Journey to Pomorie - The Real Russian North

In this video me and my friend Denis go on a week-long adventure to Arkhangelsk region, also known as Pomorie, to explore authentic areas of White Sea. We explore 2 major cities of the region (Arkhangelsk and Severodvinsk), a number of towns and villages and talk to local people. Check timecodes below to see more detailed description of the video's content:

00:00 - Welcome to the land of Pomors
00:20 - Celebrating New Year in a Russian passenger train with random people
05:16 - Exploring Arkhangelsk - the capital of Pomorie
10:04 - Local man shows around his freezing wooden barrack
14:44 - Understanding Pomor architecture (Malyye Korely openair museum)
16:28 - The food of Pomors
16:39 - New Year vibes in Arkhagelsk and my opinion about the city
17:44 - Severodvinsk - the homeland of nuclear submarines
20:34 - Hitchhiking across Northern nowhere during frost hit
22:16 - The town of Onega and our Soviet hotel!
23:36 - Journey to wooden churches of Vorzogory (400 years old!)
28:08 - Cheap Russian food and hotel review
29:52 - Hitchhiking to Plesetsk.
30:29 - Barely inhabited village of Syr'ya and its wooden church
31:38 - Russia's tallest wooden church (built in 1651) in Piyala
32:54 - Conclusions (outro)

Enjoy!

Filmed in December 2021 - January 2022.

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[philiproszak]

The wooden buildings are so interesting.

[Cherniy_Rostov]

Наконец видео из моего родного Архангельска❤

[jozzabungholio]

10 years ago today, it was NYE and I was an Aussie on a Russian train from Moscow to Yekaterinburg. I met so many awesome people in Russia and did so many different things in my months long visit. I had never seen snow before either and was very unprepared for the cold. Still is my best holiday ever and I really want to visit again one day, along with a few extra family members.

[coltyfox]

I am from Pomor'e myself, thank you very much for the video, for 4 years I went to the south of Russia to Rostov-on-Don to get an education, I did not even imagine how much I would miss, such videos cause awe and pleasant sadness, very soon I will return to my land, thank you for this piece of something warm and native ❤️

[SolidOilegg]

Ура, мой родной поморский край.
Cпасибо!!

[мариясиницкая-тш]

Ваааауууу, как приятно смотреть на улицы своего детства у кого-то в ютубе! ЛОЛ! Очень не ожиданно и приятно! Надеюсь наши развалины не сильно спугнули туристов, а это мой дом и я рада этому!

[dabdaddyjosh]

The wood construction in all the different buildings is absolutely beautiful. thanks for putting in random russian word translations. ive been learning russian for 2 years and never seen the word щеколда. спасибо за еще одно классное видео))

[Hallvard]

Beautiful to see the restoration of these Orthodox Churches. Слава богу! Blessings from Sweden

[KyleOfTheNorth]

Reminds me of Northern Minnesota :) I love your videos. Cheers from the USA. The Russian people seem very warm and friendly, unlike what you hear about on the news from the USA and western Europe. I hope we can all be friends one day.

[ΔημήτρηςΠανούσης]

A well-described, properly organized production about this little known part of our world... I think Russia is a planet of its own, with so many hidden gems for alternative travel! Thanks for taking us with you and greetings from the koniak country!✌️🇬🇷

[IceglacierArnar]

Good video! Greetings from Reykjavik and Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic

[kacperwoch]

So, there is a region in Russia called Pomorie, there's Bulgarian seaside town called Pomorie and there is also Polish region known as Pomorze. All three mean the same thing, literally "by the sea". Interesting.

[YankeeCommie]

Beautiful brother. I just got back from Russia is my favorite place ive ever been

[-o-.]

Привет! Я из Онеги, живу в Северодвинске. Часовня в деревне Сырья, где вы были, это святое место, там совершаются настоящие чудеса, в том числе исцеления. Еще надо бы посетить остров Кий - потрясающее место! Вообще в тех местах очень красивая природа.

[TDIMAXDIESEL]

Very nice landscape an the peoples looks nice too ! Happy new year, from Québec city, Canada ! 😁🇨🇦

[joshuam.]

Hello from Nevada USA! Love your videos Vagabond, keep up the great work!

[Скайлайн-пв]

Хей! Это моя родина. Мы собирали ягоды на болоте, ездили купаться на Белое море в жаркую погоду и разукрашивали поморский пряник козулю (kozula) глазурью. Такие воспоминания)
Но большая часть людей не живëт в деревянных домах, а большая часть даже против расселения. В центре города Архангельска (моего родного города), есть деревянный дом среди высоток. Это дом батюшки, который отгонял ночью поджигателей, чтобы их не расселили. Пока домик стоит, на сколько знаю.

[gentleken]

Beautiful drone shots in this video. Everything looks lovely with snow on!!

[TeamSneakBE]

nice to see the real people of russia unlike what we see on the news

[TGWazoo]

Arkhangelsk is said to be where British sailors/traders discovered pancakes and brought the recipe back. The beginning of the love affair with pancakes! The rest is history.