23 photos inside dreary Moscow dorms show what college life is like in Russia

It's that time of year againthe start of the school year, when wide-eyed college freshman in the United States are decking out their dorm rooms and marking their small bit of new territory. Some are even going viral for their over-the-top interior design choices.Whiledorms in the US can cost up to $14,000 a year to live in, it's a different story inRussia.In 2014, photographer and reporter Pascal Dumont documented a dozen dormitories at various schools for The Moscow Times.There, he found students living with bedbugs and roaches, underneath leaky ceilings. Obshagas, the Russian word for dorms, are not any of these students' first choice for living accommodations. But due to what Dumont calls "astronomical" rent in Moscow, many are left without a choice.(Captions by Sarah Jacobs and Pascal Dumont)SEE ALSO:Controversial photos inside the homes of Russia's ultrarich show the country's problem with wealth inequalityKudakwashe Ndlova, a 25-year-old student attending Lomonosov Moscow University of Fine Chemical Technology, shares this obshaga with one other student from Russia.Ndlovu, who attends the university on a scholarship, pays $10 a month for his room. "It's cheap. That's for sure," he told Dumont.Ndlovu worries that water leaks from the ceiling could potentially cause an electrical fire at any moment.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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