Hidden Messages in Catherine the Great's Portraits 

Thank you! I thought it would be a bit of a niche topic but I put a lot of effort into both the analysis and the video.

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed!

Thank you! This script was in fact originally an essay and I did get an A lmao

@@SomasAcademy yeah i can tell why. Hey would you like to partner going forward?

So true bestie, the ribbon of St. George has definitely not been used for any imperialist reasons at any point since the time of Catherine

I hadn't heard of Kościuszko before this comment, but skimming his Wikipedia page, sounds like a very interesting figure! I might take a crack at covering his life myself after doing some more thorough research, thanks for bringing him to my attention.

@@SomasAcademy that period is so full of interesting historical figures. When it comes to Catherine it would be more fitting to talk about Stanislaus Augustus. History of their relationship is pretty wild on its own.

@@SomasAcademy That's marvellous! Are you familiar with the Revolutions podcast by Mike Duncan? Way back in 2015, while covering the French Revolution, in episode 3.40 'The Frozen Rivers', he talked a lot about the Kościuszko Uprising, mainly to explain how it affected the War of the First Coalition. He also admitted that he should have already mentioned Kościuszko while covering the American Revolution and said he might make a supplemental episode just about him, alas, he never did. Also, your fellow HistoryTuber Sam Aronow talked a bit about Kościuszko (and about Stanislaus Augustus) in his series about Jewish history, which I highly recommend. On a less serious note. While I'll probably never get over the fact that Kościuszko is not featured at all in _Hamilton_ (while La Fayette somehow appears in New York in 1776) at least he got some bitchin' Belarusian punk tribute: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HOdoZwYCOnw.html ... and some Lithuanian folk: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-S5EgRY6dD-0.html

I'll look into him as well!

I've heard of that podcast, but haven't listened to it, I'll check out the episode. LaFayette is a rather popular figure in America (which I can't resent, I am quite fond of him myself), much better known than any of the other Europeans who came over to help; reading about Kościuszko my first thought was of Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, a Prussian who made significant contributions to the American war effort but who is woefully underdiscussed.