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In Part 81 of Life in the Soviet Union, Serge and Dmitry tell us about myths regarding Jews and blat. Did the Jews stick together and help each other? --- Our work is wholly viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=kevin55 Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5862124724944896

Serge and Dmitry will give us some personal examples of Blat in the Soviet Union in Part 80 of our series. --- Our work is wholly viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=kevin55 Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5862124724944896

In Part 79, Dmitry will go on a journey of childhood memories, and we will weave memories of blat happening in those years. --- Our work is wholly viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYr... Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?... Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/58621247...

In Part 78 of Life in the Soviet Union, Kevin asks if blat is kind of like western networking. Serge and Dmitry will give their opinions on this. --- Our work is wholly viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks: / @americancrimea Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?... Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/58621247...

We discuss how Blat worsened under Khrushchev with Dmity and Serge in Part 77 of Life in the USSR. --- Our work is wholly viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=kevin55 Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5862124724944896

This video was made by special request of one of our viewers, @SRT HellCat. He was in disbelief that our granite and travertine work were all done by hand and not manufactured in a shop. I also added him doing the custom wood stairs to the video. So enjoy seeing a true master at work. --- Our work is wholly viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG

This video was made by special request of one of our viewers, @SRT HellCat. He was in disbelief that our granite and travertine work were all done by hand and not manufactured in a shop. I also added him doing the custom wood stairs to the video. So enjoy seeing a true master at work. --- Our work is wholly viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG

Join us for Part 76 of Life in the USSR where we will learn what Blat is. No, it is not a Russian swear word, rather it is a form of "favoritism" or "corruption." Serge and Dmitry will walk us through this subject over the next few episodes, telling us what Blat is, how it was used, give some examples, and how the Soviet Union fought against blat. --- Our work is wholly viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=kevin55 Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5862124724944896

In Part 75 of Life in the Soviet Union, Serge and Dmitry will talk about Soviet Ukraine, both the great industrialization and the bad of corruption, and how the Soviet Military russified the Soviet language. --- Our work is wholly viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=kevin55 Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5862124724944896

In Part 75 of Life in the Soviet Union, Serge and Dmitry will talk about Soviet Ukraine, both the great industrialization and the bad of corruption, and how the Soviet Military russified the Soviet language. --- Our work is wholly viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=kevin55 Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5862124724944896

Serge and Dmitry will talk about if the Soviet Union was really an ethnic paradise. Dmitry will also talk a but about General Dudayev, the first Soviet General from Chechnya. --- Our work is wholly viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=kevin55 Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5862124724944896

Serge and Dmitry will talk about if the Soviet Union was really an ethnic paradise. Dmitry will also talk a but about General Dudayev, the first Soviet General from Chechnya. --- Our work is wholly viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=kevin55 Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5862124724944896

In Part 73, Serge and Dmitry will debate if Odessa was a "Jewish City" and if there was antisemitism in the Soviet Union. --- Our work is wholly viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=kevin55 Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5862124724944896

In Part 72 of Life in the USSR, Serge and Dmitry will discuss the myths, rumors, and speculation surrounding Judaism and antisemitism in the Soviet Union. --- Our work is wholly viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=kevin55 Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5862124724944896

Dmitry and Serge will discuss "what is a historian" in this short episode of Life in the Soviet Union. --- Our work is wholly viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=kevin55 Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5862124724944896

In Episode 70 of Life in the USSR, Serge and Dmitry will tell us about revising history, US non-support and Soviet support for Israel, Soviet military assistance to Israel, and the turning points of Israel towards the US and the Soviet Union towards the Arab states. https://www.rbth.com/history/327040-ussr-and-israel-from-friends-to-foes --- Our work is completely viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.donationalerts.com/r/kmichelizzi https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=kevin55 Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5862124724944896

In Episode 70 of Life in the USSR, Serge and Dmitry will tell us about revising history, US non-support and Soviet support for Israel, Soviet military assistance to Israel, and the turning points of Israel towards the US and the Soviet Union towards the Arab states. https://www.rbth.com/history/327040-ussr-and-israel-from-friends-to-foes --- Our work is completely viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.donationalerts.com/r/kmichelizzi https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=kevin55 Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5862124724944896

In Part 69 of Life in the USSR, Serge and Dmitry will give us some history on the support of the state of Israel by the Soviet Union, the proposals for a one state solution, the British "Divide and Conquer" strategy, and the Arab League. Roman Palestine: https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.ucsc.edu/dist/9/20/files/2015/06/poverty_charity.pdf --- Our work is completely viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.donationalerts.com/r/kmichelizzi https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=kevin55 Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5862124724944896

In Part 69 of Life in the USSR, Serge and Dmitry will give us some history on the support of the state of Israel by the Soviet Union, the proposals for a one state solution, the British "Divide and Conquer" strategy, and the Arab League. Roman Palestine: https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.ucsc.edu/dist/9/20/files/2015/06/poverty_charity.pdf --- Our work is completely viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.donationalerts.com/r/kmichelizzi https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=kevin55 Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5862124724944896

In Part 67, Dmitry and Serge will give insight into why the Soviet Union preferred supporting an independent Jewish/Zionist state in Israel over the autonomous republic in the USSR. Plus some special humor on our technical difficulties. --- Our work is completely viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.donationalerts.com/r/kmichelizzi https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=kevin55 Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5862124724944896

In Part 67, Dmitry and Serge will give insight into why the Soviet Union preferred supporting an independent Jewish/Zionist state in Israel over the autonomous republic in the USSR. Plus some special humor on our technical difficulties. --- Our work is completely viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.donationalerts.com/r/kmichelizzi https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=kevin55 Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5862124724944896

In Part 66 of Life in the USSR, Serge and Dmitry will talk about "Crimean California" - the proposed Jewish homeland in Crimean and Southern Ukraine. --- Our work is completely viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.donationalerts.com/r/kmichelizzi https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=kevin55

In Part 66 of Life in the USSR, Serge and Dmitry will talk about "Crimean California" - the proposed Jewish homeland in Crimean and Southern Ukraine. --- Our work is completely viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.donationalerts.com/r/kmichelizzi https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=kevin55 Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5862124724944896

In Part 65, Dmitry and Serge will tell us about when the Soviet Jewish Autonomous Republic was created, a bit about the Yiddish language being used in the Soviet Union, and about Judaism in Odessa. --- Our work is completely viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.donationalerts.com/r/kmichelizzi https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=kevin55 Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5862124724944896

Due to a last-minute cancellation by Don DeBar, I am repurposing this stream to talk about a few items in current-day Russia and Crimea with Mrs. American in Crimea. We will talk about social medicine vs. private healthcare, car insurance and accidents, general weather in Crimea now and throughout the year, and ... --- Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYryyxFwPxCPI1LleCdatA/join Subscribe at https://www.AmericanCrimea.site ** Our work is completely viewer-supported. Help us continue to bring you more great content by donating at: https://boosty.to/americancrimea https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kmichelizzi https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NBJ9YSGNLHXY6 https://yoomoney.ru/to/4100115724924424 BitCoin: 3CmFVh5fCCbobNzdxGrGP2BuK3sQ5iSqxG Streamed with: https://www.ecamm.com/mac/ecammlive/?fp_ref=kevin55 Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5862124724944896