Tourism In European Russia

Seeing the best parts of European Russia.
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[@Britannica1]

Sorry about the reupload, if you check the community tab you will see due to a false copyright claim the original video got completely broken. I tried to fix it with KZbins post editing tool, but the tool deleted 20 min of the video for some reason. Please do subscribe like and share this video as losing all the ad revenue and views has significantly harmed my ability to make this thing economically viable. If you would like to directly support me the best place is subscribe star, you also get roubles with $5 or up subscription. Thank you all :) Subscribe star: www.subscribestar.com/callum

[@fedfed96]

np. shoutout from russia bro

[@milanmitic2429]

Please can you tell me the name of the sonh 21:00

[@Tom-wd5bs]

ah well - will just have to rewatch now

[@meatballboi5783]

Wait what part got deleted?

[@davey1602]

Does this mean KZbin's editing tool has secret control over what you broadcast? Hmmmm...

[@user-tx6wt2wg2m]

He's the bravest man I've ever seen! I can't believe he survived in one of the most dangerous places in the whole world! 6 hours in Poland! 😱

[@PeterMartyrVermigli_is_cool]

And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. -Jeremiah 29:13 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. -John 3:16 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out. -Acts 3:19 If are in North America, please go check out any of the churches available to you: PCA, OPC, Rpcna/Rpc, Urcna, or a canrc church (These are conservative and actual Presbyterian churches) If you can’t find one of the conservative presby churches then, maybe a Lcms or Wels Lutheran church. If you are Scottish, I recommend the Free Church of Scotland and the APC (Different from the Church of Scotland) If you are English I recommend the Free Church of England. (Different from the Church of England) Online you can look up church finders for each of the groups and it will show you locations. :)

[@Gringottone]

The real Mad-lad

[@MrPeterPan]

Had us for the first half ngl

[@Jason-jb1vs]

I mean hes brits so understandable

[@craighughes2191]

Love seeing the support Poland is giving to Ukraine. 🇺🇦 🤝🇵🇱

[@sercastamere9853]

"Freedom of speech?" "Eh fuck that" They really are Russian patriots 😂

[@joebenson528]

Speech is already free as long as it is patriotic. Try to protest US foreign policy or so-called 3l3ct10ns you'll be charged with "espionage, conspiracy or treason" have your bank accounts frozen, put on No fly lists or the US government will have you kidnapped and thrown in prison if you're overseas (Julian Assange, @ndr3w T@te). And one of those guys is not even a US citizen.

[@mithrandirthegrey7644]

We don't have freedom of speech in Europe either. I can't say what I really feel about mass immigration without being throw in jail. Only America has actual freedom of speech.

[@4X10S]

You have freedom of speech for as long as nobody hears you, and this is the same in every other country. U.S. doesn't have it either, granted you don't get imprisoned for that *cough Assange cough* , but there are many other ways to ruin your life and take away your livelihood.

[@limedickandrew6016]

Ah yes, but did you notice they had the freedom to say that?

[@_Kommissar_]

@@limedickandrew6016 Ah yes they had the freedom to say things that the government agrees with, who would've thought?

[@JustRedDude]

British and German drinks in Russia and laughing over the spinning rat meme. PEAK COMEDY 😂

[@nikostalk5730]

This is how memes works for anyone in Russia

[@homuchoghoma6789]

что это за мем ? поясни.

[@JustRedDude]

@@homuchoghoma6789 Да сам мем не смешной. Просто низкополигональная модель крысы крутится под музыку. И всё. Но в контексте двух пьяных иностранцев в России это кажется смешным

[@nikostalk5730]

@@homuchoghoma6789 мем уровня "дед, смотри собака сидит", крч мета-пост-кардио-ирония

[@sunsolar2138]

Just a fact: the day Wagner took Rostov, I was supposed to have an exam, and I study in Rostov. My teacher said no and rescheduled the exam for a week, which allowed me to prepare from scratch

[@Thorkil0861]

"Just Russian things"

[@MrSnoopy100]

Maxed the luck out so hard there was a military coup started just to prevent you from failing 😭😭

[@sunsolar2138]

@@MrSnoopy100 just my life)

[@crowcrow1465]

That is fucking based

[@kizma7068]

@@MrSnoopy100 ”THANK GOD!” “The fuck did you say?”

[@irony8908]

Third Rome claim exists because Sophia Paleologue was the niece of the last Emperor of Constantinople. She married Ivan III, Tsar of Russia.

[@POCKET-SAND]

That doesn't make Muscovia a third Rome. They're more akin to Mongols than Romans.

[@Puritan76]

@@POCKET-SAND man, you seriously compared the Mongols to the Russians💀 You better go to school and then take classes

[@POCKET-SAND]

@@Puritan76 Last time I checked, Muscovia was ran by the Mongols for quite a while. Never was part of Rome though.

[@user-dh9rx7ng4z]

​@@POCKET-SANDневежда. Позор тебе

[@POCKET-SAND]

@@user-dh9rx7ng4z Sorry, don't speak Mongol.

[@ursamajor3362]

the LDPR guys were hilarious

[@mist1858]

what do we support? Freedom of Speech? Eh, Fuck that

[@JzmA]

I can already see them as important politicians.

[@PseudonymsAreGovno]

They are the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. Basically Russian Republicans. United Russia is kind of like American 90-s or early 2000-s Democrats.

[@Disorder2312]

You know how many Russians say that liberalism is bad (myself included). Then there is LDPR, which is some sort of enigma, in my opinion. It calls itself liberal, but it's hard to see it as such, when you know most of liberals that aren't patriotic, and hate our country.

[@vulc1]

Just to explain, the LDPR is a spin-off of the ruling United Russia party, just to create the illusion that there is a party pluralism (in fact, of course, there is not). The Russians were good at staging stuff during the Soviet times (remember Finland 'attacking' the Soviet Union or the Baltic States 'voluntarily' accessing to the Soviet Union) and that has not changed.

[@deviousdanny2066]

These type of videos are your absolute best, loved your Afghanistan video and this is yet another masterpiece, glad you managed to get the video back up!

[@nightbot1788]

yup..he makes them rare, but quality and non-biased

[@totonk793]

"Third Rome" referres to the Orthodoxal belief which was taken to Russia from the Byzantium's capital of Konstantinople that was well the Second Rome after the fall of the first one. That's all the reasons behind it. That's why it's no as joke as one may think

[@POCKET-SAND]

It is kind of a joke.

[@flowname]

@@POCKET-SAND you're kind of a joke, pathetic one

[@NewRSM1994]

Dont forget the Marriage into the Emperor Bloodlines and the Double headed Eagle

[@Callaghan552]

Byzantium was not a second rome, it was just rome.

[@totonk793]

@@Callaghan552 Still the logic of inheriting for Byzantium remains

[@theenjoyer1445]

lovely video. The North Korean pop music doesn't ever get old. Appreciate the travels, Callum!

[@Pan_Z]

And more importantly, the Best Korea pop music doesn't get copyright claimed.

[@LordCohliani]

What are the name of the songs?

[@beibotanov]

@@LordCohliani music performer is Pochonbo, no need to know song names, all of their tracks are gems

[@KanadMondal]

At first I thought he did it only for the Afghanistan video because music was "banned" or something and he didn't know what to put as a result.

[@pgvkn]

nobody: absolutely no russians ever: foreigners drinking "in russian": NA ZDOROVIE

[@Dread_2137]

Shhhh... let them west-slavic'fy russians

[@homuchoghoma6789]

потому что в юные годы они слушали E-Type ))

[@jorgeenchilada]

Za Vashizdrovie is pretty close to that and that one works. I think that's why it's used in American movies, a misunderstanding

[@Dread_2137]

@@jorgeenchilada also I can't speak for Czechs or Slovaks, but that's basically how you say it in Polish "na zdrowie", maybe they confused a bit all Slavic immigrants back in the day and thought they're all russian, which sometimes is annoying that anything Slavic is somehow automatically russian

[@Kirill_Bomba]

At 40:29 it's me, congratulations on your new video, Callum! Only I am a Don Cossack, not a Kuban Cossack 😅 Best wishes, your friend Kirill 🤗

[@Britannica1]

sorry for the mistake, just being a stupid forigner :D I wanted to include the singing but the audio.was broken.

[@Kirill_Bomba]

nothing, great video! 😊

[@rebel__son]

Просто интересно, что за песня была?)

[@Kirill_Bomba]

@@rebel__son честно говоря не помню, но это точно чистый фольклор :) «Баклановцы», «На речке Камышинке», «Как донские казаки» и проч.

[@thatindiandude4602]

Its weird seeing a person in Callums video commenting on the video.

[@rebel__son]

Since Callum is somewhat fixated on the issue of multiculturalism, he now only has to visit our “Islamic belt” - the republics of the North Caucasus and Crimea. And there are still a couple of unrecognized republics with gorgeous mountains and beaches!

[@prodigiii712]

You’re a clueless russophobe. There is almost not Muslims in Crimea. Crimean Tatars make up 8 percent of the population and they’re pretty secular like Azeris and Volga Tatars.

[@aei7129]

@@slawaboga1433 They came back again in the 90s and 00s. Crimea is not all Islamic, but there are areas and cities where there are a lot of them. Simferopol, Bakhchysarai, etc.

[@al1sa920]

I would suggest Tatarstan since it's one of the most developed regions, mostly Islamic, but may be also the most diverse (there are religious buildings of Islam, Orthodox Christianity, Orthodox Christianity of Old Believers, Protestantism, Catholicism)

[@rebel__son]

@@al1sa920 no, they are too secular, once in Kazan a foreigner will not even understand that half the people around are muslims) need something more hardcore))

[@rebel__son]

@@slawaboga1433 they were, but since the late 80s they began to return. I'm sure Callum will really like the new cathedral mosque in Simferopol))

[@FSquid]

Funny story. There is an indoor eternal flame shown at 41:50. I've been there. It was about 20 years ago and I went with my mom and dad to visit relatives as my mother is Russian. This was back before smart phones were a thing and even digital cameras were a bit of a luxury. She had an fairly modern (for the time) picture camera that used film rolls. She was snapping pictures of the murals that lined the path up to the building that held the flame. When we got inside, it was just my mom, my dad, two Russian honor guards and me. My mom explained to me that this was a sacred place where visitors were requested to act in a dignified manner and be quiet. I don't remember exactly what prompted her saying this but I think it was a sign. It could have been me speaking too loudly though. Right after she said that, she tried to take a photo of the flame. Unfortunately for her, her roll of film had reached it's end and when she tried to take a photo, the camera started to automatically rewind the roll. The only thing you could hear in the building was the loud electronic whirring of her camera which she could not stop. For about 20 seconds we just stood there while my mom embarrassingly tried to fumble around with the thing in some vain effort to shut it up. My dad and I were trying not to laugh while the two Russian guards just stood there with their poker faces on.

[@ferdnandowang2688]

nice experience

[@DigitCitizen]

I'll repeat the comment section I saw on previous video: Callum, please, don't visit Ukraine. They can detain you because you visited Luhansk.

[@rebel__son]

Спокойно, его даже нет на Миротворце. Я проверял)

[@retineyzer1670]

@@rebel__son Миротворец вообще никак не связан с МВД Украины, он все равно может уже быть в "расстрельных" списках.

[@NicholasEzclapz]

Source?

[@retineyzer1670]

@@NicholasEzclapz trust me bro

[@chrisj683]

How else can he top Miles? He must be detained and watch blu-ray with his captors.

[@Be4All]

OUR ELEPHANT 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@korneplodus4605]

Comrade Gypsie's subscriber detected

[@snaymer1858]

Поздняков и сюда пробрался

[@senaya]

14:40 - that cola is from Iran but we also have cola from Poland and Serbia here in Kaliningrad. They all taste different but the Polish one in my opinion is the closest to the original. 17:30 - the House of the Soviets for a long time was in private hands so government couldn't do much with it but recently it was finally bought back by the government and it's being dismantled at the moment.

[@grabelli]

schizo rambling, вырусь, cola is the same.

[@thymenwaterman8672]

Fun fact; cheap shops in western countries also sell officially branded Coca Cola that's made in factories in Poland. How does it taste differently?

[@senaya]

@@thymenwaterman8672 I can't explain but Serbian cola is somehow not as sweet as Russian or Polish cola.

[@grabelli]

@@senaya wrong and fake hohol

[@noreply-7069]

Truly awful what they did to the Königsberg castle.. What a great cultural and historical loss and to replace it with that useless monstrosity! Adding insult to injury.

[@rebel__son]

13:27 just like the Nord Stream pipeline, everyone knows, no one talks. As an experiment, I decided to add milk to my tea today. Don't repeat my mistake.

[@an0nycat]

You just need to add sugar in addition to milk. Theoretically, I could drink tea with milk too, but I don't consume sugar. 😅😅

[@imnottellingyoumyname6467]

If you drink redbush it's absolutely delicious with milk

[@selectionn]

as an american tea drinker, milk in tea is disgusting. it only works with Chai tea, which should always have milk in it.

[@dynaxeng1684]

Posting this again since the original video got deleted. For anyone that wants to know the North Korean music used in this video are, here you go: 0:26 - Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble - Young People, Uphold Our Party [Vol. 11] 15:17 - Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble - Urban Girl Comes To Get Married [Vol. 11] 20:58 - Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble - Валенки (Мне без валенок беда) [Vol. 23 - Foreign Songs 1] 41:35 - Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble - Our Toast 53:41 - Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble - Dançando lambada [Vol. 23 - Foreign Songs 1] *The one in brackets are where I found them at by doing a youtube search.* I had to change the timestamps on the last two as they're different now. Again if I got one wrong, feel free to correct them in the comments. Otherwise, enjoy the rest of your day.

[@thereapern7350]

22:08 HOI4

[@MarcelRecasens]

Do you know why the video was deleted?

[@dynaxeng1684]

@MarcelRecasens He got copyrighted. You can read all about it on his community tab he posted.

[@foxik7272]

oh thank you. I was trying to shazam it but remembered he uses north korean music due to copyright, so thank you for this comment. It was just a blast to hear Валенки with this accent

[@ZekindaNight]

Спасибо!

[@user-tc9sk4ei9y]

And btw Konigsberg castle was literally destroyed during the war, thanks to british aviation in particular, the soviets only demolished the remnants of the tower. So there was no 'nice castle'

[@toivotooming1243]

Allied bombing hit it, but there were all the main walls and the tower standing, which couldve been restored. Soviets demolished it during several years to come. I guess new regime didnt like the memory of the old one.. somewhat of a threat to its new identity in the region ;) Funny, the cathedral's RUINS were left standing and were rebuilt later. So, yeah, "nice castle" or not, wouldve still been nicer to restore history (non-nazi btw) than have this concrete-frankenstein (saying this even as I am a fan of brutalisk architecture)

[@user-tc9sk4ei9y]

@@toivotooming1243 so, soviets didn't like memories of a castle, but were ok with the memories of a cathedral, because soviets were famous for keeping memories of religious buildings, but not castles in particular (although they kept the Vyborg castle, for example). Got it, sounds plausible

[@NoPantsBaby]

Callum this is all easy mode. When will you visit a real warzone like Detroit?

[@jaded9436]

Maybe the ones the Russians created in Ukraine?

[@beibotanov]

"Take him to Detroit!" Although I heard it got a lot nicer than it was ten years ago

[@TheRealBatCave]

Go watch Channel 5......

[@spazzey0]

​@@beibotanov I'm not American but I've heard that ever since everyone started leaving its become a lot quieter. The rust belt is a really bittersweet thing.

[@misha6699]

@@beibotanov I hear they've got running water by now!

[@skorpysk]

Hold on, Free Wifi isn't a thing in the western world?

[@jamescollins6085]

Everything is an opportunity to extract money from you. You are often expected to pay for the public Wi-Fi here in the UK, at least. It's much less common now that everybody has mobile data, but 10 years ago, I recall BT charging as much as £10 per day for use of their public Wi-Fi. It was free if you were one of their customers, however.

[@POCKET-SAND]

It is in parts of America

[@kirilllysenko4618]

There is lots of free wifi in Germany

[@slynt_]

Cafes usually have it but public spaces generally don't. You'll occasionally find it in a shopping mall or something.

[@polyanagula]

@@kirilllysenko4618 there is free public wifi in Germany, but not even close to how much you find in Russia

[@cougsjohnson1]

I'm friends with a Guy from China who introduced me to his Cousin, who was visiting The Chinese Embassy in the US. It was about 15 Years ago, & since he could tell I was not very Political, he took us out for Drinks. So we had a Great Time & like typical great times, we ended up getting pissed & even going to a Strip Club. Like normal "Way too much to 🍷 Drink" events, he started saying things, he probably would never say Sober. In a nutshell, he turned to me & said "Do you know what the CCP's biggest fear is?" I said "No". He said "That the US & Russia will finally figure out that it's futile to keep fighting, and that your Governments will get along". I know it happened a long time ago, but I've never totally forgot his words. Plus I've always thought that too much alcohol can be kind of a truth serem !! FYI - 8 Years after my drunk conversation, even Donald Trump said "Wouldn't it be Great if we got along with Russia?" Shortly after he said that, I decided to learn Russian & Study Russian Culture. It's actually been a really exciting journey !!

[@beibotanov]

Inbred Western leaders are probably overly greedy or just plain racist, viewing the Communism as an original sin of a whole nation. Bad for them

[@shipovnik89]

Thank to the United States for literally pushing us and China into each other's arms

[@aceambling7685]

Russia and America are brothers. Both founded by Piratical Germanic Warbands, both frontier empires that conquered vast swathes of land with the use of Pastoral Warrior Cultures who love freedom (Cowboys and Cossacks), both had brutal civil wars where the Landed Aristocracy were defeated by Egalitarian Industrialists. Siberians and Native Americans are even closely related to eachother. During the 1800s America and Russia were growing increasingly close. This terrified Britain, who was in direct competition with Russia in Central Asia. As a result, the Brits worked hard to repair their relationship with America and drive a wedge between the two growing superpowers.

[@Mubvekhar]

@@aceambling7685You’re absolutely right. I lived and studied in Russia for a while as an American, and there are so many similarities between the common people. Both love their countries, have a can-do attitude, and honestly, looking at the space race, if it weren’t for the threat of nuclear war, it could almost be seen as a friendly competition amongst brothers seeing who can outdo the other, which is the attitude I found with the friends I made in Russia. If only we could put aside geopolitical ambitions and embrace each other as brother nations… The world would be a better place.

[@orchirion]

So guess who benefits from this? They don't call China Joe for nothing. If Russia splits China gets eastern siberia, if not then they're forced to an alliance so a win win. What a diabolical plan 🥸☕

[@alexalex5257]

they are proud of their past and rightfully so, it doesnt mean that they are communists or imperialists right now. its honouring their amazing history

[@tunemaki_izlasitrlv6835]

They think they are superior. They think they can never be wrong. And that everybody else is there to hurt them. This path only leads to misery. Soviet union collapsed because of this line of thinking, and sooner or later Russia will collapse too. And before you tell me I am brainwashed by western media, I live in post Soviet union and have to interact with Russians on almost daily basis.

[@paradigmafluch]

i missed the original video because of reallife stuff happening... but let me say, thank you for this, its a real blast seeing cultures all around europe that got hit with the evil-stick and how they are doing. wanted to visit st. petersburg anyways so now this is the motivation to make a trip. probably stop by in königsberg and talk german non-stop just to see what happens...

[@rebel__son]

the most common reaction would be “rot front” and “Hitler kaput”)

[@kyrios443]

What would happen if you speak german in koningsberg ?

[@beibotanov]

@@kyrios443 dunno, locals will try to sell you stuff, overpriced by their standards, talking German themselves - most foreign tourists were and are Germans for obvious reasons

[@drawmaster77]

@@kyrios443 probably nothing. Many Russians like Germans from my experience. And they love love German cars 🤣

[@D4rkm00r]

Alex's English in absolutely incredible! Barely any hint of an accent for someone that grew up in Germany and is half German/Half Russian. Amazing insight! Edit: You took on a half German/Half Russian at drinking ... oh sweet summer child xD

[@mr.froggo1599]

You can find him at 27:02

[@ishitrealbad3039]

not even one minute in and i'm surprised to how clean it al is...

[@MrEsphoenix]

Russia isn't some backwards country. Like pretty much all countries you have nicer well kept areas, normally those focused more around tourism, and you have shitholes.

[@karolinabaker7637]

@@MrEsphoenixone minute in, he was in Poland

[@ishitrealbad3039]

@@MrEsphoenix where did i say it was a backwards country? i live in the Netherlands and usually tourist spots are the dirtiest (amsterdam) and also i've never seen it as clean here as I see it on this video in Russia (Just like with Japan).

[@kirilllysenko4618]

Dude, you haven't seen real Russia. Most places are dirty as fuck

[@ishitrealbad3039]

@@kirilllysenko4618 the fact that metropolitan areas are clean and only in the countryside it's "dirty", just speaks more volumes. considering it's the opposite in western countries.

[@vancodling4223]

Not the biggest lotus eaters fan, but I've got a lot of respect for you man. You do thourogh work, youre brave, and straightforward. Of all of Lord Miles' vassals, you are my favorite.

[@beatyoutoapulp]

35:44 Grisha isn't referring to any 'shell hunger in Bakhmut'. He's actually referring to mobilized personnel staying on the frontlines forever without 'rotations', which basically means relief or, in simpler terms, switching one unit for the other to let the former recuperate, rest and so on

[@RickR69]

Who gives a shit what he's referring to. He's a worthless Wagner sympathizer.

[@jbstarkiller4626]

When he says "mix European and Russian culture" does he not realize that Russian is European?🤨

[@ghnm5tr]

It's probably a mental shortcut when he says "european" he really means "western".

[@tymursabri1911]

Nah, not really, most of russia is located in Asia, so it’s not really European. + historically russia had a different culture from Europe.

[@jbstarkiller4626]

@@tymursabri1911 Russian Civilization comes from Eastern Europe and Russia is the largest country in continental Europe.

[@tymursabri1911]

@@jbstarkiller4626 you are right, however I think that the information you’ve provided is irrelevant, because historically wise russia and all of it’s previous versions were opposing themself to the European countries at most times. Except maybe for russian empire, however this is still debatable because it was dominantly elite class who had European roots and spoke French or German(not sure about German tbh)

[@jbstarkiller4626]

@@tymursabri1911 Slavs are European.

[@JeffyPDiddy]

These videos are so entertaining! Great work Callum!

[@pcprincipal7173]

Thank god the video is still/again there! Wasn't able to watch it until now but had the tab open all the time. Keep up the good work, your content is fascinating!

[@lexiedovahkiin]

Glad it's uploaded again. I think there's something particularly unique about Callum and Miles. Daredevils of our age.

[@buca505]

Хвала Калуме! Well, lets re-watch this, so KZbin can take more money from advertising, before it takes down again, and refuse to pay Callum his fair share. Cause KZbin is not biased at all LOL

[@Gringottone]

Well said

[@TheHanshotfirst]

Loved this Callum. Thank you for sharing!

[@RamondoMC96]

Make a Transsiberian trip next time. Vladivostok is a super interesting city to see just as a whole Russian Far East.

[@CursedImagesEveryday]

How long from Moscow to Vladivostok on car or motorbike I wonder? It's gotta be almost a week right? Seems like a crazy adventure

[@RamondoMC96]

@@CursedImagesEveryday probably 2 weeks at least if you want to see the cities and attraction, and also rest well.

[@Nkellllll1]

Recently I also visited big Russia via Kaliningrad (it was a Berlin-Kaliningrad bus). And the funny thing is that when I was waiting for this bus at the station, one old man came up to the group of Russian people and asked: “Is this a Kiev bus?”

[@barabbabaruffa9289]

0:26 pochonbo electronic ensemble "the youth will support our party" Finding the name of a song from your video is always a fun adventure. Great work as usual.

[@SunsetChannel]

Brother you're always welcome in Russia! Come again soon

[@brandongavette66]

This is about the third time I've watched your videos in entirety, but this time I'm not in America I'm in South Korea. The amount of stares I got in traffic when it cuts to the North Korean pop music was equal parts amusing and alarming. Please keep traveling so I can keep watching.

[@awogei]

Hey, no worries. I"ll gladly watch it again.

[@Flint404]

Wow, nice to see you visited my hometown of Zelenogradsk. After the conflict started it became a tourist hotspot since the borders are mostly closed.

[@ryanwild34]

Great vids lad! keep them coming always look forward to them, would be a shame to lose them.

[@hisgracelorduxbridge]

Really enjoyed that, thanks for posting 😊

[@guysome7469]

Жаль в Москву в этом (уже том) году не приехали летом, когда зелени полно. Парки просто загляденье есть. Но так выбор городов хороший был. Приезжайте к нам ещё!

[@susgaming.4540]

Жалко ещё, что он не посетил ВДНХ и выставку Россия 😭

[@olekbeluga314]

Translation: Too bad you haven't visited Moscow in the summer, when it's full of greenery. Absolutely beautiful parks. But overall, good selection of cities. Come again!

[@olekbeluga314]

@@susgaming.4540 Translation: It's sad he hasn't visited VDNKh (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibition_of_Achievements_of_National_Economy)ю

[@RedBlackDish]

@@susgaming.4540 она в Ноябре открылась, а он летом приезжал

[@PeterMartyrVermigli_is_cool]

And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. -Jeremiah 29:13 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. -John 3:16 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out. -Acts 3:19 If are in North America, please go check out any of the churches available to you: PCA, OPC, Rpcna/Rpc, Urcna, or a canrc church (These are conservative and actual Presbyterian churches) If you can’t find one of the conservative presby churches then, maybe a Lcms or Wels Lutheran church. If you are Scottish, I recommend the Free Church of Scotland and the APC (Different from the Church of Scotland) If you are English I recommend the Free Church of England. (Different from the Church of England) Online you can look up church finders for each of the groups and it will show you locations. :)

[@LightningNC]

_"After that, it was time to meet up with a local girl, bribe her with a Freddo..."_ [Always Sunny music starts playing] *_Callum gets a gf_*

[@Alex-zl7og]

I wish you visited The Main Cathedral of the Armed Forces of Russian Federation. A modern wonder.

[@al1sa920]

Absolutely, I hoped he was talking about visiting Kubinka instead of exhibitions in Moscow or St.P.

[@Mubvekhar]

That cathedral is beautiful. It gives me Warhammer vibes.

[@rotefarbe204]

Thank you for your work! Hope you will visit many more countries which arent the usual hotspots for travelling at the moment

[@Mark-lu8ee]

As a russian its super strange seeing all that war propaganda, it feels foreign but like home at the same time. Thank you for showing us all that perspective

[@flowname]

16:29 Most of these detectors appeared in Russian regions after the Volgograd bombings in December 2013, and your lady friend is incorrect in assuming that most of them aren't functioning, they are.

[@SNIperofDARKness02]

I was there recently, the staff could care less about working them, this was in many places around Moscow and the cities towards the Urals.

[@THETURKISHKEBAB1]

I see your videos and its encouraged me to continue looking at the world in a way that is different from just simply what you have been told online by one source and on the TV. I'd like to visit for myself one day. Maybe i'll leave afghanistan for now, but i'm sure i'll get round to it

[@feelyourlines]

i once again thank you for the gift of content, british man.

[@theeccentrictripper3863]

What was the copyright claim on? Are the dastardly South Korean music labels trying to muscle in on the noble art-form that is NK-Pop?

[@12Gauge223]

Love your video style Callum. It really makes you think while being shown a lot visually and historically.

[@AlanKRiley]

Thanks, really enjoyed the video..

[@natewilliams4737]

This is by far one of the most interesting channels I subscribe to. Keep up the great work and stay safe!

[@POCKET-SAND]

Will never cease to be baffling to see people with profile pics like yours praising Russia.

[@natewilliams4737]

@@POCKET-SAND 🤡 you don’t make any sense.

[@POCKET-SAND]

@@natewilliams4737 Yeah, cause no freedom of speech, no right to bear arms, and getting arrested for criticizing dear leader just screams "Libertarian."

[@hairytentacle3924]

@@POCKET-SAND Britain hated Russia and constantly tried to attack it from its Polish foothold. So Catherine the Great suppored original bearers of this snake flag and partitioned Poland.

[@POCKET-SAND]

@@hairytentacle3924 British-Polish relations were not that close in the 18th century. Quite odd to think so considering Poland gave considerable aid to the American colonists in their war of independence against the British. Events in Eastern Europe had no bearing on the war in the West whatsoever. Catherine the Wh*re recognized the Revolution, but did little else. Poland was taken out of greed by three autocratic Empires because it was in the midst of building a Constitutional Republic akin to the Americans.

[@andrewnorris2]

Another great episode from you, Callum. Can't eclipse the number of dead from the siege of Lenningrad, around 900 days, but the siege of Sarajevo lasted for 1,395 days. It was the longest siege in modern history, (BBC) Not to diminished the suffering of the Russians but maybe you could visit Bosnia sometime.

[@Paul_Sergeyev]

I am interested in balkan wars but never knew that sidge was so long. What happened?

[@andrewnorris2]

@@Paul_Sergeyev When the BBC was a credible news service they produced a fine series called The Death of Yugoslavia. That would be a good place to start. The series is on youtube.

[@Hazmatt4700]

Great video, Thanks for providing perspective from the ground.

[@mikle281]

It was a pleasure to watch a good video about our country, thank you for a nice review, we are indeed friendly for anyone to come here!

[@ishitrealbad3039]

53:25 this can also be extremely easily explained because I asked this to one of my ex-coworkers who is Russian; Russians are content with their own history, literally. They don't hate themselves or contemplate about the atrocities done in the past. For them the past is the past and it has lead them to who they are today. Some support the actons of the past, some don't but they don't bicker and fight amongst eachother for it. As they are content with it, probably due to the vast and diverse history of their country and people. Also another major factor I would assume, is that Russians aren't raised and taught in elementary schools to hate themselves and their history. But rather to be proud of it or atleast maybe learn from it from a centrist perspective. If you compare this to the West, it's no surprise that most Westerners harbor self hate. As they're taught from elementary school that they are evil due to their history. In addition also not learning anything of the greatness of their own history and or people. Everything is taught in the context of "we did this because we are bad people". So I would say that Russians might be more sober regarding this cultural topic in general than Westerners.

[@Dread_2137]

"They don't hate themselves or contemplate about the atrocities done in the past." Which to me is literally hypocrisy, seeing as how they love to remind others for their past. They accept their past, no matter if it was bad, but they will constantly remind others how bad their past was.

[@ishitrealbad3039]

@@Dread_2137 you seem to miss the entire context and point.

[@POCKET-SAND]

@@ishitrealbad3039 That's all fine and good but it can lead to problems. In this case, it does because the Russians have not learned from their past. There are several reports of mass graves being found in Ukraine of civilians killed and buried by Russians, mirroring very closely the mass graves of Polish soldiers and civilians found in places like Katyn. These are war crimes, and Russia's unwillingness to acknowledge it's past war crimes lead it to commit more to this day.

[@Veltrosstho]

"Taught to hate themselves" Annnnnnd opinion discarded. 🦜 Damn birds are getting clever, learning how to type. To bad they can't think.

[@JohnSmith-px5nf]

@@POCKET-SAND”several reports” yah bro keep drinking that propaganda kool-aid.

[@94Aequitas]

Just here to watch again for the views. Keep up the good work!

[@manni5072]

I also visited Russia, Saint Petersburg, Velikij Novgorod, Pskov. And man! What a world from our "western terms".! And their women! Holy Djebus!

[@klubberzvonhatzenbuhl563]

This video was equally confusing and interesting. Thanks!

[@Brakvash]

This man is the Britishest Brit I've seen - whether in Rain or Shine, London or Pyongyang - always whinging about something :D

[@OverlandOrange]

Most-underrated travel channel.

[@adamnogender565]

This was very interesting Callum. Thanks :)

[@kolvann]

12:56 "Copyright doesn't matter anymore" Famous last words

[@dianabower3960]

Thanks

[@crispykrememacdonalds2746]

I absolutely love these videos! How did I miss this the first time!? 😅

[@sal2841]

Watched the original, great work as always, people really need to have their eyes opened to other parts of the world👍, just a shame that you have had to re-upload this over very little

[@HurryUpGrandma]

What was amended in this re-upload?

[@IsBirb]

​@@HurryUpGrandma20 seconds were removed

[@millbank]

I love your travel videos, there most interesting. Look forward to the next one.

[@Scylithen]

Callum still using Freddos as currency😏

[@Cymes]

You'd think he'd be soy-pilled about them at this point.

[@user-db7hn2cu7f]

Yooo. Thanks for re-upload. Hope you're gonna visit the Asian part of Russia!

[@kommissarvalkyre2054]

Give this man a timemachine. I'd love to watch him stumble around 1805s Paris, 1936s Berlin, 1900s Bejing, 1930s Tokyo and many, many others.

[@an0nycat]

*Actually, Gdansk was part of Poland. On November 14, 1308, it was captured by the knights of the Teutonic (German, or Germanic) Order, annexed to Prussia and renamed Danzig.*

[@DeEchteZeus]

how come the architecture was dutch?

[@vorynrosethorn903]

Not much before and not much after England owned most of France, guess we now have an excuse for another war.

[@megawiemjem7098]

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[@megawiemjem7098]

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[@TheAllooSk]

@@DeEchteZeus Dutch Protestants migrants flocked there due to Gdansk being an important Trade hub.

[@soapyork9356]

I'm an American military veteran and have always wanted to visit Russia, even now with everything going on. I've started studying Russian language on Pimsleur and started the process to apply for a Russian entry visa. I'm a little unnerved by the questions on the visa about weapons and explosives experience, but I won't lie so we'll see if it gets approved. I was planning on doing a similar trip to Callum's (St.P, Moscow, Volgograd) solo, and then in the future bringing my wife and children if everything went okay. If anyone reads this and has any advice I'd appreciate it. Thank you for doing these travel videos Callum.

[@an0nycat]

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[@kirillholt2329]

as someone from one of the cities you listed, I advise you get in touch with some americans who live there in case of an emergency, or a russian you can trust. Late May is the best time to go since it's after all the may holliday craziness but before heat-waves. Moscow and St Pete is overrun with illegals from central asia and it's not a good expereince. I'd visit Nizhny Novgorod, Pskov and Volgograd. That's be a great tour. Also the "golden ring" medieval cities around Moscow are worth touring as well.

[@soapyork9356]

wow, thank you for this advice. I will look into that info@@kirillholt2329

[@andrewpotapenkoff7723]

You should also visit Vladimir and Yaroslavl, Saransk, Kazan.

[@andrewpotapenkoff7723]

Also you should check Tank Museum in Kubinka (and/or Patriot Park) - they are 1 hour drive from Moscow. There you can find an actual Mouse tank, IS-3, t-84, Panther, exotic aircrafts.

[@mortanafidler]

The soundtrack is so funny - it’s Chinese or North Korean people sing Russian Soviet era songs.

[@devinpoor]

Love the content, keep doing what you love and keep traveling!

[@avsti]

Awesome video! Beautiful shots & editing. Will subscribe for more.

[@thebreeze6765]

Interesting and beautiful. I've always wanted to go to St. Petersburg and Moscow. I've collected pictures of St. Basil's because it's amazing. The war history is so important. Even the underground is an architectural masterpiece. Thanks for the tour.

[@user-oo7uk2tu2d]

Sad to see it had to be reposted. Thanks for your Russia vids, now I have a plan to visit these 4 cities in the exact same order as you.

[@currymuncher9814]

Brilliant Callum, One on the bucket list

[@reillycassel3574]

My great aunt was Prussian. Once the soviets rolled in they killed her entire family and she was sent to the camps. Eventually she escaped and walked to Western Europe. Kaliningrad and Gdańsk used to have millions of Germans and now they’re all just gone

[@Serg-qr5my]

You're a liar. Your ancestors were Nazis and served Hitler. No one ran away from Stalin, not even Hitler.

[@AlBQuirky]

Another fun and informative video, Callum! Thanks for sharing this :)

[@sarnj-visits]

Hi Callum another fabulous documentary on Russia. Thank you. Can I ask re your route to Russia this time. Did you buy the airline ticket in Kaliningrad or did you have to prebook? Secondly, did you return the same route? Plane, coach plane from Gdansk to England? Thank you for your help if you are able to reply 👍🙂

[@adeleleah3918]

I'm so glad I found your channel...really great content !

[@cliche_AF]

Glad the video is back up

[@ASlickNamedPimpback]

Always nice to see the other perspective. You should head on over to El Salvador or something like that, considering it's a place that's underwent radical change and (unlike most down south), you won't end up dead or robbed

[@ProhorGlad]

Wau! You are good at understanding Russian soul. One of the best videos about Russia from foreigners.

[@vesy19791979]

Bro, when you mention the destruction of the castle in the center of Konigsberg, do not forget to mention that the Soviets did not destroy the city, they did it (as in other things and always in the history of their existence), the Anglo-Saxon Air Force. The Red Army has already entered the city bombed by the British. So the British decided to annoy the Russians. This is the essence of the British, destroy everything around, but make it bad for Russia. This is literally the meaning of Britain's existence.

[@jjhw2941]

I didn't see a woman with 2 mommies in any of those Russia military ads, I wonder why?

[@DenOfTen]

Because there is a huge fine for LGBT propaganda, and if LGBT propaganda is for children - several years in prison.

[@SkeletonXin]

@@DenOfTen Based.

[@PT-pn5ge]

Good afternoon esteemed viewers of this particular channel, thank you for the amazing content.

[@sie11pervan]

The Moscow and Saint Petersburg metro. Clean, aesthetically pleasing, no shankings, stabbings, shootings, or people pushing you onto the metro rails. No-one shitting anywhere on the floor in the metro station. Americans can't even begin to comprehend this, and why that is.

[@POCKET-SAND]

Dude, most of Russia looks like something out of S.T.A.L.K.E.R., the video only touches upon the tourist traps. Watch bald and bankrupt for a picture of what most of Russia really looks like.

[@sie11pervan]

@@POCKET-SAND Brother I can immediately say that you haven't been there. Go live among locals for a couple of years and then come back to me. You're also trying to compare apples to iron pipes. I'm comparing "top" Western public transport to top Russian public transport. Or do you want me to include absolute gems like Flint Michigan, Monroe Louisiana, and Corpus Cristi Texas, the cancer capital of America? Yeah, not sure you'd want to even begin to make that comparison.

[@POCKET-SAND]

@@sie11pervan You're not comparing "top" anything. Your perception of America leads me to doubt you've ever been here. The U.S. outperforms Russia in pretty much every metric, expect alcoholism of course.

[@user-dh9rx7ng4z]

​@@POCKET-SANDой, да не усирайся так, чувак) большая, часть России прекраснее всего на свете. И у нас нигде не срут, не блюют, просто так не принято. Спряч чуб и поплачь в сторонке

[@POCKET-SAND]

@@user-dh9rx7ng4z Sorry, I don't speak Mongol.

[@GuysOnGames]

Honestly the architecture makes it look like a paradise compared to England.

[@MrEsphoenix]

Same as all countries. Some areas are nice, others are a shit hole

[@redstarling5171]

​@@MrEsphoenixunfortunately it's usually the modern buildings that are a stain on the landscape and ones eyes

[@MrEsphoenix]

@@redstarling5171 Not necessarily. It tends to be buildings from around the 60's where they really liked concrete that are the worst. Cheap, dirty and falling to bits. Modern buildings can be an eyesore, but they can also look great and mesh really well with more historical stuff when done right. The biggest factor in bigger cities is often cohesion. If the buildings in an area really mesh well with each other it looks neat, if they clash with different styles it can look a mess.

[@-phizix2250]

You should see the rural areas, they don't have electricity or running water. All money goes to Moscow and some other bigger "show off" cities, like St. Petersburg and Kazan. But what strikes me is that even in the shittiest cities in Russia they are able to build parks, free sport areas and a lot of kids areas as well. I miss this in Germany and a lot of other European cities too

[@redstarling5171]

@@MrEsphoenix yes I hate concrete everywhere it's taking over Australia

[@SkeletonXin]

46:43 "If a people forget their history, do not honour their heroes... they are doomed to oblivion." Unfortunately, we have reached this point here in Western Europe.

[@HoundstoothMax]

Keep up the solid content 💪 love the channel

[@lundenPG]

„Hoi4 players know as Danzig” had me laughing like crazy 😂

[@PseudonymsAreGovno]

46:06 NKVD was the police, it wasn't just a "secret police", it was unitary. NKVD was later divided into the Militia (the police) and KGB.

[@Volkaer]

Why do you have Korean karaoke singing in the background though? XD

[@greamespens1460]

Numero Uno, watching now before it's taken off and Callum decides to open an Only fans account for such videos.