Well traveled Dutchman here. (which is nothing special) When driving in a foreign country I usually stick to the basic rul; ''Drive like the locals do.'' However in Russia this rule is not recommended. Most Russians are careful and competent drivers, who want to keep themselves and their cars undamaged, but there are also many idiots on the roads. Best way to travel there in winter is by train or by airplane.
26 hours of on stop driving during winter conditions is pure craziness. You guys are extremely lucky that nothing bad happened. There are so many risks around you at snowed highway and you will not react quick enough if you drive for too long.
Wow. The roads here in Canada can get bad like that too. Our main highway I think may have more plow trucks though. Don't quote me though because the funding for snow removal has been cut back again. We are having another snow storm right now actually lol. Safe travels and thank you so much for the videos.
I was also going to point out that it was just like Canada, haha. If there wasn't for those churches in the video (and of course Russian boards), I would just have thought it was here hahaha
Russia is closer to America than what we all think. All the same winter driving problems on the interstate. Russian and American driving is not like western Europe.
Probably in most ways (From mentality and outer politics to local conditions and buisness) - US and Russia have more common with each other, either than Europe.
Reminds me of Nov 1998 when we adopted two Russian kids. 30 below zero, my face hurt. I was just happy that someone else drove us from Moscow to Yaroslavl and back.
Highways look OK. It is the snow removal that is the problem. They should be prepared as snow is nothing new in Siberia. Snow removal is costly, but delaying the trucks is costly as well. In the mountains they should have chain up areas. Why don't some of you Canadians make a video and show how it is done in Canada. (As for the police they are all the same. In Canada they hide so that they can trap you).
surprisingly i havent seen chains used in russia at all, we don't have too many mountains but mountains cross some important highways and would certainly come in handy there
This is good videos it lets us see what Russia is really like worts and all you do a good job mate .im watching this from Australia ,I’m 68 lived here 42 years brought up in Scotland remember on tv in late 50s Russia then was a much different country to now such improvements now
that's awesome thanks. drove many a trip like that. like say,..one time,... from Toledo, Oregon all the way back to South Dakota. My trip,..well it started from Toledo started early morning at 05:00 a.m. i went east to the Valley Corvallis Oregon on highway 20 and hooked up with I-5 or interstate 5. Went north to Portland. Swung around the south east of Portland to I- 84 then at tri-cities Kenniwick, Pasco, Richland and turned north unto I-82 to highway 395. Followed that until i hit I-90 and then went through numerous states all the way to South Dakota. When south Dakota was reached turned off at Stugis South Dakota. Went East through Sturgis on highway 34 to highway 79. then hit highway 212,..and then followed that all the way to Eagle butte south Dakota. Went east of Eagle butte to Ridgeview,..turned north on BIA rd 3,..which turns into 4 and then finally stopped in Promise yeah. But since i was driving alone and it was in winter,..January i spent one night in Missoula Montana. Like you I love the mountains so i wanted to see more of them,..and in snow they are so breath taking. Roads were slippery to snow packed with more coming,..but if a person drove careful it was fine.And in the morning they were awesome!! just thought i would share. thank you. be safe be careful have fun.
Road trips are a kind of therapy for me. I love that. In the United States I have already experienced Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine in winter. At other times I have been part of Route 66, beaches in Florida, and even the Extraterrestrial Highway. I've been to the Sturgis motorcycle meet, and about the state of Wyoming I can say: oh my God, what an incredible place to drive! Greetings from Brazil!
When you mentioned Perm, I looked on Google earth and expected the city to be far across Russia but it looked next door, it really does put the size of Russia in perspective.👍🇷🇺
that shit happened to me last year when I was driving to Austria for ski holidays. There were a crazy snowstorm and trucks couldn't go up the mountain roads.
would love to see you drive to Yakutsk and make a driving video of Yakutsk, so few videos about my favorite Russian city and your driving videos are very high quality!
I thought In Russia 🇷🇺 8 months of the year is snowy winter 🙄 thus you have better magical system to keep highways/freeways free of snow!😒 Oh well. As some have mentioned, Russia 🇷🇺 and America 🇺🇸 share lots of similar situations. Yes! There are always idiots driving on the snowy highway at 120!
Or St. Petersburg. Check out the fans who drove that to see zenith play only for their car to break in Vladivostok. They took the trans Siberian back home and the club gave them another car for their efforts.
can you upload video Moscow to Yekaterinburg full trip full video?? if possible no music only the sound of the trip no other just like you can feel that your in the trip you guys are talking to the car dont mind the viideo iam ready to watch no matter how long is the trip/video?! pls upload a video from Moscow to Yekaterinburg full trip
A lot of Russian drivers take unnecessary risks...You ought to try riding a motorcycle through Russia like I did last autumn from Germany. Most drivers (but not all) have zero respect for motorcyclists. A couple of guys deliberately ran me off the road...lucky I was on my offroad KTM, so I just gassed it and went around them offroad and way up ahead. They were absolute dickheads...in the minority though.
Love from Dubai..... its so beautiful place .... me and my family loves your countryside trips.... and love these place really want to visit but don't know how to reach these villages 🤩🥰❤❤❤
No rust. In the US and Canada, some cars are destroyed after 10 years, so much salt. It's like driving on the beach every day for 6 months of the year.
Looks like winter driving in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming. I didn't realize that Yekaterinburg is East of the Urals. That would be like us crossing the Rocky Mountains during winter. It can get really nasty sometimes. Do most Russians purchase winter tires for use during the winter months?
But it turns out, the Urals are just itsy-bitsy hills, less than the Appalachians! The top peak is only something like 7000 feet! Don't let that "boundary between Europe and Asia" hype confuse you 😂
SUV with 4WD, LSD, diff-lock, snow tyres, plenty of ground clearance ... Chains would be a plus but sadly there isn't space under the wheel arch of most modern cars. Call that progress cos I don't. And as for low-profile snow tyres, they're ultimate in stupidity. Ever considered increasing the weight per unit area ratio by using narrower tyres rather than those all-fashion no-function ultra-wide tyres? Jack, the Japan Alps Brit
@@RussianPlus Это большая удача! That's fantastic. What kind of car was it? Did you win a lottery or game show? Also, if I may make suggestion: the Subaru Outback AWD is great on snow going up slopes. Low center of gravity and power at all the wheels.
А что не показали как например дорога до Нижнего идет сквозь кучу населенных пунктов с допустимой скоростью 60? Показаны только прямые свободные участки.
Apart from the weather conditions, how was the quality of the road surface itself (which looks good from your clips). I'm thinking of doing a road trip this summer as part of the European Championships (have tix for the 1/4 final in St. Petersburg!) and would love to explore some of the country east of Moscow (by car).
Do Russians normally drive with studded tyres like they do in Scandinavia? Like the Nokian Hakkapeliitta 10 with steel studs? Or is that not allowed because of damaging the asphalt?
Raining more than it's snowing.... Look at the snow on the side roads and churches? I understand cities do have one or two grads higher but honestly....
i made this trip last summer 2019 France to Krasnoyarsk, Siberia M9 to Moscow, them M7 and M5 .... all the way to Krasnoyarsk, Return September. Trip of a lifetime.. June - September 2019. sorry, i have no videos, but lots of snaps. i plan to do the same this winter late February 2020 .... M9/M7/M5 ... in winter. i love to hear from any of you, any comments i will study in-depth... many thanks. p.s. will i need snow chains for my Citroen Saxo????
I never saw snow chains here in Russia. Actually we use winter tires from october to april. Sometimes longer or shorter depending on a region. And we switch them twice a year.
When IT gets to ABOUT 10 degrees below zero, not Celsius. WE CAN finally get out and drive..I mean NO disrespect ,BUT I chuckle when PEOPLE stay ,0 .. That's warm in Northern WASHINGTON STATE BY CANADA.
This is not extreme conditions, this is just people with no winter tires. We get way more snow here, and we can get to our destination especially trucks that have more traction than cars.
This is interesting, no chains or traction aids are allowed? Chains do, or can damage the road surface, there are other type devices now such as wheel socks (Polymer), have you used any of these things? Why did you chose to not use the rail for your trip?
Xa...Xa...For sure...and most of time don't need that stuff If you ain't no dumb ass that goes too fast for the conditions. I have been on some ice that made me pucker up.
It always surprises me how many reckless drivers there are in Russia when wages are low relative to the price of a car. You would have imagined people would be desperate not to cause any unnecessary damage to their vehicle.
I'd be very nervous driving in those conditions in Russia, not by the snow, but I have a friend who went there and he told me that drunk driving is rife
Well traveled Dutchman here. (which is nothing special)
When driving in a foreign country I usually stick to the basic rul; ''Drive like the locals do.''
However in Russia this rule is not recommended.
Most Russians are careful and competent drivers, who want to keep themselves and their cars undamaged, but there are also many idiots on the roads.
Best way to travel there in winter is by train or by airplane.
26 hours of on stop driving during winter conditions is pure craziness. You guys are extremely lucky that nothing bad happened. There are so many risks around you at snowed highway and you will not react quick enough if you drive for too long.
Alex P
Yeah, my brain is mush after 8 hours of driving, can't imagine 26.
I go to the warm sea for 3-4 days.Novy Urengoy-Krasnodar,4400 km.
i think so too..
you must get rest at least every 6 hours
@@ognemir88 3-4 hours of rest per day.stop only at gas stations.wife feeds in motion.
"If you afraid of wolfs, you shouldn't go to the forest". Russian proverb.
Wow. The roads here in Canada can get bad like that too. Our main highway I think may have more plow trucks though. Don't quote me though because the funding for snow removal has been cut back again. We are having another snow storm right now actually lol. Safe travels and thank you so much for the videos.
I was also going to point out that it was just like Canada, haha. If there wasn't for those churches in the video (and of course Russian boards), I would just have thought it was here hahaha
Thank you for sharing this interresting video. I love it!
Russia is closer to America than what we all think. All the same winter driving problems on the interstate. Russian and American driving is not like western Europe.
And geographical we are closer to each other than most of us think. Only 4 kilometres between USA Little Diomede island & Russian Ratmanov island ))
Probably in most ways (From mentality and outer politics to local conditions and buisness) - US and Russia have more common with each other, either than Europe.
Russia is another America
Well, I think you are right. Europe is much way different.
western Europe.. it's.. Europe enough to say..
just another warm conditions for a pussys
Reminds me of Nov 1998 when we adopted two Russian kids. 30 below zero, my face hurt. I was just happy that someone else drove us from Moscow to Yaroslavl and back.
RussianPlus, This is interesting and well done. Thank you so much! ---from north-central USA, where we get lots of ice & snow!
Driving from St. Petersburg to the northern part of Lake Ladoga wish me luck.
If you're not knight of livonian order you will succeed
I love Россия. Спасибо большое.
Highways look OK. It is the snow removal that is the problem. They should be prepared as snow is nothing new in Siberia. Snow removal is costly, but delaying the trucks is costly as well. In the mountains they should have chain up areas. Why don't some of you Canadians make a video and show how it is done in Canada. (As for the police they are all the same. In Canada they hide so that they can trap you).
This is not Siberia and such snow condition are kinda uncommon in the euro part of Russia.
Siberia is at least 1000 km away from Yekaterinburg.
surprisingly i havent seen chains used in russia at all, we don't have too many mountains but mountains cross some important highways and would certainly come in handy there
This is good videos it lets us see what Russia is really like worts and all you do a good job mate .im watching this from Australia ,I’m 68 lived here 42 years brought up in Scotland remember on tv in late 50s Russia then was a much different country to now such improvements now
Respect! 1860 Km! I have done similar, but never one that long in mid winter bad weather. Glad I never had to. So respect to you.
Right on!
You are dedicated , passionate and so articulate.. thank you
that's awesome thanks. drove many a trip like that. like say,..one time,... from Toledo, Oregon all the way back to South Dakota. My trip,..well it started from Toledo started early morning at 05:00 a.m. i went east to the Valley Corvallis Oregon on highway 20 and hooked up with I-5 or interstate 5. Went north to Portland. Swung around the south east of Portland to I- 84 then at tri-cities Kenniwick, Pasco, Richland and turned north unto I-82 to highway 395. Followed that until i hit I-90 and then went through numerous states all the way to South Dakota. When south Dakota was reached turned off at Stugis South Dakota. Went East through Sturgis on highway 34 to highway 79. then hit highway 212,..and then followed that all the way to Eagle butte south Dakota. Went east of Eagle butte to Ridgeview,..turned north on BIA rd 3,..which turns into 4 and then finally stopped in Promise yeah. But since i was driving alone and it was in winter,..January i spent one night in Missoula Montana. Like you I love the mountains so i wanted to see more of them,..and in snow they are so breath taking. Roads were slippery to snow packed with more coming,..but if a person drove careful it was fine.And in the morning they were awesome!! just thought i would share. thank you. be safe be careful have fun.
Road trips are a kind of therapy for me. I love that. In the United States I have already experienced Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine in winter. At other times I have been part of Route 66, beaches in Florida, and even the Extraterrestrial Highway. I've been to the Sturgis motorcycle meet, and about the state of Wyoming I can say: oh my God, what an incredible place to drive!
Greetings from Brazil!
When you mentioned Perm, I looked on Google earth and expected the city to be far across Russia but it looked next door, it really does put the size of Russia in perspective.👍🇷🇺
that shit happened to me last year when I was driving to Austria for ski holidays. There were a crazy snowstorm and trucks couldn't go up the mountain roads.
Thank you for sharing. This is a very important piece of information.
Thanks for posting, bro!
would love to see you drive to Yakutsk and make a driving video of Yakutsk, so few videos about my favorite Russian city and your driving videos are very high quality!
6500km from my hometown. 89 hours of driving lol. not feasible for now
RussianPlus lol I know I just thought I’d let ya know ;)
I thought In Russia 🇷🇺 8 months of the year is snowy winter 🙄 thus you have better magical system to keep highways/freeways free of snow!😒
Oh well. As some have mentioned, Russia 🇷🇺 and America 🇺🇸 share lots of similar situations. Yes! There are always idiots driving on the snowy highway at 120!
Much is similar.
Only our media does not portray Americans and Canadians as downright bastards.
Из Архангельска на короткой Ниве за 26 часов в начале зимы в Йобург доехал. Расстояние такое же, но дорога хуже.
man, imagine driving to Vladivostok from Moscow
Or St. Petersburg. Check out the fans who drove that to see zenith play only for their car to break in Vladivostok. They took the trans Siberian back home and the club gave them another car for their efforts.
A crazy Danish family drove all the way from Denmark to Vladivostok on two Toyota Land Cruisers.
How bought from Key West, Florida to Deadhorse, Alaska.
Similar. Except American and Canadian roads are WAYY better than Russian roads.
Thank you I like your video and your comments... Hello from Indiana USA
Glad you made it back alright
A quarter of the globe is Russia.. Thanks from India.
You are great
The video is greater
Russia is the greatest
So beautiful!
can you upload video Moscow to Yekaterinburg full trip full video?? if possible no music only the sound of the trip no other just like you can feel that your in the trip you guys are talking to the car dont mind the viideo iam ready to watch no matter how long is the trip/video?! pls upload a video from Moscow to Yekaterinburg full trip
A lot of Russian drivers take unnecessary risks...You ought to try riding a motorcycle through Russia like I did last autumn from Germany. Most drivers (but not all) have zero respect for motorcyclists. A couple of guys deliberately ran me off the road...lucky I was on my offroad KTM, so I just gassed it and went around them offroad and way up ahead. They were absolute dickheads...in the minority though.
beautiful, russian winter is very beautiful! a big thumbs up!
What is the coldest and snowiest month in this part of Russia? Love your videos. Keep them coming and keep up the wonderful work.
I know that I am late with the answer, but I will say: February is 100% the coldest and snowiest. Is always.
I love moscow city of peace*
really cool video of the snow in Russia, I love it.
Thank you for sharing video
Planned to go from Poland to Nizhny Tagil by car, to see the ski jumping competition. But well, that makes me wonder if I can do it at all :P
Это вам не Таити!😁
good winter driving.
🌵 I'm for any country that drives on the right side of the road.
02-13-19. 1:30 pm pst. 3,095/45
Traffic conditions were good, if you want to have a look at traffic congestion, have a look army LA
Love from Dubai..... its so beautiful place .... me and my family loves your countryside trips.... and love these place really want to visit but don't know how to reach these villages 🤩🥰❤❤❤
Never seen snow, though having travelled to many countries....Enjoyed watching the video in Hot sweaters weather here in Pakistan
Am from India love to Rassia 🇮🇳❤️🇷🇺🇮🇳❤️🇷🇺🇮🇳❤️🇷🇺🇷🇺❤️🇮🇳😍😍😍😍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰loved rassia
Awesome trip! However I prefer airplanes. )
No rust. In the US and Canada, some cars are destroyed after 10 years, so much salt. It's like driving on the beach every day for 6 months of the year.
Looks like winter driving in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming.
I didn't realize that Yekaterinburg is East of the Urals. That would be like us crossing the Rocky Mountains during winter. It can get really nasty sometimes.
Do most Russians purchase winter tires for use during the winter months?
But it turns out, the Urals are just itsy-bitsy hills, less than the Appalachians! The top peak is only something like 7000 feet! Don't let that "boundary between Europe and Asia" hype confuse you 😂
SUV with 4WD, LSD, diff-lock, snow tyres, plenty of ground clearance ...
Chains would be a plus but sadly there isn't space under the wheel arch of most modern cars.
Call that progress cos I don't.
And as for low-profile snow tyres, they're ultimate in stupidity. Ever considered increasing the weight per unit area ratio by using narrower tyres rather than those all-fashion no-function ultra-wide tyres?
Jack, the Japan Alps Brit
I love the videos but 26 hours? I would take the train next time, dude. God bless you and your family.
I won a car and had to drive it back home
@@RussianPlus Это большая удача! That's fantastic. What kind of car was it? Did you win a lottery or game show?
Also, if I may make suggestion: the Subaru Outback AWD is great on snow going up slopes. Low center of gravity and power at all the wheels.
Kia sportage 2.0. front wheel drive
I even have a video about it look it up
@@RussianPlus лучшая машипа - новая машинаю
А что не показали как например дорога до Нижнего идет сквозь кучу населенных пунктов с допустимой скоростью 60? Показаны только прямые свободные участки.
I love russia.... sir
Apart from the weather conditions, how was the quality of the road surface itself (which looks good from your clips). I'm thinking of doing a road trip this summer as part of the European Championships (have tix for the 1/4 final in St. Petersburg!) and would love to explore some of the country east of Moscow (by car).
Hi world from Vladimir! Waiting for u here))
Привет
You'll be waiting for the rest of your days.
I want to live in Russia. Such a beautiful country.
I'm searching for truck driving job I'm in Africa
I love snowy road..
I was caught by winter blizzard New York and Germany, the same as in video. Really not a joke as well as Alaska.
Do Russians normally drive with studded tyres like they do in Scandinavia? Like the Nokian Hakkapeliitta 10 with steel studs? Or is that not allowed because of damaging the asphalt?
It's allowed. I'm driving with studs
Kind of reminds me of driving in North Dakota and Minnesota, crazy drivers that love to hit the ditch in snow.
Someway somehow , I manage to read North Dakota as North Korea .
Did you visit белая башня in Екатеринбург?
How much challenging is it for someone used to driving in Canadian winters?
Raining more than it's snowing.... Look at the snow on the side roads and churches? I understand cities do have one or two grads higher but honestly....
Welcome to Kazan )))
I visited kazan in the world cup , it's an amazing city .
One of my friend lives in kazan.
very nice...
i made this trip last summer 2019 France to Krasnoyarsk, Siberia
M9 to Moscow, them M7 and M5 .... all the way to Krasnoyarsk, Return September.
Trip of a lifetime.. June - September 2019. sorry, i have no videos, but lots of snaps.
i plan to do the same this winter late February 2020 .... M9/M7/M5 ... in winter.
i love to hear from any of you, any comments i will study in-depth...
many thanks.
p.s. will i need snow chains for my Citroen Saxo????
I never saw snow chains here in Russia. Actually we use winter tires from october to april. Sometimes longer or shorter depending on a region.
And we switch them twice a year.
Omg! Some people are driving too fast for the conditions
When IT gets to ABOUT 10 degrees below zero, not Celsius. WE CAN finally get out and drive..I mean NO disrespect ,BUT I chuckle when PEOPLE stay ,0 .. That's warm in Northern WASHINGTON STATE BY CANADA.
thanks
Ain't see nothing yet in Quebec. Snow storm today, 30 to 40 cm of snow forecast. Blowing snow. Pileups on higways.
Almost exactly like driving in wyoming
This is not extreme conditions, this is just people with no winter tires. We get way more snow here, and we can get to our destination especially trucks that have more traction than cars.
26 hours to go 1030 miles? RP, that's really suckin'! Why didn't you and Lana ride motorcycles?
I am in Southern China where the summer is too hot in summer.I Love this kind of weather in winter.
This is interesting, no chains or traction aids are allowed? Chains do, or can damage the road surface, there are other type devices now such as wheel socks (Polymer), have you used any of these things? Why did you chose to not use the rail for your trip?
hard to believe but i won a car and the delivery was in Moscow. Had to drive it back. im not normally this lucky though :)
Those are kinda allowed but nobody uses them. And you really don't need them if you have good winter tires.
Xa...Xa...For sure...and most of time don't need that stuff If you ain't no dumb ass that goes too fast for the conditions. I have been on some ice that made me pucker up.
Wow, won a car? That's cool I'd go get it too, can't look a gift horse in the mouth!!
Once in the rural areas..with the sound muted...it could have passed as the area I live in..upstate..NY
Nice video
Don’t they have tow trucks in Russia
Where is your hometown in Russia?
It always surprises me how many reckless drivers there are in Russia when wages are low relative to the price of a car. You would have imagined people would be desperate not to cause any unnecessary damage to their vehicle.
Road conditions are about the same in Canada in winter
Why cover that distance all at once?
Wonder if the Government would consider contract to private company the task of road clearing?
The problem is they are all private companies. They love money and don’t like work.
I'd be very nervous driving in those conditions in Russia, not by the snow, but I have a friend who went there and he told me that drunk driving is rife
Your friend is an idiot, and he has not been to Russia, because if he was, he would not say such nonsense.
@@ned1314 You're right about the idiot part, but he has been to Russia.
Why u drove at night why
me and my dad were taking turns sleeping. not the best idea i agree
Surprised not to see any car wrecks.
Really scary
What car are you using?
Kia Sportage
@@RussianPlus Thanks for remind. I thought your car was a original. Kia sportage is the most car that I never see
moscow traffic is crazy !!😜😜
Did you use winter tires?
Of course brand new winter tires
Do more commentaries please
Sure no problem. Any particular topic you want me to cover
RussianPlus more topics Moscow related plz
Love to come one day !
I have driven in far worst winter conditions here in Canada then what is shown in this video.
too bad you missed Cheboxary during the road
people don't drive as bad as i thought
Why I always attracted toward Russia and Soviet cities ?
And look how USA driving in winter like a robots!!! Pile up 100s cars etc
Неплохо давай по города миллионникам
Ye it’s no joke alright dangerous
Muito lindo maravilhoso, Obrigado
Reminds me of Australian Police...
Napoleon Agrees
These drivers should loose their licence who drive to fast on bad roads and made to sit another test
Driving in Russian highway at winter life threatenning