The Chechen Wars. Part I: Prologue.
Added 2025-01-04 18:44:34 +0000 UTCA short lecture on the history of the Russian North Caucasus, with a focus on the Chechen people. We cover the basics, starting from the earliest recorded history up until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. We're going to cover the First Chechen War of 1994-1996 in the next episode.
00:00:00 - Origins of the Nakh peoples
00:05:00 - The Scramble for Caucasus
00:13:15 - Guerrila War and Russian romanticism
00:22:00 - Imam Shamil vs Empire
00:35:00 - German-style ethnic cleansing
00:47:00 - Сultural impact & "Savage Division" in WWI
00:55:00 - Terek Oblast and the nation-building
01:02:20 - Civil War in the Caucasus.
01:15:00 - Soviet era. Decossackisation and deportation.
01:20:00 - Chechens during WWII & in Kazakhstan
01:35:00 - The great replacement in Grozny
01:39:00 - Ethnic clashes
Comments
I love Ivan Bunin’s short “The Caucasus” 💘
Nora
2025-06-20 21:10:12 +0000 UTCBecause anytime the misbehavior of Jews is brought up anywhere - they all immediately get the though patrol to start hammering "antisemitism" as hard as possible, because God forbid the fact that they're no as nice and innocent as they would like the world to believe.
Klim Kazantsev
2025-01-30 05:16:43 +0000 UTCI don't know how I didn't remember these songs before. I like russian trad songs and those with historical topic. You guys spoke about how Caucasus was romaticized by Russian artists and how Cossak settlers adopted the clothing style of the locals of Caucasus. The first song is about young soldier dying in Dagestan and the second depicts Kuban' Cossacs dressed as Turks or Kurds. https://youtu.be/Zj568WcVj00?si=2bQoXl2QM14ax_wP https://youtu.be/POsfVhKueKc?si=SIxZr18DCjF5GK0d I'm no expert by any means but I like songs from channel Век and that Юрий Щербаков sings.
Nikola Milinovic
2025-01-08 18:01:27 +0000 UTCThat heads on pikes thing, I read about a surrender of an Irish Lord to a English army during the late 16th century, the Irish Lord was forced to approach the camp via an avenue of his soldiers heads on pikes.
Gerard McCullagh
2025-01-07 12:41:39 +0000 UTCI thought when it came to the pogroms it also had to do with census gathering of the region and all the Jews subverting taxation and the citizens also being pissed about that?
animatone
2025-01-06 13:46:18 +0000 UTCThe detour into pogroms was intriguing... which in the US is equivalent to famous musical "Fidler on the roof". I always thought it odd that sheltered and peaceful Jews became terrorists gangs the moment they stepped off the ships in Palestine.
agnieszka gill
2025-01-06 03:18:11 +0000 UTCEven if you share critical opinions about Turks or Turkic peoples, I won’t unsubscribe. As a fellow historian and anthropologist, I value and respect different perspectives on history. While we all strive to approach history with objectivity, it's natural for some bias to slip through, that’s just human. I come here specifically to gain a Russian perspective, and I wouldn’t want any podcaster to simply cater to what they think the audience wants to hear. This podcast is excellent- keep up the great work! Rock on! Even with pogroms- or not lol. By the way, if it were me I would and brought up the Kipchak horse masters to compare them too or parallel them with, rather than American cowboys... But that's just me lol.
Gökçe
2025-01-05 23:46:07 +0000 UTCPlease do a series about pogroms. I'd love to know more on that topic😍
Nikola Milinovic
2025-01-05 23:14:56 +0000 UTCSavagery is not exclusive to any one group. Every group of people has history of extreme violence and genocide. 30 years war for example.
spetsnaz
2025-01-05 13:05:36 +0000 UTCI don’t understand why Kirill is so scared of getting cancelled by the jews. Surely being pro SMO and pro Russia is grounds for complete and total cancellation. Is Kirill scared of the Jewish lobby???
spetsnaz
2025-01-05 13:02:35 +0000 UTCIt makes sense that insular and in-group preferring communities like the jews would be perfect breeding ground for socialist agitations. It would be good if Kirill could elaborate on the history of pogroms and answer 1) was it that socialist ideas were taken on by the jews or that somehow tsarist Russia Judaism actually is responsible for development of socialist revolutionary ideas 2) what exactly happened to the jews in early CCCP, did they maintain their insular ways or did communism successfully convert them into standard soviet men?
spetsnaz
2025-01-05 13:00:47 +0000 UTCHahaha 🤣
spetsnaz
2025-01-05 12:52:46 +0000 UTCI know right? These guys way too capable and diligent to be hassled.
Andrew Martiniuc
2025-01-05 02:22:46 +0000 UTCBased Kirill. Am I dumb to ask, but seems like Russians are way too tolerant while her enemies, most vile.
Andrew Martiniuc
2025-01-05 02:19:22 +0000 UTCThanks for the episode! I’m really curious to learn about the link between the insurgents and organised crime in the next episode. I know there was a pushback by the Ismailovo gang, which consisted mostly of ex-paratroopers. Does that mean that the Ismailovo gang indirectly aided the Russian war effort in Chechnya?
ap14015
2025-01-05 01:01:47 +0000 UTCOhh! Been looking forward to this! Thanks guys!😊
Rasmus
2025-01-04 20:51:25 +0000 UTCAll objectives of the Podcast Operation are going to be finalized. All of them.
Russians With Attitude
2025-01-04 20:04:17 +0000 UTCGreat work guys. Many a series started, never a series finished..
Auston Mills
2025-01-04 19:53:36 +0000 UTCI will answer in the next ep.
Russians With Attitude
2025-01-04 19:08:10 +0000 UTCNikolay, what is your serious 🧐 prediction for Chechnya after Putin? Will it rebel again? Will the new president order Kadyrov dead? Will Putin ever try to “normalise” Chechnya by ordering mass arrests and disappearances of local mafia and Kadyrov people in order not to leave a legacy of instability for the next president? It seems that the status quo can’t be a stable equilibrium post Putin.
spetsnaz
2025-01-04 18:54:07 +0000 UTCThank you after suggesting you should make an episode on the Russia/Chechnya war finally!! Thank you Nikolay and Kirill for your hardwork and efforts!!..
Garry H
2025-01-04 18:49:22 +0000 UTC
