I love how some small town Russian girl, wandering around a small town talking to cool little kids in their tiny house, have over 200k people stoked on them
Even though they're speaking Russian, those little kids remind me of my baby cousins who will run up to strangers and tell them that they have a TH-cam channel and to like and subscribe. Kids are kids.
What's that suppose to mean? 'Cause you're talking like it is something well out of ordinary. Take any country any day trying to avoid big cities and you'd see the same picture. Well, almost..
Do not be embarrassed of your home or where you come from! Thank you for showing us. I don’t know if I will ever make it to Russia, but I am honored that I get to see what Russia is like through your videos.
@@наркоманыгульфоботыбольныпсихр You clearly have never been to either place. What she is showing resonates with the childhoods and country lives of people around the world, from the comments. She has shown me how similar Russia is to Canada and vice versa. I hope your perspective broadens in future.
Never let go of where you come from. There she was digging potatoes. That garden will come in handy when the world collapses. City people will be starving.
14:11 This is exactly the way we harvested potatoes in my grandma's garden in eastern Germany, too. The (not funny) joke is, you can strive as much as you want throughout your life, you can stay in luxury hotels and seek relaxation in expensive spas, you can visit en vouge places around the world, but if you ask me where/when I've had the best moments of my life, if you honestly ask me where/when I felt real inner calm, peace and happiness, the answer is: as a child in my grandma's vegetable garden, as a child when we built little houses, as a child when we were just allowed to be children. This video brought back so many memories from my childhood even though it was 7,000 km further west. Thank u.
I grew up (and still live) in rural Pennsylvania in the US, and that fort brought me right back to my childhood. We built one in my backyard with rocks, but my favorite was an abandoned treehouse we found in the woods. I love how kids all over the world play the same.
All kids on the world ARE the same.. we are all the same humans before education, upbringing, politics, woes, hardships, emotional distress and whatever.. Imagine we could grow up without those influences..
I agree it is very wholesome. I used to live that way when I was growing up the southwestern USA. We had our "forts" and places out in abandoned lots or desert spaces. We would dig in the ground and hide our toys like pirates would bury treasure. And we would ride our bicycles everywhere.
We would build forts out of snow in Canada. I think it's great to see the boys using their creativity and having fun with whatever is available. No electronics whatsoever. Good going guys.
A house is just bricks, windows and paint. What matters is that a house is your home. A place were you feel save and have fun and where you can play. I think you had a great home!
Well put. Your home is where you can relax in safety, have a few personal things that remind you of pleasant memories and friends, and maybe invite friends over to enjoy an evening. Natasha grew up in a warm home with loving parents and friendly neighbors, I imagine, without any significant violence threatening them.
It looks like in my grandmother's small town in northern Sweden. This video brings back memories of the simple carefree life I had when I was a kid. Simply a wonderful life!
@@SamsRussianAdventures I don't necessarily think it's that, I watch several other people now who do similar videos, but for me personally these videos are the best. I think she appeals to her audience very well, she's of a similar age to her own audience, and as an example her life is similar to mine in the sense that we are a similar age, both study at university, yet our lives are so different due to geography. Her videos are also informative and it's clear she's very intelligent, and she provides a lot of insight and background into things that other people would find boring. She manages to make dull things interesting! I've watched similar channels, and I just don't have anything remotely in common with the creator, I see them just aimlessly walking around showing things with no attention to detail and no extra explanation, her personality as a whole goes a long way and her content overall is very high quality
I really loved this. More people need to see that above the vail of politics, we are just people happy with the little things like running water and digging potatoes. You are doing far more good with these videos than you know.
politics, no matter the flavor, is always disingenuous--this young woman seems to be genuine and true. Yeah Russia--excellent video Natasha, stay true. best of luck to you and to your little friends in their fort.--peace.
I loved how your dog showed such joy to be alive, running around and hanging out with you. Such simple pleasures. If only people could enjoy the same. Instead they get caught up in the rat races of everyday living.
@@stinky1214 ....WTF? 🤣 ....that's a nutty and extreme observation 🤔 ...canine animals don't understand dogma or political ideologies. they're just socialist creatures, who act on instinct 😆
So many others have said all the things I've wanted to say, but I'll add mine anyway. Thank you so much for this video (and all the others). Tell your mother that we greatly appreciate her willingness to show her yard and your home. This has made this one of my personal favorite videos because of how personal it is. Our homes and countries have it all; the good, the bad...things we wish were better...and things that give us wonderful memories. Your videos have a sense of being real and honest that is refreshing and entertaining and educational. It makes it feel like you are a video pen-pal and I appreciate it. Thank you.
It's refreshing to see kids just being kids. Instead of staring at the screen on some device they are outside playing and building forts. Side note, I love your videos giving us a look into life in small town Russia. As a small town American it's fun to see the similarities.
Hello Natasha!! Never be embarrassed about where you grew up or your home. Your place is incredible and so is the garden. Great video and thank you so much for sharing. We call the "fire tube" sticking out of the roof a chimney here :) Best wishes and thanks again from Fort Worth Texas
When I was 6, I had to learn to tend our vegetable garden in rural Arkansas, USA. Your garden is very similar. So, I had a huge smile when I watched you dig the potatoes.
There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Outhouses were common in some parts of Illinois until there was sewer lines added. Some houses may not even wanted to pay the fee to be connected, especially in houses that were far apart. More likely they would change over to a septic tank to be able to have toilets indoors. Also in North Carolina, everyone had a septic tank outside smaller towns. Sewer lines came though and the chance to connect was given after about 2005 as they were installing the pipes.
This looks like it could be a lot of places in southern or central Illinois honestly. Nothing wrong with well water, septic systems or other signs of rural life.
Thank you Natasha for this beautiful video! I am from Alabama in the U.S. It is a very poor state and very hot in the Summer like the wonderful town you grew up in. Knowing that there are kind and intelligent people like you in Russia gives me hope for peace in the world.
She’s a nice lady, but the Chinese are claiming that all of the land that her and her family and friends live on a stolen from them by imperialism. Right now China’s busy attacking smaller countries like Vietnam, and tied one and bouton and Nepal but eventually they will turn their guns on this lady and her homeland. Just a matter of time. Really hope they can all get out alive.
Hey, as an Englishman may I just compliment you on your superb English? Your vocabulary, your grammar, the clarity of your pronouncialtion are really excellent and it is an absolute pleasure to listen to your narration. And thank you for an honest insight into life in your home town.
Those boys were so proud of their little house and justifiably so. This was an interesting video and commentary. Also, enjoyed seeing the vegetable garden and hearing the modified Subaru at 10:38!
Natasha I find myself addicted to your videos. First and foremost they are entertaining and educational, but yet very calming. Most likely because of your down to earth low key presentation. All the best to you and your family from the USA 🇺🇸
She is just the most charming person on TH-cam and deceptively skilled at what she's doing. I love the sort of old-timey documentary music in the background. And that house those boys built is just awesome.
Most russians who remember 1990-s know this music from a silly comedy show "Деревня Дураков" (something like "Fool's Village") - th-cam.com/video/hi1DJCpyy3Q/w-d-xo.html
@@tyreebruce -They will. Because they asked Natasha for her channel & I saw that note that showed Yeah Russia. I had to Pause the video for a few seconds to see note.
I am 75 and grew up in the USA, in the country. We too had an outhouse and had no tap water. We had to hand pump our water in huge tubs, bring them in to the house, where they would be heated on top of the electric stove. It was hard times, especially in the Winter, but it made me who I am today. Thank you for your honest reporting and showing us that not all Russians, live in your beautiful high rise buildings.
I'm 63 and my godmother, she's my mother's sister, still uses wood to heat the stove. And the stove heats the whole house. Of course it made us who we are. But the question is different. What have I done in my past life that I still cry?
@@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket houses with no water that have to go and collect it from the streets? This girl having to use a latrine in the 2000's? I think it's a brutal difference between the prosperity of the USA and Russia.
Thank you Natasha for sharing your hometown story. I am 84 years old and remember when I was the same age as those young boys in their fort. I made forts also when I was nine years old. I grew up in a small town of less than 1500 people. As as all boys do we played everywhere in this small town. For your information I will be taking a luxury train from Moscow to Vladivostok next July 2022. I am sure that our train will pass through your hometown of spaask. I thoroughly enjoy your videos of your life in Russia and your current lifestyle. Keep up the good work. Kent in South Dakota, USA
Your Dacha is like our home in Canada in the 1950s. We burned sawmill waste in our furnace. We grew most of our food in the back yard. We had electricity and running water. We did not have a refrigerator or TV. Of course we made forts, too. This is my favorite video.
@@SamsRussianAdventures we used to have an ice company in the area that cut ice on the lake, and stored it a long shed. They covered it with sawdust. They would deliver once a week for ice boxes. That was in the 1950's and 60's. We went from wood heat, to coal, to kerosene, to oil in the same time. Same with the school house. Telephone began as party line. Seen a lot of changes. Today seems like Science fiction!! Never expected to live this long. 😀😁
I loved every minute of this video. It reminded me of the homes of my grandparents, where I was very happy in my childhood. Please keep showing us the life in Russia, you have a special talent.
@@SamsRussianAdventures oh but she's much more than that! Among other things, she's honest and presents us with a simpler, refreshing way of seeing life in Russia. And yes, she is very beautiful. 🙂
So interesting to see your neighborhood and the country houses. The flowers through out your walk were beautiful. It's nice to be able to dig your own potatoes in your garden. Thank you for the tour--always a treat to see your videos!
Your memory of finding a toy in the trash is so sweet. It must have been so exciting. Thank you for sharing your country. We are all brothers and sisters on this planet. Much more alike than different.
great video! thanks for sharing your life with us! you're so sweet! I'm an american living in italy...I'm 69 years old and I enjoy learning about other countries. you're never too old to stop learning!
This is like the small town my Dad's family is from in Quebec, very quiet all the time. Love your videos. I have been to Russia, though never made it to anywhere out in the country. You are giving the world an entirely new perspective on your homeland and it very fascinating!
Salutations de Montréal ;). Just back from chalet, lived two years in Soviet Central Asia and well, the quiet is similar but i have a demented affection for the Russian dacha that i don't for chalet.
Many ( thousands) small towns in Russia. People actually live in houses not apartments. They live there year round. Many are being abandoned because there are no jobs and the young are moving to the cities for a better life.
@@hershellacey9405 This will change in most parts of the world as it gets connected more and more. With satellite internet and solar/wind energy you can even have a remote job at the most isolated places in the world. Also because of the pandemic some people learnt that a remote spot outside the city or just in a rural area like in the video may be more worth than city people thought it was.
I love the unvarnished and unpretentious presentations on your channel. We share more similarities than not and you are a fine representative of your corner of the world. I hope you continue to thrive on this format and it's obvious the little boys in that far away small village are also attuned to TH-cam and were eager to be part of the video. Stay healthy and well Natasha !
5:34 that's something in Eastern Europe that i enjoy looking at, these old houses in bright colors with beautiful carvings and such. Especially when there's like extra flowers painted around windows and doors!
Oh yeah! Can't tell if it's morning or sunset, but it did look beautiful. I wanna watch the video now, but I have to go to work. 🤦♂️ Will watch later for sure!
It seems like no one takes the responsibility of hauling off the refuse and detritus that accumulates. We had wells like that in rural Georgia (USA) when I was a kid in the 1970s... all gone now. The cute boys in their fort was a highlight. Great garden. thanks so much for showing us your place in the country.
This made me homesick for the village my parents grew up in here in Canada, it is very similar to Spaask, including the outdoor toilets. They also grew their own vegetables. Those kids were so friendly!
@@RobboElRobbo Engelfeld in south central Saskatchewan. It had 3 streets, each 2 blocks long with no paved roads. I was a kid then and I always thought that a lot of the houses grew enough vegetables to feed the whole town. There was no town water and each house had hand pumped wells. Spassk looked very much like it
It’s funny how I grew up on the other side of the planet and your home and garden and life experience is almost identical! It goes to show we have one humanity and one human experience. Thanks again for sharing. Somehow, the world feels safer when a young Russian woman brings us into her home and it feels like I am visiting my sister!
If it’s not a secret: where did you grow up? Was it the US/Canada? Or some place in South America? Or maybe Australia? You know.. the globe is kinda big
@@JohnSmith-uu6ux Yes. Land of Steel band, calypso and Soca. Influenced by Colonials such as Columbus who represented Queen Isabella, France through the cedulla of Spain in the 1770’s and then conquered by England under Sir Walter Raleigh. Original endogenous Arawaks died off. Slaves were brought in from Africa, indentured laborers from Bihar province of India, Jews fleeing Nazis, Chinese fleeing Mao, Syrians, Lebanese and USA base leased from Great Britain in WW2 in exchange for cargo ships and to intercept German subs trying to sink oil tankers from Trinidad and Venezuela. Lately, refugees from Venezuela. Despite all this local life remained simple. Growing up we grew our own food, had live chickens, caught fish which was used to be plentiful until Japanese trawlers over fished the Island illegally. Today, the island is affected by drug crime like so many others. It has a flavor of all cultures. Everyone had gardens, outhouses and limited financial resources.
Even here in Australia we can identify with your love and enjoyment for wide, open spaces, vegetable gardens, forts, and mischief in the local neighborhood! My life as a kid really wasn't much different to yours, even thought it was forty years ago! Love the video and candid representation of Russian life in the far east. Keep it up :-).
This is a great example of how we are very much the same all over the world. Go to work, raise our kids, make friends, play when we can. I love your videos!
@@murcus7 , sadly, the military industrial complex makes up a substantial part of gross domestic product in many countries. Perpetual wars are used by establishment to keep the populace looking outside the country rather than within ! .
@Kewlysiak I was actually thinking about someday when people won't be obsessed with power and conquest. Someday...I probably will never see it but someday.
The charming rural community with a garden reminds me of 70 years ago as a child digging potatoes, pulling carrots, and snapping green beans. Your dog likes sharing time with you.
I grew up in Suburban America but it is still so cool to see the kids building a house, decorating it, and playing there. It takes me back to my childhood when I also did that with my friends. We would gather branches and wood from our houses and built a small little house by the lake where we would fish, cook food on the fire pit we made, and watch the sunset. Good old times. Seeing the kids in Russia doing that reminded me of those memories. Great video, love your content.
Hi Natasha. You may be surprised to know that this reminds me of many places in the Southeastern USA. I grew up in Mississippi and Louisiana and there are many places like this. I really enjoy your videos and have just subscribed. Thank you for sharing this.
Natasha, I Love your video, and the fact that you show your town, and home, just like it is--not trying to paint it as being more than it is. It is a simple life, and that is what makes it so special. I was born and raised in a small town, in America, and I truly miss the simple life, the wide open skies, the open fields, and hills. Someday, I would like to go back to that life style. It can be a harder life, but more rewarding than living in the crowed cities. Thank you for letting take a moment, for taking me on a brief journey, to get away from my reality, by means of your nice video, so that I could imagine for a few minutes, living in a small village like your home. Keep doing your wonderful videos!!
Never forget where you come from, while living in a world that would swallow you up. Keeping it simple can be the hardest thing to do. Thank you for being you.! Love and best wishes from Niagara Falls Canada.!
@@SamsRussianAdventures I do know that American propaganda, fake news and intel, are the greatest threat to man as a whole.! So yes in more ways than one.!
My grandparents in the Philippines have a water pump like the one you showed! It’s been electrified now, but I remember loving to bring up water by hand as a kid haha. Thank you for showing us around, I’ve been a big fan since your dorm room tour and this reminded me of it!
I agree, even though I'm a relatively new fan. Natasha is much too cute and simple (not in an unintelligent way, but through her interest in celebrating the mundane) to ever look away!
I am delighted always when I have time to watch your most interesting videos. You have a beautiful way to describe what you are showing us and as you often speak of your reaction and historical experiences in the items shown within a video, you are actually inviting us into your life and Natasha that is a most treasured treat for this man from the USA. My love for Russia is a long story from several years ago and my small experiences in two short ... 2 weeks and later 3 weeks ... changed the direction of my life. It's been 12 years since I last visited Russia and I often dream of returning to this, for me, a magical country where the Russian Spirit flows through the soul of Russia. I truly thank you for the time you take the creat these treats for us.
This brings back a lot of memories. I grew up in a place very similar. Back then there were 3000 people living in the town. Last year there was 700. Small towns are dying everywhere. We had forts. One 3 stories tall and an underground bunker in the woods with candles for light. Just a hole with plywood and dirt to cover it. Growing up it was common to see 50 kids at the local swimming hole. Last year there were none. Bittersweet. Great memories though. Thanks Natasha.
I always found that very interesting. In England a town with such a small amount of inhabitants would be called a village. Do they have villages in America?
@@nomadum0 You can't spell the word "valuable". Besides that, your entire post was poorly worded and terribly structured. All in all, you're not in a position to tell anyone to get a dictionary.
@@SamsRussianAdventures I've not been to Russia. I have been on the west coast of the U.S. and Alaska, they are all unique. I wanted to see Natasha's potato patch and Barni dog again.
@@SamsRussianAdventures There is a Russian community in my area. I've printed Afisha, The Diaspora and other publications at my printing job.. But my heart belongs to Natasha. ;)
Thanks for such a nice and honest view of your childhood neighborhood. The little boys and their fort brought back some happy memories of my childhood. It's interesting to see how children are so much alike no matter where they live. Your dog seemed so happy to see you. Take care and have an enjoyable weekend. 👍🤗❤🙏🌎
What a great video! The kids are indeed just like kids everywhere. Or at least suburban and rural kids - we all remember building little forts. And, nothing to be embarrassed about. It seems to me that the Russians are incredibly practical and self-reliant people - they would rather grow fresh food and fix things than worry about appearances. And they’re really good at both!
I really enjoyed seeing where you grew up. I especially enjoyed seeing the garden and the potatoes that you dug up and the boy's fort. What a peaceful place and you seem to really have some fond memories of growing up there. Thank you and please continue bringing us the videos!
I enjoyed this a lot. > it's almost like travelling there! I grew up in a rural German village (in the 90s) and visited rural areas in Europe (France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, 'Balkans'). Many similarities. The peacefulness / abandonment of rural areas are a source of joy and sorrow. Truly. Thanks
Thank Your Mom for showing us this much of your life, the shoes you were looking at are called, Sandal's, think my girls called the crocks as in Crocodile 🐊 not sure why, but flip flops works too.
Everything here looks quite similar to what you'll see in the more secluded villages of Romania. I really like those wood houses with the bright colors and the intricate wooden decorations. You guys should try to preserve that tradition, it would make some quite lovely neighborhoods if all the houses were built this way.
Just like that!! I've made the same comment in this video! I grew up living with my grandparents on my father's side from the age of 7 years old, until 12 years old. The village I grew up in looks similar to whats been shown here lol, and it took me back!!
You are so beautifully innocent and an innocent beauty. I love to hear about your life and country, you have nothing to be embarrassed about. There are far worse places to live and I believe you were fortunate.
Hey Natasha! You'll be surprised but they have such fences in many parts of Houston, TX. Yes, high ugly steel fences like in Russia. I was shocked. Maybe it's crime maybe it's something else
Yes, I'm from Houston. You can see fences like that in older parts of the city where houses are on smaller lots and closer together. It's for privacy and safety. In Los Angeles privacy fences are very common.
Dear Natasha. Greetings from the Czech Republic. i am looking forward to every your video. Because your videos are always very interesting. Stay awesome and have a nice day.
I remember going out in the woods and building forts with my friends when I was those kids' age. Funny how totally content and happy kids can be with some random pieces of junk, free time, and no one supervising them.
I would love to hear more on “historic” Russian houses. I live in a 600 year old cottage in a small traditional English village (very different to yours), and would love to know more on the subject.
Most "historic" russian houses were built out of wood for most of the time, so not many of them survived. Also Natasha lives in Far East, which was colonised like 100-150 years ago, so no historic cottages there. For that, you can visit the town of Suzdal, or many other places in europian part of Russia. Search "Русская изба" if you want to see them on youtube
We used to have a saying in Vermont that went: "Good fences make good neighbors." Fences are less common today. I very much enjoy your videos. Keep it real. Thank you.
40-50 years ago no one had fences and everyone knew each other and got along in the neighborhood. Now everyone has a 8 ft fence to hide behind and no one talks to each other or even knows who their neighbors are anymore.
Thank you Natasha for allowing us into your life and home. It is such a blessing experiencing your culture and viewing part of the world that most of us will never see in person. Stay true and honest to yourself and you will truly meet new people and make many friends.
I recently start watching Natasha’s TH-cam channel and I am really enjoying it. She is a great story teller combining it with her day to day life and her living environment. I am very much impressed with the way she presents the story. It is very natural and no bells and whistles are added to it which shows that it is genuine. This proves that you don’t need to jump off a bridge to be a TH-camr to have a respectable amount of subscribers.
@@SamsRussianAdventures I watched a couple of Svetlana From Russia’s videos, but Natasha is more genuine so far. I’ll head to your channel to see what you have!
Sort of reminds me of New Mexico in the 1970's.. Great place to grow up. In Russia, in my experience they are not into extreme landscaping practices you see in the U.S. where it's common to see perfect landscaping and trimming around houses. They let things grow au natural without all the chemicals, etc.. Obviously more natural and probably better for the environment and our minds and bodies as well. But I suspect the cold weather in the winter takes care of many things. Here, in South Carolina without constant attention the foliage would turn into jungle in no time due to the climate which promotes growth year round. The fences also to keep the animals out of the garden. I'm amazed whenever I visit Khabarovsk. Even in the city, you sometimes see dogs walking around alone. It's amazing really. These are smart dogs and they don't bother you. I have sometimes seen them waiting for the walk signal and crossing the road at the cross walk. I'm not kidding. )) Tell everyone at Tempo Pizza, Meetmeat and Harley Davidson I said hello. )
I loveeeee your videos! And I love your backyard, it’s beautiful and definitely a playground for younger kids! I would’ve loved to grow up in a place like that, so don’t feel embarrassed. I honestly like the way you are and your humbleness. I wish I could meet a girl like you here in the USA 😕. Girls here are so used to having it all that they don’t really appreciate the simple things sometimes…Anyway, stay true to yourself Natasha because you’re a beautiful girl inside and out!
Wow. This reminds me of my childhood in Czechoslovakia so much. Summer days full of freedom from adults and their rules. Now the places I used to play in are a lot tidier, but the kids in them are also less free to do what they want during the summer holidays.
This looks a lot like Baytown, Texas when I was a child. I spent a few years in the area they call Old Baytown. This also looks like many rural areas in America, except now, Dollar General stores are popping up all over. Thank you for showing us your hometown.
What ? I grew up in the Baytown area, most of it is ugly as hell with massive ugly refineries spewing pollution out into the air. C'mon , no way you can compare this place to Baytown. I will agree that the old rundown homes here do bear some resemblance to Old Baytown.
@@matthewjackson9615 Right. Clearly not everything. It was 30 years ago, and we are looking at her town today. You ever been to Pelly? 😉 Baytown had changed dramatically since I was a small child. The area near Lee College was nice, average homes for the area once. Not like the mansions that have been built a few miles up the road. Heck, I was last there in 2012, working at the college.
@@notebookgrrl yes I remember Pelly, it's probably forgotten by now. I understand that Baytown has changed dramatically and grown significantly. To be honest I never really liked the Baytown area ever and couldn't wait to leave. I still have family that lives in the area and I don't understand why. Why they want to live in that polluted, mosquito infested, tropical hell hole escapes me. My family is originally from Anahuac and it's not any better.
@@matthewjackson9615 Hah! My grandparents moved to Anahuac from Liberty! Most of my family lives throughout TX. My immediate is in Hankamer, Highlands, Atascocita. Myself and my adult children live in another state now and really do not like being down there anymore. I still love my family though. What a small world Matthew! 😁
Love the carving on that yellow house at 5:42! ... it reminds me of some of the houses in Gorodets, a little town not far from Nizhny Novgorod, which we saw on our Volga River cruise. Gorodets is so very far from Spassk, yet in many ways the same ... both unmistakably Russian. Your videos show us the real Russia, Natasha; thank you so much for making them!!
Мне понравилось ваше видео. Когда я был маленьким и ходил в дом моих бабушек и дедушек в Санта-Розе, штат Техас, у них был водяной насос. Ваша деревня напоминает мне о том времени.
Translated "I liked your video. When I was little and went to my grandparents' house in Santa Rosa, Texas, they had a water pump. Your village reminds me of that time."
There is only one water pump, it pumps water into a huge tank (30-40 tons) which is usually located on the mountain. The water tank creates pressure in the pipes for many houses, alsmost for half a village.
I grew up in rural Cape Breton in Canada, and your village seems like it would not be too out of place there. It is amazing how these places are similar all over the world, right down to the potato garden! It looks like a peaceful place to grow up. It sounds like you had an awesome childhood and had lots of cool adventures exploring things, just like I did back in the day. Awesome video.
Thanks for being so honest and candid - I remember that my parents, too had a vegetable garden when I was young, it was the most normal thing to have in the village I grew up in. And seeing you harvesting the potatoes made my mouth water!!
I love how some small town Russian girl, wandering around a small town talking to cool little kids in their tiny house, have over 200k people stoked on them
So fascinating how we are so much alike no matter where we are from. There is no reason for us to be enemies.
@@hershellacey9405 I'll second that!
Even though they're speaking Russian, those little kids remind me of my baby cousins who will run up to strangers and tell them that they have a TH-cam channel and to like and subscribe. Kids are kids.
What's that suppose to mean? 'Cause you're talking like it is something well out of ordinary. Take any country any day trying to avoid big cities and you'd see the same picture. Well, almost..
@Tsarina Alexandra I understand absolutely.
Do not be embarrassed of your home or where you come from! Thank you for showing us. I don’t know if I will ever make it to Russia, but I am honored that I get to see what Russia is like through your videos.
@@наркоманыгульфоботыбольныпсихр Wat
@@наркоманыгульфоботыбольныпсихр shes traveled to a lot of different places in the US. stop being a hater
@@наркоманыгульфоботыбольныпсихр You clearly have never been to either place. What she is showing resonates with the childhoods and country lives of people around the world, from the comments. She has shown me how similar Russia is to Canada and vice versa. I hope your perspective broadens in future.
Very insightful. Much respect, young lady.
Never let go of where you come from. There she was digging potatoes. That garden will come in handy when the world collapses. City people will be starving.
14:11 This is exactly the way we harvested potatoes in my grandma's garden in eastern Germany, too. The (not funny) joke is, you can strive as much as you want throughout your life, you can stay in luxury hotels and seek relaxation in expensive spas, you can visit en vouge places around the world, but if you ask me where/when I've had the best moments of my life, if you honestly ask me where/when I felt real inner calm, peace and happiness, the answer is: as a child in my grandma's vegetable garden, as a child when we built little houses, as a child when we were just allowed to be children.
This video brought back so many memories from my childhood even though it was 7,000 km further west. Thank u.
Sounds like you missed an important part of life. You're not important. Stop advertising yourself as such.
I grew up (and still live) in rural Pennsylvania in the US, and that fort brought me right back to my childhood. We built one in my backyard with rocks, but my favorite was an abandoned treehouse we found in the woods.
I love how kids all over the world play the same.
sounds creepy, imagine if you saw a person at night
All kids on the world ARE the same.. we are all the same humans before education, upbringing, politics, woes, hardships, emotional distress and whatever..
Imagine we could grow up without those influences..
PA gang!
@@i-am-your-conscience Grow up without education?) Nothing good will grow out of it.
I'm from Delco myself. I love our state!
Those boys were so sweet, seems like such a wholesome way to spend a childhood
I agree it is very wholesome. I used to live that way when I was growing up the southwestern USA. We had our "forts" and places out in abandoned lots or desert spaces. We would dig in the ground and hide our toys like pirates would bury treasure. And we would ride our bicycles everywhere.
Fort building is universal.
Yes, that reminded me of my own childhood in rural England in the 1960s.
I was lost in nostalgia for my childhood in northern Canada seeing them.
We would build forts out of snow in Canada. I think it's great to see the boys using their creativity and having fun with whatever is available. No electronics whatsoever. Good going guys.
Keeping it real is what viewers love to see nowadays...it's an interesting niche of its own.
Obviously it helps to have a beautiful girl doing the keeping it real.
True
@@SamsRussianAdventures sounds like someone is jealous xD
@@SamsRussianAdventures well you couldn't keep it real even if you were a beautiful girl too because you're a foreigner here
@@MrKuriIIko yes! Everyone has their own versions of reality! The only way for me to keep it real is to show mine
A house is just bricks, windows and paint. What matters is that a house is your home. A place were you feel save and have fun and where you can play. I think you had a great home!
Well put. Your home is where you can relax in safety, have a few personal things that remind you of pleasant memories and friends, and maybe invite friends over to enjoy an evening. Natasha grew up in a warm home with loving parents and friendly neighbors, I imagine, without any significant violence threatening them.
It looks like in my grandmother's small town in northern Sweden. This video brings back memories of the simple carefree life I had when I was a kid. Simply a wonderful life!
What part of sweden is that? Just curiosity... Simple carefree life is a rare thing nowadays..
I think that is what makes videos popular, it reminds us of when life was far less complicated
Thank you, Absolutely love seeing Russia from such a personal perspective
Yeah i like that they live simple.
Simple life.
DITTO
@@ricardocarmona5210 try living in Russia..... it's not so simple. Trust me.
@@UAHFAN life can be what ever you want it to be
There is an odd beauty in the rustic, overgrown neighborhood, gravel roads, etc. I love it.
This is the best way to put it. It's romantic and unromantic at the same time.
You somehow manage to show things that I had no idea I'd be interested in knowing about, but I always find it great!
There are many people showing these things on the internet, but nobody notices them until they are shown to us by a young beautiful girl
Visit Sam's channel!
@@SamsRussianAdventures *we do indeed live in a society*
@@SamsRussianAdventures I don't necessarily think it's that, I watch several other people now who do similar videos, but for me personally these videos are the best. I think she appeals to her audience very well, she's of a similar age to her own audience, and as an example her life is similar to mine in the sense that we are a similar age, both study at university, yet our lives are so different due to geography. Her videos are also informative and it's clear she's very intelligent, and she provides a lot of insight and background into things that other people would find boring. She manages to make dull things interesting! I've watched similar channels, and I just don't have anything remotely in common with the creator, I see them just aimlessly walking around showing things with no attention to detail and no extra explanation, her personality as a whole goes a long way and her content overall is very high quality
I would recommend you Bald & Bankrupt then! (If you don't already know him that is! :))
Its like a step back in time , when people walked and kids played outside all day .
I admire her for her honesty an straightforwardness. So cool to see someone like that anymore.
I really loved this. More people need to see that above the vail of politics, we are just people happy with the little things like running water and digging potatoes. You are doing far more good with these videos than you know.
Did you have a different opinion about Russia before you started to watch this channel?
Most you see see/hear/read about Russia in MSM is PROPAGANDA...our beloved "elite" has an agenda.
@@SamsRussianAdventures yes
politics, no matter the flavor, is always disingenuous--this young woman seems to be genuine and true. Yeah Russia--excellent video Natasha, stay true. best of luck to you and to your little friends in their fort.--peace.
And how do you know that shit? Are you speaking for all of us? No, you're not. Stop being such a narcissist.
I loved how your dog showed such joy to be alive, running around and hanging out with you. Such simple pleasures. If only people could enjoy the same. Instead they get caught up in the rat races of everyday living.
people also having fun, running around until they grow up and need to work for food itself.
@@stinky1214 ....WTF? 🤣 ....that's a nutty and extreme observation 🤔
...canine animals don't understand dogma or political ideologies. they're just socialist creatures, who act on instinct 😆
So many others have said all the things I've wanted to say, but I'll add mine anyway. Thank you so much for this video (and all the others). Tell your mother that we greatly appreciate her willingness to show her yard and your home. This has made this one of my personal favorite videos because of how personal it is. Our homes and countries have it all; the good, the bad...things we wish were better...and things that give us wonderful memories. Your videos have a sense of being real and honest that is refreshing and entertaining and educational. It makes it feel like you are a video pen-pal and I appreciate it. Thank you.
My feelings exactly.
I could not of said that better.
😊
Well put
I agree completely.
It's refreshing to see kids just being kids. Instead of staring at the screen on some device they are outside playing and building forts. Side note, I love your videos giving us a look into life in small town Russia. As a small town American it's fun to see the similarities.
So very very true... and not an ounce of fat on their healthy bodies!
Kids still outside nd play tho... maybe not where u live but they do
Can you describe similarities?
They do know about TH-cam and were up for seeing themselves on Natasha's channel. Dogs are friendly too and have room to roam in their neighborhoods.
@@sleepykyokoxoxo and what if the device is for playing not teaching
Hello Natasha!! Never be embarrassed about where you grew up or your home. Your place is incredible and so is the garden. Great video and thank you so much for sharing. We call the "fire tube" sticking out of the roof a chimney here :) Best wishes and thanks again from Fort Worth Texas
Have you been interested in Russia for a long time?
In NZ we call it a chimney if it's made of bricks or concrete, and a flue (or exhaust vent) if it's made of metal.
When I was 6, I had to learn to tend our vegetable garden in rural Arkansas, USA. Your garden is very similar. So, I had a huge smile when I watched you dig the potatoes.
Natasha, thank you for showing us your home. Even Aussies have the occasional swan tyre, a bit 1970’s these days. Good luck with your studies.
We get them here in rural MN too! also my extended family still live in log homes and heat them with wood fireplaces but thats not the norm i think
@@robotman99lolface what is MN?
there are a few swan tires around my neighborhood in Chicago lmao.
@@morriskaller3549 sorry, MN is shorthand for Minnesota, a state in the US
Tire swans come to the next level in Russia. Check out some tire Leozavr instagram.com/p/CQzOGw-Fefb/?
I don’t know why, but this made me happy and sad at the same time. Like nostalgic in a wat
Way*
Same... I totally feel you on that
Remembering how simple life was in the past.
There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Outhouses were common in some parts of Illinois until there was sewer lines added. Some houses may not even wanted to pay the fee to be connected, especially in houses that were far apart. More likely they would change over to a septic tank to be able to have toilets indoors. Also in North Carolina, everyone had a septic tank outside smaller towns. Sewer lines came though and the chance to connect was given after about 2005 as they were installing the pipes.
My mom grew up in the 50s and they had an outhouse until she was a teenager.
Dang! What town in Illinois?
@@tangyorange6509 Outside Hanover Park was the house that never had indoor toilets. I didn't live there, grandparents did.
On top of that, many people still choose to use out houses at cabins, hunting camps, or if they're trying to live off grid.
This looks like it could be a lot of places in southern or central Illinois honestly. Nothing wrong with well water, septic systems or other signs of rural life.
Thank you Natasha for this beautiful video! I am from Alabama in the U.S. It is a very poor state and very hot in the Summer like the wonderful town you grew up in. Knowing that there are kind and intelligent people like you in Russia gives me hope for peace in the world.
She’s a nice lady, but the Chinese are claiming that all of the land that her and her family and friends live on a stolen from them by imperialism. Right now China’s busy attacking smaller countries like Vietnam, and tied one and bouton and Nepal but eventually they will turn their guns on this lady and her homeland. Just a matter of time. Really hope they can all get out alive.
Hey, as an Englishman may I just compliment you on your superb English? Your vocabulary, your grammar, the clarity of your pronouncialtion are really excellent and it is an absolute pleasure to listen to your narration. And thank you for an honest insight into life in your home town.
Those boys were so proud of their little house and justifiably so. This was an interesting video and commentary. Also, enjoyed seeing the vegetable garden and hearing the modified Subaru at 10:38!
Bless their souls! AHAHA! I love them with all my left eye!
It brings back memories of childhood. Building a den and using our imagination!
Modified dog?
Natasha I find myself addicted to your videos. First and foremost they are entertaining and educational, but yet very calming. Most likely because of your down to earth low key presentation. All the best to you and your family from the USA 🇺🇸
yes basically she has the Russian qualities that united statians do not have due to their insane media.
Awesome vegetable garden! Enjoyed seeing a view of your hometown.
She is just the most charming person on TH-cam and deceptively skilled at what she's doing. I love the sort of old-timey documentary music in the background. And that house those boys built is just awesome.
Most russians who remember 1990-s know this music from a silly comedy show "Деревня Дураков" (something like "Fool's Village") - th-cam.com/video/hi1DJCpyy3Q/w-d-xo.html
this music is from russian show "Fool's Village" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calambur#Fool's_Village
I think it's amazing how she talks about the past as if it was long ago, when really she is still a child herself.
Well thats not exactly how we farm potato but yeah she can do it !
The kids were the best. Don’t we all just want to build ourselves a house and make plans to have tea?
hahaha. Did you notice one of the kids had a karambit?
So cute!!! I hope they find the comments on here about them!!
Do they call it a Kid Cave? Good stuff.
@@tyreebruce -They will. Because they asked Natasha for her channel & I saw that note that showed Yeah Russia. I had to Pause the video for a few seconds to see note.
Nice to see kids doing something, that doesn't involve an electronic device.
I am 75 and grew up in the USA, in the country. We too had an outhouse and had no tap water. We had to hand pump our water in huge tubs, bring them in to the house, where they would be heated on top of the electric stove. It was hard times, especially in the Winter, but it made me who I am today. Thank you for your honest reporting and showing us that not all Russians, live in your beautiful high rise buildings.
I'm 63 and my godmother, she's my mother's sister, still uses wood to heat the stove. And the stove heats the whole house. Of course it made us who we are. But the question is different. What have I done in my past life that I still cry?
I am 88 yo.. I share much of your experiences. HAPPY MEMORIES TOO... WHEN YOU ARE KIDS... IMAGINATION HELPS SURVIVE...
@@meteor2012able 100% true, imagination always saves.
My dad is 40 and grew up like that, my mom’s 40 aswell and grew up in the city. Totally different lives, crazy how life turns out 🤷🏼♂️😂
Your English is so good and I love it that I can sit here at home (Sydney, Australia) watching what your neighbourhood looks like. Very well done.
Don't be embarrassed at all. It is a palace compared to where I grew up. 👍🏻
It's gotten to the point where I hit like before I even watch the video because I know it's going to be great
I hit like before her videos sometimes just in case I forget. I like them all so far so saves time.
Another one who has fallen in love with Russia. Natasha is a great PR person
It's amazing that us humans share so many of the same life experiences: Building forts as kids, looking after the garden rebellious acts as kids...
@@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket houses with no water that have to go and collect it from the streets? This girl having to use a latrine in the 2000's? I think it's a brutal difference between the prosperity of the USA and Russia.
Thank you Natasha for sharing your hometown story. I am 84 years old and remember when I was the same age as those young boys in their fort. I made forts also when I was nine years old. I grew up in a small town of less than 1500 people. As as all boys do we played everywhere in this small town. For your information I will be taking a luxury train from Moscow to Vladivostok next July 2022. I am sure that our train will pass through your hometown of spaask. I thoroughly enjoy your videos of your life in Russia and your current lifestyle. Keep up the good work.
Kent in South Dakota, USA
Дружище мне очень интересно смог ли ты поехать на поезде?
Your Dacha is like our home in Canada in the 1950s. We burned sawmill waste in our furnace. We grew most of our food in the back yard. We had electricity and running water. We did not have a refrigerator or TV.
Of course we made forts, too.
This is my favorite video.
Wow! it's amazing now to imagine living without a fridge.
@@SamsRussianAdventures we used to have an ice company in the area that cut ice on the lake, and stored it a long shed. They covered it with sawdust. They would deliver once a week for ice boxes. That was in the 1950's and 60's. We went from wood heat, to coal, to kerosene, to oil in the same time. Same with the school house. Telephone began as party line. Seen a lot of changes. Today seems like Science fiction!! Never expected to live this long. 😀😁
@@davidcadman4468 wow! A totally different world!
I loved every minute of this video. It reminded me of the homes of my grandparents, where I was very happy in my childhood.
Please keep showing us the life in Russia, you have a special talent.
The talent being that she is a beautiful kindhearted Russian girl!
@@SamsRussianAdventures oh but she's much more than that! Among other things, she's honest and presents us with a simpler, refreshing way of seeing life in Russia. And yes, she is very beautiful. 🙂
So interesting to see your neighborhood and the country houses. The flowers through out your walk were beautiful. It's nice to be able to dig your own potatoes in your garden. Thank you for the tour--always a treat to see your videos!
It's a big thing in Russia, people take pride in growing their own food.
@@SamsRussianAdventures and producing their own vodka. Stay cheeki breeki!
Your memory of finding a toy in the trash is so sweet. It must have been so exciting. Thank you for sharing your country. We are all brothers and sisters on this planet. Much more alike than different.
great video! thanks for sharing your life with us! you're so sweet! I'm an american living in italy...I'm 69 years old and I enjoy learning about other countries. you're never too old to stop learning!
This is like the small town my Dad's family is from in Quebec, very quiet all the time. Love your videos. I have been to Russia, though never made it to anywhere out in the country. You are giving the world an entirely new perspective on your homeland and it very fascinating!
Salutations de Montréal ;). Just back from chalet, lived two years in Soviet Central Asia and well, the quiet is similar but i have a demented affection for the Russian dacha that i don't for chalet.
Many ( thousands) small towns in Russia. People actually live in houses not apartments. They live there year round. Many are being abandoned because there are no jobs and the young are moving to the cities for a better life.
@@hershellacey9405 This will change in most parts of the world as it gets connected more and more. With satellite internet and solar/wind energy you can even have a remote job at the most isolated places in the world. Also because of the pandemic some people learnt that a remote spot outside the city or just in a rural area like in the video may be more worth than city people thought it was.
I love the unvarnished and unpretentious presentations on your channel. We share more similarities than not and you are a fine representative of your corner of the world. I hope you continue to thrive on this format and it's obvious the little boys in that far away small village are also attuned to TH-cam and were eager to be part of the video. Stay healthy and well Natasha !
5:34 that's something in Eastern Europe that i enjoy looking at, these old houses in bright colors with beautiful carvings and such. Especially when there's like extra flowers painted around windows and doors!
That's not Europe anymore...more like northern far east asia. Her hometown borders China like a stonethrow away.
Yes! Russian's do so much to make their houses individual and pretty.
And always a cat or two in the window or sitting on the fence.
Please keep doing what you are doing, it's perfect.
Did you fall in love with Russia now?
Just clicked on the video, 1 minute after release, and hеll yeah I put thumbs up, look at this first 10 sec intro picture! gorgeous
Ditto!!!!
Oh yeah! Can't tell if it's morning or sunset, but it did look beautiful.
I wanna watch the video now, but I have to go to work. 🤦♂️
Will watch later for sure!
It seems like no one takes the responsibility of hauling off the refuse and detritus that accumulates. We had wells like that in rural Georgia (USA) when I was a kid in the 1970s... all gone now. The cute boys in their fort was a highlight. Great garden. thanks so much for showing us your place in the country.
Haul the refuse and detritus (interesting use of that word) to where?
@@dcpack To the city/county dump.
From local graffiti criminal to international youtube star, you have come a long way.
This made me homesick for the village my parents grew up in here in Canada, it is very similar to Spaask, including the outdoor toilets. They also grew their own vegetables. Those kids were so friendly!
There is something about this slow pace of life which is very attractive
what village is that? i grew up in a village in canada and it's nothing like this
@@RobboElRobbo Engelfeld in south central Saskatchewan. It had 3 streets, each 2 blocks long with no paved roads. I was a kid then and I always thought that a lot of the houses grew enough vegetables to feed the whole town. There was no town water and each house had hand pumped wells. Spassk looked very much like it
It’s funny how I grew up on the other side of the planet and your home and garden and life experience is almost identical! It goes to show we have one humanity and one human experience. Thanks again for sharing. Somehow, the world feels safer when a young Russian woman brings us into her home and it feels like I am visiting my sister!
If it’s not a secret: where did you grow up? Was it the US/Canada? Or some place in South America? Or maybe Australia? You know.. the globe is kinda big
@@JohnSmith-uu6ux
The former British Caribbean Country of Trinidad!
@@jeromevincente2932 well, I think I sucked at the location department then😂
@@jeromevincente2932 nowadays your country is called Trinidad and Tobago I understood that one correct?
@@JohnSmith-uu6ux
Yes. Land of Steel band, calypso and Soca. Influenced by Colonials such as Columbus who represented Queen Isabella, France through the cedulla of Spain in the 1770’s and then conquered by England under Sir Walter Raleigh. Original endogenous Arawaks died off. Slaves were brought in from Africa, indentured laborers from Bihar province of India, Jews fleeing Nazis, Chinese fleeing Mao, Syrians, Lebanese and USA base leased from Great Britain in WW2 in exchange for cargo ships and to intercept German subs trying to sink oil tankers from Trinidad and Venezuela. Lately, refugees from Venezuela. Despite all this local life remained simple. Growing up we grew our own food, had live chickens, caught fish which was used to be plentiful until Japanese trawlers over fished the Island illegally. Today, the island is affected by drug crime like so many others. It has a flavor of all cultures. Everyone had gardens, outhouses and limited financial resources.
I love the boys and their fort! Reminds me on my childhood too. Instantly had some tears thinking about, how similar the lives are in the world.....
Same here.
Those children could have been in my home state of Kentucky. So cute!
Even here in Australia we can identify with your love and enjoyment for wide, open spaces, vegetable gardens, forts, and mischief in the local neighborhood! My life as a kid really wasn't much different to yours, even thought it was forty years ago! Love the video and candid representation of Russian life in the far east. Keep it up :-).
In Australia, we also have the occasional swan made from a tyre
😯😯
This actually reminds me of a lot of small Australian, country towns
@@mellowfellow6816 Hehe! Right on :-).
i never saw anybody dig potatoes before cool im hooked on natasha she is awesome
Everybody should subscribe, let's make this girl rich, and see how she develops over say ten years or so, cool!
This is a great example of how we are very much the same all over the world. Go to work, raise our kids, make friends, play when we can. I love your videos!
Yes, if only our political leaders didn't decide to make wars and have us peons fight in them.
@@sjbock You are so right. Imagine a world without a wasteful military budget.
@@murcus7 , sadly, the military industrial complex makes up a substantial part of gross domestic product in many countries. Perpetual wars are used by establishment to keep the populace looking outside the country rather than within ! .
@Kewlysiak I was actually thinking about someday when people won't be obsessed with power and conquest. Someday...I probably will never see it but someday.
The charming rural community with a garden reminds me of 70 years ago as a child digging potatoes, pulling carrots, and snapping green beans. Your dog likes sharing time with you.
I grew up in Suburban America but it is still so cool to see the kids building a house, decorating it, and playing there. It takes me back to my childhood when I also did that with my friends. We would gather branches and wood from our houses and built a small little house by the lake where we would fish, cook food on the fire pit we made, and watch the sunset. Good old times. Seeing the kids in Russia doing that reminded me of those memories. Great video, love your content.
hey we do it too in indonesia
Hi Natasha. You may be surprised to know that this reminds me of many places in the Southeastern USA. I grew up in Mississippi and Louisiana and there are many places like this. I really enjoy your videos and have just subscribed. Thank you for sharing this.
I just love that you called your channel Yeah Russia 🇷🇺❤️! Your an awesome person!!!
Do you follow any other channels that show life in Russia?
Natasha, I Love your video, and the fact that you show your town, and home, just like it is--not trying to paint it as being more than it is. It is a simple life, and that is what makes it so special. I was born and raised in a small town, in America, and I truly miss the simple life, the wide open skies, the open fields, and hills. Someday, I would like to go back to that life style. It can be a harder life, but more rewarding than living in the crowed cities. Thank you for letting take a moment, for taking me on a brief journey, to get away from my reality, by means of your nice video, so that I could imagine for a few minutes, living in a small village like your home. Keep doing your wonderful videos!!
Never forget where you come from, while living in a world that would swallow you up. Keeping it simple can be the hardest thing to do. Thank you for being you.! Love and best wishes from Niagara Falls Canada.!
The best thing about childhood is that we never notice the things that we don't have.
@@SamsRussianAdventures God bless you Sam moving forward one day at a time.!
Well said!
@@flyifri have you been interested in Russia for a long time?
@@SamsRussianAdventures I do know that American propaganda, fake news and intel, are the greatest threat to man as a whole.! So yes in more ways than one.!
My grandparents in the Philippines have a water pump like the one you showed! It’s been electrified now, but I remember loving to bring up water by hand as a kid haha. Thank you for showing us around, I’ve been a big fan since your dorm room tour and this reminded me of it!
Whatever Natasha is presenting I stare everything until the end!
Like 290. Nice house, nice garden and of course nice dog as well!
I agree, even though I'm a relatively new fan. Natasha is much too cute and simple (not in an unintelligent way, but through her interest in celebrating the mundane) to ever look away!
@@eaterdrinker000 I agree, you wrote exactly what I was thinking just on a better way!
@@markmilan8365 : I forgot to add that she also has a very soothing voice.
@@eaterdrinker000 She knows it very well! :-)
I am delighted always when I have time to watch your most interesting videos. You have a beautiful way to describe what you are showing us and as you often speak of your reaction and historical experiences in the items shown within a video, you are actually inviting us into your life and Natasha that is a most treasured treat for this man from the USA. My love for Russia is a long story from several years ago and my small experiences in two short ... 2 weeks and later 3 weeks ... changed the direction of my life. It's been 12 years since I last visited Russia and I often dream of returning to this, for me, a magical country where the Russian Spirit flows through the soul of Russia. I truly thank you for the time you take the creat these treats for us.
I grew up in a town in Utah that had mostly dirt roads and back alley's.
Today, it's all paved😟
You kinda took me back to my childhood. thanks.
I look forward to more videos like this
This brings back a lot of memories. I grew up in a place very similar. Back then there were 3000 people living in the town. Last year there was 700. Small towns are dying everywhere. We had forts. One 3 stories tall and an underground bunker in the woods with candles for light. Just a hole with plywood and dirt to cover it. Growing up it was common to see 50 kids at the local swimming hole. Last year there were none. Bittersweet. Great memories though. Thanks Natasha.
I always found that very interesting. In England a town with such a small amount of inhabitants would be called a village. Do they have villages in America?
@@SamsRussianAdventures Not normally. Town or small town is the term usually used.
The most valueable is that you're humanizing the image of Russian world with your childhood memories
@People are Imbeciles get a dictionary, go to school, get off drugs pal
@b1_1nnies oh man don't gimme that western leftist ish will ya?
@b1_1nnies says who?
@@nomadum0 You can't spell the word "valuable". Besides that, your entire post was poorly worded and terribly structured. All in all, you're not in a position to tell anyone to get a dictionary.
Humans are everywhere. Humans are awesome. Your identity is a joke.
Nothing more satisfying than growing up in the country side and growing your own vegetables and fruits 🙂👍
The kids where great. Thanks for a look around your neighborhood.
Does it differ from man other Russian neighborhoods that you have seen?
@@SamsRussianAdventures I've not been to Russia. I have been on the west coast of the U.S. and Alaska, they are all unique.
I wanted to see Natasha's potato patch and Barni dog again.
@@DaveNarn ahhh sorry. I presumed you were a fan of Russia and had watched other Russian channels.
@@SamsRussianAdventures There is a Russian community in my area.
I've printed Afisha, The Diaspora and other publications at my printing job..
But my heart belongs to Natasha. ;)
Omg Natasha, you killed it with the Shrek comparison. Haha love it!
Thanks for such a nice and honest view of your childhood neighborhood. The little boys and their fort brought back some happy memories of my childhood. It's interesting to see how children are so much alike no matter where they live. Your dog seemed so happy to see you. Take care and have an enjoyable weekend. 👍🤗❤🙏🌎
It's so nice that people get to see this side of Russia. Have you been interested in Russia for long?
That tire-swan is so beautiful!
What a great video! The kids are indeed just like kids everywhere. Or at least suburban and rural kids - we all remember building little forts. And, nothing to be embarrassed about. It seems to me that the Russians are incredibly practical and self-reliant people - they would rather grow fresh food and fix things than worry about appearances. And they’re really good at both!
If there is ever a situation where a financial crisis sends the world into chaos, Russian's will survive!!!!
Maybe those boys who built the fort could finish building the grocery store! (Great channel! Watching from the USA🇺🇲)
😂😂
I really enjoyed seeing where you grew up. I especially enjoyed seeing the garden and the potatoes that you dug up and the boy's fort. What a peaceful place and you seem to really have some fond memories of growing up there. Thank you and please continue bringing us the videos!
I enjoyed this a lot.
> it's almost like travelling there!
I grew up in a rural German village (in the 90s) and visited rural areas in Europe (France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, 'Balkans'). Many similarities. The peacefulness / abandonment of rural areas are a source of joy and sorrow. Truly.
Thanks
That fort is fun. “We’ll have tea and candles tomorrow” hahaha
Thank Your Mom for showing us this much of your life, the shoes you were looking at are called, Sandal's, think my girls called the crocks as in Crocodile 🐊 not sure why, but flip flops works too.
In Russia they can be called sandal's too.
Everything here looks quite similar to what you'll see in the more secluded villages of Romania.
I really like those wood houses with the bright colors and the intricate wooden decorations. You guys should try to preserve that tradition, it would make some quite lovely neighborhoods if all the houses were built this way.
Just like that!! I've made the same comment in this video! I grew up living with my grandparents on my father's side from the age of 7 years old, until 12 years old. The village I grew up in looks similar to whats been shown here lol, and it took me back!!
Thank you. I’m in Irvington,Alabama USA . I enjoyed very much seeing how similar we are in our living space. 🦞James
You are so beautifully innocent and an innocent beauty. I love to hear about your life and country, you have nothing to be embarrassed about. There are far worse places to live and I believe you were fortunate.
Hey Natasha! You'll be surprised but they have such fences in many parts of Houston, TX. Yes, high ugly steel fences like in Russia. I was shocked. Maybe it's crime maybe it's something else
From Houston here- can verify! Lol
Privacy mostly, they're very common in eastern europe too.
Same here in Denmark, if not a wall or a fence there is a big hedge.
Yes, I'm from Houston. You can see fences like that in older parts of the city where houses are on smaller lots and closer together. It's for privacy and safety. In Los Angeles privacy fences are very common.
@@sjbock Fence keeps most trespassers out.
Dear Natasha. Greetings from the Czech Republic. i am looking forward to every your video. Because your videos are always very interesting. Stay awesome and have a nice day.
I remember going out in the woods and building forts with my friends when I was those kids' age. Funny how totally content and happy kids can be with some random pieces of junk, free time, and no one supervising them.
Привет из Сербии 🇷🇸 Архитектура маленькой деревни действительно особенная, а маленькие деревянные домики такие милые! красивая! ❤
I would love to hear more on “historic” Russian houses. I live in a 600 year old cottage in a small traditional English village (very different to yours), and would love to know more on the subject.
Most "historic" russian houses were built out of wood for most of the time, so not many of them survived. Also Natasha lives in Far East, which was colonised like 100-150 years ago, so no historic cottages there. For that, you can visit the town of Suzdal, or many other places in europian part of Russia. Search "Русская изба" if you want to see them on youtube
Tamara, -vlogger 'Real Russia' last year shown more than 40 ancient historic towns on his youtube channel, with great architecture.
I love English cottages Tamara
We used to have a saying in Vermont that went: "Good fences make good neighbors." Fences are less common today. I very much enjoy your videos. Keep it real. Thank you.
Definately!!!!
That's weird. We had the same saying in Maine.
40-50 years ago no one had fences and everyone knew each other and got along in the neighborhood. Now everyone has a 8 ft fence to hide behind and no one talks to each other or even knows who their neighbors are anymore.
I’m a fence guy too . I like my privacy .
@@GeminiVern1042 Well... They still can talk on street in front of their homes.....
You are so awesome! I love your channel! You are my favorite youtuber! God bless you Natasha! 🇷🇸🧡🇷🇺
Thank you Natasha for allowing us into your life and home. It is such a blessing experiencing your culture and viewing part of the world that most of us will never see in person. Stay true and honest to yourself and you will truly meet new people and make many friends.
I remember making forts very much like that. Brings back nice memories.
Love the garden too.
Thanks for another great video 🙂
Yes, I remember too, playing in the woods, building forts or bases we called them!
I recently start watching Natasha’s TH-cam channel and I am really enjoying it. She is a great story teller combining it with her day to day life and her living environment. I am very much impressed with the way she presents the story. It is very natural and no bells and whistles are added to it which shows that it is genuine. This proves that you don’t need to jump off a bridge to be a TH-camr to have a respectable amount of subscribers.
Natasha, I’ve only started subscribing, but really enjoy your channel. Very insightful and you make it fun!
Do you follow any other Russian channels?
@@SamsRussianAdventures I watched a couple of Svetlana From Russia’s videos, but Natasha is more genuine so far. I’ll head to your channel to see what you have!
@@Stoney_Snark my channel is from a different perspective as I’m a foreigner.
Sort of reminds me of New Mexico in the 1970's..
Great place to grow up.
In Russia, in my experience they are not into extreme landscaping practices you see in the U.S. where it's common to see perfect landscaping and trimming around houses.
They let things grow au natural without all the chemicals, etc.. Obviously more natural and probably better for the environment and our minds and bodies as well.
But I suspect the cold weather in the winter takes care of many things. Here, in South Carolina without constant attention the foliage would turn into jungle in no time due to the climate which promotes growth year round.
The fences also to keep the animals out of the garden.
I'm amazed whenever I visit Khabarovsk.
Even in the city, you sometimes see dogs walking around alone. It's amazing really. These are smart dogs and they don't bother you. I have sometimes seen them waiting for the walk signal and crossing the road at the cross walk. I'm not kidding. ))
Tell everyone at Tempo Pizza, Meetmeat and Harley Davidson I said hello. )
Your natural hair color is now visible again, that's perfect. By the way I love your yard, reminds me of my parents house.
I loveeeee your videos! And I love your backyard, it’s beautiful and definitely a playground for younger kids! I would’ve loved to grow up in a place like that, so don’t feel embarrassed. I honestly like the way you are and your humbleness. I wish I could meet a girl like you here in the USA 😕. Girls here are so used to having it all that they don’t really appreciate the simple things sometimes…Anyway, stay true to yourself Natasha because you’re a beautiful girl inside and out!
Are there still girls like Natasha in the USA. I don't think so but I wish I could find me one.
You and your happy dog along with the garden are reflection of your parents. They should be very proud and happy of all they've accomplished.
Wow. This reminds me of my childhood in Czechoslovakia so much. Summer days full of freedom from adults and their rules. Now the places I used to play in are a lot tidier, but the kids in them are also less free to do what they want during the summer holidays.
Same here in Michigan in the USA.
Same experience as you.
Glad I grew up when I did as a child in the 80s.
This looks a lot like Baytown, Texas when I was a child. I spent a few years in the area they call Old Baytown. This also looks like many rural areas in America, except now, Dollar General stores are popping up all over. Thank you for showing us your hometown.
What ? I grew up in the Baytown area, most of it is ugly as hell with massive ugly refineries spewing pollution out into the air. C'mon , no way you can compare this place to Baytown. I will agree that the old rundown homes here do bear some resemblance to Old Baytown.
@@matthewjackson9615 Right. Clearly not everything. It was 30 years ago, and we are looking at her town today. You ever been to Pelly? 😉 Baytown had changed dramatically since I was a small child. The area near Lee College was nice, average homes for the area once. Not like the mansions that have been built a few miles up the road. Heck, I was last there in 2012, working at the college.
@@notebookgrrl yes I remember Pelly, it's probably forgotten by now. I understand that Baytown has changed dramatically and grown significantly. To be honest I never really liked the Baytown area ever and couldn't wait to leave. I still have family that lives in the area and I don't understand why. Why they want to live in that polluted, mosquito infested, tropical hell hole escapes me. My family is originally from Anahuac and it's not any better.
@@matthewjackson9615 Hah! My grandparents moved to Anahuac from Liberty! Most of my family lives throughout TX. My immediate is in Hankamer, Highlands, Atascocita. Myself and my adult children live in another state now and really do not like being down there anymore. I still love my family though. What a small world Matthew! 😁
Love the carving on that yellow house at 5:42! ... it reminds me of some of the houses in Gorodets, a little town not far from Nizhny Novgorod, which we saw on our Volga River cruise. Gorodets is so very far from Spassk, yet in many ways the same ... both unmistakably Russian. Your videos show us the real Russia, Natasha; thank you so much for making them!!
Мне понравилось ваше видео. Когда я был маленьким и ходил в дом моих бабушек и дедушек в Санта-Розе, штат Техас, у них был водяной насос. Ваша деревня напоминает мне о том времени.
Translated "I liked your video. When I was little and went to my grandparents' house in Santa Rosa, Texas, they had a water pump. Your village reminds me of that time."
люди везде одинаковые
@@ericmonetathchi6272 Thank you!
There is only one water pump, it pumps water into a huge tank (30-40 tons) which is usually located on the mountain. The water tank creates pressure in the pipes for many houses, alsmost for half a village.
You speak excelent :)
I grew up in rural Cape Breton in Canada, and your village seems like it would not be too out of place there. It is amazing how these places are similar all over the world, right down to the potato garden! It looks like a peaceful place to grow up. It sounds like you had an awesome childhood and had lots of cool adventures exploring things, just like I did back in the day. Awesome video.
Thanks for being so honest and candid - I remember that my parents, too had a vegetable garden when I was young, it was the most normal thing to have in the village I grew up in. And seeing you harvesting the potatoes made my mouth water!!
I remember that my parents had an allotment. I can't think of anyone who has one now