I think, it is exactly true. I can't imagine someone living in OK apartments like Roman being asshole in online game. So, not all russians live like this, but not all russians yell in online games.
@@MrGedem I have decent Russian friends in Battlefront II who never scream, they are more like oddly quiet most of the time but it might be because I write too complicated English and they aren't that good in English so they kinda process it :D
Yes . This city is not expensive for living . But people has the different salary. And some of them are poor ((( They didn't have enough money for renovation .
Well here in my country, Lithuania, there is only one man that has over a billion USD worth, and that is the owner of Maxima. Maxima is the largest grocery store in the Baltic States.
Remove the wall carpets and you get Yugoslav style apartments we have here... My favourite are master bedrooms with radio receiver built-in in a bed... babushka not included in the apartment itself but the apartment next to yours most likely contains babushka, so you also get free CCTV in the building and someone knowing your miserable life better than yourself ;)
My parents are from the former Yugoslavia. Wall carpets were thing in Yugoslavia as well. For the long time my mother had a wall carpet in our living room in New Jersey.
Yes - in Slowak country it's also simular - the dude laught - bat my family had exatly the same blue carpet from the babuška - just on the livingroom flore - bot on the wal. Many of our family friends had the gras green carpet - Tschechoslowakia in the 70 - 80is there was not many choice of things to buy - and later the people stayed with the same stuff coz no money.
Dean Milos hahahaa at least u didn’t get a flat on university campus like me that someone ACTUALLY is known to have died in. In my room someone actually died.
@@CC-yh2yq damm , that sucks , Im also a student living in a dorm and I can't count how manny times I saw weird unexplainable shit happen in rooms and in the hallways also I would be scared af if I had to live in a room where someone died
Dean Milos yeah, for some reason at my university a lot of people have died there ( idk why) like for example during my freshers a guy hung himself in his dorm ( not my block though, but my flatmate said his friend knew him) and a year before i joined a lecturer died and two students committed suicide on campus. It’s kinda weird.
Loved Roman's take on Belarus. I think the next is how can we look at Belarus' past to determine which direction these protests will go and if Lukashenko will fall. Found a great analysis that does just that: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YKBYYD8nx4M.html
Why is Donald Trump pretty and I am not? But why does he only have a wife but I have TWO HOT GIRLFRIENDS who I show off in my masterpiece YT videos? Do you know the answer, dear tobi
I was born in Ukraine and spent a part of my childhood there. These old apartments do make me nostalgic in a way but the thought of living in one of them is depressing as hell. Haven't been in an apartment like this in years and I'm gonna try to avoid them for as long as I can. The funny part is that even though they look crappy in the pictures, they're actually even worse in person
Honestly, if we're ignoring qualitative condition, most of these bathroom designs aren't much worse than the 50s - 80s tilings I've seen plenty around here. I've tried finding a good bang for buck apartment in Hannover and most bathrooms were in the most ugly 70s colors you could imagine. Like cow shit olive, nicotine yellow with ugly ass ornamental flowers, light blue (including bathtub, toilet and sink) and every other color on the pallet that puts you at risk of developing eye cancer and mental illnesses. But yeah it's weird from our perspective how all the apartments in Russia seem to come furnished. But then again most people in Germany don't spend 80% of their income on rent so I guess it's vital to most Russians to not have to buy furniture themselves.
Same, *and i'm not even living in russia.* (Stares at the floor made in the 1920's, plaster that is falling from the walls, looks trough the *bullet holes in the wall from WWII in the room next to me* )
the apartment my mom put up for rent after babushka passed away is also getting very roasted in this video. im not even joking some of these photos look like our apartment back home lmaooooo
Sup Roman, quick question: How was your graduation and what are you going to do now/in the future? Mind if you'd make a video about your university experience? Congrats on your graduation brother!
Some university dorms of SPbU are old and terrible too. I lived in many different dorms throughout my 10 years at uni, and some had permanent cockroach infestation, which was impossible to get rid of, even though the rooms were regularly sprayed by professionals
Same here in Budapest, either you get a shitty apartment for around 300-400€, or you get a modern “luxury” house full of IKEA stuff for 700-2000€.. Damn everything eastern from Vienna is overpriced and crap
@@seaspeakss it's really bringing you down because it's the place where you live. Oh and the IKEA stuff...so right, they just buy the cheapest furniture from IKEA and mark it as "luxury" and ask for a higher rent than usual.
@@seaspeakss I almost moved out Romania last year and I was looking for rent in various cities, based on job opportunities I got. It made me so mad to see what nice apartments you can get in Berlin, Vienna or Hague.
I'm pretty sure that first apartment is literally the apartment where Raskolnikov murdered Alyona and Lizaveta Ivanovna in 1865. The worst part is all of these are basically my house.
@@andrelopes850 Hey don't get me wrong, I am not bashing them, I am just pointing out that some people find them old/ distasteful while others think they are vintage / cool. It's a preference at the end of the day.
Glenda Landen the Russian rental market is so much different than in the states. I’ve been looking for an apartment in Saint Petersburg for a while now and coming from the states it’s incredibly cheap! I rent a house in the states that’s $2k a month and in SP an extremely nice apartment is $500-900 a month. Also a fun fact; a lot of the apartments in Russia come fully furnished which is the complete opposite than here in America. It’s honestly fun searching for my apartment in Russia. I can’t wait for the pandemic to be over so I can move!!
It's not about the dollar value of the monthly rent, but the actual average monthly income of the country, and the city and area where the building is located. There is a huge gap worldwide.
in Lithuania I am renting a 250EUR 47sqm apartment, newly renovated. Weird how renting prices are almost similar in Russia with much lower minimum wage (almost half of us). Normally rent here is 150-250 at least in my city of Siauliai which is only 100k ppl
The problem is that he is looking for an apartment in the center of the city of 1.2 milion (and growing) people and expects a lot. I feel like he is making a drama on purpose
Most of the USSR furniture were made in Lithuania (“Šilutės Baldai”) back in the day it was a huge factory that my dad worked.People who worked used to steal the products or even wood planks.
@@finlanderxx Same here in Lithuania. If you're a single male, rarely anyone rents an apartment for you. Especially if the landlord is a boomer. That's why most people just don't fuck with rentals here and go straight for leasing. It's literally the same price and in the end you get to keep the apartment.
Don't be upset bro! I'm Armenian and we get treated like shit in most of eastern Europe. Then again, we probably don't know how to function as a people if we're not treated like garbage.
This video really is hilarious! 😂😂😂😂😂 Some apartments in NYC still look like some of these AND they are extremely expensive. My first apt in NYC was furnished just like a Soviet apt because the landlord was an old Russian man and woman. Their furniture even had plastic coverings. 🤩
My grandpa's house looks exactly like these ones, and he has a big ass Lenin Statue inside his living room. Not even kiding. But I enjoyed every moment spent there and I would live there, I mean it has a roof, a bed, electricity, internet, water, what do you need more.
Aren’t there any unfurnished apartments? I mean, if it is without any furniture,you can buy furniture yourself and get what you want. But the kitchen and the bathroom would still pose a problem.
@@yomauser He can still talk to the landlords about getting rid of the furniture. Maybe he can sell the stuff and give the money to the landlords or talk with them about them moving it somewhere else. I think it's possible to make a compromise.
In Russia it’s not that common to rent out an empty apartment. The rent contracts are not the same as in Europe or elsewhere, thus tenants seldom live in one and the same apartment for years, so that they bring along own furnishing.
As a Finn, it's interesting to watch this :D Russians don't even try to hide that their apartments look like shit. Here in Finland you need to have some detective skills to see whether the apartment is in mold or not, and whether it's actually good. But most of the apartments here are what you described as good. The biggest problem here is mold, so Russians have a ton of more problems to work with. Also, furnished apartments are weird. Usually all apartments in Finland are unfurnished, so you invest in some furniture in your first apartment and after that, you use them in all next apartments as well.
7:55 No. No you can't, trust me, we pay like 750 dollars for a 3 room flat and I dont even live in Prague, but in Ostrava, which is like a Chelyabinsk of the Czech Republic
Yeah this dude ain’t rented anywhere half decent in Europe lmao. Some parts might have rent comparable to his city, but only second tier cities would get close to his 300 dollar/month
There is so many flats like this in my city too. What always surprises me is that you don't even need to spend a lot to make those interiors at least a bit more modern and approachable. Like.. get rid off those carpets, buy the cheapest furniture and paint it white and it will look 1000 times better. I don't understand why people don't make even the smallest effort
I'm surprised that they're furnished tbh, here in the us you usually get an empty one and just put your own shit in it they just got like a kitchen and that's it. And honestly I kinda prefer that cause then at least I know the coom stains in the couch are mine.
It really varies alot in USA , all cities, ( in Every 50 states) has low end an high end rental prices, it just depends on which area of a city within a particular state you live in. It's pretty varied, East coast around NYC, West Coast California big cities can get very expensive , same thing in Any place on the coast, in the far south near the beach, gulf of Mexico or Florida, It really depends on what State you want to live in, all have Ares of hi n low rents. No discrimination is allowed, if you can afford the rent, you can rent. No race, or age , sex discrimination. All you need is job and proof of income, We do have many APTS for age requirements of 55 yrs n older people. And disabled or low income housing can also be found that are based on a %scale according to income. It's gotten better over the past 30 or more years.To stop discrimination. So it mostly just depends on what part of the country you want to live in.And also climate you prefer.Calif. Hawaii and NYC possibly the most expensive. DONT know if this helps give you an idea how it is here.
In Spain this can happen a lot too. Many not so cheap shitty grandma appartments with furniture from 1972, horror bathrooms and full of carpets.Of course the "Abuela" style it's not exactly like "babushka", but they could talk a lot about interior design with each other.
The custom of hanging rugs on the wall originated with the Polish middle and lower nobility. Polish nobles hung carpets, kilims and loose fabrics on the wall to remind themselves of military tents. Historian Wladyslaw Lozinski says this was known as the “tent style” of decoration. Through cultural osmosis this custom penetrated Russia and as far as the Balkins. The significance of rugs on the beyond Poland’s borders was lost, where it was simply considered “high class.” In Poland weapons and military equipment were often attached to the rug on the wall, as well as patriotic or religious pictures.
Well...I was appartment hunting in Oslo, Norway for some years ago. That was very depressing and not any better than this.And ten times more expensive. Even compared with the salaries/living costs. As far as it is for rental, you don't really need to care, because you can just move.
Take the furniture and refurbish the place, but that cost and the landlords mmm nope man. Now if we were talking about a house and owning the property fuck yes
Yup, I kinda dig that 60s wood furniture, and idk too much about the Soviet Union, but here in former East Germany the chances would actually be good that that shit is still decent quality, since it's still pre- the hardcore era of "literally noone has any money and everything sucks"
It was considered luxurious in USSR and probably was imported in the 60s or 70s from east europe, not even made in USSR. This and the carpets are considered very “uncool” among basically everyone below 60. But even the carpets perform an important role by blocking noise.
I got granma memories too, and I'm from fucking Scandinavia! If I ever got me an apartment in Russia, I would love a babushka bunker like that..... fucking sweet!
Hi Roman! Greetings from Luleå, Northern Sweden. This video made me laugh and cry together with you. I feel you, I feel you. What you are looking for is Scandinavian minimalistic style. The style I have in my house. Clean and minimalistic with smart furniture. I am happy that you now have found a decent apartment. Good work!
Loved Roman's take on Belarus. I think the next is how can we look at Belarus' past to determine which direction these protests will go and if Lukashenko will fall. Found a great analysis that does just that: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YKBYYD8nx4M.html
10:50 renovation of bathroom is just way more expensive, then renovation of bedroom. Some people can renovate room on their own, bathroom renovation is a little harder. I live in Lithuania (Klaipeda city), and rent prices are as crazy as in Chelyabinsk, and we also still have apartments that look just like they looked in SSRS. Here instead of racism most people don't want to rent if you have a pet or a child :D
@ボイス no, you are wrong. Russian Empire, USSR and Russian Federation (atm) are extremely different in most ways. And leaders were different (and not all russian/slavs)
I lived in a babushka style apartment in Zelenograd when I first moved to Russia. The toilet wobbled when you sat on it. Lightbulbs would explode regularly. Good times.
Damn man to be honest $600 a month for those nicer ones is still dirt cheap imo. I pay $1500/month for one that’s a similar size. Might need to move to Russia..😂
As a Lithuanian 🇱🇹 with lot's of good and bad experience living in London I could say that Roman never been outside Russia and or even Cheliabinsk. So, put him by force in the average London's one bed room or studio flat in the average area and he will appologise Putin what he says about Russia...
I fuckin love the Soviet carpets on walls, its super comforting and it’s a babushka staple The spendy apartments in Russia are often tacky to me honestly
Roman! New York City! You've seen the old photos of people on the boat from Russia arriving in America! Those tenement apartments were $35 per month and were rat holes and now they are $3000. per month and they are still rat holes.. Manhattan use to be cool with artists and writers and now they are gone. They were driven away, replaced with wealthy people...
@Krawczon for that price for the expensive house he showed no.. you need like at least 20 000 Kč for a decent apartment, depends on what area. Možná na Čerňáku 😂😂
@Krawczon I mean it would have the most modern interior where everything is brand new, king size bed, big fridge, IKEA-style furniture, large LED TV and stuff. For a bit more - like 35 000 roubles he could have 30-35 m2 flat with all the stuff I mentioned all for himself. But the guy wants super cool flat which is pretty spacious, has a cool location and is whining that it's freaking costly. Well, that's stupid. I live in Voronezh, it has the same population as in Chelyabinsk, people buy flats 2 years after they started their careers using mortgage. It's not impossible. And this guy is a vlogger, surely he could have bought one for 1.5 mln roubles ~ 20 000$, not such a big sum of money
Funniest upload for ages. So good. Don't worry Roman you're not alone, that bathroom and that bedroom @10:36 are like anti-matter, cannot coexist, not possible.
1:50 I almost feel the smell of that apartments just by looking at picture. Carpets collected odors of inhabitants for ages. You cannot get rid of stink, without taking everything to dumpster.
Was about to write the same thing. We even have carpets on the walls and every place is "near city center" (even if it's on the other side of town lol). But my favorite is an apartment for rent, where you only get one or two rooms, but there is "a friendly granny living in her separate room". They always have to mention how "friendly" and "calm" she or he is when I've heard so much stories from students who used to rent a room in such apartment...and all of them are really negative.
Luna .S. I wouldn’t blame the old lady though, I’ve heard people do that as a way to push the responsibility of ensuring their grandmother is alive to others so that they don’t have to have the grandmother move in with them. It’s an all around bad situation.
My previous flat had mouldy smell, toilet sewage went blocked several times, there was 5 different kinds of bugs plus one mouse visited us. It costed about 700€ per month council flat in small town. We kept complaining and they said flats are good. After 2 years we get eviction noticement along with rest of the neighbors because houses are built badly, pretty much illegal to live in, moulding and dangerous. We had to throw everything away we had but neighbor grandmas said they are too poor to buy new things so they took the mouldy stuff with them to new flats they moved in. Old nasty flats were taken down and non of us got any compensation. And this is in Finland so called rich happy country 🤣
Не знаю чё тебе сказать, друг... Я живу в штатах, в висконсине, пашу как папа Карло каждый день и приношу сорок пять тысяч в год. Это чуть больше чем две тысячи в месяц после налогов и всякой хуйни, и я плачу $1,075.00 в месяц за аренду, а всё остальное уходит на ЖКХ, страховки, поломки на машине, сигареты, кофе и иногда даже еду 🙂 желаю всего наилучшего в твоём поиске. Я родом из Питера, даже не могу представить как там быть в Челябинске. Держись, братан 🙂 long time subscriber, love your content, keep it up 👍🙂
For English speakers I don't know what to tell you, friend ... I live in the states, in Wisconsin, I plow like Papa Carlo every day and bring forty-five thousand a year. It's a little more than two thousand a month after taxes and all kinds of bullshit, and I pay $ 1,075.00 a month in rent, and everything else goes to utilities, insurance, car breakdowns, cigarettes, coffee and sometimes even food, I wish you all the best in your search. I come from St. Petersburg, I can't even imagine how to be there in Chelyabinsk. Hold on bro time subscriber, love your content, keep it long up
Maybe it’s time to look at a small house, or renting a house with friends. Think you just have to accept that the soviet buildings are going to have soviet apartments and soviet furniture in them. I like a lot of that 50’s wood furniture that you don’t. The majority of new furniture will look like garbage in a short time, because it’s just not as well made. You can repaint, refinish, or add a vinyl wrap to some of that old stuff and it would probably look fine. I’m with you on the Turkish rugs-I park my car on them. Cheers.
Most houses (called "private houses") are from 1800s and doesn't have any build-in facilities; so they from flow a local boiler/engine thingy which is not only not reliable but also dangerous
The problem is that is not wood furniture - it is poor quality Soviet IKEA shit. The last decent furnature was made durring Stalin era. And even those are pretty shit and made by prisoners.
