24 Hours In The Most Communist Country In The World

Let's go on a journey across the most popular breakaway state that exists, but we'll do so by venturing into its most off-the-beaten-path areas.
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[@DaveLegenda]

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[@vnsworkshop9961]

Dave grande! Conoscevo solo il tuo canale in Italiano, benissimo,qui c e molto di più. Sei un grande,luoghi di grande fascino. Grazie per farci vivere le tue avventure. (Parlo il Russo anche io, complimenti..)

[@MausTheGerman]

Great video! Again, I realized how important it actually is to speak the language of the locals while traveling 👌

[@williamsouza846]

Americans: we don't do it here 🧐🤣

[@qwerty-br9vv]

I love your journey and energy! I wish one day I'd also visit those places

[@fangio5064]

My psychologist: Italian bald and bankrupt can't hurt you Italian bald and bankrupt: привет

[@societychange229]

This channel deserves more subscribers and views!!!

[@kenblue1065]

In the next video please visit Abkhazia. Literally no vlogger has ever travelled to that country, moreover there's not much information available about that on internet. As an outsider we have no idea how does it even looks like. I guess it will be interesting too.

[@eedragonr6293]

It was more interesting to visit the Italian Mafia

[@Antoniobr911]

It is hard to get to Abkhazia for us westerners these days since the only way to enter to Abkhazia is through Russia (border between Abkhazia and Georgia is closed and guarded for obvious reasons) and since all of EU countries are on the list of enemy states of Russia I clearly doubt that we can get double entry russian visa which is necessary to get to Sochi and cross russo-abkhazian border near Sochi on the way to Abkhazia and back.

[@kxkxsjk2]

Yeah, it would be interesting, but it's indeed hard to get there

[@Behemoth29]

Yes, please!

[@eimisavageofficial9196]

i love your everyday show bro, it give me vibes of daily balders and i love it

[@APlusRussian]

Man, you find the most _interesting_ places to tourist 😅😅

[@Hellastreet700]

Always the Random Dogs running about the Bus Stations !!

[@steevobarker581]

Some of my subscription channels I reserve for watching on the big screen, as opposed to a phone. The videos on this channel certainly tick that box. Excellent work. 👍👍

[@ozinvesting6517]

You're a legend for travelling to these areas, i was there last year but left quickly as didn't feel same, came across some dodgy guys and was a massive turn off. I loved Moldova though, stayed there for months. Safe travels mate, great vlog!

[@SlavicRS]

I wish I could travel like this too one day

[@Behemoth29]

Keep it up Dave, always look forward to these long vlogs (especially when your intro music kicks in :D)

[@RetosSpace]

Bloody Brilliant Video as Always, Spasiba

[@thorts]

Another great video! Thank you!

[@Mrgunsngear]

Thanks

[@eimisavageofficial9196]

this are monumental and historic that need to be preserved

[@ironcurtainboxing]

Before 24th February 2022, it was the fastest depopulating place in Europe.

[@nHx2009]

Once, like 10 years ago, I saw strange dream - FIFA World Cup final: Transnistria vs Brazil. Unfortunately can't remember who won 😂

[@nickkybut]

I love your way to make this kind of content

[@peterforan5982]

Great adventure. Country looks better than I was expecting.

[@cougsjohnson1]

Very interesting time to visit indeed!

[@eimisavageofficial9196]

we all soviet nation miss our mother destination that is moscow from ages to ages we carry on the legacy.

[@eimisavageofficial9196]

the weather will be great for filming industry and the vibes of raw love

[@johnroff1941]

Like de video. Seen quite a few from that place. Like that you not just stay in capital. Makes it more interesting.

[@michaelvriesema442]

At 7:22 that little shop, we bought there a bottle of Vodka around 3 Euro's for in the bus and landed up at a Gypsy wedding somewhere in the South part of Chisinau... Golden memories as far as i can remember. As well the Prednistrovians, Moldovians and the Gypsies where super friendly.. I had the time of my live.

[@RBLXGaming23]

Great video. Thanks.

[@georgih]

I am from Varna, Bulgaria :D

[@eimisavageofficial9196]

good people, i feel happy and generous of them..love them

[@AustraliaFootball]

Underrated youtuber. Would love to see you vlog in Ukraine.

[@Behemoth29]

He used to have a couple of videos up from Dnepropetrovsk region just before the war, but looks like they're removed now. I'm guessing after what happened to Bald, it's the smartest thing to do for the channel

[@Wolverine-ky9gk]

@@Behemoth29 what happened with Bald and who is he

[@Behemoth29]

@@Wolverine-ky9gk Bald and Bankrupt. Very famous KZbinr who would explore provincial Russia and the post-Soviet countries. He was arrested and banned from Russia for 3 years after he made videos in Ukraine, and criticized the war. Dave had similar videos, so it makes sense he removed them.

[@olicox2344]

Dave has been to Ukraine before but obviously due to the war he is unlikely to go until it's over. Even when it's over though (without knowing what happens post war when talks finally take place). It's likely Ukraine will black list Russian visas/Passports even years after that.

[@darioshub]

Awesome content! Visiting not very touristy places is very fun to watch. Greetings and keep it up!

[@danielattard1305]

So lucky. I’ve always wanted to go to Transnistria but I’ve refused entry to Moldova on the 24th of February…

[@emil8117]

do you know why?

[@yaroslavromanyuk5669]

Actually, the ad in the marshrutka says "Want to work abroad? Dont get into slavery" and the hotline number. it's a warning rather than an invitation to work abroad.

[@eedragonr6293]

Especially in Italy

[@nemowei5553]

Great channel!

[@eimisavageofficial9196]

this soviet nation journey is worht going in lifetime of every non soveiet nation its like raw amazing feelings

[@latinohunk1]

Love ur videos!!

[@wareagle3651]

I just found your channel recently and I love your videos because you don’t have a crazy political bend, even during the current conflict. Hell, I’m an American and I’m so tired of hearing about who I should hate and how we should be supporting more killing and suffering. Bless you for what you do. I also find your humor awesome 😂. 👏

[@alexandwhite]

can't imagine having to find a hotel in one of those small little towns hah

[@Bethofbna]

Great Video!

[@jaxlone997]

I've just checked where Mourmansk is. You're telling me trains used to go all the way up there??

[@Defectedinthehouse89]

Yep they did

[@gabriellagirardi4741]

Great video, as usual But are they really convinced they are at the time of the Soviet Union? The video was really fantastic and you helped us to know this land better.

[@eedragonr6293]

If they want to benefit from the social security system they must keep being a part of the Russian Federation who still has the resources and industrial economy to pay for their pensions. Moldova who was ideologically forced by the USSR into an unsustainable system can't pay for their retirement.

[@gabriellagirardi4741]

@@eedragonr6293 Thank you

[@eedragonr6293]

@@gabriellagirardi4741 nothing to thank for. I think it is not bad for everyone to think about our own systems and our life, future and end of.

[@gabriellagirardi4741]

@@eedragonr6293 Really true

[@SayNoTo_FakeActivist23]

Gramps won't lie and gave him a accurate range...

[@nicki419]

I'm planning to visit in April, too. When did you go there?

[@testcardsandmore1231]

Start by going to the least visited country in Europe, then go a little further east, then go to the countryside. That's like going off off off the beaten track. :) Btw I visited in 2017 with a friend. We drove from Sweden and stayed a couple of nights in Tiraspol. We took the train to Bendery and the trolleybus back. I think the lady working in the ticket office thought we were kind of weird. Nobody rides the train a short distance like that... But it was interesting and fun.

[@tenniswilliam]

Yes it is an interesting place. Once the war ends it might actually be a great opportunity for both Moldova and Pridnistrovia - sort of a massive historical theme park.

[@krisztianpapp1150]

Run from there! Run!

[@kathyscoppettuolo7168]

Dubasarre (sorry about the spelling) wall of hotties, according to Bald.

[@thegreatujo]

😅 except more than half of them were men

[@kathyscoppettuolo7168]

@@thegreatujo equal opportunity wall of hotties 😁

[@Hellastreet700]

@@thegreatujo And some of the men were Hotttt 💀

[@eedragonr6293]

Yes others have only graffiti. No need for art studies

[@selfReferencinDox]

Here I am, thinking that if I do PUA in Transistria that I'd have a much easier time, but I see nothing but old people. That's like rural USA - cheap homes but nothing but old people and children.

[@albertocavedoni5452]

Come hai fatto ad entrare in transnistria? Il video di quando é,? Parlano sia russo che rumeno? Bel posto, pensavo peggio. Non ho visto soldati russi.

[@hilite975]

You are so smug, you sound just like that Russian soros girl. BTW there are quite a few places in Russia calling themselves Beestros, and the pictures on that board were not of most important people in town, but was a board of people being honoured and they have them also in Russia.

[@jaxlone997]

1€10 for a taxi ride? wow... here in Paris it would've been like 20 times more

[@kxkxsjk2]

Taxi in Paris is so expensive? In Moscow I think it would be around 5€ and an hour drive would also be around 20€ or even less

[@olicox2344]

@11:59 very interesting comment about the Ukrainian passport from the local Dave spoke to. You get called up to fight in the war if you get the Ukrainian passport🤔.

[@johnpirate3135]

I think it's fairly fine to call it Tranistria. It's a Romanian name because it was a part of Romania. Russia/USSR over numerous occasions took over the area and the area on numerous occasions tried to go back to being a part of Romania. Though the area itself was rarely considered a part of Moldova, the land was largely owned by Moldovan nobles. As time went on the Russians conscripted a large portion of Moldovans to the Russian military (hundreds of thousands) from the area and then had Russians, Ukranians, Polish, and Bulgarians to move to the area to dilute the original population from Moldovan to Russian (see Crimea for current day equivalent). The moldovan contingent was further reduced when the Nazi's gave control of the area back to USSR with them deporting large portions of the population to Siberia and then again lowered when Romania worked with Nazi's to rid the area of Jewish people. Essentially from the early 1900s to 1980s the Moldovan and more specifically the Transitria portion has been largely ethnically and culturally cleansed to create a place of Russian rule. Calling it anything other than Transistria is probably disrepsectful to the history of the country. Russia also has different names for the area's they've recently taken over in Ukraine.

[@Goorood]

Transnistria was never a part of Romania, not sure where you got that from, but it is a false and historically inaccurate statement. Also lol at the statement of Moldovan population being ethnically cleansed during Soviet era, considering that now under "independence" and glorious democratic rule of western oriented regime Moldova lost half of its population compared to early 90's when USSR disbanded. It is a fact

[@NateFarrow-zx6xq]

I would like to visit Transdinsteria. It sounds like a amazingly tough little country!😎

[@MrRhyme-zi1rj]

11:25 . We did not fought against Transnistria, we fought against de 14th army of Ruzzia.

[@bumblebee5442]

fantastic

[@unkn0wnpers0n]

Wait you went back twice?

[@paulmed42069]

3:40 Ask him about who founded bender

[@goranvuletic8873]

"Food was basic, but delicious". What would be non-basic food? How about just saying "food was delicious"?

[@dolorik7013]

He is Italian after all

[@andreagentile7732]

We need a partnership with Bald and Bankrupt

[@wareagle3651]

I second that motion, although I think Bald is officially banned from RF for the Kazakhstan thing. It might be temporary but he definitely got interrogated for that vid. Of course it was right when hostilities had heated up last year, so I can’t say I’m surprised.

[@rxvvy_]

Nah he's a weird creepy pervert, the less of him the better. Dave seems way more wholesome

[@jm036]

N o

[@casual3000]

You should link up with bald and bankrupt

[@eedragonr6293]

I would be curious to know the fair private or public pension of his grandma /babushka, who has paid for it and how sustainable it is. An ideological artist took that money for decorating a bus stop. Is it so unusual for the European history?

[@chipchilinka5645]

мы когда переехали в Россию из Узбекистана в 90-е, у нас соседи по общаге была семья из Рыбницы, бежал от войны. столько всего рассказывали(

[@technov1king]

dave i love this video and all your others. amazing that you take us on your journeys along. Milli grazi!

[@smaggich]

[@lonwaslien104]

Surely, there must be Radisson in the city? 😊

[@eedragonr6293]

Of course others have only motels for the poor people

[@abcMW1989]

I do understand the reasoning of using the Russian pronunciation of the places you have visited. Actually, the name of the self-declared state is the Moldavian Nistrian Republic (Republica Moldovenească Nistreană, in Romanian). Also, you need to practice pronouncing the vowel ɨ in Rybnitsa - Rîbnița.

[@francescoradogna5561]

Perche non fai questo video anche per il canale italiano?

[@kimmotakala7521]

One of Europe's largest weapons depots is located in Transnistria

[@PerformanceY]

Does Europeans need visas to go there?

[@gymwebster]

No.

[@MARIOGILETTI]

Ho iniziato a seguirti....che dialogavi in italiano e da un po i tuoi video sono in inglese,a questo punto fai i video con audio in triestino...(vivo in Brasil,ma sono di Trieste:)

[@godina77]

👍🏿👍🏾👍🏽👍🏼👍🏻👍

[@boyandimov3450]

By the way Gara is the same in fricking bulgarian

[@donmitrakone]

Hello David, why you say “freaking Bulgaria” 😢 Greeting from Bulgaria!

[@donmitrakone]

@@PerformanceY did you ever been there? Yes we have some gypsies but it’s not full, they have neighborhood somewhere in the end of town and that’s it. I dont like somebody to say freaking Bulgaria without to been there. It's the same to say that Italy is freaked because it's full of gypsies and all sorts of others people. I have been in Italy more than 10 times and it is so beautiful there. Also I like so much David’s vlogs.

[@DaveLegenda]

@@donmitrakone Hey I meant "Freaking Bulgaria" as in "Look at that, there's a train going all the way to Bulgaria, that's freaking far!". I love Bulgaria :D

[@donmitrakone]

@@DaveLegenda thanks a lot mate, in this case I apologise for my reaction :) and I’m wait you in Varna, Bulgaria next time :)

[@Milan23_]

Nice vlog, love to visit Moldova after war ends

[@Albebacck]

There’s no war in moldova and there will never be one

[@olicox2344]

Moldova is fine and tourists are allowed in. It is calm there. Forget the media scaremongering

[@electronicinfection]

Let us hope Moldova won't be the next victim of Vlad the Insatiable.

[@Goorood]

If you keep your warmongering NATO expansionist hands off us it wont be. But with manic desire to expand and install NATO bases in all and every country bordering Russia it may very well be. This is how your "democracy" works, never ask local population opinion, no voting or referendums and just have some puppet clowns in government following orders from Washington and bam ! You are in North Atlantic Terrorist Organization. Fresh meat to wage some more wars and kill millions in name of "democracy" somewhere in middle east or wage another proxy war against Russia by hands of others.

[@eimisavageofficial9196]

soviet nation is shock , they have only three or more passport kid to old..im shock😆, only in soveit nation this happen

[@ia2715]

Приднестровье

[@djoko40]

are you a agent?

[@chipchilinka5645]

Бедные люди... другой жизни не видали и защищают то, что им навязали, эту нищету и неопределенность((

[@eedragonr6293]

Yes the "uncertainty" of unsustainable safe pensions and health insurance for life till the end. They are looking more like middle class to me. I am sorry to say that he looks poorer than them. That is no way an "oligarchs" ' wedding, perhaps not even a middle class one in those regions.

[@annabelle164]

Да, бедные европейцы, их очень жаль

[@kxkxsjk2]

Если это нищета, то как живут африканцы например?

[@Rudy_Play]

Ну, вообще Преднестровье живёт получше, чем основная Молдова. За счёт производства.

[@paveltrips]

Don't be so lazy next time - read the history board! By the way, that car is not soviet, it's mid 2000s model.

[@MausTheGerman]

28:46 What I once heard on a trip to Russia is that the Russian Orthodox Church faced repression from the 1917 revolution to perestroika in the late 1980s. Despite this, or precisely because of this, the artists who created the Soviet mosaics secretly hid Christian messages or motifs in them. Like this character who looks like a Jesus but actually isn't. Maybe 🤷🏻‍♂️😀

[@eedragonr6293]

It may well be. But I am sorry again to say it but it looks like many young people have no scientific or artistic education to understand a message. In the corner it is the physical symbol of an atom. It is a typical European allegory where many ideas and notions like justice, homeland, liberty are symbolized by women. There is no "Jesus" but the image of a young woman wearing symbolic cereals in her hair. The idea of "science being the new religion". More like the allegory of "science and learning supporting development".

[@MuzzaHukka]

The intonation with which you asked the guy and the choice of words that you used when asking him if he thinks if Transnistria is Russian was somewhat provocative

[@planetwisconsin9901]

Did Putin threaten you like he did bald and bankrupt.

[@shedontanks]

So theees contree is no' an ackchual contree

[@sekarmaltum1695]

XD

[@-Ryan_Gasoline-]

I certainly dont have anything against this people remembering and missing the soviet days when things were simpler and I understand them. I wish peace among my country ukraine, russia and Pridnestrovia. I hope Russia's government faces a change much like in 1991 but with a better turn of events.

[@diogobotelho5141]

Moldova*

[@yrath5034]

That's a brave comment, prepare for the onslaught.

[@БрандонХемиы]

​@@diogobotelho5141Romania*

[@diogobotelho5141]

@@БрандонХемиы yes, correct

[@roskis6493]

Those roads could use some of that socialist tax money...

[@MihaMoh]

you are just ridiculous, capitalism is in Transnistria, it is a bourgeois country like almost all countries of the world.

[@MihaMoh]

i'm from Pridnestrovie (Transnistria)

[@c.t.7386]

Who cares if they are offended? It is illegally separated from Moldova. It should be referred to as its proper name: Transnistria. Not to do so is offensive to Moldovans just like calling Southern and Eastern Ukraine " Novorossiya" would be offensive to Ukrainians.

[@hairharbor5080]

And Kosovo is illegally separated from Serbia.

[@nHx2009]

Lol, criteria of legality is west oriented government, right?

[@c.t.7386]

@@nHx2009 No. criteria is internationally recognized borders of a sovereign country. Transnistria is just another one of those Russian projects to destabilized the former Soviet republics, which want to live in a free democratic society away from Moscow's orbit.

[@MultiRingtail]

He is trying to get views from Putinists for more money

[@gannon3816]

The Soviet spirit never died 💪

[@emilianozapata2530]

Bro don't your use channel to promote politics of any kind,maybe it's better that way...make yourself look..uh well.. P.S. People know youtubers are getting instructed to do content from Moldavia and surrounding countries,we didn't grow on a tree 😆

[@Mohad_almehanna]

Unfortunately, you are not polite enough that you asking politics a questions for people.. You are exposing them to risks with these systems.. There is no value in the objectives of the visits rather than asking you about identities, living conditions, etc. If you were in my country, I would have suspicions that you are perhaps a spy. Therefore, I hope to respect the cultural status of each country and focus only on the beauty of the people in its spirit and culture.

[@_gabriele_orlandi_]

Adoro il bar kacca

[@_gabriele_orlandi_]

Puahaha

[@stefanbotezatorul]

Pridnestrovian RusFascist Republic

[@paulmed42069]

Basically 🗿

[@lightningstrike5024]

id legit rather live there than anywhere in america

[@БрандонХемиы]

Too many pop ups