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THE SOV IET WORK–
ER'S
lot has steadily
improved. He now
works a ftve-day, 41 -
hour week with an
average vacation of
one month. The aver–
age monthly factory
wage is 127 robles
-
about $154
(right).
Love, Soviet style has its unique complications, the most serious
one being the country's severe housing shortage. Young couples
hove to wait for at least
5
years for an apartment of their own.
Many marriages break up for lack of privacy (left) .
Leisure with a purpose. Probably no o ther government in the world
spends as much money on the arts and culture. The emphasis is
strictly on organized leisure - activities approved by the state
rather than individualized pleasures so common to societies of the
free world (below).
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