We went to a shaman in the Ural mountains! (Bashkortostan, Russia)

My sister and I decided to look for the answers to our lives at the top of the Mount Big Iremel in Bashkortostan republic, Russia. Do you think we found the answers?
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Time codes:
00:00 Morning from my family in Ufa
03:20 Going to the mountains with my sister
04:55 We visited a shaman and asked for the answers
06:38 The shaman told me that the answers are at the top of Iremel!
08:30 Reflecting about our childhood and future
10:55 Stories of the Mountains of Bashkortostan
12:36 Have we found the answers at the top?
Recipe for the best Russian blini (pancakes) from my aunt: 4 eggs, 1.5/2 cups of flour (+ add 5 spoons of flour for blinis, if you have), 1/2 tea spoons of salt, sugar (to your taste), 2 cups of milk, and add a bit of water to make a dense mass. Fry on a pan with a bit of oil from both sides.
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👉🏻Russian culture explained! (facts that you won't find on google) • RUSSIAN CULTURE EXPLAINED
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• A week with my family ... - A week with my family in Ufa, Russia | Bashkortostan - the land of Bashkirs and Tatars
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• Who are the Tatars? | ... - Who are the Tatars? | Largest ethnic minority in Russia
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[@ElifromRussia]

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[@Jesina_Diggerina]

Your lovely family again! 😊 And all this nice cakes, see 🙂 you!

[@user-td4cx5nd8k]

Just peaceful. Beautiful. Family mood..may Allah bless yours..

[@petrklic7064]

We need more songs from your "sister". She sings really nice 💛 Very talented. You put her song only in one of your videos yet.

[@Jesina_Diggerina]

They are related with the Turks.

[@Jesina_Diggerina]

@@user-td4cx5nd8kAllahu Akbar!

[@anonosaurus4517]

1. Dont' ever change. 2. Keep the wonderful videos about Russia coming, I love them. 3. Don't ever, ever think that the US or the West are better. What you show us is beautiful in a genuine, organic, healthy human sense and we in the West are losing, or are having taken from us, anything about our societies that could be described in such a way. Many of us here would give our right arm to know peace, tranquility, and to live the traditional society and land of our forefathers. My point? Treasure what you have, every waking minute of your life. You are mightily blessed.

[@patriciaoudart1508]

Agree, From Bulgaria and I'm French 👍🙏🧡💚

[@speckgens]

Blessed to live in Russia? Ask the opponents of the regime how they feel.

[@anonosaurus4517]

@@speckgens I don't care how agitators and dissidents feel. I care about how ordinary people feel. I care about how parents feel. Do they feel safe? Do they feel that their government is looking after their needs? Are they able to worship as they see fit, and are they able to feed their children? Are their children able to enjoy a happy and peaceful childhood? That's all I care about.

[@marcuscato3599]

@@anonosaurus4517 This was the right response.

[@eightenten2010]

​@@anonosaurus4517 Russian here. Both points are valid. I hate the regime and the goverment, I protested, I was arrested, I was on trial like many people. BUT I love the country, I adore how big and different it is, and that's what Eli's video are about, so let's leave them without politics, it's for the best. And I believe that Russia will be free, and that's the point. Regime will fall, but the country will stand. Sometimes it''s hard to believe but I stand by it, even if we didn't have peaceful and prosperous times for a very long time, I was the first generation in ~150 years that briefly saw some good times, for about a decade.

[@Shining237]

Bashkortostan Republic - beautiful culture and people ❤️ Thank-you Eli for educating us Westerners 👍🇺🇲💞

[@SRBOMBONICA86]

It's Russian federation

[@Jesina_Diggerina]

Sorry my friend, but I'm not really a Westerner, I'm also something like an omnistar Easterner and even a child of the Красный октябрь in some ways!😊😁

[@B1sher]

@@SRBOMBONICA86 yes and at the same time it's Bashkortostan Republic. C'mon, im also from Russia and love it, but this atrophied pseudo-patriotism harms us all, don't deny Bashkortostan its existence as something unique, Russia has always been multicultural and this is its main strength since it gives you a vast varierty of ciltural flexibility and boost in development from close contact with new ideas and views.

[@Jesina_Diggerina]

@@B1sher Interesting point of view, thanks!🙂

[@goatfokerkadyrov7528]

FREEDOM OF RUSSIA LEGION

[@donnalansberry5559]

Thank you for being the best ambassador for the people of Russia. It is refreshing to see their everyday lives, languages, and cultures.

[@timmyjones1921]

Yes she is , I've dreamed of visiting Russia and travel across it , the war makes it impossible and each nation detains military persons from the other to use in prisoner swops so these videos are the next best to being in Russia in person.

[@Jesina_Diggerina]

Прямо!

[@B1sher]

@@timmyjones1921 wtf are you talking about? Are you an Ukrainian officer or what? It's possible to travel to Russia, it's just westerners banned their planes to travel to Russia so you have to make a transfer somewhere like Istanbul or Dubai.

[@NativeSan25]

Modoc native. Great video and song. Yeee.b❤🎉

[@Jesina_Diggerina]

@@B1sher Your completely right and I just can join your comment. Thanks!🙂

[@mihalykocsis2013]

I am from Hungary but my people emigrated from Bashkiria 1200 years ago to Hungary …Nice to see my ancient land in this video ✌️

[@SvetlanaVoikova]

I myself am from Russia, and have not yet been to Bashkorkastan and many places in our country, because studying the largest Eurasian continent will take a lifetime. It is also interesting to read comments from people from different countries, their surprise and delight, because Russia has always seemed to them to be a huge, icy, scary, soulless country... But now they see everything. Greetings from Siberia, Russia🙂👋

[@ChekaFSB]

Do you have any Cargo 200 friends or relatives?

[@lucianaromulus1408]

Us sane Westerners know there is propaganda on both sides. Russia is truly a beautiful and influential people and place. Im part Ukrainian but really want to see Russia one day. ❤

[@ChekaFSB]

⁠@@lucianaromulus1408DO NOT go to ruSSia you will be conscripted

[@vigdisrename2537]

Privet iz Moskvi!:)

[@debraderoos5225]

That's because of your past, Stalin and now Putin. US has a lot of issues too

[@shahinsikder9263]

I am regular viewer from Bangladesh i am learning russian culture from your videos.

[@vietnamesebeauties]

Hope we Vietnamese students 🇻🇳 can visit Russia 🇷🇺 some day... Wow, all of you are so beautiful, regardless boys or girls😍 Thank you, Eli for the wonderful video on the beautiful Ural mountains 🏔️

[@B1sher]

Russia and Vietnam are visa-free and there are direct planes the only thing you need is some money

[@paulciaro158]

@@B1sher Money?!!! Such snobbery... I'm boycotting those countries for putting demands on my wallet. Whose with me? :)

[@B1sher]

@@paulciaro158 you're also welcome, comrade.

[@Jesina_Diggerina]

@@paulciaro158 I like your humor, quite convincing! 🙂 Unfortunately I have a similar impressions and often regret that many people are so greedy and don't think some (collaborative) steps ahead..

[@mrobocop1666]

I'm Tatar from Ulyanovsk city (birthplace of Lenin and Marxism-Leninism) here are a lot of Vietnamese people and they are the most humble and nice people I've met. Symbolically, in the Lenin's city we have street, square, monument and school named after Ho Chi Minh, father of Vietnamese socialism and independence

[@fernandofranco9666]

I visited Ufa back in January 2022 for the New Year Celebration and stayed with a Tatar Family who hosted me, it was such a wonderful experience and the Tatar people are so hospitable and friendly) The family who hosted me gifted me many jars of Honey from Bashkortostan and authentic handmade Valenki boots! It was such fond memories, this video made me smile and helped me relive them, love your content! looking forward to seeing more of Ufa! Greetings from America)

[@eightenten2010]

The best honey for real! Hope you tasted bashkir-tatar chak-chak also, one of the best sweets)

[@colinalexander1507]

Russia is beautiful. Thank you for sharing its beauty.

[@saliamanshirzad5979]

Beautiful country, beautiful people with history. Such a beautiful family you have🇷🇺❤️ Respects from USA 🇺🇸🙏

[@JM-ig4ed]

Hello from Arizona US. Always happy when I see you do a Saturday upload.

[@ElifromRussia]

Thanks! Have a great weekend

[@Asim-cq5sm]

Russia is so much beautiful I love its natural beauty and the russian people

[@keithmquick9655]

Russia is an amazingly beautiful country ❤️❤️❤️ I hope to visit soon with my kids there half Russian ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@stuartwray6175]

they're half Russian

[@aghileshemdani3144]

@@stuartwray6175 ..what ?! They are Russian

[@isimsoyisim9861]

Hello, from Turkey 😊 i love your videos. U introduce Russian culture and some places.keep going. Also hello your polyglot brother 😅

[@theuralictribes5689]

It's nice to see the landscape of the Ural Mountains! Thanks so much Eli for letting me see a place where my Ancient Ancestors originated from :3 (Y)

[@nowar7079]

Вы венгр?

[@geraldtabu-or2jr]

Your brother is speaking English it's good.very hard to learn a new language.its good he knows how to cook a good skill for a man.

[@rashone2879]

I love this channel. It’s the most fun and most interesting AND educational…..I think I’m in love with Russia. Hello from Florida, USA,

[@gabriellagirardi4741]

Just a wonderful area. The Ural mountains are really beautiful and huge. Nature in Russia is fantastic!You are really a nice famiy and your aunt is a good cook! Thank you Eli for this great video.

[@guntersteidl6556]

Peace Nobel price for Eli (or her little brother?❤️) - sooo cute all of you! - amazing video - thank you sooo much from the moutains of Tirol, Austria!

[@williamflaherty3168]

Thank you Eli for showing us the magical land of wolf king!

[@joselitorosales7227]

Your siblings are good looking specially your sister and your younger brother he speak well in english 👍😊

[@person-yu8cu]

What a beautiful landscape you have in your region. Never take it for granted.

[@albertbm3105]

Thanks for show us the Urals mountains, the border between Europe and Asia, never I've seen a lot things about this mountains, my gosh I love her eyebrows color ... 🤔🤔🤩

[@astaj6183]

What an awesome video! thank you so much!! you are guiding me for my next travel. 😂I am from South Korea. the way to read fortune, stone pagoda, trace of shamanism on the peak...I feel we are all related in one circle. because we have the same tradition. He can speak 4 languages. What a talented boy! so adorable! Have a good weekend. Greetings to Russian friends.

[@kenthedude2758]

I like all of the Russian conversation with English subtitles. I can practice my Russian comprehension.

[@Jesina_Diggerina]

Я тоже!

[@raggedblossom508]

How fortunate you are to live near such a beautiful, magical place. And your video and the music does it justice.

[@edgargraadtvanroggen7384]

Thank you Eli, your videos are so inspiring. I can`t wait to visit Russia some day.

[@fuadahmed966]

What a lovely content it is!! Thanks for showing the beautiful landscape specially the ural mountains and local lifestyle!! Best wishes from Bangladesh.

[@mast07]

It is a country full of great natural beauties. If a person travels throughout his life, he can probably see every part of it.

[@multidimensionalbeing3000]

@ElifromRussia Hi Eli this is John from Pennsylvania, USA thank you for another amazing blog videos. The views from the Ural Mountains looks majestic and I love the different cultures from Russia too. I remember having a dream about this blog (and some others too) and exploring the different places. I think it was last year or the beginning of this year when I had it. Have safe travels.

[@Jesina_Diggerina]

Wet dreams should be rather a thing for youngsters in the age of about 14 and of course all our uptight religious compromised believers...😇😁

[@pling120]

Very nice vlog Eli Here in Norway we have the same thing with pancakes strawberries molasses raspberries light cream very good Fantastic beautiful nature in the part of Russia you are in Have a really good time God Bless

[@Jesina_Diggerina]

Tusen takk!

[@LUISA-rj8oe]

Bellissimi boschi !! Grazie, Eli

[@patrickmazza7055]

Two beautiful redheads! Your sister is right about your determination. Especially shows in your mountain climbing videos. And a little magic always helps!

[@Temujin-Khan]

You came to the village 'Tuluk', 'TO LOOK ' at the mountains 😂🤣😂. Waiting for the home-movies😂

[@professorgraves2926]

I am not surprised to see that your sister is as beautiful as you are

[@abdillahihollandis7481]

It's a wonderful place . The Oral mountains are famous . ❤❤❤ SWEET LOVE FROM AFRICA .

[@alexandercheremisin3371]

Oral Mountains, Anal Lowlands😆

[@AngusSuter]

Such a beautiful place! Thanks for making this video. I was always curious about the Ural Mountains since I heard about them.

[@zimemathembinkosi6483]

Hi there beautiful family, Your projects are very interesting and inspirational.

[@GHAWBBA]

RUSSIAN LANDSCAPES ARE HEAVENLY BEAUTIFUL

[@Nikjagring311]

Я люблю твои видео, и я люблю Россию, прекрасную страну, я хочу, чтобы в России была красивая земля, мне нравится русская культура, красивые дома и люди. ❤❤❤❤

[@Jesina_Diggerina]

Я тоже!

[@LABiRiNT12]

Она показала Башкортостан, и людей Татар и Башкир, их край,их культуру.

[@nadeembhat5494]

Wow! What a nice video? I watch your videos always

[@gianmarcobenjohn-ho7ti]

The Bashkir have a very beautiful culture ❤

[@asdvet1918]

Башкиры это также татары , исповедуют светский ислам 😊

[@gabyd5662]

Incredible Eli, beautiful place and beautiful family 😍❤

[@colinkelley6493]

Your sister is really special. I just love her. It was really fun to be a "fly on the wall" and listen to your conversation. I love seeing Russia's natural beauty. Thank you.

[@nylonguitar]

Thank you dear Eli, you are a world treasure! ❤

[@olbenaaa4314]

как приятно видеть мою родину! огромное спасибо за такое замечательное видео😍

[@salad7776]

...the homeland of the russian troll who created a KZbin account on March 13, 2022

[@Jesina_Diggerina]

​@@salad7776But Iam quite shure, that these are some of your disagreeable relatives😱, trolls do not only live in Norway, Camouflaged-German-Green-Party-Salad!!🙂

[@NoamTheGOAT50]

​@@salad7776you know, this war is between your buddy Biden and Putin, biden is just using the Ukrainians instead of sending our troops. It's time for you to wake up from this LaLa Land dream.

[@phillipproussier3723]

🤣😂😂@@salad7776

[@LABiRiNT12]

Автор этого видео ПОЗОРНИЦА, РОДИЛАСЬ И ДОЛГОЕ ВРЕМЯ ПРОЖИВАЛА В БАШКОРТОСТАНЕ В УФЕ, И НЕ ЗНАЕТ КТО ТАКОЙ САЛАВАТ ЮЛАЕВ, НЕ ЗНАЕТ ИСТОРИИ, НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫХ ОБЫЧАЕВ, НАЗВАНИЕ НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫХ ТРАДИЦИОНЫХ НАРЯДОВ. И Т.Д . ПОЗОР ВАШИМ РОДИТЕЛЯМ , КОТОРЫЕ НЕ СМОГЛИ ПРИВИТЬ ВАМ ЛЮБОВЬ К ВАШЕМУ КРАЮ

[@yoshiko1036]

Beautiful as always, would love to visit Bashkortostan one day!💙☺️

[@swisstestpilot]

A very nice Video, we can feel the beauty of the Ural Mountains, the vibes of the nature. And you and your sister are really sweet and with sens of your native roots.

[@Temujin-Khan]

Lovely video, happy to see your sister Lyasan

[@fatalmokrane]

lol youre simpin

[@KS51ABCAN]

Hi Eli. It's nice to see your Tatar family again. Before your videos, I had no know idea what Tatars even looked like even though I heard the name Tatar. Thanks for posting.

[@MuhammadHussain-tv8gd]

Eli awesome content.Thankyou for showing the beautiful places of Russia.God bless your and your all family.I am from Pakistan.🇵🇰

[@Moksha-Raver]

Your aunt seems to be a wonderful cook.

[@blue3285]

What a beautiful nature, thank you for sharing.

[@Andredelagarde]

Hello from Las Vegas USA!!! I love your videos, I love Russian culture, and I think Russia is a beautiful country, I wish Americans knew more about it instead of making stereotypes about it, I would love to visit different parts of Russia one day.

[@ericgabriel3527]

Thank you for sharing the Beauty and Life you live in Russia

[@michaelwass7714]

you have a beautiful family and really beautiful landscapes. especially the beautiful sister. greetings from Finland🙂🥰

[@curtvona4891]

Your family is delightful, Eli.

[@-Headlesshorseman]

I love when I see your notification cause I feel so happy to see beauty of Russia

[@veritanuda]

Wonderful video. Really brings the spirit f the Urals to a poor Brit like me. Sapsibo Eli.

[@markdev5518]

Your sister is adorable ❤

[@S-fi5ox]

The village is beautiful

[@k1godwin361]

Beautiful Land.Your little brother is a real bajnok(Hu):warrior spirit.

[@dennisglorie9503]

This was a great video, I climbed Iremel in 2016 when I was visiting Bashkortostan and this brought back a lot of great memories. Zur Rakhmat!

[@Temujin-Khan]

Thank you, I found her channel on your description. Thank you Eli.

[@user-hj2eg9hu2w]

Best place, Bashkortostan! ;) wonderful nature

[@tony538]

russia is beautiful country, nice family, hello to all of them from texas

[@umab7443]

Эля какая же ты милая девочка, неужели все сама снимаешь и монтируешь❤ Так классно все получается❤

[@PV1230]

the food in this video has made me hungry. will try your recipe. thanks!

[@isaacrhodes4617]

Awesome content. Thank you for continuing to show the West how beautiful Russia is

[@bertanelson8062]

Love seeing you with your sister and talking about her impressions of you growing up. Eli, please consider what you are doing as your highest purpose right now. Seeing Russia in its diversity of lands and people is a tremendous service to the world and is the best use of the internet in my opinion. While you are young and able to do this, please keep on!

[@josephbingham1255]

Magnificent country.

[@Jesina_Diggerina]

12:24 Like the "underground-city-thing" and the "restricted area thing" too. I also know from "secret cities" but don't know if they are currently exist nowadays. The maps are often not exact on purpose since around WW2.

[@goatfokerkadyrov7528]

Stay away from them unless you like to permanently glow in the dark -- there was no EPA in Russia

[@TallulahBelle3276]

How beautiful! Thank you Eli. 💝🌎💝

[@Mark-gf7yw]

Your sister should start her own channel Eli, she seems fun and interesting 👍...............Glory to Russiya 🇷🇺

[@lisak7380]

FYI--The words "sister" and "brother" in Russian also refer to cousins.

[@stephenjoyce3253]

You have such a beautiful scenery. I love this video and your sister good luck, and just like you.😊

[@geraldtabu-or2jr]

The mountains are equivalent to the highlands here.

[@stuartwray6175]

here in ....?

[@geraldtabu-or2jr]

@@stuartwray6175 Kenya

[@geraldtabu-or2jr]

The aberdare ranges in Kenya around Mt Kenya has such climate

[@a.g.somsen3419]

The pink clothing hahaha , you girls. Loved the video, and Russia is beautiful.

[@drpepperr]

Eli your family is lovely. Your brother is so cute and your sister is so very like you in appearance

[@mknwandu]

The village looks so peaceful. I wish I can visit

[@rpsingh1313]

I love Russian village beautiful video 👌👌

[@MichaelSwartout]

He is an intelligent little man. You have an amazing family, pretty young lady.

[@svenomick5857]

What a beautiful place Eli cheers Mick Australia, also a lovely Family

[@francescocursio4523]

Hi Eli! If I had to give a name to this video it would be: "The mountain that awakens the soul and unites people". It may seem like a difficult place to experience, but it is only the impression of the unknown because once you know and understand it, that place becomes your home to which you become attached. The atmosphere that you live and breathe in your family is proof that there is unity and a sense of family in which everyone loves each other and helps each other. If one day I were to find myself in a family like yours, I would gladly have breakfast with Bliny, and not only that, I would gladly stay for lunch and dinner to taste the typical Russian dishes and I would stay to understand and enjoy the hospitality of the people who hosts me. I'm glad that your cousin who is like a sister for you and thanks to you, by exploring the mountains, he has rediscovered the vitality that could previously have been dormant. It must also be said that it is not just a magnificent natural place that makes a person feel good and, at this point I wonder what it could be like to spend just one day with you. Thank you for the content of this video and a greeting and a hug.

[@user-fi9fq4ty7x]

Beautiful land !!

[@user-ii2vi5hw3d]

Thanks for sharing🔥🥰🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@user-ii2vi5hw3d]

1 love meeting your family, hello everyone.

[@gerardpully762]

Included is an intelligent conversation between two sensitive young ladies who constitute an inspirational example to those who feel they may be less than others. There is no such condition. Search for serenity, find yourself and your wonderful destiny. Best of LOVE to all and The All to which we All add to constitute ALL:

[@simplyshamal]

Visited recently Bashkir! Wonderful place 😍 Want to come back for more videos on winter 😃

[@abdrahmanabdaziz319]

Feel like i want to migrate to Russia. Especially Ufa ❤❤❤

[@brianeggar]

Loved it Russia is a big and diversified country

[@eddiemillar2894]

Good 'ay from Oz Eli. Enjoying your videos so much, I watched them for 5 hours. Thankyou for sharing them.👍💯💖

[@akostarkanyi825]

Blinny (pancake) is palacsinta (pronounced as palatchinta) in Hungarian. I just say this because it sounds funny and because it is made here exactly the same way as in the video (so, not like thick American pancake).

[@ingvarz7468]

You Hungarians literally came from the Urals

[@NCrdwlf]

Your Russian content is my favorite . So much to learn and landscape is inspiring .

[@johnburke5384]

A beautiful video from a beautiful place, thank you Eli Xx

[@screddot7074]

World traveler that you are, I like your videos of your home and family best.

[@geraldtabu-or2jr]

Honey is affected by the kind of vegetation the bees get nectar from.

[@hugomitre9096]

Privyet! Wow! What an amazing video! Filled with natural beauty, magic, thought provoking questions and the love of family. I think that you have already found some of your answers. But I also think that you will find more answers in your life journey. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video with us. Greetings with much respect and lots of admiration from California! 🤩✌🏻🫶

[@rodmackinnon8497]

Great video, in the Canadian North the stone piles are "inukshuk" . . . so you didn't lay on the couch contemplating the future . . . well that neither good or bad, we all are different. Love your videos on Russia. Cheers.

[@sirburst1728]

Beautiful family, beautiful landscape. Keep up the great work.