Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago

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Welcome to one of the most fascinating and disputed regions in the Pacific — the Kuril Islands. Let’s visit the land that very few have seen, and even fewer truly understand, and explore the most scenic parts of the islands.

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🔸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) youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeQTCVW4juG8wDADr0OqmPLnv1mfnoYkr
👉🏻off-the-beaten-path places and raw adventures in Russia, ex-Soviet countries & elsewhere

📍 More videos:
youtu.be/f44TUcQI0lU - Russia's Most Disputed region in the Pacific: Sakhalin Island

youtu.be/aflx2VuZZB0 - Russia’s Region with the Darkest History : MAGADAN

youtu.be/A-RCnv5jhTY - Solo across the Deepest Lake in the World | Baikal, Siberia
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Time codes:
00:00 Welcome to Iturup
02:25 The Pacific ocean & Japanese heritage
05:14 The sea of Okhotsk & wildlife
06:47 The White Cliffs paradise
08:44 Hot springs of the Baransky volcano
10:07 Dreams come true...
12:23 Hanging out with locals of Iturup