简介：ThestoryoftheHouseonArbatStreetinMoscowisthestoryofRussiainthetwentiethcentury.Builtintheearly1900sinthethen-popular"moderne"style,thisgrandapartmentbuildingwasaresidenceforfamiliesofwealthandprivilege.Then,followingtheRevolutionof1917,itwasturnedintoacollectivehousingunit.Throughhistoricalfootageandthereminiscencesofformerresidents,theincrediblestoryoftheHouseonArbatStreetcomesalive.Oneresidentdescribeshow"everydayyoucouldheardoorsbanging:theyhadcometoarrestsomeone."Anothermuses,"TodayIamsureofnothing.TherewassomuchhypocrisyandlyingthateverythingIthoughttobegoodwasperhapsnomorethananillusion.Theonlytrulyrealthingwasthepeople."Thenarratorremarks:"ForseventyyearsallofRussiawaslikethisbuilding—astrangefamilyindeed."…