The Hero of Ukraine

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Жыл бұрын

The "Hero of Ukraine" is the highest ranking non-military medal in Ukraine and it traces its lineage to the Soviet Union's highest award, the "Hero of the Soviet Union." In this video, I will cover the history behind this legendary medal.
During World War 2, 966 Ukrainians were considered Hero's of the Soviet Union. After the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky decided to revive this Soviet tradition to counter Putin's stated goal of "Denazification."
After World War 2, Soviet cities, such as Leningrad, Stalingrad, Kiev, Sevastopol, and so on, were given a special status of "Hero City."
This status was revived in March of 2022, Ukrainian cities such as Bucha, Irpin, Mariupol, and Mykolaiv, are now considered "Hero Cities of Ukraine."

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@MaximusandHistory Жыл бұрын

This is my first history video, I hope you all enjoy it. In the future I will make videos covering Russian and German History, and my next video will likely be about the similarities between the Bundeswehr and the Volksarmee! If my channel can grow into something bigger, I will try to purchase more East German footage, so my channel can follow a dual content format where I make history videos and upload historical footage!

@rustycaddy Жыл бұрын

Amazing work! I am looking forward to more! 🎉

@siegfriedehmke4834 Жыл бұрын

Great idea

@weimarball2258 Жыл бұрын

Sei bitte so nett und nenn die NVA bei ihren vollen Namen Nationale Volksarmee

@rustycaddy Жыл бұрын

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”

@nasalimbu3078 9 ай бұрын

Soviet Union ribbon vc say another

@ronin3381 Жыл бұрын

It's really sad that two nations so culturally and historically aligned are at war with each other.

@MaximusandHistory Жыл бұрын

Yes, it's so tragic, I still can't believe what's been happening in Ukraine for the past 8 years. No one would've excepted the relationship to come to this!

@alexgaelsotorodriguez3870 Жыл бұрын

@@MaximusandHistory Continuous bad decisions on both sides and a lack of will to understand each other on the elites' part led to this disgrace

@user-lz1yw4fl2e 5 ай бұрын

"war with each other" В России большинство граждан имеют мнение, что это не "война", а обычная СВО, как в Сирии. Это полностью подтверждается как государственными документами, так и фактическими обстоятельствами. Не сомневайтесь, что ракеты, если уж они всё это время спокойно долетают до западной части Украины, в случае чего, могут так же точно попасть в более стратегически важные точки, но уже государственной машины.

@markasap2593 4 ай бұрын

your biggest mistake you seeing it as some brother nations or something, while in reality russians always abused Ukraine and Ukrainians and ongoing events are just continuation of something that was set since the SU collapsed. We had / have our history, our heroes. They don't like it, they want us to be a part of them. This concept is not really understood even in Ukraine, but it is true.

@user-wm7yz7rl6k 4 ай бұрын

@@MaximusandHistory

@user-yg3lo8ro5l Жыл бұрын

ロシアもウクライナも同じUSSRだったのにという事ですね

@differ_o0968 Жыл бұрын

I wish I could put this into better, more sincere words, but I really enjoyed this, I hope you keep making content like this alongside your typical NVA stuff, good work man 👍 But I will say I have massive respect for you shedding some light on something that would otherwise go entirely unnoticed.

@user-up2nx8ol3g Жыл бұрын

I hope the war ends soon.

@evgen5859 2 ай бұрын

Грустно мне все это видеть...

@KillerofWestoids Жыл бұрын

The most horrible kinds of wars: Wars between brothers. I hope this tragic war will end soon and that Russians and Ukrainians can live together in peace.

@user-jn9op7qp4o Жыл бұрын

сарматы должны получить полётные задания - на вашингтон! тогда СВО сразу успешно закончится, ибо - это СТРАТЕГИЧЕСКОЕ СДЕРЖИВАНИЕ пен досов, они остерегутся поставлять оружие банд еровским нацистам!

@user-jn9op7qp4o Жыл бұрын

отозвать/дезавуировать ПРИЗНАНИЕ Россией "независимости" украины/литвы!

@user-jn9op7qp4o Жыл бұрын

Россия восстанавливает свой суверенитет и территорию в границах 45 года! ибо, наша страна была расчленена неконституционно/незаконно, соответствующие акты президента горбачёва, подлежат отмене (в московском суде) как юридически ничтожные!

@gabischon9214 9 ай бұрын

@@user-jn9op7qp4odu sprichst mir aus der Seele! Die Sowjetbürger haben sich 1991 in einem Refetendum mehrheitlich von 77 bis 91 %, je nach Republik, für den Erhalt der Sowhetunion ausgesprochen. Das hat die neue Kapitalistenklasse in Russland nicht interessiert. Es ist an der Zeit dass die ganze Welt die Wahrheit über die Zerstörung der Sowjetunion erfährt. Die Gorbatschow/Jelzin/Putin Clique ist für diesen Krieg verantwortlich und der WerteWesten. Lest Lenin und seine Thesen über den Imperialismus. Aktueller denn je!

@user-wm7yz7rl6k 4 ай бұрын

When was Ukraine connected with Russia historically and culturally? Russia is a wild neighbor who wants to enslave Ukraine.

@x9466x Жыл бұрын

Interesting, thanks

@TovarishLew Жыл бұрын

This needs to end…

@MaximusandHistory Жыл бұрын

I hope so too, there are millions of mixed Ukrainian-Russian families. We share so many things in common, this war should not permanently divide the Ukrainian and Russian people!

@TovarishLew Жыл бұрын

@@MaximusandHistory Absolutely. It will probably take generations to repair the damage that still is being made

@thecosmos729 7 ай бұрын

Cool history video.

@kapatidtomas Жыл бұрын

What a surprise, your first narrated video. Also this is a nice fun fact.

@sidneyschnyder7793 Жыл бұрын

Very informative Video and a new Style of your usual videos, I really wouldn't mind more of these Videos. I have been following your channel quite some time now, since the beginning of the channel I believe. I really enjoyed the different German parades and the BGS Video, I always find it fascinating how countries handle and develop Military Traditions and the differences, like Russia and Ukraine with the USSR or the Bundeswehr and the NVA with their German/Prussian Military heritage.

@MaximusandHistory Жыл бұрын

I appreciate the comment! I always wanted to make videos in this format, and I will continue to upload rare East German footage when I get the appropriate budget to purchase more footage! I will also be making East German history videos, there's a lot of interesting content that's coming! :) And I agree, it's very fascinating how these countries continue these obscure traditions. Ukraine and Russia still have a lot in common despite the political situation.

@BenzinB70 Жыл бұрын

@@MaximusandHistory this is a civil war where relatives are fighting on both sides!!!!!!

@gabischon9214 9 ай бұрын

@@BenzinB70nein, das ist ein imperialer Krieg, es geht um Gas und Erdöl in der Ostukraine, die die Ukras an Shell, Chevron und Exxon verscherbelt haben. Es geht um US Raketen, die die Amis in der Ukraine stationierten wollen. Merz, der deutsche Ganove hat seine Finger mit im Spiel.

@spicy_dogs9061 Жыл бұрын

I had not known about Ukraine preserving the Soviet traditions of Hero City and Hero medals, it’s almost hard to believe considering Ukraine’s stance on the Soviet state. Nonetheless, thank you for the unbiased and informative video, may these hostilities end in the near future.

@MaximusandHistory Жыл бұрын

Yes, I quite surprised as well when I learned that Ukraine was doing this. It was definitely a reaction to Putin's statements, because anything Soviet related in Ukraine is typically dismantled. It's definitely a nice nod to WW2, hopefully the war will end soon and people can come together. I grew up with the Ukrainian diaspora in America, and we all spoke Russian, no one had any issues with each other, but now its the complete opposite unfortunately! :(

@SuperLinuxoid 3 ай бұрын

@@MaximusandHistory if I come to your house and impose my rules and principles on you, will you be happy with me? if I come to your house and take 2 rooms and then say, well, let's make up, I'll give you 1 room and keep 1 more for myself, I think you won't be very happy about that don't forget how much money the Russian Federation spends on propaganda and manipulation...

@k0lliak553 Ай бұрын

@@SuperLinuxoid pro-Ukrainians with neighbour analogy again, which doesn't covers important events such as illegal ousting of Yanukovich in February of 2014 (where officials stated that "he was corrupted!!!", yeah, sure, officials just casually refused to be corrupt, we believe in that /s), Euromaidan in which pro-Yanukovich people were silenced + mass censorships, anti-terrorist operation in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, "friendship trains", Azov militants (which have wolfhook and black sun in their emblem, both insignias that used by WW2 Germany) that became national guard after helping with Euromaidan and UN reports of human trafficking in 2014-2016 by UAF. Classic. But "hurrr durrrr our neighbour is bad!!!!". You guys literally kicked your own president against your own constitution because "he refused to just hate ruzzia!!!". You guys tried to do that during Orange revolution, which happened loooong before 2014. Also it's Russia' fault, да?

@k0lliak553 Ай бұрын

What i'm saying is that this event is one of the most complicated ones in the history of wars for the past 100 years or so. You need to look as far back as ~1994 to fully understand what happened - for example, in this period of time, USA made Ukraine dismantle their own planes, paying them 1-2% of the cost to make them, with the pretext of "Russia could get them sooner or later". Why? Because it happened after Admiral Kuznetsov' crew (which was serving the Ukrainian SSR, but you know what happened in 1991) decided to go to Russian waters. They've did this successfully - and since transferring a plane is much easier than a ship, Ukraine gladly dismantled their own aviation just so "Russia wouldn't have them". I should repeat myself that this was in 1994-2004. All of these events snowballed into what we have now. Is Russia a 100% good guy? No, because we can't have fully black or fully white things. But Ukraine wasn't trying to de-escalate the situation in any way - actually, they've escalated it further. And now saying "yeah ruzzia just decided to attack us out of the blue and their only goal is to wipe our nationality!!!!" is THE definition of propaganda and manipulation; something that you've pointed as "bad and what ruzzia does". Sometimes i regret focusing my life on history. The historician work in todays world is just isn't needed anymore

@aleksklochko Ай бұрын

@@k0lliak553so you know nothing about Ukraine?

@ayna2323Wer 3 ай бұрын

Ничто не забыто, никто не забыт

@hannovonbahrenfeld5986 Жыл бұрын

Is that you who’s talking or someone else?

@MaximusandHistory Жыл бұрын

It's me! :)

@scanida5070 Жыл бұрын

Wow, what an interesting video! Many forget how culturally-aligned these two countries actually are and what history they have in common. I find these „Hero of the Soviet Union“ and „Hero city“ medals and titles really charming and elegant! The Soviets really knew how to design awards (the Chernobyl medals for liquidators are my favourites!). I also find it wonderful that you played out the ending in full! :) I really hope this war comes to end. It‘s so sad how much blood has been unnecessarily spilled and how many lost all of their belongings. I know Russia hasn‘t really been fond of democracy since Boris Yeltsin (understandable) but I hope that one day Russia will get a leader who will give her people a bite of what a good democracy can be like. Once this war is over, one might hope that these countries might come together and try to reconcile with one another so that Russia can dream of an absolution one day…

@BenzinB70 Жыл бұрын

this is a civil war where relatives are fighting on both sides!

@KillerofWestoids Жыл бұрын

Admin, are you from Russia ? Will you keeping uploading after youtube gets blocked in Russia after February 28th ?

@MaximusandHistory Жыл бұрын

I live in the United States!

@evgen5859 2 ай бұрын

Как видишь пока не заблокировали Ютуб 😊

@grundgesetzart.1463 5 ай бұрын

they hate the USSR, yet copied their medals design.....

@multimediayredesdeluxe 3 ай бұрын

La forma soviética parece una estrella de mar la otra está más americanizada. Además le colocaron un Tridente al escudo de la Madre Patria. Pdt: Es provisorio pronto será reemplazada por la cruz de hierro. Pdt2: El ucraniano Brehznev se autocondecoraba con tantas medallas como los norcoreanos.

@koimackan1287 6 ай бұрын

6:41

@hubertleuschner6383 9 күн бұрын

Szelesny ist ein Oligarch.😢

@jameslongstreet9259 8 ай бұрын

There were also a "Hero of the German Democratic Republic" in East Germany

@stonefish1318 Ай бұрын

naZi ruSSia наZі руССя

@MuadPL Жыл бұрын

An overreaction. Poland gave Virtuti Militari to Warsaw and Lviv. It is the highest military decoration. I wouldn't go so far as Ukrainians are completely different than russians when it comes to mentality.

@user-qj9mg4kt5j 3 ай бұрын

these are just remnants of the Soviet past that are gradually disappearing, this is manifested to a greater extent in the state administration, and citizens live in the future and do not want anything to do with Russia