Dormitory Life of Moscow's Students

Inese Manguse, a student at the Moscow State Academic Art Institute, playing guitar and singing in her room. For her, the social life in the dorms is the best part of hostel living.

A typical student dormitory in Moscow, where communal living and curfews are the norm.

A well-used stove in a kitchen. They are sometimes shared by the whole floor.

Not all dormitories are equipped with washing machines. Most students wash their laundry manually.

Security is tight at the domitories, and guests are forbidden between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.

24-year-old Zalkar Toktogulov from Kyrgyzstan, who also studies painting, training in the gym.

In the elevator, an annoucement that a cleaning day will happen Saturday and Sunday.

Kudakwashe Ndlova, a 25-year-old student from Zimbabwe, drinking tea in his shared room.

"The 12th floor is the best for smoking." says Inese, who just arrived from Latvia.

Anya Kashina, a contemporary art student, in her brightly decorated room getting ready for a night out.

Yulia Mishina, in her third year of oriental studies, from Barnaul, Siberia, working at her desk in her room.

Dinara practicing the piano for her next exam. A music student, she shares it with her two roommates.