The Strange History Behind the Balkan Slavs

"Don't call them Russians...never call them Russians" Sounds like someone had a bad experience

Wtf? Croats and Serbs pretending not to understand each other? No one from both countries does that

Why would anyone call Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks etc Russian? Russians aren’t the only Slavs.

As a Bulgarian I love all of my Balkan brothers!!❤️

As an American with no connections to the region, let me just say that I love the Balkans! Before traveling there I had heard all the stereotypes about the war, the racism, ethnic cleansing, etc. Instead I found friendly welcoming people, amazingly well preserved cities, fascinating history, and some of the most beautiful landscapes in all of Europe. God bless the people here, and may their future always be bright.

Albanins aren't Slavs.

Balkans are not an anomaly in Europe. We are a firm part of Europe.

Zimbabwean here. My great grandfather was a Croatian from the island of Korčula. It is fascinating to know we have a bit of Slavic blood in us. Lots of Love and Light to all the Balkan nations and the Slavic peoples.

"and as for kosovo, we don't talk about kosovo" lol

I am Bosnian, and I can assure you that what is mostly needed is economic development and RIGHTS. We are YUGOS most of all. We have too much in common. Propaganda and corruption has torn us apart. And there is barely any difference between the three dialects of ikavski, ijekavski and ekavski. Danish, Swedish, and Norwegiam differ way more than Serbo-Croatian/Bosnian, and the main difference is found between local dialects fx on the countryside and the "proper" languages spoken in the cities etc.. we dont need more help from the West. We need competent leaders and an end to our tribalism.

1:42 Completely false, Croats and Serbs communicate normally between eachother.

A young Croatian man tells his parents he's fallen in love. They say that's great. What's her name? He answers , his name Vuk. They start crying and tearing their hair. He says, c'mon! It's not that bad! I'm just gay. His Dad sobs, we don't care if you're gay, but why did you have to fall in love with a Serb!?

Bulgaria does love Romania. Both nations are very good mates and the best neighbours from the very beginning when only Bulgaria has existed in 681. That's why Romanians use lots of Bulgarian words in their language and became the only Orthodox Christians from all the Latin nations! They have been ruled very civilized by Bulgarians without any violence, so for that reason Romanians do respect the Bulgarians a lot and gave them a big support against the Ottomans in tough moments in their Great History! Only once Romania has a knife in the back of Bulgaria, but sometimes the best friends make mistakes too. Now everything is forgotten for good! Long live Bulgaria and Romania... FOREVER ORTHODOX BROTHERS! 🇧🇬💓🇷🇴

All Slavs should love each other and not fight each other like the last centuries. Much love to south slavs from Russia!

When NATO officials say "our Balkan allies" I die laughing. Come & feel the hustle!

Guys let's just sit back, relax and take a look at how rich our history is. Yes, we fought wars against others to defend our countries, hell we even fought with each other but let's not forget the good sides too. We have ancient history, ancient places, monasteries, language, unique culture, unique way of thinking. Instead of remembering the the dark past, let's turn to the bright future. May all the Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian soldiers and civilians rest in peace and may those horrors of war never happen again. Let's build the world together and show the world we are not some banana states which are always mistaken for Russia. United we stand, divided we fall. Greetings to all of you from a fellow Serb . Btw, if someone comes to Belgrade hit me up so we can go on a beer 🍻🍻🍻We got lots of beer😜

Balkans is the world most craziest territory, but i'm happy for being a typical Balkanic dude. Westerners can only dream about such a great history, fanatism, spirit, fun and madness. :D

Ahh, History of Balkans, more fu5ctup then the Game of Thrones story...

As someone from the Balkans, yes, we don't talk about Kosovo. Edit: The replies to this comment are why we don't talk about Kosovo

I just knew that commet section is going to be brutal, as soon as I read the video title. Greetings from Bosnia, and I don't hate anyone. Peace