Thank you for the video tour, hope to visit Moscow one day again. Much love for it's people and this lovely channel from Australia.

A small but important correction. Soviet Union didn't just 'lose' 27 million people. Up to this point German army has been taking countries one after another. Poland, Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxemburg, Yugoslavia, Greece. Many countries have decided to join forces with Germany: Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Finland. This was just 1st of September 1939 to June of 1941. The German army - as well as Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian and Finnish troops - that have also participated in the attack on the Soviet Union btw - has never been stopped until the battle for Moscow (1941-1942), Stalingrad (1942-1943) and Kursk (1943). This is where the main European forces of Germany were stopped, destroyed and started to retreat. And never stopped retreating until the Soviet soldiers raised the red flag over the Reichstag building in Berlin. The combined Allied troops have only landed in Normandy on D-Day - 6th of June 1944 - when the Soviet army was already clearing Europe of the German and Axis troops. I have just recently watched a video by the channel called Редакция [Editorial] where the journalists interviewed veterans of the Great Patrioric War and one of them said that - while clearing Vienna - they were ordered to take care not to destroy all the historical buildings, so they had to fight without using artillery. And they have payed lives for that. Things like these is why the Soviet Union has lost 27 million. Things like this and the mass extermination of the Soviet soldiers and civilians on the occupied territories and in concentration camps. It is seldom talked about, but any Communist Party members were prime targets for extermination - not just jews. Although the jewish people have suffered greatly. But slavs were also deemed to be subhuman, killed in industrial quantities and treated in most inhumane ways that one can imagine. The allied effort in the Western Europe as well as Lend-Lease material help from the USA are greatly appreciated and every single lost life is a tragedy, but the Allies sure took their sweet time and have arrived to Germany just at the point to get their share of the spoils of war and 'stop the evil commies from taking over all the Europe' and especially the UK - which, as far as I am awere, have not fought a single battle in that war on their own soil. And the Red Army could not face the combined Allied forces after all the previous efforts, so they have basically said: 'well, we have liberated Europe, our armies are standing in the middle of it, so what is it gonna be? peace? okay. we'll be taking all the territories that we have just libarated and you take what you have liberated'. And then, of course, the French, the British and Americans have united their shares of the captured Germany and unified their efforts in the Cold War. All of this is very seldom talked about in the West, as far as I am aware. US came to help their friends in Britain and won the war against the evil Germans for them. Unfortunately, they did not manage to deal with the evil commies and had to deal with them making trouble all over the world during the Cold War, but commies are almost as bad as you know who, everybody knows that - this is the gist of a common Western view on the war. Alot can be said about the Soviet attack on Finland and the partition of Poland between the Soviets and Germany (I am not using the other n-word, because YT is shadow-blocking these comments, not because I think that Germany is just that) and the role that this has played, for example, in the participation of the Finnish forces in the siege of Leningrad. Or the questionable politics in the Soviet army and diplomatic relations with Germany that may have played the role in the catastrophic losses on the front during the first year of the war. It is a touchy subject. But these are the basics of why we talk about the Great Patriotic War that had started in 1941 with the attack of the German forces on the Soviet territory. Everybody knew that there would be war. The Soviets were bidding for time to industrialize and prepare - as well as for buffer territories. Now, as to whether this does excuse their actions or not, everybody can decide for themself. I personally would simply urge everybody to keep in mind all of the above while passing judgement.

Во время крымской войны шотландцы были на трудных участках, а англичане бежали, во время второй мировой шотландцы в Дюнкерке держались, а англичане и французы бежали....

27 million people. We lost 27... million people. Friend.

It is true what you said, I live in the continent of America and yeah in schools they don't teach about WWII only in the university and yeah some teachers still believe that usa "won" the war because of movies lol.

tfw in Moscow and never was there. Video made me want to visit it at last.

I recommend visiting the Central Museum of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. You'll really like it. Just go there when the weather is good. There is a large exhibition inside the building and around the museum.

Great!!! 👍🏻 Thanks for doing this!!!👍🏻✌🏻

I remember I was impressed by this museum! Thanks for the video

Людские потери в Отечественной войне были огромны. Военные потери почти 12 млн. , потери гражданского населения в зоне оккупации более 13 млн. человек. По данным Министерства обороны РФ в 2015 году общие людские потери СССР - 26,6 млн. человек. В каждой семье есть погибшие родные, поэтому День Победы у нас в стране самый почитаемый.

Hell yea man keep being active 🤝🏻🙏🏻

Вам надо съездить в "Волгоград- Сталинград" на "Мамаев курган". Показать статую "Родина Мать" зовёт. Там же мемориал. Люди на западе не знают, какие страшные бои там были, сколько людей погибло и что несколько лет на том месте не росла трава.

Hello! There is a bit of history for you. Operation Dervish. It was launched from Scapa Flow. Not far from place of your birth. Many Scottish seaman were manning ships essential to make it possible.

Very nice tour of this wonderful museum! First time seeing this place. The one in Volgograd is amazing also. Thank You sir! 😀😀

Hello Scottish guy! I highly recommend visiting The Memory Lane museum complex which is in Patriot Park! It's one of the recently built museums dedicated to WWII. And it is breathtaking! There's also the famous Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces right next to that museum. Patriot Park is located in Moscow region and getting there might be a bit of a challenge if don't drive but absolutely worth it!!

I think that the tall buildings in the background of the opening short are the business district. That could be an interesting place to visit.

If Germany had left Russia alone the Allies would have had little or no hope of defeating the German military.

Ошибка. Великая Отечественная война 22.06.1941-09.05.1945. Вторая мировая война 01.09.1939(в Азии-07.07.1937)-02.09.1945. Следовательно, Великая Отечественная война - составная часть Второй мировой войны, а не её замена. Mistake. The Great Patriotic War 22.06.1941-09.05.1945. World War II 01.09.1939(in Asia-07.07.1937)-02.09.1945. Consequently, the Great Patriotic War is an integral part of the Second World War, and not its replacement.

Молодец, спасибо

Книга памяти - это просто список погибших. Не уверен, есть ли там пропавшие без вести. Вот столько томов с простым перечислением убитых.

Nice video. They have a great history museum in Saint Petersburg

I have watched ww2 films from different countries, Russian or Soviet are different to American, for one the Germans are not portrayed as fools. The Russian films are patriotic & many factual films .It's interesting reading comments on them on you tube by Russian viewers . It does make you more appreciative of how much Russia sacrificed on the allies behalf to give us the freedom we are now losing to our corrupt western leaders. Keep the videos coming, the more I see of Russia the more I feel the need to go !

Шотландцы всегда были воинами. Они сражались мужественнее англичан. Историию неплохо знаю .

they really put alot of work into this museum

In the West, many also do not know that among the losses of Russia/the USSR out of 27 million people, only 8 million were military, i.e. 19 million people were civilians, killed, tortured in concentration camps, burned alive or starved to death. Among these 19 million civilians are 2 million Soviet Jews out of a total of 6 million who died during the Holocaust. These figures need to be known and compared to understand the losses of Soviet/Russian citizens during the Great Patriotic War. I.e., to understand the severity of the victims and the depth of the genocide, it is also necessary to compare with the losses of America and Britain. America lost 418,000 soldiers, and Britain lost 380,000. And the Soviet Union has only 19 million civilians. And now Russia is fighting again with the heirs of those Nazi beasts who committed their atrocities during World War II.

За этим музеем, пройти через аллеи, под открытым небом большая выставка техники. Зря не дошли.

You should have gone inside the 3D panorama tour with live action, all kinds of sound effects and other cool things to see. It starts off with Brest Fortress defense and leads you through the moments of that war. That’s the crown jewel of the museum.

You don't show on the video what your lower half of your body is wearing. That's why we can't be completely sure that you're Scottish. And we don't see the bagpipes either... And you could have just dyed your hair, that's not proof.

Друг, твои видео не дают мне забыть английский язык, который я изучала еще в школе!)) Я бы хотела пообщаться с тобой вживую) Кто знает, может встречу тебя на улицах Москвы и мне это удастся!))

Great video. Thanks for sharing

I like your accent. I subscribed.

That's a great museum. Understanding different historical perspectives is fundamental. In WW2 my maternal grandfather was a chemist in the ICI munitions works in Powfoot, Scotland, while my paternal one was in the Italian infantry in Yugoslavia. I myself served as a conscript in the Italian army in 1997/98.

Já to vím i přesto velké díky za všechna videa . Ani dnes nemají úctu k těm co padli ve druhé světové válce . Je mě s toho špatně .

"Great Patriotic War" isn't used for the whole WW2 - it is closer to what is usually called "Eastern front" in English. It doesn't usually include the war with Japan, for example.

Very interesting! Thanks!

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You should go to the Museum complex Memory Road. 1418 steps to Victory, it is very cool there!!!

Hey mate. I am a pretty much the other way around - I am a Russian guy living in Scotland. Your life seems like a parallel universe haha

Nice job!

Love watching this ❤

The Beatles -While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Piano Cover) Gamazda

Единственная война в которой мы проигрывали и проигрываем сейчас это информационная война, мы не можем противостоять СМИ всех Европейских стран и США вместе взятых и они нещадно переписывают историю и правду под себя и свои интересы 😮‍💨. Из-за этого СССР лозунгом которой было: свобода, равенство, братство и дружба всех народов, выставляли корпорацией зла, никто на Западе так и не понимает что из себя представляла жизнь в СССР и сейчас они зачастую даже не знают что у нас давно демократия, они не знают ничего кроме того что во всех фильмах русские это террористы, преступники, проститутки и т.д., а значит зло. Мне жаль что мы всю жизнь вынуждены бороться с этим.

Здравствуйте. Разрешите спросить - я смотрел несколько шотландских фильмов. Насколько я понял, Шотландия не всегда была частью Англии. Шотландцы это не англичане? Шотландцы - это кельты. Насколько я знаю. Со своим языком и культурой. Которая когда то существовала. И ещё я помню был референдум об отделении Шотландии от Великобритании. Интересный вопрос.

Честно говоря не впечатлён музеем. Ожидал чего-то большего. Где нацистские концлагеря? Где сами нацисты - немцы, французы, румыны и все остальные? С кем мы воевали, кого победили? Да один фильм "Они сражались за Родину" показывает войну и цену нашей победы лучше, чем это пафосное... (не знаю, как без мата назвать).

Будешь в Санкт-Петербурге, обязательно зайди в музей военно-морского флота и артиллерийский музей.

And you have a second museum of the Patriotic War in the Army Cathedral Jesus our Savieur

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Many foreigners do not know that, in fact, the Second World War did not begin in 1939, when Hitler attacked Poland, but earlier, with the attack of Hitler and Poland on Czechoslovakia, in 1938 with the participation of Britain, France and Italy. This is the Munich agreement, without which Hitler's industrial formation would have been impossible, since there was an industry for tanks in Czechoslovakia. But, in the West, it is not accepted to talk about it and remember it and it is forbidden. Otherwise, their role in the formation of Hitler will be clear.

I disagree the biggest is in Volgograd

ЗА ЭТИМ МУЗЕЕМ БОЛЬШАЯ ВЫСТАВКА ВОЕННОЙ ТЕХНИКИ, ПОСЕТИТЕ ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬНО

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My country (Finland) fought against the USSR twice in the war. First in the winter war and then in the continuation war. As these fronts were relatively unimportant to the whole war effort, I doubt that the Russian version of events really mentions them at all. Some of our veterans are still alive but to me, it's just history without strong emotions attached to it. Had I been from the regions that we had to cede (Karelian isthmus) it may be a different story...

Our dearest Russian allies, please do kindly acknowledge that the vast majority of the native population of the United Kingdom ever have and shall feel an immense sense of intellectual, cultural and societal kinship with the people of your sacred nation, contrary to common political misconception. Equally, I can assure you that a considerable segment of the electorate of the United Kingdom would commend you if you were to consider legally ‘eliminating’ the political/senior lessers of our ailing constitution. Whilst this doesn’t *necessarily* constitute my personal perspective, the present political class of the ‘west’ are just as much our enemies as they are your own. We are fellow Europeans who consider you as among our closest allies, friends and counterparts, with whom we share many cultural similarities. Now is the time that we Europeans must combine our masterful intelligence to enable Continental Europe and East Asia to reclaim the title of world class majesty in tandem with effortless prosperity, whilst justly destroying those who foolishly conspire against us. With most distinguished regards, the United Kingdom 🇷🇺❤🇬🇧