Russian winter driving

There are so many videos of Russian roads. So, there are some more videos made by us, experienced bad roads drivers. Don't attempt to it in your good roads.
 

Bad weather in Kotlas

Driving in Russia during winter

  

Good weather in Gulag

Small drift at 2:20

  

Windy at Novosibirsk  

Special atention at the dancing ice on the floor



Stallin's Gullag and Yekaterimburg

We had recovered for the Perm party not so early, so we take the road to Yekaterimburg, the road is not so long, but we take a long different road to visit one Gulag.

A Gulag was the concentration camp in the Sovietunion. Gulags were used as a prisons for regular criminals. But there were also a big amount of political prisoners, the people who disagree the soviet way of thinking. The Gulag we visited was only for political prisoners.

 

Gulag’s Barracs

Inside

Shalamov picture in the Gulag

The life in the Gulag was so hard because the cold conditions, poor alimentation and the forced works. Prisoners were forced to works until they die.

Gulag worker

Gulag ofices

So many in Russia

When the visit was over, we had a very long drive to Yekaterimburg, almost 10 hours of random roads.

 

Rear traction + No ESC = bad combination

Finally, we arrived to Yana’s home, nice girl, she lives alone, she’s only 19 and she has travelled a lot yet. She offered us a great dinner and when we were installed, we went to her friend’s home with the Yekaterimburg metro. We had some Vodka shots, shared our stories, lots of laughs: we had really nice evening and we come back home to have rest.

 

With some friends

Really nice home

Permusic

The road from Kirov to Perm is as usual, sometimes good, sometimes bad, frozen, snow… And that day we had no sun, so no good visibility.

 

Russian roads in winter

We had arrived to Perm, a big city, on the beginning of Urals. That city, and region given the name to the Permafrost prehistoric era as Cristina, our Perm host, told us. To be honest, the city has nothing special to see. We saw one exposition of ice statues. It’s full of big soviet buildings and the usual factory to produce the hot water to provide the heating for all the people in the city.

 

Ice ship

Perm Skyline

Some hours later, we have finished the city tour and we came to Cristina’s home. She shares the flat with two friends, and, once more, they will celebrate a party for us. So Ilja took his guitar and after some dinner, we began to play Russian and Polish songs. Cristina also studies polish, so she knew a lot of Polish songs. Then, more friends arrived, so with two guitars, many voices and some lazy Spanish percussion, we have performed a long concert.

 

The Band

Spanish castañuelas

The party was long, and we were speaking about the situation of students in Russia. They begin University at 17 or 18, as in Europe, but it looks to go faster. Young people left their homes and come to the city to do their studies, so they emancipate from their homes before Europeans do. Almost all of them have to work in at least one job for 4 hours to pay the rent. Young people are aware of all the occidental fashions, anime, sport cars, music, and etcetera. The internet is a brave new world to expand the occidental shows, but this is not an obstacle to their own culture and modern fashion, which is self-preserved, because a simple reason, they are proud of it. Something to think about it.

  

 

Perm old town