They reported that record-keeping was poor, hygiene standards were not well maintained and residents did not live in "safe, accessible surroundings".

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Its historic buildings were not well maintained, but neither were they knocked down, since there was no incentive within the Soviet system for speculative redevelopment.

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It was old and had not been well maintained, and it had slammed into a wave and cracked its hull.

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