Putin's Russia and the ghost of the Romanovs 

The Romanov's were much better looking than Britain's Royals.

The tsars children are related to Britain’s present day monarch through their ancestor Queen Victoria

" you can only be president for 8 years " Putin: lets turn that 8 to the side and now its infinite 😈

When Nicholas Romanov was crowned Tsar of Russia in 1894, he seemed bewildered. “What is going to happen to me…to all Russia?” he asked an advisor when he assumed the throne. “I am not prepared to be Tsar. I never even wanted to become one.”

Nicolas's wife and daughters were gorgeous

its so sad because 2 days prior to their execution, the bolsheviks offered the tsar's family over to the tsar's cousin, george V of england, and he declined. after receiving the news of their deaths, george went with his family to an orthodox church and prayed there all day for forgiveness

Just to clarify: the White Army wasn’t necessarily loyal to Tzar Nicholas II. They were merely against the Bolsheviks and weren’t really trying to restore the Russian Empire.

"There were many bad things about the Czar's regime, but he inherited an autocracy and his acts are now being seen in perspective and in comparison to the terrible crimes committed by the Soviets." - Nikolai Tolstoy

France literally did the same thing ~130 years earlier.

Yeltsin was so democratic that he shelled his own democratically-elected parliament when they refused to change the constitution to suit his benefit. Yeltsin was so democratic that he rigged the 1996 election in his favour with funds from President Clinton. Yeltsin was such a great leader that he drowned his nation's economy below WW2 levels and did nothing to try bring it back up. Thank you, Boris Yeltsin, for letting your people live through hell! Thank you for bringing your country to the lowest of lows! Is this what democracy and Western values represent?

Well it's simple, remove the "Ras" from Rasputin and you have Putin

love the way you blame the Problem in Syrian on Russia 😂😂. they fixed the problem causes by America again

I just read the entire article of the romanovs on wiki a month ago. The diary of the Tsar’s daughters paint a story of innocent girls who just want the simple of joy of life yet was cursed by their heritage. May they rest in peace.

Putin, at this point of time, isn't the worst autocrat to rule Russia … Jus' sayin' ;-\ There is something about Russia's physical and psychological composition that seems to embrace autocracy. Perhaps it is because the country is so diverse and so large; that liberal Western-style politics would, most likely, lead to secessionist movements and fragmentation. Russia is not a country of immigrants; the various ethnic groups have been there for thousands of years. They can legitimately claim their native territory as their own.

Now in 2022 this brilliant analysis of Putin proves all too true! The fact that England refused to give sanctuary to the Romanov family is absolutely unforgivable and it seems that some crimes and indiscretions of the past are so great they continue to come back to haunt us and play out throughout the annals of time.

Nicholas 2 was more of a family man than a ruler who never had his ear to the ground

No one: Americans: Russia is bad

''White army, loyal to Nikolas the second'' - seriously? Go back to school! Ps: instead of arguing with 20 people, i rather add some info here. 1. General Ruzsky and A.Guchkov were the ones who insisted Tsar to sign manifesto and that act was supported in that by bunch of other figures who would join the white army shortly after. 2. While some (whites) could sympathize Tsar and monarchy, most the white leaders either remembered Tsar in a negative light like A.Denikin or cared about their own goals like Kolchak. 3. As ''bbonner422'' stated below, ''The white army was fractured into various factions ranging from almost fascist in beliefs to people who wanted a democratic republic. The reason why the Soviets won was because they had more of a united front against the white army''. Many people tend to idealize (whites) for some reason. Their scale of terror in many cases wasn't inferior to the (reds) and even surpassing the (reds) it when speaking mainly about Kolchak. 4. By the time execution did take place, Tsar was left alone by pretty much everyone. His generals didn't care, his British cousin didn't care and most importantly his people didn't care.

Yet Russia is a saner and more stable nation compared to the USA

0:47 Why did those soldiers randomly start making out? lol.

Romanov: *built a powerful russia* Putin: *also built a powerful russia* Westerners: coincidence?

Between World War One, The Russian Revolution, World War Two and Joseph Stalin, The Collapse of the USSR, The Financial Crisis of 1997 and its Demographic Crisis, Russia has truly been through some hardship. Russia is truly a nation that knows the meaning of perseverance. As for the video, typical bias against Russia.

Russian people loves a "Tsar" like figure. They need a strongman in power to feel themselves safe...

"Infantile" : Is how the Pope described Russia's justification for invasion of Ukraine.

Russia has really amazing history from the Rurik dynasty to the Tsardom to the Revolution, Soviet Union and then Russian Federation.

The Tsars daughters were beautiful .

He died an unknown hero and none will really know the real reason why. Rip king 👑 now with the king of kings

The Romanovs fell because of the three hundred year curse of Marina Mnishek. In 1613, after the execution of her child, she said this:"The Romanovs will rule Russia for 300 years. The heirs will not die by their own death. This will happen until all the Romanovs die."This led to palace coups and revolutions, and subsequently, the execution of almost all members of the Romanov House and the creation of the USSR.The USSR was actually created for the complete destruction of the Romanovs and other oldest Russian dynasties, but this did not happen, and in 1991 the union broke up.

If only Tsar Alexander II managed to pass the reforms to make Russia a constitutional monarchy... the Tsars would have been saved, as well as democracy...

I wonder how different history would have been if Alexander III had had a long life span.

The Economist & the ghosts of independent reporting

He is even built a palace for himself...

The white army lost because of their disorganization. Not all were allied with the Tsar as they say here. They came from all different ideologies, but were against the Bolsheviks. Lack of leadership ruined them militarily.

Czar Nikolai Romanov's biggest weakness was his wife. She was a very bad influence on him, she brought in the mystic Rasputin who ruined the reputation of the imperial family, she also gave her husband very bad advice. The two men who could have saved him: Count Sergei Witte, and Pyotr Stolypin were both dead by 1915. These men were extremely competent politicians. Sergei Witte strongly advised the Czar not to go to war against Germany, but his wife did not like the kaiser, also the British and the French put huge pressure on him to go to war against Germany despite the Treaty of Bjorka he signed with kaiser Wilhelm. Wilhelm loved Nicholas more than any other other relative, he never wanted to go to war with Russia. His true sentiments are revealed in their private telegrams, but Wilhelm's own government over-ruled him.

0:43 «Июль 1918» Вау, Заранее построили мавзолей для Ленина. Что бы потом голову не ломать)))

"Putin embraces the soviet past" You mean its belief of a unified state and belief? Yes Communism and marxism? Absolutely not.

"When we do it, don't you dare mention morals and laws" - The West

Correction: The family and servants were sawed into small pieces, and dumped in some form of acid, then burned, and after that the remains were left in a nearby abandoned mine.

“Vladimir” actually means “Of Great Power”

It's a shame that whenever one nation tries to be "stronger" it usually means war...

I can't believe they've been gone for 100 years. When I learned about the youngest daughter Anastasia, it changed my life forever.

3:46 How I open the door when my boyfriend is coming to meet me.

Country boy in : North Carolina...I LOVE RUSSIA...

They were all beautiful and dint deserve to die

Could you imagine if the Romanovs were still in power they would be the oldest ruling house in Europe and they would be in power for 400 years and out of all the other ruling house the richest in all of Europe Hell my grandpapa always said to me compared to Russian palaces Buckingham palace is a 1 room cottage lol and the jewelry in Russia there were stones the size of goose eggs And out of all the other ruling houses the Romanovs paid the coast of there palaces out of there own pockets since they had there own money from the business that they owned that’s what a lot of people really don’t understand

Yes compare us russians to religious fanatics in the middle east . Very subtle but not missed . Sly economist . As my english teacher taught me in highschool. A good essay does not have to be long , it needs to have the good side of the story and the bad side . This video just shows your bias and how bad orators you are . Had you shown a couple of good deeds along with the senseless allegations. Really shameless with the bias these days .

Youu need a tough man to lead tough people.

Because they killed the entire family (children), Nicholas became a martyr rather than what he was

Because of the crimes of Stalin and Lenin, the crimes of Tsar Nicholas are often forgotten. Thousands of people were killed by the Cossacks in putting down peaceful protests, there were pogroms across the country and finally there is WW1 for which the Tsar is partially responsible. His family did not get what they deserved but before feeling sorry for him, think of some of the victims of his rule.

That last bit. Where she said that the government can change in unpredictable ways is just plain wrong. Everyone from the outside could see the downfall of the romanovs. It was so clear considering the Tsar could barely control the military let alone the actual people.

Western media: Putin is a Communist villain ... A little later he is an imperialist, a villain conservative ... A little later he is a communist, then Alexei Navalani holds the imperialist flag, so he is on the right track, then Putin is a communist again ... When you are already doing propaganda, you do how should😂😂😂

Putin is positioning himself to end like Tsar Nicholas

I met a refugee from the Russian Revolution she was a passenger in my Uber. Nice lady, I was shocked because of how long ago it was.

The economist that cause the 2008 ecomony crisis😂😂😂

I would have made myself Czar a long time ago if I was Putin.

I think as history tells one story we must learn the history being made now. History helps us write with a finer quill the history made now, look at when Alaska belonged to Russia and was sold to America and the mistake that was.🤯🤯🤯

People around the world have different cultures, you cannot enforce one type of government on everyone and expect it to work. It's just absurd to think that your own government system is superior to everyone else's and hence they must adopt it.

Two things nobody can choose. Parents and Russia's president

And yet again, the RU-vid algorithm does its magic.

That was a totally unnecessary carnage. I'm sure it was Stalin who gave orders of murdering the Romanovs family. Sad.

So much disinformation in this video.

It's so cheap propaganda that it's even funny to listen. > "The Army of Whites, which was betrayed to the Tsar" - the Tsar abdicated long before the Civil War, none of the political forces of the White Movement proclaimed its goal to restore the monarchy in Russia, for the most part the White defended their privileges and the hierarchical order that suited them. > "The Bolsheviks decided to shoot Emperor Nicholas II" - He is not only has not been an emperor for a year, but Bolsheviks did not decide to shoot him either. The decision to execution was taken spontaneously, in connection with force majeure circumstances - the White Offensive on Yekaterinburg, the decision of the Ural Revolutionary Military Council without the sanction of Moscow. About "strengthening the power of Putin "Through "Political Repressions™" and "Military conflicts" -- I generally keep quiet. Especially about military conflicts from the lips of NATO members is interesting to listen to. > "Boris Yeltsin tried to build a democratic state" -- AHA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!!! Can you hear the knock? This Joseph Goebbels breaks out of Hell to claim compensation for copyright infringement. The death of the royal family is certainly a tragedy of the Civil War. Exactly the same as the death of thousands of other families during this war, fallen under the millstone of history and caught between the White and Red Terror. The death of each family is a tragedy. Not big and not less. And to stick out specifically one and make it a symbol of martyrdom is not right. And this not the first is the Russian king who died on the throne. But for others, for some reason, do not worry. Perhaps because the nobles killed them, gentlemen, sir. They can, it's not "cattle".

The Whites were not a unified force, nor did all the factions that historians label as "whites" support the Tzar. You're the Economist, you should be able to present accurate information.

Long Live Blessed Tsar Nicholas II!!!!

Its not the 1900s now so dont count on something to rise and fall so easily now

German Kaiser funded Lenin movement including Ticket Train to St. Petersburg, All for excluding Russia from WW1 by weaken it from within. It Worked But, Works too Well. it give birth the USSR

That final statement was more like a wish from The Economist editors than anything substancial...

Bruh the Economist with some one-sided information

I wouldn't say the fall of the Russian Empire was unpredictable. Russia was torn apart from the many revolts in the country. Nicolas II was not prepared to face such a political crisis.

Question is, what other Russia do you prefer? Modern Russia under Putin, Socialist Russia under Stalin or Lenin or perhaps the chaotic and horrifying living conditions that the country endured during the nineties? All you can say is "He is like the Tsar" but that only applies because the last time Russia was this stable was during the last Tsar's rule. That's it, that's the comparison and that's where it ends.

When power relays on faith than you have real power

When talkin shit about others - first look into your heart

These Russian guards have excellent marching/dancing skills

We will not forget the imperial family thanks to Russia men and women were very clever people to remember that shame crime unbelievable murder.

Realy beatifull family realy a clean feeling comes when see these faces.

Boney M said it best at the end of their track ‘Rasputin’......’Oh those Russians!!’...

promoting russiophobia

"The Economist" = More Globalist Propaganda.

The oppressed always becomes oppressor at the end.

Nicholas was not ready to be a tsar, because his father didn't prepare him. And why you don't tell about Nicholas's relatives in Britain who even didn't want to help?

Has anyone seen the Economist video about how Crimea was a part of Russia dating back to the 17th Century? Me neither.

I believe the new order of Tsar is coming..

The Tsar and his family were strongly and genuinely devout people. Olga read her Bible daily to her mother whilst they were imprisoned.

история идёт по кругу

Long live the spirit of the Ramonov Monachy

This is a complete lie. Russian Empire was supposed to disappear like other monarchy's in Europe. This was a historical process closely connected with industrialization.

That zooming in on Late Nicholas II's Portrait left like a threat to Putin

Stop! Bolsheviks didn't send Nickolas the 2-nd to Ekaterinburg at first. He was in Tobolsk since 1917. Only in April of 1918 he left it for Ekaterinburg. Honestly saying, I'm grateful for this video. It's cool that not only Russians watch it :)

My father, who is for a social democracy in my country, Italy, actually supports Putin. He said that the Russians need a strong leader, as it is always been their culture.

A lot of misinformation in this video

Hey Economist, what about doing a video on the very democratic Chinese government.

This first picture is never from 1918. on the left you can see Lenin's mausoleum... Which was build several years later.

Putin is the great grandson of Rasputin. He thought his name my be too obvious, so he dropped the Ras part, to just Putin.

The Economist is so terrible.

That’s one thing that makes me think; what if a lot of countries started to return to their old roots. Germany puts a Kaiser back in power, Russia reverts back to the Russian Empire, England reverts back into a monarchy, etc.

Name of the intro song??

What nonsense ?? Economist doesn’t have any content to share anymore.

So your argument starts at 0:20 when "so many" believe Putin is the new tzar.

Европа профинансировала переворот в России и из-за Европы умер Николай 2 с семьёй

Great timing RU-vid