Pyatak Prison: The Russian Alcatraz

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  • Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
  • About 460 km north of Moscow, in the Vologda province, a small lake rests among a sprawling woodland. The lake is called Novozero and its middle stands an island called Ognenny Ostrov. Despite its name meaning “Fiery Island” or “Fire Island”, it is surrounded by ice most of the year, connected to the mainland only by a narrow bridge.
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  • @geographicstravel
    @geographicstravel  4 года назад +122

    Have you checked out my latest channel Business Blaze? It's interesting business stories with a dose of ridiculousness thrown in. Check it out here:
    ruclips.net/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw

    • @N1ghtH4wk86
      @N1ghtH4wk86 4 года назад +4

      Everyone knows this channel is bias and an english translation of a chilean fascist RUclips channel visualpolitek.

    • @Amy-oh8qb
      @Amy-oh8qb 4 года назад +2

      You have ANOTHER channel? RUclips is gonna be renamed SimonTube before long...

    • @padraig5335
      @padraig5335 4 года назад

      @@N1ghtH4wk86 Really he seems to be rather fond of commie pieces of shit. Ig commie or facists can both get fucked. So, if you're a commie pretending to have the morale high ground over a fascist you're a tool.

    • @N1ghtH4wk86
      @N1ghtH4wk86 4 года назад +3

      @@padraig5335 I dont anyone with your name seriously. Commies were in the Right and United States was in the wrong. plain and simple.

    • @padraig5335
      @padraig5335 4 года назад +1

      @@N1ghtH4wk86 Hahhaha when did even say America was in the right? Now your making assumptions.

  • @rustyspurs771
    @rustyspurs771 5 лет назад +2120

    "we stopped giving people the death penalty, because it's inhumane"
    How about a punishment worse than one thousand deaths?
    "sounds good"

    • @Numa2k
      @Numa2k 5 лет назад +69

      If you watch the video they did not stop because its "inhumane" to execute. But because they wanted to join EU during that time.

    • @rustyspurs771
      @rustyspurs771 5 лет назад +5

      and why does the EU do it?

    • @command_unit7792
      @command_unit7792 5 лет назад +42

      @@rustyspurs771 The council of Europe is a different institution...

    • @indiekiddrugpatrol3117
      @indiekiddrugpatrol3117 5 лет назад +5

      @@Numa2k you mean the council of Europe

    • @416RG
      @416RG 5 лет назад +9

      @@Numa2k did you really mean Russia when you said they tried to join EU? 😂

  • @tentacularthinking
    @tentacularthinking 3 года назад +312

    I am from Vologda region, only 100 km from this place, so I'd like to say few things:
    1) as someone already noticed here in the comments, "pyatak" normally would mean a coin with the value of 5 (for example, rubles). It could also mean a small piece of land. So in this case they probably refer to the shape of the island, that is small and round like "pyatak".
    2) it's not that far north, and there is no tundra there, but there are lots of forests instead
    3) it's not that cold there either. Yes, it can be quite cold in winter, and the winter can last for 7 months of the year, but at the same time it gets pretty warm in summer (30-35°C is not something completely unusual, but it doesn't get that warm every summer). Anyway, I didn't swim in Novozero, but I am pretty sure it's easily done in summer, because I swam myself in Belozero when I was a child, and it was completely fine, and Novozero is smaller, so it gets warm faster. So icy waters are true but not completely.
    4) finally, Novozero means "new lake", while Belozero which is another bigger lake closeby means "white lake", so there is just a little confusion there;)
    I would also like to add that first time I heard about this prison was from my boyfriend who is not Russian, and it was kinda funny to learn that I lived that close to the place but never heard of it😅 but I guess I just wasn't interested enough.
    Anyway, thanks for the video, I have learnt a lot!

    • @vasmits
      @vasmits 3 года назад +17

      Was my first reaction too, no tundra there. It is not Yakutsk, come on Simon! Good I read your reaction first. Your English is pretty awesome by the way.

    • @leok3347
      @leok3347 3 года назад +2

      as a Smirnova are you related with smirnov mentioned in video ? :D

    • @tentacularthinking
      @tentacularthinking 3 года назад +12

      @@leok3347 I'm absolutely not😁 this surname is one of the most common in Russia, so there is nothing strange about it appearing everywhere😊

    • @SkillzRicosGamerTv
      @SkillzRicosGamerTv 3 года назад +4

      Thanks for the information.

    • @CallForGrandPappy
      @CallForGrandPappy 3 года назад +7

      Thank you for all the extra information! It means even more coming from someone who lives that close to the place.

  • @avaevathornton9851
    @avaevathornton9851 5 лет назад +1610

    Guard: You've been sentenced to Pyatak.
    Prisoner: Are you _sure_ you can't do the gunshot to the back of the head thing anymore?

    • @jpgrumbach8562
      @jpgrumbach8562 5 лет назад +32

      Probably the best way to die.

    • @aw9389
      @aw9389 4 года назад +35

      @@jpgrumbach8562 indeed, probably is. Besides getting injected opiates until you fall asleep and not waking up.

    • @jpgrumbach8562
      @jpgrumbach8562 4 года назад +6

      @@aw9389, yes, lovely. Certainly a human right that must be introduced.
      To know to have such a possibility would be a real enhancement of life quality.

    • @cucumber623
      @cucumber623 4 года назад +6

      think id be trying to get myself killed too if that place was waiting

    • @bishop51807
      @bishop51807 4 года назад +2

      @@aw9389 True, technically most of the lethal injected drugs are illegal by the US federal gov.

  • @natsuhappy999
    @natsuhappy999 4 года назад +649

    "American prisons are tough"
    Pyatak: "Hold my bucket"

    • @joanbowden7634
      @joanbowden7634 4 года назад +13

      Hold my bucket....😂😂😂

    • @AtemiRaven
      @AtemiRaven 4 года назад +15

      As someone who spent time in an American prison - Shit. At least I had some books and some time on the yard.

    • @nl3064
      @nl3064 4 года назад +1

      @@AtemiRaven How long were you in for?

    • @yadigjamesgang-xs7jj
      @yadigjamesgang-xs7jj 4 года назад +1

      Sounds like a great place for societal miscreants that need to suffer along with their victims. Lets send all the Trump Traitors in our Government there with them.

    • @AtemiRaven
      @AtemiRaven 4 года назад +1

      I was locked up for about two and a half years.

  • @ilyafilru
    @ilyafilru 4 года назад +194

    Some prisons in Russia's far north are so remote that they don't have walls and only minimal security. If you decide to leave, there's nowhere for you to go, only the desolate wilderness.

    • @historytank5673
      @historytank5673 2 года назад +45

      Dame, I can imagine a guard saying “your free to go if you want, your also free to come back.”

    • @JackTalyorD
      @JackTalyorD 2 года назад +8

      Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh me like that. If I don’t fezzes to death I can go on a 5-7 day walk threw the country side and come back for supper.

    • @barbarossa1780
      @barbarossa1780 Год назад +6

      And of course the Demogorgons

    • @liamu1017
      @liamu1017 Год назад

      Yeah we’ve seen Stranger Things buddy

    • @liamu1017
      @liamu1017 Год назад +3

      @@barbarossa1780 i’m talking to Bike Life not you you mad fool. We’re on the same team here

  • @chrisnyhof5797
    @chrisnyhof5797 5 лет назад +204

    That was heavy and dark. It’s the level of detail in these videos that brings me back to all of your team’s channels. Top shelf entertainment.

  • @LennoxMatt1
    @LennoxMatt1 5 лет назад +1610

    Before long RUclips will be completely taken over by Simon...and I cannot wait

    • @geographicstravel
      @geographicstravel  5 лет назад +167

      That is his goal.

    • @TheLoxxxton
      @TheLoxxxton 5 лет назад +68

      It's like watching Simon tube! How many channels can one person be on? I think it would be very cool to see a day in the life of the Simon. Maybe a new channel just for that?

    • @HALee-
      @HALee- 5 лет назад +4

      loxxxton poxxxton Simon Sez??? Lol

    • @juanuribe9198
      @juanuribe9198 5 лет назад +21

      Well, we might have to make a Biographic about him!

    • @mrpink8951
      @mrpink8951 5 лет назад +2

      Whistler-Tube xD

  • @drewmcknight9228
    @drewmcknight9228 4 года назад +137

    I really enjoy this channel as well as Biographical. I'm currently in the hospital with a shoulder infection in the midst of this pandemic, so we are allowed no visitation. Adds up to long hours alone in a room. Channels such as these give me a reprieve from the tedium, since they capture my interest and focus my mind on something else for awhile. So I would like to thank you all for creating all this content. Amazing. Thanks.

  • @Wi-Fi-El
    @Wi-Fi-El 4 года назад +199

    My dad used to be a guard at a psychiatric prison in kentucky, and he told me what it's like in there. Compared to pyatyak, the psych hospital seems like an extended summer camp

    • @CAMSLAYER13
      @CAMSLAYER13 4 года назад +13

      Well those people are insane so get better treatment as they are not considered accountable for their actions

    • @capncrunch5616
      @capncrunch5616 4 года назад

      What prison?

    • @Deadtileyedie
      @Deadtileyedie 4 года назад

      Metal hospitals are better than regular American prisons as well

    • @swirrllfolfsky9803
      @swirrllfolfsky9803 4 года назад +8

      @@Deadtileyedie not by much. speaking from experience

    • @angelahkaa
      @angelahkaa 4 года назад +3

      my dad used to be the driver's instructor in women' section of government sponsored auto-school in U.S.S.R. ...currently he's bald , sick and insane , and still wakes up in a cold sweat screaming in the night

  • @missmoxie9188
    @missmoxie9188 4 года назад +878

    After hearing about Pyatak I’m going to sleep like a baby knowing one of the men responsible for the Beslan School Siege is there

    • @alex12342715
      @alex12342715 4 года назад +35

      If only the terrorists bearing the Russian flag would join him. Only the losing side's criminials ever see the light of justice.

    • @user-lf3wr8rh7r
      @user-lf3wr8rh7r 4 года назад +20

      @Claude Bedard It was because putting all them people together makes for a hot a sweaty environment, not child rape!

    • @user-lf3wr8rh7r
      @user-lf3wr8rh7r 4 года назад +126

      @Claude Bedard There ars no reports of any sexual abuse during the seige, stop making accusations as it was horrific enough without extra sensationalism!

    • @alex12342715
      @alex12342715 4 года назад +16

      @Claude Bedard Just like they don't report as much as they should about "the nation of peace" (Russia) as well

    • @markkamski9165
      @markkamski9165 4 года назад +19

      One of the terrorists (only one in fact survived) responsible for the siege is serving his life sentence in Polar Owl colony, and not in Pyatak. P.S English is not my mother tongue so, sorry for possible mistakes

  • @pressurewashingcompany
    @pressurewashingcompany 5 лет назад +563

    Simon is such a good host. You can tell he loves what he does.

    • @geographicstravel
      @geographicstravel  5 лет назад +85

      I do. I'm incredibly lucky that this is what I get to do for a living.

    • @geographicstravel
      @geographicstravel  5 лет назад +42

      One: I've got not idea what you mean about the changing of the channel name, that doesn't happen. Two: Of course stuff is going to get left out, but the videos are like 20 minutes long which is pretty above average for YT.

    • @realkushman
      @realkushman 5 лет назад

      Geographics don't play dumb, you have multiple channels and that's where the confusion came from. As for Simon as a host, I find him annoying and I usually end up turning the videos off 1 min in.

    • @romelnegut2005
      @romelnegut2005 5 лет назад +36

      @@realkushman You complain about him as a host and yet you clicked on the video. I don't understand you at all.

    • @romelnegut2005
      @romelnegut2005 5 лет назад +8

      @Tru Quality There are more channels on which Simon is the host. Do your research before saying that.

  • @itsturt
    @itsturt 5 лет назад +155

    Cheers on the first upload! I'm very excited to see more from this channel!

  • @Dingdong2730
    @Dingdong2730 5 лет назад +62

    Simon is a beast, starting informational channels left, right and center

    • @FencingGold
      @FencingGold 3 года назад +2

      You do realize they for every channel, he is paid quite handsomely for reading information off a screen, right?
      He then spends several minutes a video promoting some trash product for which he is also paid.

    • @Dingdong2730
      @Dingdong2730 3 года назад +1

      @@FencingGold Yeah, thats the "joke". Its slowly becoming a real industry to produce content, instead of just someone sitting in a basement making money out of the blue.

  • @hannahschneider9761
    @hannahschneider9761 4 года назад +141

    Inmate: These desolate lonesome days have really made me self reflect I think I have finally found God.
    Guard: He’s faking it.

    • @tanekrune5873
      @tanekrune5873 4 года назад +4

      God is the only thing that can counter this utter Hell I have been sentenced to. The only thing that makes sense.
      Naaah, it ain't that bad. You're alive, aren't ya?

    • @daboss640
      @daboss640 3 года назад +1

      @@tanekrune5873 Death would probably be preferred over life in isolation

    • @tanekrune5873
      @tanekrune5873 3 года назад

      @@daboss640 Since I wrote that, covid happened and I'm gonna agree with you. I haven't seen a friendly face since shortly after I made that comment and not since. But I suppose this particular prison is our own.

    • @forandonbehalfof4753
      @forandonbehalfof4753 3 года назад +2

      Inmate 1: "I think I have finally found God.".
      Inmate 2: "Ah! You looked down the back of the sofa, didn't you? That's where I usually find things I've lost."......

    • @EarlFaulk
      @EarlFaulk 3 года назад +2

      Well those guys are the worst of the worst. Ive seen dudes claiming to have found God in jail after being arrested for something minor and a few weeks later they go back to jail for some heinous shit. A lot of it is in fact manipulation. Cons know that they can be treated better if they claim a Christian belief. They also know parole boards look at Christians in a better light than atheists or muslims

  • @joshuafox3152
    @joshuafox3152 4 года назад +216

    My girlfriend just looked over my shoulder and said, "Is that Moby."

    • @williamthomson7631
      @williamthomson7631 4 года назад +11

      It is. This is what moby has been doing

    • @bflex89
      @bflex89 3 года назад +3

      I hope you said yes

    • @getchasome6230
      @getchasome6230 3 года назад +6

      Nobody listened to techno, now let's go!

    • @MrEazyE357
      @MrEazyE357 3 года назад +1

      Isn't it?

    • @tobybartlett
      @tobybartlett 3 года назад +1

      @@williamthomson7631 LOL. I hope Moby is surfing RUclips and sees this. 😂

  • @fission3292
    @fission3292 5 лет назад +35

    Glad to see the channel is active, Great first upload, cant wait for more!

  • @tristanboles8365
    @tristanboles8365 5 лет назад +19

    Great content! You guys are crazy running all these channels. I love it! Keep the good stuff coming

  • @davidstewart5811
    @davidstewart5811 4 года назад +14

    Your videos represent a clear and outstanding contribution to the RUclips environment. When you consider all the hate videos, the UFO and conspiracy trash out there it is so refreshing to see something that educates and expands our world.

  • @adriaanboogaard3385
    @adriaanboogaard3385 4 года назад +83

    I've herd from Russians in the U.S. that have no worries about going to Prison here and refer to it as a Country club compared to Russia . My family survived WWII in the Netherlands my Grandfather survived Buegenwalt as a Political Prisoner he spent 6 years in a Nursing home and could not walk at the end of his life . I ask if it was difficult . He said it was a easy . Good food soft bed no guns and birds to watch and nice people Be grateful

    • @funitoo
      @funitoo 4 года назад +3

      what kind of friends you have if they all been to prison?

    • @folbykleetwood7462
      @folbykleetwood7462 4 года назад +7

      @@funitoo interesting ones

    • @1951mytube
      @1951mytube 3 года назад +1

      @@funitoo -- how 'bout political? They are labeled and treated worse than a common criminal. Just ask anyone who lived in the "wonderful, enviable" land in the communist bloc.

    • @funitoo
      @funitoo 3 года назад +4

      @@1951mytube I was born and raised in the USSR. I had a lovely childhood. If I had to choose between the childhood I had or a new one in the US I'd choose what I had without second thoughts. Though I would not choose a life as an adult in the USSR. But not because there was some danger from the government that so many nuts keep banging about.

  • @adamhofman4933
    @adamhofman4933 3 года назад +60

    If I was a victim of one of the inmates and I were still alive, every January 1st I’d send them two packages consisting of nothing!

    • @epicghandi6141
      @epicghandi6141 3 года назад +10

      Or a printed picture of a hand, flipping them the bird.

    • @m_l_ek3857
      @m_l_ek3857 3 года назад +1

      LOVE IT!!!!!

  • @eddiepiszczek4820
    @eddiepiszczek4820 5 лет назад +22

    A channel focusing on the mysterious and unknown places on earth is fantastic. There are so many places I'm curious about, I'm highly anticipating what's in store for us.

    • @lolajune1879
      @lolajune1879 5 лет назад +1

      Zohar star gate, anonymous, matthew santoro, that channel
      Theyre good for those types of docos :)

    • @eddiepiszczek4820
      @eddiepiszczek4820 5 лет назад

      @@lolajune1879 Thank you. I'll look them up tomorrow. 😊

    • @lolajune1879
      @lolajune1879 5 лет назад

      @@eddiepiszczek4820 welcome :)

    • @hugolafhugolaf
      @hugolafhugolaf 5 лет назад

      I'm doing one about my kitchen and sending it to my wife.

  • @richardbidinger2577
    @richardbidinger2577 5 лет назад +7

    Whoever thought this place up needs to produce a horror movie, because this place is an unbelievable nightmare. Fantastic first video guys, I am very impressed.

  • @willowtan7113
    @willowtan7113 5 лет назад +8

    I think I may have liked this better than most of the biographics! Either way, all your channels are amazing

  • @Great-Scotthew
    @Great-Scotthew 4 года назад +1

    One of the best youtube pages out of them all. Please never stop. I cant believe you've only been around for less than a year and you're already at the top in terms of quality

  • @JNgubo1
    @JNgubo1 5 лет назад +3

    I caught up on all my bio graphic episodes today and felt sad at the prospect of having to wait a few days for a new video, but then what do I see.....a new channel about Geographical places with historical merit. YES Simon and the gang, thanks, keep them coming!!

  • @dozerjohn
    @dozerjohn 5 лет назад +475

    Simontube

  • @tomharris9570
    @tomharris9570 5 лет назад +6

    I don't know how you do it, Simon, but I am impressed. Entertaining and informative as ever!

  • @ojaytom
    @ojaytom 5 лет назад +12

    Simon is one of the hardest working man. Ps anyone involved in making these top notch videos is also included in that.

  • @GENIUSGT
    @GENIUSGT 4 года назад +29

    Man, you must be a complete badass when you still come up on top after this place.

  • @brimonkmonk8212
    @brimonkmonk8212 4 года назад +1

    It's about 1:30am and got woken up about to listen to some of his videos and let it lull me back to sleep. He's got such a great storytelling voice Im so glad I found his videos

  • @raymondrogers1401
    @raymondrogers1401 5 лет назад +5

    Great video about a horrifying topic, super excited to see this channel grow! Thanks Simon and crew

  • @bjreegs2088
    @bjreegs2088 5 лет назад +4

    Ahhhh yes! More Simon is definitely what this dying medium needs. Really glad that you're onto places as well, such a niche focus but such literal history to be explored. Will be counting down til the next upload.
    Keep up the good work you champ!

  • @rachelon4415
    @rachelon4415 5 лет назад +6

    Came across this channel by chance! Delighted I did! Looking forward to future content. Wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪 🍀 ✨

  • @melodie-allynbenezra8956
    @melodie-allynbenezra8956 4 года назад +20

    I realize that Harry Potter is complete fiction, and fantasy at that. But as you described the psychosis caused by the isolation and solitude, I kept thinking of the prisoners of Azkaban. Even without special wraith-like demons hovering to suck out life, personal happiness, or the like, the level of isolation and the volatility of the characters who escaped or were released hit a lot closer to reality. And that is tremendously disturbing.

  • @kimchipig
    @kimchipig 5 лет назад +5

    Simon, I have no idea how you work so hard. I enjoyed this very much and of course I subscribed!

  • @DailyDamage
    @DailyDamage 5 лет назад +5

    As always: informative and fascinating content which simon presents in an excellent manner. Well done to you, the writers, researchers and all involved!

  • @nelsonx5326
    @nelsonx5326 4 года назад +56

    Would like to see that last prisoner's paintings.

    • @webwolfy7310
      @webwolfy7310 4 года назад +14

      Same, I've been looking around for pictures but found nothing. Also: am I the only one who thinks it is weird that he got access to oil paint while earlier it was said that they were not even allowed to read books? Oil paint is expensive too...

    • @availxe8639
      @availxe8639 4 года назад

      @@webwolfy7310 Considering his crime compared to others, I can see why they would let him at least paint.

    • @nelsonx5326
      @nelsonx5326 4 года назад +2

      @@webwolfy7310
      I guess if a prisoner is around long enough and isn't a fuck-up the authorities relax some.

    • @sodsurendunkhorol1576
      @sodsurendunkhorol1576 3 года назад +1

      i think the paint was sent by friends or family

    • @profanemagic5671
      @profanemagic5671 3 года назад

      plot-twist: he is "painting" with his own blood on the bare walls.
      The one person, that did not go crazy, btw.

  • @paulaeg1
    @paulaeg1 5 лет назад +5

    I learned something new. That is what I like the most about this channel.

  • @danielmelamed8548
    @danielmelamed8548 4 года назад +4

    Hello Simon , just wanted to say I love all of your channels , you’ve had a huge impact in inspiring me to change my major in college to become an educator , thank you so much !

  • @davidsteiner9682
    @davidsteiner9682 5 лет назад +17

    All of us watching and commenting on this video are true OGs of this channel. Can't wait for the content to come!

  • @shannonbrooks5014
    @shannonbrooks5014 5 лет назад +4

    Another great, entertaining and most of all informative channel from y'all, and I love it all ready. I could listen to Simon read from the phone book lol!!!!!

  • @izzojoseph2
    @izzojoseph2 5 лет назад +154

    As bad as this place is, it seems the guards do time with the inmates.

    • @misarabage1359
      @misarabage1359 4 года назад +49

      They work in shifts, usually 3 months work/3 months off to family and a good salary

    • @joshuagros4634
      @joshuagros4634 4 года назад +17

      Basic fact a well payed guard is a good guard

    • @828enigma6
      @828enigma6 4 года назад +2

      I wondered how the work would effect the guards myself.

    • @joanbowden7634
      @joanbowden7634 4 года назад +3

      Idgaf what they pay! No way!

    • @adenowirus
      @adenowirus 4 года назад +3

      If i remember correctly the wooden bridge from Fire Island connects to Sweet Island which houses a resort for prison guards. Another bridge connects Sweet Island with land.

  • @ijulesy
    @ijulesy 4 года назад +3

    Just discovered you had this channel too Simon! 😂 I'm loving it so far!

  • @fredo3816
    @fredo3816 4 года назад +3

    great vid , I particularly liked 2 points ; A) the longer format and B) that you concluded with that its not up to us to judge their pison system

  • @pizzamedic8389
    @pizzamedic8389 5 лет назад +6

    Thoroughly enjoy the details and history. Can’t wait to see what else is coming.

  • @TheThingInMySink
    @TheThingInMySink 4 года назад +27

    When he mentioned flamethrowers being used in the Beslan what most people think is the traditional style of flamethrower, as in the type that spews fuel that is then lit at the muzzle by either electrical of chemical means, but in this case what we're talking about was probably the RPO-A ''Shmel'' aka bumblebee. Actual flamethrowers, the kind we're used to seeing in ww2 movies are not used anymore by really any modern militaries and have been replaced by shoulder launched incendiary rocket systems such as the RPO, due to their much greater range, the misconception probably stems from the fact that RPO stands for reaktivnyj pehotnyj ognemet, which roughly translates to rocket propelled infantry flamethrower. Essentially it servers the same purpose as a regular flamethrower, with the added benefit of being able to burn you to a crisp from several hundred meters away, as opposed to something like 20m, which the good old M2 flamethrower used by the US during ww2 and Vietnam, was capable of.
    So instead of picturing a bunch of FSB guys kicking down a door and spraying a room with burning napalm, picture them putting a rocket of literal hellfire into a window, less exciting I know, but that's more likely what actually happened, not that being burned by an RPO is any less brutal, deadly or painful, at least for the guy on the wrong end of the rocket, but I do suppose it's a bit less of an intimate experience for the guy shooting it.

  • @christopheralthouse6378
    @christopheralthouse6378 5 лет назад +4

    I LOVE THIS! This is what I've been saying and it seems that I am being heard...it isn't just people that have stories to tell, places do as well. Keep it up...and I hope that you guys will branch out once again, as objects have stories too...LOTS AND LOTS of stories! 😁😁😁😁😍😍😍😍

  • @ChristophersMum
    @ChristophersMum 5 лет назад

    Just came here after your Top Tenz video suggestion.....I'm glad that I did....I had never heard of this place....isolation.... a unique torture for a very sociable creation....it is no wonder that the mind will unravel....

  • @QuickLern818
    @QuickLern818 4 года назад +2

    This is my go-to video on Mondays right before work--life ain't that bad!

  • @Niki_Hydn
    @Niki_Hydn 5 лет назад +4

    This is bloody brilliant! I cannot wait to see more from this channel ❤️

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 3 года назад +8

    1:45 - Chapter 1 - A history of pyatak
    4:10 - Chapter 2 - Desolation
    5:45 - Chapter 3 - Isolation
    9:25 - Chapter 4 - The inhabitants of pyatak
    12:50 - Chapter 5 - The psychiatric effects
    17:10 - Chapter 6 - Light at the end of the tunnel ?

  • @deadfreightwest5956
    @deadfreightwest5956 4 года назад +118

    A prison made from a monastery. Irony deficiency corrected in spades.

    • @iVETAnsolini
      @iVETAnsolini 4 года назад

      What about pinochle??

    • @ursa_margo
      @ursa_margo 4 года назад +2

      What's so ironic about it? We in Russia had numbers of them. Who knows, maybe hundreds. Monasteries make fine prisons: well guarded and devoid of life and joy. This is probably why the Czars put those they could not execute into monasteries.

    • @Rspsand07
      @Rspsand07 4 года назад +1

      @@ursa_margo Every Christian nation, so practically every country in Europe, did that. Monasteries and covenants.

  • @HugeWangPiece
    @HugeWangPiece 5 лет назад +2

    would love a video on the black dolphin prison if you haven’t done one already. love all the content this channel puts out!

  • @valacarno
    @valacarno 4 года назад +19

    "Ptyatak" (stress on the last syllable: pyat'ak, like in 'cognac') would translate more like 'fiver' or 'a coin of a value of 5'.

    • @Lurkerkun
      @Lurkerkun 3 года назад +2

      Or "a small patch", often referring to a small patch of land.

  • @julieortega4461
    @julieortega4461 5 лет назад +9

    I just found this video and immediately subscribed!! I love the work that you and your staff put out over all of your channels. Thank you and your staff for the hard work that y'all do :)

  • @sanewfield1
    @sanewfield1 5 лет назад +53

    Like you didn't have enough to do! Like this channel. Expecting good things

  • @DIY_Miracle
    @DIY_Miracle 4 года назад +7

    "He might have been a murderer, but at least he was a fine painter." A certain funny moustache man has ya beat there Vladimir.

    • @themonsteraddictmmxvi1564
      @themonsteraddictmmxvi1564 3 года назад +1

      Homeboy wasn't a "fine" painter tho

    • @1951mytube
      @1951mytube 3 года назад

      @@themonsteraddictmmxvi1564 -- he thought he was and many in the world think he was

  • @baileathacliath2418
    @baileathacliath2418 5 лет назад +15

    Simon whistler hosts all my favourite top 10s😂

  • @mikeadams2677
    @mikeadams2677 5 лет назад +2

    Simon, just like the rest of the channels you host, I like this channel, very interesting and informative, and you present it well. Keep up the good work.

  • @woodywood245
    @woodywood245 5 лет назад +10

    This is definitely my kind of thing. I could never get into Biographics, but I think I'll love Geographics.

  • @TheSlovenlyTactician
    @TheSlovenlyTactician 4 года назад +75

    "possibly by friendly fire" No lol, definitely from friendly fire.

    • @candycabngfl
      @candycabngfl 4 года назад +9

      Pretty sure I remember them gassing everyone in the gym prior to entry.

    • @LancasterResponding
      @LancasterResponding 4 года назад +1

      From everything I have read the military just went in guns blazing shooting whoever was in front of them. Men, women, children, terrorist it didn’t matter. Then the government shouted “law and order” and shit like that and acted like they were heroes rather than being on par if not worse than the terrorists. Disgusting.

    • @victorzvyagintsev1325
      @victorzvyagintsev1325 4 года назад +9

      @@LancasterResponding About a dozen highly trained specops that died serving as human shields for hostages would disagree with what you read.

    • @evilfurryfromnowhere4100
      @evilfurryfromnowhere4100 3 года назад +3

      ​@@LancasterResponding You're talking crazy shit. We still remember it all. The terrorists began to drive children and teachers into classrooms and shoot them there, negotiations with them lasted for several days. This did not lead to anything, the special forces began to act too late and for this delay, for these stupid attempts to negotiate, the special forces paid with their lives. It was a lesson to us - don't negotiate with evil.
      GT

    • @alextherussian7366
      @alextherussian7366 3 года назад +1

      @@candycabngfl
      That was the Theater incident, not the Gym.

  • @akiva2112
    @akiva2112 5 лет назад +41

    Simon do you not sleep man? All these channels with constant content every day/ week.... seriously is there a cot in the studio? Or pure caffeine IV drip

    • @kraanz
      @kraanz 5 лет назад +4

      Clones, man. Clones.

    • @Crazy--Clown
      @Crazy--Clown 5 лет назад +2

      Alexander Medeiros He's on the meth pipe

    • @garretth8224
      @garretth8224 5 лет назад +1

      @@Crazy--Clown his teeth are too nice for meth.

    • @Jak-it
      @Jak-it 5 лет назад

      @@garretth8224 that's not exactly true I've done mine and the next man's share of meth/bathsalts and my teeth are perfectly fine granted I didn't smoke the meth i shot it

    • @TheDotBot
      @TheDotBot 5 лет назад +1

      @@Jak-it Well done for getting off it, can't have been easy

  • @lancekelley2816
    @lancekelley2816 4 года назад +1

    You killed it as usual! Keep up the good work!

  • @darenyoung1872
    @darenyoung1872 4 года назад

    Very good channel I enjoy learning about what he is talking about. Very excellent details in all your videos.

  • @oldleatherhandsfriends4053
    @oldleatherhandsfriends4053 5 лет назад +190

    Sounds like you should avoid being a multiple murderer. Life is so tough

    • @TheDotBot
      @TheDotBot 5 лет назад +6

      Yep def not the best life choice you could make, especially in Russia.

    • @22steve5150
      @22steve5150 4 года назад +33

      Or avoid being one of the roughly 1 in 20 convicts who was convicted of a crime he or she didn't commit, and that's in the US system, the rate of false conviction is very high in Russia, and was even higher in the Soviet days. So next time you think you are showing what a big strong morally superior person you are when you justify torture and murder against criminals, try to pretend to care about how places like that destroy their fair share of innocent people as well, not to mention the fact that many other countries manage to rehabilitate over 3/4 of the worst of the worst convicts into productive members of society who stay on the right side of the law, and they managed to pull off this feat by simply not acting like savage authoritarian jackboots.

    • @volfosvk155
      @volfosvk155 4 года назад +4

      @@22steve5150 jez , you have realy bad life , how do you know that

    • @kateealer7
      @kateealer7 4 года назад +17

      @@22steve5150 Ummm, one in 20 convicts aren't actually criminals in America? Where'd you get that stat? I work in a prison and have probably met about .005% who probably weren't criminals. Stop saying drug dealers aren't criminals, America! Also, the worst part of my job, which I work very hard at at trying to help people, is seeing how many people don't respond to rehabilitation. Work in the field before you come-up with b/s statistics, Steve.

    • @IAmAnEvilTaco
      @IAmAnEvilTaco 4 года назад +11

      Kate Ealer how is it that places like Norway have a low rate of recidivism then? Oh, right, they actually try to rehabilitate people, rather than throwing them in for profit prisons and punishing them. I wouldn’t be defending our prison system, we have one of the worst reoffender rates on earth. Obviously something is broken.
      Also, bachelors of science in mental health and human services with a focus in addition, from umaine. I work in your field. Trying to get people busted for minor pot distribution back into society. It’s hard finding them jobs, and the prison mentality sticks hard. It’s wrong, what we do to low level drug offenders. The rest of the us agrees, that’s why they’re all legalizing pot.

  • @deltalingua8825
    @deltalingua8825 5 лет назад +8

    Yaaassss! I've been waiting for this!♡♡♡♡

  • @diatomsaus
    @diatomsaus 4 года назад +5

    The last snippet sent shivers down my spine.
    How insane must you be to posses the ability to escape insanity through isolation?

  • @lane9043
    @lane9043 3 года назад +1

    Your videos are well made! I enjoy the way you share this info. Can you put your sources in your about or end credits please?

  • @nopamineLevel100
    @nopamineLevel100 5 лет назад +1

    Another awesome video! How the hell do you guys make so many mini docos?? I love them 👍

  • @machinesofgod
    @machinesofgod 5 лет назад +4

    This is awesome. There are so many places to illustrate their histories. Tower of London, Taj Mahal, many castles in Europe. However, I suggest a little known Russian settlement along the Northern California coast called Fort Ross. Yes, a Russian colony in California before it was part of the USA. It is still there today.

    • @geographicstravel
      @geographicstravel  5 лет назад +1

      So many places to choose from. Thanks for the suggestions.

  • @sexysergioscotland6133
    @sexysergioscotland6133 4 года назад +30

    British prisoners : playstations are being denied to us, the meals are rotten, the extra blankets they gave us are itchy!! Revolt!!!
    Pyatak prisoners :
    What are these alien things you speak of?? U have FOOD????

    • @gonufc
      @gonufc 4 года назад +4

      @Weldon Boethel Well, prisoners make some people _extremely_ rich in the US. That's pretty suspicious considering the country imprisons more people than any civilisation in recorded history and a significant percentage of them are just drug arrests rather than violence. Then consider the products made by inmates for the army and sold abroad- it's disgraceful how cynically exploitative the system is.

    • @tylernilson7021
      @tylernilson7021 4 года назад

      @@gonufc word. some haven't even been tried in court.

  • @rikkisisson8595
    @rikkisisson8595 5 лет назад +13

    Ive seen this island on Death Race😂😂 big up Jason Statham!

  • @shookings
    @shookings 5 лет назад

    Great video, Simon.
    I noticed right away that unlike your other channels, in which you seem to just spout off information, however fascinating, in this channel, with this story, you seem to have some investment in the tale. I don't know if it's because you have a larger hand in bringing the story to us, or what. But it's like you're more "here", if that makes sense. Your posture also seems more relaxed, as though you're having a conversation with the viewer over tea or coffee or cocktails.
    Overall, a great start to the new channel. You got my sub.

  • @eventiderapture
    @eventiderapture 2 года назад

    I LOVE your channel and I can’t stop watching!

  • @sandybrown7739
    @sandybrown7739 4 года назад +7

    Interesting video. I can't imagine living with nothing to stimulate the senses. I rather be dead than live like these prisoners.

  • @rosyclaire
    @rosyclaire 4 года назад +25

    So let me get this straight, the prisoners aren't allowed books but they are allowed artist materials so they can paint, how does that work?

    • @henryblanker8548
      @henryblanker8548 4 года назад +5

      They sell the art after they die

    • @gophop
      @gophop 3 года назад +1

      Sounded to me like they're not allowed those items in their room for 22hrs of the day.

    • @katieholland4244
      @katieholland4244 3 года назад

      Right. I was confused on that too. 🤷‍♀️

  • @mwp1979
    @mwp1979 5 лет назад

    Interesting video. Looks like the start of another Great Channel. The Simon Network. :)

  • @nytechilde
    @nytechilde 4 года назад

    Glad I ran across your very intelligent videos. Well done! I’ll keep watching.

  • @nickmiller9599
    @nickmiller9599 5 лет назад +13

    Another channel from Simon and the gang? Excuse me while my hungry brain pigs out.

  • @gaius_enceladus
    @gaius_enceladus 5 лет назад +19

    "What is for breakfast?"
    "Borscht"
    "Lunch?"
    "Borscht"
    "Dinner?"
    "Borscht"

    • @blackwidowsm
      @blackwidowsm 4 года назад +3

      j4d3 goat I happen to like Borscht and I’m not Russian 😂Norman’s like it too 😋

    • @ursa_margo
      @ursa_margo 4 года назад

      One simple thing you have to remember is that there is no "t" at the end of "Borsch".

    • @grimtea1715
      @grimtea1715 4 года назад

      I love Borsch

  • @scottrjmatmsncom
    @scottrjmatmsncom 3 года назад +3

    Listens to how dangerous being alone and isolated is still continues to be stay alone and isolated in my room

  • @faithhouck2907
    @faithhouck2907 3 года назад

    Wonderful video. As usual! Thank you!

  • @nicholasjohnson6966
    @nicholasjohnson6966 4 года назад

    Thanks again you Geographics! Awsome and informative video as usual. Keep up the great work.

  • @theemissary1313
    @theemissary1313 5 лет назад +30

    These videos aren't always 100% correct (Meh, who is?), but are always 100% interesting!

    • @theneedle6785
      @theneedle6785 4 года назад

      Yeah that was pretty annoying to me since I know a lot about this prison and his info isn't up to date. The prison now is nothing like he describes.

  • @xinsanedefeatx
    @xinsanedefeatx 5 лет назад +4

    I was annoyed that I hadn’t seen this channel yet... then I realized this was its first video lol

  • @EverthingsApple
    @EverthingsApple 5 лет назад +4

    As an insane Biographics fan, how on earth have I never heard of Geographics??!!

    • @mm44jesus
      @mm44jesus 5 лет назад

      Nathan Bell it’s new

  • @raffiki73
    @raffiki73 5 лет назад

    I pretty much subscribe to any channel you narrate. You have a way of making things interesting. Thanks for that

  • @primesspct2
    @primesspct2 4 года назад

    This was an eye opening and sober commentary on the use of isolation and lack of stimuli in the prison systems in general! Well put and thank you!

  • @BeholdPontiusPilate
    @BeholdPontiusPilate 5 лет назад +10

    The 8 thumbs down are from Pyatak prisoners....wait, there's no way they have high speed internet 😒

    • @theneedle6785
      @theneedle6785 5 лет назад +1

      Families can send and receive emails though.

    • @tncorgi92
      @tncorgi92 3 года назад

      They're forced to use Apple IIe's with 2400 baud modems. And AOL.

  • @Ktmfan450
    @Ktmfan450 5 лет назад +14

    Do Pine Gap in Australia

  • @aliciaguarascio4309
    @aliciaguarascio4309 5 лет назад

    Video is very informative....really like this new channel...keep up the good work!

  • @timbutler5690
    @timbutler5690 4 года назад +1

    Now you’d really did it. Watching your videos, with your research etc. got me really enjoying your videos and the hard work you’ve put into them. Keep up the great work. Case in point the video cannibal island. Very chilling to learning about that place.

  • @geronimo5537
    @geronimo5537 4 года назад +14

    Hmm person murders someone's family or makes someone a victim? Why even house them. Let the victims decide their fate.

  • @exxxxoskeleton
    @exxxxoskeleton 5 лет назад +9

    I see Simon i sub, its that simple

  • @tehbonehead
    @tehbonehead 4 года назад +51

    "Devoid of stimulation..."
    *has oil paints.
    ??🤔

    • @22steve5150
      @22steve5150 4 года назад +21

      He said they can get 2 parcels in the first 10 years. Guess what was in that guy's parcel.

    • @danimal097521
      @danimal097521 4 года назад

      @@22steve5150 2 parcels per year.

    • @jevicci
      @jevicci 4 года назад +1

      @@22steve5150 He also said they couldn't have books. But they can paint?

    • @good4insects
      @good4insects 4 года назад +7

      yeah I am amazed the guards allow him to "deface" his cell in any way.

    • @22steve5150
      @22steve5150 4 года назад

      @@jevicci It would appear so.

  • @rayraycisneros3914
    @rayraycisneros3914 5 лет назад +1

    Simon, dude all ur videos on this channel rock. Good work

  • @flareinc7413
    @flareinc7413 4 года назад +1

    Excellent video. Horrifying place that prison. Thanks for making this video, Simon :)

  • @franciscomm7675
    @franciscomm7675 5 лет назад +50

    Third. Cannot wait for more content from this channel

  •  4 года назад +4

    In Sweden you can be held indefinitely without being charged with anything in isolation. Yes it is torture and yes the UN has criticised Sweden for the horrible practise.