Russia's Secret Cities | Animated History of Russia

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  • čas přidán 6. 12. 2019
  • Russia sometimes gets carried away with being Russia and hides entire cities from everyone else. Here's the story.
    Sources
    Chernyshova, Elena. “Life in Norilsk Welcome to One of the Most Isolated Cities on Earth. A Photo Essay by Elena Chernyshova.” Meduza, 2 Apr. 2015, meduza.io/en/galleries/2015/04/02/life-in-norilsk.
    Deltour, Isabelle, et al. "Mortality of populations potentially exposed to ionising radiation, 1953-2010, in the closed city of Ozyorsk, Southern Urals: a descriptive study." Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source, vol. 14, no. 1, 2015. Gale Academic Onefile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A46910.... Accessed 15 Nov. 2019.
    “Europe | Toxic Truth of Secretive Siberian City.” BBC News, BBC, 5 Apr. 2007, news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6528853.stm.
    Goetschel, Samira. “'The Graveyard of the Earth': inside City 40, Russia's Deadly Nuclear Secret.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 20 July 2016, www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jul/20/graveyard-earth-inside-city-40-ozersk-russia-deadly-secret-nuclear.
    Osborn, Andrew. “How Chelyabinsk Became Synonymous with Pollution.” The Telegraph, Telegraph Media Group, 27 July 2011, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8663862/How-Chelyabinsk-became-synonymous-with-pollution.html.
    The ghost of Josef Stalin
    Sawa, Dale Berning. “Yuri Kozyrev's Best Photograph: Norilsk, One of Earth's Most Polluted Places.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 2 May 2019, www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/may/02/yuri-kozyrev-best-photograph-norilsk-arctic-russian-earth-most-polluted.
    Shankland, Stephen. “I've Been to Russia's Nuclear Weapons City, and I Don't Want Another Cold War.” CNET, CNET, 18 Aug. 2019, www.cnet.com/news/i-visited-russia-nuclear-city-sarov-dont-want-to-relive-cold-war/.
    “Soviet Closed Cities.” Atomic Heritage Foundation, National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, 15 Aug. 2017, www.atomicheritage.org/history/soviet-closed-cities.
    Urbina, Tomas. “Inside the Radioactive City Russia Doesn't Want You to Know About.” Vice, 30 May 2016, www.vice.com/en_us/article/4w5g9w/inside-the-radioactive-city-russia-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about.
    Zólotov, Andréi. “Choose between Church and Nukes in the Secret Russian Town of Sarov.” Russia Beyond, 10 Feb. 2013, www.rbth.com/travel/2013/02/10/church_vs_nukes_the_dilemma_of_a_decret_russian_town_22653.html.
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Komentáře • 557

  • @jakobidelgado5592
    @jakobidelgado5592 Před 2 lety +190

    "Did you know that there are Russian troops in Ukraine right now" aged like fine wine

    • @thomasboi2255
      @thomasboi2255 Před rokem +10

      they've been there since 2013 so

    • @therealhistorybuff990
      @therealhistorybuff990 Před rokem

      @@thomasboi2255 Yes but it was only now that the media picked it up and a large scale Russian operation was actually underway. They practically, like Connor said, snuck troops into Ukrainian separatist/government territory.

    • @nikolozgilles
      @nikolozgilles Před rokem +1

      💀💀💀💀💀

    • @Eazy-ERyder
      @Eazy-ERyder Před rokem

      IKR

    • @zacharydurocher4085
      @zacharydurocher4085 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@thomasboi2255
      Sadly, the average Westerner didn’t know what Ukraine was until their TV told them they should care about it.

  • @jmasters7515
    @jmasters7515 Před 4 lety +1434

    The main thing I learned from this video is that Russians aren’t born, they just spawn in the middle of a field wearing an Adidas tracksuit

    • @karandullet380
      @karandullet380 Před 4 lety +5

      J Masters holy shit why is this so funny 😂

    • @historyrhymes1701
      @historyrhymes1701 Před 4 lety +24

      That is so racist
      All of us eastern europeans are created that way not only the darn Russians !

    • @zekessrover922
      @zekessrover922 Před 4 lety

      ROFL 😂

    • @misanthropicservitorofmars2116
      @misanthropicservitorofmars2116 Před 4 lety

      The track suit is earned after spending a week naked in the frozen marsh with only a bottle of vodka.

    • @501ststormtrooper9
      @501ststormtrooper9 Před 4 lety

      No. Soviets are born in bunches of 100 by 1 woman and there were a total of 100M woman doing this a little before WWII. That’s how they had more manpower.

  • @techyn8502
    @techyn8502 Před 4 lety +606

    "The average person in Norilsk live 10 years less..."
    Me: that's bad
    "than other Russians"
    Me: Oh, that's really bad

    • @jamescrab4110
      @jamescrab4110 Před 4 lety +15

      Because America fucked all the healthcare after the fall of the USSR

    • @theArab__
      @theArab__ Před 4 lety +4

      Coconut Crab true

    • @mrluk-ci4os
      @mrluk-ci4os Před 4 lety +11

      @@jamescrab4110 vodka did

    • @straydog3799
      @straydog3799 Před 4 lety +25

      @@jamescrab4110 That make no sense. Prior to the collapse, women would avoid pregnancy because they didn't want to end up in a Soviet hospital.

    • @straydog3799
      @straydog3799 Před 3 lety

      @Cegesh I've literally read that from multiple sources.

  • @KonEl-BlackZero
    @KonEl-BlackZero Před 4 lety +631

    Also in Norilsk there are 40 days without daylight and according to a documentary there are invisible fogs without oxygen that can suffocate you on the street.
    You cant get more russian than that.

  • @watermelonmaleesha2042
    @watermelonmaleesha2042 Před 4 lety +197

    4:26 ''the river turned red'' SOVIET ANTHEM PLAYS

    • @_pruna
      @_pruna Před 4 lety +1

      Slava Rusiaaa

    • @lazyidio
      @lazyidio Před 4 lety

      -test-

    • @studijasymrov7630
      @studijasymrov7630 Před 3 lety +1

      Sojuz njerushymyj rjespublik svobodnyx Splotila navjeki jedinaja Rus'...

  • @edgelord8337
    @edgelord8337 Před 4 lety +295

    Stalin: if you don't like you room There's always more space in the gulags.

  • @theirishshane2914
    @theirishshane2914 Před 4 lety +413

    Good god these city’s sound dystopian. There is a vice documentary about these artic circle cities

    • @HistoryHouseProductions
      @HistoryHouseProductions  Před 4 lety +49

      I think I heard about those, but I never ended up watching the,.

    • @raygiordano1045
      @raygiordano1045 Před 4 lety +25

      The USSR was communist. That makes a dystopian nightmare a lead pipe cinch.
      I consider just about any history from the USSR nightmare fuel. My nightmares borrow freely from reading too much about commies.

    • @sarahfeel8646
      @sarahfeel8646 Před 4 lety +6

      What's the documentary called?

    • @daneal9443
      @daneal9443 Před 3 lety +1

      @@sarahfeel8646 man never answered

    • @haroldsen4238
      @haroldsen4238 Před 3 lety

      @@daneal9443
      Never.

  • @nathanboeke838
    @nathanboeke838 Před 4 lety +61

    4:26 “the nearby river has turned red”
    That is the most Soviet thing I have ever heard

  • @g1ngerrobot794
    @g1ngerrobot794 Před 3 lety +28

    "No trees grow natrually"
    >Its the Russian arctic, trees dont grow there anyway.

  • @dapeepingreaper6266
    @dapeepingreaper6266 Před 4 lety +58

    Russia: no one will know *OUR* secrets
    CZcams: is that so

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    @colonelstriker2519 Před 4 lety +79

    This guy is Sam O’nella but historical and uses more color

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    @angelwashere8864 Před 4 lety +54

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  • @TheServitor01
    @TheServitor01 Před 4 lety +12

    This video was like an old work experience. There are entire towns in Russia that have no power, no water, and almost no industry but maintaining, re-purposing, and salvaging failed factories. To see the people get up at dawn and leave at dusk every day in a near silent town is amazingly surreal.

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    @murica3024 Před 4 lety +25

    “The KGB wants to know your location.” -KGB

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    @fyodorbocalbos7997 Před 4 lety +66

    Funniest history video to date. Love it man. Keep it up
    "Its 1945 and--"
    *nuke*
    🤣🤣🤣

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      @stix4768 Před 4 lety

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    @gerogegerog5926 Před 2 lety +4

    0:15 boy did this age like fine wine

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  • @pawep5492
    @pawep5492 Před 4 lety +77

    Ruusian secret city is gulag

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    @crywlf9103 Před 4 lety +16

    “Pthot twist: That thake ith radioactive!”

  • @Ma_ksi
    @Ma_ksi Před 4 lety +80

    6:00 wrong borders

  • @midge_gender_solek3314
    @midge_gender_solek3314 Před 4 lety +2

    I met a guy from Norilsk a coule years ago. He said it was fun living there, because they didn't have to go to school a large chunk of the year due to extreme weather conditions.

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    @LydiaMoMydia Před 2 lety +4

    0:12 damn that aged bad

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    @yukikaze-117 Před 4 lety +9

    5:25Subtitles: I live in this little town called Italy :gunshots*

  • @pewpewman._.3415
    @pewpewman._.3415 Před 4 lety +47

    You know too much... *TO THE GULAG !*

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  • @AidanMartin
    @AidanMartin Před 4 lety +35

    in soviet russia the secret keeps you a secret!

  • @thegnomewarlordix8742
    @thegnomewarlordix8742 Před 3 lety +4

    "The lake was so radioactive that it could kill you within an hour, making it a popular tourist site for people how had recently listened to kardi b"
    R/murderedbywords

  • @cookiemom8817
    @cookiemom8817 Před 4 lety

    Love your videos. I learn so much. And I think I recognized some of the music you used 😆😉

  • @foxfoster1
    @foxfoster1 Před 3 lety +3

    Him: most polluted city
    Me: Adds to Travel list

  • @bluchickenstudios9957
    @bluchickenstudios9957 Před 4 lety +31

    How did you find out huh?
    KGB will be on our way

    • @HistoryHouseProductions
      @HistoryHouseProductions  Před 4 lety +7

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      @turtleruski1915 Před 4 lety +4

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  • @ErinWronko
    @ErinWronko Před 2 lety +4

    The beginning aged terribly 😭

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    @hewas_chewasky Před 2 lety +4

    First 10 seconds I thought this video was made im 2022

  • @blakjak8443
    @blakjak8443 Před 3 lety +3

    Is it weird that I just had this in my recommended videos after I watched Tenet, a movie in which the macguffin and final battle is located in one of these hidden cities?

    • @HistoryHouseProductions
      @HistoryHouseProductions  Před 3 lety

      Really? I haven't seen the movie.

    • @blakjak8443
      @blakjak8443 Před 3 lety

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    @FaoujiMaoru Před 4 lety +17

    7:25 Putin teach how to love motherland

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    @mubasharjama6522 Před 4 lety +76

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    @ekparatrooperfilms9668 Před 2 lety +8

    This guy predicted 2022 with the Russians in Ukraine

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      @spannaspinna Před 9 měsíci

      The Russians were in Ukraine in 2013

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    @suggestiveguy Před 4 lety +5

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    But goddamn that intro song sounds like a ringtone you found on ur phone

    • @HistoryHouseProductions
      @HistoryHouseProductions  Před 4 lety

      Haha! I made it on GarageBand. XD

    • @wouter7165
      @wouter7165 Před 4 lety

      Hey, don't judge the intro tune, it's cool... Hmm, setting it as a ringtone isn't actually a bad idea

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    @knightforlorn6731 Před 4 lety

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    @snoogkies Před 4 lety +19

    2 Truths And a Lie, Russia Style.
    America: “Alright, Russia, your turn.”
    Russia: “Okie~… My name is Russia...”
    America: “Yeees...?”
    Russia: “It’s very cold where I live.....”
    America: “Of course....?”
    Russia: “Annnnnd.... The cities on this list exist~...”
    America: “...So they don’t exist?”
    Russia, with a gun to the head: “Uhhh.... Да?....”
    America: “...”
    Russia: “...”
    America: “...Sure...”
    Russia: “Yep......”
    America: “...”
    Russia: “...”
    America: “Mind if I visit you later-“
    Russia: “PLEASE DON’T-“
    America: “...”
    Russia: “...not visit.”
    America: “...Kay.”
    Russia: “Yup...”
    America: “...See ya.”
    Russia: *”O k A y~”
    America: “......Can’t wait to see those cities~”
    Russia: “NO, THEY DON’T EXIST-“

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    @thebirdmapper357 Před 4 lety

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    @giorgos6099 Před 4 lety +4

    "Oversimplified would like to known your locasion"(new subscriber)

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    @jackmclaughlin648 Před 4 lety

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    @claysoggyfries Před 4 lety +1

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  • @donate3235
    @donate3235 Před 2 lety +2

    I think he kind of predicted what just happened in the beginning

  • @BajanEnglishman51
    @BajanEnglishman51 Před 4 lety +5

    Radioactive lakes aren’t a plot twist in the Soviet Union

  • @varangianguard7102
    @varangianguard7102 Před 4 lety +5

    2:39
    Chernobyl: "Am I a joke to you?"

  • @OWMANez
    @OWMANez Před 3 lety

    thx so much for helping me... i needed that for the school : )

    • @HistoryHouseProductions
      @HistoryHouseProductions  Před 3 lety +1

      You're learning about secret cities in school?

    • @OWMANez
      @OWMANez Před 3 lety

      @@HistoryHouseProductions nah 🤣 its the radioaktive Materials and that stuff ") thx again ^^

  • @franciscomm7675
    @franciscomm7675 Před 4 lety

    10000 subscribers. Congratulations

  • @tesserious1231
    @tesserious1231 Před 4 lety +1

    "It's the third worst nuclear Oopsie" hahah :) I like it

  • @adampecavar9496
    @adampecavar9496 Před 4 lety

    Great video 😄

  • @susanlee594
    @susanlee594 Před 2 lety +3

    0:14 well that didn't age well

  • @ashdsf_
    @ashdsf_ Před 4 lety +1

    The intercontinental missile joke was good

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    @theimperiumofman3714 Před 4 lety

    Here before this channel explodes

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    @noobmaster-no3yq Před 4 lety

    Keep up the good work Connor. You are one out of 3 Americans who knows history!!!

  • @tavish4699
    @tavish4699 Před 2 lety +6

    this didnt age well....

  • @ayyy_jayyy117
    @ayyy_jayyy117 Před 4 lety +8

    Why study for your finals when the KGB is gonna get you anyway?

  • @Stoplayers
    @Stoplayers Před 4 lety

    Loving greetings from Finland :)

  • @atomicwoodpecker0123
    @atomicwoodpecker0123 Před 4 lety +14

    *the KGB did not like that*

  • @jm-mm4zj
    @jm-mm4zj Před 4 lety

    Cool video

  • @gheorghitaalsunculitei9146

    If you suddenly dissappeared we all know that you decided to relocate to Norilsk

  • @BluetheRaccoon
    @BluetheRaccoon Před 4 lety

    Your lisp is *adorable*, and makes your Russian pronunciations even more impressive. Subscribed!

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    @Galland780 Před 4 lety

    You should have more subscribers... All of your video quality are beyond amazing.... Hope your channel will be monetize soon.

  • @Wanking_wanker
    @Wanking_wanker Před 3 lety +1

    Fun fact norilsk is one of the most dystopian looking places on earth

  • @manbun5194
    @manbun5194 Před 2 lety +1

    The way he said Chelyabinsk had me seizing up

  • @geofisika8838
    @geofisika8838 Před 4 lety

    I was a frequent visitor in Ozyorsk! My grandparents used to live there, but as they retired, they moved away. Sadly, I can't visit the town anymore.

  • @darry-garry
    @darry-garry Před 4 lety

    Are they visible with google earth?

  • @potatoman5295
    @potatoman5295 Před 4 lety +1

    You are my favorite channel

  • @quillinkhistory9539
    @quillinkhistory9539 Před 4 lety

    How do you even find out about these topics?

  • @lukasoric8858
    @lukasoric8858 Před 4 lety +14

    Putin want's to know your location!

  • @dubuyajay9964
    @dubuyajay9964 Před 4 lety

    Will you ever cover Three-Mile Island?

  • @parkersturtevant5621
    @parkersturtevant5621 Před 4 lety

    Neat video

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    @isleepforeveer Před 4 lety +3

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    I miss your content so much.

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    @callumander4141 Před 4 lety +1

    yay! its here

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    @roombussr5676 Před 4 lety +7

    Do we respawn once we die because we spawn in Russia, not get b o r n

  • @oliverfm3263
    @oliverfm3263 Před 4 lety

    For some reason I can’t access YTLC music and it makes me really sad because we have a yearly tradition of blasting Puff a Swisher in the guys changing room on closing night after the performance. Please do something papa Cladwell.

  • @YAH2121
    @YAH2121 Před 4 lety

    Norilsk sounds like some forbidden, cursed land that you only heard about in legends.

  • @8bitorgy
    @8bitorgy Před 4 lety +1

    your knowledge on russian and polish history deserves a fucking medal of some sort

    • @HistoryHouseProductions
      @HistoryHouseProductions  Před 4 lety +1

      Haha! I’m not that great. I just read a lot.

    • @8bitorgy
      @8bitorgy Před 4 lety +1

      @@HistoryHouseProductions well in my book you get the adidas gold 🏅 medal

  • @martinstoyanov5180
    @martinstoyanov5180 Před 4 lety +2

    Kremlin wants to know your location
    (69.69.420)

  • @130lukas
    @130lukas Před 2 lety

    the intro is so beautiful these days

  • @luri_aden4920
    @luri_aden4920 Před 4 lety

    How do you spell 6:52

  • @julio1275
    @julio1275 Před 4 lety +1

    So... Norilsk only gets a break day on a leap year?

  • @Konmonachi
    @Konmonachi Před 4 lety

    *Well cool*