Journey to Vorkuta - The Most Depressing Town in Russia

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  • In 2020, I visited the town of Vorkuta and some of the nearby urban localities for the first time. I was able to witness absolutely surreal views of the Russian Arctic in form of neglected settlements with dozens of abandoned buildings in the middle of tundra. I decided to create a video in form of a short documentary about this incredible area. Enjoy!
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  • @MrClassymassy
    @MrClassymassy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +404

    “He and us are not so different... We are all soldiers, without an army. Betrayed. Forgotten. Abandoned. In Vorkuta, we are ALL brothers!” -Viktor Reznov

    • @badgerden7080
      @badgerden7080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      To be honest, Alex Mason trusted Reznov a hell of a lot more than he ever did Jason Hudson. I always thought Hudson was a snake.

    • @nuevosyrianarmy6311
      @nuevosyrianarmy6311 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      En Vorkuta de hecho se contruyó un gulag

    • @danicadegooijer2219
      @danicadegooijer2219 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I agree I am Serbian from Belgrade hoe live in Holland for 35 years and my son wit Dutch huisband all 32 years marid...as sin finish master internationaal en Russian langvige...we had als I war years 90i we are same part firgatton to

    • @danicadegooijer2219
      @danicadegooijer2219 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Forgatton....

    • @certified1075
      @certified1075 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah lol

  • @adolfobama3601
    @adolfobama3601 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    There is just something strange and beautiful seeing some of these massive concrete building in a field of bright flowers.

  • @Madetha2301
    @Madetha2301 2 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    I really enjoyed this video! The landscape with the flowers and empty blocks in the Arctic summer is actually pretty. And I appreciate the information 👍👍

    • @user-mk4bv6es8d
      @user-mk4bv6es8d ปีที่แล้ว

      Это место для оленей и аборигенов,там ничего красивого,

  • @Fico214
    @Fico214 2 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    I loved them wild purple flowers !! They're everywhere! With the abandoned buildings and landscape and these arctic flowers blend together.. is just beautiful aesthetic.
    It's like a world of post-apocalyptic video game.

    • @Itapirkanmaa2
      @Itapirkanmaa2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      In Finnish "Horsma" also known as "Rentun ruusu" or "The Vagabond's Rose" (Fireweed in English).

    • @valkrsk
      @valkrsk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Itapirkanmaa2 in Russian it is Иван чай, or Ivan's tea.

    • @wtcnl
      @wtcnl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dutch: "Wilgenroosje" (Willow rose), latin: Chamaenerion angustifolium

    • @MyKharli
      @MyKharli 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Itapirkanmaa2 Rosebay willow herb is called fireweed because of its ability to quickly inhabit areas of previous fire..(.Scotland ).

    • @indiferent0
      @indiferent0 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not that aesthetic if u live there u prob weren't even to Russia

  • @brett8680
    @brett8680 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Your dedication is admirable. Thank you for sharing this with us.

    • @buxtehude123
      @buxtehude123 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      WHAT dedication. To present a censored view of the town to get more views from gloating Americans?

  • @bold810
    @bold810 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    My heart grieves for your beautiful country.
    Such promise, but so much pain.

  • @chiimumango3979
    @chiimumango3979 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Imagine Being an Sub-zero City in the middle of Nowhere in Russia just to be Remembered by Gen Z as a Level in a Video Game

  • @anemonenemorosa9299
    @anemonenemorosa9299 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Must have been surreal walking around these empty places. I wouldn’t mind going there myself.

    • @jozseftoth9368
      @jozseftoth9368 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      For an outstander, yes. For someone who saw the place in its prime, a tragedy

    • @user-mk4bv6es8d
      @user-mk4bv6es8d ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jozseftoth9368 не надо говорить о расцвете ,люди оставались зарабатывали деньги,и так проходила жизнь,но деньги не все,лишили природы ,нормально климатического условий,себя и своих детей,или я сейчас живу в окружении красивого пейзажа на берегу моря или в замерзшей тундре полгода,да ещё и с угрозой для себя и детей ,когда бывает чёрная пурга,и нехваткой кислорода.

  • @b3sTus3r
    @b3sTus3r 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Wow, thank you for this video.
    My great grandfather, born in the US in 1903 immigrated to Lithuania somewhere in 1930s and started a business. In 1945 the Soviets saw in his birth certificate the he was an American citizen and on top of that a business owner and a large property owner. Since you cannot have individual success under communism, they sent him to Vorkuta to work in a coal mine. He came back in 1955 ill and weak, after about two years died of lung cancer.

    • @namenl2205
      @namenl2205 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      So he had a colonizer family in te US who didn’t give two shits about black people 🤡 karma will serve every white person and their family for STILL in 2022 suppressing us. Cry me a river

    • @dickmcgee9627
      @dickmcgee9627 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wonder what your peepaw did in nazi occupied Lithuania to end up in a soviet prison 🤔 oh wel, must be because of his succes, nothing fishy there!

    • @gintaraslinkus138
      @gintaraslinkus138 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My friend mechanic by profession is born in that town Vorkuta.Little story about how he popped to local police commissariat for driving issue at the times already of independent Lithuania:
      He was strictly beaten by independent Lithuania policemen only for that-that he said he's born in Vorkuta...
      Strange but sad truth

    • @jozseftoth9368
      @jozseftoth9368 ปีที่แล้ว

      You talk like mining coal was a death sentence. Like they infected your grandpa with cancer intentionally

    • @impaugjuldivmax
      @impaugjuldivmax 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      there was a revolt of lithuanian prisoners in Vorkuta in 1953 and all of them have been killed at once, maybe police had some feeelings about that.

  • @jdhinckley1954
    @jdhinckley1954 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Yes, it depressing, and a sad commentary, but it also helps us to not forget our history. Thank you for your effort!

    • @Th3Snipe
      @Th3Snipe ปีที่แล้ว

      Yet Russia seems to have forgotten many parts of history... Invading Ukraine and emberassing themselves how weak their army actually is.
      I always thought Russia had a great army untill now, all their power relies on the weak excuse of nuclear bombs... Without nukes Russia would be nothing.
      Sad, they could've been a great country our modern times, now totally isolated and repeating the wrongs they made in history but now.

  • @rajjie100
    @rajjie100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I watched the winter video last night and wondered what it looked like without the snow, thank you!

  • @kierontemnov2452
    @kierontemnov2452 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The vibe of this place is so bittersweet in a mesmerising way. A source of pure inspiration. 🖤🖤🖤🖤

  • @mariohnyc
    @mariohnyc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Thanks for the well put together video. It's amazing how huge of an impact coal production was in the not so distant past, and how entire towns and cities that were built around coal went from prosperous to desolate in a relatively short period of time. Same has happened here in the US, and i'm sure other places throughout the world.

    • @petecollins4925
      @petecollins4925 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Absolutely. Here in the UK it's the same. Also I toured New Zealand back in 2018 and ended up staying in an old mining village pub which had been converted to backpacker accommodation. Sad to see these once prosperous and thriving places fall by the wayside.

  • @el6178
    @el6178 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Thank you for sharing this. Its in a weird way, very beautiful. I would love to visit. I would have felt very uncomfortable sleeping in the empty buildings though.

    • @milenastr4385
      @milenastr4385 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You are not along, I find it weirdly mesmerizing and peaceful too.

  • @Sciambolanja
    @Sciambolanja 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    It would have been nice to stumble upon Bald & Bankrupt: "look at these Soviet buildings!"

  • @markhussey9406
    @markhussey9406 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Excellent stuff, mind blowing to think of what it was like in its prime.

  • @Th3W0rst0n3
    @Th3W0rst0n3 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    These kind of videos of such places makes me feel emotions that I can't describe. It's eternally beautiful and lonely, melancholic at the same time. Thanks for these great videos!

  • @albertoredolfi3981
    @albertoredolfi3981 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this places are surreal and have some sort of magnetism u can't find anywere else. Great video, thanks

  • @dieseltinus6680
    @dieseltinus6680 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you for showing us this. Must have taken some persistance. Greetings from the Netherlands.

  • @lesuspect450
    @lesuspect450 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    keep adding bro your going to the millions soon or far with your content!

    • @Joe-jg6zz
      @Joe-jg6zz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He should change the channel name from starting with “en.” It’s impossible to find in the search box. “Vagrant train hopper” or something would be good so people could randomly come across it.

    • @lesuspect450
      @lesuspect450 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Joe-jg6zz true!

    • @nickfasfasd
      @nickfasfasd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The commentary would be better on camera, the voiceover over lacks the energy of the place.

  • @SuchContent
    @SuchContent 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for sharing this video!

  • @michaelepstein423
    @michaelepstein423 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I really like and appreciate your videos. Your photography work is my favorite part, but the entire effort that you put in to be able to produce these videos is beyond impressive. Your works will endure as beautiful and unique chronicles of places that time forgot and few people will ever see.

  • @marcinkaczor8311
    @marcinkaczor8311 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love your productions. Keep up the good work!

  • @p_noc
    @p_noc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very cool way to experience such a remote place. I enjoyed hearing the history of these towns too!

  • @neptunevibe
    @neptunevibe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is so blick... Love it!

  • @daveconyard8946
    @daveconyard8946 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you For this post Keep Safe and well, 👍

  • @kpb96m
    @kpb96m 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    You are doing a great job on these videos. Thank you for speaking English so we can follow your adventures!! Maybe do Volgograd one day too.

  • @catsup27
    @catsup27 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video, thanks for the content 👍

  • @annewandnageln1598
    @annewandnageln1598 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely love this video!!! Thank you for filming it!

    • @Hephasto
      @Hephasto ปีที่แล้ว

      Wanna have a trip there?

  • @carloxr9
    @carloxr9 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    thank you for the trip

  • @13donstalos
    @13donstalos ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've learned so much about Russian geography from this channel. You rock brother, keep up the good work.

  • @randyneil6161
    @randyneil6161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I would love to live in that place. I never had any friends when I was a child and I managed to be happy by myself.

    • @mihailmorozov3456
      @mihailmorozov3456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There,s no work now... capitalism so ineffective, that cause situation shown in this vid

    • @lotsofthisandthat9791
      @lotsofthisandthat9791 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I would also! Nobody to bug me. Where get info on real estate in this Vorkuta?

    • @here_we_go_again2571
      @here_we_go_again2571 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @ Randy Neil,
      Those apartment complexes are heated by huge central-heating steam plants. You would
      have to live in one of those apartment blocks with neighbors to have heat, electricity and
      water. Unless, you were able to find a way to heat your home; you would not be able to
      survive the Russian winter in Vorkuta, that lasts nine months of the year.

    • @MeMyself_andAI
      @MeMyself_andAI 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@mihailmorozov3456 youre blaming the failed unprofitable city on capitalism? Lmfao

    • @milenastr4385
      @milenastr4385 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Introverts entered the thread!🙌
      I would do too. I am currently in NY, and leaving my apartment seemed like a big feat to me these days. I need need my privacy, which is impossible in NYC.

  • @TheRedDevil_NC
    @TheRedDevil_NC ปีที่แล้ว

    So glad to be able to see this

  • @therealthawjug
    @therealthawjug 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    who search for this because you randomly remembers reznov ?

  • @ardeneques
    @ardeneques 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great videos thanks from Australia :)

  • @Satanszoon
    @Satanszoon 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Impressive video . Well done.

  • @macmackay8579
    @macmackay8579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very informative and graphical - thank you. Your command of the English language is very good.

  • @Crystalspanda
    @Crystalspanda 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh, I just Love the Fireweed, I have a patch across my driveway. Blooming colors are Awesome,
    O This is so
    Interesting ☃️

  • @TajammalBarcelona
    @TajammalBarcelona ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent Video.

  • @Serendip98
    @Serendip98 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    5:30 These flowers are called "geitrams" in Norwegian (Chamaenerion angustifolium). They are very common in Norway.

  • @watson4683
    @watson4683 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Even in summer, it looks so different to west europe. The plants, your culture.Its so interesting. I live close to the northsea. You summer, is my winter , lool

  • @teachgravity
    @teachgravity 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    great videoi

  • @breadandcircus1
    @breadandcircus1 ปีที่แล้ว

    I liked that town, the flowers are so beautiful. Nature is taking over

  • @jasminakevelj3641
    @jasminakevelj3641 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great video

  • @SuperHyee
    @SuperHyee 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks !

  • @RedcoatsReturn
    @RedcoatsReturn ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Incredible, huge ghost towns 😲 Traces of thousands of lives and families left inside…where did all the people go…its so sad 😔

  • @KatonaEditPetra
    @KatonaEditPetra 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very interesting Place!

  • @Klausisyoutube
    @Klausisyoutube ปีที่แล้ว

    Guter Kanal!👍🏼

  • @alfardachon
    @alfardachon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    La primera vez que oí de Vorkuta fue en Call of Duty Black Ops, y a partir de entonces quedé "fascinado" por esa ciudad y su entorno. Muy buen video, y gracias por tu trabajo.

  • @flhxri
    @flhxri ปีที่แล้ว

    You have a great channel

  • @TMAN-iq2kz
    @TMAN-iq2kz ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for sharing a small part of History with us. I really wish the world was more peaceful and people from the world could see and visit the beautiful Vast Lands in your country.

    • @wbialy2695
      @wbialy2695 ปีที่แล้ว

      Peaceful russia is a oxymoron

  • @hiker64
    @hiker64 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The fireweed and other flowers make such an interesting contrast with the desolate, decaying buildings all around them.

  • @mousedelay
    @mousedelay 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video

  • @marinr.8062
    @marinr.8062 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your videos are perfection. Hopefully you will bring us yet more exploration videos of Russian cities and landscapes.

  • @fruzzle2012
    @fruzzle2012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    generally you have good content, hope you enough income from here for a good 60fps camera. Stay safe, dont go where its dangerous due to enviromental hazards. Hope to see more facets of russia off the beaten path. Kamchatka pls :)

  • @ismaelattrache4117
    @ismaelattrache4117 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing

  • @stanojevicnatasa2514
    @stanojevicnatasa2514 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This place looks like urban explorer dream come true...

  • @BuffDaddySmoove
    @BuffDaddySmoove 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Been wanting to go here for a while now

  • @BeachsideHank
    @BeachsideHank 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Start mining again, sell the product as genuine "Gulag boutique coal", westerners love anything labeled as out of the ordinary and hard to get, they will pay a premium price for such a product if it is promoted as "exclusive". This is a serious proposition.

    • @here_we_go_again2571
      @here_we_go_again2571 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ha! :D

    • @JP-re3bc
      @JP-re3bc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't stop there. Why not "Vorkuta vacations"? Travel and accomodation first-class of course, and you can chose to roleplay a guard or a convict. Taste gulag meals, gulag vodka and try your hand at coal digging.

    • @phillbarnes8513
      @phillbarnes8513 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes! ‘Artisan’ coal briquettes, in a tiny wicker picnic style basket 😂

    • @MrDMIDOV
      @MrDMIDOV ปีที่แล้ว

      Market it as Green Arctic Coal with some baloney like how it’s around 23% better for the environment than regular coal

  • @joeporter5971
    @joeporter5971 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You deserve so many more subscribers! Great videos.

  • @dmedlin8118
    @dmedlin8118 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I went to Labytnangi by train 3 times, and we went through Vorkuta on that line.

  • @stankormy5717
    @stankormy5717 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Straight Outta Vorkuta

  • @steveng8727
    @steveng8727 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing video, buildings remind me of Detroit, MI

  • @jnc07res
    @jnc07res 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mul'da - its interesting to learn new words. That is an excellent diagram and description at 1:20. In English we would refer to that formation as a syncline, and in this particular case a 'normal' fault occurred following its formation. Sorry, as a geologist I couldn't help myself :)

  • @deu8894
    @deu8894 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This feels to me like an episode of "abandoned engineering". Nice

  • @OlgasBritishFells
    @OlgasBritishFells 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Классный канал! Только обнаружила. Супер интересно! Подписалась. Смотрю взахлёб. Спасибо.

  • @timandersen8916
    @timandersen8916 ปีที่แล้ว

    super interesting , thanks for sharing ,greetings from Denmark

  • @kevinasp8693
    @kevinasp8693 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such a good project! I’ve been always interested in places like these around the word. Remote areas and “uninhabitable” towns.
    Russia is one of them because of the landmass.
    Would be cool if there’s a documentary on residents lifestyle?
    Teenagers up to young adults lifestyle etc

  • @christihiatt3459
    @christihiatt3459 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good eye, camera, and channel. Too bad it's not August all the time, but then I guess it would drive one crazy with all the leaves light...

  • @Cnupoc
    @Cnupoc 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    my parents lived there in the 60s and 70s

  • @sodawater5316
    @sodawater5316 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    после твоего зимнего видео подумал что в теплое время будет не так интересно. в итоге почти вышло свежее видео на эту тему и я понял что ошибался

  • @xenos975
    @xenos975 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Vorkuta is so very modern looking. It has potential if can hold on

  • @lewismyers2325
    @lewismyers2325 ปีที่แล้ว

    Every journey begins with a single step this is step one

  • @firerockfirerockextreme3667
    @firerockfirerockextreme3667 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Correction. ..this is not a depressing town...this town has the most amazing people , culture ,

  • @OsmosisHD
    @OsmosisHD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You have potential! Great shots and narrating the video. You should start a crowdfunding or something for a better camera and a better microphone

  • @brstlmr
    @brstlmr ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Был в Воркуте и Воргашоре в 2018 году. Впечатления самые мрачные и угнетающие) НО когда возвращаешься из Воргашора в Воркуту, то кажется будто вернулся в цивилизацию) (одно из моих самых богатых на впечатления путешествий)

  • @GrnArrow092
    @GrnArrow092 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just found this channel last night and I find it very interesting. Not a lot of people get to see this part of Russia and it makes me wonder to myself how people can survive living this far north. These towns are in very remote regions of the country and they're very far away from major cities. It must have been very difficult to get food and supplies to this region where the only reliable transportation to this region is by rail. Personally, I really don't think I'd want to live in a place where it's very cold year round. I'm more used to places where the temperatures stay above freezing.

  • @herceg6772
    @herceg6772 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Romantic

  • @mishmarvel7242
    @mishmarvel7242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just discovered you this evening & love your videos, very interesting & I've subscribed 👍

  • @eprohoda
    @eprohoda 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You did awesome :)

  • @margarita8442
    @margarita8442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is nice town I live here for 30 years

  • @here_we_go_again2571
    @here_we_go_again2571 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for sharing. :) ...... The natural scenery in the summer is gorgeous! :)
    I am curious about how the buildings were built on top of the permafrost and if any of them have
    subsided with the climate change in the Arctic (From the looks of your Vorkuta winter video; one
    would be hard-pressed to believe that global warming is a reality!)
    I noticed that one of the buildings has been transitioned into a church. Is it Russian Orthodox church?
    Please take care of yourself and may God protect you in your travels.

  • @kellywilson8440
    @kellywilson8440 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video as always , Whats the name of the store at 735 ?

  • @Oscar145able
    @Oscar145able 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Step 1: Secure the keys
    Step 2: Ascend from darkness
    Step 3: Rain Fire
    Step 4: Unleash the horde
    Step 5: Skewer the winged beast
    Step 6: Wield a fist of iron
    Step 7: Raise hell
    Step 8: Freedom

  • @user-hy8gd4mq5u
    @user-hy8gd4mq5u 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Первый раз Мульду упамянули , спасибо.
    1979-1999гг.Воркуа.
    Ш.Аяч-Яга, Заполярная
    Проходчик.

    • @SanSanichSan
      @SanSanichSan หลายเดือนก่อน

      непомню про какую шахрусказанна глубочайшая но прмойму самое глубокое звлегание вХалмер-Ю

  • @blagoevski336
    @blagoevski336 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice

  • @rovhalt6650
    @rovhalt6650 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The most depressing thing about Russia is all the boring cheap buildings.
    Bring back some beauty to the country.

  • @tulukdek8898
    @tulukdek8898 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These place is not as depressing as I though, in fact, I’d travel to Vorkuta rather than a famous destination

  • @johnbrown-rm8kc
    @johnbrown-rm8kc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    very interesting Video sad to see all the empty building falling down 😍 greetings from Australia

    • @johnbrown-rm8kc
      @johnbrown-rm8kc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Thought Criminal what have you been smoking ??

  • @jcee2259
    @jcee2259 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The most depressing town in my life was Detroit,
    Property vales were so low the city gave them
    to anyone who joined public sector services.
    I purchased a former brewery for a vacation
    house. For summer visits. Traded it for land
    beside the Arkansas River. Because the Detroit
    River water was too cold for swimming.

    • @adamkwalczyk
      @adamkwalczyk ปีที่แล้ว

      Still winter in Detroit is nowhere near as severe as in Vorkuta.

    • @itsnotme3882
      @itsnotme3882 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@adamkwalczykI bet. It’s probably very white in winter, Detroit is notoriously not

  • @74G56
    @74G56 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    would be nice to see more interviews with local residents. Who operate the schools and hospitals for example.

  • @balkanadian5376
    @balkanadian5376 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just started watching your content top tier league xaxa

  • @namenl2205
    @namenl2205 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The more I see videos of Russia, the more I wonder if the locals were not happier when Sovjet was still ruling the country, since all these cities were maintained and it was not a ghost town like now. Imagine growing up as a kid here… thats no life..

    • @robertkautma2398
      @robertkautma2398 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They had no choice. Many were assigned to Vorkuta or other desolate towns after they finished vocational school. They still wanted to live in some big city instead, but had no choice about that. Often these mining towns were abandoned when the mine was depleted of minerals, they were mono functional. There are still villages in western Siberia where people live but it's a tradition for them.

  • @farkasgabor4084
    @farkasgabor4084 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I absolutely love your contents, it is very unique. It would be nice if you could make an insight video about yourself. A bit about your life, what inspired you to start this channel. Difficulties of making these videos, how is to spend nights in the middle of nowhere many times in a tent, and so on…. I would be definitely interested and I am sure I am not the only one. Of course if it’s too personal for you to share I would understand it.
    Thank you for your contents.🎉

  • @elsausagebrochacho4956
    @elsausagebrochacho4956 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Keep them coming brother!!! Can you visit the Caucuses?

  • @JK_82
    @JK_82 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    dayz city!!

  • @adalbertobuzzin124
    @adalbertobuzzin124 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was 16 time in sibir always in winter by car, until magadan ...

  • @maxprivate3805
    @maxprivate3805 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We need to air-drop some Prozac.

  • @ProfPortobello
    @ProfPortobello 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is probably the most depressing thing I've seen

    • @janlampert5688
      @janlampert5688 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You should see Tennent Creek in Australia.

  • @scarletttroquille3304
    @scarletttroquille3304 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Coal Demand is going up in the World , Thank God you have it.