I Drove 2500 KM to Find the Real (& Muslim!?) Russia | Volga Vlogs Ep.2
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Greetings, comrades, and welcome to Kazan—the proud, wealthy, and wildly unique "Third Capital" of Russia! In this episode, we dive headfirst into the Republic of Tatarstan, dodging a few penthouse spiders to gorge ourselves on rich pastries, horse meat fast food, and ridiculously cheap taxi rides. We’ll explore the pristine white-stone Kremlin, uncover how Ivan the Terrible built the island fortress of Sviyazhsk in just one month, and visit the bizarre, multi-faith Temple of All Religions. I’ll also drag you out to Innopolis, Russia’s youngest "science city," for a little grumbling about empty streets and robot deliveries. It’s a city where Muslim, Orthodox, and Soviet histories blend seamlessly together, so join me to find out if this delicious, distinct republic feels like the "real" Russia!
00:00 - Introduction
02:15 - General Info about Kazan
05:30 - Accomodations
09:34 - Walking the Bauman Street
11:59 - Kazan Kremlin
12:58 - Food
15:58 - Sviyazhsk & Monasteries
21:24 - Innopolis
23:24 - Things we didn't see
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Hey there. Somehow you found my video and decided to watch it. So let me introduce myself. I'm Sergei and I'm from Russia. My channel is about my native country. I want to tell English-speaking viewers about the real Russia, about its past and present. Unfortunately, you can find a lot of propaganda about Russia on the Internet, both from the Russian media and from the Western ones. I want to tell you about Russia, as it really is, the country in which I was born, grew up, and lived all my life.
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Really enjoying this series!
I wonder, and I really am not sure, if things could be described in perhaps a bit more detail for your visually impaired vieweres
I Drove 2500 KM to Find the Real (& Muslim!?) Russia | Volga Vlogs Ep.2
Setarko
13,265 views
Greetings, comrades, and welcome to Kazan—the proud, wealthy, and wildly unique "Third Capital" of Russia! In this episode, we dive headfirst into the Republic of Tatarstan, dodging a few penthouse spiders to gorge ourselves on rich pastries, horse meat fast food, and ridiculously cheap taxi rides. We’ll explore the pristine white-stone Kremlin, uncover how Ivan the Terrible built the island fortress of Sviyazhsk in just one month, and visit the bizarre, multi-faith Temple of All Religions. I’ll also drag you out to Innopolis, Russia’s youngest "science city," for a little grumbling about empty streets and robot deliveries. It’s a city where Muslim, Orthodox, and Soviet histories blend seamlessly together, so join me to find out if this delicious, distinct republic feels like the "real" Russia!
00:00 - Introduction
02:15 - General Info about Kazan
05:30 - Accomodations
09:34 - Walking the Bauman Street
11:59 - Kazan Kremlin
12:58 - Food
15:58 - Sviyazhsk & Monasteries
21:24 - Innopolis
23:24 - Things we didn't see
Special thanks to my Patrons:
Kirill Klimuk, Ravenghast, Yelizaveta Zakharova, Devon Hodgson, Sarah, Simon Böse, Niels Dowgwillo, Jordan LaMothe, Petar Ilic, Bruce Eternick, Matei, Gabriel Tami, Rodrigo Santos, Martin Velkov, Eric, James Thompson, Lyudmila Ilyanova, Scorpion_doll, Alfy Ryan, Sean Lis, Jonathan Schulze, dirteater82, Anomalie
If you'd like to support the channel:
💵 Patreon (early access to videos) - Patreon: setarko
🪙 BTC - bc1qh8szz62crxu9ylg2jx9dz3t6vzzjdw2rheft2m
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Hey there. Somehow you found my video and decided to watch it. So let me introduce myself. I'm Sergei and I'm from Russia. My channel is about my native country. I want to tell English-speaking viewers about the real Russia, about its past and present. Unfortunately, you can find a lot of propaganda about Russia on the Internet, both from the Russian media and from the Western ones. I want to tell you about Russia, as it really is, the country in which I was born, grew up, and lived all my life.
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... and the monks are like, well, if the cats are here, we'd better look after them anyway...