Exiled Russians Build New Life In Mongolia

Hundreds of thousands of Russians fled their country after it announced conscription for its war in Ukraine, heading in large numbers to countries such as Turkey, Armenia, or Georgia. But for many living in the east of Russia, the nearest and easiest destination was Mongolia.
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[@bayraaNCP]

Mongolians, we welcome anyone who don’t support killing innocent people and invading their neighbour. Also our door is always open for same blood Buryats and others. For RFL team, please use the right name for our capital city. It is called Ulaanbaatar, not Ulanbator

[@gregb3457]

TY for your gracious attitude. I personally don't need to come there but have been immersed in discovering Mongolia through KZbin, lol. I have seen numerous videos about the Mongolian Nomads living in the various parts of the country and tending to and living off of their herds. It is so interesting to me. And recently I am watching a lengthy video about the Franklin Graham Evangelistic Crusade held in Ulaanbaatar's big conference center. The local artists and musicians who played before his message are so talented and wonderfully gifted. I have been loving Mongolia from afar. Peace, love, and the grace of Jesus be with you, now and forever more.

[@1midnightfish]

Did they get the pronunciation right, at least? 😊

[@susanwestern6434]

The Buryats are the ethnic group most targeted for mobilisation in Russia. They have had the most KIA. Followed by Dagestanis.

[@The_ZeroLine]

Your former president and nobel prize winner Elbegdorj Tsakhia is an inspiration.

[@The_ZeroLine]

You may want to spell out the pronunciation phonetically of the capital because it’s hard to see the difference. Unless it’s ooh-lahn-bah-tar and he said it like bah-tor. edit: wow, I see they actually misspelled it too.

[@mike4480]

If they stayed in 🇷🇺and forced to get a few week’s training, then flung into the first line of defence with little weapons,they wouldn’t have long to live…shot by second line if they retreated, and have no rights to defy or get law council ,As 🇷🇺 controls the paperwork/their lives, …all you have to do is hold up an A4 blank sheet of paper in a main square in 🇷🇺 to get arrested,beaten, or worse..💙💛💙

[@susansmith9263]

Buryats have the highest Mobilization rate by Russian authorities and highest death rate in Ukraine. These 3 are skilled, so lucky to be able to earn a decent living. There's somewhat of a quiet Mobilization going on in Russia, to not rattle the population. I'd say sneaky. Authorities just show up at your door with draft papers.

[@lupusdeum3894]

Just like the old Soviet days! Lead a quiet home life & don't answer the door unless you:re expecting someone. With everyone having cellphones, don't open the door unless they call. USSR 2.0

[@magdagama8779]

STAY OUT of russia! ! DON'T comeback to russia! ! THAT IS MY ADVICE! !

[@yo2trader539]

Oh please. They were Turks and Mongols for thousands of years before they were occupied by Russians.

[@bobjohnbowles]

In Siberia?? YGBSM

[@dannyenglish7828]

Russians are NOT Slavs and have nothing in common with Europe!

[@acchaladka]

​@Bob Bowles yes, if you speak medieval Turkish and have some sense of the language, you can basically walk from Istanbul to Ulanbataar and be understood or understand. (Though speaking Persian might be better for long stretches). I highly recommend Peter Frankopan's history _The Silk Roads_ to understand how that happened.

[@dannyenglish7828]

@@bobjohnbowles Yakuts are also Turkic tribe.

[@bsanchir89]

@@acchaladka As Mongolian living in Ulaanbaatar I understand no Turkish. So you are lying!

[@polishhussarmapping258]

Many of these are Buryats, not Russians.

[@josephstalin9357]

Russian citizens

[@rockfella1377]

@@josephstalin9357 And used as cannonfodder by their racist russian overlords. Disgusting.

[@galsaa0705]

Ethnic minority which had the highest rate of draft/casualties…

[@tselmegenkhtor988]

​@@josephstalin9357 What he means is that they are Mongolians by blood

[@KoolT]

Thank you so much

[@The_ZeroLine]

Mongolia accepted they don’t half the world anymore and moved on. Russia should too.

[@ojgenn]

давай, Россия сама решит, что кому должна, и чего не должна

[@Maral31]

it is great pleasure to welcome many qualified, educated people, thanks for choosing my country.

[@thomascuvillier7250]

Smart Russians didn't wait for this war to leave tbh

[@U.H8]

🤍💙🤍 Free Russia ✊🏻✊🏻

[@dannyenglish7828]

Russia will not exist in few years! Moscovia and only in the borders for Moscow region. Every thing else is not yours anymore.

[@lewisc6539]

Free North America! Northern Europeans out of our Native American land, go home Northern Europeans!!!

[@99999orhan]

Buryats are mongols too they are ethnic mongols

[@aaronjennings8385]

Nice.

[@JeffBilkins]

As a European it is easy to forget major parts of Russia are in Asia. If the two guys would've told me they were Chinese or Korean I'd 100% believe them.

[@JoeVideoed]

When I was a kid in the 70s I regularly read a mammoth Time/Life book on WW2 my parents had. In it was a picture of Soviet POWs who were from Siberia. That's how I figured it out.

[@pepsicherry6389]

Cause those russians who look far east asian are linked to the genghis khan army. So in other words their ancestor have mongoliN roots

[@EscapeFromRussia]

@@pepsicherry6389 you are speaking nonsense. they are native people of Siberia

[@pepsicherry6389]

@@EscapeFromRussia facepalm

[@KoolT]

Looks like he's from KAPASTAN

[@KoolT]

I think Minnesota gets 40 below and SOUTH KOREA too. Wrap up.

[@zoech99]

Out of all countries, you comparing Mongolias winter with South Korea??😂 what a joke

[@juanindojorgijanad782]

These anti-war Russians build new life in Mongolia, especially the capital of Ulaanbaatar. #Ulaanbaatar #Mongolia #Russia #Russian #Russians #Ukraine #UkraineWar

[@josemenchu6764]

No creo que sea una nueva vida, están expandiendo su territorio ya que ni el idiomita abandonan.

[@KoolT]

This is MONGOLIA??? WOW would have never guessed.

[@brankakovacic2719]

Karma

[@kassemmansour534]

No pity for them! The Soviet people

[@gregb3457]

Yes it is true. You have to watch out for them. They are like a cancer spreading; occupying, infecting, then killing their hosts through invasion, separatists movements, genocide, murder, etc. THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE NEED TO CHANGE THEIR FORM OF GOVERNMENT. This will only happen if they become brave and stand up for their human rights.

[@The_ZeroLine]

No pity for Buryats who were forced at gunpoint to join? Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, etc. were part of the Soviet Union too.

[@gregb3457]

@Elena Yes the answer is to fight back. The answer is do not go to war, to an unjust war. just war is different. Pootler set this up. He created all kinds of narratives that are false. And yes he has abused and used his own people. He should be thrown out by the people. But the bottom line is never use your body in an unjust war.

[@gregb3457]

@@The_ZeroLine The Buryats, may God help them, should have kept fighting against Pootler's regime. It is a Just Cause to fight back at an evil dictator. Take him down. He is a criminal in so many ways, not the least of which is the genocide against the Ukrainians - WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION. Pootler is a liar, a deceiver of the RUS nation. It is much better to fight him than to fight for his war. It would be much better for the RUS people to die fighting against TOTALITARIANISM so that their children's children might have future, than it is to die in a horrible, aggressive, genocidal, unjust war like the present war. And he has done it in the past. He is pure evil.

[@The_ZeroLine]

@Elena Anyone who went for money (even if it was for their family’s sake) deserves no pity. However, I feel sympathy for ones who were forced to go (providing they weren’t one of the soldiers to rape and loot). The system made them uneducated and opportunity-less and then took their lives to boot.

[@lewisc6539]

Traitors and cowards! Charge them with treason!!

[@yeezy5465]

Cum

[@mangut1981]

ПНХ

[@TheCroupier74]

It’s strange seeing Chinese speak Russian l. I remember being at the Kyiv opera a few years ago and seeing women that looked 100% Chinese speaking fluent Russian.

[@galsaa0705]

Buryats are more or less Mongolians. At least they share common ancestry. Definitely not Chinese.

[@tetianawatson9507]

They aren't Chinese. Most or russia is in Asia and people look Asians. FYI, ruzzian federation is a prison of the nations! Russians trying to destroy the identity, language, culture. For example, what people of Dagestan and people of Ukraine have in common? Nothing!!! Different language, different religion, different culture. However, the terorussia is trying to say they are all belong to one country. What a delusion...

[@lythicat8760]

Why is it strange though?

[@TheCroupier74]

@@lythicat8760 because when someone looks Chinese you expect them to speak Chinese.

[@EscapeFromRussia]

probably because there arent any Chinese in this video