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It is like being in France and finding a German trench line and bunker from WWI. We might think it is the neatest thing in the world but an old person from France might only see a dirty hole in the ground that was used by an invading army. For us it is only history, for you it is your life. Your reaction to the video was great.
Well said. Is entirely different for those who were under Russian occupation
It is exiting to explore old things like for example Nazi German WW2 military bunkers here in Norway, but you would not like to live in one ;) .
You know it’s good when an Estonian reacts to an Englishman looking for Soviet buildings in Estonia
Must be in CZcams
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Glad you enjoyed bald ,I watch him, Slava ukrainia!
Some time ago when I watched Mr. Bald's Estonia vlog, I said to myself, "Artur should react to this!"
Done
Haha I was the same just today! Saw balds video and thought the same thing! Then this video popped up!!
And you may have heard it later Artur but he said in another video he learnt russian as a young adult
I enjoyed your perspective on this and the additional information with it. This exactly why I watch your videos. Keep it up Arthur!
Thank you
@@arturrehi Bald was married to a Belarusian woman for about 15 yrs. He ended up leaving the UK after a scandalous court case, basically after a drunken night out him and a few mates took a young girl to a hotel room... which went .... well the rest is on the Internet.
@@Ligma-Balls-69 slander only
this guy is peak estonian propaganda
The video is fine, but I would much prefer ARTUR as a guide to Estonia (and other counties)
That cultural amnesia Russians have seems universal. This is why they're so confused about formerly occupied countries that don't trust them.
To be fair, living in a closed town in the USSR was actually a paradise compared to any other town. For example, they received only the best food and they had the best infrastructure. So I can understand why he would say that.
Yeah, theh had to bribe people to stay in a large, possibly radioactive prison essentially.
@@Rainaman- yep.
Because they took the most risk.
To be fair, he gave his personal perspective.
I did not see dishonesty from any of the Russians there.
From where he came, it was...
To where he came it was ...
How much did he know about what was or happened before or beyond the city borders when he resided there? More importantly, what genuinely went on in Estonia. Or that people like him were used up by the regime as "refillers" after the depopulating the locals from there. Estonians always distrusted Russian speakers more than natives - they never heard about many things during that time. The reason behind this was, that the "reporters" tended to be amongst Russian-speakers or those who were highly skilled in the language, including amongst the Estonians.
-- I say it as Estonian.
About closing the mines, I still remember a news clip from the ´90s, where there were local family, making complaints about the air in the region, being so bad, that they had to use fingers for opening their eyelids after waking up.
The mining undermined the grounds under the houses and farmlands, there were collapses.
That said, the Estonian government did fight for their mines to last a bit longer. The government did manage to buy them time for those mines to run longer for several years. It was certain for years, that those are going to be closed down.
@@Rainaman- radioactive prison? Wut?
Bald and Bankrupt is a huge Soviet nerd, hes absolutely fascinated by the soviet union and its architecture
one thing you will eventually realize is that many people in the west are fascinated by the USSR because they never got to see it up-close and never lived in it or visited it and therefore are very curious and fascinated about how everything worked and looked
Guess you could say Bald is a Sov-weeb-et
I remember watching a video of his where he travelled across the world to Russia to find a specific Soviet painting, on a specific abandoned war torn building. Lol he was asking locals and found out he was in the wrong town entirely but surprisingly most people weren’t even aware of the painting to begin with. It was a painting of Astronauts (Cosmonauts) from a few nations that joined together for one of the space missions in the past, that I can not recall the name of at the moment.
It was a great video but that’s some serious dedication! That’s the video that taught me of his obsession with Soviet history. That was a long journey for a painting but props to him for it! He has found what he loves to do in life and he’s managed to earn a great living and teach us about random things around the world while doing it 💪🇺🇸
Agree, he is just a big Soviet nerd. But there is a reason why he is living in Prague and not in some old Soviet village/town in Russia right now, hes no dummy ;)
Although he recognises the atrocities committed by the soviet regime against the people of the former republics.
Tbf many of them who lived in USSR disappeared for various reasons, just look at Stalins purges, all gulag camps or everyone who spoke against the reign
I believe his excitement for soviet things comes from his country's history with the soviet union differing from your own. by that I mean, to you the soviets were occupiers, to him, distant enemies with a totally alien culture.
From his excitement I feel more that he is just happy to have something left to see, to put history into the physical world. It feels like hes seeing and old ruined castle, he can appreciate the history, the work that went into making it and the political structure that made it necessary, but youd be hard pressed to find someone who wants to live like a medieval peasant.
He makes me want to take a tour of Eastern Europe. But I would end up being beaten to death and robbed because I can only speak English with a thick Southern accent...so yeah.
@@Michaelation08 I feel like your joking so I laughed. But in case not, Estonia is ranked as one of the safest countries in Eastern Europe, so I think you’ll be fine. Can’t confirm though as I too am an American, but a northerner who’s planning to go to Estonia next spring. Also, if we’re talking about parts of Eastern Europe that aren’t as up to date as Tallinn is, then idk how sentiments on Americans are there.
@@Michaelation08 Sure, it's all about your accent. I can speak Russian with a thick Estonian accent, I have visited Russia, Belarus, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro. The closest thing to robbery was when the Americans staying in the same hostel in Sarajevo stole my breakfast.
@@KidKingdomHearts I'm not talking about Estonia, I'm talking about Eastern Europe in general. But also yes I was joking.
@@Michaelation08 AFAIK, Russians actually love Americans.
If Estonians survives among Russians, I assume so should Americans manage. They are not that scary, On mine experience, actually the opposite is usually true. Watch less movies to learn these stereotypes.
For contrast, few but vocal, weird Russian (ultra)nationalists, may see Estonians as "the traitors" and "the enemy" for some reason (probably due to our despise for SU, Bolsheviks, and Stalin).
Meanwhile Estonians and Latvians root their origins as states and nations with en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_Mariana in cultural and legal inheritance, rather than to Russia. Estonia and Latvia were same country in the past, ruled by Baltic-German nobility and gentry(~10%); Estonians and Latvians the commoners and rural folk (80%+).
It reflects in Estonian vocabulary well, as about half of rootwords are Uralic while 1/3 is of Germanic origin. Estonian grammar however, may feel a bit unearthly for you.
In terms of Estonia, you may want a Russian speaking friend or guide in the north-eastern part due to language. Good chance that you are covered with English even in there, especially with people under '30s and more so in the establishments associated with tourism. Somewhat amusingly German and bit less so even French could be beneficial among all ages and despite ethnic background (both were popular in SU). In the rest of Estonia, you should manage just fine with the English language even with the most random people on the streets.
The Estonian people, in majority, know at least two extra foreign languages besides native - usually one of them being either English(53~78%), Russian(67~49%), or German (43~26%). Stats I'm seen are a bit conflicting. Low numbers do be considered conversational skill level (think mr Rehi) and high number to represent knowledge of sorts (able to provide simple instructions, etc). Less than 10% are monolingual, about 24% know only one language besides native. These numbers tend to associate with the regions and ages.
as a historian i completely understand how bald and bankrupt feels its not necessarily glorifying the soviet union but excitement that only a highly interested historian feels we put ourselves back in time when we get to see places like this its a huge rush of excitement
27:20 ”Bald and Bankrupt” was clearly disappointed that there was no bottle of vodka in the washroom 😅😆.
Bald has no Russian family connections, he learned everything from one year of university language study and then language emersion
I think his ex-wife is Belarusian. So she could’ve taught him some Russian as well.
@@Sam-pv7bd he went to university in Belarus to learn Russian that's where he met her
He started taking Russian lessons as a teenager. He is talking about it in one of his most recent videos from Siberia.
@@forgottenmusic1 he did a whole video on just how he learned Russian and how others can learn
Still very impressive.
I would love to visit Estonia 🇪🇪. Cheers from New York USA!!
Artur, I’m a recent - Ukraine- Russia - viewer, loving this view u to your beginnings, so glad you have always been and remain true to your roots and beliefs!
I am watching this several months after the video was posted - the reason why the old man thought things were better in Sillamäe in Soviet times is it was a closed town - people couldn't enter without official reason, and people couldn't leave without official reason. A form of compensation for being stuck in a closed town was access to goods and services that were in short supply in the rest of the country.
It is so wonderful seeing the passion you have for your country, as I feel that same passion for my country, the USA. Much of the area in which you live has always fascinated me, especially Estonia, and I truly hope I get to visit some day and experience the wonderful people, culture, music, food, history. Living in the USA I do not get the chance to speak to people from there and I would love to build friendships with the Estonian people, as well as other countries in your region. Thank you for another wonderful video! I love Bald's channel and I watch him often, I would love to see you do reactions to more of his videos occasionally. There is a couple videos where he visits an elderly woman in the irradiated forests around Chernobyl. Very heartwarming. Thank you for the wonderful content! God Bless you and God Bless Estonia! 🇺🇸❤🇪🇪
I was born in England my family came on the boats in the Soviet time . They endure the stallin time where my grandma father was shot dead for not hanging his picture. political prisoners horrible times
I've followed Ben's channel (Mr. Bald) for years, and I'm not a bit offended. The Soviet "system" only serves to tell future generations what NOT to do. Ben does like to romanticize the grandiose art and architecture of the CCCP era, though he is indeed aware of the darkness of the regime that made it possible. The price of those beautiful buildings?, people's lives. Thank you Artur, for providing your honest perspective as a native Estonian who's family bore the brunt of the atrocities the Soviets inflicted on your country and the people.
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He isn't glorifying Soviet anything.
He just loves architecture, history and people.
This man has gone to so many countries and in every one of them, he shows the same passion.
Which is glorification. All be it less so. He should stop promoting soviet times as anything but the sinful chapter of human history.
He does get what the Soviets were about. Estonia was the last country I visited before all the covid hit in 2019, really lovely place and people.
Interesting to hear what an Estonian man thinks, can't say I'd feel any differently.
15:36 Yes, in America, if you say to someone "Thank you grandma" they will get offended and be like ARE YOU CALLING ME OLD?? lol
17:20 Bald has said many times that he despises what the Soviet Union stands for but he admires the architecture and is mainly interested in the people and how they lived.
I imagine if you were a foreigner with a heavy accent, they would only be amused.
I live in Tallinn and all the time I hear someone blaming the EU for something I say exactly what you said.
None of the cool Startups and some infrastructure wouldn't be here if it weren't for the EU.
I'm fighting for 5 years to pronounce Õ correctly. 😥
@Carmine Licavoli The people aren't starving, they are just leaving because the towns were built around a terrible industry that no longer exists. Places in Estonia that actually have people are much nicer I imagine.
@@itsmederek1 I would not say the industry does not exist, if you are talking about Sillamäe. Silmet produces 5% of rare earth metals, the biggest producer outside China. And it is growing.
People do not have work cause they are not qualified to work in a modern chemical plant. Low qualified jobs are usually taken by machines.
@@minaolenella869 Correction; the industry exists but it just cant support nearly the same amount of people while remaining remotely competitive and is therefor irrelevant to the average citizen. There is definitely a market for rare earths. I am sure you are wrong about Silmet being #2 after China though, that makes no sense.
@@itsmederek1 well, you have to remember Sillamäe was not populated by average citizens. It was populated mostly by physisists and chemists brought in directly after graduation. And some people for physical labor. There is less of a physical labor now when machines take over. And more physical labor people, mostly from nearby closed miner villages, who mostly moved to Sillamäe. And most of the scientists do not live in Sillamäe anymore. With no government run influx of scientists into the city. Sillamäe had unnatural growth of population during Soviets anyway. It has to learn and stabilize as a normal city now.
Silmet was 5% and the biggest producer outside China in 2008. Have not found any recent data. edit: after some calculation it is 1.2% from worldwide production in 2022. Overall production of rare earth metals in world has increased over two times since 2008. edit2: Reuters article in 2010 calls it the biggest producer in Europe. While it produced less then in 2022 (or they did not include the second plant). And I found another article in Estonian from 2000, which claims that Silmet is the biggest producer after China with 7% from worldwide production. Silmets main plant seem to producing it's max capability 3000tons every year with quite of stability, with occasional raw material shortage periods.
But there are other industries too. For excample new Aquaphor plant where around 600-1000 people work.
You have to understand, for british people of my age (near bald's), the soviet union was this huge thing that virtually nobody we knew, ever went to. The closest I came was a bus trip to west berlin, and we weren't allowed to stop or leave the coach until we arrived at our destination. Then it disappeared kind of overnight. I kinda share his fascination for it. That doesn't mean I ever wish to have lived under it. I remember him going into Belarus, to some remote village, and commenting that there have probably been more british people who have visited the heart of the amazon jungle, than this strange godforsaken village he was eating at.
I’ve always wanted to go to Estonia, Sweden, and Finland in one trip.
I find Finland the most boring of those 3. However I do like Finnish people the most.
@@Rainaman- why boring ?
@@larrywave boring cities and just same forests/lakes/swamps for hundreds of kilometers
@@Rainaman- 😅okey sorry you feel like it
@@Rainaman- sounds fun to me
im a fan of both of you so this was a really enjoyable way to learn more about Estonia
Great to see Artur telling it like it really is
Have always loved every video I've watch from you. Rare to find a man of integrity and compassion theses day. I love the heart you convey through words and actions. It is real, Love Ya Brother!!
I’ve been subbed for awhile now Artur, I love your videos but it seems CZcams’s algorithm specifically picks your videos for us all to see. I only know of the country Estonia🇪🇪 because of you my friend. Much love from Kansas USA.🇺🇸
I'm a huge fan of bald and Bankrup and daily bald 👍🇦🇺😎
One of the best programmes I have ever seen ! Absolutely OUTSTANDING !!!
God love that Bald and Bankrupt man!! He always LOVES people who NEED love!!! What a fine man!!
"We're on the same side!"
Yes, yes we are
Thank you very much Artur! I learned so much off of your perspective. I love hearing these little side-stories like the one u said u were there and civillians took photos of you and your troop
I'm here at 2am, East Coast of the USA from the best state ever Pennsylvania, watching my favorite Estonian youtuber ever! And I watch like 2 or 3, so that's a pretty good rank.
Same here from Tennessee!
Same here except i'm in the other best state, North Carolina.
@@johnwray393 ah my birth place
Same except I'm in the ONLY best state, Texas. 😎
@@dynafl0w123 and thats where i live
As a Latvian I understand Artur's position here but I have also learned not to judge Russian people living in Baltics much too, as Artur I grew up during independence period, for me (as for him) everything was up and up since the 90s. When I was kid in 1994, I was 6 years old and going with my grandfather to a crumbling collective farm (which at that time was already a co-operative which later collapsed due to people wanted to be farmers themselves and to get back the ancestral land their families had before collectivization) to feed cows and pigs, he was driving a horse cart like in Borat. And it didn't GO TO SHIT because USSR collapsed, as he was driving the same horse cart even during Soviet times, so it's not like there was some collapse in lifestyle with the end of Soviet Union. We moved to our 1bedroom flat in 1995, my dad was a truck driver and mom - a nurse and we were 2 children. In Soviet times when we very small they just lived in one communal flat room with two babies. Sure they had a lot of imaginary Soviet roubles which were printed shit ton in the latter years, but no real way how to spend them. They got A FREE apartment already during the independence as streams of immigrants from other republics of USSR had ended and people had started to leave the smaller towns for better opportunities elsewhere (and apartments and homes were still not privatized yet).
But yes, my future in 1994 would still be to grow up and work in a factory in local town. But Soviet factories started to collapse and my dad also lost a job and found another one, more crappy. They did not have a lot of money but unlike a lot of Russians, Latvians had and still have a different outlook on life, we had a saying before USSR collapse ''even if we are barefoot afterwards, but we want independence'' so nobody of Latvians (or Estonians) didn't really think life would be all candies after USSR fell, but for Russians it was a way bigger shock, also losing the privileges, suddenly going from the titulal nation of a huge and powerful empire to being ''immigrants'' in small, insignificant countries where a part of population looked down and even with hate on them. Certainly transformation from state controlled economy to market economy has not gone smoothly even in a more successful story as Estonia is, there are still the same core issues. Although a lot of the same, heavy industry dying and small towns dying and countryside population diminishing due to modern farming and need of less people happened all over the developed world, just in the West it happened more gradually and with more safety nets for people who suffered due to that...
I am also privileged in the respect that I had good grades at school, went to university (for free, so we have still some social benefits) and I am now in financial IT field which is the one with the highest salaries both in Estonia and Latvia, so I definitely can say for myself I would live much more crappy if USSR was still around. But sure, if you look at the low skilled workers it may still feel like there hasn't been any real progress of what was before. Especially if you're a Russian and there is this extra baggage of ''we have lost an empire we were proud of, now we live in a 'banana republic' controlled by USA'' :D :D While no real Estonian or Latvian ever considered USSR as their country to begin with, my dad was against team USSR in any sports he watched all through Soviet times, unless a Latvian was participating under Soviet flag.
So on one hand it is indeed the reality that not all people have benefited from independence equally (plus we also have the non-citizen issue in both Estonia and Latvia), another thing is also a different outlook on history from Baltic people and a big number of local ''Russians''
''even if we are barefoot afterward, but we want independence''
Estonians had "we rather eat potato-peels as long as there will be independence" -- this was a response to the embargos laid against the Baltics by the USSR -- Turned out, that the potato peels on Wednesdays are actually quite good, if well made...
"my dad was against team USSR in any sports he watched all through Soviet times, unless a Latvian was participating under Soviet flag."
Mine aligned with your dad's perspective;
My grandpa differed from me by that, that he favored the performance of "own guys" (besides Estonians also: Balts, Poles, Hungarians, Ukrainians, Karjalans, etc). Well, I guess that he had more wisdom than I had back in the day...
-- we both rejoiced when the team of the Soviets got beaten (another blow for the USSR propaganda)
-- but my dad didn't really understand us, while trying to be respectful towards our perspective...
I have learned to draw a difference between Russians (ethnicity), Russophones (~"a Russian" mostly just by the language), Russophiles, and ...
... Tiblas = dogmatic and chauvinist sovietnics, jingoist Russophiles, kremlin-bots, Putinists, Russian supremacists, whitewashers of crimes against humanity, conspiracy-theorists of the "all-mighty Russia", etc; -- people beyond arguing and reasoning (thus similar to the "flat-earthers" in a sense).
- relevance to the worldviews has higher importance than towards the language and/or Russianess; worldview is a criterion that has to be met, while it's not necessary for the latter... (mostly, the tiblas simply happen to be "Russians", or claim to be one -- quite vocal about it too).
- worthy of note is also that that the term is considered to be a slur, and considered to be a rather rude one in that. Furthermore, even though I provided quite a precise definition for the term, it has been (mis-)used in other/wider meanings at times. Additionally, the meaning of it has always adjusted over time.
I dare to state, that "the Russians", that Baltics (and others) aren't particularly fond of, meet the criteria of the "Tibla", as well as that it is not about "hatred" on the basis of ethnicity. Actually, commoners have always gotten along fairly well despite the ethnic and linguistic disparities -- all things considered...
However, what connects the mentioned groupings, is the Russia(-nism) and the language -- which easily causes confusion. And the tiblas have been rather fruitful in painting the "public image" for all the other Russophones for many decades, if not over the whole century. Furthermore on about "painting the public image for all the Russophones", there is a saying: "silence means agreement"...
This has contributed to the distrust in various extents towards "Russians", Russophones, and Russophiles (there is a difference between the love towards the people/nation/culture/country/language versus being a jingoist and chauvinist behavior). There are Russophiles among ethnic Balts and Estonians themselves. There is no conflict with the dislike towards the tibla in parallel.
By huge simplification, the "Russians" who are disliked in the Baltics are largely the same who are disliked by the Russians themselves -- where ever in the world they live!
sveiks paldies! love Latvija! been there 3 times! Riga is a wonderful city! even visited Maskavas Forstate.
University in estonia is . Speech is free , public transportation is free . Quality of food is mutch better no like in old times . If you still justice will be provided (not like in soviet time )mutch better now when we can have ideas and do it ,and not struggle by a dictators. By the way in USA for those who think is better , there is a huge community of russian ,french ,polish, germans, etc .. and this is USA .
@@KohaAlbert You and the OP, or the Original Poster, have both given us an awful lot of very valuable information! Thank you so much for writing all of that out for us!
If I add what I learned from you both to what I learned from the video in both Bald And Bankrupt's words and Artur's, this might be the one fairly short video where I learned the most overall, in many years of CZcams watching. This video and it's comments were both so densely packed with vital information. Altogether it has broadened my perspective on the neighbors of Russia, and on Russians themselves a lot!
Your description of Tiblas was so important! This was the first time I've ever come across that word, but I knew the type of person you are talking about. It reminds me of a set of personality traits that are very common among some Americans too. Probably there are a few in every country, but it makes sense that there would be more of them in Russia and the US than anywhere else. I find that type of person to be SO offensive, because that attitude is so harmful! Now that you have pointed it out to me, I do think I see that attitude in some Russians. Unfortunately Putin has been encouraging it for a very long time, so it probably will increase for a long time yet.
It seems to me now that when you consider how much like rabid dogs a lot of the Germans became during Hitler's time, Germany did a fantastic job of turning around the toxic and delusional mentality of so many people so very quickly! By the mid 60s, only 20 years after the war, Canada and Germany were friends. There was no animosity toward them because they had already successfully purged the vast majority of that astoundingly vicious, bigoted, violent, hate filled, murderous delusion that so many had been filled with just 20 years before! I don't think this time it will be dispelled so easily, because Putin has been pushing the Tibla attitude for so long, and his predecessors also pushed it in many ways, going back over 1000 years. I know Germany also had predecessors to Hitler that encouraged the same kind of thinking. And Germany certainly did have a very longstanding idea that it was destined by god to be the ruler of Europe. But the idea of being a glorious empire was an even bigger and stronger and even more longstanding thing in Russia.
It was nothing short of AMAZING how Germany was able to remove that chauvinism! But I'm sure that no matter who controls Russia after all of whatever is coming, it won't be anywhere near as easy to dispell that horrible set of ideas.
Again, just for clarification, "tibla" doesn't mean "a Russian”, not even " a bad Russian". But it is binded to Russia. Maybe Russian nazi or fascist that favors supremacy of Russia - ethnicity is irrelevant here.
- at least by how I know that term and it's usage.
Still it's, and always has been considered such a harsh term that's not to be thrown around easily, and is considered such a that discussion over it's meaning is avoided (although, personally I think that it should be: 1. for proper usage by knowledge; 2. for means to encounter it's usage by knowledge).
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Well, Germany had help to overcome it (same applies for Japan) - as of now, Russia should figure out how to overcome this on its own as otherwise you'll easily fuel their fears and may drive them further apart. What ever knowledge they ask for to deal with it should be provided for them - but it must be they themselves whom going to fix it (ideally at least). I recommend to take a look at Vlad vexler account in here.
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I think that the Stanford prison experiment and the third wave ("the wave 1981" - movie, it's uploaded here an there; while topic revolves around Nazism -- you could swap the Nazis with the Soviets there perfectly. A good example in mine opinion on how there can be such a little difference between "right vs left" really when both extremes end up behaving about as bad) should be obligatory study subjects at the schools.
I fully agree with that this isn't phenomena that are limited solely to certain nations - everyone has those in their own ways or forms: even multiple which compete with oneanother (keeping fearfully concerned eye on contemporary US society - among several others, while clinging to belief in humanity and prevalence of age of reason).
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I think that those turmoils have their quilt for fuel from "puberty of social networking" as well.
He's basically a soviet weeb.
Also most of the people in post-soviet countries he's visited have a positive view of the Soviet Union, mainly because unlike Estonia and other European post-soviet countries, they didn't have the European Union to take over building infrastructure after the Soviets left. when you compare old soviet architecture that still exists to the architecture in my medium sized English town, it's kind of impressive how well it's stood the test of time.
Well, they wanted the people to stay indoctrinated. It’s even the same when I go to a small East German town called Sandau with my wife whom I met in Germany whilst I was posted there in 1990 when I was serving in the British Army. Even today they have a big monument consisting of a big Russian star in the middle with a crowd of people with flowers offering them up to the star. I think the only way they would get rid of it is to bulldoze it to the ground as it is all sculpted from heavy stone blocks. There are steps leading up to it. I have stories from my wife when she had the allocated 1 banana a year & she was at school n made it last her all day. They could build all this but only have 1 banana a year I’ve always wondered about. Also the usual stories of her having to queue up for hours just to get a few tomatoes 🍅. To get a glimpse back to how they lived I can certainly understand this guys interest as your do. Heck I found it crazy just the glimpse that I had.
Slavaboo rolls off the tongue better than soviet weeb.
The struggle is real, but imagination, study, enginuity, and practice mitigates all problems 🙋🇺🇲🛠️🇷🇺
Yes, because politicians legged it took the money.
I just *_LOVE_* the irony of someone with literally an anime girl as their pfp, calling someone else a ”Soviet *_WEEB”_* 😅.
As an freedom loving American, I never had to experience the oppression that people in the eastern bloc countries did. I am a massive history buff so seeing through his camera gives me a glimpse into the harsh life that the folks there had to endure. Makes me more thankful to be American!!
"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
Not sure why anyone would be thankful to be an American. Its always so strange to see fellow Americans act as if the only other countries that exist are poor, downtrodden places...when America is the only place with a mass shooting epidemic and the only first world country that doesn't have some type of universal healthcare system. The people living in shanty towns in the Ozarks are definitely living harsh lives.
Tell that to the blacks.
And those who learn are doomed to helplessly watch when others repeat it.
"As an freedom loving American" Said the American where still not see he is enslaved to this day...
As a history buff, maybe you should get some perspective and look at where the US is now instead of where it was 60 years ago. The US is a land of economic slaves too indoctrinated to even realize it by a system designed from the ground up to preserve and protect the wealth and privilege of a tiny wealthy and privileged minority.
Yeah, we're 61st on the freedom index and 27th in quality of life. We're low to middling ranked in every quality of life metric you care to name, from longevity to educational attainment to teenage STD rates.
Our democracy is under threat by a post-fact alternate universe of fascist MAGATS who admire Orban and Putin and the only things we rank number one in are the incarceration rate, defense spending and the number of billionaires. Our upward mobility ranking is something like 20th among developed countries and, if you're born poor, there's 95% chance you'll die poor, as will your kids and grandkids..
People typically work 50-60 hours a week, can't afford homes or travel and die on the job when they can't afford to retire.
If you're real lucky, you get 2 weeks a year of paid vacation after 3-5 years.
Ever notice how regular working people from other countries, but not the US, can be found at the world's premier vacation destinations?
To most Americans, a 7 day Bahamas cruise or trip to Cancun is the vacation of a lifetime and as far away as he has time off to travel. At least, that is, before he retires in Mexico to eek out a better living standard on his retirement pittance because nobody has decent union pensions anymore and he spent his life savings on medical bills and college for the kids..
But life is better here than it is for the average guy in the USSR, Venezuela or N. Korea so YAY!! Excuse me while I go beat my chest.
Haha thats cool Im subbed to both you guys...
LOVE from the USA
This is definitely one of my favorite channels
I love your take on 'Bald & Bankrupts' videos;
I knew you would tastefully take offense to his
Seemingly pro Soviet vibes throughout.. But he,
as u can see, usually addresses the inhumanity
of the system at some point in his videos.
Great video! As an American I can tell you reaction videos on content referring to your part of the world are extremely interesting. There’s a lot of travelers experiencing Estonia, but hearing your perspective as someone who lives there is fantastic content. Really appreciate your support for the US and our military, but I can tell you your insight into Eastern-European and Estonian culture/daily-life is as, if not more interesting. Would welcome seeing more content like this in the future 👍
Hey from UK 🇬🇧 will be visiting Estonia 🇪🇪 soon
Good you are sharing your thought. I agree.
Very insightful video thank you for the information and history
Should be an Eastern European version of Bald and Bankrupt who bums around the UK and Western Europe 😂
I thought that Brexit was designed to put an end to that :P
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Bahahaha you have a point there
@@henriikkak2091 I wonder, if Brexit has already gone through 🤔.
There is a couple of other videos of him in Estonia on his Daily Bald channel, they are shorter and quite funny, you could react to them in a video.
Me as a Polish dude I can relate to your feelings Artur. We also hate those panel blocks, we can’t stand the Soviet monuments and symbols (and Russia is mad that we tear them down till today! We even wanted to send them back to them but they said “just because you tear them down makes us angry that we put so much effort to free you from Germany and you want to distance from us”...) and we hate the old style trams that are post soviet but but they look identical like those in soviet era times and were still built in Poland after 1989. Poland wasn’t in Soviet Union and we had a bit more freedoms here and there but it was still miserable . What Bald and bankrupt channel showed me is the people. And they are not bad people mostly. They are just like us, minding their own business and are very friendly in fact.
Keep up the work mate and good luck with your hair, I’m also becoming bald being 29 years old (although my cousin went almost fully bald at the age of 25 and had to shave off the rest not to look like a 40+ year old xD)
@Dzie Kuje Free you from Germany??? I can't imagine they would really say that. You have to be the biggest idiot or liar to say something like that. Still, if I were Poland I would take all those statues and monuments and stick them in a museum. I would call that museum - The Free Polish Museum for the Remembrance of the Soviet Occupation. Let all the school children in Poland come and visit to learn this part of your history.
@@david-1775 Russians do say it that we were liberated by then from Germany. Kinda yes but no. Liberated to be a puppet state for them, they also mistreated the women (if you know what I mean here, I don't wanna say it cause the comment will be deleted) and soldiers grabbed whatever they wanted from civilians like watches or belongings.
@@SebaX92 The Soviets invaded Poland on September 17th, 1939. Only a couple of weeks after the Germans. They killed five to seven thousand Poles in their initial invasion and hundreds of thousands during the war.
@@david-1775 I know. I was talking about their propaganda. And unfortunately their propaganda totally ignores what happened before 1941. That in 1939 they signed Ribbentrop Molotov pact, that they divided the eastern Europe region between themselves , they they invaded Poland in 17th of September, that they took the Baltic States like if it was their own, and ESPECIALLY.... They don't wanna talk about the winter war with Finland that was a total clown show from their side and soviet soldiers were target practice for the Finns. For them the war started in 1941, before that was nothing. There are Russians that are aware of the reality but it's less than 20% od the populous, vast majority have no idea cause never learned the truth. And even if you present the facts they'll deny it....
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„Only a couple weeks“ it was more than 2 weeks after the start of WW2.
Germany killed 6-7 million poles.
Estonia is such a beautiful country.
love, love, love this reaction. Do more of Bald and Bankrupt please.
Thanks for a different perspective and take on the brutality of the former soviet state. Benjamin does not often remind us of the horrors afflicted upon the people by the nazi's and immediately after by the soviets...
Triggered is when you don't have a legitimate criticism. Bothered is when you do.
I watched this video before so I'm happy to hear your commentary and side of things.
I really enjoyed learning about Estonia and I really like Estonia I feel sad about Estonia
Have seen other videos here. But this one made me a subscriber. Well done. 🇪🇪
Thank you for your local Estonian perspective. So honest and interesting. Just stumbled on your channel. Good content. Thank you from South Florida USA.
OOOOOOHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! BALD AND BANKRUPT!!!
NFKRZ, ARTUR REHI AND BALD AND BANKRUPT CROSSOVER!
That "bald" and other western guys often/some of them (more in US) have weird hype for communist carbage. Because they never really felt how evil system it was. Greetings from Finland
I think Bald and Bankrupt is very much aware of it.
He likes to go to the poorest parts of the east European countries to show how it actually is.
He is not going there to insult the people.
This is not anti Soviet/Russia propaganda.
But not everything has to be.
I love following ADVChina.
They are both critical of China and shows how wonderful it can be.
They use to travel across the rural parts of China to show all the cultural diversity.
Use to, since they had to flee the country in fear of the government.
They see a lot of poverty.
But never do they disrespect the people for living in poverty.
Since that wouldn't make them better than the governments that tries to forget that these people exist.
They who look down up on them as subhuman.
The fact is that Russian houses built today are even worse than the soviet ones.
So you will find Russians dreaming back to the soviet union.
But it is easy to blame these people just because they never had the luxury to live in the wealthier parts of this world.
i could not agree more with you, i lived under communism in south america, and its quite repulsive to see a few hollywood "stars" endorsing communist dictatorships like Sean Penn in Venezuela.
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I wouldn't call Venezuela communist.
Not that it makes it any better.
@@MegaBanne thats a typical answer from a Communist who denies the fact no Communist ruled country in the world has succed, pretty much like when the Ukraine war started, I saw a few Pro-Russian and against Nato demonstrations in a few Western European countries, throughout the days when Putin showed his true colours those demonstrations kind of stopped and Pro Russian left wings are more reserved about showing their support to Russia.
Capitalism, liberal-democracy, anarchism,… Such systems are garbage; not Communism.
You are truely a breath of fresh air. I subscribed. Thanks.
Love watching Bald and Bankrupt, what a legend, you too as well Artur.
In a slight defence of the USSR, all housing built in the UK in the 60's was also shit
And "the projects" in America, they were mostly demolished after a single generation.
Affordable housing was basically the only good thing about the USSR
@@craftpaint1644 true. I see quite a few similarities between American buildings in especially midwestern “rust belt” cities and Soviet apartment blocks.
My ex Mother in law was Estonian. She left when the Soviets first invaded in 1940 under the Non Aggression Pact. Her mother was a translator for the Czarist Government. Because she spoke German, Russian, Estonian and English she was placed in jail. My Ex Mother in law pleaded with the Col in charge of the Jail and he set her free. Lord knows why.. the NKVD was not known of its human compassion. He let her go and said if I see you again in jail you will both be executed… When the Nazis retook Estonia and the country allied themselves to force the Russians out she returned. She often giggled when she remembered how backward the Russians were. They would arrive at local restaurants in Nightgowns their husbands looted. They weren’t formal dresses for an evening out… they were clothes the Estonians would go to bed in…
I learned alot about eastern Europe from the bald man, he shown the beauty of your nations,all with a sense of humor , like you , u have a good sense of humor ..
Well done Artur. Thanks for your added info !
Ever since the movie “Estonia” which is filmed and based in Estonia I’ve been even more excited about Estonia! been waiting for some videos about Estonia , thanks for posting! ,
Bald is pretty arrogant & disrespectful wherever he visits...he did a trip from Cornwall to Scotland in the UK, & managed to point out how EVERY town he visited wasn't like Brighton!?
A lot of the world isn't like Brighton... & that's often a very good thing! 🤣
You are the living embodiment of Freedom Sir
This is great to have both of the commentaries at once! I learned so much about Estonia, a country that I didn't know existed a year ago. I'm sorry. My ignorance is embarrassing. I'm trying to change that.
You're only offending the people who can't let go of the past and were so famished growing up they thought bread lines were good.
Propaganda, war, famine, ideology, that was all the USSR could offer them, but they didn't know better.
It's interesting how different the East Germans thought of the world comparably, back then, seeing all of these new cars, fashion, food, and such.
I'm sure those were the kind of communists that would never go back, and would never say they had a good time.
And sadly, on the West, only The Reich was demonized, not the equally atrocious USSR.
I could get shadowbanned from saying Reich in a CZcams comment, but you can hang the hammer and sickle flag on great institutions like major Universities on the US.
It truly is sickening, I fully agree with you.
Nah, you won't get shadow banned for saying reich, but the double standards are real.
Who was the Soviet union bad for? For rebellious "Intellectuals", for nationalists. It was great for ordinary people. I ask my grandmother's and grandfathers, and they all prefer Soviet Union to modern Russia. But of course, if you ask some Belarusian nationalist how they liked USSR they will tell you differently. Most of hatred of USSR comes from anti-Semitism and russophobia
@@-andreiDNA Nigga of course your grandparents prefer the USSR, people tend to nostalgize their youth. Most hatred against the USSR in the Baltic states comes from the fact that they were occupied by a disgusting communist one-party state, deported to Siberia in the tens of thousands just for being "ordinary people", and forced to learn Russian. The Russophobia is a direct result of Russification attempts by the Russians in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. You get what you order.
@@-andreiDNA Maybe for the people put on trains and sent to camps in Siberia, thats if they survived the journey
Do you also support nazi germany? Speaks volumes about you if you support genocide
Interesting how Estonia now has a higher GDP per capita then Russia. Name a single good thing to come out of the USSR except for affordable housing
@@aok9153 Genocide of criminals and deviants? Yeah sorry but none other than criminals were deported anywhere. In the Reich, there was genocide of civilians. In USSR, punishment of criminals. I don't know of a single person who would be reported anywhere, without having committed a crime or any big reason for deportation. And I am having very strong feelings that Arthur rehi's grandfather wasn't such an innocent person as Arthur claims.
Great video, your insight was fascinating. Eastern Europeans suffered brutally under the Soviet Union but still you guys stand strong. My thoughts are with your people as still to this day the Russian leadersship eyes the baltic states with hungry eyes.
A viewer from 🇬🇧
Estonia is definitely more nordic than eastern
@@martinkoitmae6655 I don't know if you are speaking culturally, geographically or both but Estonia is geographically situated in *Eastern* Europe, albeit, North-east.
@@HebrewsElevenTwentyFive Same, as Finland. It’s just that we got approved to the Nordics, while Estonia didn’t, for some reason. I, also, can’t fathom, why we chose to apply to the Nordics 🤯. The Baltics are much more interesting, in my opinion.
Amazing work, I really love your work. I learn so much. Thank you!
This has been one of my favorite videos that you have done Artur. I love learning more about Estonia, and from your perspective as well.
I remember staying in a hostel in Tallinn a few years ago. Was talking to a local guy, who asked me, what I was doing the following day. Told him, I was going to Narva (as a journalist I had to go there for a story). "Oh. Narva is our most positive city", he explained... "but not in a good way". Ofc he was talking about HIV. Well... I took the train to Narva and it took less than 3 minutes from I got off the train, to I was offered to be taken to a prostitute... new record... I opted to go to my hotel instead.
Now days during the Russian incursion and Ukraine fighting them back. Everything is in review.
Because of the size and limited resources of Estonia, I see your beautiful nation becoming the ‘go to country’ for communications technology assistance with NATO.
You have an incredible channel Artur. Thank you Sir.
Thank you for all the information !
The review I have been waiting for and it did not disappoint. Thank you Artur!
My hair is the same my fellow Estonian brother #eesti
I think bald was entertaining the perspective of the old ppl in that region. It's easier to do these videos if he doesn't actively take opposing stance to their nostalgia. And it's easier to get honesty from the Russians that way. Basically he was just being polite.
When he talk about the beauty of Soviet architecture he is always very ironic….But thanks for your comments. Take care. Göran from Latvia
I sent you this when he posted it. Glad you finally got to it. 😀
Hi Artur, id just like to comment about his fascination with all things Soviet. I too, am an Englishman that loves history and I also have a fascination with all things Soviet, mostly because its so foreign and different to how we grow up. It's not to glorify or even to celebrate it in anyway, its sort of like how alot of people love to learn about Nazi Germany, it isnt to say its good, its just super interesting because it is so far removed from what our culture is, so we find it fascinating.
As a Swede I also get Bald's view, Soviet was pretty closed and it was (and now is) interesting to see what it was sort of... Well we used to travel around Europe when I was a kid (I'm 48) but there was a border you would not cross and you got some news clips from the countries here and there but that was pretty much it... and as a kid you always wanted to check out the forbidden places like Soviet and China sort of...
But I think every Swede (except some communist parties here in Sweden ofc) knew how horrible it was to live there.
So glad for you in the Estonia (and ofc Latvia and Lithuania) that you are now in EU and NATO...
Excellent video! Thank you!
Very cool to have your input and to see the point of view of the Estonian people
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I think he sounds excited talking about Soviet stuff just because he’s fascinated by it
Many from “the West” are fascinated by Soviet/Cold War history- Doesn’t mean we revere it or miss it or anything like that, just find it interesting
The Soviet War Memorial in Berlin’s Treptower Park, for instance, is one of my favorite things to visit in Berlin just for the historic Soviet Bloc factor of seeing it
Yeah, Bald and Bankrupt is just fascinated with the Soviet era and how alien it was to what he knows I think. Also, since Estonia has only been independent 30 years it's no surprise that there is a big generational divide between young and old. That's the same in many countries. I live in Wales in the UK and many younger people here and in Scotland for example, want independence from the UK, while the older generation are more proudly British and like the idea of the empire and everything.
I wish you'd hurry up. England Independence!
Awesome video!!! Very educational.
You work good with bald...filling in the details...well done!
Arthur"anything soviet is bad"
me:"agreed"
Me: ”Disagreed. Слава СССР! ⚒”
I think he likes the nostalgia and interaction with the salt of the earth people he meets along the way even though he knows what kind of conditions they lived under.
I love this post. Great insight.
Fascinating to watch fascinating to watch my mother was born in Narva.. I have never seen pictures of it except from the old days. She does not know who her father was. My grandmother never revealed. I was born here in Canada.
Great video! When I first saw this on Bald's channel in the past, I always wondered what your take on it would be. It was very interesting to hear additional information from you regarding the different places he went in the video and such
Artur im sad to hear you are losing subs. you deserve so much respect for the quality of your videos. thank you for all the content over the years.
Love your reaction to this video. Having watched a lot of bald videos, he does have a very nostalgic/outsider/western view of the Soviet Union. I think just the fact that it is so foreign, excites him. I grew up with a Polish father so you can imagine what my views of the Soviet Union and communism are. I knew that as a first time watcher with little context to his videos you would have some serious questions/doubts.
Which makes this reaction video even better. You’re a balanced, critical thinker and I feel like you and bald would have a great sit down conversation with totally different views on this chapter of history.
Cheers!
I really enjoyed this video. Your commentary and what he has video'd is excellent. Great work, Artur.
I like your perspective Artur because my family is from Ukraine, and all these russians loved the ussr and people from the west always say “well all these old people and russians say it was better in the USSR” when for us it was full of repressions and shortages. Russians and old people love it because quite frankly all they care about is cheap sausage and drinking. And any people who criticized the system were killed or silenced. Westerners also say that oh the east of your country is Russian wah wah, like you said before the Soviet Union it wasn’t like that. All the non russians in these regions were killed or deported, but nobody wants to talk about this unfortunately. I also agree that russians in your country say all this but would not leave because of all the EU benefits they get and better quality of life. (And before anyone starts telling me ukrainians are russians, you’re wrong piss off lol) In Ukraine we don’t yet have such a good quality of life but it will come one day, I admire how Estonia and the Baltics in general turned around from decades of Soviet occupation. 🇺🇦 🤝 🇪🇪
”Head reisi.” That means: ”(Have a) Nice trip.”, right? Like ”Hyvää reissua.” in Finnish vernacular. In standard Finnish, it would be: ”Hyvää matkaa.”, because we’re trying to get rid of loanwords and other foreign influences.
I enjoyed seeing your passion.
Nice video. Hope you'll do more of these. Bald and Bankrupt's videos are so interesting to watch and with your side to the story makes it even better. Have a great day ^^