Inside Weird Soviet Exclaves Nobody Talks About

In this video, I investigate some of the strangest irrational borders of the USSR that still exist today - Soviet exclaves completely surrounded by other countries.
I travel through border regions of Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan across Soviet exclaves nobody talks about. These places are rarely talked about and rarely visited. I explore what life is really like inside these former Soviet exclaves, how people move in and out of them today, and why these places remain one of the most confusing legacies of the USSR.

Filmed in October 2025.

Key moments:

00:00 - Introduction to the Soviet exclaves of Central Asia.
00:30 - Journey to Jangail - a tiny Uzbek village inside Kyrgyzstan.
06:24 - How is it like to live in an exclave? Local talk about their life inside irrational borders.
13:07 - Sneaking into another Uzbekistan exclave bypassing the checkpoint (across the river)
17:56 - Invited for a tea and lunch by the exclave residents
21:58 - Hosted by a local in a Kyrgyz border town
22:53 - Journey to the largest exclave of Tajikistan. Understanding the border dispute and irrational boundaries.

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