Seattle's Soviet Submarine

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Жыл бұрын

Please let me know if you'd like me to cover other local connections to the USSR!
Our Lenin statue
Events like "Space bridge" where Soviet and American working people had a teleconference together.
Stuff like that
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@jakobsmith4046 Жыл бұрын

A museum in the US turned into a parking lot, the most American thing ever

@KozelPraiseGOELRO Жыл бұрын

Second most is doing Racist stuff.

@CanadianMemorials Жыл бұрын

😂🎉.....

@WesternCommie Жыл бұрын

When I lived in Edmonton, Alberta in Canada, there was a statue downtown that was in memory of the nazi. It is weird how the soviets were demonized, yet Nazis are quietly praised. It is called The Roman Shukhevych statue

@lif6737 Жыл бұрын

Well there’s a very large Ukrainian diaspora in Alberta, many that came after WW2 fleeing the USSR. I doubt the average Albertan knew who Shukhevych was, let alone his collaboration and participation in the Volhynia massacres. My opinion is that it should be taken down, but I believe it’s on private property

@StilledFox Жыл бұрын

I live near Edmonton! There’s a ton of Ukrainians in Alberta, even my family is German/Ukrainian and I’ve always been outraged about that statue in the city since I found out it exists, and who he is. The graffiti that’s blessed it over the years isn’t enough, I wanna take a sledgehammer to his stupid Nazi face ♡

@ristekostadinov2820 Жыл бұрын

Yugoslavia had the strongest nazi diaspora in Australia, in Europe it couldn't thrive because our intelligence agency was killing them left & right.

@JamesConollyLives5353 Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, both colonial murderers and weirdly a lot of Ukranian and Croatian fascists get statues in Australia.

@fun_ghoul Жыл бұрын

@@lif6737 _"...fleeing the USSR..."_ You mean because they were Nazi collabos, right?

@sebastianpeady5850 Жыл бұрын

I still can't believe there's a big ol' statue of Lenin in Seattle.

@slipknotboy555 Жыл бұрын

Right? It's awesome! And it better stay there - unharmed Haha

@benc3380 Жыл бұрын

Hearing the story behind the tiles at Tashkent park and seeing them broken and dirty was so heartbreaking.

@ScottCroom Жыл бұрын

I grew up near Sea Wolf Park in Texas, so I went on it easily a dozen times. I visited this sub when I lived in California. I came to the understanding that being a submariner sucked no matter who you fought for.

@LadyIzdihar Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've met a few people who used to work on nuclear subs, they have the absolute worst nightmare fuel stories. I don't know who voluntarily signs up to be on a sub

@nunereclipsereborn Жыл бұрын

@@LadyIzdiharA goddess walks among us

@elkandevening Жыл бұрын

When the narration came to the Tashkent park, it became seriously sad. I don't know if it has to do with something specific that I've seen before, but devastation of the monuments celebrating kindness and peace really hit me hard. In Russia we often see Soviet public art with its warm-hearted motifs neglected. A lot of it is in abandoned buildings, sometimes visited by «enthusiasts». I've been there, but haven't felt the same as when I heard about the Tashkent park. I think it's because it brings me again the feeling that most Russians and Americans imagine each other in terribly stereotypical images and genuinely aren't interested in understanding the other.

@pianiykeks6423 Жыл бұрын

In late Soviet Union and later in Russia there always was a great fascination with everything western and especially American. People here adored foreign films, music, history, clothes and even stuff like bubble gum. Children on the streets played cowboys and Indians and brag to each other with their pants they "cooked" to look like jeans. It was considered normal to collect stuff like empty cans os soda or cigarette packs. And that's just the stuff I remembered from the top of my head.

@bb1televator Жыл бұрын

Q: “What do you think of Jeff Bezos?” A: “I prefer not to speak. If I speak, I am in big trouble”

@KozelPraiseGOELRO Жыл бұрын

Alexa in the other room: *Microphone intensifies*

@aloneandscared1 Жыл бұрын

the homless tents in that park show the sad face of capitalism.

@LadyIzdihar Жыл бұрын

Truly. The horrible horrible irony is the only time that park gets cleaned is after they've done a sweep. :(

@krzysz5023 Жыл бұрын

I saw the Lenin statue with a friend a few years ago and it was really nice experiencing it with another comrade. Your videos are always great 😊

@De0bombie252 Жыл бұрын

As a Detroiter and Communist historian I am truly very interested in the visual history there!

@sojourner4726 Жыл бұрын

Your curiosity is infectious and inspiring. Every time you release something I get excited and interested about it too.

@Sofi_-lc3cn Жыл бұрын

Bela Lugosi was old Dracula actor in early b&w films. The origin of the Dracula accent. He didn't speak English so memorized sounds phonetically, combined with being Hungarian doing Romanian accent, result was unique.

@mackone8035 Жыл бұрын

Lugosi was in Plan 9 From Outer Space (briefly). Martin Landau got an AA for portraying him in Tim Burton's Ed Wood.

@slevemcdichael5274 Жыл бұрын

@@mackone8035 Plan 9 was definitely the most movie ever

@missZoey5387 Жыл бұрын

Indeed. One of the great horror stars.

@redleaderantilles1263 Жыл бұрын

Bela Lugosi was the original Dracula for universal and a horror icon, but what would be of interest to you is that the reason he came to the US is because he was actually a supporter of the Hungary Soviet Republic, who fled the white terror. Like one of the most recognized actors in the world was a support of Bela Kun. Great leftist history there, worth looking into

@emperorspock3506 Жыл бұрын

Looks like the park deserves its own exploration video!

@sirlordjustinian8266 Жыл бұрын

0:58 "for one there is no Soviet submarine" really got me

@shifty220 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating stuff and yeah terrible to see Tashkent park in such a state 😥

@AEgir347 8 ай бұрын

reminds me of how there is a giant statue of lenin from the GDR in an industrial park in groningen the netherlands. i gotta go visit that sometime before it gets scrapped.

@JamesJohn-tg2jg Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Comrade For All Your Work.

@missZoey5387 Жыл бұрын

Bela Lugosi was an Italian-American actor best known for his depiction of Dracula in the 1931 film Dracula. He cemented alot of the character's accent and mannerisms

@gabagool...not_italian... Жыл бұрын

the cat's silence spoke volumes...

@robovolk2350 Жыл бұрын

that is such a cool aeroflot bag in the background

@asaturn Жыл бұрын

Boris Badenov was the "world's greatest no-goodnik" - a cartoon Russian spy from Rocky and Bullwinkle. He was married to Natasha Fatale. They made a live-action version of this in 2000 and it's pretty hilarious in a bad way.

@brianrecinos3914 7 ай бұрын

There's a Soviet sub here in Los Angeles, in the Long Beach region. It's called the Scorpion. I've wondered how we got it when I heard about it.

@ABearHolhut Жыл бұрын

just watched this viddie on my twitch stream and we loved it. glad to see the John Reed reference. Always nice to see ur content. Don't sweat the haters. U right! They Wrong:) I want that medal!

@WeFailedThePoor Жыл бұрын

This was great content aside from your usually stuff. Thank you, sis! for taking the time to make this for us

@fun_ghoul Жыл бұрын

1:21 Haligonians feeling this with the Fenwick Tower. 😁

@tuganerf 9 ай бұрын

"it's just a parking lot now" basically sums up the USA

@elkandevening Жыл бұрын

1:55 My god, they used Cyrillic letters instead of similar-looking Latin ones… И is ee, not n; and Я is ya, not r. It honestly looks dumb when you actually know how to read Cyrillic.

@LadyIzdihar Жыл бұрын

Oh 💯

@KozelPraiseGOELRO Жыл бұрын

I though the same.

@Vchk1917 Жыл бұрын

Relatable haha

@adamar.96 Жыл бұрын

Lovely video, please do more, its very cool to come to know these little stories.

@yuchitairans2-035 9 ай бұрын

Please cover more of Seattle's connections to the USSR! My family plans to travel to Seattle in december and i wanna know where to visit 🥰🥰

@roxnn 9 ай бұрын

omggggg the аерофлот bag… i’m in love😍

@slipknotboy555 Жыл бұрын

Good video! 9:01 Pisses me off (and I'm sure I speak for like, all of us here) [The vandalism, to be clear] Edit: And what a cool thing that park is/was

@ryumuyo1371 9 ай бұрын

Thank you soooo so mucg for sharing

@Ben-qq8ly Жыл бұрын

Love the Seattle content,

@vgrepairs Жыл бұрын

I love your videos so much

@OSoct2 Жыл бұрын

I remember this sub! My dad and I toured it a couple times when I was 6-7 years old and I was completely enthralled by it (I've always liked submarines partially because of my dad - He was a Nuclear machinist mate on CGN-9). Though not old enough to remember more of the gross aspects of the tour 😬. The one other thing that I vaguely remember though, was a part of a video that they played in the lobby before entering the sub: It was a dramatization of a certain part during the Cuban missile crisis (the October crisis) which showed a US destroyer dropping practice depth charges on B-59; and how we as a world narrowly avoided nuclear war thanks to the actions of Vasily Arkhipov. Thank you for bringing back some fond memories of mine and for all the insightful content that you produce!

@mattshriner4897 Жыл бұрын

Well heck, I thought it looked familiar. I've been on board in San Diego. The exhibit is definitely less cringe now.

@mattda13att Жыл бұрын

I loved this episode :D i'd love if you covered the CHAZ event. Back when it was happening I had no clue what was true or false there were so many rumours. Ik covering that topic might pose some community guidlines challenges lol, but if you can I'd really love it

@samv7212 Жыл бұрын

I'm not from Seattle but I love hearing about your local history.

@CanadianMemorials Жыл бұрын

Very nice video

@PoorPersonsBookReviewer Жыл бұрын

Great video comrade, I've lived in Seattle for 9 years and never heard about the sub.

@michaelmappin1830 Жыл бұрын

Ty❤

@DrEagleTalon Жыл бұрын

You have to make my favorite random content pieces. Like it’s Soviet and like I love that shit but the randomness of things that pop up is what’s fun. It’s not just watching theory all the time. I need a life outside my kids, work and KZfaq lol

@ronberry6276 Жыл бұрын

I am a local to Seattle but, I was born in 2002 so I have no memories of the sub. I've always known of the Lenin statue and never had very strong opinions on it. Even when I was going through my conservative phase

@faithkerns1626 Жыл бұрын

I went there as a kid, I don't remember anything about it other than the submarine itself.

@Sixth_Beatle Жыл бұрын

Where did you get the Аэрофлот bag?

@brunopropheta420 Жыл бұрын

I just found your profile and I think you're my soulmate or perhaps the sister I didn't had. I'm a History teacher, Muslim revert, Communist and passionate about the USSR.

@miragecollins8518 Жыл бұрын

OMG I MADE IT INTO THE VID HHH (its me chuyan)

@nikitachaykin6774 Жыл бұрын

Is it time to start crowdfunding campaign to support Lady Izdihar in building pro-workers museum of Seattle?

@LadyIzdihar Жыл бұрын

Gosh I wish. I'm actually trying to get certified in museum studies

@nikitachaykin6774 Жыл бұрын

@@LadyIzdihar What do you think such museum could be about? Many of these topics are rather controversial, and it is not easy to show positive aspects of socialism without antagonizing almost everyone. And who would go there? "CHAZ - glorious way forward!" ?

@babycakesmcgee 4 ай бұрын

As someone living in west seattle, I would love content on the communist history of our state !!

@Nevets123 Жыл бұрын

Its so interesting hearing these stories. The Canwell Committee is wild -- it makes me wonder how much of the myths were just made up whole sub. Thanks for sharing 😁 I was recently reading about the Fish Committee and HUAC because of the Writer's Guild strike -- the first president was an American communist. It all goes back to Canwell in Seattle though!

@Shimansaji Жыл бұрын

Greetings from Soviet of Washington!

@kylen.a.7922 Жыл бұрын

Yooooo I live in Western Wa and I never heard about these things! Can you do a video on Soviet things in Wa?

@Oberschutzee 8 ай бұрын

9:01 good

@MercuryTheVexilliologyNerd 2 ай бұрын

Bad

@MrEmbryonicjones Жыл бұрын

i haven't been out to the titan silo but i remember going to the commemorative airforce museum when i was younger and judging from the overall framing of history and the crowd at that museum (my fellow arizonans, lord help me) i feel like i can visualize that exchange between your tour guide and the Russian guy perfectly. that tour guide must have been sweating bullets lmfao

@Bob-bs9ok Жыл бұрын

Having been to the Titan Missle Museum it was surprisingly not dogmaticaly anti-commusist (though that might of been those specific guides) since they were largely focused on the engineering. Still pissed that insurance made them get rid of the top to bottom tour.

@maya07_11 Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️so sad that the submarine is gone :((

@Ashathefree8 Жыл бұрын

Ya the northwest has a huge history of labor movement, from the wobblies organizing vagrants and lumberers. Huge communist party membership after the decline of the iww. Currently reading “the port of missing men” and after that ill be reading “labor wars of the northwest”

@Dominic_Berry Жыл бұрын

I saw that submarine when it was in San Diego, and it was a serious historical exhibit. It's a pity they've scrapped it.

@LadyIzdihar Жыл бұрын

Glad they kept it more serious once it was bought by the maritime museum!

@noahpauley Жыл бұрын

When I heard that the sub was moved to San Diego I was so excited to go see it this weekend, but sadly last year it was towed down to Mexico to be scrapped. So fucking sad it’s gone 😔

@mackone8035 Жыл бұрын

Yo Lady Iz. Do you have a Buy Me A Coffee account? BTW, Bela Lugosi was Hungarian.

@phillipwombacher9635 Жыл бұрын

I would have bought it damn

@anomaloushumanoid Жыл бұрын

So that comment on the guest book: certain people type in all caps to improve the readability of what they are typing, especially older people who have worse eyesight, are more likely to be using less cutting edge computer equipment, and are the kind of demographic that really likes visiting museums. So it's not quite as unhinged as it might look at first pass.

@theclassicalrepublican9226 Жыл бұрын

Would you be interested in doing a video on the Seattle Soviet and show us sites where that took place?

@OtseisRagnarok Жыл бұрын

I may be biased as a seattle transplant, but more info about local history would be cool.

@TC-ph4ek 8 ай бұрын

Something nice

@spencer101 Жыл бұрын

I need that Aeroflot duffle bag in the background omg

@scienceandpeace-te4td Жыл бұрын

Hello I am from Russia. I really like your videos on KZfaq. And by the way, you are a very beautiful and tender, and feminine girl. Have the most beautiful voice.

@laarb Жыл бұрын

This makes me sad it truly is a lost future of what could have been humanities collective success, but now we just have capitalist hell. We have to fight for our future again

@22many77 Жыл бұрын

The pictures of the 'Cobra' rusting away are sad. Too bad they don't see fit to preserve it. There is a German U-boat museum in Chicago. Wonder why the nazi boat is so well-preserved? It should be a solemn place to honor those killed by such machines, but really kids run through it laughing and goofing around. But we romanticize nazis (and movies like Das Boat tell the story of patriotic Germans who fought honorably while rolling their eyes at nazi civilian leadership). Meanwhile communists keeping the peace against the nuke happy imperial aggressors are just a joke to us.

@fun_ghoul Жыл бұрын

Indeed, how ironic that the most famous F-you to Nazis in American film -- the bridge scene in _The Blues Brothers_ -- was said to happen in Chicago. I guess they figured that Nazis in Chicago would be plenty believable!

@KozelPraiseGOELRO Жыл бұрын

5:16 Russia - i Sovyaa

@LUKE-qx1ii Жыл бұрын

0:23 The person holding "100 million dead" 😂😂 istg these people would just parrot bs man

@fsexplorer9727 Жыл бұрын

Your husband is based, also glad that he helps in making the videos! Hope you don't mind me asking, but is he Muslim too?

@LadyIzdihar Жыл бұрын

I mean he's very supportive. Alhamdulillah yeah he's Muslim, he's from Chechnya. I'm just hesitant to talk about it much because people go crazy online.

@fsexplorer9727 Жыл бұрын

@@LadyIzdihar Ah thanks for responding. As a Muslim myself, it's always very glad to see fellow Muslim comrades. Inshallah Chechnya will know peace from this modern russian federation. I actually found a quote of Stalin on Dagestan, although it's different from Chechnya, they're still close: “We are told that among the Daghestan peoples the Sharia is of great importance. We have also been informed that the enemies of Soviet power are spreading rumours that it has banned the Sharia. I have been authorized by the Government of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic to state here that these rumours are false. The Government of Russia gives every people the full right to govern itself on the basis of its laws and customs. The Soviet Government considers that the Sharia, as common law, is as fully authorized as that of any other of the peoples inhabiting Russia.” - Joseph Stalin, 1920

@DrEagleTalon Жыл бұрын

Ohhh I bet your military father just loves your passion. At least I hope he does. My military father figure hates it

@michaelslowmin Жыл бұрын

Boris Badinov is the bad guy from rocky and Bullwinkle, so yeah, that guy was just describing a stereotyped Eastern European accent. What was that thing about breeding like cockroaches compared to Chinese people? Goddamn. That sounds like something my Grandpa would have said D:

@Atomnyi 8 ай бұрын

Hardcore Muslim Woman talks about Communism in USA... Very EXOTIC combination! Yes I want to see more Communist point of attracktions in Seattle. Live long and prosper, Comrade!

@robv.8676 Жыл бұрын

Why scrap it? Just place the sub together with some other vessels ('merican, German, ...) in a museum dedicated to sea warfare, technicology or such etc. No need for hyped stories with silly narratives, just show the tech, the history. Oh and here are some hugs to counter all the bad energy some people aim at you. *hugs*

@redfront6707 Жыл бұрын

Hey I love your videos! But I was wondering what you think of Muslims in China, because all I ever hear about it the “Uyghur Genocide” and shit like that.

@PotatoPhoenix 4 ай бұрын

holly shit we have this much of a local communist history? why did no one ever tell me about this?

@xrawna5189 10 ай бұрын

Lips need to be more RED

@Nexusslime Жыл бұрын

I never knew your name was spelled Izdihar, I thought it was isdahar I'm a little ashamed because I feel that's a little offensive.

@Anonymous-gw1vd Жыл бұрын

God I hate it when westerners re-use Cyrillic writing with the phonetics of a Latin alphabet. “RUSSIAИ COBЯA” give me a break

@lif6737 Жыл бұрын

Honestly, I don’t really care for Soviet submarines or military vehicles generally as museums. They have their importance, but I’d much prefer to see an exploration of Soviet art. I don’t really care for the politics of the USSR, but during different periods of the Soviet history, some truly groundbreaking art unfolded in architecture, painting, graphic design, music, animation, etc. I’d love to see that legacy of the USSR explored more; the creativity of the people, not the failures of its political system

@LadyIzdihar Жыл бұрын

I get you, there's something incredibly lacking in humanity and heart when you only explore things like military vehicles or operations. Which is one of the reasons why I hate military maps, strategic maps, It wipes away everything that we could relate to.

@fun_ghoul Жыл бұрын

How do you think those people had the time to do art, Li?

@lif6737 Жыл бұрын

@@fun_ghoul Clearly they managed it cause it's there.

@LoonerFlight Жыл бұрын

Boris Badenov is a character from Rock and Bullwinkle, an animated tv show from the early 60s who had a VERY pronounced and stereotypical Russian accent: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Badenov