"This book brings together fascinating testimonies from thirty
inhabitants of the Kommunalka, the communal apartments that were
the norm in housing in the cities of Russia during the whole
history of the Soviet Union. The Kommunalka was perhaps the most
important social experiment undertaken by the Soviet regime, having
arguably as much if not more of an effect on the outlook of
inhabitants than external political realities. Beginning in 1920,
almost overnight, multiple Russian families were crammed together
into single apartments, purposefully chosen to represent different
classes in the same space. The intent was not just to level out
class differences, but also to create spy systems within homes so
as to extend the governments surveillance abilities and its control
over daily life"--
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