I travelled a lot in The Middle East, Syria , Lebanon ( South) , Eastern Turkey, .... and met very nice people, no issue what so ever. Would go back anytime.
What a fantastic experience in Belarus 🇧🇾 a beautiful group of people you met!!! Took you to explore, very, very kind. The girls spoke excellent English 👏👏👏 and the other young lady, Inga!!! Her spanish sounds so beautiful!!! And she speaks English excellent too!!! Belarus and Russian 💗👏👏👏👏👏 Highly gifted you are Inga!!! All the Belarus people and sites. I loved the tour . Thank you all very much!!!
We have big Belarusian population in Poland and I have Belarusian friends and visited Belarus few times !the people are very nice and very hospitable ! The food is similar to Poland and I think we are similar ! As long you don’t mix politics you’re absolutely fine to visit Belarus ! Polish people don’t need visa to visit Belarus what make easy !
My girlfriend lives in Belarus, I have been there 3 times and will go there again next month and I will move there temporary this autumn. This is very special country.
LOVED IT! Thank you for visiting, filming and sharing. It would have been nice to have more footage of the elders. Their stories are incredible. And it matters not if they are "formally" educated. Brilliance is not confined to classrooms. The life lessons of elders are extremely important, helpful and transformative. More people, from all over the world should listen to and record their elders.
She said “come to Belarus, just be accurate”. Accurate or Аккуратный inrussian language means “Careful”. So she is literally saying: “come to Belarus, just be careful”. It’s a special “carefullness” that only people from Belarus will understand. Being careful for them means to survive. Жыве Беларусь! This people is incredibly kind, open, wise, frank
no, in the context she's speaking in, it means to be neat and polite. belarusians have a culture of cleanliness, they love beauty, and they love their country to be tidy and orderly. i'm not sure if you're fluent in russian, but like in other languages, often a word doesn't have the literal meaning, but more of an expression, or an understood meaning. if she wanted to say to be careful, maybe because foreigners might be seen as suspicious by the government if they're at demonstrations, she would have said something more like "будь осторожен".
People are friendly everywhere, in my experience. I have traveled three continents and I can say, people always open when you talk to them, show interest for their country, for their culture, gastronomy etc and you are kind. It's called human heart and it is mostly good. People in Belarus are, logically, a little bit shy and will not trust 100% at the beginning. So if you are a foreigner in Belarus and don't speak their language, have understanding for this. Belarus is surely an interesting country to visit.
Stepan Bandera has over 400 monuments in Ukraine. Bridges, halls, avenues...named after Bandera. It's like Adolf Hitler strasse in Berlin, Adolf Hitler platz,... so. Stepan Bandera was a ukrainian Hitler, spanishbFranco o italian Mussolini
@@grindcorizer6818 I have seen people like you more than once, and I am convinced that you have such an opinion because he fought for independence from Russia, but Russians do not like it when a nation wants to free itself from Russian imperialism and colonialism, that is why they call all his enemies as Nazis
@@SerhiiKun *Fighting for independence by committing genocides of jews, poles, gipsies, ...mass murders of hungarians, slovakians, czechs? What are you on? Whatever it is, you should stop taking it*
@@grindcorizer6818 firstly, among the nations listed by you, he killed only Poles, the others are irrelevant, but there is a story that Poles also killed Ukrainians, in fact then they killed each other, secondly, such cruel methods were involved because in in those days, Stalin staged a famine, and thoroughly shot Ukrainians and suppressed any struggle for independence, and the Poles wanted to capture the west of Ukraine, in such conditions, nothing diplomatically will work, especially with Moscow, in fact, in conditions when there is no independence, and the enemy remains only to fight by all methods, less cruel and more cruel, although I do not support his cruel actions, but I understand that in those days there was no other way to win independence
@@SerhiiKun cleansing of Jews, cleansing of Gipsies, cleansing of Poles, cleansing of Slovakians, cleansing of Czechs. Who is irrelevant? All those were murdered by the Banderites
"The Belarusian language is not dying, it's just that I was born and raised here and I don't speak it" That's literally the definition of dying language. Luka transformed the country into a Russian dictatorial colony without its own identity.
Dude... Languages evolve and stuff... You go to Latin countries... They're not speaking Latin anymore! In fact Italians speak italian, Spanish speak Spanish, Portuguese speak Portuguese.... And even in those languages there are accents!!! Now... Some people could say "accent it's just a different melody of the Primary language" but.... Some accents are so strong and different that they almost sound like another language! Soooooo, you can have the Primary language and then "sub-languages" running in the same country! In general though, that "sub-language" with an extraordinary accent that almost sounds like another language, occurs in far away countries (ex-colonies of Empires). But it's not like an exact thing... The further you are, the more different it sounds... Because you can make like 400km in that country and still come across with those sub-languages. It seems that Belarussians maintain their identities but are more "Russi-fied". What's the problem with that??? We all have bits and pieces of other cultures... If people were to maintain their traditions.... They would be living in caves and hunting animals! That was the "tradition"! Maintaining tradition can be a stupid thing. If Belarussians want to speak Russian... So be it
@@Trip4man all the other slav languages are not russian "sub-language". What an ignorant point of view. Belarusian could do what thay want to, if they wasn't living in a dictatorship. It's like saying "dude, iranians want to kill their political persecuted, it's their tradition, what's wrong with that? 🤷🏻♂️" I know a lot of belarusian guys, they want to be free and autonomous country with their own culture and history. Not a russian slaves as Luka wants them to be. 2020 revolution showed that.
Belarussian is not a language completely distinct from Russian. It's a dialectical continuum. Even before the Soviet Union, the slavic languages were spread over Russia and eastern Europe. And gradually as you moved from place to place, the spoken language was different. Neighboring areas obviously could understand each other, but the further away you went, the harder it was to understand. The Russians promoted their Moscow version of Russian across the empire, as a standard lingua franca, to promote education, broadcasting, movies, etc. This replacement of dialects has happened many times over the centuries as empires have expanded influence (and their language) across the populations they have come to dominate. Belarussian is not a sort of pure language isolate being wiped out. It's a highly related Slavic dialect that was replaced during the Soviet Union by standard Russian in order to promote integration. It is the same with the Ukrainian "language". This is life, and every language on Earth has undergone this process continuously.
@@rocinante4488 Neither the Belarusian nor the Ukrainian language derives from Russian. You are saying that man comes from monkey. Not only that, you're saying what's the point of humans existing if monkeys exist. So what's the point of having Italian, Spanish, French, Romanian if they are all "dialects" of Latin anyway? What is the point of English, German or Dutch if they are all "dialects" of the Germanic language?
@@al3mat The line must be drawn somewhere. We live in a more connected society than before, which is why we need fewer languages for communication. In france 300 years ago, there were dozens of different "languages", which were in reality different dialects on a comprehension continuum. A can speak to B perfectly fine, B can speak to C perfectly fine, but A and C cannot understand one another. Obviously this is oversimplified but you get the point. Eventually parisian french took precedence and the other dialects morphed into common standard French with maybe peculiar accents. Standard Russian has taken precedence over that area, and it's not necessarily a tragedy that people dont speak Belarussian. It is what it is. Just like it's not a tragedy that people in Bourdeaux, France speak in French now, and not in Occitan. Cultures shift. Are we going to begin publishing every book and technical manual in the world to Belarussian so that the 50,000 people left living in remote farming communities in Belarus can know how to do nuclear fision or fly boeing 777s or perform heart surgery?
Interesting video and I understand the want and difficulty in keeping and speaking their own language. I’m from Ireland where we speak English first and our Irish language is dying slowly. We learn it at school but have little opportunity in daily life to speak it. ☘️🇮🇪☘️
@@chtoaaaaaгэта не мяняе таго факту, што пакуль увесь цывілізаваны сьвет рухаецца наперад, разьвіваецца, у нас паўсюдная дэґрадацыя. Гэтай радзянскай забудовы ўвогуле ня мае быць, ґеній
You're wrong Bro. Belarus is very developed with emphasis on Minsk. Infact, comparing Minsk with Vilnius and Riga - Minsk is more developed hands down.
Carambas! Nunca pense de oir la conversacion en espanol me hiciera sentir la experiencia tan palpable. Mil y mil gracias. So far all I have seen has been eye opening. Ale... thanks, again!
All belarusians that I know (not many btw) don't speak their native language,they all speak only in russian and this is really very sad. Guys don't lose your identity !!
@@АлексейНадеждин-и9э in general, this is a very big problem, for centuries Russia Russified Belarusians like all other peoples, and with the politics of Lukashenko, identity continues to be erased, if we do not fight for language and culture, then Russia will finally achieve its long-standing dream - to erase identity, so that people begin to consider themselves by the Russians in order to nationalize new lands by this method and destroy the Belarusians as a nation
@@SerhiiKun In fact, Russian is a native language for Belarusian people. This is not a fiction, not a false paradigm, it is a fact. Abandoning the Russian language would be a step against the development and progress of the Belarusian nation. The Russian language makes us, the Belarusian people, richer culturally. The Russian language unites people. We will not allow silly nationalists to deprive us of our wealth - the Russian language
@@АлексейНадеждин-и9э I understand that it is useless to tell you anything, you are convinced that Russian is your native language, assimilated in short words and with a washed head
All Belorussian people I have met have been very nice and usually it takes time for them to warm up to talk. The country has a very interesting history from ancient times to present. WWII was very unkind to Belarus and most of the country was destroyed by huge battles that took place on its territory. I intend to go and visit some of the historic places, specifically the Brest fort.
Until 2022, Ukrainians and Belarusians were best friends. But in 2022, Belarus took part in military aggression against Ukraine. And yes, the kinship of the Ukrainian and Belarusian languages is 85%, but now it doesn't matter anymore.
Wow, Inga has such pleasant sounding english and spanish speech! I'm not sure I've ever heard such smooth and pleasant latin based language come from a person whose first language is slavic based. Even from people who have lived in the states for most of their lives, that's unusual.
Здорово, что есть Белорусы, которые заботятся о сохранении своего культурного наследия. Это важно и нужно.Но я также не понимаю, что плохого в сохранении истории, когда это была одна страна. В советском союзе жили такие же люди, как мы сейчас. Хорошие и плохие. Веселые и не очень. Разные, но люди. Я могу заблуждаться, но предполагаю, что коренные жители Аргентины не разговаривали на языке Испанских колонизаторов. И не вели блоги на языке Английской империи...*играет печальная мелодия*
I have been to Belarus couple of times and I love it! its beyond clean and people are very nice also its very safe. First time I was a bit nervous but it turned out to be a really interesting trip. Haven't been there again since the war in Ukraine but wouldn't mind visiting again. I wouldn't want to live there because it does have a bit of a dictatorial vibe but besides that its worth visiting.
A quick drink.of something strong is not a depression thing for the hard working man. It gives you worn out body a little.jolt and helps ease the muscle fatigue. It helps the tired mind go back and finish the day out. Not getting drunk or escapism, just a quick fortification to get the work done that every society and nation runs on. Without the hard working man who will keep it all going.
Почему все берут в качестве гида подростков, которые сами недостаточно образованны??? А потом мы смотрим заброшенный санаторий и узнаем, что он разрушен в результате конфликтов 😂😂😂 этот санаторий заброшен, потому что там было радиоактивное пятно после трагедии в Чернобыле. А разрушило его время, а не конфликты
Прошу не забувати і закарбувати назавжди. З території Білорусі в 2022 році довгий час летіли ракети на Україну, щоб вбивати українців. Тобто їх запускали білоруси. Довгий час залишалася небезпека наступу змосковщених білорусів на північно- західні та північні території України. Вони пропускали важку російську техніку через свою територію, щоб недоістоти московити їхали вбивати українців.
With the Ukraine war no one from United States even attempts to visit Belarus. The marshes wildlife districts are most interesting to me. There are a few Belorussians living in Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A. .
You look at the people that survived the real genocide. And Жыве Беларусь! literally means “Belarus is still alive”. Very pride and humble people and very wise.
@@tatianakaz9523 Маскалі забілі палову беларусаў у 18 стагоддзі. Потым разам з немцамі паўтарылі гэта ў 20 стагоддзі. Падрабязней у Bloodlands у Цімаці Снайдэра.
Spassiba. Lovely video. Belarus is a beautiful country and so are the people. They have suffered much especially in WW2 by the Nazis who in particular murdered many Jewish People. It was nice to see Minsk and some of the lovely villages. Look forward to more videos. God bless you both. Bill. Uk 🙏🇧🇾🇬🇧
Unfortunately now a por of people cannot enter even if we want to. I’m traveling all around the baltics/east however Belarus is really strict with tourism nowadays and sadly requests visa along a series of requirements to enter as a tourist. Nevertheless is clear that is an amazing place full of history and it’s so cool you managed to visit it!
It’s cool to see ordinary people life, seems like they smile even though they say they don’t haha! 😀 what I struggled to understand was why more common spoken language is their neighbour’s language. It was a bit weird to hear that their own Belarusian language is kind of fighting to survive including in the books of universities. Anyways, great video! As always interesting to see a different angle of travelling ☺️👏
Indeed, I tried to spend a lot of time to figure out the language thing as from my perspective this is part of the identity. But glad some people opened up. Thanks for watching as always! 🙏
@@AleSalvino It's because they were Russified under the Soviet Union. Russians pushed their culture, language and sometimes their people to settle and replace people in their lands throughout the Soviet Union.
@@jorllx They speak Russian because of Russification. Russia is a backwards country that only gained power after Germany left a power vacuum after WW2 and they took full advantage of that through Russification. Russians still haven't discovered Democracy. They destroy beautiful architecture both from Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and former German places and replace it with grotesque, poor soviet buildings, including in Minsk. Stop pretending like they are "one people" to justify Russia and they anti self determination and pro war nonsense. You love autocracy, don't you?
@@jorllx Moscow did not even exist in the times of so called 'the rus" and belarus name before annexation in 1795 by moscovian empire is Grand Duchy of Lithuania, an absolutely different country to what it is now. Should i say that mosovits do not understand neither ukranian nor belarusian languages? It is related actually to all slavic langauges, they do not understand anything
До ссср поляки навязывали белорусам себя. Белорусы уходили в лес жить. Непросто было. Как раз революция дала возможность учить свой язык и традиции возвращать.
Білорусь окупували росіяни , мій дідусь родом з Білорусі , памʼятаю його він був дуже доброю людиною …. Загалом Білоруси дуже приємні люди з тим з ким мені вдавалось зустрічатись … Россіяни руйнують мову, якщо ти не використовуєш мову то вона реально вмирає… Вірю в свободу Білорусі 🙏🏻 коли я була в аеропорту в Мілані памʼятаю момент, коли росіянка дуже була здивована, що є літак до Києва яким я летіла додому в Україну , тоді я на це не звернула увагу, але тепер я розумію, росіяни не кажу за всіх але більшість не поважають різні народи ! Білорусь не вільна і не можу сказати що там безпечно, якщо ти не поділяєш погляди Путіна! Дякую за роботу, яка показує , що робить диктатура на територіях які пробують зараз стати незалежними, тому що їх роками принижували, мову культуру 😢 Грузія Молдова Білорусь Україна Айзербайджан тримаймося, ми не раби, ми маємо стати незалежними ❤️
Млять, насколько же у тебя мозги промыты? Белорусы разговаривают на том языке, на котором им хочется. Кто тебе вообще сказал, что русские не уважают народы? У тебя проблемы с головой? Россия и Беларусь сильно связаны, поэтому взаимствуют разное
As a Polish person I feel very sorry for Belarusian people. Day after day they are being robbed of their rights, freedom and future and a lot of young people escaped the country already. What I think they should do is to protest, just like they did in 2020 as long as Lukashenko stands down. Nobody else will do it for them. They need to fight for the better future and their country.
Also, it is very sad that you get so influenced by another country to allow your national language become less popular than the foreign language. How about the culture and History? Do you protect your culture and History or do you allow another country to take over this area of your heritage too?
Бажаю братам та сестрам з Білорусі не забувати хто вони є. Пом'ятайте що свобода не дається, свобода здобувається. І ваші співвітчизники з полку Калиновського воюють зараз і за вас також. Жыве́ Белару́сь!
Ты даже не представляешь, как белорусы завидуют самым свободным людям в мире - украинцам. Вы уже положили сотни тысяч народа в землю, и еще положите не меньше, все ради свободы. А ты чего не на фронте? За свободу надо воевать и умирать.
Только нам украинцам понятно, что происходит в Беларуси. Печалька. Так стало заметно, насколько люди стали несчастнее и закрыты. Время остановилось. П.ц ,нет слов. За 30 лет независимости Украины у украинцев поменялась ментальность, они стали себя чувствовать космополитами- мир прекрасен и открыт, мир без границ. Вот за это и борьба с ,,русским миром". По Беларуси видно, как диктатуры хотят закрыть свои народы и запугать, подчинить, нужны послушные рабы. Беларусский народ прекрасен и не заслуживает такой участи. Что-то такое я ожидала, но не настолько. Шок.Я вспоминаю, такое у нас было очень давно. Страшно, если Украина не выстоет- возвращения в прошлое ....даже думать не хочется, что там будет- не жизнь.
@@emiotm смеётся тот, кто смеётся последний. А где есть Россия? В спорте нет, на чемпионатах нет, культуру отменили, спектакли в Европе отменили, президент не рукопожатный, с уголовным преследованием, а поздравляют Китай, Северная Корея да Папуа- Новая Гвинея 😆. Так где же Россия?
Закрывают страну те, кто по политическим выехал за границу, и ведёт борьбу типо с режимом, но увы они ведут борьбу со всеми жителями страны закрывая их от всего мира!
This Belarusian girl looks realy kind but i don't think she realise in what country she live's in. As a foreigner, you could be potentially used as money exchange for Lukashenka regime like in Russia where we have seen some foreigners being accused out of nowhere that they are spies. So obviously it's a bad idea to go to Belarus at this moment because this government is unpredictable.
I guess you brought her to your village, cowboy. She tries to tell you that she does not like your place and wants to move to a big city to enjoy the comfort she is used to.
Thanks for showing Belarus through a different lens. I personally haven't got the chance to visit the country yet, but it's been on my bucket list for a while now. We shall all understand that there's beauty in every single corner of our planet, regardless of politics, history and unverified misconceptions. Well done!
I live in Belarus for the whole of my life, and I do speak English + Dutch + German. So if you have any general questions about Belarus you may ask it to me, I will answer. Best Regards Andrei Popov Three and then seven and than five and than 29 and than 58 and also 92 add 212
The main question is if you speak Belarusian and why have you translated your name into Russian and then into English? Why do not you tranlate it without the intermediary, Andruś Papoŭ?
@@andreipopov5233 How can you know anything about Belarus without speaking the language and misspelling the ethnonym "Belarusian"? You've failed to demonstrate your knowledge of Belarus.
Question of language. Why don't people speak Belarusian privately? The fact is that the Russian language is a very recognized language in the world, also thanks to Russian culture and science. For example, Russian is one of the few main languages of world mathematics. If you are a young person studying niche languages that are not widely spoken in the world, in which much less is written in academia, and so on, then it may be your choice to preserve that language, but this means effort that will not give you many advantages. Therefore, in, for example, Kazakhstan, which is completely different in terms of language, people, although they speak Kazakh more often, precisely because it cannot be so easily replaced by the Russian language in communication, still very much value a good knowledge of the Russian language. And even in Georgia, as I learned, this is not uncommon.
Since the times when Grand Duchy of Lithuania (the previous name of Belarus) was dismembered and some territoreis of it were annexed, the language started dying. I mean "dying" of course, because obviously, there is a lot of money being spent to make it dissapear as well as cultrure, history etc.
@@elliotjung1766 ChatGPT AI on this topic: These statements can be assessed as follows: "The Belarusian language is the state language of Belarus along with Russian." This statement is true. The Constitution of the Republic of Belarus recognizes two state languages: Belarusian and Russian. "This means you can conduct all your business on it in government offices, courts, police and so on." This is also true. Both languages can be used in formal situations, although in practice Russian is often preferred in everyday administrative matters. "However, much more valuable information for modern life is created in Russian, and it is very similar to Belarusian." This statement is controversial. Indeed, many of the resources and information available in Belarus may be in Russian, as it is the lingua franca of the post-Soviet space. However, it is important to note that the Belarusian and Russian languages, although they have similarities due to their common Slavic origins, are still separate languages. "That's why people prefer to speak Russian: it's easy for them, and it gives them much more opportunities, because many more people also speak Russian, and the prospects for communicating in this language are also much greater." To a large extent this is true. The Russian language is widely spoken and used in business, science, culture and other areas, which makes it attractive for use in everyday life. "However, the Belarusian language is not dying; it is supported by the state." This statement is also true. Despite the predominance of the Russian language, the Belarusian language is supported at the state level through educational programs, cultural events and legislative measures. "Lithuania and the Lithuanian language have nothing in common with the Belarusian language." It's right. Lithuanian belongs to the Baltic language group, and Belarusian belongs to the East Slavic group. “It was Lithuania, once a powerful state, that annexed the Slavic lands of Belarus.” Historically this is true. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania included the territories of modern Belarus, Ukraine and part of Russia. "Lithuania was not originally a state inhabited by Slavic peoples." This is also true. Initially, the territory of modern Lithuania was inhabited by Baltic tribes. In general, most statements are based on historical and contemporary facts, although some may require clarification and context for the full picture.
@@dandelobo9284 " “It was Lithuania, once a powerful state, that annexed the Slavic lands of Belarus.” It was never annexed by Lithunaia. Lithunia did not exist back then. Belarus had not existed before the moscovian empire annexation. It is a colonial name for the annexed territories.
@@dandelobo9284 " the Belarusian language is supported at the state level through educational programs, cultural events and legislative measures." It is a cover, the russification policy is persistent, has the tendency for intensification and has not been ending for centuries.
@@elliotjung1766 Nobody forbids Belarusians to use their language in all areas of their lives today. If this is really important to them and they are therefore willing to sacrifice a number of serious objective advantages of using the most widespread language on post-Soviet territory, which is Russian, they can do this. However, there is no objective possibility of making the use of the Belarusian language as profitable as the use of Russian, because it is impossible to make it as widespread in the information and interethnic space as Russian, which is very easy for Belarusians to switch to if they speak their own language.
Було би набагато краще, якби ви брали інтерв'ю в білорусів, які шанують свою мову, знають її та нею розмовляють. А ця пихата змосковщена молода особа, яка навіть приблизно не розуміє причинно-наслідкових зв'язків.
As an Ukrainian, even the word "Belarus" triggers me. I have always lived so close to this country and it is never safe. One day they gave their territories to russia, and the next day they conduct training together with russia and China.
People let me tell you what happens with the language issue in Republic of Belarus. They speak Russian language, and that's it. Point. Full stop. Nothing else to tell. But - there is something else to tell. There is a little minority; I don't know how many percent, maybe under 1% that's for sure. And these people think that we should forget our mother language (and this is Russian). They tell us that we are supposed to speak our own separate language as a mother language. If you don’t - then you are a slave of Russia, something like this. Well and they insist that we should learn from the scratch invented by them language - the one that doesn’t exist anymore. For what reason, you wander? For no reason, just because they think it’s right for you. You don't see these people on the streets of our cities. No, you only meet these people on the internet, they write comments. They accuse us that we are not patriotic enough if we don't want to speak the Belorussian language. Nobody speaks Belorussian language in Belarus, nobody except for some crazy fanatics.
@@38vilius Попробуй выйди с плакатом против власти в Украине или войны и узнаешь. Забавно как вы называете Россию концлагерем в тот момент когда я могу поехать в любую точку мира, в то время как мужчины Украины не могут покинуть свою страну. Так где концлагерь?
Would you travel to "unpopular" places to meet locals and get some information firsthand? 🗺
Let me just say when I get a million in the bank I’m taking it and running ….. To either Minsk or Moscow. Maybe both
@@daitekavu never what ?
Very cool show. Verify interesting. I'm almost embarrassed to say it, but that was my first exposure to Belarus. Thank you!
I am headed to Vilnuis, do you think it is safe to go to Minsk via car?
I travelled a lot in The Middle East, Syria , Lebanon ( South) , Eastern Turkey, .... and met very nice people, no issue what so ever. Would go back anytime.
What a fantastic experience in Belarus 🇧🇾 a beautiful group of people you met!!! Took you to explore, very, very kind. The girls spoke excellent English 👏👏👏 and the other young lady, Inga!!! Her spanish sounds so beautiful!!! And she speaks English excellent too!!! Belarus and Russian 💗👏👏👏👏👏 Highly gifted you are Inga!!! All the Belarus people and sites. I loved the tour . Thank you all very much!!!
We have big Belarusian population in Poland and I have Belarusian friends and visited Belarus few times !the people are very nice and very hospitable ! The food is similar to Poland and I think we are similar ! As long you don’t mix politics you’re absolutely fine to visit Belarus ! Polish people don’t need visa to visit Belarus what make easy !
Białorusini to nasi najbliżsi bracia ❤❤❤
@@PaulPaul-bq2wkGoing to Belarus now is too dangerous. Don’t risk it
@@polishpsych *What could happen if you are just a tourist?*
@@polishpsychопасно?! 😮Что вы имеете ввиду?😅
My girlfriend lives in Belarus, I have been there 3 times and will go there again next month and I will move there temporary this autumn. This is very special country.
Hey ! Does Visa or Mastercard works in Belarus ?
Thanks for the reply.
Да, работает
@@ольгаиваненко-м1ы спасибо
LOVED IT! Thank you for visiting, filming and sharing. It would have been nice to have more footage of the elders. Their stories are incredible. And it matters not if they are "formally" educated. Brilliance is not confined to classrooms. The life lessons of elders are extremely important, helpful and transformative. More people, from all over the world should listen to and record their elders.
Looks like a clean place! No trash arround, no buble gums on the pavement, no homeless people pushing supermarket carts...
Excelente trabajo como siempre !!
Dificil cultura !!! Felicitaciones Ale !!
Gracias! 🙏🏼
She said “come to Belarus, just be accurate”. Accurate or Аккуратный inrussian language means “Careful”. So she is literally saying: “come to Belarus, just be careful”. It’s a special “carefullness” that only people from Belarus will understand. Being careful for them means to survive. Жыве Беларусь! This people is incredibly kind, open, wise, frank
Thanks for adding all these details and analysis. Indeed, they were super nice, wise and they spent a lot of time to show me their cities/towns! 🙏
so why to survive? whats d point? is it a warning?
???? 😂😂😂😂
no, in the context she's speaking in, it means to be neat and polite. belarusians have a culture of cleanliness, they love beauty, and they love their country to be tidy and orderly. i'm not sure if you're fluent in russian, but like in other languages, often a word doesn't have the literal meaning, but more of an expression, or an understood meaning. if she wanted to say to be careful, maybe because foreigners might be seen as suspicious by the government if they're at demonstrations, she would have said something more like "будь осторожен".
@@AndreAKAua говори по русски.
People are friendly everywhere, in my experience. I have traveled three continents and I can say, people always open when you talk to them, show interest for their country, for their culture, gastronomy etc and you are kind. It's called human heart and it is mostly good. People in Belarus are, logically, a little bit shy and will not trust 100% at the beginning. So if you are a foreigner in Belarus and don't speak their language, have understanding for this. Belarus is surely an interesting country to visit.
They have Dzerzhinsky avenue, that´s like having a Heinrich Himmler´s avenue in Berlin.
Stepan Bandera has over 400 monuments in Ukraine. Bridges, halls, avenues...named after Bandera. It's like Adolf Hitler strasse in Berlin, Adolf Hitler platz,... so. Stepan Bandera was a ukrainian Hitler, spanishbFranco o italian Mussolini
@@grindcorizer6818 I have seen people like you more than once, and I am convinced that you have such an opinion because he fought for independence from Russia, but Russians do not like it when a nation wants to free itself from Russian imperialism and colonialism, that is why they call all his enemies as Nazis
@@SerhiiKun *Fighting for independence by committing genocides of jews, poles, gipsies, ...mass murders of hungarians, slovakians, czechs? What are you on? Whatever it is, you should stop taking it*
@@grindcorizer6818 firstly, among the nations listed by you, he killed only Poles, the others are irrelevant, but there is a story that Poles also killed Ukrainians, in fact then they killed each other, secondly, such cruel methods were involved because in in those days, Stalin staged a famine, and thoroughly shot Ukrainians and suppressed any struggle for independence, and the Poles wanted to capture the west of Ukraine, in such conditions, nothing diplomatically will work, especially with Moscow, in fact, in conditions when there is no independence, and the enemy remains only to fight by all methods, less cruel and more cruel, although I do not support his cruel actions, but I understand that in those days there was no other way to win independence
@@SerhiiKun cleansing of Jews, cleansing of Gipsies, cleansing of Poles, cleansing of Slovakians, cleansing of Czechs. Who is irrelevant? All those were murdered by the Banderites
"The Belarusian language is not dying, it's just that I was born and raised here and I don't speak it"
That's literally the definition of dying language.
Luka transformed the country into a Russian dictatorial colony without its own identity.
Dude... Languages evolve and stuff... You go to Latin countries... They're not speaking Latin anymore! In fact Italians speak italian, Spanish speak Spanish, Portuguese speak Portuguese.... And even in those languages there are accents!!! Now... Some people could say "accent it's just a different melody of the Primary language" but.... Some accents are so strong and different that they almost sound like another language! Soooooo, you can have the Primary language and then "sub-languages" running in the same country! In general though, that "sub-language" with an extraordinary accent that almost sounds like another language, occurs in far away countries (ex-colonies of Empires). But it's not like an exact thing... The further you are, the more different it sounds... Because you can make like 400km in that country and still come across with those sub-languages.
It seems that Belarussians maintain their identities but are more "Russi-fied". What's the problem with that??? We all have bits and pieces of other cultures... If people were to maintain their traditions.... They would be living in caves and hunting animals! That was the "tradition"! Maintaining tradition can be a stupid thing. If Belarussians want to speak Russian... So be it
@@Trip4man all the other slav languages are not russian "sub-language".
What an ignorant point of view.
Belarusian could do what thay want to, if they wasn't living in a dictatorship.
It's like saying "dude, iranians want to kill their political persecuted, it's their tradition, what's wrong with that? 🤷🏻♂️"
I know a lot of belarusian guys, they want to be free and autonomous country with their own culture and history.
Not a russian slaves as Luka wants them to be.
2020 revolution showed that.
Belarussian is not a language completely distinct from Russian. It's a dialectical continuum. Even before the Soviet Union, the slavic languages were spread over Russia and eastern Europe. And gradually as you moved from place to place, the spoken language was different. Neighboring areas obviously could understand each other, but the further away you went, the harder it was to understand. The Russians promoted their Moscow version of Russian across the empire, as a standard lingua franca, to promote education, broadcasting, movies, etc. This replacement of dialects has happened many times over the centuries as empires have expanded influence (and their language) across the populations they have come to dominate. Belarussian is not a sort of pure language isolate being wiped out. It's a highly related Slavic dialect that was replaced during the Soviet Union by standard Russian in order to promote integration. It is the same with the Ukrainian "language". This is life, and every language on Earth has undergone this process continuously.
@@rocinante4488 Neither the Belarusian nor the Ukrainian language derives from Russian. You are saying that man comes from monkey. Not only that, you're saying what's the point of humans existing if monkeys exist.
So what's the point of having Italian, Spanish, French, Romanian if they are all "dialects" of Latin anyway? What is the point of English, German or Dutch if they are all "dialects" of the Germanic language?
@@al3mat The line must be drawn somewhere. We live in a more connected society than before, which is why we need fewer languages for communication. In france 300 years ago, there were dozens of different "languages", which were in reality different dialects on a comprehension continuum. A can speak to B perfectly fine, B can speak to C perfectly fine, but A and C cannot understand one another. Obviously this is oversimplified but you get the point. Eventually parisian french took precedence and the other dialects morphed into common standard French with maybe peculiar accents. Standard Russian has taken precedence over that area, and it's not necessarily a tragedy that people dont speak Belarussian. It is what it is. Just like it's not a tragedy that people in Bourdeaux, France speak in French now, and not in Occitan. Cultures shift. Are we going to begin publishing every book and technical manual in the world to Belarussian so that the 50,000 people left living in remote farming communities in Belarus can know how to do nuclear fision or fly boeing 777s or perform heart surgery?
Interesting video and I understand the want and difficulty in keeping and speaking their own language. I’m from Ireland where we speak English first and our Irish language is dying slowly. We learn it at school but have little opportunity in daily life to speak it. ☘️🇮🇪☘️
I bet the language sitation is 10 times worse there
Про тема в ом что белорусу очень сильно похожи не только языком но и генетикой и культурой в отличии от англичан с ирландцами .
Visiting Belarus would be like going back in time to the USSR.
чел тебе только показали малонаселённые города и советскую застройку минска. пройдись по другим проспектам
@@chtoaaaaaгэта не мяняе таго факту, што пакуль увесь цывілізаваны сьвет рухаецца наперад, разьвіваецца, у нас паўсюдная дэґрадацыя. Гэтай радзянскай забудовы ўвогуле ня мае быць, ґеній
@@U-nieskladovaje тоесть ты считаешь что беларусь- СССР как и этот деградант выше
You're wrong Bro. Belarus is very developed with emphasis on Minsk. Infact, comparing Minsk with Vilnius and Riga - Minsk is more developed hands down.
Also with Ukraine. Only Russia is above USSR
Thank you very much for this video. I really enjoyed and appreciated.
Carambas! Nunca pense de oir la conversacion en espanol me hiciera sentir la experiencia tan palpable. Mil y mil gracias. So far all I have seen has been eye opening. Ale... thanks, again!
All belarusians that I know (not many btw) don't speak their native language,they all speak only in russian and this is really very sad. Guys don't lose your identity !!
"Belarusian is not dying, I just can't speak it" - ironically
In fact, Belarus is a russian language country. And it's not problem
@@АлексейНадеждин-и9э in general, this is a very big problem, for centuries Russia Russified Belarusians like all other peoples, and with the politics of Lukashenko, identity continues to be erased, if we do not fight for language and culture, then Russia will finally achieve its long-standing dream - to erase identity, so that people begin to consider themselves by the Russians in order to nationalize new lands by this method and destroy the Belarusians as a nation
@@SerhiiKun
In fact, Russian is a native language for Belarusian people. This is not a fiction, not a false paradigm, it is a fact. Abandoning the Russian language would be a step against the development and progress of the Belarusian nation. The Russian language makes us, the Belarusian people, richer culturally. The Russian language unites people. We will not allow silly nationalists to deprive us of our wealth - the Russian language
@@АлексейНадеждин-и9э I understand that it is useless to tell you anything, you are convinced that Russian is your native language, assimilated in short words and with a washed head
It is not dying, it's already dead..
This was an amazing video. Thank you. I’ll be visiting Minsk later this month and I’m from Panama 🇵🇦 by the way.
Good luck, hope you enjoy!
@@AleSalvino thank you 🙏 I sure did enjoy Belarus 🇧🇾
All Belorussian people I have met have been very nice and usually it takes time for them to warm up to talk. The country has a very interesting history from ancient times to present. WWII was very unkind to Belarus and most of the country was destroyed by huge battles that took place on its territory. I intend to go and visit some of the historic places, specifically the Brest fort.
Hope you enjoy your trip. Indeed, it took a while for them to talk but glad we had some conversations and they showed me their cities/towns.
Long live Belarus, A clean and warm country
awesome bro! first time seeing any video on Belarus 🔥
Thank you! 🙌
Another great documentary. Thank you.
Entre a este video siendo que jamás miro cosas en español. Que sorpresa enorme ver que sos Argentino. Saludos desde Entre Ríos !
Gracias por entrar y tomarte el tiempo de ver el video, un abrazo!
Until 2022, Ukrainians and Belarusians were best friends. But in 2022, Belarus took part in military aggression against Ukraine. And yes, the kinship of the Ukrainian and Belarusian languages is 85%, but now it doesn't matter anymore.
Украина выбрала сатанистов . Беларусь выбрала православие.
😂😂😂 бред сумасшедшего. Слава народам СССР🤩
Ukraine supported revolution forces in Belarus
@@renekiessling2333 может скажешь что то конкретное?
@@quercus4181 задай вопрос, скажу
I think Belarus is suitable for me to explore.
Mi abuelo era de Witebsk, Belarus.
Gracias por el video! 👌
Great video. Thank you.
Inga is such an adorable person and so smart 😃👏👍
Indeed!
Wow, Inga has such pleasant sounding english and spanish speech! I'm not sure I've ever heard such smooth and pleasant latin based language come from a person whose first language is slavic based. Even from people who have lived in the states for most of their lives, that's unusual.
Thank you 😊🙏
You're welcome 🙏🏼
Здорово, что есть Белорусы, которые заботятся о сохранении своего культурного наследия. Это важно и нужно.Но я также не понимаю, что плохого в сохранении истории, когда это была одна страна. В советском союзе жили такие же люди, как мы сейчас. Хорошие и плохие. Веселые и не очень. Разные, но люди.
Я могу заблуждаться, но предполагаю, что коренные жители Аргентины не разговаривали на языке Испанских колонизаторов. И не вели блоги на языке Английской империи...*играет печальная мелодия*
I have been to Belarus couple of times and I love it! its beyond clean and people are very nice also its very safe. First time I was a bit nervous but it turned out to be a really interesting trip.
Haven't been there again since the war in Ukraine but wouldn't mind visiting again. I wouldn't want to live there because it does have a bit of a dictatorial vibe but besides that its worth visiting.
Thank you so much for sharing the story of these girls. Справжні брати білоруси
Thank you for watching! 🙏
❤❤❤
A quick drink.of something strong is not a depression thing for the hard working man. It gives you worn out body a little.jolt and helps ease the muscle fatigue. It helps the tired mind go back and finish the day out. Not getting drunk or escapism, just a quick fortification to get the work done that every society and nation runs on. Without the hard working man who will keep it all going.
Well said!
Belarus is a clean, beautiful and safe country, its parks and people are wonderful, I love Belarus ❤️
Помним Вьетнам Корею Югославию Ливию....Иран Ирак Сирию.... и др интервенции
Wow. El español de la chica es increíble. Es perfecto!!! Amazing!!
Her Spanish is so good!
Belarus people are beuty people !! 🌷🌷🌷🌷
"Dudas" in Spanish means questions 🤣
@@PhilipMarcYT ahh my last name ? XDXD
The feeling I felt from this video is that it's rather an austere country.
Приезжайте к нам, сами всё увидите😊
Почему все берут в качестве гида подростков, которые сами недостаточно образованны??? А потом мы смотрим заброшенный санаторий и узнаем, что он разрушен в результате конфликтов 😂😂😂 этот санаторий заброшен, потому что там было радиоактивное пятно после трагедии в Чернобыле. А разрушило его время, а не конфликты
Hello Dasha in Belarus from Martin in New Zealand that was very interesting thank u
Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩❤️❤️
Beautiful country
Прошу не забувати і закарбувати назавжди. З території Білорусі в 2022 році довгий час летіли ракети на Україну, щоб вбивати українців. Тобто їх запускали білоруси. Довгий час залишалася небезпека наступу змосковщених білорусів на північно- західні та північні території України.
Вони пропускали важку російську техніку через свою територію, щоб недоістоти московити їхали вбивати українців.
Це все Лукашенко
Поплачь, еще скажи, что резня в буче была
Никто не убивает мирных жителей ракетами и дронами, просто вы сбивать из нормально не умеете, вот и отклоняются в жилые районы
Хоть одно доказательство вашего пустословия будет?
How many Ukrainians where killed?
People are afraid to come to Belarus…hmmm, I wonder why’s that ? 😂😂😂
Not like it's ruled by a dictator that follows Putin's every command.
люди думают что Беларусь как Северная Корея)) но в Беларуси на самом деле безопаснее чем во многих соседних странах
@@chtoaaaaa откуда у тебя такая информация??
@@neomanis на счёт чего информация
@@chtoaaaaa на счёт того что там безопаснее чем во многих соседних странах
With the Ukraine war no one from United States even attempts to visit Belarus. The marshes wildlife districts are most interesting to me. There are a few Belorussians living in Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A. .
You look at the people that survived the real genocide. And Жыве Беларусь! literally means “Belarus is still alive”. Very pride and humble people and very wise.
Ничего не означает. Бчб нас не интересует
@@tatianakaz9523 Маскалі забілі палову беларусаў у 18 стагоддзі. Потым разам з немцамі паўтарылі гэта ў 20 стагоддзі. Падрабязней у Bloodlands у Цімаці Снайдэра.
@@renekiessling2333 What is "Бчб"?
@@latuk_live_ бчб Mist
Лозунг "Жыве Беларусь" переводится на русский как "Да здравствует Беларусь", а не то что вы написали :) Означает пожелание здоровья.
Thank you for making this video!
Glad it was helpful!
Spassiba. Lovely video. Belarus is a beautiful country and so are the people. They have suffered much especially in WW2 by the Nazis who in particular murdered many Jewish People. It was nice to see Minsk and some of the lovely villages. Look forward to more videos. God bless you both. Bill. Uk 🙏🇧🇾🇬🇧
сейчас же, "мирная" беларусь участвует в не менее ужасной войне со стороны агрессора, так же как и гитлер раньше
I would love to go there for a month and see belarus ❤ looks peacefull and like ppl are not being killed with poison
Unfortunately now a por of people cannot enter even if we want to. I’m traveling all around the baltics/east however Belarus is really strict with tourism nowadays and sadly requests visa along a series of requirements to enter as a tourist. Nevertheless is clear that is an amazing place full of history and it’s so cool you managed to visit it!
👍👍👍
I would love to visit Belarus 🇧🇾
So interesting! Thankyou.
Glad it was helpful!
I'm going there this summer with my motorbike.
Belarus is beautiful and civilized, I visited in 2017. Minsk has amazing museums and the people are well educated and kind.❤
Love this video... Explains everything perfectly
Glad it helped!
It’s cool to see ordinary people life, seems like they smile even though they say they don’t haha! 😀 what I struggled to understand was why more common spoken language is their neighbour’s language. It was a bit weird to hear that their own Belarusian language is kind of fighting to survive including in the books of universities.
Anyways, great video! As always interesting to see a different angle of travelling ☺️👏
Indeed, I tried to spend a lot of time to figure out the language thing as from my perspective this is part of the identity. But glad some people opened up. Thanks for watching as always! 🙏
@@AleSalvino It's because they were Russified under the Soviet Union. Russians pushed their culture, language and sometimes their people to settle and replace people in their lands throughout the Soviet Union.
@@jorllx They speak Russian because of Russification. Russia is a backwards country that only gained power after Germany left a power vacuum after WW2 and they took full advantage of that through Russification. Russians still haven't discovered Democracy. They destroy beautiful architecture both from Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and former German places and replace it with grotesque, poor soviet buildings, including in Minsk. Stop pretending like they are "one people" to justify Russia and they anti self determination and pro war nonsense. You love autocracy, don't you?
коли ваша рідна мова вважається сільською і потроху вимирає, все просто-ви в окупації
@@jorllx Moscow did not even exist in the times of so called 'the rus" and belarus name before annexation in 1795 by moscovian empire is Grand Duchy of Lithuania, an absolutely different country to what it is now.
Should i say that mosovits do not understand neither ukranian nor belarusian languages? It is related actually to all slavic langauges, they do not understand anything
До ссср поляки навязывали белорусам себя. Белорусы уходили в лес жить. Непросто было. Как раз революция дала возможность учить свой язык и традиции возвращать.
@@chtoaaaaa ти класний тіп
Білорусь окупували росіяни , мій дідусь родом з Білорусі , памʼятаю його він був дуже доброю людиною …. Загалом Білоруси дуже приємні люди з тим з ким мені вдавалось зустрічатись … Россіяни руйнують мову, якщо ти не використовуєш мову то вона реально вмирає… Вірю в свободу Білорусі 🙏🏻 коли я була в аеропорту в Мілані памʼятаю момент, коли росіянка дуже була здивована, що є літак до Києва яким я летіла додому в Україну , тоді я на це не звернула увагу, але тепер я розумію, росіяни не кажу за всіх але більшість не поважають різні народи ! Білорусь не вільна і не можу сказати що там безпечно, якщо ти не поділяєш погляди Путіна! Дякую за роботу, яка показує , що робить диктатура на територіях які пробують зараз стати незалежними, тому що їх роками принижували, мову культуру 😢 Грузія Молдова Білорусь Україна Айзербайджан тримаймося, ми не раби, ми маємо стати незалежними ❤️
Млять, насколько же у тебя мозги промыты? Белорусы разговаривают на том языке, на котором им хочется. Кто тебе вообще сказал, что русские не уважают народы? У тебя проблемы с головой? Россия и Беларусь сильно связаны, поэтому взаимствуют разное
Свинка Спок .
Thank you for your video 😊
Thanks for watching!
As a Polish person I feel very sorry for Belarusian people. Day after day they are being robbed of their rights, freedom and future and a lot of young people escaped the country already. What I think they should do is to protest, just like they did in 2020 as long as Lukashenko stands down. Nobody else will do it for them. They need to fight for the better future and their country.
Also, it is very sad that you get so influenced by another country to allow your national language become less popular than the foreign language. How about the culture and History? Do you protect your culture and History or do you allow another country to take over this area of your heritage too?
we Will be happy if could see country inside.
you Don't have to feel sorry. we leave normal life)
А мне как белоруске, вас жаль. Вы жертва пропаганды своей страны😢 Посетите самостоятельно нашу страну, и всё поймёте.😊
Свинка белорусский это сельский диалект русского
A bridge between worlds
Бажаю братам та сестрам з Білорусі не забувати хто вони є. Пом'ятайте що свобода не дається, свобода здобувається. І ваші співвітчизники з полку Калиновського воюють зараз і за вас також. Жыве́ Белару́сь!
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Какой же ты клоун, ну и за что эти полки воюют? За нацистов? Они просто каждый день погибают и всё
Вам многим в Украине мозги промыли?
Ты даже не представляешь, как белорусы завидуют самым свободным людям в мире - украинцам. Вы уже положили сотни тысяч народа в землю, и еще положите не меньше, все ради свободы. А ты чего не на фронте? За свободу надо воевать и умирать.
Belarus: Mordor's province
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@@tatianakaz9523 кстати ето и есть собственная мнения )))
@@tatianakaz9523 мнения кстати из ваших СМИ, а нам тут как то похуй о чем ты споришь
How elves worked out for you, Taras? At least our people are not dying in trenches.
I wasnt clear on it, but did she say something about the border closing. From the inside?
You should have gone to prison, where they imprison political prisoners, that's where you would have seen the human side.
Lmao imagine
Just like in Ukraine. Political prisoners. Incarcerated reporters... you would not be allowed to film them in fascist Ukraine. So...
Вы хотели сказать, где содержат экстремистов?
Только нам украинцам понятно, что происходит в Беларуси. Печалька. Так стало заметно, насколько люди стали несчастнее и закрыты. Время остановилось. П.ц ,нет слов. За 30 лет независимости Украины у украинцев поменялась ментальность, они стали себя чувствовать космополитами- мир прекрасен и открыт, мир без границ. Вот за это и борьба с ,,русским миром". По Беларуси видно, как диктатуры хотят закрыть свои народы и запугать, подчинить, нужны послушные рабы. Беларусский народ прекрасен и не заслуживает такой участи. Что-то такое я ожидала, но не настолько. Шок.Я вспоминаю, такое у нас было очень давно. Страшно, если Украина не выстоет- возвращения в прошлое ....даже думать не хочется, что там будет- не жизнь.
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Про какую Украину ты говоришь?Такой страны если не сегодня то завтра не будет 😂😂
@@emiotm смеётся тот, кто смеётся последний. А где есть Россия? В спорте нет, на чемпионатах нет, культуру отменили, спектакли в Европе отменили, президент не рукопожатный, с уголовным преследованием, а поздравляют Китай, Северная Корея да Папуа- Новая Гвинея 😆. Так где же Россия?
Бери шинель и в ВСУ ,гейропейка ,по над всем!
Закрывают страну те, кто по политическим выехал за границу, и ведёт борьбу типо с режимом, но увы они ведут борьбу со всеми жителями страны закрывая их от всего мира!
Im not scared. I would like to visit sometime. I would like to go to all European countries.
Good luck and hope you can visit in the future
Наташа боится лишнего сказать. А ведь Беларусь находится под диктатурой.
Дякую за працю. Живі Білорусі
Please come to Myanmar ❤,review about Myanmar citizens
Hopefully next year! 🇲🇲
TRY TO TASTE THE SO CALLED ZIPHIR CAKE, A NICE CAKE !!
Does belarus have dynasty history place to see...
This Belarusian girl looks realy kind but i don't think she realise in what country she live's in. As a foreigner, you could be potentially used as money exchange for Lukashenka regime like in Russia where we have seen some foreigners being accused out of nowhere that they are spies. So obviously it's a bad idea to go to Belarus at this moment because this government is unpredictable.
поверь. белорусам лучше знать в какой стране они живут)) а тебя промыли пропагандой
Что черт возьми вы такое несёте?! Вы жертва пропаганды в своей стране😮 К нам ездят иностранцы и остаются жить, с ними все прекрасно.😅
How did you get into belarus? Did you need a visa?
виза в Беларусь не нужна
As a American I would love to go to belarus also N Korea...... people are wonderful....governments and the elite are evil.
сравнил северную корею и беларусь.. иди лечись))
My wife is from Minsk. She always highlight that she is from a big city! Not from a village 🤔 Does it matter that much? how to understand?
I guess you brought her to your village, cowboy. She tries to tell you that she does not like your place and wants to move to a big city to enjoy the comfort she is used to.
Thanks for showing Belarus through a different lens. I personally haven't got the chance to visit the country yet, but it's been on my bucket list for a while now. We shall all understand that there's beauty in every single corner of our planet, regardless of politics, history and unverified misconceptions. Well done!
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I live in Belarus for the whole of my life, and I do speak English + Dutch + German. So if you have any general questions about Belarus you may ask it to me, I will answer. Best Regards Andrei Popov Three and then seven and than five and than 29 and than 58 and also 92 add 212
The main question is if you speak Belarusian and why have you translated your name into Russian and then into English? Why do not you tranlate it without the intermediary, Andruś Papoŭ?
@@Name-t9fbd I didn't tell that I speak Belorussian
@@andreipopov5233 How can you know anything about Belarus without speaking the language and misspelling the ethnonym "Belarusian"? You've failed to demonstrate your knowledge of Belarus.
Hey ! Does Visa or Mastercard works in Belarus ?
Thanks for the reply.
@@торговыйфлот-м1ш some cards do work in some places. There is chaos
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Question of language. Why don't people speak Belarusian privately? The fact is that the Russian language is a very recognized language in the world, also thanks to Russian culture and science. For example, Russian is one of the few main languages of world mathematics. If you are a young person studying niche languages that are not widely spoken in the world, in which much less is written in academia, and so on, then it may be your choice to preserve that language, but this means effort that will not give you many advantages. Therefore, in, for example, Kazakhstan, which is completely different in terms of language, people, although they speak Kazakh more often, precisely because it cannot be so easily replaced by the Russian language in communication, still very much value a good knowledge of the Russian language. And even in Georgia, as I learned, this is not uncommon.
Since the times when Grand Duchy of Lithuania (the previous name of Belarus) was dismembered and some territoreis of it were annexed, the language started dying. I mean "dying" of course, because obviously, there is a lot of money being spent to make it dissapear as well as cultrure, history etc.
@@elliotjung1766 ChatGPT AI on this topic:
These statements can be assessed as follows:
"The Belarusian language is the state language of Belarus along with Russian."
This statement is true. The Constitution of the Republic of Belarus recognizes two state languages: Belarusian and Russian.
"This means you can conduct all your business on it in government offices, courts, police and so on."
This is also true. Both languages can be used in formal situations, although in practice Russian is often preferred in everyday administrative matters.
"However, much more valuable information for modern life is created in Russian, and it is very similar to Belarusian."
This statement is controversial. Indeed, many of the resources and information available in Belarus may be in Russian, as it is the lingua franca of the post-Soviet space. However, it is important to note that the Belarusian and Russian languages, although they have similarities due to their common Slavic origins, are still separate languages.
"That's why people prefer to speak Russian: it's easy for them, and it gives them much more opportunities, because many more people also speak Russian, and the prospects for communicating in this language are also much greater."
To a large extent this is true. The Russian language is widely spoken and used in business, science, culture and other areas, which makes it attractive for use in everyday life.
"However, the Belarusian language is not dying; it is supported by the state."
This statement is also true. Despite the predominance of the Russian language, the Belarusian language is supported at the state level through educational programs, cultural events and legislative measures.
"Lithuania and the Lithuanian language have nothing in common with the Belarusian language."
It's right. Lithuanian belongs to the Baltic language group, and Belarusian belongs to the East Slavic group.
“It was Lithuania, once a powerful state, that annexed the Slavic lands of Belarus.”
Historically this is true. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania included the territories of modern Belarus, Ukraine and part of Russia.
"Lithuania was not originally a state inhabited by Slavic peoples."
This is also true. Initially, the territory of modern Lithuania was inhabited by Baltic tribes.
In general, most statements are based on historical and contemporary facts, although some may require clarification and context for the full picture.
@@dandelobo9284 " “It was Lithuania, once a powerful state, that annexed the Slavic lands of Belarus.”
It was never annexed by Lithunaia. Lithunia did not exist back then. Belarus had not existed before the moscovian empire annexation. It is a colonial name for the annexed territories.
@@dandelobo9284 " the Belarusian language is supported at the state level through educational programs, cultural events and legislative measures."
It is a cover, the russification policy is persistent, has the tendency for intensification and has not been ending for centuries.
@@elliotjung1766 Nobody forbids Belarusians to use their language in all areas of their lives today. If this is really important to them and they are therefore willing to sacrifice a number of serious objective advantages of using the most widespread language on post-Soviet territory, which is Russian, they can do this. However, there is no objective possibility of making the use of the Belarusian language as profitable as the use of Russian, because it is impossible to make it as widespread in the information and interethnic space as Russian, which is very easy for Belarusians to switch to if they speak their own language.
Було би набагато краще, якби ви брали інтерв'ю в білорусів, які шанують свою мову, знають її та нею розмовляють. А ця пихата змосковщена молода особа, яка навіть приблизно не розуміє причинно-наслідкових зв'язків.
Так белорусы в основном говорят на русском, как и умные украинцы
Somebody may want to tell the people that Belarus doesn't exist anymore, Russia took control of it long ago.
наоборот. россия старается лояльно относится к белорусам чтобы сохранить свое экономическое влияние на их территории. никто никого не поглощает.
do you actually believe that Belarusian president trust Valdemir Putin?
Когда в Москву 😂?
4:42 "but I still don't speak Belarusian language" Absolutely disgusting. No respect for their own culture. Might as well join Russia already.
This girl lied that the belarusian language is dead. Just for using it, as well as for using national symbols, you can go to prison.
I am from Belarus. It's bullshit. Literally every announcement in public transportation made in Belarusian.
У Беларусi 2 дзяржауныя мовы, не вярзi бязглуздзiцу.
bullshit. literally every public transport announcements and all street signs are in Belarusian.
As an Ukrainian, even the word "Belarus" triggers me. I have always lived so close to this country and it is never safe. One day they gave their territories to russia, and the next day they conduct training together with russia and China.
Hi hello how are you where are you from very nice your face
Is it safe? I've not been to Belarus yet, but guaranteed it's way nicer and safer than London, Paris, New York, Chicago, Houston, or Toronto.
Приезжайте, всё увидите и оцените, люди у нас хорошие 😊
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People let me tell you what happens with the language issue in Republic of Belarus. They speak Russian language, and that's it. Point. Full stop. Nothing else to tell. But - there is something else to tell. There is a little minority; I don't know how many percent, maybe under 1% that's for sure. And these people think that we should forget our mother language (and this is Russian). They tell us that we are supposed to speak our own separate language as a mother language. If you don’t - then you are a slave of Russia, something like this. Well and they insist that we should learn from the scratch invented by them language - the one that doesn’t exist anymore. For what reason, you wander? For no reason, just because they think it’s right for you. You don't see these people on the streets of our cities. No, you only meet these people on the internet, they write comments. They accuse us that we are not patriotic enough if we don't want to speak the Belorussian language. Nobody speaks Belorussian language in Belarus, nobody except for some crazy fanatics.
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к чему это видео? о чем оно?
@@АлексейОлекса-к4щ сначала в украину, потом в Беларусь, как его вообще пустили
как его пустили в Беларусь @@philb2538
@@mradove6036почему Украина с маленькой буквы, а беларусь с большой написала?
@@piyjsdukh почему Беларусь с маленькой буквы, а украина с большой?
Why do you wear a hat all the time? Having visited Belarus this video makes me want to return.
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Салвино а ты знаешь сколько там посажено людей в тюрмах и сколько сбежали за границу.
Меньше чем в Украине?
@@133TWITCH конечно больше вы там как один большой концлагерь🤣, назови хоть несколько имён. выйди с плакатом против власти узнаешь.
@@38vilius Попробуй выйди с плакатом против власти в Украине или войны и узнаешь.
Забавно как вы называете Россию концлагерем в тот момент когда я могу поехать в любую точку мира, в то время как мужчины Украины не могут покинуть свою страну. Так где концлагерь?
Go south Iraq see different world