Siberia, on the Road to the Gulags | Deadliest Journeys
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In Siberia they call it the « highway of life »… and also the « highway of hell ». This is the M56, a 1200 km road route that crosses this region in the far Eastern part of the Russian Federation.
The M56 is an indispensable link for the people of the North of Siberia. Summer and winter long, thousands of trucks and hundreds of cars take this road to ensure supplies of food, drink and materials.
But this road to the other end of the world is also a real nightmare. First, because of its history: it was built between 1925 and 1964 by prisoners, "enemies of Communism" sent to the gulags, who never returned.
And today is still strikes fear. Driving conditions are particularly harsh. Here there’s no tarmac covering the surface, only thousands of rocks, far too big to drive on. There’s no car tyre that can resist them!
Dust, mud, vibrations, blizzards that can “overturn a truck” : when you take this road, you suffer! We accompany 3 truck drivers, among them, Igor, 42. He has three days ahead of him before he reaches Yakutsk, one of the most remote cities in Russia. He has to delivery his load of beer at all costs! Aboard his truck we discover the M56.
Director: Philippe Lafaix
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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.
@yellowstone2ndtrumpet304
9 ай бұрын
Thats true as hell.
@flightforensics4523
9 ай бұрын
Well then. You need to get a little "send it" in your life old man! Give motocross a whirl!
@yellowstone2ndtrumpet304
9 ай бұрын
@@flightforensics4523 I have seen a dude do that in Russia, but from west to east on a motorbike.
@flightforensics4523
9 ай бұрын
"Ghosts" 😂😂😂😂😂
@yellowstone2ndtrumpet304
9 ай бұрын
@@flightforensics4523 thats cabin fever!
To all the journalists out there, this is how a documentary is supposed to be made.
@deenhag1
Жыл бұрын
thank the french for this documentary ...
@BFVsnypEz
9 ай бұрын
No political, or irrelevant narrative to be pushed. Perfect!
@HighlanderNorth1
6 ай бұрын
@@BFVsnypEz Yep. Unfortunately the western world is running low on legitimate journalists, for the reasons you spoke of.
@NotTheCIA1961
5 ай бұрын
Ehhhh. The visuals were great, but there were a LOT of facts gotten wrong.
@Deaththumbs
2 ай бұрын
@@NotTheCIA1961 ikr it said the guy on the radio was rapping about bitumen( a crude oil byproduct ) i was like no way lmao so i shazamed it to see lyrics in english and he was rapping about his black BMW lmao
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.
@broman113
10 ай бұрын
Stats Joined Nov 30, 2020
@AremStefaniaK
10 ай бұрын
life is far easier when you got a self-loading 7.62x39 scoped rifle to deal with most situations, and maybe a bit of camouflage and a 6x6
@billyyank5807
9 ай бұрын
@broman113 who gives a f**k when someone joined. Get real dum dum.
@Sniperboy5551
8 ай бұрын
Just like most of the people who live in less developed parts of the world.
@cattymajiv
8 ай бұрын
@@AremStefaniaK Says the American gun nut. To them, the answer to every problem is more guns. We need to lock them all up together with their guns, and let them do what nutcases do with guns.
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.
@bradman1961
7 ай бұрын
me too
@robgilmore3707
6 ай бұрын
Yeah, I was like , WTAF?
@jbr832
6 ай бұрын
@@robgilmore3707 same!
@RobinsPortfolio
5 ай бұрын
...you carry on following and filming, then xD
@bradman1961
5 ай бұрын
@@RobinsPortfolio yeah, I'll get right on it...
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!
@048821831
Жыл бұрын
Great Story :), the bear and the winds was an interesting read
@waniperih1139
Жыл бұрын
life story or love story . Amazing
@clinteastwood6333
Жыл бұрын
@@Spamwhichwizard Having guns in Alaska is like having firewood, water and bread, both to protect yourself from bears and the rapist psychopaths that roam the interior of Alaska.
@marcosluciosilva2433
Жыл бұрын
"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" Nazistas serem maus não é novo🤣
@allanlangat4851
Жыл бұрын
You are a fossil 😭
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!
@strangetimes3511
Жыл бұрын
You should write a Book about your Adventures!
@alexmakfly112
Жыл бұрын
now everything has changed there in Siberia. roads and bridges have appeared, these places are no longer recognizable
@dilleralex
Жыл бұрын
@@alexmakfly112 I thought this video was recent.
@diane9247
Жыл бұрын
@@strangetimes3511 Yes!
@klettersteig599
Жыл бұрын
@@dilleralex Looks to be about 20 years old, but when it comes to Russia, I assume nothing has changed
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
@julesgro8526
9 ай бұрын
Yes. The other mistake was to call the WPL a "Half track" - obvious nonsense.
@ferlottes
8 ай бұрын
SKS !!!
@jamaljaml3279
8 ай бұрын
in algeria we call it seminov, the para military corps used it for decades , don't remember it takes 6 or 9 like kalashnikov 7.62 mm calibre ammunition
@funonoldwheels7150
7 ай бұрын
SKS is practically the official surplus rifle of Canada. Tens, if not hundreds of thousands were sold here in the last thirty or forty years.
@BusinessWolf1
7 ай бұрын
@@jamaljaml32797.62 is not a caliber, 7.62x39 is
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.
With those workmen, the road will finish in the year 4023😅😂😂😂
@user-cf3uj5gq6f
Жыл бұрын
Wha the...!? Don't be naive, it's all over long ago (~ 15 years ago ) lol, this film is extreme old. 🤣 Here is the video of the route filmed a year ago--- copy&paste; Трасса А-360 "Лена". Невер - Якутск. Дорога испытаний. Взгляд дальнобоя!
@axelpalfy7597
Жыл бұрын
@@user-cf3uj5gq6f but on that ground and in those conditions, how long will a normal road last? 5 years 10?
@Grinderflow
Жыл бұрын
Russia is such a poor country and the badest workers
@yaboyed5779
Жыл бұрын
At least they got an excuse for they road construction being shit. 😂😂
@dobrapippaniejestzla9428
Жыл бұрын
Most of them "workmen" became fertiliser for Ukrainian soil 😂😂
The guy who was stuck in mud at 25.09 mins was an absolute legend (we are victims to our own roads)
@scottprendergast5262
9 ай бұрын
Jamieskinn- He wasn't a legend- he's just a man commenting oconscious? Are you concious? Nikolai the game warden that was attacked and walked 8km with his testicles hanging by a thread! you wouldnt know what testicles are though, little jamieskinn / we dont blame you ! t's just that you're a Little BOY living in mommies house with a soft american life
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.
@VagoniusThicket
7 ай бұрын
🤦🏻♂️🫵🏼🫏😚🤡. 🖕🏻🇺🇦🇷🇺
@5b_c4ll3d_p4ul
5 ай бұрын
Exactly. But I'm also glad I was born in Central Europe, so I can at least somehow partially choose my life instead of being born into those desperate places in Russia, where you have no other options. But I get how you feel and the Siberian way of life really reminds me of the russian romantic literature like The hero of our time by M. Lermontov, which I love.
@TheKATON132
5 ай бұрын
@@5b_c4ll3d_p4ul 100% correct. Im glad I dont live there, but its somehow comforting to know that not EVERY part of civilization is a shit mixture of tik tok, celeb gossip and ugly building with cctv cameras everywhere. There is still mystery in the world, even if its only in small pockets of the planet.
@zakofrx
4 ай бұрын
Plenty of Middle Grounds that you can move to.. Go to Alaska or similar.. Find a level of cumfort you need and enjoy the freedom.. Just dont bring along Californian poltics or you could have problems with the locals and you need to get alone with locals in such places..
@Morussian
4 ай бұрын
The beauty of Russia is that you can live surrounded by nature not far from some millionaire city. Have access to civilization, and at the same time live surrounded by forests by the river. There are no such problems with the laws as in Germany or Florida, the state does not care about you at all.
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.
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
@redscratch5835
10 ай бұрын
Это и правда, как дикий запад, но только в России.
@VictorLyuba
9 ай бұрын
@@redscratch5835✌️🇺🇦❤️🇺🇲👍И минус 50 градусов зимой!!! И нищета!!!!
@Vagabund483
3 ай бұрын
Верно!) Но на юге региона, всё намного лучше, конечно)
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.
@mathiasjohannesson9833
Жыл бұрын
Wow! But what brought you to Yakutsk?
@ziggyd.6119
Жыл бұрын
@@mathiasjohannesson9833 Job, construction on permafrost, russian language.
@t-bird8978
Жыл бұрын
Yakutsk oblast? The proper name is Republic of Yakutia. Cheers
@ziggyd.6119
Жыл бұрын
@@t-bird8978 Hhahhahaha, sure. The proper name is; Respublik Saha.
@ironsugar8690
10 ай бұрын
@@ziggyd.6119 that's impressive! i bet your pathway is worth a reading!
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 ? 😂❤️
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.
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!
@mav45678
Жыл бұрын
Have you not noticed that the pregnant village woman, who lives in a collapsed house, sad with a sad face "yes, the major here is very powerful, but I'd better not say anything or I could get into trouble".
@henryschmidt485
Жыл бұрын
@@mav45678 he means that there is no world politics that revolve around a certain world leader currently conducting special military operations in a country that isn’t his
@deenhag1
Жыл бұрын
thank the french for this documentary
@bogdanscripcariu6501
9 ай бұрын
@@henryschmidt485 Slava Putin! The ukropigs and their braindead supporters MUST pay a heavy price for the 14.000 Russophones killed between 2014-2022.
@yolandegilles4777
3 ай бұрын
Pui je pense plus il y a de cheffaillons comme rn France 🇫🇷 ont nous a tout retiré . Soutien à cette force de vie des russes ❤😂
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.
@totensiebush
Жыл бұрын
exactly, about the only thing they have in common is the cartridge. Different locking mechanism, receivers have nothing in common, etc. In comparison, a Saiga is essentially an AK with different grip/stock arrangement.
@ggee7391
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I thought that, looks like it had a bolt action - much more reliable for hunting in the wild.
@totensiebush
Жыл бұрын
@@ggee7391 the SKS is absolutely semiauto, but it's a tilting bolt rather than the rotating bolt of an AK, and it uses a stripper clip loaded internal magazine rather than the detachable box magazine of the AK.
@tuforu4
Жыл бұрын
You GENIUS I BET AND WELL TRAVELLED.
@totensiebush
Жыл бұрын
@@Squilliam-Fancyson the SKS has almost nothing in common with the AK. They fire the same cartridge but that's about it. SKSs all use a forged receiver, a tilting bolt, and an internal magazine fed by stripper clip (with a few exceptions to the last made by other countries) AKs mostly use a stamped receiver (early examples are forged though), all of them use a rotating bolt, I believe all use a detachable double stack magazine. I'm unaware of any compatible parts. Saigas are essentially AKs set up to look (kinda) like SKSs, the mechanical system is mostly AK with some relatively minor changes. The rifles pictured are very clearly SKSs rather than Saigas though.
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❤🇲🇨
"We have to pay taxes for roads, there are no roads." As someone who has lived in Michigan, I feel this
@cattymajiv
8 ай бұрын
You have no freaking idea! None whatsoever.
@leonvolq6179
7 ай бұрын
This guy 😂😂😂
@Tweakspm
7 ай бұрын
Michigan does not even begin to compare to the deep reaches of Siberia, or even Alaska in the United States, don’t act like you know what it’s like
@dblissmn
7 ай бұрын
You're talking the difference between annoying potholes and frost heaves on the one hand; and getting stuck in liquid mud on a routine basis, going through 20 tire replacements a month and/or blinded to oncoming vehicles by massive dust clouds on the other
@vistakay
6 ай бұрын
Try Saskatchewan rural roads, so bumpy your tires can develop bubbles from ruptured inner sidewall
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.
@janisber111
Жыл бұрын
Typical russian in russia. Misses time when political prisoners would die by tousands to hundreds of tousands just to make there(russian) life better. To hell with russia and its empire, hope it will burn soon.
@Lohmatsilos
Жыл бұрын
these idiots want to fight with you and hate you terribly for the fact that they live badly)
@ericsmith_the_Goyim
Жыл бұрын
This documentary was filmed in 90s
@mewkatlol
Жыл бұрын
These are some tough people, not too smart to not pave their main highways, but at least they are tough... and drunk enough.
@deenhag1
Жыл бұрын
thank the french for this documentary
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
@pat8988
Жыл бұрын
All of these are re-uploads. I wish they would make new episodes.
@PAULLONDEN
Жыл бұрын
Yeah , it's always a pleasant surprise to see a new upload.
@allanreynolds4700
Жыл бұрын
@@pat8988 plpppppppppppppppppp😊plpppp😊pppppppppppppppppppppp
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.😢
@nikenit
5 ай бұрын
This documentary is from 2010. This road has been completely rebuilt since then.
@mv5713
5 ай бұрын
Truly a gorgeous country. I wish so badly to see Russia one day before I die.
I've visit places like this when young. Nothing change since then. Very beautiful but hard to endure. I'd like to visit again
Pozdrav svim ovim ljudim, želim im :zdravlje,mir,radost i blagostanje. Pozdrav iz sela Donji Tavankut u Srbiji.
@petarpasajlic
Жыл бұрын
Pozdrav Tomo iz sela Beograd u Srbiji...e da nam je malo te prirode mira i blagostanja iz Donjeg Tavankuta ovde u ovom haosu :-)
@justasstakionis2183
Жыл бұрын
no prosperity till putin not in power xd
@zoranzoranic4534
Жыл бұрын
Kada se to Tavankut preselio u srbiju? Oduvek je u Vojvodini.
@vumokart742
Жыл бұрын
@@zoranzoranic4534 веома духовито
@tem_vremenem_v_kanade
11 ай бұрын
I’m a 40 yr old native Russian speaker and I had no idea our languages were this similar!! holy crap apparently I speak Serbian! :) cheers!
Incredible example of human spirit and determination! Thank you.
@alvarosousa7707
2 ай бұрын
Toda aquela região está cheia de cadaveres de mllhoes de prisioeniros inocentes a mando do maior criminoso da história STALI.-ali morreram-maldito comunismo.-
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!
@255gmoney
9 ай бұрын
I've read most of his books but I've never come across that definitely search for thanks
Very good documentary, I have watched it twice over the last few months. Thanks for posting.
Thanks guys for uploading a new episode of this deadliest journey, we are seeking for more new episodes of this. Thanks keep uploading 😍
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)
@speedman69420
5 ай бұрын
japanese trucks are the only truck that survive
@mv5713
5 ай бұрын
They are exceptional people. Russians are among the best in the world.
Absolute wonderful experience here. Thank you.
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.
@maxkamerer
9 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@jonathanking4895
8 ай бұрын
Right 😂
@VagoniusThicket
7 ай бұрын
It was these prisoners that fixed the roads . After gulag slave labor died , it went back to old time commie crap .
@lanamay198
5 ай бұрын
Sad. The ordinary people are always to suffer. My Mom was a teenage girl in the 40-th. There were German prisoners of war in their area - the Irkutsk province, by Baykal lake, Easte4n Siberia. The local people didn’t hate the Germans. One day my Mom met a German soldier in the wood not far from their house. He was skinny and hungry. He asked for some food. She run back home and told her grandparents. Her Granddad took some food and they together went to the wood and gave it to the soldier. Late on the Germans were released and were taken home to Germany, as far as I know.
@peredavi
5 ай бұрын
I’ve read stories of German prisoners in Soviet camps. Horrible. The ones who escaped and walked west….incredible!
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.
@xXxPurpaKushxXx
9 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure you're actually thinking of the SVT 40 thats the semi auto rifle chambered in 7.62 that predates the AK.
@vernshein5430
9 ай бұрын
@@xXxPurpaKushxXx No this is an SKS in the video albeit one modified with a telescopic sight. I've seen a lot of SKS 7.62 x 39 rifles used in Chukotka Oblast by geologists for defense against grizzly bears. I'd prefer a more powerful bear rifle than a 7.62 x 39 but you have to use what's available. One Chukotka geologist that I met had Tigrr rifle, a civilian model of the Soviet SVD Dragonov rifle chambered for the more powerful 7.62 x 54R cartridge, comparable to a 30-06 Springfield. "SKS and RPD Two final firearms worth noting are the SKS (Samozaryadniy Karabin Sistemi Simonova) and RPD (Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova). While technically not a true World War II firearm, the SKS semi-automatic carbine was developed at the tail end of the war by Sergi Gavrilovich Simonov while Vasily Degtyaryov worked on the RPD. These are both notable as they were among the first small arms to be chambered for the 7.62x39mm M43 round, which the Soviets developed in response to the German’s 7.92x33mm Kurz ammo that was used for the StG44/MP44 (Sturmgewehr). Soviet arms designers saw the benefits of this intermediate cartridge and looked to create their own version. This would be the 7.62x39mm. The SKS was developed as a semi-auto carbine - much like the U.S. made M1 Carbine - but it only briefly served as a first-line rifle, being replaced with by the now infamous AK-47, which also utilized the 7.62x39mm round. The SKS however remained in second-line service for decades and as a ceremonial arm. The RPD ironically was ready for mass production at the end of World War II, but did not reach this stage until 1953. It remained in use as a light machine gun throughout the Cold War.". armchairgeneral.com/weapons-of-the-red-army-soviet-small-arms-of-world-war-ii.htm
@madkills10
9 ай бұрын
@vernshein5430 I noticed that too. The tribes people at the end (before going on tracked vehicle) had what looked like civilian version of ak platform but I don't know the name
@xXxPurpaKushxXx
8 ай бұрын
I'm not saying the SVT 40 is the rifle in the video I concur it is an SKS I just don't believe you're correct in saying the SKS predates the AK. That's what I'm saying I think the rifle you're thinking of that predates the AK is the SVT 40
@vernshein5430
8 ай бұрын
@@xXxPurpaKushxXx The SVT does supersede both the SKS and AK47/AKM. The order was SVT, SKS and AK47 and then AKM.
love the Deadliest Journey series, outstanding documentary, keep it up!!!
@alo1236546
Жыл бұрын
Camera man broken hip bones when filming
@hoze11959
3 ай бұрын
And probably brain and teeth detachment😮
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.
Mind. Blown. I couldn't stop watching, thanks for your efforts.
Truly fascinating, thank you!
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.
Such a fascinating documentary! There are more than a few days ive thought i had it rough.. Na, just watch n learn...
Merci pour ce beau reportage
I really enjoy watching, because I can see the world through the videos you make, thank you ❤❤❤❤❤
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.
@ultimathule3834
Жыл бұрын
funny and kind of ironic these times how he wears an US Army vest lmao
@mikedn1970
Жыл бұрын
Well said
@JACS420
Жыл бұрын
@@ultimathule3834 I truthfully think he’s apart of the Russian “punk culture” as they are called. Very antigovernment and against crimes of the working class. He idolizes Stalin and Putin so he isn’t witch hunted and thrown in a gulag. He’s definitely not a pure soul, but someone to stand behind until you find someone better. Hard to be tough as nails and a purity human at the same time. Reminds me of a lot of the men I was surrounded by in my rural hometown. I now live in a city that blindly votes Democrat men having rainbow hair and talking like faggots with no confidence.
@TTFerdinand
Жыл бұрын
@@ultimathule3834 It's probably the only one he has. And he probably doesn't give a shit. I don't think anyone else up there gives a shit either. And no one would dare tell him to take it off anyway, or things would get even funnier.
@matusmamczak9113
Жыл бұрын
@@ultimathule3834 this documentary came up in 2010
Simply incredible, best wishes to these hardy people.
@allen480
8 ай бұрын
Agreed and best wishes to that cute little baby and it’s family.
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. 🦌🦌🦌
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.
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.
@PAULLONDEN
Жыл бұрын
"A communist himself" what made you think that ? Especially in the the U.S. , questioning the east -west confrontation is considered suspicious . We should all just march after the Pentagon , just like the two allowed political parties who both allow her unconditional and unlimited access to the people's treasury , no questions asked, which usually is the privilege of one party states. Bytheway......the Nazis could count on underhand support from the 1918 allied conglomerate and their banks because Hitler seemed such a dedicated anti communist. It ended all for the best , some came out of that blood soaked history as a superpower with a booming economy and wouldn't want to change history even if they could. It seems the U.S. could use such a little squabble again to unite her highly polarised society into a common goal again with a huge economic upswing like after '45 . Eastern Europe just like the two previous times ,proved the ideal place to cook up such conflicts. One little snag though , the major players own nuclear weapons these days , otherwise the ultimate showdown might've happened long ago .
@Curi0u50ne
Жыл бұрын
Then be Shure to watch bald and bankrupt channel as he went all over the former ussr, and I mean “all over” very informative chap who entertains at the same time….
@jarodjohnson4357
Жыл бұрын
@@Curi0u50ne I'm a big fan of Bald and Bankrupt and I used to watch NFKRZ a bit too, good recommendation. A lot of the places Bald goes remind me of the abandoned Air Force Base out by the K.I. Sawyer airport, it closed about 30 years ago and has been low rent housing since the late 90s. I lived there for a long year in 2011-2012 and the feeling of desolation and hopelessness out there walking on the empty streets by abandoned spray painted buildings with all the windows busted and the copper wire long gone, torn out by tweakers years ago... Something about that feeling resonates heavy whenever I watch Bald wandering around some ex Soviet city or area.
@adrienperie6119
Жыл бұрын
Why wait for school to teach you what you want to know ? You live in the internet age dewdz ! ;)
@jarodjohnson4357
Жыл бұрын
@@adrienperie6119 lol I graduated in 2005 and went to college in 2007-08, I've learned more since then many times over
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. ❤
Man thank you so much for this film, I enjoy watching from the US.
Amazing documentary! Respect to those who filmed this
What a fantastic series! Great work as usual!
@ems4884
Жыл бұрын
This KZread channel does not produce their own documentaries
@TheChris1299100
Жыл бұрын
@@ems4884 so? The documentaries are great as usual. I doesn't matter who provides them.
@revnitelj
Жыл бұрын
@@TheChris1299100 this documemtary is crap. Ten minutes they talking about road but actually roads are preety cool and new there (because there's no much populations nor trafic to destroy road).
@TheChris1299100
Жыл бұрын
@@revnitelj i like the roads too, seeing this stuff is really cool. As documemtaries go, yeah it could be better.
@zardify_
11 ай бұрын
This comment section reminds me of brain damage.
Very compelling... Loved this
Very well documented in all aspects 👏👏👏
Excellent documentary!
Life in this part of the world must be UNBELIEVABLY hard!
Fantastic series.
awesome video, what a journey
Driving a car in this region would drive car lovers truly crazy.
AN AMAZING VIDEO ........ THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD
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...🤗
@cattymajiv
8 ай бұрын
3 million is not small.
@nikenit
5 ай бұрын
Its a commercially produced French TV documentary from 2010, it has nothing to do with this youtube channel.
Awesome, is there a part 2? It seems to just end. Thanks for the content!
The resilience of man, wow. I lived in similar conditions in Northern Canada
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.
Respect for all truckers out there ! Not an easy job!
fantastic documentary - real life, real people
A fantastic dokumentary!!!!!
The landscape moulds the people 💪🏻
Deadliest Roads/Journeys are undoubtedly the best shows on KZread 👍 From Guam, USA 🇺🇸
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
@JasonPeters-pd7sg
7 ай бұрын
Awesome I'm gonna get stoned and follow your journey !
Só uma palavra para tentar explicar este estilo tão hostil de vida: incrível, incrível, incrível!
@itsmemattagain9841
9 ай бұрын
hostil? hah nao fazem nem 100 anos que nosso padrao de vida mudou tanto, isso nao é nada
@emilioprogressive
9 ай бұрын
@@itsmemattagain9841 Cara, eu moro no nordeste desde minha infância, e por mais que eu tenha visto falar em dificuldades de subsistência devido a falta de chuvas, recursos, altas temperaturas e tal., acho que não se compara nem de longe com o frio extremo (dia e noite, o ano inteiro), terras enlamassadas, sem pavimentação, e dificuldades de locomoção que estes povos tem... O que vc pensa acerca disto?
this channel truly has "Best Documentary"-ies
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 ,🙏
I am a road driver here in the US.... I think we got it easy.
@mab1ism
Жыл бұрын
You do
Thank you 😊
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!!
@VagoniusThicket
7 ай бұрын
Du depp !
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
@AndreAKAua
Жыл бұрын
I just watched a video of a guy bicycling through it. Still shit, it’s definitely not a highway, just a road, not even finished, and knowing how it’s built with Russian corruption, it will probably last 5-10 years. By then, there will be no money to repair it since “special operation” or “Kyiv in 3 days” is eating up insane amounts of Russian rubles
@cattymajiv
8 ай бұрын
Asphalt is famously unstable in climates like that! It wouldn't even last 5 years. I know. I'm Canadian. I've seen asphalt roads, even without heavily loaded semi trailers.
poor bear sitting chained like that , hard life though
@jasonconnor3905
Жыл бұрын
Bear deserve, more vodka
"We have to pay taxes for maintaining the road, but there is no road"😂 The great, 19th century, Russian writer, Fedor Dostoyevsky, said the best: "Russia has two major problems: roads and idiots. One of them can be solved with a Road Roller machine...But its impossible to figure out what to do with the roads." Since then, it seems that nothing changed.😂
Great documentary
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
@jb1934
Жыл бұрын
Those massive ex-military trucks are a treat for sure, but the tank was priceless. The over-crowded mini-bus is a bit of a cliche for travels in the south asian countryside. Here we have the analagous vehicle in Russia, the over-crowded tank.
@AndreAKAua
Жыл бұрын
Just another day in Soviet Russia... The whole world moved on, and those guys were still stuck in the 1900s
@LongTran-em6hc
11 ай бұрын
It's a fully tracked vehicle, not half. I wonder where that Evgenian got the AK-74M from. It's hot shit in ealry 2000s
@scottprendergast5262
9 ай бұрын
@jb1934 they are the toughest trucks In the world! The only america truck that tough was the old (1980s- before they became Volvo trash) MACK BULLDOG from Allentown pennsylvania
@Vagabund483
3 ай бұрын
@@AndreAKAuaэто самая дикая и заброшенная часть страны, как у вас Детройт.
I live in Fairbanks Alaska , The road side in this video reminds me of the road side up North , - the extreme road damage.
@verkhom_na_zvezde
8 ай бұрын
Когда-то принадлежала России🤷♂️
@olgagaming5544
5 ай бұрын
Do you have UAZ delivering goods too? ;p
Did that horse bump into the traffic sign at 25:58?
@jlo7770
21 күн бұрын
Yeah even in Russia the horses drink vodka till they're blacked out
Pepsi and instant coffee is my old pre-work out..its the best
Man, that is "living on the frontier". Those are some tough and resourceful people.
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.
@specom
Жыл бұрын
Correct. Used to be able to buy them for $138 backing the 80s and early 90s. Punks and skinheads used to shoot at each other with them cuz they were the only rifles they could afford. 😆
@peterkonitzer4410
Жыл бұрын
@@specom SKS 7.62.. could cut the barrel off . old days ( '72-74 )
@AH6man
Жыл бұрын
@@specom yeah its a damn shame and a shame we cant get anything norinco today because theyre still selling them brand new at amazing prices in civilian markets. I got one for about $375. Late 50s model made for the NVA by norinco. Seller and I had no idea until I was finally able to find information on it that lined up with what I saw on the gun.
@holyluke
Жыл бұрын
This narrator is always a joke, his translations and lack of knowledge is always amusing, when I heard Saiga I had to comment XD cool to see the travels and places but it would be so much better without the narrator.
@peghead
Жыл бұрын
@@holyluke Also, he referred to the tracked vehicle at the end as a Half-Track.
the best documentary video i ever seen
Great documentary✌😎
it feels weird seeing that truck offroading in Siberia when it was delivering just outside of where I live in japan
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.
@VHSKacceta
Жыл бұрын
Asian Russia is not much worse developed than Southern or European Russia. It's just that the entire infrastructure, roads and cities are located in the Southern part of Siberia and the Far East. The further north you go, the wilder the places there are and the further away from civilization. Huge territories, a population like in Japan, so there is no need and desire to build hundreds of kilometers of paved roads to some village in the northern depths of Siberia or the Far East. This is exactly the beauty of Russia - huge wild territories.
@kachala
9 ай бұрын
it's old video. now all this road is asphalted.
@esr243
9 ай бұрын
@@VHSKacceta great answer
@VictorLyuba
9 ай бұрын
@@kachala✌️🇺🇦❤️🇺🇲👍I is not true!!
@kachala
9 ай бұрын
@@VictorLyuba it's true.
Golly, Nikoli is a proper man. God bless that fella
Interesting video all that beer in tough conditions
Did anyone else notice the soldier in the beginning wore a US Army tag?
The road has been repaired few years ago. At the moment it looks like a decent rode, checked google maps
Gosh, these men make my job look easy....those are some hardworking responsible men...all liabilities are on them alone.
If the Truck driver is 42 and was in Afghanistan (where the Soviets left in 1989) and we assume that he was 18-19 at his time of military service, this bit at least was filmed in 2012
люди это-такая "зараза"....выживают и приспосабливаются везде и самое главное!!!находят смысл во всем этом))
@rusaxe4443
Жыл бұрын
И ещё сильней и живучей становятся.
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 💥👍🏾
Awesome 👍👍👍
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!.
Wonderful documentary. Really got to know the people a little bit. I enjoyed that. Tough people too. One irony is that the guy (Nicolai?) who waxed lyrical about the time of Stalin and the gulag prisoners taking care of the road was also wearing a U.S. Army uniform.
@ironsugar8690
10 ай бұрын
Why not, what's the irony?
@Freight_Train
10 ай бұрын
@@ironsugar8690 Stalin was a staunch communist and the countries he ruled over were communist. The U.S. usually politically opposed communism during his reign. There was a lot of enmity between the U.S. and Russian. The Cold War started when he was in power.
@ironsugar8690
10 ай бұрын
@@Freight_Train Fair point, but if we dive deeper into details under power of FDR, whose relations with Stalin were quite warm, USA and USSR were never the enemies and never seen as such. But FDR passed away, something changed in the US establishment and oval cabinet was occupied by a guy whose words were “if we see that Germany is winning, we ought to help Russia, and if Russia is winning, we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possible.” --- Tbh, I don't quite get the reasons behind hysterical loathe towards communism. Why? Or maybe more proper would be: What for?
@Freight_Train
10 ай бұрын
@@ironsugar8690 Communism is a facade. The people in power have all the control of money and the regular citizen gets whatever they are given. Also, communist countries spend a ton of time and policework keeping their citizens in. Countries with good economic systems have to try to keep people out. With a republic, those with money usually have most of the power, but it is possible for the average person to work so that they can increase their own quality of life. Not perfect but there is more opportunity for the average person.
@olgagaming5544
5 ай бұрын
@@Freight_Traincommunism is more like a mafia
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.
@carkawalakhatulistiwa
10 ай бұрын
This 2010 In 2016. Rel aredy to yakutia
@sergmats05
8 ай бұрын
By their collective foolish approach to life decisions .Roads are just consequences of it
@cattymajiv
8 ай бұрын
@@sergmats05 Exactly.
@nikenit
5 ай бұрын
This documentary is from 2010. This road has been completely rebuilt since then.