How did Moldavia Defeat The Great Powers of the 15th Century? - Stephen the Great - Part 1 

Calling the battle of Vaslui one of the biggest victories in European history brings joy to my heart, as a Romanian. So few ignore this battle or know nothing of it. Thank you.

As a Serb the amount of respect I have for this guy is insane gave the ottomans there worse defeat in history 🇷🇸🤝🇲🇩☦️

I don't know much of Romanian history, but this prince proved to be one of the most powerful.

I can't wait to see the battle of Vaslui

As a Romanian I can only thank you for this great video and I hope you continue making videos about Romanian history, showing how Romanians managed to keep the Ottomans away from Central and Western Europe for a long time and their important role in European history .

he was a military genius and an outstanding diplomat... he always made alliances and rarely fought alone, and in the end he managed to beat them all in different alliances... he only lost twice in around 40 fights

I cried a little when i visted his tomb at Putna Manastery... also called the Jerusalem of romanian people...

Fun fact: Principality of Moldavia is actually the soul founder of modern day Romania. (Detail). The last Prince and Voievode Alexandru Ioan the first (Alexandru Ioan Cuza) was a Moldovan by regional identity and nationality, he became first prince of Moldavia in 1859 and months later Prince of Wallachia. He named the new state Romania in 1866 after the ethnonym Român (Romanian) used by the inhabitants from both Principalities

Regarding the so called rift between Stefan and Vlad, a few things to note. The Chilia citadel was under Hungarian control having a Hungarian garrison stationed there, non-allies of Stefan. It was however officially recognized as being part of Wallachia which was ruled by Vlad, an ally. When Stefan attacked Chilia it was during Mehmed's invasion of Wallachia. Mehmed split a contingent of his massive army to attack Chilia while the rest were tasked to wiping out Wallachia off the map. The battle between Vlad and Stefan only happened on paper as Vlad was busy traumatizing his Ottoman "guests" somewhere else. Chilia was going to be attacked by the Ottomans regardless having no protection from Vlad. Stefan joined alongside the Ottomans in attacking Chilia and for some "strange" reason the Ottomans weren't able to capture the city. After being defeated by Vlad, Mehmed had a moratorium on even mentioning Vlad or attacking Wallachia again. Mehmed was cited as saying that as long as Vlad has Chilia, it's impossible to defeat him. After these events no bad blood was ever recorded between Vlad and Stefan. Stefan was amongst the first to hear about Vlad's death this is due to the fact that Vlad's personal bodyguards were Moldavian solders from Stefan's personal guard. From a couple of hundreds Moldavian soldiers only 10 survived the massacre and reported back to Stefan what had happened. Stefan was the only one that blamed Laiota Basarb of having plotted with traitors to eliminate Vlad in order to take the throne of Wallachia. Stefan soon after Laiota Basarab was made ruler of Wallachia, invaded, killed Basarab, and left.

Stefan the Great was voted 2nd or 3rd most important figure in Romanian history in a great televised competition with huge popular participation like 20 years or so ago... very under-rated historical figure for the area outside of Romania and Republic of Moldova. The figure that managed to take 1st place however was Michael the Brave, the first unifier of all majority Romanian medieval/historical parts (even if that didnt last long, the blueprint was "activated" and was just a question of time).

One of Entire Europe Best ruler !! Thanks for this small documentary !! It's freaking good !! Keep Going on like this !!

The greatest Romanian in history Proud to be named after him 💙💛❤️

He was probably greatest Romanian in history

This prince stood the ground against the Ottomans. Deserve my respect. If I had a prince such like this, he could call me to fight in the army. I would go easily.

St.Stephen the Great, the hero of Romanians, Champion of Christ and a legendary strategist, fought 48 battles and lost only 2, great latin warrior🇷🇴🇲🇩💯🏛

battle of vaslui was not only europe's greatest victory but christianity's greatest victory since it's the biggest defeat ottoman empire ever took

There's a Romanian religious song called "La poartă la Ștefan Vodă" about St.Stephen the Great composed by Anton Pann an Aromanian musician from XIXth Century If anyone would like to listen to it, you just have to search: "Anton Pann la poarta la stefan voda", and the first video with Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus as a picture is the song

Derived from the Greek word Stephanos, the name Stefan directly translates to “crown.”

I'am from Romania.. thanks for a well done video!

Glad you posted some knowledge about my country to others

His kingdom will be united once again one day 🔵🟡🔴

The divided romanian states played a crucial part in keeping the ottomans from gaining even more european territory back then. Combined, they were regarded as a "wall" by westerners. Sadly, they eventually became puppets of the ottoman empire, and a partially-united Romania would have its independence recognised only after the Treaties of San Stefano and Berlin took place, in 1878.

I really appreciate your take on one of the greatest moldovan voievodas. Stefan the Great has one of the most legends about his character out of all of them, something similar to Alexander the Great. I would like to add as a Romanian, Moldavia is not an accurate word to describe the historic territory but Moldova, it always was called Moldova. 🙏

i was in romania i went at dracullas castle as well as sucaeve small city(they have airport tho you can visit). it was capital of moldova at some point. nice video.

Great video man love it! You made my day.

This is one of my favorite history channels. It explains so greatly. If I had dollars, I you support, but I'm from a poor country.

Great episode 👍 Looking forward to part 2

Thanks for this video. 😀👍

Interesting video. Can't wait for part 2 of this story.

Such a Great Leader ! 👑

Thank you! Greetings from Suceava:)

Ευχαριστώ για την υπέροχη ξενάγηση στην ιστορία της Μολδαβίας ❤😊

maaaan. this was such a tease~ can't wait for part 2. Battle of Vaslui~

Can't wait for the rest. Pretty detailed!

bravo! you have my deepest respect for this video

This is so interesting video you have voice that is just interesting to listen!😁😁

great video!

Very neat, but I would like to note that the official title of the ruler/head of state of each Romanian principality was ”Domn” and ”Voievod” is just the military title each ”Domn” took upon himself when he went campaigning, thus engraining that title into the popular Romanian culture.

May God rest in peace your soul Stefan ! Be blessed! 🙏☦️

Nice video! as Moldovian, give you all my respect!

,informative historical coverage video about Valakians (Stephen ) principality

Please make a video with Mircea the elder

Thanks!

Thank you.

whaaaaat, didn't expect that a documentary about my country would be uploaded at some point!!!!

The greatest Romanian in history.

Salutari !

interesting video, never heard much about him

Waiting for part 2

finnaly!

I wasn't subscribed, that's odd! Been watching for years. Well I am now!

Part 2 PLEASE

Living that Crusader Kings Seduction Focus.

I believe you said at some point that you are Romanian. Regardless, your pronunciation of Romanian names is on point.

This region of the world is very interesting.

You can go to Chisinau and stand in Stefan Cel Mare park on Stefan Cel Mare road staring at a Stefan Cel Mare statue while holding different bills all with Stefan Cel Mare on it. I think they like the guy.

Time of the Titans Moldavia Stefan Wallachia Vlad Hungary Hunyadi Albania Skanderbeg

i wish there was a game about all the history

Is it coincidence that this docu comes out now ?

His actual title is "Saint Stefan The Great and Holy, Champion of Christ". The only title he got posthumously is "saint".

When the part 2 hits in?

Now this could be a great TV series a la GoT

Super, thanks for covering Moldova

YESSSSSSSS

Just for people who dont know. Wallachia, Moldova and Transylvania were all Romanian states which united into modern Romania. People in this regions called themselves romanians by the sense of the word since the romanization of this area. As they started calling themselves romanus (roman) and with the time and influences from outside this word developed into todays "romanian". There are records as early as the 15th/16th century that inhabitants in Moldova, Wallachia and Transylvania all called themselves romanians.Just in case some brainwashed russian inbreed larping as moldovan comes along and tries to spread his propaganda :)

I recommend whatching stephen the great the movie

I feel like the english language can not do him justice. As great as this video is, i dont think it can compare to a romanian documentary about him

Angry Ottoman noises😬

Stefan the Great was one of the most valiant rulers of Middle Ages Europe, from the territories inhabited by Romanians. He ruled over a small country surrounded by powerful enemies, each an empire: the Polish-Lithuanian empire, the Hungarian empire and the most powerful of all, the Ottoman empire - including the Tatars of the Golden Horde. His reign lasted for decades, an exceptional story of statesmanship, bravery and endurance in those dangerous times (1457-1504). And during his time he built many Christian Orthodox churches, that are standing even today as centers of Christianity and Romanian culture. While the Ottoman empire was a Muslim empire, the first two were Christian empires, yet they were involved in petty squabbles that permitted the Ottomans to later arrive at the gates of Vienna and to conquer all the Black Sea shores until the rise of the Russian empire from the ashes of the . Along with Mircea the Old, Vlad Tepes, Mihai the Brave and Matei Corvin, Stefan was a leader to awake the might of the Romanians. The independence of Tara Romaneasca (Wallachia) and Moldova from the Ottomans was to be conquered by the Romanians on the battlefield in the 1877-1878 Independence War (against the support for the Ottomans of the Western powers) and the independence of Transylvania from the Hungarians was to be obtained after the WW1, in 1918. Unfortunately, parts of the old Moldavan kingdom, inhabited by Romanians, were taken by the Bolsheviks following the Ribbentrop(Nazi)-Molotov(Bolshevik) Pact (1939) and the WW2 and incorporated into Ukraine (North Bukovina and South Moldova) and Moldova (Basarabia). But the wheel of history grinds on...

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Stefan the Great sword is in a turkish museum you can goggle it.

Funnily enough he and Bayezid allianced themselves against the Poles and prevented their invasion of Moldovia, ending their ambitious imperial intenions yet inevitably establishing Ottoman preponderance over Balkans and Crimea.

Nice job, are u romanian?

he is buried in Romania at the Putna Monastery

When will the Civil War part 2 Come out

As a Gen Xer, “Stephan the great” sounds like “St. Kevin” If you are a Brit or American, you get it. 😂

3:53 Iancu de Hunedoara not John Hunyadi, he was Romanian

Dang so we have to wait until January

Stephen the Great, the Moldovan Wallachian, leader of Moldo-Wallachia (MoldoVlahia, according his own documents).

Oh, look - Fane Babanu'! :D

another great momnument to stefan the great is cetatea alba

Will you ever another video on Serbian history?

Stefan was Old Testament.

stephen the great this dude is awesome and he live to his nickname the great

“Ștefan cel Mare” (“Stephen the Great”), the movie: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-p-nIK56lOmM.html

Where is pt2????

Moonfall 2 be like: After they save the planet, the Covenant appears and the protagonists put some Green heavy armor and start shooting grunts in the Head with magnum .44

What rulers we had back then and what shitheads we have today...

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Stefan as a leader in Civ 7 when ?

14:42 / 14:46

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I love Alexander “the good” Because he was good but not great, like the ancient one, this was just “good”

Ayy

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I personally like history expeceli The histori of Moldova Becos I em from Moldova

Romania 🔥

You canny just cut it there man…😮