DORM TOUR / REVIEW OF A STUDENT DORM IN RUSSIA

In this video you will see what a student dormitory in Russia looks like! I will make a room tour, and then show you the facilities of my dorm: our section, kitchens, balcony, etc. Hope you’ll enjoy it. Like the video and write your questions in comments!
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[@iulianalexandru9402]

When i was a student in Romania we used to say, "First we have to become carpenters and then students".

[@crisprapper]

@Phuk Hyutoob I'm assuming because students are expected to repair their own places.

[@nikolakarovic6509]

in canada you need to be a student to become a carpenter.

[@zcalhoun3638]

@Phuk Hyutoob thats the joke my guy

[@Paloodi]

@Phuk Hyutoob university dorms , in Bucharest especially ,have really shitty furniture and few utilities, so you have to bring your own stuff or make some imoprovisations

[@nikolakarovic6509]

@Drake O'Mailey yes sir.

[@josephinedupond3693]

This video just confirmed my imagination of living in russia..

[@liska7872]

😂😂😂😂 sry....

[@Mike25654]

Doesn't look too bad.

[@loravipperman3061]

Yeah me too 😬

[@liska7872]

@@Mike25654 the dorm was pretty bad and looked dangerous, lift etc

[@Mike25654]

@@liska7872 I have seen way worse in the middle of Central Europe 😂

[@johnstudd4245]

"I cleaned my room" "appreciate my sacrifice" lol

[@CaptainPrice360]

Im gonna use that in the future XD

[@blurryface_1589]

She is so funny, love her humor!

[@johnstudd4245]

@@blurryface_1589 Actually for the most part, its not her sense of humor, just the application of certain words that are technically somewhat correct, but just not in the way we native English speakers are used to hearing them used in that context or that way. Sometimes it just comes out sooooo cute!

[@t-002amirsubhanikhan6]

Must have read Jordan Peterson

[@buecherwuermin]

@@johnstudd4245 well she used expressions like "welcome to my humble abode" so she probably used "sacrifice" intentionally, she seems to know English very well and that seems to be her humour, so I think it's a bit condescending to assume that she doesn't know the diffetence just because English is not her native language...

[@Smokie181]

"We are ok with it" *Jumps out of a window* I love your humor!

[@Suominoinen]

I GOT SO SCARED OMG XD

[@Naturalhighz]

For some reason I missed that you shared the room with your sister and I thought it was incredibly soviet of you to say "our" about everything xD

[@rapdri89]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rekaevf99]

I thought the same!

[@TheMeceFli]

lmaoooo

[@volgariver6426]

Yeah in america it's me me my my, who is with character flaw?

[@marciadg298]

@@volgariver6426 I is a capital letter and you / us / our is a lower case. Or “Me before you”. If you think about others first, you’ll be missed from your own life.

[@Felix22486]

"The picture is fine but the situation is scary" I'm borrowing that

[@Amr_D]

The main reason I subscribed to her because she is like weirdly/awkwardly funny

[@evl1536]

Russian meme.

[@PetrCharousek]

@tu was du willst *sarcastic

[@user-ts9fp5ig9z]

We say "this meme is funny but the situation is not"

[@sarasullivan4897]

I’m an old grandmother from Texas in the USA. Good job with your English and you have a great sense of humor. You have made a cute, charming, colorful home. Just wish you were warmer in winter. Keep collecting things from other countries. It’s a wonderful idea. Please visit Texas.!😊❤️🇨🇱

[@weedmood]

i totally agree

[@jocivtrance3455]

Yes please visit Texas!

[@LD-Orbs]

Texas fan here. I hope you can drop by that great state sometime, Natasha. Same for all the readers here!

[@weedmood]

one question what will happen with Tex in united states will break the union? Mexic will take it or will it become a country ? or other posibility .

[@weedmood]

@Samuel Lux ?

[@tupacole]

Despite the building being in such poor state, you managed to make your room feel very cozy and inviting. Good job!

[@bneshel1514]

Yeah I second that

[@sorinbudeanu101]

This building is actually pretty good, in difference with others here

[@maleknen1599]

yeh building in Philadelphia are better

[@onimichael664]

I thought I was the only one that noticed this

[@Deylandra]

If I lived here I'd need alcohol. Lots of it.

[@Andrey110379]

They are drinking a lot, be sure)

[@cianakril]

@@Andrey110379 Russia is only 26th place in alcohol consumption per capita. Even Belgium and France bits it in this regard.

[@wyome5056]

Well, you'd be in Russia so that wouldn't be a problem

[@annas8762]

@@cianakril interesting!

[@feeer5913]

I don’t like alcohol but living there I will take it 😌👏👏

[@peiyan7898]

"The stoves still work sometimes... We are ok with it" *proceeds to jump* lmao

[@HM-li6di]

For those who are wondering In Russian We have 25% percent of people under the level of poverty 65% are just lower class 7% are middle class and 3% are uppers

[@uninterruptedrhythm4104]

damn

[@lauryrodriguez7229]

Oof

[@abercrombiefitch5431]

there's a reason they refer to the 1%

[@HM-li6di]

@@abercrombiefitch5431 they are not the 1% of the world tho There’s only new money in Russia

[@Andrey110379]

But the majority goes on rooting for that poverty. They just like it.

[@csucskos]

I was playing Metro and I though it was in a post apocalyptic world... turns out it was the current state of the buildings.

[@fairytaleviola]

Exactly lol

[@businessproyects2615]

"How is the dormitory?"-"Not Great Not Terrible"

[@peiyan7898]

3,6 out of 10

[@ernie_like_hemingway]

You are delusional.

[@PaulBruinFan]

@@ernie_like_hemingway ha ha. Yeah, she got it half right there.

[@TheMarcusNyberg]

@@ernie_like_hemingway it`s a quote from the netflix series Chernobyl.

[@ernie_like_hemingway]

@@TheMarcusNyberg Same whit I wrote. 😂 I saw the show. 😂 And it is not from netflix but HBO.

[@richjohn74]

Is it typically 'you' or typically 'Russian' to turn despair into humor and irony? I love it.

[@lluummd]

I can confirm, it's typical of russians

[@djemanac]

@@lluummd As as Croat I can say that it is Slavic tradition

[@Absolyim]

i'm german and we do it too.. seriously.. who doesn't x] ?

[@DimitriTheBarbarian]

What despair? Normal life

[@jaizzj.z.3690]

@@djemanac as a Pole I totally confirm and we also always put magnets on the fridges

[@marizvictorio7357]

her: talks about students getting caught cause of smoking her: “so better not get caught” lmaooo

[@integratedhatespreader]

Spoken like a true russian if you ask me. lol

[@информациясовсехсторон]

I'm from Hungary, I always smoked from the window of my shared dorm room, the other two guys were fine with it, just had to make sure the smoke detector doesn't go off 👍🏼 Nothing special same as in Russia.

[@voxveritas333]

Thank you, Natasha, for this excellent tour of your life at University and your student home. Your English is very good indeed, and you are to be congratulated for your industriousness and your accomplishments. Good luck to you in your studies. I am amazed that you not only do this so well in English but now you are also taking on Chinese too. Wow!

[@musclesflexcom8582]

Tiktok kids: so aesthetic😳🙊 Us Eastern Europeans: welcome to my nightmare, A.K.A. My town

[@mrworldwide6628]

TikTok is ruining a generation

[@musclesflexcom8582]

@Kayra Kara cancer tiktok kids do

[@musclesflexcom8582]

@@mrworldwide6628 Totally agree...

[@jacquesderrida5844]

it's not that bad, eastern eurpeans have it easy.

[@sofia2gg]

@@jacquesderrida5844 Russia is in eastern Europe and believe me in others countries it's the same

[@chrisbedwards]

"And in this bag we keep potatoes" Don't know why I found that so funny.

[@rafalw2591]

It's to make your own vodka.

[@integratedhatespreader]

Strangely enough, potatoes (kartoshka) is the only russian word I know.

[@businessproyects2615]

In Russia: 'the potato keeps the bag'

[@kalinkomalinko]

There is such a feature in the post-Soviet space. my grandmother bought 200 kilograms of potatoes every fall and cooks them all year, next fall she do it again. This is because the price is different at different times of the year, and she save money.

[@apocalypto559]

@@integratedhatespreader that pitiful blyat.

[@RRaucina]

The blue Soviet paint finished it for me: I am severely depressed.

[@thedevilwuster]

When my dispatching software is hanging on maps sometimes it takes and makes the windows boarders that color. I am immediately depressed a little and your observation caused me to realize why that is. It's that damn color!

[@kaylag5043]

I think it's a bice colour

[@carliemarliee]

It’s so funny. In Russia it’s this lights blue and in Romania everything is in this light yellow :D

[@user-rk4jy3lj1c]

Same 😆 I absolutely hate this hue of blue. Commonly found in Romania too.

[@allandulles7108]

China used this weird greenish teal... And it was two tone. Only the lower half of the wall has paint.

[@eldendong4956]

emily from california: bUt ThE SoViEt aEstHeTiC!

[@irbelle_]

I'll never complain about our dorms ever again lmfao guess we never know how privileged we really are until we see stuff like this

[@angelheart_]

Wtf leave this girl alone shes quite happy

[@minipeeny9475]

@@angelheart_ yeah the commenter is just a "pick me girl" lol

[@ajmason4970]

@@minipeeny9475 how are they anything like a pick me girl??

[@aphrog649]

@@minipeeny9475 it’s not “pick me” to be grateful for the stuff you have 😭

[@Michizoechling]

@@minipeeny9475 so appreciating what you have after realizing others have it worse is now a pick me. OK. I guess having human feelings is pick me

[@Noisy_Cricket]

The deadpan humor of this channel is hilarious 😂

[@ajinkyamehere5365]

IKR! I love it!

[@helmutflieger4098]

Humor is dry as a martini. "There will be many exciting things on this tour, for example, this snowman" (Pans to pathetic, forlorn snowman) Hahahaha! 💜

[@aru4115]

It’s a coping mechanism in Russia

[@kirmor123]

@@aru4115 gosh, now that you said it.... I mean you are not wrong

[@maxand.1462]

In Russia, joke tell you

[@chilly22]

i mildly spit my coffee out when she jumped out the window lol

[@KASol648]

This video was so artistic, I felt like I was watching a short film in a festival. You have an incredible sense of humour! Good luck to you, you’re wonderful ❤️

[@kylefan8478]

damn, your dorm kinda looks like a prison lol.

[@equim7363]

@@Elena-nx8iq That's unique! Should make it tourist attraction

[@alexdenisov7912]

I’m Russian and I can’t explain why the educational authorities are so afraid of students. But I confirm that it is really a typical dorm in Russia.

[@ucacheer2213]

Many prisons are nicer than this unfortunately.

[@thursoberwick1948]

@@Elena-nx8iq I think you mean this world. We're going to need electronic government ID to visit the hairdresser and cafes soon. Over a hundred countries signed up.

[@jacqueline8559]

No, I've seen prisons on KZbin. Some are better

[@gabrielamartins6860]

I am from Brazil, and in my entire life, I never thought I would see my country's flag in a RUSSIAN dormitory (????)Btw, you're an amazing girl, I love your sense of humor. Thanks KZbin for sending me this video. Ps: I think your country is amazing, I want to visit you one day

[@koboldprime2257]

Brasil* _ohaa_

[@Elisa-ql1ez]

@@koboldprime2257 U R wrong. She wrote with a "Z" cause that's how they write it in english. It varies according to the language, u dumb fuck.

[@wellyremigio7023]

Mana fiquei chocada quando vi a bandeira do Brasil kkkkkk

[@gabrielamartins6860]

@@Elisa-ql1ez thank u

[@Segovaxxx]

cade ela pra responder? quero saber também

[@bananalovinggirl9754]

I made my dad watch this and he said it looked exactly the same as when he went to Uni in Russia in the 90's

[@ferdinandportland8563]

Another twenty years more and it will still be the same.

[@frizzyhairedgirl]

I just love the fact that you forced him to watch it.

[@fabriciocastellano710]

AT LEAST HE WENT TO A PUBLIC, FREE AND LAY UNIVERSITY. IF YOU WERE TO A UNIVERSITY IN THE UNITED STATES, YOU WOULD HAVE TO MORTGAGE YOUR HOME TO PAY THE COSTS OF YOUR STUDIES. READ A BIT OF KARL-MARX SO YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF CAPITALISM, BY GOD

[@HelloHelloCharlie]

@@fabriciocastellano710 d e e p

[@summeralloe5822]

@@fabriciocastellano710 no one cares

[@user-pu6ne3js9k]

“and look, this hole in the wall looks like africa” 😂 this is amazing

[@jimfulton1332]

Students in America should watch your video. That will make them appreciate what they have. You are very pretty and speak terrific English!

[@devrusso]

Young people in america should look how the world works outside of the USA, actually. Everytime I speak with my american friends they just can't understand what is being actually poor.

[@DoctorStrange01]

@@devrusso Ignorance is a bliss.

[@dsoule4902]

@@devrusso they're about to find out .....

[@Humanophage]

They'd have *a whole lot* more in Russia for the kind of money they pay. And more academic freedom to boot.

[@onezero3218]

Ok, lets compare -she has not so good dorm room for 11 dollars a month and her university education is probably free of charge or nearly free. The American students have better living conditions combined with huge university taxes covered by student loans. After they finish they will become debt slaves, and she will receive her education debt free. Which one will you choose?

[@blackrack2008]

Algorithm went and recommended a banger of a channel

[@ea9849]

"This is a picture of France, because my sister studies french" looool

[@ValiantSchneider]

The Reason for the German Map ist even better :-D Greetings from Hessen (Germany)

[@smokymcpot86]

@@ValiantSchneider i like to learn english with Natasha, greetings from BErlin :-)

[@anetemalina7776]

“They still work sometimes and we are okay with it” *talking about the kitchen* *jumps out the window*

[@yangkang9262]

The 45 dollars per month really puts into perspective the difference between me watching the youtube video and her actually having to live there.

[@alsowishimura6824]

seriously. $45 a month for actually good living conditions seems like a very small price to pay for me, which makes me imagine how different her condiditons are actually having to work, study, and live there. :(

[@Mali_Ah]

@@alsowishimura6824 Compared to Russian minimal wage that price isn't so cheap

[@lovethelifeuhave]

I am curious what their typical salary is in USD, it would help put everything into persective.

[@Mali_Ah]

@@lovethelifeuhave I don't live there but from what I know it's like 177 USD

[@willow8171]

Right, I pay more per month only for my streaming services

[@badiskarboul2095]

"This hole looks like Africa" hahahahaha I love your spirit, girl

[@ana-tq5ey]

@Sara Benhnini nothing. she just joked about the spot of peeling paint on the wall of her dormitory by comparing its shape to a contitent to light up the mood. there's nothing to read into...

[@leahv5892]

Thank you for being honest about the living conditions and costs.

[@forestmanzpedia]

Will you guys stop mentioning or asking about comments on the war? She is just an ordinary citizen, carries no fault or decision on the war either.

[@Marija.Donovan]

It's funny how Slavic cultures (Hi from Serbia🇷🇸) are so simmilar from poor dorms and weird educational system to small things like putting documents in last drawer 😂

[@njmfff]

Something tells me Russians also don't sit at the corner of table.

[@Tea_princess]

A fellow polish girl here! I think it is the slavic mentality 😂😂😂

[@gretapileckaite9124]

Yeah same dormitories and culture in Lithuania! and yeah we also don’t sit on the corner of a desk 😁

[@cristian-vk7yy]

@@njmfff who sits at the corner of the table will never get married.

[@TheMrExemplar]

It's Russian influence which created the overall culture for these countries over decades

[@bernieadin1567]

The condition of your dormitory is abominable by any standard in US or Western Europe. It’s amazing that you are able to function as a student or a person in this situation. My prayers are with you,

[@allandulles7108]

Pshh... These buildings were built by commies. Solid reinforced concrete. Small rooms, but sturdy. New american dorms are built of wood... Five stories of garbage.

[@mazzy_vc]

I think all American students should spend some time in a Russian university. Maybe it would help give them some perspective and help them realise they should appreciate their country.

[@haroldbeck4351]

@@mazzy_vc Well, maybe a few of those American students might even reflect on whether they need all the crap they're so anxious to acquire.

[@diman4010]

Conditions of her dormitory actually are even better of many others dormitories in big Russian cities. So she is a lucky one ;D

[@kaisankhasru4081]

Ahh, you would faint if you had seen third world country dorms... we basically live in slums in buildings 😌

[@FarmerSchinken]

I love how your room looks like any other student room here in Germany but the rest looks like an abandoned building

[@boblacks945]

When I lived in Russia as a teacher in the 1990's, most of the apartments that I visited were quite comfortable but the common areas [halls, stairs, elevators, front yard] were in disrepair. At that time, nobody owned their apartments so they only cared about their personal space and all the rest was just not their concern. With little money for maintenance, nothing was done to fix things up. I am afraid that this mentality still exists among many people. My personal opinion is that things could be much better if the central government spent less on the military and more on the needs of the average person.

[@marinacrespo1]

@@boblacks945 I visited Russia 4 years ago and we stayed in a flat, it was kind of new on the inside, but the the common areas like you said were so horrible. The entrance smelled of urine. I will never forget that :/

[@lzh4950]

@@boblacks945 Reminds me of strata-titled shopping malls in my country, where different shops are owned by different landlords. With them being naturally self-interested it's less likely that they can come to an agreement to pay for larger-scale projects e.g. renovation, collective sale, so such malls tend to be more run-down. They're also less likely to co-ordinate among one another to have an optimal tenant mix in the mall, so some of such malls are red-light in nature e.g. higher concentration of bars & discos, massage parlours (which have been associated sometimes with more sexual activities)

[@naima1836]

I dont know in which germany you live xD but i dont know any dormitory here in germany that looks like that

[@baris3138]

As a german student...u have to live in a cheap ass east german dorm because this ain't true at all

[@kyonshi77]

I admire your determination and resilience to live in such conditions. This kind of dormitory in Canada would revolt people, it would be seen on the evening news and would be seen as completely unacceptable. The owners of such lamentable housing buildings would be held responsible, most probably sued and forced to clean up, fix everything and install new applicances and furniture. You can trust me on this ;)

[@yearlycorruption]

yeah, that’s messed up)

[@michael20sh28]

Come on get down to earth. In Canada for that price you can only afford some snack from the Dollarshop. Nobody enforcing her to stay in a place like that. It's all about the $

[@SH-ly1uy]

It’s funny that many students in Canada want socialism. But they don’t want to live like in socialism.

[@sayemaraf5459]

Yes because Canadian students pay a hefty amount on education and housing so it is justified if they revolt. On the other hand Russian education is almost free and so is the student housing.

[@um4ooo]

Yeah and that`s why Canada is a normal developed country because your people has opinion and you are not afraid to express it.

[@chiaracianci224]

In Italy we also love to decorate our fridges with lots of magnets, my family has the tradition to buy a magnet from every place we visit! Also since I’m studying Russian in Uni and I really like you’re video since they help understand the reality of life in Russia!

[@SuperPurpleleopard]

When I visited Milan there were soma absolutely amazing fridge magnets there.

[@victoria-li1es]

in greece we do it as well!

[@stureekie4638]

What really impresses me about your videos is that you seem to have a positive outlook on everything, with no evidence of resentment. If you can keep this optimism always, you will forge a good life for yourself. It seems to me that you deserve nothing less. Please keep the videos coming. My heart reaches out to you.

[@yanusanders7686]

Well, in order to be resentful you have to experience something better at first.

[@danapertile106]

I guess it is because she doesn't know anything else... anything better. She thinks that these conditions are actually normal. Of course, for people from wealthier countries, it is not normal at all. To me, the dorm looks terrible and depressive. In my country, students would protest and complain and require either lowering their payments for the dorm rooms, or (and that is more probable) repairing everything that doesn't work. Actually, no. I'm wrong. In my country, such a dormitory would not get a permission to accommodate anyone. It would get closed for not keeping legislative requirements for living in them.

[@Kerbedis1]

@@danapertile106 No, she doesn't think that. That's the whole point of the video, to show that it's not very nice. Poor doesn't equal stupid, you know?

[@mikemetague7973]

I think Your positive attitude resembles Franz Kafka's. It pleases with the humorous resignation, "What to do?"). :)

[@robertrehfeld4458]

"This teddy bear looks cute, but the whole picture gives sad impressions." Too funny, I almost fell out of my office chair.

[@mayaatkinson1]

I love how honest you are about the reality of living in Russia, it’s very interesting to see! thank you for sharing!💞💞

[@normanrogers6092]

"It covers a hole in the wallpaper." Hilarious!

[@maxlewin5903]

People in the U.K. Have been complaining about having to live in their dorms during the lockdown but if they watch this video I think they'll calm down lol. Great English👍🏼

[@tsproduction8957]

A lot of English ones aren’t much better lol

[@inesasoghoyan847]

Agree 😂

[@i.03983]

ive seen english houses they have it pretty bad lol

[@ch1ll1bean]

UK dorms cost on average £150/week vs this dorm at $11/month, despite many, albeit not this bad, still having pretty shitty living conditions. Even taking in the reduced cost of living in Russia in general, the cost of UK accommodation is ridiculous compared so I think they can be mad lol

[@thursoberwick1948]

Don't worry, Boris is arranging a smartphone ID system just to visit hairdressers and cafes and none of the media is commenting on it. Over a hundred countries signed up to the scheme too. So Boris has been ordered to do it by someone else.

[@kristamaydaguio5524]

"You see that even outside my room my dorm keeps connections with the whole world" 😭

[@GoodCitizen-lf9db]

i died

[@theumlungu]

😂😂 I'm so glad I finally found someone who commented on this bc I found it so funny

[@Sophya7]

My favorite part lmao!!

[@loriannrichardson7644]

That was priceless 🤣

[@lewstone5430]

It was cute and positive.

[@forgetit6853]

В Хабаровске до сих пор совок везде , даже мы с Якутска приезжая офигеваем насколько там все устаревшее , зачем это показывать и говорить что это середина ?! Сейчас почти везде уже современные общаги для студентов

[@represent3508]

Looks scary I'm never complaining about my student dorm again.

[@maxkuijper000]

I mean her room is a life hacks masterpiece

[@peachfreude]

The bleaker the situation, the funnier the person will be. Exhibit A:

[@Bambim8]

That's just the way the Russian humor is.

[@warwolf715]

Gotta find some way to be positive

[@tridentigerly]

9:40 An old random poster in Korean basically telling you to keep smiling.

[@raulmedina8150]

i'm now scared to study there

[@NatashasAdventures]

haha don't worry :D The conditions are different, it depends on a particular university!

[@joernhaese1156]

It is hard to imagine what I have been through at the University in Oryol, 4 hrs south of Moscow. I complained straight to the Ministry of Education about inadequate study programs and about disgusting living conditions in our hostel in Orel. Then I was expelled, but came back and went to Court, I sued the University, and won, which is a precedent in Russia. Feel free to have a look, the interviews are online, and check out on Yandex Йорн Хезе Орел. Good luck to you.

[@jaga007jaga]

@@joernhaese1156 brave

[@w3jd4n]

@@joernhaese1156 yooo

[@mothratemporalradio517]

@@joernhaese1156 hello, i can't speak Russian or read Cyrillic, which because i'm on the Android app, i also can't copy. Could you please tell me how i may search in English if that's an option? If not, can i possibly ask you to expand? Interested. Cheers! (And congrats, from the sounds of it.)

[@6cylindertuned]

As a college student in the US some of my accommodations looked like a crack house. Students are poor everywhere. Your English is great, keep making videos.

[@HM-li6di]

It’s not about students it’s about the location

[@alouisschafer7212]

I can live in a shitty run down place as long as I have Water, Heat, Internet and chill neighbours

[@HM-li6di]

@@alouisschafer7212 lucky you

[@peachysandie]

😬 well that sounds...fun. My dorm in Norway is quite new and well equipped and gets lots of upkeep

[@cianakril]

@@peachysandie Norway is only 5 million by population and produces 6 fold more hydrocarbons per capita than Russia do. Of course you could expect more upkeep than most of the countries. What's next, comparing your conditions with India's 1.6 billion?

[@oanawalks]

Reminds me of my student years in Romania! First year university I was paying 20euro and lived with 5 other girls! That stuff prepares you for life! XD

[@guykraintz947]

Prepares you for life like prison does ! ;)

[@MooMooManist]

lol, good one. I think it fosters a spirit of camaraderie with your friends when you all have to live in terible conditions. Like you're all in this together. :)

[@AlexCAGro]

Well, I graduated a year ago from the Technical university of Cluj-Napoca and compared to this, the dorms where I lived for 4 years seem like hotel rooms, but still there were 4 of us in each room :))

[@haleptv980]

@@guykraintz947 Same was I, living in an Eastern European Student's dormitory in the 80's . Quite a bit better than Natasha though, but similar in some ways. And it wasnt like prison, was my happiest part of my life . (Still true even though now I live in London).

[@guykraintz947]

@@haleptv980 I was in the army and had even worth conditions and I remember it as fun times :) but the fun memories coming from the ppl around, conditions should of been better :)

[@helenaolsson7990]

You are for sure not spoiled in Russia... But 11 USD is nothing... That's one of the reasons everything is so run down there.

[@martinlugus5499]

I really enjoy your "dead-pan" sense of humor.

[@elbereth2259]

I love the comments because so many people are horrified and I'm like wow this is pretty luxurious compared to Croatia, you guys got elevators???

[@alexdenisov7912]

There are more students in Russia than in Croatia and if a building is more than 5 storey high it must have elevators. So they had to put it in a 7 storey dorm…

[@elbereth2259]

@@alexdenisov7912 It's not just the elevators, we didn't even have fridges until a couple of years ago

[@alexdenisov7912]

@@elbereth2259 yes, somehow somewhere it was decided that students must have fridges in their dorm rooms. It seems that this particular one is 30 years old but still it’s better than nothing.

[@AmbientSoundsToEnjoyYourSleep]

@@elbereth2259 I live in ukraine and it's basically the same conditions, but the elevators usually dont work, theres no hot water and the fridges are brought by the students themselves. Actually everything in the room except for the beds have been brought by students, sometimes previous residents. In some universities they even make the students install new windows. It happened in Kherson and the cost of rent was actually 400uah=50$ back then, it was in 2012. But it depends, previous residents could've already installed new window. In other city Kharkiv for example one of the unis installed new windows to all dorms and they have hot water, but the others keep the students living in a barn. Depends on the uni itself. The price, the accommodations, utilities etc. I never lived in dorms and was shocked to see how my boyfriend lived. He even had a handmade wardrobe probably left by the previous student. And no lift in 12 stories building (well it wasn't working)

[@elbereth2259]

@@AmbientSoundsToEnjoyYourSleep Damn that's so unfair, I mean I can somewhat understand the furniture part even though it's also such bullshit, but the windows?? It's like they rely on their students to also be their handymen for free. Not only for free, they're the ones paying the rent.

[@asura-2467]

Mr.Bald: Did u just said soviet era?

[@MrDariuszI]

She uses everyday a soviet sink, that's something many people might only dream of (Mr Bald).

[@maijuxx]

I don't know why this is suddenly recommended, but in Latvia, as a former Soviet Union state, the situation is the same. I've lived in the US dorms and those were better than even the flat I currently rent. But I do not see it as something terrible. The living conditions are ok. Not very aesthetic, but fine.

[@NickolaySheitanov]

Yeah and the price is how much again?

[@cmgold00]

Your English is awesome! Thanks for the video!

[@NatashasAdventures]

Claire Goldsborough thank you 😊

[@aghafahad6243]

Hi claire

[@aghafahad6243]

Nice pic and u r so pretty dear

[@newtubetimes]

зачем я это смотрю, если я русский

[@CHEVYbarracuda1]

Because slav things only lol

[@информациясовсехсторон]

Axaxaxa

[@Angel-cx7qc]

Я тоже не знаю зачем я смотрела😂

[@vadimyanin2103]

@Glory Beary тут, думаю, нет такой задачи, просто показывает иностранцам студенческий быт. Посмотрел с интересом, моя общага более убитая была, а теперь вспоминаю ее с теплотой,то, что студенческие годы лучшие-правда100%

[@tallypea6193]

I’m English but half of my family is Russian . Everyone has fridge magnets but from what I have seen Russians cover their fridges so much you can barely see the fridge and people in England just have a few

[@HM-li6di]

Ehm I’m Russian and my fridge doesn’t even have a magnetic cover so no fucking magnets it looks disgusting

[@antsmith9909]

Depends on who you go to in England ;) I think the more kitsch-y hoarders (ahem, my family) have them covered top to bottom

[@sirronnorris3343]

@@HM-li6di Rule No.1 when speaking in a foreign language - do NOT swear; it never sounds right. And SO unnecessary here.

[@HM-li6di]

@@sirronnorris3343 who made those rules huh? I live in US tho I can cuss in any language I want and when I think it’s appropriate

[@annehislop2449]

@@HM-li6di no magnets and no manners.

[@forumics]

whenever i go to a different country, i always want to see things as a resident of the area. i absolutely love these videos! i've never been to russia, but your videos give me a 10 minute window everyday to view russia from your eyes. absolutely love it, pls do keep posting!

[@mohammedshaffichowdhury6087]

Never guessed you would only pay $11 a month.

[@disposabull]

In Britain you have to pay more than that for permission to sleep in a tent for one night. A small university room will cost you $1000 per month or more not including electricity or internet etc.

[@Nocontextroom]

@@disposabull trust me mate

[@LilBigBriggi]

In Frankfurt, Or Berlin, Germany, this would be, like 350/400€ a Month, but a one person room. Here we don't share rooms. We (just) share apartments. So everyone got a private room, but one would share the kitchen, and bathroom, maybe living room. But not everyone got living rooms. Often kitchens are bigger, and one would meet, and hang out in them. 11 bucks?! Daaamn! U should have studied in Russia! 😄👌

[@ericwoodlee9745]

If you factor in the average Russian income it’s a bit more than it originally appears.

[@baryka2015]

Quality of education and opportunities after that counts.

[@munchkinsophie]

I laughed so hard when you opened your fridge with nothing inside LMFAOOO

[@engrfka]

Everything is manageable for me but not that elevator, that was scary.

[@actionjackson838]

Its our elevator

[@engrfka]

@Jake Johansson I agree. Life of a student

[@michaelsukut5506]

I’m taking the stairs

[@johnstudd4245]

@@michaelsukut5506 I'm with you, I take the steps. lol good exercise!

[@athenaenergyshine7616]

Too many experience and movies on elevator

[@АндрейГаврилов-ч1ш]

Я строил эту общагу на 1 курсе ХГПИ, стоит еще :)

[@albertofreitas8772]

hi, we are brazilian .. we love Russian Language .. its NICE!

[@lelandunruh7896]

Not gonna lie: I would've lived in a straight-up crack house for $11/month in my university days!

[@burrito255]

Your 11$ isn't their 11$ either :')

[@ucacheer2213]

I spent that just on a lunch some days.

[@Gr95dc]

same! I paid 100 dls for a similar living situation during my student times :(

[@adamcherry1117]

@@ucacheer2213 yeah but im russia they dont earn that much dollars compared to a US citizen. So you cant compare 11$ in Usa to 11$ in Russia,

[@bionicleman1231]

@@adamcherry1117 average salary in russia is $300-500/month so yes that is still very cheap

[@haroldburton3725]

Love your sense of humor. The (very quick) shot of the outside from your room where you say you love it then jump out the window made me spit up my coffee in laughter. You're very cool.

[@DrDanQM]

Thank you for sharing! Your English is great and please don’t pay attention to negative comments, we do not all choose where we are or sometimes what we do, but can certainly choose our attitude towards life and the empathy with which we see and treat people around the world and across cultures. Great videos! Keep it up!

[@llamingo]

De dónde eres?

[@johnnyhshify]

Luxury forms only cost 3000 Roubles per month!? No ways, that's cheaper then my monthly internet bill.

[@adamcherry1117]

It depends where you live, people dont earn that much in Russia

[@raelskeaqleiver7244]

@@adamcherry1117 how much u must earn if u want to good life in russia? 30k ruble?

[@adamcherry1117]

@@raelskeaqleiver7244 50k and above

[@foolanogt1310]

Love your sense of humor. My favorite part was when you opened your wardrobe and everything collapsed onto you. Or maybe when stuffed your garbage chute lol

[@lapipipa]

We Spanish speakers have a say like the picture is funny.. “parece chiste pero es anécdota” meaning “it seems a joke but its an anecdote”

[@omprakashallahabadi9164]

Thanks 🤗🇮🇳💞🇮🇳💝💝

[@neville132bbk]

When we lived in New Plymouth, New Zealand... when our children were much younger, we would sometimes met up with Russian sailors off fishing boats...rusty old things that we sometimes visited...the sailors spoke no English and were so pleased that I could talk with them and interpret,,having a degree in Russian... Anyway,,, these guys would come for a drive in our van then we'd go home for tea ( dinner, that is)...I Still have a letter written to my daughter by the 15 yr old daughter of a seaman whose family lived in in Sevastopol....but the ships themselves seemed to be based in Nakhodka. They had a pretty hard life......

[@liliansmeenge3297]

Everything looks so run down and poor:( and I thought some of the student houses in The Netherlands were bad...

[@omprakashallahabadi9164]

Thanks 🤗🇮🇳💞🇮🇳💝💝

[@ernie_like_hemingway]

Some of the dorms looks like this even in Slovakia. :D

[@Michallo50]

@@ernie_like_hemingway I can't believe. Even here in Poland we don't have dorms like this. Maybe some dorms looks this shitty in 90's or early 2000. But more I can't believe how dorms in such a rich country like Russia looks that crappy. This country is corrupted to the bone. Gov don't care about regular people. It's very, very sad.

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

@@ernie_like_hemingway Slovakia is pretty poor

[@ИлюшаиКсюшавСША]

Wow I’m Russian and used to live in Russian dorm that was a crazy experience! You just triggered all of my good memories. Now that I live in America I got spoilt with good things...

[@ЭйвейлАлександр]

I wonder how the average level of the university dormitories in USA looks like...🤔

[@ИлюшаиКсюшавСША]

@@ЭйвейлАлександр from my experience average American dorm is multiple times better than average Russian apartment. I’ve lived in American dorms for 3 years while studying in University and was very pleased. As a comparison in America I lived on 15th floor with a view of downtown Boston, and in Russia my view was pipes of a factory

[@ИлюшаиКсюшавСША]

@@ЭйвейлАлександр it’s actually a good a idea to go to my American dorms and shoot a video.

[@ЭйвейлАлександр]

@@ИлюшаиКсюшавСША Спасибо за ответ! (Я не русский или человек из Европы, но из востока Азии)

[@ИлюшаиКсюшавСША]

@@ЭйвейлАлександр nice! I’m from Far East of Russia

[@gammaphase5473]

"This hole looks like Africa " That was epic 😂 Adorable.... Amazing video 👏👏

[@xlukas93]

I love the subtle humour, like when you came out of the closet, or jumped out of the window etc... and the dormitory itself bring memories of my own studies 😁

[@tenaya7873]

The fact that you live there and still are able to focus on the positives is so impressive

[@Userslmr]

One don't really have a choice. Most are depressed to be honest, I spend 6 years living in dormitories like that and it is one of most depressing memories of my life. The biggest flaw was absolute lack of privacy. I feel traumatized for the rest of my life.

[@desols1179]

@@Userslmr There is always a choice. You could have rented a room or apartment. Many do this.

[@Userslmr]

@@desols1179 sure, I could also stay in the hotel. Many do this. 🤣🤣🤣

[@desols1179]

@@Userslmr Her room is better than a hostel which is 30 times more expensive. The hotel is also a poor choice for long stays.

[@Mali_Ah]

@@desols1179 not many can afford that though

[@LadyCasual1]

In Poland we also collect magnets on fridges ;) maybe some kind of eastern tradition...

[@appleandonion]

In Brazil as well... it's very common

[@ellastjohn]

A lot of people do in the UK too! Universal love for magnets ❤

[@CluelessBookworm]

Me, 15 years back: Hey, what is your strongest impression of Russia? Exchange student: Um... Peeling walls and chipboard-patched windows in the dorm?.. Me: 😅

[@1bh2nd3md]

9:47 I thought she just gave up talking about the dorms and jumped out the window

[@rolfjohansen5376]

she pays 11 usd a month for her room, while in my local Norwegian coffeehouse I pay 33 NOK for a cup coffee, so her 11USD is 2.8 cups of coffee for me.(or my consumption of coffee for 2 days)

[@annab.9112]

Yes because Norway is one of richest countries in the world and Russia is 3rd world country.

[@vanesamitzkas]

@@annab.9112 Russia is most definitely not a 3rd world country

[@Michizoechling]

From 11 usd I can buy not even 2 cups of coffee in Montreux, Switzerland😅

[@944Henri]

@@vanesamitzkas Sorry but Russia is definitely a 3rd world country

[@JustDave639]

@@944Henri You don't understand what the term "3rd world" means. Russia is a second world country if anything

[@bartek8020]

Thats how i imagine a old abandoned soviet builduing O.O

[@timmy7201]

Me: _This is bigger than my dorm room in western Europe._ Video: _This is my bed, this is my sisters bed._ Me: _2 persons... I will shut up now..._

[@Shevk-yu]

My bf used to share a room a bit bigger than this with three (!) people, when he was a first year student in Russian uni (one of the top ones, btw)...

[@timmy7201]

​@@Shevk-yu I'm someone who needs moment's of solitude, I would go mentally insane if I had to share my room with others. I would probably prefer to live inside a box, under a bridge. The student dorm where I rented my room had around ~45 students, mostly males. While I liked living there, I often wouldn't unlock my door before noon on class-free days. Once the door got unlocked madness began. On the days I had classes before noon I would wake up early, just to have some time for a quiet and calm breakfast on my own in our dorms kitchen. Two hours later when others started to wake up I would often go for a run before class. *PS: As reference with what I ment with madness, here are some examples:* 1) On occasion some police officers would show up, sometimes early in the morning when some other student(s) did stupid things being drunk at a party the previous night. Those officers often required 30 to 60 minutes to get those drunk students to wake up and exit their room. Up to three times I had to share my breakfast table with two cops, offering them some coffee and a piece of my omelet. One time they returned some really drunk dudes pants, with wallet and phone still inside the pockets (please, don't ask me how he got back to his room without pants). The second time they returned a drunk student that felt asleep in the city's park during winter and wanted to make sure he was alright after heating up under his blankets. The third time someones gf called the cops to ask if they could check up on her bf, because he hadn't answered her calls for 24 hours and she didn't own a car to go check herself, that dude got so drunk that he still felt sick 48 hours later. 2) Two other mornings I entered a kitchen without tables or chairs and opened windows, apparently drunk students think it's funny to push out furniture trough a second story window... 3) One other night some drunk student wanted to grap his fried chicken bare handed out of the cooking oil, as the only sober person with a drivers license I had to drive the idiot towards hospital at 3 am. 4) Another day some student took some mind altering substance and ran outside in the middle of the day, naked.I had to babysit this dude until whatever he took wore off. 5) At my last year there some drunk stranger that didn't live at our dorm fainted while he was taking a dump on our toilet. Somehow he got poop everywhere on the walls. I put on some gloves to reach for his phone and called his parents in the morning, his mom came over to clean her son's 21 year old butt-cheeks and our toilet before taking him back home.

[@rikitikitoki]

try living in that with 3 people. thats what happens in eastern europe universities.

[@timmy7201]

​@@rikitikitoki Like I said before: I would rather go live inside a box under a bridge, than share a bed-room with strangers... Here in Western Europe the student dorm rent is around 1/3th compared to the rent for a normal (100m² / 1076f²) three bedroom apartment. Isn't sharing an apartment with some (civilized) friends a possible alternative there in Eastern Europe? Just include an additional 15-20% monthly costs for internet, insurance, electricity, water & gas on top of the rental price. I'm currently employed by an university and I still co-house with a friend to share the rental price. We have each our own bedroom and currently share the third room as a Covid-work-from-home office. Searching an apartment in a town nearby the city is often cheaper here compared to alternatives inside the city.

[@Alendorff]

Hehe. As she said, she kind of lucky to live in that dorm. I studied at the same university and lived in a dorm across the road, we lived in a twice bigger room but as four people. Though often some friends were hanging out in our room and staying for a whole night, in that sense it felt like we lived as 5-6 people quite often. And we were also unlucky to have only 2 showers (one for 3 and another for 6 persons at a time) for the whole building (5 floors). On the bright side, some people make lifetime friends living in a room together or at least good acquaintances, though it depends on a person of course.

[@samuelmartinez6344]

This video is still a classic. 🏅🌟 Even the song is very fitting for such snowy/cold setting. It actually takes away the eerie feeling of an old Soviet vibe and gives it a cozy chill feeling instead. ☕ One of my favorite videos from this channel))

[@jerryladd6582]

I am a truck driver and I collected magnets throughout the US for my wife. Each magnet I purchased represented all the states. Thank you for sharing your life in Russia. Russia is one of my favorite countries and I am trying to learn Russian.

[@dembuckeyes]

@@elisey7453 all those letters for hi?

[@whitelotus6230]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHysYZeMjNykp9E@@elisey7453

[@juliamartinidalmoro6642]

I live in a college dormitory in Brazil for low income students, the conditions are very similar, but we don't pay anything for it

[@KarolYuuki]

I was about to say the same thing! My friend lived in a dormitory for 2 years here in Brazil, and the conditions are very similar. But at least it's free?

[@omprakashallahabadi9164]

Thanks 🤗🇮🇳💞🇮🇳💝

[@robertzeurunkl8401]

Is there an address the whole world can send postcards to you? I will send you a refrigerator magnet from Oklahoma, USA. ;-)

[@JoelWard1]

Man, seeing this makes me feel so lucky. I've been kinda taking my situation for granted, but just imagining hopping over one border towards the east, the situation is this. I study music in Helsinki, and I'm living in the centre of Helsinki in a shared 60m^2, 3-room + kitchen apartment with one flatmate (yes, we even have a common space!). Of course the rent is quite hefty, 1250€/month combined + 20€/mo for water each (so weird to think that I pay almost double per month just for water than what you do for living), but working on the side + the amount of support our government gives students makes it very doable. There's no real dormitory culture in Finland, as a lot of students just opt for renting a place off of the private markets, but of course there are loads of apartment complexes dedicated for student housing. Most of them will almost always offer you your own room + a shared kitchen and toilet etc (but still all in the same apartment flat). The rent for such a room in a say 3-person flat is probably somewhere around 300€/month, in Helsinki at least.

[@the.milo.]

The contrast of your smarts and beauty against that building is quite interesting. The best to you!

[@EricReno20]

As a German: OMG they have a map of Germany in their room!

[@nikolaidedenkov8414]

That really shouldn't bother you in any way. Lots of young Russians would like to immigrate to Germany. But your let's say ethnic preferences are quite different at the moment..

[@EricReno20]

@@nikolaidedenkov8414 Dude, everybody is welcome in Germany, no matter where they're from.

[@nikolaidedenkov8414]

@@EricReno20 Hope that this is true) Peace 🍷

[@f0kes32]

@@EricReno20 not for your government. Russian diploma costs zero, and there is no way to get european diploma. Easiest way to immigrate is to live for 5 years in Bulgaria/Moldova, get european passport, and move to Germany. Nobody will just let you live there if you are russian.

[@rioseven9123]

In the USA, for $11/month you cannot buy a cardboard box on the street to live in. :-)

[@JK-cn5fy]

But if you live in USA and can only afford $11 month for housing you don’t deserve even a cardboard box

[@KateeAngel]

@@JK-cn5fy such an attitude towards poor people! Maybe the billionaires who made their money on others' labor don't deserve anything, rather than homeless people, who can't find a job?

[@JK-cn5fy]

@@KateeAngel ANYONE who wants a gob can find one. Period

[@evea.4358]

In the USA the wages are different though. She said in the video that 45$ rent is considered expensive so you cannot compare the two. It's a different economy.

[@alexandra9825]

dude the minimum wage here is $1 an hour

[@FavJam]

That’s eye opening. I’m never complaining again. And btw you are gorgeous 😍

[@brulaapgaapmeester8234]

These living circumstances may seem rather 'basic', but it does tend to make the (young) people having to deal with it more creative. A rich student with a jacuzzi in his or her dormitory doesn't make his or her a better student, or a more interesting person. In fact, spoiled youngsters are usually just annoying.

[@xiaoshua]

Well, i'm not going to say that we need a jacuzzi to be better students, but actually sometimes is hard, just imagine you study all day in the university, after university you have to work to pay for your study and your room, and after this long day you just come to this "home" which is horrible too... It's okay at first, but at some point of your university life it's all makes you kinda depressed

[@vrath2423]

with all due respect, we shouldn't be forced into creativity with rather inhumane living conditions.

[@arantxa7962]

OMG, that looks like a horror movie set...and it's scary because...IT'S REAL

[@thetillerwiller4696]

I actually thought it was decent until the rest of the comments said that it was horrendous 🥴

[@mottada3017]

That’s Ben Franklin on the trash can

[@GrimmGhost]

Correct correction about Franklin. That looks like a bank, not a trash can though. Someone can correct me now.

[@Nikioko]

The difference is just 99 dollars...

[@Jaaammppeee]

Laughed so much when you suddenly jumped out of the window xD