Hey friends if you want to see a very historically precise version of the evolution of Russian borders (mine here are very simplified approximations) go check out this amazing video by the wildly talented EmperorTigerstar (of whom I am a patron!) ua-cam.com/video/uCIp3CF33ms/v-deo.html
I'm from Sakha republic. The funny thing is when you fly from Yakutsk to Moscow it takes about 6 hours and because of 6 time zones that divides Moscow and Yakutsk you don't lose time. For example, if you flew off in 10 AM you will land in 10 AM.
My grandma is from Dagestan and she was a famous dancer with her group, she traveled the whole world, performing at different cities and counties. At one point she was in south korea and she with her ground got invited by samsung for dinner after their performance which I think is kinda cool. Now she lives in Czech Republic with us :)
@@Agysha-hv6fihow is the situation in dagestan now? Is there now too much violence increasing and radicalism or is it really planned by Ukraine (as said by Putin)??? Do reply me , because it is recent news
@@n8n8n8n8-c4t Of course not, all of Russia's problems come from the authorities. just like this damn war and crowds of migrants, Moscow and the oligarchs are to blame for everything, don’t believe the media
Geographically, this size has endowed Russia with a rich variety of ecosystems, climates, and natural resources-from Siberian tundras to the Ural Mountains. This diversity has influenced economic development, settlement patterns, and cultural exchanges throughout the vast expanse of the country.
I live in South Korea. The city of Andong holds an annual mask dance festival, and as part of the festival, they invite traditional dance troupes from all over the world to perform and share their culture. A few years ago, I attended the festival and happened upon a performance by a group from Yakutia (another name for Sakha). They were INCREDIBLE. So much energy, joy, and skill - easily my favorite group from all the performances I witnessed that weekend. Having never heard of the place before, I Googled it and was surprised to learn that it's part of Russia. Thank you for shining a light on Russia's diversity!
you should know that Russia is a terrorist country. All territories at different times were annexed as a result of genocide and repression of the local population. As a South Korean, you should know what occupation and genocide is Also, I hope you remember that the Korean War was unleashed by the USSR by the hands of the Koreans. Just as they did in Afghanistan, Moldova, Georgia, Chechnya, and the list is endless. Now Russia is waging a war of conquest on the territory of Ukraine. Tens of thousands of people have already died, millions have become refugees
@@olenkaolenka5935 I'm not a Korean citizen - I just happen to live here. But I'm also not sure why you're directing this comment to me. I never said that the Russian government is great or perfect or hasn't committed atrocities. I just made an observation about the diversity of cultures within the country.
@@olenkaolenka5935 Hey woman, what are you talking about? The largest colonial empire on earth was British empire, so you should ask American native tribes about British ways of conquest. In comparing to them Russian approach to expansion were more humanistic, as you can hear in the video. So, in your opinion, is today's Great Britain also a terrorist country? Do you think we, both of Slavic origin, communicate on their language because they were soft and gentle to other nations throughout history? I guess you are from Ukraine so, if you are, I can say that I am sorry for what happened to your country and I hope that your nation will solve problems and become prosperous soon. Governments of other countries are responsible for crisis in Ukraine, but I suggest you to look at bigger picture if you want to understand the truth. :)
@@laurabowles Don't pay attention - Ukrainian internet-warriors on payroll trying to stirring up conflicts in comments. P.S. You should check Yskyakh festival in Yakutia - it's brilliant
Why big? there are many nationalities there it's falling apart soon in parts be able to name your country other stories Tatarstan, Yakutia, Chechnya, Kalmyk, Dagestan, and many others there is a 40% russian+asianmuslims
Taylor Sweetova you are wrong. Because in most of this republics the major and biggest nationality is Russian. All these republics not join Russia voluntarily. And was create when Reds won in 1917.
@@sonic3932 Are you a Ukrainian neo-Nazi? Why do you write this nonsense in every comment? Russians have been hearing from their enemies for 1000 years how Russia will "fall apart soon in parts".
@@sonic3932 you are talking nonsense. There are about 120 million Russians in Russia, and only the rest are representatives of Asian peoples. In almost any city, Russians are in the majority.
The Black Sea coast is very different from the rest of Russia. Here you have Mediterranean or Subtropical climates, vineyards, tea plantations and so much more!
I hope someone sees this. As a linguistics fan, this fact about Russia always comes to mind. On the Yenisei river, there is a small town, I think about 1000 inhabitants. These people speak the ket language. The ket language was recently pretty much proven to be related to languages like NAVAJO, or basically to the whole Na-Dene language family, forming the 15k years old family of the dene yeniseian languages. The last known remaining bridge between the "old world" and the "new world" from the time the first humans to migrate there migrated.
Not only languages, but also genetics connect these peoples. Halogroup Q (or Q-M242) testifies to the kinship between the small tribe of Siberian Kets and the indigenous population of all America, both northern and southern. It is amazing, thanks to science, to reveal the secret of human migration that took place many thousands of years ago.
As a russian person i really enjoyed this video. I live in Primorsky region, the capital of wich is Vladivostok. Time difference with Moscow is 7 hours and it’s 9-hours flight. Our region is located on the coast of Japanese sea with very beautiful landscapes, flora and fauna.During summer we enjoy beach ans sea activites, in winter we do enjoy skiing, skating and snowboarding. There are many asian nationalities living, in my school we even had students ftom Nothern Korea) You can easily reach China just on a regular tourist bus, fly to Japan, South Korea, Vietnam or Thailand. Thats why it's quite popular to leran asian languages. I must say that it can take a lifetime to explore all of the Russia can offer to you. I wish one day i will be able to visit Baikal, Sakhalin and Kamchatka regions. P.s Travelling in Russia for russians is terribly expensive unfortunately..... With love from me to all of you reading this comment)))
I’m actually from Republic of Sakha you mentioned. It’s a very beautiful place and is very cold. It gets to -72 Celsius in winter. I remember when I travelled to Quebec in Canada, Canadians said that I should be wary of cold and winters are harsh. That was funny :)
Yea but you cant compare Sakha to Quebec, you probably would had to go much further north in canada to get similar climate, but for most of the world even Quebec is pretty cold though
@@yuriychemezov I've never seen real snow in my life. I only see it in movies and machine-made snows at the malls. It's summer all year round in here. We have no winter or fall or spring. Nothing but the scorching sun, sand, sea and the irritating humidity. I want to visit a cold country in the near future.
I am a blogger from Russia and I lived in the Republic of Chuvashia. This is a small region on the Volga River. at school we had the Chuvash language. We had to learn not only Russian, but also our native language - Chuvash. We also studied English or German - to choose from. Sometimes we knew Chuvash better than English. The government takes care of the culture and language of small nationals. We also teach the history of our small nation and the history of Russia - separately. We study the national food of our republic, songs and national clothes. This is required by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.
Omg I'm Chuvash too! Well half and I'm from Togliatti buy who cares. It's very sad that our culture is to be ashamed of. Like come on, we are not some dirty dummies. Мы люди! How uniquely Russia is. It's very racist and dumb in a lot of moments
@@Kalemegdan967 In Russia, there is the concept of “small indigenous peoples”, there are about 50 such peoples in Russia. The number of representatives of such peoples is from several tens to several thousand people. They have a huge number of benefits and a variety of government obligations to them. First of all, this is aimed at preserving their culture and languages, but this does not help much, the main part of them is gradually losing their language and dissolving among larger nationalities.
As a Dutchmen from The Netherlands (Holland) having learned only the western view on Russia, I've only learned bad things about Russia. Since I've migrated to Turkey some years ago, a more neutral country if it comes to The West / Russia I've learned so much positive things about Russia and I've met some amazing Russians living here too. My view has completely changed and I planned a trip and can't wait to visit Russia and see some of the diversity and kindness of the people there. I hope the world media would be more neutral and I feel sad it isn't.
Lies. I live in the Netherlands and there is not this idea that all Russians are bad. That's just some oversimplified generalizations that is not based on reality.
A couple of interesting facts about 11 time zones: - When Russia celebrates New Years, news anchors congratulate some big city hourly. It's like a countdown - the more cities are mentioned, the closer the holiday. - Often all sorts of television programs are leaked onto the Internet, because they are first shown in the Far East, and they will reach Moscow in about 10 hours. Therefore, for example, people from Moscow can always find the President's New Year messages on the Internet long before the New Year. - Sometimes what the government doesn't like is accidentally shown on television in the Far East. These things are being cut out of programs while they trudge to Moscow. It's always fun to talk about things like that.
И так здравствуйте, я из Республики Саха (Якутия). И я Саха, и в данный момент в субботу 16.12.2023 года на улице как то тепло -36 градусов по Цельсию. Интересные факты, Якутия в 6 раз больше Франции, здесь в имеется вся таблица Менделеева, самый богатый регион по природным ресурсам в России, самое холодное место где живут люди меньше -70 градусов по Цельсию, разность годовой температуры достигает 100 градусов по Цельсию, самые добрые люди в Якутии, одна из самых больших рек в мире Лена, самый большой город построенный на вечной мерзлоте. Интересный факт обо мне, мой прадед участвовал в гражданской войне 1917-1922 года, мой дед участвовал во второй мировой войне с 1941-1945 года, мой отец воевал в Афганистане, мой брат сейчас находится на СВО. Если есть вопросы то задавайте.
@@zzzyyyxxxvvv I mainly visited only the Far Eastern territories of my country. I didn’t even have time to visit all parts of my region. I haven’t been to the western part of Russia, but I have visited China and South Korea. I myself am a mining engineer and geologist by profession, and I like taiga places.
As a person from the European side of Russia, currently in Moscow, I absolutely forget that my country is so big and that there are people who don't look "Russian" in a typical sense. One of the dreams of mine is to travel around my country to explore it since there is so much to look at, for example, natural resources rather than big city plants. And the history is so complex, I don't even know the majority of it. And it is interesting bc I'm more interested in the history of European countries and absolutely forget about my own. Also, every time a foreigner takes interest in Russia, I'm so surprised, I'm like "oh, cool. you know about Russia, that's nice". So, really appreciate your videos!
You should, sis! Altai is amazing for instance. Kavkaz is amazing, Ichkeria, Kabardino-Balkaria etc. People and "nature" alike. However, how can you forget how multicultural the country is when on the streets of Moscow you see every ethnic group? I mean, I'm originally from St Petersburg, and there in subway you'd see every single one of them. And when Ramadan starts the city center would be blocked so that people can pray. I guess it took me years of living abroad to understand how diverse any crowd in Russia is.
I'm from Caucasus. I just want to add that most regions of Russia are very dependent on Moscow and money that comes from federal government. So they aren't really independent. But yeah, Russia is very diverse. I hope that when the world peace will be restored everybody can visit our country and see its beauty by themselves.
@@nzsvus in video he mentioned that there are republics in Russia that are nearly independent from Moscow, bit it is not true. Actually there is only one - Chechnya :)
Almost the whole world can visit Russia whenever they want :) you just need to get a visa and buy a plane ticket. Now you have to fly with transfers from many countries. But Russia is open and anyone can fly in.
@@МарсельАюпов-н7т вам что плохо жить в большой стране? А давай поделим, и Штаты или Канада будут больше. Потом поделим и их. А что? Чтобы не выделялись! Видео дебильное...
Это все связанно с распределением бюджета. Некоторые регионы имеют дефицит, а некоторые профицит. Ну мы же не можем профицитному региону выделить больше денег, чтобы дефицитный совсем загнулся. Отсюда и перераспределение. Пусть оно и не всегда справедливое в отношении одного субъекта, но оно справедливо в масштабах всей страны. Про коррупцию, откаты и тд не хочу говорить. Это индивидуально для каждого субъекта, это стоит отдельного рассмотрения и, самое важное, дискуссия не эту тему ни к чем не приведет, кроме бессмысленного спора и нервотрепке.
Hey, Bald and Bankrupt came over Also I made a large essay about Kalmykia and the capital Elista for some school subject, so atleast my classmates know about your great Republic now!
Answering your question. You didn't mention Kamchatka. It's the most distant land from Moscow. And it has hills, volcanoes, geysers and hot springs. It's much more cold there at winter than usual but it has perfect weather when you come there at summer. It has beautiful nature and national parks. People there actually do even surf in cold Pacific Ocean using warm wetsuits! Also it's famous for its seafood. Kabardino-Balkaria has very high mountains belt. There is the biggest mountain in Europe called Elbrus. There are a lot of hikers there. There are climbers and ice climbers. There are climbing camps. You can meet travellers there even from Europe and Asia. Sometimes there are skyrunning events. People also come there at winter to ski and snowboard. But these mountains are so big that you can freeride there even at the hottest summer! Ural mountains are also good place to visit. I haven't traveled there a lot so I can't describe good. But I've been to Ekaterinburg. There is Europe/Asia border monument. Also the lake Baikal. It is big and very deep like a sea but its water is fresh. Some people come here at summer to see the nature, some at winter to see wonderful transparent ice and to skate it. Murmansk region is the North Russia. It's not the most cold place. But it has great northern nature and it's relatively easy to get there from Moscow. It's a great place to visit at summer. It has national parks, crystal clear lakes, hills, lots of rocks, moss, lichens, reindeer moss, and lots of wild berries and mushrooms. It has access to the cold northern Barents see which is marginal area of the Arctic Ocean. The more close you come to Barents see the more nature changes into tundra. If you are lucky you will see Northern Lights there. Good place to hike. Some people enjoy kayaking there. Some crazy people enjoy extreme-tours to such places at winter to test frost hardness and extreme conditions to camp. Volgograd was known before as Stalingrad. It's the place of valor and its spirit enters deep into you when you visit the Motherland memorial. There are names of soldiers who died to save us from nazis. I had my heart almost stopped when I've seen those names. Because they are literally everywhere. They are so many. It allows to see the scale. Also the Motherland statue is the soviet kind of statue of Liberty but with another meaning. It's huge calling woman with a sword simboling that "motherland calls" moment in soviet history.
I took a Russian Studies class in high school, back in the eighties, lol. The Kamchatka Península will forever be etched in my mind and Lake Baikal, the deepest like in the world. If I had limitless money and time, I would explore that part of the world. Hopefully, peace will prevail soon.
камчатка не лчень холодная...там умеренный климат...таи с запада идут теплые возбушные массы с залива..поєэтому там климат схож с европейской частью россии
Hi, I'm from Nalchik in the Kabardinskai Republic (butchered the name in English). Our city is sooo beautiful and you should totally check it out, and maybe even visit someday. One thing about it is that the biggest mountain In Europe (mount Elbrus) is located near Nalchik. Hope you see this😊
I’m from Russian Far East. My hometown has a border with China. Two countries are separated by river. You can actually see Chinese city from my hometown. The fun fact it’s called Blagoveshchensk, which is roughly translates into English as the city of good news;)
Is your first language Russian? Or a Turkic, more Asian language? And do you have European roots? Or are you middle asian? Siberia is so fascinating! I just checked the Wikipedia page for Blagoveshchensk. Your town was part of China until the 19th century?? How awesome is that
@@maud3444Mostly Russian russians live in this region, which means that he is most likely Russian. 99% of Russian people speak Russian. Blagoveshchensk appeared in the middle of the 19th century, after these lands were transferred from China to Russia
The country is so big that when I ask people from smaller cities whether they have traveled abroad, they tell me they have been to Moscow as if Moscow is another country entirely.😂
They are not wrong) I won't talk about politics and poorness of the people. Just know that Moscow is so much different comparing to the rest of Russia. It can be considered as a country.
@@orgax Actually no. Most of Russia is non profitable and the european region of Russia subsidizes the rest of the country. Save areas with oil and gas reserves, most of the country is economic ballast needing western Russia to to give them money.
Russian missionary and evangelism was also very different then Western European. If you study the lives of Saint Herman and Innocent of Alaska, you see the orthodox missionaries were much more open and accepting of native cultures. Emphasizing what they had in common with Christianity and preserving cultural heritage.
Yeah, they were so much more open and accepting that at one point the Russians decided that they dont need religion at all. Then, they tried to impose the idea of communism on everyone, while doing that they sent all the Tatars to exile, etc.... Russian history is full of bloody stories...
I’m a Slavic Russian from the far eastern city of Russia called Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. It’s on the island of Sakhalin. I have a subject in school called global politics, and for it I wrote a research paper on this island and the Kuril Islands which are part of one oblast. It’s an extremely interesting story about Russian-Japanese relations, which in my opinion deserves a whole other episode. On another note, thank you for making another video about Russia! I’m so happy you find my country so interesting, because it gets annoying after a while when all people mention vodka, bears, and communism, basically all Russian stereotypes - you go beyond them.
Главное, чтобы таких видео было больше и люди на западе понимали, что мы не поддерживаем создание нового железного занавеса и идиотские агрессивные действия властей. Надоело уже каждый раз оправдываться, что я никого травить не собираюсь или не поддерживаю вторжение в соседние страны, когда знакомлюсь с европейцами
Stereotypes are all the average person knows about any country, so don't take it personally. That said, Russia is a very interesting country and I hope he makes another, deeper video on this topic.
Hey, I'm from the Russian Far East (I mean, it's an official name of the region, no jokes here), the city of Vladivostok. It is 11.0000km away from Moscow, but 200km away from China and North Korea. It has lots of south-east-asian immigrants living here (so many that children study Chinese at schools). It is also all about marine trade, fishing and all kinds of fun sea-related things. Love my land, totally recommend visiting
I've really wanted to visit Vladivostok! I've wanted to take the trans-siberian train from Moscow to Vladivostok just to experience the journey and to see so many cultures!
just a question, i don't know much about accent variations in Russia as the Sovet Union tried to homogenise it more but how different is the Russian you speak from someone from Moscow?, are your accents noticeably different, do you use different slang and words? (aka, how much do regional accents/dialects variate from one another)
@@peepeetrain8755 Youngsters from different regions of Russia speak russian without any accents. Old people sometimes have accent. Especially old people from villages and small cities. But all russian-speaking persons can understand each other without any problems. It's all about television. The same language everywhere.
@@peepeetrain8755 Also, throughout all Russia, with the exception from region closer to south-west, east and south borders, there is no accent. Even ethnically Mongolian people speak fluently. This is not the case only in Russia, as most of the countries, that have been in USSR prior to it’s collapse speak Russian as good as Russians themselves without any accent.
I'm currently researching the people of Kamchatka as a Russian studies major. Something I've found incredibly interesting is the exchange between the Ainu people of Hokkaido (in modern day Japan) and the remnants of the Ainu in Kamchatka, and their push for national recognition as an indigenous group in Russia. There is a very small portion of native Kamachatkans (~100) who self-identify as Ainu in census data, and who have petitioned the Russian government to be recognized as a small-numbered people. While many have lost access to the Ainu language of Hokkaido and assimilated with the other Kamchadal people, such a movement exists. Russo-Japanese border politics (both during the war in 1904 and in the present day) also play a huge role in the refusal to acknowledge the Ainu people of Kamchatka as a legitimate entity. Very interesting (and critically understudied :) part of Russian indigenous history that I'm thankful to have stumbled upon.
That's actually so cool, I've looked into the Ainu people of Japan a bit, but never considered that they would be in the Kurils and Kamchatka as well. Thank you for the knowledge!
Забавно как прозвучало - русские научились пользоваться технологиями Европы, когда порох и пушки с ракетами и пороховыми бомбами и бумагой изобрели в Китае :)
Забавно другое - освободились мы от Ига в 1480 после стояния на Угре. Грозный начал править неполный век спустя в 1547 году, ну а уж массовое внедрение порохового оружия вообще при Петре случилось. Редкое надругательство над историей в этом видео вижу я.
@@Cat-without-smile При Петре была уже модернизация. Иван Грозный вполне себе пользовался порохом) Взять Казань, Астрахань, Сибирь смогли именно благодаря пушкам, тк у татар не было таких технологий) Тупо произошла Age of Empires
Забавно что он говорит как ужасно что Россия воевала в Чечне, где погибали мирные жители, как это ужасно. А когда Америка приперлась воевать во вьетнам, конечно же не 1 мирный не погиб, не от газа который они распыляли над всеми деревнями, не от бомб, не от напалма.
Also all territories near the pole are not in right scale it is pretty smaller you can watch another video about how it is hard to made flat world map in right scale
Ни с одним из народов Россия не поступила, так как поступили англосаксы с коренным населением Америки. В России не было резерваций, как в Америке. 😝 @@RDB-mw9ig
I love Russia even tho the person in power isn't good, he doesn't impact Russians as much as people think. It really damages us knowing we do many stuff on our own with our own legislature, but are over looked as if we all act like the person in charge.
I’m from Norway, but my Grandfather worked in the army way up north by the then Soviet border. My grandfather had meetings with the Soviet army there, and as a token of appreciation he received a fishing lure. I have it now, and it has this wonderfully harsh Soviet graphical design on the paper box.
Faren min var også grensejeger på sovjetgrensen. Tror det var en givende posisjon å ha i militæret på den tiden, men selvfølgelig ganske intenst også. Altså, dersom det hadde blitt krig, hadde disse vært de første ut i kamp.
@@Christian_TH You're right, your country is still a potential target because it hosts American bases. Like the Russian city of Kaliningrad, it is one of the first targets for NATO troops.
As a guy from Poland I think neighboring Kaliningrad Oblast is quite interesting. Not many people know about it existence, however because of its somewhat complicated history (eighty years ago it was Germany) I find it fascinating.
@@Drannn54 Obviously I am aware of that and technically Gdańsk was a free city. I'm not stating, that Kaliningrad is German. Its history is just interesting just as history of Masuria in Poland. That's all.
Russian history starts in Ladoga town and Velikii Novgorod - first city of Russia, not Kyiv. Kyiv was the first big capital - and it was Kyivskaya Rus'. Before that it was Novgorodskaya Rus'. The first guy of the Rus' was Rurik and Oleg. Also, the second dude died next to Ladoga Town and we have memorial about this.
Again nobody called or considered Kiyevskaya Rus as it was just a period in history. The term was invented in XIX century to outline new time in Rus' history.
Novgorod Russia did not exist, there was Novgorod republic. One of military commanders with his Rus captured the city of Kiev at Kazar Khaganate and began to conduct the policy. Russ is from Slavic - hands ((that meant army)), in Anguian there is similar Arms and Army. Then this name has passed on all population, and Kiev became capital of Rus'. By the way, the Turkic name Cossack (from Hungarian "Kezek" - Hands)
@Leo Erceg yeah but that doesn’t really count though. The majority of Italy is Catholic. When you go to Kalmykia, nearly everyone is Buddhist, and you have Buddhist temples everywhere. You don’t really get them in Italy or Austria.
Yakutia (Saha republic) and Buryatia are also mostly Buddhist. There was even one lama from Buryatia who was a teacher of the 13th Dalai-lama - Agvan Dorzhiev.
Speaking of Sakha republic, as a Russian (I am from South Urals) I was amazed that they have their own cinematography. Shot in local language, mostly independent, low-budget cinema that with time gets more and more recognition worldwide - awards at the well-known festivals in Hongkong, Toronto, Sydney, etc. So, within the last 5 years, it became a small industry in itself. They even launched streaming services with movies just for locals. And having all that - Sakha's cinematography is absolutely unknown in Russia. Like, 99% of people would never even heard about it. To me, it also tells a little how disconnected the regions could be sometimes, both geographically and culturally.
I'm from Russia, many of my relatives live in Bashkortostan (one of the republics). We ourselves are not Bashkirs, but when i was a kid, every summer my parents sent me to my grandparents and i grew up listening to Bashkir laguage, their music on the radio etc, it's like i came to Asia but within our country:) Pretty cool to think about. And it took 2 days to get there by train from Moscow!
@@nuzayerov it's fun when you're a kid, it's like an adventure:) people also have to take food with them, imagine the smell when everyone is settled in their places and starts to unpack their boiled eggs and boiled chicken😂 and yeah, it's a train with beds, its not like you have to sit for two days, that would be torture
@@arieljosephvc3162 what do you mean changing a whole unit system? He isn’t changing shit, that’s just what he uses, surely you can grasp the metric system
I am from Komi Republic, from capital Syktyvkar, Ezhva. И я в шоке от того, что какой то иностранец говорит про мою республику, рассказал про ГУЛАГ в Воркуте и про Маньпупунёр, про место, которое занесено в наследие ЮНЕСКО с 95 года. Я в шоке потому, что об этом и наши то русские говорят не часто. А помимо природных красот есть и другие особенности республики. Но я рада что сказали хотя бы про это. Я очень люблю место, в котором живу. Прямо сейчас, кстати, ожидается 1 января -35 градусов. С нашей высокой влажностью это будет как -45))) Но я обожаю это место. И пусть летом +45, а зимой -45, тут не особо может удобно жить и чего то не хватает, но я просто люблю свой дом и мне повезло родиться именно здесь. И спасибо что рассказали. Мне очень интересно как иностранцы относятся к России, особенно в настоящее время. Понимаете о чём я... Но Россия это люди. Не судите о такой огромной стране по правительству, это не правильно. Спасибо еще раз за то, что сделали этот ролик, искали информацию несколько дней, пытались разобраться в истории другой страны. Это очень приятно.
I love both the BIG RUSSIA and also the RUSSIAN GOVERMENT. THEY ARE NOT AS BAD AS SOME OTHER COUNTRIES MAKE IT LOOK LIKE > and that countries critizes EVERY ONE IN THE WORLD WHO DO NOT LIVE or rather die as they primitivly DO
I am from the Republic of Bashkortostan. The nature here is very beautiful. By the way, the Ural Mountains are named after Ural Batyr, the hero of the ancient epos Ural Batyr. I am a Bashkir and I speak Bashkir language. Our people are famous for numerous rebellions against the russian authorities, their warriors, batyrs, culture, and, of course, honey. In the summer there were protests against the destruction of the Kushtau Shikhan mountain. Thanks for the video, Russia is not just Moscow and St.Petersburg P.S. come and visit us ;)
Google "Bashkortostan" and it's showing more picture of women than the country itself 😂 Seem's like your people are more famous for their look now 😅 Oh and UFA is the easiest pronouncing capital name I ever heard.
Fun fact: Ivan the Terrible's actual nickname doesn't actually mean "terrible". The modern English meaning of the word shifted towards "horrible, awful", but the original Russian nickname Грозный (Grozny) actually means "formidable, dangerous, powerful". Oh and if you like Game of Thrones, read his biography. You'll get: wars, conspiracy, coups, all sorts of dirty politics and much more! Did you know a rival noble clan poisoned his first wife Anastasia and her death caused a collapse in his mental health that made him unhinged? And how all of it was part of a power play by the aristocrats to take power from Ivan, and how he viciously retaliated by essentially wiping the old clans who posed a potential threat out? And the Oprichnina? History is fascinating
Can you imagine if in the USA there were several republics like in Russia, Sioux Republic, Apache Republic or Cherokee Republic, etc. with their own languages? sadly they were all wiped out
@@felipe-vibor well, you need to understand that the European settlers at that time were, in a way, not actually considered Americans. They were considered British, Dutch, French...etc. And eventually, they wanted to drift away from their European roots and everything and form their own country of America. it is different than Russia sending people to other places, saying that BOOM this is Russia, and we are all staying Russian. (America would still be a part of Britain if we were to 100% follow Russia's case) only, there is a tiny problem... how can we be true Americans when there are already Americans here? If we keep them, people of our kind will always be seen as foreigners. Great idea, let us kill them all and take the title of being American :))) and then after they're no longer a threat we can scream EQUALITY! on top of all this, there is a very important difference in ideology, Americans strongly believed in the concept of racism at that time, and so the natives to them were savages. (Russia did not strongly believe in racism at that time) and most importantly, native Americans did not want to be ruled by Europeans, and they fought back on multiple accounts, which ruined the relationship between the two. (and obviously, at that time, the more technically advanced Europeans get the upper hand, it was a complete joke. Literally. like, a native tribe kills one European, the Europeans goes and kill the entire native village and tribe for revenge... and yeah, that went well)
I was born in Russia, in the Caucasus. I would like to say about the Russian republics. Honestly, 99% of Russian citizens can speak Russian. Some people in the republics speak only Russian, some people in the republics speak the language of their ethic group and Russian too. It's not a problem - all people understand Russian
What about Soviet Union then? Russia is still relatively a new country after that breakup. But yes it's still is huge. I never knew that Russia would be this diverse though.
@@prajithp2916 Russia is not a new country. The Soviet Union was just a new name given to the Russian Empire after the 1917 Revolution. The Russian flag has been in existence for about 600 years. The fall of the USSR actually cost Russia a lot of its territories. Subjects of the Russian Empire were called Russians and citizens of the the Russian Federation are called Russians. Calling Russia a young republic is like calling the UK young because it's not an absolute monarchy any more.
@@OldNavajoTricks wait is it true? I mean there is the Byzantine empire but that collapsed like hundreds of years ago. Then there is fascist Italy, but that also collapsed
It’s so interesting learning about how different the different territories are. I mean OBVIOUSLY they are. But it’s fascinating to learn about them individually
Про город Москва, который Muskovy - конечно, клюква и упрощение, но про причины расширения на Восток сказано более-менее верно. Вся история расширения России (включая самые новейшие эпизоды) - это попытка достичь удобных для обороны географических пределов (моря, реки, горы, пустыни и т.д.)
Did you know that there is an ex Russian settlement in California? When they were settling in Alaska they needed food supply that could be resourced quicker than waiting for summer or importing from Russia. They had explored the US west coast down to northern California where they built Fort Rus. They weren't really interested in colonization at the time however and didn't stay long. Imagine that.
0:24 Fun fact, the person who holds the tripod is Mustang Wanted, a Ukrainian urban explorer and stuntman who serves in the Ukrainian Armed Forces against Russia now.
Hello, Dagestani here👋🥰It’so so sweet to see people from foreign countries talk about Russia with such respect and passion, I was watching the whole video with a smile😄There are more than 40 different ethnic groups living in Dagestan, all of them have there own customs, there own food and legacy. For example, my ethnicity is called Laks. In Dagestan we also have unique nature like Caspian sea (which is technically a lake), Caucasian mountains, waterfalls, the Sarikum dune, Sulak canyon and etc. Come visit us, I think, you’d like it❤️ P.S. you’re so good at pronouncing our geographic titles, mad respect✊🏽
No way a 37 million people country like Canada should have a higher GDP than larger 147 million people Russia. Someone's asleep at the wheel over there.
@Kartvelian nationalist that’s a very ignorant comment from someone who has never been to Dagestan, the people of Dagestan did not lose their Caucasian culture. Then again I’m not surprised to see ignorance from someone called “Kartvelian nationalist”, go worry about Abkhazia and South Ossetia instead of Dagestan.
@Kartvelian nationalist Avars are not Mongoloid Turks wtf, the Avars of Dagestan are ethnic Caucasian people. Famous Caucasian leader Imam Shamil was Avar. Dagestan is majority Caucasian, the only people who aren’t native Caucasian people in Dagestan is Kumyks, some Nogais, some Azerbaijanis in the far south, and maybe some Russians in Makhachkala and the north.
@@nicholaseastman6915 bruh, you said the same thing that old Pro-Putin guys say, but in reverse. Like when someone wants to travel to other country, they say: "We have that here too, why don't you go to Caucasus or Kamchatka"
I did the same for a couple days across Kazakhstan. It wasn't just big - it looked exactly the same, just flat grassland like an unkempt lawn for like 20 hours. Terrifying.
Really well done overall, but with a few mistakes: - "republics are totally independent from Russia" is an overstatement, considering you yourself are from US, where states are even more independent on average. - "Gulags" - there was only one GULAG, which is short for "chief administration of the camps (of work and reformation)". It's all camps combined.
Да, не только в истории тоже есть косяки. Например Киевская русь, это термин исторически не было не какой Киевской Руси, была просто Русь, не было там словянских коллективов, а русичи - русские так далее. Ошибка на ошибке!
Этот человек очень поверхностно соединил какие-то факты между собой, очень искажено и с большим количеством пропусков, что даёт не совсем то ощущение прошедшей истории
@@kainetrimble2719 ну да, конечно, ведь слушать американца не живущего постоянно в России это ахуеннее чем того кто в ней живет, продолжай в том же духе и возможно регресс будет твоим первым именем
@@hznh2301for one history has shown time after time that communism does not work out the way it does on paper. secondly i wouldn’t believe a North Korean who hasn’t seen the outside world when they tell me their leader is a God and perfect either. So no i’m not going to believe someone when they tell me Putin is amazing either.
Heyyy👋🏽 I’m from Russia, from Tatarstan (one of republic), Kazan. I’m so proud of Tatarstan, because here 50% Russian and 50% tatar people and we live in pease and respect. I mean two different cultures coexist peacefully in the same region, that’s cool!❤ mosques can stand next to churches)) I hope, the war will end soon and then WELCOME TO Tatarstan!🥰
@@via_nas а в чём тогда заключается сохранение национальных языков? Хаахаххаха В том что в школах просто государство разрешает учить местный национальный язык? В Канаде есть французский штат и там всё на французском. Швейцария тоже самое. А что же России мешает сделать так же самое местными языками? Просто идёт русификация, не выдумывай, нет никого сохранения местных языков, это клоунада для бедных.
Страны не должны быть такими большими... в смысле? Они могут быть любого размера. Думаю, что эта фраза прозвучала только потому, что легче влиять на маленькую страну. Разделяй и властвуй. Россия большая и классная, приезжайте, посмотрите на нее изнутри. Это удивительное место. Столько людей и народов живут по-своему и вместе одновременно. Внутри России могут быть противоречия, но россияне всегда объединялись против общего врага и давали отпор. Потом что как говорится в нашем гимне: "Братских народов союз вековой...".
Russia even once tried to include the Hawaiian Islands in its composition. The Russian explorer of New Guinea, Maclay, begged the tsar to annex this land to Russia. At the end of the XIX century, the Russians tried to gain a foothold even in Somalia. So the space of their expansion is even wider than you can imagine. Only the Mongols and the British surpassed Russia in this respect.
yeah, had not been for the Spaniards pushing them into Alaska the Russians would have displaced the British in Western Canada and would have also probably stayed in modern day Seattle aswell
@@danielburden7373 Not really. Russia often lacked the human and financial resources to develop its own territory. Alaska was sold because the Empire could not protect its Far East from the British navy, and the colony was unprofitable.
@@raymonddefoix6017 after Crimea war, better to USA sold for cheap cuz, if brits took boiz better they turkey and france they can toghether beat us faster in Crimea, then Alaska, then Far-East of Russia. Btw nice plan was by brits, cutoff Russia from Pathific and Altantic ocean. And only one nation will trade in Moscow.
Hello 👋🏼, I’m from Yakutsk. Studying in Kaliningrad at the time. It takes me about 10 hours on plane to get to the home. It’s 9484,3 kilometres away from Yakutsk. It was a pleasure to watch your video. Appreciate that you put accents on how Russia ethnically and culturally plural. Thank you 😊
As Russian from eastern Siberia (Irkutsk) but living in Western Canada (Edmonton) since 2015 and traveling across both countries I would like to mention that some First nation from Canada are genetically very close with Tuva, Buryat, Saha nations. And I am so proud of them in Russia : they were able to survive better then in a Canada regards of their language and traditions. Thank you for this video about real Russian people across different republics.
I'm Buryat. My parents are from the Irkutsk region, while I was born in Ulan-Ude. Back in 2006, I saw a cover of Time Magazine with the Kennewick man, that looks a lot like...me: images.app.goo.gl/NFwKVQmft1qqUj2JA
It is quite strange to hear that the country should not be so huge, although, for example, the British Empire was much larger. The only difference is that Russia did not use the colonies, but annexed them to itself. In addition, this is the only way to ensure safety.
Одно дело когда поисоеденяешь к себе и у них появляются права граждан, а другое дело когда этот колония котрая не имеет права не на что, а только должна работать на своих колонизаторов и всё чем занимались колонизаторы это загребает все богатства этих земель. Ещё не забывайте что иногда экспансия начиналась с геноцида. Они сначало убивали большое количество коренного народа и оставляли малую часть которая будут работать на них.
The Mongols, the only group to invade Russia in the winter, and the only group to succeed. Really the takeaway here should be only invade Russia in the winter.
@@poposapien9587 We, Mongolians, have been dealing with severe cold winters and burning hot summer for three thousand years. When I was in Moscow, in January, it was -14• degree celsius. It’s usually -40 to -48• degree celsius in Mongolia during winter.
I am Russian and spent years in classroom learning about the history of Russia. It was so confusing so that I forgot pretty much everything I learned by now :) So I saw the title of your video and thought: "seriously, why is it so big?". Your video was a nice summary and I thoroughly enjoyed watching it.
@Urjjo Bandyopadhyay Considering they follow completely different christian teachings, they are not exactly christian brothers. Europe consists of different ethnic groups, so there's that point too. Many European explorers (or scientists for that matter) were not blue-eyed either.
hi everyone 😺 i’m from Krasnodarsky krai, which is located in the south of Russia. It’s very hot there! Besides, we have two seas there : Black Sea and Azov Sea 🌊 I say hello to all foreign friends❤️
How was it possible to prepare a historical issue and repeat the same mistake as others? Again and again... Regarding Ivan IV, the nickname "Grozny" doesn't mean "Terrible" (like a "bad person"), but "Fearsome", a combination of power and greatness that inspires fear.
И если сравнивать сколько людей погибло при его правлении и сколько убили европейские монархи, то он совсем не грозный. Но надо же везде пихнуть то, что русские плохие. Когда в чужом глазу видят соринку, но в своем бревна не замечают
Да, славяне у них рабы, Грозный ужасный, Сталин диктатор, Путин тиран... Всё на уровне слов даже. Надо уже западникам морды бить везде повсеместно - может, тогда русских научатся уважать. @@КристинаКристина-ч1й4д
@@goldeneraofmanutd8561 exactly, the true and the bad bully are those who kept on knocking someone else doorstep yet points a finger on Russia telling them to stop this AGRESSIVE behavior..
Why big? there are many nationalities there it's falling apart soon in parts be able to name your country other stories Tatarstan, Yakutia, Chechnya, Kalmyk, Dagestan, and many others there is a 40% russian+asianmuslims
How to take Kazan Khanate and not be taken by Astrakhan Khanate, Crimea Khanate and especially by Ottoman Empire. Considering that they are closely related each other. All that remains is to wait for the right time and right place. And you shouldn't forget about west countries who want a bite of your country.
So there is the hidden answer in this video on the question raised in the title: WHY Russia is so damn big? It is very simple - Russia somehow or other could include, tolerate, support, defend and respect all these traditional cultures and religions. The respect to the individuality is the key of peace. They were taken under the protection, not under the control. Also the key is that religion means the culture of serving the Lord, but not sense gratification. That was the secret of peace in the world, and especially in Europe and America, after Srila Prabhupada have brought Krishna Conciousness, or God Conciousness, to America in 60s.
One of these Russian republics that I find really interesting is Udmurtia. When European think of red hair they mostly think of the celts (e.g. Irish, Scots...) but actually, the most red haired people live in the Russian republic of Udmurtia. Which I think is a nice little fun fact ;)
Udmurts are actually quite red. I have a few red-haired friends and it looks natural to me, but if you look at the statistics, it probably is not so natural in the rest of the world. Does anyone have red-haired acquaintances or friends?
@@Morelze Oh cool I didn't think someone from there would actually read this comment. There is some red haired population all over non-south Europe. It's just not many. Personally I've only gotten to know 2 people with red hair during my life so far here in southern Germany. Depending on the region Germany has between 0.5-1% red haired people.
I lived in Kazan for 2 months. Became engaged and married a Tatar girl (that chapter has passed unfortunately) Kazan is older than Moscow and has a Russian and Tatar side to the city, though those lines are continually blurred. It’s full of both Churches and Mosques and centuries after Ivan invaded the city there is still some cultural tension between Russians and Tatar people. It’s a beautiful place and will always be in my heart. I genuinely think you’ll find it a fascinating place to look into it’s history.
@dean bilchev lol no, it ended 15 years later. We actually married a year after the engagement too. My fault for writing the extremely short version of the story.
Hey friends if you want to see a very historically precise version of the evolution of Russian borders (mine here are very simplified approximations) go check out this amazing video by the wildly talented EmperorTigerstar (of whom I am a patron!) ua-cam.com/video/uCIp3CF33ms/v-deo.html
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Yo wassup 🤗
Please make a video on the Boers and Kruger Rands
Ivan: Go east!
How far east?
Ivan: Until you find west.
This is so underrated😹😹
This just made my day😂
Witty 🤣
They still havent found the west ..if you keep going due east without turning!!
Reminds me of that video when Putin asks a kid how far Russia's borders stretch and he whispers "Russia's do not end..."
I'm from Sakha republic. The funny thing is when you fly from Yakutsk to Moscow it takes about 6 hours and because of 6 time zones that divides Moscow and Yakutsk you don't lose time. For example, if you flew off in 10 AM you will land in 10 AM.
But then in the other way you lose 12 hours
@@monkmodemalik8225 true
Haha that's funny
Time travel
Sending you warm regards :-)
It's mind blowing to imagine that Russia was once European , Asian and North American country at the same time.
could say the same about the UK x100
What do you mean “was”??
It technically still is
@@noahvrs1004I mean north America (Alaska is not part of Russia any more)
@@shimnakt955 Yeah but didn't Putin buy the last US president?
My grandma is from Dagestan and she was a famous dancer with her group, she traveled the whole world, performing at different cities and counties. At one point she was in south korea and she with her ground got invited by samsung for dinner after their performance which I think is kinda cool. Now she lives in Czech Republic with us :)
Вау, вот это путешествие. Привет из российского Дагестана ❤
@@Agysha-hv6fihow is the situation in dagestan now? Is there now too much violence increasing and radicalism or is it really planned by Ukraine (as said by Putin)??? Do reply me , because it is recent news
@@n8n8n8n8-c4t Of course not, all of Russia's problems come from the authorities.
just like this damn war and crowds of migrants, Moscow and the oligarchs are to blame for everything, don’t believe the media
@@n8n8n8n8-c4tрадикально настроенные люди есть всегда и везде. Безусловно, воюющие государства будут использовать их в своих целях
Geographically, this size has endowed Russia with a rich variety of ecosystems, climates, and natural resources-from Siberian tundras to the Ural Mountains. This diversity has influenced economic development, settlement patterns, and cultural exchanges throughout the vast expanse of the country.
I live in South Korea. The city of Andong holds an annual mask dance festival, and as part of the festival, they invite traditional dance troupes from all over the world to perform and share their culture. A few years ago, I attended the festival and happened upon a performance by a group from Yakutia (another name for Sakha). They were INCREDIBLE. So much energy, joy, and skill - easily my favorite group from all the performances I witnessed that weekend. Having never heard of the place before, I Googled it and was surprised to learn that it's part of Russia. Thank you for shining a light on Russia's diversity!
Yes, russians made a lot to colonise Sakha many years ago. I proud how strong are Yakutia people to protect their culture.
you should know that Russia is a terrorist country. All territories at different times were annexed as a result of genocide and repression of the local population. As a South Korean, you should know what occupation and genocide is Also, I hope you remember that the Korean War was unleashed by the USSR by the hands of the Koreans. Just as they did in Afghanistan, Moldova, Georgia, Chechnya, and the list is endless. Now Russia is waging a war of conquest on the territory of Ukraine. Tens of thousands of people have already died, millions have become refugees
@@olenkaolenka5935 I'm not a Korean citizen - I just happen to live here. But I'm also not sure why you're directing this comment to me. I never said that the Russian government is great or perfect or hasn't committed atrocities. I just made an observation about the diversity of cultures within the country.
@@olenkaolenka5935 Hey woman, what are you talking about? The largest colonial empire on earth was British empire, so you should ask American native tribes about British ways of conquest. In comparing to them Russian approach to expansion were more humanistic, as you can hear in the video. So, in your opinion, is today's Great Britain also a terrorist country? Do you think we, both of Slavic origin, communicate on their language because they were soft and gentle to other nations throughout history? I guess you are from Ukraine so, if you are, I can say that I am sorry for what happened to your country and I hope that your nation will solve problems and become prosperous soon. Governments of other countries are responsible for crisis in Ukraine, but I suggest you to look at bigger picture if you want to understand the truth. :)
@@laurabowles Don't pay attention - Ukrainian internet-warriors on payroll trying to stirring up conflicts in comments.
P.S. You should check Yskyakh festival in Yakutia - it's brilliant
“Not to long ago, Russia wasn’t that big”
Goes back 1,000 years
Why big? there are many nationalities there it's falling apart soon in parts be able to name your country other stories Tatarstan, Yakutia, Chechnya, Kalmyk, Dagestan, and many others there is a 40% russian+asianmuslims
Taylor Sweetova you are wrong. Because in most of this republics the major and biggest nationality is Russian. All these republics not join Russia voluntarily. And was create when Reds won in 1917.
@@sonic3932 Are you a Ukrainian neo-Nazi? Why do you write this nonsense in every comment? Russians have been hearing from their enemies for 1000 years how Russia will "fall apart soon in parts".
@@sonic3932 you are talking nonsense. There are about 120 million Russians in Russia, and only the rest are representatives of Asian peoples. In almost any city, Russians are in the majority.
Didn’t you see the asterisk * relevantly speaking)))
The Black Sea coast is very different from the rest of Russia. Here you have Mediterranean or Subtropical climates, vineyards, tea plantations and so much more!
Yeah and huge palaces owned by the president!
@@dragonlord1225 that too
Sochi
Was thinking if you did watch this video ot not. Glad you did 😀
@@dragonlord1225 Don't forget occupied territories of Crimea, Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region!
I hope someone sees this. As a linguistics fan, this fact about Russia always comes to mind. On the Yenisei river, there is a small town, I think about 1000 inhabitants. These people speak the ket language. The ket language was recently pretty much proven to be related to languages like NAVAJO, or basically to the whole Na-Dene language family, forming the 15k years old family of the dene yeniseian languages. The last known remaining bridge between the "old world" and the "new world" from the time the first humans to migrate there migrated.
I swam in the Yenisei River. From Siberia with love!
Wow that is actually really interesting! imma go down the rabbithole rn
Not only languages, but also genetics connect these peoples. Halogroup Q (or Q-M242) testifies to the kinship between the small tribe of Siberian Kets and the indigenous population of all America, both northern and southern. It is amazing, thanks to science, to reveal the secret of human migration that took place many thousands of years ago.
Oh no. Russian propaganda again. We are all fascist here. This can’t be
@@dlee7059 are you a troll or just demented
Ivan: So hear this...we go west...but through the east
All the generals: what a fucking genius
Random Oversimplified reference.
And Colombus wanted to go East by going West...
@@VeraDonna Magellan agrees*
@@seith2022 *Magalhães
As a russian person i really enjoyed this video. I live in Primorsky region, the capital of wich is Vladivostok. Time difference with Moscow is 7 hours and it’s 9-hours flight. Our region is located on the coast of Japanese sea with very beautiful landscapes, flora and fauna.During summer we enjoy beach ans sea activites, in winter we do enjoy skiing, skating and snowboarding. There are many asian nationalities living, in my school we even had students ftom Nothern Korea) You can easily reach China just on a regular tourist bus, fly to Japan, South Korea, Vietnam or Thailand. Thats why it's quite popular to leran asian languages. I must say that it can take a lifetime to explore all of the Russia can offer to you. I wish one day i will be able to visit Baikal, Sakhalin and Kamchatka regions. P.s Travelling in Russia for russians is terribly expensive unfortunately.....
With love from me to all of you reading this comment)))
U are lucky..God bless you... being a Russian I hope u can explore Russia.. whole
Da, I may be a black person but I've always had a love of Russian history kinda wishing that I was Russian.
Типичный расеянен ноет иностранцам как у нас всё дорого. Позорище.
Northern Manchuria was forcefully annexed from China. At that time, China was very weak economically and politically.
@@mb_construction Ничего страшного. Она поделилась своим мнением.
After Russia reaches the pacific :
"Tsar, there is no more 'east' to expand east"
"Isn't the earth a gloobe?"
"Say Less"
No, they politely view the world as not that
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*angry flat earther noises*
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Anyone else here from a multi-part Tik Tok you got tired of looking the parts for so you just went to the source
Yep
That dude posted part one and got 4 mill views and decided to not post part 2 p😂
I’m actually from Republic of Sakha you mentioned. It’s a very beautiful place and is very cold. It gets to -72 Celsius in winter. I remember when I travelled to Quebec in Canada, Canadians said that I should be wary of cold and winters are harsh. That was funny :)
Yea but you cant compare Sakha to Quebec, you probably would had to go much further north in canada to get similar climate, but for most of the world even Quebec is pretty cold though
“Ah, you think the cold is your ally. But you merely adopted the cold. I was born in it. Molded by it.”
@@puellanivis I didn't see summer until I was a man )
@@yuriychemezov Holy shit. I've rarely seen snow. My country only has harsh summers and normal winters.
@@yuriychemezov I've never seen real snow in my life. I only see it in movies and machine-made snows at the malls.
It's summer all year round in here. We have no winter or fall or spring. Nothing but the scorching sun, sand, sea and the irritating humidity.
I want to visit a cold country in the near future.
I need a Johnny Harris Netflix docuseries to binge. Seriously top notch stories and editing.
Agreed
What’s wrong with this? It’s not blocked behind a paywall like Netflix
Not a lot of people that wouldn’t benefit from learning about the world from Johnny Harris, entertaining education.
@@loganw3298 Johnny would make more money. Maybe?
Please!
I am a blogger from Russia and I lived in the Republic of Chuvashia. This is a small region on the Volga River. at school we had the Chuvash language. We had to learn not only Russian, but also our native language - Chuvash. We also studied English or German - to choose from. Sometimes we knew Chuvash better than English. The government takes care of the culture and language of small nationals. We also teach the history of our small nation and the history of Russia - separately. We study the national food of our republic, songs and national clothes. This is required by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.
The idea of having more then just the official language in one country to speak is so amazing, in my country we only speak one language
C'est intéressant. On voit que les minorités sont respectées en Russie et peuvent étudier leur langue.
Omg I'm Chuvash too! Well half and I'm from Togliatti buy who cares. It's very sad that our culture is to be ashamed of. Like come on, we are not some dirty dummies. Мы люди! How uniquely Russia is. It's very racist and dumb in a lot of moments
Неожиданный хамор ял
@@Kalemegdan967 In Russia, there is the concept of “small indigenous peoples”, there are about 50 such peoples in Russia. The number of representatives of such peoples is from several tens to several thousand people. They have a huge number of benefits and a variety of government obligations to them. First of all, this is aimed at preserving their culture and languages, but this does not help much, the main part of them is gradually losing their language and dissolving among larger nationalities.
As a Dutchmen from The Netherlands (Holland) having learned only the western view on Russia, I've only learned bad things about Russia. Since I've migrated to Turkey some years ago, a more neutral country if it comes to The West / Russia I've learned so much positive things about Russia and I've met some amazing Russians living here too. My view has completely changed and I planned a trip and can't wait to visit Russia and see some of the diversity and kindness of the people there. I hope the world media would be more neutral and I feel sad it isn't.
Oh come on. They are nazists. they treat you well because you are Dutch, but if you were Uzbek, kyrgyz they would treat you with contempt.
Don't be so naive😂
Lies. I live in the Netherlands and there is not this idea that all Russians are bad. That's just some oversimplified generalizations that is not based on reality.
Приезжайте:) встретим хлебом-солью 🎉❤🎉
@@маринаафонасьеваall these together with akm 😂😂😂
I’m an American who recently moved to Siberian Russia! And I absolutely love it! I’m making videos of my life here.
Ого,я нашел тебя здесь . Недавно смотрел твои видео. Так держать
@@Filoret 🫡 that’s awesome!
Good luck with the videos.
@@northernbackwoodsman263 🫡
Thtat's cool, bro 👍
Fun fact: Norway and North Korea are separated by 1 Country
norway and japan
you mean finland
*2
@@pedropedrohan102 no 1
@@NiteStorm324 Russia and China
A couple of interesting facts about 11 time zones:
- When Russia celebrates New Years, news anchors congratulate some big city hourly. It's like a countdown - the more cities are mentioned, the closer the holiday.
- Often all sorts of television programs are leaked onto the Internet, because they are first shown in the Far East, and they will reach Moscow in about 10 hours. Therefore, for example, people from Moscow can always find the President's New Year messages on the Internet long before the New Year.
- Sometimes what the government doesn't like is accidentally shown on television in the Far East. These things are being cut out of programs while they trudge to Moscow. It's always fun to talk about things like that.
Essentially, Russia is the only country with people who can see the far future!
@@TheShrewdMonarch точняк. и это печально. не видит народ что Путин уже как гитлер....
@@Vrediskin that’s what I was going to say!
That hour-by-hour New Year's thing is a really cool concept. Imagine if they did that for the entire world.
There is a Russian comedy film about traveling across Russia and continuously celebrating new year's 😆
И так здравствуйте, я из Республики Саха (Якутия). И я Саха, и в данный момент в субботу 16.12.2023 года на улице как то тепло -36 градусов по Цельсию. Интересные факты, Якутия в 6 раз больше Франции, здесь в имеется вся таблица Менделеева, самый богатый регион по природным ресурсам в России, самое холодное место где живут люди меньше -70 градусов по Цельсию, разность годовой температуры достигает 100 градусов по Цельсию, самые добрые люди в Якутии, одна из самых больших рек в мире Лена, самый большой город построенный на вечной мерзлоте. Интересный факт обо мне, мой прадед участвовал в гражданской войне 1917-1922 года, мой дед участвовал во второй мировой войне с 1941-1945 года, мой отец воевал в Афганистане, мой брат сейчас находится на СВО. Если есть вопросы то задавайте.
How do you feel about communism?
@@pewtubee Quite normal
How much of Russia have you visited or travelled. As it is just so big, do most people get to visit all different parts of Russia?
@@zzzyyyxxxvvv I mainly visited only the Far Eastern territories of my country. I didn’t even have time to visit all parts of my region. I haven’t been to the western part of Russia, but I have visited China and South Korea. I myself am a mining engineer and geologist by profession, and I like taiga places.
Do you consider yourself Russian?
As a person from the European side of Russia, currently in Moscow, I absolutely forget that my country is so big and that there are people who don't look "Russian" in a typical sense. One of the dreams of mine is to travel around my country to explore it since there is so much to look at, for example, natural resources rather than big city plants. And the history is so complex, I don't even know the majority of it. And it is interesting bc I'm more interested in the history of European countries and absolutely forget about my own. Also, every time a foreigner takes interest in Russia, I'm so surprised, I'm like "oh, cool. you know about Russia, that's nice". So, really appreciate your videos!
Do you know about stolen territories as Yakutsk, Tatarstan, Crimea, Eastern Ukraine, Siberia and other?
You should, sis! Altai is amazing for instance. Kavkaz is amazing, Ichkeria, Kabardino-Balkaria etc. People and "nature" alike. However, how can you forget how multicultural the country is when on the streets of Moscow you see every ethnic group? I mean, I'm originally from St Petersburg, and there in subway you'd see every single one of them. And when Ramadan starts the city center would be blocked so that people can pray. I guess it took me years of living abroad to understand how diverse any crowd in Russia is.
You guys have such a beautiful anthem that I feel jealous. Слава Россия 🇷🇺
@@Drannn54 The Tatars got their payback for the Mongol invasions.
I suspect it’s the other way around. Anyway, I have to visit Russia as whole.
I am from Buryatia in Russia but grew up in the West and even I always "forget" how diverse my country is. Thank you for talking about it!
When country so big you forgot diversity exist...
A very lovely country with nice people!
О, сайн байна земляк! я из Улан-Удэ
Damn she one of them Russian baddies fr
This video has a different perspective on Russia: "Why Russia is STILL getting bigger"
What do you think?
I'm from Caucasus. I just want to add that most regions of Russia are very dependent on Moscow and money that comes from federal government. So they aren't really independent. But yeah, Russia is very diverse. I hope that when the world peace will be restored everybody can visit our country and see its beauty by themselves.
@@nzsvus in video he mentioned that there are republics in Russia that are nearly independent from Moscow, bit it is not true. Actually there is only one - Chechnya :)
Almost the whole world can visit Russia whenever they want :) you just need to get a visa and buy a plane ticket. Now you have to fly with transfers from many countries. But Russia is open and anyone can fly in.
Американцы не настолько знаю Россию, чтобы понимать насколько все плохо с распределением денег
@@МарсельАюпов-н7т вам что плохо жить в большой стране? А давай поделим, и Штаты или Канада будут больше. Потом поделим и их. А что? Чтобы не выделялись! Видео дебильное...
Это все связанно с распределением бюджета. Некоторые регионы имеют дефицит, а некоторые профицит. Ну мы же не можем профицитному региону выделить больше денег, чтобы дефицитный совсем загнулся. Отсюда и перераспределение. Пусть оно и не всегда справедливое в отношении одного субъекта, но оно справедливо в масштабах всей страны.
Про коррупцию, откаты и тд не хочу говорить. Это индивидуально для каждого субъекта, это стоит отдельного рассмотрения и, самое важное, дискуссия не эту тему ни к чем не приведет, кроме бессмысленного спора и нервотрепке.
We had not covered Kalingrad Oblast!
Russians were exploring the world like we are exploring for a nice Minecraft base, far away from spawn.. lol
Just like me finding some bamboos but instead found a millions of villages
Idk why but this suddenly makes me want to establish an empire in minecraft......damn
@@steveleekyon1212 hahahahaha go for it man! No better way to spend free time
@@steveleekyon1212 Same. This sudden urge
@@erapunongbayan6067 the haybales are the best loot in villages
Apart from the villagers themselfes
As a Kalmykian, I am very happy that you mentioned our people! It’s so rare for us to get mentioned, especially in the west! Peace to you!❤️
Good for you, man. I wish you and your people all the best.
Hey, Bald and Bankrupt came over
Also I made a large essay about Kalmykia and the capital Elista for some school subject, so atleast my classmates know about your great Republic now!
Sending love to you from India
He forgot Tatarstan.
Oh you are happy? Why are you not angry about russia invading east and kill million of animal for business. Shame on you history.
Answering your question. You didn't mention Kamchatka. It's the most distant land from Moscow. And it has hills, volcanoes, geysers and hot springs. It's much more cold there at winter than usual but it has perfect weather when you come there at summer. It has beautiful nature and national parks. People there actually do even surf in cold Pacific Ocean using warm wetsuits! Also it's famous for its seafood.
Kabardino-Balkaria has very high mountains belt. There is the biggest mountain in Europe called Elbrus. There are a lot of hikers there. There are climbers and ice climbers. There are climbing camps. You can meet travellers there even from Europe and Asia. Sometimes there are skyrunning events. People also come there at winter to ski and snowboard. But these mountains are so big that you can freeride there even at the hottest summer!
Ural mountains are also good place to visit. I haven't traveled there a lot so I can't describe good. But I've been to Ekaterinburg. There is Europe/Asia border monument.
Also the lake Baikal. It is big and very deep like a sea but its water is fresh. Some people come here at summer to see the nature, some at winter to see wonderful transparent ice and to skate it.
Murmansk region is the North Russia. It's not the most cold place. But it has great northern nature and it's relatively easy to get there from Moscow. It's a great place to visit at summer. It has national parks, crystal clear lakes, hills, lots of rocks, moss, lichens, reindeer moss, and lots of wild berries and mushrooms. It has access to the cold northern Barents see which is marginal area of the Arctic Ocean. The more close you come to Barents see the more nature changes into tundra. If you are lucky you will see Northern Lights there. Good place to hike. Some people enjoy kayaking there. Some crazy people enjoy extreme-tours to such places at winter to test frost hardness and extreme conditions to camp.
Volgograd was known before as Stalingrad. It's the place of valor and its spirit enters deep into you when you visit the Motherland memorial. There are names of soldiers who died to save us from nazis. I had my heart almost stopped when I've seen those names. Because they are literally everywhere. They are so many. It allows to see the scale. Also the Motherland statue is the soviet kind of statue of Liberty but with another meaning. It's huge calling woman with a sword simboling that "motherland calls" moment in soviet history.
вы моя учительница по географии?
Get to employed as Russian guide. Tourist flow into your country decreased severely.
I took a Russian Studies class in high school, back in the eighties, lol. The Kamchatka Península will forever be etched in my mind and Lake Baikal, the deepest like in the world. If I had limitless money and time, I would explore that part of the world. Hopefully, peace will prevail soon.
камчатка не лчень холодная...там умеренный климат...таи с запада идут теплые возбушные массы с залива..поєэтому там климат схож с европейской частью россии
what about Kaliningrad :)
Hi, I'm from Nalchik in the Kabardinskai Republic (butchered the name in English). Our city is sooo beautiful and you should totally check it out, and maybe even visit someday. One thing about it is that the biggest mountain In Europe (mount Elbrus) is located near Nalchik. Hope you see this😊
I’m from Russian Far East. My hometown has a border with China. Two countries are separated by river. You can actually see Chinese city from my hometown. The fun fact it’s called Blagoveshchensk, which is roughly translates into English as the city of good news;)
Is your first language Russian? Or a Turkic, more Asian language? And do you have European roots? Or are you middle asian? Siberia is so fascinating! I just checked the Wikipedia page for Blagoveshchensk. Your town was part of China until the 19th century?? How awesome is that
@@maud3444Mostly Russian russians live in this region, which means that he is most likely Russian. 99% of Russian people speak Russian. Blagoveshchensk appeared in the middle of the 19th century, after these lands were transferred from China to Russia
海兰泡大屠杀
"Russia - The only thing standing between Norway and a North Korean invasion"
You know, there are these countries called Mongolia, Finland and Sweden, right?
@@ocarinagirlandthestories648 Russia borders both North Korea and Norway
@@peterlegrand157ok fair enough. But I don’t get why it would be Norway out of all the countries Russia share borders with,
@@ocarinagirlandthestories648 it's a joke
@@bomjahed I know but does Norway have a lot of power and I have just missed it
The country is so big that when I ask people from smaller cities whether they have traveled abroad, they tell me they have been to Moscow as if Moscow is another country entirely.😂
Well. Moscow really too different from the rest of the cities. All money from all country going to one city
They are not wrong) I won't talk about politics and poorness of the people. Just know that Moscow is so much different comparing to the rest of Russia. It can be considered as a country.
@@orgax Actually no. Most of Russia is non profitable and the european region of Russia subsidizes the rest of the country. Save areas with oil and gas reserves, most of the country is economic ballast needing western Russia to to give them money.
@@Argentvs It brings some profit, but just the money that comes to such regions exceeds their profit
Moscow is not Russia. Every russian will tell you so
Russian missionary and evangelism was also very different then Western European. If you study the lives of Saint Herman and Innocent of Alaska, you see the orthodox missionaries were much more open and accepting of native cultures. Emphasizing what they had in common with Christianity and preserving cultural heritage.
Yeah, they were so much more open and accepting that at one point the Russians decided that they dont need religion at all. Then, they tried to impose the idea of communism on everyone, while doing that they sent all the Tatars to exile, etc.... Russian history is full of bloody stories...
I’m a Slavic Russian from the far eastern city of Russia called Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. It’s on the island of Sakhalin. I have a subject in school called global politics, and for it I wrote a research paper on this island and the Kuril Islands which are part of one oblast. It’s an extremely interesting story about Russian-Japanese relations, which in my opinion deserves a whole other episode. On another note, thank you for making another video about Russia! I’m so happy you find my country so interesting, because it gets annoying after a while when all people mention vodka, bears, and communism, basically all Russian stereotypes - you go beyond them.
Yeah, I think this one is especially nice because the "all Russians are white" stereotype is extremely pervasive and just believed to be true.
Главное, чтобы таких видео было больше и люди на западе понимали, что мы не поддерживаем создание нового железного занавеса и идиотские агрессивные действия властей. Надоело уже каждый раз оправдываться, что я никого травить не собираюсь или не поддерживаю вторжение в соседние страны, когда знакомлюсь с европейцами
Stereotypes are all the average person knows about any country, so don't take it personally. That said, Russia is a very interesting country and I hope he makes another, deeper video on this topic.
@@ghostai_labs when you think about how much an average American knows, and then think that 50% of Americans know less than him moment
@@ghostai_labs
Lol wtf?
Hey, I'm from the Russian Far East (I mean, it's an official name of the region, no jokes here), the city of Vladivostok. It is 11.0000km away from Moscow, but 200km away from China and North Korea. It has lots of south-east-asian immigrants living here (so many that children study Chinese at schools). It is also all about marine trade, fishing and all kinds of fun sea-related things. Love my land, totally recommend visiting
I've really wanted to visit Vladivostok! I've wanted to take the trans-siberian train from Moscow to Vladivostok just to experience the journey and to see so many cultures!
Во Владивостоке нет засилья эмигрантов из Юго-Восточной Азии и никто не учит китайский язык в школах. Зачем ты пишешь это враньё?
just a question, i don't know much about accent variations in Russia as the Sovet Union tried to homogenise it more but how different is the Russian you speak from someone from Moscow?, are your accents noticeably different, do you use different slang and words?
(aka, how much do regional accents/dialects variate from one another)
@@peepeetrain8755 Youngsters from different regions of Russia speak russian without any accents. Old people sometimes have accent. Especially old people from villages and small cities. But all russian-speaking persons can understand each other without any problems. It's all about television. The same language everywhere.
@@peepeetrain8755 Also, throughout all Russia, with the exception from region closer to south-west, east and south borders, there is no accent. Even ethnically Mongolian people speak fluently. This is not the case only in Russia, as most of the countries, that have been in USSR prior to it’s collapse speak Russian as good as Russians themselves without any accent.
"How far should we expand?"
Until you find a border...
"BUT THERE IS NONE!!!"
Blyad! Sen keep going, commerade!
USA is also Russia, you just don't know about it HA! HA! HA!
Русские не сдаются 😂😂😂
I mean even ocean did not stop them at the time.
@@PetroooooooTV you mean Alaska?
Ok
as a Russian, I am very glad that foreigners are interested in my country
I'm currently researching the people of Kamchatka as a Russian studies major.
Something I've found incredibly interesting is the exchange between the Ainu people of Hokkaido (in modern day Japan) and the remnants of the Ainu in Kamchatka, and their push for national recognition as an indigenous group in Russia. There is a very small portion of native Kamachatkans (~100) who self-identify as Ainu in census data, and who have petitioned the Russian government to be recognized as a small-numbered people. While many have lost access to the Ainu language of Hokkaido and assimilated with the other Kamchadal people, such a movement exists. Russo-Japanese border politics (both during the war in 1904 and in the present day) also play a huge role in the refusal to acknowledge the Ainu people of Kamchatka as a legitimate entity. Very interesting (and critically understudied :) part of Russian indigenous history that I'm thankful to have stumbled upon.
Very interesting to know
It also has a dashed line connecting it to Alaska.
That's actually so cool, I've looked into the Ainu people of Japan a bit, but never considered that they would be in the Kurils and Kamchatka as well. Thank you for the knowledge!
just watch Golden Kamuy anime to see the ainu even in Sakhalin
@@xXxSkyViperxXx ouuuuu I might just have to👀 thanks for the recommendation!
Забавно как прозвучало - русские научились пользоваться технологиями Европы, когда порох и пушки с ракетами и пороховыми бомбами и бумагой изобрели в Китае :)
Забавно другое - освободились мы от Ига в 1480 после стояния на Угре. Грозный начал править неполный век спустя в 1547 году, ну а уж массовое внедрение порохового оружия вообще при Петре случилось. Редкое надругательство над историей в этом видео вижу я.
@@Cat-without-smileсогласен, тоже возмутился)
@@Cat-without-smile При Петре была уже модернизация. Иван Грозный вполне себе пользовался порохом) Взять Казань, Астрахань, Сибирь смогли именно благодаря пушкам, тк у татар не было таких технологий) Тупо произошла Age of Empires
Да он преподносит как ему угодно, не изучив досконально
Забавно что он говорит как ужасно что Россия воевала в Чечне, где погибали мирные жители, как это ужасно. А когда Америка приперлась воевать во вьетнам, конечно же не 1 мирный не погиб, не от газа который они распыляли над всеми деревнями, не от бомб, не от напалма.
Everyone who has looked at a map before: "Yeah its pretty big"
Also all territories near the pole are not in right scale it is pretty smaller you can watch another video about how it is hard to made flat world map in right scale
That what she said
My country is smaller than the capital of Russia
And yet few Americans can point it out on the map..
⚪ ADITYA MAKES GOOD JOURNALISTIC VIDEOS LIKE JOHNNY⚪
Actually , I love how those empires invade their land without harming others cultures. Not like British or US.
Russia invaded their land without harming other cultures? 😂 good joke
Ни с одним из народов Россия не поступила, так как поступили англосаксы с коренным населением Америки. В России не было резерваций, как в Америке. 😝 @@RDB-mw9ig
*Funny college kids*
russia is literally a prison for many different nationalities and cultures. Go and educate yourself, because what you write is pathetic.
😂😂😂😂 u missed France nd other nations but Russia isn’t any better u just blind
As a person from Kalmykia, really appreciate you bringing our culture in front of the Western world 👏👏
I love Russia even tho the person in power isn't good, he doesn't impact Russians as much as people think. It really damages us knowing we do many stuff on our own with our own legislature, but are over looked as if we all act like the person in charge.
🟥 ADITYA MAKES GOOD JOURNALISTIC VIDEOS LIKE JOHNNY🟥
@@awywb4h986 nah man putin is sick
dude
>культура
I’m from Norway, but my Grandfather worked in the army way up north by the then Soviet border. My grandfather had meetings with the Soviet army there, and as a token of appreciation he received a fishing lure. I have it now, and it has this wonderfully harsh Soviet graphical design on the paper box.
Faren min var også grensejeger på sovjetgrensen. Tror det var en givende posisjon å ha i militæret på den tiden, men selvfølgelig ganske intenst også. Altså, dersom det hadde blitt krig, hadde disse vært de første ut i kamp.
大好了!
@@Christian_TH You're right, your country is still a potential target because it hosts American bases. Like the Russian city of Kaliningrad, it is one of the first targets for NATO troops.
As a guy from Poland I think neighboring Kaliningrad Oblast is quite interesting. Not many people know about it existence, however because of its somewhat complicated history (eighty years ago it was Germany) I find it fascinating.
do you know that Gdansk and current Northern Polish regions where also part of Prussia, so its also German? Why you see only Kaliningrad?
@@Drannn54 Because Kaliningrad is an exclave?
@@Drannn54 Obviously I am aware of that and technically Gdańsk was a free city. I'm not stating, that Kaliningrad is German. Its history is just interesting just as history of Masuria in Poland. That's all.
it wasnt just germany it was the most vital part of prussia
@@AdityaSingh-lp5rp i mean, it's literally Prussia. That region is called "Prussia".
Когда изучаешь чужую историю с дивана, получается подобная развесистая клюква
Russian history starts in Ladoga town and Velikii Novgorod - first city of Russia, not Kyiv. Kyiv was the first big capital - and it was Kyivskaya Rus'. Before that it was Novgorodskaya Rus'. The first guy of the Rus' was Rurik and Oleg. Also, the second dude died next to Ladoga Town and we have memorial about this.
Again nobody called or considered Kiyevskaya Rus as it was just a period in history. The term was invented in XIX century to outline new time in Rus' history.
Ладога не был центром принятия решений и управления. Это был перевалочный городок. Киев же был центром власти, как и Новгород.
Novgorod Russia did not exist, there was Novgorod republic. One of military commanders with his Rus captured the city of Kiev at Kazar Khaganate and began to conduct the policy.
Russ is from Slavic - hands ((that meant army)), in Anguian there is similar Arms and Army. Then this name has passed on all population, and Kiev became capital of Rus'. By the way, the Turkic name Cossack (from Hungarian "Kezek" - Hands)
@@Foximanify задорнов разлогинься
@@Foximanify Русь произошла от названия народа
Another interesting thing about Kalmykia is that it’s the only Buddhist region in Europe! Great video, Johnny!
True
really? wow cool
@Leo Erceg yeah but that doesn’t really count though. The majority of Italy is Catholic. When you go to Kalmykia, nearly everyone is Buddhist, and you have Buddhist temples everywhere. You don’t really get them in Italy or Austria.
Yakutia (Saha republic) and Buryatia are also mostly Buddhist. There was even one lama from Buryatia who was a teacher of the 13th Dalai-lama - Agvan Dorzhiev.
@@AndreyShu Sakha is not Buddhist. Tyva Republic is Buddhist. There are only 3 Buddhist Republics in Russia - Tyva, Kalmykia, and Buryatiya.
Speaking of Sakha republic, as a Russian (I am from South Urals) I was amazed that they have their own cinematography. Shot in local language, mostly independent, low-budget cinema that with time gets more and more recognition worldwide - awards at the well-known festivals in Hongkong, Toronto, Sydney, etc. So, within the last 5 years, it became a small industry in itself. They even launched streaming services with movies just for locals. And having all that - Sakha's cinematography is absolutely unknown in Russia. Like, 99% of people would never even heard about it.
To me, it also tells a little how disconnected the regions could be sometimes, both geographically and culturally.
as russian I do prove a point.. cause i know nothing about Sakha's cinematography
India🇮🇳
@@itsok8271 tamil telgu malyali bengali hindi movie Industry 😍
@@vibhanshuvaibhav335 Punjabi,, bhojpuri and bengali and also low budget north eastern states movie industry also exist here.
@@trocustar3450 bhai bihar se hun yaar bass apna bataya tha achha north Eastern kaha se dekhu??
Thank you for remembering Kalmykia, really love my own republic, it was so nice!
I'm from Russia, many of my relatives live in Bashkortostan (one of the republics). We ourselves are not Bashkirs, but when i was a kid, every summer my parents sent me to my grandparents and i grew up listening to Bashkir laguage, their music on the radio etc, it's like i came to Asia but within our country:) Pretty cool to think about. And it took 2 days to get there by train from Moscow!
2 days train? Must be a nightmare, lol, 5 hour trains exhaust me.
@@nuzayerov it's fun when you're a kid, it's like an adventure:) people also have to take food with them, imagine the smell when everyone is settled in their places and starts to unpack their boiled eggs and boiled chicken😂 and yeah, it's a train with beds, its not like you have to sit for two days, that would be torture
@@SonyaKorsh 2 days WTH 🤯🤯🤯😵
@@alonealoner6036 what about 7 day's by train from Moscow to Vladivostok?😅
Ur freaken gorgeous
Мне нравится фраза: Страны не должны быть такими большими и тут же... один Техас размером с Францию😂
Это другое 😀
весь ролик для этого и создан. + солжениценские расказики упомянуть не забыл
Это же янки, "это другое, нам можно". Чтоб они провалились всей своей страной, оставив остальной мир в покое
Нууууу Россия не страна, а федерация.
@@МарияТимофеева-к2с .... лучше ничего не говори( бедненький
This is a token of silent appreciation of an American production that uses metric system.
So confusing. Why not use both?!
@@arieljosephvc3162 what’s the point
To cater to all your viewers. You are not changing a whole unit system overnight with one video. That's the point
@@arieljosephvc3162 do you not understand the metric system?
@@arieljosephvc3162 what do you mean changing a whole unit system? He isn’t changing shit, that’s just what he uses, surely you can grasp the metric system
I am from Komi Republic, from capital Syktyvkar, Ezhva. И я в шоке от того, что какой то иностранец говорит про мою республику, рассказал про ГУЛАГ в Воркуте и про Маньпупунёр, про место, которое занесено в наследие ЮНЕСКО с 95 года. Я в шоке потому, что об этом и наши то русские говорят не часто. А помимо природных красот есть и другие особенности республики. Но я рада что сказали хотя бы про это. Я очень люблю место, в котором живу. Прямо сейчас, кстати, ожидается 1 января -35 градусов. С нашей высокой влажностью это будет как -45))) Но я обожаю это место. И пусть летом +45, а зимой -45, тут не особо может удобно жить и чего то не хватает, но я просто люблю свой дом и мне повезло родиться именно здесь. И спасибо что рассказали. Мне очень интересно как иностранцы относятся к России, особенно в настоящее время. Понимаете о чём я... Но Россия это люди. Не судите о такой огромной стране по правительству, это не правильно. Спасибо еще раз за то, что сделали этот ролик, искали информацию несколько дней, пытались разобраться в истории другой страны. Это очень приятно.
I love both the BIG RUSSIA and also the RUSSIAN GOVERMENT.
THEY ARE NOT AS BAD AS SOME OTHER COUNTRIES MAKE IT LOOK LIKE > and that countries critizes EVERY ONE IN THE WORLD WHO DO NOT LIVE or rather die as they primitivly DO
It's really hard to invade a freezing country. Both France and Germany tried.
neapolean tried once rest is history
Both started invite in the summer!
Napoleon lost 5/6 of his army before the onset of winter
@@жительСпб-в4м yes and retreated in the winter
WW1?
I am from the Republic of Bashkortostan. The nature here is very beautiful. By the way, the Ural Mountains are named after Ural Batyr, the hero of the ancient epos Ural Batyr. I am a Bashkir and I speak Bashkir language. Our people are famous for numerous rebellions against the russian authorities, their warriors, batyrs, culture, and, of course, honey.
In the summer there were protests against the destruction of the Kushtau Shikhan mountain.
Thanks for the video, Russia is not just Moscow and St.Petersburg
P.S. come and visit us ;)
Google "Bashkortostan" and it's showing more picture of women than the country itself 😂 Seem's like your people are more famous for their look now 😅 Oh and UFA is the easiest pronouncing capital name I ever heard.
hey! I am from Bashkortostan too :) Ural is also famous for super delicious dumplings
@@whatever_12 in bashkir language it's easier to spell😉
You are turks right?
Are people muslim in this republic?
Fun fact: Ivan the Terrible's actual nickname doesn't actually mean "terrible". The modern English meaning of the word shifted towards "horrible, awful", but the original Russian nickname Грозный (Grozny) actually means "formidable, dangerous, powerful". Oh and if you like Game of Thrones, read his biography. You'll get: wars, conspiracy, coups, all sorts of dirty politics and much more! Did you know a rival noble clan poisoned his first wife Anastasia and her death caused a collapse in his mental health that made him unhinged? And how all of it was part of a power play by the aristocrats to take power from Ivan, and how he viciously retaliated by essentially wiping the old clans who posed a potential threat out? And the Oprichnina? History is fascinating
Ivan IV the awesome
Putin the Polonium Poisoner?
In Poland we call him Iwan Groźny i was always wondering why Engliab chose "Terrible" it isnt even close
Give us more facts please 😩
ins't Grozny the capital of Chechnya ??
it hurt my brain for you to say the size of Texas in kilometers
Can you imagine if in the USA there were several republics like in Russia, Sioux Republic, Apache Republic or Cherokee Republic, etc. with their own languages? sadly they were all wiped out
Very interesting point.
Russia usually accepted natives no matter the colour or language, there was only one condition: Agree to join Russia and fight with us
@@williamsherman1942 Agree to become part of Russia or die. Russia is better at multiculturalism than America, but they were still conquerors.
@@QuesoCookies why didn't Americans try that approach instead of resorting to genocide
@@felipe-vibor well, you need to understand that the European settlers at that time were, in a way, not actually considered Americans.
They were considered British, Dutch, French...etc.
And eventually, they wanted to drift away from their European roots and everything and form their own country of America.
it is different than Russia sending people to other places, saying that BOOM this is Russia, and we are all staying Russian. (America would still be a part of Britain if we were to 100% follow Russia's case)
only, there is a tiny problem... how can we be true Americans when there are already Americans here? If we keep them, people of our kind will always be seen as foreigners.
Great idea, let us kill them all and take the title of being American :))) and then after they're no longer a threat we can scream EQUALITY!
on top of all this, there is a very important difference in ideology, Americans strongly believed in the concept of racism at that time, and so the natives to them were savages. (Russia did not strongly believe in racism at that time)
and most importantly, native Americans did not want to be ruled by Europeans, and they fought back on multiple accounts, which ruined the relationship between the two. (and obviously, at that time, the more technically advanced Europeans get the upper hand, it was a complete joke. Literally. like, a native tribe kills one European, the Europeans goes and kill the entire native village and tribe for revenge... and yeah, that went well)
I was born in Russia, in the Caucasus. I would like to say about the Russian republics. Honestly, 99% of Russian citizens can speak Russian. Some people in the republics speak only Russian, some people in the republics speak the language of their ethic group and Russian too. It's not a problem - all people understand Russian
That is a great thing. Russian should also have been the second world language but that failed, sadly.
@@revolter7094 There are seven world languages and russian is one of them.
not only that, Russians can speak at least 4 foreign languages! very intelligent nice people
@@randolfaquino9998 and yet there's far more people here who can only speak russian even though there's basic english (sometimes german) in school.
I don’t know why but i love two countries so much Russia and China, the language, natural and wild life, weather.
“Not all empires last forever”
Russia: calls itself a country and manages to stay
What about Soviet Union then?
Russia is still relatively a new country after that breakup. But yes it's still is huge. I never knew that Russia would be this diverse though.
I did not know we are at the end of time lol
@@prajithp2916 Russia is not a new country. The Soviet Union was just a new name given to the Russian Empire after the 1917 Revolution. The Russian flag has been in existence for about 600 years. The fall of the USSR actually cost Russia a lot of its territories. Subjects of the Russian Empire were called Russians and citizens of the the Russian Federation are called Russians. Calling Russia a young republic is like calling the UK young because it's not an absolute monarchy any more.
Some would say the Roman empire persists yet...
@@OldNavajoTricks wait is it true? I mean there is the Byzantine empire but that collapsed like hundreds of years ago. Then there is fascist Italy, but that also collapsed
It’s so interesting learning about how different the different territories are. I mean OBVIOUSLY they are. But it’s fascinating to learn about them individually
Это...Самая странная история России, которую я видел... После речи про Москву я стал уже ждать Великую Тартарию
Про город Москва, который Muskovy - конечно, клюква и упрощение, но про причины расширения на Восток сказано более-менее верно. Вся история расширения России (включая самые новейшие эпизоды) - это попытка достичь удобных для обороны географических пределов (моря, реки, горы, пустыни и т.д.)
А Славяно-Арийскую империю просуществовавшую более 100 000 лет вы то-же ждали ?
И ещё государство "Киевская Русь", которого не было. Древнерусское было, а киевского не было.
Отчасти верно. Точнее сказать так - Киевская Русь это была одна из провинций Славяно-Арийской империи-Тартарии-Руси.
А вот гиперборею зря не упомянул, древние русы недовольны. Автор очевидно людоящер.
Did you know that there is an ex Russian settlement in California? When they were settling in Alaska they needed food supply that could be resourced quicker than waiting for summer or importing from Russia. They had explored the US west coast down to northern California where they built Fort Rus. They weren't really interested in colonization at the time however and didn't stay long. Imagine that.
just an hour drive from san fran. been there. fascinating.
Actually, most of the western coast of USA was settled by Russian people. Russian empire gifted those territories to the US govt afterwards.
@@MarkLee1 It was not a gift, in fact, Russia sold these territories to the US government.
@@rodjarrow6575а вообше интересный вопрос. Надо бы разобрать его.
u talkin bout alaska. cali we jus gave up cuz that place is too damn far@@rodjarrow6575
Johnny Harris: "Why is Russia so damn big?"
Russian Federation: *Cries in Soviet Union*
*laughs in ukrainian* gg wp
But how about Russian Empire?
Russian Empire 😥
hahahah
Soviet Union : *Cries in Russian Empire 1866*
0:24 Fun fact, the person who holds the tripod is Mustang Wanted, a Ukrainian urban explorer and stuntman who serves in the Ukrainian Armed Forces against Russia now.
Hello, Dagestani here👋🥰It’so so sweet to see people from foreign countries talk about Russia with such respect and passion, I was watching the whole video with a smile😄There are more than 40 different ethnic groups living in Dagestan, all of them have there own customs, there own food and legacy. For example, my ethnicity is called Laks. In Dagestan we also have unique nature like Caspian sea (which is technically a lake), Caucasian mountains, waterfalls, the Sarikum dune, Sulak canyon and etc. Come visit us, I think, you’d like it❤️
P.S. you’re so good at pronouncing our geographic titles, mad respect✊🏽
Greetings to the great people of Dagestan AND Russia from the UK!
@Kartvelian nationalist dependa tbh,dagestan is pretty isolated state, Southern half of republic is still pretty Caucusian
No way a 37 million people country like Canada should have a higher GDP than larger 147 million people Russia.
Someone's asleep at the wheel over there.
@Kartvelian nationalist that’s a very ignorant comment from someone who has never been to Dagestan, the people of Dagestan did not lose their Caucasian culture.
Then again I’m not surprised to see ignorance from someone called “Kartvelian nationalist”, go worry about Abkhazia and South Ossetia instead of Dagestan.
@Kartvelian nationalist Avars are not Mongoloid Turks wtf, the Avars of Dagestan are ethnic Caucasian people. Famous Caucasian leader Imam Shamil was Avar. Dagestan is majority Caucasian, the only people who aren’t native Caucasian people in Dagestan is Kumyks, some Nogais, some Azerbaijanis in the far south, and maybe some Russians in Makhachkala and the north.
“So sir how far east should we go?”
Ivan: _Y E S_
most of the so-called goers remained there forever if you know the history, my friend ))))
Alaska was sold to the US by the Russian Empire my history guru ))))
Sir lol
If things ever settled down. I would love to take a trip across Russia and see the diverse landscape.
I hope you do. There’s a lot of beautiful scenery in Russia, and most people are kind and helpful, just don’t talk politics. Let us hope for peace.
You can as well see the diverse landscape in the USA.
Check out Eli in Russia's channel.
I am from baikal lake. Come see it in august or frozen in February . It's great.
@@nicholaseastman6915 bruh, you said the same thing that old Pro-Putin guys say, but in reverse. Like when someone wants to travel to other country, they say: "We have that here too, why don't you go to Caucasus or Kamchatka"
The more I learn about Russia, the more similarities I see with the United States
Но есть одно отличие, если европа и США привыкли жить по принципу разделяй и властвуй, то Россия наоборот, объединяй и твори
I remember traveling from Moscow to Vladivostok on a train. 7 days on a single railroad, this country is so huge i cant even imagine something so big
I did the same for a couple days across Kazakhstan. It wasn't just big - it looked exactly the same, just flat grassland like an unkempt lawn for like 20 hours. Terrifying.
What was it like? Sounds like an amazing journey. I've always been keen on doing something like that.
There was one guy, who did the same trip on a sportbike - his chanel caled "diablo"
i can help you imagine something so big ;)
Good thing you went and saw, no need to imagine
Really well done overall, but with a few mistakes:
- "republics are totally independent from Russia" is an overstatement, considering you yourself are from US, where states are even more independent on average.
- "Gulags" - there was only one GULAG, which is short for "chief administration of the camps (of work and reformation)". It's all camps combined.
Russia is a big and amazing country!
True. And russians (more than 80% of Russia population) are majority nation in almost every regions.
Well, when he said “gulags” he meant the hundreds of prison and labor camps across Russia and former soviet union
Да, не только в истории тоже есть косяки. Например Киевская русь, это термин исторически не было не какой Киевской Руси, была просто Русь, не было там словянских коллективов, а русичи - русские так далее. Ошибка на ошибке!
@@basia2330 don't you have prisons in your country?
You can add the fact that in the 19th century, Russia had outposts as far as California and even Hawaii at different points in their history.
Eli from Russia is a great channel for exploring all the many cultures and languages of Russia.
Этот человек очень поверхностно соединил какие-то факты между собой, очень искажено и с большим количеством пропусков, что даёт не совсем то ощущение прошедшей истории
Такое уж у них образование - ничего не поделаешь. В конце-концов если хочешь знать о истории страны, то спроси представителя этой страны.
interesting take, but i’ll believe an American over a communist any day
@@kainetrimble2719 ну да, конечно, ведь слушать американца не живущего постоянно в России это ахуеннее чем того кто в ней живет, продолжай в том же духе и возможно регресс будет твоим первым именем
Что плохого в коммунизме? Сомневаюсь, что ты вообще знаешь значение этого слова.
@@hznh2301for one history has shown time after time that communism does not work out the way it does on paper. secondly i wouldn’t believe a North Korean who hasn’t seen the outside world when they tell me their leader is a God and perfect either. So no i’m not going to believe someone when they tell me Putin is amazing either.
Heyyy👋🏽 I’m from Russia, from Tatarstan (one of republic), Kazan. I’m so proud of Tatarstan, because here 50% Russian and 50% tatar people and we live in pease and respect. I mean two different cultures coexist peacefully in the same region, that’s cool!❤ mosques can stand next to churches)) I hope, the war will end soon and then WELCOME TO Tatarstan!🥰
Татар тел белясенмэ?
❤🤩😘
А почему в Татарстане надписи на улице не на татарском, а на русском? Почему хотябы не дублируются?
@@sd4822 потому что татарстан в россии..
@@via_nas а в чём тогда заключается сохранение национальных языков? Хаахаххаха
В том что в школах просто государство разрешает учить местный национальный язык?
В Канаде есть французский штат и там всё на французском. Швейцария тоже самое. А что же России мешает сделать так же самое местными языками? Просто идёт русификация, не выдумывай, нет никого сохранения местных языков, это клоунада для бедных.
“Sir, how Far East?”
Ivan: “Yes”
Hah
Yes 😂
Страны не должны быть такими большими... в смысле? Они могут быть любого размера. Думаю, что эта фраза прозвучала только потому, что легче влиять на маленькую страну. Разделяй и властвуй.
Россия большая и классная, приезжайте, посмотрите на нее изнутри. Это удивительное место. Столько людей и народов живут по-своему и вместе одновременно. Внутри России могут быть противоречия, но россияне всегда объединялись против общего врага и давали отпор. Потом что как говорится в нашем гимне: "Братских народов союз вековой...".
It's pretty crazy how Russia's expeditions actually reached modern-day Northern California.
Russia even once tried to include the Hawaiian Islands in its composition. The Russian explorer of New Guinea, Maclay, begged the tsar to annex this land to Russia. At the end of the XIX century, the Russians tried to gain a foothold even in Somalia. So the space of their expansion is even wider than you can imagine. Only the Mongols and the British surpassed Russia in this respect.
Russians were the first people to reach Antarctica.
yeah, had not been for the Spaniards pushing them into Alaska the Russians would have displaced the British in Western Canada and would have also probably stayed in modern day Seattle aswell
@@danielburden7373 Not really. Russia often lacked the human and financial resources to develop its own territory. Alaska was sold because the Empire could not protect its Far East from the British navy, and the colony was unprofitable.
@@raymonddefoix6017 after Crimea war, better to USA sold for cheap cuz, if brits took boiz better they turkey and france they can toghether beat us faster in Crimea, then Alaska, then Far-East of Russia. Btw nice plan was by brits, cutoff Russia from Pathific and Altantic ocean. And only one nation will trade in Moscow.
Hello 👋🏼, I’m from Yakutsk. Studying in Kaliningrad at the time. It takes me about 10 hours on plane to get to the home. It’s 9484,3 kilometres away from Yakutsk. It was a pleasure to watch your video. Appreciate that you put accents on how Russia ethnically and culturally plural. Thank you 😊
Где лучше? У вас или в Калининграде?
@@V.Kill105 мне нравится и тут и там, но скажу, что Калининград чуть больше - тут теплее
As Russian from eastern Siberia (Irkutsk) but living in Western Canada (Edmonton) since 2015 and traveling across both countries I would like to mention that some First nation from Canada are genetically very close with Tuva, Buryat, Saha nations. And I am so proud of them in Russia : they were able to survive better then in a Canada regards of their language and traditions. Thank you for this video about real Russian people across different republics.
I'm Buryat. My parents are from the Irkutsk region, while I was born in Ulan-Ude. Back in 2006, I saw a cover of Time Magazine with the Kennewick man, that looks a lot like...me: images.app.goo.gl/NFwKVQmft1qqUj2JA
yes that is true . native americans migrated from siberia .
@@Q_QQ_Q Yep, and white people migrated from the caucasus to the rest of Europe.
@@ezra5788 there were no white people back then . there is no such thing as white people . its just a term .
Hi Sveta :)
You forgot the part Alaska was russian territory until the collapse of the soviet union, know that's a big russian
It is quite strange to hear that the country should not be so huge, although, for example, the British Empire was much larger. The only difference is that Russia did not use the colonies, but annexed them to itself. In addition, this is the only way to ensure safety.
Как говорится, к Британской империи были колонии внешние, а у Российской внутренние
@@Danila-Marchenkoпричем самый страдавший народ - русский, а самая ограниченная со стороны властей вера - православие
@@Danila-Marchenko в колониях заводы и космодромы не строят.
Одно дело когда поисоеденяешь к себе и у них появляются права граждан, а другое дело когда этот колония котрая не имеет права не на что, а только должна работать на своих колонизаторов и всё чем занимались колонизаторы это загребает все богатства этих земель. Ещё не забывайте что иногда экспансия начиналась с геноцида. Они сначало убивали большое количество коренного народа и оставляли малую часть которая будут работать на них.
@@Incolent I completely forgot. Indeed, many wanted and tried to divide Russia, but died. That's why Russia is so big.
*"They had fur money"*
Many an internet artist has had to grapple with this issue.
haha fur shaped in a dollar bill with different fur being a different moneys
Yes, furries got money to spend XD
@@kyuubitao more money than brain cells
🤍 ADITYA MAKES GOOD JOURNALISTIC VIDEOS LIKE JOHNNY🤍
Mentions mongols:
Everyone:
Total War players: *Flashbacks intensify*
The Mongols, the only group to invade Russia in the winter, and the only group to succeed.
Really the takeaway here should be only invade Russia in the winter.
@@adrianbaev5277 maybe coz it was from the east? And people from east (siberia) are more used to that cold that east europeans
Mongols: We're the exception.
@@adrianbaev5277 I’m Mongolian. i was in Russia several time, in winter. Believe me , Mongolia is actually way more colder than Russian in general.
@@poposapien9587 We, Mongolians, have been dealing with severe cold winters and burning hot summer for three thousand years. When I was in Moscow, in January, it was -14• degree celsius. It’s usually -40 to -48• degree celsius in Mongolia during winter.
"Not that long ago"
"So let's look 1000 years ago"
I'm totally down for a 15-hour-long Russia video
Johnny: "This video is not 15 hours long"
Me: "Dem it!"
EXACTLY!
I can legit watch johnny's documentaries for hours,,,they are hella interesting
Документальный сериал Рюриковичи и Романовы, всё к вашим услугам
I'd watch
I am Russian and spent years in classroom learning about the history of Russia. It was so confusing so that I forgot pretty much everything I learned by now :) So I saw the title of your video and thought: "seriously, why is it so big?". Your video was a nice summary and I thoroughly enjoyed watching it.
Удачи вам в дальнейшем познании озов истории России.
That true... Very complicated
@Urjjo Bandyopadhyay Considering they follow completely different christian teachings, they are not exactly christian brothers. Europe consists of different ethnic groups, so there's that point too. Many European explorers (or scientists for that matter) were not blue-eyed either.
This video has a different perspective "Why Russia is STILL getting bigger"
What do you think?
EU: We will not take oil for u under the new sanctions imposed
Russia: K
EU Dies out of Oil
Ivan "the terrible" is a mistranslation, It is Ivan the formidable or Ivan the fearsome
nice try ivan
That's really cool! Good to know!
Not really a mis translation. "Terrible" used to have a somewhat different meaning, used to be accurate at the time, just not anymore.
Is that the guy from Vikings? 🤔
Ivan the adventurer😁
hi everyone 😺 i’m from Krasnodarsky krai, which is located in the south of Russia. It’s very hot there! Besides, we have two seas there : Black Sea and Azov Sea 🌊 I say hello to all foreign friends❤️
It's hard to imagine something hot in Russia but nice, I'm from punjab, India
Привет
I would love to marry a russian women of any ethnicity, I'm american btw.
Hi from Australia.
That’s so cool! Hello from Ireland, my friend☺️.
How was it possible to prepare a historical issue and repeat the same mistake as others? Again and again...
Regarding Ivan IV, the nickname "Grozny" doesn't mean "Terrible" (like a "bad person"), but "Fearsome", a combination of power and greatness that inspires fear.
И если сравнивать сколько людей погибло при его правлении и сколько убили европейские монархи, то он совсем не грозный. Но надо же везде пихнуть то, что русские плохие. Когда в чужом глазу видят соринку, но в своем бревна не замечают
Yes. You are right. They are always lying and broking words and facts in government level...
Да, славяне у них рабы, Грозный ужасный, Сталин диктатор, Путин тиран... Всё на уровне слов даже. Надо уже западникам морды бить везде повсеместно - может, тогда русских научатся уважать. @@КристинаКристина-ч1й4д
После баталий с ВКЛ - он приуныл немного кстати . И направил свою обиду на другие княжества .
Или Formidable
Moral Of The Story:
If you're bullied, then keep going until you find mountains between you and the bully.
Chinese, if there is no mountains build walls.
and then become the bully :C ?? ... because that's what Russia become.
@@enemy1191 Russia was a nice bully at least
@@goldeneraofmanutd8561 exactly, the true and the bad bully are those who kept on knocking someone else doorstep yet points a finger on Russia telling them to stop this AGRESSIVE behavior..
@@goldeneraofmanutd8561 as Eastern European i will disagree.
"how did Russia got so big?"
She finished her veggies
And everyone else's too, it seems.
@@davidanderson_surrey_bc she's a hungry little girl
We need to go east
But sir we already hit an ocean
....
...sir?
*CROSS THE OCEAN*
Why big? there are many nationalities there it's falling apart soon in parts be able to name your country other stories Tatarstan, Yakutia, Chechnya, Kalmyk, Dagestan, and many others there is a 40% russian+asianmuslims
@@brocoliisasmolltree9685 Little!?!?!
"Russia is like Game of Thrones on steroids."
was drinking water and completely lol'd
How to take Kazan Khanate and not be taken by Astrakhan Khanate, Crimea Khanate and especially by Ottoman Empire. Considering that they are closely related each other. All that remains is to wait for the right time and right place. And you shouldn't forget about west countries who want a bite of your country.
So there is the hidden answer in this video on the question raised in the title: WHY Russia is so damn big? It is very simple - Russia somehow or other could include, tolerate, support, defend and respect all these traditional cultures and religions. The respect to the individuality is the key of peace. They were taken under the protection, not under the control. Also the key is that religion means the culture of serving the Lord, but not sense gratification. That was the secret of peace in the world, and especially in Europe and America, after Srila Prabhupada have brought Krishna Conciousness, or God Conciousness, to America in 60s.
One of these Russian republics that I find really interesting is Udmurtia. When European think of red hair they mostly think of the celts (e.g. Irish, Scots...) but actually, the most red haired people live in the Russian republic of Udmurtia. Which I think is a nice little fun fact ;)
Don't tell Netflix about them
I'm from Udmurtia, Izhevsk.The Udmurts have not yet an ordinary language, which is related to Finnish and Hungarian.
Udmurts are actually quite red. I have a few red-haired friends and it looks natural to me, but if you look at the statistics, it probably is not so natural in the rest of the world. Does anyone have red-haired acquaintances or friends?
@@Morelze Oh cool I didn't think someone from there would actually read this comment. There is some red haired population all over non-south Europe. It's just not many. Personally I've only gotten to know 2 people with red hair during my life so far here in southern Germany. Depending on the region Germany has between 0.5-1% red haired people.
@@lukaswirmsberger6260 To be honest, I have been waiting since the moment I got the Internet to talk to a foreigner about my homeland.
-Russia to Jhonny:
"Why are you so obsessed with me??"
He must be American..
@@BrzILO1 is that a problem? We grew up disliking Russia but many of us today have really come to appreciate the ppl and culture
он просто spy
I lived in Kazan for 2 months. Became engaged and married a Tatar girl (that chapter has passed unfortunately)
Kazan is older than Moscow and has a Russian and Tatar side to the city, though those lines are continually blurred. It’s full of both Churches and Mosques and centuries after Ivan invaded the city there is still some cultural tension between Russians and Tatar people.
It’s a beautiful place and will always be in my heart. I genuinely think you’ll find it a fascinating place to look into it’s history.
@dean bilchev lol no, it ended 15 years later. We actually married a year after the engagement too. My fault for writing the extremely short version of the story.
@Just some yeti with internet access y’all are quick to ask questions that can hurt people
@@fr0stbtt3n56 imagine being hurt by words on the internet 😂😂 y'all snowflakes are outa hand I swear
I have a friend in Kazan
Hello from Kazan xd
Good work man!
Keep it up. From Mother Russia, with love.