First impressions of KAZAKHSTAN : Earthquake, Soviet sauna and sincere talks with locals

👉🏻Let’s start a big journey through the Post-Soviet space. Almaty is a former capital of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. Almaty city is a current financial, scientific, cultural, historical and industrial center of the country with nearly 2 million inhabitants, it is also Kazakhstan’s largest city and the one most visited by tourists. Almaty is located in a seismically active zone, and I just arrived there and my adventures started right away... Time codes: 00:00 Hi, I’m Eli! Let’s explore the Post-Soviet space together 01:00 My first day in Kazakhstan starts with... an earthquake 02:26 Let’s go to a safe place then... Almaty underground 03:12 Moscow station in Almaty 04:20 Soviet heritage in Almaty... was removed to a special place in the city 05:50 What is this city about? Let’s ask a local musician 08:20 Traditional throat singing 10:36 Soviet bath house experience 11:57 Let’s explore a bit outside of Almaty 12:50 Traditional Kazakh drink: horse milk! 13:12 Is Kazakhstan a very conservative country? 15:40 Russian language in Kazakhstan 16:30 Will Kazakhs understand me if I speak Tatar? 17:53 Time for Kazakh food 👉🏻 Batyr’s Insta - Abzal’s Insta - 🔸What can you find on my channel? 👉🏻visiting different republics and regions of Russia 👉🏻learning about ethnic groups of Russia (we have 195 ethnicities!) 👉🏻Russian culture explained! (facts that you won’t find on google) 👉🏻travel vlogs to off-the-beaten-path and remote places of Russia, expeditions to the Far North and Russian Arctic 👉🏻traveling elsewhere & my impressions of other countries as a Russian 📍 More videos: - Life in Georgia now vs back in the Soviet Union (Big trip through the country) - What did I find in KGB sanatoriums and Stalin’s hometown? - First Impressions of MONGOLIA : From Soviet Era to Nomadic Life ___ 📸 - more content about Russia, traveling, and my daily life 🤍 - if you feel like supporting my channel through Patreon #kazakhstan #kazakistan #kazakhs #kazakhlanguage #kazakhstantravel #kazakhstani #kazakhmusic #sovietunion #ussr #sovietheritage #sovietrepublic #soviethistory #soviet #almatylife #almaty