A Kommunalka or communal apartment (Russian: коммуналка, коммунальная квартира) is a shared apartment in CIS countries. Two or more families share a bathroom and kitchen. The term has only historical relation to the notion of "commune".
The kommunalka was parodied in the 1939 American film Ninotchka.
For a detailed scholarly treatment of the subject visit http://kommunalka.colgate.edu Communal Living in Russia: A Virtual Museum of Soviet Everyday Life.
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