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Win a place in the regatta across Turkey for entrepreneurs: https://tchk.me/uosbp2 Everyone knows about the exceptional success of the Meiji revolution in Japan, which in the shortest possible time pulled the country out of the darkness of the Middle Ages into the progressive world of the 19th century. There are, in fact, plenty of examples of such Westernization, but most of these projects failed. On the outskirts of great empires, individual regions tried to modernize and change their position in the ranking of world powers, embarking on unprecedented adventures for this. And as is usually the case with such adventures, they are fascinating and fun to watch, despite the bitter end ... In general, let's see how in the 19th century a whole series of countries tried, but failed to jump onto the geopolitical, economic and military Olympus - because the history of failures is no less interesting and useful than the more familiar history of success. The Redroom team wishes you a pleasant viewing. 00:00 - Introduction 01:12 - Crimean Khanate: When Legitimacy Is Not Enough 09:10 - Persia: Game of Thrones 15:35 - Punjab: Unintended Consequences of Reforms 20:44 - Egypt: Almost Success 26:59 - Are You Still With Us? Links: Telegram channel with texts: https://t.me/redroomtext Patreon to support the channel - / redroomlimb https://boosty.to/redroomlimb - Boost to support the channel Host - Egor Zyryanov Screenplay - Egor Zyryanov, Ilya Startsev Editing - Alena Pashko Animation - Alena Pashko Editing - Janis Burkov Character design and animation - Yulia Soludanova Maps - Zakhar Zhabkin Signature tracks: Alexander Zender (http://alexzender.tilda.ws/) Films used: Admiral Ushakov (1953) The Magnificent Century. The Kosem Empire (TV series 2015–2017) Yemelyan Pugachev (1978) The Kazakh Khanate. The Golden Throne (2019) Russian Ark (2002) Seven Samurai (1954) Silver Skates (2020) Khaz-Push (1927) Amirkabir (TV Mini Series 1985) Glory (1989) Khartoum (1966) Pan Wolodyjowski (1969) Suez (1938) The Black Prince (2017) The Charge Of The Light Brigade 1968 The Far Pavilions (1984) The Last Samurai (2003) The Deceivers (1988) Vatan ve Namık Kemal (film, 1969)