Exploring Vorkuta - Russian Ghost Town in Arctic | The Most Depressing Town in Russia

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VAGA VAGABOND

VAGA VAGABOND

Күн бұрын

Despite the richest coal deposits that gave boost to the development of the city, Vorkuta and the adjacent settlements are rapidly emptying today. The mega project of the Soviet machine was not in demand among the heirs of the empire. Today, some districts of Vorkuta and surrounding villages are abandoned or are about to be completely deserted. How is Vorkuta living today? What's going on around her? What are the prospects for the main coal mining region in the north of Russia? I personally went to the Arctic to answer these questions.
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@sergejkosychin1982
@sergejkosychin1982 2 жыл бұрын
I was born in the Vorkuta. In my teens, it was beautiful place, I really love the city. So painful to see how depressed the city is now.
@lucasc5622
@lucasc5622 2 жыл бұрын
the decaying forgotten state it's in now is what makes me want to visit so strongly theres nothing like that here in england.
@panchoskywalker
@panchoskywalker 2 жыл бұрын
@Sergej Kosychin When did move from Vorkuta and why?
@mariaq8087
@mariaq8087 2 жыл бұрын
@Caleb OKAY a great one is Cairo, Ilinois
@oddadder5530
@oddadder5530 2 жыл бұрын
Better then ever ,now it is a quiet nice place.
@nerynoir8747
@nerynoir8747 2 жыл бұрын
¿And where are you living now?
@sergeyrakitin80
@sergeyrakitin80 2 жыл бұрын
I was born in Vorkuta in 1981 and lived there 16 years. All my childhood and my teen age was there. Of course it was a great time. I leaved Vorkuta in 1997. Now when i see any video about my city i almost cry and be sad. Thank you
@hia5235
@hia5235 Жыл бұрын
go home.
@sergeyrakitin80
@sergeyrakitin80 Жыл бұрын
I am at home
@ythelldoineedahandle
@ythelldoineedahandle Жыл бұрын
@@hia5235 What a stupid comment. If you can not add anything constructive, keep your mouth shut.
@munkhbatganaa4453
@munkhbatganaa4453 Жыл бұрын
Where Are you living now??
@Chosen_Ash
@Chosen_Ash Жыл бұрын
Well if you left you are part of the problem.
@pannonianbrute
@pannonianbrute 2 жыл бұрын
I loved the dog shelter, and the kind people who operate it, despite difficult living conditions of their own. It was cool that you shared this.
@billwilson3665
@billwilson3665 2 жыл бұрын
donate i did
@nicslakis5043
@nicslakis5043 2 жыл бұрын
I sent also , wish those dogs could find a good home with a family but I dont think they ever will
@ijapsdjhkahbefajldas
@ijapsdjhkahbefajldas 2 жыл бұрын
I also donated 😌
@satusalmivirta9840
@satusalmivirta9840 2 жыл бұрын
The shelter in Vorkuta writes that they do have only bank card no PayPal. I wonder to whom these payments go
@ijapsdjhkahbefajldas
@ijapsdjhkahbefajldas 2 жыл бұрын
@@satusalmivirta9840 Майорова Ирина Сергеевна this is the name
@cool677plusmaa
@cool677plusmaa Жыл бұрын
How nice the piano was working…. It’s was so haunting. Those keys hadn’t been touched in some odd 20-30 years and might never be played again. All those books that were collected by someone with certain ideas just to be abandoned. It’s just so many little things that make me go crazy seeing abandoned locations everytime because of all the stories never told and peoples hopes dashed in literal physical form. Just shows how quickly humans can lose it all too :”)
@coffeepot3123
@coffeepot3123 Жыл бұрын
The snow filled/covered buildings, actual art!, so beautiful.
@gregoryferraro7379
@gregoryferraro7379 2 жыл бұрын
Single industry cities like this one and the others across the former USSR were directly inspired by the "company towns" in the US like Gary, Indiana and even Detroit. And today, since the '90s, when the companies that sustained those towns began to collapse, those company towns have also faced depopulation and large scale abandonment. The US and USSR were never so different after all.
@pcarebear1
@pcarebear1 2 жыл бұрын
Good commentary! These towns remind me of the abandoned coal-mining and industrial heavy towns in Pennsylvania, Virginia, W. VA, etc. that are literal ghost-towns and frozen in time. It blows my mind how much can change in a couple of generations.
@MarMar-nq9ii
@MarMar-nq9ii 2 жыл бұрын
This is due to the general depopulation and degradation of Russia.
@mag-7924
@mag-7924 2 жыл бұрын
Actually Vorkuta was initially set up as Vorkutlag, a GULAG labour camp. The city was only incorporated during the second world war after the camp and a settlement for staff and 'free laborers' was already established for 10 years. The main reason for incorporating the city was because the camp coal mines became the main source of the USSR's coal after the loss of the donbass reigon and so the government needed to create the facade that Vorkuta was a city not a sprawling camp complex The creation of the 'company town' was an attempt to make up for the loss of convict labour following the mass gulag amnesties in the 1950s, however a lot of former prisoners ended up staying on in Vorkuta because of the lucrative pay and the fact they had no where else to go. In fact before a housing program under Kruschchev most of the cities building were simply repurposed camp vehicles. 'd recommend 'Gulag Town, Company Town' by Alan Barenberg if Vorkuta interests you.
@garypayne423
@garypayne423 2 жыл бұрын
Easy to say sitting in your 1500 sq ft home eating steak.... unfortunately we Americans have been pampered so much we are out of touch with just how rough life can be, time to face some bigger issues
@blackriflex39
@blackriflex39 2 жыл бұрын
in the Southern usa its the same cotton mills gave birth to many cities and towns once they left the prosperity of these once bustling towns was greatly reduced ....
@eily_b
@eily_b 2 жыл бұрын
My grandmother was abducted to the Vorkuta gulag at the end of the war and got 20 years camp imprisonment but was released after 8 years in 1955. She has been there from age 27 to 35. Very hard work in a brick factory. Other prisoners were forced to lay the train tracks into the permafrost soil etc.
@uschilou
@uschilou 2 жыл бұрын
Wow. I cannot imagine the hardships she and others faced there. Being so cold and laying tracks amongst other things! I would love more detail whenever you feel like giving them. Thank you.
@jusplay7309
@jusplay7309 2 жыл бұрын
So interesting would love to hear her story
@hansmeiser8133
@hansmeiser8133 2 жыл бұрын
Stalin was a crazy m... f...
@33moneyball
@33moneyball 2 жыл бұрын
The Soviet nostalgia posts get thousands of likes while this, an example of what the monstrosity truly was, gets ignored.
@MilPupsin
@MilPupsin 2 жыл бұрын
​@Anonymer Nutzer Guys, please tell me why the power of such a bloody leader was held until his death? Why wasn't he deposed by a popular uprising?
@az5745
@az5745 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Man. As someone from tropical Malaysia, this video is infinitely fascinating!
@Babaroga777
@Babaroga777 Жыл бұрын
I can imagine that very well, yes, definitely an amazing contrast! 😅
@JackiMareena
@JackiMareena 9 ай бұрын
Fun fact of the day: those pipes that went over the road like a street light are residential water pipes. Since the temp is below freezing more than above freezing, the ground is too hard for excavation, so pipes have to be heavily insulated in order to be ran above ground... I married a plumber lol
@TheSilmarillian
@TheSilmarillian Жыл бұрын
How amazing is it that you took me on a tour of a place I could never hope to visit in person ,hello from Australia and thank you.
@Thebarrelriderino
@Thebarrelriderino 2 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of a nightmare i once had. I ran around a town which was completely covered in ice and snow, no people and not a sound, it was pretty terrifying
@deborahchesser7375
@deborahchesser7375 2 жыл бұрын
That would be weird as F , looking around, quiet and not seeing anybody,
@V12-i4b
@V12-i4b Жыл бұрын
Silent Hill Shattered Memories moment
@XGY179
@XGY179 Жыл бұрын
something tells me this place still has a future ahead in the end ... if you catch my meaning
@Thebarrelriderino
@Thebarrelriderino Жыл бұрын
@@XGY179 great thanks for that ;_;
@XGY179
@XGY179 Жыл бұрын
@@Thebarrelriderino your welcome , you know like a far cry game like end of the times and this is the only place left and it’s got soldiers people trying to live and probably some bad guys and someone trying to stop them in the frozen hell in Russia
@youreprettygood2603
@youreprettygood2603 2 жыл бұрын
The only pro of Vorkuta is that you can buy a nice fully furnished apartment with year round central heating for around $500.
@anmetious4779
@anmetious4779 2 жыл бұрын
You can buy an apartment for free
@vladimirrodionov5391
@vladimirrodionov5391 Жыл бұрын
@@anmetious4779 In Russia an apartment pays you to live in it.
@Vaticanrome
@Vaticanrome Жыл бұрын
@@vladimirrodionov5391in ohoi they pay yout to bebd over and use pro jelly lubricant only
@SubcribeMinecraftNOW
@SubcribeMinecraftNOW 7 ай бұрын
@@vladimirrodionov5391 Apartment lives in you
@barrykevin7658
@barrykevin7658 11 күн бұрын
And do what then ? Possibly reopen a coal mine ..but would have been done by now if worked .
@kirkmooneyham
@kirkmooneyham 2 жыл бұрын
I find it very sad that so many of the people who moved on left so many of their personal belongings behind. I imagine that having to leave on the train would limit how much one family could take with them, though.
@ostap_musk
@ostap_musk Жыл бұрын
Привет. Я из Воркуты. Компания "Воркута Уголь" оплачивала переезжающим железнодорожный контейнер для перевозки личных вещей. Многие люди из Воркуты не покупали новую мебель и другие вещи, потому что у них есть квартиры в других теплых городах.
@margyyn3479
@margyyn3479 2 жыл бұрын
Отличное видео, смотрелось на одном дыхании, очень интересное место. Рад что ты снял его на английском чтобы поделиться со всем миром, такие истории действительно стоят того, чтоб о них знали
@ericrivera8410
@ericrivera8410 Жыл бұрын
Yes olive in new York my neighbors are Russian this gives me insight into their world
@TrephineArtist
@TrephineArtist Жыл бұрын
Great video, spasiba! One thing that I find interesting is people mocking Russia when we in 'the west' have endured masses of factory and mine closures. Also lots of abandoned shopping malls in the USA, even some in Europe (with more to follow soon), a few months ago I visited one not far from London, England, with around 70 or 75% of stores now closed, quite depressing as I knew it when it was very different. As for Vorkuta and surroundings, It's incredible that anyone lives there at all with such a harsh climate, tough people, very impressive!
@ramonakent356
@ramonakent356 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, I certainly enjoyed the beautiful ghostly forgotten buildings along with the haunting ice formations. Just knowing because of the desolation that so much of that beauty goes unseen. However, I am so glad that you gave me the opportunity to go on this little journey with you. Bravo!! PS, my son-in-law is married to my American daughter and he is from Moscow Russia. His name is Slava.
@planescaped
@planescaped 2 жыл бұрын
It's crazy thinking of all the lives that lived in these places. It almost feels like looking back into the middle ages, yet it wasn't that long ago.
@ellaeadig263
@ellaeadig263 2 жыл бұрын
Definitely one of the most jarring abandoned town videos I've seen! The way everything is just buried in snow. The snow and ice in the stairways really got me, as well as the ice all over the chandelier. Just imagine, there were once families living in those buildings, staying warm away from the ice and snow but now the snow is reclaiming the location. I love that someone is running a dog shelter there, without it those dogs would die.
@jamesmitchell5126
@jamesmitchell5126 2 жыл бұрын
8 dogs a day is the average amount that die in Vorkuta
@entropia77
@entropia77 Жыл бұрын
13:40 - Imagine You're the wanderer of Vorkuta interiors and suddenly this Piano plays...
@IzzyOnTheMove
@IzzyOnTheMove 2 жыл бұрын
That was so interesting!! Very nice videos my friend. Will check out more of your channel. Hi from Canada 🇨🇦
@emilv.3693
@emilv.3693 2 жыл бұрын
Just makes you awe in amazement and horror at what must've brought half a city into complete abandonment and desolation. I cannot imagine what the collapse of USSR must've been like for the people living in these isolated single-purpose cities.
@tetraxis3011
@tetraxis3011 Жыл бұрын
Probably took a few days to even get the news of the collapse.
@zachphelps3427
@zachphelps3427 Жыл бұрын
Central planning was the only thing keeping these places functional
@TomorrowWeLive
@TomorrowWeLive Жыл бұрын
that's what happens when you imprison your own population in artificially-created frozen hells. When people are given the choice, they live. The collapse of communism meant liberation after 70 years of slavery.
@Mizz.Person
@Mizz.Person Жыл бұрын
Bald and bankrupt did a video in Russia. He actually spoke with an old lady living in a massive , crumbling building. She said that they thought things would be different and better when it changed, but it just got worse and worse. :( His channel is also a great one to check out! :)
@charshill2978
@charshill2978 Жыл бұрын
Coal mining towns in northern England were left destitute and communities destroyed in the 80s under Thatcher. Brutal.
@diane9247
@diane9247 2 жыл бұрын
A very fascinating tour, thank you! I've been curious about Vorkuta and other former gulag towns for a long time. The dogs touched my heart and I will send a few dollars for them.
@Nobody-nc5ij
@Nobody-nc5ij 2 жыл бұрын
Gulag,ah remember me to escape vorkuta
@ashleybrooke2087
@ashleybrooke2087 2 жыл бұрын
A lot of mining communities in the United States are suffering the same kind of gradual decline though not quite so frozen as this place. It really is sad to see the promises of the past fade into an uncertain future. Thank you for sharing this even if it is a bit bleak. Also, your English is better than some native speakers I know but then I do live in Texas.
@terrymcginnis4633
@terrymcginnis4633 2 жыл бұрын
agreed were i am there were alot of factorys been they all started closing down alot of people have left myself included
@tomrotelli1355
@tomrotelli1355 Жыл бұрын
Mining communities always eventually become a ghost town, since mankind has been digging. It's just inevitable.
@Fido-vm9zi
@Fido-vm9zi 10 ай бұрын
Need to clean it up before just building new cities.
@Confederate_WON
@Confederate_WON 3 жыл бұрын
I live in Vorkuta and watch this video😏
@billwilson3665
@billwilson3665 2 жыл бұрын
What is the most popular activity in the summer time? How is the fishing on the river?
@Confederate_WON
@Confederate_WON 2 жыл бұрын
@@billwilson3665 Vorkuta is a dying city, and there is only one occupation here all year round survival, and this is not an exaggeration, the river next to the city is so dirty that you can't swim in it drains and mines and the city itself are dumped into it, i don't think fishing, which is still left in the river, is a good occupation, yes visitors are interested here, but only while it's tourism, as soon as you stay here at least for a couple of weeks, you want to leave faster☝️😏
@Victoria-rl4cu
@Victoria-rl4cu 2 жыл бұрын
Александр Курбатов are you thinking of moving from there?
@Victoria-rl4cu
@Victoria-rl4cu 2 жыл бұрын
Александр Курбатов what is the economical activity for folks like you that live there? Please
@TEXININDUSTRIES
@TEXININDUSTRIES 2 жыл бұрын
The icicles formed inside the building are amazing. Looks like something out of a movie or storybook.
@froggylegspeople
@froggylegspeople 3 ай бұрын
I saw the inside of a house like that in the film Doctor Zhivago with Omar Sharif….. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHaudX6hqJ6kqqMsi=DvKWV93MYSG_BY5G
@raziel0729
@raziel0729 3 жыл бұрын
Dude I discovered your channel 3 days ago. Since then I'm watching 2-3 videos per night, love your stuff :D
@rolfrevman
@rolfrevman 3 жыл бұрын
His videos deserve millions of views.
@teodor1403
@teodor1403 3 жыл бұрын
@@rolfrevman i totaly agree without you!
@explorewithanshuman107
@explorewithanshuman107 3 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the group
@utvpoop
@utvpoop Жыл бұрын
Shoutout from Sosnogorsk! (The town at 6:32 where the cars are being loaded into trains to be sent to Vorkuta)
@charshill2978
@charshill2978 Жыл бұрын
The coal mining towns in northern England were left destitute , after mines were shut down in the 80s. Communities were destroyed.
@Dawn5048Batchelor
@Dawn5048Batchelor 3 жыл бұрын
That was one of your best videos, very interesting and informative. 👍👍👍👍
@RaminRnn
@RaminRnn 2 жыл бұрын
This is such a sad thing to watch. For me, the books and the children's homework was the saddest part. Now those homework doesn't seem so important after all. It must be devastating for owners of those houses and stuff to see their belonging so cold and lifeless. Human beings are such a fragile existence.
@Dzanarika1
@Dzanarika1 2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful comment.
@OCTAGRAM
@OCTAGRAM Жыл бұрын
When I first got to Vorkuta I was freezing in -20 C due to wind, but as soon as I've got windproof clothes, gloves and ski mask, it's quite comfortable in -20 and -30. Only in -35 it starts to get cold. The only notable difference is that it takes much time to get out, but as soon as I am out, I move free enough. Also if I hold mobile phone to e.g. make a photo, hands start freezing in -20. My gloves are heated by electricty, so I can quickly heat hands and hold mobile phone again, but it is annoying
@jawyor-k3t
@jawyor-k3t Жыл бұрын
They probably moved to better places
@Lol_Pig
@Lol_Pig Жыл бұрын
I'd love to live somewhere like that. Less people around, the better. Very cool video.
@nzmarty
@nzmarty Жыл бұрын
Amazing walk thru and discussion Ivan Thankyou for shedding some light onto a place that most of us will never see in person.
@nancyjones6780
@nancyjones6780 2 жыл бұрын
I loved that bit at the end about the dog shelter. Would've liked to have seen more of that! 💙
@worldview2888
@worldview2888 2 жыл бұрын
To this channel i really want to THANK you for making such a beautiful video. Unfortunately 2021 has really NOT been wonderful or kind to me and this video really helped me take my mind off things. I am truly looking forward to new post and knowing more about how life is in your part of the world. Best regards and cheers from Singapore.
@helengrunow5094
@helengrunow5094 2 жыл бұрын
When things are so bad,you know its going to get better,that is my wish for you.Sending warm greetings from Sydney, Australia & Cheers!
@waylonk2453
@waylonk2453 Жыл бұрын
I appreciate how you use the tune from the piano you found as background music for the next few shots. Brilliant!
@jonsymmonds1120
@jonsymmonds1120 Жыл бұрын
You got a new sub out of this! I love history and you made me feel like I was there. Great video, very well documented. I thank you!
@svitlanaostapchenko5642
@svitlanaostapchenko5642 2 жыл бұрын
If I win the lottery … I would spend my life travelling around “crazy “ Russia…such a interesting country
@Victoria-rl4cu
@Victoria-rl4cu 2 жыл бұрын
And why do you say 'crazy'. Just out of curiosity. I am Southern European
@Victoria-rl4cu
@Victoria-rl4cu 2 жыл бұрын
Please
@awsomemodels
@awsomemodels 2 жыл бұрын
@@Victoria-rl4cu He means "crazy" as interesting and wild .
@alannarutter5033
@alannarutter5033 2 жыл бұрын
Really, why? 😱
@warrax111
@warrax111 2 жыл бұрын
Then I hope, you will not win anything. So you rather do something fruitful for society, not traveling your ass, and polute nature by it.
@lifecycles9861
@lifecycles9861 2 жыл бұрын
Its a crime that this video has not that many views. absolutely well made video.
@lornarettig3215
@lornarettig3215 2 жыл бұрын
Agree! Beautifully made. So engaging.
@POVShotgun
@POVShotgun Ай бұрын
That dog shelter is surreal. Just imagine waking up feeling like I am legend
@brunodavidferreira5781
@brunodavidferreira5781 Жыл бұрын
How better constructed cities from Soviet times até!!... The buildings are so strong building that even abandoned they still entairely 👏🏼👏🏼🇻🇳🇻🇳
@OndrejEF
@OndrejEF 2 жыл бұрын
good job vagabond, loved watching the episode. Surreal world out there!
@yoRockstardude134
@yoRockstardude134 2 жыл бұрын
This guys channel gives off Bald and Bankrupt vibes. Love it.
@sotirzvanidjubre4109
@sotirzvanidjubre4109 2 жыл бұрын
After hair follicles replacement he is now Hairy and Loaded.
@amir_hetsroni_fan_club3798
@amir_hetsroni_fan_club3798 2 жыл бұрын
Your not aware of his Vorkuta posts from RVF? It's just a weird coincide,
@Athenaa13
@Athenaa13 3 ай бұрын
He is Bald and Bankrupt without the pervert particles
@triratnawati6490
@triratnawati6490 2 жыл бұрын
I hope this "ghost town" will be alive again in the future. Thank you very much to Vaga Bond for sharing your interesting video, your "exploration" and your extra-ordinary journey to a very remote, abandoned place. Take care.
@chrismullan7191
@chrismullan7191 Жыл бұрын
The snow inside the apartments was amazing, the lampshade with the snow on it also, its sad, scary, bleak, wonderful all round into one, you can see signs of peoples lives from the past, thank you for this vid.
@VisualXploration
@VisualXploration 2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. This actually really reminds me of the mining town in northern Canada where I grew up in a lot of ways, except just bigger in scale
@LandonStrauss-hc1sc
@LandonStrauss-hc1sc Жыл бұрын
These people deserve better.
@francis_siddhartha
@francis_siddhartha 8 ай бұрын
The people who support a lunatic dictator and invading other countries? Nah, they don't.
@ktmcandog
@ktmcandog Жыл бұрын
Intersting and good coverage of soviet times. Thanks for your efforts in these troubling times, and keep safe. From Canada!
@sebi77777
@sebi77777 2 жыл бұрын
its amazing you still have public transport there. edit: if the electricity grid, internet and postal service works I would consider living there for a while
@НикитаФофин-ь1и
@НикитаФофин-ь1и 2 жыл бұрын
In Vorkuta you can buy an appartment for less than 1000$, or even get it for free. A lot of locals want to get rid of their property to not pay the bills
@lightgolden5337
@lightgolden5337 2 жыл бұрын
My neighbours would like to live in Vorkuta! They dream about moving there every day! Please send them the tickets!
@Piecemaker1623
@Piecemaker1623 2 жыл бұрын
This video was interesting and very informative with good research. The images of all the snow made my teeth and bones hurt. It is always sad to see so much abandonment. Thank you for taking me along on this tour.
@Charbyzic
@Charbyzic Жыл бұрын
Starting from 12:40 that looks 100% like the Metro Exodus Novosibirsk stage, everything is abandoned and covered with ice... it looks like a post apocalyptic city left alone for dozens of years!
@arnowisp6244
@arnowisp6244 Жыл бұрын
Looks like Inspiration wasn't hard to come by for the devs.
@Timsturbs
@Timsturbs Жыл бұрын
well nosht stalker and metro were inspired by abandoned soviet cities, that was their main attraction
@DubuWaPolar
@DubuWaPolar 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your adventure. Your narration and camerawork is great! Maybe one small comment is to let your film speak for itself and not have horror music dictate what the watcher of the video needs to feel. Спасибо вам большой 😊
@f2p57dfbb
@f2p57dfbb 2 жыл бұрын
Only viktor reznov knows this place well
@strangersound
@strangersound 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent work. A fitting tribute to the history of Vorkuta and the surrounding areas. I love the Soviet era architecture. And it was really cool seeing the pieces of Americana. This is not the place you're going to expect to find a Die Hard movie poster...or maybe it is. ;)
@ΌνομαΕπώνυμο-ο1τ
@ΌνομαΕπώνυμο-ο1τ Жыл бұрын
That snow cover interior on the abandoned building along with the music and even the piano made that segment so terrifying, I could easily be convinced I was watching a horror movie
@NicolasAlexanderOtto
@NicolasAlexanderOtto Жыл бұрын
16:44 this conversation alone is so interesting. Thanks for all the insights.
@AutonomousPlayground
@AutonomousPlayground 3 жыл бұрын
this was really good video man i enjoyed that
@rolfrevman
@rolfrevman 3 жыл бұрын
Great video.
@HDscreenerX
@HDscreenerX 2 жыл бұрын
Good video. There is some kind of romantic sence in these abandoned buildings and cold emptiness around it.
@marypalmer00
@marypalmer00 Жыл бұрын
13:19 The frozen Die Hard poster really makes it feel like a movie set 😂 What an amazing place!
@billy1673
@billy1673 Жыл бұрын
You think this place is bad, try Gary, Indiana or Detroit, Michigan! At least this place has a ton of snow to make it look peaceful and clean.
@RiveryJerald
@RiveryJerald Жыл бұрын
Until people start developing mental disorders, cause it's snow 24/7.
@jerwatson79
@jerwatson79 2 жыл бұрын
The man enters "warm bus stop" and the first thing he sees is an icecream freezer! Hularious (here from northern Ontario) great video, thanks for the closed captioning, thanks for the great upload EDIT: can you explain the lack of windows in some of the buildings please...
@IGLArocknroll
@IGLArocknroll 2 жыл бұрын
The windows and windowpanes are missing either due to petty theft (local drunkards sell everything of value just to get another bottle of cheap samogon, and the wooden windowpanes are used as firewood), or due to the harsh weather. I'm not a local though, so take my explanation with a grain of salt.
@benisaten
@benisaten 2 жыл бұрын
I've always wanted to see Russia. Respects from 🇨🇦
@abbeystump
@abbeystump 2 жыл бұрын
Great information hope to visit soon..
@SHAILS-zs6bt
@SHAILS-zs6bt Жыл бұрын
@3:35 Bus stop selling ice cream in Vorkuta
@tijuanaiguana190
@tijuanaiguana190 Жыл бұрын
Incredible footage. Thank you for showing me a place in the world I wouldn’t necessarily spend that much effort to visit but am still interested in. Cheers!
@kristinebailey6554
@kristinebailey6554 2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating town and video coverage. Thank you for showing us this town and its dilemma. Nearly the same thing happens to towns here in the USA when the coal mines close.
@veselinamalinova2213
@veselinamalinova2213 2 жыл бұрын
This is so sad. These used to be people's homes. It somehow reminds me of Chernobyl.
@raymorley8241
@raymorley8241 9 ай бұрын
Greetings from Moncton, NB Canada. Thank you for sharing such an interesting story on this city.
@kevinhower7579
@kevinhower7579 Жыл бұрын
Legend has it, Viktor Reznov's ghost still haunts the town to this very day.
@hyogav866
@hyogav866 Жыл бұрын
🤣
@lasagnafield
@lasagnafield Жыл бұрын
NOW WE TAKE VORKUTA
@kabardinka1
@kabardinka1 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, fascinating tour, but you don't mention that most of the infrastructure of the original mining industry and city was made by prisoners of the GULAG, that the majority of them were worked to death and how there was a huge revolt by prisoners in 1953.
@tremon3688
@tremon3688 Жыл бұрын
Yes it was mentioned
@novemberalpha6023
@novemberalpha6023 2 жыл бұрын
"Never lose hope my friend.... Never" - Viktor Reznov
@HelloKitty-ti5qk
@HelloKitty-ti5qk Жыл бұрын
Man, watching your videos is like I am playing METRO 2023! Great work anyway. 👍
@bigsirenguy
@bigsirenguy Жыл бұрын
That was a nice idea there with that bus stop but my immediate first thought was "who the hell is saying, yeah I want some ice cream" after coming in from that mess haha!
@richardkmoch2208
@richardkmoch2208 Жыл бұрын
bro lives in Metro Exodus fr fr
@user-dl8si4mx2x
@user-dl8si4mx2x 2 жыл бұрын
Entering abandoned houses is like taking a dive into the Titanic's wreck !
@Daniel-wz4th
@Daniel-wz4th 2 жыл бұрын
I love Russia it’s such a unique place. The people are pretty cold and not very friendly but I like it 🇷🇺
@AccessDenied20078
@AccessDenied20078 2 жыл бұрын
You could say their souls or hearts match the landscape, cold and bleak
@kachala
@kachala Жыл бұрын
@@AccessDenied20078 in Russia people are very friendly and open.
@ArturKwaszyn
@ArturKwaszyn Жыл бұрын
@@kachala yes, we can clearly see that in Ukraine right now.
@kachala
@kachala Жыл бұрын
@@ArturKwaszyn you compare friendliness with geopolitics?
@ArturKwaszyn
@ArturKwaszyn Жыл бұрын
@kachala no, I am judging friendliness by people's behavior. And Russian behavior is that of savages. Uncivilized brutes that should be separated from the civilized world. Women telling their men to rape Ukrainians, Russian soldiers castrating Ukrainian prisoners, kidnapping children, bombing maternity wards. It's not geopolitics - those are conscious decisions of Russians. Therefore, don't tell us bullshit about Russians being friendly. You're a nation of barbarians.
@annettelacey7913
@annettelacey7913 Жыл бұрын
Amazing how the ice gets in the enteryway and steps,interesting watching from Australia
@thefrankiepalmeri
@thefrankiepalmeri Жыл бұрын
I rarely watch anything that fills me with a sense of dread, but wow. This is truly nightmarish. I just can't imagine daily life in a place like this. Bleak. Without hope.
@joeshulman675
@joeshulman675 2 жыл бұрын
Fire fighters bring water to the dogs even there firefighters are wonderful people ❤ !!!
@crémoss69
@crémoss69 Жыл бұрын
Well nowdays that building is pretty ironic. 7:35
@jpmtlhead39
@jpmtlhead39 Жыл бұрын
Depressing is an understatement. Who in is perfect mind wants to live in a place like that...🤔
@froggylegspeople
@froggylegspeople 3 ай бұрын
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder…..
@jamiejohnson706
@jamiejohnson706 2 жыл бұрын
ThESE VIDEOS ARE THE BEST GREAT WORK MAN THANK YOU FOR SHARING
@MS-zp5by
@MS-zp5by 9 ай бұрын
Even if it's deserted somehow it looks great that feeling of old days
@hiker64
@hiker64 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for this virtual tour. It's the only way the rest of the world would know that so many Soviet-era towns are still existing.
@Haaambuurger
@Haaambuurger Жыл бұрын
Creepy music is overdoing it a bit I reckon
Жыл бұрын
I have the impression of having already seen Vorkuta in one of the scenes of "The Pianist" (When Wlady plays the piano in the abandoned house). By the way, this video is very informative : Looks like the city has remained frozen in the Stalin period in some places
@FinnMacCuhl
@FinnMacCuhl Жыл бұрын
Amazing to see original soviet architecture frozen in time.
@L769
@L769 2 жыл бұрын
Сам родом из Казахстана, живу в Германии, смотрю видео про Россию на английском. KZbin bring us together 🙏
@josephinesweet5506
@josephinesweet5506 10 күн бұрын
the piano edit is so depressingly beautiful
@Lodzik3Master
@Lodzik3Master Жыл бұрын
Great video and commentary on a place very few people will get to experience otherwise.
@seenewthings1756
@seenewthings1756 2 жыл бұрын
Wow amazing to see history of soviet watching from India 🇮🇳
@natasaantic90
@natasaantic90 2 жыл бұрын
I love Russia. There are so many mystic places. Привет из братской Сербии 🇷🇸
@FATHOLLYWOODB123
@FATHOLLYWOODB123 2 жыл бұрын
I love the Soviet brutalist architecture! Too bad when they renovate it, they take away from its character, I find the gray beautiful! hahaha
@warrax111
@warrax111 2 жыл бұрын
I loved it too, in it's times. I hate modern architecture, and style of common flat houses.
@aristidis540
@aristidis540 Жыл бұрын
i'm from greece and i don't like the cold .....but this is a very beautiful video. Be well my friend.
@andydelarue9344
@andydelarue9344 Жыл бұрын
This is what I need right now , a cold travel story as it was 35 ° C here today
@Lilmisscostumedrama
@Lilmisscostumedrama Жыл бұрын
Look how happy those doggis were to see you Vagabond man!
@D3MON_KOR3
@D3MON_KOR3 Жыл бұрын
I love these uploads, interesting, ty👍
@Ragman205
@Ragman205 2 жыл бұрын
Very cool vid, man. Thanks!
@mathiasharboegammelgaardha5396
@mathiasharboegammelgaardha5396 Жыл бұрын
oh how ironic the slogan "peace to the world" is today in 2022.
@hxllish
@hxllish 2 ай бұрын
You're not funny nor original.
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