Catherine the Great - Empress Catherine at Last - Extra History - Part 3 

05:33-05:35: You said Senate twice?

Yo

I got confused too, I think he said “Synod” at the top of the list.

@@jupitersgodzilla7114 thats true....

PLEASE do Fredrich The Great!!!! I need to do him for a project!!!

Priorities

Shades of Nero.

His momma must be proud

Peter is Ling Ling in disguise

Peter did not yet complete his 40 hours.

I have got to say im impressed how much bad stuff he did IN SIX MONTHS

Wow, just wow

If that one soldier didnt slip and give away the plan, the reign would have been longer

Should have been a shorter reign

YEAH HE IS SUCKED I BAD LEDERER IF I WAS HIM I WOULD WIN THAT WAR THAT HE GIVED UP ON

Catherine took the Russia

Worst divorce ever!

Keeper Web next to Henry tutor and cathrine of aragon

Catherine took the Tzardom

Catherine took the Russia in the divorce.

At least she learned Russian and became Orthodox. Not many people did that in those times. Most monarchs didn't care about the language or the religion that their people had, as long as they paid taxes. In Spain we had one of the worst cases: Amadeo I of Savoy. One popular rumor at the time said that his most used phrase was: "No capisco niente" (I don't understand anything), even when Spanish and Italian are similar languages.

Lol that reference

The snyod will decide your fate

I suggest, Your not even Empress! Catherine: I Am the Empress!

Goes to show your heart doesn't necessarily have to belong to your birthplace.

A bedtime tale to warn children not to procrastinate.

Why let news of a possible rebellion get in the way of a sweet violin jam session?

* 24 hours later * Peter: Blyat...

@@HaloFTW55 :D

When you ignore your emails

Lol

Saguntum-Iberian-Greek Konstantinopoli Kane from titanfall 2. Even on Master (hardest difficulty) he is easy as balls. VIPER on The other hand is a fucking nightmare on master

they're no where near as bad, compared to him bowser is an angel

LeiosOS DAMNNNNN

Fanghorn Bilers as opposed to whom?

I think you could shorten that sentence by about fifteen words and it would still be true ;)

well, to be fair to him, he had the right to not be very pleased with her. she was birthing illegitimate babies during his very reign ffs.

It was never cleared if those babys were really from her lovers or from Peter. As they noted in the previous Video, the only child who survived birth seemed to be Peters son in both looks and temperament. Besides, while she had her lovers, Peter has really no right to complain on that point, 'cause he did the exact same thing.

Don’t piss of your wife, period.

This seems surprisingly similar to the moral of the story of Edward II of England.

Noah Vining *omg*

Dude

Claps slowly.

The air is her elbow. There are elbows everywhere...

El🅱️ow

no, you can't say that, Ruling is really hard and not everybody is fit, i might say how poor he was.

I don't think it's that unbelievable, and neither do I think he was particularly idiotic. His reforms were actually very benign, and his proposed war against Denmark-Norway could have actually significantly increased Russia's clout in Central European politics had he won it. The thing is that if you grow up as the heir to an absolute monarch, you're going to grow up with the illusion that you can do everything without making compromises to keep the nobility, the clergy and the people happy. What Peter III did wasn't necessarily bad, but the way he went about it was rather naive.

I would disagree with your point about absolute monarchy. To justify the rule of an absolute monarch was by the use of divine right. This right meant that the ruler was chosen by God to do his bidding. At this point you might say: 'so he/she can do anything, so what is your point?'. Divine right also made absolute monarchs more punishable then normal people. No matter your high birth, you would be punished harsher for what you did in life then a person of lower birth. This means that if a ruler ruled unjust or unfair. He would be punished by God more harsh, for they where chosen by God to do his bidding. It might seem to most that most rulers will still do their own thing. But let us not forget that it is 17th and 18th century and most rulers still were very religious. My point with this is to show that an absolute ruler isn't able to do everything they want. Not only due to the use and justification by divine right, but also that they still depend upon groups like the aristocracy. It also could be that you meant an enlightened despot. And that is 'something different'. Not that much actually. Just an interesting question to think about. Would you rather have an absolute monarch or a dictator ruling your country, if you could only choose between those two options? There is a difference between the two type of rulers and that is divine right.

+DieNamite Depends on which divine right. Any monarchy based on divine right will be limited by the religion supporting it and they're not interchangeable. What can the monarch not do without the mandate of heaven passing to someone else? Or rather what does he think he can't do since only Jewish kings ever seem to actually be told when and why the mandate of heaven passes from them. Unfortunately they also pretty much never listen. I'm not going to go into which divine rights are better or worse than secular dictatorships, but there are definitely religions on in both categories.

+Robert Faber We never said he was "bad." We said he was an idiot. A smart emperor would have kept a closer eye on his personal guard. A smart emperor would have listened to his smart wife in affairs of state. A smart emperor would have foreseen the looming threat to his power and taken steps to stop it before it even gained momentum. Peter was not a smart emperor.

lol

"Immense oversimplified vibes"

Oversimplified moment =)

It's like Fredrick said he allowed himself to be dethroned like a child being sent to bed

*ffffffffffffffffff(2 hours later in the cell)fffffffffffffuck

Lol

Pika Zilla *whispers*hail hydra What? Oh...are you not hydra? ...no, you’re under arrest. .....ffffffffffuuuuuuuuu

When Captain America whispered the wrong code

I wonder what happened to that guard

He didn’t like Russia remember

Kumatora Uh... I think you might be confused?

Mission Failed

@@uria3679he’s talking about the nervous soldier that made the mistake in the start of the video

Peter failed HARD!

Catherine's children admired him and forbade women to inherit something a mother hates

I know right? History has always been the story of people but it's just taught as boring facts most of the time. Which is a shame because as this series has proven there have been some REALLY interesting people in history.

Excelsius I've seen a series about the events told in this video(primarily coronation), but it was only one season when I saw it a few months ago. And it's in Russian, obviously. And I don't remember the name, I think it had "Catherine" in it or something.

there are in fact several movies about Catherine the great.

I'm rather fond of the movie Catherine the Great, starring Catherine Zeta Jones. It may not be perfect, historically, but I just have a soft spot for that movie.

Samuel Watkins Patreons get it a day earlier

Minrod Vils But She's the Main character so it should be named after who she tries yo save

Coolguy 342003​ "The Legend of Russia: Holstein's Mask", then?

It works

Three days to save the Earth from impending doom. No biggie. ;)

But she can time travel, si i'ts easier

Chris Gonzales Peter-“well s*^t”.

"I'm not QUESTIONING your rule, Peter, I'm denying it's existence."

Peter: Dude....uncool.

Jubjub McNasty *oversimplified-*

Approximately 200 years later: f*ck the Tsar! The people will rule!

Benjamin Pilosov lmao same

same :,)

wth ??

Benjamin Pilosov That’s a C?

Benjamin Pilosov sameeee

AlHoresmi Murderer: -20 relations Dishonorable:-10 relations

WAIT but his sucesssion law was gavelkind , now the realm is split and for some reason vladivostok is independent

Lol I hope everyone watching this gets this.

Plínio Melo LOL

AlHoresmi r/Crusaderkings is leaking again

@Sir William Sidney Smith yes yes yes russian

@Sir William Sidney Smith I don't speak vodka

K

There wasn't any peasants revolt in the USSR.

Alright

Fun fact: Martin originally based his plot on a historical event, the War of the Roses in England (in fact, some plot elements are still very much recognizable to a student of history). By all accounts, it was at least as much of a mess as the various fictional wars of Westeros, and I suspect this channel will do a series on it eventually.

Monokite I find the grand master level hypocrisy difficult to stomach. The self proclaimed most religious and patriotic woman planned a coup with her harem of male lovers. I wonder if Trump the great will be looked at in the same adoration in the far future.

It isn't that history is boring. It's history taught in schools is boring because they simplify it so much that half the time it's just propaganda. You know, where one side is clearly right, the other clearly wrong. Or people in the past doing things because they must be stupid. When they basically dumb it down so much that it becomes only suitable for small children yet they're presenting it to teens and adults then yes it's boring.

+DaveD or when they insist on focusing on the dates, numbers and stick to the bureaucratic explaination. The school version of this video (if they mentioned it at all) would probably be something like: "Peter 3, 7th tzar of Russia, ruled from 9-1-1762 to 9-6-762, overthrown by a coup by the 8th tzar, Elizabeth 2."

+Monokite History is only interesting when taught by people who know how to teach it properly. When you focus on people, trends, and reasons over dates and battles, history is transformed from a dull list of facts to a living science where great tales leap out of every corner.

Um what? The first histories ever recorded go to great lengths to demonstrate the personality of the people in power.

I don't love that this is the only channel with animated history that makes you see the actual lives of the people. In fact, I wouldn't mind there being more of them.

+Caffeine Addict To be fair, that's what asses are for.

Caffeine Addict there is the lies posts where the say any thing they got wrong

+winger odyssey There's a problem with that though. Most people tend to believe the first thing they hear and don't bother to find out the truth for themselves. Most people also tend to believe the first thing they hear exclusive of future corrections to the contrary.

Being foreign didn't stop anaone

I can't smash the like button hard enough.

Even tho Stalin was Georgian he still had Russian Citizenship. He technically wasn’t a foreigner

Or King George I or Catherine de Medici.

@@theArab__ Same for Napoleon, he had the french nationality.

KathyLovesArt how did the concert go?

@@theArab__ pretty good *yes I know that this was reply is 11 months late*

Well, its actually quite hard to say how much this video is neutral and objective. Peter established most reforms Catherine the Great got the credits for. (He proclaimed religious freedom, He fought corruption within the government, established public litigation and abolished the secret police.) She wasn't backed by the Army nor the people, and the support of the church was very little. The ''Army'' they are talking about was only the Guard (which were counted as dukes, but without any kind of influence or land) led by Catherines Lover Grigori Grigorjewitsch Orlow (Leader of the royal guard) The People actually rather liked Peter III (Because the Reforms seen abov and his plans of abolishing serfdom) It's also possible to see his popularity in the extreme masses of People in the revolts againts her after the murder of Peter III. It seems he started to realize his Duties as Ruler the day he got crowned Tsar; "... the Grand Duke had been known to be inconsistent and bizarre, but the Emperor was fair, patient, tolerant and enlightened. All senior civil servants retained their offices. He forgave his enemies, even though they had behaved most unworthily against him ... " (swedish Historian Magnus Jacob von Crusenstolpe) You can also see other modern Historians(like Alexander S. Mylnikow or Elena Palmer) slowly questioning the Government of Catherine as a trustworthy Source. Summarized: You can possibly assume the portrayal this video is giving, to be the very same Catherine the Great preached. Edit: Of course Peter wasn't a flawless person; He reigned too activly, too enthusiastic(200 new Laws and Reforms in only 186 days), he should have been more patiently and catious. He should at least have tried to fight her back with his own german guard; or assemble the Army..; or go to Moskau(or any big City) and talk with the People... But here was the video right... he did nothing... he didn't allow his own Guard to shoot and simply got arrested.

ThePublicDominion I’ve thought, ever since reading about him, that he was autistic. His complete lack of social abilities (not that every autistic person has a total lack of social graces, but this was at least two hundred years before anyone knew much about the condition, so it’s not like Peter would’ve gotten any kind of support for it), his fixation on the military and perceived rudeness are what made me think about it.

ThePublicDominion Inbreeding in European royal families was huge back then.

More like stubborn and not very bright. These kind of people usually consider sticking to their ideas, no matter how nonsensical, to be the proof of their strength, but unfortunately that's not the case. Smart people are usually much more lenient, without appearing to be weak.

ThePublicDominion hes a duckin weirdo

He actually kind of is. In Oraienbaum (I don't know how badly I'm spelling that), the place they said Peter was at the start of the Coup, there's a legend that, in death, Peter III stopped the Germans outside of Oraienbaum and Saint Petersburg during WWII in the same fashion that he, in life, stopped the Russians outside of Berlin.

@@Tytoalba777 what? No, that was me! Why do people always get credit for the things I do?

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No I meant funding like from some kinda government education funding type a deal. I mean EC gets lots from the donors but it would be great for you guys to get more then what you need so you could hire extra hands. I was thinking more of this getting its way to classes where it could entertain and teach children. Meh i just think you guys do a great job and deserve the best.

If they would get goverment funding their should hire a historian since they do make mistakes (and not just one in the Lies episodes). Not that these are not really entertaining series but not quite the level for education.

Yes. "hire extra hands." I was implying the "historian" or two and any one they may need to make it classroom teaching ready. But thank you for clearing that up. I guess i was being to vague.

Chill out guys. It's entertainment, it's a hook. If it gets people into history, all the dusty old books (and monotonous teachers) are still there once you're motivated to research an era or historical figure. Besides, there's only so much you can pack into a 10 min clip and they're putting way more care into accuracy than many Edu-tainment channels (I'm looking at YOU popular science). Keep it up EC!

Cometstarlight no stay here

Cometstarlight I'm still not empressed with your pun, man. We had a pun war last episode, don't you dare force a second.

no leave

NO, PLEASE COME BACK, I LOVE PUNS!

+Raenir Salazar *Second of Her Name

Long live Peter

@@awesomestick You mean "Rest in Peace Peter"? Huehuehuehuehuehuehue

@@macanaeh BR?

@@macanaeh Catherine's children, women do not inherit anything

Is there a way to see this timeline? Because you certainly caught my interest!

I see your point. However, now read Robert Massie's excellent biography of Catherine. The series may not be accurate, but then is a professor of history always accurate, but this excellent series provokes interest. And in that it succeeds.

Amazing job, I hope it's a publishable work! Because I'd love to read it one day one day (off a journal article maybe?) and really study it :)

Cool! Honestly all that other stuff was more of fate's happening than of Peter's .

History always has 2 or more sides. Thanks for sharing further, this is epic

Who doesn't?

There should be more art of her in the uniform

Agreed.

That’s an interesting fetish

It’s a very interesting fetish, if I should say myself ;)))))

Now imagine that in lies they tell us that a part of the debts was hold by the Bank of England, then it truly was (also) Walpole

You rang? ;)

i wonder who killed peter it was walpole

I'm so confused. I've seen Robert Walpole mentioned several times in the comment section. And now, he actually shows up on this thread.... I ask thee, WHO ARE YOU?

watch the south sea bubble video

Damn you Walpole!!!

@Holy Roman Empire exactly! that is the best part

*italian memes intensify*

Peter the great ?

*Cough* Peter the Great *cough*

habe you ever head of stalin? ...

Peter the great was eeh... dubious to say the least, did you know 1/3 of Russian population died under his rule? He literally worked thousands of people to death building his new capitol St. Petersburg alone.. the forced industrialization displaced and killed hundreds of thousands.

Geraduss "Peter the great was eeh... dubious to say the least, did you know 1/3 of Russian population died under his rule?" *Citation Needed* Seriously, that's a major claim that I can't find any evidence backing it up. Many died is true (people resisting westernization as well as several wars), but your claiming a third of the population died.

Duke of Lorraine XD

Duke of Lorraine are you and scarface emperor the same person

yes, changed my name

Well, that wouldn't be dramatic at all.

Maybe. ;)

Pete Magnuson I kept thinking they were saying senate twice while watching this. Thanks for the clarification. ☺

Well, yeah, their pronunciation is more or less correct. Some names are read a bit weird (like Bestuzhev, "zh" here is read more closely to "g" in genre then how it's read here) though. Russians sometimes also have some problem with distinguishing senate and sinod, but it also helps to rememner that both were founded by Peter the Great, so...there's a bright side :D

Oh, he said synod? XD

It sounds more like "see-nod" in Russian

Whoa, palpatine much?

Hi Jack Rackam

Life's Failure I never knew a score could be below 0

Miss/Mrs. Chan (Not sure what your title would be) I thank you for delivering such grand art in such a... Simple way. Your personalized style to the tried and good EC style really set this series apart as arguably one of my favorites artwise. Well done.

WW1

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+Extra Credits Great job on the video just that there is evidence in modern day Russian history books that Catherine Lover when he was in custody after the coup but the reason was right they where drinking and argued about a card game and the lover drew his sword and stabbed him in the chest. But you did everything else right and I liked it

Extra Credits time travelling confirmed?

can you plz make more vids per week I love this !!!!

Was the cricket also part of the rebellion?

uh oh, the moon is hitting termina

@@envycollar the Russia modernisers are the USSR leaders

The rabbit of cannonburg that they killed with the holy grenade of Antioch.

...not really? I mean so far it's been 50/50 in terms of the comment.

Gorden Hsu I have seen a few comments praising the betrayal of Peter.

Exactly. I'm more confused by why these two events could possibly be conflated, given how different they were.

@@emptybanana2126 no but she was anti semitic bigot who resticted jews in to ghettos while peter issued freedom of religion.

And this is wrong because...?

😩😩😳

Well,I doubt you try to become tsarina of the Russian Empire

terrible pun but ok sure

@@johnwarosa8972 Here's the door.🚪 Please use it.

Peter watch out, your wife is overthrowing you. Oh God, oh gee, he can’t hear us he has airpods in.

Mikaela C. He is playing the Violin too loud

Grey Olson uhh, AirPods didn’t exist back then