Nevsky-25

Association of artists and squatters’ workshop in the time of perestroika in the Soviet Union.

[1] The history of art squat began on March 13, 1987—on that day, the former shared apartment No.

[2] The double front doors were skillfully camouflaged, barred up with meter-long sheets of old partially rusted tin with inch-thick boards nailed across them.

Thick curved nails (glued with epoxy resin) stuck out of wood and iron.

The door could be opened and closed by means of two external rope ends tied to the latch.

[5] Having survived the persecution of the police, the invasion of homeless people and fires in neighboring apartments, the association ceased to exist in June 1990, after all the residents were rehoused and all utilities were cut off.