Abstract
It was a luxury building on Chekhov Street, near Pushkin Square, in the very heart of Moscow. The building had been erected in 1916. Moscow, Kiev, and St. Petersburg had seen these splendid buildings spring up like mushrooms at the turn of the century. They were mostly owned by industrialists or important merchants of the First Guild.
Wasn’t it this she was trying to escape to from her dingy communal apartment?
—Anatoly Rybakov. Children of the Arbat
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Copyright information
© 2011 Paola Messana
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Messana, P. (2011). Like Life in Naples. In: Soviet Communal Living. Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230118102_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230118102_5
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, New York
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-29247-9
Online ISBN: 978-0-230-11810-2
eBook Packages: Palgrave History CollectionHistory (R0)