* Is my name written in the book of life? * If I were to die today will I go to heaven or to hell? * Have all of my sins been forgiven? * Am I in a right relationship with God? * Have I been saved from my sin and the eternal consequences of sin? * Am I spiritually satisfied? * Am I living in victory over sin, the world, the devil? * Have I come to know God’s love for me? * Have I been delivered from darkness? * Have I received the Holy Spirit? * Have I been born again spiritually? * Do I have fellowship with Christ? * Do I come boldly before God in prayer? * Am I cured of all of my anxiety? * Am I at peace with God? * Do I have inexpressible joy in my heart? * Am I longing for my future home in heaven? If yes, then you’ll be spending your eternity with the Lord. If no, then you should be crying out to God to save you.
@@TravisTheSavagewhat do you mean. 😂 it is very free to watch RUclips videos. And some RUclipsrs makes crazy as content. Depends on our perspective. And of course there are ads which we could say it's not free to watch without it but well well well, it's the thing they need to make some revenue and for RUclips to support the platform. ⚡but it's free enough to the point we don't have to pay in currency to watch.
The fact that you guys come to do an interview with that gentleman, and at the end of it he gives you the medal for dismantling the bomb is incredible!
GOD is: • Holy • Righteous • Omnipotent • Omniscient • Omnipresent • Immutable • Infinite • Perfect • Eternal • Good • Just • Merciful • Gracious • Loving • Faithful • Glorious • Sovereign • Mercy Of GOD He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit. Titus 3:5 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ-by grace you have been saved. • Love of GOD John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 1 John 4:7-12 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. • Holiness of GOD Revelation 4:8 And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” Isaiah 57:15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.”
incredible man, truly inspiring. He lost his parents to radiation exposure, and then participated in the dismantling of the weapons and clean-up of the area. He then holds no grudges, lives in peace and takes care of his family, very inspiring to witness
That gift in the closing scene genuinely made me tear up. That gentleman is a shining example of how one should strive to live their life. What an honorable man. I applaud you for taking this long journey and the story it told. It's terrifying what our leaders are capable of and how they seemingly play us like pawns in their games.
@@TheScarletteWhisper all of us - must understand, this is not just a gift or present, or giveaway item. This is a word of peace, which must be get as a very serious thing. People can pass away, but the results of their work - always stay, where it were done. We must me more rational, more educated, like people in USSR, with great honor to a people, not to a leaderships. Otherwise - we will never see a future. This is more than just word, this is a message to survive as a population!
@@melooone he compared "then" and "now". But beside all bad stuff, USSR had a really high-tier of education. Look at Father, he speaks gently, politely, wisely, like any old man from USSR era.
My father died at age 40 of lung cancer in 1965. He had been an atomic veteran having been in the Navy during WWII exposed while cleaning up Nagasaki. Both sides treat people like pawns.
Yup, my girlfriend's step great grandfather who is in his 90's now but at 17 enlisted in the Navy in 1945 and was part of the fleet that recorded the 2 nuclear bombs tested in Operation Crossroads. He told me all about the tests and how they were told to look away for the first one as it was detonated above ground, and then they were sent through ground zero for both tests to survey the damage to the test vessels. I asked him if he remembered the sound since there is only 1 known recording of one out there. He recalled them vividly, telling me the sound of first was a massive but short boom (so basically just like the recording taken of the one in Utah) but the second, which was detonated underwater, was almost like what a wet towel being snapped like a whip sounds like, but at a lower frequency and obviously much much louder. Couldn't imagine experiencing not 1 but 2 nuclear weapons and at such a young age. Years later he had to get a kidney removed due to cancer from the fallout but it was paid for by the VA since it was actually service related. He's an amazing and humble person that lived a very full and successful life after his time in the navy. I hope he lives until the next time I visit him, would love to record his story even just for the sake of historical preservation.
(tl:dr Im a little high and zoned out when having deep thoughts about how I ended up with the worst poker hand, but at least with a coin for the ferry man) My whole lineage is plagued with cancer from nazi experimentation from the war. My grandad was the last to die from it. At the time he was 37, and the tumour that was spread all thru his digestive system, forming one handball size tumour from around the aorta in the lower bowel area, Granddads dad never talked about what happend during the war time and the imprisonment, he died shortly after having a son. Then with my father's generation, 3 out of 4 siblings got the genetic mutations for the cancer. My dad almost passed away also at age 37, during Easter many years ago now. He is the oldest and was one of the first in the to have a near total removal of his large intestines (the part that was left literally exploded 23 years later- major internal bleeding and was what almost killed him at 37) and I am the only 4th generation that has been born from a parent that has the gene, my uncle that didn't get it has kids, the other two don't have children of their own. So I am kind of the last of my generation as well (that was a weird realization). now as I have become older, I find it funny remembering everyone disliking my idea of not wanting biological child(ren) and now seeing how truely fucked up my genes are. I have both sides of my families Genetic disorders and diseases. Im actually planing on sending in a proper dna test to get it sequenced and see just how much is actually fucked up. Because the list of diseases and conditions I have is increasing every time I go to the hospital for MRI-CAT-XRAY, examination or hospitalization 🤣🤣🤣 my doctors records from when i was 2-12 is 187 pages of A4 papers. From 21-25 the new is about the same now.... I can make a smal bible lol. Having spent 60-70% of my life in pain and often agony, my entire adult life I have been in agony, beaten opioid addiction twice in one year, beating alcoholism and other abuse aswell. Life deals you shitty cards, there is always someone that will get that had delt in life, I have never actually felt sad or hopeless because of it. It has taught me all kids of incredible feats. I can endure so much physical stress and load when working I will pass out before I need to take a break if I have to work (having done some industrial fishing that happend a few times pulling 36hr work days. Got some sort of ADHD that works sometimes, and when it does it is stronger than meth, can stay awake for up to 60 hours, (if I take amfetamine or Coke i sleep for 10-16 hours) ive also had to be in isolation and on my own for so huge parts of my childhood does not exist because i was just on my own, made it hard to learn to be a normal human, first time i felt true happiness was when buying my mum a Christmas gift (never having gotten any joy or happiness at all out of taking or giving presents in my life) i had to pull off the road to wipe tears and smile for a few hours. Only ever felt that way again once. Two times in my life can I say I have been truely happy. (Having had an emotionally abusive Stepmom, and a dad that mirrors others behaviour subconsciously) I can't really complain either, it's not like I know anything else. But i think deep down even tho I love being this messed up mentally and physically makes life so much more interesting, I have so many possibilities just because of how my social network is, I can go back to school with a stipend from the government, i have lots of shady friends, ex gang members. Have bar and restaurant experience and lots of connections there as well. Not having been dealt this hand in life would never let me explore the world both in the Light and darkness. Of course I would love to wake up in the morning being able to move and not having every single muscle in my body be sore all the time, or problem stemming from injuries. But I could never enjoy the times where it does not hurt and everything in the world just feel like it comes to a rest, like walking outside at night with a joint. Down main street in the little village on top of the world where I live. Its something that never would have happend had I made better choices, and somehow i feel at home this way. ( writing and not knowing if someone will ever read something i have written that is just a bunch of ideas from a long string of thought is a little exciting actually, like my own little easteregg)
Sure, psych*paths see normal people as pawns. Core disordered. Normal people can't imagine the (out of this world) 'alien mindset' of such "patients", so they do not "see" them.
For the first time, seeing my all-time favorite channel explore my homeland Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 brings me immense joy. When I saw on Instagram that you guys had landed in Kazakhstan, I literally shed a tear. It's always disheartening to see our region go unnoticed, so witnessing this new episode covering one of our historically significant places fills me with emotion. Thank you, Yes Theory, for journeying to my homeland Kazakhstan 🇰🇿. I hope to see you back for more untold stories! 💛💛
I don't know if you've heard of a RUclips called bald and bankrupt but I watch him. He has traveled all over the former USSR. Kazakhstan is one place I would love to visit. The people seems cool and I'm sure a lot of the older generation have lots of interesting stories to tell. I love world history and there's a lot of it in Kazakhstan. I'd also love to see some of the old deviate architecture and art.
можно только позавидовать людям, которые не знают, что запад - зло. вернее, не хотят знать, потому что это значит расстаться с мечтой, с которой вырос. можно рыдать месяцами и до сих пор не вылечиться. все равно рыдания находят время от времени, порой неожиданно. а люди, которые сохраняют свою мечту (потому что разбитые мечта даже годами не лечатся) тебя поносят, живя в своей мечте. и самое удивительное, думают, что неопровержимо правы. потому что расстаться с мечтой это как поменять свое лицо на чье-то другое, противоположное и пытаться к этому привыкнуть. только хуже...
Hi, I'm from that city! Grew up there till I was 7, visiting my grandparents every year. I was so surprised to see that you guys really traveled there. Thanks for the content!
The fact that many of us did not know this history of Kazakhstan is why this video is so incredibly important. At school we only learned of the leaders of the Soviet Union. We should have been learning this - the people of countries being impacted, the impact of testing and bombs, the messages of these people. No longer should we be focused on the leaders that caused such carnage - but the messages of those that went through it as “ordinary people” as that gentleman said. Absolutely loved this video and I am grateful to have learned history around this time in the past and of this country. So many horrible things from war. When you guys were discussing the amount of bombs there are and how it could kill us all 600 times over - that was an emotional moment. What is the point of all of this - that’s what many of us wonder. Excellent video. Well done! Thank you for telling stories less heard. And beautiful ending with the gentleman giving you the medal, with lovely message. I hope it inspires younger generations.
I’m so angry at this woman sitting on the couch at the end of the video, who says verbatim that “Ukraine is waging a war against Russia,” although in fact Ukraine did not attack Russia, and Ukraine is now doing what it is defending itself from Russia, which means it she is so hypocritical and deceitful that it is very disgusting. And especially since she sent her son to the war against Ukraine, so that he would walk around with weapons as an invader and kill Ukrainians.
@@ablindmelon and beliving that Israeli's dont have a right to defne dthemelseves after 1400 people were brutally raped and murdered, just because they were jews, does
This is simply one of the best videos I have seen on RUclips -- ever. Is there any way this could get on one of the major U.S. television networks? People need to see this - now more than ever. Please work to make this happen. Thank you. Subscribed.
@highestpeeqs9532 nah..Jesus is a pretty boring fictional character. If I'm gonna do anything for a fictional character it would probably be someone like Deadpool.
This was by far one of the best of the Yes theory I've seen, and yes, when he gave them the medal I definitely got something stuck in that eye. Not a more deserving bunch can be found.
your compassion and sincerity are amazing. i always am amazed at the brotherhood amongst your group. you treat everyone with so much love. makes me feel good to watch
I think this could be one of the most important videos you guys have done. These people have never had the chance to tell their story like this and they're gettting toward the end of their life. Thank you for documenting their stories. They are important and need to be heard.
This. 100% this comment. I have covid today and had nothing better to do than binge on RUclips and after I found the Yes Theory channel, I stopped surfing and just kept watching. This one has to be one of, if not THE, most important videos you guys have made. If this could reach even just a small number of decision makers in this life, it will have all been worth it.
This was such an important story to tell here. What the older woman said resonated with me deep. "We should be friends, visit each other trade with each other, help each other. You shouldn't fight. Peace we need peace." We are all the same, and regimes are not their people. War is never the answer, and until we break the cycle and choose love for one and other, there will continue to be stories like this. I have hope in the future and in the future generations. But there is a lot of work to do. Thank you to Yes Theory for bringing this to light.
we tried peace through trade as Germany towards Russia, look where that brought us. Not everyone resonates with this message sadly. I hope to a better world one day...
You didn't try anything because you are not in charge of anything. I don't think anyone here actually understands how economies and politics work... your guys view and understanding of global order is extremely flawed and rudimentary. Most ordinary people seem to think this world runs the same way as their local grocery store or little town. It is far more complex and there are things that simply cannot be any different. When you bring up Russia and yourself, you should actually ask yourself why Russia upheld its side of the treaty against nuclear weapons and reduced its stockpile while the US lied about it and kept expanding NATO. Every time Russia agrees to anything with the west, the west simply lies and does whatever expantionist strategy it wants. So don't kid yourself kid. @@Qiunell
Once the divine feminine was removed, things went chaotic. Masculine energy is chaotic without the feminine. The divine feminine is magnetism and the Masculine is electricity. Electricity is a weakened version of magnetism. The "moon" is a major cause of this. The moon randomly showed up about 6k years ago. The moon is on the inside of the firmament and that's why it's getting covered in rust. The Blue sky we see is an electromagnetic energy field. One day soon the firmament will open up and there will be thousands of ships in the sky. The Blue Flame of Melchizedek has returned 💙
@@poloska9471 This expanding NATO. Did it ever occured to you why these ex-sovjet countries volantaraly ASKED to the NATO if they could join this DEFENSE organisation? The people of Russia are mind conditioned that NATO is the enemy, in reality they are not. NATO wil never attack a soevereign country by it self, to gain land or for whatever reason. If you think this way, you don't have a clue what NATO is and where it stands for.
I wasn't expecting to burst into tears suddenly at the end. His trust that you guys will share the message of Peace, so much so that the medal representing his role in Peace now moves to your hands. What a great episode, and such a necessary message for todays world. My Love to you all.
As a descendant of a nuclear victims/refugees from Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands) I can feel the betrayal these people are feeling. My people have been exile for 78 years after our Island was given up to the U.S Government for their Nuclear experiment, "For the Good of Mankind to End all War." We have sacrificed so much and enough is enougn. Let's not stop here, but let's keep on fight for Nuclear Justice, because if there is no Justice, there will be no Peace in us. Love and Iakwe from the heart of the Pacific to all the Nuclear Victims out there, you're not alone!
I've noticed how you guys love to bring awareness to these unknown nuclear stories, so, for that, I am asking you to do a video on the french Polynesia nuclear tests and how it affected their population's health
I completely agree! Thomas’s narration, the storytelling, editing, and quality of content is just captivating!! I’m so happy to have Ammar in so many videos now that he can travel much more freely.
So humbling and interesting. All people who have seen the bomb want a world without it. That medal needs to be displayed somewhere with that message. Great film guys.
@@arsenal_84 if pytin and kim can use it as a form of threat, the usa already used it to "send a message", so personally, im afraid the usa is the country who most likely will use it.
One of your absolute best, what an incredible place and the inhabitants amazing. Thanks for taking me along this amazing journey. Much love to you all and your families from Australia, Peter.
For the first time, seeing my all-time favorite channel explore my homeland Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 brings me immense joy. When I saw on Instagram that you guys had landed in Kazakhstan, I literally shed a tear. It's always disheartening to see our region go unnoticed, so witnessing this new episode covering one of our historically significant places fills me with emotion. Thank you, Yes Theory, for journeying to my homeland Kazakhstan 🇰🇿. I hope to see you back for more untold stories!
There are many shows where people travel and criticise negatively about the places and people they visit. You guys show utmost respect and compassion and that has earned you one more new subscriber today. Deeply moving especially towards the end. That wise man’s gift is testament to your pure hearts. Honouring your journey. 🙏
Thank you guys so much for this video!!!!!! After leaving Kazakhstan, my home country in 1992 as a kid, I have lived in many countries, having a family with a former US soldier, having Russian and German heritage throught both sides of my grandparents, my message to my children and to my and their friends has always been the same: STOP THE WARS! It is our task to make sure that even the threats of, espeicially a nuclear one, wars find an end! Please spread the clear message for global peace from your Kazakh friends in this video! Show the medal which was given to you and retell the story, please! Thanks a million! Can't say it often enough!
The reason for making an "Atomic Lake" was a test for a peaceful application of the nuclear bomb - to quickly create a lakes for collecting rain water for irrigation. But as a result it was found that because of the underground explosion the soil got much more contaminated with the long-decaying isotopes than it was predicted so lake is unusable for so long that it is impractical. There were more tests made for the ministry of natural resources and ministry of energy - like attempt to use low power nuke to extinguish underground fires in deep gas or oil wells. Or using low power nukes to create an artificial seismic wave to disrupt the geological formations to be able to test for the traces of minerals in the gas coming from the deep to find the new mineral deposits.
My mom was a downwinder with her parents. They watched the tests here in the US in Nevada (sometimes familys would gather & have a picknic to watch it). I have recordings of my grandfather talking about the testing and then exposure. They were given badges to track levels, if dust was too much on thier cars they werent allowed to go into Vegas etc. Crazy times.
I love how you guys are around all those former unknown people you treat everyone with respect, you show sincere interest in them and even manage to make everyone laugh. That’s in my opinion one of the key factors why your videos are so amazing. Thank you great video once again!
I’ve been your fan since your Project30 days! I’m from Kazakhstan and so happy you covered such an important issue to my country and the world in general! Thank you for this amazing film ❤
Another heartbreaking documentary about this place I saw a while back was about infant cemetery - there were and still are lots of babies dying from complications because of radiation
We were brought up believing that USSR was our enemy...to fear communism and the threat of a nuclear war. But it was the officials that controlled the ability to create this unimaginable horror, to destroy the earth 600 times over, and crack the world apart, that we really should fear. Everyday people in every country around the world don't want this kind of a life. We all want peace and to get along. Be friendly and work together. But certain people and social media would have it otherwise and keep us in fear and up in arms with each other. Thank you for making videos like this...the truth...how others around want peace and to get along and how power hungry individuals want to destroy us all.
His assertions about killing all life 600 times over and cracking the earth into pieces are absolutely WILD exaggerations! Now, I believe in peace just as much as you do, and for the most part I thought this was an excellent and thought-provoking video, so please don't get me wrong. But all the nukes in the world wouldn't even come close to ending all life on earth even once. And you'd probably need many trillions of times the total number of nuclear weapons that have ever existed in order to break the planet into pieces.
USSR did attack and occupie many countries in Europe, Russia even started the WW2 together with Nazies, and kept the countries they invaded for decades. There was nothing good about them. Of course Russia was to be blamed, other nations in USSR did what Kremlin told them to do.
This one made me cry for so many reasons. Thank you for all you bring to the world! Thank you to those willing to share their stories. So much love to all!
that medal should be in a museum. use it to spread peace as far as your reach is. you are in such a unique once in a lifetime position to reach not only certain counties, but the world
Another great video but there’s something I would like to clear up. You said that Los Alamos was completely dismantled which is actually not true. After the war, the university of California took over the site, and while most of the original buildings from the era of the Manhattan Project have been torn down, the town of Los Alamos continued to grow and still exists today. The work that was done on the Manhattan Project to create the first atomic bomb continued through the Cold War and eventually evolved into what is now the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). LANL is now more focused on many different research projects from space exploration to medicine to renewable energy.
Great vid but I did come here to say the statement your guide said that if all the weapons were detonated at once it would crack the earth in half and kill all life 600x over is a MASSIVE overstatement. To say that all the weapons combined would be 100,000 megatons is probably a little generous but it's a round number. The Chicxulub impact event that lead to a mass extinction (but did not end all life) was estimated to be 72 MILLION megatons. Yes I get there would also be radioactive fallout involved but it most certainly would not crack the earth in half nor would it be likely all life would end.....and not 600x more than needed to end all life.
Thanks for saving my time typing all this. Yes we could easily eradicate 95-99% of all vertebrae life on the planet at the time and even make human survival very challenging but we couldn’t even start to make a dent in the earth crust even if we tried very hard. It was and still is absolutely stupid what we are doing to ourselves and others never the less.
You have to realise 99% of atomic bomb "knowledge" is utter and complete military propaganda.....they're no where near as effective as the hype or they'd be used somewhere by someone by now. Hiroshima was a wood and paper city.....the only concrete building at ground zero was a bank.....and its still there
Egyptians stripped the pyramids of marble and stone for rebuilding purposes throughout Cairo. To this day, there are places you can visit in Cairo and other locations with stone in the wall featuring hyroglyphics, because they were looted from temples and other sites centuries ago. It's a long standing human practice to reuse old abandoned or disused materials that are otherwise just rotting because everyone stopped caring about them.
These are my favourite style of stories from your channel. It’s a amazing combination of historical voyeurism, exploration and exposure to secret sites and the modern day implications faced by former residents.
Hey Yes Theory team! I know these are some of the more difficult episodes to film. But they're some of the best (Iraq, Albania, Afghanistan, Lost Pyramid). I appreciate your hard work and look forward to seeing more cultural deep dives and exposes like this!!!! Y'all inspire me on my journey :)
Thank you so much for creating this! I grew up in Kazakhstan and the theme of the polygon isn’t something people chose to talk about a lot due to the scale of this tragedy: so many people died of cancer/ born with various health issues, not talking about the land that’s poisoned for centuries. Thank you for showcasing many sides of the story and leaving a clear message in the end, much love! 🇰🇿
only just discovered this channel yesterday, so you are the reason I didn't get any work done...... this video is amazing and very tastefully done.... Thanks guys. looking forward to the next one.
I thought The Polygon was well known. About a decade ago Vice on HBO did a story on it. It used to be open to the public along with the museum, but has been closed for a fair bit now.
25:20 "I would like to have a peaceful sky over my head" - this line will stick with me for a while. Your videos have allowed me to see so much of the world, which I probably could never have seen. Thank you, Yes Theory.
If you're interested, "peaceful sky over head" is pretty common expression in slavic languages. Don't know who invented it, but it's still great, gives some sort of hope and inspiration. I'm russian, thats why I know what I'm talking about
This was the most interesting and more importantly, emotionally moving documentary I have watched on RUclips for a very long time. The fact this place was kept so secret for all this time and has only just been revealed through this video is mind blowing.
Amazing job team, please don't let this story end here, your platform is so powerful. I did not know too much about Kazak people, but now I know they are truly beautiful and inspirational, thank you Yes Theory.
Not only people of Semipalatinsk region but also the citizens of the neighbouring regions were severely harmed, babies born with anomalies, deadly diseases, poisoned water and land. These territories are still not apt for animal farming and agriculture. The moskovian government didn't warn the locals and didn't try to treat the post-nuke diseases. 😢 No one cared about the ecosystem and people.
I was born near Semipalatinsk and lived there until I was 17. And I am a nuclear physicist by my first education. Radiation is far from the main problem of the region. In my city we had 3 huge plants producing lead, zink, beryllium, uran etc.. Still remember a disaster with a berillium oxide leak. I was seek for a week, vomiting first two days, and I lived ~50km from that factory.
26:48 Interesting how she says "Ukraine is at war with Russia" Is it that she believes this was Ukraine's doing as Russian media portrays, or a translation difference?
is there a difference? english is not my first language so i wouldn´t have seen it as "Russias fault" or "Ukrains fault" in either constillation but as "these 2 countries are at war"
May peace rest in the hearts 💕 of everyone. A very touching story showing again why love is so important over fear. Well done for taking on such a mission. Love to all the yes family and crew. Love how Steffan clearly states his fears and what he needs to overcome them with love ❤
man, I would NOT be so willing to leave my passport with the clerk overnight. That’s tough, because you’re relying on a tour guide to find you a place, in the middle of nowhere, and you don’t want to make things awkward, but that, is sketchy as all hell.
I lived in Kazakhstan for a number of years - a beautiful country with beautiful people, who have unfortunately have had a very challenging past. One that still affects the present.
That medal represents so much, and carries immeasurable power. I believe he gave it to you because he realized that you guys can utilize the power more then he could. You guys have the ability to influence and educate 8.8 million people... This one really got me thinking. 🙏
And now this video has been seen 3.1 million times. Meaning his message and the message of the others who were willing to talk. Were able to reach the eyes and ears of way more people than they themselves would have been able to reach on their own. They seized their golden opportunities and swung for the fences with it.
A bit sad but truly honorable, the old man, knowing he has not long on this planet anymore, proceeds to forward his precious medal as a gift, lest the message never be forgotten and passed on! Beautiful!
I already subscribed but haven't watched much, but now you have my full attention after seeing two videos in which you show a bit of how you feel about certain things that are going on in this world and that só very important: we need to communicate about our shared feelings because almost everybody knows that many things are wrong and nobody seems to have a solution. This video was heavy loaded with sentiments, beautifully put together!
Wowsers ! I visited here with a group - headed by Yerlan - last Autumn . Visited most of the places featured ....though of course the lake was not frozen then ! The hospitality of the Kazakhs is wonderful !
@@MrWiseinheart With our tour it was all bundled up into a grand total ie I wouldn't know how much of the cost was the guide. I would be curious to hear how the makers of this film came to hire Yerlan and obtain the access that they did : they really struck gold ! 😀👍
I believe this video is one of the most significant videos that you have created. The people featured in it have finally had the opportunity to share their stories, and it's crucial that we listen to them as they are getting older. Thank you for capturing and sharing their important experiences.
😄 Millennials just realizing that a handful of psychopaths hold the power to destroy all life on earth 600x. You should have grown up w this knowledge.
There was a good deal of exaggeration about the power of nuclear weapons they couldn't crack the planet even if we turned every bomb ever made into one big one, and things like not being able to visit test sights as you can occasionally visit the trinity sight. We may have been able to kill all life 600 times over if you put it all in one place but for reference the chicxulub meteor produced as much explosive energy as 100 teratons of TNT, 4.5 billion times the explosive power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. The number of nuclear warheads peaked in 1985, when an estimated 63,600 nuclear warheads existed, even if every bomb was 1 megaton (most were much smaller) we wouldn't even reach one dinosaur killing meteor. Edit: great video though, and I'm not trying to bash the guy for what he said or downplay the horror of nuclear weapons, I've spent a lot of time around them and have a deep respect for both the amazing power of physics they represent and the absolute atrocious threat to all human life they are.
Yeah this caught me really off-guard, even if you took all the uranium in the Earth's crust, mantle, and core and built as many hydrogen bombs with it as possible, the explosion would still be many times weaker than the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. Even the fucking Mars-sized planet that crashed into the Earth 4.5 billion years ago and created the Moon didn't "split" the Earth, it ejected less than 20% of the crust and upper mantle. And that one was trillions of times more powerful than all nukes combined. Realistically, detonating all existing nukes would devastate the immediate georegion they landed in (it wouldn't even be enough to affect all of Eurasia, but enough to completely devastate smaller continents like North America, excluding Central America and the Caribbean) and cause a global nuclear winter for maybe 3-4 years at max (back then it would have been worse but modern hydrogen bombs barely create any fallout or atmospheric soot), but that's it. No splitting the Earth. No 100-year winter. No supermutants everywhere on the planet, most of the radiation would be gone in a week, and cancer rates in remote regions like New Zealand would be barely affected.
There was a point in the film where the gentleman says “…the ordinary people were injured.” We the people who just want to hug our children and love or friends and family all over the world are always the ones injured by the hatred of few men. Thanks for what you do Yes guys!!
10:45 So the soviets said:Oh there's still a nuke there: Well let me look at my clock. Oh hey It's closing Time. I think I'll leave. That's not my problem anymore. That's fucked up.
Kazahstan was part of the Soviet Union when the Union collapsed (so in the way they were also so-colled "sovients"). There were a lot of nukes and other radioactive sources left by Soviet Union in Baltic countries and Kavkaz counrties. There were even more left to rot in todays Russia. It's not like the soviets said "it's not my problem or smth", there were no soviets anymore and no was willing to pay anyone to deal with the atomic mess left by bygone Empire. So, each former Union Repuplic had to figure out a way to deal with it problems by itself.
Thomas. Amar. PLEASE market the appearance of this video and title differently. Make it more about the message the locals inspire to voice to the world, not just about the weapon. There’s a responsibility with being the first to document this information. Make its interpretation accessible to all, it’s quite an emotional poem. Although it may be more work and less favorable to the youtube algorithm. Humankind thanks you. Let it go viral, let’s make it go viral.
Your videos have been good therapy for me while dealing with my father's passing after a far-too-short battle with Leukemia (4 months from diagnosis to passing) in November, and dealing with first holidays and birthday without him around. Yes, I'm 45 and was blessed to have him in my life for 44 years. He was the best man I've known. Thank you for always bringing positive videos/messages and telling untold stories that deserve to be told.
Such sad, crazy history to learn from this. Being given the medal at the end was phenominal, but I would have thought it would have been passed down in the family. Hopefully it will forever be a special treasure for you guys. What an honor to be given such a gift.
The tour guide said there were enough bombs to crack the planet in half that's definitely not true you would need a virtually incalcuable amount of energy for that
you’re channel is truly amazing, the editing, the storytelling, the shots, the expert interviews, wow!! really wow!! you guys are doing great work in the world!!
Interesting video. I like it. I have to say people of Kazakhstan were nice and I experienced the same with my colleagues from Kazakhstan - nice persons, helpful and polite. I was glad to cooperate with them.
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Thank you Yes Fam for being on this mission of telling the untold stories around the world. Love Over Fear!
Great video
Thank you for sharing your journeys as always
fear is what makes Batman cool though
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The fact that we get free documentaries on RUclips by Yes Theory is truly a gift.
yeah it shouldn't be free am I right?
Nothing is free.
@IMZaMaNa37, then donate or pay to their Patreons like most of us.
@@TravisTheSavagewhat do you mean. 😂 it is very free to watch RUclips videos. And some RUclipsrs makes crazy as content. Depends on our perspective. And of course there are ads which we could say it's not free to watch without it but well well well, it's the thing they need to make some revenue and for RUclips to support the platform. ⚡but it's free enough to the point we don't have to pay in currency to watch.
@@Narayan your time is definitely a "currency" LOL
The fact that you guys come to do an interview with that gentleman, and at the end of it he gives you the medal for dismantling the bomb is incredible!
Was so heartfelt. Absolutely amazing person
@@highestpeeqs9532amen amen! He gives true peace
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For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.”
incredible man, truly inspiring. He lost his parents to radiation exposure, and then participated in the dismantling of the weapons and clean-up of the area. He then holds no grudges, lives in peace and takes care of his family, very inspiring to witness
It shows how quickly the Yes Theory team develop respect for the people they meet.
That gift in the closing scene genuinely made me tear up. That gentleman is a shining example of how one should strive to live their life. What an honorable man. I applaud you for taking this long journey and the story it told. It's terrifying what our leaders are capable of and how they seemingly play us like pawns in their games.
I agree. Made me tear up too. He is an amazing person, everyone should learn something from the people of Kazakhstan.
tears were, indeed, shed
@@TheScarletteWhisper all of us - must understand, this is not just a gift or present, or giveaway item.
This is a word of peace, which must be get as a very serious thing.
People can pass away, but the results of their work - always stay, where it were done.
We must me more rational, more educated, like people in USSR, with great honor to a people, not to a leaderships.
Otherwise - we will never see a future. This is more than just word, this is a message to survive as a population!
@@nikostalk5730 I agree with your sentiment, but the people in the video are not from the USSR. See 26:09
@@melooone he compared "then" and "now". But beside all bad stuff, USSR had a really high-tier of education. Look at Father, he speaks gently, politely, wisely, like any old man from USSR era.
My father died at age 40 of lung cancer in 1965. He had been an atomic veteran having been in the Navy during WWII exposed while cleaning up Nagasaki. Both sides treat people like pawns.
Yup, my girlfriend's step great grandfather who is in his 90's now but at 17 enlisted in the Navy in 1945 and was part of the fleet that recorded the 2 nuclear bombs tested in Operation Crossroads. He told me all about the tests and how they were told to look away for the first one as it was detonated above ground, and then they were sent through ground zero for both tests to survey the damage to the test vessels. I asked him if he remembered the sound since there is only 1 known recording of one out there. He recalled them vividly, telling me the sound of first was a massive but short boom (so basically just like the recording taken of the one in Utah) but the second, which was detonated underwater, was almost like what a wet towel being snapped like a whip sounds like, but at a lower frequency and obviously much much louder. Couldn't imagine experiencing not 1 but 2 nuclear weapons and at such a young age. Years later he had to get a kidney removed due to cancer from the fallout but it was paid for by the VA since it was actually service related. He's an amazing and humble person that lived a very full and successful life after his time in the navy. I hope he lives until the next time I visit him, would love to record his story even just for the sake of historical preservation.
@@Lex1uth3r as if the age matters. like if you are 40 suddenly an atomic bomb is not interesting
(tl:dr Im a little high and zoned out when having deep thoughts about how I ended up with the worst poker hand, but at least with a coin for the ferry man) My whole lineage is plagued with cancer from nazi experimentation from the war. My grandad was the last to die from it. At the time he was 37, and the tumour that was spread all thru his digestive system, forming one handball size tumour from around the aorta in the lower bowel area,
Granddads dad never talked about what happend during the war time and the imprisonment, he died shortly after having a son. Then with my father's generation, 3 out of 4 siblings got the genetic mutations for the cancer.
My dad almost passed away also at age 37, during Easter many years ago now. He is the oldest and was one of the first in the to have a near total removal of his large intestines (the part that was left literally exploded 23 years later- major internal bleeding and was what almost killed him at 37) and I am the only 4th generation that has been born from a parent that has the gene, my uncle that didn't get it has kids, the other two don't have children of their own.
So I am kind of the last of my generation as well (that was a weird realization).
now as I have become older, I find it funny remembering everyone disliking my idea of not wanting biological child(ren) and now seeing how truely fucked up my genes are. I have both sides of my families Genetic disorders and diseases. Im actually planing on sending in a proper dna test to get it sequenced and see just how much is actually fucked up. Because the list of diseases and conditions I have is increasing every time I go to the hospital for MRI-CAT-XRAY, examination or hospitalization 🤣🤣🤣 my doctors records from when i was 2-12 is 187 pages of A4 papers. From 21-25 the new is about the same now.... I can make a smal bible lol.
Having spent 60-70% of my life in pain and often agony, my entire adult life I have been in agony, beaten opioid addiction twice in one year, beating alcoholism and other abuse aswell. Life deals you shitty cards, there is always someone that will get that had delt in life, I have never actually felt sad or hopeless because of it. It has taught me all kids of incredible feats. I can endure so much physical stress and load when working I will pass out before I need to take a break if I have to work (having done some industrial fishing that happend a few times pulling 36hr work days. Got some sort of ADHD that works sometimes, and when it does it is stronger than meth, can stay awake for up to 60 hours, (if I take amfetamine or Coke i sleep for 10-16 hours) ive also had to be in isolation and on my own for so huge parts of my childhood does not exist because i was just on my own, made it hard to learn to be a normal human, first time i felt true happiness was when buying my mum a Christmas gift (never having gotten any joy or happiness at all out of taking or giving presents in my life) i had to pull off the road to wipe tears and smile for a few hours. Only ever felt that way again once. Two times in my life can I say I have been truely happy. (Having had an emotionally abusive Stepmom, and a dad that mirrors others behaviour subconsciously) I can't really complain either, it's not like I know anything else. But i think deep down even tho I love being this messed up mentally and physically makes life so much more interesting, I have so many possibilities just because of how my social network is, I can go back to school with a stipend from the government, i have lots of shady friends, ex gang members. Have bar and restaurant experience and lots of connections there as well. Not having been dealt this hand in life would never let me explore the world both in the Light and darkness. Of course I would love to wake up in the morning being able to move and not having every single muscle in my body be sore all the time, or problem stemming from injuries. But I could never enjoy the times where it does not hurt and everything in the world just feel like it comes to a rest, like walking outside at night with a joint. Down main street in the little village on top of the world where I live. Its something that never would have happend had I made better choices, and somehow i feel at home this way. ( writing and not knowing if someone will ever read something i have written that is just a bunch of ideas from a long string of thought is a little exciting actually, like my own little easteregg)
Los Alamos most certainly still exists.
Sure, psych*paths see normal people as pawns. Core disordered. Normal people can't imagine the (out of this world) 'alien mindset' of such "patients", so they do not "see" them.
Him gifting you his metal & the way you all responded was beautiful.
Documentaries on RUclips will always have a special place in my heart.
yeah, just free knowledge, pretty cool to be living through the age of information where you don't have to be rich to receive any education.
How do you have a mil subs
@@VoresKanal he doesnt exist
Woah
@VoresKanal St. Petersburg really liking green laser light on vacuum cleaner.
For the first time, seeing my all-time favorite channel explore my homeland Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 brings me immense joy. When I saw on Instagram that you guys had landed in Kazakhstan, I literally shed a tear. It's always disheartening to see our region go unnoticed, so witnessing this new episode covering one of our historically significant places fills me with emotion.
Thank you, Yes Theory, for journeying to my homeland Kazakhstan 🇰🇿. I hope to see you back for more untold stories! 💛💛
I don't know if you've heard of a RUclips called bald and bankrupt but I watch him. He has traveled all over the former USSR. Kazakhstan is one place I would love to visit. The people seems cool and I'm sure a lot of the older generation have lots of interesting stories to tell. I love world history and there's a lot of it in Kazakhstan. I'd also love to see some of the old deviate architecture and art.
можно только позавидовать людям, которые не знают, что запад - зло. вернее, не хотят знать, потому что это значит расстаться с мечтой, с которой вырос. можно рыдать месяцами и до сих пор не вылечиться. все равно рыдания находят время от времени, порой неожиданно. а люди, которые сохраняют свою мечту (потому что разбитые мечта даже годами не лечатся) тебя поносят, живя в своей мечте. и самое удивительное, думают, что неопровержимо правы. потому что расстаться с мечтой это как поменять свое лицо на чье-то другое, противоположное и пытаться к этому привыкнуть. только хуже...
I got goosebumps, and teary eyed watching this. Born in Shymkent the Texas of Kazakhstan.
@@TruthIsTheNewHate84 i visited kazakhstan in november, it is amazing you should do it
@@PiasTaz nobody calls it the Texas of Kazakhstan, sit down.
The locals that invited you into their home are awesome !
What beautiful folks
That man gave up something very dear to him but he also gave it with a message of positivity to all of us.
Hi, I'm from that city! Grew up there till I was 7, visiting my grandparents every year. I was so surprised to see that you guys really traveled there. Thanks for the content!
The fact that many of us did not know this history of Kazakhstan is why this video is so incredibly important. At school we only learned of the leaders of the Soviet Union. We should have been learning this - the people of countries being impacted, the impact of testing and bombs, the messages of these people. No longer should we be focused on the leaders that caused such carnage - but the messages of those that went through it as “ordinary people” as that gentleman said.
Absolutely loved this video and I am grateful to have learned history around this time in the past and of this country.
So many horrible things from war. When you guys were discussing the amount of bombs there are and how it could kill us all 600 times over - that was an emotional moment. What is the point of all of this - that’s what many of us wonder.
Excellent video. Well done! Thank you for telling stories less heard. And beautiful ending with the gentleman giving you the medal, with lovely message. I hope it inspires younger generations.
I’m so angry at this woman sitting on the couch at the end of the video, who says verbatim that “Ukraine is waging a war against Russia,” although in fact Ukraine did not attack Russia, and Ukraine is now doing what it is defending itself from Russia, which means it she is so hypocritical and deceitful that it is very disgusting. And especially since she sent her son to the war against Ukraine, so that he would walk around with weapons as an invader and kill Ukrainians.
@@absuamart4229a lot of them are misinformed and uneducated
I love the way Ammar thinks about things. He has such a humane and grounded way of thinking. His heart is so big and compassionate!!
I was gonna say the same thing! I strive to be more like him. Mad respect for that man!❤❤❤
minus his Palestinian views that show how Anti-israel and anti-semetic he is. really upsetting.
@@karask9253can you explain what specific views of his are anti-semitic?
@@karask9253 Being against the massacre of innocent civilians doesn't mean being anti-semitic ;)
@@ablindmelon and beliving that Israeli's dont have a right to defne dthemelseves after 1400 people were brutally raped and murdered, just because they were jews, does
This is simply one of the best videos I have seen on RUclips -- ever. Is there any way this could get on one of the major U.S. television networks? People need to see this - now more than ever. Please work to make this happen. Thank you. Subscribed.
That gentleman giving you all his medal brought tears to my eyes. This world needs more people like him.
@highestpeeqs9532 nah..Jesus is a pretty boring fictional character. If I'm gonna do anything for a fictional character it would probably be someone like Deadpool.
@@highestpeeqs9532 shut up
jesus was real mate, just a politician @@johnmccombe6342
This was by far one of the best of the Yes theory I've seen, and yes, when he gave them the medal I definitely got something stuck in that eye. Not a more deserving bunch can be found.
@@johnmccombe6342 Jesus was heavily documented in history, not a fictional character. Now god on the other hand....
your compassion and sincerity are amazing. i always am amazed at the brotherhood amongst your group. you treat everyone with so much love. makes me feel good to watch
I think this could be one of the most important videos you guys have done. These people have never had the chance to tell their story like this and they're gettting toward the end of their life. Thank you for documenting their stories. They are important and need to be heard.
I agree.
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This. 100% this comment. I have covid today and had nothing better to do than binge on RUclips and after I found the Yes Theory channel, I stopped surfing and just kept watching. This one has to be one of, if not THE, most important videos you guys have made. If this could reach even just a small number of decision makers in this life, it will have all been worth it.
This was such an important story to tell here. What the older woman said resonated with me deep. "We should be friends, visit each other trade with each other, help each other. You shouldn't fight. Peace we need peace." We are all the same, and regimes are not their people. War is never the answer, and until we break the cycle and choose love for one and other, there will continue to be stories like this. I have hope in the future and in the future generations. But there is a lot of work to do. Thank you to Yes Theory for bringing this to light.
we tried peace through trade as Germany towards Russia, look where that brought us. Not everyone resonates with this message sadly. I hope to a better world one day...
You didn't try anything because you are not in charge of anything. I don't think anyone here actually understands how economies and politics work... your guys view and understanding of global order is extremely flawed and rudimentary. Most ordinary people seem to think this world runs the same way as their local grocery store or little town. It is far more complex and there are things that simply cannot be any different. When you bring up Russia and yourself, you should actually ask yourself why Russia upheld its side of the treaty against nuclear weapons and reduced its stockpile while the US lied about it and kept expanding NATO. Every time Russia agrees to anything with the west, the west simply lies and does whatever expantionist strategy it wants. So don't kid yourself kid. @@Qiunell
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Once the divine feminine was removed, things went chaotic. Masculine energy is chaotic without the feminine. The divine feminine is magnetism and the Masculine is electricity. Electricity is a weakened version of magnetism. The "moon" is a major cause of this. The moon randomly showed up about 6k years ago. The moon is on the inside of the firmament and that's why it's getting covered in rust. The Blue sky we see is an electromagnetic energy field. One day soon the firmament will open up and there will be thousands of ships in the sky. The Blue Flame of Melchizedek has returned 💙
@@poloska9471 This expanding NATO.
Did it ever occured to you why these ex-sovjet countries volantaraly ASKED to the NATO if they could join this DEFENSE organisation?
The people of Russia are mind conditioned that NATO is the enemy, in reality they are not.
NATO wil never attack a soevereign country by it self, to gain land or for whatever reason.
If you think this way, you don't have a clue what NATO is and where it stands for.
I wasn't expecting to burst into tears suddenly at the end. His trust that you guys will share the message of Peace, so much so that the medal representing his role in Peace now moves to your hands. What a great episode, and such a necessary message for todays world. My Love to you all.
I burst into tears at the end to* Sending best & well wishes from Scotland*
As a descendant of a nuclear victims/refugees from Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands) I can feel the betrayal these people are feeling. My people have been exile for 78 years after our Island was given up to the U.S Government for their Nuclear experiment, "For the Good of Mankind to End all War." We have sacrificed so much and enough is enougn. Let's not stop here, but let's keep on fight for Nuclear Justice, because if there is no Justice, there will be no Peace in us. Love and Iakwe from the heart of the Pacific to all the Nuclear Victims out there, you're not alone!
I've noticed how you guys love to bring awareness to these unknown nuclear stories, so, for that, I am asking you to do a video on the french Polynesia nuclear tests and how it affected their population's health
These stories are Yes Theory at their best. And it’s so good seeing Thomas & Amar doing stories together.
@@highestpeeqs9532 why would you respond with that crap on my comment, go away
I completely agree! Thomas’s narration, the storytelling, editing, and quality of content is just captivating!! I’m so happy to have Ammar in so many videos now that he can travel much more freely.
So humbling and interesting. All people who have seen the bomb want a world without it. That medal needs to be displayed somewhere with that message. Great film guys.
Not Putin and Kim though. The fact that these leaders can use it as a form of threat indicates a lot of their mentality.
@@arsenal_84 if pytin and kim can use it as a form of threat, the usa already used it to "send a message", so personally, im afraid the usa is the country who most likely will use it.
@@paximus who cares which country will use it. You and me are powerless to stop them anyway.
@@paximusdoesn’t matter who uses it, we all lose
@@arsenal_84 lol we have no 3 world war thanks to nuclear weapon
1. Every Kazakh person in this video was generous and kind.
2. Great drone work as always, YT 👏🏻.
One of your absolute best, what an incredible place and the inhabitants amazing. Thanks for taking me along this amazing journey. Much love to you all and your families from Australia, Peter.
For the first time, seeing my all-time favorite channel explore my homeland Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 brings me immense joy. When I saw on Instagram that you guys had landed in Kazakhstan, I literally shed a tear. It's always disheartening to see our region go unnoticed, so witnessing this new episode covering one of our historically significant places fills me with emotion.
Thank you, Yes Theory, for journeying to my homeland Kazakhstan 🇰🇿. I hope to see you back for more untold stories!
Don't you guys have Borat he's a national treasure
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There are many shows where people travel and criticise negatively about the places and people they visit. You guys show utmost respect and compassion and that has earned you one more new subscriber today. Deeply moving especially towards the end. That wise man’s gift is testament to your pure hearts. Honouring your journey. 🙏
Thank you guys so much for this video!!!!!! After leaving Kazakhstan, my home country in 1992 as a kid, I have lived in many countries, having a family with a former US soldier, having Russian and German heritage throught both sides of my grandparents, my message to my children and to my and their friends has always been the same: STOP THE WARS! It is our task to make sure that even the threats of, espeicially a nuclear one, wars find an end!
Please spread the clear message for global peace from your Kazakh friends in this video! Show the medal which was given to you and retell the story, please!
Thanks a million! Can't say it often enough!
The reason for making an "Atomic Lake" was a test for a peaceful application of the nuclear bomb - to quickly create a lakes for collecting rain water for irrigation. But as a result it was found that because of the underground explosion the soil got much more contaminated with the long-decaying isotopes than it was predicted so lake is unusable for so long that it is impractical. There were more tests made for the ministry of natural resources and ministry of energy - like attempt to use low power nuke to extinguish underground fires in deep gas or oil wells. Or using low power nukes to create an artificial seismic wave to disrupt the geological formations to be able to test for the traces of minerals in the gas coming from the deep to find the new mineral deposits.
Thank you very much for this interesting and emotional documentary, with a message to all governments and people to live together peacefully!
*@**17:50** "this is the only place in the world were you can walk on a test site" Incorrect - we can do that in Maralinga, South Australia!*
Enjoy your ghoulish claim to fame
You can do it in Nevada also, that guy doesn't know what he is talking about.
My mom was a downwinder with her parents. They watched the tests here in the US in Nevada (sometimes familys would gather & have a picknic to watch it). I have recordings of my grandfather talking about the testing and then exposure. They were given badges to track levels, if dust was too much on thier cars they werent allowed to go into Vegas etc. Crazy times.
People should know what these governments did to their citizens when testing these awful weapons. All assholes.
I love how you guys are around all those former unknown people you treat everyone with respect, you show sincere interest in them and even manage to make everyone laugh. That’s in my opinion one of the key factors why your videos are so amazing. Thank you great video once again!
I’ve been your fan since your Project30 days! I’m from Kazakhstan and so happy you covered such an important issue to my country and the world in general! Thank you for this amazing film ❤
Another heartbreaking documentary about this place I saw a while back was about infant cemetery - there were and still are lots of babies dying from complications because of radiation
We were brought up believing that USSR was our enemy...to fear communism and the threat of a nuclear war. But it was the officials that controlled the ability to create this unimaginable horror, to destroy the earth 600 times over, and crack the world apart, that we really should fear. Everyday people in every country around the world don't want this kind of a life. We all want peace and to get along. Be friendly and work together. But certain people and social media would have it otherwise and keep us in fear and up in arms with each other. Thank you for making videos like this...the truth...how others around want peace and to get along and how power hungry individuals want to destroy us all.
His assertions about killing all life 600 times over and cracking the earth into pieces are absolutely WILD exaggerations! Now, I believe in peace just as much as you do, and for the most part I thought this was an excellent and thought-provoking video, so please don't get me wrong. But all the nukes in the world wouldn't even come close to ending all life on earth even once. And you'd probably need many trillions of times the total number of nuclear weapons that have ever existed in order to break the planet into pieces.
USSR did attack and occupie many countries in Europe, Russia even started the WW2 together with Nazies, and kept the countries they invaded for decades. There was nothing good about them. Of course Russia was to be blamed, other nations in USSR did what Kremlin told them to do.
This one made me cry for so many reasons. Thank you for all you bring to the world! Thank you to those willing to share their stories. So much love to all!
can we appreciate for a moment the hospitality of the ppl, a table full of food and tea :))
that medal should be in a museum. use it to spread peace as far as your reach is. you are in such a unique once in a lifetime position to reach not only certain counties, but the world
Screw the museum. They can tell the story without that medal! I rather let Yes Theory own that medal than a museum full of artifacts.
Another great video but there’s something I would like to clear up. You said that Los Alamos was completely dismantled which is actually not true. After the war, the university of California took over the site, and while most of the original buildings from the era of the Manhattan Project have been torn down, the town of Los Alamos continued to grow and still exists today. The work that was done on the Manhattan Project to create the first atomic bomb continued through the Cold War and eventually evolved into what is now the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). LANL is now more focused on many different research projects from space exploration to medicine to renewable energy.
Thank you Yes guys for such great documentaries coverage! Big fan from Egypt ❤
This is beautiful. What you did for those people; letting their story be heard, and helping inform the younger audiences too. This touched my heart
Great vid but I did come here to say the statement your guide said that if all the weapons were detonated at once it would crack the earth in half and kill all life 600x over is a MASSIVE overstatement. To say that all the weapons combined would be 100,000 megatons is probably a little generous but it's a round number. The Chicxulub impact event that lead to a mass extinction (but did not end all life) was estimated to be 72 MILLION megatons. Yes I get there would also be radioactive fallout involved but it most certainly would not crack the earth in half nor would it be likely all life would end.....and not 600x more than needed to end all life.
So glad somebody said this, saved me some typing!
Yah, that guide is wrong. The people in the comment section need to see this comment.
Thanks for saving my time typing all this.
Yes we could easily eradicate 95-99% of all vertebrae life on the planet at the time and even make human survival very challenging but we couldn’t even start to make a dent in the earth crust even if we tried very hard.
It was and still is absolutely stupid what we are doing to ourselves and others never the less.
The Earth is WAY bigger than people realize.
You have to realise 99% of atomic bomb "knowledge" is utter and complete military propaganda.....they're no where near as effective as the hype or they'd be used somewhere by someone by now. Hiroshima was a wood and paper city.....the only concrete building at ground zero was a bank.....and its still there
This is powerful cinema. Shocking, but incredibly important. This deserves awards.
Egyptians stripped the pyramids of marble and stone for rebuilding purposes throughout Cairo. To this day, there are places you can visit in Cairo and other locations with stone in the wall featuring hyroglyphics, because they were looted from temples and other sites centuries ago. It's a long standing human practice to reuse old abandoned or disused materials that are otherwise just rotting because everyone stopped caring about them.
These are my favourite style of stories from your channel. It’s a amazing combination of historical voyeurism, exploration and exposure to secret sites and the modern day implications faced by former residents.
Yes Theory videos have been unbelievably good lately. Truly some of the very best journalism in the world.
Hey Yes Theory team! I know these are some of the more difficult episodes to film. But they're some of the best (Iraq, Albania, Afghanistan, Lost Pyramid). I appreciate your hard work and look forward to seeing more cultural deep dives and exposes like this!!!! Y'all inspire me on my journey :)
So much empathy and wisdom from these people. They should be listened by all politicians over the world. Thanks for this vid.
this documentary need at least 30M views, it's so important
Thank you so much for creating this! I grew up in Kazakhstan and the theme of the polygon isn’t something people chose to talk about a lot due to the scale of this tragedy: so many people died of cancer/ born with various health issues, not talking about the land that’s poisoned for centuries. Thank you for showcasing many sides of the story and leaving a clear message in the end, much love! 🇰🇿
only just discovered this channel yesterday, so you are the reason I didn't get any work done...... this video is amazing and very tastefully done.... Thanks guys. looking forward to the next one.
I thought The Polygon was well known. About a decade ago Vice on HBO did a story on it.
It used to be open to the public along with the museum, but has been closed for a fair bit now.
Amazing journey..
Amazing documentary.
❤❤❤
This should be spread all around. Great message . Excellent way to portray it . Thank you 🙏🏼 May peace be in everyone’s heart
25:20 "I would like to have a peaceful sky over my head" - this line will stick with me for a while.
Your videos have allowed me to see so much of the world, which I probably could never have seen. Thank you, Yes Theory.
If you're interested, "peaceful sky over head" is pretty common expression in slavic languages. Don't know who invented it, but it's still great, gives some sort of hope and inspiration. I'm russian, thats why I know what I'm talking about
For the first time, this expression, according to Soviet sources, appeared during the Second World War and was used among Soviet soldiers
Reminded me of the song catalyst by linkin park. 🤔
What a monumental gesture from that elderly man at the end, impeccable human.
The old grandma at the end with her message is my grandma in my heart, that I never had.
This was the most interesting and more importantly, emotionally moving documentary I have watched on RUclips for a very long time. The fact this place was kept so secret for all this time and has only just been revealed through this video is mind blowing.
Amazing job team, please don't let this story end here, your platform is so powerful. I did not know too much about Kazak people, but now I know they are truly beautiful and inspirational, thank you Yes Theory.
genuinely one of, if not, THE best documentaries I've ever seen on RUclips. incredible work
Not only people of Semipalatinsk region but also the citizens of the neighbouring regions were severely harmed, babies born with anomalies, deadly diseases, poisoned water and land. These territories are still not apt for animal farming and agriculture. The moskovian government didn't warn the locals and didn't try to treat the post-nuke diseases. 😢 No one cared about the ecosystem and people.
I was born near Semipalatinsk and lived there until I was 17. And I am a nuclear physicist by my first education. Radiation is far from the main problem of the region. In my city we had 3 huge plants producing lead, zink, beryllium, uran etc.. Still remember a disaster with a berillium oxide leak. I was seek for a week, vomiting first two days, and I lived ~50km from that factory.
Just another reason why I love this channel! I'm not surprised you were gifted the medal. I'm still catching up on older content. Thank you!
26:48 Interesting how she says "Ukraine is at war with Russia" Is it that she believes this was Ukraine's doing as Russian media portrays, or a translation difference?
is there a difference?
english is not my first language so i wouldn´t have seen it as "Russias fault" or "Ukrains fault" in either constillation but as "these 2 countries are at war"
May peace rest in the hearts 💕 of everyone. A very touching story showing again why love is so important over fear. Well done for taking on such a mission. Love to all the yes family and crew. Love how Steffan clearly states his fears and what he needs to overcome them with love ❤
man, I would NOT be so willing to leave my passport with the clerk overnight. That’s tough, because you’re relying on a tour guide to find you a place, in the middle of nowhere, and you don’t want to make things awkward, but that, is sketchy as all hell.
It used to be rather common in Eastern Europe. I suppose it's the same into the former USSR.
I lived in Kazakhstan for a number of years - a beautiful country with beautiful people, who have unfortunately have had a very challenging past. One that still affects the present.
Thanks for the closed captions (and for the production overall of course)
This is one of the best YT episodes they've put together. Well done Yes Theory on shining a light on this issue.
Being born in Semey, this one hit close to home.
That medal represents so much, and carries immeasurable power. I believe he gave it to you because he realized that you guys can utilize the power more then he could. You guys have the ability to influence and educate 8.8 million people... This one really got me thinking. 🙏
And now this video has been seen 3.1 million times. Meaning his message and the message of the others who were willing to talk. Were able to reach the eyes and ears of way more people than they themselves would have been able to reach on their own. They seized their golden opportunities and swung for the fences with it.
My homeland, thank you guys for showing the world such important things ❤️
Thank you for covering this story, it’s really important for us ❤️
The sad truth is that the buttons to launch are held by the craziest people on earth. politicians.
Putin is ex-KGB member, still imperialistic by nature, and his lackies are the ones that throw the 'nukem em' slogans
Damn! He gave his own medal to Yes Theory crew! That's an exceptional moment to witness!
23:45 besides all the great effort and stories in this episode, I noticed a cutie cat on Ammar’s lap.
Yeeees, so cute 🥰
A bit sad but truly honorable, the old man, knowing he has not long on this planet anymore, proceeds to forward his precious medal as a gift, lest the message never be forgotten and passed on! Beautiful!
I already subscribed but haven't watched much, but now you have my full attention after seeing two videos in which you show a bit of how you feel about certain things that are going on in this world and that só very important: we need to communicate about our shared feelings because almost everybody knows that many things are wrong and nobody seems to have a solution. This video was heavy loaded with sentiments, beautifully put together!
What a powerful video. The closing scene made me shed a few tears. I love how people all around the world can be so kind.
11:29 - To give your passport at the hotel reception and to get it after you check out is some sick soviet shit.
🤣🤣🤣 they need enough time to make a copy of it
21:55 that's an album cover right there
Wowsers ! I visited here with a group - headed by Yerlan - last Autumn . Visited most of the places featured ....though of course the lake was not frozen then ! The hospitality of the Kazakhs is wonderful !
Curious how expensive the guide was. My dad was born in that area.
@@MrWiseinheart With our tour it was all bundled up into a grand total ie I wouldn't know how much of the cost was the guide. I would be curious to hear how the makers of this film came to hire Yerlan and obtain the access that they did : they really struck gold ! 😀👍
I believe this video is one of the most significant videos that you have created. The people featured in it have finally had the opportunity to share their stories, and it's crucial that we listen to them as they are getting older. Thank you for capturing and sharing their important experiences.
One of the best videos on RUclips I’ve ever seen. Subscribed instantly.
😄 Millennials just realizing that a handful of psychopaths hold the power to destroy all life on earth 600x. You should have grown up w this knowledge.
Surprising huh, they should have taught these things in school
Millennials are too old to not know this already.. the youngest is 30
There was a good deal of exaggeration about the power of nuclear weapons they couldn't crack the planet even if we turned every bomb ever made into one big one, and things like not being able to visit test sights as you can occasionally visit the trinity sight. We may have been able to kill all life 600 times over if you put it all in one place but for reference the chicxulub meteor produced as much explosive energy as 100 teratons of TNT, 4.5 billion times the explosive power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. The number of nuclear warheads peaked in 1985, when an estimated 63,600 nuclear warheads existed, even if every bomb was 1 megaton (most were much smaller) we wouldn't even reach one dinosaur killing meteor.
Edit: great video though, and I'm not trying to bash the guy for what he said or downplay the horror of nuclear weapons, I've spent a lot of time around them and have a deep respect for both the amazing power of physics they represent and the absolute atrocious threat to all human life they are.
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Метеорит, убивший динозавров был радиоактивным?
@@avasil14 Yes, the layer found in the geologic record that points to the Chicxulub impact kicking up large quantities of Iridium.
That guide is anything but a nuclear expert, we never had anywhere near close to “cracking the planet in half”
Yeah this caught me really off-guard, even if you took all the uranium in the Earth's crust, mantle, and core and built as many hydrogen bombs with it as possible, the explosion would still be many times weaker than the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. Even the fucking Mars-sized planet that crashed into the Earth 4.5 billion years ago and created the Moon didn't "split" the Earth, it ejected less than 20% of the crust and upper mantle. And that one was trillions of times more powerful than all nukes combined.
Realistically, detonating all existing nukes would devastate the immediate georegion they landed in (it wouldn't even be enough to affect all of Eurasia, but enough to completely devastate smaller continents like North America, excluding Central America and the Caribbean) and cause a global nuclear winter for maybe 3-4 years at max (back then it would have been worse but modern hydrogen bombs barely create any fallout or atmospheric soot), but that's it. No splitting the Earth. No 100-year winter. No supermutants everywhere on the planet, most of the radiation would be gone in a week, and cancer rates in remote regions like New Zealand would be barely affected.
Think about it, the world divided by them and us.
@@deeannlett-neal3325 he was not speaking metaphorically
There was a point in the film where the gentleman says “…the ordinary people were injured.” We the people who just want to hug our children and love or friends and family all over the world are always the ones injured by the hatred of few men.
Thanks for what you do Yes guys!!
Very humbling and everyone needs to see this. The advice of the local elders needs to be heard on a global scale. Brilliant
10:45
So the soviets said:Oh there's still a nuke there: Well let me look at my clock. Oh hey It's closing Time. I think I'll leave. That's not my problem anymore.
That's fucked up.
Kazahstan was part of the Soviet Union when the Union collapsed (so in the way they were also so-colled "sovients").
There were a lot of nukes and other radioactive sources left by Soviet Union in Baltic countries and Kavkaz counrties. There were even more left to rot in todays Russia. It's not like the soviets said "it's not my problem or smth", there were no soviets anymore and no was willing to pay anyone to deal with the atomic mess left by bygone Empire.
So, each former Union Repuplic had to figure out a way to deal with it problems by itself.
Boycott betterhelp!
Why?
@@isaacjordan940 Soggy Cereal - RUclipss worst sponsorship is back (betterhelp)
Thomas. Amar. PLEASE market the appearance of this video and title differently. Make it more about the message the locals inspire to voice to the world, not just about the weapon. There’s a responsibility with being the first to document this information. Make its interpretation accessible to all, it’s quite an emotional poem. Although it may be more work and less favorable to the youtube algorithm. Humankind thanks you. Let it go viral, let’s make it go viral.
Your videos have been good therapy for me while dealing with my father's passing after a far-too-short battle with Leukemia (4 months from diagnosis to passing) in November, and dealing with first holidays and birthday without him around. Yes, I'm 45 and was blessed to have him in my life for 44 years. He was the best man I've known. Thank you for always bringing positive videos/messages and telling untold stories that deserve to be told.
Sorry for your loss, I hope you can pass on his legacy in your life.
@@MrWiseinheart I appreciate your kind words. Rest of my time here will be trying to live up to his legacy and to make him proud.
Such sad, crazy history to learn from this. Being given the medal at the end was phenominal, but I would have thought it would have been passed down in the family. Hopefully it will forever be a special treasure for you guys. What an honor to be given such a gift.
This is so moving. The people of Kazakhstan are begging the world - all of us! - to stop war, dismantle our weapons, live in peace. Listen to them!
The tour guide said there were enough bombs to crack the planet in half that's definitely not true you would need a virtually incalcuable amount of energy for that
Not the best time to be sponsoring better help. You guys should know better who to promote to your audicences
What??
@basilvanderelst128 I heard somewhere on another channel that better help is stealing people's data or something like that.
you’re channel is truly amazing, the editing, the storytelling, the shots, the expert interviews, wow!! really wow!! you guys are doing great work in the world!!
Interesting video. I like it. I have to say people of Kazakhstan were nice and I experienced the same with my colleagues from Kazakhstan - nice persons, helpful and polite. I was glad to cooperate with them.
@11:54 Steffan's hat looks like he snagged the shade from a little lamp in the hotel lobby and decided to put it on his head. lol
Giving his medal was something personal ❤️ Love these documentaries from Yes theory!