'There Is No Other Way': How A Siberian Village Survives On The Forest
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- Опубликовано: 12 окт 2015
- In the remote wilderness of western Siberia, life can be harsh with little opportunity for employment. So in the village of Komsomolsk in the Tomsk region, locals are turning to the vast woodlands and swamps to find a source of sustenance and income. (RFE/RL's Current Time TV)
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I'm from a village and I love village life . The villages are same. Same philosophy of life everywhere
Survives, everyone survives somehow everywhere in the world. This is beautiful.
I thought we were as poor as heck in the Philippines but watching this video people in Siberia has the most harsh weather but they continue to keep working, gathering berries in the woods. God Bless Siberia.
There is nothing wrong with living a simple country life.
Off you go then.
@@davidarmstrong1624 I actually used to live on my own farm. It was fantastic. I hope to return to this life again.
@@wardrm5598 Off you go then.
@@wardrm5598 this is nothing like that.
The summer is way too short to grow anything on your farm (in siberia)
@@dailysandwich4838 With planning, forethought and investment you can grow many things in a cold climate. They grow bananas in Alaska with greenhouses. If you got really serious about crop production on an industral scale you could build geo-thermal powered greenhouses to grow crops. Not impossible. Just hard work.
Stress free no mortgage to pay no gmo foods just pure living wth nature---paradise😀
I think you mean.
Full of morgage, cant grow any food in the cold siberia so have to buy it from imports just pure living in freezing cold temperatures
How do you know for the " no mortgage " part?
@@dailysandwich4838 ok southern have fun with you're mosquitos and half the year with heatstrokes and the other being rain will us northerners get to sit close to the fireside in a cozy blanket
@@christiankalinkina239 i literally live in eastern europe where i sit in a cozy blanket just not in far siberia where life is shit
Nice to see so many positive comments about this lovely way of life.
Survive? They look a lot healthier than all the homeless in the rich Western cities.
A western middle class man is living a much more comfortable job than that of someone who lives in communism. XD
@@Turboman-kx7cc Does your turbo function?
Communism has died since the nineties in Russia.
They are capitalists too!!!!!
chrpchr1 christodoulou some Russians still hold the ideology of communism. Just bcuz they say it has ended doesn’t necessarily mean it’s gone. Some part of Russia still implements a little bit of communism.
@@Turboman-kx7cc do you even know what comunism is? Because it sounds like you don't.
@@Turboman-kx7cc kid, stop
This place looks beautiful, I would genuinely live here a calm peaceful village
This is Siberian summer, and the folks are pretty bundled up. Imagine what winter is like.
Looking at the weather data from various parts of Siberia, you can see that as far north as Yakutsk, summer temperatures can be in the 90s F and even over 100 F. In this particular region, the warmest month (July) has average high temps in the upper 70s F. In winter the nights are a few degrees below zero F. Incidentally, this place is called Komsomolsk, Tomsk Oblast. (There are a few other towns named Komsomolsk.) The aforementioned Yakutsk is the coldest city in the world in winter, with high temperatures below -50 F.
God bless this beautiful people ✌️🌎👍🏼🙏☮️☮️
What a great way of living. God bless.
I respect people that live there. They struggle for everything. Probably no Doctor, or Dentist there. We take so much for granted. May God bless everyone who lives in that region. -Stephen, Ohio
@Mor Dor He a drama queen...
This looks like a good way to live clear healthy living and beautiful place to be. Get me there
Mother Earth provide for us, we need to respect it and treat her well,
I’ve lived on a dirt poor reservation in Az, USA. I wanna live amongst them. I could survive. Jus needa learn the language!
Better think about their winter. You ain't in Arizona anymore!
WTF, these people usually have animals and farms...they are almost self-sufficient...why are you telling them they NEED outside help?
Hell yes, they do not earn much less than I do and for me to earn a bit more, work 9 1/2 hours night shift, working flat out in that time. Hell I would rather do what they do to earn money. I am also Australian the lucky country, lmfao.
Maybe they need more american "democracy"
Unlike you, they eat natural products. They contain cows, pigs, chickens for themselves. They drink natural milk, natural sour cream, natural chicken eggs. Vegetables and fruits are also natural.
Because you cant grow anything in siberia you dumbass
@@margyb7469 trust me you dont
An honest living from the land. God bless them!
$700 should be good living. And although they’re away from the cities I think it’s happier life
What a strange title and outlook on their independence! I've just recently viewed a similar report about a gatherer in Bosnia who feeds a family of six by gathering berries, crystals and frogs. Also, collecting and selling wild plants for ornaments to flower shops. The young man appeared so proud of the way he has lived, probably for generations! He looked slim, strong, very fit and with such a positive outlook on life. There was no dreary landscape in the commentary to his documentary. Pure joy of freedom and independence! - Oh, I'll look it up. Here, starting with the upbeat music: ruclips.net/video/VSEoY2iso5o/видео.html
This reminds me of when I used to live in Alaska, very beautiful!
I wouldn’t mind a life like this in preference to the one I’ve got !
"survive" lol more like thriving. They had barns filled with food.
I love the resiliance of the russians.
And their flourishing gardens in the summer
@@RRaucina no they dont grow anything the summer is too short there
They have food from the money they earn collecting berries pay attention.
@@dailysandwich4838 Rather the summer is without nighttime and gardens grow very fast during this time as in Alaska. You can have a great garden with cabbages and onions and garlic and much more in the arctic.
@@dailysandwich4838 are you sure? I thought some veggies grew in 2-3 months
These are true survivors - they look happy, strong, healthy and their minds are clean. They are not slaves to big corporations, mortgages, social status pressure, fashion trends and other crap that suffocate our lives. True blessing to be able to live like that. A simple, honest, purposeful life.
That looks like a beautiful place to live
Sharra Blackfire
Far more beautiful than the announcer attempts to portray in this video.
@61gisele _in S U M M E R , which is about a month long in Siberia!_
Depends which part of Siberia. They are in Tomsk region which has almost 3 months of fairly nice summer.
_did I mention that your turds will freeze halfway out your asshole, and that your piss will freeze in mid-air before it hits the snow?_
This region is more to the south so freezing piss is rarely the case if at all. Still cold though but not Alaska or Yakutia cold.
ruclips.net/video/WWsLECKvC6I/видео.html real Russin village
It doesn't look bleak just cloudy and cold but surly eventually the sun does come out - it looks quite and peaceful and so many of us would love to walk around there and pick those berries if we could.
Wow. I was told stories of how life was for my great grandmother in the Russian Empire. She too harvested berries and mushrooms to survive. To think people still live like this! it's a humble life, I'm sure, and I could see some who would enjoy living in Siberia, but it mustn't be for the weak souls.
Many people think they would like this… they are very wrong. This is tough as hell.
She is a strong brave woman ..I will be happy to stay in the states ..this lady is amazing God Bless her
God bless her. Such hard work. God bless the village and give them prosperity and joy
ruclips.net/video/WWsLECKvC6I/видео.html real Russin village
God bless these people
To some living there looks dreary, others will be attracted to living close to nature and apart from modern urban complications
What a beautiful life they have.
They report this as a downfall, but to me it looks like a great way to live and be free of bosses, while breathing in fresh air and getting exercise.
in reality, life is not as bad as what this video is trying to depict. i’m born and raised in a small village. these are self-sustaining villages. people have their own small farms and livestocks which can sustain them the whole year. they have no option because they need no option. this is the life they want. there’s no job hiring.. everybody is a boss here. if life for you is gucci, LV, prada, iphone , then this place is definitely not for you. to portray these people as what is being depicted here is just too ridiculous. 24 dollars might seemed too small but use your head, these people have to pay no house mortgages, no macy’s card, no AT&T bills to pay. lastly, id be better picking berries than sitting behind a desk answering calls for your boss.. or if i may, kissing your boss ass hoping for a promotion or a raise.
All good points!
@@msjannd4 heyy
This is pretty offensive way to justify abject poverty.
@@TheFeChef You're just JEALOUS, so STOP trolling, LIAR.
Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe/Radio Free Asia are propaganda outlets of America that parrot CIA-talking points in other countries, so that the nation balkanizes and then becomes a tributary state of the Western American Empire, like Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador etc.
At least they are doing an honest living
Self gathered food is always appreciated. Fishing, hunting, outdoors, winter, fall, summer, sometimes hard, sometimes happy
Respect from USA.
The most beautiful forest imaginable, and you describe it as dreary. Way to go.
google dreary forest, youll find similar pictures
I love such beautiful views of rural life and nature.
I can image the gatherings/parties, good food, and love and making being made after such hands on organic survival. This is priceless
Those mushrooms look yummy. I wish for you that your economy was better. Thanks
They are much happier and healthier than the living zombies in most of worlds cities ...
It's not so easy as it looks. Read the "The Lotus Eater" by Somerset Maugham.
Yea. I’m sure this is sustainable.
they're not happy at all. it's back-breaking work for little money.
Said the person who most likey lives in or near a city
yes right
They have so many things to be thankful to God, a pristine forest to harvest some valuable resources not to mention fresh air. In the Philippines and most other places, most trees are cut, lands are owned by the rich, no more coastal fish and no jobs for millions of graduates from profitering schools. The garbage yard is the poor's last hope.
Fuck off.
Rolando bro have you seen the Harsh weather they have to endure all year long? It's Coooold!
Your country is Surounded by oceans, mountains, jungles, lakes, rivers and ....it's Warm All Year long. Yet you and many complain that they're poor, collect foods in the Garbage, live in the slums and cemeteries. Go try live in Siberia and see if you can survive a day...I wish one day Snow and ice will fall in the sky for people to damn wake up, clean up, get up and be thankful that they don't live in Siberia or Alaska.
Pakistan is best country to spend vacations. loving people, natural beauty, delicious Foods & peace. I've visited Pakistan in 2019 so cheap so nice country 🇵🇰
Wow , what a beautiful simple life..they seem like good, hard working people.
I can see why this couple has returned 3 times, this is a beautiful healthy way to live compared to the polluted, chemical high stress money hungry life in the cities. Media always puts this life style down with their words like "bleak wilderness, back straining work, muddy dirt road, slosh through soggy fields, scrape together a livelihood." That lifestyle is highly prized by some of us who finally see what the "good life" really is, and it's not all about money If media showed this life in a positive way, there would be more young interested, but that is not what the authorities want, they want FEMA cities full of us all.
You can not compare wages in Russia and in the west! I, Russian, live in Bracknell near London. Half of the salary goes for rent. 80 percent of the British also rent housing as I do. In Russia, 80 percent of residents have their own apartments and houses. Water, gas and electricity are several times cheaper than in the west!
Money aside that is an idyllic way to make a living by many peoples estimation. There is something innately rewarding, satisfying about gathering like that. It's human nature, a great lifestyle IF it allows a comfortable existence as it sometimes does. (the FEMA bit I imagine was sarcasm or else paranoid delusional?)
So go there. And see how you fare.
Except the lack of access to medicine and technology. There is good to a natural life, there is good to a modern life, having a lack of balance of either leaves you lacking.
Off you go then.
For all the people saying that they are better off. They are completely dependent on the forest. If theres is a flood or a hard winter that could be there whole income for the year gone. So it's a hard way of life
That looks absolutely comfy. I hope to move to Siberia one day.
its something that looks alright to a westerner at first sight
living there for 10 years would fucking suck
these people know the meaning of hard work....couple of salted down elk and pigs and they are set for the season....thumbs up !!
bleak wilderness my arse, looks good to me.
better than flipping carcinogenic burgers at macdonalds while you live in your car because you can't afford rent
Exactly.
plainly stated, lol.
When I lived in my car, I hid it from everybody. I was ashamed. But I wasn't the only one. And at least my car runs.
It's no crime to be poor, but it might as well be.
@Pilot almike that is not true dickwee. Let me guess your doing well.
@Pilot almike very good, we have part of it worked out haven't we. ;p Now if we can just find YOU some manners.
Id love to live that way collecting wild mushrooms and berries and selling them the freedom of the countyside in a small village rather than the gring of a smokey grey concrete jungle
Freedom? What freedom? They have to go out almost every day in the short summer or they'll starve in the winter. If they skip a day, it's probably to do some chore or repair they can't put off any longer. They'll have lots of leisure time during the Siberian winter, and no extra money buy tools for crafts or woodwork or anything to stay busy and productive. Siberia in the winter with nothing to do.
I didn't see any children. Who can afford them?
What if there's a bad berry year? What if someone gets sick or injured and can't gather berries or mushrooms?
This is subsistance living; living on the edge. It's not pretty or romantic. The fact that this couple came back three times means a) they tried three times to leave and find a better way and b) life in Russian towns and cities must be incredibly dreary.
Then go do it dipshit
I'd rather suck the fumes right out of a Chinese factory smoke stack and drink the run off from a textile factory than pick one berry. Harming plants is evil, they have pain receptors and know they're going to be eaten. Plants feel pain too and eating them is murder.
Good luck with that. Once you start making money, here comes the state with their regulations. $$ permits, fines and taxes. NY politicians gotta get their cut.
Your meds are on the top shelf by the blow up doll.@@retiredshitposter1062
what a nice pure life.
Is there a way to plant the berry bushes so they can harvest them in a more productive manner?
These people are as close to being truly free, as it gets. They should open a business to bed and board.
No, they should not bring the rich curious people in.
They will ruin it fast
@@samlabo1688 Amen; liberals with money who like to LARP at the rustic lifestyle tend to ruin everything they touch.
I love how the comment section is filled with either or misinformation about life in Russia (No nights during summer, too cold to grow potatoes or tomatoes, etc) or blatant victim-blaming. I mean it's such a luxury to earn $24 after hours of intense manual labour, only to spend most of it on medication and essential goods. Although the couple in the video chose to return to their original lifestyle, most of Russians simply don't have any options. 99% of the country consists of provinces with the same living conditions. Komsomolsk is a vivid portrait of Russia, a country largely stuck at the pre-industrial stage with a strict but incompetent government robbing even these "well-to-do" farmers of natural resources and funds. Complete geopolitical isolation, with every country taking a turn to throw shade at the country. In a couple of decades your dream homesteading lifestyle may as well go extinct along with the already dying or leaving inhabitants.
This is not a post trying to bad-mouth my Country, I'm just pointing out the absurdity of some people's claims and the contrast between their idealistic expectations and the unfortunate reality.
Bet most wouldn't even tell the difference between the post-USSR countries, for them it's still somewhere on the East, with bears,balalaikas, etc. I can't blame them though, but since you don't know much about the situation, teaching other people how to grow plants where it's practically impossible, or claiming something like "oh, that's just a paradise, why are even complaining?" seems a li-i-itle bit odd. It's basically like telling the one-handed person that he ain't got no problem coz he has at least one hand. You guys are too freaking tired of living in megapolis, you wish it rather be somewhere in the deep of the forest? Well, people from this video feel quite the opposite, since they haven't experienced better conditions.
Thank you for sharing this.
God will always provide for the humble, that is his glory, all his.
The indigenous Asian nomads also hunt deer for a living
Bobby Chen its deer season for the indigenous people of Pennsylvania currently. With any luck, today I'll shoot a big buck.
Andrew Whitehill how's the hunting going? I love hunting!
i want to live there its peaceful unlike the american streets where theres chaos and loud music with a lot of litter
Trust me, you don't wanna live there. Every winter -50 celsius degrees is a daily thing. Sometimes that -50 is not even enough
@@-RunninNGunnin- No, i'd like to live there too
News flash: there are plenty of streets like that outside of US too
save the trees .save life.Save the nature
I used to pick these berries and mushrooms when I (and my family) were World War 2 refugees in the Perm region (Chernushka) of the Ural Mountains. It must have been about 1941 and I was 8 or 9 years old. Both the berries and the mushrooms were delicious.
Pure organic, doesn’t get more natural than this
Yeah pure organic...
Its not like they buy all their food from exports because siberia is useless wen it comes to growwing crops
@@dailysandwich4838 Wow u commented on much over a basically pointless video attacking people xDD u sir are useless not the crops
@@elvijsbarzdins7993 no u.
Dumbass
even in the wilderness and cold, nature has provided something for them to live life respectably,....
I remember - reports from "Radio Free Europe"
Tatiana - a name endearing to my heart - a friend I had also had this name. Tatiana Pognaski was a dear friend - I found her - expired from this life one morning - it was the most tragic of experiences and I miss her beyond description.
Nice honest working people like them
They all seem happy though.
Bleak, not, is rich with fruits of the forest.
BEACH IN KENYA IS BETTER..
Some people can't live past a fucking MCdonalds.
i used to live here for 11 years
met my wife in Canada, this is her home
i raised a few Siberian Tigers out in the Birches as well 🌴 🐯
Great. Difficult life. God Bless them
Those wild berries would run $30 USD per pound in the states
@Jim Battersbee From an American: Go fuck yourself jerkoff...
Cranberries are full of antioxidants (8 983 capacity), full of vitamin C too. Looks like a pretty decent way to make money.
Good karma 💕
Totally inspired...hard working people. I feel a bit sad that we work so hard to make a living. Here in costa rica, not much difference. Come see some of my rural life in costa rica. Cheers!!!
I honestly wouldn't have a problem living in a place like that
Got to make the best out of where you live. positive thinking and open mind is the key.
A hardy and resolute people indeed, where are the cellphones and big screen TVs that we in the West cannot live without, I hope they have medical care in that remote area.
Yes, and in contrast to the US, it is free.
Americans are way more brainwashed than the rest of the world that they so smugly feel superior to. Who do you think would win in a competition for living in the wild without the support of civilization? An American prepper? Or these people? I live in Canada where it is considered a privilege to be able to go mushrooming and pick wild berries. Nothing is as delicious as a wild blueberry or huckleberry. I love cranberries, seeing those dark red cranberries made my mouth water.
Hilton Watkins jump up and kiss my ass, Im so sick and tired of everyone telling me what I am, without ever thinking, your bosses use every trick in the book to keep you battling the straw man of the arrogant Yankee, most of us have a tough time getting by same as you.
It just goes to show how good we have it here in America.
I'd love to
see a video of you hunting with it...The accuracy was fantastic!
According to the sauce provided by youtube: "Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a United States Government organization... "
>Radio Europe
>Funded by the U.S. gov.
Ok I'm completely confused
They don't want you to know its US government funded and not an impartial view of Europe lol
You make it seem like they are only eating berries, but of course they hunt and eat lots of meat. They are probably more healthy than most people in the cities. BS.
I can actually “relate” to scraping a living. I have been unemployed for the last three years. To keep busy and in some semblance of tone, I visit some public lands where people do a lot of shooting. If the “competition” isn’t too fierce (a big problem for me lately 😄), I can gather a bucket of brass shells in a day and maybe make $100. The other resource has much less competition because it is rather hard and time-consuming to gather: BULLETS. It can take up to 120 total hours to gather a bucket of bullets, which can weigh more than five times that of a bucket of brass shells. However, if I just cash on the bullets at a scrap yard, I might get $30-$50. But if I use my five-gallon capacity MELTER (I have a video of that on my channel) and cast the lead into ingots, I can triple the scrap value of the lead. And as most of the bullet jackets I strain out are copper-bearing, I can get more money that way. It can be “back-breaking” work for the nominal $150, but it’s fairly steady. I must have gathered three TONS of bullets-all by hand-in the last two years. 😄
Its so beautiful
I'm an American and my landlord for 5 years was Ukrainian. He used to tell me "in Soviet Russia grocery store is woods." He said when he immigrated to the u.s. the first time he was in a grocery store he spent 3 hours walking around, to the point where they were following him. He never saw so much food in his life and was confused by the fruit called kiwi? He asked the cashier, "vat is?"
Tiocfaidh ár lá Because I am a kiwi and the kiwi you buy is called kiwi fruit. Grows like mad in my garden
What a clueless American response. A kiwi is a flightless bird and a kiwifruit is a fruit.
Love that scene from the old Robin Williams movie, "Moscow on the Hudson", where he volunteers to do the shopping and slips into shock in the market.
You clearly have not seen modernized Russia
you should feed him a juicy dingleberry
I don't know why I feel like it, but that American reporter talks like its a catastrophe living in Komcomol'sk, but I guess Americans are used to their lifestyle and I get it.
This is honestly beautiful way to live, spending time in nature and make money of it, and 1485 rubles for hour? That's pretty cool actually, compared to our economic situation! But I guess kids only see Russians as pricks wearing track suits, drinking vodka and shouting "suka blyat" every 5 minutes.
I am Czech, our economy is pretty fine for now and we love to collect mushrooms for example, because we like it, it's a well known tradition here. I don't see anything weird in the video and I love my Slavic brothers in the east.
Привет всем друзьям из России!
This channel is the Russian equivalent of Russia Today, basically designed to spread foreign propaganda. Of course they might have a weird-ass tone.
But don't forget that these people don't just pick mushrooms for fun, they do it to live. Also, while the pay is big, they can't get it all year long. Still, you can go to Canada or Alaska and find the same thing.
I am not sure, if you read my whole comment, but I am sure they do it for a living, I even mentioned it in my original comment. What I said is that in Czech Republic, we like to collect mushrooms, but that doesn't mean we see such an activity as a hobby in all countries.
What does "suka blyat" mean?
Good video. Thanks
This is beautyful
id buy a smoothie right now in support
take my 9-5 IT job with handsome salary...give me this
It's good to live in that place with an IT job salary. Stress free yet more money to spend on farming and hunting.
Metro city life is jail created by bankers and government.people should adopt simple and village life. .
then go, dude, go to Siberia, what's holding you in the city?
we should all move to the country, then bring in mass amounts of immigrants to work in the cities, then they vote for socialist policies, and seize private property, then we go gulag time.
ya, because that is realistic. You don't think very deeply about this do you ?
Yes, those bloody job creators......................screw them.................
@@criztu amen
Lucky to have the option to live this way.
Yummy beautiful berries. ....a Chefs dream to get little gems like this!
that's a good live, why was that negatively portrayed?
Those of u Americans that are saying that u want to move there and live there, first try Alaska. Its same thing (climate/village life) but with more jobs and opportunities. I lived in siberia and Alaska. I can tell u Alaska is so much better. Not kidding. Freedom, guns, fishing, hunting, cheap affordable transportation, cheap gas, jobs, good roads, organic labeled food in stores, ects... You get none of that in those siberian villages
Paul OregonUSA, and you get Sarah Palin too.
Please, delete your comment Alaska doesn’t need more people.
Paul OregonUSA i agree. I also experienced eastern europe (not so far as siberia). No point in talking to brainwashed snoflakes (in this case brainwashed by the east). They prob never been there to realize..
Mr. X same in russia bro. But on russia u prob get the while village against u
Siberia isn't bad, you're very biased. Have you tried the gulag? It's the hottest location, I rented on airbnb.
Please shows us more of these !
This is what real living is.
Return to nature, survive by living on the land before someone fence it off and claims it as their.
God Bless Russia.
God fuck russia
@@dkfdhdsj6261 u swedish? Idk why tf u support the corruption club
@@dkfdhdsj6261 recovering? It seems like they are hiding it not recovering. The only way to get rich there is to be a corrupt politican but in Sweden u can becoms a millionaire by starting a buisness.
Sweden has better education and in general better living standards
But Russia.... life there is not good. Everyone earns about 25k rubles or 360euros a month and can barely afford a good apartment because of how fucked up the system is.
@@dkfdhdsj6261 you are so delusional.
No i am not Swedish i am between russia and Sweden in Latvia.
I know hownlife is there and i know how life is in Russia because i know people that live in both countries. I am also very interested in politics and geography so i research in my spare time. I have also been to both countries and let me say this just by how they look.
Russia is getting old and dying.
Sweden is getting rich and growing
@@dkfdhdsj6261 r u stupid.
Obviously i dont know more about sweden than you do. But that doesnt mean its worse than Russia. Swedens GDP is growing much much faster than Russia's
Statistics show that Russia is slowly dying economicly. But it is only because of politicans that hide it and thrive off of it. The same is with my country. Your country has corrupt politicans too but they havent ruined the country
Fascinating.
Looks great, good luck to all
Talking to one of my customer's. He spoke of a conversation with his young son, concerning civilization break down. Son asked, "how we'd get around if fuel stopped flowing?", Father's reply,, "back to walking like man has done for thousands of years"... Under U.N charter, they want us living in cities. Watched/controlled/disarmed more easily. Aussie government's lap bitches for Chinese government. We're getting it borh ends. 👋🇦🇺
Don't buy Chinese.
Oh really? You think every siberian village is like this?
most are, some are colder cause located in far east, but mostly its same gathering, farming and stuff
Wow beautiful and happy life
They are very tasty and the most important NO chemicals, pure nature.