A typical Soviet flat, all options included:
High tech oven with missing button therefore no control over the thermostat, and broken door (which means a better heating in the kitchen!).
Impossible-to-close windows for a better ventilation, especially in winter.
Mysterious cupboard in the toilets, full of mysterious but undoubtedly essential objects.
Mysterious objects under the bath tub, not to move, probably essential too.
Water-saving system: shower or sink.
Another mysterious cupboard full of mysterious but essential objects...Generations of tenants coming and leaving things in this flat, little by little building up a treasure which nobody dares getting rid of.
A spare TV set and spare sink, just in case, we never know...
Boxes of every item that has been bought in the last ten years.
Toilet bowl over the front door to loosen up our guests? OR, another possible explanation: this is a giant horseshoe to bring us lots of luck!
Common sense: it's much easier to repair the electric circuit when it's accessible.
Another useful option: the removable floor.
Missing joint or tight budget for the bedroom?
Taped door handle. We still wonder why as it doesn't close.
The scarcity of plugs in the flat results in having the choice between using the washing machine in the bathroom OR using the kettle/radio/fridge in the kitchen, thanks to an extension cable connecting the two rooms through the corridor (safety standards considered).
Thanks to this ingenious system we can take a shower/bath safely.
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In the capital city, that is the most developped part of the country, the water is never transparent, at best yellowish.
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