Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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2022 was the toughest year of my life emotionally, but what it taught me is to let go... let go of people, of some memories and situations...

The lyrics in this video are from my favorite poem by Soviet writer Alexander Kochetkov 'Ballad about a smoke-filled railway carriage'. It teaches the most important moral: To those you love, say farewell forever when you part just for a moment...

💫youtu.be/_0lql3prvnI - Staying in a Russian village with my dad | How we heat the house in winter

💫youtube.com/watch?v=MuSiZF-C-aE&t=1s - Cooking in a wood stove at my dad's Russian village | Chebureki recipe

The audio is an extract from a Soviet movie 'the Irony of Fate' youtube.com/watch?v=3GvnCGhzh40

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