Tower Block Archive - The Soviet classics of Lviv (Ukraine)

[@DeeKay773]

I'm so glad you love those t-buses :) old Skoda 14 or 15Trs have their charm.

[@serbianelevators]

I really like these Soviet buildings and elevators, they feel amazing!

[@wisteela]

Absolutely awesome. That climbing onto the roof though. Fuck that! And getting back down! 😨

[@danielbeller972]

Very nice video of Lviv. My grandparents emigrated from Lviv to Buenos Aires, in 1909. By then, it was part of the Austro Hungarian Empire. They spoke Ukrainian, German and Yiddish. You can find similar places in Israel. They block where I live has a soviet look to it. Actually, both of my neighbors are from Ukraine.

[@Andrewjg_89]

Those tower blocks are probably the most old fashioned buildings ever. Even the lifts are vintage with bullet holes.

[@SamSitar]

fun seeing soviet designs.

[@KofelinaPL]

No someone's smashed through the wall that is not from a bullet

[@PneumatinisPlaktukas15]

They were innovative for their time.

[@Andrewjg_89]

Indeed

[@Srinathji_Das]

17:26 that brings back memories! 😂

[@gigteevee6118]

Amazing explore 😻

[@tomv3361]

19:40 oh you gotta be kidding me 😃 big respect

[@cameronclare2132]

Beno And Bankrupt?

[@Andrewjg_89]

Ha. No you don’t say.

[@laurentgully267]

I was thinking the same 😂

[@Internationalcartoons4063]

Those lifts in Ukraine are so awesome. 😃 Too bad there's no key slot to surf it. 😕

[@MrEngineer20051]

I wish you would've surfed the original soviet elevators...

[@SamSitar]

many thousands of people would have watched it.

[@symboly1042]

they dont have any controls on top Edit: they also dont have a stop button

[@OneKnifeYeHand]

@@symboly1042 In Soviet Ukraine, lift controls and stops *you*.

[@tomv3361]

5:51 I wonder what happened to the floor here. Is it just worn down from people standing there? If so, that's impressive

[@thepanman2024]

There are some good ex Soviet buildings in Georgia. Especially in the isani area of tblisi. My grandparents live in a flat there and I remember they had some great ex Soviet lifts in the building. Idk if they are still there because I heard the floor was damaged on one of them.

[@jaredini]

Would have been quite clean and smart during the Soviet years. Public housing suffered badly after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

[@BKLelevators]

17:07 this one is not actually Soviet, it's from 1990s, something like that

[@arkswifto]

Someone count how many times Beno said "soviet" in this video

[@wisteela]

Good have made for a great drinking game.

[@ELPaso1990TX]

1:15 at least if you ever get stuck in a Soviet lift it’s probably easy to smash your way out of the lift car or break through the roof and climb out and open the doors onto the landing. The lift cars don’t seem very strong.

[@zerofox7347]

Walking speed trams 😳 oh my word that’s grim!

[@PneumatinisPlaktukas15]

Ukrainian cities are famous for the "amazing" condition of their tram rails

[@OKB1133]

Ukraine must be tower block heaven for you!

[@burningelevator]

pigeon 5:13

[@pandabaerhellas]

... may do not exist anymore....

[@QuarioQuario54321]

Soviet Mark 2? Also, towards the end of its existence they seemingly used KONE more often. Why are mods and repairs rare?

[@lbsiuk]

Because there's not much money. It's cheaper to just 'keep it working' than to replace the lift.

[@QuarioQuario54321]

@@lbsiuk why isn’t there money? How can the money come in(

[@benolifts]

I haven't seen Kone used much in Soviet countries. After the collapse of the soviet union and Soviet lifts stopped being produced, most ex Soviet counties moved to Otis for the 90s. In the early 2000s this switched to Schindler Smart for a couple of years until production stopped (I am not sue if Ukraine moved to Schindler Smart, but other ex Soviet counties did). After this the lift contracts were moved to the nastiest cheapest companies that could be found that installed rubbish from China and sometimes Italy, and sometimes iMem from France. In other words the generic lifts so bad that they make Dewhurst look like luxury. These have been installed from the 2000s to the present day.

[@JulesMauuary-Maetz]

​@@benolifts IMEM Ascensores is actually spanish

[@zerofox7347]

15:00 coffin sized

[@357account]

you always start your videos with “RIGHT THEN” for some reason

[@avlifts1989]

ERR

[@OneKnifeYeHand]

Lviv never gonna give you up

[@johnrauner2515]

First! HA!

[@Andrewjg_89]

Second! HA!

[@nelsonahlvik6650]

Arriva! HA!

[@connorlikessimulation8561]

Ryanair! HA!

[@PneumatinisPlaktukas15]

Stagecoach! HA!

[@Internationalcartoons4063]

HA! GOT'EM!

[@windowsxpnt2347]

hey austin this is guys

[@windows7nt208]

hey guys this is austin

[@Andrewjg_89]

hey guys windows 11 wants to join you

[@hariranormal5584]

Lyiv is so prem

[@nelsonahlvik6650]

11th

[@rexter6944]

Wow these buildings are absolutely disgusting 🤢 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

[@rexter6944]

@Dranna(On a break)mongtile sorry if the truth upsets u 🤔

[@betaanalog300]

@@rexter6944 bro its soviet like 70/60/50s what did you except?