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What's up, everybody? Welcome back to my laboratory, where safety is number one priority...

―CrazyRussianHacker's intro

Taras Vladimirovich Kulakov (born: March 11, 1987 (1987-03-11) [age 37]), better known online as CrazyRussianHacker, is an Ukrainian YouTuber, best known for his life hacks, DIY (Do It Yourself) scientific experiments, testing videos, and his motto "Safety is number one priority"

About[]

Kulakov is a moderately active YouTuber, releasing a few videos per week. As of 2020, he has over 11 million subscribers for his CrazyRussianHacker channel. He also has a second YouTube account called "Taras Kul", which is still active today. His videos range from life hacks to chemiluminescence in action, testing gadgets, life hack videos, and proving other life hacks wrong. He is known for his sense of humor and Russian accent.

History[]

He created his first channel, "origami786", on October 14, 2009 for origami tutorial videos. Later, he renamed this channel to "Taras Kul", which he uses as a second channel, and has over 3 million subscribers. His second attempt at YouTube fame came with "SlomoLaboratory", later renamed "Slow Mo Lab", alongside his brother Dima. His popularity sky-rocketed with his third channel, CrazyRussianHacker, in 2012. He has released more than 1,000 videos on his main channel and continues to maintain the Taras Kul and Slow Mo Lab channels with additional content

In late 2017, he created a third channel simply named Taras, where he makes videos about magazine reloaders and special ammunition for rifles. As of October 1, 2017, he has only released 4 videos on that channel.

Early Life[]

Kulakov was born in the Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine). His mother was Russian, and his father was Ukrainian. He has been a swimmer since 1996 and joined the Ukrainian Olympic team as a professional swimmer.

In 2006, he moved to Asheville, North Carolina, with his family as a refugee where he worked at Walmart until 2012 while developing his early YouTube channels. He currently lives in Waynesville, North Carolina.

In a Q&A video, he clarified that the last place he lived before moving to the United States was the city of Donetsk, Ukraine. However, he grew up speaking Russian and therefore considers himself Russian.

He has two brothers and three sisters, as stated in his September, 2016 Q&A video. He also claims to have a half-brother and a half-sister as well.

Quotes[]

  • "Check this out."
  • "This is amazing."
  • "Thumbs up from me."
  • "Pretty cool, huh?"
  • "Pretty amazing, huh?"
  • "How cool is that?"
  • "How crazy is that?"
  • "Crazy, huh?"
  • "WOW!"
  • "BOOM!"
  • "WHOAH!"
  • "NO WAY!"
  • "I speak English!"
  • "I don't say 'boom' enough."
  • "Hello, everybody, and welcome back to my laboratory, where safety is number one priority."
  • "What's up everybody, welcome back to my laboratory, where safety is number one priority and today..."
  • "Well guys, that's pretty much it, let me know in comments bellow what do you think, thank you for watching, and I'll see you next time!"
  • "And then, we add the mayonnaise."
  • "LUKE, STOP!"
  • "Gadjick."
  • ¨I see why they call it slotdog.¨
  • ¨That's a fail."

Trivia[]

  • He is associated with Roman Atwood.
  • He is an animal lover. 
  • He has 4 dogs named Luke, Hugo, Gus, and George, a parrot named Gamma, an iguana named Abby, 2 goats named Jeff and Joel, and chickens.
  • He has appeared on a music video where he is the Pizza Delivery Guy dancing with drunk pizza mascot people.
  • He is in an animated Yo Mama video (Associated with Yo Mama) as himself for "In Soviet Russia" jokes.
  • He was born in Ukraine to a Russian mother and a Ukrainian father, and moved to America as a refugee, as he states in his latest Q&A.
  • He's 6'7 (200.6 centimeters).
  • During his childhood, he once was in a swimming incident where he severely cut his heel on a sharp pool tile while doing a turn. Since there weren't any local anesthetics that could put him under in his city, he had to bite on his sleeve while the doctors were stitching up his cut heel.
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