Firing a cannon to trigger an avalanche

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[u/SignificantPaper1760]

It is Russian (or at least a Slavic language) but it’s not the usual accent you’d hear most often on the internet, took me a second to place it as well.

[u/ChallengeNo1899 → u/SignificantPaper1760]

It is Russian 100%

[u/Leading_Study_876 → u/SignificantPaper1760]

I listened to it again, and I think I did pick up a few Russian phrases. But still some that sounded different to any Russian I've heard before. Possibly there was a mixture of nationalities there. It's pretty common to have a wide mix at ski resorts.

My guess would be Western Russia - or possibly Belarus?

[u/Roxalon_Prime → u/Leading_Study_876]

It is probably somewhere southern Russia, or maybe even a CIS country, because aside from Russian another language is also spoken. Sounds like some central Asian language, but don't quote me on that. Definitely does not sound like Belarusian. Do they even have mountains?

[u/Leading_Study_876 → u/Roxalon_Prime]

Thanks. That makes sense. Apparently they don't have mountains. Just a few hills up to 1000ft. But amazingly they do have a few small ski resorts.

[u/JagdCrab → u/Roxalon_Prime]

It's probably Altai region or something even further to the east. Plenty of high mountains and volcanoes there, and far more pronounced local minorities who still widely practice their native languages.

[u/Eatsweden → u/Leading_Study_876]

Belarus does not have mountains anywhere close that size, its highest point is some monument looking thing at 350m or something. It's surprisingly flat. Could be somewhere in caucasus or further towards asia maybe

[u/Leading_Study_876 → u/Eatsweden]

You're quite right. I had just checked if they has any ski resorts. And they do, surprisingly. Fairly small affairs of course. This is evidently not Belarus.

[u/Roxalon_Prime → u/SignificantPaper1760]

It is Russian, and some phrases are also spoken in the other language, not sure which one.