Memories of 1990s Russia | Konstantin Batygin and Lex Fridman

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Memories of 1990s Russia | Konstantin Batygin and Lex Fridman

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@wlad5963 Жыл бұрын

Batygin has a 2 hours interview in Russian and he obviously speaks very clean Russian

@maserg5397 8 ай бұрын

interview with Yuri Dud'?

@thesmokecriminal5395 6 ай бұрын

He's equally proficient in both languages

@eddieleon9608 3 ай бұрын

@@thesmokecriminal5395 Not true, his English is superior

@thesmokecriminal5395 3 ай бұрын

@@eddieleon9608 no

@astraltraveler257 3 жыл бұрын

Stood in line for 2 hours (around midnight) in front of the McDonald's in Moscow in January 1991. It had recently opened and my Russian associates thought it would be a novel experience to eat at McDonald's with an American.

@thoyo 3 жыл бұрын

How did it go? Was it a good time?

@astraltraveler257 3 жыл бұрын

@@thoyo I was there for business, to explore joint ventures in film and animation productions. Everyone I met was warm and friendly (unlike the people of some European countries I've visited). I was there when the 50 and 100 Ruble notes were outlawed, so everyone who had cash in those denominations lost that wealth. People who did not trust the banks and held their money at home lost everything. Many committed suicide. I was having dinner with a married couple in their early 40's when that news broke. They were both PhD's who taught at the university. They had $50k Rubles in hand that they had saved to buy an apartment (apartments were hard to find so when you found one you had to pay on the spot or lose it). Their reaction to losing their savings was minimal. I asked them why, as I would have been outraged. Their response was "this is Russia". I'll never forget that. A beautiful people who have been crushed by lifetimes of suppression.

@thoyo 3 жыл бұрын

@@astraltraveler257 Thanks for responding. Did anything come of your animation venture? So sad that they were used to such horrible governance. Hopefully things change sooner rather than later.

@astraltraveler257 3 жыл бұрын

@@thoyo This was around the time "The Pebble And The Penguin" was produced. Directed by the Russian version of Walt Disney. A wonderful human being. The problem was that all animation was funded by the government. Perfection was the standard and timeliness was not part of the equation. So in the end the conclusion was the gifted Russian 2D animators would not be able to adjust to capitalistic production timelines. Sadly. The second issue was the Russian mob. There was no way to consistently project payments to the mob for shipping materials in and out of Russian. That said, it was exhilarating having a joyful dinner and drinking vodka with a table full of large and powerful men who would think nothing of breaking your neck if that was was required.

@iamleowik 3 жыл бұрын

Lex has a heavy American accent in Russian.

@chronicillz1879 Жыл бұрын

and a russian accent in english, which proves this theory i have, that if you immigrate after the age of 11/12, you will always have an accent

@CROWNZI Жыл бұрын

@@chronicillz1879 Thats not particularly right , it depends on how often do u engage yourself with your previous main language and how much time u invest into improving the pronounciation. If you look at players from NBA and NHL that are Russian and immigrated during the years of their career you will notice a significant change in their accents , they would almost sound fully american and if you would try to make them speak Russian it will be pretty bad. It all depends on the time that u spent in foreign country.

@chronicillz1879 Жыл бұрын

@@CROWNZI yes youre right but you can not get rid of it FULLY, lex friedman is a perfect example of this, im sure 99% of his interaction after immigrating has been in english, he grew up with all americans surrounding him, but he still has an accent some 30 year years later. anyone who immigrates over the age of 13, even if you drop them smack dab in the middle of america, will still have an accent, for the rest of their lives

@CROWNZI Жыл бұрын

@@chronicillz1879 I dont think his accent is Russian , he just speaks slower compared to someone whos NATIVE native. I wouldnt even know that he could speak Russian if he didnt mention it himself.

@chronicillz1879 Жыл бұрын

@@CROWNZI guy, im a russian american myself, he has a CLEAR russian accent, pretty thick too, he would be spotted as a non native speaker within a minute of hearing him open his mouth

@gameon2000 8 ай бұрын

Konstantin speaks russian with no accent, but he has to load vocabulary like for every word and his russian CPU is like Intel 8008 🤣

@santiagofiero3039 5 ай бұрын

Not really, his vocabulary is actually very rich compared to most russians living in Russia, I've no idea where'd you get that from

@Denyo666 4 ай бұрын

@@santiagofiero3039 He mean that it takes some time for him to say something what he wants to say.

@LouisZezeran 3 жыл бұрын

The Pepsi / navy story is because Pepsi had been selling their drinks in the USSR since the late 70s, it had a huge monopoly and then lost it once the country opened up. However, the reason they got a small navy fleet was because the USSR couldn’t technically pay Pepsi because it was against the constitution of the USSR to trade currency with the capitalists. They got around this at first by trading for stolynicha vodka but after the soviets invaded Afghanistan and public opinion in the west of the USSR tanked, sales also tanked and the amount of Pepsi the USSR wanted far exceeded the amount is stoli that the Americans wanted. Many bartering solutions were worked on over the years and one of the most famous was transferring ownership of a number of soviet navy ships to Pepsi, who then transferred ownership to international metal recyclers. The ships were all old and barely sea worthy. Unfortunately there was no Pepsi fleet sailing out of St Petersburg 😃

@nitroxide17 3 жыл бұрын

Wise words about the experience of an immigrant. I can relate to that. It’s good to be reminded what good can be gained from harsh experiences.

@markjames688 3 жыл бұрын

I was in Moscow working in the early nineties - there was a barrier and guard over the entrance to Maccas - controlling the crowd outside - I can recall an old lady with a shopping trolley leaving with dozens of Big Macs …

@KostaPrib 5 ай бұрын

Я в шоке то что Lex так хорошо говорит по русски, я узнал что его имя Алексей Федотов.

@MrEstranged 4 ай бұрын

Какой Федотов, если он Фридман?

@KostaPrib 3 ай бұрын

@@MrEstranged ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Фридман,_Лекс

@MrEstranged 3 ай бұрын

@@KostaPrib Доверенный источник :) А почему там написано, что отец Alexander A Fridman? А почему в английской версии ничего про Федотова не сказано? Да и по лицу же видно, что он Фридман, а не Федотов.

@someguy9607 5 ай бұрын

Batygin not only speak Russian but doing that much better than Lex :)

@ozzybeloiu466 3 жыл бұрын

I'm going to have to educate myself as to exactly what the hell happened since I was a teenager in the 90s. I was 13 in 1990 and we had Pizza Hut commercials with Russian Presidents, I remember watching that massive concert in Moscow on MTV w/ Metallica, Black Crowes etc and it seemed we were turning a corner in relations. Or atleast that's the way my 13 yr old eyes saw it. Got busy w/ life(bad excuse) and now here we are.

@timelkin838 3 жыл бұрын

Enter the Sandman

@f67739 Жыл бұрын

there was no bad blood for politicians and crooks to leverage, so of course that couldn't go on any longer (just my theory)

@toyz899 3 жыл бұрын

"There must be some sesame seed glue out there. Either that or they're adhesive on one side. Peel off the backing, place it on the bun" - Mitch

@coincrazy3563 3 жыл бұрын

Egg wash and sprinkle sesame seeds on before baking

@nicosmind3 3 жыл бұрын

This guy speaks Russian like i speak Spanish. Which is reassuring cause im half Spanish and it really should be a lot better. So big up to the people in the comment section who either dont speak, or suck at a language they should be much better at :)

@dmitrychemankov3309 5 ай бұрын

As for Pepsi, he’s wrong. Pepsi Cola came to the USSR back in 1980 and was available in most of the grocery stores throughout the country no matter the region. So I remember myself buying a 0,45 l bottle of Peps once in a while back in 1984 when I was in Crimea.

@orka16605 3 жыл бұрын

I remember giong to McDonalds once. The ice cream machine was broken.

@surtivmak4715 5 ай бұрын

🤣

@tada3922 3 ай бұрын

Konstantin speaks better Russian than Lex does, definitely accent wise

@alexkolpak 2 жыл бұрын

This is parallel history if they could stay in Russia... But this never will be.

@golden_smiles Ай бұрын

Pepsi was produced in Tashkent during the USSR times, long ago before perestroika, yes. Lex should know this, they brought it to Chkalovsk some times

@mreya23 4 ай бұрын

Batygin has a better accent in Russian than Lex

@Aleksandr_TRI 24 күн бұрын

My parents were kinda poor, so we mooved to Japan)) Okay mate

@yaroslavs5841 3 ай бұрын

I am from the same generation and remember those times being a child. Now Mcdonalds, KFC, Starbucks have gone from Russia but the businesses, which have developed here for 30 years, changed owners and continue to operate under other local names: “Vkusno i tochka” (translation: Tasty. Period), “Rostics”, “StarsCoffee”. I am sitting in one of these newly branded “KFC” right now, all the menu, concept and even interior with slogans in English remain the same) I think it’s a unique situation in human history) Remember my words: some day we will again see huge lines to a newly opened first MCdonalds which has returned to Moscow 😂

@esponru5602 8 ай бұрын

come on man, McDonalds is trash

@overman2306 6 ай бұрын

It's amazing to communists living their whole lives in the equality of poverty.

@corylowe5557 3 жыл бұрын

Pepsi

@steedfairley190 3 жыл бұрын

Lex give me the zucc

@Emoziga 2 ай бұрын

Ни фига Батыгин на русском говорит, практически чистый русский.

@trklizm 17 күн бұрын

А его двухчасовое интервью Дудю на русском языке вас не впечатляет?

@Emoziga 17 күн бұрын

@@trklizm не видел, но я смотрел его лекции на английском, он на нём так хорошо говорил, я подумал он вообще русский не знает.

@cattysplat 7 ай бұрын

American fast food is the most processed and addictive food substances ever cooked up in a laboratory. Most of the world is now hooked and struggle to go back to eating healthy.