Siberia, on the Road to the Gulags | Deadliest Journeys 

I don't think I looked away from this video for even a second. These people experience more life in one day than I in a year. Total respect for them.

To all the journalists out there, this is how a documentary is supposed to be made.

After watching this I realize life only _seems_ hard sometimes. For these guys it actually is hard, but they take it in their stride and keep going.

I never heard of this channel before and I clicked on this video randomly just to use as background noise as I do other things around the house. I wound up sitting down and watching the entire documentary. It sucked me in within the first 10 minutes or so. This is a very well made documentary. Thank you.

This reminds me so much of living in Alaska back in 1965 to late 1967. I was working on my masters degree at the university of Alaska. It was before they found the oil and was like the Wild West. In the summer the hippies would come and move into some abandoned place and space out for the summer. When the cold came in September, they were gone! I mapped the volcanic rocks in central Alaska and was out in the woods and hills looking for the outcrops of basalt. Yes there were bears, lots of them. When I could smell them I was safe because I knew the wind came toward me from them. It was when I heard them and could not smell them that I could be in trouble. I had no gun and a big pack to load the rocks into to take back and study. There were many abandoned places where once they dredged for gold. They also had hermits living in these towns. I woke up early one morning and one was watching me. They did not like civilization and people. The abandoned towns were like just moved out of. Even had table wear. I also think some of the men were nazi escapees from Germany hiding out there. They were mean and never allowed me to enter their property looking for the rocks. Learned allot and lover the university there. I was young and loved geology and it was a great country. A good place to be when growing up! Ratio of men to woman was 8 to 1 woman. Yes that is typical for the frontier. The summer of 1967 started with an earth quake, then there were the fires under the tundra and ended with a great flood. I was going on the Wilcox expedition but the army did not allow me to. It was the greatest disaster in North American Climbing. Seven of the 11 on the expedition died. The same summer the floods covered our little cabin, we lived in the basement of one of the dorms till the water went down. I married a fellow geologist and by the end of the fall was back in the army for three years. Great time in my life!

I live in Alaska in the mid 60s and the Alaska highway was like this. I had a plexiglass sheet that I had to over the windshield to protect it from what we called the “Yukon Rose”. That is a smashed glass spot from the rock hitting the windshield. We drove it in the winter when able. Was a good drive then, no dust, no bugs smashed on windshield, no mud, no rocks thrown up to hit windshield. But then at -40f/c there are other issues, like the steering freezing, ice build up inside on windshield, gas getting into the oil and trying to keep warm!

This ended way too early and on a cliff hanger. I wanted to see more of the travelers on the tracked vehicles and see the vast frozen place that was their destination.

I have high respect for these people who can survive under those extreme conditions. Difficult roads and terrains, but their spirit is high, and traditions are being kept alive. Brilliant documentary.

With those workmen, the road will finish in the year 4023😅😂😂😂

I saw this thumbnail on my homepage. I thought "how did I never see this one yet?" Then I noticed it was uploaded 3 minutes ago! Brilliant timing

It's not a "Saiga", it's an SKS, and it wasn't designed for civilian use. It's just that in most countries it was deemed outdated shortly after it was deemed ready for service. There were a few countries that did use it for military purposes for decades after it's invention

I love that places like this still exist. Living in the US in California is so boring. Dont get me wrong, I will never end up here in this place but knowing there are places in the deep places of the world that are still a wild west / mad max script makes the world more interesting. A desolate road full of truckers having to survive the wild, the elements, using random run down vehicle repair shops in the high way wasteland driving past road workers who have to hunt to survive with their SKS rifles praying to the old gods for protection, bears attacking people, wolves... haunted stretches of road from the old gulags full of spirits, highway bandits and then beyond the road is a never ending expanse of forests and mountains full of secrets and the unknown. Life is so boring and mundane working your 9-5 hearing co workers talk about sports, celebs and other NPC crap. It makes me feel better knowing there are still wild crazy places on the earth.

Pozdrav svim ovim ljudim, želim im :zdravlje,mir,radost i blagostanje. Pozdrav iz sela Donji Tavankut u Srbiji.

The guy who was stuck in mud at 25.09 mins was an absolute legend (we are victims to our own roads)

I've been to Yakutsk when I lived in Vladivostok (1996-97) and remember January 1997 being VERY COLD for me (an American). I really enjoyed this video - thank you to the producers.

Hidup di belahan bumi ini semuanya keras bersyukur bagi anda yang mendapatkan hidup tanpa harus bersusah payah, big respect untuk para pekerja dan pemberi kehidupan bagi keluarganya ini salam dari indonesia anda orang hebat❤🇲🇨

This is interesting , This is entertaining and gives a great sense of the life and struggle in the world. Thanks for all your hard work filming and traveling / risking your life making these videos.

The rifle fired at 8:17 is not a version of the "notorious Kalashnikov". It's a 10-round SKS rifle that the Kalashnikov, aka AK47, replaced in 1947.

These vistas are absolutely beautiful. There's something very real about it. It talks to me on a primal level. And I also noticed how most of these people had very close to a laugh about their situation. The amount of acceptance for life's challenges and still trucking on, literally, is truly inspiring.😢

I've visit places like this when young. Nothing change since then. Very beautiful but hard to endure. I'd like to visit again

In early 90s I spend few years in Yakutsk and all over Yakutsk oblast also few months in Magadnan oblast (north part of it). Travel those roads and eat reindeer gulash with buckwheat for many days. Meat was stored as on the video, in abandoned mine shaft. Drink theirs vodka from tin cups as well. Life have diferent values there, similar to Canadian arctic where I spend some part of my life as well.

It is great to see some "regular" folks, as I have found around the world, that have none of the political issues that cause so much trouble in our world. From Texas. Great video!

If anyone is interested, a Louis L'Amor Novel called Last of the Breed is a fascinating and surprisingly accurate story of an American Military Pilot brought down over the Bering Sea and transported to a prison camp near lake Baikal,and his subsequent escape and survival in the Siberian Tiaga...I purposely left out a twist which is made clear in the first chapter, which helps explain his survival in such hostile territory. Cold war kids will appreciate it... I think it's one of L'Amour's last pieces, written in 1986, just as Glasnost,and Peristroyka were being established. No Six Guns.... No Horses, and no pigeonhole of the American West. An expansion,if you will on a intrigal part of the American West, just in Siberia!

Definitely a ROUGH journey! God bless these guys that are trying to make living !🙏🏾❤️These guys still have a great sense of humor in spite of the battle they have to fight every day ! How could you not love these guys ? 😂❤️

Incredible example of human spirit and determination! Thank you.

I've trucked through the rocky moutains and now that seems easy. I had no idea the Russian far east was part wild west and part mad max

"We have to pay taxes for roads, there are no roads." As someone who has lived in Michigan, I feel this

The mountain refrigerator @ 40:50 stuffed with reindeer carcasses was incredible! What a spectacular resource for the community, ensuring that everyone will have a good source of protein for a long time. 🦌🦌🦌

The first rifle as well as that of the game warden were Simonov carbines (ie. SKS) and are not AK47 variants. It fires the same cartridge, the intermediate 7.62 x 39mm as an AK47 but the action is totally different, semi-automatic only and preceded the fully automatic, detachable magazine AK47.

Nikolai is as tough a nails. Truly a lost trait of men world wide. Man single handedly keeps the tundra thriving. True sigma. Got attacked by a bear and blamed himself. Respects locals and counter culture and their way of life.

Very good documentary, I have watched it twice over the last few months. Thanks for posting.

My great grandfather was a german Mg-42 gunner at stalingrad and was captured and send to the gulags. He escaped later by train hopping back to germany through russia and then poland but his friends who flew with him were shot dead in the journey.

I can't help loving & admiring this Deadliest Journey Series! Those Russian drivers who are valiant, gutsy, & courageous certainly deserve a huge pat on the back for a job well done. Btw, if it weren't for this narrator, Tom Wright, who has a low-pitched, kind of husky, & dignified-tone of voice, this doc. couldn't be of much interest & enjoyable. His unique & faintly sarcastic way of talking seems to have enhanced the wealth of intrigue, thrill, & excitement ( I wonder if anyone else perceives the same!?). Lastly, thanks for driving the secondhand Japanese trucks( I've never expected to see those trucks owned by SEINO Transport Company in Japan.) in the Siberian rough & tough roads. Thoroughly enjoy watching & appreciate it to the core.,,,,(03/20/23)

He's right about the Coffee/cola mix. I used to take that when I had to make that long ride. 1500 miles in 24 hours.

All these people are fighters.hats off.❤❤❤ From India

Mind. Blown. I couldn't stop watching, thanks for your efforts.

love the Deadliest Journey series, outstanding documentary, keep it up!!!

Amazing documentary! Respect to those who filmed this

Nicolae story is captivating. Especially the moment he encountered the bear. Lol i had a good laugh but at same time sympathise with him . Glad he's is well & alive to share this wonderful epic journey.

Absolute wonderful experience here. Thank you.

What a fantastic series! Great work as usual!

I have always been grateful, to have been born in a place and time, when there is better in the world than what others have to endure on a hourly basis. It is my hope that all can find a safe, and comfortable existence. Be well.

Very compelling... Loved this

This should be a good one! I'm fascinated with learning about Russia and the former USSR! The gulags and the purges should be taught about in school just as much as the Nazis, if not more, but I didn't learn much about the former USSR until I took World History in college taught by a professor who I'm pretty confident was/is indeed a communist himself.

Thanks guys for uploading a new episode of this deadliest journey, we are seeking for more new episodes of this. Thanks keep uploading 😍

Simply incredible, best wishes to these hardy people.

I just found this channel and love it. I am a retired trucker from US. I love the video called "Man's First Friend". If you love dogs you will love the documentary. ❤

Truly fascinating, thank you!

poor bear sitting chained like that , hard life though

Man thank you so much for this film, I enjoy watching from the US.

Why your audience is so small....you guys deserve more subscribers...its just now a days most of the people are into entertainment & short reels....only the real people or mature one reach to your channel...i can understand how much it takes to shoot such documnetry & language issue...you guys are doing great just keep it up...🤗

Driving a car in this region would drive car lovers truly crazy.

I really enjoy watching, because I can see the world through the videos you make, thank you ❤❤❤❤❤

Merci pour ce beau reportage

this channel truly has "Best Documentary"-ies

I am a road driver here in the US.... I think we got it easy.

Excellent documentary!

Such a fascinating documentary! There are more than a few days ive thought i had it rough.. Na, just watch n learn...

The resilience of man, wow. I lived in similar conditions in Northern Canada

Respect for all truckers out there ! Not an easy job!

Very well documented in all aspects 👏👏👏

Great documentary✌😎

Interesting video all that beer in tough conditions

Awesome, is there a part 2? It seems to just end. Thanks for the content!

AN AMAZING VIDEO ........ THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD

A fantastic dokumentary!!!!!

fantastic documentary - real life, real people

awesome video, what a journey

2:50 Игорь , 42 года , ветеран войны в Афганистане 😂. Ну вы блин даёте, как сказал бы Михалыч 😉.

Life in this part of the world must be UNBELIEVABLY hard!

This is A-360 motorway which goes from Never settlement to Lower Bestyakh (Yakutsk is on the other side of the Lena and there is no bridge) Now it's mostly finished, from Never to Aldan (650 km) there is only 20 km and 15 km pieces of dirt road, rest is steady asphalt with some waves closer to the south end

I got incredibly stoned and watch this documentary, it was absolutely incredible. multiple times in the viewing. I had o rewind and watch a scene over and over, as it was so fascinating, particularly scenes that show deep superstitions, notice how the further north this case of beer travels, the further back in time we go, the more ancient customs, notice the untouched $100 bill on the sacred mountain gods monument. Overall, incredible, 9.5/10

Fantastic series.

Great documentary

Man, that is "living on the frontier". Those are some tough and resourceful people.

люди это-такая "зараза"....выживают и приспосабливаются везде и самое главное!!!находят смысл во всем этом))

Thank you 😊

Deadliest Roads/Journeys are undoubtedly the best shows on RU-vid 👍 From Guam, USA 🇺🇸

8:08 that looks to be an SKS actually. It was introduced at the very end of WWII and was used up until they were able to get the AK-47 mass produced in 1953, I think. It was something along those lines. Anyways the rifle was and still used today for ceremonial purposes. It was also a big hit in the civilian markets across the world. A very beautiful rifle, and one of my favorites for sure.

46:26 Boof Boof Boof Excellent Trigger Discipline. Vodka and Beer Lmao

Bom dia, sou do Brasil e estou assistindo este documentario de vcs. É uma jornada muito dificil de se fazer mesmo tendo um carro traçado. E esses pessoal que aparece no documentario são uns guerreiros no meu modo de vê. Mas tem lá a suas vantagens, pois tem que paissagem exuberante durante a jornada. Vai aqui o meu abraço a todos!.

Bruh… this is like some old vice North Korea / Russia type documentary. Crazy good. Crazy to think they have a baby on board while traveling in a Soviet half track tank

It is a well told story. For having penetrated deep inside Russia myself, the documentary illustrates well that unique fatalism, unpreparedness and resilience in adversity among Russians of all origins. It also clearly shows how Asian Russia today remains as a country. But the extraction industry and resulting destruction / pollution industry make me sad too. Mixed feelings.

Krasa išla tatra tade pekny dokument.Tatra nezna bratra😀

The landscape moulds the people 💪🏻

I live in Fairbanks Alaska , The road side in this video reminds me of the road side up North , - the extreme road damage.

it feels weird seeing that truck offroading in Siberia when it was delivering just outside of where I live in japan

A brilliant film as a documentary. The reactions it causes are terrifying. I would like to see all those admiring "this place to live" when they are forced to live there. Next time they will definitely not be impressed when they see such places.

Golly, Nikoli is a proper man. God bless that fella

Só uma palavra para tentar explicar este estilo tão hostil de vida: incrível, incrível, incrível!

Fascinating documentary! Life/ living in the old USSR all its colonies brave ppl gulags fierce roads, lots of rivers/lakes ( that huge land Russia.)...absolutely interesting 💥👍🏾

It was a very exciting and intersting dokumentation, I would be very interested in living with this people for a few month to learn how difficult but also independant there life is. Thank you for this movie!!

Enjoyed this one. Thank you

Incredible people to be living like that. A serious injury or illness could easily be the end of your time on earth.

Im speechless Beautiful Documentary, How Ever Life is Hard Weather is Harsh But People Still having Fun and Laughing, This Video Made My day I truly Appreciate You Guy's Work ,🙏

Did anyone else notice the soldier in the beginning wore a US Army tag?

Gosh, these men make my job look easy....those are some hardworking responsible men...all liabilities are on them alone.

Я думаю, что это дорога, которая проверяет адреналин водителя.

The road has been repaired few years ago. At the moment it looks like a decent rode, checked google maps

This is outstanding. A fun and very informative documentary. It seems Russian development is held back by their poor road network. This is traveler's dream. Keep it up.