Uzbek Countryside. Unmatched Hospitality

You may have heard about hospitality in central Asia. Uzbekistan is a great example. We met random people on our trip and they invited you to their homes and offered tea.
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[@RomaInvicta202]

I would never call these people poor: they have everything they need to live and to spare, they have each other, they seem to be lovely and hospitable; and their country is beautiful

[@axtran]

The smile on their faces when they’re sharing nuts and fruits with you… That’s the gift of humanity and friendship, Slava!

[@crnel]

Those people may not have much in terms of the latest tech, cars, smooth infrastructure, and such, but I was impressed seeing the bounty of their gardens and farms, and so they can keep themselves well fed with very healthy and fresh food, and also they are kind people that maintain community ties well. I'm impressed.

[@yo2trader539]

Being able to support your family on a farm is far from poverty, it's tremendous wealth. I'm not sure what happened in the past few centuries, but the contrast with neighboring Afghanistan is undeniable. For all its failures, the Soviets/Russians must've done something right.

[@ayrat7410]

The answer is irrigation. The woman said that they don't have rain for whole summer. That's true. But they have a several rivers. From these rivers Uzbeks dug up channels which split to smaller channels which split to even smaller channel. Literally every household and farm had their own personal channel called 'Arik'. They have dug them up by hand for hundreds and thousands of years. In the early Soviet times there were saying 'Ташкент- город хлебный' which means Tashkent is a rich city, full of food. During the Russian revolution, the famines of 20s-30s and WW2 the waves of hungry Russians fled there to survive. Afghanistan is more mountainous. No big rivers. Hard for agriculture. This is how 'Arik' look like www.google.com/search?q=%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BA+%D0%B2+%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiL6un9luuAAxU7EBAIHQedCJ8Q2-cCegQIABAC&oq=%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BA+%D0%B2+%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQAzIECCMQJzoFCAAQogQ6BwgAEBMQgARQpAZYqBpgliBoAHAAeACAAegBiAGRD5IBBTAuMS44mAEAoAEBwAEB&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&ei=Kf_hZMuxLLugwPAPh7qi-Ak&bih=732&biw=412

[@jasonpetersharpe]

I love listening to the women complain in this video. It makes my heart warm. Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 is very blessed to have such mothers, wives and daughters. MUCH respect.

[@AnarIbrahimov]

How people are happy there even without modern technology. This is how people love the tradition. In our country (Azerbaijan) countryside people are like this. But unfortunately urban cities are getting closer to new technology and people are money addicted as everywhere’s. Love from Azerbaijan to our brother Uzbekistan.

[@Unit285]

Poverty does not create crime. Crime creates poverty. Enjoyed the video as always!

[@gabriellagirardi4741]

Wow Uzbekistan! I love this country that thanks to your previous videos, I was able to get to know better. It's so beautiful and the people are so friendly.. Thank you so much Slava. You are fantastic. Greetings from Italy💚💙❤️

[@rogerjosuefuenteslima4931]

Central Asia and Eastern Europe is the dream that I really want to go. Thank you RussianPlus. when it mention Uzbekistan, it comes to my mind: peaceful, hard-working people, kind, with achievements, family, empathy, and respect. THANK YOU. Greetings from Guatemala City, Guatemala. 🇬🇹 🇬🇹 A latin american loves a life of adventures. Gracias RussianPlus. te agradesco por mostrar el lado mas simple y humano a donde viajas. Gracias Slava. Go Ahead and I wish all best of the success. 👍🤝

[@babieschannel4697]

I am uzbek but i live in korea now . When i watch your videos i want to go uzbekistan. Thank you so much

[@RussianPlus]

Happy to hear that!

[@melissaroa6702]

“One room. One sofa and they’re happy.” Lol. That’s every man around the world. Give him some food, a game to play or watch, a nice drink and he’s occupied for hours!

[@markdavis9085]

Your video really touched my heart about the Uzbekistan people. They seem very humble people and would make anyone feel welcome. I would like to visit some day! Thank you for your insight into these wonderful people!

[@mbprnb]

Slava! I absolutely love these videos…keep em coming ❤. They may not have all the facilities like us the city dwellers but they seem very happy and open hearted for sure! I appreciate your efforts and time to bring these interesting videos.

[@RussianPlus]

Glad you like them!

[@kevinadams9468]

I was in Uzbekistan in 1988 and I loved it.

[@peregrination3643]

At the risk of sounding like my dad, everyone has purpose in these type of towns. Crime is more of an issue when an industry leaves and no one built anything up in it's place for income and locals also aren't self-sufficient. In this video there are so many crops, livestock, family-built homes, that people are rich a different way. If you're self-sufficient, a GDP-like measurement of wealth doesn't reflect day-to-day living. I'm from a small ranching town and have many memories of hanging out with older people who liked things simple, so I LOVE your rural videos. It's fascinating how it's a parallel world over in central Asia. Different, yet similar enough to be nostalgic.

[@daniilgrib]

Damn, I am from Moldova and I am still surprised how good people were raised in USSR. My grandmother's dad had also 10 children and he was hard-working as well.

[@donetareyes3097]

Loved this video, people in these villages seem to be very humble, hospitable and hard working. Thank you for sharing such wonderful and informative video Slava and Lena. I’d love to meet you two one day

[@RussianPlus]

So nice of you

[@dwarffortress69]

These villages are like the inverse of American cities. Poor, little to no tech or industrialization, but happy, healthy people with families and communities. Fascinating to see an alien (to me) culture too! Beautiful people! Thanks for sharing.

[@MrTalkingzero]

This is quality content BECAUSE the journalist is multi lingual and multi cultural. Why does it matter? It matters because he relates to the Russian audience and the western audience as well. He asks questions that Russians already understand to inform the west and vice versa. I am a former Soviet citiem with 17 years In the country and I am LEARNING from this channel. Support this guy not just with your likes but also financially because this is National Geographic level education.

[@Dutchbelg3]

Wonderful video Slava and Lena! In Uzbekistan people have less but give more! Hospitality is a given with these people! Beautiful images of a beautiful country. Thank you for showing us (me) 🙂 Poka poka 🙂

[@crnel]

They seem to have quite a lot that they grow and cultivate themselves on their farms. I'd love to visit at some point.

[@dontbeafraidimhere5421]

ಉಜ್ಬೇಕಿಸ್ತಾನ್ ಅದ್ಭುತವಾದ ವಾಸ್ತುಶಿಲ್ಪ, ಇತಿಹಾಸ, ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟ ಆಹಾರ ಪದ್ಧತಿ ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಸುಂದರ ದೇಶವಾಗಿದೆ ಖಂಡಿತ ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾದರೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡುವೆ ❤

[@howierfs5471]

Slava, you are right. Going into the rural area, the country side and you will find the heart and soul of a country. Even living there is harder but mostly the peoples life is much more happier. In the last couple month I have seen and heard so much of Usbekistan I was always surprised and it seems a very interesting country. Thanks a lot taking us around. CU

[@radio1933]

absolutely beautiful. delightful people and very hospitable. So enjoyed your trip thank you. I am 81 and an armchair traveller!

[@RussianPlus]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@ashvoj]

The old man's name is Khoshbakht, which is an Iranian name (Persian word) meaning Happy or Lucky.

[@otasmurf]

No it’s not. His name is Khushvaqt and it is an Uzbek name! There was a misunderstanding in pronunciation by Slava and Lena as they are not Asian and it is acceptable.

[@surkov7]

Обалденное видео. Захотелось поехать в Узбекистан!

[@touringthecitywalking9209]

I subscribed to hundreds of channels, but there are only six or eight that I like the most, and yours is among the best in them! Please create more often. As usual, pressed the Liked

[@ryangreen9770]

Wonderful video of a great country and people. I’m currently in Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 visiting my wife’s family. Slava did Lena have the baby yet 😃👍

[@RussianPlus]

Thanks 😊 not yet 😃

[@starrysky1865]

Hi Slava! My goodness what a friendly people Uzbekistanis really is, amazingly hospitable and they're agriculturally prosperous nation as well...a real gem i love it. I remember i've watched a past video of yours featuring these regions but cant really remember the country 😅...those peoples were super friendly to you as well. Hopefully you could delve more into these parts of the region and make more videos about it. Hope you had a wonderfully great time, take care and see ya!

[@RussianPlus]

Thank you so much 😊

[@greble11]

Once again, you’ve taken me someplace off my radar. And once again, you’ve shown me the humanity of people even though their culture and environment is much different than mine. Not even National Geographic presents our world as authentically as you do. It is good to see this aspect of Uzbek life and culture, but I also understand that many Uzbeks leave the country for better opportunities in Russia, Germany, USA, Korea, etc.

[@RussianPlus]

Thank you so much 😊

[@РемиБоняшки]

Great genuine people. Are villages in Bulgaria used to be like that, now everybody become citizen and no body wants to work on the fields.

[@dazzlebreak4458]

My grandparents used to live in a village in North-Eastern Bulgaria; when I saw the tobacco the smell and how the leaves felt instantly came to mind.

[@MAnnaYager]

Yay Slava & Lena - so nice to see you both again! You have the best travel videos on youtube - really bonding with the people and showing us real life

[@RussianPlus]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@mulyaahmad2909]

Amazing for video. Amazing Uzbekistan, keep healthy from Indonesia❤

[@conniewright8080]

Thank You for another great Video. These people are all happy. You can't miss what you don't have. The more you have in the USA people want to take cause they don't have it. People here just want people to give them what they need without working for it. Not all in America are like that...the further out in the Country the more people help each other & share. You have been here to see. There is greed & hate (why I do not know) I like working outside-mowing the 4 acres-landscaping more with flowers & flowering trees so I have less to mow. I am 72 & I am enjoying my life away from as many people as I can...My grandson lives with me to help

[@hanifgul5664]

Lots of love, salam and dua for that Noor-Mohammed and his family who lead a genuine life what I dreamt about my entire life... May Allah bless you and your family and neighbours. Lots of love ❤ from Bangladesh

[@mateusz7079]

Hah the music at the beginning reminds me alot of the Laketown Theme from Hobbit, anyways, amazing video as always ^^

[@moodymango8855]

As always, a fascinating video. You and Lena have a charming way of relating to everyone wherever you go and documenting in a discreet and unobtrusive way what they do and what they are all about. That's a gift!

[@Deines7]

Very interesting video, and the people of Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 look very kind & hospitable. Greetings from Lithuania.

[@susanmance9436]

I just wanted to tell you that I have been enjoying your videos very much! As a side note, I just love to listen to you while you are speaking English. You sound just like an American to me, and I am an American! I do detect that Tennessee twang (I'm from the Midwest)

[@RussianPlus]

Thank you 😊

[@BlazedBob]

Thanks for sharing that experience you had with the family. I wish them the best! You as well.

[@upaliekanayake2634]

Thank you for the video. Respect mama, papa and the beauty of humanity they preserve.

[@StJohn-cb6if]

What beautiful people! Their strength just comes shining through, as do their ready smiles and guileless friendship. And hospitality everywhere. Humanity at its finest.

[@hiroshi_fernandez]

One of my favorite countries!!! This is an excellent video. Million likes!

[@artista49]

Thank you for taking us to Uzbekistan. It’s wonderful how you show the scenery and rural live of the farmers in a quiet way and most of all how you connect with the people in a way that they let you film and remain natural and authentic. Well done Slava. Loved it.

[@eagerdip8086]

Russia has still great levarage in USSR countries❤❤❤the old generation is nostalgic about old days❤❤❤🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵old gen speak Russian

[@remancabison]

Wow very nice place Uzbekistan the people are very friendly I like your very Sir watching from Philippines 🙏🙏 I watch always your vedio because I read in Philippines history some Russian people stay here also in Philippines in Leyte before in how many years fast ..the Philippines government give them a nice place to stay.

[@midei]

Your videos are a real treat for me! Thank you.

[@mohammedabdussamad6972]

I enjoyed to watching this video .thanks for your .

[@haiderali-yw8of]

This countryside content is amazing. Keep posting similar videos. I am amazed to see the abundance of fruits.

[@johnknox4293]

What's up Slava! Good to see another video, glad you're having fun and doing well

[@jawajab5173]

It's always informative and educational to watch your video where people who are culturally so different from mine live life, full of smiles, and welcoming😅😂 "strangers." I live in the USA, for my undergrad to post-graduate days, and such life would have been alien, as I was always labeled as one (alien) so long my feet were on its soil.😊 Thank you for the value-added video.

[@rominava7835]

Absolutely beautiful people... friendly manners..... thxs

[@shahfarman1422]

Hii slava and lena your videos makes me too much emotional and wanna to visit there but unfortunately i have no source.iam watching your vides which is ver very interesting love you.

[@kartikey4you]

Your videos are always a treasure!

[@gypsy1588]

I enjoy your vlogs so much. So many beautiful people and places that you share with us. Thank you.

[@patrickharris5903]

Wonderful video. Thanks Slava and Lena.

[@RussianPlus]

Thank you 😊

[@waseemrizvi8531]

Uzbekistan people are very smart , brave and hard working their living is very nice healthy food,good delicious meal I pay salute them or assalsmu Alekum wa Rehmatullah.❤😂❤❤🎉

[@M-ud4ex]

Hello from Uzbekistan and uzbek people. I like your video very much. I am blissfully happy seeing many positive coments about our nation. I am from Bukhara maybe you will come in future in our city.

[@gabay123vip]

Wonderful video. more videos like this please.

[@ToquzOghuzKhaganatekhan]

Да ! Кождь день по больше кушать ! По кушать по кушать ! Нормально по Русскому говорит !🧔👃🤌🍖🥩🍗

[@12acresincarefree66]

Awesome Video, I love seeing dachas, different landscapes, and great people thriving

[@BostonAndMaineLive]

So interesting travel and amazingly well done! Please more music culture as shown at the end. 👍👍

[@RussianPlus]

Thank you! Will do!

[@BostonAndMaineLive]

@@RussianPlus Awesome 🤩

[@gabrielantoniootaza5508]

Beautifull place and freindly people

[@stargirl3455]

24:20 this man visited my country! so cool. love uzbekistan and its people

[@suzymac27]

Beautiful 😊😊😊😊

[@danielyang3995]

Thanks for sharing!

[@user-fx9jd6ty5m]

I would really love to visit uzbekistan

[@fatherfrancisco6829]

Из СНГ думаю посетить Узбекистан и Киргизстан. Так сказать с ответным визитом) Ибо сам из Екб, а тут людей оттуда очень много)

[@RussianPlus]

В Киргизстане еще не был)

[@jimberry4871]

Great Channel!!!

[@leelaural]

thx for showing us the real world....good people .....God bless from the USA...

[@christianchauhan23]

❤🤍💙 all your videos mate👍

[@johnbabin6142]

God bless you both , i,m so happy about the baby , may your life be rich in love ,happiness and peace

[@harbinger6562]

You can eat right off the tree💙🇺🇿😇

[@GHAWBBA]

CENTRAL ASIAN PEOPLE ARE FRIENDLY THE LOCAL FOOD IS HEAVENLY ALL THE TOURISM WILL BOOM ONCE THE SILKROAD REVIVE AGAIN

[@asadulloha]

Salam from Uzbekistan for everybody I love my motherland

[@jeffsnider3588]

Another great video, almost like I was there. Reminds me of rural Alabama when I was young.

[@Richard.Holmquist]

Great video, Slava. I wonder if Zack, now in South Carolina going to college will start speaking English with a Southern accent as did you.😊

[@RussianPlus]

I hope so! :)

[@Richard.Holmquist]

@@RussianPlus That was meant in a positive way, Slava. To me, a northerner, Southern speech, including yours, though it differs from the Carolinas across to Texas, is mellifluous and calming - a genuine pleasure to listen to, one of the many reasons I follow your channel.

[@RussianPlus]

Glad you think so 😊

[@taneiloski5501]

the locals were wonderful people, positive, communicative, it was a pleasure to listen to them .

[@teresalehtonen8499]

Amazing people and life! And the food from gardens so healthy. Free of GMO im sure

[@FishingAdventuresDubai]

Loved this vlog slava, what a beautiful country and people, so blessed

[@ronjohnson5070]

What a great looking place that lady was showing you around. Thanks for sharing. That back porch is larger than my house. Do they have tree squirrels there that steal the nuts? We ate the squirrels as kids to keep them out of the pecan trees and harvest.

[@RussianPlus]

You ate the squirrels ? Wow

[@ronjohnson5070]

@@RussianPlus You worked in Tennessee, right? You talked to squirrel eaters daily and didn’t know it

[@DieDjango]

Great videos Slava! What's the difference between your channels RussianPlus and CoolVision?

[@igorka2390]

Узбекистан - хлебный край. Узбеки - трудолюбивый, умелый, талантливый народ.

[@marinageladov7701]

Great video! Thanks!

[@SanatanRevival]

Beautiful life 😊

[@mananabanana16]

Wow! My motherland❤ Спасибо за классное видео!

[@jaynareynolds3684]

So generous. God's good people. 👍❤

[@OtgonbilegGantumur]

I enjoy watching your video specially in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan bc their cultural similarities to my country. I am ftom Mongolia.

[@delislep01]

Какие гордые и великие люди

[@nectarmay4573]

it's a lovely place

[@GamesOfficialYouTube]

Very interesting video!

[@drthomason7043]

It is zuch a beautiful country *with the most friendly people, I love the way Muslims use that gesture of greeting and farewell. Its heartfelt. They need all that land to provide for their own food and to trade I guess.

[@ak-9781]

Visit Kashkhadarya next time. ill be your tour guide. i will take you to mountain where you can see some breathtaking views

[@asadulloha]

Welcome to Uzbekistan One of the best countries which has very big history

[@athomft]

great village amazing people

[@laylaali5977]

Beautiful country/ people

[@expat2023]

❤ from Moscow!

[@jackie4261]

Thank you for the video❤❤❤

[@jonam7589]

Interesting! Their names are Persian and seems they have carried that culture to an extent as well. As you well know, the Pesians/Iranians were in central Asia until the Mongols invasion in 13th century. It seems that after the Soviet take ovee of the area, Russian language replaced Persian and Turkish. Her name "Mohtaram" means respectable.

[@ayrat7410]

Yes, the territory of Uzbekistan was part of the 'Big Iran' many-many years ago. But it weren't the Mongols who changed it. Actually Turks started to arrive to the Central Asia in the 7th century. Almost every century there happend an invasion which brought another wave of the Turkic people. The turkization of Uzbekistan was a slow process. At the beginning of 20th century there were a lot of people around Bukhara and Samarkand who spoke Tajik (Farsi) . I had a colleague from Urgut ( the small city from the video). He told me his grandfathers spoke Tajik. All turkic languages (except The siberian turcks) have a lot of Iranian words. I am a Tatar. When I read 'A thousand splendid suns' I could understand almost every Dari (Farsi) words the author used

[@jonam7589]

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing! My understanding is that a lot of Iranians were mixed with Turks and that is why they look different than the pure Turks. Is that correct?@@ayrat7410

[@messaoudghezalsazki]

very humble people OMG so cool

[@inner_balm3587]

loved it...Blessings🤍🕊