Full-length view, the entire figure visible from head to feet, standing upright and centered — a stern elderly Russian dormitory guard-lady ("babka-vakhtyorsha") in her late sixties. Short body, slightly hunched, thick-set frame in a shapeless faded floral housecoat over a grey knitted cardigan, worn dark wool skirt to mid-calf, thick beige stockings and flat brown felt slippers. A knotted brown headscarf covers greying hair pulled into a bun; deep wrinkles, sagging cheeks, pursed thin lips, sharp scowling eyes behind thick square glasses on a beaded chain. Both hands grip a wet grey string mop planted like a spear. Expression furious and suspicious, brows knitted. Setting: a grimy Soviet-era dormitory corridor, peeling green walls, flickering fluorescent light, scattered empty bottles.
