@@btf1287 No flame but the 90's was literally peak consumerism in the suburban US. I do I agree the tone of the videos does feel 90's. Like camcorder style documentary :)
I think it's beautiful that the little boy heard english being spoken and was so willing to make a new friend from someone who he thought was a visitor. I visited a lot of foreign places and it's so nice when a local person wishes to talk.
I have not been to Russia, but I have visited Mexico a few times and Guatemala quite a few times (8), focusing on Lake Atitlan and the towns around it, especially Panajacel and Santiago-Atitlan. I got to know some families in Santiago-Atitlan and learned a lot about their history, including how badly the Spanish treated indigenous people. They got very few tourists where I went, and everyone was very friendly, especially when I mentioned that I was from California, rather than from the U.S. They seemed to really like Californians but didn't have the same friendliness to people from other parts of the U.S., due to entitled tourists in the past, apparently.
i always disliked vloggers because they seem like actors and arent themselves but you seemed like a real person talking about their beautiful hometown, i love it
This is russian state propaganda and influencing part of the russian STRATCOM. Dont get involved!!! Wag the Dog influencing. Dont forget her family in service is murdering innocent ukrainian civilians.
I find it sweet how instead of just ignoring the kids, you went up and talked with them. Most kids just want to chat and not be scolded for hanging out in the street. great vlog!
This is russian state propaganda and influencing part of the russian STRATCOM. Dont get involved!!! Wag the Dog influencing. Dont forget her family in service is murdering innocent ukrainian civilians.
It's funny you mention sharing with the western world, because I was thinking how similar it was to so many small English towns, and I was expecting it to be so different. The little squares of flowers and benches, the murals done by school kids, even the park with the excercise equipment. English towns have also seen a decline in population in smaller towns where factories are closing down and big social housing blocks. I grew up in America, so it is quite different to America, but very similar to English towns in the North of England.
@@cruel_brittania Idk if all America but theres small towns here in California that also kinda look like this and have a similar feeling. Also in Latin countries small towns
It’s pretty different from the rest of Russia, though. There are of course places like Moscow, St.Petersburg (one of the world’s MOST beautiful cities), resorts like Sochi, other beautiful, major cities such as Kazan, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, etc. Also lake Baikal.
@@asdffghjklzxcvbnm4369 All those places you listed are the exceptions. Most Russians live in cities, towns, and villages with populations under 1 million that you didn't mention.
@@tyunpeters3170 You should travel across the country when you have the opportunity. Unfortunately, most of our population is ignorant of how many beautiful and historical places we have. (Of course, I don’t deny that many are living in poverty, but it’s a national trait to exaggerate all the negative things and be disparaging of the good).
Even if most people from other countries will probably not think "Oh wow, let's go to Spassk-Dalny immediately!", I love your authentic view of the town, how you describe it with your memories and how convinced you are of the beautiful areas in your home town. Everything is soo real in this video. I love it, and I love how proud you are of your country. Greetings from Germany (maybe we should, but we're not so proud of our country - because of our history)
Und meiner Meinung nach hat Deutschland eine hervorragende und interessante Geschichte, und die Deutschen sind wunderbare und kluge Menschen, und wenn Sie sich Sorgen über zwei Weltkriege machen, dann hat im Allgemeinen die gesamte westliche Welt dazu beigetragen. Frankreich, Großbritannien, Spanien haben Hunderte von Jahren Völkermord in den Kolonien begangen, Deutschland ist nicht besser oder schlechter als sie. Diese Vergangenheit. Die Liberalen Europas und der USA sind schlimmer als die Nazis und die Kolonialisten Pass auf dich auf und lass sie nicht die guten und klugen Leute Europas mit der Scheiße vermischen, es gibt noch mehr von ihnen. Beste Grüße aus Russland, Rostow am Don
What's there to be proud of? Roads are broken, people are dressed like bums, curbs are generally destroyed, the abundance of multicolored advertising on the facades of old buildings is generally bleeding from the eyes. Ghetto in one word.
@@Haramyst No need. For now. But i dont be surprised much if 10 years later, we will need to wory about people doing something like that. Sanctions, and other not frendly activity, continue to pump power into reigime, stands people in to indignant, defensive state of mind, and legitimate "strong hand" filosofy in cociety. We currently drift fast into authoritarian police state.
@@MetaJamm it saddens me that you need to come to that opinion. I am American and I have always studied and been in love with beautiful, amazing fascinating Russia. Truly strong resilient and beautiful people (especially the women!). We should have so much in common, our countries should be brothers. I wish our leaders would put in good faith effort to forge closer and mutually beneficial relations [the predatory Chinese communist regime is a friend to NOBODY]. The Russian people deserve so much more freedom prosperity and security, I hope your fears don't become reality. I hope to visit someday.
I am 74 and live in western Canada (British Columbia) and I want to thank you for your video. It was so nice to see your town and hear you speak about living in Spassk. Your English is EXCELLENT and I hope you have so many good things happen in your life. Thank for taking the time to share your life. You make me wish I could know you and have you show me around your part of Russia. Good luck.
My grandparents, William and Anastasia emigrated from the Ukraine at the beginning of the 20th century. I am 69 and will probably never get to that country or any part of Russia. So this is nice, brings the far away to the near and familiar.
@@MiloaDeLaKroa Канада је земља имиграната. Моји дедови су долазили из Немачке и Коатије. Обе моје баке су биле Немице. Никада нисам видео земље свог наслеђа. Волео бих да видим Русију, јер мислим да Канада и Руси деле заједничку везу. Имамо зиму!
I'm an older man in America and have really enjoyed exploring the whole world on TH-cam and Google Earth, you did a VERY GOOD job of making this video and I enjoyed it very much, best wishes and thank you.
You'd be surprised to learn that American troops were posted in Spassk during the Siberian Expedition in which a soldier from the 27th Infantry Regiment got into an altercation in 1919 with Japanese soldiers at the Evgenevka Station in Spassk (known as the Evgenevka Incident). I only know this because I served in the 27th Inf. Regiment, which is now based on Oahu at Schofield Barracks.
@@westenicho Small world. I have a photo album from an individual who was part of that expedition/invasion. You might be interested in this book which includes a chapter on the RFE/Vladivostok episode and mentions the Evgevenka Incident. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/lifestyle/people/sdut-stan-katz-the-emperor-and-the-spy-2016may18-story.html
@@Snakesnarl Because no asian in their right mind would go live in Russia, when they have their better developed countries. The only asians in Russia are the native ones like the inuits.
I really admire the way you describe your town and a little of its history and geography. Your presentation appears to be very honest and straightforward. I really do appreciate that about you. Please keep up the great work!
in Russia kids go to school 6 days a week n actually learn (at least where I lived) so I'm not surprised at how well she speaks English- what's really weird is lots of Russians sound like Americans (Midwest accent not Brooklyn) when they become fluent n you'd never guess they're actually Russian
@@me2ontube I's not entirely weird because the American accent is an accent levelling with natives and a large foreigners combining their accents then levelling it. Also American influence, films and entertainment are the main sources of English.
@@me2ontube nope. I met very very few Russians whose English sounded like not like they were Russian. )) Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz people yes I met with almost no accent. English is not taught very well in Russia.
Your hometown looks so amazing because it connects us to your culture and heritage. It looks like any small town in America with differences in architecture. My hometown is Orlando, Florida and it's a big city with small quaint towns surrounding it the same way. Thanks for giving us a great look into life in Spassk-Dalny!
This is russian state propaganda and influencing part of the russian STRATCOM. Dont get involved!!! Wag the Dog influencing. Dont forget her family in service is murdering innocent ukrainian civilians.
This remind me of my childhood and I'm from Romania, and as much as it looks depressing for tourists, this actually gives children the opportunity to find themselves, explore nature and real world and have some good memories and values for when they will have a family too.
I was thinking that there is a sort of freedom that is not prevalent in the west where I am anyway (England) just an observation I’m not knocking the uk.
@@fredrickaappletree3402 that "freedom" comes from being poorer and finding value in more simple things, but again EU west is more rich and didn't experience that post-communism era where people were actually free to do a lot of things while in the middle of corruption, instead they just experienced a booming of technological and woke propaganda which clouded people's minds, EU east can easily say the N word without being aggressive for example or calling out a gay in public without anyone getting offensed but rather even laugh about it and move on
@@ulricomancini5896 you have more freedom in every sense. I see you choose to call it bullism, and that is because you chose to get offended way too many times in your life. In my country if a person(of any color) goes to another person (of any color) and says "whats up ma niga" absolutely nobody will get offensed because it is not meant with bad intentions, but you can choose to say it is bad, but that's only your opinion, and is a sick mentality. People live simpler, easier lives, tho poorer but are overall happier. So i say to you ma niga, you can choose to get offended but that's entirely your choice and not my responsibility.
There is nothing better than a >local< giving a guided tour. No hype, no drama, just an in-depth and interesting commentary. Many thanks for expanding this Aussie's knowledge.
A great video, Natasha. It really shows that small town life is pretty similar to that in North America. Those boys in the square could have been boys from anywhere - polite, enthusiastic, and innocent. At the time I'm posting this, your video is showing 3,601,218 views.
I live in Spassk. I just watched an American video about Moscow - 300,000 views. Then I accidentally watched it - 2000000 views. I didn't even think that any of the foreigners would find out about my village. I'm in shoke. Серьёзно. By the way, not everything is so bad. This year, the road was repaired and the canal along the street was filled in. They promised to turn on the fountain.
I grew up in a little town in Indiana in the US. The story of Spassk is a lot like the story of my hometown. It used to have factories and businesses but now it's just Walmart and franchised fast food.
At least here in Europe, eastern Russia is often seen as a sort of wild-mysterious place, I guess much of this because of the language barrier, but I'm personally always interested in finding out more about it.
Hello Ivan, I live in Burlington, West Virginia, a very small town. The people are friendly and helpful. I liked Spassk and hope to take the Trans Siberian train across your great country to visit Spassk and Vladivostok. I wish you and your city the best.
I love that Russia preserves common spaces like parks, beaches, pedestrians for public use and children. There is always nature around and the recreation areas. I also love that they keep people close to their roots like beautiful architects, arts, bullet. I was in Russia for about 2 years and always want to go back.
I live in Spassk-Dalny too and I work as a taxi driver (like Uber). Some day I had passengers, a man, and a girl, they spoke English very well so I thought they were foreigners. Later I wanted to contact them, but I fail. The person who called the taxi for them tells me that they were Russians, they live in the western region of Russia and travel to Europe pretty often, so they speak English pretty good )))
I, too, am from Canada. What incites your interest in Russian TH-cam channels? For me, I'm studying Russian in university so I often frequent channels like this one.
Hello from Cape Town, South Africa. Thank you for showing your town and what your life is like in East Russia. It is good to see how other people live and to learn about different cultures. Every place has something unique and interesting.
.... and on learning she was Russian automatically assumed she was from the mythical far away Moscow. As an actual foreigner travelling alone and not speaking much Russian I found very helpful people everywhere I went.
I'm binge watching vlogs from very distant parts of the globe and searching these towns in google earth. I love this "home video" style vlogs. Thanks for sharing and giving us a tour of your lovely town. Love from the Philippines.
That moment when she knocked on the coffee shop window and no one answered is so funny and sweet. She could have easily edited it out but she didn't. lol I love that she kept it.
I was impressed the menu included our New Zealand "Flat White" style of coffee. Most cafes in the USA don't know what it is. I lived in Moscow 2015-2018 and it was just starting to spread while I was there. Кофе Хаус had it but not Шоколадница. Outside Moscow it seemed like there was cappuccino or раф. Sadly I never got to Siberia -- Suzdal, Vladimir, Kazan, Sochi (Adler really), Pyatigorsk were the most distance I got from Moscow. Thanks for the nice video.
I grew up in a small village in America’s heartland (population 3,000). Our center attraction was the cinema and small parks. Sincerely, I admire your pride in your community. (There’s a new tire in the river! Lol! That would be in our newspaper.) I hope you never lose track of your roots.
This city reminds me so much of the city where I've grown up, here in South Brazil. The architecture is different, but the depressive parts of the city are so much a like.
The fact you're living in between China and Japan is crazy. It looks like East Europe but to get to Europe you need a plane, and to get to China you can take a bus.
It really shows how succesful the rus were in conquering/uniting lands. Starting as a tribe in eastern Europe and ending up with a country that starts in eastern Europe and ends at the eastern end of Asia. Whatever you think of Russia today, keeping together a country of that size is a massive accomplishment. And it's really interesting to see a culture that's so typical eastern European but is actually surrounded by Asian cultures.
@linlinö önilnil japan and other coutries are passing by the this process of migration to big cities, moscow is still having big acctivities and not "crumbling"
@linlinö önilnil I wasnt saying that Russia is superior, Just stating that people often not grasp the size of the country and how hard it is to run a country that size.
It's the climate. It's got nothing to do with geography. You could probably say that Western China looks like Iran or the Middle East because it's so dry.
This was an unexpected gem. Growing up and returning to a small town in rural Australia it brought home how isolated and lacking in opportunity my own town is.
Thank you Natasha for showing the world that we are all alike when we begin to visit the homes of the world. Your words are a blessing as we view the people of the world while some of us remain in isolation..... I hope you can continue to take us along for the ride.....
Man, sometimes I really trip on how many people there's on earth. How each person it's a individual universe. I really wish I could speak every lenguage , experience bits of every culture/life style I love connecting with different people, there's just so much in the world. I'm from Brazil by the way
I have been to Russia many times and your town looks very similar to many other towns, but you are a great presenter and you give the audience a very special impression of your town. Wish you all the best in your future videos and career. Respect from New Zealand
Just a nice honest video from an intelligent young woman. I'm losing interest in super slick lifestyle videos shot with GoPro cameras and drones. I hope this person makes some money for her studies!
Her videos make millions of views so I would think she can finance a real top level education. Well done to her she has found an excellent niche and tone of voice, very bright girl
:))We have free education in Russia, and therefore we do not need money for training, even in the most prestigious Russian universities and institutes....Moreover, if you study well, they give you a scholarship. At any institutes and universities, there are ALWAYS dormitories, the price for living in which is extremely low. In our country, the main thing is not the material well-being of the student's parents, but the level of knowledge of the student himself. If a child graduated from high school with the highest grades, then it does not matter at all whether he or his parents have money.And a child who has earned a gold medal at school (this is an absolute set of higher grades in high school) allows this child, no matter what family he is from, rich or poor, to choose absolutely any higher institution in Russia, where he will always be happy to wait.Personally, my two sons have received higher education and now have a very, very good job, and at the same time, neither I, their parent nor they themselves, have spent a penny on their education. Moreover, as I said above, they also received a scholarship, because they studied well.
@@АлександрБрехов-п2п Ah, this is how it should be in United States, however, all they chase here is money. It is not about education, only a means to an end, which appears to be for the accumulation of material goods. It is an empty life.
Your English language is fantastic, it's always interesting to see normal life in other countries, sometimes I speak to Russian Radio Amateurs, and often wonder what they're towns & cities are like, I hope your loving the university life & I hope you get your degree.
This is russian state propaganda and influencing part of the russian STRATCOM. Dont get involved!!! Wag the Dog influencing. Dont forget her family in service is murdering innocent ukrainian civilians.
I love these kinds of “slice of life” videos. To be honest, this place you live in reminds me of a mix of small and medium towns in the middle of the US. Always some small construction or projects going on, pavement is a little broken, but kids and teenagers are happy, laughing, and making the most of life. Sure, there is a bit of rubbish in the river or lake, but we go for a picnic, and it’s where we are happy. I think we make the best of where we grow up, and love it, even with the ugly marks. Thank you for showing us where you live!
I’m from Belgium, I’ve spent time in both Russia (including Siberia) and various states in the US, I’ve always noted how similar people outside the cities in both the US and Russia are but they don’t realise it from each other.
The first few minutes of watching, I thought this was some sort of a dry French-style comedic video and then the more I familiarized myself with Natasha's voice, I realize she is very sincere. She's a wonderful soul. Subscribed.
You're too late. For the last 2 years, ALL her videos have been anti-russian propaganda. She was subverted by the western "anti-russian" narrative and it infected her once awesome channel!
Err, doubt it. The mandatory shot of the Lenin despot and the praise for the Russian life in that shithole was probably to avoid ending up in the gulag, an even worse shithole.
This was so interesting. To see a typical small town "in the middle of nowhere". I am in the US, and I know towns, mostly in the south and mid-west, with a similar feel. It is fun to visit a place that is just part of the world, that is nothing spectacular.
You're very sweet! I wish my country (U.S.) and Russia had better relations. Thank you for the tour of your home town. So nice to see other places around the world.
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That is fantastic! How would I, Brazilian in São Paulo, ever learn about a small Russian city in the far eastern side of the country. Thanks, Natalia! I mean, we get videos and news about the bigger cities, but never in a locals perspective and hardly ever of a small town. I am really glad to stumble to this video!
The city you grew up in actually looks like many of the inner city's in America and as an American, I couldn't help but notice how much we have in common with the people of Russia. Thankyou for sending a part of your world into my living room. and bringing us closer together.... God Bless......
American here, racism is not as bad in the US as the politicians and media make it seem. They use it as a political weapon to keep the focus off of them, and to stay in power. Don't believe everything you see from our politicians and media, they are liars. I agree though, that town looks like some American towns. I have wanted to visit Russia for years and years, maybe some day!
@@Leo-tf3rw It's kinda hard to have racism when most of the people in your city are all the same, almost everybody in that area are Ukrainian or Russian ethnicity. The US is way more tolerant than most of the world, diversity causes friction, but when you have 320 million people from uncountable different backgrounds, you are going to get the fringe stories that makes the news.
@@krakennn9067 not random. She talks about the Russian protests and youtube wants to echo progressive voices from Russia of which she is one. Not a bad thing.
@@rjcoady21 Funniest is that US and Russia generally are the same. US just is gilded... or... Chromed more. But as normal people in rural areas are pretty much the same.
I was always curious about Russia, as the news or movies only seem to show the Red Square, so thank you. Your little hometown is charming. I always preferred small towns to big ones. You did a wonderful job.
I did not expect to spend 20 minutes watching a historic tour of a small Russian town, but damn if it wasn't very entertaining and informative... nice work!👍
Yeah... 1:30 am and I see a recommended video that is different than my norm, don't know why it was there but I'm glad it was. TH-camrs rise up and vlog about your small towns everywhere!
Privyet. Interesting city, this Spassky. I've been married to a russian woman for 5 years, and we'd go back and visit her parents in Yoshkar-Ola (Mari-el District) every year. Even though you live in the east, both cities do share a lot of similarities concerning architecture and social organization. I specially love the nature. Being a foreigner, its always nice to see so many trees and faraway forests in the horizon. Thanks for sharig the video. :)
@Ben Dover I see 1921 Holmodor but I do not see modern-day Kiev with human meat. I do not live in Puerto Rico but I do hear gunfire.........only at night here.....very strange....but life is still good.
You are an extremely smart and articulate young woman who has ambition to grow... This was very interesting and it was nice to see the young boys playing and being friendly. Greetings from Ireland and Keep Safe Everyone 🍀🇮🇪
Very interesting to hear young people talk enthusiastically about things in their hometown that benefit themselves and others equally. Russia looks lovely, well done.
@@jaimeerives8793 Lmao imagine living in a carton box house in a disgusting suburb and talking about how some x communist country is oh so poor and gross. I'm sorry, but all of those commie blocks are built from solid materials, they can literally withstand anything, and they were given out basically for free! The fact that they look uglier on the outside is, if anything, a compliment to the communist mentality of "build it as quickly, efficiently, and high quality as possible, it doesn't matter what it will look like" as compared to the American notion of "let's build a nice looking mcmansion made out of cardboard so that we can jack up the property prices!" Also im not even a tankie, idc about defending the USSR, but it is kinda sickening to see all these people shit talk a country that basically went from nothing to competing and even winning against America in many areas, all thanks to that "dreaded" Communist system
In the US we also have cities that are in decline as industries die off or migrate to other locations. But what is so impressive about Spassk-Dalny is it seems your community has not fallen into decline along with the buildings. Your people still seem to enjoy getting out and engaging with one another. That is a refreshing thing to see. Thanks for sharing.
I didn't plan on watching a tour of any city, let alone a far eastern Russian one, but I found your video fascinating. When I heard you mention Vladivostok, it made me think of the board game Risk, as I played it all through my younger years. Your approach to giving a tour of your hometown is very refreshing. I am from a small town in Ohio, but moved to Atlanta, Ga. years ago, as I agree with your assessment of certain city's simply not offering the growth that many people desire. You really did a nice job in showing some of our cultural differences, while also providing the thought that we are not all so different. I am subscribing and look forward to more of your awesome videos. Thank you...
I'll never know why this video went into my recommended list, I'll probably never set foot in this city but it was still cool to see how life is at the other side of the world!
@@Bourinos02 Awww... you think that informational warfare is that primitive? You can't manipulate people in such a primitive way. It is mostly impossible to change someone's mind at all. What they do is shifting it to the right side. For pro-Kremlin audiences they supporting pro-Kremlin media. For opposition audiences, they supporting oppositional content, but those who are harmless or in some way good for them. And they even creating oppositional media that broadcast daily opposition agenda with teeny-tiny shifting to the right side. Most agents don't even know that they are agents. They spend billions on TV, do you think they decide to leave the Internet alone? Totaly not. Then ask yourself where are they on TH-cam?
@@FNobody They have RT for that... Also, if agents don't know they're agents, then they aren't... There must be a conscious act of misinformation to qualify as an agent. Additionally, any source of the Kremlin funding anti-Kremlin propaganda please? Because I think the kremlin method is to actually "novichok" any opposition party member, not really create decoys of any sort to achieve something???
The incredible thing is that few km away you find china with a 360 degree different culture and few km from china the statue of lenin .gosh russia is enormous
@@Jotari Korean scripts are similar to Chinese. Their traditional dresses, dishes, religions, etc. are similar to Chinese. East Asia means China, Korea and Japan (territories, languages, and culture).They share similar genes. They only have different lifestyle. Chinese, Japanese and South Koreans tend to share their presences with the world while North Koreans shy away from the world.
@@random-guy Koreans use a different character script to Chinese called Hanja. Their language has linguistically distinct origin (in fact Korean is one of the most isolated major languages in the world). They have different styles of cuisine (Kimchi is a traditional Korean dish, not Chinese), that's why Korean and Chinese restaurants both exist. Even genetically the two groups are separate. When you throw Japan into this mix the differences are even more pronounced (compare and contrast Samurai to Wuxia warriors). The only way in which you can describe these groups as culturally the same is to say "Duh all dem slanty eyed folks are da same". They're not. Even on a racial level these groups are physically distinct enough to an extent that they have murdered each other over it. Now all that being said the parts of China immediately over the border from Russia in this area are historical parts of Korea, but even then the Han out number the Ethnic Koreans.
I love that about her, her positive attitude. She spent a year in the U.S. at the U. of Minnesota and traveled around, including Hawaii for a bit, so she has seen much of the world compared to most of us, and has great hope for the future, at least for herself. She explains in other videos how she learned how much people smile in the U.S., much more than in Russia, even in Moscow, which is far more developed and progressive than most of Russia.
@@loverussia Hi, Evgeniya! I'm glad you responded to samuel, and that you also made a video about life in Russia. Is your video available online? I would like to watch it and see what it is like where you are.
She has had some special experiences, going to the University of Minnesota for a year, for instance, and traveling around the U.S and Hawaii as a student, which has provided her with opportunities to see other cultures, practice her English and learn so much about so many things.
@@loverussia I've watched three of your videos, Evgeniya, and was entranced with your town, your tour of a home and your command of English. Your videos make me want to visit your part of the world, too, so don't be too surprised if I let you know that I'll be visiting, though it would not be right away.
This is why I love TH-cam. I like seeing real people doing real things in other parts of the world. This kinda looks like my home town as it was in the 80's. There are plenty of places in the US just like this, as well, even today.
Your video perfectly encapsulates the expression "You can't go home again." The longing for things to be as they were while knowing it is impossible is a universal sentiment. Thank you for sharing your town with me.
Wow, you probably won’t care, but it’s the second time in 15 minutes I read/ hear that phrase, after not hearing it for years. (I was watching an episode of Riverdale just now).
Also, the Holy algorithm is going to bless the Vladivostok area with influx of capital as part of the world economy going towards Asia. I'm Norwegian, but I also see the value of Russian knowledge, trade and the location of the Vladivostok. Basically, I think she's wrong about the development of her city during the decades to come.
"Let's have a coffee" *knock knock* "Nevermind they don't work, let's go." I was dying. I loved this video. It felt so personal, and authentic. You seem so knowledgeable and charismatic. You had a lot of optimism and you really seemed to like your town. You said at one point that the view might depress foreigners...but honestly, it did not. Thank you for showing this great tour.
I also dont think it is depressing. I live in germany (east) and we have a lot of the built during the time of the DDR. I quit like the concept of them. "cheap" livingspace for many people. Maybe they look a little bit better in germany, but the World would be boring without differences.
My heart melted for you when the sweet little coffee shop was not open. Your positivity is infectious and your realism is a great relief from the white-washed world that is often presented in social media. Thank you and good luck. So happy that you are now in Georgia!
@@petercorley6102 emm,, russia and canada are nothing alike but ok, for one canada is filled with progressive obssesive sjws with blue hair, political correctness people who cancel you for not calling Someone they/them and a male cringe feminist who loves China as prime minister, Rusia is the opposite obvisly the young people are more liberal but russia youth is way more conservative than canada old people
@@chukwow5738 well, I left for Vladivostok 13 years ago to study and now I live and work there. My parents are still in Spassk and I visit them from time to time. I don't really have any strong feelings about Spassk. The town is okay, but I don't see myself living there again.
Love videos like this..so fascinating and never realized how close you are to China and Asia in general. Your geographical explanation/maps gives us a great visual aid! Thank you and great vlog!
This is what the internet was for, seeing how other people live around the world. excellent.
its just such a wholesome video
PP!
And to communicate with people from around the world.
This might be the sweetest comment I’ve ever read.
I remember watching a blog called real life in russia or something like that.It made me think the same you are saying,good videos too
There's something very honest and charming about this video, reminds me of what TH-cam used to be.
reminds you of what the west used to be in the 90s
calm, non consumerist centric and homogenous
@@btf1287 No flame but the 90's was literally peak consumerism in the suburban US. I do I agree the tone of the videos does feel 90's. Like camcorder style documentary :)
@@btf1287 90s was terrible with consumerism and foreign cultures destroying American Culture. What do you mean?
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I laughed for 2 mins
time well spent!
Procrastination is a beautiful thing!👍
Brilliant 🤣
shell надо писать в последних двух что бы было с привкусом немного не консеншэнсности
Thank you Natasha for showing us “normal” Russia. A very ordinary town., like many here in USA.
Hats off to your english teacher.
Yea, I was thinking her English is pretty good.
Every eastern europeans learn well english language. It is a must because it helps.
@@Wearefree83 bullshit :D dont lie maaan
nooot really
and her willingness to learn
I think it's beautiful that the little boy heard english being spoken and was so willing to make a new friend from someone who he thought was a visitor. I visited a lot of foreign places and it's so nice when a local person wishes to talk.
Like "yes finally I can use my english skills"
Go to Colombia, this happened to me there every where I went
@@JN-el7qf Go to philippines, and you'll be instant celebrity.
I have not been to Russia, but I have visited Mexico a few times and Guatemala quite a few times (8), focusing on Lake Atitlan and the towns around it, especially Panajacel and Santiago-Atitlan. I got to know some families in Santiago-Atitlan and learned a lot about their history, including how badly the Spanish treated indigenous people. They got very few tourists where I went, and everyone was very friendly, especially when I mentioned that I was from California, rather than from the U.S. They seemed to really like Californians but didn't have the same friendliness to people from other parts of the U.S., due to entitled tourists in the past, apparently.
i wanted to write just this!
i always disliked vloggers because they seem like actors and arent themselves but you seemed like a real person talking about their beautiful hometown, i love it
many are ;) maybe more in Russia yeah
The world needs more people like you ,thanks for the tour around your town.
This is russian state propaganda and influencing part of the russian STRATCOM. Dont get involved!!! Wag the Dog influencing. Dont forget her family in service is murdering innocent ukrainian civilians.
I find it sweet how instead of just ignoring the kids, you went up and talked with them. Most kids just want to chat and not be scolded for hanging out in the street. great vlog!
😊
This is russian state propaganda and influencing part of the russian STRATCOM. Dont get involved!!! Wag the Dog influencing. Dont forget her family in service is murdering innocent ukrainian civilians.
Such a wholesome video just about people lives, thank you for it, and for the fact that you’re sharing it with a western world just as it really is.
It's funny you mention sharing with the western world, because I was thinking how similar it was to so many small English towns, and I was expecting it to be so different. The little squares of flowers and benches, the murals done by school kids, even the park with the excercise equipment. English towns have also seen a decline in population in smaller towns where factories are closing down and big social housing blocks. I grew up in America, so it is quite different to America, but very similar to English towns in the North of England.
@@cruel_brittania Idk if all America but theres small towns here in California that also kinda look like this and have a similar feeling. Also in Latin countries small towns
yeah didn't expect to get a candid look into small town Russia today! Really cool actually.
O, Denis) Thank you for your chanel. Watching your videos.
Спасибо, короч)
@@chico-te
I feel like I understand what it would be like to be in Russia a little better now. Thank you for this.
OMG ! I love your channel! I'm surprised to see you here :)
It’s pretty different from the rest of Russia, though. There are of course places like Moscow, St.Petersburg (one of the world’s MOST beautiful cities), resorts like Sochi, other beautiful, major cities such as Kazan, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, etc. Also lake Baikal.
@@asdffghjklzxcvbnm4369 All those places you listed are the exceptions. Most Russians live in cities, towns, and villages with populations under 1 million that you didn't mention.
Thanks for sharing.
@@tyunpeters3170 You should travel across the country when you have the opportunity. Unfortunately, most of our population is ignorant of how many beautiful and historical places we have. (Of course, I don’t deny that many are living in poverty, but it’s a national trait to exaggerate all the negative things and be disparaging of the good).
Even if most people from other countries will probably not think "Oh wow, let's go to Spassk-Dalny immediately!", I love your authentic view of the town, how you describe it with your memories and how convinced you are of the beautiful areas in your home town. Everything is soo real in this video. I love it, and I love how proud you are of your country.
Greetings from Germany (maybe we should, but we're not so proud of our country - because of our history)
Und meiner Meinung nach hat Deutschland eine hervorragende und interessante Geschichte, und die Deutschen sind wunderbare und kluge Menschen, und wenn Sie sich Sorgen über zwei Weltkriege machen, dann hat im Allgemeinen die gesamte westliche Welt dazu beigetragen. Frankreich, Großbritannien, Spanien haben Hunderte von Jahren Völkermord in den Kolonien begangen, Deutschland ist nicht besser oder schlechter als sie. Diese Vergangenheit. Die Liberalen Europas und der USA sind schlimmer als die Nazis und die Kolonialisten Pass auf dich auf und lass sie nicht die guten und klugen Leute Europas mit der Scheiße vermischen, es gibt noch mehr von ihnen. Beste Grüße aus Russland, Rostow am Don
We can be proud of our country except 1914-1945
What's there to be proud of? Roads are broken, people are dressed like bums, curbs are generally destroyed, the abundance of multicolored advertising on the facades of old buildings is generally bleeding from the eyes. Ghetto in one word.
I love the real documentary, no faking, no bs, no cover up. Just as it is, Refreshing.
Which makes me worry for her.
@@Haramyst No need. For now. But i dont be surprised much if 10 years later, we will need to wory about people doing something like that. Sanctions, and other not frendly activity, continue to pump power into reigime, stands people in to indignant, defensive state of mind, and legitimate "strong hand" filosofy in cociety. We currently drift fast into authoritarian police state.
@@MetaJamm it saddens me that you need to come to that opinion. I am American and I have always studied and been in love with beautiful, amazing fascinating Russia. Truly strong resilient and beautiful people (especially the women!). We should have so much in common, our countries should be brothers. I wish our leaders would put in good faith effort to forge closer and mutually beneficial relations [the predatory Chinese communist regime is a friend to NOBODY]. The Russian people deserve so much more freedom prosperity and security, I hope your fears don't become reality. I hope to visit someday.
I am 74 and live in western Canada (British Columbia) and I want to thank you for your video. It was so nice to see your town and hear you speak about living in Spassk. Your English is EXCELLENT and I hope you have so many good things happen in your life. Thank for taking the time to share your life. You make me wish I could know you and have you show me around your part of Russia. Good luck.
*Your comment warmed my heart*
My grandparents, William and Anastasia emigrated from the Ukraine at the beginning of the 20th century. I am 69 and will probably never get to that country or any part of Russia. So this is nice, brings the far away to the near and familiar.
@@MiloaDeLaKroa Канада је земља имиграната. Моји дедови су долазили из Немачке и Коатије. Обе моје баке су биле Немице. Никада нисам видео земље свог наслеђа. Волео бих да видим Русију, јер мислим да Канада и Руси деле заједничку везу. Имамо зиму!
@@riandraegon556 if you have free time, why not visit?)
r/mademesmile
I'm an older man in America and have really enjoyed exploring the whole world on TH-cam and Google Earth, you did a VERY GOOD job of making this video and I enjoyed it very much, best wishes and thank you.
😂😂🙈
ditto
You'd be surprised to learn that American troops were posted in Spassk during the Siberian Expedition in which a soldier from the 27th Infantry Regiment got into an altercation in 1919 with Japanese soldiers at the Evgenevka Station in Spassk (known as the Evgenevka Incident). I only know this because I served in the 27th Inf. Regiment, which is now based on Oahu at Schofield Barracks.
@@westenicho Thanks, interesting...
@@westenicho Small world. I have a photo album from an individual who was part of that expedition/invasion. You might be interested in this book which includes a chapter on the RFE/Vladivostok episode and mentions the Evgevenka Incident. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/lifestyle/people/sdut-stan-katz-the-emperor-and-the-spy-2016may18-story.html
I know the feeling about small rural towns, left one over 22 years ago and haven't looked back. Greetings from *Texas USA*
I love when young people like you shows place we never find in tourist guide.
Yeah, it’s untypical for sure. You are welcome to check my channel about beautiful Beautiful too ❤️
@@AnfisaBELARUS um I think Belarus was autocorrected to beautiful maybe. Sometimes autocorrect is the funniest comedian.
It a shit hole. Believe me when I say Poland 🇵🇱 is way more beautiful
Just young people?
Simp
What a delightful young lady and not pretentious, but proud of her heritage..Well done
Completely agree, she is very nice. You are welcome to follow my channel about Belarus 🇧🇾 too 🥰
Well you are wrong she is very pretentious and naive at the same time look at her other anti Russian videos.
@@007furious Disagree. How can Natasha be pretentious when that was merely her antiestablishmentarianism showing?
It’s so weird that this town is literally next to China but doesn’t differ from any other Russian towns
This remind me a lot about the older Chinese cities. It's somewhat similar.
I don’t get it either. Why do none of the people look remotely Asian?
@@Snakesnarl Russia is a part of Asia.
@@Snakesnarl Because no asian in their right mind would go live in Russia, when they have their better developed countries. The only asians in Russia are the native ones like the inuits.
@@Snakesnarl she mentions in the video that the people in the town migrated from Ukraine.
I really admire the way you describe your town and a little of its history and geography. Your presentation appears to be very honest and straightforward. I really do appreciate that about you. Please keep up the great work!
Fantastic channel! appreciate your efforts to portray life in Russia without sugarcoating anything
went from Tsar running things w rich friends to Putin running things with rich oligarchs
Hard to sugarcoat anything in Russia :))
Such honesty and an innocence to it
Very impressed
Congratulations
Keep it up
Unlike people from usa ? " In Texas we have everything BIG..." :)..
@@ahmetuyaroglu6793 The biggest things in America are drug use and Covid deaths. The smallest things are education and morals.
This young lady is so pleasant.
Simp
@@oii3211 Tad dramatic?
That’s because she’s not an American woman.
Ok?
@@PhilWorley Sad but so very true..
I am here and I’m not sure how, but this video has serious early TH-cam energy of creating fun, personal content just because.
Nice.
god, i miss that youtube.
i think this video has blown up in the last few weeks because i dont remember it having this many views lol
Even the smallest and boring town will be beautiful to our eyes if we have good memories growing up there. Greetings from MEXICO.
Those kids at the square were so polite, so simple and so kids. That tells you how nice that place is.
I've seen so many videos and films and expected the kids to be rude or violent, they were just wholesome young kids
That what happens when Russian kids understand they're going to be in the video in English. Don't think too good of them
i was thinking the same thing when i saw that part of the video, it must be a nice place to live
true, u cant find any whereelse where kids like a kids these days, except in a country or small city
I literally thought "oh no, youths." But they were ok.
Speaking as a foreign language teacher: Your English is AMAZING! The pronunciation is almost always spot-on. :)
in Russia kids go to school 6 days a week n actually learn (at least where I lived) so I'm not surprised at how well she speaks English- what's really weird is lots of Russians sound like Americans (Midwest accent not Brooklyn) when they become fluent n you'd never guess they're actually Russian
@@me2ontube I's not entirely weird because the American accent is an accent levelling with natives and a
large foreigners combining their accents then levelling it. Also American influence, films and entertainment are the main sources of English.
Well she’s 2 languages up on me I speak English but I’m from Scotland so no one can understand me 😂
@@me2ontube nope. I met very very few Russians whose English sounded like not like they were Russian. )) Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz people yes I met with almost no accent. English is not taught very well in Russia.
@@warlokkk my experience is different but I don't deny I've seen some that will never lose the accent
No matter where you go in the world, you can't escape the damned scooter kids.
Middle East? Try there.
Try africa
We don't do that in Japan too
@@mranime97 that's because the Japanese are to scared to go outside incase they meet a girl.
@@tomw6947 that's rude 😐
Your hometown looks so amazing because it connects us to your culture and heritage. It looks like any small town in America with differences in architecture. My hometown is Orlando, Florida and it's a big city with small quaint towns surrounding it the same way. Thanks for giving us a great look into life in Spassk-Dalny!
This is russian state propaganda and influencing part of the russian STRATCOM. Dont get involved!!! Wag the Dog influencing. Dont forget her family in service is murdering innocent ukrainian civilians.
The algorithm is recommending this video. Good job Natasha
For sure it is! I'm from Brazil and TH-cam suggested the video
So cool knowing places so far from here
Me too - odd suggestion, but very glad it did. Will be spending some time checking out Russia through Natasha's eyes.
Shout out the it crowd, good show.
I guess it's mainly Bald + Bankrupt subs!
I agree totally! I have no idea why it was recommended to me but, yes, good job!
This remind me of my childhood and I'm from Romania, and as much as it looks depressing for tourists, this actually gives children the opportunity to find themselves, explore nature and real world and have some good memories and values for when they will have a family too.
I was thinking that there is a sort of freedom that is not prevalent in the west where I am anyway (England) just an observation I’m not knocking the uk.
@@fredrickaappletree3402 that "freedom" comes from being poorer and finding value in more simple things, but again EU west is more rich and didn't experience that post-communism era where people were actually free to do a lot of things while in the middle of corruption, instead they just experienced a booming of technological and woke propaganda which clouded people's minds, EU east can easily say the N word without being aggressive for example or calling out a gay in public without anyone getting offensed but rather even laugh about it and move on
@Elisabetta you are brainwashed, and that is your fault, dont bring your sick mentality into our countries
wow freedom to be disrepectful and bully towards minorities ,that's not what I had in mind reading your first comment.
@@ulricomancini5896 you have more freedom in every sense. I see you choose to call it bullism, and that is because you chose to get offended way too many times in your life.
In my country if a person(of any color) goes to another person (of any color) and says "whats up ma niga" absolutely nobody will get offensed because it is not meant with bad intentions, but you can choose to say it is bad, but that's only your opinion, and is a sick mentality. People live simpler, easier lives, tho poorer but are overall happier.
So i say to you ma niga, you can choose to get offended but that's entirely your choice and not my responsibility.
There is nothing better than a >local< giving a guided tour. No hype, no drama, just an in-depth and interesting commentary. Many thanks for expanding this Aussie's knowledge.
I read that once, then read it again in an Aussie accent.
A great video, Natasha. It really shows that small town life is pretty similar to that in North America. Those boys in the square could have been boys from anywhere - polite, enthusiastic, and innocent. At the time I'm posting this, your video is showing 3,601,218 views.
This is so innocent and wholesome, I hope more people get behind this type of documentary! Great work from Birmingham, UK!
She's not working from Birmingham.
@@keithhinchcliffe5629 I think they meant, "Great work" and that they were saying so from Birmingham
@@AGreatFrog Oh yeah, now I see. Another example the importance of punctuation.
Do one on birmingham! (From vergennes, Vermont. USA)
Hi fellow brummie! 👋🏻
I like this style of presenting Natasha, it doesn't portray things differently than they are. Looking forward to more.
Well said it reminds me of simpler time's.
natasha ето карашо
I too was very impressed by your love for and happy memories of your home town. That's very important for a country to remain strong.
I live in Spassk. I just watched an American video about Moscow - 300,000 views. Then I accidentally watched it - 2000000 views. I didn't even think that any of the foreigners would find out about my village. I'm in shoke. Серьёзно. By the way, not everything is so bad. This year, the road was repaired and the canal along the street was filled in. They promised to turn on the fountain.
I'm in Florida and we've been waiting eight months for a bridge to be fixed after barges hit it during a storm. Such is life, huh?
I grew up in a little town in Indiana in the US. The story of Spassk is a lot like the story of my hometown. It used to have factories and businesses but now it's just Walmart and franchised fast food.
Ivan, I want to meet my future wife in Spassk, looks like a lovely place to spend holidays.
At least here in Europe, eastern Russia is often seen as a sort of wild-mysterious place, I guess much of this because of the language barrier, but I'm personally always interested in finding out more about it.
Hello Ivan, I live in Burlington, West Virginia, a very small town. The people are friendly and helpful. I liked Spassk and hope to take the Trans Siberian train across your great country to visit Spassk and Vladivostok. I wish you and your
city the best.
I love that Russia preserves common spaces like parks, beaches, pedestrians for public use and children. There is always nature around and the recreation areas. I also love that they keep people close to their roots like beautiful architects, arts, bullet. I was in Russia for about 2 years and always want to go back.
The fact that she was speaking English, the kids automatically assumed she was a foreigner. I love it!
Much love from Canada.
I live in Spassk-Dalny too and I work as a taxi driver (like Uber). Some day I had passengers, a man, and a girl, they spoke English very well so I thought they were foreigners. Later I wanted to contact them, but I fail. The person who called the taxi for them tells me that they were Russians, they live in the western region of Russia and travel to Europe pretty often, so they speak English pretty good )))
I, too, am from Canada. What incites your interest in Russian TH-cam channels? For me, I'm studying Russian in university so I often frequent channels like this one.
@@Seamus_Dolan I'm from Western Canada, myself. Just saw the video on Reddit haha.
Yeah, that was funny.
From Saskatchewan here!
Hello from Cape Town, South Africa. Thank you for showing your town and what your life is like in East Russia. It is good to see how other people live and to learn about different cultures. Every place has something unique and interesting.
@high end Is it safe?
@Finnigan Yes, it is, if you stick to the safe areas.
I like how the kid saw her speaking English and was like ohh she's a foreigner lol and then she spoke Russian and he was like, why you speak English.
.... and on learning she was Russian automatically assumed she was from the mythical far away Moscow. As an actual foreigner travelling alone and not speaking much Russian I found very helpful people everywhere I went.
I'm binge watching vlogs from very distant parts of the globe and searching these towns in google earth. I love this "home video" style vlogs. Thanks for sharing and giving us a tour of your lovely town. Love from the Philippines.
That moment when she knocked on the coffee shop window and no one answered is so funny and sweet. She could have easily edited it out but she didn't. lol I love that she kept it.
She kept it for the guy in the rolled up tank top))
it really reminded me of my childhood in east block, everything sad and gray and service just like that shop
russian humor is about irony and sarcasm. with a shop named life begins after coffee, and its closed.
I was impressed the menu included our New Zealand "Flat White" style of coffee. Most cafes in the USA don't know what it is. I lived in Moscow 2015-2018 and it was just starting to spread while I was there. Кофе Хаус had it but not Шоколадница. Outside Moscow it seemed like there was cappuccino or раф. Sadly I never got to Siberia -- Suzdal, Vladimir, Kazan, Sochi (Adler really), Pyatigorsk were the most distance I got from Moscow. Thanks for the nice video.
Just the sound of her voice is soothing and relaxing. So perfect.
Definitely when she speaks in Russian
You simp 😂
Dirty simp
wierdos lmao
I grew up in a small village in America’s heartland (population 3,000). Our center attraction was the cinema and small parks. Sincerely, I admire your pride in your community. (There’s a new tire in the river! Lol! That would be in our newspaper.) I hope you never lose track of your roots.
This city reminds me so much of the city where I've grown up, here in South Brazil. The architecture is different, but the depressive parts of the city are so much a like.
The fact you're living in between China and Japan is crazy. It looks like East Europe but to get to Europe you need a plane, and to get to China you can take a bus.
It really shows how succesful the rus were in conquering/uniting lands. Starting as a tribe in eastern Europe and ending up with a country that starts in eastern Europe and ends at the eastern end of Asia. Whatever you think of Russia today, keeping together a country of that size is a massive accomplishment. And it's really interesting to see a culture that's so typical eastern European but is actually surrounded by Asian cultures.
That train goes to Europe as well can take one train from there to Moscow.
@linlinö önilnil japan and other coutries are passing by the this process of migration to big cities, moscow is still having big acctivities and not "crumbling"
@linlinö önilnil I wasnt saying that Russia is superior, Just stating that people often not grasp the size of the country and how hard it is to run a country that size.
It's the climate. It's got nothing to do with geography. You could probably say that Western China looks like Iran or the Middle East because it's so dry.
This was an unexpected gem. Growing up and returning to a small town in rural Australia it brought home how isolated and lacking in opportunity my own town is.
What struck me was how similar much of this was to any other small town anywhere in the world. Although winters may be different to say, Wagga Wagga.
me: bored
youtube: here, learn about Spassk
I mostly wanted to know the history behind the thumbnail, but yeah I find it funny how random YT gets with its suggestions
Thank you Natasha for showing the world that we are all alike when we begin to visit the homes of the world.
Your words are a blessing as we view the people of the world while some of us remain in isolation.....
I hope you can continue to take us along for the ride.....
Man, sometimes I really trip on how many people there's on earth. How each person it's a individual universe.
I really wish I could speak every lenguage , experience bits of every culture/life style
I love connecting with different people, there's just so much in the world.
I'm from Brazil by the way
Obrigado!
Same here! 👏👏
👏💯💯
I have been to Russia many times and your town looks very similar to many other towns, but you are a great presenter and you give the audience a very special impression of your town. Wish you all the best in your future videos and career.
Respect from New Zealand
Just a nice honest video from an intelligent young woman. I'm losing interest in super slick lifestyle videos shot with GoPro cameras and drones. I hope this person makes some money for her studies!
same man, she seems like a really nice person, I wish her best of luck
Her videos make millions of views so I would think she can finance a real top level education. Well done to her she has found an excellent niche and tone of voice, very bright girl
2.3M views..
:))We have free education in Russia, and therefore we do not need money for training, even in the most prestigious Russian universities and institutes....Moreover, if you study well, they give you a scholarship. At any institutes and universities, there are ALWAYS dormitories, the price for living in which is extremely low. In our country, the main thing is not the material well-being of the student's parents, but the level of knowledge of the student himself. If a child graduated from high school with the highest grades, then it does not matter at all whether he or his parents have money.And a child who has earned a gold medal at school (this is an absolute set of higher grades in high school) allows this child, no matter what family he is from, rich or poor, to choose absolutely any higher institution in Russia, where he will always be happy to wait.Personally, my two sons have received higher education and now have a very, very good job, and at the same time, neither I, their parent nor they themselves, have spent a penny on their education. Moreover, as I said above, they also received a scholarship, because they studied well.
@@АлександрБрехов-п2п
Ah, this is how it should be in United States, however, all they chase here is money. It is not about education, only a means to an end, which appears to be for the accumulation of material goods.
It is an empty life.
Your English language is fantastic, it's always interesting to see normal life in other countries, sometimes I speak to Russian Radio Amateurs, and often wonder what they're towns & cities are like, I hope your loving the university life & I hope you get your degree.
This is russian state propaganda and influencing part of the russian STRATCOM. Dont get involved!!! Wag the Dog influencing. Dont forget her family in service is murdering innocent ukrainian civilians.
This might be one of the coolest, most unique vlogs I've ever seen.
Simping at its finest.. she's not gonna date you dude
@@snowcat4861 relax I’m gay lol
@@melbournecrypto you are missing out a ton then
check out the channel Bald and Bankrupt, you’d love it!
Balds the best
I love these kinds of “slice of life” videos. To be honest, this place you live in reminds me of a mix of small and medium towns in the middle of the US. Always some small construction or projects going on, pavement is a little broken, but kids and teenagers are happy, laughing, and making the most of life. Sure, there is a bit of rubbish in the river or lake, but we go for a picnic, and it’s where we are happy. I think we make the best of where we grow up, and love it, even with the ugly marks. Thank you for showing us where you live!
100% agree. You saved me the comment
I’m from Belgium, I’ve spent time in both Russia (including Siberia) and various states in the US, I’ve always noted how similar people outside the cities in both the US and Russia are but they don’t realise it from each other.
I'm giving a like for those kids nailing the scooter tricks
The first few minutes of watching, I thought this was some sort of a dry French-style comedic video and then the more I familiarized myself with Natasha's voice, I realize she is very sincere. She's a wonderful soul. Subscribed.
You're too late. For the last 2 years, ALL her videos have been anti-russian propaganda. She was subverted by the western "anti-russian" narrative and it infected her once awesome channel!
I like how you clearly have pride in your hometown and its people.
Err, doubt it. The mandatory shot of the Lenin despot and the praise for the Russian life in that shithole was probably to avoid ending up in the gulag, an even worse shithole.
Dear diary: TH-cam algorithm did something cool today.
Yeah
This was so interesting. To see a typical small town "in the middle of nowhere". I am in the US, and I know towns, mostly in the south and mid-west, with a similar feel. It is fun to visit a place that is just part of the world, that is nothing spectacular.
I agree with you. Normally people show just cool famous places.
@Jay Bee bald is awesome
My stepmom is from St Petersburg and thought my small Midwestern village was like Siberia ;_; but small town life can have happy memories anywhere
Real people, none of the scripted reality TV influence of America.
Im from NYC and really want to visit some random town out west lol
I love this girl. What a great view of places I'll probably never travel to. Xoxo, thanks!
You're very sweet! I wish my country (U.S.) and Russia had better relations. Thank you for the tour of your home town. So nice to see other places around the world.
That is fantastic! How would I, Brazilian in São Paulo, ever learn about a small Russian city in the far eastern side of the country. Thanks, Natalia! I mean, we get videos and news about the bigger cities, but never in a locals perspective and hardly ever of a small town. I am really glad to stumble to this video!
Natasha*
Greetings from Russia's Western border (Finland that is :) ). Thanks for learning English so well and a huge thanks for giving us a tour of your town!
It is nice to see people loving their home town. Just because it is small doesn't mean it is bad. You did a great job with presenting your town.
The city you grew up in actually looks like many of the inner city's in America and as an American, I couldn't help but notice how much we have in common with the people of Russia. Thankyou for sending a part of your world into my living room. and bringing us closer together.... God Bless......
Very beautiful words
America is a hellhole, this is a loving community without racism
American here, racism is not as bad in the US as the politicians and media make it seem. They use it as a political weapon to keep the focus off of them, and to stay in power. Don't believe everything you see from our politicians and media, they are liars. I agree though, that town looks like some American towns. I have wanted to visit Russia for years and years, maybe some day!
@@Leo-tf3rw It's kinda hard to have racism when most of the people in your city are all the same, almost everybody in that area are Ukrainian or Russian ethnicity.
The US is way more tolerant than most of the world, diversity causes friction, but when you have 320 million people from uncountable different backgrounds, you are going to get the fringe stories that makes the news.
at least you are welcoming other parts of the world into your life/living room
I really enjoyed the video. I married a Russian girl from a provincial city. Two kids and 20+ yrs later it is the best decision I ever made.
TH-cam: today you will learn Spassk
Me: ok, go on....
Right? Random ass “algorithm”. I’m not mad though.
LOL Totally!
sometimes the algorythm knows what we need more than we do ourselves
@@krakennn9067 not random. She talks about the Russian protests and youtube wants to echo progressive voices from Russia of which she is one.
Not a bad thing.
I have no free will anymore. I click on what I am provided
Thank you for this enjoyable and insightful look at your hometown, and Russia. I look forward to watching more of your videos, wherever you might be.
Most people in the States have a hard time picturing Eastern Russia. Thank you for a peak to your area of the world.
@himakgam I hadn't even noticed the misspelling. Edited and fixed. Thanks
Looks like where I was born in the US.
@@rjcoady21 where is that?
@@rjcoady21 Funniest is that US and Russia generally are the same. US just is gilded... or... Chromed more. But as normal people in rural areas are pretty much the same.
Is it true most Americans don't have a passport? That's bonkers if it's true.
I was always curious about Russia, as the news or movies only seem to show the Red Square, so thank you.
Your little hometown is charming. I always preferred small towns to big ones.
You did a wonderful job.
Me too
39k people is not a small town LOL
That's a decent size town/city.
I wonder what actual small towns in rural Russia look like.
I did not expect to spend 20 minutes watching a historic tour of a small Russian town, but damn if it wasn't very entertaining and informative... nice work!👍
Yeah... 1:30 am and I see a recommended video that is different than my norm, don't know why it was there but I'm glad it was. TH-camrs rise up and vlog about your small towns everywhere!
Same for me
Same here!
I'm russian, live in Moscow and the same happens to me ))
It seems to me that you could say the same just about any random crap.
Privyet. Interesting city, this Spassky. I've been married to a russian woman for 5 years, and we'd go back and visit her parents in Yoshkar-Ola (Mari-el District) every year. Even though you live in the east, both cities do share a lot of similarities concerning architecture and social organization. I specially love the nature. Being a foreigner, its always nice to see so many trees and faraway forests in the horizon. Thanks for sharig the video. :)
Everbody's just living life, regardless of their language or location. We're all the same!
how bland
@Ben Dover why the human meat in Kiev?
@Ben Dover I see 1921 Holmodor but I do not see modern-day Kiev with human meat. I do not live in Puerto Rico but I do hear gunfire.........only at night here.....very strange....but life is still good.
YES - So true.
@Ben Dover Gotcha, Спасибо.......I try to learn new things all the time.
You are an extremely smart and articulate young woman who has ambition to grow... This was very interesting and it was nice to see the young boys playing and being friendly. Greetings from Ireland and Keep Safe Everyone 🍀🇮🇪
Very interesting to hear young people talk enthusiastically about things in their hometown that benefit themselves and others equally. Russia looks lovely, well done.
Yes equally poor and Oppressed
@@macclark4112 found the propaganda filled yankee
@@jaimeerives8793 Lmao imagine living in a carton box house in a disgusting suburb and talking about how some x communist country is oh so poor and gross. I'm sorry, but all of those commie blocks are built from solid materials, they can literally withstand anything, and they were given out basically for free!
The fact that they look uglier on the outside is, if anything, a compliment to the communist mentality of "build it as quickly, efficiently, and high quality as possible, it doesn't matter what it will look like" as compared to the American notion of "let's build a nice looking mcmansion made out of cardboard so that we can jack up the property prices!"
Also im not even a tankie, idc about defending the USSR, but it is kinda sickening to see all these people shit talk a country that basically went from nothing to competing and even winning against America in many areas, all thanks to that "dreaded" Communist system
@@jaimeerives8793 He's probably Ukrainian.
@@frankbacon1002 exactly it's not glamourized to hide it's faults
it's mass produced and effective for a large population plain and simple
Great! A young woman being totally honest without pretense. Thank you!
In the US we also have cities that are in decline as industries die off or migrate to other locations. But what is so impressive about Spassk-Dalny is it seems your community has not fallen into decline along with the buildings. Your people still seem to enjoy getting out and engaging with one another. That is a refreshing thing to see. Thanks for sharing.
Good observation.
The uhh, ethnicity shall we say is homogenous and that is everything. Higher IQ breeds good culture and manners,.
@@Chris-rg6nm Yes, doing quite well indeed.
I like her sense of humor about the nice drink holders on the rock pile. Go with the flow and enjoy life, girl!
My mum was born in Spassk Dalny, now living in Australia. It's real interesting see it for real, cheers.
Aussie aussie aussie, Oi Oi Oi
Welcome to the coalition, JC.
she probably is very happy to get political asylum in Australia
@@panasazov8200 Slave of the zionists wake up! Traitor!
@@panasazov8200 who mentioned anything about political asylum? Mindless automaton.
I didn't plan on watching a tour of any city, let alone a far eastern Russian one, but I found your video fascinating. When I heard you mention Vladivostok, it made me think of the board game Risk, as I played it all through my younger years. Your approach to giving a tour of your hometown is very refreshing. I am from a small town in Ohio, but moved to Atlanta, Ga. years ago, as I agree with your assessment of certain city's simply not offering the growth that many people desire. You really did a nice job in showing some of our cultural differences, while also providing the thought that we are not all so different. I am subscribing and look forward to more of your awesome videos. Thank you...
This is actually fun getting to know some small places in Russia. I love that kind of vids.
I love how those boys heard you speaking English and were shocked to find out you were Russian. LOL
They were upset
@@yworm Yeah, they thought she was a tourist. lol
@@yworm Скорее удивлены они были, чего сразу upset-то)))
Funny that they did not recognize that her English was spoken with a Russian accent!
I'll never know why this video went into my recommended list, I'll probably never set foot in this city but it was still cool to see how life is at the other side of the world!
I bet it had something to do with the opening song and pretty girl in the thumbnail, eh? 💊
Because Kremlin is paying for advertising. Obviously, you silly.
@@FNobody I highly doubt that the Kremlin is promoting a girl that is openly against Putin...
@@Bourinos02 Awww... you think that informational warfare is that primitive?
You can't manipulate people in such a primitive way. It is mostly impossible to change someone's mind at all. What they do is shifting it to the right side. For pro-Kremlin audiences they supporting pro-Kremlin media. For opposition audiences, they supporting oppositional content, but those who are harmless or in some way good for them. And they even creating oppositional media that broadcast daily opposition agenda with teeny-tiny shifting to the right side. Most agents don't even know that they are agents.
They spend billions on TV, do you think they decide to leave the Internet alone? Totaly not. Then ask yourself where are they on TH-cam?
@@FNobody They have RT for that... Also, if agents don't know they're agents, then they aren't...
There must be a conscious act of misinformation to qualify as an agent.
Additionally, any source of the Kremlin funding anti-Kremlin propaganda please? Because I think the kremlin method is to actually "novichok" any opposition party member, not really create decoys of any sort to achieve something???
You really are living on the edge. It's strange to see a European way of life projected so far into the East.
This was actually really nice and felt like an authentic review, from someone local who is proud without being bragging
It looked like so many towns in the midwest.
@@joeramsey6211 I'm also from the midwest and i thought the same. There'll be differences, but it seems like a similar rust belt vibe.
The incredible thing is that few km away you find china with a 360 degree different culture and few km from china the statue of lenin .gosh russia is enormous
North Korea too, with an even more ridiculously different culture.
@@Jotari Actually, North Korea has the same culture as China, but with different lifestyle.
@@random-guy Koreans and Chinese have historically been different people. Even their language isn't all that similar.
@@Jotari Korean scripts are similar to Chinese. Their traditional dresses, dishes, religions, etc. are similar to Chinese. East Asia means China, Korea and Japan (territories, languages, and culture).They share similar genes. They only have different lifestyle. Chinese, Japanese and South Koreans tend to share their presences with the world while North Koreans shy away from the world.
@@random-guy Koreans use a different character script to Chinese called Hanja. Their language has linguistically distinct origin (in fact Korean is one of the most isolated major languages in the world). They have different styles of cuisine (Kimchi is a traditional Korean dish, not Chinese), that's why Korean and Chinese restaurants both exist. Even genetically the two groups are separate. When you throw Japan into this mix the differences are even more pronounced (compare and contrast Samurai to Wuxia warriors). The only way in which you can describe these groups as culturally the same is to say "Duh all dem slanty eyed folks are da same". They're not. Even on a racial level these groups are physically distinct enough to an extent that they have murdered each other over it.
Now all that being said the parts of China immediately over the border from Russia in this area are historical parts of Korea, but even then the Han out number the Ethnic Koreans.
Incredible how she finds the positive in everything!
Hello friend 👋 My name is Evgeniya and I’m from Russia.🇷🇺
I also make a video about life in Russia:)
I love that about her, her positive attitude. She spent a year in the U.S. at the U. of Minnesota and traveled around, including Hawaii for a bit, so she has seen much of the world compared to most of us, and has great hope for the future, at least for herself. She explains in other videos how she learned how much people smile in the U.S., much more than in Russia, even in Moscow, which is far more developed and progressive than most of Russia.
@@loverussia Hi, Evgeniya! I'm glad you responded to samuel, and that you also made a video about life in Russia. Is your video available online? I would like to watch it and see what it is like where you are.
She has had some special experiences, going to the University of Minnesota for a year, for instance, and traveling around the U.S and Hawaii as a student, which has provided her with opportunities to see other cultures, practice her English and learn so much about so many things.
@@loverussia I've watched three of your videos, Evgeniya, and was entranced with your town, your tour of a home and your command of English. Your videos make me want to visit your part of the world, too, so don't be too surprised if I let you know that I'll be visiting, though it would not be right away.
Great tour of your hometown. Good explanation of the history of the place.
This is why I love TH-cam. I like seeing real people doing real things in other parts of the world. This kinda looks like my home town as it was in the 80's. There are plenty of places in the US just like this, as well, even today.
Your video perfectly encapsulates the expression "You can't go home again." The longing for things to be as they were while knowing it is impossible is a universal sentiment. Thank you for sharing your town with me.
Wow, you probably won’t care, but it’s the second time in 15 minutes I read/ hear that phrase, after not hearing it for years.
(I was watching an episode of Riverdale just now).
The Holy Algorithm has chosen this video.
Same
Yup, but I watched some other videos then, and I actually like her channel.
Yep I think I’ll sub. Sitting in Canada randomly watching vids about eastern Russia. Her English is excellent.
Also, the Holy algorithm is going to bless the Vladivostok area with influx of capital as part of the world economy going towards Asia. I'm Norwegian, but I also see the value of Russian knowledge, trade and the location of the Vladivostok. Basically, I think she's wrong about the development of her city during the decades to come.
Baby , you have to come to USA and see a real cinema.
I love your pride in your community and how you speak with the young boys. You always have a positive attitude.
"Let's have a coffee"
*knock knock*
"Nevermind they don't work, let's go."
I was dying.
I loved this video. It felt so personal, and authentic. You seem so knowledgeable and charismatic. You had a lot of optimism and you really seemed to like your town. You said at one point that the view might depress foreigners...but honestly, it did not. Thank you for showing this great tour.
Surprising how much English writing there is. Coffee and CAT and the card readers.....
I also dont think it is depressing. I live in germany (east) and we have a lot of the built during the time of the DDR. I quit like the concept of them. "cheap" livingspace for many people. Maybe they look a little bit better in germany, but the World would be boring without differences.
I am Wisconsin in the USA
I just loved the video
ThankYou for sharing and your English is amazing
I wonder what the weather is like are the winters cold
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Also, Spassk-Dalny bikini.
Beautiful person! She speaks authentically from the heart with no pretences!
Exceptionally Attractive personality!
Ahhh love when she goes like abronowkyutrinavchertrinichiutryy
My heart melted for you when the sweet little coffee shop was not open. Your positivity is infectious and your realism is a great relief from the white-washed world that is often presented in social media.
Thank you and good luck. So happy that you are now in Georgia!
why's the 'beach' in Georgia though
Spassk reminds me of so many small cities across the US and Canada, we're not so differant.
No, we really aren’t. When you peel away the surface layer we are all brothers and sisters underneath.
@@petercorley6102 emm,, russia and canada are nothing alike but ok, for one canada is filled with progressive obssesive sjws with blue hair, political correctness people who cancel you for not calling Someone they/them and a male cringe feminist who loves China as prime minister, Rusia is the opposite obvisly the young people are more liberal but russia youth is way more conservative than canada old people
I love the kids saying Hello! They were so excited to possibly see a foreigner. They were very respectful too. отличная работа❤
Yes they were so respectful. If you talked to some young teens in a U.K. town the chances are high that they’d curse you away 😂
I really wasn't expecting to see a video in English about my home town in youtube recommended, but hey, nice video!
Too funny. Must be strange, it’s not a massive place. Cool though.
How do you feel about Spassk? Do you also want to leave?
Do you know the youtuber in real life?
@@oreo4willis yep 😅 I saw the thumbnail and for a split second had a doubt about what I was seeing. Like, "Welcome to... WHERE?!"
@@chukwow5738 well, I left for Vladivostok 13 years ago to study and now I live and work there. My parents are still in Spassk and I visit them from time to time. I don't really have any strong feelings about Spassk. The town is okay, but I don't see myself living there again.
Love videos like this..so fascinating and never realized how close you are to China and Asia in general. Your geographical explanation/maps gives us a great visual aid! Thank you and great vlog!