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Saint Petersburg celebrates its unique communal flats

Published Mon, May 2, 2016 · 09:50 PM

Saint Petersburg

A LEFTOVER from the Soviet era, the communal flat or kommunalka with bathroom and kitchen shared by a dozen or so residents is very much alive in Russia's historic city of Saint Petersburg.

More than 25 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, these overcrowded dwellings are now admired as a unique - if disappearing - cultural phenomenon, featured on guided tours and discussed at academic conferences. The former imperial capita…

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CDL unit sells 65 units at The Residences at W Sentosa, more than the 58 marketed last week

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