Attributes of the traditional Russian House

First of all, one question must be asked: What is the traditional Russian House? Is it referring to ancient times? That period gave us a variety of references, such as royal chambers, the estate of a nobleman, or a peasant’s hut. Each of these houses can be perceived as “traditional” in some ways. Another perspective is the House of Soviet Citizens. This part of Russian culture gave us different symbols and cultural patterns.

And finally, the first-decade afterSoviet period can be treated as another cultural notion. For many young Russians, this period also became something from the past. And for many of them — a mysterious past that is gone. To me, there is also no straight forward answer to this question. But what I can state is that we (Russian) as a nation lost something culturally distinctive after 1917. There was always some profound contradiction in terms of our identity as a nation. And those who tried to solve this problem before 1917, for now, is almost forgotten.