Comments by "SomewhereInRussia" (@SomewhereInRussia) on "Путешествие с Расселом" channel.

  1. Usually only that small refrigerator with expensive caviar is locked, but here even it is open. Perhaps due to cashier nearby. There are almost no Africans in Russia, so there is no smash and dash culture.
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  2. Yes, you can see it at 19:05. Bottles and cans Мистер Лис (Mister Fox).
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  3.  @павелшубунов  С чего это? Кто хочет - все попадают.
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  4.  @павелшубунов  в очень неудачное время там были. Я очередей до Невского никогда не видел. Когда хотел, тогда и кушал. Максимум несколько человек на улице, но внутри 2 кассы. Можно взять в пакете на вынос. Попробуйте зайти перед закрытием в 19:30 или в будний день утром.
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  5. The apartments in New York are older, smaller, more expensive, without a washing machine and with a rotten wooden water tank on the roof. lol
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  6. In the USSR, land for a dacha was usually received for free from the employer (600-1200 sq.m.). Then everyone paid to build themselves a summer house, a fence, a well, a barn and so on.
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  7.  @jsmythib  Today anyone can buy land for money.
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  8.  @AntonNidhoggr  Яйца Роскар мега экстра СВ коричневые 10шт 139 руб в Перекрёстке
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  9. Yep. It can seem to be cozy and cheap today. But! Back then they waited for decades to get their free apartment. They even waited for decades to get a phone line. Cars were rare and overpriced. And so on.
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  10. Not everyone in the Soviet Union received a free home. People have been waiting for this for decades. Some like my family had to pay a lot of money for a "cooperative apartment".
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  11. Chizhik is a low-budget chain owned by X5 retail group. So this is Pyaterochka but for the budget conscious.
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  12.  @АнастасияПопова-ю2ш2ш  а про семишагофф слышали?
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  13.  @TravellingwithRussell  Oh yes. 🙂 Just wanted to say that this is the same chain.
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  14.  @Jigurdinec  Единая сеть именно Светофоров и Маяков. И в Европе они есть под другим названием.
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  15. There are no restrictions. I prefer small baskets, I shop smaller but more often. And I try not to overeat.
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  16. There are no locks on the interior doors. Only the bathroom and toilet can be locked from the inside.
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  17.  @TravellingwithRussell  Egg price depends on its size. С0 (extra) are biggest eggs, С1 are medium, С2 are small ones. I prefer big С0 fresh eggs (made not earlier than a week ago.)
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  18. Owner means owner. The owner of this particular apartment received the right to live here under the communists in the 1970s (cheap social rent of a state apartment). In the 1990s, the owner received the right to privatize it for free to become the real owner. Now it is his property. He can live here as long as he wants, renovate, rent out, sell, donate, bequeath. Utilities are ~$70/month, property tax is ~$50/year. That's all he have to pay.
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  19. Recently, it was possible to pack pickles yourself, but this was prohibited by the government. Now only a store employee can pack pickles.
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  20. Семишагофф бывают очень разные по своему качеству. В квартале от нас отличный Семишагофф, чистый и опрятный. И очень дешёвый. Мама там недавно купила рыбу, довольна.
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  21. There is low crime here. No shoplifting, and elementary school kids go home from school on their own.
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  22. Some houses at that time were built from large precast concrete slabs, some from bricks. Brick houses are valued higher.
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  23. А что там такого в этом Архангельском? Даже Пятерочка такая себе.
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  24. Russell is a retail specialist. He has a professional interest in this area.
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  25. Yes, this is Khrushchevka. Perhaps this is a later version, Brezhnevka in honor of secretary Brezhnev. Because the earlier apartments were smaller and had 4 apartments on each level. The later apartments are more comfortable and larger and have 3 apartments on each level.
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  26. In Russia there is such a thing as a "Auchan bike" (Ашан байк). Means cheap low-quality bikes from Auchan and any other supermarkets.
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  27. A single person or even a couple usually does not need an oven. Nowadays it is popular to eat at fast food restaurants or order ready-made food home.
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  28. У меня рядом с домом 2 Магнита: один ущербный и второй очень даже неплохой.
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  29. These apartments were built for young and healthy people. The owner became older, but the house is still the same. It is not suitable for older people or people with disabilities.
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  30. 14:40 - I believe that absinth have flavor but no drug substances. Same as Coca-Cola. Don't expect to see drugs in a Russian shop.
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  31. Yes, this happens. But you can install an automatic valve on each radiator.
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