Life update: year and a half since I left Russia, exploring Georgian food and culture

I left Russia a year and a half ago. Let’s talk about my life in Georgia, adapting to my immigrant life, learning the language and explore Georgian cuisine. Have fun and watch this caffeinated adventure! This video looks like a promotion of Georgia, but nobody paid me (except for stray cats).
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Age: 21, birthday is on March 5th
Country: was born in the Far East of Russia, now I live in Georgia
Job: worked as a barista for a year and a half
Education: studied English and Chinese translation for 1 year, than economics for another year, and now I am building a career of full time youtube meme
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Insta: depressed.russian
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[@chiefenumclaw7960]

This channel is turning into 'Optimistic Georgian' - I hope you find the happiness & love that you deserve.

[@m.gardner6173]

This! 👆

[@NormanJaxx]

😅 best comment and also... she's amazing 🙌🏻

[@pitschquitsch6858]

yes so true! I hope it too, I hope Georgia and its new residents find happiness.

[@ulisirius9027]

Yess! When the foreign agents can be dispelled! 😂 Then there will be political stability in Georgia.🎉😊

[@mpselectrolab1067]

Yes, she is a bit more optimistic in this one, but still has that negative sarcasm. I love it. You go girl! 🤪

[@Wanhope2]

I’m a little happier every day knowing you made it out!🎉

[@cyberpunkalphamale]

Same

[@mikejess04]

@@cyberpunkalphamalebut no one was stopping her🤷🏽‍♂️

[@edvardthomson7264]

Made it out? Its not hard to leave if you want to?

[@mikejess04]

@@edvardthomson7264 yes! You’re telling me that people can’t leave Russia?

[@mistervanderveer]

@@mikejess04 Obviously not everyone, and not freely. Stop pretending Russia is not a dictatorship, the world knows.

[@chillydawgg4354]

You sound happier. I love that you feed the street cats

[@wa1ufo]

I am so glad she is helping those cats. It shows that she has a beautiful soul!

[@PeteQuad]

I'm always impressed at your English vocabulary. I don't understand how you can get this just from school. Also, I think you will look back on these years with wonder and fondness, so enjoy as much as you can.

[@CoffeeAndPaul]

That 👆! Thanks for educating us & showing us that not all that is Russia is necessarily bad. You're a very fine human being. Keep doing you 👍👍.

[@Alltagundso]

I can guarantee you that she learned only a small part of her English in school, if she attended an average school. You can achieve that level of English only with additional exercises, watching films, talking to others in English (online) etc. 😊😊

[@daviddaytona]

It's wonderful hearing your positivity about your new home! You sound more than OK, and I think you'd make a welcome addition anywhere you choose to live! Thank you for the update.

[@hf009]

Been waiting for a new video and re watching the old ones! Please don't ever stop posting ❤

[@sayagarapan1686]

It’s great to see you being less depressed and far happier

[@daven2928]

Nice to see you again 😊

[@johns818]

Alena, please make more content.. we miss you!!!

[@pablodelsegundo9502]

Serious props for making the effort to learn basic Georgian. That language is up there with Hungarian as far as complexity/difficulty goes.

[@michaellastname4922]

Plus, Georgian has an alphabet to die from.

[@houseaccount3293]

You should do more Videos. And Tbilisi is amazing, I love Georgia.

[@peterroerhorst3743]

Good to see and hear you less depressed; it makes me happy too. Enjoy Georgia!

[@esj1940]

So glad that you've adjusted to life in Georgia, you deserve it. When I look back on your Vlogs from Russia the difference is totally amazing. May your days get better and better and your happiness have no end. ❤❤

[@richardpelto9099]

She is absolutely adorable. So happy that she is doing well. She has tons of fans❤🌟

[@mpselectrolab1067]

Your sarcastic humor is amazing. I love it. "Georgia has everything; high priced coffee, ...". You're a cat person, so I like you by default!

[@gabyd5662]

Alena you have come a long way,we love you, stay safe ❤😊

[@PTTM2006]

So happy for you , many good coffees and happy cats & dogs in your future.

[@solconcordia4315]

Japan has cat cafe (good for therapeutic "decompression" of the people living in a high-population-density city.) Maybe someone after visiting Georgia brought the idea of cat cafe to Japan.

[@jcben]

I'll come back to Georgia for the love of Khachapuri. Amazing food.

[@al-oh8fq]

Mix mashed cheese with butter, bake it in thin flattened dough and you will get Khachapuri (also known as imerian Khachapuri). In case of curiosity, Upgrade it by cooked eggs in it and you will get Gurian Khachapuri. Twice delicious than ordinary Khachapuri.

[@y-u-video4596]

I am glad that you seem to accustom well to your new home :)

[@sheilaedquist9552]

What a fun share. Glad you are enjoying life!

[@caspervandenbroek1486]

There is a Georgian restaurant in the town of Hilversum. I think we must visit it. Thank you for de information. and all the best with your new life.

[@mariococozza1957]

Ciao from Napoli (Italy). Just one remark: Your italian is almost perfect! (at least to order a calzone :) Have a joyful life!

[@blafonovision4342]

Happy to see you again!

[@MrEmpireBuilder0000]

GLAD TO SEE YOU DOING WELL AND SAFE.

[@js70371]

Alena it’s good to see your face!! You don’t post often enough!! ☮️❤️🙏

[@wa1ufo]

Hello! I wish you the best and I love critters like you do. My cats have literally saved my life more than once as they have healing power. Be safe! 🙂🌺🌻🏵🇺🇸

[@philippac4710]

Lovely to see you again. Very interesting video! Georgia looks beautiful. ❤️

[@joannunemaker6332]

I'm glad you are enjoying Georgia. Sounds like a wonderful country.😊❤

[@nordicson2835]

So happy to see you in a new place and in such a healthy state. Belive it or not , l caught you smiling ... and that made me happy , be safe , be well.

[@johnsaville9210]

You look great! Whatever you're doing keep doing it. :)

[@itsvishaltyagi]

Happy Birthday Miss Girl!💐🎂

[@brnamed42]

Thank you for your videos and all the best for you

[@markfinlay422]

I'm sure that everyone is happy that you are happy and settled in! Some of those places looked amazing. Good luck and I hope we herar from you again soon.

[@ericfavre2301]

good to have optimistic news from you and see you smile ! take care Alena...

[@thedr309]

i like in Georgia too!!! but the state in the USA glad to see you back

[@curtvona4891]

Great to see you again. I hear Georgia is a great country. Best of luck, moving forward.❤

[@vladanlausevic1733]

Your local situation sounds purrfect 🎉

[@blue-fj9ky]

You are smart, funny, and cool! I hope you keep posting!

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[@davidlipski863]

Have you applied for your residents card ,i see Natasha has got hers now good to hear you have enjoyed the food and culture.

[@OiZoProduct]

Alena! good to see you're doing well thank you for this video!

[@TheFrewah]

The dishes you describe sound absolutely delicious. I hope you can taste Georgian wine and perhaps do a video about it. I hear that the greeting phrase translates as ”How are your grapes doing”. So wine is important and the way they make their wine is unique. I hope you can get a home for you and an adopted cat, they couldn’t be more gorgeous.

[@AngryOlive_]

Thanks for sharing. I appreciate hearing the cultural details for the Georgian food.

[@alexanderreintzsch5315]

Happy to see you and hear about your experience. You made me curious about Georgian food now. I have to check out whether I can get it somewhere around me. I hope you find things to do in order not to get borred and to raise your selfesteem. Have a great time and enjoy spring! Greetings from Germany!

[@RogerCostello]

Hi, it is wonderful to see you enjoying life there. I really hope you have the opportunity to travel and pat the cats and dogs in many countries. Thanks for explaining Georgian food and climate.

[@MikeJohnson-ld9rn]

Thank you for the update . I was wondering how you have been doing ! Enjoy life and continue just being who you are !

[@shortaybrown]

I LOVE your descriptions of Georgian food! Please make some food-vlog vids if you have time. I’m very happy your life is going well and I can see you’re delighted and tickled pink to be out of fascist, repressive Russia. Wishing you the best from The USA! 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈

[@tastiger91]

Give you a coffee and cat and your day is complete. Good to see you enjoying some things.

[@dildswagginz3408]

Never had Georgian food but Chinese dumplings that have soup inside (Xiaolongbao) are so delicious. Also "Variation in the OR6A2 gene has been identified as a likely cause of why some people enjoy the smell and taste of coriander (also known as cilantro) while others have exactly the opposite reaction to the point of repulsion." Sucks 🤷‍♂

[@2000jago]

Love it when you swear.

[@ContrarianExpatriate]

You should give paid walking tours of Tbilisi! You'd make a lot of money.

[@knghtbrd]

Never seen your channel before. Glad you made it out! I had a friends in Russia-a couple who were saving up what they'd need to make the trip. One was picked up by police as a troublemaker. He was just walking home, but they knew who he was apparently. They just sent him to fight! I'd heard that was happening but wouldn't have believed it. He told the one in command he was leaving when they arrived. He got a nod and a wish for good luck. His fiancée was able to take the money they'd saved to get herself out. They're safe, and they're together. They have family though, so I can say no more. What I know is that people are the same the world over. We have the same laughs, loves, and hopes for our futures. What we do not have, almost any of us, is control over the people who run our country. I wish you the greatest success, and much happiness (and coffee/cats, but I repeat myself) in Georgia. (I couldn't get used to Cilantro…)

[@gabriellagirardi4741]

Very happy that you are ok in Georgia! Now you are happier and thi is great! Nice video. Thank you very much ⚘️💕🌷

[@pjgeev]

You seem a lot less depressed. Hmmmmm..... You may have to rebrand. It is nice to see that you seem to be having a better time. I hope it keeps improving like forever. All the best and good wishes to you. Cheers.

[@damonmusha6504]

Greetings from the USA. The Republic of Georgia is my dream holiday destination. Just everything about it seems fascinating and beautiful. I’m glad you are enjoying it!

[@ashleyupshall7641]

Nice to see you settling in and your upbeat demeanour. Best wishes 😊

[@josephhudson7378]

I like your attitude and description of things. I hope you make more videos. Your partner is lucky. You seem like a gem.

[@kirkevans4544]

I'm glad to hear you're slowly getting closer to the day when "depressed" will fall away from your name. That day is coming Alina, count on it! - Kirk from USA.

[@Alan-pv2bi]

Awesome reviews! Glad you are happy and will be ok, in spite of the legal woes.

[@IzzyOnTheMove]

If the coffee is good and there are cats, you are A-OK 💜

[@bobjustus]

OMG you've left russia! Keep posting, i used to watch you constantly.

[@arnoudshort]

Thank you Alena for updating us, its very interesting and entertaining at the same time 🤗♥

[@tomrankin4530]

Thank you for making this video. It was great to get an update. Like other commenters have said, I can tell that you are happier now. That is the best news.

[@Paul.PlaysGames]

Hello Good to see that you are still on Earth 🌏 🍀🦛

[@0lyge0]

This channel is the definition of "leave them wanting more" 😄Glad you're doing well but the end makes me a little sad. I hope you'll be doing better than ok and they strike that law from the books.

[@solconcordia4315]

Russia had a gender change from Mother Russia to a Fatherland. Russia's law is trying to hide the trace of Poo-tin's special transgender operation which neutered the spayed Mother Russia.

[@kelviskelvis7140]

You are expressing your life stories so well, there is a noticeable change from when you were in russia. Soda with a taste of tarragon - I do not find that here in the US, but you are convincing me to try it when I find it. Take care.

[@alittlebitgone]

I've had the one in the video, I loved it but you better like black licorice, it's a HUGE licorice punch to the tastebuds.

[@jimwilliamson7598]

Love you! ❤Jim🇨🇦🪺🐥🇺🇦🙏

[@JimScholfield]

Who'd a thunk it! Alina the star stand up comedian. Don't worry, be happy!

[@danfriedman1164]

I love you, Elena!

[@informationcollectionpost3257]

Glad you are happy with Georgia & Tilbsi. Food does sound good as I butter on piece of bread to make a sandwhich taste like I have two pieces of cheese in it when I only have one to put on it. ( I ran out of cheese ) Cheese eggs and butter definitely go together. Inexpensive transportation is always appreciated. Warm but not hot weather is always desired.

[@KurtHiemcke]

I love to listen to you and seeing you do fairly well. Hope you feel my kindness and support from Holland 👋👋🌈

[@bobbyo111]

smiled as always...nice to see you back dear *

[@lowellaguno]

Alena, thanks for making my day just a bit brighter. For a "Depressed Russian" you got me smiling and laughing with your vlog. Continue to keep your positive attitude. (You say that this video isn't a promotion for Georgia. Well, I think you'd do a good job as a spokesperson for tourism in Georgia. 👍👍😁)

[@frednitney5831]

All those poor stray critters! It might be nice having a stray critter handy whenever you need a cuddle, but it can't be nice being a stray critter! Also, a bowl of fresh water might be appreciated (in addition to the food). You seem to be coping well with the loss of your depression. Personally, without my depression I'd be empty and hollow inside, but that's me. ;-)

[@solconcordia4315]

It's perfectly fine to be like a bamboo, mostly hollow and empty inside because emptiness is compatible with many things (e.g. packed with gunpowder to make a firestick, sharpened to make a pike, cut to proper length to make a yoke for fetching water, propped a pair of halved bamboo sticks up on chairs to make a bed, burnt as fuel in a stove.) I was born in bamboo garden. We also ate a few bamboo shoots when they came out.

[@clarencebarnes2510]

I love the way you deliver your humererous comedy lines.

[@asan1050]

ThanksMuch for posting !

[@mh-qq2hj]

I really enjoyed seeing the sights and food of Georgia! Looks like a cool place to visit!

[@hardtackbeans9790]

Good to see you doing so well.

[@giovannidomenech4321]

Very happy for you ❤hugs from America. More content please as we all miss you!

[@frankb1]

I have heard that Georgian food is outstanding. I would like to try khinkali. In fact, everything you describe sounds good (well, except the raw egg yolk).

[@Alltagundso]

Nice to see you again. 😊😊❤

[@Andrew-ky8oc8cq4n]

"Seagulls are my favorite" Spoken by someone who has never seen a seagull eat a squirrel.

[@markb1785]

Love this girl! One of my favorite Russian people 😃

[@EnriqueDeQuesada101]

It was great to see you again!

[@meursaultscourtroom8886]

Depressed Russian to Happy Georgian- glad to hear it!

[@timweddington3193]

Nice to see you doing a video again!

[@ForestRain44]

Good for you! If you have to be stuck somewhere, Georgia sounds like an awesome place to be.

[@belovedone151]

Your videos are very entertaining. I like your voice and the way you present yourself.

[@armandogavare2853]

hi good to see you

[@MichaelDonlinAwesome]

You look and sound great. Very cool. Hey, I would dig a 'you discovering all types of Georgian foods' series. Very chill vid.

[@user-sh5px7zt8m]

50,000 subscribers soon!

[@PureMusicRadio]

i was waiting aswell for a new video!dont ever stop!please dont ever stop!

[@harrydecker8731]

I enjoyed your update of your life in Georgia. You seem to be happy there. The food sounds scrumptious! Cilantro is a strong herb, but when used in certain dishes it complements the flavor. For example, here's how I make my own salsa. I chop up several ripe juicy tomatoes. (Good whole canned tomatoes work well and use the juice.) I chop up a large garlic clove, a few scallions, half an Anaheim pepper, a mild jalapeno pepper, and a small bunch of cilantro. Blend them all together then squeeze some lime juice and mix again. I eat my salsa with scoop chips, but any salty chips or crackers will do. If you can find all these ingredients, give it a try. You might have to adjust it to suit your own taste. This dish has been popular whenever friends come over. I tell them that they'll get garlic breath, but then if everyone has garlic breath, no one minds.

[@jimwilliamson7598]

I could get along well with you!🧑🏻‍🌾❤️

[@cmdrYzemaN]

Yay! An update from my favourite depresso espresso ☕️

[@justhefacts8358]

Hello from Canada 😊

[@Sean-ld1ek]

You seem happier and more content with life, i hope you start to experience the happiness you deserve!

[@hasanyousaf1]

Khinkali ,cats, coffee. Glad you are enjoying yourself.

[@lasham5248]

Liked the simplicity and "yeah whatever" attitude of your speech.

[@christopherkessler4827]

Glad you're doing well.