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Not exactly. There are many german surnames in Russia because hundreds of thousands of germans lived in Russia since 18th century. They were invited by prussian empress of Russia - Catherine the second. In 1941 there lived about 1 million germans in USSR. There even were Soviet Republic of the Volga Germans near Saratov.

@craiggallup5706

23 күн бұрын

Doesn't fit the revisionist narrative here.

I own such a German built apartment in Irbit in Sverdlovsk Oblast. Built in 1948 by German/Austrian POWs, designed by German architects. There are three such micro-raion, each surrounding the war-time factories. As you stated, they are very well built. Mine is on the main road in town. The reason that many are in disrepair, is during privatisation, the apartments were privatised, but the buildings weren't, they remained the responsibility of the factory, and were often passed onto the local "council". No provisions were made for a sinking/maintenance fund. Nowadays, local Governments have created Housing Companies to maintain the structures. In my area, ground floor apartments are often converted to shops, and the Housing Company and Local Government require higher contributions to the maintenance fund, and the buildings are well maintained. In less desirable area, apartments are often owned by pensioners, and maintenance fund contributions are minimal. As for POWs remaining, during renovations, we found some quite risqué and bawdy graffiti in old German script under the floor. They pertained to a certain young lady who we were sure was a babushka in a neighbouring kruschevka. Sure enough it was, and her daughter took photos of everything before we closed the floor. Another POW returned to Germany in 1950 and became a very successful businessman. He returned every year with donations for the hospital, orphanage and children's clubs. He survived Stalingrad, just. He recounted to me, that if the workers hadn't shared their meagre rations with him, he would have died. Most of the POWs from Stalingrad died, as they were already walking dead.

A tall strange guy with foreign accent dressed in t-shirt with sculls asks babushkas about fascists. What could go wrong?

@Gobs-oh4bm

22 күн бұрын

😄

@janote641

20 күн бұрын

....

@IStandWithRussiaZOV

18 күн бұрын

🤣🤣

@multifandom4274

17 күн бұрын

That has made my otherwise plain day thanks motherland keep it safe russia is earths heaven

Thank you,Sam.I enjoyed watching the video and found it fascinating. 🇿🇦❤🇷🇺

@SamsRussianAdventures

23 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks

@boerinbeton7052

23 күн бұрын

Lekker man lekker.​@@SamsRussianAdventures

Hello, Sam! Thanks for the video! I do not know how it was in Vladimir, but here in St. Petersburg there are also several blocks built after the war by captured Germans. Actually, I live next to one of these blocks, I see it from the window, and my friends live in what they are called here, a "German cottage" (8 apartments). So, the architects of these houses were Soviet, the task of the Germans was only to build them.

@user-dz9vt4dg9y

13 күн бұрын

Сэм говорит очень много чепухи. Ему нужно быть более осведомлённым.

very interesting, thank you from Québec francophone!

@SamsRussianAdventures

23 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

My dad was a very young boy but he remembers the Japanese prisoners of war in Irkutsk. It was very hard time and not enough food and clothing but russian people would bring food and warm clothes to those prisoners. Being companionable to others is what separates human from animals.

@user-nx8ii4ef7f

23 күн бұрын

Such a shame that our 'states' divide us so often!

@jfffff14

23 күн бұрын

We are no different from animals cos we act like animals

@Alyona-ty4pp

23 күн бұрын

@@jfffff14 some but not everyone. And it's in our power to be humans not animals.

@robertholland7558

22 күн бұрын

@@Alyona-ty4ppmost!

@jfffff14

22 күн бұрын

@Alyona-ty4pp it's in our power but the animal instincts get us all the time. Don't fool yourself. We are the same as animals

Excellent video as almost always. I can easily imagine the whole place back in time, brand new, grass cut, full of children, people, full of life. Thank you.

Most people don't know about this. Many German POW's were in America too. Many were in Texas and ended up going into farming and such. Most not returning to Germany. I think Great Britain did the same too using POW labor.

@dkrawk8309

23 күн бұрын

West was safe heaven for ss nazis. "They are Christians like us who were manipulated by regime" was the sickening explanation. "Hunka is a canadian the ukrianian hero who fought for the ukriane against "evil Stalin" during ww2" That's justin Truedonnos quote

@craiggallup5706

23 күн бұрын

German prisoners of the west were treated humanely unlike the barbarism of Stalin.

@dkrawk8309

23 күн бұрын

@@craiggallup5706 dafaq is wrong with You? Stalin saved this planet from fasist hitler

@1982vovan

23 күн бұрын

​@@craiggallup5706 хорошая шутка (нет).

@Luton-Mick

23 күн бұрын

@@craiggallup5706 They killed 27 million of his people while invading his homeland, I think he treated them like royalty tbh.

In Magnitogorsk there is also a handsome street built by Germans.

@olegzaytsev5997

23 күн бұрын

in Lugansk as well - they built a hotel in the old city center after the war.

@SamsRussianAdventures

23 күн бұрын

The quality of of the houses are very good

@olegzaytsev5997

23 күн бұрын

@@SamsRussianAdventures I agree.

@olgabayne5247

22 күн бұрын

Привет Магнитогорск. Я жила на Лобачевского. Я думаю, что это немецкая постройка. Не была на родине 40 лет.

@user-sf3fe4bh2q

22 күн бұрын

@@olgabayne5247 ул. Горького- точно немцы!

All those prisoners of war had been captured after 1 of the most successful war operations called 'Bagration' in Belarus and Lithuania in 1944. And long afterwards in 70s when I was at school in Dobroye district(you must know about Sam) the builders from East Germany continued building houses in our city and those builder's children studied with us Russians in the same classes

@SamsRussianAdventures

23 күн бұрын

Interesting. Do you know which areas of Dobriy they built? Perhaps on the right of dobroselsckaya

@michaelmichael8538

23 күн бұрын

@@SamsRussianAdventures they built the very end of dobroselskaya

@michaelmichael8538

23 күн бұрын

@@SamsRussianAdventures I still remember the beautiful German girl named Anti who sat next to me at our desk

@michaelmichael8538

23 күн бұрын

@@SamsRussianAdventures it was school #28 which exists up to now

@Gobs-oh4bm

22 күн бұрын

From everywhere. Only in Stalingrad there were up to 200+ k. captured.

Good evening dear Sam , nice and wonderful to see a new video , I really enjoyed the video thank you Sam for your nice work.

@SamsRussianAdventures

23 күн бұрын

Many thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

Very beautiful, thanks for showing it to us!

It's a pity to see all these lovely houses and courtyards being left to decay. In Belarus, the local authorities constantly maintain the buildings and courtyards. The local residents even plant their own flowers in the allotments.

@s1ncaster

23 күн бұрын

Belarus 207,595 km2 and 9kk people Russia over 17,098,246 km2 and 150kk+ people think about numbers

top video mate. keep up the good work. i prefer channels like yours which cover the less glamorous stuff rather than the same old tours of Arbat street in moscow or the canals of St. Pete etc...

Thanks Sam, nice to look around an area and learn a bit of it's history.

@SamsRussianAdventures

23 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you, Sam. A very balanced look of a small town and the refurbishment and the decay pending refurbishment of 1945 - 1950 built by German (Fascists) Prisoners of The Great Patriotic War.

My 97 yo Dad German Luftwaffe gunner was a POW, I don't know exactly where, but he told me that he was treated very well by the Russians, even learning the Russian language, so I was told. BTW we are Canadian citizens, I was born here, and my Dad was born in Poland....

@AndreiBerezin

23 күн бұрын

Чёртов фашист

@ironfist768

23 күн бұрын

Wow. I guess he doesn't speak that much about these experiences, like most people that went through such situations. It must be shocking for him seeing such changes in the world. He was very young during WW2.

@frederickmoller

21 күн бұрын

@@ironfist768 yes he doesn't talk about it much, and yes he was young....he regretted coming to Canada, but nowadays I think that he changed his mind in regards what is happening in Europe and Germany...

Бабушки скорее всего общаются исключительно только с давно знакомыми им соседями да с продавцами в ближайшем магазине. Для них вежливо заговоривший с ними на улице незнакомец с акцентом очень необычен и выглядит подозрительно. Они думают, что незнакомец возможно несёт какую-то опасность, может хочет их как-то обмануть, отсюда и такая реакция. То же самое со съёмкой видео, это очень для них необычно, вот и придумывают причины избежать такой ситуации. Снимай больше и разговаривай с ними больше, пусть привыкают!

@catsapp

23 күн бұрын

Я тоже бы не отвечал на камеру. Это от характера зависит

@user-zz3ju2ly5e

21 күн бұрын

Зачем им к этому привыкать?

@Nakaru.Hikamura

21 күн бұрын

@@user-zz3ju2ly5e чтобы не быть такими нелюдимыми

@8523251

20 күн бұрын

​@@user-zz3ju2ly5eчтобы потом отвыкать

Сэм, почему ты называешь себя "foreigner"? Ты же гражданин России + прекрасно знаешь русский язык и культуру. Ты 50/50 англичанин и русский!

@SamsRussianAdventures

23 күн бұрын

Для Русские я всегда буду иностранец

@user-lx3kw9du9u

23 күн бұрын

@@SamsRussianAdventures Это какая-то ошибка. Человек, который вставляет в аутро "Коня" не может быть иностранцем!)))

@damonmelendez856

23 күн бұрын

@@MaryJones-fs4wfthere’s nothing wrong with being a ‘foreigner’, accept who you are and people will respect you for that.

@someperson1829

23 күн бұрын

​@@MaryJones-fs4wf He always be considered a foreigner, because he wasn't born in Russia and not of Russian origin. That being said, it's just that and nothing more, it doesn't imply that you're some kind less of a man.

@dkrawk8309

23 күн бұрын

Согласен на все 100%

I really like the architecture of the buildings - regardless and irregardless of the upkeep. Brilliant walk around video.

@SamsRussianAdventures

21 күн бұрын

Thanks! Me too!

Very interesting, Sam. Maybe you could do some WW2 battlefield sites. Or Napoleon.

In Cape Town, South Africa, there is a major road between the mountain and the sea built by Italian POWs during or just after WW2.

Super interesting! So glad I started following you! Thank you!!!❤

@SamsRussianAdventures

15 күн бұрын

Thanks for your feedback! I’m glad you enjoy the content!

Interesting topic. Thanks, Sam!

Very interesting. Thanks!

Indont think it was millions that walked through Moscow :-) Also, not all of them returned (even apart from those who decided to stay). A la guerre comme a la guerre. My grandma told me stories about German POWs. And yes, german-built districts look the same all over Russia (almost invariably in scientific and industrial towns). Good build quality for sure.

@SamsRussianAdventures

23 күн бұрын

I realised after that it wasn’t millions but I’d already recorded the video!!! This area is now looking bad because the factory looked after the area and it’s now closed.

@knopkaplay0507

23 күн бұрын

@@SamsRussianAdventures yup. Good to see at least some of the houses partially restored. The apartment layouts are usually somewhat awkward, but the ceilings.are higher than in khruchevkas, and the gas-run water heater (no central hot water supply) can actually be seen as a benefit (no hot water disruptions due to maintenance over the summer). Wouldn't mind living in one of these, frankly - but maybe in a bit more lively neighborhood.

@brianwesley28

23 күн бұрын

Germans tend to be good engineers.

@michaelv8633

23 күн бұрын

There were about 60 thousand Germans escorted while marching on Moscow Garden Ring in 1944/

@maxxbuchin1566

23 күн бұрын

В марше побежленных по Москве шло 60000 пленных. Это было летом 44, после операции "багратион". А вообще, после войны пленных были миллионы

Great video Thanks

Thank you Sam for showing us this. I didn't know this history. I find it so nice that these buildings not just were built like boxes so people had roof over their heads. They are really nice and I can imagine how nice it must have been to live there.

An uncle of mine was drafted to work for Germany during WWII. He was sent from The Netherlands via Berlin to Lithuania. He lived with a Lithuania farmer who was pro German and most days were spent spanning barbed wire, etc, etc. The Russians eventually took over the area and my uncle was arrested.. He explained to the Russians that he did not volunteer to work for the Germans but, was forced.. In the end, it didn't matter.. He was sent to a stone quarry where he labored for 7 years.. Most of his fellow prisoners died of malnutrition, exhaustion, freezing temperatures.. Finally, he was released and sent on a train via Hungry back to the Netherlands..He never complained about his treatment, but he was certainly scarred for life...

@aizhongwen

23 күн бұрын

Your uncle is a brave courageous man.

@alexmashkin863

23 күн бұрын

They all were saying it wasn't their fault, they were forced, "followed orders", nowadays they do the same...

@damonmelendez856

23 күн бұрын

@@alexmashkin863communism is the biggest evil known to mankind, the number of its victims dwarf anything in history previously.

@user-so8cu6ni5u

23 күн бұрын

Вас никто не звал в Россию, но вы пришли и убили 27 миллионов граждан. И мы не стали убивать вас всех за это. А теперь вы еще смеете возмущаться и снова бомбить Россию. Ну, не нойте потом так же, если вас заставят восстанавливать Белгород, который вы бомбите ежедневно. Вы сейчас сидите и не замечанте этого. Не обижайтесь потом вот так же.

@miriam2909

23 күн бұрын

They were scarred. My Dutch dad was sent to Germany to work because he was a pacifist. Never spoke about that either

Very interesting video Sam !

That's was a fascinating history lesson. I really enjoyed the tour of that area.

Nice look into some intriguing history Sam + I love me some good shots of Lada's in the wild, those things are super sick.

The Germans were lucky they got to live after what they did to Russia.Great intetesting video.maybe make a new one when the Germans come back to repair the flats since theve destroyed their economy!.

@andrewhart6377

23 күн бұрын

Slave Labour ?

@mariasofia5257

21 күн бұрын

I think the Germans hurt their own economy more than Russia's.

Hello Sam! I didn't know this fact. It is very interesting to explore these places which indeed are full of history. In fact these houses have a different style! Thanks a lot. Your videos are always great💕🪻⚘️🌷

Sam; that T--short is scary, no wonder people are frightened of you. Well-built structures are worth restoring. Why are there so many old Fiats parked on the streets?

@user-mg3ee9qk6m

23 күн бұрын

It's Jiguli ! ...Fiat's twix brother clone from Soviet Autoprom.

@1982vovan

23 күн бұрын

В 70-х годах СССР купил лицензию на Фиат 104. Внёс некоторые изменения и стал производить ВАЗ 2101 он же Лада. И потом из него выросло целое семейство автомибилей: 2102, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107.

Love the history thank you...

@SamsRussianAdventures

21 күн бұрын

You bet 👍

These street pipes above ground a re not so rare in Russia and I saw them first there. Thing is that it is actually as good sign, as ground is full of underground water/streams and they could freeze during winter, while above ground is still hotter. You will notice that most cities that has such plumbing don't have metro/underground transport, for same reason. Btw, It is similar in Belarus, where German war prisoners rebuilt most of what they destroyed, especially in Minsk, that was almost completely destroyed, but is now beautiful.

Sam, there maybe photos of the City in its heyday at the local archives. Maybe you could include a, 'Then and Now', comparison for viewers. Cheers.

Thanks for the video Sam

Everything is so green now. I quite like it.

great video, Sam.

@SamsRussianAdventures

23 күн бұрын

Glad you think so!

I had an uncle who was a POW in Russia during WW2, he always told us how well they were treated! He said they were driven by trucks to harvest cabbage’s. When they drove back to unload the cabbages, starving Russians run behind their trucks begging for cabbages. He said they threw cabbages of their loads to the kids, feeling terrible because as POW’s they were fed and they didn’t have to starve, where those Russian kids and their families had to suffer from hunger. ❤🇷🇺❤🇷🇺❤🫶

Brilliant video Sam , loved it

Thank you for the video. I would to get my hands on a GAZ 13 Chaika and customize it. That car is nice!

It's just a joke. when the foundation of an old house cracks, we lazily wave our hand - "Ah! the captured Germans built!". That explains a lot.😁

super interesting

Wish you a lot of patience with the people who do not want to be filmed...)) Interesting fact is that a lot of Germans were not working from camps, but were allocated to families who lost their heads of the household to the war. There were a lot of families consisting only of elderlies, women and children after the war and they needed water brought from the well and wood cut for heating and cooking. German prisoners were often assigned to those families, They were living in those foster families, and being construction workers during the day. It was sort of a karmic situation - you sort of feeling the responsibility for the family whose provider you probably helped killing during the war. It was one of the biggest reasons they assimilated so easily and stayed behind. those guys were young and for them everything was anew. Another fact is most of the Russians who recall those days usually characterize assigned Germans as hard working, always polite and good with children, many young kids started calling them "papa" eventually

@SamsRussianAdventures

23 күн бұрын

Oh wow! Thanks for sharing. I didn’t know that.

@alexseinik3275

23 күн бұрын

Вполне возможно. Также и на территории Германии в 1941-1945 годах некоторое количество военнопленных из СССР жили в немецких семьях.Это я знаю совершенно точно.

@alexseinik3275

23 күн бұрын

@@SamsRussianAdventures Вполне возможно. Также и на территории Германии в 1941-1945 годах некоторое количество военнопленных из СССР жили в немецких семьях.Это я знаю совершенно точно.

Another great video Sam.

wouldnt take much to restore to former glory, colorful paint, plant shrubs, trees, flowers, mow lawns, pave roads ... lots of potential there, some lovely styles

@Gobs-oh4bm

22 күн бұрын

"the former glory" means cold (in summers - hot like ovens), nonsensical, clumsy garbage without anything modern ever be possible to instal in there (if it is not supposed to cost like a medieval castle or simply fold like a pile of bricks), who and why would even need that stone age

The people might feel embarrassed about who built then , it's so sad every country in the world told lies to fight each other , even the German people believed the propergander. Now the overlords are doing it again on a larger scale ❤

@SamsRussianAdventures

23 күн бұрын

Everyone in the town knows that this entire area was built by German prisoners of war. But I expected the people in this area to be difficult.

@Gobs-oh4bm

22 күн бұрын

Embarassed? What are you even talking about

В Петербурге тоже есть целые микрорайоны, построенные немцами. Дома красивые, 2-3-х этажные, необычной архитектуры. Но я много раз слышала, что эти дома только внешне красивые. Немцы ненавидели нас, хотели поскорее уехать домой. Поэтому главным было чтобы картинка была, а как внутри -не важно.

@knopkaplay0507

23 күн бұрын

Я их много видел в Подмосковье - хорошие, качественные дома, которые стоят как стояли, в отличие от рассыпающихся панельных хрущёвок.

@ag250380

23 күн бұрын

Город Озерск Челябинской области. Люди очень любят эти дома. Меня психологически смущают некоторые комнаты, похожие на куб, т.к там высокие потолки, а в остальном - отлично. И буквально лет 10 назад, меняя окна, обнаружили, что внутри все целое, даже гвозди не заржавели. Но это закрытый атомный город, там пленных сурово сторожили, хоть ненавидь, хоть нет, а строить будешь хорошо, если домой хочешь когда-нибудь попасть. Разумеется, с трубами и электропроводкой уже давно проблемы, поэтому во многих домах делается капремонт.

@knopkaplay0507

23 күн бұрын

@@ag250380 угу. В основном так и есть - все послевоенные научные и военные закрытые города, весь старый фонд - эти дома. Хорошие они. Фасад подлатать-утеплить - и только в путь!

@user-hr4qh3bb5r

23 күн бұрын

Архитекторы-то наши были, так что все претензии по устройству квартир надо им адресовать. Кухни зачастую в этих коттеджах крошечные (я не во всех типах бывала), меньше, чем в хрущевках. Но люди делают под себя перепланировки.

@veravera4825

23 күн бұрын

много где есть эти немецкие домики. 2-3 этажа. К сожалению, их считают ветхим жильем и потому их очень любят "реноваторы" и строители 30-этажек. Там обычно большие дворы, мало жителей. Очень удобно снести и построить на месте домика 30-этажку

Thanks again Sam good content in blog 👍👍👍👍👍👍

@SamsRussianAdventures

23 күн бұрын

My pleasure!

very nice

@SamsRussianAdventures

23 күн бұрын

Thanks mate.

At 12:28, the poster says "ДЕМОНТАЖ", which, if you sound it out, says "démontage" - the French word for "de-construction" (or "demolition" I guess). Having lots of fun trying to interpret the signs in your videos! 🤭

@SamsRussianAdventures

20 күн бұрын

Great that you found another angle to enjoy the video!

Great video Sam......

@SamsRussianAdventures

20 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Interesting 😮

Once again Sam, so much like the Silesian area of Poland I know so well, Silesia was after all German for many years. There are so many rubbish areas, it used to be all socialist, sadly socialist meant no one looked after anything because it didn't belong to them personally.

@SamsRussianAdventures

23 күн бұрын

This was maintained well until the factory closed

The cat told you to get lost as well! 🤣🤣🤣

@SamsRussianAdventures

21 күн бұрын

I think so!

Wystarczy odnowić te domy,będą wtedy naprawdę ciekawe i ładne budynki.👍🇵🇱

@SamsRussianAdventures

20 күн бұрын

It’s up to the original owners.

13:00 _’Renovation’_

@SamsRussianAdventures

21 күн бұрын

Hahaha yes! Thanks!

Sam can you do a video on the hot water pipes and system russia has...thats very unusual.

@alexmashkin863

23 күн бұрын

What are you talking about? Those are very common in more rustic and older neighbourhoods, what is unusual?

@sojourn6697

23 күн бұрын

@@alexmashkin863 settle down Alex. I find it unusual too.

@alexmashkin863

23 күн бұрын

@@sojourn6697 What are you talking about? Why would I settle down? 😂

@markcrowther2355

23 күн бұрын

@@alexmashkin863 The big hot water pipes that run outside, thats unusual as i haven't seem that in any other part of the world...that must be a massive boiler somewhere!

@alexmashkin863

22 күн бұрын

@@markcrowther2355 Yes, heating is central, usually it's a huge electrical plant, gas or coal powered, that heats all the water alongside with generating electricity. Hot water comes from that as well, but those pipes are for central heating. In newer neighborhoods all pipes are underground

9:00 unlike the old Ladas, that foil is truly horrible

Great video, interesting information. Elegant architecture and nice to live neighborhoods back at the time... and now if rearranged. One thing I love in Russia is the many gardens and parks everywhere. Russian can enjoy much more nature than I living in so-called sunny Lisbon.

@Gobs-oh4bm

22 күн бұрын

Well, one can definitely not "park everywhere" in Moscow. And if comparing this to something in Portugal, it's clearly not Lisboa (by the factors affecting "where one can park", i.e. population density, police density, CCTVs density, etc.)

I like the design of the lada’s and 4x4 vans! You need a 4x4 in the villages!

Beautiful area

Thank you Sam.

What a wonderful area I would like to live there, open spaces no tall houses, maybe a possibility to have a small vegetable garden. I really hope they decide not to tear these buildings down. These belong to a historical epoch and need to be saved and restored.

Hi Sam.. what I see there in that area is that no one has a mower.. it's quite the contrast to where I live where every parcel is maintained by its owner and meticulously maintained and mowed. If those areas were properly mowed, it would look a lot nicer. Right now, a lot of the areas you showed look abandoned.

@StoneField-nj6sw

23 күн бұрын

People are not allowed to mow lawns. They might own apartments but not the property that belongs to the city. So special city services are supposed to mow but they never do at least I never saw when I lived in Russia. Sometimes they used scythes to cut grass. It looked terrible but good as fire prevention.

@droopstone6594

23 күн бұрын

@@StoneField-nj6sw Looks like you lived in Russia many years ago.

@lpuig73

22 күн бұрын

@@StoneField-nj6sw very good information, thanks..

Amazing, you talk about my home town and I didn’t know about it. I moved 18 years ago to UK and you from UK to Vladimir, was it citizens swap?

@SamsRussianAdventures

20 күн бұрын

Haha I know a few people from Vladimir in the UK!

В городе Уфа в районе Черниковка есть дома, которые строили немецкие военнопленнные, хорошие дома: от кинотеатра Победа до Нефтяного университета, район "восьмиэтажка", площадь перед домом культуры им. С. Орджоникидзе.

My Gradnfather was born in 1945 and he does not know anything about the war too. His father fought in Second World War and the 1-th and 2-nd Balkan wars, but looks like the parents wanted the kids to be unaware about the horrors back then.

Thanks

@SamsRussianAdventures

22 күн бұрын

Thanks Chris. I really appreciate this.

This is like calling Beeston in Leeds as romantic..

The pipes you have seen ate heating pipes for the winter!

@SamsRussianAdventures

23 күн бұрын

That’s what I said in the video

Sam, where did you get information that those houses were build by Germans? Most common local neighbourhood rumor in Russia is that some post-war houses were build by prisoners of war. I went to school in such area and my wife lived in such area. So my school mate lived in such a house and was telling me the same story, but when I grew older I just looked at the date of when the houses was built and it was 1953... I'm not sure it was really built by Germans. My wife lived in other town in the house with the same story (there was an area of such houses). All neighbours were sure it was built by Germans. But when she made a school research in late school ,she found out that those houses were build by the local "kolhoz" and the idea of those houses came to local kolhoz chief when he visited some Baltic former-USSR state and loved the architecture there, so the houses were build very untypical for the Moscow region architecture becasue of that. So I think many of those rumours are just city legends

@SamsRussianAdventures

23 күн бұрын

They built the factory and the houses for the workers to live in. It’s common knowledge in the town.

@MsMelkus

23 күн бұрын

@@SamsRussianAdventures common knowledge is not always true. In my town in 53-55 some similar building were constructed by a regular prisoners. So maybe in your town it was a mix of regular and war prisoners.

Nothings maintained these days eh. Beautiful buildings going to ruins in every country. Heartbreaking

imagine the enthusiasm and attention to detail of those prisoners!?! Imagine the quality of these buildings......

@peterwilliams2152

22 күн бұрын

The quality is excellent! They may have been POWs, but they took pride in their work. I'm renovating such an apartment, and the walls are more square than in any Australian house that I've ever lived in, and they're triple brick.

Sam, a friendly t-shirt would maybe help?

Спасибо за видео. Заинтересовали меня историей своего города. Полез в интернет и прочитал записки краеведов о тех временах. Немцы строили ВТЗ и некоторые дома. И не только в районе Тракторного завода, но и в центре города.

Do they have a classic car museum anywhere close to where you live? That would make an interesting video.

I wonder if they put secret rooms in buildings? Or secret tunnels?

It must be hard to live in a community where people are suspicious of each others and constantly in a state of fear.

@SamsRussianAdventures

22 күн бұрын

It’s in this area. I went to the UK and nobody would answer my question on the street.

@Gobs-oh4bm

22 күн бұрын

It depends on psychotype, upbringing, etc. Definitely it's much easier than in the open borders all happiness and welcomeness Florida and stuff

Hey I finally seen a flash in the back part of your video why the people are suspicious and cranky. Well even in the west wearing coloured shorts and socks like that would probably make people suspicious and then have to go home and wash their eyes,haha! As I mentioned in another post you should do a story visiting Patriki dressed like that as it may be quite funny.

Well... do you have any clue Sam, what the average wages in Mariupol were before z-invasion?

Hi Sam, love the Ladas! Sell that Porsche already! 😹😹

that masonry construction would be prohibitively expensive today. shame to knock them down when all they need is new windows and a some patching and painting, maybe some AC units.

@Gobs-oh4bm

22 күн бұрын

They are archaic. 90+%, if not all, of these "old houses" make no sense in modern world's needs and even the most basic necessities. Ceiling 5-7 meters high, absent or archaic venting, electricity hubs, installing the heating systems, fire and other alarms through a “three-layer double-brick” (once "installed", that house will fold like a pile of bricks). It's temperature and everything inefficient, and simply absurd in too many cases.

Thanks Sam for these historical memories of Vladimir during German occupation. The buildings are strong long lasting best quality. It is sad that they are not well maintained, Sam knows the reason maybe. God bless your excellent works.

@alexmashkin863

23 күн бұрын

They're not well maintained because no one cares enough to do it. Mostly older people live in those and it's extremely hard to convince them to pay extra for renovations even if you're taking it upon yourself to organise everything. If the house is managed by a company it runs into similar problem. There are some state programmes, or just very active and insistent citizens, so some get renovated. Many of those are marked to be knocked down in a few years too. So yeah, no one cares enough for them, least of all people who live there :-)

Honestly an old rusty Lada looks 100x better than that 'magpie edition' Infiniti. 🤢🤣

@SamsRussianAdventures

22 күн бұрын

Noooo! Maybe they have certain romance to them but the infinity is better!

No Sam, buildings do not have an expiration date if the people admire and appreciate the buildings. That is why the first step to building for "sustainability" is to build beautiful, that way no one will think to tear down the building. If this were not the case there would be no buildings in the world older than 100 years.

@erich5265

23 күн бұрын

I live in the America southwest in a west city. So old here is a youngster there. But even our old if not maintained fall apart. Decades ago I was doing work in an old building and outside was very nice and great design. Inside hadnt been taken of. A few decades later had a heart doctor take over that building. Gutted and remodeled inside to his needs. But outside kept the same just cleaned up and painted redid some rock work etc. New windows but same opening. OMG never would think it was a doctor's office. Sure gutted inside to his needs but nothing interior wise was really salvageable at that point.

@MsMelkus

23 күн бұрын

unfortanetuly no, every build material has expiration. For soviet buildings it is 50-100 years. I saw several old houses which a literally fall apart and people had to go away.

@mattamiller

22 күн бұрын

@@MsMelkusYou are conflating materials for the buildings themselves. Countless examples of buildings from many centuries old.

@MsMelkus

22 күн бұрын

@@mattamiller I saw several houses in Russia where material itself is collapsing. In old good times all materials were strong, but in 20th centure people invented a lot relatively cheap and not so strong for time materials.

@mattamiller

22 күн бұрын

@@MsMelkus Yes I agree with what you are saying. That is why I say there does not need to be an expiration to buildings. Tell me when the granite column of Alexander falls down.

Выражение схватили архитекторов и заставили работать, мы в Берлине их схватили или же все таки на нашей земле, куда мы их не приглашали. Правильнее было бы начать с хроники городов после бомбардировки немцами, тогда молодому поколению станет более ясно, почему немцы строили, то что разрушили. А вообще сходите в городской музей ,там всегда есть на , что посмотреть и о чем послушать. Удачи в развитии канала.

@crazyivan2356

23 күн бұрын

Ну ты в курсе, кто будет отстраивать Украину, да историк?

@Chaldon-hl6yk

23 күн бұрын

@@crazyivan2356 Таджики

@user-jm4zp4up2m

23 күн бұрын

@@crazyivan2356 не на того, батон крошите, я ролики не выкладываю в сеть, я пишу своё мнение и меня нууу очень удивили слова автора , схватили архитекторов. Как то так

@VasilisaPremudray64

23 күн бұрын

​@@crazyivan2356Мы восстановим всё, что Вы за последние 30 лет угробили, для себя, граждан России и тех кто пройдёт ч/з Шереметьево. А Вы оставайтесь в чудной Европе.

@crazyivan2356

22 күн бұрын

@@VasilisaPremudray64 Валек, вы за все заплатите нам и все нам остроите.

Hi, Sam. Outstanding video based on history. I am curious about the song at the end. Could you or someone tell me the name of it? I looked in the links and didn't see it. When I teach about our case study countries -- Russian Federation being one of several -- I like to use music from those countries in class, if possible. Thank you. Blessings.

@Jam_Traveller

23 күн бұрын

Любэ-Конь

@creole-qy2om

23 күн бұрын

​@@Jam_Traveller Thank you very much.

German prisoners of war worked as ordinary workers. They didn't design the buildings. No one would trust them with anything but simple work. These buildings were built not only by prisoners of war. Soviet builders worked together with German prisoners of war.

@SamsRussianAdventures

21 күн бұрын

Thanks. Can you show me where you found the information about this? I’ve spoken with a lot of people and they have said that the Germans built the houses and they designed them too.

There is nothing romantic about neglect and lack of maintenance, and looking at a place that has seen better days. FYI, most German last names in Russia date back to the reign of Catherine the Great, not WW2.

Well I must admit your content is getting better, well done I did not like you at first because you reminded off me of someone in the past, keep up the work, well done

Тетка вредная))) Спасибо Сэм за репортаж Пленные немцы много чего строили например в моем подмосковном городе мост через реку

That one lady was really nasty.

@SamsRussianAdventures

23 күн бұрын

There were a few nasty ones but I couldn’t be bothered to blur there faces and it made the video even more negative

@michaelmichael8538

23 күн бұрын

@@SamsRussianAdventures when they ask you who gave you the right to film there say-The Russian Law did! In all public places you're free to film, it's your camera, that's what you purchased it for, by the way Vladimir is my hometown

@knopkaplay0507

23 күн бұрын

​@@michaelmichael8538 perhaps, but why antagonize people when you can just say "okay, if it's not okay with you, I'll stop". You are after meaningful people interactions, after all - and sometimes what happens off camera is no less interesting than what makes it to the final cut.

@damonmelendez856

23 күн бұрын

Old people are grumpy in general, everywhere

@ag250380

23 күн бұрын

​@@michaelmichael8538ну и зачем создавать на ровном месте конфронтацию со старушкой? Это просто глупо и недостойно.

Very Quaint.

There were two Germanies, East and West. Did you know that? They broke the Berlin Wall not too long ago. The buildings you are showing are called Stalinist architecture that later evolved into Khrushchev architecture (Khrushchevka) which was a simplified Stalinist architecture. In those times this kind of buildings were built throughout the USSR not necessarily by the Germans. You can find them in any Russian city or town even in Vladovostok where were Japanese prisoners of war. And then there happened a very interesting situation when Stalinist building were occupied by members of the communist party while common workers were allowed to settle in Khrushchev buildings. Just check Wikipedia.

@SamsRussianAdventures

23 күн бұрын

The typical Stalinka has high ceilings. I can show perhaps in another video. Kruchevka was a panel house design allowing for quick construction. Of course I’m aware of East and West Germany and the Berlin Wall 😀 The area I filmed was built by German prisoners of war.

@StoneField-nj6sw

23 күн бұрын

@@SamsRussianAdventures Kruchevka is not just panel. It was brick, block, panel and other modifications. When I was a kid I lived in a Kruchevka built from slag concrete blocks. It was a rural kind of architecture with a wood fired water heater in the bathroom. The difference was a low ceiling but principle was the same. The main feature was a tiny kitchen. Later original Kruchevkas evolved into better Kruchevkas which were not too bad actually. In Canada where I live now apartments can be much worse.