Exploring Russia's Forgotten Nuclear Town

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  • Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
  • Welcome to one of the Russia's unfinished nuclear towns - Kamskiye Polyany. The reason why this town began to be built was construction of the Tatar Nuclear Power Plant that was supposed to become the main source of cheap energy for numerous local industries. Construction of the Tatar nuclear power plant began in 1982 in times of development of nuclear energy in Soviet Union. Simultaneously, a new town for future workers of the plant was constructing. However, after the tragic events of Chernobyl nuclear disaster and following protests of activists, construction of both power plant and town was stopped. I went to Kamskiye Polyany to understand how do people live there and what is the current state of the construction site of the nuclear power plant.
    Enjoy!
    Timceodes:
    00:00 - Life in Kamskiye Polyany - the town near the nuclear power plant
    09:31 - Tatar Nuclear Power Plant
    Filmed in March 2022. Edited in 2023.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 89

  • @KahluaBomb
    @KahluaBomb 9 місяців тому +61

    It's always a great day when there's new Vagabond videos.
    You're fantastic and I'm always looking forward to watching your videos and learning about wherever you're taking us.

  • @denxero
    @denxero 9 місяців тому +33

    Impressive how well maintained the panelkas are, given that the town is essentially a "failed/abandoned" project.

  • @timgooding2448
    @timgooding2448 9 місяців тому +21

    Congratulations on the 100k. Well deserved!

  • @sjlopez87
    @sjlopez87 9 місяців тому +18

    You're videos are incredible. The history in your storytelling is amazing. You give what most people would think is boring and dull, actual life such as these towns. You ask locals about their expereinces and it great to hear those stories that would otherwise go unheard.
    I was really impressed with how well the city is maintained even though it struggling to stay alive.

  • @user-st3nk9ui9j
    @user-st3nk9ui9j 9 місяців тому +12

    Fascinating as always. Always very interesting when you get an opportunity to interview the locals.

  • @rickardjarvinen
    @rickardjarvinen 9 місяців тому +16

    I really liked the interviews. It would be interesting to see similar interviews form other parts of Russia, Central Asia and so on. Hope to see more of it

  • @WhiteVan1990
    @WhiteVan1990 9 місяців тому +14

    Congratulations on 100k subscribers! Well deserved; your videos are a treat.

  • @dvrsflrs
    @dvrsflrs 9 місяців тому +2

    very interesting video.
    thank you!

  • @joe-vl3nd
    @joe-vl3nd 4 місяці тому +1

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  • @hayleyxyz
    @hayleyxyz 9 місяців тому +7

    Well done on 100k 😊 love your channel and personality

  • @jochemb.1748
    @jochemb.1748 9 місяців тому +36

    What a pity that again this is an old video from 2022. But at least, as you edited it now in 2023, it shows that you are well. That' s an important message for us viewers.👍👍👍

  • @Maxwellcafou
    @Maxwellcafou 9 місяців тому +2

    Wow, congratulations on 100k subscribers, been here since 2000 subs and i am happy to see you success bro!

  • @astyanax905
    @astyanax905 9 місяців тому +6

    I always love your stuff. Particularly stuff like this that's educational :D

  • @staycxld
    @staycxld 9 місяців тому +3

    Congrats on 100k dude. I've been subbed to you since your channel was small af

  • @mains8913
    @mains8913 9 місяців тому +3

    Big congrats on 100k!

  • @muhammedfawaz3500
    @muhammedfawaz3500 9 місяців тому +1

    Congratulations for the 100k subscribers

  • @dharnilm
    @dharnilm 9 місяців тому +6

    Just wanted to let you know, that you are doing a great job! Keep it up 🖖

  • @dor_paddy
    @dor_paddy 9 місяців тому +14

    Fantastic!!
    You and Bald and bankrupt together, what a spectacular idea.
    Keep up the good work.

  • @MrYour101
    @MrYour101 9 місяців тому +3

    Congratulations on 100k subscribers! Great videos as always!

  • @Lengovision
    @Lengovision 9 місяців тому +3

    Awesome video, I want to explore Russia so bad,l but I can’t read or speak any Russian. I’ll be fine in the big cities, and yeah I’d be able to survive in rural Russia, buy food and hotel rooms etc, but I wouldn’t be able to engage in half of the activities you do or in 90% of the conversations.
    I think it would be very challenging without knowing Russian. I’ll learn 😭 I’ll go in a few years when I’m done with school

  • @robbicu
    @robbicu 9 місяців тому +1

    Well done my friend!

  • @bhoward9378
    @bhoward9378 9 місяців тому +1

    Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers!

  • @Regnarts31
    @Regnarts31 9 місяців тому +2

    Great video

  • @mydogisfast9987
    @mydogisfast9987 9 місяців тому +1

    Great video, keep em coming bro

  • @GraemeRobinson
    @GraemeRobinson 9 місяців тому

    fascinating stuff. Thankyou for posting!

  • @UncleLuke6996
    @UncleLuke6996 9 місяців тому +2

    Congratulations Ivan. I love watching your videos,. Such a great blend of exploring and learning about Russia and it's history. Thank you for terrific work.

  • @rickallen6378
    @rickallen6378 9 місяців тому +1

    Great stuff.

  • @anttiroininen6035
    @anttiroininen6035 9 місяців тому +1

    Congratulations for 100k followers! You deserve it.

  • @janbaukespoelstra6839
    @janbaukespoelstra6839 9 місяців тому +2

    Nice video😊

  • @DeepakDeepakpandey-kb6zp
    @DeepakDeepakpandey-kb6zp 9 місяців тому

    Fascinating and informative video. Great job.

  • @mattkrea
    @mattkrea 9 місяців тому

    Thanks for the videos! Appreciate seeing places I will never have the chance to see in person.

  • @uncleericrocks
    @uncleericrocks 9 місяців тому +2

    You should have way more subs, keep it up 👍

  • @nemstanisic3605
    @nemstanisic3605 9 місяців тому

    Love your videos, very interesting, organic and captivating. Your footage is excellent and you have shown us many really unique places. Keep them coming please.

  • @ziaahmad8738
    @ziaahmad8738 9 місяців тому

    brilliant work. your notifications make me happy

  • @flesz_
    @flesz_ 8 місяців тому +1

    Looks amazing
    I want to live there

  • @ShabirKhanSanjrani
    @ShabirKhanSanjrani 9 місяців тому +1

    Congratulations for 100k bro
    I always love to watch your videos and I'm enjoying all time your experience about Soviet union era historical place's ❤

  • @nickfasfasd
    @nickfasfasd 9 місяців тому +1

    Video is great! The accent is still brutal after the years. 😀

  • @fredgreen2431
    @fredgreen2431 9 місяців тому +4

    A rising GDP by an outside company is nearly always bad for locals. luv your vids dude.

  • @RootsLion
    @RootsLion 8 місяців тому +1

    ok theres you . shiey,, gifgas badcat .. which other channels like this or from same crew are there mate ???... love these train hopping and explore vids cheers

  • @diegomendez5646
    @diegomendez5646 9 місяців тому +1

    It is so nice to see your videos, my friend, Russian history is so fascinating. That mystery from time to time has surrounded it. New subscriber here!

  • @GreatSageSunWukong
    @GreatSageSunWukong 9 місяців тому +6

    looks better then a lot of parts of the UK, enjoy your videos thank you

  • @samadams2203
    @samadams2203 9 місяців тому +5

    Nice how friendly the locals are. Seems rather bleak to live there though.

    • @user-su5cm1kh9n
      @user-su5cm1kh9n 7 місяців тому +1

      It's not bleak living in in provincial russia when you have the dear leader of the nation v. Putin with his immense power and unmatched geopolitical wisdom shining like 1000 suns upon the vast expanses of russia filling it's populations hearts with pride and adoration. Not bleak at all.

  • @arealtribe
    @arealtribe 9 місяців тому +3

    You have already snow in the East in Tatarstan? It is time to bring the skies out!

  • @Holabirdsupercluster
    @Holabirdsupercluster 9 місяців тому +1

    The deadpan delivery of "we have discovered the second casino, which is called Manhattan. Accidentally." made me laugh out loud

  • @brottochstraff
    @brottochstraff 4 місяці тому

    please get some wind protections for the mic, this is hard to listen too :) Super interesting video though!

  • @mikebon8352
    @mikebon8352 9 місяців тому +3

    Very good nice entertaining, informative episode...
    ur 1 of few channels i can really apreciate...
    About the human state of mind/condition... past and todays...
    Ur Country is beautifull...
    Shame human behaviour/selfishness
    like anywhere else in the world made alot of damage to it.
    But still I love ur channel.

  • @snesfan8935
    @snesfan8935 9 місяців тому +5

    Татарская Припять.

  • @aledagaro8075
    @aledagaro8075 9 місяців тому +7

    Dude, you have a crazy potentiality, you are a great storyteller and the filming skills is very amazing. But..........please do something for the audio. it ruins the great video everytime. Thanks

    • @adrianrichardson5257
      @adrianrichardson5257 9 місяців тому

      Well, some of these videos were filmed a year ago. So the difference in quality is when it was filmed.

  • @nikolayevelmo1811
    @nikolayevelmo1811 9 місяців тому +5

    Hey mate! Can i make request? Can you visit coty where russian locomotives 🚂 made?

  • @orlinoflores7317
    @orlinoflores7317 9 місяців тому +3

    Very interesting and informative. Miss the music 😜

  • @davidshaffer1531
    @davidshaffer1531 9 місяців тому +1

    Love to watch your videos my man, it gives a lot us of perspective and insight, and in my opinion show that all us humans are alike all across the globe. Governments may do dumb stuff, but through it all we are human. Humans don't hate each other, governments do , and make us fight, tho we may not want it

  • @DerEchte101
    @DerEchte101 9 місяців тому +1

    this is so cool

  • @muhammedfawaz3500
    @muhammedfawaz3500 9 місяців тому +1

    What !!There is snow in summer and the weather seems cold...that reminded me of Yakutsk, the coldest city in the world

  • @mr.dorjik
    @mr.dorjik 9 місяців тому +4

    ПРИВЕТ, МОЛОДЕЦ 👍

  • @Mookie_Wilson
    @Mookie_Wilson 9 місяців тому +1

    100k subs....baller alert

  • @proventure307
    @proventure307 8 місяців тому +1

    subbed.

  • @lanarkgrammersucks
    @lanarkgrammersucks 9 місяців тому +2

    new hair? how lovely

  • @Sniperboy5551
    @Sniperboy5551 9 місяців тому +24

    It’s a shame the environmentalists don’t understand that nuclear power is a lot more environmentally-friendly than any other type of power generation. Modern reactors are very safe, Chernobyl only happened because they were doing a dangerous test and the reactor had flaws.

    • @hardanheavy
      @hardanheavy 9 місяців тому +8

      So everyone started building better ones. And then Fukushima happened. The problem has always been: if things go wrong, they go really wrong. As a temporary solution, I think nuclear is the way to go, but in the long run, we should not persevere with it.

    • @kitosjek9541
      @kitosjek9541 9 місяців тому +3

      ​@@hardanheavy ah yes bulding a nuclear powerplant on the rim of the pacific ring of fire.

    • @hardanheavy
      @hardanheavy 9 місяців тому +4

      @@kitosjek9541I know right? They had a gazillion experts telling them it's fine and modern reactors are safe, of course. In hindsight, we can all say what went wrong. The problem is: it went wrong and really wrong. You just don't know what the next surprise is going to be.

    • @swallowxx
      @swallowxx 9 місяців тому +1

      I guess it also had to do with the economic chaos of those very last years of the USSR/first years of the Russian state. Those gargantuan changes ripped the entire economy apart.

    • @hardanheavy
      @hardanheavy 9 місяців тому

      @@swallowxxVery well possible. The reasons don't really matter for the end result though.

  • @Technosphile
    @Technosphile 9 місяців тому +1

    New sub here bro, I love your channel. Russia is absolutely gigantic.

  • @andallthatcouldhavebeen...9175
    @andallthatcouldhavebeen...9175 9 місяців тому +1

    Is this an old video, or are they already covered in snow!?!?

  • @pedrao420
    @pedrao420 9 місяців тому +1

    i once dated a russian girl from Almetyevsk witch is close to that town

  • @gibby666
    @gibby666 9 місяців тому +2

    Сеголня уже есть снег в этом городе?? Привет из Америки)

  • @thetruth7633
    @thetruth7633 7 місяців тому +1

    55°27'0.77"N 51°17'26.61"E
    Looking at the location on Google Earth and time stamp 2004-2020 and the drone footage at 10:20 it seems the old location is being demolished and returned to nature. Is this because Moscow policy or are materials re-used by locals?

  • @lart76
    @lart76 8 місяців тому +1

    Amazing and well maintained town, kind of beautiful too

  • @Banditt42
    @Banditt42 9 місяців тому +2

    I am surprised that more cities in cold climates don't do what that one city in Quebec did. Build everything in one big building so that you don't have to go outside to access things like grocery, movie theatre, your apartment, etc. It is all in one with everything linked together.

  • @Triadii
    @Triadii 9 місяців тому +2

    Viewers often don’t understand the tremendous effort, time and money that goes into making these videos... All for essentially -nothing(?)

    • @FriedEgg101
      @FriedEgg101 9 місяців тому

      It is tremendous effort, but who suggested it was all for nothing? His hard work is paying off because his channel is growing. Quality speaks for itself.

  • @user-nr6cw1qp8m
    @user-nr6cw1qp8m 8 місяців тому +1

    Привет земляк.А на русском языке у тебя будут выходить видосы?

  • @benbeasant3443
    @benbeasant3443 9 місяців тому +1

    What is the current population?

  • @vincentas1
    @vincentas1 9 місяців тому +1

    notification wasnt sent

  • @swallowxx
    @swallowxx 9 місяців тому +1

    So many vibrant cities and towns all over the former USSR that got abandoned this way in the final years of the union or the first years of the new republics. And still suffering to this day. Truly outrageous.

  • @marcdevenish4556
    @marcdevenish4556 9 місяців тому +1

    What is your name Vaga Vagabond?

  • @ghetinknotabush8602
    @ghetinknotabush8602 9 місяців тому +3

    Hello from SE USA! I like to learn of Russia. This town is maybe the size of my own in population. Very interesting to see the development of the city that never became what it was obviously planned to be. I consider present activities in Ukraine; the west wants to take for itself
    resources that are specifically East Europeans birthright. No western-funded zLENDsky in this city! Yet, effects are the same! I support the
    Russian Federation. Thank you for this video!

  • @user-ju8bx6to6e
    @user-ju8bx6to6e 8 місяців тому +2

    This is were Bulgarian was born😂 Tatari

    • @Wolverine-ky9gk
      @Wolverine-ky9gk 4 місяці тому

      Bulgarians will get offended by your comment lol

  • @dirtyal6567
    @dirtyal6567 4 місяці тому

    Always big promises from the oligarchs, all to go in their own pockets at the end. I feel for these forgotten people.

  • @dunatyphon5416
    @dunatyphon5416 9 місяців тому +3

    My father's family left Russia in the 1960s. Seeing terrible places like this, I am SO glad that they escaped.