Russian TYPICAL (Soviet) Apartment Tour: Could You Live Here?

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What does the inside of a Russian Typical Apartment look like. Join me as we take a look inside a TYPICAL Soviet Apartment dating back to 1970. What are the unique features, and Could you live there?
📍 Apartment Location: Naro Forminsk, Moscow Region, Rssia
⌚Time of recording: 3.00pm (15.00) 24th June, 2023
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@TravellingwithRussell 11 ай бұрын

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@MINI-ME666 11 ай бұрын

separate doors not for the heating but for sound proff - if somebody sleep or take rest in small apartment and you need to do something!

@AlbionTVLondon 11 ай бұрын

These very obviously fairly old constructions, but everything looks cosy and green. And considering that everyone in Soviet Union was getting these flats free of charge, it is an absolute bargain. Where else can you get a home for free? Most people in London cannot afford to buy even the smallest tiny shoebox, even on good salary, and working 2 jobs.

@user-lp7ny9wk6j 11 ай бұрын

Расселл, спасибо за видео. Съездий пожалуйста в Храм Вооружённых сил России .В Одинцовском районе . там можно снимать видео. Это потрясающее место. Оно запомнится Вам навсегда.Это в парке "Патриот" . Одинцовский район. 🙏

@penttitapper 11 ай бұрын

@@AlbionTVLondonI want to buy this appartment!I have always wanted to live in a run down soviet housing estate .Russia is a dirtpoor dysfunctional asian dictatorship 😂🤣😆

@user-js2tj5cz2l 11 ай бұрын

В Москве такие дома все под реновацию.

@user-hg2dx1mh2l 11 ай бұрын

I want to clarify that people received these apartments in the Soviet Union for free! Yes , yes ! They didn't pay a penny. It's just that when you come to your first job, you get in line for an apartment and in a few years they will give you an apartment for free. My parents got such an apartment in a new house when I was 3 years old. I also had a younger brother, so we were given a three-room apartment.

@taniakaulitz6490 11 ай бұрын

Nothing is for free. Many people paid for it the same way the young pay for others homes over the time. Everybody pay in the end and they couldn't even choose how they wanna live because the government owned their money and made choices for them.

@hunter_for_poplar_fluff 11 ай бұрын

@@taniakaulitz6490хватит врать. Это бесплатные квартира. Я работаю на работе, но мне сейчас квартиру не дают. В СССР квартиры были бесплатные. Мы все работаем, но квартиры не дают. Что они платили в СССР? 😂 прям бесит враньё. Мои родители тоже живут в квартире которую получили бесплатно и все родственники.

@tdrs1765 11 ай бұрын

They would have been +- free in many Western European countries, too. Sozialer Wohnungsbau in Germany e.g. Only that quality was much better

@jmi5969 11 ай бұрын

Одни получали. Другие "вступали в кооператив", то есть покупали. Скажем, мои родители в 1970 или 1971 году выложили 7500 рублей (тех самых, раннебрежневских) на вступительный взнос в ЖСК. За типовую двушку. Откуда дровишки? Два сезона летних халтур + атомные доплаты на основном месте работы отца + собрали с родственников кто что мог.

@arctica7312 11 ай бұрын

Мой отец работал на заводе токарем, ему выдали сначала комнату в общежитии, а со вторым ребёнком 3х комнатную квартиру.

@suzys9098 5 ай бұрын

I am from the US, and, honestly, have seen and lived in much worse. I think it's pretty nice, actually! I thought it was great that people could leave their bikes and such downstairs without fear of them being stolen! I can't say that for places that I have lived!

@sarahrickman6609 4 ай бұрын

I hear ya. I live in Aurora Mo and the wind comes through our windows when it's blowing crazy. We don't have the storage but we did ask if we could make us garden space and that's been awesome. No stairs. People do steal around here but I guess that's everywhere.

@whitehorse1961 4 ай бұрын

Hello from Ava Mo.:)

@Jerseyboondocks 4 ай бұрын

Where I lived we had a bike rack and all the bikes were locked up at night

@yangpiao849 4 ай бұрын

I generally use that as a prime indicator of whether you live in a high or low trust society - whether or not you can leave a bike visible/accessibility on your property without worrying about it disappearing. Or leave something in your car (if you have one) without it possibly getting stolen.

@maryfountain4202 4 ай бұрын

You could leave a front door open in England with no worries in the 60's, it's how things were..a solid community. Everyone knew a stranger. Not any more!. Nothings ever for free, somebody's paying for it somehow . Id sooner live in a free society anyway.

@Balagoola 4 ай бұрын

One thing that really impressed me during my time in Russia was how, despite the bleak and rather run-down exteriors of the typical "Krushchovki", the apartments themselves felt very warm and inviting.

@witchycrone 4 ай бұрын

I feel the same way as far as not caring what the outside looks like...and felt this apt was kind of adorable. I have an Aunt that just turned 103 yrs old. When she retired she took a trip to Russia, and could not get over how very hospitable and warm the people were...She loved it there. I never forgot her talking about that so long ago~

@20windfisch11 4 ай бұрын

It's because they say, they can't change the exterior but you can always do something on the inside. It was the same in Eastern Germany during Socialist times. If you lived in an old building, not one of the fancy panel blocks, you usually had to do all renovations for yourself and the houses were basically ruins, barely held together with good will. If you look back at old photos, seeing these houses you would never think people still lived in there. Oftentimes they had coal furnaces and lead water pipes right till the end of the GDR, or you could add a gas heater (called "Gamat") by yourself but you usually only had these in rooms you needed warm like the bathroom or the kitchen. But on the inside, you would never think you were basically in a ruin. Source: I lived in such conditions until the age of 8.

@FINNSTIGAT0R 4 ай бұрын

@@20windfisch11 In Finland similar buildings were made in 60's and 70's when lots of people moved to cities which caused a shortage of housing. They were made to not be long lasting buildings, and it was estimated that they would last perhaps 30 years. But then lots of them were decided to be permanent after all, and now many of them have been renovated from the outside, made more pleasing to the eye and with more lasting materials. So it can be done if the will to do so is there. I was amazed when I started to notice that the formerly extra depressing grey blocks started to change into decent looking buildings. It makes a big difference in the neighborhood, at least for me, when the grey blocks get a new look.

@idnintel 4 ай бұрын

@@FINNSTIGAT0R But the bleak, depressing gray panelaki as we called them in slovakia have a charm all their own to some. Sure, it's not the colorful amalfi coast or santorini :)

@jamesortiz5388 4 ай бұрын

Green paint is used in hospitals so the blood doesn't look bright.

@meagancarmichael3892 4 ай бұрын

I am so grateful to the family for sharing their beautiful apartment with us. They did such a wonderful job.

@silvialivick3034 4 ай бұрын

The only horrible thing is the stairs,because as you get older it’s hard to carry any food upstairs,otherwise its a very lovely place

@andynieuwenhuis7833 4 ай бұрын

@@silvialivick3034 Even here in Canada/ U S A, most 30---40 year old apartments, over 3 stories had an Elevator. Only 3 story apartments had no Elevator.

@ronaldl9085 5 ай бұрын

Thanks to the people living in the appartment for letting us see their appartment.

@JohnsonAnn65 4 ай бұрын

The word apartment does not have 2 p's only one p

@larajones175 4 ай бұрын

@@JohnsonAnn65who cares

@tomcatt998 4 ай бұрын

i have been living outside for so long that i no longer wish to be inside

@Frenchblue8 4 ай бұрын

@@larajones175if it was down to you and somebody else for a job, a job you really wanted, and you spelled appartment with two ps and they spelled it correctly, all other things being equal, who do you think would get the job. Do you want to do something right or do you want to do it wrong, when doing it right is just as simple? Your comment tells me one thing about you. You've got that whole arrogant /ignorant thing that is so unpleasant. My advice, which of course you'll say something snarky about(please, have at it), is ask yourself why you took the time to make that reply at all. Like, what did it do for you? did it give you that warm feeling, did it feed your soul, did it give you that nice little feeling that you reached out and said something kind to somebody, said something that maybe made their day a little better, at least not any worse...🤔?

@Frenchblue8 4 ай бұрын

Yes! I can't believe they've lived there for 50 years and that the husband helped build it when he was a young whippersnapper LOL! They both must be quite fit from those stairs, especially when they remodel and bringing groceries up!

@vulgarisopinio 11 ай бұрын

There’s one important aspect often forgotten. They started building these rather cheap apartments to solve acute real estate crisis caused by the WW2 destruction.

@TravellingwithRussell 11 ай бұрын

Right, also to bring people to the outlying areas of Russia to work in the collective farming or nearby industries.

@sofiabessonova2214 11 ай бұрын

@@TravellingwithRussellвы вообще не разбираетесь в данном вопросе. И зачем вы делаете эту рекламу не самому хорошему жилью?

@Conserpov 11 ай бұрын

@@TravellingwithRussell To put things in perspective, Russian urban population: 1926 - 16 million 1950 - 46 million 1970 - 81 million 1990 - 109 million 2020 - 109 million And even before WW2, with only 16 million, there was an acute urban housing shortage.

@Ternessa 11 ай бұрын

@@sofiabessonova2214 он не делает рекламу, он рассказывает о россии

@user-ok4tm6rb3s 11 ай бұрын

@@Conserpov Destruction of Russian country communities by communists forced people to move to a cities to save themseves from starvation and to find jobs. Plus it wroked well to de-russify Russia and to cut connection with real Russia

@NeilGrattan 4 ай бұрын

I'm from the UK and I thought this was a very comfortable and functional apartment to live in. The Green spaces were very nice. Maybe a seat on the 3rd floor landing would be handy to take a rest if needed. Would I live there.. yes I would.

@balkangirl97 4 ай бұрын

I am from Bulgaria and usually our neighbourhoods and apartments also look exactly like this. This looks so familiar to me and gives me lots of nostalgia. I used to live in a building that looked exactly like this, only on the inside our flat looked modern because my parents were always renovating.

@chip34667 11 ай бұрын

Дверь на кухне нужна не для сохранения тепла. В СССР были санитарные нормы: если на кухне установлена газовое оборудование кухня должна быть отделена дверью. Это снижает риски быстрого распространения газа по всей квартире или огня в случае пожара. Если дверь отсутствует, могут оштрафовать и заставить ее восстановить. Это законная мера. Да и в маленьких квартирах дверь на кухню позволяет не будить тех кто спит, когда идёшь ночью на кухню в "набег на холодильник"😂

@user-hx2ov4ug2y 11 ай бұрын

Второе поважней будет. Даже без газа дверь будет. Кухня для русского, это не комната в квартире а отдельная сакральная планета, где решаются все вопросы. Соответственно требуется ограждение, чтоб не мешать остальным. )

@adelesadie5736 11 ай бұрын

Сейчас в России такие же нормы. Мы меняли планировку и хотели совместить кухню с гостиной, но у нас в доме газ, а дверь ну совсем никак не поставить, пришлось устанавливать выдвижную перегородку которая отделяет зону с кухней от гостиной, иначе перепланировку не согласовали бы

@Esperanza-sh8lw 11 ай бұрын

Сейчас этой нормы нет. Только ,если кухня напрямую выходит в комнату нужна дверь. У меня выход из кухни идёт в корридор - поэтому дверь мы сняли. Тем более, что из-за маленькой кухни холодильник стоит в коридоре. Приходится при гоотовке мотаться постоянно между кухней и корридором, но я не жалею ( во всяком случае пока ноги носят). Зато всё, что хотела разместила на кухне.

@emil665 11 ай бұрын

Некрасиво и безвкусно, так типично для русских😂

@Esperanza-sh8lw 11 ай бұрын

@@emil665написал свой высер, полегчало, надеюсь?

@scarletred8888 10 ай бұрын

One important thing you didn't mention is how green the surrounding area is between the apartment blocks, the trees completely change and soften the look of the neighborhood, even when you are on the balcony you are not looking into the opposite block but a lovely cover of birch trees, this was one thing Soviet planners got right, the importance of open green spaces. I thought the apartment was lovely, thank you for the tour!

@cynthiajohnston424 10 ай бұрын

Good point about the landscape ! In the US , many / most of our apartment complexes seem to be surrounded by concrete spaces w/ only a few random trees or shrubs & patches of grass / lawn . Even in smaller towns in more rural-based towns , the apartments are " green deprived " ! Luckily there are often parks available but many may be too far away for daily excursions . On holidays & weekends the parks ( city , county & national ) are appreciated & well - attended ! 🌳🌲🥀🌻🪴

@fatimamelo3858 10 ай бұрын

I do not see homeless people! Crowds, not well maintained, however better than the disgrace we see in parts of the biggest cities in the united states!?

@cynthiajohnston424 10 ай бұрын

@@fatimamelo3858 Most inner cites in the US suffer " urban blight " ; the paperwork , permits , & laws to clean up & improve these areas take forever to go into action . Even small towns in rural areas go thru this too just like the big cities such as New York . Sad ... progress is slow ...

@kimaparks2592 10 ай бұрын

I noticed that! The splotch of trees made it so lovely!

@sj6728 10 ай бұрын

I did notice the trees. It is a great feature!

@Satine_Moisant 4 ай бұрын

That's actually a lot nicer and more spacious than most Manhattan apartments with a lot more storage! (Edit: If you disagree, just look up any real estate agent on KZfaq who shows nearly illegal, chopped, closet-type apartments with exposed piping and gas meters IN the apartments in NYC for $2,000+/mo. and tell me I'm wrong.)

@HughMungus11 4 ай бұрын

Yeah I mean I’d hope so, considering Manhattan is one of the most densely populated regions in the world

@carolynmcmickle6728 4 ай бұрын

I will take the New York architecture over the Russian prefab any day, but that’s me

@risit11 4 ай бұрын

This is not Manhattan. This is neighborhood like Queens or Staten island. There are houses, not small apartments. I am from eastern Europe and also live in similar soviet type building, but the apartment area is double and rooms are bigger. I feel claustrophobic from this video.

@carolpenn8455 4 ай бұрын

Lady, please stop ! I guess it's better than being homeless!

@paanne1013 4 ай бұрын

You are so right about NYC apartments, pay so much and get so little. I thought this Russian apartment was nice and cozy and I would live there with no problem, except those steps....first floor only for me! lol

@user-rf4rv1th6w Ай бұрын

Many people in Canada would love a apartment like this. Very cozy. A little worn on the outside but no litter and no ugly graffiti sprayed on the building. Sadly too many Canadians are now living on the streets. The USSR back in the day provided free housing for their people. A special thanks to the apartment occupant for showing us their nice home.

@user-gk2ev9mn4i 42 минут бұрын

Все эти квартиры довались бесплатно....

@Arseniy.fuck_English 11 ай бұрын

То что нет ванной, довольно не типично для советских людей. Практически везде, всегда были ванны, а не душевые кабины.

@AnnaGeo 11 ай бұрын

Рассел не в теме, что эту квартиру ремонтировали, правда лет 20 назад.

@Svetlana__SPB 11 ай бұрын

После ремонта.. Ванну просто убрали видимо.

@b.6472 11 ай бұрын

Скорее всего ванна была совмещённая с туалетом. Отказались ради раздельности.

@AnnaGeo 11 ай бұрын

@@b.6472 нет, это другая серия 5ти этажек, с разделенным санузом. Такой узел в 9ти этажках и выше везде. А ванную убрали когда ремонт делали.

@olgazaytseva1234 11 ай бұрын

Как раз таки да. Не видела ни у кого из знакомых в советские времена душевой кабины. Везде были ванны, правда в небольших квартирах могла быть сидячая ванна, но это встречалось нечасто.

@licho52 7 ай бұрын

About 7 billion people would love to have an opportunity to have a place like this for themselves.

@TravellingwithRussell 7 ай бұрын

I completely agree.

@Antoniberico 4 ай бұрын

HOW' BOUT SOME OF THOSE 7 BILLION ILLEGAL "BOAT BLACKS/MUSLIMS/& MÉJICANS" BEING STREAMED INTO U.S. ACROSS OUR BORDERS?

@dalemoore8582 4 ай бұрын

Really? Not me!

@Jens-Viper-Nobel 2 ай бұрын

@@dalemoore8582Maybe you just haven't had the bad luck that most normal people around the globe will experience, so call yourself priviledged. I had my first apartment in Denmark as a single room apartment at 49 square meters, and it was a one room apartment with a separate batroom and kitchen but only one room for living, sleeping, playing, eating, EVERYTHING. I have since lived in both 2 and 3 room apartments that were a lot spacier, but as a widower, I am currently living in a 2 room apartment at 83 square meters with a living room as big as a minor dance hall and a bedroom with plenty of room and even a walk in closet on top of that, not to mention that I have a small garden all my own outside the 83 square meters. Top modern will all ammenities and high tech heating/cooling systems and top grade insulation and all. To me, this Russian apartment is the typical warn down mismaintained place that you will find everywhere in Russia. But to most Russians, it will most likely be a rather nice place, if a bit small by most recent modern standards.

@SIP123abc 22 күн бұрын

@@dalemoore8582I guess you are not homeless.

@karmelasoprano13 20 күн бұрын

So cosy! I love it! Great video, thank you! 😊😊

@TravellingwithRussell 20 күн бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@brigettesmith1381 3 ай бұрын

I was pleasantly surprised.. the outside looks run down but the inside is really nice. The kitchen is adorable

@markorsrpska7230 11 ай бұрын

These apartments were provided by the Soviets for free. We had a similar system in Yugoslavia and a similar layout and construction. That free apartment really changed and improved my family life.

@TravellingwithRussell 11 ай бұрын

Exactly. The social housing programs were very good back then.

@MK-lm6hb 11 ай бұрын

Nothing is free. Construction of these houses was financed through taxation.

@markorsrpska7230 11 ай бұрын

@@MK-lm6hb At this point, in the "free world" , I'm taxed to the bone and have to pay a fortune for an apartment.

@MK-lm6hb 11 ай бұрын

@@markorsrpska7230 You seem to be nostalgic about good, old Soviet times when apartments were "free" but people were not. You had no elections, just one Great Leader for 40 years but this is just a small matter when compared with "free" housing.

@markorsrpska7230 11 ай бұрын

@@MK-lm6hb I prefer to be controlled and live comfortably than free and hungry, if you can call today's western capitalism "freedom". I've tried both systems and, unfortunately, I know the difference.😁

@thatgirlwhousedtohavereall5549 4 ай бұрын

I think the apartment is quite lovely & cozy. The entrance is a little drab but still acceptable. It must be nice to be able to leave a bike in the foyer & not have to worry about it being stolen. Thanks for showing us around.

@justjayna2001 4 ай бұрын

The only real problem I have with it would be the stairs. I couldn’t imagine coming home from the grocery store and having to deal with all those steps. Otherwise it’s not bad at all.

@kazimierzspaczynski7401 4 ай бұрын

In those times I didn't think of stairs. I were at home. We were not fat.

@sdust251977 4 ай бұрын

Never understand this kind of comment. You do understand that the unnatural thing is using an elevator. I grew up in one of these, and going up and downs is just fine. People never complained. We were used to no elevator. It's mainly Same goes for most old buildings in Europe.

@etrenham 4 ай бұрын

I absolutely loved the little apartment and yes I would live in it. It’s compact and there’s no way you could be a person who hoards. Essentials only. My problem now is that my hip and knees are stuffed and there is no way I could walk up and down those stairs 😮

@leokolev 4 ай бұрын

Not a lot of steps actually...Nice an additional exercise... Only 4 floors...

@ThePyroLive 4 ай бұрын

spent some time living in one of these. the stairs are very easy to get over! if it's ten storeys, then yeah, that becomes hard. but ten-storey buildings have elevators

@TheCrossroads533 4 ай бұрын

No graffiti in the hallways. I am impressed.

@marinamrna5180 3 ай бұрын

У нас нет граффити, потому что есть суровые бабушки, которые накажут любого, кто попробует испортить подьезд. Знаете, бабушки в России очень боевые😂 шутка

@oldpalmcity 3 ай бұрын

Check out American suburbia and small towns. You will be surprise. We don't have graffiti here either, but we have swimming pools in every back yard (Palm, Desert So.Cali)

@user-on1os1dt7m Ай бұрын

А почему они должны быть????

@theglobalexposer4881 5 ай бұрын

Yep. I lived in an apartment very similar to this in Moscow in 1993-1994. You saw mostly Ladas, small Russian-made cars, outside the buildings, but some BMWs also. It's interesting how the cars have changed. Hondas in Moscow. Wow. Yes, padded apartment doors. Yes, everything was walkable in neighborhoods like this. There would have been a main strip with a bakery, a butcher shop, a fishmonger, and an open space where a rinok, or outdoor market, would set up. There's also likely a supermarket (not the kind you think) and a kino -- a cinema. I didn't mind living in a small apartment like this and got used to it. We would have parties with 20 people. So much homemade food and vodka. Dancing in the living room. So much fun.

@DEPORTER_SUPPORTER 4 ай бұрын

Was it safe

@Balagoola 4 ай бұрын

You're making me nostalgic for my time in Moscow 1998-2000. Gatherings of 20 people in a small apartment for sure. And mostly in the kitchen!

@theglobalexposer4881 4 ай бұрын

@@Balagoola Yes! I still have a love for small kitchens because of the Russia experience. I recently bought a teapot, chainik and last night made pelmeni. Russia never leaves you.

@ministryofpeacekmk 4 ай бұрын

15 minute city

@theglobalexposer4881 4 ай бұрын

@@ministryofpeacekmk Welll... I wouldn't say so. This is just a very normal European thing. The way all cities in Europe are set up, with these little stores in every neighborhood that people can walk to.

@imcrazybrumfield5621 4 ай бұрын

I married my first husband in 1988. We were students, so we lived in married housing. It was smaller than this place: the front door opened onto the main room - living, dining, kitchen, just barely big enough for all three. Our closet was in the hall, outside the bathroom, then our bedroom. That was it (those who had children or some other dependent had a second bedroom). I could live with that Russian apartment; it sure has a lot of storage, for such a tiny place. When he was standing on the balcony, I thought, "If I lived there, I'd like to have a hoist for stuff, such as groceries, between here and the ground. My married housing apartment had two flights of stairs at one end, three at the other, and that and the passage between apartments was all open. The laundry was in the basement, and the stores were about 3-4 miles away, and we didn't have a car, just bicycles. But we were younguns then. :D Hello from Missouri USA!

@darrellspraggins7966 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tour of the Russian Apartment. I love it and would buy it if I were in the market and it was for sale. The owners have done a marvelous job with maintenance and updates! I watch alot of videos from Russia and I cannot get over how clean and litter free it appears to be. I live in Alabama USA and the litter problem here is terrible. I cringe when I drive my car and see all the trash along the roadway. I think sometimes that the citizens of Alabama hate their state. Russell please continue making videos from Russia. Thanks!

@ninazacharia3003 4 ай бұрын

It's considered the hight of lower class behaviour not to keep your living surroundings and streets dirty and littered,no matter how humble your home or neighbourhood every one is obliged to keep it tidy and clean,throwing rubbish on the ground is an absolute no no,it's thaught to kids from an early age in most of Europe,I live in the UK and it's not that clean,you notice it straight away when you've been away on holidays to Europe and come back to UK how very dirty some places are with food and other rubbish thrown on the streets,I guess it's lack of respect for your souroundings and yourself!

@greatestever6738 4 ай бұрын

I live in South Carolina USA. We have a litter problem too. Sorry but I would rather have my house than an apartment. Just the truth. I can live with the litter. Who knows maybe someday we will clean it up.😄

@user-ui6fm2kb3k 3 ай бұрын

I’m from small Russian city and I guess the problem with garbage on the streets is totally global and doesn’t depend on the city or country. My city is relatively clean, but nevertheless there are dirty areas. There are cities where garbage is cleaned more carefully, in others it’s worse. I come to the conclusion that it’s like this everywhere 😅

@ShopStylebyme 3 ай бұрын

@darrellspraggins you should move there.

@darrellspraggins7966 20 күн бұрын

@@ShopStylebyme I'am working on it!!

@user-dq5hw4bp3u 11 ай бұрын

😂 зимой в этой квартире можно жить с открытыми окнами а горячая вода в кране 65-70 градусов

@ksenian2113 11 ай бұрын

это правда, в панельках очень жарко и душно, а вода - кипяток 🤣 В итоге я всю зиму отапливаю улицу

@user-dq5hw4bp3u 11 ай бұрын

@@ksenian2113 я тоже жил в такой квартире . Зимой так жарко что приходилось балкон открывать 😂

@user-dr5mg3po7o 11 ай бұрын

о, да, я жила в кирпичной девятиэтажке 1965 года постройки. Батарей - литой чугуний, можно греться, как у камина! Окна деревянные, в два стекла. А уж кирпич держал тепло замечательно.

@newfic2290 10 ай бұрын

Сейчас уже давно не так.

@silwen9412 10 ай бұрын

Сейчас в этих домах после капремонта ставят погодные регуляторы и жмотятся изо всех сил. Подруга теперь ходит в двух свитерах и подштанниках 😏 Соседские бабки, которых полдома, скандалят и не дают прибавить отопление.

@kathy8013 9 ай бұрын

I love to see how other people live by getting a peek into their homes. This was great.

@LEK-we2hh 6 ай бұрын

Was it ? Move there, I'll buy your one way ticket 👍

@lisaistryingtolive 6 ай бұрын

@@LEK-we2hh why are you so aggressive? calm down lol

@amezcuaist 6 ай бұрын

My wife used to love looking inside other houses as a prospective buyer. The name "Looky Loo" certainly applied .

@danica-sc9gr 6 ай бұрын

me too😂

@jogriffiths5766 18 күн бұрын

@@lisaistryingtolive There's always one !

@mariaalicea1425 4 ай бұрын

The good things about Russia is that they don’t have homeless around the Country, whatever is better than sleep in your car or in the street like is common ironically in U. S. A. 😢

@EA-ck4so 27 күн бұрын

There are homeless in Russia.

@stevelopez372 25 күн бұрын

Of course there isn’t, you get sent to work camps in Siberia. Your not allowed to hang around doing nothing. Lol.

@Dirty_Squirrell 22 күн бұрын

That is not common in the US. You just hear about it more.

@carolvela7200 4 ай бұрын

Very nice Apartment. Thank you for the people to let us see this place.❤

@lonelinessinmilan6486 11 ай бұрын

Believe it or not, my apartment in Milan is fashioned after these Soviet apartments, and it's quite nice. People do these apartments up, and nicely too. It's a great way to live, because It's economically manageable and surrounded by green commons.😊

@yaelz6043 9 ай бұрын

Show a citizen of Milan two identical photos of the exact same building and apartment but tell them one is Milan and one is the USSR and they will insist the former is glorious and the latter is depressing.

@lonelinessinmilan6486 9 ай бұрын

@@yaelz6043 interesting!

@snotnosewilly99 9 ай бұрын

This is bigger than the studio apartments I lived in in my youth....I didn't die.

@ellisonpearson3387 9 ай бұрын

very nice balcony windows/views here

@connielimon90 9 ай бұрын

I very much agree. I wish they had apartments like these in America and maybe they do I just don't know about them.

@lynnfaulkner2706 4 ай бұрын

It looks very nice and thanks to the owners for allowing us to visit.

@JADEBEE1000 4 ай бұрын

I love how clean the streets are , not one spec of litter 😍

@podushka007 19 күн бұрын

Unfortunately, you're very wrong. There's litter everywhere :(

@user-xk9rt6ur2i 10 ай бұрын

I'm from Russia and I can say this is a typical appartment. Although the apartment building itself is pretty old. Most people in my town live in 9-floor buildings bulit in the 80s. They have slightly bigger rooms and higher cielings and a seperate bathroom and a toilet.

@user-gk2ev9mn4i 40 минут бұрын

В 9 этажном такая же двушка, и высота потолков везде одинаково, ниже может казаться из за натяжных потолков...

@thomasschon 4 ай бұрын

I spent a month in Yoshkar Ola, Russia, during winter, and the reason the buildings develop cracks and appear worn out quickly is due to the rapid weather changes. Temperatures can go from +2°C to -30°C (35°F to -22°F) in just a few hours or less. This is also why the asphalt on the streets tends to crack.

@oxrets 4 ай бұрын

wow! I am from Yoshkar-Ola, I don`t believe =) that a foreigner came to see our small town. Where are you from? Previously, only Finns liked to visit us

@thomasschon 4 ай бұрын

@@oxrets I am from Sweden, and I have actually been to Yoshkar Ola twice. The following year, I spent a couple of months there during the summer. I got invited on a business visa for a prolonged stay by my late friend David Refuerzo, a former US Navy officer who chose to retire and live with his wife in your city. We used to hang out at a place called the Red Tab, and my favorite beer is still Baltika No. 9. I remember you didn't have McDonald's, so we went by taxi to Kazan to buy hamburgers. I also visited a small place called Zvenigovo, where I dipped my toes in the Volga River. I hope to be able to visit again someday because I still know my late friend's widow, who's still living there.

@jerryspann8713 4 ай бұрын

In other words if you don't like the weather, stick around because it will change.

@AuntLizzie 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for a really interesting tour - thanks to the owners. I lived in some of the worst flats ever in London, in the 1960's. This one is lovely.🌹

@virginiaconnor8350 4 ай бұрын

@@jerryspann8713That's what they say in Savannah, Georgia too!

@sammycrangle1000 10 күн бұрын

Thank you for the lovely tour around that beautiful apartment

@ola_hoh 4 ай бұрын

Я живу в подобной квартире в 5- этажном доме. Раньше, когда не снимали, не арендовали квартиры, многие семьи жили по много человек в квартире. И тогда каждая комната была одновременно и спальней и комнатой для нескольких людей. А кухня тоже могла использоваться как комната, там дети могли делать уроки или читать. А на балконах спали в тёплое время. В одной комнате могли жить по несколько человек. И тут комнаты изолированные, каждая с отдельным входом, а есть проходные, в которых кому-то тоже может приходится жить, хотя это не удобно. Сейчас так тесно не живут, предпочитают снимать жильё, арендовать, если не хватает собственного.

@ronaldmessina4229 4 ай бұрын

Y porqué hay que traducir al anglosajón? el anglosajón no tiene nada de la gracia necesaria para hacerse entender 😮

@ronaldmessina4229 4 ай бұрын

Y porqué hay que traducir al anglosajón? el anglosajón no tiene nada de la gracia necesaria para hacer traducciones 😮

@observer164 Күн бұрын

На кухне тоже спали, если было место для диванчика с откидными валиками. Читали часто в уборных, особенно, когда по 5 человек в однокомнатной квартире площадью 27 кв.м. жили.

@donnacoleman4624 10 ай бұрын

Im in USA. I was raised in a small cozy home, very simple. We were a family of 6 in a 2 bedroom house. Im in my 60s now and i could definitely live in this apartment, i think its lovely. Nowadays people tend to be so materialistic, expecting to live in sprawling homes and own expensive vehicles. Makes me sad.

@leecowell8165 10 ай бұрын

yep I hear you. I'm 80 and the changes here I've seen are mostly atrocious.. 50k vehicles are now the norm. residences over 300k. absolutely absurd.

@Hedonism123 10 ай бұрын

The difference is that people in Soviet Union got these apartments for free, can you imagine this in US?

@limedickandrew6016 10 ай бұрын

@@Hedonism123 It would help enormously in America right now with all the homelessness. Not that US is alone in that, but there seems to be such a lack of care in US right now, whereas other nations try to do something about it.

@Hedonism123 10 ай бұрын

@@limedickandrew6016 It will never happen, Capitalism is not about Social justice. Here in Toronto nobody can afford a house anymore, you need $200 000 annual income just to get a mortgage and pay a down payment, houses are over $1 million even old and ugly

@limedickandrew6016 10 ай бұрын

@@Hedonism123 Well, if that is the case, things need serious fixing. At that rate, in a hundred years time 30 million Canadians will be living in the street, 5 million will have a home. Who knows, might only be a mere two decades from that. Of course, there will be a revolution long before it gets that bad.

@peacewarrior1175 9 ай бұрын

That's a nice apartment - you can sit in your lounge room with balcony doors open, see green trees and grass and get beautiful fresh air. It looks clean and liveable to me.

@user-yu6ti3sw5n 11 ай бұрын

Надо добавить что панельки эти строились после страшной войны 41-45 г, когда у многих не было никакого жилья, жили в бараках конурках и рассчитывались на 25 лет, а теперь пришла реновация и дают бесплатное новое жилье взамен этому.

@user-nx2ln5mo9i 11 ай бұрын

Только в Москве,в области и частично в Питере.В регионах стоят такие дома вообще без капитального ремонта.

@Octoberfurst 4 ай бұрын

What I find impressive is that the Soviets built so many of these apts to house their people. We should be doing this for OUR people. The apts are quite nice! I would live in one! Thanks for showing how they lived.

@GrammyKeena 4 ай бұрын

Housing is a human right. :)

@rheajohson4420 4 ай бұрын

They seized the land and collectivised land. Built places like this all over empire to house displaced non urban farmers and laborers

@staciasmith5162 28 күн бұрын

We used to. But don't mention the US government building housing en masse for people like before or you'll be branded a Socialist.

@staciasmith5162 28 күн бұрын

@@GrammyKeenanot to a capitalist.

@marilynjohnson8529 4 ай бұрын

I'll no longer complain about my 50-yard walk to carry groceries into my house! But that is a nice, cozy place. Thx for sharing.

@daveshoemaker7137 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Thanks to the family that shared their cozy apartment with us! They have shown us to appreciate what you have and make it fit your needs!

@smorgasbroad1132 5 ай бұрын

Yes dave, we should be grateful to the couple who allowed us to view this lovely apartment. And you're correct again, in saying we should all be grateful for what we have and take care of it the best we can and make it a cheerful place to come home to.

@mingluke12 6 ай бұрын

I was born and raised in northen China and we have apartments like those as well. It usually has no real living room unless you make one bedroom into a living room. The entry room is adjacent to kitchen and bathroom so it would be used as dining area. Many households would also take adventages of their kitchen balcony to be used as a kitchen and the actual kitchen would be a dining room then they could have their entry room to be a living room.

@j-medsystems7142 4 ай бұрын

Here in Finland the build quality and condition of the apartment buildings is better but the general idea is the same: Prefabricated sandwich elements of concrete and mineral wool insulation, relatively large green areas between buildings, parks and services nearby, public transportation etc. I grew up in an apartment complex like this an I still feel it is an ideal way of living. Cosy, economical, with everything that's needed.

@azillliasmith2734 3 ай бұрын

That sounds lovely...

@user-jn6th6ut9i 3 ай бұрын

Такие дома строили после войны и много квартир отдавали бесплатно многодетным или ветеранам. Квартира в которой я выросла похожа на эту, её подарили моей бабушке, она была ветераном. Сейчас квартиры строят более комфортно и молодое поколение уже приобретают квартиры в новых домах 😊

@marinamrna5180 3 ай бұрын

Привет Финляндии из России! Мы знаем, что у вас довольно много плюсов в стране и социальная направленность. Молодцы.

@summerlake356 3 ай бұрын

Same in Sweden. We have older pre-fab houses. Nicer finishes than the Soviet houses but same principle. Only immigrants live there now. But we still build new, pre-fab flats that have higher end finishes.

@AuntieMamies 4 ай бұрын

As someone from the US I would totally live here. That apartment is actually really nice. I've lived in some dumps. I love that fireplace and the brick walls. The floors were really nice. And seriously? People just leave their bikes wherever? Yeh ya can't do that here

@johnoneal1234 4 ай бұрын

It looks very much like a Senior Citizens Allow Income Subsidized apartment in the USA. This video is a nothing burger.

@hotchaircreative 4 ай бұрын

Проблема в том, что такую квартиру, даже в аренду, мало кто может себе позволить в России😅 про людей сидящих на пособии я вообще молчу

@LiviBlack 2 ай бұрын

@@hotchaircreativeда ну прямо... Или вы студент?

@hotchaircreative 2 ай бұрын

@@LiviBlack цены гугли в Москве

@LiviBlack 2 ай бұрын

@@hotchaircreative не тыкайте. Я прекрасно знаю цены.

@user-je2cw3we9q 11 ай бұрын

Действительно это типичная квартира, обычно оставшаяся или принадлежащая родителям на пенсии. Таких очень много строили при СССР. Что мне нравиться их сопровождают большие территории при дворе, есть простор, в новых жилых районах все скучено и места вне гораздо меньше.

@paulparoma 11 ай бұрын

*нравится

@ComradeRick 11 ай бұрын

капитализм, выжать максимум прибыли с вложений. Скоро в конуре будем жить, а, уже. Студии!

@JR-yp1hf 11 ай бұрын

У нас в Бишкек много районов с разными советскими домами. На некоторые люди болт положили. Но есть и классные районы, где все покрашено, улицы, скамейки, площадки отремонтированы, и куча просто зелени, деревьев и цветов, да так много что самих зданий летом еле видно. Красота а пахнет как. Проблемы только с парковками, не ожидали в СССР такого потока машин. 😀 Честно говоря все лучше чем эти новые курятники новостройки.

@user-ug1lb5vq8j 11 ай бұрын

Смотря где. Живу в пиковской новостройке, район очень и очень просторный. По сравнению со старыми не хватает пока зелени, но деревья и кусты посадили, лет через 10 будем просто утопать в зелени!)

@lisalarouge6309 10 ай бұрын

I can’t image the elderly people doing those stairs every day. Especially carrying groceries.

@meppigron8586 11 ай бұрын

Do not forget to add a fundamental point, citizens received all THESE apartments for free from the state. And during perestroika, all Russian citizens received their housing for free for free use. Unique to the world !

@v.r.2834 11 ай бұрын

👏🏼👍🏼❤️🇷🇺

@nataliakhabenko 11 ай бұрын

Не забудьте ещё важные моменты. Не все получали жильё бесплатно, получали те, кто умел хорошо выслужиться перед начальством, отстоять в очереди десятки лет и выживать НА МИЗЕРНУЮ ЗАРПЛАТУ, которую с трудом хватало на еду и одежду. А неугодных, подозрительных высылали с места рождения за тысячи километров в соседние государства. И там выживай как хочешь. Мои прадедушка, дедушка, бабушки - никогда не выезжали с мест, куда их сослали, они никогда в жизни не видели моря и не выезжали из своей богом забытой деревни. Моих предков репрессировали НЕЗАКОННО. Никаких компенсаций им никто не выплатил. Три поколения моей семьи унижены и лишены возможности выкарабкаться из бедности. А кто-то да, получил бесплатную квартиру.

@meppigron8586 11 ай бұрын

@@nataliakhabenko Как драматиШно ! Я как коренная ( 5 поколений) ленинградка в возрасте 55+, могу сказать, что слишком патетично,что бы быть 100% правдой. Это оч похоже,слышала звон, но не знаю где он. Получали все, по месту прописки на момент прохождения приватизации желья. А уж, кто и как этим распорядился, не вина государства ( в целом) . У многих в истории такой огромной страны были свои трагедии. И это ,опять же , не обощая ситуация, и нельзя окрашивать в один цвет все прошлое и настоящее. В истории все и всегда не однозначно. За сим, кланяюсь, т.к. не вижу повода для дискуссии-)

@ikris88 10 ай бұрын

Как правило получали жилье те, кто работал и работал долго, порой на одном заводе лет по 20-40

@anna-shapoklyak 10 ай бұрын

@@ikris88 иногда и 10, все зависело от работы, наверное, и от квартиры. мои родители встали в очередь на расширение в 1988, а в 1992 мы уже заселялись в 5комнатную. Нас 4ро детей просто

@barbaraness4507 4 ай бұрын

My first time watching your channel, and because I liked it I want to see more. I subscribed, and can’t wait to see where else you take us!

@TravellingwithRussell 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. I hope you enjoy the channel, along with 300 older videos.

@FuJIuIIoK 8 ай бұрын

Вынужден был переехать на Кипр год назад из такой вот хрущёвки в подмосковье, как в видео. Делал там ремонт сам, квартиру эту несчатсную вымучал собственными руками. Живу сейчас на солнечном острове, рядом море, фрукты и овощи вкуснее и знаете... Я хочу назад в свой хрущ. В свою маленькую квартирку в лесу, с зеленью, с дождиком за окном, со снегом зимой. Море и слонце это очень круто, но тоска на душе страшная...

@archiaksenov2306 5 ай бұрын

Понимаю вас... В этом деле есть какая то тайна. Не изученные вопросы. Где родился - там и сгодился говорят. Поэтому есть что то духовное в жизни, какой то духовный аспект, что отличается от материального

@karelovanatalia946 4 ай бұрын

Так в чём проблема? Возвращайтесь на родину! У меня, например , нет никакого жилания ехать в россию, даже в отпуск, не то, что возвращаться. Как вижу фото своего российского "муравейника" (тоже в хорошем месте), мне страшно становится. Про всё остальное вообще молчу...

@karelovanatalia946 4 ай бұрын

@@archiaksenov2306 Господи, только россияне придумали себе какую-то духовность и носятся с ней повсюду. Где человеку хорошо, там он и живёт.

@jcj1942 4 ай бұрын

No place like home, I guess..

@eXTreemator 2 ай бұрын

вынужден он. Возвращайся в стабилитрон. Тут очень хорошо. Выйдешь на улицу а там иран, тоже тепло и фрукты и снег, населеник тоже иранское, часть северо корейская.

@crystalheart9 4 ай бұрын

Thank you to the people who allowed us to see their lovely apartment. It's looks so comfy and very pretty. I love the storage and I could definitely live there except for the Russian winters.🥶❄☃

@MoniqueangeliqueLumpkin 4 ай бұрын

BETTER THAN SLUM IN BRONX N.Y

@idnintel 4 ай бұрын

I'll keep you warm in those russian winters :)

@crystalheart9 4 ай бұрын

I didn't say it was a bad place I thought it was very nice and I could live there.@@MoniqueangeliqueLumpkin

@IanDmitriyevitch 28 күн бұрын

@@crystalheart9 perhaps she agreed with you (-:

@crystalheart9 28 күн бұрын

@@IanDmitriyevitch Ok🧡

@leviashanken2506 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful, tall trees and parks which counts!

@ruthlundy4497 4 ай бұрын

Great video., thankyou for sharing . It's good to see different places .

@AlbionTVLondon 11 ай бұрын

I really like how everything is organised in this flat. It is not big, but very functional and very comfortable. There's everything you might need. From nice balcony overlooking quiet green area to nice appliances and facilities. And considering these flats are inexpensive to run, I'd be happy to live in such flat.

@Hasmarakar_Dabulechadaevich 11 ай бұрын

In Russia, they pay about 6,000 rubles a month for the maintenance of such an apartment, which is about 80 dollars. This is for gas, hot and cold water, garbage collection, repair and maintenance of common property, for electricity. And in your country, how much do you pay per month for housing maintenance?

@penttitapper 11 ай бұрын

How much does a russian woman cost?I want to buy one 😂

@NikolayBychkovRus 11 ай бұрын

@@penttitappermove to Russia and have one for free. Children will be top add-on:)

@penttitapper 11 ай бұрын

@@NikolayBychkovRus We already have pets 😂

@NikolayBychkovRus 11 ай бұрын

@@penttitapper man, in which country do you have them?

@auChevalierRed 10 ай бұрын

I'm French and in the 70s this Russian design was very popular with the French state too. Bringing Russian architects to start new towns in the countryside and in the suburbs of Paris. It was viewed as top luxury for young couples with one child back then, for they all had the latest modern facilities, and all had running water, which most of France still did not have at the time. The biggest underground shopping centre in Paris (Les Halles) is actually Russian build too and all concrete, based on this principle of it has to accommodate everything, quickly, in huge quantities.

@rumpegen 10 ай бұрын

I think in the French movie "The Intouchables" a dark-skinned guy lives in such an apartment

@user-qy4ov8dp5y 9 ай бұрын

Във Франция видах квартал Антигона в Монпелие, който строен малко по-късно от хрущовките, но е също толкова бездушен и нечовечен. Живяла съм в центъра Москва и макар да бяхме в хубаво жилище за дипломати според руските стандарти, до Френското посолство, то беше ужасно малко и с хилядите хлебарки. Напълно подкрепям мислите ви. От България.

@auChevalierRed 9 ай бұрын

@@user-qy4ov8dp5y Thank you and hello to you in Bulgaria !

@Blobocop 8 ай бұрын

In fact, the pioneer of panel construction was a French architect Le Corbusier, which real name is Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris. So there was a similar architectural school in France.

@lukeluckynblue1873 8 ай бұрын

it's not just french for example in slovakia or czechia there is so many neighborhoods around these 2 countries that look like these in video i think that's because back in day russia had a big impact on everything and these panel houses or whatever you call em were cheap in early 80' in slovakia there was an expansion of these buildings and poeple were getting apartments almost for free very very cheap@@rumpegen

@user-li9dd9jz2l 12 күн бұрын

Very warm and inviting apartment. I would live there happily. I really like these tours. I live in an apartment complex in USA very different, I have much less storage. Thank you

@d.g.4745 Ай бұрын

Thanks.i liked it

@MrWhatYT 10 ай бұрын

I could live there no problem. They have a beautiful little home. And look at the area, no graffiti or litter all over the place. No scum bags hanging around, people leaving their bikes downstairs. Its not just the apartment its the community, they have a nice home.

@helloworld-ti5zs 6 ай бұрын

My dad got a flat in a house like that for free 😂😊 . He was distributed after graduating his university to Northern Kazakhstan ( Soviet education was for free and then you should work 3 years in a place you were ordered, only after that period you could move from the place where you wanted) and there he received the flat in six months . My parents were so happy. We still have it. My parents don't want to sell it though they live in a two-stored cottage now. For them it is a sort of family nest. 😊

@mudman6156 6 ай бұрын

For the cost of Soviet housing, it’s great. But back in the days of the Soviet Union, while people were shoehorned into such a tiny one bedroom apartment, I was growing up in a 4 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom house with 2 very real fireplaces, a living room, dining room, family room, and downstairs game room. We had a deck that was larger than this entire apartment. And my parents never had to stand in a line for anything we needed. We didn’t have one Soviet clunker car that required us to wait ten years to get. No, we had a small Japanese economy car, a British sports car, and a gigantic American luxury car, yet my parents were NOT considered to be rich. But compared to people living in the Soviet Union, we were probably fantastically wealthy by any stretch of their imagination. The Communist government didn’t do the people of the Soviet Union any favours. Instead of making the entire country middle class citizens, they made the entire country live in poverty. Boris Yeltsin realised that the moment he stopped at a random grocery store in Texas, knowing that it couldn’t have been possibly staged. He was completely shocked by what he saw. Later he cried as it occurred to him what a horrible failure the Soviet system really was. All they had ever accomplished was to force the entire population to live in poverty.

@frostflower5555 6 ай бұрын

I don't mind living there. The bedroom could be a bit bigger to accommodate dressers lol. But the kitchen is bigger than in apartments in North America. In fact there are so many run-down ugly apartments and infested with insects in North America.

@user-kd1qn4ox6g 6 ай бұрын

@@mudman6156 ну конечно , конечно , и бездомных у вас нет и все живут бохато.

@nadejda1 6 ай бұрын

@@user-kd1qn4ox6g Russel is a Russian propaganda person that speaks English. That is not a typical apartment, that's an upscale one. I know exactly what the elevator is like in those building, how bathrooms leak or roofs, or the noise, or the cockroaches in the apartments, or the fleas , or rats etc in basements..........

@susannah1066 10 ай бұрын

There's a difference between a house and a home-it's the people that create the atmosphere of a place. I like how they use the space creatively. [From Adelaide-Australia]

@TravellingwithRussell 10 ай бұрын

Hello to the city of churches....and Dean Lukin, well he is from Port Lincoln. I completely agree with you. No matter the outside, its what's inside those counts.

@spazmonkey3815 9 ай бұрын

The streets are mighty clean and green. I could live there and I'm here in the USA.

@user-fq9db9fx7k 7 ай бұрын

@@TravellingwithRussell при СССР квартиры в этих домах давались людям бесплатно, но они были собственностью государства ( живущий в такой квартире не мог еë продать) А после распада СССР в России приняли закон о приватизации жилья. Все желающие оформили квартиры в собственность. Оформление стоило копейки. Фактически люди получили квартиры в собственность бесплатно. Чтобы получить полную картину о том, где живут россияне, надо добавить к квартире и дачный домик на небольшом участке земли ( это горожане). Дачи есть у миллионов человек. Землю под дачу при СССР давали бесплатно, а домики строили люди за свои средства. Обычно на дачах живут или отдыхают по выходным летом. А в провинции многие живут в своих домах круглый год. Это и села, и деревни и кварталы небольших городов. Россия - северная страна с холодными зимами. Иметь теплое отапливаемое жильë - жизненная необходимость.

@mudman6156 6 ай бұрын

“Creatively?” The place is tiny, especially for 2 people. How else could you possibly use that space and still actually fit within it’s tight confines?

@peterwilliams2152 4 ай бұрын

@@mudman6156 My eldest daughter lives in a similar apartment (probably 55 sq m) with her partner, two teenage daughters and a baby. It's quite comfortable. You don't have excess junk in the apartment. In summer the kids spend their holidays at the dacha with their great-grandmother, or in the village with their father's parents. In winter they're outside skiing or ice skating. In Spring and Autumn they playing with friends in the playground between the apartments. Both parents work or study, and the kids are not couch potatoes. You really don't need a 4-500 sq m apartment, especially if you need to pay for heating in Winter.

@Channel567-7 4 ай бұрын

A very nice apartment!! Loved the decor, especially the kitchen. Oddly, I’m in London and have to say adjacent to me is a very similar style building. Great upload!

@PoisonelleMisty4311 4 ай бұрын

Great exploration of a classic Russian apartment! The walk around the microdistrict and the detailed tour of the apartment provided a fascinating glimpse into everyday life. Kudos to the long-time residents for maintaining such a cozy space over the years. Looking forward to more insights from your adventures!

@510newguy 6 ай бұрын

I love how green the area around the apartment complex is. I'm an American living in the western US and for reference my apartment is 811 sq feet with two bedrooms, 2 bathrooms a living room and kitchen. Only the bedrooms and bathrooms have doors. My front door leads outside rather than into the building. The apartment is $2000 a month and this does not include utilities. Thanks to the apartment owner for letting us tour their home I loved the doors, the floors and the awesome shower setup. I would enjoy living there although it would get old fast carrying groceries up five flights of stairs I'm sure.

@tillybinkieking7258 4 ай бұрын

Step-o-matic Gym. You would probably live longer!

@derekheuring2984 4 ай бұрын

I'm an American living in the southern U.S. and for reference my house is 2,500 sq ft with 4 bedrooms, two full bathrooms, a living room, a kitchen, a dining room, a laundry, a 2nd living area, a foyer, a large walk-in closet, a two car garage, a crafting room and a workshop. My front door leads outside to a large yard with a 100 acre park across the street. My mortgage payment is only $1,200 a month and this does not include utilities. Some people make very bad decisions and end up paying for overpriced apartments when if they had a little discipline they could have saved up for a down payment for a house. Thanks to the apartment owner for letting us tour their home but I couldn't possibly live there.

@thecatatemyhomework 4 ай бұрын

@@derekheuring2984how much do you pay in real estate taxes?

@derekheuring2984 4 ай бұрын

@@thecatatemyhomework A little over $3,000 per year since the governor of Texas applied a portion of our budget surplus to lower our property taxes. Previously, they were over $5,000 per year.

@ninazacharia3003 4 ай бұрын

You get fit very quickly going up and down those stairs two or three times a day,why pay for gym membership,good idea 5 storey apartment buildings no lift,watch the weight fall off some people really need that!

@sergeyd2199 11 ай бұрын

This actually is “15-minute city”, which is now being discussed by WEF as a “progressive” thing to do. Though, they have entirely different purpose for them than the soviets had. Soviets built this to let people move from the villages, to give people places for living after WWII.

@user-sc5ts7yh7k 11 ай бұрын

Не столько из деревень, сколько из коммуналок. С жильём было очень плохо. Практически все жили в коммуналке. И, в бараках. Их много было в Москве, с туалетом на улице. Поэтому спешно начали строить такое жильё. И, люди, были очень рады, когда получали своё отдельное жильё со всеми удобствами.

@pip5391 10 ай бұрын

I truly would guess it to be a “7 minute city”. That time would also include the initial “planning”, of such a building. Russian architecture certainly has changed. And it appears as though, it’s not highly valued anymore. Slowly but surely, the powers that be, desensitize the people’s desire for beauty. Therefore, the pursuit and joy in beauty, is taken away. Very sad.

@arewethebadies 4 ай бұрын

I am sure it was great to get your own place. I thought is was an American myth about communal living ,Wow learn something new every day. I am afraid that we are heading to opposite direction toward communal living the futrue is not looking very brite in the US. I wish it was easier to get citizenship in Russia I think you guys are headed the opposite direction.@@user-sc5ts7yh7k

@dumdum8538 12 күн бұрын

@@pip5391tf are you talking about? These buildings are really old and were built asap to be given for free, homeless people didn't care about beauty.

@Gasweetpea69 4 ай бұрын

Hello, I am new to your channel and you came up on my youtube page, this is the second video I have seen. I am from the US and so I find it very interesting to see how things are in other places. I can definitely say the setups for apartments there and where I have been is different. i do however think this one and the other I just watched is very quaint. I think I prefer the closed off balcony’s but I do like them. I am going to subscribe as I enjoy seeing how others live. Thanks for sharing and showing us all these places. Makes you see things differently as we don’t know how it is in other places. ❤

@suitejodi 4 ай бұрын

My stepbrother was a Russian Orthodox Monk in Moscow. He now lives in NY, but I’m always so interested in his time in Russia. The accommodations, transportation, the genuine IDGIAF attitude of Russian people lol

@user-vs7sm3ny5d 4 ай бұрын

Russia seems like a dark bleek place.Depressing

@au_barb 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for showing this, it's very interesting to see how folks live in other places of the world. This apartment really does seem quite cozy and comfortable. I'm impressed with all the storage they have cleverly incorporated into a relatively small space. And I love how the buildings are surrounded by so many trees! That's beautiful.

@yvonnegrant3736 9 ай бұрын

❤️💯

@FunnyBunny-pd5xx 5 ай бұрын

When I left England, to live in a former USSR Satellite Country, now an EU and NATO Member State, I first rented an apartment very much like this one.

@rodneycaupp5962 5 ай бұрын

Honestly YES, they have hearts and souls that revere Nature, and they respect their neighbors it seems more than here in Ohio USSA

@FunnyBunny-pd5xx 5 ай бұрын

@@rodneycaupp5962 I fully enjoy living in this former USSR Satellite Country. I have not experienced one nano second of regret. I have not spoken to an English person since 2016. I have met many Russians here, all lovely and over helpful.🙂

@anastasiyamikhailova6461 5 ай бұрын

After living a little abroad, not in luxary places though, I started apreciating Russian way of life and commodities more.

@carolynhidy9565 4 ай бұрын

Nicer than I expected! Thank you for the visit to another place!

@susik6037 4 ай бұрын

Loved your tour! Very nice place... Thanks to the owner! ❤

@Gorsky69 11 ай бұрын

Many criticize Khrushchev 's Soviet housing . But , in fact , Khrushchev did a great thing at that time , to resettle citizens from communal apartments and barracks into separate social apartments . Renovation programs are now in place , allowing citizens to get more spacious and new apartments .

@BankLawyer 11 ай бұрын

+ just imagine that people lived in rooms in a barracks with ovens, no water, no water closets. Toilets in the yard and public baths in a district. And after barracks they got such apartments. That was fantastic.

@lukdhguirg7121 11 ай бұрын

It is not true. This housing aimed to withdraw the people from theyr roots. The most people were resettled from the village and from theyr own houses in the city. This was one part of building of new people. They wanted people to forget theyr heritage.

@Gorsky69 11 ай бұрын

@@BankLawyer That's right

@sofiabessonova2214 11 ай бұрын

@@BankLawyerа че по-английски пишете?)))

@Conserpov 11 ай бұрын

Russian urban population: 1926 - 16 million 1950 - 46 million 1970 - 81 million 1990 - 109 million 2020 - 109 million

@drkovalex 10 ай бұрын

Я жил в похожем, в Кунцево на первом этаже. Душевно было, двор, огородик со смородиной и крыжовником... но тесно. Потом переехали в другой район, там стало лучше, но по другому... а картинки из детства рисуют этот дом, двор, песочницу и "паутинку", добродушных старичков соседей, мою бабушку, зовущую обедать 😊 А на пятый этаж я поднимался, чтобы посмотреть в окно и увидеть, как заходят на посадку самолёты во Внуково ☺️ сколько же там тепла! Аж, горохового супа с салом захотелось! P.S. Nice review, Russell! Thanks a lot!

@leviashanken2506 4 ай бұрын

Very interesting, thank you!

@Blue24Osprey 4 ай бұрын

That was very interesting, thank you.

@TravellingwithRussell 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks ))

@_Artem_Oorfin 11 ай бұрын

Что характерно, в те времена оставляли много места для зелёных насаждений, делали большие относительно числа жителей дворы. Я каждый день по дороге на работу вижу такой микрорайон, там между двумя пятиэтажками, стоящими друг к другу "спинами", вообще нет дорожек, асфальта, гаражей - только деревья и кусты. Летом смотрится просто офигенно.

@dustyacd 11 ай бұрын

I grew up in an apartment like this in Yugoslavia in the 70's and 80's. You can find them everywhere from Vladivostok to the Adriatic coast. They were small but well thought out and comfortable. They were obviously designed by architects who knew what they were doing, unlike today, where the point is to cram in as many apartments as possible, disregarding the liveability. I now live in a same size apartment in Melbourne, Australia and it's nowhere near as practical, with open plan living room and kitchen, which I hate but it is what it is. And it cost me almost half a million AU$ to buy it. So, yes, I'd be more than happy to live in one of those old ones ❤😊

@edubogota1 11 ай бұрын

Time to return to russia then ! 😊

@metroudelnaya 11 ай бұрын

@@edubogota1 Read better: I grew up in an apartment like this in Yugoslavia in the 70's and 80's.

@MK-lm6hb 11 ай бұрын

For half a million AU$, you could buy a house on a small parcel of land in outer suburbs of Melbourne.

@TennessisET 11 ай бұрын

@@metroudelnaya they don't have comprehension skills

@dustyacd 11 ай бұрын

@@MK-lm6hb maybe... prices have gone up beyond that even there. If a real estate is "cheap", there's usually a good reason behind it. Plus, it means living 40 or more km away from the city, it's almost a countryside and I didn't want that.

@SvetlanaK_Sunday 11 ай бұрын

I spent my childhood and youth in a similar apartment, in a panel house. Until my 5th year, we lived in a communal apartment in the basement of our house, so when we were given (for free) a two-room apartment on the fifth floor, we were happy to heaven! There were already four of us by that time. In fact, happy times were! All the neighbors knew each other. Schools, kindergartens and shops are literally a five-minute walk away. And the fact that you go up to the fifth floor every day, you get used to it and do not notice the inconvenience. And, by the way, it's good for health, charging!)) As a child, I really liked to go down, jumping 3-4 steps in giant jumps. But it was very problematic for my father to lift a piano to the fifth floor))) My sister and I went to music school, so we also had a piano in our room. A two-tier bed, a desk, a couple of cupboards and a piano, everything fit into a room like this bedroom, only narrower.

@tukituki7680 11 ай бұрын

🎹😹

@silwen9412 10 ай бұрын

Пианино на пятый этаж? Счастливчики! У меня отец с друзьями пианино тащили на 12-й 🤪 В домах до 12 этажей включительно, видите ли, не был положен "грузовой" лифт (который на самом деле грузопассажирский), как раз наш случай. Вот и тащили, ведь как ребенку без музыкальной школы-то, а там фортепиано обязательный предмет 😆 Если буду переезжать, с собой пианино точно не заберу )) Подарю безвозмездно ))

@leecowell8165 10 ай бұрын

How interesting... I live in the USA and the MINIMUM square footage in my area.. the MINIMUM is 1200 square feet! unreal what has happened to this place over the past 50 years.. and none of it good.

@SvetlanaK_Sunday 9 ай бұрын

@@silwen9412 после того, как мы с сестрой закончили музыкалку, пианино продали и теперь я очень о нем жалею!(((

@SvetlanaK_Sunday 9 ай бұрын

@@leecowell8165Have you been provided with living space for free? And when the privatization was announced, our apartments were transferred to our full ownership, also free of charge.

@sharonammirati2042 4 ай бұрын

Thank you such an interesting tour, wonderful that people look out on greenery and trees instead of concrete, good planning, space for kids too.

@AshleySpeaks4U 4 ай бұрын

I love the greenish woodgrain cabinets too-adorable kitchen!❤ Thank them for showing us!

@Ivorybird09 5 ай бұрын

If you read the book written by my friend RUSSIA BECOMES YOU , you will see his description of long forgotten Moscow of the 90s. Jeff was there for a few years. His descriptions are very realistic and based on his correspondence with his daughters. Moscow of today is mesmerising. I love St Petersburg even more. Food and service, culture and people, ancient churches and monasteries are my fav parts

@user-zm8om5zf5m 8 ай бұрын

As a resident of Russia, I can confirm that this is in fact a typical microdistrict and a typical apartment. But the interior decoration is not typical. The people who live there have worked and invested in the improvement of their homes.

@TravellingwithRussell 8 ай бұрын

All except for not enclosing the balcony. Which they like the way it was when they first moved in.

@connielimon90 Ай бұрын

you do a good job on these apartment tours, yes it is very cozy, and I loved the cabinet colors in the kitchen.

@TrailBlazer5280 4 ай бұрын

Honestly that is not a bad cozy little apartment. The fireplace definitely helps haha but I just love the balcony and the fact that it has a hallway to the other rooms, really makes it feel like a larger internal space in my opinion. The tiny apartments i've lived in that don't have hallways almost feel like one large room with separation walls, not the same vibe. I'd hate not to have a full bath tub but hey for what it is really not bad.

@Felix-bj1pe 11 ай бұрын

We are modernizing them in Orenburg. They make a gable roof, which insulates the upper fifth floor. They are insulated with mineral wool, plastered and painted with facade paints. The house is being transformed

@TravellingwithRussell 11 ай бұрын

That's interesting thanks. I am going to have to look some information up on the remodeled ones.

@fund-obvi 11 ай бұрын

Не видел таких в Оренбурге.

@fund-obvi 11 ай бұрын

@@user-so2ip9kz7v видимо на глза не попались. Пару недель жил в Дзержинском.

@user-ro8zs2qd8g 11 ай бұрын

@@TravellingwithRussell In our Altai Territory, all the old five-storey buildings are also changed roofs and facades are updated, all this is done according to the federal program. Regarding the green color in the entrances and mold - this is absolute nonsense, in all such houses the colors of the walls are different and there is no mold there, since there is no dampness, the heating season begins with a drop in temperature to +8 °.

@sofiabessonova2214 11 ай бұрын

@@user-ro8zs2qd8gдома с плесенью вообще следует сжигать.

@Welfaren 11 ай бұрын

В данном видео показаны не слишком ухоженные панельки и дворы. Купил квартиру в подобном доме около года назад. Из плюсов: очень-очень хорошая инфраструктура (садики, школы, автобусы, магазины, почта, банк, центральный парк, набережная с велодорожками); очень хорошая транспортная доступность (от порога дома - 45 минут до центра Москвы, в ближайшие 2-3 года открытие диаметра МДЦ); высокий шанс реконструкции\реновации; доступная цена с легким кредитом; жарко зимой\прохладно летом; Из минусов: относительно старый жилфонд; не особо качественная работа ЖКХ; низкий уровень базового жилья ( плохо с ровностью полов, стен, ванной, качеством электропроводки, соответственно сделали кап.рем на 1 млн, для комфортного и современного жилья); отсутствие общего пространства на 1 этаже; возможны сомнительные соседи (алко\нарко) но лично нам повезло. Считаю отличным вариантом, если правильно учесть развитие транспортной инфраструктуры и спрогнозировать подорожание в будущем (или реиновацию\кап.ремонт). Доступно к покупке без иппотеки на 30 лет, возможно быстро выкупить через ипотеку при средней региональной зарплате. Данный объект легко сдавать, легко продать, комфортно жить.

@dilvastak7351 11 ай бұрын

Очень спорный выбор особенно в Москве когда их по реновации могут снеси в любой момент и отправить жить куда угодно... Инфраструктура изза реновации тоже пойдет далеко и надолго тк плотность населения дико возрастет, так что или надо искать где подобные дома точечно остались(места есть но их мало), ну или смотреть районы чуть новее тк до них руки дойдут не скоро(ну они и дальше от центра), где уже панельки в 9-16 этажей... Сомнительные соседи возможны везде, даже в премиальный новостройках, мало того есть рассадники идиотов типа того же сити(они там не поголовно но тк народа много и в среднем процент выше то впечатление мягко говоря неприятное, отдельный прикол разделение публики в самом сити),.

@user-mk4wj3sf6r 11 ай бұрын

Всё относительно. У нас в Омске такой двор и дом считались бы в идеальном состоянии.

@chip34667 11 ай бұрын

Все относительно, во многих новых домах шумоизоляция намного хуже чем в старых панельных домах. Слишком много жильцов, часто очень шумных и бесцеремонных, слишком много машин, озеленение чаще всего отсутвует. Этот дворик в Наро-Фоминске очень похож на дворы в в старом Купчино в СПб, и по серии домов и по зелени. Типовая советская застройка.

@DaimonF1 11 ай бұрын

Легко продать? Щаззз

@user-jh9im2ok8i 11 ай бұрын

@@dilvastak7351 в нашем районе идет реновация полным ходом. Слухи про то, что отправят жить неизвестно куда являются лишь слухами. Строится новый дом, из соседней хрущевки переселяют в него людей, эту хрущевку ломают, строят вместо нее новый дом, переселяют в него из следующей соседней хрущевки. У нас уже три дома так переселили, даже улицу люди не поменяли. Люди очень довольны. Подруга из хрущевки ждет не дождется, когда их очередь дойдет. На соседней улице сломали хрущевку, а вместо нее ничего не построили, просто стало больше пространства. Потому что построили один дом, вместивший в себя две хрущевки. Да этажей больше, но пространства вокруг тоже стало больше. А вот Москва сити точно место фриков.

@melodygreen1053 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Russell! Great tour and narrative of the area and that lovely apartment. Not sure if anyone else mentioned it, but an elephant statue with the their trunk raised is supposed to bring good luck. I have liked and subscribed. Look forward to your next video. 😊👍🏻

@RextheRebel Ай бұрын

This was amazing! Thank you for this tour of an often criticized housing model. It gets a bit too much hate.

@Alexey-Komarov 11 ай бұрын

Gas oven is very comfortable to use. It means electricity independence from power supply any time and easy control of cooking process to increase or decrease the flame.

@pavelkroll 11 ай бұрын

И еще оооочень дешево

@AmauryJacquot 11 ай бұрын

induction gives the same kind of control, with none of the issues from burning methane (including the generation of C6 cycle hydrocarbons which are toxic)

@Alexey-Komarov 11 ай бұрын

@@AmauryJacquot I agree with you. But in Russia there is a set of strong rules consorning gas usage and big practice including examination of each gas point by a specialist with equipment on a quoterly basis.

@AmauryJacquot 11 ай бұрын

@@Alexey-Komarov that’s a good thing.

@KrzysztofK1982 9 ай бұрын

We have hundreds of thousands of similarish blocks in Poland but the balcony conversions into rooms are illegal so you’ll never see that. These blocks are made from prefabricated concrete slabs so they are very strong and warm. They were built like this as there was a massive shortage of properties after ww2 and this was the quickest way of accommodating tens of millions of people. The thing is in Poland most of these blocks look brand new, like they were built yesterday even though they are old. That’s because they have been cladded with insulation to make them warmer. When you clad these blocks they will look brand new, better then most blocks you will see in the west.

@Tatokala 7 ай бұрын

I think this cladding gives such a boring look. I like the old style better.

@Incognito-jt6wn 7 ай бұрын

Такими страшными эти дома стали за последние 30 лет, после захвата власти горбачевым и его бандитами.Раньше там было достаточно уютно.

@user-us1kk2hs1t 7 ай бұрын

в москве! такие дома сносят и дают новую квартиру в новом кирпичном доме! современный дизайн! и застройщик делает там социальный ремонт! это называется реновация районов! и многие не спешат продавать такие квартиры. в под московье такие дома реставрируют новым фасадом , керамикой или панели

@DanielH874 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for your insight.

@Incognito-jt6wn 7 ай бұрын

@@DanielH874 You're welcome.)

@gudrunvenema9759 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tour!

@azillliasmith2734 3 ай бұрын

Looks Pleasant and well thought out.....

@debbycustis8230 10 ай бұрын

I didn’t expect it to be so nice inside compared to the outside. I like all the storage space they have .

@magnetistars3344 9 ай бұрын

Хотите я вам продам две такие комнаты в таеой квартире 😁? Всего за 2 300 000 рублей🤗

@ryans413 8 ай бұрын

Very small but they made it their own. It’s perfect for one person

@jacqueline8559 6 ай бұрын

@@magnetistars3344 Nice try 😂😂😂 I've seen bigger dog Kennels

@RTCarterful Ай бұрын

Nice, comfortable, a very decent apartment and well nicely organized. Thanks.

@SailorGerry 4 ай бұрын

The trouble with some construction with panels sitting on a structure, is that in some instances, the anchor points of the panel were under-designed or poorly designed and after 15, 20 or 25 years have corroded and fallen-off the structure. This has been the case in US east coast cities, eg. Miami, where the minute salt particles in the air can corrode the panel anchor points or even corrode rebar within the concrete structure (columns & slabs) itself. The collapse of a condo in coastal Florida, back about two years ago is a case in point. Buyer beware...

@user-cx4ih5rf3q 11 ай бұрын

Смотрю твоё видео и думаю:"о, это место мне знакомо! " А потом понимаю, что ты снимаешь в моём городе, да ещё и около моего дома! Курто, Рассел!

@sayger420 11 ай бұрын

Что за город?

@user-sx9ed6tn7g 11 ай бұрын

These houses were massively built from 1959 to 1985 throughout the USSR. It took only 12 days to build one house! For example, a bathroom and a toilet were delivered from the factory ready-made with all communications, finishes, sinks, etc. These houses were quite cheap and were built as temporary housing, but many of them have been standing for 60 years. They had many advantages, but there were also disadvantages, if the house is panel, then there is poor sound insulation, when your neighbor goes to the toilet, you will definitely know about it) I rent an apartment in a similar brick house of 1969 in one of the regions of Russia. In 2000, he was modernized and added a 6th floor. At one time it was a very good housing, which, moreover, people received for free.

@AnnaGeo 11 ай бұрын

Такие дома, пятиэтажные, строились до начала 1970х. Я выросла в такой квартире и до сих пор владею ей. Мы въехали туда в 1970м году. Не помню, чтобы подобные строили после того, как мы въехали в свою. Строили 9ти и 12ти этажные дома, а потом и 16ти этажные.

@AmauryJacquot 11 ай бұрын

pretty good for "temporary" if they lasted for 60+ years...

@bacillusanthracis8399 11 ай бұрын

@@AmauryJacquot The country fell apart, the economy collapsed, and Russia returned to the level of 1991 only in 2017. As a result, the temporary has become permanent. But compared to many Western countries, these panel houses have allowed the majority of Russians to become homeowners, rather than tenants or mortgage debtors. Owning your own property makes life a lot easier.

@AmauryJacquot 11 ай бұрын

@@bacillusanthracis8399 indeed, I was merely talking about the construction itself, which was obviously pretty good for "temporary" stuff. indeed, the manufactured fall of the SU was a great mistake of the previous century.

@paulparoma 11 ай бұрын

"Communications" does not mean the same thing in English as it does in Russian with regard to buildings.

@witchycrone 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing and to the apt dwellers also...it was very gracious of them to let you look around as you did. I could live in that space, but not up 5 floors....bad knees LOL. Warm and inviting it is, as another had mentioned here. Glad you survived the stairs😉

@AnotherBadyoga 4 ай бұрын

nice apartment! love the lighting and plant shelf in the bedroom,

@freekillerok 11 ай бұрын

Damn. Quite by chance I saw his channel yesterday, and now I'm sitting and reading the comments of the opinions of foreign users about the places in which I constantly live. I spend more time on this than the video itself lasts. :D

@rennydesu 10 ай бұрын

It might not look pretty from the outside but the inside of the apartment is livable and cozy. If only governments could fund projects like this again and make more affordable housing.

@TravellingwithRussell 10 ай бұрын

Right, back in the day they did so much for the greater population.

@anna-shapoklyak 10 ай бұрын

In the Soviet Union flats were given for free by the enterprise you worked for. You had to wait for several years but it was worth it. You didn't pay a penny.