Russia in New York - Brighton Beach

[@mollendinousa]

Just like GTA IV Liberty City's Hove Beach. Home of Roman Bellic. LOL

[@MrParlam]

Nicko elic

[@gensunasumus101]

Nikola "Niko" Belić is a Serb

[@lemonfridge5119]

He’s Serbian you idiot

[@gerulata7722]

@@lemonfridge5119 He's talking about the neighborhood itself. Which it literally is, Brighton Beach - Hove beach. In the UK, in the name of the place it's named after the full city name is Brighton and Hove.

[@VenomClawman]

Lemonfridge well Brighton Beach is an Eastern European neighborhood

[@xFlared]

Majority of those people are Russian speaking, but not actually from Russia. A lot from pre and post soviet countries. Majority are from Ukraine. They even used to call it little Odessa because it's near the Ocean and full of Ukrainians. Also majority are Jews. Almost all ethnic Russians are orthodox christians, and they're very rare in Brighton.

[@britiw]

Admiral Ackbar Yeah, Odessa mainly speaks Russian (78%) despite the fact that majority of Odessa are Ukrainians (62%). A sort of cultural paradox. But im curious what is actual percentage of Russian born people in Brighton beach

[@kachala]

yes.

[@augustopasquier7895]

Yes, of course, in 0:19 on the left there is a Kazahk man probably.

[@hansibryan]

That's right. I used to live in the area. Many of them are from, as you stated, former-USSR. Jews are majority and I have noticed many Kazakhs as well. I like the area especially Sheepheads Bay area. Like most immigrants, they keep it to themselves and pretty nice people. I tried to flirt with some girls and had a little hard time since they don't speak English very well, but they were never rude. I wonder where are those actual Russians Orthodox Christians live in NYC? I am just curious. I miss that area. For some reason, I have a huge interest in Slavs and Balkans history. Russia and her people had a long history and contributed art, literature, science and many others. I think Russiya is coming back.

[@professional.commentator]

@@hansibryan Some of the young ones I know usually move out of New York and become "Americanized" or sometimes the opposite they would move back to Russia because they couldn't adapt to the American culture.

[@AlexTrubinDesign]

I live in Brighton beach and my commute is about no more then an hour to midtown in the morning. On a bike its about 30-45 minutes depending on traffic. Its very livable and fruits and veggies are cheaper. Russian food is also healthier then the supermarket groceries.

[@mahmoudq4286]

is there many kazakhs there because i went to bright beach the only central asians i saw were uzbeks

[@zbehebozhz6981]

birghton beach is called little oddesa, becasue of its large amount of jews from ukriane, russian jews, they just speak russian, but in brigthon beach there is not many ethnic russians, mostly ukrainian jews

[@KosovoReport]

No, the russian jews came in, in the 80s, but they are old now, and ethnic Russians have since migrated there and are now the majority the last 15 years

[@chronicillz1879]

no actually it was renamed to "little russia" since around 2012

[@ss2727ful]

I am a Serb from NY born and raised, and I know many Russians from Brighton, but i'd say 85% of the Russians that I know are Jewish.

[@denizsumer2272]

Mostly jew not ethnic Russian

[@randinonsense7360]

Every comment In here is incorrect 🤦 it was named little Odessa way before 2012.

[@Kamazuka1000]

This is hove beach GTA IV real life

[@tabithiamoore8538]

Niko Bellic

[@ryguy5436]

Hey Niko!..

[@tabithiamoore8538]

+Ya Boi Washington Dimitri is hiding somewhere 😊

[@tabithiamoore8538]

+Kuririn Fan I know, but since the game starts here it's just what a lot of fans associate him with

[@MONSTERKILL2013]

@@ryguy5436 USS liberty? RACIST

[@albertoaguilar9773]

Still my favorite part of liberty city ❤❤.

[@elmandarin1002]

3:50 lol it’s the Russian Shop from GTA IV

[@missparsley3202]

Hello. This seems like a great place to stroll around. Like it is a small village in the middle of a big city. Looks so cozy, people seem so relaxed and simple. As if time stood still and you are back in the days when everybody got along and there was no drug abuse or violence or any other obscenities. Just a clean environment, good people and then of course , right next to the beach. If I could , I'd be there right now! Would have a good time just overhearing people speak Russian, glimpsing into those fur- stores whilst hearing that beautiful music and eating typical dishes. Thanks so much for sharing such a nice video. Spasiba ! 😄👍🍀❤️🌷 Congratulations from Belgium 🇧🇪

[@partycrashers22]

i wanted to see that Russian store in GTA IV and see how it looks similar to the real thing.

[@TheBatMav]

What a charming image. Hove Beach, next to the docks. Immigrants here do not make it very far from the boats they come in on.

[@marc.silden]

Cousin! Let's go bowling! Parece um lugar legal pra se visitar! Quem sabe um dia eu o faça!

[@Ludstva]

You know you're in Brighton Beach when you have to pause mid conversation cause of the trains rattling on the tracks.

[@TonyJ1179]

The Russian part of my Family came here around 1917 'till we left Coney Is. in the early 1970's , Thanks for the memories !

[@mahmoudq4286]

do you speak russian

[@TonyJ1179]

Iryush not really Only a few words & I don’t spell anything in Russian

[@TonyJ1179]

brbnews hahaha

[@Come8In8Peace]

Makes no sense playing Balkan Gypsy music when u talk about russians

[@mahmoudq4286]

true

[@goldpaulike5304]

Did?.. did they really put gypsy music?

[@rivkacoverdale9672]

I lived in Brighton Beach and loved it. I miss the food, the peopke, the culture, and that beach.

[@ForeverRepublic]

rivka coverdale I'm curious to know, is Yiddish spoken at all in Brighton Beach?

[@rivkacoverdale9672]

Yiddish a little. Mainly Russian. :)))

[@ForeverRepublic]

rivka coverdale Interesting. My grandfather still speaks the language, as he was raised with it. He has various books and things from his childhood, all in Yiddish. I feel bad because he has no one to speak it with.

[@ForeverRepublic]

***** Keep telling yourself that, tough guy.

[@yxcvbnm-ml5hr]

these "russian in brghton beach are jewish by blood, fuck these wannabe russians

[@MilciadesAndrion]

This is a beautiful Russian community within New York. America is a multicultural treasure because of its diversity. This is a great video.

[@tonynasaofficial]

Where niko bellic lived in gta 4

[@T_The_Asogian]

Appreciate the upload... I would like to visit Brighton Beach one day. T

[@josholson1182]

I went there last year and it was cool. Tried Russian food for the first time.

[@certified-translator]

They are not russians. They are Jewish from USSR.

[@dlineboyz5549]

As someone who is 30% Russian I love going to Brighton beach from where I live on the jersey shore I enjoy it I have been to Russia tons of times and it reminds me of being over there

[@Thundahhhhh]

Hove Beach!

[@nikolaskin2]

Why author of this video used such transylvanian soundtrack? It sounds little a bit offensive to me. I'm Russian, but Dracula isn't my ancestor.

[@Rosepat2121]

Thanks for this video - I want to go here . The food looks delicious , nice people !

[@davidjoshuaford]

Patricia Rosen Thanks! Glad you found it helpful.

[@КириллОрлов-х3ь]

Я с Брайтон Бич,I live little Odessa

[@mahmoudq4286]

Кирилл Орлов я тоже ну я казах

[@philaman1972]

Interesting place to visit once in a blue moon. My observations: an appreciable portion of people who live in Brighton Beach are retirees living in subsidized housing; very difficult to own a car there due to parking limitations - not uncommon to park blocks and blocks away; extremely cold during winter months due to the winds blowing off the ocean; everyone there is dressed to the nines all the time so they won't be gossiped on; densely populated area offers no privacy; many shady people there

[@AlenaKuznetsovaRUS]

Thank you Very Much this is nice video

[@vadimzdonutube]

When I visited Brighton Beach last December, my mom said she was glad we didn't live there when we immigrated to the US in 1999.

[@professional.commentator]

It's mainly because of the Q train running above ground in the middle of the neighborhood, which ruins everything and makes it appear ghetto.

[@mahmoudq4286]

Amateur Professional it is ghetto that’s why i moved oit

[@professional.commentator]

@@mahmoudq4286 I know but I mean if it wasn't for the trains being literally right above the shopping center than it wouldn't feel as ghetto as it is. And I don't blame you for moving out. I'm glad I never had to live there but I did visit the neighborhood many times with my mom as a child.

[@saadiaarslanturk2850]

I worked there ten years ago. It was a great experience.

[@borntokill442]

I could live there its look cool place

[@RealEstateMoscow77]

Да..., люди там реально зависли в 85 году...

[@goldpaulike5304]

Yes, russian dude seeing the opportunity to speak in his native language meanwhile the video is in english and all the other people in the comments are speaking english....

[@justivanph]

Лайк, если ты русский!)

[@Qonvex]

+Иван Шаманский (BFskill) slava rossii!!

[@SRPhantoms]

Cant like this

[@kachala]

@@Qonvex geroyam slava!!

[@mahmoudq4286]

значит что я не могу лайк поставить потому что я казах

[@beautifullife7523]

С наступающим!

[@CyberSpectator]

To those of you who actually live in or know the Brighton Beach area, I grew up and lived in nearby Coney Island (Luna Park Housing), before and during the great Russian immigration migration of the 80's. Fond memories...

[@mahmoudq4286]

i’m a kazakh living in brighton

[@mcfrdmn]

Excellent video clip !

[@500cm]

This background music is not russian

[@neptunefog6082]

It’s no russia, it’s a mix of Soviet israel and Caucasus

[@lilharlemcutie]

During Summer I go to Brighton Beach just to relax I know ppl looked shocked when I said thank you and good bye in Russian

[@BluescreenBandit]

Jews not Russians.

[@FamAD123]

First Russians can be Jews, and secondly is being Jewish supposed to be a bad thing?

[@FamAD123]

BluescreenBandit Oh, so you're one of those. Figures.

[@Abarvez]

orthdox christians not JEWS

[@enco_m]

we have saying in russia "speaking russian and orthodox - then it is russian".

[@KosovoReport]

Jews are a minority there now

[@albertoaguilar9773]

WOULD LIKE TO MEET THAT PLACE

[@vito_keys]

The inspiration of "Hove Beach" in GTA IV

[@michael_simpson]

That's right that's what it's based on in the game

[@kiracefai1375]

This is epic! I will take a trip there to practice my Russian when I (finally) get to the East side!

[@mahmoudq4286]

why are you learning eussian

[@chapno4255]

@@mahmoudq4286 because its the best language

[@professional.commentator]

You don't have to there's a lot of Russian-speaking people that also live on the West Coast like California.

[@Jimirulz1]

I have been to New York City four times in the last nine years and really want to check out this locale.

[@LEACHGAZER]

Omg hove beach next im gonna check out the Jamaican district

[@BayAreaMike99]

I wonder if they went bowling with Roman🤔

[@elainebmack]

I like to spend the day at Brighton Beach when I visit New York. The markets have interesting foods and other items like clothing and other goods. I enjoy ethnic markets and seek them out whenever I travel. You can get good, inexpensive dairy products lke tvorog, smetana, and kefir in these markets. I don't know if I could live in Brighton Beach, but I still enjoy the place.

[@vladimirisaev2142]

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[@АндрейВалерьевич-х8ь]

What Azerbaijanian guy has to do with Russia. please tell me!

[@mahmoudq4286]

he’s a jew

[@Palteen87]

Brighton Beach today looks like some Sransk in 90s. Russia is more advanced today than this part of the US

[@ESPZ]

Correction: it's no russian place, it's a russian speaking jewish place. There are no orthodoxe churches there, but lots of synagogues

[@Gladys971]

I miss NY especially Brooklyn..

[@michiecraig3071]

poor american russian = real slavic russian rich american russian = jewish

[@privatenoobz2221]

I have walked in all of the places they recorded

[@sonomute]

'Soviet' would be more appropriate term here, doesn't look like there's many ethnic Russians there, so it's about mentality first of all. Who are they ethnically? Just listen to the music used in the video...

[@mahmoudq4286]

jews

[@Ivan_Dmitriev20]

It is more like ussr in New York. They stuck in time.

[@luc4s_4lmeid4]

DIRECT FROM HOVE BEACH XD

[@sensacionsombria5125]

Hove Beach... next to the docks *gasp*

[@lilharlemcutie]

I love ❤️ Brighton Beach my Russian is very limited but I know how to say thank you and goodbye

[@daviddavidov8964]

" Little Odessa " it was many many years ago now it should be called "Little Soviet Union " a more suitable name.

[@danielshaw8049]

I always wanted to live in Brighton Beach. I'm sure it is expensive.

[@professional.commentator]

You really don't want to. Unless you have really good connections with the people, you will either be an outcast or treated like trash. Hell even most Russian-speaking people who live in that neighborhood are treated horribly. Visiting Brighton Beach is fine. Living there is another story.

[@lorainearmstrong1662]

I love this, I spent a week here with my Russian /German/USA love.. I miss him dearly.. he's one in a million.. he's tall sexy wonderful not unlike the man in the vid.. so thumbs up.. Brooklyn is a winner..

[@mahmoudq4286]

he’s russian or german?

[@hall47]

Hey, you're exactly right!

[@angersashka]

This is americans. There is no russians in this video.

[@angersashka]

+Limejuice ok, and there is no russians again...

[@youlazysmellyniglet5492]

jews are not russians by the way

[@letsgomets002]

@@youlazysmellyniglet5492 your an idiot

[@creativeslav957]

We love Russians.

[@daniels1263]

Lord Farquaad the difference?

[@MYacono]

I like to eat a place called Varenikiskaya over there on some side street off Brighton Beach Ave

[@cowpoke02]

pretty cool. I can visit every country in America in a way . lol .

[@vulc1]

Says: "we are trying... meat pastries". Takes a bite... and it's cabbage?

[@nikolaipotapenkov8823]

When I came to NYC in 1991 I visited Russian Orthodox church on Pennsylvania ave.. That people were or White Imperial officers or real Russians That run away from Juden kommissaren... We even had our friend babyshka SONIA BUBELIS... She was from.Belorusia and consider herself as real Russian. Ones I almost fail fom laughing. She ask a Russian jew woman Such a question": Vy....zenchina.. Kto?vy..ne poxozu...na Rysskogo.. Vy.....zhid? I almost.. fail on a ground... In Russia before 1917.... Jew.....were called .real name zhid..juden.... Well .Long time ago I had A chance to see a real RUSSIANS...

[@KingHarris1347]

it's Brighton Beach but that's OK for your pronunciation I mean no offence if you are offended

[@BROOKLYNBOUNDTRA1916]

Mother Brooklyn... that's a great neiborhood ... but even people that have lived there for 20 years can't give directions...lol

[@Бот5329-и5г]

Nobody in Russia wears this stupid fur caps. ) Maybe only in winter time some old soviet people do. Russia on the way of globalism. Young people wear west culture clothings. By the way Brighton beach is not russian hood, most people from former USSR in brooklyn is ukrainians and jews.

[@TheMyvideotube]

not west culture, world moda.

[@jamesscott7944]

Best pelmeni and borscht i've tasted was from a deli here.

[@kmcl11]

Interesting. I've only nown BK for Italians and PR.

[@theundaunted5481]

San Francisco has Chinatown... Did the Russian Jews build the railways anywhere? Would they have or perhaps they would hire Chinese to so it?

[@lisalisa1022100]

it looks a bit dated and run-down. I'm sure it's a nice town, though. I'd love to go sample some Russian cuisine.

[@mahmoudq4286]

it’s mediocre

[@ottosecond3818]

are these russians or jews?

[@HomoludensNomad]

Russian (soviet) Jews

[@ThunderAppeal]

*****

[@ThunderAppeal]

*****

[@rivkacoverdale9672]

Russians both Jewish and non jewish.

[@rivkacoverdale9672]

It is sad that a racist like u lives in such a diverse city. If u can't mature emotionally, please leave nyc. Kentucky might be a good place for you.

[@MC-fb9ft]

"You need to learn to speak Russian byat, it's not gonna work here" lmao

[@randinonsense7360]

Do you mean blyat?

[@mahmoudq4286]

he said don’t try learning russian

[@Whocares792]

Love the shirtless Russian grandpas smoking cigarettes and fishing in the early morning off the Kony island pier, nicest dudes in the city

[@fantuck_6492]

this is not a Russian person. occent is not the same.

[@BeyondBorders00]

Very interesting

[@partycrashers22]

or from gta4

[@skylastar6096]

I've been here

[@musicrelax4291]

Beautiful

[@goldpilgrim]

Those people don't look Russian at all. Russians are Eastern Europeans, they look like Poles or Ukrainians People in the video look Middle Eastern. Baku BTW is a Muslim country with a completely different culture.

[@professional.commentator]

There are some actual Russians among those people but you're right. The majority of people that live in Brighton Beach are from former Soviet Union countries besides Russia like Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

[@seppolaitela8590]

Azeris and Russians are very similar.. Baku ppl are mix of Russian and Turkish:D in that area lives many Russians..

[@joka9125]

Dunno. The old man from the fur shop looks like a typical Russian. They're a lot of such person here

[@PalacinkyPDX]

Most of the immigrants from Baku in the US are Armenian or Jewish... they left during the early 1990s.

[@goldpilgrim]

My point exactly. They are middle eastern, not Russian. Russians don't form a diaspora, they are European Americans.

[@alexandermaroccia524]

Очень хороший видео! Я хочу отдыхать там.

[@mahmoudq4286]

не иди там грязно

[@mikerostov7811]

I cannot see some of youth Russian up there, guess why

[@borarider669]

hove beach next to the docks Niko Bellic

[@Tipon2424]

as I said, "little Odescow"...

[@ox0oo]

Походу многие здесь даже из своего воображаемого мира (гипермаркеты, хорошие дороги) никогда не выбирались, не говоря уже о Кызыле или там Брайтоне

[@Bill22771180]

20 лет назад не было таких камер

[@Michael-vr3fb]

I want to go here with my Russian girl friend🤗❤️

[@mahmoudq4286]

is she russian or jewish

[@romeoof]

Its somthing bringing all these poor people from east Europe cost the country money and medical for strangers never fit in Americans life

[@paulinamalina100]

*Brooklyn They're Russian Jews!!

[@adampadam8166]

Yulia :-)

[@Chaser_26]

Сразу воспоминания об Америке из компьютерных игр ,таких как GTA , Мафия и т.д ,и конечно же из фильма БРАТ 2

[@Tipon2424]

I have a Russian background, so I will feel just like in Russia once I get to the streets of "little moscow"

[@KingHarris1347]

it's OK don't worry.

[@Flashpoh]

kvass its like a craft beer. but not much alco(0,5-1%)

[@bluntec]

I use to take this Azerbaijan mans lunch money

[@mariamsuhaib9947]

I live in Brighton beach, not wveryon is russian. Like 50 percent us Russian

[@nicufranc]

The legend says that somebody wanted to dislike this video....he got all his fingers cut !

[@x0Hayleyx0Williamsx0]

i like how the guy was like "don't try to learn russian":)

[@mahmoudq4286]

because this stupid broad isn’t going to learn

[@RealEstateMoscow77]

Вот именно, что даже в шахтерских городках Кузбасса, уже давно нет такого колхоза, как у вас на Брайтоне. Чувак, вы там плотно в 80-х 20 века, засели, выбирайтесь давайте.)

[@istinatruth]

should be named Soviet russian speaking neighborhood!!!