Poor though it was, nobody who ever lived there can today mention its name or its Russian nickname without breaking into a grin.This quote is incorporated into a mural telling the history of the estate, painted on the side of the Maesglas shops.
Most of the houses are terraced but are arranged in all sorts of different rows and shapes of street, due to being built in the suburbs and having more room to build wider roads.
The nearest Highschools in the area are St. Josephs (Roman Catholic) and Duffryn High School which is attended by most teenagers of the estate.
Maesglas was also home to the headquarters of the Monmouthshire region's local newspaper, the South Wales Argus, until 2020.
[6] The estate is the sub-ward of the Gaer ward of Newport City Council, which elects three councillors for a four-year term.