One topic that will certainly unite my readers everywhere in the world – pets. We all love animals, whom we bring to our homes. Let’s…
I was booking some travel today and read reviews of hotels at my destination. At some point I decided to filter Russian reviews and was…
Time before Easter and/or May Holidays is time to do Spring cleaning, both at home and in the city. Here is how we, Russians, approach…
When I wrote about apartments of modern and Soviet time, I forgot to write about communal or shared flats. These were the flats, shared by…
What to expect if your Russian friends invited you to their place? How to prepare for your visit? First of all – prepare to enjoy…
One cannot imagine a good Soviet apartment without carpets. Carpet was on the floor in a living room and… often on a wall of a…
“What happened to Soviet style apartments after Perestroika” clearly won the contest of topics. In one word – what happened was “EuroRemont” – “Western kind…
USSR with its planned economy was a strange place to live. Everything was standardized, including residential buildings, apartment plans and furniture. Let’s explore what was…
Most Russians (74%) live in the cities. What are the urban homes like? Are these apartments or private houses? Do people prefer to live in…