From a Russian Village to YouTube bloggers: our story

Vlogger: Eli from Russia

Published: August 2, 2025

Duration: 28:06

Category: Travel & Events

Views: 210,540

Likes: 15,915

Comments: 2,427

Location: Samara Oblast (53.4184, 50.4726)

Description

We decided to share our story. What it was like to grow up in a russian village, how we started our channels, what fears and challenges we had, and how we deal with them. Enjoy this village vlog :)

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📍@AgentNesty - my ginger comrade's channel

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Time codes for this video:
00:00 Intro to Samara oblast!
01:24 Tour in Agent's village house
03:28 Cooking juicy eggs with the Agent
06:37 Why did we want to leave our villages?
08:27 How we started our YouTube channels
10:12 Redhead problems...
11:58 What if we didn't have YouTube...?
13:36 Tour in Agent's village Khvorostyanka!
18:03 Tea with Agent's babushka
22:06 Tour in babushka's izbushka
24:46 Just two girls from a village, now with YouTube channels... what's next?

🔸What can you find on my channel?
👉🏻life in different republics and regions of Russia
👉🏻discovering ethnic groups of Russia
👉🏻Russian culture explained! (facts that you won't find on google) https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeQTCVW4juG8wDADr0OqmPLnv1mfnoYkr
👉🏻off-the-beaten-path places and raw adventures in Russia, ex-Soviet countries & elsewhere

📍 More videos:
https://youtu.be/PxsidiA_p7c - Day in Life in RUSSIA'S COLDEST VILLAGE : Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

https://youtu.be/iLX3w1JNNiA - One Day in the life of a Russian Village in Vologda region | Cooking in a traditional stove

https://youtu.be/-tUh_JPL35A - Life in Provincial Russian towns in the Far North | Murmansk region
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📸https://instagram.com/elibakunova?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= - more content about Russia, traveling, and my daily life
🤍 https://www.patreon.com/elifromrussia - more content, one-on-one connect or supporting my channel through Patreon

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