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Re:Do It Yurtself by dmitripopov on Saturday September 21, 2019 @08:46AM (#21035024)
In Soviet Union of the 80s a male person with rural origins aged over 18 was considered capable of building a wooden house by himself (or little help from other males in the family) by default. Nowadays you can hardly find someone who is not a carpenter professionally but still capable of building.
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Re:Do It Yurtself by heavenlyblue on Sunday September 22, 2019 @01:28PM (#21042598)
Yeah, and that’s why most of the modern rural Russia reminds everyone of the 1920s southern states in America.

It was eye-opening to end up at a photography exhibition by a guy who did government-backed photography in the south in 20s and see the same house my babushka used to live in.

But frankly, it doesn’t mean these were _good_ houses.

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Re:Do It Yurtself by dmitripopov on Monday September 23, 2019 @08:11AM (#21048107)
In Russia good means reliable, and that's all. Comfort is secondary. But not for youngsters of course, that's why rural Russia is almost abandoned.
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