Life on a Russian Dacha Settlement - Secret Lives of Russians Revealed 

What sound does the upside down 'v' make? It wasn't in my Duolingo alphabet lesson.

@ParallaxView111 - ‘L’

Yep. Absolutely feel like you, Sam. Capharnaum...half finish...and very small space.

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Аналогично! ❤

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Are you also at the dacha now?😊

Я избавился от этого парадокса 10 лет назад вернувшись в Россию.

Конечно! Так нельзя!

Ну это логично, что вместе создают стол.

Да в США тоже так принято. Наверное даже больше чем у нас. У нас люди часто ходят в гости покушать, а там это вроде как дурной тон прийти на условно говоря вечеринку, с пустыми руками

Here in Texas, most people over a certain age don't go to visit empty-handed. Younger people don't really do that, but middle aged and older people usually do. Even if it's just a box of pastries or a similar treat.

Brilliant! I think it's something that I will like in the future.

you're old inside.

@@zloychechen5150 Maybe I'm old inside or dead already, or maybe it's just a stupid stereotype that the dacha and gardening is only for pensioners. Do I have to worry about anyone's opinion, if I like my life and I do what brings me pleasure?

@@Habik87_29 занимайтесь тем, что вам нравится! и не слушайте никого!

@@Habik87_29 60% of Russians spend more than 50% of their income on food. They therefore I have no alternative but to spend the summer months laboring to grow enough food to survive the winter. They don’t garden for fun. They garden for survival don’t expect Sam to tell you that.

Ofcose you rashn

Haha maybe you have Russian DNA!!!!

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You make my day mate.😂

Thanks. I hope not too! We are all at the hands of the google gods.

Brilliant mate! I’m glad you love Russia and that you enjoyed your time at the dacha with your other half. Also great to know that I’m not the only one who can’t stand the fact that something maybe stored on the land for use in 20 years time!!!!

Move to Russia. Everything will be fine. You can live in Russia just like in any other country. The people are friendly. The language is also easy to learn. 90 30-minute audio lessons using the Pimsleur method, and you will learn to speak Russian just like Sam.

​@@Maratreason really? I've reached the end of Russian on Duolingo. I can read the alphabet, name most household items but I can't carry a conversation.

​@@rachelb2231 привет Друг 👋😊 Если хочешь быстрее выучить язык русский , то рассмотри состав предложения сложносочинённых. Где определяется постановка смысла. И падежи .

Екатеринбург классный город. Был там зимой. Столица Урала.

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Yes, you are right, though I personally prefer a stand alone dacha rather than a dacha settlement.

​@@SamsRussianAdventuresда но русским нужен сосед с кем пить водку а потом бить морду чтобы на следующий день пить мировую ..вам придётся пить с медведем 👋😸

Я все равно больше люблю дачу в деревне чем в СНТ

Они не ожидают такого конечно. На СНТ не раз не видел. Рад что смотрите видео!

​@@SamsRussianAdventuresНа дачах газ вполне может быть. Нет никаких ограничений, все зависит от коммуникаций и цены. Дачи конечно становяться сразу чем то больше. В них начинают жить весь год.

Perhaps you can come here for a holiday!

@@SamsRussianAdventures I would if I could but I am in very poor health. I would love to see Red Square, Moscow and St Petersburg but I can barely walk due to failed back surgery. I live in Hungary and am settled in here for almost 10 years.

​@@RR98guyвыздоравливай давай ❤️👋😺

Yes! Glad you enjoyed it.

@@user-kh3nz9lb2k 60% of Russians spend over 5o% of their Income on food, with the result that they must spend the summer working as farm laborers growing food on private plots. They live in shacks called Dachas during summer weekends while laboring in their gardens, they don’t do this for fun. The shacks are hot, don’t have running water or toilets, in fact, one third of Russians don’t have central heat or running water or toilets IN THEIR HOMES. Don’t believe the propaganda. RYSSUA IS A HELL HOLE. IF YOU WANT SOURCES AND MORE INFO, LET ME KNOW .

Thanks mate. I’ve got loads of video on the way. I just need to edit them as I’ve been filming every day.

Thank you! Glad you liked it.

Great idea! Glad you enjoyed the video!

Поверь..когда пьёшь водку опасно пользоваться соцсетями могут быть проблемы когда протрезвееш 😸

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Thanks! I’m constantly searching for new content.

Yes! Most of these people will live in apartments, so it’s great for them to get outside. Thanks! I always wait for your comments. I hope you are enjoying the summer and it’s not too hot!!!

@@SamsRussianAdventures Not hot at all. Here in my region it always rains!! No sunny days. It looks autumn!😂

Yes, they are all a similar style. Perhaps you will buy one when you are older!

@@SamsRussianAdventures unfortunately not. That’s what I like about Russian culture they know how to take it easy and if you do make decent money you could buy a Dacha. Depending on where you go a cottage here could cost you anywhere between 100,000 to over 1million. So out of reach for a lot of people here in Canada. And if your near water expect to pay more in property taxes as well.

Thank you! It really helps a lot!

Me too

Хаха у нас есть такой замок не далеко от города!

Вы ошибаетесь, выкупают участки и строят СТО, магазины , гостиницы и прочее и всё по закону.

@@bobbaksov1089 может это уже не является снт, потому и разрешили. ну или просто хер забили на закон в глухопердях)

@@user-vb5hn8hl9g Да щазз, забьёте на закон, вас быстро нахлобучат.

@@WanderV1 если никто не пожалуется, то будет стоять годами. но как только что-то произойдет с похожим строением неподалеку - власти сразу вспомнят про закон и начнут все ломать направо и налево

Thanks Daniel, glad you like it mate.

hahahaha Russians love gardening and Vodka, 50/50!

Russians have pub in garden

@@SamsRussianAdventures не все в России пьют алкоголь,я водку даже не пробовала ни разу за свои 40 лет,мой муж вообще никакой алкоголь не пьёт

Not true I love pub beer gardens.

Combo😂 ​@@pooooornopigeon

Nice!!

Кто то получил а кто то потом покупал

@@SamsRussianAdventures i remember that in about 1995 you'd walk around these gardening communities, and standard 600m2 plots were up for sale for 100 roubles. That was before denomination, when everything got divided by 1000. So it wasn't like dirt cheap, it was pig shit cheap, and nobody wanted them. Good luck now..

@@SamsRussianAdventures Мы получили, добираться было далеко, переполненным автобусом, автомобиля не было, это были 90-е, денег было мыло, я был ребёнком и в итоге мы дачу потеряли, мы её не обрабатывали и по правилам кооператива её забрали. Пришла бесплатно и ушла бесплатно.

Brilliant! I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’ll have similar videos to that one on the way soon.

@SamsRussianAdventures I'll tell you why I think you have the best channel about Russia. First, you show all of Russia, the good and bad. I never know what to expect. Second, many Westerners living there miss opportunities to carry on a conversation with locals. I guess their Russian is really bad. Some have been there long enough to be speaking the language. I know I lived in Germany after leaving the military. After 3 years, I was talking to everyone. Maybe without perfect grammar, but people didn't seem to mind.

It’s nice but everyone is so close

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks. 🙏

Glad you liked it! I wanted to film there many times but usually just film my friends partying!

Hi mate. I do eat sausages which are halal or kosher and my favourite sausage is a Jewish one. I’ll look out for the ones you said.

@@SamsRussianAdventures I have had Armenian sujuk and Croatian and Serbian cevapcici. Excellent. Sujuk is loaded with garlic. Kosher and halal sausages are excellent, too.

@@SamsRussianAdventures Sam, come on! The religious ban on eating pork was born in countries where the first freezers appeared only in the 20th century. (Israel, Arabia). The night of December 24-25 has always been Sacred in northern Europe (thousands of years before Jesus) . Crimson Rivers of Blood were spilled that night. It was on this night that a northern peasant was slaughtering pigs and steers. He'll sell EVERYTHING in the morning! on this day, the townspeople will buy meat in carcasses and half carcasses. after all, there are two whole months ahead when meat can be stored in an unheated room, like in a freezer. Have Jews or Arabs never had such luxury? That's why we can eat pork, but they can't. cadaverous spots in 40" heat per 100 kg pig carcass will appear within 8 hours after slaughter. at a temperature of 50 " - after three hours. at a temperature of -3 " C - never! ANY RELIGION ONLY "LEGITIMIZES" LOCAL CUSTOMS THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. Both Jews and Arabs knew perfectly well that a pig is the MOST productive pet. they didn't have the opportunity to store large carcasses, even for 2 days! the ideal meat for Israel is chicken. it weighs 1.5-2 kg, the family eats it in 1 sitting.

Yes, it’s interesting to see how this meat is cooked, I never used one before. These houses are very old as you said.

@giggling_boatswain - those ovens are brilliant, even for Nan bread. In Farsi (Persian) the ovens are called ‘tanoor’ though as you say in Indian languages etc it is tandoor oven. Glad you got to see that area during the 1980s.

Glad you like them! I have loads of videos to edit! I have been filming every day!

Super! Thank you so much! I really appreciate your generosity! You have made my day!

@@SamsRussianAdventures Welcome!

Oh wow! Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

I remember having them in the area where I lived but they were all sold and houses were built on the land

He's great. You yourself can see the composition of chemicals in every product in the store. And when you grow fruits and vegetables yourself, you know for sure that there are no chemicals there. Cucumbers smell like cucumbers, apples smell like apples. While many people simply enjoy spending a lot of time digging in the soil in their garden, it's a great way to relieve stress if you live in a busy city. We all love to leave the city on weekends to go to our dachas.

@@SamsRussianAdventuresRUSSIANS MIGHT LIVE LONG HEALTHY LIVES IF THEIR DRINKING, DEPLORABLE HEALTH CARE, SUICIDE, RATE, WARS ETC DID not REDUCE LIFE EXPECTANCY TO 64 in 2922 for males. I SUSPECT THAT THE HEALTHY BETTER OFF ELEMENT ARE AMONG THE 12 million immigrants who left/fled the country in the last 25 years. Probably mostly men. Russian sources on request, why do they translate statistics that make them look so bad,

@@Maratreason they don’t do it to relieve stress. 60% of Russians spend more than 50% of their income on food. They grow food to survive. 40% of internal consumption is privately grown by the consumer. Thus isn’t the west. These people are very poor. Don’t believe the propaganda or omissions. Spending much of your income on food is typical of third world countries and was true in the US 100 years ago. Sources available on request, read books. Educate yourself.

@@Maratreason by the way, a lot of Uzbeks are also coming to the US. I had an Uzbek housekeeper for several years and go to a large barber shop owned and run by Uzbeks.

I guess it's not on a settlement like this one then!

@@SamsRussianAdventures No, it is a village!😁😄😊

Brilliant! Seems like you household members will be happy 😃

This isn't my Dacha! I need more organisation! There are way too many random things here and my mind needs organisation!

@@SamsRussianAdventures IRL in the 90s, dachas helped a lot to survive during freedom and democracy

​​​@@Chaldon-hl6ykДа уж, была "демократия"-д@pьмократия: Ельцин расстрелял народ и парламент в 1993, узурпировал власть в 1996, журналистов неугодных убивали пачками. Сейчас свободнее, по-моему. PS. Но насчёт дачи как подспорья в 90-е -- именно так. Многим очень помогло, пока Ельцин воровал народные вклады и зарплаты.

Thanks! 🙏

Hi mate! Hello from Russia!

@@SamsRussianAdventures i am from india, how long you been living in Russia

Vimana ?

@@Chaldon-hl6yk what vimana

@@Tasteofindia79 Ganesha have respect in russia

Thanks for sharing! It does have a sense of freedom about it

Да, точно. Наверное человек просто заболел или желание уже нет

Но и они не хищники?

@@SamsRussianAdventures Нет они добрые зверюшки (как белки но живут в земле) и когда делают запасы на зиму все что на огороде уносят в свои норы.

Yes! It’s difficult but they are great friends!

Ну, не горстки - продавай хоть всю дачную ягоду, цветы и т.д. Но нельзя держать живность (кур, уток и т.п.; кстати, раньше никто не возражал, а теперь запретили :/ Так что как бы Алексею не вынесли предписание :/ (Но, мб., это зависит от регионального законодательства). PS. Зато стало можно строить дом для круглогодичного проживания и даже прописаться, если дом будет соответствовать категории жилого.

Each person has a private plot but it is like a communal area with rules, almost like a club. There are rules as to what you can build and how you must behave. You can't have high fences either.

@@SamsRussianAdventures No, the rules are set by the community (Общество) but if you're an owner of the plot you don't have to be a member of community or abide by any rules beside federal and local law. Most people are members and generally are abiding by the rules, they vote for the head of community once every few years and all the rules are voted too.

@@Olga-de3ru Да, продавать всё можно. Животных тоже можно держать, если не запрещено местными законами или правилами Общества.

В России этот участок стоит очень не дорого и берут его для души и удовольствия вырастить самому овощи и фрукты

Brilliant! Plov! Yes, I love it too!

Plove

@Pashka70123 - i really want to try that plov/ plove. I had Kurdish version similar yesterday, lamb && rice, for lunch. But would love to try the Uzbek or similar one. The one in the photo (in Sam’s video) is awesome.

Thanks! You too!

Thanks! 🙏

Thanks, the plots of land here are not for commercial use but just for personal.

А в России многие называют свои дачи фазендами. 😊 Спасибо "Рабыне Изауре" 😂

Те люди , которые живут в городах имеют свои земли . Это дачи . Где можно просто уйти из города и летом жить на природе с весны до осени . Ловить рыбу , ходить в лес за ягодами и грибами дачи стоят у реки в окружении лесов . Благодать небесная

The owners of these dachas are not particularly wealthy and will all live in apartments.

@@SamsRussianAdventures I understand completely. I lived for one year in a small, no balcony apartment in the Netherlands decades ago.. Worst year of my life!

Владимир Кузьмин "Я не забуду тебя".

Russia never extradite freedom of speech fighters

I saw the picture of him getting on a plane and thought it was photoshopped!!! So it’s true!!!

@@SamsRussianAdventures vey true. had t make a plea deal, Imagine doing a plea deal for a crime you never committed! He is in Cyprus now on his way to Australia

@@SamsRussianAdventures Russia will not extradite freedom of speech fighters why my comment was deleted ?

Хорошая новость,бедный Ассандж настрадался.Человечество должно быть ему благодарно за его жертву собой во имя правды.Главное,чтоб его не убили спецслужбы западных стран.

Thank you!

It’s very popular here!

@@SamsRussianAdventures in Canada 🇨🇦, such as clean food stores are rarely seen

Yes!!!! 👍

не я так не могу срать надо снаружи и подальше

Это же старый поселок.

Посидеть на Воздухе, чем в Душной Кабинке Туалета😊

Glad you think so!

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Yes! Thank you! 🙏

Glad you enjoyed it!!

@@SamsRussianAdventures Keep your chin up Sam... You Know... I think Documenting all the Old Orthodox Churches and all the old Soviet historical videos will be appreciated by Russians and Other peoples of the world.. Because it is fast disappearing.. SAM.. YOUR DOCUMENTING HISTORY..!!! Keep up the good work...

I prefer a private plot of land with a fence rather than on these special garden settlements. I’m not sure about the prices. I’ll have a look next time I go somewhere that sells them.

До 40000 руб Короче за 400 долларов можно купить в России матушке

@@user-tb3bq4gt8c Is this the name, Matushka?

@@westernwanderer8397 Господь - Отец...Россия - Мать! И это миру надо знать, И европейским мудрецам, И прочим гениям творцам. Ну что вы к русским прицепились, Иль энергетиков об-пились? Зачем поклёп ведёте лживый? Безграмотный и некрасивый. То санкции свои вменили, Торговлю, бартер запретили... Омаров с сыром отобрали- Ну прям от сердца оторвали. И как нам бедным и несчастным, Прожить без крабов и без пасты? И что же делать, как же быть, Как без лангустов дальше жить? Ну раз вы сами так решили, Приёмы эти применили- Теперь не войте, не скулите, За экономикой следите. Берите счёты, калькулятор, Айфон, компьютер, навигатор... Сводите дебиты и кредит- Навар вам точно здесь не светит. Тем временем Россия-Мать, Начнёт Китаю газ качать, Хозяйство сельское поднимет, И вас тихонько с рынков сдвинет. Займётся плотно воен-промом, Металлургией и цвет-ломом, Армейский комплекс обновит, Новинок разных наплодит. Вот жизнь начнётся у России, Ну просто ад невыносимый, На всём своём мы пропадём, В лаптях ходить опять начнём. Как будто Русь без евро-пэров, Сама не сможет шагу сделать, Вы все там умные такие, А мы тут олухи простые. Не знаем ничего, не видим, Не понимаем, плохо слышим, И браки геев не выносим, Зато на ручках Женщин носим. На этом спор этот закончим, Потом у Бога вместе спросим, О том кто прав кто виноват, И кто кому был брат и сват. Вы там живите как хотите, Хоть вверх тормашками ходите, А мы тут сами разберёмся, И без советов обойдёмся. Одно, ребята, уясните! С войной к нам лучше не ходите! Не заставляйте нас грешить, И вас характером душить. Давайте мирно дружно жить, К друг другу в гости приходить, Рожать детей, растить, учить, И Землю-Матушку любить. Мы Русские и тем гордимся, И ваших козней не боимся! Придётся вам это усвоить, Навеки вечные запомнить. Стояла Русь...её не сдвинуть! А вот Европа может сгинуть. Россия-Мать...Господь-Отец. А кто всё понял...Молодец.

У всех в России есть дачи . А зимой они живут в городах

Yes, pretty much. But you own the land and can sell it.

Is very similar! Such holiday villages are called SNT (garden non-profit partnership), during the Soviet era, plots in them were allocated free of charge by the organization in which the person worked. The house and everything else had to be built by yourself. You can grow berries, vegetables, fruits, flowers for yourself, but not for sale, or you can sow a lawn and relax, but we don’t do that 😆 The annual membership fee is approximately 3000-5000 ₽ (40-60 dollars).

​​@@SamsRussianAdventures Это земли категории товарищества, если хотите свою землю для с/х или промышленную - пожалуйста покупайте! Ну а не потянете можете продать 😉 Of course, this is the land of camaraderie. If you want your land for agricultural or industrial - please buy! Well, don’t hesitate, you can always sell 😉

За дачу нужно платить налог 1 раз в год 50 центов . И за воду , свет все стоит мелочь . Домики где можно поспать , укрытся от дождя . Всё люди после работы едут на дачи . От этого бывают пробки на дорогах. Ловим рыбу , собираем ягоды в лесу . Дачи обычно стоят на берегу рек , окруженные лесами .

Yes! it's all a bit of a mix! Like organised chaos!

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you!

The take away? Yes!

Interesting! Thanks for sharing! I remember that we used to have them in the UK but I don't know if they exist anymore! The first time I saw this egg shaped BBQ was in Russia.

@@SamsRussianAdventures the specific shape is Russian. The US versions are rounder but still same thing.

Thanks mate!!!!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for the watching!

Russia has some of the best farmland in the world and plenty of it. But are really really bad at exploiting it. Thats why they had to get foreign farmers in to help with production.. And it helped as you see... However the foreign farmers are not not happy many of them ended up with big debt because Russian government forced them to sell back to russians really cheap..

Я очень много видео снимал с шашлыками

Will do, I’ve actually made a few videos there already. I just don’t like pork.

Спасибо 🙏

🤣🤣🤣 I didn’t translate it accurately))))

i think the guy said 3 million Rubles. Roughly by today exchange: 30-35k USD

непереводимое выражение😁

@@emilkadd3 millions spent and need more 3 million to finish

@@sofyadeeva5985 Makes sense +/- 70k$