Photoessay on one of the homeless shelters within Moscow.
Household items of the homeless were used, portraits of residents were photographed and their stories recorded.
![When homeless have no money for cigarettes they collect stubs (so called "bychki") and then make a new cigarette out of it](http://i.wfolio.ru/x/Erhj60RfGoSDn6LYN1vjjtPjHSou3Auq/OZzwdQTXxoJnS9XF9ii6GZU6KkmEGfgG/S5van4SUOAgbbBEZnFEmOQcmvVY_uIpb/dbCGGBqVuLs.jpg)
When homeless have no money for cigarettes they collect stubs (so called "bychki") and then make a new cigarette out of it
![Cheap low-alcohol drink called "Vinogradny den" (Grape day), 9% vol. Frequently used to cope with a morning hangover](http://i.wfolio.ru/x/Erhj60RfGoSDn6LYN1vjjtPjHSou3Auq/OZzwdQTXxoJnS9XF9ii6GZU6KkmEGfgG/6fD4cpB5NyMXgGVvFu-y8eTbNEQ3Amsj/WOl2f4x8jBw.jpg)
Cheap low-alcohol drink called "Vinogradny den" (Grape day), 9% vol. Frequently used to cope with a morning hangover
![Snack for alcohol № IV: pita bread. Shawarma salesman: - "When pitas get stale I always give them to beggars for free."](http://i.wfolio.ru/x/Erhj60RfGoSDn6LYN1vjjtPjHSou3Auq/OZzwdQTXxoJnS9XF9ii6GZU6KkmEGfgG/DFQaQ8ZAQtj1BeiIFcZTcrxe1ijJ5toV/bVpeRb_814E.jpg)
Snack for alcohol № IV: pita bread. Shawarma salesman: - "When pitas get stale I always give them to beggars for free."
![CSA residents get all prescripted drugs but not means of contraception. To save money they buy one condom and reuse it as many times as possible after washing](http://i.wfolio.ru/x/Erhj60RfGoSDn6LYN1vjjtPjHSou3Auq/OZzwdQTXxoJnS9XF9ii6GZU6KkmEGfgG/S5van4SUOAgbbBEZnFEmORKzLaDLOH0P/zO6xAnBvBsc.jpg)
CSA residents get all prescripted drugs but not means of contraception. To save money they buy one condom and reuse it as many times as possible after washing
![Anastasia Vladimirovna (78). Aborts were totally illegal in the USSR. She worked as a nurse in the illicit abortion clinic in a city of Krasnoyarsk during 23 years](http://i.wfolio.ru/x/Erhj60RfGoSDn6LYN1vjjtPjHSou3Auq/OZzwdQTXxoJnS9XF9ii6GZU6KkmEGfgG/S5van4SUOAgbbBEZnFEmOZ9rXAn-lSRW/jk6hDylMdO8.jpg)
Anastasia Vladimirovna (78). Aborts were totally illegal in the USSR. She worked as a nurse in the illicit abortion clinic in a city of Krasnoyarsk during 23 years
![CSA doctor: "We recieve all necessary medications, but sometimes up to 40% of them are out of the expiration date".](http://i.wfolio.ru/x/Erhj60RfGoSDn6LYN1vjjtPjHSou3Auq/OZzwdQTXxoJnS9XF9ii6GZU6KkmEGfgG/JNcGO5gJcwiHi5vFKypA-RaawaGWGtvN/q1cd8ytsr-U.jpg)
CSA doctor: "We recieve all necessary medications, but sometimes up to 40% of them are out of the expiration date".
![A scarecrow built by vagrants to ward off birds from the garbage dump, into which the supermarket next door throws out expired food](http://i.wfolio.ru/x/Erhj60RfGoSDn6LYN1vjjtPjHSou3Auq/OZzwdQTXxoJnS9XF9ii6GZU6KkmEGfgG/bdsytzFpHRfxHkZ2jCZSjYAIPbyXBLWF/3SQ-HPaw8U0.jpg)
A scarecrow built by vagrants to ward off birds from the garbage dump, into which the supermarket next door throws out expired food