@@AremStefaniaK Says the American gun nut. To them, the answer to every problem is more guns. We need to lock them all up together with their guns, and let them do what nutcases do with guns.
This reminds me so much of living in Alaska back in 1965 to late 1967. I was working on my masters degree at the university of Alaska. It was before they found the oil and was like the Wild West. In the summer the hippies would come and move into some abandoned place and space out for the summer. When the cold came in September, they were gone! I mapped the volcanic rocks in central Alaska and was out in the woods and hills looking for the outcrops of basalt. Yes there were bears, lots of them. When I could smell them I was safe because I knew the wind came toward me from them. It was when I heard them and could not smell them that I could be in trouble. I had no gun and a big pack to load the rocks into to take back and study. There were many abandoned places where once they dredged for gold. They also had hermits living in these towns. I woke up early one morning and one was watching me. They did not like civilization and people. The abandoned towns were like just moved out of. Even had table wear. I also think some of the men were nazi escapees from Germany hiding out there. They were mean and never allowed me to enter their property looking for the rocks. Learned allot and lover the university there. I was young and loved geology and it was a great country. A good place to be when growing up! Ratio of men to woman was 8 to 1 woman. Yes that is typical for the frontier. The summer of 1967 started with an earth quake, then there were the fires under the tundra and ended with a great flood. I was going on the Wilcox expedition but the army did not allow me to. It was the greatest disaster in North American Climbing. Seven of the 11 on the expedition died. The same summer the floods covered our little cabin, we lived in the basement of one of the dorms till the water went down. I married a fellow geologist and by the end of the fall was back in the army for three years. Great time in my life!
@@Spamwhichwizard Having guns in Alaska is like having firewood, water and bread, both to protect yourself from bears and the rapist psychopaths that roam the interior of Alaska.
"I also think some of the men were nazi escapees from Germany hiding out there. They were mean and never allowed me to enter their property looking for the rocks" Nazistas serem maus não é novo🤣
I never heard of this channel before and I clicked on this video randomly just to use as background noise as I do other things around the house. I wound up sitting down and watching the entire documentary. It sucked me in within the first 10 minutes or so. This is a very well made documentary. Thank you.
I have high respect for these people who can survive under those extreme conditions. Difficult roads and terrains, but their spirit is high, and traditions are being kept alive. Brilliant documentary.
@@NotTheCIA1961 ikr it said the guy on the radio was rapping about bitumen( a crude oil byproduct ) i was like no way lmao so i shazamed it to see lyrics in english and he was rapping about his black BMW lmao
I live in Alaska in the mid 60s and the Alaska highway was like this. I had a plexiglass sheet that I had to over the windshield to protect it from what we called the “Yukon Rose”. That is a smashed glass spot from the rock hitting the windshield. We drove it in the winter when able. Was a good drive then, no dust, no bugs smashed on windshield, no mud, no rocks thrown up to hit windshield. But then at -40f/c there are other issues, like the steering freezing, ice build up inside on windshield, gas getting into the oil and trying to keep warm!
This ended way too early and on a cliff hanger. I wanted to see more of the travelers on the tracked vehicles and see the vast frozen place that was their destination.
The mountain refrigerator @ 40:50 stuffed with reindeer carcasses was incredible! What a spectacular resource for the community, ensuring that everyone will have a good source of protein for a long time. 🦌🦌🦌
It's not a "Saiga", it's an SKS, and it wasn't designed for civilian use. It's just that in most countries it was deemed outdated shortly after it was deemed ready for service. There were a few countries that did use it for military purposes for decades after it's invention
in algeria we call it seminov, the para military corps used it for decades , don't remember it takes 6 or 9 like kalashnikov 7.62 mm calibre ammunition
Jamieskinn- He wasn't a legend- he's just a man commenting oconscious? Are you concious? Nikolai the game warden that was attacked and walked 8km with his testicles hanging by a thread! you wouldnt know what testicles are though, little jamieskinn / we dont blame you ! t's just that you're a Little BOY living in mommies house with a soft american life
I've been to Yakutsk when I lived in Vladivostok (1996-97) and remember January 1997 being VERY COLD for me (an American). I really enjoyed this video - thank you to the producers.
Hidup di belahan bumi ini semuanya keras bersyukur bagi anda yang mendapatkan hidup tanpa harus bersusah payah, big respect untuk para pekerja dan pemberi kehidupan bagi keluarganya ini salam dari indonesia anda orang hebat❤🇲🇨
Wha the...!? Don't be naive, it's all over long ago (~ 15 years ago ) lol, this film is extreme old. 🤣 Here is the video of the route filmed a year ago--- copy&paste; Трасса А-360 "Лена". Невер - Якутск. Дорога испытаний. Взгляд дальнобоя!
In early 90s I spend few years in Yakutsk and all over Yakutsk oblast also few months in Magadnan oblast (north part of it). Travel those roads and eat reindeer gulash with buckwheat for many days. Meat was stored as on the video, in abandoned mine shaft. Drink theirs vodka from tin cups as well. Life have diferent values there, similar to Canadian arctic where I spend some part of my life as well.
Definitely a ROUGH journey! God bless these guys that are trying to make living !🙏🏾❤️These guys still have a great sense of humor in spite of the battle they have to fight every day ! How could you not love these guys ? 😂❤️
@@TheChris1299100 this documemtary is crap. Ten minutes they talking about road but actually roads are preety cool and new there (because there's no much populations nor trafic to destroy road).
Toda aquela região está cheia de cadaveres de mllhoes de prisioeniros inocentes a mando do maior criminoso da história STALI.-ali morreram-maldito comunismo.-
Nicolae story is captivating. Especially the moment he encountered the bear. Lol i had a good laugh but at same time sympathise with him . Glad he's is well & alive to share this wonderful epic journey.
Ole Nikolai, truck driver, game warden, mechanic, entrepreneur, spiritual man, reindeer penis eating, bear attack victim, and member of the 101st Screaming Eagles. Well whether he was or not he's a badass for walking all that way to get help with his nuts hanging off.😅
exactly, about the only thing they have in common is the cartridge. Different locking mechanism, receivers have nothing in common, etc. In comparison, a Saiga is essentially an AK with different grip/stock arrangement.
@@ggee7391 the SKS is absolutely semiauto, but it's a tilting bolt rather than the rotating bolt of an AK, and it uses a stripper clip loaded internal magazine rather than the detachable box magazine of the AK.
@@Squilliam-Fancyson the SKS has almost nothing in common with the AK. They fire the same cartridge but that's about it. SKSs all use a forged receiver, a tilting bolt, and an internal magazine fed by stripper clip (with a few exceptions to the last made by other countries) AKs mostly use a stamped receiver (early examples are forged though), all of them use a rotating bolt, I believe all use a detachable double stack magazine. I'm unaware of any compatible parts. Saigas are essentially AKs set up to look (kinda) like SKSs, the mechanical system is mostly AK with some relatively minor changes. The rifles pictured are very clearly SKSs rather than Saigas though.
You're talking the difference between annoying potholes and frost heaves on the one hand; and getting stuck in liquid mud on a routine basis, going through 20 tire replacements a month and/or blinded to oncoming vehicles by massive dust clouds on the other
Nikolai is as tough a nails. Truly a lost trait of men world wide. Man single handedly keeps the tundra thriving. True sigma. Got attacked by a bear and blamed himself. Respects locals and counter culture and their way of life.
@@ultimathule3834 I truthfully think he’s apart of the Russian “punk culture” as they are called. Very antigovernment and against crimes of the working class. He idolizes Stalin and Putin so he isn’t witch hunted and thrown in a gulag. He’s definitely not a pure soul, but someone to stand behind until you find someone better. Hard to be tough as nails and a purity human at the same time. Reminds me of a lot of the men I was surrounded by in my rural hometown. I now live in a city that blindly votes Democrat men having rainbow hair and talking like faggots with no confidence.
@@ultimathule3834 It's probably the only one he has. And he probably doesn't give a shit. I don't think anyone else up there gives a shit either. And no one would dare tell him to take it off anyway, or things would get even funnier.
The first rifle as well as that of the game warden were Simonov carbines (ie. SKS) and are not AK47 variants. It fires the same cartridge, the intermediate 7.62 x 39mm as an AK47 but the action is totally different, semi-automatic only and preceded the fully automatic, detachable magazine AK47.
@@xXxPurpaKushxXx No this is an SKS in the video albeit one modified with a telescopic sight. I've seen a lot of SKS 7.62 x 39 rifles used in Chukotka Oblast by geologists for defense against grizzly bears. I'd prefer a more powerful bear rifle than a 7.62 x 39 but you have to use what's available. One Chukotka geologist that I met had Tigrr rifle, a civilian model of the Soviet SVD Dragonov rifle chambered for the more powerful 7.62 x 54R cartridge, comparable to a 30-06 Springfield. "SKS and RPD Two final firearms worth noting are the SKS (Samozaryadniy Karabin Sistemi Simonova) and RPD (Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova). While technically not a true World War II firearm, the SKS semi-automatic carbine was developed at the tail end of the war by Sergi Gavrilovich Simonov while Vasily Degtyaryov worked on the RPD. These are both notable as they were among the first small arms to be chambered for the 7.62x39mm M43 round, which the Soviets developed in response to the German’s 7.92x33mm Kurz ammo that was used for the StG44/MP44 (Sturmgewehr). Soviet arms designers saw the benefits of this intermediate cartridge and looked to create their own version. This would be the 7.62x39mm. The SKS was developed as a semi-auto carbine - much like the U.S. made M1 Carbine - but it only briefly served as a first-line rifle, being replaced with by the now infamous AK-47, which also utilized the 7.62x39mm round. The SKS however remained in second-line service for decades and as a ceremonial arm. The RPD ironically was ready for mass production at the end of World War II, but did not reach this stage until 1953. It remained in use as a light machine gun throughout the Cold War.". armchairgeneral.com/weapons-of-the-red-army-soviet-small-arms-of-world-war-ii.htm
@vernshein5430 I noticed that too. The tribes people at the end (before going on tracked vehicle) had what looked like civilian version of ak platform but I don't know the name
I'm not saying the SVT 40 is the rifle in the video I concur it is an SKS I just don't believe you're correct in saying the SKS predates the AK. That's what I'm saying I think the rifle you're thinking of that predates the AK is the SVT 40
It is great to see some "regular" folks, as I have found around the world, that have none of the political issues that cause so much trouble in our world. From Texas. Great video!
Have you not noticed that the pregnant village woman, who lives in a collapsed house, sad with a sad face "yes, the major here is very powerful, but I'd better not say anything or I could get into trouble".
@@mav45678 he means that there is no world politics that revolve around a certain world leader currently conducting special military operations in a country that isn’t his
My great grandfather was a german Mg-42 gunner at stalingrad and was captured and send to the gulags. He escaped later by train hopping back to germany through russia and then poland but his friends who flew with him were shot dead in the journey.
Sad. The ordinary people are always to suffer. My Mom was a teenage girl in the 40-th. There were German prisoners of war in their area - the Irkutsk province, by Baykal lake, Easte4n Siberia. The local people didn’t hate the Germans. One day my Mom met a German soldier in the wood not far from their house. He was skinny and hungry. He asked for some food. She run back home and told her grandparents. Her Granddad took some food and they together went to the wood and gave it to the soldier. Late on the Germans were released and were taken home to Germany, as far as I know.
I can't help loving & admiring this Deadliest Journey Series! Those Russian drivers who are valiant, gutsy, & courageous certainly deserve a huge pat on the back for a job well done. Btw, if it weren't for this narrator, Tom Wright, who has a low-pitched, kind of husky, & dignified-tone of voice, this doc. couldn't be of much interest & enjoyable. His unique & faintly sarcastic way of talking seems to have enhanced the wealth of intrigue, thrill, & excitement ( I wonder if anyone else perceives the same!?). Lastly, thanks for driving the secondhand Japanese trucks( I've never expected to see those trucks owned by SEINO Transport Company in Japan.) in the Siberian rough & tough roads. Thoroughly enjoy watching & appreciate it to the core.,,,,(03/20/23)
This is interesting , This is entertaining and gives a great sense of the life and struggle in the world. Thanks for all your hard work filming and traveling / risking your life making these videos.
Typical russian in russia. Misses time when political prisoners would die by tousands to hundreds of tousands just to make there(russian) life better. To hell with russia and its empire, hope it will burn soon.
These vistas are absolutely beautiful. There's something very real about it. It talks to me on a primal level. And I also noticed how most of these people had very close to a laugh about their situation. The amount of acceptance for life's challenges and still trucking on, literally, is truly inspiring.😢
I have always been grateful, to have been born in a place and time, when there is better in the world than what others have to endure on a hourly basis. It is my hope that all can find a safe, and comfortable existence. Be well.
Great doc, about tough people just getting by day to day. I wondered when thisvwas made so I Google'd it, iMDB said Deadliest Journey's was from 2010. So I'm guesstimating this was filmed sometime between 2000 & 2010. It's crazy to think these people still live exactly like this in 2024 & they probably still will in 2100 too
If anyone is interested, a Louis L'Amor Novel called Last of the Breed is a fascinating and surprisingly accurate story of an American Military Pilot brought down over the Bering Sea and transported to a prison camp near lake Baikal,and his subsequent escape and survival in the Siberian Tiaga...I purposely left out a twist which is made clear in the first chapter, which helps explain his survival in such hostile territory. Cold war kids will appreciate it... I think it's one of L'Amour's last pieces, written in 1986, just as Glasnost,and Peristroyka were being established. No Six Guns.... No Horses, and no pigeonhole of the American West. An expansion,if you will on a intrigal part of the American West, just in Siberia!
This is A-360 motorway which goes from Never settlement to Lower Bestyakh (Yakutsk is on the other side of the Lena and there is no bridge) Now it's mostly finished, from Never to Aldan (650 km) there is only 20 km and 15 km pieces of dirt road, rest is steady asphalt with some waves closer to the south end
Asphalt is famously unstable in climates like that! It wouldn't even last 5 years. I know. I'm Canadian. I've seen asphalt roads, even without heavily loaded semi trailers.
"We have to pay taxes for maintaining the road, but there is no road"😂 The great, 19th century, Russian writer, Fedor Dostoyevsky, said the best: "Russia has two major problems: roads and idiots. One of them can be solved with a Road Roller machine...But its impossible to figure out what to do with the roads." Since then, it seems that nothing changed.😂
This should be a good one! I'm fascinated with learning about Russia and the former USSR! The gulags and the purges should be taught about in school just as much as the Nazis, if not more, but I didn't learn much about the former USSR until I took World History in college taught by a professor who I'm pretty confident was/is indeed a communist himself.
"A communist himself" what made you think that ? Especially in the the U.S. , questioning the east -west confrontation is considered suspicious . We should all just march after the Pentagon , just like the two allowed political parties who both allow her unconditional and unlimited access to the people's treasury , no questions asked, which usually is the privilege of one party states. Bytheway......the Nazis could count on underhand support from the 1918 allied conglomerate and their banks because Hitler seemed such a dedicated anti communist. It ended all for the best , some came out of that blood soaked history as a superpower with a booming economy and wouldn't want to change history even if they could. It seems the U.S. could use such a little squabble again to unite her highly polarised society into a common goal again with a huge economic upswing like after '45 . Eastern Europe just like the two previous times ,proved the ideal place to cook up such conflicts. One little snag though , the major players own nuclear weapons these days , otherwise the ultimate showdown might've happened long ago .
Then be Shure to watch bald and bankrupt channel as he went all over the former ussr, and I mean “all over” very informative chap who entertains at the same time….
@@Curi0u50ne I'm a big fan of Bald and Bankrupt and I used to watch NFKRZ a bit too, good recommendation. A lot of the places Bald goes remind me of the abandoned Air Force Base out by the K.I. Sawyer airport, it closed about 30 years ago and has been low rent housing since the late 90s. I lived there for a long year in 2011-2012 and the feeling of desolation and hopelessness out there walking on the empty streets by abandoned spray painted buildings with all the windows busted and the copper wire long gone, torn out by tweakers years ago... Something about that feeling resonates heavy whenever I watch Bald wandering around some ex Soviet city or area.
I recently completed trip on Trans-Siberian train and thought that I knew something about Siberia... gosh was I wrong. I wasn't really looking to deepen my knowledge about this region, but once I started watching I couldn't stop. It takes special kind of men (and women) to live and work there but there is also something luring in this wild and rugged environment. Is it freedom, different law (or perhaps lack thereof), desire to test your character, strength or ability? Thank you for sharing your journey through the roads and wilderness of this vast country, it was mesmerizing.
Ole Nikolai, truck driver, game warden, mechanic, entrepreneur, spiritual man, reindeer penis eating, bear attack victim, and member of the 101st Screaming Eagles. Well whether he was or not he's a badass for walking all that way to get help with his nuts hanging off.😅
I love that places like this still exist. Living in the US in California is so boring. Dont get me wrong, I will never end up here in this place but knowing there are places in the deep places of the world that are still a wild west / mad max script makes the world more interesting. A desolate road full of truckers having to survive the wild, the elements, using random run down vehicle repair shops in the high way wasteland driving past road workers who have to hunt to survive with their SKS rifles praying to the old gods for protection, bears attacking people, wolves... haunted stretches of road from the old gulags full of spirits, highway bandits and then beyond the road is a never ending expanse of forests and mountains full of secrets and the unknown. Life is so boring and mundane working your 9-5 hearing co workers talk about sports, celebs and other NPC crap. It makes me feel better knowing there are still wild crazy places on the earth.
Exactly. But I'm also glad I was born in Central Europe, so I can at least somehow partially choose my life instead of being born into those desperate places in Russia, where you have no other options. But I get how you feel and the Siberian way of life really reminds me of the russian romantic literature like The hero of our time by M. Lermontov, which I love.
@@5b_c4ll3d_p4ul 100% correct. Im glad I dont live there, but its somehow comforting to know that not EVERY part of civilization is a shit mixture of tik tok, celeb gossip and ugly building with cctv cameras everywhere. There is still mystery in the world, even if its only in small pockets of the planet.
Plenty of Middle Grounds that you can move to.. Go to Alaska or similar.. Find a level of cumfort you need and enjoy the freedom.. Just dont bring along Californian poltics or you could have problems with the locals and you need to get alone with locals in such places..
The beauty of Russia is that you can live surrounded by nature not far from some millionaire city. Have access to civilization, and at the same time live surrounded by forests by the river. There are no such problems with the laws as in Germany or Florida, the state does not care about you at all.
Why your audience is so small....you guys deserve more subscribers...its just now a days most of the people are into entertainment & short reels....only the real people or mature one reach to your channel...i can understand how much it takes to shoot such documnetry & language issue...you guys are doing great just keep it up...🤗
It was a very exciting and intersting dokumentation, I would be very interested in living with this people for a few month to learn how difficult but also independant there life is. Thank you for this movie!!
8:08 that looks to be an SKS actually. It was introduced at the very end of WWII and was used up until they were able to get the AK-47 mass produced in 1953, I think. It was something along those lines. Anyways the rifle was and still used today for ceremonial purposes. It was also a big hit in the civilian markets across the world. A very beautiful rifle, and one of my favorites for sure.
Correct. Used to be able to buy them for $138 backing the 80s and early 90s. Punks and skinheads used to shoot at each other with them cuz they were the only rifles they could afford. 😆
@@specom yeah its a damn shame and a shame we cant get anything norinco today because theyre still selling them brand new at amazing prices in civilian markets. I got one for about $375. Late 50s model made for the NVA by norinco. Seller and I had no idea until I was finally able to find information on it that lined up with what I saw on the gun.
This narrator is always a joke, his translations and lack of knowledge is always amusing, when I heard Saiga I had to comment XD cool to see the travels and places but it would be so much better without the narrator.
It is a well told story. For having penetrated deep inside Russia myself, the documentary illustrates well that unique fatalism, unpreparedness and resilience in adversity among Russians of all origins. It also clearly shows how Asian Russia today remains as a country. But the extraction industry and resulting destruction / pollution industry make me sad too. Mixed feelings.
Asian Russia is not much worse developed than Southern or European Russia. It's just that the entire infrastructure, roads and cities are located in the Southern part of Siberia and the Far East. The further north you go, the wilder the places there are and the further away from civilization. Huge territories, a population like in Japan, so there is no need and desire to build hundreds of kilometers of paved roads to some village in the northern depths of Siberia or the Far East. This is exactly the beauty of Russia - huge wild territories.
A brilliant film as a documentary. The reactions it causes are terrifying. I would like to see all those admiring "this place to live" when they are forced to live there. Next time they will definitely not be impressed when they see such places.
Im speechless Beautiful Documentary, How Ever Life is Hard Weather is Harsh But People Still having Fun and Laughing, This Video Made My day I truly Appreciate You Guy's Work ,🙏
They should gather up those discarded tires, bolt them together to form a mat, and integrate them into the road surface. It'll improve the durability of the road considerably.
It's proly not a reasonable solution.. It would take a lot of tires, money, and upkeep. I'm sure they'd just wear and be destroyed after a couple years of traffic on frozen rubber in the winter. And bolt them into what? I mean they can't even get asphalt to stay put in the winter.
I just found this channel and love it. I am a retired trucker from US. I love the video called "Man's First Friend". If you love dogs you will love the documentary. ❤
@@itsmemattagain9841 Cara, eu moro no nordeste desde minha infância, e por mais que eu tenha visto falar em dificuldades de subsistência devido a falta de chuvas, recursos, altas temperaturas e tal., acho que não se compara nem de longe com o frio extremo (dia e noite, o ano inteiro), terras enlamassadas, sem pavimentação, e dificuldades de locomoção que estes povos tem... O que vc pensa acerca disto?
I am Russian and I lived there for some years. For Russians this is nothing of extraordinary, it is a very usual way of life, not only in Siberia and Far North but sometimes even a couple of hundred miles from Moscow, in rural areas, especialy in regards of roads and bridges. But I am grateful to all commenters for their respect toward ordinary Russians.
Ole Nikolai, truck driver, game warden, mechanic, entrepreneur, spiritual man, reindeer penis eating, bear attack victim, and member of the 101st Screaming Eagles. Well whether he was or not he's a badass for walking all that way to get help with his nuts hanging off.😅
I got incredibly stoned and watch this documentary, it was absolutely incredible. multiple times in the viewing. I had o rewind and watch a scene over and over, as it was so fascinating, particularly scenes that show deep superstitions, notice how the further north this case of beer travels, the further back in time we go, the more ancient customs, notice the untouched $100 bill on the sacred mountain gods monument. Overall, incredible, 9.5/10
This is outstanding. A fun and very informative documentary. It seems Russian development is held back by their poor road network. This is traveler's dream. Keep it up.
if Russia could have focused more on its people than being paranoid about an enemy this is a country with people who can work the country to be richer than whole Europe
Paranoia talking?... No country in the world has had to fight off the enemy so often. And they did it successfully precisely because such men live here, real, not weaklings pampered by the 21st century. Strength in the struggle, including with a hard life
@@rusaxe4443 Nyet! The outnumbered American & Canadian Indian/Aboriginal Original people's nations never stopped fighting the Spanish & British invaders. 44 million died and many lost their lands, etc. Please read books about it. Spaciba.
@@Z8Q8 Russia fought against invaders long before Europeans arrived in North America. The history of Russian warriors and losses are incomparably greater than those of any people.
Bruh… this is like some old vice North Korea / Russia type documentary. Crazy good. Crazy to think they have a baby on board while traveling in a Soviet half track tank
Those massive ex-military trucks are a treat for sure, but the tank was priceless. The over-crowded mini-bus is a bit of a cliche for travels in the south asian countryside. Here we have the analagous vehicle in Russia, the over-crowded tank.
@jb1934 they are the toughest trucks In the world! The only america truck that tough was the old (1980s- before they became Volvo trash) MACK BULLDOG from Allentown pennsylvania
It confirms my view on modern Russia: Enormous wealth at Moscow and St.Petersburg however the further you move away form these centers the more you are faced with brutal reality. The center lacks control or is just living in ignorance. Now as Russia has started BRICS, these people will be even more faced of what it means to live on the loosing end of the Russian society. Thanks for that documentary.
I'm curious how you come to the conclusion this area of Russia will become more impoverished because of BRICS? If anything I would have thought more trade and investment between the most populous and fastest growing economies on Earth would give the region a higher chance of further development.
@@whatsup9992 I hope your assumptions will work out, however the hegemonial aspirations & military activities linked to BRICS will cost Russia a lot of money.........you could have a look to the US for comparison.
Delusional. Take a few steps away from your luxury apartment in New York and face people who live on streets. Oh, I am sorry, it was their own decision to live like that, right?
If this was filmed in 2010, then old Nicoli has most likely passed on or is an old man by now. We all get old and our bodies can’t take such abuse for ever.
@@leonsoboleski2969A bear has probably eaten him by now. Ole Nikolai, truck driver, game warden, mechanic, entrepreneur, spiritual man, reindeer penis eating, bear attack victim, and member of the 101st Screaming Eagles. Well whether he was or not he's a badass for walking all that way to get help with his nuts hanging off.😅
Great documentary about Great people who i admire deeply...why the narrator called the last vehicle a half track i dont know but that was a Great piece of kit vehicle im not sure but i think they are amphibious🤔...im thinking how big the mosquitoes must be where that full track was driving through they'd be the size of bats🤔🤗🤗... brilliant movie loved it ....
I don't think I looked away from this video for even a second. These people experience more life in one day than I in a year. Total respect for them.
Thats true as hell.
Well then. You need to get a little "send it" in your life old man! Give motocross a whirl!
@@flightforensics4523 I have seen a dude do that in Russia, but from west to east on a motorbike.
"Ghosts" 😂😂😂😂😂
@@flightforensics4523 thats cabin fever!
After watching this I realize life only _seems_ hard sometimes. For these guys it actually is hard, but they take it in their stride and keep going.
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life is far easier when you got a self-loading 7.62x39 scoped rifle to deal with most situations, and maybe a bit of camouflage and a 6x6
@broman113 who gives a f**k when someone joined. Get real dum dum.
Just like most of the people who live in less developed parts of the world.
@@AremStefaniaK Says the American gun nut. To them, the answer to every problem is more guns. We need to lock them all up together with their guns, and let them do what nutcases do with guns.
This reminds me so much of living in Alaska back in 1965 to late 1967. I was working on my masters degree at the university of Alaska. It was before they found the oil and was like the Wild West. In the summer the hippies would come and move into some abandoned place and space out for the summer. When the cold came in September, they were gone! I mapped the volcanic rocks in central Alaska and was out in the woods and hills looking for the outcrops of basalt. Yes there were bears, lots of them. When I could smell them I was safe because I knew the wind came toward me from them. It was when I heard them and could not smell them that I could be in trouble. I had no gun and a big pack to load the rocks into to take back and study. There were many abandoned places where once they dredged for gold. They also had hermits living in these towns. I woke up early one morning and one was watching me. They did not like civilization and people. The abandoned towns were like just moved out of. Even had table wear. I also think some of the men were nazi escapees from Germany hiding out there. They were mean and never allowed me to enter their property looking for the rocks. Learned allot and lover the university there. I was young and loved geology and it was a great country. A good place to be when growing up! Ratio of men to woman was 8 to 1 woman. Yes that is typical for the frontier. The summer of 1967 started with an earth quake, then there were the fires under the tundra and ended with a great flood. I was going on the Wilcox expedition but the army did not allow me to. It was the greatest disaster in North American Climbing. Seven of the 11 on the expedition died. The same summer the floods covered our little cabin, we lived in the basement of one of the dorms till the water went down. I married a fellow geologist and by the end of the fall was back in the army for three years. Great time in my life!
Great Story :), the bear and the winds was an interesting read
life story or love story . Amazing
@@Spamwhichwizard Having guns in Alaska is like having firewood, water and bread, both to protect yourself from bears and the rapist psychopaths that roam the interior of Alaska.
"I also think some of the men were nazi escapees from Germany hiding out there. They were mean and never allowed me to enter their property looking for the rocks"
Nazistas serem maus não é novo🤣
You are a fossil 😭
I never heard of this channel before and I clicked on this video randomly just to use as background noise as I do other things around the house. I wound up sitting down and watching the entire documentary. It sucked me in within the first 10 minutes or so. This is a very well made documentary. Thank you.
I have high respect for these people who can survive under those extreme conditions. Difficult roads and terrains, but their spirit is high, and traditions are being kept alive. Brilliant documentary.
روسیه و ایران گرفتار دیکتاتور خونخوار شدن
To all the journalists out there, this is how a documentary is supposed to be made.
thank the french for this documentary ...
No political, or irrelevant narrative to be pushed. Perfect!
@@BFVsnypEz
Yep. Unfortunately the western world is running low on legitimate journalists, for the reasons you spoke of.
Ehhhh. The visuals were great, but there were a LOT of facts gotten wrong.
@@NotTheCIA1961 ikr it said the guy on the radio was rapping about bitumen( a crude oil byproduct ) i was like no way lmao so i shazamed it to see lyrics in english and he was rapping about his black BMW lmao
I live in Alaska in the mid 60s and the Alaska highway was like this. I had a plexiglass sheet that I had to over the windshield to protect it from what we called the “Yukon Rose”. That is a smashed glass spot from the rock hitting the windshield. We drove it in the winter when able. Was a good drive then, no dust, no bugs smashed on windshield, no mud, no rocks thrown up to hit windshield. But then at -40f/c there are other issues, like the steering freezing, ice build up inside on windshield, gas getting into the oil and trying to keep warm!
You should write a Book about your Adventures!
now everything has changed there in Siberia. roads and bridges have appeared, these places are no longer recognizable
@@alexmakfly112 I thought this video was recent.
@@strangetimes3511 Yes!
@@dilleralex Looks to be about 20 years old, but when it comes to Russia, I assume nothing has changed
This ended way too early and on a cliff hanger. I wanted to see more of the travelers on the tracked vehicles and see the vast frozen place that was their destination.
me too
Yeah, I was like , WTAF?
@@MrLetGo-j2v same!
...you carry on following and filming, then xD
@@RobinsPortfolio yeah, I'll get right on it...
The mountain refrigerator @ 40:50 stuffed with reindeer carcasses was incredible! What a spectacular resource for the community, ensuring that everyone will have a good source of protein for a long time. 🦌🦌🦌
It's not a "Saiga", it's an SKS, and it wasn't designed for civilian use. It's just that in most countries it was deemed outdated shortly after it was deemed ready for service. There were a few countries that did use it for military purposes for decades after it's invention
Yes. The other mistake was to call the WPL a "Half track" - obvious nonsense.
SKS !!!
in algeria we call it seminov, the para military corps used it for decades , don't remember it takes 6 or 9 like kalashnikov 7.62 mm calibre ammunition
SKS is practically the official surplus rifle of Canada. Tens, if not hundreds of thousands were sold here in the last thirty or forty years.
@@jamaljaml32797.62 is not a caliber, 7.62x39 is
Pozdrav svim ovim ljudim, želim im :zdravlje,mir,radost i blagostanje. Pozdrav iz sela Donji Tavankut u Srbiji.
Pozdrav Tomo iz sela Beograd u Srbiji...e da nam je malo te prirode mira i blagostanja iz Donjeg Tavankuta ovde u ovom haosu :-)
no prosperity till putin not in power xd
Kada se to Tavankut preselio u srbiju? Oduvek je u Vojvodini.
@@zoranzoranic4534 веома духовито
I’m a 40 yr old native Russian speaker and I had no idea our languages were this similar!! holy crap apparently I speak Serbian! :) cheers!
The guy who was stuck in mud at 25.09 mins was an absolute legend (we are victims to our own roads)
Jamieskinn- He wasn't a legend- he's just a man commenting oconscious?
Are you concious?
Nikolai the game warden that was attacked and walked 8km with his testicles hanging by a thread! you wouldnt know what testicles are though, little jamieskinn / we dont blame you ! t's just that you're a Little BOY living in mommies house with a soft american life
I've been to Yakutsk when I lived in Vladivostok (1996-97) and remember January 1997 being VERY COLD for me (an American). I really enjoyed this video - thank you to the producers.
Hidup di belahan bumi ini semuanya keras bersyukur bagi anda yang mendapatkan hidup tanpa harus bersusah payah, big respect untuk para pekerja dan pemberi kehidupan bagi keluarganya ini salam dari indonesia anda orang hebat❤🇲🇨
I saw this thumbnail on my homepage. I thought "how did I never see this one yet?" Then I noticed it was uploaded 3 minutes ago! Brilliant timing
All of these are re-uploads. I wish they would make new episodes.
Yeah , it's always a pleasant surprise to see a new upload.
@@pat8988 plpppppppppppppppppp😊plpppp😊pppppppppppppppppppppp
With those workmen, the road will finish in the year 4023😅😂😂😂
Wha the...!? Don't be naive, it's all over long ago (~ 15 years ago ) lol, this film is extreme old. 🤣 Here is the video of the route filmed a year ago--- copy&paste; Трасса А-360 "Лена". Невер - Якутск. Дорога испытаний. Взгляд дальнобоя!
@@Nordenvinden but on that ground and in those conditions, how long will a normal road last? 5 years 10?
Russia is such a poor country and the badest workers
At least they got an excuse for they road construction being shit. 😂😂
Most of them "workmen" became fertiliser for Ukrainian soil 😂😂
In early 90s I spend few years in Yakutsk and all over Yakutsk oblast also few months in Magadnan oblast (north part of it). Travel those roads and eat reindeer gulash with buckwheat for many days. Meat was stored as on the video, in abandoned mine shaft. Drink theirs vodka from tin cups as well. Life have diferent values there, similar to Canadian arctic where I spend some part of my life as well.
Wow! But what brought you to Yakutsk?
@@mathiasjohannesson9833 Job, construction on permafrost, russian language.
Yakutsk oblast? The proper name is Republic of Yakutia. Cheers
@@t-bird8978 Hhahhahaha, sure. The proper name is; Respublik Saha.
Except its Russia. Not Canada.
Not even comparable. Think the Russian government gives a crap about those people? Heck no. Get real.
Definitely a ROUGH journey! God bless these guys that are trying to make living !🙏🏾❤️These guys still have a great sense of humor in spite of the battle they have to fight every day ! How could you not love these guys ? 😂❤️
I've visit places like this when young. Nothing change since then. Very beautiful but hard to endure. I'd like to visit again
love the Deadliest Journey series, outstanding documentary, keep it up!!!
Camera man broken hip bones when filming
And probably brain and teeth detachment😮
What a fantastic series! Great work as usual!
This TH-cam channel does not produce their own documentaries
@@Robespierre-lI so? The documentaries are great as usual. I doesn't matter who provides them.
@@TheChris1299100 this documemtary is crap. Ten minutes they talking about road but actually roads are preety cool and new there (because there's no much populations nor trafic to destroy road).
@@Forzadistrada i like the roads too, seeing this stuff is really cool. As documemtaries go, yeah it could be better.
This comment section reminds me of brain damage.
Incredible example of human spirit and determination! Thank you.
Toda aquela região está cheia de cadaveres de mllhoes de prisioeniros inocentes a mando do maior criminoso da história STALI.-ali morreram-maldito comunismo.-
Mind.
Blown.
I couldn't stop watching, thanks for your efforts.
Nicolae story is captivating. Especially the moment he encountered the bear. Lol i had a good laugh but at same time sympathise with him . Glad he's is well & alive to share this wonderful epic journey.
Ole Nikolai, truck driver, game warden, mechanic, entrepreneur, spiritual man, reindeer penis eating, bear attack victim, and member of the 101st Screaming Eagles. Well whether he was or not he's a badass for walking all that way to get help with his nuts hanging off.😅
I've trucked through the rocky moutains and now that seems easy. I had no idea the Russian far east was part wild west and part mad max
Это и правда, как дикий запад, но только в России.
@@redscratch5835✌️🇺🇦❤️🇺🇲👍И минус 50 градусов зимой!!! И нищета!!!!
Верно!) Но на юге региона, всё намного лучше, конечно)
Mad Max it is...😂😂😂😂😂
Its like the Americas in 1700's. White men come and steal everything they can.
The rifle fired at 8:17 is not a version of the "notorious Kalashnikov". It's a 10-round SKS rifle that the Kalashnikov, aka AK47, replaced in 1947.
exactly, about the only thing they have in common is the cartridge. Different locking mechanism, receivers have nothing in common, etc. In comparison, a Saiga is essentially an AK with different grip/stock arrangement.
Yeah I thought that, looks like it had a bolt action - much more reliable for hunting in the wild.
@@ggee7391 the SKS is absolutely semiauto, but it's a tilting bolt rather than the rotating bolt of an AK, and it uses a stripper clip loaded internal magazine rather than the detachable box magazine of the AK.
You GENIUS I BET AND WELL TRAVELLED.
@@Squilliam-Fancyson the SKS has almost nothing in common with the AK. They fire the same cartridge but that's about it.
SKSs all use a forged receiver, a tilting bolt, and an internal magazine fed by stripper clip (with a few exceptions to the last made by other countries)
AKs mostly use a stamped receiver (early examples are forged though), all of them use a rotating bolt, I believe all use a detachable double stack magazine.
I'm unaware of any compatible parts.
Saigas are essentially AKs set up to look (kinda) like SKSs, the mechanical system is mostly AK with some relatively minor changes. The rifles pictured are very clearly SKSs rather than Saigas though.
Amazing documentary! Respect to those who filmed this
Absolutely incredible documentary, the best I have seen in sometime. Much appreciated.
"We have to pay taxes for roads, there are no roads." As someone who has lived in Michigan, I feel this
You have no freaking idea! None whatsoever.
This guy 😂😂😂
Michigan does not even begin to compare to the deep reaches of Siberia, or even Alaska in the United States, don’t act like you know what it’s like
You're talking the difference between annoying potholes and frost heaves on the one hand; and getting stuck in liquid mud on a routine basis, going through 20 tire replacements a month and/or blinded to oncoming vehicles by massive dust clouds on the other
Try Saskatchewan rural roads, so bumpy your tires can develop bubbles from ruptured inner sidewall
Nikolai is as tough a nails. Truly a lost trait of men world wide. Man single handedly keeps the tundra thriving. True sigma. Got attacked by a bear and blamed himself. Respects locals and counter culture and their way of life.
funny and kind of ironic these times how he wears an US Army vest lmao
Well said
@@ultimathule3834 I truthfully think he’s apart of the Russian “punk culture” as they are called. Very antigovernment and against crimes of the working class. He idolizes Stalin and Putin so he isn’t witch hunted and thrown in a gulag.
He’s definitely not a pure soul, but someone to stand behind until you find someone better. Hard to be tough as nails and a purity human at the same time.
Reminds me of a lot of the men I was surrounded by in my rural hometown. I now live in a city that blindly votes Democrat men having rainbow hair and talking like faggots with no confidence.
@@ultimathule3834 It's probably the only one he has. And he probably doesn't give a shit. I don't think anyone else up there gives a shit either. And no one would dare tell him to take it off anyway, or things would get even funnier.
@@ultimathule3834 this documentary came up in 2010
The first rifle as well as that of the game warden were Simonov carbines (ie. SKS) and are not AK47 variants. It fires the same cartridge, the intermediate 7.62 x 39mm as an AK47 but the action is totally different, semi-automatic only and preceded the fully automatic, detachable magazine AK47.
I'm pretty sure you're actually thinking of the SVT 40 thats the semi auto rifle chambered in 7.62 that predates the AK.
@@xXxPurpaKushxXx No this is an SKS in the video albeit one modified with a telescopic sight. I've seen a lot of SKS 7.62 x 39 rifles used in Chukotka Oblast by geologists for defense against grizzly bears. I'd prefer a more powerful bear rifle than a 7.62 x 39 but you have to use what's available. One Chukotka geologist that I met had Tigrr rifle, a civilian model of the Soviet SVD Dragonov rifle chambered for the more powerful 7.62 x 54R cartridge, comparable to a 30-06 Springfield.
"SKS and RPD
Two final firearms worth noting are the SKS (Samozaryadniy Karabin Sistemi Simonova) and RPD (Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova). While technically not a true World War II firearm, the SKS semi-automatic carbine was developed at the tail end of the war by Sergi Gavrilovich Simonov while Vasily Degtyaryov worked on the RPD. These are both notable as they were among the first small arms to be chambered for the 7.62x39mm M43 round, which the Soviets developed in response to the German’s 7.92x33mm Kurz ammo that was used for the StG44/MP44 (Sturmgewehr). Soviet arms designers saw the benefits of this intermediate cartridge and looked to create their own version. This would be the 7.62x39mm.
The SKS was developed as a semi-auto carbine - much like the U.S. made M1 Carbine - but it only briefly served as a first-line rifle, being replaced with by the now infamous AK-47, which also utilized the 7.62x39mm round. The SKS however remained in second-line service for decades and as a ceremonial arm. The RPD ironically was ready for mass production at the end of World War II, but did not reach this stage until 1953. It remained in use as a light machine gun throughout the Cold War.".
armchairgeneral.com/weapons-of-the-red-army-soviet-small-arms-of-world-war-ii.htm
@vernshein5430 I noticed that too. The tribes people at the end (before going on tracked vehicle) had what looked like civilian version of ak platform but I don't know the name
I'm not saying the SVT 40 is the rifle in the video I concur it is an SKS I just don't believe you're correct in saying the SKS predates the AK. That's what I'm saying I think the rifle you're thinking of that predates the AK is the SVT 40
@@xXxPurpaKushxXx The SVT does supersede both the SKS and AK47/AKM.
The order was SVT, SKS and AK47 and then AKM.
It is great to see some "regular" folks, as I have found around the world, that have none of the political issues that cause so much trouble in our world. From Texas. Great video!
Have you not noticed that the pregnant village woman, who lives in a collapsed house, sad with a sad face "yes, the major here is very powerful, but I'd better not say anything or I could get into trouble".
@@mav45678 he means that there is no world politics that revolve around a certain world leader currently conducting special military operations in a country that isn’t his
thank the french for this documentary
@@henryschmidt485 Slava Putin! The ukropigs and their braindead supporters MUST pay a heavy price for the 14.000 Russophones killed between 2014-2022.
Pui je pense plus il y a de cheffaillons comme rn France 🇫🇷 ont nous a tout retiré .
Soutien à cette force de vie des russes
❤😂
My great grandfather was a german Mg-42 gunner at stalingrad and was captured and send to the gulags. He escaped later by train hopping back to germany through russia and then poland but his friends who flew with him were shot dead in the journey.
😂😂😂
Right 😂
It was these prisoners that fixed the roads . After gulag slave labor died , it went back to old time commie crap .
Sad. The ordinary people are always to suffer. My Mom was a teenage girl in the 40-th. There were German prisoners of war in their area - the Irkutsk province, by Baykal lake, Easte4n Siberia. The local people didn’t hate the Germans. One day my Mom met a German soldier in the wood not far from their house. He was skinny and hungry. He asked for some food. She run back home and told her grandparents. Her Granddad took some food and they together went to the wood and gave it to the soldier. Late on the Germans were released and were taken home to Germany, as far as I know.
I’ve read stories of German prisoners in Soviet camps. Horrible. The ones who escaped and walked west….incredible!
2:14 cameraman got distracted 😂
I can't help loving & admiring this Deadliest Journey Series! Those Russian drivers who are valiant, gutsy, & courageous certainly deserve a huge pat on the back for a job well done. Btw, if it weren't for this narrator, Tom Wright, who has a low-pitched, kind of husky, & dignified-tone of voice, this doc. couldn't be of much interest & enjoyable. His unique & faintly sarcastic way of talking seems to have enhanced the wealth of intrigue, thrill, & excitement ( I wonder if anyone else perceives the same!?). Lastly, thanks for driving the secondhand Japanese trucks( I've never expected to see those trucks owned by SEINO Transport Company in Japan.) in the Siberian rough & tough roads. Thoroughly enjoy watching & appreciate it to the core.,,,,(03/20/23)
japanese trucks are the only truck that survive
They are exceptional people. Russians are among the best in the world.
A whole fucking lot of mispronounciations though.
This is interesting , This is entertaining and gives a great sense of the life and struggle in the world. Thanks for all your hard work filming and traveling / risking your life making these videos.
Typical russian in russia. Misses time when political prisoners would die by tousands to hundreds of tousands just to make there(russian) life better. To hell with russia and its empire, hope it will burn soon.
these idiots want to fight with you and hate you terribly for the fact that they live badly)
This documentary was filmed in 90s
These are some tough people, not too smart to not pave their main highways, but at least they are tough... and drunk enough.
thank the french for this documentary
These vistas are absolutely beautiful. There's something very real about it. It talks to me on a primal level. And I also noticed how most of these people had very close to a laugh about their situation. The amount of acceptance for life's challenges and still trucking on, literally, is truly inspiring.😢
This documentary is from 2010. This road has been completely rebuilt since then.
Truly a gorgeous country. I wish so badly to see Russia one day before I die.
I have always been grateful, to have been born in a place and time, when there is better in the world than what others have to endure on a hourly basis. It is my hope that all can find a safe, and comfortable existence. Be well.
Great doc, about tough people just getting by day to day. I wondered when thisvwas made so I Google'd it, iMDB said Deadliest Journey's was from 2010. So I'm guesstimating this was filmed sometime between 2000 & 2010. It's crazy to think these people still live exactly like this in 2024 & they probably still will in 2100 too
The road has been rebuilt, which will change almost everything along the road.
Simply incredible, best wishes to these hardy people.
Agreed and best wishes to that cute little baby and it’s family.
Thanks guys for uploading a new episode of this deadliest journey, we are seeking for more new episodes of this. Thanks keep uploading 😍
If anyone is interested, a Louis L'Amor Novel called Last of the Breed is a fascinating and surprisingly accurate story of an American Military Pilot brought down over the Bering Sea and transported to a prison camp near lake Baikal,and his subsequent escape and survival in the Siberian Tiaga...I purposely left out a twist which is made clear in the first chapter, which helps explain his survival in such hostile territory.
Cold war kids will appreciate it...
I think it's one of L'Amour's last pieces, written in 1986, just as Glasnost,and Peristroyka were being established. No Six Guns.... No Horses, and no pigeonhole of the American West. An expansion,if you will on a intrigal part of the American West, just in Siberia!
I've read most of his books but I've never come across that definitely search for thanks
This is A-360 motorway which goes from Never settlement to Lower Bestyakh (Yakutsk is on the other side of the Lena and there is no bridge)
Now it's mostly finished, from Never to Aldan (650 km) there is only 20 km and 15 km pieces of dirt road, rest is steady asphalt with some waves closer to the south end
Asphalt is famously unstable in climates like that! It wouldn't even last 5 years. I know. I'm Canadian. I've seen asphalt roads, even without heavily loaded semi trailers.
The resilience of man, wow. I lived in similar conditions in Northern Canada
lol that’s what I thought…looks like south of grande prairie lol
"We have to pay taxes for maintaining the road, but there is no road"😂
The great, 19th century, Russian writer, Fedor Dostoyevsky, said the best: "Russia has two major problems: roads and idiots. One of them can be solved with a Road Roller machine...But its impossible to figure out what to do with the roads."
Since then, it seems that nothing changed.😂
fantastic documentary - real life, real people
This should be a good one! I'm fascinated with learning about Russia and the former USSR! The gulags and the purges should be taught about in school just as much as the Nazis, if not more, but I didn't learn much about the former USSR until I took World History in college taught by a professor who I'm pretty confident was/is indeed a communist himself.
"A communist himself" what made you think that ? Especially in the the U.S. , questioning the east -west confrontation is considered suspicious . We should all just march after the Pentagon , just like the two allowed political parties who both allow her unconditional and unlimited access to the people's treasury , no questions asked, which usually is the privilege of one party states.
Bytheway......the Nazis could count on underhand support from the 1918 allied conglomerate and their banks because Hitler seemed such a dedicated anti communist. It ended all for the best , some came out of that blood soaked history as a superpower with a booming economy and wouldn't want to change history even if they could.
It seems the U.S. could use such a little squabble again to unite her highly polarised society into a common goal again with a huge economic upswing like after '45 .
Eastern Europe just like the two previous times ,proved the ideal place to cook up such conflicts. One little snag though , the major players own nuclear weapons these days , otherwise the ultimate showdown might've happened long ago .
Then be Shure to watch bald and bankrupt channel as he went all over the former ussr, and I mean “all over” very informative chap who entertains at the same time….
@@Curi0u50ne I'm a big fan of Bald and Bankrupt and I used to watch NFKRZ a bit too, good recommendation. A lot of the places Bald goes remind me of the abandoned Air Force Base out by the K.I. Sawyer airport, it closed about 30 years ago and has been low rent housing since the late 90s. I lived there for a long year in 2011-2012 and the feeling of desolation and hopelessness out there walking on the empty streets by abandoned spray painted buildings with all the windows busted and the copper wire long gone, torn out by tweakers years ago... Something about that feeling resonates heavy whenever I watch Bald wandering around some ex Soviet city or area.
Why wait for school to teach you what you want to know ? You live in the internet age dewdz ! ;)
@@adrienperie6119 lol I graduated in 2005 and went to college in 2007-08, I've learned more since then many times over
He's right about the Coffee/cola mix. I used to take that when I had to make that long ride. 1500 miles in 24 hours.
It sounds disgusting lol
I recently completed trip on Trans-Siberian train and thought that I knew something about Siberia... gosh was I wrong. I wasn't really looking to deepen my knowledge about this region, but once I started watching I couldn't stop. It takes special kind of men (and women) to live and work there but there is also something luring in this wild and rugged environment. Is it freedom, different law (or perhaps lack thereof), desire to test your character, strength or ability? Thank you for sharing your journey through the roads and wilderness of this vast country, it was mesmerizing.
Golly, Nikoli is a proper man. God bless that fella
Ole Nikolai, truck driver, game warden, mechanic, entrepreneur, spiritual man, reindeer penis eating, bear attack victim, and member of the 101st Screaming Eagles. Well whether he was or not he's a badass for walking all that way to get help with his nuts hanging off.😅
Awesome, is there a part 2? It seems to just end. Thanks for the content!
Respect for all truckers out there ! Not an easy job!
I am a road driver here in the US.... I think we got it easy.
You do
Man thank you so much for this film, I enjoy watching from the US.
I love that places like this still exist. Living in the US in California is so boring. Dont get me wrong, I will never end up here in this place but knowing there are places in the deep places of the world that are still a wild west / mad max script makes the world more interesting. A desolate road full of truckers having to survive the wild, the elements, using random run down vehicle repair shops in the high way wasteland driving past road workers who have to hunt to survive with their SKS rifles praying to the old gods for protection, bears attacking people, wolves... haunted stretches of road from the old gulags full of spirits, highway bandits and then beyond the road is a never ending expanse of forests and mountains full of secrets and the unknown. Life is so boring and mundane working your 9-5 hearing co workers talk about sports, celebs and other NPC crap. It makes me feel better knowing there are still wild crazy places on the earth.
🤦🏻♂️🫵🏼🫏😚🤡. 🖕🏻🇺🇦🇷🇺
Exactly. But I'm also glad I was born in Central Europe, so I can at least somehow partially choose my life instead of being born into those desperate places in Russia, where you have no other options. But I get how you feel and the Siberian way of life really reminds me of the russian romantic literature like The hero of our time by M. Lermontov, which I love.
@@5b_c4ll3d_p4ul 100% correct. Im glad I dont live there, but its somehow comforting to know that not EVERY part of civilization is a shit mixture of tik tok, celeb gossip and ugly building with cctv cameras everywhere. There is still mystery in the world, even if its only in small pockets of the planet.
Plenty of Middle Grounds that you can move to..
Go to Alaska or similar..
Find a level of cumfort you need and enjoy the freedom..
Just dont bring along Californian poltics or you could have problems with the locals and you need to get alone with locals in such places..
The beauty of Russia is that you can live surrounded by nature not far from some millionaire city. Have access to civilization, and at the same time live surrounded by forests by the river. There are no such problems with the laws as in Germany or Florida, the state does not care about you at all.
Excellent documentary!
Driving a car in this region would drive car lovers truly crazy.
Why your audience is so small....you guys deserve more subscribers...its just now a days most of the people are into entertainment & short reels....only the real people or mature one reach to your channel...i can understand how much it takes to shoot such documnetry & language issue...you guys are doing great just keep it up...🤗
3 million is not small.
Its a commercially produced French TV documentary from 2010, it has nothing to do with this youtube channel.
Love these videos such humble hard working people may God bless them and their families ❤️🙏
Very good documentary, I have watched it twice over the last few months. Thanks for posting.
awesome video, what a journey
I live in Fairbanks Alaska , The road side in this video reminds me of the road side up North , - the extreme road damage.
Когда-то принадлежала России🤷♂️
Do you have UAZ delivering goods too? ;p
I really enjoy watching, because I can see the world through the videos you make, thank you ❤❤❤❤❤
It was a very exciting and intersting dokumentation, I would be very interested in living with this people for a few month to learn how difficult but also independant there life is. Thank you for this movie!!
Du depp !
Very compelling... Loved this
8:08 that looks to be an SKS actually. It was introduced at the very end of WWII and was used up until they were able to get the AK-47 mass produced in 1953, I think. It was something along those lines. Anyways the rifle was and still used today for ceremonial purposes. It was also a big hit in the civilian markets across the world. A very beautiful rifle, and one of my favorites for sure.
Correct. Used to be able to buy them for $138 backing the 80s and early 90s. Punks and skinheads used to shoot at each other with them cuz they were the only rifles they could afford. 😆
@@specom SKS 7.62.. could cut the barrel off . old days ( '72-74 )
@@specom yeah its a damn shame and a shame we cant get anything norinco today because theyre still selling them brand new at amazing prices in civilian markets. I got one for about $375. Late 50s model made for the NVA by norinco. Seller and I had no idea until I was finally able to find information on it that lined up with what I saw on the gun.
This narrator is always a joke, his translations and lack of knowledge is always amusing, when I heard Saiga I had to comment XD cool to see the travels and places but it would be so much better without the narrator.
@@holyluke Also, he referred to the tracked vehicle at the end as a Half-Track.
Man, that is "living on the frontier". Those are some tough and resourceful people.
It is a well told story. For having penetrated deep inside Russia myself, the documentary illustrates well that unique fatalism, unpreparedness and resilience in adversity among Russians of all origins. It also clearly shows how Asian Russia today remains as a country. But the extraction industry and resulting destruction / pollution industry make me sad too. Mixed feelings.
Asian Russia is not much worse developed than Southern or European Russia. It's just that the entire infrastructure, roads and cities are located in the Southern part of Siberia and the Far East. The further north you go, the wilder the places there are and the further away from civilization. Huge territories, a population like in Japan, so there is no need and desire to build hundreds of kilometers of paved roads to some village in the northern depths of Siberia or the Far East. This is exactly the beauty of Russia - huge wild territories.
it's old video. now all this road is asphalted.
@@VHSKacceta great answer
@@kachala✌️🇺🇦❤️🇺🇲👍I is not true!!
@@VictorLyuba it's true.
this channel truly has "Best Documentary"-ies
Life in this part of the world must be UNBELIEVABLY hard!
люди это-такая "зараза"....выживают и приспосабливаются везде и самое главное!!!находят смысл во всем этом))
И ещё сильней и живучей становятся.
The landscape moulds the people 💪🏻
A brilliant film as a documentary. The reactions it causes are terrifying. I would like to see all those admiring "this place to live" when they are forced to live there. Next time they will definitely not be impressed when they see such places.
Even with all the hardship, people can still maintain high spirits every time with a big smile in their faces
Tough people, tough truck driving gig, I drive to Indiana twice a month, thank god for Loves and Pilot!
Im speechless Beautiful Documentary, How Ever Life is Hard Weather is Harsh But People Still having Fun and Laughing, This Video Made My day I truly Appreciate You Guy's Work ,🙏
Truly fascinating, thank you!
They should gather up those discarded tires, bolt them together to form a mat, and integrate them into the road surface. It'll improve the durability of the road considerably.
It's proly not a reasonable solution.. It would take a lot of tires, money, and upkeep. I'm sure they'd just wear and be destroyed after a couple years of traffic on frozen rubber in the winter. And bolt them into what? I mean they can't even get asphalt to stay put in the winter.
Who is going to pay for it
I drove with such 4 frozen rubber things every winter 😂
Funny comment
I thought the same, just chop them up and scatter them. Bit softer on the trucks. 😁
For 300 kms? You can do a short road to your home like this not a 300 km journey
the best documentary video i ever seen
I just found this channel and love it. I am a retired trucker from US. I love the video called "Man's First Friend". If you love dogs you will love the documentary. ❤
Very well documented in all aspects 👏👏👏
Só uma palavra para tentar explicar este estilo tão hostil de vida: incrível, incrível, incrível!
hostil? hah nao fazem nem 100 anos que nosso padrao de vida mudou tanto, isso nao é nada
@@itsmemattagain9841 Cara, eu moro no nordeste desde minha infância, e por mais que eu tenha visto falar em dificuldades de subsistência devido a falta de chuvas, recursos, altas temperaturas e tal., acho que não se compara nem de longe com o frio extremo (dia e noite, o ano inteiro), terras enlamassadas, sem pavimentação, e dificuldades de locomoção que estes povos tem... O que vc pensa acerca disto?
it feels weird seeing that truck offroading in Siberia when it was delivering just outside of where I live in japan
I am Russian and I lived there for some years. For Russians this is nothing of extraordinary, it is a very usual way of life, not only in Siberia and Far North but sometimes even a couple of hundred miles from Moscow, in rural areas, especialy in regards of roads and bridges.
But I am grateful to all commenters for their respect toward ordinary Russians.
Many people of the West respect the RU people and would like to visit
your huge nation... but, govt. leaders & politics ruin things for us all.
Nikolai was my favorite character in this one. Such an experienced fella!
Dude was longing for the days of Stalin and the gulags sounds like a pos
Ole Nikolai, truck driver, game warden, mechanic, entrepreneur, spiritual man, reindeer penis eating, bear attack victim, and member of the 101st Screaming Eagles. Well whether he was or not he's a badass for walking all that way to get help with his nuts hanging off.😅
A very entertaining documentary. The narrator is excellent.
I got incredibly stoned and watch this documentary, it was absolutely incredible.
multiple times in the viewing. I had o rewind and watch a scene over and over, as it was so fascinating, particularly scenes that show deep superstitions, notice how the further north this case of beer travels, the further back in time we go, the more ancient customs, notice the untouched $100 bill on the sacred mountain gods monument.
Overall, incredible, 9.5/10
Awesome I'm gonna get stoned and follow your journey !
Watch it stoned with your GF, it’s 10x better and more interesting 😊
Krasa išla tatra tade pekny dokument.Tatra nezna bratra😀
Did that horse bump into the traffic sign at 25:58?
Yeah even in Russia the horses drink vodka till they're blacked out
I think it;s just a coincidental sound from his heap of his car
poor bear sitting chained like that , hard life though
Bear deserve, more vodka
This is outstanding. A fun and very informative documentary. It seems Russian development is held back by their poor road network. This is traveler's dream. Keep it up.
This 2010
In 2016. Rel aredy to yakutia
By their collective foolish approach to life decisions .Roads are just consequences of it
@@sergmats05 Exactly.
This documentary is from 2010. This road has been completely rebuilt since then.
if Russia could have focused more on its people than being paranoid about an enemy this is a country with people who can work the country to be richer than whole Europe
West pushing them too much-- not fear
Paranoia talking?... No country in the world has had to fight off the enemy so often. And they did it successfully precisely because such men live here, real, not weaklings pampered by the 21st century. Strength in the struggle, including with a hard life
@@rusaxe4443 Nyet! The outnumbered American & Canadian Indian/Aboriginal Original people's nations never stopped fighting the Spanish & British invaders. 44 million died and many lost their lands, etc. Please read books about it. Spaciba.
@@Z8Q8 Russia fought against invaders long before Europeans arrived in North America. The history of Russian warriors and losses are incomparably greater than those of any people.
I love that Boris is an old punk rocker 🤘🏿
2:50 Игорь , 42 года , ветеран войны в Афганистане 😂. Ну вы блин даёте, как сказал бы Михалыч 😉.
Bruh… this is like some old vice North Korea / Russia type documentary. Crazy good. Crazy to think they have a baby on board while traveling in a Soviet half track tank
Those massive ex-military trucks are a treat for sure, but the tank was priceless. The over-crowded mini-bus is a bit of a cliche for travels in the south asian countryside. Here we have the analagous vehicle in Russia, the over-crowded tank.
It's a fully tracked vehicle, not half.
I wonder where that Evgenian got the AK-74M from. It's hot shit in ealry 2000s
@jb1934 they are the toughest trucks In the world! The only america truck that tough was the old (1980s- before they became Volvo trash)
MACK BULLDOG from Allentown pennsylvania
@@AndreAKAuaэто самая дикая и заброшенная часть страны, как у вас Детройт.
It confirms my view on modern Russia: Enormous wealth at Moscow and St.Petersburg however the further you move away form these centers the more you are faced with brutal reality. The center lacks control or is just living in ignorance. Now as Russia has started BRICS, these people will be even more faced of what it means to live on the loosing end of the Russian society. Thanks for that documentary.
Exactly. Every word of your comment is right on the money.
I'm curious how you come to the conclusion this area of Russia will become more impoverished because of BRICS? If anything I would have thought more trade and investment between the most populous and fastest growing economies on Earth would give the region a higher chance of further development.
@@whatsup9992 I hope your assumptions will work out, however the hegemonial aspirations & military activities linked to BRICS will cost Russia a lot of money.........you could have a look to the US for comparison.
Not that Washington,Boston or LA are as bad but that may change . Sniff sniff 🥔
Delusional. Take a few steps away from your luxury apartment in New York and face people who live on streets. Oh, I am sorry, it was their own decision to live like that, right?
2:52 Igor, age 42, an Afghanistan war veteran.
What?! Afghanistan war ended 30+ years ago.
Maybe it was filmed years ago
This documentary is from 2010
If this was filmed in 2010, then old Nicoli has most likely passed on or is an old man by now. We all get old and our bodies can’t take such abuse for ever.
@@leonsoboleski2969A bear has probably eaten him by now. Ole Nikolai, truck driver, game warden, mechanic, entrepreneur, spiritual man, reindeer penis eating, bear attack victim, and member of the 101st Screaming Eagles. Well whether he was or not he's a badass for walking all that way to get help with his nuts hanging off.😅
Great documentary about Great people who i admire deeply...why the narrator called the last vehicle a half track i dont know but that was a Great piece of kit vehicle im not sure but i think they are amphibious🤔...im thinking how big the mosquitoes must be where that full track was driving through they'd be the size of bats🤔🤗🤗... brilliant movie loved it ....
very good video! I wish i could find more info about the deer altar though
Very tough brave people. Amazing.