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Summary Social Developments - Housing USSR 1917-85
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This document outlines how effective housing policy was in the USSR from 1917-85
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Housing Under Lenin:Was Effective Wasn’t Effective
In 1920 land was redistributed from rich Lots of housing was destroyed in the Civil
property owner and First World Wars
House building restarted–under NEP 89% of Many people moved to cities for factory
houses were built by private companies. jobs but new housing was only a few
The style of buildings was Constructivist developments which were cheap and
architecture popular in 1920s it was lacked running water, sewage and
futuristic and buildings echoed the looks of electricity
machines. Buildings were well built and
revolutionary (HOWEVER…)
After the Civil War workers were fleeing
cities to find food so the government
allowed houses to be burnt for fuel
1918 - Aristocrats were being killed by
working class people and their properties
being seized from or they were allowed to
retain one room for them and their family.
… They made little impact because only a
few were built
Housing Under Stalin:
Was Effective Wasn’t Effective
Under Stalin, housing became a problem,
urban population trebled between 1929
and 1940, as peasants escaped collective
farms for jobs in the cities. Therefore,
demand for housing increased.
Kommunalka – conditions were very poor
Factory towns – conditions even worse
than kommunalka. Furthermore, housing
plans were abandoned.
Housing wasn’t priority of 4th 5-year plan
Industrialisation always trumped housing,
his policies did little to solve problems that
were made worse by WWII.
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