Life in the Russian exclave Kaliningrad | German heritage, Russian people and Soviet buildings

[@christianphilipp7110]

My father was born there when it was still called Koenigsberg. Thanks for this video❤

[@naturestone3148]

My dad was born there too.😊 In 1940.

[@christianphilipp7110]

@@naturestone3148 So they were born in the same year

[@krisjustin3884]

My great great grandparents were born there! Sad to see a well-regarded lost culture, but nice to see it coming back to life like this.

[@karlheinzvonkroemann2217]

1/3 of Germans can trace their families back to the lost territories that are now Poland and part of Russia. This is only 80 years.

[@dagmarvandoren9364]

Ja der krieg. Konigsberg. Kant. Alles weg. Danzig. G. Dans k

[@BlackBear15909]

As a person who appreciates all cultures, I've been watching your videos and enjoy being taken along your journeys. As a side note, my german grandmother was born in Königsberg and always told me of her life in East Prussia. One day I hope to visit.

[@dagmarvandoren9364]

Oma. Muttie. KONIGSBERG und Tilsit.........

[@annicarosander2074]

​@@dagmarvandoren9364Tilziter Käse?

[@dominikr3404]

hat leider nichts mehr mit preußen zutun

[@Westyrulz]

Ostpreußen muss dem Vaterland zurückgegeben werden !!

[@vadomarmeddugnatoswidukind]

@@annicarosander2074 Tilsiter Käse, au Backe. Soweit ich weiss, stammt der Tilsiter Käse von einem Schweizer, der nach Ostpreussen auswanderte. Mittlerweile wird in Tilsit kein Käse mehr produziert (oder höchstens sowjetischer?) Aber Tilsiter Käse gehört zum Sortiment der deutschen und der schweizerischen Supermärkte. Wobei die deutsche und die schweizerische Version nicht identisch sind. Ich (als Schweizer mit ostpreussischer Oma) bevorzuge die deutsche Version, da sie ein wenig herzhafter schmeckt. Man erkennt sie an den feinen Luftblasen.

[@getthepointx]

I have to remind myself sometimes that this is not a film crew, but a one person production. You're very skilled with both filming and editing. I'm grateful that you spend your free days grinding out videos for your channel. I really enjoy your videos.

[@silverkitty2503]

i never knew she owned a drone

[@Lokalny123]

Kreml money

[@michaelgratton1767]

@@Lokalny123 Yes, sadly she is a pro putin propagandist who supports war criminal putin.

[@nnnnnn3647]

free days? it's her job.

[@justinsmith5338]

No-one stops to think that this is another conquered/stolen country the same as Russia is trying to do with Ukraine, Belarus,and has done to georgia, Japanese Islands, Moldova,(Transistia) Chechnya, Parts of Finland and more. They are in the same league as Hitler - evil people.

[@barry7608]

I'm in love!....with marzipan of course. Love your vids best wishes from Australia. Take care, also great choice of music to finish with.

[@aseltho]

Not a single word about Immanuel Kant 😢 one of the most important philosophers of the last centuries. He spent his whole life in Königsberg.

[@anais-teodoru]

Но кстати, был подданным Российской империи!) это факт!)

[@aseltho]

​@@anais-teodoru You are wrong, at that time (1724 - 1804) it belonged to Preußen (Prussia). Get back to school.

[@anais-teodoru]

@@aseltho во время семилетней войны Кёнигсберг был захвачен русскими войсками и Кант дал присягу Российской императрице Елизавете Петровне 1757-1762!))

[@aseltho]

In which language he wrote all his books? If someone conquers a region this doesn't mean he is the founder of a culture. Why do you insist on such a short period of time? Why this provocation? Königsberg was a German Prussian town founded hundreds years ago by Prussians and Kant was and is the most famous son of this city.

[@kawu3373]

​@@anais-teodoru Ах да, Россия всегда вторгается в другие страны... то есть "освобождает"

[@ajjoshi9232]

You make the videos so well. It makes me feel I have known you all my life though physically and culturally, we are poles apart. My hats off to you Eli.

[@khecke]

I went to Königsberg (now Kaliningrad) in Fall of 1942 and also to Tilsit and went there to school for a few month, before I returned to Silesia.

[@creighton8069]

1942, so you must remember the Second World War then?

[@sarunas3483]

Are u sure about date..

[@dannyarcher6370]

Sure you did.

[@EaNasirSellsBadCopperNGL]

With someone that old on the internet with such fluency in typing... I believe you

[@LAKHWINDERSINGH-rk4mb]

I am a resident of India and studying in Russia it I have a. Student visa. For one year. can I travel in kaliningrad.

[@movalodh]

Excellent, Eli from Russia! Outstanding quality in all areas. I found it informative, interesting and entertaining.

[@pomodorino1766]

Thanks Eli! Beautiful video as usual! The place looks amazing also!

[@TheVigilant109]

Wonderful video Eli. Many thanks for taking me on another visit to a part of Russia. Fascinating

[@billbaird2273]

Great video. We visited Kaliningrad in 2018 for the World Cup and I agree people there are so friendly and accommodating. Actually we found people to be very friendly everywhere we traveled in Russia, hope this war is over soon so we can visit again. Kaliningrad is very interesting, there are only a few structures left from the former Königsberg (apart from the cobbled streets), there are a few places from the old walls 2 gates, one of which has been turned into a museum, very interesting. I think they must get a lot of German tourists (or did get), as you see souvenirs in most shops with Königsberg on them.

[@eaglee4010]

You see, they are supposedly nice people, but they harass others. You realized that Russians are bandits.

[@edelweiss-]

so sad that are less structures are left from Königsberg. The history and culture there just got erased away? it never was an slavic place. so many parts towards Königsberg. So less people know, that Germany never was as tiny as its today.

[@prayer.online]

@@edelweiss- I am from there. If you walk in central area of willas you would see tonns of former german buildingsanfd streets,

[@AntonioRossi-bi4up]

The Russians in Konigsberg did ethnic cleansing and ethnic replacement as they did with all neighboring countries. They destroyed everything. They replaced the culture-filled German outoctonian population that gave birth to Kant with a backward Slavic population. Really sad.

[@rosaschmitt2837]

An really interesting and educational video🙂. Greetings from Germany🇩🇪

[@darellnewsome4459]

Awesome video Eli and I learned a lot from it. Thank you for sharing!

[@alanfox4914]

Hi Eli from Russia. Every day's a school day. I love learning about your beautiful country and the people within it🥰

[@carlossaraiva8213]

Everyday i learn what her beautiful country is doing to the beautiful country of Ukraine. It aint pretty, i tell you. By the way, Kal8ngrad is not russia, its a conquered part of Germany - East Prussia to be exact - with some polish territory as well. Yeah!

[@alanfox4914]

I'm pretty sure that she didn't start the war. government's start wars 💔

[@ВладСавицки]

@@carlossaraiva8213 Поменьше лживую западную пропаганду слушай.

[@franklynlohr1060]

@@carlossaraiva8213 move on

[@SamsRussianAdventures]

Hi Alan, it's very refreshing to read such a comment. I'm so tired to read negative comments and this one made my day.

[@stevenhandorf3145]

I am watching your channel for the first time in several months. I stopped only because of time considerations, not for political reasons. Your blogs are always so professional and so enjoyable to watch!

[@lucasrem]

she is German, she just never went back in 1945, no politics please. She, i meant Grandmother/family etc...

[@Hopazz]

@@lucasrem politics please. Prove that.

[@marmar7255]

I absolutely love your all videos of Russia. My FAVORITE ones.🤩

[@TheDoe53]

Always first class videos. Thank you for sharing your country to the viewers!

[@retrogamestudios6688]

Eli, glad to see u again. East coast USA is waiting for your visit....well someday I hope. Be safe, glad your well. Keep up the good work.

[@rhubarbpie5232]

I grew up as a boy of German parents living in Canada and later, the US. I love the German Christmas traditions....except for Marzipan! You are right, Eli. There is no middle ground when it comes to Marzipan. You either love it or hate it. Perhaps the Kaliningrad Marzipan might change my mind. Thank you for the history of Marzipan! I never knew this.

[@frostflower5555]

I can't imagine how anyone can not love marzipan.

[@Pit-Sirikos]

You never had this DDR Marzipan ? Forgot its name..but its delicious, wraped in choklade..Marzipan is juts smashed Almonds, some add other stuff and mess it up, but basicly its like peanutbutter !

[@RonSommar]

@@Pit-Sirikos In fear I must add that Eastern Germany was forced to replace almonds by cheaper apricot ingredients. Nevertheless, today they returned to almonds and the original recipe. Give it another try 😊

[@rogink]

@@frostflower5555 I'm not usually a sweet eater, but I love marzipan, as much for its smell as the taste. Mmmm...

[@maxsonthonax1020]

But don't you miss Königsberg/Kaliningrad?

[@DeemaZiad]

I became addicted to your videos Eli . Even start to learn some few words in Russian .. I wish you make more videos .. Wish you the best

[@StevoBolgakov]

I am in team love Marzipan, great video on Kaliningrad!! It is a place I think most of us don¨t know much about

[@JM-ig4ed]

So interesting - thank you so much for continued excellent videos about life there.

[@abas9393]

@@ElifromRussia 😭😭 😭 I love and miss your lovely videos in Perm; 😂specially when you show us the crazy Bania😂😂😂😂❄️❄️❄️♥️♥️ Keep your videos simple like that one 😅😊

[@robert9ish]

Excellent content lately, Eli. I'm glad to see that you're managing to get more of it uploaded for us at a fast pace, too. Thanks! Oh, and I hate marzipan, though I've never tried any from Kaliningrad. Lol...

[@juavi6987]

High quality Marzipan from Lübeck -as far as rember the taste the East Prussian marzipan is comparable, and many marzipan-makers did also relocate there after the war, - is does taste quite different to the over sugared stuff you often get (which I never liked as well, especially as a child. Maybe tryin it out?..

[@robert9ish]

@@juavi6987 Thank you! I'll give it a try. I used to hate olives and wouldn't eat them for a long time. One day, I tried again and I loved them. Maybe it will be the same with a good quality marzipan. Have a great day!

[@johnsmith1474]

Too much time wasted making believe there is something interesting at some concrete rooms under an old fort.

[@robert9ish]

@@johnsmith1474 Good thing it's not your time to waste as you choose then, isn't it? Pfft...

[@jameswalker4225]

@@robert9ish nobody said a tool who uses a name like John Smith for YT commenting has more than 45 chromosomes in play.

[@hereandthere6863]

Having lived in Germany for four years I love Marzipan. Thank you for sharing this information and providing us with a tour.

[@2GringosOnTheGulf]

Great vid guys thanks for sharing your time with us 2 Canadians 🇨🇦 living in Mexico Yucatan peninsula sending you support cheers ✌️🥂🥰🙏

[@brysonboehl6590]

Thanks for the tour, Eli! Amazing part of the world! Superb video editing also.

[@SamsRussianAdventures]

It's an amazing place, I hope to visit soon too.

[@carltongirl95]

What an unusual city Kaliningrad is in some area's it really does look German and the rest like Russia thankyou for sharing Eli I'm loving your stories about your homeland 💜

[@petermolnar8401]

This happens when Russia consume some civilized beutiful city or country. Practically , Königsberg is now a military base of Russia . they can reach Europe even with simple missiles. If they use hypersonic , London just 5 min.The same fate waits for Odessa . Because of the same strategic reason. I wondering how they will rename it and erase from their alternate history :S ....

[@krissdev6301]

@Peter Molnar omg what?) we have no alternative history, it was renamed just because kënigsberg so hard to pronounce for simple Russian it’s not looks like Russian language but everyone know the history of the city🙄 and also if you didn’t knew -Odessa was founded by Ekaterina II and was part of Russian empire for hundreds years, so its not needs to rename it 🙄🌝 Before that it was turkish fortress or little military town And also if you think we have no acces to the internet and world history sources you absolutely incorrect. And also if you think you r more smart than other whole country - your not enough smart for understand the reality🙄 we r not North Korea with separated internet and closed borders🙄

[@petermolnar8401]

@@krissdev6301 Even Humgary and Romania has their own alter history ... nationalism work like that. I think about Holodomor for example...was that a lie too? Some nation just can't learn or change their agressive nature. I respect those Russians who dare to speak freely even if they can go to jail for a word like "war" they are the real heros of Russia. Not the orcs looking for nazis in Ukrain. XD That is where brainwash starts.

[@VHSKacceta]

@@petermolnar8401 You're a victim of propaganda. Do you know what the law "the law of war" says? as it is called in the West. No. Because all you know is that Western propaganda has poured into your brain through its media. The law on fakes is called, there is no such "law of war" in Russia. One of the points of this law states that the media that use the word "war" as a special operation in Ukraine will fall under the article about fakes. The law on fakes applies only to the media (Bloggers in Russia also fall under the category of mass media). If an ordinary citizen calls a special operation in Ukraine a war, nothing will happen to him for it, no matter where he did it. The law provides for fines against the media and only after malicious, repeated violations of the law on fakes, restriction of human freedom is applied. So far, not a single person has been imprisoned for using the word "war" in relation to Ukraine in Russia. Although many liberal bloggers in Russia still allow themselves to repeatedly call the situation in Ukraine a war and they do nothing for it. The West took the law when it was brought into consideration in Russia and turned it upside down, distorted it for propaganda and gave it to you fools, and now you run everywhere and poke it everywhere as an example of dictatorship, it looks ridiculous and stupid. And it only proves how stupid people in the West are and are susceptible to propaganda.

[@petermolnar8401]

@@VHSKacceta it is clear now. So the protests on the Russian streets , the recorded videos when police put the peacefully people in cars because they say no war , was the best CGi animation ever creeated? :D wooow !

[@Speaktruthabsolutely2024]

I just love how these videos can be colorized now with CGI. It almost looks real. It looks so different from the black and white motherland. Great job 👏👏👏

[@Nastiazik]

*Greetings from a Russian blogger to a Russian blogger🇷🇺😂* Thanks for the wonderful video, Elli)

[@asdrdffad]

🔥🔥🔥

[@AuraCraft]

you're a propagandist :p

[@Nastiazik]

@@AuraCraft a propagandist of sound opinion?

[@AuraCraft]

@@Nastiazik go talk to people in donbas and see if your opnion changes

[@ultonian63]

@@AuraCraft and you’re a bot.

[@paulbuning690]

Thanks Elli for the very interesting documentation! A few years ago, as Germans, we visited Kaliningrad when times were not that complicated. Really worth seeing! You didn't mention one important fact: Immanuel Kant, one of the most important philosophers, spent his whole life here!

[@phillipproussier3723]

She didn´t mention Immanuel Kant, but it´s still in the video. It´s written in the museum part.

[@NoMady688]

Um pouco antes da morte Kant escreveu ou falou isso: “A vida é um fardo para mim, estou cansado de carrega-lo. E se o anjo da morte decidisse vir esta noite e me levar daqui, ergueria minha mão e diria: Deus seja louvado” ... Está escrito na bíblia que quem se matar irá para o inferno. As vezes, eu penso "Que triste... Agora.... Eu tenho que viver... "

[@NoMady688]

"A guerra é má, por originar mais homens maus do que aqueles que mata”. By Kant Bem interessante. A guerra repercute em anos e todos que leem sobre ela, muitas vezes gostariam de estar presente e isso muitas vezes produzem mais monstros do que guerreiros. Gosto bastante dos alemães. Ditado alemão "Pai Rico Filho humilde Neto pobre" 🤭🤭🤣🤣

[@phillipproussier3723]

@@NoMady688 = 🤡

[@NoMady688]

@@phillipproussier3723 eu acho que você errou no seu julgamento... Deixe-me explicar o ditado. Pai Rico (muito sábio e ensina o filho tudo sobre a vida e como ser feliz.) Filho humilde (ele aprende tudo com o pai, mas repassa toda a sabedoria aos amigos.) Neto pobre (agora todos sabem o que o pai ensinou sobre a vida, mas o neto não é mais sábio, não aos olhos do mundo, pois todos tem o mesmo ensinamento)

[@krunoslavkovacec1842]

This is why exclaves and enclaves are some of the most interesting places on Earth. The combination of cultures and the historical heritage is incredible.

[@Keithyoung420]

россия древний город вы найдете кучу красивых вещей тоже старые здания и большой океан

[@johnsmith1474]

What is why? You stated no object.

[@sandor7594]

Enclave? No! Occuped territory!

[@krunoslavkovacec1842]

@@sandor7594 In terms of history, yes. In terms of geography, it's an exclave

[@Pedros-g5q]

Nazi exclave with nazi people

[@nailamovsumzade8702]

This was amazing! thank you, we really enjoyed watching 🥰😇

[@Randy_Gayler]

Always excited to see a new video from you Eli. Your production values are just excellent, professional quality in my opinion. And you do what we need more of, spread some people to people goodwill around the world. Stay your lovely and charming self and I look to see more of you in the future! 💖

[@alexandercheremisin3371]

@@ElifromRussia Ты прокадыркина пропагандистка, даже не знаешь, чем Хрущёвка от Брежневки отличается. Татарва тупая. Ещё этого типа у этого типа американца интервью брала. Ну вот кто ты после этого?

[@paulsdancing5429]

Randy, thank you for putting in writing my feelings about Eli. In Canada, we would say about Eli that she is the girl that every father would wish to have for a daughter. She is the product of her people. Of her's Euro-Asian culture. A culture that has to survive, if the World will survive

[@cfneal1459]

@@ElifromRussia Travelogue and historical, these video remind me of our common humanity, and for the possibilities of peace the world over. So I pray, in Jesus name, amen. Thank you for you service!

[@VernCrisler]

Be careful though. Some bloggers from a country I won't mention say she is KGB. Their proof was mainly Tim the Talker. ;-)

[@cfneal1459]

@@VernCrisler KGB kaput these three decades. Whatever it is NOW, she who have no place in Putin's manly intel agency. j/s

[@tuaniskandar9621]

The travel videos you produce are always impressive, Eli. I'm so provoked to want to visit Kalingrad, especially when in summer it looks very beautiful. Thanks a lot for the information. And keep making interesting videos about Russia, so that the world community understands how unique and beautiful Russia is.

[@SamsRussianAdventures]

It's great to see that people are still interested in Russia!

[@nomadclient4047]

Here is a link to a great Russian KZbinr channel that explains Russia very well. It's one of the most popular! kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2e3pIOBnaaWZq8

[@thermofisherru7259]

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[@doug307]

the TRUTH is, Prussia is NOT Russia, never was and never will be. It is still an occupied territory but there will come a day when Russia will have to leave it and justice will be restored. The time may come very soon.

[@vvaldez0221]

@@SamsRussianAdventures Russia is a great country with beautiful people but unfortunate, politicians and military expansionist make people forget about the beauty and culture of Russia.

[@martinlomsater9660]

Beautiful location ☺️😊 thanks 🙏

[@aelyslohr9353]

Only yet: thank you Eli for this interesting video: my ancestors are from this region. I will go there one day. Greetings from Austria

[@dweamy1]

Just wanted to let you know that the roads are made with 'cobble stones' not paving stones. PAving stones are what you have on the pavement :-). Kaliningrad is beautiful !

[@Mikeb8134]

Once again another stolen property that doesn't belong to Russia and will be returned when that awful country collapses.

[@ganjinfly]

По-моему, правильно она говорит. Брусчатка это камень прямоугольной формы, которым выкладывают улицы и тротуары. На сколько заметил, там дорога выложена как раз квадратным или прямоугольным камнем (во всяком случае на 2:32).

[@ingvarahlekristenssen6721]

Eli, always interesting things from you, Kaliningrad, so close, and far a way, from Sweden. Keep it up with your nice little documentaries.

[@SamsRussianAdventures]

Have you ever thought about visiting?

[@ЕгорУшаков-л2м]

Come on. From Sweden to Kaliningrad 450 kilometers across the Baltic Sea. From Kaliningrad to Moscow is three times more.

[@pamelahalstead]

For folks who want to deny there is a war of aggression being perpetrated by these happy, “peaceful” people who don’t have to worry about nightly terror bombing. A tour de force for the gigantic propaganda machine that is the Russia of today. This piece was concocted a year into Russia’s genocidal war against a free country. Though I fully expect that my entry will be suppressed by the very people I am talking about I had to say it. At least they may have to read it before they eliminate it (like so much else).

[@Joseph-le5zk]

Thank you Eli this was another of ur wonderful videos I am not Russian but I have a few friends here in Portland, Oregon and I share these videos with my Russian friends

[@doug307]

the TRUTH is, Prussia is NOT Russia, never was and never will be. It is still an occupied territory but there will come a day when Russia will have to leave it and justice will be restored. The time may come very soon.

[@tildarusso]

Super love your narrative style and contents, informative, peaceful and soothing. Love your smile even more.

[@deadcatbounce3124]

Very interesting look. My German ancestors are from the Konigsberg area, I think it's safe to say that there wouldn't be any relatives still living there now.

[@Doiran-co8md]

yep the russians take good care to ensure no living german will stay there

[@deadcatbounce3124]

@@Doiran-co8md The Poles too.

[@Doiran-co8md]

Yep them too

[@AncientOneFamily.]

They even dumped our tombstones over....

[@annab2717]

Thank you Eli for recognizing that Konigsberg was part of Germany before. I am German and after the end of the war we had to deal with many refugees from that part of the world. Some of my best friends as far away as Mexico came from there.

[@БелаяГвардия-о4ю]

Russia never said, that Kaliningrad wasn't German before. Everyone know it

[@alxnd_r6345]

You should also thank them for not taking your complete country. You deserved it.

[@elliotgirl3921]

it's not a secret.

[@jubanumidia8460]

@@БелаяГвардия-о4ю meanwhile polish and Czech denied the truth about German lost territories

[@PascalKorver]

Konigsberg should be independent, or be returned to Germany. Just like Donbas. Russian ruined it with those ugly residential buildings

[@ultimatetruth3647]

Dear Eli ,Russia is so huge I think it will take one's lifetime to be fully covered by travel and explore the entire country. Best wishes and best of luck ❤.

[@doug307]

Ultimate truth, the TRUTH is, Prussia is NOT Russia, never was and never will be. It is still an occupied territory but there will come a day when Russia will have to leave it and justice will be restored. The time may come very soon.

[@ronaldbrunjes5379]

My grandfather lost his home in Königsberg, I would love to see if it's still there after WW2. Just a beautiful city, thank you for the video.

[@juliojames5986]

Eli, Great tour . The Amber museum is interesting . Thanks so much. 😍💐 🇺🇸🇷🇺

[@FYLUBO1]

Its hard to imagine that both Gdansk and Kaliningrad were rival cities with similar number of people and how it looks today... Gdańsk/ Danzig was heavily destroyed during WW2 but luckily rebuilt by Poles(lets say 40-50% of historical city was brought back to life the rest was gone)... In Kalingrad whole city center looks like empty desert with one church remaining in the middle of nothing plus some 90's and 2000's added buildings... its such a big pity that Russians didn't decide to rebuilt this city. This cobbled stone roads are probably older than whole Russia there, and it is sad when people say that they like this european architecture there but generally it was destroyed in 90% of its previous state. Kalingrad would be in one list with turistic Tallin Riga Gdansk and for example Lubeck...

[@cheezycrackers8677]

The Russians bulldozed whatever was left. Their intent was to completely eradicate all signs of the city's German past.

[@erichamilton3373]

The Poles have an emotional connection to Gdańsk (Danzig) so they were interested in showing it's history. The Russians replaced Königsberg with Kaliningrad...as they had no historical relation to that place.

[@LukaS0039]

@@erichamilton3373 Danzig was less destroyed than Koenigsberg, since Koenigsberg was bombed by British aircraft, where thousands of bombs were dropped a day and the entire center was completely destroyed, and Danzig was taken by storm by the Soviet army and then Danzig was restored with the money of the European Union. What could have been restored and what hadn't was cleared.

[@LukaS0039]

@@erichamilton3373 and the Poles never had any connection with the datsik, until 45 it was the territory of Germany, and before that it was the territory of the state of Prussia, but in 1918 Germany enslaved it. And Prussia had more connections with the Russian Empire than with the Poles.

[@zdzisawdziegiel2154]

@@LukaS0039 It is not good when blindness with national propaganda obscures the historical truth. Gdańsk belonged to Poland from the 13th century and was founded by Polish kings. It was owned by Germany after the treacherous partition of Poland in the second half of the 18th century (by Russia, Austria and Prussia) until 1945 and returned to Polish possession! And Kaliningrad (formerly Królewiec with an area called East Prussia) was the territory given to the Teutonic Order for eternal exile by the Polish king Stefan Batory. This fact is known in history as the Prussian Homage, when the Teutonic Order, after the final defeat of the Polish-Lithuanian Union by the army, had to humble itself before the Polish King.

[@gerhard6105]

In 2016, i was in Kaliningrad. I drove to that area with my own car. I am from the Netherlands. We stayed in Zelenogradsk for a week. It was very nice. The tiny hotel was 150 m from the sea. We also visited the dancing forest, Dune Elau (62m) and the bird watch on the Curonian Spit, Kurische Nehrung. We went to Kaliningrad city by train. We had a volunteer guide, a young student girl. She asked us if we wanted to go to the zoo. I said that we have a nice zoo in Amstedam too and that i wanted to go to the General Lasch war museum, under the university garden. She did not know it existed. So we went there. After that we walked along the former Schlossteich to the Amber museum. It was very nice. After that we went to the Historical Museum, next to the Schlossteich. We also drove one soviet city bus and later we drove a new city bus with airconditioning. She offered us a lunch and we went to a model kit shop somewhere else in the city. An other day we wanted to go to the militairy show in Baltysk, but we did not arrange the permit in time. On the last day we drove via the castle ruine of Schaaken and then southwards via a more scenery route to the Polish border. We liked our stay very much and everybody was unselfish helpfull ( the hotel gardener walked us all the way to the postoffice and the girl from the souvenir marketstand ran after us because we had forgotten to take one of the items we bought from her). We gave the guide loads of Rubels that she did not want. I just put it in her pocket. We hope to go there once again and visit Georgenburg, and the Elk region, Sovetsk and other nice places. Yes, we bought Amber items ther. A necklace with hanger and a silver with amber letter opener. I hope the old buildings in the centre of Zelenogradsk/Cranz will be restored. The highway ( 100km/h) was brandnew and there were several roadworks to modernize the infrastructure. My car had a good place on the guarded hotel courtyard. And the benzine was only €0,55 per liter. Yes, we would like to go there again, once......

[@АндрейШестаков-н6м]

Hello from Kaliningrad. It will be joy to see you again in our small region. One day, when all this current nightmare would be over. Zelenogradsks has changed a lot in recent years. Now it is branded for tourists by cats, a lot of cats everywhere.

[@eriklaken1025]

Sound very nice and safe to go, i can,t wait to go :)

[@Lokalny123]

@@АндрейШестаков-н6м When russia ends this nightmare and stops occupying free Ukraine.

[@fresatx]

The shelves in Kaliningrad are better stocked than USA. 🤷

[@ulisirius9027]

Russia has a lot of beautiful places with moderate or even subtropical temperatures. Sotchi, Krasnodar, Crimea, Mariupol, Odessa...

[@esinduhije1]

Another Beautiful video, thank you❤❤❤

[@nicholasboncardo]

Very nice video! My family was from Königsberg; I always wanted to visit Kaliningrad one day!

[@skyguyxninja5650]

The entire old town is destroyed not much to seen today and nothing was rebuilt

[@retroas2683]

​​@@skyguyxninja5650lmao. Do you even watch the video? What a failure

[@edelweiss-]

@@skyguyxninja5650 traurig...

[@mikep.9371]

Thanks for sharing your day off Eli. You are quite the explorer and always show us interesting places and things.

[@hollybeckermeyer7072]

I want to visit here. My family is from this area, fled in 1945. I am very interested in putting together family heritage locations and do a family heritage rendition. I hope to make this happen one day. I love this video.

[@Wolcik3000]

no hard feelings?

[@edelweiss2971]

Let's call it Königsberg, because this belongs to Germany or at least Poland and Lithuania. There was no post war migration. Germans and Baltics were forced to leave. Otherwise they were killed, and the is just what happened to several Germans. That was what we today call ethnic cleansing, and exactly what the russian government are doing in Ukraine today. Königsberg is surely going to taken back to the Western countries sooner or later. Please do not relativize the abuse against German people. Those civilians were not responsible for what the Hitlers nazi regim did, in the same way Eli are not in response of what Putin and russian government are doing right now.

[@ЕгорУшаков-л2м]

It is a pity that there was a resettlement of Germans from Kaliningrad in 45. Although at that time local Germans and immigrants from the USSR would not get along together, despite the political situation after the war. But I think it would be an interesting experience of local Germans and Soviet citizens living in the same region. Even in the context of the region being part of the USSR, as it was. Anyway. Alas, there is little left of the German heritage. But we are looking forward to seeing you in Kaliningrad. Welcome!

[@neilfox3208]

My family is also from there but migrated to the US in the 1880s

[@siegfriedkroeger2038]

Vor einigen Jahren hatte ich Königsberg oft besucht. Da begann man dort bereits die deutsche Vergangenheit durch politische Aktionen wie Zerstörung deutscher Friedhöfe etc. zu beseitigen. Aber obwohl viel deutsches Kulturgut vernichtet wurde und 1945 ja Königsberg von den Russen zur Plünderung freigegeben wurde, hat man es trotz zahlreicher hässlicher russischer Bauten wie dem "Haus des Rates" und der Umbenennung der Stadt nach dem Banditen Kalinin nicht geschafft der alten deutschen Stadt ihr Image zu nehmen denn Königsberg ist eine deutsche Stadt !!!

[@TodayFreedom]

Very well made video! Very interesting, and the mixed format of interviews etc is great. Well done! 👍🏻

[@xrisc131]

Thank you for sharing this! The beautiful people, beautiful trees, beautiful architecture. May God have mercy on us all.

[@SamsRussianAdventures]

Russia is a country of huge diversity!

[@deniskosian2934]

@Xeon Xeonko I wouldn't use word colonized. It has negative connotation of western colonization.

[@notsaying543]

Annexed then

[@bgould72]

Hello Elina, Greetings from USA. My favorite channel on KZbin.

[@CarterKey6]

Agree I’m constantly checking for new videos and today is Kaliningrad even better

[@jorgruthschilling]

This transparent sausage is called "Aspic" it is very popular in Germany (Sülze) . But it is also part of baltic cuisine and many other European countries. But if I search on yandex image search for "Холодец" it seems it is also in large regions in northern Russia known. Food geography is really a very interesting topic and it shows us how strong cultural interchange has been over centuries.

[@maxim.j22]

Да, похоже на холодец

[@helenamariechristina]

Hi, Eli! You use such good music, the end of this video had a really cool piece - what was it? I liked it very much.

[@DaveBP2187]

Yeah, I knew about the famous Amber Room but I didn't knew that there were still some parts of it. If it still exists and is found it would be the greatest archaeological discoveries of the century, for sure. I remember some years ago when in the sea of my country was discovered the so called "Holy Grial of shipwrecks", San José Galleon of the Spanish Armada when we in Clombia were a colony. I was in the Navy by the time of its confirmed discovery and it was almost a revolution for all of us. Naturally, because is the "Holy Grial of Shipwrecks" its precise location is higly classified. So, if a relatively unknown (but really valuable) shipwreck could be called "A Holy Grial", imagine how the discovery of that famous Room could be given the mistery, value and the fact that it is far more famous than San José.

[@Right0202]

The Russians got tired of looking for the amber room, and they made an exact copy of it using photographs.

[@watching99134]

@@Right0202 I was going to say, I saw an amber room somewhere in Russia, I forget where (small palace outside St. Pete's I think).

[@epicsuper6775]

Beginning of this video, the place where you sat on the grass, the building behind you, I think, the burial ground of the famous philosopher Immanuel Kant is located there.

[@olivermiller2013]

I was 1993 there and the changes are really nice. The church you started the video was without roof and you saw the sky entering it. On the right side there was a small room with a relief of old Königsberg and in front of the church two construction worker building the top of the tower. This was an EU project. By the way: This nice park didn´t exist at that time and it was the place for the University till 1945. You showed the Emmanual Kant monument, which was placed 1992. Besides the Königsberger Marzipan and the Amber (I visited the musuem as well) there are Königsberger Klöpse (dumplings). You should try them, if you have the possibility. They are very nice. Hope you enjoyed your stay there.

[@edelweiss-]

its still known in Germany, the Königsberger Klöpse :). it went known trough whole Germany and since 1945, nobody would know anymore what Königsberg is

[@DigiMakc]

Тут на видео показано мало. На самом деле, за 30 лет много чего изменилось и сделалось. Вы можете посмотреть панорамы улиц в Yandex maps. Google maps сильно устарел.

[@alessandroalessi3943]

Eli you are doing a great job your videos are so interesting ... that they make me want to just travel

[@BECKER_21]

Willkommen in Kaliniingrad! Hoffentlich hat es dir bei uns gut gefallen!)

[@marTn3]

Königsberg*

[@pomboe]

*Königsberg

[@demetriusvolkodav4923]

Hi again Eli! “Trru Roshah" hahahaha. Ummm, Marzipan is awesome! Anyway, you joining the Russian Geographic Society has really highlighted your filming and production talents and you are a natural in front of the camera! Watching you is like watching a PBS or BBC program, except much more honest 😁. Together with your Russian Speaking Club, both have really given your future an unlimited ceiling! I’m really glad that the algorithm has allowed me to discover your channel and keep up the great work!

[@doug307]

the TRUTH is, Prussia is NOT Russia, never was and never will be. It is still an occupied territory but there will come a day when Russia will have to leave it and justice will be restored. The time may come very soon.

[@albertoromani2244]

Brava Eli ! Sempre piacevole vedere I tuoi video ! Keep creating beautiful reports of your adventures! Love and light from Italy! Ciao !

[@simonsmatthew]

Such high quality videos, good choice of music too.

[@statusdisarray9598]

The fish in the grocer looked so health in the clean tanks. Our live fish area or crab or lobster tanks are horrific dirty sometimes dead fish with live . Omg a marzipan museum??? I need to go ! I love love marzipan!

[@manoftheworld1000]

I must not travel to Kalinigrad if I don't want to eat tons of marzipan and get fat😟/LOL!

[@raideveloper]

Your channel is awesome, and you're posting very often! Nice to see Kaliningrad as a beautiful place, a nice architecture city, and not like many media in my country says: "just a potential source of geopolitical problems"

[@manoftheworld1000]

Oh, we know the true source of geopolitical problems ...!

[@haroldcruz8550]

To the United Sanctions of America, any place that doesn't have a US military base is a potential source of problem.

[@thermofisherru7259]

It was more beautiful before Russians annexed it. They only add soviet architecture.

[@EUenjoyer]

​@@thermofisherru7259 Just see what they have done also to Finland regions they still occupy as Konigsberg

[@barbarabanks3216]

Thanks for sharing your culture! As for marzipan… I agree folks either love it or hate it! I was able to visit Russia a few years ago and one of my ‘tourist’ photos was of a Ritter Sport dark chocolate and marzipan candy bar with a Cyrillic label. Clearly I am in the ‘love marzipan’ group.

[@gabrielasmoje2355]

Eli, your voice is very pleasant to hear. Your English is very good too. Yo do a great job. 👏👏👏

[@FalconsEye58094]

Very fascinating video, I might like to visit it because its such an interesting geopolitical situation and it seems to have such an identity of its own a mix between Russian and European

[@jackparsons390]

Great video, as an American I think Russian people are wonderful

[@salad7776]

...do you include those who shoot and torture their neighbors right now?

[@Frank-el3fy]

Eli, There are mainstream media film crews that do not produce such quality videos. I’ve learned so much from following your travels. God Bless…

[@LUISA-rj8oe]

Thanks from Italy, Eli !

[@mecha1gold]

Marzipan is actually of arab origin and it was introduced by the arabs along with almonds themselves to Spain and Italy when they controlled the south of these countries, today you can find marzipan even made in the continent of America in the country of Mexico by the influence of Spain but made of Peanuts instead of Almonds since indigenous people in Mexico grew peanuts.

[@Qiunell]

in Germany its well known marzipan came from the orient / middle east. All their sweets are amazing actually!

[@torgeirbrandsnes1916]

Great vlog as always! Thank you for visiting Kalleningrad! I want to go too! That was not sausage but soup! The swedes makes soup and pack them like that. Keep up the good work!

[@juavi6987]

No, it was Jelly-meat (Sülzwurst or Aspik in German), I suppose.

[@franziskafischer9400]

Many thanks Eli for the wonderful and very, very interesting videos. Многие приветы из Германии - Herzliche Grüße nach Russland 👍❤️🍀🇷🇺

[@Cairol58]

Aha, wieder jemand der das nazistische Putin Regime vom komfortablen Deutschland aus unterstützt, ekelhaft!

[@SamsRussianAdventures]

So near to you! Does it look like Germany?

[@haileselarsi7420]

bist du deutsche? weißt du nicht, was die russen grade in der ukraine anstellen? wie kannst du so was hier nur supporten? das ist ja wohl echt nicht die richtige zeit für sowas! schäm dich!

[@Cairol58]

@@haileselarsi7420Who are you to tell me what I am supposed to support or not? Looks like you are a disguised pro-Putin troll trying to con people with your nonsense 🤣. Shame on you!

[@pamelajohnson9260]

Wow. The amber museum looks amazing.

[@RoyalOui]

Thank you for the beautiful video, Eli! I was happy to see the name of one of the most influential thinkers in recent centuries appear in the video: the philosopher and polymath Immanuel Kant, often called "The Sage of Königsberg" :) (His name appears for a moment, engraved in stone in this video.) It is hard to overstate his importance in the intellectual history of the western (and to an extent the eastern) part of the world. He exerted a significant influence on Einstein, among many, many other great thinkers. It is often said that Kant never traveled further than 10 miles from his home town of Königsberg, and that his daily walks were so regular, that the townspeople could set their clocks by them. His "Categorical Imperative" is considered one of the great ethical principles in history: "Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law" is, perhaps, the most common version one sees. Among my favorite quotes from Kant is "“Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and steadily we reflect upon them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.” It is said that this is engraved on his headstone (?) Thank you again, Eli, for sharing this exciting adventure! Best wishes always. And may Peace prevail on Earth and between Russia, Ukraine, and all the World.

[@newsunderfoot]

On the tombstone of Kant at the wall of the Cathedral (the cathedral was restored in 2005), only his name and years of life are written. In the cathedral itself, the Kant Museum (with a library) occupies three floors. There are many exhibits and materials about the life and work of the philosopher. In the memorial hall of the museum there is a copy of Kant's death mask.

[@thermofisherru7259]

Would you say during WWII to nazi German tour guide "Best wishes always. And may Peace prevail on Earth and between Nazis and Jews, and all the World" Russia is fascists' country now I can't understund why you support it?

[@abhishekmahanta1112]

Beautiful as always Eli, it's hard to believe you are a one man or rather women production. 👍

[@shiveshshukla]

Your blogs are simply amazing and beautiful

[@MimiBeeswing]

Thank you for covering this area .My family history and relatives are from this region, left in 1945 . I enjoyed seeing the area in your doco. ❤

[@daleb1852]

Здорово! Я собираюсь впервые в жизни посетить Калининград и нашла ваше видео. Вы молодец!!! ❤

[@charleswells5266]

Thanks for the tour of Kaliningrad, it's as very interesting city , people seem to be happy living there even with what is going on in Ukraine. Keep up the good work enjoy all your videos.👩🌿🎥

[@SamsRussianAdventures]

It's great to learn that Russian people are normal too!!!!

[@margo7059]

Так война с 2014 года идёт. И санкции тоже с 2014. Мы привыкли. Тем более сейчас, когда нарыв прорвался и запад сбросил маски. Есть уверенность что Донбасс наконец-то освободят. Я понимаю что для вас жители Донбасса люди второго сорта. Их можно убивать. Но для нас это родные, друзья, знакомые. Россия наконец-то смогла придти на помощь.

[@valde3336]

In a way that's bad the bad thing about russians. They are used to problems and bad things and rather than try to protest and stop them (what's happening in Ukraine now) they just cope with them and talk how it doesn't effect them at all even when it clearly does (even at personal level).

[@valde3336]

@@margo7059 If rescuing people from donbass area was the goal then why has russia bombed that area much more than Ukraine? Why is the russian military fighting mostly in totally different areas of Ukraine?

[@margo7059]

@@valde3336 Потому что Россия воюет не с украинцами. Ваш вопрос звучит примерно так - почему СССР воевал на своей территории с Германией, почему вы бомбили свои города, а не немецкие. Так линия фронта там, на Донбассе. И укрепрайоны там. От Донецка до Курахово все перекопано, в Авдеевке промзона как в Мариуполе. И бетонированные укрепления на территориях Донбасса, которые оккупировала Украина. Вы считаете что 7 лет, которые прошли с минских соглашений, прошли просто так? Там эшелонированная оборона. 3/4 этой линии уже взломаны. Вон в южнорусских причерноморских степях не было линии фронта и никто не бомбил ни Бердянск, ни Мелитополь, ни другие города. Даже Херсон спокойно взяли.

[@rexbenemerito1943]

Da Its a nice place. Clean, beautiful and friendly locals. Hope the war ends soon and peace will reign again so tourist can flock to this place again. Thanks for sharing.

[@АндрейШестаков-н6м]

From Kaliningrad with love. We hope so too.

[@janroach1852]

Will tourists ever flock to Russian territory again? I highly doubt it. Possibly a few Russophiles will. Be careful of your luggage, though. You may end up in a gulag for ten years. It goes without saying not to bring drugs into Russia. I am referring to people such as Paul Whelan, who was in Russia attending a friend's wedding, currently rotting in a high security prison in Russia. Two of our compatriots bringing marijuana products into Russia (medical marijuana) are rotting in jail for a ten year stint, despite the fact that murderers are out in seven years in Russia.

[@leventevarga]

Very informative, interesting video, thank you for your work !

[@wimwittouck8535]

Very nice Film Eli, I used to,live nearby in Olsztyn and always dreamed to Visit Kaliningrad as I had a lot of Friends and Business contact sind,over there, but as a Belgian Citizen ist was not that easy 20 years ago to get a Visum as Polnisch people got are german, but your view on the City answers what I was expecting and still would love to visit. Why nowadays they have Not so much europäische Food anymore is due to the Embargo because of the Annexation of the Krim and actuelly the war in Ukraine, in the Time I was living in Mazury, 20-25 years ago there was a big Exchange of goods and Lots of Business Between Kaliningrad and Europe

[@newsunderfoot]

20-25 years ago, there was no developed agriculture and processing industry in Russia. After 2014, they appeared and achieved impressive success.

[@НадяМагомедова-ч5д]

Крым вернули в Россию. Севастополь всегда считался русским городом

[@NEGAN_Jane]

Some of my relatives are from Kaliningrad.

[@NEGAN_Jane]

No. They're Russian.

[@maikotter9945]

entry of 1st September 2022 IS EVERY HUMAN, GENETACALLY RELATED TO EVERY OTHER HUMAN?

[@tomjut9761]

Cool to see the cobble stone paved roads, you find the same in the older parts of Helsinki, not so far away. Not great for a comfortable car ride though...😂 Great video as always, keep it up!

[@SamsRussianAdventures]

I've seen some places that have mainly cobbled streets, I'm guessing they have lasted the test of time better than asphalt.

[@mr.g2195]

Thank you for the video. This is the first time I see life in Kaliningrad and it is amazing.

[@plyjhny]

Would love to go there someday. Hopefully, once Russia forgets it war, and tensions die down, I will visit!

[@nick_nam3]

Do you remember any period in the history when Russia forgot about war somewhere for at least few years?

[@plyjhny]

@@nick_nam3 Was euphemistically saying, when Russia stops bombing Ukraine. Supposedly the US has been involved in at least one war (at a time) since its inception, people still go there

[@nick_nam3]

@@plyjhny I know you were saying about Ukraine. Does it suprise you people still go to USA for better living? All Russia does is war and selling their goods (fuels) for money that goes to corrupted government and oligarchs. At least in USA you can have a good and rich life. In russia you can forget about it unless you're part of their corrupted elites.

[@plyjhny]

@@nick_nam3 I think people from other CIS countries go to Russia for a better life.

[@plyjhny]

@@nick_nam3 As for the USA, many people do have a good and rich life, but that comes at the expense of other countries, and is by no means guaranteed

[@multipolarworldtoday]

Kaliningrad looks like a very quaint place to live. What is the food culture in Kaliningrad (I am presuming that it is a fusion of Russian and European cuisine. Never had Kaliningrad Marzipan or any Marzipan, but would like to try it. If anybody knows where I can buy it in the Washington DC area, let me know)? Your handwriting is very nice and I am glad to learn railway shipping of goods has resumed. Finally, the Baltic Spit looks very tranquil and a place I would like to visit in the near future. Thanks for the video log.

[@alexiveperez4687]

Russian cuisine IS European cuisine

[@davidjoelsson4929]

russian cuisine is european cuisine, its very close to my cuisine. You can say west european vs east european

[@alexiveperez4687]

@@davidjoelsson4929 even west european cuisine is very diverse. Spanish cuisine has nothing to do with French cuisine.

[@newsunderfoot]

And Europe is including Russia up to the Ural Mountains. Moreover, when Japanese, Koreans and Chinese come to Vladivostok for a weekend, they say that this city is the closest and most accessible "European" metropolis for them.

[@davidjoelsson4929]

@@alexiveperez4687 yes yes but its still apart of contient of europes cuisine and not asian cuisine for example

[@Marco-pi5rc]

Hello! It is very interessting how Kaliningrad looks nowadays. My grandfather was born and raised in Königsberg. I would love to visit someday. Greetings from germany!!

[@hellothere1123]

Dirty Stlalinist russian regime DEPORTED innocent German civilians from Koenigsberg and imported Russians… Exactly the same Russia plans to do in Ukraine!!!

[@tylerbozinovski427]

@rafwroc How can it be Russian with no land connection to Russia? Oh wait that's right Putin wants to re-conquer the Baltic States.

[@alanlietzke5738]

@rafwroc East Prussia and its capital, Königsberg were separated from West Prussia and Germany by the Polish Danzig corridor from 1919, until Hitler invaded Poland (1939).

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

@rafwroc belarus and ukraine should give territory back to poland and poland its territory back to germany

[@fgvfgv5976]

@@AbuHajarAlBugatti seems kinda fair but Poland will never give their territory, and this is impossible.

[@velalivre]

Thanks for your nice work promoting freedom, knowledge and peace among human beings. 🙏🙏🙏

[@robertspencer7498]

Eli, so glad I am still able to see your posts. Your videos teach me so much about the different parts of Russia that I am eager to learn.

[@SamsRussianAdventures]

Were you worried about her channel being blocked? I know a lot of channels which don't criticise Russia often are blocked by google.

[@michaelciarla3836]

Awesome video Eli! I thoroughly enjoyed the history lessons and sights, and looking forward to seeing more. Positive vibes baby, positive vibes!! 👍👍☺️

[@vitomikelionis7783]

well, she forgot to mention that Stalin intentionally ordered to level the beautiful city, burned it to the ground, expelled all people, and renamed all places till there was nothing left. and now they pretend like it is their land. they claim "historical lands" in Ukraine so maybe it is time for them to leave Konigsberg.

[@ikhwanmohd1130]

great video...such a good information about Kaliningrad and it's history...good job...really big thanks to you for sharing with us..

[@irmakalember3709]

Eli u are great. Thanks for sharing x

[@hububö]

these buildings you are refering to as typical russian can be found all over east germany and also in many parts of west germany and former west berlin - it was the fastest way to solve former housing problems ....

[@zyeet3243]

Britain’s Labour party (reds migrated from the continent) also struck loads of hell-housing blocs up over greater east anglia. Now they are the hotbeds of poverty, violence, chavniks & schwarzcrime.

[@zyeet3243]

I wouldn’t call them Russian. It is purely Soviet/Communist doctrine. 2022 China is a perfect mirror example.

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

British brutalism. British invented it and russia absolutely loved it

[@f4ust85]

@@AbuHajarAlBugatti No, not really. It was influenced by Le Corbusier and then the Dutch, French and Danish housing after WW2. In a typically Russian move, Soviets simply copied an older western trend, made a cheaper, worse and ugly looking clone 20 years after the fact but then got high on their own supply and believe its integral part of Russian culture and a specifically Russian invention.

[@SeanLawlorNelson]

Happy to watch the video. I just love amber; just a wondrously vibrant stone; and some amber with fossils is also neat for jewelry and such. I've never tried the chocolate bar you're discussing but I'm fascinated by history like that: that shows you that even in hard times people find a way to bake bread. I like your videos and want to learn Russian but I still have hopes of progress with my current Russian course with Nastya of Moscow. I mean; it's not perfect I would describe myself as a contented student so I don't want to take on another Russian course; But I would love to learn Russian phrases as part of these videos.

[@annafromrussia]

I would like to visit Kaliningrad 😍

[@stavroskon2512]

Me too!!