Welcome to the most Bolshevik-themed alley in Blacker Hovse.

The Kremlin Drinking Fountain: The name is deceptive -- no one actually drinks from it... except Mike Wilson and Sean (because it's Sean, what do you expect?). Its sole purpose was to store and display the Kremlin Mystery Socks. Who knows where they are now?

Kremlin Mystery Socks: A rather weather-beaten pair of black socks. They apparently were there on the rim of the drinking fountain since Rotation '99. Who knows from whence they came or to whom they belonged. They were property of Kremlin, but who knows where they are now?

The Ath Hole: Your one-stop source for athletic equipment, skurve fun noodles, and extremely damaged badminton rackets. Perhaps the presence of so much athletic equipment explains why the alley looks like it belongs in Fleming. There was a Mole who lived in this closet for a term; maybe he realized that it was more spacious than Room 15.

The Stairs to Upper P: These stairs used to be the only way to get to Upper P a long long time ago... but now there are lots of holes in walls that make Upper P much more accessible.

Housing Closet: There's a hole in this closet's wall which will take you to Swamp's Housing Closet. Much faster than going around outside (You Lazy Bum). Taking off the doorknob is minutes of fun, but won't actually get the door open.

15... Possibly the smallest double in the existence of Caltech. No longer Afie's room (as a single, her Own Private Hell). Now it's a prefrosh double.

Adam Sear's Room... It's square... much like you. He's a prefrosh.

United Kingdom: As the next target of our Communist takeover of the world, a strategic map of England and its neighbors is on the wall... or actually, is chipped out of the wall... ahh... the grandeur of peeling paint.

Communist Market: As proper Bolsheviks, we strongly believe in the abolition of private ownership of property, when "property" is defined as "crappy little things we don't want anymore." That's why there's usually some form of free stuff on top of the fire extinguisher by Nora's room. Sometimes it's a free kazoo, sometimes a free candy wrapper. You have to come down here to find out.

Nora's room... It just has refrigerator magnet poetry and some cute underwear hanging on the door. Yes, it's still Nora's room.

Andrea's room... Home of a Andrea Smith, not Andrea M^cColl, or Andrea Kung... There are way too many Andreas

Elaine's room... It contains ceiling fans... Rebecca lived here for a while in the summer. Now she's temporarily in 28.

Telephone... Call for help, we dare you.

Portraits of Stalin and Lenin: These paintings by Kjerstin Easton are the only murals we have to distinguish ourselves from Fleming. The brand-new caption over Stalin was stolen from a Soviet politcal poster.

Showers: What else do you do there? Simply, use them to punish the punnish Kirsten. Step One: Find a few people. Step Two: Grab Kirsten. Step Three: Drag Kirsten into the shower. Step Four: Watch as Kirsten showers, fully clothed, of course! It'll be easier once they knock down the wall between Vatican and Kremlin.

Toilets: Here my comrades, we can find the ever so necessary description of the geology of the earth in the leftists' stall... and of course, the life of a radish in the right stall...

Siberia: This frozen wasteland draws explorers from other alleys in search of vast quantities of ice. It features not only a refrigerator with freezer, but the Hovse's only ice machine. It's also slightly narrower than Room 15, so watch your knuckles when opening the fridge door. Fortunately for the rest of the Hovse, Siberian ice is only necessary for extremely ice-intensive activites; the convieniently-located kitchen freezers can handle most everyday ice needs. (According to Walt, the ice machine is also where Lenin's body is preserved, but I haven't had a chance to verify this.)

Nick's Room... It faces the courtyard and contains Nick Piro... Rounding out our tour of Kremlin.

Kremlin murals