Another creepy Kiev elevator

Yes, I'm sure there are many of these in Kiev! One day we walked for 8 miles (I had my GPS tracker on me!) but we could only get into a handful of places. Other places I entered had been modernised.
However, the door to this building was wide open! The old fashioned glass roof structure at the top was really nice.
This is all missing footage that I mistakenly moved into a different folder, so there is some extra footage of the other scary lift we found.

[@plateshutoverlock]

If you press "10" three times, the elevator goes 30 feet below basement level where you are surrounded by nothing but concrete. A voice comes on the speaker saying "Silly goose! This building does not have 10 floors!". Then all power goes out and the shaft starts to fill with water.

[@folddyy]

then how did you survive? 😅

[@folddyy]

what the hell i absolutely dont recall making this reply and somehow i'm on this video again

[@noahshelly2311]

I hope these elevators don't get destroyed during the invasion. These elevators are awesome!

[@user-st2ti4wy1w]

Yes. Kmz is the best elevators.

[@vijfsnippervijf]

That’s only the least of my hopes…

[@OMM-bo9fr]

Beautiful house! But the elevator gives me a touch of claustrophobia just by watching the video! It's more like a vertically moving coffin... I've been watching your videos for years now but I only recently subscribed. I'm wondering, since you know so much about elevators, do you also answer technical questions?

[@GerdMcGurk]

What a beautiful house!

[@purpledragon5579]

I would honestly rather take the stairs

[@redcowcat8705]

Volleylizard 5 this one is not that scary...

[@ZLDSmogless]

Yeah, the thing looks like a death trap!

[@ArmoredsoldierCZ]

Just bcs. of that it has weak light doesnt it mean that its death trap. Example, i rided a elevator with light turned off/not working and quess what. Elevator was working as great as with lights.

[@tomasplunksnis1087]

Imagine getting stuck in one. I’ve ridden a soviet elevator before but it at least had lights.

[@thealexpshow782]

It's Soviet craftsmanship 😂

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

Great video as always, so dark inside I would always take a torch in there!

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Absolutely! Taking a torch with me is just standard now, just in case!

[@alabhaois]

Or at least a flashlight😏😳

[@josef596]

@@alabhaois - That’s a torch 😂

[@BrokebackBob]

Why is there no light?

[@adelegmcneil2852]

BobEckert56 its a scary left that’s why there no light 💡

[@mrmattandmrchay]

If I ever go back here, I'm gonna explore a little further!

[@mannyistheman2221]

This reminds me of an elevator you would find in a torture/slasher movie.

[@noone-be2qk]

Love your vids I'm very interested in old elevators / lifts

[@mrmattandmrchay]

cool, thanks. You've come to the right place :)

[@_Jon.]

Me too

[@WiZOOrD_]

Same

[@ElevatorsfromItaly]

Just a basic sovietic elevator

[@Canal_em_Vazio]

Shit, these lifts just looks like incinerators... I'd never get inside one of these. Nice video though.

[@putzigetajwanu]

probably manufactured by the same companies that installed the lifts in chernobyl and those were creepy as hell and probably haunted too

[@MMBaus]

Nice vid and another spooky lift! It's weird there's no light in it, it's pitch black when your torch is off!

[@mrmattandmrchay]

There is some light, but it's so dim that it doesn't even register on my action cam! Thanks for the comment.

[@user-st2ti4wy1w]

This is a Kmz elevator. In Kiev there is an old soviet Kmz elevators.

[@LBSiUK]

That thing probably never ever gets used.

[@LBSiUK]

It is very dark in there and I can tell you, I would definitively take the stairs.

[@Engineer9736]

EestiYTsuckib pohhuj see You got used to living in a nightmare. I would advice to immigrate 😀

[@mrmattandmrchay]

I know this is weird for me to say, but love spooky dark, loud elevators! I did have a good look around Kiev to find some more old elevators, but they were surprisingly difficult to find.

[@LBSiUK]

It's fine, I like scary lifts as well. Recently I found a vintage 1970s Hammond and Champness lift that was single-speed. It feels really scary when it stops with a thunk, and you get some lovely knocks on the car along the journey. I will have a video of that soon, assuming I can get the footage off of my camcorder.

[@Laurin0731]

​@@LBSiUKi too xd

[@taylorbulloch3329]

I would never ever go in an elevator that small and without a light... old wooden elevators are bad enough

[@comondere2801]

Lol I lived with that all my life.

[@comondere2801]

And its not wooden btw, its decor

[@TheSimoc]

​@@comondere2801Even scarier when someone says having got to live all their life within such.

[@dogalways]

Wow what a cool darkness elevator

[@antalmilan2242]

omg this is so cool, good video

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Thanks ;)

[@LondonAndSouthEastTransport]

Scary!

[@samuellourenco1050]

They seem to be similar to the ones in Chernobyl.

[@christopher-2000]

awesome lift video mr matt

[@mrmattandmrchay]

thanks

[@ajs2120]

Was this a holiday Matt or a work related visit? This must have been quite an experience.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

This was a trip to Chernobyl and Pripyat. I'm still intending to answer everyone's questions in a separate video, but life is so busy both at home and work that I haven't had time to do it yet!

[@SergeyFallout]

First elevator is not original for this building. It was replaced probably in 80's. Original elevator was maybe single-speed KMZ 58 with hand operated doors.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

nice and thanks for the information.

[@SergeyFallout]

Thank you, for interesting channel and nice videos!

[@otval_ochka]

This is another upgraded elevator. Previously, they wanted to modernize, but there was no money to replace the engine, the control station, so they replaced the walls of the cabin and the doors of the cabin and mine. This elevator is modernized somewhere in the years 2005-2008. Now they mostly change all equipment.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

It was difficult to find any old lifts in Kiev, probably due to the reason, as you said, they replace all the equipment now.

[@foxslifts]

@@mrmattandmrchay if you want to find the old lifts, you have to go to other cities in ukraine and not just Kyiv.

[@Aimoon1971]

There is no lights in the elevator and scary I am it’s moving very slow it gives me the shivers

[@WiZOOrD_]

Bruh im scared of Lifts unless people are in there but do u have any fears??? I could never do what u do no cap

[@Plaxton_presidents]

I love this shame some might be modernised soon

[@simonjustsen4817]

the last one 😱😱😱

[@spiders_lair]

I just love that the sticker says sigma on it

[@mspysu79]

Wow, that is a creepy and small elevator.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Would love to have found some more. There are probably hundreds but all behind locked doors of apartments

[@Dogappel]

I would not go in there, its really small and dark. Imagine getting stuck in there!

[@PneumatinisPlaktukas15]

This one was already modernised before you filmed it.

[@howdoicomment5932]

reminds me of the elevator in half life alyx

[@ArmoredsoldierCZ]

Why some of people has this elevator as dangerous? Its literally with weak light. And with this logic you are telling that even your house with lights turned off is dangerous. I used elevator with lights not working and it was working as great as with lights on. Just use your brains lol.

[@depressedlser7942]

How are u so brave I'm scared if elevator I sound like a baby Xd

[@IanGSully]

I would not want to be stuck in one of those elevators.

[@paulanderson79]

Far too claustrophobic for me. I'd rather walk.

[@princetugade9344]

Let's Take The Elevator! The Elevator: 0:47

[@UJAN8w7]

What brand is the 1st one

[@Basso-dmitrofundo]

Могилевский лифтовой завод

[@blueauraretriever]

Something you can definitely not find in New York City no matter how hard you try

[@mrmattandmrchay]

haha, yeah I can imagine!

[@Fly0High]

It could very well be Lisboa too...

[@QuarioQuario54321]

These elevators need modernization to bright modern cabs that go at a good speed.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

If they had been, then they wouldn't have been filmed! Went to loads of buildings in and around Kiev but there are a lot of modernised elevators out there now :)

[@QuarioQuario54321]

mrmattandmrchay These buildings are found all over the former USSR. The ones in Kazakhstan might be better than in Ukraine.

[@leemilica]

I will try to ask my grandma to give me keys for the elevator room (she is the 3rd main person controlling the building. I will be very careful not to touch anything, so I don't hurt myself. And maybe I could find a hidden gem.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Really, your grandmother lives in this building?

[@SamSitar]

add more light to that elevator.

[@LBSiUK]

As far as I know, that thing goes at 0.71 m/s.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Yep slow isnt it!

[@LBSiUK]

I think those are made by KMZ. They're Russian.

[@emmareporter4324]

god that elevator needs an led light!

[@talos86]

@VERNONBLVJSCSONAVUNE On the 7 train and 6 train it can. If it uses a standard E27 socket for light bulbs, then unscrew the old one and screw in a 17W(~1500 Lumen) LED bulb. If it uses a neon tube(G13 Socket), then u need replace first the safety starter(electromagnetic or electric equivalent for LED), after that just put in the LED tube. Thats all. It can be done in five minutes.

[@lauraleonor8811]

Maybe the led light is old enough of of energy you need to a replaced by the led light

[@conshea7382]

Never walk into shadows

[@idl3k_elev]

The second creepy elevator is maintained by SIGMA.

[@passacaglia28]

In Soviet Russia, elevator rides you! ... ... ...

[@mrmattandmrchay]

haha!

[@transitbusfan869]

That so brutal 8:42

[@axjmd]

Were you sure there weren't any poltergeists in this building?

[@mrmattandmrchay]

It was actually quite a hot day when I did this filming, so afterwards I went out and bought an ice scream (get it?!)

[@dykodesigns]

That second lift doesn’t respond too well to it’s call button. It seems like you have to press multiple times for it to work.

[@LBSiUK]

The button is probably had heavy use; I think they have worn down with time.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

I think this is not due to the button, but the circuit logic. This lift can only respond to one call at a time. While it's busy, all the other call buttons are disconnected. After the lift arrives at a floor, there is a short "in use" period where the call buttons do not work. When the doors shut, and after this short delay, all call buttons are active again. This confirms that this is the old relay controller in use here!

[@snpelevators260]

@@mrmattandmrchay buttons have light bulb inside, but they burned out. If the button is lit, you can't call lift.

[@Nieciej]

0,71 m/s with two-speed drive - it is normal in ex-USSR countries and the only cabin is new but made not exactly for this building (and it's floor count) - it's impossible i.e. in Poland where I live, but there it is normal. Everything else is ok - lift is going up and down.

[@passacaglia28]

It's a good thing you are not claustrophobic. Sheesh!

[@adelegmcneil2852]

☠️💀👻

[@CAelevators.]

I wonder why they put so many extra floor buttons here?

[@mrmattandmrchay]

I guess it's cheaper to buy a generic lift panel rather than getting one especially made for this building with 6 floors. Same applies on the second lift - this is a standard COP that I saw in most places around Chernobyl and Pripyat.

[@simontay4851]

COP? is that the name of the manufacturer?

[@mrmattandmrchay]

COP means Car Operating Panel :)

[@CAelevators.]

mrmattandmrchay Yes, that makes a little bit of sense!

[@watchmakerful]

Cio Dokop It's a very common Soviet panel with Otis-like pop-out buttons. Here the pop-out feature is not used, it's used in more complicated control stations.

[@janke-sk5914]

OMG 😀

[@Metrofreak1000]

You should have been riding Russian pop out button elevators

[@mrmattandmrchay]

We certainly looked around for some, but somehow we didn't find many places with old lifts (most were modernised, even a really old and scary looking apartment block - modernised lifts :(

[@erickimmy1493]

Has to be one of the top 5 creepy lifts. I mean it's pitch black in there!

[@creativeinventions8937]

pov you live in Egypt

[@nacabaro3737]

My elevator goes at 3cm / s

[@blueauraretriever]

Cloud LMFAO ! ! ! My school elevator goes 50 cm/s

[@mia9l]

Bro this lifts light is homeless🤣

[@sbanner428]

Why doesn’t the light illuminate shit lol

[@xrmax4551]

Imagine pressing floor 4 and it leads you to the last non existing floor instead. That's one of my worst nightmares 😥

[@mrmattandmrchay]

These 'generic' panels with more buttons than floors were a bit weird, but I suppose it was cheaper than buying a custom made one with only the required floors.

[@angkarbasil]

Where location?

[@paulanderson79]

Kiev, Ukraine.

[@gabrielcoyle9049]

It’s really slow for a traction lift

[@gabrielcoyle9049]

Well the first glass ones slow

[@snpelevators260]

0,71 meters per second

[@rakharummychanel]

Lift ber hantu apa

[@UJAN8w7]

8:26 sigma

[@EMMAWONDERLAND1]

Pretty dark it is... Is too weak that light up there elevator! Isn't fix-it a new light properly. Is scare try ride this elevator of it! ☹

[@mrmattandmrchay]

It's a very weak light! I bet most of the residents prefer to walk up the dark stairwell instead! Very nice roof area though.

[@dengit5382]

крутой дом

[@Trainspotter229]

You risk

[@Lighting_Desk]

There's something not quite right about this lift.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

LOVE these old style lifts though!

[@Lighting_Desk]

mrmattandmrchay it does still have a charm about it. Even if it is slightly scary!

[@archivushka]

Just one sign can turn this place into tourist attraction. It would gather so many tourists, the massive income gonna be enough to renovate the whole Ukraine

[@tetehita1794]

Oh elevator fails a

[@bekindtotheonesthatyoulove4894]

Nopie

[@leogeekfods1]

Made in soviet union

[@noone-be2qk]

First 😃

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Always interesting to see who is first, second and sometimes third XD

[@Clement-xy9iv]

I'm 22th (LOL).

[@smrtc651productions]

king_of_the_yeeters 04 fack you

[@dmitriy_1006]

Russian elevator

[@MrSimonWilson]

Nothing scary about it 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎