The Cossacks attack the French rearguard at the Berezina

[Corvusdotensis]

These "cossacks" don't look like Cossacks at all! If you want to see how a cossack uniform looks like, type "Taras Bulba 2009". They also have a special cape that makes their shoulders look larger, a black cape, and a shashka, a sable similar to a katana.

Their uniforms does not looks like Cossack at all!

[RodinaZovet]

@Corvusdotensis

Taras Bulba was a Zaporozhian Cossack, cossacks which lived on the Dnieper river in modern-day Ukraine. However, there were also many other clans such as the famous Don, Ural or Kuban Cossacks

[MultiMatrosik]

Тешат своё самолюбие французы и иже с ними.Хоть и в игре предстать отважными героями на Безерене.Но факт...Драпали без оглядки с кровавыми жопами от казачьих нагаек.Татарские и Башкирские конные полки арканами ловили по полю этих обмороженных,вшивых завоевателей.

[TheWW1doughboy]

My family's heritage came from the cossacks between the Borders of Poland and Russia.

[P0WAT0TH3P30PL3]

@TheWW1doughboy Kewl.

[Corvusdotensis]

@TheWW1doughboy

I congratulate you! One of the most beautiful Russian ladies that I ever saw in my life is Cossack, Kuban Kozachia, she is from Voronezh. But I broke my relations with her, since she was an intempestive person and just wanted to talk about Spain, instead of speaking of her people, traditions and Russia.

And I'm not a new Andriy Bulba!

[bladensburg1814]

5-stars excellent!...confederation of rhine troops kleve-berg and badens I think!...

[Alex344019]

Тупизм компьютерный какой-то ... да один Донской казак ОДНОЙ НОГАЙКОЮ мочил несколько недоносков -французишек!!!

[Panzeryoshi]

The only winner in the 1812 war was Tchaikovsky.

[trzcinarowice]

@Panzeryoshi ...and Tolstoy.

[zhukovrevolucionario]

ke grafica mas asqueroza xD

[38dragoon38]

What's the point dickhead? Stop playing on your playstation and go and play outside.

[Zelhemcity]

I want 8 minutes of my live back dickhead

[MAIDENrules100]

@Zelhemcity why did u watch the whole 8 mins as soon as i saw what it was (pc game) i stopped watchin.

[zerrgio]

accept in Hearts of Iron you can see the fighting

[Panz82]

same music of Hearths of Iron the greatest game ever :)

[jrcatania]

Great Job on this. Can you make more of this age of Napoleon battles ?

Great job.

[Kronstadtsuperior]

Please, everyone, stop starting these political discussions. They are of no use and has nothing to do with this video.

Just enjoy the video, will you?

[Nikitns]

Let's not talk about how the Ukrainian nationalist government feeds it's kids the worst kind of nationalism (the history books about Ukraine are of less value then Soviet history books about all of USSR).

Kozaki, Kazaki, Cossacks it means the same, only different words. I know that the Cossacks lived first in UKraine, but many migrated/forced to move to Russia (like to Cacasus, many Cossacks there) and now consider themselves Russian, not Ukrainian.

[Nikitns]

Note: I have nothing against Ukraine, and consider them as they were Russian. But I really hate the Ukrainian government (which is hated by most people in Ukraine) as they try to destroy everything Russian in Ukraine, act nationalistically and say the Ukrainian war criminals from WW2 (who were parts of Nazis, and slaughtered all non Ukrainians like Poles) were heroes and liberators....

[cuttersson]

Hello, if you have absolutely no idea of English grammar, please avoid this discussion.

There are many other places to discuss history. This is not one of them. If you do not want to talk about this video, please find another outlet.

[freeqwerqwer]

This was a massive battle with the whole retreating French empire army in unbelievable winter condition, famously known for its ruthlessness as well as its cleverness. I read about this battle a longtime ago, remembering the bridge crossing, the flank ruse, and other ingenious tactics.

[Nikitns]

Cossacks are Russian, because they see themselves as Russian. End of argument.

[bullmoose1969]

yes for a final in college I wrote about my ancestors, the cossacks. There were different branches. Some of them were very nationalistic about being Russian and were loyal to the Tsar and also the Orthodox church. Some were Ukrainian,some weren't loyal to any king and some didn't even ride horses in battle. One thing they all had in common was a sense of independence.

[bullmoose1969]

they were much like the frontiersmen in the US

[huizewolters]

thats correct in the war agains napoleon there were the organised Cossacks and irregular Cossacks

[casperado666]

But they were originally Ukrainians and spoke Ukrainian and their songs are in Ukrainian. they fell vitcim to constant russification, than there was Holodomor which killed a huge part of ethnical Ukrainians who were replaced by russian mankurts, and so the ethnical question was solved. Simple brutal and efficient.

[Nikitns]

1. They were Ukrainian like 700 years ago. Now Cossacks living in Russia are Russian. Not due to any "forced russification", but due to natural Russification.

2. Holomodor happened in 1930's, genius. Cossacks were regarded as Russian long before that.

And no, the Ukrainian famine was no genocide or something. It was regular famine, and killed roughly 2,5 million people (these famines were common in early years of USSR). No one moved around or something.

[zakharii]

For Kuban cossacks the native language had always been Ukrainian (at least until recent times) . Keep also in mind that Kuban was settled from Ukraine. Originally Cossacks stem from Ukraine - Zaporizhzha Sich (destroyed by Russian empress Catherine the Great) was the historic hub of cossackhood yet since the 15th cen...

[cuttersson]

Exactly - Cossacks are Russian, Kozaks are Ukrainian.

[bilchoo2]

I have never heard so much horeshit.

The cossacks were independent and very mercenary. They didn't give a shit about Ukrainian nationalism, they have (or had) their own state.

Sure they were living in the areas of ukraine and kuban but they are miles apart from the typical "ukrainian" that has its roots nowadays from western ukrainian culture centred around Lviv..

[zakharii]

Cossacks always referred to themselves as Rusyns (former name for Ukrainians) and they were defenders of Rus, as Ukraine was called before. The name Rus came over to Muscovy with Peter the Great. Prior to that Russian was known in Europe as Muscovy and Ukraine as Rus.

[Tikof2]

(1)Rus is a state that dissapeared around the 14th century, and is not restricted to Ukraine. It covered parts of the territory that is today in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. (2) The word Rus always existed in Muscovy, even before Peter I. (3) Muscovy is one of the entities that followed after the disintegration of Rus, to the same extent as Halych-Volhynia, Vladimir-Suzdal, the Novgorod Republic, Tver, etc. (4) Not all cossacks are ethnically Ukrainian, e.g. Don Cossacks are the best example.

[zakharii]

I cite Lavrentyevskiy chronicle, under year 1175 it says: "Князь наш убьен, а детей у него нету, сынок у него в Новгороде,а братья его в Руси" .

[cuttersson]

Dude, find  a coed.

[zakharii]

Then again Novgorod chronicle (third one) under year 1165 says "і ходи игумен Юрьевский (Новгородського монастиря) в Русь, в Киев град". Same under year 1149: "иде архиепископ Новгородский Нифонт в Русь", себто в Київ.

[Tikof2]

These quotes are to often used by pro-Ukrainian historians to demonstrate the early distinction between Russians and Ukrainians. However, this position is far from being unanimous. In fact the word Rus is used inconsistently over time. It is sometimes used to described a small princedom around Kiev, incorporating the cities of Vyshgorod and Pereyaslav (as opposed to the Great Rus). This restictive definition would also exclude other princedoms such as Halych, which are nowdays in modern Ukraine.

[mochiKozlov]

Казаки так тупо не нападают. Подделка!

[Finguld]

Having a grandfather that was a hard core Kuban Cossack, which are originally from the Ukraine region, I can tell you in English it is cossack. Most cossacks were killed or moved out of Russia after the Russian Revolution.

[girlwithmouth]

It should be Kozaks since they were originally Ukranian , the Russian and the Polish came later. Ukranian is Kozak therefore that is the right spelling. Most people dont realize there was Ukraine before there was Russia and that Ukranins built the capital of Russia called Kiev-Russ , after Kiev the capital of Ukraine. Yet their history gets eaten up or camouflaged by Russia.

[Tikof2]

Kazak, Kozak , Cossack etc. are not even of slavic origin. It is a turkic word that means free-man. Ukraine cannot claim a "patent" over this word, as the cossack phenomenon is not unique to Ukrainian history. And for the record, the first capital of Rus was Novgorod. it then moved to Kiev and then moved again to Suzdal. By the way Ukrainian historians also camouflage history. For instance, Ukrainian textbooks never mention that Mazeppa was once an ally of Peter I and helped build St. Petersburg

[cuttersson]

Nobody is claiming a patent on any word - just recognition that Kozak and Cossack are different

[cuttersson]

What does any of this have to do with the video?

????

[Nikitns]

I hate to say it, but the only reason I didn't give this a 1/5 was the music and the mod he was using.

There is nothing to discuss about this video.

And why are you bitching anyway?

[chris25fr]

I don't know if Russians know it but we have this expression in French "C'est la Berezina"

It is used sometimes and means "It is a catastrophe" .

[werqa123]

It's never happen cossaks can't fight against french if inf hold the line in real very funny video!!!!!

[Adragil]

"the cossacsk can't fight against the french" oh, that's why i guess, the cossacks were the first to enter paris in 1813)))

[werqa123]

Learn history dear/ This was coalition army more 300 000 agaist 20 000 Napoleon not been in Paris in 1814 not 1813/ Learn history again/ I meant cossaks can't fight against regular troops if they HOLD the line.

[kazama333]

Cossacks was olways savages!

[CommonAswhole]

I cannot wait until Empire comes out. New engine, far better suited for gunpowder units. Highly disciplined troops even can form carrés and kneel down when deployed at Empire.

[YuriVII]

URAAAA!

[sreemy]

looks like someones infanterie is in difficulties. Its the purest massacre...cool =)

[OwnageOnYT]

can those units even shoot pfff

[girlwithmouth]

its not cossak its kozak

[JohanRegus12]

In english it's cossack.

[cuttersson]

In English, it's Kozak, too.

[Teranex]

Actually its not. Ever heard of the game Cossacks?

[cuttersson]

Actually, it is, with gaming not necessarily being the best place to learn language. Without getting into too much history, please consider that there were Ukrainian Kozaks and Russian Cossacks. Quite different, believe it or not, with respects to loyalty, fealty, and fundamental guiding principles.

[Teranex]

The term Cossacks (Ukrainian: Козаки́, Kozaki; Russian: Каза́ки́, Kazaki; Polish: Kozacy) is applied to specific militaristic communities of various ethnicities living in the steppe regions of Ukraine and also southern Russia.

Wikipedia definition. In english its Cossacks and in Russian its Kozak.

[cuttersson]

Yes, the Wikipedia definition is as reliable as gaming definitions (believe it or not, some people on Wikipedia use gaming definitions as basis for their edits). Again, in Ukrainian it's Kozak, in Russian it's Kazak (not "o"), and again depends on which group you are discussing.

Please note that translation of the Ukrainian plural form would not ent in "i", but with a "y" (a short "i" sound). Details, but important ones.

[Teranex]

Well OK, but do we agree that its cossack in englsih?

[cuttersson]

Sure, if you're talking about the Russian Cossacks. When you're talking about Ukrainians, it's Kozaks

[Teranex]

But we agree that its cossacks on ENGLISH right?

[cuttersson]

Yes, cossacks is an English word, and so is Kozaks, and which one you use depends on what you're describing - if you're talking about Russians, use cossacks; if you are talking about Ukrainians, it's Kozaks.

[Teranex]

If I use a Germanic language I use cossacks and if im using a Slavic language i use kozaks (It doesn't depend on who im describing cause its all the same in an other language).

[cuttersson]

If you're describing the capital of Germany, it's Berlin. If you are talking about the capital of France, it's Paris. Doesn't matter what language you are using, you are describing two different things, so there are two different words for it.

[Teranex]

But we agree that its cossacks on ENGLISH right?

[cuttersson]

Sorry, I don't understand your question - there are two separate things: Ukrainian Kozaks, and Russian Cossacks. Both of those words are Engilsh. Hope that helps.

[Teranex]

Its always cossacks. There is no difference between the two groups you are making up here. Cossacks in Ukraine or Russia is all the same.

[cuttersson]

Well, see, no. Please take a look at some history textbooks published after 1991 (Wikipedia doesn't count) and see the difference between what started in Central Ukraine in the mid 16th century, and what developed in Russia later.

[Teranex]

Its only Cossack in English, no matter which cossacks. Give me some prof fro you statement.

[cuttersson]

Just find any textbook published after 1991 - and not in Russia - and you will see that there is a difference. Again, Wikipedia doesn't count.

[Teranex]

Why should i waste my time doing that? Give me some actual prof. If you want to support your argument. Im not here to find arguments to support your statements. You can either find prof for your statement yourself or i am automatically right since you cant counterfeit me.

[cuttersson]

I'm sorry, but if you can't be bothered to make yourself informed, then don't pretend to know things. Either look into the matter, or stop acting like you know about it.

[Teranex]

Well currently im sure im right and you are wrong. If you cant prove, that you are right (Which I could), i have automatically won the discussion, no matter what you say. Its up to you to support to your point, not the to find points for your argument, don't you think?

[cuttersson]

No, you are saying that you know something, and I am saying that if you actually look into it, you will see that you are wrong -do you want me to give you a book list, or suggest a course that you could take about English linguistics? Do you want a recomendation for a history tutor? This is not the place for referals. If you can't bother to make yourself informed, please stop making sweeping statements.

[Teranex]

If you cant bother to prove the fact, you claim that is true, stop claiming that you are right. Cossack is Cossack and that how it is.

[Tikof2]

The Don cossack host (i.e. Russian Cossacks) appeared before the Zaporozhian Sich. The cossack phenomenon is not unique to Ukrainian history and is the result of the quasi-stateless situation that followed the decline of Rus. Distinguishing between Russians and Ukrainians at the time of the first cossacks is an anachronism, as what we know today as two different cultures is the result of centuries of evolution (e.g. the influence of Poland on Ukrainians and of Finno-Ugric tribes on Russians).

[cuttersson]

Well, actually, no - the Zaporozhtsi existed before the Don Cossacks, as the word was first used by Tatars to describe those who stood against them in the Ukrainian steppes.

I'm glad that you understand that Russians developed from Ukrainians, by the way.

[MAIDENrules100]

@JohanRegus12 actually in my country englan its spelt kossak

[3tangle3]

@JohanRegus12 but kozak is the right spelling.....just cos the english were insanely good at trying to change placenames....look at half of wales the welsh names are corrupted

[Killerkid282]

@girlwithmouth its english retard

[ulan1989]

this is empire total war?

[JohanRegus12]

No, Napoleonic II Total War, a mod for Rome Total War.