DANGEROUS Side of MINSK, BELARUS 🇧🇾(русские субтитры) 

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I have been living in Belarus for one year now....and yes, it's a very very safe country...at any time of the day or night you can see men or women walking with no fear anywhere. I have been in several cities of Belarus besides where I live and I have never felt threatened or insecure.

Мне 40 лет, я вырос в Минске на Ангарской (Нестерова, Северный посёлок и т.д.). Жил и в Серебрянке, бывал в Шабанах и прочих местах. Хочу отметить, что в 90-ые годы (1992...1999) на Ангарской действительно могло быть опасно. "Ты с какого района?!" - это было реально и за это можно было получить по морде. Район был максимально наркоманский, кто не кололся (героин) и не курил - тот много пил, зачастую всё вместе. Около каждого подъезда сидела местная молодёжная банда гопников (от 16 до 22 лет, примерно так), многие реально занимались криминалом (грабежи, воровство и т.д.). Пиво, водка, девки, гитара, семечки. Последние лет 15 никакого криминала уже нет нигде. Наркоманы умерли, криминальные авторитеты сдулись, город живёт своей жизнью без них. Минск реально АБСОЛЮТНО безопасен - дети и красиво накрашенные женщины могут гулять ночью без всякой опаски. Факторов много - много милиции, общая законопослушность граждан, отсутствие мигрантов, присутствие камер наблюдения и так далее. I am 40 years old, I grew up in Minsk on the Angarskaya (Nesterova, Severny settlement, etc.). He also lived in Serebryanka, visited Shabany and other places. I want to note that in the 90s (1992...1999) on Angarskaya really could be dangerous. "What area are you from?!" - it was real and for this it was possible to get in the face. The area was as drug-addicted as possible, who did not inject (heroin) or smoke - he drank a lot, often all together. Near each entrance sat a local youth gang of gopniks (from 16 to 22 years old, something like this), many actually engaged in crime (robbery, theft, etc.). Beer, vodka, girls, guitar, seeds. In the last 15 years there has been no crime anywhere. Drug addicts died, crime bosses were blown away, the city lives its own life without them. Minsk is really ABSOLUTELY safe - children and beautifully made-up women can walk at night without any fear. There are many factors - a lot of police, general law-abiding citizens, the absence of migrants, the presence of surveillance cameras, and so on.

Belarus doesn't have concept of ghettos. It's inherited from Soviet times when all social classes were kinda blended together in terms of housing. I grew up in Minsk and my neighbors where factory workers, a captain of police, a writer, few engineers. You could randomly be a neighbor to anybody. Sure, for more successful people it's a downside, but for the society as a whole it was a big advantage, kids from less lucky families had decent chances to be friends with kids from more successful families, attend same schools and not be entrapped into the poverty and criminal background from the start. Nowadays it's becoming more segregated but still it's a long shot even from nice places in the West, like Ontario, where I currently reside. Oh, and I've never seen any criminals with a gun in Belarus. Ever. Even during 90s. Sure "gopniks" used to be common, but it's not like gangs, they didn't carry firearms, and they mostly went extinct many years ago. P.S. Stalin was dead for many decades before Minsk metro was built. Moscow and St Petersburg sub-way were indeed designed as bomb shelters, but Minsk one is too shallow for that, only 1 station (old Octyabrskaya from the 1st line) was originally deep enough to serve as a bunker.

Peter выглядит самым опасным парнем в самом "опасном районе" Минска)

Poverty/low pay isn’t the cause of trouble and strife as we are always led to believe in the UK. Self respect is clearly key in Belarus and the people just get on with their lives as best they can. We could certainly learn some lessons from this and other East European countries. Self discipline is clearly important too.

The ironic thing about this video is that it started at possibly the most dangerous part of the city. All the flowers laid out behind them at the beginning were a memorial for the 53 people, mostly young females, that died in that exact subway station in 1999. It started raining really hard and everyone packed into there so aggressively that a bunch of them got trampled to death. I moved to Minsk a couple years ago from Seattle, and you can’t find crime or danger if you go looking for it. This city is great.

Во времена настали, алкаша в Минске найти проблема)))

I think this woman needs to come to America. Go to Chicago, Wats in LA, East New York New York. Lol

Looks like all of Eastern Europe I've visited. Beautiful, safe, clean and homogenous.

I was truly impressed by clean and very green streets and parks, store clerks wearing neat uniforms, the clean apartment building entrance hall which was supposed to be bad, and also a feeling of safety even in the “most criminal” part of the city. The Belarusians have managed to preserve a lot of good stuff that was typical for the old Soviet time.

Haha, yeah, if that's the "dangerous" part and the so-called "danger" mainly consists of alcoholics, which is how I understood it at least, that's a sign that the city is safe. Propaganda and prejudice here in the West says these countries are dangerous and all, but I was in Russia for instance last year and I felt really safe all the time. I would feel more careful in like central Stockholm, even. Poorer area, a bit more rundown than others, maybe, problem with alcoholism, maybe, maybe those things are true, but doesn't mean it necessarily would be that dangerous. And yeah, the streets are really clean, you find a lot more trash on the streets even in Sweden where I'm from. Not saying that there isn't anything bad there, of course there is like anywhere, but nothing at all like how media likes to portray these countries here or how people in general are prejudiced to think they are.

Belarus is the safest and most friendly country on the planet!

Dangerous side of Minsk looks like upscale upper class area in some capitals of Central America and Africa.

Переводчик так старалась понравиться, что стала плохим экскурсоводом!

I lived in the house at 19:30 (Korzhenevskogo Str. 8-1, Minsk) for more than 10 years! It's safe as hell, much safer compared to even central London where I live now. Was so surprised to randomly see my house in the video my friend sent me.

Просто в Минске нет "опасных" районов в понимании "Западных" стран. Есть дорогие районы с коттеджной застройкой такие как Дорзды или районы социальной застройки такие как Шабаны, Каменная Горка, Серебрянка и так далее.

This is a nonsense video. Minsk is perhaps the safest city I have ever lived in. You could walk down any part of the city at any time and nothing would happen to you.

Живу на Курасовщине,и вообще это неплохой район

OMG! Guys it was so dangerous. How did you get the courage to do that? These horrible ladies in the stores... Br-r-r-!

Peter! Do you know Russian proverb: "The world is small"? At the 18th minute of the video you approached my porch of my flat. You have to go up to the eighth floor and My mother-in-law would say to you Welcome !!! ))) And this is while I have been living in Minneapolis for one year and you are breaking my heart 💔 😢

Самое опасное, что тут было,это дождь))))

Эта подруга несёт чушь .

This was extremely enjoyable

Какой бред она несёт,у нас тихий и спокойный район,какие преступники алло!!!???

Doode, Olga is a nicest guide you could probably find in the entire country. Do not blaim her for disappointing you in terns you disagree with what she thinks is bad place or bad area. You (and I) have more places to compare with. I am happy you're didappointed. This is my birth place. I lived there most of my life. It was fun to see your perception of our dangerous places )))

At 19:11 i feel like she’s giving up and realizing Minsk just isn’t dangerous. Bless her little heart.

Друг, поменяй гида, и картина будет абсолютно другая

I'm amazed that Minsk looks better, is cleaner and much more efficient than Bucharest, Romania, or any other city in Romania! I'm honestly shocked!

То ощущение когда ты живёшь в этом районе и тебе отлично.

Oh, what a nonsense! I lived in Minsk for 30 years. I live in New York today. There are no dangerous areas in Minsk at all! When the USSR collapsed, there were some places. Now you can walk everywhere. PEOPLE VERY CULTURAL

Olga needs her own RU-vid channel with her travels.

That area is nicer than where I grew up in the UK!!

Большая часть жителей Минска недовольна им. Недовольна "хрушёвками" и "сталинками", состоянием асфальта, местами инфраструктурой и небрежным отношением некоторых коммунальных служб, непонятными действиями властей города. Но порой мы действительно забываем, в каком цивилизованном городе живём, что в нём сложно найти опасное место :)

USA - the greatest country in the world and has a lot of dangerous places, Belarus - poor country and is very safe. Go figure!

Stop asking everyone about "nuclear doors" it's gonna become a meme :-)

I have never seen any danger in Minsk . I am here 8 years .

I want this kind of "bad areas" in my own country ! LOL

Thanks Peter..... I'm wanting to move to Belarus from America.... I've lived in south central Los Angeles, Newark NJ, and have been to many other crapholes and if this is their version of bad, that's a blessing to hear albeit, comical....

Didn’t I hear some things about Belarus recently? An Olympian needed asylum in another country and a plane was diverted with a reporter on board who had been critical of the government? Doesn’t sound very free.

Hey there, I came here after watching your first days in Saudi Arabia. And when I checked your other videos I thought to myself: this guy is following me steps... Just two months ago I was in Belarus, and now, since one month I am back to Saudi Arabia, I live here for the last four years...lol... I’m Russian, we have family house in Belarus (west part next to Poland border), so I spend there every summer near Belovezhskaya pushcha national park. Wild old forests, clean fresh air, no factories, no pollution, just perfect(much missed in Saudi Arabia). I love Belarus. Usually when I’m going back to Russia, I pass Minsk without stopping there, but this summer I had spare 6 hours, so I went for a long walk and I saw it as beautiful clean and peaceful as you did. It’s a wonderful place, and to me looks like a youth city. I hope local citizens appreciate more what they have there, they should know it’s a really good place they live in. I think your videos help to realize that. Thanks for your effort and stay safe!

Депрессивный гид, каждый смотрит со своей колокольни.

Really cool you also cover these areas. Those nuclear doors can also be seen in the metro of Pyongyang. Which is understandable...

Dont listen to her, I have lived in Minsk for 18 years and NEVER noticed something dangerous. Unfortunately in Belarus there are a lot of people who dont like something and think that in other places is much better. I have been to a lot of countries and can definetly say that Minsk no worse than other countries, its just different

Сталин строил метро на Немиге? Какая чушь! Stalin built the metro on the Nemiga? What nonsense!

Браток,ты выбрал не правильного гида для подобного видео.

There are no dangerous neighbourhood here in Minsk, well compared to Western Europe anyway. You can walk around the streets here without fear of being mugged. Come back to Belarus and make some films here. 🇧🇾

Питэр знает с кем надо связи налаживать, с продаваном алкогольного отдела, чтоб потом на вексель бухлишко брать.

you've got to love how this is a "bad neighborhood" but she would be HORRIFIED if she ever came to MANY places in the US

У девушки какие то комплексы? То ли плакать, то ли смеяться?

I lived in this neighbourhood for 5 years and nothing terrible happened to me. Maybe you should have gone to Shabany in the evening.

Если бы не дождь на них бы напали, ага, бабки с пекинесами или мамочки с колясками. Девушка что то блеет про худший район города, интересно в каком она сама живёт? Презрение патрициев с Площади Победы к плебсу с окраин это так умиляет.

Жила в этом районе 15 лет назад, да, можно было встретить выпивающих людей, но они совсем не агрессивные. Никто никого не трогал, ходили спокойно в любое время суток.

Nice video 👍 Olga was a great sport. Your rapport was good together. Thanks for the video.

А что опасного в Курасощине? :)

Thx for sharing...much appreciated. Safe travels mate..😎✌🤟...Much Love from NYC!🤟

for non native english speakers: the guy making the video is being very ironic in his questions about this being "the worst neighborhood in minsk" because he finds it nice, and I dont think that his guide realizes it completely. Hes not talking bad about Minsk. In America you find terrible terrible neighborhoods, you can see videos here on youtube

Very cool, Peter)

*Peter risked catching pneumonia trying to find Waldo the career criminal* 🤣😂 *Girls go to Belarus to meet John Wick*

Ему надо трущобы как в Бразилии!

Wow really dangerous Peter makes London look like Disney 😂😂

У меня сложилось стойкое ощущение, что мадама накидывала Питеру что то в стиле "как тут хреново забери меня за границу")) другого объяснения ее поведению в курасовщиен я найти не могу.

I just visited once, so I am no expert. However, I found the people very friendly and social. I suspect some of the night clubs should be avoided. But that is true everywhere

The rain was relaxing ..... lovely views and conversation

Американцу для сравнения с плохими районами США Минск просто красавец! А вот минчанке нужно уметь любить свой город, а не нести чепуху, стыдно даже!

That district isn't that dangerous. I have no idea why you decided to go there. On the whole, I have to admit that Minsk is quite safe. Once again, Peter, a very nice video about my city. Thank you so much for it!

the only bandits here - are politicians, Petya )

Cool video! not surprised but pretty chill out

Живу в этом районе с рождения. Девушка несёт бред, тут сейчас спокойно. Вечером поздним идёшь и спокойно себя чувствуешь, не боишься нечего. По видимости она не бывала в стремных местах других стран и городов с настоящими гопниками...

If he wants dangerous he should try Brazil.

Average salary in belarus ~200-250$

Minsk's 'poverty' areas would be considered posh compared to some places i've lived in my life. Grew up in a Mississippi ghetto. We went to sleep to the sound of gunfire and police sirens. I seen my first gunshot victim before I could even spell Mississippi. Some guy with half his head missing. Living the good life now though. Always hope! Peace out.

I love your videos they are very good- helps many to be able to see into these places

У женщины,по ходу гвоздь в голове.

Well, there are obviously some positives to living in an authoritarian police state. It all boils down to the discussion of Liberty vs. Security.

thanks Peter!

This girl looks so excited when she walk with a western dude 🤣🤣🤣

Стыдно ей должно быть за то, что не знает о гермодверях в метро.

Родная Курасовщина. Всю жизнь тут живу. Да в 90х можно было получить по морде, будучи не с того района. Ну так это везде было. А сейчас... Нету у нас опасных районов, по сути, как таковых

She is a lovely, open, honest girl. By the way, with salary £500, guy should ask how much they are paying for an accommodation. Ukrainian got soul from russians, in few years they will be like westerners.

This is what happens when your country isn't full of "civil rights" lawyers.

Even the "dangerous" (lol) side of Minsk looks sooooooo beautiful!!!!

Петр находит людей, которые нихрена не знаю о городе.

Thank you for showing these things to the world 👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍

Спасибо! удачи

- Папа, что такое оксюморон? - Ну, как тебе объяснить... это как "горячий лёд" или "сухая вода"... или вот: "Опасный Минск".

The rainy cool weather is good for work ethic and for agriculture. Appreciate your clouds and your rain :) .

What a beautyful young lady!!!

Minsk metro was built in 1980s. Stalin didn’t build it. Minsk doesn’t have bad neighborhoods in American sense.

Oh my! I couldn't help but laugh, but not in a mean way...Bad neighborhood! This young lady should see what a 'Bad' neighborhood is all across America! Damn, she would sh*t her pants..Here in N.Y.C. alone each and every borough of N.Y. has it's Bad Hoods, let a lone in upstate N.Y. as well.....Just shows us how communist countries have ALL the control over their people and everything within it...I love your video's Peter, you teach us a lot we would never know.

and yes, i have been visiting USA and can say that our feeling of danger it kind of different from theirs. I have never considered Ukraine of Belarus danger place.

I wonder what Olga would have thought if she saw our bad neighborhoods in the USA, like Kensington Pennsylvania 😳

Come on! Disneyland Paris is more dangerous than "the most dangerous place in Minsk"...

Hi Peter, i hope you offered the lady cup of coffe or tea

Самое страшное и опасное место в Минске - это моя квартира.

Peter I like your videos bud, your a brave man

Thank you for clean english :)

I was binge watching the Hasid series and stumbled upon the video in my hometown. AND I'M PERPLEXED. I'm shocked to see my house in the video (the one near the church). Nothing against the guide, but the neighborhood is no way dangerous + her navigation skills are mind blowing: why the heck a local (is she even?) would take a metro from Niamiha to Traktarny Zavod to take a trolleybus (number 19) to Kurasoushchyna? Just whyyy? Who does that??? The neighborhood is not the worst by all means, very green, quiet and safe, with mostly curent and retired factory workers who like their drinks. But nowadays there are more and more young families with kids who enjoy the quiet and green neighborhood.

That dangerous side of Minsk,Belarus is beautiful id love to live there.

🇺🇸 needs to learn A lot from the ruins of WW2 Minks is a city the States need to look up to. 🇧🇾. Chicago LA SF NY just to name a few dumps.