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Vladimir Mogilnikov, 62, washes his hands in a communal washing room in a dormitory for the workers of Proletarka textile factory in the town of Tver, 200 kilometres north-west from Moscow on August 8, 2020. - The golden age of Proletarka, the unique set of barracks, some fifty neo-Gothic buildings, including two decorated with gold medals at the Universal Exhibition of 1900 in Paris, ended with the break-up of the USSR in 1991 and the arrival of the market economy which opened the borders to inexpensive Chinese textiles. The famous Tver factory, created by cotton magnates Morozov, in 19th century, no longer existed, and its unique city, still overpopulated, was forgotten by the new authorities and turned into a dirty poor ghetto. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)
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