Figure 1.-- This 1959 wire service portrait shows a mother and her two sons in their new Moscow apartment. You can see what thevblock looks like by looking out the window. After World War II the Soviets began building large numbers of these aprtment blocks all over Moscow. Single family homes were almost unknown in Soviet cities, especially Moscow. Some existed in small towns and rural areas often built before the Revolution. Here note the boys are wearing some firm of scull caps. We thought they might be Jewish. We all see Mulims and other from central Asia wearing these caps. The boys do not, however, look Asian. It was diffucult for central Asians to get permission to live in the capital.

This 1959 wire service portrait shows a mother and her two sons in their new Moscow apartment. You can see what thevblock looks like by looking out the window. After World War II the Soviets began building large numbers of these aprtment blocksall overMoscow. single family homes were almos unknown in Soviet cities. Some existed in small townas and rural areas often built before the Revolution. Some 99 percent of Russians, living in the Moscow live in apartments. Th same pattern follows in other major cities. Private houses within the Moscow is very rate. The same is true of other major cities, although not to the same extent as Moscow. Today there are townhouse communities in Moscow. All of them date to the era after the fall of Communism. One source describes a typical Mocow apartment. "The way one describes apartments in Russia differs from the US way of describing apartments. We do not count bedrooms, we count rooms. So, we have one, two or three room apartments. In the rare case – 4 room apartments. The notion of a studio does not exist – there will typically be a separate kitchen and one room in a 1-room apartment. Usually one room will be the living/dining room, and one or two rooms will be bedrooms. Most standard apartments will have one bathroom, having a master bathroom and a guest bathroom is considered to be chic. Apartments lack dedicated storage spaces, so the balcony usually serves as a storage for everything – from winter tires to skis, strollers and other items." Here note the boys are wearing sime firm of scull caps. We thought they might be Jewish, but I don't think Soviet Jewish boys wore scull caps. he Stalinist athesist campaign largely eradicted Judaism. And there was a high level of anti-Semitism. We also see Mulims and other from central Asia wearing these caps. The boys do not, hoever, look Asian. It was diffucukt for centrlnAsians to ger permission to live in the capital. We have seen reports of shody constuction, but do not know how serious a problem that was.

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