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Re:The Refuseniks by thriftwy on Saturday December 30, 2017 @07:12AM (#16034959)
Actually I won't be surprised about classes, given that railway trains had up to 5 different classes of carriages.
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Re:The Refuseniks by googamooga on Saturday December 30, 2017 @09:03AM (#16035253)
No, long-distance trains had four classes: SV (two beds per cabin), Coupe (four beds per cabin), Platzkart (six beds per cabin) and Sitting (no beds, just benches). This classification goes back to Tzar (pre-revolution) times.

It has nothing to do with air transportation which has been developed in Soviet era, where everebody was equal.

edit: minor mistakes.

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Re:The Refuseniks by thriftwy on Saturday December 30, 2017 @09:18AM (#16035306)
Weren't there also Soft ("мягкий", two posh beds per cabin)?
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Re:The Refuseniks by googamooga on Saturday December 30, 2017 @10:26AM (#16035607)
This is exactly SV ("спальный вагон").

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C...

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Re:The Refuseniks by thriftwy on Saturday December 30, 2017 @12:19PM (#16036160)
Apparently it's a different thing:

https://www.ozon.travel/help/railway/preparation/trains/

As far as I understand, М has private bathroom but СВ doesn't. It's confusing but I'm sure I saw them sold at different prices.

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Re:The Refuseniks by googamooga on Saturday December 30, 2017 @01:37PM (#16036637)
Are we discussing 1982 or 2017? :-)

There were no bathtubs on the trains in 1980-s in Soviet Union...

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