My Granddad's Dacha — Russian Small Country House Tour

My grandparents' dacha is a special place for me because I’ve spent here so many days from
my childhood and teenage years with my grandma, granddad, my friends, and other relatives. I miss these times a lot and wanted to make this video not only as an interesting one for you to watch but also as a memory about our dacha for myself and the future.
Thank you for watching💛

*Dacha is what we call a small country house in Russia that is used mostly in the summertime for growing gardens and resting on weekends while living full time in the city.

[richardpodnar]

I will hazard to guess that your granddad might have never suspected that the magnificent work he did in this dacha would be seen by hundreds of thousands (maybe millions!) of people worldwide, thanks to your YouTube channel and this lovely tour.

[TwoSwedes]

The richest person on the planet does not have a place like this. Money cannot buy family places and memories.

[carriemoench]

Little Agatha, is so adorable. She's has such a beautiful smile and enjoys playing with her mama and daddy. Blessings to your family. ✝️ 🙏

[Doctor.T.]

Beautiful video. I am a grandpa myself, but sadly my baby granddaughter Nyla died just before Christmas 2020. It makes it even more special to see a young girl like you having such a special relationship with her grandparents. It makes me think of the life we would have had with Nyla. It made me so happy to see you. Thank you.

[scottdunbar]

Your channel is such a blessing. Seeing your beautiful, happy family
enjoying time together fills my heart with joy. I especially appreciated
seeing the older photographs. Thank you and God bless.

[joycampbell]

The area with the picnic table could be called either a patio or a gazebo.

[yolayola]

The policy giving a piece of land to the citizens was a thoughtful act

[deniswalker]

We call that little place a gazebo where we relax and drink coffee ☕️ and visit with family

[joskewolfman]

Thank you, Vika for your simplistic explanations about life in Russia, I was born in The Netherlands but moved in 1982 to New Zealand. During the cold war (1968) when I was in the army we were taught to be fearful of Russia. I didn't buy that, as my philosophy was that there must be people like me in Russia. I was determent that one day I will go to Russia, especially Siberia to find out for myself. In 2004 my life's journey took me to Krasnoyarsk where I lived for about 12 months. I lived in Moscow for 3 months, I also was in Tolyatti, Samara, and ST Petersburg., an experience I hold close to my heart. Yes, I lived in very small apartments, but they were cozy, I spent time at people's dacha's what I thoroughly enjoyed, with the lovely food they prepared!!
Moscow is definitely my favorite city, the architecture is fabulous, with the metro stations, a piece of art you don't see anywhere else on the planet, and during Xmas time you get blown away by the most wonderful decorations!!! The way lots of people socialize in a very calm and disciplined manner was rather adorable!! My experience was and is being in Russia; you don't need to be rich, to enjoy and live a satisfactory life!!!

[drjohnson]

Thank you for the tour. Very nice dacha. Some of us still have outside toilets in the US. I have one built in 1935 on our property. It gets a lot of use while our house is being renovated.

[KitsuneHB]

In East Germany they call this place a "Datcha" and it is spelled like "Dacha". ;) In the west we call them "Schrebergarten". They are very common here, too. Especially in the last years because more and more people want to grow their own vegetables again. But they are a lot of weird regulations. Most Schrebergarten-Owners are old people and the new owner are mostly young people. The old people love the regulations. :D Sometimes they walk around with a folding rule, measuring the hedge. When it's to high, they complain! And those old people love kitschy stuff, especially garden gnomes. Their gardens are mostly NOT minimalistic with all that kitsch stuff. The younger people love to grow vegetables and sometimes to have party and so the trouble starts. :D

[reneejohnson]

Love thus tour. What quaint little cottage. I am so surprised to see that Russia is very much like the United State of America with the flowers and trees. Silly me I thought it was Siberia and a lot of snow. To Russia with Love. Florida, U.S.A.

[gardenfork]

In New England we would call the barn a tool shed and the underground storage a root cellar. Root because you store potatoes, carrots, etc. root vegetables. 😀 Eric.

[yurdanurakkaya]

Я нашла вас, когда искала канал на ютубе, который помогает мне изучать русский язык. Вы говорите по-английски, но для меня это не имеет значения, я все еще здесь 😊 отличная работа 👏🏻 😊

[sofiad.]

Your channel is just so refreshing. Thanks for opening the doors of your life and reminding us of what’s important. Love and blessings to your family.

[johnc]

Your grandfather was a very talented man. Your daughter is very cute

[BaradharajanAyanappan]

Your grandpa was a nature loving person

[marshaestep]

Yes, you are correct about the cellar. My grandmother and grandfather which we called MaMah and PaPah had a cellar. My grandmother would fix apple butter in the cellar with a huge iron kettle and shelves of cinnamon candy. She would cook over an open fire. All the women would cut up the apples and cook them in the huge iron kettle and add cinnamon candy to the apples. Us kids ate the cinnamon candy. She would can the apple butter. They had a huge garden and she canned everything. We are from West Virginia and all the men would hunt deer, squirrel, turkey and my brother was a big fisherman also. I am 64 years old and it was simple back then. I love your show and you have a beautiful family. God Bless!

[sjbock]

Your mother is so cute. You looked really good with your short hair. Now you are making memories for Agatha to look back on when she is grown.

[nadiatasci]

Your grandfather would be so proud that you visit the Dacha! Thank you for the tour.