I truly cannot imagine the horror of the Eastern front, not just the fighting but the weather and bugs and pure toughness of the place. Incredible how anyone survived.

@SurvivalRussia

5 жыл бұрын

I have thought about this myself mate. Only 2 month of the year, conditions would be tolerable.

@professionaltobogganist8448

4 жыл бұрын

the late advance by the axis on the eastern front was the defining end of the axis of evil, its what broke up their army so much and spread them so thin the rest of the allies could finish them. i think you know this about the eastern front. i think about it when i hear about gulags and the farms and dozens of millions of russians that were estimated to have died during wwII that aren't apart of western history classes but is fact. the low estimate on the books is around 30m people. conservative real estimates are around 45m people dead. there's a reason the west imagines russians as the toughest people on the planet, because they may be. i hope to God my western country doesn't delve so deeply into socialism and tyranny but i worry about it because it seems increasingly possible.

@fpscanada3862

4 жыл бұрын

@@professionaltobogganist8448 "axis of evil" enjoy the brainwashing

@professionaltobogganist8448

4 жыл бұрын

@@fpscanada3862 i only mean in the term in the meaning we're taught in the west, I understand good men can do bad things, the western world is taught nothing about what was going on in russia when wwi and ii were happening in terms of the reality of the number of people who died in camps you found out in the woods, they teach us russia is bad and its on the news every single day to this day

@professionaltobogganist8448

4 жыл бұрын

@@fpscanada3862 oh i get it now, you're a socialist, sorry, my apologies. I thought i was responding to lars for some reason. sad about bojo isn't it? lol. FPSRussian was fir only true FPS remember.

2 videos of awesomeness in less than 24 hrs . Thank you my good friend

I had a neighbour whose father got back from Siberia in 1956, to Austria 🇦🇹. He was one of the lucky ones. 🧙‍♂️🇧🇦

@bertlbarm4374

5 жыл бұрын

my grand uncle too, from the last who could leave stalingrad, he lost one leg on the trail about the freezing weather

@sosteve9113

5 жыл бұрын

interesting

@astana5928

4 жыл бұрын

I saw your videos from Spain euskal herria to Romania. How do you travel too much? Interesting. Iam from San Sebastian.

@c32amgftw

4 жыл бұрын

Vast majority actually got back, if you don’t count the ones that fought at Stalingrad and starved as a result of prolonged encirclement, the survival rate was over 90%.

@c32amgftw

4 жыл бұрын

fifty years your source is a movie from the 90s

That is a crazy amount of bugs, I appreciate you taking us along on this lengthy trip. It felt like we were hanging out together, very cool indeed!

@susaneirthug415

5 жыл бұрын

I know, I feel the same way.

@Alan-Godden

2 жыл бұрын

@@susaneirthug415 We were there thanks to Lars. Such a shame they bulldozed it all. Some more history on the camp would be interesting, stories of what went on daily, routines etc.

Thanks for giving grandma pine a huge.

My grandfather fought in the European theater in WW ll ... ( in the battle of the bulge ) I never knew it till his funereal. 2 of his war buddy’s filled me in. I wish I could have showed him how much I appreciate what he did for us then. Thank you for making me think of him & what he went through. & I really appreciate what your doing out there & taking us along. Thank you 🙏🏻

Interesting to see. I read the first volume on the Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. It was an interesting part of history I did not know about, disturbing that it happened.

Awesome video! Hope you don't uncover something that someone doesn't want discovered!! Stay safe Lars, and keep that knee healthy!!

Tjhat was a great hike and and very interesting . Thanks for sharing Your great material With us. Greetings from WW2HistoryHunter.

Thank you Lars. Your love for the forest is awesome. Grandmother pine, great. The gulag fascinates me.

Looking at those cell bars all I could think was of the people would have given anything to have been able to throw them to one side so easily.

@XsoldoutX

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

The Gulag Archepelago written by Solzhenitsyn should be read by anyone living today.. It fills in the blanks very well about the Gulag and what it was about.

@datepicgamer6326

4 жыл бұрын

It's literally a propaganda piece, stop promoting nonsense.

@GerLeahy

4 жыл бұрын

Ignore the conspiericy theorist who is probably commenting on a they haven't read. One of the most imprtant books of our time.

19:35 this is the best in life. Alone in the woods by the fire under the sky and eating. You' re very lucky.

Certainly one of the memorable videos. There is something about that place, maybe it's the possible POW graves and camp. Odin's raven is a seriously ominous sign. Alfodr and Haptagud watching over the graves of the fallen. Gives me the shivers brrrr.

Lol, inhaling the deer fly, been there done that.

A drawing of the remnants of the gulag as it would look from above might help it make more sense. The locations of artifacts could be added as they are found. Very interesting video Lars.

@justvin7214

5 жыл бұрын

Lars showed a sketch of the layout in a previous vid kzread.info/dash/bejne/iXaksM-HoLiwdbA.html

Lars you found those bars for the window 2019! Wonder how long they've been there.? Grandmother Pine gets a worldwide nod of appreciation, the story's she could tell. Blessings to you and your loved ones. Excellent video

Hugging the grandmother tree. Love it. If you want the forest to respect you, you must first respect the forest

Thank you Lars, great video. Always love your content

WOW..........over 30 minutes long! Thank you Lars for a little bit more time with you in the Siberian Forest!

Another awesome video Lars, it's crazy to think what went on there. I much prefer the long videos, thank you for sharing your trip.

Fascinating, thanks for taking us on another awesome adventure.

I just started watching the channel and very glad I've found it. Great video. You should camp out there and see what spooky things you might here and see at night.

@SurvivalRussia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

Lars - I have been looking at this location on Google Maps - it has occured to me that it may not be a beaver dam, it may actually be a low-head manmade dam and the trenches could be for a water-wheel "mill race". Over the decades the river could have silted up (a dam is a dramatic change to the original riverbed) and what is visible as green open area with the two rivers converging on the "beaver dam" area could have been a v-shaped manmade lake. A under-run water wheel need very little reservoir depth. I wonder if the brick-lined area with steps could have been a mill race and wheel? If you have to make a waterwheel and need to dam a small river, why not choose *two* rivers to feed it? - is my thinking?

You should have an overnighter in the spooky forest 🤣🤣

@XsoldoutX

4 жыл бұрын

YES! Lars, what say you??

@iceroad416

4 жыл бұрын

I DARE YOU !!! LOL!!

Thanks Lars for your time to bring us along!!! I’d love to sit with some of the elders in that area and talk. Only way to get a grip on what was really going on. It’s so important!!!

that was a very exiting vid lars , cool to see the river from your intro so dryed up ! darn hard workers those beavers !

My friend from russia says he knows you, but under a different name, he was in the old KGB's, He says you are a sound bloke and are a genuine bloke. I respect him so that's all the input I need, love your channel and way of life. Stay safe.

This was an excellent video! Makes you wonder what was really going on in that place! Thanks for taking us along on another historical trip to the forest!

I laughed out loud every time he said funky 😃, would like to be able to explore it some day ✌️

No matter we’re it is in the world. Countries destroy their history, good or bad. If we do not learn from it we all will be subject to repeat it. Great video. It’s amazing how the forest reclaimed what man builds.

Thanks for taking the time to share this Lars!

Awesome video Lars, truly interesting! I agree with another Commentor below who said we would love to see a drawing or a map of the gulag area! Very interesting place, and most certainly haunting. Most likely haunted as well!

This was awesome! This video gave me deer fly nightmares from when I was filming on the Chinese Russian border for a documentary.

@klenner

3 жыл бұрын

Ayyyyyyy look whos also here! Great to see you also enjoying this content C-Milk!

@richardpeterson3753

3 жыл бұрын

Wait til you get swarmed by horse flies lol.those are made directly in hell and released to plague mankind

@yannikoloff7659

3 жыл бұрын

You remind me my horse that wants to be scared of something, but if there is nothing to be scared of, then he shits and being scared of his own shit. Go to film CanAm border, there is a proper danger

@bobcostas6272

3 жыл бұрын

Crazy to see you in SR comments lol

@donaldsharp3682

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, The deerflies suck!

I really enjoyed this video Lars, I'm truly looking forward to you returning to the gulag location. Keep up the great work and be careful.

This was brilliant. For the record I sat down and watched it in two or three stints. (Break for food etc) So ignore any silly stats saying we don't watch long videos. IMO your doing a great service recording this stuff and providing record of those ruins for the future. Amazing, even if flattened, how little remains and how green it is now. Thank you.

Lots of funky awesomeness, Tra la la la la! Love your videos, Lars! Much love from the US!

Hello from Oklahoma! Another real good interesting video. All those bugs made me itch! What a torment. When I worked in Canada, sulpher tablets helped alot with the bugs. Thanks for the video!!! God Bless!!!

Thank you Lars! It was amazing to see⭐️

Good video as always, very interesting recon. Can't wait to see more, keep up the great work Lars. God bless you and your family have a great day. 🇺🇸

Wow that was really cool! Thanks for taking me along on your adventure!

You hugged the tree. You respect nature, and I respect you for that.

As always great to see what you're up to. And an epic outro :) Take care.

The Gulag Wow What History! Glad You Shared That With Us!

I've started saying funky a lot more since I found your channel.

Lars, thanks for sharing and bringing us along. Great to visit again. ATVB

I thought the flys only went down ya throat in Australia, made me giggle a little bit. Great video very interesting

That was a great tour. Thank you.

And he eats flies!!! Great vid Lars! New Hampshire USA

@mystuff1405

5 жыл бұрын

Doug Graves And spits out the wings.

What a great adventure, we need more!!! There has to be some old timers that 'worked there'!! Totally excellent.

There is a lot of history going on. Very interesting to listen to you analyzing the ground in search of past lives. Thank you !

Not only will ravens and crows talk with you. They remember and can make good friends and allies. It always pays to make friends with corvids! If you have some extra snacks or crumbs, make sure to share them and that they know you have shared with them. Also, thanks for a great video to start my day, Lars. P.S. We must get you a drone!

@wenbudro7597

4 жыл бұрын

Truth.

Thank you sir, for such a long video!

As a retired Soldier I cringed when I think about being a POW. That must of been hell on earth.

@c.6100

5 жыл бұрын

@@clintruin1576phew, why Hitler had ss divisions of muslims and indians? the notion of ' -mensch' was a theory applied to eugenics in the peace time.

@raus_mit_Islam

5 жыл бұрын

Chris Cross both the Russians and the Americans used to butcher their prisoners.

@raus_mit_Islam

5 жыл бұрын

Philipp DT Russia and Ukraine would have been developed now, had Germany lost!

@stefanpaulsedlak9951

4 жыл бұрын

The few that made it back from the camps to Austria are gone and can´t talk about the horror anymore. I had the chance to hear at least some veteran - POV - stories. For this video: it is way more likely, that the people who met their faith in this forest had actually been russian citiziens who fell victim to Stalin´s "cleaning waves". Which makes it no bit less of a tragedy. BR Stefan from Austria.

@userjarabecko

3 жыл бұрын

@@stefanpaulsedlak9951 how do u know they were russian citizens?

Awesome... Love the way you shoot the nature... Thumb up Sir

Very interesting, thanks for sharing 😊👍🏼

I knew when I subscribed a couple days ago, that this channel would be awesome. Boy, is it ever.

@SurvivalRussia

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

So much history in one spot that is awesome to see and learn about your area. Thanks for sharing

Very awesome video! Can't wait to see more like this one

krazy spooky awsomeness....made my evening. You are the man as per usual

Could you possibly interview the old timers that live there while their memories still live ??

@jomon723

5 жыл бұрын

I'm sure 99.9 are gone now , and maybe not many there back then"

@PyromediaOFFICIAL

4 жыл бұрын

Bump

@deltabravolima1514

4 жыл бұрын

@@jomon723 he said there were 3 old men living there and told him where to go.

@c32amgftw

4 жыл бұрын

Double bump, please get detailed stories out of them. Would like to see you figure the details about that entire area, what was done there besides the gulag, as those underground corridors seem too sophisticated for it.

@saucejohnson9862

4 жыл бұрын

c32amgftw Some Hungarian youtuber did that, he solo’d all the way to the Kolyma camp!

Lars, I think those mounds could be mass graves......there could be good reason it's a spooky forest. That does look live a prison window.

Awesome vid as always Lars,I never tire from watching.A big hallooo to you and Mrs SR and the kids,stay safe out there,diggum

@SurvivalRussia

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Like always that was awesome video, I love the history lesson you share with these videos, again thank you for sharing and be safe, God bless you and your family

The finding of the window bars really makes one ponder...... 🤔. The not so awesome facts that were someone's reality at that time in history......! The past is the past, all we can do is study it and learn the lessons it can teach us! A place father time has forgotten and mother nature is taking back! Spooky forest....? maybe it's just knowing that there were some harsh realities there, that gives one.... a bit of a unsettled feeling? Thanks for the trip to this place that time has forgotten..... The lesson I learned is... this world is smaller than we realize, so we must all learn to be friends... so in the future... such places will not need to be discovered! Best Wishes Lars!

Enjoyed the video Lars. To bad you can't get map with the layout of the camp. I see your Paratrooper M pack is holding up very well. Safe journeys.

Love your channel Lars!!! Keep safe!!!♥️

Really enjoyed this one, , Larss☺ super awesome! I miss woods exporing.

I have always liked you & your videos, and respected your woodsy wisdom, but now I think that I might be a little in love with you after watching you pay your respects to the "mother tree". You are a good man. Those woods are sad & spooky, I can almost sense the anguish of thousands of sad, dieing souls deep in enemy territory. I would not relish a night in those woods alone. Even my brother & I would probably freak each other out, talking about the ghosts of the forest, staying close to the fire and maybe consuming a beer or two. Sleep might not be in the cards. Great video as always...thanks.

@c.6100

5 жыл бұрын

"Tree hugging cant beat desert god" says a circumcised white nationalist

Thanks ls for sharing this piece of history with us. That was a part of history that affected them and now so many people.

Great video, enjoyed it very much!

Ultra interesting. Thank you SR

Looks scary and awesome! Happy Holidays!

Fascinating stuff Lars .. thanks. "Army Maps stating just 'Barracks .." A bit of an Understatement one would think 🤫. Yep .. a lot of Sad History .. gone .. forgotten.

It looks like a awesome place to live where you live lots of peace and quiet, i really enjoy watching your channel lots of content. Take care

incredible day out, thanks for sharing

Great video real life very interesting 👍👍👍

What a great and yes, spooky video- and I had to laugh out loud when you had to spit the fly out! In my area we have tiny flies which people call "no-seeums" because if you are not in bright light, you don't see them until they get into your eyes, nose or mouth. If you walk into a cloud of them you will sneeze, cough and spit while trying to clear your eyes!! Wonderful nature!!

Chills. really great video.

Love channels like yours, and I also love Russia the history there is amazing. Jobless at the moment, but if I get to where I can I'll help support your channel; keep up the good work! Liked and Subscribed.

Great video!!

Wow! Fantastic video, Lars. Really interesting. You should bring some of the boys up there to dig out some of those tunnels and see what you find... who knows, you could start a Russian version of "Time Team"!!! Awsome stuff!

I really like the video the more I watch your channel the more I want to visit Russia. Plus I love the history and you going out to find stuff that was lost

@chrisdonohue1607

5 жыл бұрын

Don't go alone, socialism always damages country and human material.

@chrisdonohue1607

5 жыл бұрын

I would advice you to read "Gulag Archipelago", Solzhenitsyn. My life was divided before reading this book and after.

Brilliant upload Lars...nice one. ..if the red brick gives you a signal it may have been burned or be part of a chimney, could also be part of the reason the ferous metal hasn't rusted away completely.

Thank you......that was really interesting. You must have an awesome sense of direction. I would get lost very easily.

Thank you lars. Good stuff!

Thank you Lars for a Awesome 2 pack of videos, time and effort! Yes ravens are indeed awesome I must agree. As a person of German ancestory it is kinda sad to think of the soldiers left there instead of Home. But I know the Rus people and most of Europe have this same feeling Im sure yet look at all the beauty there when the mother takes the land back. It is a spooky kind of forest but some Amazing pines and finds though! Thanks again for all you share with us! Have a great week to you and family☺

hug grandma always

Awesome video!!

Doesn't take long for the forest to reclaim something funky. Really like your shows Lars.

I sure hope you do a lot more videos in that area. Super interesting to watch. Going to go to the place where the POWs were buried?

Every time you stuck your shovel into the ground I thought “golly I sure hope gulag camps didn’t have any land mines around them”

Super interesting, I would love it if you could do a rough sketch of the layout of the gulag, it's quite difficult to get an idea of it.

Very interesting, thanks for another fantastic video.

@SurvivalRussia

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Rob.

What an awesome journey we just went on! Lars is the best!

@SurvivalRussia

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much:)

If you can take a few hours to draw up a rough outline of the area, and the fixed points and items you have identified, and include it as a screen shot, then maybe some of your viewers can add their thoughts and ideas to the layout of this barracks. The local watercourses seem to change with beaver work, and a factory over a river doesn't make sense unless there was a way across, if the people working in that factory were housed in the barracks, and of course the (products if there were any?) of that factory would need to be taken from site. Paces and rough depths and distances noted on the plan, without the trees unless they are more than 80 years old, would help too, because the wide angle lens of the video distorts these measurements. Many heads can be better than one or two, as well as spread confusion, and out of the chaos of ideas and information gained from the old surviving locals, maybe something other than trees can grow.

Super Awesome find, spot on with the prison window bars, wow, what else will you find....... bless you and the Survival Russia family!

Great video Lars thank you.

Strange area with a interesting past. Thanks and take care.

Very interesting. I love your channel.