My Life in USSR, How BAD or GOOD it Was in Soviet Union

[@aspclgntt]

Thanks for the culture of USSR and your life.

[@JannaTravels]

you are very welcome :)

[@briankane3905]

Janna, I have to say that I have watched a lot of your videos over the past few years but this one is a gem. It is so interesting, you just talking about growing up in the USSR which for us in the States was always a mystery place. I know that you know about the United States because you were filming in one of my favorite places, St Augustine, Florida. I hope you do some more sit-downs like this and just converse. Great Video!!

[@JannaTravels]

Hi Brian! Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked it 😀 What topics are interest you? I love USA, been so many times there! We learnt a lot from the movies in the 90s, during perestroika. It was cultural shock I have to say when we found out about life in America, everyone was dreaming to move there 🙂

[@beaubalentine4403]

Great stories, Janna! I love your free-talking travel videos; especially the ones about Bulgaria/Russia. The first time I ever had experience with a Russian person I was 19 years old and in US Marine Corps recruit training. My bunk mate was an older Russian guy with a very thick accent but very friendly. I asked him one day how it was like to live in the USSR during the Cold War, and explained to him how we (in the US) were always so afraid of a nuclear war happening. He laughed and told me that Russian people were too concerned with where their next meal was coming from than to be concerned with nuclear war....perspective, right? God bless you and your family and stay safe!

[@davidmontgomery874]

Hi Janna, thank you so much for sharing your story. I really enjoyed hearing about Russia life. I’m sure things are very different now, but I think there must have been some very good things living in Russia when you were there. Thank you Janna.

[@JannaTravels]

Hi David! You are welcome :)

[@kmzoilus2486]

when you said you got a movie player and saw movies... i thought you were going to say "sound of music" "wizard of oz" "gone with the wind"..... nope.... TERMINATOR! 😁😂 A REAL Classic! One of my favorites ever! Those 80's action movies were/are great! thank you for sharing your stories, the pictures and everything, very nice of you. Its amazing... during that time you were a kid in 80s and what they taught you and here we were constantly taught how russia was the enemy full of bad people like Ivan Drago! During school we often had drills, in case of nuclear attack and we were taught to hide under our desk (of course nobody told us about radiation poisoning) but pretty much that our desk would totally protect us 🤣 Meanwhile you were being taught to like everybody and be friendly to all! what a difference! maybe you can talk about the details behind day trading and how you started with that. thanks again for everything!

[@kingsmith9986]

this was a great video its my favorite love ur storys, thx for sharing hope u and ur family are keeping safe healthy and happy threw these times godbless :-) 👍👍

[@JannaTravels]

thank you so much :)

[@the1andonly]

Really enjoyed this video. So interesting. I grew up in Germany and my roots also go back to Poland and Ukraine.

[@JannaTravels]

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@problu9586]

Interesting to hear your perspective having lived as a regular kid in the USSR. You should have put a bright desk lamp shining in your face to set the mood, LOL.

[@ragdollyoxox7672]

Thank you for sharing! 🌏🖤

[@JannaTravels]

You are so welcome!

[@GeorgeNadaYT]

Thank you for sharing your family's life story Janna. I found it all very fascinating! It's terrible you guys had to go through that terrible time when your economy collapsed and had to stand in line to get the essentials. I can't imagine how tough that had to be. But it's nice to know your family got through it.👍 I like the posters. They look very cool. I've never seen posters from the USSR era before. But I couldn't make out which one is you in the picture with your classmates😄

[@JannaTravels]

you are very welcome :) Some photos are mine, some from the Internet, and I am not there :) I had black hair as a child :)

[@senya7196]

Excellent video. Thanks for the review.

[@davidmontgomery874]

Hi Janna, this is the second time I watch this video. I could listen to your early days in Russia many times. I find it fascinating. I have always lived in Canada and have been interested in Russia and the UK.

[@JannaTravels]

Hi David! Glad you like it :) I'm thinking to make more videos about early days in Russia, when I was in my 20s :)))

[@davidmontgomery874]

@@JannaTravels Hi Janna, it would be great if you did. I am very interested in other places in the world and cultures. But I have a real desire to learn more about Russia.

[@jlvandat69]

I've only watched 2 of your videos but really enjoy them. These firsthand, authentic glimpses into your life are fascinating. What an amazing life you have had- so many big changes! But you have dealt with everything very well and seem genuinely happy. I'm guessing much of that is because you had two wonderful parents. If a child is fortunate enough to have caring parents, they can handle most anything. Westerners can learn much from people like yourself. For example, I do not detect any sense of "entitlement" in you; something very common in the West. I look forward to watching many more of your videos. Bolshoy spasibo! ☺

[@JannaTravels]

Hi Jeff! Thank you! I hope you will like my other videos :) My parents divorced long time ago before I went to school.

[@turbine6202]

Very interesting, спасибо. Someone in your family obviously enjoyed photography.

[@JannaTravels]

you are very welcome! yes, my mom loved photography :)

[@trussell8510]

Very interesting, thank you for these insights. You are a remarkable person with a very interesting life, thank you for sharing.

[@JannaTravels]

you are very welcome, thank you :)

[@mariaesmeraldahatton3873]

Hi Janna, we enjoyed watching this video, it is very interesting. Regards, Maria Esmeralda.

[@JannaTravels]

Hi Maria! I'm glad and thank you :)

[@AlexWuky]

Thanks for telling us what life was like in the good ol cccp very interesting backstory of your family.

[@louiekiwi]

Absolutely amazing. Thank you. And now we can see you have those Georgian eyes.

[@JannaTravels]

thank you :)

[@rubytuesday9539]

Thanks for sharing your interesting past. I now know why you visited Florida, eventually, I guess. Good to learn that you had a happy childhood in USSR. Interesting to learn that we each had a certain amount of propaganda pushed on us. I personally never believed that the ussr was so bad, at least after Stalin. Most Americans probably, to this day, really have little knowledge about Soviet and Russian 20th century history.

[@JannaTravels]

You are very welcome :) Yes, first time I went to Florida to meet some relatives.

[@gzubeck3]

Probably what brought down the USSR and affiliate countries we're those western movies of life outside the country. People inside the USSR could see the higher standard of living. I watched a documentary about the Black market movie business in Romania that eventually led to the discontent and over throw of the Ceausescu regime. I think it was on netflix and may bring back some memories.

[@JannaTravels]

I think it is because people need they own space, if everyone would have a nice house or good flat, then it would last forever :)

[@mylist0song]

It ended because there wasn’t any more money to borrow to support the broken economy.

[@jonnybee558]

Thanks you for sharing your story, I am doing a project on Yuri Bezmenov for school and ideological subversion and I have used your experience as an example of USSR lifestyle.

[@Gracelee681]

Hi Jana sounds a little bit like what is happening now around the world. Thank you for sharing your story. God bless our 🌎 world

[@JannaTravels]

Hi Ana, thank you! I think our World needs to change, but not like this, hopefully will change for better at some point...

[@josephmcnulty6922]

Hi Janna, a nice warm inviting video. Your mother was so elegant, there's alot of things we Americans can learn from Russians. Especially about racism. Ty for the great video. :)))))))))

[@JannaTravels]

Hi Joseph! You are very welcome and thank you too :)

[@mostafagrounou6996]

Действительно было очень интерсно послушать эту замечательнаю историю из ссср и после порстроика .у вас былло очснь красивое детство как ребенок .я был так счастлив потому что вы сделали нам ноходиться как жизнь в ссср дальше есть много информация, что происходить в этот времья в россию .у вас перкрасная и богатная история поэтому я выбрал учиться по русски и поэтому я очень заинтересуюсь про русскаю културу и страна .спасибо чтобы поделится с нами эту прекрасное ведио я так думаю что россия так была и так есть и так будет всегда .....

[@JannaTravels]

Mostafa, спасибо, я рада, что тебе понравилось видео!

[@g8rdt]

Really enjoyed your life story - THANKS - but the howling wolves scared me a little....!!

[@JannaTravels]

it's Siberia! :)))) You are very welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@willshaupinealglandmusic5840]

Have you any videos in Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia?

[@JannaTravels]

yes, except Vietnam.

[@wiillshau]

what is the best country that you have visited?

[@JannaTravels]

all countries are cool :)

[@wiillshau]

@@JannaTravels Yes can find something and some people good in every country. I was in Vietnam when the pandemic hit and forced me to go to Cambodia and wait to return to USA. As soon as I get the vaccine and countries open with longer stays I will return to my travels. Right now 14 days in quarantine is not my cup of tea.

[@MummadiGovinda]

Indians love ussr and Russia😞 but now friendship is changed..

[@saintsaens21]

Ochin interesting.

[@louiekiwi]

Ochin interesna !

[@Mr3213215]

Добрый вечер. Пишите сценарий для своих влогов или разговариваете по вдохновению?

[@JannaTravels]

Доброго времени суток, всё по вдохновению :) Когда пишу всё забываю, п.э. только иногда делаю список, если нужно конкретно что-то сказать.

[@lenny108]

The Russian-American population is estimated to be 5 million. Many Russian Americans do not speak Russian, having been born in the United States and brought up in English-speaking homes. London is also known as ‘Londongrad’ or ‘Moscow on the Thames’; Russian media call it ‘Russia’s premier city abroad’. So the world is not bounded anymore by "geographical limits to the particular countries or communities. Human society is broader than in the Middle Age, and the world tendency is towards one state of human society.

[@ATrainTravels]

Prevet :)

[@JannaTravels]

privet :)

[@jaykobwalson1941]

Did you watch Eralash? Ты смотрел Ералаш?

[@JannaTravels]

yes, of course :)

[@BB-rt9nc]

Empty shelves? Has a familiar ring

[@bextar6365]

43 !!!!

[@JannaTravels]

not just yet :)

[@BB-rt9nc]

Do you think that it’s possible that we lost the patriotic war ?

[@ospreybird]

:-)

[@jayrider2726]

🕵️🕵️🕵️🕵️ We are going to find out your age after this video. 😘

[@thommassful]

😂😂😂

[@JannaTravels]

nooooo :))))

[@jayrider2726]

@@JannaTravels LoL 😂

[@skape924]

Тебе стоило бы поработать над акцентом.

[@JannaTravels]

зачем

[@Barbaryotaku]

Fake. You don’t look old enough to have been born during USSR

[@suggsbomber7004]

Barbaryotaku bro ussr ended in 91 so she was probs alive you can’t just say she don’t look like it cause she looks young doesn’t mean one thing my teacher looks like a 30 year old she is actually 50