Huffman Time follows a family who moved from the US to Istra and settled in a community of other American newcomers. The camera stays on the household: kids' school events, buying a car, gas-station runs, first holidays, the mother's slow progress with Russian. For anyone considering a family relocation, it is one of the few channels that shows the logistics from the inside rather than from a tourist's hotel.
Since 2025 the story has changed. The father joined the Russian army, and a large share of recent videos deal with military service, his absence and his return. The channel remains a family diary, but it is now also a first-person account of a foreign family tied to the Russian state.
What you'll find here
- 01Family relocation in practice: schools, housing and cars
- 02An adult learner's real pace with Russian
- 03Community life in a foreigners' settlement outside Moscow
What this channel shows better than anyone
Family relocation in practice: schools, housing, cars and daily errands with three children.
Honest language progress: an adult learner's real pace with Russian.
Community life in a foreigners' settlement outside Moscow.
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- From
- United States
- Lives in
- Istra, Moscow Region
- Films in
- English
- Topics
- family · home · citizenship · schools · building a house
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