Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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I decided to commemorate the memories of my babushka (grandmother). She talked about her life in the Soviet Union during and after WW2, and what they ate during big hunger in the country.

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youtu.be/mFiXNGhMmEE - A week with my family in Ufa, Russia | Bashkortostan - the land of Bashkirs and Tatars

youtu.be/ZEtzBYfBnSY - I took a Soviet steam train in Karelia | My expedition to the Far North of Russia starts!

youtu.be/x0GbkPkreWs - I found Soviet heritage... in Hanoi, Vietnam
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