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- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:epub="http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops" xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:pls="http://www.w3.org/2005/01/pronunciation-lexicon" xmlns:ssml="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><head><title>Chapter 6. Lesson 6</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook-epub.css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.2"/><link rel="prev" href="ch05s11.xhtml" title="Months of the year"/><link rel="next" href="ch06s02.xhtml" title="Setting the scene"/></head><body><header/><section class="chapter" title="Chapter 6. Lesson 6" epub:type="chapter" id="d0e18786"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title">Chapter 6. Lesson 6</h1></div></div></div><div class="informaltable"><table style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 1px solid ; border-bottom: 1px solid ; border-left: 1px solid ; border-right: 1px solid ; "><colgroup><col/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">Lesson №6</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">WHERE DO YOU LIVE?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; ">УРОК № 6</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; "><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="Images/FsiRussianFast-Lessons6-8-2.png"/></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><section class="section" title="Где вы живёте?" epub:type="subchapter" id="d0e18806"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Где вы живёте?</em></span></h2></div></div></div><p>«<span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">В гостях хорошо, а дома
- лучше</em></span>» as the Russians say: "There's no place like home".
- And this is true even if home is in the taiga in Siberia, down along the
- Volga or beyond the Ural mountains. Russians in the major metropolitan
- areas and the larger cities live in high-rise apartment buildings, whereas
- those in the rural areas tend to live in single-family homes. A drive
- through <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">провинция</em></span> the
- provinces will reward you with glimpses of those homes which are usually
- wooden, single-story and often brightly painted and decorated. Quite a
- contrast to the concrete monsters in the major urban areas!</p><p>Housing, whether in terms of quality or quantity, has always been a
- problem in Russia and continues to be so today. The recent move toward
- privatization has made it possible for some Russians to buy their
- apartments from the government; others must continue to live in
- government-owned and subsidized housing. For the foreign buyer, while
- supply might exceed demand, real estate prices in Moscow and St.
- Petersburg proper rival those in cities such as New York, London and
- Tokyo. But many Russians still find themselves in situations where
- multiple families have individual rooms in a <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">коммуналка</em></span> communal apartment and others
- must live in cramped quarters with their extended families.</p></section></section><footer/></body></html>
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