Shop - Novoseletia village, Kelmeneti rayon, 1920s – 1930s
Public building where the inhabitants would get together to socialize, to listen to the local news and to drink. This kind of buildings was not only common inside the village, but also at crossroads. The building is L-shaped. It has three rooms (bar, cellar and living room). Every room has the interiors refurbished: the bar – a wooden grill for food and tools, table with benches; in the cellar – different tools; in the living room of the bar owner – traditional equipment, plus other necessary objects. In these bars, sales or loans agreements used to be signed. Very often, the peasants owed large amounts of money to the bar owner and would ruin themselves.
The inside of the bar-shop–Novoseletia village, Kelmeneti rayon
The largest room of the shop is the bar where the visitors were received. In the centre, beyond the wooden grill, there was a counter for the use of the bar owner. Beyond the counter, there is a small cupboard where the pottery and wooden tools are placed: bottles, plates, glasses. On the right side of the counter, there is the table and the benches, where people could socialize, drink, conclude verbal agreements regarding the sale of lands, animals etc.
