Visiting Russia's Motherland of Oil and heading to the Extreme North | Komi Republic

In 1959 nine Soviet hikers set off to the Ural mountains for a skiing expedition. They established a camp on a slope of a mountain, but overnight something caused them to cut their way out of the tent and flee the campsite while being completely undressed for sub-zero temperatures. The investigation concluded that a "compelling natural force" had caused the deaths of 9 hikers, and the tragedy still remains one of the biggest mysteries of 20th century.
We decided to head to the Dyatlov Pass in the Far North of Russia at the same dates when the tragedy happened 65 years ago - February 2. Little did we know what was about to happen to us...
📍Tours to Man Pupu Ner and the Dyatlov Pass. Text to the guide Alexey at [e-mail] or WhatsApp [phone] to find out all the details about trips in the Komi republic. Tell him that you came from my channel to get 10% off for the tour.
📍 • SURVIVAL IN THE NORTH ... - Sasha's video about this trip!
Time codes:
00:00 The Dyatlov Pass Incident
01:30 Exploring Ukhta City, Komi Republic
02:30 Russia's Motherland of Oil
03:20 Komi peoples and food
03:56 Meeting my group :)
04:47 'Feels like we are at the end of the world'
05:30 Form now on, we are on snowmobiles
07:07 Getting warm: bunya, nastoikas, frozen deer meat
09:09 We are stuck in a snowstorm
11:59 Our group went to the Dyatlov Pass...
15:10 About the experience at the Dyatlov Pass
16:26 My brave group has survived :)
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[@ElifromRussia]

This winter I organized my first trip with some of the viewers of my channel. I didn’t choose an easy destination! :) watch the video and let me know if you would join such adventure as well. 📌 More videos that I filmed about Man Pupu Ner: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4THc2SqgaeLraM - Italians head to the most mysterious place in the Extreme North of Russia kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5LIiaaggq6cbNk - What is Man Pupu Ner & how to get there | Snowmobile expedition

[@Aminbathat]

iam so sorry princess iam so so so so sorry i dont know why my life is like this

[@Aminbathat]

always strange stuff happens to me you know i hope you just forget it yes you are nice

[@Aminbathat]

eli what is safety worth if we dont have freedom and what is freedom if we dont have safety

[@SureNuf]

Would be a good video if you went to visit OTYKEN, many people would enjoy their music :))

[@thomasprince4992]

my grandfather could play music with a saw

[@alrizo1115]

The most memorable experience is overcoming the most difficult situation you faced.

[@Jesina_moved_to_Vojvodina]

What doesn't kill me makes me stronger, is a similar quote maybe oversimplified as well. Perhaps also that you grow with your tasks. In any case, you've come up with what I think is a very appropriate quote, which also corresponds to my personal experience. Cool!

[@BurgunderTV]

Great job Eli! You're doing an amazing job. Please continue to shatter misconceptions and inspire the world! Cultural diplomacy is a wonderful tool to unite people 🕊️

[@jwayne4556]

Love your videos. Russia has so much to offer the world. Always delighted by the spirit that you somehow manage to impart.

[@heavenlymermaid4595]

My husband and I love you and your shows so much!! We adore your family and wish you all the love and joy in the world. Please stay safe always ❤

[@Jesina_moved_to_Vojvodina]

Is your husband a fishermen like me? ;)

[@theuralictribes5689]

Thanks so much again Eli for making a video by the Ural Mountains and mentioning my distant Fino-Ugric relatives (Y) :) The Landscape looks really cool too (Y)

[@mrico523]

Where are you from?

[@theuralictribes5689]

@@mrico523 I'm a Hungarian who was born in Slovakia aka Upper Hungary.

[@an0nycat]

@@theuralictribes5689 It's interesting that the closest languages to the Hungarian language are the Mansi and Khanty languages, which are so far away.

[@theuralictribes5689]

@@an0nycat Yea true, like the Uralic Tribes used to be one people, one tribe one ethnic group speaking one language, but as the population grew parts of the tribe split up and went separate ways. Our group of the ancestors of the Khanty and Mansi, most of them went south and adopted Eurasian Nomadic Steppe Horse Archery as well as adopted the Turkic Writing style from the Nomads of the East and eventually went on Westwards where we eventually settled in the Carpathian Basin as Magyars. The descendants of the Khanty and Mansi were actually made up of 7 different clans after they left the Ural Mountains, one of whom were named the Magyars and they ended up being the most distinct and most proven out of the 7 groups and all 7 adopted the name Magyar and that's how Magyars came to be as one separate distinct group of their own. It was the same thing with Poland, Poland back in the day was made up of many tribes/clans, and one of them was called the Polanie or something and they proved themselves most out the other groups and that's how name Poland and Polish people came to be.

[@Jesina_moved_to_Vojvodina]

@@theuralictribes5689 Well done, I have "managed ;)" to be born in a middleuropen country and my name is Fritz-Waldemar(ia) Iam an online transgender! What about you, would guess your name is Hun Gary (Ann)?? I am just joking of course!😋 I once visited the Slovakei as a student back in school. Bratislava, Nitra, the Tatra. It was very nice. I was in Hungary, when I was 14 and visited Pecs, Lake Balaton but unfortunatelly not Budapest. I also like the hungarian food very much.

[@gregbromberg5427]

Very compelling episode. I saw Sasha’s version, and you both did a really good job portraying the adventure and inherent drama in battling Mother Nature.

[@MrWiseinheart]

It's probably so hard to record videos in those kind of conditions, if snowmobiles were breaking and freezing I can assume the cameras would too...

[@asan1050]

Eli from Russia ThanksMuch for posting !

[@giovannigiorgio2262]

ur welcome

[@danielroth6736]

She not only shows all of us , Different places and Cultures She also learned about how they live we also learn there ways of life . Playing that sound she learned from her travels . Thank you.

[@barry7608]

Exceptional !! Thanks from the sunny warm climate of Australia. The beauty you are showing the world Eli is stunning and its great to see, please keep up the videos.

[@christianmagno984]

Gulag Australia is a feminist Marxist dictatorship

[@SureNuf]

Another amazing adventure from Eli, thank you for sharing with all the world to see how wonderful and beautiful Russia and the Russian soul is :) Best wishes and God bless from the US.

[@allanmacbadger5692]

I've trekked through northern Finish Lapland and I understand the very low temperatures and deep snow, we used cross country skis, but it was still quite difficult going. Some years ago I read a lot about the Dyatlov Pass incident, the more I read the more questions arose, a very strange occurrence.

[@oneofyou9573]

What a great trip! Thanks a lot for sharing it with us! Much love.

[@dloviisa]

Wow, at 4:42 it looks like Finnish "Karjalanpiirakka" (Karelian Pies). What a great video. I love the remote areas of Russia explorations. Thanks Eli!

[@user-qn2og5lg7p]

Those are called Šan'ga here, if you're interested. You probably can find recepie denoted as Shangi out in the web for the comparison, even though it was incorporated in russian culture with slight alterations nowadays.

[@professorgraves2926]

Once again, you amazed me Eli. Your philosophy is as beautiful as you are too.

[@murtadha96]

Eli is like the best kind of person to have as a friend and to hang out with and go on fun adventures! Greetings from Iraq, love your videos, and hopefully will explore the beauty of Russia one day.

[@WWarped1]

Another great video, you have a real talent, Eli. I thought the incident in 1959 had recently been put down as 'Paradoxical undressing', essentially hallucinations from hyperthermia right before death? Either way, fascinating story and stunning landscape.

[@jackieow]

You can see from the layering of snow over the campsite and downed tents it was from a small local strike-slip gentle angle avalanche. Multiple layers of snow with at least one abscission zone.

[@decem_unosquattro9538]

Wow! What an incredible place ! He's right the natural beauty is incredible! I particularly like the setting sun and the rays of light. Silhouettes look so beautiful.

[@user-zo5rr9sh9h]

Very beautiful expedition! Thanks God that you all survived and returned safely!

[@harrydecker8731]

Very good video under such harsh circumstances! Amazing adventure! Brave people!

[@drh3rd]

Fantastic... to see your telling of your adventures with other people. Given the different challenges, it seems like everyone held together as a group. A tribute to your leadership and cheer Ms Eli....

[@audibledarkness]

Eli and crew! I LOVE and respect your channel, your insights of Russian history and culture. PLEASE keep the vids and truths of Russia coming. I'm from dystopia (Americkkka). Спасибо!

[@chuenyeelau]

Wow! Glad you are all safe. What an epic expedition and thanks so much for sharing cheers

[@ReadingswithViews]

The next adventure with Eli trip should be something safer like hiking 🥾 Mt Elbrus 😅🥶. Happy you all survived!

[@bron-sconcess.10]

🤣- something safer indeed! I strongly suspect safer might still mean challenging 😊

[@Lasjrw]

Fascinating Ellie and as wildly beautiful as i always knew it would be.Wishing i were with you.👍👍👍💌🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@CactusTwo]

Uaauuuu! ¡Qué espectacular historia! Eli, no dejas de asombrarme. Saludos✌🇨🇱🇷🇺 Uaauuuu! What a spectacular story! Eli, you don't stop astonishing me. Greetings

[@explorethewonder]

Wow! Different nationalities in one group. Wonderful adventure, and hoping to see more such exploration. Keep safe always.

[@andgainingspeed]

Beautiful but dangerous. Thanks for taking us along. 👍

[@bron-sconcess.10]

I'm inclined to agree! I suspect they were mostly traumatised except Eli, who was concerned but being super fit, unflustered. You'd better be fit enough to join her!

[@andgainingspeed]

@@bron-sconcess.10 I get antsy just watching her icy dip shorts. This episode freaked me out. I thought the story about the unsolved mystery was just a device to spark our interest, but it was her foreshadowing how the episode would play out.

[@pantheravolt6080]

This is the best video in long time, i hope there will be more like this one

[@leilagomulka5690]

Phenomenal post. Infused with wisdom we all need. Thank you

[@leilagomulka5690]

So wonderful. Thank you for sharing.

[@Meldonator]

some really awesome sceneries!!! congrats to everyone for doing this trip!!

[@causa507]

Amazing video. A must watch for those who are strong.

[@andithomas5427]

Thanks Eli that was truly amazing to watch...I would love to experience 1 day...thankyou

[@sulray]

Thanks for sharing Eli

[@priscigamez]

Scaring beautiful!! Hats off!!

[@petrklic7064]

You should have brought shaman with you. It seems to be necessary. Local spirits seems to dislike tourists. So having there someone who is able to communicate with them, seems to be good idea. 👍 ps: Eli, when you are trying to communicate with someone via walkie-talkie it simply does not work when you are indoors.

[@user-David-Alan]

That was amazing Eli and thanks for taking us along. You are so brave. Stay well and be safe.

[@user-tc4oy6su8x]

Awesome and thankyou. Your journies are the best..wishing you safe travels wherever you go. Peace be with you and From vermont. Happy easter!!

[@constanzehancock8667]

Thanks for showing us the beautiful part of Russia

[@bertanelson8062]

Eli, you are always a surprise & inspiration. In my youth I Climbed mountains. I experienced storms, white-outs (when you cannot see where to go), cold & physical exertion. I agree that life is appreciated more when such adventures are experienced. Bravo to your team!

[@AshleyMcIntosh-zz7kr]

That was very enjoyable video Eli.you certainly have a knack for making them.

[@Alan-pv2bi]

Great experience, beautiful scenery. Intriguing history. I grew up snowmobiling in Eastern 🇨🇦

[@joergbcat3675]

Thank you that you let me go with you,nice place

[@screddot7074]

Thank you Eli, but this is too dangerous. We don't want to lose you.

[@IBNHATTUTA]

You always have the best videos from Russia 👏🏼

[@ElifromRussia]

Heeeey thank you so much 🙏🏻

[@Slykkpkins]

Hey! one of my favorite video friend. Thank you. Im coming to Europe. My other good video person, Vagabond from Russia. 😊😊❤😊😊❤❤

[@j.4332]

that was an amazing adventure!

[@curtvona4891]

Thank you for another fine production, Eli! ❤

[@liliansouza4092]

Awesome Adventure. I want to hike at Dyatlov Pass since I saw the russian serie Dead Mountain, i just loved it. Thank you for sharing.

[@stephenoshaughnessy2279]

A tough winter with the cold and snow. I live in the northern central valley of California. No snow on the ground. Temperatures now range from 48F to 70F. No reports of hypothermia or frost bite recorded. No snow mobiles have broken down. What an adventure you took your group on. They will remember it for the rest of their lives.

[@YusufMontanez]

You're probably near the Shasta mountains? Or towards lake Tahoe?

[@gate7clamp]

One of the greatest mysteries I remember as a kid reading about this and the Franklin expedition in the 1840s I was always fascinated by what happened to them

[@ashleyupshall7641]

Great vid Eli. Thanks for all the hard work bringing it to us. Happy Easter.

[@abdillahihollandis7481]

Hi , Eli . Nice to see you again . Thank you for sharing this nice video 😊😊😊.

[@Captain_Commenter]

No Canadian on the team though, maybe I volunteer myself for next expedition?

[@ivaninthevan]

I was in Manpupuner in beginning of February as well! We almost crossed each other, but I did the 10 day ski expedition 😁

[@geografiainfinitului]

Great video!

[@ARIF74]

Yes! Finally you made a video about this, Eli.

[@oldbagira2192]

There is nothing anomalous in the Dyatlov Pass. The weather was just warm, the snow had melted. We set up a tent, and by evening the melted snow turned into a concrete crust. A snowstorm began, and this very hard crust began to slide away at night, demolishing everything in its path.

[@gerardpully762]

So in the Urals, snow melts in February, to the point that when evening arrives it creates an ice slab that acts as a giant sled. 0/100 for storytelling.

[@oldbagira2192]

@@gerardpully762 Hard crusts of snow also form at -40 if the bright sun shines for many days.

[@gerardpully762]

@@oldbagira2192 Goofy says they also slide like "concrete". Enough!

[@leehart1498]

The tent was not covered with snow and was still standing! Still set up and standing after an avalanche? It would have been torn to shreds and been at the bottom of the area, berried in the snow. The people were found scattered all over the area. Some had tried to set fires for warmth when less than a mile away there was a fully stocked tent with a fire place in side it? An avalanche does not rip out eyes and or tongue's. Sorry, but let's be real about this!

[@Kavics78]

@@leehart1498 That's not true! The tent was almost destroyed, torn apart. They hit by an avalanche! Than they panicked than in the cold they died. Later animals devour them.

[@episcopia]

Отличное видео и отличные места, Эли!

[@ThePilgrimsroad]

Thank you for sharing this.. would love to go in one of these expeditions. Can from Canada

[@redwolfnomad]

Merci beaucoup pour cette super vidéo

[@deus5185]

impressive eli 💪🏻❣

[@diyg5854]

Thanks Eli, for again a great video from the Russian Federation. It is always a pleasure to see your adventures/expeditions. ❤ from the Netherlands.

[@thomascrichton5007]

wot abowt MH 17 ?

[@Jesina_moved_to_Vojvodina]

@@thomascrichton5007 Banderisten sind Mörder und Faschisten!

[@Jesina_moved_to_Vojvodina]

@@thomascrichton5007 Бандеровцы - убийцы и фашисты!

[@Jesina_moved_to_Vojvodina]

@@thomascrichton5007 Btw. Thomas is a jewish name...😁🤦‍♂

[@thomascrichton5007]

and you are a ruzzsskii

[@DrATS-qh2bj]

What a great experience! Thanks for sharing. Greetings to the foreigner friends of Russia! 🇮🇹❤️🇷🇺🌹

[@stevesmith7839]

I'm envious. In America, we didn't even have a real winter this year.

[@YusufMontanez]

Where I live in New England no snow! I was so disappointed.😢 It's like when I was a kid it used to snow alot even for Thanksgiving. Is it global warming going on?

[@heinzgassner1057]

You are such a great story teller ❤

[@achime.6645]

Super interesting!👍And it is like it should be! To be curious about each other and be friends!💕🕊️

[@jackieow]

In Malibu, California, unstable mud layers let movie star houses slide down the hill into the Pacific Ocean. Near Ukhta City, unstable snow layers let mystery avalanches happen. It can also happen at construction sites when new layers of soil are put on top of old layers without intermixing and compacting, so it is like a cake breaking or shearing loose at the in-between icing layer. What is really weird is seeing no sign of the reindeer the whole time. Maybe they have an animal sense of the curse of Dyatlov Pass.

[@irishpsalteri]

I enjoyed this very much. This is a fascinating mystery and your adventure was a great story.

[@isaacrhodes4617]

Fascinating stuff, Eli!

[@HT-rq6om]

Your videos are such a great way tp learn about Russia, its diverse people, the rich tradition and the beautiful nature. Thank you for all your efforts and the beautiful work you do, Eli.❤

[@fredericduriau6616]

Beautiful region, beautiful trip, beautiful video.

[@chrisdavis2040]

Wow what an experience for all involved. Such an excellent video ❤

[@ludenunes6606]

This sounds like an adventure - but not gonna lie, good thing I wasn't wround, since I'd likely start to freak once the guys who left didn't make it back on time, thus worsening the overall stress of the situation for everyone around me. Gotta work in that mental fortitude thing before trying something like this. As usal, great work from Eli!

[@jimberry4871]

Great Video!!

[@murdiesel]

Would you ever come back and tour West Virginia and The Appalachians? Love that you have showed everyone the good side of Russia, thank you.

[@BrigittaVetter2]

What an adventure! Truly brave people who live up there in the North- and sharing their experience with travellers! Thank you Eli, for yet another super video!

[@liziefeil]

I love your channel, Eli. Is there some way to incorporate like a map to see exactly where you are in your videos? I would love to have a mental map of these places

[@francescocursio4523]

Hi Eli! This trip must have been the best one you've taken so far because you managed to organize it with people from all over the world. This shows that you are an example of integration between people and this is a quality that few people have or can apply. If you succeeded this time, I believe you will be able to do much more in the future. I must say that this integration journey on Manu Papu Ner ensured that integration bonded and kept everyone together and I believe that you chose that place on purpose for this to happen. 😏😜 Jokes aside, I only saw one video and I really liked the experience you had and I believe that in the future you will have to organize more of these trips because many other people from around the world will want to participate. The story of the hikers of the 1950s is very disturbing, but it brings out a certain curiosity in seeking the truth of what happened and perhaps, for the bravest, returning to the place where the tragedy happened and seeing that tragic place. Shall we go and see you and me?😖🤣 In the end, I thank you for showing us that Russia can also be visited in this way by enduring real and real experiences. Greetings and a hug. 😊

[@kanonierable]

It would be most interresting to hear what the native tribesmen had to say about the incident, they are definitely the ones with the most intimate knowledge of the area. We need more detail from them, why do they avoid this particular place? What exactly is the name about? What do they say about the different theories? It is a nice video and I love your channel but this feels like a missed oportunity to learn much more. I'm Swiss and in the Alps we have A LOT of snow. People of the mountains know and fear avalanches, they take a lot of precautions for not getting harmed. Avalanches are a serious thing and even very experienced people sometimes misjudge the situation. EVERY YEAR there are deaths from folks hit by them. My money is on the avalanche theory that is responsible for the tragedy at Dyatlov pass. Wish you all the best and hope you have a lot of pleasant experiences in your travelling.

[@teena4rl211]

Such a beautiful, wild place. Visually stunning video, Eli. Thank you.

[@francesoregan394]

Brilliant Eli

[@makelifeeasy6006]

Fun Fact: The great priest Grigori Rasputin came from that area ❤

[@petercollingwood522]

Fascinating expedition. And such otherworldly beauty. Thank you for showing it to us Eli. The Dyatlov pass incident really creeped me out when I first heard about it. But I believe the likely cause is now understood. Anabatic, or Katabatic winds. Wind sounds like a silly explanation to cause people to panic and end up dead but not necessarily as it was not understood properly at the time. Something similar happened to a group of Scandinavian hikers years later and when they figured out what it was people realized it provided a likely explanation for the Dyatlov pass incident. Essentially a strong wind crests the top of the mountain and picks up speed as the air mass descends. Causing small pebbles and rocks to be driven down slope at extreme speeds. Almost like bullets. If the hikers were just turning in for the night to suddernly have their tent hit by a completely unknown force with extreme wind, driving shrapnel like rocks before it and all in the dark they could well have panicked and tried to flee away from what they might have thought was an avalanche. Some made it to a snow cave in the side of a stream when the snow caved in on them killing them. Others died of hypothermia while trying unsucessfully to light a fire in the trees and others died of hypothermia while tring to return to the tent when they realized it was not an avalanche. I know there are other theories out there but this seems to me to be the most realistic. And frankly no less terrifying. I must have been a terrifying experience to cause all of them to panic like they did.

[@user-gr3wy4ks7g]

Но странно что люди работающие с телами давали подписку о неразглашении.Думаю тут несколько факторов.

[@RyanKSDrac]

I just discovered your channel and I love it! I am Russian but was born in the USA and have not been to Russia yet. Не слушайте глупых людей, которые говорят, что Россия - зло, keep up the great work!

[@ronnysanjaya6823]

Yes Eli ,could you observe more. Thanks and Happy Eastern .

[@GoldSilverof]

Элина, а можете также показать Аркаим, который находится в Челябинской области. Замечательное видео, как и всегда🥀🌸

[@jackieow]

Obviously, the rocks around Man Pupu Ner saw Eli's video about Cappadocia and decided, "Why not?"

[@Jesina_moved_to_Vojvodina]

Hope I got it, would guess you mean something like a geological "remake" of the things that happened to the Cappadocia rocks.😁

[@jackieow]

@@Jesina_moved_to_Vojvodina kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3Szn4h3drSoesk at 33 minutes in.

[@abaldguycreation]

Sasha does great work.

[@mubeenmoydien3941]

WoW you good with that instrument))🎉 🕺 💃 ❤

[@sammayet9002]

Awesome, amazing and worth all the struggles, thanks for sharing your unexpected journey 🎉🎉🎉

[@gregcrowe8885]

Thank You

[@perttiheinikko3780]

Such a shame that we have to fear each other and be hostile - let's hope for peace ✌ and end to pointless wars.

[@riff1able]

Thank you Eli dear.

[@Teyaotlani_]

Gran video! Me encantan los paisajes nevados.

[@rongreen4231]

I think if I were young I would try this adventure. I think Russia is a very diverse and interesting nation and I greatly admire the Russian people.

[@Berthier90]

Struggle and pain are part of life, and they make you appreciate life more, even if they bring you to your knees. Sometimes, it seems everything is dark and hopeless, but tomorrow is a new day. All the pain and struggle are worth it when we see the beauty that surrounds us.

[@iancho9587]

Love it! Bolshioe Spasiba Eli!

[@user-pl2xv3qn3t]

Spectacular footage again