You Won't Believe This Russian Road!

[@Imsivan88]

The only one channel on KZbin that makes you feel like you are traveling yours self with this dude.

[@0nizukaS4n]

And Harald baldr

[@Shinbaal99]

I like his personal style and that we see what he sees. What I do not like about other channels is that most of the time it will be some pretentious pricks pseudo lifestyle travel blogs with stupid music in the background.

[@Italodancer]

@Chris Alexy I agree. I love this channel. Only bad thing is the subtitles. If I want him subbed its the english autosub and its messes up when another language are spoken than english.

[@shaboopie12]

Mark Weins is pretty good too.

[@travelwithalens]

Actually your a 100% correct, thats why I love this channel, just realized :)

[@imakeitwhynot]

The reason why I watch this channel is because if the trip is boring, you leave it at that. You don't try to create drama or sensationalize a situation or pull up a fancy drone and make it seem like you had the time of your life. You leave it as is, and to me if makes it feel like I have really visited these paces. It's raw, it's real, it's simple. Kudos to you.

[@praveenb9048]

One Day in the Life of Baldan Bankruptovich.

[@Martina-Kosicanka]

It's pretty cool name actually

[@Kitulous]

Baldan sounds like an insult in Russian, but for some south Slavic languages, like, for example, Serbian that will do as a name, I don't know why do I think like that though.

[@carloscamejo391]

Балдан Банкротович

[@nuclear9977]

Baldimir

[@ratkopocuca8124]

Baldoslav

[@BeerdyBruceLeeCentral]

1500 rubles is 20 dollars. For 20 dollars a taxi in England would drive you all the way from your house to your parking lot.

[@dp6436]

Beerdy - Bruce Lee Central Didn’t know they had dollars in England

[@dp6436]

Walker 🍺

[@doctor-atuti]

@CmC RR100 Thats like a few miles between innit?

[@sawleyram7405]

£20 in the North East Mids would get you a good 15-18 miles!

[@sawleyram7405]

@@GenaF It's actually about £21.10. The rate you Googled is just the international market rate, not the rate you'd get when buying Rubles.

[@teddywoodburn1295]

You speak English? Да

:) It is so imperialistic I have to like it....

[@onlyvlad4293]

me

[@MarriedToTheKGB]

net. idi na hoy!

[@mzplay308]

@Michael Tuttle da, da. My english is very khoroshy

[@mehmetbagcan4904]

I got a better one: -So, you are Romanian, so you speak Latin language, right? - Da! -😂

[@epicgamer1180]

Babushka: *goes missing* Bald: "What a dodgy babushka!"

[@callummclachlan4771]

Only the dodgeiest of babushkas go missing.

[@ducphan4263]

Best comment 😭😭

[@CoolMrMusicMaker]

10/10

[@0gpt0]

All peoples on board actually missing

[@madanielk6526]

Bald: locates babushka Bald says: PESH MOTOR YUDER LAT Babushka : YO MAMA!

[@shitpostingsandwhich]

Bald: hold up stop the taxi Taxi driver: why? Bald: there's a ＳＯＶＩＥＴＢＵＳＳＳＴＯＰ

[@LS-Moto]

He probably thought "what is this guys looking at on this shabby old bus stop"

[@korpifox5445]

@@LS-Moto "damn englishman"

[@khan919]

Americans be like: We have saved the Democracy

[@guidedmeditation2396]

It is fascinating to see places that you didn't know existed but you can't even comprehend where it is. And so nice to see friendly people that live simply but seem more content than so many people that have everything.

[@gregalexander307]

Why is he so obsessed with everything Soviet lol

[@angry_dirt8529]

Babushka didn't commit a crime, she has got lost and is being searched

[@hauptmannbalalaika]

Thanks - it's called 'Missing person'.

[@Самоед-б7е]

Да, их разыскивает полиция.....

[@AtiAntaGata]

Babushka and all others on that board are missing people. No one is a criminal.

[@Gerarudo]

@@AtiAntaGata ah, thanks

[@chtholly8084]

@@AtiAntaGata Clearly she went missing because she escaped to her evil lair.

[@MrOlezik87]

13:31 it says she went missing not committing a crime

[@SatansFire]

oh.

[@MrFartyman44]

@@SatansFire fuk u satan

[@ioiooiioioioioooiiioiio2492]

@@MrFartyman44 666

[@elamanov]

actually all of those people on the board went missing

[@SatansFire]

@@MrFartyman44 fuck did i do >:U Mortals be rude for no reason, smh.

[@ClowderBeatsAnimals]

That taxi guy is nice, he didn't even complain with the bad road and unplanned stops. I hope he got paid at least double if not a day's worth of earning plus a carwash.

[@lesiaa3179]

Clowder 15 the funny thing is that he took him to Morki completely wrong way, the correct road isn't as bad and it's probably shorter. Those who live in Morki and watched this video think that he made it on purpose to make more money))

[@tommahnke]

I hope he tipped him well.

[@IrrationalDelusion]

13:30 This is not a post of criminals but people who lost without a trace! This poor babushka done nothing wrong(according to sign)

[@slax4884]

Sad times

[@deltanovember1672]

Poor woman!

[@oatmilk2720]

Yeah! And actually sign says that this Babushka went missing! I really really really hope she's okay now 😢😞♥️

[@exorcie]

The big sign states "Wanted by Police" though. But yeah, if you pause and read, all of those people are missing, not wanted.

[@danskyder1564]

Ah that’s what I thought!

[@lesiaa3179]

I'm from Morki, but I live in London. I came to visit my mom 3 days after mr Bald left. It's actually sad that no one told him that it's quite unique place, it's the last place in Europe where peganizm still exists, there is pegans village with holly forest, also there is a small river, which is one of the cleanest in the world, also this place used to be famous for witches. Also you missed a beauty of Yoshkar Ola and interesting story about the president, who rebuilt it, but now in a prison.

[@lesiaa3179]

The woman who sings was the creator and ruler of a folk band, where I used to sing as a kid and also she's my relative)) and I know a funny women who speaks English)))

[@kennethhorne1119]

wish you would tell us more,,Its so interesting

[@lesiaa3179]

Ask me) I’m stuck here with lockdown

[@lesiaa3179]

lockdown in Russia :)

[@Remon_]

you mean paganism?

[@Korino]

Bald's russian is getting so good that he's forgetting the words in english. Welcome to the plight of multilinguals

[@NeoGeoMurikov]

Mister Worldwide

[@cuntontheweb2657]

Me with Dutch, English and German

[@plunderpunk2]

Years after moving back from Germany I'd said flughafen enough times that I forgotten the English equivalent. That was weird.

[@robertaandersone2363]

Me with Latvian, English and Russian.

[@jeremyemilio9378]

*cries in monolingual*

[@allahsboot2886]

That taxi driver just got paid 1500 to wake up in the morning with the flu

[@HartajTrehan]

and with broken suspensions on his car

[@m23m23]

I think he got a bit more rubles for waiting on him

[@farin6847]

this drama queen doesn't even have the flu, he has a minor cold. ffs if he actually had the flu he wouldn't be running around catching buses to bumfuck nowhere. i don't get why people conflate colds with the flu

[@KeSchm97]

With flu he meant just the headache caused by sammagon

[@checkersx3556]

@@KeSchm97 Right, sounds better than saying "I have a massive hangover and feel like crap."

[@saintkamikaze]

Bald, these people are not criminals. they are gone/lost. Also, i'm Estonian myself and found Mari language a fairly bit similar to ours. after googling it, i was right. it belongs to Finno-ugric language tree.

I m familiar only with Yugoslav communisem and can you confirm if it was really so different in USSR. Do you think there was a busline to minority area in Marki 30 years ago?

[@PornStarOnBBS]

We should show to the Balde the Setumaa language! Soviet babuskas will amaze him

[@vaevictis2789]

@ soviet transport infrastructure was very branched, even the smallest villages had regular communication with local district centers

@@vaevictis2789 I would assume this was true based on facts I lived in Yugoslavia. Bald is doing so subreal distopian videos and Its very painfull to see he is closest to the reality as any other fogeign YTer. (Image some ex-UK Yter visited Scotland to find our how ex Emprire is doing and they filmed the only Englishman in group of Scots singing Scotland tradicional song...)

[@andreakoroknai1071]

yes, I remember learning in high school that it's related to Hungarian.

[@katreng884]

Who's rewatching all bald's old videos 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

[@JasonMickel]

"We've stopped cause our backs are killing us" **Driver taking a piss in background"

[@ve2vfd]

Ever driven a rough road with a full bladder? You back and everything else hurts! :)

[@JasonMickel]

@@ve2vfd Those roads look like they would hurt my soul

[@int-64]

Bald had a chance to film a soviet dick

[@owand5017]

Pat D Im suprised Bald did’t have to pay an extra fee for suspension damage XD

[@LS-Moto]

A soviet piss

[@DixieBanjo]

Hey Bald! I spent some time teaching English in Syktyvkar, Komi Republic and their local language; Komi - A Uralic language related to Finnish sounds nice and is worthy of your visit.

[@kevarimies8130]

This would make a really nice video!

[@penguin87904]

Should also visit kalmykia. Only place on Europe with a buddhist majority and a mongol language.

[@DixieBanjo]

@@penguin87904 Yeah I've always found that very interesting along with Tatarstan.

[@avatarion]

It's not very closely related to Finnish.

[@DixieBanjo]

@@avatarion Well of course not, but there are some word similarities and sounds. You can tell by grammar and its verbs that it is indeed Uralic.

[@rubenrogierbouman]

Man, this channel is so pure. Changed my opinion about Russia as well, still dont like the politics over there, but the people are real.

[@triglav1848]

Whats wrong with politics?

[@rubenrogierbouman]

@@triglav1848 well i dont like the populist leaders nowadays. Putin, Trump, Bolsenaro etc. Its always the people that suffer from it in the end.

[@triglav1848]

Ruben Bouman In that case, I will not disturb you while eating soy. BTW, Putin is the blessing for the Russia and 77% of Russians also think so. I respect the will of the people, comrade.

[@davids5126]

@@davidvukelic5271 Israel is doing a stupid policy, just like Russia or the United States, but that's no reason for attacking ordinary people.

[@rubenrogierbouman]

@@davidvukelic5271 jewish haha, im an atheist dutch guy, 0% jewish. Anyway im out of this discussion as it was not my intention to start it.

[@geexy]

I live in this town! Yoshkar-Ola ~

[@radishtea3748]

Wow. Do people remember him? You live in a nice place.

[@PeripheryFanboy]

Do you know what the place at 4:57 is?

[@alexanderkam]

хорошо у вас, хэллоу из Новчика)

[@TV-qn4hc]

Can you speak Mari ?

[@extracheesypizzaboi]

Gaming

[@Pchyymlis]

Do you speak English? Da!🤣🤣

[@sauliussh]

Čia gerai 😸

[@pluki1357]

A Russian ship sails into harbour in UK. Matros sees a local person on the peer and wants him to catch a rope. - Xватай веревку! - ? - говоришь по-русски? - ? - Schprichst du Deutch? - ? - Tu parles Français? -? - Do you speak English? - Yes, I do! - Ну, хватай веревку…!

[@mzplay308]

@@pluki1357 jak smieszne, kurwa

[@babooo8912]

this guy talks about soviet busstops like gordan ramsay talks about fresh burgers

[@Communist-Doge]

Too true!

[@karloarsch1579]

I'm not sure, he doesn't scream at all.

[@АмирСвой-б4й]

I live in morki. !!!!

[@cihanyagmurself]

How is there ? should I come 😆😆🤫

[@rabihghannoum4902]

Hiii. Give me ur number

[@crimson7151]

LEAD FARMER you’ll get a video of a babushka tiddies jiggling in the Soviet air in the Soviet bus stop

[@johanbruijnooge6818]

@@crimson7151 Singing a Soviet song while waiting for the Soviet bus?

[@bollywoodway3312]

Pesh motor yuder lat 😵

[@isimvol]

Lady: "I'm Russian, those girls are Mari" Lady: starts singing in mari language and mari girls barely know the words

[@kap1526]

Lmao

[@ArcStormZ]

It's possible those women simply weren't familiar with that song. That doesn't mean that they aren't mari speakers.

[@lesiaa3179]

She's a singer, she used to perform on a stage and was a head of folk music band, where I used to sing.

[@toooooooooooooooooooooooooooom]

@@lesiaa3179 Nice! Do you live there too?

[@lesiaa3179]

Tom for the moment yes, because of lockdown, but I've been living in London for the last 13 years.

[@Rin-ir9bu]

Mari is such a beautiful language. The entire world needs to know more about uralic nations.

[@mdmsfan]

The babushka isn't dodgy. They are looking for her because she disappeared.

[@SamaraMorgan1970]

she probably fell in one of the holes on the street

[@sir_russia]

@@SamaraMorgan1970 😆😆😆😆😆

[@ПётрОсётр-ь8щ]

13:18 It is not criminal babushka. It is missing people board

[@indycharlie]

Interesting . Where do they post Wanted posters there / Russia ? Thanks ahead ...... Gubs

[@CubeDaWoop]

@@indycharlie in Finland they're posted to social media :D

[@dos8764]

@@indycharlie It is wanted board. In Russia wanted posters can be on any person, which police is looking for, and because missing people is the police case, they post missing peoples too.

[@gagamba9198]

You know why she's missing, yeah? Because she's a criminal babushka who's on the lam after doing shit. Babushkas excel at fleeing from police and hiding in their babushka hideouts.

[@indycharlie]

@@CubeDaWoop Wow . If they tried that for ours here in the U.S, it would crash all the social media sites !! Wonder where they are posted in Russia , there, or previous Soviet countries !? I am sure they are all different though . Just surprised it was only lost/ missing O/S the police Station there tho . Have a good one , and thanks for the reply ........ gubs

[@LisaPurrs]

Babushka is just missing person, not a criminal, but I instantly imagined russian mafia and Donna Babushka played by Al Pachino.

[@Stenominator]

Babushka played by Al Paccino? No more vodka for you! :)

[@AntPet999]

Yeah, I imagined a babushka criminal for a second.))

[@lavamer]

Бабушка

[@deniska0]

She probably shouldn’t of been pinned right next to criminals.

[@Ederdart]

@@deniska0 nobody there were criminals they are all missing

[@cottontailblaze1980]

Taxi driver: why are we stopping again? Bald: Soviet bus stop!!!!

[@jonobrien1339]

Look!! Soviet Dog shit!!!

[@avigdonable]

Actually @Bold and Bankrupt should have a look at these Soviet Bus Stops more often. Its a bit of a Soviet Modernism forward slash Soviet Brutalism. Traveller forward slash photographer Chris Herwig even released his photo album about these while travelling through the former Soviet Republics.

[@andreibeselea9782]

HA ha ha

[@damirzakizanov2757]

I live in Yoshkar-Ola. My friend from USA just watched this video and sent it to me.

[@demandred1957]

Hey! I visited your city four times in the past!

[@damirzakizanov2757]

@@demandred1957 How many years ago? In 2010's our town had strong changes on riverside. Nowadays Yoshkar-Ola's center looks like a european town, but away from river it still looks like an old soviet town. XD

[@demandred1957]

@@damirzakizanov2757 my last trip was in 2005. I was a client of Maxim introductions, just off the center. So the center doesn't look the same as I remember then... Is the cafe "Aquarium" by the park still there?

[@damirzakizanov2757]

@@demandred1957 I found it on a map on Komsomolskaya Street 124в. Yes, it's near The Central Park Of Culture And Recreation.

[@TrueFilter]

demandred1957 Russian brides?

[@sAmRivErsPT]

Coming home after a long and stressful day of work in London City and see that you have a new video online, is like going home back in the days after primary school and see that there is a new episode of my favourite cartoons on TV. Thank you for showing everyone the most unusual places. I didn't want to but you made me crack open a can of beer to properly enjoy these 18 minutes. You need to go to Norilsk (apparently Russia's most "depressing" city)

[@adamhinds8352]

nailed it there mate, good explanation of how we feel when the bald one uploads

[@uudong]

Do the people of Norilsk agree that it's the most depressing city of Russia?

[@arturturkevych3816]

@@uudong they seem to die very quickly and all the young want to escape, so probably yeah

[@Дэр]

There is no trees and any plants in Norilsk. (I'm sorry for my bad English)

[@lukespread]

Mr Bald. You must do Norilsk.

[@davidellis4031]

"Criminal Babushka" sounds like a great name for a punk band...

[@aur485]

She's missing

[@katecollingridge4293]

Soviet Snail beats that 😁

[@nicaskey1]

I’d go and see them.

[@fetsexe2274]

3:55 I'm from Belgium and those houses looked strangely familiar to the houses in our cities, was surprised you pointed that out love from Belgium, love your content

[@arturturkevych3816]

@Dennis but these buildings are modern and look very strange. The street is too wide and proportions are not right. Makes it very obvious that it's not western Europe and looks similar to Chinese knock offs

[@evennot]

Though there are German-built houses all over Russia, in this particular case they were built by ambitious (and somewhat lunatic) republic leader (Markelov) rather recently. Though, they are not as awful as knockoffs that could be found in China, they did put some effort into making them. Anyway it's worth praising him for not giving up land to build some 40 stories high ghetto buildings, like some other leaders

[@DOORNmedia]

fets exe klopt. Deed me vooral denken aan Gdansk en Kopenhagen, En ook Brugge/Gent.

[@biglezmate3830]

I'm really enjoying this language series. Keep it up and don't get too drunk.

[@ItsMikeLearns]

its really nice :)

[@ItsMikeLearns]

@@biglezmate3830 maybe or maybe not! :) but i do agree with your comment tho

[@ItsMikeLearns]

@@rkan2 i completely agree with you! i guess he is too sick to do that maybe next video!

[@user-ec2kd8sz3t]

I agree with liking the language series... I disagree strongly with the not getting too drunk part. A couple bottles of vodka is just what you need to clear up that cold, Bald!

[@TrystaneTheBlack]

fuck yeah fucking oath

[@paulfunyun5728]

Kalmykia next? The people there speak a Mongolian language, the only one that Europe is home to, very cool!

[@curiousnomadic]

Only Buddhist Republic in Europe too.

[@paulinahvdg3188]

Kalmykia is actually situated in the land where the European race begin. it s one of the possible urheimat -homeland where the ethnogenesis of the Europeans begun. It is sad the Europeans being the only race in their world that their urheimat is actually now inhabitated and belong to another race propably since late middle ages with the great migrations of Asian turkomongol nations towards europe

[@PeelingFlame]

@@paulinahvdg3188 I mean, yes, but the urheimat is rather larger than just kalmykia. There are russian inhabited areas and also caucasic inhabited ones. Why care though? you probably wouldn't wanna live there either.

[@Rin-ir9bu]

@@paulinahvdg3188 Russians did the same to kazakhstan, kyrgyzstan and as featured the mari el in this video so

[@abrahamvanhelsing732]

@@curiousnomadic What is interesting is that according to Russian Wikipedia, this small settlement of Morki has a Buddhist Stupa as well!

[@timax4114]

Do you speak english? Mari kidds: *giggle* Mari grandma: Natürlich

[@divinemoments5344]

@@akvs94 If you imply II World War then Germans didn't reach Mari El

[@divinemoments5344]

@@akvs94 I have no idea where the joke was in the first place.

[@tiwaz9997]

@@akvs94 German is the franca lingua in many places in eastern europe.

[@deutschekultur5035]

@@tiwaz9997 good old days

[@tiwaz9997]

@@sonrazuma1572 Eh, yes, yes it is.

[@chicheka1753]

Russian roads Take me home To Morki Where I belong Mari El Soviet mama Take me home Russian roads.

[@djlawlz4041]

Haha I love this comment!

[@3.14name]

Big boi time

[@shabba9257]

Brilliant 😂😂

[@hailthehordes5932]

Killer comment!!😂😂😂

[@sandman3402]

I hear the voice When babushka calls me Radio reminds me of Soviet propaganda

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

You have the flu yet you still went out and made this, so dedicated to your fans. Love it

[@gwnchilenzo]

He's a straight up savage

[@BoutaFit]

Even drinks Vodka to help himself in the morning 🤣🤣

[@bigman489]

Avery the Cuban-American You mean Cuban-Floridian, never heard of a Cuban man outside of Florida.

[@gazgaffa8437]

Hes in Italy

[@AlOmegarich]

Vodka is medicine

[@_DD_15]

13:45, do you speak English? Da da English, big boys 🙄😂😂😂

[@angelikussupericus]

fuck english

[@angelikussupericus]

@Dank Waifu because you expect everyone to speak english

[@angelikussupericus]

@@BondJFK whats is brussia

[@angelikussupericus]

@@BondJFK its gussia

[@Heffen89]

The fun thing is, that she thinks Mr. Bald is German and greets him in German. "Guten Tag." Greetings from Germany.

[@cjbotts]

I love this series because it shows me how amazingly kind welcoming friendly and curious Russian people are. As an american I am heavily propagandized against russia since early childhood schooling, and probably worse now due to our media. I actually have a strong desire to visit this country now, whereas before I was just generally curious. Russian history is one of the most fascinating of any nation and sadly in the US you need to be a few years into university to begin to learn it.

[@pressrepeat2000]

Just go visit and travel around. People are super friendly. There are crooks too, just be normally careful. But most are super friendly and love to interact with foreigners.

[@pilot60-287]

@@pressrepeat2000 I am Russian and its a mystery to me , but our people are especially interested and hospitable with foreigners, may be you are right-its curiosity

[@DarkAgeDan]

I hope you gave that driver a nice tip. He definitely mess up his tires.

[@seawa1256]

DarkAgeDan not only tires…wheel alignment… shock absorbers , struts ,brakes , rotors and so on…

[@forty-second]

@@seawa1256 let's sum up - the guy left his suspension on that road.

[@hudsontoo1212]

He seemed like a solidly awesome person too. I hope he took care of him- I mean, he’s got millions of subs.... so he ain’t broke anymore. But Bald and Broke is such a nice guy, I’m sure he did the right thing

[@hudsontoo1212]

Also- I’d be like a pig in shit out there- I drive all over the United States just looking for roads like that to drive my TRD Off Road 4Runner!!! They’re lucky they have no infrastructure- I’d LOVE it!

[@ii-wv4cs]

Tony Mancini wheel alignment is good.

[@JohnMcMahon.]

Now we know why no busses to that town. (Roads)

[@DaveLegenda]

11:06 “We stopped because our backs are killing us from the road” The taxi driver just went for a piss lmao

[@emilkarpo]

No probably true, took months to get over back pains caused by a few days of bouncing around the back roads of Chechnya and Ingushetia. Leads to more pee breaks as well........

[@AshutoshKumar-ck7yb]

Good observations, i noticed that as We also do it in India! 😂😂😂

[@ebinnisti1769]

you gotta go when you gotta go

[@brendanstanford5612]

You mean 10:44

[@ENGLISHMURPHY]

@@AshutoshKumar-ck7yb i think most men worldwide stop for a piss on long drives if theres no toilet lol

[@rembo96]

I am Russian and I love our small nations such as Chuvash, Mari, Mordva. They are so open and kind.

[@konstantinepikhin6793]

You're incredible guy, seriously. I've lived in Russia for 28 years and didn't know what locals can be such welcoming to the stranger :)

[@geofflord2739]

very few things in life bring me as much joy as your videos mr bald!

[@sergey7375]

Bald, the babushka notice was actually a missing notice. "She was said to have gone in an unknown direction" it says.

[@akalion213]

13:31 Her "crime" is that she went outside and never came back home lol

[@mie...]

You have alot of guts going to all these remote places. I am living vicariously through you!

[@mie...]

I have never been to Russia so I can’t debate with you on whether it is dangerous there or not, but it’s all relative and compared to Switzerland statistically crime is higher in Russia. Going to these areas in the middle of nowhere on your own with a camera which cost the equivalent of one year’s salary (to local people) is a huge risk. I know Ben is more than capable of looking after himself but there are bad people out there who will take advantage. As a female I know I could never do even though I would love to.

[@badhero88]

@@mie... Despite looking shitty It's probably not as bad as you'r portraying it. The average salary there is approximately $400 which is not great but not terrible either. Tbf, mostly it's much safer traveling there than in city ghetto areas because those places are so remote and uninhabited and locals know each other's faces, so he's probably less likely getting mugged or murdered for his $300 camera in daylight

[@AntoheR1]

OMG!! Living in Moscow I didn't know there are post-Soviet factories in Russia with SOVIET red flags like this one is!!!

[@Sergei_kv82]

Visist pridestrovia where it still is soviet times

[@Cloxxki]

How's Ben's grammar progressing? Did he still ignore it all?

[@DimanM14and18]

@@Cloxxki yep but it is very easy to understand

[@int-64]

@@Cloxxki At least he's swearing like a real russian

[@kirstydragan]

Love the fact that you found a Russian factory with Lenin in front . And a fantastic mosaic at a bus stop. I have to say the old Russian regime took pride in the things they built during the communist era when they were in power. Absolutely beautiful well done Mr Bald.

[@svensk_exports9396]

Lenins are all over the place, it's the still-standing "uncle Joe" Stalin statue that's shocking!

[@TheMopedracer]

Dear all Gods. Please give Mr. Bald. all the strength and energy to be able to stay cheerful and keep making these lovely films. And for there to always be plenty of food in his belly. We all love you B&B

[@oleglovky]

Saying 'blyat' every other word... Ben is basically a local at this point

[@WeedSmokinRepublican]

Commander Shepard is his name really Ben?

[@oleglovky]

@@WeedSmokinRepublican It is

[@Vicariousleighilive..]

I thought he was saying blin

[@Oleg-oe1rc]

@@Vicariousleighilive.. He was doing a bit of both. And kind of funny, because "blin" is kind of like saying "fudge" instead of "fuck". Somthing you'd say to cover your ass while talking around parents or somthing, bit odd to say it around somone you don't care about swearing infront of.

[@deprimat666]

Blyat isn't local it's what the stupid gopniks say and wanna be Slavs from America say it more

[@lukaskristensen8055]

why does people dislike these videos? he should be much more famous for these travel videos!!!

[@alvinwine5665]

I agree I think it is truly great the look into places the world will never get to see otherwise.

[@icreatedanaccountforthis1852]

I don’t like him because he has no hair or money.

[@samzilman9475]

100% yes! Benjamin is the Best!

[@susanapollo284]

He is more interested in how people live in Russia than the language he pretends to find speakers.

[@Solaxe]

@@shirleygreer7209 they were joking you moron... the channel is literally "bald and bankrupt"...

[@foreverhungry84]

man some of these little villages look like paradise and such friendly people

[@KingDayDayDay00]

They dont have much but sometimes it's the least wealthy places that are full of the nicest and warmest people

[@katiempojer]

I agree

[@russianbear420]

One of the reasons I love Ben. He goes on epic adventures to places like this that buses do not go to. And he shows how all people are basically the same and 95% good people who want to help. Great channel and doing great work closing the gap between cultures!

[@PJL7095]

“He’s playing something as well with his hand”…. Classic line Bald

[@MurrayHerts]

12:16 that woman singing is very friendly and happy, lovely

[@Autunite]

Taxi driver must go crazy after all the sightseeing stops of yours. Made great content though, keep it up!!

[@JnixMarshel]

He seemed like a really good guy. Probably got paid extra too. Lol

[@Autunite]

​@@JnixMarshel Definitely a great guy, and I really hope so.

[@ArthurGoodness]

im sure he didn't go THAT crazy when he got paid :)

[@rightcoast7049]

@Henry Tudor I'm sure he tipped him. He's been very generous in a lot of his videos. Sure he isn't reckless with his money, but he treats people right when they do the same to him.

[@benwest7420]

Uncle Chuckles Wrong video, mate

[@supersonic79]

Think I saw your taxi driver on the wanted board Bald. Haha

[@jeffersonaraldi7168]

It's hard to find an honest Russian.

[@Hashtomte]

@@jeffersonaraldi7168 Brown skins?

[@Magic-it4cg]

Funny!

[@一郎-e1i]

A hello to Mari people and Finno-Ugrians from Hungary!

[@mlgsty8880]

Seems like you have developed some serious addiction for Uralic languages.

[@FairyCRat]

He should visit Karelia, Finland and Estonia.

[@topiheimola69]

Finland has nothing in common with the USSR. Carelia may have something, and Estonia propably has something too.

[@topiheimola69]

@@rkan2 I thought the theme was hanging out with drunks? That would be easy in Finland and Estonia no doubt.

[@EricAlbin]

@@topiheimola69 , in that case, maybe West Virginia, too. Not Uralic, maybe, but drunk for sure. O u O

[@nghcgibraltarchilloutnon9091]

Comes with the Mission. Sources said he's one of the few high level refined M16 agents...still in active force.

[@bencebob8055]

you said don't expect too much from this video but i really enjoyed it ! :D

[@Martsadog]

13:50 when you notice a german spy comrade: ''Guten Tag''

[@user-pw5rp4qt1o]

she thought he was german hahaha

[@iwantnod]

@@user-pw5rp4qt1o Before US dominated the world, soviet schools taught either English or German (rarely French or Spanish). Many older people learned German as their only foreign language, and I think this old lady is one of them.

[@deltanovember1672]

Хрюн Моржов Makes sense.

[@day12333]

English are largely a germanic people, so maybe she can tell the difference between a germanic and a slavic from facial features?

[@vaevictis2789]

@@day12333 Ben looks pretty slavic, so...

[@gothicllo1329]

grandma singing at end was so epic, salutes from Brazil

[@1966gtoguy]

Taxi driver will need the 1500 rubles for Dr visit after you gave him the flu....

[@satan1189]

Its like 20€

[@fingerstyleguitartabs2340]

He will need more than that to repair the suspension on his car!

[@roughnegg6615]

@@fingerstyleguitartabs2340 it's a Yandex corp. taxi cab, he does not need to repair anything. corporation pays all his expanses.

[@michael2k3d48]

@@fingerstyleguitartabs2340 one drive on bad roads won't require repair on any car worth a damn

[@curiousnomadic]

And probably miss 5 days of valuable work.

[@Stux6-3]

Man I don't think you would ever read this, but this is amazing. I am Hungarian, and our language is in the Finno-Ugric family. Well apparently Mari is in this family as well. I found that their original name was "cseremisz" . The first part of this word is from the ancient Finnish word "śar " which appears in our word "sereg" which means army (So cseremisz means "army-men" .) How amazing is that these people are thousands miles away from us and their and our language still makes us remember once we were neighbors. Thank you for your effort

[@zsoltsandor3814]

Btw, Mari language is a Uralic language, related to as far geographically as Finnish and Hungarian. You should visit the Udmurt Republic, they are super proud of their Udmurt identity.

[@-andreiDNA]

Not everyone in Mari-El is Mari.

[@zsoltsandor3814]

@@-andreiDNA I didn't say that though. 🤔

[@-andreiDNA]

@@zsoltsandor3814 I'm sorry I misunderstood what you meant. But i dont like when people on English KZbin think that Russian republics are all populated by non-russians. I live in Mari el and am Russian, and so are most of the people I know. I don't want people to think we don't exist here.

[@zsoltsandor3814]

@@-andreiDNA It's obvious that in such a vast federation like Russia there are all kinds of nationalities living all over the place, due to whatever historical or personal reasons. It's all history. But as a Hungarian I love stuff about my language relatives. I'm kind of a language nerd, but nowhere near professional. :)

[@juliajuhasz7679]

@@zsoltsandor3814 Really? Our language is related to Mari language? I have learned something new, thx :)

[@Woozerspat]

The guy with a "Dolce & Gabbana Milano" T-shirt really cracked me up...

[@tookster7483]

My man, Bald, spreading the flu all across Soviet Russia!

[@ДаданДаданский]

it`s Soviet Soviet Soviet Russia according to Bald

[@edisonnaorem9543]

Waiting is pain especially your videos Mr.Bald....

[@bigman489]

Edison Naorem *for your you mean?

[@CANControlGRAFFITI]

Pain? Go the f outside rn

[@tjrblmstr]

Yoshkar Ola is my native city. I still can't believe that Englishman visited my city. Thank you! P.S. The roads are really terrible :)

[@dortoka]

terrible roads? welcome to russia

[@lypcizhenaf8988]

Haxhi Bajrami Sepse jan fukarallak n’rusi, a e ke pa ti Kosoven?

[@merkabah2]

@Haxhi Bajrami :|

[@merkabah2]

heheeheh nice :) seems like the people there are really nice and warm and helpful

[@tjrblmstr]

Mat A Yes, it is. I think that more a country is cold, more people is warm :)

[@blackdarkghost1212]

My 6-year-old daughter walked into the room, watched with me for a few seconds, and exclaimed, 'This is BALD!' I asked her, 'How long have you been following this channel?' She said, 'What channel? I only said this man is BALD!'

[@bencebudai6690]

Mari is an Uralic language just like Hungarian, Finnish and Estonian.

[@tauno908]

Sounds like türkish

[@ColbyCodner]

It sounded a bit like Hungarian.

[@avigdonable]

The last pagans of Europe were Lithuanians or some other Old Prussian tribe.

[@JLieppinen]

Mari is also a female name in Finnish

[@GreenTeaViewer]

@@avigdonable no, the Mari still are pagans and are in Europe.

[@mrfridrich2915]

08:45, сидишь такой в деревянном сиденье от батиного урала, едете на богом забытую дачу, и тут англичанин спрашивает тебя, как доехать до Марки.

[@LAGaming117]

Yep exactly what I was thinking guys. Glad we all agree

[@Oleg.G.]

Это не Урал, а газонокосилка! 8:57 Ба-ха-ха-ха...

[@sashaeur]

@Dan Therman желаю чтоб эти люди как можно дольше незнали об интернете и катались с дядькой на мотоблоке в лес по ягоды...

[@Дэр]

Мотоблок рулит 👍👍👍

[@alexandertsiolkovski5848]

@@sashaeur Completely agree. The last thing these beautiful people need is "modernity" and internet and erosion of their culture. I am by no means anti-development, but I would love to go back to an older past where people are simple and love nature.

[@soloshotfirst1118]

13:34 Those people on the poster are not only wanted by the cops, it's also people who are missing. It says in russian that the old lady was last seen here and such and such, and that she is simply missing, not that she has done anything wrong. Hope she is well.

[@pete531]

Sadly old woman is probably dead, twisted her ankle or something in the middle of nowhere and died. Roaming the streets of the villages you are lucky if you see a person, imagine in the wilderness

[@vehgeto7101]

I was born in this city! This is so incredible that you visited it!

[@MrOlezik87]

When u said: ой блин Makes me think u got really well trained at MI6

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

You must be FSB :)

[@ЕленаКоврина-ъ5з]

Ollie K Это у тебя наследие СССР )))

[@MrOlezik87]

@@ЕленаКоврина-ъ5з не без этого)

[@vannthompson99]

он федеральный агент

[@susanapollo284]

Why criticise the roads if he is interested in languages. I think he is not real

[@marceldobrenko2870]

If you are looking for difficult languages go to Hungary, Poland,Finland or Lithuania Mr bald Edit:omg you are getting so close to 1 mil early congrats from me your biggest fan.

[@ruslansultangulov8700]

Yeah, but Russia has way more languages and cultures than these countries in total. It's clear that Bald is seeking for some soviet aesthetics.

[@imposter-982]

In Europe that is. Most difficult languages is Aramaic and Arabic.

[@erectustesticulus3191]

Hungarian is seriously boss level tough... dang that language has no connection to any other european language.

[@RM-cq6cj]

Not looking for difficult languages, but rather unique and rare ones.

[@imposter-982]

@@erectustesticulus3191 what really? I thought it was Slavic or am I wrong?

[@klwthe3rd]

Even when Bald is feeling bad, he has a way to make us all smile. The Mari El province was really kewl! 😄

[@Arsenico971]

This takes me back to my old road trip across SIberia. Hundreds of kilometres of such roads, it's unforgettable.

[@kelbyjprice1]

My wife's family lives not far from there in Tolyatti. Can't wait to visit. We live in Missouri in the US. Love your videos.

[@999Camomile999]

I'm from Tolyatti too ))

[@berlingolingoful]

And I'm from Missouri :) I'm in Florida, but want to come home- miss the blue skies, rolling hills, thunderstorms, cicadas in the summer... I spent a month in Moldova a few years ago, I love these videos.

[@Vasilyevich05]

I live in Missouri too. But I’m from Ukraine.

[@berlingolingoful]

@@Vasilyevich05 Hi, how are you? I'm back in Missouri now. How's the weather? 26 degrees here. :)

[@outtour2525]

Miz

[@rhouserjr]

Even with the flu you're the world's most charming ambassador. Great video!

[@Hazik_YouTube]

Take care of yourself Mr. Bald Don't push it too hard and have a rest now and again

[@konstantingeist3587]

That feel when you're both from Yoshkar-Ola and Bald's subscriber and you have no idea he's in your town, I'd certainly love to meet... I remember thinking 2 years ago wtf he was here a few days ago, it was kinda sad I missed the opportunity to meet Bald

[@СнежныйДжони]

Puts blyat after every sentence, what did the've done to you

[@AdamGoldPro]

@@overtonwindow7718 couldn't stop laughing after your comment ; ))

[@peteriskrumings8771]

It is equivalent to his "bloody hell" word, both are bad habits to use.

[@clispyleaf]

Blin I love how the soviets made stuff unneccessarily beautiful. Like here in the uk, bus stops, plastic and metal bare bones, how cheap can we make this. This russian stuff's gorgeous. I wish I'd been born in a time where countries had civic pride.

[@Kurtlane]

You should see Lithuanian bus stops around Druskininkai. They are works of art.

[@clispyleaf]

@@Kurtlane I visit southern Latvia often, may well take a road trip to see those stops, then!

[@petyavodolaz]

Entire world: The USSR collapsed in 1991 Mari El Republic: 4:57

[@scatpack2]

I seriously must know the story behind that site. I would not be surprised if my ex's father owned and ran it (in some sort of comic book story, way. He was a whacky oldschool USSR nationalist)

[@alex_gaimar]

@@scatpack2 this meat plant is owned by the leader of the republican office of the Communist Party

[@la_sasha]

AlexGlushkov very not commie of him

[@Антрацит-й3л]

Mike thanx to your dad. Tell him that he is not alone!))

[@scatpack2]

On Mosaics: I have not yet heard Bald explain them like this: They are everywhere, and a traditional and common form of art, as it is an art form they inherited from Byzantium (Remember: Russia is the last Rome). Carried in tradition through the millennia in Russian culture and churches, etc. The somewhat more loose, and artistically splashy soviet re-invention of the ancient craft is rather novel and lovely I think. Love some good mosaics.

[@loffagood556]

for 1500 rubles you could probably go 2-3 km. in Norway...

[@avigdonable]

Loffa Good Yes, but in Tesla, not Hongqui

[@loffagood556]

@Mr. Foxo 1500 Rubles = 200 NOK

[@tobiastranetellefsen4203]

@Mr. Foxo Nope😂😂 they take NOK/Norwegian kroner here.

[@Taipans]

Loffa Good How much is that in freedom dollars?

[@250sabre]

Funny as hell !! 😂😂😂

[@PSBEadventures]

The videos where you say "don't expect much" turn out to be my favorites! Your videos feel as if I were there! Don't change a thing man!

[@PrimerPisoProducciones]

Dude, you are great and your videos are so gripping! I watch all of them almost! Regards from Argentina!

[@Facu_Roldan]

Nunca pensé ver otro argentino comentando los videos de Bald jaja

[@PrimerPisoProducciones]

@@Facu_Roldan jajaja tremendo el pelado. Le iba a poner que acá también se podría divertir en algunos pueblos pero ni se compara con los rusos. Son únicos éstos locos! Los de la India no me gustan mucho pero los de Rusia son geniales!

[@essoplorgat7485]

Hi Bald, i love your banter,with Alena you make a awesome team. Essop SOUTH AFRICA

[@subdued_quail6]

You should try the Road of bones; from Yakutsk to Magadan, in eastern Russia!

[@Perkelenaattori]

They actually renovated the road a few years after Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman were there. Reportedly it's better nowadays even though it's still gravel.

[@DavidSuttoninSpain]

Love it, all of it, I love the way you carry on no matter what. Go for it my man. :)

[@alpachino7659]

You'll find Europe's strangest language in Kalmykia. The only mongolian speaking nation in Europe.

[@utvpoop]

And the only Buddhist.

[@antalyagozleri2526]

In Basque country rather. Basque is a linguistic isolate with no known links to any other language family in the world.

[@ENGLISHMURPHY]

That's not a European language though

[@zingzzingz3571]

It's not a nation

[@janiss2926]

i'd say Latvian is right up there actually :) ... only mild similarities to Lithuanian and nothing else.

[@abstractrussian5562]

Mr. Bald: forgets English words Also Mr. Bald: wants to ask how to get to Morki, actually says: "Yes, carrot! Road!"

[@niandralades8180]

Starts swearing in Russian Forgets English words

[@hauptmannbalalaika]

Languages are like software programs. Suddenly you forget where you click in this one.

[@LaserTractor]

Edvinas C as a russian it's sometimes easier to swear in english Nobody will understand or Nobody will even care

[@bubbamike4743]

Nice JF profile pic

[@katiebower420]

I’m addicted to this channel, and it’s inspired me to finally venture outside of my side of the world and book a 3 month solo trip. Plus you are so cute and I love your accent, so bonus. I just wish there was a way for viewers to contact you😢

[@MarriedToTheKGB]

He prefers slavic women

[@heidi4132]

Mr Bald I just love watching you. If I’m having a bad day, you totally cheer me up! Thank you for your films!

[@1st1anarkissed]

I kept having flashbacks on this one to my own road trips. Looks exactly like northern canada, road conditions and all. I think it's the deep freeze in winter that somehow breaks roads faster than they can be repaired, plus sparse populations that can't afford to keep up.

[@billtommpson1630]

Yeah it's the freezing then thawing expanding the pot holes bigger and bigger each year