Russia In Minecraft, 1:1 Scale: Everything We Ever Made

[@PippenFTS]

A huge thanks to Team CIS for showing us everything they've done in Russia Minecraft! You can see all of this for yourself or join them here: discord.gg/hwkhefs

[@Nuzgulus]

You should build pripyat

[@alehaim]

The Molotov Cocktail traces its name's origin to the Soviet invasion of Finland, where Finns named the flammable alcohol based explosive after the Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov due to his public role as the voice of the Soviet Union, like accusing the Finns for anything you can imagine to justify the Soviet Union's imperialist attempt to reconquer Finland and end its independence. Perm was named Molotov in turn to commemorate said foreign minister, like how Tsaritsyn was renamed Stalingrad after Joseph Stalin, and St. Petersburg was renamed Leningrad after Vladimir Lenin, or Königsberg was renamed Kaliningrad after Soviet politician Kalinin, and Nizni Novgorod was named Gorky after yet another Soviet politician

[@koanidi]

@@Nuzgulus Pripyat is building on bte Ukraine

[@ForkGenesis]

@@Nuzgulus pripyat is BTE Ukraine

[@psm3198]

@@Nuzgulus jeez, not pripyat, dude. "Prypiat"! Its not moscowian territory, its ukrainian territory.

[@rusalex9902]

I have to say, for maps in Russia we use a different app rather than Google maps. Yandex is a big tech company that dominates Russian segment in many spheres, as well as maps. Yandex maps have 3D buildings, the CIS team might have used that for help and reference.

[@super_soldier1]

I have contacted CIS team and they indeed use Yandex maps for accurate mapping. They also may use 2GIS

[@PianoElipse]

+ free aerophoto in some cities

[@TheTrytix]

Considering what I learned from MapMen about Russia's ability to map things stupid accurately compared to countries like Britain (At least during WW2) I am not surprised that they have a very good map tool available honestly.

[@extremebeastreaction6245]

Any other for other countries?

[@v4siv]

The CIS team does use Yandex maps, but mostly for their streetview and great satellite imagery in large cities. Yandex maps do have 3D *shells* of buildings on map view (and some kinda cartoonish style landmarks), they're not actually useful. What Pippen meant by 3d is the actual lidar-scanned 3d models of large cities on Google Earth most teams use to figure out all the details about buildings.

[@BYROXI5000]

0:40 Introduction of the project *_RUSSIA: Important places_* 1:45 Red Square, Kremlin (St Basil's cathedral) 2:27 Moscow State University 3:07 Nagatinskaya District, Moscow 3:42 VDNKh, Moscow 4:07 Ostankino TV Tower 4:24 Kuntsevo 4:45 Krylatshoye landscape park 4:58 Zelenograd (actually not a principality but a district of Moscow) *_Churches:_* 6:23 Sergiev Posad 6:52 Kalyazin Bell Tower 7:14 Dormition Cathedral, Moscow *_Fort:_* 7:52 The Peter and Paul Forteress *_Bridges:_* 8:22 Hermitage Dvortsovaya Ploshachad/Palace Square *_Railway:_* 8:52 Moscow Railway Station 9:22 Finland Railway Station *_Airport:_* 9:39 Polkvo Airport *_Forts and disputed places:_* 10:00 Vyborg Castle 10:13 Ivangorod 10:23 Kizhi Island *_Monument:_* 10:41 Alyosha Monument Murmansk *_Contested and important places in russia history:_* 10:46 Velikiye Luki 11:15 Kaliningrad 11:47 Poetry Square and The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow *_Kazan:_* 12:00 Kazan Kremlin 12:43 Kazan Millennium Bridge 13:00 Kamal Theatre (important populated place) 13:15 Kazan Family Center *_Other cities in RUSSIA:_* 13:40 Naberezhnye Chelny (recent place with vehicle plant) 14:01 Mamayev Kurgan (Memorial) 14:32 Ulyanovsk (birthplace of Lenin) 14:56 Alexander Nevsky Cathedral 15:05 Uda, Bashkortostan (city) 15:39 Volga Region, Sterlitamak 16:25 Perm (Yogoshikha, Molotov) 17:00 Central Square of Rostov na Donu 17:12 Heart of Chechnya Mosque 17:28 Astrakhan 17:40 Yekaterinburg 18:05 Chelyabinsk 18:56 Tyumen *_Very cold cities(Artic and Siberia):_* 19:22 Bilibino 20:15 Yakutsk 21:15 Novosibirsk 21:37 Barnaul 21:56 Shikotan (island disputed) *_Other countries/captured places:_* 22:21 Brest Fortress, Belarus 22:34 Yelizovo 22:40 Khalaktyrskiy beach *_Beautiful places:_* 22:54 Avachinskaya sopka 23:04 Malkinka *_ASIAN PLACES (Historic parts of USSR/CCCP)_* *_Kazakhstan:_* 23:13 Astana 23:18 Almaty *_Armenia:_* 23:26 Yerevan + railway station *_Azerbaijan:_* 23:41 Baku Tv tower *_Tajikistan_* 23:45 National Library *_Kyrgyzstan:_* 24:00 Karakol Russian Orthodox Church 24:37 Explanation of Soviet and Russian History *_Abandoned buildings and Arctic villages:_* 25:52 Bechevinka 26:40 Norilsk 27:55 Vorkuta *_END_* 28:34 Debrief 29:46 Credits

[@Karma-mm6ml]

The God has blessed us

[@janrussellheeringa1997]

You're doing God's work

[@WillowtheRainFawn]

Thank you!!

[@BYROXI5000]

That's 1 hour 20 of timestamping, writing and undestanding, but i did it for others. Thanks for the messages !

[@no_problem_135]

Kurdistan or Kyrgyzstan???

[@TeamCISBuildTheEarth]

Greetings from TeamCIS! We have already managed to build the entire Innopolis!😂

[@ForkGenesis]

You have a YT channel? Omg this is amazing!

[@redgamer821]

Why Georgian flag?

[@andrewbonk4861]

@@redgamer821 russians loves to attribute themselves to ex-soviet-russian-empire For me seeing russian and Ukraine flag next to each other already offensive

[@Evil_Pasta]

​@@redgamer821because of the CIS, post-soviet union countries, that have a very long shared history

[@Evil_Pasta]

@@redgamer821 Uh, no? Georgia left the CIS in 2008, what are you talking about

[@v4siv]

Lots of inaccuracies in your research, but nice video overall. Some of the mistakes and corrections: 1:54 Lenin's body in not on display in this building. What you're looking at is St. Basil's Cathedral 5:05 Zelenograd is not a Principality, I have no idea where you got that from. Zelenograd is an administrative district of Moscow. 5:16 Zelenograd was never a closed city, you can find plenty of soviet-era photos from it and anyone could just go there by bus or a commuter train. 13:22 This is the Kazan Cathedral Mosque which is going to be built irl in the coming years. 22:23 Probably not a mistake and pippen just wanted to showcase everything done by teamcis, not just Russia. Вut still, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, etc. are not part of Russia. That's probably not all, but that's what I have noticed.

[@darthhunter69]

thanks for your comment, it's very important and I hope more people see this

[@NickAndriadze]

Yes, very true. Lenin's body is on display in the so called Kremlin's Wall. Also yeah, about the *22:23* part, he probably didn't mean to call these countries Russia, it's just encompassing of the entire Soviet territory/the Blok countries.

[@mott_scanley0029]

так он зеленоград назвал целым княжеством, это же комплимент ну

[@Lord_D15]

Нет, в 5:05 говорилось что он был закрытым ддя иностранцев и это было правдой, но остальное ты верно подметил

[@v4siv]

@@Lord_D15 Я сейчас немного поискал, и вроде как да, действительно, неофициально посещающих город иностранцев, да и вообще неместных милиция в городе отлавливала. Однако в принципе, город "закрытым" не считался, КПП на въездах не стояли, а иностранцы (в том числе и, например, из США) очень даже посещали его в составе различных делегаций.

[@niks3297]

1:52 actually this is St. Basil's Cathedral. It was build in 1555-1561 during Ivan the Terrible reign

[@a_puntato29]

imagine doing one of those zombie modpacks on the literal 1:1 earth- would be particularly amazing if someone could figure out a way to algorithmically 'ruin' buildings and add in extra details like abandoned cars and loot

[@Derekanic.]

That would be sick!!!

[@lythd]

just a little note that "Rostov-na-Donu" at 17:05 (a direct transliteration of the russian) as said in the video is more commonly translated as "Rostov-on-Don" just for anyone that wasnt sure they were the same

[@NickAndriadze]

Literally *JUST TODAY* I was browsing the wikipedia pages of Russian Architecture and Moscow in general and I thought _''Damn, how cool would it be if they made a 1:1 replica of Russia in Minecraft!''_ Talk about a perfect bloody timing! I am a GIGANTIC fan of Soviet (Especially Stalinist) architecture and I have to say, the Team CIS has REALLY done them justice! That rendition of the Moscow State University *2:27**,* which I believe to be one of the greatest masterpieces of Architecture, is absolutley phenomenal.

[@SamSam-df4ow]

this is concerning, does wikipedia sell data to google?

[@laapur]

Synchroncitiy

[@nonexistentsquare2092]

@@SamSam-df4ow considering its a new video released a day before this comment, i doubt it

[@NickAndriadze]

@@SamSam-df4ow Nah, it's just a coincidence. I've already watched a couple of Pippen's videos before seeing this one, like the one about North Korea.

[@super_soldier1]

As someone who was born in Norilsk and was twice in that Oganer hospital I really appreciate what team CIS has achieved. However I want to clear up few things about Norilsk. First of all, Oganer doesn't have these unfinished buildings anymore since their demolition which took place in 2021. Second, the best way to get accurate representation of what Norilsk looks like today is by using 2GIS because Google maps doesn't have much up to date info. Thanks for your attention!

[@bq_498]

As a Russian, I hope they get to build my home before I get captured by the FSB.

[@Jopa_Pipiska]

Забавно, но мне вот не повезло, у меня уже украли ребенка и подали на стол [ПРЕЗИДЕНТ] жду когда придут за мной

[@S4DM00ND]

Ой, да не драматизируйте, ребята)

[@t0rya]

​@@S4DM00ND фсбшник засечен

[@saamthepuffer4336]

@@TagFri No.

[@grbbsc]

@@TagFri wow buddy, you're a hero!!! posting the ukrainian flag whenever someone mentions that they're russian as if every russian person supports the invasion or is a soldier themselves

[@MrCommentGod]

*Timestamps for the video* Start: 0:00 End: 31:16

[@upsetbanana4429]

Thanks man, without you I would have no idea

[@yalieyal4362]

Goat

[@sticxyl7305]

So informative. Here's a Nobel peace prize. Middle of the video: 15:58

[@lil_slv7052]

Lenin's body is not displayed in St. Basil's cathedral

[@Mark_n_Travma]

I just seen daycare where I was when I was a baby... I am at a loss of words... Wow...

[@walmarp]

That’s amazing !

[@v999-v1s]

It became sad because Novosibirsk was given only 15 seconds in the video, but it is included in the Guinness Book of Records as the fastest growing city with a million inhabitants and the third city in Russia by population, where the longest metro bridge in the world is located, where the most titled wrestler of the planet - Alexander Karelin lived, where the largest opera and ballet theater in Russia is located, where the longest straight road in the world - Red Avenue - passes, and where the longest river in the country - the Ob - flows. .... I just love my city and it is a shame when it is underestimated.....

[@pixelpunchyt]

Distant Horizons on this series would go HARD

[@tennzinn_xd]

been a while since ive come pn this channel, but WOW so much progress has been done! wish u guys rhe best of luck!

[@ZeKermet]

I remember day 1 where they proposed their idea and were trying to figure out the calculations for the world. It's insane how far they've come

[@IstyManame]

CIS team is nuts

[@skettisauce4651]

The Soviet legacy still lives to this day. What a remarkable nation

[@Jopa_Pipiska]

Стерлитамак это замечательный город, в котором живет один ООООЧЕНЬ замечательный человек

[@Сеньор_Человек]

Очень опасный аферист, фашист и фурри.

[@Alex_White2]

1:51 Unfortunately, you are mistaken. Lenins body lies in the Mausoleum very close to the Saint Basils Cathedral which you are showing. Type "Lenins mausoleum" and you will find out what it looks like

[@Alex_White2]

Pause at 1:58 and you will find Lenin's Mausoleum in the right side of the screen, behind his tomb are the Kremlin walls

[@eldando7659]

What a surprise lol, it amazing that you are still with this project since COVID

[@jesse2535]

My state has lost multiple towns, covered by water and mud from the cataclysmic floods. I wish they were preserved in build the earth...

[@Brruh_0624]

They made so much buildings with no 3D view, that is insane how do they even do that?

[@Hallinwar]

Still got Street view

[@noblearmy567]

@@Hallinwaryou’re not wrong

[@jens_le_benz]

From what I’ve heard, a program called Yandex has 3d imagery

[@freedomofspeech2867]

@@jens_le_benz ​It's not a program, it's a company like Google. Actually extremely similar to Google except they also have an automated taxi service. Equally scary how big it is and equal in its breach of privacy :)

[@zeuvz]

@@jens_le_benz noooo... it is so sad for our team

[@Vunar360]

I’m visiting Montreal and half of the city is underground cause nobody wants to go outside for 6 months

[@t0rya]

Feels crazy to see my own city here, giant cudos to the team, yall doing a great job!! Love from ufa!

[@nobokik7990]

5:05 Glad to see my city in this video, but Zelenograd was never a closed city. It's also a part of Moscow now but it used to be seperate. Another cool fact about Zelenograd is that the main university there, MIET, once held the students' graduations in Minecraft. It was during covid time and they decided to do that. All the buildings of it were recreated 1:1, including interiors and more. Would've been a cool fact to state if you stumbled across it in your research. The video if you think it's not real: kzbin.infobip04ZslYmw?si=yOqJiW5-vWITWZft

[@lythd]

18:00 "dates back to 7th to 8th century bc, though none of the people who lived at that time are still alive to confirm this" lmao

[@yoshyfoods]

My only issue with this video was that the music was a touch too loud

[@companion_monke_gaming]

Hello, this whole project is absolutely insane. I wonder if my town/city has been recreated... Is there a way to visit the server without interacting?

[@sge13]

СПАСИБО ЧТО ПОДДЕРЖИВАЕТЕ НАШИХ МАЛЬЧИКОВ НА СВО🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺💤💤💤💤💤💤💪💪💪💪💪ZOV ZOV CBO ZOV

[@matthewnelson5984]

Hear me out, a single team to work the famous Highway 66, everything within 10 chunks of it along the entire road

[@geokou7645]

It would be cool to see a map with all the built areas and areas that won’t be built colored

[@garaipeter2]

Oh yes, BTE is back on the menu boys!!!

[@Vortex_Zero]

Just a tiny nugget of info I wanted to share about how minecraft servers work, the number 128 for the render distance stands out to me because of some shenanigins I've encountered in the past with running minecraft servers, I noticed java distributes java x32 by default and I have no idea why, there is a java x64 but it's harder to find and you have to completely wipe a server of anything java to get it to install and sometimes it just doesnt, but if you manage to get it to install a lot of your integer limits go away. I've run into weird limitations when running servers on x32 versions of java and I'm curious if this render distance bug has something to do wiht them possibly running this x32 instead of x64 migth be worth investigating.

[@_netsky]

It's been really lovely to see my country being built 1:1 in minecraft, and i thank everyone who worked on even the smallest details. But oh my god, Pippen, PLEASE work on your pronunciations before releasing part 2, my ears are bleeding, i beg you

[@ik2a]

How many tries on average it took you to pronounce each of the names? - Just asking ;d

[@dan2800]

how to bypass limit of only 127 chunks render distance is to set it to 383 (overflowing signed byte back to 127 for the server)

[@hello111]

This video has already summoned hordes of russians and armies of russophobes. Imagine what would happen when the turn comes to build disputed territories on the south-west of Russia.

[@4w0ri]

6:25 a piece of my creativity

[@its_adopted]

То как ты построил часы просто поражает )

[@nonculus]

still alive wtf

[@PainoMailo]

What? You're surprised he hasn't come it'd suicune?

[@Akimbo1313]

THE GRIND DONT STOP!!!!!!

[@ARandomOSDever]

This was a triumph

[@aragornderheld]

@@ARandomOSDever I'm making a note here

[@auto396]

@@aragornderheld Huge success

[@lythd]

22:22 that was a painful pronunciation of belarus... its pronounced like beh-lah-rue-s (u can look up pronunciation if thats not clear enough) in both us and uk english.

[@Disorder2312]

I hardly expected that this video wouldn't be anything like the one about North Korea, after seeing it first. But this ended up surprisingly reasonable and without delving deep into controversial topics. I specifically like that you mention history. And the projects that were abandoned due to USSR collapse. I will leave a like, but this channel is still a mystery to me.

[@eshleyyy]

I had an idea of building my own home within my home city for Team CIS, along side my school and other places I've went to in my childhood. Gotta give it a try

[@johnniealejandria6561]

the detail you go into is just so awesome i love the history behind it all!

[@user-im1g39fkro]

11:34 The funniest thing is that Alaska itself was in Russia for some time (at least a century)

[@slitemc]

Hello from Ufa!❤

[@t0rya]

Ayyy ufa gang

[@ParzivalTheThird]

PIPPEN IS BACK BABY! Y’ALL AIN’T READY FOR THIS

[@willsell456]

Using observers for statue faces is an amazing idea.

[@alexanderfriberg8836]

Can you do a video/series showing off the capitals of countries or the biggest cities of countries. I'd love to see Sweden!

[@dolgosraks]

1:50 ehhhh no. Lenin's body is in the different building on the Red square

[@Giwerek2.0]

When will you build Poland? I would like to see my house :) I live in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in the countryside

[@Hakabas01]

Pippen: They are at a disadvantage because they don't have 3d BTE Russia: Another day, another bit of time to build, *Haha commie blocks go brrrrr.....*

[@partisan3353]

*walks outside* *takes one look* "Ok, ive seen everything, time to build"

[@man-from-2058]

I would love to see Pripyat and or the Chernobyl powerplant built in Minecraft.

[@SirPlayzAlot]

Hey PippenFTS, I just wanna say that when I was playing on the BTE server, it crashed my entire 8 year old computer and now I can’t get it to work. I’m not asking for anything I just wanted to tell you that. *You will be hearing from my lawyers.*

[@awsomenesdragon8519]

womp

[@furryplaysstuff]

I really want to download my hometown if it has been made

[@tonigibson3035]

Imagine using the far plane two mod with the distant horizons mod in this Russia.

[@jp24-dj9zx]

Is there a building cold war to make building faster?

[@freedomofspeech2867]

Hope so!

[@colonel_cookies_]

Bro the music choice ! We have the same taste I love it !

[@Hugo-BB]

I would love to know what my home country wales has done as I know the builds can be really challenging.

[@umniy_dvoechnik_Bs]

You were did lot of hardwork!

[@TarunRK]

Bro this is amazing! Good luck for the rest of the world

[@shhhisher]

BRO ARE YOU REALLY ADDED "MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS" AT THE BACKGROUND????♥♥♥♥♥

[@koanidi]

Hello from Saint-Petersburg!!!🐸

[@Jopa_Pipiska]

Почему лягушка Привет из Омска🐬

[@koanidi]

​@@Jopa_Pipiskaпотому что Питер на болоте построен🐸

[@Jopa_Pipiska]

@@koanidi ааа ладно

[@WRLREAL]

What did you do for Area 51

[@spaissy]

Hello from Belarus!

[@ricardomolina5571]

Can you do New York next?

[@ZeKermet]

Had a random thought: What are you guys gonna do when things change (ex: war and the destruction of many buildings)

[@hasanmaharoof]

YES FINALLY I've been keeping up with this project for so long it's so nice to see this video, we need more builders and every video helps

[@mikhail_gorbachev_simp_198]

"Russia and some other surrounding territories" Russia doesn't own any of those fucking countries surrounding it bro 😭😭

[@kutuzovmikhailillarionovic2120]

He did not say that they belong to Russia

[@OzOMega]

​@@kutuzovmikhailillarionovic2120wording is just quite weird lol

[@redgamer821]

​@@OzOMegaI agree, they are countries, not territories

[@stepander4]

​@@OzOMegaI think it's because Russia is the most famous among these countries.

[@makaio5684]

can't wait to see the buttons get updated and drop everywher lol

[@Mujoujinsoku]

"Russia and some surrounding territories." Whatchu you mean by that... (⁠눈⁠‸⁠눈⁠)

[@andrewbonk4861]

Very disrespectful

[@freedomofspeech2867]

You saw the flags when he said that. Those territories.

[@FoxiteClipChannel]

@@freedomofspeech2867 thats like saying Britains and its territories (Canada, USA, Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia...)

[@Mujoujinsoku]

@@freedomofspeech2867 Ukraine is no territory of russia.

[@kutuzovmikhailillarionovic2120]

the countries of the former Soviet Union?

[@itgoes7204]

Regarding the render distance issue, there is a client-side mod called Distant Horizons, but on servers you need to visit the chunks yourself for it to work.

[@heatshield]

LOL 19:49 “thick coat units. An avalanche of cotton.” Your creativity doesn’t end at silly block game.

[@lymbical]

this is the most entertaining history lesson ive ever learned

[@thesenate1844]

How large will the world download be at the end?

[@OzOMega]

Um 100 petabytes

[@hyxlo_]

why does this sound like an AI version of Pippen's voice? I'm going insane

[@fabianosilva4787]

Pipen, what was your reason for not letting Sever take the pirate Minecraft?

[@jeefori]

Has pip pen tried the new distant horizons mod for chunk loading?

[@wolfsmaul-ger8318]

i wonder, could you play these maps in survival? does the ground generate ores or could you make it generate?

[@azathothog]

quantity vs quality moscow vs new york

[@carnap355]

xddddddddddd trueeeeeeee

[@zeuvz]

in fact, this video was filmed 4~5 months ago, now Moscow has been rebuilt and the quality has been improved

[@azathothog]

@@zeuvz oh then W

[@mrbanana7110]

Where are the hidden nuclear silos ?

[@OzOMega]

Hidden! 😂

[@ФестрийКрековский]

17:02 Your footage for Rostov-on-Don and Grozny is swapped

[@drewce390]

Oh hey, i forgot about this project. How ya doing dude.

[@fantasimos]

Can i join to build?

[@zeuvz]

yes

[@fefefefe06]

when italy?

[@nightdreamthefool1547]

holy shit this video is amazing (also the finns say hello because there was a finland mention in here... 🇫🇮🇫🇮 SUOMI MAINITTU!!!!! 🇫🇮🇫🇮)

[@felipin9910]

Seria legal se quando vocês terminassem a terra construirem o sistema solar inteiro também!

[@log-urbex]

pippen upload cured my depression

[@karaknor329]

WTF is CIS ? Confederacy of Independent Systems ? like in star wars ?!?

[@kutuzovmikhailillarionovic2120]

The Commonwealth of Independent States, to put it simply, are the countries of the former Soviet Union

[@dehtyarUA]

@@kutuzovmikhailillarionovic2120 that is not true. Ukraine, Georgia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are not members of the CIS.

[@kutuzovmikhailillarionovic2120]

@@dehtyarUA what difference does it make if it's so important and the real fate of these countries depends on the name of the team in Minecraft

[@redgamer821]

​@@kutuzovmikhailillarionovic2120So I can say that the US is part of the commonwealth?

[@Kaiserboo1871]

@@dehtyarUA The baltics always hated the Soviet Union (they were forcibly annexed in 1940 and were the first to declare independence in 1990). Ukraine only left recently for… understandable reason.

[@arturoramos8031]

Soy el primero comentario, y me gusta mucho su trabajo, sigan así ❤

[@watema3381]

Greetings to our Russian counterparts! Brilliant work!!!!

[@partisan3353]

1:Minecraft cannot do justice the beauty of the Moscow Metros 2: the university of moscow is older than america itsself

[@Invy-PT]

"Russia's Alaska" bro- 💀

[@hamix0137]

alaska was origanally russia

[@RRJCartoonWorld27]

will you build out country philipines?

[@WizardInNature]

Sooooo do we get the code to visit???

[@krasnayapanda6665]

Kamchatka - Yelizovo, Khalaktyrsky beach, Avacha hill, submarine base village, Malkinsky springs built by 1 person - KrasnayaPanda

[@Jarkanat-ux]

Kazakstan❤

[@hq4pr]

Now I'm starting to wonder... What HAVENT You build in minecraft besides north korea?

[@yingpd]

Vitas - Opera #2