Documentary about man living self sufficiently - Leeds festival

[NorthernRaider]

Yes even during the soviet era anyone who obtained power, money or influence in Eastern Europe did not seek the sort of wealth trappings our rich people sought, even the ruling elite in the various politburos and dumas all hankered after the one and same thing regardless of if they were in Poloand, Russia, Ukraine, East Germany, Romania, Hungary etc....... A timber Dacha with wood burner set in woodland with associated gardens, allotments and ideally located near the Black Sea.

I stopped laughing at Russian made vehicles many years ago, Crude? Yes, BASIC?, Yes, Ugly?, Weird even, but when you see a NIva or Riva start first time in minus twenty degrees, clear its screen in under 2 minutes, wipers that could shift an iceberg, a starter motor that would start a T72 and a batterey powerful enough to light half a street. From the Crimea to Mockba to Vladivostok the buggers did the job.

Then one year Lada UK entered the Land Rover Trophy competition, they arrved, they were laughed at, derided, insulted and abused by the Landy, Jeep, Geland mob until the Cossack won to comp.....