This "Country" is the Last Stronghold of the Soviet Union (Transnistria)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ธ.ค. 2022
- Welcome to Transnistria. The breakaway country, recognised internationally as part of Moldova. Often dubbed the last stronghold of the Soviet Union ( USSR ), Transnistria, located between Ukraine & Moldova, is officially a frozen conflict zone and travel here used to be very difficult.
After the breakup of the USSR, a conflict broke out between the new Moldovan state and the mainly Russian speaking majority slavic region of Transnistria ( Pridnestrovie / Приднестровье ). The conflict ended in a peace treaty in 1992 and despite officially being thought of as an autonomous region of Moldova, Transnistria & its people have, for all intents and purposes, been operating as a completely separate state ever since.
This 'country', with its own army, borders, passports, tax and legal system, has fascinated us for years and whilst being in Chisinau, we couldn't resist the opportunity to travel east to its 'capital' Tiraspol. Let's explore Transnistria together!
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Im from Moldova - I’d much rather see videos of Moldovans touristic places than videos from so called countrys supported and funded by Kremlins criminal regime.
Drove there for one day from Kishinev few years ago and it was interesting to go and see. Something you wouldn't believe existing about 30 years after the collapse of USSR. We had a local guide who took us for example to an university where he had studied.
Thank you:
Just an observation to 21:09 "discovered, despite what we'd read, the shelves were actually stocked with food and drink from all over the world, including some of the large Western brands"
It is because Transnistria is officially considered part of Moldova, and the Western brands have NOT left Moldova.
Also, sanctions to not concern Moldova, only Russia, and even if they had, sanctions NEVER concern food, consumer products and medicine.
So what's next?? South Ossetia? Abkhazia? Or the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus?😅
Молодцы, очень смелые)
That's so odd seeing your home country from this perspective. Seeing streets of Tiraspol from the eyes of the tourists. Same places I used to walk by when living there for a year. Myself being from the northern part of the country, the small town of Camenca. Things that are so normal to you and so new and weird for the foreigners. Thank you for this video, for shading some light upon my home :)
So will Transnistria be joining the EU with Moldova?
Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. Thank you very much for your time.
Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
(19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)..
God said : Say, “We believe in Allah, and in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and in what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. And to Him, we surrender.”
(2:136 / Translated by Community)
Salam (Peace)
Thank you guys for a good feedback about my small country, I really was surprised to see my house on the video (Karl Marx Street) 🙂 Have a great travel trip in the future!
Thank you so much Evgheni! Really glad you enjoyed it! 🥰🙌🏼 We loved our time there! Take care! ❤️
I found it so interesting your country💐💐
Wow what an experience ...would you go back?
You are russian, not "transnistrian".
@@dwillbecancelledsoon4086 we are all human beings too
Although Americans tend to be historically western Eurocentric, we are not very knowledgeable about eastern Europe. Your travels have improved my knowledge about that area of the world a lot. I've paid more attention to world affairs than the average American, and I had never even heard of Transnistria before watching this video. Thanks for what you do... Also, it's nice to have a view of Russian citizens, such as yourselves. Our predominant view of Russians is that of your politicians and bureaucrats. It's nice to see Russians revealed as just nice, interesting, polite people engaged with the rest of the world.
For sure you're like me I learned a lot from you tube,for example there,s a republic inside Moldova that speaks turkish and they are Christian they fled Turkey for religious reasons,forget the name
@@jorgeeusebio8738 Gagauzia, é uma região ao sul da Moldávia. Sim esse é o nome da área que vc cita.
Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. Thank you very much for your time.
Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
(19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)..
God said : Say, “We believe in Allah, and in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and in what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. And to Him, we surrender.”
(2:136 / Translated by Community)
Salam (Peace)
Your politicians are very strange. Are they really a politician at all?
I love Transnistria and have visited several times. It is unfortunate you did not show it in the summer when all the plants are in bloom. I think what is just as important as what you showed is what people do not see. The streets are clean, no graphite, people are so friendly and it is safe for the children to play outside like it used to be in the USA. It is rare to see a policeman and can go 2 weeks without ever seeing one. When you do they are probably directing traffic for an event and not carrying a weapon or dressed like a navy seal. Young people are polite and well behaved and not wearing their pants down halfway to their knees showing their underwear. It is like stepping back into a Norman Rockwell painting but it is real. You can walk anywhere there at any time day or night and be safe. I love your analogy of the ants in the jar. Why are we in the United States constantly at war? We shake the jar.
Boomers gonna boom...
@@bigjared8946 this guy is avoiding to say communism is what brought these societies lower crime rate unlike racist USA
@@bigjared8946 There were fewer wars for boomers than for later generations I'm afraid. What she said about "Shaking the Jar" was true. But what is discovered by that are all the deep-seeded tribal tendencies we humans have and frankly; are.
I noticed how clean it was. It's lovely, I can only imagine when the plants are blooming! I love to see how life is in other countries, also! NC
So you're saying that cold war USA and USSR were not that different and the whole 'commie panic' was a politically manufactured mess? Seriously... Those are the same things older people in post-socialist countries talk about when reminiscing about the good sides of that period.
The main wealth here in Transnistria is people. Kind, hardworking, not discouraged by problems. I am proud to have been born and raised here. Thanks to the authors for the story about this land. If you come again - I advise you not to stop only in Tiraspol - there are a lot of beautiful and interesting things in different parts of the small republic.
I agree with you. I judge a country by its beauty, friendliness, safety, and quality of life. Transnistria fits all of these items far better than many countries in the world.
Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. Thank you very much for your time.
Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
(19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)..
God said : Say, “We believe in Allah, and in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and in what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. And to Him, we surrender.”
(2:136 / Translated by Community)
Salam (Peace)
Hello. Thanks for sharing. I actually visit PMR fairly regularly and have made several really good friends. I wonder if you would ever consider showing a foreigner like me some of these "beautiful and interesting things" outside of Tiraspol that you speak of. And my next trip there is next month :)
Another stunning video guys. Thank you, guys, for the effort and hard work it takes to put out a video. As Always, we love you guys dearly. Sending you much love❤❤❤ from Richmond, Va.
Harriet, Jim and Yuki
Thank you so much guys!!! 🥰 Really appreciate your continued support! It means the world !! 🥰🙏🏼 Love to the three of you! ❤️
One of the most interesting videos of yours to date! Thank you for taking us with you!
I’m very grateful to have stumbled upon your channel. You are both extremely charming and likeable and your videos are fascinating. I’ve never even heard of Transnistria. Thank you so much for taking us to places we would never be able to see ourselves.
It's still considered an occupied territory outside the USSR/Russia. I certainly don't know the history of how this came about, so this is what the Foreign Affairs office calls it.
So glad you enjoyed it! Welcome to the channel 🥰❤️
@@MattandJulia I am one of your Patreons and would love to receive a post card from you. I live in the USA. You enrich my life and I consider you both friends. 🙏
@@ninemoonplanet Occupied by who?
@@Wondersofunivers ethnic russians. Same as Abkhazia. Same as Donetsk
Cool video Matt and Julia, its great to see this little isolated 'country' actually seems to function quite well and the people are friendly and kind. Best wishes from New Zealand and Merry Christmas !
Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed it! ❤️🙏🏼
It's not an isolated country but part of an independenti nation (Moldova) occupied by Russian forces. Same as if a few Russians came to your place and told you it's theirs now.
Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. Thank you very much for your time.
Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
(19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)..
God said : Say, “We believe in Allah, and in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and in what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. And to Him, we surrender.”
(2:136 / Translated by Community)
Salam (Peace)
This is the second unrecognized country I've been introduced to in the last week. I had never even known these situations exist. I watch 3 traveling couples, but you are the most down-to-earth and informative ones! Your videos are top quality filming and editing! I hope you have great holidays!
Russia made lots of such "countries". Russia is a pure evil
Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. Thank you very much for your time.
Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
(19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)..
God said : Say, “We believe in Allah, and in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and in what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. And to Him, we surrender.”
(2:136 / Translated by Community)
Salam (Peace)
State. Not country. Transsinistria is a state. Unrecognized by most of other states but still a state. The country is called Podolia, the state is called Transsinistria.
I absolutely loved the video. Such an interesting area to visit. Look forward to seeing the next one.
Wow, just wow!! So pleased you both have ticked off another amazing destination! Stay safe and looking forward to the next video. Much love xx
Thank you so much Sarah! Really appreciate it! ❤️❤️❤️
@@MattandJulia The Austro Hungarian empires collapse or the Ottoman empire’s collapse also likely resulted in a sense of loss.
For your point on people who found themselves in a different country there are still orange lodges in the Republic of Ireland and a orange march in Donegal. Until the 1980’s or 1990’s you could still find people who identified as British in cities in the Republic especially Dublin and even in working class areas of the city.
Fascinating! I've seen other videos of Transnistria but they have seemed depressing and sad. Yours showed a place better than many other countries I've seen! Thanks for your perspective.
Yeah...very fascinating, unrecognized occupied territory where police can take you from streets without any reason and beat you till death... btw, they are doing this even with 15 years old boys
Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. Thank you very much for your time.
Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
(19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)..
God said : Say, “We believe in Allah, and in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and in what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. And to Him, we surrender.”
(2:136 / Translated by Community)
Salam (Peace)
This place is fascinating! I had no idea it existed. Thank you for your wonderful travel adventures! Merry Christmas to you both!!!
Merry Xmas to you too John! 🥰❤️
I love the conversations you have about where you are filming…Fabby vlog again thank you…have a good weekend…Louise x
Once again, just stellar editing. Always love these excellent videos. Keep 'em coming!
Really interesting video. Who knew this "country" existed! I also enjoy watching you sample (with envy) the local cuisine from all the places you visit. Merry Christmas!
Thank you so much John! Really appreciate it! Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year 🥰❤️
It's really so cool to be able to see these parts of the world. Thanks for sharing this with everyone. Bless your travels.
Thank you so much Mark! ❤️🙏🏼
You are both just stellar! Your insights to the past are questions we must continue to ask. Bless you both and Bravo! 😘
First off, I do want to say that I throughly enjoy watching your trips across a parts of the world that I spent a fair amount of time back in the mid-90s and I do understand that you’ve got to censor yourselves on what you say or you won’t be able to continue this videos, but….
As for ‘everyone’ being part of the old SU, the vast, vast majority didn’t want to be together - the majority didn’t have a choice, they were forced to be together. During the Russian Civil war from 1917 to the 1920’s, look at all the ethnicities/regions/countries that tried to go on their own and to be free from Russia - some succeed but many failed. Only Poland, which had to defeat the Soviets at the very gates of Warsaw, the Finns (who had to fight 3! wars against the Soviets) and the Baltics succeeded in the 1920s. Ukraine failed in 1918, Georgia failed, Armenia failed, Turkmenistan failed, Moldavia failed, Caucasus failed, Azerbaijan failed, the list goes on and on. I have little doubt that there are many regions in Russia today, where the people are not ethnic Russian, would leap at the chance to be independent and free.
It’s this same ‘nostalgia’, mainly by Russians, for the past that’s causing the war in Ukraine today. I don’t hear anyone in Warsaw or Helsinki or Yerevan saying, man I wish we were still part of Russia/Soviet Union…..
Peace.
Glad you enjoyed it the video 🥰🙏🏼❤️
Totally respect what you are saying, all we can go off, is the opinions of the people we have met all over the former USSR. We have encountered a variety of opinions on all sides in all countries. I think that point we were trying to make in the video is the fact the breakup brought (and is still bringing) yet more conflict to region that has seen too far much of it ❤️
Memories are long in that part of the world, lol.
People talk about transgressions that happened 100-200-400yrs ago as if it happened yesterday or last week and that they themselves were personally affected! It’s a blight that continues to affect them and won’t go away in our lifetimes.
I look forward to you’re next trip! If I may suggest, Serbia would be an interesting place for you guys, another place where ‘time has stood still’ in many ways.
I couldn’t agree more! In fact I have noticed as well that it’s always Russians who feel nostalgic over the ussr which to me seems bizarre (cause as far as I know, well those times weren’t also, let’s say, the most pleasant in Russia from a wellbeing point), - some of the countries oppressed see those times as nothing but oppression and hurtful past.. (speaking on behalf of the Baltics)
You can say the same thing about the United States, Spain, UK, France, or Germany. Almost all countries in the world have ethnic minorities that would rather not be part of the country they are in. Pridnestrovie actually has the OPPOSITE dynamic though. The people in Pridnestrovie want to return to Russia and (for now) are stuck on the outside looking in.
They were never a part of ‘Russia’, don’t fall for that myth.
It is a bit like stepping into another world, it seems! Such an interesting video, it's a shame the locals were a bit camera-shy, but I'm sure you had great conversations regardless. 🥰
Some years ago I knew a romanian lady, she always made that chocolate salami, it was great! Very sweet and very filling, I could never eat much of it, but it was sooooo yummy 😍
I hope you're both having a really nice advent time, big hugs! 🤗🎄
So glad you enjoyed it Dai! 🥰❤️ Merry Xmas to you and your family! 🎄❄️
This looks amazing! I do wish I could travel there. One day for sure. Thank you for sharing your trip!
Great video you two. Always great to see these places as normal and not as some far off strange land.
This was fascinating! I have never heard of this country, like most people. Thank you for sharing this amazing country with us. Awesome job on the video Matt & Julia.
So glad you enjoyed it Jenn 🥰❤️🙏🏼
You need to speak for yourself. Every human with a half working brain who has internet on their phones, occasionally reads news papers or watches tv should have a certain awareness of the world they live in.
You not knowing stuff and thinking everyone else is a dumbass just becase you are one doesn’t make it so
It is Not a country ! Unfortunately the details are sending the wrong messageas to the territory it inhabits. Now nations have to be concerned over having Russian speaking minorities on their teritory for god forbit they decide to break away the land and declare independence whereever they may be ! There is nothing astonishing about what is happening there and other places for that matter. Russia is vast and large. Maybe that is the Amazing thing people need to be aware off more !
@@mariusnanu7378 yeah, no one gives a fuck about the shithole some people call Russia mate
you haven't heard, because this does not exists; it is a Moldavian territory occupied by russians who have been keeping their 14th army for 30 years there, a lot of munitions and lost of propaganda
I've been following you two for a while now. I think you're take on the places you visit is so authentic. I love that you visit the places that most westerners would never dare and that you're breaking down the stereotypes. I think the saying about red and black ants says it all! Stay safe, love from Australia ❤ 🦘
Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. Thank you very much for your time.
Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
(19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)..
God said : Say, “We believe in Allah, and in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and in what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. And to Him, we surrender.”
(2:136 / Translated by Community)
Salam (Peace)
Fascinating video. Love and look forward to your travel videos!
Excellent editing and production! Thanks for another video.
What a great video! I’d never heard of Transnistria! Thank you for this! Being of Taiwanese descent, it is interesting to learn of other countries that have complicated backgrounds and existences.
Thank you so much Kathryn! Really appreciate it ❤️ Lots of love ❤️🥰
That's diplomatic of you.
I tend to call China Western Taiwan.
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hi, guys. thank you so much for the work you are doing, in sharing your experiences places which are not so known or visited in eastern europe. i am originally from Chisinau, and i greatly appreciate it.
nevertheless, in the context of current international events, i want to say some things, regarding your words about the soviet family.
soviet union expanded so much as result of 2WW not cause the eastern front was fighting together against nazi germany. at least in case of moldova, the territory was taken forcefully from romania. it wasn't at all a democratic choice of the people. and i suppose it was similar in case of other countries/nationalities. and judging by the speed of soviet union fall, everyone was just expecting the moment to declare itself independent, because noone wanted to be in it.
individual citizens of the soviet union might have acted like family and lots of the people who lived there and are still alive romanticize the good life they've had back then. but no family member ever goes to another family and kidnaps a member from it. no family ever steals food from other family members and let's them starve. no family member takes another to a concentration camp. and no family member ever tries to erase the history and national identity of another family member. would be good to be aware of such sensitive historical and cultural matters before romanticizing the past. i am sure you didn't mean it in a bad way, and i hope i didn't destroy the good vibes of this comment section.
transnistria is such a sensitive topic for moldova's internal affairs (and since we want to integrate in european union, also external affairs), and it was artificially created by kremlin to keep moldova dependent, and to keep it from developing on its own.
Thank you for saying this. It’s the same thing the Kremlin is doing with “Abkhazia” and “South Ossetia” in Georgia, not to mention the invasion of Ukraine. And it’s all because Russia refuses to abandon its chauvinistic mentality and thinks it has the right to rule its former colonies and deprive them of the right to act independently.
Cristina, you took the words right out of my mouth! Thank you for your comment.
Haven't you thought that Russia has the right to defend its borders from NATO encroachments? And does it as sees fit. Many people in different countries regret the collapse of the USSR, there were many good things - education, medicine, work, free housing and, most importantly, peace and security. What did your give identity in Moldova and Georgia ? Puppet government, debt and poverty!
I don't see the people of Transnistria lining up and rioting in the streets demanding to return to Moldova. They are happy. In the immortal words of Rodney King, "can't we all just learn to live together?"
I have the same opinion and everything that has to do with Russia stinks. Accidentally traveled by car from Odessa to Cisian and further towards Croatia. I even had trouble with some police, they asked for money even though I had a permit to pass.
The history lesson and tour of this area was quite interesting. It is amazing what we don’t know about the world. Thank you for sharing.
How interesting and informative, please be safe in your journeys. I will look forward to following you both, happy 2023.❤
I'm ashamed to say that I'd never heard of Transnistria before watching this great video. I think maybe the news was dominated by the war in Yugoslavia 30 years ago, but even so, I'm shocked I knew nothing about what had happened in there. I absolutely love learning about new places and being educated about modern history is a huge extra. In these days of high tech and instant access to the Internet, it seems incredible that so little is known about this remarkable little country Thanks for a really interesting, entertaining and informative film. Merry Christmas to you both.
Come visit it! You'd love it!
It’s been in the news for the past year!
It’s part of the Russian imperial plan to dominate Europe. They want to link from Ukraine to join up with their forces in Transnistria and from there on to reconquer the balkans and on to the Mediterranean.
@@TesterAnimal1 Those who believe this are just having bad trip
It's so good to see *Matt and Julia* again on another journey together, and it should always be so. 🙂I can almost hear Matt reply *You got that right!* ... Julia you look happy & Beautiful. 😊
I recently found you guys, and have loved travel channels for years. You two are so professional. The realism and honesty in your presentation make me feel like the three of us are exploring these cultures. Big Fan!
This was amazing. An unrecognized country… who knew? And there’s more unrecognized countries??? I’d love to visit more with you. Also, somehow I didn’t know about your patreon involvement. Will check it out. Thanks, as always.
@@georgia_swann The difference is that Kosovo does have an actual list of countries that recognize it. Transnistria isn't recognized by any other country other than by three other unrecognized countries.
I love how Julia the Russian girl comes out of the shop and says "Sorted" like a Brit! Transnistria fascinates me and I've always wanted to go there ... really enjoyed this video guys 🙂
Edited to add: I appreciated your comments about the breakup of the USSR with the image of the tank with the slogan 'za rodinu'. It brought a tear to my eye. I am very much against Communism but the ideal of the brotherhood of nationalities within one state was a good one. As for "who shook the jar?" ... I won't give an explicit answer here but when I travelled in the Balkans with a Serbian driver, he was very clear about who was responsible for "shaking the jar". All very sad.
Thankyou so much for this video been only following you both for less than two months so I have lots of catching up about you two to do. Just very happy to have found you both. Excellent content and video. Also so glad that you both are a happy couple which is obvious......and as much a thing to follow on your journeys as the place you visit which for me is fascinating and completely obsorbing. Please keep doing these vids......just great, lots of love and best whishes, also a very happy Christmas to you both from me here in Norwich the UK.....Keith.
Thank you so much Keith! So glad you found our channel 🥰 Really appreciate your kind words! ❤️ Merry Xmas to you and your family! 🎄❄️🙌🏼
Awesome video, thank you so much for making and sharing, I love this stuff, it’s like going back in time.
You guys visiting Transnistria was a great surprise I’ve always wanted to watch 🤯
I will say I love seeing these unique places and hope to visit one day. I love visit to markets and grocery stores it tells so much about the area
Hi Julia and Matt.
I am Portuguese, living in shoreham by sea, England.
In Portugal we also have that salami.
It was the first cooking a child used to learn. (I am 55 year old). If you go to Portugal, or come to England and go to Horsham to a portuguese cafe called tasca, you might find it. If they don't have, ask Virginia she will order it for you.
Hi Ana! 🥰
Thank you so much! So interesting, sounds amazing! Horsham was actually my hometown, I actually know that cafe, we Will definitely check it out!! 😊 Thank you so much!! ❤️🙏🏼
@@MattandJulia lovellly to know. God cover you both with blessings.❤️🙏
Another Portuguese here. You will find " salame" also in small grocery shops, at least were I live. Not Supermarkets but old grocery shops.
Thank you so much for posting this video. I am fascinated.
Thank you so much, so happy to hear ❤️
Amazing video, thank you very much!)
Enjoyed your "excursion" of this place, guys! Yes Theory also did an amazing look maybe a year ago? Every time I look at T. in these videos, it bring back a flood of memories of the good ol' USSR 😅 Even the money looks A LOT more Soviet than the currency in Russia!! But I got a question for you two. How is there SO MANY Russian flags in a country that "isn't recognized" by Russia? 🤷♀
Then the question is why there are so many EU flags in Moldova and Ukraine, although they are not part of the European Union? For the same reason.
@@user-nr9xh5tm7b apples and oranges.
@@APlusRussian just politic games. Russian government don't won't lose pro-russian region, feeding russian propaganda and russian money 30+years, also Putin don't want finally lose sphere of influence in Molodova.
This is reason, why Transnistria in Limb right now.
@@thatfeel5092 Moldova has no strategic importance, Transnistria does. And not only Russia wants it, Ukraine does too. If you check a map you will understand why.
And as a Romanian, with part of my family from the border with Moldova I can honestly say that the territory past the river Dniestr isn’t Romanian (or “moldavian”) even though it was at times part of medieval Moldavia.
A+ That's what I WAS about to ask. They would be better off waiving The old Soviet Flag, because at least they would be recognized.
Something about this video made me nostalgic - and I have nothing to do with this side of the world except have a deep fascination with Russian history and language. Thank you for sharing this with us. ❤❤ safe travels
I happened to drive through this part of Moldavia and didn't like it. Simply some Russian primitive system.
A really enjoyable video Julia and Matt of a country that I have never heard of before. Keep up the good work that you are both doing. Best wishes for a Happy Christmas and may the New Year bring you both good health and happiness from here in the UK.
Utterly fascinating - thanks guys
Ребята, слежу за вашими путешествиями с огромным удовольствием! Про Кишинёв смотрела замерев. Но за этот эпизод особое вам спасибо! Мои прадедушка и прабабушка, бабушка с дедой, мама родом из Молдавской ССР, городок Рыбница, теперь - Приднестровье тоже. Я провела там лучшее время: летние каникулы каждый год! Половина родни жила в Кишинёве, половина - в Рыбнице. Бабушка ещё была жива, когда произошло вот это вот всё. Кадры хроники на мосту - это как раз недалеко от Рыбницы. Теперь никого уже нет, увы. Только могилы...но и к ним мне из Петербурга никак. И мне отозвались слова Юли про то, что если бы они с дедом, прошедшие оба Великую Отечественную, дожили до сегодня - боюсь, вот этого бы они не пережили. И не вполне верно, что Приднестровье русскоговорящее. Здесь была дикая смесь русского, украинского, идиша, болгарского, гагаузского, ромалэ здесь обитали во множестве - но и молдавский был
Может для вас открытие, но многие не пережили Развал СССР. Вот где трагедия! А то что сегодня, это всего лишь последствия. Дедушка который прошёл ВОВ, сейчас аплодировал бы России и пытался записаться в добровольцы.
Да, только зарплаты в этой Транснистрии долларов 150 наверно в месяц, неплохо да?
@@xalekcey видимо твой дедушка был захватчиком, готовым выстрелить в людей с кем воевали плечом к плечу, по прихоти мелкого узорпатора.
Но благо не все были такие неадекваты
@@thatfeel5092 Благо власовцев кем видимо был твой дед (или бандеровец) было очень мало, остальные адекватные люди, которые воевали за Родину (а не против какого-то политического строя). Мой дед бандеровщину и фашистов бил и продолжал бы это делать. Как можно не воевать против тех, кто запрещает флаг Победы над фашизмом (и иные символы Победы), кто сносит памятниками Жукову, Рокосовскому и тд.., кто чтит пособников фашистов как героев , кто кричит лозунги и приветствие фашистские на официальном уровне,, где плевок ветерану в лицо на 9 мая, это норма, где за зигу почёт и уважение, где ему бы запретили пройтись со знаменем Победы, с красным знаменем, и с орденом (кстати на георгиевской ленте) по главной улице на 9 мая, где его, осаободителя, называют окупантом (что вы находились под его оккупацией))...
Да вы что, издеваетесь... Он бы в первых рядах пошёл бы и ещё те 6 млн украинцев, погибшие в борьбе с той коричневой чумой, которая опять подняла голову. Вы что думаете, мой дед и эти 6 млн сейчас стояли бы в одном ряду с Азовом, Айдаром, Торнадо, С-14, Кракеном?))). Вы смеетесь?))
@@xalekcey Слушай, нам всем тоже вы, русские, не нравитесь и то что вы творите. Будем вас бомбить, чтож. Каждая страна имеет права у себя делать то что хотят. Вы там Боги что-ли решать за всех?
My son visited Transnistria. His girlfriend is from Moldova. He had chicken Kiev at that same restaurant and got food poisoning:)
Thanks guys, thoroughly enjoyed 👍🏻💜
Again another cracking video thanks. I hope to visit there next week.
A very interesting journey. It is a shame that civil unrest has plagued the world and killed so many people . I think if all that energy was used for a productive purpose we all would probably live in a much happier world. Matt and Julia all the best!
This is for damn sure 🙏🏼 All the best to you too ❤️
The so called "civil unrest" was caused by Russia's interference in sovereign country's affairs (what else is new). Everywhere they poke their noses, they bring misery, suffering and death. Just ask Ukrainians who are ruzzists' latest victims.
@@MattandJulia I loved what you said about "Shaking the Jar". But one discovers by that are the deep-seeded tribal tendencies we humans have and frankly; are.
I'm older so I don't remember all the nostalgic "Kumbaya" from the Soviet days, there were uprisings all through the Soviet era: Poland, Czechoslovakia, Georgia, Hungary, Ukraine, and many others.
The Soviet held the lid down. But everyone knew that if ever someone let off, the lid would blow. But people won't live under bayonets and tanks forever.
It's sad, but the way we tribal human animals are without a VOLUNTARY focus on a unifying factor like religious faith or some ideology that helps us rise above old tribal struggles keeps us divided and miserable. Sad.
14:20 omg that’s such a deep take and it precisely corresponds with the world situation at the moment, you guys are awesome! Thank you for the video ❤
It was a terrible take, who shook the “jar” no one shook the jar these regions republics broke away from the empire, terrible analogy. Nice couple love their travels but terrible political takes trying to stay neutral but evidently blaming “whoever shook the jar”
@@wurzlitzer it seems that you know exactly who shook the jar but just hate to admit it.
Or, if you really don't know, then I don't understand why you've decided to reply while possessing so little knowledge
This is a place I would love to visit! Thank you for sharing your adventures with us 😊
Our pleasure! 🥰❤️
Amazing place , you guy's are brilliant I'm always learning new thing's when I watch your video's . 😀
Loved your video, brings back memories to the early 90's!
Thank you so much! Really appreciate it 🥰❤️
Why do you keep calling the capital of Moldova Kishinyov? It’s called Chişinău. Kishinyov is the name that Russian colonizers gave it. It’s like referring to the Tajik capital of Dushanbe as Dyushambe or Stalinabad.
At best, it is implicit bias, at worst ... it is something else. Their POV is quite russian. That jar metaphor was quite jarring. Completely ignored that colonial aspect of the old ussr and everything it entailed.
Kishinew. Noone understands Ș and Ă. Even airport code is KIV. It is an old name, hungarian, stop spreading nationalistic propaganda
@@mikev2066 The “nationalistic propaganda” is treating former Russian colonies like they still belong to the Kremlin
@@adnyc82 this has nothing to do with city name)
@@mikev2066 Yes it does. Even if it’s unconscious on their part, using Russian names to refer to non-Russian cities in former colonies of Russia is a way to assert dominance. It’s the same as when Russians continue to call the capital of Ukraine “Kiev” and not by its proper name, Kyiv.
Great video. Love learning about new places.
Fascinating video - it's good that you spent some time just walking around which gave a good feel for the place and its appearance. Tiraspol looks like a very pretty city. The "chocolate salami" you ate reminds me of a New Zealand recipe called "lollycake".
This is fascinating. I love you guyses content, but the lack of acknowledgement of Russia's invasion of Ukraine - which is just a few miles away from Tiraspol!! - is weird. It's like you are helping Kremlin propaganda distort reality by pretending that this huge, horrible thing is not happening. I don't know if you are worried about upsetting (or putting at risk) Julia's family in Russia, or if you are worried that being straight will damage your ability to travel, or will turn away some of your viewers, or if you are, indeed, siding with Kremlin in its genocidal war against Ukraine and, frankly, against its own people (I hope not). I would love to keep watching your videos, so I would love it if you could clarify this.
Hello Mark 😊 i think you answered your own question as to why we don’t talk about things on the channel, we have family both young and old inside there. We would never put anyone at risk for the sake of satisfying a few viewers with our thoughts. If you watch all our videos, we are sure it is obvious how we feel about it all and I’m sure you understand why we don’t own an explanation on our position in every video. Matt ❤️
@@MattandJulia thank you.
@@MattandJulia sorry putin got you by the balls / got your tongue, you guys. ; )
15:00 USSR create that type of countries like Moldova, knowing exactly what they are doing, Moldavia is region in Romania where through the centuries is inhabited mainly with Romanians and Transnistria was part of Ukraine.
Part of the territory of Russia, called Novorossiya, was divided between Ukraine and Moldova. Transnistria is just part of this territory. Now we have problems because of this.
This was amazing! I never knew about this country ! You have taught me so much !
The analogy of the ants was so true !
Again , as always thank you
This is not a country. The international community does not recognizes it except Russia because many Russians live in that area, but it is a part of Moldova.
I do not know what to say.
You two are amazing; ambassadors, eyes & hearts for us all.
I have said it before. You are a blessing.
Thank you.
Thank you so much David!! Honestly it means the world to hear that! ❤️❤️❤️
Do no picture for yourself collapse of soviet as many different wars. That was mainly war for independence of countries who where occupied by soviets and then flooded with russians. And most seperatist regions where ones where russian population was over 50%. This may be was not case in Karabah, but all others it was so.
Listen, dear, where did you buy such a good brainwash?
@@user-nr9xh5tm7b For me it is reality. My country was invaded by soviets got free when soviets fall. And my country people was deported to siberia, and instead lot of russians come to live my land. And now, they still try to "teach" me how to live.
@@user-hq5ue7td8d Нет вы не правильно понимаете. Я из Латвии. Наш народ был под окупации немцев и советов.
@@user-hq5ue7td8d Што же вы сравниваете с такой далёкой страной. Сравните с финами. Мы жили лудше их перед СССР. А стали жить гораздо хуже после. И то что у нас было лудше чем в индии, это только заслуга нашего же народа. Ну может и заслуга англичан которые гноили Индию долгые годы.
Нет ненависти. Мы за мир и за то чтобы наши дети жили счастливее. Только есть и сечас люди которые не довольны тем как всё есть.
Excelent video, Matt and Julia. Can’t avoid getting emotional while hearing the USSR anthem and I’m not even Russian. 😂
So glad you enjoyed both the video and anthem 😀❤️
Interesting 🙂Facinating.Loved the cafe and food!.Exchanging money was what we did years ago pre Euro🙂stepping back in time on this video for many years...like it. Спасибо 💐
What a fantastic tour! You both are so wonderful! This country is beautiful!
Thank you so much Deborah! 🥰 Really appreciate it! ❤️
Hi Deborah, Here is a describe th-cam.com/video/DdYhnkxJQkY/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=JourneymanPictures
It is so much more beautiful at summer time:))
The CIA/MI6 shake the jars EVERYWHERE!
Так и подумал, когда смотрел ваш репортаж из Кишинева, где вы сказали, что отлучились на 2 дня, что посетили мои родные края! :-)
Надеюсь, что вам понравилось 🙌🏼🥰❤️
@@MattandJulia Практически вы очень мало видели, немного центр Тирасполя. Ещё и погода зимняя, летом лучше.
@@MattandJulia интересно, мои знакомые, приезжавшие в гости из России в Приднестровье, правда 8 лет назад, сказали, что Приднестровье как-будто бы Россия, но не Россия. У вас такие же ощущения? Хотя, конечно, с тех пор прошли определенные перемены...
You guys are such a sweet couple ! Interesting look into another world. It is like going back in time. Thank you 🙏💕🌷
So glad you enjoyed it Yvonne! 🙏🏼❤️
Thanks for the video!
Thank you so much Sergio! Glad you enjoyed it ❤️
“How many wounds have been left behind the crumbling of the Soviet Union ..and how many ethnicities found themselves in foreign countries pitted against each other.” Don’t put everything in the same bucket - I do want to point out that for a lot of those nations it was quite the opposite - the Soviet Union is the reason of many deep wounds left in those nations, and after the break of the Ussr, they did not merge into new countries but came back to being their own countries prior to the occupation. To refer to the oppressed countries of ussr as a big, sharing family is very off. May seem like a minor thing, but something I just wanted to point out.
Thank you for your comment ❤️ Totally fair 🙏🏼
Appreciate there isn’t a ‘one size fits all answer’ to that. And there are also many countries within the former ussr that since it’s crumbling have become ‘ethno-states’ for the first time in their history. Many ethnicities that have lived in peace for centuries were forced to move because of the ethnic conflicts that arose 😞 The Armenians of Baku and Azeris of Yerevan are an example of this, as are the ethnic Uzbeks of southern Kyrgyzstan etc ❤️🙏🏼
Being in Transdniestria you had a unique chance to feel how it was to live in the USSR! Not only local architecture keps a warmth of the Soviet Union but the majority of the people are still living like they did back than: in love and accordance!
so why isnt english a second language in that place? I would be fed up if I am forced to speak the enemy's language
@@captainAlex258hahaha! Russia isn’t our enemy or no other country and it’s people our enemy. Everyone here in Transnistria wishes to be part of Russia one day. Definitely don’t want to be Romanians. Russian language everyone learn from their parents, parents from grandparents and so on. Why do you think everyone should speak English? Someone else maybe will think that everyone everywhere else need to speak Spanish or German or Italian?:)) You can go outside now and start speaking Portuguese with your neighbors, different people that you see around you- will be interesting to see how you will be just speak all alone for yourself. People choosing to speak languages that they was raised on , comfortable to speak and love their language. Population of Transnistria was always 30% Moldovan, 30% Ukrainian, 30% Russian and 10% other ethnic. My dad Moldovan, mom Belarusian - it make me Moldovan nationality because dad Moldovan. My dad Moldovian nationality- he married women from Moscow and he have of course Russian citizenship, but his nationality is Moldovan. Russia have about 100 something different nationality people living in it. It is a mixing pot of people. And Soviet Union it was mixing pot of people too. Like a states in USA - everyone welcome to go and settle in any place they choose. Usually all people in Transnistria study at the school Moldovan language, Russian language, then you need to choose in the 4 grade English or German language to study all years throughout high school and then in college too. But people want and prefer speak Russian language there of course.
Julia thank you for the good laugh seeing you with the vodka. Great seeing you guys you’re video made my day today, was having a down day and the video really helped boost me up.
If by chance you don’t put out another video before Christmas, I wish you both a very Merry Christmas and a blessed 2023.
Looking forward to all the wonderful content you’ll be sharing with us.
I absolutely love your videos. The knowledge and understandings from your experiences will be invaluable to you both.
I think we (myself included) are very unaware of the events which have occurred in much of eastern European countries; particularly those who were part of the USSR and indeed Russia itself. Admittedly, around 1990 I had more immediate and pressing things to worry about than everything else going on around the world, but I don't recall any media coverage of the conflict in Moldova.
What an interesting video. I'd never heard of Transnistria before, nor did I know there were unrecognised countries bordering Moldova 🇲🇩. So enlightening.
From my perspective, the two of you walk a very fine line. Trying to convey the everyday life and goodness of a people and country at odds with their neighbors and other nearby countries. I understand they are on the precipice of war with Moldova and there are significant political tensions between governments as demonstrated particularly at the border posts. I also understand that Transnistria is well equipped militarily and could take Moldova with little resistance. I don't really know what part of that is true but I believe in the right of a country and people to self determination. I honor the right of a Russian to be Russian but when they endeavor to takeover another sovereign nation (or nations) then I stand against them. Russia has left itself without options. It is all or nothing at all. This whole area could soon be at war. Not just Transnistria, Moldova, Ukraine and Russia. I watch you because I like what you do in spite of what has to be a significant challenge. Stay safe........
Thank you very much, really glad you enjoy our work 🙏🏼❤️
You are overdosing on Western propaganda. Pridnestrovie wants nothing to do with Moldova. Pridnestrovie is Russian. Moldova is Romanian. The end of the current conflict will likely see Pridnestrovie joining the Russian Federation and Moldova if it so desires, joining Romania. Under no circumstances would Moldova become part of Pridnestrovie.
@@scottwillie6389 ....that is from my perspective and my tax dollar.
@@scottwillie6389 I should add as well that my thoughts come in part from an interview I watched with Maia Sandu, President of Moldova, part of which came from a Russian border post just inside Moldova. Her thoughts do not agree with your perception of the situation with Russia.
@@rocroc Sandu is a moronic stooge who is widely despised in Moldova (all politicians in both Moldova and Pridnestrovie are extremely low quality). She is just regurgitating Neoconservative talking points that bear no relation to reality. There is no conceivable circumstance in which Pridnestrovie would invade Moldova. It is literally the last thing anyone in Pridnestrovie would want, ever. These are people who have endured 30 years of international unrecognition and inconvenience just to get away from Moldova!
I really enjoy watching your videos, but I think your "takeaway from Transnistria" is leaving out one important historical aspects. Divide and conquer was the strategy of Russia during the existence of the USSR. It was them who created artificial borders between various national and ethnic groups of people. USSR was one country, but the internal border were not free or easy to cross. And it was not just about drawing borders, another thing was the violent relocation of millions of people. Russia purposefully created future conflicts between other nations decades before the collapse of the USSR. And before anyone tries to blame me - no, I'm not a "Western spy", I come from one of the countries that the USSR had been raping for decades.
But main architect of these types of policies are Joseph Stalin and his KGB head Lavrenti Beria and interestingly both were not Russian rather Georgian 😀
Just amazing, so good, so interesting .....thank you and the way Julia knocked back that vodka a true professional !
Haha, thank you so much John! So glad you enjoyed it! 🥰❤️
@@MattandJulia and me I really enjoy you not presenting Russian culture as just a bunch of drunkards..so many levels on the video and people see what they can relate to
Matt you have a very stylish way of speaking and commenting, which is extremely pleasing to the ears. And so does julia. You shoot entertaining vlogs, without a single moment of boredom. Please maintain it.
That's what happens when nationalism is stirred up it can happen anywhere. I know it might be a bit extreme what I'm going to say but anything could happen even in my country the UK if it breaks up maybe not to the same extent as Soviet Union and other countries like Yugoslavia but there is hatred in places now let alone if UK split up. Scottish people living in England, English living in Scotland and so on. That's why I don't want country to break apart because all sorts of unpleasant things can happen
This is nationalism, and maybe Nazism.
Fascinating video. Many thanks.
Loved watching it. Your videos are great! I had seen a Bald video from there a few years back, but apart from that, nothing out of Transnistria. I would like to go, but not during the current war in the region.
Thank you so much Sean, really appreciate it 🙏🏼❤️
You should also say that not even Russia does not recognize its independence. That is because its role is to keep Moldova tied to Russia, unable to move forward. Guys, the crumbling of the Soviet Union just exposed the existing problems, it did not provoke them. It is like when one takes of the lid of a pan with boiling water. The Russian were a privileged ethnicity in the USSR and now they are no longer privileged they are full of nostalgia.
We said that Russia also doesn’t recognise its independence 😊
You are completely off the point. USSR has developed every nation within its borders to a highly educated and civilized state (some believe this was an intentional preparation of the future break-up). Had the republics been too russified, they wouldn't have kept their heritage and able to rise as fast as independent nations in just a few years after Aug 1991. The predominant role of the Russian language and culture was directly inherited from the Russian Empire which ruled all these territories (except for those acquired after WWII). And the acquisitions took place when every major democracy of today had been an Empire, too, rejoicing in expansionism, militarism, and colonialism (which were good words back then).
@@x-orbiter2061 Russian army only plundered and robbed the Moldovan people when it occupied Moldova in the second world war. The Russian plundering is proven not only through millions of testimonials, but also through photos of Russian soldiers wearing 3-4 watches stolen from people.
Скоро и их 'освободят'...
надежды, видите, пока не оправдались. пока молимся,
Thanks, that was super interesting!
I live on the coastline of North Carolina, thanks so much for sharing a part of the world that fascinates me but have never seen in person !!
I happened to drive by that part and didn't like it. Feel some stupid call of the wild.
Thank u west nato and americans for splitting world into many many enemies of each others , who were always together 🥺
Europe was always together until America came along? 🤣 guessing you skipped European history
This haw every country look during Soviet time controlled by Russia ! During Soviet time Russia always move Russian people in to other territory to be more dominant and support introducing own rule ! Moldova want Togo forward but tranistria what is finance by Russia want to be part of Russia! Obviously if they miss Russia so much they can comeback to Russia ! Same problem exist in Latvia and Estonia ! Old Russian trying to create problem but when Estonia ask them to cross bridge to Russia they don’t want !
You don't know history well! Transnistria has always been Russian since the end of the XVIII century! There was no Moldova here. Transnistria was part of Moldova during the Soviet period. People are at home! And if you are so concerned about the resettlement of peoples back, then I suggest that Americans be resettled back to the countries from where they came from!
@@user-nr9xh5tm7b What a rubbish ! Haw much Putin pay you for spreading this propaganda ! Russia is not better from Nazi Germany invading country’s taking people to gulags killing millions ! And still
Murder innocent children and women ! Transnistria belong to Moldova and you Russian have a big country so you can go back instead creating only trouble ! I live under Soviet and now we are part of NATO and I prefer to be death than live again under Russian !Slava Ukraine ❤️🇺🇦
Thank's for your Great Video
Good informative vid. Thanks.
You have to respect the fact that Ethnic speaking Russians want to remain part of Russia. It's a shame that Ukraine waged war on the ethnic speaking Russians in eastern Ukraine breakaway regions which led to this awful war.
It is a shame that you bought into propaganda.
@@nancyflorida9863 It is shame you live in parallel reality.
@@spiderone4 You just described yours very accurately. Especially based on your subscriptions.
When putin said "Collapse of the Soviet union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century", He was right!
The millions of people who had spent centuries under forced Russian colonial occupation and in 1991 finally got to have their countries back would not agree with that view. It was a “catastrophe” only in the same sense that India and Ireland becoming independent were “catastrophes” for Britain.
@@adnyc82 You know how many russians ended up in countries outside russia? 25 million. Imagine that.
@@Nish_18 Is it correct that more than million people of former USSR lost life in following 1990-2000 due to one reason or another after collapse of system of USSR ??
This is one of the best travel TH-cam channels I've ever come across. I loved it!
So kind and sweet of you to say that! We really appreciate it, thank you very much ❤️ means the world that you enjoy watching our videos 🤗
were you aware you are watching Russian propaganda about how NATO as at fault for the war? Yeah, NATO is the one who is at fault for shaking the ant jar of Moldovan, Ukrainian and Russian ants.
@@nydydn I don't care, I just like seeing their culture. Not every optics must be about politics. Sometimes people just like travel and different places. That is my case.
@@BHNative I absolutely agree that not every optics must be about politics.It's the channel that makes it political by simply playing official Russian propaganda. You are just watching official Russian propaganda. It doesn't get more political than that.
Good stuff folks, liking your videos very much
The people who fought for the Soviet Union were also fighting for something truly terrible, the murderous Soviet regime. Something like 60,000,000 killed over the decades by war, famine, labour camps and executions.
I hope the "vatnik" vibe in this video is purely coincidential. The shaking of the jar analogy was really strange. Who shook the jar in the beginning of 1990s then? Repeating USSR and Russian propaganda is not ok.
Hurry up and report! Democracy is in danger!
First video I've seen on this channel.
Transnistria fascinates me. It is so.. Special.
What is wierd is that a confusing number of people actually speak very good swedish!
A district, I think the best russian word for it is oblast had employees in tiraspol. When you called to get a taxi to get to the hospital or other clinic, you called people in tiraspol!
A friends old workfriend was born in transnistria and was going home for christmas. My friend asked and they managed to get some coins for me. 1 plastic coin, a bunch of metal and 1 bill.
It is on my bucketlist to visit transnistria but with all going on around the world maybe now isn't the best time. (not aiming for a discussion of who is right or wrong).
The ant in a box analogy was so interesting to listen to. And it is so right. The one at fault is the one shaking it.
I will look up more videos from you!
A very good documentary video. Thank you. I had much the same reaction to Tiraspol myself.