Catherine the Great - Not Quite Catherine Yet - Extra History - Part 1

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📜 History of Catherine the Great, Part 1
Before she became Catherine the Great, the legendary empress of Russia, she was a smart but lonely girl named Sophia. Her mother ignored her until family connections proposed a marriage between Sophia and the presumptive heir to the Russian throne - and suddenly she was thrown from her quiet life in a backwoods mansion to the center of a cutthroat political world.
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@extrahistory 4 года назад

Listen to this Extra History series as a podcast! becausegamesmatter.com/podcast

@FanFicnic 4 года назад

Do you link or list your sources?

@daelen.cclark 4 года назад

Extra Credits Have you ever watched the mysterious mr enter?

@alialharthi8390 4 года назад

دقدا دقدا

@linuswelch1173 3 года назад

Would you like a Sprite cranberry

@jessiemac9226 3 года назад

Normies: "5 years older" Extra Credits (an intellectual): " Half a decade older "

@m.h.7364 3 года назад

At least Catherine and Frederick could relate to each other about the whole 'having terrible parents' thing

@williamstocker584 2 года назад

Yea Frederick dad was definitely a piece of crap

@m.h.7364 2 года назад

@@williamstocker584 That's an understatement lmao

@bram61 2 года назад

@@m.h.7364 ye he executed and exiled Fredericks boyfriends

@operleutnant7235 2 года назад

@@bram61 that and his near constant beatings, his father trying to stop his enjoyment of music and the arts, his father waking up him with artillery drills… Yeah. Pretty shitty.

@arcaneTempest1 2 года назад

sophias mother was a karen before karens were a thing

@Ok-yn9uo 5 лет назад

How to abuse and neglect your child 101

@God-yb2cg 5 лет назад

Could be worse, at least she wasn't hit with a whip on daily basis and forced to carry heavy books over her head risking damaging the structure of the back and neck during her "etiquette training" lessons. Or maybe she was idk

@stardustlover8446 5 лет назад

Yup

@loafgaming9381 5 лет назад

Hi friendly boi

@jasonfields2845 5 лет назад

911 what’s your emergency

@pandacherry8288 5 лет назад

How my parents treat me 101

@poopa854 5 лет назад

Normies: "5 years older" Extra Credits (an intellectual): " *Half a decade older* "

@luciusvernus3174 4 года назад

Lol

@CEOofPhoneCo 4 года назад

Big brain

@souhridyobose4362 4 года назад

I say the same thing

@thyanhnguyen5056 4 года назад

well that pretty much emphasised the whole thing.

@robergoodguy316 4 года назад

Ah yes, the negotiator

@AYVYN Год назад

Frederick had the rarest skill any leader can have. An accurate judgment of character.

@jaydenliberty9536 8 месяцев назад

I think one of the only other people in history who *maybe* had such a grasp was Justinian, given the effectiveness of the people he put in charge of various things that most others would have ignored or actively sent to prison But there, we have doubt. With Fredrick, there is certainty

@Vodka6329 8 месяцев назад

@@jaydenliberty9536 Justinian was an smart, yes. But he was paranoid. He was so anxious about one of his trusted generals, Belisarius, revolting and coming into power that he effectively shot himself on the foot by hindering Belisarius' campaigns just to make sure he wouldn't be more popular with the people... Which undoubtedly just had the opposite effect.

@paulnash6944 5 лет назад

Sophie: *Despised by her mother for being a girl.* Me: Does anyone else detect a slight hint of hypocrisy?

@StukovM1g 5 лет назад

In deeply sexist and patriarchal societies, many women feel pressured to have a son and this internalise contempt towards their daughters. Observe modern day India and female infanticide.

@paulnash6944 5 лет назад

StukovM1g I know, I was just putting down my thoughts.

@AnhThuNguyen-zz2hm 4 года назад

seriouslywhatthe

@whytfbuddy4118 4 года назад

Paulfuss Entertainment Nah, this was olden ages when having a son was more important than life itself

@Klaaism 4 года назад

@@StukovM1g Its even worse when the mother wants to use a son as a tool for their own gain.

@roeggleston2863 5 лет назад

Is it just me or would Catherine's story be good as a musical? Like Hamilton.

@runmeoverwithabussis5667 3 года назад

OMG I LOVE THAT

@bfdifan16 3 года назад

Your a ginuse

@momod5575 3 года назад

Ever heard of Cinderella

@bfdifan16 3 года назад

Um.yes

@famweefood7073 3 года назад

"What's your name Sophie I mean Katherine?" "Sophie I mean Katherine!!!"

@weirddude928 4 года назад

Oversimplified: GO FOR JOKES Simple history: GO ALL ON HISTORY Extra credits: Eh lets do both!

@goyonman9655 4 года назад

Extra credits: Aims to emotionally manipulate audiences

@Hectopath2006 4 года назад

Simple History does have joke references though.

@Nebula644 4 года назад

Goyon Man how

@malikdespanie4344 4 года назад

To the guillotine!!!!!!!

@koolmckool7039 4 года назад

@@malikdespanie4344 OoOoOoOh NoOoOoOo

@jesseberg3271 7 месяцев назад

Just a thought, people weren't staring at Fredrick making conversation with a child, they were staring at Fredrick making conversation with *a woman,* something he was not well known for doing.

@kalibronx 3 месяца назад

jail 😭😭😭

@purpleheadedhedgehog3821 Месяц назад

@@kalibronxit’s dodgy but it was a different time at the end of the day

@jorgesagredo1186 25 дней назад

I always have this weird imagen of they speaking meanwhile the rest of the court screaming, running, loosing their heads because the king are talking with a woman that Is a violation against the laws of nature himself and that means the end of the world

@stablernose7203 5 лет назад

When I was young I asked "what happened before the universe" and questioned religion but I didn't become a russian queen life is unfair

@theworldoverheavan560 5 лет назад

Same here

@dinodude7290 5 лет назад

you guys are lucky! you know how hard you will be judged if you ask these questions in a muslim socity? even tho i was a child!

@lamestar9382 5 лет назад

Also did the same. I questioned religion too much when i was a child because i thought i doesn't make sense and focused on science i do think i became naughty because of that way of thinking cause i never wanted to go to church nor pray because i think its stupid.

@danielkiciak9899 5 лет назад

StablerNose 720 That's because the Russian throne has been disabled after the Bolshevik Coup d'etat in 1917, and I doubt, that Vladimir Putin would simply allow a relative of the former royal family (or any of their allies) to take away his contol over the Russian Federation.

@amirhanabishev8868 5 лет назад

@@danielkiciak9899 That moment when you try to push propaganda in a joke.

@tummywubs5071 6 лет назад

Was her mother the inspiration for Cinderella's stepmother?

@danielkiciak9899 5 лет назад

Je ne pense pas, car la princesse Joanna Elisabeth de Holstein-Gottorp est née en 1712, tandis que Charles Perrault, auteur de "Cendrillon", la version la plus célèbre du conte de fées "Cendrillon", mourut en 1703, neuf ans avant sa naissance. (I think not, because Princess Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp was born in 1712, while Charles Perrault, the Autor of "Cendrillon", the most famous version of the fairy tale "Cinderella", died in 1703, nine years before her birth.)

@trailblaze6734 5 лет назад

@@danielkiciak9899 English pls?

@maxbuster1508 5 лет назад

@@trailblaze6734 basically, the author died earlier than Sophia's birth

@Necrocracy 5 лет назад

Bryant Sarmiento What’s there to be r/woooosh for?

@bigredmed 5 лет назад

Cinderella’s root fairy tales far predate her.

@facey2965 5 лет назад

It’s been on my recommended for five moths YOU WIN RU-vid OK?!

@juancardenas7697 5 лет назад

UrDailyRandom Dose Same!

@godhatesme3231 5 лет назад

Same thing! And I wasn't disappointed, tbh

@dontexistanymorewithin6534 5 лет назад

Same...youtube stop trolling us XD

@threebrick8125 5 лет назад

Same

@TheLinposterIsSus 5 лет назад

RU-vid thinks that we're all nerds like bruhhhh

@alastorparker7529 4 года назад

"Visiting Relatives to find a match" SWEET HOME ALABAMA

@Account-jg6ot 4 года назад

Bruh

@Sovola 4 года назад

*ALABAMA MUSIC INTENSIFIES*

@redacted5657 4 года назад

*yeeeeee haaaaawwwwww*

@whatuser9802 4 года назад

OHHHHH MAAAAAAANN

@forrestgump6065 4 года назад

Manchester NY

@jakubgawronski3203 7 лет назад

Man, her mother sounds like an stereotypical Crusader kings 2 player.

@edisonmichael6345 7 лет назад

Something between that and a Miss' mother.

@Gothic7876 6 лет назад

Ehhh as CK2 player that’s tame. I have had my own Son KILLED because his culture switch to German. And my current character was next in line for the title of the Holy Roman Empire...

@fyedoravna7569 5 лет назад

My husband has claim on Holy Roman Empire and I was in prision, without heir. I assasinated 12 prince before him and get killed after a day. I became Empror

@hudasheta2002 5 лет назад

Jakub Gawroński هلن

@jacques3148 5 лет назад

;)

@connormclernon26 7 лет назад

For all that it was realpolitik, it's nice that Frederick treated Sophia with kindness. Perhaps he saw a bit of his own situation in her.

@hilkmeister1382 7 лет назад

Victor Mapping power is the most addicting drug in existence

@Mercure250 7 лет назад

I think Frederick II's father was waking him each morning with the noise of a canon shooting

@connormclernon26 7 лет назад

Mercure250 yeah, his father considered him an effeminate pansy that needed to have the love of art and culture literally beaten out of him

@marxel4444 6 лет назад

was old fritz the one probaly get a hard one seeing tall soldiers lines up?

@MrChopstsicks 6 лет назад

marxel4444 that would be his father. “The most beautiful girl or woman in the world would be a matter of indifference to me, but tall soldiers-they are my weakness”

@gale1243 Год назад

Coming back to this after the first episode about Frederick the Great...no wonder the two got along.

@MURPHYCHACHO Год назад

He took one look Sophia's awful mother and was like "You too, huh?"

@chrisfloyd9204 5 лет назад

Toxic mothers don't get talked about enough

@jupitersgodzilla7114 4 года назад

*Abusive

@comfym3850 4 года назад

toxic dads too

@shaggysneakyamulet874 3 года назад

d.e. mimo, they get talked about a lot dude

@williamlangdon2596 3 года назад

Really? They're in a ton of fairy tales. (Most notably Cinderella.)

@tammyt3434 3 года назад

@@williamlangdon2596 Step mothers have different connotations.

@VulcanTrekkie45 7 лет назад

Damn, the only thing keeping Johanna from being a complete wicked stepmother is the fact that she was Sophia's actual mother.

@Thraim. 7 лет назад

Fun fact: In the original folk stories there were no stepmothers. The brothers Grimm changed it because they considered real mothers doing all this shit to their own children as too dark. As per usual reality turns out worse than fiction.

@Gadget-Walkmen 5 лет назад

Damn, I'm glad they changed it because that is too dark. Doing that shit to your own daughter sucks major ass for kids to hear about.

@chichi77tim 5 лет назад

"She could memorize things with ease, but she frequently infuriated her tutors by BEING SMART." Short version. 😂💓

@brucejedilee5290 4 года назад

Sophie (Catherine): *Exists* Joanna Elisabeth: How dare you?

@AOSABS 4 года назад

I love how people still comment on this video 3 YEARS LATER

@koathekid8255 2 месяца назад

@@AOSABSmake that 6

@ur_local_nintendo_ds 2 месяца назад

@@koathekid8255 Make that 7

@user-jw9zi8yc2i 4 года назад

5:58 Well, thinking that she could seduce Frederick with her beauty would be a great mistake, given the historical fact that he was much more interested in dudes rather than ladies.

@dorkfish1275 3 года назад

implying he was interested in ladies at all

@fandemusique4693 3 года назад

I read somewhere than actually, Joanna and Frederick were very good friends, so, i don't think than it's was the intention, even more because Frederick was helping Elizabeth Romanov for check for how good as a bride for Peter Sophia/Catherine was.

@theanjanamarandy 2 года назад

@@fandemusique4693 ohhhh

@persediaanbcbitung989 2 года назад

I believe Frederick is also interested with genuine intellect person regardless the gender. Perhaps he just fulled with daughter affection love

@thedaringdarson2659 Год назад

@@persediaanbcbitung989 no he just likes intelligent men

@pugperson6129 5 лет назад

“16 pug dogs.” Awww pugs are the best why would that be bad? “That did everything dogs do.” Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

@paulnash6944 5 лет назад

PugPerson Yeah, we forget these things.

@lowleypeasentmr.l8836 3 года назад

@BatCatShipper they could have been taken out regularly

@wareagle4206 3 года назад

It’s also unhealthy for the women with the 16 pug dogs that do every thing a dog dose

@kamanashiskar9203 3 года назад

@@wareagle4206 Well, the aunt was a spinster. So her life was ruined. The pugs were her coping mechanism.

@CitanulsPumpkin 7 лет назад

Questions asked by Frederick the Great: "Where's your daughter?" "No, Seriously! Where's your daughter?" "Oh come on! Don't you get that we're doing a thing here? Get your daughter in here now so I can make sure the girl we put on the armrest of Russia's throne isn't a total idiot!"

@Mercure250 7 лет назад

More like "Wo ist Ihre Tochter?" Wait, they may have spoken in French : "Où est votre fille?"

@shontaia07 7 лет назад

XD lol

@kevinli1438 6 лет назад

Ohhhhhhhhhh Who knew Frederick The Great was a Yo Mama Roaster?

@GumSkyloard 5 лет назад

"Ugh, just give her a goddamn dress already."

@ThomasJefferson-xc8wg 5 лет назад

@@GumSkyloard "Here Child,Let Us Speak Of Things That Your Mom Doesn't Agree With"

@durrangodsgrief6503 2 года назад

I would love to see a series based around Catherine's life

@magibersok3681 2 года назад

Watch the show. What's stopping you?

@playwars3037 8 месяцев назад

There is one ! It's called The Great.

@danisprettygay 8 месяцев назад

@@playwars3037 It's fun and raunchy and dramatic and almost completely fictional.

@turtlewater1895 5 лет назад

*Be less sad*

@sherisheepsworth8432 5 лет назад

That's my mom

@nucleardespacito8589 5 лет назад

oh people watch this still

@smellyclementineshorrifyin5973 5 лет назад

Clinicically depressed person: **breathes** Happy go-lucky e-girls: be less sad

@apexhunter935 4 года назад

I know that message from history matters

@thegrimmarcher202 4 года назад

How to solve depression 1O1

@LaZodiac 7 лет назад

It's a shame Catherine and Frederick never met again, I feel like they would of made great friends.

@HxH2011DRA 7 лет назад

LaZodiac Indeed

@monkofdarktimes 7 лет назад

LaZodiac so ture

@christianweibrecht6555 7 лет назад

LaZodiac together they would of conquered Europe without breaking a sweat

@gavinsmith9871 7 лет назад

dont they go to war at some point?

@rinzzler366 7 лет назад

and then civ 4 happened, those two rulers are nigh inseparable, unless they both founded a religion.

@NarfoOnTheNet 7 лет назад

Am I the only one who enjoyed learning how flabbergasted Sophia's mom was when the King of Germany wanted to see Sophia over her?

@Hersatz 5 лет назад

Sweet Karma is sweet.

@fissionabledolphin 2 года назад

When was there a ‘king of germany’

@ntfoperative9432 2 года назад

@@fissionabledolphin king of Prussia, is that better

@operleutnant7235 2 года назад

@@ntfoperative9432 yes. Yes it is

@ntfoperative9432 2 года назад

@@fissionabledolphin oh and there was a king of Germany, called the Kaiser

@misti-step 4 года назад

quickly rewatching this series before "the great" comes out on hulu lol

@simozu7072 5 лет назад

The intro warmed my heart and i felt like i was sitting on a sofa in front of the fireplace during a full moon night with my parents telling me a wonderful and true story

@victorconway444 6 лет назад

Catherine the Great's early life sounds very familiar. Almost like Cinderella. You know, if Cinderella grew up to be an iconic, brutal enlightened despot of an enormous multi-continental empire.

@irrelevant_noob 5 лет назад

well, that's just the way stories end: on a high, without revealing what would actually happen behind that "happily ever after". ;-)

@lenny9672 2 года назад

My dad forced me to read the book and sophia, uhh, she will grow up to be a ⛏

@mestre12 7 лет назад

One the greatess Monarch of Russia, and, people are demanding her back in Civ 6.

@leotseng4139 6 лет назад

mestre12 what is wrong with peter the great?

@Andreych95 6 лет назад

Nothing wrong with him, but civs can have more than 1 leader (Gorgo and Pericles for Greece)

@jackblair9668 6 лет назад

I would rather Ivan the Terrible strapping heretical apostles to gunpowder barrels sounds fun *The sheep need their shepard*

@principetnomusic 6 лет назад

I actually want a Soviet leader again.

@swishswish3611 6 лет назад

Peter for culture and science, Catherine for war and expansion?

@ARC9652 5 лет назад

Catherine the Great and Frederick the Great are among my all-time favorite historical figures, learning that these two met and spoke to one another is like if it was fan-fiction, I literally squealed like a schoolgirl as it transpired.

@thewafflegamer6152 Год назад

its so weird that Fredrick whom interacted with Catherine and will be an important ally in the future, would not be talked about in extra history for another 6 years.

@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa2158 7 лет назад

I want a series on Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, a man that tried to restore the Mongol Empire, and was definitely insane.

@docslastname2711 7 лет назад

Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus You saw isorrow productions.

@gavinsmith9871 7 лет назад

I want to play as him in Kaiserrigh(spelled that wrong...)

@kochkochkoch 7 лет назад

Gavin Smith Do you mean Kaiserreich?

@fattshea8085 7 лет назад

Kaiserriech?

@joluoto 7 лет назад

Meh, Kaiserreich takes some serious liberties with the character. He was a crazy monarchist who wanted to restore the Romanovs and the Qing throne, something that actually made him severely disliked in Mongolia. His rule was short and he never liked the Mongols, seeing them as just savages. Even his conquest of Mongolia was a mistake. He was leading a fleeing White army band from the advancing Red Army, and crossed the border to get away, then attacking and removing the Chinese warlord who had been sent to Mongolia to pacify the breakaway province.

@kingcat6084 6 лет назад

"showing his affections" aka how to creep 101 XD

@ariabrooks176 5 лет назад

true XD

@olgadzhydzhora1688 3 года назад

Nobody: Not a single soul: Fredrick: WHERE THE CHILD

@dhaz4455 2 года назад

Sophia's mother sounds like every step-mother Disney villain

@Friedrich687 5 лет назад

*Friedrich Der Große comes up.* Me: *Inner German intensifies.*

@ilosttehlegs4517 4 года назад

What do you mean, FDG the dark mom war ship? Or you mean the well disciplined figure of history

@AndyG94 7 лет назад

Catherine the Great and Frederick the Great, two of my favorite monarchs ever. I had often wonder what would have happened if Catherine and Frederick had been married, oh history, so full of what if's. We need to put in the polls Frederick the Great, he was such an interesting character!

@fipse 7 лет назад

It would have been horrible. Fredrick the Great was not known to be very fond of women at his court.

@w.a.r4856 7 лет назад

Fipse True, that's why he didn't have an heir.

@Xerxesjc28 7 лет назад

Why did he not like women? Was he gay?

@w.a.r4856 7 лет назад

Xerxesjc28 He hated his father, and out of spite, swore an oath to never have an heir.

@dragon12234 7 лет назад

It was also quite possible that he was gay yes

@theochasid8996 5 лет назад

Royal Drama sounds like a bunch of terrible people doing terrible things to each other. o0 So weird.

@SA2004YG 5 лет назад

Because the nice ones either get killed off or swept to the side

@wareagle4206 3 года назад

Most of the time that is not always though Catherine is a good example

@Kaiserboo1871 2 года назад

@@SA2004YG Royal courts were some of the most Darwinian state institutions in history where in many cases losing favor meant death.

@nodeins1848 Год назад

I'm glad Fredrick got some episodes of his own.

@DragoniteSpam 7 лет назад

School version: something something something something something Russia something something, EH version: *emotional roller coaster Wonder which one I'm going to remember in five years. edit: wow you guys are seriously overanalyzing the meaning of this comment

@DLCSpider 7 лет назад

True. I never cared about history in school and I never thought I would like Extra History. Turns out I enjoy it quite a bit.

@DragoniteSpam 7 лет назад

"We want you to learn the concepts instead of memorizing the dates," they said. And then all I ever did in history class in school anyway was memorize a bunch of dates. (Apparently they're trying to change that nowadays, at least here in New Jersey.)

@pplluumm22 7 лет назад

I think you've already forgot one.

@krim7 7 лет назад

You were taught history wrong, then. Sorry to say but date memorization went out of fashion a long, long time ago.

@awanderingmonk828 7 лет назад

DragoniteSpam That sucks. My world history teacher was a dynamic person and his lectures were very similar to how ECH does it.

@theuncannycharlatan3980 6 лет назад

It’s ironic how the last living grandson of Peter the Great was originally the heir to Sweden.

@SanyaRy 5 лет назад

@Mysterious Stranger the irony is that one of the greatest achievements of Peter the Great was kicking Sweden's ass in the Great Northern War

@MrCubFan415 5 лет назад

Alex Ry The real irony is that Peter the Great’s grandson was originally the heir to the very same country whose ass Peter had kicked in the Great Northern War. So basically a combination of the original comment and your reply.

@micah1397 5 лет назад

@@SanyaRy the irony

@caucasusmapper7098 5 лет назад

Not surprising TBH. Marriages between rivaling dynasties did happen.

@LocalManwhore 4 года назад

6:54 My highschool classmates watching me talk to a 6th grader about cartoons we enjoy.

@OriginalMokthol 4 года назад

I dont know exactly what it is about the story of Catherine the Great, but I keep finding myself coming back here to rewatch it again and again.

@JoshIdstein 7 лет назад

Yes! Frederick the Great finally got mentioned in one of these episodes! One of the coolest monarchs in German history, who apart from being a military genius, was a great philosopher and advanced the freedom of speech and religion in Prussia, coining the awesome phrase: "Everyone shall be happy by his own fashion in my country" (or something similiar, basically: go live whatever way you want). Okay, I don't want to paint an 18th century monarch as a saint here, but he was pretty open-minded and progressive for his time. Let's not forget the fact that for evey good monarch you get three dozen appaling ones.

@MrChopstsicks 6 лет назад

Aaron Idstein I missed this a year ago and I wholeheartedly agree. Frederick The Great is one of the most selfless and progressive monarch of his time. Always the first servant to his people and very under appreciated having very little content about him on RU-vid. Waiting for the day that he’ll have his very own series on Extra History. But till that day comes Kings and Generals will keep me entertain with the Silesian wars.

@anoukori316 5 лет назад

You're right, he is a saint?

@adrikristian5958 Год назад

@@MrChopstsicks hello sir, that day finally comes!

@MrChopstsicks Год назад

@@adrikristian5958 i know right. 4 years later!

@Sylocat 7 лет назад

Yay! This one's been in the polls for eons but it always got beat. I'm glad it's finally here.

@extrahistory 7 лет назад

Catherine was never a woman to suffer setbacks meekly.

@JarroHood 7 лет назад

I feel I'm about to understand a certain ERB video much better by the end of this.

@paulpeterson4216 7 лет назад

I've been hoping you would do Kate the Great! \o/

@brandtlucasbrandt 7 лет назад

Rabbit Cube what's in the pills now?

@S3rp3nte 7 лет назад

Me too.

@itschichi2211 4 года назад

Who else just finished watching "The Great" on Hulu?

@kanapotetakerngkeat3506 4 года назад

ItsChiChi wth is that

@itschichi2211 4 года назад

@@kanapotetakerngkeat3506 it's a tv series abt Catherine the Great. Its rly funny.

@squiddadoll 3 года назад

Kanapote Takerngkeat It’s a show that’s very inaccurate but still good

@kanapotetakerngkeat3506 3 года назад

Hi There oh ok? Just asking though but it’s kinda like a Mel Gibson type?

@saadwaqar3851 3 года назад

@@kanapotetakerngkeat3506 it's comedic completely barely and seriousness

@bigj1905 2 года назад

Too think that the two greatest monarchs of the late 18th century only met once, and when Cathrine was a child no less, is shocking to me.

@killerOfMoons 7 лет назад

She better have Siberian riches or I'm not playing.

@nicholascooper945 7 лет назад

(Gets to Atomic Era after long arduous slog) "NO URANIUM? OH HELL NO!" *quits out*

@kiwi4998 7 лет назад

haha, she had also get animal husbandry first in the world

@akrybion 7 лет назад

Nicholas Cooper *Russia has denounced you* Oh come in, I just punished warmongering Caesar and gave you back two of your cities! That's it. Fuck Cultural victory, Total War it is.

@monkofdarktimes 7 лет назад

Jaiden Cross I will send you there

@killerOfMoons 7 лет назад

Workers CCCP no I only go there if Stalin sends me there!

@AlRoderick 7 лет назад

Bad girls go to live in the pug box. Do you want to go live in the pug box?

@somedragonbastard 7 лет назад

Alexander Roderick I like pugs, but I don't want to live in the pug box. It's small and dirty.

@cindchan 5 лет назад

A very late reply, but I had to say that this made me laugh! ^_^

@marie-vy4mc 5 лет назад

Me being the socially awkward dog lover, yes

@vbgvbg1133 5 лет назад

Now its the box.

@ms.rstake_1211 5 лет назад

lol

@TerrierMartello 4 года назад

This has been on my RU-vid recommendation for 6 months, you win RU-vid, ok, you win!

@amsimsicle 2 года назад

0:08 Best intro ever. if you disagree then you’re wrong

@geekerama2415 5 лет назад

Funny fact: Catherine The Great had a bastard son, a son outside her marriage with a militar guy, they had an affair. Unfortunatelly I don't know what happened to him, but her son lived, married a girl and started the Eckerman Family (my family btw); because of the jewish origin of the name, and the fear of being killed by their "royal blood" during the Revolution, they escaped to German, and after some time, escaped to other parts of the world. One of those parts was Brazil, my grand-grandma, Maria Eckerman was a lovely woman! I want the world to know her story! 💖 (Yes, we have evidences that this is true, my family contacted a guy who had the original documents signed by the court about the Eckermans)

@alexie832 5 лет назад

Wow! That's awesome! I should find out about my family history too!

@lolomo8864 5 лет назад

Coincidence? Or not? Lol

@Me-eb3wv 5 лет назад

@vickyyy2817 5 лет назад

Cool

@moundhirmoundhirs6123 5 лет назад

You son of a bastard a dna test is all we need

@008TheDen 7 лет назад

I love learning more about Old Fritz ( Frederick the Great). First of all him being a master of tactics and lover of arts and hearing about how he struggled against his father's homophobia (Frederick's lover in the army was executed), but would go on to be one of the greatest of German rulers. It is an inspiring story.

@MrChopstsicks 6 лет назад

The Eyebrows still waiting for the day he’ll have his series and Honoured fully on RU-vid.

@inakiaraquistain5731 5 лет назад

What a beautiful story! It's like a fairytale.

@laceystar4759 5 лет назад

Whenever I come to this channel this series about Cathrine the Great is something I always watch. I love listening to how you explain the history of many people.

@emiv592 6 лет назад

... The Disney show.. SOFIA THE FIRST "I'm finding out what being royal is all about".. Wow

@HyperzonMusicalies 5 лет назад

@Olivia SUN and then regret it

@jaded8578 5 лет назад

*clears throat* SOFIA THE FIRST, MAKING MY WAY IT'S AN ADVENTURE EVERYDAY IT'S GONNA BE MY TIME TO SHOW THEM ALL THAT I'M SOFIA THE FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRST (i used to watch that show when i was younger.. but i'm already pretty young, so)

@edim108 5 лет назад

Sounds like a terrible parenting, even for the time. But from that troubled childhood came Woman who made Russia Great once more. The Woman of great character and brilliant mind. As Pole, I can't say I like her role in history- If not for Her and Frideric the Great, Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth could have possibly reformed and become the Europes Superpower once more- But I respect her and her great talents. You simply can't deny her role in the history of Russia and thus, the history of the World.

@kipkap7406 5 лет назад

Make Russia GreatAgain

@sussybakagaming2613 5 лет назад

parenting was horrible throughout our living

@feldmarschallvonbraunschwe4463 3 года назад

Sorry about the partitions.

@Godslayer5656 2 года назад

Catherine had a terrible mother, and became a terrible mother.

@spaghetti_warmer1024 2 года назад

I or l which one is which (I or L and if you guess you get money and food) 🍚🍩🍩🌶🥨🥨🥨🥨🥨🥨🥨🥨

@zairusan7344 2 года назад

Whenever I get overwhelmed with life, this channel has been my go-to channel to calm my nerves a bit. And this video has been by far my favorite. Thank you, EC 🥰

@iansmith4702 7 лет назад

I, personally, am thrilled that you are doing Catherine the Great. Some of my ancestors moved to Russia from Germany because of her.

@TheIbney00 7 лет назад

No but seriously. Fredrick the Great series when?

@ThePublicDominion 7 лет назад

And as long as we're on the subject of monarchs nicknamed, "The Great," a series on Alfred the Great would also be awesome.

@MrChopstsicks 6 лет назад

Have you tried Kings and Generals? They just started a series for Frederick the Great.

@qwertyzxcvbn6929 6 лет назад

WE NEED MORE THE GREAT VIDEOS GODDAMMIT

@chizhang2765 5 лет назад

Can't wait to see EH's take on von Katte!

@dizthea4145 5 лет назад

Hamilton? Is that you?

@Rukai 2 года назад

My gosh, it's been 4 years already. I don't remember how much I miss this until the algorithm gods sent this video back in my playlist

@MeldedWetal Месяц назад

Roughly 5 years of watching this channel. The start of a wonderful journey of discovery and knowledge. Thank you, Extra History.

@CanterlotCrusader 7 лет назад

Damn, her mom was such a spoiled brat. But even poor beginnings can leave a lasting legacy, looking forward to more!

@extrahistory 7 лет назад

Before she became Catherine the Great, legendary empress of Russia, she was a smart but lonely girl called Sophia. PLUS! Vote for Extra Credits in the Shorty Awards up to 3 times per day: shortyawards.com/9th/extracreditz

@Loadlng 7 лет назад

Notification squad!

@javepadolina2383 7 лет назад

Ok... not to sound ignorant,but wasn't she the one rumored to have had relations with a horse?

@montymonty5040 7 лет назад

Could you please do San Martín next?

@raymondz999 7 лет назад

Rex Master It is just a myth

@petercevallos258 7 лет назад

Really happy to see the great Russian empress brought into light. How about Lenin?

@As_Silent_As_Forest 5 лет назад

Well, but the capital of Russia was Saint-Petersburg, not Moscow

@restezlameme 5 лет назад

I'm pretty sure that during that time, while Saint Petersburg was considered the "official" capital, it still wasn't a favorite among the noble elite. The ruling classes preferred Moscow as the cultural and religious center of Russia. (I read this in Massey's biography of Catherine the Great.)

@nguyenhoanglong420 3 года назад

What comrade ?

@josephmariani732 4 года назад

This is my favorite Extra History series!

@bottomtext 7 лет назад

Finally an episode including one of my favourite historical characters, Frederick the Great. Just wish there would be a complete series on him.

@samleheny1429 7 лет назад

Why when looking at history are there so many sickly heirs? Was it all that keeping the blood "pure"?

@hilkmeister1382 7 лет назад

Sam Leheny yup they liked keeping it in the family

@latersatyr 7 лет назад

Inbreeding yes, but also just bad medical knowledge. Many people died in childhood back then.

@rambard5599 7 лет назад

I don't think the main purpose of the "inbreeding" was to keep the blood pure, but to ensure profitable marriages and connections to other monarchs. In essence, for them a child was an asset, and you don't want to throw away an asset.

@baranix3384 7 лет назад

And since the royals always had access to the "latest advances in medicine"...

@adamthornton7880 7 лет назад

This is a typical human population before the 19th century: Fertility rate: 6-7 children per women Population growth rate: close to zero

@breezv 5 лет назад

this was just randomly in my recommended, and i am SO EMOTIONALLY INVESTED

@pinkdogroslyn8832 5 лет назад

These are my favorite vids, this series helps me exist!!!!! This channel is the greatest in my opinion especially it’s true history you don’t find in history books!!!

@lilguccigoku6426 6 лет назад

I Can imagine Fredrick the great yelling where the heck is Sofia and then her mom says she has nothing to wear then Fredrick calms down is like my dear sister can u please lend Sofia a dress he just go 0 -100 real quick mad and then just calms down

@MURPHYCHACHO Год назад

I'm just picturing Fredrick letting out a massive exasperated sigh and then turning to his sister like: "Wilhelmina?" "I'm on it."

@AndyG94 7 лет назад

Hmm, the ill treatment from her mother explains A LOT of Catherine's future relationship with her own offspring...

@awesometello9966 7 лет назад

AndyG94 uh we call them children

@dieterbohm9700 6 лет назад

"Mutated Cumspawns" OMG LOL , you sir won the universe.

@unhackerthelaziestbastardo6083 6 лет назад

I prefer the term "mistakes" or "regrets"... "disappoints" also works.

@lilguccigoku6426 6 лет назад

Unhacker, The Laziest Bastard on the Internet lol

@ImperativeGames 5 лет назад

We call them brood or food.

@merc6666 5 лет назад

Ive watched this season so many times! Its so detailed. Keep on going extra credits! 👌🏻😀

@laminator6995 5 лет назад

I've watched this so many times because it's so good.

@SonicRooncoPrime 7 лет назад

Sophia's mother makes me sick to think of her, but your narration and art are as amazing as ever, EC/ EH team!

@Konree 7 лет назад

6:53 When you are so desperate in finding wife, that you tell her the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise...

@josephflynn9792 5 лет назад

it's not a story your mother would tell you

@israelrojas3351 5 лет назад

😆

@jadehulse9535 5 лет назад

When I was in school, I didn't like history classes much. Not that I didn't like history itself, because I loved documentaries and other media based on history. I figured out the way I was taught was not usually engaging enough or there were simply too many people being talked about and I had no visual representation of them. I discovered these Extra History videos a few days ago from the Genghis Khan series, and it was the first time I had ever learned about him! To go from knowing "Genghis Khan was this historic guy from Mongolia or whatever" to being able to comprehend his entire life's story in about an hour was great! Thank you so much for these videos! They make me want to seek out more interesting ways to self-study history lessons I missed when I was younger.

@henryanderson6752 4 года назад

The amount of times I’ve watched this series is truly astonishing.

@frogfireFantasy 7 лет назад

Omg I totally want to hug Sophia!!!!

@rileyrose5166 7 лет назад

? I don't see what's so cringy. ur just being dumb lol

@rileyrose5166 7 лет назад

So? let them. It's not hurting anyone, if they're young (which they probably are), let them have fun instead of laughing at them. Hell, if they ARE young, then you're making fun of a CHILD. do you realize how pathetic that is?

@CSGhostAnimation 3 часа назад

Oh wow no way, cool seeing a familiar face lol

@myohmy9000 7 лет назад

And we all know who arranged this meeting with Catherine and Fredrick, Walpole

@mxsdrago 7 лет назад

Chris Ramsey goddamnit

@hilkmeister1382 7 лет назад

Chris Ramsey I think this 6 degrees of Walpole has gotten out of hand

@based_prophet 7 лет назад

Chris Ramsey fuck u mate

@drosso4956 7 лет назад

Bebop The Robot calm down mate jeez

@iconic9122 5 лет назад

I’ve seen this about 6 times and I love it

@Sly88Frye 2 дня назад

I love how these characters are drawn and I just love how everything explained

@roykennedy 6 лет назад

Fun Fact: What catherine said in latin was just placeholder latin text as Lorem Ipsum is basically a fake latin word to make you seem smart

@zayyanabbas4958 5 лет назад

Wasn't it a secret language developed by Da Vinci, where no one could find the meaning, so they just used it as placeholder text?

@irrelevant_noob 5 лет назад

roy kennedy it's not quite "fake" fake, it's a tweaked version of a 1st-century BC real-Latin text by Cicero. :-B

@ChrisKrunchy 5 лет назад

They went to Petersburg not Moscow...

@kamanashiskar9203 3 года назад

Yes. In 1721, Emperor Peter I of the Russian Empire founded St. Petersburg as the capital of the Empire.

@ShokoNena99 Год назад

Is it just me or does anyone else come back like every year to binge watch the series?

@mediocreman6323 4 года назад

2:11 - these drawings really made me laugh :-D Great job on the art work, as usual :-)

@lithop256 5 лет назад

You should have called it "Catherine the ok" for this video, "the alright", then the great for the next one

@Shadow-gc6le 4 года назад

What do you think this is? Overlysarcastic productions?

@MexiSword 4 года назад

"Some of us are trying to nail Catharine the Great.... Or should I say Catharine the So-so." --JKF

@mr.mirage3986 2 года назад

_"Historic titles don't exist."_ -The country of Myanmar

@runningarctic301 7 лет назад

Can I just say that you have had a perfect track record for answering every question I have ever thought of? I legitimately enjoy all of your videos.

@extrahistory 7 лет назад

We try our best to have a suspiciously perfect track record with you.... er, it's not suspicious at all! Seriously though, thanks for the love!

@UnprofessionalProfessor 4 года назад

History is a million times more entertaining than fiction.

@mrridley8967 4 года назад

Isn't history fiction?

@generatormemov280 5 лет назад

Thanks from Syberia for this video!! Like

@TurlasThe6 7 лет назад

Psst, guys...the video is amazing, but...double check the description before tomorrow. ;) Looks like another great series! :D

@extrahistory 7 лет назад

No worries, just a placeholder! I don't always update the full video for early access. Thanks for looking out for us, though.

@Raspoutable 7 лет назад

Shh. Pretend it's someting good...

@camilococconi5249 7 лет назад

scyx what? sorry, maybe they already made a correction, or maybe i just don't see what's wrong. could you pls tell me?

@evan7337 7 лет назад

What was it?

@Taiyama2 7 лет назад

Freakin' Frederick the Great. What a legend. I'm glad he treated young Sophia with kindness.

@imnotpickle95chevroblyat83 5 лет назад

this is the first ever video i watched of yours and i have to say as i do love history , you got me hooked on extra history as well as extra credts and extra sci-fi

@Billy-TL 2 года назад

This was my first extra history episode. Wow this is still very good.

@kendallcarter3491 7 лет назад

Words can't begin to describe how good this video was. Both the animation and narration where on point, I myself was very interested in the history of Catherine the Great. This is a very effective way of teaching history to people who actually want to learn it.