Nationality Russian-American Genre tech Associated acts Kipkay Years active 2009–present Role YouTuber | Created by Taras Kulakov Name Taras Kulakov Channel name CrazyRussianHacker Subscribers 6,347385 | |
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Taras Kulakov (Russian: Тара́с Кулако́в; [tɐˈras kʊlɐˈkof]), better known as CrazyRussianHacker, is a Russian YouTuber best known for his "life hacks", scientific experiments (or in other terms: science experiment demonstration, science demonstrations), testing videos and his motto "Safety is number one priority." His YouTube channel, "CrazyRussianHacker", created on May 18, 2012, has over 2.7 billion views and 10 million subscribers (as of August 2017) and is one of the medium's top 200 channels. He has an estimated net worth of around $5 million. He owns two huskies, Hugo and Luke, and is an avid beekeeper. He also has a second YouTube channel "Taras Kul" with over 2.8 million subscribers.
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Early life and education
Taras Kulakov was born in 1987 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 2009, with his family he moved to Asheville, North Carolina, where he worked at Walmart until 2012 while developing his early YouTube channels.
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 at least one known brother named Dima Kulakov.
Videos
Kulakov is a very active YouTuber, releasing a video per 1–3 days. As of August 2017, he has over 10 million subscribers for his CrazyRussianHacker channel. His videos range from life hacks to chemiluminescence in action. He is known for his sense of humour and Russian accent. He created his first channel, "origami768", on October 14, 2009, for origami tutorial videos. Later, he renamed this channel to "Taras Kul", which he uses as a second channel, and currently has over 2.8 million subscribers. His second attempt at YouTube fame came with "SlomoLaboratory" later renamed "Slow Mo Lab", alongside his brother Dima. His popularity skyrocketed with his third channel, CrazyRussianHacker, in 2012. As of 2016, he has released more than 1000 videos on CrazyRussianHacker and continues to maintain the Taras Kul channel with additional content.