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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 xml:lang="" class="chapter" title="Chapter 6. Lesson 6" epub:type="chapter" id="d0e19372"><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="d0e19392"><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="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">В гостя́х хорошо́, а
- до́ма лу́чше</em></span></strong></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="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">прови́нция</em></span></strong></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="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">коммуна́лка</em></span></strong></span> communal apartment
- and others must live in cramped quarters with their extended families.</p></section></section><footer/></body></html>
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