The Allure and Horror of Stalinist Housing: A Closer Look

Описание: You LOVE Soviet architecture but you don't really want to spend your life living in some gray box? You always wanted to have a statue of lion right beside your window? Then you came to the right place - today we will discuss Stalinkas! The very best Soviet apartment buildings constructed under mighty Joseph Stalin. Today I will show you the world of luxurious monumental buildings that were the dream of every Soviet citizen...but we will also see the dark side of them.

00:00 - What is a "Stalinka"?
02:59 - Living conditions of people in USSR before WW2
06:48 - Different types of Stalinkas
09:39 - "Pseudostalinkas"
12:56 - Why Stalinkas are amazing

Stalin's houses or "Stalinkas" got their name in honor of Joseph Stalin, it was during his reign that this type of building flourished. The main period of "Stalinkas" building was from the late 1930s to the mid-1950s. Although different types of houses were designed at the time, the most famous buildings were in the style of the "Stalinist Empire", with its monumental, pompous and even somewhat theatrical decorations. It was in this style that the central streets and avenues of major cities were built. Conventionally, the era of the "Stalinkas" can be divided into two periods: pre-war and post-war. There is a pretty easy way to distinguish them The first were with wooden interfloor ceilings, the postwar ones with reinforced concrete ceilings. In addition, the latter were more ambitious in architectural planning, which required prevailing ideology - the triumph of victory, a demonstration of the greatness and power of the Soviet country. Despite the considerable age of these houses and the difficulty of repairing them, Stalinist houses are still elite types of housing. This is due to the monumentality of the buildings and the Soviet quality. They have an interesting infrastructure and architectural design and nowadays they are one of the most sought-after apartment buildings in the real estate market of Russia. But Stalinkas are not only good for their spacious apartments and interesting layout - the buildings itself can be considered architectural monuments, symbols of grand era of the great empire of the middle of the last century.

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Hey there. Somehow you found my video and decided to watch it. So let me introduce myself. I'm Sergei and I'm from Russia. My channel is about my native country. I want to tell English-speaking viewers about the real Russia, about its past and present. Unfortunately, you can find a lot of propaganda about Russia on the Internet, both from the Russian media and from the Western ones. I want to tell you about Russia, as it really is, the country in which I was born, grew up, and lived all my life.

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