How emigrants from Russia earn on blogs about life in the USA

Russians who have moved to other countries like to tell their compatriots how they take root in new places, how they miss borscht and condensed milk, and how most foreigners ask them to demonstrate the skill of drinking vodka.

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Particularly resourceful give birth to entire YouTube-channels for such stories. Stories of bloggers who have built a career on stereotypes about Russians, told the publication «Lenta.ru report».

“I don't care about music, girls are very hot”

Many Russian immigrants have one popular hobby: forcing foreigners to listen to the music of Russian performers, and then record their reaction to the video. On YouTube, you can find a huge number of videos, where Americans are happy to dance to the hits of Ejay and sing along with Pharaoh. One of the most popular channels - GlebaTV - in two years of its existence, it has earned almost 50 millions of views and about 350 thousands of subscribers.

About the author of the rollers little is known. His name is Gleb Mavrin, he has been living in Los Angeles (California) for quite a long time and, apparently, has been working as a driver in Uber. In any case, the guy recorded the first videos in a taxi: he hung several cameras around the car, and then offered passengers to enjoy the gifts of the Russian music industry. It was possible that fake people were getting into his car because they were not embarrassed by the cameras in his face, but the reaction was clearly real.

In the first video Mavrin decided to acquaint residents of the United States with the Russian rappers of the "old school" Goof and Victor AK-47. Paradoxically, in the homeland of hip-hop, they were appreciated and even praised for good music and recitative.

“It sounds very good ... I don’t know what he is carrying, but I feel that I understand him,” said an African American, watching a joint clip of Russian rappers on the song “To Those Who Are With Us.”

Then the residents of Los Angeles showed a clip of the band VIA Gra. At first, many were surprised at the name of the creative union, but questions disappeared already after the first seconds of the video: the Americans saw Russian singers splashing in the pool in overt bathing suits.

"I do not care for a bit, but the girls are very hot," one of the Uber users honestly admitted. Others agreed with him and even called the singers Russian Taylor Swift.

In the most popular video on the channel (more than 2,1 million views) Mavrin introduced Americans with Russian-speaking rappers of the so-called "new school" - Eldzhey, KIZARU, Face and even Max Korzhom. It's funny that taxi passengers first heard about the existence of Belarus, in which Korzh was born.

Passengers liked the music. Already on the second song, the guys could not stand it and began to dance on the refrain right in the car, trying to sing along to a stranger from an unknown country.

"Freedom lacks fifth speed"

Another former Russian Pavel Suslov moved to the United States, where he decided to start blog about life in the states. A man shares interesting facts and lifehacks, connected mainly with the automobile “driving”, as he himself calls it. For example, in one of the first commercials, Suslov told how to buy a former police car for a thousand dollars.

However, later the newly-made American switched to the Russian car industry. He met one of the participants of the USSR Garage club, which includes residents of Southern California who own Soviet cars. Naturally, such an acquaintance was reflected in Suslova’s work: a man was right there went test the VAZ-2106 on the roads of Beverly Hills.

“People are actually in shock. No one ever expected to see the “six” Zhiguli here. They take pictures, ask, pay attention,” Suslov noted the reaction of passers-by. Apparently, the increased attention to the Soviet car on US roads prompted him to record the following videos featuring legendary cars. Only in the new videos are the Americans themselves trying to ride them.

Suslov's two friends, who never even saw photos of Russian cars, had to test the same "six". Externally, the "Lada" reminded Americans old BMW and Volkswagen. The interior also caused a lot of smiles, mainly because of the large thin steering wheel (they called it “macaroni”) and the clever dashboard. However, cope with the Soviet car on the road for residents of the United States was not so easy.

"I like! I want to lower the back, put my hand out the window, raise the roof and just enjoy the ride, but now I'm struggling with this machine. If I relax a little, I can not cope, ”one of the drivers complained while he was driving the six.

Video with a test drive VAZ-2106 collected more than 2,3 million views, so Suslov continued to make a video with American friends. Later they all sat behind the wheel UAZ, Niva, GAS 66 and even ZIL-130.

Russian Suhpaek with an American officer

Former Muscovite Roman Stepanov moved to California in 14 for years when his mother married an American. He started a video blog from California in September 2015 of the year. The first conversational video on channel looks very strange: a man at the very beginning promises to tell subscribers about the virtues of life on the west coast of the United States, and in the end more 15 minutes unpacks parcel with Russian crackers and Chinese noodles from a friend from Russia. And he does it with genuine children's delight. Apparently, his positive audience fell in love.

The video has not the most remarkable name “Sending to America from Russia from Vova”, but somehow Stepanov managed to get more than 140 thousand views on it - a very good result for the new channel.

Soon more informative videos began to appear on the page, in which the native of Moscow really spoke about the intricacies of life in the United States. In one of the videos a man I visited Bodie ghost town and spent on it a kind of excursion for subscribers.

In another video he shared records of weekends spent in Hawaii, describing in detail the details of the journey and the difficulties that he faced during this time. Not without reviews of local food, which abound on the channel.

However, the most popular Stepanov brought roller with the participation of an American army officer Ray Grosner, who agreed to taste the Russian suhpaek (by the way, this suhpaek sent all the same Vovan). The senior sergeant tried to guess what he was holding, and Stepanov gayed about the soldier cheerfully: for example, he joked that the Americans were able to land on the moon, and Grosners did not even succeed in setting fire to a suhpayk torch. The video gained more than 4,2 million views, thanks to which users began to subscribe to the Stepanov channel much more actively.

Almost as many views were collected by another video featuring the inhabitants of California, whom persuaded try the kebab in Russian and drink it with cheap Russian beer. The men lit a grill in the yard of their house and began to roast pork on the coals. Later, the guests sat down at the dinner table and happily ate all the meat.

“When people get together and slap meat on coal, it brings all cultures together,” Stepanov summed up.

Capital of the world

Channel authorCapital of the World"Anatoly Vlasov himself moved to live in Los Angeles from Moscow, and now he is helping other Russians to do it. A man makes videos for YouTube with helpful tips for future immigrants.

On the Vlasov page there are regular records about the pros and cons of life in the United States. He periodically makes reviews of American food and constantly attends popular events. For the sake of interest, he and his wife even went down at the local gay parade and recorded a video from the scene.

“We, in fact, with Nastya, do not know what to expect, how it will all be. What is going to be there. Will LGBT people pester us? This is such a pure experiment, ”Vlasov said on his way to the parade.

The channel also abounds in various live hacking videos. Vlasov pays a lot of attention to the issue of obtaining documents for residence in the United States: a man took a lot of commercials about how to get American citizenship, how to stay in the US on a tourist visa and how win green card in the lottery.

The blogger also tells in detail about the everyday moments of life in the United States. He describes the prices of regular products and fast food, compares rates for loans at Trump and Obama, shares useful tips for learning English quickly. Moreover, on the Vlasov channel there is even a movie about childbirth in the states, recorded by his wife Nastya. She already had this experience, so the girl decided share details with subscribers.

For three years, almost 200 thousands of people subscribed to the “Capital of the World” channel, and the total number of views exceeded 20 million.

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