Russia countryside was destroyed by Stalin with the forced collectivisation (kolkhoz are small Gulag camps) .....Never recovered I guess...

@@user-yz5qr6bp1m я знаю много больше чем ты

@@user-yz5qr6bp1m Tu nous refais le coup de la "non ingérence dans les affaires intérieures" ???? C'est exprès que t'es NKVD ou c'est juste par sadisme (Boukharine) ? Au fait, elle va comment la classe ouvrière russe ? Pire que sous les tsars ? Et l'internationalisme prolétarien, t'es toujours assis dessus ? T'es bieliate ou quoi , NKVD ?

@@user-yz5qr6bp1m Oh, merci pour l'invite .. . et on pourrait commencer par rendre visite à ... Navalny ... Tu sais comment y aller , n'est-ce-pas, ... NKVD ?? Et ensuite on ira à Magadan pour passer sur la "Route des Os" ... tout un programme, sadique Tchekiste ...!!!! Je crois surtout que tu es un agent provocateur ... Je pense que je vais te signaler au FSB ... on va se marrer ....

@@user-vv5wd7oz3y нет, бухарин, ты не знаешь ?

Wow very nice

@Moths to the Flame... THE LIES that come out of USA and their western vassals. USA STILL collaborate with Russian - working together sending Russian & American Astronauts to ISS, with Russian built Engines. USA couldn't get into space without Russian Engines. They also collaborate on other ventures, BUT USA like the vassal west countries. have left GOD and taken up relationship with satan and evil. Easy to find if you do simple search outside of MSM. Blessings from Australia an vassal arm of USA.

yes it was really nice to see Douglas and his place. I really enjoyed it to see just nice people.I hope if someone comes by my place I would be just as nice.

Beautiful, quaint and rustic home. Perhaps Douglas was named after Douglas Fairbanks the movie star? All those beautiful churches must have had huge rural populations. Footage reminds me of American mid-west, or great north central plains of Canada too.

Ok

Ok

Holyfox I strongly agree!

Yes, travel more to AUTHENTIC places, not tourist traps! But most people ignore what an authentic place (and life, and everything...) is.....

Carry Dosimeters too , to detect Nuclear wastelands in Russia , Mayak and Chelyabinsk are very close to Russia ...

I'm English, my partner was Russian. She lived in the city of Perm but we often went north to her family home in the Ural mountains. Propaganda is so far from the truth about the place

This is the best white-fligh i will recommend to everyone ! People are sweet, very polite, altough not "smilers" when you meet them for the first time, but who needs a "false" smile out of politeness and not the heart ?

Douglas is a man of golden heart .

Never pay attention to the press! It is always extremely biased, either untowardly against or untowardly for the country. Channels like these are the best way to glean what's going on.

I don't care about bad press: I know Russians from early childhood; it's the same story like with all other countries: governments are the problem, greedy bussinespeople etc.I know Russians, Arabs, Americans etc - mostly nice people and want just one thing: live

@@RomaInvicta202 it’s funny how crazy is that

@Bugsy Segal i have met skinheads hundreds of times before in russia..thy dont disturb foreigners who can speak the russian language very well..lately past 5 years rarely u bump into skinheads bcs the russian government/police has burried thm all alive..

@Hyperborean Colonialism i was in russia year 2006-2013...volgograd...nobody criticised us foreigners there bcs the city was filled with non russians(caucasians/chinese/africans/arabs)...so thy are used to us anyways..

Since the age 18 i travel from asia to russia alone..by flight..train..bus...there was no such nonsense i encountered in the past 12 years me living n traveling to russia..so stop talking nonsence...i had many affair relationships with russian girls...never faced a problem there...

@Hyperborean Colonialism ok, you might be right about nationalism. As I see news from Russia there is. But I doubt that it is spread everywhere, may be in cities where russians prevail. Take for example Chechnya, Tatarstan, Dagestan, Bashkirya, Kabarda Balkarian republic, Ingushetya, where most of the population are muslims. How russian nationalism can exist there? There are also regions where moslty asians live like Yakutya, Buryatya, Kalmikya, Altay. So I think that nationalism might be only in some regions, it is not spread all over.

@Hyperborean Colonialism You're a bastard, a troll and Russophobe and spread the lie! More than 190 ethnic groups live in Russia and ALL THEY ARE EQUAL. There is NO nationalism and racism in Russia, all nationalities respect each other! The West, as always, composes and spreads a disgusting lie about Russia, accusing it of its own vices, peculiar to the West !!! Russia is God's light and beauty of life, the West is Satanic evil and hypocritical lie !!!

Wow all the way from Zambia! I gave him my UKposts channel and his daughter was supposed to show it to him. I hope she also translates the nice comments for him!

Yes all the way from Zambia 🇿🇲! It’s a small world my dear so keep inspiring. Sometimes people do these videos and they don’t think “outside the box” 😆 but they are the only way some of us will come to Russia 🇷🇺!! And thank you for the English translations so I can follow you and understand. Keep it up

Yes all the way from Zambia 🇿🇲! It’s a small world my dear so keep inspiring. Sometimes people do these videos and they don’t think “outside the box” 😆 but they are the only way some of us will come to Russia 🇷🇺!! And thank you for the English translations so I can follow you and understand. Keep it up

What you hear is about Russian government. A normal hard working citizen is always nice and welcoming.

South Africans watching as well. 😊 Douglas is an amazing man. Truly.

Yes....nice place, even look old....but clean and he maintain in good order. Nice country side.

very true

My father's name was Douglas.

Good Scottish name.

I so totally agree with you. Douglas comes across as a lovely person.

Douglas ... 🙏🏿 A wonderful person

Douglas a Scotsman? His best video👏👏👏👏.

You have said so many good and kind words, thank you! 🙏Come to visit, you will enjoy Russia even more!😊

Yeah I agree,shame about how a percentage of Russians treated rival fans at the World Cup tho

Correct

O! Lovely country side Russia. You are blessed with amazing nature

I love Russia

So glad to hear this. Thanks for sharing

Самая наша драгоценность это душа русского человека! Под РУССКИМИ я имею ввиду все наши дорогие национальности!! И милосердный Унас народ, но к сожалению как и везде в семье не без уродов

♥ я француз Россия поймала меня...Собираюсь эмигрировать, я почтальон на пенсии, полюбил Ростов-на-Дону и русскую деревню. Париж, мой город сейчас дерьмо. В россии есть милые люди !!

@Mad Irishman о, диванный националист. Ты лучше генетику учи, а не такой бред говори

@Mad Irishman а что плохого будете мусульманами перестанете бухать станете жить в Шариате

@@NEON-jq8ic great russia

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I d love to go there and spent my senior years...Provided I had the means to do so...

I think I might pay him another visit sometime)

We feel the same and do the same here in the USA. We are brothers and sisters. We have no reason to fight with each other.

@@hershellacey9405 Good for you! Close, warmhearted relationship is to key to health, wealth and meaning of life!

Dude, everywhere there is less people, is heaven!

Kids at school learn about that poet. And have to memorize his verses too. www.rbth.com/arts/2014/10/16/the_scottish_roots_of_great_russian_poet_lermontov_40663.html

And of course, George Learmonth is the ancestor of the great Russian poet Lermontov, equivalent to the great Pushkin. Which unfortunately like Pushkin was killed in a duel at a young age.

@@snab032 Just read up on him. It is truly fascinating!

One of Ministers of Peter 1 the King was Bruce, the descendant of Scottish Kings.

You look beautiful ❤️

Hi

I am Russian, and I can not pronounce letter "р"!))

The country side in any Slavic nation in Europe looks the same. No need to travel that far east.

unfortunately, people like that are hard to come by nowadays..most of them will be passed on soon

Especially in the Upper Peninsula. I went to Lake Superior State, and Finlandia. The best few years of my life, honestly!

You are not dumb. Я учусь русский очень медленно. Cheers from USA.

Yes peace ❤️

Hi

How are you friend

They are not alone! Is the hospitality and warmth is the product of loneliness? Is it possible that if I meet a friendly person in France, he is lonely? Just when you go to the country or to the country after a long Russian winter, you want to take a break from the city bustle and crowds. But this rarely happens: we are used to communicating with neighbors, friends, and always welcome guests. It's not from loneliness, it's from our fathers, grandfathers, forefathers...- this Russia.

@@shafit4046 Thank you for your answer. It makes me want to go visit!

Do niedawna w Polsce tak wyglądała wieś. Teraz nie odróżnia się od miasta.

Are u on insta?

Hmm, Ural, I am afraid there are the most polluted places. I don`t mean garbage but side affect of factories and miners.

unfair fight Go to y Russia, AssHole

Joe Pataki whats your problem, Joe?

unfair fight ^spasiba

@@joepataki9659 I correspond with an American living in Russia. His name in Youtub is "Stan SPb". So his letter: I have been living in Russia, as an American native-born, for 19 years but visited many times since 1976 and have been here to watch the development from the chaotic 90s and post 2000, when Putin took office, I have never seen such a radical change in any large country. Corruption was the norm in the 90s, and average citizens just do not interact with it now. I have several small businesses in St Petersburg and up until about 2004 it was very difficult to do business without bribes and "favors" and my business was hurt by not being involved in that but the straight legal business critical mass hit the tipping point in 2004 or so when there was more legal business with real accounting records that made illegal business harder and harder continue since legal businesses could not account for transactions with illegal entities, there was no paper trail That kept growing until it must be very hard to conduct business illegally now The federal government has been very active in anti-corruption efforts and it really shows. It is now easier to start a small or mid-sized business now, be perfectly legal, and have it succeed far better than now in the US. Most small business fails in the US because of the very high costs of living means the owner burns through their starting capital very quickly on living expenses alone. Taxes are low, city and federal services are easily used, and burdensome red tape has been slashed. From the 90s to 2019, Russia is an easier place to live and have a good life than the USA for many reasons but it is just more honest, open and rational society. Education, housing, cost of transportation, medical care and access to culture is so much better now. Instead of vilifying Russia the US citizens really should look at it carefully to see how Russia turned itself around, but the US is so dominated by nonsense propaganda few people know that about 100 countries have overtaken the US in quality of life for the non-wealthy. It is fun, exciting, humane and a rational place to live and raise a family. I have watched it make the changes that have allowed this. At the same time I remember 35 years ago, the US was a great place to raise a family or start a small business. All that has broken down in a bitterly divided extremely corrupt, angry fearful society where free speech is threatened daily with many words or opinions that will end up causing attacks and violence and no one knows for sure where the next hostility will come from. The US is a stressed out bomb waiting to explode. economic security is one of the missing elements in US society for the 90% and from that lack of security and lack of opportunity, most people are leading difficult lives. The young people have a very bleak future awaiting them with starting life with mountains of debt, few living wage job prospects 20 years of college loans. Bankruptcy awaits if they get sick. Or, with no public transport, the cost of a car and related expenses and high cost of housing means never having the option to be debt free or travel, have savings or have a normal family of their own. But Americans who did not visit for an extended period will never know anything true about Russia. There are thousands of Americans living in Russia and I have met none who want to return to the US, it is just too crazy and angry after such an open friendly place like Russia. From myself I will add the following. I watched dozens of videos from foreigners living in Russia. Among them, a third are Americans. They always speak very positively about Russia. I decided to go there. My friend lived there for 2 years at work.

Great people ? Think how many people they are killed among themself and how many people were killed from neighbour countries ?. West have no clues.! Inly great nations are able recognize their past.Russia is one of them? I doubt it. Human life is worthy anything up there?

@@user-ou6jj8bx9f , Стрелки не переводи.

@@baryka2015 I correspond with an American living in Russia. His name in Youtub is "Stan SPb". So his letter: I have been living in Russia, as an American native-born, for 19 years but visited many times since 1976 and have been here to watch the development from the chaotic 90s and post 2000, when Putin took office, I have never seen such a radical change in any large country. Corruption was the norm in the 90s, and average citizens just do not interact with it now. I have several small businesses in St Petersburg and up until about 2004 it was very difficult to do business without bribes and "favors" and my business was hurt by not being involved in that but the straight legal business critical mass hit the tipping point in 2004 or so when there was more legal business with real accounting records that made illegal business harder and harder continue since legal businesses could not account for transactions with illegal entities, there was no paper trail That kept growing until it must be very hard to conduct business illegally now The federal government has been very active in anti-corruption efforts and it really shows. It is now easier to start a small or mid-sized business now, be perfectly legal, and have it succeed far better than now in the US. Most small business fails in the US because of the very high costs of living means the owner burns through their starting capital very quickly on living expenses alone. Taxes are low, city and federal services are easily used, and burdensome red tape has been slashed. From the 90s to 2019, Russia is an easier place to live and have a good life than the USA for many reasons but it is just more honest, open and rational society. Education, housing, cost of transportation, medical care and access to culture is so much better now. Instead of vilifying Russia the US citizens really should look at it carefully to see how Russia turned itself around, but the US is so dominated by nonsense propaganda few people know that about 100 countries have overtaken the US in quality of life for the non-wealthy. It is fun, exciting, humane and a rational place to live and raise a family. I have watched it make the changes that have allowed this. At the same time I remember 35 years ago, the US was a great place to raise a family or start a small business. All that has broken down in a bitterly divided extremely corrupt, angry fearful society where free speech is threatened daily with many words or opinions that will end up causing attacks and violence and no one knows for sure where the next hostility will come from. The US is a stressed out bomb waiting to explode. economic security is one of the missing elements in US society for the 90% and from that lack of security and lack of opportunity, most people are leading difficult lives. The young people have a very bleak future awaiting them with starting life with mountains of debt, few living wage job prospects 20 years of college loans. Bankruptcy awaits if they get sick. Or, with no public transport, the cost of a car and related expenses and high cost of housing means never having the option to be debt free or travel, have savings or have a normal family of their own. But Americans who did not visit for an extended period will never know anything true about Russia. There are thousands of Americans living in Russia and I have met none who want to return to the US, it is just too crazy and angry after such an open friendly place like Russia. From myself I will add the following. I watched dozens of videos from foreigners living in Russia. Among them, a third are Americans. They always speak very positively about Russia. I decided to go there. My friend lived there for 2 years at work.

@@baryka2015 Bla-bla-bla

hvordan har du det

Bare bra takk! Har planer om en høst-tur til Baikal for å se på naturen! Ha en fin dag:)

@@756il2yr I was studying at BI in Oslo for 3 months

BI is a good faculty. Hope you had time to learn something. 3 months is not much.

Give me your mail address.

The problem of many countries is dying villages. Young people leave the village and move to cities. This I see in every country. We need a powerful state program to revive life in the villages. This is primarily support for farming.

Did you ever hear from Douglas or his daughter? Do you know if he ever saw the video?

I might pay him a visit this spring or summer. I hope he's doing well

Very very cold.

@@patb9375 is there lots of snow?

@@islandgirl9479 yes

Hi

How are you friend

Love to Vietnam from Russia

@YOO HOO lol...from hung low??..

@Irta Man Нет, не да, "признавать проблемы" и говорить что "ты точно не не захочешь тут жить" это две разные вещи. Из Киева ты или нет - но вырусь в любом случае