Cool video n very interesting. Thanks so much for sharing.

@PaulintheUSSR

Ай бұрын

I'm delighted you enjoyed it Regis 👍

Never bored with your content!! The radiator was impressive

@PaulintheUSSR

Ай бұрын

Hehe, it's all about the details right! But what's funny isn't just how tall it was but how it was just heating a stairwell, not even a room!

very cool

The "slope" (step) in the bathtub is because its size is too small for a person to lay, so a person can sit on the step instead and be comfortable.

@PaulintheUSSR

6 күн бұрын

Great, thank you for explaining! Although, why not just make the bathtub longer?

@learning7140

6 күн бұрын

@@PaulintheUSSR Lack of space. (I thought. But I've been told it's more practical. For older people, for mothers who're bending to wash their kids, for someone injured... Wow, universal design in action!)

Just found your channel and really enjoying your content. I'm impressed with your Russian - I'm trying to learn now it now and finding it very tricky! Большое спасибо

@PaulintheUSSR

14 күн бұрын

Cheers Phil, I'd like to do a video about the Russian language but I'm worried it would just be too boring for everyone who's not learning Russian, but maybe I can think of something!

Bolshoy Ural is quite cool. It's a shame it's is so deteriorated condition now. Hope they will get some financing as it's a recognized architectural monument of state level after all. Many famous people stopped there, including Nixon and Khrushchev when they visited Yekaterinburg back in 59. Although having a status of architectural monument has it's own drawbacks. They can't repair anything on exterior without permission from authorities which should verify that fixing will be authentic and won't change the look and feel anyhow. So e.g. they can't replace old wooden windows with modern plastic or metal even if they look wooden. It must be exact replica. So it's expensive and much of paperwork to approve even to procedure of update something not only materials. Hence many such buildings are not in good conditions, but more or less genuine.

@PaulintheUSSR

Күн бұрын

I guess it's in danger of becoming an eye sore as the area around it is quite modern. We'll see what happens!

Thank You, Paul! One day I will visit Ural and stay on that hotels, which You recommended! )))

@PaulintheUSSR

Ай бұрын

Well, there may well be better hotels in the region, but they were just a few of your options!

great video. It seems as though they have replaced most of the beds in the hotels, but the sofas look either original or at least 30 years old. The first hotel was amazing. It looks as if it has just been declining slowly since the fall of the soviet union. I love the first elevator you showed with the great white boxes to see what floor the elevator is on. The fire escape views were great too at the other hotel. Looks like the hotel in balakovo was really cool. Thanks for taking the time to show us these cool hotels!!

@PaulintheUSSR

29 күн бұрын

Cheers Marcel, yes the first hotel was a particularly interesting example. Simple in a way, but interesting at the same time. Like you said, it does seem to have been on a decline (for probably the past 50 years actually!) after it's heyday in the 50s/60s. I'm sure they would have knocked it down by now as it is prime real estate area of the city centre but I guess it's some kind of protected building!

Hey Paul, it would be great if you gave us the names of these places and the cities youre in, i adore Russia.

@PaulintheUSSR

6 күн бұрын

I did/do!

Thanks for sharing your interest in such a strange but fascinating,shall we say, hobby?😊

@PaulintheUSSR

16 күн бұрын

hehe, yes I guess it is a bit odd! But it serves a practical purpose as well. I don't just stay in them for the sake of it, it's just where I stay when I'm "over-nighting" in another town for whatever reason so I guess it's like killing 2 birds with one stone!

I have watched a lot of videos on Russia and everything seems dark, dirty, dank, lifeless, and cold. Aren't there nature parks, landscaping, or pride taken in anything there? Everything looks like a prison camp.

@FantaLaStrada

29 күн бұрын

you should watch some of Paul's other videos where he walks through cities and goes to parks and a lot of nice squares with a lot of greenery and very nice statues and structures

@PaulintheUSSR

29 күн бұрын

Hehe, well in fairness on my videos I'm focusing more on the remnants left over from the USSR so perhaps it's not a reflection on life here. Perhaps I can make a video showing the more modern, 21st century perspective?