So who then facilitated, financed, and orchestrated the wars? Follow the money and you have the answers. Stalin?? Nothing but a thug-puppet, his particular 'ism', a construct as well.

Whoever makes the loans, orchestrates wars.

Always enjoy his summaries, even in cases like this where I know quite a lot already, he adds some interesting details, gives a different perspective and sums things up nicely.

Is it wrong that I think of Conan the Barbarian every time I hear Crimea?

Stalin: epic moustache... kind of a dick

Informed but a bit shallow video.
There's a shitload of internal tensions that he did not even mention.

kind of.

Crimea - CImmeria

I can see why you would.

*controversy

Adding video to channels (Controversy) - requested by MrFisk.

Yeah that's the idea of a summary.

The first 10seconds of the video he apologises for "anything I gets wrong, slash, leave out, slash, over-simplify".

Fun fact, Khrushchev reportedly transferred sovereignty of Crimea to Ukraine while drunk. Although back then it was more an administrative change than a material one of state borders.