| Communal Living in Russia: Video Tours | |
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Tour 7. Things That Happen:
Another "Empty" Room
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| Summary | |
| Objects in the so-called "empty" (uninhabited) room, left by residents for "temporary" storage. | |
| Basic Facts and Background | |
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When: 2000 Where: A large apartment in a prestigious neighborhood of St. Petersburg, also seen in the clips of Tours 1 and 2. What: The common storage room, whose history and contents can be seen in the clip "The Empty Room," which was filmed six years later. This room is also a good place to smoke; we see an armchair and a jar used as an ashtray, full of cigarette butts.
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| Translation of the Russian Transcript | |
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[there is no dialogue in this clip]
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