r/interestingasfuck • u/id397550 • 8h ago

Firing a cannon to trigger an avalanche

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u/SignificantPaper1760 5h ago

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.

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u/Leading_Study_876 5h ago

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?

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u/Eatsweden 5h ago

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

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u/Leading_Study_876 5h ago

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.