MEET THE STANS -- episode 1&2: Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

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Please visit www.simonreeve.co.uk for more information.
Simon Reeve travels through Central Asia in this four-part BBC TV series, shown on BBC2, BBC World and by broadcasters internationally. The adventure took Simon from the far north-west of Kazakhstan, by the Russian border, east to the Chinese border, south through Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the edge of Afghanistan, and west to Uzbekistan and the legendary Silk Road cities of Samarkand and Bukhara.
The Guardian said it was 'a thrilling postcard from the edge'
The Times said: 'Simon Reeve's journey through Kazakhstan is a first-class Boys Own adventure on film and illuminating too. I can't imagine anyone switching off who stays for the first five minutes.'
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SIMON REEVE is an adventurer, TV presenter and New York Times bestselling author with a passion for travel, current affairs, history, conservation and the environment. He has been around the world three times for the BBC series Equator, Tropic of Capricorn, and Tropic of Cancer, and has travelled extensively in more than 100 countries. Simon's last journey around the Tropic of Cancer enthralled millions and was described by The Times of London as: "a real gem...Reeve is in a class of his own". Readers of a leading travel magazine voted it their favourite TV series. Simon, who is an ambassador for the nature conservation organisation WWF, has been awarded a One World Broadcasting Trust award for an "outstanding contribution to greater world understanding". His books include Tropic of Capricorn (published by BBC Books), and The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden and the future of terrorism, which warned of a new age of apocalyptic terrorism, and was the first in the world on bin Laden and al Qaeda. Originally published in 1998 it has been a New York Times bestseller. Simon has contributed to other studies into organised crime, terrorism, biological warfare and corruption. His book One Day in September: the story of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre was published in 2000. The film of the same name, narrated by the actor Michael Douglas, won an Oscar for best feature documentary.
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You can find out more information on Simon's journeys, and see more of Simon's films, at his website: www.simonreeve.co.uk or at / shootandscribble
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@IAmMrQ 10 лет назад

BTW.. The Kazakhstan Beatles are AWESOME!!!

@SpriteRosa 3 месяца назад

Australia and America will become the next Kazakhstan, where whites has been replaced by Asians.

@weeeeoooow 3 года назад

I'm half way through reading your book 'Step by step' and that's what's brought me here!🙂

@coxhoe789 5 месяцев назад

me too and a lot of it is hard to belive

@sungreen4417 12 лет назад

To counter all the negative comments abou this video, i found it very useful and informative. I don't think it shows either Kazakhstan or Kyrgyzstan in a bad light. It's not meant to be a sugar-coated tourist video, but shows things of interest to Western viewers, including the supposed war on terror. Also, the interpreters/ guides are brilliant in these programs - the lady from Kazakhstan is just beautiful, and the Uzbek lady is so cool!

@TheCyborg94 6 лет назад

Kazakhstan is very advanced now, compared to back then. Kazakhstan is definitely one of the countries I want to visit and tour.

@hockeydude810 9 лет назад

Awesome Kazak portion-great to see they have kept their traditions alive after all the years of occupation and change. Loved the food and Yert traditions. Can see how the American Indians would have derived from this culture at one point way back. After I saw the documnetary I looked up Kazak links with American Indians and saw that research shows a genetic link with the Altai valley which is partly in Kazakhstan and the American Indians. Peace.

@Arahansannihilation 10 лет назад

It's funny but true the Stans are where Asian and White merged, same thing happens in Northern Africa and Middle East where Black and White merged. To put it simply, it's where the color line starts to blur.

@ashleycal3172 10 лет назад

Thats not necessarily the case, Central Asia's population is almost 90% Turkic. Turkic people are not white they are an Asiatic mongoloid race who are a directly related to Mongols which they mixed with. The few Turks who aren't mixed with mongol are still asiatic. There is no place in Central Asia were Turkic people's mixed with White Europeans. Their slavic conquerors didn't mix with them nor did any neighboring Europeans countries nearby so thats an untrue statement.

@Arahansannihilation 10 лет назад

What are you based this on, white supremacy theory? Just look at them, for satan's sake.

@ashleycal3172 10 лет назад

Ranases I'm looking at them and they look like your typical modern day Turk in central Asia. 60% of them look East Asia or clearly of Mongol stock and the others look less East Asian and have more of a central Asian look which looks like a hybrid of Middle Eastern and East asian but regardless even the less mongol looking Turks look Asian. None look white or European, some may have some European blood but very minimal and very rare in the population. I'm not trying to offend I'm just stating the fact that Central Asians are Asian and yes it is a cross roads between East and West but bottom line is most Turks and Central Asians are of East Asian decent with some near Eastern genetics from places like Western Asia and from Indo-Iranians being present with of course the Genetics of true non-mongol mixed Turkic peoples but the vast majority mixed with Mongols and Mongols and Turks were already genetically similar even before their union.

@Potatoman1578 10 лет назад

Ashley Cal I think by white he means Caucasian"race" not blond and blue eyed Europeans and Americans. Yes indeed Central Asia like North Africa is one of those rare places where most of the people are mixed. In the case of Central Asia there has been a long term mixing happened between the original settlers of Iranic people like Sogdians, Scythians, Parthians and Bactrians and Indo-European people like Tocharians with Altaic people like Turks and Mongols who began to settle in that region 1000 year ago .This was further clarified with the genetic test of Uzbek people which showed that indeed their genes are half Iranic and half Turko-Mongolic. Also in the past 200 years Russian immigrants have more or less had impact on the genetic variation of Central Asia.

@ashleycal3172 10 лет назад

Azad Khademi I agree with you. Both the other two guys were making it seem like Whites like Anglo's or Slavs were mixing with Central Asian Turks to make the genetics of Central Asia but I agree Iranian people who are Indo-European and you could argue that they aren't what people would consider "White" by European standards but they are a Europid/Caucasian race and the Uzbek's are descended from them, probably a lot more Uzbeks are descended from them then are say Kyrgz or Kazakh's because they look very asiatic compare to the more middle eastern looking Uzbeks. The Uzbek's and Tajiks look very similar but Kyrgz and Kazakh's look very East Asian/Mongol to me. Also I would argue how much a genetic impact Russians have on Central Asia despite their being quite a few Russians living in CA. As history has show most Europeans don't tend to intermix with other groups, especially Russians back when Kazakhstan was being colonized by Russia. It is usually the Asians forcing their genes on the Europeans then vice versa but any Russian genetics in Central Asia is likely minimal aside from the obvious Russians living their.

@askaichin 10 лет назад

I love the Kazakhi host lady. Sweet, charmingly peaceful and wise. Infact most people look happy go lucky and highly intelligent in this country. This country would go far if these people indeed represent the majority of the land. Full power to Kazakhstan.

@tento2945 10 лет назад

Hello. Who are you by ethnicity? Iranian? No?

@aaronbeaumont9073 11 лет назад

simon reeve is a good host

@ulan7088 9 лет назад

The 22 y.o student accompanying crew in Kyrgyzstan is Mr. Kadyr Toktogulov. 2012-2014 Head of communications department of Presidential office 2015-present Kyrgyzstan ambassador to USA

@uxaines8910 Год назад

He is educated nice man

@JimLifeWorthLiving-u2i 2 месяца назад

Thank you for the work! How's watching in 2024??? Lets keep it alive!

@moonrider67 10 лет назад

36:20 i really love this country

@Beyonder1987 10 лет назад

Stan means Land Land means Stan Afghani'stan' = Land of the Afghan's Uzbeki'stan' = Land of the Uzbek's Eng'land' = Land of the English Fin'land' = Land of the Finn's

@jackikr6708 10 лет назад

you absolutelly right

@KarandeepSinghK 10 лет назад

*Afghans , Uzbeks and Finns ( Actually it's the land of the Finnish, but Fins is alright too)

@Beyonder1987 9 лет назад

जय उपाध्याय actually "Stan" is derived primary from Persian origin.

@Beyonder1987 9 лет назад

जय उपाध्याय The word "Stan" is a Persian word, it derived from Persia. Just like the words "Land" came from German.

@rootsandroutes1 9 лет назад

जय उपाध्याय SolidTube911 You're both right, of course. Old Persian/Avestan -stan and Sanskrit स्थान (sthān, as in Rajasthan, and a word found in the Vedas) are the same because both share a common ancestor more recent than Proto-Indo-European: Proto-Indo-Iranian. Slavic languages, another branch, have -stan too, where it means related things like "habitation," "camp," "tent," and "apartment." The word is very old, pre-dating all written language. However, as a geographic term, it was certainly spread a greater distance by Iranian languages (not just Persian) and the Turkic languages that adopted it.

@radessvk4441 Год назад

So much history and good people vanished-it really breaks my heart-and makes me appreciate the time on this beautiful planet.The diversity that it offers..god bless all the good people

@TVinmyEye 10 лет назад

think i'm more fascinated with the geography of Kazakhstan and the people who inhabit the country, they're like a combination of chinese and middle easterners, an peculiar mix.

@subsrebel4 10 лет назад

Central Asia and Eurasian Steppes was once homeland of ancient Iranic and other Indo-European Peoples. All the Central Asians are basically a mixture of Caucasus and Mongoloid races.

@SpriteRosa 3 месяца назад

Australia and America will become the next Kazakhstan, where whites has been replaced by Asians.

@Potatoman1578 10 лет назад

-stan is like land in English, for example England,Scotland,Finland... so we have -stan like Tajikistan,Uzbekistan.Afghanistan. by the way it's persian, I mean the -stan

@ashleycal3172 10 лет назад

strange that you all use stan even though most countries who have that ending are Turkic/Mongol and not Persian, the only Persian one I think is Tajikstan

@Potatoman1578 10 лет назад

Ashley Cal there is a simple answer for your question. Every country that has -stan suffix at the end of their names have been more or less influenced by Persian culture. just look at the map of the greater Iran and it shows the sphere of influence of Persian culture. here is the link: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Greater_Iran.gif

@MAZDAKPRODUCTION 10 лет назад

Ashley Cal I agree with Azad. If you look at all the Iranian Provinces (all states in Iran) they all end with stan. so Stan=State. The word state is directly driven from its Sanskrit Persian root Stan= State of... Khuzestan = State of The Khuzes Afghanistan = State of Afghans Pakistan = State of Paks Tajikistan = State of Tajiks Thus many fathers of constitution modeled the US to follow the Persian Empire`s system of government according to their own quotes.

@rexherrera7722 10 лет назад

What if all the stan would merge into 1 nation like UK

@KarandeepSinghK 10 лет назад

MAZDAKPRODUCTION Stan also means boobies in sanskrit ! Now that would would make a great name !

@SixxFootThree 9 лет назад

Lol, talk about ironic as Simon Reeve a Brit while traveling in Kazakhstan happens to firstly find an Irish pub and secondly later on after their vehicle is out of commission just happens to be taken to a place featuring a band playing ... The Beatles.

@martincho4255 8 лет назад

I really enjoyed the film, nice point of view. Those countries are very interesting, the people seem to be great, just like the people I know from both countries. Greetings from Bulgaria ;)

@sahilsuhag9297 8 лет назад

Stan translates to 'place' in a lot of languages in central asia, pakistan, afghanistan even india. So kazakhstan means - land of the kazakhs.

@Jane-ie1hp 9 лет назад

Interesting documentary about Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan brought to us by Liam Gallagher

@RsonW 11 лет назад

Let's get Kazakhstan Beatles to Liverpool!

@einseele 9 лет назад

Absolutely outstanding

@georgemorris9714 10 лет назад

This is such a brilliant representation of central Asia portrayed in a superb way with solid direction and journalism! Job well done, Simon!

@fratercontenduntocculta8161 8 месяцев назад

I love the ‘stans! Such a fascinating part of the world. I have been fortunate to have been to Kyrgyzstan in 2010.

@tramiston 12 лет назад

i liked this Kyrgyz interpreter, he is confident, tolerant and clear in his ideas.

@architect2321 10 лет назад

the background music in this film is actually from russian culture. i've expected more professionalism from BBC. Anyway it is interesting to see at my country from other point of view

@BVargas78 10 лет назад

Transparency and harsh punishments are the key to fighting corrupt officials.

@sjsid24 3 года назад

Captain Ortez damn 🔥

@richardsmith3065 Год назад

Kyrgyzstan was an amazing country to visit, this documentary never really showed how beautiful the scenery is. People are very friendly as well. My claim to fame, being interviewed on TV while there during a visit to some tribal games.

@brenthahn3468 11 лет назад

Well done! I was in Kazakh a couple years ago. I wouldn't really recommend it for holiday-making, but if that's your ambition I'd suggest you stay on the Almaty side. Brilliant and ballsy work; I look forward to watching the rest.

@MyFileVlog 11 лет назад

Completely agree visited kazakhstan this past summer it may have its problem with the goverment but it is one of the safest places i have traveld to and the people are amazing.

@bryaneberly3588 10 лет назад

I love Capt. Ortiz's juxtaposition in this video. We just heard a militant Muslim curse the power-hungry America, and then we're introduced to bubbly, happy, fuck-all Capt. Ortiz, representing the Great Satan. Love it.

@masterrickgrady9574 11 лет назад

Thank you, what you have done has saved some lives.

@jackharrison6771 7 лет назад

These STAN vids are very interesting. I was in the USSR in 1986 and 89, but never got as far South as the Stans, mores the pity.

@aaronbeaumont9073 11 лет назад

this is a great documentary

@CocktaSlo 12 лет назад

You could at least write down when this was filmed, I assume it is around 10 years old. I was in KZ few months ago and life there is getting better exponently. Now it's already close to eastern europe. Btw ships are almost gone (for iron) and the North Aral is rising again since 2 dams are finished. Hahahah and if you constipation problems a good glass of shubat and vodka solves it like nothing else :D

@noname-z7e 10 лет назад

Borat (Film by Larry Charles) completely misrepresented Kazakhstan..quiet unfair (now I think about it after this documentary)

@vicbonett7772 10 лет назад

borat is not to meant to be taken seriously... ...a film like borat could be made about any country. But i enjoyed this one very much and am very impressed by the Kazak people.They live in an amazing place but unfortunately it is in a dangerous (ie;desirable) part of the world .

@jromasterofone 9 лет назад

Wasn't this guy the lead singer for Blur? Or Oasis? ;-)

@GiveMeLiberty3 9 лет назад

It's another world out there.

@jonsmith3001 9 лет назад

ерунда, это америка и европа "другой мир"

@landlordmapping6547 9 лет назад

"The countries are all strategically vital... AND THEY'RE ALL CALLED 'STAN' *queue perfectly timed music*"

@Heygens 12 лет назад

Someone forgot to add non-recognized states as Tatarstan, Bashkortostan and Dagestan...

@icemachine79 10 лет назад

4:20 Is he advertising his services?

@jonoleslie 12 лет назад

Absolutely terrific - thank you for posting such great content.

@enzongsampaga6691 10 лет назад

nabiil nasser... john lennon said that on his song Imagine.. i am glad he is not the only one that ever dreamt that.. there will be peace no heaven no hell no religioun no race .. just peace .. so it will happen

@michaellaurette4589 2 года назад

0:59 It's not a place that makes headlines very often, but if my predictions are right...

@MGLomerta 11 лет назад

Kazakhstan

@pauljackowacko552 10 лет назад

Borat is a awesome movie...................agree?

@lo8426 10 лет назад

Certainly agree! This film is very truthfully describes the mentality, traditions and customs of the Jewish people, Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen), a Jew himself, and therefore showed a film about a very objective, their country, and their ethnicity hahaha

@binTheeb 8 лет назад

Great Journalism Simon

@gar1711 11 лет назад

Thank you for this very interesting and informative documentary

@DarrellCalhoun 9 лет назад

hello, stan(s)!

@jonjam5746 9 лет назад

+Darrell Calhoun Hello man . Where are you from?

@DarrellCalhoun 9 лет назад

Bloomington,Indiana, USA

@zairbekdubanaev3716 9 лет назад

+Darrell Calhoun Hello Yankee!

@floopy312 9 лет назад

lol at the titanic soundtrack at the end xD

@pri22v11 10 лет назад

typical British, travel to another country, complain incessantly and then find a pub where they promptly order a pint and fish and chips, disregards the amazing local cuisine!

@pri22v11 9 лет назад

Anders Griffiths Thats highly incorrect. Have you been to a UK hospital? Have you noticed that the majority of the doctors are indian? Have you noticed how well educated they must be to practice medicine? Furthermore, have you seen statistics saying that Indians and Asians are amongst the most successful ethnic communities in the UK? That shows that they integrate well into society.

@good2freelance1 10 лет назад

Great programs, very educational

@Iceandjello 12 лет назад

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan #1 Exporter of Potassium!

@gamzer 12 лет назад

I was listening to this while in another tab and was convinced that was Alan Davies presenting.

@Aslanbekize 12 лет назад

Thanks for the good documental!

@LulaJake Год назад

I recently discovered that Pakistan is an acronym and stands for Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir and India. Stan means country.

@bayoubandit4984 9 лет назад

32:52 Baby naming ceremony, kid found out his name, didn't like it.

@decouvrirlavie 2 года назад

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@MrTalkingzero 10 лет назад

Simon, in the beginning ten minutes it seems like your translator made a serious mistake by translating "heal himself" as "kill himself". I will watch the rest of the series though, I think you are doing a great job.

@VictorFr0st 11 лет назад

Love these documentaries

@mbodi1 11 лет назад

Wow that Captain Cortez is cute as hell!

@ripp846 10 лет назад

Kazakhstan Beatles. Sweet.

@Haden475 10 лет назад

Did they label the missile "explosive bomb" so that it wouldn't just say "bomb" even if it is redundant?

@nathanwilliams2152 8 лет назад

It was interesting to hea the comments made by the Kyrgyz students. I wonder what their opinions would be now? This was filmed before the Tulip Revolution, and before President Atambayev's reforms...how has Kyrgyzstan changed since then?

@bekmashrapov1858 8 лет назад

since that time we got more pro-Russian. Now Russian propaganda in Kyrgyzstan is everywhere. when I visit my country, I have a feeling that I am in Russia, not in Kyrgyzstan. PS I am Kyrgyz from Dubai

@kennethhorne1119 8 лет назад

love the happy ending

@c1gle784 8 лет назад

great documentary!!

@simmyevans7406 9 лет назад

Omg how many years ago this video was taken lot of changes there now I think the author of this video have to take a new one lol

@User-nu6km 10 лет назад

wawaweewa, very nice

@zeki893 2 года назад

What year was this filmed?

@ДжониДэпп-ы5б 12 лет назад

Oh my motherland((

@seasoningvisualkei 12 лет назад

Must go for tajikistan and turkmenistan, uzbekistan!

@alieem5771 11 лет назад

Great documentary

@danielgriggs2169 9 лет назад

You had a higher chance of getting shot by the locals rather any radioactive particles

@danielgriggs2169 9 лет назад

For the unnecessary suits

@SolidSnnake 12 лет назад

cool documentary

@εεσ-ψ5ο 10 лет назад

Any wise ,having knowledge upon the docum's tracks, -the ones with the guitar- and help me ?

@sergioruano4547 8 лет назад

Hola, saludos, quisiera que estos videos estubieran tambien en Español, lamento mucho no poder disfrutar de los mismos por eso gracias

@anonUK 12 лет назад

Much of the music we think of as "Russian" was in fact Cossack- i.e. Kazakh. Cossacks were Central Asians in service to the Tsar, i.e. in the Royal Russian army.

@Danitydoll1 11 лет назад

aww i want the kazak beatles to play in liverpool!

@christopherarnold3844 3 года назад

Watch the very end

@spongebobsquarepants4137 9 лет назад

has someone from another country ever made a documentary like this about America? you know like a real life borat. i would really like to see that.

@jonsmith9984 11 лет назад

Alga Qazaqstan! Jasa Alash!

@raudraprema2629 11 лет назад

Do you pronounce it as Stan or Sthan? Sthan in Sanskrit means, "Place of".So, place of Kazakhs.Is it so?

@msoviet409 9 лет назад

Long time ago I thought the Huns were the ancestors of the Kazaks, apparently not. It is actually they're the ancestors of the Uyghurs of Uyghurstan which is now partially occupied by China. It's sad that the Soviet Union was responsible for all the mess in Kazakstan, I'm very sure it was all the work of Joseph Stalin the most brutal ruler of communism. However I found the lady Kazak translator extremely attractive. Her demeanor makes me fall in love with her.

@BisdakTravelSports 9 лет назад

What's the name of this female soldier? She has a nice smile.

@lukkyluciano 10 лет назад

lol @ Titanic song at the end.

@johnmenanno2152 9 лет назад

They never mentioned all the bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan.

@coachH123 4 года назад

What's the name of the village ourtide Kyzlorda where the host grew up? I've been in this area and stayed in Aralsk.

@SEECH7cornishgrimemovement 11 лет назад

epic outro

@W0j45 7 лет назад

Does anyone know when it was aired?

@lionlinekz 11 лет назад

Kazakhstan is the most educated country if that surprises u. We've got enough money, educated people and enourmous natural resources. Things are getting better, though living standards in USSR was still higher

@andrewsapia 9 лет назад

the funny thing about Kazakhstan and other similar places in the world with natural resources is this. Yeah, they do have commodities in the ground. But they need to be found, gotten out, and then sold to people who want to purchase them. So if Kazakhstan wants to invest say 2 or 3 hundred million dollars into searching for oil and then build the infrastructure to get it out of the ground and then develop markets for the oil, well you see how complicated it gets. I agree that the governments of these places should have a mechanism for the people of said countries benefiting from the resources however, it takes hundreds of millions and billions of dollars to find oil, to build infrastructure and they need western companies to do this. Their old soviet buddies never did it. The west has to find it, pay to develop it in a very volatile area where the resource could at any minute be nationalized and there goes your investment. On top of that who provides the market for the damn stuff? What they want is for us to risk our money to find it, develop it and then buy the stuff for far more than it is actually worth if it were w true free market. Oil is a commodity and the price is based on scarcity, lots of the stuff and we probably pay 2 to 3 times the actual value of the stuff. Oil should actually be 10 bucks a barrel. The Saudis the same thing, we came we invested billions to find it build the infrastructure to get it out and we fucking buy it for far more than it is worth. So Kazakhstan should either put up or shut up.

@lo8426 9 лет назад

Ваша логика типичного империалиста и неоколонизатора

@Krommak 11 лет назад

Who do you mean by "this guy"? The reporter?

@HULLGRAFFITI 11 лет назад

Great doc's...Your onto a great gig,Michael Palin style !,wish I could find a way to get paid to travel getting paid to paint walls is cool but I'd love to do doing it in random places around the globe......If you ever wanna team up for 'Graffiti art in the danger zone's' - Im in !!

@Davi2sky 10 лет назад

Is this video 11 years old?

@Sereniama 11 лет назад

Wheres Turkmenistan?.... You forgot the Niyazov state controlled yet richest country in Central Asia in terms of GPD.

@kzteligo 10 лет назад

It was hard to enter Turkmenistan for westerner back in 2000's.

@aqsilewsin 10 лет назад

الله حامي قزاقستان

@dipanwitadutt5990 7 лет назад

are all the people of Stans Turkish people? Were they all under the ottoman empire or are they Persians?

@michaelabelman4323 11 лет назад

i cannot believe that woman is a captain in the american military. she is articulate as one would expect a private to be. if only the the children of our senators and lobbyists were serving...

@ТимурЕрденбеков-ч9д 12 лет назад

I am Kazakh, the son of the Kazakh of the father, and grandson Kazakhov to the 7th knee from an aggressive sort Nyman!!! We the GREAT PEOPLE WITH GREAT HISTORY, not once proved to the whole world that all attempts to impose to us the orders, answered rigidly that is proved by history, since execution of the Persian tsar Cyrus, and then and gains of huge territories, than we are obliged to the ancestors: Atilla, Genghis Khan, Beybars and many other!