Do rural Russians want the USSR back?

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Same video from Moscow:

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[alainbergeron]

Many of the comments are not specific to USSR/Russia. Probably many people who have known the 70's and 80's in Canada as I did would say the same. Life was easier, people were more friendly and were visiting each other, etc. The pace of time was different and life was less stressful than today. But at the same time, there have been many improvements on other aspects. But for these people in rural Russia, their nostalgia of the USSR might be because their hasn't been so many improvements of their conditions in the last 3 decades.

[TwwIX]

"Everyone was working! Even the kids!"

Ah! What a time to be alive!

[nikitadimitrov]

I am from Moldova ( it was a part of the USSR) and the condition of the country definitely went downhill after USSR. I am from a small village that was prospering in the 60/70s, but now, everything is closing down, people are leaving to go abroad and the country is slowly dying. I think it is because we just can not provide for ourselves, in the USSR we were in a union and we helped each other, but Moldova alone can not survive. There is a similar situation in most of the post- Soviet countries. You can dislike the Soviet regime but the living conditions of poor countries like Moldova have changed to the worse

[robray]

The nostalgia for the Soviet Union makes sense to me. In the rural areas, they have no money or future, hence all the affluence of capitalism remains out of reach. Whereas under Soviet rule, you may have had to wait in line for an apartment or a car, but so did everyone else. You simply didn't feel as poor as people do today

[sweetwater]

It’s nice to see a “behind the scenes” look at how you make your videos! Cheers to you Danill and your friends! You are all providing quite a service to the world

[yt.personal.identification]

The differences between those times and now are consistent the world over.
Greater wealth gap.
Education costs increase
Medical costs increase
Living standards drop
Processed food vs natural
People looking out for themselves and not others ( divided and conquered the population )

...these things are valid for MANY MANY nations around the world.

[OSTARAEB]

The two women outside the store were wrong. American Lend Lease started in 1941 and was being shipped over via Alaska. However, the Soviet and Russian government didn’t want the people to know the contributions to USSR via Lathes, tanks, Jeep’s, planes and trucks. Many of these people being interviewed seem somewhat bitter and broken. Many elderly appear rife with contempt for a lost country and pursuit of broken dreams gone the way of a real or perceived Empire. I’m rather perplexed at the mention many seem the USA is the source of their woes. These productions as well as others are giving good insight on the bleak, “apolitical, apathetic, neutral, “I’m not political” disconnect of the citizen to the government and history of the USSR and Russian Federation. It appears there’s a lot of resignation with regard to their lives and country. Keep up the good work 1420. Scary times for Russia and indeed the world.

[nativeitzutakua-]

That little video clip at 3:06 showing the grocery store is Russia post USSR era around the mid 90s....not a really good " USSR was evil" example but okayyyy

[niccoloravo]

the video you showed (about food shortage) is literally soon after the USSR collapsed. it’s from the 90s, about the economic loss due to the installation of the RF

[eagleone]

The work of Daniil and the guys cannot be appreciated enough. Nowhere else do you get such a deep and up-to-date insight into life in Russia. Thanks, guys!

[alecBonTube]

I went to Russia for the first time in 2003. I met a lot of wonderful people for 8 following years with a lot of travelling and working in sports all over Russia. I even trained a russian women sport team for 15 months in Moscow. I am still in close contact to 10 or 12 of my sport friends in three different cities in Russia although I have not been to the country in the last 10 years.
The people I got in contact were open, friendly and never thought of a good time while talking about the USSR. They accepted me although I am german as a true friend. For some of them I am still a very close friend, as we had such a great time in sports together! I showed them that life can always be so great when all the people work together - Жизнь Прекрасна - I always said as their trainer. The mood of the Russians changed a lot to the bad in the last 10 years of Putin's leadership. There is no positive feeling anymore. Just some kind of despair and abandonment, fear and caution. Sad, sad,
I've learned that many Russians who do not speak a foreign language or have not been outside the former Soviet Union can be quite xenophobic and anxious. That is maybe the reason why Putin and his Entourage still has a strong support.

[VNn]

It's very annoyng how you never accept good answer! And gulags was closed in 1953!

[pyllywaltteri]

You should ask them do they think people in former soviet Republics or in Eastern Europe want the Soviet Union back

[honzabe]

I am from the Czech Republic and I remember 1989 vividly - everybody around me was so happy when communism collapsed. The one big error I made was assuming that Russians were happy too - I thought they too would be happy to get rid of the totalitarian regime and have democracy so they can build something better out of their country. Things improved so much here - when I was a kid everything was grey and falling apart, stores empty... and we did not even have some great governments after the fall of communism - some politicians were corrupt, and still things improved... if Russians had half-decent governments, with their resources they could be one of the richest and most advanced countries in the world. Why do they insist on ruining everything for themselves? And why do they always have to export that misery to others? For fu*k's sake, why?!

[moocowmomma]

I really love this video. All the people seemed to enjoy this question and reminisce about history. They also seemed pretty friendly considering that they were saying it was a thing of the past. Cool to see you guys at work on the snowy streets.

[dkoodziej]

Now ask a Pole. Almost overnight, life dramatically improved. Stores had more goods, people moved around freely, attended church without fear, and smiled. We know our bondage was finally over. Russia needs to try to put themselves in the shoes of others if it wishes to gain perspective on the ussr. For them, it was about power and prestige. For all non Russians, it was a brutal suffering which is waited every day to come to an end. 😊

[asynchronicity]

Such great interviews! Keep it going and be safe.

[RSHerewego]

Woman at 3:44 is so well spoken and smart. The interviewer trolled her about Americans being involved. It looks like a channel with agenda unfortunately, not really an independent channel.

[paulrigas]

This was one of your best interviews. Keep them coming. I watch each and every one.