Growing Up in Russia in the 90s | Part 2

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  • Опубліковано 24 жов 2024

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  • @pridket
    @pridket 5 років тому +74

    Yes! Do part 3, please! Can you talk about how people spend their free time and how they made friends please?

  • @stephensgate1
    @stephensgate1 5 років тому +42

    I love your channel, and enjoying learning things I never knew was going on in Russia. Much respect and admiration for all of Russia! -Stephen, Ohio U.S.A. 🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺

  • @davidrichards5539
    @davidrichards5539 5 років тому +20

    Nice , enjoying the series on the 90's in Russia , thats why I subscribe your channel , fun, info., and entertaining, from a personal point of you . well done .

  • @stan_doucet
    @stan_doucet 5 років тому +31

    I love this channel for the informative content and providing a visualization behind the explanation which is helpful.

  • @leopard6554
    @leopard6554 5 років тому +18

    So interesting. Please continue to the other parts but please make it a little longer. Six minutes long is very short. Our ears just got warm that you finished it. At least 15 minutes is appreciated.

  • @ganymede...
    @ganymede... 5 років тому +11

    Thank you, part 2 was as interesting as part 1. I just hope part 3 will be longer 😊👍

  • @thomasmaloney843
    @thomasmaloney843 5 років тому +22

    Never heard what went on in Russia after the Soviet union. Had a co worker who lived in Estonia in Soviet times and his experience was really bleak. Most Americans really had very little information about countries east of the iron curtain. This is why a lot of videos about eastern European countries are interesting to Americans.

  • @texlahomagirl9809
    @texlahomagirl9809 5 років тому +15

    Thank you for sharing. I'm trying to teach myself the Russian language. I want to visit Saint Petersburg and Moscow. 😊

  • @Aeyekay0
    @Aeyekay0 4 роки тому +3

    Yes part 3 please. Your stories are very interesting and informative

  • @mariansmith7694
    @mariansmith7694 5 років тому +13

    Meal tickets were very like food rations in US during Depression. In UK, they rationed food too in WWII and after.
    WOW, so some people did prosper. Sad when people get $ over night and do not know how to handle money. Yes this happens in US too when Indiginous Tribes get casinos and go from poverty to upper middle class overnight. They will spend their money foolishly. Also drug dealers prey upon these people. It is very sad.
    Your historical perspective is very important. Thank you.

  • @jamesrobinson6382
    @jamesrobinson6382 4 роки тому +2

    Keep making part 3 and beyond. This era is of great interest to much of the outside world. I would love to have time to talk with you in person. Many of the struggles of the Russian people happened in America too but in my 80 years of life I really experienced almost none of the hardships. We lived in a tiny town and grew our own food. Your people must be strong to have survived and thrived. I visited Russia in 2018. Loved it.

  • @bingoberra18
    @bingoberra18 5 років тому +6

    Looking forward to part 3!

  • @jeffsnider3588
    @jeffsnider3588 5 років тому +16

    Oh come on, corruption in Government...There could be a long debate, not about which government is corrupt but, which government is most corrupt. When people ask me which type government is best (meaning dictator, socialist, capitalist, etc)....my response is that it really doesn't matter, the best type government is a not corrupt government.

  • @efraingbj
    @efraingbj 5 років тому +1

    Dude I really like your videos!! Я жил один год в ЕКБ, я учился в магистратуре в УрФУ, unfortunately the program was in English so my Russian is just basic, keep doing this fantastic videos and sharing your memories about CCCP, I'm sure I'll return to Russia at least as a tourist. Спасибо вам большое!

  • @user-A1P2
    @user-A1P2 5 років тому +10

    Я думаю , что твоя работа , в плане восприятия нашей России зарубежными слушателями очень полезна , хотя бы для того ,что бы понимать : Что было и как стало. спасибо за " так оно и было"(суть)

    • @user-vq1vt1lm3my2
      @user-vq1vt1lm3my2 5 років тому

      Работа очень похожа на навесные баннеры на домах-развалюхах. Когда готовились к ЧМ-2018.

  • @jreid641
    @jreid641 4 роки тому +1

    Very interesting. You are talking about exactly the time period I’ve been curious about. Thanks.

  • @kmath50
    @kmath50 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks for these videos. I have always wondered what it was like during this time.

  • @jambrenn7843
    @jambrenn7843 3 роки тому

    Thank you, yes it was informative, you have away of connecting with people, your videos are always interesting and entertaining.👍

  • @widjoh
    @widjoh 4 роки тому

    Another great and informative, and enjoyable video from you. Thank You!

  • @xarlo1000
    @xarlo1000 3 роки тому

    Nice vidéo and What a beautiful peruvian soccer team t-shirt man!!. I spent some fantastic days in Yekaterinburg for the 2018 worldcup we lost against France though :(. Cheers from Peru and keep up with the great work.

  • @Dey..Your_family_guide1234
    @Dey..Your_family_guide1234 3 роки тому +1

    I suggest not only you make series on this, make another series comparing life in old Soviet era and present capitalist Russia.

  • @johnmcsoriley5514
    @johnmcsoriley5514 4 роки тому +1

    You are a complete original - so informative and entertaining. The process of privatisation happened all over the world of course. It is just that the USSR was a communist system so the process was so much more radical than in a country like New Zealand where I live. But the same phenomena could be seen in NZ where some important enterprises were owned by the state such as banks, telecoms, insurance and even much of the construction and forestry industries. These were privatised in what seemed in our context to be like a revolution. The already wealthy, the astute and those with "connections" becoming more wealthy and many people either did not benefit or even becoming poorer (with the rise in unemployment at that time). Similar systems like the voucher system you mentioned happened here - notably the distribution of shares in electricity enterprises and "demutualisation" of the government's life insurance company. I hope you do more videos of your memories of the 1990s. Congratulations on your wonderful English. By the way, in your Sochi video you interview a guy working in the bungy jumping enterprise. Bungy jumping was first commercialised and popularise in New Zealand and the guy certainly had a New Zealand accent.

  • @omgitsthomas1
    @omgitsthomas1 3 роки тому

    Love this series. Please please do a part 3!

  • @dutchrye
    @dutchrye 3 роки тому

    Thank you so much for sharing your fascinating story! I'm an American who was born in the early 70s and grew up during some very tense times toward the end of the Cold War. While very stressful for you, I'm sure, the late 80s and early 90s was a very hopeful time as the tension between the US and the Soviet Union began to decrease. It's really fascinating to hear what you were experiencing at that time as a Russian as we were only generally aware of what was happening. I would love to hear part three and any additional parts of your experience that you wouldn't mind sharing.

  • @chrism4008
    @chrism4008 3 роки тому

    These are so fascinating!

  • @dav7710
    @dav7710 5 років тому

    I enjoyed the 1st part as much as I enjoyed the 2nd part. You're doing an outstanding!

  • @ernienucup3703
    @ernienucup3703 4 роки тому

    We used to call "those" traffic episodes speed traps. They were very popular sources of local revenue in the 60s and 70s. My best wishes to you and your family. Thanks for another fine video.

  • @realcoolvision
    @realcoolvision 4 роки тому +3

    Good job brother! keep it up!

  • @miguelcardenas6825
    @miguelcardenas6825 5 років тому +4

    I love your t-shirt / very informative video / greetings from Peru my friend - saludos

  • @moizesbrando
    @moizesbrando 4 роки тому +2

    Winter is coming...perfect time to stay in and film Part 3

  • @KS51ABCAN
    @KS51ABCAN 5 років тому

    Absolutely fascinating. Thank you.

  • @person.X.
    @person.X. 3 роки тому

    I wish you would have kept on doing videos about 1990s Russian life. It is fascinating.

  • @1lyxbollyvykn714
    @1lyxbollyvykn714 4 роки тому

    It's a surprise to see you with a peruvian shirt being myself a peruvian. That shirt with the number 10 is the same football player jefferson farfan wears when he plays with the national team. He also plays at russian team Lokomotiv of Moscow. Anyways keep with the great content I've loved your country since I visited it during the world cup to support my country. I was amazed by Moscow and St Petersburg which I consider the most beautiful city in the world. With your channel I've learned a lot about Russia and I want to plan another trip again.

  • @thebebeleinchen
    @thebebeleinchen 3 роки тому

    We are waiting for part 3! :)

  • @messer12
    @messer12 2 роки тому

    Wow just saw trios colours in the 2/3 (Blanc). The film is about a French woman who marries a polish man. The marriage dissolved and he goes back to Poland. He goes all around the countryside buying voucher type land grants… it was very confusing to me. You’ve allowed me to understand the film on a whole new level. I am American born in 1992…so needless to say, I had only the vaguest clue on what was happening in those scenes of the film. At one point I believe he pretty much buys this lot of land (from the voucher) for a bottle of vodka that they both proceed to drink… wow, thanks dude.

  • @Zipperneck.
    @Zipperneck. 3 роки тому

    I spent 4 months in Leningrad studying Russian at LGU in 1991 as part of my Master's Program. It was a trip.

  • @ubenatura1112
    @ubenatura1112 3 роки тому

    wow! that was a very informative historical insight! thank you so much #RussianPlus! My boyfriend is from St. Petersburg and everytime i like to ask him about those stuffs during the Soviet Union, he would rather change the topic right away. He would only say that life is very difficult then. Now i am able to understand more about him)) thanks!

  • @tofua.k.aaskaldog8915
    @tofua.k.aaskaldog8915 4 роки тому

    Thanks!👍👍👍

  • @SuperKingRus
    @SuperKingRus 5 років тому +3

    ПЧК - Первая Чеченская Компания, началась в 90-е. Для полноты картины, если об этом времени говорить, нужно весь П****Ц полноценной картиной "рисовать".

  • @stuartrogers621
    @stuartrogers621 3 роки тому

    Love your channel and find Russia very interesting! Lets face it Politicians are the ony reason for all the people of the world not being constant friends without fear!

  • @geoffoakland
    @geoffoakland 4 роки тому

    the joke about the "new Russians" is very funny.

  • @frankilag3498
    @frankilag3498 4 роки тому

    Very interesting and informative of your life in Russia after the downfall of USSR.

  • @weirichjohannes
    @weirichjohannes 3 роки тому

    Great job buddy. I am from east Russia and now live in London

  • @nikolopulos27
    @nikolopulos27 4 роки тому +1

    All your comments are useful and unbiased. I want to ask you if there were an important number of people who opposed to the dissolution of the USSR at that days. How the young people saw the USSR break up? Regards.

    • @maria.5974
      @maria.5974 4 роки тому +1

      Giannis, in our republics our leaders told us that life would be heaven once we break up from USSR. So we believed it and nobody opposed.

  • @djsahilking3807
    @djsahilking3807 5 років тому +3

    In India we still do it today give cop 2$ blyat lol 😂😂

  • @josmith317
    @josmith317 4 роки тому +1

    Conspicuous consumption. That is a $50.00 word. You have worked very hard with your language skills.

  • @eli.capinbxu
    @eli.capinbxu 4 роки тому

    This is so true in developing countries
    Pyramiding or Ponzi scams abound preying on newly retired professionals with lots of money. Corruptions involving cops is, also, true here in the Philippines. Thanks, again, Slava for all this new narrative. I hope this will become series on life in new Russia with part 3 coming.

  • @gusrui
    @gusrui 3 роки тому

    Thanks for the video! Very interesting to see the 90's through the eyes of a someone who was a kid back then.
    Can you make a video comparing 90's Russia to 2020's Russia?
    Spasiba

  • @moizesbrando
    @moizesbrando 5 років тому

    Wonderful thanks

  • @JAVTROOPER
    @JAVTROOPER 4 роки тому

    Put some more old footage sir if you have any more. That is gold to me to watch 80s or 90s footage

  • @tyryonolofing3405
    @tyryonolofing3405 3 роки тому

    Ну почти :)
    Маааленький нюанс.
    Дефолт 98 года это первый "маленький" нюанс.
    А второй - это то, что люди, скупавшие ваучеры, новые русские, и практически весь "бизнес" сформировавшийся в этот период - либо просто состоял из бандитов, либо находился под их влиянием, и даже обычный строитель водонапорных башен мог столкнуться с тем, что к нему "заглянули в гости и сказали уважаемые люди" отписать весь бизнес им.
    ... И к сожалению, милиция не расследовала бы это дело. Люди ведь это сделали, ха ха, уважаемые.

  • @deepthoughtsawareness5610
    @deepthoughtsawareness5610 4 роки тому

    Good video keep doing what you do.

  • @robertcgage
    @robertcgage 5 років тому

    Thanks for the post.

  • @geamnegru
    @geamnegru 3 роки тому +1

    we want also part 3

  • @bertanelson8062
    @bertanelson8062 3 роки тому

    I've always wanted to know what it was like to be in USSR when it reverted back to Russia. I'm from USA and remember the time very well. I knew I wasn't getting the full story and certainly not one from a young person living i it. Thank you very much for this!

  • @lovinlife3803
    @lovinlife3803 4 роки тому

    Today in America when the cop asked for your driver's license you stick $100 and with your driver's license and hand it to him. And then about 75% of the time the cop gives you your driver's license back and tells you to drive careful. $100 is a whole lot cheaper than the fine and the higher insurance. I have a brother-in-law who's a cop and tells me these stories. And yes, he takes the $100.

  • @bradfletcher8867
    @bradfletcher8867 3 роки тому

    I was in Moscow in 1994 and everything he said was accurate.

  • @naveenkumarhs379
    @naveenkumarhs379 3 роки тому

    From India and love your channel. If possible visit our country side Bangalore.

  • @BRIANCOSTELLO土澳
    @BRIANCOSTELLO土澳 4 роки тому +1

    G'day Slava, I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate the work you put into your videos mate. Russia is a beautiful and fascinating place, but unfortunately, the only stories the average person in the west hears about Russia are usually negative stories i.e. Putin, politics, Putin, Putin,Putin -etc. So, for me at least, watching your videos has opened up a whole new perspective as to the lives of everyday Russians.
    I've come to love you and your family and I am grateful to have been given this window into your lives. I want you to realize the great service you're doing for your country by making these videos, for example, I have started to read Russian literature during my lock-down and just now finished "The Master and Margarita", an outstanding book on so many levels. So, thank you mate, keep up the good work and I hope you keep making new content.

  • @FernandoLopez-zg7il
    @FernandoLopez-zg7il 3 роки тому

    красивая перуанка футболка/ nice peruvian t-shirt!

  • @SeaHorseIsFlying
    @SeaHorseIsFlying 3 роки тому

    Whether the story about bribing a cop is still happening nowadays? Back to 2000s or 1990s when I was young, I heard the conversation between adults in a family gathering, many Chinese citizens got arrested or their passport got torn by Russian cops because they didn't know how to speak or bribe. That's why solo traveler was not recommended to travel to Russia, of course, visa is another issue for Chinese citizen. I have to admit when I was stopped by a Russian speaking cop in Almaty, Kazakhstan in 2012, I felt very scary and thought my passport would be torn as well. :-D

  • @Frivals
    @Frivals 3 роки тому

    People didn't sell vouchers because didn't trust the state, but because needed currency to buy something!
    There was extreme scarcity of currency money.
    Don't fool people.

  • @legambaz
    @legambaz 4 роки тому

    This is a very short one. Please do Part 3.

  • @russiasvechenaya58
    @russiasvechenaya58 Рік тому

    My grandma sold her Gazprom stock around 2010 and it was worth around 20K usd. She went to the bank to withdraw the cash and was robbed on the train and all the money was taken

  • @oviasifovihasan
    @oviasifovihasan 5 років тому

    W8ing for part 3...

  • @dreadcannibal3395
    @dreadcannibal3395 3 роки тому

    more please! очень интересно

  • @nah922
    @nah922 5 років тому

    I'm from Albania, a former communist republic, and I can absolutely confirm that what has happened in Russia also happened in Albania. Same problems with gangs and mafia after the fall of communism. And some varieties of that joke with the gangsters are also common in Albania :P ...

  • @raymondmiller5098
    @raymondmiller5098 3 роки тому

    Just like p. 1, VERY interesting. After hearing about the depredations in p. 1 (dying over a VCR; banana shortages) I've concluded that us Westerners are about as tough as "marshmallows" compared to Russians, esp. in the chaotic 1990s! (Please film a p. 3).

  • @elperrodelautumo7511
    @elperrodelautumo7511 4 роки тому +1

    Nice Peruvian football jersey 🇵🇪 Russian cowboy 🤠

  • @Nopanop
    @Nopanop 3 роки тому

    Where is part 3 bro. Loved the 2 parts

  • @maxwalker1159
    @maxwalker1159 3 роки тому

    More about privatisation please

  • @bettyhilyer1684
    @bettyhilyer1684 3 роки тому

    Tell us MORE about YOU!! How old are you?? You still live with your parents or are you married?? What is your job?? Love all your videos..so educational... But I love hearing about you, your family and the village lives...so sweet, yet sad...but love them all!!

  • @c0t556
    @c0t556 4 роки тому +1

    Do you get to speak English often in Russia? Your fluency in English is impressive 👍

  • @samirkosov6084
    @samirkosov6084 5 років тому +1

    Hey bro great stuff love your channnel, all on point, what year were you born, I was born in 1991 still in the USSR and left in 1999 it was a crazy time!

  • @olgapolygalova5369
    @olgapolygalova5369 2 роки тому

    Dont forget that sometimes people were forced to sell vouchers under the threat of being killed.

  • @mikeemgesr135
    @mikeemgesr135 3 роки тому

    Thanks Slava, very interesting. What impact did USA money loaned or given to Russian government during Yeltsin era have? Was money stolen, or used to help the economy there?

  • @trackerone9089
    @trackerone9089 5 років тому

    Mr. Russian plus,I'm from India and I rarely comment on UA-cam. Your channel is so authentic. Being a Russian language student, I've read about the things you describe but all this seems more convincing listening from you, I can visualize what you say. Please be kind and explain what do the general people think of the important international events during Putin era. What is your opinion of Putin? What kind of opinion do you have for India? Thank you, I appreciate your work.

  • @cavetreasures5475
    @cavetreasures5475 5 років тому

    Nice! :-) Thanks

  • @carolwatanabe7576
    @carolwatanabe7576 2 роки тому

    Your vocabulary is better than any typical u.s. citizen. Just discovered your channel today and at first I thought you were a u.s. citizen with an accent. Did you say that you knew mandarin? What other languages do you know (reading, writing, not only speaking)?

  • @kennedynyangacha3171
    @kennedynyangacha3171 3 роки тому

    Waiting for your 3rd and 4th and..... to see how the current politics has benefited your country and you since you’re a young man having lived to both.
    In everything there’s always a positive!.

  • @357QueenBee
    @357QueenBee 5 років тому +1

    This video content helps the world understand that people in Russia were oppressed. Your story is history. It is great to hear facts from a civilian. How long did it take you to learn English?

    • @ДедМазай-к7н
      @ДедМазай-к7н 5 років тому +3

      Oppression came after the destruction of the USSR, when the so-called "democracy and freedom" came to us.How this "democracy and freedom" brings happiness now in Iraq, Libya, Syria. And yes, we also had a war in the 90s. And tens of thousands of people died.

    • @357QueenBee
      @357QueenBee 5 років тому

      @@ДедМазай-к7н
      So sad that the greed of politicians kill so many people.

    • @ВладимирКостенко-ъ4в
      @ВладимирКостенко-ъ4в 5 років тому +1

      @Steven Moore Chubais is still not hanging on the Kremlin Wall nailed by his bolls.

  • @skrame01
    @skrame01 3 роки тому

    Very interesting. The 90s were the best in the US.

  • @conniethacker8175
    @conniethacker8175 5 років тому +1

    I see more and more things great about your country. The vouchers were a great jester.The people of your country must be very strong to go through the strife it has suffered. Do you see people a little inward and over cautious due to the way it was before U.S.S.R.?

  • @Utaira
    @Utaira 4 роки тому

    Interesting!

  • @CevicheGato
    @CevicheGato Рік тому

    I dig your Peru soccer ⚽️ jersey of yours buddy 🇵🇪

  • @jesus2621
    @jesus2621 Рік тому

    You are using a soccer shirt from my country thats very interesting

  • @cesarmontera2247
    @cesarmontera2247 2 роки тому

    Part 3 please

  • @nikolaromanos456
    @nikolaromanos456 4 роки тому +1

    How about your education where do you earn it?, you are Russian but you speak 100% very clear English.

  • @eduardojesusjorgepascual1781
    @eduardojesusjorgepascual1781 5 років тому +3

    ¡Quien lo diria es peruano...! O tal vez no.

  • @frederikschotte5475
    @frederikschotte5475 5 років тому +2

    Please go on , your giving us a an inside in real Russia , here in Holland we hear only bad news about Russia ,by our stupid press

    • @Barsik-M
      @Barsik-M 5 років тому

      Are you still wearing wooden shoes down there in Holland?
      Sorry for a joke :) We also don't hear much about Netherlands here in Russia but I guess you have the interesting country/culture. Smoke weed everyday na-na-na-nana

  • @juanmarin9825
    @juanmarin9825 3 роки тому

    Don't forget about doctors asking for extra money...to get a better treatment...

  • @coffeeandtea5396
    @coffeeandtea5396 3 роки тому

    Ой ,у тебя футболка перуанской команды по футболу ? У меня у мужа такая же ,он из Перу 🇵🇪

  • @joelboy26
    @joelboy26 5 років тому

    Please do part 3

  • @kkiissssiikk
    @kkiissssiikk Рік тому

    I remember the time

  • @orim298s
    @orim298s 5 років тому

    Since you lived through the terrible economic, domestic and foreign policy issues of the 1990's, would you have preferred to keep Yeltsin or have someone else?
    In the 2000 election who do you think would have been the best candidate for Russia at that time?
    1. Gennady Zyuganov
    2. Vladimir Zhirinovsky
    3. Vladimir Putin
    4. Grigory Yavlinsky

  • @jonatinmark8232
    @jonatinmark8232 5 років тому

    Hola toma tu like buen hombre

  • @KaneaD
    @KaneaD 3 роки тому

    Привет из перу!!
    yo soy de Perú :v

  • @leonarddavies288
    @leonarddavies288 3 роки тому

    Where's part, 3

  • @TECNOLOGIASHUNGARAS
    @TECNOLOGIASHUNGARAS 5 років тому +3

    Either you are extremely talented or you must have spent considerable time in the company of native English speakers. Have you lived in an English speaking country?

    • @RussianPlus
      @RussianPlus  5 років тому +5

      I spent a year in Tennessee back in 2003

    • @TECNOLOGIASHUNGARAS
      @TECNOLOGIASHUNGARAS 5 років тому +2

      @@RussianPlus There are Russian emigres who have spent decades in the US (who had arrived there as kids) and their English is still heavily accented. Yours is flawless. You could pass for a born American.

    • @RussianPlus
      @RussianPlus  5 років тому +3

      @@TECNOLOGIASHUNGARAS yeah I've seen people like that in America who lived there for 10-20 years . Most of the times their problem is that they hang around their own people. Never trying to socialize with Americans.

    • @samvodopianov9399
      @samvodopianov9399 4 роки тому

      @@RussianPlus Reminds me of older Russian-Australians

  • @CrownArrow
    @CrownArrow 4 роки тому

    In some of his videos he could pass for being from Texas