New video about another apartment: th-cam.com/video/-LIGNNIKF2U/w-d-xo.html You can support my fam via SuperThanks function in the comment section. Much appreciated 😊
I'm 65 years old and live in Texas, USA. My wife and I had 2 exchange students 2005-2006 school year. One was from Crimea and the other from Siberia. Good family values those 2 young men had. We took them a lot of places, including skiing in Colorado. They had more fun than they had had in their entire lives. They're both doing well. Highly educated with good jobs. The Russian and American people are so much the same. We could get along fine. It's the politicians and corrupt banksters that keep us at each other's throats.
mainly white Christian kinda shared euro history makes more sense to try and work with them compared to Saudis or half the other lunatics us wheels and deals with
In such a turbulent time, It is nice for videos like these to remind us that we’re all just humans with families and memories. Thank you for showing us your wife’s childhood home. Very interesting.
@@anitamccoy8107 Hello, I don't know how much such an apartment costs in Moscow (this is a very expensive place compared to the rest of the country), but in another part of Russia the price is about 40 thousand dollars. The salary in such cities is about 500 dollars a month, not a week !!! I myself lived the first 30 years of my life in such an apartment. I have been living in the USA for the last 5 years and I am happy. But sometimes with nostalgia I remember the time I lived in my homeland.
Yes, indeed. In past decades we regular people in the U.S. and in Russia were cut off from one another, but now with Internet and TH-cam, we can get to know one another. Very happy about this! 😀
We adopted our daughter in Ulyanovsk, Russia in 2001. I knew exactly what the apartment would look before you turned each corner. It’s exactly like the apartment we stayed in. It’s amazing how you can feel connected and leave a piece of your heart in another country. I have deep love for Russia and thanksgiving for the gift of my daughter.
It was an honor to be a digital guest in your home! Your daughter was the best part, as she reminds me of mine, when she was that age. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for the tour. I'm 64 and live in a studio size apartment in Detroit, Michigan. The building i live in was built in the mid 1920s, the rent is cheap compared to other places $550 a month, that's why I stay. Your English is better than some people I run into on the streets.
I was born 1990 in East Germany and I can completely relate to this kind of lifestyle East Germany basically had the same housing, the same environment, playgrounds and in great parts the same culture as the udssr. even the way you guys decorate your apartments from the wall carpets and the style of pictures to the sofa and the cupboard and even the content of it is 100% the same way we had it. My childhood basically was being outside all day playing hide and seek in abandoned factories or houses on badly fixed streets Surrounded and living in block flats Everytime I see this type of Russian video I immediately get nostalgic with my childhood memories
Hallo, Blutsbruder. Und ich wurde in Sibirien geboren, wo meine Deutsche Vorfahren davor 1932 enteignet und viele verhungert sind und die anderen 1937 hin verschleppt und Männer 1938 erschossen wurden. So, dont be so nostalgic.
Wow! Honestly speaking I’m surprised to hear that. But the good point is that we all have much more in common than politics are trying to make us believe
@@nignamedmutt7270How would the toilet being in the same room as the sink and tub make that situation better? Separate toilets is the norm here in Japan. Never had an issue. My in-laws even had a dedicated urinal room for men in their old house. Liked that idea.
@@nignamedmutt7270 How they kept apartment plumbing working under a communist dictatorship: 5 years in Gulug for clogged toilet. Outcome: ZERO clogged toilets in USSR.
Russia has tons of amazing cities and places (not only those prominent and opulent centres of globalisation - Moscow and St Petersburg). ⬇️ *Sochi* - called Russian Florida, Russian Switzerland and Russian Riviera, *Yalta* and all of *Crimea* - tons of beaches, resorts and Russian history, where outstanding Russian author Anton Chekhov wrote his world-famous literature, *Krasnodar* with its mild climate and Mediterranean vibe, with its fantastic “Galitsky Park”, one of the most amazing parks in the world, *Kazan* - opulent and prosperous Russian city, *Ufa* - another gorgeous Russian city, *Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk, Irkutsk* - modern Siberian metropolises, *Kaliningrad* - in the centre of Europe preserving German, Soviet and Russian heritage, *Yekaterinburg* - the capital of the Urals, another highly urbanised Russian city, *Samara and Nizhny Novgorod* - beautiful Russian cities on the Volga River, *Tyumen* - clean and nice Russian city in Siberia, *Vladivostok* - located on the Pacific Ocean, often called Russian San-Fransisco etc. etc. I can go on and on. Not to mention, Russia has the breathtaking *“Golden Ring”* popular tourist route where Russia once started out as a country, with numerous 1000+ year old cathedrals and monasteries. *Stalingrad* (now Volgograd) - the legendary city in which the most important and game changing battle of WW2 happened with its astounding WW2 heritage. *Grozny* - fantastic city in the Caucasus. *Siberia* - often called “the most precious gem in the Russian imperial crown” and “the lungs of the planet” with its fantastic taiga and wilderness, with numerous national parks. *Altai* - in the heart of Asia with terrific lakes and mountains, *Karelia* - with fascinating Scandinavian landscapes, *lake Baikal* - the deepest lake in the world with unforgettable nature, *Kamchatka* - in the Far East with its incredible volcanoes and so on and so forth. I’ve touched upon like 20% of Russia. 💁🏻♂️
A set of encyclopedias for the children in every home was very popular when I was growing up too. They were called "World Book Encyclopedias". The books were divided up by alphabet letters instead of by subject. Door to door salesmen came to the home and sold them to mothers on an installment payment plan because they were kind of expensive. I grew up in the 1950s and 1960s in Houston, Texas. Love your videos. Peace.
I was one of those encyclopedia salespeople in late 70s in midwest US. I quit (3 mos later) after I realized the company focused its sales on low income households that would most likely default on the payments so it could sue the customers. One of my worse gigs...
Funk and Wagnall was another brand. Our's were a rich dark green and smaller in length and width than World Book but a little thicker. I enjoyed reading a lot so my noggin was full of useless trivia for many years.
I really appreciate this. I’m from the US and found this refreshing to get ANYTHING other than conflict news between our countries. It was an honor to be a guest. Please post more so we all can benefit from getting to know Russia and it’s people. I hope this finds you and your family safe, healthy, and comfortable.
He is now showing you slams, these blocks of flats are extremely old now , 35 years ago they looked differently.Also yards and playgrounds looked differently 35 years ago. The guy is earning his wage.
Russia has tons of amazing cities and places (not only those prominent and opulent centres of globalisation - Moscow and St Petersburg). ⬇️ *Sochi* - called Russian Florida, Russian Switzerland and Russian Riviera, *Yalta* and all of *Crimea* - tons of beaches, resorts and Russian history, where outstanding Russian author Anton Chekhov wrote his world-famous literature, *Krasnodar* with its mild climate and Mediterranean vibe, with its fantastic “Galitsky Park”, one of the most amazing parks in the world, *Kazan* - opulent and prosperous Russian city, *Ufa* - another gorgeous Russian city, *Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk, Irkutsk* - modern Siberian metropolises, *Kaliningrad* - in the centre of Europe preserving German, Soviet and Russian heritage, *Yekaterinburg* - the capital of the Urals, another highly urbanised Russian city, *Samara and Nizhny Novgorod* - beautiful Russian cities on the Volga River, *Tyumen* - clean and nice Russian city in Siberia, *Vladivostok* - located on the Pacific Ocean, often called Russian San-Fransisco etc. etc. I can go on and on. Not to mention, Russia has the breathtaking *“Golden Ring”* popular tourist route where Russia once started out as a country, with numerous 1000+ year old cathedrals and monasteries. *Stalingrad* (now Volgograd) - the legendary city in which the most important and game changing battle of WW2 happened with its astounding WW2 heritage. *Grozny* - fantastic city in the Caucasus. *Siberia* - often called “the most precious gem in the Russian imperial crown” and “the lungs of the planet” with its fantastic taiga and wilderness, with numerous national parks. *Altai* - in the heart of Asia with terrific lakes and mountains, *Karelia* - with fascinating Scandinavian landscapes, *lake Baikal* - the deepest lake in the world with unforgettable nature, *Kamchatka* - in the Far East with its incredible volcanoes and so on and so forth. I’ve touched upon like 20% of Russia. 💁🏻♂️
We have many similar flats here in east german cities. Particularly in Leipzig, Erfurt, Jena, Dresden and in rural towns many are still standing and being taken care of. Great video, makes me nostalgic.
Thank you for having us visit your home and family. I really appreciate the opportunity to get to know your country from the view point of the citizens instead of the politicians. We all need more of this type of friendship.
Those kids will probably have some of the best memories growing up as any kids. Lots of open spaces, stuff to play on, lots of other kids to play with. Love from Tennessee USA
You wouldn't happen to live in jasper highlands would you? We are real estate appraisers and we appraise a lot homes out there. There are people from all over the world that live out there and I noticed 'ontario' in your name. That a beautiful place out there. If you get a chance visit 'fall creek falls state park' in van Buren county, it's beautiful as well. Blessings!
@@boondocks8002 I was born & raised in Ontario, CA. Moved here after meeting my now wife on a train in Colorado. Have loved it here ever since. Sorry no I don’t live in the Highlands. Have a daughter in Whitwell. Cheers
I've always been curious how people in other countries lived and really enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing your home and family with us. We're not so different after all.
Russia has tons of amazing cities and places (not only those prominent and opulent centres of globalisation - Moscow and St Petersburg). ⬇️ *Sochi* - called Russian Florida, Russian Switzerland and Russian Riviera, *Yalta* and all of *Crimea* - tons of beaches, resorts and Russian history, where outstanding Russian author Anton Chekhov wrote his world-famous literature, *Krasnodar* with its mild climate and Mediterranean vibe, with its fantastic “Galitsky Park”, one of the most amazing parks in the world, *Kazan* - opulent and prosperous Russian city, *Ufa* - another gorgeous Russian city, *Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk, Irkutsk* - modern Siberian metropolises, *Kaliningrad* - in the centre of Europe preserving German, Soviet and Russian heritage, *Yekaterinburg* - the capital of the Urals, another highly urbanised Russian city, *Samara and Nizhny Novgorod* - beautiful Russian cities on the Volga River, *Tyumen* - clean and nice Russian city in Siberia, *Vladivostok* - located on the Pacific Ocean, often called Russian San-Fransisco etc. etc. I can go on and on. Not to mention, Russia has the breathtaking *“Golden Ring”* popular tourist route where Russia once started out as a country, with numerous 1000+ year old cathedrals and monasteries. *Stalingrad* (now Volgograd) - the legendary city in which the most important and game changing battle of WW2 happened with its astounding WW2 heritage. *Grozny* - fantastic city in the Caucasus. *Siberia* - often called “the most precious gem in the Russian imperial crown” and “the lungs of the planet” with its fantastic taiga and wilderness, with numerous national parks. *Altai* - in the heart of Asia with terrific lakes and mountains, *Karelia* - with fascinating Scandinavian landscapes, *lake Baikal* - the deepest lake in the world with unforgettable nature, *Kamchatka* - in the Far East with its incredible volcanoes and so on and so forth. I’ve touched upon like 20% of Russia. 💁🏻♂️
Мисье, выражаю вам свое восхищение владением английским языком. Настолько естественно и с приятным произношением вы говорите, что смотрел видео, как часть практики на английском. Спасибо!
by the way mr i ran around same way with me mateys ....and fell off the roof and broke a leg playn jus sayn dude thats kina ugly buddies i had and was smooching them up too mmmhhhmmmm 😋
Hello from the USA. Thanks for inviting us into your home. We see very little about the life of Russians. This was very interesting. It seems that each big apartment buildings are their own self contained community. There are playgrounds and other daily needs very close to where you live. To me this seems like good planning by the architect/city planner. You speak very good English as well. Your little girl is adorable. Have a blessed day!
Having playgrounds, community areas, shops etc. in a walkable distance is actually the norm in all of Europe and many other parts of the world. It's rather a uniquely american thing to have sprawling suburbs with only single homes and no public spaces within the immediate vicinity. America is designed around cars, while most older countries/cities are designed around foot traffick. I live in a large german city, in a turn of the century building with 5 floors, on the lowest is a shop, the upper four floors are divided into 8 apartments, mostly rented to students, but also families. Everything i need, including my campus, workplace, supermarkets, restaurants, doctors and a big park, are all within a 15 minutes walk. Maybe it's just because i grew up that way, but i prefer it like this. I love not needing a car for anything really. Most young people don't even own one.
This is the true for old buildings. Modern apartment houses often has smaller public places but with playgrounds for children, recreating zones, etc, ofc it's depending for each project the cheaper ones often are built without permissions on sites for individual houses, without any public areas and then trough the lawcourt got all needed agreements and documents(yes such things possible by law due to "why deconstructing the ready building?" but you could take a clue how control departments do their job while it is not a complete yet but thanksfully it's not that common practice for most), parkings, etc. But this public areas will be the same size or even smaller than USSR buildings due to costs of land and also keep in mind that in the big cities most apartment building are pretty high and could contain 500-1000 flatrooms easily. So I'd say apartment building from the video lacks restoration, modernization and care to be alot more shiny but this is the problem for the almost all of such objects in Russia.
Greetings from California. I enjoyed your video. Your English is quite good, and your daughter is very cute. It's too bad that the politicians have to spend so much time and effort, trying to convince us that we, here in the U.S. are so different than the Russian people. From the flavor and delivery of your video, it seems that they are wrong. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
@@davidmorris8319 I mean it’s not like this only In America however if you do some digging you will find Australia, many places in the UK and Canada are car-reliant which is fine because it would take too many resources to change and undo that. Some flaws cannot be fixed. You can try though but it most likely not work the way you want it to. I fully accept that and I’m fine with it.
Thank you for showing the humanity of the Russian people. You are an ambassador of goodwill and kindness. I pray for an end to the conflict and that peace would come to all people.
I grew up in the 60s (New Hampshire, USA) - and most families had encyclopedia sets. We also used the local library as a resource for school work. And I still use a wall calendar!
Thank you for your video. I am in the USA and I live in Texas. I always appreciate it when people give insight on how others live in other countries. I think we should all do this and it will give everyone a better understanding of how people live in different places. I believe it will help to bring more humanity for everyone involved. Im sure your wife is very proud of you. Your daughter looks to be the same age as my grandson and she is very beautiful.
If you ever get a chance to travel out to Russia do it. I’m an American who came to live to Russia 9 months ago it’s absolutely beautiful Saint Petersburg is amazing
@the stranger Texans are a lot like Russians... they value Morales and value freedom. IM an American living in russia like I said its like 1990s America here free and real.. and honest. My personal opinion
The table is called a “drop leaf” table because you can”drop” the long sections to save space when not in use. I have one in my dining room right now in Portland Oregon !
I grew up with one and have one as well. Growing up, our dinning room was so tiny it was the only table that would fit with only one leaf opened and we ate in shifts... that was in the '50s. The one I have was made in the 30s or 40s and has a cupboard door with a little drawer above it on both ends. The cupboard is one long space accessible from each end, while the little drawers above are each separate drawers. Some of these drop leaf tables (50s? 60s?) were built to store 2 little folding chairs inside the little cupboards. I love these little tables; so practical for small spaces!
But still better. Tito at least gave the apartments more space, this is just shocking. Its like they still live in the Stalin era, especially the outside area where kids should play and wtf was with the garbage disposal thing. That thing hasnt been cleaned since ww2. Very shocking.
@@ExileLBLW Polsce również... Starsi ludzie mieszkają w takich mieszkaniach... Właśnie Babcie i Dziadkowie. Niektórych nie stać na zmiany, ale większość tych zmian nie chce. Są przyzwyczajeni do swoich mieszkań i nie chcą żadnych zmian.... Pozdrawiam.
This video reminds me of my hometown in Romania. It looks exactly like my hometown from 15-20 years ago, everything, from the pipes, playground, colored car tyres, garages, the way the apartments are laid out. So much nostalgia, man, god damn...
Russia has tons of amazing cities and places (not only those prominent and opulent centres of globalisation - Moscow and St Petersburg). ⬇️ *Sochi* - called Russian Florida, Russian Switzerland and Russian Riviera, *Yalta* and all of *Crimea* - tons of beaches, resorts and Russian history, where outstanding Russian author Anton Chekhov wrote his world-famous literature, *Krasnodar* with its mild climate and Mediterranean vibe, with its fantastic “Galitsky Park”, one of the most amazing parks in the world, *Kazan* - opulent and prosperous Russian city, *Ufa* - another gorgeous Russian city, *Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk, Irkutsk* - modern Siberian metropolises, *Kaliningrad* - in the centre of Europe preserving German, Soviet and Russian heritage, *Yekaterinburg* - the capital of the Urals, another highly urbanised Russian city, *Samara and Nizhny Novgorod* - beautiful Russian cities on the Volga River, *Tyumen* - clean and nice Russian city in Siberia, *Vladivostok* - located on the Pacific Ocean, often called Russian San-Fransisco etc. etc. I can go on and on. Not to mention, Russia has the breathtaking *“Golden Ring”* popular tourist route where Russia once started out as a country, with numerous 1000+ year old cathedrals and monasteries. *Stalingrad* (now Volgograd) - the legendary city in which the most important and game changing battle of WW2 happened with its astounding WW2 heritage. *Grozny* - fantastic city in the Caucasus. *Siberia* - often called “the most precious gem in the Russian imperial crown” and “the lungs of the planet” with its fantastic taiga and wilderness, with numerous national parks. *Altai* - in the heart of Asia with terrific lakes and mountains, *Karelia* - with fascinating Scandinavian landscapes, *lake Baikal* - the deepest lake in the world with unforgettable nature, *Kamchatka* - in the Far East with its incredible volcanoes and so on and so forth. I’ve touched upon like 20% of Russia. 💁🏻♂️
Excellent tour! This reminds me of our flat in Sofia in 2000 and brings back so many happy memories. In the US at a party it is polite to ask where the bathroom is but in Sofia, our guests never had to ask because they knew the layout as soon as they walked in the door.
Thank you so much for the very interesting tour of your flat (apartment as we in the U.S. would say). I always like to see how average folks live in different countries. I grew up in a rural area of NY State. A region called the Catskills. It is very scenic and I was fortunate to grow up there in the 1960s and 70s. Even though we were middle to lower middle class we had about 10 acres to roam which included a stream where we could swim in the summer. Our house was small by today's standards, about 1,100 sf. There were 5 of us in the house and we all shared one bathroom. Still not quite as compact as your flat. The table you showed us is similar to what we call a "gate leg table" because the legs swing out like gates. Much like your experience, I had the World Book Encyclopedia and used read it often because I was curious to lean things. It was always used for homework assignments. Keep up producing these videos. Your English is excellent. I had only one semester of Russian in college I cannot imagine trying to understand anything spoken in Russian.
We would call that type of table a drop leaf table. Very useful! What a nice apartment! I would love to live there! We had a pull up bar as well when I was a child, in the USA.
Thank you for sharing, your English is very good! I am in my early 60's and my childhood I grew up in similar situations in the USA. I remember our playgrounds were like yours. We also had dangerous things. But surprisingly we turned out okay we were very creative in making things that didn't exist. By fixing swings with wood and rope. Taking scrap metal that people gave us and doing our own repairs. My father had some hand tools and that helped alot! Your apartment looks very nice and functional. That folding table I have a white version in my kitchen. I worked at several jobs over the years and then paid myself through college and graduate school. But still lived very thrifty. In my previous jobs I always worked for companies that had company trucks/ cars. You were on call so you could drive them home. I paid room and board to my mom until I had saved enough money to purchase some vacant farm land. It took me over 20 years to build up my farm. But I own it. No mortgage, no banks!
I went to the Soviet Union in 1979: I spent four months there, and enjoyed it thoroughly. A lot of changes have occurred over 43 years; I enjoyed your video very much.🇦🇺
I was raised in Poland and our apartment looked very similar back then. Now my cousin lives there and it looks totally different. Spasibo for your tour! Magda from Illinois.
Poland is another country not very many people know much about. Like in this video if we can all share even a small part of our memories we might find out that we are not so different and that could make a real and good much needed change in this world.
I used to live in Aurora/ Naperville area. Now Florida. It used to be affordable, i dont think so much anymore. My family roots are Poland. I wish to go there ine day. My dad was born in Poland.
It’s a lovely house - compact and very comfortable. The mix of vintage with modern makes it perfect! Thank for the view of your in-laws flat and your beautiful daughter!
As an American who has traveled the world extensively (including many countries of former USSR), it's so cool to see this kind of content. We are not that different. Our politicians and government officials create these conflicts. The Russian and American people have so much alike. I cant wait to eventually make it to Russia. In Georgia, I spent an entire day roaming around Nutsubidze Plateau in Tbilisi and this video is bringing up such amazing memories. Everybody was stopping me and asking me what I was doing haha. Thank you so much for sharing.
i live in Hungary and every old person's house similar to this. it's just so familiar. my grandmother's house is excatly like this and reminds me of my childhood. thank you so much for sharing!
In such a turbulent time, it's nice for video's like these to remind us that we're all just Humans with families and memories. Thank You for showing us your wife's childhood home. Very interesting!!! 👍😍🇵🇭
I am from Belarus, Minsk, my husband is from Moscow - both our ancestral homes look like this, including the courtyard of the house, thank you for childhood memories)))
Thank you for sharing your Wife's home with us. The apartment looks very much like the apartment I grew up in. This was the 1970-80s in southern New Hampshire USA. We were poor but not destitute. One difference is each bedroom had a built in closet instead of a wardrobe. I found your video fascinating. Thanks again. Oh, and I loved my collection of encyclopedias, but we couldn't afford a full set so I read the ones we had.
I grew up in London & my husband in Istanbul & what is amazing is that our flats (worlds apart) were exactly the same & exactly the same as yours! 🥰 Missing the 90s terribly. 🥰
When I lived in Moscow in 1991-94, I had a Фия II washing machine that you put in the bathtub made of plastic. Open it, put water in it from the spigot, and it cleaned your clothes. I took my spring “melt” muddy clothes back to the US to clean. Mom’s washer did not clean them. When I got back to Moscow, Фия II PERFECTLY CLEANED THEM. I lived in a Kruchevik Flat and a Brezhnevik flat also. I liked the trash shoot except when I lived on the 1st floor lol.
So glad TH-cam recommended me this video... It's always nice to find someone showing what's life like inside Russia for common people. Even better for giving us an insight into your beautiful family
Greetings from Sydney, Australia. Thank you for the video. I really enjoyed it. It tells me that the similarities between us all are far greater than our differences. You have a gorgeous daughter. Hopefully our children will have more sense than we do. Best wishes.
Russia has tons of amazing cities and places (not only those prominent and opulent centres of globalisation - Moscow and St Petersburg). ⬇️ *Sochi* - called Russian Florida, Russian Switzerland and Russian Riviera, *Yalta* and all of *Crimea* - tons of beaches, resorts and Russian history, where outstanding Russian author Anton Chekhov wrote his world-famous literature, *Krasnodar* with its mild climate and Mediterranean vibe, with its fantastic “Galitsky Park”, one of the most amazing parks in the world, *Kazan* - opulent and prosperous Russian city, *Ufa* - another gorgeous Russian city, *Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk, Irkutsk* - modern Siberian metropolises, *Kaliningrad* - in the centre of Europe preserving German, Soviet and Russian heritage, *Yekaterinburg* - the capital of the Urals, another highly urbanised Russian city, *Samara and Nizhny Novgorod* - beautiful Russian cities on the Volga River, *Tyumen* - clean and nice Russian city in Siberia, *Vladivostok* - located on the Pacific Ocean, often called Russian San-Fransisco etc. etc. I can go on and on. Not to mention, Russia has the breathtaking *“Golden Ring”* popular tourist route where Russia once started out as a country, with numerous 1000+ year old cathedrals and monasteries. *Stalingrad* (now Volgograd) - the legendary city in which the most important and game changing battle of WW2 happened with its astounding WW2 heritage. *Grozny* - fantastic city in the Caucasus. *Siberia* - often called “the most precious gem in the Russian imperial crown” and “the lungs of the planet” with its fantastic taiga and wilderness, with numerous national parks. *Altai* - in the heart of Asia with terrific lakes and mountains, *Karelia* - with fascinating Scandinavian landscapes, *lake Baikal* - the deepest lake in the world with unforgettable nature, *Kamchatka* - in the Far East with its incredible volcanoes and so on and so forth. I’ve touched upon like 20% of Russia. 💁🏻♂️
@@alexstorm2749 Hi Alex, Thank you for your amazing response. I can only imagine what it is like from what I can see on TH-cam and other bits and pieces from the internet. Over here and probably in most western countries, we are fed a media diet coloured by what the United States wants us to believe - ie Russia and China bad, USA good. I know it is mainly rubbish but most seem to accept it without critical question. After all, how many foreign military bases does Russia and China have? How many do the US have? Why is that? I would prefer that they went home and stayed there. Perhaps then we could have more meaningful conversations between us all and work out what is really important.
My grandparents, and my wife's grandparents both had versions of "table transformers". we inherited one of them. Weve always called them "Folding tables" or "Fold-up tables"
It was a pleasure to be your virtual guest. I'm impressed by 2 things. How similar everything is to old Romanian apartments and how well you speak English.
I went to Russia with my two older daughters in 2005. My oldest daughter had served as a Missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 18 months in Saratov and Togliatti. My second daughter was teaching English to school children in Moscow. We visited Moscow, Samara, Togliatti, Saratov and St. Petersburg. It was a wonderful 2 weeks! Yes, the apartment buildings looked the same everywhere, some were in better repair than others. The wallpaper, kitchens, wardrobes, furniture looked so familiar here. Thank you for the tour!
This is exactly like my apartment in spain growing up (and still belongs to my parents) even the pull-ups bar! Also the tiny kitchen with tiny table and 2 chairs, the balcony, small tv in kitchen, the glass wardrobe thingy, the encyclopedias (I was born in the 80's and we had a collection of encyclopedia for children called "tell me how" and "tell me what") also the calendar, the round watch in the kitchen, the foldable table and the shiny look of the furniture. The only difference is that Spanish apartments have tiled floors and the walls are done with texture called "Gotelé".
@@dastanjan320 oh I didn't know that! I assumed it wasn't common anywhere else bc in UK they don't do it at all, in fact I think they consider it ugly haha
My grandparents house (built in the 50's I think) had a pair of laundry chutes that went from the first and second floor to the basement. I used to drop toys in them then run downstairs to get them. It was like some sort of magic to me lol!
Very interesting and I feel privileged to be invited into your home . I can imagine many hours of fun times in your lounge with your guests. Your English is excellent. Where did you learn it? Thanks again and best wishes from Australia.
WA State, nice place to live. You're daughter is a sweetheart. Thanks for sharing. Got gas heat and appliances in 79. Much cheaper than electric. ♥️👍♥️
Thank you for taking me back ! 18-21 years ago i was here every summer visiting my grandmother, uncles and aunts!! Always went to the beach on the bridge to Saratov.
Coming from Slovenia, raised in 80s and 90s, we had it almost the same... Many friends, great childhood... we were like little monkeys outside :) Moving alot, from runing, hiding, rolerskating, bicycle climbing and so on :) Healthy :)
@@stoklasajiri2426 - But at least it solved the problem giving people affordable housing. In the US currently apartment rents are between $2000-4000/month, it's crazy!
@@BillAnt I’m from the U.S. Midwest near Chicago and our rents are under $1000 (suburban). American kids have so much to be grateful for,, but many of them are too wrapped up in selfish actions. This is a great view of how it is in most other countries. Not worse/better, just different. The US has so much wealth in the hands of a few. So much could be done to make housing more affordable and neighborhoods safer.
I absolutely enjoyed the video. That flat may have been a bit small, but it was beautiful, I love it :) I very much love your channel and the content you put online; Russia has always been a country of interest for me (that is, ever since I fell in love with the Russian language as a child), and I have learned more from your videos about life in Russia than I ever have been able to learn before.
Here in USA, that table design, in living room, is called a drop leaf table. Quite old design, they come in various sizes and quality. I have 3. One is a dining table, made of heavy maple, one is a side table with both sides lowered=drop leaf, and one is a very small sewing table. The last 2 have a long drawer in the middle. Thank you for the apt. tour!!!!
Yep, the good old drop leaf table and all it's variations, we had an old dining room table that would slide apart in the center and had inserts to make the table longer.
To me, this is a lovely apartment. I believe a small family could be quite comfortable living there. The older decor and the upgrades are charming. I'm sure many people would be happy growing up in this home. Thank you for sharing and I wish you well and pray for your safety and well being in these troubled times. May our lord God watch over you, your family and loved ones, friends and neighbors. I pray our God bring peace to our Russian and Ukrainian friends.
It is not a lovely apartment. They are depressing, low quality and badly planned. Add to the mix the fact these buildings are way past their life expectancy. Within 50 years pretty much all of these USSR built houses will start to break down. There is absolutely nothing lovely about these USSR monuments which have destroyed the scenery, housing market and the will of people. It may look like lovely for someone from outside, but I assure you - do not romanticize the USSR legacy.
Thank you for this very interesting and enjoyable video. If humanity is to be saved, it will be because of people like you reaching out and shining the light on what we all have in common, such as a desire for a warm, safe, comfortable home and our love for our children. Your little girl is beautiful.
I grew up in Lithuania and actually seeing this I realise our flat wasn't too bad! The living room and kitchen were much bigger, plus there were two little storage rooms, and more space in the hall. But I can recognise a lot of common features like the overhead cupboard 😆, the rubbish disposal column and a separate toilet without the sink!
So interesting. Reminds me of my nana and grampas apartment back in the 1970s in North Hollywood. It was built in the 1960s, so was similar scale to this compared to the way they build them today. So cozy and nicely appointed.
I lived in Ukraine for about one year-the apartments where I lived were inspected for gas leaks on at least three occasions. What is shown here is very much like the apartments I rented, being small but very comfortable and functional.
When I lived in St-Petersburg gas equipment was checkes yearly. They came in, checked the date badge on the rubber hose connecting the stove to the pipe and measured the level of gas in the air. It's better to be safe than sorry. I was told that I shouldn't have let them it, that thay would beg for bribes after finding some unexisting malfunctions. But nothing like that was there.
Hello from Uzbekistan, we also have the same apartments as you demonstrated, this video reminds me of my childhood, thanks for sharing, your English is brilliant
OMG man! On the table trabsformer I started to cry! Zoomers won't understand it! The neighborhood though reminded me Saint Petersburg of the late 90s- early 2000s with garages! Encyclopedia also! No wonder zoomers are less educated than we, late millenials!
Great video!! It reminds me of New York. Not all of us grew up in a rich or upper class neighborhood. Even though it wasn’t the best conditions, it was still a friendly neighborhood and everyone was happy. Russia and US have so many things in common. It’s nice to see what life is like in Russia because we are all one people 🇷🇺 🇺🇸 🤚
No doubt Russia and US have so many things in common. Americans, for example, can hardly see the time they´re gonna treat themselves with all glories and the joy of communism.
Just to add since I have apartment in NY, Russian apartment buildings from USSR are like 5 star hotels in comparison to New York buildings. Starting from construction material where Russians use reinforced concrete or bricks while USA uses paper walls or dry walls or wood for the floors. New York apartments are very noisy while Russians are not because they are made of solid materials. Another thing is 90% or Russian apartments are not rentals because they are paid off (no mortgage) while in New York 90% of apartments are rentals. BIG DIFFERENCES.
I love it ! Space saver. I have guest once in a while. No need to display / have a huge space dedicated for " dining room" 365 days/ year. Thank you IKEA for NORDEN !
Apartments in india used to be very similar to this as well! Including the loft/ mezzanine for storage. It’s fascinating to see the similarities! Thank you!
It’s awesome to see how others in different countries live and honestly it’s not much different at all here in the USA, thanks for showing your video! God bless you and your family!
@@mikebentley4832 It literally is a suburban area, that's why he wrote small town in the title. Suburban in my country when you type it on google its literally bars and towers of appartements, often social housing. In Europe the rich live in city, the poor around it.
Yeah It’s a lot different than the US Did you see the playground ? None of those items would pass a safety inspection here….. they would be torn down immediately Never would be built in the first place. I mean it’s not different in that it has walls and floors and ceilings But the general feel of it is way different I’ve lived in the country I’ve lived downtown in a major city and I’ve lived in the suburbs Thank God we have safety standards that aren’t 30 years old. But I think the leader of Russia has different priorities than keeping people safe. Sorry I know that’s a political statement but can anyone say that’s an incorrect statement ? I mean the guy who made this video was a lovely guy and I’m sure he is a good person and so is his family. But telling him what we saw is just like America is just an attempt at being kind. Not an attempt at speaking the truth. I’m just talking about the outdoor area of the building. Certainly our projects look rough but he said this was a typical apartment building.
Hello, from Turkey 🇹🇷 Я изучаю русский язык 1 год, былa в Сибири и хочу сказать, что у вас уникальная культура. We have some similarities with russians , such as calendars in the wall, foldable table 😹 and I also felt close with russian culture. You have such a cute home, wish you and your family happiness.
Russia has tons of amazing cities and places (not only those prominent and opulent centres of globalisation - Moscow and St Petersburg). ⬇️ *Sochi* - called Russian Florida, Russian Switzerland and Russian Riviera, *Yalta* and all of *Crimea* - tons of beaches, resorts and Russian history, where outstanding Russian author Anton Chekhov wrote his world-famous literature, *Krasnodar* with its mild climate and Mediterranean vibe, with its fantastic “Galitsky Park”, one of the most amazing parks in the world, *Kazan* - opulent and prosperous Russian city, *Ufa* - another gorgeous Russian city, *Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk, Irkutsk* - modern Siberian metropolises, *Kaliningrad* - in the centre of Europe preserving German, Soviet and Russian heritage, *Yekaterinburg* - the capital of the Urals, another highly urbanised Russian city, *Samara and Nizhny Novgorod* - beautiful Russian cities on the Volga River, *Tyumen* - clean and nice Russian city in Siberia, *Vladivostok* - located on the Pacific Ocean, often called Russian San-Fransisco etc. etc. I can go on and on. Not to mention, Russia has the breathtaking *“Golden Ring”* popular tourist route where Russia once started out as a country, with numerous 1000+ year old cathedrals and monasteries. *Stalingrad* (now Volgograd) - the legendary city in which the most important and game changing battle of WW2 happened with its astounding WW2 heritage. *Grozny* - fantastic city in the Caucasus. *Siberia* - often called “the most precious gem in the Russian imperial crown” and “the lungs of the planet” with its fantastic taiga and wilderness, with numerous national parks. *Altai* - in the heart of Asia with terrific lakes and mountains, *Karelia* - with fascinating Scandinavian landscapes, *lake Baikal* - the deepest lake in the world with unforgettable nature, *Kamchatka* - in the Far East with its incredible volcanoes and so on and so forth. I’ve touched upon like 20% of Russia. 💁🏻♂️
@@alexstorm2749 Я знаю!! Спасибо большое ☺️ Я была в Томске и Красноярске , Я хочу видеть Карелия,Байкал, Crimea, Kalliningrad,Kazan esc esc… All of them are fascinating. I also suggest you to search some Turkish cities. You will be amazed 😇
Thanks Zangieff. That was fascinating - a very detailed tour! It's always interesting to see the washing machine in the bathroom when I watch videos from abroad. The UK must be one of the few places around the world to have the W/M in the kitchen. I, too, remember the door to door Encyclopedia Salesman - he seems to have stopped coming around once the internet took off! Great to have a balcony - not only for the views but for hanging out wet clothes and the extra insulation. Great vid. Cheers and paka paka!
Hmm, I don’t think I’ve seen a washing machine in the Kitchen or the bathroom. Normally in Australia we have a laundry towards the back of the house and easy access to a cloth line outside to dry clothes. It does make sense not to have a dedicated room for this. Anyway I do remember the encyclopaedia as well and the internet seemed to have killed them off.
Wow! This is like a time capsule! I am Dutch and always lived in The Netherlands. I remember houses with furniture and decorations like this in the 80's. Very cool to see this, really a time capsule! And very interesting to see how other people live in other countries!
I like his point about growing up poor in a big city, never part of the wealth: you use everything up, nothing useful is ever thrown away, every penny is pinched, both parents work, but crappy jobs, but you’re kids and you make friends and you find places to play, even in dangerous neighborhoods…
When I took Russian History in high school back in the late 1960s I read a book " Inside the Soviet Union" written by a former U.S. foreign service member who was stationed in Moscow. The one anecdote that stands out in my memory was how the movers were at first unable to get their American made refrigerator into their apartment, but one of them noticed that the doorway was shaped like a trapezoid. The movers lifted the refrigerator over their heads and were able to thread it through the upper part of the door holding it horizontally. Many apartment buildings were thrown up in such great haste in the years following WWII that such technicalities as keeping things in plumb were given short shrift.
In early decades of USSR the housing shortage problem was mostly ignored, and WWII decimated even that miniscule housing stock there was. So the secon half of XX century was spent building condomuniums like that one in the video ASAP. And people moving from wooden pre-WWII barracks and shared with others apartments were happy.
I am from the USA. Our lives growing up are amazingly similar, right down to the encyclopedias and the pull up bar!! The only major difference I could see was that our toilets are in the bathroom with the bathtub. This was so interesting. Thank you for the tour! :)
Um .. the landscape outside and playgrounds in the US were definitely better looking and more functional with every time period unless you lived in public assistance housing. But, many playgrounds today in the projects were better than in Russia. Our green grass, shrubs, and flowers looked like the palace of Versailles gardens in comparison to this in Russia. Our playgrounds where complete. And most every American child had a safe place to play that wasn't dangerous like a rooftop. I argue to say that the majority of Americans had far more even if low in income than the average person in Russia.
You have given me inspiration to possibly make my own video of what traditional homes and old homes look like here in America. We use both gas stoves and electric stoves too. Things that are different are that we usually have a washer and dryer either in the basement, or outside of the bathroom on the same floor. Wallpaper is a thing of the past mostly, except in few new designed homes. I hate wallpaper because it’s a pain in the butt to change if you don’t like it. I rather prefer paint. Paint makes the room look larger than it is, which I like. My home is a condominium (condo for short). It’s 1000 square feet in size. I am so glad to have come upon your video. Thank you for sharing!
@@annasolovyeva1013 yes, I’m aware that having a clothes dryer is typically and American thing. I’m just saying that that is what I would mis the most.
I am kind of old, but still insist on having a face clock in my kitchen. I also had a calendar in the kitchen for most of my life, even with a cell phone. I appreciate your video very much. Probably I will never go to Russia as a tourist, but I am very curious about what life is really like in Russia for normal people. This is very interesting. Thank you.
We used to have calendars that were printed on dishtowels and hung from a rod that you hung on the wall. When the year was over, you could use the old calendar as a dishtowel.
My heart goes out to you ... I wish you and your family all the best...❤ stay safe... may this war be over very soon.. so that you may all have some peace of mind..❤
It was a pleasure watching this video :-) I was born in Romania and I can see how similar my apartment where I used to spend my childhood was to the one you presented! And last but not least, your daughter is a lovely kid! God bless you and your family!
This is beautiful . Everybody wants some garbage house with acres of land . Your living good . I wish I was living there . Be blessed in Jesus . Plus you have low crime .
Very nice video, this reminds myself of many inner city housing in many cities in Australia. No gas in many of those, just electrical stoves and ovens. Peace to you and your family
Do houses in Australia often have gas? I am wondering since, for example, in Poland it is preferred for an apartment not to have gas for safety reasons
In Romania we have the same garbage storing system in blocks of flats. That dining extendable table used to be pretty common here as well, some of us still have it. We also have calendars on the walls in the kitchen. :)
Very similar to working class apartments in Spain in the 1970s when I was growing up. Wall paper, a huge piece of furniture in the living room wall to wall where you storaged everything, especially the "good" china, and displayed ornaments and framed photos, a multi hanger at the entrance for coats, the entrance mirror, the old Formica table in the kitchen,... What I find interesting is that back then people didn't use to have folding tables, no matter how small their living room they would have normal, even huge tables taking up the whole room because entertaining was very very common. In fact, folding tables are a lot more popular nowadays as we have become less sociable, and also we appreciate having more space in the apartment. Very interesting video.
Sounds like you could make a great video in Spain too. I think it does a lot of good for the world when people can see how others are not so much different from themselves and have a life too.
This was a great introduction for me to Russian living. Reminds me of my apartment that I rented in Budapest. Much prefer smaller places to live; we Americans have way too much space in our apartments and I prefer this type of living arrangement. Hopefully someday I can visit Russia, I dearly hope so. The Russian people are marvelous. Spasebo!
@@F88689 That is the first time I have ever heard of anyone complaining about their home having too much space. Perhaps they could ask their supervisor for a reduction in pay so they won't be able to afford such a luxury.
Beautiful little girl. Thank you for your time showing us the old apartment. It was quite nice. I liked the kitchen it had a warm feel. It was very similar to what we call projects in San Francisco in the 60s. Apt buildings Built for low income families.
Ps. I too lived in them when I was young except ours were not furnished. Some of us just used mattresses on the floor. When your young being poor wasnt something to be ashamed of. It was just the way it was.
Oh, in Russia apartment buildings are for all levels of income - not stigmatised at all. Newer could have more more luxury materials, higher ceilings and more spacious apartments - but it is still urban apartments. Russians simply like living in the cities, they may have summer house in the village, but permanently live in the city.
New video about another apartment:
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How much was / is gas in 80s , 90s and today ?
Feels like Call of Duty map! 😄
That is the picture of warm and happy family life. I hope it includes babushka too becouse home with babushka is precious. All the best!
How much would the apartment in Engels, shown in this video, cost to buy right now?
I guess 2,5 - 3 million RUB
I'm 65 years old and live in Texas, USA. My wife and I had 2 exchange students 2005-2006 school year. One was from Crimea and the other from Siberia. Good family values those 2 young men had. We took them a lot of places, including skiing in Colorado. They had more fun than they had had in their entire lives. They're both doing well. Highly educated with good jobs. The Russian and American people are so much the same. We could get along fine. It's the politicians and corrupt banksters that keep us at each other's throats.
Silly moral relativism.
That is such a beautiful thing to read.
Thank you man, from Russia.
mainly white Christian kinda shared euro history makes more sense to try and work with them compared to Saudis or half the other lunatics us wheels and deals with
Wish our governments didn't suck.
In such a turbulent time, It is nice for videos like these to remind us that we’re all just humans with families and memories. Thank you for showing us your wife’s childhood home. Very interesting.
What are the prices of a flat like that one.
@@anitamccoy8107 Hello, I don't know how much such an apartment costs in Moscow (this is a very expensive place compared to the rest of the country), but in another part of Russia the price is about 40 thousand dollars. The salary in such cities is about 500 dollars a month, not a week !!! I myself lived the first 30 years of my life in such an apartment. I have been living in the USA for the last 5 years and I am happy. But sometimes with nostalgia I remember the time I lived in my homeland.
The problem is the politicians of this world.
Yes, indeed. In past decades we regular people in the U.S. and in Russia were cut off from one another, but now with Internet and TH-cam, we can get to know one another. Very happy about this! 😀
I’m typing this while Wearing a Russian made ushanka here in Chicago 😊
We adopted our daughter in Ulyanovsk, Russia in 2001. I knew exactly what the apartment would look before you turned each corner. It’s exactly like the apartment we stayed in. It’s amazing how you can feel connected and leave a piece of your heart in another country. I have deep love for Russia and thanksgiving for the gift of my daughter.
Wonderfully spoken.
♥️
What country have you raised her in?
That's an awesome story. I'm sure yiur daughter will be forever grateful. Kids are definitely a gift.
@@jackhammer5683 maybe russia
i just love his english!! It’s so natural and entertaining, good job you should be proud of yourself and of your abilities!!
It was an honor to be a digital guest in your home! Your daughter was the best part, as she reminds me of mine, when she was that age. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for the tour. I'm 64 and live in a studio size apartment in Detroit, Michigan. The building i live in was built in the mid 1920s, the rent is cheap compared to other places $550 a month, that's why I stay. Your English is better than some people I run into on the streets.
Up here in porthuron Michigan!!!!! Just wanted to say hi neighbor😊
@@hellotrump2024 What's up in Port Huron?
Just getting ready for some fall fishing at the river. Hoping to survive the cold winter they are predicting!!
His English is better because he actually studied it in school.
I'm a southerner and most yankees can't even understand what I'm saying half the damn time, It's comparable to a language barrier.
I was born 1990 in East Germany and I can completely relate to this kind of lifestyle
East Germany basically had the same housing, the same environment, playgrounds and in great parts the same culture as the udssr. even the way you guys decorate your apartments from the wall carpets and the style of pictures to the sofa and the cupboard and even the content of it is 100% the same way we had it.
My childhood basically was being outside all day playing hide and seek in abandoned factories or houses on badly fixed streets
Surrounded and living in block flats
Everytime I see this type of Russian video I immediately get nostalgic with my childhood memories
Probably because Russia controlled East Germany.
Kauffman and broads ..it s better..
Hallo, Blutsbruder. Und ich wurde in Sibirien geboren, wo meine Deutsche Vorfahren davor 1932 enteignet und viele verhungert sind und die anderen 1937 hin verschleppt und Männer 1938 erschossen wurden. So, dont be so nostalgic.
Wow! Honestly speaking I’m surprised to hear that. But the good point is that we all have much more in common than politics are trying to make us believe
@@youtubeprofile9495 Mein Uropa kam nie wieder nach Hause von dort. :(
I love that the toilet and the bathtub are in separate rooms, it just makes so much sense
Until you gotta go pee real bad, the toilet is clogged(right to the very top) and you can't get your piece of sht plunger to fix the clog.
@@nignamedmutt7270How would the toilet being in the same room as the sink and tub make that situation better?
Separate toilets is the norm here in Japan. Never had an issue. My in-laws even had a dedicated urinal room for men in their old house. Liked that idea.
@@nignamedmutt7270 I've no idea what you're talking about.
@@nignamedmutt7270 How they kept apartment plumbing working under a communist dictatorship: 5 years in Gulug for clogged toilet. Outcome: ZERO clogged toilets in USSR.
I do all my ablutions in the bath.
I love the sincerity and authenticity of the tour. Thank you for sharing this part of your life with us all. Best wishes.
Russia has tons of amazing cities and places (not only those prominent and opulent centres of globalisation - Moscow and St Petersburg). ⬇️
*Sochi* - called Russian Florida, Russian Switzerland and Russian Riviera, *Yalta* and all of *Crimea* - tons of beaches, resorts and Russian history, where outstanding Russian author Anton Chekhov wrote his world-famous literature, *Krasnodar* with its mild climate and Mediterranean vibe, with its fantastic “Galitsky Park”, one of the most amazing parks in the world, *Kazan* - opulent and prosperous Russian city, *Ufa* - another gorgeous Russian city, *Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk, Irkutsk* - modern Siberian metropolises, *Kaliningrad* - in the centre of Europe preserving German, Soviet and Russian heritage, *Yekaterinburg* - the capital of the Urals, another highly urbanised Russian city, *Samara and Nizhny Novgorod* - beautiful Russian cities on the Volga River, *Tyumen* - clean and nice Russian city in Siberia, *Vladivostok* - located on the Pacific Ocean, often called Russian San-Fransisco etc. etc. I can go on and on. Not to mention, Russia has the breathtaking *“Golden Ring”* popular tourist route where Russia once started out as a country, with numerous 1000+ year old cathedrals and monasteries. *Stalingrad* (now Volgograd) - the legendary city in which the most important and game changing battle of WW2 happened with its astounding WW2 heritage. *Grozny* - fantastic city in the Caucasus. *Siberia* - often called “the most precious gem in the Russian imperial crown” and “the lungs of the planet” with its fantastic taiga and wilderness, with numerous national parks. *Altai* - in the heart of Asia with terrific lakes and mountains, *Karelia* - with fascinating Scandinavian landscapes, *lake Baikal* - the deepest lake in the world with unforgettable nature, *Kamchatka* - in the Far East with its incredible volcanoes and so on and so forth. I’ve touched upon like 20% of Russia. 💁🏻♂️
A set of encyclopedias for the children in every home was very popular when I was growing up too. They were called "World Book Encyclopedias". The books were divided up by alphabet letters instead of by subject. Door to door salesmen came to the home and sold them to mothers on an installment payment plan because they were kind of expensive. I grew up in the 1950s and 1960s in Houston, Texas. Love your videos. Peace.
Not a terrible purchase.
I was one of those encyclopedia salespeople in late 70s in midwest US. I quit (3 mos later) after I realized the company focused its sales on low income households that would most likely default on the payments so it could sue the customers. One of my worse gigs...
Several brands. Compton made a great set.
Funk and Wagnall was another brand. Our's were a rich dark green and smaller in length and width than World Book but a little thicker. I enjoyed reading a lot so my noggin was full of useless trivia for many years.
Yep. this died in the 2000s with the growth of online encyclopedias. Encyclopedia Britannica was the other option by the 1980s and was more expensive.
I really appreciate this. I’m from the US and found this refreshing to get ANYTHING other than conflict news between our countries. It was an honor to be a guest. Please post more so we all can benefit from getting to know Russia and it’s people. I hope this finds you and your family safe, healthy, and comfortable.
The conflict is not between the people. It's between the evil idiots in governments .
Slava Ukrainie !
He is now showing you slams, these blocks of flats are extremely old now , 35 years ago they looked differently.Also yards and playgrounds looked differently 35 years ago. The guy is earning his wage.
Russians are socialists. If you do not fight socialism - you're as cancerouse as they are.
Russia has tons of amazing cities and places (not only those prominent and opulent centres of globalisation - Moscow and St Petersburg). ⬇️
*Sochi* - called Russian Florida, Russian Switzerland and Russian Riviera, *Yalta* and all of *Crimea* - tons of beaches, resorts and Russian history, where outstanding Russian author Anton Chekhov wrote his world-famous literature, *Krasnodar* with its mild climate and Mediterranean vibe, with its fantastic “Galitsky Park”, one of the most amazing parks in the world, *Kazan* - opulent and prosperous Russian city, *Ufa* - another gorgeous Russian city, *Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk, Irkutsk* - modern Siberian metropolises, *Kaliningrad* - in the centre of Europe preserving German, Soviet and Russian heritage, *Yekaterinburg* - the capital of the Urals, another highly urbanised Russian city, *Samara and Nizhny Novgorod* - beautiful Russian cities on the Volga River, *Tyumen* - clean and nice Russian city in Siberia, *Vladivostok* - located on the Pacific Ocean, often called Russian San-Fransisco etc. etc. I can go on and on. Not to mention, Russia has the breathtaking *“Golden Ring”* popular tourist route where Russia once started out as a country, with numerous 1000+ year old cathedrals and monasteries. *Stalingrad* (now Volgograd) - the legendary city in which the most important and game changing battle of WW2 happened with its astounding WW2 heritage. *Grozny* - fantastic city in the Caucasus. *Siberia* - often called “the most precious gem in the Russian imperial crown” and “the lungs of the planet” with its fantastic taiga and wilderness, with numerous national parks. *Altai* - in the heart of Asia with terrific lakes and mountains, *Karelia* - with fascinating Scandinavian landscapes, *lake Baikal* - the deepest lake in the world with unforgettable nature, *Kamchatka* - in the Far East with its incredible volcanoes and so on and so forth. I’ve touched upon like 20% of Russia. 💁🏻♂️
We have many similar flats here in east german cities. Particularly in Leipzig, Erfurt, Jena, Dresden and in rural towns many are still standing and being taken care of. Great video, makes me nostalgic.
Do you feel that your life was better at that time?
Thank you for having us visit your home and family. I really appreciate the opportunity to get to know your country from the view point of the citizens instead of the politicians. We all need more of this type of friendship.
True
Those kids will probably have some of the best memories growing up as any kids. Lots of open spaces, stuff to play on, lots of other kids to play with. Love from Tennessee USA
Love from Tennessee as well. I'm in Marion county. What part if u don't mind? Blessings!
@@boondocks8002 Kimball!
@@thescarletandgrey2505 wow! I'm in Whitwell. My son lives is jasper blessings!
You wouldn't happen to live in jasper highlands would you? We are real estate appraisers and we appraise a lot homes out there. There are people from all over the world that live out there and I noticed 'ontario' in your name. That a beautiful place out there. If you get a chance visit 'fall creek falls state park' in van Buren county, it's beautiful as well. Blessings!
@@boondocks8002 I was born & raised in Ontario, CA. Moved here after meeting my now wife on a train in Colorado. Have loved it here ever since. Sorry no I don’t live in the Highlands. Have a daughter in Whitwell. Cheers
I've always been curious how people in other countries lived and really enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing your home and family with us. We're not so different after all.
Thank god youre housed americans are not so lucky. But they do have big beautiful churches.
Russia has tons of amazing cities and places (not only those prominent and opulent centres of globalisation - Moscow and St Petersburg). ⬇️
*Sochi* - called Russian Florida, Russian Switzerland and Russian Riviera, *Yalta* and all of *Crimea* - tons of beaches, resorts and Russian history, where outstanding Russian author Anton Chekhov wrote his world-famous literature, *Krasnodar* with its mild climate and Mediterranean vibe, with its fantastic “Galitsky Park”, one of the most amazing parks in the world, *Kazan* - opulent and prosperous Russian city, *Ufa* - another gorgeous Russian city, *Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk, Irkutsk* - modern Siberian metropolises, *Kaliningrad* - in the centre of Europe preserving German, Soviet and Russian heritage, *Yekaterinburg* - the capital of the Urals, another highly urbanised Russian city, *Samara and Nizhny Novgorod* - beautiful Russian cities on the Volga River, *Tyumen* - clean and nice Russian city in Siberia, *Vladivostok* - located on the Pacific Ocean, often called Russian San-Fransisco etc. etc. I can go on and on. Not to mention, Russia has the breathtaking *“Golden Ring”* popular tourist route where Russia once started out as a country, with numerous 1000+ year old cathedrals and monasteries. *Stalingrad* (now Volgograd) - the legendary city in which the most important and game changing battle of WW2 happened with its astounding WW2 heritage. *Grozny* - fantastic city in the Caucasus. *Siberia* - often called “the most precious gem in the Russian imperial crown” and “the lungs of the planet” with its fantastic taiga and wilderness, with numerous national parks. *Altai* - in the heart of Asia with terrific lakes and mountains, *Karelia* - with fascinating Scandinavian landscapes, *lake Baikal* - the deepest lake in the world with unforgettable nature, *Kamchatka* - in the Far East with its incredible volcanoes and so on and so forth. I’ve touched upon like 20% of Russia. 💁🏻♂️
Мисье, выражаю вам свое восхищение владением английским языком. Настолько естественно и с приятным произношением вы говорите, что смотрел видео, как часть практики на английском. Спасибо!
HHHHOOOTTTT POTATOOO
Аналогично. Нэйтив инглиш спикеров иногда трудно понять, а тут все понятно 😂
those people are so strange ....to me anyone can imposter me in canada anyone can do it and will be given the most money
by the way mr i ran around same way with me mateys ....and fell off the roof and broke a leg playn jus sayn dude thats kina ugly buddies i had and was smooching them up too mmmhhhmmmm 😋
i was smooching him right up mmmhhmmm good good lil marie
I live in Greece. I am so grateful for TH-cam. You can have access to so much knowledge from all over the world. Thanks for sharing ❣️
Nice apartment
People think American apartments are fancy. Not necessarily
Hello from the USA. Thanks for inviting us into your home. We see very little about the life of Russians. This was very interesting. It seems that each big apartment buildings are their own self contained community. There are playgrounds and other daily needs very close to where you live. To me this seems like good planning by the architect/city planner. You speak very good English as well. Your little girl is adorable. Have a blessed day!
Having playgrounds, community areas, shops etc. in a walkable distance is actually the norm in all of Europe and many other parts of the world.
It's rather a uniquely american thing to have sprawling suburbs with only single homes and no public spaces within the immediate vicinity.
America is designed around cars, while most older countries/cities are designed around foot traffick.
I live in a large german city, in a turn of the century building with 5 floors, on the lowest is a shop, the upper four floors are divided into 8 apartments, mostly rented to students, but also families.
Everything i need, including my campus, workplace, supermarkets, restaurants, doctors and a big park, are all within a 15 minutes walk.
Maybe it's just because i grew up that way, but i prefer it like this. I love not needing a car for anything really. Most young people don't even own one.
This is the true for old buildings. Modern apartment houses often has smaller public places but with playgrounds for children, recreating zones, etc, ofc it's depending for each project the cheaper ones often are built without permissions on sites for individual houses, without any public areas and then trough the lawcourt got all needed agreements and documents(yes such things possible by law due to "why deconstructing the ready building?" but you could take a clue how control departments do their job while it is not a complete yet but thanksfully it's not that common practice for most), parkings, etc. But this public areas will be the same size or even smaller than USSR buildings due to costs of land and also keep in mind that in the big cities most apartment building are pretty high and could contain 500-1000 flatrooms easily. So I'd say apartment building from the video lacks restoration, modernization and care to be alot more shiny but this is the problem for the almost all of such objects in Russia.
Greetings from California. I enjoyed your video. Your English is quite good, and your daughter is very cute.
It's too bad that the politicians have to spend so much time and effort, trying to convince us that we, here in the U.S. are so different than the Russian people. From the flavor and delivery of your video, it seems that they are wrong.
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
@@davidmorris8319 I mean it’s not like this only In America however if you do some digging you will find Australia, many places in the UK and Canada are car-reliant which is fine because it would take too many resources to change and undo that. Some flaws cannot be fixed. You can try though but it most likely not work the way you want it to. I fully accept that and I’m fine with it.
I’m an American who moved to a Siberian village 9 months ago honestly it feels like 1990s america here best way I can describe
Thank you for showing the humanity of the Russian people. You are an ambassador of goodwill and kindness. I pray for an end to the conflict and that peace would come to all people.
Amen!
The humanity of people who in the majority support genocide of another nation?
There’s no humanity in russian people
Zan, I am from Mexico City and have always loved your country and your people and I feel sorry for what is happening now.
I grew up in the 60s (New Hampshire, USA) - and most families had encyclopedia sets. We also used the local library as a resource for school work. And I still use a wall calendar!
At least I'm not the only one that still uses a wall calendar....lol
Me too. Pennsylvania. Had my sisters encyclopedias. They were 12 and 16 years older than me.
Same in England too (Encylopedia)
Thank you for your video. I am in the USA and I live in Texas. I always appreciate it when people give insight on how others live in other countries. I think we should all do this and it will give everyone a better understanding of how people live in different places. I believe it will help to bring more humanity for everyone involved. Im sure your wife is very proud of you.
Your daughter looks to be the same age as my grandson and she is very beautiful.
If you ever get a chance to travel out to Russia do it. I’m an American who came to live to Russia 9 months ago it’s absolutely beautiful Saint Petersburg is amazing
@the stranger Texans are a lot like Russians... they value Morales and value freedom. IM an American living in russia like I said its like 1990s America here free and real.. and honest. My personal opinion
The table is called a “drop leaf” table because you can”drop” the long sections to save space when not in use. I have one in my dining room right now in Portland Oregon !
I grew up with one and have one as well. Growing up, our dinning room was so tiny it was the only table that would fit with only one leaf opened and we ate in shifts... that was in the '50s. The one I have was made in the 30s or 40s and has a cupboard door with a little drawer above it on both ends. The cupboard is one long space accessible from each end, while the little drawers above are each separate drawers. Some of these drop leaf tables (50s? 60s?) were built to store 2 little folding chairs inside the little cupboards. I love these little tables; so practical for small spaces!
I’m in Portland too! Have one as well
I have one my great grandparents acquired in the 19th Century when they got married.
I’m from the Chicago area, and I remember them as folding leaf tables. Interesting
It’s called a gate leg table, in specific, which is a form of drop leaf table.
It's a very cozy, clean apartment! Older ex-Yugoslavian apartment buildings were really really similar and the interior design was similar, too
But still better. Tito at least gave the apartments more space, this is just shocking. Its like they still live in the Stalin era, especially the outside area where kids should play and wtf was with the garbage disposal thing. That thing hasnt been cleaned since ww2. Very shocking.
In Czech Rep. its also similar :D. The same feeling like at my grandmas house. Even the furtniture is similar.
@@ExileLBLW Polsce również... Starsi ludzie mieszkają w takich mieszkaniach... Właśnie Babcie i Dziadkowie. Niektórych nie stać na zmiany, ale większość tych zmian nie chce. Są przyzwyczajeni do swoich mieszkań i nie chcą żadnych zmian.... Pozdrawiam.
@@grazynamarciniak3164 lol, I understand every word even though I never learn Polish :D. Podobné jazyky. Pozdravuju.
@@ExileLBL 🌷
This video reminds me of my hometown in Romania. It looks exactly like my hometown from 15-20 years ago, everything, from the pipes, playground, colored car tyres, garages, the way the apartments are laid out. So much nostalgia, man, god damn...
Russia has tons of amazing cities and places (not only those prominent and opulent centres of globalisation - Moscow and St Petersburg). ⬇️
*Sochi* - called Russian Florida, Russian Switzerland and Russian Riviera, *Yalta* and all of *Crimea* - tons of beaches, resorts and Russian history, where outstanding Russian author Anton Chekhov wrote his world-famous literature, *Krasnodar* with its mild climate and Mediterranean vibe, with its fantastic “Galitsky Park”, one of the most amazing parks in the world, *Kazan* - opulent and prosperous Russian city, *Ufa* - another gorgeous Russian city, *Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk, Irkutsk* - modern Siberian metropolises, *Kaliningrad* - in the centre of Europe preserving German, Soviet and Russian heritage, *Yekaterinburg* - the capital of the Urals, another highly urbanised Russian city, *Samara and Nizhny Novgorod* - beautiful Russian cities on the Volga River, *Tyumen* - clean and nice Russian city in Siberia, *Vladivostok* - located on the Pacific Ocean, often called Russian San-Fransisco etc. etc. I can go on and on. Not to mention, Russia has the breathtaking *“Golden Ring”* popular tourist route where Russia once started out as a country, with numerous 1000+ year old cathedrals and monasteries. *Stalingrad* (now Volgograd) - the legendary city in which the most important and game changing battle of WW2 happened with its astounding WW2 heritage. *Grozny* - fantastic city in the Caucasus. *Siberia* - often called “the most precious gem in the Russian imperial crown” and “the lungs of the planet” with its fantastic taiga and wilderness, with numerous national parks. *Altai* - in the heart of Asia with terrific lakes and mountains, *Karelia* - with fascinating Scandinavian landscapes, *lake Baikal* - the deepest lake in the world with unforgettable nature, *Kamchatka* - in the Far East with its incredible volcanoes and so on and so forth. I’ve touched upon like 20% of Russia. 💁🏻♂️
De unde esti din Romania?
@@biancahotca3244 Călărași
Hahah, până și masa aceea e comună și la noi, sau calendarul de pe perete...
da...arata la fel ca la mine in Bucuresti prin 2000! de pe atunci au mai evoluat un pic! mobila este diferita dar si zugraveala!
Excellent tour! This reminds me of our flat in Sofia in 2000 and brings back so many happy memories. In the US at a party it is polite to ask where the bathroom is but in Sofia, our guests never had to ask because they knew the layout as soon as they walked in the door.
Thank you so much for the very interesting tour of your flat (apartment as we in the U.S. would say). I always like to see how average folks live in different countries. I grew up in a rural area of NY State. A region called the Catskills. It is very scenic and I was fortunate to grow up there in the 1960s and 70s. Even though we were middle to lower middle class we had about 10 acres to roam which included a stream where we could swim in the summer. Our house was small by today's standards, about 1,100 sf. There were 5 of us in the house and we all shared one bathroom. Still not quite as compact as your flat. The table you showed us is similar to what we call a "gate leg table" because the legs swing out like gates. Much like your experience, I had the World Book Encyclopedia and used read it often because I was curious to lean things. It was always used for homework assignments. Keep up producing these videos. Your English is excellent. I had only one semester of Russian in college I cannot imagine trying to understand anything spoken in Russian.
We would call that type of table a drop leaf table. Very useful! What a nice apartment! I would love to live there! We had a pull up bar as well when I was a child, in the USA.
Thank you for sharing, your English is very good! I am in my early 60's and my childhood I grew up in similar situations in the USA. I remember our playgrounds were like yours. We also had dangerous things. But surprisingly we turned out okay we were very creative in making things that didn't exist. By fixing swings with wood and rope. Taking scrap metal that people gave us and doing our own repairs. My father had some hand tools and that helped alot! Your apartment looks very nice and functional. That folding table I have a white version in my kitchen. I worked at several jobs over the years and then paid myself through college and graduate school. But still lived very thrifty. In my previous jobs I always worked for companies that had company trucks/ cars. You were on call so you could drive them home. I paid room and board to my mom until I had saved enough money to purchase some vacant farm land. It took me over 20 years to build up my farm. But I own it. No mortgage, no banks!
This gentleman speaks English much better than most Americans in nyc
I went to the Soviet Union in 1979: I spent four months there, and enjoyed it thoroughly. A lot of changes have occurred over 43 years; I enjoyed your video very much.🇦🇺
I was raised in Poland and our apartment looked very similar back then. Now my cousin lives there and it looks totally different. Spasibo for your tour! Magda from Illinois.
Illinois in the house! (New Lenox/Joliet)
exactly, I was raised in Slovakia, looks very similar inside, however playgrounds looks much better.
Poland is another country not very many people know much about. Like in this video if we can all share even a small part of our memories we might find out that we are not so different and that could make a real and good much needed change in this world.
I used to live in Aurora/ Naperville area. Now Florida. It used to be affordable, i dont think so much anymore. My family roots are Poland. I wish to go there ine day. My dad was born in Poland.
It’s a lovely house - compact and very comfortable. The mix of vintage with modern makes it perfect! Thank for the view of your in-laws flat and your beautiful daughter!
Spasiba ! (From an Englishman). It is nice to see how Russians live, and you and your people are in my prayers.
As an American who has traveled the world extensively (including many countries of former USSR), it's so cool to see this kind of content. We are not that different. Our politicians and government officials create these conflicts. The Russian and American people have so much alike. I cant wait to eventually make it to Russia.
In Georgia, I spent an entire day roaming around Nutsubidze Plateau in Tbilisi and this video is bringing up such amazing memories. Everybody was stopping me and asking me what I was doing haha. Thank you so much for sharing.
Did you visit Slovenia as well?
@@stefanic88 I did! Such a fun country. I was Ljubljana for 4 days (2 weeks before the pandemic began) and made a day-trip out to Lake Bled.
I grew up in Siberia. I can tell you Russians are barbars.
i live in Hungary and every old person's house similar to this. it's just so familiar. my grandmother's house is excatly like this and reminds me of my childhood. thank you so much for sharing!
It was everywhere the same. Lol. Like inne Germany, Poland, Czech, Romania as well..etc
In such a turbulent time, it's nice for video's like these to remind us that we're all just Humans with families and memories. Thank You for showing us your wife's childhood home. Very interesting!!! 👍😍🇵🇭
I am from Belarus, Minsk, my husband is from Moscow - both our ancestral homes look like this, including the courtyard of the house, thank you for childhood memories)))
Thank you for sharing your Wife's home with us. The apartment looks very much like the apartment I grew up in. This was the 1970-80s in southern New Hampshire USA. We were poor but not destitute. One difference is each bedroom had a built in closet instead of a wardrobe. I found your video fascinating. Thanks again.
Oh, and I loved my collection of encyclopedias, but we couldn't afford a full set so I read the ones we had.
We were lucky. No encyclopedia set, but, pass 2 houses to the corner, cross, pass one house, next bldg was the library.🤗
I grew up in London & my husband in Istanbul & what is amazing is that our flats (worlds apart) were exactly the same & exactly the same as yours! 🥰 Missing the 90s terribly. 🥰
When I lived in Moscow in 1991-94, I had a Фия II washing machine that you put in the bathtub made of plastic. Open it, put water in it from the spigot, and it cleaned your clothes. I took my spring “melt” muddy clothes back to the US to clean. Mom’s washer did not clean them. When I got back to Moscow, Фия II PERFECTLY CLEANED THEM. I lived in a Kruchevik Flat and a Brezhnevik flat also. I liked the trash shoot except when I lived on the 1st floor lol.
So glad TH-cam recommended me this video... It's always nice to find someone showing what's life like inside Russia for common people. Even better for giving us an insight into your beautiful family
Greetings from Sydney, Australia. Thank you for the video. I really enjoyed it. It tells me that the similarities between us all are far greater than our differences. You have a gorgeous daughter. Hopefully our children will have more sense than we do. Best wishes.
@Banter Maestro2, modern Medicine is a scam and only designed to send people into an early grave. Ignore the medical part and move in.
Russia has tons of amazing cities and places (not only those prominent and opulent centres of globalisation - Moscow and St Petersburg). ⬇️
*Sochi* - called Russian Florida, Russian Switzerland and Russian Riviera, *Yalta* and all of *Crimea* - tons of beaches, resorts and Russian history, where outstanding Russian author Anton Chekhov wrote his world-famous literature, *Krasnodar* with its mild climate and Mediterranean vibe, with its fantastic “Galitsky Park”, one of the most amazing parks in the world, *Kazan* - opulent and prosperous Russian city, *Ufa* - another gorgeous Russian city, *Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk, Irkutsk* - modern Siberian metropolises, *Kaliningrad* - in the centre of Europe preserving German, Soviet and Russian heritage, *Yekaterinburg* - the capital of the Urals, another highly urbanised Russian city, *Samara and Nizhny Novgorod* - beautiful Russian cities on the Volga River, *Tyumen* - clean and nice Russian city in Siberia, *Vladivostok* - located on the Pacific Ocean, often called Russian San-Fransisco etc. etc. I can go on and on. Not to mention, Russia has the breathtaking *“Golden Ring”* popular tourist route where Russia once started out as a country, with numerous 1000+ year old cathedrals and monasteries. *Stalingrad* (now Volgograd) - the legendary city in which the most important and game changing battle of WW2 happened with its astounding WW2 heritage. *Grozny* - fantastic city in the Caucasus. *Siberia* - often called “the most precious gem in the Russian imperial crown” and “the lungs of the planet” with its fantastic taiga and wilderness, with numerous national parks. *Altai* - in the heart of Asia with terrific lakes and mountains, *Karelia* - with fascinating Scandinavian landscapes, *lake Baikal* - the deepest lake in the world with unforgettable nature, *Kamchatka* - in the Far East with its incredible volcanoes and so on and so forth. I’ve touched upon like 20% of Russia. 💁🏻♂️
@@alexstorm2749 Hi Alex, Thank you for your amazing response. I can only imagine what it is like from what I can see on TH-cam and other bits and pieces from the internet. Over here and probably in most western countries, we are fed a media diet coloured by what the United States wants us to believe - ie Russia and China bad, USA good. I know it is mainly rubbish but most seem to accept it without critical question. After all, how many foreign military bases does Russia and China have? How many do the US have? Why is that? I would prefer that they went home and stayed there. Perhaps then we could have more meaningful conversations between us all and work out what is really important.
If you pay top dollar you can drink hunt from helicopter on deers mister
@@mikerostov7811 Sorry but I don't know what that means
This channel is really coming along. I can't wait for it to gain more traction and realize more success. I love watching your videos from the US
Thank you ☺️
man thank you for bringing so much memories from my childhood haha
I love things like this. Where ever we live, we are the same. Getting to know a people is the key to a better world.
Love this, thank you for the tour we call it a folding table here. Your daughter is too cute with the bye bye at the end 😊👍
Thanks for enriching my vocabulary:) and for the “daughter” part ☺️
@@Zangieff no problem and thank you again I was looking for a video on russian apt. So this was perfect 👍
You’re welcome 👍
Kid is cute as a button! What is her name, and wifey's?
My grandparents, and my wife's grandparents both had versions of "table transformers". we inherited one of them. Weve always called them "Folding tables" or "Fold-up tables"
Yes, as another person here as well mentioned, “folding table”, I guess that’s the right name) thanks :)
I’m calling ours a table transformer from now on.
Decepticon lol
Gate leg is what it's called.
We have the same table at home. Greetings! 🇧🇬
I’ve got to applaud your English, it’s excellent.
It's very old style but it is well looked after and clean, making it a home to be proud of.
It was a pleasure to be your virtual guest. I'm impressed by 2 things. How similar everything is to old Romanian apartments and how well you speak English.
I went to Russia with my two older daughters in 2005. My oldest daughter had served as a Missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 18 months in Saratov and Togliatti. My second daughter was teaching English to school children in Moscow. We visited Moscow, Samara, Togliatti, Saratov and St. Petersburg. It was a wonderful 2 weeks! Yes, the apartment buildings looked the same everywhere, some were in better repair than others. The wallpaper, kitchens, wardrobes, furniture looked so familiar here. Thank you for the tour!
Your family makes these place a better world….thanks for serving!
Hello from Togliatti ! :)
I live in Arizona U.S.A. Thank you for showing me your cool cozy flat! I loved the encyclopedia set!
This is exactly like my apartment in spain growing up (and still belongs to my parents) even the pull-ups bar! Also the tiny kitchen with tiny table and 2 chairs, the balcony, small tv in kitchen, the glass wardrobe thingy, the encyclopedias (I was born in the 80's and we had a collection of encyclopedia for children called "tell me how" and "tell me what") also the calendar, the round watch in the kitchen, the foldable table and the shiny look of the furniture. The only difference is that Spanish apartments have tiled floors and the walls are done with texture called "Gotelé".
Gotele îs also pretty common în România and I am sure IT îs common even în russia and all od eastern Europe
@@dastanjan320 oh I didn't know that! I assumed it wasn't common anywhere else bc in UK they don't do it at all, in fact I think they consider it ugly haha
My grandparents house (built in the 50's I think) had a pair of laundry chutes that went from the first and second floor to the basement. I used to drop toys in them then run downstairs to get them. It was like some sort of magic to me lol!
Very interesting and I feel privileged to be invited into your home . I can imagine many hours of fun times in your lounge with your guests. Your English is excellent. Where did you learn it? Thanks again and best wishes from Australia.
Soviet education was awesome. Incentive to create a consumer economy...not so important lol
WA State, nice place to live. You're daughter is a sweetheart. Thanks for sharing. Got gas heat and appliances in 79. Much cheaper than electric. ♥️👍♥️
Thank you for taking me back !
18-21 years ago i was here every summer visiting my grandmother, uncles and aunts!! Always went to the beach on the bridge to Saratov.
Oh take a look at this one then! In the beginning.
Life Under Sanctions in Provincial Russia
th-cam.com/video/lpTRlY1eKVU/w-d-xo.html
Coming from Slovenia, raised in 80s and 90s, we had it almost the same... Many friends, great childhood... we were like little monkeys outside :) Moving alot, from runing, hiding, rolerskating, bicycle climbing and so on :) Healthy :)
Same here in Poland. It’s sad not every country could develop the same way.
Most Soviet block countries had similar homes, it was "standard" back then.
komunisti tak vyřesily tehda bytovou krizi :P
@@stoklasajiri2426 - But at least it solved the problem giving people affordable housing. In the US currently apartment rents are between $2000-4000/month, it's crazy!
@@BillAnt I’m from the U.S. Midwest near Chicago and our rents are under $1000 (suburban). American kids have so much to be grateful for,, but many of them are too wrapped up in selfish actions. This is a great view of how it is in most other countries. Not worse/better, just different. The US has so much wealth in the hands of a few. So much could be done to make housing more affordable and neighborhoods safer.
I absolutely enjoyed the video. That flat may have been a bit small, but it was beautiful, I love it :) I very much love your channel and the content you put online; Russia has always been a country of interest for me (that is, ever since I fell in love with the Russian language as a child), and I have learned more from your videos about life in Russia than I ever have been able to learn before.
Here in USA, that table design, in living room, is called a drop leaf table. Quite old design, they come in various sizes and quality. I have 3. One is a dining table, made of heavy maple, one is a side table with both sides lowered=drop leaf, and one is a very small sewing table. The last 2 have a long drawer in the middle.
Thank you for the apt. tour!!!!
Yes, Drop Leaf Table. I have one made of Walnut made probably 1950s
Yep, the good old drop leaf table and all it's variations, we had an old dining room table that would slide apart in the center and had inserts to make the table longer.
They are also called gate leg tables
To me, this is a lovely apartment. I believe a small family could be quite comfortable living there. The older decor and the upgrades are charming. I'm sure many people would be happy growing up in this home. Thank you for sharing and I wish you well and pray for your safety and well being in these troubled times. May our lord God watch over you, your family and loved ones, friends and neighbors. I pray our God bring peace to our Russian and Ukrainian friends.
It is not a lovely apartment. They are depressing, low quality and badly planned. Add to the mix the fact these buildings are way past their life expectancy. Within 50 years pretty much all of these USSR built houses will start to break down. There is absolutely nothing lovely about these USSR monuments which have destroyed the scenery, housing market and the will of people. It may look like lovely for someone from outside, but I assure you - do not romanticize the USSR legacy.
@@KK-yj1uh it is still better than to live in old cottages with meters high snow and mud streets. Eastern Europe is a hostile environment.
This was such a cool look into normal Russian life places to live, I can’t wait to visit one day
It is not Russian. It is a Soviet era eye sore that still exists.
Thank you for this very interesting and enjoyable video. If humanity is to be saved, it will be because of people like you reaching out and shining the light on what we all have in common, such as a desire for a warm, safe, comfortable home and our love for our children. Your little girl is beautiful.
I grew up in Lithuania and actually seeing this I realise our flat wasn't too bad! The living room and kitchen were much bigger, plus there were two little storage rooms, and more space in the hall. But I can recognise a lot of common features like the overhead cupboard 😆, the rubbish disposal column and a separate toilet without the sink!
it is shit
Haha, growing in the Czech Republic in 80s and 90s this was pretty much us as well :D
So interesting. Reminds me of my nana and grampas apartment back in the 1970s in North Hollywood. It was built in the 1960s, so was similar scale to this compared to the way they build them today. So cozy and nicely appointed.
I lived in Ukraine for about one year-the apartments where I lived were inspected for gas leaks on at least three occasions. What is shown here is very much like the apartments I rented, being small but very comfortable and functional.
yeah , the best part is , that they used to give them for free
When I lived in St-Petersburg gas equipment was checkes yearly. They came in, checked the date badge on the rubber hose connecting the stove to the pipe and measured the level of gas in the air. It's better to be safe than sorry. I was told that I shouldn't have let them it, that thay would beg for bribes after finding some unexisting malfunctions. But nothing like that was there.
What a great idea it is to have a refrigerator in the living room! Very convenient to grab a beer while watching TV.
Hello from Uzbekistan, we also have the same apartments as you demonstrated, this video reminds me of my childhood, thanks for sharing, your English is brilliant
OMG man! On the table trabsformer I started to cry! Zoomers won't understand it! The neighborhood though reminded me Saint Petersburg of the late 90s- early 2000s with garages! Encyclopedia also! No wonder zoomers are less educated than we, late millenials!
Берёте вдвоём столик и тыгыдык тыгыдык в зал. И на палец ноги 😂
Great video!! It reminds me of New York. Not all of us grew up in a rich or upper class neighborhood. Even though it wasn’t the best conditions, it was still a friendly neighborhood and everyone was happy. Russia and US have so many things in common. It’s nice to see what life is like in Russia because we are all one people 🇷🇺 🇺🇸 🤚
Wow, interesting view point
No doubt Russia and US have so many things in common. Americans, for example, can hardly see the time they´re gonna treat themselves with all glories and the joy of communism.
Just to add since I have apartment in NY, Russian apartment buildings from USSR are like 5 star hotels in comparison to New York buildings. Starting from construction material where Russians use reinforced concrete or bricks while USA uses paper walls or dry walls or wood for the floors. New York apartments are very noisy while Russians are not because they are made of solid materials. Another thing is 90% or Russian apartments are not rentals because they are paid off (no mortgage) while in New York 90% of apartments are rentals. BIG DIFFERENCES.
I AM SURE THAT THE POOR IN RUSSIA LIVES FAR BETTER THAN IN THE USA!
@@petcaiibeckford6969 they do not have homless. So what do you think about it and yes poor in Russia live far better than uSA
We call the folding table a drop leaf table. They are space saving tables
I love it ! Space saver. I have guest once in a while. No need to display / have a huge space dedicated for " dining room" 365 days/ year. Thank you IKEA for NORDEN !
Apartments in india used to be very similar to this as well! Including the loft/ mezzanine for storage. It’s fascinating to see the similarities! Thank you!
The infamous chawl apartments I remember, absolute disastets but I guess modern ones weren't any much better either
Your beautiful daughter, looks just like you! Blessings and prayers going out to you and your family. Thanks for sharing.
It’s awesome to see how others in different countries live and honestly it’s not much different at all here in the USA, thanks for showing your video! God bless you and your family!
I was thinking the same.. it's not that much different.
Well...Its...I mean...Well I guess it depends on where you live but if that is a Suburban Area yes it's quite different than American Suburbs.
@@mediocremaiden8883 does it look like a suburban area? Apartments! Really!
@@mikebentley4832 It literally is a suburban area, that's why he wrote small town in the title. Suburban in my country when you type it on google its literally bars and towers of appartements, often social housing.
In Europe the rich live in city, the poor around it.
Yeah It’s a lot different than the US Did you see the playground ? None of those items would pass a safety inspection here….. they would be torn down immediately Never would be built in the first place.
I mean it’s not different in that it has walls and floors and ceilings But the general feel of it is way different I’ve lived in the country I’ve lived downtown in a major city and I’ve lived in the suburbs Thank God we have safety standards that aren’t 30 years old. But I think the leader of Russia has different priorities than keeping people safe. Sorry I know that’s a political statement but can anyone say that’s an incorrect statement ?
I mean the guy who made this video was a lovely guy and I’m sure he is a good person and so is his family. But telling him what we saw is just like America is just an attempt at being kind. Not an attempt at speaking the truth. I’m just talking about the outdoor area of the building. Certainly our projects look rough but he said this was a typical apartment building.
Hello, from Turkey 🇹🇷 Я изучаю русский язык 1 год, былa в Сибири и хочу сказать, что у вас уникальная культура. We have some similarities with russians , such as calendars in the wall, foldable table 😹 and I also felt close with russian culture. You have such a cute home, wish you and your family happiness.
Russia has tons of amazing cities and places (not only those prominent and opulent centres of globalisation - Moscow and St Petersburg). ⬇️
*Sochi* - called Russian Florida, Russian Switzerland and Russian Riviera, *Yalta* and all of *Crimea* - tons of beaches, resorts and Russian history, where outstanding Russian author Anton Chekhov wrote his world-famous literature, *Krasnodar* with its mild climate and Mediterranean vibe, with its fantastic “Galitsky Park”, one of the most amazing parks in the world, *Kazan* - opulent and prosperous Russian city, *Ufa* - another gorgeous Russian city, *Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk, Irkutsk* - modern Siberian metropolises, *Kaliningrad* - in the centre of Europe preserving German, Soviet and Russian heritage, *Yekaterinburg* - the capital of the Urals, another highly urbanised Russian city, *Samara and Nizhny Novgorod* - beautiful Russian cities on the Volga River, *Tyumen* - clean and nice Russian city in Siberia, *Vladivostok* - located on the Pacific Ocean, often called Russian San-Fransisco etc. etc. I can go on and on. Not to mention, Russia has the breathtaking *“Golden Ring”* popular tourist route where Russia once started out as a country, with numerous 1000+ year old cathedrals and monasteries. *Stalingrad* (now Volgograd) - the legendary city in which the most important and game changing battle of WW2 happened with its astounding WW2 heritage. *Grozny* - fantastic city in the Caucasus. *Siberia* - often called “the most precious gem in the Russian imperial crown” and “the lungs of the planet” with its fantastic taiga and wilderness, with numerous national parks. *Altai* - in the heart of Asia with terrific lakes and mountains, *Karelia* - with fascinating Scandinavian landscapes, *lake Baikal* - the deepest lake in the world with unforgettable nature, *Kamchatka* - in the Far East with its incredible volcanoes and so on and so forth. I’ve touched upon like 20% of Russia. 💁🏻♂️
@@alexstorm2749 Я знаю!! Спасибо большое ☺️ Я была в Томске и Красноярске , Я хочу видеть Карелия,Байкал, Crimea, Kalliningrad,Kazan esc esc… All of them are fascinating. I also suggest you to search some Turkish cities. You will be amazed 😇
Looks clean and well maintained. Bathroom especially. Nice tile work and nice wooden floors. Well done
Best outro ever!
Thanks ☺️☺️
Thanks Zangieff. That was fascinating - a very detailed tour! It's always interesting to see the washing machine in the bathroom when I watch videos from abroad. The UK must be one of the few places around the world to have the W/M in the kitchen. I, too, remember the door to door Encyclopedia Salesman - he seems to have stopped coming around once the internet took off! Great to have a balcony - not only for the views but for hanging out wet clothes and the extra insulation. Great vid. Cheers and paka paka!
No, actually back in the flat where I was raised we had a washing machine in the kitchen just like you 😂 you’re welcome 👍
Hmm, I don’t think I’ve seen a washing machine in the Kitchen or the bathroom. Normally in Australia we have a laundry towards the back of the house and easy access to a cloth line outside to dry clothes. It does make sense not to have a dedicated room for this. Anyway I do remember the encyclopaedia as well and the internet seemed to have killed them off.
I love the way you say "calendar". Excellent video. Thank you.
Really good video! Enjoyed it
Thank you 👍
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Wow! This is like a time capsule! I am Dutch and always lived in The Netherlands. I remember houses with furniture and decorations like this in the 80's. Very cool to see this, really a time capsule! And very interesting to see how other people live in other countries!
Mee eens! Dit soort filmpjes laten mij zien dat russen gewoon nornale mensen zijn, helaas met de verkeerde president...
I like his point about growing up poor in a big city, never part of the wealth: you use everything up, nothing useful is ever thrown away, every penny is pinched, both parents work, but crappy jobs, but you’re kids and you make friends and you find places to play, even in dangerous neighborhoods…
When I took Russian History in high school back in the late 1960s I read a book " Inside the Soviet Union" written by a former U.S. foreign service member who was stationed in Moscow. The one anecdote that stands out in my memory was how the movers were at first unable to get their American made refrigerator into their apartment, but one of them noticed that the doorway was shaped like a trapezoid. The movers lifted the refrigerator over their heads and were able to thread it through the upper part of the door holding it horizontally. Many apartment buildings were thrown up in such great haste in the years following WWII that such technicalities as keeping things in plumb were given short shrift.
In early decades of USSR the housing shortage problem was mostly ignored, and WWII decimated even that miniscule housing stock there was. So the secon half of XX century was spent building condomuniums like that one in the video ASAP. And people moving from wooden pre-WWII barracks and shared with others apartments were happy.
I am from the USA. Our lives growing up are amazingly similar, right down to the encyclopedias and the pull up bar!! The only major difference I could see was that our toilets are in the bathroom with the bathtub. This was so interesting. Thank you for the tour! :)
And many homeowners are trying to find ways to create some separation between the two for sanitary reasons
Where in the USA looks like this dump ,its so run down it needs demolition.
@@samanthagarbettcharles4205 My neighbors' yard
Um .. the landscape outside and playgrounds in the US were definitely better looking and more functional with every time period unless you lived in public assistance housing. But, many playgrounds today in the projects were better than in Russia.
Our green grass, shrubs, and flowers looked like the palace of Versailles gardens in comparison to this in Russia. Our playgrounds where complete. And most every American child had a safe place to play that wasn't dangerous like a rooftop.
I argue to say that the majority of Americans had far more even if low in income than the average person in Russia.
Lots of bones in the US have water closets
It's great to see a normal guy having a normal conversation about home life in a way that guys like me to relate👍
You have given me inspiration to possibly make my own video of what traditional homes and old homes look like here in America. We use both gas stoves and electric stoves too. Things that are different are that we usually have a washer and dryer either in the basement, or outside of the bathroom on the same floor. Wallpaper is a thing of the past mostly, except in few new designed homes. I hate wallpaper because it’s a pain in the butt to change if you don’t like it. I rather prefer paint. Paint makes the room look larger than it is, which I like. My home is a condominium (condo for short). It’s 1000 square feet in size.
I am so glad to have come upon your video. Thank you for sharing!
In USSR the dryer is strings, typically over the bathtub, across the balcony or (in 1960s homes) outdoors.
@@annasolovyeva1013 yes, I’m aware that having a clothes dryer is typically and American thing. I’m just saying that that is what I would mis the most.
I am kind of old, but still insist on having a face clock in my kitchen. I also had a calendar in the kitchen for most of my life, even with a cell phone. I appreciate your video very much. Probably I will never go to Russia as a tourist, but I am very curious about what life is really like in Russia for normal people. This is very interesting. Thank you.
I have a calender and if my kitchen stove had no clock I would go buy one.I am a clock watcher.l prefer it over timers
We used to have calendars that were printed on dishtowels and hung from a rod that you hung on the wall. When the year was over, you could use the old calendar as a dishtowel.
Никогда не думал что наши хрущевки интересны такому количеству людей!👍
@@christenw.1726 you are freak
пусть думаю что вся россия такая...))))))))))))))) а когда приедут офигеют. скажут что их обманули...
@@ingridknocking-off-time3585 i'm genuinely happy for you))
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@@ddddd175 не преувеличивайте
И в самой крутой стране есть трущобы
I cant believe how similar it looks to the Prypiat portrayed in video-games.
My heart goes out to you ...
I wish you and your family all the best...❤ stay safe...
may this war be over very soon.. so that you may all have some peace of mind..❤
Thank you for sharing your home and your beautiful daughter with us! Much happiness and success in your future! 😎❤🇨🇱🇨🇱🇺🇸
It was a pleasure watching this video :-) I was born in Romania and I can see how similar my apartment where I used to spend my childhood was to the one you presented! And last but not least, your daughter is a lovely kid! God bless you and your family!
It was everywhere the same. Lol. Like inne Germany, Poland, Czech, And Romania as well...
This is beautiful . Everybody wants some garbage house with acres of land . Your living good . I wish I was living there . Be blessed in Jesus . Plus you have low crime .
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What a grim way of existing
@@thetruthk5138 it’s beautiful … I wish I lived there in retirement . Be blessed
Very nice video, this reminds myself of many inner city housing in many cities in Australia. No gas in many of those, just electrical stoves and ovens. Peace to you and your family
Do houses in Australia often have gas? I am wondering since, for example, in Poland it is preferred for an apartment not to have gas for safety reasons
In Romania we have the same garbage storing system in blocks of flats. That dining extendable table used to be pretty common here as well, some of us still have it. We also have calendars on the walls in the kitchen. :)
Thank you very much for the tour.
You’re welcome 😊
Very similar to working class apartments in Spain in the 1970s when I was growing up. Wall paper, a huge piece of furniture in the living room wall to wall where you storaged everything, especially the "good" china, and displayed ornaments and framed photos, a multi hanger at the entrance for coats, the entrance mirror, the old Formica table in the kitchen,... What I find interesting is that back then people didn't use to have folding tables, no matter how small their living room they would have normal, even huge tables taking up the whole room because entertaining was very very common. In fact, folding tables are a lot more popular nowadays as we have become less sociable, and also we appreciate having more space in the apartment. Very interesting video.
Sounds like you could make a great video in Spain too. I think it does a lot of good for the world when people can see how others are not so much different from themselves and have a life too.
Thank you for inviting us to your home! From AZ USA.
This was a great introduction for me to Russian living. Reminds me of my apartment that I rented in Budapest. Much prefer smaller places to live; we Americans have way too much space in our apartments and I prefer this type of living arrangement. Hopefully someday I can visit Russia, I dearly hope so. The Russian people are marvelous. Spasebo!
Sadly, we're are progressively going to a less less roomy apartment, especially in the cities, and for high rent price too.
Are you crazy, what a bad preferences you have
No. You?
@@F88689 That is the first time I have ever heard of anyone complaining about their home having too much space.
Perhaps they could ask their supervisor for a reduction in pay so they won't be able to afford such a luxury.
similar state of the apartment we usually call "grandmother's repair"
The Russian People are polite, hospitable, and helpful. Very interesting presentation. Thank you.
Beautiful little girl. Thank you for your time showing us the old apartment. It was quite nice. I liked the kitchen it had a warm feel. It was very similar to what we call projects in San Francisco in the 60s. Apt buildings Built for low income families.
Ps. I too lived in them when I was young except ours were not furnished. Some of us just used mattresses on the floor. When your young being poor wasnt something to be ashamed of. It was just the way it was.
Oh, in Russia apartment buildings are for all levels of income - not stigmatised at all. Newer could have more more luxury materials, higher ceilings and more spacious apartments - but it is still urban apartments. Russians simply like living in the cities, they may have summer house in the village, but permanently live in the city.