Soviet Communal Living: An Oral History of the Kommunalka

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.

Author: P. Messana
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 02/22/2011
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781349292479

About the Author
PAOLA MESSANA New York Bureau Chief of Agence France-Presse, and the agency's former Moscow Bureau Chief. She holds degrees in Russian from the Sorbonne and Political Science from the Paris Institute of Political Studies, France.