The building and hour flat is strong built and it’s beautiful I love the kitchen and your room it’s beautiful Russia you respect women in Russia it shows
This is a a well organized and traditional apartment that has character. It is a treat to see the architecture of a Russian flat and your personable manner is quite hospitable Lisa. Thanks for sharing
I think the odd suitcase was for carrying a typewriter. The slope was for the angled keys on 3 or 4 levels. See if there are 4 foot marks etc inside. I would have been 5 and just about noone had a washing machine or a fridge, a washing board and a wringer was common, we had to wait until about 1960 for the "white goods" to appear. Likewise portable transistor radios. Very interesting to see familiar and different objects. You are quite pale so make sure you take vitamins especially D.
1984. I think she might well never have seen one. Because of the samizdat I believe there were not many having one. The books were censored and the only way for the opposition to publish something banned by the regime was by typing it. Meaning they had to hide the typing machines, very few had one and probably was registered to be controlled not to be used by the opposition.
We are reassured that you have special doors everywhere from the entrance of the building until the keys of your room to keep you safe from the burglars and other perpetrators. In my opinion in the West the poor people have no safety.
This was a tour through time, in a world apart. I haven't seen a rotary phone since the 80's. Does it still work i wonder? And next to a turntable from the same era or older. That is a lovely home you're staying at Lisa. I had a feeling this video was going to be about a tour of your pad, but my original guess wasn't wrong either 😉 Russia has such a mix of old and new culture, and many traditional ways of doing things are still practiced. Its enlightening to see and watch. I hope i get the opportunity to visit someday. In the meantime, thank you Lisa, for taking us along on your journey's so we can live vicariously through them ❤😊
@@lisa_with_love the good Ole days before the computer invaded our lives. I will say, though, that the cell phone was the best thing to come out of this new world we live in. Until it got taken over by a computer too lol And, well, of course, RU-vid as well, or else we wouldn't have great, enriching content like your own.
Beautiful my love wish you were living with me in TX USA (K-1 VISA) it's hot and humid here but i live 30 minutes to beach🏖 it does get a little cold during the winter here around OCT- JAN love you and your channel
🐷🐷🐷🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🧌la Russie 🇷🇺 le pays du bonheur 🥹 est pour rester aux pouvoirs Poutine à déjà sacrifier un nombre effroyable de soldats russes morts blessés ou handicapés 😢le bonheur 🥹
That's not a traveling suitcase lol that's a typewriter case! And "syndyk" is called a "chest" in English :) Also instead of saying "very old" or "retro" all the time you can use the word "VINTAGE" instead, it just sounds better than "very old" lol
Yes, it's very cozy, Lisa. I really like the elevator and windows. And the paddle reminds me of Northwoods lodge decor in Midwest USA where I live. Will you make tea using one of the samovars and film it for us?
What an amazing Russian apartment. So you have officially moved to Moscow? That's great. I'm looking looking forward for your Russian adventures. Greeting all the way from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. 🇷🇺❤️👋
I do love the chair, desk and lamps, as i a big fan of fine quality furniture. As for the weather, it is cold and raining hard and i love it to bits.😅 Fantastic British weather 🇬🇧. Anyone for a cup of tea?🫖
One of the best things about these apartments.. Radiator heat, and still air. Great for your skin. In America most houses have forced air heating systems, which blow warm air throughout the house. Some describe it as an airplane sound when it's running and it's about as good for your skin as using a hair dryer
Wonderful cozy place! Lisa is the neighborhood safe and friendly? We want to make sure you are cared for. Was that thing you held up an old typewriter case?
Most of these buildings were built during the Soviet times. In Khabarovsk, many of them are even more modest. Imagine the oldest looking apartment building you can imagine. But inside, even though many of the apartments are small, they are cozy and nice. The total size of the apartment would fit into my greatroom in America.
If I feel the need to brighten my life...I just turn on one of your vlogs ! Thanks Lisa.. for the vintage Russian experience ! You have a natural talent for doing what you do ! Your vlogs are so good that I've taken to giving you the thumbs up...BEFORE I watch your videos...because I KNOW they'll be good ! To Lisa with Love from Australia ✈🦘🇦🇺🌹
It looks nice and cosy, we have apartments like that in Toronto, and you would pay here around $ 1800.- plus utilities hydro and heating an extra $ 400. Some high rise buildings may charge an extra maintenance fee of $ 300.-. We also have some luxury condo apartments for the rich with a communal swimming pool and fitness palour. Those rank with over $ 1 Million to one plus a maintenance fee of around $ 3000.- monthly. I rather like to live in the country site up north of Toronto, near Parry Sound (250 k distanve), where live is much mor affordable, Our cities are no longer safe, crime is way up from when I arrived in Canada 40 years ago. It was a paradise than, now Toronto is unrecognizeable in no good way. f I would not be too old, I dream of living in Russia, where it is clean, and the people are patriotic and proud. Women dress so much better in Russia and they are easier to identify as Woman. Here I'm sometimes not sure I get so much good vibes from Russia. Love your Videos !🫖🌹💃💯❤
this flat can cost 1800 usd per month because it has 4 rooms, I only rent one. it is historical downtown of Moscow, flats are expensive here but utilities not that high I think
@@lisa_with_loveI am living in Russia for many years already (moved from NYC). Can take a guess that water and heating bills for that apartment are about $50-70 per month and all the other utilities combined (incl electricity, garbage, building maintenance etc.) are less than $100.
@@PaulV. Can you get me one of those Paul ? My past away wife lived until 2016 in New York City, and the rent was almost at Toronto's level today, and so where the utility cost's. unless you lived somewhere in the Project's with subsidized housing, and those are not desirable places.
@@lisa_with_love How high was it in Vladivostok, and where else you lived ? I know from Expat American, Tim Kirby, and the US Combat Veteran Marine (Wild Siberian) that the Rent and Ownership of Houses and Apartment are cheap outside big city centers. Also any utility coast are very cheap.
@@ernstwiltmann6 well you will have to move to Russia for that. But yes utilities here are really cheap and property taxes just nominal. That is why most Russians have quite a decent life despite earning several times less than people in the West. If someone has his own mortgage free house or apartment he can almost completely forget about his living expenses.
Thanks Lisa. What a warm, cosy little world, thank you so much for showing it to us. It all seems so well-organised and beautiful. You look lovely as well, 'as pretty as a picture'.
That lift would give me claustrophobia.Your flat looks very cosy though.I like the old style record player.I must try to find a recording of "Krasnaya Carafan",is that "Red Caravan"?Wow below -8c they turn on the heat?In UK that for 3 days would be like a natural disaster!We panic when it gets to just 0c!Thank you for the tour.
@@lisa_with_love I have watched all of them, this one for Moscow city is very good. I meant that Vladivostok is more authentic city and less known as well as the surrounding cities / villages, so vlogs from there are more unusual :) have a nice evening !
If I'm not mistaken, these were called Khrushchevka. They always remind me of a state hospital inside, or any other publicly planned building here in the United States. I guess you can make anyplace cozy. Why they always used to put a glass transom between the loo and kitchen puzzles me.
I must correct you. 4 rooms and high ceilings (considerably higher than 3 meters) - this is "Stalinka" And in Khrushchev buildings they didn’t make a wide staircase, where you could put an elevator in the flight between the stairs. In Khrushchevka up to 5 floors there was no elevator; if there were more floors, the elevator was already built into the wall.
I would be careful with that "taser gun" connected to mains power. You could probably kill someone with that. The neighbours tv flickers when you light the gas stove.
Don't scare the girl. This electric lighter is completely safe, its electricity consumption is minimal and the discharge corresponds to any battery-powered lighter. In Russia, they have been used since time immemorial. This lighter is probably as old as this house. Now mostly lighters with replaceable batteries are used, but a long time ago, when batteries were not cheap, this option was a cheap and safe option for igniting a gas stove.
Beautiful home and yard. I love your respect for the classical Russian retro design and features. Elevator is so cool. Thank you beautiful Lisa 😍 This video is incredible. Poka Poka
