USSR Memories - Daily life of a Russian family in the Soviet Union | Part 1
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This film tells about the passing generation and their hopes for the future in Eltsine’s Russia. A very humanistic look into today’s Russia through the story of the Kazakov family through its three generations.
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Original title: Lenin if you knew - Dawn of illusions
Director : Daniel Leconte
Length : 52 '
Year : 2001
Producer : Daniel Leconte
An excellent historical documentary. Thank you for sharing.
I wound it forward a couple of times, and found nothing of interest anywhere. I believe, the duration is an issue of getting more watchtime
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old soviet Union school children knew more maths and Physics than any american spoiilt Brat and can play better chess.
@@josefrancis7126 , good school children everywhere know more math and physics than spoiled brats.
@@kristinaorlovska4154 You found nothing of interest? Really? I don't know much about that society so I find this extremely interesting, some of us like learning new stuff I guess.
"Empires are built by giants, and destroyed by pygmies."
that first line kills.
but it's true
@@detektrius , so Genghis Khan and Batu Khan were giants, and Dmitry Donskoy -- a pygmy?
Spoken by a true believer imperialist.
@@Kurtlane Ghengis Khan built the empire and it collapsed under his grandchildren into separate states
As a pygmy who works in the construction industry I find this highly offensive. Its bad enough that we dont get any ceiling installation work.
The fact that you were able to catch one family and show them yet in 1990 and then show the further development up to 1998 is astounding! Great job!!! Amazing story.
I was a kid in the 80's and 90's when the Cold War was wrapping up. My parents were news and history buffs. I've always had an interest in Russian history, I think because I took ballet since I was 3, and my instructor was Russian trained. She loved to share history along with teaching dance. It is a beautiful culture with a rich history, the people are great story tellers. I'd love to travel someday, I really can't seem to get enough. Thank you!
This is all so fascinating, because this is my parents childhood in belarus. I inherited a weird fascination for anything soviet I guess
I’m English and I feel the same. I think it’s because it doesn’t exist anymore so it’s fascinating to see!
DO YOU PLAY CHESS, ANOTHER SOVIET PASTTIME?
Soviet is back in fashion...
It is in your DNA. I lived in communist Poland.
I’m the same about it. Grew up in Communist Poland.
18:29 What she says right here is so poignant for American politics at the moment. Husband and wives are splitting up, siblings are no longer speaking, people are fighting each other in the streets, and its all over politics. People could really use her perspective right now...
So true.
Right? They knew the people were supposed to own the means of production and they knew what to do with fascists.
Can I just say something the title of the video is wrong.
It should be: Life after the USSR
It's true, you are right!
Ehhh... A little misleading... since the worst of it came after USSR broke. While a title like this is fuel for McCarthyists.
Exactly ppl life became more problematic
@@romanbukins6527 McCarthy was right. US was threatened by Communists.
@@fizmath1994 Shame they didn't win, it would have been a much better 21st century!
The old man has his family, his health, surrounded by love. Yet lives in the past. Perspective is everything and right now I’m amazed we all got out of this alive.
The scars don’t go away. He saw thousands murdered and saw his homeland destroyed. There is no present in the video, almost post-apocalyptic
@@billyg.2677 Especially since his home nation was collapsed illegally and undemocratically
Absolutely. In the west an elderly-If he is left alive- lives abandoned, cold, maybe sheltered but we know safety and sanity in shelters.
We aren't out of it yet.
What village was he from?
All I can say is the sacrifice of 20 million approx Soviets during the great patriotic war has gone down the drain if grand paa has to sleep on the floor 😥
And yet he still praises the system
The film is made in 2001. It is not about the Soviet Union nor today's Russia, it is all about Russia of 90s under Yeltsin's rule, who was consulted by Western advisers. Do you understand now why we don't like Western advisers?
Lol, way to blame America.
Why didn't you succeed when you were in total control and had your own advisors for decades? They only caused stagnation and the situation that led to the total collapse of communism.
@@arc46789 Because neither authoritatian socialism nor globalist neoliberalism is the answer.
Same happened to Indonesia. But now we're recovering.
@@torrentialrage yep
Marek Pająk yep, if it wasnt for Khrushchev and Gorbachev, russia today wouldn’t be as bad. Stalin’s Five Year Plan was great. A second Stalin or Lenin is the answer.
This is such a heart-rending view into these people's lives. Especially the grandpa who sleeps on the floor... Breaks my heart, absolutely.
One can not judge their lives to western freedom and live styles. They only know communistism. That’s the pain in all of this. There glad to be communists
@@brianflowers586 *They're glad to be communists. Not 'There glad to be communists'.
Sorry, there's always that one guy.
Grandpa is eating better than the millions of people his beloved Stalin put in the Gulags. Those prisoners are the ones who built their country, and they didn't get paid for it either.
@@mwbright Umm.... This is so much lacking in nuance..... And perspective.
@@mwbright why are you comparing grandpa to people who lived 40+ years before this documentary was made, rather than people of 1990-1997? He had it as bad as you can get in 1990s Russia besides being in jail or homeless.
How is it that so many people here don't understand that this shows the time AFTER the USSR and not the life in the USSR? Must be many people from the US watching and commenting here...
We aren't all ignorant. I take pride in history. Especially the USSR
@@andylowry5569 Taking prinde in USSR is like taking pride in village shit storage
@anaturn12 I said I take pride in history and the ussr is apart of history that fascinates me.
Probably because of the title of this video.
I live in Russia, now.
And all of my life.
SPrangER.
A communist hardliner that control the military did not had the gut to storm the parliament, while in other hand the "democratically" elected president chose to fire at the parliament with tanks even when he didn't had the full support of the military. It's just ironic, or was it?
The Russian people have been through a lot;wish I could spend some time with them. We could learn a lot from one another. As people we are not all that different.
Wise words
nothing stopping you man, its not the soviet union anymore you can visit
If I could visit anywhere, without money being an issue, it would be Russia. Their history and culture is so rich. Their lands are beautiful and vast. I actually love winter too. I used to live in Maine, so I'd be right at home, lol.
@@ZieSpiralOut but their people so poor LOL !!!! 😂😂😂
@@ZieSpiralOut----- If you don't speak the language and have limited knowledge as to what you are stepping into you would need a contact to put you right about local conditions and get you up to speed on being streetwise. Be careful "Ashtarozna".
excellent documentary..thank you for sharing.
Thanks for sharing! ☺️
The Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian people are some of the hardest working people I've ever met, they have incredibly sad stories of extreme loss, then came to America and have done very well for themselves and deserve it all and more, Zlatko, Anto, Svetlana, Boris, so glad I met you, best workers ever, and still friends to this day!
And how do Croatians fit the USSR narrative?
@@yumbam5546 I can't tell the difference either, they are all same to me
America ruined all these countries, it can go F itself. This is what Putin is fixing.
@@chickenlover657 someone needs to fix your poor brain dear
@@fuuz642 Projection much?
I’d like to see how the living members of this family are doing now, almost 30 years after the fall of the USSR.
I believe it was 70~% of ex Soviets voted in favor of the USSR returning. I can see why. Putin is a monster, the people are less happy, and it's just harder to live. Socialism is very popular in this climate.
Anecdotal but, a penpal from Russia I have says it's pretty bad out there.
@@ncrtrooper1782
I believe Putin is corrupt as hell and most of his government is too. By comparison, the soviet government, which was also extremely corrupt seems better because these people had some kind of security guaranteed to them. It’s quite sad because if they had a decent government, capitalism could benefit them all greatly. The only problem for the ex-soviets is that by now, they’re too old to really get into the workforce and gain the better life it could give them under a regime that’s not robbing them all blind.
@@BB-kt5eb The problem is that you can't force a new economic system on a place where an existing economic system is being practiced for several years.
@@ncrtrooper1782 Putin is the old USSR
@@StraightEdgeSieghart But the economic system failed
Thank you for this ❤️
Why can't all documentaries be this good? The journalists who put this together did a fantastic and very very good job.i I learned more about the end of cccp and the start of a new Russia with this program than ten books on the subject. Thank you!
I was stationed at a post on the Iron Curtain with a border patrol unit (11th ACR). When we did our rotation at Point Alpha, we could see a little town (Geisa, if anyone cares) across the border. I would watch farmers near a little creek and wonder what their lives were really like. Films like this give us a little glimpse of that life. I know that it wasn't exactly the same as life in the Soviet Union... It's still very interesting to me.
Hey Dan, happens that I'm cuban and care 'bout that story of yours , thnx 4 sharing.
I’m American and I care about your story too!
I would like to read more of your story. Very interesting!
1983? Fulda Gap?
This documentary is an absolute masterpiece . I've watched it 3 times already throughout a year. And I'm sure I'll come back for it again sometime in the future.
Love from Algeria 🇩🇿
Very moving and respectfully intimate documentary
Idk why I'm watching this. Or how I got here. I still need to get out of bed and get some ibuprofen for this hangover
Don’t take ibuprofen!
Seems like ALL and _ANY_ system can go corrupt when people get too complacent and make excuses for the _greedy._
And I like ya'and I want cha'
Corrupt systems always crash and burn. Look at "Western Society' Today Lost, rudderless, hopeless.
You figured it out. Good. You’re definitely a person with above average intelligence.
America and all immigrant-made nations have Achilles-heels too: First generation of the immigrants build, their sons /second gen yankees/ enjoy, third generation /grandsons/daughters of newcomers/ destroy their country.
@@gordonpeden6234 Any better systems ?
amazing, thank you for sharing this. can't even find any info on google and it's not listed on the director's imdb either.
amazing. What a glimpse into the result of history,
Enjoyed the family troubles and resolution to mov on with what is possible.
I have a fascination about Soviet things, I like the documentaries, from as far back as the Tsar. These people have been through it all.
This is a really good documentary
Excellent video.
Very good! Hope things are better now...
Only just
Just imagine living in winter time in buildings temperature much below +10, not hot water coming. The fact is that Russia today is not much better. The reality especially outside Saint Petersburg and Moscow is far from luxury life.
Didddin duuu nufffin Wakanda enn shiiieet ...right, a real expert in Russia, aren’t you. Why don’t you read a little about the extent of corruption and the violence used by the so-called Russian mafia to tap into every facet of commerce? I’ve lived in Russia and have 30 years experience building new businesses for corporations...it’s really not so simple to do in Russia as in developed western countries
That is not true, I lived in st. Petersburg, it's NOT better.
@Didddin duuu nufffin Wakanda enn shiiieet Says a Yankee
This is a terrific documentary - great insights. It's exhausting listening to this endless parade of anti-Russian propaganda that fails to contextualise all of the suffering from the Czarist days. It is interesting to speculate about what might happens after President Putin departs centre stage and a communist president is elected to head a communist parliament. Make no mistake, if the US and its NATO allies continue to pursue a policy of containment, the inevitable resentment will make that more likely.
I dont think a communist party will take power in Russia and even if it did it will likely follow the chinese model of "socialism" this time with russian characteristics instead.
The USA has the Democratic party that wants to start it's own Communist system then we won't have to worry about what Russia is doing
@Awawawa CM Well put. American's especially, seem to think their political system encompasses the entire range.
Under Biden, Kamala and Bernie Sanders, the US will become Socialist Communist.
@Awawawa CM Whom are you calling "bud," bud? Are you a florist?
Thank you for sharing. Hopefully this will build understanding between all people of the world. I love history and learning about other people of the world. Eva
Oh wow...36:56 -- the ol' guy was in the crowd that year, the year of the last Soviet Celebration of The Revolution...of which the official broadcast video is available right here on CZcams!! How interesting to be able go see the two POVs....
I lived both in a Soviet Union and now live in one of its former republic that is now free. And the conclusion I make comparing the systems - neither of them were good or bad. But of cause there are very different. The main factor is not communism or capitalism, the main factor is cultural. I prefer communist Germany to capitalist Venezuela. A culture creates a level of corruption that creates a culture of labor. Corruption and labor is a formula of the failure and success and it is a culture of local people that shapes it. Thats the main reason any country prosper or not.
Love this!! Hope to see part 2!! Very interesting. Being a child in the 70s and 80s I knew about the Cold War but didn’t know anything about the Russian culture or it’s people. I am part Russian but know nothing about Russia.
sir your all documentary are awesome superb
Oh I'am glade I "Clicked" on this!
There is a realism, and truth about this. A COLD hard slap across the face.
My how the world has really changed..
Very misleading title. This was the daily life of a Russian family after the collapse of the USSR.
It's both, the former being top-heavy. You're just not paying attention or listening. YEESH.
The mother and her children are handsome and beautiful like movie stars. 🌹
I always find it fascinating to peek inside the daily lives of regular people and get a feel for how they live and their views and culture.... Regardless of time or place. It's just so interesting
Russia was bleak in 1998. Must have been a difficult period. Such a massive transition.
The old guy in the glasses, speaks, acts, and seems to live in a fantasy world... one that's created in fairy tales. Almost as if he's the need to create some faux justification for all the IMMORAL things done during the serious STALIN COMMUNIST ERA and life. And now that people question and speak out about it... HE'S DUMBFOUNDED! HE CAN'T FATHOM ANYONE DOING THAT. SAD.
So very true. WHAT DOES A PERSON DO WHEN YOUR WHOLE WORLD CEASE TO EXIST. NO GOVERNMENT. THE MONEY IS NO LONGER GOOD. EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN. WOW!!
@@samuelparker9882
My man, you do not know how SHIT the 90s were for the East. People had all their homes richly furnished in 70s and 80s wares whilst struggling to put food on the table. Manufacturing jobs essentially evaporated, pensions weren't granted, people went for six months without salaries, buildings were falling into disrepair, crime was rampant, THREE MILLION UKRAINIANS DIED from gang activity alone!
So it is very arguable that the people in charge of restructuring did much more damage than Stalin did.
@@samuelparker9882 stop talking to yourself schizo
Life was bleak in Ukraine in the 1930s. Russian induced famine and theft
I look at and listen to these people, they're not much different than people here in America. How could these people ever be my enemy. I don't think they are and probably never were. it's a shame that our governments tear each other apart over power. God bless Russia and God bless America
48:24 The best part of the whole documentary
due to the style of performance and the final directorial realization of this documentary work drama, mystery, realism.... I like it.👍
Nice documentary.
I knew I'd regret reading the comments
It's a shameful pleasure. I always regret it, and I always do it the next time!
Lol’d
I love you.
Yes, so many dumb comments. You are right, I also regret
@@wohnungsnomade well have you ever lived in the Soviet Union or experienced what it was like after the collapse?
Even though the elderly are die-hard communists, it is still sad to hear how they eat. Almost EVERYWHERE around the world, the poor-middle class elderly peoples diet is terrible. I feel sometimes people have the attitude - "since they're old, they're senile (whatever) who cares what and if they eat..they are going to die soon!" Even the food in nursing homes/assisted living facilities in America are terrible. The younger generation I believe owe it to the older generation to HELP them.
man they foght a wat that sucked let them be commies
I would prefer all those die-hard communists to be dead from hunger instead dozen millions innocent people they killed using artificial famine they intentionally used multiple times to control commoners by murdering them, all in the name of their Communist religion - communists killed more than 1 millions civilians in my city and region in two years only, including my relatives, genocide to create they communists "heaven for all".
@@denisoko8494
Where are you from?
Nice touch,... Really creepy music to start. Am I suppose to make up my mind before it starts?
Sounds like you already have....
We need a follow up part 3 please
idky but im very interested in the east, eastern block, GDP, Berlin wall, iron curtain, communist Poland Soviet union. it seems the ppl are more... idk human? vulnerable? there's more passion and pain bc there's no money so the things they do together must mean more to them. I can't explain it but I'm searching n watching all I can find.
its admirable all these ppl went through. i have sympathy empathy and compassion for them. its interesting to me
I haven't met an elderly person who doesn't regret something in the now, where they feel helpless physically and mentally to hold strong what makes them feel safe. Control is what the young have over the old and this same control they would feel nostalgic about when they also become old
Terrifically accurate comment....as an aging man...I feel your assessment full weight. As your youth and vitality ebbs your world view changes...you become feeble and resentful and tend to resent your personal loss of control...which tends to negatively colour all subjects. As a person you must guard against this ....Father Time is EXCEEDINGLY CRUEL.
No, they simply want the better life under USSR and socialism
Western cope never ends
18:20, this is a statement I totally agree with, that I try to live by!!
They could make a movie out of those 2 old Nana's arguing, on the lines of Grumpy Old Men, Grumpy Old Women-Russia, it's bound to be a hit.
why are most russian women just beautiful...hmmm
haha yep..been to america and some of the shopworkers looked beautiful til they walked from the counter and where like fuckin buses...
@Lewis C. Until you marry a Russian lady. Then they want the World.
Sure, the daughters are beautiful, wait until you see the actual women that put up with the shit. Ugly, ugly.
@@maryrosed8475 The same all over.
@Lewis C. U.S. Has the fattest poor women in the world. Most on welfare.
Many chalk the post-Soviet, pro-Soviet sentiment in Russia to longing for youth. This assessment is wrong, however, since their country was stolen from them by gangsters illegally. To say that they just long for youth ignores the fact that after the rug was pulled from them, the masses tried to fight back. An abject sociological and political impossibility, but because Russia didn't have a PRC-like cultural revolution, it left the citizenry unorganized, undisciplined, and immobile. The criminals, renegades, and western puppets knew they had to operate illegally and in the rat fashion that they did because the Russian masses were not going to allow a sector of their gerundtocracy(which was a problem) to be screwed over by stilyagi.
The old boy at the start is identical to John Jennings , one of our Gas Service Lecturers at Poole Technical College in the early 1980s. He wore that hat , a drab anorak ,drove a Russian - built car , a Skoda , despised our reading of tabloid newspapers - calling them “ Comics “ and he would rarely interact during lectures but instead would stare straight ahead to automatically deliver his lecture - even if we’d fallen asleep due to hangovers ! And like every entertainer he had 2 great catchphrases , always delivered to all ...” Shut your silly chatter “ & “ Put away your silly comics “ . Bless him 🙄
Skoda cars are not from Russia, but from the Czech Republic, European Union country next to Germany. Skoda is Volkswagen subsidiary company.
Don't know where you get your info. The Russian people are very tuff. In the USA we have problems too. It's not all richness and fun here like everybody thinks. If we westerners celebrated its because the people were free to go where they wanted than being behind the iron curtain. If u dont have money here it's really hard. People r loosing their home, can't get medical care, and all we do is pay taxes.
His eyes are stunning that young guy.
Patricia Bracken I was thinking the same thing! :)
I wish this young man all the best. I hope he makes the right decisions.
The same for Tatiana.
Yes he is quite beautiful
What unusual color, just like his other's and aunt's. Hands-on as his other is beautiful!
I did frequent trips between 1994-2003 to Russia and some ex Soviet Union countries...truly it was a one unfortunate places to be in misery, low quality of life, corruption (bribe was everywhere including universities a place that suppose to teach you ethics in the first place) whole country looked liked came from 1940-50s...I don't know how is it now how much they were able to fix in a country that big...after my last trip I did for company I was working for never had any desire to go back and see
@Jason Wells After all America is still a land of opportunity land of freedom land of creation land of wealth creation and distribution people like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, C. Palihapitiya can come out of nothing or very little just by being a programmer can have a dream of colonizing Mars...Biggest difference between West and countries like Russia is freedom and justice system in order to tap in to oil wells in Russia to make billions you need to be close to Putin if you are not paying your respect you'll be destroyed by his system...Real growth, advancement. wealth creation will happen only in democracies others will only imitate and follow...See at the en of the day you came home took of your Nike shoes and your jeans responding me from Steve Jobs or Bill Gates product while drinking a starbucks, after you had your KFC chicken, waiting for "Black mirror" series on Netflix etc. etc. these are the creations of democracy, freedom because creation happens where your mind is totally free...If you are scared when you go to street in Moscow to speak out loud to say "Fuck Putin he is a murderer and thief" you know that there is chance you'r gonna get rape, taken to a custody by cops...Have a great day
@Jason Wells lie
This documentary is priceless , considering the new rushed out world we live in. Russia is indeed a great country with absolutely lovely people, who have encountered a lot of hardships. I visited Russia first in 2001 and consider myself lucky to interact with Russians who are extremely open minded and give enough room for others to talk. They love debates and discussions , they will not accept anything which is not proven.
What grass do you smoke?
How do you feel about it now
Loved debates and open minded..... seems some one spiked your drink
@@rahulj8724 the Russian people aren't responsible for the government's action
"They will not accept anything which is not proven", except if Putin tells them it is so, then no questions asked. (I understand that not all Russians are blind to this.)
That is sad about what happened there in the former USSR and now Russia is suffering so much. I have seen several videos where Russians are still suffering and their economy isn't much better. The beginning of the downfall of the USSR began with the different states (Countries) breaking away from the USSR and everything went downhill from there.
Downhill from what ? An organized massive gulag ? Downhill from what ? When was this communist perversion ever on the height ? What is a godhating , snitch nation worth ? Pathetic - I have seen your great communists visiting my German school they could not answer one political question !
We the people of india are forever grateful to the people of USSR for support we received during liberation of Bangladesh.
48:58 What a beautiful well spoken lady..
WHAT A PLACE I WOULD LOVE TO VISIT ..ME FROM LIVERPOOL
Well, great footage. I was there for Putsch 10/93.
I have read books about life under the Tsars and without doubt the Russian peasants had a pretty rough time. The UK decided in 1914 we would not follow suit and revolt and we have k ept our monarchy and capitalism and the standard of living has been higher for most people here (but we are a smaller country). That is because capitalism works better than communism and secondly because in the UK we have the rule of law. Indeed Russians come here to litigate large disputes because our judges are not bribed and the system is fair. Russia (and China) are not fair in that sense.
Better at what football hooliganism poor education inner city gangs drugfilled communities people dying on hospital waiting lists race riots mass unemployment icould continue all day citng what capitolism is better at baasicaly it excelles at manufacturing leasure goods that most of us neither need nor want from scarce reasources we can ill afford while most humans lack food shelter and basic neccesseties of life its better at requiring infinate expansion with finite resources its also better at starting needless wars to secure
those resorces
The UK used other countries resources to get rich, thru colonisation.
Does anyone know what came of Anton? Seriously the guy could stop traffic!
what about his sister?
@17:04 Babushka Wars !! Bald would love this...
I watch this same video every single night before bed. It is driving my wife crazy. Then I fast forward to Yeltsin dancing.
48:36 Yeltsin on the new show, "Dancing with the Czars"
Marie Katherine - Ha ha ha !!!!! Good one.
Boris Yeltsin the traitor.
@Anish Kumar Sah yes i am Indian
Mrs Tatiana is soo beautiful. Her husband is a lucky man
11:23 that exchange of looks between mother and daughter is so funny 😂
That band at around 34:00 , very much like Pat Metheny's into on the First Circle album.
Anton is gorgeous! He could be a model!
I wish I knew more about the intricacies of human psychology to truly understand the mentality of the Russians. They are far and away some of the nicest, most gracious and most fun people you could ever hope to meet, but as a political collective, they make even us basket case Americans seem Scandinavian by comparison!
Personally, I have to disagree. I live in the 'Little Russia' area of NE Philadelphia and the Russian people here are some of the most unfriendly and entitled people in this city. Some have been here 40 years and still refuse to learn a word of English but god forbid they need help they expect the rest of us to understand their babbling. And they rarely ever interact with anyone who isn't Russian. They seem very anti-American to me but don't mind leeching off our system.
@@PerrincinaSprecaci Maybe because they live in a "ghetto mode" . I think that you have to meet people in their place in order to know them. I say this from personal experience, Russian people (or should I say ex-USSR citizens) in my country is like you describe them , but russian tourists are a lot different
@@PerrincinaSprecaci Sorry, are you citing anecdotal experiences with Russians who have lived in the US for 40 years as an accurate account of ALL Russians? And you admittedly don’t speak their language, and hear it as “babble.” Perhaps you’re not quite as charming as you think.
@@graysonjd5624 Obviously I am not. I don't know any other Russian people aside from the ones who live in this area of Philly. I was not generalizing, if I wanted to do that, I simply would have written "All Russians are jerks". I do now have a neighbor who is Russian who is very nice who helps me up stairs with groceries and smiles and says hello and goodbye. But again, he's been here many years and instead of learning English - there are free ASL classes all over the city - he has his adult son translate for him instead. I would love to sit down with him over coffee and talk about his homeland, but, as nice as my neighbor is, I could never have a conversation with him, and to me, sorry not sorry, that just screams entitlement. I would never even dream of visiting or moving to another country without AT LEAST a rudimentary knowledge of their language and customs. I think it's rude and lazy to come to America and just expect that the rest of us will pick up the slack for you. I would like to have neighbors who I can communicate with, otherwise we do not have an actual community and since societies consist of different communities, that is how society begins to break down. And yes, the vast majority of Russians in this area DO live off of welfare and food stamps despite not contributing. Sorry if you don't find my objection to their indifference regarding MY country to not be "charming".
@@PerrincinaSprecaciI'm sorry but you are the one who sound entitled and pretty arrogant to be honest. These people probably lived horrible lives where they came from and you expect them to be all smiles and sunshine? Thats not how life work honey. Can't you just be idk emphatic for them?
No one likes to leave their Homeland. If they did they needed to do it.
Try to offer help with English maybe they are nice to you.
This shows how empires rise and end they are not the first or the last it goes on forever.
🌬🌔🌕🌖 I Wish their were more USSR Documentary like this!
Russian people are beautiful kind friendly intelligent hard working God bless them
Хороший документальный фильм
Who would have thought that 23 years of “ not being interested in politics “ has led to this disastrous 2023 war, with all of its horrific consequences, some yet to come!
@wocomoDOCS are all the commercials replay necessary?
“There is a greater strength than wealth, and it is greater because it cannot be taken away. Our strength, the strength of the proletariat, is in our muscles, in our hands to cast ballots, in our fingers to pull triggers. This strength we cannot be stripped of. It is the primitive strength, it is the strength that is to life germane, it is the strength that is stronger than wealth, and that wealth cannot take away. "But your strength is detachable. It can be taken away from you. Even now the Plutocracy is taking it away from you. In the end it will take it all away from you. And then you will cease to be the middle class. You will descend to us. You will become proletarians. And the beauty of it is that you will then add to our strength. We will hail you brothers, and we will fight shoulder to shoulder in the cause of humanity. "You”
― Jack London, The Iron Heel
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Robots can replace proletariat
This text oozes perversion the stench of the lazy, hazy liar Karl Marx - this pathetic gutter logic of bitter punks !
@@studiobencivengamarcusbenc5272 oleg would be wiping his àss bare handed if he still lived under communism.
I wish I knew what has happened to Elena and Anton... Where they are now, what they do...
If you think that Russia was a feudal economy and society before the revolution and they had the entire West against them, in spite of all the controversies and the inefficiencies what socialism has achieved in Russia is astonishing.
It's weird but I am starting to see why Russia is the way it is today through this video. Pessimism over politics has left the people frustrated and tired and they rather just not discuss it or talk about it. You see the depression in the one young man'e eyes. That is the Russia we are seeing now. A people downtrodden and trampled on and a leader who took full advantage of it. It's sad and it's tragic. Really liked the documentary. Really opens the eyes as to the mindset of the everyday Russian and why they think the way they do.
Quote: "Crowds are stupid....There is nothing easier for a tyrant or a demagogue than to madden a crowd." Words true today.
Dismantling of Soviet Union was the biggest tragedy of XX Century.
С тех пор, как распался Советский Союз, рабочие в Италии стали рабами, больше нет борьбы между капитализмом и коммунизмом, есть только один суп, и вы должны его есть, даже если он вам не нравится. Горбачев и Ельсин прокляты
Nice to know
Jesus Christ, those dance moves by Yeltsin and Zyuganov.
Great documentary, by the way.
Excellent documentary. This is not the usual biased "anti" so prevalent in CZcams about the CCP. Subtle, ironic, real. Will rewatch this...
As an American I have no hatred toward the Russian land or its people. The opposite is true. I have nothing but respect toward it's people and history.
I don't have no hate for them either but at the fat is that they stole land how you think Russia got that bed they stole people land and and now when the people like Romania Poland then my other places wanted to want to leave they don't they didn't want to stay with him Russia because they knew Russia was a downfall to hell so they went to nato and then look at those countries they are their economy is booming they got a better life expectancy and they got a better life life now and that's something to be proud of in Russia stop trying to give their money to the corrupt people they will have something so who do you blame it on Putin because he because he's evil he's selfish and he give all his money to to the corrupt government and he kill people because he's so scared that he might lose power
I’m here to learn about my girlfriend who left Ukraine in 1988, then part of The Soviet Union. She was around 19 then, having attended a university in Moscow. She says nothing about it. My father who just died at 91 was a US Marine who fought in Korea. He, like my girlfriend, could not/would not speak of it.
as Ushanka Show says 'Soviet Union it was comfortable to be poor'. my job which pays above minimum wage and I still dont net even a hundred dollars a day. wages have been so stagnant for so long its horrible. soviet union had at least cheap public transportation and rent. in the US if your car breaks down and you cant afford to fix it you loose your job, then your apt, now your homeless. all because there is no public transportation and cars and repairs are so expensive. there is no workers party in the US and I doubt ill ever see one in my lifetime. both 'parties' work for the same rich elite that control all the media, education, etc. its scary. the US needed the Soviet Union to keep the capitalists in line and make sure the working class is somewhat well kept.
Is there a part 2?
Sure, here it is! czcams.com/video/YkWEDJXtsA0/video.html
There were more than 10, 000 on the march as is said in this film
GOD cares about you - Thank you an excellent overview of what can be expected in the case democratic sovereign nations decide to become Communist etc. Thank you for this warning. Of course there are a lot of things humanity does not like. What are the remedies.End.
The old generation said: If we promised something, we keep our word...
That is real integrity my friends.