Dzerzhinsk, the dirtiest Russian city - From Moscow to Murmansk

Dzerzhinsk is one of the 10 most dirty cities in the world. Jelle speaks with the inhabitants that claim they can guess at which tram stop they are just by smelling it.
Original title: The heritage
In the first series: From Moscow to Magadan, Jelle Brandt Corstius traveled from West to East, focusing on the endless Russian countryside and the villages. In this second series: From Moscow to Murmansk, he travels from North to South along the largest river of Russia: the Volga River. A trip along the relatively unknown cities like Murmansk, Volgograd, Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod, but also to Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Through topics like women in Russia, new censorship, the environmental problem from Russian perspective and the ideological vacuum, a relatively unknown side of Russia is once again exposed.
Presented by: Jelle Brandt Corstius
Final editor: Gert-Jan Hox
Directed by: Hans Pool
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[@Mark-kr5go]

Dutch sounds like English heard in the background of a restaurant when you aren't paying attention.

[@will251]

10:52 "I don’t know what to do with this guy. He's telling lies." I think we all feel like that sometimes

[@olivegrove2615]

Here in Australia it's the same, some places are still contaminated from years of manufacturing, mining and "British nuclear testing.

[@3BlueHaze]

Great documentary, a true hidden gem.

[@vproworldstories]

Thank you 3BlueHaze.

[@barmalei4224]

français, le journaliste, car il n'est pas tué dans un terrible , agressif , autoritaire pays!!!! Le héros .

[@bonjournee0]

it is a heartbreaking episode......

[@ZOMGdefenderMan]

Awesome documentary, very informative and interesting, looking forward to more stuff like this!

[@vproworldstories]

Thank you!

[@kimrobinberntsen4152]

love this documentaries, will watch many of yours, grate work:)

[@vproworldstories]

Thank you Kim Robin Berntsen! Subscribe to our channel, and you'll get updates on our new series. :)

[@jonnimacaronni1774]

I live in Dzerzhinsk 24 years)) and I think that all these problems are connected with corruption, officials don't care about these problems, because they live outside the city) the only good news is the White sea began to clean up. I do not know how much quality work will be done, which allocated a lot of money....

[@dermitdemziel]

Great documentary. Thank you!

[@vproworldstories]

Thank you! If you want to, please share our documentary, to support us.

[@ximenamaldonadopedraza2958]

Excelente documental y excelente trabajo. Saludos desde Colombia 😊😊

[@vproworldstories]

Gracias Ximena Maldonado Pedraza!

[@heyitstig6559]

Love your videos. So much to learn!

[@vproworldstories]

Thank you so much. You can also give a look to our other channel kzbin.info

[@lrn_news9171]

IdontDance Learn what? I don't understand anything, there's nothing in english or french.

[@Tiger-lg5of]

I like these documentaries because I grew up in the Cold War and Russia was a country of secrets, like North Korea is today.

[@africansubscriber4530]

was waiting to see huge hip of dump site all over only to see a cool country side with village household

[@jonniebyford]

Good videos these Jelle and co. That woman calling her husband fat and him retaliating and laughing. People are the same all over the world.

[@darthvader5300]

They could have used ozone gas diffusion and/or/with indirect-direct electric arc plasma disassociation process to neutralize the chemicals and pass them through a series of vibrating limestone aggregate grids to make sure that a fresh limestone reaction surface is constantly renewed and exposed and then through a series of electrostatic repulsion filters and ultrasonically accelerated catalytic conversion filters. In some cases, let the gas-air bubble through a lime-water mixture or limestone rock dust powder-water mixture.

[@magisterartium]

Goede docu. Heb je nog contact gehad met de mensen die je hebt geinterviewd of weet je wat ze anno 2018 zijn?

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

As an English speaker, Dutch sounds so familiar.

[@beickus]

10:52, 11:52, when a journalist starts to think like a public prosecutor then there is serious trouble

[@felixdzerzhinsky9926]

you still driving Volga? you a fearless dutch!

[@venceremosallende422]

How do you felt after and during your visit of Dzershinsk? Things like that always scare me, and I felt you felt there scared too.

[@MrDanielsahne]

I'm from east frisia(the most north/west part of germany, 10km away from the border to the Netherlands) and I understand like every second word. :D

[@user-ki8il9sm5j]

More than this is norilsk in siberria

[@ThomasWettengel]

Rule #1: Don't talk ABOUT somebody that's in the room with you (11:00). I consider this behaviour as not proper.

[@agentone8949]

He showed a garbage dump. Big fucking deal. In US there are dumps way bigger than that.

[@pertechnetyl]

Permissible level (PEL) for phenol is set at 5 ppm. 17 000 000 x 5 ppm = 85000000 ppm; this equals 8500% .... it is thus impossible. Lead and mercury are ALSO (typical) heavy metals. What is "tetraethyl"? TetraethylWHAT?

[@terrysb20124]

Awesome documentary. Your Russian is quite good as well.

[@vproworldstories]

Jelle lived a long time in Russia. :) Would you share our documentary with your friends? It would help us a lot! Thank you!

[@rdtwins6669]

when was this filmed?

[@vproworldstories]

It is written in the description: in 2012.

[@R3AktoRMacedonia]

Looks like this documentary was recorded with something worse than Soviet camera.

[@omega4chimp]

You have to cut the pine trees down and make solar energy.

[@vinrusso821]

Norisk, the northernmost city in the world and is the most polluted city. It is a mineral rich island that used to be political prisoners. Back in USSR days, there were some terrible places, yet the UN tries to make the US cut down on manufacturing, even though the US is one of the countries that have abides by the suggestions made without loss of revenue.communist countries under the Soviets had no rules with pollution, lifespan was 8 years less than the west.

[@77subdk]

does he speak english ?

[@vproworldstories]

Who?

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

Chernobyl would be a healthier place to live.

[@pingwin7990]

Nou ben ik blij dat ik Nederlands praat. Nou moet ik alleen maar beter Russisch leren.

[@vproworldstories]

Het is de moeite waard. ;) Maar...als het niet lukt, dan kunt u deze aflevering met Nederlands ondertitels hier bekijken: www.vpro.nl/speel~VPWON_1177443~de-erfenis~.html

[@felixdzerzhinsky9926]

my city!

[@chrisoszywa7877]

Russia has such an amazing potential, I can become very wealthy and prosperous country. If Russia spoke say German language, it would be super rich, because language can contain a motivational force and make the people focused, attentive (academically defined as cortical arousal). Read the book, "Frighten the World into Prosperity: By installing alarm sounds into languages" and you will see that all Russian government has to do is to slightly alter Russian language, so that it contains alarm sounds and Russia will become the most industrious and rich country in the world with in a matter of year or a decade.

[@cybair9341]

Les Russes peuvent se permettre de polluer quelques minuscules parcelles de leur immense territoire qui est encore vierge. Éventuellement, leur économie va s'améliorer et leur permettre de s'attaquer aux problèmes sanitaires.

[@vproworldstories]

Bonjour Cybair, Interessante façon de penser, mais ne vaut-il mieux pas faire les choses "proprement" dès le départ?

[@martingianelli7552]

@@vproworldstories Demandons les millons des indonésiens et africains morts par des hollandaises...

[@audiaudi873]

This documentary is realy hard too watch. Of course, Russia is poorer than western countries and has a lot of propblem with economy, freedom & democracy, but this documentary is trying too show Russia in the most negative way as it possible.

[@martingianelli7552]

The reason is MH17 and Ukraine... Do you think the Russians care? Napoleon and Hitler will tell you.