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Khrushchev's Soviet Housing Programme

In the 1960s, millions of Soviet families for the first time moved to a flat of their own thanks to a mass construction programme of standardized housing.

In the 1960s, millions of Soviet families were able for the first time to move to a flat of their own. This was due to a mass construction programme of standardized housing. Dina Newman speaks to a resident of one of the first five storey apartment blocks, and to Clem Cecil, a campaigner for preserving architecture.

Photo: a five-storey building dating from the 1960s in western Moscow on June 11, 2017. Credit: AFP/Getty Images

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