Why Russia Looks So Depressing? 

I don’t find Russia depressing. “Life in Russia is depressing, how can we live here, everything inside Russia is so grey and not welcoming. “Every day I see these comments under some of my videos, many other videos. Today I tried to think about why does Russia give such vibes and does it depend on how it's usually portrayed in the media. If you feel it, you can support the channel through SuperThanks in the comment section or by joining: www.patreon.com/zangieff Thanks!

Hey Zangieff Once leaves have fallen and the sky turns grey most places in the world become depressing. Have a good weekend

The world need more people like Zangieff.

As a person from Sweden, I can totally relate to this. November is by far the darkest, rainiest, gloomiest month of the year. We have 5 months of winter from november to march, two months of spring from apr to may, three months of summer from june to aug, and two months of autumn from sep to oct.

I live in the Pacific Northwest in Washington state USA and our fall looks just like your fall, wet, cold and the trees fast asleep. Spring will come again, friend 💗

Illinois looks like what you are showing us. Dying plants for the winter and no sun is no fun. Love from US.

"Russians never smile" 😅 we just have a 'resting bich face', I look grumpy by default, unless you say something funny

It's the same in Canada, where I live. Different seasons make the landscape look so different. Russia is beautiful with incredibly varied landscapes. Keep up the great work with your videos! Spreading understanding is definitely your calling. :)

I love your comments on the grass. The color of grass is so different everywhere you go. Scotland has lovely green grass and always the first thing I notice when landing in a new place. ☺️

Это похоже на любое место, в котором есть сезоны, и я думаю, что это выглядит красивым, спокойным местом. Я живу в Среднеатлантических США и это похоже, деревья сбросили листья, но они вернутся. Наши листья также становятся коричневыми, на земле, как только они были с дерева в течение некоторого времени. Большинство на земле коричневые. Какого цвета были листья до того, как дерево сбросило их? Между зеленым и коричневым, должно быть, был какой-то желтый, оранжевый или красный. Я с нетерпением жду вашего видео весной, чтобы увидеть цветы, цветущие.

I don't think Russia depressing. Russia is beautiful to me! 🪆❤️🇷🇺

Your streets and apartment blocks aren't really more depressing that those to be found anywhere else, even with the grey weather. All they need to make them look more cheerful are people walking and chatting outside, children playing and other signs of social life. Sunshine and a lick of fresh paint would help, but they are not the most important elements. I've seen cheerful happy scenes in very poor slum villages and depressing sterile 'emptiness' in well-tended, climate-blessed rich areas. It's the people make the place. The children you show playing outside make all the difference.

Good to see you my friend. I hope you and your family are doing well. God bless.

Russia is a beautiful and distinctive country. It is winter and some people react unkindly based on cultural differences. This RU-vid channel will help to change those misconceptions. Thanks for sharing the Russian lifestyle.

I am in South Africa (currently enjoying the spring rains and the trees are very green and beautiful) and our grass turns brown and looks awful during the winter, the trees are mostly naked with no leaves

6:20 "You know what is the most important thing? It is that the kids are happy [...]" Yes. From the start I saw kids having fun, I didn't see depressing things... Trees with no leaves are even interesting for me. Where I live (southern Brazil) if a tree has no leaves, it's dead. There's none of that seasonal leaves falling off and then popping up again. So yea. Every place is different. Sorry, it may be a biased opinion. I really wanna go to russia somehow, someday. And I'd be happy to know that day is close by...

Hi Zangieff, love your videos. I see nothing different in Russia comparing it to other parts of the world. I'm in Buenos Aires now and I feel the same thing but not only from summer to fall, but also from day to day. Yesterday was a wonderful bright and sunny day and today it's a depressing grey day (a storm is coming). A puddle with a candy wrapping will look beautiful and colorful under the sun, and the best trees and buildings will look pale and depressing under a grey sky. Take care.

Looks like your channel has hit the RU-vid algorithm. It popped up in my recommended videos for some reason.

I think weather and vibes looks more calming and peaceful than depressing to be honest!

Thank you for posting the climate situation in your area. I live in Central California USA; at the moment, it's a touch Nippy. Partly cloudy and the leaves are falling in their red, gold and brown hues. Your video shows all brown leaves, it would be depressing to some folks. 👍Your positive attitude is good. There's not much one can do. You have a beautiful family and they wouldn't want a grumpy daddy around! My friend, " Love. Caring. Hope" are the foundation of our emotions. ❤May you all remain Safe and Healthy!! Be seeing ya!! ...😇...

For myself the grey and cold times, the wet and cold is always depressing and cant wait for spring with colours. I wonder you are still there and your friends Konstantin and Nicki are somewhere else. Stay safe, stay healthy with your whole family.

Ох, осень поздняя и весна ранняя - худшее время в России :) Но летом и зимой зачастую красота... (Зависит от места, конечно)

Thank you for sharing your life in Russia.

Тоже думала записать видео на эту тему и сказать: да, блин, потому что мы находимся в такой климатической зоне! Если бы тут была другая страна, в это время года она бы тоже выглядела depressing. Мне даже интересно, кто начал называть это depressing, потому что никогда так не считала, для меня это всегда было естественным, потому что да, природа из лета переходит в зиму и это НОРМАЛЬНО.

Its depressing in whole of Europe during the autummn and winter, its the darkness and less sun! Even in Sweden, Stockholm where i live, and ive been in Russia during the winter and autummn, its pretty much the same here during those 6 months

I wish more folks like you would post videos, pictures etc. because in this day there are still people who think/see other countries as the tv media has shown. St. Petersburg is beautiful. I’m sick of the media telling people who to hate it sickens me. There are bad apples in every country. Love your videos!

November is really the most “depressive” month of the year, just because it is the end of the extremely beautiful bright autumn (in my hometown the view of the streets in autumn looks absolutely fantastic) and the end of warmth. So, it is true just due to our climate, and I’m absolutely ok about it too))) This makes us feel even happier when the snow finally starts falling and the town becomes colourful and shining again 😊❤ The beauty is in the eyes of the one who is watching. I love and share your point of view ❤

Good to see you. Take care of your family and friends, i hope you are all well. Spasibo! Paka. 😘

Я из середины Соединенных Штатов (Миссури), и я действительно восхищаюсь вами. Я считаю, что главная причина того, что большая часть России кажется серой, - это дороги. Да, у вас так много травы и кустов, а также деревьев, что, когда листья падают, они попадают под машины, а затем быстро превращаются в грязь. А потом месяцами идет снег, а дороги так и не успевают очиститься от дождя. Спасибо за ваш канал! 💯

Hi Zangieff, my friend. I am so happy to see you 👋. If you go to German cities they look depressive and grey as well, except for little villages with very old half-timbered houses (you find them usually in center and southern region - for tourists "Deutsche Fachwerkstrasse" is maybe interesting) or houses made of clinker (you find them in northern region of FRG, the roofes are sometimes covered with reed). When its dark and the lights go on they look really lovely. Especially new houses (small and huge) here have no soul, look trist, cold and sad. Some people love it, others not. I never lived in a (huge) city amid huge houses, I could not imagine to do it and won't do it. When the sun is shining, everything looks more friendly and everywhere its more bright. And without humor, joy and fun everything is grey and depressive. So we should never lose it, whatever happens. Hugs from Frankfurt@Main 🇩🇪 For understanding: I don't live in Frankfurt, but 20 km south of and Frankfurt is better known than my hometown.

I ENJOY your content .... You seem to be very honest about typical Russian lifestyle .... ALWAYS be proud of "your culture", your people !!!!

This is a great video not so much about climate and grey skies, but more so about contentment with where one lives. On a deeper level, it seems like you were really trying to communicate that you’ve discovered happiness in your life with your family despite the grey skies and weather. There’s joy to be seen all around you as long as you’re open to seeing it. I also live in a place that has grey skies and cold winters. I don’t mind it in the least. It provides a fantastic contrast to summer. I’ve really come to enjoy the different seasons and climates where I live. Russia is a place I’d love to visit someday. Thank you for bringing it to me.

Hi Zangieff, Thank you. Hey there are far worse place's around the world to live. What i saw was exactly what you'd expect during autumn and winter. I used to embrace winter, frost on the ground walking to school , rainy day's, warm open fire's, hot chocolate drinks , plenty of soup , slow cooked stews , all great memories of winter. If you weren't in Russia it could have been anywhere in Europe during the winter month's. Excellent post.

Do you think it is not the atmosphere but the state of mind? You have a good happy life and a positive attitude, beautiful sweet family. You can say your glass is half empty or half full. I also didnt think this seems depressing. It is very compact, lots of people in a small area. Maybe some would prefer a private home, some prefer the city. Happiness is the choice of your state of mind. 😘

Good to see you are well Zangieff. It’s coming into winter here in Scotland too. Lots of trees have lost their leaves, the sky is grey, it’s pouring with rain and there’s graffiti in our cities, towns and villages too. I don’t think it’s depressing it’s just the season we’re in

This could be in Germany in November, no difference here! In summer everything is green and beautiful and from November onwards it looks like this! The vegetation in Russia looks a lot like the vegetation here! I love watching your videos and can see that there is no difference to Russians and other people in this world! I actually think that the Russians are friendlier than germans! You have a beautiful family Zangieff! Greetings from Germany!

I'm from Poland, living in Ireland. Both places not the most appealing during the autumn. Yet, when you live there you appreciate a rough charm of that season as well :) but I agree - it very much depends if you are filming a parking lot or pretty landscapes

Honestly, many estates in South London look way, way more depressing (and are likely far more dangerous).

Life in central NY State is similarly overcast, brown, and muddy. It is just the way it goes in November and yes it is the worst. It also makes for a general population drain as people move to Florida or other places Americans call the 'Sun Belt"

Colors, architecture, leave distribution, it can all have an effect, but I think it all matters little if the sun shines. In autumn and winter you can have blue skies and a shining sun just as well and if you do, it all looks fine 😀🌞

I think it's because of how cold it gets there so quickly it doesn't really leave alot of time for a color change in the leaves ect..

Good to see you! Thanks for sharing - it’s great to have an insight to a country I’ve not visited. The dull light and colours of winter help spring look all the more beautiful 💫

Greetings from Santa Monica California

Missed you, I was worried for you and your family. 😔

Hello from Siberian city ☃️

Its nearly winter many places look depressimg once the cold sets in and no sun out.

In St Petersburg i stayed on the island, and the old soviet block i stayed in looked like it would last a thousand years at least, once inside it was beautiful design by a Russian lady called Nena, stunning.Such happy memories of 2017 had to go back the year after so much left to see, my love to your family at this time, take care.

I'm American and I am going to tell you not to even listen to those of us that have negative comments about your dwellings over there. Many Americans are very materialistic and entitled. I love your videos & i love the seasonal changes. Anyone can make any place a home. The most important content of that home is LOVE! Material possessions mean nothing and aesthetics are pleasing to the eyes of the beholder. Just remember that some people have nothing better to do but criticize others. Pay them no mind!! I love your content & keep it up!!💛

Dear Zangieff! Your videos are so heartening! Actually, I really like the older Soviet apartments, with their balconies and courtyards. Of course there are shortcomings with these apartments, as with Victorian/Edwardian terraced houses in the UK, in one of which we live, but the construction is on a human scale and the community life is much better than in a 24 or 40 (as they have in China 😱). The climate is what it is in Russia and totally different to Japan or Maritime Climate Europe. It's the people who make the difference, and most of my friends in Russia are not well off, but they are all exceptional, so thank God for people like you! Keep up the good work!

I really like the contrast of your videos shot in summer and in autumn. It's just nature - trees with no leaves, overcast sky, that's just autumn. As for the many, many apartment buildings from several eras, that is unusual to North American people where we're accustomed to individual houses with large yards. It's just a different place.

Thanks for another cool video!

Honestly, the sky and the trees remind me a lot of the American midwest in the winter. The buildings are a lot more plain though, no awnings, or shutters, or decorative brick work.

A lot of what You showed Us reminded Me of many locations in the Pacific Northwest of the USA 😊 primarily Washington state. Thank You for sharing 😁

Same here in Romania. Grass is pretty dull in winter. There is special grass for lawns, that stays green and you can walk over it without it dying. But then I don't think that in existing apartment areas they would change the grass.

Looks the same as UK Autumn to me. Thanks for your videos about your country and your thoughts. 😁

It looks like any place that that has seasons and I think it looks a beautiful, peaceful place. I live in Mid-Atlantic US and it looks similar, trees dropped their leaves, but they will be back. Our leaves also turn brown, on the ground once they've been off of the tree for a while. Most on the ground are brown. What color were the leaves before the tree dropped them? Between green and brown, there must have been some sort of yellow, orange, or red. I look forward to a video by you in the spring to see the flowers blooming.

Russia is beautiful ❤️ from China

I was wondering how you have been. Take care of yourself and your family.

The way you filmed the gray and drab of your region is an art in itself! I enjoy it quite a bit, especially after visiting the art Deco in Miami and NSU museum in Fort Laudsrdale. It fits the theme nicely.

I hate November... I lived in Warsaw for many years. November was always the worst month...you knew what was coming...short, dark, freezing cold days.

We have fall too, and it looks just as depressing. The thing I noticed is the different style of housing and everywhere looks so clean. Also, with so many apartments and so few cars, you must have good public transit. And it looks like the Naborhood was built more for people.

I live in the state of Iowa in the spring every day cloudy cold windy the sun is hiding..not much fun to be here

It really looks a lot like here in Sweden! I would rather be somewhere nice and warm and sunny, but you dont always have that choice. But I really enjoy seeing what it looks like in Russia, thanks for the videos :)

Winter, that's depressing. Last winter we spent most the winter in Armenia and it was sooooooooooo much better because the freaking sun actually shines. Chicago is horrible, you can go a month without the sun shining. It gets dark at 4 30pm. That being said, the gray days makes everything look like a cold bucket of sadness. When spring comes it feels like you climbed out of a dark tunnel. Even in Texas when it's gray days things look like misery.

This time of the year things look grey and depressing in other part of the world where we have autumn. London is depressing not just because of the weather but because of the state of things. Spasibo za pokaz.

Way less asphalt. You even mentioned asphalt but it was just a dirt road. Summer in beatiful in Russia though I still remember Siberia from my childhood and the nature was great man.

Thank you for your very good explanation of something so normal, that is confusing for some, for small reasons. Incredibly interesting walk with you. Really like your brown jacket also..

Glad to see you are safe and well @Zangieff 👍🏻

Hi Zangieff, nice to see you again! To be honest, winter has always been my favourite time of the year. Maybe because I live in South Africa and any other time of the year is unbearably hot and humid (for me at least). We have short winters and the hot seasons are long and very hot (especially from November to March). February is usually the hottest month of the year. Although we have spring from 1 September to the en of November, the heat doesn't start gradually. It's still winter one day and then boom! it's hot. The rain comes later and later every year, so everything green burns to brown until early November when we get some rain in the central and northern parts of South Africa. Only then do we see some green. So the bottom line is every country has it's pretty and less pretty times. Personally I would prefer long winters over long summers. But that's just me. 🇿🇦

Looks so typical of an overcast day here in the middle of the Canadian Prairies!

Thanks!

I remember that video, that's the first one from this channel I ever saw, and I liked the kitchen wallpaper :-) And actually, those kitchen cabinets are really nice. Anyway, I love autumn and don't consider anything to look "depressing". Hope you are staying safe and well!

It's the same in germany. Absolutely normal in these latitudes

Everyone has different views of the world based on what they are accustomed to. Keeping an open mind is essential to appreciating other ways of life. Personally I prefer smaller towns and a more rural setting, yet every day of the week I drive down to Denver, CO to deliver food in my truck. I could never live in a big city like that... I would be depressed, and I ask myself all the time how could anyone want to live in this Jungle... but apparently they find some sorta comfort/normalcy living there, and they would say the same about me living in a more rural place "how you could you stand living in such a small place".... I love it!

I live in North East England, believe me the majority of my countrymen dont like the winter and many go to sunnier climates for a holiday to get a break from the bad weather.

Anywhere in the world would look dreary (depressing) with gray skies in fall(autumn).

I love your videos but my God you speak so fast 😂😂. Great video

Zangieff the outdoors reminds me of the US Midwest in the late fall and winter., gray skies, bare trees. That's one reason I would never move back there after graduating from university. The one thing inside that looks depressing is the old style inside the older apartments. The wallpaper looks like something I would have found in my grandparents house in the 50s & 60s. The lighting inside the apartments looks harsh and not warm and generally the style looks out of date.

I'm so glad to see you online. Love as always from Texas.

There are some pretty grim places in the UK and the rest of Europe, It does not look too bad where you are and the new developments appear to improve the area significantly.

The seasons are still normal in Russia - in the UK we have had 17 degrees - in mid-November!!! It's global warming that is depressing, not the normal cold weather.

Yes...the cities EVERYWHERE are depressing....actually in the summers too. I'd love to just go live out on a farm and "get back to nature, "as Pussy Galore says to Mr Goldfinger, in 1964's Goldfinger. I looked for that clip, but could not find it.

In winter every country which turns cold is grey to me. Why should it only be in Russia? I think it's Russophobia, conditioned mentality that automatically thinks of bad things to say about the intended target of the conditioners.

it really does not look that different from most of the East of the USA in the winter time. People are just trained to see the "commie blocks" as depressing and have never been there or know how it feels. Such buildings in the USA are usually quite bad, for crime and poverty. That is why people say it "looks depressing." Don't overestimate the mind of Americans in particular - thinking is not our specialty.

I have seen depressing parts of Russia but not all of it. Few parts of the world don't get depressing during the autumn. The tropics of course don't change. They did a study & found many places that are depressing had a higher suicide rate. Alaska is dark a great deal of the time during winter. Just one example but there are others.

It is such a beautiful country☘️☘️☘️

It looks like where I live, Seattle. It’s gray ever day here now. When it’s summer it will be beautiful

In the north here in the US, it is the same thing, gray and depressing during the winter. And high rise government subsidized buildings are just as depressing.

I do not think that your country looks so depressing. Now we are approaching the cold season and probably, especially in the coldest countries, this might have some negative nuances on our behaviour, temperament. Anyway you have a very positive temperament and attitude towards life. Thank you for sharing this beautiful video

I live in minnesota, looks very familliar to me. Thanks for sharing.

Good reflections! I believe that people are mostly responsible for the mood that the environment shows, and of course, the climate also has a great influence. I've seen lots of videos in Russia and one thing has drawn my attention: people do not smile and it does no matter the climate. Is it just my impression or is this a fact in Russia? Thanks for sharing.

I don't think it's depressing at all!

yo the northeastern winter and fall always loses its leaves bro dont feel bad its a good change trust me living in a desert you dont see much green.

This looks like every northern city in America when November comes around. And most of the south too. It is interesting to see the new buildings versus the old ones though. Usually I like older buildings better than new ones because older typically has more character to it and modern ones are cold and plain. But from this video it looks like it's the opposite. I was cracking up because when you showed the one apartment and said it was occupied by an older lady, I had to chuckle because that is exactly how the elderly decorate here in the U.S too. I just moved into a place with little pink flowers on the walls where an older person lived for a long time. (Yes we painted.) It's always interesting to me how people of every country are so often similar. Yes differences of course, but the similarities outnumber the differences in my view.

It's very grey and drab here in the northern USA too. It's November and the beginning of winter/late fall and I have always found this time of year to be depressing. Thank you for your videos!

I'm in New Hampshire, USA. Right now here it looks the same way. When the cold weather comes, it's more grey, the gas dies, and no more leaves on the tree. Right now, I am looking out my window, and it's grey and depressing. It is unusually warm today because of what's left of a hurricane.

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Hi Zangieff! It is great to see you! You look well.

I think the difference is in my town in the US we rake our leaves, at the appointed time a truck comes and sucks the leaves off the road. You pointed down to the road and said it was asphalt but it was brown, our streets are also asphalt but there is a street sweeper that brushes anything off the road which leaves the road black. There is some long term schedule to reseal the asphalt road and then at some point there is an enormous machine that picks up the old road and lays gravel and then new asphalt. If there is a pothole in the road I just call a 3 digit number to report it and it gets fixed rather quickly, I also can file a report of car damage caused by the road and they pay for the damages. In October people decorate for Halloween with lights and some go nuts with blow up characters, our thanksgiving is in November and people decorate their doorways and windows in a harvest theme. The minute that’s over we decorate for Christmas . People go nuts with lights giant blow up Santas, candy cane line their sidewalks. There are certain neighborhoods that are famous for their decorations so it is a family tradition to drive around and look at all the effort people put into their house decorating. The other thing that brightens the season is that shopping areas, malls etc. do up their store fronts and their common areas. Even some of the bigger buildings create trees etc with lights across 10+ floors or they add to their tops holiday colors which makes driving downtown festive.

Guess you stayed in RU, Konstantin, Niki, Natasha, Dan, and many have left. Guess you have no risk or issues. Good to see another video of yours. Thanks!