I’m English and was in Moscow in 1987. What I remember was ‘trying’ to spend 48 Roubles! I had sold a pair of Levi jeans and U2 t-shirts. I ended up buying 6 bottles of Russian champagne in hotel’s rouble bar on the last night, just to get rid. An American guy in our hotel had 120 roubles in his possession. God only if he spent them in time. Probably treated half of Moscow to free ice cream or ended up binning the notes at Sheremetevo!…..
Ya even in the mid 90s you weren’t allowed to leave Russia with rubles. Most places at that time gladly accepted dollars. Basically you only exchanged what you needed
@@Erik3E Weren't allowed. Currency controls by the way were nothing unique to the USSR or Russia, in the 70s you weren't allowed to take more than £50 out of the UK iirc
Thanks for reminding me Gary.I had the same in Poland in 1987.had to change some money officially before my flight.I ended up with nearly a months local wage and a day to spend it!!! Same situation.You couldn't take it out of the country. Plus there was no way to exchange it in the west.
@@ivanexell-uz4mv that is just disinformation from the capitalist west. It was his team’s policies that ended hundreds of years of regular famines, plus sabotage, sanctions, destructions from the imperialist collective west (which included Japan) after 1917. The metrolines were built in the 30s, after backward Russia rose from the ashes of the civil war and the invasion of 14 powerful imperialist countries. Communism is “evil” one always has to do something to discredit it.
Then Soviet Architecture was also adapted in Modern Architecture due to it's minimalistic design and easily to build and one of the example is the modern house.
Quite a twist how it became quintessentially capitalist for a class that just needed something built cheaply for worker drones, while old capitalist class architecture felt owned and made a statement that was owned by owners through richly ornate facades and internal design. 1890s NYC v 2020s NYC. Broadstreet before and After on Ribbit.
@@drunklorry3406 Post Stalinist architecture was based on the International style, made popular at the 1958 World Expo in Brussels. Those principles of that style were based on the 1933 Athens Charter, which was based on Le Corbusier's and CIAM's work. Le Corbusier was not French, but Swiss.
My Grandma is from Moscow and worked as an economist for the Soviet government’s fat industry. We both live in New York now, but I am watching this video to get a picture of what life was like for her during this time.
I guess the 80s was loved by everyone, even US and USSR would agree to that. Edit: woah after reading all of the comments. I was waaaay wrong. Sorry guys
I love documentaries from the old days, no matter the subject. I watched one last week about turpentine distillation in the 1950's. It was fascinating to see how they did it. I'm glad I found your channel, you seem to have a lot of very cool material like that. Cheers, friend! ✌️
I know what you mean, the subject matter is secondary to feeling the vibe of the time. All of the things the film makers caught inadvertently like the vehicles of the time, the fashion, the decoration and what was considered the modern standard of living back then. The snapshot of a moment in time, it’s absolutely fascinating.
A wonderful historical coverage video and valuable historical memories about (Moscow)in former Soviet prospective...(Mike Guardia) channel always sharing excellent documentaries....thank you for sharing ....
I now regret not visiting Russia during the few years when the country had both hope and quality, affordable goods and services. It doesn’t seem likely I’ll see that time again.
Gorbachev's soviet union should've stayed, he was starting to democratise it and make it more free but then yeltsin got rid of him and russia became a dictatorship again :(
Горбачев начал убивать весь смысл советской идиологии, сделал очень много ошибок, разорил страну, сделал ужасный дефицит, сильно разоружил страну, поддержал развал Варшавского договора, и это даже не половина. Ельцин тоже правил ужасно, так сказать пропил страну. Лучше жить в как вы называете "диктатуре" но с полными полками в магазинах, регулярными зарплатами, не мизирным ввп чем "демократии" когда товаров на полках нет, во власти одни бандиты, президент пропивает страну и зарпллаты не платят месяцами
That's the point , with the policies Gorbachev implement Soviet union was tend to break awak. People lose confidence in country because of exposure to prosperous west , otherwise they would have continued well rather then having a turmoil. (Pardon me if there's any mistake I am not native English speaker)@@NoxTheXelor
Really a melancholy thing to watch. The USSR fell and any hope of improvement rather vanished. No reforms, no making right of the many, many past wrongs, just a bunch of bitter, still corrupt, impoverished former republics and a USA with no real pressure from anyone to hold back.
Russia improved greatly under Putin. Thanks to Western sanctions designed to cripple Russia, Russian economy is now the world's 4th largest on PPP terms.
Putin made many reforms after the drunk Yelstin and oligarchs robbed the country. There was only so much he could do. We are still fighting for our power, now in Ukraine in a proxy war against NATO. Making right of past wrongs is not how a country grows. That’s how a country destroys itself. Look at the UK. Has America made right on any wrongs?
Also, many people do not wish to move to the US or even go back. My Dad and the entire side of his family recently moved back to Moscow from America. I’m staying in New York because I’d have to do the draft and I don’t want to fight in any war - it’s not something I support. I believe if more and more people refused to fight we can help stop wars. But I do not support Ukraine or NATO or America either, they are no better. I am against most governments today in my own views
but if I were to have kids I would move to Russia to raise them there, no way I want modern woke idealogy to destroy and brainwash them like in America
@@Sibyltec "My Dad and the entire side of his family recently moved back to Moscow from America." Yikes. USA may suck, but going back to _Russia?_ Idk about that one chief. As for Ukraine and NATO, sure, they ain't perfect, but the fact of the matter is that it needs to be proven that wars of conquest aren't something acceptable anymore and not something you can just get away with. Ukraine may not need to win, but Russia certainly needs to lose.
@@studytime2570 Well that was my point. The whole tone of it felt like something from the 60s rather than the late 80s, as did the rather grainy and 'washed out' look of the video itself.
@@dangermouse2235 Като съпруга на дипломат живях 4 години в Москва преди 20 години. И въпреки нашия статут, не беше уютно и се чувствах под наблюдение. Сега не мога дори да си представя какво е да си дипломат от вражеска страна за която сме обявени. Жалко за добрите хора в Русия, които срещнах, не го заслужават.
As an American, it makes me worry. The Soviets couldn't foresee the collapse of the USSR until just before it happened. Will the same thing happen to the USA?
@@tmkay_no they didn't, because the referendum for the preservation of the union was accepted by the Soviet people, 77% said yes to the preservation and some of them also wanted a change in the government. The union, at least, would be still alive, but yeltsin have another idea shooting the Soviet parliament, calling the referendum rigged (without having the proof it was) and took power, and then dissolve the union and sell all the assets to privates. The American president (I think he was Bush at the time) congratulated yeltsin for his incredible handling of the situation. In the end, no they didn't see it happen, because they didn't want it in the first place.
Ну да). То есть в твоём понимании хрущёвки, брежневки и прочий градостроительный ужас и уродство на теле любого постсоветского города - это великолепная архитектура?) Не смеши.
@@Sibyltec Gorbachev restored capitalism, the rest is history. 1956 is when the Krushchev took power and ventured on a long road of quite frankly anti-Communist policies.
the thumbnail to this is incredibly badass and does not faithfully represent the video. the video is a boring entry-level beginners guide for the everyday average 80s Joe who wants to know what the fuss is about this Russia character.
It's a thousand year tragedy. There's little to be proud of, mostly just things to be horrified at. The USSR was the golden age, but that's still not saying much.
The type of film/video tape, background music, narrators voice doesnt = 1988. More like 1978! I wonder if this was created in the 70s and released (or re released) in 1988???
In another timeline, Gorbachev’s reforms succeeded, transitioning the Soviet Union from communism to democratic socialism as the “Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics.” The Cold War ended with the Warsaw Pact’s collapse, but with the Soviet Union continuing on as a Western-friendly nation. Gorbachev is hailed as a hero.
@@MyHolidayArchive In fact, it is the US that colonizes countries. And the USSR developed countries, built factories there. Today, Europe is a colony of the US, which the US is throwing into the furnace of war with Russia. Europe should come to its senses and start being friends with Russia. Europe tried to eat Russia several times, but each time it broke its teeth.
Kind of ironic ..there was more freedom in 1988 Moscow than 2023.....anyone imagine Putin out in red square chatting to everyday people like Gorbachev did....its sad to see what Russia has become, and what might of been.
Yeah, and it lead to total destruction and 2 decades of unimaginable suffering for most people in USSR, not just physical but also spiritual and mental, loss of identity, loss of community, loss of meaning of life. Putin is the direct consequence of these mindlessly dogmatic policies and actions that didn't account for the actual human needs and favored theoretical ideologies about what must work
Мужик, тут люди яйца себе на красной площади прибивают к брусчатке, где ты видишь какую то жуткую несвободу? Если она для тебя измеряется тем, что какой то мужик из власти должен выходить на улицу с кем то поболтать, то мне очень грустно за то, как у тебя нагажено в голове
I don't wonder why this "documentary" seems to only show areas of Moscow that were the prerogative of the privileged few or their family and underlings.
Introduces functions of capitalism and decreases beauracratic/security apparatus while engaged in a cold war. Collapses a few years later. Collapses so hard that the last leader ends up in a pizza hut commercial taking sponsorships from the US. The music is warped btw, not sure why either but contrary to the Western audience's beliefs during the late 1980s Russian music did not sound like horror music.
@otakardoubrava9679 You should add a note that says that. Viewers are going to assume people that lived in the East have a warped sense of musical taste.
Central planning had resulted in the USSR being stagnate industrially in the latter portion of its existence. The liberalization of the 80s was neither immediate nor comprehensive enough to compensate for the shortfalls of central planning. The USSR did not collapse because of (attempted) liberalization, it collapsed because the top-down method of economic coordination that it employed did not produce desirable results.
@user-gy1bu9gf8l This is factually incorrect on a multitude of levels. First off a capitalistic economy is naturally going to prioritize the economy itself, and all forms in which it is measured. Up until the 70s the Soviets were directly competing with US GDP growth rates and were outpacing ppp. Secondly the Soviets did reach some form of liberalization as they had been transitioning to a mixed economy, the following decades after making the efforts to implement this, living standards in the former USSR states plummeted below 19th century levels. How do you suppose macroeconomics caused their collapse? Please expand on this. This is a minimal effort response, one could as easily comment and say, "their downfall was directly attributed to not maintaining a command economy, allowing privatized business to take advantage of low risk, non competitive markets" Didn't work because "it didn't produce desirable results" Do you know what's also not conducive to economic growth and QoL, coups in your country, and allowing the private sector to supersede the economy and control basic services and goods that would always have high demand but now doesn't have regulation or even price capping.
@@NolanCase-c4v > Up until the 70s the Soviets were directly competing with US GDP growth rates and were outpacing Of course the Soviets matched the US in terms of growth (never mind that the quality of the growth in the USSR was lower) as the complexity of their economy was lower than the US' to begin with. Another factor behind this growth was oil prices, which propped up the otherwise stagnate Soviet economy. > ppp ppp is a useless metric for a planned economy. Nice try though. > transitioning to a mixed economy Words have meanings. You are using the word "mixed" incorrectly here. At no point (aside from the 20s) was the Soviet economy ever "mixed". > living standards in the former USSR states plummeted below 19th century levels. What you say is laughably false. The only time when the Soviets made any sort of serious attempt at a mixed economy was in the 20s, which resulted in economic stabilization after Lenin's disastrous policy of nationalization left the economy in ruin. > How do you suppose macroeconomics caused their collapse? Very simply the economic situation increasingly become more unsatisfactory for the populace, and so the suppression of their freedoms became all the more glaring (such is beginning to happen in China). > allowing the private sector to supersede the economy and control basic services and goods that would always have high demand but now doesn't have regulation or even price capping. Worked in Poland and the Baltic states where they made a much more comprehensive attempt at liberalization than Russia.
What we see: 1988 powerful country and strong economy. We are lied to that the USSR was weak and collapsed because communism is not viable. the ussr was destroyed by the traitor gorbachev
Just to correct it a bit Moscow was taken by Kingdom of Poland, and was under Polish rule for about year long before Napoleon or Hitler failed attempts..btw Today's Russia have 1 of national Bank Holidays dates on ocasion to get rid of Polish occupational forces from Moscow..
LOL, you paid for this occupation of Moscow with your state. Sections of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth go brrrr. But you continue to enjoy the two-year occupation of Moscow ;)
@@thedictationofallahno tf they weren’t, you can talk to anyone who’s been there in the 80s ( that didn’t visit just moscow) and they will tell you it’s not a pleasant place. i’m pretty sure your the one falling for propaganda.
By the way, during the opening scenes of this documentary you might have heard the traditional folk music distortied into Eerie, or unpleasant sounds. This was 100% Intentional by Western editors at the time to make the Soviet Union feel 'Weird', and 'Alien'. Even if the reporting itself may seem impartial, the intention of Western Media outlets was to make the USSR seem subtly 'wrong' to its viewers/readers/listeners.
@@MiroslavLazarov-f6i Ha ha ha a depressed Ukrainian how you doing ? Now I'm neither pro Russian nor pro American but lying on a topic like this is truly foolish of someone
It's hard to tell. Mausoleum not guarded anymore. There's alot political parties, but only one really rules everything. And that party not forbids, but forces all the hell of religions instead and suppress atheism. Army is no longer that important for government as it was. Governmant is not that easy on simple people. But stores and supermarkets are full of food and clothes. No queues.
@@FedotDaNeTodYou can say that there is only one party in Russia,cause others are either too weak to give any competition to United Russia,or are just puppets of United Russia.
@@Den-z8z kinda both. Other parties were supressed in early 00's. And now they just pretending they are real parties because they even stopped to send most strong/famous candidates to presidential election. This was actually started in Yeltsin times, when he fabricated results of 1996 election. So this "President" just improved practice of his predecessor. United Russia isn't real party as well. It's just bunch of persons the dragging any law that President wants through the parliament. United Russia also don't send their candidate on election. Putin always goes as independent candidate.
What we see: 1988 powerful country and strong economy. We are lied to that the USSR was weak and collapsed because communism is not viable. the ussr was destroyed by the traitor gorbachev 😢
I don't like it when foreigners who know nothing about Russia show documentary about the USSR or the new Russia. They are bound to say some nonsense or false information, and never anything good - it's taboo. I lived for many years in Europe, and then in England. It is better to show negative about Western countries, there is a lot to show there, because there is more and more negativity… and strong and independent Russia is moving forward, leaving the West far behind. Criticize yourself - it is much more useful.|
Today Russia is one of the safest countries. French students who were on exchange in Moscow until 2022 characterized Moscow in one word - safety. Now it is also safe, but foreigners do not want to go to Russia because of the lack of direct flights from Europe and the USA
So the czar cut off the head of the architect to prevent him from working for someone else. I see not much has changed. Russians do know how to show their appreciation 😢😂
>clueless of what is going to happen in 3 years
what
@@rgcbeamng guess
@@dominikpapryka4042 idk
@@rgcbeamng google „what happened to the ussr in 1991” and you’ll get the answer.
@@rgcbeamngbreak up of Soviet union
I’m English and was in Moscow in 1987. What I remember was ‘trying’ to spend 48 Roubles! I had sold a pair of Levi jeans and U2 t-shirts. I ended up buying 6 bottles of Russian champagne in hotel’s rouble bar on the last night, just to get rid. An American guy in our hotel had 120 roubles in his possession. God only if he spent them in time. Probably treated half of Moscow to free ice cream or ended up binning the notes at Sheremetevo!…..
@@garyfoley946 it is how USA and American cheat all world and humankind ! You manipulate with currency and cheat rest of all world
Ya even in the mid 90s you weren’t allowed to leave Russia with rubles. Most places at that time gladly accepted dollars.
Basically you only exchanged what you needed
@@mrs2691 wherent allowed? or did you just mean it was useless outside of the soviet union?
@@Erik3E Weren't allowed. Currency controls by the way were nothing unique to the USSR or Russia, in the 70s you weren't allowed to take more than £50 out of the UK iirc
Thanks for reminding me Gary.I had the same in Poland in 1987.had to change some money officially before my flight.I ended up with nearly a months local wage and a day to spend it!!! Same situation.You couldn't take it out of the country. Plus there was no way to exchange it in the west.
Moscow Metro Design until now is remarkable.
Stalin and the team’s work
@@minhng7208off the backs of hungry and tired workers
@@ivanexell-uz4mv that is just disinformation from the capitalist west. It was his team’s policies that ended hundreds of years of regular famines, plus sabotage, sanctions, destructions from the imperialist collective west (which included Japan) after 1917. The metrolines were built in the 30s, after backward Russia rose from the ashes of the civil war and the invasion of 14 powerful imperialist countries. Communism is “evil” one always has to do something to discredit it.
@@ivanexell-uz4mvnah that’s just any capitalist contry
@@ivanexell-uz4mv они всё равно жили лучше чем до этого, и лучше чем некоторых индустриальных странах того времени
balalaika bear haunts my nightmares
he wants to share his vodka with you
Нет он никогда не отдаст свою водку@@Weareheretogether123
Lmao
Why, he was so cute
For you at 0:08
I was living in Moscow in 1988 , I miss it so much .
Even now…?
@@glengamble526 even now
even now?
ruzzian pig?@pocaujmniewdupepocaujmniew5128
It's just as much a dictatorship as it was then. Nothing to miss.
Then Soviet Architecture was also adapted in Modern Architecture due to it's minimalistic design and easily to build and one of the example is the modern house.
Quite a twist how it became quintessentially capitalist for a class that just needed something built cheaply for worker drones, while old capitalist class architecture felt owned and made a statement that was owned by owners through richly ornate facades and internal design. 1890s NYC v 2020s NYC. Broadstreet before and After on Ribbit.
I'm fairly certain that Brezhnev-era apartments (unofficially referred to as Brezhnevki) are still built in Russia all the time.
Soviet Architecture was in its turn adopted from the French architector named Le Corbusier
@@CrayonEater2003they probably payed more care to building codes and material quality under Brezhnev than today.
@@drunklorry3406 Post Stalinist architecture was based on the International style, made popular at the 1958 World Expo in Brussels. Those principles of that style were based on the 1933 Athens Charter, which was based on Le Corbusier's and CIAM's work. Le Corbusier was not French, but Swiss.
My granma visited this when she was still an economic director here in the Philippines. I am fascinated with anything Russian. Hoping to visit it too
My Grandma is from Moscow and worked as an economist for the Soviet government’s fat industry. We both live in New York now, but I am watching this video to get a picture of what life was like for her during this time.
She also used to travel a lot to places like Syria and China for her work, and has pictures of herself in Allepo before it was destroyed.
“Fat Industry”? What?
Salamat!
you rich rich huh
I guess the 80s was loved by everyone, even US and USSR would agree to that.
Edit: woah after reading all of the comments. I was waaaay wrong. Sorry guys
Massive unemployment in parts of the UK. Things began to improve in the second half of the 1990s.
@@stuartwray6175Here in Brazil the 80s were known as the lost decade. Transition to democracy, debts, economic crisis, hyperinflation etc.
@@stuartwray6175 things began to fail in Asia in late 90s
@@oooshafiqooo 1997 Asian financial crisis
@@stuartwray6175 exactly
The pitch bend is crazy! I love it.
In Soviet Russia you don't bend the pitch. Pitch bends you. (So stupid I know, but I had to get one in before I die)
@@Astral-Sine-Techno In Soviet Russia, you do not make documentary about country. Country make documentary about YOU.
@@HunterShows 😅
That's tape flutter. Either the source tape or the VCR is damaged.
Reminds me of watching film strips at the school library in the 1980s
I love documentaries from the old days, no matter the subject.
I watched one last week about turpentine distillation in the 1950's. It was fascinating to see how they did it.
I'm glad I found your channel, you seem to have a lot of very cool material like that.
Cheers, friend! ✌️
I know what you mean, the subject matter is secondary to feeling the vibe of the time. All of the things the film makers caught inadvertently like the vehicles of the time, the fashion, the decoration and what was considered the modern standard of living back then. The snapshot of a moment in time, it’s absolutely fascinating.
0:53, the only man in the US that knows how to name the Anglicised version of 'Moscow'.
Absolutely 😅😂
What does this mean?
@@Herner_Werzogthe real Russian name of Moscow is Moskva
@@Davvvogg_ But- Moscow is already an anglicized version.
@@Herner_Werzogi think he meant romanized. москва -> moskva
what entire world think russia is 0:13
Не хватает водки и пятидесятиградусного мороза
Уес, му амегысаи ьготнег, ьо уоц шаит то Ьгыик соме Водка?
@@Rusich15335 ЙЕС МА АМЕРИКАН ФРОЙНД Ю ФЫНК РАЙТ
@@Rusich15335ues mu amyegysai 'gotnyeg 'o uots shait to 'gyik somye vodka
A wonderful historical coverage video and valuable historical memories about (Moscow)in former Soviet prospective...(Mike Guardia) channel always sharing excellent documentaries....thank you for sharing ....
I'm chinese and I was born in 1996 , but I like Soviet very much and I wish I could go to Moscow someday!
What an amazing city Moscow was. This video is time capsule.
The music sounds absolutely insane.
I now regret not visiting Russia during the few years when the country had both hope and quality, affordable goods and services. It doesn’t seem likely I’ll see that time again.
looks like a fever dream
it was and it has ended
@@hummingpylonstop yapping
@@Downversestop dreaming
@@DaniG.German883 stop talking
@@DrlftySwlfty we are typing
My grandma was in Moscow on 1988😊
Your grandma is 36?
@@jdmgang6684No, she WAS in Moscow not born in 1988
@@KitiShow0 I misread that
Mine too! Maybe they knew one another lol
Good video Mike 👍
Gorbachev's soviet union should've stayed, he was starting to democratise it and make it more free but then yeltsin got rid of him and russia became a dictatorship again :(
Горбачев начал убивать весь смысл советской идиологии, сделал очень много ошибок, разорил страну, сделал ужасный дефицит, сильно разоружил страну, поддержал развал Варшавского договора, и это даже не половина. Ельцин тоже правил ужасно, так сказать пропил страну.
Лучше жить в как вы называете "диктатуре" но с полными полками в магазинах, регулярными зарплатами, не мизирным ввп чем "демократии" когда товаров на полках нет, во власти одни бандиты, президент пропивает страну и зарпллаты не платят месяцами
That's the point , with the policies Gorbachev implement Soviet union was tend to break awak. People lose confidence in country because of exposure to prosperous west , otherwise they would have continued well rather then having a turmoil. (Pardon me if there's any mistake I am not native English speaker)@@NoxTheXelor
Modern Russia economy is smaller then south Korea. Russia not doing well. @@NoxTheXelor
@@NoxTheXelor Есть ли шанс на то, что произойдет вторая революция? Существуют ли группы, которые все еще пытаются мобилизовать рабочий класс? 1:30
@@politicalchannel66 we are most definitely doing pretty good.
I’m American but I really want to visit Russia someday
Не надо, пожалуйста.
@@Tollphys, поч
Всегда рады гостям !
@@Tollphysочередной либерашка?
@@Tollphyswhy? I’ve always been fascinated by former eastern block countries, especially Russia.
Really a melancholy thing to watch.
The USSR fell and any hope of improvement rather vanished. No reforms, no making right of the many, many past wrongs, just a bunch of bitter, still corrupt, impoverished former republics and a USA with no real pressure from anyone to hold back.
Russia improved greatly under Putin. Thanks to Western sanctions designed to cripple Russia, Russian economy is now the world's 4th largest on PPP terms.
Putin made many reforms after the drunk Yelstin and oligarchs robbed the country. There was only so much he could do. We are still fighting for our power, now in Ukraine in a proxy war against NATO. Making right of past wrongs is not how a country grows. That’s how a country destroys itself. Look at the UK. Has America made right on any wrongs?
Also, many people do not wish to move to the US or even go back. My Dad and the entire side of his family recently moved back to Moscow from America. I’m staying in New York because I’d have to do the draft and I don’t want to fight in any war - it’s not something I support. I believe if more and more people refused to fight we can help stop wars.
But I do not support Ukraine or NATO or America either, they are no better. I am against most governments today in my own views
but if I were to have kids I would move to Russia to raise them there, no way I want modern woke idealogy to destroy and brainwash them like in America
@@Sibyltec
"My Dad and the entire side of his family recently moved back to Moscow from America."
Yikes. USA may suck, but going back to _Russia?_ Idk about that one chief.
As for Ukraine and NATO, sure, they ain't perfect, but the fact of the matter is that it needs to be proven that wars of conquest aren't something acceptable anymore and not something you can just get away with. Ukraine may not need to win, but Russia certainly needs to lose.
Even the bear was a model citizen.
The one shredding the flying V guitar looked a lot happier than the one with the muzzle carrying things.
เรื่องแบบนี้มันต้องอดทนสมัยก่อนนักการเมืองก็โดนประชาชนตำหนิเรื่องงบประมาณไปสร้างถนนมากมายไม่มีรถสักคันวิ่ง ทุกวันนี้ไปที่ไหนก็มีแต่รถยนต์วิ่ง
A state employed potrait artist? Now that's something I didn't know existed.
This may be 1988 but the video has the look & feel of something from the 1960s.
that's because the standards of living of an average USSR citizen was 20 years behind the West
Not Really. You may feel that from the nature of presentation.
@@NexusLoreisn't that an american documentary? the quality of the audio and the quality of the camera aren't better either to be honest
@@studytime2570 Well that was my point. The whole tone of it felt like something from the 60s rather than the late 80s, as did the rather grainy and 'washed out' look of the video itself.
This is because after Lenin and Stalin the USSR was led by idiots
This is more like 1968, than 1988.
yea ur right
did you forget that the soviets were isolated from the west? for example if we were living the 1950s, they were living the 1940s, etc.
@@supermarioglitchy10 This video doesn't look like it was produced in The Soviet Union.
Where do you find these videos?
Moscow 1988 is the LAST place u wanna BE.
1:35 nice crack they gave Finland
Hallo from Italy...in russian... spasibo
If you wanna write it in the Russian language you can also write it like, cpacibо!
Спасибо*@@Downverse
As a foreigner it was safeer to visit Moscow back then than today.
наверное, именно поэтому, сейчас Москву посещают раз в 100 больше иностранцев, чем в 80-х. С логикой утебя не очень.
@@mishaten5548 Travel was less accessible back then
@@mishaten5548 Russian propaganda account
100%
а какая опасность ждёт иностранцев в москве? объясни
wow this country seems very peaceful and powerful, surely it will remain intact and preserve it's superpower status
Dont judge a book by its cover.
@@dangermouse2235 Като съпруга на дипломат живях 4 години в Москва преди 20 години. И въпреки нашия статут, не беше уютно и се чувствах под наблюдение. Сега не мога дори да си представя какво е да си дипломат от вражеска страна за която сме обявени. Жалко за добрите хора в Русия, които срещнах, не го заслужават.
As an American, it makes me worry. The Soviets couldn't foresee the collapse of the USSR until just before it happened. Will the same thing happen to the USA?
@@porsche911sbspeople in the 80s knew what was coming
@@tmkay_no they didn't, because the referendum for the preservation of the union was accepted by the Soviet people, 77% said yes to the preservation and some of them also wanted a change in the government.
The union, at least, would be still alive, but yeltsin have another idea shooting the Soviet parliament, calling the referendum rigged (without having the proof it was) and took power, and then dissolve the union and sell all the assets to privates.
The American president (I think he was Bush at the time) congratulated yeltsin for his incredible handling of the situation.
In the end, no they didn't see it happen, because they didn't want it in the first place.
Качество звука настолько ужасное, что у меня мурашки по телу пошли и какое-то странное ощущения страха появилось
В фильме Астрал, по-моему, была сцена, где "по ту сторону" играл патефон похожим звучанием. Там еще, черт с красной мордой был.
Особенно в начале
ощущение, что сейчас аналоговый хоррор начнется, съемка располагает к этому)
Обратитесь к психиатру
Да, патефон очень хуево записан
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Despite the socialism, Russia has always had some pretty damn gorgeous architecture.
Communism was in good service for most regular people..
@@Darija-d3yThe kremlin was designed by italians
unique exception beyond cuba, venezuela, bolivia and other dirties.
but still not being any "general rule" for defending communism.
Ну да). То есть в твоём понимании хрущёвки, брежневки и прочий градостроительный ужас и уродство на теле любого постсоветского города - это великолепная архитектура?) Не смеши.
@@krasnoebeloeru6062 I'm assuming all the classically beautiful buildings were pre-Soviet.
Interesting! And very informative for the time.
They forgot to mention that the USSR lost the finale of the UEFA Europen Football Champinship from the Netherlands in 1988.
Футбол самое глупое о чём люди думают
@@CannelRu Соглашусь
Cry about it @@CannelRu
oh my god, that's so important, we must remove this propaganda from the Internet. anyways...
who tf was using 16mm prints in 1988
Stefan Quinth
Poor commies
@@DaniG.German883 this is an american documentary though
Some of those tanks in the military parade are probably in Ukraine right now
The USSR had been bleeding since 1956. Two years after this video was shot, it died.
what changed in 1956? I thought the Soviet Union died in most part due to the Afghanistan war and poor combined with economic policies
what changed in 1956? I thought the Soviet Union died in most part due to the Afghanistan war and poor combined with economic policies
@@Sibyltec
Gorbachev restored capitalism, the rest is history.
1956 is when the Krushchev took power and ventured on a long road of quite frankly anti-Communist policies.
@@Sibyltec It died because they stopped holding a gun to everyone's head to be in it. And that's all it was for decades.
@@SMGJohnBrezhev and Gorbachev is just what happened after the symptoms developed by Kurschev left unchecked for far too long.
It was all fun until some drunk guy ruined it
My parents from the us went to Moscow in late 1990
What an interesting place, I sure hope this Soviet Union place lives on and becomes very successful!
Wow the subway looks similar in style to the DPRK subway in Pyongyang.
Well the country architecture was taken inspiration by Russian communist style arts
СССР помог там в строительстве метро
the thumbnail to this is incredibly badass and does not faithfully represent the video. the video is a boring entry-level beginners guide for the everyday average 80s Joe who wants to know what the fuss is about this Russia character.
Foreal. The thumbnail made me feeel cool. I wanted to be on that street. Walking along glumly and eastgetically. Fuck
As a Russian, I am proud of my country's past. 👍
Гордиться особо нечем. Спасибо, что живые
@@Triceraton Кто рот открывать разрешал?
@@ЭЛТ конституция
@@Triceratonвсегда есть куда расти, когда-нибудь у тебя получится любить, что имеешь.
It's a thousand year tragedy. There's little to be proud of, mostly just things to be horrified at. The USSR was the golden age, but that's still not saying much.
Время, когда люди умели грамотно писать и говорить. Каждое слово диктора понятно, интонации прекрасные и голос приятный. Текст хорошо написан.
The type of film/video tape, background music, narrators voice doesnt = 1988. More like 1978! I wonder if this was created in the 70s and released (or re released) in 1988???
is the existance of gorbachev a joke for you? keep in mind that ussr in general was underdeveloped as hell
@oleksiikulahin5983 I seen other videos of Moscow from mid and late 1980s. This video/production, the clothes and styles of the people are much older.
What background music? And how does an 80s voice sound compared to the 70s? Are you tripping?
In another timeline, Gorbachev’s reforms succeeded, transitioning the Soviet Union from communism to democratic socialism as the “Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics.” The Cold War ended with the Warsaw Pact’s collapse, but with the Soviet Union continuing on as a Western-friendly nation. Gorbachev is hailed as a hero.
Wow and flutter in the audio is out of hand.
I noticed 2 different types of wow & flutter here. First on the ambience / music recordings (very heavily) and second one on the final videotape.
Wow...the flutter!
I wonder what the world would be like if the Soviet Union didn’t break apart. Sometimes I wonder if the U.S will break apart.
The USSR only existed for 69 years, and the reality is it was an empire that colonised half of Europe.
Then Russia would be as strong as china today.
@@MyHolidayArchive In fact, it is the US that colonizes countries. And the USSR developed countries, built factories there. Today, Europe is a colony of the US, which the US is throwing into the furnace of war with Russia. Europe should come to its senses and start being friends with Russia. Europe tried to eat Russia several times, but each time it broke its teeth.
Glad i'm not an architect in Russia
@@Osc1llateW1ldly But I'm also glad I'm not in Ukraine ;-)
They still take dumps in a hole in the ground, can’t even imagine how backwards the sewer system and hygiene was back then.
Ну да, сваливать свой мусор в океан и тащить в страны Африки очень продвинутый способ от него избавится
Kind of ironic ..there was more freedom in 1988 Moscow than 2023.....anyone imagine Putin out in red square chatting to everyday people like Gorbachev did....its sad to see what Russia has become, and what might of been.
Both Gorbachev and Yeltsin are the most Hated leaders in Russia. Both these guys were out of touch of reality. Just ask anyone in Russia 😂😂😂
Yeah, and it lead to total destruction and 2 decades of unimaginable suffering for most people in USSR, not just physical but also spiritual and mental, loss of identity, loss of community, loss of meaning of life. Putin is the direct consequence of these mindlessly dogmatic policies and actions that didn't account for the actual human needs and favored theoretical ideologies about what must work
Из Грузии капчуешь?
Мужик, тут люди яйца себе на красной площади прибивают к брусчатке, где ты видишь какую то жуткую несвободу? Если она для тебя измеряется тем, что какой то мужик из власти должен выходить на улицу с кем то поболтать, то мне очень грустно за то, как у тебя нагажено в голове
@@dipayanroy8300 and Putin is faithful follower of Gorby and Boris. He just fobids to hate him oficially.
Эти вагоны из метро сейчас в Новосибирском метро катаются. Пиздец просто :(
они и в москве остались, всё нормально
хорошие вагоны, дверьми можно корову перерубить
@@Timsturbs удобно
Вчера видел их на Сокольнической линии, ездят вперемешку с Русичами и Москвой-2020, все с ними нормально
@@Timsturbsда не пизди, там три атмосферы всего.
Can you post "Alexander Solzhenitsyn: The Homecoming" 1995 Frontline documentary?
I don't wonder why this "documentary" seems to only show areas of Moscow that were the prerogative of the privileged few or their family and underlings.
Introduces functions of capitalism and decreases beauracratic/security apparatus while engaged in a cold war.
Collapses a few years later.
Collapses so hard that the last leader ends up in a pizza hut commercial taking sponsorships from the US.
The music is warped btw, not sure why either but contrary to the Western audience's beliefs during the late 1980s Russian music did not sound like horror music.
The warped music is probably just a bad recording.
@otakardoubrava9679 You should add a note that says that. Viewers are going to assume people that lived in the East have a warped sense of musical taste.
Central planning had resulted in the USSR being stagnate industrially in the latter portion of its existence. The liberalization of the 80s was neither immediate nor comprehensive enough to compensate for the shortfalls of central planning. The USSR did not collapse because of (attempted) liberalization, it collapsed because the top-down method of economic coordination that it employed did not produce desirable results.
@user-gy1bu9gf8l This is factually incorrect on a multitude of levels. First off a capitalistic economy is naturally going to prioritize the economy itself, and all forms in which it is measured. Up until the 70s the Soviets were directly competing with US GDP growth rates and were outpacing ppp. Secondly the Soviets did reach some form of liberalization as they had been transitioning to a mixed economy, the following decades after making the efforts to implement this, living standards in the former USSR states plummeted below 19th century levels.
How do you suppose macroeconomics caused their collapse? Please expand on this. This is a minimal effort response, one could as easily comment and say, "their downfall was directly attributed to not maintaining a command economy, allowing privatized business to take advantage of low risk, non competitive markets"
Didn't work because "it didn't produce desirable results"
Do you know what's also not conducive to economic growth and QoL, coups in your country, and allowing the private sector to supersede the economy and control basic services and goods that would always have high demand but now doesn't have regulation or even price capping.
@@NolanCase-c4v > Up until the 70s the Soviets were directly competing with US GDP growth rates and were outpacing
Of course the Soviets matched the US in terms of growth (never mind that the quality of the growth in the USSR was lower) as the complexity of their economy was lower than the US' to begin with. Another factor behind this growth was oil prices, which propped up the otherwise stagnate Soviet economy.
> ppp
ppp is a useless metric for a planned economy. Nice try though.
> transitioning to a mixed economy
Words have meanings. You are using the word "mixed" incorrectly here. At no point (aside from the 20s) was the Soviet economy ever "mixed".
> living standards in the former USSR states plummeted below 19th century levels.
What you say is laughably false. The only time when the Soviets made any sort of serious attempt at a mixed economy was in the 20s, which resulted in economic stabilization after Lenin's disastrous policy of nationalization left the economy in ruin.
> How do you suppose macroeconomics caused their collapse?
Very simply the economic situation increasingly become more unsatisfactory for the populace, and so the suppression of their freedoms became all the more glaring (such is beginning to happen in China).
> allowing the private sector to supersede the economy and control basic services and goods that would always have high demand but now doesn't have regulation or even price capping.
Worked in Poland and the Baltic states where they made a much more comprehensive attempt at liberalization than Russia.
Where is the Misha magazine
I grew up reading Misha! It was the best for learning English. :3
and were you wisit meat shop with the empty hooks?...
empty shops appeared after the destruction of the ussr. then in the 90s devastation, poverty and hunger began in all republics of the ussr
4:38 Soviet Union being a superpower
4 years later: collapse
7:25 I don’t think that plan worked too well
and the same going to happen to the USA and a lot worse.
the USSR was illegally dismantled by Capitalists, it didn't "collapse"
What we see: 1988 powerful country and strong economy. We are lied to that the USSR was weak and collapsed because communism is not viable. the ussr was destroyed by the traitor gorbachev
I always find it fascinating that footage out of 80s eastern europe looks like it was shot in the 60s.
Being poor moment
Anyone know what the thing at 1:18 is? Waterslide?
Ski jumps
Ski jump in front of Moscow state university
Love Moscow.
Funny thing is that it was probably safer to visit as an American than it is now
Just to correct it a bit Moscow was taken by Kingdom of Poland, and was under Polish rule for about year long before Napoleon or Hitler failed attempts..btw Today's Russia have 1 of national Bank Holidays dates on ocasion to get rid of Polish occupational forces from Moscow..
th-cam.com/video/JwYpeZ0fJjw/w-d-xo.html
That's how Polish made it to Moscow 👍
стоит уточнить при каких условиях это произошло.
Least nationalist polish guy,forgot warsaw was in russian hands for 300 years xD
LOL, you paid for this occupation of Moscow with your state. Sections of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth go brrrr. But you continue to enjoy the two-year occupation of Moscow ;)
Poles trying to claim Lithuanian glory
Those people really oppressed
You are the oppressed one brainwashed by propaganda. The people look happy
@@thedictationofallahno tf they weren’t, you can talk to anyone who’s been there in the 80s ( that didn’t visit just moscow) and they will tell you it’s not a pleasant place. i’m pretty sure your the one falling for propaganda.
@@pjplaysgaming367 I have friends who fled Soviet russia nice bullshit
the only thing i want from the soviets is adless cities
Straight up starts with a bear 🐻 playing music 🎶😂
How much do you think was manufactured for image?
It's the capital, like now everything goes to it and the country side is derelict
@3:09 Even the great? Who is this Even?
He is pronouncing Ivan the Great, just in a really weird way.
In the west he’s known as Even Almighty
By the way, during the opening scenes of this documentary you might have heard the traditional folk music distortied into Eerie, or unpleasant sounds. This was 100% Intentional by Western editors at the time to make the Soviet Union feel 'Weird', and 'Alien'. Even if the reporting itself may seem impartial, the intention of Western Media outlets was to make the USSR seem subtly 'wrong' to its viewers/readers/listeners.
I find that unlikely, more likely it's just the usual tape flutter that occurred on 80s VHS tapes.
A different planet.
I’ve been in Moscow 2 years ago and I can assure you that it looks the same.
No progress for this country.
*No you weren’t. Lying accomplishes nothing*
@@mostlypeacefulmisterputin Yes, I was there.
Btw how is the SMO, are you winning?
@@MiroslavLazarov-f6i *I don’t really follow the Schmo, I like Nina Drama myself*
@@MiroslavLazarov-f6i Ha ha ha a depressed Ukrainian how you doing ? Now I'm neither pro Russian nor pro American but lying on a topic like this is truly foolish of someone
Moscow Morning Madness.
that looks like a dream
What the hell is that music
They are good.
Moscow never sleeps
8:43 broski is NOT the thinker
I ❤ Russia
Distorted in more than one way
Noice!
0:15 but it's ukrainian Hopak
Or this is Russian Trepak? Can you identify?
Anyway Ukraine is Russia, and always was
Poland was occupying Moscow too.3:37.
I just feel bad for the circus bear. 😢🐻
Так вот откуда пошли медведи с балалайками!
Not much has changed it seems.
It's no more glasnost' here
It's hard to tell. Mausoleum not guarded anymore. There's alot political parties, but only one really rules everything. And that party not forbids, but forces all the hell of religions instead and suppress atheism. Army is no longer that important for government as it was. Governmant is not that easy on simple people. But stores and supermarkets are full of food and clothes. No queues.
@@FedotDaNeTodYou can say that there is only one party in Russia,cause others are either too weak to give any competition to United Russia,or are just puppets of United Russia.
@@Den-z8z kinda both. Other parties were supressed in early 00's. And now they just pretending they are real parties because they even stopped to send most strong/famous candidates to presidential election. This was actually started in Yeltsin times, when he fabricated results of 1996 election. So this "President" just improved practice of his predecessor. United Russia isn't real party as well. It's just bunch of persons the dragging any law that President wants through the parliament. United Russia also don't send their candidate on election. Putin always goes as independent candidate.
Have you ever been to Russia? 😂
Wow, very modern and no poverty on the streets.
People were not rich, but had a stable, simple and mostly happy life ?
What we see: 1988 powerful country and strong economy. We are lied to that the USSR was weak and collapsed because communism is not viable. the ussr was destroyed by the traitor gorbachev 😢
I don't like it when foreigners who know nothing about Russia show
documentary about the USSR or the new Russia.
They are bound to say some nonsense or false information, and never anything good - it's taboo. I lived for many years in Europe, and then in England. It is better to show negative about Western countries, there is a lot to show there, because there is more and more negativity… and strong and independent Russia is moving forward, leaving the West far behind.
Criticize yourself - it is much more useful.|
NYC and America was garbage in 1988
In Soviet Russia, Moscow is the capital for you.
I can't think of a single city in United States or Europe that is better than Moscow today.
Commie nonsense
Today Russia is one of the safest countries. French students who were on exchange in Moscow until 2022 characterized Moscow in one word - safety. Now it is also safe, but foreigners do not want to go to Russia because of the lack of direct flights from Europe and the USA
Its safe because they dont allow immigrants from syria , afghanistan... there like western europe did...
So the czar cut off the head of the architect to prevent him from working for someone else. I see not much has changed. Russians do know how to show their appreciation 😢😂
I see you still believe in fairytales 😂😂😂😂😂 then and now 😂😂😂😂
1:31 что с финляндией?
Жизнь потрепала
Пропенетрировали
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