@@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305 | Globes represent them accurately. Maps make them innacurate. Thr further North or South you go, the more innacurate it gets.
We Canadians also get this from visitors. We get Europeans who come to Toronto for a visit then think they can go to Vancouver for lunch and come back the same day. Not realizing the two cities are about 5000km apart.
It’s mind boggling to think that I live in Dublin, Ireland and I’m only 2,795Km from Moscow - less than half the distance that you are from Moscow. I think it takes less than 4 hours flight ✈️ to get to Moscow from Dublin. But look at all the different countries and cultures that is between here and Moscow - Russia is massive! I’ve never been to Russia 🇷🇺 but I love your videos - they are very informative 👍🏼
wow, that so little cuse i remember when we flew to egypt from czech republic, and it was 4 hour something aroun 4 thousand km and it was really fast flight, and felt like quite a showrt distance, now this seems so little considering its over whole Europe
"You don't think how to survive, but how to live." With that wonderfully concise sentence, Natasha has summed up the class struggle between the poor and the well-off in the United States as well as Russia.
yes a social studies teacher naturally i think teaching kids 8 to 12 would be a good job kids are funny at that age i had fun in middle school the teachers did too i remember teachers laughing so hard they cry it will be a good job i would love for you to have fun every day
im mad at the government of russia for making you sad you are too good of a person to be sad 1 second i think i saw you in a potato field might be called pre vodka field going to look for the russian vodka next time it will be better just cause you were in the field ok i think you get it i like you bye
I loved that insight, how we should strive to achieve a society where people would not have to think how to survive, but could think how to live, to paraphrase her feeling about the subject.
Far east citizens talk: "Are you going to Moscow or Petersburg?" "Nay, it is too far. Maybe some over night trip to Bejing, Seoul or Tokyo" "optionally weekend trip to Alaska"
Yes she is! Natasha makes an announcement of her arrival to the US so that her 'year' would become a 'Green Card' :) Wise move, Natasha! If I were you, I'd do the same. However I'm a married male and under these circumstances things are getting harder.
I'm from New York but I live in Arizona now. I visited Moscow a few years ago. In my opinion, it's one of the truly greatest cities in the world. Have you ever been to Saint Petersburg? If you haven't then you should definitely visit. It's absolutely GORGEOUS!
My husband is a Russian we are living in Moscow but I’m more happier in our summer house in the country side that’s why I love summer.. Luckily my husband loves the history of his country so he took me to some old cities where there are a lot of interesting history. Hopefully I could explore all parts of your country..
you first watch the video on the RUclips channel: ruclips.net/channel/UCB-6CcjLh0b3Bo1yKXv3r2A It shows changes over 10-15 years in small towns of Russia. By the way, there is also about Khabarovsk ;-)))
I like this "potato field report". Never seen any youtuber doing vlog in the middle of potato field. You look there like in some amazonia jungle. Very original. :-)))
I was one of the lucky souls who got adopted out of eastern russia in 1999. Natasha you have taught me so much about my origins and you don't even know it!
@@itzpro5951 London is an international hub where everyone is from everywhere. So English culture not typified here. Rural communities in most countries will live and think differently to the big city dwellers.
London has traffic on the left, red double decker buses and phone booths everywhere! Also the center is very special because of the government buildings. Don't say every big city looks the same! xD
I am an older American who has recently visited Moscow, Novgorod, and St. Petersburg plus some smaller towns when traveling between cities. Even for me all of these larger cities were impressive in a good way. Most of any country's wealth migrates to the larger centers as they are the show places for the international travelers. Everything was beautiful and well kept. Everybody I met seemed like good people. That is what is important.
Watch "Bald and Bankrupt" on RUclips. He goes to the worst places in Russia and they have just the best people there. You will really like it. He will take you to places you would never go. : )
Omg I just started to watch her old videos and I love them! The joke where she trows a pice of soil for her dog to fetch made me laugh out loud. 😆👌💖💖💖💖
@@emilbertbc1 not exaggerated at all. I live in Torzhok 240 km from Moscow and I can assure you that most of the people in my town just surviving. The infrastructure is rabbish, the roads are so bad, there is no cinema, no theatre, nothing - only supermarkets.. So people are only supposed to work and buy food and stay at home watching TV shows, where state propaganda transmit fake news 24 hrs a day mostly about bad life in Europe, in Ukraine, in US, etc..
Honestly I’m watching this as a rural American who managed to get out and see Eurasia. Seeing you experience all the wonderful and sometimes odd or scary things is like a little memory trip for me. Make sure you take the chance to explore everything you can!!! Your videos make me 😊
I live in Virginia. This video was very interesting. I have never been to Russia and this gives me a window into life there. Also, the young lady is very smart and articulate and I am sure she will have a wonderful future.
I'm an Indian and I visited Moscow and St. Petersburg in 2017. I want to visit again so many times and I want to see all of Russia now ! Very beautiful and kind people.
Like! I was in Russia in 2000. Because I was traveling by car, bus and train between Perm, Tchaikovsky, Ishevsk and Moscow I was able both to see the capitol and the farms. It's a beautiful country. I very much enjoyed traveling by train and seeing how life is outside of Moscow.
I went to Moscow and St. Petersburg for a month in 2019 and then for 2 more weeks in Kaliningrad. I absolutely loved the Russian people and all of the beautiful places I saw. It was a dream of my life to be there and I am planning to go back and visit smaller towns as well as soon as travel is permitted from the US. I love your channel! You are a great journalist....you just don't know it yet!
"Doshirak" is Korean for lunch pack / lunch box. I think the Red square looked relatively small in this footage because there was a massive stage set up on it. The size of that choir indicates the size of that stage which in turn gives an indication about the size of the square. Most countries show quite a contrast between the capital and the distant corners of the country. Same in my country - my region is only 200km from Berlin and feels like a different universe. That air travel fare makes me really want to go explore Russia´s far East. Great video, enjoyed it, thank you.
Seeing this almost 15 months later after 'discovering' your channel several days ago. Very well done ...thank you for all the wonderful glimpses of your 3 day stay in Moscow! Best wishes and much success in your future!
I know you plan on a different carreer, but if you were to try becoming a tourist guide, I think you'd do a great job. You like to know history, origin of names, places, customs, and you have a very interesting way to talk about it. Thank you for sharing.
Realize, Natasha, how far you have come now that you are an internet presence with many followers and supporters of various kinds, thanks to your entertaining and attention grabbing editing of so much different material. As the year has passed, you've grown in sophistication and enunciation as well as grasp of the human condition, adding such appropriate background music and catchy snips of background and foreground.
Even as you traveled to Moscow, again, then the U.S. and Minnesota for college, then to the Grand Canyon and Hawaii briefly before going back to your home town, from what I recall, you had to go back the long way, not the short way, on west to far eastern Russia, so you really saw a lot of the planet, perhaps helping explain the great number of followers you have. You have so much world wide experience on which to draw to make your observations. Maybe a career in vlogging where the support is adequate to allow you to travel, would suit your interests and you would not feel like you are "going to work" as so many people do, if they can find work which puts the food in the food bowl, as I like to put it.
Hey Miss Kurnaeva, just watched a few of your video clips and liked them very much. I am a bit of a modern bohemian myself: French by citizenship, German by family ancestry, and looking back in much further past, Slavic... but living in Texas...I like all the videos I have seen from you, because you sound "real" as you must have heard people saying in Minesotta during your stay. You are smart, humble, and you make a special effort in your videos to not betray your own feelings and convey exactly what is in your heart, and that is difficult. Keep it up like this, do not change anything! Do not worry 1 second about quality of image, or professional video aspect, keep it genuine and real, improving technically will be a distraction that will carry you away from what makes you so great. I 'd have a lot to say to you about my perspective of Russian people and Russian culture and Russian society at large, and unlike a lot of foreigners, my exposure has not been only limited to Moscow... I've travelled, as far as Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky. I love Russian people and culture, though my Russian now is awful and close to zero. Your Chinese is certainly better than my Russian, to give you some idea! I like the video clip during which you talk about Russian not smiling vs American smiling. I have been brought up in Western Europe and , much like in Russia, we do not smile, but like you, I understand and see the differences and subtle nuances, and also the way such simple little details can actually affect your relationship with others, even if, as you rightly said, some of our friends will consider that " fake", but both you and me can read into these subtleties because we have experienced it. And then you are only 21! Even more impressive.I was very far from that 3 decades ago when I was your age!
I'm Australian, I visited Russia & Ukraine in 2008/9. I spent about two months traveling European Russia in the Summer. I visited St Petersburg, Moscow, Volgograd and the Golden Ring. I traveled to Ukraine and went to Odessa, and Crimea. I returned in winter but just went to Moscow this time. It's such huge country, I covered so many kilometres and yet there is so much more.
Great stuff! Lucky you. Believe me, 99% of people in Russia will never be able to travel in their own country - they simply won't be able to afford that.
@@nikarkharov5683 i spent around $17,000 australian. Back then the aussie dollar was around $.95 USD . I had the money and going to Russia was a dream of a lifetime.
I traveled to Russia for sometimes due to some official purpose and I have been to Moscow, St Petersberg, Murmansk, Rostov, Sochi, Irkutsk, Ulan Ude and I liked the ambiance of St Pet and Murmansk the most. I somewhat didn't like Moscow much because there are lots of people and hustles and busy streets and so on, but the architecture is worth mentioning. I had plans to visit Vladivostok but didn't have had the opportunity.
I've been to Moscow like 15 times. Yeah the metro is great, often faster than taking a car. With 2GIS I can navigate pretty well even as a foreigner with limited Russian.
There are also longer distances from Sochi and to Vladivostok 9.30 hours... The area of the Russian Federation is 17.1 million km2. Russia is the largest country in the world by area, occupying 1/8 of the earth's land area; almost half of Europe and one third of Asia. The area of the Russian Federation is approximately equal to the area of the entire territory of South America. The length of the Russian Federation from south to north is about 4,000 km, from west to east more than 10,000 km.
I’m From Minnesota. It has a quite large Russian and Ukrainian population. Not enough where you feel like you are home but enough that you can use for support and get additional Russian perspective of life in the United States. I love your videos. Safe Travels and enjoy the United States!
Spending 48h straight in the transsiberian, you realize how big russia is. And how nice and friendly most russian folks are! Thank you Natasha for these awesome videos! You should visit St Petersburg, it will blow you away! With a 3rd class ticket it might be doable, if you can survive the train journey ☺
Hm... noodles is a kind of try to imitate italian spaghetti... Ok, that's not really correct, spaghetti went after noodles in history, but they are a better version. Basically made of durum wheat, specific for pasta in general.
In the US people get a little salty about the DC metro area being the richest in the country, but the gap between Moscow and other places seems far greater.
the budget of the city of Moscow is larger than the budget of the rest of the country (and this is not a joke, in Moscow about the same amount is spent on landscaping as in the rest of the country) (although most of this money is stolen)
I wish that your videos had been around before I had traveled to Moscow in 2010. Your videos are very informative and educational. More people should watch and listen to what you have to say. Thank you.
There are differences, of course. However, in some countries it's not that wide. The best models of this are The US and Germany which have several rivaling big cities instead of one big devourer. The Germans have Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Vienna (oops...), etc. But yes, the capital is not the best representation of the country.
@@fingerstyledojo No not really. That’s what tourists might think but ppl from Hamburg, Frankfurt or let alone Munich politely disagree. Germany is quite decentralized actually.
@@robrs8631 >germany is decentralised yeah exactly, thats why berlin osnt too different from other big cities. ofc there are differences, but the lifestyle and quality of life is very similar everywhere in germany, thats why berlin represents it pretty well. Its not like in Russia where you live in Moscow or Pidorsburg and only "survive" everywhere else.
@@fingerstyledojo I lived in Berlin, in the Northwest, in the South and in Frankfurt and I can tell quite certainly that Berlin is like no other city in Germany, and that culture and mentality among different areas in Germany are the complete opposite from each other. Berlin for example is hip, but also extremely poor and a bit nasty too. Unemployment rate is high, there is basically no economy except for tourism, service industry, tech startups, and maybe a bunch of consultancies and law firms. Berlin is relevant from a politics point of view and its museums and theaters. That pretty much sums up Berlin. And most of the people living there are not even close to the people living in Hamburg, Frankfurt or Munich, let alone people living on the countryside. You can get out of Berlin and drive 100 miles north, south or east... Completely different world. Germany being decentralized also means it is extremely diverse for its small size and a lot of times people feel much closer to the neighboring country in their respective vicinity from a mentality point of view than with each other.
I'd been in Moscow for a week. I'd studied in the U.S. for 7 years. I am from Bangkok, Thailand. Many Russians' live in big cities of Thailand, e.g. Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket. Your Vlog is very interesting. It reminds me of those days when I was students. Thank you very much.
Thank you so much Natasha! I live in the Midwest US in a semi rural area near Chicago. Your video style is very pleasant and informative. You're quite an intelligent young lady.
A very cute video and you are a great blogger. But you really havent been in many Russian cities to generalize. Moscow is the best but not unique. Saint Petersburg, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Sochi, Kaliningrad, Vladivostok, Tyumen etc - there are a lot of really developed Russian cities even by Western standards. I am living in the US and Russia in the same time and frequently travel to other countries as well. You should understand that Western cities are not only that you see in American movies and have a lot of similar problems as Russian ones including poverty, garbage, bad roads and scary apartment blocks in the outskirts. But I wouldnt argue that provincial Russian cities are really lagging behind the large ones.
Exactly. People have this impression boosted by the the western media that developed countries in the west are all super developed in all means. It's wrong. The US has a lot of problems. I would actually say that she has a wrong impression of the country.
I love this! I'm from South Africa and I love studying Chinese and Russian. Your videos are sooooo great! I've been to China and I can't wait to see Russia in the future. Your videos are so informative. I love your channel! ❤️
I moved to North East Minneapolis Minnesota and lived here for 14 years but grew up in california. This part of town of Minnesota is known for having a russian community who moved in during the 1930's and 1950s, i got to make a lot of russian friends living there.
You channel is nice and original. I did my medical college in Russia and work now in Minnesota ( Twin cities). If come over to twin cities- my family would love to have you over. Keep up the good work.
Yeah Russia awesome job with you Language Videos... you are doing a great job with those... wish you all the best.. hope you make it back to the twin cities...
Популяризировать страну это не совсем задача МИДа, хотя и не без его участия, конечно. А Наталии в штатах мозги промоют и будет она потом поливать страну помоями. Это сначала нужно было поиграть в простодушную провинциалку на камеру и набрать аудиторию. Таких инфлюинсеров в штаты любят приглашать на "просвещение".
Natasha, this is a fabulous video you shared with all of us. Great story lines. Keep up the great work. I have never seen so much of Russia, but now you are showing me what your country is all about. Thank you Natasha. Love your dog.
Hu I am from the United States I Love how you show Russia. The people. The land. Very informative. A Nice place the visit Keep up the good work. Showing the good of Russia.
Yea... awesome sense of humor she has... on one video i saw she said there are 3 types of places where people live Or 4 if you count this ( Putin's palace from Navalny's video lol ) i laughed
Thanks for this educational video 👌 Interesting to see Moscow and other parts of Russia unfiltered. I'd always wanted to visit Moscow and St. Petersburg. Greetings from Germany 🙌
I have been in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Bratsk, Irkutsk and Chabarowsk long time ago. St. Petersburg was really very impressive, but Siberia I like most - especially the people. When I'm in retirement I will go back to Siberia, driving with the czar's train from West to East.... Natascha, You make "normal things" very interesting, many thanks from me and greetings from Germany.
Through the exposure you give and my other Russian video exposure to small towns and the people that live their you are shaping my expectations. I like it.
In Germany it´s quite the opposite. In the contryside things are in their order esthetically and technically. But then you see Berlin. Not only that it looks like some dystopic movie from a third world city, no you find the people in the street are authentic.
I've been to Berlin and I wouldn't say it's dystopian. I think with Germany, the problem is that the biggest cities were destroyed in the war and were rebuilt, and "brutalism" of the 1950s/60s was the worst architectural style you can ever replace anything with, so it might be true that smaller cities/towns retained more of their history. But then, I could also say that smaller UK cities/towns look more authentic than London, even though London wasn't really destroyed.
German villages are nice because there was no colectivisation so families and farmers have their land and small farms for ages, centuries. I´m from Czech republic which is just over the hill and our agriculture is literally destroyed. Every time I make a wisit to Austria or Germany I enjoy yours countryside, it is really something else.
What i learnt from your nice video.. 1. You are a Navalny (person who does not die from a nerve agent) fan. 2. Police guarding in any big event religious or casual anywhere in the world is normal. 3. You love the West more than your own country. 4. You are smart. Have a great life.
Another excellent video but we were getting concerned about your safety! But you showed good common sense and we knew you would be okay. The top of the hill was very similar to a place just north of our home with old radar domes vacated in the early sixties and still there surrounded by a large fence and no tresspass signs? The shots of the country side were excellent. You do extrodnary flimimg. Can't wait for your next vedio. William from NY
When I was a child in the USA in the late 1950s and early 1960s, at the height of the so-called "Cold War", I always wondered what my country's basic quarrel was with Russia. We both had very similar histories of settling vast frontiers. Sometimes we were nice to the local inhabitants, sometimes not so nice. Equality was pursued in both places: in the USA, we focused on political equality and Russia also included economic equality,. We both failed and we both need to step back and try again. I hope we're both advancing in our own clumsy ways. As an adult, I had a joyous train journey from Vladivostok to Moscow, through many of the towns and regions you describe..
When I was a child in the USSR in the late 1950s and early 1960s, we actually had no "Cold War" here. It happened later. Rather, we had an "iron curtain". We were absorbed in our own life, which was very exciting. However, Khrushchev went to America. We saw her in the chronicle. A normal country, quite friendly. We were not taught to be afraid of it... About the second attempt: I'm not sure that there is time left for it
When I was a child in the USSR in the late 1950s and early 1960s, we actually had no "Cold War" here. It happened later. Rather, we had an "iron curtain". We were absorbed in our own life, which was very exciting. However, Khrushchev went to America. We saw her in the chronicle. A normal country, quite friendly. We were not taught to be afraid of it... About the second attempt: I'm not sure that there is time left for it
I really enjoyed this video and would like to visit Moscow. It seems modern, and international. I also loved the guest appearance of your furry friend!!
I really enjoyed Russia. Went to Moscow and St. Petersburg. A lot of places were run down, however it had a nice charm to it. You can see Russia has so much history. The red square area was very nice. Americans were surprised when I say I been. I didn’t have too many preconceived ideas about Russia. The people were beautiful. Overall everyone was nice. I hope I can go again.
@@forgewire Why? 10.000$ in Russia is like 50.000 or more in the US! You can come and visit my country Croatia, the most beautiful country in the Mediterranean, and the same applies! You wouldn't want to live here! We were a socialist country until 1991. (never under Warsaw/Moscow pact) and my parents got 2 apartments from the state, earned 2 more, not to mention their inheritance! I am an only child and I still spit on today's western "culture" or the lack of it! Western culture and redistribution of wealth towards 0.1% is a disgrace to them, and an opportunity they had since the USSR dissolved! Today we have a huge rise of right-wing populism in the West (indication political and financial elites failed big time), and historically almost every time (1917. and 1789., Russian and French revolution) right-winger nationalist took over! If you implement liberal democracy in Russia, or especially China you would get ultranationalist in power! 100%! Let them develop their hunger for democracy and equality, and if you force it like any other regime-change operation by the US, will end in military coup and government, or ultra right-wingers in power! Or religious fanatics (the US used Al-Qaeda and ISIS, neo-Nazis in Ukraine and Baltic states, religious divide like in my ex country Yugoslavia now in Ukraine as their geopolitical tool)! Divide et Impera, Divide and conquer! Every empire in history used the same tool to rule the world!
Very good report. Nice snatchs and wise thoughts about what you think concerning the situation of Moscow and Russian regions far from it. I liked your "crop field" ("gorod" in Russian?) and your dog very much. Remind me to my dogs and to the field I´d once like to own. Congrats and keep on with your nice videos. Greetings from Lima, Perú. ¡Saludos!
I really recomend you to visit Rybinsk - small town in Yaroslavl region on a bank of Volga river (about 300 km from Moscow) it has spirit of old prerevolution province of Russia with wonderful views of nature (river, lake and forests), russian architecture and typical economic and social issues of the country.
your channel was on my recommended videos so I gave it a watch. now im subscribed and watching all of your videos in one sitting! you have an incredibly unique style of story telling and I can't get enough of it! keep up the amazing work!
I've been watching your videos for over a year and am now going back to watch the older videos. Was that really Alexei Navalny having noodles at the airport? Barni looks like he could be an older dog in this video. If he's still with you, please include him in another video. You even have a wonderful rapport with the animals who occasionally appear in your videos.
Thank you for sharing this video. I really enjoyed it because of how you shared many of your truthful feeling about the different lifestyles in different cities within Russia. The scenery is also very beautiful in both your garden like hometown and the modern Moscow. Hopefully you had a good time in Twin Cities, Minnesota and you were able to learn all that you wanted. I am just graduated from university and working to go to graduate school in New York City and just like you I love to travel to different places to learn about cultures. If you ever come to New York, I would love to meet you and show you around the city. :) Keep up with the good work!
I've gone to Moscow, three times, for one month, each time. The last time I was there, was close to the same time, this video was posted. I also went to Red Square, at that time. And I even saw the music concert you showed ! However, it sounded like you said it was in the Red Square. I can't remember exactly where it was tho, but I remember they sold many interesting things, and very good food and refreshments. I thought it was in a different area. Anyways, a lot of milatary people, or police, walking around. They actually seemed friendly. I noticed, in the Red Square area, I only saw one person begging. I told my friend, it looked like he worked for the government, in reality. Because such a big tourist area, and only one person, who looked liked a retired teacher, doing part time work. The government doesn't want people to think, Russia has a lot of poor people, in my opinion. The metro, is also fantastic, for me, and American. They keep them so clean, and you can easily go all over Moscow.
Its not friendly, I was on the metro and the train stopped between stations and a guard got on and start screaming and "GET the FUCK off the TRAIN". I was told breakdown occur often. I have been there 8 times, I absolutely hate the attitudes of the people. Its very expensive if you want nice things there as well.
I was born in Moscow, Russia and I moved to Los Angeles when I was 7. You can imagine that was quite the culture shock. I then moved to the east coast and that was also VERY different. Another culture shock. And now I watched a lot of this woman's videos and I got to see the far east of Russia. I never got to learn much about my country but I am very happy that I have seen some more of it. I kind of have experienced a new culture shock through your videos. I feel like by seeing so many places and traveling my whole life I have seen a lot of the richest and poorest and rudest and nicest and coolest and funniest and most artistic people. So thanks for showing me some more stuff :)
I am a Greek who has spent 5 days in Moscow. I regret not having visited the countryside to compare the contrasts as you say, but generally it is really difficult to prepare a trip in russia. In the visa center they want to know in advance every place the visitor will go and every accomodation. So I decided to play safe and stay only in Moscow. I also have to say that I found it extremely expensive, for a budget traveller like me, my money were disappearing out of nowhere. I was there in October period and I was impressed by how cold it was, but still I have to admit that its a great beautiful city, maybe one of the best I have ever seen!
when i had my first visa to europe, visa center also asked me to show my everyday accommodation. I think its common things when you getting short tourist visa
You’re so unintentionally funny. “When you’re walking down such fine streets next to these beautiful buildings, you don’t think how to jump this puddle!” I’m sorry if I misquoted you. But you made me laugh. Have a lovely day.
Thanks, Natasha...this must have been quite the adventure, first time flying all the way to Moscow...then seeing the modern facilitier and bright lights of the biggest city in Russia.
Great video. As an old American business man visiting Moscow, I also enjoyed the beauty of the Russian subway architecture and of the old architecture (not Soviet architecture) of the city of Moscow. Keep up the great work on your videos. I find your work very interesting and informative about Russian life.
I used to always stay in Kitay Gorod when I would come to Moscow. You walked exactly on the streets that I have, made me oh so reminiscent. I'm dying to revisit 😍 Also, I had now clue that it doesn't actually mean Chinatown - thanks for the info! I would find myself wondering where all the Chinese people were. I also had my first Chinese food there ^^
The word Kitay is probably related to a poetic word in English for China - Cathay. There is a song with a line, "speak of the riches and joys of Cathay..."
@@bdnl6268 the girl has explained it in the video, Kitay in the case of Kitay-Gorod has nothing to do with China, which is also called Kitay in Russian.
When you realize Khabarovsk is closer to Manila than to Moscow, then you realize just how huge Russia is.
Dont judge size by a globe man.. texas alone can fit in most of western europe
Or how far west Moscow is
@@medviation globes and maps make countries seem smaller than they really are.
@@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305 | Globes represent them accurately. Maps make them innacurate. Thr further North or South you go, the more innacurate it gets.
We Canadians also get this from visitors. We get Europeans who come to Toronto for a visit then think they can go to Vancouver for lunch and come back the same day. Not realizing the two cities are about 5000km apart.
‘You don’t think how to survive but learn to live’. Very good analogy for many people
It’s mind boggling to think that I live in Dublin, Ireland and I’m only 2,795Km from Moscow - less than half the distance that you are from Moscow. I think it takes less than 4 hours flight ✈️ to get to Moscow from Dublin. But look at all the different countries and cultures that is between here and Moscow - Russia is massive!
I’ve never been to Russia 🇷🇺 but I love your videos - they are very informative 👍🏼
wow, that so little cuse i remember when we flew to egypt from czech republic, and it was 4 hour something aroun 4 thousand km and it was really fast flight, and felt like quite a showrt distance, now this seems so little considering its over whole Europe
@@MrMajsterixx to drive from Dublin to Moscow it is 3,475 km. that’s going across Wales and England and into France through Calais.
Hello from US, Florida (=
@@dinosoarskill17 the width of Ireland is 275 km, Russia is 9000km. Crazy. 🇮🇪
"You don't think how to survive, but how to live." With that wonderfully concise sentence, Natasha has summed up the class struggle between the poor and the well-off in the United States as well as Russia.
"You don't think how to survive. You think how to live." Very well said.
Yes
Yes, I loved the comment too. Very insightful.
yes a social studies teacher naturally i think teaching kids 8 to 12 would be a good job kids are funny at that age i had fun in middle school the teachers did too i remember teachers laughing so hard they cry it will be a good job i would love for you to have fun every day
im mad at the government of russia for making you sad you are too good of a person to be sad 1 second i think i saw you in a potato field might be called pre vodka field going to look for the russian vodka next time it will be better just cause you were in the field ok i think you get it i like you bye
I loved that insight, how we should strive to achieve a society where people would not have to think how to survive, but could think how to live, to paraphrase her feeling about the subject.
Far east citizens talk:
"Are you going to Moscow or Petersburg?"
"Nay, it is too far. Maybe some over night trip to Bejing, Seoul or Tokyo"
"optionally weekend trip to Alaska"
Walkover to China
Many come to India for vacation
@@atifkhateeb6957 not anyone . east asia it is now
Lmaoo
O_O bwahahahha
Wow. I actually think your home town might be closer to the USA than it is to Moscow.
Indeed. I'm from Saint-Petersburg, been in Moscow and last year had an opportunity to visit Habarovsk. Habarovsk is beautiful!
It is closer to Melbourne than Moscow!
You "think" it "might" be?? Of course it is!!
Halifax is closer to Liverpool than to Vancouver too. Huge countries.
@@MorningNapalm yoohoo! I'm in Liveroool! 😃👍👍
this girl is so incredibly intelligent, she will do amazing things
Yes she is! Natasha makes an announcement of her arrival to the US so that her 'year' would become a 'Green Card' :) Wise move, Natasha! If I were you, I'd do the same. However I'm a married male and under these circumstances things are getting harder.
Comparing to slavs?
simp
@@Gn0ume what do you mean by this "annoucement"? is she dating an american?
@@manoelleao680 Not yet! 😉
0:53 Please dont do that ever again. I had a mini heart attack
SO LOUD 😭
Me too
I WAS WEARING FULL VOLUME EARPHONE 😭
@@sejibee R.I.P
Same 😅
Far east Russian going to Moscow to get a visa to USA to study Chinese LOL
lmao
@@mer3abec she is far from stupid!
@@mer3abec Why do you say that? The USA has great internationally recognised universities.
@@cptadb93 not with her money. She can study for free in Russia. She need only good grades . That average person can achieve.
@@cptadb93 the most probable explanation is that he's a Kremlin bot, if you know what I mean. Very simple.
I'm from New York but I live in Arizona now. I visited Moscow a few years ago. In my opinion, it's one of the truly greatest cities in the world. Have you ever been to Saint Petersburg? If you haven't then you should definitely visit. It's absolutely GORGEOUS!
I haven’t been there yet but I think I’d like it, because it’s a big and important city like Moscow but is calmer and has it’s unique atmosphere.
Saint-Petersburg is a part of Europe in Russia.
@@NatashasAdventures Lots to see... the Hermitage... Peterhoff... stay in a B&B or in a AirBnb.
Hey Schiffman, I heard your ancestor jacob financed the Bolsheviks from Kuhn Loeb & Co. on Wall Street.
Read Catherine the Great and then go to St. PETERSBURG.
My husband is a Russian we are living in Moscow but I’m more happier in our summer house in the country side that’s why I love summer.. Luckily my husband loves the history of his country so he took me to some old cities where there are a lot of interesting history. Hopefully I could explore all parts of your country..
you first watch the video on the RUclips channel: ruclips.net/channel/UCB-6CcjLh0b3Bo1yKXv3r2A
It shows changes over 10-15 years in small towns of Russia. By the way, there is also about Khabarovsk ;-)))
Province girl once reached Moscow and then happened. this video.
And where r you from?
Where are you from?
Cool, who asked?
I like this "potato field report".
Never seen any youtuber doing vlog in the middle of potato field. You look there like in some amazonia jungle. Very original. :-)))
I have only just discovered this channel and I like it. Guess we won't be seeing much of Barni anymore?
wI think it was cabbage leaves !
@@fransjebik8554 Both cabbage on first plan and potato on second
A potato field report by a youpotato?
@@marekkozio3658 Yes, you are right. Looks great and healthy! Beautiful vegetable gardens in Russia. 🌹
I was one of the lucky souls who got adopted out of eastern russia in 1999. Natasha you have taught me so much about my origins and you don't even know it!
💚
That's the year I moved out of Russia too. But I was already an adult then.
I'm from London, it doesn't represent England or UK. Every big city is the same.
Yup, same with Copenhagen
So any nations/regions largest city doesn't represent its home nation/region? I wonder where this mentality comes from? 🤔
@@itzpro5951 London is an international hub where everyone is from everywhere. So English culture not typified here. Rural communities in most countries will live and think differently to the big city dwellers.
Same thing with Paris in France and Warsaw in Poland
London has traffic on the left, red double decker buses and phone booths everywhere! Also the center is very special because of the government buildings. Don't say every big city looks the same! xD
I am an older American who has recently visited Moscow, Novgorod, and St. Petersburg plus some smaller towns when traveling between cities. Even for me all of these larger cities were impressive in a good way. Most of any country's wealth migrates to the larger centers as they are the show places for the international travelers. Everything was beautiful and well kept. Everybody I met seemed like good people. That is what is important.
Watch "Bald and Bankrupt" on RUclips. He goes to the worst places in Russia and they have just the best people there. You will really like it. He will take you to places you would never go. : )
Wow your lucky it's on my bucket list of places to visit.
@@ricardocarmona5210 You really should go. You will always remember it.
@@denkeylee He doesn't need to watch Russian videos of dilapidated places he can just go to Detroit, Chicago plenty of material there.
@@denkeylee чего ж ты советуешь этому человеку?
в любой стране можно это найти
I'm amazed how many similarities there are between the Russian language and Polish language. From my ogród to yours 🍃 🍂 ☘
А что у тебя в огороде растет?
@@artem_na_ty листья и клевер
Omg I just started to watch her old videos and I love them!
The joke where she trows a pice of soil for her dog to fetch made me laugh out loud. 😆👌💖💖💖💖
Breaks my heart to hear this young lady say, “you don’t have to think of how to survive, but how to live”.
No offence, perhaps they occasionally encounter a siberian tiger out of no where XD
A little bit exaggerated...in my opinion.
For a Moskovian - maybe, but for Russian - it’s true
@@emilbertbc1 not exaggerated at all. I live in Torzhok 240 km from Moscow and I can assure you that most of the people in my town just surviving. The infrastructure is rabbish, the roads are so bad, there is no cinema, no theatre, nothing - only supermarkets.. So people are only supposed to work and buy food and stay at home watching TV shows, where state propaganda transmit fake news 24 hrs a day mostly about bad life in Europe, in Ukraine, in US, etc..
Honestly I’m watching this as a rural American who managed to get out and see Eurasia.
Seeing you experience all the wonderful and sometimes odd or scary things is like a little memory trip for me.
Make sure you take the chance to explore everything you can!!!
Your videos make me 😊
I live in Virginia. This video was very interesting. I have never been to Russia and this gives me a window into life there. Also, the young lady is very smart and articulate and I am sure she will have a wonderful future.
I'm an Indian and I visited Moscow and St. Petersburg in 2017. I want to visit again so many times and I want to see all of Russia now ! Very beautiful and kind people.
Your dog was a delightful diversion!
Like! I was in Russia in 2000. Because I was traveling by car, bus and train between Perm, Tchaikovsky, Ishevsk and Moscow I was able both to see the capitol and the farms. It's a beautiful country. I very much enjoyed traveling by train and seeing how life is outside of Moscow.
The Moscow subway is something else!! part transit part museum
I went to Moscow and St. Petersburg for a month in 2019 and then for 2 more weeks in Kaliningrad. I absolutely loved the Russian people and all of the beautiful places I saw. It was a dream of my life to be there and I am planning to go back and visit smaller towns as well as soon as travel is permitted from the US. I love your channel! You are a great journalist....you just don't know it yet!
I love Moscow and St. Petersburg. I am from USA and fell in love with these cities and the people but would love to visit other regions of Russia
Yeah because no one cares about other regions of Russia
"You don't think how to survive, but how to live" is a beautiful phrase.
Haha I had the same feeling visiting the Red Square: "that's it?, looked bigger in TV" :D (but anyway, it's stunning)
"Doshirak" is Korean for lunch pack / lunch box.
I think the Red square looked relatively small in this footage because there was a massive stage set up on it. The size of that choir indicates the size of that stage which in turn gives an indication about the size of the square.
Most countries show quite a contrast between the capital and the distant corners of the country. Same in my country - my region is only 200km from Berlin and feels like a different universe.
That air travel fare makes me really want to go explore Russia´s far East.
Great video, enjoyed it, thank you.
Seeing this almost 15 months later after 'discovering' your channel several days ago. Very well done ...thank you for all the wonderful glimpses of your 3 day stay in Moscow! Best wishes and much success in your future!
I know you plan on a different carreer, but if you were to try becoming a tourist guide, I think you'd do a great job. You like to know history, origin of names, places, customs, and you have a very interesting way to talk about it. Thank you for sharing.
This video is great! Love you! Your devoted fan♥️
Natasha Kurnaeva Thank you! You always support me.
wait a minute...
It's weirdos
Little conversation with the mirror ;-)
@@NatashasAdventures There's a channel here called Intellectual Embargo.
You're so amazing. I've been only to Moscow but I wish to see more of Russia soon, especially the Far East of Russia. Kisses from Serbia.
Realize, Natasha, how far you have come now that you are an internet presence with many followers and supporters of various kinds, thanks to your entertaining and attention grabbing editing of so much different material. As the year has passed, you've grown in sophistication and enunciation as well as grasp of the human condition, adding such appropriate background music and catchy snips of background and foreground.
Even as you traveled to Moscow, again, then the U.S. and Minnesota for college, then to the Grand Canyon and Hawaii briefly before going back to your home town, from what I recall, you had to go back the long way, not the short way, on west to far eastern Russia, so you really saw a lot of the planet, perhaps helping explain the great number of followers you have. You have so much world wide experience on which to draw to make your observations. Maybe a career in vlogging where the support is adequate to allow you to travel, would suit your interests and you would not feel like you are "going to work" as so many people do, if they can find work which puts the food in the food bowl, as I like to put it.
Hey Miss Kurnaeva, just watched a few of your video clips and liked them very much. I am a bit of a modern bohemian myself: French by citizenship, German by family ancestry, and looking back in much further past, Slavic... but living in Texas...I like all the videos I have seen from you, because you sound "real" as you must have heard people saying in Minesotta during your stay. You are smart, humble, and you make a special effort in your videos to not betray your own feelings and convey exactly what is in your heart, and that is difficult. Keep it up like this, do not change anything! Do not worry 1 second about quality of image, or professional video aspect, keep it genuine and real, improving technically will be a distraction that will carry you away from what makes you so great. I 'd have a lot to say to you about my perspective of Russian people and Russian culture and Russian society at large, and unlike a lot of foreigners, my exposure has not been only limited to Moscow... I've travelled, as far as Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky. I love Russian people and culture, though my Russian now is awful and close to zero. Your Chinese is certainly better than my Russian, to give you some idea! I like the video clip during which you talk about Russian not smiling vs American smiling. I have been brought up in Western Europe and , much like in Russia, we do not smile, but like you, I understand and see the differences and subtle nuances, and also the way such simple little details can actually affect your relationship with others, even if, as you rightly said, some of our friends will consider that " fake", but both you and me can read into these subtleties because we have experienced it. And then you are only 21! Even more impressive.I was very far from that 3 decades ago when I was your age!
I'm Australian, I visited Russia & Ukraine in 2008/9. I spent about two months traveling European Russia in the Summer. I visited St Petersburg, Moscow, Volgograd and the Golden Ring. I traveled to Ukraine and went to Odessa, and Crimea. I returned in winter but just went to Moscow this time. It's such huge country, I covered so many kilometres and yet there is so much more.
Great stuff! Lucky you. Believe me, 99% of people in Russia will never be able to travel in their own country - they simply won't be able to afford that.
@@nikarkharov5683 i spent around $17,000 australian. Back then the aussie dollar was around $.95 USD . I had the money and going to Russia was a dream of a lifetime.
I’ve been to Moscow several times. 1992 was the year of my first visit. The change from then to now is unbelievable!
here you can see it ruclips.net/video/7cHjX5YcpW8/видео.html
‘You don’t think about how to survive, but how to live’. Absolutely love that comment 😎
A great video Natasha. Your assistant director Barni is quite a character, he obviously isn't content to work only behind the camera.
I traveled to Russia for sometimes due to some official purpose and I have been to Moscow, St Petersberg, Murmansk, Rostov, Sochi, Irkutsk, Ulan Ude and I liked the ambiance of St Pet and Murmansk the most. I somewhat didn't like Moscow much because there are lots of people and hustles and busy streets and so on, but the architecture is worth mentioning. I had plans to visit Vladivostok but didn't have had the opportunity.
I've been to Moscow like 15 times. Yeah the metro is great, often faster than taking a car. With 2GIS I can navigate pretty well even as a foreigner with limited Russian.
8 hours long DOMESTIC flight:) What else to say about Russia's size? Its 6-7 hours long flight from Europe to New York :)
flight through the planets center to the other side!
There are also longer distances from Sochi and to Vladivostok 9.30 hours... The area of the Russian Federation is 17.1 million km2. Russia is the largest country in the world by area, occupying 1/8 of the earth's land area; almost half of Europe and one third of Asia. The area of the Russian Federation is approximately equal to the area of the entire territory of South America. The length of the Russian Federation from south to north is about 4,000 km, from west to east more than 10,000 km.
8 hour flight?! One of the only places that make Australia seem small!
paris-papeete is a 22h domestic flight :)
@@kitatit There are some destinations so long that you have to take a connecting flight. Kaliningrad - Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, for example
I’m From Minnesota. It has a quite large Russian and Ukrainian population. Not enough where you feel like you are home but enough that you can use for support and get additional Russian perspective of life in the United States. I love your videos. Safe Travels and enjoy the United States!
Spending 48h straight in the transsiberian, you realize how big russia is. And how
nice and friendly most russian folks are!
Thank you Natasha for these awesome videos!
You should visit St Petersburg, it will blow you away! With a 3rd class ticket it might be doable, if you can survive the train journey ☺
Funny and informative. Navalny eating instant noodles is so cool.
Hm... noodles is a kind of try to imitate italian spaghetti... Ok, that's not really correct, spaghetti went after noodles in history, but they are a better version. Basically made of durum wheat, specific for pasta in general.
Good catch. I wonder if they were poisoned?
LOL You idiots
Is this really Nawalny?
@@TheAkbar23 it's Navalny, yes.
that’s funny!! doshirak means “lunch box” in korean
wow
That's because it's a South Korean product :) It's just very popular in Russia
In the US people get a little salty about the DC metro area being the richest in the country, but the gap between Moscow and other places seems far greater.
D.C. isn't the richest city in the US and I've never met anyone that is salty about it.
the budget of the city of Moscow is larger than the budget of the rest of the country (and this is not a joke, in Moscow about the same amount is spent on landscaping as in the rest of the country) (although most of this money is stolen)
@@bobbyt9431 Many people in DC are snobs who out of touch with typical Americans. Its cringey. Im originally from there.
@nickage87 firstly, I talked about the costs of improvement, secondly, do not you yourself find such a figure crazy?
Dont speak for us Americans, you clearly dont know what you are talking about lmao. No one is jealous of DC and its not the richest.
I wish that your videos had been around before I had traveled to Moscow in 2010. Your videos are very informative and educational. More people should watch and listen to what you have to say. Thank you.
Hi, Natasha. I learned quite a bit here. Thanks.
A capital city is never a good indication of what the rest of the country is like.
This is true for any country.
Actually, Berlin represents Germany pretty well.
There are differences, of course. However, in some countries it's not that wide. The best models of this are The US and Germany which have several rivaling big cities instead of one big devourer. The Germans have Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Vienna (oops...), etc. But yes, the capital is not the best representation of the country.
@@fingerstyledojo No not really. That’s what tourists might think but ppl from Hamburg, Frankfurt or let alone Munich politely disagree. Germany is quite decentralized actually.
@@robrs8631 >germany is decentralised
yeah exactly, thats why berlin osnt too different from other big cities. ofc there are differences, but the lifestyle and quality of life is very similar everywhere in germany, thats why berlin represents it pretty well.
Its not like in Russia where you live in Moscow or Pidorsburg and only "survive" everywhere else.
@@fingerstyledojo I lived in Berlin, in the Northwest, in the South and in Frankfurt and I can tell quite certainly that Berlin is like no other city in Germany, and that culture and mentality among different areas in Germany are the complete opposite from each other. Berlin for example is hip, but also extremely poor and a bit nasty too. Unemployment rate is high, there is basically no economy except for tourism, service industry, tech startups, and maybe a bunch of consultancies and law firms. Berlin is relevant from a politics point of view and its museums and theaters. That pretty much sums up Berlin. And most of the people living there are not even close to the people living in Hamburg, Frankfurt or Munich, let alone people living on the countryside. You can get out of Berlin and drive 100 miles north, south or east... Completely different world.
Germany being decentralized also means it is extremely diverse for its small size and a lot of times people feel much closer to the neighboring country in their respective vicinity from a mentality point of view than with each other.
I'd been in Moscow for a week. I'd studied in the U.S. for 7 years. I am from Bangkok, Thailand. Many Russians' live in big cities of Thailand, e.g. Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket. Your Vlog is very interesting. It reminds me of those days when I was students. Thank you very much.
Thank you so much Natasha! I live in the Midwest US in a semi rural area near Chicago. Your video style is very pleasant and informative. You're quite an intelligent young lady.
Good job on all your videos. I learn a lot; and you seem to be a very clever person. Keep up the good work! Greetings from Sweden!
By the way; i can relate. I live in Skåne, Sweden, and Stockholm seems like a completely different country to me even though it is my capital. 🧐
Great insight and eye opener for some of us in the US. I always wonder what is Russia really like from a native perspective and here it is. Good work!
A very cute video and you are a great blogger. But you really havent been in many Russian cities to generalize. Moscow is the best but not unique. Saint Petersburg, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Sochi, Kaliningrad, Vladivostok, Tyumen etc - there are a lot of really developed Russian cities even by Western standards. I am living in the US and Russia in the same time and frequently travel to other countries as well. You should understand that Western cities are not only that you see in American movies and have a lot of similar problems as Russian ones including poverty, garbage, bad roads and scary apartment blocks in the outskirts. But I wouldnt argue that provincial Russian cities are really lagging behind the large ones.
also: a very cute blogger and great video.
Full disclosure: blogger is my daughter's age.
Exactly. People have this impression boosted by the the western media that developed countries in the west are all super developed in all means. It's wrong. The US has a lot of problems. I would actually say that she has a wrong impression of the country.
@@TVaz7777 the grass is always greener on the other side...
@@PaulV. yeah, like, their propaganda works well.
She is too young to understand the real world.
I like this girl. Hugs from the USA!
Your dog is very talented and beautiful, and so are you.
Yeah that’s not the best way to compliment a Russian woman.
xD
So you are still a virgin? That's strange, you so good in compliments! )))
yes, dogs are cute
I love this! I'm from South Africa and I love studying Chinese and Russian. Your videos are sooooo great! I've been to China and I can't wait to see Russia in the future. Your videos are so informative. I love your channel! ❤️
I moved to North East Minneapolis Minnesota and lived here for 14 years but grew up in california. This part of town of Minnesota is known for having a russian community who moved in during the 1930's and 1950s, i got to make a lot of russian friends living there.
You channel is nice and original. I did my medical college in Russia and work now in Minnesota ( Twin cities). If come over to twin cities- my family would love to have you over. Keep up the good work.
What a coinsidence! I spent a wonderful year in Minnesota and would love to visit it again ^.^ Thanks!
Yeah Russia awesome job with you Language Videos... you are doing a great job with those... wish you all the best.. hope you make it back to the twin cities...
Наташа, ты такая очароватильная! Спасибо за такие классные видео! Ты делаешь для популяризации нашей страны больше чем весь наш МИД :))
Популяризировать страну это не совсем задача МИДа, хотя и не без его участия, конечно. А Наталии в штатах мозги промоют и будет она потом поливать страну помоями. Это сначала нужно было поиграть в простодушную провинциалку на камеру и набрать аудиторию. Таких инфлюинсеров в штаты любят приглашать на "просвещение".
Ха, как в воду глядел. И вот свежие видео уже чудесным образом про политику у этой девушки.....
@@Nik-pm2ct , согласен полностью!
A beautiful young lady with a wonderful sense of humor. Always a treat to watch your videos.
Natasha, this is a fabulous video you shared with all of us. Great story lines. Keep up the great work. I have never seen so much of Russia, but now you are showing me what your country is all about. Thank you Natasha. Love your dog.
Hu I am from the United States
I Love how you show Russia. The people. The land.
Very informative.
A Nice place the visit
Keep up the good work. Showing the good of Russia.
DAMN she's smart. 3 languages and has such a clever sense of humor. Great channel. Wish I'd found it sooner.
haha thanks :)
Yea... awesome sense of humor she has... on one video i saw she said there are 3 types of places where people live
Or 4 if you count this ( Putin's palace from Navalny's video lol ) i laughed
Thanks for this educational video 👌 Interesting to see Moscow and other parts of Russia unfiltered. I'd always wanted to visit Moscow and St. Petersburg. Greetings from Germany 🙌
What a lovely vlog. Seeing Moscow through the eyes of a Russian. I like your videos and your doggo too 😄😄👍
I have been in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Bratsk, Irkutsk and Chabarowsk long time ago. St. Petersburg was really very impressive, but Siberia I like most - especially the people.
When I'm in retirement I will go back to Siberia, driving with the czar's train from West to East....
Natascha, You make "normal things" very interesting, many thanks from me and greetings from Germany.
Through the exposure you give and my other Russian video exposure to small towns and the people that live their you are shaping my expectations. I like it.
In Germany it´s quite the opposite. In the contryside things are in their order esthetically and technically. But then you see Berlin. Not only that it looks like some dystopic movie from a third world city, no you find the people in the street are authentic.
I've been to Berlin and I wouldn't say it's dystopian. I think with Germany, the problem is that the biggest cities were destroyed in the war and were rebuilt, and "brutalism" of the 1950s/60s was the worst architectural style you can ever replace anything with, so it might be true that smaller cities/towns retained more of their history. But then, I could also say that smaller UK cities/towns look more authentic than London, even though London wasn't really destroyed.
German villages are nice because there was no colectivisation so families and farmers have their land and small farms for ages, centuries. I´m from Czech republic which is just over the hill and our agriculture is literally destroyed. Every time I make a wisit to Austria or Germany I enjoy yours countryside, it is really something else.
*but you cant find the 9 bio. Euros per year your state sends over there
In fact the infrastructure looks much nicer then in most other places, the private property really is trash though.
Thank you for making these videos. I love getting an inside look from your perspective... 💕
What i learnt from your nice video..
1. You are a Navalny (person who does not die from a nerve agent) fan.
2. Police guarding in any big event religious or casual anywhere in the world is normal.
3. You love the West more than your own country.
4. You are smart.
Have a great life.
Another excellent video but we were getting concerned about your safety! But you showed good common sense and we knew you would be okay. The top of the hill was very similar to a place just north of our home with old radar domes vacated in the early sixties and still there surrounded by a large fence and no tresspass signs? The shots of the country side were excellent. You do extrodnary flimimg. Can't wait for your next vedio.
William from NY
Thanks enjoying your video a look into apart of the world i will never see
Cheers from new Zealand 🇳🇿
2:21 Am I the only one who had an anxiety attack over that car ?
A typical driving situation in Russia, trust me. If you ever go there, DO NOT drive! 😲
That was close !!
yeah it is like another day in Russia
Normal situation, all the drivers behaved exactly to the rules
you're not the only one
This is what RUclips was made for. I love your channel. Thank you for sharing
"kita" in Serbo-Croatian is a beautiful word
Ahhahah
Hahahahah...
Haha
Beautiful video, and love the dog.🥰🥰🥰
When I was a child in the USA in the late 1950s and early 1960s, at the height of the so-called "Cold War", I always wondered what my country's basic quarrel was with Russia. We both had very similar histories of settling vast frontiers. Sometimes we were nice to the local inhabitants, sometimes not so nice. Equality was pursued in both places: in the USA, we focused on political equality and Russia also included economic equality,. We both failed and we both need to step back and try again. I hope we're both advancing in our own clumsy ways. As an adult, I had a joyous train journey from Vladivostok to Moscow, through many of the towns and regions you describe..
When I was a child in the USSR in the late 1950s and early 1960s, we actually had no "Cold War" here. It happened later. Rather, we had an "iron curtain". We were absorbed in our own life, which was very exciting. However, Khrushchev went to America. We saw her in the chronicle. A normal country, quite friendly. We were not taught to be afraid of it...
About the second attempt: I'm not sure that there is time left for it
When I was a child in the USSR in the late 1950s and early 1960s, we actually had no "Cold War" here. It happened later. Rather, we had an "iron curtain". We were absorbed in our own life, which was very exciting. However, Khrushchev went to America. We saw her in the chronicle. A normal country, quite friendly. We were not taught to be afraid of it...
About the second attempt: I'm not sure that there is time left for it
I really enjoyed this video and would like to visit Moscow. It seems modern, and international. I also loved the guest appearance of your furry friend!!
I really enjoyed Russia. Went to Moscow and St. Petersburg. A lot of places were run down, however it had a nice charm to it. You can see Russia has so much history. The red square area was very nice. Americans were surprised when I say I been. I didn’t have too many preconceived ideas about Russia. The people were beautiful. Overall everyone was nice. I hope I can go again.
Go to Russia and live n Russia is two separate things, mate.
@@forgewire Why? 10.000$ in Russia is like 50.000 or more in the US! You can come and visit my country Croatia, the most beautiful country in the Mediterranean, and the same applies! You wouldn't want to live here! We were a socialist country until 1991. (never under Warsaw/Moscow pact) and my parents got 2 apartments from the state, earned 2 more, not to mention their inheritance! I am an only child and I still spit on today's western "culture" or the lack of it!
Western culture and redistribution of wealth towards 0.1% is a disgrace to them, and an opportunity they had since the USSR dissolved! Today we have a huge rise of right-wing populism in the West (indication political and financial elites failed big time), and historically almost every time (1917. and 1789., Russian and French revolution) right-winger nationalist took over!
If you implement liberal democracy in Russia, or especially China you would get ultranationalist in power! 100%! Let them develop their hunger for democracy and equality, and if you force it like any other regime-change operation by the US, will end in military coup and government, or ultra right-wingers in power! Or religious fanatics (the US used Al-Qaeda and ISIS, neo-Nazis in Ukraine and Baltic states, religious divide like in my ex country Yugoslavia now in Ukraine as their geopolitical tool)!
Divide et Impera, Divide and conquer! Every empire in history used the same tool to rule the world!
@@dankokovacevic Russian problem is that less than 1% putins friends own 100 of the country and rigged elections.
Very informative video! I love your channel.
Very good report. Nice snatchs and wise thoughts about what you think concerning the situation of Moscow and Russian regions far from it. I liked your "crop field" ("gorod" in Russian?) and your dog very much. Remind me to my dogs and to the field I´d once like to own. Congrats and keep on with your nice videos. Greetings from Lima, Perú. ¡Saludos!
0:53 you gave me a heart attack
Same. Please never again :(
Me Too.
Literally thought it was the oven in my kitchen exploding...
RIP headphone users
I went to Moscow in April 2019 and loved it. Next I want to see provincial Russia to see and experience yhe differences for myself.
I really recomend you to visit Rybinsk - small town in Yaroslavl region on a bank of Volga river (about 300 km from Moscow) it has spirit of old prerevolution province of Russia with wonderful views of nature (river, lake and forests), russian architecture and typical economic and social issues of the country.
This girl is such a good communicator!
your channel was on my recommended videos so I gave it a watch. now im subscribed and watching all of your videos in one sitting! you have an incredibly unique style of story telling and I can't get enough of it! keep up the amazing work!
I've been watching your videos for over a year and am now going back to watch the older videos. Was that really Alexei Navalny having noodles at the airport? Barni looks like he could be an older dog in this video. If he's still with you, please include him in another video. You even have a wonderful rapport with the animals who occasionally appear in your videos.
Thank you for sharing this video. I really enjoyed it because of how you shared many of your truthful feeling about the different lifestyles in different cities within Russia. The scenery is also very beautiful in both your garden like hometown and the modern Moscow. Hopefully you had a good time in Twin Cities, Minnesota and you were able to learn all that you wanted. I am just graduated from university and working to go to graduate school in New York City and just like you I love to travel to different places to learn about cultures. If you ever come to New York, I would love to meet you and show you around the city. :) Keep up with the good work!
Thank you so much! Good like with your studies!
I've gone to Moscow, three times, for one month, each time. The last time I was there, was close to the same time, this video was posted. I also went to Red Square, at that time. And I even saw the music concert you showed ! However, it sounded like you said it was in the Red Square. I can't remember exactly where it was tho, but I remember they sold many interesting things, and very good food and refreshments. I thought it was in a different area. Anyways, a lot of milatary people, or police, walking around. They actually seemed friendly. I noticed, in the Red Square area, I only saw one person begging. I told my friend, it looked like he worked for the government, in reality. Because such a big tourist area, and only one person, who looked liked a retired teacher, doing part time work. The government doesn't want people to think, Russia has a lot of poor people, in my opinion. The metro, is also fantastic, for me, and American. They keep them so clean, and you can easily go all over Moscow.
Its not friendly, I was on the metro and the train stopped between stations and a guard got on and start screaming and "GET the FUCK off the TRAIN". I was told breakdown occur often. I have been there 8 times, I absolutely hate the attitudes of the people. Its very expensive if you want nice things there as well.
I was born in Moscow, Russia and I moved to Los Angeles when I was 7. You can imagine that was quite the culture shock. I then moved to the east coast and that was also VERY different. Another culture shock. And now I watched a lot of this woman's videos and I got to see the far east of Russia. I never got to learn much about my country but I am very happy that I have seen some more of it. I kind of have experienced a new culture shock through your videos. I feel like by seeing so many places and traveling my whole life I have seen a lot of the richest and poorest and rudest and nicest and coolest and funniest and most artistic people. So thanks for showing me some more stuff :)
*takes your pink glasses off
You are so intelligent! Few Americans can speak Russian but your English is awesome👍😊
I am a Greek who has spent 5 days in Moscow. I regret not having visited the countryside to compare the contrasts as you say, but generally it is really difficult to prepare a trip in russia. In the visa center they want to know in advance every place the visitor will go and every accomodation. So I decided to play safe and stay only in Moscow. I also have to say that I found it extremely expensive, for a budget traveller like me, my money were disappearing out of nowhere. I was there in October period and I was impressed by how cold it was, but still I have to admit that its a great beautiful city, maybe one of the best I have ever seen!
when i had my first visa to europe, visa center also asked me to show my everyday accommodation. I think its common things when you getting short tourist visa
You’re so unintentionally funny. “When you’re walking down such fine streets next to these beautiful buildings, you don’t think how to jump this puddle!”
I’m sorry if I misquoted you. But you made me laugh. Have a lovely day.
блин, очень крутая идея, ты молодец!
И ты вали. В сан Франциско. К бомжами и придорам.
@@mer3abec - I like how google translate made this read exactly like something someone Russian would say in English.
@@Laura-mi3nv Machine translators are a long way from being idiomatic.
Being from Holland I can confirm your dog is not listening to you as all dogs (cats too) speak Dutch 😁
But they are humble about this, so it's okay.
Deutsch
What does woof mean in dutch? 😂
@@robman2095wau 😊
Thanks, Natasha...this must have been quite the adventure, first time flying all the way to Moscow...then seeing the modern facilitier and bright lights of the biggest city in Russia.
Great video. As an old American business man visiting Moscow, I also enjoyed the beauty of the Russian subway architecture and of the old architecture (not Soviet architecture) of the city of Moscow. Keep up the great work on your videos. I find your work very interesting and informative about Russian life.
I used to always stay in Kitay Gorod when I would come to Moscow. You walked exactly on the streets that I have, made me oh so reminiscent. I'm dying to revisit 😍
Also, I had now clue that it doesn't actually mean Chinatown - thanks for the info! I would find myself wondering where all the Chinese people were. I also had my first Chinese food there ^^
The word Kitay is probably related to a poetic word in English for China - Cathay. There is a song with a line, "speak of the riches and joys of Cathay..."
@@bdnl6268 the girl has explained it in the video, Kitay in the case of Kitay-Gorod has nothing to do with China, which is also called Kitay in Russian.