died frustrated. Could you blame her husband for not even trying?

@hammondswiss247 5 жыл бұрын

Lee Christy so fucking underrated!

@AnEggInTryingTimes 5 жыл бұрын

Fancy covering Anna Politkovskaya, Alexander Litvinenko and Dmitry Medvedev? Would love to see the research and more facts about them, even though I know a little bit. More Eastern European figures please!

@dimitriusjulius497 Жыл бұрын

Really great video ! Thank you

@jackcoleman8086 4 жыл бұрын

This was the best information I have found on here about this man.

@potdog1000 5 жыл бұрын

you left out the U2 incident with Gary Powers

@diffsmasher4824 5 жыл бұрын

"when Stalin says dance, you dance"

@charlesjmouse 5 жыл бұрын

Another excellent presentation, many thanks.

@TheSteveinNY 4 жыл бұрын

All of your channels are outstanding. I hope you're making a fortune.

@SuperTechno2012 5 жыл бұрын

Do one on Chandragupta: the leader of the Gupta empire and the founder of the Indian golden age (300AD)

@dazc 5 жыл бұрын

0:56 but there was much more to him than that - CORN!!

@williamshelley1533 Жыл бұрын

Bro you are rocking these videos. They are endless.

@williamkholmes 5 жыл бұрын

An excellent presentation, as always. I love history.Your stylistic study of history using historical biography is highly engaging and a super effective method of teaching. Keep up the great, truly great work. I have watched much of your fabulous work. I can assure you that I will continue to do so. Thanks much.