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Film on the go with the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 - a compact vlogging camera with smooth stabilized footage and great image quality. Get it here: https://amzn.to/46OnUpU My Russian grandma is 86. The Soviet Union gave her this apartment for free 61 years ago, and she still lives in it today, on a teacher's pension of about $300 a month. And she says she has everything she needs. 0:00 The apartment the USSR gave my grandma 0:31 Ulyanovsk, the city where Lenin was born 1:03 Buildings assembled like giant Lego 2:02 How free Soviet apartments worked 2:36 The scary Soviet elevator 3:42 A Soviet grandma's table 4:35 DJI Osmo Pocket 3 5:31 Two metal doors and mandatory slippers 6:20 Three rooms for a family of four 7:06 The tiny Soviet kitchen 7:51 Grandma's family photos: six siblings 9:37 What normal life in the USSR was like 10:29 Sent to East Germany 11:23 Perfume as currency 12:08 Blat: connections beat money 12:54 The tiny bathroom 14:32 Bedrooms and the furniture from Germany 16:21 The family photo wall 17:11 The radiator the government controls 17:40 The waiting list that got her this home 18:39 Their first car, 1965 19:18 The collapse: losing 90% of savings 20:13 The living room, her pride and joy 20:42 Living on a $300 pension