I decided to travel the Post-Soviet space, and to talk to locals about their life in the Soviet Union and after its collapse. Let's explore Georgia with me :) 📍 Thank you for watching and here are more videos of mine on this topic: th-cam.com/video/uakT5YGN2KQ/w-d-xo.html - Georgia before and after collapse of the Soviet Union (Big trip through the country) th-cam.com/users/liveOGLegTp-eBQ - Russia of the Soviet Union vs now | What has changed since the USSR?
Thank you Eli. I well remember listening to Radio Moscow here in Scotland at night broadcasting the exercise programs. It was fascinating to hear your interviews with local people concerning if they preferred the USSR to to Russia today.
19:49 Oh I jumped out of happiness seeing Liya 😀 The wonderful lady hosted me while I was in Gori.Liya melted my heart with the warm Georgian hospitality and took care of me.One of the best homes I have stayed so far anywer in the world🥰
I'm a proud American, but I when I watch your videos in a weird way I feel like I'm in the room with you visiting your family or the people you visit. So I want to be respectful to the people even when I'm watching it on my phone. So I hang my ego up like a hat at the door and just listen. Always enjoy listening to other people's side of history. I think you do a beautiful job telling the stories of a place and people
That tune wakes up my husband to go to work 😅. He's in his forties and misses USSR a lot. I remember this tune on my granny's radio when I was visiting her (I was growing up in Greece).
Eli, I'm a senior American man, and have learned more from your tours and discussions about Russia and the Caucuses with local people than ever before. So nice to learn how they live and what they believe. I'd love to learn more about the people's Christian beliefs. Thanks so much
My favorite composer is Sergei Prokofiev who died on the same day Stalin did. Apparently there weren’t any flowers available because they were all used for Stalins funeral so they ended up using flowers made of paper for Prokofiev.
Another great video, Eli. I enjoy hearing the comparisons from people you interview, as to what was best USSR times, or Russian Federation, modern times. Lovely Destinations, interesting peoples. Thanks for posting, as some of us will never be able to get there, to have a look for ourselves.
Everywhere you go is an interesting visit Eli. I am from Quebec, Canada like Dominic, so I asked myself: what is this fellow doing in Georgia? You both seemed to be having fun.
England had sanatoriums back in the old days. When Agatha Christie went missing for 11 days in 1926, she was found inside a sanatorium under a different name, having lost her memory of what happened.
My ex-husband's private super expensive school in England had a sanatorium. Re. Agatha Christie, I always wondered if she was doing some undercover research for a story.
Now that Bald and Bankrupt is not doing too many videos in post-Soviet countries anymore, we are now lucky to have a native Russian do such videos! Thank you
There’s a stark difference between the two, tbh I never liked Bald and the way he was presenting the places he visited although I watched some of his videos. Eli’s content is much, much better, no matter the country she visits.
@@minime7375 They're just different. Bald's is from the perspective of N outsider, and a blend of history, humour and wide eyed wonder and discovery. Eli's is more polished but presented with loving care and a more Russian perspective. To each their own opinion, but I like them both in their own way
@Eric-ii9ce 1. This isn’t a “propaganda video” so your comment is just petty 2. Plenty of journalists, including Western ones from left-leaning media freelanced or are freelancing for RT, the fact that youtube (and other non-free speech platforms) deemed it “Russian propaganda” doesn’t mean we’re all brainwashed. RT is available on Rumble and a lot of it has nothing to do with politics. 3. I don’t see why anyone feels the need to be nasty, if you believe her videos to be “Russian propaganda” scroll ahead nd don’t watch them, you wouldn’t want to be brainwashed into believing Russians are regular people and Russia is home to rich cultures. Leaving aside the fact that this video is from Georgia…
Tnis was a very interesting video! One can see how beautiful and grand that sanitorium was at one time. It's a shame it has fallen into disrepair, as well as some of those other structures. If a certain person in charge had focused on restoring and maintaining the land and structures he has instead of lusting for more land and structures, it would be a different world. As that old woman said, we all need to be friends. There's no need to be enemies, because our stay on this planet is very short. Anyway, I just love your sense of humor and your sense of adventure, Eli, as well as the fact that you seem to get along with everybody. You set a good example for all humanity.
America has been the aggressor since the Cold War, not Russia nice try at sneaking in some western propaganda, though ! America sponsored bloody coup 8 years of killing civilians in Donbas ? Western cancel culture is hilarious ! American, forever wars is what shapes the warmongering on earth these past 75 years. Get your head out of the sand ! Putin is breaking American hegemony, and we will have a more just world after. How are the sanctions going ? Russia has recorded profits less than 3% unemployment ! ❤❤❤❤❤
Gamarjoba Eli! Such a fascinating video of “Stalin’s Georgia!” Thank you so much for sharing your travel experience with us. I kept looking at a Georgia map to try track where you went to and try and picture myself there too. It makes it more real to me other than faceless names and lines on the map. The people you meet there seem so friendly and welcoming. Stalin’s history is so interesting. He is such a big figure in history yet he had humble beginnings. Whether good or bad we all share common human experiences. If only we can all be friends the world would be a much better place. Looking forward to the next Georgia adventure! Warm greetings from California! 🤩🤩🤩✌🏻🫶
Always look forward to your uploads. Interesting perspectives of the people living there. In US, we also had sanitariums back in the day but was mostly used for Tuberculosis patients - maybe other diseases too, but TB was the most.
these were more like spas (you can visit similar places in Budapest) with natural water springs (Different ones recommended for different maladies) and you would also have massages etc.... vs like a quarantine type one like for TB. lots of amazing natural healing waters throughout Europe (and I'm sure elsewhere but I don't know about it to say so :) )
Interestingly, the music in the first 10 seconds of this video was used on the old Radio Moscow international shortwave broadcasts in the 60's and 70's. I believe the song was named "Moscow Nights". All the best, Will.
The conversation at 16:20 got pretty intense. You politely and bravely stood your ground presenting facts in a non-overbearing way. Accolades for your delivery, your smile and what you stand for. Much love from Canada.
Russia has made progress. In the old days such comments would have meant instant arrest and likely a prompt encounter with a firing squad. Except for the example of Paul Robeson, who could pull off a public challenge confronting Stalin because he was a famous foreigner.
That's not idle comments. That's everyday life and death the way it used to be. If you are that unfamiliar with history, you could start by reading up on Genrikh Yagoda or :Nikolai Yezhov or Lavrentiy Beria, paying attention to how they died. Try reading "Stalin: the Court of the Red Tsar" by Simon Sebag Montefiore. Or the numerous works of Solzhenitsyn. If you don't already know the answer to your own quandary, you obviously haven't familiarized yourself with much history as of the present time.@@carlosgaspar8447
An interesting fact is that the USA today imprisons more people than the USSR ever did, and the only people who went to the gulag were Nazis 😉. Stalin’s only mistake was that he didn’t imprison more of those people. If he had, the USSR might still be with us today.
I like your videos, showing different places in Russia and the former USSR. I am interested in soviet era history. I've never been to Georgia, but I hope one day to visit it. You just got a new subscriber :) Greetings from Bulgaria. Привет от България.
Thank you Eli for this lovely video i have visited Georgia before but didn't know about this place ..interesting town and love your videos as they are informative and fun at the same time .. love from Oman
12:22 OMJ(o my jesina), I'm so glad my Uncle Vanya (Ivan the Righteous) doesn't know your channel and probably wouldn't like it either. He would freak out if he had to watch this scene. That was his "deserved" favorite sanatorium back in the Soviet days!!! 😥🚩🕵🛂🛡🗡🛃👮🚩😪
Thankyou for showing us a bit of Russian history that would have otherwise been keep a bit too quite, it was good to see some nice Georgian folks and see the amazing Sanatorium.
Here in poland we have quite a few abandoned sanatoriums with 'healing waters', those rotten-egg-smelling ones, full of minerals. It`s unfortunate that people stopped coming there, now it`s super dangerous because most of the wells are in the basement and without proper filtration the whole underground level is full of co2, you will just collapse on the stairs down and never come up...
I’m from Quebec and i’ve been watching your videos a lot, i did not know much about Russia before! It’s so crazy to see this crossover episode i would have never thought Quebec and Russia would merge haha!
it's exremely interesting hearing people who preferred the USSR. We grew up thinking everyone hated living under the Soviets and everyone was thrilled when it ended. But how that guy spoke reminds me of hearing americans talk about how the 50s were better and today everything is crazy prices and generally sucks now. Global prosperity to depression is relatable in every country
American's romantisize the 50s-60s but people weren't exactly treated well, civil rights and vietnam, even italians were still treated like shit in america. but it still had a charm to it, things seemed like they could only get better where today it feels like it can only get worse.
Thank you Eli for this interesting and historical video about the Soviet times in Georgia. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, full of joy and happiness❤⭐️🌲⭐️🌲
WOW! This is really interesting Eli! Awesome video! And with a fellow Canadian). It gave me chills when you were walking down the stairs of Stalin's dacha because I just pictured him also walking down those stairs. Very interesting. I look forward to seeing more of your Soviet adventures) On an unrelated note, I am a cartographer and for a fun project I decided to recreate an old red army map from the Great Patriotic War. It's a map showing the red army attack on Königsberg (now Kaliningrad). When I watched your video about the fort there, I didn't realize how many forts are around the city! It's incredible!
Thank you for your videos, showing me parts of the world I will certainly never visit... and I love that you give expression to both sides, always. That's so, so important! It shows how complex history is.
Eli greetings from Albania. This is my first time commenting on your channel. I remember the days when our country and USSR were close allies. Now like many post socialist states we are sucked by Anti Russian mad propaganda and demonization of our socialist past and glorification of the West. This is not good. This is no less of a propaganda than Communist ones, not to say more. In your channel, you show us the real Russia, the real people, the real past and present experience based on ground reality. You are an ambassador of Russia and much of the places you visit than most people in power in Russia are today. Whether we like our communist past or not, admitting all its faults and crimes, compared to today, no, I would say today's situation is far worse than those times. Some might disagree. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Despite all, I will not hide my sentiments, and say Glory to the Red Army, Glory to the USSR, to the russian and soviet martyrs, and glory to Stalin for whatever good he did without forgetting his bad and for freeing Europe from nazi bestialities. But certainly Nikita Krushchev who was passionate about de-stalinization was not that kind of a good guy either. But better than Gorbachev. Gorbachev sold out USSR, Russia and this entire conflict Ukraine vs Russia, Armenia vs Azerbaijan originate from Krushchev's times and became full blown during Gorbachev's rule. My point is, while we must not forget much evil that socialism might have had, its good surpassed its evil, in my opinion. We must not fall into idiotic historical revisionism and demonize all our past, a tragic reality many countries of the former Eastern bloc suffer, and some are pathologically obsessed with especially if they join NATO or the EU. Let's focus on the present and future, learning from the past from its mistakes and from its achievements unless we do not want to make the world a worse place than what already is. Wish you all best for your time and efforts you put to produce these priceless videos and documentaries.
"obsessed with especially if they join NATO" - and for good reason, otherwise you could by invaded by Russia like Ukraine. Just watch russian TV to see what they are able to discuss, very westernfobic and aggresive talks.
.. wish i could be there in person .. 😊 🍀 i like history .. thank you for sharing this experience through your captivating video footage .. .. and greetings from 🇮🇩 Indonesia .. 22:28
I'm delighted you are doing this series on former USSR feelings, people and places. The story will be lost soon as those who remember die away. Young people will forge their own way of economics and politics, yet hopefully some will carry the ideals of USSR with them. Of course, the ideals were not met exactly since people everywhere, especially leaders, fall prey to elitism and hubris. Thanks for just showing us what you see. Sanatoriums were popular for many decades until the idea of corporatizing "healthcare" came along with specialists and hospitals. Profit, not health.
Thank you Eli. As always, your tours are so very interesting and informative, giving American people a much better understanding of Russian life and history. I greatly appreciate you dear one.
I'm so into everything about Russia and Soviet Union that I even started to learn Russian. U have a great channel. Greetings from ex Yugoslavia. Cрасибо
I remember when you first started doing this and I will say the same thing again your documentaries are some of the most interesting out there I am glad for your secess Miss Eli❤
But it is usually rewritten and "corrected" by power elites and conflict winners...unfortunately. The "art of sparing information out" is an important tool for that unfortunately widely spread way of of producing news, history books etc.😮 everywhere!!
This was very interesting and there was so much I never saw. It´s a shame to let the sanatorium or the datcha from Stalin rot to the grounds. Especially the sanatorium is still some kind of beautiful, but if it´s restorated it would be precious. I was very curiuos regarding the Stalin museum, the old style bath house and the train waggon. There is a lot of history left. It is definitive worth a visit.
Through you, I see wonders and rare moments I never knew could be out there until I hit "run" on just about any "Eli" video. So appreciative. And your themes, framing of people interactions a a most natural way, and your team's editing are 1st rate. This video of ruins, having a sidekick to explore with for added fun, the Stalin sites and the Georgians reflecting on the USSR - it was breath taking at times. I hope more enjoyment and success await you.
Beautiful story - time machine. Very similar, to ex Yugoslavia and their nations living together, with a difference of being able to travel abroad. Thank you very much, and keep up great travel adventures Eli...
Thank you for this History Lesson I learned about The USSR when i went to Grade School . Back in The early Years . 1960 "S . We had To Learn What The Words Meant . (USSR) How the people lived and there work also . We read this in hard covered books . There were no computers like they have now a days . And at the End of each school Quater we took written tests on what we learned . As well as of end School year exams on what they taught us during that year to pass and move on to the next grade or class . So much to remember back then . I look forward to watching more of your travels .
Eli, you know you give us a realist view without any propaganda of how things are in Russia and other places today and really broaden our appreciation of how things were and indeed are. We have learned so very much.
Wow. So so interesting. As always, Eli. Well done. I didn't expect Georgian peoples reaction to stalins ancestry. If in fact he was of Georgian ancestry. Thank you so much for this great video!🔥
Love your channel and your very informative videos. I hope they restore these incredibly historic places. Right now is ghostly. You can only imagine all the people who once walked those floors.
very good video eli ,, glad to see you met a canadian i hope you come to canada some time and do some videos or our regions,, who knows maybe dominic will come with you.. i think maybe there was a spark between you two .. i guess a canadian may have more in common with russians than most would know :)
A fine watch. Knew Stalin was from Georgia, not Russia. Much more information in this video. The locals views added to a very interesting watch. Finished with red wine. A merry christmas to you Eli & all. Cheers!
First of all, Stalin did not consider himself Georgian. He was thinking like Russian and he was a devoted communist. Secondly, He was an enemy of Georgia. He participated annexing the Democratic Republic of Georgia in 1921.
Thank-you Eli. I so appreciate everything you bring to us. I am so tired of all the lies people in the west are indoctrinated with about Russia and so many other places. My ancestors found refuge in Russia (as Mennonites) many years ago. I wouldn't be here today otherwise. I'm very grateful to have the opportunity to learn more about Russia in such a personal way, through you.
I would love to visita Georgia, It looks a very interesting place. Thank you for those Amazing content, you have a very good way to show places and talk to people.
Being from Québec myself, it was funny to see you were with a Quebecois! Just discovered your channel a few days ago and already binged watched so many of your episodes lol. Thanks for the content. It’s nice to discover parts of Russia we don’t really know about as foreigners and also post soviet countries such as Georgia, which looks beautiful btw!
I decided to travel the Post-Soviet space, and to talk to locals about their life in the Soviet Union and after its collapse. Let's explore Georgia with me :)
📍 Thank you for watching and here are more videos of mine on this topic:
th-cam.com/video/uakT5YGN2KQ/w-d-xo.html - Georgia before and after collapse of the Soviet Union (Big trip through the country)
th-cam.com/users/liveOGLegTp-eBQ - Russia of the Soviet Union vs now | What has changed since the USSR?
Thank you , Eli .
Thank you Eli. I well remember listening to Radio Moscow here in Scotland at night broadcasting the exercise programs. It was fascinating to hear your interviews with local people concerning if they preferred the USSR to to Russia today.
He is a creep. She gets prettier alll the time. Interesting video.
@@syork4126I don't think so, he is a nice guy and he he seem to know the Eastern Bloc rather unusual for westerners.
Same place
19:49 Oh I jumped out of happiness seeing Liya 😀 The wonderful lady hosted me while I was in Gori.Liya melted my heart with the warm Georgian hospitality and took care of me.One of the best homes I have stayed so far anywer in the world🥰
g(e)orgeous, non bourgeois Caucasus
Do you have a link, please? I intend to visit, and might like to stay with her.
I'm a proud American, but I when I watch your videos in a weird way I feel like I'm in the room with you visiting your family or the people you visit. So I want to be respectful to the people even when I'm watching it on my phone. So I hang my ego up like a hat at the door and just listen. Always enjoy listening to other people's side of history. I think you do a beautiful job telling the stories of a place and people
When you comment it helps her logarithms. Interactive is interesting as others can communicate easily.
You are proud on what. For invading and destroying the Middle East by USA and NATO. Free Palestine.
That tune wakes up my husband to go to work 😅. He's in his forties and misses USSR a lot.
I remember this tune on my granny's radio when I was visiting her (I was growing up in Greece).
This is one of my all time favourite channels, love from Iraq ❤
I’ll be visiting Iraq soon! Looks like a wonderful country!
Eli, I'm a senior American man, and have learned more from your tours and discussions about Russia and the Caucuses with local people than ever before. So nice to learn how they live and what they believe. I'd love to learn more about the people's Christian beliefs. Thanks so much
Russians don't know much about the Caucasus. So, Eli can't help you much.
My favorite composer is Sergei Prokofiev who died on the same day Stalin did. Apparently there weren’t any flowers available because they were all used for Stalins funeral so they ended up using flowers made of paper for Prokofiev.
wow. I did not know this. I also love Prokofiev!! Thanks for sharing
Eli you also look so happy and have an appearance of almost love about you!
Another great video, Eli. I enjoy hearing the comparisons from people you interview, as to what was best USSR times, or Russian Federation, modern times. Lovely Destinations, interesting peoples. Thanks for posting, as some of us will never be able to get there, to have a look for ourselves.
Everywhere you go is an interesting visit Eli. I am from Quebec, Canada like Dominic, so I asked myself: what is this fellow doing in Georgia? You both seemed to be having fun.
England had sanatoriums back in the old days. When Agatha Christie went missing for 11 days in 1926, she was found inside a sanatorium under a different name, having lost her memory of what happened.
My ex-husband's private super expensive school in England had a sanatorium.
Re. Agatha Christie, I always wondered if she was doing some undercover research for a story.
Love my regular dose of adventure, inspiration and optimism , thanks Eli!
Now that Bald and Bankrupt is not doing too many videos in post-Soviet countries anymore, we are now lucky to have a native Russian do such videos! Thank you
There’s a stark difference between the two, tbh I never liked Bald and the way he was presenting the places he visited although I watched some of his videos. Eli’s content is much, much better, no matter the country she visits.
@@minime7375 They're just different. Bald's is from the perspective of N outsider, and a blend of history, humour and wide eyed wonder and discovery. Eli's is more polished but presented with loving care and a more Russian perspective. To each their own opinion, but I like them both in their own way
@Eric-ii9ce You see the name of the channel and comment w/o watching, right?
@Eric-ii9ce
1. This isn’t a “propaganda video” so your comment is just petty
2. Plenty of journalists, including Western ones from left-leaning media freelanced or are freelancing for RT, the fact that youtube (and other non-free speech platforms) deemed it “Russian propaganda” doesn’t mean we’re all brainwashed. RT is available on Rumble and a lot of it has nothing to do with politics.
3. I don’t see why anyone feels the need to be nasty, if you believe her videos to be “Russian propaganda” scroll ahead nd don’t watch them, you wouldn’t want to be brainwashed into believing Russians are regular people and Russia is home to rich cultures. Leaving aside the fact that this video is from Georgia…
Every single video she posts is propaganda. You’re blind if you can’t see it.
I enjoyed this video, Eli. Thanks
Tnis was a very interesting video! One can see how beautiful and grand that sanitorium was at one time. It's a shame it has fallen into disrepair, as well as some of those other structures. If a certain person in charge had focused on restoring and maintaining the land and structures he has instead of lusting for more land and structures, it would be a different world. As that old woman said, we all need to be friends. There's no need to be enemies, because our stay on this planet is very short. Anyway, I just love your sense of humor and your sense of adventure, Eli, as well as the fact that you seem to get along with everybody. You set a good example for all humanity.
I'm sure that there are many reasons to be enemies with many individuals of questionable intentions.
@@vitordelimaOn both sides.
The people should be friends and stand against their respective governments
America has been the aggressor since the Cold War, not Russia nice try at sneaking in some western propaganda, though ! America sponsored bloody coup 8 years of killing civilians in Donbas ? Western cancel culture is hilarious ! American, forever wars is what shapes the warmongering on earth these past 75 years. Get your head out of the sand ! Putin is breaking American hegemony, and we will have a more just world after. How are the sanctions going ? Russia has recorded profits less than 3% unemployment ! ❤❤❤❤❤
@@mfreund15448And corporations, hospitals, universities, banks...
It bothers me that people can let such a beautiful building turn into a ruin.
Its legacy is being the home of Soviet Hitler lmao let it be a ruin
Война.Грузии с Абхазией 1992-1994г.Грузии с Южной Осетией 1992-1993г.и 2008г.
Gawd so uninformed
Your are such a great people-story-teller, Eli. A rare pearl on TH-cam. 1 million subscribers in 2024. Wish you all the best.
This is a proof of your improved modern journalism. Keep up with your nice work. Peace.
Gamarjoba Eli! Such a fascinating video of “Stalin’s Georgia!” Thank you so much for sharing your travel experience with us. I kept looking at a Georgia map to try track where you went to and try and picture myself there too. It makes it more real to me other than faceless names and lines on the map. The people you meet there seem so friendly and welcoming. Stalin’s history is so interesting. He is such a big figure in history yet he had humble beginnings. Whether good or bad we all share common human experiences. If only we can all be friends the world would be a much better place. Looking forward to the next Georgia adventure! Warm greetings from California! 🤩🤩🤩✌🏻🫶
A Russian friend also made a video in this area, Gorgeous Joseph's Georgia, but maybe it is rather tendentious. He was a Sibirian KGBrian once!😮😎😁
😂😱😉😉😉
Eli's good manners and friendliness are adorable
Eli, this was a terrific video and history of the sanitoriums! Thank you 😊
Thanks 👍🏻 Eli. Frequently watching your informative, interesting videos.... Best wishes from Sri Lanka 💐💐🇱🇰🇱🇰
Always look forward to your uploads. Interesting perspectives of the people living there. In US, we also had sanitariums back in the day but was mostly used for Tuberculosis patients - maybe other diseases too, but TB was the most.
these were more like spas (you can visit similar places in Budapest) with natural water springs (Different ones recommended for different maladies) and you would also have massages etc.... vs like a quarantine type one like for TB. lots of amazing natural healing waters throughout Europe (and I'm sure elsewhere but I don't know about it to say so :) )
Thanks, Eli, for this amazing bit of history!❤
I must admit,this video was very interesting and informative,as usual.Keep up the good work!Thank you.USA subscriber
Another great production! Thanks, Eli. ❤
I love your videos so much, I appreciate you sharing your journey with all of us
Interestingly, the music in the first 10 seconds of this video was used on the old Radio Moscow international shortwave broadcasts in the 60's and 70's. I believe the song was named "Moscow Nights". All the best, Will.
The conversation at 16:20 got pretty intense. You politely and bravely stood your ground presenting facts in a non-overbearing way. Accolades for your delivery, your smile and what you stand for.
Much love from Canada.
Eli travels everywhere and knows how to converse with all kinds of people.
She's no dummy.
Russia has made progress. In the old days such comments would have meant instant arrest and likely a prompt encounter with a firing squad. Except for the example of Paul Robeson, who could pull off a public challenge confronting Stalin because he was a famous foreigner.
@@jackieow can you cite the source of your firing squad for making idle comments.
That's not idle comments. That's everyday life and death the way it used to be. If you are that unfamiliar with history, you could start by reading up on Genrikh Yagoda or :Nikolai Yezhov or Lavrentiy Beria, paying attention to how they died. Try reading "Stalin: the Court of the Red Tsar" by Simon Sebag Montefiore. Or the numerous works of Solzhenitsyn. If you don't already know the answer to your own quandary, you obviously haven't familiarized yourself with much history as of the present time.@@carlosgaspar8447
An interesting fact is that the USA today imprisons more people than the USSR ever did, and the only people who went to the gulag were Nazis 😉. Stalin’s only mistake was that he didn’t imprison more of those people. If he had, the USSR might still be with us today.
I like your videos, showing different places in Russia and the former USSR. I am interested in soviet era history. I've never been to Georgia, but I hope one day to visit it. You just got a new subscriber :) Greetings from Bulgaria. Привет от България.
You could just take a ferry trip across the Black Sea.
Me too comrade
Thank you Eli for this lovely video i have visited Georgia before but didn't know about this place ..interesting town and love your videos as they are informative and fun at the same time .. love from Oman
12:22 OMJ(o my jesina), I'm so glad my Uncle Vanya (Ivan the Righteous) doesn't know your channel and probably wouldn't like it either. He would freak out if he had to watch this scene. That was his "deserved" favorite sanatorium back in the Soviet days!!! 😥🚩🕵🛂🛡🗡🛃👮🚩😪
Thankyou for showing us a bit of Russian history that would have otherwise been keep a bit too quite, it was good to see some nice Georgian folks and see the amazing Sanatorium.
Here in poland we have quite a few abandoned sanatoriums with 'healing waters', those rotten-egg-smelling ones, full of minerals. It`s unfortunate that people stopped coming there, now it`s super dangerous because most of the wells are in the basement and without proper filtration the whole underground level is full of co2, you will just collapse on the stairs down and never come up...
Racism is high in Polska 😒
..your smile Eli..Will disolve any Coldwar between us
Thanks again for sharing
I’m from Quebec and i’ve been watching your videos a lot, i did not know much about Russia before! It’s so crazy to see this crossover episode i would have never thought Quebec and Russia would merge haha!
it's exremely interesting hearing people who preferred the USSR. We grew up thinking everyone hated living under the Soviets and everyone was thrilled when it ended. But how that guy spoke reminds me of hearing americans talk about how the 50s were better and today everything is crazy prices and generally sucks now. Global prosperity to depression is relatable in every country
American's romantisize the 50s-60s but people weren't exactly treated well, civil rights and vietnam, even italians were still treated like shit in america. but it still had a charm to it, things seemed like they could only get better where today it feels like it can only get worse.
Thank you Eli for this interesting and historical video about the Soviet times in Georgia. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, full of joy and happiness❤⭐️🌲⭐️🌲
WOW! This is really interesting Eli! Awesome video! And with a fellow Canadian). It gave me chills when you were walking down the stairs of Stalin's dacha because I just pictured him also walking down those stairs. Very interesting. I look forward to seeing more of your Soviet adventures)
On an unrelated note, I am a cartographer and for a fun project I decided to recreate an old red army map from the Great Patriotic War. It's a map showing the red army attack on Königsberg (now Kaliningrad). When I watched your video about the fort there, I didn't realize how many forts are around the city! It's incredible!
Eli had a big strong smile around him. And her smile always makes me smile.
Thank you for your videos, showing me parts of the world I will certainly never visit... and I love that you give expression to both sides, always. That's so, so important! It shows how complex history is.
As usual, a good look at ordinary people and not politics. Thank you Eli.
lol what? are you blind and deaf or what ?
You make even abandoned places seem interesting!. Thanks.
Fascinating, thank you. And I'm very impressed with how polite and kind you are facing western ignorance and sense of superiority!
Thank you EliI , I really enjoy your travels. I really liked the nice lady at the end who played the piano. She seemed very nice, just like you 🙂
Eli greetings from Albania. This is my first time commenting on your channel.
I remember the days when our country and USSR were close allies.
Now like many post socialist states we are sucked by Anti Russian mad propaganda and demonization of our socialist past and glorification of the West. This is not good. This is no less of a propaganda than Communist ones, not to say more.
In your channel, you show us the real Russia, the real people, the real past and present experience based on ground reality.
You are an ambassador of Russia and much of the places you visit than most people in power in Russia are today.
Whether we like our communist past or not, admitting all its faults and crimes, compared to today, no, I would say today's situation is far worse than those times. Some might disagree. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.
Despite all, I will not hide my sentiments, and say Glory to the Red Army, Glory to the USSR, to the russian and soviet martyrs, and glory to Stalin for whatever good he did without forgetting his bad and for freeing Europe from nazi bestialities.
But certainly Nikita Krushchev who was passionate about de-stalinization was not that kind of a good guy either. But better than Gorbachev. Gorbachev sold out USSR, Russia and this entire conflict Ukraine vs Russia, Armenia vs Azerbaijan originate from Krushchev's times and became full blown during Gorbachev's rule.
My point is, while we must not forget much evil that socialism might have had, its good surpassed its evil, in my opinion.
We must not fall into idiotic historical revisionism and demonize all our past, a tragic reality many countries of the former Eastern bloc suffer, and some are pathologically obsessed with especially if they join NATO or the EU.
Let's focus on the present and future, learning from the past from its mistakes and from its achievements unless we do not want to make the world a worse place than what already is.
Wish you all best for your time and efforts you put to produce these priceless videos and documentaries.
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"obsessed with especially if they join NATO" - and for good reason, otherwise you could by invaded by Russia like Ukraine. Just watch russian TV to see what they are able to discuss, very westernfobic and aggresive talks.
.. wish i could be there in person .. 😊
🍀 i like history ..
thank you for sharing this experience through your captivating video footage .. .. and greetings from 🇮🇩 Indonesia ..
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Excellent video Eli - thank you for a great education!
I'm delighted you are doing this series on former USSR feelings, people and places. The story will be lost soon as those who remember die away. Young people will forge their own way of economics and politics, yet hopefully some will carry the ideals of USSR with them. Of course, the ideals were not met exactly since people everywhere, especially leaders, fall prey to elitism and hubris. Thanks for just showing us what you see. Sanatoriums were popular for many decades until the idea of corporatizing "healthcare" came along with specialists and hospitals. Profit, not health.
Happy holidays from Canada Eli, and wishing you and your family a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year from Canada!!
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Glad you had subtitles, lol! Happy Holidays and thank you for the videos!
Another exciting and educational day for me, thanks Eli you're the best teacher online😍🤩😘
Thank you Eli for a very interesting and informative video. (one of your best) !
Eli, I admire you with every new video more and more. Ti takaya molodec!
Thank you for a very interesting episode. I really enjoy the history and education that you provide. I am looking forward to more videos.
Ви також можете дослідити цю історію з книжок, щоб вам не потрібно було стежити за пропагандистським каналом.
Thank you Eli. As always, your tours are so very interesting and informative, giving American people a much better understanding of Russian life and history. I greatly appreciate you dear one.
I'm so into everything about Russia and Soviet Union that I even started to learn Russian. U have a great channel. Greetings from ex Yugoslavia. Cрасибо
Thanks Eli ! Another interesting video from you . Very good .
I remember when you first started doing this and I will say the same thing again your documentaries are some of the most interesting out there I am glad for your secess Miss Eli❤
Natural inborn talent makes the difference. She makes it look easy to do the productions.
I visited Sanatorium Metalurgi in September and I talked to both of those residents. So cool to see them again here. Thanks for sharing
Thank you for another adventure! History must never be destroyed.
But it is usually rewritten and "corrected" by power elites and conflict winners...unfortunately. The "art of sparing information out" is an important tool for that unfortunately widely spread way of of producing news, history books etc.😮 everywhere!!
This was very interesting and there was so much I never saw. It´s a shame to let the sanatorium or the datcha from Stalin rot to the grounds. Especially the sanatorium is still some kind of beautiful, but if it´s restorated it would be precious. I was very curiuos regarding the Stalin museum, the old style bath house and the train waggon. There is a lot of history left. It is definitive worth a visit.
Through you, I see wonders and rare moments I never knew could be out there until I hit "run" on just about any "Eli" video. So appreciative. And your themes, framing of people interactions a a most natural way, and your team's editing are 1st rate. This video of ruins, having a sidekick to explore with for added fun, the Stalin sites and the Georgians reflecting on the USSR - it was breath taking at times.
I hope more enjoyment and success await you.
Thank you for providing some history and including the voices of the residents.
Beautiful story - time machine. Very similar, to ex Yugoslavia and their nations living together, with a difference of being able to travel abroad. Thank you very much, and keep up great travel adventures Eli...
давно мечтаю попасть! место безумно атмосферное😊
Eli each time I watch a new to me video it become my favorite. Beautiful video!
Thank you for this History Lesson I learned about The USSR when i went to Grade School . Back in The early Years . 1960 "S . We had To Learn What The Words Meant . (USSR) How the people lived and there work also . We read this in hard covered books . There were no computers like they have now a days . And at the End of each school Quater we took written tests on what we learned . As well as of end School year exams on what they taught us during that year to pass and move on to the next grade or class . So much to remember back then . I look forward to watching more of your travels .
love your presentations 😊
Eli, I am so impressed by your vocabulary and use of syntax - "... dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991..." Excellent! 👍
Eli, you know you give us a realist view without any propaganda of how things are in Russia and other places today and really broaden our appreciation of how things were and indeed are. We have learned so very much.
Wow. So so interesting. As always, Eli. Well done. I didn't expect Georgian peoples reaction to stalins ancestry. If in fact he was of Georgian ancestry. Thank you so much for this great video!🔥
Once beautiful~ It would be nice to see images/photos of this place when it was young and well taken care of.
I love lostplaces in every style and shape ❤
Love your channel and your very informative videos. I hope they restore these incredibly historic places. Right now is ghostly. You can only imagine all the people who once walked those floors.
Thank you, Eli, for bringing us with you! ✊🏽💝🌎👍🏽🌹🙏🏽
great editing and 4k quality
Fascinating! Thanks you!! Looking forward to more videos about the former Soviet republics.
very good video eli ,, glad to see you met a canadian i hope you come to canada some time and do some videos or our regions,, who knows maybe dominic will come with you.. i think maybe there was a spark between you two .. i guess a canadian may have more in common with russians than most would know :)
It is very pretty! Thanks for the video!
Thank you, Eli.
Wow crazy 😂😂😂thanks for sharing Eli.
What a great team you and Dominic make 😉❤️
Almost one year ago, I visited Georgia and came to Tskaltubo. It was such an interesting place.
Sad that a beautiful building has fallen into such disrepair. Interesting video.
Merry Christmas you gorgeous person. :) Thank you for sharing all your entertaining videos.
Eli Thank you for posting and Merry Christmas.
Thank You
For the history n sites. WOW
Cordial salutations. What an incredible video
Spaciba Eli Paka paka 😎✌️
I love your great videos!!! thank you
Thank you Eli, another great travel exploring awesome video 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😌😌🥰🙏🤲🏼🕊️🎄⛄💐👍
Wow un gars de Québec en Russie. T'es vraiment chanceux de visiter ce magnifique pays.
A fine watch. Knew Stalin was from Georgia, not Russia. Much more information in this video. The locals views added to a very interesting watch. Finished with red wine. A merry christmas to you Eli & all. Cheers!
First of all, Stalin did not consider himself Georgian. He was thinking like Russian and he was a devoted communist. Secondly, He was an enemy of Georgia. He participated annexing the Democratic Republic of Georgia in 1921.
Thank-you Eli. I so appreciate everything you bring to us. I am so tired of all the lies people in the west are indoctrinated with about Russia and so many other places. My ancestors found refuge in Russia (as Mennonites) many years ago. I wouldn't be here today otherwise. I'm very grateful to have the opportunity to learn more about Russia in such a personal way, through you.
It's no wonder u have so many followers, another wonderful documentary, keep well and safe ❤
That was really interesting and well presented. Thankyou. The countryside looked beautiful.
გმადლობთ საქართველოს ჩვენებისთვის, ელინა! \\Спасибо, что показали Грузию, Элина!
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So so beautiful complex! Wow, just wow. So sad it was abandoned and destroyed
I would love to visita Georgia, It looks a very interesting place. Thank you for those Amazing content, you have a very good way to show places and talk to people.
Being from Québec myself, it was funny to see you were with a Quebecois! Just discovered your channel a few days ago and already binged watched so many of your episodes lol. Thanks for the content. It’s nice to discover parts of Russia we don’t really know about as foreigners and also post soviet countries such as Georgia, which looks beautiful btw!