KhTZ: Ukraine's Most Dangerous Hood 🇺🇦
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2024
- 🇺🇦 I hadn't been in Kharkiv very long before I started hearing about the dodgy gopnik filled suburb called KhTZ ( Kharkiv Tractor Plant ). None of the people I spoke to had actually been but they all told me stories of a region known for its fights and muggings. Well I decided to go check it out with my good mate Johnny. Join us both on a gopnik adventure in Ukraine's dodgiest hood.
You can follow Johnny here at his RUclips channel: / johnnyfd
If you'd like to follow the Mongolian warlord then his channel can be found here: ruclips.net/user/johnnyfd
I love how you were walking with the tags still on the shirt 😂.
@@dawidochowiak7965 yes that was good 🤣
Good to see you are back again!
You meet a polite librarian real soviet patriot who's worked in the same place for 55 years and you're like, "Right, let's get the hell outta here. I'll take my chances on the street."
The king has returned! absolutely love your content dude
Greetings from the Kharkiv Tractor Plant! We are glad to see you again in Kharkiv and we would like to invite you to a tour of our factory.
Would be interesting to see
That would be interesting! Lets comment and upvote so Bald can see this comment.
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I hope he's still in Kharkiv
Up!
The toughest part of the trip is the tension that Johnny's tshirt had to suffer.
LOL!
That's gimmick to scare thugs away. Seeing their solid bodies like body builders ppl will think twice before disturbing them.
@@misterxyz5958 A gimmick that takes work to set up. Still, better than a fight, and healthy too!
Those children where so sweet giving the man a cuddle, I hope they are all safe and well in this terrible war.
His videos in Ukraine hit different now.
I swear you never attract people in these country’s until you have beer or alcohol then some random old alcoholic spawns out of no where to bother you 🤣
That man who was bothering them doesn’t look like an alcoholic. I suspect they just asked him to act so weirdly in front of camera for a content.
@@oleksandrzubchenko7739 any person asking random people for beer on the street might be considered an alcoholic hahah, but you’re probably right
Like birds to bread.
There are plenty of worse hoods in UK.. places you would leave shoeless and fatlipped if you entered at night,no matter how big your friend was
@UCHvcyvfEANkGHRlsQvKeSVg and then everyone clapped
Plot Twist: Bald is the actual warlord in the area, thats why everyone was so nice to him.
Hahahaha
LMMFAO
I believe it.
That's not true, the truth is bald use charms he got from Africa to lure ppl to adore him and that charm works well 😄😄😄😄
🤣🤣
When I watched this last year, the name Kharkiv meant nothing to me. Little did any of us know how it would be thrust into our consciousness. I hope everyone Bald met is doing OK
I've noticed groups of youths and children in East Europe and Russia seem to have more respect for their elders and have friendly natures, more so than in UK. Refreshing to see.
@Limon Cello tbf in the UK I think most people would be calm but some areas you’ll get a couple people that’ll really kick up a fuss which can escalate rapidly 😂
A man got stabbed to death recently in the UK by 2 14 year old boys, he was protecting his daughter from them outside his own home. His wife watched him die in front of her eyes. There's big trouble with youths in cities all over the uk
@@DCLN433 yes, people can go from "you alright mate" to jumping you very quickly here. Rural areas are beautiful and good for bringing up your family though
@@thepredators1111 Yes, it's tragic. The only way is to get them at a very young age and educate this potential madness out of their head. Schools should teach respect, manners, kindness, compassion, self-defense, why bullying is bad etc. It doesn't happen. Instead they get smartphones and become polluted with garbage, not everyone of course, but the majority. I sometimes see toddlers in pushchairs using a mobile phone. I wouldn't mind so much if they were learning things that helped them evolve and expanded their consciousness.
@Limon Cello I suppose if someone filming was a known and popular youtuber it wouldn't be so bad.
"Do you feel safe in this town?" As a lonely woman is approached by two men with price tags hanging from their new shirts.
NOT ANYMORE AHAHAHAHAHAHA
LMAO golden
😂
best comment. thank you
best comment. thank you
RUclips just got interesting again🥂 ✌✌✌
certainly did
Yessir!
Agreed!! No joke I was getting concerned for Bold's well-being..
THIS!
🙌
The moment when he said to the store guy "its orginal right" then everyone starts laughing
I love how you walked around with the tags of the t-shirts still on 😂😂😂
That Mongolian Warlord guy Johnny is a legend... Bring him often...
Much better than the Welsh guy who goes to Mexico to eat french fries.
Thanks mate. Let us know where we should go next!
@@JohnnyFD Albania
Yeah Johny is great, hope he joins Bald more!
he legit looks like one of those russian slap athletes... thugs say wrong shit and they will be clapped in their adidas tracksuit
Bald, that was an epic gopnik adventure. I'm glad neither of us got robbed. KhTZ turns out to be quite the nice little neighborhood!
Your English is fluent and perfect, but I could barely understand your Russian. Perhaps the KHTZ gopniks just ran away when they saw a huge, muscled dude in their neighbourhood?
Great analysis on the criminal past of Khtz, Johnny
Johnny you sound like a Canadian?
@What Nowz ah the benefits of unlimited illegal immigration
@What Nowz Gotta love how british people watch football. Trying to blind the goalkeeper with lasers and demanding a rematch after they lose, like holy shit.
Bald : I hope children won't attack me
Children : ran to hug him 😂
Yes, but you didn’t see the misdirection lol. They were picking his pockets and took his watch without him even knowing 😂
@@FVCK- lol no way... but a creative thought 😋
let's hope they don't attack us... simultaneously kid in the background screams: lads, who will first to DIE?? WHO? 😂😂 (I AM NOT KIDDING btw, it's such a brilliant timing - absolutely hilarious!)
It's weird to hear these names now.. Kharkiv... I wonder how the city looks like now.
When a guy with nothing more than a camera and a sense of adventure makes far more entertaining, educational and interesting viewing than the terrestrial TV channels with budgets of millions. That's why I'm here and this is where I'm staying.
thumb 69 yo ;|)
Well said 💯
what does ''terrestrial tv channels'' actually mean...are you saying bald records from space ?
@@ifeelit4448 Maybe he does! Just a bit of an old skool term for stations such as the BBC and ITV (if you're in the UK anyway) that broadcast from land based transmitters as opposed to satellite.
Couldn’t agree more!
I love the attention you gave the library. That lady has been waiting for that moment, made her day no doubt. This is why terrestrial TV is dead. Bravo 👏
Wasn't she just, I could feel her pride through the screen.
Great comment.
This man has a natural hability to empathize with everybody, I'm glad for you and go on.
I like how you said "hability". Not sure if it's a typo, but I'll take it as a combination of the word "habit" and "ability", because even then that's a cool way to put it.
@@treyshaffer Sorry, English is my third language so I make a lot of grammar mistakes, it should be without 'h'
I love the Mongolian gopnik. Definitely need to feature him again.
One gets the impression that Bald and his friend were the only danger in KhTZ.
😂😂😂
Exactly... im wndrng the same.. 😂😂😂😂
ахах тупо 2 амбала
Hahaja 😂
Other Ukrainians: "It's dangerous there! They'll rob you!"
KhTZ residents: *group hug*
Group hugs are perfect for pick pockets ...
they stole his pportomannaie
kids in chicago will make sure you dont have anything left in your pocket
@@ericmathiasen8411 thats what i thought hahahahah
Were all of his belongings in tact after that group hug?
Best comment , " Safer than south Chicago". I spent all my life in south Chicago, and you are absolutely correct.
Just finding these videos now as I’m sure many are. 😭 for those lovely people. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
The bit at the Adidas market stall when you ask if it's original and everyone laughs, including the storekeepers made my day 🤣. .Happy to see you back !
And leaving the tags on the Ts. So good!
Hahah
Abibas
It looked good though
@@nonyabizz3533 can someone shine a light on why they left the tags on , thnks ,the trains look the buissness lol
Imagine being able to be serious when 2 fridge sized journalists wearing their price tag come ask you questions
and the lady in library still talked so nicely about their history and stuff :) whatta nice people there!
This is so heartbreaking knowing what we know now, everyone he ran into was so nice and despite living in Ukrainian hood was so chillin. I know Kharkiv was recently taken back by Ukrainian forces but unfortunately I’m sure at a huge loss. RIP to any of those who are no longer around, these people deserved better
I didn’t really care if they took the tags off or not but I was going crazy that it wasn’t addressed. Thank you lady for addressing it. Now I can move on with my life in peace.
Ben: Have any of you locals seen any shady individuals lurking around?
KhTZ Locals: Other than you two? No, not really
Underrated hahahha
Feature more johnny, hes a great cohost and defender of life.
Such a nice guy but wouldn’t want to be on his bad side. But judging by his jolly self you would have to be a real POS to be on his bad side.
@Soldagg His presence is nice enough. Bald can do the talking
Mongolian JRE.
If those children, all running up to Bald and hugging him doesn't warm your heart.. Love the channel Bald! Thank you so much for such fascinating and phenomenal content!
Cool video! My son and I saw you in Hotel Tourist when we were in Kiev a few weeks ago. Our Ukrainian friend Andrei told us you were a blogger and we decided to look you up. Thanks again - AWESOME VIDEO!!!
The mongolian Guy seems like that one friend who puts up with all the stupid wishes of his overly extrovert friend haha. He is a good friend.
Good guy!
Follow his channel then, mate ;)
@@dimvuk8254 whats hes channel
@@json9353 at de description brother
@@Qwerty-vo8do oh thanks
I love Johnny just floating around in the background, half listening and learning and half being the comic sidekick
I hope he shows up in more videos, what a nice guy
I'm rewatching this in late May. It's like looking at a time capsule now just 10 months later. What Ukraine used to look like before the Russian invasion. It's hard to imagine how disrupted these people's lives have become. I hope everyone is okay but I know that cannot be true.
Crazy seeing this video and what Kharkiv looks like now
Just been bullied out of my job by management, feeling pretty shit, with no idea what to do, seeing bald back on RUclips gave me something to smile about.
Sounds like a bad place to be, they might have done you a favour. Onwards and upwards onto new things, good luck
Hope everything gets well
Are you white?
@@Honorablebenaiaha He's a person
@@DJ_Big_Bear1 I need to know if I should be sympathetic or not.
Johnny is legit. Arrives in one of the most feared areas of the country, immediately pisses on it.
A true alpha.
Sigma grindset
That's why the Mongolians created the largest contiguous land empire!
(and he's teamed up with the Brit whose empire at one point covered a 1/4 of the Earth's land mass).
LD;DR -- don't fuck with these guys.
Johnny is a legend we want more of you and Johnny doing adventures
He has his own channel - Johnny FD!
Why RUclips recommended this video 😭😭 get well soon Ukraine
My heart broke when all those children hugged bald. Such a beautiful and loving people in Ukraine.
It was a thing to behold alright
they just took his wallet xD
@@blink6209 no they are not. that is western values, but not eastern European.
@@helluvastart Those are sub-Saharan Africa values
I thought you said the children were bald 💀
Bald, you have to go into libraries in more of the places that you visit. I’ll bet library’s all over the former USSR have so many amazing artifacts and newspapers that nobody ever comes to see, and I’m sure they would love for an Englishman with a camera to come asking about their history. I’d love to see more of that.
Agreed 💯 💯 💯
Bald only cares about getting drunk and finding chicks to fuck on his trips, not about the local history/finding artifacts. Lmao
Slightly Sublimated don't forget the tile mosaics 😂
@@slightlysublimated1619 ya right who would not
I agree!
Makes me so sad that look at the fun and frolics of Bald and Johnny in Kharkiv normal life beautiful city just a few months ago and now today March 11, 2022 a total disaster a senseless war. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
Seriously mate there’re places in England rougher than that, those gopnik are ok compared to some of the English Chavs.
Welcome back, humanity has missed you. We need your humor more now then ever before
so true
He actually has second channel called Daily Bald. He was in Chernobyl lately.
Random Stranger: "Don't go there"
Bald: "I must go there"
The old “tell me I can’t and I will”
Yea he’s unstoppable! Balls and Bankrupt
@@marlajacques6947 Hahaha
he should go to the hoods of where I live: Chicago
Do you see what he is doing?? He is actively debunking the "OMG don't go there itz dangerous" stereotype. Most places you'll be fine
Imagine how horrifying it must have been for those living in the Kiev Rus back in like year 1250 and you see thousands of Mongol dudes on a horse who look like Johnny FD storming into your village 😂
Watching this almost a year later I cannot help but hope all these beautiful Ukrainian people are okay.
This man has a way of making 20 mins feel like 3, so enjoyable.
Exactly.. He should make a 40 minutes vlogs and still it will feel like a 5 minutes really enjoy his video
I thought you said "making 20 mins feel like 3 hours", and i still thought of that as a compliment thanks to a little mental gymnastics.
Bald should really be given a big travel show - no change in format (just him no big camera crew or script)- just longer and able to reach a mainstream audience on TV - brilliant way to engage people with different cultures and the world
@@chriswyatt9869 wouldnt be the same to be on tv it'd be very watered down somehow/someway
@@rockstarjoe5725 exactly why i said no change to format - no script - just him and a camera going around the world meeting real people and seeing places outside of tourist zones. I essentially mean Bald videos but with a longer run time and shown on tv so they can reach the general audience. Ben is very confident, outgoing and very good with teaching us about different areas and customs etc - better than what most travel shows do anyway imo
This "dodgy" district looks 100×times SAFER and CIVILIZED than numbers of districts in Manchester, where I live.
Unfortunately, Ukraine isn't "enriched" yet
@@timurermolenko2013 What do you mean by "enriched"? If you mean the wealth, then yes, I know... however, I believe that it's just all about corruption there.
@@PaulKalak Manchester, Birmingham, Paks...😬 what they call in EU "cultural enrichment"
@@timurermolenko2013 oh that's what you mean😄
@@PaulKalak yeah I mean after visiting major Western cities you can say that so-called Eastern European ghettos are real joke.
I have had some good times in XTZ. I lived one Metro Station past XTZ for years and it is a lot safer than Los Angeles or New York but the locals will tell you differently; they always want people to believe Ukraine is the worst.
This guy is adventurous, tough, polite, kind, smart, intelligent and so wise and has a good sense of humor.
Just the type of person I like.
Fun fact: Kharkov Tractor Plant (later evacuated to Nizhny Tagil) was the original producer of T-34 tanks during WW2.
mind = blown
i freaking love T-34's
Wasn't Malyshev's plant (that is also in Kharkiv) the original producer? Or maybe I am mixing something up
We got those tanks and T-72 to Finland. I was army here in 1986 and knowing and maintenance those.
Even laser sight in T-72 if I remembered right!?
Actually, not correct. Original T-34 producer was "Factory No. 183" (later "Malyshev Factory"). However, instead KhTZ did produce several units of Katyusha rocket launcher before evacuation.
@@tataroma4900 well, they are kind of close to each other?
When he said he had someone with him to protect him, I was waiting for Alina.
Well we got a slightly buffer human
@@abigailjean7375 He described himself as single when the woman asked him. Have he and Alina split up? Is that why he was gone so long?
@@hughmungus1767 they were never together...
@@fma6571 just friends?
@@fma6571 I am 90 percent sure they where married and got divorced
Another absolutely wonderful video from Mr.Bald. These never fail to turn my day around and make me happy. Thank you and keep up the great work my friend.
ХТЗ tractors were all over Eastern Europe back in the day. The legendary Харковчанка (Harkovian) giant Antarctic vehicle was also produced there. But most importantly, if you read or watch Victor Suvorov whose tank regiment was based in Harkov, ХТЗ covertly stood for Harkov Tank Industries, and they would switch tractor into tank production very quickly indeed if needed, churning out thousands of tanks. What I see is a post-industrial dystopia so prevalent in every region that lost its industrial life and trying to get by with the leftovers from the past.
I love how you regularly take several months long breaks and then casually come back and we're all okay with it 😂
I am glad to know you're alive and not in a soviet gulag 😂❤️❤️
Check out his second channel, he's never been away
@@bakel6446 he literally didn’t upload there for over 2 months as well 😂
@@bakel6446 I didn't know he had a second channel 😱😱😱
Speak for your self mate, I’m not ok with it I need more bald back in my life
@@charliepeters7122 I feel you, there's truly nobody like Bald...
The man, the myth, the legend has returned.
Those kids were adorable and bright, i hope the future is good for them.
Bald: "A needle on the floor... let's pick it up" hahaha we missed you
I was mortified hahaha
gotta get vaxxed y'know
That was beyond foul. I imagined the scum resin on that thing!
@@MGR99 😶😶
never been the smartest fellow that's for sure, but at least his vlogs are entertaining
Typical Brits: enjoying their summer vacation in Barcelona, Ibiza, Faro
Bald: Greetings from Kharkiv!
Typical Brits have been in Spain & Portugal already many times. For those, who are looking for something new and different Ukraine is a good place to start with. Ukraine, as well as Kharkiv city, is really underrated tourist destination.
"yes i have a husband"
"oh then we will not be together"
🤣🤣🤣LOL
What people say: "You should absolutely stay as far away from this place as possible!"
What Bald hears: "You should absolutely go to this place as soon as possible!"
Glad you're back, Bald. I was having withdrawal symptoms.
Bald, please DO NOT ever retire from vlogging, you and Harald are the most fascinating and entertaining vloggers on the entire Internet.
The only youtube videos i actually get excited about watching..
He said he’s gonna stop within the next year or so to pursue photography in the future
@@chupameusculh0es493 yep they are also the same style
This is his last year.. 2022 he's doing something different.. I can't blame him..
you need to click the ads to support him
"he pours his beer like an albanian chicken farmer" I'm dying Bald. Brilliant. Those people were beautiful.
Albanian chicken farmer I don't get the joke
@@sitdowndogbreath in one of the most authentic displays of human hospitality I've probably ever seen, bald wanders onto some farmer's property in Albania and the man, wife, and daughter invite this foreigner they've known for 30 seconds into their living room for a beer and to chat. The man's pouring skills were deplorable, but my cynical heart was warmed by their unguarded kindness.
The group hug was adorable.
Plot twist : Johnny and Bald were the gopniks all along.
Residents reported a 2-man crime wave of random street assaults
Maybe the real gopniks were the friends we made along the way.
Every fucking time you have a period of time that you don't post... I think: "Well, they finally got 'em". The suspense is actually killing me. You're killing me, man.
Right!!!???
Bald you handsome rascal you! I’m a Soviet studies major and have followed your adventures for years now. If ever in Los Angeles you have a friend lots of conversation in store and a place to stay if you’d want. I have no friends to endlessly talk about Soviet and Slavic history and culture with and drive my loved ones insane - also I’m happy to be one of your 3% of female viewers that made me feel a little special haha - all the best in the new year 🧡
Johnny really has massive shoulders, the girl in the shop was right😅
Bald is that boyfriend who randomly disappears for weeks together and then suddenly shows up like nothing ever happened.
And he acquired another language
Disappears for 4 months 😂
i'd say more like months on end...
@@jedknutson8373 He posted videos on his other channel though.
Your videos are always a breath of fresh air
Yes! Like a breath of fresh air in the KhTZ metro!
I wonder when Bald will travel to Norilsk and say "look, it's Soviet pollution. Not so bad, is it?"
True 👍
You must take a breath every few months
why? he only seeking for some alcogolics? what do you like?))))
A year ago this video was about a little known region in an ex-soviet country few peope cared about.
Today this video shows a Ukraine like it will never be again. A snapshot of a country before a cataclismic war changed its people, cities and landscape for generations to come, truly historic.
These ordinary people we see here, some may be dead now, some may be at the front and some may have fled, but in this video they were living like people do, going about their lives.
Today a chunk of them are 6ft under, its horrible.
"Do you have a queen at home?". I love this.
BRO YOU'VE BEEN MISSED!
I'm so glad that he is alive
Bro what the fuck is your content
@Not Mentioned ههههههه
@@IndicatedGoodLife لا تسب
@Not Mentioned ههه حلوه منك يا شوال
Johnny is great! Not taking the tags off your cloths drove me nuts! Happy to see a new video from you.
Same here
It looks like paradise compared to some neighborhoods in my motherland Dominican Republic…..
That group hug made me tear up a little bit. That was so sweet :D It was unexpected as heck
"Don't go there" "Locals don't even go there" "Most dangerous part of the city" all these things, and many like it are like cat nip to the Bald and Bankrupt!
It's incredible how polite and kind Ukrainians are, despite having had such a rough history and a lot of them still living poorly . Even the homeless guy rummaging through the trash was polite. God bless Ukraine and it's beautiful people ❤️ we love you!
godisevil
Yes-- God bless Ukraine!
Ever been to eastern Europe?
They’re kind to them because they’re foreigners.
trash guy was polite for replying ?
"Listen give me the sunflower seeds" :D :D Great episode, had so much fun !
"And theres a random woman in a dressing gown just walking through the park talking to a tree" 😂😂😂
This channel is the most wholesome thing on the internet, and I will lay down my life and also the lives of others to defend it.
@@ramit439 My life.
And the lives of others.
You lay them down and I'll kick them
@@jerikgently5302 lol
I mean that I will also defend Bald with other people's lives...hail soviet sinks!
@@jerikgently5302 oh i see....I thought you meant your gonna kick his life when he lays it down.
I don't know how to explain this, but you bringing us along on your journeys is incredible. I am so appreciative that you bring me along to see the parts of world that I know I will never get to see. So thank you Bald, thank you so much! :)
Saaame
Man Bald has opened my eyes up to a world i never knew existed for the last 2 years, be a sad day when he leaves the platform
Keeping the tags on the clothes was hilarious and wearing bucket hats to fit the part. You def proved a point tho that younger people do dress like that tho.
Johnny is like a direct descendant of Gengis Khan 😂 you should always bring him with you, whenever you're entering a dodgy neighborhood
Half of Asia are descendants of Ghengis Khan so I wouldn’t be surprised
Dude had 3 balls
It's amazing the power of knowing a different language. This channel is so amazing because you really communicate with people, everyone saying your Russian is amazing, you get so much more information and respect from the locals because of it. Great to see you back Bald!!
His have a so strong accent. but all what his say accessibly. In Ukraine and russians citis and town many peaple know english, becouse learning in school.
He was married to i think a Ukrainian woman , maybe Belarusian i cant remember exactly . Russian is difficult , very difficult
@@MrTarmonbarry Not for me, very simple language ))) but i have livehack )) Im from Ukraine.
@@user-ig3zs1ex2w Hahahaha, , that is a little advantage , or do i mean a big advantage ))).
Where are you Uri ??
B&B, I know my comment will be lost with so many on this video, but once the madness is over, please go back and visit Ukraine.
It looks safer than downtown Memphis, that's for sure.
That girl pulling a bag of sunflower seed from her bag at the end was simply priceless !!!
"Do you have your own queen at home?" - I thought she was awkwardly asking him if he was british :D
I thought she was coming onto him.
Intelligent and entertaining. A rare occurrence in RUclips.
That mass hug was absolutely vicious! 😂
17:00 Just the sweetest thing.
Yes, loved this!
Not gonna lie, I started to choke up a little when those precious kids wanted to give him a hug. Good kids. Hope nothing but the best for them and their future.
It was really nice especially times like now. Made me feel some hope
I really enjoyed the dynamic Johnny and bald had, very entertaining but actually giving off two very well informed perspectives
16:31 Bald: lets hope kids don't attack us
16:32 Kids: guys, who will die first?!!! (it's really what they were screaming)
Bringing a Mongol warlord to the Ukraine? Has this man ever read a history book from before the Soviet era? :P
Villiager: "dont go hereee!"
Bald: " so ive decided to go here."
the interesting thing is the Ben clearly understands very well that these type of warnings are often unwarranted, outdated or just straight up don't apply anymore. It probably helps that he has a lot of charm and knows how to talk to people with no prejudice in his approach as well, but still: I feel we can all learn a lot from him.
@@Houndguardian Sometimes the warnings are just the humour of the people , its different from the west
@@Houndguardian but in fairness we can say that the narcovillage in Bolivia was actually dangerous and I don't know how Ben miraculously left there safe and sound. Man, he literally met two real cartel members... 😬