What It's Like Being an ASIAN RUSSIAN in CHINA 🇷🇺🇨🇳

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  • Do you know where I am from? In this video, I share my feeling and experiences being an Asian Russian in China.
    I am living in China and many people think that I am Chinese but actually I am from Russia. Also, many people ask me in the comments about where I am from and so I thought I would make this video to explain more about Sakha, the different republics and regions and ethnicities of Russia, and some experiences I've had. In the future, if someone asks me about where I am from then i can just show them this video.
    About Me:
    I grew up in the coldest place on Earth - Yakutia. It's a republic in far northeastern Russia, in northeastern Siberia. The Sakha (Yakut), a people who formed from the mixture of local tribes with Turkic groups that migrated from the south in the 6th-10th centuries AD, joined the Russian state in the first half of the 17th century.
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  • @KiunB
    @KiunB  2 ปีที่แล้ว +902

    Hope you enjoyed watching this video, we have been working hard to create this beautiful little movie to share with you guys 😇
    Unfortunately, TH-cam has now demonetized my account and they did it without any reason. Just like that.
    But I want to keep creating, videos about my hometown and how people managed to live in the coldest place on earth. There are so many interesting stories and I was so excited to share it with you guys!
    I'm planning to post my next videos on my Patreon account until my channel will be resolved. I will be very happy to see you there guys 💙 here is the link: @t
    Appreciate all your support xx
    Love,
    Kiun

    • @hoyjude8902
      @hoyjude8902 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I guess you're out of touch about the war with Ukraine that is going on by the Russia. And I'm not surprise that you have no or very little info since you're in china where they also block the info. FYI, TH-cam has demonetized all Russian accounts. IG, FB have also been blocked.

    • @tsengelshariad6143
      @tsengelshariad6143 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      be proud of who you are and where you are from, tell people that you are from Siberia and Sakha, forget about Russia, you are an Inuit girl which is better than being Russian.

    • @derche4005
      @derche4005 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Did you get permission from Zoya to use her video clips.

    • @xyzabcwater
      @xyzabcwater 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Thank you for sharing, I really enjoyed watching your videos!
      Lol it's hilarious that people don't believe you 🤣, but I can also imagine how tiring and time consuming it is to explain it each time 😅. Maybe it save can you some breath to carry around a map of Eurasia (with Yakutia labeled) in your pocket so you can just point to it and explain that your ancestors were there before Tsarist Russia crossed the Ural mountains in the late 1500's? If they still don't believe you, maybe just remind them that China also has 56 ethnicities, hopefully that would resonate with them.

    • @fbarbz
      @fbarbz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Its sad that your are tagged as Russian and I can definitely see why your account has been demonetized. Hopefully, the outcome will sunder Russia sub regions into many sovereign countries.

  • @ShynggysZ
    @ShynggysZ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4374

    I'm from Kazakhstan and I have a funny story from my friend. Here in Kazakhstan we have a lot of Koreans as a result of deportation in Soviet Union. Mostly they speak Russian and have Russian names with Korean surname. So, two Kazakhstani Koreans were in a holiday trip in the USA. They were speaking Russian between each other, and one local approached them to ask what language were they speaking. They answered it was Russian. He then asked: so, you are Russians? They answered they were from Kazakhstan. And he said: so, you are Kazakhs? They answered: no, we are Koreans. And it blew that guy's mind. Two Koreans from Kazakhstan were speaking Russian in the USA :)

    • @d.r.k.7548
      @d.r.k.7548 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      😄 👍🏼

    • @talybodzhakow2641
      @talybodzhakow2641 2 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Hahaha)) I took a screenshot ))

    • @keldonmcfarland2969
      @keldonmcfarland2969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      I'm curious about Soviet Russia "deport[ing]" Koreans to Kazakhstan. Was this after WWII when there were ethnic Koreans in Soviet territory from all of the chaos?
      Did it have to do with North Koreans (DPRK) who found themselves stuck in the USSR and they were in some sort of diplomatic dispute?

    • @grantli9218
      @grantli9218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +231

      @@keldonmcfarland2969 Back in 19th century when Russia was still ruled by a tsar, there were a lot of Koreans living in the Russian Far East due to natural migration. Stalin transported them all over the country during the 1930s purge, including to the western parts. For example the mayor of Mykolaiv in Ukraine is actually a half Korean named Vitaly Kim, fighting in the war right now.

    • @analogFEEL
      @analogFEEL 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Lol I took a screenshot as well~

  • @flyingzone356
    @flyingzone356 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5158

    I am a college professor in Canada. I once had an Asian-looking student with a Russian first name and a Korean last name. Being a history buff, I immediately knew she must be the descendant of Koryo-saram (Soviet-Koreans). And I was right. The really interesting thing is, when she realized that there was a Lithuanian student in the very same class, she started conversing with him in Russian. Their classmates around them were really baffled by what's going on.

    • @jordanbl4270
      @jordanbl4270 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Kim?

    • @SlayerofFiction
      @SlayerofFiction 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      I like to troll people when they talk about Asians and ask them if they mean the blonde haired blue eyed ones.
      They always get confused.
      I can get that, as Moscow is still part of the European Continent so it can all get mushed :P

    • @xyema-mpa-ma-ma
      @xyema-mpa-ma-ma 2 ปีที่แล้ว +179

      Well, speaking of Canada, particularly the more diverse places like GTA and GVA, you'd find a lot of people like that. I mean, for example, my kids have a Russian last name, look Eurasian, and speak English, French, Russian and Vietnamese :)

    • @superAweber
      @superAweber 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      @@xyema-mpa-ma-ma show off! I don't blame you, I would too

    • @Swarmah
      @Swarmah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      tho its unlikely that a lithuanian student who is like 35 or younger would understand russian nowdays, same with latvians and estonians

  • @chanman4rings
    @chanman4rings 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2862

    I always thought it was common knowledge that a lot of Eastern Russia had a large "Asian" population. I'm surprised that people are surprised by this. Love to hear your perspectives, but yeah that's honestly surprising that more people don't know this

    • @halc2008
      @halc2008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      Same with India. The people living in upper regions look like "typical" Asians

    • @zhouwu
      @zhouwu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      I think it's one thing to know this. It's another thing to put two and two together when this person is standing in front of you.
      I think every country brands itself in a particular way, so that when a certain minority group doesn't quite match the expectation, people can get a bit confused about what to do next.
      It's not good, but it's human nature to be a little bit lazy, especially if you have a long day and a lot of people to meet and greet, generalisation isn't great, but it is fast and gets things done. And if you're meeting them for a 30 seconds greeting before a 1 hour business meeting, most people don't feel like standing there for 6 minutes trying to figure out how your background fits into the world map.
      I've got similar issues being a Chinese who grew up a bit in Germany and settled in New Zealand. When people ask me where do I come from, they want to hear: "China", because that's what they expect. They don't want to hear "Germany" because that doesn't make sense to them.
      Basically, people tend to like to put others into boxes they can understand. And when the other person doesn't fit easily, things can get a bit more complex and awkward, but also more interesting? But to what extent another person wants to engage in that part of you is an open question and varies from individual to individual.

    • @baqikenny
      @baqikenny 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@halc2008 manipur and nagaland? particularly the meitei right hahaha

    • @vufcyfxcyyfccfugvi7466
      @vufcyfxcyyfccfugvi7466 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      larger population of the Russian Far East- Russian Slavs

    • @dnickaroo3574
      @dnickaroo3574 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I find the large number of ethnic and linguistic groups in Russia truly fascinating. Also, I believe that the Saha are indigenous to Saha or Yakutia region.

  • @moroc333
    @moroc333 ปีที่แล้ว +211

    As a Mexican who started learning Russian a couple of months ago I felt a little ignorant for not knowing there were Asians native to Russia. But now that I know that even some Russians ignore this, I feel a lot better about myself. Спасибо!

    • @Montagnard_DePeshxo
      @Montagnard_DePeshxo ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Not quite true. In Moscow, for example, a lot of immigrants from central Asia. And if I met her, I would think she is Kyrgyzian, but definetely not Korean or Japanese or someone else. Ex-USSR’s asians completely different from the rest asian nations.

    • @niamtxiv
      @niamtxiv ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@Montagnard_DePeshxo not really. There are central Asians to Siberians living in SF, California. They resemble most East Asians.

    • @dvidli4042
      @dvidli4042 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Montagnard_DePeshxo After reading history, you should know that in Siberia, there lived ancient ethnic groups such as the Turks, the Xiongnu, the Mongols, and not just the Yugoslavs.

    • @Montagnard_DePeshxo
      @Montagnard_DePeshxo ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@dvidli4042 what?

    • @krnpowr
      @krnpowr ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Um.. Hello.. Most of Russia is in Asia.

  • @Maria-ok8wk
    @Maria-ok8wk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2289

    I'm Sakha living in Italy and I faced a lot of funny reactions when I told Italians I'm from Russia similar to yours. But after few years it stops to be funny and just makes you feel sad about people's ignorance. The worst situation that happened to me was on the passport control at the airport when the officer told I couldn't be Russian and my passport was fake

    • @teyataom
      @teyataom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Ma mandalo aff... то же самое с ними)))

    • @urnush9889
      @urnush9889 2 ปีที่แล้ว +287

      Oh dear, I 'm really sorry to hear that sad story.. The officers at border contoll in some countries should improve their knowledge about ethnic groups, diversity in different nations on the earth. As a Mongolian some ppl really surprise me with ridiculious questions during travel.

    • @turuus5215
      @turuus5215 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      You should probably say you’re Kazakh or Mongolian - more known races.

    • @Maria-ok8wk
      @Maria-ok8wk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      @@turuus5215 why should i? At this point it is more simple to say I'm Chinese

    • @turuus5215
      @turuus5215 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Maria-ok8wk Oh, okay.

  • @jackkidd8438
    @jackkidd8438 2 ปีที่แล้ว +274

    Regardless of your ethnicity you are a lovely young woman. Your English is excellent.

  • @Emvali
    @Emvali 2 ปีที่แล้ว +302

    I’m half Russian-half Chinese, was born in Moscow, have lived in Beijing, studied at an English international school in Moscow, and then immigrated to Canada. I can related to you on a spiritual level XD.

    • @michaeldorimon3377
      @michaeldorimon3377 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Can u speak mandarin and Russian language?

    • @suzukigixxer1627
      @suzukigixxer1627 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Bennnyak You Nepali or Indian?

    • @bagzhansadvakassov1093
      @bagzhansadvakassov1093 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Lol why everyone ends up in Canada.

    • @SR-zc6lk
      @SR-zc6lk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bagzhansadvakassov1093 Everyone wants to live among Whites. Lol

    • @Dragon_rls
      @Dragon_rls 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You must be an absolute stunner ( with all respect to you).

  • @gustavosalgado3481
    @gustavosalgado3481 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thank you for sharing the beauty of your culture, your smile, all the ethnicity, the humor in the video, the nature; it is mesmerizing and beautiful. Thank you.

  • @KiunB
    @KiunB  3 ปีที่แล้ว +328

    Thank you everyone for all the kind comments and support!

    • @Msiva-my5mb
      @Msiva-my5mb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I love❤ you because of beautiful

    • @mbulelozulu7963
      @mbulelozulu7963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There is something I would like to ask,
      Do you find some similarities between your culture and Chinese culture
      the other thing I find is you are Siberian and find that you do look like Inuit ( Eskimo) people
      maybe Siberians and east Asian people have a ancient common ancestor

    • @juansuponatime517
      @juansuponatime517 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Isn’t 85 federal subjects now including Sevastopol and Crimea in the list??? Not sure though...

    • @MrGod47
      @MrGod47 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I honestly thought you're Chinese until you start introducing yourself lol.
      I'm Chinese btw.

    • @KiunB
      @KiunB  3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@MrGod47 😂

  • @Traveler-rf8ye
    @Traveler-rf8ye 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3747

    It baffles me how many adults don't understand how borders work. Borders are man made. A language/tribe/culture etc doesn't begin/ end where the border begins/ends. Sometimes borders were drawn up the way there were, because of colonization other times, because of wars and various other reasons. Especially a country as big as Russia that spans over so many timezones and land, it's obvious that not everyone will look the same. Borders are man made, just keep that in mind. What bothers me more are the Russians who won't believe her. Don't they learn about their own country and it's people?!

    • @mjames4709
      @mjames4709 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Err, if you say so.

    • @andersenchang9524
      @andersenchang9524 2 ปีที่แล้ว +175

      go to Hollywood and ask an AMerican to point out United States on a map

    • @ДмитрийВронский-в3с
      @ДмитрийВронский-в3с 2 ปีที่แล้ว +259

      It is question of practice. Those people in Moscow do know about existence of Saha people or others Russian Asian looking peoples, but still, they meet many Chinease or Vietnamese people in everyday life. So that is the first idea coming.
      In my provincial city of Volgograd, for example, this issue doesn't stand, as there are many Russian Koreans and other nationalities living there.

    • @seatheparade
      @seatheparade 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Mmhm, sadly many people don't bother to learn about people beyond the bubble of their family or friends. Hopefully more people internalise this over time!

    • @minyoonji8699
      @minyoonji8699 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      exactly

  • @yl8410
    @yl8410 ปีที่แล้ว +794

    When I was a student in China, I used to play dota quite a lot in a game club near campus. There was a guy who always sat near me and we played dota together for a few times. He looks like Chinese and talks like native Chinese with a little northwestern accent so I thought he might be a student from northwestern part of China. As we were getting close, I noticed he likes visiting Russian websites. “Are you learning Russian?” “No, I’m from Russia”.

    • @tangbesitangbesi7009
      @tangbesitangbesi7009 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Interesting, thanks for sharing

    • @aleksey-_-
      @aleksey-_- ปีที่แล้ว +18

      😆

    • @МаксимОрлов-в3т
      @МаксимОрлов-в3т ปีที่แล้ว +9

      🤣

    • @slewone4905
      @slewone4905 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It's natural for "Chinese" to be in Russia. Their neighbors. when the border was drawn, there were some Russians left over in the Chinese side.

    • @yl8410
      @yl8410 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@slewone4905 Yes. There are also many Chinese-looking Russians in US. I love Russian food such as Kompot, Kvass, and Lagman, so I do groceries at Netcost, a Russian chain store. I noticed some Chinese-looking people speaking Russian. Sometimes, the cashier even speaks Russian to me. Probably, they think I'm Russian too.

  • @safo6151
    @safo6151 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +84

    honestly im shocked that people in Moskow or in China dont know that Siberian people look like you. Im from Poland and i know that not only Slavic people live in Russia, but also a lot of different nation who lived here before. Thank you for channel, everything is so interesting ❤❤

    • @lubneko
      @lubneko 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      At the moment, it is easier to meet a Chinese tourist in Moscow than a representative of small ethnic groups from the east of the country.And this is not because there is something wrong with small nations. There are just a lot of Chinese themselves.

    • @Рыцарьсмерти58уровня-р4л
      @Рыцарьсмерти58уровня-р4л 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      we are simply divided for the most part, they live on their own lands, we on ours, while we are all part of one federation, this is a normal topic, they have their own culture, customs, we have ours and no one bothers anyone, we’re just still in the USSR they chose the path of friendship of peoples, not Western tolerance

    • @Mimi-zm9ry
      @Mimi-zm9ry 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Also Russian people who live in Moscow or another big city think that all Asians are Chinese and they always say nihao. And they think Yakut people live in yurt and still use deers as a transport. Ignorance is insane

    • @BugaBugu
      @BugaBugu 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@Mimi-zm9ry I am Russian living in Moscow and I know Yakut people and how they live. And I admire programming solutions they've created, truly talented and hardworking people.
      Russians living in Moscow are very different, fortunately

    • @иваниванов-ъ5ц8ь
      @иваниванов-ъ5ц8ь 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      В Москве таких 5%, а в США и Европе 95%, чувствуете разницу.

  • @fabi0681
    @fabi0681 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1087

    I'm a Japanese born in Brazil, and when I lived in China and people there asked where I'm from, everytime I said "Brazil" they were like "huh?"😂 Then I explained that I'm FROM Brazil but ethnicaly I'm Japanese. When I was in college in Japan I had 2 friends from Kazakhstan who looked Asian but speak Russian when we were with our Russian friend. And I love this diversity!♥️

    • @antwango
      @antwango 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      i also love this diversity and beauty!!!! i find it disheartening that some people have bad experience from it... i guess we all experience problems fitting in who we are... who we supposed to be etc growing up or still experiencing it but like you i love the diversity and the wow and the beauty just the special something different...

    • @jipsey7
      @jipsey7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Russian is a beautiful language, but is difficult to study, but only at the beginning of studying .

    • @THETRUTH-BR
      @THETRUTH-BR 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@jipsey7 Hi Russia, loves and huges from your Brazilian friend!

    • @leolana6729
      @leolana6729 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      o melhor é ver meme brasileiro em video de russa/asiatica !.. ahuauhauauha

    • @cheungchingtong
      @cheungchingtong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      heard the first group of the japanese immigrants went to brazil in early 20th century.

  • @Ivanfbi
    @Ivanfbi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1160

    I am half Buryat, half Korean, but Russian is my first language and Tashkent is my hometown. I now live in USA and first few years were difficult, because nobody believed me. My favorite was the questions from Western Ukrainians, on how do i speak Russian. My answer was always: "Probably better than you!"

    • @donkeyslayer8370
      @donkeyslayer8370 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      yo my great grandparents are from tashkent though ive never been to uzbekistan

    • @Ivanfbi
      @Ivanfbi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@donkeyslayer8370 if you get a chance, visit the city. It is beautiful and has some of the best cuisine in the world in my opinion

    • @brunetka_361
      @brunetka_361 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Ух ты, такая смесь реально редкая. А у меня папа бурят (но его бабушка киргизка), а мама русская (но ее дед поляк). Ну вот как-то так))

    • @PyromaN93
      @PyromaN93 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Ivanfbi and better do it in the early spring/late summer. It's too hot, I was able to walk only in nigh time during the first week.

    • @Ivanfbi
      @Ivanfbi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@PyromaN93 well yes, June, July and beginning of August are hot and AC is not everywhere

  • @shapournoodl
    @shapournoodl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1222

    The feeling of being "a foreigner in your own country" really hits home for me. I'm a half Chinese half Iranian who lives in China and often I'll get asked if I'm a Chinese ethnic minority (mostly Uyghur or Mongol) when they hear me speaking native-sounding Chinese. If it weren't for the fact that mixed-races are common knowledge, I'd also have a hard time explaining myself.

    • @zhouwu
      @zhouwu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Damn... I feel you, man.

    • @fruit4423
      @fruit4423 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      蒙古可是100%的东亚人种

    • @shapournoodl
      @shapournoodl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      ​@@fruit4423 但是蒙古族和维吾尔族是大多数人知道的,所以一般也会先猜是不是这两个

    • @pourianocherino6013
      @pourianocherino6013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      یک رگه ایرانی... فارسی بلد هستی ؟

    • @shapournoodl
      @shapournoodl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@pourianocherino6013 Sadly, I don't because my father didn't speak Persian to me when I was growing up. I do wish to learn it someday when I have the opportunity.

  • @ptg01
    @ptg01 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Absolutely fascinating.. Thank you for sharing your multi cultural , multi ethnic background and experiences ! Way COOL !!!!!

  • @paulm6529
    @paulm6529 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    I am from Tatarstan and moved to Belarus last year. I am not Tatar, with pretty much European appearance. When some people find out where I came from, they get surprised and say they thought I was from Russia. But what's more fun is that I have to explain at post offices that Tatarstan is in Russia almost every single time I send something to my family.

    • @dragonlion108
      @dragonlion108 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Люди тупы это нужно просто принять

    • @bogdanfedyuk
      @bogdanfedyuk ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Русская Азия, Буряты, Якуты, Татары. - Вы лучшие люди России! Люблю вас.

    • @Pythoner
      @Pythoner ปีที่แล้ว +12

      в Беларуссии люди думают что Татарстан отдельная страна?

    • @yelenashishkina8804
      @yelenashishkina8804 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      When I told one paki British that I am from Asia he called me liar. Because I'm blond and blue eyed. Asian people do not believe I am from Asia.

    • @pandarussian4652
      @pandarussian4652 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bogdanfedyukнет русской Азии, есть просто Азия

  • @qimengzhang2836
    @qimengzhang2836 2 ปีที่แล้ว +427

    I have a similar experience with you but actually in a completely opposite way :) I am from mainland China and I have traveled to the Ulan-Ude republic in the Russian federation. Everyone on the street would assume that I am local Buryat and spoke Russian to me lol. It was during new years eve so they had a festival thing going on at the city's main square. I was stopped by a news reporter who had a whole filming crew behind him. He thought that I am local and asked me questions in Russian which I did not understand at all.
    It was really a lovely trip to Russia and I ended up learning my first Russian phrase:
    Я не говорю по русски

    • @brunetka_361
      @brunetka_361 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      I'm half buryat, half russian. When I studied in Irkutsk in 2005 many chinese people still worked there on street markets( right before it was banned), so they always stopped me and trying to talk with me in chinese :D And as I didn't get a thing they just let me go. Later when I was studied in Japan japanese teachers thought that we (with my mate-girl which is mixed too, she is half bashkir, half buryat) are joking at them that we are from Siberia, Russia. And that is annoying sometimes when people saying like - aaaaa, mongols. And we are like - oh, no....

    • @qimengzhang2836
      @qimengzhang2836 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@brunetka_361 Buryat people are mongols by descendants. Though many people do not realise that Russia is a muilti society just as the U. S and therefore might be shocked to see Asian Russians lol

    • @brunetka_361
      @brunetka_361 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@qimengzhang2836 It's like saying that ukrainians and russians are the same. So mongols and buryats are different nations. This is not right to say that they are same. Buryats always lived around Baikal. You can watch it on the map of Mongol Empire in 1207 year.

    • @Sander38rus
      @Sander38rus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@brunetka_361 Хаа, родная шанхайка. Они и со мной на китайском говорили, хотя я славянин. У многих же словарный запас состоял только из: "зрасуйти", "цена вот", "дёсива".

    • @brunetka_361
      @brunetka_361 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Sander38rus Не на самой шанхайке, а мимо ТК я проходила) они просто думали, что я китаянка и хотели поболтать.

  • @gg-ct5wu
    @gg-ct5wu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +333

    Being Asian Russian (Bashkir) who has lived in China myself I related to this on so many different levels! And omg how many times I got that "I bet you're Chinese/mixed/wasian", "is your dad white Russian and your mom is Chinese?"( why it always was my mom who had to be the Asian one, why not vice versa?), "so your parents have immigrated to Russia from an Asian country?", "you don't look Russian to me at all🧐" and so on. And even after I explained the whole thing about my ethnic background people tend to reply with "you probably had Chinese ancestors" ...
    Anyways thanks for this video, you did such a good job - it was interesting and educational! Надеюсь, это видео наберёт много просмотров😁

    • @maxdc988
      @maxdc988 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      They assumed your mother is Chinese, not your father because for Chinese, children always took their father's surname, so just by your Russian family name they deduced that your mother, not your father is Chinese.

    • @gg-ct5wu
      @gg-ct5wu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@maxdc988 yeah but the thing is that nobody has ever asked my last name 😅 Actually many times people assumed I was American/Chinese, once even a waiter at the bar has directly asked me if my dad was American 😭

    • @zhuziyuan4141
      @zhuziyuan4141 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gg-ct5wu lets say.. if you were an American born chinese, how would you address youself? chinese or American.

    • @arolemaprarath6615
      @arolemaprarath6615 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I don't look like the rest of my country and assumed me as an outsider. Either way, I love my country and would never leave my country.

    • @CJ-jp3zw
      @CJ-jp3zw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You look like an Uighur

  • @melbrown6019
    @melbrown6019 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    I’m an American. I find Russia and your culture fascinating. I really admire how you all work together to survive and how everything is fresh and healthy. It’s neat to see how diverse Russia is. Thank you sharing about yourself and for these videos Yakutia (hopefully I spelled that correctly). You are a beautiful person with a diverse and unique background.

    • @GenetetIncorporated
      @GenetetIncorporated ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It actually echoes with American history. There is no American ethnicity (except Natives maybe) but US citizens have very different roots, which are blurred under the citizenship aspect - and also merge over time (lots of Black+Latino, Irish+Italian, etc.)

    • @Nembutsu108
      @Nembutsu108 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Americans aren't welcome in Russia

    • @blessedbeauty2293
      @blessedbeauty2293 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@GenetetIncorporated - Yeah we are literally every single thing in the world 🌎 . All in one country, The USA 🇺🇸 ❤

  • @emoneytrain
    @emoneytrain 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I’d love to hear more about Russian vs Chinese mentality that you mentioned briefly at the end

  • @Aviram124
    @Aviram124 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    My mother was born in Harbin of Russian parents. I understand your problems and your story. Though I was born in the US I identify with my mothers heritage and story more than my own. A multi-cultural identity brought by marriage I consider the greatest gift and legacy a son can carry.

  • @_Maya_Andrea
    @_Maya_Andrea 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    I love and appreciate that you’re taking the time to share your culture and life experiences which I know very little about. You seem very genuine, kind and strong willed. I love how much you admire where you come from. Hoping all the best for you 💪🏾❤️

    • @gunner4ever924
      @gunner4ever924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn, you're gorgeous 😍

  • @nurusheva
    @nurusheva ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Какая классная подача) посмеялась от души 😂
    Привет от русской казашки 👋
    Во многом узнала себя)
    Спасибо, что без негатива

    • @pandarussian4652
      @pandarussian4652 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Если вы казашка, то не русская, русский национальность, а не душа

  • @markus_park
    @markus_park 2 ปีที่แล้ว +471

    Fun story: I’m Kazakh. Once I went to Vietnam, some Russian girls were talking behind me and probably assumed that I was Vietnamese because I wore that traditional hat. Then, when I started speaking Russian they were so shocked lol

    • @Pero-zl4jp
      @Pero-zl4jp ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Damn what did they say... hopefully good stuff

    • @monikameena138
      @monikameena138 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Pero-zl4jp 😅

    • @Pero-zl4jp
      @Pero-zl4jp ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@monikameena138 I said hopefully never said I expect it to be good stuff

    • @monikameena138
      @monikameena138 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Pero-zl4jp why r u getting irritated?

    • @pauloviniciusnunes1946
      @pauloviniciusnunes1946 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Unfortunately people do not have enough knowledge about geography or history to know how diverse certain countries are, ethnically speaking, like Brazil, Russia, United States, among others. Especially airport immigration officials should learn more about this.
      I think your culture is beautiful your people and the way you are proud of it. Kisses from Brazil! 😘

  • @peanrz
    @peanrz ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Родилась и прожила 13 лет в Алдане(город в Якутии) и перебралась в Поволжье. Всегда приятно встретить, по сути, земляков на просторе интернета

  • @ruthxk7844
    @ruthxk7844 ปีที่แล้ว +362

    If you remind people of how HUGE Russia is, and that part of it is in ASIA, it shouldn't be that hard to understand. Lovely culture, I hope to learn from it more soon!

    • @despondentzoomer
      @despondentzoomer ปีที่แล้ว +42

      A staggering 77% is in Asia, it’s really strange that people don’t seem to think about Asian Russians

    • @GratDuForloradeArgumentet
      @GratDuForloradeArgumentet ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I mean this is a common confusion. She is not Russian by etnicity. She is Russian by nationality, and not really that either because she herself say she is yakutian: So basically she's not Russian. She just speaks Russian. 🙂

    • @ruthxk7844
      @ruthxk7844 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@GratDuForloradeArgumentet she's not just Yakutian anymore since "modern ways" have been introduced and she has been taught Russian language and culture, also education... that is de facto one of the things that make you a citizen of a country or an empire whether you like or not. So yes, she is a Russian ciziten, and many things she feels or thinks are cause she is Russian in that sense, otherwise they would have been left alone with their Yakutian traditions alone and it wouldn't have been compulsory for her to learn Russian. Unless I am wrong and she just learnt Russian cause she wanted but I don't really think that's the case...

    • @GratDuForloradeArgumentet
      @GratDuForloradeArgumentet ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ruthxk7844 Not really. She talks about her Yakutian culture all the time. Not Russian culture.
      Yes citizen, that's what I said. That's where your confusion is. But she is not Russian. She is Yakutian and asian.

    • @ruthxk7844
      @ruthxk7844 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@GratDuForloradeArgumentet if she was just Yakutian she would not speak Russian. She herself says her thinking is so different to "Asian" Chinese people, that she feels the educational difference. Unless I misunderstood what she said about having certain beliefs and thoughts that make her Russian.

  • @kurutze
    @kurutze ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am grateful for your videos and stories. They are not only ilustrative, but they also very inspiring and encouraging. You show us that innocence, beauty and family love are not lost. God bless you!

  • @orochi5605
    @orochi5605 2 ปีที่แล้ว +413

    As a north-east Indian i can totally relate to your situation.
    Whenever I visit north or south India, people automatically assume that I’m either a Chinese or Japanese😅.

    • @MM-br3gt
      @MM-br3gt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Asia (India and Russia) is in the Asian continent so even if russians and Indians in the majority don't look Asian "Asian'' their land mass is in Asia so they will have Asian looking people among their people too.

    • @joelbiju9184
      @joelbiju9184 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@MM-br3gt All Indians are Asians
      British acknowledge Indians as Asian and US acknowledge Mongoloid featured people as Asians
      We Indians are South Asians

    • @alanOHALAN
      @alanOHALAN 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      That is because the British conquered the northeast part of India today, and made it part of India. But the people there are southeast Asians.

    • @PatrickVeira
      @PatrickVeira 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@MM-br3gt Indians are South Asians. Chinese, Koreans and Japanese are North East Asians

    • @antwango
      @antwango 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      eh WTF!!!????? im having that reaction right now and im Chinese!!!! you mean theres "Native" Indians that look Chinese / Japanese???? mind blown not in a bad way but wow cool way lol

  • @spicn00
    @spicn00 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    This is an interesting topic which I kind of relate. I'm an Asian who lived in Russia for quite some time when I was in High School. I speak Russian quite well to the point that some Russians think that I lack "Accent" and speak like a real Russian. A lot of time people mistook me for being a Kalmyk or from some central Asian countries while I come from Southeast Asia which is far away. I completely relate with being spoken in the back while understanding the whole thing that are being said. However, one thing that kind of bugged me was being checked a lot more by "менты" and metro security just for being an Asian. Other than that, I think Russia is a wonderful place and have met a lot of wonderful people there.

  • @InsightLife
    @InsightLife ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Я много путешествую и поняла одну важную вещь: ты никогда не можешь знать что за человек рядом с тобой и на каком языке он может говорить. Поэтому всегда нужно быть аккуратным и уважительным.

  • @RespectOthers1
    @RespectOthers1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    This video has informed us so much more about Russia and the editing was amusing.
    On the positive side...I think you have the best of both worlds and nobody will talk behind your back in China. :D

    • @KiunB
      @KiunB  3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Thank you 😊

    • @peanutbar8882
      @peanutbar8882 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@KiunB not to be rude or anything but I feel like they Were very right when they were not believing u being Russian!
      Because, You simply are not Russian! You're Ethnically a Siberian!
      It all got messed up when the entirety of the Giant country was named after only a Single Ethnic Group, namely the RUSS!
      Just remember, Its always a mess when almost 200 different Ethnic peoples have to identify with the Majority Ethnic Group!
      Just like Khabib is Avar and Stalin was Georgian, you are Sakha!!!!
      Take Love, dear!❤️❤️❤️

    • @peanutbar8882
      @peanutbar8882 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@KiunB and also, I personally think you are MORE related to the Turkish President Erdogan than you are to Xi PingPing!!!!
      (It was a Joke)😂😂

    • @Shenzhou.
      @Shenzhou. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@peanutbar8882 It's in poor taste to make a joke of President Xi Jinping's name by deliberately misspelling it as PingPing. It has almost racist connotations to it.

    • @delsonlai2180
      @delsonlai2180 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Shenzhou. don't fall to his poor trick bro, he's obviously intended to be rude or else he wouldn't type such thing to begin with.. Then still had the dignity to make such pathetic joke excuse just so he would look less guilty..

  • @thatpashakovalenko
    @thatpashakovalenko 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The small skits to illustrate your experience are so great!!

  • @kawings
    @kawings 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1294

    Im amazed that you can speak major languages in the world. Russian , Chinese , English and your pronunciation is totally perfect .

    • @2dav7ry
      @2dav7ry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      + Yakutian

    • @ramazannabiyev1020
      @ramazannabiyev1020 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      + Yakutian language= Turkic language

    • @ladyinwhite2701
      @ladyinwhite2701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      It's far from being perfect

    • @jwyn3085
      @jwyn3085 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@ladyinwhite2701 no it isn’t

    • @ladyinwhite2701
      @ladyinwhite2701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@jwyn3085 it really is,she makes lots of grammar mistakes, and the accent is really strong

  • @justinyan6599
    @justinyan6599 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for sharing your story. I know lots of people would've just been offended and complained if they were in your situations. But you are always positive and trying to understand others with a open mind which is very inspring for me! much love from China!
    我觉得你真的太棒了!对待生活非常乐观,心态也很开放,总是试着去理解别人。我是住在海外的中国人,也常常遇到一些令人沮丧的情况,有时候我也会觉得很烦,你的视频让我思考很多,希望在遇到类似的情况的时候可以用更加乐观的心态对面对!谢谢你!

    • @YSFmemories
      @YSFmemories ปีที่แล้ว

      六四!维吾尔族!香港!台湾!social credit score! winnie the pooh! 老外们个儿个儿都是中国专家,你要是不认同他们脑海里的中国你就是个五毛中共卧底因为他们都是专家他们对中国的认识肯定不会错的

  • @slimtodress
    @slimtodress 2 ปีที่แล้ว +296

    "Мужчина, у Вас все в порядке?" Ору 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @小栗路子野
      @小栗路子野 ปีที่แล้ว

      Россия входит в состав Священной Китайской империи

    • @theothertonydutch
      @theothertonydutch ปีที่แล้ว

      Нет человека. Пуп ушел.

    • @copetimusmaximus3363
      @copetimusmaximus3363 ปีที่แล้ว

      Этого не было🤓

  • @Danygotaworldtosee
    @Danygotaworldtosee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +271

    really cool Insights :D Thanks for sharing, just discovered your Channel

  • @whoareyou7399
    @whoareyou7399 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Обожаю Якутию, очень интересный регион! Надеюсь, как-нибудь там побываю!💕

    • @Hella333
      @Hella333 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      у них такая красивая культура

  • @harikuang
    @harikuang ปีที่แล้ว +38

    We need more content creators like you who keep educating us about cultures of places least exposed in the media.
    Many of us are not aware that the eastern part of Russia is practically North Asia; a term we don't hear much compared to other parts of Asia.
    Thank you for showing us your culture and living place. The Summer festival with the multi-sport stone-lifting event is especially interesting!

    • @SakhaYkt14
      @SakhaYkt14 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I may surprise you even more. Even though the Sakha live in Siberia, we have many related peoples outside of Russia, for example the Turks.

    • @иваниванов-ъ5ц8ь
      @иваниванов-ъ5ц8ь 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@SakhaYkt14пол Китая тюрской принадлежности.

    • @SakhaYkt14
      @SakhaYkt14 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@иваниванов-ъ5ц8ь я знаю

    • @mihrom6140
      @mihrom6140 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@SakhaYkt14строго говоря с турками у нас, саха, никакой генетической и культурной связи, только языковая.

    • @SakhaYkt14
      @SakhaYkt14 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mihrom6140 с чего это? Билбэт буолахына ону маны туойума. Бэйэн тускунан билбэткин кордорумэ.

  • @Veronica-vb6nk
    @Veronica-vb6nk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    Though I am Caucasian, not Asian, but as I am also not blond with blue eyes nobody believes me when I say I'm from Russia. In Italy, Spain and other southern European countries they always assume that I'm local. Sometimes they think that I'm pretending that I don't speak their language. :)
    Once a Sicilian told me that I look like a local who spent several weeks at a hospital (meaning that I have no tan). 😁
    Russia is big and multicultural believe it or not. :)

    • @NorthCitySider
      @NorthCitySider 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Interesting to see that Caucasus people also have this experience.

    • @connaeris8230
      @connaeris8230 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I'm Italian and I know a Russian girl with Georgian roots. She has dark hair and eyes, and if it wasn't for her very light skin color I would've totally assumed she was Italian!

    • @monosodiumglutemate8216
      @monosodiumglutemate8216 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      the Caucasus is in Asia, so youre asian. but youre not East Asian is what you mean.

    • @AndreaBorto
      @AndreaBorto 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I believe it. I was in Moscow and there is a melting pot not know in the west where russians aren't at all all blonde and slavic. It is a "former" empire that cross europe and asia, and you can see lot of russians with dark hair. Russia is know as a slavic country, with slavic people, but the slavic fenotype generated up in the north arund novgorod like the germanic one was in scandia and coastal germany. But there were a lot of ugro finnic tribes so the original slavic people must had some finnic features. For example, Putin to me is more like a mix of finninh and slavic. he is not tall, while slavic men are tall generally, he ha a large forehead like finnish people. And of course is blonde. his face is slavic: triangular with thinlips. Slavic people conquered south and east so they met tatars, some people of ancient iranic descent in the volga region, caucasian people, then all the asian minorities in the east. And there are a lot of mixed people so it is possibile to see a long, thin girl with prominent cheekbones, blue mongoliand eyes and blondish eyes. usually eroasin had asian face and european body. It is not known this melting pot because few russians lives elsewhere and russia is not a popular destination.

    • @LuisAldamiz
      @LuisAldamiz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Some people is very ignorant and prejudiced but I have no idea why they would think all Russians are blonds with blue eyes when not even Scandinavians are (maybe the Dutch?)
      On the other hand it baffles me even more that not even Mediterraneans seem aware of the Mediterranean diversity: it's not all about skin and hair color, in fact pigmentation is a very secondary trait in West Eurasia, and Mediterraneans are more diverse and structured than Northern Europeans: it's apparent in the genetics but it's also apparent in the looks: there may be some overalp but each Mediterranean peninsula is quite different and I'm pretty sure I would have a very high score, well above 80% or maybe even 90% accuracy, if asked to blindly classify Iberians, Italians and Balcanics even from just mere photos, they are not at all like each other.

  • @chaosland5325
    @chaosland5325 2 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    Same thing in India. People usually think Indians are what you will only see on TV and bollywood but there's so many tribes in India. I'm from North East India and from the state of Meghalaya. I belong to the Khasi tribe. Most people around the world don't know that. We are really different in culture and traditions from the mainland India. The language we speak is so different. And we are majority Christian. Great video.. ❤️❤️

    • @monikameena138
      @monikameena138 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ❤️

    • @Tttt28882
      @Tttt28882 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @66yearsago88what’s the difference? I’m curious to know since I don’t like Bollywood movies a lot! Do you have any S. Indian movies recommendations? Kisses from a Brazilian-Italian and God blesses you and ur family!! ❤

    • @sleeperboi8701
      @sleeperboi8701 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You're not Christian because it's not your religion it's ours. You have your own. Many people claim to be Christian bc it's a white religion. It's literally within European culture where christiany took place like the 1700s. Just recently you guys call yourselves christian.

    • @amitabha629
      @amitabha629 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sleeperboi8701 Religion of invaders, your ancestors forced us to change our original religion and now you're saying we are claiming your religion, you're funny.

    • @chaosland5325
      @chaosland5325 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@sleeperboi8701 who cares. I'm not Christian.

  • @valerie_and_we
    @valerie_and_we 2 ปีที่แล้ว +331

    I live in the Volga region (Russia), we have many nationalities here. Russians, Tatars, Chuvashs, Mordovians and many others. Therefore, we are used to the fact that if a person does not look like you, this does not mean that he is a foreigner. 😃 In general, the diversity of nationalities and mentalities in one country (not to mention religions) makes us more flexible. And such behavior, like the people you talked about, only shows their limitations and bad manners. I’m glad that Russia is so different. There would be more authors like you who talk about her little-known facts.
    It's amazing how many languages ​​you know... Fantastic. ❤️

    • @ladymacbethofmtensk896
      @ladymacbethofmtensk896 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No Germans anymore, though.

    • @valerie_and_we
      @valerie_and_we 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@ladymacbethofmtensk896 Oh yes, after the German attack on the USSR in 41, the German Autonomous Region was closed. Subsequently, the Volga Germans emigrated to Germany. Europe also has many such examples. Unfortunately, ordinary people always suffer in such cases (

    • @valerie_and_we
      @valerie_and_we 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @kaıser I have nothing to talk about with you🤦🏼‍♀️

    • @小栗路子野
      @小栗路子野 ปีที่แล้ว

      Volga region belongs to China!!! Be patient, China will handle you later!!!

    • @Blaze6432
      @Blaze6432 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nationalities and ethnicities are two different things. Please stop mixing them up

  • @ashton1952
    @ashton1952 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    One of my closest friends has an interesting background: speaks Russian as her home language, country of birth is Georgia, mother from Azerbaijan and Orthodox, step father Muslim and from Georgia, father from Russia, and her grandfather was Chinese. She just says she's Russian. 😊

    • @andreymuha2946
      @andreymuha2946 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Русский это не национальность, это как бы духовная община, мы в России для вас все русские, но в России живет примерно 120 национальностей, есть азиаты, есть славяне, есть тюрки, говорят на разных языках, разная религия, даже разный алфавит.

    • @Energy176
      @Energy176 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@andreymuha2946 Нет, русские- это национальность. Белые, голубоглазые. С чего это ты всех подряд в русские записываешь...

  • @zenpro8164
    @zenpro8164 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I am from Hawaii and was gifted to witness a Russian dance troupe to visit us in Hawaii. I was impressed with the diversity of Russian people as you mention here in your vlog. I think its remarkable and love the culture of each group and their dress attire from different regions. Thank you so much for sharing. I know how you feel, I moved to Mexico to participate in desert racing, and many people think Im Mexican here, its so funny. So in turn, I know how you feel and share the same emotions, I love it. Once again thank you for sharing with us and look forward to seeing your other videos. By the way, I am also impressed with your perfect English. I had to learn Spanish really fast myself living here...haha I bet you are pretty proficient in the Chinese language now ❤❤ ❤

  • @KidTreky
    @KidTreky 2 ปีที่แล้ว +704

    Honestly, I’m not surprised by her story as indigenous history is not being taught or absorbed properly in schools. All it takes is one anthropology course to understand the entire flow of human evolution, culture, and migration.

    • @justicetruthwarrior4756
      @justicetruthwarrior4756 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "EVOLITION" LMAOL

    • @Natalia-ix9rw
      @Natalia-ix9rw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It's taught and absorbed 😊. Russia is home to arnd 160 different nationalities all having their own unique culture and speaking their own language 😍

    • @Елена-в2ф8ю
      @Елена-в2ф8ю 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      В Российских школах преподают историю коренных народов проживающих на территории РФ. Просто в Москве чаще можно встретить китайского туриста.

    • @inuyasha4889
      @inuyasha4889 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@justicetruthwarrior4756 duh

    • @lipijini
      @lipijini 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yep. its the same scenario in India; people from North east of India vs rest of india.

  • @meduza6281
    @meduza6281 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Какая ты молодец,продолжай продвигать свою республику! Я о вас всегда вспоминаю в любом политическом нарекании нашему правительству… не знаю почему … но о вашей жизни в регионе узнала именно от Сагданы… именно после ее роликов стала болеть за вас всей душой!

  • @azamatsh2834
    @azamatsh2834 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    This is so cool that I stumbled across your video. I can empathize with your stories a lot, because I'm also from Russia. An Adyghe which are the indigineous people in North Western Caucasus around the Black Sea coast region. Having slightly dark skin with brown eyes (which is by the way not exactly a typical look of my people as well, but still) I have met with a lot of similar funny and confusing situations both in Russia and abroad. But especially with other Russians abroad 😅 Some people just get stumbled when they notice that I speak perfect Russian. And to overcomplicate things even more I spent a lot of time in South America and I also speak very good Spanish and Portuguese. And, you know, as I said I do look very much like some regular Latino guy and sometimes people approached me with "Hablas español" line which I can actually play along. When the conversation gets to "Where are you from?" parts it is where things get really complicated.

  • @DarkFoxV
    @DarkFoxV ปีที่แล้ว +52

    One time while I was working at a Japanese restaurant (I'm Rusyn/Russian, but I grew up with Japanese, but I'm from CNY, but this was in WA), a group of like 5 Chinese kids came in and one kid I immediately noticed was not Chinese, they looked like they were from our part of the world (I was probably the only one in the restaurant to notice tho). (also, I can speak some chinese on that note, but not great. I need to improve both my Mandarin and Russian honestly! )
    Anyways, when I went to the table and was crouched down to get orders we ended up immediately speaking in Russian and all the Chinese kids were dumb-founded by our entire conversation xD It was so great xD

    • @mnemonicpie
      @mnemonicpie ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Are we fcking supposed to know what CNY or WA means?

    • @YSFmemories
      @YSFmemories ปีที่แล้ว

      you're from Chinese Yuan, a currency?

    • @YSFmemories
      @YSFmemories ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mnemonicpie Yes for WA because America is the entire world so clearly everyone in the world thinks washington when they see WA.
      I've no idea what the Chinese Yuan have to do with where a person is from though.

    • @jimmyduong6285
      @jimmyduong6285 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@YSFmemories I think CNY is Central New York State. A Russian living in CNY with Japanese, working in a Japanese restaurant in WA and speaks Russian with a Chinese dinner. Hahaha, love it from an Australian who is born in VN of CHN parents.😀

  • @rogeryang18
    @rogeryang18 2 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Totally understood. It is like when people talk about Chinese, they always think of Han people. But we have 56 ethnic groups including Russian and Korean.

    • @TannerChung
      @TannerChung 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I try to explain that to people in the states and they have trouble grasping this idea. The problem has a lot to do with the institutions. If you ever go to a museum that showcases ethnic cultures or ancient cultures, they present it like everything is in the past in Europe and East Asia. They rarely talk about the "indigenous" cultures of Europe or Asia in the same way let alone celebrate them. Indigenous to the museums mean Native Americans emphasizing they're relics of the past that somehow still exist rather than just calling them an ethnic group in the country who still carry on traditions and cultures.

    • @Etereys
      @Etereys 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TannerChung You are right about the educational institutions. I'm from the US Southeast, 43 years old now, and have always been interested in learning more about the diversity in that region of the world. Mainly due to the fact of just what you pointed out. So it's good to find real people sharing their own cultures and experiences online, especially for those who are unable to travel & experience in person. I'm also so thankful to the commenters like yourself who add to the topics.

  • @neon_wombat
    @neon_wombat ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I met an Asian Russian in China. She was working in a Chinese company and she said that a lot of her co-workers treated her like she was mentally disabled because her Chinese wasn't so good. But because she looked Chinese, they thought she is just dumb to not learn the language quickly.

    • @angelayang1850
      @angelayang1850 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I used know a girl from Kalmykia who had similar experience. Locals in China always assumed she was a weirdly dumb Chinese who doesn't know how to speak her native language and didn't believe her at first when she said she was from a different country.

    • @randywer123
      @randywer123 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      My experience working in China too! The worse part is I speak Chinese fluently but didn’t grow up in China so I don’t understand a lot of social norms there. They just thought I was stupid 😂

    • @petercarlisle2927
      @petercarlisle2927 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sure she said at lest once she's not (han) Chinese so why treat her as retarded? Not listening or not wanting to its racism at its finest. Hun Chinese are what we would call "almost all, hard line bigot racists" if raised in China at lest. They don't see an issue, kinda like the SS nazi, it's not racism but all p3opl3 know they are superior in every way.
      Comin knolidge in China, same as tabiet, Mongolia, east turks tan are chines or will be and they are lucky to be so privaledge but then han Chinese are nothing if not kind, giving, selfless people.
      Can't say it's communists ccp fault as was in there calture well before that but now it has been portrayed as facts.

    • @utodbz
      @utodbz ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm Chinese when I study abroad I also feel dumb when speaking lol

    • @Commievn
      @Commievn ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's alright, it happens a lot in developing countries, where people are generally not considerate or polite enough like in developed countries.
      Here in Vietnam for example, i see many elders or mid-ages people (both men and women) speak in front of foreigners in a very impolite manner.
      As the countries become more developed, the social etiquette will improve naturally.

  • @ТадэушХван
    @ТадэушХван 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Я - советский, российский кореец.
    Мой рост 1,9м.По корейски понимаю несколько десятков слов - так вышло. Киргизы, казахи принимают за своего и пытаются заговорить со мной на своëм родном языке!) Хорошо, что мы из Союза и говорим по русски.
    Некоторые россияне путают с иностранными азиатами и удивляются, когда я с ними на чистом русском говорю.Самое смешное, что со мной пытаются громко и отчëтливо говорить!))
    Живу в ближайшем Подмосковье. Здесь уже 27 лет. За всё время меня остановили для проверки документов 1(!) раз! И то мент-кореец!))
    Расизма в России нет! Встречается порой национальный снобизм! Это лечится с возрастом!)
    Девушка саха в ролике очень красивая, милая и талантливая!
    Подпишусь пожалуй!)

  • @liviodefranza
    @liviodefranza 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    I was studying Mandarin in China and I had many colleagues from Russia which were looking Asian, like Buryats, Tatars, Koreans (from Russia). For me that's not surprising at all... Even some relatives of my wife look Asian because they are Bashkir and Buryats. Whenever you have different backgrounds, that's a treasure. I think it's totally fine if you say "I am Sakha" even to foreigners. If they don't know, you can tell them, promote Sakha culture abroad. Nobody should dictate your identity. Ofc you are a Russian citizen, but regional minorities shouldn't forget their culture. I'm always saying to friends that my wife is "Volga Tatar from Russia". When I was living in China I was always saying I am "a Croatia born Italian because there is an Italian minority in western Croatia 我是一位来自克罗地亚的意大利人 我们在克罗地亚有许多少数民族 ".

    • @pass3d
      @pass3d 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      是的,不同国家,其实有很多民族。中国的民族划分,有的很小的族群的也没再划分,例如穿青人、西藏的僜人、很少的夏尔巴人也归到”藏族“了 。th-cam.com/video/zBpNexZFJf4/w-d-xo.html 这些人的说话,和藏语完全不同。还有尼泊尔后裔,达曼人 th-cam.com/video/MxgxFY5_I1w/w-d-xo.html

    • @goheine
      @goheine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Siberians are Asians.

    • @yuchinglo5192
      @yuchinglo5192 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Totally agree with you; Yes, just be proud of what you are🙏👍😊💖

    • @ruzahel6287
      @ruzahel6287 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It boggles me that people don’t understand that nationality and ethnicity are not the same thing. You can be a citizen of one country but have many unique ethnic and cultural nuances.

    • @LVo-mk4sr
      @LVo-mk4sr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@goheine How about Siberians who are Slavic?

  • @vishalbajaj4231
    @vishalbajaj4231 2 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    This video is so relatable to some of my friends. I'm from India and we too have a region where people look "Asian". They are from the North East of India. These people have their own culture and history but many people even within India will call them Chinese or maybe Southeast Asian. It is sad how basic geographical and ethnic information about one's country is not given properly at basic school level.

    • @maksimborodajenko9930
      @maksimborodajenko9930 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      because people in general are ignorant and they prefer to be that way, no one cares where are you from and what is your culture about

    • @ligedoji3674
      @ligedoji3674 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Ab toh aadat si ho gayi hy.. Lol... some incidents are funny and innocent but few are very demeaning and racist.. From Arunachal..

    • @MM-br3gt
      @MM-br3gt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Asia (India and Russia) is in the Asian continent so even if russians and Indians in the majority don't look Asian "Asian'' their land mass is in Asia so they will have Asian looking people among their people too.

    • @MM-br3gt
      @MM-br3gt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Even Hazara people in Afghanistan look Asian or mixed Gengiz Khan Kai bachai log hai Afghanistan mai.

  • @D11r41k
    @D11r41k 2 ปีที่แล้ว +425

    "When I try to explain my ethnicity.." I feel you girl😂😭😭 As a Tatar from Russia living abroad, I struggle with those explanations as well, and in 95% I just say I'm Russian. Only people from Turkey and Hungary understand 😀

    • @ethereal7030
      @ethereal7030 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      I suffer from the same thing, only Hungarians understand when I say I'm Bashkir.

    • @melihaktan2000
      @melihaktan2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I'm Turkish :D and you're Turkic like us :))

    • @cheeru6457
      @cheeru6457 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'm curious how does Hungary , a European nation, related with Turkic people?

    • @ethereal7030
      @ethereal7030 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@cheeru6457 Hungarians and Bashkirs are brother nations, as they partly migrated to Europe together from Ural steppes

    • @cheeru6457
      @cheeru6457 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@ethereal7030 Thank you for replying. Can you explain about Bashkir? I never heard of them before.

  • @廖勁智-r3x
    @廖勁智-r3x 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    As a Chinese person, I get the pain when people are associated with us. People really talk shit about Chinese people a lot bruh. You can only get used to it and learn to stop giving a shit about it lol. The one thing frustrating is that people feel comfortable talking to you in a condescending way when they see that your are east-Asian looking. Nobody wants to be in this situation frequently.

  • @ktkilntime1586
    @ktkilntime1586 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Hello from New Jersey, USA! I have mostly heard of Yakutsk because it is a territory in the board game, Risk. But now that I have found your TH-cam channel, I'm fascinated and am binge-watching it. Even after having seen a few of your videos on the difficult life in Yakutsk, I did not know about the indigenous people or that you have Asian features. Thank you for sharing your story with us!!

    • @yeshiyangzom8532
      @yeshiyangzom8532 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your gov always cries for free tibet, but never call for free siberia, free Yakutia. Do u know why? Because you and Russian are both white and the white is allowed to occupy colored people’s land. Chinese are not white so they are not allowed to expand.

    • @pandarussian4652
      @pandarussian4652 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Россия многонациональная страна, вы в школах не изучаете георграфию, в то время как русские и россияне изучают её, мы знаем, как богата и разнообразна наша страна с многочисленными народами, мы не устраивали геноцид, как это сделала Америка с индейцами(коренным народом)

  • @JImmY1982MinG
    @JImmY1982MinG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Being Chinese myself, I'm very interested in hearing about your thoughts on the differences between Russian and Chinese mentalities you were referring to in this video.

    • @brunetka_361
      @brunetka_361 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I think chinese and russian people are really similar. They love their families, they have same communist past which rose up their countries, they even have same wedding traditions with buying bride by fiance and his friends, they both have insane savvy too.

    • @user-wb2tm3hv8w
      @user-wb2tm3hv8w 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Chinese are like... I don't know, more sociable, more patient than Russians

    • @user-tt6be2zx3h
      @user-tt6be2zx3h 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@user-wb2tm3hv8w yup a lot less jokey/laughing etc than Chinese in general, where a smiling face is not necessarily a happy thing, more of a social thing of being polite etc

    • @JImmY1982MinG
      @JImmY1982MinG 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-wb2tm3hv8w Interesting, thanks for sharing.

    • @JImmY1982MinG
      @JImmY1982MinG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@user-tt6be2zx3h Now this reminds me of my Russian school mates back in college, we all lived in the dorm and we played soccer every week. At the time I just assumed they were the quiet and tough type (the typical Russian as I knew). We would play soccer in the middle of the winter, and drink a Heineken after the game, everyone was quiet, no one was joking around, which I thought it was pretty cool.

  • @СергейНестеров-в5ф
    @СергейНестеров-в5ф ปีที่แล้ว +140

    I was born in a region where the Buryats live, and as a child I spent a lot of time among the Buryats. So it will not be difficult for me to distinguish the Buryats from other Asian peoples, I can even sometimes distinguish the Buryats of the Irkutsk region from the Buryats of Aginsk. And buuzy is the most delicious dish

    • @sayaniiv7050
      @sayaniiv7050 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Агиииинск! Я щас в Агинске. На улице тепло, но супер ветренно.

    • @lolitavine9616
      @lolitavine9616 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Дальневосточники практически все, кто там родился и вырос, могут отличить китайца от японца, а японца и китайца от якута и бурята. Я из Владивостока, легко определяю, идет китайская туристическая группа, японская или корейская. На интуитивном уровне, плюс языки разные и я на слух знаю, как звучит японский, а как китайский. И, естественно, я их никогда не перепутаю по внешности с филиппинцами, к примеру. Для москвича же все будут, плюс-минус, на одно лицо. Также моя мама из Читы и я вычислю бурята и смогу его отличить от казаха, т.к все детство я проводила в читинской области и даже знаю несколько бурятских слов, им меня научил мой русский дед. Он обожал говорить по-бурятски 😊 И у него был друг, бурят Миша. Даже по говору где-нибудь в поезде могу догадаться, что человек из Улан-Уде или Читы. А вот ближе к Москве людям уже сложнее уловить нюансы, поэтому там любого азиата могут принять за иностранца.

    • @СатосиНакамото
      @СатосиНакамото ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@lolitavine9616 я бурят во владике лет 15 назад мне одна продавщица сказала что я очень хорошо говорю по русски- на что я ответил а кто я по вашему мнению? Она ответила вы китаец. Русский я знаю лучше среднестатистического русского и говорю без акцента... Тогда же на почте я хотел отправить посылку в улан-удэ но барышня сказала мы за границу не отправляем!

    • @thepatrusnostor5794
      @thepatrusnostor5794 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@lolitavine9616yo no puedo diferenciar a ninguno. Soy de Sudamérica

    • @stokeynathu8112
      @stokeynathu8112 ปีที่แล้ว

      Buryats used to be Chinese land, ceded to Tsarist Russia in the late Qing Dynasty

  • @Lunanecra
    @Lunanecra ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Thats 'really funny. We Slovaks, a small heart of Europe, we truly understand what you mean, coz we had many wars and armies ongoing through our territory, so we got really good mix in our genes. F.e. my ancestors are from Poland, Italy (father's side) and Hungarian, Russia (mother's side) and Yeah, Yakuts is really harsh area, i saw some vids about its winters :) Warm greetings from Slovakia

  • @meimao440
    @meimao440 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Сегодня внезапно нашла ваш канал и поучила кучу удовольствия пока смотрела это видео ! Потому, что все это случалось со мной в Китае и в Корее. Столько жизненных историй ! Спасибо, что ведёте канал на английском языке и делитесь информацией про Якутию и народ Саха ! Процветания вам и вашему каналу 🥰✨

  • @dr.lunyak2386
    @dr.lunyak2386 ปีที่แล้ว +232

    Саха жемчужина 👑💎 РФ . Очень рад что я живу вместе с таким количеством разных культур.

    • @azamatfromastana2354
      @azamatfromastana2354 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Еще бы относились норм

    • @AliceLavrenyuk
      @AliceLavrenyuk ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@azamatfromastana2354 в каждой стране есть недоумки, не надо всех под одну гребёнку

    • @УмныйЛякуша
      @УмныйЛякуша ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Только Саха жемчужина РФ, а другие регионы по твоему что? Помойка?

    • @dr.lunyak2386
      @dr.lunyak2386 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@УмныйЛякуша ты не из РФ если так пишешь. Ты украинский цепмошник

    • @Artzimin
      @Artzimin ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@УмныйЛякуша А зачем вы перевираете фразу? написано что рад что живут с таким количеством разных культур... подразумеваются все культуры. А про Якутию - потому что видео от девушки из Якутии.

  • @wakeno.6047
    @wakeno.6047 2 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    Ok being Asian and speaking Russian and having Russian mentality, that's the coolest thing in the earth🌎! 🔥

    • @theguywhoasked2957
      @theguywhoasked2957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Well Russians are Asians too most of them are because Russia is both in Asia and Europe

    • @tinibambini9288
      @tinibambini9288 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kirgisian

    • @nugzarmikeladze
      @nugzarmikeladze 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@theguywhoasked2957 77% of Russias population lives in European part of Russia

    • @Shenzhou.
      @Shenzhou. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      There are actually many Asians that speak English and tend to have American mentality (i.e American-Born Chinese) yet nobody seems to think that they're the coolest thing in the world.

    • @antonishedsp2036
      @antonishedsp2036 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is a very common occurrence. Basically, young people know Russian as their native language, we perceive the entire culture of other peoples through the Russian language. Therefore, yes, we are mostly "Russian" in mentality.

  • @ontokwrak_gusti
    @ontokwrak_gusti ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I'm Asian Indian from Northeast India, we are also called Chinese in Mainland India.

    • @KFC431
      @KFC431 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yea, because in most english speaking countries, the word asian is refered to the phenotype of people who has east asian ancestry, which is the case for the east russians and the north east indians, but also for the native tribes in americas such as the inuits, that's why they look asian, it's because they were east asian who migrated to North America.
      But what people should do is they shouldn't mix ethnicity, nationality and culture/religion together. Those are part of our identity but they are still different things. Just like the north east indians who complain about many instances of racism by the majority indian due to be phenotypically asian, but you can still be phenotypically asian while being nationally canadian or indian and culturally something else, just like the women in the video who's phenotypically asian but in terms of culture, she's russian. And it's the fault of the people for assuming that she's necessarily culturally east asian.
      Some indian also argue that they are asian because of the north east indians(while not being phenotypically north east or asian at all), but the north east indians are a minority within India, and the minority doesn't represent the majority demographic. It's as absurd as saying that the US is an asian country because they have 7% asian population.
      In most part of the world and in almost every conversations, people use the word asian phenotypically, in most english speaking countries it's the east and south east asian phenotype, while in the UK, british people refer asian as desi people (south asian ancestry), just further proves asian isn't necessarily a geographical term.
      Phenotype is much more objective than geography since each countries have their own borders of continents and geography. Phenotype reflects of our dominant/majority genetic ancestry, it takes into account nuances such as the east russians, the north east indians and the native tribes who look phenotypically like east/south east asians. And it takes into account for nuances such as why a white person with only like 2% black african DNA wouldn't usually be socially accepted to have the N word pass, because most of who they are isn't black and their phenotype represents that.
      Just for calrification, if the word asian was solely used geographically, the typical white russians would be asian objectively since most of russia 77% is in asia, jews would be asian, arabs would be asian, south asians would be asian, then east and south east would be asian too. At this point, it loses it's meaning due to being such a broad general term that encompass so many demographics, it can simply be replaced with the word "human". And remember, geography isn't objective at all since each countries have different map/borders. And if there's an issue with the word asian not necessarily being used geographically, then there should also be an issue with the word american not being necessarily used geographically, yet everyone is fine with that and knows where canada and mexico is despite calling only US citizens as american.

    • @roadrollerdio565
      @roadrollerdio565 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This is actually what I immediately thought about! I'm from South India and lots of NE Indians are coming to the cities here in the last 10-20 years for university and jobs, and so many ignorant locals used to call them Chinese and be racist. I hear more people are educated on this now, but we can do better and our schools should really be teaching more about the Northeast! (The history textbooks barely even teach about the South too). And when I studied abroad, the Northeast Indian students there were in a particularly odd place because foreigners are even more ignorant about what Indian culture means.

    • @boiscooka232
      @boiscooka232 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That why Northeast India need independent from India 😂

  • @ИнгаТупицына-п3о
    @ИнгаТупицына-п3о 2 ปีที่แล้ว +480

    Hello, I'm russian, and it's strange for me that some people still don't understand that Russia is not only about blond hair. As for me, I don't have fair hair too :) Moreover, some people don't believe when I try to explain to them that our country has much more different culture than they think. They just believe in stereotypes and don't want to open their eyes 😔

    • @yyzhg6894
      @yyzhg6894 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Same here... I'm chinese, and people always think china is a highly homogeneous country (maybe because of some communist stereotype). My French classmate believes Chinese only speak mandarin, but there are actually more than 80 modern languages

    • @BreadPeed
      @BreadPeed ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Блин, да весь мир живёт стереотипами. И это в какой-то степени нормально. А что человек должен думать о далёкой стране, в которой никогда не был и о которой ничего не знает? Вот именно, конечно же, он будет думать стереотипами. Мы за собой просто замечать не привыкли.

    • @itdobelikedattho8112
      @itdobelikedattho8112 ปีที่แล้ว

      Тупицына хихихих

    • @Golden-lviv
      @Golden-lviv ปีที่แล้ว

      Try explaining that russia does genocide of Ukrainian people. You will find out that people around you don’t simply “believe stereotypes” but are actual fascist

    • @Азатюжныйурал
      @Азатюжныйурал ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Это все от того что в советских фильмах было мало не европеоидных актёров. Азиатов и в российских фильмах мало. Иногда кавказцы встречаются в фильмах и то редко. Миф и стереотип о внешности россиян создан самой Москвой.

  • @totochanel2251
    @totochanel2251 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I'm from Kyrgyzstan (ex-soviet country), have been living abroad for 6 years (Middle East and now Europe) and oftentimes hear "you are the first person I meet from your country" LOL. It's a big responsibility and I carry it with pride, people get curious and some wanna go visit my country as long as they are openminded. I also learnt a lot about different Asian nationalities since I moved outside of my country, it's really fascinating how we are similar and different at the same time in various aspects. My favourite are Japanese and Vietnamese people.

    • @MichiganUSASingaporeSEAsia
      @MichiganUSASingaporeSEAsia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I like to learn more about your country

    • @totochanel2251
      @totochanel2251 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MichiganUSASingaporeSEAsia th-cam.com/video/bJCD9GOREkA/w-d-xo.html

    • @totochanel2251
      @totochanel2251 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MichiganUSASingaporeSEAsia th-cam.com/video/Wo-b_MpguLo/w-d-xo.html

    • @3DHDcat
      @3DHDcat 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MichiganUSASingaporeSEAsia government is corrupt, people are leaving towards big Russian cities, China or west

  • @unknownmf2599
    @unknownmf2599 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Your nationality is Russian, your ethnicity is Yakut (Sakha). Hello from a Turkic brother

    • @salamonshevda5239
      @salamonshevda5239 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes Sakha people are Turkic people :) our fatherland. Hello from Azerbaijani

  • @deborahdavis6801
    @deborahdavis6801 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You are just a beautiful person!! I am in USA, where of course race is such a big issue. I love learning about different people and places and am sooo grateful to you for the hard work you are doing using technology to broaden the horizons of people!

  • @vancouverterry9142
    @vancouverterry9142 ปีที่แล้ว +308

    I am old enough to be your grandfather so, if I may, please let me offer a small piece of advice: don't tell people that you are Korean or Japanese when you are tired and don't want to explain that you're Russian. It might lead to situations which are even MORE complicated for you and, worse yet, it might lead to a situation where people do not believe you when you say you are Russian or do not believe you if you say something else. Try to find a way of simply saying you're Russian in passing, without letting any kind of conversation start up if you don't want to explain. Maybe say it undramatically and use your body language to prevent an unwanted conversation from starting up, or find some other way that works for you. My mother was Russian, the only person in her family that was born in Canada. Her eyes were somewhat Asiatic and when I had my DNA analyzed it turns out that my Russian side includes some indigenous Siberian genes. I am very proud of that. Also, my first mentor was half Russian and and a tremendously learned, deep and creative intellectual in the grand Russian tradition of scholarship. He looked like he definitely had a lot of Asian genes. For decades I have been interested in Asiatic Russians. I think you are very beautiful, interesting people. Thank you very much for posting this video and telling us about your experience! My very best wishes to you in your future!

    • @arminiuschatti2287
      @arminiuschatti2287 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes. I know Chinese that will fight you if you say you’re Japanese.

    • @sotch2271
      @sotch2271 ปีที่แล้ว

      Isn't asiatic russian a bit large ?

    • @hakooplayplay3212
      @hakooplayplay3212 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@sotch2271 area is large, but population is small - very harsh climate for living

    • @cykHAcyk
      @cykHAcyk ปีที่แล้ว +16

      ​@@hakooplayplay3212 не только климат но и сами територии не очень прегодны для комфортного проживания , то есть климат сильно влияет на территории , основная часть населения проживает в европейской части страны так как тут боле благоприятные климатические условия и пригодные территории, обживать Сибирь и дальний восток очень тяжело, и да страна богатая , но все эти богатства очень сложно добывать, нам очень сложно жить ни то что в этом климате , а на этих территориях , но и отдать их нельзя ибо просто будут разграблены как уже показала практика в Африке и других местах на планете, мы не жадные но мы прекрасно понимаем что может произойти с теми малыми народами которые проживают в нашей стране если мы не будем едины🤷‍♂️у меня нет неприязни к другим народам и странам , но и в обиду я не дам свою страну и народы своей страны, я уважаю культуру даже самого малочисленого народа и считаю что все равны так как все мы люди😊

    • @GratDuForloradeArgumentet
      @GratDuForloradeArgumentet ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I mean this is a common confusion. She is not Russian by etnicity. She is Russian by nationality, and not really that either because she herself say she is yakutian: So basically she's not Russian. She just speaks Russian. 🙂
      It's actually very easy to explain. Say you are Asian, but live in Russia.

  • @aom808
    @aom808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank you for sharing!! Learned a lot through your vlog! I knew Russia is diverse but didn't know it's to that extent. I also like how you captured people using creative methods to start cold engines in Yakutia during winter in your other video. Really like their ingenuity! 👍 Last time I visited Alaska, I noticed there were lots of engine heater plugs available for parked cars on streets. Visiting from a warm place, it was a culture shock to me

    • @taoist32
      @taoist32 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s the same in China. They have native Chinese that are blue eyed, blonde hair.

  • @noahtaeyong
    @noahtaeyong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I think it is because of the lack of exposure. I am very interested in the Asian side of Russia but until this day, it is still hard to find more information about it. I hope more people from Yakutia/ Tuva/ Buryatia will film video about their own republic.

  • @ДенисХрамцов-н2р
    @ДенисХрамцов-н2р ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Ты так классно говоришь по-английски, что я почти всё понимаю без субтитров. Привет из Кыргызстана!

  • @RUS-kt6th
    @RUS-kt6th 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Привет!!! 👋 Я тоже в такую ситуацию попадал, когда ездил в Китай. Ходил по магазинам и меня там постоянно спрашивают наши Русские туристы - Корефана это по чём отдашь (продашь). Было так смешно, когда им отвечаешь в ответ на русском я сам турист и их лица сразу становятся такими прикольными 😳😳😳🤣🤣🤣🤣. Как так вроде азиат, а говорит на русском и ещё без акцента. 😁Очень много раз попадал в такие ситуации. За видео палец вверх!!! 😉

  • @bekmashrapov1858
    @bekmashrapov1858 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Wow, so relatable! I am Kyrgyz, also mainly use Russian as my first language. I live in Dubai, and always confuse locals and residents, it is still quite rare for them to meet Asian Russian-speakers, but a lot of people are aware of Kazakhstan. BTW, I met a few people from Yakitia here, they are so similar to
    Kyrgyz and Kazakh.

    • @小栗路子野
      @小栗路子野 ปีที่แล้ว

      Россия входит в состав Священной Китайской империи

    • @arbs3ry
      @arbs3ry ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a surprise, 30yrs after the Soviet era, people in your country still speak Russian as the first language.

    • @gazimustafakemalataturk1923
      @gazimustafakemalataturk1923 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Kiunb You are a Turk. Kirghizistan, Kazakhstan Turkmenistan, Oezbekistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey are related to each other with language, cultural aspects and religion most of the time. It is because we have lived as nomads for a long time that we are separated so vastly geographically from each other.
      Çin’de kendine iyi bak ❤.

    • @小栗路子野
      @小栗路子野 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gazimustafakemalataturk1923 Kirghizistan, Kazakhstan Turkmenistan, Oezbekistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey are all part of China!!! Holy Chinese army will take them all back soon!!!

    • @gazimustafakemalataturk1923
      @gazimustafakemalataturk1923 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@小栗路子野 hahaha, you forgot what Kürşad did with only 40 horsemen to Chinese army bases along the border I guess and why China has built the world wonder being the Chinese wall. That was not a succes, I can tell you that.
      For now focus on India because they are taking border of Tibet in 😂

  • @peterzhou372
    @peterzhou372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    I’ve met a few Asian Russians during my trip to Russia and was first baffled but later realized it makes perfect sense. Russia is huge and there are countless of indigenous people living there like Buryat, Sakha, Chukotka and so on. Oh forgot to say that I’m Chinese and we do have a lot of non-Chinese looking minorities living in China too. I’ve met someone with very visible European feature (blonde hair, blue eyes) while being a Chinese citizen in Northeastern China and Xinjiang. I’ve also had a friend who was Korean Uzbek immigrated time America and speak Russian with her family. People have this kinda misconception because they know nothing about the history / geography behind the map and never seem to want to learn.
    Now I do have a question for you. Have you done some research on the Sakha people? Who are you group most genetically related to? I’m assuming Buryat or some group like those but I’ll start doing my research soon.

    • @truthandreason8394
      @truthandreason8394 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sakhas are Turkic. Of course they have genetic inheritance from their neighbours around.

    • @slavianingopnik6251
      @slavianingopnik6251 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Uighurs are mostly mixed race. First there were the Indo-Europeans Tokharians, then the Mongoloid Turks came and mixed with the locals forming the Uighur nation.

    • @peterzhou372
      @peterzhou372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@slavianingopnik6251 I’m not talking about the Uyghur in Xinjiang. We have at least 30 different ethnic minority groups living there including Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgyz and Mountain Tajiks (mostly Sarikoli ppl) in the Pamir. Uyghur ppl are indeed mostly mixed race.

    • @aghileshemdani3144
      @aghileshemdani3144 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@slavianingopnik6251 ..most those blue eye looking ppl came in china from centrale Asia by Mongol ..

    • @aghileshemdani3144
      @aghileshemdani3144 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@truthandreason8394 ..WE classify some ppl as turkic bcz of similitudes in language and culture not Always by genetic m'y Friend ..

  • @petropupkinsky3529
    @petropupkinsky3529 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Funny stories and great attitude!

  • @elviralukmanova272
    @elviralukmanova272 2 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    I had the same questions from Americans. They were like, “Are you Asian Russian? How can it be?”
    And then when they saw other Asian looking people they asked me, “Are they Russians too?”🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @TravelingThruLife
      @TravelingThruLife 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Well Americans as a whole are wildly ignorant about the rest of the world

    • @kutnahora100
      @kutnahora100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Funny comments coming from a clueless American....

    • @TannerChung
      @TannerChung 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      What about Asian Americans? The undertone here is that bucketing Americans like that discounts that there are Asian Americans who experience the same things. When I tell people in Asia I'm American they used to get really confused.

    • @TravelingThruLife
      @TravelingThruLife 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@TannerChung by why would they? America is widely known to be a melting pot, a nation built on immigrants.

    • @Shenzhou.
      @Shenzhou. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TravelingThruLife Agreed. One of the American late night shows interviewed American passers-by on the street with the question: _"Can You Name a Country? Any Country?"_ th-cam.com/video/kRh1zXFKC_o/w-d-xo.html to hilarious results.

  • @DylanThorne
    @DylanThorne 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    When I was working in Switzerland, my colleague's teenage son was so eager to meet me after hearing that I was from Africa. When we met, he was shocked to the point of being speechless, because he never expected me to be white-skinned.

    • @lzh4950
      @lzh4950 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also remember being in Ocean Park HK a few years ago during a school trip's R&R day where a mainland tourist nearby suddenly took a photo of my Indian schoolmate as they said it was their 1st time seeing dark-skinned people & thus intrigued to see her

    • @antwango
      @antwango 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      probably shocked him because you couldnt jump?????

  • @АлександраКолодезникова-н9й

    Было интересно смотреть видео. Спасибо 😉.
    Когда ты иностранец в своей стране это очень сильно огорчает на самом деле. Ведь в школе учат географию, а в институте учат экономическую географию. Ну не важно.
    Что хотела написать, такие же смешные случаи были и у меня. Но немного и по другому бывает, когда азиаты видят в тебе себя. Точную копию причём. Молодая казашка была так сильно удивлена 😲, что видит себя в возрасте 😂. Мне то конечно приятно, ведь я вижу молодую себя. А ещё часто разговаривают на своём языке, потом извиняются долго. А мне наоборот нравилось это. С возрастом таких недопониманий стало намного меньше. Забавный случай был во Флоренции. Когда в магазине продавщица японочка чуть не выпала из-за прилавка, когда моя спутница сказала что она русская. Имея ввиду, что она из России. Думала, что мы корейцы или японцы, минимум казахи. В Корее принимают как кореянку, а когда понимают что ошиблись принимают за японку. Так как я работаю в коллективе где много бурятов, принимают за бурятку. Вообще курьёзов хватает.

  • @carlag.9914
    @carlag.9914 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I know some Filipino who married a Buryat Mongol man from Russia when she introduced her boyfriend (now her husband) at her parents, her parents said "Why did he don't look like Putin?" Lol

    • @user-3aa6234fh
      @user-3aa6234fh ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hahah but them Mongolian men are handsome tho 😊

    • @kiki-6900
      @kiki-6900 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ahahhahahaha this is funny and I hope they are okay about that😂

  • @debbieanne7962
    @debbieanne7962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I can't believe people are so ignorant. Russia is huge with diverse peoples. A funny story from years ago. I was working for the Australian government and met a couple from Siberia. He was European looking, his wife Chinese features. Their sweet little girl had Chinese features with bright red hair! Could only happen in Russia

    • @tomaszzalewski4541
      @tomaszzalewski4541 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eh, prefer the mainland slavs. Cool info tho

  • @xygog2408
    @xygog2408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    I'm Indonesian, and to be honest before watching your videos, when I think of Russians, I think of White people too. I'd love to visit Siberia via Trans Siberian railway some day (For now it remains in my bucket list).

    • @KiunB
      @KiunB  3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Welcome to visit Russia 😍

    • @jamescuteloot4382
      @jamescuteloot4382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Orang berwajah Asia ini memang penduduk asli Siberia yang akhirnya menjadi milik Russia. Kalau yang bule penduduk asli Russia barat atau turunan viking

    • @pushcartoldman8698
      @pushcartoldman8698 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I had done my trans-Siberia train back in 2013. Was a long but fun trip with friends. Most Siberia along the train track was basically undeveloped wilderness. You must do it with a small group friends, don’t travel backpack alone, you might feel lonely if you can’t communicate in Russian. Russian people are very friendly. Lake Baikal, Irkutsk and surrounding area are very nice. Plan longer stay at that area.

    • @bulgarianbuddhist8747
      @bulgarianbuddhist8747 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Well she is white by skin and Mongoloid by race white isn't a race... The race is Caucasian and in Caucasian race white part is Europeans... Other Caucasoids look like Arabs and Indians is mostly Brown skin...same story with Mongoloid race East Asian is mostly White or Yellow skin and Southeast Asian is mostly tanned or brown skin

    • @bimokresno
      @bimokresno 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i think you do not need to take trans siberia railways ti go to siberia unless you really wan to experience it.... it takes too long from moskow to siberia by train. if you just want to go to to siberia, take shorter way, directly from the east, via japan or korea then go to vladivostok then to siberia, shorter than moskow trip.

  • @sravasaksitam
    @sravasaksitam ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Being a black person who can speak Russian, I can somewhat relate to your story. It's always fun surprising my friends' parents or even random people in stores or on the train with my Russian skills. Also I would like to say you are very gorgeous! Респект из Америки

    • @Fdsgjjkhg
      @Fdsgjjkhg ปีที่แล้ว

      А расскажите откуда вы знаете русский? Если не секрет)

    • @tai7ok684
      @tai7ok684 ปีที่แล้ว

      Лет в 20 дружил с одной негритянкой. Собрались мы как-то побухать компанией. Пришили в магази, а там нароооооду полно. Стоим у вино-водочного и я, из-за того что в компанние девушек было больше, стоял и размышлял в слух что же из алкоголя брать. Пока моя подруга, без малейшего акцента, заявила "Хренли встал, водку бери и пошли к закускам". Люди встали как вкопаные🤣 Ну а мы поржали.

  • @TheDaeroner
    @TheDaeroner ปีที่แล้ว +77

    I'm an African with a healthy obsession with Sakha and the city of Yakutsk and its people. Russia is a truly multiethnic country with a fascinating history. May Allah watch over Russia and may God bless its people.

    • @娃哈哈-c6e
      @娃哈哈-c6e ปีที่แล้ว

      Allah and God are different?

    • @ConstantinoMRL
      @ConstantinoMRL ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@娃哈哈-c6e no, they are the same from different perspectives

    • @raniabaha2210
      @raniabaha2210 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@娃哈哈-c6e No, Allah is the Arabic word for God, so it's the same word but in different languages

    • @mnemonicpie
      @mnemonicpie ปีที่แล้ว

      Bro your black arse will freeze there like in 30 seconds

    • @merrick6484
      @merrick6484 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The moon is the same moon, we just look at it from different Language and Culture background.
      However, there is no such a thing as God/Allah in our traditional culture. When Abrahamic religions talks about it, we see it as a different name for our own Deity.

  • @pilvi6246
    @pilvi6246 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    I usually only meet Russians of German heritage who have that "typical" Russian look with blonde hair and blue eyes. Only once have I met a Russian woman who looked Asian and I was very fascinated by that. She explained to me that, unlike the Russians with German heritage, her ancestors did not emigrate to Russia, but always used to be there. She came from a certain part of Russia (I don't remember the name) where that kind of look is normal. I like learning about these things that way and I can totally accept the fact that a person doesn't have to fit any stereotype I have in my head, just because I don't know any different. Other than that, I am also very careful about categorizing people by their looks only, because the globalization has allowed for many new variations and mixes of ethnicity, as well as people of another ethnicity living in any given country, so they might have grown up there and speak that countries language.

    • @alenakrasnikova4291
      @alenakrasnikova4291 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Pilvi, do you live in Germany and the Russians you met were Volga Germans resettled in Germany? Otherwise I don't see how the Russians you saw were of German heritage. Caucasian/European maybe? Slavic?

    • @pilvi6246
      @pilvi6246 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@alenakrasnikova4291 Yes, their ancestors emigrated to Russia and they have re-immigrated back to Germany. I did not know the proper name for these people was Volga Germans.

    • @imposter-982
      @imposter-982 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@pilvi6246 Russians are Slavs. Slavs are not German and Slavs can have blonde hair or any hair.

    • @opex9979
      @opex9979 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@imposter-982 but he said he only met German heritage Russians what's wrong?

    • @pilvi6246
      @pilvi6246 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Okay, so the Russians (that's what they call themselves) or "Russlanddeutsche" I met have come from Kazakhstan. This is (in Germany) commonly referred to as "Russia". Then there is "Belarus", or what we call "Weißrussland", which is also Russia, but not the same thing. The Russians who came from Kazakhstan, the former Soviet Union, usually have a German passport and are officially German, because of their heritage, even though they see themselves as Russians and mostly speak Russian in their day to day lives.
      I find this subject very interesting, but at the same time confusing, so please forgive me, if I made any mistakes regarding their history.

  • @janeillarionova1504
    @janeillarionova1504 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Боже это так забавно, я правда никогда не думала, что многие понятия не имеют о том, что в России не только славяне

    • @BoBaH_BoBaHoB
      @BoBaH_BoBaHoB 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      С "не только славянами" всё хорошо, вот только россияне с южных гор портят картину.

    • @user-3aa6234fh
      @user-3aa6234fh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Так сами русские не все в курсе. В комментах можно почитать всякие истории, когда русские думают, что якуты это какие-то иностранцы

    • @Артём-ц5э8з
      @Артём-ц5э8з ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-3aa6234fh Абсолютная чушь. Русские в западной части встречают иностранных азиатов гораздо-гораздо чаще чем россиян. Поэтому и реакция соответственная из-за вероятности.

    • @LiBeiFeng
      @LiBeiFeng ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-3aa6234fh Не думаю, все в России знают что есть Якутия, Бурятия, Тува, Калмыкия и т.д., везде полно кыргызов, казахов, этнических корейцев в конце концов, так что восточноазиатская внешность для нас привычна, никто не думает что такой человек обязательно иностранец. А вот если это какой-нибудь негр и вдруг говорит что он русский это многим до сих пор странно, никто не подумает на него что он русский с таким цветом кожи. Просто людей из Африки у нас немного а азиатов всегда было полно.
      Китайцы же ничего не знают об окружающем мире, кроме тех кто долго жил заграницей, ну тогда они знают только про ту страну в которой жили. Но им в целом это и не интересно, они живут своими стереотипами и вполне этим довольны, для них главное знание как деньги заработать. Поэтому когда я в Китае, я стараюсь не тратить время на пустой разговор с аборигенами с развенчанием их стереотипов. Это их проблемы, что они так думают, а не мои, а перевоспитывать взрослых людей дело неблагодарное. "Вы русские много пьёте водки, а ты наверное можешь выпить 2 литра зараз?"- "Конечно, могу бочку выпить, я ведь русский". "У вас очень холодно, правда?", - "Ага, каждый день -40 иногда -50, другой температуры и не бывает, ведь я из Сибири!". "Вы русские сильно воинственные!" - "Конечно, я с 12 лет учусь стрелять из калаша, занимаюсь самбо, а позже и из гранатомёта и пушки научился!" Примерно такие диалоги у нас происходят. Они и довольны, я не разочаровал их представления о мире.

  • @audreylockett3633
    @audreylockett3633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    I just discovered your channel and am SOOOO happy to see some asian russian representation!!!!! My mom is from Kalmykia, a republic in the Western side of russia in europe, but we descend from mongolia and look asian. I am American but treasure my mom's native culture and am currently learning russian, about my kalmykian heritage, and about buddhism, which they practice. Thank you so much for sharing your story!! Whenever I tell people I am russian, they are confused too.

    • @maxdc988
      @maxdc988 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @MyHeritage Mongolia Persian and Tajik are not the same. Persian is related to Iran while Tajik is related to Tajikistan and surrounding areas. Another group called Tajiks in Xinjiang is related to Iran as well.

    • @audreylockett3633
      @audreylockett3633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @MyHeritage Mongolia While I am central asian, Kalmyks do not have european, persian, or tajik descent. we are of mongol oirat descent, who are from the westernmost part of mongolia.

    • @dellaraampourkeramati3054
      @dellaraampourkeramati3054 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Max MC lmao what? Tajik is a dialect of Persian.

    • @YummYakitori
      @YummYakitori 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @MyHeritage Mongolia Mongolia is geographically part of East Asia: not Central Asian

    • @audreylockett3633
      @audreylockett3633 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @LanguagesPro true i feel like the relation is especially apparent in our apple cheeks

  • @talita191
    @talita191 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    👍👍👍👍👍...that kinde of videos are education for everyone...fanny, fresh, interesting...thanks for information...
    From Slovenija 💖💖💖

  • @smtuscany
    @smtuscany 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Hello there from Italy! Thank you for this insightful video. I have to admit I kind of knew that many people in Asian Russia look, well, Asian. Knowing a bit about Turkish language, I learnt that the origin of Turkic tribes was in that area, and also some ethnicities in Russia still speak Turkic languages such as Yakut, but they look more or less like other people from the Far East. Those skits about other Russians not realizing you are Russian as well remind me of a very important rule: NEVER assume someone cannot understand your language, just because they look “different”.

    • @shitun1ify
      @shitun1ify 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'm a tatar living in republic of Tatarstan, Russia. We speak Turkic language. Me personally a redhead with freckles. It's funny to spend a vacation in Turkey. Our languages are similar. Whenever i speak Turkic with locals or visit a mosque to prey they make big eyes out of wonder. "Who are you? Why are you a muslim? How come a Russian know our language? ")))

    • @teyataom
      @teyataom 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bravissimo

    • @bamsbeyrek4939
      @bamsbeyrek4939 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      wow you have learned about Turkic peoples 🤗

    • @bamsbeyrek4939
      @bamsbeyrek4939 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@teyataom Tatar kardeşlerimize esenlikler Türkiyeden 🙏

  • @klacsanzky77
    @klacsanzky77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    My wife is from India and is from a NE Tribe called Mizo, and the people look Mongolian or SE Asian. They have a similar experience in India when living or traveling to other parts of India like Mumbai or Delhi as most people think they are from another country. I think this is what makes the world beautiful, is having so many different cultures and traditions to learn from. Without so much diversity in the world, we wouldn't have so many different types of art and music etc.

  • @sarahtonen4873
    @sarahtonen4873 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    what the rest of the world doesn't know about Russia is staggering. Honestly, you have a beautiful and fascinating country. It is so proud of it's people and so culturally diverse.
    As a born Canadian, I have been taught almost nothing about Russia, and I'm so thrilled I found your channel for me to learn more and share with my children.
    I think Russia is and will be increasingly more important on the world stage in the next few years. Good natured sensible people with strong ethics. Thank you!!

    • @SvetlanaVoikova
      @SvetlanaVoikova ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thanks..🇷🇺💕

    • @МаринаЧ-в3у
      @МаринаЧ-в3у ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hello. There are a lot of ethnic groups living on the territory of Russia. Read about the Yakuts, Buryats, Tatars, Chuvash, Mordvins, Komi Permians and so on. There are a lot of us) I'm a half-breed myself and I'm proud of it. And it is very strange that this fact is hidden from such a "diverse" Western world, because our cultures learned to coexist together a long time ago. Not without wars, of course, in the past, but who hasn't had them? Now Russia is full of Orthodox churches, Islamic mosques, Buddhist temples, nomadic peoples, and someone still considers himself an atheist. I think that's why foreigners are not told about Russia in detail. Why talk about a place where a person can be himself, live on his own land and live a free life.

    • @s_terra
      @s_terra ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@МаринаЧ-в3у как же вы правы 🤗

    • @МаринаЧ-в3у
      @МаринаЧ-в3у ปีที่แล้ว

      @@s_terra спасибо 💗🌼

    • @Ольга-в9ф2з
      @Ольга-в9ф2з ปีที่แล้ว

      @@МаринаЧ-в3у а народы Кавказа с их самобытностью.

  • @TthIvanRus
    @TthIvanRus 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Какая милая и красивая девушка!

  • @albertdittel8898
    @albertdittel8898 2 ปีที่แล้ว +494

    I am from Kazakhstan and I am always shocked when I hear about such stupid reactions of western Russians somewhere in Moscow or St. Petersburg (or Ukraine). Our Russians would never react like that (ok, they would probably think that you are Kazakh, but they wouldn't be any surprised once you tell them that you are Yakut). Central Asian and in my experience Russians from Russia's Siberia or Far East are also quite well informed about ethnic groups of all former Soviet Union, not only from their own region and also more open minded. It's really the western city Russians who are often arrogant and ignorant about these things.

    • @HazelnutEr
      @HazelnutEr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      В Москве и Питере много казахов , я казашка и у меня не было там проблем с идентичностью , вообще люди спокойно реагируют , всё таки мегаполис. А вот на Украине нас обзывали чукчами и там люди мало образованные до сих пор думают что мы в юртах живем. За границей нас казахов всё таки отличают от китайцев , по языку да и по внешности тоже

    • @latemsi
      @latemsi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      In Turkey are centralasian people normal. They know our turkic sisters and brothers

    • @Рикошет-ч4ч
      @Рикошет-ч4ч 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Прекрати! ..Нет, ни какого высокомерия и быть не может..к западу России,у нас и чуваши и татары, и башкиры тут!..Какое может быть ВЫСОКОМЕРИЕ....в стране с таким количестве народов !!!

    • @MichiganUSASingaporeSEAsia
      @MichiganUSASingaporeSEAsia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Can you teach me more about your country ?

    • @xakatas9510
      @xakatas9510 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      NOT SURPRISE ME AT ALL👁👄👁

  • @alma_khaute
    @alma_khaute 2 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    When she said "we are more open to the world", I really felt that and being considered a foreigner in your own country is an everyday issue for people like us from the North eastern part of India living in North India.

    • @Q_QQ_Q
      @Q_QQ_Q 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      right .

    • @brtnvmauthor9622
      @brtnvmauthor9622 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Arunachal Pradesh?...

    • @monikameena138
      @monikameena138 ปีที่แล้ว

      ❤️🫂

    • @sidy6526
      @sidy6526 ปีที่แล้ว

      No issue . It will settle with time .
      It's been only 70 years since india got independence and the connectivity with northeast started only in last 20 years . Before that many people in North and South didn't even knew that we had people with mongoloid features too 😂
      I guess , this issue will be resolved automatically in next 20-30 years

    • @monikameena138
      @monikameena138 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sidy6526 automatically!
      No we have to make efforts .

  • @henriquekatahira1653
    @henriquekatahira1653 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Hi Kiun! Thanks for sharing about your experience in China and your life in Yakutia. I was born in Brazil and I have a Japanese background. When I was in HK and Korea people didn’t believe I was Brazilian so it was easy to say I was Japanese. I also have a mix of Brazilian and Japanese mentality and also find myself kinda unique…. Have a great time in China!

    • @johannafeminist1745
      @johannafeminist1745 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Japan is not a colony of Brazil. The problem with this girl's videos is that she's annoyed that she's not being read as Russian. She demonstrates not in the first video colonial mind. This is internal racism. Do Brazilians identify themselves with Portugal or the white population of Portugal? Is it massive? The Republic of Sakha, like almost the entire Caucasus, the Urals, North Asia and East Asia, is a colony of Moscow. The non-white people of Russia live in poverty, they receive a meager sum from the wealth that is in the bowels of their lands (oil, gas, diamonds of Yakutia, etc.). And the girl does not perceive Russia and the Russian people as colonizers, exploiters. What kind of consciousness does one need to have in order to be proud of not knowing the language of one's ancestors or to be proud of being married to a white man? Answer: colonial consciousness, internal racism. And this is all very sad.
      Carthago delenda est! Карфаген должен быть разрушен!
      Hope for Ukraine, that after the war the disintegration of Russia will begin.
      Glory to Ukraine!

    • @henriquekatahira1653
      @henriquekatahira1653 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@johannafeminist1745 As a Japanese Brazilian I’m part of a minority group living in a country colonized by white Europeans. In some regions, I’m treated as a foreigner in my own country like her. Unfortunately, Colonialism, patriarchy and internal racism is everywhere.

    • @nadinesfez2001
      @nadinesfez2001 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hola Henrique!:) Que interesante tu historia! Yo soy saja, soy de Yakutia pero vivo en España y hablo castellano.. en 2014 fui de viaje a Brasil a visitar mis amigos que vivían en Londrina.. y allí en Londrina la gente local pensaba que yo era también de Brasil😊, pensaban que era japonesa brasileña .. pero cuando empezaba a hablar, se sorprendían mucho porque no hablaba portugués.. les hablaba en inglés o español con la esperanza de que me entendiesen. Entonces me preguntaban si era extrajera, yo decía que sí… China? Japón? Corea?.. No, soy asiática de Rusia pero que vivo en España y hablo castellano (también hablo italiano porque mi marido es Italiano), la gente se quedaba en confusión 😄

    • @henriquekatahira1653
      @henriquekatahira1653 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hola@@nadinesfez2001 ! Muy interesante tu experiencia en Brasil. En la realidad, la historia de la inmigración japonesa en Brasil es muy larga. Hoy tenemos la mayor población de japoneses y descendientes japoneses fuera de Japón. Londrina es una de las ciudades que acceptaran miles de inmigrantes japoneses para trabajar en la agricultura. Más recentemente, en los anos 80, hubo una inmigración de chinos y coreanos. Por lo tanto todavia hay muchos brasilenos con rasgos orientales y normalmente se asombran quando se encontran con asiaticos que no hablan portugués o que no son japoneses, chinos o coreanos.

    • @Naschira
      @Naschira ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@johannafeminist1745 What consciousness do you need to have to write this nonsense? First, read the definition of the word colony before using it. Secondly, if the Yakuts themselves do not consider themselves a colony, why did you decide that you know better and can decide for these people whether they are a colony or not? At the same time, you clearly do not approve of the fact that some of its "colonies" separated from Ukraine.

  • @fazilm1
    @fazilm1 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The more I hear about it, the more I learn that Russia is an absolutely fascinating culturally diverse country, probably more so than any other country in the world. And except for culture and traditions, Russian are so much like other peoples from around the world, unlike the stereotype some in the west like to portray them as

  • @SteYamaniski
    @SteYamaniski 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    I share the same feelings as you! I am Brazilian/Japanese and have been living in Asia for the last 6+ years, in Japan, Hong Kong and now in China! In all countries they think I am local and when I say I am Brazilian, they just can't understand! 😂

    • @pass3d
      @pass3d 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      确实看不出。

    • @duhatsayo139
      @duhatsayo139 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well you can't be Brazilian with a Japanese physical physiques from a foreign land. You're a global person. 😆

    • @africanamericanflash5147
      @africanamericanflash5147 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@duhatsayo139 Then what "physique" does she need? White physique? Whites are from europe, yet you never doubt the brazillianess of a brazillian with european ancestry. Mixed brazillians? Half of their genes are from europe.
      You're a complete racist, there's no brazillian "look" , brazillians look like people from around the world. SHe's no foreigner she's brazillian

    • @leogogo7041
      @leogogo7041 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do a genetic test

    • @kyoumalee2675
      @kyoumalee2675 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@duhatsayo139 Latin America is very very different from Eursia and North Amercia. They have very diversed races, Indigious ones/ Spanish descedents / Afro descedent, and most people there are mixed... plus the whole continent is largly Catholic, they don't care about "race ", not like the American "don't care", it's like how people in China thinking of their HAIR length, they don't care. In Peru, they had a Japanese descendent PRESIDENT who was in general considered "saved Peru from chaos". and
      this man is called " el Chino"(老中“, his campaign song th-cam.com/video/Lykmok5LzMY/w-d-xo.html
      The world is different, think more about exploring.

  • @dianaa8125
    @dianaa8125 2 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    well, it seems as though Russia produces the best looking people of every ethnicity.

    • @MultiWarbird
      @MultiWarbird 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      very true :)

    • @jameszhang1127
      @jameszhang1127 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      A culture of eating lots of meat on a daily basis help you look healthy and beautiful. Humans are not meant for sugar vegetable oil grains and all the processed.

    • @nellvalenciaespiritu3570
      @nellvalenciaespiritu3570 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So trué´´ their beauty is a mix of Asian Body slím and white skin ´for russians ´ its like a Hybrid´´´

    • @Katya_Lastochka
      @Katya_Lastochka 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yakut people are really striking, and Siberians in general.

    • @abcxyz-cx4mr
      @abcxyz-cx4mr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MultiWarbird -
      What is your secret?

  • @jackscott2594
    @jackscott2594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    As a kiwi I know people are just whom they are and you are definitely proud of your heritage and rightly so. I am a New Zealander of Scottish , cornwell, English , Nagi tahu, Nga puhi and possibly Crimean descent but I am proud of my heritage as mixed as it is

  • @marcfarber2073
    @marcfarber2073 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    С удовольствием посмотрел данное видео, подняло настроение. В России огромное богатство национальнстей и культур, с которыми не перестаёшь открывать что-то новое. Главное - побольше терпимости и поменьше предрассудков в людях