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Too bad that you didn't have a chance to see Romania before it was destroyed by the occident! We had this villages were people lived like the old-believers, and they were very orthodox too.
@@geografiainfinitului Old Romanians are probably the only people to preserve bread by baking big loaves to black charcoal on the outside at 500 degrees Fahrenheit. The surviving interior is totally healthy and edible and sterile like canned food, while the outer shell of burnt charcoal keeps the contents isolated and moisturized for potential years of shelf storage.
I love the old Babushkas and how they live. These are people who have had generations of very hard times and still have and yet rise above it all. The Russian culture has always interested me since I visited during perestroika in 87. love from australia.
Eli, you are fast becoming a cultural ambassador for Russia. You have a distinct video style and a documentarians eye for detail. Your country is blessed by your hard work. Love from Hastings UK.
@@ElifromRussiaZear Eli from RuZzia GO... VISIT KURSK ! STOP P R O P A G A N D A ! Cause - effect WHAT A BUBBLE OF LIES ( In memory of Andrej Sacharov)
Many of the Humans on this Planet do indulge in the urge to Wander. Eli does provide some interesting views of the areas She visits. Her fellow Wanders do tend to appreciate the views provided on the channel She presents.....
@@ElifromRussiaZear Eli from RuZzia GO... VISIT KURSK ! STOP P R O P A G A N D A ! Cause - effect WHAT A BUBBLE OF LIES ( In memory of Andrej Sacharov)
I'm a crying American right now. How precious to see this old woman living so humbly. Thank you for sharing. People should take more time to learn from our christian elders of every nationality.
It's sad how Americans are brainwashed about Russia. It hurts my heart & angers me.. I've been on about Russia since 2005 & it's only gotten worse in the brainwashed masses.
Same here! My beloved aunt will turn 104(!) on August 20th. I loved hearing about the old traditions. Eli, your beautiful work gives me hope that our nations can someday live in peace and harmony with each other. ❤️🕊️☮️
The old lady looks humble and strong, alright, but with all her fortitude she couldn't resist giving Eli a nice smooch. She doesn't need to explain herself, though; heck, I understand only too well...!
I´m Slovak and I find babushka s pronunciation very clear and more easy to understand than standard Russian pronunciation, even if they say the same things. I find her in fact speaking the way my grandmother spoke.
@@beoliusz 🤣It's your fantasy. Old believers are a branch of the Russian Orthodox church, not an ethnicity. Poles could hardly ever convert to the Russian Orthodoxy from Catholicism.
I couldn't help remembering an 1887 painting by, Vasily Surikov, titled, The Exiling of Boyarina Morozova or The Boyarynya Morozova, which depicts her defiantly holding up two fingers as she is carted away. Awesome video with a beautiful Old Believer.
Baba Nastya is the embodiment of all that is good about humanity. Her faith, rooted in ancient beliefs which have transcended so many troublesome events over the centuries, keeps her mentally and physically strong as she goes about her life day to day, one scrumptious baked treat at a time... she needs no radio nor television to fill the ambient space around her, it is her ancient spiritual songs and poems, recalled from memory and set to the cadence of lovingly baking breadsweats for her neighbors, prepared in an oven that will never need a milliliter of gas nor a kilowatt of electricity, only routine maintenance such as sweeping clean the chimney. In times like these, when all too often differences are that which divides humanity, and worse, it is the strength of character of the baba Nastyas of the world to whom we ought look for reassurance, resilience, fortitude in times of trouble, and overall well-being. Excellent video, Eli. You are a world embassador who makes national borders melt away, we all sit at baba Nastya's table and learn with you. Thank you to you, and to baba Nastya. Спасибо.🙏
I think you missed the subtle point of the video. It's about how old traditions can coexist in harmony with modernity. If you watch the video again and look closely, you will see that although Baba Nastya's rustic little home has a wood burning oven and orthodox religious iconography, it also has electric lights, a satellite dish, a television, a telephone, and a refrigerator.
Sad thing is that this culture is periodically eradicated by stuff like communism, Stalin, KGB, Putin, etc. The current patriarch of the church is even a former FSB agent, driving around in luxury cars.
@@The-Monotheist Ибо три свидетельствуют на небе: Отец, Слово и Святой Дух; и Сии три суть едино 1-е послание Иоанна 5:7 They Are not gods, They Are GOD.
I'm an Australian who once had the pleasure of spending a week in such a home in a small, rural area of Russia. The warmth, generosity and comfort is something l will never forget. I could easily have stayed much, much longer. I still can see snd hear the young village boy leading the cattle up the valley each morning and back in the evening. Something l'd gladly assist with if my dream of a longer stay comes about. Big love Eli from Australia and to all the Babas who fed me so well.
The old babushka reminds me of my departed grandmother from Poland, how I miss her, I hope to see her one day in the hereafter. Bless her and her village.
She reminds me so much of my grandmother, so sweet and kind. Russian folks seem as though they would always welcome you in and feed you no matter who you are or where you come from. Such a good example for everyone to learn. Thank you Eli
Hristos does not exist. Your orthodox pravoslavia is the reason Russia is shrinking and loosing power. You need a system like in the USSR and a man like Stalin to grow big again.
The old Russian Babushka is an amazing old woman. ❤ God lover her 🙏 She may be an old woman but she has never forgotten the recipe of an old Russian traditional dish. 5 children 16 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Wow ! 😮 I wonder if her children know the old Russian dialect too ? The old believers sounds perfect for this small Russian village in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and the Volga Federal District in Russia 🇷🇺 Imagine holding on to your Russian Orthodox Christian ☦️ beliefs for so many years ? Even at a time when the Russian Orthodox Churches ⛪️ were banned and locked down the Russian Orthodox Christians never lost faith in what they believe in. That very old wooden Russian Orthodox Church in that village looks so very old. Thank you Eli From Russia 🇷🇺 🙏 ❤️ for doing this video. No Westerners as myself from Canada never get to see what life in the old Russian villages in Russia. All we see mostly is Moscow and St. Petersburg. When the old Babushka woman kissed you on your cheek Eli, it brought a smile 😃 to my face because you could of just as easily be one of her grandchildren.
I absolutely love Old Believers. I am Russian Orthodox in the United States. There is a large community of Old Believers here, mainly in Alaska for historical reasons, prairie Canada, and also Pennsylvania for some reason. The city of Sitka, Alaska used to be called Novoarkhangelsk, and there are still Russian signs. In Erie, PA, there is a large Old Believer church, perhaps one of the largest in the Northeast. Small communities also exist in places like Saskatchewan and Alberta, where Old Believers have assimilated generally into Canadian and American lifestyle, but still retain traditonal and rustic lives at home, not too dissimilar to their Russian counterparts. They have a wonderful culture and I wish them well in growing their faith. ☦️
@@goldreserve Russia has historic roots that Vikings established. The USA has a similar congregation of Norske heritage Citizens who share those beliefs. The similarities that reveal out common heritage, also uncover facts that were not popular in Mid 1950's US Politics.
Russians Russian Russian Russian is strange, she speaks Russian before the revolutionary time, that's what they said in Russia 100 years ago, all Russians understand her, and not Russians either, who speak Russian, do not understand, Serbs, Poles, Bulgarians, but we communicate through each other in English, why is that?
Listen carefully to what she says! With the Elders the old language or dialect will disappear! And use it, cherish it! Its a living cultural heritage! I like it a lot! 😄
She speaks standard russian with very minor differences. A lot of the dialects died even before she was born, and soviet unification killed the rest. There is nothing to preserve unfortunately, unifications did their jobs and now almost everyone speak the same (there are few exceptions, but this is not one of them)
@@i_am_the_arm soviet unification is best what happened to the language. Look at UK or USA. Same people do not understand each over even though they speak one language.
@@i_am_the_arm Do you know of any exceptions? Besides the southern dialects (which have some similarity to Ukrainian) and the northern dialects (which are rooted in old Novgorodian tradition), I don't know of any Russian dialects left.
@@i_am_the_arm Not only Soviet unification; all nations that started practicing compulsory education/widespread literacy and created their own state (for example, in states that were created after the fall of the Austrian-Hungarian and Ottoman Empire) killed their dialects because they standardised the official language in written text. The same is happening now, in the time of the USA Empire, when one country after another replaces its own non-Latin alphabet with the English alphabet and incorporates the English language in all aspects of daily life in order to create the "global citizen" of the first global Empire.
I'm Polish but I absolutely love your channel. This video made me miss my great-grandmother so much. She lived very similarly to the sweet babushka you showed here. Thank you for your videos
Well... They believe that just making sign of the cross diffently makes others antichryst. I don't think it is similar to the core beliefs of Christianity. I respect people of different faith but acknowledge their historical role of weakening Orthodox Church in Russia, thus making it vulnerable and dependent on secular authorities. Nothing good came of that as we see even today.
Hi Eli The remoteness of the village, the simplicity of the ways of the Old Believers and the utterance "I only live for you" by the granny followed by the loving peck on your cheek are all so surreal, so simply innocent but so deep at the same time! Lovely! Thanks
My mother's family settled in the Volga region at the invitation of Catherine the Great. They were German's, but I believe the life styles were very similar. Hard working, very religious, strong family ties, and my grandmother sang a lot. When guests visited then, the host family entertained with song and or musical instruments. This video gives me some idea of what life may have been for them. My grandparents immigrated to the U.S. in 1912. Lost contact with their family after the Revolution. Kitchens were main gathering areas. Advice from my grandmother, "If your kitchen is clean, your whole house looks clean." A big lightning ball of St. Elmo's Fire raced through the house during a severe storm when she was small. It affected her greatly. My grandmother never slept during a thunderstorm. You could hear her singing hymns, knitting in her room until the storm was over.
@@AncientOneFamily. Grandparents sent money back to great-grandparents to help them. Were told to stop because the mail was being opened and money stolen. Stalin feared the settlements would help the invading Nazis, loaded them onto cattle cars, and sent them to Siberia. I had two great uncles who served in the Russian army, but that didn't matter. If you want to know more: RUclips search this documentary. (A Light In The Darkness (1983) | Full Movie)
When Catherine left Germany to marry the Czar, her father was afraid she'd be lonely. He sent several thousand citizens to go with her. They settled along the Volga in the Czarista. My father's mother's family were Volga River Germans. Some of the Germans longed for home and attempted to migrate home. My paternal grandmother's parents made it to western Poland. In the mid 1800's they came to America. I am proud of my Russian blood. (11% according to the DNA test I took.)
As a former tour guide from Saint-Petersburg, Russia and a teacher of Russian as a foreign language, I had been working with foreign tourists for 13 years and I strongly recommend you translate all the other words the granny said : the prayers and stories, they will be curious for foreign viewers as you film it mostly for them. By the way, you are a smart beauty queen!
I am almost 70. The old, exquisite Othodox churches in Russia were exposed, abandoned and beginning to fall down when I was in high school. Like the church (remnant) shown here, beautiful wooden structures with paint wore off, open to the elements rain and snow, heat and cold, slowly deteriorating. I hope if there are any even left at this point, I hope Russia will begin to restore them, if only as a a memory if their history. Think the fm, Dr. Zhivago, but even more beautiful... Thank you for giving us even just a tiny glimpse.
Lenin and Stalin despised the church and did everything they could to undermine it because it was a threat to their power. They expropriated many churches, turning them into community centers, libraries, and even barns for livestock. They destroyed others, including the largest church in Christendom, but that church has been rebuilt exactly as it was now.
I am an Orthodox Hindu and this sweet old lady is so much like old Indian ladies who kept faith and spiritual practice. Always remembering the Lord and seeing Him everywhere and in everything. What an incredible life they have led.
She reminds me of the Babushka who lived in the apartment under mine. I would often go to help fix her appliances and front door and she would bring baked foods and beer. She was 87 years old and passed away 2 weeks after I returned to Australia 🦘🦘 very sad RIP бабушка.
Sadly my Mother passed away just six days after I phoned her though I did not know to 2 months later. Ann then my phone account was confiscated by a repo firm and Mum was cremated
I am a german and love the work you do here conveying your rich culture. Knowing the historical responsibility Germany has, I never will agree with this dumb politics of the west against Russia. On the contrary, I loved the work of Lew Kopelew, a man who recognized the kinship between our peoples. May there be peace and reconciliation, and may I have the opportunity to lay flowers on the grounds of Volgograd. Thank you❤
“NATO is to keep the Germans down and the Russians out” Friendship between Russia and Germany is something western elites will work extremely hard to prevent as it would be disastrous for their agenda
God Bless the Grandma and yourself. I'm an old man from Texas, now 82. She reminds me of my Grandmother. She was born in 1875. I lived with her for a while when I was about 12. She lived a very simple life and was a person of great enduring faith in God. She ss a refuge from the American Civil War where after the war the Yankees, carpet baggers and scalawags stole everything and could not be considered as human beings they were so vile. My grandmother lived to be 98 and lived on the farm by herself until she was 96. Her husband, my Grandfather died when he was only 36 yo. My Mother was only 3 yo. Yet she took on the farm and raised her 5 kids by herself. She was the happiest person I ever knew. Thank you for your website. It brings up so many good memories. The way your folks live is much like my family lived when I was young. And faith was the founding principle that knitted us and the community together.
Dude, the Civil War was 150 years ago, I'd hope you'd have a little more historical objectivity by now. The reconstruction advocates were doing what they could to provide rights and human dignity to emancipated slaves, which white Southerners aggressively fought against. That's not to say there weren't abuses and issues on both sides, just that it comes across as almost comedic to call Northerners "vile" as a blanket statement while not extending a single bad word to the literal slaveholders.
"...and faith was the founding principle that knitted us and the community together" so very well expressed sir!!! Thank you for sharing your story. May your passed loved ones rest in peace and may you have beautiful days ahead.
@@fluffyunicorn57 the northerners did terrible things in the name of redress while wearing clothes made from slave cotton and on pensions paid by slave profits--where is your nuance? Oh right because you don’t actually know any history. And don’t come for me, I’m just Native watching you people act like babies. It’s my land anyway and y’all can’t behave
Im not Catholic or Orthodox but still learn from and appreciate the simple life these elderly people, and also I like that they still cover their hair and dress modest, something the western Christians have greatly forgotten!
Babushka is adorable. I never met any of my grandparents so I didn't get to experience anything like this. Your video made my gert feel warm and fuzzy. 😊Thank you for sharing ❤
Same here in China. I’m in Shenzhen and I’d been living in China for 3 years until 2018. Very unfortunately it’s the western world which got lost in complete madness and has no more respect for the elderly, for the tradition, for their own roots. When they talk about “culture”, inclusion and so far it’s just a bunch of BS. Pure insanity. Eli’s videos are really beautiful and inspirational. She must have a good team supporting her channel, anyway she’s surely s great Ambassador not just for her Country but also for a more respectful and legitimate culture. By the way, she definitely has a great talent.
Hol' up, y'all, let's not over-generalize: We respect & take care of our elders in the Southern USA and in the Midwest, too! God blesses those who are "upright in heart" and in their conduct--no matter where in the world they might live 🙏
Какое прекрасное видео! А мы из Нижегородской области, живем в Нижнем Новгороде и в предках у нас были и есть старообрядцы или староверы с севера нашей области. Из Семенова, Городца, Шахуньи.
Да и в одной такой деревеньке я купил домик народ там коренной добрейший души люди однажды ночью на газели после дождя застряли там да очень сильно , газель почасовая ,мучались долго толкали, но тчетно , а платить то прийдется ? Но на счастье вдруг дружно по выходили мужики кто бревно нес кто доски кто что через пять минут машину вытолкали мы ее выгрузили и отправили !!! Но суть не в этом я как городской тюфяк все меряю бутылкой что и предложил мужикам меня грубо обласкали а потом соседка объяснила там на помощь не принято что либо предлагать помощь у них первостепенное!!! И они уже знают что я с женой купил там домик !!!
What comment can I even make.she’s a strong beautiful human.our present world doesn’t create strong humans any longer.the world belongs to humans like her.strong beautiful humans.
Это рядом с Керженцем.Река Керженец была путём по которому уходили в глухие леса раскольники, кто-то оставался здесь в скитах, кто-то шёл дальше.На Урале и я слышал, а ещё даже в Сибири, во многих местах старообрядцев до сих пор называют кержаками, по этому месту.Множество староообрядцев вышло именно отсюда.Кстати , хохломская роспись тоже появилась здесь.Осевшие на Керженце раскольники иконописцы, стали применять технологию написания икон,для украшения посуды
Я живу в Восточном Подмосковье в Егорьевске, который был, да и остался ещё местом, где сохранилось староверчество. Когда-то местность к северу от Егорьевска называлась Гуслицкая волость. Дремучие леса и непроходимые болота укрывали староверов от московских властей. Здесь никогда не было "крепостничества", крестьяне занимались ремёслами и отходным промыслом. Поэтому отсюда вышло много купцов и промышленников, а город стал одним из центров текстильной промышленности. В городе находится старообрядческая церковь и один из лучших музеев подмосковья., где возрождается аутентичная старообрядческая роспись.
@@MaxTiburano Не только в Самаре - Сызрань была историческим центром старообрядческой иконописи, даже со своей особой школой. В Самарском художественном музее, кстати, в основном сызранские иконы. На юге области немало исторически-старообрядческих сёл, множество из них, правда, административно с советского времени относятся к Саратовской области (как г.Балаково, ещё один центр поволжского староверия, да ещё и со знаменитым храмом, ныне переданным РПЦ, как и хвалынский храм). Обшаровка до революции - крупный центр старообрядческой хлеботорговли.
You are perfect for interviewing and observing old ladies, you wait to be asked to help with chores, as often it's the only way older people can show their worth, and possibly more importantly their independence. It can be very tempting to take over a task while you help, but it lessens them in their eyes, best to be the dull helper who is there to learn. Great little film.
Спасибо за ваше видео! Моя прабабушка тоже старообрядка, но они не безпоповцы. Всю жизнь молилась, никогда не роптала, не сплетничала, никого не осуждала. Про все свои беды говорила:"Так Богу угодно! "У бабушки тоже было много выражений и поговорок. Это клад нашей культуры!
Elina Bakunova what can I say ! Another awesome video. Your the best in making compelling videos that let's us explore Russia and how people live everyday. Thank you.
Dear Eli thank you kindly for your extremely interesting videos. I live in Cape Town South Africa and I know very little about Russia and its people. You are so beautiful and I love your videos. Regards.
Я старовер. Живу 20 лет не дома. Как же эта бабушка напомнила мне мою❤ Бабушка Феодора вставала в 4 утра,и готовила сырники, каждое утро! Помню запах и звон посуды ❤ А на обед суп Крупень❤скучаю очень ❤
My word. Watching the Babushka Old Believer was somewhat humbling. I don't really know what to say. I just get the feeling that if I was in her presence I would feel respect and aura that I would never forget. Extraordinary, as much as watching some of the beautiful sights of Russia! I'm British, and I see it as such a tragedy that we have in a way been sheltered from the Russian civilization and what it represents. Ironically, I think the last few years have opened the window to 'The Russian Soul' to many many people around the world. Watching your videos over time, it almost seems like you have opened new windows too! Its amazing what we can miss on our own doorstep. As small as an Island, I some from, there is so much that we don't appreciate or even know about at home either. Superb Video.. Thanks!
@@salad7776I am learning the same... This channel normalizes Russian hypocrisy, and also sugarcoats a brutal nature of the Russian state. I applaud people like Roman who stands up for what is righteous. This channel... could be on the payroll of Kremlin.
God bless the Old Believers who wrongly suffered persecution and even death brought on then by the the Moscow Patriarchy. I am a traditional Latin Rite Catholic and we also face persecutions as we adhere to the ancient liturgical books and Sacraments. The present Pope of Rome persecutes us and the clergy when all we do is hold to the ancient forms and customs. May we draw strength from you who suffered so much and I keep you in our prayers!
@@fluffyunicorn57 really?! Like Catholic Croatians killing thousands of Orthodox Christian Serbs, or Catholics in America killing Orthodox Christian Aleuts like Peter the Aleuts. There are towns in Russia where old believers live and survived. That wasn’t the case during wars between Catholics and Protestants
@@tatyanakol Reread my comment and the original comment. I was saying that persecution on Latin Rite Catholics, a denomination that has only existed since the 1960s, is nothing compared to persecution on Old Believers. Your reply was about Orthodox Christians, something neither of us mentioned. Latin mass is practiced by a small minority of Catholics, mostly in the US, who have faced little discrimination other than, maybe, some degree of censorship from the Pope (which has had no effect on their ability to congregate and practice their religion).
Wow - a wonderful study in the contrast between "the right religious practices - and the horrible things humans do with all that! - vs. - the glory of a simple life, well-lived! "I bake and give it away!" Wow..Thanks for posting this. Much 'food for thought.'
Elina, that was absolutely lovely ❤ !! Very sweet ❤❤😊!!! I Loved that video 😊!!! She reminded me of my grandmother from many years ago!!! I loved her old traditional cooking style and her gentle nature 😊!!! What a wonderful experience you had!!! And Thank you so much for sharing it with us 😊 ❤️ ❤!!!
Eli I Got good news! 😀 Hungary just eased visa travels for Russians who want to visit the EU so now it should be easier for you to come visit Budapest! 👍😊 Come on you've got to come we even now have the national event of the Hungarian Kurultai 👍🙂
You think it's good that Russians can enter the EU more easily via Hungary? I don't. I also hope that Orban gets into even more trouble with the other EU countries because of this and that even more EU money is blocked for Hungary.
@@peterpan7903 Yes I do think it is good because I as a Hungarian forgave the Russians for what they did to us in the past and try to move on instead of being stuck in the past like you. Also, while we're at it, just out of curiosity, how is it that racist Hungarianophobes and racist Rusophobes like you always go on and on about sanctions on Russia this, sanctions on Russia that, while also being in the business of buying oil and gas and other resources from Russia through 3rd party countries like India? Or how those like you who want to lecture other people on Humanity and Human Rights while your Western European countries like France are in the business of stealing resources from their former colonies illegally using "under age" labour which is against the law and is a crime against humanity even though these same countries like France are sitting on the UN peace council advocating for human rights etc 24/7? I mean the complete racist hypocritical double standards you have are unbelievable. Thank Goodness we signed a defence agreement with China so that in case you guys will try to pull a 1956 on us Hungarians like you once promised to do, we will be ready. As far as I'm concerned you Westerners are my true enemies.
Visa is not the biggest challenge - flight cost is. At least for me. Just few years ago you could fly directly from Moscow to Rome and back for like 100$, now its at least 300$ and only if you buy tickets in advance
I have no relation with Russia.but I don't know why i like this country so much.and always remain so curious to see its culture and explore its wilderness.will be there insha allah in near future.love from pakistan 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰. great job sis eli❤❤❤
What a dear, wonderful Babushka! A visit by Valeri Syomin and Timur Verdernikov! May the Old Believers always remain part of Russia's beautiful culture.
Seeing this lovely old lady, so full of love and vitality transported me back to my childhood when I went to stay on my Uncle and Aunt's farm where they lived a simple but wholesome life, even her honest hard-working hands were identical to my great aunties. So many happy memories. Thank you Eli for transporting me back to a very happy time.
Ochen Interestniy Eli! Thank you so much. Your videos are becoming a cultural archive for us wanting to know more about Russia. Keep up the great work. With love from Greece 🇬🇷
@@SvetlanaVoikova Good, you are being smart. I keep telling Eli that she needs to get away from Moscow and the other big cities. Ditto for fellow Americans. Nobody knows when the warmongers and profiteers are going to release their weapons, so being in the very rural areas is the best bet for everyone.
@@jackieow yes, but I do not live in a rural area, but in a metropolis, the capital of Siberia, Novosibirsk :) During the Second World War, the war also did not reach us, but our city produced weapons for the front. In general, of course, Siberia is huge - there are thousands of cities, villages and also a huge part of the forest that is still untouched by man.
@@SvetlanaVoikova With a population of 1.4 million and weapons production you would be a likely target. You need a cabin in the woods (and not where the wind blows fallout) something like 50 miles = 80km away. If you have a tunnel to hide in, for protection against the radioactive fallout, so much the better. The fallout radioactivity dies down to likely safe levels after two weeks, approximately. Best of all is to have a Geiger counter and survey meter so you can measure the danger levels.
Eli! People receive more valuable education from your videos than through main stream schools in the rest of the world. And this is sooo what the world needs right now. Not to lose the old ways, when people were connected to the Great Mother and lived in harmony with the seasons and all of life. Thank you for this!! 💟
Thank you for watching!
📌 here is one more video if you would like to learn more about the Nizhegorodskaya region - ruclips.net/video/2L8E2e0E-Ao/видео.html
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Too bad that you didn't have a chance to see Romania before it was destroyed by the occident! We had this villages were people lived like the old-believers, and they were very orthodox too.
Cats 😅 The locals would lure Granny out of the house so they could remove a few thousand stray cats
@@geografiainfinitului Old Romanians are probably the only people to preserve bread by baking big loaves to black charcoal on the outside at 500 degrees Fahrenheit. The surviving interior is totally healthy and edible and sterile like canned food, while the outer shell of burnt charcoal keeps the contents isolated and moisturized for potential years of shelf storage.
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This lady is incredible! I wish every country would embrace their elders like this! Bless her and thank you!
Russia doesn't embrace elders at all! Look at their pensions!!
I love the old Babushkas and how they live. These are people who have had generations of very hard times and still have and yet rise above it all. The Russian culture has always interested me since I visited during perestroika in 87. love from australia.
Russia embraces its elderly by letting them live in sheds without running water. I don’t think much of her descendants either Think before you talk.
@@tjohanne эта женщина очень возрастная. Я уверена, у нее приличная пенсия
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 What?? 😂😂😂@@tjohanne
Eli, you are fast becoming a cultural ambassador for Russia. You have a distinct video style and a documentarians eye for detail. Your country is blessed by your hard work. Love from Hastings UK.
Wow, thank you!
@@ElifromRussiaZear Eli from RuZzia
GO... VISIT KURSK !
STOP
P R O P A G A N D A !
Cause - effect
WHAT A BUBBLE OF LIES
( In memory of
Andrej Sacharov)
@@ElifromRussia❤❤
Many of the Humans on this Planet do indulge in the urge to Wander.
Eli does provide some interesting views of the areas She visits.
Her fellow Wanders do tend to appreciate the views provided on the channel She presents.....
@@ElifromRussiaZear Eli from RuZzia
GO... VISIT KURSK !
STOP
P R O P A G A N D A !
Cause - effect
WHAT A BUBBLE OF LIES
( In memory of
Andrej Sacharov)
I'm a crying American right now. How precious to see this old woman living so humbly. Thank you for sharing. People should take more time to learn from our christian elders of every nationality.
you're right
It's sad how Americans are brainwashed about Russia. It hurts my heart & angers me..
I've been on about Russia since 2005 & it's only gotten worse in the brainwashed masses.
Same here! My beloved aunt will turn 104(!) on August 20th. I loved hearing about the old traditions. Eli, your beautiful work gives me hope that our nations can someday live in peace and harmony with each other. ❤️🕊️☮️
The old lady looks humble and strong, alright, but with all her fortitude she couldn't resist giving Eli a nice smooch. She doesn't need to explain herself, though; heck, I understand only too well...!
“I’m a crying American” lol get a grip
I´m Slovak and I find babushka s pronunciation very clear and more easy to understand than standard Russian pronunciation, even if they say the same things. I find her in fact speaking the way my grandmother spoke.
Jestem z Polski i dokładnie się zgadzam z Tobą!
@@veronivhbr5244 Sme vsetci z jedneho korena:)
Это и есть стандартное русское произношение, просто она старая и говорит с трудом.
Many of old believers were from polish heritage
@@beoliusz 🤣It's your fantasy. Old believers are a branch of the Russian Orthodox church, not an ethnicity. Poles could hardly ever convert to the Russian Orthodoxy from Catholicism.
This is a beautiful, Christian woman......The entire world could learn so many lessons from her. Thank you for this video! 🙏
This video is too brilliant for words. I have watched it several times. Entirely unique.
I couldn't help remembering an 1887 painting by, Vasily Surikov, titled, The Exiling of Boyarina Morozova or The Boyarynya Morozova, which depicts her defiantly holding up two fingers as she is carted away.
Awesome video with a beautiful Old Believer.
Baba Nastya is the embodiment of all that is good about humanity. Her faith, rooted in ancient beliefs which have transcended so many troublesome events over the centuries, keeps her mentally and physically strong as she goes about her life day to day, one scrumptious baked treat at a time... she needs no radio nor television to fill the ambient space around her, it is her ancient spiritual songs and poems, recalled from memory and set to the cadence of lovingly baking breadsweats for her neighbors, prepared in an oven that will never need a milliliter of gas nor a kilowatt of electricity, only routine maintenance such as sweeping clean the chimney. In times like these, when all too often differences are that which divides humanity, and worse, it is the strength of character of the baba Nastyas of the world to whom we ought look for reassurance, resilience, fortitude in times of trouble, and overall well-being.
Excellent video, Eli. You are a world embassador who makes national borders melt away, we all sit at baba Nastya's table and learn with you. Thank you to you, and to baba Nastya. Спасибо.🙏
It seems to me she is living a wonderful and blessed life. So beautiful! Thank you for sharing that, Eli.
Well said @paul. BTW Eli is the most Irish-looking Russian I've ever seen. Love her attitude. Also love the Russian sense of humor.
I think you missed the subtle point of the video. It's about how old traditions can coexist in harmony with modernity. If you watch the video again and look closely, you will see that although Baba Nastya's rustic little home has a wood burning oven and orthodox religious iconography, it also has electric lights, a satellite dish, a television, a telephone, and a refrigerator.
@@turkson1 there's a few gingers in Russia, just like any white country
troublesome events... the country will not recover from the USSR. It was more than troublesome.
Живи били, сестре и браћо Руси!
I adore this type of Russia.
With a beautiful orthodox culture 🩶🕊️☦️
Sad thing is that this culture is periodically eradicated by stuff like communism, Stalin, KGB, Putin, etc. The current patriarch of the church is even a former FSB agent, driving around in luxury cars.
Only adore God, Father, Son & Holy Ghost!
@@The-Monotheistsamo jednog xrista Isusa
@@The-Monotheist
Ибо три свидетельствуют на небе: Отец, Слово и Святой Дух; и Сии три суть едино
1-е послание Иоанна 5:7
They Are not gods, They Are GOD.
I prefer Ukraine
As a Russian-Orthodox Christian from Germany I absolutely love this video ❤ thanks for your content 🇷🇺☦️
I am Bulgarian and this brings so much warmth to my heart ❤ old traditions are so beautiful
"How am I an old granny? I am full of energy!" Reminds me of my own late grandmother. ❤
The energy of the divine is eternal. The energy of the flesh does not last long.
I'm an Australian who once had the pleasure of spending a week in such a home in a small, rural area of Russia. The warmth, generosity and comfort is something l will never forget. I could easily have stayed much, much longer. I still can see snd hear the young village boy leading the cattle up the valley each morning and back in the evening. Something l'd gladly assist with if my dream of a longer stay comes about. Big love Eli from Australia and to all the Babas who fed me so well.
Thank you for sharing:)
❤❤❤
Слава Богу 🙏🏻
Поздрав из Србије 🇷🇸♥️
❤❤❤
kosovo je srbija
@@BozheTsaryaKhrani
jeste, tako je bre.
Babushka... ♥ Old Slavonic church books... Oh my heart.
Z Where can we buy them? Спасибо еli, I AM FRANCOAMERICAINE, MULTILINGUAL and speak basic russian, hope to visit russian FEDERATION soon❤
How old is this nice babuska? she looks good.
Slavic, yes.
As an orthodox chrisitian here in the UK this is great to see.
I hope to 1 day come on pilgrimage to russia.
The old babushka reminds me of my departed grandmother from Poland, how I miss her, I hope to see her one day in the hereafter. Bless her and her village.
She reminds me so much of my grandmother, so sweet and kind. Russian folks seem as though they would always welcome you in and feed you no matter who you are or where you come from. Such a good example for everyone to learn. Thank you Eli
Да, особенно бабушки! Уйти от бабушки голодным невозможно 😁
Unless you’re a homeless person on the street, then 🏃♂️💨
You're giving us so much info about Russia that we never have known if not of you. Thank you very much, Eli.
Thank you!
ХРИСТОС ВОСКРЕСЕ ❤✝
БОГ С НАМИ ПРОТИВ ЗЛА И ИСКУШЕНИЙ ✝🙏⛪🕊
Hristos does not exist. Your orthodox pravoslavia is the reason Russia is shrinking and loosing power. You need a system like in the USSR and a man like Stalin to grow big again.
Peace be unto you.
The old Russian Babushka is an amazing old woman. ❤ God lover her 🙏 She may be an old woman but she has never forgotten the recipe of an old Russian traditional dish. 5 children 16 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Wow ! 😮 I wonder if her children know the old Russian dialect too ? The old believers sounds perfect for this small Russian village in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and the Volga Federal District in Russia 🇷🇺 Imagine holding on to your Russian Orthodox Christian ☦️ beliefs for so many years ? Even at a time when the Russian Orthodox Churches ⛪️ were banned and locked down the Russian Orthodox Christians never lost faith in what they believe in. That very old wooden Russian Orthodox Church in that village looks so very old. Thank you Eli From Russia 🇷🇺 🙏 ❤️ for doing this video. No Westerners as myself from Canada never get to see what life in the old Russian villages in Russia. All we see mostly is Moscow and St. Petersburg. When the old Babushka woman kissed you on your cheek Eli, it brought a smile 😃 to my face because you could of just as easily be one of her grandchildren.
Grandmas like that make the BEST food!
It was SO AMAZINGLY delicious!! 🤤🤤
@@ElifromRussiaGod bless you Eli for your work ❤
I absolutely love Old Believers. I am Russian Orthodox in the United States. There is a large community of Old Believers here, mainly in Alaska for historical reasons, prairie Canada, and also Pennsylvania for some reason. The city of Sitka, Alaska used to be called Novoarkhangelsk, and there are still Russian signs. In Erie, PA, there is a large Old Believer church, perhaps one of the largest in the Northeast. Small communities also exist in places like Saskatchewan and Alberta, where Old Believers have assimilated generally into Canadian and American lifestyle, but still retain traditonal and rustic lives at home, not too dissimilar to their Russian counterparts. They have a wonderful culture and I wish them well in growing their faith. ☦️
They also tend to use Cyrillic for gravestones up through the present.
Alaska was Russian back in the day as was part of San Fransisco ....mmm
a whole naval base was Russian on the west coast of america😮😊
There's an Old Believer community in Oregon, as well.
@@goldreserve Russia has historic roots that Vikings established.
The USA has a similar congregation of Norske heritage Citizens who share those beliefs.
The similarities that reveal out common heritage,
also uncover facts that were not popular in Mid 1950's US Politics.
@@jackieowBut they don't even have any other alphabets besides the Cyrillic in Russia. All Slavic Orthodoxes use the Cyrillic script.
What a wonderful Babushka.
❤❤❤ Watching this beautiful, generous babushka WARMS my heart and soul ❤❤❤ She's Salt of the Earth ❤
Babuska used old Russian language that so,so similar with Serbian i can understand 99% Just amazing we are brothers and sisters.
Russians Russian Russian Russian is strange, she speaks Russian before the revolutionary time, that's what they said in Russia 100 years ago, all Russians understand her, and not Russians either, who speak Russian, do not understand, Serbs, Poles, Bulgarians, but we communicate through each other in English, why is that?
Listen carefully to what she says!
With the Elders the old language or dialect will disappear!
And use it, cherish it!
Its a living cultural heritage!
I like it a lot! 😄
Indigenous Tribes in North America are struggling to find students,
to preserve the languages of the Tribes of North America.
She speaks standard russian with very minor differences. A lot of the dialects died even before she was born, and soviet unification killed the rest. There is nothing to preserve unfortunately, unifications did their jobs and now almost everyone speak the same
(there are few exceptions, but this is not one of them)
@@i_am_the_arm soviet unification is best what happened to the language. Look at UK or USA. Same people do not understand each over even though they speak one language.
@@i_am_the_arm
Do you know of any exceptions? Besides the southern dialects (which have some similarity to Ukrainian) and the northern dialects (which are rooted in old Novgorodian tradition), I don't know of any Russian dialects left.
@@i_am_the_arm Not only Soviet unification; all nations that started practicing compulsory education/widespread literacy and created their own state (for example, in states that were created after the fall of the Austrian-Hungarian and Ottoman Empire) killed their dialects because they standardised the official language in written text. The same is happening now, in the time of the USA Empire, when one country after another replaces its own non-Latin alphabet with the English alphabet and incorporates the English language in all aspects of daily life in order to create the "global citizen" of the first global Empire.
This babushka reminds me of my grandmother so much .... Although, lmao, I'm not russian, I'm north african
God bless you! ✝️
OMG what a sweet old lady.. i love speaking to elderly people, they have so much knowledge, and love to share with younger people.
I totally agree!
Thank you, for what you do. I've learned so much about the cultures of Russia.. Such a rich, beautiful country
👍
Как турок, я очень люблю русских людей, думаю, однажды я увижу эти части России, люди очень естественные и дружелюбные.
I'm Polish but I absolutely love your channel. This video made me miss my great-grandmother so much. She lived very similarly to the sweet babushka you showed here. Thank you for your videos
This is very similar to Serbian Orthodoxy. God gives She to live long on this earth. Glory to God.🇷🇸
Well... They believe that just making sign of the cross diffently makes others antichryst. I don't think it is similar to the core beliefs of Christianity. I respect people of different faith but acknowledge their historical role of weakening Orthodox Church in Russia, thus making it vulnerable and dependent on secular authorities. Nothing good came of that as we see even today.
@@peter_oso i said there are some similar things. But other way difretn in all.
As a South Asian propaganda against Russia is busted here.This is beautiful 😊.
@@peter_osoYou've not read the Holy Bible then.
I realized, she prays when she's cooking, when she's alone.
Hi Eli
The remoteness of the village, the simplicity of the ways of the Old Believers and the utterance "I only live for you" by the granny followed by the loving peck on your cheek are all so surreal, so simply innocent but so deep at the same time! Lovely!
Thanks
Thanks for sharing!
I love the bit at the end when you're both eating the food you've made together. 😊 🎉
Thank you 😋
My mother's family settled in the Volga region at the invitation of Catherine the Great. They were German's, but I believe the life styles were very similar. Hard working, very religious, strong family ties, and my grandmother sang a lot. When guests visited then, the host family entertained with song and or musical instruments. This video gives me some idea of what life may have been for them. My grandparents immigrated to the U.S. in 1912. Lost contact with their family after the Revolution. Kitchens were main gathering areas. Advice from my grandmother, "If your kitchen is clean, your whole house looks clean." A big lightning ball of St. Elmo's Fire raced through the house during a severe storm when she was small. It affected her greatly. My grandmother never slept during a thunderstorm. You could hear her singing hymns, knitting in her room until the storm was over.
Same as my family!
@@AncientOneFamily. Grandparents sent money back to great-grandparents to help them. Were told to stop because the mail was being opened and money stolen. Stalin feared the settlements would help the invading Nazis, loaded them onto cattle cars, and sent them to Siberia. I had two great uncles who served in the Russian army, but that didn't matter. If you want to know more: RUclips search this documentary. (A Light In The Darkness (1983) | Full Movie)
@AdrianRak-p9v 💪☦️👌🙏
@AdrianRak-p9v 🙏☦️🙏☦️
When Catherine left Germany to marry the Czar, her father was afraid she'd be lonely. He sent several thousand citizens to go with her. They settled along the Volga in the Czarista. My father's mother's family were Volga River Germans. Some of the Germans longed for home and attempted to migrate home. My paternal grandmother's parents made it to western Poland. In the mid 1800's they came to America.
I am proud of my Russian blood. (11% according to the DNA test I took.)
So much humility in this grandmother. She is a true Christian.
As a former tour guide from Saint-Petersburg, Russia and a teacher of Russian as a foreign language, I had been working with foreign tourists for 13 years and I strongly recommend you translate all the other words the granny said : the prayers and stories, they will be curious for foreign viewers as you film it mostly for them. By the way, you are a smart beauty queen!
I am almost 70. The old, exquisite Othodox churches in Russia were exposed, abandoned and beginning to fall down when I was in high school. Like the church (remnant) shown here, beautiful wooden structures with paint wore off, open to the elements rain and snow, heat and cold, slowly deteriorating. I hope if there are any even left at this point, I hope Russia will begin to restore them, if only as a a memory if their history. Think the fm, Dr. Zhivago, but even more beautiful...
Thank you for giving us even just a tiny glimpse.
Lenin and Stalin despised the church and did everything they could to undermine it because it was a threat to their power. They expropriated many churches, turning them into community centers, libraries, and even barns for livestock. They destroyed others, including the largest church in Christendom, but that church has been rebuilt exactly as it was now.
She is adorable, a real national treasure. Chef kiss!
I am an Orthodox Hindu and this sweet old lady is so much like old Indian ladies who kept faith and spiritual practice. Always remembering the Lord and seeing Him everywhere and in everything. What an incredible life they have led.
Eli, you are best! Greetings form bratskiye slavic Chernogoriya. 🇲🇪🇷🇺
whatever i just watch left me all warm and fuzzy! i loved that old lady she was like my grandma!!
Brilliantly said 👍reminds me of my grandmother to ❤
She reminds me of the Babushka who lived in the apartment under mine. I would often go to help fix her appliances and front door and she would bring baked foods and beer. She was 87 years old and passed away 2 weeks after I returned to Australia 🦘🦘 very sad RIP бабушка.
Sadly my Mother passed away just six days after I phoned her though I did not know to 2 months later. Ann then my phone account was confiscated by a repo firm and Mum was cremated
Thank you for helping the old lady when she needed your help and support. ❤
@@user-lb3ot9dp8s за чтo :) . конечно, я бы помог ей и другим бабушкам с их садиками.
I am a german and love the work you do here conveying your rich culture. Knowing the historical responsibility Germany has, I never will agree with this dumb politics of the west against Russia. On the contrary, I loved the work of Lew Kopelew, a man who recognized the kinship between our peoples. May there be peace and reconciliation, and may I have the opportunity to lay flowers on the grounds of Volgograd. Thank you❤
Necesitamos mas humanidad. Mas personas como usted. ❤😊
@@AmmicatGracias❤
It's dictatorships where people cannot speak their minds that are abhorred. The people are likeable and friendly
“NATO is to keep the Germans down and the Russians out”
Friendship between Russia and Germany is something western elites will work extremely hard to prevent as it would be disastrous for their agenda
God Bless the Grandma and yourself. I'm an old man from Texas, now 82. She reminds me of my Grandmother. She was born in 1875. I lived with her for a while when I was about 12. She lived a very simple life and was a person of great enduring faith in God. She ss a refuge from the American Civil War where after the war the Yankees, carpet baggers and scalawags stole everything and could not be considered as human beings they were so vile. My grandmother lived to be 98 and lived on the farm by herself until she was 96. Her husband, my Grandfather died when he was only 36 yo. My Mother was only 3 yo. Yet she took on the farm and raised her 5 kids by herself. She was the happiest person I ever knew.
Thank you for your website. It brings up so many good memories. The way your folks live is much like my family lived when I was young. And faith was the founding principle that knitted us and the community together.
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Dude, the Civil War was 150 years ago, I'd hope you'd have a little more historical objectivity by now. The reconstruction advocates were doing what they could to provide rights and human dignity to emancipated slaves, which white Southerners aggressively fought against. That's not to say there weren't abuses and issues on both sides, just that it comes across as almost comedic to call Northerners "vile" as a blanket statement while not extending a single bad word to the literal slaveholders.
"...and faith was the founding principle that knitted us and the community together" so very well expressed sir!!! Thank you for sharing your story. May your passed loved ones rest in peace and may you have beautiful days ahead.
@@fluffyunicorn57 the northerners did terrible things in the name of redress while wearing clothes made from slave cotton and on pensions paid by slave profits--where is your nuance?
Oh right because you don’t actually know any history.
And don’t come for me, I’m just Native watching you people act like babies. It’s my land anyway and y’all can’t behave
@@fluffyunicorn57Why do you address an old man as "dude" in the USA, there is no respect for elders left?
Im not Catholic or Orthodox but still learn from and appreciate the simple life these elderly people, and also I like that they still cover their hair and dress modest, something the western Christians have greatly forgotten!
Thank you for showing Russia to the world. My love to your country
Unfortunately my country has list it's d@mned mind??!!
Love and hug to super cute babuskha. With her energy level, she is definitely not old.
Babushka is adorable. I never met any of my grandparents so I didn't get to experience anything like this. Your video made my gert feel warm and fuzzy. 😊Thank you for sharing ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Serb Bosnian here. I love my fellow Russian brothers and sisters in Christ.
Slava rodu i slava Bogu našem. ☦️
Аминь, брат!
Јевреји су вас појели.
И вас и Русију.
So sweet Eli..! i wept.
Thank you!
Прекрасна господова песна.
Браво и за двајцата
Thank you to bring me to this place,it is like 150 years ago
I know right!
this is one thing i love about russian girls that they seem to care more about the old ones
Same here in China. I’m in Shenzhen and I’d been living in China for 3 years until 2018. Very unfortunately it’s the western world which got lost in complete madness and has no more respect for the elderly, for the tradition, for their own roots. When they talk about “culture”, inclusion and so far it’s just a bunch of BS. Pure insanity.
Eli’s videos are really beautiful and inspirational. She must have a good team supporting her channel, anyway she’s surely s great Ambassador not just for her Country but also for a more respectful and legitimate culture. By the way, she definitely has a great talent.
Hol' up, y'all, let's not over-generalize: We respect & take care of our elders in the Southern USA and in the Midwest, too!
God blesses those who are "upright in heart" and in their conduct--no matter where in the world they might live 🙏
Какое прекрасное видео! А мы из Нижегородской области, живем в Нижнем Новгороде и в предках у нас были и есть старообрядцы или староверы с севера нашей области. Из Семенова, Городца, Шахуньи.
Those are sects.
Да и в одной такой деревеньке я купил домик народ там коренной добрейший души люди однажды ночью на газели после дождя застряли там да очень сильно , газель почасовая ,мучались долго толкали, но тчетно , а платить то прийдется ? Но на счастье вдруг дружно по выходили мужики кто бревно нес кто доски кто что через пять минут машину вытолкали мы ее выгрузили и отправили !!! Но суть не в этом я как городской тюфяк все меряю бутылкой что и предложил мужикам меня грубо обласкали а потом соседка объяснила там на помощь не принято что либо предлагать помощь у них первостепенное!!! И они уже знают что я с женой купил там домик !!!
What comment can I even make.she’s a strong beautiful human.our present world doesn’t create strong humans any longer.the world belongs to humans like her.strong beautiful humans.
Не знала, что в Центральной России остались еще остались староверы. Благодарю за прекрасный выпуск. Очень интересно наблюдать за твоими путешествиями.
Это рядом с Керженцем.Река Керженец была путём по которому уходили в глухие леса раскольники, кто-то оставался здесь в скитах, кто-то шёл дальше.На Урале и я слышал, а ещё даже в Сибири, во многих местах старообрядцев до сих пор называют кержаками, по этому месту.Множество староообрядцев вышло именно отсюда.Кстати , хохломская роспись тоже появилась здесь.Осевшие на Керженце раскольники иконописцы, стали применять технологию написания икон,для украшения посуды
В Самаре даже есть староверы, лично знаком. И это совсем не деревня, а город-миллионник.
Я живу в Восточном Подмосковье в Егорьевске, который был, да и остался ещё местом, где сохранилось староверчество. Когда-то местность к северу от Егорьевска называлась Гуслицкая волость. Дремучие леса и непроходимые болота укрывали староверов от московских властей. Здесь никогда не было "крепостничества", крестьяне занимались ремёслами и отходным промыслом. Поэтому отсюда вышло много купцов и промышленников, а город стал одним из центров текстильной промышленности. В городе находится старообрядческая церковь и один из лучших музеев подмосковья., где возрождается аутентичная старообрядческая роспись.
@@MaxTiburano Не только в Самаре - Сызрань была историческим центром старообрядческой иконописи, даже со своей особой школой. В Самарском художественном музее, кстати, в основном сызранские иконы.
На юге области немало исторически-старообрядческих сёл, множество из них, правда, административно с советского времени относятся к Саратовской области (как г.Балаково, ещё один центр поволжского староверия, да ещё и со знаменитым храмом, ныне переданным РПЦ, как и хвалынский храм).
Обшаровка до революции - крупный центр старообрядческой хлеботорговли.
how are you still able to use RUclips? i though ruzzia has made it illegal to use this? or are you using VPN and cheating your government?
You are perfect for interviewing and observing old ladies, you wait to be asked to help with chores, as often it's the only way older people can show their worth, and possibly more importantly their independence. It can be very tempting to take over a task while you help, but it lessens them in their eyes, best to be the dull helper who is there to learn. Great little film.
"How can I be an old granny, I'm full of energy!" (she made my day)
Спасибо за ваше видео! Моя прабабушка тоже старообрядка, но они не безпоповцы. Всю жизнь молилась, никогда не роптала, не сплетничала, никого не осуждала. Про все свои беды говорила:"Так Богу угодно! "У бабушки тоже было много выражений и поговорок. Это клад нашей культуры!
Thank you so much for an insight into your wonderful country that is so diverse & rich in culture.👍
Elina Bakunova what can I say ! Another awesome video. Your the best in making compelling videos that let's us explore Russia and how people live everyday. Thank you.
Thank you! 😃
@@ElifromRussiayou are government bot.You sold your soul.Sad.
Dear Eli thank you kindly for your extremely interesting videos. I live in Cape Town South Africa and I know very little about Russia and its people. You are so beautiful and I love your videos. Regards.
Wow! Thank you a lot
she is such a good example of the deep Russian soul - wonderful lady and truthful earth standing life - and your earrings are lovely🌻
I loved this video. The nature is unbelievably beautiful, so are the people living there - beautiful in spirit. Much love from brotherly Bulgaria.
Размотало видео что-то, даже прослезился чутка. Спасибо большое.
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Я старовер. Живу 20 лет не дома. Как же эта бабушка напомнила мне мою❤ Бабушка Феодора вставала в 4 утра,и готовила сырники, каждое утро! Помню запах и звон посуды ❤ А на обед суп Крупень❤скучаю очень ❤
They are the most happy people Their lives are the constant prayer and worship of God .
Lots of love from India. We always love Russia and Russian people. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
How precious this lady is..
My word. Watching the Babushka Old Believer was somewhat humbling. I don't really know what to say. I just get the feeling that if I was in her presence I would feel respect and aura that I would never forget. Extraordinary, as much as watching some of the beautiful sights of Russia! I'm British, and I see it as such a tragedy that we have in a way been sheltered from the Russian civilization and what it represents. Ironically, I think the last few years have opened the window to 'The Russian Soul' to many many people around the world. Watching your videos over time, it almost seems like you have opened new windows too! Its amazing what we can miss on our own doorstep. As small as an Island, I some from, there is so much that we don't appreciate or even know about at home either. Superb Video.. Thanks!
❤❤❤ with love from Russia
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I learn so much from your Videos. Thank you, Eli. ❤
You are so welcome!
@@ElifromRussia 👍
I am learning from this channel what indifference to the suffering of others, apathy, hypocrisy and propaganda is, and you?
@@salad7776I am learning the same... This channel normalizes Russian hypocrisy, and also sugarcoats a brutal nature of the Russian state. I applaud people like Roman who stands up for what is righteous. This channel... could be on the payroll of Kremlin.
Endless amount of highly concentrated humanity in Baba Nastya! People like her keep this world in existence!
Thank you Eli for doing a smashing job!
Wonderful. Absolute magic!
God bless the Old Believers who wrongly suffered persecution and even death brought on then by the the Moscow Patriarchy.
I am a traditional Latin Rite Catholic and we also face persecutions as we adhere to the ancient liturgical books and Sacraments. The present Pope of Rome persecutes us and the clergy when all we do is hold to the ancient forms and customs. May we draw strength from you who suffered so much and I keep you in our prayers!
Roman Catholics also persecuted Orthodox Christians.
Old Believers were murdered for their practices. How many Traditionalists has Pope Francis had killed ?!
Definitely not comparable to persecution on Old Believers though.
@@fluffyunicorn57 really?! Like Catholic Croatians killing thousands of Orthodox Christian Serbs, or Catholics in America killing Orthodox Christian Aleuts like Peter the Aleuts. There are towns in Russia where old believers live and survived. That wasn’t the case during wars between Catholics and Protestants
@@tatyanakol Reread my comment and the original comment. I was saying that persecution on Latin Rite Catholics, a denomination that has only existed since the 1960s, is nothing compared to persecution on Old Believers. Your reply was about Orthodox Christians, something neither of us mentioned.
Latin mass is practiced by a small minority of Catholics, mostly in the US, who have faced little discrimination other than, maybe, some degree of censorship from the Pope (which has had no effect on their ability to congregate and practice their religion).
Wow - a wonderful study in the contrast between "the right religious practices - and the horrible things humans do with all that! - vs. - the glory of a simple life, well-lived! "I bake and give it away!" Wow..Thanks for posting this. Much 'food for thought.'
Yes you said this so well!! We’re so lucky to witness a little of her life
Wow, she is beautiful, special.... a great video!!
From USA with love 😊
Suggestion: Collect and save all of these old recipes to place in a Traditional Russian Cookbook. by Eli
this is beautiful!!! I remember a old lady in my village in Germany living like that. Thank you for sharing
Elina, that was absolutely lovely ❤ !! Very sweet ❤❤😊!!! I Loved that video 😊!!! She reminded me of my grandmother from many years ago!!! I loved her old traditional cooking style and her gentle nature 😊!!! What a wonderful experience you had!!! And Thank you so much for sharing it with us 😊 ❤️ ❤!!!
Que Babushka simpática!!!. Amei conhecer uma rússa raiz, original!!!!. Deus abençoe o grandíssimo povo russo!!!!. Amo esse povo!!!!!!.
Thank thanks thanks. This video with that wonderful granny has touched my soul.
Glad you enjoyed it
Eli I Got good news! 😀 Hungary just eased visa travels for Russians who want to visit the EU so now it should be easier for you to come visit Budapest! 👍😊 Come on you've got to come we even now have the national event of the Hungarian Kurultai 👍🙂
You think it's good that Russians can enter the EU more easily via Hungary? I don't. I also hope that Orban gets into even more trouble with the other EU countries because of this and that even more EU money is blocked for Hungary.
@@peterpan7903 Yes I do think it is good because I as a Hungarian forgave the Russians for what they did to us in the past and try to move on instead of being stuck in the past like you.
Also, while we're at it, just out of curiosity, how is it that racist Hungarianophobes and racist Rusophobes like you always go on and on about sanctions on Russia this, sanctions on Russia that, while also being in the business of buying oil and gas and other resources from Russia through 3rd party countries like India?
Or how those like you who want to lecture other people on Humanity and Human Rights while your Western European countries like France are in the business of stealing resources from their former colonies illegally using "under age" labour which is against the law and is a crime against humanity even though these same countries like France are sitting on the UN peace council advocating for human rights etc 24/7?
I mean the complete racist hypocritical double standards you have are unbelievable. Thank Goodness we signed a defence agreement with China so that in case you guys will try to pull a 1956 on us Hungarians like you once promised to do, we will be ready.
As far as I'm concerned you Westerners are my true enemies.
@@peterpan7903 Don't be childish.
Visa is not the biggest challenge - flight cost is. At least for me. Just few years ago you could fly directly from Moscow to Rome and back for like 100$, now its at least 300$ and only if you buy tickets in advance
@@peterpan7903do you think every Russian citizen is Putin or what?
Eli, this spirited elderly woman is a real asset to us. Sending love from Pakistan!
I have no relation with Russia.but I don't know why i like this country so much.and always remain so curious to see its culture and explore its wilderness.will be there insha allah in near future.love from pakistan 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰. great job sis eli❤❤❤
Amazing to see a babushka keeping ancient traditions alive. God bless her. 🙏
May god bless you and this grandma 🙏
What a dear, wonderful Babushka! A visit by Valeri Syomin and Timur Verdernikov! May the Old Believers always remain part of Russia's beautiful culture.
Эли, огромное спасибо🙏💕, что показываете и открываете для нас нашу родную страну!
Very captivating and endearing! Such faith and perpetual hope. We are all God's children. From the U.S. Berig
I love this type of video, Eli! Thank you for sharing with us 😊❤
I'm so glad!
🥰 adorable granny
She really is!
Seeing this lovely old lady, so full of love and vitality transported me back to my childhood when I went to stay on my Uncle and Aunt's farm where they lived a simple but wholesome life, even her honest hard-working hands were identical to my great aunties. So many happy memories. Thank you Eli for transporting me back to a very happy time.
Бабусенька, долгих лет тебе жизни!!!
Ochen Interestniy Eli! Thank you so much. Your videos are becoming a cultural archive for us wanting to know more about Russia. Keep up the great work. With love from Greece 🇬🇷
Thanks! 😉
Another wonderful video. To Russia with Love. May the Lord bless the "young" granny and also the young Eli.
Thank you very much!
The Lykovs in Siberia were so cut off for so long that when they were discovered in 1978, they didn't know there had been a second world war.
I live in Siberia, and I am grateful to God that I live away from the war.
@@SvetlanaVoikova Good, you are being smart. I keep telling Eli that she needs to get away from Moscow and the other big cities. Ditto for fellow Americans. Nobody knows when the warmongers and profiteers are going to release their weapons, so being in the very rural areas is the best bet for everyone.
@@jackieow
yes, but I do not live in a rural area, but in a metropolis, the capital of Siberia, Novosibirsk :) During the Second World War, the war also did not reach us, but our city produced weapons for the front. In general, of course, Siberia is huge - there are thousands of cities, villages and also a huge part of the forest that is still untouched by man.
@@SvetlanaVoikova With a population of 1.4 million and weapons production you would be a likely target. You need a cabin in the woods (and not where the wind blows fallout) something like 50 miles = 80km away. If you have a tunnel to hide in, for protection against the radioactive fallout, so much the better. The fallout radioactivity dies down to likely safe levels after two weeks, approximately. Best of all is to have a Geiger counter and survey meter so you can measure the danger levels.
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Still, there is hope that these terrible things will not happen..
Just amazing.Pozdrav iz Srbije, volimo te Ela.
Eli! People receive more valuable education from your videos than through main stream schools in the rest of the world. And this is sooo what the world needs right now. Not to lose the old ways, when people were connected to the Great Mother and lived in harmony with the seasons and all of life.
Thank you for this!! 💟
This was beautiful, Eli. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. God bless the beautiful heart of baba Nastya.
Thank you so much!