Propagandist Mukavozchyk urged those who cannot buy an apartment in Minsk "not to whine". What about his own housing?

The KVN Era and First Housing

In the 1990s and 2000s, Belarusians knew Andrei Mukavozchyk from the Belarusian KVN club — he headed the association and hosted games. However, the project was called unprofitable.

As "Zerkalo" found out, Mukavozchyk's first owned apartment appeared in 2000. Officially, it was a gift — a one-room apartment with an area of 39.6 square meters on Kulman Street in Minsk, near Komarovsky Market. The host remains its owner to this day.

Павялічыць

In 2008, Mukavozchyk found himself at the center of a conflict with Alexander Maslyakov's structures, as a result of which the Belarusian project broke away from the international KVN movement centered in Moscow. After lawsuits and public clarification of relations, Belarusian teams collectively spoke out against Mukavozchyk and continued to play within Maslyakov's system. Mukavozchyk's humorous initiatives eventually fizzled out.

Television and Not the Most Necessary House

The host himself continued his career in television. For some time, he hosted the "Kultprasvet" program on the "Belarus 3" channel, dedicated to national cinema. He was also recorded as a department head and "director of the directorate" of Belteleradiocompany.

In 2015, Mukavozchyk acquired a small plot and a wooden house in the village of Virlovichy, Stolbtsy district, according to information from "Zerkalo" sources. However, he sold them a few years later.

"A house requires service. Not necessarily in the 'state' sense — there's always something to do in your own house. Always. In summer and winter, in youth and old age, whether you want to or not, you must work. You can't let a house fall into disrepair: it's immediately noticeable. And the quality of life suffers immediately," he explained later in one of his publications.

Work at "SB" and a New Apartment

In 2016, Mukavozchyk got a job at the state newspaper "SB. Belarus Today". On its pages, he initially mused about cinema, but gradually shifted to political topics. In his columns, lies and insults were liberally poured upon opponents of the regime. There was even a court case that proved the columnist had written untruths, but he was not punished then.

Павялічыць

After three years of working at "SB" — in 2019 — the propagandist acquired a second apartment in Minsk. And again near Komarovka — this time on Kuibyshev Street. It was already more spacious: three rooms and 64.9 square meters.

Mortgage for 20 Years

After 2020, Mukavozchyk's propaganda career soared: he enriched the state newspaper's lexicon with phrases like "wretches", "petty peons", "pack of intellectual bums", and "mad rats", received two "Golden Pen" awards, began hosting an "author's column" on STB, and collaborated with universities.

In 2023, the feuilletonist improved his living conditions: he sold his three-room apartment and soon bought a four-room apartment. He didn't have to go far; the new apartment is also near Komarovka — in one of the "corn-cob" houses on Vera Khoruzhaya Street. Its area is 98.4 square meters.

Павялічыць

Minsk "corn-cobs" are known not only for their original appearance. These high-rises were the first monolithic-frame buildings in Belarus. In the 1990s, apartments in them were considered elite; one resident recalled carrying billions of old rubles in bags to the developer's office. The apartments still cannot be called cheap: judging by published advertisements, a four-room apartment there was requested for 544 thousand rubles (169 thousand dollars) in 2024, and 687 thousand rubles (226 thousand dollars) in 2026.

As "Zerkalo" found out, Andrei Mukavozchyk mortgaged his new apartment; "Belarusbank" lent him 210 thousand rubles for 20 years. The state newspaper employee will have to settle with the bank by 2043 (by then he will be 80 years old).

The terms of the loan offered to the pro-government columnist and host are unknown. The bank's current offers allow taking such an amount for housing, with monthly payments ranging from 2000 to 3445 rubles.

"Nowhere in the world does one's own housing come easily and for free"

It is interesting that in one of his recent columns, Mukavozchyk ridiculed young people who discussed difficulties in buying an apartment via TikTok.

"I want to remind you that nowhere in the world does one's own housing come easily and for free. Everywhere you have to take on insurmountable loans, then go bankrupt and lose (along with housing) even more money. Or pay off loans until old age, or even pass them on to children and grandchildren," he wrote.

Павялічыць

In this publication, he gave young people a whole bunch of advice: for example, "don't whine," "live joyfully," don't strive for Minsk, work diligently. And also — ask their parents where the apartments and dachas were that could be obtained "from the factory" during Soviet times.

"And this is what all young people should remember. Right now in the history of Belarus, a unique time has come when ancestors can pass on to their descendants (and indeed are passing on!) what they accumulated throughout their lives. Money, apartments, dachas — and also factories, roads, networks... Personal property with real estate, of which there is no small amount — and a wonderful, strong, sovereign country," writes the state newspaper employee.

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