Village is located in Sângerei district. By the way that's one of babooshkas is my grandma,the one that told Bald the story about what she had been going through in her childhood.
Your grandma is internet famous now!! I hope she lives on forever and keep on continuing making that supposedly delicious wine, Moldova's finest wine. I really enjoyed the video :)
If I could speak as fluently and freely as him I would be so fucking happy. But naaah, I rather stumble some words and then smile awkwardly and hope to be understood.
@@one689 Try a low/no carb diet, my mental clarity have gone up alot. I used to stutter sometimes recently wich i never used to do, i couldnt formulate my toughts into words well either. I cut out sugar and gluten, and all im eating is good fats good protein and greens. Feeling so much better mentally. Like i used to do after a good workout but all the time now.
His Russian is so fluent, but not just the language, but also the right emotion/attitude and it's really interesting to see him switch between not just languages, but actual... "language emotions" , the pressure-points/tempo/pauses for thought.
@@Yoxa4 bro are you crazy obviously its good he literally can literally have conversations with the people of Russia for hours, if you don't call that good I want the drugs you're on lmaoo
@@khalifapandeli8564 lol I know russian, he literally make mistake in every sentence, for example with genders , times and other shit which English language don't have, russian is one of hardest languages ever
Pipka Rulka grammatically speaking he may be bad but if people understand him and he’s able to have convos that does not necessarily mean he’s bad. Like people who learn english can make grammatical mistakes in all of their sentences all the time but if they can find their way around and still have interesting and complex conversations then you simply can’t call their level “bad”.
@@aspnara862 Moldovan is a dialect of the Romanian language with huge Slavic inpact but still a romance language, that's why Romania still demands the Moldovan territorries. The reason why all these babushkas speak Russian is that Moldova was a member republic of the USSR and in every school they taught Russian as a second mother language all around the Soviet Union. :)
@Rock’n’Rolla germany need those refugees as the refugee also need germany because it had a huge shortage in manpower also they ecaped from the war like armenians who escape from caucasus to middle east countries
@Rock’n’Rolla "Not import the whole world and people who don’t speak the same language and won’t work" i am agree with you in this part but let jobcerter do its job , any way you should take down angela merkel
that isnt the local language tho (romanian is instead, whose name stalin changed to moldavian for some reason even tho moldavian doesn't exist historically/linguistically, just wanted to clear that up), but I understand what you mean
Russian Language opens dors for all east countries for you and Spanish language opens all dors when you are in Latino countries , so its nice tu understand something more just English you know
This is one of my FAVORITE episodes! I don't speak the language, but I can easily see in these lady's faces, the joy they have in their lives, and how happy it made them to have this visit with a foreigner. The best 14 minutes I will spend today was watching this video.
He’s very close to us the post soviet people. We love him as a relative, we don’t know why. Maybe for his humanity. We all love him - old ladies and young men.
Dude, you are an absolute legend, 3 minutes in and I felt like I was sitting among these ladies, laughing with them, I almost could taste the wine. What a talent. A++
@@leolewis6669 real women!!! kind that stand behind their man and that makes him a great man. makes me want to book my flight down there. not like western women. great video.
As a Russian person, I laughed while watching the video. There are sad stories in every family of our people in the 20th century. Very nice grandmothers, good health to them. Thank you for the video
There's something incredibly satisfying about watching this random Russian-speaking English man stroll into this little village and shoot the shit with these old' dolls like they've known each other for years. Great content!
Jessie Bossert don’t recommend you to learn this language unless you are obliged to live there. Too hard for foreigners,to be honest.And the alphabet is different
@@casino-x5775 learning it is fun though, and the alphabet is super easy to get a grasp of (way easier than any other aspect of Russian). I've been learning it for just 4-5 months and can already understand quite a lot of written language.
Thanks for yet another awesome video! Bald is youtube done right. - no clickbait - no vids timed at 10:00 for ad revenue - consistent, unique, entertaining, educational, neutral content - bald is a great role model in how he approaches people with respect and open-mindedness - his content is timeless, meaning "old" videos will still be relevant in 10+ years
All true - generally such 'grown up' content that completely stands apart from the rest of youtube and it's throwaway culture. The BBC these days would struggle to produce such content.
Your whole channel is so wholesome and made me want to learn russian and travel the eastern european parts. Everything seems so peaceful, pretty and the people as well their culture is amazing.
@@stuartfury3390 is liek you say this people live in second or third world and belive me is better too live like them then too live in england or germany they live the natural life
He fits into all these different type of groups he ever met. He is like the prototype human. If we ever talk to aliens we should send bald to speak with them.
Cossack well... my friend, they are a latin people. Just like romanians. A big part of Moldova (today republic of Moldova) was taken from Romania by USSR after the second world war. In fact Romania and Moldova are the only latin countries in that region
You are a great human being, connecting cultures and bringing the world together in a time where we are rather drifting apart. Love your content man. :)
@@inanotherlifetime dude you know that video is a joke right? the guy who "assaulted" him is coppercab, the guy who made the gingers dont have souls videos.
BALD IS A HATE MONGER! Everyone needs to watch Harald Baldr new video and see his true colors. They faked a hate crime with another youtuber in public in the USA and are spreading it as a true attack. Half Baldr's channel is foreigners who believe it to be true. Fuck Bald and Baldr just trying to act nice and fake for the cameras, TRUE COLORS ALWAYS SHINE THE BRIGHTEST.
They were attacked by a left wing bully and responded w/more courage than I’ve seen in a while ! You’re entitled to your opinion doesn’t make it the truth ... it’s how you perceived it .... Bald and Balder will not lose the loyal subscribers 🇺🇸
😂😂😂 especially in moldova, at the countryside, if you meet someone on the street and talk to him, that person will automaticly invite you at a cup of wine 😂 its written in our blood to be hospitable 😊
This has to be the most wholesome video I've watched on UA-cam! They will remember sitting on the porch, drinking wine, laughing with an Englishman 😆😁 pure joy!
I think this is my favorite video Bald has done. The conversation tackles so many subjects and his emotional connection with the ladies is so genuine. I love how Bald gives a platform for people who likely would never have had such a thing to share their lives and wisdom with the world.
Yes, I think this is my favorite too. Homemade wine, moonshine and their own home.... plus a group of friends. So cool... and they tell their stories...
It's definitely up there. I'm still working my way through all of his videos but this and the episode in Belarus with Viktor and the I believe he was Chechen violin player stand out.
I dont know how you do it, you just walk up to some people and before you know it, there is wine and cake and a long conversation that is genuinely interesting amazing!
From my experience, a lot of foreign cultures are extremely welcoming. I learned from my time in italy where the best restaurant in town was, met the owner who was the friend of the man I was talking to, and then spent 3 hours drinking, eating amazing seafood, and learning the owners whole life story
It's not hard for older slavic people, harder to find young people like this. This is social media for the oldies! The young ones like to talk in front of their electronic devices
This is one of the sweetest interactions you've had I think. These grandmas loved ever minute of your company and I love it. I wonder what they said when they watched this video, and what they thought when they saw your subscriber count. So cute.
I would trade in a lot of my stuff to live simpler. The world seems to be developing faster than ever before. Some of us get left behind. I was once a blue collar worker before losing that job to automation.
The reason why I love you is that all your videos are pure it's no company trying to make millions or paying people to say things. You are just a bald man with his camera providing natural content, you're charismatic I think you have an amazing skill to just go and speak to people. I think you need to start trying to get your videos on Netflix because we can all tell you have a passion for adventure, doing new things and you are genuinely fascinated about how people live differently. I can see you in the future making your own professionally filmed documentary. Thank you for taking us all on your adventures.
I think the magic of Bald's videos comes from the fact that he does not have a professional crew filming him and editing his videos. A TV or Netflix show would come with scripts, staged scenes and edited (cut) videos. I wouldn't like those.
sit down m8 your going to get roasted I totally agree with you! 👍 I just wanted to add that we all see so much respect he shows to all people he meets. Poor or funny or else. SUPER CHANNEL!
god, as a American that lived in Germany for 3 years watching you tackling the language barrier and having fun reminds me of my time in Europe, so much fun loved every encounter i had.
I think you make everybody want to just roam around all of the former soviet union. I can't get enough of your videos. Please... keep up the good work sir.
А бабушка-хозяйка вообще зажигалочка ) Винца припила и раз, за самогончиком такая )) Замечательные живые люди! Так приятно было слушать, и очень интересно. Thank you man!
Seriously, I just stumbled on these videos a few weeks ago. How wonderful. The world would be a lot better place if there were a few more people like him roaming around.
Man I found myself smiling through this whole video. These ladies reminds me so much about the babushkas we have in the balkans. And the way you interacted with them is just awesome. You found yourself another subscriber. Keep up the good work!
this video is fucking amazing man. i love your content and personality. i hate juvenile fandom and stuff but your content is unbelievable. keep up the good work mate.
@Walker nah. Over there babushka is an endearing term. Women of age there don't really mind being called that unless they are from the metropolis maybe ;)
*I am italian. I live in Pordenone, between Venice and Trieste, with my mother and her caregiver. My mother's caregiver is a Moldovan woman. Her name is Rodica. After more than two years with us, she knows my mother better than I do. Nobody in the world could be more honest, good-hearted and strong working than Rodica. Nobody could take care of our mother better than her. She is mother of two strong young men, her husband is a man who knows how to do EVERYTHING. My mother is about to die, and my hope is that she could die into Rodica's arms, because she's more than a daugther to our mother. God bless Moldovan people.*
@@regina1556 Thank you, Regina. My mom passed away on november 29, 2021, at home, not in the hospital. Nobody wanted hospital. I'm still in contact with Rodica. God bless you and your mom.
Nothing to do with millennials. I'm 62 and since I started watching B&B, I've really gotten into learning more about the former Soviet states and the post war history.
I found this quite moving. What wonderful friendly ladies....even after all they have been through, they still manage to smile and laugh. Super video. Its the interactions with people I love the most about this channel. Well done Ben, you're a legend.
@@tomaiken903 Hey, Mongoloid. Go add some more emotes to your comment. If you were offended by that video they made you're a complete and utter fuck head. The fact you think it will kill their channels is some of the most delusional shit I've ever heard. Kindly, take your head out of your ass and the world won't be so hard to figure out.
just watched - makes no difference to me. That ginger guy is a twat resorting to violence. Harald Baldr is taking a new direction with his "progressive Lance" - good luck to him, i found his previous style a bit confrontational. Also he started chasing that guy and you could argue that Harald antagonised the situation dragging Bald into the street brawl. You cant reason with some people , in a sense you were lucky he was'nt carrying a gun - Gingers have souls whats the chances lol.
@Nonix Nonsense Theres that too - but i agree with you it doesnt matter perhaps Bald willmake a video giving his side of it - but im more interested in his travels than his street brawls with other UA-camrs. I didnt find the video funny, if staged it shows the USA in a bad light - Real Americans dont behave that way in my personal experience. I used the maja hat in myself promoting hardcore techno but im not pro trump i just think its funny to swap america for the word hardcore and to have trump wearing it. The MAja hat is just a symbol and we civilised humans and cats dont get riled up by symbolism. Just as if i see the swastika i dont think nazis as i know that that symbol has other meanings elsewhere and the nazis borrowed it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
That dude who “attacked” him is called coppercab. It’s just a joke. They probably thought most people would know who he was and realise it wasn’t real. If they were trying to make people think it was real they’d have used someone less well known to antagonise them. Those are my thoughts anyway
@@tigrelopez2193 thats why i said, how can you say they are poor ? im australian, and you will get this kinda of hospitality from our grandma's too, but it will be tea and coffee with pumpkin scones (with jam and cream) and not wine with vodka ! hahaha
Promise me: Do not hire an "editor". Don't change your content because you are getting bigger. I've seen many youtubers change the way their content are made because their channels grows. But that'll ruin a lot. Never change your content. Keep these long and almost unedited original videos. But translating all russian is great :)
Harald Baldr LOL. Does anyone know why Mr Bald's subscriber numbers is now slowing down and he's only getting a few thousand every day now? About a couple of weeks ago, he was getting so many subscribers, it looked like he would get 1M next month.
@@TheTruthIsFiction UA-cam recommends things based on content and overlap with your preferences, it's probably hit a saturation point, it will now start to drip and drab until he changes his style a little bit
Yes, no one I have met looks down on eastern Europeans and I discuss the problems and horrors of Marxist based idiologies often. Eastern European people are amazing! It is the idiology of their past that was forced upon most of them that is feared so much in the west.
@Mike Gunnerst nope. it's usually a language barrier, nothing else. I have 2 african mates, who studied in russia and they speak the language. they've told very similar stories on their travels in slavic countries.
@@cooler09b Это не подмосковье- у них в речи встречаются украинизмы, например смягчённое "Г" в слове огород. Моя бабушка со Старврополья говорила "прощай розум" поэтому я и обратил внимание на эту фразу :)
I just found your channel during thus hard times! I love it. We humans are so same! Even if usa, germany, or moldovia. So kindful ladys! Love from germany!
I NEVER watch full UA-cam videos, I found your channel and every single video you’ve uploaded, I’ve watched in whole, smiling throughout. The charisma and personality you have is stunning, it’s like you were trained to a special agent level to charm people and win them over. I envy such a personality. Amazing content.
"There is grief in my heart, and there will be until death." Moments like these are what make your show shine so bright. Its so easy as a westerner to chalk up the soviet union to just being that one chapter in history class, but the effects of that period are still fresh in the minds and lives of so many millions of people, like these eclectic folks that you meet in your trips through the European backcountry. You're out there bringing millions of eyes into the lives of these forgotton people. Those babushkas, like many others that you've met, all seem so excited to meet new faces and share their stories and its such a beautiful thing that you're out there giving them the platform to do so. I hope this coronavirus doesn't give you too much trouble in continuing your travels, stay safe and healthy. Cheers!
It's sad that these places are disappearing, as the women said, everyone in their village is a pensioner... I hope that these people's stories and way of life won't be completely forgotten, and that Bald's videos can act as a preservation of these people when they are gone.
Its an almost unimaginable horror in the idea that your family could just be chucked on a train to suffer a hellish existence in a camp in a frozen inhospitable place, and that your sister could die and be thrown like trash from the train to lie forgotten without even a grave. I read a while ago about the R504 Kolyma Highway, a 2,000 kilometre mass grave for the victims of Stalins genocide. Thousands of people died constructing this road and were buried pretty much where they fell their remains serving as foundations for the road, hence its more commonly known name of the road of bones.
My grandpa was executed in 1937. He was a simple peasant. And my grandma had to move in other city because she was "part of family of public enemy" ("vrag naroda" in russian)
I just found your channel and I am in love with these ladies! I enjoy how you meet the real people of a country / area and in the end show that no matter where you go, there are good people! Cheers mate!
Although I wish he would a format in which he didn't have to stop them talking and instead subtitled it or dub over the footage in an edit to get the true point across instead of his momentarily interpretation
Vizuali Kelione Brian Cuddy My father was Moldavian, my mother Transylvanian, they married and lived in Romania, so I can claim easily Moldavian heritage, I have that accent if I want 😀 when I speak Romanian, I have it at will, you can take me for one of them any time 😀 The dialect they speak is Romanian with a strong Russian accent, being under Russian occupation roughly for about 200 years, on and off, while the Russian alphabet was imposed by the Czarist Russia and later by the soviets. They forced Romanian language to renounce the Latin alphabet and established it had to be written in the Cyrillic script. Moldova was in fact a region of Romania when 2 of the 3 Romanian speaking principalities in the area united in 1859 under the name of Romania, state-name taken from the spoken language of the inhabitants, a Latin-based language similar to Italian with slight Balkan influences. The Moldavians (Moldovans) were constantly taught in the soviet controlled school that Moldavian was a separate language, which had nothing to do with Romanian at all.🤣 Russian propaganda: divide et impera = divide and rule. From my father I have the knowledge of what happened there. The deporting of hundreds of thousands of Moldavians to Siberia and Kazakhstan, started in 1940 and ended in 1953 but the most dramatic part was that the vacant villages were repopulated practically overnight with Russians and "inconvenient" minorities that had to be dislodged in order to weaken them, "imported" from other states of the Soviet empire, brought to live into the houses of the deportees. Not one house was spared or left empty, although they were all padlocked. After the death of the dictator, when the deportees were allowed to return, the occupants of their homes refused to move out, so nobody actually got their own homes back. The first ones retuning home communicated with the others left behind and told them about this important detail, that their homes are now occupied by Russians and others who fiercely claimed ownership, so some Moldavians who managed to erect with sacrifices and hard work any improvised dwelling in Siberia or Kazakhstan, preferred to stay put, instead of returning to absolutely nothing in Moldova, not keen to be homeless witnesses of strangers living their ancestral homes. This is the reason why Transnistria broke away - at the border were brought many Russian colonists to make sure that the border of Moldova will stay always open to the Russians and they will have "the right cooperation there" if needed to get in, the same as at the border of Ukraine as we saw in the recent conflict. There never existed a Transnistrian state prior to 1924, Transnistria being a slice of Moldova given to the Russians by the Ottoman Empire who occupied for 400 years almost all of Eastern Europe together with Moldova. That region was deliberately populated by the soviets with as many Russians as possible for "just in case". Half Moldova in fact is in Romania and half is the Republic of Moldova of today. What the Russians feared was that Romania and Moldova will reunite into the one country they were previously, so when they thought this was about to happen, they sent troops to break Transnistria away. After Romania joined EU, the fear grew even larger that Romania, like Germany, might reunify taking away from Russian control those regions, so Russia offered generously free work-visas to Moldavians in order to attract as many as possible in Russia and even offered Russian citizenship to them, because Romania did that same thing 2 years earlier for all Romanian speaking Moldavians, but not Russian ethnics, except mixed families who spoke the language.
his video was amazing. It reminds me as a British man the time I spend with my Czech village family in Moravia. Beautiful people with honesty and humanity.
The best channel on UA-cam. Period. Mr Bald, i would like to share something with you. I had never been interested in history or geography. I never liked it in school and my professors weren't that great either. Hated that subject. But after watching your Russian adventures on UA-cam, here i am, as a 21 yr old engineering undergraduate, finding myself extremely interested in world war history and everything along with it. You my friend are one of a kind. Please keep doing what you are doing. I really enjoy your content and look forward to every video you post.
I binge watched all your videos in 1 week. You have charisma, knowledge of languages, curiosity, and never limit yourself to the ordinary. +you show beautiful and unknown places of our world. Keep it up!
A moldavian girl here!:D Thank you so much for your videos, they are just unspeakable, really. i've shared your vlog to my entire family, someone lives in the USA, Ireland now and we all enjoy them! :) I can't stop laughing while watching it..:)) and we would like to meet too :)
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It's amazing to see how you pull off conversations with random people of different cultures with such ease and comfort. That's some boss level social skills.
This mans social skills are out of this world
Nah, you just dont have any:)
eRiK rip
It's not necesarily him. It's the People he meets
Quite regular social skills though , the nice people he meets Impress me the most.
It's the people being incredibly welcoming and polite if anything
This guy is definitely the main character of this world
sayonara underrated comment
More like the most interesting man in the world
Shush! He isn't supposed to know this!
i literally feel like im playing an RPG every time i watch his videos lmao
🤣😂🤣 well said well said
British Spy uncovers top secret Moldovan wine formulae.
Yes ! :))
circa 1961 colorized.
🤔🤣🤣
You are right. He knows many languages , he must be a spy disguised as a traveler.
@@rahulsinghmawari0536 wouldnt that be best spy? One that doesn't have to hide cause nobody think he is a spy, but he is indeed hmmm
The ability to speak another language gets you very far. outstanding.
it could for you to as long as you know how to use it
@@Djzommer1 Cyka bylat
@@thesunrislmao
Village is located in Sângerei district. By the way that's one of babooshkas is my grandma,the one that told Bald the story about what she had been going through in her childhood.
That is so cool! Long live your roots! God bless you!
You grandma speak in a very educated and elegant way
Greeting from China to your nice granfma, reminding me of my grandma.
what a buzz for you - we all love your grandma Andrei thanks to this video - im a little jealous shes not my grandma shes a diamond.
Your grandma is internet famous now!! I hope she lives on forever and keep on continuing making that supposedly delicious wine, Moldova's finest wine. I really enjoyed the video :)
He's the grandson all of those grandmas ever wanted.
lol he’s too old to be their son even
the guy is around 40 they clearly are above 70 they could be his mother at best
@Ali Berk Fun fact: Moldovans aren't Russian.
@Ali Berk These women are 70s. They look pretty good for that.
@@unexplainedaf7469 what language they speak then??
This guy is doing more for improved relationship between the Soviet and western country's than all the polititions have ever done.
That is probably the most insightful comment on all of these vids.
Politics just divide us.
Too bad the Soviets fell apart in 1991.
@Jose Adriani Buselli agreed, makes a person wonder why? Money flowing into somebody's bank account is usually the answer, but I don't understand how.
WORD!
Bald is basically when you dump all your points into charisma and luck
but he also doesn't seem to lack intelligence
Would he wear power armor?
@@Saskguy20 Only winterized T51B
@@Saskguy20 liberty Prime has entered the chat....
Embrace democracy, or you will be eradicated.
You're literally the opposite of socially awkward. And your politeness and respect for others is amazing. Keep up the great content.
Opposite of me
@@thecousindeci1103 I see Bajs forsen1
If I could speak as fluently and freely as him I would be so fucking happy. But naaah, I rather stumble some words and then smile awkwardly and hope to be understood.
@@niklasgebert28 *Bielorussian but true!
@@one689 Try a low/no carb diet, my mental clarity have gone up alot. I used to stutter sometimes recently wich i never used to do, i couldnt formulate my toughts into words well either. I cut out sugar and gluten, and all im eating is good fats good protein and greens. Feeling so much better mentally. Like i used to do after a good workout but all the time now.
The positive energy these women emit is outstanding.
Indeed, they are just lovely!
Women live on to tell all the stories. Men and boys are taken by wars.
@@MeediaArtur relax
They are kind
@@MeediaArtur oh shit. pole tihti kui kohtab kaasmaalast youtube's
His Russian is so fluent, but not just the language, but also the right emotion/attitude and it's really interesting to see him switch between not just languages, but actual... "language emotions" , the pressure-points/tempo/pauses for thought.
Lol his russian is even far from good, but he's still awesome travel blogger... And a spy
I totally agree!
@@Yoxa4 bro are you crazy obviously its good he literally can literally have conversations with the people of Russia for hours, if you don't call that good I want the drugs you're on lmaoo
@@khalifapandeli8564 lol I know russian, he literally make mistake in every sentence, for example with genders , times and other shit which English language don't have, russian is one of hardest languages ever
Pipka Rulka grammatically speaking he may be bad but if people understand him and he’s able to have convos that does not necessarily mean he’s bad. Like people who learn english can make grammatical mistakes in all of their sentences all the time but if they can find their way around and still have interesting and complex conversations then you simply can’t call their level “bad”.
I love documentaries like this. Just letting people talk and allowing them tell their own stories. Great job.
yep, there is really nobody else I'm aware of who has as good vids as bald
I agree… real people talk
@@meowBlitz Nobody else even come close in doing these kind of videos.
Grandma in England: Tea and cookies
Babushka in Slavic regions: Home brew wine and moonshine.
Hahahaha
@Vasiľ Senćik then what?
@@aspnara862 It is a roman country
@@aspnara862 Moldovan is a dialect of the Romanian language with huge Slavic inpact but still a romance language, that's why Romania still demands the Moldovan territorries. The reason why all these babushkas speak Russian is that Moldova was a member republic of the USSR and in every school they taught Russian as a second mother language all around the Soviet Union. :)
Vasiľ Senćik but it behaves like one.
This Eastern Europe Series is the best thing i've seen on this platform in a long time!!
very true, really interesting and welcoming people
So, if i learn germain language im goodto goon adventure ? Or what "hybrid" or else should i?
@@Tonyx.yt. what is your problem with refugees
@Rock’n’Rolla germany need those refugees as the refugee also need germany because it had a huge shortage in manpower also they ecaped from the war like armenians who escape from caucasus to middle east countries
@Rock’n’Rolla "Not import the whole world and people who don’t speak the same language and won’t work" i am agree with you in this part but let jobcerter do its job , any way you should take down angela merkel
That is what happens when you combine social skills and a good grasp of the local language: You connect instantly with anyone
that isnt the local language tho (romanian is instead, whose name stalin changed to moldavian for some reason even tho moldavian doesn't exist historically/linguistically, just wanted to clear that up), but I understand what you mean
This channel convinced me to learn Russian. It literally opens a whole new world for you.
@Clint Loran Rand swiss people are actually really friendly (outside of big cities ofc), speaking from experience
Russian Language opens dors for all east countries for you and Spanish language opens all dors when you are in Latino countries , so its nice tu understand something more just English you know
@@Siska0Robert So you want to find yourself a hardcore Babushka. go for it..
This is one of my FAVORITE episodes! I don't speak the language, but I can easily see in these lady's faces, the joy they have in their lives, and how happy it made them to have this visit with a foreigner. The best 14 minutes I will spend today was watching this video.
Still my favourite.
Agree... this episode is for the soul... all daily tensions go away in these 17 minutes
I come back to watch it sometimes. I think they're happier than most of the people I know.
They invited him into their home before asking his name, that shows how kind these ladies are.
Cause he knows what kind of damage russian babushkas can do when you try something.. Да будут здоровы русские бабушки! 💪🏼
He’s very close to us the post soviet people. We love him as a relative, we don’t know why. Maybe for his humanity. We all love him - old ladies and young men.
Dude, you are an absolute legend, 3 minutes in and I felt like I was sitting among these ladies, laughing with them, I almost could taste the wine. What a talent. A++
I could almost taste the wine too.
Exactly
not ladies, Babushkas!!!
Blackladder75 = Check it out - Bald at 6:54, one happy dude. Babushkas love him and so do the rest of us. Yes...an absolute legend!
@@rogertycholiz2218 what did the ladies said to him?😂
You can hear them giggling as he is walking away. lovely ladies!
they are so happy. God bless them.
@@leolewis6669 real women!!! kind that stand behind their man and that makes him a great man. makes me want to book my flight down there. not like western women. great video.
@@kevinrocks1 they are happy and complete humans with or without a man.
As a Russian person, I laughed while watching the video. There are sad stories in every family of our people in the 20th century. Very nice grandmothers, good health to them. Thank you for the video
There's something incredibly satisfying about watching this random Russian-speaking English man stroll into this little village and shoot the shit with these old' dolls like they've known each other for years. Great content!
Is it Russian he is speaking? I was going to post the question. I’d love to learn it!
@@jessiebossert815 yes!
Jessie Bossert don’t recommend you to learn this language unless you are obliged to live there. Too hard for foreigners,to be honest.And the alphabet is different
@@casino-x5775 learning it is fun though, and the alphabet is super easy to get a grasp of (way easier than any other aspect of Russian). I've been learning it for just 4-5 months and can already understand quite a lot of written language.
@@casino-x5775что сложного в алфавите? И латинский и кириллица произошли из греческого
- What is your name?
- Bald. James Bald.
I was literally just about to make that joke
Agent James Bald 007 and 3/4
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂
DUDE i thought the same thing hahah "James BALD!"
Thanks for yet another awesome video! Bald is youtube done right.
- no clickbait
- no vids timed at 10:00 for ad revenue
- consistent, unique, entertaining, educational, neutral content
- bald is a great role model in how he approaches people with respect and open-mindedness
- his content is timeless, meaning "old" videos will still be relevant in 10+ years
agree
So true, wish there were more channels like this
All true - generally such 'grown up' content that completely stands apart from the rest of youtube and it's throwaway culture. The BBC these days would struggle to produce such content.
Only does clickbait with Harald.
Bald! Don't upload your video of the Atlanta incident. You're welcome.
As someone from Serbia, i can confirm that babushkas are most hospitable people in the world.
Dude what is it with you and old ladies. Jeez, they must love the hair.
😂
LOL
Lmao 😂
They think its jason statham
Almost like Fabio
His name is Bald, James Bald
hah
Vodka, just vodka
The blad and the beautyful 😂
@@NLJeffEU The Bald and Blyatful
lolololol
I'm russian and i must say his russian is just great for an english man!
I can confirm
I dont speak russian but with no complaints in the video from people who he met It must be. I am also interested to learn russian
M A he’s not, he has an english accent and he doesn’t look like a russian
Yali Jin I’m from the UK and I can say his Russian and love for communism is suspect I think we have a sleeper cell who returned home.
@M A He's half Polish half Irish
As Russian native speaker there was funny to listen your pronunciation of "Babushkas" word. Wish you a lot of followers.
You are not even aware of the joy which overwhelmes me when you upload a video you incredible bald bold guy.
Your whole channel is so wholesome and made me want to learn russian and travel the eastern european parts. Everything seems so peaceful, pretty and the people as well their culture is amazing.
Same here
Пятьсот тысяч подписчиков, теперь вы корреспондент!
What he said ... :)
Eastern Europe is a third world region. You encounter Gopnik danger every second if you leave major tourist areas and look like a tourist.
Dont be fuled by this i live in latvia it is peacfiul but not beutiful in any way the soviets made it all poor and blank grayness
This is what travel is about... getting out of the tourist traps and interacting with the locals. I love it!
I think that this is very limited to a few countries, where you have a true rural side
@@Suppen-Kaspar most countries have a true rural side, even first world
@@stuartfury3390 what you mean even in the first world ? why you disrespect these people ?
@@denismaftei691 what? I live in the third world. Read my sentence again
@@stuartfury3390 is liek you say this people live in second or third world and belive me is better too live like them then too live in england or germany they live the natural life
He fits into all these different type of groups he ever met. He is like the prototype human. If we ever talk to aliens we should send bald to speak with them.
As long as there's alien babushkas among them, if not, they all can get lost.
Wow... this is very well said brother.
And so would aliens…
Look! The alien mosaic!
"Oh wow, is that a Soviet-era UFO you've got there?"
Those babushkas were probably so excited to speak to someone new. Slavic people are such amazing, beautiful people.
They aren't Slavic.
If they are not Slavic than what are they? Although I have a feeling I know what you will say.
Cossack well... my friend, they are a latin people. Just like romanians. A big part of Moldova (today republic of Moldova) was taken from Romania by USSR after the second world war. In fact Romania and Moldova are the only latin countries in that region
@@popaliviu2654 There's lots of Russians, Ukrainians and Gagauzians (turks) living in Moldova as well, so they can be anything.
Don’t call us slavs
You are a great human being, connecting cultures and bringing the world together in a time where we are rather drifting apart. Love your content man. :)
@@inanotherlifetime dude you know that video is a joke right? the guy who "assaulted" him is coppercab, the guy who made the gingers dont have souls videos.
It was a poorly executed joke, but still a joke
BALD IS A HATE MONGER! Everyone needs to watch Harald Baldr new video and see his true colors. They faked a hate crime with another youtuber in public in the USA and are spreading it as a true attack. Half Baldr's channel is foreigners who believe it to be true. Fuck Bald and Baldr just trying to act nice and fake for the cameras, TRUE COLORS ALWAYS SHINE THE BRIGHTEST.
They were attacked by a left wing bully and responded w/more courage than I’ve seen in a while ! You’re entitled to your opinion doesn’t make it the truth ... it’s how you perceived it .... Bald and Balder will not lose the loyal subscribers 🇺🇸
@Vickey that "attacker" was a famous youtuber.....
So he literally walked to a group of old women learn about a piece of history while having a party in the middle of knowhere.. epic!
fckn Brit ME6, working really hard.
😂😂😂 especially in moldova, at the countryside, if you meet someone on the street and talk to him, that person will automaticly invite you at a cup of wine 😂 its written in our blood to be hospitable 😊
@@ionelaizareanu2899 and beautiful! Especially the women ahah
@@ijustgother how could i forget 😂 istg our women (teens) are the most beauriful
@@ionelaizareanu2899 idk... some eastern european girls look good into their 40s, even 50s sometimes xD
This has to be the most wholesome video I've watched on UA-cam! They will remember sitting on the porch, drinking wine, laughing with an Englishman 😆😁 pure joy!
I think this is my favorite video Bald has done. The conversation tackles so many subjects and his emotional connection with the ladies is so genuine. I love how Bald gives a platform for people who likely would never have had such a thing to share their lives and wisdom with the world.
Yes, I think this is my favorite too. Homemade wine, moonshine and their own home.... plus a group of friends. So cool... and they tell their stories...
It's definitely up there. I'm still working my way through all of his videos but this and the episode in Belarus with Viktor and the I believe he was Chechen violin player stand out.
Yeah, but I wish that he would stay overnight..
I think the same. My favorite too.
My favorite video also. Good man.
Yesssss a new Bald and Bankrupt video. Keep up the good work. Loving your recent run of videos
Hello from the USA...
Lisa open minded
Hello from England.....
@@Scaro.s I love the accent 😀
I dont know how you do it, you just walk up to some people and before you know it, there is wine and cake and a long conversation that is genuinely interesting
amazing!
Odinson so true, they seem surprised when he speaks their language and they instantly are willing to talk to him
its called being social lol. just smile and say hi, some bite some dont
@Odinson that's right, him speaking the language makes all the difference.
From my experience, a lot of foreign cultures are extremely welcoming. I learned from my time in italy where the best restaurant in town was, met the owner who was the friend of the man I was talking to, and then spent 3 hours drinking, eating amazing seafood, and learning the owners whole life story
It's not hard for older slavic people, harder to find young people like this. This is social media for the oldies! The young ones like to talk in front of their electronic devices
This is one of the sweetest interactions you've had I think. These grandmas loved ever minute of your company and I love it. I wonder what they said when they watched this video, and what they thought when they saw your subscriber count. So cute.
It makes me long for a world where people are simpler and much more real.
We already have a world like it, you're just in the wrong place.
Sirdiggar , well said! You nailed it!!
@@Sirdiggar That quite deep actually
@Cool Water Or yours
I would trade in a lot of my stuff to live simpler. The world seems to be developing faster than ever before. Some of us get left behind. I was once a blue collar worker before losing that job to automation.
The reason why I love you is that all your videos are pure it's no company trying to make millions or paying people to say things. You are just a bald man with his camera providing natural content, you're charismatic I think you have an amazing skill to just go and speak to people. I think you need to start trying to get your videos on Netflix because we can all tell you have a passion for adventure, doing new things and you are genuinely fascinated about how people live differently. I can see you in the future making your own professionally filmed documentary. Thank you for taking us all on your adventures.
Bruh same
No, keep off Netflix. Those merchants would ruin his vibe.
I think the magic of Bald's videos comes from the fact that he does not have a professional crew filming him and editing his videos. A TV or Netflix show would come with scripts, staged scenes and edited (cut) videos. I wouldn't like those.
sit down m8 your going to get roasted I totally agree with you! 👍 I just wanted to add that we all see so much respect he shows to all people he meets. Poor or funny or else. SUPER CHANNEL!
He is more than just a bald man, he is a bankrupt man.
This was a absolute pleasure to watch, what a delightful bunch of ladies.
I have no idea how I stumbled upon your channel but I’m so glad I did.
Same here. Just popped up in my suggestions.
It’s... just life affirming that there is goodness in the world 😇
@@bigc8018 It popped up after I started watching the Chernobyl tv series lol.
Me and you baby are meant to be ! 😉
100%
Babushka Match is the slavic version of Tinder. Where grannies hook you up with their daughters.
@@zombieoozaru9135 lol😂🤣
@Thomas Jefferson They're all studying in Romania ;).
Edit: only a joke, of course! And I know a great many still stay in Moldova.
No, it’s not. The babushkas aren’t saying “Hey please hook up with my daughter and then leave.” I get you making the comparison as a joke though.
my name is bald ;D
@Larry David haha, yeah not these grannies champ lol.
I thought the next cutaway would be you sneaking out in the window in the morning...
😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😱
god, as a American that lived in Germany for 3 years watching you tackling the language barrier and having fun reminds me of my time in Europe, so much fun loved every encounter i had.
I think you make everybody want to just roam around all of the former soviet union. I can't get enough of your videos. Please... keep up the good work sir.
Jeff ahh so true but if you meet Russians who live in the USA they would never want to go back.
Yes Baldy is charismatic and clever and shows us places but he can never truly show the shit these people have gone through. But I appreciate him.
@@janackova soviet times were good we remember now everything is shit
What a bunch of nice and happy people with their unmatched hospitality.
👏
Completely untainted by modern western "culture".
@@k.s.333 or Eastern for that matter
This is what travelling should be.
Arto this is how I want my vacation life will be
It all depends on you!
It's really not hard to have these experiences when traveling... You just have to get out of the cities and tourist buses, pretty much :D
Truly authentic experience
А бабушка-хозяйка вообще зажигалочка ) Винца припила и раз, за самогончиком такая )) Замечательные живые люди! Так приятно было слушать, и очень интересно. Thank you man!
Its really nice just to see some friendly human interaction between different peoples
how different? they are all European
Well not too different as they are European. It's just that Moldova is a poor country. That makes the most of difference.
Different cultures. In Europe you have a lot of very different cultures
@@torl8924 if you're from the USA and someone's from brazil are you guys the same? You guys are voth from the same continent
Those Grannies were gushing with excitement having a young man in the village
A celeb with a listening ear and entertaining small talk
Xaxaxaxa
This is how we colonised the world, people trust us because of our amazing charisma and then we strike
He looks like he's in his early 40's, so at least a generation younger than the babushkas. When it comes to defining "young", it's all relative....
The only bald in the village 😂
To be able to watch a video with no ads and letting people speak their truth is quite rare in 2019 UA-cam. Subscribed
Probably because the video got demonetised or something :)
Vile Beggar I just went back on a few older videos of his and found an ad or two. How does he fund his travels if he barely monetises his videos?
Id have no problem with ads on his channel. This is amazing content
Seriously, I just stumbled on these videos a few weeks ago. How wonderful. The world would be a lot better place if there were a few more people like him roaming around.
I'm from Moldova and it's very interesting to watch your vlogs about my country ✋
you have a very peaceful country
@@vatsrakshit and nice people :)
this guy highlights your country very well, and you tube people enjoy the kindness of your people.
Super tare frate!
Your country is awesome n people are soooooo nice. Love from India. Love you guys
Man I found myself smiling through this whole video. These ladies reminds me so much about the babushkas we have in the balkans. And the way you interacted with them is just awesome. You found yourself another subscriber. Keep up the good work!
Found myself smiling all the way too. Seems like the world needs ALOT more Babushkas and guys like Bald 🌻💜💕
Zapravo su one jako blizu Balkana, u geografskom smislu riječi.
Isti smo
I’m Greek and Greek grandmothers are the same way, inviting you into their home to eat
The old grannies in rural Parts of the Southeast USA are the same, but with more food and less booze
Found out about this channel about 2 weeks ago and I'm hooked! Awesome work Bald!
Go right back mate and watch right through, really good content 👍
hahaha same, ive been binge watching. i keep saying j boleki (or however u spell it). its hilarious. namaste, salam aleikum!
@@TheFlexXMLG ha ha, was doing the exact same 🤣👍
same.
I love the humor. Honest and down to earth. Wonderful. Amazing people indeed. Blessing from New Zealand
this video is fucking amazing man. i love your content and personality. i hate juvenile fandom and stuff but your content is unbelievable. keep up the good work mate.
Thanks mate )
oh these girls are not old. They just look old. so much energy in them. loved it
I think they were pretty hot couple decades ago
@Walker why would they think so ? they know what they are
@Walker nah. Over there babushka is an endearing term. Women of age there don't really mind being called that unless they are from the metropolis maybe ;)
They are like 32 years old. Slavs jsut dont age well blyat.
@@tommy3nec yea 32-40 at most
Grandma wiping the table, getting him drunk. Reminds me of my wife's grandma. Miss her.
That's still happening this day's in Romanian and Moldavians villages, towns and some cities!
*I am italian. I live in Pordenone, between Venice and Trieste, with my mother and her caregiver. My mother's caregiver is a Moldovan woman. Her name is Rodica. After more than two years with us, she knows my mother better than I do. Nobody in the world could be more honest, good-hearted and strong working than Rodica. Nobody could take care of our mother better than her. She is mother of two strong young men, her husband is a man who knows how to do EVERYTHING. My mother is about to die, and my hope is that she could die into Rodica's arms, because she's more than a daugther to our mother. God bless Moldovan people.*
God Bless your mom and Rodica
My mom is a care giver in Italiy too❤
@@regina1556 Thank you, Regina. My mom passed away on november 29, 2021, at home, not in the hospital. Nobody wanted hospital. I'm still in contact with Rodica. God bless you and your mom.
I used to live in Roveredo in Piano. Pordenone is gorgeous with lots of amazing history!
@@Meow-nr7tj I live in the historic center. Roveredo! As USAF?
❤
Mr. Bald is preserving and compiling some amazing aspects of ussr history for the millennials in such a fun way. what a legend.
Millenials? You realise 'Millenials' are older than you think, right?
No need to categorize generations. Everyone of all ages and generations still to come can learn a lot from Bald's content
Nothing to do with millennials. I'm 62 and since I started watching B&B, I've really gotten into learning more about the former Soviet states and the post war history.
@@Automedon2 If you haven't already, check out (Ushanka Show channel)
There is so much good info about old Soviet ways on that channel
Thanks, I will @@brendanstanford5612
That was a group of cool ladies!
I love that video. Those ladies were precious. Outstanding cultural education youre teaching us . Thank you Bald.
I found this quite moving. What wonderful friendly ladies....even after all they have been through, they still manage to smile and laugh. Super video. Its the interactions with people I love the most about this channel. Well done Ben, you're a legend.
Unbelivable how fast the channel is growing, awesome!
🤔 I guess you have not seen the America video Harald posted. As fast as a channel can grow is as fast a channel can die. 😱
@@tomaiken903 Hey, Mongoloid. Go add some more emotes to your comment. If you were offended by that video they made you're a complete and utter fuck head. The fact you think it will kill their channels is some of the most delusional shit I've ever heard. Kindly, take your head out of your ass and the world won't be so hard to figure out.
Bald you make me proud to be British, you a real ambassador for us - gonzo journalism at its best.
just watched - makes no difference to me. That ginger guy is a twat resorting to violence. Harald Baldr is taking a new direction with his "progressive Lance" - good luck to him, i found his previous style a bit confrontational. Also he started chasing that guy and you could argue that Harald antagonised the situation dragging Bald into the street brawl. You cant reason with some people , in a sense you were lucky he was'nt carrying a gun - Gingers have souls whats the chances lol.
@@FCASMRASR its obviously fake? Although I think he wants to make it look like its real... luckilly his wounds healed fast after less than a day!
@@tseuren123 maybe or Harald Baldr is posting now after 5 months of contemplation - either way it doesnt matter on my opinion of bald.
@Nonix Nonsense Theres that too - but i agree with you it doesnt matter perhaps Bald willmake a video giving his side of it - but im more interested in his travels than his street brawls with other UA-camrs. I didnt find the video funny, if staged it shows the USA in a bad light - Real Americans dont behave that way in my personal experience. I used the maja hat in myself promoting hardcore techno but im not pro trump i just think its funny to swap america for the word hardcore and to have trump wearing it. The MAja hat is just a symbol and we civilised humans and cats dont get riled up by symbolism. Just as if i see the swastika i dont think nazis as i know that that symbol has other meanings elsewhere and the nazis borrowed it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
That dude who “attacked” him is called coppercab. It’s just a joke. They probably thought most people would know who he was and realise it wasn’t real. If they were trying to make people think it was real they’d have used someone less well known to antagonise them. Those are my thoughts anyway
In Moldova, the people are poor, but kind and funny :)
how can you say they are poor ? they have laughter, love, kindness and are open ! they are richer then i am !!
Александр Гашило , Try to get invite into a house here in USA. Lol
@@tigrelopez2193 thats why i said, how can you say they are poor ? im australian, and you will get this kinda of hospitality from our grandma's too, but it will be tea and coffee with pumpkin scones (with jam and cream) and not wine with vodka ! hahaha
Graham De Lacey , I need to visit Australia, I like good people 👍
I think Australia is a Good country to visit. You are rich, when you have company like the Bald guy is having. I Love his Videos.
This channel is very therapeutic. Great people and a genuinely likeable man taking you through the journey. Brilliant!
What absolutely lovely humans these babushkas are. Salt of the earth people.
“Of the race that knows Joseph”
@@allyssarea what does that mean?
@@tomislavrocky9950 So basically it’s a metaphor. Essentially it means people who see eye to eye. :)
I’d love to see someone go around England asking old women if they have wine, they’d probably end the day in a cell 😂
Promise me: Do not hire an "editor". Don't change your content because you are getting bigger. I've seen many youtubers change the way their content are made because their channels grows. But that'll ruin a lot.
Never change your content. Keep these long and almost unedited original videos. But translating all russian is great :)
I was just about to write this. It seems so obvious but it happens to some of the best, Hasta Alaska being a classic example.
Totally agree!
THIS! Keep everything same, no need for edits
Harald Baldr LOL. Does anyone know why Mr Bald's subscriber numbers is now slowing down and he's only getting a few thousand every day now? About a couple of weeks ago, he was getting so many subscribers, it looked like he would get 1M next month.
@@TheTruthIsFiction UA-cam recommends things based on content and overlap with your preferences, it's probably hit a saturation point, it will now start to drip and drab until he changes his style a little bit
I love how your videos show how hospitable and welcoming Eastern European people are, completely different to what a lot of people think.
Yes, no one I have met looks down on eastern Europeans and I discuss the problems and horrors of Marxist based idiologies often. Eastern European people are amazing! It is the idiology of their past that was forced upon most of them that is feared so much in the west.
Bro, much respect, really. I used to do the same thing in Bosnia and Kosovo, love them locals. I could watch u endlessly. Thanks
You can laugh at Eastern Europeans....but they are one of the most genuine and hospitality-oriented people on Earth!
juliazwei you should come lithuania
@@kevinctb9243 I have been there! In fact, we are neighbours-I am from Poland!
@Mike Gunnerst nope. it's usually a language barrier, nothing else. I have 2 african mates, who studied in russia and they speak the language. they've told very similar stories on their travels in slavic countries.
I would never laugh on other culture. This video just proved me that i'm right. People are beautiful. Just don't look at media propaganda.
More laughing with, not at.
12:41 The lady on the right literally says:"Good bye conscience" before dropping her shot.
Can you write that in Russian (Cyrillic), please?
@@Pirosbor Прощай розум.
@@geothon Прощай разум not розум
@@cooler09b Listen to them, they speak Ukrainian between them. So yes, in Russian its разум, but what she said was розум.
@@cooler09b Это не подмосковье- у них в речи встречаются украинизмы, например смягчённое "Г" в слове огород. Моя бабушка со Старврополья говорила "прощай розум" поэтому я и обратил внимание на эту фразу :)
What a wonderful video of Slavic hospitality. A stranger off the street, sits at a table, wine and bread. Amazing.
Romanian *
@@seneccasyracuse4168 latin *
Perhaps you mean Eastern European hospitality. Moldovans are not Slavs, at least the majority of them aren't.
American*
earendylomg r your a fucking idiot
I just found your channel during thus hard times! I love it. We humans are so same! Even if usa, germany, or moldovia. So kindful ladys! Love from germany!
I NEVER watch full UA-cam videos, I found your channel and every single video you’ve uploaded, I’ve watched in whole, smiling throughout. The charisma and personality you have is stunning, it’s like you were trained to a special agent level to charm people and win them over. I envy such a personality. Amazing content.
i love the small impressions you throw in between talking and stuff happening.
gives it a really relaxing vibe
I'm from Moldova, and this video made me tear a little bit... Love your channel!
I would have stayed for hours and hours and hours !!!
Those ladies are the best, real women, nothing artificial whatsoever...
"There is grief in my heart, and there will be until death." Moments like these are what make your show shine so bright. Its so easy as a westerner to chalk up the soviet union to just being that one chapter in history class, but the effects of that period are still fresh in the minds and lives of so many millions of people, like these eclectic folks that you meet in your trips through the European backcountry. You're out there bringing millions of eyes into the lives of these forgotton people. Those babushkas, like many others that you've met, all seem so excited to meet new faces and share their stories and its such a beautiful thing that you're out there giving them the platform to do so. I hope this coronavirus doesn't give you too much trouble in continuing your travels, stay safe and healthy. Cheers!
It's sad that these places are disappearing, as the women said, everyone in their village is a pensioner... I hope that these people's stories and way of life won't be completely forgotten, and that Bald's videos can act as a preservation of these people when they are gone.
Its an almost unimaginable horror in the idea that your family could just be chucked on a train to suffer a hellish existence in a camp in a frozen inhospitable place, and that your sister could die and be thrown like trash from the train to lie forgotten without even a grave.
I read a while ago about the R504 Kolyma Highway, a 2,000 kilometre mass grave for the victims of Stalins genocide. Thousands of people died constructing this road and were buried pretty much where they fell their remains serving as foundations for the road, hence its more commonly known name of the road of bones.
You gon make me cry. That's sad to hear. Broke my heart.
My grandpa was executed in 1937. He was a simple peasant. And my grandma had to move in other city because she was "part of family of public enemy" ("vrag naroda" in russian)
That comment melted my heart.
Bald..how do you keep meeting the most humble and amazing people? I envy you..thank you for sharing them with us! Best to you!
Well, that's common in eastern europe and specially in Moldova
All slavic babuschkas are like that. literaly all of them.
He won't show anything he fims though. Makes a lot of cuts.
When the one lovely babushka said she was single, I thought she was ready to make a move on you!
No she wants someone richer, lol
Lol I thought the same ))
I just found your channel and I am in love with these ladies! I enjoy how you meet the real people of a country / area and in the end show that no matter where you go, there are good people! Cheers mate!
Love those videos where you just chill with the people and chat. they have so much to tell ^^
Although I wish he would a format in which he didn't have to stop them talking and instead subtitled it or dub over the footage in an edit to get the true point across instead of his momentarily interpretation
They are the old country. They have many stories to tell.
Vizuali Kelione
Brian Cuddy My father was Moldavian, my mother Transylvanian, they married and lived in Romania, so I can claim easily Moldavian heritage, I have that accent if I want 😀 when I speak Romanian, I have it at will, you can take me for one of them any time 😀
The dialect they speak is Romanian with a strong Russian accent, being under Russian occupation roughly for about 200 years, on and off, while the Russian alphabet was imposed by the Czarist Russia and later by the soviets.
They forced Romanian language to renounce the Latin alphabet and established it had to be written in the Cyrillic script.
Moldova was in fact a region of Romania when 2 of the 3 Romanian speaking principalities in the area united in 1859 under the name of Romania, state-name taken from the spoken language of the inhabitants, a Latin-based language similar to Italian with slight Balkan influences.
The Moldavians (Moldovans) were constantly taught in the soviet controlled school that Moldavian was a separate language, which had nothing to do with Romanian at all.🤣
Russian propaganda: divide et impera = divide and rule.
From my father I have the knowledge of what happened there.
The deporting of hundreds of thousands of Moldavians to Siberia and Kazakhstan, started in 1940 and ended in 1953 but the most dramatic part was that the vacant villages were repopulated practically overnight with Russians and "inconvenient" minorities that had to be dislodged in order to weaken them, "imported" from other states of the Soviet empire, brought to live into the houses of the deportees.
Not one house was spared or left empty, although they were all padlocked.
After the death of the dictator, when the deportees were allowed to return, the occupants of their homes refused to move out, so nobody actually got their own homes back.
The first ones retuning home communicated with the others left behind and told them about this important detail, that their homes are now occupied by Russians and others who fiercely claimed ownership, so some Moldavians who managed to erect with sacrifices and hard work any improvised dwelling in Siberia or Kazakhstan, preferred to stay put, instead of returning to absolutely nothing in Moldova, not keen to be homeless witnesses of strangers living their ancestral homes.
This is the reason why Transnistria broke away - at the border were brought many Russian colonists to make sure that the border of Moldova will stay always open to the Russians and they will have "the right cooperation there" if needed to get in, the same as at the border of Ukraine as we saw in the recent conflict.
There never existed a Transnistrian state prior to 1924, Transnistria being a slice of Moldova given to the Russians by the Ottoman Empire who occupied for 400 years almost all of Eastern Europe together with Moldova.
That region was deliberately populated by the soviets with as many Russians as possible for "just in case".
Half Moldova in fact is in Romania and half is the Republic of Moldova of today.
What the Russians feared was that Romania and Moldova will reunite into the one country they were previously, so when they thought this was about to happen, they sent troops to break Transnistria away.
After Romania joined EU, the fear grew even larger that Romania, like Germany, might reunify taking away from Russian control those regions, so Russia offered generously free work-visas to Moldavians in order to attract as many as possible in Russia and even offered Russian citizenship to them, because Romania did that same thing 2 years earlier for all Romanian speaking Moldavians, but not Russian ethnics, except mixed families who spoke the language.
I am truly impressed with your russian. Great interpreter for non native speaker. Amazing
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I showed your videos to my grandmother( who had relatives that were from the balkan area) and she is hooked!
My father was born in Moldova, he loves the videos as well. 🤘🏼
his video was amazing. It reminds me as a British man the time I spend with my Czech village family in Moravia. Beautiful people with honesty and humanity.
I can't help but smile through every video! You're my favourite vlogger atm
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Your Channel is exploding. I am proud to be one of The firsts
i was before the first 1000-subscribers
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The best channel on UA-cam. Period. Mr Bald, i would like to share something with you. I had never been interested in history or geography. I never liked it in school and my professors weren't that great either. Hated that subject.
But after watching your Russian adventures on UA-cam, here i am, as a 21 yr old engineering undergraduate, finding myself extremely interested in world war history and everything along with it. You my friend are one of a kind. Please keep doing what you are doing. I really enjoy your content and look forward to every video you post.
I binge watched all your videos in 1 week. You have charisma, knowledge of languages, curiosity, and never limit yourself to the ordinary. +you show beautiful and unknown places of our world. Keep it up!
Jesus all in one week, get dressed and go to work man for the love of God lol
A moldavian girl here!:D
Thank you so much for your videos, they are just unspeakable, really. i've shared your vlog to my entire family, someone lives in the USA, Ireland now and we all enjoy them! :)
I can't stop laughing while watching it..:))
and we would like to meet too :)
Thanks Alla )
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I'm italian and when the babushka spoke a little bit of italian, she made me smile. Well, lot of moldovans moved here in Italy.
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when she said "sono valentina" i was likewhat the helll? didn't know about moldovans moving to Italy
Pablo S because they have Romanian pașaport.
Wow I see
@@grish2861 Romanian* not Moldovan.
fantastic video, I like how genuine you interact with people
It's amazing to see how you pull off conversations with random people of different cultures with such ease and comfort. That's some boss level social skills.
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Normal Guy Chief I’m anxious as courage the cowardly dog on a Wednesday and that’s the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard with all due respect