Description: Soviet Communal Living : An Oral History of the Kommunalka, Hardcover by Messana, Paola, ISBN 0230110169, ISBN-13 9780230110168, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "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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Book Title: Soviet Communal Living : An Oral History of the Kommunalka
Number of Pages: Xvi, 168 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Soviet Communal Living : an Oral History of the Kommunalka
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Real Estate / General, Popular Culture, Modern / General, Regional, Europe / General
Publication Year: 2011
Item Weight: 14.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.6 in
Author: Paola Messana
Subject Area: Architecture, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
