RUSSIAN REPUBLICS Explained (Geography Now!)

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  • @GeographyNow
    @GeographyNow  6 років тому +1378

    You asked for Russia, and although I can't cover all 85 federal subjects, here's the 22 republics, in the meantime the #MEXICO episode will be up next week and it's going to be a BIG one... with a REAL Mexican co-host! Stay tuned!

    • @tianab17
      @tianab17 6 років тому +8

      Geography Now YEEAAAHHHH ANOTHER VID!!!

    • @RosyMiranto
      @RosyMiranto 6 років тому +16

      Chinese Provinces or Japanese Prefecture next? France and Germany are good options as well.

    • @andreadrake404
      @andreadrake404 6 років тому +27

      My country needs explaining I don’t even understand our provinces

    • @jpb2541
      @jpb2541 6 років тому +3

      Could you please do the german Bundesländer next?

    • @andreadrake404
      @andreadrake404 6 років тому +8

      But whenever you do a Norway episode I can help you out

  • @sunc0re
    @sunc0re 6 років тому +1489

    Loved the video! I am from Yakutia, and it really is a special place. I speak Yakut, and it’s a very soft, relaxed language. Our winters are excruciatingly cold and summers unbearably hot, we have millions years old “eternal frost” which means if you dig a few feet under the ground you find ice even in summer, that’s why our big building have to be built on long legs and also if you dig a basement under your wooden house - a free fridge! The summer festival mentioned here is a big deal and is called ysyakh - we celebrate summer, a ‘new year’, sing the songs, connect with nature and community, older people do cleansing or blessing ceremonies and it’s just important for our ethnic pride. Also everyone wears a national costume, which is fun. I love my cultural identity, and even though I moved to Saint Petersburg a few years back, I love to go back there and feel the breeze. Other facts about Yakutia - it’s the biggest region of the biggest country of the world (we are like 8 France’s), but only like 1 million people live on 3 million square kms of land. Winters are cold - we got -71 degrees Celcius world record, but it’s dry climate winter, so not that cruel. If you have questions, ask me!

    • @mickeycoleman6317
      @mickeycoleman6317 6 років тому +16

      What’s the do’s and dont’s usually strong cultural places have things you should not do and things you should for example if you walk into a Japanese home with shoes on you’re disgraced

    • @olivercetus6956
      @olivercetus6956 6 років тому +22

      sunc0re Selaams from Turkey :3

    • @evennot
      @evennot 6 років тому +152

      Mickey Coleman, it's considered very wrong to wear shoes at home in Russia, not only in Yakutia

    • @uyghurmalay4155
      @uyghurmalay4155 6 років тому +41

      sunc0re greetings from Uyghur brothers which also Turkic people

    • @tayirnull1567
      @tayirnull1567 6 років тому +29

      Yakuts are in fact Turkic, and they look like almost pure Turks.

  • @wsuppdoublesupp5553
    @wsuppdoublesupp5553 5 років тому +2095

    Hello from Kamchatka !
    We are not Japan.

    • @eddiejones5907
      @eddiejones5907 5 років тому +211

      Not yet

    • @heater1237
      @heater1237 5 років тому +109

      It’s cool that you live so Far East! But I’d consider Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands to be closer to Japan than Kamchatka.

    • @nanicrash
      @nanicrash 5 років тому +86

      @@eddiejones5907 hey! We would never be.
      Although.. It wouldn't be bad to get Japan comics at low cost
      (that's a joke, maaaan)

    • @сукаалди
      @сукаалди 5 років тому +4

      @@nanicrash we do not need to lose more land

    • @RhelrahneTheIdiot
      @RhelrahneTheIdiot 5 років тому +3

      hows the internet?

  • @Lugmillord
    @Lugmillord 6 років тому +1819

    "It's very diverse" - it's the frickin' largest country in the world. If Russia isn't diverse then no country is.

    • @troller8680
      @troller8680 6 років тому +231

      MGTOW Lithuania/Lietuva Reclaim? they never owned it in the first place.

    • @danzansandeev6033
      @danzansandeev6033 6 років тому +136

      reclaim the territories that were never their in the first place... yeah right... if you would say mongolia thet would be more educated choice

    • @maxcole5553
      @maxcole5553 6 років тому +102

      Someday Poland will reclaim Lithuania

    • @GreenRatel
      @GreenRatel 6 років тому +42

      Mongolia will reclaim Inner Mongolia someday

    • @bbcmotd
      @bbcmotd 6 років тому +12

      spot a salty Balt. The game

  • @ПашаКурбатский-с6п
    @ПашаКурбатский-с6п 5 років тому +901

    Okay, I am Russian and never heard of Chuvashia makes beer, now I know some more about my country

    • @ричардиванов-ж6ю
      @ричардиванов-ж6ю 5 років тому +56

      в нижнем пьём постоянно, просто не повезут же чувашское пиво в сибирь например) невыгодно экономически, всё что он говорит так и есть)

    • @valeriepritt4448
      @valeriepritt4448 5 років тому

      Beer, lol.

    • @maps9
      @maps9 5 років тому +29

      @@ричардиванов-ж6ю ,если пиво хорошее, то хотя бы в Москву привезите, а там уже вся Россия узнает..)

    • @TheMCzorro
      @TheMCzorro 5 років тому +10

      I'd be weird if you were from Chuvashia and didn't know about this

    • @mustard_owl5650
      @mustard_owl5650 5 років тому

      Ох чувак как там поживает я в Чувашии у меня дед от туда был

  • @finnsalsa9304
    @finnsalsa9304 6 років тому +597

    As a Finn, I'd really really love to visit the Uralic republics. 💖

    • @finnsalsa9304
      @finnsalsa9304 6 років тому +16

      En. Mä vaan halusin kirjottaa nimen hiraganal.

    • @finnsalsa9304
      @finnsalsa9304 6 років тому +18

      Aah, vabandage. I said that I just wanted to write my username with hiragana. :3

    • @Doze15951
      @Doze15951 6 років тому +12

      i even understood what did you say, also estonian :D

    • @csonttot7819
      @csonttot7819 6 років тому +16

      hey finn estonia! im from hungary. egy szót sem értek a ti beszédetekből.

    • @hentehoo27
      @hentehoo27 6 років тому +38

      Sad truth is, most of the Uralic peoples living in Russia are being Russified:
      For instance, there were nearly 300 000 Karelians in the 1930s. But today there are only 50 000 Karelians, half of them speak Karelian.

  • @MultiSciGeek
    @MultiSciGeek 6 років тому +2435

    This was absolutely fascinating!
    Russia is never discussed in this context. It's always seen as this stereotypical single nation united ice land with Vodka drinking Slavs, squatting, listening to soviet music and spying on the USA. Russia is so much more than this! All these unique culture, languages and ethnic groups are so interesting. This video makes me want to travel Russia and meet all these people.
    I can't wait for all the other administrative regions of Russia! *Thank you Barbs*

    • @MrTttvideo
      @MrTttvideo 6 років тому +128

      Welcome to Russia ,man! I advise you to visit Tatarstan ,you will be impressed. Visit all of them for that matter!.
      P.S its hard to type with vodka in hand blyat

    • @MultiSciGeek
      @MultiSciGeek 6 років тому +37

      CRASH THEPARTY Lmao Spasibo bro! Russia is now moving closer to the top of my bucket list! Thanks

    • @NukaColaLight
      @NukaColaLight 6 років тому +37

      Totally agree, from France all we get to see from Russia is Putin and Siberian snow...

    • @kaktotak8267
      @kaktotak8267 6 років тому +102

      The image of Russia in the West is almost entirely made out of propaganda from different ages and political groups. It's really remarkable how little they understand the country that they like to talk so much about.

    • @cr3amyn3ll66
      @cr3amyn3ll66 6 років тому +38

      I have been in Russia 7 times, also in Buryatia. For me as a german it's my favourite country

  • @dianam3613
    @dianam3613 5 років тому +300

    Barbs: “Get ready this has a lot of controve-“
    Me , a Crimean Tatar: ...lol I wonder what he’s about to say

    • @isaacmoraesdornelasdesouza3314
      @isaacmoraesdornelasdesouza3314 5 років тому +2

      Diana M How is down in Crimea? Like do you like the occupation or not. Assuming you are in Crimea of course.

    • @mago2267
      @mago2267 4 роки тому +24

      @@isaacmoraesdornelasdesouza3314 Nobody likes occupation

    • @aur485
      @aur485 4 роки тому +54

      @@isaacmoraesdornelasdesouza3314 There was no occupation.

    • @aneekmakwana3563
      @aneekmakwana3563 4 роки тому +25

      @@aur485 u stupid crimea was invaded in 2014 and the election was phony russia had no right to take it and they will pay

    • @AnnoNymus
      @AnnoNymus 4 роки тому +25

      @@isaacmoraesdornelasdesouza3314 Crimea is occupied only formally. In reality life there is pretty much like anywhere else in Russia.

  • @awesome8579
    @awesome8579 2 роки тому +239

    0:57 Adygea
    1:40 Altai
    2:10 Bashkortostan
    2:41 Buryatia
    3:19 Chechnya
    4:06 Chuvashia
    4:45 Crimea
    5:39 Dagestan
    6:29 Ingushetia
    7:14 Kabardino-Balkaria
    7:48 Kalmykia
    8:29 Karachay-Cherkessia
    8:54 Karelia
    9:33 Khakassia
    10:01 Komi
    10:33 Mari El
    11:04 Mordovia
    11:29 North Ossetia-Alania
    12:06 Sakha
    12:36 Tatarstan
    13:09 Tuva
    13:47 Udmurtia

  • @pavelskrylnikov9658
    @pavelskrylnikov9658 6 років тому +103

    FINALLY someone did that in english!
    Greetings from Russia and the ethnographers working here)

  • @nadia.weiser
    @nadia.weiser 6 років тому +502

    Well done! I'm from Buryatia. Yes, Baikal is considered to be a sacred place here but no one cares much about the environment in Russia

    • @uegotohell1598
      @uegotohell1598 6 років тому +9

      Regards from Poland 🇵🇱

    • @nousername1916
      @nousername1916 6 років тому +31

      “No one cares much about the environment in Russia”
      -Nah, that’s the US-

    • @ProMrLecoq01
      @ProMrLecoq01 6 років тому

      Gameflyer001 where is that?

    • @ProMrLecoq01
      @ProMrLecoq01 6 років тому +1

      Lake baikal is amazing, I love how you take of it

    • @ProMrLecoq01
      @ProMrLecoq01 6 років тому +4

      Gameflyer001 I think I’ve heard about that yes, the population there is very poor as well because the river doesn’t provide for them anymore

  • @alexandermashin5515
    @alexandermashin5515 6 років тому +230

    Simpheropol is not a federal city. Sevastopol is.

    • @partizanets
      @partizanets 5 років тому +5

      i think he said the capital of Crimea is Simferopol

    • @partizanets
      @partizanets 5 років тому +7

      oops, nevermind. i heard it too

    • @yep7726
      @yep7726 5 років тому +7

      Ukrainian

    • @voropvmykyta8
      @voropvmykyta8 5 років тому +6

      It's Ukraine

    • @TheBobVova
      @TheBobVova 5 років тому +28

      Some butthurted Ukrainians are here.

  • @irinakolcheva5212
    @irinakolcheva5212 2 роки тому +127

    My native language is Slavic, but I respect the underrated languages of all these republics! They have to save their languages and traditions. UNESCO can help them, they`re cultural treasures.

    • @ВероникаСаверова
      @ВероникаСаверова Рік тому +6

      O God, they don't need save something, they live in Russia, in iur country all our people have their iwn culture, traditions and languages, they live, where they always live for centuries, we never have aborigens, we have brothers and this always was like this, we are together for centuries.

    • @theearth4529
      @theearth4529 Рік тому

      @@ВероникаСаверова российская империя зла скоро навсегда развалится и мы будем бороться за свою свободу

    • @samiiiyusufff
      @samiiiyusufff Рік тому

      @@ВероникаСаверова explain the Chechens, then. they're forced to marry russian girls. thats basically getting assimilated.

    • @Бергманн
      @Бергманн Рік тому +4

      ​@@samiiiyusufffWhat makes you think that chechens are forced to marry russian girls?

    • @samiiiyusufff
      @samiiiyusufff 11 місяців тому

      @@Бергманн go visit chechnya first before asking this question.

  • @jpb2541
    @jpb2541 6 років тому +296

    Can you do the 16 german Bundesländer?

    • @jpb2541
      @jpb2541 6 років тому +32

      Die Amis denken, dass Deutschland nur aus Lederhosen und Brezen besteht
      Also nur Bayern
      Vielleicht könnte das ein bisschen Aufklärung bringen

    • @markvonpentagon5582
      @markvonpentagon5582 6 років тому +1

      Sehe ich auch so^^

    • @markvonpentagon5582
      @markvonpentagon5582 6 років тому

      Barby, you can also ask me something about the Bundesländer if you're curious about something

    • @MR-wh6ji
      @MR-wh6ji 6 років тому +4

      Ostgebiete nicht vergessen!!

    • @eashansaju8106
      @eashansaju8106 6 років тому +1

      I don't understand anything , but saw "Bundes" and "Bayern" , and remainder this is not the Bundesliga channel

  • @torillatavataan143
    @torillatavataan143 5 років тому +262

    It would be great to learn more about our distant "cousins" in Russia!
    Lots of love from Finland

    • @mongolballempire8664
      @mongolballempire8664 5 років тому +3

      Thank you

    • @Valkeru
      @Valkeru 4 роки тому +11

      @@mongolballempire8664 Greetings from Saint Petersburg :)

    • @zirlok3529
      @zirlok3529 4 роки тому +7

      That's so nice! Thank you very much! We are truly cousins. Some scientists call Russians more Finno-Ugric than Slavic

    • @aslanfromnarnia339
      @aslanfromnarnia339 4 роки тому +16

      @@zirlok3529 he speak about Karelians, not russians

    • @alexandrealferan7144
      @alexandrealferan7144 4 роки тому +1

      sister city agreements would be great

  • @KabooM1067
    @KabooM1067 6 років тому +61

    With each one of your videos I realize more and more how freaking little I know about the world....
    And this is Russia alone...

  • @ЖалсанЦыренжапов-ц6ь
    @ЖалсанЦыренжапов-ц6ь 5 років тому +151

    Hello from Buryatia!!
    Мэндээ!
    (this is hello in buryat)

  • @bubla
    @bubla 6 років тому +276

    Languages of Dagestan
    Avar branch.
    Avar language
    Andi branch
    аndian language
    akhvakh language
    karatinskij language
    Botlikh language
    Gogoberidze language
    bavlinski language
    tyndinskiy language
    kamalinski language
    Tsezsy branch
    tsezski language
    Hvarshinsky language
    inkhokarinski language
    ginoski language
    bezhtinskiy language
    gunibskiy language
    Lak branch
    Lak language
    Dargwa branch
    Akushan language.
    muginsky language
    tsudakharsky language
    gapshiminskiy-buttinski language
    braginski language
    myurego-goldensky language
    Kadar language
    Murinsky language
    mageski language
    serginskiy language
    amusco-hudecki language
    kocinski language
    sanjie-carinski language
    ciralsky language
    Verhnechutinsky language
    nizhnechutinsky language
    Kubachi language
    istinski language
    Lezgian branch
    Lezgin language
    Tabasaran language
    Agul language
    Rutul language
    Tsakhur language
    Bugajski language
    krynski language
    Archi language
    Udi language
    Khinalug language
    extinct Agvan language

    • @arabiyyah7965
      @arabiyyah7965 6 років тому +2

      Do they use the same alphabet or each one has their own alphabet?. Can Avar understand Andi Branch's language ??

    • @zairamagomedova8496
      @zairamagomedova8496 6 років тому +19

      @@arabiyyah7965 main languages have their own alphabets based on Cyrillic, as well as some minor ones. And people within one branch don't normally understand each other. For example, Aguls don't speak Lezgin language but can recognize some words there.

    • @aceman0000099
      @aceman0000099 5 років тому +4

      ​@@zairamagomedova8496 how can the languages be so distinct as to be incomprehensible to each other in such a small and ancient place?

    • @zairamagomedova8496
      @zairamagomedova8496 5 років тому +24

      @@aceman0000099 the place is mountainous, you see.

    • @aceman0000099
      @aceman0000099 5 років тому

      @ludwig amadeus how is that kek

  • @afinoxi
    @afinoxi 6 років тому +1206

    Russian republics ?
    **Soviet anthem identifies**

    • @JBTriple8
      @JBTriple8 6 років тому +16

      vladamir putin isnt a bad dude the dude isnt stalin

    • @afinoxi
      @afinoxi 6 років тому +58

      @@JBTriple8 who said Putin was a bad guy ? As a Turk , I love Putin. He supports us even after all that drama. The guy is an amazing leader and a deep thinker.

    • @Xenin7
      @Xenin7 6 років тому +4

      Personally I prefer this Russian national anthem: ua-cam.com/video/RYgtczUqHQs/v-deo.html

    • @alexreaver5649
      @alexreaver5649 6 років тому +23

      Totally - he won't deport whole your nation like stalin - he will simply kill some of your relatives if you are important enough....

    • @maigonis2856
      @maigonis2856 6 років тому +1

      Dalbajob

  • @Crem357
    @Crem357 5 років тому +54

    Man, as a Russian, I am surprised of how good you pronounce the names of the subjects here! Good work! Never heard of Chuvash beer tho. Have to try! Thanks:)

    • @fastfo0d543
      @fastfo0d543 Рік тому

      мне кажется они как вересковый мед держат его в секрете и производят только для "своих"

    • @romk224
      @romk224 8 місяців тому

      Если бы жили в сопредельных с Чувашией регионах - знали бы о пиве.

  • @grobi700
    @grobi700 6 років тому +21

    As a Hungarian the thing that I can mention about the Uralic republics that in the Medieval ages, a monk called Julianus visited those places (based on the ancient Byzantian scripts) and found out that he could even speak with those people with the use of Hungarian language! He used the structure 'Magna Hungaria' to those places. Of course it was like more than 500 years ago and the Mongols pretty sure destroyed those 'Magna Hungaria' people (the main point of this story was that the Hungarian king of that time found out the danger of Mongols from Julianus, who got the information from the Uralic people talking to them in Hungarian), but it's just an interesting story/info that every teacher taught us in school :)

    • @bbcmotd
      @bbcmotd 6 років тому +2

      That's because Hungarians migrated to eastern Europe from the Ural region where all Finni-Ugric tribes originally lived

    • @ridovercascade4551
      @ridovercascade4551 6 років тому

      Róbert Gönczi you are all Turka you don’t know

    • @rdtgr8
      @rdtgr8 6 років тому

      You still can speak a little with Khants and Mansies, a title ethnicities of Khanty-Mansian Autonomous Okrug (KhMAO), also being called as Yugorian land or Yugra (compare that to Old Rus' name for Hungarians - Ugry, Ugorian people, in modern Ukrainian Hungary is "Ugorshchyna").

    • @teovu5557
      @teovu5557 Рік тому

      There not destroyed they still live there today in the Yugra(also called Ungri) region of Russia as the Mansi and Khanty people. Language is different now though but still pretty close kind of like how German is to Dutch.

    • @AD-pw9tj
      @AD-pw9tj Рік тому

      Magna Hungaria was mentioned by the thirteenth-century Franciscan Giovanni da Plano Carpini in his reports of his travels in northern and central Asia. Friar Julian also visited Magna Hungaria in the interest of finding the Eastern Hungarians.
      According to the most common version, Magna Hungaria was in the forest-steppe regions of Bashkortostan, in the area of the Kushnarenkovo and Karayakupovo cultures, in the region of the Southern Urals

  • @ekaterinahall6003
    @ekaterinahall6003 5 років тому +16

    I just stumbled today on Geography Now. It is incredible! I have spent three hours watching your videos. I am in the middle of typing a research paper on my ethnic autobiography for my senior college paper. It's been a bit of challenge. I was adopted at eleven from Birobidzhan, Russia. I think it is the only Autonomous Oblast in Russia. Very few know where this is. I stumbled on your channel while researching. It would be phenomenal if you covered it in the future. I look forward to watching more of your videos. Thank for taking the time to do them.

    • @saraumansky2614
      @saraumansky2614 5 років тому

      this is extraordinary! It is the first time I hear ACTUALLY about someone from Birobidzhan. Do you know maybe how exactly is it connected to Jews? I think Stalin wanted to put theme there, but I'm not sure...

  • @pawel.uszakow
    @pawel.uszakow 5 років тому +27

    Great video, man! I would like to mention as a Russian native speaker, that your pronounciation of these names was great and pretty close to what how we call these republics. Very impressive!

  • @JaleelBeig
    @JaleelBeig 6 років тому +48

    Here's a challenge: Do a filler episode on Antarctica

    • @sirBrouwer
      @sirBrouwer 6 років тому

      What is the real challenge in it?
      He could go over the treaty and over some interesting locations with in.
      But other parts.
      Antarctica doesn't really have a population of it's own at all.
      The entire continent is made out of bare rock, snow and ice.

    • @afifbrian2540
      @afifbrian2540 6 років тому +4

      this is GEOGRAPHY channel, not COUNTRY channel, antarctica is a whole continent that deserve entire episode not just filler week, i think

    • @54-geo
      @54-geo 6 років тому

      @@afifbrian2540 while it is a geography channel, barby has made it clear numerous times that first he's going to do all UN recognized countries. Prob after that he will do Antarctica

    • @afifbrian2540
      @afifbrian2540 6 років тому

      okay

    • @deanboy2416
      @deanboy2416 6 років тому

      It has 3 penguins and lots of ice. Done.

  • @ahmed19991999dag
    @ahmed19991999dag 2 роки тому +18

    I am from Dagestan and I love Dagestan 😍
    There are sea and mountains, moreover there is desert!
    There are cows walking there streets))

    • @teovu5557
      @teovu5557 Рік тому +3

      Putin also loves Dagestan and all of the Caucasus! That is why hes recruiting mostly from your areas for Ukraine. lol

    • @misterm5011
      @misterm5011 Рік тому

      @@teovu5557 hahahah

    • @mikhaiiil
      @mikhaiiil Рік тому

      Are you kumyk?

    • @againstviralmisinformation510
      @againstviralmisinformation510 Рік тому +1

      @@teovu5557 according to the BBC even the soldiers recruited from the republics are mostly ethnic Russian. Either way people in Dagestan are Russian and love Russia so of course they will fight for their country.

  • @Ali_Shakh
    @Ali_Shakh 5 років тому +48

    Hey, u didn’t cover Dagestan even a bit, there’s so much to talk about. If you want I can provide any necessary information about Dagestan. Just let me know

    • @mago2267
      @mago2267 4 роки тому +20

      Same with chechnya and ingushetia, but to be honest he would need hours and hours to cover every republic in the caucasus as it is rich with culture and history

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 6 років тому +31

    I learned so much of the different peoples of Russia through the border-gore game, Europa Universalis IV

    • @zheldor651
      @zheldor651 6 років тому

      You might want to try Europa Universalis III. Now that's bordergore.

    • @e7326
      @e7326 6 років тому +7

      *Comet sighted*

    • @zheldor651
      @zheldor651 6 років тому +7

      @@e7326 The economy, fools!

    • @Pyro-Moloch
      @Pyro-Moloch 6 років тому +1

      EU4 is not very correct tbh

    • @superkamiguru6856
      @superkamiguru6856 6 років тому +2

      *Unknown World, my king, it's an Omen*

  • @mathiasespindola843
    @mathiasespindola843 6 років тому +25

    A map explaining each republic location was needed!!!

    • @Jephre
      @Jephre 6 років тому +2

      Mathias Espindola right?! even flashing a map (with the full country and region in highlights) for a second would be great! :)

  • @florindatheprocrastinator3684
    @florindatheprocrastinator3684 5 років тому +13

    hello from Petrozavodsk :) my grandmother is veps and also they teach karelian in our university. Also we have famous sightseeing Kizhi , it was included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites. The Kizhi Pogost was built without using a single nail.

    • @victorsamsung2921
      @victorsamsung2921 Рік тому +1

      That looks so beautiful, like Arendelle in Frozen with the wooden buildings. Straight outta a fairytale.

  • @shapexow
    @shapexow 6 років тому +53

    Hello from Bashkortostan

    • @cuthere01
      @cuthere01 5 років тому +3

      Дарова, мед в сладость, Салават в радость, Хамитова вон - я гоню самогон :3

    • @Bashkir
      @Bashkir 5 років тому +6

      I am also from Bashkortostan, but I live in Italy because I wanted to escape the Ruskies, INDEPENDENCE!

    • @rameenaayan3248
      @rameenaayan3248 5 років тому

      Are you from ufa

    • @cuthere01
      @cuthere01 5 років тому

      @@rameenaayan3248 lol, yes

    • @2AKgym
      @2AKgym 5 років тому +5

      @@Bashkir
      Epic. You escaped a European ethnicity by moving to a country filled with another European ethnicity
      Very smart

  • @Pyro-Moloch
    @Pyro-Moloch 6 років тому +69

    Saying alans/ossetians descended from people of Iran is wrong. Before persians settled in the south-west of modern-day Iran, they were nomadic people, like many other iranian-speaking peoples (tocharians, saka, sogdians, etc.). Alans are closer related to scythians, who actually occupied mostly northern territories, from Central Asia to Ukraine. And ossetians specifically were only one tribe of alans, who survived the mongol invasion, the rest probably assimilated into this tribe. They adopted a lot of caucasian traditions, and possibly some of them are assimilated native caucasians.

    • @JEOGRAPHYSongs
      @JEOGRAPHYSongs 6 років тому +4

      Very compelling context - thank you for providing!

    • @Pyro-Moloch
      @Pyro-Moloch 6 років тому +4

      you're welcome, thanks for paying attention

    • @Wyraxx
      @Wyraxx 6 років тому +3

      Yeah - ossetians are descendants of scyths.

    • @Pyro-Moloch
      @Pyro-Moloch 6 років тому +6

      yeah, culturally they're caucasian, they just speak an iranic language.

    • @besokobakhia8490
      @besokobakhia8490 6 років тому

      @@Pyro-Moloch even genetically they are close to other Caucasians

  • @danzansandeev6033
    @danzansandeev6033 6 років тому +79

    thank you for a nice video! i am kalmyk myself, born and raised, and here in kalmykia we have the biggest buddhist temple in europe. we have a lot of buddhist piligrims from all over europe visiting in summer.
    and btw thank you for acknowledge crimea as russian, at least for the time being.

    • @2557carla
      @2557carla 5 років тому

      How's Kalmykia?

    • @TheJcrist
      @TheJcrist 5 років тому +1

      Kalmyks have also very strong influence on Volgograd as it is close by - that is why so many beautiful girls out there )) Also he forgot to mention that Kalmyk's president is obsessed with chess ))

    • @bahalika
      @bahalika 5 років тому +2

      Crimea is not russian. And never will be.

    • @TheJcrist
      @TheJcrist 5 років тому

      Анастасія Багаліка Crimea belongs to Kalmykia

    • @billjunior94
      @billjunior94 5 років тому +1

      @@bahalika Crimea was Russian is Russian and forever will be Russian!

  • @Orange_Laowai
    @Orange_Laowai 6 років тому +22

    I like how he said the "minority group" in Chechnya is the Chechnyans, even though they are the majority group in that Republic.

    • @ricardokaka2286
      @ricardokaka2286 6 років тому +14

      Ghawk he meant that chechens are a minority in russia in general.

  • @christrue6039
    @christrue6039 Рік тому +6

    No mention of the Mari El Republic having the coolest flag/coat of arms ever? A BEAR WITH A SWORD!!!

  • @idontwant2bpoor
    @idontwant2bpoor 6 років тому +15

    Yakutia is also the largest 'state' of any country in the world.

    • @OneDamnBoy
      @OneDamnBoy 6 років тому

      Nope. Its krasnoyarkiy krai

    • @bonobobby
      @bonobobby 6 років тому +1

      @@OneDamnBoy just google it, its Yakutia

    • @OneDamnBoy
      @OneDamnBoy 5 років тому +1

      @@bonobobby да, точно., сорян всем.. не знаю, почему у меня в памяти так отложилось: красноярский край на 1м, а якутия на 2м.

    • @rudywind7621
      @rudywind7621 5 років тому

      and probably the coldest region of Russia

  • @Filled2105
    @Filled2105 6 років тому +30

    The flags look really good tho
    *Take notes USA*

    • @TurboWheeler
      @TurboWheeler 6 років тому +4

      More like "Take notes Liberia"

  • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014
    @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 5 років тому +20

    WOW! I knew Russia was very diversified but at this point i am very surprised, Red Hair Festival, Shamanistic Pagans wow, all events i would love to participate, for the red hair part i would be only accepted as a spectator

  • @MrTttvideo
    @MrTttvideo 6 років тому +99

    Also you forgot that Crimea has two represented minorities: Crimean Tatars AND Ukrainians. Ukrainian is an official language there.

    • @emelgiefro
      @emelgiefro 6 років тому +21

      But its russia

    • @DaxRaider
      @DaxRaider 6 років тому +13

      jaeh but the ukrainian population is rly small its mostly russians

    • @MrTttvideo
      @MrTttvideo 6 років тому +28

      @@emelgiefro it is. Russian, Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar are the official languages in Crimea.

    • @mihailzador498
      @mihailzador498 6 років тому +7

      If you start speaking Ukrainian the people will look at you like on a some kind of weirdo... Just saying

    • @Shareenear
      @Shareenear 6 років тому +7

      Imperios Except the fact that Russian and Ukrainian are mutually intelligible. But yep, it's still not a dialect.

  • @mv9272
    @mv9272 5 років тому +9

    2:06 Hey! This mummy is the neighbour of my grandparents. They live behind the museum of El Altay.
    Nice neighbours 😅

  • @TheMrNalsur
    @TheMrNalsur 6 років тому +21

    Side note on Crimea: Simferopol is Crimea's capital, yes. But it is not a federal city. That city is Sevastopol, which is not under Crimean Republic jurisdiction. It is a distinct entity under both Ukrainian and Russian jurisdictions. (Geographically it is located in the Crimean peninsula, yes.)
    Well, Ukrainian here. :/ (and one from Luhansk, :()

    • @uyghurmalay4155
      @uyghurmalay4155 6 років тому

      Ruslan Abu Sneineh is Crimean Tatar capital city is Bagcisaray?

  • @anashajmohamad8709
    @anashajmohamad8709 5 років тому +8

    Who said in Adyghe the groom didn't suppose to meet his bride parents?
    Check your information

  • @davidstrickland361
    @davidstrickland361 6 років тому +38

    There are actually more Tatars in Bashkortostan (usually called Bashkiria in Russian) than there are Bashkirs.

    • @alex_gaimar
      @alex_gaimar 6 років тому +1

      Looking at censuses, it used to be true in 1989, but not in 2002 or 2010.

    • @NightHant
      @NightHant 6 років тому +1

      @@snszbyd это обиженный татарин из Казахстана. У меня чутье на таких. Они ничего не добьются, Башкортостан останется единым!

    • @ladyofdeepreflection2296
      @ladyofdeepreflection2296 3 роки тому

      Yep

  • @bwatever
    @bwatever 4 роки тому +27

    I'm estonian and it's my dream to visit our distant ural brothers and sisters.

  • @cod73161
    @cod73161 2 роки тому +4

    Mistake: You called Simferopol a federal city, I think the reason why is that you confused Simferopol for Sevastopol, the latter an actual federal city.

  • @gazan3284
    @gazan3284 4 роки тому +2

    Can you make a video about tatarstan

  • @DawidKov
    @DawidKov 6 років тому +9

    I'd like to make a bit of a correction regarding the Crimean Tatars.
    The Crimean Tatars stopped being the majority in Crimea by the end of the 19th century. It wasn't due to repressions or forced relocation, it was just a more or less natural takeover by the Russian people arriving there. By 1939, the Russians have become the absolute majority (51%), and again, there weren't any relocations just yet. The later actions by the Stalin regime did have a major effect, but they only sped up what was already a certain conclusion.

    • @hasancosar9781
      @hasancosar9781 6 років тому +1

      They were forced to emigrate to Ottoman Turkey due to repressions especially after Crimean War. Today there are up to 5 million people claiming descent from Crimean Tatars in Turkey. Even then, there were more Tatars than Russians until Stalin's exile.

    • @ABRAHAMGOLDENBERG
      @ABRAHAMGOLDENBERG 6 років тому

      Hasan COŞAR there are about 35-50 million people in the USA climbing their heritage is Irish even though the population of Ireland is about 4,5 million, numbers could be very misleading..

  • @MrAizatazmi
    @MrAizatazmi 6 років тому +19

    so many turkic people in russia

    • @user-vb1rv2lz5l
      @user-vb1rv2lz5l 6 років тому

      Prime Arch he only said half of them

    • @supergalo4135
      @supergalo4135 6 років тому +4

      Sadly Turkish guys lost these related lands to some extremely poor Eastern Slavs. Today their brothers and sisters dying culturally and getting opressed by racist Russian government.
      Help to your family Turkey, wtf are you doing?! Also I can mention this to Finns and Hungarians. Help your families idiots!

    • @sonikku956
      @sonikku956 6 років тому

      @@supergalo4135 Turkic, not Turkish.

    • @deniz-qm1tu
      @deniz-qm1tu 6 років тому +3

      Il Principe
      Probably Ukrainian or Caucasian.

    • @terrificsoprano5025
      @terrificsoprano5025 6 років тому

      @@sonikku956 it's same stupid. Turkish is in Turkic group.

  • @mocanucatalincristi136
    @mocanucatalincristi136 5 років тому +4

    I was TheMistAnchorite , but i lost my chanel. Thank you so much for bringimg memories back. I am so glad that as a romanian i represented a lot Caucasus region.

    • @putinsomework7653
      @putinsomework7653 5 років тому

      Damn that sucks. I watched your channel regularly you really knownyour stuff 👍

  • @nickpro8116
    @nickpro8116 6 років тому +10

    As a Russian, I want to say that you mispronounced "Kyzyl". In Russian transliteration, if you see a Y and it is not followed by a vowel, you can be 99.9% sure that it is pronounced like the Korean letter 으. So, now, I think you have the idea of how to pronounce Syktyvkar.

    • @dvv18
      @dvv18 6 років тому

      Except that the letter is, in fact, ㅡ, but you get the idea :)

    • @kotodori_
      @kotodori_ 6 років тому +4

      NickPr. Kyzyl sounds Turkic. Similar to the word "Kızıl" in Turkish, meaning red/redish.

    • @dvv18
      @dvv18 6 років тому

      @@kotodori_ Because it is Turkic 😉

    • @nickpro8116
      @nickpro8116 6 років тому

      Dima Volodin I am aware, but the ㅡ itself looks like an underscore, so I added ieung (ㅇ) to it.

  • @pete489z
    @pete489z 6 років тому +12

    Love the video,. It I wish you added maps of all the republics! It's more difficult to visualize without the map imo

  • @unemiryune9322
    @unemiryune9322 2 роки тому +4

    Simferopol is not a federal city, tho it's a crimean capital. Sevastopol is.

  • @CommentGuy94
    @CommentGuy94 6 років тому +8

    Please make the other categories of the Russian Federation into its own separate videos! This is cool!

  • @robinnetdesbosquets8095
    @robinnetdesbosquets8095 6 років тому +9

    Please do the swiss cantons !

  • @eltoq8407
    @eltoq8407 6 років тому +4

    Greetings from Karachay from Karachay-Cherkesia republic!👋👋👋

  • @djweebo
    @djweebo 6 років тому +23

    I was really hoping you would make this video! Russia is so interesting as a country!

  • @vedrane0
    @vedrane0 2 роки тому +10

    One interesting thing about Sakha/Yakutia is that it is the largest administrative division in the world. (Second is Western Australia in Australia, third is Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia)

  • @XLopec_DoNskoy
    @XLopec_DoNskoy 3 роки тому +16

    Finally, at least someone explained. That there are Russians (who are ethnic Russians, Eastern Slavs), and there are Russians - who are Russian by citizenship, and they can be of a different nation. There are differences in Russian from Русский (ethnic origin) and Россиянин (citizenship). In other languages, this difference is not, therefore, for foreigners, we are all Russian. I myself come from the Don Cossacks, and we are a people, as part of the subethnos of the Russian nation.

    • @krismatt7747
      @krismatt7747 3 роки тому +1

      Wow. Can I ask you some questions. Is it true that the initial don cossacks were from central Ukraine and many of them have recent Turkish or circassian heritage

    • @НесокрушимыйПатриот
      @НесокрушимыйПатриот 2 роки тому

      @@krismatt7747 not true. all Cossacks from the south are Russian

  • @chapa2282
    @chapa2282 6 років тому +39

    also I'm Russian and didn't even know half of all this, so thanks for educating haha

  • @aryprasetyo2131
    @aryprasetyo2131 6 років тому +5

    do Indonesia, please. with 29 provinces, 2 special regions and 3 special autonomy provinces. i'd like to help

  • @BO_OBERS
    @BO_OBERS 20 днів тому

    hello from Udmurtia! nice to see someone talk about the republic

  • @ImmaKlonoa
    @ImmaKlonoa 5 років тому +3

    As a Finn i am interested in our relative languages, i'd very much like to visit all of their respective republics to learn of their culture.

  • @MiYa-ht5hf
    @MiYa-ht5hf 6 років тому +4

    Tannu what...?

  • @belbetica
    @belbetica 5 років тому +1

    as a native russian i couldn't even visit all places. at least when I visited Europe i could visit each (almost) country for couple of days from UK to eats europe
    Russia is a huge country!

  • @MagiCaster001
    @MagiCaster001 6 років тому +6

    12:16 water tribe from the avatar

    • @bauerjan7887
      @bauerjan7887 6 років тому

      😂😂😂

    • @MagiCaster001
      @MagiCaster001 6 років тому +1

      She is gorgeous to...Need to put russia in "place need to visit" list especially Yakutia

    • @rybagoose
      @rybagoose 9 місяців тому

      WE AREEE
      This comment makes me so happy

  • @hecatium4473
    @hecatium4473 3 роки тому

    Fun fact: Tuva has an absolutely AWESOME anthem called Мен - Тыва мен (Men - Tyva men/I - I am Tuvan). go check it out!

  • @pankajsrivastava4246
    @pankajsrivastava4246 2 роки тому +2

    Fun fact: Most of us belong to country which is smaller than Sakha Republic

  • @КристинаКостенкова-н3ь

    Спасибо за видео, мне понравилось. По поводу Крыма история гораздо сложнее и запутаннее. А ещё она гораздо более давняя, чем 2014

  • @Ilshatey
    @Ilshatey 4 роки тому +2

    Greetings from Tatar boy from Bashkiria, Ufa!

  • @spg-9
    @spg-9 2 роки тому +3

    Hi 👋 I'm from Dagestan. It's funny that you teach us and we teach you.

    • @spg-9
      @spg-9 2 роки тому

      @Euponium Euphoria Thanks a lot

    • @againstviralmisinformation510
      @againstviralmisinformation510 Рік тому

      I like Dagestan. Very diverse. Do you support being part of Russia?

    • @spg-9
      @spg-9 Рік тому

      @@againstviralmisinformation510 Are you talking about the occupied territories of Ukraine? No, I don’t support it, but unfortunately most residents of Dagestan have a different opinion

    • @againstviralmisinformation510
      @againstviralmisinformation510 Рік тому

      @@spg-9 I am talking about Dagestan. Like do people from Dagestan like being part of Russia?

    • @spg-9
      @spg-9 Рік тому

      @@againstviralmisinformation510 I do not see the possibility of separation from Russia, due to the fact that the economy of Dagestan consists of subsidies from the Kremlin

  • @xjdfghashzkj
    @xjdfghashzkj 6 років тому +214

    Another interesting fact about the Sakha Republic is that it's the largest political entity in the entire world that is not a sovereign nation. If it were a country, it would be the 8th largest -- between Argentina and India.

    • @cianakril
      @cianakril 6 років тому +26

      And would be lest populous too, as the whole population here is around 950 000 people. The city I live in has more people than the whole of Yakutia.

    • @andreadrake404
      @andreadrake404 6 років тому

      Small correction Kazakhstan is ninth

    • @andreadrake404
      @andreadrake404 6 років тому

      Outdev Our oh I see

    • @Ник.Ку
      @Ник.Ку 5 років тому

      the Republic of Sakha with a flag and the language

    • @vvp_rus
      @vvp_rus 5 років тому +1

      Я если США разделить на две части, то получатся две очень большие страны с огромными экономиками, которые войдут в десятку лучших по многим параметрам. Начинайте разделяться.

  • @skygazer8549
    @skygazer8549 6 років тому +623

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    Squarespace
    Brilliant
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    • @ubsaral
      @ubsaral 6 років тому +86

      Skygazer and SkillShare

    • @False_Saint
      @False_Saint 6 років тому +40

      Wix

    • @Zqtaa
      @Zqtaa 6 років тому +65

      And dollar shave club

    • @solberg7049
      @solberg7049 6 років тому +56

      nordvpn, greatcoursesplus

    • @Rayz9989
      @Rayz9989 6 років тому +10

      Quidd

  • @itachikany
    @itachikany 5 років тому +850

    Is it strange being Russian and watch the video in English about Russia?

  • @NikhileshSurve
    @NikhileshSurve 6 років тому +296

    Should've shown where they all are on the Russian map, only some were shown.

    • @krautgazer
      @krautgazer 4 роки тому +31

      Yes. People would have seen the astounding size of Yakutia, which he forgot to mention it's the LARGEST subnational body (state, province, territory, republic, oblast etc.) in the WHOLE WORLD.

    • @sagera.b9850
      @sagera.b9850 3 роки тому +2

      Visuals of Regions with their nieghbourhood regions & ethnicity Maps gives better understading of what we hear.
      Geographically 12 million square km's of Russia out of 17 Million. Sq Km's is in. North Asia.

    • @benusmaximus3601
      @benusmaximus3601 Рік тому

      I just watched this with Google Earth open!

  • @yungstallion2201
    @yungstallion2201 5 років тому +468

    ‘We don’t have time to do 85 anything’
    Countries: Am I a joke to you?

    • @Chromble
      @Chromble 4 роки тому +2

      Russia: YEAH! GIVE US PEACE!

  • @ioakimi
    @ioakimi 3 роки тому +116

    I'm from Finland, but my family is originally from white sea karelia, or Viena Karelia, whatever it's called in english (Part of the Karelian republic in between the White sea and Finland.) There they speak the Viena dialect which is more mutually intelligible with Finnish than the livvi dialect spoken in olonets Karelia near lake ladoga

    • @Ivan_Polyak
      @Ivan_Polyak Рік тому +3

      О привет, возможно мы родственники 😂😂😂

  • @cuthere01
    @cuthere01 5 років тому +1642

    As a fact, many nationalities in Russia are russified. As for me, I am tatar born and live in Bashkortostan. Actually, there is 48% russians, 30% tatars and 20% bashkirs. We all live together and speak russian language, sometimes we can't see any difference between our nationalities. It's cool because racism almost dead there :3

    • @cuthere01
      @cuthere01 5 років тому +111

      @@tincan6747 no, we don't call ourselves volga bulgars. Only tatars and bashkirs. This word is not used nowadays

    • @БананБананович-д8в
      @БананБананович-д8в 5 років тому +66

      @@cuthere01 i am tatar too. Привет из Уфы

    • @cuthere01
      @cuthere01 5 років тому +53

      @@БананБананович-д8в Уфа тащит. Сам тут живу 🙃

    • @TheJcrist
      @TheJcrist 5 років тому +39

      Tatars are the core of Russian nation. So of course we don't see any difference ))

    • @dddevchonka
      @dddevchonka 5 років тому +98

      ​@@TheJcrist There's even a proverb, "Scrub a Russian, and you'll discover a Tatar" 🤗

  • @danaldtrampf6717
    @danaldtrampf6717 6 років тому +542

    Udmurtia? More like:
    *_GINGERSTAN_*

    • @borism1990
      @borism1990 5 років тому +9

      why is this not top comment!

    • @_productivity__nill_1131
      @_productivity__nill_1131 5 років тому +15

      Just visit Scotland

    • @zekun4741
      @zekun4741 4 роки тому +38

      @@_productivity__nill_1131 turns out the Udmurt people have an even higher concentration of red hair than Scotland

    • @Василий-к7ф9ч
      @Василий-к7ф9ч 4 роки тому +15

      @@zekun4741 Udmurts are literally Scottish of Russia

    • @thomas-xi7zq
      @thomas-xi7zq 4 роки тому +11

      pArTy FoR eVeRyBoDy DaNcE

  • @vainokojo8473
    @vainokojo8473 6 років тому +198

    The uralic peoples in inside Russia are very interesting. As a finn I like that my cousins have some autonomy. But it is really really sad that the karelian culture is slowly dying. I haven't been there but when I listen to people speaking the language it truly sounds like Finnish with just a bit of Russian thrown into the mix. I hope they begin reviving the language and culture, because it is really closely related to Eastern Finland where I live.

    • @Theorimlig
      @Theorimlig 6 років тому +12

      Karelian is often counted as a dialect of Finnish.

    • @vainokojo8473
      @vainokojo8473 6 років тому +3

      Yes I know and I really can see why

    • @BigBiLeft
      @BigBiLeft 6 років тому +9

      My girlfriend is learning karelian in university currently, so that's a start at least

    • @vainokojo8473
      @vainokojo8473 6 років тому

      @@BigBiLeft 👍👍

    • @jasonirwin4631
      @jasonirwin4631 6 років тому +8

      I know of a group that's trying to preserve a unique dialect of German called Texas German (I know it sounds weird but a lot of the white settlers of Texas where from Germany). They are trying to teach high German speakers the dialect and then have public schools in Texas teach it as a part of the standard German language curriculum. A similar thing may be done to save keralian. Teach some fins and have them teach it back to the original population.

  • @jakenowell5211
    @jakenowell5211 6 років тому +85

    Love the video Barbs... But can you PLEASE consistently add pictures of the republics where they are located? Same thing for the India and Brazil episodes. It's very annoying to be told all about the interesting place and have no idea of where it is.

    • @FARISEO25
      @FARISEO25 6 років тому +1

      Jake Nowell en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republics_of_Russia

    • @Gmackematix
      @Gmackematix 6 років тому

      I've just learnt all the Indian states using his excellent video and each state was clearly prefixed with a map and the name and capital. I'm all for that being done in each of these videos as darting to and from Wikipedia will be mightily inconvenient.

  • @GlowingPie
    @GlowingPie 6 років тому +643

    Some Russian ethnics really look like Asian. When I was in Korean camp I decided to get acquainted with my Korean neighbours. I said "Hello, my name is Katya. Nice to meet you". I was so surprised when I heard "My russkiye"(we're Russian). It turned out that they're Yakut😂
    Although we had strange meeting, we're still friends)
    Thanks for the video. Your channel is the best!!!
    - Your subscriber from Russia

    • @chima6291
      @chima6291 5 років тому +26

      You story is nice and greet from a Chinese in Finland.

    • @cudnykot9868
      @cudnykot9868 5 років тому +50

      Просто они сами себя путают. Они россияне, но никак не русские. Но тут очень спорный вопрос. Например у меня есть друг бурят. Но он ничего про свой народ не знает. Он не знает ни культуру и традиции своего народа, он не знает бурятского языка, ничего абсолютно о своём народе не знает. И кем ему себя считать? Тут можно долго говорить...

    • @LazyPictures
      @LazyPictures 5 років тому +52

      @@cudnykot9868 Но а зачем? Разделяться людям в разы проще чем объединяться. И никакого смысла в сотнях небольших и обособленных народностей нет. А русские это кто? Ростовчане? Новгородцы? Тульцы? так в старину и эти области были с разными культурами и диалектами. Все люди разные - делиться по категориям можно до тех пор пока не останешься один такой уникальный на свете.
      И культура Якутов - важна и теперь это часть русской культуры, ты я и все русские это на 1/85ую якуты.И на 1/85ую Чеченцы и Татары и т.д.
      А Русскими мы будем только в этом состоянии. Если ограничить нас Подмосковьем да прилегающими областями - то тогда мы уже не будем Русскими. Каждый будет уже москвичами, владимирцами, тверчанами и т.д.

    • @katson88
      @katson88 5 років тому +1

      Omg my name is Katya too! But I'm not Russian 😂

    • @algonzalez6853
      @algonzalez6853 5 років тому

      Why do they look asian?

  • @xiaoenxu1875
    @xiaoenxu1875 6 років тому +382

    Chinese provinces would be awesome :)

    • @nebraska22
      @nebraska22 6 років тому +8

      Or atleast the autonomous regions of PRC

    • @FactNFiction
      @FactNFiction 6 років тому +1

      Are you a Maori or Chinese or both? 🇳🇿🇨🇳

    • @MrSlowFloww
      @MrSlowFloww 6 років тому

      I think he already covered some of them, as right now, russians are lending some big territories from Siberia and other parts, to China.

    • @Uebeltank
      @Uebeltank 6 років тому

      Eh there are like 33 of them if you count Hong Kong and Macau.

    • @rakso472
      @rakso472 6 років тому +1

      I wonder how easy it would be to get subscriber info on Chinese provinces? YT is banned in mainland China if I'm not mistakes. But I agree it would be awesome. Of course HK, Macao and Taiwan people might be watching Geography now.

  • @ΤςουβακιζΊντερνετα
    @ΤςουβακιζΊντερνετα 3 роки тому +330

    Можно вечно смотреть
    Как горит огонь,
    Как течёт вода,
    Как он выговаривает название республик)))

    • @joaoanimador6473
      @joaoanimador6473 3 роки тому +3

      Got it

    • @nickcollins9893
      @nickcollins9893 3 роки тому +23

      Согласен!
      Шикарное произношение для англоязычного!)

    • @AmirSatt
      @AmirSatt 3 роки тому +11

      @@nickcollins9893 кАйзыл)))

    • @ipp64
      @ipp64 3 роки тому +2

      No sorry I can't do that

    • @beingexemplary06
      @beingexemplary06 3 роки тому

      Мен әлемнің кез-келген жерін көргім келеді

  • @n.bastians8633
    @n.bastians8633 6 років тому +274

    Simferopol is not a federal city. You probably confused it with Sevastopol.

    • @Ondra273
      @Ondra273 6 років тому +6

      Came here to say that.

    • @emmakeith9967
      @emmakeith9967 5 років тому +2

      Ostrov вы немного не поняли его комментарий,В России есть федеральные города такие как -Москва,Санкт-Петербург,Севастополь ,Симферополь к ним не относится

    • @sweatygoat9541
      @sweatygoat9541 3 роки тому

      Which russian state has many creeks and streams

  • @АлександрАлександров-т5ю

    1. Not only republics have their own official language in Russia. Autonom districs (avtonomnye okruga) and autonom region (avtonomnaya oblast') also have their own official national language.
    2. Simferopol is not federal city. You mix it up with Sevastopol))

    • @ІринаБашинська-з1и
      @ІринаБашинська-з1и 6 років тому +1

      It cant be, as both are ukrainian. You will get away very soon.

    • @paologhidini7312
      @paologhidini7312 6 років тому +3

      hopefully nationalism will die sooner

    • @jdub2003
      @jdub2003 6 років тому +3

      Paolo Ghidini Crimea should be Russian, if you go by ethnicity, but it is physically attached to Ukraine. However, the Russians should have not invaded it, and instead they should’ve negotiated for it, maybe purchase it from Ukraine

    • @paologhidini7312
      @paologhidini7312 6 років тому +2

      jdub2003 I agree. What you are saying it's a sensible analysis of the situation. We should also take into account that the revolution that overthrew a democratically elected government with the help of nationalist-far-right-para-military groups didn't exactly set good premises for a dialogue of any kind (see also the response of Hungary, Poland and Romania to the Ukranian revolution, that they recognised as a threat to the numerous minority groups in the country) In conclusion: both sides have their share of blame and did something wrong to get the most out of the situation. None of this would have happened if on both sides we'd had sensible, open minded and progressive people in power.

    • @jdub2003
      @jdub2003 6 років тому +2

      Paolo Ghidini i agree. I am glad at least us are able to have a calm debate. Anyways, Ukraine is having these issues as it is split between the west and east. The western, more Ukrainian part wants to establish ties to the EU and NATO, while the eastern, more Russian part wants to establish more times with Russia. This is the reason there are breakwater states in the east of Ukraine, those states want to join Russia.

  • @ik5083
    @ik5083 6 років тому +427

    Stalin didn't bring the Chechens back to Chechnya Khrushchev did.

    • @seandegidon4672
      @seandegidon4672 5 років тому +39

      Khrushchev was also the one who transferred Crimea from Russia to Ukraine.

    • @CHECHNYA_-hz1sg
      @CHECHNYA_-hz1sg 5 років тому +6

      I from Chechen republic

    • @euphoriaggaminghd
      @euphoriaggaminghd 5 років тому +2

      @Ilhan Tuncay probably is

    • @Василий-к7ф9ч
      @Василий-к7ф9ч 4 роки тому +1

      Khrushchev forgot to build the wall, what a terrible mistake

    • @nitishkumarjurel241
      @nitishkumarjurel241 4 роки тому

      @@CHECHNYA_-hz1sg so do you and your fellow chechans consider yourself a part of Russia?

  • @MrTttvideo
    @MrTttvideo 6 років тому +229

    Yaaay, finally my Homeland ,one of the most beautiful countries in the World!!! Greetings from Karelia ( Karjala)!!!
    P.S. Small correction: Stalin never "brought back" Chechens, Khrushchov did.. Other than that ,awesome vid.

    • @parkingcase1447
      @parkingcase1447 6 років тому +3

      dude do the people of karelia want to join to finland again?

    • @konplayz
      @konplayz 6 років тому +13

      Parking Case No.

    • @alext7500
      @alext7500 6 років тому +25

      Parking Case do finnish people want to join Russia again?

    • @PrincessLockette
      @PrincessLockette 6 років тому

      How many languages do you speak?

    • @Alvaro_Litti
      @Alvaro_Litti 6 років тому +1

      Mun mummi on Karjalainen Viipurista.

  • @dbricksawc3634
    @dbricksawc3634 6 років тому +255

    now you need to cover ..the oblasts of russia

    • @windoak2113
      @windoak2113 6 років тому +14

      O h n o

    • @samovarmaker9673
      @samovarmaker9673 6 років тому +17

      Chelyabinsk Oblast represent!

    • @dbricksawc3634
      @dbricksawc3634 6 років тому +6

      Samovar maker no way..I went there after the world cup

    • @samovarmaker9673
      @samovarmaker9673 6 років тому +6

      D'Brickashaw I was born there boi! What were you doing in Chelyabinsk anyway? It's not exactly the most tourist-y place in Russia...

    • @dbricksawc3634
      @dbricksawc3634 6 років тому +6

      Samovar maker it was 2 hours away from yekaterinburg...I loved the zoo

  • @ElMamuco
    @ElMamuco 5 років тому +255

    "Tons of oil here"
    *USA has entered the chat*

    • @Василий-к7ф9ч
      @Василий-к7ф9ч 4 роки тому +12

      No way bro, our "GREAT AND GLORIOUS LEADER" already sold all our resources to China

    • @Vadim_Sulimov
      @Vadim_Sulimov 4 роки тому +33

      Also tons of nuclear weapon here
      USA left the chat

    • @Василий-к7ф9ч
      @Василий-к7ф9ч 4 роки тому +4

      @daggerin 4life Hey, leave it to Europe, we don't MORE muslims

    • @Elias-yu9qb
      @Elias-yu9qb 4 роки тому +1

      @@Василий-к7ф9ч Россия мусульманская страна

    • @Василий-к7ф9ч
      @Василий-к7ф9ч 4 роки тому +2

      @@Elias-yu9qb пока многонационал Пыня у власти - так и будет

  • @TheDiscovery92
    @TheDiscovery92 6 років тому +265

    Simferopol in Crimea is not a federal city, it's just a capital of Crimea. Federal city is Sevastopol - and by law it's not a part of Crimea republic

    • @voropvmykyta8
      @voropvmykyta8 5 років тому +26

      TheDiscovery92 it’s not Russia

    • @aneesh2115
      @aneesh2115 5 років тому +9

      @@voropvmykyta8 is it not though

    • @МашЭргг
      @МашЭргг 5 років тому +53

      @@voropvmykyta8 крымчане думают иначе. )

    • @edellmann3385
      @edellmann3385 5 років тому +11

      @@МашЭргг а весь мир думает по-другому. Ещё крымчаше думают, что когда им проложат жд, то тогда они заживут как короли. Наивные, тупые люди.

    • @АндрейЕрмилов-х8п
      @АндрейЕрмилов-х8п 5 років тому +32

      Sator крымчане живут явно лучше, чем в некой соседней к ним стране, у которой самая высокая смертность и самая низкая роддаемость в европе

  • @АЙБЕК-м6у
    @АЙБЕК-м6у 5 років тому +420

    I'm Kyrgyz. In post Soviet countries all can speak russian. Americans thinks if we speak or write russian, we are russian..... russian lang. - language of international communication in the post-Soviet space. Some lang. used cyrillic alphabet with some difference and it is like russian lang. for foreigners. But it isnt.
    trilingualism is the norm (Native, russian and english lang (+-)).

    • @Ralf5595
      @Ralf5595 5 років тому +9

      fck russian language

    • @xdasslerx5511
      @xdasslerx5511 5 років тому +54

      @@Ralf5595 Your words are worthless

    • @drrespect2244
      @drrespect2244 4 роки тому +13

      no baltics dont speak russian

    • @eren9001
      @eren9001 4 роки тому +14

      Kazakh and krgyz have no honor. Look at Uzbeks Afgans chechens they don't assimilate to Russian imperialism

    • @ТүнкүАсман
      @ТүнкүАсман 4 роки тому +11

      Team up with Russia makes no sense. We have gained independence for hundreds of years. We will not lose them anymore. Maybe the Russians influenced our people, but we have not forgotten our roots like the other nationalities that now live in Russia. VIVA Kyrgyz Republic.

  • @msptv6247
    @msptv6247 6 років тому +82

    Kalmykia is really a demographic anomaly is because, it's basically Asia in Europe-East Asians dwelling in the European side of Russia, which is... my goodness!
    However, it's interesting since I didn't expect that to happen. It's like the "complete opposite" of the Uyghurs, who may be Chinese citizens but their looks are pretty much "Western-ish."

    • @bamboks2465
      @bamboks2465 6 років тому +5

      Kalmyks inhabited deep in china mongilia far east than Uygurs but China make them move to west Kazakhstan direction as they were ex enemies of Kazakhs they are pushed more West so now we have a European Budist nation.

    • @ufc100500
      @ufc100500 5 років тому

      MSP TV Catherine relocated kalmyks to Caucasus to let them fight nogay people. Nogays were suppressed by joint forces of regular russian army and kalmyks.

  • @RuslanArtur
    @RuslanArtur 6 років тому +393

    As a russian, never knew 90% of the things you mentioned, very interesting. Russia is divers, i am a mix of 3 native people group. Fun fact - it is more expensive to travel tourusm inside Russia than travel to Europe or Turkey/Egypt.

    • @JEOGRAPHYSongs
      @JEOGRAPHYSongs 6 років тому +6

      Interesting context you provide!

    • @adrianciobanu5856
      @adrianciobanu5856 5 років тому +2

      Znacet sto liudi iz Moldova znaet na mnogo cem ti

    • @nickcoffeemaniac6476
      @nickcoffeemaniac6476 5 років тому +26

      ЛОВИТЕ МОСКВИЧА!! 😬

    • @Caio-fi7sd
      @Caio-fi7sd 5 років тому +4

      by the way this is a problem on the brics. It is more expensive to travel in Brazil than in Europe too

    • @linademner
      @linademner 5 років тому +13

      Да врешь ты все) в школе 8-9 класс проходят то, что он говорит. Почему ты этого не знал?

  • @_mels_
    @_mels_ 6 років тому +67

    Hi! Your fellow Russian citizen here. Actually from Bashkortostan, props to Paul far putting the emphasis on the second syllable in Ufa. Thanks for putting our republics on display, those are the coolest places in Russia IMO!

    • @ashraf7242
      @ashraf7242 6 років тому +1

      i love Bashkortostan people it's a nice people . i visite this repeblic in the summer of 2017 . it's very nice place . much love from morocco

    • @antonslavik4907
      @antonslavik4907 6 років тому

      Когда они уже набережную достроят...

    • @geminitaurus8693
      @geminitaurus8693 6 років тому +2

      I want to go to Crimea now that it's back with Russia. Ukraine is too crazy

    • @Q_QQ_Q
      @Q_QQ_Q 6 років тому

      +Melody Williams are you russian slav?

  • @gunjanshrestha6783
    @gunjanshrestha6783 5 років тому +108

    Hello Russia from Nepal

  • @Gabrielm624
    @Gabrielm624 6 років тому +354

    Great video as always, Russia is such an interesting country!Maybe the regions of Spain would be a good one to do next, Spain is a lot more diverse than most people think or assume!

    • @raultamudo160
      @raultamudo160 6 років тому +5

      I am from Spain and i agree. We are quite diverse in many diferent ways.

    • @dumnylach
      @dumnylach 6 років тому +15

      My country , Poland, is very homogeneous and I am very happy with that.

    • @dd.mm.ll.
      @dd.mm.ll. 6 років тому +1

      David Landeros it means their regions are pretty all the same

    • @Desperoro
      @Desperoro 6 років тому +4

      Lived in Spain. Yes it it very interesting to see differences between all the parts of Spain, even in language. I know also Poland well (but not live there, only visiting) and I feel there are quite differences between coast regions, Silesia regions and inlad regions

    • @dumnylach
      @dumnylach 6 років тому +2

      We have differencies between them regions, different accents and cousines, but they are all ethnic poles, one culture, one religion One family.

  • @serhiimamedov
    @serhiimamedov 6 років тому +163

    I'm Ukrainian and I like your neutral approach to the topic. Dying to see Ukraine episode)

    • @dima12130
      @dima12130 6 років тому +5

      Serhii Mamedov just wait until 2020

    • @Emilyfreeman234
      @Emilyfreeman234 6 років тому +2

      DimaGamer maybe 2021 i’m waiting for the U.K too

    • @hailgiratinathetruegod7564
      @hailgiratinathetruegod7564 6 років тому +2

      Well. You have to wait more than 2 years for that.

    • @rockguy5784
      @rockguy5784 6 років тому +3

      You might actually die waiting for that one.

    • @robertjarman3703
      @robertjarman3703 6 років тому +5

      Look on the bright side comrade. Every year, the loving President of Rossiya sends you a very nice children's game where you have to guess which journalist is going to accidentally consume polonium that came out of nowhere.

  • @lazyperfectionist1
    @lazyperfectionist1 6 років тому +119

    "Here's the thing. The land here is really flat but the people are still really fond of cross-country skiing."
    There's nothing contradictory about that. Cross-country skiing is a _fine_ way to cross unpaved flatland in snowy conditions. If you had said that they were really fond of _downhill_ skiing, _that_ would be surprising.

  • @thecount4638
    @thecount4638 6 років тому +207

    I'm Russian and heeey a Russia related episode, finally! I live in a kray, not a republic but I'm half Tatar and half Komy so it was really cool to hear something about those republics from you :) also, you covered the Crimean issue just great. It's a difficult topic and it's good to see that someone just saying the facts and not pushing their own opinion on the issue. Thanks, Barb!

    • @thecount4638
      @thecount4638 6 років тому +49

      @@alekshukhevych2644 yeah I meant that I'm a Russian citizen. I don't consider myself as an ethnic Russian.

    • @alekshukhevych2644
      @alekshukhevych2644 6 років тому +2

      The Count What do the locals in Tatarstan and Komy think about independence from Russia? I know Tatarstan would certainly like it, but Komy not sure!

    • @thecount4638
      @thecount4638 6 років тому +40

      @@alekshukhevych2644 as far as I know, people mostly don't care.

    • @thecount4638
      @thecount4638 6 років тому +17

      Daniél Zúbik, я чуть выше в комментах объяснил, что имел в виду "россиянин", а этническим русским я себя не считаю.

    • @user-hi2wu3cf6e
      @user-hi2wu3cf6e 6 років тому

      @@thecount4638 Да мне похуй. Ты просто запутал читателей

  • @Abletr
    @Abletr 6 років тому +47

    I need to correct you Paul :) you said that you can enter South Ossetia from Georgia, just need to have a passport which is unfortunately not true. It's actually impossible to enter Ossetia from Georgia and the only way to get there is through Russian Northern Ossetia :) the other thing is with Abkhazia though...
    Thanks for the material, I find it really useful in my postsovietworldfreakism 😅

    • @GeographyNow
      @GeographyNow  6 років тому +3

      Hmmm I've have Georgian people tell me they could get in, they just needed to show their passports, so....I'm not exactly sure what to make of it then...?

  • @ilghiz
    @ilghiz 5 років тому +73

    Tatarstan doesn't have as much oil as it used to. It's heavily industrialized: chemical, pharmaceutical, truck, car, construction materials and a whole lot more are a huge part of the economy. Tatarstan is a kinda trend setter in Russia: it was the first to introduce electronic government services. It claims to have its own Silicon(e) Valley, the City of Innopolis (not very successful though, I think). Tatarstan also hosts the best free economic zone in Russia with lots of incentives and facilities for investors both from home and abroad. Tatarstan is a kinda melting pot of ethnicities too.
    If I meet the host in Bashkiria (aka Bashkortostan), I'd think he was a Bashkir.
    Tatars and Bashkirs are close relatives in terms of their languages: they're mutually intelligeble 100%. But the origins are different. Bashkirs mostly look Asian, they have black hair, black almond eyes. Tatars are more diverse: some look European, as if Scandinavian, some look Asian, some are a mix (e.g., blonds with fair skin and blue almond eyes). Some Tatars have red hair.

    • @antony1998
      @antony1998 3 роки тому +1

      60 percent of Tatarstan's exports are petroleum products, 20 percent is mechanical engineering, fully controlled by RosTech

    • @ArthurRakaevTheArtist
      @ArthurRakaevTheArtist 3 роки тому +2

      It`s so strange see how people from Russia talkin` here in english
      U right about bashkorts mostly have black hair, but not for 100%
      We have many types of how we look, for example i`m white bashkort looking like swedish and asian same time
      It`s so strange sometimes how people diversive here. Me and my friends we don`t look like same but we have one ethnicity
      RUSSIA IS THE MOST STRANGE PLACE IN THE WORLD

    • @daffalathifilham8028
      @daffalathifilham8028 3 роки тому

      What about Chechen?

    • @krismatt7747
      @krismatt7747 3 роки тому

      What are the differences between tatars&Bashkirs and chuvash. If I remember correctly I read somewhere that chuvash people were initially tought to be finno ugric even by tatars

    • @ilghiz
      @ilghiz 3 роки тому +1

      @@krismatt7747 , Tatars and Bashkirs can easily understand each other when speaking their languages. The Chuvash people are completely incomprehensible. Even Turkish, Uzbek, Kazakh and most Turkic nations can understand each other to a various degree, at least get a general picture of what is being said. The Chuvash would be like from another planet but for the Russian lingua franca. The Yakuts, also Turkic speakers, are also hardly comprehensible but they live pretty far away and their linguistic differences don’t surprise unlike the Chuvash who have lived on the same lands as Tatars and Bashkirs for centuries.