Typical Russian Apartment Tour!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- We are moving to a new place! It's a typical old Russian apartment, a bit smaller, but much better area.
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Our new family nest for now :D
Please can you tell how much an apartment like yours would cost and your utilities.
@@ruthrodriguez5173 We pay $300/month utilities included (~$60) but we got a pretty good deal. Usually for that kind of apartment prices like $300-400 depends on lication
@@TonyKuzminVlogs 300 for that, omg so much money for so little
@@jordancobilanschi3662 how much will be a similar apt in your country?
@@TonyKuzminVlogs in this state, +-200, in bucharest, capital city of romania. We have mostly the same buildings
Home is where the heart is! Congrats on the new apartment and your excellent English!
Thank you so much :)
It's a home. Water, food, a nice clean, warm bed and a mind full peace. What more can we ask for?
Just a basics, but we can always improve it :)
I've now watched several videos on Soviet-constructed apartments, and they all have similar tiny kitchens and wallpaper! I've read the explanation of wallpaper below. Your new apartment is what we in the US call a "studio", and in the larger cities we have quite a few of them. You've traded more space for convenience to the subway, which is what some city dwellers do, but you still have most of what you need for daily life in the new place.
In Russia we also have apartments called "studio" but there is no separate kitchen. Just one room and bathroom. Usually, it's about 215 sq ft in total.
Thank you for showing us your new apartment. Your English is very good. Here in England we have a saying “location, location, location” which is more important than the size of the home - you made a good choice to be nearer amenities and work :-)
Location is very important in a big city. Eventually, I got a job in just a 30 minutes walk from home :)
Exactly that! if you're young and upwardly mobile you have to be near the action
I’d rather live in a trailer in the middle of nowhere. Cities are fine except they’re full of city people.
I can't believe how well your English is improving..my son failed English in school and he was born in the USA..
It's all thanks to youtube :) Anyways, I would fail english too :D
@@TonyKuzminVlogs hahaha..I would atleast understand if you did..he had no excuse..
@@sagbrady8414 thats true :) but I also failed russian in school many times, so as long as he can speak english fluently everything is ok :D
All of those patterns of wallpaper would drive me crazy. I don't mind wallpaper but one pattern in the apartment would be better.
Thats also makes us sick :) we changed it to plain white wallpapers, check out my new video about our apartment, what we have changet there :)
This apartment is big compared to some I have seen. Hong Kong/S Korea etc apartments are one tiny room with a hot plate on a shelf as a kitchen.
Oh, that too tiny!
I really love your new apartment compared to your old one. It's very homey, has a nice kitchen, love the floors and your cute little workspace. I hope you have really turned it from a house to a home by now!🙂
Sure! Check out my other videos 😁
Love the way the floor is laid.
Me too, but I wish it would be in a better condition :)
The floors are so lovely ! It’s strange seeing such a small sink in the kitchen .
Congratulations on the new apartment!
Thank you :) the sink size is pretty common for small kitchen like ours
I like this new kitchen and we call that white cooking thing a stove in American in Mexico we call it estufa I do like your new apartment!! Thank you for showing us your apartment.
Thanks! We call it plitka :)
I think Russians love wallpaper ! I think you could give your apt a more spacious , cheerful feel by getting rid of the wallpaper and then paint yours walls in a flat , warm pastel . The result will be a warm , open , cozy feel . It’s important the colors be fairly muted . The entry and restrooms could be robins egg blue . Your kitchen could be a pastel peach . The living area a soft buttery ,spring yellow .
We did it, check out my second video about that :)
Your kitchen may be smaller, but it's much better set up with more storage space. I think it's a cute apartment. I like small spaces, so it looks cozy to me. :) I hope you enjoy living there!
The kitchen is better, but anyways, that apartment quite small for a family
I think your video was very nice. However, I'm kind of shocked at how tiny and void of space you are forced to live in over there, as I have watched several videos. You seem very kind. God bless.
Thanks! Yep, small place, but at least its bigger than most NYC apartments :D
The living space is not as bad as it seems, I mean if you are single, a couple or a student you really don't need much space and most of the time you're not home anyway.
So happy for your new home! It’s lovely! I like the layout more than the other one. The kitchen may have less floor space but you have a nice big table and more counter space. Very nice!
Thank you :)
Wow really enjoyed the tour of your new home, I hope you make it homely as much as you can, a pot of white paint will brighten it up beautifully and Your English is superb!
Thank you! I have another video about our apartment on my chanell. We added a lot of white stuff :)
I think you mean homey lol
@@dianebaugher3919 think you need to grow up darling
It is quite different here in the US for many but also some people here would love to have an apartment like that. My grandma lived in a small studio apartment because she did not have much money and could only afford a studio. With the salaries being so low and rent being cheap in Russia, its probably the most you can hope for now so you will make it a cosy home!!!
Yeah, now it looks much better
All those different patterns of wallpaper and tiles would drive me insane. Why can’t they be built with one style per apartment?
Agree :D
The owner is pretty old lady from completly different era. I guess she just used some random wallpaper rolls that were laying around from previous renovations. We're already changed it to plain white. I have another video about it on my channel :)
I've seen that in other people's videos. She told me it's left over from the "Soviet Union" days. She said everything was hard to get so people decorated with what they could get. Her house had the same amount of different wall paper.
It's what was cheap and available just stuck on. One step above slums.
@@UhOhUmm There is no need to be a jerk. Karma is coming for you.
Enjoy your new apartment.
Btw, we bought it :)
Wallpapers rock :) in Poland old apartaments also have „vintage” wallpapers.
Is there a layer of old newspapers under it?)
@@TonyKuzminVlogs not sure. But 100 layers of paint for sure.
Awesome! :D
Love the wallpapers!!
What strange distribution and bad decoration but see confortable, enjoy it friend!! Bestr regards from México...
Thanks! We have fixed it already)
@@TonyKuzminVlogs Show me please when its fixed
@@mauricioolivareshernandez4560 yep! I plan to make another video soon
Better than many I've seen
Just uploaded an updated version :)
Thank you! We actually bought it after 1 year renting this apt :)
You bought it? nice!.. congrats! 🏠🙏🙂
@@nogoods3511 Thanks! yeah, our first home :)
I like the second one better..even though its smaller.😊
Put a mattress on the floor of the kitchen for a second bedroom, and put the dining table in the living room. Remove small rugs, show off beautiful floor. It will fit nicely. Ok, we make it work! I like
Good idea 😀
I like your sarcastic dry humour. 😉
Lol😁
Good one mate!
Thank you!
I love the wooden floor and the kitchen tales. It just needs a bit of change here and there
Yep, you can watch my second video about our aparment, we made some changes
I want your kitchen! Mine is just an afterthought. AND I LIVE IN BRITAIN!
Lol :D The furniture is actually quite new, just 2 years old.
@@TonyKuzminVlogs it's the size of it, mine is just a galley kitchen with no space.
@@locutus155 I see, that's really just for cooking
I would like to know why Russians tend to use a variety of wallpaper designs instead of going for something neutral. Why not use paint?
Because of bad wall surface, walpaper hides all dents, cracks and other imperfections. Also many russians think that plain colors is boring.
@Magali GIL Glassfiber in russia not really a thing. I mean it could help, but anyway you need to prep the wall really well before painting. and these days we make interiors for 5-7 years, thea we move to another place, usually bigger.... but to be honest some of my clients lives in my interiors for more than 15 years already :)
Hi Tony. I can think of very many ppl here who would love to have your apartment. I live in Perth, Australia. In Australia there is a bad economic crisis, especially since Corona. Many are in the street - homeless. Here too, we have NO soundproofing. It doesn't exist anywhere in Australia. We can hear EVERYTHING from others living in our complex or detached houses also. You have a balcony, available to very few ppl who live in flats here. In the first apt you showed us, you said it's close to public transport. For us over here, that's just a dream. Without a car, like me, we are nowhere. I, like many here, cannot afford to buy a computer. I just have a smartphone which has expensive monthly fees for internet service. Food is also extremely expensive here. The cost of private home ownership is out of most ppl's affordability. They get a bank loan, then pay it off for the next 50 years, if they live long enough to own it as housing costs has spiralled out of the average ppl's reach. Even the rich are getting poor. When they miss one bank repayment, they can be out in the street. Many can't afford to pay for their utility bills so get extensions to pay, if not, their gas, water, electricity or gas gets cut off. When they can pay again, they have an expensive reconnection fee and a bad credit record which will reflect badly on future loans from the bank. Also in Australia, we have to fight for survival in the unlivable hot summer months, like now, with extremely high temperatures. It was 39°C just yesterday. We had a week of 40 plus Celsius degrees just recently. I don't think I can live much longer in these conditions. The high utility costs such as electricity, we cannot use the air conditioner. We just sweat & collapse in the hot months December through to April or even May sometimes. A few years ago, I have experienced 46°C before in Perth. My knees buckled under me on the escalator after going to the shopping centre. When walking in the street, we can't go far or we die in the street under the hottest sun. The streets are deserted in summer. Consider yourself lucky. I lived in England for 5 years. I had never seen such ancient, mouldy, stale old bedsitters anywhere else. Here we don't have them. Thank God! Everything reeks of mould. The bed, the curtains, the room. There they have to share the bathroom & kitchen with other residents. The rooms there are communally shared in other accommodations. There is no privacy. Not suitable for families or couples. The rooms have no amenities, are dark and very smelly from the mould. They should pull those places down because they are a fire trap and a health hazard. And to think, such a room is very expensive, AND they asked for payment for 6 months ahead. We spun around and left. Just so disgusting! Ppl there wait 20 years on the list for their turn, if they live long enough, to get government housing. I am sure that many would want to swap with you. Though my unit is modern with modern amenities, and very clean and smart looking, I would love to swap with you. But I can only dream....
The apartments are cheap in Russia, yes, but what you pay is what you get. It's not bad, but it's located in Russia. We're lucky to have low utilities prices, low healthcare prices compared to other countries, and we have very low salaries like 300-400 US dollars in a month. And on top of that gadgets, clothes, and so on are more expensive than in other countries due to high import taxes, food may be 10-15% cheaper, like $1 for 1 liter of milk. So it's not a good idea to swap with me :)
@@TonyKuzminVlogs Hi Tony, that cold air must be so refreshing. Here it gets so hot, that death is preferable. The heat knocks me out. I am constantly dizzy and cling to life in the summer months. My family (long gone) emigrated here from Europe, so I have no voice because I'm considered a 2nd class citizen, although I was born in Australia, but not in Perth. Here they adore Asian ppl. I am white/Euro descent so I am out of favour. About my neighbourhood. I live among the unfriendliest and some very hostile ppl. Whether ppl are at work, in school or wherever, even shopping, threats, bullying and violence is a way of life here. I am also the only one who lives a clean & honest life, always sober, so I am out, I don't fit in. I have no pets, though I do love cats. Cats are unpopular here. I don't own one. They get poisoned here by nasty neighbours. Again, I have no dogs, so I am out. I don't do drugs, alcohol & don't smoke so I am quite unpopular. That's why I don't get invited. One day, while in hospital, a nurse called me Vanilla. I said I am proud to be Vanilla. It is a term for ppl without bad vices. If you are a freak with violent and criminal tendencies (and it helps to be illiterate) then you will fit into Perth very well. Women who marry here have to be prepared for violent husbands under the influence, and be surrounded by their husband's several vicious dogs for pets. The dogs always come first. I always advise women to take self-defense classes before moving in with a man. I didn't marry a local. When I meet new ppl I tell them I enjoy to cook, bake and sew my own clothes, that's when they walk out and disappear. It makes ppl feel suspicious of me. I am friendless. When they have a party, it's not a party until there are at least a couple of stiffs on the ground. I am never invited, and I thank God for that. When there is a get together, an ambulance and police usually turn up. That's when the party is over. I rely on public transport. I consider it a great bus or train ride, if I get to my destination without some wild passenger under some influence or other, to threaten me with violence, or watch someone else, (and most likely the bus driver), being spat on, having his head kicked in, or worse. Also it's a great bus/train ride if I'm not sick when I'm overpowered by some local's horrible stench in summer. Many don't like to shower here, ever. Fashion doesn't exist here. For women, to be covered in tattoos, have back-combed greasy hair and ripped up jeans with a mouldy old t-shirt is all you need. Men have tattoos & dirty hair too. Shoes are optional. To gain sympathy here, one must be in detox, or have a mental illness. This will make that person very endearing & quite popular. It's an ice-breaker at social gatherings to mention it. In public, it helps too, if they talk to themselves. Whether in a class, or at work, or even by neighbours, bullying, violence, and threats are a way of life here. I pray I can move to somewhere normal where I can be happy. I can't take it anymore!
@@johanna5688 You definitely need to move. Leave everything and move! There are a lot of better places. Time is ticking, and we all deserve to spend in a good place, but our life is our personal responsibility. Make move to move
@@TonyKuzminVlogs Hello Tony, thank you for your reply. I was born in Australia, so I have Australian citizenship. Unfortunately this is why I can't go anywhere abroad. Also every state in Australia is so very hot in summer, there is no escape. It is impossible for me to live abroad bcz of points system, etc. Also there is Corona now and nobody is allowed in our out of here, even within different states. I have a very nasty neighbour too. When I came back home today, she threw piles from 2 packs of breakfast cereal all over my front garden and front walkway to my front door. I had a big clean up job. She is an English witch. She is evil and has psychological problems. She vandalised my front place. She is also alcoholic.
Yes, once we get vaccinated for corona and the state borders open, I will definitely move. I so regret having moved here to Perth. It is the most isolated city in the world. They aren't quite civilised and modern here, more like a country town. Very unfriendly locals. The greatest minds don't live here 😁😁.
I could well be stuck here all 2021. It's a very depressing thought. I sometimes wish I was a bird, that way I could just fly out of here.
Bye for now. (You don't have it so bad there.)
@@johanna5688 So you have about 1 year to get prepared to the Great Move :)
man if he considers that a huge kitchen then i feel bad lol cause American kitchens are the size of his whole apartment lmao
Lol, yeah, I know 😆
Oven its called a oven or stove or in England the cooker I liked both apartments very vintage but 1st one was bigger.
Got it! Thank you :) the first apt was a bit bigger, but the new one is much brighter
In our country wallpapers are not in use approx. 40 years ☺️ everyone wants just nice white smooth wall. It gives optical feeling that ambient is big. I personally Hate (with big H) carnisas and curtains.
What's your country? :)
@@TonyKuzminVlogs Slovenia 😊
@@Gorazd1974 nice :) hope we will get to the painted walls soon as well :)
So much of colour makes small place looks small..just paint everything white and it would look so much bigger
We did it, check out my other videos :)
How much do you pay a month nice place and you keep it very clean
$300 with utilities
i like your eyes more than the aparment haha , grettings from Argentina
:D thanks a lot!
NIGGA U GAY!
Cute for one person .
Exactly 😁
We Americans are very spoiled....
Being used to better life quality doesn't mean being spoiled.
💜 love from India
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It looks like the ones we have in Poland
Yep, very similar
That is one GORGEOUS looking woman you have there!
#bestwifeever 😄
The bed looked like a single bed. A bed made for one person.
It's actually a transformer couch
Cozy for two before before someone gets an elbow in their face.....................
@@glenngoetz3054 Lol :)
I wish one Day you could invite me to your cute and beautiful home 🥰🥰
Lol, who knows :D
How is with traditional Russian apartment can hear neighbors sometimes or never?
It depends on building. Our building made of bricks, it's pretty quiet so we almost never hear the neighbors.
It’s cute except for all that different wallpaper !
That's true :)
Check out my new video about updates in the apartments
Tony Kuzmin Vlogs It a nice apartment
@@tammybrennan2040 thank you :)
This is really sad to me....you beautiful Russian people..live with absolutely nothing..the living conditions disturbed me...
Yep, it is what it is.
I think it's fine and plenty of people would love to have it
@@dianebaugher3919 Really?..maybe in Russia
you should see the shared/communal apartments in St Petersburg the buildings are absolutely beautiful but still, it's sharing kitchen and bathroom. Having a private one in St Petersburg is great
I was born in russia. Such a nice country
Yep!
@@TonyKuzminVlogs have you ridden the metro? Its a nice train at that
@@thealexpshow782 sure! almost every day
@@TonyKuzmin which train was it? The modded ones or the original 1970s trains?
@@thealexpshow782 Both of them
Kitchen you showed was just a stove and sink.
Yep
The real question here is why do they make such small apartments being Russia such a HUGE country? I mean with all that territory availalbe everybody should be able to live in big houses
Big houses = big money, so...
Most Russians cant afford big houses or apartments, or even small.
@@TonyKuzminVlogs really? I really thought Russia was one of the richest countries
@@kevinguzman4442 its a rich country, but not the people
Your pantry doesn't have shelves? How do you store food?
It has shelves, but we dont store food. We buy food when we need it, becaus grocery stores everywhere, even in our building. So I just go downstairs and buy what I need :)
Is that public housing? Is it free rent?
No, its a private apartment, we pay $300 in a month
. . . what is the rent and utilities per month? . . .
The utilities are around $40. But we pay fixed rent (include utilities) $300
This is interesting. Where is the bed? I've lived in the midwest in the US and on the west. Rent was $300? In a what currency?
Geez, I was so intrigued. I paused and asked before you showed the bed. 😂
😄
The rent is $300 in US dollars :)
@@TonyKuzminVlogs only $300 and it includes utilities? Wow!!
How much do you pay for the rent in your new apartment?
We pay about $300/month
Do Russian families (lets say father, mother and 2 children) also live in these kind of apartments?
Young families with 1 kid like us do. But later when kids gets older most of them moving to bigger apt with separate rooms for kids. But many families got their apt from their parants, or even live with them because they cant afford their own.
3:05 That's a gas stove.
Thanks!
It’s strange how Russian apartments are so small, yet Russia’s the biggest country in the world..
Big apartment = big price
How much for one month
$300
I could not live like that.
Yep, thats sucks 😁
Cool man its me king_galaxy_creeper
I live in ottawa and a one bedroom cost a one thousand
But the sallary is also bigger in Ottawa
Russians really have a thing for wallpaper don't they?
Yep! Wallpaper is a must :D
It came from bad walls and a poor choice of paints. In soviet Russia, we did not have anything like sheetrock. The walls are made of bricks covered by poorly done cement plaster. To make it looks ok wallpaper is a way to go. Now the situation is better but wallpapers still a thing even in modern interiors.
I can pretty much pick out where a cam girl is from if there is wallpaper and the recessed single outlets most likely Russia or former Russian States no matter where she says she is.
@@glenngoetz3054 I didn't think that way, but yes, it's definitely a sing, as well as windows. Curtains, and that door to the balcony.
It's kinda sad that Russia is the largest country and many russians live in one-room apartments
Nice video btw
Thanks!
Yes, Russia looks great and powerful, but in fact, it is a 3rd world country with a median per-capita Income of $5000-6000 a year.
@@TonyKuzmin Wow! I did not know that! I am shocked. Thank you for teaching us about your life and your country.
Yes! It's normal life,when everybody has a room.
Great problem: No place for a normal family, are few children!
Yes, not an ideal place for family
Do you have a refrigerator?
Yep :D
Too many patterns wallpaper would make me dizzy.
Yep, but we've fixed it already, the vidio is on my channel :)
Cool
Thanks!
This is my editor acc
Welcome! :D
2:32 XD
Very, very, very small apartment.
It is :(
How much do you pay for the new apartment?
What did you pay for the other apartment?
Thank you for cheering your apartment video 👍 it’s always nice to see how others live in the world 🌎
In Iceland 🇮🇸 for a ca 2 bedroom apartment inn the capital we pay 💰 about 2000 dollars 💵 per month ☺️🦋🦋🦋
We pay $300, same price, because it's the same landlord :)
Enjoyed your video - but you dont seem happy :-(
I'm struggling with my English :D Focused on building sentences in my head as quickly as possible :D
your camera moves too fast and make it too dizzy to watch. I gave up after 2 mins. Headache
Sorry for that
Very interesting. I ask myself how can two people live in such a "hole". Russia is a big and beautiful nation, and a young couple like you must have a real house. I am very happy to live in Italy. 🇮🇹
The answer is simple, average salary in russia is $450 in a month
@@TonyKuzminVlogs Ok, sorry. I didn't know the salary is so miserable. I am sure that russian tourists that come here in Italy with thousends of euro, buying expensive made in Italy stuff, are surely not normal workers. Their "salaries" come from "strange affairs", they don't really work. I am sure you understand what I mean. Anyway, you are a young and beautiful couple. I wish you all the best. Bye from Italy 🇮🇹
Its not really a "strange affairs", they are usually a business owners or top management. I know many of them since i am an interior designer. But yes "normal workers" will never afford made in italy stuff.
You would love american apartments. Much luxurious for enjoying ones space. Seems like Russia just gives bare minimum.
It's all depends on the price, we also have much bigger and luxorious apartments in russia. After years under the soviet regime, russian finally got acces to luxury things, materials and so on. Those who has money really like to flex :D modern apartments are really nice. And russians invest a lot in interiors. I have 15 years of interior design expirience, I've seen some sh!t :D
All the Americans that want socialism and free housing need to watch this. Of course americans don't want to learn about the world and the impact of government planned economy and housing.
I'll make a whole video about life in Russia after that socialism on my main channel
A lot of people in America would see having this apartment as luxury.
@@GeorgeGlass298 Here in Russia it is also a kind of luxury. The rent is $300 but an average salary is $350-400.
If everyone is housed then what is wrong with it? This young man doesn't seem to be trapped in any way. He is posting on YT just like you do. Of course there is a whole history to be learned of here, we know this. I'm in Canada and living in a subsidized apartment for seniors and it is beautiful with a lake view and balcony. I do not feel like a victim, I am living my life. I lost my job at 63 and paid my own way with no help until I was offered my current place. You have almost 70,000 homeless people just in L.A. Yes, I am aware some are from out of state. Run on paragraph, but I do recommend to you, a TH-camr called "Bald and Bankrupt". He's a Brit, speaks Russian and posts some really interesting videos from that part of the world. I believe he has over 2M subs.
Depends on housing situation. And how much money you have after all. Speaking of our seniors, they live in apartments like in this video, their pension is something like $250, usually they own apartments so no need to pay rent but they pay utilities $50-100. So what's left if not enough to live, but enough to survive. They just watching TV all day long. That is wrong.
hi can you teach me Russian?
its gonna take so much time
Russia seems so depressing
Yeah, especially in areas built in 50's-70's
Thank God I am American and live in the US... this way of life over there must be from communism... I guess ... but it’s so depressing and all those different wall designs would drive me insane.... God Bless you for enduring
Yes, this is our soviet legacy. I live in Saint Petersburg and every day I see that beautiful old Russian buildings from pre-communist era and what we got after. And its quite sad to realize what a great country we lost because of communists.
Fun fact : you did not search for this.
@Snowy Edits nice