Moscow ULTRA LUXURY Shopping Mall: Crocus City Mall
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- Take a walk with me through an ULTRA LUXURY Shopping Mall in Moscow Russia. Where are all the shoppers? At times I think I am the only person in this ULTRA LUXURY Shopping Mall
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The shopping center is beautiful, it looks like a botanical garden. And the shops with so many columns look like Roman villas. And great cleaning...the floor shines like a mirror.
Absolutely. I was in shock when i saw the cleaning staff dressed so nicely in there. The upkeep on the plants though, there has to be guys somewhere behind the scenes looking after them. Russell.
im jealous of their wax job...
if they used wax that is... its so smooth
It would make a great set for a zombie apocalypse movie. Must cost a fortune to maintain. I’m happy with Kmart😊
I am sure the maintenance costs are huge. this the mall owned by the same company that build the IKEA Like store next door. You just walk through an underpass from one to the next, and there is a third mall called VEGAS just to this one. This place is on a different level though, with so many high end stores. Russell.
Do you live by one of only 3 KMART stores left in the USA? Where I live we have not had one for a decade. No Sears or Montgomery Wards ether. We do have TJMaxx, Ross dress for less and a few other discount places. I agree this mall is to much but KMART is to little quality. I prefer middle of the road shops.
@@lynnpayne9519 I’m in Australia 😊
The opulence…. It’s much nicer actually than the Westfield malls. Neo classical, historic architecture evokes more emotion than the glass buildings everyone builds.
exactly. they definatly went for a different vibe and feel to the mall inside. So many other malls here are that exact style your talking about, so they went well left of centre with this place. Russell.
Looks exactly like some malls in America.
@@Pippie5555
Viva L’as Vegas
Excellent vlog thank you for the work take care of you and Jen
Thank you! You too! Thanks for watching. Russell.
I’ve seen more people in the Australian outback than in that mall
I certainly was empty. Such a contract to other places i visit each day in and around Moscow. Russell.
You know why....
2:50 - this particular species of palm is quite robust and stubborn, they easily survive in dry urban apartment "climate". Back in the Soviet age, these were everywhere, from hospitals to factory floors. My grandmother hated them for their ubiquity and preferred pineapple "trees".
Interesting. I am mildly interested in plants (but not a green thumb) because when I was doing janitorial work at a a private members' club management decided they didn't want to pay for the plant care company anymore so got me to water the plants weekly. I read up on all the different plants we had, tried my best. But certain plants (palms in large deep floor pots) were dying off over time. Someone mentioned that Food & Beverage staff were dumping the water from ice buckets into the plants at the end of the evening. 😱 The boss told them to stop but by then several plants had died. 😔 Part of the problem was the plants would get dragged around during the set-up for different functions. Ficus trees are especially delicate to abrupt changes, will drop their leaves. 😯 Peace lilies in permanent planters did well though. 😌
Looks like the promenade on a Royal Caribbean ship. Great place for walking!
It kind of does have that feel. Russell.
A pool!!!!! Seen it all now!!!! Amazing it’s so empty!!!! Love your video’s !!!!
Thanks for watching! Russell.
I bought once in this mall a dress for my daughter, for her school alumni ball. It was some years ago and the mall was almost as empty then as now 🤣. The prices there are for sure not for everyone, or only for some very special occasions purchase.
Oh wow! That's interesting to know someone from the channel has been there before. It certainly is very niche for sure. Russell.
I think not only prices but location also influence the less amount of people… It is not far from my home but it is uncomfortable to get there.
Very beautiful store.
It really is! Russell.
Another great video so many unique places you visit
Thank you very much! I am trying to find different places each video i am making. Russell.
What was the time this was taken? Was it 10PM at night or 5PM? Hard to tell. Time means the difference maybe you are late at night after the stores mostlly closed. Prove the time is important without edit. Hard to tell. Looks late with cleaners after normal hours. However the sky lights in the atrium are showing sunlight
Don’t like such pretentious places. Feel myself on a wrong place there. But it’s really beatiful.
I completely agree. I felt like i had to be quiet in there like a library or something. Russell.
It’s only for the rich. If you felt you don’t belong then probably you don’t. 😉
@@katuiran I’m surely not the rich one and never was. And my parents weren’t rich. That was never a problem, I have everything I need, but… I want to have a chance to live 2-3 days as a very rich. Just to see how it is.
Thank you for your posts.
Great insight of Russia.
Thanks for watching. Glad you find the interesting. Russell.
The sheer opulence of this luxury mall !!!! Unbelievable what exists outside my comfort zone lol. I live in Guelph Ontario Canada with a humble mall in comparison to this ! The palm trees and foliage are amazing !!! I love the Italian style architecture of this mall. Too bad it's almost becoming a grandiose ghost town. Do you see these types of malls in Australia ? Even Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto pales in comparison to this !
Well, Thanks for your wonderful video tours....any harassment yet from the security or police for filming ? 😆
Beautiful mall, sad it's so empty.
inside it was for sure. And then the swimming pool at the end. Russell.
Sad??? More sad for the Ukrainians being killed!
You know. Why it is empty.......
Обычно там много народу
Incredible very unique Soviet style shopping mall with swimming pool , SHOP & SWIM ...
It was strange to see really. but based on this mall, not unusual. Russell.
Soviet style shopping mall??? Are you blind? It has nothing with Soviet
It looks like you are the only person in the mall.
Russell, it is mid time of the working day, second, what do they sell-> expensive goods. Initially, you will not find many people here. It has nothing with sanctions.
Incomprehensible luxury
exactly. way out of my league of places to shop at. Russell.
🙀мала людей,мало людей.. 😼 ..этот магазин не для дворовых собак 😸
Спасибо за ваш комментарий. Я люблю, когда я перевожу с русского на английский, и это буквально дает мне перевод. "никаких дворовых собак" хе-хе-хе. Забавный. Рассел. Этот торговый центр тоже не для меня. я чувствовал себя немного не одетым, просто войдя. Вегас по соседству был для меня больше. Рассел.
Похож на Аскара Акаева 😮😊
Right now there are loads of Russians on Holiday in South East Asia. 😊
Right, i have fiends from Russia who are in Thailand right now. The closer places to visit though are Turkey and Egypt. Russell.
Good for them. Nobody wants to kill them like here in Europe. Just keep Ukrops away from them. Generally keep them away, as they might organize Maidan somewhere in Thailand or Bali...
💯🙋
Thanks for watching Gary :) Russell.
Very similar to West Edmonton Mall.
Wow, Ok, I will have to look it up to compare. Thanks. Russell.
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👍👍👍 Beautiful shopping Center with a garden, but sadly no customers.
It will be revived after the end of special operations in Ukraine. Praying for peace to return to Ukraine, Russia and the region.
Blessings.
I completely agree. I hope things get back to a more normal situation soon. Russell.
There a plenty of customers every day, I live here. This dude fools you:)
@@DrScarface74
Maybe just a coincidence- not many customers at the time of visit.
All the malls in Russia are very beautiful and the food courts are huge!
Various malls in Russia look and feel like large warehouses converted to malls since they use prefab type buildings, but this mall is beautiful Sad to see it so empty.
@KellyP That's for sure. So many different malls to visit also. Russell.
@M Comp the prefab inpart comes from them building malls here on multiple levels. to keep the foot print of the building smaller. But it does allow for faster construction also. This mall is on a whole different level. Russell.
I’m in New Hampshire and haven’t been to any malls like that! Fun seeing them through your eyes.
Russians loves to eat! 🤪
All those foreign companies wjho left in Virtue signalling fever shall have to pay rent and employees salaries while having 0 turnover. So big win for them...
Exactly. More than likely with very complicated lease agreements with the mall and mall owners. Russell.
Эта очень красивыи торговым центр но в это не очень простое время для России у многих людеи нет денег што бы делать здесь покупки
Это действительно впечатляет, когда вы гуляете по этому месту. Я предпочитаю более нормальный торговый центр VEGAS по соседству. Рассел.
LMAO. This mall has a pool. That's hilarious.
When i came across it i was surprised as well. Russell.
@@TravellingwithRussell Thank you for this. Keep up the great work.
Curious to see what you mean by ‘Italian looking’ store?
The over all mall is build in that Italian Piazza style. The columns, along with a lot of the stores being Italian brands. Russell.
@@TravellingwithRussell does it not look greek style?
There are many shopping malls in Russia that people didn't go to even before the sanctions. They're just not popular. There are still crowds of people in popular shopping malls. Only a few shops in them are closed (10 percent).
That’s right.
Ha ha ha that was a lot more than 10% of the shops!
Who are you kidding?
@@Pippie5555 of course you, living in another country, knows more about living in Russia when we do, living in Russia.
@@Pippie5555 In the nearest mall there is KFC, Burger King, all shops except Polish Cropp.
Crowds of people are shopping. Even the cinemas are working, although there are much fewer films. The food court areas are full of people. Of all the restaurants near my house, only one McDonald's has closed (3 burger kings are working and a fourth one will open soon, 2 KFC, Papa Johns)
There are empty or half-empty malls, but they were like that before. They built too much.
The shops are full of food. The main thing that has become noticeable is that prices for everything have risen. Some things have gone up by 10%, and some things by 30-50%.
@Алексей Свищев Thanks for the reply to the above comments, of course living here and making these videos, i 100% agree with everything you have mentioned. I should really have pointed out that this mall (Corcus City Mall) is attached to VEGAS directly through a walkway.
These mall soon will be replaced by chinese brands, I suppose. They are so beautiful
There wasnt too many closed stores in this mall really, so many in their were Russian companies. Russell.
They left for Europe and Dubai! 😆
I see in the news that's what gets said a lot. Still a lot have stayed here in Moscow though, i am sure for the spring and summer time a lot will leave to their country houses also. Russell.
@@TravellingwithRussell As a British citizen living in Poland i have noticed a lot of economic migrants from Russia here in Warsaw.
And they live peacefully with Ukrainians 😆
@@x3rs3s oh really? Economic migrants from Russia in Poland. Your drugs are strong lol
@@DrScarface74 wait… maybe i should say economic migrants from Russia to the EU 😆😎🇪🇺💶💶
What’s even funnier is that - I rarely hear about anyone moving to Russia for economic benefits 😆
They mostly come to the EU… and yes - it includes Poland!
That mall always had "empty mode". Its not for avarage citizen to do weekly shopping. Its for high end clients and they tend to be minnority in every city. So its lux and gives a private feel. But yes, nice place to paint it as catastrophy of "empty, closed, crisis"or what ever you need to tell. The point is it is so luxury and has $$$materials used, is kept in perfect condition and even in video you can see its cliener that any mall you ever seen.
This is a regular mall for average people for weekly shopping.
@@DrScarface74 cose everybody buys Prada and Gucci everyday. OK. And it has regular (average population pricing) brends like H&M, C&A,Zara....???
@@hasepsut011 yes the vast majority are like zara. And there is nothing luxury in prada or gucci. Since when they bexome luxury lol.
@@DrScarface74 ok. Be it as you wish to partray it.
And foods?
In this mall it had 4 restaurants, but you don't really notice them in the walkaround of the main part of the mall. Nobu was one of them i remember seeing it close to the entrance. Russell.
Special shopping mall operations
This place really was interesting to walk around. along with it being connected to another Mall next door called VEGAS. Russell.
Christ !! beautiful pool!! I feel like swimimming
Me too. I really wonder if this ever gets used though? Russell.
@@TravellingwithRussell Can Yo u imaginé? Wearing bathing suits in the middle of the mall geez I would Take the shame just to use it lol
Welcome to city vacant
I didn't notice that one, i will have to look back at the video again. Russell.
Wahaha,it's a ghost malll
It certainly was very quiet. Russell.
NICE PLACE BUT ALMOST EMPTY OF PEOPLE.
It was beautiful inside......But empty. I felt like the only person in there, which was very weird for a shopping mall. Russell.
Работаю здесь тишина просто бомба 😊
Кто тут пишет про роскошь,
Посмотрите метро в Москве,
Вот где каждая станция произведение искусства, как в музее 😀🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺💪💪💪
soooo empty 😐
I know right. Crazy. Russell.
Almost all malls in our area (1.6 to 2.0 million people population) are fundamentally empty or surrounded with gun-toting gangs. Park your vehicle and likely come back to have the windows broken to get anything in the vehicle, or just to do it because they don't like your car. It appears you are lucky.
100% opposite here to have it is in the US or Maybe Canada. No chance of any of what you mentioned. i was going to film a little bit at the very beginning showing the luxury cars in the lot, but decided not to put it in. Moscow's population is between 15-20 million. Russell.
В Москве такого нет вообще.
At least you aren’t in Ukraine where their malls are also temporarily closed for repair.
Where are you from?
@@nevagerber2434 Northern California; not as bad as SF but very similar
H. Stern really amazing jewelry
For sure !!!! Russell.
Haha I’m so poor that even don’t know what it is! Almost 70% of my “jewelery” are made by myself 😅😅😅
Crocus City Mall looks like American malls did 50 years ago...but in America, they've been in decline for at least the last 20-30 years and many of them have been demolished. Their time has passed.
-- BR
Malls are very much a part of peoples shopping here i moscow. This mall is actually attached to a much larger mall called VEGAS, right next door. Russell
@@TravellingwithRussell Yes, but you could say Russia itself is 20-30 years behind America, too. So that explains their "time warp" interest in malls. Not so here in America anymore...
Cheers,
-- BR
@@billredding2000 lol. Russia is like 100 years ahead of usa. Go pay for your education and healthcare, american peasant:)) Russia's level of development is totally unbelievable for your country
Very cool, respect you
Thanks. Glad you liked the video.
Beautiful structure..One wonders if its closed by the end of this year...Sanctions take time,always...comes Inflation,consumer spending reduction,joblessness,manufacturing...all ripple effects,and into deep recession...I really love the Russion people,but... !!! Take care Russell..Enjoy your videos..
Thanks for watching. This mall is part of a huge district with another mall attached to it, along with a outdoor theme park and close by metro station. Also the same company owns the Corcus convention center attached. Russell.
@@TravellingwithRussell In their very beginning, in the 1990s, Crocus operated the finest grocery store in Moscow in the same location (and its twin on the site of present-day Vegas mall). Lots of genuine US-made foods. Almost everything was imported from decent countries - none of those Russian-made chemical concoctions. By early 2000s the government killed this business model completely.
Lol. Nobody wonders about it. It wont be closed. Sanctions failed once again. Ruble is the strongest currency of 2022. Inflation is a way less than in the west which imposed thos sanctions and destroyed their own economies. There a plenty of jobs right now and will be even more with new politics. Your countries will loose high paid jobs actually, because we will not buy your products anymore. And recession? You mean like in the us now? Lol nope. Our economy isnt inflated there is 0% chance of recession in Russia.
Уважаемые иностранные комментаторы хочу вас разочаровать!!!! Никакого кризиса в России нет!!!! Торговые центры в России работают в обычном режиме!!! Можно подумать вы себе позволяете покупки дорогих брендов... Или вы хотите что бы вы нас санкциями пугали,унижали нас,обзывали,воевали против нас,снабжали оружием нацистов на Украине,отстраняли наших спортсменов,запрещали нашу культуру,врали без конца про нищую Россию а мы будем бегать в ваши магазины и продолжать вас кормить??? Плевали мы на ваши бренды... стоят больших денег а вид все равно говно... И сам факт того что центр открыт,фонтаны работают не экономят воду как вы,освещение прекрасное и не экономят электроэнергию,а вы не можете себе это позволить,содержать в идеальной чистоте такой центр стоит не мало денег.... ну и где нищета??? А где пьяные русские??? Вы ж все верещите про русских алкашей.. интересно тогда кому строили такие центры???? У вас нет ни логики ни умения анализировать.... Рассуждаете так как вам навязывают ваши пропагандисты... )))
Спасибо за ваши комментарии, я думаю, что со временем Россия адаптируется к санкциям, и даже с закрытыми некоторыми магазинами это не имеет большого значения для экономики в целом. Рассел.
Umm, your video is just black. I can hear you, but can’t see anything. Am I missing something???
It works for me.
@Christina Mason Thanks for commenting. I am not sure why its not working for you. I havent heard or seen any other problems with it. Russell.
@Pippi Walker Thanks for commenting. Russell.
It was exactly the same in 2016, completely dead. It's all owned by an oligrach who was friends with Trump. Trump appeared in his son's music video, he's a semi famous singer in Russia - Emin Agalarov
Thanks for the information. This mall and the larger entertainment complex and convention centre is very impressive when you walk around there. I was just reading the bio of this guy, Thanks for letting me know about him. Russell.
From Communist to Klepocrates no Difference same outcome
this type of governance is all over the world though. Russell.
Those kind of "overly done rich places" make me sick.. Russia is full of gangster wealth... makes me want to puke
It way too high end for me also. i wasnt even comfortable walking around in there. Russell.
Ты знаешь ... Каждый человек -- на своём месте ! Богатство требует больших расходов. Если ты не имеешь таких возможностей, то для тебя проще -- подлечиться, чтобы не тошнило ... 😁
Beautiful mall. What if it catches fire soon, as many buildings are in Russia lately?
In my opinion there is little to no chance of that, it has way too many cameras and security around this complex. Russell.
смотри что бы вокруг тебя дома не загорелись.На мой взгляд взрослый мужик, а рассуждаешь как ребёнок. Не пора ли стать взрослым?!
Не дождешься 😏
heartbreaking
Is this Russia's future or their opening scene of 'Gone With the Wind'? All malls have quiet times. Friday afternoon, is that normally one of those? Is the average Russian allowed inside or is their pedigree checked at the door? Must be an age thing, but trying to draw happiness from the acquisition of 'things' few others can afford is like eating cotton candy thinking it is food. Thanks for the vignette?
It’s better then mall of America.
Then you haven’t been shopping lately.
@ German Shepherd This place is really on a different level. Its not really a huge place, just the opulence of the place. Russell.
Ostentatious luxury. But was this center profitable before the sanctions? It looks like an overinvestment may be taking place here. In the West, what does not earn itself will collapse. But Russia's economy works differently.
This Mall is beautifully designed, built and managed.
The business plan is clearly towards a high end luxury retail experience.
Sadly after sanctions this retail therapy is no longer available to Russian people. Hopefully scenes like this will help focus normal people in Russia to question the behaviour and actions of their Government and Political leaders and make them accountable.
I take no pleasure, and I do have sympathy for normal Russian people as their economy and standard of living is in serious decline.
But we must also think of the people of Ukraine who have suffered unimaginable pain and hardship, and continue to do so.
The mall was crazy to walk around, i hadnt been there before filming this. This was a very high end place, its actually attached to a regular middle class mall at the same time called VEGAS. Also in the last part of this video you can see another high end mall I visited. Russell. czcams.com/video/ChqfHZcVccU/video.html
Our standard of living is much higher than anywhere in the west, dude. Turn off your cnn
When you can't afford cabbage and meat. Your viewpoints do change, Comrades.
cabbage is very inexpensive here in Russia. Russell.
Second idea- who punished whom in case they closed? Putin? No! They punished themselves as they has no profit.
Slava ukrainie
its a tough situation for sure.
Buddy, you seem to have the wrong door. Your place is on the Maidan. There you can rally and jump to your heart's content.
Until loss of consciousness.))
All hail the Putin! 😈😈😈
Be careful Russell please. You are in danger if you criticise Russia.
Well, in about a year from now the place is gonna be transformed into a babushka's trinkets market, that's a shame...
No chance of that happening. It's part of a much larger second mall directly next door and a convention center as well. i like your optimism though. Russell.
The only convention I can picture happening there is the KGB/FSB, but that's gonna be held at the Kremlin, so no use for other convention center either...
That means most Russ don't want to go malling anymore,they don't have money .And sooner this will be on bankrupt!!!
This mall is attached to a regular everyday mall as well called VEGAS, so plenty of options where to shop. Russell.
@@TravellingwithRussell I think it´s pointless to reply to people who watch CNN and MSNBC. Their heads are just brainwashed beyond repair...
Do you know how Russians speak? while the fat one dries, the thin one dies. Nowhere to spend money, brands fled. Our money is with us. And they say: it is not harmful to dream, it is harmful not to dream. So dream to your heart's content. :-) We are neither cold nor hot from this. Our homes are always at a comfortable temperature.
I see so many of these videos out of Russia where people are talking/comparing who has the better mall, who has the best gas prices or food prices etc. Meanwhile there's no shame or guilt about what their country is doing to thousands of innocent civilians, many of whom have relatives and ties to Russia. I see beautiful architecture (St Petersburg), beautiful parks (Sochi) and again, beautiful shopping. There is much for Russians to be proud of but how they can just go about their enjoyment of life when just across the border, their country is destroying another. I hope I never grow such a thick skin!
Thanks for the comment, i completely understand your feelings on this. I also find it interesting that live does go on as normal here as well. I have talked about it at length with my wife about our own situation, we have lived here for the last 9 years. Russell.
Any objective person would see the war in Ukraine in a very different perspective. The war is between Russia and west, Ukraine voluntarily staged the scenario. I believe her politicians are being paid handsomely for their service. U should better ask US politicians why they want to dismantle and dismember Russia. As per US president, congress men and high officials the objective of the war is to bring regime change in Russia. I am not Russian but someone who followed the news objectively.
From 2014 to 2022, Ukraine bombed aviation, fired missiles and artillery at peaceful cities in Donbass. Thousands and thousands of innocent women, old people and children were killed. But you didn't notice it. You weren't shown it on TV. And when Russia finally came to the Ukrainian Nazis with retribution, you, of course, sided with the scoundrels. How predictable...
How many wars and special operations do you think there are all over the world right now? What do you think the Americans were doing when they bombed Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries? Did they go shopping and have fun like in peacetime, or do you think they were crying into their pillows because American soldiers were killing thousands of civilians?
only a smallest fraction of Russians could ever afford shopping here, probably 0,3%, overpaid foreign expats including ... today most of them have left Russia, some lost their jobs and/or not sure they will be OK next year or even next month. Anyway, it's not a good idea to waste your money in such a turbulent situation, as they used to do it for decades...
I think it is almost a matter of time until the mall owners may have to shut down their buildings because so many store have closed so they are not getting their rent. Nice mall. I feel badly for the Russians. The future does not bode well for them.
This was a mall mainly for foreign brands. Watch his other videos, or videos by channels like Different Russia. Normal malls are still humming. Russian companies have sprung up or expanded to take over where foreign brands left. Don't feel sorry for the Russians, because they aren't the ones who will end up suffering from the sanctions. Putin ensured that Russia is nearly immune from western sanctions, a policy he put in effect after the sanctions of 2012. Feel bad for the west. Many American economists and political analysts are pointing out that the sanctions are cementing relationships between middle-eastern and eastern countries, having the probable consequence of knocking the dollar off its pedestal as the world's reserve currency. Without that status, we have nothing. The dollar isn't backed by gold, so without world-reserve currency status, we are screwed.
@chris stepleton Thanks for watching. This mall is a part of a much huger business park cover an entire suburb. It's basically 3 malls tied together, this being only one small part of the space. Together with an outdoor amusement park and they even built their own train station coming into the area, together with a convention center. ITs really amazing to see from outside how big this whole place is. No chance there likely to close what so ever. Russell.
@E Dennis Thanks for the comments. I agree with what you mentioned. Russell.
reminds me of the GUM in Moscow en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUM_(department_store)
It really does have a similar feel to it. I have a tour of GUM, maybe you want to check it out. czcams.com/video/mMsp1dNQf6I/video.html