Rise of the Cossacks - Origins of the Ukrainians DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of medieval era continues with a video on the medieval origins of Ukrainians. Previously, we explored how the identity of Ukraine as a nation starting forming with the Kyivan Rus and the kingdom of Ruthenia, and about the Mongol period - • Medieval Origins of Uk... This new video will describe the fall of the Mongol rule over the lands of Ukraine, how the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth took over and how these events led to the Rise of the Cossacks. We will also talk about the Bogdan Khmelnytsky's rebellion.
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@KingsandGenerals Жыл бұрын

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@aska8923 Жыл бұрын

Could you stop calling our capital KIEV it`s name is Kyiv after ancient ruler of Rus Kyi

@mokarokas-1727 Жыл бұрын

@@aska8923 - lol, take it easy. Are you pronouncing/spelling the name of every city in the world the same way the natives do? ;)

@berkosmansatiroglu Жыл бұрын

Hi from Turkey.

@mikenorris5656 Жыл бұрын

Please don't forget about Nestor Mahkno!!!!!!

@syamkumarkaturi9761 Жыл бұрын

PUTIN WILL CONQUER EUROPE BY TAKING SUPPORT OF THE MONGOLS

@iaroslavvasyliv8674 Жыл бұрын

As you noticed, the biggest problem for Ukraine as democratic state was, that it was always surrounded by empires…

@posteador Жыл бұрын

They are in an indefensible position of many plains. Very tricky, almost as if the only way to survive was the cossack way.

@blachenko9809 Жыл бұрын

thats true for the whole central eastern europe and balkan

@chris1806 Жыл бұрын

Ukraina is a fake country

@just_inker2584 Жыл бұрын

Ukraine:"You know, I was something of an empire myself".

@Pettigrew88 Жыл бұрын

Hence the Kiev Rus? Really all Russians claim Ukrainian heritage…..no?

@bangscutter Жыл бұрын

Poland-Lithuania: "So, are you Cossacks fighting for us, or against us?" Cossacks: "Yes"

@007ShaolinMonk Жыл бұрын

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, although being de-facto a country of 3 peoples with Ukrainians being the most numerous, de jure it was a country of 2 peoples. Which, of course, led to lots of problems and bloodshed. Cossacs fought for themselves and their freedom in the first place. It was either you live a semi-military cossac lifestyle or you are a slave (a serf).

@agentfundacji1 Жыл бұрын

@@007ShaolinMonk that is a massive oversimplification mate

@007ShaolinMonk Жыл бұрын

@@agentfundacji1 you expect me to write a treaty or a poem as the answer to a simple commentary? Are you all right?

@enndee989 Жыл бұрын

Zelensky, a true Ukrainian hateman(cussack leader)

@Lenny2012S Жыл бұрын

😀 bravo

@bohdanhovorun3078 Жыл бұрын

Regarding the origin of the Cossacs, it is also worth mentioning that in 1528 there was a nation-wide nobility census in the Grand duchy of Lithuania (Popys Zemskyi). As a result, some nobility, who could not prove their origin, or (more commonly) made wrong enemies at the court, were stripped of their rank and land. Those guys also joined the cossacks and they certainly held no love for the government of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

@agentfundacji1 Жыл бұрын

Didn’t knew that, may you send a link or propose some book on the topic ?

@lucinae8510 Жыл бұрын

By misfits I didn't just imagine adventurers and criminals, but also small nobles who were banished for pissing off the wrong people.

@bohdanhovorun3078 Жыл бұрын

@@agentfundacji1 Links are getting deleted(( Try autotranslating this article. This is about Volyn specifically, but this might give you the general idea. «Особливості проведення земського перепису литовсько-руського війська у Волинській землі 1528 року» // Український археографічний щорічник. - Вип. 16/17. - 19/20. - С. 151 - 164.

@bohdanhovorun3078 Жыл бұрын

@@lucinae8510 Sure, just clarifying) Said census was followed by "The first statute of Lithuania" in 1529 (Перший литовський статут), which, among other things, regulated the rights of nobility and introduced some uniformity. Previously, there were "sorts" of nobility - armoured boyars, zem'yans, and others. After this code of laws, all nobility became "shl'ahta", and those who were unlucky enough to not fit the new order had to find a new place in the society. Some of them ended up in Zaporizhya, bringing their martial experience with them.

@agentfundacji1 Жыл бұрын

@@bohdanhovorun3078 thanks, are you studying history by the way ?

@BeyondYore Жыл бұрын

Nice to quote "Hey Sokoli" in the beginning! It is one of the most beautiful folk songs as well in Ukrainian as in Polish.

@cossakman101 Жыл бұрын

oh yeah I'm glad i'm not the only one that noticed.

@FirstWolfWarrior Жыл бұрын

Slovak too!

@RealMothman98 Жыл бұрын

The Interslavic version is also gorgeous. I'd suggest giving it a listen.

@BeyondYore Жыл бұрын

@@RealMothman98 Sounds interesting could you give me a link? I do not find it somehow

@alexandersidorenko9568 Жыл бұрын

The author is Polish teacher from Vinnytza in middle XIX, who was fascinated by Cossack history.

@LeoWarrior14 Жыл бұрын

Hey, hey, hey, Falcons. Fly past the mountains, forests and valleys...

@steffanyschwartz7801 Жыл бұрын

Hej Sokoly

@mrgopnik5964 Жыл бұрын

Hej Sokoły ❤️

@Andrew_U Жыл бұрын

🇬🇧 Ring Ring Ring bell, My steppe Skylark 🇺🇦 дзвін дзвін дзвін дзвіночку, степовий жайвороночку

@apexnext Жыл бұрын

_Lo, there, somewhere near black waters,_ _A young cossack mounts his horse._ _Sadly he parts with his girl,_ _But even more sadly with Ukraine._ _Hey, hey, hey falcons!_ _Fly past the mountains, forests and valleys._ _Ring, ring, ring little bell._ _My little steppe skylark_ I actually had to look it up, that's pretty cool. 😎👍

@kingmichealthefirstofroman2278 Жыл бұрын

Somewhere from beneath that black water A young uhlan* mounts his horse He tenderly bids farewell to his girl Even more tenderly to the Ukraine

@stomtrooper_34 Жыл бұрын

My hometown, Kremenchuk, actually was founded as one of those forts against tatars in 1571

@theawesomeman9821 Жыл бұрын

cool

@oleksandrlysenko611 Жыл бұрын

Кременчук, походить від тюркського "керменчик", що перекладається як малий замок(фортеця). Якщо мислити логічно, то стає зрозуміло, що Річ Посполита не могли заснувати Кременчуцьку фортецю, бо це місце вже мало назву фортеця від попередніх володарів татар.

@samalaimukhametova7290 Жыл бұрын

@@oleksandrlysenko611 ,если вы украинец,то вы меня удивили,обычно против татар вся ваша история, что украинцев, что у русских.Когда надо делать всемирным злом Золотую Орду вы солидарны русскими в истории

@oleksandrlysenko611 Жыл бұрын

@@samalaimukhametova7290 Розділяй та володарюй - давній імперський принцип. На жаль по відношенню до татар, українців, чеченців і т.д. часто використовувався інший, жорстокий макіавелівський "вільне місто краще знищити і розсіяти його мешканців, бо вони не забудуть про свою свободу і повстануть навіть і через сто років."

@baird5682 Жыл бұрын

Is it still there?

@taras3702 Жыл бұрын

I had long known about the Cossacks even though I was raised in America. I was named after a fictional Cossack, and my parents knew one who settled in St. Louis where they were living. They have always fascinated me, and it pleases me Ukrainians today still celebrate Cossack traditions, customers and culture.

@camokat86 Жыл бұрын

Your ancestors are not from Ukraine but you were called Taras ?

@taras3702 Жыл бұрын

@@camokat86 They were Ukranian.

@Frank-ro2xh Жыл бұрын

Nice origins history

@shylockwesker5530 Жыл бұрын

Let me guess, Taras Bulba?

@taras3702 Жыл бұрын

@@shylockwesker5530Yes, Taras Bulba.....

@qqtrol1774 Жыл бұрын

There is a big oversimplification in calling the magnates of Ukraine 'polish aristocrats', yes they were the rulling class in a state entity that today is quite misleadingly called 'Poland' but they were predominantly of ruthenian origin. Most of them adopted polish language and catholic faith in the seventeenth century. What made them polish by those days standards was being the citizens of the Commonwealth but even after they 'fully' polonised they still described themselves as 'gente ruthenus natione polonus' that can be translated to 'of ruthenian origin nationality polish', the main thing is that your ethnicity was far less important for the people of this region than your class. For example in the XVI century a calvin noble from western Poland would feel much more fraternity with his ruthenian speaking orthodox counterpart from today Ukraine than with a peasant or a burgher from his surroundings. Fast forwarding to the XIX century we can see that when your ethinicty becomes much larger factor in your national identification there are examples of many families in which brothers and sisters are choosing different nationalities (polish and ukraninian, polish and belarussian or polish and lithuanian). It is also worth mentioning that polonisation of the eastern nobility wasn't aggresive at all and it would be best to describe the process as: 'ruthenian nobility polonised itself' rather than 'ruthenian nobility was polonised'. I know this comment is also a big oversimplification but any has to be as there have been tens of books written about the topic.

@agentfundacji1 Жыл бұрын

It is simplified but right in its core issue which is that being of noble origin was something much more important to people in early modern period and the so-called ‘polonisation’ of ruthenian aristocracy and nobility was a complicated process and cannot be described in XIX century fashion as ‘Ukrainians and Belorussians taking polish identity’. Also you point out, correctly I believe that being a ‘Pole’ in let’s say XVIII century meant something really different that in second half of the XIX, especially after January uprising.

@theowlx7_alex245 Жыл бұрын

Orthodox people were oppressed in the Commonwealth, for example there is a lot of evidence that you could have problems with obtaining handicraft master status in cities, a lot of Orthodox churches were forcely closed and their land taken as only the Union Church at one moment has become the only one legal non-Catholic church in the country, and a lot more stuff that *forced* you to become Catholic and polonise. Some have done so because they honestly wanted so.

@qqtrol1774 Жыл бұрын

@@theowlx7_alex245 It technically was illegal but it wasn't really oppression by the state which had very little authority. It was mostly the catholic church as an institution which can be accused of those practises and individual noblemen who in practice up to the middle of XVII century had religious freedom (more than it they had right to enforce any denomination on their subject and many newly converted to catholisism ruthenian nobles tried to excersise it). Even after the middle of XVII it is right even the orthodox noblemen lost their privileges but it was after khmelnitsky uprising. There is one big exception to what I am talking and that is the reign of King Zygmunt III who was a zealous catholic and actively supported policies which I must repeat were mostly practice of the church and individual (not meaning scarce in number) noblemen.

@bogusawgas3759 Жыл бұрын

@@theowlx7_alex245 Not only in Poland but generally in Europe - it was planned and methodical persecution of other religions conducted by Catholic Church, probably the most famous cases of it were in Spain (inquistion) and France (Bartlomew's Day), in Poland it is called counter-reformation and was relatively milder - without mass killing or burning heretics alive (quite rare, separate incidents happened). In the Commonwealth was more or less strict religion toleration politic which prevented religious wars in opposite to the other west european countries.

@MrNonejm Жыл бұрын

You say it's wrong calling them Polish aristocrats then quoting phrase in which they call themselves Polish

@IhaveBigFeet Жыл бұрын

I’m Polish but I think Ruthenia should’ve been granted more power during our commonwealth. Something akin to a Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian commonwealth

@michachrzanowski1064 Жыл бұрын

@@iliatregoubenko4224 if not poles there would be no ukraine. K&g presented the romantic overview of that outlaw community.

@user-cq2be8ty6o Жыл бұрын

That is was actually. Getman Ivan Vyhovsky wanted to sign Treaty of Hadiach. And as a result must be a Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian commonwealth. But people of that days was too suffered from Pole, and wasn't accept with that treaty.

@IhaveBigFeet Жыл бұрын

@@iliatregoubenko4224 It was us who built almost every city in western Ukraine, never forget

@michachrzanowski1064 Жыл бұрын

@@user-cq2be8ty6o suffered from Ruthenian overlords. Polonised Ruthenian aristocracy ruled there.

@user-cq2be8ty6o Жыл бұрын

@@michachrzanowski1064 Very funny. Including that Ruthenian in cossaks time not accepted neither Poles, neither Russians. The only autocratcy that exist was at Ivan Mazepa times. But that was not much time. Very good narrative from russian propaganda. "They killed themselves" and try to demonize every page at the Ukrainian history. Do you really think that if not poles, ruthenians weren't exist? Or are they appeared there by some magic trick? Of course now poles are another people like an ukrainians and attitude is different

@Anton_Danylchenko Жыл бұрын

Otaman and Hetman were two different things. Otaman(Ataman) was the elected ruler of Zaporozhian Sich. Sich itself was a military camp where Cossacks gathered e.g. before planned military campaigns. Sich was located in different places throughout the history. Hetman title meant simply the leader of the army - there were hetmans in Polish and Lithuanian armies as well. Khmelnytskyi never was an Otaman. He fled to the Sich and was proclaimed as a Hetman - the military leader for the upcoming new military campaign. The state formed by Khmelnyskyi - the Hetmanate (the real name of the state was Zaporozhian Host). But there was still another state - the original Zaporozhian Host (led by Otaman). And the relation between Hetmanate and original Zaporozhian Host were not always good.

@jailedtwice735 Жыл бұрын

@Ka1 The term hetman has a German root.

@skullsforerlikkhansthrone9306 Жыл бұрын

@Ka1 Ataman is Turkic title(probably a cognate with the word Ottoman, since Osman was Arabized-then-reTurkified form of Osman I's original name, Ataman/Otman), meaning "headman/elderman" Hetman coincidentally bears the same meaning with the Turkic ataman, however it is obviously Indo-European(head-man)

@jailedtwice735 Жыл бұрын

@Ka1 There is no need for any ket-men/kut-men, moreover this is not a logical etymology. I did not find Cuman - ketmen in the Codex Cumanicus. The Czechs have been using the term hetman since the 13th century (zemský hejtman), without any Turks. The Czech word "hejtman" is derived from the Old High German "hauptmann" ("haupt" means "chief" or "head", "mann" - "man"), and the Polish "hetman" - from the Middle Low German "hōd-man" (in the XIV-XV centuries, was used the variant "etman", from the XV century - "hetman"). In the German language of that time, this word had the meaning "commander of an armed detachment"

@margaretaticarat7871 Жыл бұрын

ATAMAN,HETMAN,...is close to hitman.

@lukaswilhelm9290 Жыл бұрын

So to put it simply it's like political office vs military office?

@wojtek1582 Жыл бұрын

Those catholic lords, magnates from Ukraine were actually Ukrainians/Ruthenians too. They just converted to Catholicism and polonized. Many of them were far descendants of Rurik. Most of them used old Rus title knaz (prince).

@Mergor_X Жыл бұрын

Isnt knaz a duke? In Croatia we say knez for dukes, and princ or prijestolonasljednik for princes

@NPC-fv3nc Жыл бұрын

@@Mergor_X Depends where and when the title was used. During the reign of Boris I of Bulgaria, it was equivalent to a King, later his son - Simeon I the Great was crowned as the first Tsar(equal to the Byzantine Basileus) by the Patriarch of Constantinople in 913.

@wojtek1582 Жыл бұрын

@@Mergor_X In Polish language prince and duke are the same word. In those times in Polish-Lithuanian monarchy you could be King (monarch), great prince (monarch - in later times it was always the same person as king), prince (just a title in most cases not connected with any rule over given territory and where it was connected with a rule you were subject of a monarch) and rest of the nobility was just members of nobility able to use only title of knight or some office name if they had any.

@HubertSychterz Жыл бұрын

W I RP nie było tytułu "Duke." A "książę" przysługiwał tylko tym, którzy mieli pochodzenie od Giedymina, Ruryka bądź Piasta.

@williammozy9491 Жыл бұрын

That makes alot of sense, because the Szlachta titles were extended to Lithuanian and Ruthenian nobility. Not to mention, it was a commonwealth, so honestly it sounds more like they overthrew their own nobles, who had been backed by the Polish nobility

@Artur_M. Жыл бұрын

I see what you did at the beginning. ;-) Of course, it's just scratching the surface of an immensely complex and complicated topic (several topics, really). You could make an entire episode about the Church Union of Brest (1596) and how it contributed to the rise of tensions in Ukraine, or create a whole series taking a closer look at the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from its origins. One thing that I would really like to add was in the part when you discussed the various likely roots of the egalitarian, "democratic" culture of the Cossacks. I'd say that, paradoxically, the political culture of the Polish-Lithuanian nobility was among these roots. The members of _szlachta_ not only enjoyed great privileges but were also very numerous (the lowest of the very varied estimates put them at least at 5% of the whole population, way above the European average) and were all legally equal (no additional "tiers" among the aristocracy, with different rights and privileges). That meant (among other things) that tens of thousands of nobles, many of them simple farmers, took a direct part in electing their kings (who in turn could do very little without the approval of the Sejm - the parliament of the Commonwealth). Many Cossacks found this system attractive and wanted to participate in it, but were harshly denied access. In 1632 a delegation of Cossacks showed up at the special session of the Sejm (known as the convocation), which was preparing for the next royal election, and demanded to take part in it, as they were "the members of the Commonwealth" too. The Grand Chancellor of Lithuania, Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł supposedly told them that they may be "members" of the Commonwealth but are to it like fingernails and hair to the human body - need to be cut from time to time, once they grew too much. Well, as we can see that attitude backfired a bit...

@dilofozaur Жыл бұрын

Famous Polish bard Jacek Kaczmarski wrote and sang a song about the aftermath of it during the reign of Jeremi Wiśniowiecki (ukr. Єремі́я Вишневе́цький) in Ruthenia.

@Leo-yr5jb Жыл бұрын

The Rada existed back in the days of Rus, oddly enough, the roots lie in the official historical legend those times of the Polish nobility and Cossacks. Both of them traced their history back to the Scythians, and there it was known from written Greek sources that there was democracy among sword owners. Kossak considered any Ruthenian potentially equal after using the social elevator in the form of an army. While the Polish nobility considered a Pole not a nobleman to be dirt, as in principle, a Rusyn Lithuanian, and then they really did not like social elevators. That is, the Cossacks approached the original. The more people with full civil rights, the less power each representative has. That is, the Polish nobility was worried about the price of a vote.

@xOdySx Жыл бұрын

I wanted to add similar comments, thanks for bringing them

@lukaswilhelm9290 Жыл бұрын

Not exactly as popular democracy of today but the Polish have Noble democracy while the cossacks have military democracy.

@tomkus333 Жыл бұрын

& dtto look: J. Hoffman depicts this element quite nicely in his film Fire and Sword (cca 1984-5) in Chmelnicky's conversation with the main character of this wonderful story.T Docela mile tenhle element zobrazuje J. Hoffman ve svém filmu Ohněm a mečem v rohovoru Chmelnického s hlavním hrdinou toho nádherného příběhu.T

@Jarod-vg9wq Жыл бұрын

Cossack history is so extraordinary.

@Somee989 15 күн бұрын

My great grandfather was a Cossack that got deported to America. Long history of Cossack family.

@a_random_orthodox_Christian Жыл бұрын

That reference to hej Sokoly at the beginning makes my cossack blood happy

@turkishultranationalist Жыл бұрын

hohol

@j.pgoodwin9020 Жыл бұрын

Timothy Snyder also has an excellent series of books on European History, Bloodlands is about essentially Ukraine and it's relationships with Europe and Russia and the Mongol Empire. He is currently doing a series of lectures on Ukraine and up to lesson 22. An excellent intro is "Post Colonial Ukraine "

@natel9019 Жыл бұрын

Number 23 is. Available

@cliveengel5744 4 ай бұрын

Timothy Snyder just gets paid by Ukraine to make up their history, the only recognized Historian is Paul Migocsi who wrote the book on Ukraine.

@cliveengel5744 27 күн бұрын

The only books you should be using as a reference is Paul Robert Mocosi from the University of Toronto, Snyder just uses word splicing to create this narrative that Ukraine existed in Polish Lithuanian commonwealth. Snyder is paid by Ukraine to rewrite the History of Ukraine. “Ukrainians Cossacks help lift the siege of Vienna in the 1683” all nonsense as the were the Zaporizhian Cossacks, word splicing again! Kyiv was a small principality in the Commonwealth and never reached the Black Sea and never comprised of Galicia and Volhynia. The Tatars and Cossacks were regions not part of the Commonwealth. Ukraine was only established in 1922 and before that it was Polish Lithuanian and then under The Russian Empire.

@tkdyo Жыл бұрын

These kind of videos really make you realize just HOW MUCH happens geopolitically in 100 years, even in a little area not often on the world stage. Day to day things seem so stable and unmoving, but you just zoom out a bit and see how untrue that is.

@petrusk842 Жыл бұрын

Everyday

@undervibes5042 Жыл бұрын

So you're telling me Mandalorians were straight up just space cossacks?

@KingsandGenerals Жыл бұрын

Good comparison, didn't think of it.

@Wyraxx Жыл бұрын

and in "Dune" settlements called "sietches", its how cossack's settlements were called: "sitch"

@jamesforreal Жыл бұрын

Someone should've told Russia that these Ukrainians are unruly people, and therefore cannot be ruled. Their lands can be invaded but not their hearts. Great video!

@user-ti7dn2zo3i Жыл бұрын

Thus, the Ukrainian people always wanted to be independent, and other peoples always tried to conquer and subjugate it. The Russians especially tried to plant their language and culture to bring us together and make us one nation, but we have always been different.

@morgoth666ua Жыл бұрын

Маючи історичну освіту мушу сказати що дяка вам ща переклад нашої історії на англійську, відео чудове

@rishikeshwagh Жыл бұрын

I first learnt about the Cossacs through a Mumford & Sons song called 'Ditmas'. I absolutely loved the video featuring a Cossac warrior trying to tame a wild horse and then finally experience freedom. Have always been interested in them since. Totally recommend the song along with the music video. It's brilliant.

@benedictmarkolitoquit4848 Жыл бұрын

love the way of elaborating the true life of being a Cossack

@swordwaker7749 Жыл бұрын

The history of the people who always fight against overwhelming odds and emerge victorious.

@nicolasgrinberg1996 Жыл бұрын

Moral of the story is don't mess with the Cossacks

@manuelapollo7988 Жыл бұрын

This Ukrainian serie is so interesting, great job. And happy statehood day to all the Ukrainians, you couldn't choose a better day to release this video!

@manuelapollo7988 Жыл бұрын

@@darkogabric1130 every country in the world then is a fake country. Even yours was made up at a certain point. Now Ukraine exists and kicks the ass of Russia

@apexnext Жыл бұрын

Yes! Being American myself, I wasn't completely familiar with Ukrainian Origins. I love this series and can't wait to see how it unfolds! I was super glad to see a 2nd video in the series today. And that there will probably be more to come. 😁👍 I had to look up Statehood Day, proposed by President Zelensky, this is the first year it's a public holiday? That's pretty cool too. 👍

@manuelapollo7988 Жыл бұрын

@@apexnext yes, it's the first time. The day was chosen because on the 28th of July 988AD the Kievan Rus officially converted to Christianity

@myname49771 2 ай бұрын

@@apexnextIn Ukraine the date when word cossacs was born is 1556. When Dmytro Vyshnevecky has found first Sich. On Dniper iland Khortica. As castle in the border of Rzech Pospolita. And the most famous hetman is Ivan Sirko. There are legends about him, he win all battles. He told to cossacs after i die, take my hand and use it as flag and you will win all battles. They did this). Ukrainian folk musician instrument is bandura (very nice) and kobza. Both were used by cossacs.

@danmitchell1955 Жыл бұрын

I love how diverse history that kings and general channel talk about . Highly enlightening. It just goes to show how cultural mixes happen with mix of words like Hetman etc . But nice to see Ukraine rich history discussed and polish -Lithuania rich history to

@alexanderhyaguer6827 Жыл бұрын

if one song, represents this era was this song: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/epdgbNWWpqubg40.html

@gijbfhjm Жыл бұрын

@@michaelsalmon9832 yes, one more thing ruzzians stole from us

@konjisan1799 Жыл бұрын

Poland was the most mixed cultural, nationalitis at that time

@krisdudas-hjelms7036 Жыл бұрын

Love the opening of the episode with Hej Sokoły. Excellent writing!

@Maus_Indahaus Жыл бұрын

It would be interesting if you would cover the Deluge, a turbulent time in Polish-Lithuanian history, tightly intertwined with Cossack Hetmanate.

@Andriy_Moskalenko Жыл бұрын

Hmm I from Ukraine and haven't heard of it, I'll give it a try ;)

@Maus_Indahaus Жыл бұрын

@@Andriy_Moskalenko When Poland, Russia, Tatars, Cossacks fought each other, changing alliances multiple times, with most of Poland being occupied at one point. It was a total mess

@dough6759 Жыл бұрын

@@Maus_Indahaus Very tight cover! I like!!

@michaeleager4635 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, and what happened to the animals when the ark was finally on solid ground

@JonnyCobra Жыл бұрын

Fantastic contribution that adds massive new depth toone's reading of the ongoing Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. This clearly is not a new fight.

@mesofius Жыл бұрын

It's a 350 year old war between two nations that are complete opposites of each other.

@mykolasdobilaitis1565 Жыл бұрын

It's really fun that you are covering lesser known moments in history. I hope some day you Will make a dedicated video about the rise of grand Dutcy of lithuania

@Comrade_Marius Жыл бұрын

We really don’t get much coverage, a pagan nation late into the Middle Ages is kinda nuts tho

@slobodanstamenic1425 Жыл бұрын

Probably when Russians invade you. You will have preferential status on K&G.

@high4702 Жыл бұрын

Svidrigailo uprising! I have never seen any video about this war. Would be cool

@Schmusbek21898 11 ай бұрын

Ukrainian Culture, origin and personalities are sooooo cool❤❤❤

@pan_kot Жыл бұрын

Very happy to see the video about that part of my Motherland's history. Thanks

@robertm.8653 Жыл бұрын

Just another great video, as always!

@user-bw1to3mh8d Жыл бұрын

I have waited for a long time for this video, thank you.

@piotrwojdelko1150 Жыл бұрын

As a Pole I would say Germans left their castle in Poland and Poland left in Ukraine .It is likely that there is more Polish castle in Ukraine than in Poland.I read that some of them were so rich that their revenue was relevant to year of annual the UK budget and more than Polish budget.

@Konzor Жыл бұрын

Didn’t know Poland was ever a rich country.

@joebutler7982 Жыл бұрын

@@Konzor During 16th - early 17th centuries it was the largest exporter of grain in the world. It was very rich and powerful.

@piotrwojdelko1150 Жыл бұрын

@@Konzor Especially on the east nobility had mercenaries counted in thousands like a private army with many castles.Poland declined due to deluge and looting of the Swedish army.Poland and Sweden were at constant war .Swedes didn't event look at Russia nothing to loot there .However history has changed first declined Poland after weakened Swedes were defeated by Russia and we had a birth of Russia Empire .Cossack believed that Swedes helped them with Russia ,however Sweeds were defeted after the battle of Poltava .As a trivia I want to mention that Sweeds even reached east France Alsace looted their castle in 30 year war .Poland was catholic and Sweden was protestant an excellent excuse to rob.

@tktilk3878 Жыл бұрын

@Kings&Generals, wow, didn't really think you would make video about Cossack's era of Rus-Ukraine, thanks a lot

@stacey_1111rh Жыл бұрын

This one was really cool. Helps to understand the roots. Great work!!

@AlcaturMaethor Жыл бұрын

An interesting thing, completly ommitted, was the fact that Khmielnitsky was meeting often with then Polish king (Vladislaus IV) in preparation for a war with Tatars and Turkey (which would be very beneficial for Cossacks, especially increasing their autonomy). Vladislaus was seen as friendly to Cossacks, but his plans for war were ultimately rejected by the parliament. There are sings that he was actually at least verbally supportive of the planned uprising - he publically told to Cossacks complaining about their rights "don't you have sabres at your side?" while the parliament was by far more oppressive ("you are like nails to be cut"). There is little historical evidence, but it could be that Khmenitsky hoped for support of Vladislaus IV of some sort. Khmelnitsky did allegedly have a royal banner and a sign of hetman office from king. Vladuslaus died however just as the uprising begun and had no chance to do anything.

@MyPrideFlag Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure Sienkiewicz made up "don't you have sabers at your belt". But generally that was true

@AlcaturMaethor Жыл бұрын

@@MyPrideFlag Nope, this comes from Władysław Czapliński "Władysław IV i jego czasy"

@MyPrideFlag Жыл бұрын

@@AlcaturMaethor ok good to know

@kosa9662 Жыл бұрын

Yep, King wanted to create alliance between Commonwealth and Russia and together destroy Crimea Khanate and later strike at Ottomans, but this plan failed miserably

@kboid5919 10 ай бұрын

@@MyPrideFlag I heard the story, that Chmielnicki's wife was kidnapped, and he went to the king for help, and the king told him "don't you have a saber yourself?"

@michaelzak5614 Жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this video for so long, good job!

@vikey1764 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Thank you! Looking forward to the next one

@jimmyconway8025 Жыл бұрын

Asked Been waiting for a Cossack video! Be awesome if you could do a series on them. My grandma family were Cossacks! 💕

@jazu4nuk Жыл бұрын

Great work. I really enjoyed this documentary

@traviseluik893 Жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for a video like this for 2 years❤

@veldrensavoth7119 Жыл бұрын

That intro. That first 17 seconds. You saw an opportunity and you took it. And it worked wonderful. That was a pro level move. I love this channel

@catcheagle5114 Жыл бұрын

The reference in the beginning is beautiful!

@vladsavka9855 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Top content as always! I would like mentioning of the fact that Cossacks also served as mercenaries in Thirty Years War. And many of these well armed and experienced veterans joined Khmelnitsky uprising in 1648.

@artemlaptiev4407 Жыл бұрын

I can not understate how much I want to see the next video on the history of Ukraine from you! Please continue making them!

@ivan7453 Жыл бұрын

Truely exellent. I love history delivered in this unique way. I'm looking forward to the next video.

@jlpack62 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this history. I am both ethnically Polish and Ruthenian (as well as Croat), and this is fascinating.

@TheEudaemonicPlague Жыл бұрын

This is the second video I've watched recently that talks about this era, though the other one continued into current time. Each provides info the other doesn't, making it worth watching both in their entirety. I'm nowhere near done learning about the region's history...I suppose I'd better visit the Internet Archive. Anyway, you've made this interesting enough that I was sad it ended so soon. Of course I'm going to sub--I wouldn't want to miss the next one.

@theverylovelychannel4498 Жыл бұрын

Can you post a link of other video? Kind regards.

@mishchuk Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video!

@robbabcock_ Жыл бұрын

Great examination of a fascinating and volatile region!

@Cheveliery Жыл бұрын

As a Pole, I appreciate different perspective. Feels like my history lessons a school were propaganda showing us as a good guys. There is much information here that was deliberetely not provided or altered to different narrative.

@suprotyv7534 Жыл бұрын

All problems and conflicts that existed between Poland and Ukraine are in the past now anyway. We will build a friendly and prosperous future between the two our nations. Thank you, Polish brothers :)

@konjisan1799 Жыл бұрын

Tak jesteśmy dobrymi ludzmi, żyło u nas miliony Żydów, Rusinów i innych, jako naród jeden z nielicznych nie mieliśmy jednostek ss podczas wojny w przeciwieństwie do ukraińców, najwięcej sprawiedliwych wśród narodów świata, przyjęliśmy miliony ukraińców, dajemy im pracę inie tylko itd Dużo w tym filmie to manipulacja, rusini stanu wyzszego sami się polonizowali a jeśli ktoś gnębił tamtejsze chłopstwo to właśnie szlachta ruska, zresztą chłop polski miał równie przejeb..ane

@uncleobscurenobody8861 28 күн бұрын

Every state educates the children it possesses to make them loyal to the heirarchy and cause them to feel separate from the rest of humanity

@nathanpangilinan4397 Жыл бұрын

This video makes me interested in seeing a video on the Deluge as a whole.

@Uzair_Of_Babylon465 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

@LordMondegrene Жыл бұрын

Wonderful presentation and explanation. I knew none of this. Thank you!

@j.w.9669 Жыл бұрын

Was not expecting „Hey Sokoly“ in the opening, but ist is truly welcome :)

@vladfedorov5993 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. Very good explained. Finally I can hear my history in English, for people all over the world.

@typim Жыл бұрын

wow , that was interesting! and ended on the intriguing part. can't wait to see next episode.

@ivanzubko5224 Жыл бұрын

That was interesting! Waiting for the next episode)

@filipbogdanovic1018 Жыл бұрын

you should do a video or two on the migration of the south and west slavs, there are a lot of historical sources with some really interesting stories.

@dman1988 Жыл бұрын

I'm from Zaporizhzhya. Most of my relatives are from Zaporizhzhya or Dnipro. Although I have some polish, belarus and other roots I do believe I have some cossack blood as well.

@tktilk3878 Жыл бұрын

Братику, тримайтеся там. Львів із вами! Ми вас не кинемо!

@petrusk842 Жыл бұрын

Zaporizhzhya це definitely Україна

@Blastnikov Жыл бұрын

Козацькому роду нема переводу! Я іноземець, але розмовляю вашою мовою, яка є справді дуже гарна мова. Вітання з США! Ви маєте сильна, неймовірна нація! Все буде Україна

@tktilk3878 Жыл бұрын

@@Blastnikov Thanks. We rely on your country's help, if you can speak about Ukraine's needs in social media, do it. USA's help is different from Afghanistan, it really helps, but we need more. You can't imagine how it can help. By my understanding we lost 10000 military at least, and maybe same number or 2-3 times more of civillians. One dollar USA and EU spends on Ukraine's army will save you 10 dollars, which USA and EU will spent on refugees. Thank you!

@thefisherking78 Жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff, thank you!

@ryori4176 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the work you do.

@olexandrkardash2874 Жыл бұрын

I want to notice that Lithuania at the time was a bit like a joined state and not exactly abusive towards Ukrainians/Ruthenians to the extent later Poland was. It was called Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Ruthenia for some period. Finally Ruthenia dissapeared from titles after Lublin when Poland and Lithuania became the two main nations.

@amalgama2000 Жыл бұрын

Religion was a major thing in determining identity back than. The catholics and the orthodox were not on a good terms and considered each other heretics. That's why the Ruthenians (predominantly orthodox) were oppressed in the PLC

@michaelmills5984 Жыл бұрын

Actually, one of the titles of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania was "King of Russia". The word "Ruthenia" did not appear in his title, at least not in the Lithuanian and Russian-language forms of that title.

@mesofius Жыл бұрын

@@michaelmills5984 😂

@iiitiberiusiii3441 Жыл бұрын

Ivan IV did not found the tsardom of russia. He founded the tsardom of Musovy. It was only Peter I who renamed this tsardom into russia in 1721. Very important not to confuse this.

@michaelmills5984 Жыл бұрын

Incorrect. Ivan IV took the title "Tsar' vseia Rusi" = Tsar of all Russia. The word "Russia" is simply the Latin form of the Slavic "Rus' ". Before taking that title, the title of Ivan IV, like all his predecessors, was "Velikii Kniaz' Moskovskogo Gosudarstva" = Grand Prince of the Moscow State. "Moskovskoe Gosudarstvo" was the political title, but it was always considered to be a part of Rus, or Russia.

@meflux495 Жыл бұрын

@@michaelmills5984 you can steal the names as much as you want, but Louis 14 will still name you as Moskovites, who had much more influence from Golden Horde and could name as successor of it

@michaelmills5984 Жыл бұрын

@@meflux495 The one thing you got historically correct is that the princes of Moscow claimed to be the successors to the Khans of Kipchak, and therefore had the right to rule the territory of what has incorrectly been called the "Golden Horde", a name never used by the Khans of Kipchak themselves. That claim was the justification for Ivan IV's conquest of the khanates of Kazan, astrakhan and Sibir. However, your assertion that the Tsars of All Russia somehow :stole" the name "Russia" is complete nonsense. The Moscow region which was their original possession was initially part of the Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal, which had been a part of Kievan Rus. Accordingly, from the beginning of its existence Moscow was situated within the territory called Rus, of which Russia is the Latin form.

@tnzboy Жыл бұрын

guys really good job, so cool illustrations and so easy well told history details

@FerrisMacWheel Жыл бұрын

The final artwork is magnificent

@vylkoklak Жыл бұрын

There's actually a really nice Polish movie from the 90', "With Fire and Sword", well known both in Poland and in Ukraine (it depicts both quite nicely both sides of the 1648 civil war) that can be found on youtube with english subtitles: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i7N1kql-yJrDgn0.html The quality isn't perfect, but I'm sure it can be found elswhere, too. For people from the "region" who at least hear the difference between the languages, it may be even more interesting as it's 50-50 in Polish and in Ukraininan and the changes of the language that the characters use add an extra layer to the movie, but the movie should be clear to anyone anyway.

@kefirmroku4494 Жыл бұрын

It depicts Ukrainians nicely, but it is total parody of both Polish ducal courts and Polish military tactics.

@nicolasiden4074 Жыл бұрын

Love that TV show

@scottleft3672 Жыл бұрын

Great film...thankyou.

@alekshukhevych2644 Жыл бұрын

@@kefirmroku4494 It is a Polish movie however, and no it did not depict Ukrainians nicely either.

@EliteBadFrog Жыл бұрын

Mount & Blade: With fire and Sword is also a fun game set in this period

@jackruddock2619 Жыл бұрын

Have you thought of doing a series on the English civil wars at some point?

@KingsandGenerals Жыл бұрын

Yep, it is in the works

@jackruddock2619 Жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals good to know 👍

@theawesomeman9821 Жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals please make a video on the Anglo-Zulu war.

@andriilink5666 Жыл бұрын

You were very bright and competent on this.

@djm9276 Жыл бұрын

AMAZING !!! THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT LESSON OF HISTORY !!!

@user-vk7cp1op9p Жыл бұрын

Listening to the history, it seems they were very individual and brave. They fought bravely and long, not willing to put up with others trying to rule them. They have a long long history much longer than the US. They also fought for freedom of religion. In 1642 the Ukrainian people emerged as the first free Ukrainians. This story of the Kossacks that became the Ukraine people were their own boss. They are fiercely independent, and we were much like them. We must help them keep their country.

@shaunstakiw2722 Жыл бұрын

I think my dad's ancestors were Cossacks. Family comes from the neighborhood, loves horses, doesn't lock his door, black hair at 84.

@mesofius Жыл бұрын

sounds like a cossack

@vergil7185 Жыл бұрын

Such a great video! I definitely like it!

@hansfilips2132 Жыл бұрын

From Ivan the Fourth to Peter the Great, Russia was called Muscovy Московия) or the Kingdom of Moscow (Царство Московское), Tsar Peter introduced the name of "Russia" by his decree in 1721

@PUARockstar 14 күн бұрын

True. Moscow Tsardom is the name

@oleksander Жыл бұрын

Great overview, thank you!

@ravan9352 Жыл бұрын

It should be noted that attempts were made to make the Cossacks a third partner in the union along the Polish crown and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania but as Ukraine was overtaken by Russia it didn't come to be.

@theowlx7_alex245 Жыл бұрын

Hetman Ivan Vygovsky who fought against muscovites (the next hetman after Khmel) turned to Poles to sign nice agreement to end conflict between us, but despite initial agreement being okayish (it was very good except that polish kings should have appointed next hetmans and that the hetman status should've been perpetuate. This two things were against cossack democratic traditions, it would've been better that we elect hetman and then king appoints him or refuses to do so), so, despite initial agreement being understandable, Polish Seym approved version without any autonomy ( We were only fighting muscovites

@Artur_M. Жыл бұрын

I suspect (and hope) it will be covered in a future video.

@ryszardnowak485 Жыл бұрын

not was overtaken, they wanted to join grand duchy of Moscow after Chmielnicki who take offense at Polish crown and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, becouse of his personal enemy Daniel Czapliński and lack of protection/justice from Polish Crown; after his uprising he was afraid of his life so he convinced Cossaks that under protection of Moscow they are going to have better life... and now we know how it ended.....

@Konzor Жыл бұрын

Unpopular opinion but that is bullshit. Cossacks and Orthodoxy were strongly related to each other. A Cossack state under a catholic ruler was impossible. That’s why Khmelitkzky fought in the first place as he identified himself as the direct descent of orthodox Kiewan Rus. Poles and Cossacks were archenemies during that time, there is no way of denying that.

@sircatangry5864 5 ай бұрын

@@KonzorWell, somehow Ukraine existed 200 years with this requirement.

@creedness733 Жыл бұрын

Love seeing Circassia on the maps

@McJibbin Жыл бұрын

Awesome video as always!!

@TheGrincich Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love the reference to Moj Sokoły in the beginning 👏🏻

@klie4683 Жыл бұрын

It’s necessary to correct that only in 1721 tsar Peter proclaimed the Moscow kingdom by the Russian empire, so that population was called Moscovites

@taraspastushchuk4474 Жыл бұрын

4:32. 1559 Year, it's too early to call Muscovy Russia.

@andygeorgiou2846 Жыл бұрын

Excellent and educational. Thank you!

@dutch1589 Жыл бұрын

Nicely presented

@oblakevychd Жыл бұрын

Excellent work on the history of Ukraine, although there are some mistakes. The basis of the Cossacks was the religious identity - the Eastern or Greek rite, which was under the pressure of the Catholic Commonwealth. Although the majority of Cossacks were still Ukrainians. It is very cool that you mentioned Ostrogski family. Many Ukrainian aristocratic families since the medieval Rus' went into the service of the Polish kings and princes of Lithuania, later converted to Catholicism and adopted a new Polish identity, forgetting their Ruthenian roots. However the biggest inaccuracy in most of your videos is the indication of the existence of Russia, that appeared only in 1721 as the All-Russian Empire. Calling Muscovite tsardom as Russia since the time of Ivan the Terrible is a gross oversimplification. Tsars only held a title, but did't re-named their state and people until Peter 1. But anyway, thanks for this video!

@theowlx7_alex245 Жыл бұрын

Actually Ivan claimed himself as the Tzar of the Whole of the Rus, which meant that the Grand Duchy of Muscovy turned into modern russia state

@oblakevychd Жыл бұрын

@@theowlx7_alex245 It was just the title. In diplomacy and all documents of that time, that state continued to be called the Muscovite Tsardom until the 18th century.

@theowlx7_alex245 Жыл бұрын

@@oblakevychd agree, personally I never call them other way than muscovites 😂 but in English popular history I believe it's better to mark this country as russia so everyone understands

@anyakosta364 Жыл бұрын

@@theowlx7_alex245 rus and Russia 2 different names....

@alishersukhanbekov8011 Жыл бұрын

Do you realize the difference between exoethnonym and endoethnonym? Russians have never called themselves muscovites as well as german don't call themselves "nemci".

@burnsboysaresoldiers Жыл бұрын

K&G always seems to put a bit of emphasis on the catholic church and its "crimes" when the church is no more guilty than any other organization or religion.

@meflux495 Жыл бұрын

I suppose the video is explaining briefly the points why Ruthanians were unhappy with the Polish government. There are many more explanations of how Cossacks appeared, what they did, how they ruled, what their problems were with Poles, Tatars, Moskovites, etc. It is a composite phenomenon that will require more time to explain than 20 min.

@pav0cristatus Жыл бұрын

looking forward to new videos like this!

@MrRomko Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Good job!

@minoru5760 Жыл бұрын

As always great movie has interesting points. From the Far East, I have a faint hope a movie about early days of samurai as frontier hunting peasant like Cossacks in this video. Even though they hadn't been Christians, democratic, and above all many are wary of them.

@fromgods Жыл бұрын

The game - Cossacks was in. Top 3 in the world in 2001-2005✊🏻

@tamasgyorffy1 Жыл бұрын

thank your for the content! excellent!

@brokenbridge6316 Жыл бұрын

This will be an interesting mini-series to watch

@pawezielinski793 Жыл бұрын

Just a smal note in Polish history Jadwiga is not queen she is titled king. I understand that in translation some meanings may be lost but in "polish" logic queen is strictly wife of king

@xomm Жыл бұрын

Usually in English the distinction is made with Queen regnant (ruler in her own right) vs Queen consort (wife of king).

@Grizzly128mntasslt Жыл бұрын

you should mention that Jadwiga was not a Polish maiden-king by nationality, but maiden-king-elect, a daughter of the Hungarian king Robert of Anjou. He was a French, but also he was a descendant of the French Queen Anna, a daughter of the Yaroslav the Wise of Kyiv.

@angusyang5917 Жыл бұрын

Jadwiga was the granddaughter of Charles I Robert of Hungary, not daughter, her father was Louis I of Hungary, who was also king of Poland simultaneously.

@Grizzly128mntasslt Жыл бұрын

@@angusyang5917 yes, and he was of Anjou

@Grizzly128mntasslt Жыл бұрын

@@angusyang5917 my mistake, I agree,but not 'tis not a focus of the topic

@theodoroseidler7072 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Thank you!

@Subhabrata Жыл бұрын

Beautiful representation of a complex history. 👏👏👏

@UnitedUA Жыл бұрын

Ukrainian Heroes! 💙 -Victory in 2023! #PutinWarCriminal

@StopFear Жыл бұрын

For those interested in random facts, check online for the history of the city Donetsk. It was first industrialized by a British industrialist John Hughes who invested money into discovery and development of coal mines and factories in the region. Donetsk used to be called Yuzovka (Hughes ovka, get it?). Later when the British left, it was called Donetks for a brief time. Then when Stalin was in charge it was called Stalino. After the scumbag Stalin croaked, it became Donetsk again. I am very sad to see the region of my origin be taken over by Putin's army. Among them are many of the so called Don Cossacks. They are essentially a paramilitary group who does dirty things Putin doesn't want his military to do openly, although the latter has shown to be barbaric already with the way they destroyed many obviously civilian targets and people. These Don Cossacks are the Russian version of extreme Christian fundamentalists. At least they project that image. They usually openly advocate for restoration of absolute monarchy in the modern world. At the 2014 Sochi Olympics their people used a whip to attack musicians from Pussy Riot showing how uncivilized they are. They are claimed to have committed horrible war crimes in South Ossetia, Georgia, in Chechnya, and they were the ones who essentially stole a piece of land from Moldova known as Transnistria in English (Prednistrovie) in Russian. Ok, random information sharing over.

@Threezi04 Жыл бұрын

"so called Don Cossacks" They're called that because they literally are Cossacks of the river Don, they've fought for the Russian empire for centuries and were infamous for enforcing the Tsar's will and leading the conquests of Siberia.

@chestermosburger3113 Жыл бұрын

funny how their "Christian fundamentalism" doesn't incorporate the fundamental non-violence teachings of Christ!

@StopFear Жыл бұрын

@@Threezi04 I specifically used the term “so called Don Cossacks”. to indicate that the people in their organization are using the name for some sort of status and pride but they do not genuinely hold authentic views of the Don Cossacks. Of course they were is banned group between the 1930s and early 90s, but before and after they are known for doing very horrible things. They are a modern paramilitary mercenary group without morals who hide behind the label. That is why “so called”

@StopFear Жыл бұрын

@@chestermosburger3113 I don’t know if you are familiar with Christian Orthodox, but in modern Russian context they are mostly a hyper conservative group rather than sincere Christians. They will like the orthodox icons, go to the church, and maybe pray, but this is very superficial and almost transactional. It is like that among different Christian groups/sects but more so in their case IMHO. I think they value their nationalist and racist views more than the authentic Biblical teachings. The Russian Orthodox Church is very much almost entirely defined by nationalism as it was under the tsars. In fact as you may know, most counties with an Orthodox population has their own patriarchate, but most consider the universal patriarch to be the one who is currently in Istanbul in Turkey and his name is Patriarch Bartholomew. Russian Orthodox reject that and claim they are the universal and “true church” by argument that “We have the largest Orthodox population so accept our authority”. That is my impression of state of things.

@chestermosburger3113 Жыл бұрын

@@StopFear it would be surprising if there existed a religious establishment which actually did promote peace instead of the furtherance of its own authority. The Quakers, possibly...