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  • Seeing the best parts of European Russia.
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  • @Britannica1
    @Britannica1  4 місяці тому +673

    Sorry about the reupload, if you check the community tab you will see due to a false copyright claim the original video got completely broken.
    I tried to fix it with UA-cams post editing tool, but the tool deleted 20 min of the video for some reason.
    Please do subscribe like and share this video as losing all the ad revenue and views has significantly harmed my ability to make this thing economically viable.
    If you would like to directly support me the best place is subscribe star, you also get roubles with $5 or up subscription.
    Thank you all :)
    Subscribe star: www.subscribestar.com/callum

    • @fedfed96
      @fedfed96 4 місяці тому +9

      np. shoutout from russia bro

    • @milanmitic2429
      @milanmitic2429 4 місяці тому +2

      Please can you tell me the name of the sonh 21:00

    • @Tom-wd5bs
      @Tom-wd5bs 4 місяці тому +6

      ah well - will just have to rewatch now

    • @meatballboi5783
      @meatballboi5783 4 місяці тому

      Wait what part got deleted?

    • @davey1602
      @davey1602 4 місяці тому +3

      Does this mean UA-cam's editing tool has secret control over what you broadcast? Hmmmm...

  • @user-tx6wt2wg2m
    @user-tx6wt2wg2m 4 місяці тому +2083

    He's the bravest man I've ever seen! I can't believe he survived in one of the most dangerous places in the whole world! 6 hours in Poland! 😱

    • @PeterMartyrVermigli_is_cool
      @PeterMartyrVermigli_is_cool 4 місяці тому

      And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. -Jeremiah 29:13
      “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. -John 3:16
      Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out.
      -Acts 3:19
      If are in North America, please go check out any of the churches available to you: PCA, OPC, Rpcna/Rpc, Urcna, or a canrc church
      (These are conservative and actual Presbyterian churches)
      If you can’t find one of the conservative presby churches then, maybe a Lcms or Wels Lutheran church.
      If you are Scottish, I recommend the Free Church of Scotland and the APC
      (Different from the Church of Scotland)
      If you are English I recommend the Free Church of England.
      (Different from the Church of England)
      Online you can look up church finders for each of the groups and it will show you locations.
      :)

    • @Gringottone
      @Gringottone 4 місяці тому +43

      The real Mad-lad

    • @MrPeterPan
      @MrPeterPan 4 місяці тому +47

      Had us for the first half ngl

    • @Jason-jb1vs
      @Jason-jb1vs 4 місяці тому +2

      I mean hes brits so understandable

    • @craighughes2191
      @craighughes2191 4 місяці тому +34

      Love seeing the support Poland is giving to Ukraine. 🇺🇦 🤝🇵🇱

  • @sercastamere9853
    @sercastamere9853 4 місяці тому +442

    "Freedom of speech?"
    "Eh fuck that"
    They really are Russian patriots 😂

    • @joebenson528
      @joebenson528 2 місяці тому

      Speech is already free as long as it is patriotic. Try to protest US foreign policy or so-called 3l3ct10ns you'll be charged with "espionage, conspiracy or treason" have your bank accounts frozen, put on No fly lists or the US government will have you kidnapped and thrown in prison if you're overseas (Julian Assange, @ndr3w T@te). And one of those guys is not even a US citizen.

    • @mithrandirthegrey7644
      @mithrandirthegrey7644 2 місяці тому

      We don't have freedom of speech in Europe either. I can't say what I really feel about mass immigration without being throw in jail. Only America has actual freedom of speech.

    • @4X10S
      @4X10S 2 місяці тому

      You have freedom of speech for as long as nobody hears you, and this is the same in every other country.
      U.S. doesn't have it either, granted you don't get imprisoned for that *cough Assange cough* , but there are many other ways to ruin your life and take away your livelihood.

    • @limedickandrew6016
      @limedickandrew6016 2 місяці тому +8

      Ah yes, but did you notice they had the freedom to say that?

    • @_Kommissar_
      @_Kommissar_ 2 місяці тому +34

      @@limedickandrew6016 Ah yes they had the freedom to say things that the government agrees with, who would've thought?

  • @JustRedDude
    @JustRedDude 4 місяці тому +535

    British and German drinks in Russia and laughing over the spinning rat meme. PEAK COMEDY 😂

    • @nikostalk5730
      @nikostalk5730 3 місяці тому +19

      This is how memes works for anyone in Russia

    • @homuchoghoma6789
      @homuchoghoma6789 2 місяці тому

      что это за мем ? поясни.

    • @JustRedDude
      @JustRedDude 2 місяці тому +7

      @@homuchoghoma6789 Да сам мем не смешной. Просто низкополигональная модель крысы крутится под музыку. И всё. Но в контексте двух пьяных иностранцев в России это кажется смешным

    • @nikostalk5730
      @nikostalk5730 2 місяці тому +4

      @@homuchoghoma6789 мем уровня "дед, смотри собака сидит", крч мета-пост-кардио-ирония

  • @sunsolar2138
    @sunsolar2138 4 місяці тому +232

    Just a fact: the day Wagner took Rostov, I was supposed to have an exam, and I study in Rostov. My teacher said no and rescheduled the exam for a week, which allowed me to prepare from scratch

    • @Thorkil0861
      @Thorkil0861 4 місяці тому +36

      "Just Russian things"

    • @MrSnoopy100
      @MrSnoopy100 2 місяці тому +43

      Maxed the luck out so hard there was a military coup started just to prevent you from failing 😭😭

    • @sunsolar2138
      @sunsolar2138 2 місяці тому +6

      @@MrSnoopy100 just my life)

    • @crowcrow1465
      @crowcrow1465 2 місяці тому +5

      That is fucking based

    • @kizma7068
      @kizma7068 Місяць тому

      @@MrSnoopy100
      ”THANK GOD!”
      “The fuck did you say?”

  • @irony8908
    @irony8908 4 місяці тому +134

    Third Rome claim exists because Sophia Paleologue was the niece of the last Emperor of Constantinople. She married Ivan III, Tsar of Russia.

    • @POCKET-SAND
      @POCKET-SAND 4 місяці тому +10

      That doesn't make Muscovia a third Rome. They're more akin to Mongols than Romans.

    • @Puritan76
      @Puritan76 3 місяці тому +99

      @@POCKET-SAND man, you seriously compared the Mongols to the Russians💀 You better go to school and then take classes

    • @POCKET-SAND
      @POCKET-SAND 3 місяці тому +9

      @@Puritan76 Last time I checked, Muscovia was ran by the Mongols for quite a while.
      Never was part of Rome though.

    • @user-dh9rx7ng4z
      @user-dh9rx7ng4z 3 місяці тому +38

      ​@@POCKET-SANDневежда. Позор тебе

    • @POCKET-SAND
      @POCKET-SAND 3 місяці тому

      @@user-dh9rx7ng4z Sorry, don't speak Mongol.

  • @deviousdanny2066
    @deviousdanny2066 4 місяці тому +184

    These type of videos are your absolute best, loved your Afghanistan video and this is yet another masterpiece, glad you managed to get the video back up!

    • @nightbot1788
      @nightbot1788 4 місяці тому +1

      yup..he makes them rare, but quality and non-biased

  • @Kirill_Bomba
    @Kirill_Bomba 4 місяці тому +220

    At 40:29 it's me, congratulations on your new video, Callum! Only I am a Don Cossack, not a Kuban Cossack 😅
    Best wishes, your friend Kirill 🤗

    • @Britannica1
      @Britannica1  4 місяці тому +53

      sorry for the mistake, just being a stupid forigner :D
      I wanted to include the singing but the audio.was broken.

    • @Kirill_Bomba
      @Kirill_Bomba 4 місяці тому +12

      nothing, great video! 😊

    • @rebel__son
      @rebel__son 4 місяці тому +2

      Просто интересно, что за песня была?)

    • @Kirill_Bomba
      @Kirill_Bomba 3 місяці тому +5

      @@rebel__son честно говоря не помню, но это точно чистый фольклор :)
      «Баклановцы», «На речке Камышинке», «Как донские казаки» и проч.

    • @thatindiandude4602
      @thatindiandude4602 3 місяці тому +7

      Its weird seeing a person in Callums video commenting on the video.

  • @ursamajor3362
    @ursamajor3362 4 місяці тому +184

    the LDPR guys were hilarious

    • @mist1858
      @mist1858 4 місяці тому +81

      what do we support?
      Freedom of Speech?
      Eh, Fuck that

    • @JzmA
      @JzmA 3 місяці тому +17

      I can already see them as important politicians.

    • @PseudonymsAreGovno
      @PseudonymsAreGovno 3 місяці тому

      They are the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. Basically Russian Republicans. United Russia is kind of like American 90-s or early 2000-s Democrats.

    • @Disorder2312
      @Disorder2312 3 місяці тому

      You know how many Russians say that liberalism is bad (myself included). Then there is LDPR, which is some sort of enigma, in my opinion. It calls itself liberal, but it's hard to see it as such, when you know most of liberals that aren't patriotic, and hate our country.

    • @vulc1
      @vulc1 3 місяці тому

      Just to explain, the LDPR is a spin-off of the ruling United Russia party, just to create the illusion that there is a party pluralism (in fact, of course, there is not). The Russians were good at staging stuff during the Soviet times (remember Finland 'attacking' the Soviet Union or the Baltic States 'voluntarily' accessing to the Soviet Union) and that has not changed.

  • @theenjoyer1445
    @theenjoyer1445 4 місяці тому +165

    lovely video. The North Korean pop music doesn't ever get old.
    Appreciate the travels, Callum!

    • @Pan_Z
      @Pan_Z 4 місяці тому +29

      And more importantly, the Best Korea pop music doesn't get copyright claimed.

    • @LordCohliani
      @LordCohliani 4 місяці тому +3

      What are the name of the songs?

    • @beibotanov
      @beibotanov 4 місяці тому +9

      @@LordCohliani music performer is Pochonbo, no need to know song names, all of their tracks are gems

    • @KanadMondal
      @KanadMondal 2 місяці тому +1

      At first I thought he did it only for the Afghanistan video because music was "banned" or something and he didn't know what to put as a result.

  • @totonk793
    @totonk793 4 місяці тому +113

    "Third Rome" referres to the Orthodoxal belief which was taken to Russia from the Byzantium's capital of Konstantinople that was well the Second Rome after the fall of the first one. That's all the reasons behind it. That's why it's no as joke as one may think

    • @POCKET-SAND
      @POCKET-SAND 3 місяці тому +7

      It is kind of a joke.

    • @flowname
      @flowname 3 місяці тому

      @@POCKET-SAND you're kind of a joke, pathetic one

    • @NewRSM1994
      @NewRSM1994 3 місяці тому +18

      Dont forget the Marriage into the Emperor Bloodlines and the Double headed Eagle

    • @Callaghan552
      @Callaghan552 2 місяці тому +7

      Byzantium was not a second rome, it was just rome.

    • @totonk793
      @totonk793 2 місяці тому +13

      @@Callaghan552 Still the logic of inheriting for Byzantium remains

  • @rebel__son
    @rebel__son 4 місяці тому +273

    Since Callum is somewhat fixated on the issue of multiculturalism, he now only has to visit our “Islamic belt” - the republics of the North Caucasus and Crimea. And there are still a couple of unrecognized republics with gorgeous mountains and beaches!

    • @prodigiii712
      @prodigiii712 4 місяці тому

      You’re a clueless russophobe. There is almost not Muslims in Crimea. Crimean Tatars make up 8 percent of the population and they’re pretty secular like Azeris and Volga Tatars.

    • @aei7129
      @aei7129 4 місяці тому +23

      @@slawaboga1433 They came back again in the 90s and 00s. Crimea is not all Islamic, but there are areas and cities where there are a lot of them. Simferopol, Bakhchysarai, etc.

    • @al1sa920
      @al1sa920 4 місяці тому +14

      I would suggest Tatarstan since it's one of the most developed regions, mostly Islamic, but may be also the most diverse (there are religious buildings of Islam, Orthodox Christianity, Orthodox Christianity of Old Believers, Protestantism, Catholicism)

    • @rebel__son
      @rebel__son 4 місяці тому +11

      @@al1sa920 no, they are too secular, once in Kazan a foreigner will not even understand that half the people around are muslims) need something more hardcore))

    • @rebel__son
      @rebel__son 4 місяці тому +2

      @@slawaboga1433 they were, but since the late 80s they began to return. I'm sure Callum will really like the new cathedral mosque in Simferopol))

  • @DigitCitizen
    @DigitCitizen 4 місяці тому +132

    I'll repeat the comment section I saw on previous video:
    Callum, please, don't visit Ukraine. They can detain you because you visited Luhansk.

    • @rebel__son
      @rebel__son 4 місяці тому +9

      Спокойно, его даже нет на Миротворце. Я проверял)

    • @retineyzer1670
      @retineyzer1670 4 місяці тому +55

      @@rebel__son Миротворец вообще никак не связан с МВД Украины, он все равно может уже быть в "расстрельных" списках.

    • @NicholasEzclapz
      @NicholasEzclapz 4 місяці тому

      Source?

    • @retineyzer1670
      @retineyzer1670 4 місяці тому +22

      @@NicholasEzclapz trust me bro

    • @chrisj683
      @chrisj683 3 місяці тому +14

      How else can he top Miles? He must be detained and watch blu-ray with his captors.

  • @pgvkn
    @pgvkn 4 місяці тому +114

    nobody:
    absolutely no russians ever:
    foreigners drinking "in russian": NA ZDOROVIE

    • @Dread_2137
      @Dread_2137 4 місяці тому

      Shhhh... let them west-slavic'fy russians

    • @homuchoghoma6789
      @homuchoghoma6789 2 місяці тому +1

      потому что в юные годы они слушали E-Type ))

    • @jorgeenchilada
      @jorgeenchilada Місяць тому

      Za Vashizdrovie is pretty close to that and that one works. I think that's why it's used in American movies, a misunderstanding

    • @Dread_2137
      @Dread_2137 Місяць тому

      @@jorgeenchilada also I can't speak for Czechs or Slovaks, but that's basically how you say it in Polish "na zdrowie", maybe they confused a bit all Slavic immigrants back in the day and thought they're all russian, which sometimes is annoying that anything Slavic is somehow automatically russian

  • @FSquid
    @FSquid 4 місяці тому +186

    Funny story. There is an indoor eternal flame shown at 41:50. I've been there. It was about 20 years ago and I went with my mom and dad to visit relatives as my mother is Russian. This was back before smart phones were a thing and even digital cameras were a bit of a luxury. She had an fairly modern (for the time) picture camera that used film rolls. She was snapping pictures of the murals that lined the path up to the building that held the flame.
    When we got inside, it was just my mom, my dad, two Russian honor guards and me. My mom explained to me that this was a sacred place where visitors were requested to act in a dignified manner and be quiet. I don't remember exactly what prompted her saying this but I think it was a sign. It could have been me speaking too loudly though. Right after she said that, she tried to take a photo of the flame. Unfortunately for her, her roll of film had reached it's end and when she tried to take a photo, the camera started to automatically rewind the roll.
    The only thing you could hear in the building was the loud electronic whirring of her camera which she could not stop. For about 20 seconds we just stood there while my mom embarrassingly tried to fumble around with the thing in some vain effort to shut it up. My dad and I were trying not to laugh while the two Russian guards just stood there with their poker faces on.

  • @senaya
    @senaya 4 місяці тому +63

    14:40 - that cola is from Iran but we also have cola from Poland and Serbia here in Kaliningrad. They all taste different but the Polish one in my opinion is the closest to the original.
    17:30 - the House of the Soviets for a long time was in private hands so government couldn't do much with it but recently it was finally bought back by the government and it's being dismantled at the moment.

    • @grabelli
      @grabelli 3 місяці тому

      schizo rambling, вырусь, cola is the same.

    • @thymenwaterman8672
      @thymenwaterman8672 3 місяці тому +1

      Fun fact; cheap shops in western countries also sell officially branded Coca Cola that's made in factories in Poland. How does it taste differently?

    • @senaya
      @senaya 3 місяці тому +3

      @@thymenwaterman8672 I can't explain but Serbian cola is somehow not as sweet as Russian or Polish cola.

    • @grabelli
      @grabelli 3 місяці тому +1

      @@senaya wrong and fake hohol

    • @noreply-7069
      @noreply-7069 3 місяці тому +4

      Truly awful what they did to the Königsberg castle.. What a great cultural and historical loss and to replace it with that useless monstrosity! Adding insult to injury.

  • @user-tc9sk4ei9y
    @user-tc9sk4ei9y 4 місяці тому +78

    And btw Konigsberg castle was literally destroyed during the war, thanks to british aviation in particular, the soviets only demolished the remnants of the tower. So there was no 'nice castle'

    • @toivotooming1243
      @toivotooming1243 Місяць тому +2

      Allied bombing hit it, but there were all the main walls and the tower standing, which couldve been restored. Soviets demolished it during several years to come. I guess new regime didnt like the memory of the old one.. somewhat of a threat to its new identity in the region ;) Funny, the cathedral's RUINS were left standing and were rebuilt later. So, yeah, "nice castle" or not, wouldve still been nicer to restore history (non-nazi btw) than have this concrete-frankenstein (saying this even as I am a fan of brutalisk architecture)

    • @user-tc9sk4ei9y
      @user-tc9sk4ei9y Місяць тому +4

      @@toivotooming1243 so, soviets didn't like memories of a castle, but were ok with the memories of a cathedral, because soviets were famous for keeping memories of religious buildings, but not castles in particular (although they kept the Vyborg castle, for example). Got it, sounds plausible

  • @vancodling4223
    @vancodling4223 4 місяці тому +19

    Not the biggest lotus eaters fan, but I've got a lot of respect for you man. You do thourogh work, youre brave, and straightforward. Of all of Lord Miles' vassals, you are my favorite.

  • @NoPantsBaby
    @NoPantsBaby 4 місяці тому +113

    Callum this is all easy mode. When will you visit a real warzone like Detroit?

    • @jaded9436
      @jaded9436 4 місяці тому

      Maybe the ones the Russians created in Ukraine?

    • @beibotanov
      @beibotanov 4 місяці тому +9

      "Take him to Detroit!"
      Although I heard it got a lot nicer than it was ten years ago

    • @TheRealBatCave
      @TheRealBatCave 4 місяці тому

      Go watch Channel 5......

    • @spazzey0
      @spazzey0 4 місяці тому +3

      ​@@beibotanov
      I'm not American but I've heard that ever since everyone started leaving its become a lot quieter.
      The rust belt is a really bittersweet thing.

    • @misha6699
      @misha6699 3 місяці тому +2

      @@beibotanov I hear they've got running water by now!

  • @rebel__son
    @rebel__son 4 місяці тому +27

    13:27 just like the Nord Stream pipeline, everyone knows, no one talks.
    As an experiment, I decided to add milk to my tea today. Don't repeat my mistake.

    • @an0nycat
      @an0nycat 4 місяці тому +5

      You just need to add sugar in addition to milk. Theoretically, I could drink tea with milk too, but I don't consume sugar. 😅😅

    • @imnottellingyoumyname6467
      @imnottellingyoumyname6467 3 місяці тому +1

      If you drink redbush it's absolutely delicious with milk

    • @selectionn
      @selectionn 3 дні тому

      as an american tea drinker, milk in tea is disgusting. it only works with Chai tea, which should always have milk in it.

  • @JeffyPDiddy
    @JeffyPDiddy 4 місяці тому +11

    These videos are so entertaining! Great work Callum!

  • @Be4All
    @Be4All 4 місяці тому +64

    OUR ELEPHANT 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

    • @korneplodus4605
      @korneplodus4605 4 місяці тому +4

      Comrade Gypsie's subscriber detected

    • @snaymer1858
      @snaymer1858 3 місяці тому +2

      Поздняков и сюда пробрался

  • @pcprincipal7173
    @pcprincipal7173 4 місяці тому +3

    Thank god the video is still/again there! Wasn't able to watch it until now but had the tab open all the time. Keep up the good work, your content is fascinating!

  • @jbstarkiller4626
    @jbstarkiller4626 2 місяці тому +9

    When he says "mix European and Russian culture" does he not realize that Russian is European?🤨

    • @ghnm5tr
      @ghnm5tr Місяць тому

      It's probably a mental shortcut when he says "european" he really means "western".

    • @tymursabri1911
      @tymursabri1911 Місяць тому

      Nah, not really, most of russia is located in Asia, so it’s not really European. + historically russia had a different culture from Europe.

    • @jbstarkiller4626
      @jbstarkiller4626 Місяць тому +2

      @@tymursabri1911 Russian Civilization comes from Eastern Europe and Russia is the largest country in continental Europe.

    • @tymursabri1911
      @tymursabri1911 Місяць тому

      @@jbstarkiller4626 you are right, however I think that the information you’ve provided is irrelevant, because historically wise russia and all of it’s previous versions were opposing themself to the European countries at most times. Except maybe for russian empire, however this is still debatable because it was dominantly elite class who had European roots and spoke French or German(not sure about German tbh)

    • @jbstarkiller4626
      @jbstarkiller4626 Місяць тому +3

      @@tymursabri1911 Slavs are European.

  • @barabbabaruffa9289
    @barabbabaruffa9289 4 місяці тому +14

    0:26 pochonbo electronic ensemble "the youth will support our party"
    Finding the name of a song from your video is always a fun adventure. Great work as usual.

  • @alexalex5257
    @alexalex5257 4 місяці тому +19

    they are proud of their past and rightfully so, it doesnt mean that they are communists or imperialists right now. its honouring their amazing history

    • @tunemaki_izlasitrlv6835
      @tunemaki_izlasitrlv6835 4 місяці тому

      They think they are superior. They think they can never be wrong. And that everybody else is there to hurt them. This path only leads to misery. Soviet union collapsed because of this line of thinking, and sooner or later Russia will collapse too.
      And before you tell me I am brainwashed by western media, I live in post Soviet union and have to interact with Russians on almost daily basis.

  • @cougsjohnson1
    @cougsjohnson1 4 місяці тому +85

    I'm friends with a Guy from China who introduced me to his Cousin, who was visiting The Chinese Embassy in the US. It was about 15 Years ago, & since he could tell I was not very Political, he took us out for Drinks.
    So we had a Great Time & like typical great times, we ended up getting pissed & even going to a Strip Club. Like normal "Way too much to 🍷 Drink" events, he started saying things, he probably would never say Sober.
    In a nutshell, he turned to me & said "Do you know what the CCP's biggest fear is?" I said "No". He said "That the US & Russia will finally figure out that it's futile to keep fighting, and that your Governments will get along".
    I know it happened a long time ago, but I've never totally forgot his words. Plus I've always thought that too much alcohol can be kind of a truth serem !!
    FYI - 8 Years after my drunk conversation, even Donald Trump said "Wouldn't it be Great if we got along with Russia?" Shortly after he said that, I decided to learn Russian & Study Russian Culture. It's actually been a really exciting journey !!

    • @beibotanov
      @beibotanov 4 місяці тому

      Inbred Western leaders are probably overly greedy or just plain racist, viewing the Communism as an original sin of a whole nation. Bad for them

    • @shipovnik89
      @shipovnik89 4 місяці тому

      Thank to the United States for literally pushing us and China into each other's arms

    • @aceambling7685
      @aceambling7685 4 місяці тому +23

      Russia and America are brothers. Both founded by Piratical Germanic Warbands, both frontier empires that conquered vast swathes of land with the use of Pastoral Warrior Cultures who love freedom (Cowboys and Cossacks), both had brutal civil wars where the Landed Aristocracy were defeated by Egalitarian Industrialists. Siberians and Native Americans are even closely related to eachother. During the 1800s America and Russia were growing increasingly close. This terrified Britain, who was in direct competition with Russia in Central Asia. As a result, the Brits worked hard to repair their relationship with America and drive a wedge between the two growing superpowers.

    • @Mubvekhar
      @Mubvekhar 4 місяці тому +15

      @@aceambling7685You’re absolutely right. I lived and studied in Russia for a while as an American, and there are so many similarities between the common people. Both love their countries, have a can-do attitude, and honestly, looking at the space race, if it weren’t for the threat of nuclear war, it could almost be seen as a friendly competition amongst brothers seeing who can outdo the other, which is the attitude I found with the friends I made in Russia. If only we could put aside geopolitical ambitions and embrace each other as brother nations… The world would be a better place.

    • @orchirion
      @orchirion 4 місяці тому

      So guess who benefits from this? They don't call China Joe for nothing. If Russia splits China gets eastern siberia, if not then they're forced to an alliance so a win win. What a diabolical plan 🥸☕

  • @lexiedovahkiin
    @lexiedovahkiin 4 місяці тому +16

    Glad it's uploaded again. I think there's something particularly unique about Callum and Miles. Daredevils of our age.

  • @skorpysk
    @skorpysk 4 місяці тому +25

    Hold on, Free Wifi isn't a thing in the western world?

    • @jamescollins6085
      @jamescollins6085 4 місяці тому +10

      Everything is an opportunity to extract money from you. You are often expected to pay for the public Wi-Fi here in the UK, at least. It's much less common now that everybody has mobile data, but 10 years ago, I recall BT charging as much as £10 per day for use of their public Wi-Fi. It was free if you were one of their customers, however.

    • @POCKET-SAND
      @POCKET-SAND 4 місяці тому +2

      It is in parts of America

    • @kirilllysenko4618
      @kirilllysenko4618 Місяць тому

      There is lots of free wifi in Germany

    • @slynt_
      @slynt_ Місяць тому

      Cafes usually have it but public spaces generally don't. You'll occasionally find it in a shopping mall or something.

    • @polyanagula
      @polyanagula 18 днів тому +1

      @@kirilllysenko4618 there is free public wifi in Germany, but not even close to how much you find in Russia

  • @beatyoutoapulp
    @beatyoutoapulp 4 місяці тому +54

    35:44 Grisha isn't referring to any 'shell hunger in Bakhmut'. He's actually referring to mobilized personnel staying on the frontlines forever without 'rotations', which basically means relief or, in simpler terms, switching one unit for the other to let the former recuperate, rest and so on

    • @RickR69
      @RickR69 3 місяці тому +1

      Who gives a shit what he's referring to. He's a worthless Wagner sympathizer.

  • @TheHanshotfirst
    @TheHanshotfirst 4 місяці тому +1

    Loved this Callum. Thank you for sharing!

  • @ryanwild34
    @ryanwild34 4 місяці тому +4

    Great vids lad! keep them coming always look forward to them, would be a shame to lose them.

  • @ishitrealbad3039
    @ishitrealbad3039 4 місяці тому +22

    not even one minute in and i'm surprised to how clean it al is...

    • @MrEsphoenix
      @MrEsphoenix 4 місяці тому +14

      Russia isn't some backwards country. Like pretty much all countries you have nicer well kept areas, normally those focused more around tourism, and you have shitholes.

    • @karolinabaker7637
      @karolinabaker7637 4 місяці тому +8

      @@MrEsphoenixone minute in, he was in Poland

    • @ishitrealbad3039
      @ishitrealbad3039 4 місяці тому +8

      @@MrEsphoenix where did i say it was a backwards country?
      i live in the Netherlands and usually tourist spots are the dirtiest (amsterdam) and also i've never seen it as clean here as I see it on this video in Russia (Just like with Japan).

    • @kirilllysenko4618
      @kirilllysenko4618 Місяць тому +1

      Dude, you haven't seen real Russia. Most places are dirty as fuck

    • @ishitrealbad3039
      @ishitrealbad3039 Місяць тому +2

      @@kirilllysenko4618 the fact that metropolitan areas are clean and only in the countryside it's "dirty", just speaks more volumes.
      considering it's the opposite in western countries.

  • @buca505
    @buca505 4 місяці тому +46

    Хвала Калуме! Well, lets re-watch this, so UA-cam can take more money from advertising, before it takes down again, and refuse to pay Callum his fair share. Cause UA-cam is not biased at all LOL

  • @Flint404
    @Flint404 4 місяці тому +14

    Wow, nice to see you visited my hometown of Zelenogradsk. After the conflict started it became a tourist hotspot since the borders are mostly closed.

  • @THETURKISHKEBAB1
    @THETURKISHKEBAB1 4 місяці тому +11

    I see your videos and its encouraged me to continue looking at the world in a way that is different from just simply what you have been told online by one source and on the TV. I'd like to visit for myself one day. Maybe i'll leave afghanistan for now, but i'm sure i'll get round to it

  • @Nkellllll1
    @Nkellllll1 3 місяці тому +12

    Recently I also visited big Russia via Kaliningrad (it was a Berlin-Kaliningrad bus). And the funny thing is that when I was waiting for this bus at the station, one old man came up to the group of Russian people and asked: “Is this a Kiev bus?”

  • @rotefarbe204
    @rotefarbe204 4 місяці тому +6

    Thank you for your work! Hope you will visit many more countries which arent the usual hotspots for travelling at the moment

  • @D4rkm00r
    @D4rkm00r 4 місяці тому +72

    Alex's English in absolutely incredible! Barely any hint of an accent for someone that grew up in Germany and is half German/Half Russian. Amazing insight!
    Edit: You took on a half German/Half Russian at drinking ... oh sweet summer child xD

  • @RamondoMC96
    @RamondoMC96 4 місяці тому +25

    Make a Transsiberian trip next time. Vladivostok is a super interesting city to see just as a whole Russian Far East.

    • @CursedImagesEveryday
      @CursedImagesEveryday 4 місяці тому +5

      How long from Moscow to Vladivostok on car or motorbike I wonder? It's gotta be almost a week right? Seems like a crazy adventure

    • @RamondoMC96
      @RamondoMC96 4 місяці тому +4

      @@CursedImagesEveryday probably 2 weeks at least if you want to see the cities and attraction, and also rest well.

  • @sal2841
    @sal2841 4 місяці тому +19

    Watched the original, great work as always, people really need to have their eyes opened to other parts of the world👍, just a shame that you have had to re-upload this over very little

    • @HurryUpGrandma
      @HurryUpGrandma 4 місяці тому +1

      What was amended in this re-upload?

    • @IsBirb
      @IsBirb 4 місяці тому

      ​@@HurryUpGrandma20 seconds were removed

  • @paradigmafluch
    @paradigmafluch 4 місяці тому +131

    i missed the original video because of reallife stuff happening...
    but let me say, thank you for this,
    its a real blast seeing cultures all around europe that got hit with the evil-stick and how they are doing. wanted to visit st. petersburg anyways so now this is the motivation to make a trip. probably stop by in königsberg and talk german non-stop just to see what happens...

    • @rebel__son
      @rebel__son 4 місяці тому +7

      the most common reaction would be “rot front” and “Hitler kaput”)

    • @kyrios443
      @kyrios443 4 місяці тому +1

      What would happen if you speak german in koningsberg ?

    • @beibotanov
      @beibotanov 4 місяці тому +9

      @@kyrios443 dunno, locals will try to sell you stuff, overpriced by their standards, talking German themselves - most foreign tourists were and are Germans for obvious reasons

    • @drawmaster77
      @drawmaster77 3 місяці тому +2

      @@kyrios443 probably nothing. Many Russians like Germans from my experience. And they love love German cars 🤣

  • @94Aequitas
    @94Aequitas 4 місяці тому +4

    Just here to watch again for the views. Keep up the good work!

  • @feelyourlines
    @feelyourlines 4 місяці тому +9

    i once again thank you for the gift of content, british man.

  • @user-db7hn2cu7f
    @user-db7hn2cu7f 4 місяці тому +3

    Yooo. Thanks for re-upload. Hope you're gonna visit the Asian part of Russia!

  • @dynaxeng1684
    @dynaxeng1684 4 місяці тому +125

    Posting this again since the original video got deleted. For anyone that wants to know the North Korean music used in this video are, here you go:
    0:26 - Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble - Young People, Uphold Our Party [Vol. 11]
    15:17 - Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble - Urban Girl Comes To Get Married [Vol. 11]
    20:58 - Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble - Валенки (Мне без валенок беда) [Vol. 23 - Foreign Songs 1]
    41:35 - Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble - Our Toast
    53:41 - Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble - Dançando lambada [Vol. 23 - Foreign Songs 1]
    *The one in brackets are where I found them at by doing a youtube search.*
    I had to change the timestamps on the last two as they're different now. Again if I got one wrong, feel free to correct them in the comments. Otherwise, enjoy the rest of your day.

    • @thereapern7350
      @thereapern7350 4 місяці тому

      22:08 HOI4

    • @MarcelRecasens
      @MarcelRecasens 4 місяці тому +1

      Do you know why the video was deleted?

    • @dynaxeng1684
      @dynaxeng1684 4 місяці тому +2

      @MarcelRecasens He got copyrighted. You can read all about it on his community tab he posted.

    • @foxik7272
      @foxik7272 4 місяці тому +1

      oh thank you. I was trying to shazam it but remembered he uses north korean music due to copyright, so thank you for this comment. It was just a blast to hear Валенки with this accent

    • @ZekindaNight
      @ZekindaNight Місяць тому

      Спасибо!

  • @natewilliams4737
    @natewilliams4737 4 місяці тому +14

    This is by far one of the most interesting channels I subscribe to. Keep up the great work and stay safe!

    • @POCKET-SAND
      @POCKET-SAND 4 місяці тому +1

      Will never cease to be baffling to see people with profile pics like yours praising Russia.

    • @natewilliams4737
      @natewilliams4737 4 місяці тому +3

      @@POCKET-SAND 🤡 you don’t make any sense.

    • @POCKET-SAND
      @POCKET-SAND 4 місяці тому +1

      @@natewilliams4737 Yeah, cause no freedom of speech, no right to bear arms, and getting arrested for criticizing dear leader just screams "Libertarian."

    • @hairytentacle3924
      @hairytentacle3924 4 місяці тому

      @@POCKET-SAND Britain hated Russia and constantly tried to attack it from its Polish foothold. So Catherine the Great suppored original bearers of this snake flag and partitioned Poland.

    • @POCKET-SAND
      @POCKET-SAND 4 місяці тому

      @@hairytentacle3924 British-Polish relations were not that close in the 18th century. Quite odd to think so considering Poland gave considerable aid to the American colonists in their war of independence against the British. Events in Eastern Europe had no bearing on the war in the West whatsoever.
      Catherine the Wh*re recognized the Revolution, but did little else. Poland was taken out of greed by three autocratic Empires because it was in the midst of building a Constitutional Republic akin to the Americans.

  • @crispykrememacdonalds2746
    @crispykrememacdonalds2746 4 місяці тому +3

    I absolutely love these videos! How did I miss this the first time!? 😅

  • @theeccentrictripper3863
    @theeccentrictripper3863 4 місяці тому +11

    What was the copyright claim on? Are the dastardly South Korean music labels trying to muscle in on the noble art-form that is NK-Pop?

  • @hisgracelorduxbridge
    @hisgracelorduxbridge 4 місяці тому

    Really enjoyed that, thanks for posting 😊

  • @12Gauge223
    @12Gauge223 4 місяці тому

    Love your video style Callum. It really makes you think while being shown a lot visually and historically.

  • @ProhorGlad
    @ProhorGlad 4 місяці тому +2

    Wau! You are good at understanding Russian soul.
    One of the best videos about Russia from foreigners.

  • @andrewnorris2
    @andrewnorris2 4 місяці тому +17

    Another great episode from you, Callum. Can't eclipse the number of dead from the siege of Lenningrad, around 900 days, but the siege of Sarajevo lasted for 1,395 days. It was the longest siege in modern history, (BBC) Not to diminished the suffering of the Russians but maybe you could visit Bosnia sometime.

    • @Paul_Sergeyev
      @Paul_Sergeyev 4 місяці тому +1

      I am interested in balkan wars but never knew that sidge was so long. What happened?

    • @andrewnorris2
      @andrewnorris2 4 місяці тому +2

      @@Paul_Sergeyev When the BBC was a credible news service they produced a fine series called The Death of Yugoslavia. That would be a good place to start. The series is on youtube.

  • @Hazmatt4700
    @Hazmatt4700 4 місяці тому +1

    Great video, Thanks for providing perspective from the ground.

  • @AlanKRiley
    @AlanKRiley 4 місяці тому +1

    Thanks, really enjoyed the video..

  • @SunsetChannel
    @SunsetChannel 4 місяці тому +15

    Brother you're always welcome in Russia! Come again soon

  • @ASlickNamedPimpback
    @ASlickNamedPimpback 4 місяці тому +3

    Always nice to see the other perspective. You should head on over to El Salvador or something like that, considering it's a place that's underwent radical change and (unlike most down south), you won't end up dead or robbed

  • @HoundstoothMax
    @HoundstoothMax 4 місяці тому +1

    Keep up the solid content 💪 love the channel

  • @currymuncher9814
    @currymuncher9814 4 місяці тому +1

    Brilliant Callum, One on the bucket list

  • @flowname
    @flowname 3 місяці тому +23

    16:29 Most of these detectors appeared in Russian regions after the Volgograd bombings in December 2013, and your lady friend is incorrect in assuming that most of them aren't functioning, they are.

    • @SNIperofDARKness02
      @SNIperofDARKness02 4 дні тому

      I was there recently, the staff could care less about working them, this was in many places around Moscow and the cities towards the Urals.

  • @guysome7469
    @guysome7469 4 місяці тому +140

    Жаль в Москву в этом (уже том) году не приехали летом, когда зелени полно. Парки просто загляденье есть. Но так выбор городов хороший был. Приезжайте к нам ещё!

    • @susgaming.4540
      @susgaming.4540 4 місяці тому +6

      Жалко ещё, что он не посетил ВДНХ и выставку Россия 😭

    • @olekbeluga314
      @olekbeluga314 4 місяці тому +7

      Translation:
      Too bad you haven't visited Moscow in the summer, when it's full of greenery. Absolutely beautiful parks. But overall, good selection of cities. Come again!

    • @olekbeluga314
      @olekbeluga314 4 місяці тому +2

      @@susgaming.4540
      Translation:
      It's sad he hasn't visited VDNKh (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibition_of_Achievements_of_National_Economy)ю

    • @RedBlackDish
      @RedBlackDish 4 місяці тому

      @@susgaming.4540 она в Ноябре открылась, а он летом приезжал

    • @PeterMartyrVermigli_is_cool
      @PeterMartyrVermigli_is_cool 4 місяці тому

      And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. -Jeremiah 29:13
      “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. -John 3:16
      Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out.
      -Acts 3:19
      If are in North America, please go check out any of the churches available to you: PCA, OPC, Rpcna/Rpc, Urcna, or a canrc church
      (These are conservative and actual Presbyterian churches)
      If you can’t find one of the conservative presby churches then, maybe a Lcms or Wels Lutheran church.
      If you are Scottish, I recommend the Free Church of Scotland and the APC
      (Different from the Church of Scotland)
      If you are English I recommend the Free Church of England.
      (Different from the Church of England)
      Online you can look up church finders for each of the groups and it will show you locations.
      :)

  • @OverlandOrange
    @OverlandOrange Місяць тому +4

    Most-underrated travel channel.

  • @LightningNC
    @LightningNC 4 місяці тому +11

    _"After that, it was time to meet up with a local girl, bribe her with a Freddo..."_
    [Always Sunny music starts playing]
    *_Callum gets a gf_*

  • @SuperAd1980
    @SuperAd1980 4 місяці тому +4

    Always love the travel show.

  • @dianabower3960
    @dianabower3960 4 місяці тому +14

    Thanks

  • @millbank
    @millbank 4 місяці тому +1

    I love your travel videos, there most interesting. Look forward to the next one.

  • @johngalt2506
    @johngalt2506 4 місяці тому +2

    This is a great channel!

  • @awogei
    @awogei 4 місяці тому +39

    Hey, no worries. I"ll gladly watch it again.

  • @AlBQuirky
    @AlBQuirky 4 місяці тому +11

    Another fun and informative video, Callum! Thanks for sharing this :)

  • @adeleleah3918
    @adeleleah3918 2 місяці тому +1

    I'm so glad I found your channel...really great content !

  • @adamnogender565
    @adamnogender565 4 місяці тому

    This was very interesting Callum. Thanks :)

  • @Scythlin
    @Scythlin 4 місяці тому +15

    Callum still using Freddos as currency😏

    • @Cymes
      @Cymes 4 місяці тому

      You'd think he'd be soy-pilled about them at this point.

  • @trapset1539
    @trapset1539 4 місяці тому +3

    This reminds me of a good Television series during the 90s called Rough Guide. Nice work Calum.

  • @mikle281
    @mikle281 4 місяці тому +1

    It was a pleasure to watch a good video about our country, thank you for a nice review, we are indeed friendly for anyone to come here!

  • @devinpoor
    @devinpoor 3 місяці тому

    Love the content, keep doing what you love and keep traveling!

  • @sarnj-visits
    @sarnj-visits 4 місяці тому +3

    Hi Callum another fabulous documentary on Russia. Thank you. Can I ask re your route to Russia this time. Did you buy the airline ticket in Kaliningrad or did you have to prebook? Secondly, did you return the same route? Plane, coach plane from Gdansk to England? Thank you for your help if you are able to reply 👍🙂

  • @jjhw2941
    @jjhw2941 4 місяці тому +11

    I didn't see a woman with 2 mommies in any of those Russia military ads, I wonder why?

    • @DenOfTen
      @DenOfTen 3 місяці тому +7

      Because there is a huge fine for LGBT propaganda, and if LGBT propaganda is for children - several years in prison.

    • @SkeletonXin
      @SkeletonXin Місяць тому +2

      @@DenOfTen Based.

  • @poissonpuerile8897
    @poissonpuerile8897 4 місяці тому +1

    This is some of the best content on UA-cam to my mind!

  • @Borchyn
    @Borchyn Місяць тому

    Thank you for another immense video, Britannica. You are a titan in the spread of information.

  • @ishitrealbad3039
    @ishitrealbad3039 4 місяці тому +21

    53:25 this can also be extremely easily explained because I asked this to one of my ex-coworkers who is Russian;
    Russians are content with their own history, literally.
    They don't hate themselves or contemplate about the atrocities done in the past. For them the past is the past and it has lead them to who they are today. Some support the actons of the past, some don't but they don't bicker and fight amongst eachother for it. As they are content with it, probably due to the vast and diverse history of their country and people.
    Also another major factor I would assume, is that Russians aren't raised and taught in elementary schools to hate themselves and their history. But rather to be proud of it or atleast maybe learn from it from a centrist perspective.
    If you compare this to the West, it's no surprise that most Westerners harbor self hate. As they're taught from elementary school that they are evil due to their history. In addition also not learning anything of the greatness of their own history and or people. Everything is taught in the context of "we did this because we are bad people".
    So I would say that Russians might be more sober regarding this cultural topic in general than Westerners.

    • @Dread_2137
      @Dread_2137 4 місяці тому +2

      "They don't hate themselves or contemplate about the atrocities done in the past."
      Which to me is literally hypocrisy, seeing as how they love to remind others for their past. They accept their past, no matter if it was bad, but they will constantly remind others how bad their past was.

    • @ishitrealbad3039
      @ishitrealbad3039 4 місяці тому +6

      @@Dread_2137 you seem to miss the entire context and point.

    • @POCKET-SAND
      @POCKET-SAND 4 місяці тому +1

      @@ishitrealbad3039 That's all fine and good but it can lead to problems.
      In this case, it does because the Russians have not learned from their past. There are several reports of mass graves being found in Ukraine of civilians killed and buried by Russians, mirroring very closely the mass graves of Polish soldiers and civilians found in places like Katyn.
      These are war crimes, and Russia's unwillingness to acknowledge it's past war crimes lead it to commit more to this day.

    • @Veltrosstho
      @Veltrosstho 4 місяці тому +2

      "Taught to hate themselves"
      Annnnnnd opinion discarded. 🦜
      Damn birds are getting clever, learning how to type. To bad they can't think.

    • @JohnSmith-px5nf
      @JohnSmith-px5nf 4 місяці тому +4

      @@POCKET-SAND”several reports” yah bro keep drinking that propaganda kool-aid.

  • @Mark-lu8ee
    @Mark-lu8ee 4 місяці тому +17

    As a russian its super strange seeing all that war propaganda, it feels foreign but like home at the same time. Thank you for showing us all that perspective

  • @cliche_AF
    @cliche_AF 4 місяці тому +2

    Glad the video is back up

  • @Cocoabytes
    @Cocoabytes 4 місяці тому +2

    I enjoy your work.

  • @user-oo7uk2tu2d
    @user-oo7uk2tu2d 4 місяці тому +15

    Sad to see it had to be reposted. Thanks for your Russia vids, now I have a plan to visit these 4 cities in the exact same order as you.

  • @kolvann
    @kolvann 4 місяці тому +13

    12:56 "Copyright doesn't matter anymore"
    Famous last words

  • @Ramser03
    @Ramser03 2 місяці тому

    Incredible content as always. Your tourism videos blow me away, I’ve never seen anything else like it. Never seen an honest look at these places.

  • @Brakvash
    @Brakvash 4 місяці тому +11

    This man is the Britishest Brit I've seen - whether in Rain or Shine, London or Pyongyang - always whinging about something :D

  • @Alex-zl7og
    @Alex-zl7og 4 місяці тому +56

    I wish you visited The Main Cathedral of the Armed Forces of Russian Federation. A modern wonder.

    • @al1sa920
      @al1sa920 4 місяці тому +4

      Absolutely, I hoped he was talking about visiting Kubinka instead of exhibitions in Moscow or St.P.

    • @Mubvekhar
      @Mubvekhar 4 місяці тому +5

      That cathedral is beautiful. It gives me Warhammer vibes.

  • @thebreeze6765
    @thebreeze6765 4 місяці тому +35

    Interesting and beautiful. I've always wanted to go to St. Petersburg and Moscow. I've collected pictures of St. Basil's because it's amazing. The war history is so important. Even the underground is an architectural masterpiece. Thanks for the tour.

  • @guner9824
    @guner9824 4 місяці тому +1

    You do a great work my friend

  • @Gabedartist
    @Gabedartist 4 місяці тому

    Great video man I love it ❤

  • @francescozambaldi8212
    @francescozambaldi8212 4 місяці тому +11

    the " WAGER "cola is not the wagner cola 🤣 Nice vid btw ! loved it!

  • @mortanafidler
    @mortanafidler 4 місяці тому +8

    The soundtrack is so funny - it’s Chinese or North Korean people sing Russian Soviet era songs.

  • @pamcollins2178
    @pamcollins2178 26 днів тому +2

    Hello from southern Illinois, United States. Thoroughly enjoyed this tour.

  • @jackburgess8579
    @jackburgess8579 4 місяці тому +2

    Nice and informative video.
    The soundtrack is brilliant: excellent music used very effectively.
    It would be good if you could specify the song titles and/or artists.🙂

  • @Volkaer
    @Volkaer Місяць тому +5

    Why do you have Korean karaoke singing in the background though? XD

  • @Gringottone
    @Gringottone 4 місяці тому +6

    My god, wish you would inform us about your trip! I would love to host you in Poland, mate!

  • @PT-pn5ge
    @PT-pn5ge 4 місяці тому +7

    Good afternoon esteemed viewers of this particular channel, thank you for the amazing content.

  • @21EpicFail
    @21EpicFail 4 місяці тому +1

    Giving my view back to you! Thank you for what you do!

  • @klubberzvonhatzenbuhl563
    @klubberzvonhatzenbuhl563 4 місяці тому

    This video was equally confusing and interesting. Thanks!