Life in Russian Countryside (Visiting a Dacha in Siberia)

Why are so many people in Russia, especially young people, leaving the cities to move to the massive Russian countryside? What on earth are 'Russian country homes' or 'Dacha's'? And why do over 60% of the population of modern Russia own one? Let's head to the countryside, deep in to the taiga (boreal forest) of Siberia, to my brother's (cousins) wooden Dacha. Let's have a BBQ with my family, and check out rural life in Russia and a Russian cottage.
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Why so many people in Russia are leaving the cities? (Siberia, October 2022)
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[@MattandJulia]

Do you live in the country or the city? 😊 Is there anything similar to the Dacha concept in your country? Thanks for watching! 🙌🏼❤️

[@TheLoneWanderersBunker]

I live in a small town considered a city, but we are sourrounded by country. I New Zealand this would be considered "a batch" I don't think we have anything similar in the US, maybe cabins.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much for the insight 🥰

[@johnison76]

In the US, some folks buy a second home in the country for relaxing\vacationing, but it's often a cabin, not your standard urban\suburban home. Smaller, usually rustic in design and implementation.

[@MattandJulia]

@@johnison76 ooh interesting! 🥰 thank you so much ❤️

[@laakssim]

I live in the capital but like to spend as much time as possible in the dacha of my grandparents. Nowadays it is so easy and acceptable to work remotely so it's no problem to stay there by the lake for several days or a week. There is no electricity but I have a big battery and an inverter in my car to charge the work laptops. For living there no electricity is needed as the heating and lights are powered with kerosene.

[@sabrinalennox2004]

Im Italian American but every Russian I've ever known , I absolutely adored. Russian people are wonderful Hugs from 🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much, lots of love to the USA 🥰❤️

[@wandererroam1529]

I visited our friend's dasha in Russia. It's like a small village in the river Volga. It was so peaceful. People enjoyed summer. They'd spend much time on the beach and the sauna at night. Russian barbeque was so tasty. It's a memorable summer where family and friends are together.

[@MattandJulia]

Sounds absolutely idyllic 🥰

[@cherylsalinas1548]

I love your videos on Russia. It’s interesting learning about it through your eyes. I am 70 years old and so was taught that Russia was a horrible place to live and no one owned anything. Times change. People are basically the same all over. We just want peace and happiness. Thanks for sharing. Love to you and Matt. Be safe. ❤️

[@vlglupak]

@@Ismael-cq9ye ты приболел, выпей таблетки.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Cheryl! Really appreciate it, lots of love to you and your family 🥰❤️

[@Deutschland8894]

Man build things in Russia are horrible and everything full of trash. Nature is beautiful

[@arkman8109]

We the people want peace, the ruling elite want us all in constant hatred for each other.

[@arkman8109]

Allowing people to own their own homes and property is a must for any society that wants peace and progress.

[@madhusudantandon]

I travelled Moscow and St Petersburg in July 2019 for one month, used couchsurfing your many videos refreshed my memories to see other part of Union, wherever you visited and uploaded the beautiful videos, watching from Lucknow, India

[@privatedata665]

We live in a small town in the country . Population 300 , several stores and a butcher shop . We grow squash , radish , tomatoes , peppers and sunflowers . We have a strawberry and raspberry patch . We also sell the natural gas from underneath our property . East Smithfield Pennsylvania .....

[@MattandJulia]

Very interesting, sounds really relaxing 🥰❤️

[@dimagr90]

Осень, дача, шашлык это любовь! Полный кайф. Классный у вас канал 🔥👍❤️

[@MattandJulia]

Согласна 🥰🙏🏼❤️

[@hencole]

One of the highlight sof my stay in Russia back in 1997, was visiting the dacha of the family I was staying with . The contrast between the concrete tower blocks of the city and the countryside couldn't be more stark.

[@MattandJulia]

Completely agree! It is like night and day ❤️

[@EyesonEnforcement911]

Your videos make me happy. With all the negative light that is being shed on my home country, you bring out so much beauty and positivity! I'm glad you're documenting and sharing your life with us.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much 🙏🏼❤️

[@lightningleaf23]

There’s very good reason Russia is viewed in a negative light. Not all Russians obviously and I hope but good overcomes the evil. But Russians are the real victims in all this.

[@suttonadmiral891]

We are on the right side of the history, and we have a man who knows what he is doing, so relax :)

[@lightningleaf23]

@@suttonadmiral891 if you refer to Putin you are mad.

[@neverwise]

@@suttonadmiral891 you've been brainwashed Sutton. Do you have access to a VPN? Try that. Julia and Matt are doing a great job continuing to create content for their channel under immense pressure, let's not undo their work by cheering on the lunatic who is killing Ukrainians AND Russians for his own despotic delusions. As ever, lovely video Julia x

[@vintagegal5616]

The Russian people are very lucky to be able to own their own apartment in the city and then also own a dacha in the country. Here in America only the wealthier people can own both. I love the design of that dacha. I like how it’s up off the ground. In U.S. they are called pole houses and are out in more rural areas where you need to be off the ground due to snow and rain. Thanks for showing us this.

[@MattandJulia]

So glad you enjoyed it and found it interesting! 🥰❤️

[@vintagegal5616]

@@user-bs8vp7je8n I think that, because America has always had an over abundance of food, people in general haven’t strived to grow their own food as much as in Russia or other countries. In the cities and suburbs we like to plant vegetables and fruit trees in our yards, but not it’s not enough to sustain ourselves completely. We still have to go to the store.

[@__Ekaterina.]

The construction of dacha settlements was ordered by Khrushchev, in the 60s. Also, as a result of urbanization, some people have houses in the village where relatives used to live. It was all used for recreation and growing vegetables and berries. Now, as a rule, it's cheaper to buy everything in the store, but many people like it as a hobby, plus it's all natural, without chemicals. It is also used as insurance against bad times, in case they come

[@Unclemiffato100]

Interesting channel. Learned a bit about Russia. Not different from many East African families. We too have a city home and a "village home" in the countryside. Normally with a farm either animal or vegetable farm. 👏 In hard times we go and harvest food to bring back to the city

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much for sharing 🥰❤️

[@djonfonsteen6331]

Greetings from Manchester. I've spent time in concrete jungles too and my soul crys out for countryside. Bless you all.

[@MattandJulia]

Lots of love to Manchester ❤️❤️

[@__Ekaterina.]

🤗😊🌈🌞✨

[@NanaLine001]

Hi Julia! My name is Line and I live in Canada. We do have Dacha (called chalet in French) and many people have left the city to live in the wild as we say here. Even as a child I remember spending my summer days at the chalet. I hope you and Matt get to own your little corner of paradise one day. Very nice to discover your channel today! Bye!

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Line 🥰❤️

[@karlad3213]

It was beautiful there Julia. I live between 2 small cities about a mile East from Lake Michigan, but I live in a 2,800 square foot trailer. It has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms and it's in a trailer park with over 100 more homes similar. It's the cheapest way to go currently because to rent an apartment it's almost 2 thousand a month or more. I pray you are reunited with Matt soon. God bless 💕

[@Parawingdelta2]

I live in Australia and I'm really glad to see that so many Russian people have their own home. I'm fortunate in owning my own home but none of my five children do. Home ownership is fast getting out of reach for many people; even with two incomes in cases where they have to pay for child care.

[@MattandJulia]

Same as the UK too unfortunately, Matt and I really struggled to afford our 1 bed flat in England a few years back ❤️

[@lilipop6990]

500 километров от Москвы дёшевая земля ..строй себе 🏰

[@EugeneLob]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bX6VaqJnf6yYgpY Australian lives in Russia.

[@laurief9081]

Same in Canada. Used to be majority of people could own a home if they wished but prices have sky rocketed in last few years so not sure what will happen with younger generation.

[@Parawingdelta2]

@@laurief9081 A house I bought 40 years ago was $42,000. I sold it 30 years ago (can't recall what I got for it). With very few changes and now minus a front fence, it recently sold for $670,000. Over that time wages have increased by about 400%. That house has increased in price by 1,600%. Admittedly that may be a bit of an exception, but it's an indication of the problem for people trying to buy their first house.

[@jasonpetersharpe]

Great video! Perfect. Love the music, the Russian countryside and most of all the Russian people. God Bless

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Jason! Lots of love to you 🥰❤️

[@jasonpetersharpe]

@@MattandJulia 😘

[@annecaunce]

I only heard about dachas a few years ago, but they've interested me ever since. At first, I wondered what the point was, but then I realised that most Russian city dwellers live in small apartments with little or no outside space, so a dacha is perfect for summer gatherings, relaxation and growing produce and is actually a great idea.

[@MattandJulia]

So glad we could could share our families one with you Annie 🥰❤️

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

In.Warsaw people have small.ots with cabins within the city

[@dzonikg]

Kind off similar 2 Serbia where i am from..during sociliams people moved from villages to cities 2 new flats or houses which they got for free but they still had old houses in countryside .. they would then convert 2 "vikendinca" or weekend house

[@__Ekaterina.]

It's not even about the size of the apartments, since those who have large apartments also have dachas, but the fact that most Russians live in apartments in cities. And many, especially in the warm season, want to leave the stone crowded city, they want to go to nature, fresh air, some, especially the elderly, are engaged in farming as a useful hobby, some, if possible, like to swim in rivers or lakes, ponds, if the weather allows

[@snejok888]

and there's little to none regulations except maybe fire department rules and you can't grow drugs but otherwise you free

[@BigJoe1]

I have visited some dachas... the problem is and I don't know why the next morning there is always a headache.... :)))) must be the fresh nature air! ;)

[@MattandJulia]

Haha, 100%, definitely the fresh air 😏❤️

[@donhurst8459]

@@MattandJulia Russians enjoy fresh air,so do I.

[@costasworldofmusicmemories5792]

Thank you so much Julia for showing us how people are adjusting to life in the Dacha's. We don't often see this side of Russia. Your smile and laughter lights up our day everyday😁 How is Matt doing and where is he ? As always, Sending you much love 🙏❤🙏 Harriet, Jim and Yuki. Richmond, Va.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much guys!! 🥰❤️ He is in Kazakhstan at the moment, busy working on some exciting projects for next year, can’t wait to share them with you! ❤️❤️❤️

[@January14q]

Loved seeing your brother’s dacha and seeing you having a wonderful time with Family in Russia. 💚 Thank You Julia! 😍

[@MattandJulia]

So glad you enjoyed it April 🙏🏼❤️🥰

[@cindybrodie9769]

In the US we have cabins. It is a privilege to own one! 🥰

[@MattandJulia]

Interesting, would love to see how they differ 🥰❤️

[@terrypage8279]

Lovely video thank you, I am actually staying with my Russian wife at her dacha in the St. Petersburg area this weekend, we have an ancient stove so it's very cosy.

[@MattandJulia]

Oh wow! Have a lovely time 🥰 lots of love to you both 🙏🏼❤️

[@leilagomulka5690]

The Dacha option sounds phenomenal. A getaway retreat.

[@paulsee2037]

Wonderful video as they all are thank you. This is so interesting and I am sat in a comfy armchair at home in Chingford north east London having watched the news of events in Ukraine feeling I have to confess challenged and sad but comforted to know that despite the terrible events that are before us your family and every day folk are no different from back in the UK. So lovely to hear and see the ambition to make that Dacha a comfortable and welcoming home and to see the activities of every day life and the closeness and bonds that exist and thrive across the thousands of miles. I guess at times it might be hard. Thank you Paul

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Paul! ❤️

[@witchy8578]

I absolutely love this 💗 I could watch your videos all day! What a beautiful country Russia is, I hope to visit it one day 💜

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Dee! 🥰❤️

[@karmelitakarmelita7869]

Приезжайте на Алтай, вот здесь посмотрите : " Путешествие в Беловодье" - впечатляет!

[@thor9563]

We hope they stop killing Ukrainian families, bombing homes, threatening the whole world soon!

[@stevenparker9238]

Matt and Julia, Thank you for your beautiful video. Much love and respect from New Zealand

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Steven 🥰❤️

[@leonardovillanueva4870]

хижина🏕🏠выглядит очень красиво🤩 и осень🍁🍂такая красивая🤎и еда выглядит восхитительно😋 Я не из🇷🇺но Я люблю изучать Русский язык 🤍 💙 ❤

[@MattandJulia]

Здорово! Вы сами откуда? ❤️

[@leonardovillanueva4870]

@@MattandJulia Я из🇲🇽😄

[@MattandJulia]

Классно! 🥰 Bienvenidos a nuestra canal! ❤️🙏🏼

[@leonardovillanueva4870]

@@MattandJulia ваууу!!!😍 Muchas gracias y me gusta❤su canal🙈

[@user-hu6ck9ix6c]

Ну, наконец то, кто то на русском написал!

[@Jensie50]

Thanks so much for sharing the daytrip to the dacha Julia! My kind of relaxation, away from the city in quiet surroundings amongst the trees. To top it off you even enjoyed something very much akin to a South African "braai" 🤩👏👏 Nothing like meat prepared that way in such a setting too! I was thinking the same as you about Gran seeing that unused fertile soil... 😁😁😁 Beautiful atmospheric video, just sad that Matt missed out. Lots of love ❤️ ❤️

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Johan!! Lots of love from Matt and I 🥰❤️❤️❤️

[@ninemoonplanet]

Julia, maybe you and your sis can "donate" a fruit tree for your cousin, a small start for the little one soon to come. Just make sure it won't be tall enough to allow the child to climb too high. 😃 Siberia looks much like northern Canada. Cold too by the shortness of the trees. Hope you and Matt can find more places to visit, travel to, after winter. 🇨🇦 Keep warm!

[@MattandJulia]

Oooh, such a sweet idea, thank you! 🥰 Thank you so much! Lots of love to Canada 🥰❤️

[@someorientbreeze]

Beautiful country and Beautiful people. I am planning to build my own vacation house too and I’ll invite both of you when finish

[@MattandJulia]

Sounds amazing, deal 🥰❤️

[@waseemtufail1894]

Hi julia I am from pakistan and since watching your velogs I left watching every thing except you and your velogs I am gon addicted of you your chanal what a face created by the creacher mind blowing end end of the beautifulness thanks to God that I can see his creachers like julia stay bllesed

[@zenpanda25]

Enjoying watching you grow as a filmmaker, this is the best yet - music, editing, fantastic - have a great eye.

[@vertchalousmelkonyanz]

Wow this video was superb!! ur videos always teach so much more about Russia and in an amazing way with all the fun. In all these videos I feel like I'm there.

[@MattandJulia]

So glad you enjoyed it Vladimir ❤️🙏🏼

[@vertchalousmelkonyanz]

@@MattandJulia You're Welcome!

[@baronlong1829]

Beautiful Countryside...and the food looked great! Thanks for the vid!

[@ahirdevbela9624]

Beautiful Russia 🇮🇳🤝🇷🇺

[@eddy3093]

I'm from the UK my partner is Lithuanian, we have been talking about moving to rural Russia after our Kids are grown and have their lives sorted. Living in a community that looks after every member is the true meaning of life!

[@djonfonsteen6331]

Labas. From Manchester

[@MattandJulia]

For sure, I think those values are lost in our modern world 😘 lots of love to you and your partner ❤️

[@bler43]

sure if there is russia left after the war in ukraine

[@абвгд-щ6р]

Плохая идея

[@user-tl2dk6fx3v]

АБВГД, не вам решать

[@Anastasiavlogs.0]

Your videos Make me happy. With all the negative light that is being shed on My home country, you bring out so Much beauty and positivity! I'm glad you're documenting and sharing your life with us. 😊🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺💕🇷🇺😊💕

[@MattandJulia]

Спасибо большое Анастасия ❤️

[@Anastasiavlogs.0]

@@MattandJulia 😊🇷🇺 please also support my vlog 🥹🇷🇺

[@andreyiforoff8891]

My grandfather made a wine on dacha. We have a grapes. Now dacha with flowers and exotical trees from other countries. We have electricity pipeline gas, water and mail address. It's takes about 40 minutes from my flat by bicycle to go there. But according documents is registered as a garden house. Greetings from Kazakhstan where dachas is also part of culture. This is a postsoviet phenomenon.

[@MattandJulia]

Lots of love to our favourite Kazakhstan, Andrey! 🥰❤️

[@alejandroheld9527]

What a nice video! Very good to know that you and your family are well. In Buenos Aires in the past it was common (for the middle class) to have a second home outside the city. They were called "quintas" because they were originally small family farms, like an orchard or a large allotment. Years later private neighborhoods began to appear, but these only for higher income sectors. Another option is the in the Tigre Islands, in the northern part of Greater Buenos Aires there is a delta that flows into the Rio de la Plata, near a town called Tigre and on those small islands that form in the delta there are many houses that are used for weekends, they are typical built of wood and elevated over the river. But in these years for the vast majority of people it is impossible to have a second home, even having a single home of your own is very difficult. I imagine that you are by Matt's side again, I await the video of the reunion. Congratulations ! I see that subscribers are increasing every day, soon they will reach 100,000! you deserve many more! Too bad the trip to Iceland could not be this year, I hope that it can be done soon next year! bye

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much for sharing Alejandro! Really appreciate it 🥰 Lots of love to Buenos Aires! 🥰❤️🙏🏼

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

Ive been to Tigre Loved the boat.trip.around the delta islands

[@KoCMoHaBT61]

In the end of 80th the Brazilian serial "Escrava Isaura" was shown on Soviet TV. Since this time a second house (mostly cabin) outside the city for summer time was named as 'fazenda' :) . Sorry for Brazil in Argentine thread.

[@thewillsfamilyaccount6486]

Family time! Great! Nicely done!

[@neverwise]

I love Dachas I wish I had one, all the stuff I could grow! Beautiful vid Julia, thanks to your family for showing us around and congratulations on the baby.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much!! 🥰 Really appreciate it! ❤️🙏🏼

[@sharonneth4231]

Everything is sooooo beautiful 😍!!! Such open space and beautiful landscape!

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Sharon! 🥰❤️

[@leifsonoferik]

Planting a vegetable garden is always a good idea as a protection from food shortages. Also if it is garden, you don't have as much grass to cut. Maybe some chickens also and a goat for milk and cheese. That is why my parents always had one back in the USA. I hope you will be able to meet up with Matt soon. I'm sure he misses you and you miss him as well.

[@MattandJulia]

Absolutely, always gives you an option 🥰 Thank you so much, looking forward to reuniting soon! 🥰❤️

[@genghiskhan112]

Really enjoyed that one Julia. Lovely to see you and your family enjoying yourselves at that lovely dacha. And soon bringing a shiny new baby Russian into the world too. Good luck to them and keep the vids coming.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much 🥰

[@Larrymarx]

Hello Julia, thank you for bringing us along for a ride to the country, I love the setup nice place and peaceful... I live right outside a major city in a little quiet peaceful town, I love it. I also lived in a city for many years, city life is also good providing you have good neighbors if not, *it can be a long stay* ... My sister had a log cabin in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania very similar to the Dacha concept, but she sold it few years ago, you always had to watch out for bears... Thank you for continuing making your videos I always look forward to them, and nice to see my "Official" Russia Ambassador (Julia) made it back home in Siberia... Please send *Matt* my best.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Larry! So interesting, totally agree, so sad that it is so uncommon to know your neighbours in a city 😞 Lots of love to you and your family 🥰❤️ Love from Matt and I 👋🏻

[@Larrymarx]

@@MattandJulia Thank you, my son will be happy to hear of your good wishes, he watches many of your videos with me. Just like Ringo Starr we both send back to you "Peace & Love* ♪♫♪

[@kaboom1487]

I live rural. It's such an amazing thing to have coffee in the morning, look out on a forest and laugh at my dog's all being goofs.

[@MattandJulia]

Sounds like heaven 🥰❤️

[@kazzicup]

A very nice country home. Dacha ! 🏡 The chicken wings look delicious.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@jamesavickers5961]

As an English man envious of those living in larger countries enabling them to have a dacha ..I stayed in one about 3 hours from Moscow some time ago wonderful .maybe not in winter.thank you so very much indeed ciao

[@MattandJulia]

Haha, winter is definitely a different story 😀 lots to love to Blighty 🥰❤️

[@frankswecker8230]

It reminds me of life here in Michigan. We go "up north for the weekend "

[@janeburton2557]

Hi Julia & Matt ~ It’s so much fun seeing this video as I’ve been interested in Dachas ever since reading about them years ago in a book about Russia. Many people here have cottages (similar to your dachas) in our more northerly areas where there are lakes and forests. Others have cottages by the Great Lakes. They go there in the summer to get away from the cities and their regular daily lifestyles. They did a good job with building the dacha there so quickly. Enjoy your videos very much. Cheers!

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Jane, really appreciate it! ❤️🥰

[@janeburton2557]

@@MattandJulia You’re very welcome! Cheers! 🌸 🌸

[@Barflax]

Earlier during the SSSR - CCCP - time I took a travel from Stockholm - Turku - Viborg - Leningrad - Novgorod - Moskva. In Novorod we was at Kreml there, they have Borsjtj ( борщ) in a hot crock, lovely. Another time we was walking in Leningrad and step in a lokal resturant ( Cafeteria) and was eating very good food. Nope I don't speak Russia but I always managing to fix it :) It was a very cheap way to get to Moskva, I did that often.

[@dalehutchins7283]

Semi-country, City of 100k has enveloped us in last 10 years. Foot hills of Appalachian Mountains, northern Georgia, USA. Contemplating a move to central US, to a very low population density area, last great forest before the dry western lands. Hope you are safe and well, we enjoy your videos.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Dale! Love to Georgia 🙏🏼❤️

[@jakezgab8576]

Family and quiet country life is the best, pretty sister

[@stuartwright1587]

What a beautiful and fun place. Is a dacha to always live in or as a sometimes get away place? Many people here in Washington have cabins in the mountains to get away, hang out, hike, fish, and hunt. They usually keep them stocked and have protective covers over the windows and doors when not used to keep the bears from breaking in.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much 🥰❤️ Depends on the person, most use them as holiday homes 😊

[@vNill]

l haven't seen my family in my hometown in 14 years, you seeing your family and spending time with them again made me so nostalgic! there's nothing like the feeling of being back home

[@MattandJulia]

Lots of love to you Nill! ❤️

[@Anastasiavlogs.0]

Love you from Russia 💕💕🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺😊

[@MattandJulia]

❤️❤️❤️

[@mariasilver5849]

Хорошее видео. Единственное, никак не могу отделаться от мысли - на законодательном уровне запретила бы обносить участки профнастилом. Болезнь современных деревень. Весь природный, спокойный антураж сразу же портится. Полно ведь альтернатив по той же цене...

[@tonray9395]

Your videos get better every time. Very professionally done...you should plug a documentary on your travels to perhaps a public TV station...great content and well done.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much @Ton Ray 🥰❤️

[@raymondporter2094]

Good to see this video and how "ordinary people" in Russia can afford a Dacha. If it were mine, I'd probably want to spent more of my time in the Dacha than in an appartment - particularly when they have done all the work they want after extending the building, putting in heating and a bathroom! I live in North Yorkshire - in a village - but I do know from a friend who is coming over to the UK in a week or so (to watch THREE Middlesbrough FC games), that in Finland many people have country Dachas (they may have a different name in Finland). I think theirs is near a lake and, of course it has a sauna - which they pronounce SAOONA not SORNA. Sauna seems to be a national obsession in Finland! Thanks for the video.

[@MattandJulia]

So glad you enjoyed it Raymond! Thank you for the insight about your friend 🥰 lots of love to Yorkshire 🙏🏼❤️

[@ОлекЛис]

In Russia, as well as among the Finns. I built a two-story house with a total area of ​​210 square meters and a bathhouse in my dacha and lived there for more than 9 years. But now, in connection with the war in Ukraine, my Ukrainian relatives came to me to wait out the war, and I settled them in this house. He himself moved to his city apartment. In addition, I am still being drafted into the army for mobilization, so I probably won’t need housing in the near future.🪖🏴‍☠

[@raymondporter2094]

@@ОлекЛис Your written English is very good. Stay safe if you are drafted into the armed forces. The news I see and videos from KZbin suggest Ukraine is not the safest of places for the Russian military at the present time. I also see that many (hundreds of thousands) are moving abroad to avoid having to go to Ukraine. Good Luck!

[@ОлекЛис]

@@raymondporter2094 Luck favors the prepared. Well, even if I'm not lucky, I know that millions are following us. Victory will be ours! It can not be in any other way. God with us.

[@Den_SPb]

The more I read your dialogue, guys, the more I feel being in some dystopia

[@loranv3435]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING THANKS FOR SHARING IT'S GREAT TO MEET YOUR FAMILY. LUV FROM YOUR FRIENDS IN ONTARIO, CANADA. WE HOPE THE BABY HAS ARRIVED.

[@jennh7040]

I always love learning new things and seeing how people live around the world. I learned about the first dacha a couple of years ago. Thank for sharing your cousin and his wife’s. Hoping we get to see how it grows and changes the next time you are there. Thanks for sharing. Hope Matt is doing okay. Wondering what he is up to while you are with your family. So glad you have this time with your family

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Jenn, Matt is currently in Kazakhstan working on our future projects and videos 🥰❤️

[@carolethurlow9550]

Very interesting video Julia. Would love to see the finished dacha. 🐱 X

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you Carole! Will definitely share an update 🥰❤️

[@bryannjones9016]

Thank you,Julia for this beautiful and interesting video. Never thought I’d get to see parts of Russia and now thanks to you, I can!!!

[@MattandJulia]

So glad you enjoyed it Bryan! 🥰❤️

[@tibbydudeza]

I live in the city of - 4.8 million (Cape Town - South Africa) - that is where the jobs and opportunities are - our rural towns are slowing dying and crumbling as young people move away and only the old people remain behind. We don't have Dachas (rural cottages) but rather if you have the means a holiday home/sometimes made from wood at the coast/sea. Most of us go to the coastal areas during the summer holidays (Xmas-New Year) and there are plenty of holiday resorts and also camping areas if you own a caravan or sometimes people go inland to the nature reserves where you can see Lions, Elephants, Buffalo and Rhinoceros.

[@imaloserdude7227]

Beautiful. I am envious.

[@MattandJulia]

❤️❤️❤️

[@johnburke5384]

Julia.. oh the food looks so yummy ! Thanks for sharing another lovely video, hope you`re ok... and keep safe

[@sebbvell3426]

Another great video! Keep rocking it, Julia!

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Sebb 🥰❤️

[@daienaa]

Hi from Leninsk-Kuznetsky! 🇷🇺❤️🙋🏻‍♀️

[@MattandJulia]

Привет! 👋🏻🥰❤️

[@pammiller1985]

Thanks for another interesting video! Was so happy to see y’all posted today! Been worried about y’all! Love seeing your family Julia! The food looked amazing!

[@MattandJulia]

Hi Pam, thank you so much ❤️ Soo sorry to hear you were worried, everything is okay i promise 🙏🏼❤️🥰

[@patricialozano9897]

Good times! Love this video. Thank you so much for sharing. New to your channel. ❤

[@Lisa-fq7ks]

Wonderful family! Thank you for sharing your lives! How is the baby? ❤️🌻

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hello how are you doing?

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Lisa! 🥰 He was born a week or so back, so sweet, so beautiful! 🥰🙏🏼❤️

[@davidholden4543]

Hi Julia. I started watching your videos on a big screen TV instead of my iPad, and one thing I noticed is how colorful and vibrant the shots are in your videos. You guys take some great pictures. 👍 good job!

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much David! Really appreciate it 🥰❤️

[@kathywolfe6606]

You made some great memories with your family.

[@MattandJulia]

Love them all so much 🥰❤️

[@johnison76]

Great episode! Thank you.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much 🥰❤️

[@georgemiller9713]

Hi Julia how's is your grandma doing you must love her very much. When do you expect to see your husband again Matt you must miss him your friend George

[@MattandJulia]

Hi George 🥰 My gran is feeling a bit better now, thank you so much ❤️ and yeah, i miss Matt so much, can’t wait to see him really soon! ❤️🥰

[@pauli3d9472]

very cool. Its a very good price compared to land in USA. Your videos are awesome. I hope to travel to Russia soon. As for me I live in a smaller city that is near a major city.

[@MattandJulia]

Thanks Paul! Really glad you enjoyed it 🥰❤️

[@serenagomez3864]

What a lovely family you have - thank you for sharing them 🤗

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Serena! 🥰❤️

[@tonygold1661]

Great video. Thanks

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much 🥰❤️

[@jcisko8594]

Greetings from New York City: Beautiful picturesque views. Your sister is quite a catch. What’s her name and age? ❤. I travel around, but I love New York City……. I just subscribed to your channel and I give it “10”👍 LOVE IT……

[@ChristinaHellas]

They do some serious barbecue it looks delicious...

[@michaels3474]

Dachas are nice places. So far the ones I have seen are very nice. But we now know that you don't take showers outside!!! 😂 Russia seems to be a nice place to visit, just have to do something about the government. Thanks for taking us on the tour and looking forward to the next one...

[@MattandJulia]

Really glad you enjoyed it Michael 🥰❤️

[@_v_5931]

And why did you decide that something should be done with the government? Maybe the Russians themselves will decide without you which government they should live with? And will you finally get behind the whole world with your democracy? Deal better with your puppet politicians.

[@user-sl3ds1dq3f]

Занимайтесь вашим правительством.

[@michaels3474]

@@user-sl3ds1dq3f So you willing to trade???🤔

[@azjeep]

maybe a indoor pool but i spent 28,000 on my pool and never use it and i live in area that's hot...need to really think it about.. my kids grew up so fast and now it just sits there

[@MattandJulia]

Yeah, can imagine as the novelty wears off it can become an expensive burden ☹️❤️

[@markallen8434]

Shishkahbob! 😋 don't be afraid to add tomatoes, potatoes, onions, and bell peppers to the stick. Garlic in the meat and judicious sprinkles of salt and pepper.

[@howierfs5471]

Julia, first of all thanks for letting us taking part of your visit. Well, the dacha looks nice and is brand new but main thing even in couple years is to have a place you can go for summer. Hope mossies dont eat you up. The worst unfair scenes for us was the bbq time with all the tasty food. That wasnt nice to show as I got very hungry wacthing but I need to loose weight. Anyway, it isnt yet as we call an english grass yet(you know maintained the height of the grass with a scissor. Just joking. Hope the land is good enough for growing veggies. So your brother has done already 2 of 3 things a man has to do in his life. He built a house( I count a dacha as well) he has to have kids(almost delivered) and he has to plant a tree. Lots of space waiting for him to fullfill the last task as well. CU

[@XXTERIA]

Good job a im in marocco🇲🇦

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@Local_view]

nice video

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you 🥰

[@moraazuikid1001]

Thanks!

[@markheithaus]

I thought the Russian banya was torture. When I started getting hit with the birch branches I contemplated hitting them back.😆

[@MattandJulia]

😂😂😂 can you believe many Pat for this torture 😁❤️

[@carolyndifiori-hopkins6960]

In USA dollars I calculated that what your family paid is equal to $6,000.00. We could never get that land with a foundation here for that amount.

[@__Ekaterina.]

We bought a cottage in a village 85 km from Yekaterinburg, it cost 650,000 rubles. The house is also a new summer house, a bathhouse, fenced. The toilet is new on the street. Plot of 30 acres. From the window you can see a little of the Ural mountains. That was a few years ago. I don't know how the prices are now. But the salaries for us are smaller, but quite a few can afford such a purchase.🕊☀🌈✨

[@kevinpason730]

I live same in new york usa and love see people can do the same and family life

[@james-im1sj]

In America we call it camping or a hunting cabin. Good video

[@lucyfromsiberia]

Camping is different. You can't grow a year's supply of vegetables, fruit and berries in a camping site. But many Russians grow on their dachas. A dacha reminds me of the British concept of an allotment, but you can't build a house in an allotment. In a dacha, you can have a garden, a summer or residential house, a beach and a forest. And a dacha is your private property.

[@2030bhusak]

Very similar to Bosnia 🙂Greetings from the USA

[@sharynw6640]

Thank you Julia, hope you Matt and your family are save and remain that way for a long as possible.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Sharyn! 🥰 you and your family too! ❤️

[@arthurblundell6128]

Ordinary people enjoying life - nice to see in troubled times !!

[@MattandJulia]

Lots of love Arthur ❤️

[@raghavendra4633]

Thanks very much for these HAPPY HAPPY Vlogs. Thanks from India .Wishing from our whole family ., Shared this with my sister and Mummy, they both love your videos. BYE BYE TATA and forgot to say if you ADD Indian spices on the meat it would be way more tasty

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Raghav! 🥰 so true about the spices! ❤️

[@drthomason7043]

Hope they plant some fruit trees and bushes plus a garden, it is your security for the future, especially if things in the city go haywire. They might get raided by animals and people but if you are kind to your neighbours surely they will keep an eye on it for you and you for theirs while they are gone

[@MattandJulia]

They have lots of lovely plans for sure 🥰❤️

[@randyarnold5494]

a Dacha is no different than a "cottage" of varying size and wealth that many Canadians own. The common feature is the vastness of land in each country.

[@MattandJulia]

For sure 😊 Would love to visit Canada one day 😍

[@__Ekaterina.]

Tell me, please, do Canadians go there for the weekend in the warm season, and in retirement they often live in the warm season like in Russia or something else?)

[@michellecameron5850]

Leave the tips of the wings on and when you cook them, burn the tips a little and they are crunchy and yummy to eat! Nice dacha! Was it your brother or your cousin?

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Michelle 🥰 He is my cousin, but I call him my brother too, feels like one 🥰❤️

[@michellecameron5850]

@@MattandJulia Ah sweet! Nice when you have cousins or friends like that.

[@seamusobrien2675]

You set this up. Just outside the brutalisky doorway of your cell/accommodation, just hidden behind the crumbling concrete on the left hand side, a brief flash, a Lada (1.12). All that is necessary for the full stereotype is potholes and grey mud.

[@stanley1554]

I'm happy I discovered this channel. I soak up anything Russia related. Your friend is supper pregnant, many congratulations to her 👏

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much!! We are going to visit our little nephew soon, so can’t wait to see him!