History WebVideo / LifeOfBoris

On July 5th, 2022, Boris [[https://youtu.be/eB-A1Y0Dswc announced]] that he was unofficially "ending" the channel, citing that he had "done or said everything [he] had wanted to do or say" and that the Youtube Algorithm seems to have caused a downward trend in his watcher and follower count; however, he has also shifted his focus to his new gaming channel, [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcQdT-hLr2_Fz5J0VqlurKQ/featured "Soup Kitchen Gaming"]], and intends to leave the original Life of Boris channel intact for one's viewing pleasure.[[labelnote:*]]He also said that he may ''occasionally'' upload something to Life of Boris if he finds it appropriate, but for all intents and purposes, he is no longer making videos on a set schedule any more.[[/labelnote]]

On July 5th, 2022, Boris [[https://youtu.be/eB-A1Y0Dswc announced]] that he was unofficially "ending" the channel, citing that he had "done or said everything [he] had wanted to do or say" and that the Youtube Algorithm seems to have caused a downward trend in his watcher and follower count; however, he has also shifted his focus to his new gaming channel, [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcQdT-hLr2_Fz5J0VqlurKQ/featured "Soup Kitchen Gaming"]], and intends to leave the original Life of Boris channel intact for one's viewing pleasure.[[labelnote:*]]He also said that one may ''occasionally'' upload something to Life of Boris if he finds it appropriate, but for all intents and purposes, he is no longer making videos on a set schedule any more.[[/labelnote]]

On July 5th, 2022, Boris [[https://youtu.be/eB-A1Y0Dswc announced]] that he was unofficially "ending" the channel, citing that he had "done or said everything [he] had wanted to do or say" and that the Youtube Algorithm seems to have caused a downward trend in his watcher and follower count; however, he has also shifted his focus to his new gaming channel, [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcQdT-hLr2_Fz5J0VqlurKQ/featured "Soup Kitchen Gaming"]], and intends to leave the original Life of Boris channel intact for one's viewing pleasure.[[labenote:*]]He also said that one may ''occasionally'' upload something to Life of Boris if he finds it appropriate, but for all intents and purposes, he is no longer making videos on a set schedule any more.[[/labelnote]]

On July 5th, 2022, Boris [[https://youtu.be/eB-A1Y0Dswc announced]] that he was unofficially "ending" the channel, citing that he had "done or said everything [he] had wanted to do or say" and that the Youtube Algorithm seems to have caused a downward trend in his watcher and follower count; however, he has also shifted his focus to his new gaming channel, [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcQdT-hLr2_Fz5J0VqlurKQ/featured "Soup Kitchen Gaming"]], and intends to leave the original Life of Boris channel intact for one's viewing pleasure.

On July 5th, 2022, Boris [[https://youtu.be/eB-A1Y0Dswc announced]] that he was unofficially "ending" the channel, citing that he had "done or said everything [he] had wanted to do or say" and a downward trend in his watcher and follower count; however, he has also shifted his focus to his new gaming channel, [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcQdT-hLr2_Fz5J0VqlurKQ/featured "Soup Kitchen Gaming"]], and intends to leave the original Life of Boris channel intact for one's viewing pleasure.

* GunNut: Not as prevalent as his KnifeNut tendencies (as detailed below) but he will on rare occasions show some sort of gun in his videos, the most prominent of which is a scopeless Dragunov. Unlike his knife collection it's not clear if they're real or if he just has replicas.

* KnifeNut: Owns a lot of knives, the most often seen being a bunch of combat knives similar to ones from [[VideoGame/CounterStrike CS:GO]] and a Kalashnikov Bayonet. He also makes use of a lot of them in his cooking videos, with a RunningGag of him disregarding normal kitchen knives and just grabbing one of his own.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: After a long series of language videos where he teaches basic vocabulary of various Slavic languages, Boris does a video on... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6bIMM8xnlQ Japanese]].

* BerserkButton: Boris does not appreciate his fans—or anyone with a genuine interest in Slavic culture—being called "Slavaboos" or otherwise being the targets of gatekeeping. He's also not fond of himself being accused of promoting TheThemeParkVersion of Slavia[[note]]which, he will remind you, consists of 13 different countries[[/note]].

* CoolHat: What self-respecting Slav doesn't wear an Ushanka? He also sometimes wears a cap from time to time, usually when the Ushanka isn't available or when he doesn't want to be recognized. In one video, he provides instructions on how to make your own Ushanka.

* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: In his [[https://youtu.be/xsjKBTSuUY8?t=581 Feb. 9, 2020]] upload, Boris explains he grew up in [[spoiler:four different Slavic]] countries and learned their languages ''and'' learned English on top of that. The result is that not even ''he'' is sure what is accent is.

* CuteKitten: November 2018 marked the first appearance of Comrade Cat. After soliciting fan suggestions, he was named Artyom, after the protagonist from the ''Metro'' series.

He also occasionally uploads more in depth gaming content on his side channel [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcBT8-Rtq7FRJTFKX8NYCzA Gopnik Gaming.]] At least he did before he officially discontinued use of the channel.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: For the longest time, what country Boris lives in was one of the fanbase's most burning questions. Based on the occasional interviews, Boris apparently moved around Eastern Europe a lot during his childhood and still does so frequently in present day, having lived in Tallinn, Estonia for some time before moving to Moscow and most recently Saint Petersburg. In addition, on February 4th 2021, under the video of a British travel blogger bald and bankrupt traveling across the CIS countries called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ltZR9IWXaE Solo In Estonia's East 🇪🇪]]", Boris left a comment in which he invited the blogger to Kopli (a microdistrict in Tallinn) "for instant good friends" hinting at a possible collab, which may indicate that Boris lives in both Russia and Estonia.

* RefugeInAudacity: During his tour of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYN_paVXTjk Bratislava, Slovakia]], he comes across a guy ''sawing open a bike lock'' in front of the Castle of Bratislava, with a security guard standing ''outside'' the castle ''completely unaware'', ''and'' due the the buildings being in close proximity in front of the ''House Of Parliament''.

* NotSoDifferent: As it turns out, Boris makes just as much noise as Vadim does which means their hatred is mutual.
--->'''Boris:''' (as Vadim's [=D.I.Y=] work wakes him up) Vadim Blyat!
--->'''Vadim:''' (as Boris' loud cooking in the morning wakes him up) Boris Blyat!

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: For the longest time, what country Boris lives in was one of the fanbase's most burning questions. Based on the occasional interviews, Boris apparently moved around Eastern Europe a lot during his childhood and still does so frequently in present day, having lived in Tallinn, Estonia for some time before moving to Moscow and most recently Saint Petersburg. In addition, on February 4th 2021, under the video of a British travel blogger bald and bankrupt traveling across the CIS countries called "Solo In Estonia's East 🇪🇪", Boris left a comment in which he invited the blogger to Kopli (a microdistrict in Tallinn) "for instant good friends" hinting at a possible collab, which may indicate that Boris lives in both Russia and Estonia.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: What country Boris lives in he has never specified; despite many viewers sending letters asking him to clarify. It's likely to be Estonia, however, as said [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saU3_xJJrCg&feature=youtu.be&t=37s here]], and many of the condiments and produce he uses in his recipe are Estonian brands. In addition, he does also mention "rush[ing] back to Estonia" from Babushka's place in ''Life of Boris: Super Slav''. Despite this, he still does not give any direct clues to his location, and has said before he plans to keep it as such to preserve his anonymity. This, of course, doesn't stop his fans from ''trying'' to figure out where he lives. Recently, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsjKBTSuUY8 this subreddit video]] has him finally reveal not only that he ''used'' to live in Estonia, [[spoiler:and now in Moscow]], but that he's moved between 4 different Slavic countries growing up, leading to...

* ICallItVera: A sledgehammer for tenderizing meat, named Svetlana.

[[https://www.youtube.com/user/NocturnoPlays/featured Life of Boris]] is a [=YouTube=] channel owned and operated by the self styled "Slav Superstar" Boris to spread a wide variety of videos from video game showcases to delicious Slavic dishes prepared by the Shashlik King himself. Boris occupies a comfortable niche in the [=YouTube=] community as ''the'' channel for all your Gopnik lifestyle needs.

* CoolMask: Always wears a face obscuring balaclava and has worn different kinds of designs over the years. Occasionally he adds a Gas Mask to the mix, and he owns many kinds of them as well with one being a customized Israeli Gas Mask that a fan sent him.

* LethalChef: Not in the sense that his food tastes bad, just that it's ''spectacularly unhealthy''. Most of his food either has way too much sugar or carbohydrates, or it's deep fried in sunflower seed oil, leading Boris to joke about how eating what he's made will most likely give you diabetes or other food-related health problems.

* TheUnfavorite: Boris views ''himself'' as this in the eyes of Youtube itself, citing how his channel pulls in views equal to that of some of his Western contemporaries yet he's paid a pittance in comparison due to Youtube's revenue laws.

* UnitConfusion: PlayedForLaughs when Boris cooks a cheesecake using an American recipe and refuses to convert units and takes everything at face value. As a result, he puts twice as much butter in the crust (which he makes from condensed milk biscuits and digestives as graham crackers are apparently unknown in Boris's part of the world) as is called for as the recipe calls for "one stick of butter" and his stick of butter is about twice the size of a common American quarter pound stick. He also sets the oven to 350 degrees... Celsius as the recipe did not specify Fahrenheit or Celsius and manages to successfully make up for it [[OvenLogic by baking the cheesecake for 20 minutes instead of an hour]]. In the absence of a standard American measuring cup, he eyeballs filling coffee mug about a quarter of the way with sugar. On top of these, he reasons from the abbreviation "oz" that the recipe calls for 24 "ohs" of cream cheese and resons that to be about as much as he can fit in his mouth, which is about one heaping tablespoon. This turns out to be an actually pretty reasonable approximation of an ounce (an ounce is two tablespoons, so a heaping tablespoon would actually be fairly close). Despite the unit confusion and substitutions, the end result is against all odds, a successfully executed cheesecake.

* SupremeChef: While supreme may be pushing it, he's definitely good at making Slavic dishes, even having the skill and patience to make his own loaves of black bread which anyone will tell you is a ''very'' involved process. He has also made his own sausage, which is definitely next level cooking. His most impressive feat to date however, is recreating a cake he had in a dream once ''with no real life equivalent or recipe'' and managing to nail the taste and qualities it had ''in the dream.''