Exploring a Forgotten Uranium Mining Town of Soviets

[@KUSHALGOKHALE]

vagabond got himself a drone. making progress soldier!

[@ivantrainsLIVE]

I had been owning a drone for a half a year in 2022 before I broke it in Norilsk and never fixed it. This video was filmed in May 2022.

[@aPizzaStainedSlob]

@@ivantrainsLIVE Probably quite difficult to fly them around these days too

[@ivantrainsLIVE]

Yes, in some places in some countries.

[@Peter-MH]

18:30 wow, that mosaic!! 😮 I’ve seen many impressive Soviet mosaics on Bald & Bankrupt channel, but I think that is the best ever! Beautiful!

[@ivantrainsLIVE]

That one is my favorite!

[@sabflash]

You are right! I’ve never seen an other mosaic as stunning as this one

[@co6mo]

@@ivantrainsLIVE u should meet him! or take him there...

[@geeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzz]

I bet it's worth quite a lot. Sure is better than a Banksy.

[@Aidan-r5p]

Vagabond needs a TV deal! He's brilliant! Discovery channel come on give this guy a deal!

[@zamanski7094]

Them Soviet Mosaics are pretty amazing. Seen a bunch of them in another travel vlog. T But that one you showed was by far the best

[@Sir......]

the youtuber Benjamin from Bald & Bankrupt would faint if he saw that Mosaic

[@zamanski7094]

@@Sir...... that’s exactly who I was talking about! 😂

[@jlamaack]

Love your videos man! Excited to watch it

[@foxstrangler]

Always good to see a Vagabond video.

[@stadtbekanntertunichtgut]

I love your camouflage jacket! It looks great on you, a jacket like this suits almost everyone because it's well cut. I have one of these too but haven't been able to wear it because it's been too warm in the last few months. You quickly learn to appreciate a jacket like this in bad weather.

[@matremx8009]

Love your videos!

[@WalksInCamera]

That mosaic is one of the best I've seen A real splash of colour in a very bleak landscape.

[@misterkefir]

Wholly agreed. Just a beautiful piece of art, made even more beautiful by it's immediate surroundings.

[@r2gh44]

Cool video man! Really enjoy your content

[@kennethocongerskin9460]

Love your videos, man ❤️🇬🇧

[@fnamelname9077]

Stay safe and healthy! Best of luck in your future adventures!

[@samuelpo3378]

7:21 the trees growing on the roof are very interesting

[@toonseten]

Your videos I always need multiple pauzes. Just to let your content sink in. There are to much content makers who absolutly would make this a 30 minute video just for revenue. I really like your work, thanks.

[@Maybe1Someday]

My family used to have a condo in Florida and in one of the bedrooms it had a floor to ceiling world map across one wall and it had the "USSR" on it. I always thought it was so interesting as a kid that a cuntry "used to" exist

[@cmphighpower]

Glad to see you still posting. Don’t get yourself drafted

[@jaywilliams4410]

Great video as always

[@miketomkins5171]

So many crows in that town!

[@yutanarkavich]

wow this channel is still active I love old soviet architecture videos so much

[@DrUmtombo]

Another fantastic video that gave me a real feeling of what it must be like to be there. Thank you so much!

[@blpblp-tj7ux]

fantastic video, as always. thank you for sharing your travels and perspectives. 👍

[@NK-3-777]

First time catching your video so early. Love your videos

[@alfredpetrossian3036]

Excellent & informative, thank you.

[@KMcKaig72]

The Soviet Mosaic is a truly underappreciated art form, thanks for highlighting them on your travels!

[@warmspell7562]

Great video.

[@MalleeMate]

The mosaics are literally the coolest thing ever, that one at the end was incredible ❤

[@losflogos9348]

Cool video!

[@deadnerves]

what a beautiful lake

[@mrben6573]

Really enjoyable video as always.

[@marckv470]

Good video bro. I’ve never said it yet: i love your videos. Greetings from spain 🇪🇸 (sorry for my English level. I’m improving it with your videos 😅😅)

[@harveyaku1692]

Beautiful video, keep it up man!

[@interestings7866]

Love when you visit abandoned places

[@danosdotnl]

Beautiful, thank you for documenting.

[@zarryc1687]

Very interesting like always!

[@briandoyle6188]

That mosaic was amazing 👌👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿...

[@arhexirthesnake]

Beautiful mosaic. Thanks for another fascinating video Ivan. :]

[@YongChoi-ic4by]

great video! keep it up brother!

[@tomgray3804]

Great video. I enjoy listening to your native language and reading the captions to see which words I can pick out or somewhat recognize. Word etymology is neat, and it is cool to see that even though the Russian and English languages are worlds apart, they still have many similarities. Your English is continuing to improve, and you speak it better than some native English speakers I know.

[@patu5798]

Keep up the good work

[@ahmed-mujtaba]

its a good day vagabond has posted a video 🤩

[@lafilletterevolutionnaire]

I love your page so much!!

[@MausTheGerman]

Interesting documentary as always 👍👍 Greetings from Germany 🫡🇩🇪

[@FriedEgg101]

Your videos never disappoint. I click on every one.

[@BengtHansves]

Hello from Gotheburg - Sweden ! Same buildings and architecure as in Pripyat - Припять !

[@kozakura1]

I love your videos!!! It gives me wanderlust lol I want to travel and explore so much buuuuuuuut I have to work 🥰🤣🥰

[@user-st3nk9ui9j]

The steppe landscape looks so different to any other I have seen. I would like to experience it for myself some time.

[@HAMID-un8zo]

Thank you ivan for your azaming videos😃😃

[@xela001]

Great trip, thx for sharing 🎉 Are u fine so far? 😅

[@keeganm2482]

Well, I think I have a new entry for my "Old Men on Contraptions" list. He appears to be healthy and free. Good on him.

[@skylem5373]

Bold and Bankrupt would have love to see that last mosaic :)

[@liamelder1972]

That one driver wearing the American football letterman jacket sent me 😂. I’m actually confused as to how he got that. It’s fairly recent too with the Riddell speed helmet on it and all.

[@rmbkfour]

Bravo!

[@nictimoulete7651]

Happy to spend sometimes with you. Explorer is something, bon courage pour la suite bonhomme !

[@larspregge6420]

This broken stairwys, looks really dangerouos. It looks like less cement than normal.

[@justinambru8529]

The prypiat of asia

[@rbarkeri7tb]

Wow. Agreed. Easily the best mosaic I've seen in amongst all these Russian vlogger videos.🇷🇺 Thanks, Vagabond! 🙌🏻

[@UnlocalizedSimulator]

Did you remove some old videos off your channel? I recall watching videos of yours some with train hopping that I no longer can find

[@kuukeli]

interesting video

[@nknostman]

Phenomenal

[@Grizazzle]

Love the content. This particular place has DayZ written all over it. 🙂

[@overcrestproductions]

Awesome drop. That biological warfare and research building was insane!!! Tell me you tried to see if it was open. 😅

[@ivantrainsLIVE]

Yes I did, it was closed. I left it for future explorations.

[@patu5798]

@@ivantrainsLIVEhopefully you will go back before looters get to it more

[@ElmtreeLine]

Is there a longer version of this film ?

[@ivantrainsLIVE]

The longer version will be released in 2025.

[@Kaiser_Kloob]

Will you continue the Balkan Tour?

[@ivantrainsLIVE]

Next year.

[@Kaiser_Kloob]

@@ivantrainsLIVE thanks for the quick response

[@kitosjek9541]

​@@ivantrainsLIVEcome to Čapljina, let's drink a beer

[@SamMiller-x4f]

Probably high levels of very unhealthy waste byproducts from the mining operation.

[@ShayneWolfe]

Would love to see you explore America at some point!

[@GuyRips]

Can't get visa,,he not a terriost,,not that sharp,but a harmless good dude,,I would let him stay in the barn outback,, Okeechobee

[@arjanpetersen]

russians haven't been promoting themselves .... recently...

[@ShayneWolfe]

@@GuyRips bro what? Your grammar has me thinking you're not that sharp.

[@BridgesDontFly]

I feel like you understand though.

[@shawnfox445]

Really nothing like this to visit in the US. Canada or Alaska maybe but other than mining towns or some ghost towns that everyone has been to not much to see

[@Victor-ro9ti]

This town looks like a map/campaign mission straight out of cod4

[@ivantrainsLIVE]

We're going deep & we're going hard

[@Banditt42]

nice

[@Mango_TalingChan]

Great video! I hope that German army jacket kept you warm during the night.

[@geeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzz]

Is he wondering around with a German army surplus jacket? I didn't think that would be particularly popular.

[@sinkorswim-du5xi]

Its some kind of irony that places with infinite space and cattle grazing land have no people yet places like uk and phillipines have little space for farming but are overcrowded by people with not enough land to house or farm land to support them . this is still a world at odds with itself . most people in the world could really not image a place has Barron has this exist .I always love your videos for many many years .i watch every one ,its like traveling to a world unknown. please take care .its scary to see you climbing such ruined buildings but i try to remember you are an experienced pro at this .

[@daveshongkongchinachannel]

That’s a good observation. We are also told by our politicians that our planet is overpopulated and at the same time they tell us the birth rate is in decline and we more people for continued growth!

[@sinkorswim-du5xi]

@@daveshongkongchinachannel the problem i think may be the borders or language barriers or old religious rules . india vs say america is another example . one thing i can say for certain is in uk land and housing is now at such an important value that its unobtainable and the food has to be imported to feed people. and in cebu there isn't a single km of coastline uninhabited anywhere ,yet again food has to imported to support all the hunger. Yet i look at America its 95 percent empty and still mostly forested not even been converted to farmland yet. just blows my mind. it would be no surprise to me if it turns out more British natives living in Spain than Britain now

[@daveshongkongchinachannel]

@@sinkorswim-du5xi I know America is big but had no idea they are only utilising 5%. That really is mind blowing. I agree, borders and language barriers play a big part and also psychology in that most people are pretty settled in the place they were born and cannot even imagine moving to a completely different country.

[@sinkorswim-du5xi]

​@@daveshongkongchinachannel .Please do not take my 5 percent gestimation has a fact lol .its based purely on Medea and maps perusal . If you like drugs alcohol the cold the dark death the mud and lost angry people then the uk is a treat 7 months a year for that . food and drink with no flavor and pumped with chemicals to replace sugar and salt . having no hope owning land or a home ,man and woman sworn political enemies . i dont like any of it though .not alowed to listen foreighn radio ,tg for tor browser. have dedicated my life to getting out of here since i was like 5 ,lucky to have survived so far just barely . i yearn to be with nature and enjoy religion morals and food that is food .if not supporting a family of 5 i would have been out decades a go .brits have no rights to work abroad without bachelors level degree either ,good luck getting one of those here hahaha . god please let me out asap.definitely not one in the category of happy where i live .never have been. and yes i am traveled and cultured THERE ARE BETTER PLACES nobody can deny that. ps the internet crashed 3 times i had to rewrite this .

[@mattcrispin6737]

@@sinkorswim-du5xi I don't know where you are getting your statistics. 70% of the U.K is green pasture and farm land. Less that 10% is built on. It's highly urbanised. Utilised agricultural area 17,000,000 hectares. The amount of Brits living in Spain on a permanent basis is quite tiny.

[@GeoffGoas]

why is there so much rubble in the apartment buildings? seismic activity?

[@hilgeinak]

Carry a geiger counter.

[@BlackAdder719]

Looks like pripyat😮

[@StarWarsJay]

When you slept in that apartment, did you imagine the people that lived there in the past?

[@ivantrainsLIVE]

No, it was entirely derelict.

[@rebeccacaraska4112]

One question that never seems to be asked or answered is... Where are they getting fuel for the little machines they drive around? I've seen these in many videos.

[@ivantrainsLIVE]

The nearest gasoline station is 50 km away from the semi-abandoned town.

[@mpky23]

i wonder how the uranium mine looks

[@xinny4190]

Ngl, the thumbnail looked like you were visiting Pripyat

[@TGWazoo1]

Seriously, your stuff rivals National Geographic.

[@trombonetortoise3406]

Hey Vagabond, I love your videos! Have you ever experienced any difficulties because you wearing a German national flag on your arm? Or is that more of a fashion/style thing? I don‘t know much about most of the countries you travel through and therefore appreciate your view outside of mass media. Save travels!

[@ivantrainsLIVE]

Hey, thank you. I've never had any problems with my German jacket. The flag is a part of the initial design. I don't want to change it.

[@SkinwalkerFarm]

I've got about 1.7kg of processed uranium metal and 600g of plutonium, I have to keep it all separated and take all the neccessary precautions etc. I should probably dispose of it properly but I enjoy the metallic tingling mouth sensation and it makes my bones very strong.

[@patxiotsoa]

I understand mining ghost towns; I live in Colorado and there are a lot of them. But why are all the buildings so demolished? Did the Soviets make them unlivable as they pulled out on purpose?

[@The_Yote985]

How do you afford such trips? Do you have a home? I wonder this often

[@ivantrainsLIVE]

Yes, I have a home. I travel on a budget.

[@The_Yote985]

Good news!

[@tdfxxnr250]

Japan is also facing problems with once prosperous regions declining. Hokkaido, Kyushu, and other areas Although the size of the country varies, similar problems are occurring all over the world.

[@randd1418]

I am just guessing that Amazon does not deliver there

[@ivantrainsLIVE]

In Kazakhstan, Amazon guesses you.

[@alexanderchessa1319]

No smoking is for the passenger only.

[@GrantRobertson-ht3qb]

Dude is playing DayZ IRL

[@duncanluciak5516]

15:24 So odd seeing an American Football helmet in Kazakhstan

[@RaduIoanPop]

Is this video a re-post ?

[@ivantrainsLIVE]

No. Maybe you mix it up with another video which I filmed in Kazakhstan and published earlier.

[@RaduIoanPop]

​ @ivantrainsLIVE Thank you for the clarification, lovely video, surreal, apocalyptic, amazing. Respect.

[@priceman141]

15:32 - A bit surprising to see a man in Kazakhstan wearing what appears to be an American-style football jacket

[@martonpapp269]

Were you ever in the army?

[@johndoe-yr4pt]

Sounds like an emission is coming

[@ZL-jr5xp]

The town reminds me of Baltimore

[@co6mo]

why?

[@Hazmatt4700]

A friend of mine has a podcast where he has interviewed the head of he bio weapons program that defected. Super good man who now does Autism research that has real promise.

[@timeflysintheshop]

Is demolition planned? By the condition of those buildings.... It has already started!!!

[@Technosphile]

Damn bro I was wondering if you had been conscripted into the special two day military operation

[@samholdsworth420]

😂

[@kitosjek9541]

He's waiting for you to join the reddit brigades

[@RaNc0R]

Would you be traveling to East Asia ? China Korea Japan or south and south east Asia like India and Thailand ?

[@ivantrainsLIVE]

Yes.

[@WannabeOverlander]

👋🏻🤠❤

[@ValDominator]

Русский текст? который поможет нам учиться

[@ЕвгенийБорисенко-ю3т]

в чем концепт абанденд бой?

[@konplayz]

What a shame… the collapse really benefited nobody, maybe some of the balts..