COUNTRYBALLS: Modern history of Russia (Full)

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Early 20th Century and World War I

[00:15] The video begins with the conflict between the Russian Tsardom and Japan, including the Siege of Port Arthur.

[00:28] Highlights the Treaty of Portsmouth and Gapon's petition to Nicholas II aimed at improving working conditions.

[00:48] Covers Bloody Sunday, where a peaceful protest led by Gapon was suppressed by soldiers, sparking revolutionary movements across Russia.

[01:07] Details the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip.

[01:23] Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, prompting Russia—as an ally of Serbia—to enter World War I.

[03:12] Features th

e historic Battle of Osowiec.

The Russian Civil War and the Birth of the USSR

[04:56] The onset of the Russian Civil War, accompanied by the formation of the Ukrainian People's Republic and Finland [05:17].

[05:23] Entente forces intervene in the civil war, followed by the establishment of the Ukrainian Soviet Republic after Soviet forces conquer Ukraine [05:33].

[05:40] The signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.

[06:51] The Polish-Soviet War unfolds, featuring the Polish offensive, the push toward Moscow, and the decisive "Miracle on the Vistula" [07:15], concluding with the Peace Treaty of Riga [07:20].

[07:32] Following a Soviet victory in the civil war [07:29], the puppet states of the RSFSR unite to

form the USSR.

[07:51] Joseph Stalin assumes leadership after the death of Lenin, initiating the first Pyatiletka (Five-Year Plan) and rapid industrial development [07:55].

World War II (The Great Patriotic War)

[08:12] The signing of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact (Hitler-Stalin Pact) and the subsequent Soviet aggression on Poland [08:29].

[08:54] The Winter War against Finland, which resulted in Finland ceding Karelia and Petsamo despite heavy Soviet losses [09:12].

[09:16] The annexation of the Baltic states and Bessarabia (Moldova) [09:29].

[09:38] Nazi Germany launches Operation Barbarossa, followed by Operation Taifun and the Siege of Leningrad [09:54].

[10:00] Complete war mobilization of factories and

the Gulag system, paired with Allied aid [10:36] and the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran [10:42].

[11:16] The pivotal Battle of Stalingrad and the subsequent encirclement of German forces [11:49].

[12:16] The Battle of Kursk (Operation Citadel), leading into major Red Army offensives, the liberation of Minsk [12:59], and the conquest of Romania and Hungary [13:07].

[13:36] The Battle of Berlin, culminating in Hitler's suicide [14:01] and the subsequent post-war division of Germany [14:15].

The Cold War Era

[14:28] Soviet invasion of Manchuria, the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain announcement.

[14:42] Intervention in the Greek Civil War, followed by th

e first Soviet atomic bomb test [14:55].

[15:03] The Chinese Civil War concludes with the triumph of Chinese Communists, establishing a warm relationship with the USSR [15:09].

[15:27] The outbreak of the Korean War along the 38th parallel with Soviet support for the North [15:22].

[15:42] Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Stalin and initiates destalinization to address previous purges [15:45].

[16:11] The Space Race milestones: Sputnik (the first satellite), Laika (the first dog in space) [16:15], and Yuri Gagarin becoming the first man in space [16:32].

[16:36] Formation of the Warsaw Pact and the construction of the Berlin Wall [16:42].

[17:05] The Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet nuclear deployment to Cuba, a nav

al blockade [17:13], and a tense resolution involving the withdrawal of missiles from both Cuba and Turkey [17:31].

[17:53] Involvement in the Vietnam War, supporting North Vietnam alongside China against the United States.

[18:39] The Sino-Soviet border conflict over Zhenbao Island [18:31], which was eventually resolved with Soviets regaining the island [18:51].

[18:54] The Saur Revolution leads to a communist Afghanistan, culminating in the Afghan Civil War [19:03] and a subsequent Soviet military retreat [19:24].

Collapse and Post-Soviet Era

[19:13] Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union, signing the INF Treaty [19:20].

[19:38] Warsaw Pact puppet states break away, leading directly to the

dissolution of the USSR [19:46].

[20:11] Formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) [20:20].

[20:32] The Budapest Memorandum requires post-Soviet states to return nuclear weapons.

[20:49] The First Chechen War concludes with a Russian victory [21:12], followed by the War in Abkhazia [21:31].

[21:47] The annexation of Crimea and the establishment of the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics [21:57].

[22:09] Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War.

[22:16] The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, accompanied by subsequent gas blockades [22:49].

COUNTRYBALLS: Modern history of Russia (Full)

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