Why Smolensk is important for Russia? | Staying with a local family & exploring the city

I have widowed recently and tragically so I have fallen into terrible depression. Watching your videos is a true therapy for the soul.. They really bring me back to life, is a real wonder. Thanks you so much for being here.

Westerners can have a very distorted view of life in Russia. Videos like this, help to break through the clutter of misinformation, and give us a more complete picture of life in the Russian Federation. Thank you, Eli, for your wonderful videos.

I love watching these videos about Russian culture. When I visited Russia, I was suprised with a lot of fancy, good restaurants and cafés. Always with good food and delicious desserts! Time to come back, now with my daughter who loves Masha and the bear :)

I am from India and i love to visit Russia one day. The diverse land with the glimpses of the past history and of course the soviet and pre soviet architecture. ❤️from Indian state of Maharashtra 🇮🇳

I am from Sri Lanka and studied in Smolensk state medical academy 10 years ago. Studied for 6years and Had a great time there. Was really happy to see you travelling to such provincial towns on Russia and give ur viewers the taste of true Russia outside big cities. Ruski dvor was my favourite restaurant, we use to eat a lot of blini so sirom there and hope u enjoyed the food. We use to roam a lot along the dnepr, krepostnaya Stena and ryadovka, even when it was freezing subzero cold in winter. Want to visit the city again but due to time constraints i am unable to visit. I would love to have one of ur postcards from Smolensk if it's possible. Again thanks for ur blog, feeling nostalgic. Smolensk good geroi.

I have been fascinated with Russian culture and love watching every episode of yours. You are an absolutely genuine and incredible person doing this and very good at it, please never stop.

✌been watching Russian Blogs the past several years especially the last 6 months you do great videos shots out to the whole Eli channel crew 👏 👍

Eli, your video is very nice, well done and your English is perfect. Your country is amaizing, thank you for sharing!

Всё бы ничего, если б всё наше культурное наследие Смоленска берегли и держали в сохранности... А то на крепостную стену больно смотреть да и на здания конца 19в...(

I’m from Arizona, I like to learn about different cities in Russia and Soviet history. Thank you for your channel! I always enjoy your educational videos

Andrew did a great job!

I am happy to see Alona and Eli together doing videos. They have such good vibes! Alona is an AWESOME Russian teacher and did great teaching our group! 👍

Thanks Devoska ❤ u took me 32years back my memories stay safe at Moscow, Russia 🇷🇺 USSR Sometime March 1989 to July 1994.

This was an amazing post. You 2 ladies are the best ambassadors of Russia. The more I watch, the more get the urge to visit Russia. Спасибо

Love the language lessons! ❤

I'm falling in love with Russian cities with these videos. I always liked russian and even I tried to learn russian many years ago. Nowadays I still like Russia and I will keep trying learning a bit of russian, even though I'm from far away (El Salvador). I definitely would love to live in Russia.

Another awesome video Eli and your friend Alona. Thank you. There are many here in Australia who love Russia, including me.

I liked very much when you walk the streets and see things and explain in russian what you see. It is very usefull in learning russian. Please make some videos in that way where you speak mostly russian with english titels and some important words on screen.

your video content, cinematography, and stories all are superb 👏 👌