Units of History: The Druzhina - Knights of the Kievan Rus DOCUMENTARY 

have you covered the exploratores and speculatores......are there any super elite mongol forces.....werewolves of wwii germany....any ancient barely known scythian, (india)n, or chinese units......I heard or read only once that the Qin units that conquered and solidified China had giant polearms and used them like teeth but I can not find that anywhere else

28:34 The units from I think Ivan The Terrible's Era. I forget under which king, but some of the troops used Bardiches or a similar weapon to prop up rifles when firing.

What about a documentary about polynesians?

@@NodDisciple1 streltsy

Soldiers involved in the Reconquista of Iberia

The face masks are hella cool

@@_Lumiere_ I do feel like they are intimidating.

Россия- это регион смешения многих культур. Мы вобрали в себя и традиции Запада, и традиции Византии, и тюркских и монгольских народов. Но у нас достаточно и своего)

Россия- это наследница Киевской Руси, Римской Империи, Империи Чингисхана Москва- Третий Рим, а четвёртому не бывать!

Makes sense, where one language ends, another similar starts. Same goes to cultures, customs and even equipment.

Loool

That's a nice head you have on your shoulders.

*Spicy Salami*

Less talking, more raiding!

This is more about Sturgians from Bannerlord than anything in Warband. Though sadly Sturgia is super underpowered compared to their rivals. The Druzhina for example have great shields but tiny lances

Indeed. But later was formed Kingdom of Rus' - First Ukrainian state. It uses the term Rus' 4 ages before Moscovy started to appropriate it.

@@vexillonerd I would be surprised if, under such a comment, the Ukrainians did not begin to appropriate the history of Rus to themselves

That's what I hate about both Russian and Ukrainian hooray-patriots. Can't just accept that they are separate nations with same origin/core. Like Germans and Dutch.

@@adamthetired9319 all questions to the Ukrainians, they like to exalt themselves and say that only they were Rus

@@adamthetired9319 это не отдельные нации к сожалению

Yep!

don't know aby any other slavic language, but in Polish "drużyna" has several meanings and one of them is equivalent of English 'squad' (small military unit)

Can confirm as Bulgarian and self proclaimed representative of Slavonic language bpam Moi

Ты прав, мы до сих пор говорим "друг"

Например: "ты мне очень хороший друг!"

Its kinda funny that they do such video on "druzhina", yet do not even bother spending 10 seconds to check how the word is pronounced... Not to mention the rather general meaning of the word which just means "retinue" or "company" in most Slavic languages, so they arent any specific unit, rather "druzhynas" in different Slavic lands would be completely different (ranging from horse archers to heavy infantry).

@@fridericusrex6289 yes we all wagged war differently. Western slavs were more footmen and southern and eastern were more horse men. With the middle ground in poland. Mainly were there was more iranic influence you have more horse men, and were germanic influence is more prevelant you have footmen.

@@skin4700 Western Slavs were footmen? The most legendary Slavic cavalry, if not European cavalry were winged hussars From Poland. Western Slavic country.

@@fridericusrex6289 thats 1000 years after the period I was talking about. And yes hussars are op

Yes

As the contemporary traveller from Al-Andalus, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub has described it: "Mesko has three thousand armoured soldiers [divided into] detachments, and a hundred is as powerful as dozens of other [warriors]. He gives these men clothes, horses, weaponry, and everything they need."

Did the Poles have a lot of norse influence, like the Rus did?

@@huntclanhunt9697 The Piasts were a native Slavic dynasty

@@ancientsitesgirl Ok. But what about the rest of them? Did their culture have norse influence? Did they have a lot of norsemen living in their land? Just because the leaders weren't norse doesn't mean they aren't culturally affected.

Воевода- это человек, исполняющий должности и правителя, и воинского начальника

Например воеводой мог быть наместник князя в городе

It turned into Vojvoda, and was still commonly used much thru Slavic history. Not so much anymore.

The fact is that the governors interim manager ruled only in the colonies, but not in Rus itself. It's like a governor general. In the Rus it voivode itself, this is literally how it is written "voi- military vode- leads" The joke is that the colonies were lawless and the local ruler basically also had no connection with his subjects, unlike ancient cities where the inhabitants could expel the prince. Actually Kyiv was ruined in 1169 by Andey Bogolyubsky, he temporarily ruled the city of Vyshgorod near Kyiv, but because of the complaints of the townspeople that he was an idiot, he was expelled by the prince of Kyiv. When in the next war he captured Kyiv, he burned it because he understood that he would not be able to manage it and he would be expelled again. It is much easier to rule people without rights than to balance between your own interests and the interests of the people. This 1169 is considered by many as the reason why Kyiv did not resist the attack of the Mongols.

Your instinct is quite good, since: *"VoyeVod"* would be literally translated into Latin as *"Dux Militorum",* into German as *"HerZog",* into English as *"Warriors' Leader"*

this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!

hey do you know what is the music from 14:42 to 17:17? I can't find anything and idk if its from Mount & Blade at all

@@velikan2916 Don't know it, that specific section is not from Mount & Blade as far as I know.

@@jonathannilsson8482 okay thank you tho

Rus!

Empire vs Sturgia

True. AC Valhalla really fucked this up

Mount and blade 2 Bannerlords - Sturgia faction (Druzzhinic Champion unit)

Єто не история Росиии

this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!

It's a quote from Mark Twain

Мы гордимся своей историей) Правда последние 8 лет нас пытаются убедить, что русские- не славяне. Например украинцы

@@user-jm6kq9cn3c ну ты точно русский, судя по имени

@@anastasiyagavrylenko672 родился и вырос в Москве. Кроме русского никакого другого родного у меня нет, внешность славянская (голубые глаза, русые волосы, светлая кожа), чего тебе ещё надо? Будешь к имени прикапываться?

this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!

@@user-jm6kq9cn3c Да я сам только наполовину русский, даже не похож на славянина, но генетика славян у меня есть, и вырос как русский, так что это и наша история

Here is the M&B warband c-rpg fan

@Floron because it is hot there + more mobility )))

@@NihilIslands video games are a great way of fostering interest in history

Nah fam u weak we slavs crush all

this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!

this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!

thanks for the suggestion, it was a great vessel for understanding the history of the region

@@InvictaHistory please do on the sikh empirw

@@InvictaHistory sikh empire

Have avoided studying this "group" for a while. It's tempting to think it may answer many questions to boost a robust model of how we happen to have arrived here. /Without dividing by zero, logically!

Because this is a quote from a literary work: "A word about Igor's regiment"

"Druzina" is common word for almost all Slavic languages and have the same meaning- group of man.

Language nerd comment. I think the best translation is "companions" in the classical sense.

@@lyubomirangelkov5803 Well, not just any group of men, but men (sometimes even mixed with women) bonded in some way, be it friendship or common cause. Say, a random group of men waiting to cross a road at a traffic light are not referred to as "družina".

For most of the slavic languages it would roughly translate as the *"squad"* or *"team"* .

I guess great things have humble beginnings

This

this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!

Invicta has already done several videos on the Mexica. Check them out, they're pretty good.

Purepecha here. Never got beat by Mexica lol.

Can I just say as a Subricer I look forward to that when/if you all make it? Wow.

this is nonsense, not a story! Rus is Ukraine! and no Muscovy, no Novgorod, and even more bastard Rurik have nothing to do with Rus! and the tales that the Rusyns invited the Nords to rule themselves are generally crazy nonsense! all the nonsense you voiced is a falsification of history carried out by Catherine after the destruction of the Cossack Sich! between Rus and Russia is the same difference as between the original ADIDAS and the Chinese ABIBAS!

Ya they were great. As a Czech I am greatful, to Husars and that they showed up at Viena. As, that was at least one obvious time that Slavs saved Europe and even the Germanic folk.

Yeah, Novgorod just surrendered into Horde rule as sattelite at once. Like Belarus for Russia nowadays.

@@Sktarium Это разве что во влажных мечтах) Давайте серьезно - такое войско в то время в том регионе собрать просто невозможно, что говорить об обеспечении. Преувеличения многократные - это нормально для того времени, там любая заварушка казалась неимоверной войной.

..кто из запорожцев называл себя украинцем?..))))))))))))никто!!!)))

@@user-nk3eo8bl6j чурка з Азії розповідає як живеться в Україні. Дякую, було цікаво.

@@007ShaolinMonk чел, хватит срать не снимая штанов 😂

@@007ShaolinMonk не ображайте корінні народи Азії порівнюючи їх з московитами 😏

@@dmytrodelen я своїм коментарем гірше нічого вже не зроблю, від того, як буряти вже себе показали. Як там папа римський казав, "буряти та (кадирівські) чеченці - самі кровожерливі народи росії". Не треба відбілювати всю ту білєбєрду.

Not always.

what does donskoy and moscow have to do with it? Kyiv as a city was founded long before the existence of moscovites who are actually a dirty mix of pechenegs and polovets

@@Crucio2317 ...)))))) При чём здесь Украина???????))))))).. откуда пришли Рюриковичи?!..не с Новгорода?!...)))))

@@user-nk3eo8bl6j no capito, sorry

@@user-nk3eo8bl6j ​ you should better learn other languages. nobody in the world do not want to have nothing common with your tribe, red scum

@@Crucio2317 What actually “kyiv” has to do with Rus? For this lands it is just short period of time ) when Russian Princes/ knights/ dukes reigned ruled there over local tribes between turcan (Khazars) and turcan ( Golden Horde). Also “kyev” is at the north boarder and close to RUSsian BeloRUSsian boarder and the rest of the "jumping crowd" territory never being even close to be under european civilization and was acquired by Rus-sia after Ekaterina the Great win war against Ottoman Turkey Empire Sultanate. This “Ukrainian” steppe land was taken from the turks by Russians with remaining of all kind of Hordes such cherkass/ cossaks, nogay etc. - all turkan ethnicity. Even mentioned names of the Khazarian tatars fort on Dnieper ( turcan name of the river was Uzi) are different. Etc .As concern of date when “kyev” was established there is massive inconsistency of Kyevan fairly tales and reality. Kykyev’s “historian” even claim that ukrainins dig out Black sea and that Adam and Jesus Christ were “ukrainins”. (Bugaga...) Who would take seriously those schizophrenic mad outbursts?... __ About Moscow we can find well established written information. In the existing historical texts that survived the time historian have found the first mention of town name “Moscow” in regard of the even that Suzdals’ Prince/ Duke/ knight Jurij Dolgorukij has founded NEW Moscow Kremlin at Borodinskij Hill in 1141 - Kremlin was then moved from the water to the hills. And because Moscow name was first mentioned as in 1141 it is celebrated as foundation of the City. One can guess that there might be some documents mentioned the town at earlier times that have not survived the times. Also at the time town could be renamed as existing archeological founds have artifact from the center of Moscow from the bronze age!... Apparently Suzdal’s Prince Jurij Dolgorukij in two years after he has founded new Moscow Kremlin, After that Jurij Dolgorukij went to be the ruler at “Kiev” to become “kievan” Prince. Russian Princes ruled there in kievan area at some kind of fixed terms changing each other fairly often while keeping titles to another Rus’ lands in Original (Northern Varagrian) Russia. That were not dynasty of the monarch as such in other countries. But all russian Princes have in common despondence to the first ruler of Rus Initial/ Original - Rurik, Prince of Novgorod/ Novgard/ Holmgad, who has founded Rus at Vargarian lands near Ladoga Lake. Under Rurikids Rus has extended its original territories lower to the sought - alone Dnieper river to secure trade from Vargaria/ Rus to Greeks/ Byzanthin… “Kievans” have never had own Princes/ Dukes or noble society neither before there to “kievan” area before Russian druzhins from Novgorod have conquered the territory from khazars nor after “kyev” has fallen to Golden Horde…

Go to epic history tv they just released the final bellisarius video in their series if you haven’t already.

You are right. But in modern Ukrainian this word is omonymous and has 2 meanings: "battle unit" (in old times) and "wife".

The interesting. How do you say words like Fraud or Agenda in modern Ukrainian ?

Lol cope harder russian bot

Чем лучше? Тем что они тегнули видео про Киевскую русь - Ukraine, тем самым как-бы пытаясь присвоить нашу общую историю к современной Украине. Они не понимают что делают ровно тоже самое что тот против кого они "борятся"...

@@phobos2077_ okay but would it be a bad History video in a parallel universe where the current thing was not going on?

@@IVAN-zm8pz I guess not. But I have questions about the Ukrainian flag on the map :)

Druzhina: Allow us to introduce you to the Weapon Triangle.

@@MarfSantangelo knight- "axereaver Lance" Druz- "pulls out sword" Knight- "switched back to Lance" Druzhina- "pulls out axe" Mongol- "drowns them both in arrows"

@@loowick4074 And when the survivors try and chase the mongols, the broken fuckers just Canto the hell away.

There is an old Russian joke. Ilya Muromets, Dobrynya Nikitich and Alyosha Popovich are riding across the field. And three musketeers meet them. Ilya Murovets accidentally touches D'Artagnan with his shoulder, and he falls off the horse. He immediately jumps up and shouts: You insulted me, I challenge you to a duel. Then he draws a small dot with chalk on the chest of Ilya Muromets. He asks what the hell is this? - I will pierce you in this place - the musketeer says - defend yourself!! Ilya Takes out his mace and says - Alyosha, sprinkle him all over with chalk.

Yes but the Kievan Rus were handed the Byzantine Shield. Like he said before the Byzantines had a lot of trade going on with the Rus especially when it came to armor and weapons. That’s what he meant when he said the “Byzantine style” kite shield.

@@__mindflayer__ yes, the Rus got the kite shield from the Byzantines, but where do you think the Byzantines got it from?

@@Solon1581 Yes I get that but they were BYZANTINE “STYLED” SHIELDS. Clearly implying they were Byzantine shields. I don’t see why you don’t seem to understand the differences between Byzantine Styled and Norman Styled. Both look very different from each other.

@@__mindflayer__ I think Stormwind is trying to say that the Byzantine version of the kite shield was result of the Byzantines adopting the Norman version and then modifying the design into their version over time.

@@andrerobinson3233 I understand that part but they still were Byzantine designed. Making it Byzintinian.

Well, they are the ancestors of both Russians and Ukrainians. I guess both just like to claim that they were the ''original'' Kievan Rus, but the whole idea of that existing is inaccurate.

Well, the fact that certain minor territories of Kyivan Rus these days are part of Russia does not give them the right to contest and/or lay a claim of the direct lineage and cultural heritage of the Kyivan Rus. Moscovy grew and developed on the very different values compared to those of Kyivan Rus. The geography, climate, how fertile the soil is, the level of development of local tribes/people - tons of factors that effected the development of people over the course of centuries in modern day Ukraine and Russia. Ukraine is in moderate climate, fertile soil, historically closer to the Europe (the information/ideas/trade/technologies would naturally travel to Ukraine quicker than to Moscovy). A typical Ukrainian is an individualist with the respect to a personal space/order/private property, hates it’s politicians, always open to the pluralism of thoughts and ideas. A typical Russian (well, a Moscovite to be very accurate) has a collectivist mind set up, totally obeying it’s political leaders (check out how they all bow to Putin and it’s been like this more or less through their entire history), does not have a deep respect to a private property, the expansionist minded which leads to an ignorance and disrespect of other cultures. Hates other opinions, no pluralism of thoughts. Of course we cannot generalize but these are some typical characteristics you may notice a lot. Russia is called Russia only from early XVIII century, when they rebranded Moscovy and by doing so could have a more noble and respectful image in XVIII century Europe who they tried to copy in everything at that time. Bottom line - calling Moscovy the Russia causes a lot of confusion. Russia is a Greek spelling of Rus. Moscovy is a distant relative of Rus

@@vikey1764 And the word rus comes in oirign roslagen from Ros vikings from that area.

@@vikey1764 Just cope, Russia is russia

@@davidjoelsson4929 so what is Moscovy to do with Rus or Ukraine? Why don’t you call yourself something else - like Tartaria, Golden Horde, Vanuatu (sorry, Vanuatu - giving your name as a random example) or whatever else. Moscovy is Moscovy, accept it

Lots of mixing going on in the region. Druzhina were the personal companions of Kievan-Rus princes so they wouldnt have been Varangian Guardsmen whilst in that position. However some men could have fulfilled both roles at different times in their lives.

@@InvictaHistory ah i see now.i was wondering about this.

yes they were in oirign vikings

@@InvictaHistory "druzhina" is also just a general slavic word for "band of companions", being cognate with the word for "friendship". So this word would have been widespread throughout regions where slavic languages were spoken.

@@_Lumiere_ you mean sharing the same meaning. Friendship and druzhina are not cognate

I WILL DRINK FROM YOUR SKULL!