Trans-Siberian Railway Winter Journey - part 4: Ulan-Ude - Lake Baikal - Irkutsk on Train № 001M

[@natraj_j]

This series is far better than any TV documentary or travel based reality show

[@doc7austin]

thanks

[@aloysiusflartey6122]

spose that is one problem today cannot smoke on the train poor ciggy junkies desperate for a smoke lol good time to give up the filthy habit

[@bolek_i_lyolek]

Очень интересно!!! И ощущение, будто я ехал в этом поезде ВМЕСТЕ с Вами!!!

[@sharmaineiglesias4477]

i will try to ride this in the future

[@ritterkreuzer1868]

I visited Lake Baikal in the someway as you did 27 years ago. This Lake is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Your videos are very professional.

[@VyacheslavGimadi]

Thanks that you have exited the train in Ulan-Ude evening. Because seeing Baikal at daylight is great

[@deanb4799]

I'm binge watching all of these. AWESOME VIDEOS MAN! Thanks for not ruining them with a soundtrack.

[@chchaitanya4974]

Hatts off to the Russian engineers and workers who built the longest rail road on the earth,even surviving the extreme climatic conditions... Really lovely and beautiful.... I hope that one day I can travel on this Serene and scenic route Lots of love to RUSSIA FROM INDIA 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@morzh1978]

"even surviving the extreme climatic conditions" - in some years at some sections, about half of the workforce did not

[@alb12345672]

@@morzh1978 My great grandfather was a frequent traveller, for his business, I have his old ticket stubs. He used to deal in furs. Imagine how amazing something like that was in 1905. Getting on in Moscow and Ending in Vladvostock in less than a week.

[@GottliebGoltz]

You won't think so if you see what those slaves went through in doing so. It's on KZbin The laborers went thru pure hell getting the first line across Siberia living the conditions they went through "Those that survived". Human life meant nothing then.

[@ammm-wq2mz]

@@GottliebGoltz At the beginning of the 20th century, my great-grandfather was a railway worker in Siberia. He alone provided for a large family. The daughters had a dowry in the bank. Children all studied. If you look at family photos, the family was no poorer than my other relatives from the intelligentsia.

[@deepaky100]

You are write my bro

[@mahaveerprasadkanwariya2605]

Most beautiful sea,first class compartment,best and most beautiful cold season and railway journey ,railway journey in the minus temperature,very very good river,natural seens is injoyful

[@Lucky0670]

Still the best holiday you can go there... amazing trip.

[@jimholder6656]

Superb video! Magnificent trip along Lake Baikal!

[@сампалопарёнок]

Places of my mom's childhood: Ulan Ude, Sljudanka, Baikal. Thanks for possibilities to saw it! Kiev 🌍 Ukraine

[@bidsvon6379]

Awesome view of lake Baikal😍. Added to my bucket list 😎 Thanks for sharing this. Love from India.

[@samtrak1204]

Thank you for the dramatic scenes of Lake Baikal. It was dark when my train passed by the lake so I didn't see a thing - and the lake was one of the main reasons I wanted to explore Siberia in the first place! Actually I'm seeing and learning more from your video trip than I did on my Trans-Mongolian/Siberian tour in 2011. I didn't enjoy riding and sleeping in 4-bed cabin so I upgraded to first class on last leg of the trip and that was a whole different ballgame because I had the cabin to myself for most of time until I was joined by a beautiful Russian soldier. Thanks again because I'm really enjoying the virtual ride.

[@marcofonseca2897]

😂😂😂😂 I will survive 😂😂😂

[@PlanesTrainsEverything]

Superb video! I did this part in reverse last summer, and watching your video brought back great memories - especially the station pre-announcement melody. I'll be doing the journey again this summer and can't wait. Thanks again for giving me 'itchy feet' to return to Mother Russia.

[@praveencharypoloju3415]

Hi 👋 I'm from India. Thanks to shows me beautiful Baikal lake In my real life😍..I followed your journey

[@souravcal81]

For a moment I thought that I'm the one who is travelling and watching lake baikar through the window

[@neerajdhanoa5701]

amezing train journy in siberian , beautifull russia , beautifull locations..........................................love from punjab india

[@shyamkapadia3752]

Its my dream to see Lake Baikal one day. Love to Russia from India :-)

[@venkateshkavarthapu6129]

Me too

[@vrushabhbhise3807]

Same bro

[@AnandRaj-ho8nn]

Me too planning 2021 Nov

[@sharan9936]

@@AnandRaj-ho8nn planned? started?

[@palibrae]

And above all thank you for not spoiling a fine video with insipid background music.

[@marcofonseca2897]

👍🏻 a Yes I agree

[@massivley]

Love watching these sleeper train videos

[@user-jXuELydMX4rX]

I will definitely go there someday. Thank you

[@gustavomora3445]

Un cariñoso abrazo a todos los amigos que les gusta ver este fantástico viaje le escribo desde Chile nuestro poeta Pablo neruda viajó en este tren y nos hizo soñar con conocerlo y ahora la tecnología nos permite conocer más a fondo esto también un cariñoso saludo al pueblo Ruso que ha sido tenaz en su lucha por su identidad y soberanía!

[@sergeistokmann4444]

Пабло Нерудо.. не знаю, не помню кто он,. но это имя знаю со школьного образования))

[@katmoonspeaks]

This is my dream trip

[@psypepper]

в детстве очень часто ездил этим маршрутом, две родных станции)

[@Tararsupport]

I love to travel on this train, My dream will true.

[@ТатьянаНюкянен]

And my too😪😪😪

[@BhagyanagarRE]

Yes you will some day :)

[@BhagyanagarRE]

@@ТатьянаНюкянен you too :)

[@ТатьянаНюкянен]

@@BhagyanagarRE and my too ( my dream)...)))

[@Parlophonic]

Your videos are sublimely beautiful. Thank you and please keep your standards high as ever. I can't wait until June!

[@Kostet91]

Привет из Иркутска!)

[@carlosquezada7135]

Que hermosos paisajes espero pronto hacer el viaje en ese tren historico

[@marcelmuller8572]

19:51 This looks so good. Now I'm getting very Hungry

[@kirbystiening5510]

The CircumBaikal track from Port Baikal to Irkutsk was abandoned because the track was submerged when a large hydroelectric dam was built on the Angara River near Irkutsk. Very slow trains still cover the original route between Slydyanka and Port Baikal and tourist excursions are also available. Rode that route in 2016.

[@marcofonseca2897]

thanks for the information, are you from Irkutsk? I'm from Brazil and was planning to make this trip in 2020 👍🏻

[@cecilb48]

@@marcofonseca2897 I am an American. I hope that you will be able to make the trip sometime in the future. International travel is very difficult due to COVID.

[@seanboudreau]

Another great video. Thank you! I'm looking forward to Part 5.

[@Alexriga]

So good video. But maaaaan. 2 months to wait. We will hardly reach Moscow till 2020 with such pace.

[@gregcrowe8885]

Amazing Russia im in love.i ride train in heaven. sooner if possible

[@JayDomBubos]

This is looking like a superb effort. Many thanks.

[@uncletimo6059]

Great series, thank you for posting it. Bonus points for the Russian Bear snoring ;=D

[@shaoh7239]

great Lake Baikal

[@pega17pl]

(22:38) Reminds me to previous winters in Germany with lots of snow where the crossings in express trains were also blown with snow. - Heinz

[@adisoft1991s]

Big Like from Romania!

[@eileensickel]

Thank you What a beautiful trip

[@ivanildagomes7314]

Gostei bastante de ver. Viajei junto. Obrigada por nos proporcionar tão belo passeio!

[@aloysiusflartey6122]

There is something very comforting when snug inside your warm roomette with the wind and snow howling outside as you move along the track listening to the sound of the wheels on the rails I always had no trouble being lulled to sleep in a sleepier car great video no running commentary running the scene well done is the carriage heating still coal fired? lol What is outside temperature minus 50C 20:02 on screen LOL A typing error Boeuf Stroganoff, Fruits, Mushroom *bum* and bread?

[@iskander1313]

Мимо моего дома в Иркутске проехал :)

[@PatrickLechevallier]

I watched all 4 vidéos.They are all great and very interesting.Bravo!

[@ericjamieson]

I like the comment about how it looks like the American West. It really does. Always felt like when that one Russian guy is dying in Hunt for Red October and says "I would have liked to have seen Montana" someone should have let him know that it's a lot like Siberia, just with a slightly different mix of trees.

[@nickweiserfolz]

Thank you again. This is one is as beutiful as the others before. Well done!

[@MajorWolfgangHochstetter]

As much as I am enjoying this, it would be so much better if it was filmed in January when Siberia would be covered in snow!

[@maxg2371]

@Diane M Siberia is functioning 24/7/365 as well as the railways 😀

[@umesh3587]

Kudos to russian engineers from India.

[@aliabtahi2313]

supper nice, I goolge the locations to figure out the map of the travel route . The info provided so useful Thanks from chicago

[@PaulKasner]

Lovely and comfy

[@exceptionhandler78]

russian foods i can manage to eat and survive. bread, potato . food looks good also

[@AnurudhBabua]

15:52 - "Those aren't mountains, they're waves".

[@exceptionhandler78]

i really liked your video.

[@AntSknny]

What a ride! Thank you for the video and comments!

[@upenderrai1810]

Great video

[@rangifamilyontour4371]

What a landscape. This journey is a dream. How was the „russian-style-food“?

[@basstrader1]

Awesome concept, amazing footage. Looking forward for subsequent parts.

[@RJH1971]

Another fantastic video in an enthralling series! So much fascinating footage. 20:03 "Mushroom Bum" ... ?!? ;)

[@peterdemm1]

I think mushroom bun would be right lol

[@1ki22]

15:45 красота какая!

[@drugapochodna]

A mushroom bum does not sound extremely tasty... Never mind, a great video, thanks

[@deepalib3096]

Wonderful journey!

[@борисафанасьев-п2е]

супер поездка

[@FYCH45]

Many thanks for another interesting and well-produced video of this fascinating railway. I look forward to the next episode. At 35.15 there is a great scene of 3 westbound expresses waiting departure. I presume the train headed by the blue EP1P loco is 057 Irkutsk-Kislovodsk you pointed out earlier?

[@hahulin7052]

Отлично!!!👍👍👍

[@ivankoturovic151]

Nadovezacu se na Natrray😊.Zeleznicka eciklopedija.Sve kad,gde....Ovo treba ubaciti u udzbenike🤔🏔️🍀🗾.Pruga 20 veka,veliko postovanje za sve graditelje😊😢😊😢

[@danielpeter2802]

Great

[@chromebomb]

I did ST pete to Vladivostok in the summer of 2012 amazing time

[@gabbyhyman1246]

This is sublime. I would love is a map where you show the route of the trip in the video. How do people in some of those towns live? Do they hunt? I lived a year in the permafrost of Alaska and the natives were horribly poor. The borscht looked amazing. I grew up eating it. My grandparents were from Kyev. Also loved your commentary about the drunk hooligans in the dining car. They're ubiquitous in every country. In America, use the insulting phrase, Trailer Trash. Thanks for your work in both thoughts and images!

[@postgradsibstud9321]

Industry.Soviets brought a lot of mining,steel and machienary industries here,so many of us even dont hunting anymore,even natives. Just match Alaska and Pittsburg.

[@badquestion4785]

These area has oil, metals, timber, etc. So people mine, use that. Soviets have build huge factories that used those materials to build all kinds of things. Soviet collapse have hurt these people horribly, but still some industry remains. In russia, people who live by hunting are a very veeeerrryyy small minority. You need to go to true subartic region, north of irkutsk.

[@j.f.aitchison9903]

What a wonderful journey you had. I've watched all five parts of it from Vladivostok to Novosibirsk. I remember learning about those two cities, Lake Baikal and other places on the Trans Siberian Railway in Geography lessons at school 57 years ago. Very interesting and as others have said, there wasn't any distracting background music. Russia looks after it's railways much better than the USA does. The sleepers (ties in America) and ballast are kept in tip-top condition. Those important components of a rail system look pretty sad in the USA. On another KZbin video I've watched it was said (by an American) that the reason for this, is that the railways are privately owned, and the owners don't want to spend money on upkeep of the infrastructure. Also that this is apparently one of the reasons why the speed of Amtrak trains is limited. Thanks so much for posting these videos. At 20:05 in Video 4, I think you hit the wrong key on your keyboard, and “mushroom bum” should be “mushroom bun”. It certainly looks like a bun with mushrooms on it!

[@samtrak1204]

Does the lake ever rise and flood railroad, roads and settlements on the shore? 15-foot waves sound scary!

[@margo7059]

Нет. У Байкала есть приливы и отливы (небольшие). Но затопления нет. Затопление может быть по рекам. Та же Селенга. Ангара разливается регулярно. Шторма и ветра на Байкале - это отдельная большая тема. Их много. Их очень много. А поскольку их много, то местные жители точно знают куда дойдет вода, а куда не дойдет.

[@dhirendramishra3209]

Nice

[@scottbrettschneider9782]

These videos are wonderful! Thank you for sharing them. Out of curiosity, why don’t the conductors like passengers filming the tracks from the back of the train?

[@doc7austin]

Because the conductor use this back room for personal stuff or cleaninf equipment; They dont want pax there

[@Андрей-г9ц8о]

никто не запрещает-снимайте

[@marynavanschalkwyk5896]

It would be incredible love to Russia from South Africa

[@joliettraveler]

Actually Lake Superior has a larger surface area.

[@Ginny2708]

Love the videos and travelog. You don't show us restroom facilities on these sleepers much. Are they respectable?

[@sergeistokmann4444]

If you need to, I assure you that you will not be able to meet the conditions😊

[@amtrakharry]

Very interesting !!! I was wondering if you could "book" the whole first class room if you weren't comfortable sharing with strangers? I am not sure if I asked you this question in a earlier video? Not trying to be snobby... :) The dining car didn't look to be to busy. Could you have eaten your meal in there ? Looks like it would be a fun trip to do... Can't wait for the next part !!! Thank you for sharing !!! :):):)

[@doc7austin]

but you need to book adult ticket (not discounted child one)

[@Андрей-г9ц8о]

конечно можно всё купэ если у вас есть деньги

[@Андрей-г9ц8о]

вы можете выкупить всё купе-весь вопрос в деньгах

[@Андрей-г9ц8о]

уже писали -вы можете снять хоть всё купе-вагон ресторан относительно дорог

[@keday8138]

@Ned Chil Hi bro THX 4 ya input Maybe next time U get to share it with a Hot Russian Lady It s like Russian Roulette ,eh

[@luisbabicek1169]

Part 5 in June? No May installment? Great series, thanks for sharing!

[@Izmael1310]

This is interesting - Vladivostok - Moscow 1st class 700€ but from the Ulan-Ude only 80€. and it is about in the middle of the whole route. I expected it will be cheaper but not that much. I expected something between 200-300€ because it is still 1/2 of the same distance (more or less) from Vladivostok and to Moscow :D

[@doc7austin]

EUR 80 is for Ulan-Ude - Irkutsk; not Moscow

[@Izmael1310]

Ah I see. Thanks for clarification.

[@abbeystump]

Another Great Episode.Very helpful for my future trip plans.Looks like November? 26c in the train will be hot for me.Do any cabins have windows to open or elsewhere on the train to get fresh air ?.

[@doc7austin]

there are small ventilation windows that can be opened in the cabin

[@pluemsakulkerewatana9515]

So you will not upload the next one in May? Really love your vids and this is outstanding.

[@willdehne1]

Wonderful video. Thank you. What is the relative cost of air travel in Russia I wonder. I would not want to be on such a long trip except vacation to see the scenery.

[@JuniGobi]

Flights are on average more expensive ($ 240-340), but you can find low-cost airlines or state-run flights. Quite a lot of people are afraid to fly on airplanes.

[@stephanedajtlich]

Hi Austin. Have you had a chance to see the slopes of the Baikalsk ski resort from the train?

[@ЩитиМеч-й7р]

Lake Baikal 👍

[@greenturtle7183]

꿀잼이네요

[@СветланаФатьянова-н6я]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@backo9002]

Thanks for posting the 4 videos. I'd love to watch the rest of the trip. I confess that I would like to know the value - cost - of the tickets, service and food of the big trip. Thank you.

[@dirkdiggler2930]

I agree! But a trip of a lifetime.

[@jgodfrey546]

Is the mail car staffed or for transport only? It sould be nice to mail a card home from the train...

[@Badmike53]

Beautiful footage, what kind of camera are you using, very clear footage indeed.

[@doc7austin]

just an iPhone

[@georgekusz4221]

There were a few second I did not know you were on the boat or the train, :-) :-) Will I have enough years to do this? ?????

[@debjitkundu1304]

What was your exact date of journey? Cause I also want to experience the same waves and atmosphere of 🇷🇺❤ Cheers from India

[@marcofonseca2897]

See the first video it looks like it was on January 25, 2019👍🏻🇧🇷

[@margo7059]

Ноябрь 2018. Это точно не январь )

[@RainbowCatCat]

very nice

[@bogdansiuda2799]

I know that this train hes even a mail car, because it has russian mail's livery (and logo, maybe an former logo or outdated livery, or these cars should be replaced with newer ones, but still in use).

[@shv06]

7:40 - I think, there is mistake: is 6200₽ First class (SV) not Ulan-Ude - Moscow, but Ulan-Ude - Irkutsk? Because distance from Ulan-Ude to the Russian capital (5600 km) is impossible to ride by this money (on the SV 1st class). That's unreal 🙂

[@Apawcalypse_Meow]

it's said in the next subtitle that SV ticket Ulan-Ude - Moscow costs 52000 Rub (700 Euro). what's the ticket costs 6200? I thought the cheapest one in 3rd class? Or it was a typo and you're right that it might be the SV ticket price to Irkutsk (which is looks legit to me)

[@doc7austin]

i quoted the price for Ulan-Ude - Irkutsk

[@Apawcalypse_Meow]

@@doc7austin thanks, so we've guessed correctly, then. Cheers!

[@shv06]

@@doc7austin But the text is "Ulan-Ude - Moscow"... OK, I understand ✌️🙂

[@antonvanschalkwyk5966]

Hi, can you provide info on where to book, the pricing, info about the food (if included) and whether there are showers on the train?

[@doc7austin]

there is (usually) no shower on the train; some modern trains offer one per-pay shower, but I havent spotted it on this train; tickets can easily booked at the english version of pass.rzd.ru; the food quality is average in the restaurant car; it is better to buy some food before the trip; i still havent understand how many meals are included in the fare;

[@NataliaYasnaya]

Anton van Schalkwyk My friend's daughter made a ride on the Trans-Siberian Railway and as I was seeing her away at the train terminal in Moscow, the train attendant told us shower was available in another carriage, only the passengers have to tell her at what time they want to go there so that she could reserve it for them. I have checked several sites in Russian now, and they say shower is available at 001M train and it costs 150 rubles ($2,4)

[@ЕленаЗиноьева]

Need to go summer. In Crimea.

[@LeeBv9983]

I've been watching these in order whilst also reading Paul Theroux's book "The Great Railway Bazaar." His trip on the Trans-Siberian in December 1973 was VERY different from this trip. What video camera are you using? I can't believe you used a smartphone. Excellent reportage and editing! Well done (and subscribed).

[@Андрей-г9ц8о]

зачем сравнивать сервис 73 года и 2020 другое дело сколько у вас лове

[@Андрей-г9ц8о]

я байкал разлюбил он страшный и большой-теперь я не усну

[@slavyaninrusi449]

хорошее видео.. только если бы еще и надписи были по Русски..было бы зачетно..

[@Sk_travel]

В любом случае интересно посмотреть что думают гости нашей страны в процессе поездки:)

[@samtrak1204]

What is maximum speed on TranSiberian Railroad? When I rode it in 2011 the train was running pretty slow.

[@ZahidHussain-cd2ul]

👍.....🇵🇰

[@PutXi_Whipped]

What is the intro music!? Thanks.