Crash Course
Futurism and Constructivism: Crash Course Theater #39
It's time to go Back...to the Future. By which I mean, we're going back into the past to talk about Futurism. Which seems like it would be cool, but it was started by this terrible guy Martinetti, who also wrote the Italian Fascist...
Crash Course
Russian Revolution and Civil War: Crash Course European History
World War I was very hard on the Russian Empire. So hard, in fact, that it led to the end of the Russian Empire. As the global conflict ground on, Tsar Nicholas II faced increasing unrest at home. Today we'll learn about the Revolutions...
TED Talks
TED: What the Russian Revolution would have looked like on social media | Mikhail Zygar
History is written by the victors, as the saying goes -- but what would it look like if it was written by everyone? Journalist and TED Fellow Mikhail Zygar is on a mission to show us with Project1917, a "social network for dead people"...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: History vs. Vladimir Lenin - Alex Gendler
Vladimir Lenin overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas II and founded the Soviet Union, forever changing the course of Russian politics. But was he a hero who toppled an oppressive tyranny or a villain who replaced it with another? Alex Gendler...
One Minute History
184 - Communism - One Minute History
“The Communist Manifesto,” (1848) written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, marked the birth of communism. In their vision, communism is a classless society with no private property; where the means of productivity and burden of the...
Curated Video
The Legacy of Lev Yashin: The Greatest Goalkeeper of All Time
This video discusses the legendary goalkeeper Lev Yashin, who is often considered the greatest goalkeeper of all time. Known for his athleticism, reflex saves, and pioneering goalkeeper sweeping, Yashin's career spanned 22 years and...
Curated Video
How was Russia defeated in 11 days? Operation Faustschlag
How was Russia defeated in 11 days? Operation Faustschlag
John D Ruddy
Russian Revolution (Remastered Edition) - Manny Man Does History
When the left rose up... and split into several sub-committees until one sub-committee became the biggest, most forceful one!
Curated Video
La Revolución Rusa De 1917
Explicamos todos los eventos principales de las DOS revoluciones de 1917 en Rusia: la Revolución de febrero que terminó con el gobierno zarista en Rusia y la Revolución de octubre, que llevó a los bolcheviques al poder. Explicamos las...
Hip Hughes History
The Russian Revolution Explained: World History Review
What caused the Russian Revolution and how did it overthrow the Czar? A basic introduction to the Soviet Revolution of 1917. A great way for teacher's to flip their classes and kids to study and review for their World History tests.
Jabzy
Finnish Civil War - 3 Minute History
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Finnish Civil War
Weird History
The Archeological Discovery That Solved The Romanov Mystery
On July 17, 1918, the House of Romanov came to an end when Nicholas II - the former tsar of imperial Russia - was gunned down alongside his wife and children in a surprise execution. The slaying of the Romanov family remains a gruesome...
The Art Assignment
Art You Can't Get To
In 1958, scientists from Russia left a plastic bust of Vladimir Lenin at the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility, and as of 2007 it was still there. What does it mean? Guest host John Green ponders his fascination with this object and the...
Kult America
North Korean Orphans in Poland
In 1950's the war between North Korea and South Korea displaced 100,000 orphans. The North Korean government decided to send some of them to Eastern Europe. On today's episode of Kult America we are visiting some of those orphanages...
Kult America
Nowa Huta at Night
Nowa Huta has the reputation of a brutal and dangerous place filled with hooligans and criminals. Though in reality there are indeed a few undesirable 'elements' most people living there are hard working, educated, and friendly. I...
Weird History
Facts About the Rusian Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution resulted in the establishment of the first Communist state in history and was the work of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin - that's the general story told to history students in textbooks, an incredibly simplified...
Epic History TV
Russian Revolution 1917
Co-produced with Bridgeman Images, this 13 minute video uses a timeline and archive footage to explain the major events of Russia's two revolutions of 1917- the February Revolution that ended Tsarist rule in Russia, and the October...
Bridgeman Arts
Scenes of combat in Russian Civil War, soviet rule, Lenin and Trotsky, 1922
Scenes of combat in Russian Civil War, soviet rule, Lenin and Trotsky, 1922
Bridgeman Arts
Bolshevik revolution, combat, various shots of Lenin 1922
Armed conflict, Lenin speaking, Lenin and crowd and Lenin speaking
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
1930s Red Army parade in Red Square in Moscow
CU Joseph Stalin raises hand in greeting as he stands on the tribune of Lenin's Mausoleum during military parade; another man stands behind him / tilt-down WS Red Army troops march in formation in Red Square, with the State HIstorial...
Getty Images
Conflict In Ukraine – Lugansk
WS, People gather under a statue of Lenin as they await a military rally. Ukraine. Lugansk, a separatist held city close to the border with Russia, has witnessed some of the heaviest fighting between Russian backed separatist soldiers...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Russians file past Lenin's coffin in snowy Red Square in Moscow
Procession of Russians walks in Red Square in Moscow as snow falls, carrying banners, to pay respects at Lenin's first tomb shortly after his death / line passes by the first, wooden mausoleum in background, with coffin, as soldiers...
Getty Images
Soviet made propaganda film of Brezhnev's visit to Cuba
Aerial view of Havana with giant murals of Lenin and Guevara / Street scenes stressing the youth of the nation