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"we stopped giving people the death penalty, because it's inhumane" How about a punishment worse than one thousand deaths? "sounds good"

I am from Vologda region, only 100 km from this place, so I'd like to say few things: 1) as someone already noticed here in the comments, "pyatak" normally would mean a coin with the value of 5 (for example, rubles). It could also mean a small piece of land. So in this case they probably refer to the shape of the island, that is small and round like "pyatak". 2) it's not that far north, and there is no tundra there, but there are lots of forests instead 3) it's not that cold there either. Yes, it can be quite cold in winter, and the winter can last for 7 months of the year, but at the same time it gets pretty warm in summer (30-35°C is not something completely unusual, but it doesn't get that warm every summer). Anyway, I didn't swim in Novozero, but I am pretty sure it's easily done in summer, because I swam myself in Belozero when I was a child, and it was completely fine, and Novozero is smaller, so it gets warm faster. So icy waters are true but not completely. 4) finally, Novozero means "new lake", while Belozero which is another bigger lake closeby means "white lake", so there is just a little confusion there;) I would also like to add that first time I heard about this prison was from my boyfriend who is not Russian, and it was kinda funny to learn that I lived that close to the place but never heard of it😅 but I guess I just wasn't interested enough. Anyway, thanks for the video, I have learnt a lot!

After hearing about Pyatak I’m going to sleep like a baby knowing one of the men responsible for the Beslan School Siege is there

Some prisons in Russia's far north are so remote that they don't have walls and only minimal security. If you decide to leave, there's nowhere for you to go, only the desolate wilderness.

Guard: You've been sentenced to Pyatak. Prisoner: Are you _sure_ you can't do the gunshot to the back of the head thing anymore?

That was heavy and dark. It’s the level of detail in these videos that brings me back to all of your team’s channels. Top shelf entertainment.

"American prisons are tough" Pyatak: "Hold my bucket"

My dad used to be a guard at a psychiatric prison in kentucky, and he told me what it's like in there. Compared to pyatyak, the psych hospital seems like an extended summer camp

Simon is such a good host. You can tell he loves what he does.

Before long KZfaq will be completely taken over by Simon...and I cannot wait

I really enjoy this channel as well as Biographical. I'm currently in the hospital with a shoulder infection in the midst of this pandemic, so we are allowed no visitation. Adds up to long hours alone in a room. Channels such as these give me a reprieve from the tedium, since they capture my interest and focus my mind on something else for awhile. So I would like to thank you all for creating all this content. Amazing. Thanks.

My girlfriend just looked over my shoulder and said, "Is that Moby."

Cheers on the first upload! I'm very excited to see more from this channel!

Inmate: These desolate lonesome days have really made me self reflect I think I have finally found God. Guard: He’s faking it.

Your videos represent a clear and outstanding contribution to the KZfaq environment. When you consider all the hate videos, the UFO and conspiracy trash out there it is so refreshing to see something that educates and expands our world.

If I was a victim of one of the inmates and I were still alive, every January 1st I’d send them two packages consisting of nothing!

Simon is a beast, starting informational channels left, right and center

Glad to see the channel is active, Great first upload, cant wait for more!

I caught up on all my bio graphic episodes today and felt sad at the prospect of having to wait a few days for a new video, but then what do I see.....a new channel about Geographical places with historical merit. YES Simon and the gang, thanks, keep them coming!!

One of the best youtube pages out of them all. Please never stop. I cant believe you've only been around for less than a year and you're already at the top in terms of quality

Great content! You guys are crazy running all these channels. I love it! Keep the good stuff coming

Whoever thought this place up needs to produce a horror movie, because this place is an unbelievable nightmare. Fantastic first video guys, I am very impressed.

Man, you must be a complete badass when you still come up on top after this place.

I learned something new. That is what I like the most about this channel.

I think I may have liked this better than most of the biographics! Either way, all your channels are amazing

A channel focusing on the mysterious and unknown places on earth is fantastic. There are so many places I'm curious about, I'm highly anticipating what's in store for us.

Would like to see that last prisoner's paintings.

Just discovered you had this channel too Simon! 😂 I'm loving it so far!

Great video about a horrifying topic, super excited to see this channel grow! Thanks Simon and crew

I don't know how you do it, Simon, but I am impressed. Entertaining and informative as ever!

great vid , I particularly liked 2 points ; A) the longer format and B) that you concluded with that its not up to us to judge their pison system

Thank you Simon. Learnt a few things from this and some of your other vids today. Take care of your health though, this is quite a few channels you're in now.

Hello Simon 😁, As always one of my favorites love all that you and the Team do! Keep up the fantastic work . Love the channel!

This is bloody brilliant! I cannot wait to see more from this channel ❤️

I've herd from Russians in the U.S. that have no worries about going to Prison here and refer to it as a Country club compared to Russia . My family survived WWII in the Netherlands my Grandfather survived Buegenwalt as a Political Prisoner he spent 6 years in a Nursing home and could not walk at the end of his life . I ask if it was difficult . He said it was a easy . Good food soft bed no guns and birds to watch and nice people Be grateful

I LOVE THIS! This is what I've been saying and it seems that I am being heard...it isn't just people that have stories to tell, places do as well. Keep it up...and I hope that you guys will branch out once again, as objects have stories too...LOTS AND LOTS of stories! 😁😁😁😁😍😍😍😍

Ahhhh yes! More Simon is definitely what this dying medium needs. Really glad that you're onto places as well, such a niche focus but such literal history to be explored. Will be counting down til the next upload. Keep up the good work you champ!

I love this new channel. The video was great as always. I’m excited for what else you have for us

You present this material so well, man! The information is well researched. I'm really enjoying the Geographics videos. Good stuff!

This was an eye opening and sober commentary on the use of isolation and lack of stimuli in the prison systems in general! Well put and thank you!

A new Simon Wistler channel about one of my all time favorite subjects. Nice

Simon, I have no idea how you work so hard. I enjoyed this very much and of course I subscribed!

Hello Simon , just wanted to say I love all of your channels , you’ve had a huge impact in inspiring me to change my major in college to become an educator , thank you so much !

Always good stuff Simon. It was a little jumpy as far as the transitions but the info and photos is what I watch your stuff for so thumbs up!

Thoroughly enjoy the details and history. Can’t wait to see what else is coming.

Another great, entertaining and most of all informative channel from y'all, and I love it all ready. I could listen to Simon read from the phone book lol!!!!!

Thanks again you Geographics! Awsome and informative video as usual. Keep up the great work.

Thanks for posting!

Came across this channel by chance! Delighted I did! Looking forward to future content. Wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪 🍀 ✨

I get so much from your efforts, Simon and Co. really, thank you.One request: please, back that camera up bout 4-5'.

Simon whistler hosts all my favourite top 10s😂

Wonderful video. As usual! Thank you!

As always: informative and fascinating content which simon presents in an excellent manner. Well done to you, the writers, researchers and all involved!

I have been waiting for this channel to get started, and KZfaq only just notifies me of it now? I'm a day late!

This is my go-to video on Mondays right before work--life ain't that bad!

would love a video on the black dolphin prison if you haven’t done one already. love all the content this channel puts out!

Yaaassss! I've been waiting for this!♡♡♡♡

Simon, you were recommended by a friend via biographics only 2 months ago. Since then I've tried to watch, or at least listen to, as often as allows. I love the succint delivery and appreciate the style. It's a delight watching you work 🙂

A bit late to the party here, youtube recommended me this video and I was happy to click on it. I love the theme of the channel, "history, one place at a time". I'm already subscribed to TopTenz, TodayIFoundOut, and Biographics so I already know I enjoy how Simon Whistler presents information. I hope to see a lot more from this channel!

You killed it as usual! Keep up the good work!

Oooo a new channel? Yay! Awesome vid too :).

Simon is one of the hardest working man. Ps anyone involved in making these top notch videos is also included in that.

It's about <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="90">1:30</a>am and got woken up about to listen to some of his videos and let it lull me back to sleep. He's got such a great storytelling voice Im so glad I found his videos

Brilliant content! I enjoy your content a lot especially during this time thank you.

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I just found this video and immediately subscribed!! I love the work that you and your staff put out over all of your channels. Thank you and your staff for the hard work that y'all do :)

Great video, Simon. I noticed right away that unlike your other channels, in which you seem to just spout off information, however fascinating, in this channel, with this story, you seem to have some investment in the tale. I don't know if it's because you have a larger hand in bringing the story to us, or what. But it's like you're more "here", if that makes sense. Your posture also seems more relaxed, as though you're having a conversation with the viewer over tea or coffee or cocktails. Overall, a great start to the new channel. You got my sub.

Really enjoyed the post it was very interesting , looking forward to seeing more

"the motive for the killing?" -- "I was drunk." 🤭

"Ptyatak" (stress on the last syllable: pyat'ak, like in 'cognac') would translate more like 'fiver' or 'a coin of a value of 5'.

this is my favorite out of your channels now!

Awesome video Simon!

All of us watching and commenting on this video are true OGs of this channel. Can't wait for the content to come!

This channel is AMAZING

This is a great Channel, can't wait until you post more vids

I LOVE your channel and I can’t stop watching!

As bad as this place is, it seems the guards do time with the inmates.

I realize that Harry Potter is complete fiction, and fantasy at that. But as you described the psychosis caused by the isolation and solitude, I kept thinking of the prisoners of Azkaban. Even without special wraith-like demons hovering to suck out life, personal happiness, or the like, the level of isolation and the volatility of the characters who escaped or were released hit a lot closer to reality. And that is tremendously disturbing.

Loving the new channel, Biographics is also a daily fix too

Glad I ran across your very intelligent videos. Well done! I’ll keep watching.

I'm trembling with excitement and I just found this 11 seconds ago

I see Simon i sub, its that simple

Your videos are awesome! Subscribed & 👍ed! 😊

Simon, just like the rest of the channels you host, I like this channel, very interesting and informative, and you present it well. Keep up the good work.

The last snippet sent shivers down my spine. How insane must you be to posses the ability to escape insanity through isolation?

Your crew could put together a documentary on Lima Beans and I'd watch it intently. This, like many of your other channels, are fantastic. Thanks.

Excellent job on this documentary, thank you!

Very informative keep the vids rolling u got my sub 👍

Listens to how dangerous being alone and isolated is still continues to be stay alone and isolated in my room

Like you didn't have enough to do! Like this channel. Expecting good things

I love all your channels Simon, keep up the good work

Your videos are well made! I enjoy the way you share this info. Can you put your sources in your about or end credits please?

When he mentioned flamethrowers being used in the Beslan what most people think is the traditional style of flamethrower, as in the type that spews fuel that is then lit at the muzzle by either electrical of chemical means, but in this case what we're talking about was probably the RPO-A ''Shmel'' aka bumblebee. Actual flamethrowers, the kind we're used to seeing in ww2 movies are not used anymore by really any modern militaries and have been replaced by shoulder launched incendiary rocket systems such as the RPO, due to their much greater range, the misconception probably stems from the fact that RPO stands for reaktivnyj pehotnyj ognemet, which roughly translates to rocket propelled infantry flamethrower. Essentially it servers the same purpose as a regular flamethrower, with the added benefit of being able to burn you to a crisp from several hundred meters away, as opposed to something like 20m, which the good old M2 flamethrower used by the US during ww2 and Vietnam, was capable of. So instead of picturing a bunch of FSB guys kicking down a door and spraying a room with burning napalm, picture them putting a rocket of literal hellfire into a window, less exciting I know, but that's more likely what actually happened, not that being burned by an RPO is any less brutal, deadly or painful, at least for the guy on the wrong end of the rocket, but I do suppose it's a bit less of an intimate experience for the guy shooting it.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="105">1:45</a> - Chapter 1 - A history of pyatak <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="250">4:10</a> - Chapter 2 - Desolation <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="345">5:45</a> - Chapter 3 - Isolation <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="565">9:25</a> - Chapter 4 - The inhabitants of pyatak <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="770">12:50</a> - Chapter 5 - The psychiatric effects <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1030">17:10</a> - Chapter 6 - Light at the end of the tunnel ?

Now you’d really did it. Watching your videos, with your research etc. got me really enjoying your videos and the hard work you’ve put into them. Keep up the great work. Case in point the video cannibal island. Very chilling to learning about that place.

Thank you for another amazing video... love the channel, love the content, both the presentation and scripts are well thought out. even though the content can be hard going I think this channel is unalloyed brilliance. Keep up the good work and thank you.

So let me get this straight, the prisoners aren't allowed books but they are allowed artist materials so they can paint, how does that work?

This is definitely my kind of thing. I could never get into Biographics, but I think I'll love Geographics.

Very interesting! Well done Simon! Thankyou.